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SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAB,”
FATE TEIUr, 1858.
AUOIfST.
1 st Monday, Floyd
Lumpkin
2d Monday, Clarko
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth ;
Meriwether j
Wslton
4th Mond’y, Ilaldwiii 1
Chattaho’ehej
Glascock |
Heard
Jackson
Monroe !
Paulding 1
Hohlov
Taliaferro !
SEPTEMBER, j
Ist Monday, Appling
Chattooga j
Cherokee j
Columbia ;
Coweta
Crawford
Madison >
Marion
MitchelT
Morgan
Webster
■Jd Monday, liutt* —
Cass
Coffee
Elbert
Payette
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Suuiter
Washington
JYid’y aft’r, Pierce.
3d Monday, Cohb
Hall
Hart
Macon
/ ••! Newton
■ Putnam
Talbot...,
- v Terrell
Ware
4th Mond’y, Campbell
Clay
’ - Clinch
Emanuel
Lee
Twiggs
White
Wilkes
OCTOBER.
Ist Monday, CarrU
Dooly
Early ‘
Fulton
Gilmer
’ Gordon
Taylor
Warren .
Wilkinson
j OCTOBER CONTINLF.W.
Tuesday l rikc
atter, $
Wednes- > R *, mn
and v after, )
2<i Monday, Charlton
j Fannin
Habersham
Hanexiek
Harris
| Laurens
Miller
Scriven
3d Momlay, Burko
Camden
Franklin
Haralson
„ Henry
I Jones
I—.V Murray
Oglethorpe
I Pulaski
Stewart
* Union
W.orth
T after” - ’ \ Mwntcomery
Krid’y aft’r, Wilcox
4th Mond’y.Decatur
I Dekalb
Houston
Irwin
Jasper
Lincoln
Polk
Tattnall
Towns
Whitfield
a ss: ! s
Frid’y aft’r, Bulloch
Mond’y-“ Effingham*
NOVEMBER.
Ist Monday,Berrien
Milton
Randolph
‘” Richmond
Upton
id Monday, Baker
• „ Bibb
Catoosa
Muscogee
3d Monday, Spalding
Troup
4th Mond’y, Calhoun
Walker
vss}
Mon. after, Dougherty
“ “ Liberty
** . “ Colquitt
“ ** Bryan
DECEMBER.
Ist Monday, Dado
Jefferson
Thomas
3d Monday, Lowedes
Cam Curbs.
JAINEBC. Hois,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
Je 23 W_ ts
IIAWRIS A HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Iverson 1,. Harris, . 1 CHARLES J. Harris,
Milledgeville, Ga. | Tbomusville, Gn.
march 31 w ts
It.S. BlIRt ifdTIiVJII. McLENDOnT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TIIOMASFILE E, GEORGIA.
oet!4 19 woy
BAKER Sl BEiWF.T,
ATTORNEYS AT
Troupville , Lowndes Cos., Gn.
sept 15 w ts
EUGENE L. HINES,
JATTORNEY AT LAW.
THOM A S I'll. LE. GF. O R GIA ,
Office over McLean's store. (jfep2f)
JOHN in. DI'SON,
ATTORNEY A T LA W,
OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce's, Thomasville,
Georgia. jano-ly.
(1. 11. DAN IE EE,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SAT ANN AH. GEORGIA.
Office, corner of Bull and Bay Streets,
jan 12 w ly
JOHN 11. MILLER,
ATTO RN E Y AT LAW,
MILL TOWN, BERBIF.N CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the Counties of the Brunswick
Circuit, and Berrien and Lowndes Counties of
the Southern Circuit. mayl2oy
JoiSTc. NICIIOEES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAItESBOROUGH, WARE CO., GA.
WILL practice in ai.l the counties of they Bruns
wick circuit, anil I.owudcs and Berrien of the
Southern nißrill oy
GEORGE B. WIEEIAMSON,
ATTO RN E Y AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGH, GA.
WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties f the
Bnmsvviek Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, \\ arc
Clinch, and Charlton. - niarJltt
S A Jill EL 11. SEEN 4 Ell,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
WILL give his entire attention to the practice of
Law, in the Counties of the Southern Circuit.—
Office on the second finor of D. & F.s McLean’)
brick building. (jiiu2<ioy
E. C. mOHGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
N \sjinr.i. /:, Georgia.
WILL practice in the counties of the Southern Cir
cuit.ami tin- counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough-
erty(i >f the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and \Y ar<
nfthe Brunswick Circuits.
Flat Creek, (la.,Oct. 7. ts
It ICE A IttERSIION,
A TTO R N KYS A T L A W,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
ATTEND to all business entrusle.t to their rare, in
the following counties, to-wit: Clinch, Wure, Ap
pling, Coffee. CharltiflfcLnwndcs and Berrien,Geor
gia. Also, in the coWfles of Hamilton, Columbia,
ami .Jefferson, in Florida.
DAVID P. RICE. | HP,SUV M. MERMION,
jail 5 > w f ,m
J AMES M. EOI.SOm,
attorney at law,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., CA.
WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick
Circuit mid in the com ts of Lowndes and Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
„ .. < Judge A. E. Cochran. Brunswick Ct.
References Peter E. Love, Southern Ct.
jan r> W - iy
iUebicul Curbs.
S. 8. AtIAMS, I 8. U. WILLIAMS.
MEW FIRM.
DBS. ADAMS & WILLIAMS, having formed
Co-partnership, tender their professional services
to the public. aug 25-ts -
It. j. Hltrc'th I U. ll* EATON.
rB. BRICE A EATO^I,
HAVING formed a co-partnership, tender their
Professional Services to the citizens of Tlionms
ville and vicinity. jo 2.1-tt
llr. W. 11. HALL.
HAS disposed of his interest in the “Wire-Grass
Reporter” to Judge Love, and will devote himself
exclusively to his profession.
He may be fniiml at hll tinics, when not profession
ally eligagod,’ tit bis Office opposite East side
Presbyterian Clmrel . jciltf
( Reform Frit dice.)
Dr. Prdfet BOWER,
OFFER his professional.’ service* to the citizens
of Tbomasville nnd viclulty* Calls at all hours
promptly attended to. fehgoy
~~ Drug Store.
Drs. BOWER A ELLIS
|, n ve opened a Drug Store H.t the
stand formerly oeenpied by Palmer
A- Urn., opposite E. Remington's,
and are prepared to furnish
” Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks,
life 1 Fancy Soaps, to c.
Upon fair terms to those who may
favor them with a call. To tli. ir Reform friends
they would sav, that they have on hand a fresh nnd
reliable assortment of Botauic Medicines.
And will be glad to supply tbeui with sueli articles
as they may need. ‘
. Bank Agency.
the subscriber has been appointed Agent for the
Bank of Savannah at this place, and is prepar
ed to discount Bills of Exchange, Drafts, Ac.;
and has for sale Checks on New York.
julyW) EDWARD REMINGTON.
Notice to Everybody.
DR. A. W. AILREN’S
CELEBRATED >, TH EIII
linimehtt,
IS A CERTAIN REMEDY lor Strains, Sprains,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Head-
Ache', Sore Throat, Stiff Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in
the Head. Scalds and Burns, or any thing like erup
tions oh the flesh. .... ‘"ZZZ.
Also, for all disonseß to which horse* are subject.
Dr. Allen's All-IfealinK Oittlment,
IS a certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches in
horses. Creese Heel, Thrush, Collar and Saddle
Gulls; and all flesh wounds.
Man*fnctured by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus,
G ForTale in Tbomasville, by Baum A Shjff;in
Montiecllo, by Palmer A Bro., and ir’ Troupville, by
T. W. Ellis. A W ALLEN.
nov 24 _ w : .—I
Hides, Hide*. Hide*.
Q A A A HIDES WANTED, for which Eight
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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1858,
To JaLines P. Screven,
President of the Atlantic and Gulf Hoad
Company: V ■
Ata public meeting held at Tnllokas, in
the county of Lowndes, on the 18th ult„ the
undersigned were a Committee to
address you as the Executive of the afore
said Railroad Company, in regard to the
question of its location, and through you to
remonstrate with your Board of Directors
against carrying into effect the resolutions of
your body, fixing upon what is called the
Lower or Mineral Springs ling gs^ f the per
manent survey and location nr-faitt Road,
and also to respectfully ask atYussrGey.yf-said
Road, before said resolution Ts'nrriel into
effect. In the performance oftfCjardfily as
signed us, we desire briefly ft cjp’tess the
reasons which have given rise tor the wide
spread and almost unanimous dte&tiffycftoir
which exists in relation to the act of
your Board. • .
The location of the Road, as at vpresetit
understood, it is believed, is in contravention
of the policy of the State as indicated, by the
law—construed and carried into effect iir con
formity to the legal rale of construing Hta
tutes—either general or special. The rea
son and spirit of the law should be- inquire#
into, and this can only be done by ascertiyili.;
ing the antecedent history of the suhjee?
matter, which induced ilie Legislative enact- •
ment. It is well known to your body that a
bitter and unfortunate controversy had exist
ed for sometime, not only between the cities
of Savannah and Brunswick, butalso betwec.ii
the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Compa
ny and the Savannah, Albany and GuU'Rail
road Company. It was insisted and admit
ted that the charter of the Brunswick and
Florida Rjulioad Company, stood in the way
of the completion of the Savannah, Albany
and Gulf Road, unless it was built upon aline
so near to and parallel with the Brunswick
Road, as to endanger the interest of the, stock
holders, or expose the Savannah, Albany
and Gulf Road Company', to a similar risk
from running their line too far north, and en
tering into competition with the South West
ern Railroad; “each of which were being built
directly or indirectly by capital furnished by
Savannah. A suicidal policy like this the
Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad Com
pany desired to,avoid, and were deliberating
upon a change of their line, and considering
how and where a connection could behest
made with Florida. In this uncertain posi
tion of affairs, and while the Brunswick
Company were struggling to piosecutethcir
work after the announcement in 1854 by Dr.
Screven, then President of the Savannah,
Albany anil Gulf Railroad Company, o’ their
purpose to cross tlie Brunswick line and seek
a connection with Florida, the citizens of tlie
South Western counties, many of them stock
holders in the Brunswick and Florida Rail
road Company, expressed a desire to harmo
nize and settle the conflicting interests of the
two organizations, but were unsuccessful, and
thus matters continued until the session of
the Legislature of 1850. This Legislature
had refused upon application to grant aid to
the Brunswick Company. Nor was any
favor granted to the Savannah, . Albany
and Gulf Radioed Company!
At the session of ISSO application was
made by'both of these Companies For help,
whether with the expectation of success or
as measures presented in a spirit of opposi
tion to embarrass each the other it is not ne
cessary to discuss. The Legislature howev
er did not consent to render assistance to
either. The General . Assembly of 1856
was impressed with the importance of the
subject and felt deeply tlie necessity of hav
ing a road from the seaboard to the W. boun
dary of the State for the development of the
Southern and South-Western counties, and a
committee was raised to consider and report
upon this great object, and as the result of
the deliberations of that committee, a Bill to
incorporate the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
Company was presented, and with some im
material amendments, became a law and is
now the charter of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road Company. In granting this charter the
Legislature recognized and admitted the
rights and privileges of the Brunswick and
Florida Railroad Company. The rights of
the Company under their charter embodied
the individual right of each shareholder.—
The law ns well defines the individual rights
of each shareholder as it protects them ag
gregately as a corporate body*, and hence the
Legislature, not intending to interfere with
vested rights, made it a condition precedent,
that the Brunswick Company should executu
to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company
a release of the right of way before the sub
scription of the State should become valid
and binding.
Shortly after the organization of the At
lantic and Gulf Railroad Company, a conven
tion between it nnd the Brunswick and Flo
rida was held at Macon,
to ngree upon terms of adjustment, resulting
in no conclusion, and .was finally adjourned
to Savannah. The parties meeting at that
place, abruptly terminated their conventions
without any agreement. Soon thereafter, a
basis of settlement was proposed by Messrs.
Collins, Cuylcr, and others, which was not
acceptable to either Company. Subsequent
efforts to negotiate satisfactorily were made,
but with equally unfavorable rcsultb. It is
not necessary to refer specially to the corres
pondence. The points of difference aro al
ready known to yout Board.
In May, 1857, a regular meeting of the
stockholders of The Brunswick and Florida
Railroad Company was h€Td at Brunswick,
and propositions in relation to a release of the
right of way by the Brunswick nnd Florida
Railroad Company were considered and ncted
upon, and resolutions adopted by the stock
holders gs the basis upon which they were
willing that a release should be executed.
The mode af adjustment was agreed upon
after consultation with the President of the
Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad Com
pany, and the President of the Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad Company, viz : Dr. Screven.
A map of the counties through which the line
of the Brunswick Road bad been surveyed
and located, was again and again referred to,
and <tbo point of junction between the two
contending roads wag often designated, but
in no instance was there a wish or desire ex
pressed to abnndon the Brunswick road, af
ter the samo could bo reached, having a pro
per regard to economy and the topography of
the country between the initial Doint of the
Atlantic nnd Gulf Railroad, and tfie line of the
Brunswick Road.’ Such a design ex pressed
by the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company,
or the Savannah and Gulf Railroad Compa
ny would have instantly closed negotiations
nnd precluded nil possibility of settlement.—
Indeed no apprehensions were felt that the
Atlantic and Gulf Road Company would
Adopt a line South of the Brunswick line,
as Dr. Screven emphatically declared he in
tended to have a Georgia road.but there were
conjectures that this company might proba
bly wisliAA adopt a more Northern line, but
even tliesFconjectures were removed by con
siderations expressed like these that a Rail
road was tlieu being constructed from Amer
icMs to Albany, ami that the capital of the
State could uot without oppression be used
to compete with a private enterprise, nor
could s>e interest of Savannah, being a large
shareholder in the Central and South-West
ern, and in the Savannah, Albany anil Gulf
I Road, be thus brought in conflict. With all
•these views cnijas.sed, considered, and uni*
yersally the st/iekholders of the’
Brunswick Road consented that a release
might be executed. r
The Boa id of Directors of the Brunswick
and Florida Railroad Company met after this
in New Y’ork, and from considerations not
necessary now to be reviewed, (which they
deemed sufficient) kept tlie question of final
,-rtljusf incut in abeyance, until the session of
the Legislature of 1857. What were the
circumstances surrounding the transaction at
Milledgeville. at that time, we are not advised
in full, but if they were based upon other
and different considerations and controlcd by
oilier facts than those which elicited an ex
pression ot opinion by the stockholders in
185 Y, requesting tlie execution of a release
to the Atlantic aud Gulf Railroad Company,
and that too in derogation of their rights and
substantially changing their position as share
holders in the Brunswick Road, the same is a
fraud upon them, and not binding, and they
are entitled to relief in equity. A chnrter
contains the terms of the contract between
the shareholders, nnd the legislature he* no
power to “impair the obligation of contracts.”
The majority of a corporation cannot bind
the minority by the acceptance of a funda
mental alteration in their charter. Whatev
er varies the contract as affecting the inter
ests of the Shareholders must he done by the
consent of all the parties. We should regret
to have tl) charge any fraudulent intent upon
either Company, but if the acts of cither re
sult in ail actual legal fraud, then it cannot
he justly complained of, should tlie only
means left to avoid an Irreparable injury be
invoked.
The reason assigned by some of your
Board, we respectfully maintain, are not de
fensible upon grounds of public policy, even
if they were true—to wit : that the lower
line would pay a better dividend to the stock
holders. Tlie Wtate consented to become a
stockholder in the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road Company, upon higher considerations
and for a more commendable and laudable
purpose than simple profit to the Treasury.
Georgia, while she did not wish to become a
shareholder in an unprofitable enterprise, did
not sock to embark her credit and capital in
Railroad stock as private individuals based
upon receipts and dividends. She desired to
embark hcT credit in an enterprise that would
protect her against loss, but at the same time
she proudly looked to the rapid development
of a large portion of her territory, thug add
ing to her population, increasing her agricul
tural resources, stimulating industry, swell
ing the aggregate of her wealth, and enlar
ging her political strength For other causes
than these, involving the public good, the
policy, and right of the Legislature to lend
her credit or become a shareholder in any
work of Internal Improvement might well he
questioned. If the credit and capital of
Georgia is to be used like private capital,
why not at once put her agents in the mark
et and'.let her become a stock-jobber at once
But is it true that the lower line will be the
best paying line 1 It cannot be true. w We
maintain that from the Alapalm to Tbom’as
villo on the upper or middle line, that the
lands are equally as productive as thoBS on
the lower line, and the population nearly as
great, if not as much concentrated and cen
tralized.
The country is as healthy and better sup
plied with lasting streams of water, and ijrith
equal facilities, will have a larger population
than the lower line. Again, the lower line
will meet with strong competition from the
Georgia nmf Pensacola Road, from Tallahas
see Eastward, making a connection between
that point and Fernandina. The lino of the At
lantic and Gulf Road as at present understood,
is only about 27 miles froth Columbus on the
Suwannee river, wherp the Florida Road
crosses that stream. Extending further west
the distance from Madison Court House is
about the same, mid still further westward
the distance from Montiecllo is about 22
miles. It is assumed that the Atlantic nnd
Golf Road will control nearly all of the freight
ami travel intermediate these two Roads, and
impoverish the Florida Rond, and this as
sumption is made the pretext for skirting the
Florida line in defiance, of public sentiment,
public policy, privnte faith and a just regarr
for the rights of those who aided in trying to
harmonize the differences which so long de
layed the construction.of n Railroad from the
Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico. It is submit
ted that a policy like this, which if carried
out, would levy unwilling contributions upon
the citizens of Georgia, upon a more than
doubtful expedient, is wholly unwarranted,
and should be at onee abandoned. In con
nection with this branch of the subject it is
well to remark that the engineer, in his re
port to the Board of Directors, shows the
Brunswick line to be the cheapest. Yet
wbeu the Board of Directors met to settle
the question of location, their decisiori was
not mada upon this report, but upon j letter
of the Engineer, that not a solitary Director
has attempted to defend, but so far as we
have been advised was condemned by them.
Indeed the report itself has not escaped the
censure of the Directors, and still this great
enterprise, involving great interests, it is said
is located upon the nnsupported opinion of
the engineer, ceiTsured and condemned by
the Directors and repugnant to the views of
enlightened and fair minded men everywhere.
- Again, it is insisted that there are larger
means for building ibis Road upon tire lower
line. May we not ask whore Urey are) Can
yon command them t If so, how t The
stock has not been subscribed. The books
of subscription will determine. Three Im
aginary lines were prescuted for competition
for subscriptions, and the result showed, that
no very considerable means were offered and
even they were conditional. Such a process
it is believed was unwise, and involved an
unnecessary expenditure of money, as a line
had been surveyed thirty years ago, and re
survey cd by competenteiigiueers within the
last few years mid, decided upon as being
the cheapest and best route, ana had become
snnctifiea by time, and the public mind had
reposed upon it without dissatisfaction or dis
content, and should -not have been disturbed.
It has been urged that persons could be in-
duced to take contracts upon tlie lower line,
and that they would subscribe for stock pay
able in work. Bnch a pretext is butlielusive
ns it cannot be done legally. It is well set
tled that a Railway cannot take Subscription!
to sto~k payable in any thing else than that
which is demanded of other subscribers. For
this reason subscriptions payable otherwise
than in money is a fraud upon the other sub
scribers, and payment should be enforced in
money. So any arrangement by which
stock is to be disposed of at less than the
par value of the shares will be regarded as a
iVaud, and not binding upon the Company
Contracts for work done payable in slock,
cannot be made, affording greater compensa
tion, than its cash value, so as to depreciate
the value of the shares held by others.
It may well he doubted whether the Board
of Directors have, upon a fair nqd liberal
construction of the charter, guarded against
a violation of its provisions.
The initial point was as definitely fixed as
it could well be b’vlaw, nnd Walker’s ferry
equnlly as clearly mentioned as the place
where the line of the Atlantic A: Gulf Road
should cross the Barilla river, and thence the
most practicable mute to the Western boun
dary of the State, on the Chattahoochee riv
er, was to be selected. Tho Western ter
minus to be at some point between Fort
G,‘linesnnd the junction of the Flint and Cbatta
hoochco rivers. If tlie Directors then have
adopted a line considerably South of a di
rect line from the initial point and Walker’s
ferry to the junction of tlie Chattahoochee
and Flint rivers, is such a lino within the
limits of the charter? Did not the Legisla
ture, while a proper discretion was vested in
tlie Directors to determine the most practica
ble route after a survey was made, intend
to fix the limits Ndrth and South, so that the
road should bo built within thb boundary
prescribed by the charter —that the most
practicable route should be adopted Within
tlie boundary ? Thus, any where between
a direct line drawn from tbe initial poiut to
the junction of the said rivers making the
Southern boundary, and a like line from the
initial point to Fort Gaines making the Nor
thern boundary. If such was the object of
the Legislature, as it clearly was, as ex
pressed in the charter, then the discretion of
the Directors must be exercised within these
boundaries.
Now let us consider the most practical)!
routo within these limits’. First, which is
the best instrumental line ? It cannot be
denied, in the face of frequent surreys made
by competent engineers, that the upper line
is the cheapest and shortest. No engineer
has contradicted this. It has been conjectu
rnlly stated by Mr. Herriot that on account
of certain grades and curves, connected with I.
a vague opinion of the prospective menus of
building a road, that the lower line ought
probably to be adopted—with a distinct ad
mission that the upper line is the clieapest.
And second, it lias been assumed that the
lower will be the best paying line, upon the
unsupported conclusion that upon that line I
is the greatest population, and that it will 1
pass over lands more productive than the up-1
per line, and that a large amount of Florida I
trade and travel will be secured. The dis-1
fercncc in the present or future population 1
to settle the country, from the similarity in
the character and quality of the lands, and I
their production, cannot be material. Then!
as to the Florida trade and travel. Is it not
true that by adopting the., lower line you
give Fetnandina, in Florida, a decided ad
vantage in the computation which you seek 1
Take the point on the Atlantic Si Gulf Road I
nearest to and opposite Columbus, in Florida,
where the Georgia Si Pensacola Road cross
es the .Suwannee —and cannot freights mid
way the two roads, and even from on the
line of the Atlantic Si Gulf Road, be placed
upon the Florida road and reach Fernandipe
without greater distance than it will in
quire to reach Savannah. When you get
opposite the town of Madison does not Fer
nnndina acquire s still greater advantage.—
And when you get opposite Monticello, in 1
Florida, the advantage in favor of Fernanda
ua is still increased. If this be true, does
not the. maximum distance of 13 miles be-1
tween the upper and lower lino become im
portant, unless the Directors can sliw
that transportation will be much cheaper on 1
the Atlantic Si Gulf Road, and from Suva*
null to New York, than it will be on the I
Georgia Si Pensacola Road, and from 1: er-1
r.andtna to New York. The attention of I
the Board, of Directors is especially called to I
these facts. ( I
The city of Savannah, as the commercial I
emporium of the State, slwuld carefully coo-1
sider this question. The Legislature of
Georgia should look with anxiety to the
disbursement of the 81,000,000 which she
baa pledged to this enterprise. Every tax
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payer in Georgia should feel some con
ccm upon this .abject. It Involve# thofu
tnre prosperity of tlie State, end will affect
her dentinv for weel Or Woe.
If the facts Meted in tlie eomperieon be
tween the roed in Florid* end the Atlantis
St Gulf Hoed be correct, would it Aol bs airita
wine expenditure of public, ce well ** pH
veto cepitel, ehonld the lower or Mineral
.Springs line be permanently Adopted. An
exemination of the map of tin country will
determine the feels. ‘i .
The Florida road must at an early day bn
completed. The largest portion of it i* gra
ded, and the only delay in tjbe progreea of
this road la the pnrehnse of Iron; and who
doubts but what at an early day this will be
done. Florida then has only in lay down
the iron, and Georgia baa nearly her entire
road to build. These are stubborn facta that
we abould look foil in the lace.. While w
should not envy our sister state of Florida,
still we should be unwilling to pay an on just
and foolish tribute to her.
Let ns protect ourselves. Let us look to
tbo development of our. own beloved State
and to the protection of oar comiqerce.
The public mind baa been, and ia now,
greatly agitated, and many worthy eitinena
are deeply pained and will be seriously in-
jured should your board persist in tbejr pres
ent determination—while no corresponding
benefit can accrue to otbor citizens or to the
company, and while Georgia will be para
lysed iu her efforts to quicken the elements
of her prosperity aud wealth. ,
Thousands of voices are now protesting
against this policy; and every hill and valley
but echoes tlie sound and speeds it over fits
beautiful plains that invite the band of in
dustry and awaits the energy and skill of
the laborer to make them blossom as the
rose. Having the highest respect for your
sense of justice, aud full confidence In your
patriotism as a Georgian, we appeal to yen.
and through you, to your Bourn of Directors,
to reconsider the step which we suggest has
been taken prematarely.
We nsk to recall your memory and re
mind you of your views in IS|S4. We Would
call to your recollection the past Controver
sies that hare unhappily existed, end beseech
you to restore that peace and quiet Which
followed consequent upon the release execu
ted by the U. At F. R. U. Cos., with tbo si
pectatiou that the line of road which had been
ratified and : approved for so many years,
would bo substantially adhered to.
Respectfully yours. -
Jambs L. Skwaxd.l
11. J. B. Rossbb, “ A
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tu mri fux malt.
Tire accounts from these mines continSo I p
boos a conflicting character. A writer freer
Kansas city, Mo., on the Ist inst, gives a
flattering report. Mr. John Huston, one of
tho pioneers of tho country, had just arrived
there directly from tho mines, which be had
left on the 3d of September. He reporfg
new discoveries on the Platte, some seventy
or eighty miles further down, end tiebee thsti
any yet found. Mr. Benjamin Clement,
I whom lie left behind, and who is now expect
ed in every day, made, during a stay iq the
mines of only twelve or fourteen days, between
$450 and 8500. Tins amount be took out
with bis camp tools nnd a pan, working un
der many serum* disadvantages. His com
pany, when he left, wore making from
to SIOO a day to the hand. ‘ Mr. Huston re
ports great excitement at Fort Laramie, and
says picks and shovels and other mining
tools were selling at most fabulous prices.—
The quartermaster at that place was com
pelled to withhold pay due government hand*,
to prevent them running away to the mines.
Specimens were shown there, one of which
weighed twenty-three ounces. On the oth
er Itand, the Bt. Joseph’s Gazette, es the Si
inst., states, on tbs Authority of intelligence
just received, that the Pike’s Peak excite
ment is below par ; it has sunk into perfect
nothingness. Hundred are daily leaving this
so-called new £1 Dorado for their respective
homes in the east, regretting sorely the error
of their way, . I
One of the most curious sights In Paris fir
said to be afforded by a visit to tbs vast ate
lier of M. llourguignon, where tbs whole
process of transforming a few gmiut of dirty
lieavy-looking sand into a diamond of the
purest water is daily going on with the avow-’
ed. purpose of deceiving everybody bat the
buyer. The sand employed, and spun which
everything depends, is found in the forests of
Fontaiobleau, and enjoys so great e reputa
] tion in the trade that large quantities are ex
ported. The coloring matter for imitating-,
emeralds, rubies, and sapphires is entirely
mineral, and bas been brought to high per
fee tion by M. Bourguignon. Many oper*
tors are employed whose business it is to pol
ish the colored stones nnd line the false pearls
with fish scales snd wax i the scales of the
roach and dace are chiefly employed for this
purpose. They most be stripped Tram tho
fish while living, or the glistening hue so
much admired iu the real pearl cannot be im-
I itated.
The Camels.— Forty-nine of the camels
belonging to the United States are now at
(Jampe Verde, sixty milts from Saw Anto
nio. Only ohe of those imported hare died,
while ttfn have .been added by birth. Them
young -\ raerican born camels thrive well and
promise to grow up equal in all respecl* w
those imported. Notwithstanding the foe
| cessful trail lately made by Captain Beals li
his explorations across the continent, the**
are some officers of the army who doubt
whether any thing is to ho gained by the
use of camels. This, however, might be ex
pected. There are always persona otppfom
to all sorts of clmuges and innovation*. Wat
hope, Imwever. that experimnnu in their nss
will not be confined to the armv officer* bat
that as the number increases they will torn
into tbs bands of private owoe's.—
Tnb*.