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#rass Ucportcr. BY WILLIAM CLINE. the wire-grass reporter. EDITO R9_ BIIBSCBIPTION. Th Wihk-Gkahs Reporter is published Week ly at Two DoU.AU* per annum, in mltanct. All orders for the Reporter, to receive attention moat be accompanied with the money. Subscribers wishing the direction of their paper rhanged, will notify us from what office it is to be transferred. . - The foregoing terms will be strictly observed. ADVERTISING, v TERMS. —Advertisements will be published •MtON'E Dollar per square of twelve lines or less, •for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents lor each • subseltlCTit insertion. Those not specified as to •time will be published until forbid and ciiarged ac <cordingly. . .. OuiTL’ vuy Notices, not exceeding six lines, will be published gratis; but Cash, at the rate of One Dollar for every twelve printed lines exceeding tbut siumber, must accompany all longer notices. 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It.—This schedule shall not, in any way, affect the integrity of existing contracts. All contracts for the year, or any other specified time,ahull only cease with the expiration of the period for which thev were made. PgS- Business Cards, far the term of one year, will be charaed in proportion to the space they occupy, at One Dollar per line. •* Special Notices (leaded Brevier) will be charged Ten Cents per line for each insertion. 1,. ('. BRYAN, Soutkr.ru f'ntrr/irhK “AVAL CLINK, ll'irr-dram llt/wrlrr. Legal Advertisements. All persons having occasion to advertise legal sales, notices, etc., are compelled by law to comply with the following riilas: •* Kalm of Land mvl Negroes, by A.lniinmtrnton., Eteeiifcors, or Utiitrilians.are require.) by In” to be. helJ OU the first Tuesday iu the month, between the hours of ten ill the forenoon nml three ill the utter noon. at the Court house in the enmity in wl.ieh the properts i* situate. Notices of these sales must he given in a public gazette FOItTY WAYS previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property, must he jjiran at least TUN WA VS previous to the liny of sule. Notiee to Debtor* and Creditor* of an Estate must he published KWUTV ways. Notiee that application will he made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must ha published weekly for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration, must he published thirty days—fur Dismission Irom Adminis tration, monthly for six month) —for Dismission from (tuardiausliip,/orl# tlays. Rpl.Pjg. for Eoreelosure of Mortgage must he pub lished monthly forfonr months— (nr establishing lost papers, for the fill space of three months—(or compel ling titles front Kxeeutors or Administrators, where n i 1 i,-- L....n given l>) the deceased, the/all space of thrre months. (TeF Publications will always he continued ac cordin'* to the above rules, unless otherwise ordered All business in the line of Piuntisg “ ill meet with prompt attention at the itm-ouTK.ii OrnrK. 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 UU U C,. I— J. * ff w. O CN 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 VOLUME I-HUMBBR 58. 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 J. J. Print. j ( J anks McDoxalp, 1 V°< N. Rkdoick, L hngm Wjl. Hot. I.OWAV, ) 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*.