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BY WILLIAM CLINE.,
THE ItEPQjBTER,
CLINE, ’
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Tho Proprietors of the Press at Thomasville, in
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bly reduced their prices below former rates. They
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t ff All fractious of a square will be charged as a
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the integrity of existing contracts. Ail contracts
for tlie year, or any other specified time, shall only
cease with the expiration of the period for which
they were made.
Business Carjls, for. tho term of one year, will
be charged in proportion to the space they occupy,
at Ono Dollar per line. ,
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L. 0. BRYAN, S.niihcni Enterprise.
WM. CLINE, Wire-Grass Reporter.
Legal Advcrtiseinents.
All persons having occasion to advertise legal
sales, 'notices, etc., are compelled by-law to comply
With the billowing rules:
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors, or Gwuffiaii*,are required by law.to In
held on the first- in tie- month, between the
heursof ten in tlin forenoon and three in the ;ifti r-
II .von. at the Court house in the county in which the
property is situate. Notices 61 these sales must he
given iu a public gazette FORTY HAYS previous to
the day of sale.
N'otices for the sale of Personal Property, must be
given at least TEN DAYS previous to tile day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors oTaii Estate must
be published for ty days.
Notice that application, will be made to the Court
•f Ordinary for leave to sell Land nr Negroes, must
be published weekly for two months.
Citations for Letter*pfAdniinistration, must he
published thirty days— ,for Di-uiission from Adminis
tration, monthly fur sir. months —for Dismission from
Guardianship, forty days.
KlT.es for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub
lished monthly for four months- for establishing lost
papers, for tlir. full spore of three months— for compel
ling titles from Executors or Administrators, where
a bond has been given by the deceased, the fall sprrrt
of three months.
rsrPublication* will always be continued ae
'Ofdiug to tlie above rules, unless otherwise Ordered.
- AH business in the line of Printing will meet
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SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR,
VAX A. TERM.lfir>a :
AUGUST.
Ist MoinTay, Fl ivil
Lumpkin j
2d Moudny, Clarke j
Dawson i
3d Monday, Forsyth j
Meriwether j
Walton
4tli Mond’y, Baldwin >
Chattaho’chej
Glascock j
Heard „
Jackson w f
Monroe | |
Paulding i
Schley
Taliaferro
SEPTEMBER.
Ist Monday, Appling
Chattooga
CherokcE* 1 "-’”
Columbia
.. “Coweta
‘Crawford
Marion
Mitchell
Morgan
Webster
£4 Monday, Putts
Cass
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Sumter
. ‘ Washington
Frid’y aft’r, Pierce
3d Monday, Cobb
Hall
Hart
Maeon
Newton
Putnam
Talbot
Terrell
4 Ware
4th Mond’y, Campbell
Clay
GHncb
Umauuel
Ijce
Twiggs
Wliito
Wilkes
OCTOBER.
Ist Monday, Carroll
Dooly
Karlf 5
Fulton
Gilmer
Gordon
Taylor
Warren
© Wilkinson
: (>cront:u continli.u.
iTuesday > p| ,
j alter, $
1 Rabun
i‘2(i Monday, Chariton
| Fannin
j Haber.-ham
Hancock
>! Harris
I Laurens
Miller
Se riven
3<l Monday, Burke
Camden.
Franklin
Haralson
Henry
Jones
“'Murray
• Dctethorpe
* Pulaski
Stewart
Union
Worth
Tl *t J \
Friday atrr, \\ ilcox
4th Moud’y, Decatur
. ‘ Dekalb
Houston
Irwin
Jasper
Lincoln
Polk
Tattnall
Towns
Whittield
1 Tolfmr
Frid’y att’r, Bulloch
Mond’y “ Kflingham
WOVE JIBE It.
• Ist Monday, Berrien
Milton
Randolph
Richmond
* Upson ,
2d Monday, Baker
Bibb
‘*,* Catoosa
Muscogee
:id Monday, Spalding
Troup
4th Mond’y, Calhoun
Walker
a £'’ 1 *<**■*
Mon. after, Doiigherty
“ “ Liberty
“ “ Colquitt
“ “ Bryan
DECEMBER.
Ist Monday, Dade
Jefferson
Thomas
3d Monday, LowUdes
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBEI|L 1858.
S J £ut Curbs.
. j— - -
G. 11. DANIEIL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SAVANHAU, GEORGIA.
Office, c.orner of Bull and Bay Streets,
jan 12 w ly
JANEsiI. lIAMBuiciE
ATTORNEY at law,
McDmougJt, Henry Cos., Ga.
110 V 24’ W ly
EUGENE L. HINES,
ATTORNEY AT LA W .
GEORGIA, >
• Office over McLean's store. (jan26
JOHN M. ‘DYSON,’ ~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce’s, Thomasville,
Georgia. junG-ly.
SAMUEL 11. SPENCER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
T UOM AS V ILLfL GEORGIA.
WILL givo his entire attention to the practice of
Law, in the tCounties of the Southern Circuit.—
Office on the second floor of D. & E. McLean’s
brick building. (jan2oy
R. S. BURCII & Witt. AIcLENDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
oct!4 19 wey
JAMES C. ROSS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
je 23 w - t.f
HARRIS A hAKBIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
IvEßstjN L. Harris, | Charles ,T. Harris,
- Milledgeville, Ga. | Thomasville, Ga.
MATTHEW Jr A LLB HITTO.V,
AT T 0 RNEY A T LA W ,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
Special attention given to collecting.
liny 17 ‘ ly
H. M. T. WAKE,
ATTORN EY A T LAW,
Nruhtnllc, Berrien Cos,, Ga.
nov HE, ly v
~ IL C. MOBGAN, ’
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NASIII ILL E, GEOiIGIA.
WILL practice in tlie comities of the Southern Cir
cuit,and tlie ebunties of Dooly, Worth and Dough
erty of the'Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware
ol the Brunswick Circuits.
Flat Creel,* Ga., Oct. 7. ts
~AEW V J. El EES,
A T-T nI!K E Y AT LAW,
Mi llt own, Be ricn Cos., Ga.
ANY business chti listed to his care will also receive
tlie attention of Judge A. 11. llausell, oi Tlumi
asville, Ga , *
RErESENOES.
Gi-n. T.katJ. Knight, l mtt < Ca .
jAMt.s ( U1ß11t.1., }
MU.VI-qiUi, H’oymrilln, Ga.
liov pi • _ ly
JOHN B. MILLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
.MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the Counties of the Brunswick
Circuit, and Berrien ami Lowndes Comities ol
the Southern Oh-enit. . tnayl'2oy
’ is.\ at. ek aiWiaaet,
A T T 0 RN E Y S A T LAW,
Troupville, Lowndes Cos., Ga.
sept 15 w ts
JOHN C. NICHOLLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESIIOROUGII, WARE CO., GA. •
WILL practice ill ai l the counties of The JJruns
wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of the
Southern mar'Jloy
GUOItGE R. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGH, GA.
WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties fthc
Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, Ware
Clinch, find Charlton. lnarHltf
ICIUi: eV MUISSIION,
A TT OR N E Y S A T L A W,
MAGNOLIAv CLINCH ‘CO., GA.
ATTENII to all lueiuess entrusted to their care, in
the following counties, tv-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffee. Charlton, Lowndes and Berrien, Geor-.
gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and Jefferson, in Florida.
DAVID P. RICE. j HENRY M. MF.RMION,
jmi 5 w 6m
JAMES M. FOLSOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA. CLINCH CC>., GA.
WILL p rue I ice in all tlie courts of the Brunswick
Circuit and in tlie com ts of Lowndes nnd Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
i> •Utikt’ .A. E; Cochraii. Brunswick Ct.
References| K . Love, Southern Ct.
jan 5 w jy
lUebical Cafba.
S. S. ADAMS, HZZ, | S. R. WILLIAMS.
NEWFIKM.
DRS, ADAMS &. WILLIAMS, having formed a
Co-partnership, tender their professional service*
to the public. aiig 25-ts
R. J. RRUCR, I R. H. EATON.
Ilrtb IIRLCE & EATOIV,
HAVING formed a co-partnership, tender their
‘Professilihnl Services to the'citizens of Tbnuias
ville and vicinity. je23-tf
111 4 . W.IIHALIn
HAS ilispoeexl of his interest in the “Wire-Grass
Reporter” to Judge Love, nnd will devote himself
exclusively to his profession.
He way be found at all times, w hen not profession
ally ebgaeed, at his Office opposite East side
. Presbyterian Chord . jtjOtf
—~ff- T — T~ 1 1 1 ■ ■ ■ ’ ‘
(It/form Bract tee.)
: Hr. P. S. BOWER,
OFFER lis professional service* to the citizens
of Thomasville ai l vicinity. Calls at all hours
promptly attended to. fel>2oy
New Drug Store.
Din. BOW ‘ It & ELLIS
stand formerly occupied by Palmer
Bro., Opposite E. RJeioiiigton’s,
and are prepared to furnish
ypgHjfl Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks,
JjCE: Fancy Soaps, Sac.
Upon fair terms to those who may
favor them witii a call. To their Reform friends,
they would say, that they have on band a fresh and
reliable assortment of Bulimic Medicines.
And will be glad to supply them w ith such articles
as they may ueed, uiay26oy
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
CONTINUED.
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THE UKORGIA PKNITK.NTIAUV.
‘The report of Gen. Eli McConnell, Prin
cipal Keeper of tlie Penitentiary, wili ltifoi m
vou of tin) present condition of that iiib'itu-.
tion. The walls, badly constructed ;■ dpat,
have stood for a long time, and are now near
ly ready to tumble down. The whole struc- ■;
tore is in tv dilapidated condition, and -will re
quire fiction on the part of the Legislature at
• its present or some early session. It is a
question worthy of vonr attention whether it
should be rebuilt where it is, or be removed
to some more favorable loention ; or'whether
it should be entirely abolished,and some other .
mode of punishment substituted in its stead. 1
Asa place of reformation of the convicts it is -
believed to have proved a failure. It brings to- 1
getber an assemblage of the worst men in the |
State, many of whom are beyond the hope 1
of reformation. In the midst of such an as- 1
semblage the young offender has but little ]
encouragement to reform. Observation has
shown us, that a considerable proportion of
those who have served the term of a sen
tence, have, after going out, very soon viola
ted the law, aiuEboen sent jtack for a second,
and some eveu for a third tune. Someofthe ‘
States, as Alabama aud Texas, have leased
out their Penitentiary ; and it is reported
that this plan has worked Well in those States
and has relieved them fiom all burdens in
maintaining their prisons. I commend the
whole subject to the careful consideration of ;
the Legislature.
THE STATE ASYLUM.
For the condition and management of tlie
State Lunatic Asylum, the Academy for the
Deaf and Dumb, I beg leave to refer you to
the respective reports of tho -entrusted with
their management. These asylums have
already doue much to improve the condition
and mitigate the sufferings of the unfortunate r
persons who are their respective inmates. The
State has been liberal in her appropriations
to foutid and sustain them, and 1 trust that
her liberality may prove a permanent bless
ing to her people.
A recent visit to the Academy for the M
Blind in Macon, La l satisfied me, that those
in charge of that institution are laboring faith
fully for the instruction .and the ameliora
tion of the condition of that unfortunate, class
of our fellow beings, for w'bose benefit the
Academy lias been provided. The new
building is being erected, and will, when
completed, lie a beautiful Structure, <d!
adapted to tlie purpose fdr which it is intend
ed. I am informed bv the Trustees that they
arranged tiie plan of the building,- and shaped
the contract with the, builders, so as to bring
the expense of the whole, within tlie appro
priation, and that there will be no call for an
additioiiaNpprfnuiation, to save the State
from the loss .of-the appropriation already
undo. Their conduct in this particular de
serves commendation. 1 ,,!’ N . •
fO -1
Georgia Military institute.
For the condition and prospects of the
Georgia Military Institute at Marietta, I also
refer you to the report of the Trustees of that
Institution. Early in the year l purchased
for tlie State the remaining interest of the
stockholders, and paid for it as directed hv
tlie statute. The whole is therefore the pro
perty of the State. I attended the examin
ation of the classes at tlie late commence
ment, ami take pleasure in saying that the
young gentlemen acquitted themselves with
much credit, both to “” themselves and the
faculty.
Weights axp measures.
A large number of the Counties of the
State, especially the new counties, have nev
er been supplied with standard weights and
measures, tlie number originally purchased
by the State proving insufficient. .Frequent
applications are made to the Executive by
t]ie destitute countiesfor a supply, there
are none at his disposal. It will e->si a con
siderable sum to purchase the requisite num
ber. I recommend, therefore, that an appro
priation be made sufficient to supply such of
the, counties as are destitute of them, aud to
defray t-he expense of their distribution.
SALARIES of the judges.
At the last session an act was passed in
creasing the salaries of the Judges of the
Supremo and Superior Courts of this
State ; hut by some oversight no ap
propriation xvas made to pay such increase to
those who, under the Constitution, were en
titled Jo it, tlife appropriations having been
made for the amounts only of those salaries
as fixed hyjirevious laws. One of the Judges
of the Supreme Court who was elected at the
last session, and two or three of the Ji’tdges
%f lire Superior Court, who xvere elected in
January last, hold their coinmissious hearing
date since the passage of the act, and are,
therefore, clearly entitled to the increased
salary. Six of tjie Judges of the Superior
Court, most of whom had, each, almost a full
term to serve, resigned their offices soon al
ter the adjournment of your last session, and
having been re-appointed by me, now hold
commissions bearing date since the passage
of the act. They,* as well as those elected
since the passage of the act are, in my opin
ion, clearly entitled to the increased salary ;
which has been withheld from them on ac
count of the appropriation not having been
made. I therefore recommend that an ap
propriation be made immediately, sufficient
to pay each Judge whose commission hears
date since the passage of the act, the balance
of salary due him. In view of die sacrifices
made by them, tlie heavy responsibilities in
curred and tlie great amount of labor pei
ibnned, I arp.A)t opinion that no class of offi
cers in Georgia have been so poorly paid as
our Judges. I therefore regardlfaeact rais
iug their salaries as wise and just, and regret
only, that the constitutional prohibition pre
vented, and still prevents, a portion of them
from receiving its benefits. I think equality
in thij case as well as in others, is equity. —
There is no good, reason why a Judge who
was elected soon after the passage of the act
should receive $>2,500 per annum, for bis full
(term of four years, while one whose commis
sion bears date a few days previous to that
time and who probably has a more laborious
i ricuit,should serve the same term of four years
for SIBOO per annum. Taking this view of
tho question of justice and right between
them, 1 l'elt it my duty to re-appoint any
one. who, having most of a term Wore him,
thought proper to resign and take his chance
for re-election in Jamiary next. I see noth
ing in tlusir course deserving censure, and I
and not hesitate to take my part oi tliercspon
sility so far as the re-appointments are con
cerned.
I have no sympathies in common with’
those who vote away thousands and ten of
thousands of dollars, of the people’s money,
in large appropriations, often extended by
the movers more for the advancement of in
dividual interests than for the public good,
and then attempt to raise a popular clamor
should the State do justice to her public offi
cers, by giving them a reasonable compensa
tion for their services, which is now, in many
instances, Diuch less than their talents would
command at other employments. One appro
priation of doubtful propriety, about which
but little may be said, often draws from the
treasury more money, than all the increase of
salaries of all the public officers of tlie State.
In 1841, when tlie salaries of oor A Judges
were fixed at SI,BOO per annum, thut amount
of money would purchase more property
than 2,500 will purchase now. A negro or
: horse might then he purchased for but lrt-
Ue, if any, over half as much as a similar
piece of property will command in market
now. It follows, therefore, that our Judges
and other public officers, are not as well paid
now as they were then. Our great State is
not too poor, nor too parsimonious, to do jus
tice to those, who render her important pub
lic services; nor is it her policy to drive her
best talent from public positions to make
room for thoße who will agree to occupy them
for less money.
SUBSCRIPTIONS To LEGAL WORKS.
-* At your last session resolutions were pass
ed, requesting me to subscribe in behalf of
the State for 1500 copies of Hines’ Forms,
at the price of $2.50 per copy ; and for 500
copies of Reese’s Manual, at a reasonable
price, to pay for them out of the contingent
-fund. I subscribed for and received the
hooks, aud paid Mr. Hines 81,000, and Mr.
Itcese SSOO, one third ol the price agreed
upon for the 500 copies of his book delivered
at the Capitol. On account of the heavy
draft made upon the contingent fund, to pay
other sums taxed .upon it liy resolutions of
tho General Assembly, besides the payment
of the salary of the Reporter of the Deetkiuhs
df the Supremo Court, for which no--appro
priation was made, l found it impossible to
pay the. whole amount due*for the hooks and
to meet the ordinary demands for the pay
ment of which the fund is intended. The
balnncc of $2,759 due Mr. Hines, and SI,OOB
due Air, itcese, remains unpaid. 1 respect
fully recommend that appropriations he made
in their befialf for the respective sums due
them. .
LOTTERIES.
I also recotntne.nd that a heavy tax be im
posed upon cacli and'every person who as
commissioner, agent, trustee or in any other
capacity, shall be engaged uV drawing any
lottery, or pretended lottery’, or in selling lot
ery tickets, within this State. It is time the
moral sense of our people were aroused for
the suppression of this deceptive, fraudulent
and demoralizing practice ; which encourages
among the people a spirit of hazard and
gambling, depriving them of large sums of
money every year, which too often brings
distress upon the helpless women And chil
dren ; while it pampers idle drones in socie
ty, who neither labor nor produce any thin.q,
but who trrow rich by the credulity aud b®lß
-of others. ——~
THE MILITARY-SYSTEM.
The attention of the Legislature has again
and again been called to our defective mili
tary system, and to the great neglect to per
form military duty iu; the State. I doubt/
whether any recommendation which I cdiifil
add would be of any service. At your last
session, the usual appropriation for military
purposes xv.-ib withheld; and after this decis
ion by tho Lcgislafure, I did not foel it my
duty to order a rigid enforcement of the mili
tary laws. The time may eome, however,
when we will have cause to deplore our pres
ent inactivity and lack of discipline and
military spirit.
THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN GEORGIA
AND FLORIDA,
The resolutions passed at your last sess
ion, in reference to the boundary question,
between the State of Georgia and the State
of Florida, were communicated by me to the
Governor oLtliat State, soon after your ad
journment. I received from bis Excellency
assurnnces of bis desire for an early and am
icable adjustment of the difficulty, with a
promiee-to loy the resolutions before tho Le
gislature of that State at its next session.
INDEX TO TUB RECORDS OF PLATS. f,
The iudek to tlie records of plats of land*
granted under the law of head rights, bad
been kept up in the Surveyor General's of
fice, from 1827 to 1829, in a very large vol
ume; which is now in a very mutilated con
dition. There is no Index of plats issued
since 1829. This is not the fault of the pre
sent laborious aud faithful officer, who luw
charge of that department, as his predeces
sors for nearly thirty years had failed to keep
up the Index. Believing it a matter of im
portance that the large number of books,
containing these very important records, be
indexed to the present time, I employed Maj.
H, J. G. Williams, an excellent clerk, of
great” exactness in camparing the records;
and to extend it from 1829 to the present
time. When completed the whole will make
two common size volumes. I presume there
can be rlo difference jof opinion as to
the propriety of preserving the public re
cords in good condition. I recommend the
passage af an act, authorizing the Governor
to Uraw his warrant upon the Treasury, for
i a sum sufficient to pay fat the work when
; completed; and that three suitable persons
1 be appointed to examine the work, and report
• its value to the Executive. s~‘“V— f
t [TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.]
BZftf TO TO ADDRESS OF THE COSTYITTEE
% 0* WE TALLOXAB MEETIK3.
Opfick A. & G. Railroad Cos., )
Savannah, Nov. 17,1858. f
To Measrs. James L. Seward. H. J. E. Roes
er, Jj J. Pike, James McDonald, N. Ued
iiiek.and Win. lldHoway, Committee :
iitwilemm .•—'ln my letter to you of the
30th ultimo. I acknowledge the receipt of
your priuffid communication, (without date)
and promised to Submit it to the Board of
Directors of company as soon aa they
could convenlJw that purpose. I have now
tho honor to coimunicai.u to you the result
of the deliberations of the Board, a# contain
ed in the resolutions passed on the 17th iu
staut, a copy of wMeh you will please find
enclosed. I regrer%it the absence from the
State of several of the Directors, and the
great distance which fijMtrated those who re
mained, made it implScible to aubmit your
eommuoication to tho Baud at an earlier
day.
You will readily perceive that while the
Directors do not think it n mmsij to incur
the expense and lose the tim which it would
be necessary to encounter, if all the mere
field labor was to he gone over by a corps
of engineers, they havo decided to aubmit
the entire work which has been dowo to a
competent and distinguished engineer f*r re
vision and advice. With the material# at
hand, he can readily detect nnv qrriin of
judgment or calculation, and furuiah any* Ad
ditional light that may be necessary to edi
ble tiro Directors to act advisedly and prompt!
ly in the premises. To- send another corps
of engineers in the field for this purpose,
would not only he unnecessary to accom
plish the object desired, hut would involve a
probable loss of six mouths in time, and an
expenditure of money which would be trim
inul, when it is Considered how much has al
ready been bestpwed on the examination -of
three lines, Included within a belt of coun
try no where more than thirteen aud with an
average of’ less than six miles in width !
The large portion of eight months, and more
money tli.m the entire amount subscribed by
tiie parties on the old Brunswick line now
remoustrating, have been consumed in sur
veying and locating the lines through this
region. And shall tfie consummation of the
long deferred hopes of Southern and South
western Georgia be ftfill further postponed,
to satisfy the unreasonable demands of a
feicil i srfml rnted per sons who place their pri
vate aftd local interests above the-public
good? For there seems to b no ovidence
whatever-of tho “ wide spread and almost
unanimous dissatisfaction,” which yon say
exists in relation to tho recent action of tin*
Board. Agitation, systematically pursued,
mny succeed in giving importance and pub
licity to..the discontents of a few, while the
-quiet nnd unobtrusive satisfaction of the
many claims no Special notice from the pub
lic. The organized discontents, of which
you aro the.representative, manifested itself
at Tallokas, in the county of Lowndes, and
tie friends and advocates of the measures
there adopted have found it necessary
1 to apologize in the public prints for the
small numbers in attendance.
You will pardon me if I do not cover all
the ground occupied in your address. I have
neither time nor inclination to revive issue#
that have long since bean set at rest, nor to
discuss questions which seem to me to have
no relevancy to the complaints now made
against the Directors of the Atlantic &. Gulf
Railroad. The respect due to yon, howev
er, and to ourselves, requires that some no
tice be taken of many of the positions and
views presented by your “ address.”
“ The location of the road,” yon say, “as
at present understood, it is belieyed, is hi
contravention of the policy of the State as
intimated by the law.” The manner In which
this location is supposed to contravene the
policy of the State, “as indicated by the
iw,” is best illustrated by your views as to
the precise limits within which every point
on tins line must he located. Do ynn then
hold that the road (every point on it) must
be located •‘between a direct line drawn from
the initial point to the junction of the rivers
(Flint and Chattahoochee,) making the Sou
thern boundary, aud a like line irotn the Ini
tial point to Fort Gaines, making the North
ern boundary 1” No other meaning can
well be affixed so your language; but in
what position.tjoes this view place most, if
not all, of your cotntniftee 1 The area with-
in lines thug drawn does not include Thmn
asville, and leaves out not only Milltawn,
but the whole of Lowndes couuty! Has
your chairman, then, been insisting so vehe
mently, from the inception of this enter
prise, that the road should run through
Thomaßville, no matter what line was adopt
ed, when he was confident that the charter
would be violated by such a course ? Un
fortunate proposition, which prove* too
much! The Directors must surely look
well to recommendations aud suggestion* so.
inconsistent with each other, and so reckless
as to consequences.
But there is a singular want of accuracy
in yodr entire reference to the chartcf. In
no event are the lines to be drawn from the
points you batgggindicated, but the area must
be still more contracted, if your view is to
prevnil. From the initial point to the cross
ing of the Satilbt, “ at or near Walker’s Fer
ry,” there is no latitude given except that al
lowed by the word near ; and the respective
angles of your favorite triangle mast be
found-” at or neat Walker’* Ferry,” at Fort
Gaines, and at the junction of the two rivers.
Having shown what construction you have
placed upon the charter in this regard, let us
enquire, for a moment, whether this is the
true construction, and whether the location,
“ as at present understood,” violates this con
st ruction j or is in “ contravention of the pol
icy of the State, indicated by the law.”
Fortunately the intention of the State of
Georgia is expressed in the Act itself, “to
providers Main Trunk rail way across hex ter
ritory, connectiug tbe Atlantic with the Gul’
i of Mexico,” nor is it. pretended that the line
complained of is not aa well adapted to the
object mentioned, as any that has been pro
posed.
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Bat, **/ those w ho have now taken
ha charter under their special protection, the
imes already indicated limit the road North
r^to 00 j , r d ‘ ,the * di r srotion of the r> -
iwtoMmmt be.exercised witbin those lim
.** A * * Wferenre to the charter iUelf
show* no such restriction, it islobe regret cd
tl.at those who made the discovery have not
pen thetr reason, in detail. If tl.e lascis
l/itnre intended that a straight line, from .
point “at of neat Walker’s Ferry,” to one
Os the two points on the Chattahoochee,
this intention conld have been readily ex
pressed. If the rhorlt-H or the rhiapent
was to be wkfioot
er considerations, a single word would have
loft no room for doubt. It lias not been ae
expressed, simply because such was not the
intention of the Legislature. A short, cheap,
and straight line, would certainly present
striking advantages • but, wore all three of
tliest dements combined, they might be to far
out weighed by other corisidc.atious, as not
tn axhluft” the moat practicable route to the
We-tern boundary of Georgia.” ‘l'ha -nwt
security to which the State looked, in prom
ising a mdlion of di.Uonr to this enterprise,
was the still larger interest to be owned and
controlled by indieidual stockholders. So
long as these individoals kept an intoSnut
watch over their own'interests, the State
could net suffer much. Was any route “prac
ticable, therefore, on which no indivi
subscription could he obtained J A road u
built, both by individuals and the State, to
be tuntained and to lie profitable. Would
that be the “ most practical fe route” which
tirould not sustain the road, or make it pro
fit xlilc l And, of this the Directors were
made the judges, within the limits of the
charter j and from the nature of the ease
this discretion could be eouHned nowhere
olso. That this discretion has been pjtercls
ed to the entire satisfaction of a large major
ity of the stockholders, is evidenced by the
fact, that after,mO|t diligent enquiry, we can
find but out hundred and rltren rhaeet
(11,100,) represento.l by all, the malcontents
together, out of a capital subscribed pi eleven
thousand four hnndred and thlrty-ono shares
($1,143,100)! Jr—in the proportion of 1 to
103—while large subscriptions have been
made contingent on the adoption of the lower
line. •
The XVatrtH terminus ol tire Hoad, to
which alone the restriction in the charter re
fers, has not yet boon selected, bccanse the
means are not at hand to construct to that
point; and to have it fixed before ire are pre
paretUo work up to it, would he acting with
undue haste, when the charter proscribes
that it shall bo selected “with distinct refer
ence to a speedy connection witli the Gulf of
Mexico, at Mobile or I’ensaeola.” To ac
complish this great Object, with which the
mind of the Legislature was filled, we must
confer with other States, and within the dis
cretion given by the charter, modify our own
somewhat, to meet the internal im
provements within their limits.
None of the remonstrant* maintain that
the road should not pass through Tbomas
ville—then we have gives two points-—tire
crossing of the SatilU “at or near Walker's
ferry” and Thomasville. We challenge a
comparison witli ail the great railways of the
country, as to the extent of the dicergcnce
bom the straight line running bet ween these
two points. Examine, for example, the di
vergence from the straight line between Ma
con and Savannah, on the Central Railroad.
It was to secure “tire most practicable route”
that this margin was allowed by the Aet
which gave existence to tlua'•enterprise, and
it is perhaps unjust to an intelligent public to
suppose that we should spend any timo in
combating the notion that we ftre to tft con
fined within the “triangle” before referred to,
for any point on the line of road.
Tbe Directors have no evidence whatever
that it is more henlthy on the upper than the
lower line, and the geography of the country
does not teach them that it i# “better sup
plied with lasting streams of water.”* All the
streams in that region flow southward, and
they certainly increase in volume as they ap
proach the sea. It is not denied that the
iroduct.of the country', tapped by the lower
line, are vastly more valuable, and will furn
ish more abundant freights in the great sta
ple of th Mouth. Tlh* “cotton belt,*’ which
is cut by the boundary line of Georgia and
Florida, though of ‘immense value ami pro-1
ductiveness, is scarcely thirty mile* in width.
The upper line doe* uot toneh it, while tbe
lower line penetrates thd very heart ofit. I*
this not an element to be considered by the
Directors in-selecting “the most practicable
route 1” and tire necessity for building into
the very heart of this “cotton bolt*’ has been
increased, not diminished by the construc
tion of * parallel roah in Florida, reaching
the Atlantic at Fernnndina.
These are some of the considerations which
induced our engineer to reronmend, and the
btfnrd to adopt the so wer line. They were
free to adopt any line that would carry out
the intentions of the Legislature aud advance
the interests of all the shareholders. The
insinuation that wie were under any obliga
tions to the Brunswick Company to select
their line is simply without auy foundation
whatever—and we challenge the production
of any evidence to support the assertion.-
Thi-re was an nnllerstaoding with the peo
ple of Thomasvitle, at the meeting held there
iu September, 1 $66, that this mad would not
be located N.-.rtb of the Brunswick lino.
Tbe agreement lias n‘>t been violated. The
State required ns to produce a release from
the Brunswick Company, befyuts the sub
scription on the part ot the State should be
paid ; and this circumstance alone gave rise
to all the negotiations referred to. But tor
this requirement, inserted, in tbe • charter to
quiet the apprehensions of those who feared
litigation and consequent loss to the State,
and* not at the instate* of the friends of the
Brunswick comply this company wonld have
lot no time in these negotiations fer a te
lee*. Ttye Directors took tbe legal advice
i of able counsel oa this subject at an early
! day, and felt assured that (here was no Im
pediment in tbe pay a* location any wbora
within the limits of th£ charter, not actually