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-AJST ACT, ;’
Tt lay out and organize anew county
from the countieaof Lowndes and Thomaa,
and for other purposes (herein specified.
Skc. 1. .Be k enacted ,by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of
Georgia in Goneral assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
that fiom and immediately after the passage
of this act, anew county shall he and the
same is hereby laid out from the counties of
and Thomas, to be included within
the following limits, to-wit: Beginning at
the Florida line, where the Witnlccoochce
river enters said Siftte, and running up said
river to the junction of the said Withlecoo*
clice with Little river to the line between
lota of land numbers 59 and 60, in tho 12th
district of Lowndes county, thence running
to the SoutH-west corner of lot of land
number 35, in the 12th laud district of said
county of Lowndes, and thence running due
North to the county line between Lowndes
and Borrien, thence running the line between
said counties of Lowndes and Berrien to
lino of Colquitt county, thence running the
line between Lowndes and Colquitt and
Thomaa and Colquitt to tho lino dividing
lots of land numbers 392 and 43V, in Thom
as, thence running due South to the Ocilla
river, and thence running down the Ociila
river to the Florida lino, and tiience running
the line between Lowndes and the State of
Florida to tho entrance of Withlecoochee
river into said State of Florida—(the start*
ing point.)
Skc. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforeim'id, that the new county,
described in the Ist Section of this Act, shall
be called and known by the name of Brooks,
aiid shall be attached to the Ist Congression
al district, and to the Southern Judicial Cir
cuii. and to the 6th division and 2nd brigade
of Georgia Militia.
Skc. 3. And be it further enacted by tho
authority aforesnid, that the persons inclu
dedin said new county, entitled to vote in
the same, shall, on*tho Ist Monday in Janti--
v ary next; elect fivo Justices of the Inferior
Court, an Ordinary, a Clerk of the Superior
- Court, Clerk of thp Inferior Court, a Sheriff,
a Coroner, TANARUS Collector, and Receiver of
Tat. returns, a County Surveyor, and a
County Treasurer for said new county, and
that said election for officers shall be held at
the several places where Justice’s Courts are
now hdd within tho limits of said-new coun
ty, sml tho Governor, on the same being cer
tified to him, shall 1 commission the persons
returned as elected at such election, who shall
hold their offices respectively^Tor the terms
prescribed by law, and until their successors
shall be elected and qualified; and said Jus
tices of the Inferior Court, after they shall
have been commissioned, shall proceed, aa
.soon ns possible, to lav off said county into
Militia Districts, and to advertise -for the
election of two Justices of tho Peaco in
each district in which no Justice, now in com
mission, may reside; and in case one Justice,
in commission, shall reside in any one of said
districts, then ono other shall be elected for
said district, nnd tho Governor, on being duly
certified of the election of such Justices,
’ shall commission them according to law; and
all officers, now in commission, within the
limits of said new county, shall hold their
commission and exercise the duties of their
scvcral offices, within said new county, for
the terms respectively for which they were
•kited, and until their successors shall bo
. commissioned and qualified.
Skc. 4. And bo it further enacted by the
authority aforesnid, that the Justices of the
Inferior Court of said county, nftor they
shall have been commissioned nud qualified,
shall have full power and authority, and shall
by the Ist February, 1859, select and locate
u site for the public buildings of said noyv
county, to be called Quitman; and the said
Justices, or a majority of them, are hereby
authorized and invested with full power to
purchase a tract of land foil tho location of
tho county site, to divide the same into lots
and soil each lot at public sale to the highest
bidder for the benefit of said county, or to
make such other arrangements or contracts
concerning the cAunty site or the location of
tho public buildings as they may think prop
er. Provided, however, that said Justices of
tho Inferior Court shall locate the county
site and the public buildings within four miles
of the centre of said now county.
Skc. 5. And bo it further enacted, That
so soon as tho Justices of the Inferior Court
of said county, shall have laid off said Militia
districts, the places of holding Justices Courts
in said districts respectively bo nud each of
them is hereby established an election pre
cinct.
Skc. G. Anti lie it furflier enacted, That
the papers appertaining to all suits ponding in
either of said counties, out of which this new
county is formed when the defendants reside
hi sueh uew county, shall bo transferred to
the proper officers of said now county, and
there tried and disposed of; nnd that all mesne
process, executions and other final process in
the hands of the Sheriff*, Coroners and Con
stables of the counties of which thn now
county is formed, nnd which property be
longs to Baid new county, and may lmvcbceu
levied and in part executed, and such pro
ceedings therein not finally disposed ot at
the organization of said new couuty, shall be
delivered over to the corresponding officers
of said new county, and such officers are
hereby authorised and required to proceed
with the same nnd in tlio manner as if such
lirocess had been originally iu their hands,
’rovided that the costs ,tjien duo shall be
paid before the case shall bo romoved, and
proVidod that in all cases publication of the
time and piaco of sale, and proceeding of the
Tike character in the new county shall be
made for the time now prescribed by law;
and all such process which properly belongs
to the counties out of which such new county
is formed, which may be in the bauds of the
. officers of said new county, shall, in like
maimer, bo delivered over to the officers of
said counties, to be executed by'Them iu the
manner herein prescribed.
Sue. 7. And bo it further enacted, That
the Superior Courts of said new county shall
be held QO the third Mondays in May and
November, and the Inferior Courts ou the
thk(J.Mondays in August and February, aud
the Courts of Ordioary shall be held at the
times as prescribed by law for the different
counties of this State.
Sue. S. And be it further enacted, That
all public business of said new county shall
be transacted at’ Thomas Folsom’s, in said
new county, until tho public site shall be lo
cated by the Inferior Court as aforesaid, aud
said place shall be one the election pre
cincts for said new e> • so long as the
public business of the new county is trans
acted there.
Skc. 9. And be it further enacted, That
the funds of Lowndes county, now in tho
hands of the Treasurer, shall, after the debts
of the. county are fully paid off and dis
charged, be equally divided between the said
county o? Lowndes and the said new county
of Brooks hereby laid out, arid said Treasurer
is hereby authorized and required so pay over
the same to the Treasurer of Brooks county;
and the said new county shall also be entitled
to receive its equal share of the nett funds
raised by county taxation in the present
county of Lowndes for the present year,
which are now, or may hereafter coma into
the hands of the Tax Collector.
Bkct. 10. And be it furtherenacted, That
the funds in the hands of the Ordinary of
Lowndes County for Poor School purposes
at the time of the passing of this act, shall
be equitably divided between the said county
of Lowndes and the county of Brooks, upon
the following basis, that is to say, the Ordi
nary of Lowndes county shall make out and
furnish to the Ordinary of Brooks, a state
ment of the fund in his hands at the timo
aforesaid, and also the number of poor chil-
dren in the county of including
that part of the territory of said couuty cut
off (into the county of Brooks,) and shall pay
over to the Ordinary of Brooks county a
pro-rata share according to the number of
children in that part of the territory of the
same which is taken from the county of
Lowndes.
THK WIRE-GRASS REPORTER.
SEVER E. LOVE 4 WILLIAM CLINE, EDITORS.
IrioMASVTLJJ^T^GAT^
WEDNESDAY, DEC’BER 9MBSS.
Agents for this Paper.’
The following gentlemen have kindly conaented
to act a* agents for the Wire-Gra** Reporter,whose
receipt* will be acknowledged for any monies due
this office:
8. M. I’ettenohx & Cos., New York-
Henry T. Mash, Duncanville, ThAm** Cos. G*.
R. A. Kemp, Dry Lake, Thomas Cos. Ga.
Joshua GriPpih, TmupGUe, Lowndes Cos., Ga.
B. B. Ransonk, Irw inville, Ga.
Tlios. Wilcox, Jacksonville, Telfair Cos., Ga.
W. 1{ Overstreet, Nashville, Berrien Cos., Ga.
A. J. Lings, Milltown,Berrien Cos., Ga.
W. J. Mabry, Griffin’s Mills, Berrien Cos., Ga.
_ R. N. Parish, Ava t Berrien Cos ,Ga.
- John C. Nichoi.lb, Wareshm-o, Ga.
EVERETT'S PAVILION.
This ram exhibition will be here and open
on to-morrnw night. Performance to com
mence at 7 o’clock. It is not often that a
public exhibition of as much interest passes
this War: when it does, tho opportunity to
see it should not bo neglected.
COMMUNICATIONS.
A* our paper is much crowded this week
with communications and other matter of
interest, wo have behq obliged to put a por
tion of original matter on our first page, to
which we respectfully^refer our readers.
MAIN TRUNK.
It will be seen by an advertisement in our
paper of to-day, that tho Board of Directors
of the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Company
call for the third anil fourth instalments of
ten per cent each, upon the capital stock of
tho Company, the former to be paid on the
15th of January, nnd tho latter-on the Ist of
March next, at the Company's office in Sa
vannah... We presume A. T. Mclntyre of
this place, and J. R. Stapler of Lowndes,
are authorized to receive the instalments due
in this section, os heretofore.
”
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The Educational bill and the act to form
tho new county of Brooks, will be found in
our columns this week.
RAILROAD CASUALTY.
W. Scot Williams, connected with the
house of Johnson & Hamilton, New- York,
(residence of self nnd family Greenville, S.
C.,) received an injury on the Waynesboro’
Railroad on, the nighFof tho Bth inst., by
which his icg wassevorcly ’aceratcd, and had
to be amputated tlio next day. He only
survivod twenty-four hours, and died oil
Thursday night.
THE JANUARY ELECTIONS.
On the first Monday in January next, the
voters ot UeorgiA will bo again called on to
mako choice of couuty Tax Collectors aud
Receivers, and in this Judicial Circuit also to
electa Judge and Solicitor-General of the
Superior Court. The elective franchise in a
republican government is the palladium of
her liberties. Unlike the monarchical gov
ernments of the old world, no one is born
here an emperor or a king, who holds power
or station “by the grace of God,” as they
are there pleased to use the term,but each one
must measurably be the architect of his own
fortune, and for office and station, under Su
prome Power, submit to the uncontrolled will
of the people. No one-is born *’ booted and
spurred ” to rido over the sovereign people,
but on the contrary every one stands amena
ble to that great power its long as he enjoys
governmental privileges and protection. The
elective privilege cannot be too highly estima
ted; and in proportion to its value should it
be exorcised with prudence and circumspec
tion. Mr. Jefferson’s great tests for office
should never be lost sight of, M Is he honestl
Is he capable ?” If a man is capable of
discharging the duties of the office he seeks,
and can bn relied on to discharge them in
honest fidelity, for tho benefit of the people
at large, without prejudice or favor to any,
that mania fit for office, and you may give
him your vote with confidence.
In this county the Into. Convention of
Relegates fresh from the people, have made
choice of such nominocs, and we trust that
every member of the Democratic party who
values the tenets and principles of the party
will come out and show their faith by their
works.
CHRISTMAS.
This is the last paper we shall publish in
this month. Gar next paper will be issued
on the first day of January, 1859, and from
that time forth will be sent out on Saturday
instead of Wednesday, as now published.
We have urgent reasons for making this
change. It accommodates a large number of
our subscribers in Lowndes, Berrien, Telfair,
Irwin, Coffee, Ware and Appling, who get
their papers by way of Troupvlile. The
mail leaves Troupville for these counties but
once a week, on Monday morning, and by
publishing on Saturday, our papers go imme
diately on, with the latest intelligence, where
as, if printed on Wednesday, they all lay
over at Troupville and get no further until
the same time—Monday morning. By pub
lishing on Saturday, we also give tho Sheriffs
and Ordinaries till the latest day to make out
their advertisements, four weeks and from
Saturday till Tuesday, just covering the legßl
time. We find by examination that a great
many will be accommodated and but a small
number incommoded by the change.
To our numerous patrons we extend the
best wishes of the season—a merry Christ
mas—good crops—fair prices—prosperity in
business—patience in reverses—and a happy
immortality. .•
All advertisements and communications
for the Wire-Grass Reporter, to insure atten
tion, must he left or sent to the office so as
to bo there by Thursday evening or early
Friday morning.
FAY TO THE DELEGATES OF THE NASHVILLE
CONVENTION
We are gratified to see that Ctd. Milledge,
of Augusta, has at last succeeded in procuring
the passage, as an amendment to the general
Appropriation bill, a clause authorising the
payment of two hundred and fifty dollars
to each of the delegates of the Nashville
Convention from this State. The younger
portion of community may not all know that
this was a Convention ot delegates from all
the Southern States, called seveial years ago,
to consult on the alarming inroads of North
ern fanntics upon Southern institutions, auij
the best mode and manner of redress.—
Whatever opinion may be entertained of the
propriety of the step, all will concede that
the members of the Convention were legally .
delegated and actuated by patriotic motives.
While pay was withheld from them, a cloud
of public disapprobation veiled their deeds.
This act of justice, tardy as it has been, may
not pay the expenses they incurred in attend
ing the Convention, but it does more and
better for them; it removes the odium of pub- ■
lie censure from their acts, and places them j
in honor before their fellow-citizens. The
state is indebted to Col. Milledge of Augusta,;
for his patriotic exertions in this behalf. lie
agitated this question ns
he introduced the first hill to pay the mem
bers of the Convention, and has steadily per- \
severed with anew bill each year, until at
last he has procured honor and justice for
them.
OUR BOOK TABLE.
Several of tho periodicals for January
have come to hand. First and foremost is
~ ifJonKv’s Lady's Book, of 94 pages, con
taining its usual variety of good reading
matter, three splendid engravings, a
beautiful fashion plate, and abryit sixty plain
engravings. Philadelphia. One copy S3 per
annum, two copies $5, three copies §6, paya
ble in advance.
Arthur’s Lady’s Home Magazine, 60
pages. This periodical improves from month .
to month, and now tanks, amongst the host j
of the. day. The January number contains
two fine steel engravings, a beautiful fasliion.j
plate, and a variety of plain cuts. Philadel
phia. $2 a year. Four copies for 85, always
in advance.
; We have also received the Southern
Literary Messenger, for January. Jt is a
capital number. The story of Blannerhassct
Alone, wlqch this number contains, is worth j
the year’s subscription. This is a work which !
every man at the South who can afford it,
and is fond ot fine reading, should patronize.
Richmond. Terms, tlirco dollars per Annum,
in advance.
In this connection we must not omit the
Southern Cultivator, published in Augus
ta, at $1 per annum. Evcry\Planter should
tako and read the Cultivator.
Thk Great Reitrlic. This is anew
monthly, risen out of the ruins of Putnam’s
and Emerson’s Magazines. The January
number promises well. It is large, contain
ing 112 pages of excellent reading matter,
interspersed with a variety of wood engra
vings, well executed, a fashion plate, and a
page of music. New York. One copy $3,
two copies $5, five copies $lO.
The Westminster and North British
Reviews have also come to hand. For the
merits of those works, prices, &c., we refer
to the publisher's advertisement on the last
page of this paper-
QUALIFICATION OF VOTES?. ;
Wo publish, for tho information of our
readers, from Cobb’s Digest, pago 239, the
first section of “an act to alter and amend
the oath to be administeied to voters at elec
tions in this State—approved Dec. 22, IS3/5,”
by which it will be seen that citizenship of
the United States, a residence of six months
in the county, full age, and having paid alf
taxes legally required, entitles overy white
male inhabitant to ‘iTvote.
Sei'. 1. Tlyit from and after the passage
of this Act, the oath required by law to be
adininiatcred to, voters at elections for mem
bers of the Legislature, and other civil offi
cers of this iState, shall be as follows: I,
■■ —, do solemnly swear or affirm las tbe
case may be) that 1 have Attained to the age
of twenty-one years; have paid all legal tax
es which have beau required of me, and
which I bave bad an opportunity of paying
according to law; that a -iitizon of the;
United States, and have usually resided in;
this county for the last six months, and have ,
considered it my home or place of residence
during that period, ao help me God.
ISS AND ITS INCIDENTS.
If we mistake not, all modern prophecy
lias been looking forward with ihucb interest
to the events of 1858. By some the year
was dotted off as the first of the milleoium.
It has certainly been one of great events,
althoogh we have not yet seen the hungry
lion lie do'jvu with the lamb, nor the little
child play wit-lr the cockatrice-. But there
ha* been three comets visible in the heavens
at one and the same time. Japan and Chiua
have been opened to- Christianity and the
trade of the world. British India has been
subdued, with the same effect. British North
America, through the gold discoveries on
Frazer’s river, has received an impetus r in
trade and popnlation at the extreme North
west, which may make it a formidable as
well as dangerous neighbor in time to come.
Australia, by the same powerful influence of
gold, has suddenly grown into the stature of
a nation, colonial in little more than the
name. Livingstone has shown up Africa al
together different to what it waaever looked
upon before, and the English have abandoned
their efforts in Asia, and turned their atten
tion to Africa for a more abundant supply of
cotton. An outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
such as was never known before since the
day of Pentecost, has pervaded the whole
land j and last, but not least, the Atlantic
cable has been laid, a stupendous event of
! itself, whether successful or otherwise. All
these matters might bo enlarged upon, but
we merely mention them to show that 1858
ha* been a year of momentous events, with
results in embryo that may largely affect
the future world in their consequences.
(y* Col. James Chksnct, jr. has been
elected Upiteft’ States Senator from South
Carolina. s*,
WORTHY OF ATTENTION.
We do not know that there has been a bill
presented to the Legislatuse this session,
j worthy of more attention, than the one re
| ferred to below; or one which, if possible,
would snwerve the reading public more at
large. Every word is true that the editor
writes. It is almost impossible now to col
lect a newspaper account by law, and when
i collected, it is so small, that the lawyer wants
: all for his fee, and perhaps does not censider
[himself half paid their. The law should be,
that all newspaper accounts should be collcct
!ed at the courthouse of the county. Then
ah editor conld have one legal agent for all
his debts in that county at the court-house,
; the .business w'ould pay him for attending
Iho it, and iho editor would lose but lit
| tie. As the law now stands, the editor is at
tire mercy of every- scamp who- 1 may choose
to put bis name on his subscription list; and
land we are satisfied that some do it with
intent to defraud. Every one of these is a
dead weight upon the establishment, and not
a few papers have been sunk to the State,
and lost to the reading public, because they
! could not stand up under this indiscriminate
pillage. Judge Crittenden has made a wor
-1 thy effort to serve the public at large, by in
| trodneing this bill. There are very few men
| indeed -who cannot afford to pay for a paper
once a year, if they desire to do so. They
should not take a paper if they cannot, and
; the printer should have afforded to him every
‘"facility for collecting his debt wlion they are
I either unable or unwilling to pay for it, after
they have voluntarily ordered it to betseut to.,
them.
WOiihy of Commendation.
- .
I lie press in Georgia will, in u*r opinion*
i be recreant to itself and unjust to its friends
|if it does not give the meed of praise to
; Judge Crittenden, of Spalding county, for
! introducing the first bill into the Georgia Le
| gislature which looks towards securing the
rights of newspaper publishers. There is
no public enterprise, there is no political pur
pose ever sought to be accomplished without
the aid of the press; and yet no one, in ad
vance of Judge Crittenden, ever seems to
have thought of the interest of the press in
the legislation nf the Stato. Ho has intro
duced into the present Legislature a bill.
“To point out the mode of collecting
newspaper accounts; editors allowed to col
lect their claims at the point of delivery.”
Such a hill is manifestly just. Under the
present system it is almost impossible for
newspaper proprietors to collect the amounts
due them, because they are distributed among
various magistrate’s districts, and each sub
scriber, no matter what his post office, must
be hunted up, his magistrate found out, and
suit instituted jn a particular district, with no
one to attend to the creditor’s interests, be
fore there is any possible chance for collect
ing even a two dollar account. Judge Crit
tenden proposes simply to make it obligatory
upon newspaper subscribers to answer to the
demand of their publishers at the point of
delivery of their papers. Say a man lives
in Spalding county, uo mattes what part of
it, and takes his paper at the Griffin post of
fice, let him, if he is mean enough not to pay
it without, be sued at Griffin, and judgoiept
be obtained against him there. Then, if he
objects on the ground that he has paid, he
can produce his receipt or if” he says he has
not received the paper, the postmaster is on
the spot totestify. Besides, responsible men
will be willing to undertake the collection
of newspaper accounts, under such a law,
where they now refuse to do so.
We say the press of the State owes a debt
of gratitude to Judge Crittenden, whether
his bill becomes a law or not., Let them
speak put in his praise, Ours being a cash
paper, we have no pecuniary interest in the
matter; nevertheless we cannot forget what
we have suffered in the past from wfcnt of
just such srlaw as Judge Crittenden propo
ses.—lndependent South.
For the Wire Grass Reporter.
Editor* of the XVirc-Gret** Reporter:
Gentlemen:—l notice a call made by Col.
E. T. Sheftall for the real name of “ Old
Line Democrat,” in order that ho “ may re
ply.” Now, the giving of my real name is a
matter of indifference to me, and w hen you ,
become satisfied that other motives ’Besides
that of curiosity are involved, it is de
manded in a proper manner, you aid fully at
Überty to give it to any pci*on. I merely
expressed my honest opinions, which I know j
to be also the opinions of many gentlemen
who are much more renowned for learning
than Old Link Democrat.
■ .: !
For the Wire tirass Reporter.
SOLICITOR'S ELECTION.
Messrs. Editors: — I hope you will allow !
me, “through your valuable paper, to offer a
few thoughts upon the claims of our Demo- j
cratic candidates for Solicitor. At first, we
started out with three, Messrs. Lowry, Har- ,
ris and Sheftall. Messrs. Lowry and Harris
being the two most prominent before the par
ty, their friends interfered and effected a
compromise, which resulted in the coming
down of Mr. Lowry. In order then to give
entire satisfaction to the party, Mr. Harris,
like a high-minded gentleman, proposed to
Mr. Sheftall to leave the matter between
them to a convention of the District, and if
the party preferred him (Sheftall) or any one
else for their candidate, ho (Harris) would
submit to the will of his party. This Mr.
Sheftall prtmpt/y refustd to do. Now, Mr.
Editor, with these facts before the party and
the people, I don’t see how Mr. Sheftall can
with any degree of propriety luito the face
to ask or expect the Democratic party to
support him. There are also other good
reasons why we should center upon Mr. Har
ris. The two greatest is, that the American
party, so far as I cau learn, is centering upon
Mr. McLendon as the most prominent and
likely to receive the largest vote of their
party. The other is, that Mr. Harris, from
all the facts before us, has the stißngest claims
upon us. It lins been his atm* to kocp down
discord, while it seems to have been Mr.
Sheftall’s object to keep up discoid and con
fusion among the party. If not, why did
not Mr Sheftall accept Mr. Harris’ proposi
tion, and let the party say who was their
choice. I have no doubt but that the party
will rebuke Mr. Sheftall for his conduct at
the ballot box, abd'iearn him a lesson that
will do him good in the future.
A Democrat.
For the Wire Grass Reporter.
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF THE SOUTHERN CIRCUIT
Tiiomasvili.e, Dec. 20, 185S.
I understand that during my absence at
Milledgevilic, a report lias been put in circu
lation that in a conversation with a gentle
man of this county, I made use of the ex
pression “ that if I was defeated for the of
fice of Solicitor General I was no longer a
member of the Democratic party.”
That 1 ever made use of such language,
or the substance of it, upon any occasion., to’
any jnan, :1 positively deny. The* gentleman
who started this report has entirely mistaken
and wholly misunderstood the language
which I used. I know him and respect him,
and have always regardedJiiip as my friend,
and do not believe that he woula Intentionally
[injure me in any way. 1 believe that lie lias
lioajestly niisunder&mod nie, and hope he will,
do me tire justice tevadmit that lie might have
beep’ mistaken. If I thought that, upon the
‘contrary, he had circulated this report ma
liciously.to injure me in the election in Jan
uary, 1 should certainly pursue a course’ far
different towards him.
I am a Democrat now, and'always expect
to he, even should I be defeated, until the
Democratic party ceases to be what it is, a
party of principle, supporting the rights of
the South. I belong to the party from prin
ciple, not from interest; and defeated or elect
ed you will find me the same, ready and
willing to stand by my principles, and to bear
my portion, or even more, of the trials and
labors which may fall to my lot iir support
ing the glorious principles of Democracy,
I consider myself as sincere and faithful a
Democrat as there is in die party, certainly a
much better one than my Democratic oppo
nent, Mr. Sheftnll, who refused to have a
Democratic Convention, our claims to he sub
mitted to that Convention, upon the ground
*Hiat it was not necessary for a Solicitor to be
a good Democrat, and that he had been re
quested by many American friends to become
a candidate. This is not exactly his lan
guage, hut the substance of it. But to place
matters right, 1 refer you to his letter in the
Wire Grass Reporter, declining my proposi
tion to have a Convention.
Mr. Sheftall having refused this proposi
tion, I made another, the same by which Mr.
Lowry and myself had settled our differences,
which was to submit oiu claims to three
friends, Mr. Sheftall to select one, Ia sec
ond, and the two chosen a third, the three to
decide who should make the race. Mr. S.
a]so refused this.
Democrats, what more could bo expected
of me ? 1 certainly will never back out or
back down from any position I take, and
having made every effort to settle our differ
ences in vain, I determined to make the race,
and beat him if I could.
There are other reports in circulation
which are lied, got up for this election; and
1 here take occasion solemnly to warn any
man who puts them out to take care, for 1
will hold him -up to a strict responsibility,
from which he will not escape.
Having submitted these facts, I appeal to
the Democrats of the country not to estab
lish the precedent, that a pack of lies and
false reports can beat an honest'man. Should
the writer bo elected, he-will be impartial to
men of all parties, and should he be defeat
ed you will find him still a Democrat, still
devoted to the principles to which he is now
warmly attached. - -- -
Charles J. Harris.
. For the Wire Grass Reporter.
ACROSTIC. ‘
8 oflly blow ye zephyrs gay,
U p and down the hazel cove;
See the gentle one at play,
Asa little lamb estray,
N ippiug food where’er it goes.
II ow sombre thus she rests her hand,
O n that cheek so beautiful;,
L ovely picture ! let me stand,
L eaning ou this ashen wand,
Admiring her so dutiful;
N ow those blue and witching eyes*
D raw me nearer to the skies. L. J. A.
Take letters backward as yon go,
Jo regard to signature below.
ACT? PASSED BY THE PRESENT LEGISLATURE
ASSENTED TO BY THE GOVERNOR
To appropriate money for the payment of k
such Judges of the Superior and Siinreme
l ourts, as hold Commissions hearing dato
subsequent to the passage of the act at the
last General Assembly, raising the salaries of
those unices, and for the payment of certain
sums herein named to It. K. Hines and Wm
M. Reese. ’ *
j". °. anew count y out of the coun
ties of If ayette and Henry.
j r To change the time of holding the Supe
rior and Inferior Courts in Wayne
An act to make uniform of the
Supreme Court of this State, to regulate the
I reversals afdha sam#, and for other purpo
j ses. “ 1
An act to provide for the codification of
the laws of Georgia.
An act, to repeal an act ti prohibit non
residents from hunting, ducking and fishinw
I within the State of Georgia. “
To collect interest on open’ accounts in
! this State after they qro and to fix the
time when accounts’ shall fall due, when the
same is not agreed npon by the parties. *”
To amend the act to change and simplify
the practice and pleadings in this State, ap
proved February 20th, 1854.
To authorize the Justices of the Peace in <
any Militia district in thisJState to adjourn
their Courts from day to day, or to hold
Court two or more days in each month when
ever the business of any of their Courts re
quire it.
To alter and amend the laws of this State,
in relation to notices to be given by insolvent
debtors to their creditors.
To change the time of holding the Inferi
or Court of the connty of Clinch.
To lay out and organize anew connty
from the counties of Stewart and Randolph.
To altev and amend the 14th section of the
15th division of the Penal Code.
Relative to the issuing of Executions.
To appropriate inouey for the repairs of
the Penitentiary, and to erect additional buil
ding to the same for the security and accom
modation of the convicts.
Fixing the time of holding the Inferior
Courts ill the counties of Charlton mud Gor
don. —77-
To consolidate the offices of Clerk of the
Superior and Inferior Courts of the county
of Mitchell. . —•
To after and amend the fiftieth section of
the fourteenth division of the Penal Code.
An act to appropriate money for the polit-
ical year 1859, and-for other puTJioscs there
in named.
To authorize witnesses residing out of this
Stale, to prove the execution of deeds and
other instruments in writing by making oath
in writing under certain provisions.
To lay out and authorize anew county
from the ‘counties of Uabershnm and Frank-;
iin. ,
To provide for the education of the chil
dren of this State, between certain ages, and
provide an auuual sinking fund for the ex
tinguishment of the public debt.
To abolish imprisonment for debt on eer
f.rn conditions herein set forth, and for other
purposes.
ILLINOIS LECISLATURE-PLATFORM OF THE
DOUGLAS DEMOCRACY.
The following resolutions, it is stated, are
now pending in the Illinois Senate. They
were introduced by Mr. UtintK.x, and em
body tire views of Senator 'Douglas :
Reso/rcd, That we affirm the original and
essential inferiority of the negro.
Resolved, Thai we deny that tfbfej negro
was intended to be embraced withiirihe ab
stractions of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, and assert that the right of freedom
and equality was predicated only of the do
minant race of white men.
llcsoh-cd. That we deny that negroes are
citizens of the United States.
Resolved, Tliaf we affirm the compatibility
of a Confederacy of free and slave States,
and tlie-’I >0 - ss *Bility of their harmonious co
existence under a common Constitution.’
Resolved, That we nffinn tire absolute
sovereignty <sf the States in respect to their
domestic institutions, and deny the authority
of the Federal Government to discriminate
for or against the interests of slavery.
U.esolced, That we desire to inculcate a
policy of non-intervention as .Between the
j free and slave-holding .States,, as well as be
i tween the latter and the Federal Govern
ment.
Hi solved, That we support the decision of
the Supreme Court in the Died Scott case,
and in the sense that it guarantees to the
-.owners of other propcity, in introducing it
into the Territories ; contending, also, that as
slave property is thus placed on an equal
footing with other property, it, like all other
property, must be subject to all such local
law's of the Territories as ,do not infringe
upon the Constitution of the United States;
that slave property, being thus placed on an
equality with other J property, if it requires
higher and furthor affirmative legislation for
its protection and security than is afforded to
other property, and tho legislature of the
Territory should decide not to discriminate in
its favor to that extent, then the failure to
obtain that higher protection than is afforded
toother properly, is a misfortune attending
that description of property, for which wo
have no remedy and are not responsible.
llesoived, That we uphold all the guaran
tees of the Federal Constitution in respect to
rights of the slaveholding States.
llesoived, That we maintain tho dignity
and independence of the Senatorial function
against tho encroachment of ‘Executive usur
pation.
Resolved, That we protest our opposition
to Republicanism at every point, and upon
every principle.
llesoived, That we pledge fidelity to the
organization, principles and nominees of the
Democratic party,
ELECTION BY THE LEGISLATURE.
On Friday morning the General Assembly
elected the following gentiemon as Commis
sioners to codify the Laws of the State:—
David Irwin, Esq., of Cobb, Hod. 11. V.
Johnson, of Jefferson, and I. L. Harris, Esq.,
of Baldwin. It would be superfluous to add
any commendation of our own as to the char
acter and qualification of theso gentlemen.
‘They are alt well known to the people, of
Georgia as men of integrity, possessing high
legal acquirements. They will discharge their
duty with fidelity and efficiency. — Federal
Union.
Good humor is the blue sky of the 60ul,
in which every star of talent will shine
more clearly.