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Sktyt Wonfy~ws&t @toraiatt YOUXGfiLooi) & HOLLAND./’F ict “ rB, VOL I. Me SOUTfI~yESWiEOR(iIAN, ~~~Tir\oS)it, mm 7 S=.- ° G LEW°RPE/i<n.2 nd, 1851. Agents for %>sontlbWest Georgian. SpENcvn Caldwell, Fort Gaines, Ga Jetr A. Hontn:, near Americus, do. Col. Wm. T. Per-hns, Cuthbert, do. C. Cauitiieiis, Esq. Cuthbert, do. Gilbert M. Stokes, Slade, Lee co. do. Dr. V\'m. M. Stokes, Dooly co. do. M. L. Holman, Brooksnillc, Ste.w'rt do. A. A. Blakely, Griffin, Pike co. do. John W. Griffin, Griffin, do. J. TANARUS, May, Franeisoille , do. W. J. Porker, Chenubu. I.ee Cos., do. A. J. Williams, Agent for Sumter co. Ci;i.i.i:n Webb, Trawler's Rest do. French Haggard. Athens do. Itedsiciiou in the terras ot the SoiHli-WFSt Gi'k'iaii. After the firs! dm/ of Odober the Geor gian trill be furnished to subscribers at the following rules : $ 1,00 Lr 6 mouths, if paid in advance, 125 “ “ if not paid in advance. 2,00 for 12 months if paid in. advance, 2,50 “ “ if not paid in advance, liitlnrtTiieiils to Clubs. Five Copies (i months lor <js 1,f1U... advance, Ten c. ~;■•* •• “ “ 7,00 Five Copies 12 monilis “ 8,00 “ Ton Copies “ “ “ 15,00 “ Fifiei n Copies 12 mo. “ 20,00 “ We have linen indmed to oiler the above lerms in order to increase the circulation of our paper, and for that purpose we earnstly solicit the co-operation of our fiicmls. If we meet with sufficient encurugeiticnt, we intend iretliiia new material in a few months and enlarging our paper. . _ ... x-..* v : ~- 4^—-—’ —— Union Nomination For County Officers At a meeting; on Tuesday last, of the delegates of litis comity, selected for the purpose of nominating suitable can didates fur County Officers, the sols lowing gentlemen were nominated : Fur Sheriff—Davis Ganimage. For Clerk .Superior Court —W. \V. Corbitt. For Clerk Inferior Court—YV J. Colons. For Tax Collector Win. Sliealv: Foi County surveyor tilij ■li Williams. For Coroner John Cox. ff?” A bill lias passed tbe Legislature incorporatin'’ Oglethorpe a Citv. We shall lay the Mill before our readers as soon as we can procure a copy. C?” Ti'e election for County officers takes place nrt Mnmjny next. YV. W. Corhilt, inenmhent, is a candidate for Ordinary, and as lie has the advantage ol long experience in the business lie is cetiainly best calculated to fill the office. We sh •mid like to see a general alien., dance at the polls, of the Union Party. Pom EGRaNaTK Cotton.—YY'e were shown a specimen of this Cotton die oth er day, by Gen. MITCHELL, of Missis sippi, who is now ir. this City, h far surpasses in quality and quantity of yield, any Cotton we have before seen. Gen.. M. has a quantity of Seed for sale, at Messrs. Horne &z Brother's Ware-House. Rail Road Extension Bill. Believing that our readers in South- Western Georgia would like to see the Bill which has been perilling before tbe Legislature for the extension of tbe Rail Road from Oglethorpe, we publish it in our columns to day. Tbe Bill provides, that when private Subscription shall amount to SOOO,OOO, tbe Slate will subscribe for a like sum, making 600,000 additional stock in tbe Road. After two years from the Slate Subscription, tbe new stockholders are to come in for equal dividends on the whole line from Macon to the Chattahoochee, and from Fort Valley to Columbus. Let us examine this proposition on the basis of $12,000 cost per mile; Macon to Oglethorpe, 50 miles $600,000 Fort Valley to Columbus 70 “ 840,000 V 1,440,000 On this amount, the dividends at eight per cent would be 115,200; while the new slock, at the same rate, would yield $48,000, boili together $163,200. H. If this sum, say 81,600, is to be awarded to the new stock of 600,000, making an interest of thirteen and a half per cent! As a consequence of this equitable divis ion, the stock already paid in, say $1,440,600, will be entitled only to the like sum of $81,600 thus givin'g a bonus of $23,600 in annual dividends to the c l'holders, as a temptation to risk capital in Dm Road. The old stock will of course rate at less than six per cent! This result may Ijeeni curious but here is the proof'! As SOOO,OOO is lo $81,600, so is the dividend, 13$ percent, A s $1,440,000 is to 81,600, so is the dividend, 5| per cent. By this arrangement, a difference of eight per cent is produced in the market value of old and new stock in the South Western Rail Roadil Such is the ex traordiuary character of the Bill to en tree subscriptions! Men of sense can hardly expect that the present stockhohL ers would accept any such terms, were the Bill to pass. Some other device must he employed with better success, to force the Railway beyond Oglethorpe, [jet the question be decided on its mer its. Jf our fellow citizeps below want a Rail Road, they are able to build it willt out tbe hollow and deceptive provisions of the Bill to which we refer. We have exposed its glaring deformity, and leave the matter for public judgment. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED An Act to author ise hi- Exielency the Governor of tbe State of Georgia, to subscribe for stock in the Southwestern ttsu Float! Con.partv, tor Die purpose of extend ing if,. Road of said Company, and to grant further powers (o said Com pany: SEC. 1. Re it enacted &ic., That his Excelenry the Governor of this Stale lie, and lie is hereby authorised and di rected, to subscribe on behalf of the Stale of Georgia, for three thousand shares, of one hundred dollars a share, in the capital stock ol the Southwestern Rail Road Company from Oglethorpe its present terminus, in the direction to wards the River Chattahoochee at or near Furl Gaines, and th at such stibsriep.. linn of three hundred thousand dollars shall be paid lo said Company, in such man ner and form as hereinafter is provided and directed. . Sec. 2. That when Books of Subscript tion to the capital stock of the said Com pany shall he again opened for the pur pose of raising funds Jo extend the said Southwestern Rail Road in the direction aforesaid, and there shall be subscribed by Individuals or corporate bodies, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, his excellency tlie Governor shall sub scribe for the sum mentioned, as a sub scription by the State, in the first section of this act ; and all funds raised from such subscriptions of individuals, corporate bodies, and the Slate, shall he, by the said SiHHhwesterti Rail Road Company, kept separate from the other funds of said Company, and shall be applied towards the construction of the said extension of tbe Rail Road of said Company until such period as is hereinafter pointed out. Sec. 3” That when and as soon as the subscription herein before mentioned, shall be made, there shall be paid to tbe said Company, the sum of ten dollars on each share subscribed for, and the presi dent and Directors of said Company, or a majority of them, shall have power to call in the remaining ninety dollars per share, to be paid in such instalments ol* parts as they may determine ; Provided, (hat notice shall be given of each in stallment called, by public advertisement, in a’fgazette published at tbe seat of Gov ernment, in a ghfcelte published in tbe city of Macon, in a gazette published in (lie city of Columbus, and in a gazette published at Oglethorpe, for at least six ty days ; And provided, that not more than sixty dollars per share shall be call ed hi in any one year ol our Lord. Sec. 4. That tbp subscription on be half of'the Slate of Georgia, herein belore provided for, shall be paid in Bonds of • lie Stnte of Georgia, lo be issued from time to time as payments for tbe stock are to be made, in sums of one thousand dollars each, pay able at tbe Treasury of tbe Stale, after the lapse of forty years from date, with interest from date, at tbe rate of six per cent, fter annum, such in terest to be payable semixannually at the Treasury, according to, and on presen tation of, Coupons or interest warrants for such semi-annual interest, lo be an rtexed to said Bonds. And tbe Bonds of the Slate sc to be issued, shall be sign ed by his Excellency the Governor, and be countersigned by the Secretary of State, and shall have engraved thereon representation of one side of the Seal of the State and the Coupons or interest OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2. 1852. warrants, shall be signed by the Treasur er ol tbe State. And a register of sai<l Bonds exhibiting numbers, dales and a* mounts, shall be kept at tbe Treasury. Sec. 5. That the subscribers for stock tinder this act shall,from and after the ex piration of two years from the day on which the Slate’s subscription shall be made, be placed by the said Company on the same footing in every respect, with the present Stockholders in the Company, and with the Stockholders in the Rail Road from Fort Valley to the Moseogee Road tow being built, and now about to be incorporated into the Southwestern Rtiil road Company, and the subscribers under this act shall begin from and after the expiration of the stiid two years, to participate in tbe then future proffits of tbe whole werk, as all other Stockholders. And tbe subscribers under this act shall, in the meantime, have authority lo vote for President and Directors, in like man ner with present Stockholders. Sec. 6, Til ti a failure to pay any in stalment called for and advertis*' d •* aforesaid, shall cause a fort . ; <re of the stock of the Stockholder, and all monies be< re paid in on the same, and siiruTdrfeitnre s|iall inure lo the ben efit of said Company. Sec 7. That (his uct shall go into operation when, and not bofore, tbe Pres ident and Directors of the Southwestern Rail Road Company, or a majority of them shall signify their acceptance of the same, as pai*f the Charter ofsajd Com pany, in w riling under their bands and die Seal of said Company, addressed and delivered to the Secretary of State, and such acceptance shall be filed and record ed m the office of the said Secretary of State, with this act. Sec. 8. That all laws and parts of laws militating against ibis act, be, and they are, hereby repealed. Philadelphia Chamber of Correspon dence, Dec. 1851. Mr. Editor: Thinking you and your readers might perhaps like a communica tion from a denizen of the Quaker City, 1 propose touching, in briefaud desultory fashion, on some of the topics of present interest to our congregated thousands. And, worthiest of first mention, we hear the name of Kossuth pr>nouttced of*, ten in conversation, as you, with ottri selves, see both his name and speeches in’ all the papers. For once the theme eqnv ally of private ciiat and newspaper dis-1 sertation is one with which a true Atneri-i can, at least, can find no fault—one two’ w hich, to the extent of its influence, ele vates and ennobles, instead of belittling tbe ptiblic mind. In fact, Heaven seems once more lo have favored our world with a great man —a great man 100, who is at the same time a liigh-souled, disin terested, heroic patriot. His speeches in England—especially when we consider their having passed through the obstruct ing medium of a foreign tongue—may be produced as the most remarkable Ora torical specimens of the age. What liv ing orator is his equal in that mysterious mesmerism by which he subjects the souls of multitudes to his own, or titat Demos thenic fire which can kindle nations into conflagration ? Well do I, though then but a boy, remember the national ova tion to La Fayette. Gladly would 1 again witness such a spectacle, and fe.e! the same emotions as then, for rarely does such an experience occur to one twice in a lifetime. If I mistake not, the reception of the Hungarian will be very much akin to that of the French Hero, and this outburst will spring from an impulse even more disinterested than its prototype of 1824, since that was prompted by gratitude for services to American liberty, while this will flow from grateful admiration for self-abnega ting efforts in’ behalfof universal freedom. Long life and full triumph, say I, to tbe heroic Magyar, and may our millions rise, as one matt, to pay him an tinboughl unqualified, unmercenary homage ; for, in these squabbling limes, go cankered by selfish, belittling interests and aims, such a national excitement will be harmonizing, purifying, and refreshing. Our winter routine has commenced of theatrical performances, of lectures, and of all the other manifold contrivances for self-protection against the dullness and rigors of the season. Did you ever hear an “ Infant Drum mer ?” if a “ family man,” you doubt less have often, aud to your sorrow.— But did you ever dream of harmony from OUR COUNTIjLI/Ftioon IS &UIIS. such a source ? This miracle, however, has here actualy occurred, fora young J gentleman, four years of age, is positive ly drumming, every evening, to crowds who open instead of stopping their ears, and throng around instead of running away fitom him ! Can the YVest match this? Barmim is bis manager. Our best lectures, hitherto, are doubt* less those of Rev. John Lord, who has filled University Hail to overflowing with tbe intellectual elite of the city He is eminently happy in his theme—“ the Heroes of History”—and in its treatment, which combines a profound and compre hensive philosophy with much of tbe viv* idness and picturesqueness of poetry. Godcy’s Lady’s Book you see of course, nor will I discredit you with the suspicion of your demurring to the gen eral acclamation in its favor. Godey says that, having almost unanimously been proclaimed the first of A-on-riott magnzinisis, lie Shall. ji*“ fittingly part with th lll, e- Twenty years of popular , existence, with an immense present ctrcu- I lal ion, comprising tbe elite of our fair countrywomen, would seem to have set tled its character to be all it claims—that ol our country’s best monthly lor those it is designed for—alike amusing and in structive to persons of every agp and class, and promotive ol the most momen tous interests of that sex on whom the com- j nmn welfare ami happiness so greatly depends. How could it he otherwise, j with an Editress so eminent for genius, for moral worth, and fur an experience so rich in things both ornamental nod useful. Godey promises still further large improvements, and whoever knew him to break his word ? You will rejoice to learn that Arthur’s Home Gazette” is steadily gaining in public favor. If l remember rightlv, this gentleman first came belore the public, as an author, in several intensely interest ing and powerful Temperance Tales.— They were extremely well received and widely read. Ever since bis pen lias been busily at work, and in his great variety of writings be has invariably championed the cause of virtue and good morals. He knows how to entertain whi|e lie instructs, and bis great popular ity is as creditable to the public as to himself. IDagnerreolypingis among our promin ent topics of interest, and deservedly so, on many different grounds. It lias be come a great business, employing, * di rectly and incidentally, about 25,000 persons in the United States, with be tween one and two millions of dollars in capital. And what is there more won drous than It.is art, among tbe teeming wonders of our age ? Root stands, un doubtedly, at the head of tbe profession, both in tilts city and in the Union So say the twelve prizes awarded him—so reiterates the public acclamation —and so intimates tbe throng daily filling bis studio. By the way, Root alone in this city makes, and vends the right of ma king, that beautiful variety of the Dagu erreotype, named “ crayon” or “ vig nette.” This is highly lauded by tbe best artists and judges elf high art, and numbers of these pictures are daily pro duced in his studio, both for home pres ents and for transportation to Europe.— How is it that Daguerreotypists in your quarter —and I may say everywhere— do not purchase the right of making these crayons ! C. C. Harrison, ol New Yoik has succeeded iu producing Daguerreo type cameras superior to tbe foreign, n fact which eventually will keep at home several hundred thousand dollars, here tofore sent abroad for the German man ufacture. 1 presume you have seen something in the papers of the last six months touching the “ llillniype”—an alleged discovery, by which Daguerreotypes are taken in the “ colors of nature.” Mr. Root de clares himself lo have a strong laiih in the reality of this discovery, be being thi first to whom Mr. Hill rommunica.. ted it about fourteen months ago, and having since bad several interviews and maintained a weekly correspondence with tbe latter, Mr. Root thinks that, after completing tbe needful experiments and proper arrangements, Mr. Hill will lolly redpem all Ills pledges to the public, to the great honor both of himself and our country. Have you any “ Spirit-rappings” in your quarter ? We have, I find, to a large extent. What think you of fifty or sixty “ circles” (so named), each of ten nrfeen persons, meeting once, or often j er, per week, expressly to solid “ Spirit • responses !” Such and so many tie ; have. They have specific forms of pro ceeding, and they seriously affirm that other-world spirits do habitually confer j with'them, uml they have published nu merous specimens of these revelations/ jlf I can get admitted into some of these I “ circles,” 1 may write you more fully and intelligently about them. One of our editors, J- W. Forney, you will see, has been elected Congressional Clerk. The President’s Message, so far as l can hear, is pretty well received by all moderate men. The treason trials are in progress, but, outside the court ! room, they create little excitement. The friends if Temperance are alive, as ever, in their noble work, and much good they are constantly achieving, through their efforts no prominent .the whirl of our bustling, noisy i*ousaiids. Heaven speed them, for oere is. alas! but too rrreat ne * 1 >oom lor their philanthropic , lotinrs. Well, since commencing this, Kossuth has arrived, and, from all accounts, would seem to have even transcended all anticipations. Those who remember the reception of La Fay ette, think it hardly equalled in enthusiasm that accorded lo I the Magyar. There was a meeting last i evening at our United Stales Hotel to j take measures for inviting him to visit i tliir city, at which prevailed the complet j esi unanimity ol sentiment towards the mail. I fear, however, that Kossuth's , strongly expressed desire of gaining the intervention ol our country iu the affairs of Hungary may produce some opposi tion before the conclusion of his visit.— The New York Tribune says that Kos suth had positively declined silting for his portrait both in England and this country. It adds, however, that the Messrs. Root suceeded in catching a su perb Daguerreotype of the Hero, while sittiug, an Friday last, in hi* carriage on Statan Island, and that this is the only portrait of him in the United States.— So much for enterprise and energy ! But I must close for the present. Yours, respectlly, D H. 8., CARRIERS ADDRESS, Os the South-West Georgian. Good morning patrons one and all; I never fail inv weekly call, To bring the nttos through cold and rain 1 spare no toil avoid no pain; 1 Old time has filled another year And counts to us the cost; Let’s ponder then, while lingering here On what we've gained and lost. ] Our city forms a rare compound You can’t well comprehend Nor fathom—thto* with wit profound— Each object, scope, and end. * The road to tuiti, ready wide, Their stage its pilgrims know, Allurements stand, on every side To tempt them as they go. Out fountains deep for water pure As well had ne’er been souk, Tbe tapster picks our pockets poor ■ For drink that makes us drunk. Our shops, their painted signboards tell, Fit emblem of the nun His motto is to buy and sell, And cheat you if he can. The miser hoards his golden mass (t) He’ll neither lend nor give, His heir—poor fullow, cries “alass! How long will daily live I” Our lawyers gtasp with iron paw, They say there is no doubt, And when ihej get you into law. The devil muy get you out. Our doctors vprsed in physic skill YVill come to the sick bed, But leave you with a killing bill, To bury your own dead. Our bachelors in squads are found, YY'hile beauty nnwrrd flies, They turn their dried up bodies round, And cast their sheepish eyes. Our Girls, all beauteous look and ntoan ‘Alas ! some fait one cries, The age of chivalry is gone !’ And wipes her weeping eyes. The young folks go to parties, To cut a fancy dash, But when they put their fine clothes through It all turns out a flash! Tn moralise we’ll not pretend, You'd think it clasheclever, TERMS: $2 in Advance. ■ ,M Ul— We’ll simply him there’s room to mend, And belter late than never. But we must change our subject a uow, For fear we should offend, To talk of politics we trow, YVould have a better end : There is a paity in this Land That raises now its guilty hand To cut its’mother’s limbs asunder, And o’re her spoiies like Nero wonder. Ah, purer children can you brook The dark assassin's fiendish look, And still permit your blood, so low Through patriotic veins to flow 1 Your arms o’re came a mightier foe— Up! up, and strike the deadly blow, The guilty hand with vengeance sever, And give our coantiv lifo forever. Ye Democrats and YVhigs untie ! Resist the vvtong —and seek the right .Lay all your “*** -bickerings by | or v ,„r Country nw or dj e . There’s beauty in this land of ours From icy North to Southern bowers Front golden sands on western shores, To where the canvass’d ocean roar*. To azure mountains lowering high Are bathing in the rosy sky, And lukes and rivers brightly shine Where nature’s garlands sweetly twine, There's beauty in the human race, The sparkling eye and lily .face Proclaim in one hurmoneous voice “In union'let us still rejoice.” There’s strength in this great land of ours From booming sea’s to mountain lowers—- The swelling rivers broad and long, And iron railways make us strong. They swiftly bear the warrior race, From far and near, from place to place, Where now the forest widely spreads Shall future sistersjift their heads, And brothers linked in bonds of love The blessing of our Union prove. There’s plenty in ibis land of ours From “golden fields to juicy bowers. The hardy laborer lugs along, With happy heart and rustic song. And awaits the sunshine and the rain To swell his store of healthful grain The Southern crop as white as snow The enterprising planters grow, .And draw from Aliica’s sable arms The dress that staiving millions warms. The liogro history it appears Rolls hack at least fuur thousand years, Add servants ilitn to Egypt’s sons, England, there history onward runs, Left to themselves spend their breath In useless love or war, till death ; But in their slavery we shall find That blessings flow to all mankind. There’s plenty in this land for all, The white and black, the great and small, And busy sails from sliurc to shore Proclaim the rich, abundant store. There’s safety in this land of our* Front priestly craft and tyrant powers. Where man in peace can freely roam And call the happy land his home. And thus united let us stand, A mighty nnd a peaceful land ; For man distress’d an open door— A place of refuge for the poor. But, now kind fiiendsour task is done, We’ve said enough for every one, And for these few imperfect rhyme*, YVe only ask some extra dimes. Despite of cold or summer heat, You still shall have yout weekly treat,— The news in form to suit the t ist° Shall, weekly, at your door he placed. May fortune’s smile throughout tho year Crown uli yout hopes—your bosoms cheer. From out our heart we wish you joy Love, peace, content without alloy YVhat wo can wish you can impart — Make glad with dimes the cahkicr’s heart. Shameful Barbarities in the Amy. — A soldier, named Gay, having deserted from Jefferson Barrocks, was, on being retaken, tried by Court-Martial, and dismissed the service, with a forfeiture of ail pay and allowance due him, branded on the hip wit It the letter D, fifty laslte* on (lie hare hack, well laid on with a raw hide, anti his head shaved. The sen tence was duly carried out, although a writ of habeas corpus, sued out by his author, Mrs Ann Wood, of Alton, ill., had been issued to obtain Iris discharge, lie being a minor, ll the United Slate* cannot keep men in the army without its officers practising such barbarities as these, the army had belter be disbanded. These unnecessary cruelties, it is said, have created considerable excitement, and a suit, on behalf of Gay, he brough agninst Brigadier General Clarke, and the damages laid at SIO,OOO. tt?” Johnson’s majority lor Governor of Virginia, is nearly, 7,000. NO 37.