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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1858.
OgT. Brown* Adralnlrtratton.
The administration of Joseph E. Brown, the
present democratic Governor of this State, has
been, from the period of his inauguration to
the present moment, successful and satisfac
tory to the people. In giving the meed of
praise to his administration, we do not detract
one iotafrom the glory attained by other ad
ministrations. We simply “give unto Caesar
the things which are Caesars.” We do qot
endorse every recommendation which Gov.
Brown has made to the Legislature, especially
his suggestion about State Aid with “ample
security” in his late message, but his admin
istration as a whole has been so wise and eco
nomical, that be justly merits the plaudit of
“well-done, thou good and faithful servant”
from every honest man in the State. We
need not refer to the acts of his administration
in proof of what we say—we need not allude
to his hold independant course in displacing
officers—adhering to true and correct princi
ples and his successful management of the
State affairs to vindicate us in awarding to
him what justice demands- We mean simply
tojecho the sentiments of the people in wish
ing the shafts of malice thrown at him to be
broken and that he will remain another term
in the office which he now fills with so much
credit to his party and honor to the State.
The above comes an an editorial from Col
umbus. Bro. Colquitt give us your hand.—
We wish you had have left out that exception
about State Aid. We are in for State aid with
“ample security.” If the security is ample
where is the danger, and if there is no danger
why not aid ? But enough of this here. How
different this editorial from what we almost
daily read from Augusta and Savannah.
We sometimes hear it said whero we speak
well of Gov. Broun, of course you will. You
arc paid. We have done a little job work for
the State Road, but hardly enough to buy us,
unless we are quite easily bought. We have
some self respect left and we have so long been
in the habit of saying what we think and
thinking for ourselves, that we should charge
more than all Gov. Brown’s enemies could
pay, to write anything knowingly against the
public good. We feel a little editorial res
ponsibility and hope to meet that responsibili
ty, as becometh true men.
“Here shall the Press, the people’s rights
maintain, '
Gnawed by influence, and unbribed by gain ;
Here patriot truth her glorious precepts draw,
Pledged to Religion, Liberty and Law.”
Such is our sense of justice and right, that
it would take more than all the type and Edi
tors in Savannah and Augusta are worth to
hire us to say of Gov. Brown, what papers in
those cities have said. They may be honest.
We will not judge them ; but we have a poor
opinion of their prudence. We have uniform
ly si>oken well of Gov. Brown and if he docs
ns well as he has done, we shall continue to
honor him as he deserves and speak of his re-
election as beyond question, if ho lives.—
Though some may say in derision, “Trot him
out.” Gentlemen, the people will trot him out
at the proper time and that man who tries to
put him off the track will never regret it but
once. What ails some of our city Editors be
low? Do they know what they have done and
are doing ? Do they not know that the mas
ses of Georgia are getting afraid of Rail Road
and Banking power ? Gov. Brown is stronger
in Georgia to-day than he was twelve months
ago, and he owes some of that strength to the
unkind course of his enemies.
The people are seeing that he is a represen
tative man and is acting more for them than
for Joseph E. Brown. Selfishness is natural to
us all.
Disinterested benevolence is a scarce arti
cle.
We believe that Gov. Brown is as unselfish
in his course as Gov. as any statesman of the
present generation. In standing to Gov.
Brown we do noi feel that we are treading
upon the toes of any of our Ex-Governors.—
Gov. Brown does not desire to rise, at the ex-
jiense of other men. He is able to stand alone.
The up-country steer-driver is now a full
grown and sensible man and so far, some men
have not injured him to the amount of a
‘ uarter of a cent.”
Tlie Parle.
That is, the park that is to be. The West
ern and Atlantic Rail Road, have a beautiful
lot, adjoining the Passenger Depot, from which
have been removed all the buildings that for
merly stood thereon. It now lies vacant, and
is grown up with weeds and grass, and^affords
only a play ground for the dogs of the city.—
More than a year has elapsed since this plat of
ground was appropriated by the Rail Road (
for the use and benefit of the city as a public
ornamental square. Nothing has yet been
done,by our city father, to cany out the con
templated arrangement for making this lot a
public Park. We speak not of this in a fault
finding spirit. The present administration of
our city government, have had so many things
on their hands of imperious necessity, they
have had but little time or means to spare in
ornamenting the City. Tire season of the year
is near at hand for setting out shade trees,
shrubbery, &c., and we respectfully throw out
these suggestions to remind those who have
the control of this matter that it is expected
by many of our citizens that this thing will
not be suffered to lie over another year. The
cost of setting this lot with grass, laying it out
in walks, and planting it with shade trees will
be trilling, compared with the comfort and
pleasure it will aflord the people of our city.
We hope our city authorities will take this
matter in hand at a proper time, and do what
is right and expedient in the premises.
Grand Soiree.
The anniversary Ball, of the Mechanic Fire
Company, No 2, came, off according to previous
announcement, on Thursday evening, 23d, at
the City Hall. The attendance was unusual
ly large for occasions of a similar character.—
The gentlemen were all kindness, and polite
ness, and the ladies were all smiles, loveliness,
and beauty. The dancing was every thing
that was desirable, in sports and pastimes of
that kind. The music was charming, and the
refreshments abundant, most admirably select
cd, and most tastefully displayed. Everyone
present, seemed to enjoy the festivities of the
occasion, with the most intense gusto. Eve
ry thing went off well, and the 23d Dec. 1858,
will long be remembered, as an interesting oc
casion in the annals of the Mechanic Fire
Company, No. 2.
fi?” Judge Perkins, of Cuthbert, was nom
mated on last Iticsday os a candidate for Judge
of the Patuala Circuit, in the place of the la
mented John A. Tucker. From what we hear
we have no doubt that Judge Perkins will be
elected. Judge Perkins, has already had six
years experience upon the bench, and has bus
tained himself too well, to be passed by in
January, for the benefit of a new man.
Thompson's Bonk Reporter.
We have received from Messrs. Thompson &
Bros., Bank Brokers, No. 2., Wall St., New
York, a book entitled Bank note Discriptive
list, supplementary to Thompson’s Bank note
and Commercial Reporter, containing accurate
descriptions of all the genuine Bank notes is
sued by the Banks in the United States and
Canada. By comparison we sec that the is
sues of our own Banks are accurately described
and all otlier Banks the issues of which we are
acquainted. ’Hie Messrs. Thompson’s deserve
great credit for the labor and expense tfiat
would naturally arise in collecting so much
valuable information. This work is not only
indespensablc to any Banking house, but is of
inestimable value to individuals.
The publishers of “Thompsons’ Bank Note
Reporter,” propose to furnish a copy to each
subscriber, who is one year in advance. They
might be sold readily at the Book stores.
Wehaiitiie plMraraofaiiBir momenta in
terview, with the above named gentleman,
this morning. He is on hie way home from
Washington. Judge Wright looks as hearty
as we have ever seen him and appears as
though there was enough left of him yet, to
manage several Woodpiles. We confess to a
liking for Judge Wright, personally. He is a
brilliant man. The 5th Congressional Dis
trict has in Judge Wright, an able and worthy
Representative, and Georgia possesses few
abler men, as an orator.
We regret to announce the death, of
Edwix Plaster, this Morning.
A worthy citizen, has gone to that “bowne
whence no traveller returns.”
Peace to his ashes. Let us be reminded, to
be also ready.
Clulatnaaa.
This ancient festival, which has been obser
ved throughout Christendom for the last eigh
teen and a half centuries, passed off with the
people of Atlanta on Saturday last, in a be
coming manner. No remarkable event of a
public nature characterised the occasion, ex
cept the parade of the “Fantastics.” These
presented quite a unique and grotesque ap"
pearanoe to the great amusement of our peo
ple, especially that class denominated “Young
America,” and also the “Ethiopian Race.”—
Outside of this demonstration, the pleasures
of the day were mado up of social parties and
family dinners, to the latter of which we had
numerous invitations, but were unable to res
pond to but one, and that in all conscience was
enough, for between the sumptuousness of the
feast, the loveliness of the faces present, and
the excessive kindness of our clever host and
hostess, we narrowly escaped suicide. The
day passed off very pleasantly, uninterrupted
by anything serious, to mar the festivities of
the occasion, and everybody seemed to be in a
good humor and happy. May wo all live to
see and enjoy another such a festival.
'It Is a bad wind which blows nobody any
Good.”
We were forcibly struck with the forco of
this adage, by the appearance of two gentle
men in our sanctum, on Christmas day—Mr.
Poore and Mr. Carlton, both in the employ
ment of some of the Rail Roads running into
this city ; and both of whom had lost an arm,
one by the accidental discharge of a Cannon,
and the other by the explosion of a Railroad
Engine. One had lost the right, the other the
left arm and hand. Some merchant in our
city had presented the two with a singlo pair
of fine Buckskin Gloves, as a Christmas Gift.
The one pair was all that both parties needed,
and the right and left glove came exactly
right. Men like friends Poore and Carlton
need each only half a pair. So there is some
economy in having only one hand, although
many inconveniences in other ways, result
from such deprivation-
The Park Again.
We took oocasion in our last issue to make
certain suggestions to our “City Fathers,” in
reference to the adornmeut of the State Road
Lot, adjoining the Passenger Depot. Since
that article was published we have been in
formed by some of our city authorities, that
this matter has not been overlooked by them,
so far from this being tho case, a committee
was appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen,
to take this matter specially in hand, a cor
respondence was oponed with the State Road
authorities, and tho result was a failure to
agree upon the terms on which the City au
thorities could improve the lot. The chief of
ficer of tho Road was impressed with the belief
that he was not vested with authority to pes-
mit the improvements to be mado upon such
terms as the city government were wiiling to
accept. Hence no blame for negligence is
properly attributable to any ono. We hope
that his Excellency the Governor will look to
this matter and do all he can to carry out the
design of making this lot what it ought to bo,
an ornament to our city.
Election or Solicitor General.
On Monday next, the people of the Coweta
Circuit, will bo called upon to decide who
shall be their Solicitor General for the next
three years. There are but two candidates
in the field, Thos. L. Cooper, Esq., and A. W.
Stone, Esq., both residents of this city. While
we would not disparage the merits and qualifi
cations of Mr. Stone for the office to which he
aspires, a sense of duty constrains us to give an
expression of our preference for Mr. Cooper.
We have several reasons for this position which
we think aro conclusive. In the first place, we
conceive Mr. Cooper every way equal to Mr.
Stone, both as a gentleman and a lawyer.—
In tho second place Mr. Cooper has proven
himself a first rate prosecuting officer, being
now the incumbent of tho Solicitor’s office.—
In this he has the advantage of Mr. Stone,
who is an untried man in this service. Again,
Mr. Cooper is a safe and reliable Democrat,
while Mr. Stone, unfortunately as wo concieve.
belongs to the Know Nothing organization.—
In this we think Mr. Cooper lias a decided ad
vantage. And while we are free to admit that
party consideration alone, should not control
elections of this kind, nevertheless, all things
else being equal, we feel in duty bound to
give this preference to our political friend.—
We couclude therefore that the voters of tho
Coweta Circuit should feel no hesitation in
casting their votes for Mr. Cooper in prefer
ence to Mr. Stone, on Monday next.
Tile LuGrange Reporter.
Wo havo had the misfortune to incur tho
displeasure of our cotemporary of tho La
grange Reporter. He gravely charges us
with casting a “slur upon the people of La
grange.” Such was not our intention. An
attempt of this sort would have been so for
eign to the feelings of our heart, that we should
blush at tho thought of being capable of com
mitting such an act. Why my dear friend,
you don’t know the relationship which exists
between us, and many of the people of your
town. Some of the best and dearest friends
wo havo ever had, aro among the most prom
inent of your citizens. We have often par
taken of their hospitality, been feasted at their
bountiful board, and received in a thousand
ways undoubted testimonials of their kind
regards. Why, my dear sir, some of your
people were the friends of the writer of this
article before you were bom, and have con
tinued so to the present. God forbid, that we
should say or do anything to wound the feel
ings of those long cherished friends. We im
agine that we can divine the motive which
prompted our Lagrange cotemporary to draw
his fire from the real offender in this controver
sy, and turn his batteries upon us. The West
Point Citizen, sneered at Lagrange. “La
grange indeed,” says he. “Multumin panto.”
And yet the Reporter has not one word of in
dignation to utter against his nearest neighbor,
but must needs spit his venom at us. As to
certain allusions contained in his article, of
things long since past, we have only to say
that they only go to show his spleen, and per
sonal enmity to our Jramble self, about which
we shall have no newspaper controversy with
him. All we ask at present of our Lagrange
cotemporary, is that he will publish this arti
cle in his paper, in order that our friends who
have read his splenetic article, may have an
opportunity erf seeing an explanation which
will exonerate us from the odium he has at
tempted to cast upon ns. Whether he has
the generosity to do this thing, future devel
opments must decide.
OCR IAVAIHAH OORRRIFOmSRSCK.
Savannah, Dec. 23d, 1868.
Mr. Editor The all engrossing topic of
conversation among our dtiaens for the past
week has been the arrest of three men charg
ed with piracy in being part of the crew of the
suspected slaver Wanderer. These three men,
one American and two Spaniards, are not at
all the sort of looking men one would pick
out from a crowd as “pirates.” One ofthem
is somewhat disfigured by a polish of court
plaster on his face, but the other two are real
ly fine looking men, well dressed, and very
gentlemanly in appearance.
The examination commenced on Saturday,
before Hon. Chas. S. Henry, U. S. Commis
sioner. Jos. Ganah, Esq., U. S. District At
torney, appeared for the prosecution, assisted
by Hon. Henry R. Jackson, late minister to
Austria, and Floyd and Owens for the defence.
The testimony thus far has been confined to
matters connected with the Wanderer. No
evidence has been adduced showing the con
nection of the accused parties with this ves
sel, this being reserved for some future time.
All the evidence offered thus far has failed to
show that the Wanderer has had anything
whatever to do with it, although it has been
proved that some negroes supposed to be new
ly imported Africans, have been seen on Jekyl
Island, near which island the Wanderer was
lying some time in the early part of the pres
ent month. Tho collector of the port of
Brunswick and the pilot who brought the ves
sel into port, both testified that there was
nothing in or about the vessel to excite their
suspicion that she had been engaged in the
slave trade.
Tho proceedings yesterday were brought to
a stand by the flat refusal of one of the wit
nesses to testify, on the ground that his an
swers might tend to criminate himself. Af-
tea considerable sparring between counsel, the
prosecution announced that they had reason
to believe that many others would endeavor
to shield themselves behind tho same plea,
and they therefore asked for a continuance of
one week, to give them time to procure other
evidence.
This morning the court met again, and af
ter calling over the names of the witnesses, of
whom there are twenty-one belonging to this
city and nine of Brunswick and vicinity, ad
journed till Tuesday next, the 28th inst.—
Four of the witnesses from the South were
discharged, and the others ordered to remain
in the city and report themselves to the U. 8,
Marshal every morning. They did not look
very well pleased .at the idea of being kept
away from home during Christmas, but there
was no alternative. What the additional ev
idencc desired may bo is yet unknown, hut I
have heard it surmised that tho Government
intend catching some of the Africans tf they can,
and using the fact of their presence as evidence
against these and perhaps other parties. It is
certain, however, that this postponement in
dicates a new movement on the part of the
Government.
The Wanderer arrived this morning in charge
of the revenue cutter Dobbin, which had been
sent to Brunswick for her. She is a very neat
looking craft, bearing the appearance of a
pleasure yacht.
The Stockholders of the Central Railroad
Company hold their annual meeting to-day.—
The report of the President shows tho net in
comes for tho past year to have been over
$755,000, being an increase over the preceding
year of more than $213,000. There has been
carried to Reserve Fund during the yeor $35,-
000, making the present amount of that fund
$640,000. I have not time to-day to make a
synopsis of this , Report, which I presumo
would be of general interest to your readers,
many of whom feel a personal interest in this
company. I notice that for tho past threo or
four years there has been a steady merging of
the guaranted 8 per cent, stock into tho gen
cral stock of tho company. Seven hundred
and twenty shares have been thus changed
since the last annual report, leaving now but
149 shares of the 8 per cent, stock out of a to
tal of 40,000.
Amusements in our city are about as usual
in winter, except that wo arc to havo two
Theatres. Mr. Marchant opens at St. An
drew’s Hall on Friday night, wfth tho Strak-
osch Opera Troupe, following up next week
with regular dramatic performances for about
two months. Mr. Fleming will soon return
from his country tour, and the New Orleans
Opera Troupe will leave us after an engage
ment of three weeks to delight the citizens of
tho interior with their sweet strains. W.
jjf In childhood, be modest; in youth,
temperate; in manhood, Just; in old age, pru
dent
For tho Intelligencer.
The State Aid Question.
No. 6.
Mr. Cuylcr, President of the Central Rail
road & Banking Company, in his report of
1857, when speaking against State Aid, says,
“The system of Railroads established, was very
soon greatly improved by individual enter
prise. The Rome Road, the Lagrange Road,
the Muscogee Road, the Augusta & Waynes
boro Road, the side Roads to Milledgeville and
Eatonton, to Athens, to Washington, to Thom-
aston, have been built in perfect harmony with
the system. The Savannah, Albany & Gulf
Road, and the Brunswick & Florida Road were
in accordance with it. The Main Trunk Road
through the lower part of the State, will, with
a Road twenty miles from Eatonton to Madi
son, perfect the sytem. No State in the Un
ion could then present a better one. The State
has expended six million on the work, tho
Companies, over fourteen million.”
Had Mr. Cuylcr, instead of saying “the sys
tem was soon greatly improved by individual
enterprise,” had said the system “was soon
greatly extended by means of the wealth, pow
er and privileges which the State had conferred
on the Central and GeorgiaR. R. Companies,”
ho would have uttered more pure truth. If
he had said “that nearly every dollar of capi
tal in these Roads, and nearly every mile of
them were controlled, and to he controlled and
managed in the cities of Savannah and Augus
ta, as far as possible for their benefit, without
regard to tho other interests of tho State,” he
would have stated facts, which no man can de
ny. If ho had stated that “notwithstanding
these numerous and powerful arms of these
two cities, Georgia is a large State and has ma
ny resources and interests to bo developed, in
which we must take our chances in sharing
with our brethren, and that only about one
half the territory and people of the State, are
as yet receiving any benefit from railroads,”
he would have spoken more like a patriot than
he did. If, instead of saying “no State in the
Union could present a bettor system,” he had
said “no State in the Union found itself in such
a peculiar and dangerous fix, as Georgia has
found herself from the Railroad system, and
the little wheels within wheels in Savannah
and Augusta, rotating with great violence to
wind every thing up in the narrow and sickly
enclosure of those two localities,” he would
have spoken what some other people think.
If, instead of raying “the State had expended
six million on the work, and the Companies
over fourteen million,” had said the State has
expended six million, from which we have
grown rich and powerful, and she is now fully
able and. ought to aid, in some way, the desti
tute sections to develope the extensive and still
dormant resources of the State, to at least one-
half of this amount, he would have uttered
sentiments which no honest man could con
demn. But no, Mr. Cuyler, like most other
men, feels too comfortable in power already
secured. He had too often surveyed the field
we have just surveyed in a former number and
was, and still is too buoyant with the prospect
of hiB increasing sway, to give place to liberal
sentiments. He had not only made this sur
vey, and counted his half of the “fourteen mil
lion,” and the hundreds of miles of Railroad
submitting gracefully to his wand, but the
twice and thrice fold interests that would soon
grow up, subject to bis voice. He saw the
piles of gold daily augmenting in the vaults of
Savannah, all subject to his call; ho saw, as he
now sees, the whole State of Georgia nearly
ready to submit to his dictation ; hence in this
same essay against further State Aid, he does
not hesitate to ray if extended to a certain
road, it “would be overthrown’ r by the power
he possessed.
Such is a glimpse of the two large corpora
tions of the State and their growing power.
Nor is their power to be measured by the prop
erty they will control, and tho patronage they
will dispense under their corporate name
They already, as 1b well known, control hun
dreds of miles and millions in other Roads.
The great modem agency must, by some means
be extended into the still destitute sections oi
the State. If not under the patronage and aid
of the State, under the patronage and aid of
these already towering corporations. Nearly
the entire amount of the Banking capital of
the State not incorporated with them, yet co
operate in policy with these great corporations.
The great State work, the Western & Atlantic
Railroad, bids os fair to fall into the hands of
one or both of these corporations as the ripe
peach to fall to fhe ground.
As matters now stand and are progressing,
at the end of twenty years these two corpora
tions will own nearly every foot of Railroad in
the State, or such as they do not own will like
ly be under the exclusive control of Savannah
and Augusta, where the Governor general
ship of Georgia will of course reside : a Go
vernor Generalship more galling because of
the more intelligence and freedom to bo go
verned than the Governor Generalship of In
dia.
If there is any method by which to build
up independent Railroad interests in the State,
and assimilate the interests of the people and
thereby neutralise the power of these great
corporations, except by extending State aid to
other railroad undertakings, it is beyond the
power of any living man to see it.
It may be said that the charters of these
companies will expire in a few years and their
capital can be reduced and these powers cur
tailed. To this it may be said each company
already holds one third more property than is
authorized by their charters, which run some
ten years longer, if indeed they arc not perpet
ual. But, be this as it may, at the the end of
ten years to expect the Legislature of Georgia
to refuse any demand that may be made by
these corporations, will be like asking a man
who has an ill-shaped head to take it off and
have it altered, or because he has a diseased
heart to take it out and have it repaired.
THE PEOPLE.
Tbe State Aid Question.
No. 6.
The position of Georgia under the corpora
tion system, is worthy tho attention of wise
men. As before remarked, the two cities of
Savannah and Augusta, although cherished
parts of our own great State, are too remote
from the body of tho people and main resour
ces of the State, to justify the people in yield
ing the entire control of their commercial and
political affairs into their hands, and there are
these other reasons against it.
These two cities are emphatically the mo
nopolists of monopolies in Georgia. No State
in tho Union, if indeed any country in the
world, os we shall yet show, presents a state of
affairs like it. They now control corporate
monied institutions quite equal in amount to
all the property upon which they pay tax, and
in twenty years from now, as the programme
at present stands in prospective, they may con
trol with a Napoleon’s grasp, three-fourths of
the active capital of the State, and with it, of
course, everything else. But it should not be
forgotten that the first advocates and champi
ons of State Aid to Railroads were found in Au
gusta and Savannah, and while their own in
terests were to be promoted thereby, they went
for it to a man. But at present they appear to
conceive that all the benefits arc realized that
can be realized to those localities by tho policy,
and hence they now as vigorously oppose it
and are enabled to carry with them the entire
State representation through which their great
lines of Railroad extend. Their speeches for
the measure were hut recently, loud, eloquent
and powerful, now they abound in sighs and
sobs for the dear people. A fearful dread of
corporations rises up before them, their bow
els yearn with compassion, and no Goddess of
grief, or Rachel sorrowing for her children, ev
er shed mare scalding tears than these men
pour out over this measure of justice. Men
that once took a lofty stand for Goorgia’s great
ness, would now hide her away in a comer.
The opening of tho port of Brunswick to the
commerce of the world and the country, has
long been a cherished object by the people of
Georgia, and is now known to be a measure
absolutely necessary to secure to Georgia, her
rightful share of the commerce of the great
West, and now that the way is open, and a
plan is devised to accomplish it, these cities
oppose it with all their joint power, and that
too, while it is more than probable that this
measure will act most favorably on the inter
ests of these two cities.
Nor is it within the power of either or both
of these cities, to secure through their locali
ties, against the competition of other States,
the great inland traffic that must arise to North
Eastern and South Western Railroad lines from
the vast commerce now flowing on the right
and left of Georgia, in a North-Easterly and
South-Westerly direction. Yet they war re
lentlessly, and on all occasions, against any and
all proper measures to secure the rich reward
to the State. It matters not that this measure
will odd greatly to tho attractions and inter
ests of Georgia, and cannot fail to greatly ben
efit both of those cities, it Is enough that it is
asked independent of them, and is not intend
ed exclusively for their benefit, neither is the
fact that some of the Roads asking for this aid
are to operate directly for their benefit, enough
to weaken their love of power and the jealousy
they entertain. “State Aid,” says Mr. Cuy
ler, in his late essay of 1857, “it is conceded,
might well bo granted to construct Roads where
they are really needed.” Among the Roads
needed, he doubtless counts the one from the
neighborhood of Griffin towards Memphis, and
one from the Western & Atlantic Railroad in
to the mineral regions of the State, and if the
Macon & Brunswick Road and tho Air Line
Road could bo thrown out of the ring, Savan
nah and Augusta would, perhaps, again be
great advocates of State Aid. ,
Mr. Cuyler was once a great advocate of the
Road towards Decatur, Alabama. Judge King
is, or was, also a groat advocate of a Road from
Atlanta in tho 6ame direction, and they are
not the men to be ignorant of tho fact that a
Road in that direction affords the only possible
means to secure the great Western traffic
through Georgia, against the competition of
the Rabun Gap Road, which will carry it clear
of our State Road, and the competition, also,
of the Tennesse & Virginia Road, as well as
other Roads from Western Tennesse through
Alabama. Possibly they came in collision as
to the starting point, and have now concluded
to postpono and take chances of pocketing the
prize at some future day. Thus do these in
terests in our two cities, blow and strike, fire and
fall back, over the great interests of the State.
The present advocates are not only in favor of
these two Roads, hut tho Macon & Brunswick
and the Air Line Roads.
Again, Railroads differ very materially in
their influence and operations on society, from
the ocean, rivers, canals, or the common road.
Upon these, every man can place his vessel,
his boat or his wagon, and go and come on
equal terms, but not so with tho Railroad.
Railroads are built and controlled exclusively
by corporations, and from their character and
necessity become monopolies, and the public
are compelled to use them on such terms only
as the corporations which control them, think
proper to prescribe. They claim and exercise
tho right to fix such terms and such conditions
in every neighborhood and section, through
which their roads pass, as their own views of
their own interests dictate, and these terms and
these conditions are fixed solely with a viow to
the most money that can be extracted from
such neighborhood or section. When their
own interests happen to coincide with tho in
terests of the section where their roads are lo
cated, that section feols their onorgizing offect;
when the reverse is tho caso, when the inter
ests of a certain section happens to conflict with
the interests of the parties who control the rail
road, woe may be written on tho section thus
in conflict. And hence it is, although it may
not be generally known, yet It is nevertheless
true, that 6inco the opening of railroads into
Tennessee and Alabama, from other points
tVmn Georgia, it has become the policy of the
Railroads in Georgia and South Carolina, in
which tbe two great corporations in Savannah
and Augusta have been tho principal movers,
to carry freight between Tennessee, Alabama
and the seaboard, for one-half and less than
one-half the rates charged on the great mass
of the people of Georgia, thereby making those
States or their principal towns, the nucleus and
bonificiarics of Georgia and Carolina Roads.
This discrimination in fevor of these States,
can by no possibility or figuring, be counted
anything less than a tax of $600,000 annually,
on Georgia industry and enterprise, in favor of
those other States. The result of which, if un
checked, must be to transfer the enterprise and
capital of interior Georgia, to those States.
The only way that this policy can be checked,
and the benefits in railroad competition which
these other States now enjoy, be restored to
Georgia, is by opening into Georgia other lines
of railroad, independent of Savannah and Au-
gusta.
As matters now stand, it will soon be felt in
every part of Georgia, outside of Savannah and
Augusta, and as above stated, tho enterprise
and capital of Georgia, will be transferred to
rival States. Capital and enterprise invariably
seek points of competition and the great thor
oughfare of traffic.
These are but specimens of the reasons why
the people of Georgia are not justified in yield
ing the entire control of their railroad and com
mercial affaire into the hands of those two cit
ies. Wo could touch upon Banks and other
matters, which enter into the question of equal
rights and civil liberty, and as grounds upon
which State aid is claimed.
But the arguments which have been made
against this measure, should be noticed.
The entire scope of arguments made use of
by the opponents of this policy and measure of
justice, is comprised in three points. First,
the danger and unfairness of rivalship to old
roads. Second, the never failing hobby of
demagogues, taxation upon the people. Third,
if the policy be admitted again in Georgia,
neither the people nor tho Legislature, would
have the sense to stop it, shoft of utter ruin to
the State.
One other point has also been made. It is
the same that was made against Dewit Clin
ton, in New York, thirty years ago, that all
the parties asking for State aid, are irresponsi
ble rascals, who will steal all, and leave noth
ing to the State but a big diteh—Clinton’s big
ditch. It is, however, to be supposed there
are some honest men in Georgia, omoug those
not yet accommodated with railroads or State
aid.
The first argument needs no reply from the
people. The second is without weight, be
cause the terms upon which the aid is asked,
and the security offered, renders such a result
in Georgia, impossible. All railroads in Geor
gia, pay. All railroads judiciously and eco
nomically built, and economically and honest
ly managed, pay. That such will be the case,
with the roads asking State aid in Georgia, we
have, under the plan proposed, the best guar
antee possible to be devised. The two mam
moth corporations of the State have each been
able to advance their hundreds of thousands
to what Mr. Cuyler terms branch or side roads,
and neither has lost a dollar, but, on the oth
er hand, have made their tens of thousands,
not to say millions.
To attempt to answer the third argument,
would be to recognise the possibility, a stupid
ity on the part of the people and tho Legisla
ture inadmissable.
The want of argument against this measure
of justice, has, therefore, been supplied by tho
power flowing from the fountains, to which wo
have alluded.
This question of State Aid, can be viewed in
no other light, in Georgia, than a measure of
commercial and civil liberty, by
THE PEOPLE.
City Improve me nt.—Hln Ls.
Editors Intelligencer :—Your timely arti
cle in regard to the Park, arrested my atten
tion, and meets general approbation. By all
means let tho suggestion be carried out. It
Council will not go on with tho important work
let the citizens do it. I will be one of twenty
to transplant five trees, and see that they live.—
That will give us 100 shade trees, which will
be better than none, but probably, unless the
Council undertakes tho improvement it will
not be done, as everybody’s business is no
body’s business. And, speaking of Parks,
can’t something be done to remove the Macon
Freight Depot ? The depot is neat, and doubt
less convenient. Will not the Company ex
hibit, for the benefit of a town which patron
izes it so largely, a just and proper regard to
the comfort and taste of our citizens, by ar
ranging so that Pryor Street may bo opened,
and by laying the extra track in some other
part of town, so that a public square may be
laid out South as well as north of tho passenger
station. Let me respectfully ask, would Pres
ident Scott like to seo such an aggregation as
now exists in that part of town, transferred to
the front of the Lanier House in his own city.
But seriously what could so much improve tho
town, as the changes proposed ? The fine pas
senger station situated centrally in the capa
cious park thus formed, with its clock tower,
that is to be, rising high above the surrounding
trees, whose cooling shade would invite tho
6tay of tho refined traveler os indicating that
taste and culture are not inconsistent with en
terprise and energy.
And that public clock, has the desire for if
become extinct ? Wouldn’t it be a great con
venience ! With its many fine bells attached,
and its telegraph and express offices, and po
lice head quarters in the lower stories of the tow
er !
May wo not hope that the city government
now about to be elected will consider these
“liints” and act upon them in a wise but lib
eral spirit?
Before closing let me suggest a cheap and I
think a desirable improvement. Some few
sessions since the City Council changed the
name of the Street running South from the
City Hall square and by the 2nd Baptist
church from Collins to Washington, which was
an improvement, as preventing confusion, be
cause there is another Collins Street South of
the Railroad. Now one of the principal and
most beautiful Streets of Atlanta bears the
singular, and to the world the unsuggestive
name of Peach Irce, a name which has been
much wondered at and ridiculed by strangers.
Let mo, with deference suggest tho more eu
phonious and significant name of Cherokee,
thus recalling to memory the noble tribe of
Warriors who once held dominion, and indi
eating the section of country towards which it
leads. But I trespass upon your patience.
HOPE.
From tho State Press, Dec. 16.
NAVAL DEPOT.
A Word to the Georgia Delegation.
Wo trust it will not be deemed obtrusive
for us to urge upon the attention of our mem
bers in Congress a subject that deeply con
cerns our State—we allude to the projected
Naval Depot near Brunswick, in which every
Georgian and Southern man must and ought
to feel interested. It will be recollected that
more than two years ago, Mr. Dobbin, who
was then Secretary of the Navy, appointed a
Board of Examiners to report upon the best
location for the establishment of such a De
pot, between the ports of Norfolk and Pensa
cola ; and after thorough investigation tho
Board reported Blythe Island, in tho vicinity
of Brunswick, as being in all respects the most
suitable and desirable point. Consequently
at tho session of Congress of 1856-’57, (thanks
to the zealous and indefatigable cxortioRS of
Hon. James. L. Soward, the Representative
from our first Congressional District,) an ap
propriation of $200,000 was mado for that pur
pose. Of this sum a portion has been used in
purchasing the site : but since then, the Na
vy Department appears to have forgotten it
—our Congressmen have neglected it—a gen
eral lethargy seems to have overspread it, and
unless an effort is made to break this Rip Van
Winkle slumber wo apprehend the whole af
fair will bo suffered to remain in statu quo un
til the “crack of doom.” Therefore as a Geor
gian and tho conductor of a Georgia journal,
having her welfare at heart, we feel it our du
ty, and we aro sure tho citizens of tho State
will sustain us, in making this appeal to our
Representatives to act in this matter promply,
earnestly and faithfully. Their constituents ex
pect it of them, audit is oncumbent upon
them to do it. Tho Government has already
invested too much money in the proposed De
pot to suffer it to remain idle. Tho question
is asked, why is not the Act of Congress car
ried out ? Economy if no other consideration,
should cause additional approriations tobemado
at once to carry out the work already begun.
Had this been a Northern appropriation, the
project would long ago have been perfected ;
but our Representatives content themselves
with emitting gas about Southern rights,
Southern interests, and Southern equality ;
and then sleep upon their posts, suffering mil
lions to go North without stretching forth
their hands to secure a beggarly pittance of a
few hundred thousand dollars for the South.—
The Northern people suck the marrow, and
we grumble over tim bonos—they drink the
pap and we lick the spoon—the dollars and
dimes are thrown into their side of the scale,
and our end kicks the beam. These things
ought not to be. We might Bay more, but it
is needless. Our Representatives aro not ig
norant of the importance of this Depot not
only to our own State, but to tho South, and,
indeed, to the whole country. Without,
therefore, entering into an extended and un
necessary argument, we conclude with the
earnest hope, which will doubtless meet with
a response throughout the State, that imme
diate and efficient action be taken in the prem
ises. We deem it necessary merely to direct
tbe attention ofonr Congressmen to this mat
ter in order to secure the desired result.
P. S.—Since the above wes written we havo
found the following resolution, passed by the
Legislature on Saturday, the day of adjourn
ment :
The rules were suspended and Mr. Stiles
moved to take np and agree to a House Reso
lution requesting our Senators and Representa
tives in Congress to urge tho early construc
tion of a Navy Yard on Blythe Island. Adop
ted.
The busy body labors without thanks,
talks without credit, lives without love, dies
withont tears, without pity—save that some
say, “It was a pity ho deid no sooner.”
Conference Appointments.
The following are the appointments of the
Conference of the M. E. Church, which dos
ed its session in this dtyon the 22d inst.
AUGUSTA DISTRICT;—J. Lewis, P. E.
St. John; Jos. S Key. Trinity, Miss.; R A
Conner. Asbury Miss. ; JM Dicky. St. James;
T S Jordan. Savannah—Trinity; W H Potter.
Andrew Chapel; B F Breedlove. Wesley Chap
el; H J Adams. Isle of Hope & Th’bolt; W S
Baker. Springfield; Wm F Conley. Sylvania;
W B McHon. Bethel circuit; R F Jones, Wayn-
esborough; C A Fulwood. G W Yarborough.
Burke Col Miss.; Jas. Jones. Louisville; Wm
H Moss. Thos. J Staley. Richmond; John H
Grogan. Warrenton; Wm P Colts. Columbia;
Albert Gray. Glasscock Miss.; J G Worley.
ATHENS, DISTRICT;—J. A. O. Clarke, P. E.
Athens Eustace W Speer. Col’d Miss.; Wm
A Parks. Watkinsville; John C Simmons. Wm
C D Perry. Factory Miss, Meletiah Hebbard,
Madison; W P Arnold. Morgan; Malsby. Col’d
Miss.; Henry Cranford. Greensborouh; Geo C
Clarke. Lexington, Jno S Dunn. Jno T Nor
ris. J H Echols, sup. Elberton, Tyre B Harbin.
L R McNamor. Broad River col’d Miss.; A J
Deavors. Washington; T F Pierce. Wilkes; T
T Christian. Lincolnton; D W Calhoun. Madi
son Fem. college ; J L Pierce. Pres; W R Foote.
Prof.
ROME DISTRICT;—John W. Yarborough,
P. E.
Rome; Wm M Crumley. Cave Spring; W M
D Bond. J D Freeman. Cedar Town; P M Ry-
bum. Uharlee Miss.; J Strickland. Cassville;
Calhoun; W Anthony. Spring Place; H P
Pitchford. Dalton; J W McGehee. Dalton cir
cuit; J Murphy. C A Moore. La Fayette; G
Hugehs. J P Bailey. Summerville; D J Myrick.
Cassville Female college; D Kelsey, Presi
dent.
DAHLONEGA DISTRICT;—Lewis J Davies,
P. E.
Dahlonega; W H CCone, Dawsonville, mis
sion, to be supplied’ Clarkesville; A M Thig
pen. Blairsville; Milford G Hamby. Morgan-
ton; Miss.; Joseph Chambers. Elijay; Harvey
H McHan, Gainsvillc; C A Mitchell. Cames-
ville; W T Norman. Levy P Neese. Clayton
Miss.; JVM Morris. Canton; Wm Brewer.
Theodore A Pharr Currahee miss.; John H
Mashbum.
COLUMBUS DISTRICT;—Jas W. Hinton,
P. E.
Columbus, 1st Church, Alferd T Mann.
Columbus, 2d Church, Lovick Pierce. Girard;
Oliver W Landreth, Factory miss; Wardlaw.
Pierce Chapel and Col Charge; D O’Driscoll.
Cusseta and col’d miss; J H Robinson. J T
Berry. Schley; John M Bright. Buena Vista &
col’d miss; Jos 1 Turner. Butler; Leonard
Rush, Flint River miss; Wyatt Brooks. Talbot-
ton; A M Wynn. Talbot and Col miss; D Will
iamson. S Sanders. Hamilton; J M Austin,
Harris; W M Watts, Colored Mission; W W
Tidwell, Whitesvillc; George Bright.
R. Lane and John Patillo transferred to
Eastern Texas Conference.
Jesse Boring and H. G. Horton transferred to
Rio Grando mission Conference.
Cadesman Pope and J. Y Brice transferred
to Washita Conference.
J. W. Simmons to Pacific Conference.
Thos. W. Whitby transferred to Alabama
Conference.
W. G. Connor, traneferred to S. C. Confer
ence.
GRIFFIN DISTRICT,—Chas. R. Jewett, P. E.
Griffin; Armenias Wright. ZebuIon;Noah
H Palmore. Fayetteville; Alford Dormon,
Jonesborough; John W Reynolds. Thomas-
ton; Wiley G Parks. Upson; James Harris.
Barnesvillo; Jesse R Littlejohn. Colored
mission; W C Rowland. Culloden and Knox
ville col. mis., M Bollah. Culloden; Thos. H
Stewart. Jackson; JP Howell. McDonongh;
R H Waters.
MACON DISTRICT,—Jakes E. Evans, P. E
Macon and Vineville; Harwell H Parks, G
G Smith. City mission, James M Armstrong
Colored mission; G H Patillo. Milledgeville
and Bethel; Walter Knox. Sparta; John H
Caldwell. Hancock; John B McGehee. Col
ored mission; RJ Harwell. Eatonton; Caleb
W. Key. Putnam and colored mission; Free
man F Reynolds, Olin S Means. Monticello
and Colored mission; R W Lovett, T N Tyson.
Clinton; Albert W Rowland. Forsyth and
colored mission; D Blalock, J L Neaso. Fort
Valley; Michael A Clonts. Fort Valley mis
sion; James W Traywick. Perry; Wm G Al
len. Ockmulgee mission; E A H McGehee.
Wesleyan Female College; 0 L Smith, Pres.,
F X Foster, Prof., and J B Smith Agt. Ed.
So. Ch, Advocate; E H Myers. John W
Burke, Agt. Book and Tract Society.
ATLANTA DISTRICT,-W. R. Braniiam, P. E.
Atlanta—Wesley Chapel, James B Payne,—
Colored Charge, Isaac N Craven. Trinity and
Evans Chapel Mission; R B Lester. Fulton;
James L. Lupo. Decatur; N B Ouscley. Cov
ington; Daniel D Cox. Oxford; John W Tal
ley. Lawrenceville; Miles W. Arnold, L L
Strange. Monroe; Wm A Florence. Marietta;
Wm F Cook, Powder Springs; Moses A Leake.
Paulding mission; Thos T Arnold. Emory
Collage; W J Parks, Agt. Agt American Bi
blc So.; G J Pearce. A Means and W J Sass-
nett, superintendents.
SANDERSVILLE DISTRICT,—L B Paine, PE.
Sandersville; W J Cotter. Irwinton; David
Starr. Jeffersonville; TS L Harwell. Haw-
kinsville; A J Dean, colored mission; Jas
Dunwoody. Dublin; J C Neese, Jacksonville;
W J McMicbael. Reidsville; L Q Allen. Hines-
ville; J W Thrner. Darien; W Pledgor. Mc
Intosh mission; RN Cotter. Altamaha mis
sion; John E Sentel. Bryan and Bulloch;
James H Reeso. Emanuel mission; Thomas
Boring.
AMERICUS DISTRICT—James B Jackson P E.
Americus; Wm J Scott. Americus circuit;
John P Duncan. Terrell; David Crenshaw.
Fort Gaines; John H Harris, T W Hayes.—
Cuthbert and Emmaus; L G It Wiggins. Stew
art; PC Harris, J J Morgan. Chattahoochee
mission; E N Boland. Lumpkin and Green
Hill; G G N McDonald. Starksville; LCFam-
bro. Vienna; D It McWilliams; Isabella mis
sion; T B Lanier. Oglethorpe ahdTraveller’s
Rest; Wm S Turner. Georgetown; John B
Wardlow. Agent for Emory College in S W
Georgia and Florida; Samuel Anthony.
LAGRANGE DISTRICT,—Wm H Evans, P. E.
LaGrango ; Alexander Graham; Troup col.
mission; to bo supplied. Troup circuit; Lewis
L Ledbetter. West Point; Ilob’t M Dixon.—
Greenville; John M Marshall. Coweta; John
W Knight. Coweta col. mission; to be sup
plied. Newnan; Edmund P. Burch. Frank
lin; Edward J Rcntz. Carrollton; C W How
ard, J J Boring. Villa Rica and Haralson
mission; John W. Brady, S A Clarke. Pal
metto; Edmond W Reynolds. Colored mis
sion to be supplied. LaGrango Female Collego;
Wm D Shea, agt. Chaplain U S Navy; C W
Thomas.
The Agents appointed to the several benevo
lent and educational interests within tho
Conference, are also tho authorized agentesof
the Church Evangelift Endowment Fund.
Rev. W. J. PARKS, Treasurer.
From tho Augusta Evening Dispatch.
Calhoun, Ga., Dec. 25th.
Mr. Editor :—Yesterday evening, about
sun down, near this place, occurred a most
melancholy accident. Jos. E. Walker, a youth
of about 19 years, wis accidentally shot dead
by Julius A. Fraily, another youth. The par
ticulars, according to tho best information I
can gain, aro theso :
At a distillery, a short distance from town,
yesterday, was a kind of shooting match ; tur
keys being tied a certain number of yards from
tho shooter, and so much a chance for a shot.
Fraily, it seems, was putting a cap on his pis
tol, (a long rifle barrel one,) when Walker
passed him, Frailey’s attention being called
off by something, ho lot down tho hammer,
which caused tho cap to explode and fire the
pistol. The ball hit Walker in tho back part
of the head and came out between tho eyes,
killing him instantly. The young men were
perfectly friendly, and Frailey is in much dis
tress in consequence of tho accident. A sad
warning this to those who use fire-arms care
lessly.
Our youths of town aro haring a merry
time of it, and seem determined to enjoy
Christmas if the old folks don’t.
BIRDS EYE.
*
Prrtt Women,—If we havo a weakness or
foible incident to human nature, it is admi-
ratiouof pretty women. The following cor
rect description must have been written by
one who was similarly offectod :
A pretty woman is one of the institutions of
the country—an angel and glory. She makes
the sun shine, bluosky, fourth of July, and
happiness, wherever she goes. Her path is
one of delicious roses, perfume and beauty.—
She is a sweet poem, written in rare curls,
choice calico and principles. Mon stand up
before her as so many admiration points, to
melt into cream and butter. Her words float
around the ear like music, birds of paradise, or
the chimes of Sabbath bolls. Without her,
society would lose her truest attraction, the
church its fittest reliance, and In any young
men the very best of comforts and company.
Her influence is generally to restrain the
vicious, strengthen the weak, raise the lowly,
flannel shirt the heathon, and encourage the
faint hearted. Whenever you find the virtu
ous woman, you also find pleasant firesides,
boquets, clean clothes, order, good living,
gentle heart, piety, music, light and model
institutions generally. She is the flower of
humanity a very Venus in dimity, and her ioj
spiration is the breath of Heaven.
ACTS OF 1 THK UCOISI*ATCBX.
[OONCLUDID FROM 7IMTT PASS.]
140 To point out the manner in whieh con
stables, neglecting or refusing To levy or col
lect the money on Distress Warrants for fines,
ttlmll bo ruled before the general Board of Road
Commissioners of Chatham and Carroll coun
ties, and for other purposes.
141 To change the times of holding the In
ferior Courts of Baldwin county.
142 To change the line between Ware and
Pierce counties.
143 To locate the road hands living upon
Comber’s Island and Potosi upon Rifle cut.
144 To amend an act to incorporate the
Georgia Air Line R. R. Co., and to confer on
them certain powers and privileges, approved
March 5th, 1856.
145 To incorporate an Infantry corps in the
town of Fort Valley, and to incorporate the
Oglethorpe Light Infantry, of Savannah, &c.
146 To compensate Grand and Petit Jurors
in Emanuel county.
147 To amend an act entitled at act to
amend an act, amendatory of and addition to
the various acts heretofore passed in relation
to the city of Savannah, approved Dec. 8 1849
&c., &c. _ .
148 To change tho line between Dougherty
and Worth counties.
149 To alter and amend tho Road laws of
this State, approved Dec. 19,1818, so far as
relates to the appointment of commissioners
for the counties of Gordon and Bibb, and for
other purposes.
160 To legalize an election and make valid
the acts of Sam’l Curtright, as Ordinary of
Troup county.
161 To provide for the compensation of
Grand and Petit Jurors of Dawson county, in
Superior and Inferior courts.
152 To require the State Treasurer to
6ign the Coupons of the old six percent,
bonds of this State for the whole interest as it
fills duo, to issue new bonds with the Coupons
signed.
153 To authorize the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company to build a Branch Road to
Eatonton in Putnam county.
165 To repeal on act approved Feb. 15th.
1854, to extend tho provisions of an act to
regulate tlxc fees of Magistrates and Constables
&c., so far as relates to tho county of War
ren.
155 To change the lino between Irwin and
Worth counties.
156 To authorise tho Justices of the Inferior
Court of Pickens county to levy and collect an
extra tax to pay the county debt incurred by
building a Jail.
157 To prevent non-residents in the county
of Miller from camp hunting.
158 To change and fix tbe lino between Jef
ferson and Emanuel counties.
169 To incorporate the Yahula River and
Cane Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Company.
160 To incorporate the Gwinnett Manufac
turing Company, and defino tho rights and
privileges of tlie same.
161 To amend an act to incorporate Mar
shall College in Griffin, approved Dec. 22d,
1853.
162 To amend an act entitled an act to
amend the various acts in relation to tho city
Court of Savannah, &c., assented to Dec. 22d,
1857.
163 To incorporate tho town of Dahlonega
and to provide for electing Commissioners.
164 To amend an act pointing out the mode
of collecting a certain description of debts
therein mentioned, and to extend the provis
ions of the same.
165 To alter the mode of electing tho Mar
shal in the city of Marietta, Ga.
166 To incorporate an Academy in Thomas
county, and appoint Trustees.
167 To empower the Grand Jurors in Ap
pling county to designate the children enti
tled to the benefits of the Poor School Fund.
168 To incorporate Alpharetta in Milton
county.
169 To authorize the Inferior Court of Han
cock county to levy an extra tax to establish
quarters for the Poor of said county.
170 To appropriate the sum of two hundred
and forty dollars to Dado county.
171 To incorporate Altamaha Lodge, No.
226, Free and Accepted Masons, in McIntosh
county.
172 To incorporate M. E. Church at Pros
pect in Thomas county.
174 For the relief of the Commissioners of
Altamaha River.
174 To lay out and organize a new county
from the counties of Lowndes and Clinch.
175 To empower J. W. Reid, Adm’rof the
estate of S. B. Daniel, late of Greene county,
to vest surplus funds arising arising from sale
of crops, &c., under limitations.
176 To incorporate Trustees of Mud Creek
Baptist Camp Ground, &c.
177 To compensate G. W. Anderson and
others for arresting the murderers of Samuel
Landrum.
178 To alter and amend the Road Laws so
far as relates to Oglethorpe county, and others
herein named.
179 To incorporate Battle Lodgo No. 211
Free and Accepted Masons, at Mill Town,
Berrien county.
180 To authorize the Justices of the Infe
rior Court of Crawford county to levy an ex
tra tax for building a Jail.
181 To allow Tax Collectors in Decatur
county, commissions on insolvent executions.
182 To change the lino between Gilmer and
Pickens counties, &c.
183. To authorize the Justices of the Infe
rior Courts in the counties, &c.
183. To authorize the Justices of the Infe
rior Courts in the counties of Wayne, Appling
and Pierce to appoint Surveyors to define and
mark the lines between said counties.
184 To authorize the Inferior Court of Madi
son county to sell the Academy buildings and
real estate of said Academy, and apply tho
funds collected to educational purposes.
185 To amend an act entitled and act to
amend the several acts of force in relation to
the town of West Point. Also to incorporate
and confer certain powers on the First Pres
byterian church in Atlanta, to extend tho cor
porate limits of the town of Buena Vista, to
locate and define the line botween Berrien
and Coffee counties, and to add Nos. 219, 254,
and 256, in 14th District of Irwin, to Wilcox
county.
186 For tho appointment of Auditor in cer
tain cases.
187 To chango tlie times of holding tho Su
perior and Inferior Courts of Schley coun
ty.
188 To repeal a part 1st Sec. 3d Article of the
Constitution of this State, to insert a provis
ion in lieu thereof.
189 To amend an act entitled an act to
amend the several acts in relation to tho as
signment of Dower, assented to Febuary 21st,
5850.
190 To revive, and amend an act to make
permanent the site or Public Buildings in
Polk county at Cedar Town, and to incorpo
rate the same approved Febuary 8th, 1854.
191 To chango the time of holding the In
ferior Courts of Appling county.
192 To amend an act to incorporate the
City Macon, and to strike out proviso in the
same.
193 To change the time of holding the Infe
rior Court in Ware county.
194 To consolidate tho offices of Receiver of
Tax Returns an! Tax Collectors in Dawson
county.
195 To incorporate Gaulding Lodgo No.
215, of Freo and Accepted Masons in the coun
ty of Fayette.
196 To amend an act to incorporate Mocca
sin Turnpike Road Company in Rubon coun
ty, approved March 3d, 1856, and grant tho
Mine certain privileges.
197 To incorporate Washington Institute,
a high school organized by a Baptist Associa
tion in Hancock county, and to chango the
name of the village of Buffalo.
198 To incorporate and confer certain priv-
iligcs to Nownan Guards.
199 To amend an act to authorize and re
quire the Trustees of Trenton Academy to sell
the same together with the lot of land on
which it is located.
200 To authorize the Mayor and Aldermen
of the city of Savannah and Hamlets thereof
and their successors In office*, to institute a
system of drainago for the same under certain
specified conditions.
201 To consolidate tho offices of Tax Receiv
er and Tax Collector in Pierce county, and
dissolve the same offices in Worth county.
202 To authorize the Justices of the Inferi
or Court of Worth county to levey an extra
tax to nay off the indebtedness of said county
beginning in 1869.
203 To amend the 1st section of an act, ap
proved Dec. 22, 1857 in relation to the char
ter of the city of Macon.
204 To authorize the Justices of the Inferi
or court of Cass county to levy an extra tax on
the State tax to pay the Jury fees of said coun-
ty.
205 To amend the several acts inoorpo*
rating the town of St. Mary’s.
206 To incorporate tho Kingston Presbyte
rian Church of Cass county.
207 To change the lines between the coun
ties of Macon and Sumpter.
208 Amendatory of an act to authorize the
issuing of garnishments and attachments and
to regulate the proceedings In relation to the
Bame, and for otner purposes, approved March
4th, 1856.
209 To facilitate mining operations for Gold
in White county.
210. To change the lino between Henry and
Clayton counties.
211 For
Slc.
the
the relief (rfW.lv fetse,
212 To amend an Act assented to 28d Pa.
I860, establishing a Justice Court at HolnJ
ville.
213 To change the lines between (Va.
and Irwin, and Wiioox, and Pulaski ^T
ties.
214 To incorporate the Phi Delta Lode,, v
148, of Free and Accepted Masons ’•
lin county, and Carnes ville Lodge No ij£r*'
Gardes ville, Ga. 1 1
215 To amend the several Acts inconvw,
ing the town of LaFayette. r ^ 0r *t
216 To incorporate “Young America” »
Company in Columbus, Ga.
217 To repeal all laws relation- to i
rights, so tar as applies to Washington ^
ty. ^
218 To appropriate money for the com,,
tion of the State Lunatic Asylum.
219 To incorporate the Penficld Rail r
Company. ^
220 To amend the several laws in retew
to the Georgia Asylum for the Deaf and 1)
to change the name of the same—define
duties of the Principal—and appoint
for the same.
221 To incorporate the town of Camili,-
the county of Mitchell, and other purr***®
glT A number of Joint Resoluti mgT'
been approved by the Governor. Wo h '
not space to insert them with the cantim*
tho Laws. The captions of the Acts vd * |
by the Governor, aro also crowded out t? 1
week, they will appear in our next issue ^
Speech of Mr. Garlrell, on tbe Pen*Jo*
In the House of Representative,
I had hoped that an opportunity i
have been offered mo to present., at some u!!J
my views upon a proper and judicious ta
granting pensions to the soldiers ofthewar
1812. The passage of such a bill by this a*!
gross would, in my judgement, be eminent] I
just and proper. To attempt now, howoWl
oven the outlines of an argument in a 5 j
minutes’ speech, would be idle. The ante i’L
ment proposed by myself, and now before
House for consideration, seems to be so acfT 1]
table, and so generally understood, than?
deem extended remarks upon it wholly n I
necessary*. A word, however, by wav of
planation, may suffice. It will be oWtffl
that by the original bill, as reported by „,|1
friend from Tennessee, (Mr. Savage,) it
posed to give to tho officers and soldiers ofV I
war of 1812 pay according to their rank ki*' ■
line, but in no case to exceed the payof a «?|
tain of infantry. By tho operation ofthefcli
as it now is, I understand that a large numS
of officers will receive $480 per annum £
some—a large number—receive less than tb
amount, but over ninety-six dollars. I,,*,
pose—and I think the principle of it is a
one, though I will not stop to argue it-- .
granting this honorary compensation, if : i
please to call it such, to tbe gallant’offilal
who fought the battles of the country in fts %
to put them and the common soldiers up,— i
equal footing. I see no reason for any discr-i ■
ination. I think the principle is a just on I
and thus much will suffice in reference tot
amendment.
It has been truly said, Mr. Chairman, th^
this is an important question. Appealiac
it does, to our head and our hearts, and to.-i
enlightened consciousness of duty and patniS
ism, I had hoped the House would have
proached its consideration with delibersfc ■
and calmness. To deny this small pittunceJ
those gallant old men who, in our secondn|
of independanco, as it has been termed. j
in my judgment, amount to a hardship. 1
was surprised to hear gentlemen console
selves with the argument that the countryi
invaded, and that it was the duty of tires'
[ soldiers to fight. Yes, sir, it was their
to fight; and right nobly did they
that duty. I would that I had the
lude to their gallantry and daring; hr
perhaps t hey need no encomiums at my L
History has recorded their heroism, aiidi
ful countrymen will yet reward their toik-
They aro fast passing away; wom down
ago and exhausted by disease, soon the Is
them will havo gone down to the gray-,
sleep beneath the cold clods of the valley,
can well remember, Mr. Chairman, the
pression made upon my mind, when, <
youth, I met for the first time an old
of the Revolution. They, sir, have been;
sioned by the Government, and have
all disappeared. In a few years, the s4i
of the war of 1812 will stand in the same;
tion, and your sons and daughters of th
ing generation will mark them and pit
them, and say, “there goesa soldier who
ed gallantly in the war of 1812.” Ths
men como to us now and say, “we have
hausted our strength; our youth was «
in the defence of the liberties of our cot
and now wo have become aged, decrc-’’
infirm, we pray you, provide for us in
hour of infirmity.” And why will yt
and what is the argument? I' insist,
courtesy to the gentlemen who advan
that they are no arguments at all.
tinguislied gentleman from Maryl
Davis) tolls you that he is opposed to
tuities and subsidies, and that he believe:
are wrong in principle, and yet he
givo a single reason to sustain that juk-
My friend from Alabama (Mr. Ci'kry 1
tains that the passage of this hill will
the Constitution and bankrupt the Tie
Did I believe either the one proposition
other, I should feel it to be my duty to
against it. The gentleman from South
lina tells you that all pension laws ait
moral in their effect; and yet these gent
with their acknowledged ability, and
ty, fail to present a single illustration i
tain the position upon which they rely.
Mr. Chairman, in behalf of the galkj
soldiers of tlie country, I protest againsj
such pretenses. I take issue with my
from South Carolina, [Mr. Knrrr.] Y
had a pension system almost from the
ning of tho Government; and where is-'
ed that it has been demoralizing ?
that it is, and maintain the reverse ofc
osition to be true. Our past history
the assertion. Give these old men the.
give them fifty sixty, or ninety-six dw
year; gratify them thus, and when
to pass away from the stage of action;
go down to their graves with gratifell
and their last act, perhaps, will lie tea
on an all-wise Providence to bless ft p
prosperous and grateful country. My
says “that it is their business to do tist]
how. ’ ’ I doubt ven T much whether k-
any appeal to that Providence
[Laughter.] If he does, I fear
his supplications might not be hetdek
this is out side of the question. I
present some considerations upon the
economy and as was remarked by tho
from 7bnnessee, if you want to
system of economy, commence it her
Hall; here you may profitably apply
I will go for *itrenchment and refo
the departments of Government, w
who goes furthest. It is our duty
tho work to-day. Begin it in gore
institute a system of rigid economy,
ment and reform, and bring this (i" r
within legitimate expenditures. Tv
you will have saved the treasury,
money enough to relieve the old
soldier, to smooth his pathway do»*-
tomb.
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the 22d. The quotations for Cotton >
Middling Orleans
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Manchester advices arc favorable
Livkrpool Markets.—Corn lmds
cliincd. Provisions were dull,
dull, and prices nominal. Wheat’
and unchanged. Lard quiet,
offering sparingly. Rosin dull.
Coffee steady. Rice dull. lYirpeutfej
Livkrpool Cotton Market.—L«
9.—The sales of Cotton for the
were 16,000 bales—the market clo*J
Breadstuff's were very dull. L 1 '
Wednesday, Deo. 8th, consols
98J. On Thursday the money i
withconsols at 99J @ 99$ for accoo 1 1
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The Bonk of England has reduce j
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Market*.
Nkw York, Dec. 23.—7he swj
to-day were 1,000 bales—the
dull. Sales of Flour 11,000 bai^
Wheat firm—sales of 23.000 busk^
quoted $1 25 and White $1 33
firm—sales of 17,500 bushels; & .
yellow 75 @ 77Jc. Turpeutmi
Rosin steady.
Moaiu, Dec. 23.—Sales of
7,000 bales. Middling is quo* 1 !?
Nkw Orleans, Dec. 23.-^*.
day 9,000bales, at easier but iiniP;
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the market.
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