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Complete Resume of the State Road Scandal. Further Detailsofthe Stolen Letter of General MacRae. Additional Accounts of the Attempt to Coerce Mr. Scofield. WILL THE PEOPLE OF ATLANTA! CONSENT TO LOSE THE ROLLING MILLS! lAct of Governor Brovrn’o having it in hi* possession was a sufficient evidence to him that all that it contain* •d was true. Governor Brown protested that he had received it anonymously, which General MacRae told him very plainly he did not believe. He farther told him that if he had wanted bis private opinion of him he could have had it without inter cepting his private letters, as he had given it to a fnead of his very emphatically several weeks before, and supposed that he had lost no time in carrying it to him. The President then asked General MacRae what he intended to do, and he replied that he sheuld resign as he could no longer hold sven official inter course with him. THK EXCITXJfXNT. The publication of these facts In the Herald the next day produced a great stir throughout the city. It wss soon developed that there were a number of the lesaees who by no means approved of the conduct of President Brown in his management of the road so exclusively in his own interest, and if it should be continued they could clearly see that aach a feeling of indignation would be aroused as would force the Legislature to deprive them of the lease. Men were heard to say that if matters oontinued as they were, and the Legislature should refuse to grant a remedy, that it would be the duty of the people to take pos session of the road by force. KU. SCOFIELD STEAKS. This outburst of popular indignation was so great, that the timid were emboldened to speak out, and Mr. Louia Scofield, who owns the most important indus try in Atlanta, who had hitherto been silent, called at our office and related his grievances. Mr. Sco- | field stated that some time i»o he learned trom Mr. { Gordon that he was negotiating for the sale by compelling him to pay $22 50 more for coal than we war* charging them, that the proprietor of one of the largest establishments in Atlanta is seriously pre paring arrangements to leave Atlanta, if his atrocious injustice continues. How, what are the facts to sustain this charge? I commenced the sale of coal in this place in 1868, and sold good lump coal to consumers, at retail, at twenty- five cents per bushel, and I supplied manufacturers, by the car load, at twenty-one cents. I invested more money in the business than any other coal dealer here, having in cars alone, which I bought and paid for, $7,600. The company which I repreaented having $60,000 In cars, I had access to as many more cars as I needed. These cars we cannot now use, for the reasons which the ex-Governor very well knows, but perhaps would not like to have the public know. All this stuff about A going to Sewanee for five cars, and B to Coal Creek for twenty, is mere twaddle, in tended to mystify and deceive the people, because he wall knew that if I had consented when appealed to by E B Walker to put up the price of coal, that I could have controlled as many cars as I needed. But this is not the point in dispute, as to how much capital any particular dealer moy have, unless it is intended to in form the public that the cx-Govcrnor finds it to bis in terest to discriminate against the man of small capital. Before doing this the immaculate ex-Governor should remember that he too once was poor, and that very few have had the opportunities he has had to get rich. There is but one State of Georgia, and but one Joseph E Brown, and there has been but one Confederate war, and but ene opportunity to seize cotton and pass it through the blockade. Can Governor Brown deny that he and his Sub , E. B. Walker, are engaged in the coal trade ? That they lease of the Castle Rock Coal Mines, and asked ; have thousands of dollars invested in the Castle Rock l him what he thought of the coal. He replied tkat it was . very fine coal for heating iron, and general purposes. i He also promised Mr. Gordon that in the event of his j opinion being asked, he wouid cheerfully give his tes- J timony. Subsequently, he was called upon by J. M. 1 Born, who wanted his opinion of this coal. He gave ! it to him, bat stated at the same time that he thought J So wane c coal the best in this country. He did not ' suppose then that his opinion of Castle Rock coal was Drown as a Wholesale and Retail Dealer : to rise like Bauquos ghost to haunt him to Mamin. Subsequently, he learned that Governor Brown and Cook & Cheek Among the Victims of Jos. E. Brown. in Catfish. JOE BROWS RAMPANT IS MARIETTA. How Brown Utterly Buined Pelham! Tbei ntense interest which has been excited through out the State by our exposure of the mismanagement of the Western and Atlantic railroad, and the unceas ing and tremendous demand for the back numbers of the Herald containing all the facts in relation to it, renders it necessary for ns to republish, this morniDg, a full history of everything connected with it. The people of Atlanta had no conception until these matters were brought to light what an engine of op pression this road could be made in the hands of s sel fish and unscrupulous President. As many oSjections as could be urged against tbe Western and Atlantic railroad being in the hands of politicians, yet it were a thousand times better for the prosperity of our city that the State should have the control of it than lessees who had no object but their own aggrandisement. In one case the corruptions would be confined to the ap pointments to petty offices on the road and the misap propriation of the income of the road. In the other the road is used tx concentrate tbe control of every indus | try in the hands of one man. In the one case we would have an immediate remedy by an appeal to the Repre sentatives of the people, In the other we are confronted by a contract which is to last twenty years, and from which there is no escape. On last Monday we received an anonymous commu nication informing us that a serious difficulty had just occurred at the Western and Atlantic Railroad, be tween President Brown aud Superintendent MacRae. Tbti what transpired was intensely, personal, and by no means creditable to tbe President. Reporters were at once dispatched to the Western and Atlantic Depot. Heads of departments and clerks were inter viewed, and all that could be obtained was, that a dif ficulty had occurred, and that this difficulty related to an intercepted letter. Hon. B. H. H hi was next ap proached, bnt he was as dumb as a young oyster at low tide. Various efforts were then made to get hold of Mr. Richard Peters, but without avail. Finally, a warm friend of General MacRae was har nessed and our reporter immediately asked Lim if it really was true that General MacRae bad been intercepting Governor Brown’s letters. Ee promptly responded. **Ho, sir; Brown Las been intercepting MacRae’e letters.” From this outline we finally, about 12 o’clock that night, obtained a full his tory of the affair. other officers of the Rsad had invested heavily Castle Rock mines, and soon afterward he was request ed to prove his faith by his works, and to use this coal. He told them that his contract with the Sewanee* mines had some months yet to run,but if they would fur nish him with s few cars of it he would give its fair tri*j and if he should find it equal to the Sewanes he would use it altogether. He could not get the coal, although he repeatedly requested it until after his contract with the other mines had expired. Then he was en tirely out of coal, and he acknowledges that he did urge Gov. Brown to let him have some of his coal. When the coal arrived he found, on trial, that he oonld sot nse it, aud he complained about it, when be was informed that the eo&l which had been sent to him was part of a lot that had been exposed during the winter, and was assured that the next which would be furnished to him would be better. The next sup ply was very little better than the first, and he again complained. Here Born came to him and told him if he would use their coal be should have it made all right. That Brown intended to have some coal cars con structed that would hold ten tons instead of eight and he would be furniahed coal in them cars, and thus could make a very nice thing for himself. Still the Castle Rock coal would not make steam, and he called upon Governor Brown, and showing him a drawing of his furnace, explained to him tbe practical diffieull t iei in the way, that the coal did not possess oil suffi cient to make flame. TUBXING THE SCREWS. Hon. Governor Brown rose up and complained to iMr^cofield that his four rails that were badly worn. Mr. Sco field found that these rails were made of bis best pig iron, and therefore bo knew that there were reasons this wear, which he determined find out. He accordingly sought Mr. Dooly, and learned that these four rails were placed just where the engines always stopped and [started, and that they had been burnt up by t'ae con' Coal Mines, and other mines ? That be has a brother- in-law in tbe coal trade here, and that this firm has coal yards in Griffin and other places. If he and E. B. Walker have no interest in tbe coal trade, why do they so neglect the interests of the les sees as to send Western aud Atlantic cars odc hundred and sixty aud one hundred and seventy miles from the terminus of their road to Coal Creek and Caryville mines, whsn they could get cheaper coal and better coal at Sewauee, a distance of only about eighty four miles from tbe termioua of tbe road? Especially when it is taken into consideration that the cars sent to Coal creek and Careyville leave the Western aud At lantic Railroad at Dalton, consequently go over but one hundred miles ot their road; while those that go to Sewanee leave their road at Chattanooga, thus traversing one hundred and thirty-eight miles of the Western and Atlantic Bailroad, one paying tneir road but $13 while the other pays $17 60. The Sewanee mines can and do load more cars per day than all the Coal Creek mines combined, aud I defy Governor Brown to prove a single case, except one, and that only for a very short time, when the Western and Atlantic cars were ever detsiued a single hour, so that his at tempt to excuse his giving us cars on this account is simply untrue, and he knows it. In conclusion, let me say to the public, that this is no advertisement. I am out of the coal business, or any other business in Atlanta that can be affected by tbe injustice of Governor Brown or E. B.|Walker. I have no further interest in the matter except the duty which I owe to the public, to let them see how entirely they are at the mercy of these unscrupulous aud selfish men, so long as they control this great thoroughfare. I am not in the interest of anybody. I am merely a witness, and have endeavored to testify truthfully. The citizens and manufacturers who have been com- 1 pelled to pay out thousands of dollars to enrich Gov. J Brown and his confederates are much more interested | in this matter than lam. If Gov. B. can break down ! a coal dealer, because ha refused to knuckle to him very poor, »nd carried j aDd W * “"‘bordio.lee, how easy it il to vi.it his wrath the grocery merchant or the dry goods dealer, or from some of Joe’s North Georgia farms. I hops you will send s good, shrewd reporter hare at ones, and 1st him make inquiry into the manner in which the citizens of Cobb are treated. Now, gentlemen, in your fight against Joe you ap ply everything to Atlanta; but if you will extend your investigations along the entire line of the road, you will discover that the abase of power is more glaring and aggravating than evep in Atlanta. Send some one here, I ray, and let him inquire of Dr. G. T. Tennent, L. C. McLellau, Joseph Alsas, J. A. Bisaner. and bus* iness men generally. They can tell you something of the gross outrages to which we are subjected. The people want you to come, and God, in justice te humanity, wants you to come. E. PLURIBU8 UNUM. MANY THIRDS SUPPRESSED. It is a melancholy fact that many merchants hero and along the line of the road, will not venture to tell what they know, because they dread the evil power of Joseph E. Brown. Men who would qot hesitate to face a storm of bullets, shrink from making exposures while he remains in office lest, for so doing, he ruins their business. Much that we intended to publish is suppressed until President Brown has had his say, when we shall give it to the public ahd dare him to a further defense. THE CAT-FISH BUSINESS. To further show the greed sud rapacity ol the man, it is very necessary to tell of him as a dealer in cat fish. Laughable as it may appear, it is nevertheless fact, that President Brown is *he most extensive dealer in cat-fish in Atlanta. He has tbe fish transported, freight free, in the tanks of his enginos, to the city, and taken to the restaurant of the popular Pease and his wife, by whom they are sold. Joseph E. Brown receiving the proceeds of the sale. If the narration of this fact seems puerile, we can only say that we dealing with a mau whose grasping avarice descends to puerility, and that we mention this cat-fish business only to illuetrate the mau. Ait Imilgiinn 1 Patriot. Macon, Ga., May 14, 1873. To the Editor of the Herald: I am indignant! Stop my paper! I can’t stand it any longer. The people of Georgia won’t stand it any longer. tTooy B. is their special pet. Besides, I can show you that Georgia still owes him a pile. Here’s the account: State of Georgia to Joey B Dr. For serving her seven years as Governor.. $5,000,000 For serving her in reconstruction business 1,000,000 For serving her as Chief Justice 500,000 For sundry services 500,000 Total $7,900,000 Per Contra C By profits in tbe blockade cotton business.. $1,000,000 By profits on tbe lease of State Road 600,000 By profits in the Mitchell heir biz 50,000 By sandry pickings 100,000 $1,650,000 Balance due Joey B $5,350,000 Over five millions! All due J. B. for work and la bor done the old ungrateful State. Now, sirs, aint you ashamed of yourselves? You have played the mischief. You have gone and made Joey B. mad! And the next thing you know he will foreclose the mortgage he holds on us all, and sell us out. I am in favor of offering him a fee simple title to the State Road, if he will make oath that he will never ask for more. Stop your nonsense! Robert Short. Please present my bill for balance due you to Joey B. and it will be paid. R. S. Telegraphic Markets. New Yore. May 17, 1873. Cotton weak; sales 5?0 bales; uplands 19V; Orleans 19V- Cotton—net receipts 1,360 bales; gross 3,296; sales for exports to-day 146; last evening 176. Cotton sales for future delivery to-day 3.860 bales, I follows: May, 18 7-16. June, 18 7-16*18 9-16. July, 18Val8 11-16. August, 18Val8 9-16. October, 17V* December, 17V* Flour a shade firmer and lnactiva. Wheat a shade firmer and inactive with light stock; high freight checks business. Corn heavy and a shade lower; nsw yellow western 64aC5. Pork lower at $1 75al8. Lard lower hut active; western steam 9V. Navals dull aad lower. Groreriea dull. Freights firmer. Money 5a6. Sterling higher at 9,V- Gold 18al8V- Governments dull bnt steady. State bonds very quiet with but little business. Bank statement—Loans has increased 3V of a mil lion of dollars; legal tenders has Increased 1 1-6 of a million; deposits has increased 5 million; specie has increased V of a million. Later.—81s 21 V«; 62s 16V; 64s 15V; 65s 17V new 18V; 6*8 20 v 68s 18V; new 5s 14V; 10-40e, 14. Vir ginia Cs 43; now 49. Consols 53; deferred 12V- Lou isiana 6s 40; new 40. Levee Cs 40; 8s 60. Alabama 8s 80; 5s 85. Georgia 6s 78; 7s 90. North Carolines 28; uewlG; specialtax 14. South Carollnas 25; new 16. April and October 28. St. Louis, May 17,1873. Flour steady. Corn closed dull and lower. Pork firmer at $17 25al7 50. Bacon dull and unchanged: holderi firmer. Lard quiet. Whisky firm at 90. Louisville, May 17,1873. Flour quiet. Corn firmer at 56, sacked at depot. Pork dull and lower at $17. Bacon easier; shoulders 7V- Lard steady, hisky 88. Cincinnati, May 17, 1873. Flour firm. Provisions firmer and active. Pork $17. Lard quiet hut firm. % Bacon—shoulders 7; clear sides 9*ia‘J*j. Whisky steady. Augusta, May 17, 1873. Cotton—receipts 1&8 bales; exports coastwise 155; sales 250; stock 29,121 New Orleans, May 17, 1873. Cotton in limited demand; middlings 18 V net re ceipts 1,354 bales; gross 1,544 ; exports to Great Britain 9,448; to continent 0,528; coastwise 2.141; sales to-day I, 000; last evening 1,500; stock 125,697. Memphis, May 17. 1873. Cotton—receipts 617 bales; shipments 149; stock 34,187. Galveston, May 17,1873 Cotton—net receipts 29 bales; stock 40728. Charleston, May 17,1873 Cotton—net receipts 541 bales; exports coastwise 107; sales 500; stock 25,702. $ Boston, May 17,1873. Cotton—gross receipts 357 bales;; sales 200: stock II, 000. ■■ Baltimore, Mav 17,1873. Cotton—gross receipts 143 bales; exports coastwise 51; sales 125; stock 6,224. Savannah, May 17,1873. Co ton—net receipts 351 bales; sales463; stock 3,059. Wilmington, May 17,1873. Cotton—net receipts 26 bales: sales 3; stock 4,035. Norfolk, May 17, 1873. Cotton—net receipts 972 bales; exports to Great Britain 20; coastwise C55; sales 200; stock 7,675. Liverpool, May 17,1873. Cotton closed quiet; sales of 7.000 American baies. The Atlanta Sun! MARYLAND. Baltimore, May 17. him. The points which I have endeavored to make are briefly these : 1st. The Sewanee mines are but 84 miles from the terminus of the Western and Atlantic railroad, while the Coal Creek mines are 160, and the Careyville mines eUnt friction.^ About" thta time iTnClinberUlmof 170 ' Coal from «•*“« I' 3 !'’ * 17 ' 50 t0 tbe road . and tbe Chattanooga Mills, came to Atlanta. He did not coal from Coal Cr,:ck * 13 ' 0n - call on his friend, Mr. Scofield, but Mr. Scofield called j 2d - That GoT ' rnor Bro.cn and two of his officers are him, and found that Mr. Chamberlain had entered j lar B c ° wnera of roal Bnd hiB brother-in-law sells into a contract for Castle Rock coal, and Joe Brown I the coaI when B etB bore. had responded by entering into a contract with him to ! ad * That E. B. W alker remonstrated with me about roll a hundred tons of iron. This is about the sab-1 tte foI1 - T ot Bclll ”8 cosl 80 chea P- and endeavored to get stance of Mr. Scofield's statements to the Etaun. me to ral8e the Thal »“ refusal to do this. I The next Gay Governor Brown addressed Mr. Scofield ! w “ de P nved o{ carB and transportation, which has The General Assembly received Dr. Baird, Repre- anybody else in business who happens to displease i gentative from Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a sharp note, to state that the reported interview with the Herald was so full of errors and misstatements that Jio could not believe that it had been furnished by him. Mr. Scofield promptly replied that while the exact language might not have been used as reported, yet, in all other matters, tbe report was accurate, fair aad true, and he was ready to stand by it, notwith standing the implied threats contained in Governor Brown’s letter. WHY SCOFIELD DID NOT SPEAK BEFORE. When Mr. Scofield was asked why he did not make It appears that, for some time past, there has been I these things known betore, he frankly replied that he considerable dissatisfaction with President Brown j was afraid—that he was on Blodgett’s bond, and Gov. among the lessees, because they were not receiving | Brown's brother had the control of that matter, and as heavy dividends as they expected. Atone of their j he was afraid to arouse his opposition; that Gov. recent meetings this dissatisfaction was so great, that j Brown had it in his power to cut off bii supply of coal at any time, and rain him, aud it was only i when he became convinced that he must either use Biown’s coal or be ruined, that he determined to let Joseph, however, was eqnnl to tha occaaion. and it j the facts be known. That he was in a bad fix any there w ere enough vote a to turn him out. JOSEPH EQUAL TO THE OCCASION. is said that eight hundred thousand dollars of bonds were issued and divided among tbe lessees. This pro- j duced peace once more in the happy family. APPOINTMENT OF WAITZFELDER. Judge Cabanniss had died, and the office of Auditor | was to be filled, but Jos and bis friends considered such an appointment a useless expense, as his former partner, Mr. Waitzfelder, could act as purchasing agent, and there really would be no necessity to audit his bills, as every one knew how honestly this gentlemen had conducted the blockade business during the war, and how poor he had been rendered by his integrity. MACRAE APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT. There were some, however, among the Directors who knew Joseph, and they were not altogether satis fied with t:.is arrangement, and consequently they in sisted on the appointment of General MacRae as Su* perintendent, who was selected because cf his known integrity and high-minded scorn for everything that was mean, and also because of his enthusiastic devo- tion to railreading and his knowledge of the business. General MacRae had net been long on the Road before it began to be whispered that Joe Brown had been su perseded ; if not superceded exactly .that his sceptre wss divided. These things, of course, were annoying to the President, and two parties were rapidly formed. The reputation which J. B. enjoyed for not forgetting his enemies, and the mysterious dread which newspapers and politicians had always exhib ited for his power and influence, pervaded the workshops and offices of the Western and At lanlic Railroad, and it was not long before General McRae discovered that he was surrounded by spi and enemies who were doing all they could to thwart his efforts far the good management oi the nally it was apparent to him that traps were laid for his overthrow. These things provoked him, and he expressed himself in very plain language to soma of the officials. While in this frame of mind he wrote a letter to his brother, in which be stated that he had been offered a lucrative situation elsewhere, and he bad almost decided to accept it, as bis situation here was daily growing more disagreeable ; that the man agement of a great enterprise like the Western and Atlantic Railroad, would be difficult under tbe most favorable circumstances, but surrounded as he was, it was simply a question of time as to bow long he should remain on the road. That It was a matter of very great surprise to him that the Leasees of this great and valnable property should Intrust It to one so unscrupulous and Insatiate as President Brows. He wound np the letter by stating that he could give no better ides of Governor Brown than to liken him to tbe notorious Holden of North Carolina, a vilest seces- sionict while the war lasted, equally radical when it dosed. This letter was placed in the letter box of the W. A A. R. R. He supposed It had boss sect to the post office and did not know to tho contrary until fas was sent for by the President. During this Interview President Breen, who had been carrying the letter in his pocket lor six days, palled it out and asked him if he had written it. He replied that he had, and the way in which he regarded it. That if he continued to use- Brown’s coal, the coal would break him, and if he refused to use it, Brown would break him. CAN WX AFFOBD TO LOSE THE MILLS? These disclosures on the part of Mr. Scofield aroused the most intense excitement. The people of Atlanta who have recently been making the most earnest efforts to inaugurate manufacturing enter prises, realized at once the damaging effects on her prosperity which would follow the closing of this great industry. Who wouid have the temerity to Invest capital in another Rolling Mill, when it became known that the one which was already bere|had been removed for want of patronage and in consequence of the inability to procure a supply of coal. The withdrawal of the patronage of the Western and Atlantic railroad alone would take out of the State j P ri ' ate * $173,551, according to Mr. Scofield’s figures. The pay-roll for labor alone at this mill for the month of April was $12,722.28—more than $160,000 per annum. This large sum sustains nearly two hun dred families, and the citizens feel that Governor Brown, in attempting to break down Mr. Scofield, is striking a heavy blow at Atlanta property, hence the general Ueiing oi sympathy for him and their firm de. termination to sustain him in his death wrestle with his powerful toe. HOW PELHAM WAS RUIN ED. The attempt of Governor Brown to give the lie to the statements of Mr. Scofield, will not be believed by any person not interested in defending him. Not many weeks have paseed since we published the earn- eet and even pathetic letter of Mr. Peter Pelham, detail ing the manner in which he had been bankrupted sad his business utterly destroyed by the action of President Brown. Mr. Pelham came to Atlanta and established a yard for the sale of Sewanee coal. From the very start, being opposed to the Brown ring of dealers, be was subjected to every possible em barrassment from the authorities of the Bute road. We prefer, however, to let Mr. Pelham speak for him- >lf, hence, ws publish his letter entire: To the Editors of the Herald: The ex-Governor says, “I »m glad you approve of my position in refusing to notice every scribbler who chooses to write for a newspaper,” etc. His four col umn article is mors than I ever wrote for putlication, and as for duties to the public, I too Lave a duty to the public, and that is to show that the State Road is being used in violation of justice, and of tbe spirit of the lease; that it is being used to build up one coal com- psuy, in which Governor Brown and his family are interested, by breaking down others; that he or E. B. Walker, (who is also supposed to have cost interests), is responsible to tbe city for the high price which coal reached. Because, while we received a full supply of cosl, the price nt all the yards was kept at 33V cents, per bushel. But this price did not suit his Excellen cy, or X. B. Walker, as he told me I could not afford It, se he hunted up an excuse to deprive ua of cars. He noon found the excuse, and cut us off entirely from the trade, sod baa as effectually broken down onr buaineee and rained our pecuniary interests aa if Sherman's army had passed over us. He bee not only broken down my business. 4th. That manufacturers are now paying thirty cents per bushel by the car load for coal, who were paying me but tweuty-one cents, making a difference to them of $22 50 per car. That I was willing to carry, out ray contract and was making money on it, but could not do it ou account of the unjustifiable action of these men. 1 leave the matter now to those who are left. I have j Centre, been ruined, and my case may be yours next. P. Pelham. COOK A CHEEK AMONG THE VICTIMS. It appears, however, that not only has Pelham been ruined, Dr. Willson injured, and an attempt made to ruin Scofield, but tbe President of the State Road has also made victims of merchants of this city. If Messrs. Cook A Cheek would speak out boldly they would tell a tale of gross abuse of power exercised upon them, of coercive measures adopted to force them into help ing to enrich him. They have been silent, like many others, because they dared not speak out lest the autocrat of the State Road should wreak his vengeance upon them by so embarrassing their extensive busi ness as to almost destroy it. As is very well known, Messrs. Cook k Cheek are among the most extensive dealers in flour in Georgia, their sales aggregating one million of dollars per annum. At Marietta their ex tensive mills are located, and they are entirely depen dent upon the State Road to transport grain, aud to carry their flour to its destination. Wholly in the power of Governor Brown, they have been compelled tc silent submission to bis will, and have been forced to pay tribute to him. Both gentlemen are absent from tbe city at present, but as soon aa they return we shall call upon them, if it be necessary, to give to the public a history of t» eir grievances. Except to complain in e had ne other alternative than acquiescence. I is, however, their duty now to add to the volume o. evidence of abuse of power by Pres- ideut Brown to i II their experiences with this man. MANIlVaTIXG WESTERN PRODUCE. Among tbe mnj allegations brought against Presi dent Brown is one which we regret we cannot fnrniah the proof of. It is widely asserted that the recent freight blockade at Chattanooga was used to his per sonal benefit. There are rumors of manipulations of Western produce, and it is said that parties in this city could obtain goods when all the other merchants were unable to supply their customers. What ia sin’ gular in this transaction ia, that within thirty days after Gen. MacRae assumed the Buperintendency of the road, tbe immense arcumulatioas of freight at Chattanooga were transported to Atlanta, and the freight blockade transferred to this city. JOE. BROWN-I8M AT MABIETTA. But not only in Atlanta has the malign influence of the President of the State Road been feit. At every town along the line of the road hia creatures have been installed in office, aad If all are like the one de scribed in the letter appended to this paragraph, Hia safe to assert thst Joe Brownisin has been established on a reduced scale from Atlanta to Chattanooga. The following letter furnishes some spicy reading: Marietta, Ga., May 15, 1878. To the Editors of the Herald : Your paper has been received with much satisfac tion for the past few days, exposing tbe corruption andabusaof power by ex-Governor and low Presi dent of the W. and A. R. R., Joseph E. Brown. The paper is sought for and retd by everybody, and a gen eral good feeling prevails for the esuae you are ad- locating. Onr peoplo feel that they are down-trodden and oppressed by the ex-Governor and President of the Western and Atlantic Railroad: that they are im posed upon aud subject to extortion in every con ceivable manner, by being overcharged in freights, and no accommodations whatever offered them. What ia worse we are tyrannized over by one of Joe's ••brothers-in-law—the depot ageat here, who owns a grocery etore, etc., in this place. It is gen erally moot ed around that it tbe employees of the road in thta connty do not trade with Boston, the agent, they will be discharged. Boston ships hay from the West at ow rates and retails it from the depot, saving dray- age, etc., aad thus monopolizes the trade, to the in- : standing. Dr. Baird hoped the day would come when there would be but ODe Presbyterian Church. Dr. Baird tendered a committee to Leal difference!*. The ! committe suggested by Dr. Baird, was appointed by 1 conference. LA BELLE FRANCE. Thiers and the Newspapers. Paris, May 17, 1873. Several journalists have been fiaed for publishing the letter of Felix Pyatt to Thiers, which was printed in the London Times newspaper. The Bien has been suppressed for publishing an article attacking the National Assembly. The resignations of Soulard, the Minister of the In terior, and Julea Simon, Minister of Public Instruc tion, has been accepted by President Thiers. It is reported that the Ministry of Public Worship is to be re-established. The new members of the Cabinet will be either mod erate Republicans or members of the Party of the Left Knights Templar. The Knights Templar request ladies to help them prepare for their Strawberry Festival, to-morrow night, by sending in contributions of flowers to their hall during the day. These are wanted to decorate the tables, &c. This festival is going to be a grand affair, and the ladies will, of course, lend their assist ance to make it so. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS THIS MORNING! : jj An Illustrated Fable! • B (After JEsop.) Rich, Rare, Racy ! jp j uns muFfly aiix SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY! VALUABLE RECIPES FOR FIFTY CT8. No family should be without them. WANTED, TION in a live Drug Store in city or country. Com pensation demanded, reasonable. Ample testimonials as to character and capacity. Address R. B. J., my!8-lw Atlanta P. O.. K*v Box 264. HANDSOME STORE TO RENT. ONE CF THE BEST STANDS IN THE CITY! CULTURAL BUILDING, corner of Alabama i Forsyth streets, eariy in June, I offer tbe STORE I NOW OCCUPY for rent. Call early and let me know if any of tho Fixtures are desired or not. FARMERS, TAKE NOTICE! that I have a TREMENDOUS STOCK of Mowers and Reapers, Thrashers, Fen Mills, Horse Powers, Grain Cradles, Grass Scythes, etc.. now in store and arriving. MARK W. JOHNSON, my!8-dAw2w Agricultural Building, Atlanta. Ga. The Mutual Protection I nsu ranee Company OF GEORGIA W ILL HOLD ITS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING of Stockholders, at its office iu Marietta, et 10 o’clock a. m. on the THIRD WEDNESDAY OF JUNE (18th). All parties holding a Policy issued by the Com pany for the term of one year, or longer, are entitled to vote at that meeting, either personally or by proxy. NOTICE TO PLANTERS. I AM STILL BUSY SUPPLYING PLANTERS WITH Flour, Corn, Bacon, Hay, Tobacco, Groceries and General Plantation Supplies, on crop liens, with ap proved security, payable loth October. mayl8-lt “ Lucky Tom.”—Lucky Tom, alias the live grocer comes to the front this morning by giving the public tbe benefit of important information concerning mat ters of great interest to tbe people of Atlanta—groce ries, etc,, of every description. It is easier to describe what he hasn’t than what h* bas got. Everybody knows him, bis business, and where he keeps, as evi deuced by the fact that they never fail to find him at his proper place on Peachtree. Babgaixs ! — See riotice of Cohen k Selig, in an other column. These gentlemen have a large stock of Goods, which they propose to sell at very low prices. Give them a call. REDUCTION IN BOARD! JJURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, MRS. OVERBY WILL FURNISH BOARD AT REDUCED RATES 63“ Bbeakfast from 7 to 8— Dixxeb from 1 to 2 o’clock. 43“ Travelers and transient persons accommodated with BOARD aLd LODGING. BROAD STREET, GRANITE BLOCK. maylS-dtjnl Religious Services. It will be seen that we are preparing to give the services at the churches in a condensed and methodi cal form, and we are especially anxious for tbe pastors aud officials of each to assist us in this by furnishing all necessary information, and sending it into tbe office as early as Saturday morning. Willingham Block.—To-morrow morning at eleven o'clock foar-nintlis of the W illingbam building will be sold to tbe highest bidder. This is good, substantial property, paying good rent, and is worthy the atten tion of our capitalists. NEW YORK. New York, May 17, 1873. It is reported on the street that the Mobile corres pondent of a New York firm drawing bills on London, has failed in consequence of over advances on cotton. It is said that the Nsw York house will lose fifty thou sand pounds sterling by this failure. The specie shipments to-day were $429,000. The Cotton Exchange to-day adopted amendments to their by-laws, making eligible for membership rep resentatives of members as attorneys actually such from May 17th until June 30th, and raising the initia tion fee on and after January 1st, 1874, from $2,500 to $5,000. The Legislative Committee, in their report upon Erie affairs, condemn as improper the expenditure of money in the recent transfer of tbe management and its reimbursement, from tbe treasury of the company. They say this was done largely in the interest of for- tigu stockholders and for their benefit, and the part token in that operation by General Sickles is denounc ed in strong terms as follows: The spectacle of a United State s Minister to a foreign court, leaving his duties thers aud lending himself to the execution of a scheme of this kind is not calculated to heighten our respect for or inspire confidence in his integrity in public service. THE RACES. Important Auction Sale.—Messrs. Witt k Joyner will commence on Monday morning to sell at auction a large lot of shells from every ocean in the world, oil paintings, and various other articles. The sale will be continued night aud day until all are sold. The ladies are invited to attend and make their selections. G. W. Jack’s Ice Cream Saloon is now open, and will be kept open every night till 11 o’clock- Can furnish parties and families at short notice any quantity they may desire. mayl8d3tawtf. G. W. Adair has more residences and stores for reet, and better ones than anybody. Adair can’t be beat at anything he goes at, and there will be a big rush to become his tenants. H. Muhlenbeink has aa elegant slate roof house on Ivy street for rent. See advertisement. THE TICKET TO VOTE Officers of the Y. M. L. A. For President—J. H. FLYNN. Vick President—E. Y. CLARKE. Treasurer —J. M. HARWELL. Secretary—J. W. CHESTER. B. Mallon, A. Haas. J. A. Bowie, » . Gholstein, R. E. Lawton, M. J. Clarke, Henry Hillyer, Z. D. Harrison, E. G. Moore. Electicn —Tuesday, 20th instant, 2 to 9 o'clock m. maylS-2t TWELVE ROOM NEW BRICK RESIDENCE! Wlxiteliall Street. lelegantly finished BRICK RESIDENCE, containing every conceivable modern convenience, with Veran dah on the sides, Halls, Closets, Ac all new—situ ated at the junction of Foreyth with Whitehall street, A1 neighborhood, with the vsry best surroundings. It will be sold on favorable terms. I will show the prop erty when called on. If you want a nice house, call at once. WANTED, COMPETENT MAN TO RUN A G. W. Jack is in the ice-cream business some him self, and can’t be beat at it, either. See his advertise, ment. New Advertisements. F.uchre master woi and 151. tbe Nashvili.k, Mav 17. the first race. Time, 3:40. Quarter ond race. Time, 147)i, 148, 151' 4 dons this, but he has so crippled the manufacturer, jury of other dealers. I expect that the hay comti Lexington, May 17. The spring meeting rlosed to-day. Florence won the first race. Time, 147. Elsie Thomas wou second race. Time, 149 and 149 1 «. MaGrsth's ftouisa Anna ron the third race. Time, 532. THE EXPOSITION SCANDAL. Vienna, May|17. Investigation of charges against auspended Ameri- an Commissioners fowarded to Wsahiugton is vol uminous. Appropriations by the TJuited States Con gress are nearly exhausted. Charges of bribery fully sustained. ALABAMA. Birminoiun, Ala., May 17,1873. Tho Alabina Press Association adjourned to-day. Col. 8. J. Saffold was selected aa Prestdant. L. W. Grant, Secretary; Col. R. H. Powell, orator. Place ot next meeting—Birmingham. Invitation by the kl bam* Press and the Mayor of Birmingham is extended to New York general and Georgia Press Association a to meet hero on third Tueaday in May, 1874. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. The funds of the State of Missouri are exhausted. The vcnilto Is increasing iu Havana. The con' aigneea of the Juniata and Yazoo have asked permis sion to transport their passengers to Nsw York by the steamer leaving to-morrow. Colonel R. A. Pinson, a prominent merchant of Memphis, formerly President of tbe Chamber of Com merce and Confederate Brigadier General of cavalry, is dead. TLe Territorial Congressional excursion party ar rived at Viuita, Indlaua, to-day. They will be trans. ferred to the Missouri, Kausas A Texas rood this even ing, and arrive at Dennison, Texas, to-night. GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY. combination claks 317. Atlanta, May 17, 1873. Tbe following are tbe numbers which were this day drawn Irom tbe 78 numbers placed in the wheel, aud the said numbers were drawn iu the order in which they are here placed: 2—30—23—56—54—64—211—3—66—18 -13—62—6 HOWARD k. CO.. Managers. FOR RENT! A new and comfortable ten-room brick HOUSE, with slate roof, and good water, on Ivy. between Houston and Ellia streets—five minutes' walk from the Car Shed. Apply to mayl8-lw H. MCHELINBRINK. FOK RENT, 43*Attention is called to the Sunday Herald Rent Likt. published below. Parties desiring Houses would do well to look it over. Planer k Moulding Machine IVXy Xj\THi>30r Tard. A. MURPHY. KTOMIKTATIONS Officers of the Y. M. L. A. For President—J. H. Flynn. For Vice President—E. Y. Clarke. For Treasurer—J. M. Harwell. For Secretary—J. W. Chkstkr. SCIOl M. J. Clark. H. W. Grady, C. M. Goodman. Louis Gholstin, R. E. LawUon. 47* Election to be held on Tuesday evening, the 20th lust., from 3 to 9 o’clock. maylb B. Mallon, J. M. Goss. D. M. Bam, J. D. Wing, C. W. ADAIR’S LIST. RESIDENCES. lx Room Houee, Garaett street. Six Room House, Ivy street 8ix Room House, Lloyd street. 20 60 25 (X) 25 00 . 26 00 20 00 . 15 00 25 00 26 00 18 00 . 12 60 16 00 10 00 , West Hunter street Six Room House, ('one (street Six Room House, Jackson street Five Room House, Crew street Five Room House. Whitehall street Four Room House, Go. R. It Four Room House, Magazine street Four Room House, Collins street Four Room House, Peachtree street Three Room House, Spring and Powers streets.. 20 (K) Three Room House. West Baker street 16 00 Three Room House, Hayne street 10 00 STORE HOUSES. Two Store Houses, Pryor street $100 00 One Store House, Lloyd street* 100 00 One Store House, Alabama street 75 00 One Store House, Ivy street 20 60 One Store House, Hunter street 16 66 One Store House, Peters street 12 66 i F.ve to Twenty- STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP! No. 7 MARIETTA STREET. CHILDREN’S CLOTHINC , specialty. Don't forget 7 Marietta Street. mnylh-ltf N O nc E ! OWNERS OF SAW MILLS IN OBOKOIA. ON THE LINKS OF RAILROADS. WHO SHIV THEIR LUMBER, CAN LEARN SOMETHING TO THEIR INTEREST! By tdilr«wins ^ ^ mulMIt TAYLORSVILLE. GA.