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©jf 99**1% €%wmtXz. &. €mis titattomt VOLUME XCV . TKfUn. THE DAILY CHRONICLE AND OONBTO TUTIONAUST, the oldest newspaper in the Sonth, is published daily, except Monday. Terms: Per year, $10; six months, $5; three months, $2 50. the tri-weekly chronicle and QO.N STITUTIOIfALIST is published every Tuesday. Thursday atul Saturday. Terms: One year, $5; six months, $2 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND CON -BTITCTIONALIST is published every Wednesday. Terms: One year, $2; six months, fl. MR. R. M. MITCHELL is our General Traveling Agent, and will attend the reg ular terms of the Superior Court to col lect and solicit Subscriptions, Advertising and Job Printing. We commend him to the public and request our patrons to nake*paymenta to him. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all cases in advance, and no paper continued after the expira tion of the time paid for. BATES OF ADVERTISING.—Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square: One insertion, f1; two insertions, $1 75; three inser tions, $2 25; six insertions, $4. 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Hutchins, of the Post, says Gorham, of the Republican, is not '‘an unprincipled ■scoundrel," as the New York Tribune Ae dared. The Senate is now dominated by Mahone and .Keilooo. No wonder the more reput able Hortlieru papers are anxious for an ad journment. ._ The Ridical-Readjusters in the Senate have struck a mortal blow at the debt-pay ing plans of Tennessee and Minnesota, to say nothing of Virginia. The latest “outrage” at the White House is President Garfield's giving cold com fort to a church brother, after ho had been cooling his heels in an ante-room for two hours. _ The man who invested SIO,OOO in West ern Union stock, when first put upon the market and kept it, has almost $500,000 to his credit, and Cash dividends paid in the interim would equal about $500,000 more. The New York blur says Wade Hampton’s speech was moderate and inoiaive, and tnat it, in a few trenchant sentences, shattered the fli.usy barricade of falsehood behind which aMahonk had attempted to take refuge." Of tho 1,586,481 bales of cotton manu factured annually in the United States. 1,- 020,907 bales, or sixty per cent, of the whole amount, are consumed in the States of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachu setts and Rhode Island, thirty-six per cent. 1 being used in Massachusetts alone. President Goode, of the Yorktown Cen tenv'dal Association, has called a meeting of the members, at New Yark, on April 30th. The Georgia members are Messrs. A. O. Rtomi, H. D. D. Twiggs, P. M. B. YoUNO. VeKNE CtIAWFOBD, E6ON HoWELL, Patrick Welsh. J. H. Estill and T. P. Branch. In auv issue between Garfield and Conklino, Southern Senators should not hesitate a moment to back the former, in j his nominations, against the latter. The worst enemy the South has to-day, and the UK’St powerful, is Roscoe Conklino. Any spider put in his political is a het'cfit to us. * Bt H.' HONE a bargain, Don Cameron was made Ch airman of the Naval Committee. His ftmt’chtieial act was to get the Admin istration stAim yacht, the Dispatch, and go ofi’on a week's cruise. List year $15,000 were paid for repairs aud refurnishing of this yacht, a.'ul Ibis is the first time it has bean used since. It is said that the Russian priest in New York:, Father Bjerbino. is a Finn, and can t speak a word of Rust-xan, and when the Czar was killed he recited a whole page of an old magazine article as his spontaneous and original opinion. Mr. Blaine s reoent pork to “perfidious Albion would have been more to the purpose. It was g*od for the soul to hear that Deacon Kichahd Smith admits the necessity ot electing a Democratic Mayor in Cincinnati • iu the interest of deoqnoy.” It is comfort ing to have the same authority emphatically assert that the Republican Senators can •much better afford to abandon the fight than continue it." The Deacon‘is an honest man. This Spirit of the Times claims that it has. j .official record, settled the popular vote for president, with the following result: GaWI4 'op, 4.446,628: Hancock, 4.443,10a Plnralit for Gak*ld, 3,522. That is n tight sqp ueeae, and shows, among other things, tha 111 nearly solid colored vote is . required to I’wep tbe Republican party in | power. tt The New Orled** 18 papers usually contain j daily accounts of oa 1 ® or more murders, and, m the majority of instances, liquor is.at the bottom of the difficulty. An account of the latest homicide says: -When TBAcrfell' his head and shoulders rested in the card room, and the other part of his body in the br-iwm." The responsibility was about equally divided between cards and drink. Very few Senators speck their speeches. M x vould be safe to say that nine-tenths of the* i deliver lectures from manuscript or prints'd slips. Mr. Conkuno and Mr. En mcnos .uever read from manuscript. Sena tors Biha rs and Hux speak extemporaneous j Thee* shining lights of genuine ora tory The htee elaborate speeches deliver ed by Senator Bmaws, at the special session, were extempora neons, and yet they perform erl the great fern, of laying out Hoab, Lo qas and Mahosk. Georgia is the only State whose two Senators at.o orators in the true wensc of the word. In an admirable article, showing that all the -Bourbonism" is not on the Demo cratic side, the Boston Herald utters tku mighty truth: "We have not observed in the speech of any Democratic Ssnator from the South, foolish as some of them have been, any j disposition to tarry on the battle field of dead issues, nor to interpose obsta cles to the final reconciliation. It is mem bers of the President’s party who seek to stir up the old strifes. It is they who refuse the employment of their beet powers in the entecßßPtße of high moment, which the President well says beckon us forward. It is they who has* mad# the reorganization of the Senate a greedy clutch for power, and, turning tbdr backs upon all their pledges sfi> reform, bars converted the in auguration of s aew administration into a grand inquisition for the spoils. We think it will turn out that they have played this game once too often.” A PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE. In recent acrimonious sectional debates in the Senate, deplored by good men in all parts of the Republic, stress was laid upon the “outrages" perpetrated in the South , where colored people were fie victims. | Especially was Louisiana held up to ex ecration by Mr. Dawes and Gen. Loo an. : Now, very opportunely, the President has j been waited upon by a political colored j delegation from Louisiana, who presented him an address, setting forth the views and wishes of the colored people of that State. Jacques A. Gla acted as Chairman, and A. J. Dumont spokesman for the delegation. The address is quite langthly, and claims that the colored race in Louisiana has kept pace with the rest of the Union in the march of progress; that they pay taxes on $25,000,000 of property, and by their labor raise seven-eighths of the sugay and rice crop and five-eighths of the cotton crop; that they ask no new legislation, only the honest enforcement of existing laws for their protection, especially an equal parti- j cipatkm in the advantages of the public school system and the freedom and protec tion of the right of suffrage. The President, j in reply, expressed his gratification at the progress and material prosperity of the ! colored race, as evidenced by the state ments of tbeir address; renewed the asaur i ances of his inaugural address, and urged : upon their consideration the importance to their race of education, and personal owner ship of the soil upon which they live and | toil. If the colored peoplo of Louisiana have j kept pace with the rest of the Union, and j pay taxes upon $25,000,000 of property, and by labor raise seven-eighths of the su ! gar and rice crops and five-eighths of the | cotton, it seems to us they are not only get | ting along reasonably well, but infinitely ; better than any peasantry the world over. | It is manifest from this report that they are not subject to the outrages described in Northern prints and by United States Re publican Senators, and that this condition is bliss itself compared with that of the ma jority of the people of Europe, not to speak of Asiatic and African hordes. We do not wonder, therefore—taking these people at their own words and exhibits—President Garfield gave them nothing more assuring than good advice. They came for another purpose, but missed the mark. Unless all signs fail. President Garfield may agitate the Mormon question, but would like to lay the colored problem in its little bed. INTEMPERANCE. All nations have some form of intoxicat ing drink, and from nearly every one of the ordinarily innocent and wholesome fruits of the earth a deadly, devouring and almost | infernal fluid can be distilled. Alcohol has its uses and so has whisky, brandy and wine. It is only by perversion that they are con stituted greater destroyers of human life than all the combinations of war, pestilence , and famine. Battle kills the material sub stance of man; so does pestilence and so : does famine. Intoxicating liquors not only ! slay the body, but they warp and often de throne the intellect and imperil the souls of their victims. Aro these words emphatic ones ? Indeed they are. Are they veracious ones ? Who shall deny them ? Saint Au gustine, who had had profuse experience of the world’s wickedness in early life, said of drunkenness that it was “a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which who- ; soever hath, hath not himself; which who- j soever doth commit doth uot commit sin, but hb himself is wholly sin.” One of the foremost of criminal lawyers in the United States declared to the writer that but for intemperance there would be hardly a ease in Court involving murder and such oapital offenses. The story is an old but good one that a man had his selection of various heinous offenses, including drunk enness, and chose the last because he, in soberness, shrank in horror from the others. He became a drunkard and fell into every other sin that he thought to ! avoid. When once the vice or habit of in temperance has seized upon a man it is the ; death-knell to industry, to honorable en deavor, to love of virtuous society, to com- j lnunion with Heaven, to domestic peace 1 and all tbe lovely and redeeming things of life. All is chats, accident, wavering, poverty, wretchedness, the overthrow of character, the dreadful death-bed and the . saddest of sepulohres. According to Ed ward Everett, the use ot intoxicating liquors has cost the United States a direct expenditure of $600,000,000, and an in direct expenditure equally great. It has destroyed 300,000 lives. It has sent 100,- 000 to the poor house. It has consigned at least 150,000 to jails and penitentiaries. It has made 1,000 maniacs. It has in stigated 1,500 murders. It has caused two thousand suicides. It has destroyed $10,000,000 wqrth of property. It has made two hundred thousand widows and one hundred thousand orphans. These are the figures of twenty years ago. The statistics of to-day would swell that appall ing list far beyond the above computation, for the vice is on the increase and its con sequences grow more and more terrible. The Bible tells ns that we shall “quench ! not the spirit.” Nothing so effectually | darkens the mind'and extinguishes the Divine spark as strong drink indulged in to excess. Some moralists contend that j the habitual drunkard as effectually com mits suicide as if he had used the dagger, the pistol or the bowl to “shuffle off this mortal coil.” Every consideration of com mon sense, of morality, of health, of pru dence, of happiness here and hereafter, ap peals to men whose bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit that they shall flee from drunkenness as they would from the Evil One. How often have we been called to mourn for friends who had qualities to ennoble themselves and others, but whose usefulness was obliterated by i this awful habit. In every community j there are only too many examples yet lin j gering of the truth of these expressions, i and, in every community, only too many graves are eloquent with warning to all who “put a thief into their mouths to steal away their brains.” It is the burning crime of the day, and no missionary field is so promising of labor and reward. It is true that discouragement awaits all who work therein, but none the less is it a duty that good men and women can never es cape. There arc, thank God ! many mis sionaries, whom Heaven will bless, and manv victims saved as brands from the burning. But much remains to be accom plished, by precept, by example and by prayer. The brightest angels hover around the head of that man or woman who, with out the sour vanity of reforto, but with the tender hand of charity, seeks out the brother fallen by the wayside and rescues him from the wallow, to go forth into the world of men and spirits, clothed in his right mind and shaped in the image of a child of God. THE RAII.ROAD COMMISSION. It cannot be denied that much of the op position to railroads and other corporations j springs from the prejudice of the people against consolidated wealth and power. : It I? equally true that this prejudice has been strengthened by the encroachment of | these artificial ps>“9 n P° n the of j the people. The question of legislative control, then, becomes one of great delicacy, as well as of much importance; for while it * is the clear perogative of the State to correct ; abuses, and to prevent injustice to its citi- j zens, by putting checks upon the railroads which it has chartered, all arbitrary legisla tion which tends toward the confiscation of miilionsof dollars of valuable property must prove unwiae. and extraordinary. State is evidently In used of some plan, to be embodied in its statutes, by which, while its legislation may afford reiie* to fiye citi zen, will not do injustice to the corpus tios. We print this moming an article upon the Bailroad Commission of Georgia, in which the writer says that -the railroads will ask the Legislator# tog a repeal of the present statute, and the enactment of one more in consonance with the gathered ex-. I perienee on this important subject.” The ' history and nature of the railroad laws of Georgia are familiar to many; although we believe that our correspondent is wrong in saying that the “radical element” of the Constitutional Convention left this most unacceptable legacy of a Railroad Commis sion to the people. We believe that the spirit of this organic law of Georgia was one of the wisest, as it was certainly of the most advanced provisions adopted by the Con vention of 1877. At that time the Grange cases of Illinois were attracting attention, and the first phase of the great war on monopolies began to be detected. In South Georgia there was a growing feeling of dis content against the Central Railroad, and several petitions for redress were addressed to the sovereign Convention of the people, then sitting in Atlanta. The country was ripe for legislation, and the famous Tax Ar ticles, prepared by Gen. Toombs, and sub mitted to the Convention, embodied the recognized principles which were being es tablished in Pennsylvania and in Illinois, lo many people, these articles seemed rev olutionary and socialistic. They were cer tainly unprecedented in the legislative history of Georgia; but they were simp ply what • soooner or later, would have been adopted in a manner more hasty and. possibly, with provisions more crude and ill-considered. Gen. Toombs was con siderably in advance of Southern law- makers upon the subject—indeed his ideas were almost identical with those adopted re cently by -Judge Jere Black —and in some ; of his opinions may have overleaped him self ; but the railroads and the people of Georgia have him probably to thank that these Constitutional provisions wre framed before the war on monopolies became so wide-spreading and uncompromising, and before Georgia was racked with anti-railroad prejudices as completely as are at present the States of Alabama, Tennessee and Ken | tncky. | The security afforded the people of this | State by thus anticipating all trouble with ; corporations has certainly fostered a spirit of common sense and conservatism within the limits of Georgia; and the Cheonicle is | glad to be able to detect a desire on behalf j of the citizens to remodel some of the pro visions of our railroad laws—necessarily crude and imperfect. As the State was i tirstamong the common wealths of the Union in fixing railroad legislation in her statute i books, so she may bo one of the first to change her method according to the lights ; and experiences of Massachusetts, New 1 Y'ork and other sections where the plan has been tried. As we havo interpreted the ex perience of these States, Railroad Commis- sions are operated as inspecting and adviso ry boards. Arbitrary powers are not delegat el to be exercised for the embarrassment of railroads or the confusion of the people. We have repeatedly alluded to the law of Massa chusetts, framed after the manner of the the English system; its opinions are stand ard railroad authorities in the land, and its methods of advisement and adj ustment are being more extensively imitated. Likewise, have we referred to the rc port of Com missioner Rochester, of Ken tucky, against changing the Board of that State, which is purely advisory, into a body with plenary and arbitrary power—like the Georgia Com mision—to prescribe, alter nnd amend such schedules of rates as they may impose upon the railroads of the State. Mr. Rochester opposed this plan, as a dangerous grant of power, which might be unwisely exereised. He says: The result would be as in Wisconsin, years ago. Tho attempt was there virtually made to run the railroads by the State, through a Com missiou adopted by the Legislature. The plan resulted in completo and diss.atrous failure, and the same constituency which clamored so loudly for a Commission with extra ordinary and arbi trary power, was outspoken for a repeal of the law. As further evidence of the wisdom of this view, we will again revert to the bill now probable of passage through the Legislature of the State of New York, where abuses have been most frequent and flagrant, and where the problem of railroad legislation has been closely studied. The bill is char acterized by those statesmen and journals who are outside of the influences and con trol of Jay Gould and Vanderbilt, as a well considered measure, characterized by a moderate and conservative spirit tn which 6uch laws should be framed : The bill provides for the appoint meat of threo Railroad Commissioners and defines their du ties. These are confined almost exclusively to investigating, recommending and reporting. In other words, the principal function of the pro posed Commission is to bring the working of the railroad companies into the full light of pub licity, to ascertain the ground of complaints, to endeavor to secure a remedy for grievances by making representations to the corporations, to examine into the facts and report them, to pro mote the enforcement of laws by bringing their violation to light, and furnishing the Attorney- General with basis of legal proceedings when necessary, aud to present from time to time such suggestions in regard to legislation as ob servation and experience may produce. The necessary power for obtaining evidence and makirig thorough inquiry are conferred upon the Commissioners, but they have no ooercive authority of their own. Unlike the operation of a similar board in Wisconsin, the Railroad Commission of Georgia has not been a failure, It is com posed of honest, high-minded men, who j have tried to moderate mnch of its exac tion and to popularize some of its incon : sistent provisions. We believe in a Rail | road Commission for Georgia; we have confidence in the gentlemen who are en deavoring to enforce its requirements, but : the growing sentiment against the scope of its jurisdiction and the breadth of Us au : thority, convinces us that the experience of this State will but repeat and confirm the verdict in other sections. The State should not delegate .such arbitrary power to any body of men.. THIS RAILROAD SITUATION. It is currently reported that the friends of the Central Railroad hqve secured a con trolling interest in the Georgia Railroad. The same parties have also control of the Sonth Carolina Railway. By this move, Col. j W. T. Wadlky becomes more than ever en ! titled to the cognomen of William the Con | queror. He desires to be judged by his acts. It is not his purpose to fiistnrb the existing order of things at Augusta, so far as the locaTmnnagement is concerned, but he does propose to make the great system ! now under his guidance a blessing to all the people. He will do for Charleston what he has done for Savannah, and there is every reason why he should so act. We know that Col. Wadley is not opposed to the Railway Commission, and that he sin cerely desires the good of the State at large as well as the benefit of the corporations he so ably administers. We also know that the Louisville and Nashville Railway is in accord with him. There is a loud cry all over the country about mo nopoly, but much of it is demagogical. Let us wait and see how far CoL Wad let shall be our benefactor or our antagonist. Let his acts speak. This is all be asks. We have confidence that car people will be sat isfied with him and his policy. At any rate, they haTe to try him and it, and it is the part of wisdom to give both a liberal, gen i erons and fair trial. Fortunately Augusta is not dependent , upon any one line, and will take advantage |of all. There is no reason why the Au gusta and Knoxville Railway should not be pnshed to a rapid completion. We urge i that this be done, and it may be that re cent developments, above detailed, will j give it a boost that it has not had before. Charlotte Satisfied. [Cor. Charlotte Observer. j The Richmond and Danville Road is do ing much to benefit Charlotte; it gives ns double passenger trains each way; it gives us quick ; it is building the Western North Caroling Railroad, which | will -place us 200 miles neater the great ; yest. It will, by its recent lease, be en j afcied to make this the great through pas- I senger and freight route North from the , South. The Richmond and Danville Road ; built the Air Line Railroad, the road that | has done more for Charlotte thaa all of her lines combined. All the Richmond and Danville Road asks of the citizens of Char lotte is to judge it by its conduct in the • put’ whenjit controlled the Air Line, and by its conduct in the future, when it again controls it. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL, 13, 1881 THE SUPREME COURT. Dulilok Rendered Starch tU. Giles vs. State. Misdemeanor, from Mor gan. Continuance. Charge of Court. Practice in the Superior Conrt. New Trial. Criminal Law. Crawford, J.—l. The mere absence of counsel from the Conrt if not a sufficient ground for continuance. 2. Whether the framing of the Judge’s charge beforehe had heard the evidence is a good cause of com plaint, depends upon whether he charged the law of the case properly or not. If he did, no harm was done. 3. There was suf ficient evidence to support the verdict. 4. That on a second conviction in mis demeanor case, the Judge increased the fine by five dollars over the first sentence, is no ground for new trial. Judgment affirmed. Mayor, etc., of Savannah vs. Spears. Case, from Chatham. Municipal corporations. Sewers. Negligence. Damages. Speer, J.—l. While the Mayor and Coun cil of Savannah are only bound to ordinary diligence in regard to preventing injury from a canal forming part of its system of sewers, yet that diligence must extend not merely to keeping np such banks as a drain may have, bnt to the keeping it open and in such order as to protect the proprietors ot adjacent lands, regard being had to the changes which are usual and ordinary at different seasons. 2. In the location of sewers and drains, and perhaps also in de termining their dimensions, municipal an. thorities exercise a judicial or legislative discretion; bnt after the dimensions have been agreed upon or determined, they are liable in damages for negligence m con structing such sewers or drains or for fail ure to keep them in good oondition. Judg ment affirmed. t Storey vs. Weaver. Motion, from Greene. Judgments. Motions. Equity. Con tracts. Speer, J.—l. A motion to set aside and vacate a judgment and reinstate a case can not be determined by any fixed rule, but depends upon the cioumstances of the case. 2. In the present case the Judge presiding did right to over rule the motion. (a) Where it was proposed to set aside a j udgment by de fault and reinstate the case that defendant might plead to the merits, and it appeared that substantially the same matters pro posed to be pleaded had been determined against the defendant in a former litigation, the motion was properly overruled, (b.) Where a contract was made to loan money, take a deed to land as security, and give bond to reconvey on payment of the debt, and the money was loaned and the deed taken, bnt by inadvertence it was not sign ed by the debtor, a bill for specific perform ance would lie. Judgment affirmed. Park vs. Park. Appeal, from ’Morgan. Evidence. Praotice in the Superior Court. Speer, J.—Where, on objection to an ex ecutor as an incompetent witness to show the facts stated in his returns, the Conrt held that he was incompetent as to the debts and payments between him and the testatrix in her life time, and as to other matters was competent, but afterwards tes timony of the character ruled out was giv en by him, the objecting oonnsel under standing that hisobjection continued, while the Court understood that it went in with out objection, anew trial will be granted. Judgment reversed. City Council of Augusta vs. Radcliffs et al. Ejectment. From Riohmond Estates. Trusts. Titles Statute of Limitation. [Crawford, J., being related to the par ties defendant in error, did not sit in this case. Judge Simmons, of the Macon Cirouit, was designated to preside in his place. J Simmons, J.—l. Where the Georgia Rail road and Banking Company sold to John D. Ramey certain real estate in trust for Mrs. Ann L. Finn for life, with remainder to such child or children as she might have in esse at her death, and in default of children, to grand-children living at the time of her death, with power to said trus tee to sell and reinvest with the consent and approbation of the person or persons for whose use he may, at any time, hold said property; and the trustee sold with the consent of the life tenant only—a usee in remainder being in life at the date of the sale—and Mrs. Finn survived all of her children, and died in 1876, leaving grand children : Held, that the sale by the trus tee only conveyed the life estate of Mrs. Finn, and did not divest the title of the grand-children. 2. Held farther that the statute of limitations did not commence to run against the grand-children until the death of Mrs. Finn, the life tenant. Judg ment affirmed. THE GEORGIA MARSH AI.SHI I’. [ Coi-respondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist.] Washington, D. C., March 31, 1881.— Some facts in connection with the Georgia Marshalship, about which bo much has been said and written recently, may not be un interesting to your readers. These facts came to my knowledge from a source entirely reliable, and I give them to you therefore as of this character. After the voluminous charges in the New comb report against Col. Fitzsimons had been thoroughly examined, and overruled in every particular, by President Hayes, Col. Fitzsimons placed in the hands of Mr. Stephens, his friend, to be handed to the President, a letter of which the follow ing is a copy: Wabhinoton, D. C., February 25, 1881. His Excellency H. B. Hayes, President of the United Slates: Sib Having been entirely exonerated from all charges affecting my honor and in tegrity in the discharge of my official duties as Marshal of the State of Georgia, which you were kind enough to confer upon me inja critical period of your administration, and having received your assurance that there is nothing in the charges brought against me which has weakened your confi dence in me as an efficient and faithful officer, 1 now, with profound thanks for that confidence, tender you my resignation, to take effect as soon as my successor may be appointed and qualified. I mean by this simply to fulfil my promise to you at the time of my appointment, “that if you should, at any time, be in any degree em barrassed by my holding the position from political considerations of any character, my resignation would be at your dis posal.” If, therefore, from any want of harmony between myself and “Internal Revenue” officers of Georgia, or other political con siderations, you should think the public service would be better performed by hav ing a Marshal who would be more in ac cordance with the views and policies with the “Internal Revenue” Collectors of the State, then I wish you to bare no hesitancy in accepting this resignation and freeing yourself from all embarrassments on my account. Very respectfully and truly your friend and obedient servant, O. P. Fitzsimons. President Hayes declined to aocept the resignation thus tendered to him, stating to Mr. Stephens that after a most thorough investigation of all the charges brought against Col. Fitzsimons, he thought none of them were sustained by proof; that Col. Fitzsimons’ answer to these charges was fall and satisfactory, and his vindication was complete. He, the President, believed Col. Fitzsimons to be an able, honest, efficient and faithful officer, and would not accept his resignation, but would leave that matter to his successor. So matters stood, until General Garfield came into office. Col. Fitzsimons then ad dressed him a letter, of which the following is a copy : United States Marshal’s Office, j Nobthebn Distbict of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., March 11, 1881. j His Excellency James A. Garfield, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. Sib —Your honored predecessor, kindly tendered me the office of United States Marshal of the State of Georgia in a very critical period of his administration. After the appointment so made, and before entering upon the duties of the office, I as sured him that if at any time he should be come embarrassed, from politipfii or any other' considerations, on acoount of my bolding the position, my resignation should be at his disposal. It has been a source of great gratification to me that the confidence of President Hayes was never shaken in my official in tegrity, notwithstanding very numerous and grave charges were brought against me. All these were over-ruled by him, and at the close of bis administration I was left in the position assigned by him over three years before. I wish now aimply to relieve you and yonr administration from all smbarraas ment on my account, and therefore hereby tender my resignatisn of the office of Unit ed States Marshal of Georgia, to take effect as soon as my successor may be appointed and qualified. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 6. P. Fitzsimons, U. S. Marshal. It is now understood, 1 think, that Presi dent Garfield intends to confer the Mar- shalship upon Gen. Longstreet, who is now Minister to Constantinople. It will be some months, perhaps, before the General can return. Col. Fitzsimons, in the meantime, with the entire confidence of the Adminis tration, will remain in office until his suc cessor is qualified and ready to enter upon the discharge of its duties. This will prob ably be about the 30th of June—the close of | the" present fiscal year. The number of Republican applicants for | office was very large, and the strife between them somewhat fierce, according to reports. ! Qen. Longstreet was not in the contest. He j seems to have been the dark horse seledMF 1 I by the President to be CoL Fitzsimons’ suc cessor. May he fill the place aa well, and ' come ont with honor as unsullied. .1 TANARUS, B | —— How He Made b. [Boston Post. j If ympampe to tell a man he could make a fortune by shaking a knife and hollaring he might not believe it, but that's the way Buffalo Bill has accumulated SIOO,OOO on ' the stage. ] AUGUSTA ANU KNOXYILLE. A BIG BOOST YESTERDAY IN SPAR TANBURG, S. C. The Spartanburg and Asheville Rail road Soon to Be Oampleted—Greenwood Reaching Oat to Connect With Spar tanburg—President Verdery- Now As sured oY Western Connections—The Biggest Thing Yet. [Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.] Spartanburg, 8. C., April 4.—Now that railroad rumors are tho order of the day, it may be refreshing to know that the pro gress of the Augusta and Knoxville re ceived a big boost to-day in “the Land of the Sky," and the prospects of Augusta be ing accorded her favorite Western connec tion, via Knoxville, are flattering. To-day, then, the Spartanburg and Asheville Rail road was sold, under * decree of the United States Court, and purchased by the bond holders for one hundrefl and eleven thou sand dollars. The Bed company was or ganized, payment anticipated, deed exe cuted and possession given. Mr. R. Y. MoAden, of Charlotte, becomes Fresident; W. H. Inman, of Ned York, Vice-President, and Janies Anderson, of Spartanburg, Superintendent, Arrangements were made for an immediate completion of the road to.. Asheville. The Spartanbnrg and Ashe ville Railroad is seventy miles long, and at the time of the road’s going into the hands -of a Receiver, in 1878, the grading had been completed to Hendersonville, N. Ci, a distance of fifty miles. Steps will now be speedily taken to finish up this most important link in your Western connection. Concerning Its Connection*. It confidently asserted by the authorities of the Western North Carolina Railroad that their work will be finished this year to Paint Rock, on the Tennessee State line, 45 miles distant from Asheville, where a con nection is made with a branch of the East Tennessee arid Georgia Railroad, which is about 45 miles in length, and connects with the main line at Mor ristown —42 miles above Knoxville. Thus Ashveille, ninety miles distant from the East Tennessee and Virginia and Georgia con nection, is destined soon to be a distribnting point for through freight to the Carolinas, aside from the abundant and varied agricul tural and mineral products of the rich valley of East Tennessee that for many years have reached the markets of North, Sonth Caro lina and Georgia by slow and expensive methods. But far more than all, recent de velopments point to an early completion of the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad, to a con nection with the Lebanon Branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The missiDg link here is about eighty miles of ungraded work, nineteen in Tennessee and sixty in Kentuoky. Its completion places Knoxville within two hundred and Bixty-five miles of Louisville, and by the connection with the Cincinnati Southern, near Danville, Kentucky, within two hundred and seventy nine miles of Cincinnati. Spartanburg, Laurens and Greenwood. The main thing just now then, to connect the Augusta branch with this growing Caro lina railroad system, is to olosely join Greenwood, where yonr line of the A. & K. R. R. ends, with Spartanburg, where the new line begins. To-day, then, an important meeting of the friends of the Spartanburg, Laurens and Greenwood Rail road was held. Engineer Kirkland report ed the survey completed, with a good line, sixty-six miles in length, grading and ma sonry costing two hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars. Steps were taken to or ganize a company and submit the question of a county subscription of seventy-five thonsand dollars each to the voters of Spar tanburg and Laurens at an early date. Stirring speeches were made by Mr. Eugene F. Verdery, President of the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, and others. Work will commence as soon as county subscriptions are voted, and will be pushed to an early completion. It will thus be seen that when the gap from Greenwood to Spartanburg is closed up, Augusta will be in a fair way to clasp bands with Knoxville. President Verdery is making sure of every connection, and is closing up every gap on his line. He has already shown himself considerable of a rail road tactician and capable of managing a combination as great as the Augusta and Knoxville is soon destined to bo. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) OH Fire In Wheeling. W heeling, W. Va., April O.—A fire broke •out last night in the drug store of Huston & Bengell, caused by the explosion of a barrel of oil in the cellar. Loss estimated at SIO,OOO. A Load of Bncbihot Decidev file Issues Memphis, April G.--Samson Shelton fired a charge of buckshot into the breast of Lu cius Cobb last night, killing him instantly. Botlr are negroes, and their quarrel was about the favor of a colored girl. Absconding Postmaster Arrested. Galveston, April 6. — Capt. H. Booth, i ost Office Inspector of Alabama, arrived in this city yesterday morning, with F. King, absconding Postmaster from Milton, Fla, King was turned over to the United States Marshal,[to be conveyed back to Florida. Fatal Accident. St. Louis, April 6.—A dispatch to the Republican from Little Rock says one of the stones in Johnson’s flouring mill, in Mon roe county, bursted yesterday, instantly killing two men, named Burrows and Jack son, and fatally wounding several others— among them Mr. JohnsoD, the owner of the mill. The building was badly damaged. Vlimitary- Starvation. New Tore, April 6.—Martin Singer, an undertaker, to-day sent to the bureau of vital statistic certificates, signed by a phy sician, to the effect that Mrs. Magdalena Mills, aged 61, had died at No. 442 West Fifty-Fourth street, from voluntary starva tion. Troubles and misfortunes in her family, together with the loss of $2,000 in money stolen from her, caused Mrs. Mills to become despondent and finally insane. About three weeks ago she ceased to par take of food. Every effort, short of vio lence, was made to induce her to eat, but she refused to swallow anything except water. Nine days ago she refused water also, and from that time until her death she fasted. The case will be given to the coroner for investigation. Terrible Crime By a Foartecn-Ywa r OM Boy. Sxmbubo, Pa., April 6. —While Mrs. Hoo ver, a widow lady, residing about three miles from this place, was at dinner to-day, with her family, an.altercrtion arose be tween two of her children - Lottie, aged 17, and George, aged 14 -when the latter left the table, and going into another room took a sidgle-barreled shot gun and returning to the room, fired at his sister, the shot taking effeot in the right Bide of her neck and tear ing it almost completely away. A neighbor hearing the report of the gun, ran over to Hoover’s bouse, where he found Miss Hoover covered with blood and dying. The boy was arrested and lodged in jail this evening. The only reason he gives for committing the crime is that they would not give him enough to eat. A Quarrel Renewed With Bloody Result, Cincinnati, April 6.—A dispatch from Grayson, Ky., says in Deer Creek precinct, Carter county, on the day of the Presiden tial eleotion" Reese D. Horton, a Democrat, and J. S. Jones, Greenback elector for that District, were terribly beaten, and only saved from death by Horton shooting one of the assailante. Then Horton and George W. Simonds, a Democrat stump speaker, were threatened with hanging. About three weeks ago Jones was attacked by a mob, but drove them off. On March 28th a meeting of several citizens of Deer Creek oc curred at Kitchen's store, on Cracker's Neck, in Klliott oounty. The party became in toxicated and the quarrel broke out afresh and developed into a fight, in which the weapons need were fence rails, rocks and hunting knives. Three men were slightly hart. A hearing of the alleged participants in the aflrav was had last Saturday, and Horton was the only one against whom suf fic.ent evidence was adduced to; hold. He was bound over and the rest were dis charged. After the trial all hands left the Magistrate’s house and rode down £ruin creek together. When near the house of Dick Farley, the quarrel was re newed and a terrible fight with pistols and knivee ensued, lasting half an hour. Dave William, had his skull, above the right eye, split open by a sharp rock or hpife, and was stabbed twice. Dick Williams, bis brother, was shot in the thigh and right hand and stabbed in the right arm. Last night these wounded men were alive, bnt were expected to die in a few hours. The affair inflames an already excited community and leads to grave apprehensions of bloodshed on a large scale. Emigration to Georgia. [Oor. Charleston Hems.] A deliciously cool request cams to the Commissioner of Agriculture to-day from a farmer living in Richmond county, Georgia, seventeen miles from Augusta. He stated that he was worried to death by his laborers, and requested CoL Butler to ship him a dozen families of those stalwart Germans he saw by the papers he was receiving. If Col. Butler desired any information as to the .mapriiMHk water power of Richmond oounty, Georgia, he would be happy to furnish it, “and so forth.” He had a good water power himself, which wqnld run a large factory, “and so forth.” The Com missioner, while ticked at the celebrity of his department and the appreciation of its benefits shown in the “Empire State of the Booth, 4 * must necessarily inform the appli cant of the existence of an Agricultural De partment in Geotgia, while prpffering im migrants and investigation of water power to the writer if he will move over to the Bappj land on this aid* of the Savannah, : GERMAN MILLET AS A FORAGE CROP. : Interesting Notes How to Cultivate German Millet—A Combination Parage Crop, Etc., Etc.] [IVom Our Staff Correspondent.] Augusta, Ga., April 4.—For a number of years past, the writer has had occasion to make the rounds of the Southern States. T ravelling by rail and by private conveyance, he was brought into contaot with repre sentative persons of all the departments from the school room to the farm honse, and he early became solicitous to know to what extent progress was being made in the - de partment of agriculture, which itself is largely the mainstay of all onr industrial pursuits. He noted this: That, whatever was being done in the matter of cotton and small grain and thfe rotation of crops, prac tically no attention at all was being given to the cultivation of the grasses, and of what may properly be termed forage crops, that is to say, it was a rare occurrence that one could find, in a wide belt of country, even a corporal’s guard of farmers that was bestowing upon clover and Guinea grass, Hungarian grass and German millet, cow peas, etc., one-tenth the attention the great majority was giving to cotton, com and oats. It is true that the results of experi ments made with clover in Greene county, by ex-Commissioner Janes, and tho re sults developed by Senator Jos. E. Brown on the same line, as detailed before the Georgia Agricultural Society, at Rome in Summer of -1871, awakened a lively in terest on that snbject, and kindred subjects. The leaven has been working, and, in our own State, in sections not adapted to clover, increasing efforts have been made in the culture of the grasses. And yet, in this, one of the must profitable departments of husbandry, the laborers are few. If any one questions this statement, let him institute inquiry as to the hundreds of tons of West ern hay that are daily rolled into our ohief cities. The impression has obtained that German millet, concerning the cultivation of which the writer proposes to say some thing, can not be successfully grown on lands other than bottoms. This is an error. Two years ago, I made my first attempt at farming. I rented a Summer place, just across the Savannah, on the range of Hills immediately in rear of Schultz’s Hill. The soilis sandy and sterile. I determined to sow three acres in German millet. I did not pretend to know anything of farming, so I relied on my colored head-man May 20th, stable manure was spread broadcast over the field and ploughed in. The millet, one-half bushel to the acre, was distributed broadcast and brushed' in. We had no rain for a fortnight, but, notwith standing the drought and the mistake made as to time and manner of planting, we made a very fine orop indeed. That Winter I purchased the King-Campfield- Oakman place on the Georgia Railroad, seven and a half miles from this'city, re solved to utilize what I had learned from my hired man and by observation during 1879, At the new place, with an elevation of 254 feet above Augusta, I found the soil , the same as that I had just left. Circum stances operated to prevent the pitching of the crop at the proper time, but, during the first week in May, to measured acres, each, one hundred pounds of Patapseo guano were applied and one-half bushel of millet sowed broad-cast. A “Farmer’s Friend" plough was used to turn under tl?e whole. Subsequently, the ground was rolled. The results were most gratifying. The millet grew ofl' nicely and headed splendidly. On the seventy-fifth day, while the millet was in the boot or milk, we harvested the crop. It cured beautifully. My experiments showed that from one ton to four tons of millet can be made per acre, according to the degrees of fertility of soil. I tried a half acre of bottom land, bnt, the drainage being poor, the experiment proved a failure. As soon as my oats, wheat and millet had been harvested, I applied one hundred pounds of Patapseo guano per acre and sowed to millet and to cow peas and millet, alter nately, the proportions of tho latter being twenty pounds of millet to two bushels ot cow peas. These were ploughed in and rolled, as hi case of millet first planted. Results: First, a very heavy yield of millet and of pea-vines intermixed with millet; seoond, two good crops,-with but little work, in less than the time consumed in making two bales of cotton—one bale to three acres. This second crop was cut in the blossom and cured “pure gold.” In cutting the pea vines before the pods formed, I was con trolled by the idea that, at that stage of the growth, the elements of nutrition were more evenly diffused than at any other period, and that, in this condition, the vines and millet, (which latter contains a large quan quantity of saccharine matter) would make much better food for stook. A hay press of my own construction turned out this forage in hales, twenty-four by thirty inches, and averaging seventy pounds. Better results would have crowned my efforts could I have given closer personal attention to the work and had I planted earlier. From five to seven, a. m., was, practically, all the time I could command a day. The millet should have been planted April 10th to 13th, and two hundred pounds of guano, per acre, applied. Experiments made with turnips lead me to believe that, to follow stable manure, broadcast, with one hundred pounds of guano, would give most excellent reaults. Again, time would be saved and the seed more thoroughly distributed by using a “Ca hoon” ora “Philadelphia" broadcast seed sower. The sower costs $6 ;it -will seed an acre more speedily and much more effec tively than is possible by hand. Cutting the millet at seventy-five or ninety days, according to the seasons it may have had, I would follow it with cow peas. Oats and wheat, I would follow with millet, and cow peas and millet, alternately. Cut in the boot or milk, which is the flowering stage, millet and “the combination" make a forage that will not injure stock, and from which stock will in no case turn away. It has been ascertained that the muscle forming and heat-prodncing ingredients of food given to animals bear the propor tion to each other of one to three or four. Thus: Corn, one to eight; corn Jfodder, one to ten; oats, one to five; oat straw, one to sixteen ; German millet, one to three —so that the latter is quite up to the standard. Briefly, then, the essentials in the cultiva tion of millet are: Soil naturally fertile or made rich, good seed and timely sowing. I omitted to say, in the proper place, that, in addition to doubling the quantity of fer tilizers, I would sow on poor land from three pecks to one bushel per acre. I have been led to submit the foregoing by a de sire to respond to the numerous inquiries made of me touching the experiments herein referred to. If the information I have attempted to convey to the readers of the Chronicle shall benefit any one, I shall be more than pleased. And in it all I lay no claim to originality. Martin V. Calvin. REPLY OF THE h. <k SI. To an Injunction of Minority Stocktaold. tn of the SI., C. & St. L. Respondent farther claims that it has nerer proposed to lease, run or operate the X., C. & St. L. it. R, but that it has the right under the oharter of said road to own and hold stock therein. It admits the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail way is solvent and if its physical condition is improved it ought to pay fair dividends. K passes through the coal and iron fields of Tennessee; it is the oldest railroad in the State, and the Chattanooga division is well built and fairly equipped, and that it is probable its stock would remain at par if the road waß clear of the present litigation and its physical condition was improved, and that it would have been a much more valuable piece of property if some of its recent equipments had not been made. They maintain that the present manage ment of the road is entirely independent and is conducted for. the best interests of all the stockholders. STATE DEBTS. How They Differ In Virginia, ueurgia and Tennessee. [Chattanooga Times.] It is presuming greatly on the ignorance of the readers of a paper, when its conduc tors place the obligation of Virginia to meet her debt on a par with Georgia’s duty toward the bonds issued by the Bullock ring of speculators. Every dollar ot Vir ginia’s debt was created before the war. It is not pretended that one dollar of the prin cipal was stolen, misplaced or wasted. If there is a binding public debt in existence, Virginia’s is one. The so-called reconstruction debt of Georgia represents no property the State ever got, or efer will get, the benefit of. It was created by and for the enrichment of thieves, at a time when the bulk of the taxipayers of the State were disfranchised. It has neither the sanction of public ap proval nor the merit of having been—even m part—invested for the benefit of those from whom it was ought to be stolen. Hen ry Clewes, and most other of those who ne gotiated those millions of fraudulent bonds, not only knew they were fraudulent, but were active parties in the stealing. .The debt of Tennessee is in some sort different from that of Virginia, though sim ilar, in that the bulk of the bonds new out standing represent honest investments made before after the war. The portion that ought to have been ignored—repudiated is not the right term —has already been liqui dated, And, in as much as a good many of the present bondholders were into and profited by the frauds of our State govern ment from 1865 to 1870, they ought to stand a liberal scaling of their claims. Anxiety Jr the Prince off Wale*. , The alarm respecting the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wale? to St-Peters burg continues, though little public men tion is made of it. ft is known that warn ings covering explicit information from tbs St. Petersburg police were received before and since their departure. Gen. Melikoff declines to answer r their safety, though he gives assurance that every precaution Will be taken. THRICEjiRMED. , A TRIPATITE PROTECTION BELIEVED TO RE SECURED. The Georgia Railroad Not Yet Scooped By Any Line—Harmonious Policy With the Central—Mr. Wadle'y In Augusta—'The Louisville and Nashville Friendly to the Georgia-Central Alliance—Firmly Fortified Against the Eastern Syndi cates Which Yearn to Gobble Up the Georgia and Augusta. Railroad movements were considerably buoy ed yesterday by the appearance of Mr. Wm. M. Wadley, of Savannah, in the city. When it be cause known that the flurry in stooks had sub sided, and that the wild hunt for Georgia was at rest, rumor had it that the Central had finally scooped up the Georgia; that Mr. Moses Taylor and his New York peoplo had purchased the controlling interest, aud that Mr. Wadley had come to Augusta to take in this new domain. It was known, too, that Mr. Wait ley and sev eral officials of the Georgia Road had been talking over the joint interests aud co-opera tion of the two routes during the day, aud that more than ever was some closer bond of union aflvooated. Later in the day, however, the re port of the Central’s having purchased the Georgia Railroad was rigidly denied iu high of ficial quarters. Like the scribbler in Fatputza, a Crrgniclb .won ventured into the thickest of the fight, and veered up to the Planters Hotel, where Mr. Wad ley was stopping. After finishing his repast, that venerable railroad official appeared with the air of a man who was at peace with the world—newspapers included —at the same time booming with the quiet consciousness of one who has the inside track. Tho Man Who Seldom Talks. “Young man,” said Mr. Wadlev, “I never talk for newspapers.” The Chronicle ventured that in justice to himself and railroad, he might venture some -to put at rest the vague rumors and to allay even the prejudices of the suspicious ones. “What do they sav ?” asked Mr. President. “That your friends have purchased the Geor gia Railroad, and will work it in the interests of Savannah and the Central.” “Well, then, you may say this for me: ‘That Wm. M. Wadley will never be a party to any plan that will injure the city of Augusta.’ ” The Chronicle asked Mr. Wadley if any ar rangement had been made to operate the Geor gia and Central more harmoniously together ? Mr. Wadloy answered that none was needed. The managements of the railroads were in per fect accord. The Chronicle asked further, if it were really true that his friends had purchased a controlling interest in the Georgia Railroad stock ? Mr. Wadley promptly responded that he did not know, repeating his former announcement with emphasis, that in all and any event, Au gusta might rest assured that Wm. M. Wadlev would not lend himself to any plan that would injure this city and her interests. Said a gentleman some time later: “Mr. Wad ley seldom talks. He keeps his own counsel better than any man in the South. Last vear every one knew what Colonel Cole was after long before he was scooped up. Mr. Wadley’s plans are never devulged. But one thing you may rely upon: Mr. Wadlev’s pledgets as good as his company’s bond. He will protect Augusta. He has more brains than almost any railroad official in the country, and, as tho Chronicle said some time since, ‘when once he sets his pegs, he rarely slips up.’ ” No One Yet In Possession. Later on the Chronicle received assurance positive that neither the Central nor the Louis ville and Nashville had purchased a controlling interest in Georgia Railroad stock; that in reoent operations there was much that was fictitious; that there was now a satisfactory Issue from the sensation and excitement of the past week. Al though, then, there is muoh of mystery and sensation in tho matter, tho following may bo taken for granted: That heavy blocks of Geor gia havo been bought at the North within the past month; that no one road has secured a controlling interest in the Georgia Railroad: that the Louisville and Nashville poople were heavily interested in buying stook and own sev eral thousand shares of it; that the Georgia and Central are in complete understanding with eaoh other, and will operate closely together in the future, and that the Louisville and Nashville is Favorable To this quasi coalition. This is the ’strange part; but it is believed to be true. That the Central people, or the Louisville and Nash ville people havo been bidding against each other, and find that neither could ooutrol, is not probable. If the L. &N. had determined to buy up the Georgia, it coHld have done it. The more probable, solution is that tho L. A N. looks favorably upon a close compact between tho Georgia and Central, because they can beat pro tect themselves against the great RiobmOnd and Danville and Pennsylvania CoDtral combina tions of tho East. Wero these strong syndicates to get control of the Georgia, as tlioy might do, the Central and the L. & N. would both be in jured; accordingly both corporations find it safer to hive the coveted stock in New York, than leaving it exposed in wavering and scat tered particles, to be scooped up by a powerful syndicate at any time. It looks strikingly like a scheme of self-protection against the Great Eastern lines, and if such, we trust it will be secured. The Outlook. However this may be, the management of the Georgia will yet remain distinct from the Cen tral. They will not only work in the future to Sroteot each other, but to take in the South arolina Railroad, and scallop their steamship lines from Savannah to Charleston and New York. They will command all the business pos sible for their lines and porta. They will form themselves a natural syndicate for self-pro protection and domestic purposes, prevent ing disastrous outting of rates; will try to save the domain of Georgia and Carolina, with tbe South Atlantic seaports and harbors, againßt the grasping Clyde combination, whose chains stretch from the mountains of Tennessee to Pennsylvania and New York, and who are triangulating the Southern coast with their feeders and branches. In Mr. Wadley’s back ers and in the Louisville and Nashville poople, Augusta may have found her friends where most she feared her foe. Under all events, Augusta is safe for the present. What President Phlnlty Says. A Chbonicle representative happening to meet on the .street Mr. Chad. H. Phinizv, Presi dent of the Georgia Railroad, remarked that it was reported that the friends of the Central Railroad had secured enough of the stock of the Georgia Railroad to obtain control of the latter. Mr. Phinizv said that was more than he knew, and he did* not believe that such was the case unless in the term “friends of the Central” were included old stockholders of the Georgia, who had not sold out, but who were in favor of the roads working in harmony together. Tho fact was, the Georgia and Central and South Caro lina had been working together and dividing business for some time. The Central, however, got the worst of this, as it. had to carry the lar ger portion of the through freight and divide tho money. The cause of this was two-fold. In the first place, the Central line of steamers could carry more, and, in the next, tho track of the road run directly to the wharf. In Charles ton the freight had to ba transferred, and the carrying capacity of the steamers was not suf ficient to take all the freight that the road oonld convey to them. With tne roads all working under one system, the ndmber of steamers running from Charleston would be in creased in order to take a proportionate share of the business. Each road would con tinue to have its own officers for the manage ment of its business. Under such a system the Western shipper would have a very great advantage. He could then direct which way the freight should go from Atlanta, which he - cannot do now. The talk that Mr. Wadley wquld do anything to injure Augusta was absurd. He could not in jure it if he would and he would not if he could. Neither the Central nor any other road could hurt it. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad did not want the Georgia, because it would gain no more advantages by each an arrangement than it now had. It could send its through freight over the Georgia now find it could do no more if it leased it. It was far better for the Georgia and Central to work together in oommnnity ot interest than to be cutting each other’s throats. They competed at Macon, at Covington, at Madison, at Atlanta, and it would be exceedingly unwiso for them to work against each other. He said that they competed at Covington and Madison because the Central at Eatonton was only a short distance away from the Georgia. It was a great mistake to call Atlanta the strategic point of Georgia. It was too far inland. The honor belonged to Au gusta. Here the railroads diverged like a fan to Savannah, Port Royal, Charleston, Wilming ton and Norfolk, and if ever a gTeat through business was established between the West and East and Europe, via these ports, Augusta must be the place through which the bulk of that business must come, on account of its position with regard to them. It was impossible to say as yet ex actly what would be done. Asa matter of oourse, there could be no lease or any other ar rangement looking to a control of the Georgia by the Central, unless certain conditions were made and the propqr security given. The proper terms might not be made and the whole affair might fall through. It was hard to say, therefore, what arrangement would be made. “There’s many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip,” remarked the Chbojucie rep resentative. “That is true,” said Mr. Phjaixy, “and it would not be well to say confidently that anything will be perfected. It is far Better, however, for all parties that the roads would work under one system. It would innfe to the benefit of all." Mr. Phinizv remarked that nothing conld be done until the meeting of the Georgia Railroad stockholders in May. What ever arrangement was ma de would have to bd done by that convention. The CHaoincLE representative remarked that Georgia Railroad stock would hardly remain at its present high figure. Mr. PhinUy said it was richly worth 135 as au investment. It was seven per csnt. stock, and at there was bo tax on it, in this city that 'made fully nine per cent., and even a hundred and fitly dollars could net be invested in anything elae to da as well. A Break in Stack*. Tuesday evening sales of Georgia Railroad stock were made at 143, and it was in request at that figure. Central, it is reported, sola as high as 122 m Savannah. Yesterday morning the market opened strong for Georgia with 143 bid. Large offerings were put on the market and the stock rapidly fell to 140, 138,135, and in the afternoon salea were made at 130, the market closing at 130 kid, 1% asked. Central participated in the decline. Opening with tales in Havannah at 120, it ran down before night to 144 bid, 110 asked, with sales at 11454- Q°ite a large amount of stock of both roads was offered daring the morning, and there were more sellers than buyers. The offerings of Georgia were princi pally from coantry_stochholder. A RepuMlcu* a* Me adjuster [if. T. Tints, ktf.\ If this iff not repudiation, then a man* is not a thief who robs yon of one-half the oontents of your podket-book mi loaves you the othqr half, #2 A YEAR —POSTAGE PATTI .OATH ON GEORGIA STATESMEN. What He Says of The Present Tribune— Hill, Brown and Colqaltt. [Correspondent CXncinnati Enquirer. ] The general opinion in Atlanta of Ben Hill is that he is a smart man, bnt without any affection for anyl>ody but Ben Hill. Henry Grady, probably the cleverest news paper writer in the South, who goes in for anybody that he likes with all his might, took a prominent part in electing Hill over Norwood. It is said that, after the election, he, in a mild way, remarked to Hill that he had done all he could for him. “Yes you did," replied Hill; “you did a great deal of work, and the people ought to thank you for it, Grady. You have done a groat deal of good work in accomplishing this work, Grady.” Ben Hul, however, did not give Grady a partiole of thanks for himsell. The debate between Hill and Mahone has strengthened Hill in Georgia, and it was the general belief that Hill would be re elected, although I hkve learned that Gov ernor Colqnitt is coming out against him. In Georgia everybody mnst belong to sofne church to figure in politics at all. The Baptist and the Methodist churches appro priate all the politicians. Hill, Brown and Colqnitt are said to be exior lists in their several churches. Joe Brown is regarded as at the head of Georgia public men. Re was a Judge orig inally, and it is said a moat inflexible one, giving severe sentences. He adopted a homely address and style, and has tome points of character resembling the East Tennesseeans. For some time there were rumors that he had gone to the Senate on a bargain, but I find the prevailing belief now to be that he and Colquitt had put [heir heads together and resolved to rule the Bourbons out and have Liberal Demo cracy. Indeed, tho reputation of Henry Clay was hardly higher during his lifetime than it is now in many parts of the South, where the struggle to establish manufactor ies and have home economy going on. A prominent man said to me in the State House of Georgia . “If we had only had the sense to follow Henry Clay, instead of Calhoun, we would have been ready for that war, with mills in operation all through the South and we would have manufactur ed everything we wanted,' intead of paying enormous prices in gold to England.” Another man said to me that he believed the future alliance would not be between the South and the West, but the South and the East, on account of the desire for man ufactories in tho Southern States, which had to look to New England for machinery, superintendence, etc. PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY. The State of Missouri With a Prosperous Party and Prospects. , [NI. Louis Republican.] There is no Beurbonism —in the sense of Bourbonism being stagnation -in the De mocracy of Missouri. If the Democrats of Missouri ever were open to that charge they are certainly not so now. The State increased in population in the last deflade more than Illinois, Indiana or Ohio—and chiefly by immigration from those Repub lican States; and it is gaining population faster at this time than either of those States, and faster, too, than any other Stato in the West. The Legislature of Mis souri is Overwhelmingly Demooratie, and yet it has just exhibited its intelligent, liberal and progressive spirit, and of tho people it represents, by issuing a broad invitation to emigrants from other, chiefly Northern States, to seek new homes here, and making special provisions for spread ing abroad information about the advan tages our Stato offers to men of limited means. This is one proof of the Missonri Democracy; another proof of the same spir it is the fact that, although our State in creased in population about 450,000 largely by immigration from Republican States—in the last decade, this increase has not impaired tho Democratic majority; that .majority is as strong as it was ten yers ago —-a proof that our new citizens, who come Republicans, learn to be Democrats. Under tho benign inflnence of progress ive Democracy—which incites immigration, builds railroads, supports an admirable scheme for publio education, maintains good faith with public creditors, reduces taxes and avoids extravagance in the public expenditures, both the State and the city— for the Democracy of the city Is of a kin dred spirit with that of the State—are pros perous beyond what they were ever before. A DISAPPOINTED BROTHER.” Grant and Garfield. [Special Telegram to the Inter-Ocean.] Washington, April 3.— The Capital this morning relates the following : “During the early years of Grant’s Administration, when Mr. Garfield was a member of the House, he was called on one day by a very intimate old friend from Tennessee, whose father had been an Old Line Whig, and he himself a staunch Unionist and sufferer for tfje cause, ttu top of these eminent quali fications, he was of the Campbellite faith, and would make the occasional pilgrimages to the shrine of ‘Brother’ Garfield. On the pilgrimage alluded to, he had some favor to ask in the way of patronage, and the good brother promptly offered his services in his behalf. The next day they called together at the White House, aud sent their cards in to President Grant. Thep waited and wait ed until forbearance ceased to be very much of a virtue, and Mr. Garfield took occa sion to open tho valve that connect ed with his indignant feelings. He thought it-singular that tbe door should not open more rapidly on its hinges to ad mit such a familiar visitor. “Well, well,” replied the Campbellite brother, “you may be here yourself some day, and then you’ll change all this 'nonsense." “I certainly will,” responded General Garfield; “my old, friends will never have to wait.” Re membering this cheerful bon mot, ten years old, the Campbellite brother pulled the White House door-bell the other day' and passed in his card, anticipating that “Broth er" Garfield would consume about two minutes in rushing to his embrace. After two hours had been fruitlessly consumed in wearing out one of the chairs, the offended brother urged on Charlie to call attention to his card, as it must have boen overlooked. So the next trip Charley ma'da to the inte rior he pointed to the anxious pasteboard in question, and brought back a reply that the President would see the owner of it in a short time. The old man thereupon came to tho conclusion that “brother” Garfield had forgotten his good intentions in case he should ever come iato his kingdom, and he left with the remark that his time was too valuable. He is, however, the first man that has yet left without an interview. VOORHEES VS. MAHONE. Is There Any Fight In Indiana and Vir ginia This Year I [ Western Special.] The most dramatic incident of the day was the passage between Voorhees and Ma hone. It was short, but certainly, so far as the Virginia Senator was concerned, was full of meaning. Opinions will differ as to the propriety of Mahone’s taking offense at Voorhees, for the latter at first was disposed not to endorse the opprobious phrase as his own. This disclaimer Mahone did not clearly hear nor fnlly understand, but Voorhees’ subsequent speech and action were extremely offensive. In response to Mahone’s call interrogatory, whether he en dorsed the words “renegade Democrat” as part of his speech, Voorhees said, with a defiant air, a sneering tone, and a contem tuous gesture: “I endorse every sentiment and word in that article. I make it my speech. I endorse the word ‘renegade’ in it. I endorse every criticism on the course of the Senator from Virginia. He need waste no time putting words into my mouth. Ho said this mnst stop. No one can stop me. This is cheap ! Very cheap •” A Profound glillntu Had fallen upon the Chamber when Mahone first rose. The silence became painful now. Mahone had remained standing, calmly waiting for Voorhees' reply. The Indiana Senator towered over his Virginia antagonist like a giant, when Mahone, in a low voice that oould he heard in the re motest corner of the Chamber, said: “JThat is an assertion that no brave or honorable man would make. I denounce it as auoh. Let him take that and wear itThe pre liminary conditions of the Code ware satis fied. The insult had been offered by Voor hees. The challenge words had been spoken by Mahone. The incident ended, and the Senate, taking a long breath after its eight hours of strife and passion, ad journed until Mofiday. A Friend off Mniutne, Being asked what oourse the latter would Cake, says he will do his duty. There can be no doubt that Mahone would accept a challenge if he should be sent. There is great doubt whether Voorhees wiil send one. The laws in this District in that re spect are exceedingly severe. Mr. Voor heeS is bold in language, but he has not the reputation of having met his maa, as Ma hone has. Whatever comes of it, the inci dent will aot tend to heal the breach among the Virginia Democrats, or to stop the break against the Solid South which has so suc cessfully Jbegun. Not many years ago a certain ex-Governor was placed at the head of one of the great Departments of the Government. The first week he devised a measure which he was Csed to call “a great reform.” “But, etuor,” said the head of one of the ho ream “ydu can’t do that; it is against the law.” “D-rn the lew !” roared the Gov ernor, “it must be done, anyhow’” This is an ahsolute fact. ft is needlffts to say that the Goveruoror’s career as a reformer s&pped^atjakuhig^^^^^^^^^^ is seldom fruit is killed in Marsh, the danger being this mouth. NEWS NOTES FROM OEtIROU. Mr. W. J. Morris, oi Outhbert, is dead. The mumps are still on the rampage in Greene county. i ?'Johnson, of Lexington, is a re lative to Senator Blaine, of Maine. White Sulphur Springs post office in Hall county has been changed to Bowdre. A resident of Whitfield county has a Irin k6i “ de .by Washington’s own hands, A. lady in Lexington, over seveutv years old, does all her own cooking and washing. Ten mill dams and races and three bridges were washed away and dama-ed by the recent freshet in Elbert countv 7 The Hartwell Sun says: "We learn that our much esteemed friend Job Bowers was married to his fifth wife last Thursday”™ Sol. W. W. Clark, in attempting to go from Lawrenceville to Covington, last week near being drowned in a swollen A young man in Atlanta pretended suicide in order to induce a faithless wife to come back to him, she having deserted his home during his absence. The Rome Courier says : -We are inform ed that there was a little over $53 (xx) of the State’s money in the Rome Bank, but we presume the security on the bond is sufficient to prevent any loss to the State." The Atlanta Pheohograph says • "Yester day morning Maj. J. W. Pegram,' a travel ing salesman of P. Lorillard 4 Go., died in his room at the Kimball, after an illness of marly two weeks, from an attaok of conges tion of the brain." Says the Oglethorpe iEWio .- "Hamilton McWhorter, Esq., of Lexington, has written a volume of three hundred pages since Christmas, and when completed intends to \ave the same published. It is a digest of the laws and Supreme Court decisions of this State, and will be a valuable addition to a legal library.” The Dalton Cituensays : “Here and every where else in the State the guano trade seems to be unprecedented. Should there 06 a failure in the ootton orop thin year, especially in this section, the farming com munity will be in a pitiable condition—pro vided they have their corn cribs and smoke houses located in the West. THE INUNDATED DISTRICT. Latest Details From Dakota Territory a# to the Flood. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Yankton, D. TANARUS„ April s.—Water has risen to a point one foot high si- than the rise of March 29. Lower Yankton is sub merged to-day, and the people have been removed to the upper portion of the olty. Intelligence baa been received to-day from Bonahomme that out of 14 persons, 10 hsve been rescued, alive and well. A family named Bates, and one named Haldeman are undoubtedly drowned. Other families are probably lost, six miles this side. The Green Island people have been in part re moved to this place. No lives were lost there, but the village is completely washed away. Water and ice to the depth of 12 feet lie across the village site. The ioe probably cho.ked up the channel of the river a short distance below Yankton, turn ing the great volume of water across the lowlands on the Dakota side, and causing It to flow eastward thirty miles buforo it re enters the old channel at Vermillion, a point on the river bank, which is reported -carried away, with a loss of thirty lives. The re port needs confirmation. The river nt this point is six miles in width. Its surface is covered with broken ioe. Farther east the water broadens to fifteen miles, retaining this width without exception for forty-iivu miles. LEASE OR NO LEASE Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: The thanks of the merchants of this city are due yoq for generously opening your columns in their interest. Any good mer chant knows that we are at a disadvantage under the present system of freight rates on Western products. To verify this it is only necessary to refer to the published tariff of the -“Southern Railway and .‘Steamship As sociation from Western to Southern Points." But we oannot blame the association, for it considers only the intoreat of connecting lines with regard to competing ones. At lanta, Athens, Milledgeville, Elberton, Washington on one side, Charleston, H.ivan nah, Columbia on the other, under trans portation policy, are, no doubt, entitled to the laien they nave; ana now we are ihmi. ened with another through point Edge field via Aiken from Charleston and on to “tap the Augusta and Greenwood,” tho ef fect of which need not i.e mentioned. While our mechanical and manufacturing interests aro progressing, it is an unmistak able fact that our wholesale trade is declining in consequence of the disadvantages we are laboring under with respect to freights, and the only remedy, in our opinion, is to have a competing lino from the great supply points of the West. Lot ns, then, encour age the present movement in Chicago to take a direction in the interest of our city, which will give ns quicker transport and lower rates. Old Merchant. THE M. A B. AND N. E. R. 11. [Athens Chronicle. 1 One of our readers suggests that it would be more judicious to give the city stock to the Maoonand Brunswickßoad to secure tha completion of the Northeastern than to secure assistance from the Georgia. Tbs Sian would be to extend the former from lacon via Covington to Athene, and thus obtain a through lino from the West to the coast at Brunswick. We endorse the plan most heartily, and wish it.could be accomplished. Ws are by no means partial to tho Georgia Road, but thought at the time we wrote the editorial two weeks since, on that subject, that our only hope of aid was from that source. Oar proposition briefly stated is this: Ist. The Northeastern must be built, and now, 2d. We (this section of the State) ars not able to do it, and hence must look for outside aid. 3d. We are willing to vote for a gift of the city stock to any corporation that will complete it and give us proper guarantees. 4th. We prefer any other corporation to the Georgia, but as a dernier resort, and when no other is available, we say accopt the Georgia. THE DEMOCRATIC BANNER. Texas Has It Because Hhe Dl<l ttie Big gest Work For Hancock. Bt. Louis, March 29.— The Republican's Dallas, Texas, special says: Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia, has notified James B. Lampson, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Com mittee of Dallas, that he has, for the De mocracy of Georgia, forwarded to him the banner won by Georgia from Tex ns in 1876 by the biggest majority for Tilden and Hendricks, and reclaimed by Texas in 1880 for file largest majority for Hancock and English. The banner was purchased by the Democracy of Dallas at a cost of over one thousand dollars four years ago. It will arrive here in a day or two, where it will oemain until some other State wins it by giving the biggest majority at a Presi dential election. A Delicate Operation. [Athens Chronicle .) Mrs. Howell Cobb, Sr., has been, for some years, afflicted with cataract in both eyes, so that she was unable to see at all. A few days since, in Atlanta, Dr. A. W. Calhoun performed an operation on her right eye, by which the cataract was removed and the operation was completely successful, and entirely satisfactory, both to Mrs. Cobb and to Dr. Calhoun. There is nothing now to fear, nnless inflammation should ensue, of which there is now no prospect. As soon as this eye heals, the ssmeoprration will bff performed on the left eye. The many friends of Mra. Cobb, in different parts of the State, will be rejoiced to learn that her severe affliction ia m a iair way to be re moved. Round Dunces. [ Oglethorpe Echo .l An old grey-bearded ciUreo, speaking of the immoral influences ot round dances, remarked: “When Ia young man the boys used to take their sweethearts behind them on horseback and go to church; and the way the girls used to hug up to ua while ascending a hill laid.the immoral In fluence of the round dance several miles in the shade. Since the intreduction of bug gies young folks are booud to have an ex cuse to hug, and so pitched on round dances. Stop that and they will invent some other mutnal squeezing scheme. Hugging is a luxury that youug folks won’t dispense with.” Congressmen Aiken Serlouvly 111. COMSSUBI, 8. C., April 3.—Tho Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, member of Congress from this (the Third) district, has been seriously indisposed ever since his return home after the adjournment of that body. Yss'erdav afternoon his condition was pronounced very critical. However, he was more com fortable daring ia.it night, and tins morn ing there is a slight change for the batter, and, althongh he is still very ill, his ph\ si oi*n is more hopeful of his recovery. Burned in Effigy. [A*. T. Commercial Advertiser. J Mahone has been burned in effigy In Athena, Ga., by the students of tne State University. Althongh fully covered by in surance, the Senator is uninjured. The A. S. T. Cos. Black Tip for children’s Aon is superior to all others for the fol lowing reason: They protect the toe from Wear just at the point where the wear cornea, and do not give the shoe a bungling and patoked appearance, aa do toe cape.
