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EDITORIAL (HITES.
Mahone must eat his pheasant eggs with
red pepper.
You think you understand the railway
situation. Wait and see.
The more Mahone says there was no cor
rupt bargain the more people believe there
was.
Mb. C. A. Dana, editor of the New York
Sun, might gratify Mahone’s search for
“goah.”
George Vest would be a good man to
accommodate Mahone ; but he will not have
a chance.
Mb. Hoab need not try to bully Senator
Brown. Onr Uncle Joseph will stand no
nonsense.
The Washington Star announces that Mr,
Stephens will leave Washington for the
Sonth on the 20th.
The May meeting of the Georgia Railroad
stockholders will be what Major Ganahl
denominates • ■ perfunctory. ’ ’
Hon. John Sherman has an elegant chance
to reply to George Vest, who fairly riddled
bis argument, the other day.
If Bully Mahone is spoiling for a fight—
which he is not why does he not go for
somebody who will accommodate him ?
Some of those quiet, peaceable Senators
will surprise Mahone, if he does not have a
care, by exposing his mock heroic duelling
attitude.
Perhaps Mr. Gibson, of the New York
San, would accommodate Bully Mahone. It
they fight with pens, Billy will go to the
bone-vard.
Our noble Savannah river remains. Per
■hapw we ought not to wait tor Government
subsidy, but make it navigable the year
round at once.
Senator Davis, of West Virginia, has
taken the belt from General Logan for as
saults on English grammar. But a man
worth $ 1 .000,000 is above moods and ten
ses.
Jay Gould’s grain fleet, composed of
barg.'s, has begun business on the Missis
sippi river, and Mr. Fink, of the railroad
pool, has begun to lower rates from St.
Louis to the East.
‘•The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash” has
no de sire to have any of his eloquent wind
escape through a bullet hole.— Inter-Ocean.
He is safe enough from any danger of that
sort at the hands of Bully Mahone.
Mb. Hill is no duellist, and Mahone
knows it. Mr. Hill ought to know like
wise that Gen. Mahone is not a duellist
either, as can be proved by Gens. Early
and Bradley Johnson.
Our Uncle Joseph said harder things of
Mahone than Mr. Hill did. But Mahone
knows that Gov. Brown, on an emergency,
shrinks from no man, much less from an
anatomy like a fragment of the State of
Virginia.
William Mahone has appointed a brother
in-law of Georoe 0. Gorham to a committee
clerkship. M.ahonf. and Gorham seem to
be running this Government on shares.—•
Philadelphia Tunes. Perhaps their duelling
is similarly arranged.
The “time-honored custom” of bringing
Georgia Railroad stockholders to Augusta
free each year is to be continued. Some
wag suggests, however, that twelve months
hence the stockholders can probably be
transported on the locomotive.
Voobhees and Hill are to be presented
■with gold-beaded canes by the citizens of
Petersburg, Va., in recognition of the dis
position shown by those gentlemen to
whale Mahone. A duel with gold-headed
canes would be interesting—to outsiders.
A Senator is quoted as saying that Gar
field’s Cabinet would go to pieces in three
months. Mr. Evarts gives it six months to
dissolve. We will give it all the time it
wants. What people want to know now is
how long the Senate will remain in session,
and what is the true inwardness of the rail
way situation.
Blaine's rheumatism is said to be some
thing like Cardinal Richelieu’s fainting
spells, something of a diplomatic dodge.
It is now said that as soon as his friends
are all rewarded, Blaine will retire from
the Cabinet and be appointed Minister to
England.
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, who died the
other day, was third son of Lucies, the
brother of Napoleon the Great. Pierre
was a turbulent fellow, a murderer, and
what the French call a tnauvais sujet. He
married the daughter of a washerwoman,
and his children were born out of wedlock,
but subsequently legitimitized-
Dr. W. G. Carter, of Richmond, Va.,
writes: ",I knew Edgar Poe well—was his
friend—attended him as a physician re
peatedly. Edgar A. Poe never was a drunk
ard. As I remarked a tew hours ago, dress
Poe in rags, and the gentleman is there.”
There were times in his life when he did
drink deeply. The late John R. Thompson,
who also knew him well, used to give in
stances in his personal knowledge. He was
not the drunkard that Griswold painted
him, but it is probably true that liquor was
his bane at intervals, and it certainly caused
his death.
A German of this city, who has been long
resident here and respected by everybody,
bought a farm some years ago, and in
dulged in high culture with imported com
mercial manures. He says he made no
money, but expects to do so, this year, by
saving his own fertilizing material and
ploughing under a cow pea crop. We shall
look for the result with much interest.
The proprietor of the National Hotel is
after the Atlanta Ojnstiiution's correspond
ent at Washington with a very sharp stick,
anent Hon. David Davis. The correspond
ent certainly did Judge Davis a gross
wrong, but no doubt unintentionally. He
will gracefully make amends and there the
matter ought to end. Old man Tennet, of
the National, is a dyed-in-the-wool Demo
crat, bnt he. loves his guests as he loves his
children.
A disgusted Republican ex-member of
Congress is thus qnoted : “ I would not be
surprised if Garfield sought support among
Democrats. In fact, it begins to look as
though enough Democratic Senators would
be found who, for considerations which the
White House can hold out, would break the
dead lock and save Garfield and Blaine
from utter defeat by Conkling. There is
plenty of material for this, and you just see
if Blaine doesn’t use it.” We do not be
lieve it; but we shall Bee what we shall eee.
THE MAY IF At TV RIN A. BOOM.
The Washington Star reports that a
Government officer who engag
ed in superintending and SirectiDg
river and harbor improvement! in the
Sontli for some years past dbring a
loot through five or six Southern
States, from which he has jast returned,
met several parties from the North looking
out locations for cotton mills in the South.
He says he met, amoug others, a father and
son, owners of large factories at Fall River,
Mass., who said they intended to remove
their machinery to the South and build a
large cotton manufactory at some eligible
point in that section. This officer states
that numbers of Northern men have visited
and examined the canal on the Tennessee
river, constructed by the Government,
which would supply water power for seores
of factories.
Ho, while Mr. Dawes’ mythical grey-hair
ed Massachusetts man retires from Missis
sippi because his gin house was burned, real
live Bay State capitalists are prospecting in
the South for eligible water powers and mili
sites. Mr. Dawes is a representative politi
cally of the class that Mr. Kdwabd Atkinson
illust rat es industrially. The politician dreads
to see the factory men of Massachusetts
leaving for the South, and the mill owner
discourages in every way possible the pro
gress of this section as a great manufacturing
centre. They are led by self-interest more
than by any other motive; bnt both will
fail in their endeavor. The political war
cry has lost its potency and the dividends
paid by Southern mills are better argu
ments to business men than finespun sta
tistical theories, that are based upon selfish
ness and greed. We invite all seekers for
water power and mill sites to visit Augusta.
We promise them a hospitable reception
and great inducements to settle or invest
hero. We can also promise them the hearty
00-operation ot all our citizens. There are
a few more locations on our splendid canal
procurable, and, while we doubt not the
advantages of Tennessee, we are bound to
believe that Georgia can more than match
her in this particular.
WHAT W ILL YOU DO WITH IT S
The recent unloading of stocks at very
high figures has thrown a good deal of cash
into private hands! This money our peo
ple have made fairly. We are pleased at
their good luck. But what are they going
to do with their money ? It ought not to
remain idle. Reinvestment will, in the
majority of cases, be resorted to. What
kind of reinvestment will be made? All
kinds of good bonds are at figures that do
not promise much in the way of speculation
or interest. Would it not be well for the
moneyed men of this city and vicinity to
employ their capital in sueh q way as to in
crease the prosperity of their locality as
well as of themselves ? How would it do
to start another factory ? ' Every factory
built here adds to onr population and im
portance, our business, and must inevitably
return a solid cent per cent, interest. If
the holders of money drawn from stock sales,
intoxicated with accidental success, make
other speculative ventures they muy find
thumselves not only without their stock hut
without their cash. If they do not have
a care they will join the innumerable cara
van ol “lauibH” and find their wool in the
hands of the shearer. When a man has
suddenly and unexpectedly realized a large
sum in cash the temptation to squander it
at once arises, and ou all-sides tempters ap
proach to relieve him of hiH golden or green
back hoard. Let onr people resist the dan
ger from within and lrom without. Let
them take "the gifts the gods provide” and
reinvest them substantially'. We do not, of
course, presume to dictate what a man
shall do with his money. We simply sug
gest that money is a commodity that is
soon lost unless judiciously administered,
and we should be sorry to see the hard cash
now in the hands of our citizens go, if not
“where the woodbine tvvinetli,” at least
where the slock that produced it has de
parted. Franca paid Germany a colossal
indemnity, but, by wonderful financial
skill, recovered it all. Wo should not
like to see that game practiced npop Au
gusta people. We seriously hope that they
will appreciate the value ot their present
prosperity and put their hank accounts
where they will do the most good for them
selves and their city.
A SOCKDOLOGEU.
The editors speak out and the Senators
dodge and qualify. Of course, Mahone
canuot undertake to tight all the editors.
He seems to huve narrowed his point of at
tack upon Senator Hill, who is uo duellist,
much to his credit. Now, as it has become
the custom to read in the Senate what the
papers say, and as the papers are ordinarily
more interesting than the Congressional
Record, and the Republicans hate to hear
the bold utterance of an unterrified jour
nalist, let Senator Hill iljaw Gen. Mahone’s
attention to the following sockdologer con
tributed to the common fund by Hon. Chas.
A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun:
Our esteemed contemporary, the New York
Times, printed, yesterday, a letter from ono of
its correspondents giving an interesting ac
count of an interview with Gen. L. A. Sheldon,
the second self of Gen. Garfield. Among the
subjects discussed was Senator Mahone, of
Virginia, (‘/understand,” said Gen. Sheldon,
“that he and ilia friends do not want to go back
to Virginia to do battle in tho eomiPg campaign
and have their opponents taunting them with
the remark, ‘ You have gotw over to the Rspub-
Iteau party, and have nothing to show in re
turn.' ” This, then, is Senator Marone’s stand
ard of politioal morality; lie is not only ready
to barter principles for pffipes, but he is not
ashamed of the trade I On the contrary, he
glories in it, and is anxious to make public ex
hibition to his friends of the consideration for
which he sold himself 1 We know that when
the slave auction block used to exist at Rich
mond, the poor slaves, jfhen put up for sale,
took a pride in bringing a high price; but we
never heard before that this leeling extended
to any of the white men of Virginia.
That is talk with the bark ofl'. That
is what the astute and dignified Senatoia
have been hinting at and itching to dt.-
elare. That is what Mr. Hill and all the
Democratic Senators believe in their heart
of hearts. Thai { what they imply, and
that is what Mahone said .categorically. If
the pompous and courteous can
not make up their minds or mouth,s ta utter
these opinions, the next best thing is to
state tuovi by proxy. Perhaps some Sena
tor may adopt iiitup as his own remarks, and
if he is the right ktod m* Senator General
Mahone will not play the butty te !}Tty con
siderable extent, unless indeed tie i
changed his tactics. Now, Mr. Dana evi
dently iumuiu business, and he does not
mince his language. Perhaps it he were a
Senator his style would bo more diplomatic
and more guarded. Perhaps ipti.,
TIIK ABSORBING (RPITIO*,
The Georgia Railway lease is the absorb
ing question. Very little else is thought
about or talked of. Opinions differ. Out
of the mass of contradiction the true status
will be presently revealed. Our local re
ports of the different stages of ilia druma
have been unequalled for the sniounA of,
information furnished, and the very spark
ling and vivid style in which they have
been put. What carping and unjust criti
cism cidU “sensation" was simply the pic
turesque presentation of facts that, once
garbed in rumor or conjecture, now shine
as historic deeds. The reeding public has
appreciated these efforts to Roep tho com
munity abreast with affairs *> they dAyei
oped, and the few who affected to regard
the reports as “sensational” are only the
chronic grumblers, who would object to the
wing of an archangel if it had a feather awry
or was adorned with a blue nhfcon. We do
not speak extravagantly of our ratLacd re
ports, but juMlv. We simply echo the com
mon opinion. It would be strange indeed
if the Chronicle should not hare portrayed
fully and attractively what was passing right
here at home. We take no urndv® credit for
this. We should have deserved eassnre if
the case had been otherwise and the duty
slurred.
Ordinarily, the first fears of such a trafis
action as the Georgia Railway lease are ex
aggerated. Possibly the hopes of optimists
may also be beyond the mark, ip the long
run there is usually a just medium. Noth
ing is half as bad as it seemed. It is much
better thsn it looked. The chances then
are that Augusta will not fare badly by the
recent transaction. We are too considerable
a town to be harmed by the transfer of one
railroad. We are more inclined to think
that we shall jog along pretty much as
usual and. it may be, from other mighty
combinations, we shall have a higher and
more splendid progress. We are the more
impressed with this possibility when reflect
ing upon what President Wadley has de
clared. He is a man after the Yon Molts*
model. He speaks rather by action than by
loquacity. He has the interest of his cor
poration at heart chiefly, as duty bids him,
but also a patriotic pride that would not
permit him to make wgr upon Georgia or
any of her cities. This at least we are dis
CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA.'.GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1881.
posed to believe and this we think is not
only his intention but determination. How
far the exigencies of the futnre mar aug
ment this opinion or modify or destroy- it,
we cannot say. Sufficient for the day is
the question that confronts us practically.
No one knows how long Mr. Wadley will be
.regnant. Wien the writer was at the North,
the Baltimore and Ohio Company was cer
tain that it had secured the Philadelphia
route. It was publicly announced, and ar
rangements were being perfected to change
existing freight and passenger relations.
Almost like what Mr. Grady calls “a
bolt from the blue,” President Rob
erts, of the Pennsylvania Central
descended upon the quarry, wrested
it from the powerful grip of the Garrett
syndicate and bore it away triumphantly
and beyond recapture. The B. &0. R. R.
then had the alternative presented of mak
ing terms, liberal ones, with the victorious
competitor or building an independent line.
It made terms and proceeded to construct a
new route of its own. Now, Mr. Wadley
may not be in the ascendant any longer
than Mr. Garrett was, and, taught by ex
perience, we cannot too often repeat that
“the future of fnturity is mighty onsartin.”
We assume, however, that Mr. Wadley is
master of the situation and will so remain
for some time to come. That being the case,
we must make the best of what we cannot
avoid. We mnst give a fair trial to what we
cannot help. We must try to believe and
fo work in the belief that onr city will not
be harmed, much less demolished, but that,
on the contrary, it will certainly grow in
every way and be all the better for the com
binations that have been made and that
will continue to be made. If the brightest
hopes be realized, the gentlemen who made
the lease will have occasion to feel very
proud of their part of tho work, which, like
tho overflowing Nile, will have enriched all
it covers, If these hopes be deferred or
never consummated, they will probably be
consoled with the reflection that they did
their best, and that angels could do no more.
For our part, we not only hope for the best
bnt will earnestly strive to bring it about,
so far as onr power extends. Most fervent
ly do we wish that unspeakable benefit
shall come of the lease, and nothing will
delight us more than to have occasion to
say to the Directory : “Well done, good and
faithful servants !”
HILL, HAHOJiB AND CAMEROd.
When Senator Hill, in his wonderful
speech, “uncovered” Mahone, he started
one of the most memorable and exciting,
if not far-peTvading, debates known to the
annals of this country. Whatever may have
been thought of Hill’s onslaught at the
time, we take it that very few Democrats,
in the light of subsequent events, have any
fault to find with it at present. That Ma
hone had accidental prominence wat true
enough, but it is safe to say now that fhe
roasting he received was not agreeable and
the exposures it led to have made him sick,
sour and cantankerous. He goes from bad
to worse, and if his conduct and utterance
of last Thursday do not disgust the coun
try nothing will. That the little huckster
hates Mr. Hill with all the venom of his
narrow nature can not be doubted. If any
doubt remained, his return to the charge
the other day would dispel it. Gen. Mahone
has, on two occasions, used language in the
Senate that would imply his adherence to
the duelling code and his anxiety to try
issues with Senators at ten paces, pis
tol in • hand. He knew well enough
that neither Mr. Voobhees nor Mr.
Hill would accommodate him in any
such barbarous fashion, and we commend
these Senators for disdaining him and his
message, the more so as it was nothing but
wind and braggadocio. If Mr. Mahone were
really in earnest, he would assail some Sen
ator who has no objection to take a crack
“under the oaks.” His scrupulous failure
to do this would seem to imply that nothing
is farther from his thoughts than the mode
of settlement his language warrants. In
the special report of the Courier--Journal we
read as follows:
As Hill began to speak the noise ceased as
by magic. Folding his arms across his breast,
and, facing the Virginian, ho said: “I have too
much rospect for the Senate and myself to
bandy epithets here. I never sought to pro
voke the Senator. I would not insult him; he
could not insult me. He is powerless to insult
anybody.”
“What do you mean by that?” exclaimed
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, jumping
angrily to his feet.
“I was not speaking to you, sir,” exclaimed
Mr. Hill, waving his hand in Mr. Cameron’s
direction. “My answer is on record, and if any
one assumes to think he can play the bully
here, he has made a mistake.” Mr. Hill sat
down. Senator Cameron had previously re
sumed his seat, and Mr. Mahone did not stir.
The scene had ended. The curtain dropped,
and the Senate soon adjourned. To-night the
customary talk of “wounded honali,” a duel,
etc., is going the rounds, but Mr. Hill is hard
ly the sort of person to engage in mortal combat.
From all.accounts, Mr. Hill not only be
haved like a gentleman, but he fairly
flattened out little Mahone and that poor
caricature of a Senator from Pennsylvania,
who is charitably supposed to have been*
too drunk to know what he was about.
Don Cameron is the son of a famous father.
But for that father and his money, and the
wealth from his first wife’s estate, Don
Cameron would never have been heard of
as a political marplot or United States Sena
or. He is one of those accidental mon
strosities that illustrate how God “hath
raised up the foolish things of this world to
confound the wise." The elder Cameron
has forced this son of his into a prominence
that makes him ridiculous. He can not
rise in his seat in the Senate to make the
fewest remarks without reading, in a con
fused schoolboy fashion, some words proba
bly prepared for him by the old Secretary
of the family. Pennsylvanians who go to
Washington are ashamed of him and he is
evidently ashamed of himself when dignity
is most demanded. His reputation as a
trickster and log-roller is considerable; but
there are vulgar and illiterate ward-bummers
in New York or Philadelphia who, with his
paternity and fortune, would beat hjin out
of sight. He has a certain sort of populari
ty with some of the Senators, largely, it
is said, because he plys them with unlimi
ted champagne and places at their disposal
Jjis luxurious railroad palace car. If there
ays any other reasons they are not upon the
surface and are lively jo remain concealed.
We are bound to say ordinary occa
sions, Mr. Cameron behaves like a gentle
man. He has a gentle outward bearing,
lately he has been far from well in health,
and it fcf his diHgtacefnl behavior, as
the uncalled for backet of Malone s bully
ing caper, arose from physical disturbance
plus too much of the sparkling hut mis
chievous wine of France. At any rate, Mr.
fJjLL, with a few crisp sentences and a wave
of bfs srig, cut both bullies down, and left
them wreihfii/ but speechless. In that en
cosuter h,e had all iifp credit, and if any
thing were needed to disgust s<? .country it
was Mahone’s last appearance, suppfement
ed by Don Cameron’s mock heroic attitude.
The senior Senator from Pennsylvania is
nqt yet fiftv years of age and looks younger
than his year?, go J 5 8 * Bll > slender man,
with reddish dark ijrowif hair brushed
neatly away from a narrow, low forehead, j
His nose and chin are prominent and ex
hibit stubbornness. He was intended foran
overseer, and his father has licked him and
kicked him into political preferment. That
such a man should have such prominence
U>d power, even by proxy, is paradoxical
enough : but he is held up by the neck, so
to speak. Wien old Simon’s relentless grip,
just as the Chandler was
represented as grasping the foil of the Re
publican elephant. We dare say poor Don
Cameron -poor in spite of wealth and po
aßteS. has been stung by the sharp pens
of the newp*ti£* rjen, in and out of Wash
ington, who have pictured as he really
is and not as fancy painted hin. We rather ,
think, too, that as Ben Hill uncovered Ma
hone in the beginning, he has, almost with
out expecting it, succeeded*in “uncovering
Don CAfcxsoN. It has been suspected and
charged that Cos Cameron was the in-
I trigaer who settled .and banned with Ma
sons, through Gbobge Gobs.u(, £££ *
would 6*ej£ now to be beyond dispute t at
when Senator Hp* punctured • Mahone, for
the second time, his weapon w&ut throng
the meaner part of the State of Virginia and
( reached the vitals of the machine half of
Pennsylvania. So, Mr. Don Camebon has
“uncovered” fcimself, and “pigs in the same
bed” with Mahgjts. Senator Hnx has
drawn the gaze of the world upon this lovely
conjunction, and if the BepuWieefts of the
Senate continue their dead-lock after this,
they can hardly hope to meet the approval
of the country, to speak of their own
sense of decency, to say APthwg of con
science.
Wk judge from what Senator Bbowx said
on Thursday, that when the Democrats get
into power they will see that colored men
have a share of patronage. This was
an awful dig at Preside*! Gakfield.
THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.
RENEWING THE SEC HONAL FIGHT
ON HISTORIC FIELDS.
Will (he Senate Adjourn to the Party
right In Virginia—National States
men Enlisting for the State Campaign
—The Days ot '6l Recalled—What the
FrisMcat Say*.
[ Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist]
Washington, April 15.—The Senßte has
not been in session to-day, and it may be
said that all is “Quiet Along the Potomac
To-night.” There seems to be on both
sides a well defined determination
to pair ofl' and go home. An incident
happened the other day which has con
tributed to this feeling and may
contribute to its falftHwent •in •
remarkable way. It happened this wise :
In the coarse of the debate, Senator Beck,
of Kentucky, proposed that Senator Dawes,
tiie leader, should pair with himself, and
that all the Senators should pair until Sep
tember, and that they should take the
stamp in Virginia, and discuss upon the
hustings the issues over which they are now
wrangling in the Senate. Numerous ques
tions from Republican Senators, the pur
pose of which was to ascertain whether the
suggestion of Beck was the Democratic pro
gramme, failed to elicit any satisfactory re
ply. It has since been ascertained that there
has been some talk among Senators of ab
senting themselves and pairing down to a
quorum, aud to leave the Senate in that
condition during the Summer, and it has
been thought probable that this declaration
of Senator Beck was intended as a feeler to
ascertain how such a programme would be
received by the public. This shifting of
the campaign from the Senate arena
To tbe Fields of Virginia
Is a little remarkable one in the light of
history. In another debate, of a recent
date, the discussion turning to the present
attitude of the parties in the Senate, Mr.
Harris reminded Mr. Dawes that the Re
publicans did not possess a quorum with
out the aid of Democratic votes.
“Does the Senator intend to secede, as
Senators on his side did twenty years ago?”
asked Mr. Dawes, and then continued to
compare the attitude of the Democrats to
day with that of the Southern Democrats in
1861. This comparison of present Demo
cratic position with the attitude of seces
sionists in 1861 was ill-timed and dema
gogical ; but the simile will be complete
should parties now adjourn and settle the
issues from the hustings, as in 1861 it was
done by the sword on the memorable and
historic fields of Virginia. It is a question,
too, of serious consideration whether
Richmond, Winchester aud Fredericksburg
shall again becomo the battle-ground of na
tional issues and the Beat of war between
contending hosts. Whether the Democrats
consent to finishing the business of the ex
tra session and adjourning or not, it is
known to be the purpose of a number of
them jto take part in the Virginia cam
paign. It is said that Beck, Ben. Hill and
Vest have all announced that they intend to
do so. The opposition in Virginia have
been advised of this, and their leaders are
preparing records of these Sonators, which
are of such a character that they could
hardly be reproduced in the Senate without
violating the traditional courties of that
body. The Readjusters, however, will meet
them upon their own ground, and the cam
paign in Virginia promises to be the most
interesting and exciting of any held in that
State since the war. *
There is no longer any doubt as to the po
sition of the Administration upon this sub
ject. The President has within a few days
urged upon the Virginia Republicans to
unite in this movement, and to
Heartily Co-Operate in the Scheme
To hasten the destruction of Bourbonism
in the South. The President, although
anxious for some executive sessions, in or
der that the Administration may be better
equipped, is iu entire harmony with the Re
publican Senators in the attitude they have
taken. He pretends to see in the Sonth tho
promise that there may bo the beginning of
the end of Southern solidity. To a Virginia
Republican recently who called upon him,
and who was supposed not to be disposed
to co-operate with Mahone for various rea
sons, the President made an earnest appeal
that he should support the first movement
which really seemed to promise to help
break up the'solid South. There is some
reluctance on the part of a small number
of the white Republicans in Virginia to en
ter into this aati-Bourbon movement, as
some of them have hitherto joined with the
Bourbons in opposition to Mahone. If this
programme is carried out this" Summer,
sectionalism will once more flash fire in the
Valley of Virginia.
Advance of Forty Per Ceut.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Cincinnati, 0., April 15.—At a meeting
here yesterday of freight agents represent
ing the connections of the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad, it was agreed to re
establish the old rates to Charleston and
other seaports in the Southeast, which
amounts to an increase of about forty per
cent.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S METHODS.
How the Cabinet Was Foi mill—Early
Outlining of a Policy.
Cleveland, 0., April 13.—1 t was a gen
eral impression about inauguration time
that President Garfield went to Washington
not at all decided as to his Cabinet. Presi
dent Hinsdale, of Hiram College, settles
that story and does full j ustice to the Presi
dent, in’ the course of an interview this
evening.
He says : “The somewhat general im
pression that President Garfield changed
his Cabinet several times during the last
few hours preceding the inauguration is all
a mistake. He made only a single change,
and that camo about by the resignation of a
member after he had formally accepted. I
know what I am saying, aud am indulging
in uo mere guess work.
At the time, Morton had been tendered
the Secretaryship of the Navy and had ac
cepted, but after the arrival of Gen. Gar
field at Washington, he was persuaded to
resign, at the instigation, as I believe, of
Senator Conkling, and asked for a foreign
appointment. It made it necessary for
some other New Y’ork man to be appointed
in his place, and so James was selected for
Postmaster-General, and Hunt was put into
the vacancy made by Morton’s retirement.
That is ail the change there was about it.”
“What do you think of Gen. Garfield’s
firmness in regard to the shape things have
got into in fhe Senate ?”
“I think people will find he knows what
he wants to do and howto doit. His policy
was carefully defined long before he went
to Washington, and he has not departed
from it any as I can see, and I don’t believe
he will do so, unless there is some urgent
necessity greater than I have been able to
see thus far.”
TIIE COMING COI'TON CROP.
Biadstreet's Estimate as to the Coming
Crop—He Places It Beyond Six Million
Bale*.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New York, April 15.. — Bradstreets will
publish to-morrow a summary of the cotton
situation, with regard both to the old and
new crop, down to the close of March, Port
reports and overland movements for both
was 5,481,345, against 4,956,194 for the
Ban)e tiipe last year—an excess of 522,151;
estimating tjie receipts for the season the
same as last year, gives q total yield for the
crop of 1881 of 6.283,403 bales. 4 9 Y et
there are no indications of any sudden fall
ing off in receipts. The stock at interior
towns is no less i han a year ago. Port re
ceipts for ti}e first twelve days in April
have beep sixty-e)gjit thousand bales
ipoio than fot the saw a tjme last year.
Estimating the probable increase of re
ceipts during the remainder of the year,
the total yield is placed at 6,422,000 bales.
The opinion is expressed that the present
enormous consumption of cotton by mills
will still further increase. Regarding the
outlook for the coming crop, reports say
that planting is about 15 days later than
last year. In some regions operations are
fully a month late. Fertilizers will be used
more than heretofore, notably so in the
Carolines and Georgia. Prasent indications
are that the cotton; acreage, as compared
with last year, will show some increase in
ths Carolina®, Georgia, Florida and Texas,
while tiiefe will pfojtfttbly be no change in
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennes r
see ana Arkansas.
TBE WHEAT CROP.
Increase In tbe Crop—The Live Stoslc Mar
ket.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, April 15. Reports of April
Ist, received at the Department of Agricul
ture, show an increase of nearly four per
£snf. in the area sown in Winter wheat.
franaaa „nd Missouri show the largest in
crease. Onto kud lilinojs show but a slight
increase, and New Y'ork and Pennsylvania
remain the same as last year. Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia each re
port some decrease, owing to the prevalence
of snow at the date of the returns. The
condition of the crop ■gas not given in large
portions of the principal wheat growing
States, but wherever it was stated to be be
low the average of last year. Alternate
freezing and thawing during the month of
March was the most detrimental of any
weather during the Winter. .
The live stock of the country, notwith
standing the scarcity of food and provender,
caused by a long and severe Winter, has
come oat in fer health, though reported
very low in flesh. Ho saliguant nor pre
vailing disease is reported efoir ssy -arge
extent of the country. Local disorders of
the lungs and stomach are often mentioned.
Great losses irom cold a ?f.. e^Sf| t are
reported from theptefog t£ e lar Weßt -
Retirement of Dr, BoM>n.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Louisville, April 15.—At a , “Sregbyte
the Louisville Presbytery of . the £ re
rian Church South, this morning, Dr. 8 dart
Robinson resigned his *ws*ti?j? 88 P? 3 .
the Second Presbyterian Ohiyrete &
wakeitimpoesiMe
W i. the no*
is ter in Louisville—perhaps the most Prom
inent minister in the Presbyterian Chnrch
South,
THE REFUNDING PLAN.
Opinion!* in This City—General Approval
of .Hr. Winttom'a Polii>|-Suu nirnli of
Senator ~iipp~niw n a Number of
Bank Preipenb.
I*# f 4
N*w Yoke, April 14 Senatof SMrma#
arrived 4 tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel, TUsdaji
Testerd|| hq was the g*est uf Caffiectel
Meritt, at tbe Custom House. TO a reporter
of the Tribune he said: “I heartily approve
of the plan for refunding as announced by
Secretary Windom, believing it to be th>
very best thing to be done under the cir
cumstances. Ido not care to discuss it in
detail, or to say anything about the dead
lock.”
John Thompson, Vice-President of the
Chase National Bank, said. Tuesday, in refer
ence to Mr. (Vjhdom’s plan: “I think tho {(all
ey of Secretary Windom will meet with the
genera] approval of financial men throughout
to* eoumtrv. tSbe forty-live Biilliwr dollars
deposited by the National Banks, about
fifty million dollars held by the savings
banks and about fifty million dollars more
held as trust funds, making in all, as re
ported, about one hundred and fifty miti
lion dollars pf these sixes, will, I believe,
be exchanged for the registered bonds at
three and oke-half per cent. I estimate
that payment of at least one hundred and
seventy million dollars sixes will be defer
red under this arrangement. The scheme
will 'vork smoothly so far as the money
market is concerned, and the Secretary will
have no difficulty in carrying it out. After
May 10, when this arrangement ends, Mr.
Windom will be at liberty to do the same
with the five per cents., and I have no
doubt with similar success. The saving to
the Treasury by this plan will be, in rny
estimation, at the rate of two and one-half
per cent, a year on one hundred and sixty
million dollars or one hundred and seventy
million dollars, and a saving of one and
one-half per ceut. a year ou the five per
cents, to the extent of three hundred and
fifty million dollars."
George F. Baker,. President of the First
National Bank, said: “It is a little early yet
to determine how well Mr. Window's
scheme will succeed. I believe that the
large holders of the six per cents of 1881
will pretty generally accept a 3f£ per cent,
registered bond in exchange. Most of the
largo holders will be apt to, for the reason
that money will probably be easy, and when
called upon to take the money for a ',1)4 P er
cent, bond, in exchange for their sixes, they
will probably accept the proposed exten
sion.”
B. B. Sherman, President of the Mechan
ics’ National Bank, expressed himself in a
similar way. He added: “1 think Mr.
Windom’s policy is wise. It gives him a
chance also to take care of the lives. The
banks and other holders of the sixes will all
take the 3)4 per cents in exchange, which
will leave the remainder of the Secretary’s
resources to take care of the fives.”
GEORGIA NEWS.
Albany needs a bank badly.
The mumps have deserted Sparta.
Dr. Henry Hull, of Athens, conliuues ill.
Mr. Thomas J. Fortune, of Elberton, is
dead.
Forsyth is unfortunate over her fires. The
last one was very destructive.
Mr. John G. Jordan, a prominent citizen
in Washington county, is dead.
The execution of Henry Hill will take
place at Hartwell, on the 22d, and will be
public.
Mrs. Richardson, tho oldest resident of
Schley county, died last week, aged ninety
four years.
Mumps and measles and public examina
tions are about to finish the school children
in Murray county.
Mr. John 0. Hart, who has been sick with
a severe attack of pneumonia, at Union
Point, is convalescent.
The Washington Gazette says: “We are
glad to see Mr. Gabriel Toombs out again,
after a severe illness.”
A little boy, Chas. Fontaine, in Colum
bus, had his skull fractured by a compan
ion, with a base ball bat, Wednesday even
ing.
There is a negro man in the northern part
of Hancock county, weighing about two
hundred pounds, whose head is no larger
than an ordinary infant’s.
The Macon Telegraph says: “A telegram
was received in this city by Mr. It. H. Plant,
annonneing the death, in Tallahassee. Flor
ida, of Capt. George Houston. The deceas
ed was abrother-in-law of Mrs. I. C. Plant.”
The Athens Runner says: “Over seventy'
new residences have been built since the
assessment of 1880. A few of these are
fine; some twelve or fifteen may be called
elegant, for Athens, and almost all of them
befpeak permanency—that is, they look like
they are intended for the life-time homes
of their owners.”
Says the Elberton Gazette: “On Saturday
night last the store belonging to and kept
by Mr. Anderson was discovered to be on
fire, and though tbe most strenuous efforts
w r ere made to suppress the flames, the fire
became uncontrollable, and not only de
stroyed the building and its contents, but
the dwelling and outhouses of Dr. Walton
were destroyed, except the stable.”
ttallraail Notes.
Norman Webb, formerly Superintendent,
is Master of Transportation of the Selma
Road.
The Sparta Ishmaelite says: “The Cincin
nati Southern is not effectually bottled up.
It is not an unusual thing to see its cars at
our depot.”
It is stated that one of the early results of
the triple alliance will be a fast mail from
Charleston to Montgomery via Augusta, Ma
con and Columbus.
Two schooners, loaded with 875 tons of
steel rails for the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad, are now at sea. There are 625 tons
more being loaded at New-York.
The railroad employes in the passenger
department of the Nashville system of rail
roads were about to don Spring uniforms
Tuesday, but changed their minds yesterday
when the blizzard struck them.
The management of tbe Ohio and Missis
sippi Railroad have decided to mak" addi
tional improvements in the road bed of the
Westrrn division. The entire line is now
laid with steel. The Western division is to
be put in as good condition as the Eeastern
—more ballasting with gravol, putting in
new cross-ties, rebuilding trestles, etc.
The following shows the receipts and ex
penses of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis Railway for the month of March,
1881 :
Gross receipts : $207,710 07
Operating expenses 114,281 64
Surplus over op’ng expenses. $93,428 43
The earnings of the Louisville and Nash
ville for the three months ending March
31, amounts to $2,562,150. For the month
of March they were $941,700, as against
$0i2,503 last March. The Iron Mountain
shows a large increase for the same period,
while the Northwestern roads show a de
crease, Chicago and Alton showing a falling
off of $115,058, and Chicago and Northwest
a decrease of $199,363.
Says the Columbus Enquirer: “The pro
posed ohange of tho Western Railroad branch
from this city toOpelika, to the Central Rail
road, is the topic of conversation among the
railroad men. The arrival of the apprais
ers, Messrs. L P. Grant and Virgil Powers,
in the city on Tuesday, fanned the spark of
curoisity into a flame, and all wanted to
know what they had done, which of the
roads was to pay a difference and how much ?.
These and similar questions were asked, but
no answer could be given. The appraisers,
no doubt, are now engaged on the West
Point branch, and will doubtless be ready
to report in a few days. Some are of the
opinion that Co}. Wadley will be in the city
in a week, when no doubt this branch will
change hands.”
fruit and farm notes.
’ [Crawfordville Democrat .]
The peach crop is counted out for this
year.
[Cythbert Enterprise .l
We still think Randolph will average a
third of a crop of peaches.
[Dalton Citizen. J
If this cotton mania continues as it has
commenced our people will have to eat
sotton seed that’s all.
[Tiberton Qazefte. j
It appears lrom reports that there are
peaches left in spots. Hay is being ship
ped to Elberton by tho car load.
[Forsyth Advertiser.)
We think the fruit crop is totally killed,
especially the peach crop. The freeze on
the second day of April did the work.
f McDuffie Journal. 1
Immense quantities of corn, bacon, hay
and guano are being hauled from this place
by farmers. Look out for trouble next Fall.
[Elberton Gazelle.)
Many of those who bedde4 their syeet
.pofatbes at the psual time found them
rotted in tiqa ground- This made seed
potatoes scarce.
[Sparta Ishmaelite .]
Parties that ought to know say that we
were mistaken in saying that the young
peaches were all killed. We shall be glad
to find out that we were.
[McDuffie Journal .J
We have made diligent inquiries concern
ing the condition of the fruit crop in this
country, and find that, while much has
been killed, a good deal yet remains.
[Greenesboro Journal .]
We hear of a farmer in the neighborhood
who expects td plant sixty acres in corn
and no cotton, and who run his first fhrrow
last Monday. But he says he will get aH
his crop planted in time.
[GretnviUi (S. G.J AeifS-j
A gentleman who is thoroughly informed
on the subject stated yesterday that the
peach crop in this section will be very
short. Apples, pears and cherries, how
ever, he thinks, will be abundant.
[Dalton (htizen.)
The peaches in all the valleys in this por
tion of the State, so far as we have heard,
were killed in the bud—all those on the
high points and mountains are o. k., and if
we hare no more cold, frosty weather we
can safely count on having a few peaches
this year.
[Oglethorpe Echo . J....
Our farmers are very backward with their
crops. 4- small area of land has been pre
pared for cotton, ad but jitt}®
planted. Farmers nave but little tinfo t°
prepare land, and most crops will be hur
riedly scratched in. The outlook for a good
Csrn and cotton crop is not very bright.
[Qakihorpe Echo.]
An examination of the peach trees show
that about cue bloom in fifty is nmiHUred,
but we doubt if evefi ttAewik ripen, tut
wither and drop off. Apples, and
sour cherries are untouched. Fig bushes
were killed last Winter, bnt will sprout
from the roots again if they are sawed efl
now near the ground.
" BANK CLOSED."
PAYMENT OF C(UXKS OF TIIK AT
LANTA BAtpt SWKNI'ED.
BrUe hKw" Ufo lire Clilzure*’ IfompeU It
la Clo* liudhnt and .Uafce asj A**ign
tn. nl—The Ilsturr at tie TroWble— I The
Depositors. K)> . Elc.
[At%>ta Constitution.]
At about half-past ten o’clock the city was
astonished by the announcement that the
Citizens’ Bank had suspended payment.
At ten minutes to eleven a notice was
posted on the door of the bank announcing
that an assignment of its effects had been
made to Messrs. W. S. Thompson, of the
firm of Candler It Thompson, and Mr. L. J
Hill, Cashier of the Gate City National
Bank. With this the doors were formalff
closed, and the business of the bank was
stopped.
The Cause of the Trouble.
The.immediate cause of the “run” on the
bank was, as we are informed, that its ex
change checks were thrown out by the Mer
cantile Bank, its New York correspondent,
on day before yesterday.
The first intimation that came of this ac
tion on the part of the Mercantile Bank whs
a telegram received at about nine o’clock on
Tuesday night by Mr. Irwin Bird, who had
sent on s:l2, exchange purchased from the
Citizens’ Bank. He at once sent the dis
patch out to Mr. Patterson’s house, and
thus gave him the first knowledge he had
of the course of his New York correspon
dent. Some other dispatches were received
and from this there was alarm among those
who knew it.
Mr. Leonard, the teller, stood at his post
and paid the checks as they came in, until
lie had reduced his cash to atarat $1,500.
He then had a short rest, when the draw
ing commenced again. From this point he
paid until, we believe, there was less than
SSO in tho bank. A cheek for SBOO being
presented, he was then forced to allow it to
be dishonored, and he retired from his
desk, with as heavy a heart, perhaps, as
ever bent in a lium ui breast.
The germinal causes of the trouble are
manifold and hard to get at--but the follow
ing are the points as we get them: In the
first place, the bank has been handicap
ped for a long time with heavy accounts
on which it could not realize and for which
it has had to take property instead of cash.
One of these is the Atlanta Rolling Mill,
which, while prosperous under its present
management, was unfortunate before its re
organization. The bank had been obliged
to take a quantity of the bonds of the old
Rolling Mill Company, and could not real
ize on them promptly. The new Rolling
Mill Company is highly prosperous, and
owes the bank nothing. These and other
old matters which the bank had been car
rying, crippled it to a certain extent. Ad
ded to this, Mr. Speer, the State Treasurer,
has steadily reduced the desposits of the
State in the bank, from about $170,000 to
about SIOO,OOO. This reduction has been
made since the Ist oi January, and it has of
course kept the bank pressed to meet the
State’s checks. The recent failure of the
cotton factory locked up for the bank about
SIO,OOO. All these facts, besides shorten
ing the bank’s resources, had gone to its
New Y’ork correspondent, with which it had
had relations for but a week or two, and on
Tuesday the Mercantile Bank threw out its
checks, holding the cash on hand to meet
the liabilities that the Citizens’ had created
with it since its connection. At a subse
quent meeting of the Board of Directors
the following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, Owing to the continued with
drawal of deposits from this bank, and also
to the large amount of bad debts incurred
by it during tho previous administrations,
which had to be settled by taking property,
not cash, which property could not be used
as a banking capital, and whereas, also,
owing to the recent failure of the Atlanta
Cotton Factory Company to meet its obli
gations to the’ hank, this bank is unable
longer to do businass and to meet its lia
bilities.
Tile Assignees anil What. They Say.
Messrs. Thompson and Hill wero both
notified of their selection as assignees and
both accepted the trust. Jt is the universal
opinion that better men could not have been
chosen for the assigneeshipß.
In a conversation with Mr. L. S. Hill he
said: “I am of course unable to say a word
as to tho status of things in the bank. We
have appointed Mr. Patterson and Mr.
Leonard to take charge of the business un
der our direction, and to prepare a state
ment of the exact condition of things.
They will go to work onUbis statement to
morrow. It may be two weeks before they
have it ready, and until then we can say
nothing to the public as to the liabilities
and assets, simply because we know noth
ing. Of course we shall do the best thaf
can be done with the assets, and make them
yield all that is possible to the creditors.”
Messrs. Patterson and Leonard will get
at their work this morning, and will make
a statement as soon as possible.
Tile Assets and Liabilities,
It is, as is before stated, impossible to
even guess ot the amount of the liabilities
or the assets as yet. The officers of the bank
think that the deposits amounted to some
thing between $240,000 and $300,000. Of
this amount there is aboutsl7o,ooo known
to be due to the State, the city and large
corporations - leaving the loss to individual
stockholders about SIOO,OOO to $130,000.
A careful survey of the known individual
losses, show up none that will cause a sus
pension of business or trouble in trade cir
cles, and we apprehend that there will be
none.
The Account of the State.
The account of the State with the Citi
zens’ Bank has been large, and the balance
in the bank at the time of the suspension
was $103,000.
The State holds that it has a first lien on
the assets of the bank, but some of the
other creditors may contest this claim. In
the case of the Bank of Rome the State
stepped in for the first assets. The other
creditors employed counsel aud fought the
right of the State to a preferred creditor
ship. After elaborate argument. Judge
Underwood docided that the State had a
prior claim. Judge Underwood is quoted
as saying that his own opinion was that the
State had no such right, but that after look
ing into the decisions of Ihe Supreme Court
on the subject he became satisfied that the
law had settled the case and that the State’s
right was indisputable. This seems to be
the drift of legal opinion in the city. If
this is settled the State will get its $103,-
000 before any other creditor gets a dollar.
The bond of $50,000 that the State has
taken to secure its deposits, -in conformity
with law, is signed as follows—the figures
opposite the names being the amount of
taxable property reported to the Comptrol
ler:
B. B. Crew $17,915
W. H. Patterson 10,925
V. R. Tommey unknown
Peri no Brown 6,800
H. 0. Leonard 3,400
L. C. Jones 8,625
It is said that Mr. Tommey is worth the
amount of the bond himself, and there is
no question that the bond is good. If tbe
State’s priority of claim is settled, the
money due the State can certainly bo col
lected from the assets of the bank, without
recourse on the bondsmen.
The City’s Account.
The city’s officers have $17,000 in the
closed bank. There is $ 11,000 on account
of the Treasurer and $6,000 on account of
the clerk.
Treasurer Speer’s Statement,
Treasurer Speer said, when asked what
the State’s relations with the bank were :
“In my dealings with the bank I have
always found them accurate, prompt and
business-like, and my relations have been
kind and pleasant.”
“You have reduced the State’s balance
with them very heavily?”
“Yes. When I went into oftjee the Citi
zens’ had $334,000 of the total $600,000
of the money then in the Treasury. It had
this money legitimately and I make no
point on that. But as there were eleven
depositories designated by law I thought
it best to equalize the deposits somewhat,
and not leave over half of the entire
amount in ono bank. Rut I did not draw
out a cent of the money, except as the
State needed it, and only for the usi? of
the State. I have reduced the balance held
by the bank about $230,000 since I took
hold. But I have not drawn a cheek since
the 6th of April, when I gave a check for
$Bl5, and have only drawn out about fifteen
thousand dollars since the Ist of April. At
the time the bauk closed it had about $25,-
000 more of the State’s money than any
other bank in the State.”
Mr. Speer expresses no opinion 9s to
what course the State will pursue.
The following ate the leading stockhold
ers:
Wm. H. Patterson, 349 U shares; Thomas
A. Scott, of Pennsylvania, 125 shares; Jacob
Seaver, of Boston, 125 shares; Perino
Brown, 100 shares.
There are 1,600 shares of stock, about
I, of which are owned by Atlanta men.
Among the stockholders not noted above,
are the following: B. B. Crew, L. C. Jones,
H. C. Leonard, Colli mbus Delano, First
National Bank of Hartford, C. M. McGhee
of Knoxville; Joseph E. Brown, W. C. Mor
rill, John Delano, W. D. Grant, A. R. Law,
ton, A. F. Moreland, William Kidd, Mike
Lynch, J. M. Veach, John Stephens, and B.
W. Frobel. '
A Later Opinion.
In an interview with a gentleman late
last nigiit we learned the following:
“lam pretty well acquainted with the af
fairs of the bank, and I believe that it will
pay dollar for dollar to the creditors and
have a surplus, if it is managed carefully
and with economy.”
The State Road had about SIB,OOO in the
bank when it suspended.
The rolling mill will pay off its roll next
pay day, just as it would if there was no
bank in Atlanta. It is prosperous and owes
the bank nothing and loses nothing by it.
Mr. Patterson says that ever since the
decision of Judge Underwood to the effect
that the State had a prior lien on any ban k
in which it deposited, he has noticed his
depositors quietly withdrawing their money.
That decision seemed to make them uneasy,
though there was no reason why it should.
• Society orctncinn*t{.
(By Telegraph to the Chroniole.)
Chablestos, S. C., April 15. —The trien
nial session of the Society of Cincinnati
closed last night. The following officers
were electad to serve for the ensuing term:
President-General, Hon. Hamilton Fish, of
New Y’ork; Vice-President-General, William
A. Irvine, of Pennsylvania; Secjetary-ttea
e>al; fl. W. Harris, of Pennsylvania; ‘4s
- R. I. Manning, of
Maryland; Treasurer-General, John Schuy
ler, of New York; Assistant-Treasurer-Gen
eral, Herman Burgen, of New Jersey.
SPARTANBI'KU AND AfUISTA.
Rich Kcaonrcci of Section* Traversed By
ThU Sew Une-ldvimtacea of Connec.
lions To He Secured.
[Spartanburg Herald.']
WemakeCie following extract frofli the
rfport of Cajt. S. 8. Kirkland, Engineer on
the recent BBrvey of the Greenwood Lau
rens and Spartanburg Railroad, made at
tlife meeting of the friends of this new
road held at Spartanburg, on the 4th inst. :
“In conclusion, 1 would take advantage
of the opportunity to make a few remarks
in regard to the general route from Spartan
burg via Laurens to Augusta. During my
experience as engineer and my travels
through many of the Southern States, I
think I have a pretty fair knowledge of
their resources and advantages. I have
seen no country which surpasses, and I
may candidly say, hardly that equals."
the section through which this road must
pass from Spartanburg to Augusta, no mat
ter what route may be decided upon. Its
agricultural, mining, and manufacturing
resources are unsurpassed, passing, as it.
does, through the finest agricultural sec
tions of Spartanburg, Laurens, Abbeville
and Edgefield, and opening up and making
available the manufacturing sites along the
Enoree and Tygers. a number of which
are said to be the finest in the
land, as well as the mining district
around Dorn's mine, which lias here
tofore yielded such splendid results. This
section of such rich and varied resources,
already occupied by an intelligent, culti
vated and hospitable people, only needs a
road of the kind proposed to give it that
impetus which is now so successfully de
veloping the oonntry along the Air Line,
with which your road must oonnect at Spar
tanburg. No one can predict the beneficial
results to be realized not only by Spartan
burg, but by Laurens and the whole coun
try along the entire route. The connections
with other railroad routes (taken in connec
tion with the rich country through which it
must pass) offers the greatest possible in
ducements to men of enterprise and capi
tal. At Spartanburg it will connect with
the Air Line,’ and all of its connections
leading to the seaports along the Atlantic,
from Wilmington to New York, as well as
its Western connections via Atlanta, and
will also connect with the Spartanburg and
Asheville Railroad and its connections,
which not only open up the beautiful and
productive mountain sections of North
and South Carolina, but secures the long
desired and soon to be realized connection
with the great provision -markets of the
West, which will bring untold benefits to
the entire section of the country through
which this road will pass. At the other
end of the line you will have the Augusta
and Greenwood Road at Greenwood, thus
opening up the connections with Augusta,
Port Royal and Savannah.
The Augusta and Knoxville Road, from
Augusta to Greenwood, is being pushed for
ward vigorously by its very efficient and
energetic President, Col. E. F. Verdery,
and within the next ten or twelvo months
trains will be running between Augusta and
Greenwood.
There are other Western lines in contem
plation. A corps of engineers is now in the
field making a survey from a point on the
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad via
Cranbury Iron Works, Marion, and Ruther
ford, N. C., in the direction of Spartan
burg.
When wo contemplate the rapidity with
which the material resources of upper
South Carolina are being developed, where
the influences of railroads are being felt
and when we look around to see how many
and how great are tlife resources to be de
veloped, we are greatly encouraged to be
lieve that, with anything like proper energy
and enterprise on the part of the people of
Laurens, Spartanburg and other points
along the line, the expectations of even the
most sanguine must soon be realized, both
for Spartanburg and the whole country
through which the proposed road inußt
pass. So far as Spartanburg is concerned,
if she reaps the full benefit of her present
facilities, and wishes to improve the ad
vantages of her very remarkably fortunate
position, she should be fully alivej to the
importance of this enterprise.
The estimates submitted show a compara
tively cheap line, much cheaper, I must
confess, than I thought at first we would
find it to be. In this particular lam sure
you should be greatly encouraged. Re
spectfully submitted,
8. S. KiuKtiAND, Engineer.
RESULT DIP SCHOOL BOVS’ TAUNTS.
Mr. Buck, nf Dallas, Texas, Who Shot
Mr. Thompson, Jr., Honorably Ac
quitted—Congratulated by the Jury*
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Nkw York, April 13.—The trial of Beau
mont B. Buck, a cadet at West Point, from
Texas, charged with shooting John G.
Thompson, Jr., of Ohio, at Highland Falls,
in June last, has been in progress here to
day, before Justice Cullin, of the Supreme
Court. Much interest is manifested. The
Court room wsh crowded,'many ladies being
present. The witnesses included a number
of West Point cadets, formerly students at
Col. Hnhes’ Academy, where the shooting
occurred. The surgeon who] attended Mr.
Thompson and Col. Hughes, prove! the
(facts of the shooting, as already known.
The defence claimed that Buck had been
subjected to all sorts of indignities and in
sults from the moment ot liis arrival at the
school, Thompson, being the leading spirit.
Buck was gentle, civil and inoffensive, and
sought to avoid any trouble ; that he had
left school and had gone to board at a pri
vate house to get out of the way of his tor
mentors, and that indignities were pushed
to such an extent aB to become unbearable,
and caused Buck to be seriously appre
hensive for his personal safety. The de
fense claimed and Buck testified that
Thompson was the aggressor on the morn
ing of the shooting, and was actually
menacing at the time of the affray. The
counsel for the defense presented testi
monials of good character in favor of Buck
from clergymen, teachers and others,
residents of Dallas county, Texas.
The case was summed up for the defense
this afternoon by Chas. N. Winfield, of New
York, and for the prosecution this evening
by ex-Judge Stephen W. Gullerton, of New
York. The jury retired at 8:40. They re
turned to the Court room, atfor being out
an hour and ten minutes, and returned a
verdict of acquittal. The announcement
was received with loud applause and cheers,
and on the adjournment of the Court Buck
received many congratulations, including
those of the jury and the ladies, one of the
latter affectionately embraced the Texan.
Bnck at once telegraphed to his father at
Hillsboro, Texas.
HATTIE DEUEL.
Death From Starvation of the Girl Who
Abstained From Fowl Dn Religions
Grounds.
lowa City, April 11.—About half past
twelve to-day, Miss Hattie Deuel, whose re
markable fast has already made her famous,
died. Last night friends and relatives were
at her bedside, momentarily expecting her
death. Her pulse this morning was imper
ceptible, and her respiration thirtv-flve to
the minute. She has not drank any water
during the last twenty four hours, it seem
ing to make her sick, and when she drank
she complained of nausea. Even this
morning she evinced considerable strength,
and was able to communicate to her friends
by means of her lingers and stick. She
even reached out and opened a small drawer
in a bureau which stood pear the bed. She
was asked if she was not hungry and did
want not something to eat, but answered in
the negative to both questions. She had
lain in a semi-comatose condition all night,
but this morning her mental powers were
clear and unaffected, and she seemed to
fully comprehend all that was going on
about her. Her last mo.rqepts were very
peaceful, and surrounded by the friends
and relatives who had done so much for
her, ahe sank gradually to the everlasting
sleep. '
Miss Deuel was buried this afternoon.
Immediately after her death a post-mortem
examination was made by Dr. Oarporth
waite, Dean of the Homeopathy Department
of the University. Not a drop of blood was
found in Her hody, which weighed forty
five pounds. The stomach was also entirely
void of any substance. No further analysis
haw yet been made public.
IRON ADD STEEL INDUSTRIES.
Astonishing Growth in Some Southern
States, Inslading Georgia—lnteresting
Figures and Statistics.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, April 14.—A bulletin issued
from the Census U@ce to-day furnishes some
interesting statistics regarding the growth
of iron and steel industries iu the United
States during the past ten years. The
whole number of establishments, blast
furnaces, Tolling mills, etc., in the United
States in 1880 were 1,005; in 1870 there
were 808. The size and capacity of the
establishments were, however, much greater
in 1880 than in 1870. The whole amount
of capital invested in iron and stell indus
tries in 1880, was in
1870, it was $121,772,674. Penn
sylvania retains the lead among the iron
producing States of the Union, making,
in 1870, a fraction over 50 per cent, of the
total product, and in 1880, a fraction over
49 per cent. Astonishing progress was
made in ten years in several Southern
States. West Virginia increased its product
from 72,337 to 147,487 tops; Aiapapm,
from 7,000 to 02,986 tops; Georgia, from
9,6:14 to 35,152 tons; Tennessee, from 94,-
405 to 77,T00 tons; Kentucky, from 86,-
732 to 423,751 tons, and Virginia, from
37,836 to 65,922 tons. All the States
which made iron or steel in 1870 increased
their product in 1880, except Maine and
North and South Carolina.
THE MOREY CHINESE LETTER.
Bob Lindsay, One of the Witnesses, Sent
to the Sint* Prison fur Eight Tears for
Perjury.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Yoke, April 14.—Assistant District-
Attorney Bell, in the General Sessions
Court to-day, called to the bar -James
O’Brien, alias Robert, oy "Bob" Lindsay,
who, during the last political campaiga,
deposed that he knew' H. L. Morey, the in
dividual to \vhbm it was alleged f’reipqppt
(farfield wrote what is known US the ‘-‘Morey
Chinese ” letter, and who subsequently
confessed that fie had perjured himself. He
plead goilty to an indictment for perjury
presented against him, and Judge Cowing
sent him to the State prison for eight years.
C. A C
[Sparta Kmes.l
Mitchell, the indefatigable agent of the
C. & C., is working as faitnfully perhaps as
his Honor Judge Pottle. He can C. &G. as
much as any agent in the field.
MK. WADLEY EXPLAINS
THIS,NEW SYSTEM OK RAILWAY COM
BINATION.
Important Meeting of the Director* of the
Control—Colonel Wadley the Lessee of
the Georgia— The Central To Entertain
a Proposition—Excitement In the Stack
Market.
[Savannah Aieuw.l
The excitement which prevailed in this
city yesterday in regard to railroad matters
was only equalled by that which followed
upon the announcement of the Brown-Cole-
Wadley combination, and at different times
during the day reached fever heat. The
greatest eagerness was manifested to hear
news, and, as usual, there was a multiplici
ty of reports, surtnisos and suppositions as
to what would be the result of the meeting
of the Board of Directors, which it was an
nounced in the News would take place in
the morning at the Central Railroad Bank.
Colonel Wad ley arrived on the 7:30 train
from Augusta, accompanied by Messrs. J. J.
Gresham and W. B. Johnston, of Macon,
and C. I. Brown, of Atlanta, and at 10
o’clock met with the Directors of the Cen
tral at the banking house, there being pre
sent, besides those named, Col. E. C. An
derson, Col. George S. Owens, George Corn
well, Esq., and Captain W. G. Raoul, Vice-
President of the company. The session
lasted until after 2 o’clock.
We learn that Colonel Wadley presented
to the Board the full particulars of the ne
gotiations which resulted in the rent of the
Georgia Railroad—action which was ren
dered necessary by the efforts of the Clyde
combination to secure the legitimate busi
ness of the South Atlantic ports, specially
Savannah and Charleston. It was shown
that the Clyde syndicate have control of
over fourteen hundred miles of railway in
the South, to-wit: Richmond and Danville,
141 miles; Piedmont Railroad (a link built
by the Confederate Government during the
war between Danville and Greensboro), 49
miles: Northwestern North Carolina, 25
miles; Western North Carolina, 185 miles;
North Carolina, 283; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta, 190 miles; Greenville and
Columbia, 164 miles; Spartanburg, Union
and Columbia, 69 miles; Atlanta and Char
lotte Air Line, 269 miles; Laurens Railroad,
31 miles; Blue Ridge Railroad, 43 miles;
Elberton Air Line, 50 miles. Clyde, in
conjunction with General Logan, of Rich
mond, and flther parties forming a strong
syndicate, have left nothing undone to
secure the business of this section, with
the object of building up Norfolk, to
which port they have a tine steam
ship line from New York, and in which
they are largely interested. They are
possessed of ample means, and their pur
pose was to secure the Georgia Railroad at
any price. During the negotiations which
closed with the rent of the Georgia to W.
M. Wadley and associates, there was a rep
resentative of the Clyde syndicate in Au
gusta with instructions, it is understood, to
go beyond any offer that might bo made by
other parties. The Directors of the Georgia
considered the proposition made by Messrs.
Wm. M. Wadley, Moses Taylor, John H.
Fisher and Samuel Sloan, the best for the
intere-sts of the road ad tho State, and ac
cepted it, as is known, declining to enter
tain any project having for its object the
building up of a North Atlantic port to the
detriment of South Atlantic ports. This
measure was rendered absolutely necessary
to defeat the schemes of the Clyde combi
nation, and is claimed, to be in the interests
of Savannah and Charleston. All tho de
tails, we understand, were fully explain
ed by Colonel Wadley, and the Board
unanimously approved the course pur
sued. The rent of the Georgia is
not to the South Carolina Road or
specifically to the owners thereof, but
virtually to Colonel Wm. M. Wadley,
who is backed by parties having large in
terests in the South Carolina. The pur
chasing committee of that road are in full
accord with tho lessees and are working to
so arrange matters as to place the t ooth
Carolina under a similar contract with
Messrs. Wadley and associates. This action
will probably be taken in a short time, as it
is thought that the obstacles which now
prevent the road from passing into the
hands of the firm mentioned, and anew
organization being effected, will bo speedily
removed. After this thorough exposition
of the motives which urge this unification
of the roads, we understand that the sense
of the Directors on the subject of the Cen
tral entering into such a contract was taken
and was found to be favorable to a combi
nation of the three roads under one man
agement in a traffic agreement, without dis
crimination in favor of Charleston or Savan
nah. Further discussion followed in regard
to various matters, the nature of which we
were unable to ascertain. It was decided,
however, that the Directory would entertain
such proposed contract as that referred to,
and the matter was left with Col. Wadley
to work up the details,'and in tangible form
present his proposition at a meeting to bo
called as soon as he perfects his plans.
It would seem from this that, whilst the
Central Railroad may not bo lease:!, that
the same parties who rented the Georgia
Railroad may contract to operate and man
age the Central for an unlimited time, upon
paying a certain sum per annum for the
right, and complying with certain condi
tions und provisions. It may be assumed
in the event this is done that the contrac
tors or lessees will pay a good round sum
annually, considerably in excess of the
rental of the Georgia. This may or may
not be done, but it would seem from the
above, which is based on what is reliable
information, to be ve.ry probable, notwith
standing the assertion that talk of a lease of
the Central is absurd. The future will
prove. It was contended that the Central
could not lease the Georgia, and yet wo find
that Colonel Wadley has flanked all obsta
cles and secured the Georgia. All things
point to tho three roads being practically
made one corporation, with Colonel Wad
ley as manager. Mr. Quintard, controlling
the Charleston and New York Steamship
Lines, is in full accord with tho proposed
movement, and as soon as everything is ac
complished, the facilities of that lino will
be increased.
The controlling idea in tho whole move
ment seems to be that Charleston and Sa
vannah, under existing circumstances, can
not afford to be rivals and must work har
moniously together. This, in brief, wo
think, comprises the main points of tho
present status of railroad affairs. Although
our deductions upon the results of yester
day’s meeting may not be entirely accurate,
yet they are logical.
After the adjournment of tho meeting,
Colonel Wadley proceeded at once to his
rooms. He has been on a constant strain,
mentally and physically, the past ten days,
and is thoroughly exhausted, and was com
pelled to take needed rest. ,
The Stuck Market
Was feverish and excited throughout the
day, for the reasons above stated, and
brokers and speculators were on the quivive
to take advantage of every little turn. Cen
tral opened stiff at 127 bid, 128 asked, and
advanced to 129 bid and 130 asked, at
which latter figure some sales were made.
It was reported that even 131 had been ob
tained, but this could not bo authenticated.
In tho afternoon the market beoame qnieter,
and there were few offerings, and closed at
127(4 hid, 128 asked. Georgia advanced
to 151 bid, 155 asked. There was also a
slight advance in Southwestern and city of
Savannah bonds.
The Recent Railroad Cfiangim.v
[Atlanta Constitution. ]
It is not easy fo discover any harm to the
State at large or to any town of the State in
fbo bargain by which the Georgia Road
came under the control of New York capi
talists. Except possibly a few branches,
every one of which is more or less depen
dent upon a trunk line, the railroads of
South Carolina and Georgia belong to inves
tors who live in Northern States - that is, a
controlling interest in each road is held
outside of the two Staten. The fact that
the Georgia Road has joined the procession
is not alarming in any respect. On the
other bund we see great good in the change.
It has put into tho pockets of Georgians who
owned Georgia or Central stock, a large
sum ot money, most of which will seek in
vestment in the State. Then again tj\e
lease of the Georgia Road has brought about
a strong combination to protect the threat
ened interest of tho SipUth Atlantic ports
of Charleston, port Royal, Savannah, and
even of Brunswick. Georgia is deeply in
terested in the prosperity of her great port,
and she now has a reasonable assurance that
it will not he sealed up to advance the in
terests of Norfolk or any other port. For,
disguise the fact asthey may, the Richmond
and Danville people are unquestionably in
terested in lessening the business of the
South Atlantic ports and in increasing the
business of Norfolk and Richmond. The
new Augusta alliance is, therefore, a guar
antee that Georgia should regard with a
favorable eyp.
But let it not be thought that the Rich
mond and Danville combination is wholly
bad—not by any means. We are glad that
its lines touch both Atlanta and Augunia,
and especially Atlanta. It has a bj,oad anil
inviting field without interfering with the.
territory naturally tributary t,o the South
Atlantic port-, it may gather in the East
Tennessee Road 'or, better still, it may
1 build the. Georgia Western, and thus drain
not only the central South, but the trans-
Mississippi country asjwell.
The bßiky Holder* of Georgia Railroad
Stock.
Air. John James was on the streets yester
day, smiling the same old smile, and not
apparently elated over his great campaign
in Georgia Railroad stock. A Constitvlion
man sailed across his pathway and hailed
him.
“You may say far me,” he said, “that any
man who sells his Georgia Railroad stock
now for 175, unless he needs the money
immediately, needs a guardian. I told you
to buy when it when it was 130. Now it fa
above 150, and I tell you it will go to. 200.”
“Why- why—why ?”
“Bimply because it >s worth it. The Gov
ernment bonds are all being renewed at the
rate of 3 y, per cent, per annum. Over
sloo,oop have been renewed at that rate,
and Ml future •‘Governments” will be put
at that rate oy tower. Now, this stock is as
good aa a Government bond, and its divi
dends under the guarantee it has are just as
certain as coupons. To rate it like Govern
ment bonds it is worth, paying 11 pey
where they pay 3>4. just about 3,201 I had
rather have it at 250 thf>,p a Government
bond bearing pa* oejjt. at par, and there
are enough vien of the same opinion to put
ft abovedJOO?’
“How much did you make by your cam
paign?”
“The stockholder wlp owned, the stock
when tRe trade was made will make two
million aud a half by the rise that is inevita
ble. I’m not bulling the stock—it will bull
tself.”
“How much did you make
"Oh, I’m all right, f made enough to pay
for a trip which I shall take to California
■ext month and to buy my boy a double
barrelled gun for his birthday.’’
“Did you make SIOO,OOO, as has been re
ported.”
"Yes,” replied Mr. James, smiling on the
same inscrutable schedule, “I did, and a
good deal more than that.”
What further need he said? With the
Court’s permission we rest the case right
here!
The Northeastern Itallroatl.
[Athens Banner.]
Yesterday sfternoon, Capt. Carlton. City
Attorney, returned from Augusta, where he
went with George D. Thomas, Esq., on
business connected wiih the Northeastern
Road. The business was to submit tho con
tract which they had drawn up for the
transfer of tho Northeastern to the Rich
mond and Danville, to Col. Haskell, a repre
sentative of the latter road. Without going
into particulars, which it would not be
proper to do just now, it will suffice to any
that, in the main, the contract was accepta
ble to Con. Haskell. There were some
points in it, however, which he thought
ought to bo submitted to the authorities in
Richmond, and Mr. Thomas is now in that
city, for the purpose of submitting the con
tract.
So far everything has gone on smoothly,
and up to this point the city of Athens has
obtained greater concessions than many
sanguine people hoped for. If the transfer
is consummated as the matter stands, the
advantages to Athens will be very great
not only with reference to the extension of
the Northeastern, but in other ways.
Another Blu to Ue Made.
There is the best of reasons to believe
that Mr. Wadley, representing the company
that leased the Georgia Road, will make an
offer to the city of Athens in competition
with tho offer of the Richmond and Dan
ville. He is now en route to New York, to
consult with his colleagues there, on this
subject. In a short time the city of Athens
will receive a bid from him—almost beyond
a doubt.
Mr. Wadley- has already expressed bis
willingness to do his part towards building
union passenger depot in Athens.
NEWS FROM ( HID.
A Newspaper t'oriespiindfnl’s Graphic
Deurrlptlun nf llie DLanlcr. On tlir Is
land-Aid Wanted For llelplr.a Tnnu
aands. Without iiiiu.e or F.ntable*— Dim -
trine of a Crazy Greek !elei_The
People Leaving the Island.
(By Cable to the Chronicle.)
London, April 16. A correspondent of
the Times at Ohio says : “I have now made,
from personal observation, nnd with the
help of others, a pretty thorough canvass
of the state of affairs through this Island.
The total number of dead is scarcely loss
than four thousand, although some allow
ancq may due to tho fact immediately alter
the disaster many persons crossed to tho
mainland, and some of those now nre re
ported as dead may be |there. Tho vil
lages on tho southern side of the Island are , '
completely wrecked—hardly a single house
being left standing. The centre of the vol
canic action seems to have been near Menita,
overlooking Megnlo Bay, on tho oust coast,
where three hundred persons perished out
of a population of 1,200. At Vannea, 26
perished out of a population of 600; at
Philitia, 60 out of 250; at Klainonti, <U> out
of 1,500; at Armilin, 40 out of 600, and at
Kinri, 130 out of 480. On the western
side of the Island at Mesta many houses
fell, but nobody was killed. At Vesta
three-fourths of the buildings were wrecked,
but only one person killed. At Lethi, 23
persons were killed out of 600; at Argonima,
40 out of 400, and at Anabatos, 12 killed;
the latter is the most northerly town on the
west side, which suffered severely. The
other towns were severely shaken, |but are
not in ruins. The department of Ohio and
towns southeast of it suffered most of nil.
Kallimassia is simply a ninss of ruin .
and it is difficult to distinguish one house
from another. I cannot conceive how any
considerable number of the population
escaped, yet only 448 perished out of
1,800. The neighboring villages stiff -. 4
similarly—seven of the principal ones, con
taining 8,570 people, are believed to have
lost 1,327 dead. At least nine-tenths ..i
the houses in the southern and southeastern
portions of the Island must be rebuilt or
repaired. Tho population are now tentim,
out and there is great need of food amt
shelter. The northern part requires help,
butto alessextent. Those severely wounded
are nearly all being brought to Chios
by men from ships. The work of
clearing away the ruins has begun here,
but in the villages the people are still
panic stricken. Little can bo done as lor:
ns the shocks continue. Of the 200 per
sons, for example, who perished iu the
Lopotamoi, only 65 of the bodies have yet
been recovered, and asimilar proportion in
other villages. About 50,000 peoplo are
camping in tho southern half of the island,
with nothing but what they have on their
backs. Pretty good progress has bee*
mado towards|systematizing a relief organiza
tion. The people are further demoralized
by tho preaching of foolish Greek priest,
who warns them all to flee, as the island
is about to be completely swallowed up
Tho Archbishop and Governor are seeking
to allay the excitement, lint many are still
emigrating to the mainland and the adja
cent island. At Kallimnssia, a German
Doctor, who was in one of the houses at the
time of the disaster, relates that the iirt;
warning he had was seeing dishes on the
table jump up and fall on the floor. A few
seconds later the walls fell outwards. From
this nnd similar testimony, I believe that in
this district the first shock was nearly verti
tical, followed immediately by a horizontal
oscillation.
The Lease.
[Sparta Times.]
Such a lease would be effaced, every on
seemed to donbt, because there seemed to
be no necessity for it. Ufrvvover, under the
new arrangoment tho stockholders receive
about eleven per cent, upon tho capital
stock, the annuity under said lease amount
ing to $600,000. The stockholders of the
Georgia Road may be benefited, and at the
same time the people become sufferers bj
it. We hope every one will receive benefits
from it. In the moan time wo will wait for
new developments and new light before
criticising with severity the conduct of the
Georgia Road in making this lease, filing-]
may bo all right; we don’t pretend to know,
but then wo must confess thoy look a little
mysterious at this time. Evidently one of
the prime objects of the parties leasing is,
to divert whatever freight that would goto
Port Royal, from that point, to Savannah
over the Central Railroad. We are Hatisfied
with the lease if it doesn’t hurt antbod,
that ia, don’t effect the public interest del
eteriously. We .are waiting for light, and
we confidently expect that Most* Taylot
will furnish it at an early day.
Mr, Wndltjr.
[ Oglethorpe Echo. ]
All fear of Mr. Wadley, we behove, has
vanished from Augusta. He veni, vidi.
vici’d that city, and administered an opiate
iu the form of fair promises. In fact, Au
gusta now begins to look upon tier former
tyrant as a sort of Moses on wheels, who 1-
to lead her out of the bondage oi dangerous
monopolies and turn ber oanal into a river
of spun cotton.
A Friend to Altirn*.
J Oglethorpe Echo, j
The Georgia Road, under its present
management, has beep a ttue ahd tried
friend to Athens. We know whereof we
speak when we assett that it has more that
once saved that city in the, past few year
from being made a way station, or rtb>.
given local rates. Much better had th -
Northeastern stockholders in thst city givei
their shares to the Georgia Road than sold 11
to their new masters at any Mice. The
; Georgia, being a Southern company, could
, not afford to ignore tht importance of Ath
| ens, even were it so inclined.
Mincing Lane Market*.
(By Cable to the Chronicle.)
i London, April 15.—The Mincing Lane
I markets, daring the past week ha,e been
j rather unsettled. Auction nates will not tm
i fully resumed until the 21st inst. Ther
: bos been a large clearance of tea since the
presentation of the budget at very lot.
puces; common to fair Congous ettr*. t son.
attention. Hales of Indian were limited
.Several parcels of Bengal rice were sold
Bnrrnah was steady. Sugar was firm
low descriptions bar distant shipment
slightly advanced. Numerous cargoes have
arrived off jtbe coast, but the stork in the
United Kingdom at present is less than si
the same (hue last year. East India cotE
i tws been freely offered and sold readily,. e>
I p.-cially tifie quality, which obtain **t’r >l.:
rates. Fine Colony Ceylon is aUc. dear, r
Short crops cause buyers to operate in tb, --
with more confidence. Grenada cocoa ad
vanned two to the shillings per ewt. on re
cent depressed quotations. Spice was
quit*}-.
■ ’I ke Sonth Carolina Railroad In €'<•*.
The following order in tho case o{ Calvin.
Clafiin et al, vs. the Sonth Carolina Rail
road Company, was filed in the United
States Court, in Charleston, Tuesday: H
P. Walker and James M. Ohlder, trusti e* ot
the first mortgage, having, on the 5i l ; of
October, 1880, pryed the allowance of an
appeal to the Supreme Couri of the Unit .1
States front the decree rendered in tb.
cause, oa the 25th day of September, 1880.
and such appeal haring been allowed, an '
tine said parties now praying a i.upnn- d.a
of the said decree, it is now ordered tbs!
the execution of so much of the said decree,
as directs John H. Fisher, Receiver, to can
cel thirty domestio bonds to be delivered to
him by the said trustee be stayed, on their
filing a supexsedeas bond executed by them
selves, or either one of them, with one sure
ty, ip Ihe sqm of SSOO. The order is dat -
April 8, 1881, and is signed by M. R. Wait*.
Chief Justice of the United States.
A Quarrel In a Chureh Kitllnl By a Prtre
Fight Ouutet*.
New Orleans, April 12.—Two- yoang att
well known in this city. Domed Caasard and
Sanchez, got into a difficulty in a
while listening to a sermon, and went out*
gfda to settle it. They finally agreed thafl
seconds and a referee should be chosen, nmfl
the party meet in the City Park, where thfl
matter would be settled by a square fitfl
fight. At the appointed time the pngilistfl
appeared on the ground, and disrobinfl
themselves of their surplus clothing, we|fl
to work. Five rounds were fought, wbiofl
Sanchez, threw np the sponge. No arret-UN
have been made. ,
Yiknna, April 16.—A telegram from Alex*
andria announces that the King of Abysin
nia is dead and has been succeeded by hi*
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