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TKR9U. THE DAILY CHKON ■ < LE AND CONSTI TUTIONALIST, the oldest newspaper in the South, is published daily, except Monday. Terms: Per year, $10; six mouth*, $5; three months, $2 50. THE TRI WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is published qv„ry Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Terms: One year, $5; six months, $2 50. HIE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND CON STITUTIONALIST is published every Wednesday. Terms: One year, $2; six mouths, sl. 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 make payments to him. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all cases in advance, and no paper continued after the expira tion of the time paid for. RATES OP ADVERTISING.- Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square: One insertion, $1; two insertions, $1 75; three inser tions, $2 25; six insertions, $4. Auc tions, Amusements, Special Notices and Official Advertisements, $1 par square, each insertion. Marriage anil Funeral Notices, $1 each. Local Notices, 25 cents per line. Business Notices, 20 cents per line. Notices of Wants, To Rent, Lost and Found, Boarding, etc., 10 cents per line oi seven words, eacii insertion. ALL ARTICLES recommending candidates for office or intended for the personal benefit of any one, must be paid for at the rate of 25 cents per line. CONTRIBUTIONS of news solicited from every quarter. Rejected articles will not be returned unless accompanied by the necessary postage. ADDRESS all communications to WALSH A WRIGHT. OnaomoL* awn OoitsriTt'noitAUW, Augusta, Go. 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* 10{X MiQhftftl
