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EI HOPKAS 6RAIH FREIGHT!.
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ThejCHßOxiCLi iititi already referred to
the competition J recently established be
tween New York and New Orleans t for Eu
ropean grain freights. As has been indi
s ’ ’ been JoaTing the port of
1 Jik toiUi LuuL*d iOt New Or- 1
leans, where the jetties at the month of the
Mississippi and the barge line on the river
enable tb*n.to secure fall cargoes of grain
for Europe. Commenting upon this* tarn
of shipping, the New York Journal_oj '-Com
merce says: ’ * *
Orain freights from New York to Liverpool
art now the lowest ever known. 'They have de
clined, since. January 1, frdm 7dtO'lVt<l- per
bushel. Steamship lines a reenabled to offer
these extremely lop rates in consequence-oT.
the unprecedented rush of emigrants V> this
country. The linesjngke their chief profits out
of the emigrants.. Ttfey want quick cargoea for *
the and* wheat and corn exactly
anit them. It pays them to take grain from
New York to Liverpool for” a bushel, or
they would not 80 it. The-present grain rate
from New Orleans to Liverpool is about 7d.
The .lines in that business may afford to reduce
it, bpjt tbey cannot come into competition with
New York ocean freights while the tide of
emigration continues, or at any other time.
The question recurs, however, how is it
that New York's shipping has been, of late,
so crippled by New, Orleans competition?
The Journal of Commerce affects to.believe
that the advantage of New Orleans is arti
ficial and momentary. It insista that the
great metropolis still has the inside track
for the European grain trade. “It only re
mains..'’ says the Journal of Commerce, “to
make the Erie Canal as free the Mississippi.
Then we shall have a truly cheap water
route for the grain of the Northwest. It
may still cost more to land the grain in
New York than in New Orleans. We do not
deny that. But the difference in favor of
New Orleans up to that point may be con
verted to one in favor of New York by the
better and cheaper shipping facilities to
Europe which this port can offer.”
This seems to be a better plan than in
voking the repression of the law against the
railroads which’ have been trying to give
Now York, doubtless, the lowest possible
rates. Clearly, it is to their advantage to
encourage grain shipments by their routes,
rather than lose them from Missis
sippi river competition. But the roads
are powerless to • fight the barge lines and
the water ways. When the Erie Canal
is freed of toll something in the right di
rection will be done; but even then New
Orleans will have the advantage, immeas
nreably, with her big river. New York will
probably demand all sorts of relief from
legislation; but it does seem that New Or
leans has begun to utilize her advantages,
which are more than artificial or temporary.
Bo that many of the New York clearing
houses may be forced, either to follow the
-example of the railroads and pool earnings
with New Orleans, when powerless to do
otherwise, or to establish branch • agencies
along the Mississippi and fight it out on the
barge line.
courtesy of'the senate.
There sedms to exist in the American
House of Lords an unwritten and fre
quently indefinable code of ethics.
Whether it is founded upon precedent,
politenoss or tradition, is sometimes bard
to determine, and it asserted that
each Senator has his own code and adapts
it to suit his own times ,and circumstances.
The courtesy of the Senate prompts its
dignified member to Bnap his fingers for
his page rather than vulgarly slap his
hands its in. the lower House, and the con
duct of'all Senatorial proceedings, until the
late deadlock, was-supjxMed to have been
regulated by the* strictest principles of eti
quette and of parliamentary law. Such a
thing as personal or .sectional vituperation
—prior to recent declamations of Dawes and
Fete were* characterized ns plantation
manners; so refined, indeed had the order
of business grown that to call the previous
question and 1° cut off a sovereign State
from further debate yrould have so shocked
the Senate as to have involved the country
probably in rival war. True, there have
been rUraors, from time to time, of various
bargains for political purposes, even among
Senators, and these rumors recently have
clustered about the same man ;■ but so
rigid and righteous is Senatorial dignity
that all allusions*'to the subject have
been so violently and promptly rebelled
by lessees and by the lessor, that the country
has concluded, of course, to adhere to Sen
atorial|conrtesy, and refuse to believe that
there had been any bargain made in the
NatioifaJ Ropnj) Hourie.
One of the most sacred, if also one oftpe
vaguest, superstitions of .(foe Senate has
been the conviction . that no name
should be confirmed for Federal office in
any State where the concurrent objection
of two Senators had been filed against, it'
The barrenness of this tenet is evident. If
the two Senators belong to a wing of a'
party machine, no patronago can be dis
pensed save to the followers of these-master
machinists; indeed, should these Senators
belong to different politicalparties from the
President altogetlier, the latter would be
powerless to make his own selections for
Federal offices. Wisely enough, should the
President be mistaken in his opinion of a
name he had presented for of
•ffcegad iMfiti Senators from the State in
terested ‘in .the appointment represent
him as corrupt apd incapable, the oonu
mon sense rather than the oourtssv of
ike Senate would‘impel a rejection of a
.reprehensible character.
The advocates of this doubtful point of
t^e. courtesy Of tbe Senate have, presented
a precedent which happened during the ad
ministration of the first President of the
United States, and which is of interest to
Georgians. In 1789 President Washington
se.ut to the Senate the nomination of Col.
Bkn.'amtn Fishboi'BN, as NaYal Officer of tho
Port of Savannah, Ga. For some, reason'
Col. Fwbbouhn was not favorably -regarded
b’y the two Senators from Georgia, and the
nomination was rejeoted, probably at the
instance of these gentlemen. This rejec
tion is said to have bees the first act of the
kind ever performed by the United States
Senate. Washington sent a special message
or letter, to the Senate, nominating Lach
lan Mclntosh to the office, and explaining
at some length his reasons for nominating
Fishboi’BN. The message seems to have
been written for the purpose of relieving
Fishboirn from any imputation upon his
character, in consequence of this action Of
the Senate. After citing Colonel Fish
bocrn's qualifications for office, and giv
ing a sketch of his public services -a por
tion of which had been performed un
der the eye of the Commamler-in-Chief—
Washington concluded by saying that
it had appeared to him that Fishhocbn must
have enjoyed the confidence of the militia
officers, the freedmen of Georgia, the As
sembly, And the Council. .Otherwise he
could not have received their suffrages, as
he had. when he had been successively
elected and appointed to several important
positions. Just what Col. Fisbboton's dis-
abilities were, or upon what grounds the
Georgia Senators opposed him, do not
appear on this record. Doubtless there
were reasons sufficient to the Senate,
and not simply hecause the two Georgia
Senators were opposed to removing some
pet official or tried adhereut: The case of
1789 has no likeness Jto that of 1881.
Judge Robkbtson, of New York, seems to
possess not only the confidence of his peo
ple, but to be a decided favorite with the
Bee.ate, to which body his name was favor
ably reported by the Committee on Com
merce, and by whom he was yesterday con
firmed. la view of the fact that his name
and fitness are so well esteemed in the
United States Sentto-outside of the New
York members—the courtesy of the Senate
would have impelled a withdrawal of
their factious objection, and n acquies
cence in a preference. The
part of delicafc* was for Messrs. Conxlwo
and Platt to have observed-*dnd the dis
courtesy has been inflicted by them. His
tory does not disclose that tbe Georgia Sea-,
ators, in 1789. attempted to embarrass the*
President or to forestall the action of their
colleagues by resignation or threata
resignation. Tbe Senate was allowed to
adopt or to lay aside tbe objections of the
Georgia member*, as it saw fit and a
precedent was established, the opposite of
which the friends of Messrs. Conklkg and
Platt pretend to cite to-day in jnsfificatiom
of their course. Hereafter, when recourse
is taken to the courtesy of the Senate, it
may be just as well to analyze these formula!
and to investigate the precedents; so that
whenever such are found to conflict with
rules of common sense, they may be re
. pealed as soon as possible.
Wa*> - Talletband who remarked, “Aprea
moi le dt£oge ?” We think it was. Any
way, it is in order now for Conkling to .ex
claim, • 'After me the avalanche!” There is
an avalanche of disgusted public opinion
after him with rapidly inwearing velocity.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATE RE. -
On the second Wednesday, which will be*
the thirteenth, of July next,the special sts-‘
sion of the Georgia Legislature will convene.
This will be in accordance with a resolution,
adopted by-both Houses, by virtue of which,
the regular session adjourned onjthe fifth
of December last. Although the aigns
point to a very warui Bumo\er, and the
Kimball Opera House is not a pleasant hab-'
Ration, at <My season of the year, circum
stanlls indicate a long session for the con
sideration of important business.
The Winter sitting*of the Legislature was
laborious and unsatisfactory. Filled with the
excitifcieat ot electing a United States
Senator, after which a host of Judges and
Solicitors-General had Ip be ch&sen, more
than half of consumed be
fore the business proper of the two Houses
could be taken up. At that time, too. mem
bers were subjected, to the severities of
an unprecedented season. With wretched
weather and imperfect accommodations at
the Capitol, numbers of Senators and Repre
sentatives were taken ill, and scores left.for
their homes-called away during the bu
siest season of the year. On the House ca
lendar there remain fully four hundred
bills to be acted upon, in committee and by
the House, roott of which are for local or
special purposes. Only the*most important
and pressing of these measures were given
attention last seaion, and many more of
them will not s'ee the light this year.
Among measures of general "importance,
the subject of the State convictystem will
attract muffii consideration. Many mem
bers were sent np to Atlanta in the last,
election, chosen upon the issue of
or improving the penitentiary plan in
gome way, and the House Committee on
Penitentiary, of which Mr. Lake, of Bibb,
is Chairman, was instructed to make full
investigation for report.' Gov. Colquitt
and Superintendent Nelms have made per
sonal inspection of the convict camps, and
valuable suggestions may be made in the
Governor’s message in July. The legal as
pect and constitutionality.of the lease will
also receive general investigation * that
time.
One of the most important measures to be
brought np will h* some elaboration of the
immigration law of Georgia. Our ■statutory
inducements are very meagre, and a carefully
prepared bm by Mr. Babbow, of Clarke,
Chairman of the Committee on Immigra
tion, was inconsiderately Tabled by the
House in November. It is-believed, how
ever, that more liberal and enlightened
judgment is prevailing upon this all impor
tant policy. It is folly even for those who
oppose encouraging immigration to Georgia
to think that they can keep people away
from this alluring land. The tide to Ameri
ca has commenced to overflow in Georgia,
too, and wise legislation should encourage
a more complete system by which oqr Com
missioners can securerthe best class ot- for
eigners and*contract most advantageously
in the ©id Country.
The subject of railroad legislation will be
revived in all its* bearings,, and it is con
tended that there is a strong desire to repeal
gome of the arbitrary provisions of the Com
mission Law. Mr. Rankin, of Gordon,
Chairman of the Railroacf Committee, is
fully posted on the subject, and fully pre
pared to oppose all backward steps in this
direction. *
There are several matters of local impor
tance to Richmond and neighboring coun
ties, and other matters will be submitted at
the coming session, of special interest to ns.
Since the adjournment of the Legislature
two members have died —both being of
the House—Hon. John Wilcox, of Telfair
ponuty, and Hon. Augustus J. Hansell, of
,Cos bb county. Tb ese vacancies will be filled
*by special elections.
THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD CENTRE
Movements in railway circles of the
Soutfl/fw the past three • months have
b&fn rapid and the developments- have
been significant. To many, the events
were so sudden and in some respects, thril
ling, that the finger of sensation seemeif
to be- gilding the hour or the hand of
speculation to have been shaping events.
Southern communities were *fiot accus
tomed to look with equinimity upon nego
tiations in which bundeedk of miles ,of ,
railroads and millions of property were
bargained away, or' U> view without ,con
*ceru the amalgamation of separate man
agements. Stocks Were inflated, the money
markets excited* and in the financial world
it looked as if some had
broken loose in our midst. But all of this
railway excitement was the -mOst na
tural thing in the world-, It tbas
noj, the improbabio which happened this
’’time, but the inevitable. It waa but the
*putgrowth of the struggle for transporta
tion in which system contended with system
and combination fought against combina-.
tiau. It .was a war of giants for rights of
'way fbjpugh rich .Southern domain, and
clearly tlw objective point of the whole
campaign waa ths "pity of Augusta, with
Georgia and South Cptolipa as the key
boards. U po® the one side a great W estern
combination had gathered in its network of
trneks and reached nearly every available
section. It had pierced the Shenandoah
Valley to How York; it had crossed the Blu4
Ridge toNorfolk; if bad paved its way down
the Valleys of the Mississippi and the Alar
baina to New Orleans wfi. Pennsa- j
cola. For the Louisville and RashvaUc j
Rail load, then, there remained but one !
thing ta do- either to secure Augusta,
which was the Southern key to the Darda
nelles, so as La control the entire South At
lantic coast—or to auc that no rival combi
nation • captdied it befoxa ffepm. On the
other hand, another system bad pjanted
themselves ae far South as Ridges ,oi
Carolina. From Philadelphia to the South- L
era sea came the resistless Clyde, gnub- i
bing Baltimore, it fastened up Richmond ;
and soon invested Danville. Absorbing j
Norfolk anil the main Virginia ports, it ex
tended into North Carolina, where nothing
attempted f? its sway. Charlotte
easily abdicated i pU grasp, from which
place, with a stupendous jsjgsp, Atlanta ;
was caught np, having no counter combi
nation to resist it, and" the boasted Gate j
City of thetSouth became a branch terminus
of the Richmond and-Danville system,
Oo.ce at Columbia,.S. C„ (fie transition
through Augusta was apparently easy;, for,
I ►with a lease .the Georgia Railroad, we
would have been' ft<h-CvwJ?l A tely captured as
was Atlanta. . But sntjh eeSibS?rnation
was not attained. By a masterly eGt&e
the two Georgia corporations joined hands,
and- with the' LoSisviile and Nashville
nominally in the combination, made the
break at the Savannah river and confirmed
the inAfqWijdence of the city of Augusta as
the terminal ptaftt of their gigantic" sys
tems. It was a signal vvF.e. for by it the
Georgia Railroad, without baUg .ifjptrolled
by either of iheeaEasteruor Western com,bi
nartons, strengthened its position at home.
But this was not all. Soar&dy bad these
advantages of Augusta been eitabiiaiwd'*’
before a third combination bore down upon
us, and it was known that the Virginia
Midland extensions were reaching out
through Virgmia and the Carolina* to some
available Southern >oigt. It was for some
time, to President Baß|soob bis people,
an undecided question as to,the
of their route, but the growing advantages
and independent outlet of this city
soon turned the scale. The Atlanta Air
Lie lease had hopelessly closed up that j
place, si sll idea of forming immediate
connection there hsd to be abandoned.
Augusta’s enterprise wa* si that time ad
vantageously conspicious, for with too Au
gusta and Knoxville reasonably sure of
early completion, ton Baltimore and Ohio
system have, resolved to Awißbime. This
wiU open up a doubly Northern sul past
ern outlet from this city, and makes twice
secure the new railroad which* is destined
likewise to be an -important link in new
Western connections via Spartanburg and
Knoxville. Augusta has, not surrendered
to any combination this new-made road. It
will be as free to the new and extended
Cols-McGhxb syndicate as it will be to the
Babboub-Jaabkit system. It can and
doubtless wiU be utilized by the Cincin
nati Southern extension in its efforts to
reach Port Koval, and unless ye are widely
mistaken Colonel Colb would not hs ad
verse to just some such arrangement. Au
gusta, in short, will be independent even
of the State Bond,-for in a short time she
will have her own direct route to Cincinnati
and to Louisville.
Such, in fine, are the railroad advantages
of Augusta. The adjustment of systems
and the straggle for combinations have
ofinfirmed oar own importance and. made
more impregnable our city ae a railroad
oentre. It la the converging point of East
ern and of Wester* combinations, tor .with
out Augusta, the South Atlantic porta could
"not be advantageously *PP<*ied. It is,
indeed, no exaggeration to say, in net* .of
recent signal events which have in many
respects shifted the railway map of Geor
CHRONICLE‘AND CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1881.
gia and of this section, that . Augusta is the
railroad centre ol the South —and com
mands the keys to the Dardanelles.
DEVELOPING THE STATE.
Knowing ones declare that of all South
ern States, since the war, Texas has attracted
'more immigrants and Georgia has secured
"the most capital. W T hether we have been
encouraged by this fact, and have resolved
tb allow our advantages to speak for them
selves without the trouble of inviting addi
tional laborers, is not so plain; but it is
true that Georgia has not exerted herself to
hail wagon trains of immigrants on their
way to the West. The advantage of secur
ing Northern and foreign capital, after all,
are superficial unless we can command our
„harc in the increfeee' of the labor of the
country. Our factories will cease to be re
munerative should our force of laborers and
mechanics not grow in proportioh, and
further development of transportation lines
be unnecessary unless our farms are garri
soned and our productive industries well
worked up. The wisdom of • the State
of Texas in encouraging foreign and North
ern labor at all costs is beginning to show
itself. As her magnificent domain is be
ginning to be peopled, and hfer crops
increasing with each Summer’s sun, de
mand for modes of travel pnd forms of
transportation has grown apace, and capi
tal has soon followed the wake of labor and
responded to the yield of land. A promi
nent Northern authority remarks of the
growing developments of Texas : “ When
it is considered that there are now some
seven hundred and fifty miles of railroad •
Actually under contract in what is known
as the.* Gould combination ’ alone, besides
about two \undred miles of other roads,
thecmportance of the work to Texas can
readily be understood. Of the amonnt
needed for construction purposes, suppose
that there are SIO,OOO per mile expended
in th% State, and you have upward of $3,-
000,000 brought into the ’State by the
Texas extension alone, since April,
1880. The work -.done on the Missouri
• Pacific far since their com
mencement has occasioned a further outlay
of upward of $2,000,000 for the same pur
poses. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Railroad has had over one hundred miles
under construction at the same time. Some
of the bonds of this road have been sold in
New York and elsewhere, and so of the
money expended in thebuilding and equip-,
ment of it a good"V>art has come from out
side the State to enrief) her, while opening
up her territory to the inspection of new
i comers, whose wealth, and industry are to
; add still more to her material prosperity.
Then there are other lines that have been
growing steadily, if not so rapidly, as
those just named.”
The same authority insists that up to
this time Texas has been drowsily neglect
ful of her interests for some time, and es
pecially indifferent to railway systems.
We rather believe, however, that the rail
roads have waited until there wan need for
them. With the influx of immigration into
the prairie lands and rich fields of the
great Southwest, business was worked up,
abd the country now sees American capital
and American diplomacy even extending,
their lines through Texas, via tho Missouri
Pacific, into. Mexico.
It will be,, then, a glad day for Georgia,
when she can persuade all the immigration
sjie wants into her midst. Our State is an
old one, but our lands are not worn out.
When large plantations are cut up into
small farms, and each acre receives its just
share of careful and skilled cultivation,
this section will pile up material wealth
by adding*to private prosperity. Railways
and factories will multiply and lengthen as
■rapidly as needed—and capital will respond
I to the beck of industry on every hand. Im
i migration may be encouraged by appropri
! ate legislation, but it cannot be checked by
any repression. Disaffected .Georgians are
as powerless to keep laborers out of their
unused and unimproved possession? as'are
the Governments of the old country to for
bid their subje’c'ts from coming.. In the
old days of the faming, the tribes of Israel
gravitated naturally to the land of Egypt,
where corn was stored .ip in abundance; so
with the overtaxed and unproductive tracts
of Germany, of Engl&nd and of Ireland give
1 Op its overflow to the rich fields of North
j 'America. Wise legislation may hasten the
j influx and speed the increase—but. all the
old fogies of. Georgia cannot keep them
away. Ten’millions of peoplA has immi
grated to this country in eighty years,.
In 1877, the number was one hun
dred and fifty thousand; In 1880, nearly
half a million. Such additions are more
valuable than the old Eastern caravans, with
their loads of fine woods, bright metals and
precious stones.
But it is not altogether in the increase of
: wealth that immigration to Georgia and to
j the South is valuable. The infusion of new
j blood, hardy habits and well established
characteristics, will build up cosmopolitan
; compact, which never faiis to benefit any
| people. It was such an ingrafting of the
{ eclectic races and habits which, as Governor
| Seymour has said, makes New York the
J Empire State of the Union. This common’-
i wealth has long since distanced the New
England stock, with their puritanical no
tions and their strict constructions. We
have ngver that such a people are
less honest because more liberal, or that
| their institutions are less stable because
more progressive. There is not only room
j .W°HS?b in this broad land for all, but elas
tigity enough our Government and prin
ciples to embrace them all. Custgms and
morals will adjust themselves, just as will(
the varied modes of industries and of fife.
All that we need to regulate so cosmopo
litan a country is-to p.reserve the . geniuH of
the American Government Mid to invoke
i protection of the God of Nations.
IMPORTASiT. R£IL.ISAP IHKKTING.
***- Rente to tUe Sorlkwett f'roip Bpr
-tanburg, $. £ •yt Rutliertordton and
- Marlon, 3. C,=.*?rani-e of Prompt Ac
tion.
[Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist .j
Spartanburg, S. C., May 19. — An impor
tant meeting was held at Rutherford ton, Ijf.
i .0., yesterday, in the iuterest of anew
1 rovte to the Northwest from Spartanburg,
S. C., via Kutoeriord.ton and Marion, N. C.,
to Cranberry Iron Works, >n IjitcljeH coun
ty, N. C., to connect with the railroad now
being built from Johnson City, Tennessee,
on the East Tennessee, Yiirginia and Geor
gia Railroad to Cranberry Iron Works,
which is running sixteen miles and will be
geigpfeeted to the latter point by’the first of
September pejf. Representatives attended
the meeting iron t Spartanburg and
Greenvilie, South Carolina j /Jbaflotte,
an>i Marion, N. C., and Jonesboro, Tepn.
Hofi. M. H. Justice, of Rutherfordton, was
elected* Chairman, and T. Stobo Farrow,
of Spartanburg; S. H. Fleurning, -of
Jtfarion, N. 0.,’ and T. A. Hayden, of
I Rutherfordton, elected Secretaries. A
I resolution was jpa*s : Cy unanimously favor
j the' building of the whole line; also,
resolutions favoring the immediate survey (
of tbe road f?9.m Rutherford to. Spartan
burg-a link’ in tjie proposed line-and
•the organization of the company npder
charters' granted in both States; a150,,,
gledging Rutherfordton county to ?on
tribute her full share of iii in
building the road. speakers all
alluded to the importance of railroad con
nection centering in Spartanburg, and fa
i vored extending this .new iaae from the
Northwest to Spartanbnrg as the best obi,
jective point, Northern oapitalists axe. in
terested in several irsn works in Tennessee s
and North Carolina, on the line of this pro-,
jested route, who are anxious to s.ecure di
rect railway. ccicection with the Atlantic
coast. It will be an ipoyto?t line, and
will fnrnish iwa competing lines from
- Spsrtanburg to the Northwest. The inter
est taken ha ;he enterprise aU along the line
\ gives assurance toa* it will be built at an
, early day, thus adding another important
I railroad to Spartanburg, which is already
conceded to be the railroad centre of upper
Carolina. T- ?•
Suicides St Monte Carlo.
(From the London Telegraph.]
The preaenl proprietor of the notorious
_._Sng establishment ri Monte Carlo bolds
n lease of lucrative' privilege s*.tich will
notoexpire till ISIS. The Prince ofthis
anomalous little State rtivee as ground
rent 50,Q00f. per annum, and a tenth of
the profits of the tables, besides which his
little army of forty soldiers in light bine
uniform, and his 20 gendarmes in cocked
hats, are clothed and maintain, 6 ?
the same source. The number ef snirides
last Tear, traceable to losses at the tables,
is officially reported at 14 only, snd the
numbs? of delinquencies attributable to
the same easse as 47. According to Mr.
Poison, however, a gentleman of high
official position! at Nice, .estimator toe real
number of suicides at ; an average of snout
tfcrae a week. It appears that the local
journals, for obvious reasons, do not en
courage the publication of these distressing
details, and that .it is hot annyusl to regard
a*suicide by means of a revolver-as a la
mentable example of- the incautious use of
fire-arms.
THIS AND THAT AT ALBANY.
CHANCES OF CONK LING’S* RE-ELEC
TION SLIM INDEED.
The Friends of the Admiolitraiton a
Untc-Pnpm, Dispatcher, eta. Condemn
ing Conkllngnnd Plntt Being Circulate
1 Among the Assemblymen—How the
N rw* of Kobertson’s Confirmation was
Received.
(By Telegraph "to Uje Chronicle.) a
-fL Y., May 18.—It is prgtty well
settled that the Senate will, not agTee to go
into election to fill the taeadcieu in theJUait-
States Senate. m .*
Thirty-five membew-of the Assembly, in
cluding Speaker Sharpe, met last.night in
the rdm of the Republican General Com-
The utmost secrecy was maintain
ed as to the proceedings. .The 1880 Re
publican committee adopted resolutions en
dorsing the action of President Garfield on
the Robertson nomination.
Papers are being circulated in the Assem
bly, one sustaining President Garfield and
Conkling and Platt.
Only tirehty-seven names are necessary to
defeat the-election of Conkling and-Platl,
and it is said that over forty have already
been secured. '
. The Administration members of the Leg
islature are a unit in their determination to
vote for no man for Senator who is not
known to be in cordial sympathy with the
Administration, and they will, under no
circumstances, vote for any man who has
antagonized General Garfield or has avowed
Bis purpose to do so.
New SJay 18. —lhe Evening Post's
Albany-special says of matters in the Leg
-islmure: “Two papers are in circulation
to-day for signatures. The first paper, in
general terms, agrees to stand by the Presi
dent. The second commits the signers not
to vote for Conkling, Platt, or any other
candidate who will act in opposition to the
President. The papeis are now receiving
signatures. It is asserted that they will re
ceive about fifty names this afternoon. Peti
tions, letters and dispatches by the cart
load are coming in, protesting against the
re-election of the ex-Senators.”
Albany, May 18.—The following are
the resolutions of the Republican General
Committee of Albany county:
Besolved, That we deeply deplore the
course recently pursued by the President
in attempting to fcrce the Senate of the
United States to approve of the nomina
tion of Wm. H. Robertson to be Collector
of the Port of New York, when no vacancy
exists in said office, and without other
cease than to pay a personal political obli
gation, which obligation was created
through the treachery of said (nominee to
the regular Republican organization in the
State; and that we earnestly and confident
ly express the hope that the Legislature of
the State of New York will promptly stamp
its condemnation upon the act by re-elect
ing Senators Conkling and Platt to the
positions they have felt called upon to re
sign in the Senate.
At twenty minutes of 2 o’clock, while the
Senate was in Committee of the Whole, the
telegraph operator handed Senator Robert
son a telegram. A buzz of excitement ran
around, and business was suspended. The
committee rose. The Senate took a recess
of five minutes, and Senator Woodin read
aloud the following telegram:
“Zb Hon. Wm. H. Bobettsan:
“Your confirmation has just been made
unanimous. Accept my congratulations.”
The wildest excitement ensued.* Amid
cheering and clapping of hand?, Mr. Ses
sions jumped upon his chair and gave* three
cheers for Robertson, while Mr. Austed,
who had come Jin from the Assembly, also
leaped upon a’chair and aided in cheering.
Mr. Loomis then called for three cheers for
President Garfield, .which were given with
a will. A general handshaking followed,
amid which the Senate adjourned.
'Albany, May 19. —It was announced yes
terday trftqrnoon that the Republican Gon
eral Comtuittqe, of which Thurlow Waeed
Barnes* is-President, would serenade Mr.
Robertson at Kenmore Hotel, and, although
a heavy rain storm prevailed, at about nine
o’clock a large concourse of people gathered
'aV the hotel to congratulate the newly ap
pointed Collector of the Port of New York.
The hotel was decorated with flags and
colored lanterns, and the entire front illu
minated. The General Committee and a
large procession of citizens marched through
■ 'the rain, headed by a band. Inside the
hotel a number of Senators and Assembly
men were assembled. Mr. Robertson ap
peared and was introduced by Mr. Barnes
in a highly eulogistic speech, which con
cluded as fallows: “I have the pleasure to
present to you Hon. Wm. H. Robertson, of
New York, by "the grace of all that is good
in the Republican party, Collector of the
Port of New York.” Senator Robertson
wrb received with hearty applause. He
said:
“Felloios-Cilizens—Yoxi have come here to
night to congratulate me upon the con
firmation of my nomination as Collector of
the Port of New York. Let fne con
gratulate you, or rather the country, upon
the fact that we have a President whose in
telligence, firmness and ''patriotism will
protect the Constitution from every assault,
coming from whatever quarter it may. I
did not seek the Oollectorshsp, nor did
any one ask it for me.' I visited neither
Washington nor Mentor.' I had no cor
respondence pr communication, directly or
indirectly, with the President in regard
to it. The bestowal of an office under
such circumstances is exceedingly gratify
ing to me.”
Senators Woodin, Pitts and Sessions,
and Assemblyman Husted followed, al} in
terms of high satisfaction at the course of
events during the past few days.
Albany, May 19.—The Senatorial situa
tion to-day is unchanged. The Adminis
tration Republicans say that they are ready
to go into election to fill the vacancies, but'
will have nothing to do with a cauous. They
feel perfectly able to defeat the return of
either Conkling or Platt unless the Demo
crats go with the other side. But they will
take the chances, believing that if the Demo
crats fuse with the Conklingites they (the
Administration Republicans) wi)l beat both
at, the polls next fall. The . Conklingites
are strongly in favor of going into election
as soon as possible, and say Conkling is out
of. the race—that he will not be a candidate.
The Democrats are opposed to election,
claiming that the question should be left to
the people to decide at the next election.
The probabilities are that there will be an
election without any preliminary caucus on
the part of the Republicans. Gov. Cornell
and*Hoii. CSauuGey M. Depeware mention
ed as candidates on the partnf the Republi
cans.
Albany, May 20. —The Conkling wing of
the Republican party seems strengthened
I fc l spirits this morning. The change is at-'
Twibuted to the action of the President yes
terday-: They now say a canons will be held
next week, and that every Republican must
attend it and abide by |ts decision, or suf
fer repudiation at home. It is also stated
that Conkling and Platt will be candidates
before the caucus, whatever the result may
be. Their friends declare that to ignore
i them will be to read them out ot the party,
. which will not be permitted. On the other
hand, the Garfield men stand strong in the
determination against the re-election of the
ex-Senaiors, and still say that they will not
attend any caucus.
f|f)ftRJBL,E CATASTROPHE.
A Aline Cave# in ns seventeen Persons—
The Killed and Wonuded
(By Telegraph to toe Chronicle, j
Deadwqod, D. TANARUS., May 20.—A “cave” oc
curred at Golden Terra mine, at Terraville,
at? o’clock last evening. Seventeen per
sons were in the mine. The night shift
of sixty m'e'c was i ust coming on, but only
about twenty tfee tunnel, when
a mass of earth fell ip q.t a digtahpe of nearly
200 feet from' the' month, tearing and
throwing down timbers at a fearful rate for
one or two hundred feet. One man, named
Thomas Green, was thrown by the concus
sion of air nearly eighty feet out of the tun
nel against a side wall of. the open
cut, and killed’ instantly. Two others
were felcwp right through the tunnel
towards ra \ ne - rjnf< man eß *
caped. Anetber* was Sfeitok | portion
of the flying timber, and died last night.
Eleven were buried under debris. The
“cave” is supposed to be about 250 feet
long, 100 feet wide and 50 feet deep, and it
occurred directly over a large ore chamber,
completely filling it. A large number of
men went to work from all directions, but
ths “cave” is so extended that it will take
some time to take the earth away and retim
ber the tunnel, lien who were working at
the “cave” heard Farley, -one cj the im
prisoned mineri, talking last ’ night’. He
said tfes lumbers had fallen' on him and
there was do hope for feiffi-
Lateb. —Word has been received that
Farley and Beatty have been taken out ofjthe
cave, one being dead and the other dying a
short time after being released. Thete will
be no detention in the operation of the
mine. _ . . ,
Lateb. —Nine men still remain in the
, mine, cpd the miners working there can
talk with them. It is expected that all of
them will' fee cot out alive this evening.
The affair, which cannot beef plained, has
rested a great deal of excitement.
’ ARREST OF A MIRDVREK.
A Sievrapa per Reporter Tracks the Slay
er of and Secures Hls
Arfrest,
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Yobk, May 20. —Thrpagh the efforts
of Gustavus Seid, a reporter of the Jersey
City Evetitng Journal, Martin Komkowsky,
a brick layer, the murderer of Mina Schmitt,
was arrested last night. Seid had traced
him to his apart see urn, at 5J.0 West Thirty
sizth styeet, where he was living with _ his
wife and two phildren. Threra trtmkß'be
longing to the murdered woman were found
in his rooms. The tranks were filled
female wearing apparel. An envelope ad
dressed to “Mrs. Mina Mullq?” was found
in one of them. The prisoner acknowledg
ed tiiay fee hpew Mina Schmitt; but did not
know she W#b jjjsuyisd to Muller. He also
ackiiowiidged bemg’ tht OM with whom
Mina Schmitt (or Muiier) had' Sy®?
Christopher street, and to baring accom
panied her to tbe Schuetzen Park, #4 HCr
tenberg, bnt said she left him there for the
cOmpafiy of two other men, and be had
never seen he? arsmo, Komkowsky was
locked up- ''
—— ——UXW L-X.i ■*
Col. Scott’# Condition Critical,
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
PlBLAfELpfiiA, May 20.—1 tis reported
that Col Thos. A. Scott, who has ef late
been convalescing; has suffered t rriapse
and is now in a very critical conditioh.
Fanners complain of a scarcity of farm
jaboyers.
C APT. - PAUL BOYTON.
Why He FiltV Blow Up the C tillllan
- Ironclad*Til South America.
• • [ Cincinnati Gazette ]
Captain Paul Boyton,the famous swimmer,
was in the city yesterday. He appeared to
b#in splendid physical trim, and, though
a prisoner of war in Chili since tfle 23d of
January, never looked better in his life;
He failed in obtaining the prize of $750,000
offered him by the Peruvian Government
should he succeed in blowing np the three
immense Chilian ironclads, and, were the
stakes doubled, the Captain says Jie wonld
not underaake the task again. The failure
of the scheme was owing to the want of a
swift steam launch, which the Peruvians
had agreed to supply, as it was impossible
to come within any reasonable distance of the
Chilian fleet in an ordinary sailing craft.
He was captured, ndt while in the water as
is commonly supposed, but in one of the
small seaport towns, where the Peruvian
army was surrounded. If( regard to amuse
ments, the Captain says there is not so much
as a hand organ on the western coast of
South America from Cape Horn to the
Equator, Boyton left last evening for St.
Louis. From there he takes a steamer for
the Upper Mississippi, intending to make
a thousand mile swim down stream in order
to obtain a few items for his forthcoming
book, “Roughing It in Rubber.”
AUTHORIZED STATEMENT
Of What Took Place at tke Parsons
(Kansas) Railroad Meeting —On to
Mexico.
(By TqlegrapU to the Chronicle.)
New Yoek, May 19.—The Evening Post
says the following dispatch is an authorized
statement of what took place yesterday at
the Parsons (Kansas) annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Missouri, Kansas and
ifexas Railroad: All stockholders were pres
ent or represented by proxy, A special
meeting waa called at 10, a. m., Colonel R.
S. Stevens being elected as Chairman of
the meeting, and Mr. Henry B. Heusen
as Secretary. The purpose of, this
meeting was to consolidate, under a
management to be known as the Missouri
Pacific Railroad Company, the following
lines of roads, viz.: The Missouri Pacific,
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Inter
national and. ( jGreat Northern, the Texas
Pacific and the Iron Mountain. These lines
are all owned by the Gould faction, with the
exception of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas and the International and Great
Northern, which are leased for a
term of ninety - nine years. It was
resolved at this meeting that stockholders
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road ap
prove all mortgages and contracts made by
the Gould management in reference to the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road during
the time they have had possession of the
same. It was also resolved to continue the
construction of the road through to the City
of Mexico, the stock of the consolidated
company being increased $47,000,000 for
that purpose. The meeting then adjourned.
Jay Gould continues President of the Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas Road.
OUR GEORGIA SENATORS.
What Governor Brown and Mr. Hill
Say of the Situation—Fan for the
Democrats.
Washington, May 16.—Senator Jos. E.
Brown said to-night that the fight between
Conkling and the Administration is now
transferred to Albany. “It will be as it
has been here—very interesting. We have
nothing to do but to enjoy it. Of course
Conkling and Plai t resigned in expectation
of an endorsement by the State Legislature;
over this will come the fight now and it
matters very little how it .results. It will
benefit us in any event. It 'intensifies the
bitterness betweeff the factions of the Re
publican party and widens the split. It can
result in nothing but good to us; but it is
strange, isn’t it, that Dawes does not press
(he resolution about the election of officers
for the Senate? Odd that he moved an
executive session so quickly this after
noon.”
Senator Hill
♦
Discusses the “solid South” with great
candor, and predicts that the effect of the
political movements now in progress will
be to give the Democratic party anew lease
of power in all ttie Southern States. He
intends to do what he can “to revitalize ”
the party by making “a free ballot, a fair
count and an unconditional enforcement of
the constitutional amendments and the re
sults Of the war” the foundation of its plat
form. Concerning the attitude of Southern
Senators towards President Garfield in his
controversy with the - Conkling faction of
his own pally, Mr. Hfll believes that if it
becomes apparent that the President is a
‘party to the Mahone bargain some of them
will vote against the Administration and
others will become indifferent and careless
as to the result. Upon this point he further
said : “We (the Democrats of the South),
as a rule, desire to sustain the Administra
tion as a matter .of principle. Although it
is a Republican Administration, we want it
to be a successful one for the good of the
country, and our natural inclination and
desire is to sustain the President, but if the
President is to become a party to a bargain
with.an element in the South which we re
gard as demoralizing to the country and
destructive of our peace and good name,
and which is simply seeking to bring dis
grace upon our States under pretense of
being in favor of political reform, then we
must regard the Administration as an ene
my, and the effects can be imagined—they
need not be.stated.”
OLD KING COLE
At tile Ileail of a Syndicate That Has
Furchauetl a Southern System of Road a.
[Special lo the Courier-Journal.']
New Yobr, May 16.— The purchase of the J
Wilson-McGhee system of roads in the
South and Southwest, described in the
press dispatches of to-night, 'by a syndicate
headed by Col. E. W. Cole, was actually
macle on Saturday, when the money was
paid oyer, and the transfer of the roads per
fected. ’The synflicate in question is an*
unusually strong and rich, ohe, represent
ing, it is Said, oyer fqQO.OOO.QOQ. The
amount of capital subscribed, $16,000,000,
was taken ip twenty-four hours after it was
offered, and when it plosed at 12 o’clock
to-day there were applications for stock
that could not be fillecl. The gentlemen
interested understand the situation thor
oughly, haye perfect confidence in Colonel
Cole, and will lose no time in perfecting
their system fit all points. They disclaim
any purpose or moving on any oth6r system
of roads, and say that Their proposed ex
tensions will involve nothing of the kind.
They simply intend to perfeet their system
and give proper accommodation for the
business, leaving the trade to follow its
natural channel.
Col. Cole leaves for Atlanta to-morrow
night, ryhej§ he goes to close his ’contracts
for the building of the' needed * connecting
lines, involving about two hundred miles
of new track.
The Cole Combination.
[Knoxville Chronicle.]
Our readers will find in another column
some very important railroad news, effect
ing the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad and the system of roads
under her control. We had an interview
with Colonel AJcGhe'e last evening and
learned that the woyV pronging ffiis im
portant syndicate has been in progress for
months under.fhe ful} endorsement of all
the principal stockholders qf the above
named road. The object has not been a
change of management, but the infusion of
new blood, capital and enterprise, and it
will be seen that the parties enlisted in the
movement have abundant capital as well as
the pluck and determination to make this
one of the most important systems of rail
roads in the South. Mr. McGhee assures
us that the arrangement will largely in
crease th 'farnlifisi* Of this road to move
the produce of East Tennessee South, and
otherwise greatly benefit this section of the
country. He, as well as the other princi
pal owners of the old stock, have parted
with a portion of their stock to the new
syndicate, but Mr. McGhee holds the same
relation to the new as he did to the old,
and the management will remain as here
fore,* the'only effect of the . transfer being
the increase of the capital ajifi TtftpOftUPce
of this line. _
GEORGIA NOTES.
Dalton physicians report several cases of
broken bone fever.
It is time Catoosa was opened up for the
Summer patronage.
Old farmers say a dry May is a sure sign
of a good wheat crop.
Not A prisoner now boards in the Newton
county jail. At ojie time there were sixteen.
4 tempefance ’and Sunday School
gathering convened at Stone Mountain last
Saturday.
Cuthbert Enterprise: “We bear much
complaint of sickness among the mules and
horses of our section, from eating damaged
com.” ..
Rev. J. N. Bradshaw, of Covington, is at
tending toe Southern General Assembly of
Presbyterians now in session at Staunton,
Va. He wjll retym home in about ten days.
The general meeting of tbe Stcno Moun
tain Baptist Association will be held ! witir
the First Baptist Church, in Conyers, on Fri
day before the sth Sunday in this month,
and continue three days.
Work has been commenced on the new
college in Oxford and is to be pushed straight
ahead. It will be remembered a rich New
York banker by the name of Mr. Seney has
donated ffdO.OQO to Emory College and a
portion of the genetofetf gift goes fo pay for
the building. '
Mr. John Harrell, who lives at the Rock
dale paper mills and is miller of the grist
mill, carried two of his little sons on last
Sunday morning to the river to bathe them.
The little boys got into some quick-sand,
and VhiJe to 6 father was gitting the young
est put of the tafidt sank and
was drowsed, remaining in toe’ bottopi of j
the river four hours.
North Georgia Citizen: “The fourteen year
locusts have come. In the bottom lands
and alofig water courses there are. millions
of them, and their ceaseless singing drowns
out- ordinary conversation. The warm
weathef fr&atehiag tfeem out and increas
ing tsar •.g®* ed
that this locust mss gsffeisK, beinjg pro
vided by nature with a subsume# wfiigh
gCjtalaa life for & flhef period, and when
this" is exhausted :b4Set die*,”
• ■ t
A number or psoplp jp the city have been
swindled of lata by persons obtaining sub
scriptions for illustrated joamajs with
chromos thrown in as an inducement. Tbe
chromos were delivered first and toe money
taken, but the journals felled to come to
time. This is not the first time the people
of this city have been swindled by the- same
dodge.
TOP A-T LAST!
THE UNITED STATES SENATE AD
JOURNS SINE DIE.
No President Pro Tem. of the Body
Cbmen-Proceedings Y'esterday Wil
liam E. Chandler'* Soinlna’ton Re
ject* d—Those Con tiemed—Miscellaneous
(By Telegraph to the. Chronicle.)
SENATE.
Washington, May 20. —Mr. Bayard, of
the committee appointed to wait upon the
I President to ascertain whether he had any
! farther communications to make* to the
Senate, reported that the committee had
performed its duty, and that, the President
had stated that he had no further commu
nications to make. Thereupon Mr. Pendle
ton offered a resolution declaring when the
Senate adjourn to-day it shall stand ad
journed sine die.
Mr Ingalls objected to the present con
sideration of the resolution, and it was laid
aside for the time being, liable, however, to
be called up at any moment. The Senate
then at 12 o’clock went into executive ses
sion.
When the doors were reopened, the Sen
ate, at 5:15, p. m., on motion of Mr. Pen
dleton, adjourned sine die. Contrary to the
usual custom, no President pro tem. of the
Senate was elected. The Vice-President
was absent from the chamber when the ad
journment took place—the chair being oc
cupied by Mr. Harris. Owing to the fact
that up to the moment of adjournment the
Senate had remained in executive session,
there were no spectators in the galleries,
and the usual scenes attending sine die ad
journments were missing. The Senators
indulged in the usual hand shaking and
well wishing, and in a few moments the
chamber which had been the theatre of so
much excitement during the session just
closed, was deserted.
The Senate, in executive session to-day,
confirmed the nomination of James O.
Weeks to be United States Marshal for the
Western District of Louisiana. Also, the
following postmasters: Silas A. Sharpe,
at Statesville, N. C.; Hamilton Jay, at Jack
sonville, Fla.; Jno. F. Haynes, at Round
rock, Texas;. John B. Nicholas, at Denton,
Texas. The following additional United
States Consuls were also confirmed : John
B. Glover, of Indiana, at Havre ; George F.
Mosher, of New Hampshire, at Nice, France;
David Vickers, of New’ Jemy, at Mantanzas;
E. H. Rogers, of Nebraska, at Vera Craze;
H. S. Kelly, of Nebraska, at Chemnitz; and
James C. Zuck, of California, at Tien Tsin.
The nominations of Messrs. Woodford, Ten
ney, McDougall and Kuox, for the New
York attorneyships and marshalships, for
which their name3 were respectively sent in
yesterday, were confirmed to-day.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, May 20.—The Chairman of
the Senate Commiittee on Commerce to-day
appointed Senators Ransom, Jones of Ne
vada, Kellogg, Conger and Vest a sub-com
mittee to act for the full committee during
the recess of the Senate, under the resolu
tion recently adopted by that body, direct
ing the committee to inquire into the con
dition of the Potomac river in front of
Washington, and the effect of bridges across
the river upon the navigability of the
stream and the health of the city, and report
next Winter what steps ought to be taken
in regard to the whole matter. General
Ransom, on whose motion the inquiry was
ordered, will call the sub-committee togeth
er about the first of July.
Col. W. H. French, of the United States
Army (retired), died at his residence in this
city this morning, of apoplexy. He was a
Major-General of the volunteers during the
late war and Brevet Major-General in the
regular army.
The President sent the following nomi
nations to the Senate to-day : Willard B.
Wells, of Michigan, to be United States
Consul at Rotterdam; M. B. Wharton, of
Georgia, to be Consul at Sonneberg.
Chandler Rejected by the Senate.
The nomination of Wm. E. Chandler, as
Solicitor-General, was rejected by the Sen
ate, in executive.session to-day, by a vote
of 24 to 19. The Democrats voted solidly
against him and were joined by Don Cam
eron. All other Republicans voted for him
except Mr. Mitchell, who withheld his vote.
In the debate which preceded the vote
on Chandler’s nomination, in the Senate
to-day, Mr. Bayard briefly outlined the
Democratic opposition to its confirmation
on the ground that Mr. Chandler has been
hostile to the South, and is too pronounced
a Republican partisan for the position. Mr.
Blair and Mr. Frye spoke earnestly in favor
of confirmation. AmoDg the nominations
which went over at the final adjournment
without action was that of Wm. Rale, for re
appointment as postmaster at Knoxville,
Tenn.
Ex-Senator Conkling and Senator Jones,
of Nevada, left Washington this afternoon
for New York. Senator Conkling intends
to return in a few days.
Intimate friends of A. M. Clapp positive
ly assert that he is soon to succeed Colonel
Irish as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. The report, however, as yet
lacks confirmation.
The Cuae of Michael P. Boynton.
The President to-day transmitted to the
Senate the report of the Secretary of State
upon the case of Michael P. Boynton, re
cently arrested in Ireland, stating that the
case is not one which would warrant the
interference of tho United States Govern
ment, but declaring that should it be the
sense of the Senate he would counsel the
President to appeal to the benevolence of
the British Government in Boynton’s be
half.
CROP NEWS.
The wheat crop throughout Murray coun
ty-promises a good yield.
It is reported that rust has appeared in
the'wheat in some sections.
King -cotton is going to be the greatest
tyrant that ever ruled tfle North Georg(a
farmers.
Dawson Journal: “We learn that rice birds
have made their appearance in the wheat
and oqt fields of tfiis county in large num
bers. Tfiese birds play sad hayoc with the
small grain crop when they set ip, apd as
they are here thus early, we expect to hear
of much damage by them.”
We no tie 3 that some of the more thought
ful farmers of Henry county, Alabama, in
stead of the all cotton idea, have turned to
the more remunerative system of wool grow
ing. This kind of staple will always pay
the producer from 20 to 25 cents per pound
any time during the year.
Eufaula Times and News: We hear of some
farmers who are converting their cotton
patches into com fields by plowing up the
cotton and planting corn. Reports from
all parts of the county indicate that the
farmers are making great efforts to get their
crops in good condition and will soon b@ up
with them v°rV-
North Georgia Citizen: “Whitfield county
has planted an enormous cotton crop this
■year, which we regard as a risky venture
on the part of the farmers, for should the
crop be a failure the consequences will be
disastrous to them. Plenty of hog and
homin'y first, and then cotton, is the way
a farm should be run.”
Yorkville (S. 0.) Enquirer: “Complaint is
made by the farmers -of (ho qry weather
preyalept ip'paoat sections of the county.
The oat crop especially is suffering for
want of rain. So far as our information
extends, cotton is doing well; the planters
generally are well up with tbeir work, and
the plant is in a healthy condition.”
Covington Enterprise: “A planter told us
Tuesday that while a heavy crop of cotton
had been planted he feared that the crop
would fall short of the expectations ot the.
farmers. He thinks that the backward
Spring and the backward condition of the
ground will both prove injurious. Some
have nof finished planting cotton yet.”
Col. Campbell, qf Broadaivay, Anfi erson
county, S. u., says tha( if it had hot been
for the dry weather a large amount of the
land planted in cotton would have had to
have been thrown out of cultivation simply
because the farmers could not have cleared
it of grass.. As it is, they have got a good
start, and by diligence can keep the grass
down.
Corn is now selling- in Clay county, Ala
bama, at jj,l 35. pe? fjusual cash, qnd £1 5d
per bushel on time. Meat 12}$ oents cash
and 15 cents on time. At these prices there
is a great demand for. both. It is impos
sible to conceive how the farmer is to pull
through, unless there are good crops made.
There appears to be a good deal of corn
in the county for sale, but owners are
waiting for a better price, and forcing
buyers to depend upon Western Ten
nessee com.
Chattanooga T\mt3 : “Shipments of straw
berries fftjo this marked by ibc "Southern
Express Company have beep unpreeed ejsted
lyjheavy during the pastweekjand bidjfair to
continue so for several days lon'ger, indica
ting that this year’s crop is far in excess of
any crop of strawberries hitherto produced
here. The following are the shipments
each day -by express since last Tuesday
week : Tuesday week, 500 pounds ; Wed
nesday, 1,000 pounds; Thursday, 2,700
pounds; Friday, 5,700 pounds; Saturday,
2,000 pounds; Monday, lQ,l£iQ pounds;
Tuesday, 7,000 pounds; Yesterday, 9,000;
total, 38,200.”
Edgefield Advertiser: “For a month past
we have had magnificent growing weather,
and we feel gratified at being able to report,
I from all parts of our county, good stands
! of both com and cotton, and that our farm
; ers are nearly up with the season. Cotton
; chopping is pretty general. Oats are ripen
ing rapidly, and scythe blades are being
sharpened in anticipation of earlv cutting;
I but ‘the yiaid—without copious tain fall
very soon —will not be miraculously large.
The garden truck is also needing iriin very
seriously. The apprehensions in regard to
a failure of the peach crop are now dissipa
ted’, as onr fruit growers calculate upon a
good half crop, if -not more. If we mistake
not, there is 3lso fair promise of a good ap
ple c?op.' i I
Topeka, Kas., May 16.—Reports of mag
nificent rains and the consequent advan
tage to grain and frnit in all parts of Kan
sas continue to come in. The State Agricul
■ tnral Department and the several land offi
ces in this city receive statements daily
, from representative farmers in all sections
concerning the already fine appearance of
the the splendid gicwjnfc m*
son with tykhch tjiey are Sow belng favofed."
'The wheat i* represented to be ip excellent
condition, the oom in most places is np
and growing nicely, and the general pros
abundant yield of U kinds of
grain are pronounced to be more ——
.usually good- fwenty bushels’per acre is
’the lowest average claimed for wneaf, while
it is imposavblejto predict the probable ex
tent of the com crop, the acreage being so
much larger than ever before planted,-and
the season so much more favorable than du
ring the past five years ,
COMMERC IAL NOTES.
The number of hogs packed in Chicago
since March 1, is estimated at 555,000
against 846,000 for the corresponding time
last year.
The movement of grain for the past week
shows an increase in the supply of corn,
oats and barley, and a decrease in the stock
of wheat and rye.
The Chicago, Burlington and Qaincy
Railroad has notified receivers that, on and
after Monday next, all grain sold on
track will be charged 2c. extra per 100 lbs.
for track service.
Telegrams state that chinch-bugs have
made their appearance in large numbers in
Saline and Johnson counties and other
neighboring areas in Southwestern Missouri;
also in Southern Kansas.
It should be understood that there is no
corn out of condition in the elevators at
Chicago. There is considerable damaged
corn there, but it is all kept on track and
disposed of there to parties who can use
such grain to advantage.
The stock of {ness pork on hand at Chica
go is estimated at 195,000 to 200,000 bar
rels, against 225,000 barrels at this time
last year. The stock of lard on hand is re
ported nt 80,000 to 83,000 tierces, against
140,000 tierces on hand one year ago.
A gentleman has been figuring up the
stocks of No. 2 red Winter wheat in all the
reported points of accumulation in the
United States, and finds the aggregate to be
less than a million btlehels. From this it is
atgued that consumers will be obliged to
take Spring wheat, and that present stocks
must melt away rapidly under the demand.
There is reason to believe that a large part
of the wheat in Chicago is under orders to
move East, and only awaits vessel-room,
which is furnished but slowly. At the same
time the foreign markets are dragging un
der fears that our next crop will be a large
one.
Chicago Tribune, 17th: “The leading
produce markets were active yesterday, and
more irregular than usual. Provisions
were especially unsettled, with a range of
about sc. on pork and 22>£c. on lard. The
latter was shaken by large offerings for the
longer futures, but pork seemed to have no
special reason for vacillation except the
will of the gentleman who is supposed to
suppose that he controls the deal. Wheat
turned down early, with depressing foreign
advices, and turned up about the time that
reports came in about chinch-bugs in Mis
souri and Kansas. Corn followed the lead
of wheat, but with rather a dragging feel
ing in futures, and a good demand for
shipment. Oats were unsteady, rye steady
and barley weak. The receipts of all kinds
of grain except oats continue small for the
season.”
New Yobk, May 17.—Robert Stabo, said
to be running the market here, says he and
Fowler stand ready to take the whole stock
of lard in Chicago, which is reported to-day
at 63,000 tierces, or about 17,000 tierces
less than on May first. Said he: “It is
cheap, and is going to and August
option is the strongest and best purchaso
on the list.” Heavy receipts of canal grain
were reported this morning, consisting ot
400,000 bushels of corn and 20,000 bush
els of wheat, out of total receipts by rail
and canal of 561,075 bushels ot corn and
429,410 bushels of wheat. In order to
make a market for these large arrivals with
out breaking prices too much, the first call
on grain was made higher.
St. Louis Republican: “There has recently
been complaint made to shippers to inte
rior Southern points by their customers of
the corn on its arrival being found dam
aged by heating, and to ascertain how far
this was the fact, if fact at all, Inspector
Fears, of the Merchants’ Exchange Board of
Inspectors, was deputed to visit some of the
principal points the complaints had ema
nated from, and make a close investigation.
Mr. Fears has just returned from his trip
of a week or two’s duration, and confirms
the just foundation for the complaints -
stating that the grain was in really very
bad condition. But he also states that it is
not alone corn from St. Louis, but from In
diana, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee—that
from Nashville being worse off than from
more distant shipping points. He ascribes
it to this being the sprouting season and
the long time in transportation—fifteen to
twenty or more days— aud the confinement
in close and excessively heated interior of
the cars. Ho gave instructions for the hand
ling of the grain by the receivers South,
and states that the difficulty will exist but
a week or two longer, when the sprouting
time will be passed.”
WAYNESBORO NOTES.
Superior Court—True Bills Found—A
Splendid Concert.
f Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist .]
Wavnesbobo, Ga., May 19. - The honor
able Superior Court met last Monday, at
this place, and consequently our town wears
a much more animated appearance than
usual. Judge Snead, as usual, is dispatch
ing the business of the Court as fast as pos
sible. Solicitor-General Wright makes quite
a favorable impression in Burke, and is
making friends by the score. Messrs. Shew
make, Twiggs, Hook, Montgomery, Carroll,
Gibson, Bean, Fleming and Lockhart are in
attendance from the Augusta bar. The
criminal docket will not be reached before
next Monday. The following true bills were
returned on yesterday by the grand jury,
viz :
State vs. Paul Lawson, murder.
State vs. Gus. Reynolds, assault with in
tent to murder.
State vs. Thomas Ward, larceny after
trust.
State vs. Mike Mixon, carrying concealed
weapons.
State vs. Buck Cooper, misdemeanor.
State vs. Simon Byne, simple larceny.
Much to the gratification of our people,
on last Tuesday evening Mrs. Routzahn,
aided by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Munnerlyn
and Miss Philo Sturgis, gave one of the best
concerts our town has ever enjoyed. The
following was the programme :
1. Overture—instrumental.
2. Duet—The Swallows Return, by Mrs.
Routzahn and Mrs. Godbee.
3. “Only One Kiss,” hy Miss Jones —en
core.
4. Jesus Dei Vivi, by Mrs. Godbee and
Messrs. Spaeth and Boyle—encore.
5. Instrumental - Mr. Brandt, Prof. Hett
and Mrs. R .
6. Solo, by Mr. Spaeth enoore.
7. Solo—Mrs. R When the Leaves Be
gin to Turn—encore.
8. Duet—Mrs. G and Mr. B en
core.
9. Solo -Mrs. G- “Ye Merry Birds”—
encore.
10. “Como and Meet Me, Rosa Darling,”
Miss Whaley.
11. Solo—Miss J.—Eostaoy—encore.
12. Duet—Fisherman, by Miss J. and
Mrs. G——.
13. Instrumental Overture—Prof. Hett,
Mr. Louis Brandt and Mr. H. Brandt.
The music of this concert is given up to
be the best we have had in Waynes
boro for some time. Miss J , of Hern
don, and Mrs. G , of our town, were
highly complimented asicj Applauded for
their in singing. The rendering
by Miss Jones of the “Trundle Bed” was
just simply exquisite.
The kind assistance of Messrs. Spaeth
and Boyle was highly appreciated by the
audience, and encored until they wou!d ap
pear no more upon the stage. Mrs. Rout
zahn, with the aid of such cultured yoicps,
need be proud of her entertainment, and
we hope she. wijl got delay in giving us an
qther entertainment ere many moons shall
wax and wane. Attendant.
CO.VKLItIG'S COUP D’ETAT.
f Montgomery Advertiser. ]
The qoqntry is to bs congratulated in be
ing rid, tor a time at least, of this wicked
though talented man- this dangerous and
unscrupulous politician.
[Nashville American.]
The public will consider this action either
that of an arrogant man smarting under dis
appointment, or an attempt to gajn tlje ad
vantage on q meye question of patronage.
The result will be To throw together the
Mabone repudiators of the South and the
stalwarts of the North against the conserva
tive elements of both sections.
[Springfield Republican.]
If President Garfield had made Robert
son’s appointment with an eye single to the
public service, he could laugh at this chal
lenge and put himself vjpop the'high and
impregnable ground that be is the President
of the United States and not a party chief,
responsible for good government and not
for Republican victories; but President
Garfield picked Robertson not because he
w ould make a good collector, but because
he was a good politician.
[Cincinnati Gazette.]
No one can crush or break down Mr.
Conkling but himself*- and' We Add' that
nothing the’Rresidfent 1 has " done can hurt
the Republican payty in N e W York without
the active aid of its senior Senator, and un
less the Republicans of that State are wide
ly different from the Republicans of Ohio,
no sulking leader can hurt them, and per
haps the party in New York may proceed to
demonstrate that it can live without or in
spite of its Senator, who is certainly insane
on the subject of his own importance,. •
[Louisville Courier-Journal,]
.Vffieritau politics, with all its humbug
ging, has rarely, if ever,, produced a more
transparent sham than that which Mr. Conk
ling and his doable, Mr. Platt, sought ves
terday to pnt upon the Senate and the
people. It takes the country by surprise
only because no reasonable person could an
ticipate so silly and so flimsy an expedient
from anybody except the clown of a circus
or the end men of a minstrel troupe. The
proceedings of the extra session have been
funny enough for a comic opera, But the
dullest of dgll farces cquld survive this stu
pid piece of Oheap-Johnery.
[Cincinnati Commercial Washington Special.]
A letter was received here yesterday by a
prominent Republican from Gen. Grant, in
which the ex-Preeident takes sides strongly
with Conkling. Be mentions the' fact that
if Mr. Sebertsou hr to- be rewarded for ren
deritig General Garfield’s nomination possi
ble, the. wishes of Mr. Conkling, the leader
of the majority who rendered General Gar
field's election possible, should also be re
spected. General Grant does not appear to
be gratified by the proposed transfer of
General Badean from London to Denmark,
and Mr. Cramer from Copenhagen to Swit
zerland.
Ohio.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
CoMJMBim, 0., May 19.—The People’s
Temperance Reform Convention, in session
here to-day, adopted resolutions favoring
the amendment of the State Constitution,
so as to prohibit tfee fljftnsfoctGra
of lntc*!%tlh£ liquors, sad declaring that
if the great political parties of the State
fail to nominate candidates favoring tem :
•perance, a convention will fiallfiq W
ppygipafe State thWperafcce ticket.
THE PRODUCTION OF COTTON.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON GINNING.
Letter From Major Harry Hammond.
[From the Textile Record .]
Beech Island, S. C., March 19, 1881.
Edward Atkinson, Boston, Mass.:
Deab Sib - When I had the pleasure of
seeing you recently in Boston, I had only
read newspaper accounts of your address in
Atlanta, and having since then perused
with much interest the full text which you
were so good ns to furnish me with, I find
you have gone ahead of me in many points.
Nevertheless, I will avail myself of your re
quest to write you, to call your attention
to some points of view which, from my
nearness to them, seem to me larger, per
haps, than they really are.
Using the modern phraseology, let me
premise that in the evolution of industries
there are (or should be?) certain pivotal
points arouud which the energies and ma
terial employed cluster and from which
they may be controlled and directed. Such,
for instance, is the oil refinery in the
petroleum business, the cheese and butter
factory in dairying, the rack cellar in the
manufacture of champagne wines. These
points are constant, they change w'ith the
changes of time aud sometimes the wrong
points are taken, but they owe their ex
istence to the nature of things, and those
wHo decide correctly what they are or ought
to be and occupy them, gain a vantage
ground and controlling influence over the
industry, enlarge and develop it, add to the
wealth and prosperity of others, and enrich
themselves. It is from this high plaoe that
I wish to show you the kingdoms of our
cotton fields.
In cotton culture, before the war, this
point was undoubtedly the ownership of
slaves. After the war it was thought the
land-owner would occupy the stragetio
point. But cotton lands were too abundant
and, besides, the supremacy of land is a
notion repugnant and daily becoming more
so to the genius of these times. The direc
tion of affairs soon fell into the hands of
bankers, cotton factors and grocery mer
chants. As the land-holdings became
smaller and more numerous, it was appa
rent that the capitalists belonging to these
classes and residing in the cities and larger
towns were too remote and could be too
little acquainted with the large peasant pro
prietary who were coming to the front to be
able to make advances to them judiciously
or to control them. Thus it happens that
the business has largely fallen into the
hands of tho country cross-roads storekeep
ers, who are rapidly rising into importance
and wealth. Now let us hope that this is
not the end of tho matter, and that these
men without culture or broad views, these
Shylooks who squeeze their cent, per cent,
out of the laborer for cheap goods of the
poorest quality, will not long continue the
masters of the situation, as their homo
logues in Ireland, the “Gombein men,”
have been and are. In casting about for
the new position that is to exert a deter
mining and controlling influence, I would
suggest that it may be hopefully, for all
concerned, sought in the gin house. Your
statements, from the point of view of the
manufacturers, clearly indicate that just
here great changes and improvements are
demanded. From the side of the cotton
producers it is equally apparent that things
here are in a transition state. The large
and commodious gin houses of the great
landed estates are disappearing with thorn.
They are being rapidly supplanted by toll
gins, that clean the cotton for tho small pro
ducers. New devices are being sought out.
Traveling gins with traction engines have
been tried : they were found to do poor
work at too great a cost and are being aban
doned. They will never succeed, for the
cotton crop is not gathered at one time like
the grain crop, and the exigencies of the
cotton farmer require that his cotton
should be ginned bale by bale as he
gathers it during the four months of the
picking season, so that too great a waste of
time must always attend the moving of
portable gins back and forth, from spot to
spot, to clean small lots of cotton. The gin
can not go to the cotton, that must come to
it, and it now does so from distances that
only admit of two and sometimes one load
being made in the day. Small stationary
steam engines are now very pepular. The
objections to them are the poor woik that
all small concerns do of necessity, the im
practicability of obtaining intelligent man
agement and skilled superintendence, the
cost of running them and of making repairs
promptly in the open country, together with
the ever-present risk of fire. It seems to
me that water powers immediately on the
lines of railways are in every respect best
adapted to this purpose. The only gin
house I have seen which would in any way
answer as a model, is the one mentioned to
you at the Glendale Factory, in Spartan
burg, South Carolina, and it is not on a line
of railway and can not accomplish half what
it should. You may remember that I told
you that wagons with seed cotton were
driven directly on to a scale, weighed and
tolled. The cotton was easily and rapidly
thrown down into a hopper, and instead of
being tediously and laboriously lifted in
sheets or baskets, most frequently by hand,
up a flight of stairs, into the ginniDg room,
was conveyed from this hopper on an end
less apron of cheap construction to a plat
form in the building. From this platform
two small boys with wooden rakes pushed
into the automatic feeders of three Hall
gins. Thence it passed through condensers
immediately lo the press, A skilled work
man in attendance on the gins closes the
door of the press, shifts a loose belt, and
the bale is packed. Meanwhile the cotton
seed is delivered at another point by a belt.
As soon as the wagon is unloaded it drives
to the latter place, a trap-door opens, and
the seed falls into the wagon, which then
moves a few feet further and receives the
bale on top. The whole operation is com
pleted under the eye of the customer, with
in the space of twenty minutes. This is at
a very prosperous cotton factory, but I am
told that this ginning is by tar the most
profitable of all their operations, ootton is
brought to it from eleven miles around, and
sometimes 40 wagons with seed cotton may
be counted in a line waiting for their turn
at the gin house. So far are these arrange
ments ahead of anything known in practice
here, that when I gave my neighbors an ac
count of it at our Agricultural Club, it seem
ed to them like some fairy tale. This is the
only gin house I know of, or, as I believe,
which exißta within our borders that does a
business of sufficient size to secure that in
telligent and skilled labor in its ‘manage
ment that would justify the adoption of the
improvements you suggest. This establish
ment might safoly and cheaply experiment
with the Ralston trash-cleaner, tho Dobson
or the Platt Bros.’ roller-gin, the boater and
the Dedrick press and bagging of cotton
cloth. The omsU farmers into whose bands
the production of ootton has largely fallen,
and into whose hands it is falling more and
more day by day, know nothing and can
know nothing of these things. It is entirely
beyond them to ask if their ootton is well
ginned, well-dusted and well-paoted. In
deed, they often object tp. (he letter pro
cesses, saying it mafteslheir bales too light.
They o^ly' demand that their cotton be
ginned promptly to meet their grocery
bills, and that the heaviest bagging and ties
be used, and that their cotton be not stolen
at the gin house.
But, as I have said, this Glendale gin does
not do all or one-half of what it should do.
It should be located fin a railroad. A box
car should he Standing on a side track, un
de? shelter, t> receive the seed without
handling or exposure to weather (you know,
perhaps, that a very slight exposure will set
up a fermentation which totally destroys its
value for oil). This car, as rapidly as load
ed, to convey the seed to the oi' mill. The
producer should return home with a load of
cotton seed meal in the place of the easily
perishable qoltdh seed themselves, and with
a check in his pocket a an advance on his
bale of cotton left at the gin house to be
shipped, thus saving the labor and expense
of hauling it round to his home and off
again to market.
In this way, and in this way alope, go farjas
I can see, can oil mills here be made a suc
cess. Sufficient seed to run them profitably
can never he obtained under existing cir
cumstances!' ll(ot that the produoor is at
all averse to whanging hia seed for meal,
but because he can not afford to haul them
to the mill or to send them by rail in small
lots, which would necessitate the expense
of sacking them. There is a good cotton
seed oil mill now in Augusta, Georgia, in
sight from my window, that expi hot get
seed enough to run it two months out of the
twelve. A ?ert?.in number of cotton-gins,
such as i havu described, located oa rail
roads convenient to this town, would insure
the success of this rfti.U beyond a question.
The coat wo.nld be much iess than that of
the smallest cotton factory, and tho profits
would be far greater, besides the benefits
conferred on all parties interested. A
number of such gins in connection, with
the oil mill would serve as cental of force
inciting to various ceonoiaiei and indus
tries. There would" be a vast saving in
the preliminary handling of the crop. It
would be Hinoh better prepared for market
—ft benefit alike to producer and consumer.
It would be more intelligently cheaply
shipped to where it was toba manufactured.
The oil product of o.ur buds would be saved
that nqyp suffers total loss ; hundreds of
thousands of tons of food for animals would
be, as it wore, created. The water power
could be profitably nsed, when the grinding
season was over, in grinding &rn meal for
the customers of the gin , In cleaning crops
of upland rice—a ip.olf profitable business
just developing ; in sawing lumber where
timber was plenty, or where it was not, in
running saw-tables, planing machines, or
turning lathes, for which there is abundant
and varied material here, equalled only by
the home demand for et>oh products. If a
store were opened in connection with the
gin house, as would be done in all proba
bility, the whole business of advances in
bagging, fertilizers and groceries would
. naturally centre (here, making them cheap
er and more convenient to the cotton pro
ducer. In my opinion the monopoly of all
the profits of these operations is in the grasp
of those who would occupy these water
powers on the railways, and organize and
improve them as above suggested, while
conferring great bfipeflU on the vicinage.
Why is it not done ? you mayask. Ido not
know. Why did riot the gentlemen at din
ner with Columbus set their eggs np on the
table ?
please excuse me for writing you so long
a letter, and if yon think my suggestions
won’t take water, as yon very likely may, at
least let it assnre you that while I differ
very seriously and widely from mu?h thpt
yon said in yonr very “free speech ’ in At
lanta lan dfwhich you to be
rather severeaad ‘aggressive, neither it nor
any other open and free expression of opin
ion can mqka (fee unmindful of the very in
telligent, not ip say not unkindly interest,
yen take in affairs here.
I think the views I have w4i,
ba supported by many facts in the Report
on Cotton Culture in South Carolina 1 am
preparing for the Ceusas Office. Asa small
ootton planter and the owner of a gin house,
I hope to learn n great deal from your At
lanta Exposition, which I trust will prove a
great success. Very respectfully,
Hakrx Hammond.
new YORK STOCK MARKET.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle, i
New Yobk, May 21, p. m. The
stock mar t opened strong and gen
erally higher, and dealings wt-ro charac
terized by a firm tone throughout almost
the entire day. There were occasional .re
actions caused by realizations, but a general
tendency in direction of higher prices, and
the market closed strong at or near the best
figures of the day. The advance on the
day s transactions ranged from *-o to 4*, **r
cent.—the latter in Central Pacific; Illinois
Central selling up 4j>£ ; Houston and Texas,
4; Rock Island, 3; Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland and Indianapolis. '1\ A , and
Northwest, 2 per cent. Some ft u shares
show a fractional decline from yesterday’s
closing quotations. Speculation was on a
very large scale, and was at times charac
terized by a very buoyant tone.
Sales aggregated 568.782 shares. Sub-
Treasury balances gold, $67,752 312
silver, $7,263,621.
G°, v ---New s’g 104)4 Virginia 6’s ..40
do. New 4%’a . 1 ley' do. eona.fi ,1 .*-!>/
xT d v',? e, !‘V - <l°-. deferred. 1
N. V. Central 151 Panama * 2t> i
“ r ‘° • 50*4 Fort Wayne. . .*l4O
Lake Shore 133 l .4Chieago A Alton. . 145*'
Illinois Central . 146*4Harlem 21,.
N. and Chat’s 90 Mich’n CentTai.. 1151
L. and Nash’e 108 St. Paul 12 ,,s ’
Pittsburg* 141 do. preferred.. lit! *
O. and Northw’n. 132J4D01. A Lack. . .125=.
Pje f o> rod -144 N. J. Central KVJt?
W. St. L. IP 56)4 Heading QObC
do. preferred. .95%0hi0 A Miss. 47
M. &0.- - . 77 Che*. A Ohio . .31
Rock Island 147*4M<fi>ile A Ohio . :tsQ
W. Union 123 Han’l A St. Joe .81
Ala., cl aA,2 to 5... 72 8. F. A St. L0ui5....47L
Ala., cl’s A. small.. 72 do. preferred ~4'‘
Ala ,cl’sß, s’s 95 do. Ist prefd
Ala.,cl’s 0, 2t05...85 Union Pacific. 124 V
Georgia 6’s 109%Houston A Texas.. S7 '
do. 7's,Mortg’e’.lll Pacific Mai! 571
do. Gold 117 Adams Express 131 4
Louisiana 62^Wells A Fargo.. ~llB‘t
N. Carolina, old.. .34 Amer’nExpress.... H7^/
do. new 21 U. 8. Express dgiJ
do. funding .13 Cons. Coal, old. 41 '*
do. special 8/4Quicksilver 19
Tennessee 6’s 73 do. preferred *66
do. new 72
♦Offered.
BALTIMORE AND THE SOUTH.
The Spartanburg (S. C.) Connection-
Railroad and Industrial Dtvrlnpmmi-.
K (-‘sources of the Piedmont < . n trr—
Spartan fCnterprlac—' The Aasata itulU
I’oad Connect Ion?.
[Special Correspondence Baltimore Sun j
Spabtanbubo. 8. c., May 13.—1 have seen
no interior town of the South whiob s.-ems
to have before it a more promising future
than Spartanburg. The town and county
have already invested $350,000 in rail
roads, and are ready to pay off a consid
erable part of the debt, but the holders of
the bonds prefer to retain them ns a good
investment until tho date of maturity: Mr.
Gabriel Cannon, who was the State Senator
of Spartanburg for thirty Winters, and has
ever ready at command a most accurate
knowledge of all details of the pnhiic r.&urs
of his State, informed me that the a„sessa
ble property added to the wealth of the
county within the past eight years h is been
more than enough to provide interest on the
debt created to stimulate development But
the railroads already in existence havin '
the power, which they exercise, |o i,u.
freights on flour from Atlanta from 40 cents
to 80 cents a barrel, it has become i„ cos
eery to control these charges by competi
tion. This is one of the reasons why the
upland regions of South Carolina and North
Carolina are looking towards th • Midland
Virginia Railroad and Baltimore city lor the
extension of an independent line to Au
gusta and Atlanta, with Spartanburg as the
branching point.
Work fur Baltimore lo Do.
The Clyde syndicate, which cont .o’s lo
cal roads identified with the R\chi\,r>-, | aTI 1
Danville system, has so many points of mat)
agement and interest in common with th
Wadley system in Georgia as to lea : to iL
general inference that tho ownership n in
fact the same. At all events the wb mid
land region of Virginia and the Pi. dmant
sections of the Carolines are fully crom-ed
to the need of immediate co-opt ration wit))
Col. Barbour, who is backed hy the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad in the scheme of
of the Virginia Midland Railroad extension
from Danville to Augusta and Atlanta. I;l
timore should lose no time in seizing tin -
opportunity to extend its influence ami to
recover trade which has been cripple,] by
successful competition. Baltimor trade
interests must depcml upon nnbroken. di
rect, speedy, reliable coramnuication with
the West, the South and the Sotliwnl
it was important for Baltimore to reach tin
Ohio river, and then, as development weal
on, to take another and still another step,
until Chioago and the Northwest was linkc j
■'n the train, it is eqnally vital 1 bv, p,
have independent connections, which can
not be diverted and will make the Monu
mental City their centre. The Son'.h :, n ri
the West are the points in which Hilt'nriwi
capital and enterprise must be felt, und no t
New York connections. The nat will
afford opportunies, tbe other will impiv
end in making Baltimore and its lin- < a
tributary to those already overgrown bus: -
ness interests which are able to strangle
competitive eeterprises.
The Virginia Midland.
The Virginia Midland Road, as nil are
aware, extends through the ben/t of Vir
ginia 243 miles from tho Potomac to th,
rivorDan. Every station wan the 5,... „i
important millitary operations during the
war between the Statea, and many of the
same points have tributary to them a pros
perous and fertile back country, well calcu
lated to enrich the business of any city able
to control the aggregate produce of the rc
gion. From Danville, Va.to Spartanbn rg.S.C ,
the proposed extension is through el ought
200 miles of the Piedmont country of
North and South Carolina, which is rich in
grass, cereals and tobacco lands. States
ville, one of the chief towns on the route, i*
the terminus of the Atlantic, Tennessee and
Ohio Railroad from Charlotte, N. C. It is,
the market town of Iredell, Alexander
Wilkes, Yadkin, Snrry and Caldwell, five of
the richest mountain conntiea of Western
North Carolina, in which there is no rail
road. The extension will have the advant
age of coming between tho Piedmont AJr
Line Railroad and the mountains. Fr*>tn
Lincolton to Sheiby there is a section
of the Carolina Central Railway which in >
bo acquired, leaving hnt n small di
vision to be bnilt to Spartanharg. Frou.
Spartanburg southwest to Augusta, lj*s
miles, the route via Laurens and Green
wood to Augusta is assured.
ports from various parts of tb
three States interested in this et
are encouraging in the highest ifigr,
Maj. Yates with a strong engineering c,,
is in the field making preliminary sum , -
and locating the lines through the norther/
division, and Maj. 8. 8. Kirkland is op-at
ing between Spartanburg and Shelby, hav
ing jnst been transjsrred with his corp,
from the Augusta end. Senator Cannon i,
managing theagfincies employed to sectir
rights q[ YAy, and taking other steps inei
nenfai to the success of railway projects
for which his ripe experience and gr'af.
energy fully qualify him. Some of the
towns and counties will be called npon to
vote subscriptions. Statesville is expect'd
to subscribe SI OO,OOO, and by using .
charter already in existence for part of il ...
northern division, it is expected to obtair.
from the State of North Carolina the uoe of
tho labor of 150 convicts to aid in the work
Pledges To Be Fulfilled.
On the one hand Mr. Barbour has pledged
Augusta to reach Spartanburg, aud on the
other hand Angusta is pledged to comp! ti
the 118 miles of the Southern division and
meet him at Spartanburg. It looks very
much like (L* mutual pledges will be car
ried out, But this is not all of the proposed,
extension, though it is the work imuedi Ita
ly in hand. The next step will be teoa.
Spartanb.urg to Atlanta. 190 mil*-, -,-i.
Athena, Oa., a rich and prosperous c.vn.
For this extension Anderson, 8. Cl, pro
poses to give $250,000, and hnsinen, and
travel will have the advauaege, not only of
farther competitive lines, but rnucY, sheter
distances than by exiptiiig routes.
CigasUt tyibnu.
With the. details of these Hohomcs ca**
fnl readers of tho Sun have been lom- <u ,d<
familiar. Bow much the future o‘i luiti
more depends upon their successful issue
may be realized when wo remember whst
the Clyde syndicate and Gem Logan, of
Richmond, have recently acobmplished to
secure the business o i this section to bui'd
np Norfolk in tbq interest of their steam
ship line to New York. It was only a week,
ago in a Wrier on the Shenandoah Y.ul y
development, that the importance of it.
, Norfolk and Western and Shenandoah Val
ley systems, connected with the Lonisv ills
and Nashville system, was pointed out. By.
this Shenandoah Valley link the l/misville
and Nashvißri system reaches New York.
By the Norfolk and Western it reaches
Norfolk; on the south it has a grip on
New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola, and
on the west it stretches ta Memphis and
St. Lonis eva the Mississippi river. From
the Shenandoah Yaliey, to which Balti
more is the natural outlet, all basur.esa is
tending towards Philadelphia, whoso
capital has been poured into the val
ley, just as on the Eastern. Shore of
Maryland and Virginia the business,
of all that thriving peninsula has
gone in the same direction. While
it would be hardly fair to charge Baltimore
with lack of enterprise when it has been
adventurous in so many striking ways, if.
has now come to a time when railroad con
solidation and the formation of gigantic sys
tems enfolding the territory of many State*
in their grasp present an alternative as im
perative as that which, two generations ago,
brought her business men to bravely face
the barrier of the Alleghany mountains. It
mnst not be said that there was more busi
ness pluah in the village of Baltimore than
in (be great city it has beoome. Bat it will
seive no longer to dwell on past achieve
ments, save to poffri the way to those which,
are greater; it will not suffice to rely upon
“geographical position,” when a simple
steel track may divert the trade of an im
portant section of the continent; nor will
the delicious birds and bivalves of the
Chesapeake prove as alluring to trade a u a
prospect of gain, however sweet the -song
may be sang 3t banqueting boards by
mayors and magnates.
Meteorological Conaectlrm.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, May 2.l.—The Chief Bignat
Officer announces that Mexico enters, by
the BrowUsvim Texas and Tampico,, Mexi
co, cable, into ineteoToktgicyl connection
witt to® (JP-Ued Stales Signal Service, and
that this country will receive a data from
Mexico, Yore Cruz and Tampico hereafter.