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THE ALBANY NEWS
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“Conainli'ncr, th.-ii :irt a jewel!”
Central railroad stuck i* up to 101.
i'lie jiri'M'nl I’lirliuim-ul i" •» l" 1
dissolved in a lorlnight, anil » new
one circled.
Notwithstanding llie threats to tho
routrary, the Czar of ltus»ia passed
the 2.’>th anniversary of hi* accession
in safely.
Parnell, the Irish agitator, left New
York on FrhUy for Ireland, where
he goes to stand for re-election to the
new Pailiament
The express office at Sidney, Ne
braska. w as recently robbed of about
$2fXMXXt in gold bullion while the
ageut w as at dinner.
Felton's man, Simmons, of Georgia,
will not be a Supervisor of Census
lie ha* been reported against and
laid over, wbicli is just as it should
be.
John Sherman protests that lie is
now and will remain a candidate for
the Presidency. A clash between
Sherman and Grant, resulting in ta-
i <>r of the latter is inevitable.
The Central Georgia Weekly, pub
lished at Macon, i* another one of
the “Independent” papers. It* edi
tor i* a recent importation from In
diana. There are now a full half-
dozen in tieorgia.
It were well that the Oemoeraltc
party of the Second District know
when, where and how to find ils sup
porter*; and therefore we say that
the miscalled “Independent" stuff
should lie closely watched before it
is too late.
Hon. A. II. Stephens has again lieen
misrepresented by the newspaper*
and for aw hile will he busily engag
ed in making denial* and explana
tion*. The humor of this thing i*
about dying out, and its becoming a
little tiresome.
m • ^
The people of Virginia are deter
mined that the name and fame of
Stonewall Jackson shall not pas* out
of the public mind. A new county
has just been formed, to which the
name of Stonewall has been given
and that of Jackson fixed upon for
the county seat.
The Xr.ws publishes none of the
vulgar scandal concerning Senator
llill. It is of little concern to the
public, and if Mr. Hill is guilty at all
of sue fa turpitude, he is no more so
than thousand* of other* who have
not quite so many enemies in public
life. Besides, ladies and children
read this paper.
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood has writ
ten an open letter, attacking Senator
Hill, and charging him with numer
ous immoralities. That gentleman
has promptly branded the letter as
nothing bat a batch of falsehoods.-
He regards it as a desperate attempt
at defamation, utterly malicious, and
unworthy of notice beyond a simple
denial of its truth.
Henry Grady telegraphs the Con
stitution from New Y’ork that the
Georgia Western Railroad will cer
tainly be built. It will be done fast
er than any work of the kind was
ever before executed in America.-
Messrs. Newcomb and Wilson are
the leading spirits. This sudden ac
tivity is said to be due to the pur
chase of the YVestern ft Atlantic lease
control by YVadloy. The Louisville
& Nashville is determined to have an
independent line to the sea through
Atlanta. YY'e suppose Brunswick is
the objeative point.
The Iasi grand movement in the
railroad world is the purchase, by
the Georgia Central, of a controlling
interest in the lease of the Western
and Atlantic (State) Road. The ne
gotiations that brought about this
transfer of interest was made by Mr.
Moses Taylor, of New Y'ork. Gov.
Joseph E. Brown will be retained as
President of the Company, and there
will be no change in the present
management at all. This move will
greatly benefit the new combination
be--yeeii the Georgia railroad, the
Ceu'.ial railroad, and the Louisville
and Nashville railroail.
The Southern Planter aud Farmer
for March is received. This old
Southern Agricultural Journal, now
in it* fortieth year, ban some of llie
best farmers in our Southern conn
try writing for its pages. The mini
her before ua contains a paper from
Mr. Lewes, of Kiiglaml, tlie most cm
incut agriculturalist in the world, re
viewing the published opinions ot
The Planter on commercial fertiliz
ers. Col. Robert Beverley, one of
the largest and most successful farm
ersin Virginia, say*: “f see most
the agricultural journals of the conn
try, and I don't hesitate lo say that
the Planter and Farmer is l>y far the
best of the kind I see, and most any
iiumber of it is worth the annual
subscription." Published at Rich
inond, Virginia, at $2 a year.
Kearneyisni lias been rife in .San
Francisco of laic, and llie citizens
that town have about got to the end
oftbeir patience, and have notified
Mr. Kearney and bis crowd that they
are prepared to meet force with force,
and warn them that there is a limit
to the endurance of a law-abiding,hut
independent and determined people.
Kearney was recently arrested ami
lined $1000, and sentenced to six
months in the house of correction.—
He was very much surprised, as he
had expected only a nominal fine, anil
also very indignant. He gave bond
and will carry the case to the Su
preme Court. A few more doses will
serve greatly to bring Mr. Kearny to
a proper appreciation of bis true po
sition and importance.
Thu Kail mud Turin
In our last we gave expression I•»
the opinion licit the tariff of rale*
promulgated hy the Railroad Com
mission would prove of great benefit
Albany. Some of our citizen* dif-
r with us on this point, and arc of
■ lie opinion (lint llie drill «ill. Instead
hrm-filling Alban), take from her
considerable trade and enhance llie
Iiiik'iiicms of neighboring towns at her
x|ien*e. Wc are. however, slill of
llie opinion that if Ibis law' is carried
ml, or any law Hist is just and rea
sonable, Albany will receive the lion-
fit of a low rale, by her sliorl lines, lo
llrunswirk ami Savannah, and that
his trill lie greatly to her advantage.
We also said (speaking from a
glance al the schedule) that the tariff
-eineil lo lie jusl and reasonable.—
pon further investigation wc discov
rtbat the tariff adopted hv the Com
inissioners i* a very great reduction
on the former rale* in use on llie
roads. For instance, wo find lliat i
the schedule of charges of the Savan
nah, Florida and YVestern road*, the
reduction on class freight* is, for JO
miles, (si; for 00 miles, (*'■"„
100 miles, JiT% ; for 150 miles, 47"„,
and for200 miles, 41'*.,—an average
reduction ol about M"„. The aver
age red net ion on the Brunswick A
Albany is— u „, and on the Cenlrnl
and Southwestern roads is (i2»„.—
here have been no published report
of the Ik* A. and S.. F. * YV. roads
of late, therefore we cannot illustrate
Hie reduction l>y figures from the
roads, hut from llie report of Hie
cnlral road for 1379 we find Hint
the gross earning* of the road were
$2.7.81.054.34 anil its expenses $1,010,-
:&»l.ll. A reduction of 50"„ on the
gross earnings leaves them $1,390,-
17, which will give some idea of
the effect on the earnings of that road
>f sttrli a great reduction. II seems
tear that the laritl* of the Commis
sion. if carried into eflert, will enlai
losses oil the roads, unless their busi
ness be increased proportionable
with the reduction of rates, which is
hardly a present possibility.
But we consider the taritl' as only
an experiment. Neither the Com
mission nor the people desire to iin
pose upon railroad* an onerous or
injurious restriction, and wc doubt
not llie Commission will promptly
correct any tariff Hint will tend to
loss or injury of the railroads as well
as to the people. It is not so much a
low rale that is desired hy the people
as a just, uniform and iion-discrimi-
nating one; and it must not he ex
pected that a subject so comprehen
sive in sro|>e and complicated in de
tail should be thoroughly ndjusted at
once. It will take time and study
and experiment to bring the matter
in a proper shape, and neither the
people nor the railroads should lake
a one-sided view of it.
Oue great injustice to Railroads,
and to the people too, seems to he that
paragraph of the Rules ami Regula
tions which prohibits Railroads mak
ing low rates at competing points.—
To illustrate we will take the city of
Augusta. There are five outlets to
the sea. The Savannah River, the
Port Royal Rond, the line to YY'il-
mington, the one to Charleston and
the Central to Savannah. The Rail
road Commissioners tariff can in no
way operate upon any of these lines
except the Central Railroad, as the
others pass through another State.—
Now, should these rates continue of
force, the Central must necessarily
lose Augusta's cotton ; as the other
routes will cut tinder, and the Cen
tral cannot reduce unless she cuts in
like proportion from every station on
her line. Would it not be fair to al
low the Central to compete with the
other lines at Augusta. If it is not
dune. Savannah, our Georgia port,
must suffer at the baud* of South
Carolina ports; and tbits the Geor
gia Commissioners do injury to Ihei
own city.
But, taking all this into considera
tion, there is another side to the ques
tion ; and such a privilege would dis
criminate against certain towns and
cause mutterings of discontent to
arise. For instance Americtts would
not be satisfied to pay a higher rate
to Savannah over the Central than
Albany or Kiifaula—both those are
competing points. Somebody must
naturally suffer at least temporarily
by this revolution in railroad tariffs;
and the puzzle is as difficult of solu
tion as any ever yet presented the
people of this State.
Albany, however, is in a safe posi
tion, it seems lo us, no matter w-liat
turn these affairs may take. There is
no moving Ibis city from Iter geo
graphical position ; aud distance must
determine, to a great extent, the rale
to be charged.
The matter of railroad diseriinina-
lions is an acknowledged evil, and the
Commission was created for the pur
pose ol correcting the evil in a man
ner Im>I|i just and satisfactory to all
parties. It is but n.iliiral that tlicii
lir-t schedule should contain inaccii
racies, inequalities, and show the
lack of experience. Ilnl the effort is
don lit less an honest one, and instead
of receiving iinqiialilh-d aim
commendation, both tin: roads and
tin: people should set about calmly
and impartially to discover tin: im-
pciTcrlii.ii-, and, in no spirit of en
mity or ill-fi-eliug, endeavor to bring
about an adjustment that would afford
both relief anil justice ill the preini-
liviilnal, or those individuals, alone
may the people find true represents- -
linn and relief. Fully appreciating
llie tael Dial the present peace, trail-
|iiility, prosperity and happiness of
the men, women anil children of the
South is due lo llie organized Humo
ral ic party, we owe onr allegiance
to dial party, and recognize the exis
tence of no other wing, lu iincb or in
dividual, antagonistic lo its organiza
tion, as any belter, politically, Ilian
the follow ers of llie Republican par-
Tliere is a distinct line dividing
Deiiioi'rncy from Radicalism in Ibis
wintry, anil the people should know
and appreciate Ibis line.
Sectionalism i* another evil of llie
lay. against which the people should
■arncstly guard themselves. The
line and cry against men because of
the geographical position of their
siilcnees is penrile, dangerous, and
should lie frowned down by all true
men who hare the in'erest of the
party at heart. YY'liile we may liav
mr individual preferences as to who
ball be the nominee in llie roming
'onto*!, the nominee, ns vvr said be
fore, shall receive llie warmest sup
port of the News, whether lie come
from one side of a county line or nji-
otlier.
The Railroad Commissioners'
Tnrlfl'.
A great deal of comment, says the
Savannah News, lias been indulged
in for the past few days as to the ef
fect which tin- tariff of rales, recent
ly published by the Railroad Com
missioners of Georgia, will have upon
the future earnings of the railroads
of Ibis Stale. Indeed, the recent de
cline in Central Railroad stock, just
us that road bad perfected an ar
rangement which promised to place
its slock back into its old timed posi
tion ns a fortunate investment for the
people ot Georgia, is almost wholly
attributed to the tariff.
YY'e regard the comments on these
rates as entirely premature. The Rail
road Commission have not, as yet, es
tablished officially any rales whatev
er; neither can they do so for some
lime to come, since the law requires
Hint tlie tariff must be published./bar
timet in certain papers before it can
go regularly into effect. All that the
Commissioners have done so far is to
iildish a tariff'of rates to be submit
ted lo railroads and all others inter
ested, for “their revision." Tlie ob
ject of tlie law creating the Commis
sion was simply to “prevent unjust
iliseriiniiialions" and to establish a
tariff of rates which would be just to
the railroads and the people.
The Commissioners themselves
have already distinctly slated that
bis is to be their policy, and if it is
shown that the present'tariff' of rates
is at all unreasonable or unjust to the
roads, it will surely be revised nnd
corrected. The Savannah News sets
down one tiling ns a certainty, viz:
that tlie Railroad Commissioners will
never tinnlly decide upon a tariff
which will force the railroads of
Georgia into bankruptcy, or even
into any position that will materially
retard their prosperity, for tlie plain
reason that such action would do
more lo injure, every man, woman
and child in the State 'than anything
whicli could possibly be devised. The
tariff, as at present promulgated, is
simply the preliminary step ot the
Commissioners in the discharge of
their duty, which is to arrange a sys
tem of charges which will be jusl and
equitable lo all parlies interested.
TUIO ADVERTISER AND HON.
YV. E. SMITH.
At the request of Hon. YV. K. Smith
we publish bis letter to the Albany
Advertiser, and in order that our
readers may understand the Idler,
present the article of the Advertiser,
lo which I'apt. Suiilli refers:
•Cnpt. Smith—l*urly Policy.**
Hon. YY r . K. Smith, onr inimediiile
Representative in Congress, is ill
home on a ten days' leave of absence,
and we had llie pleasure of Hireling
him for the first time since his arri
val home, yesterday. During the few
minutes conversation that we had
with him, lie assured us Hint lie hail
every reason lo believe lliat the Re
publicans of Ihr .Second District are
preparing lo make a strong nud uni
ted effort to defeat llie Democracy at
the next November election, and said
that llie trim policy lo he pursued by
Hie people would be lo force every
man lo fall into line under the banner
of Hie “organized," conducting the
campaign upon the principle Hint “lie
who is not lor ils is against its."
\Vc have great admiration for Cap!
Smith, and would cheerfully support
him for another term in Congress,
provided lie is nominated hv the
Democratic parly of his District, hut
our views as lo the true policy t<
he pursued hy the people of the Dis
Irict are considerably at variance with
his upon this question of parly poli
cy. This thing of ostracising a man
for his political opinions, ami driving
him with tlm party lash Inis played
out ill Georgia, and especially in tin 1
Second Congressional District. Such
a policy, if there is a fair count of llie
vote, is sure to result in the defeat of
llie candidate ol the “organized," for
there are nearly or quite -1,1X10 more
colored voters than there are whiles
in the District.
Resides, there arc many good Dem
ocrats in Georgia nnd in Hie Second
District who have grown tircil of be
ing ostracised for party policy’s sake,
nud who will not longer he driven hy
the party lash. They have soured on
cut nwl dried” conventions,and,just
so sure ns tlie ldoody-shirt loree poli
cy is adopted hy the “organized" ill
flic approaching campaign, just so
sure will an out nud out Radical rep
resent this District in the next Con
gress.
The true policy for the Democracy
of this District to pursue is, to let the
•leojde net, anil let tlicir standard-
)carer he their choice, anil not a hit
ter pill of forced party circumstances.
—Albany Advertiser."
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The Democratic Executive
Committee.
Atlanta Constitution.]
The democratic executive romniit-
tcc will meet, wc learn, about Hie 23d
inst., for the purpose of considering
what shall be done in the way of
conventions for the coming campaign.
The present committee, while it lias
good men, is by no means a strop
one. YY'e don’t think they have ever
held a meeting since their appoint
ment, when all the members were
present. How it will beat llie meet
ing on the 23d we cannot say, hut
from the lukeworni manner in whicli
they approach the campaign we are
atisfied that there will barely he a
quorum present. Tlie following h
the present committee:
For the State at large—II. P. Bel)
E. Y'. Clark, J. C. Nichols, J. L. YVar-
rcn.
1st district—John J. Jones, Jose
phus Camp.
2d district—A. T. McIntyre, YV. A
Harris.
3d district—Janies Ik Hinkle, Mar
shall J. Hatcher.
4tli district—M. II. Blanford, J. T.
YV’aternian.
Mil district—YV. T. Trammell, YY’
S. Gunn.
Cth district—James M. Pace, YY r . M
Turner.
7lli ilis'rict—p. M. Ik Y oung, J. A
YV. JollllnOII.
Dili district—Miles YV. Lewis, Paul
C. Hudson.
‘Jill district—G. N. Nclherlaiid
(dead), YV. K. Simmons.
Judge George N. l-ealcr, Chairman
Democratic
Executive Commit
tee.
The Coining Contest.
Tlllt Nkwh will “lake a hand" in llie
coming polilicnl contest in the State
ami the Second Congressional Dis
trict, and will -upporl tin: Democrat
ic parly and III): rniididates id' ils
choice. YY'e will iiudcrlnkc no pri
vate job !• hoi,ter up the claims of
any one mini or set of men who may,
under the guise of “Independence,"
seek to show that the organized Dem
ocratic party is a fraud, a lashing
machine, or a clique lo suppress pop
ular will, and that through that in-
(’ailed to Mrrf In Atlttntti
of .March.
Mskiktta, Ga., March 15, 18,10.—
The incmhcrs of the democratic exc
olive committee of tlie state are her
hy called lo assemble in the oily of
Atlanta, on Tuesday, the 30th of the
present nioiilh, for the transaction of
important hiisincsa connected with
the interests of tlie democratic party
and till: people of the stale. Matters
of prime importance arc to he e
sidered aud arled upon, and it
I here fore, desired Hint there should'
he a full meeting of the committer.
la-1 us have no proxies, Iml let every
iiicinbcr he personally present, read)
mid failhful to discharge tlie do lies
imposed upon him by the prefercin
ami confidence of his party friends
and associates. The place of meet
ing will he tlie coin moil ions and
elegant hreakfast-ronin of the Ivi
hall house, which the propricti
have generously tendered for the i
ronilnoihitioii of Hie committee. The
hour of meeting will he 10 o’clock
a. in.
I append hereto a full list of llif
cominittcc. Gko. N. I.kstmi,
K. Y. I'i.aiikk, See'y. Chill’ll.
A drunken street hand nllcmplcd
Letter front Hon. XV. E. Smith.
Albany, Ga., March 13, 18S0.
Editor Evening Advertiser:
I have rend your article in yester
day’s issue, headed “Capt. Smith—
Party Policy,” and must say it dbes
both of us very great injustice. The
reader is impressed with the idea that
I had attempted to coerce you into
our party organization hy attempted
ostracism, party lush, &c., when in
fact no such thing ever occurred. Du
ring the brief period wc were con
versing, your position or that of your
journal did not enter my mind, and
therefore what 1 said had no refer
ence to cjtlicr. I have never doubtAl
your devotion to Democratic princi
ples or fealty to our party organiza
tion, uiiil this you of all others must
have known.
YVliat 1 intended to say, was, that
common patriotism, in the presence
of so many political dangers, would
compel every Democrat to stand hy
li’.s party colors in the approaching
election. I have never ostracised any
one for political opinions, nor have I
ever applied the "party lash" to the
so-calluil independents. I do say,
however, that those who break off
from the Democratic party while en
vironed by threatening dangers, are
hut aiding tin: Republican party, ami
should bear tlie responsibility of such
nurse. There are lint two parties—
tlie Democratic and Republican par
ties. The elector who is not aiding
tlie Democratic party ismostnssnrcd-
ly aiding the Republican, nnd rfee
rersn. There is no middle ground. If
the Democratic parly he corrupt, it
is wisdom in its simplest form to pu
rify it inside of ils organization. Let
the masses come to the front and con-
ol their nominations. If vre have
machine politicians in flic District I
am unacquainted with them. The
conventions Hint nominated Tift,
YVrigld anil myself will compare fa
vorable witii any number of Dcuio-
eratic bolters, in patriotism, inlelli-
genee, wealth nnd pure Democracy.
Besides, they were fresh from the
people.
I regard vour artiele-as based on i
misconception of my meaning nnd
language, and at tlie moment singu
larly infelicitous.
I trust Ihe people of our District
will interest themselves in selecting
their candidates for Congress ami
Presidential electors, and that all will
work earnestly to secure tlicir elec
tion. YY’liile I am nol seeking the
nomination, I shall nol avoid it. But
whoever may he nominated lie will
find in me an ardent anil faithful sup
porter. Respectfully,
YVm. H. Smith.
under no necessity of republishing
old campaign dneiiiueiils. A scries
of fresh investigations, conducted
with a full knowledge of what has
already been brought out, aided hy
many witnesses iuneeessiblo in 1876,
and hacked hy new documentary ev
idence of which one hears curious
whispers ut YViishingtan, is likely to
give thoughtful, independent voters
a good deal to think about between
June anil November, if June gives
llie cnunl'y Grant. Campaign docu
ments laboriously shoveled by the
sackful out of political head-quarters
are weak and harmless things, but
the official proceedings of investigat
ing committees sitting at YVaBhiug-
lou and diffused over the country by
tlie Associated Press would make
aniipaigli literature of an altogether
lillerent order, which it would he
equally impossible to answer or sup
press.
ORUAMZATION*.
Augusts Chronicle.]
A united, disciplined nnd enthusi
astic Democracy can achieve a splcn-
liil victory for the whole country
and for themselves. A disorganized
Democracy can accomplish nothing
hut mischief. YVc ask, then, in the
interest of a common cause and a
common brotherhood. Hint tlie lines
lie reformed, and that all Democrats,
however differing in the past upon
minor issues, rally to the old.standnrd
now erected ill their midst, and bear
it on to the grandest triumph of the
century.
Conyers Examiner: Tlie Central
Georgia YVcckly failed to answer the
questions vve asked a short time
since. Come, Mr. Independent, no
shirking! If yon have any pro
gramme other than breaking up the
Democratic organization of Georgia,
let us Imre it. Ifyousayyou are a
Democrat, but independent of all
other Democrats, anil refuse to co
operate with them in carrying out
Democratic principles, wc can then
understand your isolated posi
tion ! But if you clnint to be a Dem
ocrat, and honestly desire tlie success
of Democratic principles, please tu-
form us how you expect to carry
them out without the co-operation of
other Democrats? If your Indepen
dent plan contemplates the co-opera
tion of Democrats, in what particular
does it differ from the plan hereto
fore practiced hy the Democracy,
and can you obtain co-operation, or
concert of action at all, without sonic
-sort of organization ? An early re
ply to the above practical questions
will doubtless be thankfully received
by an enquiring public.
the mr rocKET.
Charleston News aud Courier.)
The gentleman who writes to us
from Laurens, urging us to continue
the fight against pistols and whisky,
may rest assured that vve shall do
everything in our power to hr in
about a better condition of things iii
the slntc. The co-operation of tlie
country newspapers in this matter
would he of inestiinnble value.—
These newspapers are near to their
public, anil their appeals would per
haps have more effect than anything
that. Vve can say. YY’e agree witii our
Laurens friend ill the opinion that
the terrible evils that now exist will
he abated, if every newspaper
Smith Carolina, every minister of re
ligion, and every woman is interest
ed in the cause.
A PLACE Hull ItOSCOK.
Philadelphia Times.)
One of tlie most solemn difficulties
under the empire is going to be to
find a place somewhere near Hie size
of lloscoc ('oakling. The ordinary
glitter and pomp of imperialism will
not begin to answer his purpose.
ves, rLEASE.
Sedalia Democrat.]
Just for the fun of the thing won’t
some of Grant’s friends just step for-
word and pledge him against a fourth
term ?
Press Comment.
OKAST.
Springfield Republican.]
The mass of those who favor Grant
do not fora moment realize lliat they
are favoring a gradual abdication of
self-government. Bui llicre is an i
norance and thoughtlessness which
serves all llie purpose of wilful mis
chief. YVc ilo not expect llicse evils
lo he realized. YVe expect to see
Grant defeated at Chicago. If he is
nominated, wo shall trust to sec him
beaten at the polls. If lie is elected,
wu shall hope lo sec him retired at
tin: end of four years. But at no one
of these points is there good hope un
less the opposition to him lakes new
intelligence and iicw courage. This
is the danger in Grant’s candidacy,—
not simply a hail administration, lint
the exchange of popular self-govern
ment for military government under
a disguise of civil forms, witii tlie in
cidents ol favoritism and corruption,
and Hie slow loss of public virtue.
New York Sun.)
YVe arc still more averse to having
a king rule of the country Ilian we
are to have a kingly reign over the
city of New York. A third term of
the Presidency, not only in our ap
prehension, hut iii tlie judgment of
many ol Ihe wisest men in both par-
lies, would he a very dangerous step
toward Empire. For this above all
reasons we are unalterably opposed
to llie election of Gen. Grant. YVc
believe his unhallowed ambition is
to wield a sceptre
Springfield Republican: The pub
lic being of sliorl .memory and easy
forgiveness has largely forgotten the
scandals of Grant’s two administra
tions. The Democrats have not; nor,
if Grant is nominated, will they rely
on tin: exposures of three years ago,
exposures which drove one cabinet
minister out of office, destroyed Ihe
A drunken slri-rt hand atli-inplcd ’ , ' ,
, . ■ ,, , , . ,, reputation ol another and came dnii-
o*ho.,i Major Baxter ot Lon.* vl ||c, K ,.V„ 11 «|y near Grind himself. YVilli
Ky., because Baxter had di n lot >u-d I chandlers of Congress in llieir
K
him.
hands, llie Democratic leaders
Corrections.
The railroad freight and passenger
tariff 4 on the supplement of this issue,
was printed from the first copy sent
us, aud the following corrections are
made hy direction of the Commission
ers. YVc print below “Rule G” and
“Note 1,” with corrections—the cor
rections being in italics :
“G. Regulations Concerning
Rates.—The rates prescribed hy tlie
Commissioners are maximum rates,
which shall not he trnnsccnded hy the
railroads. They may carry, however,
at less than tlie prescribed rates, pro
vided, that if they carry for less for
one person, they shall for llie like ser
vice carry for the same lessened rate
for all persons, except as mentioned
hereafter; and if they adopt less rates
from one station, they shall make* a
reduction of the same per cent, at all
stations, so as to make no unjust dis
crimination against any person or lo
cality.
•‘Note 1. Ratos specified for Ores,
Sand, Clay, Rough Stone, Common
Brick, Rough Lumber, YVood, Hay,
Fodder, Corn in Ear, Straw* Shucks,
Turpentine, Rosin, Tar and House
hold Goods, nrc maximum, hut the
railroads arc left free, without viola
tion of any rule, to make lesser rates
hy special contract. This provision
shall apply to articles manufactured
on or near the line of road, anil for
mntcrial used in such manufacture.
Shippers of ear loads in classes L, M,
sV, O and P, may he required to pay
the cost of loadiny and unloading."
The following arc corrections of
the “schedule:”
In section K. of the classification,
fourth line—“Common jug waro C.
L.”—instead of “O.” appearing oppo
site in column of “carrier’s risk,” it
should he in column of “owner’s
risk.”
In section I—instead of “Iron own
er’s risk C. L.”—read Iron, Bridge,
Pig, Scrap, Jtailroad Spikes, Chains,
Frogs, Fish Bar and Fish Bolts—V.
L.
Unit or section C, after “Corn in the
Ear C. L.”—read See Hole l, and in
tin: column “carrier’s risk,” instead
of “O,” read I).
Under section “II,” after Hay, C. L.
nr over. In ho charged as 20,111X1 lbs lo
ear," read See S'ote /.
Stale News unit Comment
Atlanta is to have a steam cotton
press.
Some wheat in Terrell county is
two feet high.
Farmers'in Middle Georgia arc all
planting corn.
A.petition for the pardon ot Main
Hill is being numerously signed in
Atlanta.
Since November 1, 1370, to date,
Americas has bought $17G,795 worth
of guano and corn.
Snm Hoyle, tax collector of Fulton
county, has disappeared, anil Iii* ac
counts are said to be short.
Berrien county lands are being in
quired for hy many parties from a
distance, says the Alapaha News.
Mr. Anderson YV. Reese, of llie
Macon Telegraph, anuniinees Dial l:e
lias sold his interest in the Macon
Telegraph to Mr. Joseph dishy.
The Hamilton Journal says the re
markable mild winter has been very
favorable to small grain, and both
winter and spring sown are lookiu:
well.
A house where John C. Breckin
ridge slept, when escaping lo Cuba
after the war, is said to lie standin
in Dooly county, on the hanks of
Flint river.
Ii is stated that the next more
the case of Sam Hill in Atlanta will
be an inquiry into his sanity, and in
to the propriety of confining him in
the lunatic asylum instead of tlie pen
itentiary.
A shocking homicide was commit-
toil in Macon last Saturday afternoon.
Mr. James Roberts, better kuown as
“Bud Roberts,” shot and almost in
stantly killed his first cousin, Mr. Sol
Roberts. Both* resided in Jones
county.
The probable route for the exten
sion of tho Macon and Brunswick
Railroad will be from Macon to Cov
ington, aud thcncc over the Georgia
Road to Atlanta. This will give a
line to Macon almost as straight as
the Central, and will secure the ben
efits of competition.
YiVo learn that Rev. J. YV. Burke, of
Macon, has been appointed Presiding
Elder of the Amcrieus circuit, hy tlie
Bishop, to fill tlie place made vacant
by the death of Rev. Samuel Antho
ny. This is a good appointment, and
will no doubt meet with llie entire
approbation of tlie circuit.
Tim truth of the matter is, says the
YVasliiugton Gazette, that Sum llilt
ought to he pardoned. YY lieu lie kill
ed Simmons lie was laboring under
tlie deletion that his wile was true
to him, and in believing this, no man
will gainsay that lie did perfectly
rigid.
On Saturday last, Dan Brighcrtv,
colored, was hung in Thomasville.—
The execution was private. His
crime was rape upon a rcqu i-lable
while woman in Thomas county last
October. He was baptized l>v Rev.
R. P. Kerr, of the Presbyterian
church, and confessed the crime
which lie has now expiated with his
lire.
l)r. S. Ilapc.of Atlanta, and Messrs
R. F. and II. A. Crittenden, of Ran
dolph county, are now planting at
YVard station in that comity probably
the largest orchard and vineyard in
the Stale. They have already plant
ed about two hundred ami twenty-
five acres, and by another season ex
pect to have four hundred acres in
trees and vines. Fruit of all jiinds
suitable to this latitude thrive in
Randolph.
YVallerS. Lynch, who was discharg
ed from jail in Augusla five months
ago, upon his acccplnnce of the ver
dict of tlie jury in his trial at Hie last
term of tlie Richmond .Superior court,
has been arrested again and placed
ill jail in Hampton, S. upon an in
dictment of tlie grand jury for hroacli
of trust and grand larceny of a park-
aek of $25,000 from tlie iSoiitlicrii Ex
press Company in November, IS7S.
YVasliiugton Gazette:’The mission
of newspapers is to elevate aud en
lighten the masses, and not lo cater
to low tastes for llie sake of populari
ty. The audience of the smallest pa
per is not less large than- tlie audien
ces of ninny of (lie most disliugiiishcd
speakers, and its opportunities for
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March 18,1880.
So-Calleil Independence.
cultivating or corrupting consequent
ly great. There is no quicker way of
raising or ruining a people than
through tlie press. Let the press he
tender of its charge and the iln\s be
fore the people will ha intellectual
and cultivated will he fow.
At a recent meeting in Savannah,
the Morning News says that Col. II.
S. Haines made a very interesting
statement in reference to tlie construc
tion of the railroad from YVaycross
to Jacksonville. “Arrangements
have been mado lo cross the St. Ma
ry’s river at Dixon’s Old Field, a
K iiut about two miles below Trailer’s
ill. The corps of engineers will at
once proceed to make the surreys in
Florida under the recent inrorpora-
tion of the East Florida Railway,
from Jacksonville to the Georgia
line, and tho prospect of an early
completion of the now road is very
flattering. The importance to Savan
nah ot this new short lino to Florida
cannot he overestimated, while it
will place Jacksonville nnd the St.
John’s river many hours nearer to
YVashington and New York. YVe
understand tlie new road is to he
furnished with steel rails, iron bridg
es, and all the latest modern railway
improvements.''
And yet, there has never been a
time within the history of Georgia
politics when the Democracy was
more Thoroughly “Organizep” than
during the years, of 1SG8 aud "70!
There were Independents iu thoso
days, too, hut they were known as
“scalivags!”—men who deserted the
principle* of free, constitutional gov
ernment, the cherished principles of
tlicir race anil color, for office! De
mocracy in those days meant the per
petuation of true Republican govern
ment, and the vitality of those prin
ciples consisted in tlie determined
co-operation of Democrats. They
acknowledged no leaders except
those who were foremost in advocat
ing i rue Democratic principles, and
active in organizing the forces to
carry out those principles! “Princi
ples, not men!" was the watch-word,
nnd Organize! Organize!! against
tlie bayonet-supported usurpers of
the rights of Georgians rang out in
defiant tones from the mountains to
the seaboard. Then it required the
nerve of true manhood and patriot
ism In he an "organized Democrat,"
llie country bristled with Federal
bayonets, confiscation of property
thrcnleiieil. and the incarceration o’f
freemen for opinions sake, in Federal
prisons, stared them in the face, but
the “organized" stood firmly to their
integrity, ready to sacrifice property,
personal liberty, and even life itself,
for the success of tlieir principles,
and Ivy determined organization
alone, lliev reclaimed tlicir Slate
from carpel-bag misr.ilc! This is a
little history in Georgia politics
which the so-called Independents of
to-day would «lo well lo study.
Felton and Emory Speer were not
known at all in llie contests of 1SG3
and 1870, and many of those now en
gaged iu trying to break up tlio Dem
ocratic organization of Georgia are
mere “fledgelings” in politics, who
cannot even comprehend Ihe result
their labors would bring about, if
successful! And such is the class of
politicians who hare the impudence
to claim that they are tlio only true
representatives of tlie Democracy of
Georgia! “Oh.shame! where is thy
blush ?"—Com ers Examiner.
Grant Appealing to the Negroes
Gen. Grant is coming homo by the
way of New Orleans, where it it be-
lived his reception by tlie negroes
will help him on in his march toward
the YVliitc House—toward site third
term and an empire.
Rich Men in New Y’ork, it is said,
have promised to echo the voice of
the negroes. They promise that if
Gen. Grant will come to New York
;hcy will give him such a reception
as no man ever had before.
YVeli, there never before was such
man as Grant—that is, in this coun
try.
He is the only President we have
vor had ' willing to overthrow a
usage and tradition dating from
YVashington. He is the only Presi
dent we have ever had willing to
convert our Republic into an Empire.
Let Gen. Grant have this negro re
ception at New Orleans repeated and
exaggerated by the monarchist* of
this city.
It will only hasten his deserved
downfall.—N. Y. Sun.
The heavy rains in North Georgia
are causing freshets, and doing
some damage, detaining trains, etc.
gictttismtnts
BRUNSWICK fALBANY R. B.
.A. Day Route
Is now established to and from
SAVANNAH
Via the Brunswick A Albany and the
Florida A Western Railroads, with Bruaswlck and
stations between Brunswick and Tebmuville, and
between TebeauriUe and East Alhany, under tho
following
8CHBBULBI
Taking effect March 15,18S0.
Leave Brunswick aL. ~..7 OUtt
Leave Tebuau ville 40 p an
Arrive at Savannah — 45 p m
Leave Savannah
Leave Tcbeauville....
Arrive at Brunswick..
i 1
III
III
»w*
Ml
Leave Fa4 A litany ...
8 04 ana
i*eav« Teltcanville’....
Arrive at Mavannali...
4 40 paw
8U0*ua
Savannah
.ftOOata
1 stave Tvlwavilk* —.11 SOtta
Animal Ki.t A limn v AODaak
mchlS4t
CHAS. L. SCHLATTER,
General Supt.
AS SURE AS HE LIVES.
New .tlh.niy (Ind.) Lcdgcr-Standaid.]
It is rank treachery and base in-
^rntitndc to desert Tildcu under t tlie
present circumstances. Tlio popple
will not dolt' lie will rcccoivc the
democratic nomination just as sure as
lie lives.
Milledgcville Recorder: There arc
eight hundred patients at tlie Slate
Lunatic Asylum, anil over two hund
red officers, attendants, servauts, la
borer.*, etc.
Kastman Times: Heavy complaints
reach us from various quarters of
rust in the oat crop. Owing lo some
unknown cause, tlie present growing
crop seem* now almost destined lo
he a failure. Oats sowed early in llie
fall seem lo he suffering more from
rust Ilian spring oats.
'GMUAIO
F.MAYBR&lilAUBU
THE OLD RELIABLE
W£d
PATAP8C9.
YVo arc prepared to furnish these
guanos at tho
VERY LOWEST PRICES!
and will agree to duplicate tho prices
of any other dealer or agent in this
section tor the same guano.
S. Mayer & Glauber.
March 18,18*)-