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XSiOTBS aw ties i £c.a.zxiWam ftSTUATION N<». VIII. Editors 'Telegraph and .Messenger : Frequent complaints arc made against leading railway lines on account of their discrimination between what are called “local heights” and “through j . freights.” Shippers doing business at intermediate points and who pay local rates, compUtiu that they are charged more in proportion to the distance, than shippers at remote points who pay through rates, it makes no flilli r- ence with the complainants that the roads cannot do their business at a Jess, charge and pay their stockholders the legal rate nl interest ol the invest* rnent, nor that the roads would lose the through business entirely ii l!ie lat ter paid i lie same rates as the local bus ness. Indeed, the tact seems to be overlooked altogether, that railroads are designed all- r paying their stockholders I reasonable demands to benefit the coun try at large, rather than t<> promote the ; interests of particular localities attiie; expense of the public. Let us look in- | to this matter briefly, and see what foundation there is for these com-{ plaints. I have before me the report ol Gen. ; G. T. Beauregard, the President of the j New Oilcans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Company, in which i the subject u; der consideration isirei- j led with marked ability. The Gerer- al fortifies his position, like a true j soldier, by quotations from eminent I railway authorities and successful j railway managers, some of whose L-cts j and figures, and even language, may j be reproduced here with benefit te. the i reader. Certain things Gen. Beau uu aii.l off with baggage at every sta ti*hi, ns cheaply and with as little risk he can lie carried through tit one sit ting ? Who pays the station man for handling anil caring for his baggage ? for warming and lighting the passen ger house ? Who guarantees that he ! will nVbreak lib limbs, or otherwise | injure himself, at the forty ,,r fifty sta Fifth. That a uniform nr prorata rale will greatly unsettle values—enlarging the value of farms and a)| Cars will be pul upon all the routes j ea vrere la be. H* went to Chattanooga i appropriated dustries near market in a producing in ratio that will on Monday next lor the ' accommoda- j to_*void voting, tiou of lire colored people. particular class injured astonish the unthinking and reducing in a like pioportioa the value of the more dis- ! taut ones. Sixth. That probably while a farm, within ten miles of a given market, can have it* grain transported for four or five L r f‘l - off? The. least i cents per bushel, the farm ISO miles from that the company j the game market would pay forty cents per '-enerpr' forivJ bushel. Difference per acre, in a yield of i i I »- il . 5 thirty bushels to the acre, of ten dollars. : ttccn cii » nn j tUe intereft on a difference in value f And of the farms about $150 per acre I Thi* : would utterly annihilate all value in the wholesale or j distant farms as a competition in the same I market with the near by farmer, HISTORICUS. Tae A naesty Proclamation. The Herald’s Washington corres- i lions where he I that can b > sui I runs, in carrying way j u> fitly more chances o j in carrying through passenger* j shall this passenger demand all this at j the same rate ol |through passenger Mr. Albert Fmck, the General S*i- ! i perintendent of the Louisville and j Nashville. Railroad, savs of his road.; i -‘that the revenue derived from through : . . . . r , . . 1 i „„ - .... j nondent ha? interviewed the President 'business is nearly o7 percent.ot thei t, , . , _ . , , , j mtal revenue, arid over 04 per cent, ol j I the local earnings.” Although it is enerally conceded that the truistic | lion of a large through business over the road most piovo rnnunerative u»: the company, the fact that local inter ests a re thereby is hardiy cvei npjirt doubt tor this reason that local ship pers consider it an act of GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. The following is a syu >psi* of the last d»vs proceedings of the Legislature a* taken from the Atlanta 0institution : SENATE. Wednesdav. May 4, 1870. Senate mat at 10 o’clock, A. M., and wn* called to order by President Conley. A message from the House announcing the concurrence of the Home in original Senate resolution to appoint a committee . \ I 11, a L* Am t !> a U a t a a n J 'Ll C’l* T 1*1 1TH Bryant —l can prove that the gentleman State either, eh /J This comes under the had to be hunted up yesterday. The ex- ( 22d section of the appropriation act. He cuse given and entered on the journals for seated himself, and some one called the going to Obattanoogs was “sickness” II; previous question. ■ ‘ ‘ ‘" ‘ ' Harris’ amendment carried. Original resolution, as amended, carried. Yea* and nays called. Y ens 15; nays Mr. Nunnally moved to reconsider.— c aih‘d the previous q„ any lie baa been told O'Neal has told it. Lane, of Brooks, hoped that tbo House would attend to the subject before it. Bryant was not afraid of any act of hia ■ 12 being carried to Washington or anywhere ( else. If the act of O Neal and the Ring j Some one of the Indicator* moved to lay were right, why object 1 He wanted it to j upon the table, when Mr. N. insisted that as amended, ami tiou. j*. o.‘l» Hr. S^t.udt Zl e warrants drawn au * refused go on the Journals because he considered id and unconstitu- people of Georgia should he had the floor on his resolution. He bv the Governor Treasurer. >>y lh. ^ «-«1.*. Sirmns made the poiut of ord* the action unauthorized and unconstitu- | thought Senators had acted indiscreetly.j Bryant was not in his seat! and'ulerV* 1 '' 1 mi.a . 1 - ..i rr „i—u 1 'Phis loose way of acting opened the door out of ordor. r ' Tt ‘ nonai. The know it °rs, i of three from the Senate and five from j minority what they shall put in thair pro file House to investigate charges circular.- test ? A protest cannot be amended by Shall the majority dictate to the of fraud. He saw in the Comptroller’s re port “$2,000 reward for arresting a crimiu al.” This might be the cate in Merri ed against Governor Bullock and Treas- j the majority. It may be refused or tabled, wether, where the officer had the defend nrer Angier. Also, other House report. Mr. Higbee, Chairman of the Commit- resolutions as appear in not amended. A message was received from the Sen ate announcing that they bad rescinded ant to go out of the county for the purpose of getting the reward, and he got SI.000. Mr. Smith, (7th) thought a "httga" could the action to adjourn at 12 si, and had i be "scared up" out of anything. He favor- Mr. Phillips, of Echols, offered as an j reference to the Appropriation Act, Tax j amendment, that as it was the right of any ! gainst 13. Act, etc ed the resolution. Motion to reconsider lost. For 12, n- aboul the promised amnesty, and asked j tee on Enrollment, reported upnu the i agreedJt^o adjourn at 6 o’clock, p. | hitn whether he intended to issue it.— | series of resolutions of the Committee in | The Piesidenl smiled good hutnoredly 1 and replied : No, ^ir , 1 don l inletul to is?tie a . n i p«y the widow of Gen. W. Speer, a dev i ences of opinion about the protest, that the j Appropriation A«t, with a proviso that it rison, of Ha amnesty proclamation at all. .My pred- Clprk of fhe g euatei up t0 d ate . | Speaker bo permitted to enter his version : be not construed to apply to the Commis Johnson, of Towns, Johnson of Spalding issor. r resident Johnson, exhausted : * r *i.a ™ • ♦ ♦ -i «innpr« nf ^miamiinn .TnKno^n Va-—t__ t • * 1 lie Speaker decided the point well t« ken. ** Mr. Bryant claimed that he bad aright to speak. 8Ul I weedy called the previous question. Yeas and nays demanded. The following is the vote : Yeas—Atkins. Allen, of jasper, Arm strong. Bethune, Belcher, Bell, Beard Barnes. Glower. Costin Colby. Cunning ham, Darnell, Davis, Ellis. Floyd, GoiU ford, Hillyer, Houston, Harden. Haren' member under tho rules of the Home to! Resolution from the House concurring _ Mr. Richardson offered a resolution to | enter a protest, and as there were differ j in the Senate resolution explanatory of the Hamilton, (dem.), Hughes, Hutching Hi" "* 1 # ,r incock. Joiner, Jackson. HI,,,,™ n.,,1 It is no : 1,1,1 l»«ly ihoroogbly, (smiling ;) but; i|(r wia „„ „ id Sp , er it is quilft true that l did some time ago lustice to contemplate sending to Congress a spe- (hem—the Uiil lers „f the road—lh,l i c i al m - ss ".S e T^'oinuiemling the remov- substitute, that | of the matter urmn the journal, he paid for the j Ander Johnson, of Forsyth, Lee, Linder, Mn nr « « . . service* of Geo. W. Speer, up to the time j on the protest of his death—28 days. sioners of Emigration. ocated immediate action j Message from the House announcing well, Maull, Moore, McCormic, Ne*'biTt**j \ that the House was actually ready to adi Gordon, Nesbitt, (dem ) of Dade, O’Ne&l The yeas and nays were demanded on'j^nru. pint, a no the authornics upon which Jie relies, consider settled in railway manage ment. A imng them the following : “It is fundamental that every road must be managed with a view to its earning’s, expenses, repairs and ade quate remuneration for the capita! in vested. 'Phis is necessary to all par ties. All thinking men concede that unprofitable roads do not satisfactorily respoue to the pisl expections of their patrons. It is the interest of all parties that they should pay- Especially is it for i he interest of the community, di- reetk reaping the advantages of a good, sate, well managed rout ; or rather, reaping the inconveniences and dis comforts of an unsafe, unreliable one, for the transaction of their d ii!v busi ness. Hence, it ts seen that it is for the interest oi all concerned, that every road should do all the business il can procure Irom which any profit can be realized, a though the tates may be far below the average rale charged. It if also well settled that it is the duty and the interest of every railroad to loster local business—bv the railroad company transports' freight coating Irom a distance, or :a ' other words, ‘through freight,’at lower! rales than is charged lor local freight, j They argue—and to those who are ig- j norant ol the principles which govern ! the case, their argument must be 1 plausible enough—that the people who eontrilbute their means towards the building ol the road should Inve the preference over those who never fur nished a dollar for its contraction. Were it merely a question of prefer ence, this should certainly be tbr case. Cut in reality tlie question ig thi Shall the through husines al of all disabilitie lilting occasion for a message of the ; kind would lie the restoration of Texas | and the other States to the Union, be- ^ r0 ™ ll° use . .. , . , , ,, n* . . ' First—A resolution, that lieving that it would nave the <'tiecl to j promote general good feeling and bar- j The yeas and nays were called on the j the motion to enter the. protest ou the j ^ House resolution 1 thought that a j substitute. Y"ea8, 17 ; nays, 11. Pasied. Mr. Harris moved to take up messages j of Baldwin, Perkin*, of Dcwson, Rawl* requesting General Richardson. Simms, Stone, Smith, of journal of the House, with the following I Terry to order all Judges and magisterial ; Charlton, Smith ot Muscogee, Tweedy, result: ; officers from putting men in the chain j Thomasson, Turner, Watkins, Warren of Yeas—Anderson, Bennett. Brown. Bar ; gang for the present. ° L ' ' 3r - ,, —- nu’m, Ballauger, Bryant. Clark, Caldwell, j Mr. Burns moved indefinite postpone- 1 Cloud, Clegborn, Cobb, Duncan, Erwin, j raent. Lost—for 12 : against 13. drawn his i Felder. Fowler, Ford, Fryer, Gray, Gul j Mr. Harris bitterly opposed it. ^ ^ d of the J latt, Higdon, Holden, narknes*. Hook, I Mr. Burns said if there was such an or- : Felder, Fowler, Ford, Fryer, Gray, HoU I monv throughout the South ; but since j treasury for certain persons (not specified) j Humber, Harris, of Murray. Harper, of j ganization as the Ku Klux. and lie was a combe, Harrison, of Frauklin, Humber, j then there have been so many ‘ ' ' '* ” ” ” ' L " ^ 1 ’ 1 1 " ! ■ 1 Whereas, the Governor had warrants on the Printing Fund Burke, Zellars—59. Nays—Andenon, Bennet, Barnum, B»l. langer. Bryant, Caldwell, Clegborn, Cobb, Claiborne, Duncan, Erwin, Fitzpatrick! r» ; Felder. FmwIpt. FnrJ Frror rr i the road, or sliall it bo permitted to and develope it which I mean the business arising on its line and not diver!il> 1 e therefrom by rival routes. 1’ rom tins local business it derives its chief support, and to it, it must primarily look fur the income, needful for its success. The local in terests ot the people upon a line can not be antagonistic to the road, so long as ihe rates charged are just and prop er. They most certainly are pi-i and proper, so long as they will do more than Meld a tair income upon the cap ital invested in the enterprise and show a reasonable deduction Lorn the cost ot teaming. Il has been suggest ed thatitis imfairto charge rales lor lo cal business higher lor distances car ried than for through business. This is found to be* a fallacy. Iroin the rail road the community receives all the advantages derived from the difference j therefore, between railroad charges and the cost ot teaming in all its local business, which we have seen in the case ot the farmer living ten miles away from the market, saving, at a low estimate ol two-thirds its cost. It is unjust to the farmer. pass over other routes r It is evident, j that it the lales are not made to meet j competing liner ot transportation this j class of business must he lost to the i company altogether. • During the past year this company realized Irom through business alone the sum of $S1 *2,836 76, of which 53 70 100 per cent was expended in op era ting tho road, leaving a net profit of $33-5,21-» 87, equal io 36 47,- 100 per cent, ot the entire net revenue. Thus people living at a distance who | had nothing to do with the binding ot 1 ,1V the ro ut, 'conliihuted largely towards making it a successful enterprise. Nor are the owners o( the road atone henelilted by this business. The sum ot $477,622 80, operating expenses, was nearly ali expend' d along tin line of the road, thus stimulating tra by increasing the wealth of the States through which the nut 1 passes. Now, it this business inn! not been secured to the road at such rate obtained, it. would have aeon necessary either to have iucraasei the plaints about outrages ii the South requests for military interpos some of the Stales—like Tenn^sse if^nl North Carolina—that I have reconsid ered my resolution. I have come to the conclusion that so long as the stale V ,ie ", w ol society m those districts is such as , lie secured I lo ca ^ l‘ ,r military aid to preserve order ; i it would be useless to recommend to j ! Couoress the removal of disabilities.— j ; O , | For the present, therefore, 1 cannot send that message to Congress.” “I asked the President if it was true that he had had a message ol the kind proposed ready to send to Congress, fie replie !, “Yes, sir,” and went on to state that the document had been all I ready, but its presentation was aban- ■ i doned for the ieas<>ns already stated, j I am informed that the President’s j message was a brief but statesmanlike ; document, urging Congress to remove j I by proper enactment all disabilities im- i ; posed bv the Fourteenth Amendment, j upon our. simple condi'ion, to-vvit : The appeaiancc of all applicants in j open court and announcement of their : desire. It will be seen by this that the disorderly cl tsses of the South, who a ’l : have recently given rise to so much cause ot complaint, have a great deal to answer for. Had they kept quiet and behaved themselves with ordinary Vi i "!-decency and respect tor law, bv this •oulci he . ” . . i • j i . i tune the whole South might have ocen her rights and my com- j r,, r printing, and the Treasurer, consider ] Sumter, Harper, of Terrell, Hall, of Glynn, | Ku-Klux, as had been charged—which he Higdon, Harris, of Murry, Hall, of Merri- South and i ing the same illegal as drawn on the print- j Kytle, Mathews, McArthur, Neal, Nash, | denied—he would want nothing better.— i weather, Hall, of Glynn, Kytle, L*n«, rsilion in I ing fund, and that was exhausted, the ! Nisbet. Osgood, Price, Paulk, Phillips, ! It uprooted all the criminal law of the Madison. Mathews, McArthnr, Neal. 0*! A . I . , 1 * ...I . . . 1. . — a T, 13 1..nf ( ^1. — . 1.... 1} a.n An ?\ I fl ((IK it T fl I I I 1 n C T‘o .trine nf C lu.nl.. T > • Treasurer be directed to pay the same out ; Pepper, Perkins, of Cherokee. Rainey, of any funds not otherwise appropriated. Rosser, Rumph. Simms, Sisson, Shumate. Mr. Harris favored tun resolution.— j Seale, Shackleford. Scott. Sorrels, Smith, •When a warrant is regularly drawn by j of Ware. Turner, Tate, Tnrnipseed, Yin- rnor, and countersigned by ! son, Walthall, Warien. of Quitman—57. Nays—Atk ; n», Allen, of Jasper, Allen, of Hart, Bethune, Belcher. Beil, Beard, Barn*. Bradford, Glower, Costin, Colby, Cunningham, Darnell, Davis, Ellis, Evans, Floyd, Goodwin, Goher, (dem.) Golden, Gardner, Guilford. Hillver, Holcombe, the Comptroller General, the Treasur er should pay it. He offered an amend ment. tliat the Treasurer be ordered to pay any warrant drawn upon him, accord ing to law, bv the Governor. Mr. Candler opposed tiro resolution. If Mr. .Ytfgier was the man he thought he State. A resolution ordering or requesting the Governor not to pay the Superintendent of the Public Works or his clerk any mon ey. Passed unanimously. Mr. Speer—A resolution to pay the Sec retary for 28 days of extra services, Pre vious question called. Lost. Main ques tion put. For, 21; against, 7. Bradley got the floor and said (without any question before the Senate,) that the ten^ent of Public Works or any of hie good. Phillips, Perkins, of Cherokee, Itai. ney, Rosser, Rumph, Rice, Sisson, Shu- mate, Seal, Shackelford, Scott, Sorrell Sewell, Sticklaud, Saulter, Tate, Y’inson! Walthall, Welchel, Williams, of Harrison —5G. A resolution authorizing the Spe*ker to audit the accounts of Clerks. Adopted. Senate resolution requesting the Got- eruor not to pay salary of the Superin- Seuate ought not to have voted down the Houston, Harden. Haren, Hamilton, (dem.) was, he* 5 would not pay any attention to I Hughes. Hutchins, Hooks, Harrison, of convict resolution. Ii was a suap game, this'iliegal resolution if it was passed— ! Hancock. Hall, of Meriwether, Joiner. J He had just come from the House, and Tiic law points out his duty,and the courts \ Jackson, Johnson, of Towns, Johnson, of | was told there to move for a Committee of should pay when ! Spalding, Johnson, of Forsyth, Lee, Lin ; Conference. ; der. Lindsey, Lane, Madison, Maxwell 1 ~ A ' ~ j Maull, Moore, McCormic, Nesbitt, of Gor don, O’Neal, of Lowndes. O’Neal, of Bald aro to decide whethe; he refuses. Mr. Bur ns said he favored any just debt: but an unjust debt he was unwilling to This Legislature could not, in its lu the meantime, and while Bradley was talking generally, without the President seeming to notice him. Mr Nunnally mov pay present anomalous condition, pass any la on the subject. They proposed to take a j laud. Stone. Saulter, Smith, of^ Cbarlton, j win, Page, Porter, Perkins, of Dawson, j ed that a Committee inform the Governor. Reid. Rogers, Rice, Richardson, Strick- i Passed. recess fur sixty da^s would know their status, and be enabled to act intelligently and with authority. Motion to lay on the table. Carried Mr. Speer—A resolution that George In ‘that time they ■ Smith, of Muscogee, Tweedy, Thomasson, j W. Merrel be paid as Caleudar Clerk.— ’ * ... 1 Wutkiusi. YVilliams, of Harris, Williams, He called the previous question- of Haralson, Zellers—70. On motion, the Senate resolution to ad Clerks. Concurred in. Lane, of Brooks, offered a resolution tbat the various committees of investigation be allowed $4 per diem for the time of actutl service, to include all mileage and contin gent expenses. Was declared lost by tbs Speaker. Bryant moved to reconsider the action ou Price’s resolution, authorizing tbo Treasurer to pay certain warrants, ami amended by the Senate. While be was advocating the motion to reconsider, the hour of six o clock, p. in., having arrived, Mr. Holcombe moved to amend the res- : the Speaker declared the House adjourn- olution by addiug that any one who wish- j ed to the 1st Monday in July. This esti- Mr Harris moved to reeind the joint j joum at 6 o'clock, r. m, until the fmt I ed, should go up and put his hand into the j ties Mr. Bryant to the floor at the opening resolution to adjourn to July 6th. at 12 j Wednesday in July was concurred in. (Treasury. Carried. i of the next session, and as a motion to rs- o’clock. Carried. The Senate resolution explanatory of Joint resolution to adjourn at G o’clock the appropriation act was taken up. local rates ! in the enjoyment of a j to day. Carried. Mr. Fain, a resolution that the Hon. • Geo, N. Lester, of Cobb, and Hon. John i D. Pope, he appointed to assist the corns miltee appointed to investigate crimina- | tions and recriminations of Gov. Bullock and Treasurer Angier. Mr. Fain said he was one member ol TTall. of Meriwether, offered a resolution that it should not be construed so as to mean the payment of the salaries of the Homo and Foreign Commissioners of Em igration, which was adopted. Mr. Bryant wished to offer nn amend ment, that the appropriation net should not revive ths 22d section, and while he 3G 47-100 per cent., or io have reduced the ! privileges possessed before tho rebel- j the Committee, and thought no one could j was reducing it to writing, the Chair en- | ’-"--a a- i—j tertained a call for the previous question. annual dividend 4 3 10 p-r cent leaving it 1 7 10 instead of G per cent, on the capital stock. But as long as tin in the interest of all the stockholders arid not the benefit of a certain class of ship- i pers the main object must always be to so ! cure a sufficient revenue to pay a reasona ble dividend on the capita! invested. ' Ilenco if tho through business is neglected | or ii forced over rival routes ou account of high rates, tbo local shipper must either contribute the whole amount of the loss, or the owners of the road lose the interest on lion j object to having these gentlemen wi. ,uo «ai i _ ; Mr. Harris said he was a member of the : and declared the Senate resolution, as road* hT opera ted j Important D*Cisiotl or lh*.l!ni!fd Stalls Su- i the same Committee, and thought every j amended, adopted. « . ■ i aLa.iLI nKiant tn if llfl WH<f linf W11 - I PifTnalriplf. Ctf 1*1 Mr. Merrell asked Speer to withdraw it. i consider is pending and not acted upon, Speer declined and called the previous prevents further action on the resolution. question as amended by Mr. Holcombe.— lie asked for a division. The Chair deeliued, and put the reso lution as amended. Lost, The following resolution was sent up but not acted on. Resolved, Tbat the Hon. Foster Blod gett. Superintendent State Road, Rufus Mr. Candler made a fiery and brilliant B. Bullock. Governor, and their various speeali against this, on principle, ar.il clerks and employees, (including the At- scathed Speor into silence, when l.anta Slander Mill,) are entitled to 39 per Mr. Holcombe said our ouly safety is in diem, for their punctual, and faithful at adjournment. I move we adjourn. President said the committee had not yet reported. Recess uutil 5£ o’clock. pmnt; Csuri. He w as not wil-j Fitzpatrick, of Bibb, offered to amend one should object to it „ . . „ „ , -... ling to employ couusc. ZWs of Common Carrttu—lights of; Angier . He moved Jo lay ou the table. Colored Fusiengers in Railway Trains, i Mr. Wellborn, a resolution that all bonds . ,,,, r i , n . • of the State the object of which was to i General Terry to restraiu Judicial officers 1,.erase of Alexander Thompson; „ ilt , J ho S ut.. .ft.r being j f,„ m ennviet. to the cb,i„ s ,n s i Baltimore Gil\ j , . — j — -qqig t{,p Committee of Investigation were -. lin» to employ counsel for Bullock and ; by striking out the 22<1 section, which the ‘ ‘ ” | Speaker refused to entertain A resolution was offered requesting fneir capita which latter case the lo colored, against the Baltimore Cll 3' | properly «ign«d np by the Treasurer and ; Passenger Railway Company, lo re- 1 K 1 ~ ■ 1 ” 1 ’ * i cover damages laid al $2,500 for tres pass atid forcible ejectment from the j Treasurer, and that the Governor sliall j Anderson, of Cobb, called attention to interior of one of their cars to the front | n „t endorse any of said bonds until so j the ruling of the Speaker that the. House ' Comptroller General, should be recorded i at work, which was adopted amid much in a proper book by the Comptroller and ' confusion. • cal shippers must still furnish the entire i platform, on the 30ill ot October last, ! signed by thore officials operating expenses,-a* result. tariff. could not length of time. The unavoidable would be to raise the while ou the other baud, through business the company would he enabled to lower it.” In view of these fncls, if is apparent 111*11 Wie Iiurr ...» .-w., ~j could uot travel out of the line laid down her w iae'th e road j w Is'concluded^ in The UmtcdTsTtes j "'Tt'was' suggested by Mr. Harris, that it j by General Terry, and asked if the House " ’ " was not going beyond those limits. A uumber of resolutions were sent np, hut not read, as a motion to adjourn until 3 o’clock p. m. was put and carried. he kept in running order for any Circuit Court, al Baltimore, Judge 1 a l feaf l5' th® l ftW |o ’ these officials to Giles, on Saturday. Upon the con clusion of the argumeul tor the defence, sign such bonds. Mr. Candler said there was no such law livin'; ten miles away from ttie market, that the farmer living one hundred miles away should have his traffic done at a lower rate per mile, provided it is not done at a less than cost ; lor just t«> the extent of the profit made on the hundred mile busi ness is the company able to carry the less mile business at a lower rate, and still act justly to its stockholders. “Another tiling is settled between railroad experts—that the through bus iness of a road, made up generally ns it is, of full trams, is done at a less cost than local business, picked up a? it comes to the line. This difference is large, and must enter into the circu lation of rates made by the managers of the roads. A train starting lioin Montgomery, partly loaded and partly empiv, stopping to leave empty and pick up loaded curs between the starl ing point and Savannah, may cost more money to the company,and earn less than if it had started with a full train, although the through freight is at less rate per mile than local freights from intermediate points. {This is the more marked when tho train starts entirely empty. Besides theie enters into the estimate certain depreciation and expenses which do not depend upon tho amount of business done. The natural decay of the superstruc ture bridges, lies, fences, station hous es, wood part of the cars, abrasion of the banks, and certain station expen ses,are neither i tut eased nor diminish ed by the through or contingent busi ness. This has been estimated at fully one third of the whole expenses of a road, including its equipments, proving beyond doubt that contingent or through business may be done at two- thirds tire average rale per mile of oth er business and ottered as large a profit j ^ Hvei . as the local busines which without tire aid of this long business, would have all this expense to bear. “aY pro rata rate on passengers is equaliv unjust as on freight, although the justice may not be so apparent. It ignores the dillerence between the cost of doing business by wholesale and retail. Can n passenger be car'- lied over a !::i«* of road, being taken that tlia opposition, so frequently niatlv by . argument it he wa local interests, to t!ie efi’irts of railroad not rong or ( companies to secarr judicious extension of their roads with existing lines whereby they might reach sections uf country other- -.vi.-io inaccessible, or be put in condition to complete with rival routes, tnu*t if success ful, invariably prove detrimental both tw local interests m well to the interest of tins railroad companies. The larger the business of n roa i the cheaper will he the cost ot transportation. The Baltimore anti Ohio Railroad Company, for instance, with receipts amounting to abmit gl,000,- j , nan ' to be'earried on 000 per mouth, and operating about the same number ot miles as the Louisville j and Nashville Railroad Company, inchi' ding the roads leased by the latter, carrie* freight at a cost less than sue e«ut. per wcii a lariral VV'Vid ° 1 . • ,7’ I in the act. No record of the Cartersville , ? (Judge Odes announced that it was his ; and Van Wert R ft ji ro nd h mds, unless they custom, after hearing argument on the : wcre t j, e Executive office. Mr. Cand part of the defence, to require no other ! ) or moved to refer it to the Finance Com mittee. Carried. Mr. Richardson, a resolution that B. E. satisfied as to the point m question. He would, there- | through business, by j fore, dispense with any effort on the j YVillis, Assistant Messenger and sergeant ?e connections i part of the plaintiff's council, and pro ceed to give his opinion upon the issue j which had been presented to him. Af- j ter quoting imlhurities, the Judge con tinned : ^ ; at Arms, be allowed pay no to date. Mr. Holcombe, who is Willis ? Mr. Burns, who is Willis ? \ r at ious others, who is Willi* \ know no such person. Mr. Richardson again offered his We poor Certainly, no one can lie excluded i school fund resolution, and Mr. Harris sec- from carriage by a common carrier on j onded it this time, for the purpose, he said,. SENATE. (rvrNINO SESSION ) Wednbsdax, May 4. 1S70. Senate resumed its session at 3 o'clock» p. m. Mr. Harris moved to take up the resolu tion laid on the table this morning, direct itig the Treasurer to pay warrants of the Governor when couutersigned, etc., accord' ing to law. Mr. Harris—This is not a party measure Democrats and Republicans ought to be account of color, religions belief, politi-! of having it merely entered on tli* joor- \ wdhng to it. Great injustice was being account color, »einet, pout. | ^ ^ wag , ai ,, ou the tabIe , done by the nonpayment of these war Adjourned till 3 o’clock, P. M. cal relations, or prejudices ; but while recognizing the right of the colored the same footing as ti e white man, is i' reasonable io as sign a different place, in the cars to passengers of each color ? If the place assigned to the colored man is, in all rants. Mr Candler knew tbat when money ! Senate resumed. The Chairman announced the names of Messrs. Speer, Wallaee and Candler, as the committee to examine into the coudL tion ot the Peoiteutiary. Messrs. Brock, Coleman and Wootten. as committee to examine into the manage ment of the State Road. The motiou to pay Merrell was taken ; “P- Messrs. Burns, Candler, Nunnally aud ; Fain, each offered an amendment by in j serting the names of different parties to • be paid. Mr. Dunning moved to lay ou toe table. Passed. On Motion of Mr. Holcombe, Senate ad- • journed till the first Wednesday in July, j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, j AFTKRNOO.V SESSION. Wkune*u*t, May 4, 1870. House called to order by the Speaker. ! Tweedy offered a resolution to pay ‘ mileage to the expelled members from the ! first oi the session of 186S. Lost. Smith, of Charlton, offered a resolution to pay the Chaplains of the House $5 per day for their services during 1870. Anderson moved to amend by inserting 350 each, which was adopted. Hall, of Glynn, got the floor aud sent up some resolutions, but owing to maueouvers j tendance daily on the General Asteroid/, j nu, l that they be excused for neglectiug their duties to the State, as there are a number of members who voted only as in- j structed by the aforesaid. i»0tt%nt riccDrkr. MILLEDO-EVI331L E r Tuesday, may 20, 1870. tf*~ The Georgia Legislature adjourned on i Wednesday last. We publish the last day’* pro ceedings. It is rich in its way. Committee* were appointed to examine the State Road, look into Gov. Bullock's record, and also to look after the workings of the Penitentiary. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednedhay, May 4, IS70. House called to order by the Speaker. was to be had easily, many were willing j of the ring, was cut off. ; to have this resolution passed. The Teas j urer did not consider nil the wariauts ille gal, but declined to pay only on the ground PUTNAM AGRICULTURAL FAIR. We are requested to state that the Putnam j County Agricultural Fair will be held on the l&h ton per mile, while it cost the Louisville rosptets, as comfortable, safe and coil- j tion, and offered the protect originally on and Nashville Railroad Company, whose Mr. Caldwell arose to a privileged ques that the specific fund, on which it should ‘ be drawn was exhausted, or bad not been made. This resolution was uot explicit. A message was received from the Sen 1 Name the parties to be paid, and it would ate announcing the passage of resolutions i be somewhat, nearer law, though entirely vemenl as the one assigned to the; y* fi j er( l a y monthly revenue is only about 3250.000, a i white man, in what respect is he injur- fraction over two cents per tou per mile, j e «l or Ilia rights abridged ? The ques- ! "wive to t'bc^emploVment of members of | outside of its pale. ^ I be American Railway limes says : |jo M j$ t whether a public carrier may j t j ia ^ ... no', in the exercise of his private l ight of property, and in the performance ol his public duty, separate passengers by any other rule than that of sex.— The ladies’ car is known upon- every , _ IT , „ . , ii , . i -| j , . •" i In answer to \Yarren of Uuitman, (J Neal well regulated railroad, and its poprie- . . " . . ... t . 3 . , • , , i r said that ha did not dispute tiio assertion tv is doubled in none. In the absence “ 1 bat a correct tariff (of freights) should be graduated, and uot prorated for the dif' ferent distances, is admitted by all who know anything whatever of railway mat ters.” De Bow’s Review remarks : "If a com pany takes tbrousb freight which it could not otherwise get. at anything more than the contingent or running expenses such excess is clearly a net gain, which would be lost to the company it refused. So far, therefore, from the local and way shipper being injured by such accession to the trade ol the road, it enables the company better.to comply w ith its chartered con tract, I; moreover improves the dividend* of the community localiy interested in the road, by bringing f.u.dgn money into the company’6 treasury.” 1 f tiic matters follows : the Legislature on the State Road, rela tive to not drawing per diem during recess, adjournment, etc. O'Neal objected to the protest beeanse it was an indirect attack noon the Speaker and Gen. Terry. The Speaker announced the following ' of October, 1870, and continue for three day*.— committees of investigation : Ou Western and Atlantic Railroad : j Lee, of Newton, (Ring), Parks, of Gwiu i The Premium List will be out next week. tP* The South Georgia and Florida Raiiroid nett (d). Maxwell, (Ring), Phillips, (d), ! from Albany to Thomasville, is about complete: Tweedy, (Ring). and we expect there will be regular trains put on therefore, of any Isgislation prohibiting- tiie carriers from making any distinc tion between passengers on account of race or color, what is there to prevent him from so arranging hi* cais so as to carry his colored passengers in one apartment and his white passengers in another? Would it not conduce lo the comfort of bolli, and tend to secure or der, preserve the peace, and maintain her'-in stated are true.it the rights of carriers and passengers? Would not such a regulation be as concerning the rulings of Speaker Me \Y T horter. But the second reason giveu in the protest is not gerinain to the subject. Warren, of Quitman, asked what was the difference between direct coercion and indirect coercion 1 Speaker McWhorter vacated bis seat and called Price, of Lumpkin, to the Chair. Ho then addressed the House in Of posi tion to the second section of the protest. Message from the House, annoncing that tbe House had concurred in Seuate resolutiou, continuing approptiatiou act, with an amendment. Mr. Dunning opposed Ilani*’ resolution. It was not explicit; only one item was mentioned, to wit: printing. He was un willing to prefer one class of creditors to another. Let tbe resolution be made ex- i plicit, and name the parties and he would i vote tor it. . Mr. Nunnaliy opposed it generally. Mr. Hinton thought it was a gieat wrong attempted to be forced upon the Treas urer, to coinpell iiim to do that for which he aud his securities would he liable ou his bond. He did not oppose any just claim. He simply opposed any such ar- On charges againet the Governor and j the Road next week. It is the completion of * Treasurer: Bethune, (Ring), Bell (Ring), roost important link incur railroad system.snd Darnell (Ring), Shumate (d), Prince (d). gives to the ciii*ens of Middle and Northern Geor- On the Penitentiary : Hillyer (Ring), i g!a direct communication with Southern Georgia Simms, (15th Amendment), Turner (15th j and Florida. We extend our congratulations to Amendment,) McArthur, (d), Raw!*, (Con- ! our friends in Southern Georgia, that they can now servative). ■<ave some two hundred miles of travel and tbon- Tweedy offered a resolution to add the j sans of dollars of freight, by the completion of th* Speaker of the House and President of i ,hove road. Scott asked him if he did n«t state when bitrary, illegal and extraordinary conduct the report of the Committee of Conference on ‘h*’ P* rt 6ie Senate. First. That prorata uniform rales would ( reasonable and proper, under all the ha both unjust ami impraciicable. Unjust circumstances, as the one in reference to railroads and their patrons, altogether lo u Je separation of sexes? impracticable.in their adoption. :.t :r .m. impracticable m ineir a dor Second. That through, long or contin gent business may ba done a? a large an numerating profit—even fit tw»»thir n rate of the local business. The Judge said if the defendants j had provided ears for the carriage of colored people, or assigned a place in each ear for them, lie would have held Ti.iid, Tbat tbe profits to the roads such regulation reasonable and proper. I fri m extraneous business, which would be In the absence of such provision, the : lost by the prorata rule, would have to be j company had not discharged its duty eharged on local business, t hus adding jo ; a common carrier ol passenger?, and with Gen Terry was discussing, that he would rule that the appropn«tionv»ct should he taken up and acted on seetiou by section ] Mr. McWhorter said be might have said so. Bryant advocated tbe protest being en tered upon the journals. O'Neal, the great leader of the Blodgett ling, was n brave man on certain occasions, and theu at other times dodged. He had to he hunted up yesterday when the vote on paying the Mr Uigbee would not detain the Senate long. Desired to give a reason for tbe passage of the resolution. (With one hand behind him as if concealing a ferule for some young idea.) proceeded to read some law for the, purpose of giving a rea the Senate to tbe committee to investigate the State Road. Voted down. O’Neal moved to adjourn until 5:40. Fitapatrick moved to adjourn sine die. Scott moved to notify the Senate that the House was ready to ndjourn till the 1st YVednesday in July. Carried, and i House recesaed for 20 minutes. After recess House reassembled. A message was received from the Sen ate announcing concurrence in resolution authorizing tbe Treasnrer to pay certain warrants, with an amendment. Hall of Glymi, offered a resolution th* tbe Auditing Committee audit the ac count of no Clerk, who has not performed . . the duty, and that those who performed P , ' c ' s P erit F 0 _ ® ® n their duty by proxy, that tbe money be paid to the proxy. Tabled. Mr. Bryant moved that a OUR RAILROAD SYSTEM—SAVANNAH. | At the Press Association, ;lately held in Sa- i van nab, and the dinner given to the Press by th" j citizens, the third regular toast that was giYen, read as follows: •- A railroad system for the whole Sonth adopted to develop her agricultural and mineral resource*' and to build up centers of trade within her terri- me oen- ; t w-orthv of rhe variety and value of her pro- tne House j , . , , „ I ductions and exports. j To which sentiment, Gen A. R. Lawtos wo* t j called upon to respond. The General made a very • good speech taken as a whole.bat we thought that his mind was centered too much on the particular Railroad, and th® Altantic and Gnlf Railroad working as they of did to the direct advantage ef Savannah;— committee be j He im t ,lied bjr hi * remarks th ? the , t n cumumieiJ t»e , f , r*-IfroD* son. He then asked for the reading of the | appointed in conjunction with the Senate > other roads * ^ w0 ” . e .. , — .tm- resoluton ami amendment, and said the! Committee t«> wait upon the Governor, . ,. Comptroller General had tho right to epe j and inform him that the General Assembly j e local i ate* and greatly increasing tbe ; l|jere was nolhing j tl lhe charter giving S ot irjtgns of the people. I . .. ® t . ®. * avoi ^’• 0! Thatn7 ! Jariffnf rate* ean be j company lhe right to discriminate city thwAund. Mr. Bums desiicd to ask him a qnee- iifjj tion, but be declined into bis seat with the pe/diem of Uie expelled colored members ! g race of a Dominie Samson, whereupon ! ate announcing that they bad amenu_ r •• ■ “ " ' 1 - *=»-*- *i— : — 1 Price’* resolution, relative to authorizing the Treasnrer to pay certain warrants jiow wide tbe door for peculation upon the was taken, and at another time suddenly Mr. Burns continued to ventilate the im- got sick, and left for Chattanooga, to propriety and impolicy of this resolution ; avoid voting on certain measures O'Neal rose excitedly and nervous, and public treasury, and wider still tho effect adopted that does noi look to a just renin- j pasaeiigrrs Who wore orderly Jpmundod to be heard on a question of j ot tbe amendment, ucralion for capital invested, >and if not j an< l behaved well arid paid their lajr. i privilege attainable from long business, it must come from short or local business. Thejur\, by the consented the counsel assessed the damages at $10. Mr. Me'tell favored tbe amendment.— Bryant hoped the gentlemen wonld not | The b* i,( I out whjeb this resolution pro- iuterrupt him, but O’Neal said both eharg vide* payment ii that fund uot otherwise the roads men'ioned,—for tiis remarks were »u*- ication that he had the abova though he called no name*— would work an injury, not ouly to old established hilt would injure Savannah in the end.— jjater mistake : for if a seapor city h* 5 ! nl lvantagfs, and can boast of capitsb n ° mu wnimuvo . l,nr man V l' 0 ® 8 of railroad* are built in » drawn by the Governor on the Printing j State, all will tend to tbe most commanding cc«* is ready to adjourn. Tbe motion was not entertained. A message was received from tc Fund, by inserting the words •• and any other warrant* drawu dy the Governor, and countersigned by the Comptroller General.” Darnell moved t* adopt Hie resolution rncrcia! center Our friend Gsn. L. mu*t take a broader, highe' and more comprehensive view of the spirit * progress of the age , as each and every pi*** i« Intent upea developing it* w 1 ***** * ,r.d