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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA SUN DAILY AND WCLKLY. THE SUN PUBLISHING CO. Hon.A.H. STEPHENS POLITICAL EDITOR. THE SUN. VOL. HI ATLANTA. GEORGIA. SUNDAY. MA Y - W, 1873. NO. 905 EbUi of MabirrlptloBt DAILY-Per annum, (8 00 Hall yearly, .'. 4 00 Quarterly J 00 Monthly 70 WEEKLY- Per annum, 82 00 gt-V-THN Bun's combined Daily and Weekly circulation ia larger than that of any paper in the State. BY TELEGRAPH. TO TBS ATLANTA SUN. FBOM LITTLE BOCK. Lnran Boar, May 17.—The Preeby- terian Assembly of the United States re assembled ihia morning. Dr. Baird, of the Committee on Publication, read the Secret iry’a Annual BeporL The report is printed and is eery volauinona. It re fers to the publication of the works of the Oburoh and certain long diacertationn In relation to the Benevolent Inatitntiou for printing religiuna tracks and hooka lo cated at Biohmoud, V*., under the man agement of tne Preabyteriaa Committee of Publication. Additional delegates are reported from Alabama,Georgia, Kentnoky, Mississippi, North Carolina and tfoutb Carolina. The Tbeoi igical Beminary of Yirginia is re ported in a flourishing condition. Columbus, Miss., was eeleoUd for the next place of meeting. Tire Assembly then adjourned. Lima Boat, May 17.—Matters about the Slate House are unokanged. The opi ouente of Gov. Baxter hare as yet made no move toward the forcible pos session of tbe bniluiLg or any part of it. An armed gourd of new militia are on dnty again tu-nighL Nearly all of tne effloers of the oid militia have been mus tered cut and their place* filled by men more in sympathy with the opinions of Gov. Baxter. Tne aoiion of prominent Republicans opposed to Baxter, provokes considerable speculation. FBOM INDIANA. VisiTi, May 17.—Ti e Congressional (xcniaion party strived to-day. They will be transferred to the Missouri, Kan sas end Texas road this evening, and ar rive at Denniaon, Texas, to-night. FBOM BALTIMORE. Baltimore, May 17.—The Gune'sl Assembly reo< ived Dr. Baird, represen tative of Cumberland Preabyteiian Church, standing. Dr. Baird hoped tbe day would oome when there would be but one Presbyterian Gbarob. Dr. Baird tendered a eommitiee to heal differences. The oommitiee suggested by Baird was appointed by oonferenoo. p**r, FBOM MISSOURI Jammsow Crrr, May 17.—Funds in the State Treasury are exhausted. FBOM .WASHINGTON. Wamunqton, May 17.—Tbe Secretary of State this evening received a telegram from Oen’l Sickles, stating thatthe Cuban authorities have been ordered to seud O'Kelly to Spain. Belknap has returned. Tbe Preeideot baa oppoinied Wm. E Davis assistant Treasurer of Cincinnati; Alva A. Knight, Collector of Florida. Tbe Spanish and American Commis sion, which has heretofore been consid ered the olaim of Perfectode Rojas, who claimed damsgse as an American eitixen against Spain for till confiscation of bis property in tbe island of Cuba. Rojas filed hia application to become an American citizen on tbe 28th of Sept. 1870. The Maims tresty was not filed in Febnary, 1871. The Spanish advo cate contended againet the advocate for tne United States, that Bojaa did not oome within the teima of the treaty, and his citizenship had only begun. But not havtug it oompleted on this question, the American and Spanish ar bitrators divided it, and aooordingly the cate was referred to tne Umpire, Baron Lefevir, the Austrian minister, for set tlement. He has decided that Bojaa does not oome. within the terms of the treaty, and over-rnled the ossa Siz or eight similai claims ore settled by this decision. FBOM BIRMINGHAM. Bikmixobam, Ala., May 17.—The Ala bama Preae Association adjourned to-day. CoL B. J. Saflold was selected ss Pract- dent, Ia W. Grant, Seoretary, and Col. U. H. Powall, Orator. Tbe place of tbe next meeting is Birmingham. Invita tion by tbe Alabama frees and tbe Mayor cf Birmingham ia extended to New York, Pennsylvania and Georgia Press Associations, to asset hire on tbe third Tuesday in May, 1874. iFBOM VIENNA. Visas a, May 17.—The investigation of the charge* against the suspended American Commissioner* have keen for warded to Washington. The volumi- nooa appropriation by tbe United States Congress ia naaily exhausted. Tbe chargee of bribery have been fully sus tained. FBOM PARIS. Pabu, May 17.—Several Journal* have been fined for pnblishiug the letter of Felix Praat to Tbien, printed in tbe London Times. Newspapers have also been suppressed for publishing an arti cle attacking the National Assembly. Paata, May 17.—Tbe reeignatioca of Soulard, Minister to the Interior, end Jules Simon, Minister of Public Instruc tion, has been aooepted by President Tbiera. It is reported that the Ministry of Publio Worship is to be re-establish ad. Tha new members of the Cabinet will be efskee aaoderate Republicans or a bars of the party of the Laft Centra. FROM NEW YORK. Nxw Yonx, Mar 17.-It ia reported on the street by a Mobile correspondent that a New Turk firm drawing bill* on London has failed in oonaeqaertoe of over advances on cotton. It is said that tha New York house will loss flf y thou sand pounds srerling.by this fai'nre. Nzw Yohji, May 17.—The legislative oommiUre in their report upon Bata affairs oondemn as improper tbe expen diture of money in the reoent traorder of the tnansgemenL end its reimbursement trom the Treasury of the Company. They say tbis was done largely in the in terest ot foreign stockholders and fur their benefit, and the part taken in that operation by General Sickles ia da- nouuoed in strong terms, as follow* : Tha spe< tarl* of ahe United States Minister to the Foreign Court in leaving his datfee there and tending himself to the execu tion of a scheme of this kind is not cal culated to heighten our reepeot for or in spire oonfideooe in the integrity of pub- bo servioe. The protracted panic has created a consternation in a'l branches of buai ■a. The son ot a wealthy banker commit ted snicide yesterday. FROM LEXINGTON. Lzxinoton, May 17.—The spring meet ing closed to-day. Ftorenoe won the first Time, 1:47; Edsie Thomas won the aeo- oud in 1:49 and 1:48}; MoOrath’s Louisa Anna won the tnird. Time 5.82. FBOM HAVANA. Havana, Mey 17.—The vomlto is in creasing. The consignees of tbe Juniata and Yazoo asked permission to transport their passengers to New York by steamer, leaving to-morrow. FBOM MEMPHIS. Mbmphis, May 17.—CoL R. A. Pinson, a prominent merohant, and formerly President of the Chamber of Oommeroe, and who was a Confederate Brigadier General of tbe cavalry, is dead. A dispatch from Little Bock etatee that Governor Baxter remains in tbe Capitol nigbt and day, with a force of men on duty and fully armed to proteor him agamat tbe threatened raid of the friends of Lieutenant Governor Smith to euat Baxter and place Smith ia the Gubernatorial ohair. FBOM NASHVILLE. Nash villi, May 17.—Ea hre won Ibe Unit race—time. 8:40. Quartermaster wontheaeound race—time, 1:47}; 1:48; 1:61}; 1*1. IsIYInohton*’■ Africa—Perilous Adventures end Ex tensive Dlsoo veries in Uie interior of Afrioe, from the pereonel narrative of David Livizostonf^ LL. D.. D. O. L , togethbr with the remark*®!* Buoosse and Iaipor.ut he*ul s of the H<rald> Sunlej expedition, s furnished by II 1L Stanley 1 . Eeq. Hub baud Bros., Philadelphia end Boston. This is on® of (he most iotensblj in teresting books ol tbe times. It carrit® the re der over * portion of the earth *bioh np to a recent period has beet) terra incognita. The uourcee of the Ni e, from the dnj® of Pythagoras, have been involved in impenetrable mytterj, and Dr. Livingstone, tbe great African explorer, is about t > make tne grand dis covery which has uuflled the effort* oi ages and which will open a new era in tne history of aoienoe and commerce. The opening of dinct and rapid ohan- nuls of communication between the in terior of Afoot and Europe and Aaia will be productive of important aod per manent commercial advuntagea to the world. The couau munition of hie long- ohenabed hones will place tho nume 01 Livingstone high on the list of t the disin terested and distinguished benefactors oi the race. The name of Stanley, too, will be as sociated with this mugniAoent achieve ment whioh promisee such amazing re sults. His bold and brilliant vdventnree in Afrioa are to be classed among tbe highest exhibition! of philanthropy and heroism, aod bnt for these unaccounta ble sacrifices ai.d services, Dr. Livingstone would have beer, compelled to abandoii the object of his highest ambition for the want of supplies, or, perhaps, would have perished on the very eve of his great discovery. The statements of Hr. Stanley are re* guided aa authentic both in Em ope ami Ami ties. Hia style ia eimpta and vigor ous, and aometimaa arrayed in the vivid ooiors of the richest romaace. He re veal* many facts of .Urtling interest to the man of soieLOe aud religion. Indeed, no one can open these pages without be ing introuuced into a w -rhl of wonder*. Tbe reader te enraptured aud thrilled by the romaulio revelations of this book. A Vet. ev Thaaka. Hibibiuai Hall, Atlanta, Ga., May 16, 1873. Beaolved, Teat the thanks of the Hi- beruiau Benevolent Society ia due, and hereby tendered to Mews. O. R, Groomer and O. H. Jones for their hu mane aseistan-e to the members of I bo Society on Ih. evening and night ol tbt 12th instant in earing lot and preparin| for burial the body of our deoeasec brother, Richard M. Wall. This Society shall ever gratefully fe- member tbiir kina and ehrfatianlikt conduct ol that oeouion. Beaolved, That the above be spree* on the minutes ol toe Society, end ete<> published in Um oily paper*. A. Nukan, Secretary. GOY’R BROWN DPON MR. SCOFIELD, The*Cool aid Iron Question Discussed. EJitora Sun i A publication made in a newspaper c-lled the “Herald," pub lished in this city, purporting to give an interview between its reporter and Mr. Lonfa Scofield, Preeideat of the Atlan ta Bolling Mill, with a note published by Mr. Scofield iu a subsequent issue, nakse it proper, I think, that I should give to the publio a statement ef the tacts relr, five to tbe buaineaa relations between Mr. Soofield end the Westonn and At lantic Bsiiroed. At the first regular meeting of the lea- no*. when tho permanent organization of tne oompauy was oompleted, it found that a Urge quantity of iron moat neoesaariiy be porohaaed and laid down upon the rood very coon. And it was proposed by Mr. Wa ter*, a prominent Isaaer, seconded by Mr. Thomas A. Soott, that two thonaaud tons of Euglieh rail bo laid down upon tbs road, and that we cell the old rail to be taken np. I, aa president of the company, op posed this policy with all my might, sta ting to the Board that Mr. Scofield's mill was loealrd iu Atlanta, that it waa a home institution, and gave us a large freight, aud that 1 thought it would be unjust for os to refute to patronize it. To tbia it was replied that much ol tbe iron whioh be had rolled lor the road, duriDg Gov. Balloon's administration, waa almost worthless, aud that wo oouid not aflord to oay for auob iron. After considerable discussion upon tbe subject, I waa sus tained by • small m ijority of the Board, and left free to contract witn Mr. Sco field. I sent for him and stated tbe facts to him. He expressed a great deal of gratitude, and told me he was ruined it he did not get tbe patronage of the Road. At that time Mr. Wadley would not patronize him, and he said he wu getting but a feeble patronage from the otbrr Ro ids, and that he was mainly de pendent upon me. I told him I oouid sustain him ss long as be made us a first rate quality of iroo, but no longer, ea I wool J be overpowered by the oppoait-on to him in the board of directors when ever hia iron proved unsatisfactory. He admitted that he had made some very bad iron for the State, but deemed to think that there waa some exouse for that, aa it was made for the State, under a political administration, but said it had turned out to be bad polioy, aa the bad obaraoter of his ir ju had nearly ruined him; but he waa now determined to re deem hia obaraoter by making good iron. I told bins I know be oouid make good iron, aal wee iniormed rhnt there wu some iron (till on the road made by him while I wu Governor, prior to the war; aod that this bad been ona of the strong point* whioh I had naed in hia behalf. I than made a contract with Mr. Soo field, to reroll for ns old bars to be taken from tbe track, at a price then agreed on, and he stated, at that time aod not a s-jort time sino°, aa he ia made to toy, in his interview witu the Humid, that he wonld give a guaranty that it should stand as well as the best English rail, or he wonld repay 85 per ton if it word de fective. 1 told him it waa important that be put at least twuuty-five per cent, of new pig iror, of a superior quality, in the rail u cap, or I knew it would not lut. He agreed with me and promised that he would do so. Sinoe that time Mr. Sco field hus rolled all the iron taken up .rom our traok, until the late shipment of odo hundred tons to Chattanooga; aud I have bought from hi n, from lime to time, cowly rolled iroo to fill up for the • ate on the old rail. Indeed I have puicfaaaed from nim all wegotexoeptone nundred toils of Eugliab iron, wnioh woe Durohaaed by Mr. Walters, andoneortwo •malt lota puroueaed from the other rail road eompauea in payment of debts dot us whore We oontd not get the money. I supposed that the iron waa being rolled aooording to rootrect, and that I waa gelling good iron; and aa every rail road man kuowa tnat new bar ought to last longer than a year or two, I had not expected that the length of time for the teat, sicoe the date of tbe lease, had been suftioient to enable me to determine how failhlltl.y Mr. Scofield wu carrying out hia ooutraot. But curing the put year I was mortified when I wu iniormed ny the officer ol the road iu charge of that department, that many of Mr. Soofleld'a new mile along the traok were giving away, and that it wu necessary to rerlaoe them with other new onea A* I Hid sustained Mr. Scofield so earnestly end eni rgetioally, I was unwilling to believe that he had de- oeived me in the quality ol rail furnished, and after urging upon him to earry out hia ooutrae* in good faith, and complain ing of the bod reports I got of the rail, aud rersiviug his promise thst hia rails should be u good as uuy in the Unite. I Sutee, I continued to patronize him, and hu repeatedly expressed to me his gra itude iu sl.-ung terms, and told me tbU I had saved him (rum buukruploy, ss he m.nt ueoes eerily have gone under, iu his own phrase, il 1 hail nut taken him np. As Mr. Scofield hu corrected, iu the paper, tbe lalsc statement put in hie mouth by thr reporter, that be gave me a dollar a ton lor the iron rolled, i make no further allusion to that sabjeot. Bat, in mfereuoe to the two hundred tone that he nfi-ra to, 1 make this alate-nenl: Whan we bad roiled up, till it was ueoes nary to buy a hundred Lius to suuply the w..ate of the old rail, I took, aa aliovi -lated, oue uuudiad toosof English iron irom Mr. Walters, ol a lot imported l>> him for another road and landed at Wil mington, N G. 1 also took about twi hundred tons from Mr. Scofield, agreeing to pay him whatever it coat at that tier to import new rail from England, tne most diroot route through aavaauah or Ouarleaton. As the hundred toe* Iroo i Mr. Walters waa not imported through the moat direct route, but landed at Wil mington, the nulroad freight from Wd- miagtou to Atlanta wu greater than it wonld have been fiorn Charleston oi St- v.uiuh. Aud when 1 came to settle with Air. Scofield, I refused iu pay him the actual amount that .hu bundled tone Ol Mr. Waitera' bad coat deluded in Allan- la, because it cams oy a circuitous aud more expensive route ttuui tha usual route, and waa nos intended to be imported direot for ns, bnt tor auotorr road aa already aia-ed, and was nut, thotelora, a fair teat ot the ooe* of Eogbto trail, aa toe expenee was ia- ere sed in getting it to Atlanta. Mr. beo&aid's proposition waa to nail to me aa aheap aal ouuld get luipotl, I F.ugliab bar, null I paid him 870 pet loo. a he exact *oat of import ing aud delivering it at Atlanta, at the time, in oasn, would hare been 868 90 per ton. Mr. Scofield's own re oeipts and onr record books show exsotly wbat he reoeived and show that I oharged the Company witu not one oent more than I paid him. HI* statements aud hie insinuations, by which he intends to convey to the pubhe the idea that I oharged the Company bine hnndsrd dol lar* more, I prononne* willfully uud ma lioionsly false on his part, and I am folly sustained by the rrocr Is of the Com pany in this dennueistion of hia state ment, which is without *ue shadow or pretext of a foundation. Under the rules and praotice oi tins Company not a did lar is drawn from tbq treasury uutil I have signed the warrant, as Freeiileut, for the arnonut, which lira u the uffiee ol the Troasnrer us hta protection, for pay ing it out; and there is always annexed to the warrant the awx.uut, note, o, draft upon which the money is drawn, and the hooka are, therefore, obliged hi show just how much the Company is oharged f r ivirj lot ol iron nr other things purchased ot Mr. Scofield. How natural it ia lorn uiau who kuows that ho wouhl steal if hu had the ehauoe, to oooolude t ist everybody does areal, who, he sup|a-ses lias the opportunity. But I am not in the tituation Mr. Soo field was when nuder tha late political admiuiatration, tie rolled a quantity of very had iruu 'or the Slate, aud wua ac cused uf haviug rendered bill*, *nd re oeived p*y from the publio treasury for * great deal more than he delivered. And when tho investigating oommittee got after him, bv tome mishap, had Ins books stolen, and suomilted to tux arresr of himself aud tbe imprisonment of a member oi hir family, heoauec did cot produoa them. My hooks are kept by honest, upright, oompoteui men. They show ex- aotiy what this . Company is oharged for the 200 tool of iron, and for every other article. TEcy are iu their proper place, sod Mir. South Id is at lib erty to examine them if be wishes to fry to sustain his false and mahoious charges. After my return from Cuba I resumed the duties of my office, tho 1st uf Feb rnary last, and soma time duiing that month, in passing from the oar shed to the depot, I noticed oar track hands laying down new rail, ir .m Scofield's mills on our truck, between times two points. About the middle of April, iu passing, I Uncovered that the oaps ot the rail- were giving way, and that some of them were becoming very much worn *od would, in a very short time, require to be replaced by other rail. This ouly con firmed tho statements that had already been made to me, ua to the defective and almost worthloas ohuraoter of tne ra:l that Mr. Scofield was pnttiug off npon me. A few days a'terwards, Mr. Boo- field earns to my office, aud was making a statement to me about acme cool, whiob ne bad reoeived from the mine iu which I am interested, iu whiok he stated that ne did not tb.nk it was quite ua good a* the Sewanee ooal, and desired to continue to mix the Hewussaa. wdli It, aud sake i me, if he could still get oa-e to go to Sewanee. I told.Imn ue oouid. At tbe oloao of tha interview, I mentioned the aubjeet of the new rails that had been down only about two month* upon the track, being worn out, and asked him if ne wonld be kind enough to walk down witb me and look at them. If- did so. On seeing them, he made several excuses, ana prounsea to loos into the matter and let me kuow where the mistake occurred. I told him I thought I under stood tho principal .humility, and that it was this, tost he was uot putting 25 per cent oi new iron upon the oap of the rail, as he had contracted to do-ind- ed that I bail information, whioh I con sidered very reliable, tnat he was uot doing so. He said, rather evasively, that he waa patting the best Tenuesane pig iron upon tho caps, and mukiug them si gned ua they could be made. I replied: If tins is the brat Teuueaaee pig iron you oau get, I fear 1 am aa unfortunate in getting Tennessee iron irom yon us you are in getting Georgia ooal from me." Mr. Hourtelu smiled, and aaid it seemed so. An.I this is tho ouly allusion or expresaaiou t ever made to him about onr coal in oonueotion with bis iron. And uia statement that I sent for him, and told him that as my ooal did not suit his furnace, ni* iron dnl not suit my railroad, ia Uttarly groundless and without a shadow of foundation. After Mr. Booleld had the interview witn mu, on inspecting the rail, he re turned to hia mills, aud afterwui ds ad dressed me a note, aa he states in hia puhlicaiiou, informing me that the rail waa Uie best that he oouid make. There was, therefore, uo promise even that I was to get rail, in the future, that would hut more thau two monihaand a ball from hia mills. I then consulted with one or two nireotora ol the coinpaoy, and it was thought beat to send ooe huudred torn, to Chattanooga, and have it rolled there, where they make irou, as I ant luiormed by tha rati rouu men ot 'Tennessee, that is sealing very fiuely iudeod. It waa not our pur pose however to withdraw our patronage entirely, or to auy considerable extent, from Mr. Boofleld, if he would give us evideuce that ho would make us a rail that wa oouid rely on. But the purpose waa to show him that we were not obliged to pelrouize him, as there wea auatbei mill at the other eud ot Ibe road, aud thereby oouvinoe him that it waa bis in terest to curry out hia eontiaot aod make us good tails, aud not attempt to put upon os a rail that was scarcely worth laying dowu. Doubtless the true dilli cutty ia th:a: Mr. Beofield made a con tract, as he ioioruieu me, with the gen tlemen in Chattanooga who own tbe mills and own extensive turnsces where they make p g iron for the delivny, from tine to time, of a large quantity of pig iron. He bought it sum the pnou waa low, and by lUe great and rapid rise iu the pries iu iron be probably cleared taeniy or thirty thoa-aod dol- ura oU the contract. Aua it lias been bis purpose to stretuh this iron over the caps oi as large a quantity of rail as pos sible, aa he ge:a it, as sUWxi ia his publi cation at some leu duUara a ton leas loan he can now buy old car wheals and scrap Bat, if he suuuld buy new pig iron of tbe seme quality, at tne present price, auffleunt to carry • ut in good faith hu ooutruct, and pul a naw cap on the rati, it enlt coat bim a great deal higher price to make new rail* ea they ought to be made, aud to that extent diminish hu profits. And here has been my trouble, in refer ence to too rail. I have good reason to believe that in miny inatanoee ne has cos made the oap of new iron npon ih* rail more than a quarter of aa fucb thiok. When that ia wore through, and to* soft iron ia reached, toe rati hi at mashed and made defeoliv* and unsafe. Ii cost a between foul aud fiv>- thou sand dollura a mile to take np old iroa and rtroll i«, and pay for fish bar, re- rolling, aud putting baokupon tho track. Now auy o-miuion sense man, or honest oitizen, who will Icok at some of onr ral' whioh has been bnt three months npon the track, will aeo thst it would be im possible for us to ran the road, and meet our expenses, if we should continue to patronize Mr. Boofleld, end he should continue to make us snob rail aa some we have reoeived Irom him. Now a tew words on the ooal question. Mr. Boofle d has referred to my io’erest in the Dode Coal Company, aod has mentioned an inteiview whioh he says hi had with Mr. Born, of whioh I know nothing. I had a'conversation with Mr. Beofiell myself, however, auont the coal, * hen I was about taking the lease, and be told me he had worked it before the war, and never wo'ked better ooal, and hia atetement then had mnoh io do with my decision to enter into I ha lease of toe mine. I have nev er, in any instanee, "sent for anl urged Mr. So meld to purchase the coni in which I am interested. He oalne to me, however, repeatedly, belore I was icady to ship, ana asked when our ooal wonld he ready, and expressed ao anxious desire to nave it. I told him whrn it waa ready I would let bim hare whatever ooal he needed, aa I expected to gire the prrfereuoe to Atlanta dealers and to Geor gians for two reasous; one waa I prefer- ted to patronise our own people, and the other was thst the W & A. R. It. Co., of which I *u president, gets its freight on every car loaa th->t comes iuto Georgia, while it gets no freight on my ooal if I Bt-U it to consumers elsewhere. I heard n<i complaint of the ooal, tor a lime, nntii I was informed Mr. Soufiold hud renewed a ooutraot with Sewanee. He then oame aud made the oomplaint to whioh I have -iilude I above, aud inquired whether he oouid still get earn to send to Bewanee. I told him he oouid, and I heard no mute him, till I received a note from Unc, ou the 8th day of May, to whioh I re plied, which correspondence (with other certificate* pertinent to the inane) is here to appended, and shows that I promptly granted hia riqueat. I at ouco issued orders to tbe Master ol Transportation to see tbu' he got the four ears a day that he asked for. This is the only oom- pl tint he has made to me, that be did not get coal mb promptly as h desired it. And I am informed, by the Master of Transportation, that on three or four oo- oaaious, during tho last three months, he nas come uud requested that do more ears be sent to Bewanee for him until further order. Tbia Mr. Boofleld will uot deny, and it ho denies it, 1 will prove it by more tbau one witness. A referenoe to our bo iks will show that since the firal ol January, Mr. Boo- field hus received 402 oars. Of these he got 100 from the Dade mines; one from /Etua, and one from Vulcan mines, and 800 from Bewinee. It has always oeen my purpose to furnish bim all tbe cars he needed, and he boa never made a cooj- plaiut to me that he needed cars, at any time, that I have uot ordered them to bs promptly farniaoed. His. true difficulty is this; He has not always had iron enongh to keep his mill oon-Untly runuiug, aud be,doe* not wish to lie out of tho osa ol his money by laying in a supply of coal in advance of the time of usiug it. Oou,eqneutly when he has no iron in tho mill for the time, be oomes to lb* master of trausportatioo aud requ US that no moie o irs be sent for him to tbs mines. Tbau, when he grta in some iron—uo matter hoar great tho press of hnsmeas oo tho road may lie—lie ex pects the ooal- to be turnishod to bnn promptly aa fast as lie can burn it. I believe all prudent aud Ibrilly iron men make it u rule to keep a supply fora eon- ideraole period ulirad, to avoid uocidcuta and munapa. If Mr. Sohofletd will act ou this rul be will never have any dufi. oulty aboutoosl. Aud it ia duu to uaudur to state another foot that there i* some question whether I cau justily. Bucb wua my anxiety to sustain Mr. Soofi Id that I issued au order first of June last authorizing the refunding to him uf oue dollar* oar load on all ooal shipped to hia mill— which was net done for others — making a difierenoe ol a dullai a load in bit favor; and be has regularly charged it up, aud in settlements wit - the road had it deducted aud allowed him wbou he came to pay'hi* accounts. 1 could only justify this difference in his favor, oe the ground that he was a manufactu rer an 1 alar n esnipper, and, sal thought, eulithd to tome rtduotion, and I there fore agreed to r.'fuud him the ene dollar per oar load. If it bad been my purpoae to break bim down, I wonld hardly have made this difference in hia favor, which hue continued up to Me present time, aa onr books end hit receipts will show, and bo received Irom the flret of lune, the date of the order, to the 18th of Apiil 81,055. widen was refunded to him under Ibie order, uud waa that much al lowed him that waa not allowed other shippers. Bull another point ia neoeaeary, to a candid statemeut of the whole oaae. State Road oars thst bring Mr. Bcofltld't coal irom Bewanee have to travel from Ohe-tanocga to Cowan, beyond the Cum berland mouutaio, and then 20 miles over a rough mouulain road, to get to the mines to be loado 1, to oomi ni hts mill. It wss formerly agreed he ween Col. Cole and myself; that the Nashville am. Chattanooga rouii w.-uid put in it** 3 unto oi curs, for tnia trade, ro that the tate Road we uid not have toe entire Tor- Rut Col. Colo found it neoaeaary in enpplying his Ine-l customers, to with draw me ooal can, entirely from tbe At lanta bntineoa, wh-ch w ,old have insti lled ue in withdrawing ours, and I did so, generally as to others, except Mr. Boofleld. Bat I nave continued to per mit them to go to Bewanee, to bring ooal to Bo jfitld, at the figures above abow, aiuoe my own mine waa opened, anu to an extent vary largely in exeeea of the number lie baa received from tbe min* in wuicb I am interested. Mr. Bcutteld attempts to settle ti| on the pubhe mind tbe impression lust there wu* an understanding between uie and the propitator of tne Chattanooga mills, that I aonl 1 get ear irou rolled there, il be would take my ooal. This is untrue. Tuere waa nevet any allusion made to tbe tubj ct cl my ooal in my ne gotiations with tna offlrara ot the Chatta nooga mills. Up to a vary late period we nave declined to let them have our coal, on tbs ground that it waa needed by persons in .Jeoigu, to wnom Wa gave tne preference, ana wa an now furnish ing them but three or lour oar load* a day. Aud tu referenoe to tbe coal, I may here remark that Mr. Beofield is the only gentleman who hat made any seri ous comptatut of ik AU toe oi-at agree that it is an exeellaniailkta. With this tUtamenla' the fee's ia the osa* I hav* tha public to jadg* whether Mr Scofield buabeenan injured man, or whether, like the viper in the fable, he has attempted lo stiug the boacm that warmed him into life, and to injnre the friend who sustained bit basinets, when it wonld otherwise have snnk into bank ruptcy. In reference to the misunderstand ing between Gen’l UoBet, the Superintendent of the road, and myself, I do not wish to tronbl* tbe publio, at present, further than to sty thst the distorted accounts g.ven in the Herald are unjust to ue both, rnd un- fJondod. There were two gentlemen present at the interview between ns, who are familiar with all the (sols, and know that no belligerent, threatening, or in- salting expressions were used by either of ue towards the other on tost occasion, nor have any inch uoourred on any other oooasion. When the matter has readied a point, if it should do* so in the fstare, where the pabiio are affected by om misunderstand ing, or wnere any pabiio interest it to be served by it, tbe whole fsots will be fur- nlsiied yon fur poklioation, when I sbal bo oontent to abide tbe decisions of a just pub'ic sentiment on my oonduot in tne matter. Hhould it never reach that p-iint, I see no good reason (or troubling too publio with U. As the W. A A. B. B. Company is a eornoraiion acting under the laws of tbe Biate, jnst aa the Georgia, or Central, or any other railroad company, the people ere no more interested iu onr fnteinsl affairs, or misunderstandings, to loog at we meet onr publio obligations, than tney are in the affairs of any other com pany, in the Biate. It may be asked why I do not address my communication to the Herald, where the false oburgea wnioh I am notioing, were published. My reply it that I pre fer to be beard through the column* ol newspapers, known gtntraUy lo tbe publio, and whioh are oondnotad honora bly, and npon principles whioh allow no effort to levy blaokmail. Last winter, the Herald made lepeated attack- npon me, and failing to attract attention, finally tendered me the nae of its col umn*, for defease, and sake i a reply to ceitain interrogatories propounded by I prepared and tent in a replv, and before it woe published the proprietors sent me a bill for setting np my comma nioation, in replv to their own interroga tories. I refused to per the bill, on tne ground that I had asked noapooe in their oolnmns, bnt had only aeut my teply at their solieitation. And I requested them to retuau it lo me if they dnl not wish to pnalish it. Failing iu their effort to re ceive oompensat ion for publishing an in vited reepunse to their own assault* they laid il before their readers, and got oft aa beat they oouid by complaining of in length. I have not understood the trao ohar actor of honorable journalism, if it tole rate* toe pnblioation ef false md mail- oions attacks on private obaraoter or offi cial oonduot for the purpose of getting pay for laying before the pabiio the truth in delensu 7 It it bat just one of the proprietors of the Herald, la here state that I was in to Mol. ra of tht that I should bets state that former he disapproved of the course of Ins oolleagnes in sebding In tne bill for unhlisbgtg Ih* reply rolioitea by them. At to tbe vanity, egotism, venality, sourrility and general impertrneno* of the journal in question, the psblio do not need that I shall apeak. I nave lived long enough to see the att mpted rise and oraaniug fall of several like enterprise* which have been set on foot to make money, by ma ligning private obaraoter and pamrating to the lowest tastes and onseat passions ol the worst class of people. But a just pabiio sentiment ana an elevated moral ton*, soon oonsigo such effort to its prop er position when it is weighed in the bal ance and found wanting. Yours, very reapsotfully, etc., JoSKl'H E. Buown. OOBBZSPONDZNOB BSTWKTCN MB. BCOVICLD AND noVZONOB DROWN. Atlanta, Ga., May 8,h, 1873. Boh. Jotnph K. Drown, BruideiU W. <t A. Rcilroad; Dear Sir—We have not enough coal 0 last nntii Satnrd ry in onr yard, and have been short for the last three or foor month*, and have been obliged to atop, when we had iron lo roll, for toe want of ooal twice. “Ono* daring this time we were obliged io buy coal from l'arsous 4 Born, iu tne oily, to hi-cp running. Last montu we oall d <>u Mr. b ilker for four oars per day, tu be sent to Bewanee mines, and were assured by both Mr. Walker and Mr. Mills that the cars would be tent as ordered. “Mr. B. O. Warner, manager of the Sewanee mines, boa telegrapn*d at that the car* did uot reaolr him taat enough to fill onr order*, and we have reported that faot to Mr. Walker. “On onr order for one huudred cars for lut month from Bewanee mines, we reoeived but 73 oars, while on onr order of 50 cart from Dade mines, be reoeivcu 56 cars. We sre now short, on lut month'* order, 27 car* Bewanee ooal, which we need to keep onr mill innniog this week. “On tha order to Sewanee mines for this month, of fouroara per day, ws have reoeived invoioesof bat two can per day, and none at all (torn the Dade mines. “As we are entirely dependet on yonr road for our supply of ooal, we wish to know positively if we can depend on the lour oars per *Uy being sent to 8ewanee mine* regularly. The rea son why we are particular to have some definite arrangement made-now, is, 1 expect to go North for my health, in a short time, te bt absent for several weeks, and want to know what I can depend on, before leaving. Yuan, respectively, L. Scofisld, Prest. Year early rep® will much oblige. "W. 4 A. R. R. 0., Ptn’t Offkx, ) Atlanta, G*. May 8th, 1873. j Ur. L. ScofieJ, Pm't, tte., Atlanta, Qa: Dzab Bta -I have received you letter of thi* date, and in reply Mate that I am sorry to bur yon have had any diffl- oulty about gelling yonr ooal supply. I Will do ail I can to have it shipped to yen regutai ly. Tne raseon you bavo got none from Dade county tbia week, is, that our engine it broken down, and we will not be able to oommance shipping before Saturday, or probably Monday, when we wdl send yoo some aa rapidly as pouiblr. I will direot that font car* par day be haled to yon at Bewaoea, u joa request. I am, vary truly etc., JoezrH E. Bbown, Prea't. Was ran anu Atlantic B. it Oa, 1 Mastsb on TaAasroirrATioN’a Onus, > Atlanta, Oa., January 17th, 1878. ) I hereby eertify that Mr. Louis Boo- field hu eoaa* tu dm at tasat four timet within tho lut three months, and hu di rected me to send no more i-sre from the W. A A. R. R. to Sewanee coal mines till fnrtliei order irom him, u be hsd a sap- ply and wis.ied no more ft piesent E. B. Walkxb, Muter of Transpoitation. Atlanta, Ga., May 17th, 1878. My office is in the room occupied by Mr. Walker. Master of Transportation, and I certify that A have heard Mr. Sco field give the above order to Mr. Walker at I cut four times within tbe last throe months, and, npon Mr, Scofield's order, Mr. Walker hu telegraphed to Chatta nooga to send no more oars to Sewanee for Boofleld until farther orders. A* telegraph operator, I have sent tha dis patches in accordance with Mr. Soofleld'a orders. Chas. Bsaudslst. Wnstcrn and Atlantic Railroad Oo., ) Thkasubkh's Onion, V Atlanta, Ga., May 17th, 1873. ) Sin—Iu reply to yonr inquiry of this date, aa to the trice paid tbe Sec field Rolling Mill Company, for new iron purohurd in the fall of 1871,1 have to rtate that npon referring to tbe bills of ha d oompany, I And that during the month of September, 1871, (including one bill of October 6,1871,) tbi* oompany purobaaed of tbe Boofleld Bolling Mill Company, nearly 200 tons of new iron, aud that tbe prtoe oharged for it, it 870 per long ton. Tbit bill, as now appears, was certified to, as being oorret, by a(. H. Dooly, Supervisor, aud approved hv tbe late Auditor, Judge Gabauiss. The warrant wu signed by Judge Oabanisa, and approved by £oaiMlf. The Sooftald Bolling Mill Company were paid the fall amount of said warrant, u appears by the reoeipt of the Pruident and Treas urer of aaid oompany now on hie ia tbia office. No other sum boa ever beeu paid, on acconnt i f said iroD, either directly or indireotly, to any person or parsons. In answer to that portion of your letter, uking the jrrice paia uid Rolling mill Oompany, lot re-rolled irou, I have to state thst in April, 1873, tbe prioe wu raised to 897.60 per ton, tml said prioe wuooutiuued np to, and including De cember 31, 1872. Daring January, 1878, uid mill re-rolled one bill of about 26 toot, at 830 per ton. All other hills Irom that time to date beve been at 886 60 per ton, whioh was received and receipt ed for by aaid Rolling Mill Oo., us ap pears by tbe records now on file in tbia offloe. No other amount hu been paid either directly or indireotly, by this com pany, to any person or'persons, for or on sooonnt of aaid rorolled iron. I am, very respeotfuliy, etc., W. 0. Mobuill, Tr unrrr. Hon. Josxph E. Buown, Pres't, eto. W. A A. B. B. Oo., 1 Oman Gxnkhal Book Kkzpxb, > Atlanta, Oa., May 17,1873. J I hereby oertify that I have examtued the above eta emont of amoan.a paid for new and rerolled iron, and fled thst all tnms paid for iron rero.led by the 800- field Bolling Mill Oo. for this company,* and all now iron purchased from said Rolling Mill Co„ bavo been paid tu mid Bolling Mill Co, aod reoeiptsdJor by its agents, at arpears by thggaoord* ot file in the offloes of this company. And no other person has reoeived ity sum Ot money, from this company, on aooooat of said iron. Own Lynch, General Book Keeper. W. A A. B. B. Oo., Oon. DsrV, 1 Onnioz Suraviton, > Atlanta, Ga, May 17th, 1873. J Jotoph S. B'own, Stq., PrntOmt IP. it A. B. H. Oi—Dzab bib—In reply to your Inquiry, I state thst I have hta In take np some iron rolled oy Mr. Soo field lor the W. A A R. IL Co., siz mouths from the time it wu hud dowu. I have taken np quite n quantity ol the iron rolled by him since the lease, end pat new rails in it* plana His iroa now made ia mnob inferior to tbe irou made by him prior to the war, some of whioh it slril ou the road. It hu worn batter than toe lOOtooa of Englrah bar, pur chased by Mr. Welters, tom* ol wbiotr gave wsy within thr- e moolha Bat the oompany hu porohaaed two other assail lots in payment oi debts, one frost the ltO.B B.0o. and the other from the Cherokee Railroad Company, and tne iron made by Mr. Soofiald, for this oompany, doas not compare with either of loose lota. They are ail, I belravo, Pennsylvania iron, and are quite anpe- rror to Mr. Soofleld’a. I thins the iron made by Mr. Soofiald, lor the leases*, wonld not wear, on an average, ou Ore Bute Road, with it* present touaga, over fouryear*. Beapootfully to,, M. H. Dooly, Supervisor. Atlanta, Mty 17th, 1873. Gov. JoazNH E. Brown—Dear Hit: As I have state a to you verbally I have re so Mr. Scofield's statemeots io theHeisid, m referenoe lo the qntlily ot the Castle Rook coal, or toe ooal ol the miuM whioh yon ore working, wi ll others, u leasee, a-.d I otate that I wu present and beard a oouvaruUon between yon and Mr, Boc field, in whioh he tuhl yon as an encouragement to go torword with the bnaineee, that he expected to taka the moat of hta coal from yon, as ha had nsad toe ooal and it wu tha but bo had ever worked anywhere. Vary truly. Ac., Jam H. Callaway. J. H. ANDEHBON Ac CO* Alabama Strut, Atlanta, ^ RS Dow prepared to farsia* Piaatiaa wllk tha Mowers and Baa von, Ilona Rakes, Scythes aod Cradles Threstaen and Powers, Witb or wltkoaiSrperstore. Abo tarts leaenlsa- AUKICULTL'BAL IXrLlSMM, INCLUDING PLOWS, fXZII CUTTZSS. XAlaOWS. PCHPS, WAOOHS, so. AQSXTS NOB BROWN'S OZLXBBATSD COTTON SIN. TEXAS COTTON PBL-H, BLANLY'S NT BAM ElOIXXS eel) SAW MILLS. Cell eud am as belore pci cbeait* elee rsere. meet J. H AVl-SnSIZ A CO JXaadrMomo Store To Rent. O NE beet ateuda la Ibe clip. Aa I Iblead raoTing rate ay HKW AaiVtUidl UB4L BCILulKU, COkXBB iU- B*MA AMD FORSYTH 8TBBKT8. rarty la Jan*. I o«•# (A® *ont I now occupy for raat. .®U«®riy®»dl«tiM uovll ®nyo«u®Bi. tart® tr® 4«Ur*4 or no*. ■Sneer*, lake aocoelbsl I bene tnmeadasaa ■IMb at aurreead Se.iere.Tbreenere. Tea Ulus, Sene Povste. Onia Ora lee, Oreee Oejlkee. eM . “''‘“‘"“a... IOKN.O*, AzDnu-aiysiLdiu ra

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The Atlanta daily sun. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1870-1873, May 18, 1873, Image 1