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COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1372.
Volume XLIV.-No. 19.
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H. MARTIN Editor.
COLUMBU8:
THURSDAY MAY 2, 1872.
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Indirect l)aui*«f«— 1 "Ksrcks.”
The New .York Herald of Thursday lost
seems to be wrought np to a pitch of eu-
thusiaMui and delight an high aa (hut
which excited the old Syracusan suvan
when ho discovercd a mode of detecting
the huso metal iu his sovereign’s crown.
Tbo /fcrald “bus found it’’—a sovereign
bulw for all the irritations produced by
tbo presentation of the claims for conse
quential damages ; and in a “double-
leaded” editorial of a column and a half
it expounds the infallibility and virtues of
its discover}'. It says that our Adminis
tration only presented the claim for indi-
roet damages because “there is u princi
ple involved in it"~that it “has not heard
of any American who expected a dollar
for iudiroct, or more than twenty-live
millions for direct damages.” After a
groat deal more of preparatory prelude,
it proceeds to reveal it* proposition,
which, it says, it is informed, “inerts the
approbation of the Secretary oj State and
Sir Edward Thornton” (the latter the
British Minister at Washington). It ia
this: “Let England propose that the
whole question of consequential damages
bo reduced lo a principle of international
law. Let her agree that in the event of a
war iu which Eu gland is a belligerent, and
America a neutral, that America shall not
be held responsible for any indirect or
couseqneqtial damages arising from the
escape of any armed ships from our ports
under circumstniicos similar to those
under which the Alabama and the Eug
lish rebel vesut Is escaped from Liverpool,
Upon this declaration being made and
rati dud by the two countries oud li&l’owed
into n principle of international law,
far us they are concerned, let America
withdraw her cose so far as claims for in
direct damages are concerned.”
We have several times expressed tho
opinion that the do agreement between
the United States and Great Gritnin on
this question would be adjusted by
“juggle" unworthy of this country uud
discreditable to its Administration. The
proposition of tho Herald, though it may
have received tho endorsement of the high
officials named, is nothing more than
diplomatic shuttle out of a difficulty orig
inated in au exuberance of bruvado and
cunning that entrapped itself. It pro
poses that the Uuited States ahull now
“go into court” and move to set aside its
own claim until tho court shall by general
order decreo tho inaduiiHflib.lity of nil
auch claims, when our Government will
“withdraw" the claim thus emphatically
ruled out! And this, we suppose, is what
Gen. Grant moans by “standing by" the
American case as it lias been presented.
Such a course may givo blundering diplo-
liiatists a fanoic 1 relief from a great
dilemma; but statesmen of other nations
will regurd tho double shuffling of the
United States ns a movement very similar
to that of ibe King of I'ruuce who
“marched up the bill,” Ac.
Tito lit raid on. tin* "Coming Mod."
Wo copy from a lelegruphic dispatch to
the New York lhratd the following com
parative sketches of tho Liberal Republi
can loaders who nppeur to be most prom
inent iu connection with tho nomination
at Cincinnati, The reader must bear in
mind that the Hi raid is a decided and
avowed Administration paper, which
doily predicts the certain re-election of
Grunt
Davis has another immense ndvantnge
in the personal support of nonrly all of
Abraham Lincoln * old coterie of friends
—that ooteriu which looked a*kuut at
Trumbull. There, for example, is Loon-
ard Sweet, the famous Chicago lawyer;
William H. Herndon, Lin cold's junior
partner ut Springfield, und Ward H. Lo-
inou, Lincoln's old Marshal, all hesitily
committed to Davis, and bound to come
to Cincinnati and raise for him there the
same wild yell with which Illinois scared
the heart out of Now York at Chicago in
1880, and put Old Abe at the head of the
party. Latuou has just finished his big
book, “Tho Life ot Lincoln,” written
from Lincoln’s private pupers, Herndon s
recollections, and a multifarious corres
pondence between the late President and
bis factotums. Emerging from his retire
ment in West Virginia, Lamon will pnt
on bis armor, go to Cincinnati and en
deavor to make another man out of the
old Lincoln aot Chief Magistrate.
WIUT IF DAVIS hll NOMINATED.
If Davie in nominated the probabilities
are that ho will throw aside bis gown,
stalk out iu his portly person before the
people and show himself. He is really
the ablost popular leader on the Liberut
side, not excepting Gratz Brown.
DAVIS AND SHOWN CONTRASTED.
Davis has great brawn, hardness of
flesh, broud stuture, and a fine, gonial,
beaming countenance. He has physical
and mental boldness, and cau direct his
campaign on lug physical principles.—
Grata iirown could make a more brilliaut
canvass and say more extraordinary
things, but be would probably begin un
der such high pressure, that before the
campaign was done the people would be
tired of so rnnoh genius, and would look
with- apprehension upon an administra
tion which wcyild*read iu history like one
of Charles tho Twelfth's campaigns, and
appear to tho ds/zlad vision like u grand
allegorical, red-beaded tableau, in fire
works.
TBCfiOVU AS PRESIDENT.
Trumbull would make a cautions, res
pectable, steadily growing campaign, but
he would hardly have time enough, ut
his rate of development, to cover the
country beforo the election would come
off.
ADAMS NO OO.
Mr. Adams ia of sncU a sedate, cool,
self-poised temperament that the whole
light would have to be made by the ambi
tious and not over entbu-iaaiic friends
who Are bringing Lixn out. He would
probably make one speech, refuse to be
interviewed I y tie-newspapers of bis own
persuasion, am! then shirt himself up at
Qnincy and tiuish that interminable life
of his father and grandfather. If the
North American Review could elect a man
President of the Uuited States Mr. Adams
might get in. Bnt ho will run off to Eu
rope nest week, any way.
THE REAL GRAPPLE.
Beyond all doubt tho contest is narrowed
to two men, Davis and Trumbull, both of
the same State, and they aro now regard
ing each other asksDt, although between
them there is no bickering, and very tem
perate expressions of respect for each oth
er. Trumbull can do no more than sup
port Davis if the latter is nominated, be
cause TrumbuH himself began the earn-
pig* in Uw mUv« tad, and to ntin «f.
tor the convention would neither be wise
nor decent. If Davis be nominated,
Trumbull will undoubtedly receive hoiu«
large public consideration in case of his
ciection, and everything will go on as
rosily aa possible between rivals.
The Back-Bows CowArsicd.
It is now an ascertained fact that the
American Government has not only con
sented to the withdrawal of its claim for
indirect damages, but proposes a treaty
repudiating and hereafter prohibiting
such claims. The demand is acknow
ledged to be a blunder, and an attempt is
mude by the champiom* of tho Adminis
tration to saddle the blame upon J. Ban
croft Davis and Secretary Fish. That
these officials (especially Davis) may have
taken the initiative iu “injecting” (we
believe that's the diplomatio word) the
demand iuto the American “case," is
quite probab^ ; but the effort to throw
the onus entirely upon them is not ut all
complimentary to tho Acumen or sound
judgment of the other members of the
Cabinet, to say nothing of the intellectual
cypher at the head of the Administration.
Cabinets are uot accustomed thus to treat
questions endangering the peaoe of na
tions and involving claims of millions of
dollurs. Stalcpnieu look above the pas
sions of an excited populace, and abut
their ears to unreasonable popular clam
ors, when manoging such mpmeutou*
questions. It reiuuined for thia last and
worst American Administration to be in
fluenced only by auch clamors—disre
garding precedent, justice and honesty—
ia its international policy. That it has
“como to grief" is uot a matter of regret,
even though its vacillating course tuay
make our diplomacy a byword uud theme
of reproach among nations. The ouipiy
formality of a joiut declaration uguiust a
character of cluitus never presented be
fore will not break the full or mitigate
the disgrace of the confessing “blunder
ers” who preferred and so often declared
that they would “stand by” the claim for
consequential damages.
(ion. Sin it h atul llotl'uian.
The Atlanta Constitution of Tuesday,
noticing the article of the Savannah lie-
publican in reference to Gov. lloflinan's
action in tho mutter of tho rendition ot
Bullock (copiod by us yesterday), says:
Wo havo no disposition to do Governor
Hoffman injustice, und profor to believe
well of him. But it is a fact that ho made
objections to the second uffidav t, which
Colonel Citutiuiug telegraphed immedi
ately. Upon tho receipt of this tele
graph, Gov. Smith lost patience and faith
iu Gov. llofl'uiun'H purpose, and tele-
graphed the last imssuge that seemed to
result iu the approval ot the second requi
sition. The objections to tho second affi
davit came from Gov. Hoffman, his At
torney Genoral being absent. On the
ceipt of Gov. Smith's last reply, he told
Colonel Camming that his Attorney Gen
eral would be buck uext day, when he
would act on tho mutter decisively, and
on that uoxl day he approved tho requiui-
ti n.
Those are the facts. People must judge
for themselves. The case seems against
Gov. Jlofl'mau.
Gustavo Zeitterstiue, a Prussian, aged
about thirty-five years, committed suicide
at tho Planters’ Hotel in Savannah, on
Saturday morning last. He bnd retired
to hia room, complaining of headache,
after having taken two or three drinks,
and was found dead the next morniug.
He hud cut end stubbed himself iu a
shocking manner with a Bowie knife uud
a razor.
Jack Gill, a negro, shot and killed his
aon, Irvin Gill, o& Friday night last, a
few miles from Eufaula. It is said that
the son was advancing on him with an
axe, when the father fired the futal shot.
The Rome Courier reports that Wm.
Brewer is catching beautiful white shad
from tho Etowah river.
Mrs. Joseph Ford bus commenced suit
uguiust the Belma, Rome and Dalton
Railroad for the douth of her husband on
that road, claiming $a0,000 damages.
The Now Yoik World ot Haturday lust
says: “The contents of Helmbold’e fa
mous drug store on Broadway were sold
by auction yesterday at tba instance of
Griffin A Co., of Baltimore. HeliubolJ
owed Lis Advertisers some $1800,000. The
sole realized only $118,000.”
Clews Detected---Interest ou the Stale Debt.
We eopy these paragraphs from the last
letter of tho Atlanta correspondent of
the Kavanuah News :
We hear that the Bond Committeo is
collecting some solid facts against Clows
and bis confederates. Such facts, indeed,
as could not havo been ascertained any
where outside of Now York. It is under
stood that testimony bus been obtained
which proves beyond doubt or question
that Clews was the chief spirit in the great
Brunswick L Albany Railroad bond swin
dle. The committee will return to Geor
gia in a few days.
Certain parties in Angnsta and Eastern
Georgia have agreed to furnish the Gov
ernor tho amount ueoessary to pay the
interest falling due ou the publio debt iu
Juue uext. The bonds which have been
put on the market here at home, to take
up those that fall due at the aume time,
have been taken very rapidly by persons
having money to invest in such securities.
If (he bonds soon to fall due were all
held in Georgia, there would be no trouble
iu exchanging the new ones for the old.
Georgia bonds, issued ia strict conformity
with me law, bearing 7 per cent, interest
and sold at 1M) cents, furnish, it seoms to
me, an excellent investment to capitalists,
executors, administrators and trustees.
Such of tbo bonds as are not dispossd of
here will be sent to New York soon and
put on tbs xnarkot there.
Crop PaoapEcr.—Throughout the Cher
okee country, the prospect of a large
wheat crop was perhaps never better, at
this season of the year. Fall oata look
pretty well, bnt spring oats are not very
promising, though plenty of rain may yet
make a very fair yield.
Corn has come up finely, and. the fact
that corn now sells in this section at from
a dollar to a dollar and a quarter, makes
it e very interesting crop at this time.
Thu cotton is all planted, and a consid
erable portion is now ooming op. The
weather is favorable for U, and the pros
pect is, there will be generally a good
stand.
The clover crop has increased in this
Motion daring the pest few yean, and is
now in splendid condition, a considerable
K rtion being from a foot to a foot and a
If high.—Hume Courier, 27th.
.. James O'Neill has just been released
from the Rhode Island State Prison, hav
ing after eight years’ incarceration been
proved innocent. The Providence Jour
nal thinks the State should at least com
pensate him aft the rate of 33£ oenta e dev
far ttw (t*M Tiwg wbMfe b*JW«
Mens I'mlrr the l.aws of (irorgia.
The following decision of our Supreme
Coutt, iu a case from Chatham, is of gen
eral interest:
Robert II. Footman, Assiguee, cto., vs.
Bussey, Jones &. Co. Mechanics’ lien.
From Chatham.
Warner, C. J.—This case came before
the court below on h motion to distribute
money iu the bandit of the sheriff arising
from the sale of a steamboat, on tho fol
lowing agreed statement of facts : The
plaintift’s nro citizens of the Htato of Del
aware, and non-residents of this State;
that the materials were scut into this
State by the plaintiffs from tho State of
Delaware, and then placed on tho steam
boat by other persons not iu tho employ
ment of the plaintiffs ; that the plaintiffs
do no luerkanicul labor themselves ; that
the unterinls and machinery set forth iu
the plain tiff’* bill of particulars wore or-
dertd by Ervin A Huideo, to bo made by
tho plaintiffs expressly for that steamer,
the “Hardee;" that they wero made for
that purpose by the workmen
Complete Bark Down on the Alabama C laims.
SECRETARY FI8II TO MINISTER 8CHENCK.
New York, April 28.—Tho Tribune
says editorially, “Wo regret to Ray there
ift good foundation for the statement that
the Administration has already abandoned
its attitudo in rulntiou to tho Alabama
question; that the Secretary of State has
written to Gen. Seheuck expressing regret
at tho misunderstanding that has arisen,
saying the claims for indirect damage
wero inserted iu tho oaso beoause w o con-
ceivod we had tho right to include them
under tho treaty; that tho case caunot be
ameuded or withdrawn beonuse tho treaty
contaiuod no provision for nu amendment
of the case except by couutur case, but
that we expected no award to bo made fur
them; that we do not wish any; that tho
interest both of the United States and
England require that none may be made,
oud we hope her Majesty’s Government
will permit the arbitration to go forward."
A Washington dispatch asserts that tho
( money question of consequential damages
were scut out expressly to * i» tho Alabama case lias been waived and
plaiutiff*
her by the plaintiffs; that tho plaintiffs
nre mechanics literally, and while they do
no tucchauicul umtiuul labor, they super
intend their own journeymen and work
men in the execution of mechanical labor.
Tho question made by tho record in this
ease is whether tho plaintiff*, on tho
statement of facts contained therein, aro
entitle 1 to a mechanics’ lieu ou tho fund
iu court under tho provisions of (he con
stitution of 1888 and tho net of 18811.—
The constitution declares that “mechan
ics’ oud labourers shall havo liens upon
tho property of their employers for labor
performed or material furnished.”
'Ihe act of 18811, to curry into offect
this provision of the constitution declares,
“that I rum uud ufter tho passsgo of this
act, laborers and mechanics shall have
liens upon tho property of their employ
ers for Libor performed and for materials
furni'lied.” By tho to.uis of the net me
chanics have a lien upon tho pioporty of
their employers for labor performed, and
for materials fuvDished, that is to e*»y, if
one employs a mechanic to pot form labor
on his property, and tho mechanic fur
nishes Ih." materials with which to per
form thut labor for the benefit of his em
ployer, ho has a lien on tho proporty of
the employer to the extent of the labor
performed by him ami for tho material
ft rail bed by him iu tho performance of
that lubor fur the benefit of the employ
er.
Tho aot does not contemplate a ninnu-
fuoturar of materials add to the employer
in the usual course of trade, although
th.it manufii. turer limy bo n mechanic.—
The it'-t contemplates such mechanics on
ly iis perform the labor and turnish the
materials to tho enq lover. Beforo the
p.iSRAgo of tho act of (Iff, all mechanics hod
a lieu ou all j ersnnal proporily inau.f.ictur-
ed or repaired by them, lo tim ex'ont of
ttie work done and materials furnished,
but such lieu roused on the delivery of
possession to the owner (codo 18811). The
uut of 188ff gives the lucuhauic a lien up
on the propeity of their employers gener
ally, lor labor performed and materials
furnished. It follow.", therefore, thut tho
plaintiffs in this case did not havo a me
chanics lien ou the funds in court, neroril-
ing to tl e true intent and meaning of tho
act of IHliff. Let the judgment of tho
court below bo leversed.
Jackson, Lawton A Basinger, 1 y brief,
for plaintiff iu error; Charles N. West,
contra,
Wo cut tho following items from tho
Cuthbort Appeal ot Friday lust
Wo hear considerable complaint, in
these parts, about tho scarcity of .cotton
seed. If enough cotton seed cannot bo
had to plant all the land*, we suppe
the next best thing will bo Uouo—plant
corn
Wo aro informed that cotton Bred are
selling at from .10 its., to $1.00 per Imsh
el, uud but few to be had ut these prices.
An Early Bird.—We lire iuformod
that Mr. Haywood Mnyuor, living
10th district of this county, lmn gone
over liis cotton the first time. His cotton
is looking tine and thrifty, mid ho confi
dently expects to get the first bule of now
cotton in the market.
A Serious Loss.—Wo learn that on
Monday night lust, while a negro wus
driving a team belonging to Mr. I). C.
Adams, of Fort Guinea, across a bridge
over tho Colemokeo creek, tho homes
name frightened and leaped from the
bridge into the water and were drowned.
It heiug dark, the crock high, and the
wagon fulling on tho liaises rendered
their rescue impossible
Defective Cotton Seed.*—Wo bear
very Dorians complaints from planters
Burkr, Jefferson and Columbia counties
about tho defect iu cotton seed. We nre
informed that thiee-fuui tbs of the seed
saved for planting havo been found, upon
examination, to be defective—tlm goru
entirely destroyed. It is thought that th
continued ruins of the early picking sea
son, and tho extreme moisture of the at
inosphero during the entire winter, caus
ed the seed to “heat” when thrown up in
heaps iu the gin houses. One gentleman
iuforms us tbut he examined very carefully
a four-horse wagon loud of planting sood
tho other day, and failed to Jlnd a single
sound seal. This load of Beni had been
purchased by a planting friend of hi*,
whose own seed he found were unsound,
and for which ho paid one dollar per bush
el. The neighbor who sold the seed
doubtless thought them goo \ and plant
ed his entire crop with tho same kind.
These reports of unsound seed nre not
conflnol to particular localities. In some
tho defect is nu.ro seveie than in others,
but throughout tba whole of this portion
of tho State tho complaint i* general, and
would seeur well founded. Augusta
Chronicle.
Governor Hoffman and the Bullock
Requisition.—There appears to bo souio
misapprehension about this matter, ns we
supposed some days ago when we publish
ed acruuiiHit of it from tho Augusta Con-
utitutionalist und Atlanta Constitution.—
The main cause of complaint nguimft Gov
ernor Hoffman is, not so much that he
ohjeclod to the first requisition as irregu
lar under the ndvico of the Attorney Gcitk
oral of New York, but that on leceipt of
the second he stiff objected and hesitated
and delayed until Bullock made good his
epcape. The filends of Governor Hoff-
mau deny this latter allegation, and avur
that no delay followed the presentation of
the second, or regular requi-.ition, and,
to the contrary, thut tho order for the ar
rest of Bullock was promptly issued upon
the delivery of tho latter papers by the
agent of tho State cf Georgia. They
repel, os both ungenerous and unjust to
Gov. Hoffmun, tho insinuation that he
desired the escape of Bullock, or intend
ed any infringement upon the constitu
tional rights of Georgia, or the comity
due between the States of the Union.
We make this statement on the authori
ty of gentlemen of high personal reputa
tion in New York, who are iu a position
to know tbo views of their Chief Execu
tive, and aro probably well posted in af
fairs at tbo seat of government.
[/Kara n n a a Uepublica n.
The Literary World Bays of Colonel
Ward H Lamou’s “Life of Abraham Lin
coln,” soon to be published by Osgood k.
Go., that, but for certain excisions to
whieh the manuscript has bean sub
jected, the sensation it will create would
mvs been amazing. It is understood
that the volume, ae originally written,
ooetained extracts from Mr. Lincoln's un
published writings, which the publishers
would not permit to be printed. In its
emended form, however the book is fall
of surprising revelations, especially aa to
Mr. Lfaoolne religious opinions, end will,
purbupe, “make the jodicious grieve,”
while it will git* a fairer estimate of his
ml ehniMtffi ’
tho principle only will be submitted.
Tln Millions of Fkiutino Men.—All
the priucipul countries of Europe, except
Austria, are reorganizing their army sys
tems. Germany is about to increase her
available military force by 400,000 men,
and Russia, whose army, including irreg
ulars, has hitherto numbered l,M0ff,000
meu ou a war footiug, expects, under the
now system, to have a force of 2,!)D2,80'.)
meu ut her disposal, not reckoning tbo
lucul troops and the militia. The new
military organization of France is not yet
decided upon, but it is believed thnt its
result will bo to increuso her army to
1,400,000. Italy, whoso war establish
ment hitherto amounted to !i 10,880 men,
including reservas, proposes by the plan
of reorganization which has been adopted
by her government toraiso a force of from
7.10,080 to 800,000 men. The Turkish
army, when on a war footing, lias hitherto
consisted of 270,000 men, iuclusive of tbo
rii/.muK or militia. It is to be increased to
880.000 meu. Finally, the military force
of England at homo is to bo raised under
Mr. Curd well's scheme to about 800,000
men. When ull those plans nro carried
out the total war ohtnbli.slmiont of tho
armies of Europe will be inoreased from
8.188.000 men to about 10,000,000. It is
to bo understood llmt this number of men
is not to be actually withdrawn from
peaceful pursuits at one time. Tho plans,
procoediug more or less upon the Frns.
siun idcu, aro to secure n military training
to a largo part of the male population
which uisy be promptly drawn upon in
i case of war.
Tine North-Folk Expedition—Ni:wr
from the Polaris at Disco. A lettx r
from Newfoundland gives intelligence of
the United Hinton Arctic exploring expe
dition, under Captain Hall, received by
tho Danish brig Mocrhok, from Disco,
Greenland. On February 28th the ex
ploring steamer Polaris put into Disco for
fresh provisions. On the 8th of that
month she had encountered heavy weath
er, and ruti upon ice snugs on the peaks of
icebergs ior.budded in saml or mud. The
Polaris was ho damogod that hIio was only
kept afloat by tho united exertions of all
bands at tho punipn, and when she reach
ed Disco tbo company wero so exhau^e.d
that, another day at sea must have com
pelled them to abandon tho vessel. Tho
log of the Polaris oontained many strango
discoveries, which led to tho conviction
that in tho extreme and undiscovered north
there is at times a gonial atmosphere and
open seas. Plants wero detect ed in tho
ice which nro indignneous to southern cli
mates, and the examinations of n floating
stick of wood, found on Saturday, Janu
ary Iff, proved it to be a limb of some
huge birch. Tbo most impoitant duo to
tho existeuco of a polar passage is the fact
of the crew of the Pabuis having seen,
followed, and killed n whale having in
one of its tins a harpoon similar to tlumo
iihod in tho South Pacific; and this hap
pened in a region wliero, as Captain Hull
says, “ihe sail of nn American or Euro
pean vessel had novor been given to tho
wind beforo.” In May Captain Hull hop
to make a clear passage to tho uudiscov-
erod polo.
Why Sumner Don't t.a to Cincinnati,
Washington, April 28.—The friends of
Senator Sumner who have conn tod upon
him as favoring the Ciucinnuti movement
bugiri to doubt liis sincerity. When Hnin-
ner whs urged to go to Cincinnati ho guvo
ur an excuse that he could not commit
himself to any parly until it indorsed his
well-known Hupploiiiotary Civil Rights biff.
He has an idea thut whatever party cou-
vontion will udopt this will be able to con
solidate and control tbo negro vote in tbo
Uuited States. Ho basud his opinion up
on a few letters he has received from ccr-
tain negroes iu tho South who he thinks
will bo able to secure a largo following.
Sumner bus no idea that the negro vote
will bo divided, whereas dispassionate and
reliable information from the South is to
tho cifoot tbut a huge proportion of the
negroes will vote for the iJeuicratic candi
dal os, whoever they may be, became they
believe that they will faro as well under
tbo Democrats us they have done undor
the Republicans. Mr. Sumnor's assump
tion that ho cun control the negro vote is
rsgurded us absurd by such men as bis
colleague, Senator Wilson, who says that
Sumner is not half os popular with tba
negroes as Abralum Lincoln was. It is
now believed that Mr. Sumner will not
support tho Cincinnati Convention unless
it indorses his Civil Rights bill.—N. Y.
World.
Tub Last Ditch.—Grant's nupporters
(suys the Now York Hun of Friday) have
been driven to their lust ditch. The do-
iiioiietrations on the psrt of the Liberal
Republicans has become so formidable
that the friends of tho office-holders'
candidate aro compelled to admit that if
the Liberals and the Democrats can
vote for tbo same ticket, Grant must be
beatin. But, with a wad of dcapair, they
insist that they cuimot vote the suuim
ticket; that it would bo a sacrifice of
principle for them to do so; ami with
their noses deep down iu the Federal
crib, they command them to nomiuate
and support separate candidates.
Suppose, however, that the two wings
of tho opposition, puyiug no attention to
these fiimlio protests from men whoso
wi*h is farther to their thought, should
agree to support the same candidates,
w hat then ? Why, in the language of
Sanford E. Church, of Now York, Grant
would be the worst beaten candidate that
ever run for President.
Inundated.—The farms on the Ap da-
chicola river are still inundated and the
water continues at tho same ebb with lit
tle probability of ullowing an opportuni
ty for tho progress of planting. The oc
cupiers of them certainly have a gloomy
future and mnuy have become so disheart
ened that removal would be ccaorted to if
the season was nyt too 1- te. It is a ra-
tnarkable fact that tbo land* noar thia
river become more anbject to inundati* n
each year and tbut the uoil continues wet
and soggy longer and is less capable of
being prepared for planting within a
reasonable time. Within e few rnoro
years, if these anomalous proceedings
continue, the lsnde on the Apalachicola
river will be completely valueless.—Mari-
anna Courier, 23th.
Tin* (Irorgla KarIInI fonreutiou.
Wo condense from tho reports of tho
M icou Telegraph a continued acoouut of
tho proceedings of this body.
On Monday the following resolutions
wero unanimously adopted by a standing
Veto :
Resolved, That wo niuiutain tho follow
ing propositions in regard to the doctrine
of Baptism and tho Lord's Supper to bo
scriptural, and iu conformity with tDo
viows ami practices of our churches, viz :
1. That, baptism is the immersion cf a
believer iu Jesus Christ, by nn authorized
administrator,in the name of tho Trinity.
2. That such a baptbui is nn indispen
sable prerequisite to church membership,
uud to admission to tho Lord’s Hopper.
i ff. Unbupthod persons not being church
I members cannot bo clothed witli uulbori-
I ty to administer the ordiminqt s, and,
j therefore, immersions performed by such
I poisons aro null and void.
I 4. That tbo sincerity of the subject
| cannot supply tho want of authority iu
j tho administrator.
j Tho Coosa River Association was re
ceived into tho Convention.
Tho report of tho committee on tho re
port of.the Trustees of Mercer Universi
ty was considered and discussed nt length.
A 'recommendation that tho “messiug”
system bo resorted to as a means of cur
tailing tho expenses of nt miauls, was
adopted ; also tho item recommending
tho appointment of a Professor to tho
Theological Department. Without final
action, this report was passed over to
consider tho rpecial order of tho day,
which was a report by Gov. 15
Ifoin
tie
i in fa-
Rontho.rn Baptist
to Sulim point in
u and others ably
inundation, and it
T«inlT.Uua« cImcm factories in Uadl-
na oounty, Ohio, raoairad during the
part iwaaoD tha milk from 8, MX) oowa,
and mada 3,223,401 poonda of ohaeao.—
Thara were aatimated to bo «00 oowa in
private dairiaa, produoiog 200,000 ponnda
of oheoaa, making the aggregate of tha
county 3,423,401 pounde. Tba total val
ue of tho oowa ia aatiinmted at (318,300;
of tba ohaeao, $300,400, and of tha fao-
| ton* tW.WO,
Theological Hetnin
Georgia. Gov. Bi
supported this roc
was opposed by other delegates on the
ground that tho Convention and tho de
nomination should direct i.U their t Hurts
to tho establishment and prosperity of
Mercer University beforo undertaking an
other institution of this kind. Tho reso
lution of tho report was finally adopted.
[The reporter states that voluntary sub
scriptions to tho amount » f ..-ffff.OffO have
already boon made to obtain tho removal
of tlm Thoologic.ul Hcuiinury. J
Tho report of tho Committee on tho
Stale of Religion was adopt, d; also, tho
report on Education, showiug a gratify
ing increase of interest in the subject.
oltlti.
TL Moll, and urgiug him to inn!
iu Emopo for tho beuctit of h
wero adopted.
Tho committeo on deceased
made a repott, which pays u lit
utotoRevs Dr. N. Ai. Crawl'
Homo ami W. F. Willis. After
ing delegates to tbo Souther
Convention und listening to an
eloquent speo h on foreign mis*
Rev. Dr. Jeter, tho (V»nv. otioii
od lo meot at 8 o'clock Monday
pat by with Dr. P.
.1 to make a lour
ictil of his h« alth.
rd, .1.1:
appoint-
Kaplbt
Mo
Even i
j prayoi
April:
Opened wi
Carswell.
Tho Convention thei
adopte.ktho rcniftini-g :
purl of llio Comiuiltuu
versity.
itov. Dr.. DoVolio pi
strong tctupuraucu repor
nimotinly adopted.
t'le np
The Committee of scientific gentlemen
appointed by tho Board of Managers of
tbo Nashville Industrial Exposition, lo
consult with tho inventor of tho Light
ning Kudroud, made the following report
to tho Board on Friday evening. Tho
report has caused con*id«*rahle exprensiou
and was extensively talked about yester
day in tho city:
With a view to satisfying the generally
expressed anxiety on tho part of tho
public, wo visited the inventor, who very
courteously exhibited to ns his model «*i
the railway und car, and as tar a* ho could
without compromising his interest at the
Patent Office, tho electric engine and tho
way in which ho applied it to propel tbo
cars. It is a very simple arrangement,
und the only wonder to us is that the dis
covery bus not been nu.de beforo. The
engine is composed of u number of mag
net* so as to obtain a motive power ««f
eight hundred and fifty pound*, or a olio
hor.so power. Tho armature ia made to
woik similar to tho pitman of a sowing
machine, uud takes tbo place of the piston
of a i..' tin in engine. This works by break
ing and closing tho circuit; by tho manip
ulation of a short, easy working lever,
worked easily by the fingers of tho hand,
and so fast that the movement at either
extremity is imperceptible to tbo eye, but
makes it nppeur us a solid piece, like a
n d hot rod or burning slick appears it'
moved inpidly by the hand—a beautiful
pheuouuiu-m oftoti indulged in by chil
dren. This armature rapidly turna a driv
ing wheel, similar to that upon lloo's
punting presses, by which an udditiuuul
power is obtained by it* momentum, and
this work* tbo wheels under tho car,
which propel it, at a very rapid lato. The
road buing elevated upon a single row of
poles, it is in level uh a die, and tho ears
mo consequently moved witli the greatest
case. Tho engine working us last us
lightning, tho cars can be driven at a tre
mendous ruto of speed. Wo should think
one bundled miles pur hour would l»u
cuhily made ; bat they can bo driven ns
Thu
the ole
jd lm
lm
, bill
f.-r small machinery, will mako tbo inven
tion uiuru Useful and important.
Tho model exhibited to us shows the
road, upon poles set iu the curbstouo or
udgo of tho pavoi^ut, with safe uud easy
stairway to iiNCdMvh or descend from the
cars. Tho single lino of poles support* a
double trac k for cars to run in opposite
direc.ioua, tho telegraphic lines of iho clif-
ul of tin
••ti..
of Iff
!. R. I). Alai I ary w,i
material und pr<
r. Dr. i). J>. Mallar
lev. H. BoVkin m.i
affluent ill
In Huml.iy-
,rd of tho Houlhoni Banti.-d
»H'g ’
elected ns tho Lx
tho
T. .1. Burn, v, D. E. Butler, .). R
.lora, W. G. Woodlln, H. P. H.nfoi.l, W.
J. Liwton und W. it. McIntosh.
There was some discussion ns to tho
time of tho next meeting, which wiik
finally fixed on Tliuisday (instead of
Friday) beforo tho 4th Huuday in April
tiuxt.
Tbo contest for tbo place of meeting
was close between Rome ami Amoricus,
and wus fiuully decided in favor of tlm
form. r.
Rev. W. L. Kilpatrick road Ilia report
on Missions, giving a most gratifying ex
hibit of tho work of the houtliorn Bap
tist Convention. Tho work in Chin a has
hud great success during tho your, and
oight Alissiunarios havo just boon sunt by
tbo Board to llml benighted land.
In Italy tho work of the Board ha* b". I
unprecedented success, there Imviur
boon organized then/ during tbo p..-:
year seven Baptist Churches, «: e a
Rome,) with an aggregate membership oi
200.
Tbo mission to Africa in in a mos:
Hour siting condition. And tbo <b>ni.. ti
mid Indian mission Bo: rd baa had a grand
succes* during llio year am mg the u : -:t-
tiito of the South und the Indian.* ot the
West.
Rev. A. I). Phillips nn de a dc ply in-
torcHting HtaU'ircul of tho w.uk in Chinn
and Africa. Rev. \V. 1>. Atkinson relr.tod
hu incident of deep inter* st in connec
tion with the origini 1 appointment of Mr.
Phillips as MDsioimiy to Aiiiu...
A question of eonxiduiuhid in'orest to
the body was, whether the u.j-tsiou w..»k
within tim State should still b s et.nuncio l
by the Domestic Mission Boar.l id iho
Southern Baptist Convention, or l>> tho
appointment of a Statu Mis.doli Board.
Ruv. Jusse Campbell waindy advocated
tho latter plan. Rev. Dr. Suu.ner und
Rev. Dr. McIntosh explained amt defend-
od tho action of tho Domestic Atission
Board of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion.
After a lengthy discussion the report of
Mr. Campbell was laid on the tublu by a
vote of fib loll.
Tbo old Board of tbo Orphans’Homo
is re-elected.
Rov. F. M. Haygood moved tho recon
sideration of t)m motion by which t!u in
vitation to the Theological Seminary was
adopted.
After some discussion, nml considerable
‘fillibusteriug'' the mutiou to reconsider
was adopted.
Pending tho consideration of ihe main
iiuestion tho point was raised that th. ro
was not a quorum present ; but before
this point could bo decided, on motion,
the Convention adjourned leaving the
question undecided.
Tbo Convention adjourned at 12) i*. m ,
after singing “Blunt bo tlm tic,” giving
the fraternal hr.nd and uniting in prayer
with Ruv. W. A. Clmudiou. Huron ti:,-
A Negro Found Dead!—Mr. uud Airs.
Ii. T. Glaus, (who live some eight miles
from tbo city,) wLilo flkhiug ou 'J'ownlign
River, on Saturday lust, fouud the body
of s negro man in tho edge of tbo water.
An inquest waa bad, und upon examina
tion, it wss found thut his throat wss cut,
and souio other bruises on bis face. The
negro had baeu working witli Joe Dawson,
ana was left iu tho field at work on Sat
urday week before bis body was found.
elne aa yet to tho perpetrator of this
awful orime.- Crljin Star.
Aa old baohelor says: “It i* better to
laughed at for not being married, Hiau
to b« uiwWt to tough bow*** >«u m."
telegraph, atnl gas lamps to light the
street. It i:. made very light so that it
will not obstruct tho street, but add to its
beauty, and do away with tho ohl-fash-
i'-iif.l tramway street car*, tho dread of
oam rs . t v hi. lea and the impediment of
0 miu.civial luletcourse iu all ciiit*. The
ou* will run noislussly, and urn tho very
thii-g needed upon Bruidwi.v, New York,
and all crowded Iboroughlui. *.
Mr. Win. D. Gentry, the author of this
wonderful invention, is tho Manager of
ila* Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Offico
iu this city; Ims be. u a practical tele
graph opetatur for tweuty-fivo years, ulld
i* him •>: tho oldest operators now living.
Do has devoted eight years to the devel
opment of this invention, and wo hope ho
will now reap tim reward *»f hi* labors.
A wot king model large enough to car
ry paHKengers or freight will soon bo put
into practical operation.
April 28, 1872. — Ch R Far-
Tuhideut, Sir: Your coui-
t.id lo see Mr. Gentry in
relation to liis proposed elevated street
1 ailioad, wish to make the following ro-
P-hI:
'llio committeo met Mr. Gentry at hi*
office nml inspected the model be bad
prepared to illustrate the principle of bis
invention, and from the explanation be
wn in’— vi-ry favorably impr-SKi-.l ns
iii the lei.hibility of tho scheme, especial
ly for largo cities and crowded t borough-
lure*.
Tho propelling power for cars i* sup
plied by the agency of electricity, prt
cc.l by galvanized batteries at iuterin
cto stations, and u'ilizc.l bv pown
inots att:.ched to the curs, that chi
Eh'1-1
A Spirltuftllht Funeral.
To the Grand Jo:■// of Co., Ala.: [ Nrora Blclimonil b.iiy Ek'i-hI-t, April 17.
lly im ai_t of tLo last LegiHialura of tlie I Yesterday afternoon Tl-nry Chase, a
Stale of Alubmia, it in lundo (he duly of J!?"”? “K od lfl - '>»ned from
.... , , i ms lnte residence on the corner of Mason
tho Gram* Jury of the county of Russell an( j Geary streetw, with full religious cor-
to decide whether or not u County Court
shall bo cst .bJished in said county. TLi*
ia a very responsible duly which the Grand
Jury is .tailed upon lo perform,-and each
uml every one of thorn should digest this
anbject w.-ll nml fully post themselves be
fore acting upon or deciding the same,
'llio tirrt q.KHtiou which suggests itself to
our tuiud is, are there uot ample resources
or com t* now eatuhff.died to meet all the
legal .1 mauds of tho county? Wo think
there arc; tho first and moat important of
which i* the Circuit Court, tho jurisdic
tion of which is ample for any und all de
mand*. Some of tho advocates for tho
establishment of the prop, sed new County
Court complain that there are many old
On*oh of from two to thico years standing
on the Circuit (Joint docket, and thut the
Jud,
I.gc
emonieR, according to the burial ritual of
tho sect of Hpivitualists. As these servi
ces arc the first of the kind ever perform
ed in thia city, their novelty attracted'
consideroblo attention, and will bo of in
terest to our readers.
The deceased is a young man, dhe last
surviving son of Mrs. C-hnse, a spiritualis
tic medium of this city, uud well known
among that sect. After a severe illness
of sovorul week*, tlm young man expired
from the effects of consumption, on Sun
day afternoon, and bin lust request wes
that his mother should conduct tho funer
al according to ritual, and his wisher, were
carried out in tho fullest senso of the
term. The coffin was made to order by
an undertaker ou Market streqt. It is
composed of common redwood timber
covorcd with white velvet, and tho inside
trituniod with white sillc. No ornaments
of any discripflon wore discernible about
the box. Tho deceased was dressed sim
ilarly in white robes and white necktie,
uut clean up hi* docket, &e. [ while flower* wore also strewed around
Wo utiticipulu that upun au examination
of tho docket <>f the whole State, that a
majority of them will *how tire anno cause
for eon>pl..int. 1: always him, and w« an
ti. iputo ever will b.*, for Iheiu aro ulway
un-re or lota cuv.h oi; tho ducket whirl
cither tho plaintiff or defendant mumigo
to put off front colli t to court: hence tho
luriimulittioji of old .uses on the docket.
Now, if tho Judgi does not do his duty,
and h.ts suffered the docket to get bolliud
for the want of duo diligeuoe and atten
tion to business, then in such case theluw
po.i
mo pi
. dy.
« f the
tho Circuit Cott
tors’ Court, two Juati-
euoh beat in tho couu-
tv. a Mutiny Public, whoso jurisdiction
ext. uds over tho county. With thh
of opportunity for legal iuvestigat
wou’d Htiim useless to .istablish any more
courts, especially when in view of tin
heavy expense* necessary tu inaugurate
uud carry on said court, to coiuiueuc
with a salaiy of .Junge of olio thousand
dollars per annum, uml other expunsos
tho pnmiml of juries, 4&0. 'inis heavy
annual expetiso to the county will have to
bo n.iso.t by tuxes. The peoplu aro u
heavily tix»-.i and thu county deeply
debt : bond* amounting to many thou-
R:\mls of dollar* duo uud unpaid, uud the
treasury comparatively empty, und th
credit of the county bulow pur. Consid
ering Iho financial condition of the county
and the heavy taxes which would havo to
be add.ul annually to support utul keep up
this court, is a matter thut ought to do-
umnd the serious eousidorat
Grand Jury I hoc acting iu this mutter.
Should tho Grand Jury establish this
court, tho J udgo w ill havo to be elected
by tbo people, and of what stripe will he
be politically? To say tho least of it, it
will bo hazardous nml doubtful. The
liuud of the court would govern tho cc
pic:>ion of the jury. All things consid
ered, hud we not better lot well enough
alouu? Cowikkr.
A Gloomy IM.-lur* of Sent lm •••drrn (Jcorah
A correspondent of Ihe Savannah New>
who hu* recently traveled on hoisebuc
uml iu buggy over tho grantor portion e
Ware, Coffee, Appling and Pierce couc
ties, write*:
'1 hi* *<• ‘‘.ion was never in a worse condi
tion, ngiiciilturally, than now. 'iho
connive min* ami thunder-storms which
have prevailed for tho past niuo months,
uml atiil continue, have drowned out,
blow- .1 down / ml killed the crops, forcstfc
ouutiy i* iuun-
aiid *to
dated, •
Ac
11 <
rid.-li .
; jt to be up
potato
piircbnH. d at a low price
Fr«
(lie
plunat
induced to think tbo system prnc icil; the
model was t jo small to form any opinion
from, nud considering the short time
Bum now to the opening of tho Exposi
tion, do not think it Advisable for your
Board to incur uny cSponpo in order to
test its merits.
Wo de-ire to thank Mr. Gentry fur liis
Courtesy, und wish him ample miccosb i;i
the development of a project that inny bo
found of so much intrinsic value, au.l to
which ho hitH evidently given so mu.-h
anxious and well directed thought.
T. AI. Burn nan,
Gro. II Baiuiy,
J. M. Thatch in,
Goiniuittco.
in.ii.i .
April 28
• ■u' .iit In aiUsonr!.
If72.—A special
ty gives tho de-
o of Stevenson,
ih ruilroiul train,
♦ duesday
anted
trail after m
neetion wi'.l
C.ikb county
let* and t
truck. Hov
their revolv
Htcvem.oi
1 into hit
the
•d Iho
;ted body
'•go
tbo mob,
but the mob broke in th.. doors with a log
of wood, und .| cured a volley into tho
body of the Judge, killing linn iustnutlv.
Stevenson's body was dragged out and laid
beside thut of Ciine. Dutro, who was iu
a passenger car, was mortally wounded.—
Tho train was then ullowod 10 start, but
was signalled to stop. Tho dying mau,
Dutro, was then dragged from the coach
and thrown down near tho dead bodies cf
(.’line and Stovenson.
A report reached Kamos City last night
that. Judge Forsyth, another of tho coun
ty Justices, had been shot uud liis body
banged to a tree. Great excitement pre
vails throughout the county, and fenrsaro
felt that still others will bo murdered.—
Tlie perpetrator* of this masvacro claim
that they have u thousand men in their
organization.
Governor Brown will issue n proclama
tion to-morrow, calling on the armed *>r-
gnnizaliou to disperse and disarm, and
abstain from any futther acts of violence;
also enjoining upon tlie people of (Jess
and the adjacent comities t 1 aid in bring
ing to justice all who have violuted the
iuw. _ ^
Tho inhabitant* of Mainland have boon
much excited consequent of tho alleged
appearance of “the great hoa serpent’' o!t‘
the coast of Ramsey. Ho was examined
through telescopes, and prouoancod to bo
covered with scales. Tho “oldest inhab
itant” was culled upon to givo bis opinion
011 the creature, uud unhesitatingly con
firmed tbo popular verdiot. At last the
tide washed the monster Ashore during
tho night, and ho was found strnudod
high and dry the next morning. Curiosi
ty was thoroughly satisfied when it wan
found thut the serpent was a log of wood,
18 feet long, covered with barnacles, each
from 18 to 18 inches in length. “The
greut sou serpent” ia now ou view ou one
of tho docks of Ramsey ; and the “oldest
iutotoilMri' Iuw “total to diitaj
just planted
Millions cf tho finest lumber of tbo Hiatt
havo bc.-u destroyed, tlm noble old piuo
troCB lying “cross and pile” in every di
rection, in ninny places eutiroly blocking
up tho highways. Not niort. than two
thirds of iho cows an.l sheep, turned out
last Fall fnt and heullhy, will be penned
this Hiring, thu heavy rains and cold
woathor of tho pu*t winter having killed
them, uud there is no increase, being
very few calves und lamb*. A largo stock
grower of Pierce county, Air. A. P.
turned out noar six bundled she t q> and
two bundled and fifty cow*, and h is only
been able to gather about lo ll the former
and two tbiros the ia.tor. 1 mention hi
' iho '
try; in
fact, I am told it ia even w
er count is if Wcyna, ( uuiUuu uud
Clinch.
Tho only t-x option to tho general de-
striicti'-n i* t i.u oat crop. Those who
planted tho “Mexican liud Proof" have
good crops. To convey some idea of the
slate of tho hinds, 1 will merely say it
takes two men to plant one grain of corn,
one to hold it down, and one to cover it.
Homo of tho old citizens expressed to uie
the hope that they would yet live long
enough tA see tho dust rise ouco more.
How the Old Tin
ohaut of tins c
Union) bought u
few day* ago fin
thousand dollar*.
Woukh.—A mor-
v (snys the Nashville
idnubie tract of laud u
tlm sum of lifty-three
For till* be executed
several promissory notes. The uni
versal plunderer of ti e empire and its
provinces, the tax gatherer, caiue howling
through tlm country uud levied hia exac
tions upon tho land—about two per cent.
By nc» i tent ho ran afoul of the holder of
tho noto«, nn.l this poor unlucky wretch
was taxed on the note*. Meanwhile, the
lust purchasor of lh<< laud sold it yester
day, und hold* notes for it to the amount
of sixty thonsun.l dollar*, und on these
notes lm i:t furiously taxed. In fact, the
hapless tract of land is taxed three times,
nnd there i* no help for it; and yet gov
ernment* tLn* sustained, and thus plun
dering cities and the country—the city,
until the people live only that they rosy
pay taxes -such governments expect to
undare? Tho proposition is absurd.—
Within tho next two your* tho coat of
novernuieuta— Federal, Htato, Bounty and
City- ” * * " , ‘" ,r ' ,n ~
*ill bo lessened one-lialf. The
tho coffiu, tho room in which tbo body
lay awaiting burial, prer,anted a beautiful
appearance. Around the walla woo
placed white rosea. On a table placed at,
tbo head of tho coffin, was u largo vase
containing a small l'o.-.o bush. At the
base of thu vase was a half-blown road,
which had been plucked from the bush
and fell to the ground. This touching
arrangement was emblematic of tho young
life, so full of promise and Loanty, nipped
in tho bnd, ami falling to decay at th 1
root. The services were commenced at
four o'clock nud were conducted by the
mother, who was dressed iu Vliite alpaca,
without any trimming or ornaments of
any description. Tho services seemed
to impress nil present, and were
opened by Airs. Detteli singing tbo well-
known poem. written by Air*. G.
Clark, the medium, entiled, “He’s Gone.”
Tbo mother thou addressed those pres
ent at some length, extolling tho virtues
of the deceased, and stating that it was
his expressed desire, both before nud af
ter deuth, that ho should bo buried in that
man nor. Airs. Bench then sang a poem
entitled “Bountiful Hills,” which shoal
leges wus given to her by soma departed
friend. The coffin was then placed iu a
hearse and convoyed to tho cemetery,
where it was deposited iu n grave pre
pared for its reception. At the grave
the services consisted of a prayer by Mrs.
Bench.
The mother of the deceased, Mrs.
Ghase, states that since the death of her
son she has had several interviews with
him. While prepariog tho corpse for
burial he appeared and made the remark
thut “he hu did not think that hu would
mako such nu ugly looking, corpse,” and
several other ocular remarks; also that
during tlie whole process of dressing him
after deuth hu wus present in the room
and cut up antics, such as jumping around
and standing on his hand*. When alive
he was always in good spirits and very
jovial in his disposition.
I'ro It:.(it Frcisrhts.
Our readers will remember that a bill
was introduced iuto tho Legislature of
this State, during this session, to compel
tho railroads of this Htato to curry freights
for short distances or trom any one point
iu tho State to any other point iu tho
State, upon tho lino of tho road, at tho
huiuo rates proportionally as .they carry
through freights to points where there ia
competition. Not, of course, to compel
them to curry nt the through rates they
may now be freighting at or may have
heretofore charged, but to chargo ull alike
ia proportiou to the umuiiul of servic'd
performed.
Such an obviously just law would now
be iu forco, no doubt, w»*ro it not for thu
controlling inlluonco of tho railroads of
the Stnte in tho Legislature. That body
seems very willing to listen lo tho cry of
the greedy corporation* that they will be
ruined ; that it can't bo done ; thut no
road cun afford it—and all that sort of
thing. It may l»o trim that thejfccuunol
afford to take freights ut the ruinously
low rates at which they lmvo ull been
competing with each other for through
freights. They have no doubt lost money
on Homo rates they have ndopted, and
have bad to adopt tho high local tatitY to
pay themselves back. That is just what
we complain of. Tboy have no right to
mako our own citizens pay them for the
privilege of kooping up any foolish com
petition. Such a law uiny ulso help them
to a solution of the problem of wliat to
do to prevent surplus earnings from
showing too largo u dividend without
watoring the stock.
It may also bo true in fact that it ccbts
slightly more in proportiou to carry
freights short distances than long ones.
But railroad rnou are certainly sufficiently
experienced to devise a schedule which
will cover any such contingencies, and at
tho same time do justice to nil. It is
surely no more difficult problem than to
construct a table for life insurance.
Tho truth is that this subject of pro
rata freights is one that not only nfl’ects
this Htute, but every other Statu iu the
Union. It is a universal enuso of com
plaint against railroads that the local
transportation rates are out of all propor
tion to tho through rates, and in this re
spect there is need of n great national re
form, and we would be pleased to aeo
ibis practical matter mrulo tlie subject of
a genoral law, regulating commerce be
tween tho States, and compelling these
corporations to which such magnificent
grants havo been extended to show •
proper regard for tho source of tffeir pow
er, and to conduct their business with
some regard to thu good of the people.—
The South (2setc York.)
[8|iccial to tho Courier*Journal.]
Washinoton, April 28.—It is stated
here to-uight that the strong pressure
which has beon made for the nomination
of Adams at Cincinnati has been brought
about by tho knowledge that he can ob
tain a greater support from tho Republi-
oau party thau any other candidate, and
that assurances have been given that
many prominent men and newspapers
who have not boon heretofore known as
ia sympathy with the Liberal party will
come out in its support if ho is made the
nominee. It is understood horo that Mr.
Trumbull proposes to throw his influence
for Adams and Curtin, provided his own
name is not made too promiueut before
tbo convention. Huch is the gossip and
speculation of the Washington politicians,
tui ery and idler* comfortable.
The (’ektisai. Railroad Steamer Line.
Pr.isi.teut Wudlev returned from New
York ou Huuday,* where ho has been en
gaged iu imuugiug the business pertain-
mg to tho foceiit purchase of New Aork
steamer* by the Central llnilro ul, and
which arrangement, wo learn, takes effect
from tl.o 1st *f May. T'lio eotubinstion
of the three New York linos of steamers,
entored into months ago, will not expire,
we hoar, until a year from next August,
so that tho Murray & Ferris snd Black Star
liuos will still continuo to run in connec
tion with tho Central Railroad combi
nation.
The summer schedule will be 10 »r*
ranged that the steamers of the Murray
& Ferris and Black Star liusa will tail
alternately from Buvaunah on Wednes
day*, and the ..General Barnes and Ban
Jacinto, of the Railroad line, on Satur
days.
The agents of the various companies
will still act iu their capacity, but we hear
that Mr. Garrison will nave charge of the
Railroad line in Naw York.— Savannah
gar ding 1
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A Nuisance.—The Yankee troops sta
tioned bore have become a perfect nuis
ance. They can be fouud prowling
around tho yards and kitchens of the citi
zens, both day and night; and they con
stantly eudauger life by the*r reckless de
portment. No longer than a few nights
ago shots were fired iuto the houses of
Dr. McCoy and that of a lady living down
in Geneva, by these interlopers.
Prominent citizens have spoken to tbo
Colonel on the subject, but he says he ia
“positively unable to prevent it."
A nice commander truly! be had better
give up bis commission to somo one able
to discharge the duties of the office. •
We hope the Mayor will at once take
measures to protect the rights and pr vo*
cf of the homea of the citizens.—OpeiiM
Locomotive.
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