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MACON & WESTERN
ROAD LEASE.
RAIL-
The Eight between the Presi
dent and a portion of the Di
rectors and Stock holders^-Re-
plyto President White’s Card.
Macon, Ga., Jnne 13, 1871.
been. I am embarrassed. I do not
Know how to act; or whether my presence
is desired or not. Please inform me.”—
I suppose in less than half an hour—I
got to the-railroad office about half past
bers of the Board, as constantly opposed I Newton, Y. L. G. Hams, Willis Willing-
it. Below X attach a comparative state- ham, W. B. J. Hardeman, J. D. .Long,
ment, taken from the reports of the Mu- j J. E. Randolph, J. J-
con & Brunswick Railroad Company, and ^ '*“ " **
the Georgia Central Railroad Company’s
eleven—I received the following letter j reports, showing the operations of each
from Capt. White—at once mounted my I for the last year, and yon can judge,
horse and rode to the railroad office and
found the directors in session:
Macon, Ga., May 25, 1871.
Col. L. 2T. Whittle—Dear Sir: I regret
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Editor* lelcgraph and Messenger: The
card of President White, of the Macon
k Western Railroad, impels me to make
the following reply and statement, much
as I dislike to obtrude myself upon the
public.
It may be remarked that in my note,
which appeared in your issue of the 11th,
I said, “X was not notified of the proposed
meeting of the Board, as the other Di
rectors were;” the plain and obvious
meaning of which certainly is, that I was
not informed of the proposed meeting by
the President, of his own motion, and
with an explanation of the object of that
meeting, as was the case with the other
Directors. In this card, he says X ap-
E roached him on the subject, not he me;
e does not say, and he could not say,
that be infornfhd me of the object of the
meeting, as he had done the other Direc
tors. So much for my note and Presi
dent White’s card.
I left Macon on Tuesday afternoon,
May 9tb, 1871, and went to Rome, Ga.;
I returned to Macon on Saturday, May
13th,at about noon; from the 13th of May
until the 25th of May—that dark day for
Macon when the lease was made—I was,
as usual, in the city every day, and was
in my office more jhan is usual, for part
of the time my partner was absent from
home. On Monday morning next before
the day of the lease, I went to my office
about 9 o’clock in the morning. I either
found the President of the Brunswick
Road waiting for me, or he came in short
ly after X did and requested me to invite
the President and Directors of the Ma
con and Western Board to go with a par
ty to Brunswick on the following Wed
nesday, and asked me to accompany
them.. Shortly after, Mr. Hazlehurst
left, say before 10 o’clock, I started to
the Postoffice, and at Mr. Boardman’s
store, met one of the Directors, who I
asked to go with us. He replied he
would like to do so very much, but that
there was to be a meeting of the Macon
and Western Board on next Thursday,
and that he could not go as he would like
to do. This was the first intimation I
had from any source that there would be
a meeting of the Board on that day. I
went across the street to the Postoffice
and there met Mr. James A. Nisbet; with
whom, as I was returning back across the
street, I fell into conversation about a
law-suit which we are both of counsel.
When we got nearly to the side-walk jnst
below Mr. Boardman’s store, X happened
to look up from a paper I had in my
hand, and being about ten feet from the
side-walk, I saw Capt. White and Mr. W.
B. Johnston in front of us, walking up
the street from the direction of the Cen
tral Railroad Bank, and going toward
Mr. Boardman’s corner. Capt. White
was on the outside of the side-walk
nearest to us, and the two were
just in front of Mr. N. and myself.—
I accosted Capt. White, and he replied,
as nearly as I can recollect, in the fol
lowing words : “Captain, I have just
heard there is to be a meeting of oar
Board on Thursday. X am anxious to go
with Mr. Hazlehurst and party to Bruns
wick on Wednesday, and suppose there
is nothing of importance to be done.” He
slacked his gait, but did not stop, nor re
ply at once. When he did reply, he had
passed us several feet; so far, that he
only turned his head, and I only saw his
side face, as he looked aronnd and said,
“I don’t know, there may be.” This is
my best recollection of bis manner and
what he said. As we turned to go to
Mr. Nisbet’s office about our business,
before I said a word, Mr. Nisbet express
ed his surprise at Capt. White’s manner
and evasion of my question, and asked
me if it was possible' I did not know
what the object of the meeting on Thurs
day was. I replied I had heard some ru
mors and suspected what it was, but did
not know, and was anxious to find out
from the proper quarter.
I asked two of the other directors to go
to Brunswick, and they each said they
would like to go but must stay to this
meeting of Thursday. The last one
asked declining to give me any informa
tion as to the object of the meeting, be
cause he said he had promised Capt
White not to do so ; but he added that
Capt White said he would notify me
and talk with me about the object
I determined not to go to Brunswick.
I knew Captain White had some impor
tant move on foot, for I heard he had
been for some time getting all the prox
ies he could. I suspected from what
heard it was to lease or sell the Macon
and Western Railroad, but it never once
occurred to me that he dreamed of doing
what he now claims he did-do on the same
Thursday, the 25th of May, without pub
lic or proper notice to several of the di
rectors, and many of the stockholders,
and who, it must have been known, were
opposed to what he claims to have done,
namely: in a space of less than five hours
—I believe in less than four—submit to
his board, a lease equal to a sale, of prop
erty worth from $2,500,000 to $3,000,000,
discuss, amend, chunge, sign, seal and
deliver the same. Yes, more than this;
during the same day turn over the whole,
without schedule, inventory or appraise
ment, to a company out of whose clutches
he has for years, until within the last few
months, been trying to keep. I say
all this never once entered my imagina
tion.
I remained here in Macon, expecting
certainly Capt. White would notify me
of the meeting, and talk with me about
it, not for a moment supposing that he
would claim what passed between us in
the street, as doing this.
I waited and waited, but I did not see
or hear from Capt. White again until the
day of the meeting—Thursday. I was
in town, but I did not see him, even at a
distance. On the morning of Thursday
the 25th, I rode down to my office earlier
than usual, so that I would be in my place
should Captain White call, or I be sent
for. The time for the Board to convene
is ten o’clock. I waited until eleven, or
within a few minutes of eleven by the
Town Clock, but I received no notice,
nor heard from Captain White. Not
knowing what to do, not liking to forc«-
myself upon a party of gentlemen, and
still disliking to neglect a duty, I sent
Captain White a note, in substance as
follows—1 kept no copy: “I understand
there is a meeting of our Board to-day,
and that the other directors have been
requested to attend, while I have not
exceedingly that you. have not thought
that you were notified of our meeting to
day, for I informed you of the fact, and
my recollection is, I wanted you to re
main and come. I send my buggy for
yon. Please come down as soon as you-
can. Very truly,
A. J. White, Pres’t.
Capt. White says in his Card that he
did not wish to treat me with discourte
sy; that it is but a small matter; one who
has been buffeted about the world for
fifty-three years, cares but little for such
things; but there is more than this in
volved—much more. I was living in
Macon, was not only one of the Direc
tors, but the regular legal counsel of the
road at this place; I was also a Director
in the Brunswick Road, necessarily a
rival of the Central for the business of
the Macon and Western Road. I should
have been notified and advised as were
the other Directors in Macon, if it could
have been done. It could have been
done, for I was here on the. spot and
could have been seen any day after May
13th, nearly two weeks before the day of
the lease. Other Directors in Savannah,
Charleston and New York were seen and
consulted, showing I could have been
with but little trouble, even by a written
note through the postoffice, and the By
laws of the company require a written
notice for the regular meeting, much
more for a called meeting like this, and
one intended really to end the existence
of the company, as such, distinctively. I
could not say less than I have dohe; I
might have said much more, but I de
sist, following the example of Captain
White, and bracing myself with the fol
lowing from Mr. Nesbit:
CoL L. N. Whittle: Your statement of
the interview between yourself and Capt.
White, so far as what passed when I was
present, is substantially correct. Your
accosting him and his manner and reply
impressed me as though your meeting
was accidental, and that Capt. White did
not avail himself of the opportunity it
gave him to explain the objects of the
meeting of the directors of the Macon
and Western Railroad Company, about
which you asked him. Knowing myself
of the wrong contemplated to be done to
Macon, to the people of Georgia, and
the stockholders of the Macon and West
ern Railroad Company by the lease of
the letter, I gave marked attention to
what passed between you and Capt.
White, and mast say he did not come up
to a candid and frank intimation even of
so grave a subject, when, pointedly asked
by you if important business, and if so,
what, was to be acted on at the approach
ing meeting of directors.
James A. Nisbet.
Macon, Ga., June 13, 1871.
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THE MACON AND WESTERN
RAILROAD IMBROGLIO.
each for himself, as to which of 'these
roads he will connect himself with. *•
The report of the President of the
Macon & Brunswick Railroad Company
shows that the gross earnings for the last
year were:
From a'l resources $428,120.01
Operating expenses $293,720.85.
And a bonded debt of §3,800,-
000, wnich is bearing interest'
—mating an annual interest
of 266,000.00
Making $559,720.85 1 '•
as the amount paid this year for expenses
qf the Company, besides large sums for
expenditures to be made on acqount of
the extraordinary expenses as sho.wn -by
the Superintendent’s report. , T]ais will
show the operations of the Company for
lastyear Jto stand thus:
Expenses and interest $559,720.85
Andearning8 428,120.04
Leaving ;....... .$131,300.81
as excess of expenses over earnings
without the extraordinary expenses.
Now, the Central Railroad and Banking
Company’s Report for the year is as fol
lows:
Earnings of Boad and Bant $2,140,313.51
Expenses of all kinds 1,535,514.73
Making net earnings :. $901,768.31
Which will pay ten (10) per cent, on the
gapital stock of the Central Railroad,
($5,000,000), as agreed upon with this
Road in the lease we have just made,
leaving a surplus to go to the reserve
fund of $404,768 81. Our connection,
in the lease is only with the Georgia
Central Railroad from Macon to Savannah
and the branches connected thereto:'';
The Central Railroad is as -well
equipped as the Macon and Western in
every respect, with ample means to pay
all engagements she may have entered
into with other roads.
With the surroundings of this road,
nothing is more certain than that it is
your interest to connect yourself with
the Georgia Central Railroad, by lease or'
amalgamation, as soon as you can, in or
der to counteract all efforts from other!
quarters that will injuriously affect your
interest. A. J. White.
. i v •> fJ
RAILROAD MEETING.
Rabun Gap Railroad Company
Organized.
President White’s Rejoinder to
Col. Whittle.
President’s Office,
Macon, and Western R. R. Co,
Macon; Ga., June 15, 1871
! 1
Editors Telegreph and Messenger:
To Colonel Whittle’s card, which appear
ed in your issue of this day, in which lie
says:
“It maybe remarked that in my note,
which appeared in your issue of the
11th, I said, ‘I was not notified of the
proposed meeting of the Board, as the
other Directors were;’ the plain and ob
vious meaning of which certainly is, that
I was not informed of the proposed meet
ing by the President, of his own motion,
and with an explanation of the object of
that meeting, as was the case with the
other Directors. In his card he says I
approached him on the subject, not he
ipe; he does not say, and he could not
say, that he informed me of the object of
the meeting, as he had none the other
Directors. So much for my note and
President’s White’s card.”
I reply that in my previous card I gave
simply a statement of the facts, as they
existed, in reference to giving the notice
to Col. Whittle of the proposed meeting
of the Board, and never pretended that
I had given bim notice as I had the oth
er Directors; and I fully and faithfully
explained to him, at the meeting of the
Board of Directors on the 25th nit.,
(when all the directors whom he referred
to in his communication were present, I
why it was not done, and a positive dis
claimer from me to him of not intending
to neglect or overlook him; but that from
the pressure of my business and his ab
sence for a part of the time (and my own,
perhaps, when he was at home), prevent
ed me from doing what I desired and in
tended to do np to the day of the meet
ing referred to; and it is evident from
the action of tlie Board of Directors on
that day, that no intentional disrespect
was shown Col. Whittle.
His allusions to me as connected with
the signing of the lease are not as clear
as I would like. He seems to say that I
submitted to the Board of Directors
proposition for a lease (equivalent to
sale of property worth $2,500,000 to $
000,000 to discuss, amend, change, sign,
seal aud deliver the same—and do more,
turn over the road. Now, I think the
Colonel’s zeal is leading him into error;
and he will remember the'resolution or
dering the lease was passed by the Board
of Directors—was written by himself (as a
matter of favor, I admit) for another
member of the Board, and it was not mg
act but the act of the Board of Directors.
And I am sure Col. Whittle will remem
ber that he expressed the belief that he
would (as matters were working or stood)
be forced to lease the road, and that he
would go for this lease if he could not do
better.
This much I have thought it proper to
say in reply to Col. Whittle’s card in your
paper of this morning.
To the stockholders of the Macon &
Western Railroad Company, I desire fo
say that I have ever had steadily in
my mind the interests of this company.
•For more than two years a steady and
constant effort has been made to con
nect this road with the Macon & Bruns
wick Railroad Company, and that so far
as I have had any evidence of CoL
Whittle’s wishes in this connection, he
lias been a constant advocate of this
policy.
I have, with all the other local mem-
Athens, Ga., June 14/1871.
Turnbull, W. fc>.
James D.
Erwin, Garnett -McMillan,
Phillips. _ .
The Convention adjourned sine die.
The Board oi! Directors meet this even-
ning, and expect,to confer with {^ delega
tion appointed by-the city council ol' Au
gusta for the further prosecution of this
enterprise of so vital importance to the
prosperity of Athens.
Guy Abgyle.
TELEGRAPH NEWS
Bjeclal Bispatches to tie Si,
Editor Sun: A convention of the stock
holders of the Rabun Gap, or North-
Eastern Railroad, assembled here to-day
at 12 M. Considerable enthusiasm pre
vailed. Proxies and delegates represent
ing the various interests of North-east
Georgia were present in large numbers.
The meeting was called to order by Mr;
John H. Newton. Hon. Madison Bell
and John Crawford were elected secre
taries. The chairman read the report of
the executive committee, who, from the
amount of stock subscribed and the pub
lic spirit manifested in the enterprise,
felt justified in advising a convention of
the stockholders present to enter into a
permanent organization.
After calling the roll of the stockhold
ers, it was ascertained that 1670 shares
were represented, 1075 by proxy and 595
in person. During the investigation of
the committee on proxies, Mr. R. L.
Bloomfield,Superintendent of the Athens
Manufacturing Company, addressed the
meeting. His enthusiasm in behalf of
the enterprise knew no bounds, and was
equalled only by his statistical argu
ments for the same. He stated that this
projected road would afford to Athens
and Augusta a direct .route to the com
mercial emporium of the West, whither
the spirit of manufacture had already
taken its flight; that the reduction of
freights in everything pertainingto com
merce aud manufacture would be reduced
25 per cent. He commended the zeal
and public spirit of Atlanta, stating that
her enormous facilities of transportation
had induced almost every manufacturing
company of the West to establish a branch
honsc in that city.
CoL W. L. Mitchell, who followed,
said that Mr. Bloomfield had demonstra
ted the importance of the enterprise. It
only remained then to build the road,
and in order to do so capital was needed.
The question was, “have we the means?”
$300,000 had been guaranteed by private
subscription. Moreover it was an Au
gusta enterprise, and he was satisfied
they might rely on that city for $100,000
more. The Georgia Railroad Company
would not allow a company so materially
affecting her interests, to monopolize such
an enterprise. They might expect at
least $200,000 from it. Only $1,200,'
000 was needful to construct and equip
the road. The sum of $500,000 had
beeen secured. With such assurance,
and still brighter prospects they were
justified in commencing work.
Dr. Moore, said the road was one of
in terest to he whole State, and should
be zealously prosecuted.
The House then moved to the election
of officers and a permanent organiza
tion. In the absence of the Committee
on nominations, CoL McMillan, of Hab
ersham county, addressed the meeting.
He represented the people of his county
who had subscribed 320 shares,
but they were trammelled by
restrictions and conditions, that he
did not feel justified in voting. He
stated that the citizens of his connty
were enthusiastic for the road until very
recently, when it became positively
known that the Air-Line would be com
pleted, when they said one railroad was
enough. . . .
The Convention then proceeded.tq tla
election of officers for the. railroad! TIi
names of Ferdinand. Phinizy and R. S.
Bloomfield were canvassed, but finally
Maj. Campbell Wallace was unanimously
elected President. The Board of Direc
tors were invested with all the power
conferred by the charter, were authorized
to fill all vacancies, elect a Chairman who
should act as President until the Presi
dent elect should enter upon the exercise
of his duties, and were instructed to draw
np By-Laws. The Board of jXiiecfcprs
consists of the following gentlemen":
John White, Ferdinand Phinizy; R.-L
Bloomfield, S. P. Thurmondj.R. L. Moss.
Howell Cobb, J. N. Nicholson, J. H.
By Atlanta and Nashville News Agency.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Pari* Affairs.
Versailles, June 16.—Francis Paul
Meurice, dramatist and novelist, who was
arrested as a Communist, has been re-
ls&scd* * •-
The Government remains at Versailles
until October. -,
A motion has been presented in the
Assembly for the prolongation of the
of the powers of the Assembly and Thiers
two years.
Paris,. June 16.—A proclamation was
issued by the International Society,
whioh declares, “We are disarmed but
not conquered, and are still one hundred
thousand strong. Favre and Trochu
were the authors of o^r misfortunes, aid
ed by capital and the priesthood. We
accept the responsibility of the conflagra
tion. . We must have no -interior depu
ties; no division, at>the polls; Reaction
took away pur.arms but not our votes.—
Vive la Sooiale Republique, Vive la Com
mune!” ft'-.uni if > a b".
London, Jnly.16.—The Times states
that the French loan will amount to two
milliard francs.
A special fo the Times from Paris re
ports that the state of siege ceases to-day,
Friday... . . .
German soldiers visiting Paris are oc
casionally insulted in the streets, and
have been refused seats at tables in res
taurant
o-t <o , -ItiiH . i »; ;
,v The Pope to Betide in Corsica.
Rome',' 5 Juno lU— 1 The Pope has an
nounced-his intention of repairing; to the
Island of Corsica, if King Victor Eman
uel should enter Rome. The Pope will
there avail himself of the refuge and asy-
liim placed at hisdisposal by the French
Government, some time ago, and will
(probably reside on the Island till the
troubles now affecting the Holy See have,
in a measure, subsided.
Celebrating' Victories on a Huge Seale•
Berlin, J’uhe-' -IS.-^-The 1 - preliminary
festivities of the grand triumphal entry
commenced: to-day. ;.-The Opening was
most attspiaious. The „city is flooded
with visitors, and enormous crowds are
massed along the route to be taken by
the procession.,
A prominent feature in the programme
will be a •.
Collottal . Statue.
representing the Goddess of Victory, on
either side of which will be paintings of
the captured fortresses of Metz and
Strasbourg. The fig.ire of “ Victory ”
in the centre will be surrounded by cap
tured cannon. Numerous
Mammoth Paintings
are across the streets along the route.—
Several of these represent the campaigns
through which the victorious German
army lately passed.
Evergreen*
line the whole route like a forest. The
Crown Prince’s palace is magnificently
decorated, as also many public buildings.
Festoons of evergreens and flowers are
everywhere displayed, on which are hung
medallions in bronze, which .have been
struck in honor of the victories of the
German armies.
JVo Claims to bemade by Uncle Sum.
Versailles, June 16.—The United
States Government has - announced
through its representatives here and at
Berlin, that it has no claims to make
against the belligerents engaged in the
late Franco-German war, or in .the still
more reoent civil war with the Commune,
for damages inflicted on the persons or
property of American citizens then in
France.
JVot to beJttoved for a Time. ■
Paris, Jnne 16.—There will be no
transfer of the Executive and Legislative
Departments of the Government to this
place, but it will remain as at present,
until October.
Bochefort apd Bosset.
A court-martial will assemble next week
for the trial of Rochefort and RosseL
Motions have been submitted in the
Assembly by Bage, providing for a pro
longation of both the present Assembly
and Thiers’ Presidency for, two years—
also for the selection of a committee to
draw up a bill constituting the future
Government of France.
The Communist General Lacedia has
been arrested in the Department of
Coloadas.
Nothing has yet been determined by
the Government relative to raising a state
of siege in Paris.
Bcpt Under Arm*.
Versailles, June 16.—Gen. Douay’s
corps has gone to Lyons. • Its mission is
to .disarm the national-guards in the
valley of the Rhine, from-Lyons to Mar
seilles. Gen. Clerchant remains at Ver
sailles, and Gen. Lodmeville in Paris,
with 60,000 men. Over 20,000 are to be
sent to Algeria. Two corps are at Ver
sailles. The principal towns throughout
the country are to be garrisoned. - - The?
chief newspapers have distributed them
selves for the support of partisan parties
as candidates for the Assembly, and have
guarantied that they will support law
and orders -
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Startling Jcddent~-Jttr. Vallandigham Shot.
Dayton, O., June 16.—The startling
announcement has just been received by
telegram, that Hon. C. L. Vallandigham
accidently shot himself through the ab
domen in Lebanon to-night,•' and it is
thought is fatally wounded.
\Y idle making a speeh at the bar in .
murder triaL he had, on a table by him,
hn empty and A loaded .pistol, and was
showing how
self. UnfortunatelyT
loaded pistol instead of the’!
which went off, the ball passing tfir?
bis abdomen.
hater from Vallandigham.
A dispatch from Lebanon says physi
cians entertain no hope for the life of
Vallandigham. The ball entered down
wards and has not yet been found. A
leading physician at Cincinnati has been
telegraphed for, and has started for Le
banon.
Suicided—Pad no TVife.
Georgetown, Ky., June 16.—A well-
known lawyer, named Judge J. W. Shep
pard, sixty years old, and unmarried,
committed suicide by shooting himself.
He has been partially insane for some
time.
A IYZ/oip “JPi7e.”
Columbus, Ohio, Jnne 16.—Six tons
of twenty dollar gold pieces'or $200,000;
alsoj a million in mutilated currency, in
transit from San Francisco to Washing
ton.
New York, June 16—The ferry boat,
“Seneca,” of the Staten Island Line, was
burned last night.
Anniversary of the Pope** Beign.
In all the Catholic churches to-day,
the 25th anniversary of the Pontificial
reign of Pope Pius IX was celebrated by
high mass, processions and singing of
“Te Deum.”
St. Patrick's Cathedral Archbishop .Tfc-
Ciosky
Made an address on the reign of the
Pope for so long a period. In many of
the churches these jubilee services will
continue till Sunday next.
Troubles of the .Welhodist Book Concern.
■The trial of Dr. Lanahan of the Mfeth-
odist Book Concern commenced to-day.
The charges brought against him are a
disregard and contempt of the authori
ties, of the Concern, and unfounded and
persistent attack against its good name
and credit. A recourse Las been had
to the Civil Courts to compel him to
produce the books of the concern. Only
one witness was examined during the
morning session.
Sim Bisk's Soldiers.
The 9th Regiment, Col. Jim Fisk, jr.,
commanding, left for Boston, escorted to
the boat by the Bth Regiment. The 9th
will participate in celebrating the battle
of Bunker Hill to-morrow,
Boston, June 16.—The Boot and Shoe
market unchanged.
Bunker Pill Celebration.
Great preparations are being made
here and at Charlestown for celebrating
the Battle of Bunker Hill to-morrow.
nighty Pard to Pill."
Springfield, III., June 16.—Lewis
Bandallet, doorkeeper of the House of
Representatives; while in a somnambu
listic state, walked out of a three-story
window in the hotel, fell on the awning
and bounced off in the street—not much
hurt.
Accident and Heath.
St. Paul, Minn.. June 16.—Mrs. Jane
Tuttles, wife of the ex-Sheriff of this
place, was thrown from her carriage last
evening by her horse suddenly starting.
In falling, she struck her head upon
stone, causing almost instant death.
% Episcopal Canon.
The Canon of the Episcopal Church of
the Diocese of Minnesota is in session
here. Delegates to the General Canon
have been elected.
Very halesl from Vallandigham.
Lebanon, June 16—midnight.—The
physicians have just held a consultation,
and think there is a -possibility of Val-
landigham’s wound not proving fatal.—
They have probed tactile depth of four
inches, but have not reached the ball.—
There are symptoms of internal hemor
rhage. He is lying unconsciou.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
.Wore Outrages.
Washington, June 16.—Information
has been received at the White House
of outrages committed-on colored resi
dents near Salisbury, N. C.
Wm. Pearson. Assistant Assessor for
the District of Salisbury, N. C*, writes
under date of June 13th, as follows
T met to-day Robert Logan,
Aaron Beckerstaff and daughter of
Rutherford county. They were flying
from their homes, being driven off by
the Ku-Klux. It was reported that on
Sunday night fifty disguised Ku-Klux
entered Rutherford and brutally beat, a
negro, a justice of the peace and a mem
ber of the Legislature. The band also
completely gutted the Star office. Lo
gan, Beckerstaff and others narrowly es
caped with their-lives.
Cabinet meeting unimportant.
Browburg, Postmaster at Mobile, who
was lately discharged, refuses to turn
over the office* to his successor, Putnam.
The Postmaster-General has telegraphed
him peremptorily, to surrender the office.
The testimony of Governor Stanly of
Alabama, before the Ku-Klux Com
mittee to-day, completely riddled the
Radicals, and showed that most of con
flicts paraded before the Committee were
not political, but grew out of personal
rivalries and contests. Marked impres
sion was produced by his account of the
disappearance of five negroes alleged to
have been killed by the Ku-Klux.
Gov. Lindsay was the counsel of these
men. They had been members of a ne
gro conspiracy to bum the town of Tus
caloosa, but had compromised by burn
ing the female seminary building there,
and had confessed their crime to Gov.
Lindsay. They were only convicted, and
while in jail had been released by their
Radical friends and escaped from the
State. Gov. Lindsay described Alabama
election law, which punishes any person
for challenging a vote, but yet inflicts
no punishment for the ill.
In regard to the whipping of Dorman
for preaching the Gospel, it appeared
that he had, on being ordered off by the
owner of the plantations for incendiary
language, drawn a knife, and had been
knocked down for it. For this act of
self-defence this gentleman and many
neighbors were arrested as Ku-Klux.
Dorman, pretending to be a preacher,
had committed rape on his own cousin
in Georgia, and was a fugitive from jus
tice.
Gov. Lindsay was the first witness ex
amined on the part of the Democrats,
and is to appear again before the Com-
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