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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN-
THE daily sln. THE GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS
Wednesday Morning. October 25 ; —
==== THE BRUNSWICK k ALBANY RAILROAD MUDDLE
BOOK NOTICE.
when the road is completed. As yet,{ Clews* Co., No. 32 Wall street, New York
only $655,000 of the company’s bonds! City, principal and interest to date of
have been deposited in the State Treasu- P a ^ enti . Jjk. , . ,
. _ .. a,; e . oon , e , , : other proof might be introduced, but
ry, while the -whole $1,880,000 of State . , . ,.
, . , , . t , this is enough. There is rascality m the
bonds have been duly executed, ,, J
1 matter.
signed and sealed, and delivered to
the Governor. Also, the whole of the
bonds for the full length of the road, for
One Explanation Suggested.
We have before us another new Geor-1
gia Book. It is by the Rev. John S. Wil- A BIG MINE OF RASCALITY
son, D. D., and from the Franklin Print- i . =
ing House, both of this city. We find a most extraordinary Procla-
Tbe work is a neat volume, of 379 j mation by Gov. Bullock, in the New
pages, and is gotten up in good style. j Era, of yesterday.
It is entitled “Necrology," or “The In it he specifies that the Chief Engi-
Dead of the Synod of Georgia.” j neer of the Brunswick and Albany Rail- emor Bullock has delivered to Mr. Kim- j ougb t. no t ^o have left*the Gover-
Some of the friends of Gov. Bullock
the first indorsement of §15,000 per mile, 8Uggest that Mr. Kimball has overreach-
liave been didy executed, sealed and de- j ^ deceived him; that he relied on
livered to the Goa ernor. , Kimball’s financial ability and accommo-
It has long been suspected that Gov-; dated him wi(Jl bonds to a large amountj
Dr. Wilson is well known as one of the j roa d, lias informed bim that persons
most venerable and able Divines of the having claims against the road, had
Presbyterian Church in the Southern j seized the rolling stock and other prop-
States. To him, in conjunction with j erty, interfering with its operations;
Rev. Dr. N. A. Pratt, was assigned the That said Engineer is unable to secure
duty some years ago, by the Synod of
Georgia, to collect the memorials of “the
Departed Brethren” of the Synod, and
to prepare biographical sketches of them
for publication.
The book in hand is the result of the
labors thus undertaken; and well has he
performed the hallowed task imposed.
We have read with great interest many
of these sketches, some of them can not
fail to be interesting, not only to every
Georgian, but to thousands of others I
scattered over the Southern States. We
allude especially to the memories of Dr.
Moses Waddell, Dr. John Brown, Dr.
Robert Finley, and Dr. Alonzo Church;
all of whom, at one time or another,
were Presidents of our State University;
and several of whom exerted an influ
ence over the intellect of this and ad
joining States, which will be felt for
many years to come. But, besides these,
what Georgian can fail to be deeply in
terested in perusing what is herein col
lected and treasured up of Dr. Tallmage,
Dr. Hoyt, Dr.LCliarles Colcock Jones,
(who was one of the most eloquent men
we ever heard speak, either in the pul
pit or elsewhere), Dr. Goulding, Dr.
McWhir, Isaao Waddell, and John W.
Reid, to say nothing of others on the
list.
We feel truly gratified that Dr. Wilson
has been spared to finish this great book,
and to perform, in the manner he has,
the sacred duty assigned him by the
Synod. We are also highly gratified to
see such'a specimen of book manufac
ture at our very doors.
The time will soon come, we trust,
when Georgia authors will not have to go
out of the limits of the State in search of
publishers; or of printing establishments,
capable of putting up work of the sort,
so far as mechanical execution is con
cerned, in as neat and elegant a style as
it can he done elsewhere.
This time will come when our people
shall patronize our own publications, of
sound, useful and instructive productions,
by our own writers, instead of going in
search of mental food among the abom
inable garbage, which is thrown in such
abundance from the press in other quar
ters, mainly because it is sensational and
cheap. This book of Dr. Wilson we
recommend to our readers as one well
worthy to be in every family library.
A. H. S,
Dr. Bard.
A special dispatch to the Savannah
News, from Washington, the 22d inst.,
says:
“Poor old Sam. Bard may be seen
almost any morning sitting on the steps
of the White House, watching for the
appearance of the inscrutable. The of
ficials, and even the ushers at the White
House, laugh at Bard’s efforts to regain
favor."
The Doctor left here a few days ago.
It was announced in his paper that he
was on his way to Washington. We all
at once knew he was trying to make
friends with Grant. His paper has been
pointing in that direction for some time,
and we have already predicted that he
would go over to tho support of Grant,
if he would be allowed to. He will, we
suppose, have to bring forth fruits meet
for repentance, before he regains that
lost favor. It would have been better
for him if he. had never pretended to
quit the Radical ranks.
STATE MATTERS.
auy action on the part of the President
and Directors of the Company, looking
to the payment of their dues, or remov
ing obstacles in the wajrof operating the
Road;
That since the above report was made,
to him, he has not been able to obtain
satisfactory assurances of the ability of
the Company to pay its liabilities;
And because the State has a prior lien
upon all the property of the Company,
to the end that the laborers, contractors
and the State may be secured, proclaims
that the State has taken possession of the
road, with all its property, and placed the
same in the hands of Col. John Screven,
of Savannah, President of the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad Company.
The foregoing is stated in substance;
but the following is very important and
we copy it entire:
And I hereby give notice and Naming
to all persons, that bonds of the said
Brunswick and Albany Railroad Com
pany indorsed by the State, and bonds of
the State exchanged for the second mort
gage bonds of said company, will not be
recognized as carrying with them any ob
ligation upon the State for redemption,
until all valid claims for amounts due to
laborers and contractors, and for famish
ing material, shall have been fully paid
and satisfied, and the party or parties
holding said bond or bonds prove that
the proceeds thereof were legitimately
applied to the construction of said road,
evidence of which may be filed with Hon.
Clifford Anderson, of Bibb county, at
Macon; Hon. Arthur Hood, of Randolph
county, at Cuthbert; Messrs. Hines &
Hobbs, of Dougherty county, at Albany,
or Hon. Robert H. Brown, of Fulton
county, at Atlanta—who are attorneys
for the State in this connection.
He then proceeds to direct all officers
of the State, civil and military, to aid
the Agent of the State in maintaining the
peaceful possession of the Road till
farther orders.
This document makes a wretchedly bad
showing for the Governor, and the crowd
of plunders who have fastened upon the
body politic. That whole Brunswick and
Albany Road was a wicked, plundering
scheme, and a fraud upon the people of
Georgia—the perpetrators of which de
serve the severest pnnishment.
By means best known to themselves
they procured a State indorsement of
$15,000 per mile. The road runs through
a country nearly level—requiring but
very little grading abounding
with the greatest abundance of the very
best timber, and could not cost much to
build it. Occasionally there was
swamp, but we learn that Mr. Kimball
has gone round them considerably, and
has made the Road very crooked—all for
the purpose of spinning out as many
miles as possible. We think it not un
likely that the cost of construction and
equipment is not much, if any more than
$15,000 per mile; and it is a stretch of
the credulous, to suppose such an in
dorsement was obtained from the Legis
lature and approved by the Governor by
honest means. *
Bnt the most astounding transaction is
that the Legislature afterwards, was in
duced to pass an act, and the Governor
to approve it, granting an additional in
dorsement of $8,000 per mile—taking as
its only security a second mortgage on
the road for $10,000 per mile.
This bill was approved 17th October,
1870. It sets opt with a -where
as, that to provide the necessary roll
ing stock, piers, wharves, cotton presses,
&c., to fit the road to “become the eastern
section of the Great Southern Pacific R.R,
an “outlay of at least fifty thousand dol-
ball the whole of these bonds, in advance nor>8 bands _ reljillg on ^ to be ab i e
of the building of the road, and in vio- tQ take oufc of « 80ak » and refcQrn tbem
lation of the law which requires them to L the Executive office> if they sll0uld
be delivered as every ten miles are com-1 ever be ca]led for> and tbat he
pleted, and the Governor’s Proclamation nQW CQme to time# ^ * BUggested .
gives strong confirmation of this belief. »-• -<
Why does he warn persons that the Too Much ora Good Thing.
bonds indorsed by the State will not be | Mr. H. L Kimball, we believe, isPres-
recognized as valid till he has certain tdent of seven railroad companies—all
proofs which lie names ? having heavy State indorsement—yet did
If he has delivered the bonds to Mr. no t succeed in building one. Too many
Kimball according to law, why need he roads—too mnch State indorsement—too
care who has them, or whether certain rn a o y irons in the fire. That’s what’s the
debts due by the road are paid or not ? ma tt er .
If he has allowed them to be used con-
, , , , . , . . , Was that Seizure Legal?
trary to law, his conduct can be under- 1
stood. Why does he appoint a number I The law provides that whenever the
of eminent lawyers to ascertain these interest due by the Brunswick & Albany
facts? It was his duty to know tbat I Railroad on bonds for which the State is
the law was folly complied with be- liable, shall not be paid for sixty days
fore delivering the bonds. There his after the same becomes due, the Gover-
duties ended. Why should he wish to nor shall at once take possession of the
find out the condition of the Brunswick road and run it for the benefit of the
and Albany Railroad ? If he has issued State; and if the interest shall then re-
the bonds legally, he has nothing to fear, main unpaid for six months, he shall sell
and his precipitate flight to New York is it. It does not give him authority to
useless. The only reasonable hypothesis seize the road, except for nonpayment of
that he has been doing something dues to the State, or for which the State
wrong. is liable.
It is conjectured that Bullock and The Governor, in Ms proclamation,
Kimball intended to make a joint profit does not allege such a failure to pay in-
out of the illegal issue or use of 1 bonds, terest or dues; hence, it is fair to pre-
ond, if necessary, Kimball was to suine the seizure was not for this cause,
‘cover” for him, but that having placed The question is, had he the 'authority to
the bonds beyond his control, and the do so?
crash coming suddenly, leaves Bullock Altogether, the Governor's conduct is
naked and Kimball has nothing to cover strange and inexplicable/
him with. If this be correct, it explains
his sadden visit to New York.
The Era is very particular to say that I Two new locomotives, “Brunswick”
the Governor left on Monday night, and and ‘‘Albany,” for the B. ■& A. Railroad,
will reach New York on Thursday morn- passed through here yesterday en route
ing, and return to this city on Saturday for Albany. We suppose they will not
night. It is suggested by some, that if | he too late,
he has bsen guilty of what is indicated
above as a belief, he will never return; I
but we shall see. He may not have been
doing so, but his official conduct is very |
strange.
Seventy-five men, women and children
left Floyd county, for Arkansas, Sunday
night.
The Express says the people of Carters-
ville have plenty whisky, but are dread
fully short of water.
The Worrell sisters are doing Macon
and her visitors.
The Macon Citizen appears in a suit of
bran new type, and looks as “lovely as a
rose,” but that title head is awful.
Americas has had a rain storm to brag
about.
We learn from the Indian Spring Mir
ror that on the 16th inst., a little daugh
ter of Joseph Wise, of Factory TTillj in
Butts county, fell from a tree while gath
ering chestnuts, and was severaly injured.
She fell about thirty feet upon a fence,
and was carried home with a broken
thigh, an arm broken about the wrist, a
fractured jaw, teeth knocked out, and
generally bruised from head to foot. The
attending physician, Dr. T. S. Saunders,
informed us yesterday that his patient
was doing well.
The Monroe Advertiser says: On Satur
day last, our citizens voted on the propo
sitions submitted by the Commissioners
of the town, for the purpose of aiding
Hilliard Male Institute and Monroe Fe
male College—the count resulting in 67
votes being cast for, and only 9 against;
subscription. The subscription thus car
ried will be $15,000.
The Forsyth Presbyterians have pur
chased the old Methodist Church prop
erty, and will, in future, have regular
services.
lars per mile” will be required; that the
road, when completed, will be fuliy
I worth that sum, and be an ample securi
ty for a bonded debt of at least $25,000
per mile. This, of course, is a big false
hood, perpetrated intentionally.*
The whereas harps upon the impor
tance of securing to Georgia the Eastern
terminus of the Great Southern Pacific R,
R., and repeals so much of the first act as
required the Treasurer to indorse the
bonds, and makes it the duty of the
Governor to do that work—giving no
reason for the change.
It then provides for the road to deliver
to the Governor its bonds to the amount
of $2,350,000, covering a second mort
gage of the road to the State, of $10,000
per mile on the whole road when folly
completed; and that the Governor shall
deliver to the Company bonds oi
the State, at the rate of $8,000
per mile as fast as every ten miles of the
road are
The indorsement
is to be made as fast as every ten miles
are completed and equipped.
The road was intended to be 235 miles
long. This, at $10,000 per mile, requires
$2,350,000 of the company’s bonds to he
issued, wMch the law requires to be de
posited with the Treasurer, as security
for the State’s indorsement of $8,000 per
mile, which would make the whole
amount of indorsed bonds $1,880,000
New Locoinotixes.
Some Rascality in This.
A Suggestion on tlxe Other Side.
It is suggested that Gov. Bullock is
responsible for Kimball’s failure, in this:
That he, of Ms own will, persistently had
bonds of the State orepared and has of
fered to sell them illegally, which the
Treasurer of the State was bound to ex-
With a great flourish of trumpets, it
has been announced, through the Press pose in defense o£ himself and Ms Becuri -
by telegraph, and otherwise, ties > “ consequence of wMch they could
that Governor Bullock, with com- not be sold-thus preventing Mr. Kim-
mendable good judgment, had selected bsdl hom reallzlD S on ***’> ^nce his
the great Banking House of Henry
failure. Every question has two sides to
Clews & Co. as the Financial Agent of 80 they say.
Georgia.—the same House to'wboii had
been given the United States Financial
Agency in London, which was so long
and so satisfactorily fi’led by the Barings.
This statement has been made and be
lieved for months. Now, the House of
Another Swindling Feature.
The Bonds wMch Gov. Bullock has is
sued for the Brunswick and Albany Rail
road, are payable in gold—known as
“Gold Bonds.” Not one word is said
Trying to get up a Scare Crow.
Those who axe pleading against the
impeachment of Gov. Bullock, upon thp
ground that it will bring military govern
ment upon us, are not making his
any better, neither are they gaining any
credit for themselves. We understand
that some who claim to be Democrats are
urging this course. They are .Exposing
themselves to the very grave suspicion of
aiming to screen the Governor from
what they know to be the oust punish
ment of his crimes, for a ^elfish or cor
rupt motive. The public/mind at once
goes to the conclusion ttyit such persons
have axes to grind of base material, suit
ed only to the kind of grin destone which
Bullock is believed, tj/have.
We suppose tint there is not a man
in the Legislature, who in the
least, desires or would advocate,
any malicious impeachment or unjust or
unlawful punishment of the Governor.—
We are 6ure that no effort of this kind
will meet with any sort of favor. The
plea of letting him alone lest Gen. Grant
should take vengeance on ns for justly
punishing a criminal, comes with a very
poor grace. It pre-supposes him to be
guilty of an impeachable offense, but
suggests that we retain in the Executive
Chair a man guilty of high crimes. It
is disreputable to the intellect of any
man to recommend this course for the
reason which some assign—leaving out
of view the exposure he makes of his
morals.
What! Gen. Grant assume the position
of visiting vengeance upon a people be
cause a man guilty of Mgh crime and
violation of just law has been convicted
and punished? The very idea is pre
posterous. The President has not the
effrontery to assume any such position
before the American people. If he is so
disposed, let him do so. The sooner
that course is taken by him, the sooner
will the reign of the dominant Faction
and their lawlessness terminate.
No. The proper ground for the
friends of Bullock to assume is that
he is innocent, and has done no wrong.
If he has violated no law; if he has dis
charged his duty honestly and faithfully,
he will remain in office. No one will de
sire or attempt to oust him, if he has
kept Ms skirts clear and his hands clean.
If he has been guilty of criminal con
duct, the men who plead for him simply
on the ground that his removal will bring
military rule, make themselves ridiculous,
and lay themselves open to the very dis
creditable suspicions alluded to.
Gentlemen, if you want to save Bul
lock, fight for him squarely. Take up
the cudgels in Ms behalf, and defend him
upon his record—upon his official con
duct—upon his merits. You will win, if
you show that he is right. A defense of
him upon any other ground is unmanly,
and cannot stand the test of a common
scrutiny.
MAYOR'S COURT.
Clews & Co. deny being the Agents of about V old in * he cl f^’ or the
the State, as will be seen by the follow- S rantm S the additional $8,000 per mile,
ing letter to Dr. Angier, which fully ex- on second mortgage bonds,
plains itself- The Legislature, as one of its corrupt
Bnk’g House ofHenby Clews & Co., 1 “ d PtaaSeimg schemes, afterwards,
32 Wall Street, New York, V passed an act that all the bonds issued by
October 21, 1871. .) the State, from that time forth, should
Hon. A. L. Angier, State Treasurer, At- be payable in Gold. Upon this ex post
lanta, Ga.: \ facto authority, Bullock has issued Gold
Dear Sir: Your esteemed favor of tne K , __ , .. ~ . ,
7th instant was duly received, in which I Bonds to Mr. Kimball. We know not
you desire us “as Financial Agents of I what view a court would take of the le-
Georgia in New York,” to furnish an ac- gality of this proceeding—unless the
count of our transactions in the bonds of - ud e ^ such case should be a friend,
that State, setting forth “the amount and r ° . , , , .... ... , ,,
kind issued; the amount sold or hypoth- apologist:and'extreme political ally of the
ecated; Hie amount realized by such. I Governor—in which case there could not
transactions, and especially the amount be much doubt; but to common sense
disbursed, and an itemized statement on honest meaning people, there is but one
what account. ... , ,, , view, which is, that the issue or indorse-
In reply we have the honor to say that “
the Fourth National Bank of New York ment of Gold bonds for this road, is a
are the Financial Agents of your State violation of the true spirit of the law.
here. Our firm has never held that ap-1 and an intentional fraud,
pointmenf.
We have submitted to Governor Bul
lock an account covering our taansactions I
with the State of Georgia. The same
doubtless has, or will be, laid before you
in.time for your report to the Assembly.
Yours, very respectfully,
Henry Clews & Co.
One of the Causes of Mr. Kim
ball’s Failure.
If what we have often heard said, or
expressed, as current belief, has any
foundation, in fact, we have one clue to
Dr. Angier, it will be seen, propound-1 Mr. Kimball’s failure, which should be a
ed the proper questions, covering the warning to every man who may contem-
whole ground. He wanted the informa- plate any improper method of obtaining
tion to lay before the Legislature. He money.
has failed to receive it. "We have heard the opinion very posi
It will be seen that Clews kept the tively expressed that Mr. K. paid very
Doctor’s letter on hand long enough to large sums of money to lobby members,
communicate with Bullock before reply- to procure the passage of railroad char
ing. This means something. ters—especially the Brunswick and A L-
Bnt Clews & Co. deny that they are bany—and other measures in which he
Financial Agents of the State. This we was deeply interested. It seems that the
shall show is not true: Legislature did every thing he asked oi
The following is an extract of a letter it, and it is believed that these measures
from Henry Clews & Co., to the New C ould not have passed the Legislature
York Times in the early part of this year: notwithstanding its known unwortMness
“ The last report of the Treasurer of an d incompetence, had not a liberal ap-
Gecrgia is actuated by violent personal i- ... „ . . ^
hostilities towards the Executive, as jg plicatmn of grease, m the way of
evinced by the whole language of the greenbacks, been made,
documents. With tMs hostility we have We have heard it stated that one man
nothing to do; bnt as agents of the State, residing in this city, who occupies a ,
in connection with its loans, we are in a L • , , . upies a 1
position to know of the amount of the spicuous notoriety, at this time, being
new issue of bonds referred to by the accu sed of heavy State Road frauds, for
Treasurer, and the finances of the State for 'wMch indictments will be preferred
v . The amount of indebtedness against Iiitt) bas made S25 00ft or
completed aod in running order. ieSr^bei^OM W 0ther '“‘S 6 ’ En “- for his as
>rsement of fiist mortgage bonds has been increased since, only by an ad- niember in procuring the passage
clitional issue of $2,000,000 gold 7 per °f such bills by the Legislature, and their
° f '’ htaI ‘ ™ 018 f ppr ° Ta ! b r * ie Oo'^or. We have
On ihe 30th November last, the follow- beat « that uramdmis, who are
ing letter was written hv Mr. H C Cor- M ,° 0gmze4 . 88 fl « nlta K in nil
son, Gov. Bollock's private secretary to °* con:I,p ‘ 10 “' “ d lriws < i names
G. P. Curry, Esq., Augusta Ga • ^ ^ / t ° nC6 ° CCUr t0 m0sfc of our readers >
(( t T* *? T rZ ua -- made large amounts by renderine- snob
“I am instructed- by His Excellency, services. 7 rendering such
1°. “to®* you that bonds If this belief be well founded it ac
bl t ™if tate ’ wlncl1 kave fallen due, will counts for Mr. Kimball’s failure’ a 1
he paid upon presentation to Messrs. Ls it goes. 5
Is it Ignorance, or is Some
thing Else Aimed at?
The Governor, as we stated yesterday,
has seized the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad, without authority of law; for
he can only do so after the road fails to
pay interest on the indorsed bonds.
TMs has not occurred yet—at* any rate it
is not alleged.
But he says he has seized it “to the
end that the laborers, contractors, and
the State may be secured for all just
debts,” and he gives warning to all that
the first mortgage bonds of the road, in
dorsed by the State, and the State bonds
given in exchange for the second
mortgage bonds, will not be recognized
by the State “until all valid claims for
amounts due to laborers and contractors,
and for famishing material, shall have
been fully paid and satisfied, and the
party or parties holding said bond or
bonds prove that the proceeds thereof
were legitimately applied to the construc
tion of said road.”
Lowry, tUe Lenient.
His Honor did not appear yesterday
morning, at the usual hour. The assem
bled convicts who had been trembling
with suspense gave a sigh of relief. They
stand in awe of the unrelenting will of
oar honored Mayor.
Fitzgibbon, however, with Ms usual
urbanity, received their cards, ushered
them into the drawing room, besought
them to make themselves at home,
(which they would have gladly done),
and hurried up to the presence
of His Honor, who was in the room
above, deeply absorbed in business.
Pat, with the most obsequious suavity,
reminded His Honor that he was Lord
Mayor of Atlanta town, and that his
many friends were awaiting his presence
down stairs. His Honor returned Ms
compliments and regretted he was “not
at home,” but in his absence delegated
his right hand man, Lowry, as
MASTER OP THE DAY’S REVELRIES.
(Wm.) Holland was completely inun
dated with a flood of tears. This cannot be
attributed, however,to aleak in the levee.
This is the case which His Honor de
ferred from time to time, in default of
competent witnesses. We are no longer
at a loss to account for such precaution.
What we considered an important trial
proves to be Holland vs. Mayor and Coun
cil of Atlanta. His Honor had issued
subpoenas for the appearance of some of
the crown princes, and was awaiting their
arrival. They were very indignant that
any portion of dev Vaterland should be
assailed for an offense, but so it was, and
they deposited $5 a donation to the im
migration fund.
SAMUEL LOWE,
A youth of loio degree, was the rebel who
instigated Holland to insult the people
of Atlanta on the sacred Sabbath. Pe
nalty: $6.00. $5.00—$6.00, $1.00. Here
is the difference of offense between the
instigator and the perpetrator. If there
be a modern Blackstone, let Mm note
this as an authoritative precedent.
frank long |
Mtched his horse too long on the side
walk. He pleaded ignorance of the law,
and was permitted to pay costs. Frank
was the sable brother of Miss Lucy, the
famous cradle rocker.
THAT SAME YOUTH,
To “fortune and fame unknown,” bids
fair to become very notorious. He was
discovered the last moonshiny night, on
Peters street improvising thus :
•• Como sit a while beside mo
Beneath the moon’s pale light,
And oh! forbear to chide me
For I am sad to-night.
The shadow of tho morrow
Is falling round my heart;
And a voice of wildest sorrow
Is whispering, -we must part."
In response to this piteous, heart-rend
ing appeal, one of the city official sat
down beside him and caressed him, but
he continued:
'•Sweet Love! the way is dark and drear,
Danger and battle threaten near.”
He was right. His revery was un
fathomable. The city gentleman was
touched. He conveyed him from the
peril that threatened him. For fear
that such talents might languish
in obscurity, the youth was invi
ted to His Honor’s reception, where
he might secure the Mayor for Ms lite
rary patron. His Honor commended his
talents, but stated that such improvisa
tion was conducive to lunacy, and charged
him $5 and costs, Oh! the obstacles
that embarrass youthful genius!
FELIX SMITH
threw some offensive matter on the street,
yet he was happy, until he paid costs. It
is a pity that
JOS. LEADBETTER
does not lead better life. He left home
on Monday morning with $4.00, and re
turned drunk as a brick. Three min
strels were summoned, who testified that
he was a* hopeless case—he had grown
old and hardened in sin. One of them
said:
Now, the law gives the State
prior lien upon the entire road
and all its equipments, which is to
be preferred to any debts due by
the Company to “laborers and contrac
tors.” Why is Gov. Bullock trying to
secure payment to, first, laborers, then
contractors, and, lastly, the State? Why
should it concern him, whether laborers
and contractors are paid or not? It is
his business to see that the State is se
cured as far as possible—nothing more.
The seizure of the road without law
ful authority to do so, and his anxiety to
secure the claims of others in preference
to those of the State, must have some
meaning that is not at once apparent.
Who are these laborers and contrac
tors? We have been told that much of
the work on that road has been done
by the “Georgia Contracting Company,”
of which Mr. Kimball himself is one of
the principal members. TMs, if so, sug
gests that the Governor is making an
effort to save as much to Mr. K. as he
can, out of the wreck, In preference to
securing the State against loss. The en
tire proceeding also, so far as seizing the
road is concerned, looks like a sham a
mere pretense—a blind thrown up, be
hind wMchto do something’that will not
bear the light of day. It looks like a
desperate effort on Gov. Bullock s part
the taking of an unlawful step to ae
complish some unfair or unlawful pur
pose. Is this the object, or did he not
know any better?
“I know a woman, pale and slight,
With heart in hopeless mood.
Who often toils throughout tho night
To earn, her husband’s food.
While he in strength of manhood’s power,
Some gay saloon will seek,
And spend more money in an hour
Than she earns in a week.”
Lowry knew she meant the man s wife,
and with heart beating for suffering hu
manity, he asked the savage to pay $10
and costs for being such a barbarian.
That civilized Mm.
Pat Fitzgibbon, Jr., anon attache of
tho Court, bumped his head, which was
the signal for adjourning.
Important Decision.*
A decision was given by Judge Hop
kins, yesterday, in the Superior Court,
in the case of A. C. Yan Epps vs. the
City of Atlanta, for damages resulting
from falling in an excavation on Marietta
street, in the night. The counsel main
tained that, as the city was a party to the
suit, its citizens could not serve as jurors
in the trial of the case. The Judge sus
tained the point, and further decided that
he could not preside ia the trial of the
case.
> •-*
Sentence Commuted.
Governor Bullock, on yesterday, com
muted the death sentence of C. 0. Reese,
to imprisonment for life. Reese, it
he remembered, killed a man namedM
wards, in Crawfordville, some time m s
year. He was tried in Sparta during tu
present year, convicted and the sentenc
of death pronounced. His executi
was to have taken place to-morrow. _
friends have been very zealous in his
half, and they are rewarded in this com
mutation of penalty.
