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THE BUTLER HERALD. W. X. BEHN8. Btlltt and Pullnhar. i $1.00. Pn A«MJK TTXSDAt MARCH asth 1879 RMlJbmd Freight., W« bar* aavar joined in the general clamor against railroads, tor we hare sometimes thought that the; were more often tho op pressed than the oppressor. Whm we now purpose saying is not therefore dictated by prejudice or ill-will. Within the past few years how- erer there hea come a great change in the management of railroads. The managers of these corporations hare inaugurated a system of pool ing, by means of which all compe tition has been destroyed and the people plaoed in a large measure at their mercy; and what that mer cy is, and will be, may be learned from the truthful proverb that “corporations have no souls." One of the great advantages de rived by the people from railroads has been cheep and speedy trans portation; but since the inji'gura- tionof the pooling system freig/ts have been advancing with such rapid strides that they have gone so high they have beobme intolerably andoutrageonsly oppressive, ex- cept to the few who have the good fortune to be in it position in whieh they can obtain "through rates/’ Now we do not demand uniform rates, but wo do think we are en titled to rates that, ate reasonable We think we have a right to com plain, and if emu] luint be ttnheed ed, that we have a right to invoke the strong arm of the law for our protection, whenever the fteigh demanded is largely in excess of what would be a just ami fair com pensatiou for the service rendered Take fur instance the rates of tha South-western Railroad. A buggy waa shipped from Indian apolis to Geneva at a cost of six dollars; about the tame time a bog. gy was shipped from Jlacon to the same placeat a cost of nine dolllors Again,a party in tijis town bought about sixty dollars , worth of fur niture in Atlanta; t\e freight cn toe lot was nineteen . dollars. He could have wagoned It home and caved money. Until' recently the freight on a bugg; from Macon to this place was leas than four dol Ur.; now, the freight on the same artiole is twelve Collars. Flour and many other articles of prime necessity, have alsi be m large ly advanced. Now why thiseno-mous advanci in freights? The Foad has been / 'egutarly declaring i dividend ot even per cent j the eipenscs of run ning it have not incensed, and no good teosmi can be asiigned for the advance, ex^-pt that the corpora lion has the power and is deter, mined to use it. We had imped that after action •f the late constitutional conven tion the- various railroad compa nies in this State would, of their two motion take such actions with reference to this matter as would give general eatiefaetion; but we cherish that hope no longer. There are twtjltnod-s in which the peo ple mayohta n redress; One is through the General Assembly of the State; the other, ia for parties interested to organize a wagon line and transport by that all I their "way freight." Of the two, the former is thespediest and will per haps be the plan adopted We would even at this late hour urge the roade to make seme ef fort to meet the wishes of thepBo- pie; if the legislature is forced to interfere, measures may be adopt ed that will be very distasteful aqd vnacc ptable to the rai T r>ads The Speaker ottlie House ot R«i • reseu tat Ires. It affords u» the greatest pleas ure to chiouiele the elect iuu ot Hou*. Satuuel J. Randall to be 8peake of the Hou-o of Represen tatives in the new Congress. Mr. Raudali’s character ia above reproach and lobyists may expect no favors at his hands. He has several years experit »ce as presi ding officer of t' e House and this will enable him to despatch busi ness much more rapidly than anew man could have done. He is cool, keeping his temper well io hand under the must exciting debates that have occured since 1860. The present Congress will count the yote for the next President ami it is fortunate lor u» that the D m ocrats have a mtu of nerve and ex- peri^ooeyo preside over iho House, lor we toay need b >th uervo ami experience to prevent a second UHurpdT'ion of the highest« ffice in the gittof the people. With Rtu- dttli for Speaker, and the Demo* crate in control of the Senate, we (eel that we have good ground fur hope that the next Pnaideut will be a Democrat. ' J Dr 1-hltou. We are informed that this dis tinguislied surgeou will again visit our town on the first day of April next. He will tome prepar ed to treat all such cases as r«qu surgical treatment and skill. He abo treats many cases successfully by aid of nuchanical contrivances l)r. Kuton is very emiuent in Ins profession and is the representative ot one of the most successful nut*- j goal institutions in the United states. His immediate object in visiting our town is io treat the rase of our fellow-townsman O. M Colbert Esq., who lias eugriged his seivic.es tor that purpose. This alone should he evidence to the people of this county that he is kill(ul and eminent in uis proles ion. ** * We trust that all our people who have car<es requiring Kurgie.il treatment w.ll bring them lorwaid on the day named and avail them 8* Ives of Dr. Eatous’s services Another opportunity like this may not be aflbrdid them again for yeai 8. . Tourist for 187 ft. The'Kansas Pee tic Railway ap pear in the fi«*ljiuai ly for the pleas ure travel 'for ,tl^e cqmtng seasou. James F. Aglar* the General Agent of that company, at St. Louis having to-day laid out on our table the finest, and we would call it the most attractive, valua ble illustrated book ever publish ed on Colorado. It is a volume of Sixty Five pagetyff printed mat ter with nearly qjle hundred illus trations of the remarkable scenery of the Rock Mountains. This beok is published for fre-‘ distribution and will he very val uable not only torXlolorado Tour ists, but for thouwds who are now seeking fortunS in the new ly discovered Silver districts of the Rockies An Affrctlo* Scene. We culled at Mr. Brown's a few daya ago on bueiuess, and to oui astonishment, found him pacing the floor and weeping as though his heart would break. We ap proached him very reverently took his trembling had in puiaaud held it in silence for a tew minutes, wlnlt great tears of lympathy swelled out in our eyes tor we kuew that . ome great sorrow had come upon him. As soou as we could get our teeliugs under control sufficiently to enable us to do we a.-^d. “What means this great anguish of epiiit, this deep, this dark ties pair? Why these tears and where fore these groans? He raised his bleared and blood shot eyes to ours and explained. “My wife!" Another fit of weeping choked tils utterance, but we knew that •ho was dead. We endeavored to edmlort him by telling him that he would meet her ere long in an other uud belter world; that it was wrong for us to grieve alter our f ei d I. . Pr.par.tlon .1 183k ..3 C«U9«Y» BASK. I. OMkll X.d«Md ./IS. Mealed Sr*** ■wflWlWiS ky turn Dr. Mtartsr NwIMm C*., Na. elk K. Mala TlM following ia on* of tlM v#rjr nan? UkUmouUU wo nr*. rood via* dotty ; ; . ■ nesRafe ^or — — I!* *h?rrAij;r: -xr:r_: - doM^rlMUM of many MuKU who kawjli vlrtuoo. Ubor «u •xM*dln«ly buraonot ■■sSPKsb the Tonic. Sin • of Da. Hai $J I btna ths i. Tho olf 'JgK ‘•OT, O., Am. I, ID. j tranquil norvo and vjjror of body, hu cornu ulao » olearnuM of Tonic hu not dona tbu work, I know not whut. I flvult tbu Mod crutufully youru, J. P. Watuon, PMtor Chrlatlan Church, Troy, Ok ■ala by Bra—Into and «am oral Dwltn Bvurywkuru. B U T L E 11 AND MALE INSTITUTE. departed friends when we knew it The next session of this Institutin'. wilt rqrn Juminiv 13th , word j oiistiniti iipbnid was for their good and ours that they were taken uWuy. “{She's nut d*-ad! # ’ t.e exclaimed, as he turned his swoleu eyes upoti »;s with'a look of uuutipivible woe. “The old fool put CHych(if ; pepper in mi ey* s been ire 1 v. uuMu’l bqy her a new bonnet!'* Then he went off into another t. n il 1.* spasmod c.il fit of weej iug and we went h une.-^Ex. Friendship What is >t? Do smii ofeiiter mid kind a ti »n? it? Are tho-e who mm hot m et all their del (U wtlii word of drau-e, who ti nier us ou every possible oceHsiu.q #iXx lp.be o msiueied true triends? ..Their intentions may l/e pleasant to our van ty ami it, and keep us in the be t ot hu/im(,w|tjli>iuw''elv. s, and we may tbiuU their c /uipauy ve»y desira ble, yet. they will not do to put faith in, for their amiable behav is otteu the cloak of self-inteiest. The persons who will tell us our faults—kindly of course—who will try to teach iis to see ourselves us others H-e us. who will show by acts rather thun words that he kind y regards us, is more worthy of trust than one who agrees with us in oil I our m?^i men's, right wrong, and who,j* equailv ready to coincide with some one else, even il the subject should happen to be our short-comiugs. Give me the tiieud wlm has the same love for me illway*, -who is ready to “speak up” for lilts in the midst of eneiiiies, and repeal; what h« len iuv virtues us an offset to the failings they may rehearse,and who will hold last.to his faith in my truth and goodness in spite of defamation.^ Such friends may bo scurce, but whefi* found tire price less treasnft-s. Tho rates of tuition will he ns f-dlows: Prim ary depar tny,'u t. -*• — Academic. .—-— —- Higher *“*—* — 4 — Incidootal Fee —•—- M o Imvft mailfl n hbvrn! d«'1lt2tirm ou in«1 dkclpl’/nb Blriot. All tlib d^Mrtbii A'Hidvnt will rIyc Mie(;iftl n'lpnjiy — — $1 50 oar mnnth. 2 50 “ . __ 8.50“ “ .75 |n‘f Raaainn. o*v pn-’ tnU-x Tn'tnvlinii will b« tlinv.»uph •i.u will l»• ftUrrt \vlf 1* bnrtip.’icisl tsmlu-H Tin he eirtrtinj of rjn« peYwiJ.iSi'titiiii. Tl>$ iiHmmy ckpiirUn/iit* ul depnrtni'.-ut will 1.e vihilcJ ui<>ruint; uiul uttclacti b; liiih runl Uic leant once wery dur. Tho aolionl rooiu will be made rniqfor'iible nml every t'n*'iliry afforded the bfftde rapid pruQreM. Gm*«1 reeifntwiw Will bo roqu red uud nu atiuKnl will be ali/iwid over n lesson until he understands it. We Odrm-Ktiv »sk the coutinur.d support of nnr pnlr'»^s nml promise m tti.iko effort to deserve their support, Fer six-yews wu havn had the itudiVnted „u t i this onmmnnity nnd wo uiHition thik iin our besl r. ouimucmlHtloh to flume wis ;ond school for their children. Board and tuition conbinud cun be hud fnr less ilr u SI2 h(l p- r ifiortli. Libi t co'iuth will be niude iV»r eaytoetiis in ndvaueo Fol’ furilt/ r b.fi»tlti;itldu nddr/’*s, JAMES T. WHITE, President. ver d Jk Secretary Sherman says he would like to see tho greenback is- me tested in the Snjm tne Court as proposed by General Butler anil Mr. Chittenden, but doubts wheth er it can be done, since the issue to he presented would be fictitious, and he thinks the court would re fuse to adjudicate upon a pretend ed cause. He refers to a cose pie- seated some years ago to the Eng lish courts, and which Lord Manr- field refused to entertain, upon the general ground that charts were created to decide between real litigants, and could not be I have the • pleasure of inlorniittg my friend;. ; i:d | i.trons hut I am now leeching my STOCK CJF MILLINERY, FLOWERS, ORNAMENTS ETC. At my New Locutlou, No. #4 Iiuuiloljili Street, to tvhich your special attention is invited. JArs. !■ f- yvIE W. If'-.JA.&EY has charge oftheT2^JJAJ/I .(?, tsrPleating and Stamping to Order. Also Ureas Making 1fa. It. A. SUBSET, No, 34 Randolph Stree, Colnuibus, Ga, oot.8-.3nr used to decide upon fiotitioue eases whtoh would be asking courts ot j menA l by physician's us- law to determine wngrp, ' a/ Suffering for a 19>ig Life Persobs afflicted with rheumatism often suffer for a life time, their tor tures being ahno&t without remissiou. The joints and muscles of such unfor tunates ate.in most cases shockingly contorted and drawn out of shape. To afford them even temporary relief, the ordinary remedies often prove utterly useless. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, on the other baud, Is avouched by per sons who have used it, to be a genuine source of relief. It keeps the hlood cool by promoting a regular habit of body, and rrtnoveif from it Impurities winch, in the opinion of all rational pathologist, originate this agoniziug complaint and its kiudied (uahidy, the gont. Besides this the Bitters rem edy disorders of the stomaeh, liver and nerves, prevent and ewalicste intermiu- tem wad remitteut feveri, promote ap petite a net bleep, and are highly recoin- deai.ei.lo ,medioiu-ii S'imuhnt and Houss-Furnishing Emporium. 92 Obery Street, Macon, Ca, o e and *ee the flneit asyortment of Crockery, French China and '-.American China, CIO VS E T'VRJriSHIJVG GOODS, Staple and plain Tin Ware, Toilet Sets, Agate Iron Ware, &c, Cutlery at all kinds. Agent for the celebrated EXCELSIOR HOT BLAST COOK 870 TE, Also, Charter Oak,Sunuy SoHth,Cotton Plant and other desirable patterns. no».lS-tf,