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&lje ftlrMk Journal.
1. K. WHIT IEDITOR.
Wednesday, September 3,1873.
HURRAH 1 FOR BI'TLER.
The elections for deligates to the Ou
beroatoria! Nominating Convention,
which came off in Massachusetts last
week, eiearlv indicate that the Beast will
be the next Governor of that State. No
thing has occurred in the political world,
since the defeat of Andrew Johnson for
Congress in Tennessee, which has given
its so much heartfelt satisfaction. The
National Legislature will, for a time at
least, be relieved of his scheming, and
his bullying dictation ; tbe South will
rest from his iiemeoutk-ag, vindictive ha
tred and slanderous abuses ; the citizens
of Washington may with some safety,use
their spoons and silver ware openly,
while "T/ie Curie," like chickens, shall
go home to roost.
We feel like congratulating the whole
world, except Massachusetts. Hhc must
not oomplain if the scourge, which she
inflicted on the South should, now be
visited upon /tar. She deserves it.
COMING TO TtIF.IR SENSE*.
The negroes of Ohio held a State Con
vention at Cbillicothc, August 22, and
from their proceedings and resolutions,
it is evident that the poor,deluded dark
ies are beginning to realize the fact that
the Radicals have Ixseu using them only
as tool* for elevating themselves to office,
without ever intending to divide the
spoils with them. Here, at the South,
the negroes have been taught to regard
the Radical Party as their liberators
from slavery, their best and only friends
able and willing to fulfill every promise
they have made them, and, 11s a matter
of course, every argument which a South
ern man could bring to bear upon them
has been of no effect. They still persist
ently believe that the Radicals, who
have so successfully humbugged them
out of their votes and their money, are
thir s avion, and still blindly follow
their lead.
Butthosencgroeswliolmvegone North,
expecting to meet the encouragement
And boasted friendship of their party,
together with a fair shore of tbe official
plunder, ore beginning to see atid expose
Ore gross deceptions which hate been
practiced upon them, as the following,
from the proceedings of this Convention,
clearly Bhow :
"John Booker, of Columbus, on tak
ing the chair as permanent President,
said : ‘We not only ask but demand
our rights from the Republican party.
We have been elevated by a political
party, and it really seems that we belong
to them ; they claim that we owe them a
debt of gratitude that wo can not pay in
time and scarcely in eternity. They
have promised us rights which they have
withheld, and as parties in thin country
are very short-lived, have snipe fears that
the Republican party will die and leave
us in the ditch. We are no longer foot
mats to bo trodden on, for them to wipe
their feot upon and then to be tliown
away when done with. I feel confident,
that the party lash will no longer whip
yon into'tlie traces.”’ .
.** v v
A sot speech from Peter H. Clark fol
lowed. Os the Republicans, lie said :
"Through tho workings of that pnrty
wo are free and partially enfranchised.
But wo deny that this tiling was done
from any original impulse prompting
them to txmeftt us. Nor do these things
bind us to vote for them ifolil every
white member shall have obtained office.
Abraham Lincoln declared that if by
maintaining slavery he could preserve
the Union, then lie would maintain
slavery, and he fairly expresed the mo
tive of which he was the illustrious
head. ’ ”
Clark evidently understands, and has
clearly stated one of the principal mo
tives which prompted the North to carry
on the late war, via. : That the negroes
were liberated and enfranchised, not
through sympathy or love for them, but
for the purpose of crusliing the South in
her struggle for independence, mid after
terwards holding her in tho bondage of
poverty and degradation.
Another significant fact in the pro
ceedings of tliis Convention is that one
Bob Harlan offered a resolution endors
ing Graut and his administration, which
resolution was promptly voted down.
The day is not far distant when the
negroes will hate the Radical party os
bitterly as all honest, well iuformed white
men now do.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Many of our readers are aware that,
for several months past, rumors have
beeu current to the effect that some of
the officers of the G«. R. li. had abused
tbe trusts confided to them, by using
the Koad for the furtherance of their
personal business, and had defrauded
the Road out of largo sums of money.
These were mere rumors, however, the
Railroad authorities having been eare
fnll, all the while, to keep the case, and
their own actions therein Btrietly secret.
Mr. Carlton Hdlyer, tbe Auditor of
the Road, has bad the matter in charge,
and has made a thorough and exhaustive
investigation, and at a meeting of the
Directors of the Road held in Augusta
Wednesday last submitted his report for
their action:
Hie report of Mr. Hillyer, and the
proceedings of tho Directors have not
been made public, but their actions in
reference to the principal officers impli
cated have been published by the Augus
ta papers.
These charges, as published, are
chiefly against R. L. Rhodes, Gen'l
Freight Agt ~ P. W. Print up. Road
Master and J. S. Shipley, Supervisor.
We clip the following abstract of the
Auditor’s report from the Chronicle <fc
j Sentinel of the 30th August:
Finally the following abstract of the
auditor's reports
! was obtained from one of the Directors.
Mr. Carlton Hillyer, the able and effi
cient Auditor, first made his reports to
\ Superintendent Johnson, and they were
afterwards submitted to the Directors at
their receut meeting. Both the reports
are lengthy and full.
BO AD MASTER’S DEPARTMENT.
The repirt in reference to the Road
Master's Department shows that the
price of wood has increased in six years :
from 5} cents to !) 7-10 cents per mile !
run. The price of wood has lieen run
up by favoritism and oilier operations
with relatives and friends of the Road
Master and Supervisor. A large amount '
of lumber has been used for private pur
poses—for houses, bams, Ac. A large
quantity of freight lias been hauled free
for the private use of the Road Master ‘
and Supervisor. Wood lias been cut off
the company’s land and sold without j
returning proceeds. The Supervisor has 1
acted as agent for a well known firm in
Atlanta, and carried a large amount of j
groceries to be retailed to tbe employees ;
without paying the Georgia Railroad any
freight. The Road Master and Super- !
visor, each, had several hands who were
paid by the company, but attended ex- 1
I effusively to the private work of these
| officers. The amount paid for stock kill- |
cd last year was about £12,000, while
the amount returned to the company for
sate of beef, bides and tallow, was only j
about S2OO. The pay roll iu 1867 avor
aged $17,000, but in 1873 it had risen to
$34,000. The Koad Master had a mill
at Union Point, built at the expenso of
tho company, but operated
port ms PRIVATE ADVANTAGE.
The Georgia Railroad carpenters and
material were employed in building a
fish trap at Yellow river for tbe heads of
the Roadway Department. The Super
visor filled every office, in Ids gift with
bis relations and friends. They formed
a sort, of ring to control the wood and
cross tie business. The Georgia Rail
road owns over 5,000 acres of land, val
ued at $130,000. Tho timber from this
laud Las been used in various ways for
the private advantage of the roadway
officers ; in some instances the land wus
even bought at a very small figure from
the company. In his report Mr, Hillyer
allows the Road Master some credit for
system and accuracy iu tho management
of his business, and the same for the Su
pervisors, but too many years of unin
terrupted control baa led them into tho
assumption of privileges which from
more habit they grew to claim ns their
right.
THE GENERA Ij FREIGHT AOJSNT.
The Auditor’s report and accompany
ing evidence shows {.lint the General
Freight Agent, Mr, R. L. Rhodes,
seemed to have endeavored intentionally
to throw freight matters into confusion,
so that there might be a large amount of
unclaimed goods. Tho General Freight
Agent would pay tho claims for these
goods when presented and afterwards
sell the goods, making no return of the
proceeds. This system 110 regularly car
ried out, greatly to the annoyance of the
merchants, and occasioning great loss to
tho company. He rendered himself
popular with some by granting improper
favors and receiving presents.
Mr. Hillyer, in tbe report, gives ft full
list of all the payments which he has
been able to discover of proceeds from
sale of unclaimed freight, paid by par
ties in this city to the General Freight
Agent in entering fictitious names, so as
to draw tho corresponding amount of
money.
A VERY LARGE ITEM OF DEFALCATION
has boon in the account for transporta
tion of United States troops and army
supplies. A statement was obtained
from the United States Government of
all payments made to tlie General
Freight Agent on this Recount.. Ry this
means the discrepancy was brought to
light, and has Ihh?u acknowledged by tho
General Freight Agent.
Tho irregularities commenced three or
four years ago, and have continued al
most uninterruptedly until the com
mencement of the recent investigation.
The total amount of the defalcations wo
were unable to obtain. It must be seen,
however from the above abstract of the
Auditor's reports, that the total amount
cannot be a very small one. It is said
that the amount obtained by Mr. Rhodes
from the claim against the United States
Government, about three years ago and
which, after the deficiency was discover
ed and the investigation was proceeding,
about a mouth since, he asserted that he
lost iu Wasington City, was $3,500. He
afterwards appropriated, it is also said,
n check for about fifteen hundred dollars
belonging to the company, which ho
gave ns security for a sum of money
| borrowed, according to his statement,
j to pay back the amount alleged to have
j been lost iu Washington. It was also
: discovered, by an examination of the
1 Iwoks of Messrs. Bignon A Crump, aue
! tioneers, that the General Freight Agent
' had received from that firm S6OO for un
! claimed freight sold. Os this S6OO, only
a very
SMALL St’M WAS RETURNED
|to the company. When charged with
i this, Mr. Rhodes said it had been paid
out for the company, but not being able
to produce the receipts, he obtained the
sum missiug ou this account and paid it
over to the company. The amounts of
the other defalcations we understand,
■ however, the General Freight Agent has
never returned.
After some discussion the Board of
Directors referred the whole matter to
Col. E. W. Cole, the General Superin
tendent, with power to act. CoL Cole
took prompt and decided action in the
premises. After a careful examination—
a sort of court martial being held in the
Superintendent’s office at the Georgia
Railroad depot—lie discharged the Koad
Master, P. W. Printup ; the Supervisor,
J. S. Shipley ; and the General Freight
Agent, It. L. Rhodes. It is also under-
I stood that the entire force in the Koad
Master's and Supervisor’s Departments
! lias lieen dismissed, and that new men
will l>e appointed. Col. Cole, before his
: departure for Atlanta, yesterday, ap
pointed Mr. Xewnan Hicks, Road Mas
ter, and Mr. Thomas C. Hendry, Super
visor. The position of General Freight
Agent has not yet beeu filled.
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Homestead Notice.
j GEORGIA— McDuffie County.
AJ. ADKINS, Sr., having made appli
, cation to me for valuation and assign
| meat of Homestead and setting apart of
| Personalty. I will pass upon the same at my
1 Office, in Thomson, said county, on Satnr
-1 day, September 13th, 1373.
A. 15. THRASHER,
| Bep. 3, 1873. SOd Ordinary.
j GEORGIA- —McDuffie County.
i \UILL be sold before tho court house
1 V door in Thomson, said county, on the
first Tuesday in October next, between the
legal honrs of sale, a tract of laud in said
county, adjoining lands of H. A. Thomas.
Jas. C. May, Elias Wilson and others, con
taining two hundred acres, more or less,
and known as the old Boronra Place, levied
on as the property of V. M. Boroum to
satisfy three fi. fas. issued from Columbia
county Superior Court, two m favor of A.
L. Massengale vs. V. M. Boroum. and
! transfered to Goo. P. Stovall; and one in
| favor of Jus. M. Welborn, vs. V. M. Boroum.
principal and John S. Watson. Tompeter
i Watson and Jamas R. Wilson securities.
Property pointed out bv Jas. R. Wilson.
SOL. NORRIS,
Sept. 3,1873. 4w Sheriff.
I GEORGIA —McDuffie County.
j YY* ILL lie sold before the court house
\ \ door, in Thomson, said county, on
the first Tuesday in October next. l>e
tween tho lawful hours of sale, an undivided
| interest of one third in a tract of land in
said county adjoining tho Cassels land, Jas.
] S. Hamilton, and others, containing thir
teen hundred and eighty acres, known as
the Hearing property being the undivided
interest of John Harris in said land leried
on to satisfy one fi. fa. issued from Colum
bia Superior Court, in favor of Ramsey A
Labau. Property pointed ont by Attorney
for Plaintiffs.
SOL. NORRIS,
Sept. 3. 1873. 4w Sheriff.
1 il SAMPLES sent by mail for 50c. thai
: 1 & retail quick for $lO. R. L. WOL
COTT. 181 Chatham square, N. Y.
A < A II I) .
During the approaching season I will offer to the trade several varieties of
Children’s School Shoes,
which I am having manufactured with a view to
NEATNESS DURABILITY AND ECONOMY,
and to be sold at reasonable prices. Also, a handsome assortment of
Ladies' Misses’ and Children’s Dress Shoes,
In all the Late and Stylish Cuts.
ALSO, MANY VARIETIES OF
Gents’ Calf and Morocco Boots,
Gaiters and Ties, in all the plain and fancy Styles. Everything sold at the lowest prices.
tiLFItJU* ۥ FQBQ&
September 3, 1873. ts 258 Broad Street, Augnsta, Ga
GEO. E. RATCLIFFE. W. H. CHEW.
EE@» E. MetTEEIFFE & €&»»
Cotton Factors, Guano Dealers,
AND GEN EItA I,
Commission Merchants,
NO, 14 JACKSON STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
to announce that they have a commodious Fire-Proof Warehouse, and are pre
pared to make liberal cash advances on Cotton and other Produce.
Bagging uud Ties always on hand. Commissions for selling Cotton, $1 per Bale.
August 27, 1873. 3m.
W» I* Eel fm <£• Co*
234 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
DEALERS X TXT
Hg|g| COOKING STOVES,
u and h
Wi*rw£*Bt»
Wqqdw&®e 9
wf and House-FnmiHhing Good* generally.
They have in Btook tho celebrated
“Cotton Plant” Cooking Stove,
manufactured by Abendruth Brothers, New York City. It is a first-class, square-top
four-hole Stove : the Oven is large, the joints are filed and fitted with great care and
exactness : the beauty of its finish cannot be surpassed.
THEY HATE TIE “BAILET SHEAF,”
manufactured by Stuart, Peterson k Cos., Philadelphia, Pa., this is also a first-class, fur
hole square-top Stove, with a large Oven, Doors tin-lined.
Their stock of Premium or Step Stoves is complete. Each Stove sent out is warranted
to give perfect satisfaction.
They manufacture Tinware in all its varieties, and Job Work done with neatness
and dispatch.
All Goods, sold at reasonable prices.
W. F BElr PE & €Q.
■j:s 1 lirond Street, Augunitn, Gh.,
April 23 ts Opposite Planters Hotel.
NEW GOODS FOR THE SUMMER 1873,
AT THE
OXE PEI CE MOWSE,
A T
Wholesale and Retail.
H . L . A . BALK*
IU2 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
I HAVE received a carefully selected stock of all novelties of the season in;
Straw Hats for ladies, Misses, gents and youths, from 25 cents upwards.
Parasols, with or without attachment, from 50 cents and up.
Indies’ Ready Made Suits, from $5,00 and upward.
Prints, all the new styles. lOcents and up.
Dress Goods, a fine selection of all the novelties, at 15 cents and up.
Bed-ticking, ginghams, table covers, table damask, homespuns, under shirts, draw
ers, trimming ribbons, corsets, etc.
Shirts for gents and youths, collars, gloves, trunks, umbrellas, valises, etc., etc.
J HAVE, also, a full assortment of boots and shoes, and a fine selection of ready made
clothing.
All these goods are marked as low as the lowest, and I ask BUT OXE PRICE.
CsT Make a note of this, and come and see, or send an order, on which I will allow a
liberal discount.
H. L. A. BALK,
May 2S 1(2 Broad Street. Augusta, Ga
GREENE & ROHHIUNOI.,
SUCCESSORS TO
W H. TUTT,
INo. ao-l Hroutl Street, Augusta, Georgia
Wholesale Dealers in
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY
AND DRUGGISTS'
SUNDRIES, PAINTS,
OILS, VARNISHES,
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May 7. U
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