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Tlae Georgia "Weekly Telegrapii and Journal Messenger.
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, MAY 2, 1871.
Wants More Land.—According to Ibo editor
of oar Foreign Notes, the annexation of Lux
embourg to the German Empire is a question
of only “a little time,” and Germany wants the
island of Helgioland, which commands the
mouth of the Elbe. And so, wo should say,
she wants still worse Holland and Belginm,
which hold the outlets of the Kliino and her
Other great rivers, and tho channel (rentage,
and make Germany “back lots." Both are as
certain to be wanted as Germany has tho power
to take them, and they are proper and inevita
ble appendages to tho power holding the inte
rior. The United States was'not qniet with the
month of the Mississippi in tho hands of a for
eign power, and it will be unreasonable to ex-
peot Germany, with tho remedy in her hands,
long to deoline a geographical “unification” so
natural, and which all her material interests
so strongly demand. Russia wants the Black.
Sea and an outlet to tho commerce of tho Med
iterranean and tho Indies. Germany wants
full control of her grand rivers to their mouths,
and a frontage on tho English channel. These
wants will control the politics of Europe for
tho next decade, and will probably keep thesa
two great powers in armed and mailed alliance
□Util they are satisfied.
Con. L. Q. C. Lamar.—We copied, yesterday,
from tho Atlanta Constitution an extract made
by that paper from a letter written by Charles
Eemeelin, a well known German journalist of
Cincinnati, to the Commercial, of that city,
giving an account of a recent interview by the
writer of the letter with Col. L. Q. 0. Lamar,
of Oxford, Mississippi. Apart of tho heading
of tho extract was: “Who is Col. Lamar ?”—a
very snperfiaons querrv, it seems to us, if made
by the Constitution or any other Sonthem
newspaper. Whether the heading should be
credited to the Constitution or the Commercial,
wo are not positive, bat wo desire to disclaim,
for ourselves, any share in the question. Col.
L. is too well known to us and our readers, gen
erally, to warrant any such interrogatory by the
Telegraph and Messenger.
And Still Another !—When will this “evap
oration” of the people’s money, by tho trooly
loil, cease? Tho last case is that of General
Lawrence, lato Pension Agent at New York
City, and ono of Grant's boon companions. He
has been missing for two or three weeks, and
with strong suspicion of having met with “foul
play,” and now it leaks out that there has been
“foul play” indeed, but the victim turns out to
bo tho people's money. The Tribune says tho
amount is “far beyond what was feared.” Law-
tence went off with lots of fine clothes, a pock
et fall of money, an “elegant diamond pin
and a woman—which last item probably ac
counts for the milk in the cocoa not of his
case. Verily, calico and cash—both somebody’s
eise’s—seem to bo too strong for tho “moral
Ideas” of tho average trooly loil offleo holder.
It is very, very sad,
Haiti.—Tho Herald interviews U. S. Consul
Conrad, jost from Port an Prince. Conrad says
the Hfiiytian darkies gave the Domingo Commis
sion tho coolest possible reception, and the gov
ernment and people are down on the San Do
mingo annexation. Tho Hay tians have no com
merce, trade or improvements of any sort, and
don’t want any. Domingo sends out a little
cotton, logwood, coffee and lig&hm vitro, and
don’t want to increase her operations. To
lounge about and hide in tho woods from mili
tary conscription by their farces of government,
comprehend tho sum of their operations. Con
rad says if there are beauties in the island, ho
hits never seen them.
A Railway of a Single Kail.—The English
papers say that a now style of railways will shortly
come before the pnblio, nnder the title of tho
Pennier system. A single row of piles carries
a continuous girder, on which the train runs,
tho coinages hanging down on each side to
within a short distance of the ground. The
carriages are so arranged that inequality of
weight on ope side to the extent of a ton will
not affect tl& action. Tho small quantity of
land required, cheapness of construction, and
speed, are advantages claimed for it.
Bev. C. E. Cheney.—A friend sends ns a
letter recently written by this gentleman, deny
ing that he had confirmed certain persons on
Easter Sunday, in his Charcb, at Chicago, os
telegraphed from that city, and which act we
made tho text for somo not very favorable criti
cism upon his course, generally. We cannot
find room for tho whole letter, bnt give tho
writer tho benefit of his denial of tho fact as
charged.
Loyal New York Ku-klux.—O. S. Winans,
tho sold-ont Radical member of tho New York
Assembly is getting Ku-klux missives. One of
them reads thus:
O. S. Winans—Wo send you a copy of tho
Bibio and a strong rope. Ask yonr friends (if
you have any) to assist you. Should you return
to Dunkirk, wo will try and have you viewed
from the stand point you deserve.
Republicans of Western New York.
Judge Nisbet.—We understand that tho re
port of the Committee ot vh 0 Macon Bar rela
tive to tho death of Judge Nisboi will be made
on tho opening of tho Superior Couii this
morning at nine o’clock. We suppose several
addresses will be made, and do not doubt that
tho proceedings will bo deeply interesting.
The CottoS Crop.—The New Oceans Pica
yune of Saturday says tho cotton triide has set
tled on a basis of five and a quarter millions for
the incoming crop. The excess on last year’s
receipt has been thirty-nine per cent, and
promises to continue at that rate.
We find tho following in tho Louisville Cou
rier-Journal of the inst:
Notice.—Tho public are hereby notified that'
I. have this day withdrawn from the firm of
Fears, Bartley & Co., and that I Will not bo re
sponsible for any contracts os debts that are
made by said firm after this date.
, . A. E. Camp.
Louisville, April 17,1871.
In the above publication of my withdrawal
from tbo firm of Fears, Bartley & Co. I in-
tended no reflection on any member thereof.
, A. E. Camp.
Cotton Figures.
The receipts at all the ports for the weekend
ing last Friday night were 63,012 bales, against
40,675 last year—still showing a gain of over
83$ per cent. The total receipts to that date
from tho 1st of September last were 3,512,692
boles, against 2,529,116 bales np to tho same
date last year—showing an excess of 983,576.
Tho exports for the week were 80,325 bales'
of which 63,805 went to Great Britain, 3,213 to
Prance, and 13,307 to the rest of tho Continent.
Tho total exports footed np 2,531,218 bales,
against 1,719,178 last year, and the stocks
showed 481,613, against 311,083 last year.
The Chroniclo says prices in Now York were
maintained against all adverse influences by an
active demand for speculation. Holders think
a corner is probable towards tho closo of tho
month, when tho shorts meet their maturing
contracts.
Tho total sales for future delivery during the
week were 36,440 bales, Rt the following range
of prices on a basis of low middlings: for April
15,300 bales, at 13j to 14; for May 13,200, at
18J to 13}; for Juno 4,900, at 13$ to 13$; for
July 900, 13$ to 14; for August 1,200, at 13,
13-16ths to 14; for Septomber 100, at 14; for
December 200, at 14; 200 at sellers option for
13$. It will bo seen that speculators are betting
on no material change in the market.
The mercury during tho week averaged at
Charleston, Mobile, Montgomery and Galveston
70; at Memphis 63; Columbus 69; Macon 68,
and Selma 72. In the matter of American spin
ners’ consumption tho takings this year foot
np so far 650,918 bales against 563,820 at same
date last year, showing 87,098 bales excess
but owing to tho general efronth and scarcity of
wafer for power, many mills were compelled to
run on reduced time and the actual consump
tion has been no greater than it was last year.
The stocks of cotton at the interior ports footed
np last Friday night 61,991, against 75,002 last
year. The shipments were 16,857 against 11,
114. The visibly supply was 2,224,299 bales
against 1,552,334 last year.
State Road Lease.
A few days since We noticed a letter from ex-
Governor Brown addressed to the Constituttion-
alist, in response to the extravagant statements
of a correspondent of that paper about the in
come of the State Road for last March. Hav
ing space to-day wo reprint the letter, adding
also the comments of the Constitutionalist and
a paragraph from the Plantation on tho condi
tion of tho road under the lease. It is impor-
lant that correct ideas should prevail; and to
escape, if possible, a needless agitation of tho
subject, we said in the beginning that the
price paid by the lessees appeared to ns, on the
whole, fair compensation; and this statement
goes strongly to prove it It will bo difficult, in
the faco of this exhibit to come to any other
conclusion. Tho lessees, by closo management
and good luck, may earn an adequate return
for their risks and trouble, bnt wo don’t think
they can do more; while experience teaches
that in tho hands of the State it would continue
to run in cent. in thin, t»ow of the situation
nothing will be gained by disturbing the lease
and yet probably there will never be quiet un
der this or any other lease. Five millions value
of public property in private hands at a net sir
per cent interest will not admit of qniet Too
many people want it; and therefore we must
come at last to sale of the road, which is the
true policy, should this lease be voided, or af
ter it has expired.
ScTiool Soars.
Boston is profoundly agitated over a recent
report by the Massachusetts Board of Education,
attacking the system of cramming pursued in the
city pnblio schools and the inordinate demands
on the physical and mental resources of tho
pupils. The committee quote Sir Walter Scott
and otber tugn ntiUinritsr.incIadingdistinguished
physiologists, that five and a half hours per day
is theontside limit of healthful mental labor for
adults, and wisely observe that five hours is cer
tainly a largo limit for the immature organization
of children. Bnt they find an average amount of
not less than nine hours’ study required of pu
pils in the Latin school, and but little less in
the others.
Pursuing their inquiries upon the result of
this policy on the children, the Board find the
state of affairs just what might be expected.
In one school, out of eighty-five children, only
fifteen were perfectly well. In another, nine
out of sixty. In another, twenty-seven out of
eighty. The Board saw pale faces, narrow
cheats, ronnd shoulders, thin and weak bodies,
jand systems generally disordered and languid,
which should be in the glowing vigor of young
health.
The whole enginery and management of the
schools sap the sources of physical and mental
vigor, and are rearing a vast brood of youthful
invalids. And nothing better could be expect
ed. Neither the minds nor bodies of children
must be strained by excessive labor and long
confinement. They most have plenty of lime
for healthful sport and relaxation. Unreasona
ble demands upon their physical and mental en
ergies enfeeble and destroy them. And yet wo
have seen parents who would make a terrible
fuss if anybody should set their colts of two or
three years old at hard labor, insist that their
children shall delve eight or nine hours a day
over q school desk.
says a dispatch, ‘his & child’s funeral was issu
ing from a side street in the Avenue des Temes
A shell from Valerien fell into the midst of the
cortege and exploded. Tho attendants and
mourners fled, with the exception of the father
and mother of the deceased, who throw them-
gelTMqpthojpqqnd g soon as tho explosion
tookplaw. -fthen they roso again it was to
WL had . b een struck and the
bony of the child tom in pieces.
The Committee on Southebn Outrages.
Jhe joint select committee appointed to visit
rea bouthem States and investigate the alleged
the'mho? 1 has agreed to meet hero on
Af° - f °r the pnpose of organizing.
At a preliminary meeting held yesterday a
a sutacommiU
start at once; but this was dis
agreed to, because the most of the members of
the committee desired to visit their homes be
fore going South.— Washington dispatch
The Comanche Indians are disgusted with
fco employment of colored troops on the fron
tier, they are so difficult to Bcalp.
gifELLS in Paris.—Among the most badly
vfrecked streets of Paris from tho shells of the
Veraaillists at Fort Valerian and Conrbevoie is
^.°, saay _ . laat ’ ^«vaUon, as follows: Ground well broken
The Press Association-Posses.
Upon the application of tho writer, as Presi
dent of the Georgia Press Association, the At-
bnta and West Point Railroad, the Georgia
BailrukS. the Central, Southwestern, Macon
and Augusta, fei Savannah and Gulf Railroad
ofljolal3 have consents to pass one repre
sentative to each Georgia newopnoer free of
charge to the meeting of tho Press Association
in Augusta on tho 10th prox. It is believed
that other roads which have so far mado no re
sponse will extend tho same courtesy. Tho is
sue of passes will bo restricted to papers which
shall make application for them and intend to
be represented in- the Association. Tho Geor
gia road requires that the passes over their
line shall bo endorsed by tho General Superin
tendent. We therefore invito an early applica
tion to tho wriLirby such of the brotherhood as
may desire to avail themselves of these passes.
Cultivating Irish Potatoes.
An anonymous friend, signing himself “an
old man,” sent us some Early Goodrich pota
toes on Monday evening, which were tho largest
new potatoes we have seen this soason. They
were abont tho size of goose egg3. Accompany
ing thia douceur were written directions for tho
and plowed deeply with a two-horse turn plow.
Open three feet rows deeply by running a long
shovel twice in the furrow. Quarter tho largest
’potatoes and halve the medium sizes. Plant in
tho bottom of tho furrow, and drop on tho seed
potatoes the following composition: Limo, four
pecks; Bone phosphate, eight pecks; plaster,
four pecks; salt, ono and a half pecks. Covor
six to eight inches. When up hoe to a level
and plow with a sweep. Dig when tho tops
die. Do not let the sun shine on the potatoes.
Store them away in a dry cellar, and dust them
with slacked lime or plaster.
Doubtful.—The Charleston Republican says
the negroes are leaving the up-country of South
Carolina in large numbers, in consequence o.f
the Ku-klux outrages. The Republican states
“on trustworthy authority” that from six to
eleven hundred of them left Chester Distriot in
a single week. We do not believe a word
tieorgla Ku-klnx a Myth—Testimony
ol‘ a Radical Editor.
Mr. H. W. Raymond, ono of the editors of
the New York Times, nnd son of tho lato Henry
J. Raymond, tho founder of that paper, is at
present on a tour through the South, and has
very recently passed through Georgia, stopping,
we believe, a day.or two in Macon. He is
decided Republican in politics, though we hope
not so truculent and offensive as the paper he
represents, which, at present, is abont on
level with such scolding, foul-monthed drabs as
the Washington Chronicle and Forney’s Press.
Of course Mr. Raymond has something to say
of the “Ku-klux," so-called, and the condition
of the South, generally, and Georgia especially)
and as to the latter, here it is :
Savannah, Ga., Monday, April 10,1871.
Daring the past week I have been wandering
around pretty extensively in Northwestern and
Central Georgia, extending my trip into Ala
bama as far as Montgomery and tho Canebrake
section. With reference to the latter portion
of my trip I shall have more to say hereafter.
So far as Georgia is concerned, I have fonnd
quiet and good order prevailing everywhere.
The general poverty undoubtedly contributes to
this result, but much is due, also, to the feeling
among the people that, having fought to tho
best of their ability in behalf of their principles,
and having been conquered and impoverished,
they intend to submit peacefully to the new or
der of things, and to devote their be3t energies
to their efforts to obtain a livelihood. Northern
capital, Northern energy, Northern industry and
Northern ingenuity will be welcomed anywhere,
True, the belief in tho principles which, carried
oat to their logical results, led them into war,
is as strong to-day as ever, perhaps stronger.
But it is perfectly quiescent, nor is it ever in
truded upon you or mado in any way offen
sive. As for the Ku-klux bugbear, if it will
only keep away those who seek the South but
to benefit themselves and who desire the pros
perity of the South or any other section of the
country only so far as that section is represented
by themselves, if it succeed in keeping away
adventurers of any kind, it will not have been
unproductive of good. As to the existence of
any such organization, as it is represented to
exist, in this section at least, I do not believe
it. Certainly, although I hare visited those
portions of the State where it is said to ho most
rampant, I have never seen the first symptoms
of its existence. Nor have I met a single indi
vidual from the North or South that had seen
or heard of it. Give the Southern States strong
and effective governments, administered by in
telligent men who can understand the wants of
tho people, and that is all they ask to become
again a prosperous section of the United States,
And in judging of the condition of affairs here,
and in seeking to understand them before ad
ministering the remedy, give the South credit,
for possessing human nature.
Herald on Hie Democratic Address.
From a long article in the Herald, of Satur
day, on tho address of the Democratic Con
gressmen, we take the following:
Bnt the address is mainly denunciatory of
Radical legislation and policy and of the cor
ruption and extravagance of the Radical party
since it has been in power. Here the Demo-
crats have ample ground to stand upon, and if
they know how to make use of tho facts that
lie broadcast before them they can break down
the dominant party, whether General Grant can
succeed or not in the Presidential race of 1872,
Apart from the necessary expenditures to pros
ecute the war for the preservation of tho Union,
the Radicals liavo squandered, during the ten
years they have been in power, an incredible
sum of money. Nothing like their reckless ex
travagance was ever known in the history of
nations before, and now, six years after peace
has been restored, the current expenditure of
tho Government, independent of tho interest
on the debt, is nearly three times greater than
in 1860, when the Radicals first came into
power. “In five years of peace following the
war,” as the Congressional Democratic address
says, “the Radical administration have expend
ed twelve hundred millions forordinary purposes
alone, being within two hundred millions of
the aggregate amount spent for the same pur
poses, in war and peace, during the seventy-one
years preceding June 30, 1861, not includingin
either case the sum paid upon principal or in
terest of the public debt.” But that is not all.
Hundreds of millions of acres of tho pnblio
lands—the mo3t precious inheritance of the
people—have been lavished upon railroads and
other grasping corporations without anything
like an equivalent, and to enrich the partisans
of tho government. The most burdensome
system of taxation is kept up and an army of
officeholders employed in order that the Admin
istration and party may have a gorged treasury,
the greatest amount of patronage and abundant
means for jobs of all kinds. This, in brief, is
the appalling finanoial history of ten years of
Radical role.
A more serious charge, if possible, on which
the address of the Democrats arraigns the Rad
icals, is the proscriptive, coercive and central
izing policy which threatens to subvert the lib
erties of the people and to tarn this free and
happy country over to the government of the
sword. We have become so accustomed to mili
tary rule since the war commenced that the peo
ple appear to have lost that vigilance with which
they formerly guarded their liberties. Federal
bayonets at the polls in loyal States and in times
of peace would have created the greatest alarm
with our forefathers. On no pretence would
this have been tolerated in former times, yet
we see that now. The Federal Government,
under the Radicals, is fast marching to a cen
tralized despotism. Tho coercive act just passed
by Congress ana signed by the President, Under
the pretext of Ku-klux disorders, in the South,
is the severest blow to liberty ever struck in
this country. It places the whole population of
a vast section,“innocent as well as guilty, at the
mercy of one man and his myrmidons. It is the
Government of the sword. There is no neces
sity for that. Tho industry, prosperity and
general good conduct of the South show
the impolioy and injustice of such a dan
gerous measure. Disorders there are, no
donbt, as there frequently are in other sec
tions of the country, bnt they have been
greatly exaggerated and do not justify the sub
version of civil liberty. Many of these disor
ders have been fomented by tho Radicals them
selves. This high-handed and autocratio policy
of tho government must he understood by the
conservative people of tho North. They will
soon learn tbat it has been adopted for political
ends—to inflame sectional passions, and to place
tho Southern States under the control of tho
administration, so as to secure their voto in tho
coming Presidential election. It looks ns ir tho
Radicals are ready to create another civil war
rather than lose their power. Still, wo think
they will overreach themselves, and that their
very coercivo and despotio policy may defeat
tho object they have in view. This pretended
Kn-klux legislation will give the Democrats a
great advantage, if they know how to uso it.
I hey comd Rwe no better plank in tbeir plat
form, and no better iisuo on which to go before
the people. The old saying that “whom tho
gods would destroy they first make mnd” seems
to be applicable just now to tho Radical party.
It is evident from the whole tenor of tho Dem
ocratic Congressional manifesto that tho leaders
know what, they are abont, and that they are
goiDg to make the despotic and coercive policy
of their opponents a prominent issue hereafter.
Southern Claims Commission.
This commission, which was recently organ
ized at Washington by act of Congress to hear
and determine claims for damages against tho
Federal government, preferred by Southern
“loyalists,” is getting well under way, and
Promises to have a busy time. One indispen
sable requisite for even a hearing before it, is
indisputable proof that tho claimant is now, and
has always been “loyal” to tho Federal govern
ment. Thi3 would seem to exclude—as it was
intended it should—every man, woman and
child who had ever aided or even sympathized
in the slightest degree with tho Conladeraie
States or cause, but the list of claimants on
hand with their papers, is already of very re
spectable proportions. From it, 03 published
in tho Washington Repnblioan, we make the
following extract of names from Goorgia:
Obediak Arnold, Milledgevillo; Mrs. Sarah
Keys, Reuben Sanders, Oartcrsville; Alexander
Steele, Savannah; James V. Grier & Co., Ma
con; Zilla Jolly, Stilesborough; James N. B.
Cobb, Dalton; Edward A. Stewart, John Camp*
Longley, Whitefield county.
The vote of tho District of Columbia, as reg
istered, was 2S;520, of whom 17,746 were white
and 10,774 colored. The Herald say3 negro
stock depreciated astonishingly in Washington
Savannah is importing game chickens from
North Carolina to amuse herself with the com
ing summer.
Savannah exported $8S,216 29 worth of cot
ton, cotton seed, lumber, rosin, and oak staves,
last Saturday, to Liverpool and- Barcelona.
The majority of the members of the negro
Baptist Church on Bryan, street, Savannah,
have concluded to mix a small portion of Ku-
kluxism with their religion, and announce their
intention of going for “ one Harris,” who by
some means has got himself ordained minister
of that church.
The Savannah New3 of Monday, says:
Tornado in Southern Georgia.—Further
Particulars.—A Negro Man and TVomen
Killed.—We have already alluded to tho terrible
tornado which passed over Southern Georgiaon
Thursday..
Daring the storm, a house at Stone’s old mill,
four miles from Blacksbear,.wns blown down
and carried sixty feet. It wa3 occupied at the
time by a negro named Harmon Newton and
his wife, both of whom were crushed and killed
by tho falling timbers. A little darkey who was
also in the house managed to escape from the
ruins, and informed tho neighbors of the acci
dent. An ox and a dog were also killed at the
same time. It is estimated that between Sta
tion No. 7$ and Station No. 8, at least five
thousand trees were blown down within sight
of the road. Every fence and brush is pros
trate. The bodies of the unfortunate colored
man and woman were carried to Blackahear on
Saturday for interment. Tho man was em
ployed at Stone’s Mill. ’ A small house at No.
74 was blown across the track, but was removed
by Mr. Wylly before the down train arrived.
The tornado was accompanied by very heavy,
thunder and rain, and that, with tho noise of
tho wind, is said to have been truly terrific.
Two negro men who: wera in the woods, away
from any shelter, beard the storm coming, and,
anticipating its character, endeavored to mako
some - very hasty and impromptu arrangements
for their personal safety. Ono of them wisely
took shelter in a ditch or drain, while the other
embraced the trunk of an adjacent tree in order
to preserve his equilibrium. Tho tree to which
ho had anchored, however, was not strong
enough to withstand tho fury of the storm. It
was twisted from tho ground and carried against
another tree, which also gave way, and both
were hurled to tho earth, together with the ne
gro who had not loosened his first hold. His
hands were somewhat torn, bnt othr -iss,
strange to say, he was unharmed. *
There was frost at Cartersvillo, Saturday
night, but little damage done. Tho Griffin
papers also report frost in that vicinity, but
no harm done.
Tho Griffin Star has this very “personal”
paragraph:
The youths who edit tho Romo Courier and
tho Commercial, having been enlivening their
columns with original fiction; affecting the
private character of individuals, have been re
quired to “take it back,” which they do in
graceful style. This will never do, little cubs;
recollect the true doctrine is that “ a lie well
stuck to is as good as tho truth.”
Tho Atlanta Georgian thus reports a distin
guished arrival in that city.
Colonel J. E. Betant.—This handsome and
amiablo person was in our city last week, dress
ed up in store clothes. Wo spoke to him oh
Broad street, but he was as sour as a tub-full
of krout, and grunted out, “I am well.” He
looked as fierce as a terrier, in full chase after
a gang overgrown mice. Bryant is a rare
cod ia his way, but, with all, is a Bad failure as
a politician. He would make a tolerable coun
try postmaster.
Wo find these items in tho Atlanta Constitu
tion of yesterday:
Old Settlers’ Meeting.—Quito a number of
the old settlers of Atlanta met at the gentlemen’s
parlor of tho Kimball House last night. Pre
occupied spaco prevents a notice of who were
present or what was done. It was amusing to
hear of early speculations in city lots; of the
Norcrosssaw-mill; tho hotel enterprises; tho
arrival of the first train of the Georgia Railroad,
and of the first newspaper. Several hours were
delightfully spent in relating the scenes, habits
and amusements of tho early days of the city.
The store of Mr. J. A. Rumsey, on Ivy street,
generally called Peachtree, was burned about 2
o’clock yesterday morning. Loss from $1,800
to $2,000. Insurance $1,200.
The young gentlemen of Eatonton and Put
nam county will give the young ladies thereof a
May party, on the 3d of that month, at Reid s
Mill.
The negroes of Eatonton have organized a
lodge of Good Templars.
There was frost at Eatonton and vicinity Sat
urday and Sunday, hut ho damage resulted.-
The Press and Messenger says:
Fine Wheat.—Mr. W. J. BrewiogtoD, of this
county, brought us in a specimen of his grow
ing wheat Tho stalks are five feet six inches
in length, with long, large heads, just beginning
to fill out.* He says he has eight acres in one
field equally as fine as the specimen shown us,
and that his wholo crop of wheat is excellent.
He thinks he will average twenty-five or thirty
bushels to the acre, on his entire orop.
Tho Milledgevillo Recorder is not as much in
love with “Nemesis,” the “Modem Junius,
it was somo time back. It regards his No. 4 as
“a low and vulgar production,” and says that
‘some passages in it would be much more suit
able in the mouth of one 6f Robinson’s clowns
than in an imitator of Junius.”
The Recorder says that on last Saturday
night, a parly of masked meD, fifteen or twenty
in number, broke into the house of Mr. James
Staley, who lives about six miles from Milledge-
ville, and shot him through the body, inflicting
dangerous, if not fatal wound. Mr. Stalqy
tore off the mask of the man who shot him, and
recognized him. Mr. S. says tho difficulty had
no political bearing, whatever, bnt grew out of a
privato fend, and that tho party came from
Linton, Hancock county, twenty mile3 off,
where he (S) formerly resided.
Tho State Lunatic Asylum is being enlarged,
and is now an immense building, bnt still too
small to accommodate all the applicants for ad)
Two letters for J. W. Burke, publisher, Ma
con, are held for postage, in the Savannah post-
office.
Savannah is excited over tho presence of a
“shover of the queer,” who has been offering
to sell his Wares to various parties.
Tho Newnan Sabbath Schools will have their
May-day celebration at Griffin, this year.
The United States District and Circuit Courts
at Savannah have adjourned until next Monday
at 10 o’clock.
Eighteen handred dollars for tickets for re
served seats at the first Nilsson concert in Sa
vannah, were taken in on Tuesday.
Tho trooly loil ex-county officers of Chatham
who were choked off last election by the people,
die hard. Tho are talking now of quo warran•
to-Ing tho new officers in the United States
Gourts.
The Savannah Advertiser says a groat many
Northerners are passing through that city, just
now, on their way to Florida to spend the sum
mer. Aren’t they afraid of the terrible K. K.’s ?
Tho Chronicle and Sentinel boasts that Au
gusta thieves will steal anything in the world,
from a paper of pins to a locomotive. They are
stealing Bibles now.
George Vf. Clegg, an employee of tho Eagle
and Phoonix factory at Columbus, and during
the war a member of the 20th Ga., regiment,
died very suddenly at Girard, Saturday night.
O. H. White has been appointed agent, and
Capt. E. P. Bowdre assistant agent of the Ma
con & Western railroad at Griffin; as we learn
from the Middle Georgian, of tbat place.
Griffin barbers shave paying customers with
the sharpest razors, and non-paying ones with
their dullest ditto. They got rid of the latter
in one or two shaves.
The people of Augusta are talking of a new
bridge across the Savannah, to be built of iron,
and to cost $150,000.
Say3 the Sandersville Georgian:
Save the Trees.—The largest and most suo-
, ,, n I j* a aoon it was discovered that tho white voters oessful fruit grower in Washington conntv, ini
ot it. 2 had a nearly two-thirds majority. [ forms us that he is relieving his peaoh trees of
their superabundance of fruit, In. order to save
his trees and enable them to produoo peifeot
fruit. He contends that the Sooner this is done
the better, before the tree is riven by its weight'
of fruit and heavy winds. This should be done
with great care'so as not to injure the tree by
bruising or breaking the limbs. The man who
goes out with a pole to thrash the fruit off the
trees deserves to have that instrument applied
to his own person. Trees can feel a wound if
they cannot audibly complain.
The Atlanta folks are really moving in the
matter of a street railroad. R. Peters has been
elected President, andB.E. Crane, L. Schofield,
B. H. Broomfield, and J. H. James, Directors.
-, Mrs. John Moon an aged and most estimable
lady of Monroe county, died a few days since,
She-was buried in the family burying ground,
on the old homestead, where aha has lived for.
nearly fifty years.
Tho Baptist Convention at its reoent session
at Carferaville, passed the fallowing resolution
• Resolved, That we reaffirm the principles as
serted by the State Convention of our brethren
hold at Macon in 18GG, in relation to tbs theater,
the opera, the modern dance, and card playing,
to-wit: That we deem a voluntary participation
in them to bo inconsistent with a proper Chris
tian walk. : 'i
Proceedings ortbe Macon Bar on the
Death of Judge £. A. Nisbet.
At a meeting of the members of the Macon
Bar, held yesterday morning at the City Hall,
Judge Carlton B. Cole occupying the Chair,
the following preamble and resolutions were
offered by Hon. Washington Poe, Chairman of
tho Committee appointed to draft them, in
few brief and appropriate remarks, at thd con
clusion of which he handed ih.em to Hon. Clif
ford Anderson, who proceeded to road them,
REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE.
The Committee appointed at a recent meet
ing of the Macon Bar to prepares suitable me
morial of the Hon. Eugenios A. Nisbot, beg
leave to submit the following report:
Death is ever hovering around crar dwellings.
We can almost feel his icy touch and behold his
ghostly visago when our hearts beat strong with
hope, and our cheeks wear the rosy hues of
health. Ho is tho faithful and relentless execu
tioner of the deoree which consigns all Adam’i
race to tho dust. His visits—always unwel
come—are sometimes peculiarly painful. When
ho enters our homes and robs us of the cher
ished objects of our love; when he strikes down
the great and the good-^thoso of whom States
and communities are justly proud—then, in
truth, do lamentation and moumiDg follow in
his footsteps. By placing his inexorable grasp
on tho person of Judge Nisbet, ho has brought
sore bereavement to a large and loving family—
deprived this Bar of it3 honored head—this
Court of its wisest counsellor—the State of one
of its noblest and moat gifted sons—and the
Church of Christ of one of its brightest orna
ments andmost solid supports. Few men in these
latter days have commanded so much of the pnb-
Jio admiration and confidence. He graced every
position which ho occupied and, though dead,
the memory of his virtues will live in the hearts
of thousands amongst whom he moved, like a
bright planet shining with undimmed splendor,
until ho disappeared to take his place in the
constellations of Heaven.
Judge Nisbet’s pnblio career is well known to
the people of Georgia. Ho was a native of this
State—having been bom in Greene county on
the 7th day of December, in the year 1803. He
was a son of Dr. James Nisbet, a gentleman of
high character—one of the framers of the Consti
tution of 1790, andforanumberof yearsamem
ber of the Boarojof Trustees pf gic State Universi
ty at Athens. His first instruction was)received in
the school of Rev. Francis Cummings, D. D., at
Greensboro. When quite young, he entered the
Freshman class in the College at Columbia, S. O.
•Ho was soon transferred to the University at
Athens, and was a member of the first class of
graduates, under the Presidency of Dr. Moses
Waddel—bearing off the honors of his class.
Turning his attention to the law, he commenced
his studies under Judge Clayton, and subse
quently became a student in the law school of
the celebrated Judge Gould, at Litchfield, Con
necticut. Having finished his professional
course, he returned to Georgia, and at the early
age of twenty years was admitted to the Bar by
authority of a special act of the General Assem
bly. He_opened an office at Madison and began
the practice of hi3 profession in partnership
with John W. Campbell, Esq. It was not long
before his fino intellect and well-stored mind,
combined with a remarkable grace and beauty
of manner and expression attracted pnblio atten
tion. He made rapid reputation as a lawyer,
and gathered around him a host of admirers and
friends who, when ho had scarcely attained his
majority, held up before hSu tho alluriDg pros
pect of political distinction, and induced him to
represent the county of Morgan in the Legisla,
ture. This was in the fall of 1825. A few
months prior to his entrance into public life
viz: on the 12th day of April, 1825—he married
Miss Amanda Battle, of Hancock county, an
elegant lady, who presided with queenly dignity
over his home, and was his loved and honored
companion until her death in the month of May,
18G5.
Let it be here remarked that Judge Nisbet
was not a professional politician. As much as
any man wo ever knew, he heartily despised
tho artful duplicity of such a character. The
standard of moral rectitude by which he
was guided in privato-life was not lowered on
tho hustings nor in the halls of legislation. In
every walk of life, ho was the same high-toned,
candid, consoientions man, who loved and de
fended truth for it3 own sake, and who would
have suffered the losjj,of all things rather than
have done what was mean or dishonorable. He
was a party man, but was never in vinculis. He
was too ardent a lover of freedom to allow his
conscience to be bound by fetters. The right
of privato judgment he prjeod and preserved as
a priceless heritago. As a consequence, his
conrso on all public questions always secured
respeot. He served several successive sessions
alternately in the Senate and’ Houso, taking an
active part in debate and a leading position in
both bodies. In 1832 he became a member of
a convention which assembled to consider the
expediency of reducing the number of Senators
and Representatives, and greatly distinguished
himself by a speech of marked ability and elo
quence. Ho continued to represent Morgan
county in tho Legislature until 1837, when he
removed to Macon and there opened an office
for the practico of his profession. He was soon,
however, again called info tho public service,
having been elected in tho following year a rep
resentative from the State at larg^to tho Con
gress of tho Unitod States. "Ha was re-elected
; n 1840, but on account of the condition of his
private affairs and a growing distaste for politi
cal life, ho resigned his jjeat in that body in
1841.|
Tho position ho took in Congress wns a prom
inent one, nnd he retired to privato life with an
unblemished character and an enviable reputa
tion. Whilst ho held political office he was by
no means neglectful of his profession—suooess
in which was tho ch 5 ef object of his ambition.
He was a close and discriminating student, and
a master of tho law as a science. His forensic
efforts were remarkably clear and felicitous,
and evinced great research and a thorough ac
quaintance with his case. To tho demands of
a largo and increasing practice he dovoted him
self assiduously after his withdrawal from pub
lic life, until tho Supreme Cxrart of Georgia
was organized in 1845, when he was e&cted one
of the Justices of that Court, He sat on that
Bench eight years—the Compeer of Lumpkin
and Warner. Grand triumvirate! Noble repre
sentatives of a noble profession! The State
owes themadebtof gratitude it can never pay—
the Bar of Georgia a tribute of praise wluoh
rises not from reluctant hearts, and to which
successive generations shall give willing utter
ance. Judge Nisbet’s judicial opinions, embod
ied in the first fourteen volumes of the Georgia
Reports, are modelsof precision, perspicuity and
learning. He was eminently adapted to the du-
tiesof the Bench. Aloverof justioe, as wellasof
truth, ho was patient in' his investigations and
impartial in his judgments. No one eversus-
peoted him of favoritism. His integrity was
panoplied in a Heaven-bom purity. He wore
the ermino with grace and dignity, and resigned
it without spot or blemish. In 1853 he returned
to the Bar and continued, with little interrup
tion, to devote himself to the duties of his pro
fession until a few months before his death,
when in the fnll possession of his mental vigor,
and in pursuance of a cherished-desire to spend
tho evening of his days in quiet and peace, ho
withdrew from the active labors of life. He
was a member of the convention which assem
bled in January, 1861; and Chairman of the
Committee which reported the Ordinance of Se
cession. Ho had been a Union man all his life
and very reluctantly assented to the necessity
of such a step, but with him the path of honor
was the path of duty. He subsequently repre
sented Georgia in the Provisional Congress of
the Confederate States, and then finally retired
from pnblio life. He was a firm and faithfuj
adherent of the Sonth throughout.the tremendous
struggle which ensued; and no man lamented
more than he the surrender of her armies and
the consequent destruction of constitutional
liberty.
It remains to speak of -Judge Nisbet as a man
of letters. From early' manhood he devoted
much-of his leisure to literary pursuits. He
was a man of fine scholarly attainments. He
delighted to contemplate the beautiful creations
of genius, and to gather the- sparkling gems
which masterminds had scattered over the field
of thought. With him “a thing of beauty”
was “a joy-forever.” He read and relished all
the finest productions.of, the great and .good,
and down to his latest days revelled in the
pleasures which they afforded. His contribu
tions to the current literature of .'the day were
characterized by a classic elegance of style and
a beauty of thought peculiarly his own. He
was held in high esteem by the. educated men
of his day. For a number of years prior to his
death he was the President of the Board of
Trustees of Oglethorpe University, and a trus
tee, al30, of the Stato University at Athens—
which latter institution conferred on him, in the
year 1868, the honorary degree of LL.D.
This sketch would be incomplete, did wo not
refer to the most lovely trait in his character,
to-wit, his piety. For more than forty years,
he was a ruling elder in tho Presbyterian
Church, and only those who have served with
him in that office, know what a “pillar of
strength” he was. He was not an enthusiast.
He made no parade of his religion, bnt he was
not ashamed to testify his belief in the Gospel
of Christ. His faith was founded on the ‘*ock
of Ages.” It grew brighter and stronger with
each revolving day, and now that he is dead, it
casts a halo of glory around his tomb.
Who can duly estimate tho loss of such
man? His errors, whether of head or heart,
were like spots upon the sun. They pale into
insignificance before the radiant lustre of his
graces and virtues. In his homo, he was not
only a tender and loving'parent, but a familiar
friend. With his family, sweet was his con
verse. Respected, honored, loved—his chief
delight was in the companionships and associa
tions of home. Oh, what a loss his death has
inflicted on tho charmed circle of which he was
tho life and the joy!
He has gone from earth and we shall see him
here no more.
“Bat the night dew. that falls, though in silence it
weeps.
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he
And tho tear tbat wo ehed, though in secret it rolls.
Shall long keep his memory green in our souls ”
We recommend the adoption of the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That we deeply deplore the death of
Judge Nisbet, as a public losi, and a personal
bereavement.
Resolved, That we tender our sincere sym
pathies to his afflicted family, and request that
the Clerk furnish them a copy of these proceed
ings.
Resolved, That we request fhe Court to direct
this report to be entered on its minutes, and
tbit it do now adjourn as a mark of respect to
the memory of onr loved and lamented brother
and friend.
Washington Poe, J
John J. Gresham, j- Committee
Cliffoed Anderson, )
The report was received and unanimously
adopted. Whereupon Messrs. W. K. do Graff-
enreid, Barney Hill, Samuel Hall, T. B. Gresh
am, Sidney Lanier, Judge Jackson and Judge
Cole delivered brief, touobing and eloquent eu
logies in respect to tho memory of tho deceased.
The resolutions closing the report were then
adopted, and Judge Cole- announced the ad
journment of Bibb Superior Court till Friday
morning 9 o’clock.
On motion the meeting then adjourned.
Letter from Hon. Joseph. E. Broitn
President Western and Atlantic
Kailroad Company.
Atlanta, April 18,1871.
To the Editor of the Constitutionalist:
I have neither the time nor the inclination
to notice the numerous misrepresentations and
reckless statements made by anonymous writers
in the newspapers relative to the lease of the
State Road.
Bnt my attention has been called to ono in
yonr paper of the 14th inst, over the signature
“Publius," that is so glaring, and so well calcu
lated to deceive the pnblio tbat it may not be
inappropriate for me to notice it.
Publius says: “We pronounce the whole
transaction a fraud, because the people are
cheated; cheated because their property is
taken from them for twenty years for scarcely a
fifth of its annual net profits. Tho not profits
of the lessees for the month of March were
($140,000) one iumdred and forty thousand
dollars. Our information is reliable. Let them
deny it if they can. And this is the monthly
due of the people.”
Now, as tho representative of the company, I
deny the above statement, and regret to nave
to say, there is not one syllable of truth in it.
Since my attention was called to the statement,
I have directed Mr. Lynch, the general book
keeper of tho company, who has long served
the people of Georgia ia his present position,
and whose integrity as a gentleman, and char
acter as a book-keeper are too well established
in tho State to need comment, to furnish me
from the books with a correct statement'of the
receipts and expenditures oP this company for
the month of March, which I herewith enclose
in his own handwriting, over his official signa
ture, which you will please publish with this letter.
You will see by this statement taken from our
books, that our gross receipts for the month of
March, which is always more than average
month, were only, $128,468 33. And our ex
penses for the same month, including the ren
tal due the Stale, were $123,838 47, leaving a
difference in our favor of $4,629 86, and not
$140,000, as states by Publius. I do not deem
comment necessary. The books speak for
themselves. I am very sorry tho facts no not
justify me in making a showing more favorable
to Publius’ statement.
Bnt the wholo truth has not yet been told. In
addition to the expenditures, as shown by tho
statement of Mr. Lynoh, which wore in fact
made in cash, during tho month of March, in
the legitimate course of business on the road,
the company incurred the following debts dur
ing that month for rolling stock, which is indis
pensably necessary, on account of tho short
supply received with the road. We accepted
bills drawn on us by tho Ohio Falls Gar and
Locomotive Company, located at Jeffersonville,
Indiana, dated 13 th March, 1871, for ($24,980 33)
twenty-four thousand nlno hundred and eighty^
nine, dollars and thirty-three cents, payable,
one-fourth each, 1st June, 1st September, 1st
December and 1st March next, for thirty new
box cars.
We accepted bills dated 27th March, 1871,
payable in New York, in favor of the Danforth
Locomotivo and Machine Company, 03 follows:
Ono for $6,201SU, due 21st Jane next; ono for
$G,30S 40, due 21st September next; one for
$G,415 02, due 21st December next. These
drafts are in part payment for two new engines
purchased for the road.
On the 28th of March, 1871, tho company
gave its notes to M. Baird & Co., of Philadel
phia, for $24,993 OG, due, four months after
date, for two new engines, delivered by them
at Chattanooga. I give the facts and names in
detail, that “Publius,” or any one else inter
ested, may inquire into thorn, if he has any
doubts of their correctness.
Thus, it will be seen, onr net income for tho
month of March, counting receipts and expen
ditures in cash, was $4,G29 SG, and the debt in
curred by ns for rolling stock absolutely neces
sary for the proper working of tho road, is $G8,-
907 65. Deduct the income from the debt aDd
tho account stands against the lessees, $64,277 79
of debt incurred in March over income, instead
information” is certainly very
Bnt the month ot March is not tho only one
that must swell our indebtedness, TVe have
contracted for three other new engines, one
hundred and seventy more now box cars, and
twelve new coal cars; and we must still add to
the number. These are being delivered and we
must continue to give notes for them as they are
received. The number delivered up to this date
adds $83,147 87 to our debt for the first eighteen
days of April. The whole debt incurred in
April will probably exceed $100,000 over and
above all incomes.
Bat this is not alL We must lay down about
twenty or twenty-five miles of new iron on the
road this year. "Forty or fifty miles is really
needed, but wo may, by patching, be able to
get along with half the quantity. Again, the
bridges on-the road, nearly twenty in number,
were put up soon after the war, partly of bad
timber. Not one of them was painted or cov
ered. The durability of timber thus exposed in
tb“s climate is known to be from six to ten
years. On examination it is fonnd that bnt
one out of the whole number is worth covering
—that across Allatoona creek. We are now
patching them, and must soon rebuild every
one of them at a very large expense.
I might add other heavy exrLndiiiiT' —~~
saiy to be-incurred to putth^oad^f 3 0e <*8-
der, but I will not weary you! n
Suffice it to say that we are obliges .
a debt for this purpose that will tak 0 , ‘ ***
dollar we can oxpect to make, after I ? e 7er»
rental to the State for years to come p v IE 3 ffc
holder under the lease has receive d* *
dividend or income, andho one can
years. But we hope and believe wlftW
able, after wa have mado this largo U
and put the road in good order, to
sonable profit to the shareholders. Tt 4f£ i
. . wflLtake active and CQOr i
ment and close attention. This t • S 51 -
to give it. ' re mteofi
If it wera not for tho length of thi.
nication, I might feel inclined to
other of tho reckless and unfounded llc ® ^
of “Publius." I will allude
other points. He seems to thick
paying for several hundred thousand
worth of new rolling stock, contract
Mr. Blodgett and delivered to ns fm-lw *7
are not bound to account fortwentvTO™™* 5
statement is as groundless as the Iv 1 ?
March incomes. 0 at>out the
Mr. Blodgett had contracted in Nov^t.
December for five new engines nJV-* 01
cars, which were greatly needed ^
charged to ns in the office of the ^
the State, as under contract to
But tho Executive Committee of onr rff* ver *i
being informed of the fact, nnamrrm!^ 3 ’ oa
solved that wo would not receive themT^ te ‘
State, as they were not her pronertv ^
with the road, and turned over to ns. C !l Cect ^
received it. We so notified the Govet!^
expressed his gratification at ourde-S 0 '’* 510
rescinded the contracts. Wo have andvm 113
chase our own rolling stock at onr own J™/®'
and not at the 'expense of tho State
lease. >' i ™agt!a
For tho relief of “Publius” on the ,
varnish question, I will state that werwXr
reasonable supply of oil, about enon^SL*
bly, for three months, and an)overstock J t,
nish, which wore tho only articles I v!,.
except the stationery, of which there— ^
even a reasonable or fair supply.
! watot
gallons i
tho State v>omuussioner3 at $8,332. Wet- J
obliged, under the lease, to accept this withtt!
road, as it was in possession of the road
was charged to us by the Commissioners. eZ
whom we held no control, ana in whose atT
tion we had no voice. If .“Publins" ^iU yT"
the Legislature to take it back, and S
credit for it, wo will, as it is in our wav
cheerfully turn over to them a largo portio^
it, at least enough to varnish his very nafoww
and unfair communication. w
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
Hon. Joseph E. Brown, President JTes'eraaei
- Atlantic Railroad Co. :
Sib :—I have the honor of submitting torn
the following statement of earnings and cm
ditures of the Western and Atlantic R.iirati
for tho month ending March 31st, 1871:
Your obedient servant,
Owen Lynch, General B. K.
GROSS EARNINGS.
Amount from Freight.... $100,734 03
Amount from Passengers. 26,766 10 •
Amount from Miscellane
ous Income 96S 14—$123,468 8 |
EXPENDITURES.
Amount for Transporta
tion Department $ 21.183 15
Amount for Motive Pow
er 28,140 55
Amount for Maintenance
of Way 9,098 16
Amount for Maintenance
of Cars 13,499 71
Amount for General Ex
pense 3,921 35
Amount for Repairs of
Buildings 1,177 30
Amount for Equipment..’ 5,417 55
Amount for Now Iron.... 7,303 04
Amount for laying Track. 740 75
Amount for Cross Ties.... 7,673 05
Amount for Interest to
Ohio Falls Company... 178 S6
Amount for Rental 25.000 00—$123,837 fl I
Balance 54,929 81
We find the above In the Cons tit a tunalktrf {
Augusta, 22d inst., upon which the able and H-1
pericnced editor of that paper makes the fot- [
lowing comments:
THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC BAHR01R
The communication of tho HomtephE I
Brown, President of tho Western aadAStotic
Railroad, will attract much attention. Its tats
and figures will, we have no doubt, makeanB-
pedal impression on Publins, and will bave,a |
im at least, ono wholesome effect. These id!
teach him the importance of examining for tin-
self practical business questions on whichla
assumes tho rolo of teacher and censor, ui
not accept in blindfaith the statements of ottas
who may have professed to him to have eiss- j
ined tho subject.
Governor Brown’s letter will probably »I
lieve tho anxieties of a good many oils
patriotic) citizens of Georgia as to the grat I
amount of money tho State has hit by its
lease of the road. Perhap3 it will suggest I
conjectures as to how much more the Stile
would have lost had she remained in psf |
session, nnder any political adninnstntia :
We do not complicate the question with lb j
association of the names of Bullock, Blodgettt j
Co., suggestive as they may bo. With thepK-
pect of tho losses here foreshadowed, and j
the fact that $25,000 per month is ssscredio.
the Stato Treasury, under the present la*i
prudent citizens will be apt to conclude that®
State has been rescued from a great peii h* -
tunato she will be if no disaster happens
business goe3 on with reasonable smootM
so as to enable tho lessees to pay their mofitjj
rental and meet their other engagement* ®
State has made a good contract on her p»j;
this much is assured. It would boa misfoiEP*
not confined to tho lessees if it should tun ®
to bo a bad contract for them. It is
ost of tho Stato that they should succeed, ^
we believe all fair-minded and prudent otiw
will wish them success. »
If they mako any money out of the lass
is plain, from tho statement of the
and the exhibit of the book-keeper, tint u j
will have to labor, and to wait for it f« I*?
Taking tho road and the rolling stock in* .
pidated condition, and wholly inadequate w
tho business pressing on it, they
to buy new engines and cars, andlayaow*
rails to an extent that not only absorbs au
cash means, hut requires them to go Be* J
debt. Their surplus income, after pay => .
rent expenses and rental, is thus to
appropriated for years to oome. ab*7
take all the risks of storms, and floo^' “Lw
seasons, and divisions of trade by “.0,71
routes now existing, end by 1
and to assume heavy habihties I
road in good working order under all cir^
stances. While their Potion y ^ csr[1 i- j
out reasonable hope m tte ^ 1 V. 1
- cue full of anxiety. It JfjJI
capacity, care ninthly ren^
the State is well secured in her
of $23,000 pet month. ^
To this wo add an editorial ^
number of tho Plantation, edut-
Wallace Howard and Col. R. A. AIs- 0 -,
lanta, as to the present condition oi .I
and tho conduct of tho lessees. - - s. ;
proper that theso items of intern*^ d
public, who are interested in tho q® |
the lease of the road:
THE WESTER AND ATLANTIC
.. j have occasion to pass frequent^ w
great thorough faro, and it g lves . u ?,f'« 3 tolb
record the steady improvement born ; $
comfort ana safety of passengers, .j
prompt transportation and delivery oi
A strong force is steadily at worse-
and new ties and new rails are beiJ.- ji
as fast as they can b'e provided. #*8
complaints now about payments fre bd -
men. Seven of the old conductors^- T£ i e ;-
lum) are again in place. Those rsx
ans, Fuller and Bell, are as active a- ^
ous as when we knew them in ‘aulai-- v.^
Our friends from below, who may, L _ ^
to make a mountain trip during tac !f
may do so with tha assurance,
their necks will not be in danger, on ^ p
creature comforts daring (he jour j
. a*
i
found it a good role to let weU ak»e.
to ns that it would be a pity to distu
ent arrangement. The road at p 1# I
answering the purposes for whi ^ t bly ^
It is paying the tax-payers a fair a Use#
dead, and safely transpova them
products at reasonable ^ M
we ask ? And how would we be ben
change?
