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GKOBOIA PBB88.
Aheiucbs bu the cow nuiaanoe toccn-
Shad wico.
7x3 CetuUMion dodges (bo issue in
ttiu corn: eUnder contained io its state*
seat concerning the Mason & Brunswick
jailroad—it refuses to acknowledge the
corn. Being the exponent of tfco “Crack
at Cits," we suppose our contemporary
ftcii himself thorongbly at home as
eon-dodger.
Am exchange anggests that the fol
lowing epitaph be car red upon the mom
amant which it is now proposed shall be
nalaed to the memory of Adam;
Erected
to the
memory of
dam,
the grandfather
of
the human race.
Se rose oa creation’s morning, and fell
before Ere.
Qo thou and do likewise,
AvaUsTa papers aro still explaining
tew the houses will be nnmbsred. We
«»a!d suggest that mnoh inconvenience
could oa avoided by hiring a man for each
aqm.ra.lo dad the new numbers for in
gi ler?.
N*xr to standing at the churoh door
«at> oritioiaing ingoers, a young , man
o-c come nearer aobieving immorta
tame as a bore, by outsitting in a ladies
jtaslx the other visitor wbo has an en
gagMucot.
Oanrviu has had a phantom party.
Tom Abtxx has, as we predioted
tertu-d op pgaic; this time with the Pho
«e«rajh
Txx Jasper Greens, of Savannah, will
*nita in a “Military Hop’’ to-night
Tra employes of the Oentral railroad
ted a walking match in Savannah. J. E.
Srerett walked fire miles in 50 minutes,
teetonds and I. McDonough the same
cumber of mileB in 56 minutes, 49 sec
cade. The latter received a tin medal as
the aiowest walker.
Tub mortuary report shows fourteen
deaths in Savannah for last week.£The
population Is 32,65&
Tea Fiorencee are playing the '‘Mighty
Dbiiur ’ in Columbus.
Tux only thing now that keeps the
Augusta canal from being a success, is
high tides and low bridges.
Thb Phor.ojraph says that Mayor Huff
as apoktB of as the probable successor to
Wtean in the management of the North
G orgia Fair.
Tax Grant boom In Georgia is now
dossed along aide of Tiob’s prophecies.
Thb graud jury in tisvann&b baa been
touching op the lawyers a little.
Savannah yew. Colonel John S.
Tt.Ti.-ner, formerly a resident of this
State and daring the Confederate war
agent of the Southern Associated Pres?,
disrt suddenly in Galveston a few dsvs
□■see. Tbe life of the d«ceased wa3 full
o' thrilling events, among which bis ar
rest in Havana and bis sentence to ten
g*a»9 imprisonment by the Spanieh an.
ahtritfes for complicity in tbe unfortu-
■&te Dopes expedition, and bis subse-
qn-nt’releaeo through the intervention of
tt* Halted Staies Government, brought
him .prominently before the American
3The deceased was a native of
was sixty-two years of age
Oft7Pi»osiD Mobdke.—Columtns Eequi-
sr. During tbe Biinbridge fair, which
Tvos held a week or so age, tbe mjaieri
ear. dlsappcaranoe of a gentleman caused
so Utile exatement. Fora day or two
founds supposed that be had gone home,
baa as nothing was beard from him
aearoh and inquiry by telegraph was
newda Friends bad been with him on
toy previous evening, and all were drink
ing freely. Next morning be was miss
3Dg. His room in the hotel was entered
when It was discovered that he bad left
with nothing on bat his under clothing.
Although friends have done all in their
power to find trace of him, their efforts
w-re lenities?. His name is Oscar Bicks.
He ia- rv farmer from Jackson county,
Florida, and went to Bainbridge with
aereral hundred dollars in his pocket.
'iairns Sun: Tbe yonng men who
■laud round the church door oa earth,
wtttohmg tbe people come out, and sunl
it* on the girls in an emetic sort of way,
will name day bang round tfco gates of
teaven while tbe decent people go in,
the first thing they know the gate is
•fcnj forever, and they will have to get
ic-ommodations ele where.
Sitannaii Newt: Oa Friday. Mrs.
BrT.an, living on Lover’s Lane, having
CaiAeionto go ont on business for a short
tins, left her two children alone Is tbe
tease. During her absence, the clothes
01 tn» youngest child, aged two years.be.
came ignited while she was playing too
near the firepuoe, and the little innocent
would have bean burned to death bat for
the fortunate appearance of a colored
x-'.a. Ho heard tbe sore a ns of tbe
4b-«d, and rnsbing into tbe bouse suc-
v.dod in extinguishing the burning dresB
thru saving tbe little one from a terntls
Among these etables, the most noted are
Gabriel, LsRoy, Dell. Ben Hill, Bound
Dance, Casey’s Lynchburg colt, King
Bichard, Fred Bice, Whitehall, Governor
Hampton, Edgefield and Bed Shirt, Sam
Eoker, Bee’s Wing—all noted performers
and excellent animals. So that altogether
there is good sport in store for Augueta
and its visitors in January.
late.
Tbs Constitutionalist, speaking of the
zu-re now in Aagaeta in training for
(be Janaary rscea, sayst First, there is
Hugh Giffney’e stable, of Baltimore,
Bar geo, bay gelding aged, imported
Huirab, dam Esily Downing. This
k. ittibeat Parole at Saratoga, in 1877, in
34 mile handicap, and has wen his oats
sl> over tbe country, from New York to
3-w Orieini.
xxUgasen, brown gelding, Cyearscid, by
*“zseyatoneout of Luoie Foxier. This
k -- hardier and steeple chaser, has beat-
ec. many famous horses, and made a fine
vetoed this summer at Brighton Beach.
jj*oky Hit, 3 years old, by Kentucky,
Z.~g Fisher or Cannt D’O.sy, dam im-
pjxled Fluke. Ho has won several roues
a' Brighten Beacb, Baltimore and Ca-
kt-abla, whero he was especially a favor*
it* He will be entered in all tbe stakes
Vifb, and for all Eiatern cups next year.
Chestnut filly, two years old, by Wan*
<? *r, dam by imported Bonny Scotland,
SI s came second this season to Sensa
tion, at Jerome Park. She will be en
isled for all Sontbern stakes this season,
and is engaged for all the three and four
jur eld btakes Eiat,
Chestnut filly, two years old, by Mile,
a'c.o, dam Boay. She makes her first ap
j tranco in pnblic here in January,
xu. bibau wood’s stable.
Santnok, chestnut horse, fire years
ol% by Patriot, dam Fannie Fisher. He
5, s won a number of raoes in North and
t alb' Carolina, and makes his first
t urge over the hurdlis at this meet-
x { . n
Ucoklsnbnrg, 3 years cld, by Planet,
t..m Merry Wave, being a fall brother to
* -iovernor Hampton," and himself gives
•xoellent prom so. He beat a large field
e'fine bones in Columbia, Maoon and
A ianta. He will also be entered next
y ar for all tbe big stakes East.
Governor Sprague, 2 years old, by C*l-
v a, dam Ethel .Sprague, He has won
» *kei also at Atlanta, Maoon and Colum-
i, and ia said to bo the beet tiro year
l. 1 performer in the Soatb.
Three year old filly, by Lyncbburg,
f » hj Mahomet. She has never ran,
k .i ia T^:y fcielly thoeght of, and givc-s
t od promise.
In addition to these stables, Messrs.
£ rnes end West, of Chicago, are expect-
i here in a short time with five runnerr;
E.. Bnrob, of Charleston, will be here
v h four runnerr; Mr. Caldwell, of Nash-
< b», will be on hand with four runners;
Vr. Brown, of Atlanta, will have two; Mr.
b.^acer, of Telia, will come with five,
Tt~ Sanders, cf Charleston, will bring
over one, Mr. Aldridge, of Elgefield,wiU
have three or four and Mr. Fred Carter,
v Baltimore, will have two or three.
“POOR TOM."
"i’MW.”
D3. V. O. TIOKXOB.
Tears of Freedom-two!
And a abiveiing phantom at suds
Wiib the firelight flukering through
With bis gaunt and wasted hands.
•‘Home!”—and he bowed his head
Ah! cot for shelter and not for bread,
To die at the master’s feet.
Ont of tbe scourging storm
Where tbe winds might never beat;
Where Tom lay ever warm;
Till Freedom tbe pitiless
Fell from the cruel sky;
And the bitterness of bis nakedness
Made Tom so glad to—die
Ob! bad these arms the pith
Of jost two years ago,
Wrecked in tbe wrestle with
Ton wilderness of wo*.
Tom’s love wonld bring the light
Ba:k to tbe master’s eye—
But the bicod in bis heart is cold to-night
And be only cornea to—die!
Was it ever so many years,
Or only yeeterdsy.
That master, among the peers
Went bravest, with Tom, tbe gay?
Before the “locust’’ and “hall,”
Or only an boor gone by.
That Fretdom tell with a flail
On Tom and made him die!
Of the dear old days, so sweet
Does master dream as be site,
Till Ibe weariness of bis feet
Seems—wandering in wits;
Till yesterday seems so dim,
And tbe far-away to nigb,
That bia head goes all a'awim.
And bis heart is faint to die!
Poor Tom!—For a hundred years
Tonr blood has conrsea by mine.
Were there warmth in bitter tears.
There should not lack the brine;
Dying!— I »now it well,
As I know tbe signs on high;
Tbe toaene that grimly tell,
Ont of the storm, ’twere wtll
Beth of ns, Tom, to dtt!
fHE MICKLES ELOFEMEST.
A Glory Abont (he Heroine of
tne Affair Never Before Pub
lished.
Pittsburgh Telegrsp b.l
The elopement of Mies Carrie Sickles,
daughter of Oen. Daniel E. Sickles, from
Pari?, with an Englishman named McCarthy,
has been given the public b7 cable dispatch
es Oen Sickles panned tbe pair to Lou
don, where be hid them airested. The
yang lady is about twenty fi7e years ef age,
and is very accomplished. Hhe has a snperb
figure and charming manner, and for a long
timo was a belle in tbis coontty. The writer
of th e, while in Baltimore several yearn ago,
was told s story abont Miss Sickles by a
school friend of hers, which is' fall of pa
thetic interest Just now. A little party bad
been {.iven at tne homo of a lady in Balti
more, where the writer met Mias Sickles,
and was struck by her quick wittod repartees
and her readiness to chat about current top
ics of interes:. Meetmg a school mate of
hors the next day the writer shaded to this.
“Oh, jos,” was the reply, “she was gay
enough then, poor child, but I think she is
almost broken hearted, notwithstanding ber
vivacity.” A few questions brought on: the
whole ead story. Oen. Scklee’ firrt wire,
tho mother of bia daughter, as will bo re
membered, was connected in tbo famous
scandal with Philip Barton Key, tbe District
Attorney at Washington, D. O Sickles shot
Key in 1859, and killed him, was tried tor bis
murder and was acquitted His wife died
shortly after, and before ber daughter wsa
old enough to underatand the disgrace of it
all. Gen. Sickles, with jealous watchful-
nee?, kept tbe facts connected with ber
mother’s ebare in tbe tragedy a secret irom
bia daughter, and she knew nothing about it
until the was nearly nineteen. She was a
sensitive, loving girl, and worshipped tbs
memory of tbe motner whom she bad been
tiught to love, and she frequently spoke of
ber to ber friends. Mies Sickles went to
school in Baltimore, and one day while reci
ting in class she bad a slight quarrel with a
jiri from Washington. After echool a nun-
jer of girls were seated together, among
them being M<es Sickles and the girl With
whom she bid quarreled. Miss Sickles apol
ogised tor what tho had said, but tbe other
girl reiusedto bo oomforted, and finally
;rew veiy angry and began to taunt Mias
jioklea snout the terrible story of her moth
er’s wrong doing. Miss Sickles demanded an
explanation, which was given, and the poor
yonng lady almost lost her reaeon in the at
tack of illneas which followed, bha left the
echool when she recovered her health, and
soon afterward joined ber father. It was
said she acted very wildly toward him for
keeping tbe stoiy bidden from ber, and re
proached him bitterly. Tne effect of the
revelation was that Mire Siokloa’ manner and
actions changed from what they bid Ween
before, and ehe b3gantowo iy ber father
by ber apparent bsartleasnees and f.ndnese
for the exiitement connected with the life of
a belle in an Atnericfn city like Washington.
In eonnection with this it is not ont of plaoe
to eay that tho Keya, aa a family, have not
irospered tines that occurrence in Wash-
□gton. The son of Philip Barton Key
(whose father wrote the “Star Spangled
banner,” is now an actor, and. as James
Barton,”he took part in the performances of
tho “Pullman- Palaoe Oar Tonriats,” who
were tho first company to appear at tbe
Opera house, in this city, this winter.
Christian Benevolence,
The New York Election.
Some of tbe figures in regard to our
State election, Bays the Sun, are pecul
iarly interesting. The whole number of
votes cast for Cornell tor Governor was
418,179. This is 71,192 leas than the
number cast for Edwin D. Morgan, the
R°publican candidate for that office in
1876 The votes east this fall for Bobin-
eon for Governor amount to 379,503.
This is 140,328 less than tbe votes he re
ceired for the same office in 1876. O!
course, tbe large diminution in Bobin.
son’s votes is doe mainly to tbe fact that
John Kelly h s now obtained 76.696
votes for Governor. Add theBe to those
cast for Bobinaon, and tha total is 4(6.
190, whtoh shows that tbe falling off this
year in the namber of Dsmoaratia votes
oast for Governor is 63.G32 when com
pared with the namber thrown in 1876.
This is less than the Republican falling
off by about 7.5CO.
* The plurality of Cornell over Bcbiceon
Ib 38.676. bat tho combined vote of Bobin-
eon and Kelly is 33.320 more than tbe vote
given to Cornel!. Putting aside all eati
mates, however well founded, concerning
Bepoblican votes thrown for Bobiasan,
and Democratic votes cast for Cornel),
the figures just given show two things:
first, that Robinson and Kelly had both
ran, and there had been no Republican
bait from Cornell, hie plurality over Rob
inson wonld have been at leaet 76,696;
and secondly, that if the Democrats bad
been nnited upon a candidate for Gov
ernor, he would have defeated Cornell by
a majority of at least 38.320.
The vote thrown for Kelly Is about
seventeen par cent, o! the entire vote
given to both tbe Democratic candidates
for Governor.' Bat this does not inolade
the whole boP, for it is notorious that
thousands of Democrats voted for Cor
nell. If we inolade these, then the bolt
will amount to abont 20 per cent., or one-
fifth of the whole Democratic vote. The
data are not so complete for determining
tbe whole extent of the Republican de
fection frpm Cornell. In addition to
those who scratched hie name from the
ticket. It ie beyond all controversy that
thousands of Republicans voted for Bob-
insoo. It would seem to be within reas
onable limits to plaee the Republican
bolt at 10 per cent sf the whole vote oast
by the party for Governor.
It will be borne in mind that all tbe
Republican candidates on the State tick
et, except Cornell, had to enoounter tha
nnited strength of the Demooraoy. All
were eleoted except Soule, for engineer
and surveyor, who was beaten by Sey-
moat. Tne lowest Bepnblioan plurality
is 1,150 for Hoskins, Lieutenant Gover
nor; the highest is 7,323 for Ward, Attor
ney General. The aver ago Republican
plurality for the State officets, aside
from Cornell, seems to be 3,325.
^Thx he b tile Htes fail ad to pnt in an
appear an os before the commission last
iturday, as promised, and by last ac-
ooonts bad not been seen.
OB, THE CHURCH IN SSSia STREET.
At this season of the year, when the
minds of “earnest workers” la the great
field of Christian charity are ordinarily
tnrned in the direction of fairs and fes
tivals, it may bs interesting and profita
ble to revive tbe memory of tbe 555tb
Street Churofc fair—the most snooeesful
one of its time, or since; but that was so
long ago that the yonng never heard of it,
and many of the old have forgotten it al
most altogether.
The 5SS U M Street Chnrch was Dutch
Reformed, so-oalled: but why theyshonld
insist npon being called “Beformed” is a
mystery—seeing that the most of them
so far as we know, were always just
abont as good 03 man ever will be, and
needed but to keep on traveling in the
paths of righteousness, and any material
change most be for the worse and not
for the better.
Now a young, strong and vigorous pil
lar in tbs 565:h Street Church was Hanj
Jafcn Jansen, tbe (bird of that name.
More than 125 years ago Hans’ grand-
father bad started, down in “the swamp, 1
a humble store house devoted to the re
ception and sale of hides, leather, mo
rocco and8hoe findings. He prospered
mightily. His son prospered in tbe same
way after him; and when, in oonrseof
natnre, Hans the third came into possess
ion, the gossip abont his wealth wae or
dinarily expressed in seven figures with
mysterious insinuations that it mighty in
fairness, reach to eight.
But Hans was a miracle of trntb, hon
esty and fidelity. He was diligent in
business and fervent in spiii 1 ’. In his
plaoe st the swamp early on week days
and in his place in 555th street on Sun
days and In all prayer meetings. All
these felioities would have contented his
soul Indefinitely, bnt, sad to relate, his
good mother—the last of the family, him
self excepted, tooksiok and died, begging
him with her last breath to select from
among the young sisters of the churoh,
somebody to fill her place in making a
home for him.
Thu naturally turned the attention of
Hans in that direotion, and it was not
long bsfora bis eyes and heart were
canght and fixed by tbe cfcaruu of Miss
Daisy Diamond Dalrymple, of Mnrray
Hill, as “pretty as a picture,’’ or, to
speak more strongly,as pretty as a yonng
Jewess—a miracle of plump, vivacious,
and bswitohing beauty, after whom Hans
sped with all the ardor of a new and all
absorbing ides, tardily oonoeived. Yes,
be could think of nothing else; be was
ready to back Daisy with the very last
shilling of bis resources, financial, physi
cal and mental; (we mention them in the
order they osourred to Hans).
Ho overwhelmed her with costly pres
ents, of everything he fanoied pretty or
desirable; and although Hans was not,
perhaps, a ohtvalier particularly attract
ive to Misa Daisy, yet all Murray Hill
knew him to be the best fellow in tbe
world, a model sob, a capital buainesa
man and to solvent! Hans could not be
refused or resisted, so they pledged their
faith and waited for & proper time after
the family affliction to be married.
Abont thlB time arose the churoh fair
and festival we speak of. Five hundred
and fifty-fifth street chnrch was rnnning
a mission in Otaheite, and the fair was
given to raise fonds for organs for the
Sanday-schools in conneolion with the
miseion. Miss Daisy Diamond Dalrym
ple, like all the other prominent yonng
sisters, was appointed to the charge of a -
stall, and fired with a noble seal to
eclipse every other angelic vender in the
chnrch. Bnt really her ambition paled
before that of Hans’. "My dear Daisy,"
said he, “whatever you see that would
help your display, buy witbont regard to
ooet. My resources are ample." And to
make assurance doubly sure, he put into
her bands a resotipt setting forth that
Miss Daisy Diamond Dalrymple had in-
etruotions to buy oa bis account, and all
bills v must be sent to No. So-and-So,
Swamp.
Miss Daisy was a yonng lady of origi
nal taste. In the way of elaborating
pretty things ont of the simplicities of
nature, she oonld not be beaten. She
had been spending days at the Fair of
the American Institute, studying into the
mysteries of making the prettiest things
in the world out of sea-shells and peb
bles, acorns, dried leaves and grasses,
butterflies, beetles and varions other
bugs, bather most brilliant achievements
bad been with bright ears of oorn, fam
oifully ornamented with drapery of
French flower* and leaves, and to them
8he adled paint and gold leaf until tbs
trophies beosme like herself—daziling.
Bnt now in her experiments for the
forthcoming fair she began with tbe
naked cob and advancing step b/step in
the arts of coloring, gilding and decor*
tion she oonld think of nothing that
oonld possibly improve the lustre of these
cob3 except* heavy frosting of diamonds.
It was from this conception in the beau
tiful cranium of Miss Daisy, that sprung
that note, which is even now pointed ont
as a curiosity in the records of the eele 1
brated jewelry firm of Ball A Black;
“Please send me by bearer five pounds
of little diamonds."
Now, it is needless to remark, that
with this pnrehass Daisy’s beflowered and
gilded oorn cobs took a lustre, a beauty
and a value that corn cobs never knew
before, and thus when her stall opened
brilliant with these bejewelled oobs, cor-
rnsoating In the most improved chemical
light of the day, the whole city went mad
over them, and bought them without
sense of the possibility of loss, of which
there was none—that Daisy shona in the
glory of unrivalled success—that the Ota-
heitan Mission and the church in 555th
street did not know what to do with their
funds, and that Hans Jahn Jansen, like
a responsible man, paid np without a
word, though it ia surmised that he
thought a good deal. . •
Ltkch Law.—The summary execu
tion of the negro thief Walker, at Fort
Valley, an aooount of whiob will be found
elsewhere, admits of no justification np
on any hypothesis whatever. To pit
human life against worldly goods is a
palpable Infraction bath of law and mor
ality.
The perpetrators of the wioked deed
should be ferreted out, It possible, and
brought (o condign punishment.
As yet tbe whole matter is shronded in
mystery, and many think that Walker
fell a victim to bis accomplices in orime,
who fesred that they would ba implica
ted by his confessions.
Such note are of incalculable injury to
cur State and people, and should be
sternly reprobated by all good oiti-
Tbe Grant Wave and a Rem
edy.
It is one of the curiosities of tbe day
to observe what impoxtance is attached
by the leading Northern newspapers to
the alleged Grant movement in the
Sonth. It is the topic discussed on all
hands evidently in the belief that a great
ground swell for Grant and a third term
haB arisen in this quarter, when, in point
offaot,aaall here know, it has taken
little or no hold on publio attention or
sympathy. True, tbe “soft corn" with
whioh the ex-preaideat and a ‘few of his
friends are doling to the South is pleas
ant to the taste and may be good for
food. That kind of talk is better than
malediction, of whioh wa have now had
some forty-odd years; but we lack faith
sufficient to enthuse over ib The few
who znsh over this apotheosis are in the
field early to levy a pre-emption right on
what they think may possibly ba gained
by ib They sr9 of the class who have
no stakes to risk.
But the olass of Northern and Western
politicians who are making such a fuss
about this alleged Grant ground swell in
the South, are no more honest or serious
than the few Southern agitators. Thoy
are making all this fuss to kill the third
term, and it is hurting tbe third term
What could be more fatal to it than the
programme of Southern conciliation and
liberal appropriations now foreshadowed
in the name of Grant?
There is, bowever, another mode of
fighting tbe third term whioh is an-
nounoed as in full tide cf successful expe
nment. The Washington letter writers
esy the city swarms with lobbyists in fa
vor of a bill for creating tbe ex-Fresident
“Captain-General of the army” with
125,000 annual salary, so as to give him
plenty of money to live on with nothing
to do. They assert that every member
of Congress wbo has so far arrived in
Washington, has been epproaohed with
copy of this bill and is pledged to support
it. It is confidently believed that tbis
bill will boy off the third term, and the
Southern Grant movement will thereafter
quietly subside.
Uxhafpt lain and.—Bad crops and
the continued rapacity of landed proprie
tors have brought about a terrible state
of things in the Emerald Isle. The
people are starving and flocking out of
the oonntry to Amerioa and Australia,
tenants are being distrained for their
rear, and indignation meetings and a
new impetas to Fenianism are the hatu
ral result. Quite a number of imprudent
speakers have been arrested by the
Britith authorities aid the poor people
are likely to hare a hard time of It.
Traly the history of this unfortunate
Island has been but a series of calamities
ever since its subjugation and incorpora
tion with Great Britain. This is most
painfully evinced by the rapidly decreas
ing population and the continued poverty
of the inhabitants. Bat no true friend
of Ireland in this country ehonki oounsol
a resort to arms in her present extremity.
It would add a thousand fold to the bur
dens and Borrows of the people, and leave
them more helpless and dependent than
ever,
The better plan by far to be pursued
by the philanthropists and trne friends
of this unfortunate) nation, is to epnd them
food and supplies to relieve their neces
sities, and form emigration societies tor
their removal to cheap homes in tbe South.
This is the best possible solution for the
tronbles of Ireland. What kind of
anion” is that which can only be main
tained by force of arms ?
Lit Oos Pxjph Go into tbe Fish
Business.—It is a trite saying that he
who raises two blades of grass where one
only had previously grown is a benefac
tor to mankind. So, also, tbe man who
can atil.'z j come nseless pond,backwater or
flowing river to supplement the production
of cheap and wholesome fish bb food for
tbe masses, is entitled to the same dis
tinguished consideration. Oar State is
interseeted by many bold rivers, connec
ted with whioh are numerous tributaries
now mainly stocked with catfish in mea
ger numbers. Of really valuable edible
fish, save a few mountain trout, perch,
suckers and shad in their season, there
are abaolataly none. The efforts of the
general government, therefore, to supply
this lack desetves to bo encouraged by
every patriotio citixso, and the moat
stringent laws should bo enacted for the
protection of the finny tribe. A North
ern exchange, of lats date, saye
In describing the improved or German
oarp, professor Baird says that this fish
bears abont the same relation to the ordi
nary English oarp that a North Carolina
“pine woods’’ pig doss to one of the Berk
shire breed, in Germany the carp is es-
teemed as highly as the trout, and sells
for the same price in the market. The
first successful introduction of theso fish
intojthe United States took place abont
three years ago. The experiment of
breeding and raising them in the pond
where they were then placed, haB been
perfectly aacosssful, the feoundity aid
rapid growth of the fish having been
quite remarkable. Speoimens hatched
tuis year have already attained a
length of seven inches. Tho oarp lives
on vegetable food, and thrives best in
warm water: facts whioh make it pecul
iarly suitable for the South, and it3 qua'.-
itisa as a food fish will give it a high
value in that section.
Several citizens In tbe vicinity of M»
con have been supplied with Ecgtisb
carp, and, doubtless, ere long they will
add another delicaoy to the larders of
the housekeepers of Georgia.
Ridiculous.—It is a supremely small
dodge on the part of oar respected con
temporary, the Atlanta Constitution, to
oharge “dyspspsia” upon the Txleobaps
and MxsaxNaxB, a journal whiob, for
more thin a halt century, has striven to
build np Macon and southwest Georgia,
beoanse It tabes exoeptionjto the follow
ing blatantly expressed utterances of the
paper, which forsooth, attempts to ran
Atlanta, Macon and southwest Georgia
besides: “We hear growls all around,
and if it (the lease failure) had oconrred
in Atlanta, It wonld have been attributed
to the fact that it was an Atlanta triok:
bnt thank he Lord, Wadley’s cross
roads was tho soene of the fiasco. It is
well known that the Maoon and Brun
swick stands to-day just where she
was when she was first built—swinging
in the air, starting nowhere, and going
nowhere.”
Now, let oar wonld-be faoetious and
esteemed contemporary drop its badinage
and pointless flings, and say whether or
not it did thus disparage Maoon and the
enterprising people who live at Brun
swick and on the line of tbe M. & B. B.B.
Let there be no wiring in or out.
A naniBLx fire oacnr.ei yesterday in
New York, whioh consumed the atableB
of the Eighth Avenue street railroad, with
three firemen and 200 hoi ass.
A Paosnacus Railway.—The report
of Mr. Garrett, tbe able president of the
Baltimore & Ohio road, exhibits the ni
cest management and most satisfactory
results to the stookhoIderB. The total
earnings of the road and its branches
foot up $14,193,980.43, showing an in
crease, aa compared with 1878, of $428,*
700.44, and a gain over the previous year
of $986,120 35. The expense of working
the road wae $4,523,581.75, being a re
daction of near 2 per cent, from the pre
vious year, end 4.71 from 1877.
The use of steel rails has resulted in
reducing expenses for repairs $68,192 53.
The company has declared two semi
annual dividends of four per cent, each
inBtook daring the year. The road ia
also reported to be in superb condition,
and has an invested surplus of $38,204,-
657.93 not included m stock or bsads.
We doubt if any other railroad organiza
tion in the United States can make as
satisfactory a showing.
BY TELEGRAPH.
The Neoboes Movino.—We learn from
the Atlanta Pott that the darkies have
made several nominations for aldermen
in Atlanta. This is not surprising when
we consider the mixed np condition
politioa at the Capital. When Bryant
and some of those citizens, who eall
them selves leading Democrats, unite
upon the incarnation of oppression and
Radicalism in the person of U.
Grant, of coarse there will be complica
tions and Sambo wonld be foolish not
improve the opportunity to put in his
own hatchet. Hybrid is the word for
Atlanta politics.
At the final oonoert on last Friday
night of the musical convention which
met in Bridgeton, N. J., last week, we
see that the soloists were—vocal,Profeseor
Oobb and Mrs. H. F. Knowles, of Boston’
and pianoforte—Prof. H. G. Thunder, of
Philadelphia, and Miss Annie Rivera
Moseley, lately teacher in Wesleyan Fe
male College in this oity. The latter'
popular song, “If I were you," whioh we
remember to have beard at tbe Wesleyan
Commencement last summer, waa sung
on thia occas’on by Mr*. Knowles ns an
enoore. r
South Cakoltna Bau.boad.—The
Charleston News and Courier reports the
arrival of a committee of Northern rail
road bondholders, with a scheme to take
the Sonth Carolina Biilroad ont of liti
gation, and reorganize with the present
receiver, Mr. Fisher, os President. Col.
Biohard Lathers, of the Committee, be
lieves that, under the arrangement pro
posed, the road oan ba worked oat of
debt in five years; bnt as at prosent situ
ated, it will have to be sold ultimately,
with the probabilities that only the first
mortgage bonds will be satisfied.
A Hobbible Case or Szdoction and
Suicide.—The Constitution prints the
disgusting and shocking details of the
suioideof an unfortunate woman, who
coaid not survive her rum at tno bands
of a gay deoeiyer. Such revelations are
too filthy and loathsome for the family
oirol?, and do much to destroy the inno
cence and purity of the youths and maid
ens of the country. We are unwilling to
publish anything unfit tor the eye or ear
of a wife, mother or daughter.
A scheme for an extensive colon'zing
of East Tennessee is now maturing in
Now York Oity. When the Northern
brotherhood acquaint themselves with
the olimate and productions of the up
lauds of the South, the charms of farm
ing m regions of seven to nine months
of frost will disappear. We wish the
new colony a long career of peaoe and
prosperity.
Inteuhabbiaqe of Whites and
Blacks.—-The- question of the constitu
tionality of the laws prohibiting the in
termarriage of whites and blacks has
been sent before the Court of Appeals of
Virginia, by Chief Justiae Waite, of the
Sopreme Court of the United States.
Brunswick Baileoad.—We learn that
the directors of this road ordered another
payment of $29,000 to be made into tbe
State Treasury yesterday.
Vhat Hot. Hareelon of Halne
Says.
New York Horald Interyiew.i
“On what did the Republicans baso
their fears of fonl play ?”
"I cannot conceive. There were some
stories printed in several papers, which 1
have not read, about frauds and an in
tention to subvert the popular will. Now,
how could the couuoil decide what course
to follow when they had not held a meet
ing ? How coaid I, for instance, manip
ulate returns when, in fact. I have never
seen a single psge of reoord ? I tell you,
sir, it is tho merest bosh—a sensation
gotten up by unscrupulous politicians.”
“Ihen, you do not anticipato any
change in the already declared result ?"
•That I cannot tell. I will never con
sider a man’s polities when I come to
pass on the vote recoedod for him. All
I want is that the vote be oast legally
and be lega.ly recorded. ‘ The returns
will be counted according to law, no mat
ter who are to snffer, be they Democrats,
Greenbackers or Bspublicans. Oar Be-
puolioan friends, I think, navo allowed
people to hold elections and send in re
turns just as they pleased, and they are
now scared because there iB a prospect
that tbo respect for legal form) which
they allowed to almost die ont is to be
revived.”
Felton’s Peonunciasisnto. — Savan-
News: The vaulting cunning of
B:T, Mr. Felton, D. D., has this time
_ crleapt itself, however, and his true'de
signs stand so plainly revealed that they
cannot deceive even the simplest miud.
He stands before the people of hie dis
trict as one whose only principle is to
alwaya be on tbe strongest side, so as to
seonre personal advantage, and we have
every reason to believe that many honest
mea, hilhorto gulled by his specious cry
of “Independent Democrat,” end who
have tbonghtleesly given him their sup
port, will have their eyes opened, and
will henoeforth refuse to adhere to him.
Tbe Columbus Enquirer Sun, tor instance,
whioh at the last election heartily
advooated the cause of tbe reverend
politician, now sees and acknowl
edges its mistake, and, ao will be seen
by the article whiob we print in an-
other column, now as hesrtily denounces
him. Tbe Enquirer declares that it fa
vored Dr. Felton’s election because it be
lieved him to be a better Democrat than
bis opponent, bnt now, since bis letter ap
peared, it finds that it was in error, and
asserts that hereafter it will leave bolters
alone and will stand steadfastly by the
organized Demooraoy. It frankly con
fesses that it has had enough of lude-
pandentism, and saysj “Wo will here
after choo3Q men we can trust; who will
know when to encourage friends and not
dishearten them ns Dr. Felton has done.
We will cling closer atouud our cause.
We will nominate ,men wbo will bo true
to ns clique or ring, but to the State; no
Independents, but honest Demootata,
who can ssy ye3 or no and mean it, and
elect them."
‘.Qaaok, quack, quiok,” said the doctor,
when he fonod Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup iu
the house of almost every patient, but his
bil'a decreased and the people were happy.
Price 25 cents a bottle. 1
Dentxb, Colorado, November 25.—A
Lx Pinos dispatch states that tbe hoe-
tiles who were to have appeared on Sat
urday, had not arrived at Sunday at
noon. Ouray told the commission that
Johnson’s brother, shot by Frank Dres
ser, told his brother before he died, that
he was responsible for the entire out
break and massacre, and shot the mail
carrier and teamster. Ouray seems dis
appointed at Schurz’s answer to his pro
posal.
Washington, November 25.—Chief
Juatioe Waite yesterday granted a writ of
error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia in the ease of John 0. Tinsley,
colored, versus the Commonwealth of
Virginia, involving the validity or con
stitutionality of the statute of that State,
which prohibits marriages between white
and colored persons.
Tinsley, the plaintiff in errror, came
to the District of Colombia about a year
ago and married a white woman. Upon
his return to Virginia he was arrested
and tried for the offense—found guilty
and sentenced to the penitentiary, where,
pending this appeal he remains. Persons
interested in the final settlement of the
question of the constitutionality of the
State law prohibiting the intermarriage
of the races, have brought a oxso to this
ccnrt for its decision.
New Yobk, November 25.—It is an
nounced that a Co-operative Colony As
sociation,among whose members ate sev
eral prominent Mergymen, are deter
mined to establish their first colony on
the Cumberland Plateau of East Tennes
see. The Association expects to purchase
a suitable traot before January 1st,"and
send a pioneer force to prepare for the
coming of the main body next spring.
The plan ia for the Association to bay
land and furnish capital for the building,
atook and implements, and deed the
property to the colonists in separate
tracts, as fast as the advances are requir
ed, with a low rate of interest. Experi
ments in farming will be encouraged,
and there will be a reservation for pas-
turage and fnel, whioh will be the oom-
mon property of the colony. A village
wilt be established in the centre of the
domain with a co-operative store, echool
and maobine shops.
New Yobk, November 25—Th.t depot
and stables of the Eighth Avenue Bail,
road Company, on Eighth Avenue, be.
tween 51et and 521 streets, was discover,
ed cn fire this morning. The flamo*
spread so rapidly, that in a short timo
they were beyond control and soon the
whole structure was devoured. The
walls have commenced falling and re
ported several firemen injared.
When tbe firo broke out, but few em
ployees were about the stables. Heroic
efforts were made to resene the horses,
but out of seventy-five oa the second
floor, bnt thirty-five were raved. Th<*re
were about two hundred horses on the
third and fourth floors, of which only
forty were bronght ont.
The sufferings of many of th9 horses
eaved from the the flames, scorched or
bnrned, were terrible to witness.
On the Fiftieth street side the flames
spread with liglning-Iike rapidity, owing
to the fact of the immense quantities of
hay and feed stored there. It was here
that two gallant but unfortunate firemeir
were terribly mangled and another badly
tojared A ladder had been run no the
wait and three members of Engine Co.,
No. 1, of Harlem, were at work. With
out a moment’s warning. Ibe wall toll in,
carrying the ladder and firemen with it.
Pmtbbsmvbo, Va, November 25—The
annual conference of tbe A. M. E. Zion
church in America, which has been in
session here for several days past, ad.
journed last night to me6t in Hertford,
X C., on the third Wednesday in No
vember, 1880. Before adjournment the
delegatee to New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, New Eogland, Alleghany,
South Carolina and Tennessee confer
ences were eleoted. Among the appoint
ments made was that of A. Cartwright
to Liberia, Africa.
London, November 25.—A great dem
onstration took place at Dundee, Scot
land, last night. Three thousand persons
were present. The reaointions con
demned the arrest of the Sligo prisoneis.
New Yobk, November 25.—The fire
whioh broke out in the Eight Avenne
Street Railroad Company’s stables this
morning was finally gotten nnder control,
bnt not until the building was entirely
destroyed. Four firemen were buried
under the falling wails, but only two
were dangerously hurt. About one bun
dred bouses were burned. The loss is
about $259,000, fully insured.
Columbia, S. C., November 25.—The
General Assembly convened to-day.
The impression is that the session will be
short one.
Lcndsn,November 25—A dispatch from
Dablin to the Tims* says: “While tbe
Irish agitators tell the publio that they
are engaged in legal and ooBStitutional
agitations, and adviao tho people to keep J
within the law, the country abounds
with evidence that a different interpreta
tion baa been put upon their language.
Threatening notices and acts of violenoe
are tbe practical comments upon their
words."
London, November 25.—The Press
Association says that the excitement
throughout Weal Ireland shows no Bign
of abatement. Large meetings are being
held in all the populous districts of Mayo
mid Sligo. In addressing a meeting last
night, great crowds ass-mbled in the
streets. There ia some fear of a riot.
Over one hundred and twenty soldiers are
under arms in tbe barracks and one
hondred additional police in arms.
London,November 25.—The new Ital
ian Cabinet has been completed as fol
lows: 8ignor Caiioli, President of Coun
cil and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Sig
nor DePreto, Minister of the Interior;
Signor Msjlian, Minister of Fnanct;
Signor Villa, Minister of Jastice; Signor
Bairrarint, Minister of Publio Works;
General Bonelli, Minister of War; Admi
ral ActoD, Minister of Marine,and Signor
Miceli, Minister of Agriculture and Com
merce,
London, November 25.—Count Sebon-
valoff will present to the Queen this week
his letters of recall as Russian ambas:a
dor to England, and leaves London at
once for S’. Petersburg.
A dispatch from Vienna to the Daily
Te'cjraph says: Prince Gortschakcff,
Busman Chancelor, is now hurrying to
St. Petersburg with the fixed intention
of presenting the name of the Prince
Walonjieff as his snccessor, and ocoe
more resisting the partisans of what is
known in Russia as Western policy.
Lord Peojacoe will retain Saturday.
Boston, November 25. — The Roman
Catholic Chnrch has made a declaration
a polioy to be adopted hereafter in
New Eogland with reference to schools
in pursuance of the advioe given by the
Pope to the Arohbishop. The Bishop
has just directed all priests in the Arch-
dlooe3e,of New England to establish po-
rochial schools in their parish, and to
send children to Bach eohools upon pain
of churoh disapprobation. In come lo
calities where the itfluenoe of tho publio
schools is boslilo to the Roman Catho
lics they are required to withdraw their
children therefrom.
Washington, November 25. — The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
handed in his report to the Secretary of
the Treasury for the past year. The
tables embodied in them show that dur
ing the past three years and four months
3,117 illicit distillers hav* Ibeen seized;
6.363 persons arrested, and twenty-seven
officers and employes killed and forty-
eight wounded while enforcing internal
revenue laws. The Commissioner says
that tbe Btate oourta have taken cogni-
ztnee of these murders and assaults only
few cases, and that they cannot be re
lied upon to punish Suoh offenses. He
therefore reoommends an enactuu nt by
Corgressof law authorizing United 3:ates
Courts to try and punish persons charged
with assaults. The report shows that 5,-
448 distilleries were registered during
the pzsb fisoal year, and that 5,347 were
operated.
NewOblxanb, November 25.—Bsv.
Jeremiah Williams, colored, testified to
day In the Spofford case. He admitted
that the signature to the affidavit was
his, but eatd that it wae obtained by de
ceptive means, suoh as getting him to
sign as a witness some paper? of whose
nature he was ignorant. Williams also
testified that he had been tarred and
feathered and dragged through the streets
with half hie head shave-).
The Democrat has recently published a
roll of the employes of the custom house,
and much matter pertaining thereto.
Macon and B'answick Railroad for
Lease,
Exscuinra Dxfabtxint.
Atlanta. Ga. November IS. 1879.
Whereas, the Mscon and Brunswick railroad
war, pursuant to advertise meat, offered for lease
on the 8th iestint in the city ot Macon; and
Whereat, the legal hour? of sale expired before
the bidding sealer aud while bids were pending
and before the the highest bid made waa or oontd
be recognised and before the highest bid obtain
able was received: and it having been then an
nounced by the Governor that the lease ot said
road had not been effected but that the same
was then and there withdrawn and would be re
ad verified tor lease on a future day:
By virtue ot tbe authority vestod in tbo Gov
ernor by the llth section or an act entitled “An
act to authorise the lease or sale of the Macon
and Brunsw.ck railroad,” etc, approved Septenv
ber 3,18/9. it is
Ordered, that an advertisement be prepared
and published as required by said act, setting
forth that the laid Macon and Bra -stick rail-
road will be exposed for lease to theliighest
bidder pot di‘qu»lified under tbe terms ot said
act, at the court house in the city ot Macon, Ga,
within the logs', hours oi sale, on Tuesday, the
13th day of January, 1880, and from day to day,
in tbe discretion of tbe Governor.nntil tha pr:p>
erty is leised npon the terms and conditions of
Eaid act and the act amendatory thereof, ap
proved October 14th, 1879. It istnrther
Ordered, that i! it shill be made to appear by
satisfactory proof that the highest bidder at slid
leasing is disqualified under the provisions of
said acts to take said piop»rty, then tho same
shall be awarded anl the title thereto made
to tho highest bidder who is qualified.- And fer
tbe better protection cf theiuterests ot the Stale
in this behalf each and every person claiming to
be qualifl-id as tbe successful bidder at said leas
ing, and those who are as-ociated with him. will
bs reauired to mske affidavit that they or cither
of them do not represent directly or indirectly
any railroad or express company or companies
within the state ot Georgia or a combination of
eitherof them: and that they or eitherof them
have no interest in any company running to or
Irom the Atlantic coast at any otherpoint than
the city of Brunswick, and that it is their
purpose in good faith to fulfill all the conditions
and requirements of said acts.
Itislurtber ordered that both of said acts, to-
gether with this oreer. be published withsed
mcluaed in said advertisement.
Aijeed H Colquitt.
Governor.
By the Governor;
J W Wabben,
Secretary Executive Depirtment.
By authority ot an act approved September S.
1879. and an act amendatory thereof, approved
October 14,1879. aud upon the terms ana condi
tions mentioned thereto (both of which said acts
are appended thereto), the Macon and Bruns
wick railroad will be offered forleass to the
highest bidder not disqualified under the terms
of said acts, before the court house door of the
county of Bibb, in the city of Macon, between
tk° legal hours of sale, on Tuesday, the 13th day
of January, 1889, and from day to day in the
discretion ot tbe Governor until a lease is ef-
f .cted. Alesbd H Colquitt.
Omsk
An act to authorize the leas- or sale cf the Mac m
'and Brunswick railroad, and to confer certain
chartered powers and privileges upon tha les
sees of raid road, to baild extensions cf the
Mime Irom Alacou to Atlanta. Irom Bran-wick
to Florida Jine, and from Hawktnsville or
Bastman to Americas, and to appoint com
missioners to run the same, and to prescribe
their powers and duties, and for other pur
poses.
Se'tionl Be it enacted by the General As-
sembyofthe State of Georgia. That the Gov
ernor of tbe State baand he is hereby authorized
to lease iho Macon and Brunswick railroad,
which is the property cf the State, with all its
houses, workshops, depots, rolling stock,
grounds. lands and apDurtenauces cf every char
acltr, to a company to be formed for a term of
twenty years, for a sum of not less than 330.000
per annum, ot witch sum for the first year
310,000 sba<l be paid on theday of tbe leaee and
the balance for said first year shall bepiid with
in thirty days, or before tbe tint: that the rail
road with its appurtenances, as before stated,
is transferred to the lessees, and thmafter ono
twelfth of the annual rent aball bs paid monthly
in advance, and within live days after the begin
ning of each month, into the treasury, and iu
case said company shallat any tisnetailor refute
to pay tbe sum doe for etch month according to
the foregoing terms tbe lease stall be forfeited,
and it shall be tho duty of the Governor to do.
dura it so lorfeited, and to take immediate pos
session of said road and all or thesppurtenanoes.
and il any resistance is offered by the company
it aball be the duty o! the Governor to take pos
session by force, and to this end he may me all
tbe power of the State, noth civil and military,
and expel the le-sees who have railed to make
tne payment according to tbe terms hereinbe
fore stattd (and within ten days after the Gov
ernor has terminated the lone and taken posses
sion of tho road lor tbe State, he shall commence
aauitagsinsttbs lessees on the bond to be given
by them to tba State, iu any court of the State
having competent jurisdiction of the case, unless
the sum duo is sooner paid), but the faith of tbe
State is hereby pledged to said company that
they shall in no case be disturbed by the author
ity of ths Stste so long as they keep the contract
on their part, and make tbo payments when dm-,
Prov.ded, nevertheless, that aaid company shall
in no -'aso sublet said road to other persons or
eorporati-ns except when allowed by Aegul dive
emetment Provided further, that noth.ngcon-
taicei in this section shall convey either by sa'e
or lease an: lotsof lami on or nearthelineof
said railroad in tho counties of Pulaski Dcdgs.
and VTavne now owned by tbeState except such
portions thereof as may bo necessary for right of
way. section houses, depots, or other grounds
necessary for the operation of said railroad.
Section 2. Be it further enacted. That said
railroad shall be leased at public outcry in the
city of Macon, at the court house door of Bibb
connty, within tbe lecal hours of sa’e. It shall
be tne duty cf the Governor to aireforly-hve
days previous notice of the day and place ot said
lease, with the terms ct the same, in at 'east five
newspapers of most general circulation m tho
State of Georgia and in at least two other news
paper! of general circulation published in some
ci the cities of other 8tates of tbe Uuited States,
and sail railroad is xobe leased within forty-five
days alter the adjournment of the presents asi. n
of the Legislature of the State of Georgia to the
highest bidder tor said lease who complies with
the terms of this act.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That it eball
be the duty of the Governor ot Georgia to re
quire cf said company, to whom the read and its
w.rkshops, rolling stock and appurtenances may
ba leased, togivebond.vcith ample security, in
the sum of S-'OO.OCO. The lessees sh«ll be worth,
over and above their indebtedness, at least 8150.-
000. and thero shall be security in the State worth
at least $100,009, and tbe ba'ance of security, if
ont of tho 8tate, shall bo upon real estate or rail
road property. The lease shall be midotono
company who tendert security that is even
doubtful. The bond shall bind the lessees nnd
their securities for tho prompt payment of tho
sum sgreed on, ace rding to the terms hereirbe-
1 ,re stated, and for the return of tne road and its
appnrlensnccs, at theexpirationor terzninatiou
orforfe tureof tholcase.in as good condition as
it was in when rereived by the company from
the State under said least ; which bond shall be
recorded in the Secretary of State’s office, and
filed in the executive office, which may be sued
on nt any time, when there has been a breach cf
its conditions: Provided, That this shall not
pieclndothe Governor irom reqsiringotherse-
curity at any time, if the security first given shall
becomo insufficient from any erase and if sa'd
lessees refuse to give, within thirty days alter
beiug required,other tecurily. then this shall be
cause of forfeiture, which shall bs enforced as
provided for in se :t!on 1st of this act.
Section «. Be it further enacted. That if a leave
of said roedis effected under this act, the laid
lo.-sees thall te required to expend within two
3 errs from tho date of lease, not less than $209,-
t CO for permanent Improvements in the erection
of shops, depots, wuarre , purchase of machinery,
rolliDg stock and improvement cf track, includ
ing a chang, ot lineat Macou and condemnation
of land there for as prorided for by tbe original
charter of said Macon and Brunswick railroad,
all ol which shall revert to tho State n rase said
lesso is forfeited, and should said leas-not ba
forfeited, then at tbo expiration of tbe lease, said
according to the value of said improvements ■
the time of the expiration ol said lease, The im
provements at Macon shall bs upon tho State’s
property cron land purchased by the lessees in
the name of the State.
Section 5. And be it farth-renseted. That the
Governor,so «oonns the leasois eio u'ed, vlnll
appoint three railroad menof experience wholly
Uninterested in the lease or any competing line
ci railroad, who shall examine ths road and its
appurtenances carefully, and shall makeout. in
wntmg.a schedule or inventory of the samp,
carefully describing aud setting forth tbe true
condition ol tho road, it9 rolling stock, appurte
nances and property of every character, and
value the same which shall be recorded in the
office of the Secretary ot State, am filed in the
executive office, and in catessid property is not
returned at the expiration or forfeiture of said
lease, in as good condition as when received, tha
company and their tommies on their said bond
sbnlt bu liable to make good the difference to the
State; provided, that on tha expiration ot the
lease the condition of said road and appurtecau
cos shall be examined by three experienced rail
road men, to bo appointed j ’ict'y by tho Cover-
narof the State end the lessee 9 , who shall like
wise valuo said railroad and appurtenances un
der outh and make return thereof.
Section 6, Be it further enacted, That so soon
as the lease rhallba agreed upon, in accordant
with the tenm of this act, the names of the
lessees shall be ontered on the minutes
of the executive department, and they
and their successorsshail become a body corpo
rate and politic for tbe psriod ot twenty years,
under the name and style of tho Macon and
Brunsw ck Ra: road Company, and as such shall
hare all the rights, powers and p iviieges grant
ed to said road by the laws nowin force; pro
vided that ths State shall at all times have tha
first and hightst lien upon the property of said
ccmp.ny, and the Bute's interest in said road
shall at no time he affected Dj aoy claim of a
third party against said road or lessees, or any
li.-n crested hy thorn. . . .
Section 7. Be it further eracted, That caah ot
ssid per,gbs composing said company shall bo
a hired or of the same; and, in case of the death
of any of said lessees, lis legal rcp e3entaiive
■hall act iu his place and represent bis interest,
and on all questions which come before sxid
Board of directors each shall vote and hsve
weight in the decision of the questions wh’cb
come before aaid Board in proportion to his in-
to?6it i& tho ooiti pti] y*
• Section 8. Ee it farther enacted. That tbo
Board of Directors shall, within thirty days after
the company is organized and lease ia executed
Jlect wFrea.dent and provide lor thofilfiSL-^
Such other offices as thoy may deem 01
tor the management of said road, and provtdeK
laws and rale* for the gjve-nment c < midrSi
and its officers not Inconsistent with theenniS
tution and laws of the State of Georgia
Section 9. Bo it further exacted, Xhatinea««
of tbe death of any member or shareholder or
ccmpapy.bis interest in theljue shallu22
aiderod penonal rroperty and the rights!olTi
hnrs or censres thereto shall net be deWs
by any act cf the corporators. “wed
Section IO. Be it further enacted, Tin
oth-r lesseesof said railroad shall neither m’.v.
or permit to be made any unjast
in favor of any comp .ny or parties S2SSPP
ing business with sSidlroad, nor VhaU
road or express company or companies Ug
the State of Georgia ora combination o! SKS
in any event become leasees o: said road.
or indirectly, and should a u y company owa2»
?L r 5?. n , iES , a 5? ap *-M‘* toeof radrjad witUn
the State ot Georgia or any indiiiiualor iedi-
vidc&ls having an interest in any such comnanv
inning to or from the Atlantic coast, atanJ
other point than the city of Bruns sick, become
at any time so mterestex in the lease or the im-
nmg cf said Macon and Brunswick railroad as la
m any way control the freights or pasrengS
tariffs orminagemect, then the le,ie tudtr tUs
act sha.l be forfeited, and the Governor of Gear-
jm Sa.h1. t»ic pcssat sion of the &ame M pro vie
tdrin foction first of tbis act.
SemionlL Beit further enacted, that in tne
event of said railroad is not leased according to
thoteimsof this art then it .tail be the duty
of th? Governor of the State of Georgia
to appeint live comrniisioBers or directors for
said railroad, who shall take charge of the man-
agemoat of ibe same, and have it run to the best
interest of the State until further action by the
Legislature of Georgia. It shall not be compe
tent for the Governor to appoint any person such
commissioner who is the owner of any stock or
bond m any line of railroad in Georgia compet
ing with the Mscon and Brans wick Ballroao, or
who may be directly or inxircctly in tho employ-
tuent efEueh compering line. Provided, never
theless. That should there be a fail are to lease
said railroad at tbe first advertising, then tie
Gov shall.aga'n, at such other times as he may
dfen proper, readvertise ur der the terms of this
set, aud make a zeroed effort fo lease said road
herein provided. The term of the lease to be
twenty years less* ths time which may
elapse between the passage of this act and
the date ol aaid lease. Provided further. That
the (aid road shall remain under Us present
management, as now provided by law, till the
some is Ieszed nnder the first advertisement or
there is a failure to lease usder said first adver-
Ihement.in which event it shall be the duty of
the Governor tost once appoint the five com-
miss.onera to operate the road as provided in
this act. The salary of the commissioners to be
appointed as above provided for. shall be four
hundred dollars each per annum, baidcommii-
>ioners shall have full power and authority to
make all contracts and agreements usual and
necessary in railroad management, and dictated
by the condition ot said road. Us property and
busines-, and shall have tbe newer, with theap-
p.ovilcttne Governor ol the State, to extend
tbo business of said railroad by chartering or
hiring boats to transact business cn tbe Ocmui-
gee, Oconee and Altamaha rivers, and cn the
Cumberland route, either to Fernandina or
Jacksonville. Florida. Provided, That aaid com
missioners eball have no pewer to bind the
corpus or franchises of said railroad by any con
tract whatever: said commissioner! are author
ized to expend tho profits arising from the buai-
r.o-softho road, or so much tbereol as may be
neces-ary, in such improvements and better
ments. as may be necessary for its best interests.
. Section 12. Be it further enacted. That tho
compsny which msy organize as lessees under
tbis set shall have fall power and authority to
survey, layout, construct, equip, use and enjoy
a tail road from the ci*y of Macon to the city of
Atlanta, a railroad from the city cf Hawkins-
ville in the county of Pulaski, or haaman in the
couty of JUedge, to the city of Amer cus in the
county of Sumter, and a railroad from tbe city of
Brunswick in tbe county of Glynn, or from any
point on eaid railroad in ths county ol Givnn, on
said railroad to tho Florida line, and shall
fu-ther have power and authority to connect
said reads or either ol them at each terminus
with ths roads of other companies constructed
to sail terminus or which mat heresfter be
constructed to said terminue, and se far as
this act grants chartered rights and privileges
tosurvey, lay out,construct, equip, use and en
joy sad railroads cr either cf them,the same
shall be held and construed to bean enlarge
ment and addition to the chaitf red powers ol tbe
Macon and Brunswick railroad ana to be and
become a part of its original charter.
flection 13. Ba it farmer enacted. That the
parties who may become lessees from the State
of Georgia ol the Macon and Brunswick railroad
ehxll, zs prorided insertion 12 ot this act, pro
ceed within one year or less time, alter the date
of and the execution of aaid lease, to build and
put in good running order a railroad of five feet
sngacr the same gauge with the Macon acd
Jrunswick railroad, between the city of Macon,
in the connty of Bibb, and the ci.y ot Atlanta.in
tho county of Pnlton, and finish the tame within
five years from ths execution of paid leare, with
tho right to unite their track with the tracks ot
the roids now built or that may hereafter be
built int-ssid cities, by wrichcatsmay be trans
ferred, without breaking bulk or detention, from
road toro id at said cities Prorided that il said
c <mpany can procure a joint occupancy contract
over.the Macon acd Augusta railroad to any
point outsido tbe city of Alaccc, aud a joint occu
pancy contract over the Georgia railroad from
any point at or near Social Circle or Coving
ton into Atlanta, then said coopsny may
build tho connecting link only between
ati start named raUroads or may build the line
fromMecoutolheGeorg-aiailroador msy build
the line from Macon to Atlanta. When aaid rail-
read is built by arid lessees they shall at the
timeoi or before the completion of said r.aisa
above provided for, have the right and option of
purchasing tbe Macon and Brunswick hailroad
for the sum ol SMis.OCO, t»be paid in the recog ■
nized bonds of the State ol Georgia,and upon tbo
compliance fully by the lessees with the terms
ol this section, the jovernerot the State shall
transfer to said lease:? all the rights, privileges
and franchises ol the Btate in and to the Macon
anl Brunswick Hailroad. track, buildings, shops,
rolling etock and all ether things attaching to
said Ha;on and Brunswick Railroad. The pay
ment of tbe$1,125,090 shall be asfoliows: $25o,9C9
when the purchase is made and ithe title trans
ferred, $250,000 two years thereafter, and the
balance within four years after tbo transfer, with
interest at five per cent per annum on the deferred
payments, prorided, the St te ahull retain a lien
on eaid Macon and Brunswick railroad and its
appurtenances, until the entire purchase money
is paid, aud the G orernor shall, on tne failure of
the lessees to make payment as herein provided
for, take possession of tne road and appurtenan
ces and run the same for twelve minths, at
which time it shall be tbo dutT to sell the said
railroad for the balance cf purchase money, uu-
lest sooner paid: Provided further- should ths
lessees fail or refuse to build said road then the
iezsa under this act is to becoma void, and it
shall he the duty oi tbs Governor to tike posses-
sion of tho said Macon aud Brunswick Railroad,
as provided in tne first section of this act.
Section 1-1. Beit further enacted, That alt
laws and parts ot laws in conflict with this act«
be and the same ate hereby repeated.
Kurus B. LESTES,
President of the eenate.
Wm.AH-BUS,
Secretary ot Senates
AO. Bacon. _ . „
Speaker of House ol Representative*.
Hssrt R.Gosicmus,
Clerk ot House of Ripreien'ativeB;
In Sonata— Boad fi st time November 16,18/8.
read second time July SO, 1879, read thru time
August 9,1879, and passed—yeas 27. BajsO.
W.aBabbis.-
Seeretary of Senate.
In House—Read first time Angdit 13, 1879,
read second tune August 14, 1879, read third
lime August 21,187.*, and pass*!—yeas 117, nayi
24, Hbnst H. Goeichius,
Clerk House of Representatives,
Approved Septembers 1879.
Alfred H. Colquitt,
Governor.
An act to a<tor and ameud an act entitled an act
to authorize theiease or tale of the Macon and
Brunswick railroad, and to confer certain char
tered powers and privileges upon tbe lessees of
said road to build extensions ol the same from
Macon to Atlanta, from Brunswick to the Flor
ida line, and from tlawkinsvllle or Ka.tman to
Atr.erirusand It appoint ■ ommissioners to ran
tho same and prescribe their powers and du
ties, and for other purpsier. Approved Sep
tembers), 1879. . . . _ .
flectt.nl. Tne General A semfcly of Georgia
o-acts, That in ths event SMd Mr con and Brunt-
w,ek railroad should be parch »se i by the lessees
at any timo before the expire ion tbe of tint yezr
and slid lessees sh 11 have paid in advance into
tho Treasury ol the State oi Georgia the amount
required by the first section cf the abovo reciled
act, upon application cf said lessees when they
may become purchisers.it stall bathe dufya
tha Trecsurcr.cn tbe approval of theGvVjnar,
to pay bxckto said lessees, so becomugparcbas
ers, the excets over and above the pro rstsrental
arising while the said Macon aud Brunswick
railroad is luub; said companj as lesseo- pro
vided thet tho provisions of tb/s section anon
also nppiy to any monthly rent paid in rdvawe
alt- r the said first year. ■ , . -...
Section 2. And be it further enactad. W
United States registered bonds shall be reoem
ble at tho option of.the lessees in Ueucf any other
security required by the act ot which this \*
at Settion 0 3 y 'And be it further enected.Thatsad
lessees shall have the privilege or purohtaick
said road upon the terms stated in the atwre rj*
citedact at any time aft.-r the lessen made, a*d
all tuymentsrtquirea by said aettotaBiflP
recog i izedbond»ofthe it ate of Geogia may.J
the option of the purchasers, be made in Unnea
Slates registered bonds, an >.said|purchasers may
maltopayments on th-Ir purchases! Ml tg
and in any amounts they may elect, prov
they do not fall short oltlij pajments required
h %MuSa£°Anfbe it further enacted, Thstiu
the event of failure of the purchasers to carry
out their agreement with the Mate, MI PUnaM*
made to the fltuto of Georgia to be forfeited to
tho purchasers, and the Govornor.thaUuke
possession of said Macon and Brunswick raibota
in tne name of the State, as provided m these*
of which this is amendatory. „>>.•» .11
Section 8. And be it further enacted, That aU
laws and parts of laws minuting agMnst this at*
be, and the same are hereby repealed,
Augustus O Bacon,
Speaker House Representative*.
Hatrl Goeichius, • •
Clerx House Representatives,
• Keyes B Lbjts*.
President Senate.
Wit Augustus Habeis, -
Secretary tens te.
Approved October 14,1879.
Alfred 11 CcLQPUT, Governor.
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Merchant Tailor.
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