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MACON, JANUARY 10, I860. '
The cental has been finally abandon
ed in New York to the great joy of the
grttn dealers.
—There is a sudden cessation of pros
perity at Virginia City, Nevada. Mining
stocks are down, work in the mines has
stopped, and the poor are destitute in the
midst of the uncommonly cold winter.
—A Tammany member of Congress
said in Washington the other day that the
report that Tammany and anti-Tammany
had made an alliance with Mr. Tilden left
out of the bargain is true. The alliance,
however, is for nothing but city purposes,
and has no national significance whatever.
—When the Rev. I). Jacobs Ide was or
dained pastor of a church at ^Medway,
Massachusetts, sixty-three yeafrs ago, his
health wa3 so bad that it was supposed
he would die within a few months; but
he survived until last Monday, attaining
the age of ninety-five. Of the 800 mem
bers of his original congregation, he con
ducted the funeral services of all except
one. - •
—Cons nr Chattanooga.—The
Times of Sunday says com did in reality
boom yesterday and sold on the wharf at
50 cents p«r bushel. This is a rise of
nearly'five cents per bushel in one day,
something very unusual and unexpected.
All the com sold at tliis figure and found
ready and eager purchasers. The pres
sing demand from the South for com is
beginning to show itself, and it is proba
ble that the price may yet advance.
Don Cameron, a grandee, not of
Spain, but oi Pennsylvania, will have a
$50,000 house built in Washington. This
seems to he a sign that Cameron expects
to be sent to the capital for some time
to come. One United States senatorship
from Pennsylvania belongs to the Came
ron family, and Simon I abdicated in be
half of Donald I, who now discliaigos the
duties and wears the honors of the office
that should be known as the Cameron-
ah’ip.
—The Marquis de Talleyrand-Perigord
was present at the recent banquet of the
Ccrcle Francois de ITarmonie in New
York, and when toasted replied that he
had but a word to say; that he was bom a
member of the French aristocracy, but
that he was noW a Republican; that his ac
tions in the future would all be' on the
side of the French Republic; that lie
drank to France but only to Republican
France. Surely the French Republic is
strong when a Talleyrand is so ardent a
Republican, But will be always think
thus? ,
—The Germans and General
Grant.—We simply wish to record the
fact that the German Republicans of Ohio
are not for Grant as a second, third, or
any other choice. If the Republicans of
Ohio can afiord to lose the German vote
they can afford to nominate Grant. We
do not believe they can afford that sacri
fice. Again, we know of strong Republi
cans in this section other than Germans
who will not support Grant. How many
of them there are we cannot say, but
there are some such, and they are Repub
licans.—Sandusky Register.
—The immense increase in railroad
earnings, during the mouth of December,
is deserving of notice, as an unmistakable
sign of the times. Returns from twenty-
one companies show a gain of $2,149,408,
or about 27 per cent, over the earnings of
the’corresponding month last year. This
is all the more remarkable, in view of the
fact that the Eastern grain movement has
been to a large extent, blocked by tlie
Keene speculation. The increase has
come largely from the movement of mer
chandise westward and from the addition
al tonnage both ways, consequent upon the
suspension of navigation.
—Rare presence of mind saved the life
of a brakeman In Medina, New York, the
other day. He caught his foot in a guard
rail as a train of freight cars was backing
down upon him, and was unable to ex
tricate himself. Had he thrown his body
outward, as most persons in a similar case
would have done, his legs would undoubt
edly have been severed near his body. He
therefore threw himself between the rails,
face upward, and as the cars came upon
him seized a brake-rod and hung on with
a death grip. The wheels crushed his
foot, but his hold on the rod drew the in
jured member from the boot, and beyond
the partial loss of his foot he escaped un
harmed.
—Mb. Titden and the Count in
MAiNB.-7-The New York Sun, says in
view of Vhe fact that Mr. Tilden lost the
Presidency because the will of the people
was defied by returning boards in Florida
and Louisiana, it is not likely that ho
would advise the Democratic party in
Maine to imitate the practices of carpet
bag rogues. Mr. Tilden was asked if he
knew anything about the Maine business,
and be replied: “I was never consulted,
directly or indirectly, about the course
the canvassing officers of Maine shiuld
or should not pursue. I never directly or
indirectly gave any advice to them. I
have been fully occupied for two months
with private business, and have not even
read what has been said about the Maine
affair. I know nothing about the merits
of the controversy, and have no opinion
to express. I believe that the popular
will ought always to be respected.,”
—Dissecting the Whale.—Dr.
Manigault was engaged Saturday, says the
Charleston Neics and Courier, in superin
tending the work of obtaining portions of
the whale such as will be objects of inter
est. It was soon found that the task of
dissecting the carcass was a more formida
ble one than had been anticipated. All
the baleeo or “whalebone” wasremoved
from the mouth, however, it being found
that the substance was not firmly attached
to the root, but could be detached In a
solid mass bjr the aid of ropes. The por
tion of blubber removed had to be sepa
rated with a saw, being very thick
and tough. The two eyes were also ex
tracted They are about the size of an or
dinary orange, three inches in diameter,
and very firm to the touch. The pupils
are oval. The carcass has been left tem
porarily in chaige of a responsible person,
pending further scientific examination,
and it is stated that farther attempts will
b$ made to obtain tlio oil from it, which
probably will not amount to as much as
ivasexpocted.
—The Duchess of Marlborough seems
to lead Mr. Parnell, decidedly, so far in
the great work of raising funds for the re
lief of the sufferers in Ireland. The ca
ble to-day reports the fund raised by her
as already amounting to more than $70,
000.
Cotton revived a little in Liveipool
yesterday^ and Manchester advices were
good. |
An Exception to all Rule*.
In speaking of the industrial prowess
and achievements of States and sections,
it is only in the case of the Southern
States that usage has made It important
to know precisely who it is, (whether
white or black) that handles the plow and
hoe and performs the drudgery of mere
manual labor. When we write or speak
about the com and wheat crops of the
great West, there is not the smallest curi
osity to inquire what portion of those
splendid results is fairly attributable to
the unintelligent manual labor which
has guided the plow or dropped the seed.
The projecting and guiding minds are
alone considered.
So, when we talk about the heavy pro
ducts of the Eastern loom, nobody cares
to insist that all, or, indeed, any part of
the glory is due to the girls and boys who
overlook and feed the madiines. The
credit is all monopolized by the capitalists
who have organized the companies and
the inventors who have devised and con
structed the machinery. It is only In re
spect to these Southern States that it is in
sisted that the crops are all attributable to
the labor which stirs the surface of the
soil under the" supervision of proprietors
and directors.
But this claim is not so 'strenuously inj
sisted upon unless tlie labor happens to
be the labor of the colored race. Should
it be dene by whites, Indians or Asiatics
it goes for little. But If the man who
plows, hoes and picks be an African, the
whole result is due to him alone, and the
subsistence of the white "race becomes
solely attributable to his untiring indus
try. Except for the black man he would
sink under the pressure of want, arising
from his own laziness and imbecility.
Thus we sec a different standard of
judgment is applied to' Southern industry
from that applied to any other in the
world. In all parts of the earth results,
whether in cropping or building or trad
ing or engineering, arc ascribed without a
dissenting voice to the guiding minds. It
matters not a particle who digs the cellar
or foundation of the edifice—we ask alone
who planned the work and 'furnished the
capital.
We are led to these remarks as appro-
pos to the constant straggles of the press
to credit the whole glory of our vast cot
ton crops, on the one hand, solely to ne
gro labor, and on the other to insist that
a very largo . proportion (considerably
more than one-half), is due to white la
bor—that is to say, mere field labor. As
to Southern crops alone of all other crops
in the world, the fact of who actually
moves the soil by their personal bones
and sinews, has become the momentous
question of the crop. In reference to any
other crop or people trader tbesun.it
would be considered supremely ridiculous,
but here it is all-important.
The point, it will be observed, takes a
moral shape. The object is to insist that
the Southern whites are natura'ly imbe
cile and idle—that the country owes noth
ing to them, and it would make little or
no difference to the national wealth,
whether they were alive or dead. But,
says one, that can’t be so; observe this
enormous addition to the national wealth
which they annually create. Here, tliis
year, for illustration, are 5,500,000 bales
of cotton, which, at fifty dollars per bale,
will net to the country 275 millions of
dollars 1 Those people are of some ac
count. No, it is replied, that is nothing
to their credit, it is the work of the ne
groes. If every whiteman was dead the
crop would still be there. And they be
lieve it. devoutly.
But what will you say of the millions of
Western grain and Eastern manufactures
are not these the sole products of tlie
men who handle the plow and watch the
loom? Oil, no! They would all be lost
without the organizing minds which di
rect all the processes of production. The
mere physical labor is of comparatively
little importance.
But why apply to Southern products
and industry an entirely different rule
from that claimed for yourselves? The
simple and only purpose is detraction of
the Southern people. It i3 to hold them
up to mankind as idle and worthless. To
avoid this, the Southern press insists truly
that a very large and increasing propor
tion of the mere manual labor is done by
whites, while the North contends that the
proportion of mere white labor expended
on the crop is inconsiderable.
But for the malign purpose underlying
the controversy, it would be a question
of straw, equivalent in importance to a
question whether the ground were broken
by an Avery or a Brinlcy plow.
The great cotton crop is a majestic annu
al tribute to Southern industry, and should
conciliate the favorable opinion of our
Northern fellow-citizens. Let it be due
partially to white or to black labor, in ei
ther case the fair demands of that labor
have to be satisfied, andta large number of
citizens fed and clothed out of tlio pro
duct. But here, as in all other great and
prosperous industries, its existence, effi
ciency and welfare are fairly attributable
to the minds that guide andcontrol it, and
the capital that sustains it.
Our Unwritten Law-
There are customs and antecedents
which from time immemorial have been
adopted and observed, which have all the
force of legal statutes, and Indeed, seem
to possess a peculiar sanctity of their own.
For the very reason that they are not fenc
ed in by the arbitrary rulings of the law,
these implied obligations are the more
tenderly cherished and regarded. The
rule restricting the Presidents of tlie
United States to tuio terms only, form a
notable example of this unwritten law,
and we do not believe that even General
Grant, with all his military prestige, will
be able to set it aside. On this subject
the Philadelphia Times makes the follow
ing timely remarks:
“There are thoughtless partisans who
dream that, because the people give gen
eral homage to the achievements of the
most conspicuous soldier and citizen of
our day, the unwritten law of the repub
lic can be effaced by the^electioa of Gen
eral Grant to a third term. They forget
the source of the sacred prohibition. They
forget bow it came from Washington him
self, with the yet undimmed luster of his
example and sanctified by his deathless
precept. They forget how Presidents and
people for half a century cherished it and
how ambition and power bowed to it.
They forget how the Jackson idolatry was
sobered by the emphatic deliverance of
Jackson himself, when an exceptional
popular tide might have swept away the
lesson and the law of Washington. They
forget that every appeal of patriotism and
every admonition of our most trusted
statesmanship speak as with one voice
through all the political mutations of a
century against a third term as the crown
that only inordinate ambition would
grasp; and they forget that party lines
now, as ever in the past, would bo-broken
like cobwebs should any party or any
man attempt to overthrow the unwritten
law of the republic.”
Senator Lamar, in Jackson, Miss.,
had an attack of paralysis on Sunday, but
Without serfous results.
The Lease «f the Macon and Brun
swick Railroad.
The particulars of this important
transaction which has excited so much in
terest for months past, and upon which
seemed to hinge vast combinations aud
stupendous operations, will he found in
another column. Never, perhaps, in the
history of the State, have so many rail
road men aud capitalists been gathered
together at any one point.
Four Governors appeared upon the
scene, and among the spectators were
Colonel Cole, Mr. George Hazlehurst,
Colonel Wadley, Judge Trippe, H. I.
Kimball, Esq., Captain Milledge, Hon. C.
C. Kibbce, Hon. Allen Fort, Colonel A.
J. Lane,Mr. R. L. Mott,Mr. Julius Brown,
Colonel R. L. Mott, Colonel Evan
Howell, Hon. John H, James, President
Alexander, of the Georgia Railroad, Gen
eral A. R. Lawton, Hon. J. J. Gresham,
Hon. A. O. Bacon, Colonel L. Felton,
Hon. David Butler, Sidney Herbert, W.
Trammell, Esq., Colonel E. A. Flewellen,
J. M. Couper, Esq., Colonel George W.
Adams, W. P. Eastman, Esq., A. G. P.
Dodge, Esq., General O. C. Horne and
many others. .-
The bidding was spirited and exciting,
many competitors coming to the front.
From the very first, however, it was evi
dent that J.M. Couper, Esq., of Bruns
wick, meant “business,” and was resolved
to win the prize, and so he did, at
length, .leading his persistent rival, H.
I. Kimball, Esq., on every bid a thousand
at a time, until the latter threw up the
sponge aud gave in, when the large figure
of $194,000 had been reached. The result
was .received by the crowd with loud
cheers, as a victory for Macon over At
lanta, n. / *t - . i '
-As soon as possible, the writer called
upon Mr. Chauncey Yibbard, who had
been represented by Sir. J. M. Couper,
and elicted from him the following facts :
Mr. Vibbard is a New Yorker, and was
once the General Superintendent of the
New York Central railroad, with which
he .Was connected for near thirty- years.
He will be the President and sole man
ager of the new organization. The sub
ordinate officers! have not yet been ap
pointed. ■' '
Mr. Vibbard , 'Quring the war was What
is styled “a copperhead,” or Democrat,
and was elected to Congress from the eigh
teenth Congressional district of New
York, beating his antagonist in the teeth
of a large Radical plurality, by a hand
some majority. He is also an intimate
friend bf ex-Governor Seymour.
Mr. Yibbard’s backers are capitalists
both in Europe and this country, and have
ample means to buy the road and com
plete its extensions in accordance with
the act of the Legislature. What these
extensions will be, and in wbat direction,'
are matters to be determined upon here
after.
Mr. Yibbard has complied with the
terms of the lease, by planking down the
$10,000 required, and stands ready to re
deem aud make good every pledge to the
commonwealth that he has, or will make.
Ground will be broken as soon as possible
on the extension, and Mr. Yibbard will
purchase the entire road forthwith at $1,-
125,000, and credit upon the same, as per
mitted by the terms of tlie law, tlie $194,-
000 which was bid for the lease.o
The writer also waited upon Col. E. W,
Cole, tlie president of tlie Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, to
learn the animus of tkat powerful organ
ization towards the lessees of the Macon
and Brunswick road. The following is
the result of his interview:
Editor—Are you satisfied with the
sale of the Macon & Brunswick railroad
aiid with tlie purchasers ?
Colonel Cole—I am entirely satis
fied with both the sale and the pur
chasers. [’ i .. • .41
Editor—What effect, if any, will it
have upon your combination from St.
Louis to the sea?
Colonel Cole—None at all. The ob
ject of Governor Brown, Mr. Wadley and
myself is to build up .a great through line
between tlie West and New York and
Europe through Savannah. And while
we will make the same- rates and offer
tlie same facilities to all lines connecting
with the Western & Atlantic railroad at
both Chattanooga and Atlanta, yet when
the freight is delivered to my line at St.
Louis, and my agent gives a through bill
of lading via the Central railroad, I could
not legally change its destination or the
route by which it is billed or shipped af
ter it reached Atlanta. To do so would
lay my company liable for damages.
Editor—Do you think your company
will approve of the contract made with
the Central road?
Colonel Cole—I do, aud have ap
pointed a meeting for that purpose on
next Saturday, 17th instant, at Nashville.
Editor—You feel confident, then, that
your'through line will be a success?
Colonel Cole—I do. It is only 890
miles from St- Louis to Savannah, and
when averagings water line from Savan
nah to New York upon the basis assented
to’by lines, our line - will be the shortest
trynk fine from St. Louie to New
York. Besides, wo will have the
advaiitage in climate, grade of roads, and
cost of same.
• We expect to ship large quantities of
freight through the port of Savannah di
rect to Europe and to the West Indies.
Arid having the shortest line to New York,
we can conTey freights ‘from St. Louis
through Savannah to New York upon our
own steamers as cheaply as it can be car
ried through by any other route, and if
need be, then .seship it on New York
steamers to Europe, having the advantage
of both the New York lines and our direct
lines from Savannah. ,i
= -ain. We hope the line will ultimate-
svefop an extensive trade from Savan-
with the different States of South
America. In all these cases, the ships
carrying out our produce will be expected
to bring back goods and other • commodi
ties in exchange for them, as well as im
migrants through the port of Savannah,
both for the South and the West. Ami
as these return freights and immigrants
would come through thejeort of.Savannah,
and would be shipped on tlie Central, of
course they would not be changed to the
cars of any other Company on their re
turn, but would go through upon our own
lii^e. This would nofbe discrimination
against anyone, as the party bringing in
tlie goods and the immigrants - would nat
urally have the right to carry them to the
end of its own line.
And the importing merchants of the
latge cities of St. Lotus and Chicago will
be glad to change their importations from
through New York to the line through
Savannah. There will be a saving of
great delay and expense. Wo will have
the line bonded from Savannah to St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, Louisville,
and other cities of the West, so that tlie im
porters can pay the duties atthe Western
cjtics. And We hope to hriiig grain, cot
ton and other products to the sea for ex
port, and return our cars loaded with im
ports. Aud immigration must follow
such business. .
Editor—Are you satisfied with the
water and other facilities at Savannah ?
Ooidnel Cole—Entirely so; as I find
ou consultation with the engineers in
change, and with those who have ample
knowledge of tlie facts, that the bar of
Savannah is as deep as that of Port Royal,
and deeper than that of Brunswick. The
difficulty heretofore has been only in the
cbanqel. But under the present Jetty
system adopted by the government officers
that |e being improved and deepened
every rear. They now have nineteen
feet of water, the whole length of
the chapnel. And it is being improved at
the ratq *f frcun one to two feet per an
num in depth. The steamers go in hea
vily-loaded and run up to the wharf and
depart with full cargoes without incon
venience. Only the other day a steamer
cleared the port of Savannah with 6,500
bales of cotton on board. ‘ Arid in a year
or two more, under tlie present system of
improvement, the largest sized steamers
can pass up ana. down without
inconvenience. I was astonished
on visiting Savannah to find the
great improvements that had been
made upon the harbor within the last few
years; and the wharf facilities, ‘how am
ple, can he easily and cheaply extended to
accommodate the largest commerce.
It will be thus seen that there is no an
tagonism between Colonel Cole and the
new lessee of the Macon and Brunswick
Tailroad, Mr. Vibbard. Let us hope that
both enterprises will largely conduce to
the welfare and prosperity of our city and
section. ,
No wonder a Baby protests against
such doses as people will -give it. Dr.
Bull’s Baby Syrup is the pleasantest and
safest remedy known for infants.
XACOX AND BBCSHWICK RAIL-
BO AD.
A LtvelyTime Over the Lease Brans-
■ wide Carries trie Day.
The long looked for event, the leasing
of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad,
took place yesterday and' excited more
general interest in the city than any event
since the unveiling of tlie Confederate
monument during the fair. The subject
has formed the theirie of speculations
without limit, riot only in Macon but all
over the State. So intimately, too, is the
prosperity of the road joined with that of
Macon that Macon could not suppress au
exhibition of the deep concern she had in
the approaching transactions of the day.
The failure to make the former lease,
and the complications which it was sup
posed would arise therefrom, had led
many to doubt whether the lease would
ever be effected, and that opinion was
freely, expressed on the streets. The
friends of the road, and those interested
for the State, also doubted whether there
would be any demand for the road, since
the announcement ofthe contract between
the Central and Colonel Cole, of tie
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad.,
All these things tended to intensify the
already deep interest taken in the matter,
and yesterday morning before the hour
announced for the sale to take place, a
dense crowd congregated in front of the
court house to watch the proceedings.
The lively work done on tlie night pre
ceding gave token of livelier work the fol
lowing day, and it was evident that the
road not only would not go begging for a
lessee but would be in great demand.
Brunswick, whose every interest is so vi
tally concerned, was np in force.
The committee appointed by the recent
convention to attend the sale, reinforced
by large arrivals on the morning train,
bad bad a conference at the Lanier House
during the morning, and was present with
almost unbroken ranks.
At eleven o’clock Governor Colquitt, ac
companied by Attorney General Ely, came
to the front, and the business of the day
was opened. The crowd pressed up closer,
and those intending to bid took their post
tioris.
At five minutes after eleven, Mr. Hoke
Smith, of Atlanta, stepped to tlie front
and announced that he had been request
ed to act as auctioneer, and proceeded to
read the caption of the act under which
the road was being leased, and then pro
ceeded to read the advertisement of the
sale of the lease of the road.
Mr. Smith proceeded to say that it was
proper to state that the object was to lease
the road, not sell it: The lessee would,
however, be allowed to purchase it on sat
isfying the Governor that he was eligible
to' do so, by the provisions of the act. To
become a lessee it was necessary to
pay twelve months rent in advance. This
rental was to lie paid into the State
treasury, to be obtained from the treasury
in the event of purchase, by the approval
of the Governor in compliance with the
law. The road would be knocked down
to the highest bidder, but he would not
necessarily be the lessee. If the first
highest bidder failed to comply with all the
terms of the law, then the next highest
bidder would be notified, and if all failed
to. comply, and the lease was not com
pleted, notice w.ouid be given through tlie
morning paper find' the sale continued
from day to day until the lease was ef
fected. 11 '
Calls for bids were then made.
Colonel R. K. Hines rose and read a
notice that as attorney he gave notioe of
mortgage on the road of SC00 worth of
second mortgage bonds held by Mill-
banks and others.
Mr. E. T. Paine, who claims to have
been the highest bidder at the former at
tempt to lease the road, and who Was
known atthe time as tlie “ten dollar
man,” advanced to the front and read the
following notice:
Before this attempted effort to lease the
Macon and Brunswick railroad is com
menced by tlie auctioneer, I will, hero in
the presence of all who propose to engage
in tlie same, give notice that the company
which I represented and for which I bid
for tlie lease on the sixth day of Novem
ber, 1879, does now and will claim the
said t Macon and Brunswick railroad
against any and all parties who may seek
to control the same, by lease or other
wise, under this illegal effort to re-lease
it. I further state that, up to the present
date, we have complied with the letter
and spirit ofthe law. We have made all
the tenders of money to pay for the same,
which the law requires, and propose to
give all the security required by tlie law
tor the lease of said railroad. We will
earnestly insist upon our legal rights in
this matter under the laws of the country.
rhe auctioneer then called again for
bids. A voice iu the crowd—I offer sixty
thousand dollars for the lease ofthe road.
Auctioneer—Your name ?
Voice—George H. Hazlehurst.
Mr. H. I. Kimball, who was standing
near the foot of tlie court house steps,
promptly rafsed the bid five hundred dol
lars. Mr. J. M. Couper, cf Brunswick,
standing almost by the side or Mr. Kim
ball, announced in a clear, firm voice that
he made the bid sixty-one thousand dol
lars. The next Richmond in the field
was Mr. Hugh Carlisle, of Chattanooga,
who raised the amount a thousand dol
lars, and Was followed by Mr. JohnH.
James, of Atlanta, who saw the other bids
and raised them a thousand dollars. Mr.
Kimball followed with epe hundred dol
lars. Mr. Carlisle bid $63,200, and was
followed by Mr. R. L. Mott, of Columbus,
who bid $63,225.. Mr. Couper bid $64,000.
At this stage of the proceedings, Buffalo
Bill and his. talented Indians drifted by
on the opposite side of the street, and in
terrupted the proceedings.
Mr. Carlisle came boldly to the frout
with a bid of $65,000, succeeded by Mr.
James with $66,000; Mr. Couper, $67,000;
Mr. Carlisle, $68,000. Mr. James—I will
give you $75,000. [£ens%tion in the
crowd.]
Mr. Couper, resolutely—I will give
$80,000. [Decided sensation.] Things
here began to get lively.. Mr. James fol
lowed up with $81,000 promptly, and was
in turn followed by Mr. Mott, $81,100;
Couper, $S2,000; Kimball, $82,100; C. K.
Maddox, Atlanta, $82,200; Couper, $S3,-
000; Carlisle, $83,100; Kimball, $83,200;
James, $83,S00; Mott, $83,400; Couper,
$84,000; Carlisle, $84,100; Couper, $85,-
000; Kimball, $85,100; Carlisle, $85,200;
Couper, $86,000, Kimball, $§0,100.
Mr. James was appealed to by the auc
tioneer for a hid, hut responded that he
could not hid against Mr. Kimball, who
wa3 from Atlanta. •
Mr. Kimball—Hurrah for James. Set
’em up!
The bidding proceeded:
Couper, $87,000; Kimball, $87,050;
Couper, $S8,000; James, $90,000; Couper,
$91,000. Kimball, $91,050; Couper, $92,-
000; Kimball, $92,050; Couper, $93,000;
Kimball, $93,050; Couper, $94,000; Kim
ball, 94,050; Couper, $95,000; Kimball,
$95,500; Couper, $90,000; Carlisle, $100,-
000; [applause]; Couper, $101,000; Car
lisle, $101,025; Couper, $102,000; Kimball,
$102,500; Couper, $103,000; Kimball,
$103,500; Couper, $104,000; Carlisle,
$104,500; Couper $105,000; Carlisle,
$105,600.
Here the bidders left the field open for
Messrs. Couper and Kimball, and the
bidding steadily progressed between the
two, Mr. Kimball bidding one hundred
dollars each time and Mr. Couper raising
it to the next thousand above. When
$115,000 was reached, a little intermission
was given, and parties consulted together.
The Governor sat by the .auctioneer, look
ing intensely interested, while the Attor
ney General stood a little in the back
ground. When $125,000 was bid, the auc
tioneer called to Mr. Kimball to put on
fire thousand dollars at a Time. He re
plied : “ Oh, there’s plenty ot time,” and
bid one hundred dollars. Mr. Couper
followed by raising his bid $24,900
amid applause from the crowd. Soon
after Mr. Kimball called time on the auc
tioneer, to read a telegram he had just
received.
Mr. Couper asked if all the rental had
to be paid into the treasury if the lessee
became purchaser.
Mr. Smith—Yes, all will have to “be paid
iu before tlie contract of lease will be
completed. The terms of the act speak
for themselves.
This seemed to slightly stagger Mr.
Couper but he soon recovered. On Mr.
Kimball’s return the whisper sped the
rounds that he was weakening. Work
grew more lively. Mr. Couper bid a thou
sand dollars and Mr. Kimball, a hundred
each time. Mr. Couper finally bid $194,-
000. Mr. Kimball retired to have a con
ference with ex-Governor Bullock, Mr.
Julius L. Brown and Judge John L.
Hopkins, and was absent a short time.
Mr. Smith—Mr. Kimball, I’ll give you
just half a minute to say what’you will
do.
Mr. Kimball—Let it go.
The road was then knocked off to Mr.
J.M. Couper, of Brunswick, at 12:25
o’dock, for the bid last above mentioned.
TMs announcement was received with
considerable applause. The crowd closed
around the Governor. Mr. Kimball ap
proached, and iu a friendly way said,
“Well, Governor, I helped you out any
way to get a good price.”
As Mr. Bullock passed, he also remark
ed to tlie Governor, “A good, fair price.”
This ended the agony. . The next ques
tion was, what company was represented
by Mr. Couper. It was soon known that
he was the exponent of a company
headed by Mr. Chauncey Yibbard, of New
York, and composed of capitalists «f New
York and Europe arid moneyed men of
Brunswick and Ibis city. Tlie company
possesses ample capital, and are prepared
to meet every requirement of the Legisla
tive act authorizing the sale. The com
pany will extend the road at once to At
lanta, hut by what route has not yet been
determined upon. What Western connec
tions will be made cannot now be stated.
It is thought by some that when At
lanta is reached the State Road, which by
the terms of its lease cannot discriminate
against connecting State lines, it will af
ford a sufficient outlet to the West either
by Nashville or by Knoxville. Of
course speculation ran riot and all sorts of
combinations were suggested—among
them a connection with the Louisville and
Nashville road through the Georgia West
ern to connect with it at Decatur, Alaba
ma.
The bidders and who they represented
was a question of great interest to all.
They of course endeavored to keep from
the public as much as possible the compo
sition of their companies. Mr. Mott is
supposed to represent the company repre
sented by Dr. Flewellen at the former
sale- Mr. Carlisle is supposed to have
hid for Mr. J. C. Stanton & Co. Mr.
James for a company of his own, and
Mr. Hazlehurst a company of Northern
and Southern capitalists. Mr. Kimball
with Mr. Bullock, represented a company
of New Yoik and Boston capitalists.
Many were surprised that Mr. Kimball
fell out of the bidding as soon as he did.
In an interview, however, last evening, he
stated that the reason he withdrew from
the bidding was in consequence of the no
tice read by Colonel Hines, attorney of
the second mortgage bond holders, he un
derstanding that they would commence
suit against the road as soon as it passed
out of the possession of the State; that he
immediately wired Ids New* York parties
for instructions on hearing the notice read,
and acting on their advice, and that of
counsel here, he decided to withdraw, and
that therefore tlie lease was sold to others.
That his small bids were for the pur
pose of gaining time so he could hear from
his New York backers. Ho stated, more
over, that it was rumored that he was
connected with Brown and Cole, but that
such a. rumor was utterly without founda
tion. /. .
Last evening Mr. Paine was also inter
viewed, aud he assured us that he would
certainly press his claims of the lease be
fore the courts. He also expressed a
strong belief that the second mortgage
bonds alluded to above, would be collect
able as soon as the State ceased to own
tlie road..
Yesterday afternoon the $10,000 re
quired by the Act was paid over to Gov
ernor Colquitt, and tlie company accepted
as eligible to bid for the road. It is un
derstood that Mr. H, W. Wheeler, now of
London, but who is well known in Bruns
wick, a 'capitalist who has spent a great
deal of money In that place, is prominent
in the new company.
The news of the result of the
lease yesterdayj was heard in the city
with great satisfaction. All seemed
pleased that Brunswick had gotten exactly
what she wanted without any great strug
gle.
Prominent men akmg the line"’of the
road, such as Hon. W. P. Eastman
and others, expressed their entire satisfac
tion at the result of the day’s work.
The Brunswick party were jubilant,
and the faces of all glowed with genuine
satisfaction.
Judge Bartlett, of Jasper, Colonel
Hardeman, of Jones, and others represent
ing the section to he traversed by the new
road, were highly elated that the leash
and consequent sale had fallen into such
hands as it had, and even expressions of
satisfaction came from those interested in
the Southwestern portion ofthe State.
Never have we seen a more general feel
ing of satisfaction among so many interes
ted parties, and it augurs well for the fu
ture.
Macon certainly has cause for congrat
ulation. A new section will be opened
up. Tlie foundation has been made for
another outlet from the West, along which
must course the great products of that
section, and many other advantages will
result to our fair city which always fol
low the establishment of additional rail
road connections with a city.
; . The Mississippi Senator.
In the first caucus for Senator^in place of
Bruce,whose term of service expires in 1881
it will be seen thatBaiksdale led the other
candidates considerably. Of Walthall,
the next candidate in strength, a telegram
from Vicksburg to the Wo fid, says a pri
vate letter to a friend in hat :ity from
Senator Lamar, uses this ’angtage:
I think Walthall ouglttobs Bruce’s
successor. I say this net he ruse of my
personal attachment to the nan, but for
reasons which have created rad maintain
ed that attachment ai.d1T.ich you will
recognize when you know him. He is the
noblest man I ever came in contact with
in the varied .experience of a somewhat
eventful life. His intellect is of a Mgh
orde:—having not a commonplace trait
in it. It is vigorous in movement, intense
in its operations and wonderfully sound
and correct in intuitions and judgments.
In this latter he is excelled by no man
that I ever saw. As a dehatMjJie is ag
gressive, alert; ready, ftol -wMpbd 1 sat
ire, and has an intensity of deJivBBy wlilch
is more forcible than splendid rhetoric or
brilliant declamation. Then he is such a
heroic man; such a lofty, pure, generous
gentleman. In all the folds of Ms being
there is not a coarse fibre, and yet he is all
steel iu his nerve and manhood. His
heart never cherished an ignoble purpose.
If he. were here in the Senate not a year
would pass before he would become one
of tlie most brilliant, attractive and useful
leaders the South has ever sent here.
What I say may sound to you extravagant,
but if you should ever. come to know him
as I do you will concur in my judgment.
—Paying Senatorial Absentees.—
A WasMngton special to the New York
Herald, says Secretary Burch, of the
Senate, has decided to test the question
whether a Senator can spend by far tlie
largest portion of Ms time at home and
still draw his full pay upon appearing in
Washington. Senator Sharon came unex
pectedly to-day, but whether for a visit or
Legislative business is' not yet known.
Ho was engaged in showing friends about
the city. Secretary Burch says that in
case he applies for 1ns back pay he will de
cline to let Mm'have it until lie can re
ceive a formal opinion-in regard to the le
gality of such a payment • from the First
Comptroller of the Treasury and probably
also from the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary. The law is very explicit-on
this subject, though through custon it has
been allowed in fact to become a dead Tet
ter. It is made the duty of the Secretary
ofthe Senate to deduct from the pay of
enators a proper proportion for every day
they are absent for other cause than sick
ness. It lias . become the practice to
overlook this' law in the case of absences
of reasonable length, but no other such
case as that of Senator Sharon’s lias been
presented of late years.
Tobacco Devotjbers Give Heed.—
We have heard the tobacco user claim that
the weed was food and drink to him, but
never thoroughly believed him until a Brit
ish Parliamentary report on adulterations
set forth the following schedule: “Sugar,
alum, lime, flour or meal, rhubarb leaves,
saltpetre, fuller’s earth, starch, malt com-
mings, chromate of lead, peat moss, mo
lasses, burdock leaves, common salt, en
dive leaves, lampblack, gum, red dye, a
black dye composed of vegetable red and
licorice,* scraps of newspaper, cinnamon
sticks, cabbage leaves and straw brown
paper.” TMs is convincing. Not only is
it food but drink. It is also house and
land, paint shop and literature, with drugs,
condiments and chemicals thrown in ad lib.
Verily, tobaeco is potent but a little pro
miscuous.
The Iron Boom.
The almost phenomenal activity of the
iron trade of this country is worthy of at
tention. Tlie production and consump
tion of iron in 1879, lias no precedent in
our history. More pig iron,- more bar
iron, more rails and more steel have been
made than iu any previous year. A great
many orders given in 1S79 have had to be
brought over into the the present year.
In 1878, the manufacture and importations
of pig and old iron amounted to 2,373,276
tons, against 3,250,000 tons in 1869. The
production and importation of rails, iron
and steel,rose from 7SS,120 tons in 1878 to
1,160,000 tons in 1879. Tlie productionof
rolled iron is estimated at 20 per cent,
above that of 1878. At the beginning of
1879, tlie dealers had in stock of 513,004
tons of pig iron, while at the close of the
year they carried very light stocks. The
demand for iron is due, in a great meas
ure, to buying up of rails,'etc., by railroad
officials, when they saw the price advanc
ing. An interesting fact connected with
tlie new wire-fence industry, is the con
sumption of 20,00$ tons of steel for that
purpose.
A Curious Animal.—The situation
oftlic grain market at this time is one of
no little interest. Prices of wheat are
higher in this country than they are in
England, and are also proportionally
higher than the price of flour. That is,
to buy wheat and make flour in the West,
to-day would cost more per barrel than
the latter article is selling for.
Hon. Luke E. Pryor, appointed Sen
ator from Alabama to All the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Houston,
was bom in 1820, in Madison county, in
that State, and is a self made man. He
was admitted to tbe bar at Athens, where
lie has ever since resided, in 1841, and
soon worked into a lucrative practice. In
1835 he received from the Legislature,
without-solicitation, a large vote to the
office to wliich he has just been appoin
ted, and also received the vote for the
Confederate Senate without seeking it.
Governor Houston tendered him an ap
pointment to a Supreme Court Judgship,
which he declined to accept. He has done
much to develop the general resources of
the State, advance her railroad and river
interests, and her vast mineral wealth,
lie is an able lawyer, with a reputation
for learning, which places him in a front
rank, and a forcible and eloquent
speaker.
Underground Wires in Germany.
The wisdom of the German postal and
telegraph authorities in determining to
connect Berlin with the cnief cities of the
empire, by means of a system of under
ground telegraph wire, has been fully con
firmed during the severe weather recently
prevailing. While .the violent storms of
wind and snow have, in many districts,
been the cause of constant stoppage in the
telegrapMc communication between
places connected by overground wires,
the traffic between towns connected by
subterranean lines has gone on through
the worst weather, without tlie least in
terruption or inconvenience. A consider
able extension of the underground system
is looked upon as probable, both in Ger
many and other continental countries.
THE SUPREME COURT.
Decisions Rendered -January 13th
188Ch-Hon. Hiram Warner, Chief
Justice, Hon. James Jackson and
Logan E. Bleckley Associate Justi
ces.
Elliott, exr. et. al., vs. Savannah and
Ogeechee Canal Company, Case, from
Chatham. > , . .
Warner, C. J.—This was an action
brought by the plaintiff against the defen
dant, to recover damages done to a boat
load of rice being transported on its canal,
in consequence of the alleged negligence
of the defendant in not keeping tne same
in proper order and condition. On the
trial of the case, tlie jury, under the charge
ofthe court, found a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff for the sum of $2,892.00. A
motion was made for a new trial on the
several grounds therein stated, wMch was
granted by the court, and the plaintiff ex
cepted. In looking through the entire
record,-we cannot say that the grauting
ofthe first new trial in the case, was such
an abuse of discretion as would authorize
this court to interfere aud control it. Let
the judgment of the court below be af
firmed. .
S. Yates Levy; Win. Garrard, for plain
tiff in error.
W. S. Chisholm, for defendant.
Mechanics B. and L. Association vs. Pe
ter et al. Injunction, from Bibb.
Warner, C.'J.—'This was a bill filed
by the complainants against the defend
ants with a prayer for an injunction to
restrain the collection of certain tax fi. fas
issued by the tax collector of Bibb coun
ty, for taxes due the State aud county, on
the allegations contained in said bill.
Upon the hearing of'the application for
the injunction prayed for, the answer of
the defendant, Peter, the tax collector,
and the evidence contained in the record,
the chancellor granted the injunction re
straining the collection of taxes for the
year, 1870, but refused to grant it for the
years 1875,1877 and 1878. Whereupon
the complainants and the tax collector
excepted.
The taxes claimed, were claimed to be
due to both-the State aud the county* and
had been assessed by the proper officer of
the State, who was proceeding to collect
the same. This case comes within the
rulings of this court in Decker vs. McGo
wan, tax collector, and the Georgia Mu
tual Loan Association vs. McGowan, 59th
Geo. Rep. 805-811, and is controlled by
the principles adjudicated in those cases.
The chancellor, therefore, erred in grant
ing the injunction restraining tlie collec
tion ofthe taxes for the years 1875,1877
and 1878.
Let the judgment of the court below be
reversed.
Lanier & Anderson; DuPont Guerry,
for plaintifft in error,
G. W. Gustin; C. J. Harris, for defend
ant. :
Johnson vs. Frank and WMtney. Cer-
tiorai, from Elbert.
Warner, C. J.—This case came be
fore tlie court below on a certiorari from
a justice’s court. It appears from tbe rec
ord that the case tried in tlie justice’s
court was a claim case, and that the jus
tice decided it in favor of the claimant.
On, the hearing of the certiorari in the
Superior Court, the court sustained it and
reversed the judgment of the justice, and
defendant in certiorari excepted. It ap
pears from the evidence that on the 19th
of October, 1878, the fi. fa. was levied on
700 pounds of seed cotton and 100 bushels
of 80m, as the property of Johnson, the
defendant in fi. fa., who claimed it as the
agent of his wife and minor cMIdren, as
being the proceeds of an exemption of
personalty set apart for the benefit of his
wife and minor cMIdren. It further ap
pears from the evidence that on the 5th
of January, 1878; there was set apart as
an exemption of personalty one bale of
cotton and 150 bushels of corn made .in
the year 1877, and that said exempted
property was used and consumed in tbe
purchase of provisions, clothing and other
necessaries for the use ofMmself and fam
ily to enable them to make the cotton and
corn now levied on on rented land and
that was lus part ofthe crop for lS7S,after
payment of rent, and the question is
whether tlie cotton and com made in
1878 under this statement of facts, is also
exempt from levy and sale ? Tliis case
comes within tbe principle ruled by tMs
court in Wade vs. Weslow, decided at the
February term, 1879, (not yet reported).
It is true the com and. cotton was made
on rented land, but the claimant held the
exempted cbm and cotton made in 1877j
intrust for the benefit of Ms wife and
children, and we think it,. or the proceeds
thereof was properly invested by him in
that which was necessary, in conjunction
with 1ns or their labor, to enable them to
make a support for the year 187S, by tbe
production of the com and cotton levied
on—the more especially as it does not ex
ceed' iu quantity the corn and cotton
which was exempted from levy and sale.
Besides it Is the policy of tlie law to en
courage industry and thrift iu an honest,
legal way, instead of discouraging it. In
view of the evidence in the record, the
court erred in sustaining the certiorari and
reserving the judgment of the justice. Let
the judgment of the court below be re
versed. ,
Shannon & McIntosh; H. A. Roebuck;
Harrison & Coimally, for plaintiff in er
ror.
James N. Worley; W. G. Johnson, for
fendant.
Black vs. Harper, Award, from OgVe-
thorpe.
Warner, C. J.—This case came be
fore the court below on exceptions filed to
an award of arbitrators under the provis
ions of tlie 4243d section of the code. On
the hearing of tlie exceptions and a de
murrer thereto, the court rendered the
following judgment: “An award having
been made in tliis case, and exceptions
filed thereto, and counsel for defendant
Laving filed his demurrer to said.excep
tions, it is ordered that the demurrer he
sustained to.all Hie exceptions except tlie
fourth}tb-wlt: newly discovered evidence
as supported. by the affidavit of E. G.
Koane, and that the cade be sent back to
. said referees lor a new trial, tlie same to
be had anew, and that both partfesjMive
at least ten days notice of the time and
place of hearing with leave to hear any
competent evidence on the whole case.”
To which judgment both parties excepted.
There wa3 no error in sustaining the de
murrer to all the exceptions to the award,
except the fourth, os to the newly discov
ered evidence. One of the main ques
tions contained in the submission for the
decision of the arbitrators was whether
Black had sold to Harper a tract of land
containing 240 acres, or whether he had
sold him a tract of land containing 200
acres. Upon that question the evidence
before the arbitrators was conflicting, and
there is nothing on the face of the award
going to show that it was the result of ac
cident or mistake, nor does it appear that
the award was the result ofthe fraud of
any one, or of all the arbitrators, or par
ties (except as to tlie sworn testimony of
Harper before the arbitrators which is al
leged to have been false and fraudulent),
or that it is otherwise illegal. Sec code
4243, and the cases cited In the note to
that section, especially the .case of Ander
son vs. Taylor, 41st Ga. Rep, 10. In our
judgment, the court erred iu sustaining
the fourth exception on the’ground of
newly discovered evidence aud in order
ing the case sent back for a new trial be
fore the"arbitrators. There is nothing in
the section of the code before cited, which
authorizes any such proceeding. If the
court overrules the exceptions to the
award, then it should make the award the
judgment ofthe court, but if it sustains
any ofthe exceptions to the award involv
ing matters of fact, then the court should
cause an issue to be made up thereon,
wliich issue shall be tried by a special ju
ry, etc. The action ofthe court is to bo
confined to the award as made, cither to
confirm it or to vacate and set it aside, but
not to having a new award made by or
dering a new trial in the case. We there
fore reverse that part ot the judgment of
the court sustaining the fourth exception
ou the ground of newly discovered evi
dence, and ordering a new trial, and di
rect that the award be made the judgment
of tbe court.
Let tlie judgment of the court below be
reversed with directions as herein before
indicated.
S. Lumpkin, for plaintiffin error.
McWhorter Brothers; J. T. Olive, for
defendant.
(uticura
THEflBEi-psm GOBE,
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SALTRHEIJM.
Ufa * Burden from the tiifftriin
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tral.
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. A. D. BAKBR. Ticket Agent C. 8.3. R.
Detroit Junction, Detroit, Micb., Jan. so, *79,
Tetter or Salt Htieum
•■thebands Cure*. A Cratefuisltter.I
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TOu may pat this In the paper and welcome,
and may it do some other poor sufferer tbe tame
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fa'ilytatake o»ro of; but oh, thank God, my
hand, rre welL to I again return thanks.
Youre respectfully.
EUZkBBTH BUCKLEY.
Littleton. N. H., May 30, 1878.
Y - i i •
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street. Boston, and are for sale by all drogriats.
Price ot Cnticuni small bores 60c; large
boxe*. containing two and cue balf times the
quantity of small, $l. Sesolvent, 31 per bottle.
Cnticura Soap Sic per cake; by mill Sic; three
cakes 75c. ■ dt claim
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The Bailroad Combinations i^ Geor
gia—Charleston’s Difficulty' -and
Duty.
Ch.rio..uu News and Courier J
Tbe combination between tbe Central
Railroad, tbe Western and Atlantic Rail
road and tbe Nashville, Chattanooga and -
St. Louis Railroad is intended-to put a
Southern line in position to compete suc
cessfully with the Northern lines for the
export trade. Fourgreat trunk lines take
the Western produce to the ocean, the
New York Central, the Erie; the Pennsyl
vania Central, and the Baltimore and
Ohio. Each is under the control of one
man. The component parts of the South
ern lines to the West, on . the contrary,
have been under ditt'erent management's,
usually antagonistic or" jealous. It was
believed that a Southern Iihe could com
mand a full share of the Western ' busi
ness, if it were under one control, and
with this view the consolidation of man
agement announced last week has been
effected. ■■■■■■■
The distance from' St. Louis to Savan
nah is three hundred miles lets than from
St. Louis to New York by the Ne)v York
Central, and adding on the water line
from Savannah' to New York; at the rate
of three miles of water for one of rail, the
distance via Savannah is still seventy
miles shorter than by the Northern routes-
The cost ofthe Southern roads is less than
that of the Northern roads, and the lines
are open all the year round. Messrs.
Cole, Brown and Wadley believe, there
fore, that they can hold their own
with competing lines,, both in busi
ness to and from New York,
and for business going directly to
Europe. Colonel Cole’s prefer
ence was for Port Royal as the
port of departure, but a ; care
ful examination of the harbor and busi
ness facilities satisfied him that Savannah
was better adapted to his purpose. TMs
is a practical refutation of the idea that
deep water alone will command through
trade and make a great city. Savannah-mil
he helped by the new arrangement more
than any other one point, and we rejoice
heartily* at tho growth and wealth now
promised onr near friend and neighbor.
Savannah has had terrible losses and many
ups and downs, and if, as is hoped, the
St. Louis line shall cause her to develop
into a later Baltimore, none will be bet-
ter^pleased than the people of Charleston.
The Southern people, as a whole, are the
gainers by each and every gain of secured
by any Southern community. - •
Iu a railroad point of view the St. Louis
combination is perplexing, if not con
founding. The Western and Atlantic is
the only road that brings Western busi
ness to Atlanta. Over this line, wMch
has been called the neck ofthe bottle, the
business of the Cincinnati Southern, the
Louisville and Nashville and the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis lines has
been poured. But the Western and At
lantic is no longer au independent line.
It is a link in the St. Lonis and SavannAh :
line. The managers promise equal rates
to every road, especially to the Cindn-
nati Southern, but it is not ex
pected that much consideration will be
shown to the Louisville and Nashville
road, the old riral of the St. Lonis and
Chattanooga line. Both the Louisville
and Nashville aud Cincinnati Southern
must find an outlet to tho Atlantic, or be
at the mercy ofthe St. Louis and Savan
nah line. It is reported that the Cincin
nati Southern railroad will endeavor to
work its way to the Gulf bv using the
Selma, Rome and Dalton road, and filling
tho gap of fifty miles between tbe Pensa
cola and the terminus of the line from
Selma to Snow Hill. The Georgia rail
road, it seem, is in a worso plight than
the Cincinnati and Louisville "lines. It
can get no Western business at Atlanta,
except what the St. Louis and Savannah
line chooses to allow it to take.
Upon Charleston the effect, we should
say, will to rather injurious than otlier-
wise, not because the situation is difficult
to handle, but because Charleston at this
time, to use a common phrase, is not
“foot-loose.” Charleston', by way of the
South Carolina and Georgia Railroads,
has been the great rival of Savannah ana
the Central Railroad, for Western busi
ness distributed at Atlanta. It is natural
to expect that preference will be given the
Central Railroad, and Charleston will be
placed at serious disadvantage. Were
Charleston iu condition to move, the new
combination could be made the means of
planting this port in advance of Savannah
despite the power of the St. Louis line.
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