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ijejctcgia mx& Smicmtl & Msssomgsir, CtlEgrapfi auit Jtetngtr 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. 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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. When other and good remedies foil to relieve coughs and colds, Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup will give Instant-relief. Ob viously because it ia the best remedy. Price *5 «euts a bottle.