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CL1SBY, JONES & EEESE, FBOPKntxoM.
GEORGIA JOEBHAE. & KES8EBI6ER.
ThJ FAMILY . JOUfKiL.—N*W8—POLITICS —LlTIKiTBUl—ASBICVLYtX**— DoillTl
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
Established,1826.
MACON* FRIDAY, MARCHE 18801 'SS,‘i.
Volume LY-NO ft
THE MACON A BRUNSWICK ROAD.
TIic New Company tabes Formal Bos
session-How the “Ten Dollar Man”
Ix>st Ills Connection by a Half Hour
—A Lively Day’s Work.
Yesterday early in the day it became
known that the purchasers of the Macon
and Brunswick road were in the city ready
to take possession, and that they brought
with them the executive order from
Governor Colquit, giving them the road
in pursuance to the sale consummated in
Atlanta on Saturday.
As soon as this fact became pretty well
known, it was also discovered that Mr. E.
T. Paine, who is known as the “ten dollar
man,” was on the ground preparing to
take advantage of every legal means he
could to prevent the new company from
going into possession. Things began to
look lively and both sides soon found out
what the other was doing. A portion of
the gentlemen composing the new pur
chasers called on the commissioners of
the road, Colonel W. A. Lofton and Colo
nel George S. Jones, and presented the
official order from the Governor. This
they promptly acknowledged and signed
an order to Colonel George W. Adams to
turn over the road to the new company.
The third Commissioner, Dr. E. A.
Flewellen, was sought for in vain, and it
was at length ascertained that he had
gone into the country to the place of Gen
eral W. S. nolt, to see a sick friend. Af
ter obtaining, however, the signatures of
a majority of the Commission, all took
carriages and went ont to the depots
of the road, and there ths formal transfer
of all the stock, appurtenances and pos
sessions of the road were made to
tlie new corporation by Colonel George
W. Adams, Superintendent.
Mr. Johnston, the new president, imme
diately assumed control and issued a no
tice to all the employes of the change in
the management of the road.
An inspection of the shops and depots
and various departments of the road fol
lowed, when the party returned to the
city. The transfer was made just at ten
o’clock.
In the meantime Mr. E. T. Paine had
appeared before Judge Simmons with a
prayer for an injunction against the trus
tees of the road, to restrain them from
turning it over to the new com
pany. • The bill embraced some six pages
of .legal cap paper, and set'
forth the entire transaction, from
the passage of the act author
izing the sale to the present time. It al
leged that E. T. Paine was the lessee of
the road under the first attempt to lease
it. That the Governor had not complied
with the law in not appointing the com
missioners provided for in the actrihat the
second attempt to lease was a'violation of
law; that the Governor acted contrary to
law by leasing and selling the road to
parties who were not bidders, and that
the Governor, in reality in selling the
road to such parties, sold ,it at
private sale and not as provided for in the
act. The bill concluded with the usual
prayer for an injunction. The matter was
presented by Messrs. Geoige Gustin and
Joe Hall. A temporary restraining order
was granted by Judge Simmons, the hear
ing set for Thursday and the bond fixed at
$250,000.
Sir. Faine went out as soon as possible
to serve notice of the order on interested
persons, lie met Dr. Flewellen who had
not signed the transfer, and serve's it on
him. Colonel Lofton was next hunted
up and when the notice was presentedMr.
Paine was informed that the roadliadbeen
duly turned over just a half hour before
to the new owners* This ended tlie mat
ter., Yesterday afternoon, at ten minutes
before six, Colonel Couper and Mr, TV.
M. Johnston drove up to the
house and left for record the
lease and sale deeds from the
State. They are executed in ‘due fond,
signed by Governor Colquitt, countersign
ed by N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State
attested by Colonel I. Avery and John
Rhea, notary public, and also sighed by
Mr. tV. M. Johnston and George H. Ha-
zlchurst, President and, Secretary of Jhe
new company. The great seal pf the
State and the seal of the road is affixed to
each document. _ J
The warrantee clause of the deed of
sale reads as follows: “And the said par
ty of the first part, the above described
and hereby, granted and released premises
and every part and parcel thereof, with
the appurtenances unto the - said party of
the second part, its successors and as
signs, against the said party of the first
part and against all and every person or
persons whomsoever, lawfully claiming or
to claim the same, shall and will warrant
and by these presents forever defend.”
The payment of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars was made iii bonds of
the State of Georgia. Tlie’deeds are very
interesting ‘documents. They have been
recorded in the executive office,’and*%ill
be recorded in -every county through
which the road passes. The only pro
viso is that • nO lots of land nOw
owned by the SlSte m~ the' counties
' of Pulaski, Dodge and TVayneJ transferred
. with the road, except so much as is neces
sary for depots, right of way, etc.
The sale of the road aqd the final dispo
sition of the whole matter gives entire sat
isfaction here. All.feel the property has
emphatically gotten into the right bands,
and in so feeling deem every interest con
nected with the road safe.
There will be no change in the manage
ment of the road, at present. Aft officials
will be continued, and will stand on^their
merits. This is the first wqc, step q£.the
company sipce they have assumed the
reins of government, and it will no doubt
be followed by a wise administration of
the affairs ofthe road.
Berrien County Mr. Harde
man Giddens, of this county, lias two or
ange trees which are five ye ft re old. They
are of the bitter sweet kind, and the two
trees, last season, produced eighteen Lnn-
_ dred and sixty-eight oranges. The only
protection the trees had from frost was a
"covering of pine tops; and six indies of
middling at the roots. Thus it will be
seen that Berrien is an orange growing
country.
BY TELEGRAPH
tification o:
_ 1 *■■ . -i_ f Senator Conkling and others presented
soni in ten days, or they will send Col-: for certain and abandoned property..-
onel Syage’s head'to Salonica. Authorizing the purchase of the ground
A Lahore dispatch says the English adjoining the Bureau of Eugraving and
Envoy to Ghuzuee lias been unsuccessful Printing.
■ . in his negotiations with Mahomed Jan. j The'Viee President laid before the Sen-
court Abdul Rahman Khan is communicating ! n ( C ^message from the President inviting
frdnrBixlk with Mahomed Jan and Aysfib’ attention of Congress to the subject of
London, March 1.—The Daily Tele
graph this morning publishes the
following note in a * semi-official
form: “It is not at present probable that
Herat and Scislam will come under the
Persian rule. It is untrue thatKhelat
and Casmere will receive a portion of
Afghan territory. It is untrue that Eng
land desires to form Merve into a. protec
ted state, Candibarand Cabul Macbraeme'
capitals of independent States and levies
may he raised among' Hazaras, Kizelbas-
his and other well affected tribes, but all
these future arrangements- are dependent
upon circumstances.”
London, March 1.—Intelligence has
been received from Bombay that a
steamer from Rigenola has foundered and
that five Europeans and fifty-five natives
were lost.
Dublin, March 1.—The libel suit began
by the Lord Mayor of Dublin against the
publisher of the Dramatic and Sporting
Times waft compromised by the defend
ants paying the costs and twenty guineas-
to the Mansion House relief fund. •
London, March 1.—The Irish relief
bill has been read a second time in the
House of Lords.
Berlin, March 1.—In the debate which
followed the introduction of the army b:ll,
Herr Richter thanked General Kamakft
for his final statement. I£c said it showed
that the pessimism news that obtained in
some quarters relative to the relations of
Germany and Russia were unfounded.
Herr Richter, as a compensation for the
increased burdens imposed by the bill,
proposed a reduction of the pericyl of mil
itary service to two years.
General Von Moltke said: “All our
neighbors are more or less safe from at
tack in the rear, and only need to front on
one side. They have stationed a consid
erable portion of their forces close to our
borders. Our regiments are distributed
equally over the whole country since
the conclusion of the terrible war.
Russia has considerably extended
her military establishment, and France
* ng DeLesseps by the Lotus-Club. BodmUm Conkling presented the memo*
In response to an address of welcome, -s„r Tc ■ wEST
DeLesseps said when he went to Wash- Z
ingtonas a private citizen of-France to irnlmt reu ' a * tlie
see the President, he would be able to as- Bnajj?iStIrKSf * ntC T egt * f th
sure him of the correct relation of the
American Republic to the progress of the ^d in^^fi^ papcr?
Especial from London to the Herald Z
says asecond meeting of the Herald Re- S*
lief Fund Committeewas held in Paris on c £ e
Friday. It was thought that the approach support of certain Indian tribes, smd sta-
of actual famine had been meteor the •
moment to a considerable extent by tho " as placed on the
-By Mr! Muldron of Mississippi, .a bill
laffianfe^rA to^mlroallsTondirioned
Sirtee d should P re“are?or ^ Seville on tjie extinguishment of the Indian
foS C amumn“ iSery By Mr. Ellis of Louisiana, by request, a
James Gordon Bennett, who was pres- ^ comSetim/nfrtiB TVva J*r
ent, informed the committee that the fund raflroaT 1 f ^ T ““ ^ Paclfic
would be placed at their disposal at once. r>., ‘V_ _ „ ,...
men the committee delegated two mem- 1 SFSSur
here to visit the distressed^districts immp- ®
diately with power to act U cases of spe- , ty ?® „
tial need and to report at the next meet- ' J&JSf J L
ing of the committee which will be held f“”ed: 5 b U introduced and re-
in -£ u ™v' WniiT-riQnr 90 \ 1 IJ y Crittenden, of New York—Pro-
from RIchSd.v'S^ S^ThKal aiding that after the first of July, 18S0,
tion has just been rereived here of the dii yVSffif S.SW
missal ot twenty-seven students from the J
Vireinia Military Institute at Lexington, P? , cent, advalorem in all cases where
for disobi^enreof orders, and for break- »>• duties are now imposed and col-
5SSS&? SSS.SS.’SfS toSTS 0105 - SS '--ft ft H r °,r
5fjsa!OT55ss:saiS'iS!a
SratSSfte teft a Ss2 r J5L3 mp, * t '“' >,u “
business visit. The ’ students refused to T 'V
^^S^a^nc^nn-ere yey anddisposa! of the public lands, bT- has doubled her army. Meanwhile
'1'smisspil nn lii^ return ’ ing the bill recommended by the Public we have kept our troops within a propor-
I S rf U.' dS SclUea to join tta £ o”-|S'r of Kontadtv "»» “ f «.“ ■«' «“• « «».fl»MoO.
uid) returned to duty* * The Supciinten- comp without lieetusp
dSrinlmi^sertin” forth ' By Mr Carlisle, of Kentucky, amend-
disciplnie,_ sctririo forth the facts in the j n „ the act for the exchange of subsidy
whole affair. The_ mutmy began on the co ins f op lawful money.
24th, and the dismissals followed prompt- By WiUiSj of K | ntucljy> to regulate
ly - fr, i, , ofl T . the Inter-State commerce.
I Tlie resolution was adopted.
fonnation has Just been reerfved at this i 0n motion of Mr> Manual, of Maiy-
Z lan d» tllG 111,68 were suspended and the
^iltv b a few T da^s sinre Conwav^ H U1 pass f d appropriating $550,000 for
county, a lew (lays since. L-onway ac the purchase of a site for the post-
cased Nubie with having had improper oflic e in Baltimore.
^n.iZ Ce l?r£ iIr - McLane, of Maryland, moved to
suspend the rules and consider the bill
instantly. He then fled, and has not yet ame nding the Pacific Railroad Sinking
W/.t.vf.aM, 90 ’riuffM Fuik1 Act * Before coming to a vote on
Washington, February 29. The fol- t p e mo ti onj the House adjourned. The
low ing open letter to President Hayes bill will not come up again until Mon-
wil! appear in to-morrow’s Republican: 1 =
Raleigh, N. V., February dG.—To Ms By Mr. Atkins of Tennessee, to admit
ExceMency the President. SiK—On the f ree 0 f j u ty the chemicals used in mak-
,i?Ljrr i n ?jT r ’,r l to rcduce the duty on
the State of North Carolina, was held in I lrl «ring papci.
the city of Raleigh, at which time and tlie fn A i lab ? ma ’i abo,IS,lln S
the. Republican Nationa. Convention, • cdnuctexi u.> —.f ow
which will meet at Chicago on the second gresSj w i,i c h have since been declared ii-
of June next. As members of that Com- jpgal and void; also, to repeal the tax on
inittee, and participating in its meeting, tobacco ill tlie hands of producers; also,
were William P. Canaday, Collector of reducing the tax on distilled spirits to
Customs at Wilmington, North Carolina; twenty cents per gallon.
J. J. Mott, Collector of Internal Revenue By Hendon of Alabama, amending
for the Sixth Collection District .of North the act relative to the Mexican Commis-
Carolina, and Pinkney Rollins, a clerk in s j on awards.
the loan division of the Treasury Depart- j q-be morning hour having expired Mr.
ment. _ Those office holders took part m -Weaver of Iowa, attempted to obtain the
the deliberations of the committee, in de- recognition of the Speaker and introduce
fiance of your civil service order N o. 1. j bis greenback resolution, hut the Speaker
As wide publication was given to the fact ruled that the regular order was the con-
and as you have taken no steps to punish sideration of the motion comingover from
the offenders and appear consistent in February ICth, to suspend the .rules and
your announced efforts to purify the civil adopt a-resolution for night sessions on
service and keep Federal office-holders March 3d and 10th, to consider pension
from interfering with the rights of our bills.
citizens in conventions and elections, 11 the Senate to-day, the Indian defi-
write you at the request of many citizens, c iency hill was reported favorably from
as well as on my own account, to ask you the Appropriations Committee, and placed
to do us the favor tojtell us what your on tb e calendar.
civil service order No. 1 means. Even | B iH s wer e introduced by Mr. Jonas, for
a double-headed construction will be some deepening the mouth and removing the
consolation. With great respect, I am • obstructions of Red river, appropriating
your obedient servant. i $200,000-therefor.
[Signed] John C. Gorman, j By Mr. Windom, authorizing a Natioiyil
London, March 1.—A Constantinople , Savings Bank,
dispatch reports tliat the Greek brigands The following hills passed :
have sent a letter demanding £15,000 ran- j Faying John Key and W* G. M. Davis,
France has an army of 497,000 men,
while Germany has only 400,000 men.
The peace strength of Russia is twice as
great as ours. The full term of service in
France is twenty years, in Russia four
teen years, while in Germany it is only
twelve years. The degree in -which our
army is’ behind others can only be made
up for by activity.
Eight thousand druggists
ted States sell Foutz’s
and general
stores in tlie United
horse and cattle powders. They sell
Foutz’s because they know them to pos
sess intrinsic merit.
The Chronicle’s Cotton Figures.
The New York Chronicle, of last Sat
urday, reports tlie receipts of the seven
days ending Friday night, at 102,975 bales,
against 110,047 for the corresponding week
of last year. Total receipts of tho current
cotton year, to that date, 4,201,820 bales,
Khan. The latter is reported to have re
ceived an offer from the Khan of a large
bribe for the surrender of Herat, but de-
cUned at the instigation of Abdul Rahman
Khan. '
London, March 1.—-The steamer- P.
Coland, from Rotterdam to New York,
ireviously reported as spoken and returni
ng to the 'Channel with the loss of her
rudder, lias 'passed the Lizzard on her
way to Falmouth. : '
Paius, March 1—The municipal elec
tion JnSt. Thomas d’Aquin quarter yes
terday resulted in the return of M. Bar-
tholoiii (Bonapartist).
St. Petebsbubg, March 1.—Tlie Ve-
domaste says that the female Kiliilist
agent, Vera Sassulitcb, was arrested at
the instance of GeneraLTrepoff, her<in-
tended victim, who recognized her at a
theatre. i •
Washington, March 1.—The jury in
tlie case of the negroes Babe Buford, San
dy Blan and Edward Queeran, diarged
with the murder of George-P. Hirth on
tlie evening of the 7th of January last by
hitting him on the head with a stone tide
in a handkerchief, and-- kicking him after
he liatLfailen, also robbing him of a gold
watch, ring anil a small sum of: money,
come into court this morning and render
ed a verdict of- guilty as indicted. ,,-,
On Friday evening Miss Land," residing
on Capitol ilili, while on her way to St;
Joseph’s Catholic - Church, was knocked
dovrii, stunned and carried into-an-open
lot by a negro, who outraged and robbed
her of a satchel and prayerhook. It wa3
nearly* two' hours before she reached
home—"her throat black with choking, one
ear nearly severed from bar body, and
her body covered ivith bruises. She lies
in a'criticai; condition. A negro named
Thomas Smoothers, was arrested yester
day and recognized as her assailant. 7;
At. midnight about one hundred men
went to the seventh district station house
and demanded the prisoner, but he had
been removed to another station and was
guarded during the night by the entire re
serve police force.
A department statement shows a de
crease of the public debt in Eebruary to
he $5,072,019 50; cash in treasury $196,-
351,053 03; gold certificates, $10,0S2,C00;
n ! 1 • li'/ 1 AAA, . .« t 1— — n iXi. Af J A f f
ui/ij wd j:uiu LX.UJibaa.Cj
silver, ; $9j3G9,920; certificates of deposit
outstanding, $11,485,000; refunding cer
tificates $
the unsettled claims of the Spanish-Ameri
can treaty of 1819. The Treasury De
partment has refused to allow interest on
claims allowed by tlie tribunal established
under that treaty, and as claims therefore
arc constantly pressed, the matter is re
fereed to Congress.
Mr. Hoar 1 spoke upon tlie ’ Geneva
award bill, arguing that the remainder of
the.award should not be paid to insurers
who grew rich by reason of the war, hut
to uninsured owners and to those who had
to payTieavy war premiums.
Mr.* Randall then spoke in support of
tho hill for the relief of General Fitz John
Porter, holding that Porter was convicted
on distorted evidence and that the report
of tho late board of review completely vin
dicated him. -The Senate then adjourned.
^Washington, February 1.—The fol
lowing nominations were sent to the Sen
ate to-day:
Census Supervisors—B. F. Jourbert,
First, Wm. J. Fleming Second District of
Louisiana; Henry Hammond, Second Dis
trict of South Carolina; J. A. Newton,
First District of Tennessee; Francis Rich
ardson, First; Robert Bulling, Second Dis
trict Virginia. . .
Collectors of Customs—Benjamin Up
ton,‘Jr., District of Tappahannock, Vir
ginia;. Charles T. Green, District of St.
:ilary3,-Geoigia. • 1 ■ r n .
■London, March 1.—The D istrict bank,
glimited concern, has suspended pay
ment. It has a nominal capital of £83,-
000, of which there was a paid up sum of
£28,000. The effect of the suspension is
entirely local. . ... ,
Meiipiiis, March 1.—Roosa & Gra
ham's wagon factory on Jefferson street;
the largest m the South, was burned to-
,day. Loss, $05,000; insurance, $17,500.
Richmond, March 1.—Both houses of
the General Assembly to-day passed a bill
repealing the Moffett bell punch liquor
law and re-establishing a license system
which is to go info operation on May 1st.
The vote was nearly unanimous.
Washington, March 1.—A decision
was rendered hi the Supreme Court of the
United States this evening in the case of
Taylor Straudcr, plaintiff in error, versus
The State of West Virginia. The ques
tion involved was the constitutionality of
Tlie interior port account of the week is
as follow; Receipts 47,450, against 51,700
for the corresponding week of last year.
Shipments 57,568, against 58,924 Iasi
year. Stocks 316,972, against 170,638 last
year.
The Chronicle's visible supply table
showed on Friday last 2,630,614 bales of
cotton in sight, against 2,002,091 last year,
2,837,710 in 1S7S, and 3,101,673 in 1871.
These figures show an increase of 28,520
on the supply of 1879 at this date, and a
decrease of 207,102 bales on the supply of
1878, and a decrease of 531,059 on the
supply of 1877, at a corresponding date.
Cotton in Liverpool on Friday last was
quoted at 7 5-16 for middling upland.
Last year, at same date, the quotation was
0|, in 1878, at same date, 61-16, and in
1877, at same date, 611-16. -
The Chronicle appends tho following to
its table of receipts from plantations:
The above statement shows:
1. That the total receipts from the plan
tations since September 1, in -1879-80 were :
4,511,491 bales; in 1878-79 were 4,001,350
bales; in 1S77-7S were 3,773,507 bales.
2. That although the receipts at the out]
posts the past week were 102,995 bales, t
the actual movement from plantations Was
only 92,8S3 bales, the balance being drawn
from stock at the interior ports. '-Lastyear j
the receipts 'from the, plantations for the
same week were^,936 bales, tma for 1878
they were 78,599 bales. "- - ; ‘ * “ ’ j
The Chronicle's weather reports show'
very light rains in Texas, arid Galveston
says “we have nearly despaired.” Farm
work is, however, progressing.- A good
deal of coni and some cotton have been
planted. Light rains are also ■ noted,
throughout the Southwest. The * heaviest
rain on the list was at Nashville, and;
amounted to 0.99. An increased Acreage,
of cotton is universally proposed.
Ellison & Co.’s Liverpool report-to 10th
February has the following: - j
PBOSPECT8.
So far as the prospects of supply ate
concerned, we see no reasonfor modifying
the figures given in our annual report;-ex
cept that the supply from .Egypt may. he
rather more, and that from India rather
less, than our estimates. Tbe diminished
receipts at the American ports,' witnessed
during the past fortnight, were fully an
ticipated in our .crop estimate. As to price,
everything now depends upon Manchester
Speculators here and at New York ate
.getthig timid—which Is only natural with
middling upland at 7id. for neat, amL7|d.
for distant delivery; but if Manchester
maintains its present vigorous, attitude,
and spinners continue to add to their sur
plus stocks of the raw material, it would
not be surprising fo Witness a further rise
in prices. ■ -The-advance; h&#river, would
not he the result of any actual scar
city of . cotton (provided the Amer
ican crop is not less than
51 millions), hut the outcome of a desire
to "hoard cotton and goods in anticipation
of a pinch later on in the year. The mos
ment that buyers hare secured what they
consider to he sufficient to meet their ex
pected wants, the demand will fall off, tho
anticipated pinch will not he felt, and
prices, instead of advancing, will decline,
provided the new American crop.makes .a
favorable start. There is no doubt that a
good deal of the business doing in Man
chester is more or less in anticipation of
future wants; but while the demand lasts;
and so long as, the orders given out show
Engnmment and Monopoly.
There is some talk among Congress
men abaut legislation against engross
ment and monopoly. Most of the States
have statutes against these practices,
which are founded, not in the idea of re
stricting or hampering trade, but in un
chaining the wheels of trade and setting
it in motion. There is no pi act ice more
fatal to equitable, trade and scarcely none
more prejudicial to the public welfare,
comfort, and morals than this one—-of
small combinations of great capitalists to
block tlie free operations of the laws of
supply agd demand, in order to extort an
unreasonable and needles* price <mtof the
necessities and scarcity thus arbitrarily
created.; „ • v ' • ; , f '
Such cpmbinaUons range about At will
in the whole field of staple produce, and
whatever they touch - they disorder and
paralyze. They-touch y, for that purpose,
They have no . concern with legitimate
trade.. They! belong" to:-no permanent
class of merchants and traders. They
touch only articles upon .which, after in
vestigation, they believe it is easiest to
force a rise by iritroduclng a block through
their enormous capital, and when their
His last portraiture of the funeral of a
willful youth who had gone down to the
grave Without hope, from* the neglect of
Ms parents, was harrowing in the ex
treme'.' Scores of the congregation wept
outright. Albeit the sermon exceeded an
hour in length, even the .little children
listened intently to Its close.
Mr. Bovkia is doing a great work for
the cause : to which he has devoted his
life, and is supported solely by the volun
tary contributions of those who appreciate
his labors. , ... : ;
THE other sermon
was pronounced before a goodly-auditory
iu the Yineville Union Church, by
ELDER THOMAS M. HARRIS,
a minister of the Christian Church in
Sanders ville, Ga. His discourse was the
very antipode of Mr. Boykin’s. The one.
was simple, the other profound. The one
on the narrative'order and full of tender- j
ness; the other a calm, logical argument,
replete with strength and vigor. The one
excited the emotional sensibilities; the
other appealed to the judgment and right
reason. ..Each were alike interesting,
however, and instructive. The divinity
of Christ, as-laid down in the fourth and
Western Union Telegraph Company on
tbe Kansas Pacific Road, the former com
pany did cut out ths wires tills morning
and have possession of the same. Under
■Mr. Gould's order the wires on the Union
Pacific Road known as the Atlantic and
Pacific wires were also cat out this morn
ing and are in possession of the American
Union Company.
—The Ho-Chung is the first real Chin
ese steamer that ever visited tho Hawaiian
Islands. She made her first voyage last
November. She Is a larys, Iron plated,
splendid looking steamer, and brought 481
Chinese immigrants.
THE GBOBOlk PRESS.
against,3.83(y?64halesfor thecorrespoftid- capital constantly and these all come, in
U1H period-©! Uia cotton jear 1878-9-k;. ihcjast analysis' of 17 *
during the increase to 365,2oin,»u. ? ’ out 01 8™ at body of
^mhSsi^l 0 -® f ten of who® have
If anybody will figure up the loss to "con
sumers growing out of the speculative cor
ner in flour, we will De glad to know what
Mantilini called the “demnition total.”
It is getting to be a had and a dangerous
business. If it cannot he abated, it will
take the whole field of trade in time, and
raise as lively a row as can be imag
ined.
object is accomplished they sell out and - ‘fourteenth verses of the first chapter of
buy something else.'
Their business is, in a word, to avert and
confuse healthful and r^ular trade, and
therefore to claim for their operations the
sanction of the laws of healthful trade is
a mischevious error.' .We do not hesitate
to say that 'if such cruel sport with
healthful trade could be stopped by
healtbfol and: practicable legislation, it
ought’ to be done. Bub it is an exceeding
ly difficult thing to do. There is great
danger of failure and mischief. The State
laws are a dead letter, and the ; United
States laws might he the same, or be pros
tituted and misapplied to blackmailing
htenest^ndlejatiouite tra^c^ _
On the other hand, it is due the people
to consider the'amount of wrong and dis
satisfaction created by these practices,
and the rapidity with which they are
growkjg. ,Tlje vast stores of capital de-
* UttMiMH of engrossment, mo-
arid swindling the people, are
sweHIbg iv4i^; day; And controlled as
they-are in and specific directions,
they constitute an increasingly fatal me
nace to all regular trade in produce.
Everything ; is . at their mercy, if they
choose fo touch it.
They are sufficiently powerful to com
mand success, and defy failure. The cer
tainty of profits swells their number and
capital constantly, and these aUcome, in
. -pn-.,— the West Virginia legislative laws of 1S72
.„_a900; legal tender* ,91ft-I and’73, fffiajter 47, excluding colored c|fc
siauding, $346,681,016; fractional currency j'lzens from jury service In the courts of;’he handsome profits, which, they do„at
outstanding, $5,631,311 031" • * ’ | that Slate f Thfe court holds that when a present, spinners are Acting wisely in cov-r
Washington, March L—The Vice colored citizen is tried for: his life by a tef— ” - — , -
Pxcsident laid before the Senate a com- ! jury from which citizens of his own race-
manication from.tbe Secretary of War ' are by a State statute expressly eschided,
transmitting a letter from the quarter- | he is denied the equal protection of law
master general of the army showing the ' guaranteed by the third clause of the
urgent necessity for tlie Tepair of the old Fourteenth Amendment f,o the Constitu-
uublic building at Fortress Monroe which tion and that' the State statute denying
repairs are estimated to cost $22,450. The him the right is repugnant to said consti-
ScCretan* recommended an appropriation tntional provisions. The judgment of
to that amount. | the Supreme Court of Appeals of West
Senator Conkling presented resolutions ' Virginia is reversed. Justice Strong de-
of the Legislature of New York directing livered the opinion, Justices Field and
the Senators from New York to endeavor Clifford dissenting.
ering their contracts, because’while tta
“boom,” as they say m America, is,pn, all
reasonable calculations as to the probable
future course of prices arc liable, ; for a
time; at rail events, to he blovfn .to'the
winds.
Mother, think of the battle that is be
ing waged by worms against tlie life of
your child. There is no night of rest with
therii; they fight to.kil). Shriuer's Indian
Vermifuge will annihilate them. Only
twdnty-nve cents a bottleJ
Get Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners ap
plied to those new boots or shoes before
you inn them over.
Sunday Exercises.
We enjoyed the privilege of listening to
two remarkable and deeply interesting
discourses on the past Sabbath, each of
them unique in its way. .-•.■ .;
One was delivered to a large congrega
tion in the First Baptist Church at eleven
a. m., by Rev. T. C. Boykin, the Sunday-1
school evangelist of the Baptist denomi
nation in Georgia. He had been specially
invited on this occasion to repeat his fa
mous sermon on the training of childrefa,
and tvas ! introduced by the pastor, Rev. E.
W. Warren, D. D. |
The text was drawn from those familiar,
words of the wfiest of men :' “ Train npi
a child injhe way Jieshould go and when
he is old he will not dop^rtr from it.” ;
-.: JWe t'ook no notes, but even had » sten
ographer reproduced every word that was
uttered, no adequate conception of: the,
power and effect of the sermon would • tiej
conveyed to the' reader. The burden of
the good man was the temporal and. eter
nal salvation of the little ones; and verily,;
no one doubted that their future' fate res
ted heavily upon his soul. It was not tho
youth, the stripling, or the half grown
generation of the country, in whose bej
half he proposed to speak. No, it was
tke‘$ifcit, that was the only word to he
emphasized in the text. The infant in its
cradle, the little innocents wdio could
barely toddle around their mothers knees]
These were the tender tivigs to be “iri4
clined,” and bent deftly into shape.
The speaker illustrated his theme by
numerous anecdotes, some humorous,
some thnilingly' sad. At*’intervals,]thd
countenances ©f the whole auditory werq
wreathed ; insmiles by Jhe. Ijfe Rice expe
riences of parent and (fluid, am}, then be
dewed withtears.at the anguish the way
ward little irups were, capable of creating
in the hearts of their, parents. Thpn,..*7
those tiny creatures , waxed, oilier and
larger in stature, and the lessons imparted
to them were heeded .or otherwise, the
man of God followed them up, portray ing
the young lady as she resisted or yielded
to the seductions, of the gay world, and
the grown youth, whom true .tolia train
ing, dashing aside the tempting chalice of
forbidden pleasure, or, if alas, spoiled and
devoid of conscientious scruples, succum
bing without an effort, and ending his ca
reer iiv- a drunkard’s grave or. felon’s
■cell*:- . »**f i-"rm * J * tadl - •••/wxift* I
There was a mobility, of countenance
and piercing earnestness in the tones and
bearing of Mr. Boykin, which evinced thai
he was a student of natnre> and had learn
ed the'secret of reaching the hearts of his
hearers.; Not that he was eloquent in ths
ordinary acceptation of the word. Far
from it. His language was simplicity It
self, and evenbordered upon homeliness.
But still, if eloquence consists in enchain
ing the attention and awakening the out
spoken sympathy of an audience, then
was the speaker indeed truly eloqnent.
the gospel of St. John formed the subject
of Elder Harris’s sermon. His effort was
eminently logical and original.
As a sound thinker, and terse but com
prehensive speaker, Mr. Harris has few
superiors. There was just enough of
quaintness also about hl3 style and de
livery to be attractive. His exordium
and introduction of himself was most in
genious and original, and at once placed
him in perfect rapport with the audience.
Especially was the figure of the Scottish
mist apposite and forcible.
■Whatever, in their entirety, may he the
tenets of the Christian church,‘(and we
will attempt no enunciation of them) it Is
certain that the gifted speaker promul
gated no new doctrine on this occasion.
The divinity of our blessed
Saviour; his perfect equality
and identity in the Godhead with the
father and the Holy Ghost—the truth of
his resurrection depicted in graphic lan
guage, and the mission, and power of the
Redeemer to save, all were so plainly and
triumphantly set forth, that no doubting
Thomas could have interposed a single
tenable objection. The Elder defended
his creed also, with great zeal and force,
from the charge of Socinianism, Arianism,
etc., but had no time to go into its pecu
liar merits. .His able discourse was lis
tened to with the closest attention, and
he made a fine impression upon those who
heard him.
As willbese&f'rfmyflbrer.
the action taken on Saturday last by the
Governor, in executing titles to Messrs.
Couper, Hazlehurst, Lane, Johnston &
Co., to the State property known as the
Macon and Brunswick railroad, was car-
ried’into full and practical effect yesterday,
by the formal transfer of the road and its
appurtenances to the purchasing parties.
In the eleventh hour, Mr. Paine, com
monly known as the “ten dollar man,”
sought and obtained from Judge Simmons
a “restraining decree” to prevent the
turning over of the road to the new com
pany. 1:
But, to the chagrin of that gentleman, he
was just thirty minutes too late with his
formidable document, as it arrived after
the transfers had been made, and the
whole affair was un fait accompli.
.As it chanced, however, Colonel Flew
ellen had been detained at the bedside
of a sick friend in the country, and was
not present at, the signing, though, the
other commissioners! comprising a quo
rum, had appended their signatures to the
necessary papers. Mr. Paine then served
It must he good, .for everybody recom
mends it, and the doctors precribe it. Wft
meafi Dr.' Bull’s Cough Syrup. Price
twenty-five cents.
:i ■ ■ ■? —r
Australian, Meat in London.—A
steamship recently arrived in London with
35 tons of fresh meat—beef and mutton
—/ram. Sidney, Australia, after a passage
of two months. The meat was kept in a
room about 28 feet square, and tbe tem
perature maintained during tho voyage
was frqnvlO to J5 degrees below freezing
point. The keef, when served in London,
was,, pronounced .very good, whilst the
mutton,was of a rich, unctious quality.
Nothing is ,said in the English papers as
fo the price pit .jvhich this importation
could be sold in J^mdon at a profit.
Mr. Govld, (Jetting tue AVuuis.—
A Chicago,dispatch says, aotwiilistauding
the injunctions granted by the courts of
Kansas City, and ; Denver to restrain the
American Union Telegraph Company
from interfering with tlie wires of the
Mb. Elhannah Johnson, a half
brother of ex-Governor H. V. Johnson,.ift
visiting Louisville, after an absence of
twenty years in Alabama.
Mb. John Greenwood’s residence in
Louisville, valued at $2,500, was acci
dentally burned last week. Insurance
$2,000.
The Wiregrass Watchman is the name
of the latest journalistic bantling. But
why the' wiregrass needs a watchman,
is still unexplained. The next name will
probably -be the Gopher Pamcr, or tlie
Swamp Land Messenger. ■ . , ,
The town hall of Sparta is being ar
ranged for exhibitions. „{V
The Quitman amateurs will-give ex
pression to their talent in “The Lpan o,
a Lover,” and “Limerick,” shortly. .
The orange trade of Columbus has
largely increased.
Mr. H, W. McCrary, of Fort Yalley,
has removed his stock of goods to Ge
neva. ! ; ■ . > . ! ■»
Bill Arp will soon lecture in Hawkins-
'ffie. ..... ... '
A man who bought A-load of ,wqo<l in
Americus, found a large opossum under it
the next morning.
The Dixie Farmer is now issued with
a very handsome head.
' Mb. W. S. Gorton; Superintendent of
the Muscogee MiUs oi Columbus, resigned
and was presented;a handsome silver
watch by the employees, n .
Political rumor, remarks the Albany
Advertiser, says the Whig party is about
to be reorganized in that place, r'
Oats in Stewart county are looking
badly.
The railroad fever is again breaking
ont in Early county.
Mb. Edgar M. Brunson and Miss
Lizzie Stewart took a trip from Blakely
to Arlington together, and were married
at that place, last week.
Rev. J. T. Bruce has been called to
the pastorate of the ’Eatonton and Madi
son Presbyterian churches.
Captain M. C. Austin has sold the
SniniMW, -Yews to Messrs. Lastlnger
and we have no dontrvteTM—1 ■
he, one ofthe best weeklies in the South
ern part of the State.
The oat crop is heading in Berrien
county, and is very fine in Irwin county.
Mb. T. T. Taylor, a Thomasville
sewing machine agent, is missing. His
liorse has been found, but his friends
have discovered no trace of him for sever
al days. *
Early County News: Bibb county
jail is without an occupant, which is some
thing unusual.
And why i3 this unusual? Macon’s
crop of criminals can be short, hu{, that
should not excite the E. C. N. man with
But the two enterprises cannot be com
bined. We, us a committee, have no au
thority to do this, and, I suppose, would
not do it if we could.
. While it is contemplated that the mon
ument be erected in this dty the very end
iu view requires that the enterprise be di
vested, as Ur as passible, of a mere local
character. The design is not to glorify
Columbus, but to honor Dr. Pierce. The
citizens of Columbus Will do credit to
themselves in the honor they pay to this
one of the greatest of Christian philanthro
pists.
I have no fear of failure. Although
tbe amount contributed to date is small,
yet these contributions coming in week
after- week and spontaneously, (just as
they should come.fn such au enterprise),
will continue and increase until the sum
reached Will be such as to add to the al
ready widely-extended reputation of Co
lumbus for generous liberality.
special wonder.
Road * Commissioner Broadaway, of
Mifchell county, was recent)/soused in a
pool Of water, by the hands, just because
he thought he knew more about fixing.the
road than the overseer did.
'%‘hvncrgPaph r 1 In^Ttpiech oii ihe ques
tion of railroad taxation before the Su
preme Court- Judge Lyon; of Maeon, was
particularly severe in his criticism of
Attorney-General Ely and Governor
Colquitt.' ' ‘ 1 ' "* ! ’ “
The Ishniaelite says that Hon. Emory
Speer •‘should be careful not to confound
tbe applause of Radical Congressmen with
honest fame. He would do well to ‘fear
and withdreto it. "- This ended the whole-
matter arid we learn that it is'pot proba-.
ble that Mr. Paine will press his claim foe~G~reeks,’even whenBringing gifts.’ ”
any further, or that there is much likeli- Athens Chronicle: Mi. George W*
hood that the new company will be trou
bled with ahj litigation in the premises.
To-day, Mg.,Johnston, the n(sw presi :
dent, -ME ' Couper, Colonel Hazlehurst, 1
Mr. Lane; Mr. Drane and other officials
will go down the road on a tour of inspec
tion. : v/i. ,'t*- •/ - -"i j
'No definite.slatehasyet been arranged
for. the future management of the road,
and who tbe officers will be aside from the
president has not yet transpired.
Colonel Hazlehurst, it is said, has his
hands too full elsewhere to, assume any
'active position even-if H were tendered
to bim.’ -! l,; ''’4 1 * • 1 |
After diligent. enquiry, also, 'we were
assured'that nothing definite has been
decided upon, so far, as to the location
of the extension, The route will be se
lected after the necessary surveys have
been examined and passed upon.
"We congratulate our Newton, Jasper
and Jonef ftiends. And the citizens of Ma
con, Brunswick,.aud, ali, the intermediate
country, on th© auspicious termination of!
this long.protracted and vexed question.
• n Mora anon on the subject.
Ware, deputy United States collector, «
sisted by deputy marshal John Bird, suc
ceeded Tuesday in capturing three barrels
of illicit whisky, three horses, one wagon
and other articles. The distillers were
lodged m Jail and the property taken cade'
of by the officers. fad tmls-iha : - i
Berrien County News: Mr. Henry
S. C. Harper sent us the claw of an eagle
last week killed by his son, F. Bi Harper,
which spanned eight . inches. ' The feigle
weighed a fraction over twelve pounds,
and measured seven and a half ieet from
tip to tip, and over three feet from ‘point
of bill to end of tail.
Americus Recorder: The wonder with
all Is,-how. the.wholesale house ofWax-
elbaum & Bro., of Macon, has assumed
sueh vast proportions, their trade permea
ting five Southern States. Tlie question
may lfo answered in-part by the fact that
tbe firm are great believers in the virtue
of newspaper advertising, they’ deeming
it to their interest just now to occupy a
double"column in their home daily, the
TelSQiuMI ,f r : ‘ ••.!: u-..
ATHENS' Chronicle: Wednesday.night,
when the tram&rrived at N icholson, it was
discovered that William Davis, colored,
the mail, messenger, was missing. The
conductor went back up the road, and he
was found lying unconscious on the side
of the track, - his scull being fractured.
He w as taken on board and brought liome,
where he has since been very ill and un
able to speak. It is supposed that he went
to sleep lathe car and fell out of the side
door.
Destructive . Five.—Chronicle and
Constitutionalist: Yesterday about two
Washington Correspondence.
Washington City, Feb. 27,1880. r
STILL BLOCKS THE WAY.
The report pf the committee on rules
still blocks the way to general legislaton
and it may be a week or ten days yet be
fore it is gotten rid of. Both Houses are
muck behind in their work and the result
is sure to be one of two things: Either
the session will be prolonged far Into th*.
summer, or there will be much hasty and
crude legislation and a general rush to
“clear, the decks” aigi get away without
giving 1 the proper attention to many im
portant matters. The latter is much
more likely to happen judging the future
by • the past. It has generally been the
case, and will probably continue so. Kill-
[ ing time is an art thoroughly understood
by Congress, and I see no likelihood of Its
ever being forgotten. When, however, the
new rules are out of the way we shall be
able perhaps to seo the way more clearly.
The Radicals, as usual, are almost wholly
responsible for this delay. • Among the
Democrats there is an universal desire to
finish up the business and get away.
MB. HAYES
talks very fairly on tlie suject of Simmons,
At least so I am informed by a distin
guished Senator who recently talked with
him on the subject. He told this gentle
man one day last week that he could not
now withdraw the old Tory’s name, but
that if he had known as much to his dis
credit before his name was sent in as he
did now he never would have done so.
The truth seems to be that the President
has been so deluged with misrepresenta
tions about Simmons by those who had a
personal interest in deceiving him, that it
was almost impossible for him to do oth
erwise. If all the appeals and distorted
statements, to use the very mildest'term
that will'do the subject eve'11 faint justice,
could be known in Georgia there would
be such a storm of iudignation in the Sev
enth district that the cunning political
parson who misrepresents. that dis
trict would have to take to the
woods for shelter. There is, however,
great comfort in tho thought that the
Democrats of that district will not be al
lowed by a faithful aud vigilant press to
forget this _ iniquity, and that they will
make matters exceedingly lively next
summer for the author "of it. if the P;
P. aforsaid cannot be beaten on this issue
alone at the next election, the people of
tlie district may as well have a Felton
collar made, and prepare to wear it indefl-
Ri&fS9uchaconsummation,gOQd
It is reported here that the hum ofbrisy
preparation for the next battle is already
faintly heard In this district, and that the
fight will even fiercer than the last. Mr.
Speer, it is understood, will stand for re-
election, and will make even a more des
perate fight than he did at the last elec
tion If I am any judge, he will
be harder to beat, too. He has strength
ened himselfsince.be has been here, ac
cording to Democratic reports from his
district, and now heads an organization
more solidified and dangerous than ever.
I understand the Hon. H. P. Bell is muc
ous to try conclusions with him onen
more and is not letting any grass -grow -
under his feet. . The Hon. H. H. Carl
ton, qf Athens, is also- represented as in
tlie field, and I for one should like to see
him have the opportunity of .a clear field
for the fight. With a harmonious party at
his back, it seems to me he would push
Speer dangerously dose for the latter’s
comfort and safety. But that seems the
weak point in that district. There is too
much sulking in tentB, too much sullen
hanging back because “one man” didn’t
get the nomination. It almost makes me
swear to see and know these things and
think ofthe days when Howell Cobb—
daretn et rencrabiie nomcn—illustrated
Georgia as the representative from the
district. To think of that district of all
others' Swinging from its moorings ia
enough to make a Quaker kick his
mother. t - .
A LIVELY DAY IN THE HOUSE
was yesterday, and I judge Mr. Brady,
one ofthe Assistant Postmasters General,
fully concurs in the 1 opinion so far as he
was concerned in it. He was literally
scalped, some of the best men in the Re
publican party assisting thereat. Brady
is one of the pupils and relics of the late.
O.T. Morton’s school of politics, and as
sumes to run the department. He-has
more cheek than a mule, is bold, unscru
pulous, and a thorough believer in the
doctrine that all meri have their price, and
that Radical officials have a right to do
exactly as they please with the pub tie
money, without let, hindrance or even
question, front the Democrats. But he
caught it hot yestertkiy. Some of the best
men in his own party sacrificed him
—notably Gannon, of Illinois, and Gener
al Hawley, of Connecticut. They proved
and denounced his open and flagrant vio
lations of law and joined Messrs. Blount
and Clymer in so scorching him as to
completely break down the general sup
port Brady had openly and boastingly
relied upon. Old Conger, was one of the
few men who attempfed a defense, and
with hid usual meanness and malignity
sought to give a partisan turn to the mat
ter. A strong lobby has been at work
here for .weeks in Brady’s interests, but
all to no purpose. His gang were so
completely beaten and cowed that they did
not call the yeas, and nays on the disputed
points of the bill. If Mr. Hayes does not
remove Brady after what lias been re
vealed in this debate amove will probably
be made to impeach him. The country is
indebted to tbe sub-committee oi the Ap-
6’cfoek the stable, carriage house, barn j propriation Committee, of which Mr.
and several other buildings on the farm of 1 Blount is chairman, for the searching in-
Mr. P. J. Berekmans, near the city, were vestigation which brought this rottenness
totally destroyed by fire. Iii the stable at ,l 8“ t *
time were three horses, which were also I Mr. Blount led the Democratic attack
consumed, together with a carriage, two j yesterday and carried the House with him
buggies,' farm implements* provender and 1 on all the points of the bill which he in-
other property. Ever eft'ort-was made to 1 troduced and had passed. In the course
save the horses, but without avail. Two j of tlie debate, Page, of California, made
or ihre€ mules and two farm wagons Aveie I tlie point on Mr. Blount that he (B.) had
in the field at the time, and "'thus escaped 1 had nineteen new routes put on in his dis-
(testniction. It is not known liow the tiro j trict which were not touched by the pro-
originated. Mr. Berekmans’ioss is quite posed reduction, but it fell still-born. Mr.
heavy. i Blount tried to get Page to say how much
say this whole matter has passed in review j the nineteen routes cost but the lat-
before the South Georgia Conference, by > ter dodged every time and refused to &n-
whoafc authority the work is undertaken, i su er. Page made considerable fun ia
and the conclusion readied to erect a neat ! the course of his speech by having the
monument of marble. This accords with I clerk read “X. A. •£.’* description ofthe
a time-honored custom and is certainly iu 51out ice Up mAil as it comes into Maeou.
good taste. Iam In hearty sympathy 1 That sprightly young humorist. W'Oiftd
with tbe library movement, (although 11 doubtless haTe felt complimented conWhe
had nothing to do with my appointment have heard tbe laughter which interrupted
on a committee, to take that matter in the reading of his description.
charge, as “Ruben Jones” seems to think.) A, W< R*
