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MACON, TUESDAY. MARCH 9, 1880.
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\ OLUME LV—N0 10
TIIE MACON * BBCSSWICp KOAI>.
Xhe 'Vcw Company takes Formal Poa
Mission-How the « Ten Dollar Man”
Eost his Connection by a Half Hoar
—A lively Day's Work.
Yesterday early in tlie 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
w itii them the executive order from
Governor Colquit, giving them the road
in pursuance to the sale consummated in
Atlauta on Saturday.
As soon as this fact became pretty well
known, it was also discovered that Mr. E
T. l’aine, 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 oilier 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. Holt, to see a sick friend. Af
ter obtaining, however, the signatures of
a majority of the Commission, all took
carriages and went out to the depots
of the road, and there the formal transfer
of all the stock, appurtenances and pos
sessions of the road were made to
the new corporation by Colonel George
IV. 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 t s?t
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 act;tliat 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 hill concluded tgith the usual
prayer for an injunction. The matter was
presented by Messrs. Gcoige 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.
Mr. Paine went out as soon as possible
to sene notice of the order on interested
persons. lie met Dr. Flewellen who had
not signed the transfer, and served it on
him. Colonel Lofton was next hunted
up and wlien the notice was presented Mr,
Paine was informed that the road hid been
duly turned over just a half hour before
to the new owners. This ended the mat
ter. Yesterday afternoon, at ten minutes
before six, Colonel Couper and Mr. W.
M. Johnston drove up to the court
house and left for record the
lease and sale deeds • from the
State. They are executed in due form,
signed by Governor. Golquitt, countersign
ed by N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State
attested by Colonel I. W. Avery and John
llliea, notary public, and also signed by
Mr. W. M. Johnston and. George H. Ha-
zlehurst, President and Secretary of the
new company. The great seal of the
State and the seal of the road is affixed to
each document... 1/ : . y
The warrantee clause qf the deed of
sale reads as follows.? “And the ssiid par
ly 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 tdarrant.
and by these presents forever defend.
The payment of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars was made in bonds of
the .State of Georgia. The deeds are very
interesting document*. • They have been
recorded in the executive office, and will
be recorded in every’ county through
which the road passes. The only pro
viso is that no Jqts of land now
owned by the State 'in .the counties
of Pulaski, Dodge and Waynp, transferred
with the road, except so much as is neces
sary for depots, right of way, etc.
The salc'of the road and the final dispo
sition of the whole master gives entire sat
isfaction here. All feel the property lias
emphatically gotten into the right hands,
and in so feeling deem every interest con
nected with the road safe.
Tlicro will be no Change in the manage
ment of the road at present. All officials
will be continued, and will stand on their
merits. This is the first wise-.stop of the
wmpany since they have assumed the
reins of government, and it'will nd doubt
hefollowedbva wise 'administration of
the afijiireffiljfre roafl^ ;
hnnniKx, County New? Mr. Harde
man Guldens, of this.county, has two or
ange trees wmdh nrd five years old. t They
are of the bitter- eweet kind, and the two
i*?* I 881, season, produced eighteeh hun-
dred alij idxty-cicht. oranges. Tlie only
protection the trees had from frost was a
covering of pine'tops, and six inches of
mulching at the roots. Thus it will be
seen, that Berrien is an orange growing
country. J
TVY" T hiTiT^rSi-TJ- A T*TT to secure appropriations for the better for-
JJlil _LL tification of New York harbor.
Senator Conkling and others presented
New Yokk, February 29—A reception JJ*** 1 ™ ™j road offi<dal f
and dinner were given on Satnrday even- a °S' nst ’ *** reduction of duty on steel
In S respo’nSlto^nadcfress 6 of°welcome* S^ 3101- Conkling presented the memo-
DcLessenstaid when Iieweiit toTVasS rial of John W. Griffith, of New York,
see the President, he would be able to as- . f
sure him of the correct relation of the Several petitions it ere presented for the
American Republic to the progress of the nwd'lnrnak^fgpappr^ °* 1 * C matena3
^Aspecial from London to the Herald 1 . ^ A ! li » on » from the Committee on
says a second meeting of the Herald Re- tup
5^a£teBii91SflE'& ted Hat be would Mt torlta comideratjon
moment to a considerable extent by the 1Le bl11 was P laced on thc
action of the various committees already i>„ Vr-
organized. It was agreed that the great- By ,, “ u,d ? )n of Mississippi, a bill
est nrpssnre of novprfv\vi 1Lbpfidihptmv*n repealing all acts granting lands m the
Indian Territory to railroads, conditioned
now and next harvest and that the com- 0 t , je extinguishment of the Indian
mittee should prepare for an inevitable tribes. b
increase of misery which must occur be
fore autumn.
By Mr. Ellis of Louisiana, by request,
bill extending for ten years the time for
James Gordon Bennett, who was pres- ^ comnletion of the Texas and Pacific
ent, informed the committee that the fund rafiroad “ B
would be placed at their disposal at once. , B jfe. Turner of Kentucky, a bill
^Vhen the committee delegaxd tivo mem- abolishing all tariff duties on printing
here to visit the distressed districts tame- type and = grlcnltural implements.
HAiTumHn‘ In tl,e Douse, imder a call of States, the
gW*™**™ introduced and re-
'NKW Mnnr a~A 1 SSrf’
from Richmond, \ lrgirna, says lnforraa- flukes on carpeting and caipet rugs of
tion lias just been received here of the d.s- description shall be limited to fifty
missal of twenty-seven students from the ^ advalorem in all cases where
Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, j,igy, er duties are now imposed and col-
for disobedience of orders, and for break- j e ^ e ^
ing airest. The dismissed studenU had j B jjr. Aiken _ A bill to encourage the
requested General Francis H. Smith, Su-' ofthe tea plant .
penntendent, to grant them additional, Washington, March 1.—In the House
suspension from duty to enable them to ^ bills were introduced by Mr. Ellis,
prepare for examination in descriptive ge- of Louisiana ^ by request.extending for ten
ography, which be refused, as lie was on yearetlie time for tlie completion of the
the pointof leaving for Staunton, on a Texas and Pacific railroad. .
business visit. Tlie rtudente refused to , By Mr> Converse> of oiiio, for the sur-
obey the Commandant of the Institute in vey and disposal of the public lands, be-
the Superintendent’s absence, and were ^ bm * reC0 mmended by the Public
dismissed on his return. t,and Commission
A few of the class declined to join, the j L By ^ r . o’Turner, of Kentucky, to ena-
rebellion, and three or foui of those who b ] e persons raising tobacco to sell the
did, returned to duty. The Supcrmten- samfivithout licence,
dent has issued an order in the interest of , By Mr . Carlisle, of Kentucky, amend-
discipline, setring forth the facts in the j„g t j )e act f or t j, e exchange of subsidy
Jj®** a ®** r ' .The mutiny began on the C0 j ns f or i a wful money.
24th, and the dismissals followed prompt- By Mr- williS) of Kentucky, to regulate
vl „ „ , an t the Inter-Slate commerce.
Petersburg, Va., February 29.-In- Tlie resolution was adopted,
formation has jnst been received at tins Qn motion of Mr. Manual, of Mary
assassination of Rich- j an( j were suspended and the
ard Nubie by Thomas Conway m Surrey Jjjjj passe d appropriating S550,000 for
county, a few days since. Conway ac-, t i, e purchase of a site for the post
ered Nubie with having had improper I office in Baltimore,
intercouree withhis wife, anil mecring i yjr. McLane, of Maryland, moved to
him on the street sliot him, kuhng him ! gygpgjj^ t he rules and consider.the bill
instantly. He then fled, and has not yet amending tlie Pacific Railroad Sinking
been captured. j Fund Act. Before cpming to a vote on
Washington, February 29- The fol- tbe mo tion, the House 'adjourned. The
lowing open letter to President Hayes b j B wB j no t come up again untilMon-
will appear m to-morrow’s Itcjntbltcan: ! day-
liuleigh, N. C-, February 20.—To his j By Mr. Atkins of Tennessee, to admit
Excellency the Frestdcat: Sir On the free of duty the chemicals used in mak-
29th of January, 1SS0, a meeting of tlie j n „ p a per, and to reduce the duty on
Republican State Executive Committee of pr ^ lt j n „ paper.
the State of North Carolina, was held in ( By Mr- Lowo of Alabama, abolishing
tlie city of Raleigh, at winch tune and Bl0 lax on brandy made of apples, rwacbes
place delegates at laige were chosen to and other fruits; also, to return the com-
the Republican National Convention, mon tax collected under tho acts of Con-
whicli will meet at Chicago on the second gmssj which have, since been declared il-
ofjnne next. As members of that.C0m- legal and void; also, to repeal the tax on
mittee, •ami partrcipaliiig in its meeting, fobacc-o in the hands of producers; also,
were William P. Canaday, CoUcctor of reducing the tax on distilled spirits to
Customs at Wilmington, North Carolina; twenty amts per gallon.
J*'?'I ?y Mr. Hendon of Alabama, amending
lbrtlie Sixth Collection District of North [be act relative to tho Mexican CotunUo-
Carolina, and Pinkney Rollins, a clerk in s ; on aw ards.
the loan division of the Treasury Depart- | X he morning hour having expired Mr.
raen V ,.T1 10S ? office holders took part in . Weaver of Iowa, attempted to ohtqin the
tlie deliberation of the committee, ;in de- [ recognition of the Speaker and introduce
fiance of your civil service order No. 1. j j,j s m-eenback resolution, but the Speaker
As wide publication was given to the fact ruled that the regular order was the con-
and as yon have taken no steps to punish sideratiou of the motion coming over from
thc ofienders and appear consistent. in .February ICth, to suspend the rules and
your announced efforts to purify the civil a j 0 p[ a resolution for night sessions on
service and keep Federal office-holders >i arc u 3d and 10th, to consider pension
from interfering with the rights of our bills.
citizens in conventions and elections, I I Xn the Senate to-day, the Indian defi-
writc you at the request of many citizens, ciency bill was reported favorably from
as well as on my own account, to ask you [be Appropriations Committee, and placed
to do us tlie favor to tell ns wbat your ' on t b e calendar.
civil service order No. 1 means. Even j -jjiHs were introduced by Mr. Jonas, for
a double-headed construction will be some deepening tbe mouth and removing the
consolation. With great respect, I am - obstructions of Red river, appropriating
your obedient servant. $200,000 therefor.
[Signed] JonNC.GoRM.VN. | By Mr. Windom, authorizing aNational
London, March 1.—A Constantinople Savings Bank,
dispatch reports that the Greek brigands I Tlie following bills passed:
have sent a letter demanding £15,000 ran- j Faying John Key and W. G. M. Davis,
som in ten days, or they will send.Col- for certain and abandoned property,
onel Syage’s head'to Salonica. J Authorizing tbe purchase of the ground
A Lahore dispatch sftys the English adjoining the Bureau of Engraving and
Envoy to-Ghuzuee has been unsuccessful . Printing.
in his negotiations with Mahomed Jan. Thu Vice President laid before the Sen-
Abdul RabmaD Khan is communicating gtc a message from the President inviting
from Balk with Mahomed Jan and Ay sob [be attention of Congress to tbe subject of
Khan. The latter is reported to have re- . [be unsettled claims of the Spanish-Ameri-
CBived an offer' from the Khan of a large j cau treaty of 1819. The Treasury De
bribe for the • surrender of Herat, put de- , partment has refused to allow interest on
clined at the instigation of Abdul Rahman ^ claims allowed by tlie tribunal established
under that treaty, and as claims therefore
are constantly pressed, the matter is re
ferred to Congress.
Mr. Hoar spoke upon the Geneva
award bill, arguing that the remainder of
the award should not be paid to insurers
who grew rich by reason of the war, but
to uninsured owners and to those who had
to payjheavy war premiums.
Mr.‘Randall then spoke in support of
the bill for the relief of General Fitz John
Porter, bolding that Porter was convicted
on distorted evidence and that the report
of the 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. Johrbert,
First, Wm. J. Fleming Second District of
Louisiana; Heniy 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.
Marys, Georgia.
London, March 1.—The District bank,
a limited concern, has suspended pay-
It has a nominal capital of £83,-
wliich there was a paid up gum of
The Chronicle’s Cotton Insures.
The New York Chronicle, of last Sat
urday, reports the receipts of the seven
days ending Friday night, at 1(J2,975 bales,
against 110,047 for the corresponding week
of last year. Total receipts of the current
cotton year, to that date, 4,201,820 bales,
against 3,83G,564 bales tor the correspond
ing period of the cotton year 1878-9—re
ducing the increase to 365,256 bales.
The interior port account of the week is
as follow: Receipts 47,456, against 51,700
for the corresponding week of last year.
Shipments 57,568, against 58,924 last
year. Stocks 316,072, against 170,638 last
year.
The Chronicle's visible supply table
showed on Friday last 2,630,614 bales of
cotton in sight, against 2,602,091 last year,
2,837,716 in 1878, and 3,161,673 in 187L
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 5-10 fo* middling upland.
Last year, at same date, the quotation was
5|, in 1878, at same date, 61-16, and in
1877, at same date, 011-16.
The Chronicle appends the following to
its table of receipts from plantations:
The above statement shows;-
1. That tbe 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 1877-78 were 3,773,507 bales.
2. That although the receipts at the out
posts the past week were 102,995 bales,
the actual movement from plantations was
only 92,883 bales, the balance being drawn
from stock at the interior ports. Last year
the receipts 'from the plantations for the
same week were 98,936 bales, and for 1878
they were 78,599 bales.
The Chronicle's weather reports show
very light rains in Texas, and Galveston
says “we have'neatly despaired.” Farm
work is, however^' progressing. A good
deal of com and^ome 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:
PROSPECTS.
So far as the prospects of supply are
concerned, we see no reason for modifying
the figures given in our annual -report, ex
cept that the supply from Egypt nja» be
rather more, and that from India rather
less, than our estimates. The 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 are
getting timid—which js only natural with
middling upland at 7|d. for near, and7fd.
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 he surprising to witness a further rise
in prices. The advaned, however, would
not be the result of any actual scar
city of cotton (provided the Amer
ican crop is not less than
5§ millions), tut tbe outcome of a desire
At midniclit about one hundred men j tbe General.assemuiy to-oay passeu a Dili [q hoard cotton and goods in anticipation
went totlic seventh district statioii house repealing the Moffett bell punch liquor of a pinch later on in the year. Tfcemo-
Klian. , , .
London, March 1.—The steamer P.
Coland, from Rotterdam to New ; Y6rk,
lrcvionsly reported as spoken and rctuni
ng to the Channel with the loss of her
radeer, lias passed the Lizzard.onher
way to Falmouth.
Paris, March 1.-—The municipal elec
tion in St. Thomas d’Aquin quarter yes
terday resulted in the return of M. Bar-
t’iolopi (Bonapartistj.
St. Petersburg, March 1.—The Vc-
dohiaste says that the female Nihilist
agent, Vera Sassulitch, was arrested at
the instance .of .General Trepoft her in
tended victim, who recognized her at a,
theatre. 1 !
Washington, March 1 1^—The jury in
tlie case of the negroes Babe Buford, San
dy Blan and Edward Queeran, cliaigad
‘witlr tlie murder of George P. Hirtli qn
the evening of the 7tli -of January Jast by
hitting iilitrtnrtlie head with a stone tide
in a handkerchief, and kicking him after
he had fallen, also robbing him of la gold,
watch, ring and a small sum of money,
come into court this morning and render
ed a verdict of guilty as indicted.
On Friday eveninc Miss Land, residing
_.i Capitol Hill, while on her way to St.
Joseph's Catholic Church, was knocked
down, stunned and carried into an open i “
lot by a negro, who outraged and robbed ^ wJ]
her of a satchel and prayer book. It was ^..,4 ^
nearly two hours before she reached
lioipc—her throat black with choking, one
ear nearly severed from her body, and
her body covered with bruises. She lies
SmSoSSS'™ A *£S ?3S | aps* fw*”.
her of a satchel and prayer book, ft t The'effect of the suspension is
nearly two Jiotus^ before^ she ^reached Rifely i 0Qa] . 1 ■■
. Memphis, March 1.—Roosa & Gra
ham’s wagon factory on Jefferson street,
the largest in the South, was burned to-
and demanded prisoner, but he had ; law and re-establishing a license system
been removed to another station and was • 1310 S° lntt I on M-*y 1st.
guarded during thc night by the entire re- 'The vote was nearly unanimous. ,
serve police force. , Washington, March 1.—A decision
A department statement shows a de- was rendered in the Supreme Court of the
crease of the public debt in February to United States this evening in the case of
be $3,672,019 50; cash in treasury S106,-J Taylor Strander* plaintiff in Qrf-or, versus
351, 053 53; gold certificates, $10,082,600; The State of ]Vest Viiginia. The ques-
silver $9,369,920; certificates of. Deposit., tion involved was the constitutionality of
outstanding, $ll,-lS5,900; refunding cer- 1 the West Virginia legislative laws of 1872
ei«.«owi- tenders out- ' and ’73, chapter 47, excluding colored cit-
onal currency izens from jury .service in the courts of
outstanding,' $15,631,311 08. ! that Slate: This court holds that when a
Washington, March 1.—The Vice coloreu citizen is tried for his life by a
President laid before the Senate a com- ' jnry from which citizens of his own race
nftmication from tbe Secretary of War are by a State statute expressly excluded,
transmitting « letter from the quarter- he,is denied the equal protection of law
master general of the anny Showing the, guaranteed by the .third clauseof the
urgent necessity for tho repair of jUie old Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitu-
niudlc building at Fortress Moproc which tion and that the State statute denying
repairs are estimated to cost S22,450. The him thc right is repugnant to said cousti-
Secretary recommended an appropriation lutional provisions. The judgment of
to that arcoiM.- r [he Supreme Court of ' Appeals of West
London, March 1.—The Daily Zeie*
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, Candibar and Cabul Macbrae’me
capitals of independent States and levies
may be 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 was compromised by the defend
ants paying the costs and twenty guineas
to the Mansion House reh>ffluid.
London, March 1.—Tbe Irish relief
hill has been read a second time in the
House of Lords.
Berlin, March 1.—In the debate winch
followed the introduction oTthe army b:ll ;
Herr Richter thanked General Karnake
for his final statement, lie said it showed
that the pessimism news that obtained in
some quarters relative to the. relations of
Germany and Russia were unfounded.
Horr Richter, as a compensation for the
increased burdens imposed by the bill,
proposed a reduction of the period of mil
itary service to two year3.
General Von Moltke said: “All pur
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 ebuntry since
the conclusion of the terrible war.
Russia has considerably extended
her military establishment, and France
has doubled her army. Meanwhile
we have kept our troops within a propor
tion of one per cent, of onr population
France lias an army of 4fff,000 men,
while Germany has only 400,000 men.
The peace strength of Russia is twice as
*reat as ours. The full terra 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 and general
stores in the United States sell Foutz’s
horse and cattle powders. . They sell
Foutz’s because they know them to pos
sess intrinsic merit.
ment that buyers hare secured wliat they
consider to be sufficient to meet tbeir ex
pected wants, the demand will fall off, the
anticipated pinch will not be felt, and
prices, instead of advancing, will decline,
] irovided the new American crop makes a
] avorable start. There is no doubt that a
good deal of the business doing -ifi Man
chester is more or less in anticipition of
future wants; hut while thc demand lasts,
and so long as the orders given out show
the handsome profits which tliey do at
present, spinners are acting wisely !in cov
ering their, contracts, because while the
“boom,” as they say in America, is; on, all
reasonable calculations as to' the probable
future course of prices are liable, for a
time, at all events, to be blown 1 to’the
winds.
Mother, think of the battle that is be
ing waged by worms against the life of
your child. • There is no night of rest with
Senator"Conkling presented resolutions Virginia is reversed. Justice Strong da? .them; they fight to kill. Shriner's Indian
of the Legislature ot New York directing, livered the • opinion, Just[pes Field and i Vemiifiige will annihilate them.; Only
the Senab)-j from New York to endeavor Clifford dissenting. , i ' twelitj-tfive cents'a bottle. {
Engrossment and Monopoly.
There is SQme talk among' Congress
men about legislation against engross
ment and monopoly. Most of-the States
have statutes against- these practices,
Ijbich are.founded, not in the idea re
stricting or hampering trade, but in un
chaining the wheels of trade and setting
it innlotioh. There is no pi actio* moiie
fatal to equitable trade aiicLScarcely none
more prejudicial to the public welfare,
comfort, and morals than this one—of
small combinations of great capitalists to
block the free operations fif, the , : laws of
supply and demand,.in oidecto extort an
unreasonable and needless price out of (he
necessities and scarcity .thus arbitrarily
created.
Such combinations range about at will
in the whole field of staple -produce!, ant]
whatever they touch they -'glsorder and
paralyze, They touch it; fop 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 introducing a block through
their enormous capital, and when their,
objeet is accomplished they sell out and
buy something else. i: '!
Their business is, ip a word, to avert and
confuse healthful and regular trade, and
therefore to claim for-their operations the
sanction of the laws ot healthful trade is
a mischevious error. We do not hesitate
to say that if such cruel, sport with
heilthful trade could be stopped by
healthful and practicably legislation, it
ought to be .done. But it is an exceeding
ly-ditpcjilt thing to do. There is great
dangdf'iif failure and mischief. The State
laws are a dead letter, and the United
States laws might be the same, or be pros
tituted and misapplied to blaekrnailing
honest and legitimate traffic.
On the other hand, it is due the people
to consider the amount of wrong arid dis
satisfaction created by these practices,
and. the rapidity with which tlidy are
growing. Tile vast fetorCs of capital de
voted to the purpose of engrossment, mo
nopoly and swindling the people, are
swelling every day; and cpntrolled as
they’ are in single and specific directions,
they Constitute an increasingly fatal me
nace to all regular trade in produce,
Everything is at their mercy, if they
choose to 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 all come, in
the last analysis, out of the great body of
consumers, nine out of ten of whom have
a hard struggle to meet their expenses,
If anybody will figure up tbe loss to con
sumers growing out of the speculative cor
ner in flour, wo will be glad to knqw what
Mantilini called the “demnition total.”
It is getting to be a bad and a dangerous
business. If it cannot be abated, it will
take the whole field of trade in time, and
raise as lively a row as can be* imag
ined.
Get Lyon’s Patent Heel Stitleners ap
plied to those new boots or shoes before
you run them over.
Sunday Exercises.
We enjoyed the privilege of listening to
two remarkable and deeply interesting
discourses on the past Sabbath, Cach 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-
school evangelist of the Baptist denomi
nation in Geoigia. He had been specially
invited on this occasion :to repeat his fa
mous sermon on the training Of children,
and was introduced by the pastor, Rev. E.
W. Warren, D. D.
The text was drawn from those familiar
words of the wisest of men: “ Train up
child in the way he should go and when
he is old he will not depart from iti”
We took no notes, but even had kgtgh-
ographer reproduced every word that was
uttered, no adequate conception of-the
power and effect of the sermon would be
conveyed to the reader. The burden of
the good man was the'temporai arid eter
nal salvation of the little ones; and-vt^ily,
no one doubted that their future fate res
ted heavily upon his soul. It was riot the
youth, the stripling, or the half grown
generation of the country, in wh^se: be
half he proposed to speak. No, it was
the child, that was the only word to-be
emphasized in the text. The infant in its
cradle, the little innocents wlio : could
barely toddle around their mothers! knees.
These were’ the tender twigs’ to be -‘.‘in-
clined,” and bent deftly into sliapei
The speaker illustrated his theme by
numerous anecdotes, some humorous,
some thrillingly sad. At intervals, the
countenances of the whole auclitoiy were
wreathed in smiles by the life like expe
riences of parent and child, and then be
dewed with tears at the angnish the way
ward little imps were capable of creating
.in the hearts of their parents. Then, as
those tiny creatures waxed’ older and
larger in stature, and the lessons imparted
to them were ,heeded or otlierwiie, the
man of God followed theta up, portraying
the young lady as she resisted or yielded
to the seductions of the gay wor$3, : ab<!
the grown youth, when true to
ing, dashing aside the tempting chilice of
forbidden pleasure, or, if alas, spoiled add
devoid of conscientious scruples, siiectafli
blng without an effort, and ending Ms ca
reer in a drunkard’s grave «r (felon’s
cell. ’! -
There was a mobility of atanl
and piercing earnestness in the U>
bearing of Mr. Boykin, which evhiqsdthaii
he was a student of nature, 1 end-had learn
ed the secret of reaching the hearts of his
hearers.' Not that lie was eloquent iri t]*e
from it. His language was shnplWtyiti
self, and even bordered upon homeliness.
But still, if eloquence consists.in .ehcham-
iug the attention and awakening the out
spoken sympathy of an audience, then
was thri speakerlndeed truly eloqqent. 1
His last portraiture of the funeral of
wjllihl youth who had gone down to the
grave without hope, from the neglect of
his parents, was harrowing in the ex
treme. Scores of the 1 congregation wept
Outright.’ Albeit the sermon exceeded
hour in length, even the little children
listened intentiy to its close.
Mr. Boykin is doing a great work for
the cause to which' he has devoted* his
life, arid ,is supported solely by the volun
tary contributions of those who appreciate
bis labors. ■’
. THE OTHER SESSION
was pronounced before a goodly-auditory
in the Yineville Union Church, by
ELDER THOMAS M. HARRIS,’ '
a minister of the Christian Church iri
Sandersviile, Ga. His discourse was the
very ailtipode of Mr. Boykin’s. The one
was gimple, the other profound. The one
on the narrative order and full of tender
ness; the other a calm, logical ai-gument,
replete with strength arid 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
fourteenth verses of the first chapter ot
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.
IVhateveri in their entirety, may be the
tenets of the Christian church,, (and we
will attempt no enunciation of them) it is
certain that the gifted speaker pipmnl-
gated no new doctrine on this occasion,
The divinity pf our blessed
Saviour; his perfect equality
and identity in the Godhead with the
father and the Holy Ghost—the troth 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.
The Aeony Over.
As will be seen fully noted elsewhere,
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-
riedjinto full and practical effect.yesterday,
by the formal transfer of the road and its
appurtenances to the purchasing parties,
In the eleventh horir, Mr. Paine, com
monly known as the “ten dollar man,”
sought aud obtained from Judge Simmons
a “Restraining decree” to prevent the
turning over of the road to thc new com
pany.
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 aflair was ten 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-
nun, had appended their signatures to the
necessary papers. Mr. Paine then! served
his “restrainer”upon Commissioner Flew-
Clien, but afterwards thought better of it
and withdrew' it. This ended the 1 whole
SnyifUrtber,® that theni is .much likeli-
that the new - company will l>e trou
bled with any litigation in the premises
To-day, Mr. Johnston, the ne.W presi
dent,'.Mr.. Couper, Colopel, Hazlehurst,
Mr. Lane, Mr. Dfane • and other officials
will go down the road on a tour of inspec-
... r -1 :St ; r
tion.
f i.
No definite slate has yet been arranged
-for the future management of the 1 road,
and rtho the Officers will be aside from the
president has riot yet transpired.
Colonel Hazlehurst, it is said, Las his
Bands too fall elsewhere to -assume any
active positip'ji even if it were tendered
to him. . ’>)
i After diligent enquiry,: also, we were
assured that nothing definite hak been
decided upon, so fyr, a4'to the .location
of the extension. The route will be se
lected after: the necessary' surveys, have
1 >een examined ( and passed upon!
y’e,congratulate, our Ifewtpn, Jasper
and Jones friends, and the citizens of Ma
rion, Brunswick, and all the intermediate
country, on the auspicious termination of
this long protracted and vexed question,
. More anon on the subject. ! j'
mends i
mean
twentyffive bents. •
f Australian Meat in London.—A
steainship.recently jarrived in London lytli
35 tons of fresh mriat—beef and mutton
—from Sidney, Australia, after a passage
of two months. The meat wSs kept in a
room about 28 feet square, and the tem
perature maintained during the , voyage
i kpoint.v The.bpef, when served |n London, in the field at tlie time, and thus escaped
was pronounced very , good, whilst the destruction. It is r.ot known how the fire
i |.(7 |t it k*. . j a I nMmnnfpM Mr Komlrmriric’ lr.oa is /iriiiA
mutton vfns of a rich, unctious quality.
Nothing is said in Hie English papers as
. , to the price at which this importation
ordinary acceptation of the.)Wor4.».-Far • could beauld in London, at a profi^.
a .Ma;'G«dld Cutting; the-WiRES.—
A Chicago dispatch ssfys notwithstanding
the’ injunctions granted, by the courts of
Western Union Telegraph Company on
the Kansas Pacific Road, the former com
pany did cut out thu-wirbs this morning
andhave possession of: the same. Under,
Mr. Gould's 1 order the wires on tho Union
Pacific Road known as the Atlantic and
Pacific wires were also-cut out this morn
ing and are in possession of the'American
Union Company. i'
—The Ho-Ghnng is the first real Chin
ese steamer that ever visited the Hawaiian
Islands. She made her first voyage last
November.’ She is a large, .iron plated,
splendid looking steamer, and brought 431
Chineselmmigrant8. -u-a - •: -
THEGE0EGIA PRESS..
Mr. Elhannah Johnson, a half
hrother of ex-Govemor H. V. Johnson,'is
visiting Louisville, after an absence’ of
twenty ye^rs ip. Alabama. '
Mb...John Greenwood’s residence in
Lpuisvilie, valued .at S2.500, was acci
dentally burned last week.” insurauoo
$2,00°. ’ . . V.,
The IVircgrass 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 Banner, or the
Swamp Land messenger.
The town .hall of Sparta ! is being ar
ranged for exhibitions. , 1
The Quitman amateurs will give ex
pression to their talent in “The Loan o ’
a Lover,” and “Limerick,” shortly.
The orange trade ^qf Columbus has
largely increased. *
Mb. H. W. McCrary, of Fort Valley,
has removed his stock, of goods to Ge-
wa. ; -ii • - - / j
Bell Arp will soon lecture inHswkins-
ville. ! '
A man who bought a load of wood in
Americus, found a laige opossum under it
the next morning. ‘ 1
The Dixie Farmer is now issued with
a very handsome head.
Mb. W.-S. Gorton, Superintendent of
the Muscogee Mills ot Columbus, resigned
and was presented a handsome silver
watch by the employees.
Political rumor, remarks the Albany
Advertiser, says tbe Whig party is about
to be reorganized in that place.
Oats in Stewart county are looking
badly.
The railroad fever is again breaking
out in Early county.
Mr. Edgar M. Bbun60n 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
Berrien county Hews to Messrs. Lastinger
& Hanlon. It has been lor sometime,
and we-have no doubt will continue to
be, one of the best weeklies in the South
ern part of the State.
Tub • oat crop is heading in Berrien
eriunty, and is very thin in Irwin county.
Mb. T. T. "Taylor, a Thomasville
sewing machine agent, is missing. His
horse has been found, but his friends [i 0 n if I am
have discovered no trace of him for sever- j be harder to beat, too. He has strength-
al days •■■■•>-“ * ! eue d himself since he has been here, ac-
Early County News: Bibb county cording to Democratic reports from hi*,
jail is without an occupant, which is some- • district, and now heads an organization
thin" unusual. ! ? more solidified aud dangerous than ever.
, o ! I understand the Hon. H. P. Bell is anx-
Aml why is this unusual. Macons j 0(l3 [q try with him once
crop of criminals can be short, but that j more and is not letting any grass grovf-
should not excite theE. C. N. man with ' under his feet. The Hon. H. H. Carl-
special wonder. j ton > °f Athens, is also, represented as in
Road Commissioner Broadaway, of | G* e field, and I for one should like to see
1 him have the opportunity of a clear field
But the two eriterprises- cannot be com
bined. - We, as’ a committee, have ho au
thority. to do this< and, I suppose, would
not do it if w e could-
While it is contemplated that the mon
ument be erected in'this city the very end
in view requires that the enterprise be di
vested, as fof a» possible, of a mere local
character.The design;}* not to glorify
Columbus, hut 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! Althongh
the amoqat contributed to date is small,
yet these contributions coming in week
after week and spontaneously, (just as
they should come in such .am enterprise),
will continue and increase until the sum
reached will be such as to add to the al
ready widely extended reputation of Oo-
irimbris fbr generoria liberality,—
•’ ‘ii'. ; .Wi i -i
Washington Correspondence,
Washington City, Feb. 27,1880.
J ‘ STILL BLOCKS THE WAY.
The report of 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 ridof:. Both Houses are
much behind in their work ana tho rrxult
is sore ttebe one 6£ two- 1 things: Either
the* session will be prolonged tar into the
Summer, or there will be much hasty and
crude legislation and a general rush to
“clear the -decks” and get aWay without
giving the proper attention to many im
portant matters. The latter is much
more likely to happen judging the future
by tlie past. It lias 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 roles are out of the way we shall be
able perhaps to see 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.
MR. HAYES
talks very fairly on thesuject of Simmons.
At least so I am informed by a distin
guished Senator who recently talked with
liim 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 nil the appeals and distorted
statements, to use the very mildest term
that will do the subject even faint justice,
conld be known in Georgia there would
be such a storm of indignation in the Sev
enth district that tho cunning political
parson who misrepresents that dis
trict would have to take to the
woods for shelter. There is, however,
K comfort . in the thought that the
ocrats pf 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 tlie 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 hare a Felton
collar made, and prepare to wear it indefi
nitely. From such a consummation,good
Lord, deliver us!
THE NINTH DISTRICT,
It is reported here that the hum of busy
preparation for the next battle is already
laintly 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
wtae^Te hlndf y S e ec^f '
tLwmnSnSvfnS 1 llis back, it seems to me he would push
dfd b ° ’ 11 S ^ I S P eer dan S erousl y close for ’thC latter’s
-oad than the overseer did. | ; ‘ mfort an ° d safcty . B u t that tha
Phonograph :■ In & speech on the ques-1 weak point in that district. There is too
tion of railroad taxation before the Su-! much sulking in tetits, too much sullen,
preine Court, Judge Lyon; of Macon, was * hanging back because “one man” didn’t
particularly severe in his. criticism of, get the nomination.' It almost makes me
Attorney-General Ely and. Governor J swear to see and know • these things and
Colquitt. | think of the days when Howell: Cobb—
The Ishmaelile says that Hon. Emory * et vetierabile nomen—illustrated
Speer “should be careful not to confound ‘ Georgia as the representative fro in the
matter and we learn that it is nnt ’nmh-i ® e applause of Radical Congressmen with« district. To think of that district of all
matter ana we learn that it is not proba-, hone ^ fdme . He would do well to ‘fear, otners . swinging from its moonngs -
ble that Mr. Fame will press lus claim ...
tbe Greeks, even when bringing gifts.’” enough to make a Quaker kick liis
Athens Chronicle: Mr. George 77* J mother.
Ware, deprity United States collector, as- ‘ A lively day in the house
tasted by deputy mbrshat John Bird, sue-1 -was yesterday, and I judge Mr. Brady,
ceeded Tuesday in capturing three barrels | one of the Assistant Postmasters General,
of illicit whisky, three horses, one wagon fully concurs in tlie opinion so tar as he
and other articles. The distillers were s tv as concerned in it; He was literally
lodged in jail and the property taken care : scalped, some of the best men in the Re-
of by the officers. ’ . _ . . - . {. publican party assisting thereat. Brady
Berrien County Aeicsi Mr. Henry 1 is one of the pupils and relics of the late
S. C. Harper sent Us the claw Of an eagle | o. P. Morton's school of politics, and as-
last Week killed by his son, F. BC Harper,' j aumes to run the department. He has
■which spamied eight mdhes. The eagle! more cheek than a mule, is bold, unscru-
weighed a fraction • over twelve pounds, j pulous, and a rthorough believer in the
arid measured seven and a half feet from I doctrine that all men have theirprice, and
tip to tip, and ' over three fret from point' jhkt Radical officials have a right to do
of bill to end of tall. I Exactly as they please with the public
Americus Recorder; The wonder witlr 1 money, without, let, hindrance or even
all is, how the wholesale house of Wax-I question, from the Democrats. But he
if Macon, has assumed caught it hot yesterday. Some of the best
tons, their trade perinea- • men in his own party sacrificed him
ting five Southern States. The question 1 ^notably Cannon, of Illinois, and Gener-
may be answered in part by the laofc (hat} al Hawley, of Connecticut,-;- They proved
the firm-arc great believers in the virtue ; and denounced his open and flagrant vio-
of newspaper advertising, they deeming * latioris of law and joined Messrs. Blount
it to their interest just now to occupy a j and Clymer in so scorching him as to
double column in their home daily, the ! completely break down the general sup-
Teleobaph. • -c ■ j port Brady had openly and boastingly
• Athens Chronicle: Wednesday night, i relied upon. Old Conger, was one of the
“when the train arrived atNicholson, it was J -L 1 ?.® 11 w ®° attempted a defense, and
discovered that William Davis, colored, with Jim usual meanness and malignity
the mail messenger, was missing. Tlie I sou 8ht to give a partisan turn to the mat-
conductor went back up the road, and he J J. er * A strong lobby has been at work
was found lying unconscious on the side i here for weeks in Brady s interests, but
of-the-' track, his scull being fractured, i a11 purpose. His gang were so
He-was taken on hoard and brought home,! completelybeaten and cowed that they did
.Where he Las^ince been’ veryill and un- 1 jy call the yeas and nays on the disputed
door. ‘ j vealed in this debate a move will probably
Destructive Fire.—Chrotiicle and i made to impeach him. The country is
Constitutionalist: Yesterday about two ’indebted to the sub-committee of the Ap-
o’clock the stable, carriage house, barn! pcopnation Committee, of which Mr.
and Several other buildings 011 the farm of Blouut is chairman, for the searching in-
Mr.'P. J. Berckmans, near the city, were
totally destroyed by fire. In the stable at
time were three horses, which '.were also
consumed, together with a carriage, two
buggies, ,farm implements, provender and
other properly. ; Ever effort was made to
ave the horses, but - without avajh Two
Or three .mtfles and two farm wagons were.
originated! Mr; Berckmans’ loss is quite
heavy. :
say this rihOle matter has passed in review
before the South Georgia Conference, by
vfhose authority the work is undertaken,
and the cq^el^sion reached to erect -a neat
monument pt marble. This accords with
vestigation which brought this rottenness
to light.
Mr. Blount' led the Democratic attack
yesterday and carried the House with him
on all the points of the bill which he in
troduced and had passed. In the course
of the”debate, Page, of California, made
the point on Mr. Blount that he’ (B.) had
had nineteen new routes put on in his dis
trict which were not touched by the pro
posed reduction, but it fell still-born. Mr.
Blount tried to get Page to say how much
the nineteen routes cost but the lat
ter dodged every time and refused to an
swer. Page made considerable fun in
I .the - course of his speech by having the
clerk reaid “X. 1. E.’s” description of the
a time-honored custom and is certainly in i Monticello mail as it comes into Maeon.
good taste. I am in 1 hearty sympathy ! That sprightly young hamorist would
Kansas-Ci*r%nd-Denver to Ve«tA»m the w * th tIie hhra'ry - movement, (although I doubtless have felt oompUmented could he
* , ‘/estfi^ the hlA ^ |WitU my appolue etoat have heard the laughtei-whichintermrted
Telegraph Company ona ccmunUtpe^to. u*ke that matter in the reading of his uescriptioa.
from interfering with the wires ^ of the charge, as tf Riibea Jones*’ seems to think.) A. W. R*
