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GEORGIA JOURNAL & CL1SBT, JONES & EEESE, Proprietors. Tee FjlMilt Journal.—News—Politics-.Literature—Aobioulturr—Domibtis G]E<5RGrA TELEGRAPH BUILDING A:'L Established 1826. ' -—■■■ ■ | > 1 " 1 " ■ ".!* 1 ■!'»■-*■■■. | < wjr—j»"wnri r ,g!fi(n .■■■ MACON, TUESDAY. MARCH 9, 1880. -- V r . i.i • '■ 1 " "’-i—— ' ;.;.l \ 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*