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THE GEORGIA PRESS.
'Tax marriage ceremony of Miss Au-
a daughter of Senator Lamar, and
T. H. Heiskell, a rising and talented
jasng lawyer, of tlio firm of Heiskell,
Weatherford & Heiskell, of Memphis, was
performed Wednesday evening at 3:30
-Vdock, by Bev. W. B. Marrow, at the
Methodist Church, Oxford, Mississippi.
The bride has many relatives and friends
im Macon who will be glad to hear of
ier nuptials, and send their congratula
tions.
The fight for the municipal officers in
XmGrange is over, and the “wet” ticket
<arricdtfae day by 113 majority. The ed-
afior of the Reporter says ifthere had been
-so illegal voting, the majority would not
Slave been so large. Is Brother Water-
aaan. so unsophisticated as to expect an
election in these degenerate days without
illegal voting ?
Toe Savannah News has the following
items of interest: Captain J. H. Rich-
srdsen died on Sunday night. He was a
well known and popular steamboat man,
and noted for his kindly disposition and
-.generous impulses. He was a native of
.Newberry, New York, and about CS years
A colored waif was found on the door-
sAep of one Ella Miller. The Mayor com-
neissioned Ella to take charge of the
stranger until a claimant could be found.
-James E. Whitman, colored, shot and
drilled Memphis Jennings, in a saloon
«fuarrcl on Saturday night last. The cor-
-goer's jury declared it was a justifiable
Srauiclde.
Over one thousand dollars were
eaised in the congregation of Trinity M.
2. Church, yesterday morning, as a
'-“thank offering,” and devoted to foreign
missions.
The Savannah Rccorde- wants Gen-
«cal LaFayette McLaws the popular P.
if. of Savannah, to be P. M. G. Key’s
successor. We would be glad to chroni
cle the fact, however much we might dep
recate the necessity for a gentleman to
-get into such bad company.
Columbus Times: Conductor Jim Web-
Vbet, ot the Western railroad, repoits see-
icg a wild turkey that weighed forty-seven
rounds, which was k’lled by a young man
•with a rock in the mountains near West
Point, Ga. Captain Jim says this is no
blowing, but an actual fact, which can be
'vouched for by some of the first citizens of
■the above named place. <
Berrien County News: Coffee is now a
temperance county, the sale of liquor hav-
cag terminated there by law on the 1st in
stant. We congratulate Coffee county.
Albany Advertiser: We notice a great
tSealofwool on the streets to-day. The
-wool-growing business of southwest Geor
gia is getting to be one of the most pros
perous products of the whole country, and
Albany is the best market this side of Sa-
-raunah.
Quitman Free Press says: The board
of education for Brooks for the ensuing
four years will be composed of elegant
gentlemen, competent and industrious.
’The educational interests of the county
•will not suffer in these hands. Four-fifths
•of them are graduates of medical colleges,
-and if the rising generation won’t take
“‘learning” they know exactly what kind
' -of pills to fill the vacancy with.
The Columbus Enquirer is excited
aver the suit of Mr. Jessup against the
railroad commission, which comes off on
the Ktli inst. The editor says:
•Certainly, the governor has engaged an
array -of able legal gentlemen. Too
much depends on this suit, for it to be
tried by good justice court lawyers. Con
stitutional lawyers are needed. Then,
time should have been given these law
yers. This, our astute governor has of
-oauree done. It would be a strong charge
against the executive, if by reason of fail-
sire to properly protect the State against
- the railroads, this suit should go against us.
The people might object to being put
under control of the railroads, and blame
oar good governor.
-Columbus Enquirer: The new chim
ney of Die Eagle and Phcnix mills has
Imen completed, and stands a conspicuous
monument to the wonder working indus-
trim of Columbus. This chimney was ne
cessitated by the increased boiler capacity
- incident to the new improvements of that
'company, and by the fact that the old
chimney was too small, too low, and
’therefore dangerous. The height ol this
■aevr chimney is 140 feet, and is by.far
the highest in the South. It is built upon
the latest and most scientific principles,
and in connection with the Jarv's patent
setting. This system is justly considered
She safest, most cleanly and economical
-%nown. The Eagle and Phenix mills use
Alabama slack coal, and have never any
Aack of-etcam for every purpose.
Widen an affectionate father of several
grown daughters calls at a hardware
store Tor an extra stout pair of gate hinges,
3t means that the spring campaign has
■opened.
Savannah Recorder: The fast and
commodious steamer H. B. Plant, under
the command of Captain Fitzgerald, will
make two trips to Tybee every day and
vrill.sfibrd families and parties excellent
•opportunitiesjfor several hours’ enjoyment.
Tybee is certainly one of the best water-
S places on the Atlantic coast add has
the necessary adjuncts of a first-class
•seaside resort. The accommoda
tions are excellent, the tramway in fine
-condition and the steamer all that can be
desired for comfort and speed. The rates,
round trip for fifty cents, will certainly
stake the route appreciated by everybody.
Albany Advertiser: Mr. W. O. Tift,
■of Tifton, shipped to this point last Thurs
day night, by the Brunswick and Albany
railroad, a basket of Irish potatoes, which
raged nearly thirteen ounces to each
potato. He shipped to New York yester
day forty barrels. These are the finest
potatoes we have ever seen. Mr. Tift is
•one of the few who have had the patience
to fully test the capabilities of the soil
-«f this section for vegetable productions.
Lumpkin Independent: Mr. I. M.
'Cox, for many years a citizen of Lump
kin, died in Macon, on Saturday last.
Ever since the war Mr. Cox has been en
gaged in the door, sash and blind business
in Macon. The deceased has many
friends in this county who will regret to
•Seam of his death. He was between 05
and 70 years of age.
The Atlanta Post, speaking of the ob
ject of the creation of the railroad com
mission, that of “preventing unjust extor
tions and unjust discriminations,” says:
There would be some propriety in that
•course. For when an individual claimed
that he had been discriminated against or
that charges had been extortionate, the
committee might judge as to whether he
■was imposed upon or not, and provide a
-remedy. But the commission has taken
tbs bull by the horns, and without wait
ing for anything more than the chronic
growl which is always sent up against the
railroads, has assumed to dictate precisely
what the roads may charge. By virtue of
the same pbwer by which the commission
has acted, why not go a little further, and
provide by law that the railroads slialljiuy
cbeir locomotives from certain shops, at
■certain prices; or that they should employ
■anly certain men and pay them only cer
tain prices. As to the matter of employ-
-es, Uie State might as consistently assume
to dictate persons and prices as to dictate
. a freight tariff. One proposition is as
necessary as the other, and based on as
-g<»d logic.
The Savannah News famishes the fol
lowing information : Thomas H. Lyon,
ab estimable citizen,died on Sunday morn-
di(. lie was a member of the Chatham
Artillery, and was buried on yesterday
with military honors.
A company of drunken negroes caused
■quite a commotion on the streets iastMon-
-iay evening. The police succeeded in
capturing only one of them.
Sixteen cigar makers, recently brought
<*ui from Baltimore to work in a factory
in Jacksonville, reached Savannah in des
titute condition. They succeeded Iri ma
king arrangements to return to Balti
c-sure.
The Augusta Chronicle says Dr. A,
W. Calhoun, whose sickness lias caused
great anxiety among Ids friends, last eve
ning was decidedly better.
Augusta News; Wm. G. Rivers,
who was convicted of assault with intent
to murder, at the last term of tho court,
and sentenced for one year, has pecn par
doned by Gov. Colquitt, on the applica
tion of his attorney, G. A. Snead, Esq.
Rivers is a one-armed man.
Atlanta Post: It Is of no use talk
ing about the building of the Georgia
Western now. The existence of the rail
road commission has killed it, for no capi
talist will put his money into any such
enterprise without liberty to manage it
according to the dictates of his own ex
perience.
Augusta Ncivs : Macon compliments
No. 8 with a delegation of firfimen, who
came over yesterday to witness our pa
rade and contest, and as representatives
of Mechanic, No. 4, of that city, who re
cently treated our boys so handsomely.
-The partv is composed of Andrew McKen
na, president: C. M. Walker, captain; and
James Kennedy, Esq. The delegation
have headquarters at tho Augusta Hotel,
and are the guests of Citizen Fire Com
pany during their stay. They were taken
in hand by No. 8 on their arrival, and
shown over the city. A prominent place
will be assigned them in the procession on
to-morrow, and everything possible
will be done to make their sojourn pleas
ant.
Atlanta Post: Saturday night infor
mation was received in Atlanta that Mr.
Akers, a gentleman residing at Fairburn
had been robbed of $100 in money. Of
course a strict watch was kept, and to-day
a negro maa who gave his name as James
Graham, was arrested as the guilty party
and taken to Fairburn.
Augusta News: One of the strange in
cidents of life occurred notfarfrom Amer-
icus. Mr. Ben Weaver’s stock were drink
ing from the trough at his well, prepara
tory to going to plowing, when one horse
by accident imbibed a bee, which had
fallen into the water, from a number buz
zing about the trough, and stung the horse
in some vital part of the month. The
horse made frantic efforts to eject the bee.
Whether he succeeded or not, is not nec
essary to this account. The horse was
soon in convulsions from the pain, and in
a short time after he was stung, died.
Griffin News: In discussing the tem
perance question in the Methodist church
of this city a few evenings since, Mother
Stewart stated that “she had learned
since her arrival in the city, that there
were twelve bar rooms and eight churches
in Griffin,” and turning around to the
pastor, Dr. Kendall, asked him “if it
were possible that it required one and
one-half bar rooms to keep up one church
in this city?” The question was so
pointed,that it was with difficulty that we
could suppress a smile.
We make the following extracts from
an article in the Americus Recorder :
Captain Raoul made a good impression
upon Mayor Felder and Councilman
Bnrkhalter. lie is not only a thorough
business man, disposed to protect the in
terests of the corporation he represents,
but is instinctively a gentleman.
Our city and people have undoubtedly
some grievances against the Southwestern
railroad, on account of unjust discrim-
nations, etc., which it is our right to have
corrected if possible and which we hope
the railroad commission will rectify.
The railroad commission is the result of
the complaints made to the Legislature by
the people of Americus and other points
that have but one line of railway com
munication. The schedule rates adopted
by this commission went into operation on
the 1st instant. It is yet too early to judge
as to whether the result will be be.neficial
to Americu3and other complaining points
or not. We can only hope that it will.
Captain Raoul thinks that by conform
ing strictly to those rates, it will he ut
terly impossible for the Southwestern and
Central roads to ever declare a dividend,
and that unless there are some changes
made or some other compensating equiva
lent granted them these corporations will
ultimately hare to succumb.
Gbiffin News: Our readers will re
member the account published of the
capture, in this city a few months ago, of
Berry McCulloch, who killed a man in
Jasper county several years ago, and
made his escape. At the recent term of
the Jasper Superior court he was tried
and found guilty of voluntary manslaugh
ter. Application has been made for a
new trial.
Columbus Enquirer: The Episcopal
convention of the diocese ofGeorgia will
meet in our city on the 10th instant. The
body is composed of ministers and lay del
egates from every church in the State.
The bishop presides. -
Columbus Times: We learn that an
aged colored woman fell dead in the
street in Eutaw yesterday morning. Her
age was seventy years, and she was the
wife of Allen Clapp. It is supposed she
died of heart disease.
Montezuma Weekly: We are pleased
to see that Gen. Cook has suc
ceeded in getting the committee on com
merce to recommend an appropriation of
$10,000 for the Flint, from Albany to
Montezuma. Tho Georgia delegation
have been working for their rivers in ear
nest lately.
The Albany Advertiser: Anthony Mc-
Choun, a colored man living in Lee coun
ty, on Mr. Shade Atkinson’s place, went
to church last night, and left his two sons,
aged eight and six years, and a child be
longing to another family on the place,
sleeping in his house, which he locked np
before leaving. During his absence the
house caught fire, and burned up the
children and everything else within it.
Also, that Alfred Kersey, of Lee coun
ty, is dead. He was one of the oldest
inhabitants, being cighty-one years of
age.
The Supreme Court of Georgia on
Tuesday last reversed the ’ decision of
Judge Snead, of the Richmond Superior
Court, in tha case of Walter Lynch, the
alleged express robber.
WE see our friend Major W. J. Hous
ton, of the Air Line railroad, is talked of
by the citizens of DeKalb as a candidate
for legislative honors. We hope he will
not accept. He is too good a railroad
man to be spoiled by any_such foolish
ness.
The Savannah News gives an account
of a very pleasant and interesting affair
on board the schooner “A. Denike.”
The craft some time ago was reported
lost at sea, and all onboard had perished.
The captain was a man well and favora
bly known inSivannali, and many hearts
were saddened by the news of Captain
Bohannen’s death. A few days ago, to
the gratification and surprise of every
one, the supposed ill-fated craft came up
to the wharf in Savannah with the genial
Boliannen at the helm as of yore. His
friends on Monday last resurrected him
in an old-fashioned way,' with a punch
bowl and cigars. -
The Savannah News says that on
Tuesday there was a meeting of the lum
ber merchants in the office ol Messrs. D.
C. Bacon & Co. The object was self-
protection In view of the complications of
the freight tariff, which seriously threaten
their interests. A railroad of their own
was proposed, penetrating the vast pine
belt in southwest Georgia. This is only
to be constructed if found necessary. If
proper arrangements can be effected with
existing railroads so as to protect ^heir
interests the project will never he pnt into
execution.
The Trinity Methodist Sunday-school
celebrated their fifty-eighth anniversary
on Tuesday evening last.
Small was convicted of voluntary man
slaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary
for twenty years, for complication with
the murder of David McDermott. John
Johnson, the principal in the murder, was
hung in Savannah some time ago. Before
his execution he proclaimed that Small was
innocent of the crime and asked hia
friends to seek his release. In respect to
that request, Governor Colquitt has par
doned him, and he is expected in Savan-
uah in a few days.
Sandersvtlle Mercury : A little ne
gro in our town being dissatisfied at
home ran away last week, and stole a
ride upon the cars seated astride of a
bumper. He went from Tennille to
Toombsboro where he fell off between
the cars on to the track, and the train ran
over him. Strange to say be was unin
jured, except a few slight bruises, the re
sult of the tall. His friends went after
him and brought him home.
The Americus Recorder, speaking of the
removal of Capt. J. N. Bass, says:
Wc are sorry to learn that Americus
will soon lose the services and citizenship
of Capt. Bass, it having been decided by
tho Central railroad authorities to trans
fer him to tho agency of the company at
Montgomery. During his residence
among us, he has made many friends, not
only by his social intercourse with our
people, but by his manifest fair dealing
and polite attentions in his official ca
pacity as depot agent. His wife has also
made many friends in our midst. We un
derstand that the Captain will move to
Montgomery about the fiist of Jane.
Cedabtown Advertiser: Old Grant,
the negro from the convict camp, who
has been for some time in charge of the
council’s dump cart, has been caught
stealing and sent back to his old quarters.
The marshals having noticed the rapidity
with which the corn pile at the council’s
stable was disappearing, began to inves
tigate. Their efforts disclosed the fact
that the old negro had been making a reg
ular business for some time of slipping
the corn in small quantities and selling it.
They found one place where he had dis
posed of five bushels.
Americus Recorder: S. W. Small, the
well known newspaper man, was pain
fully cut in several places about the face
in a billiard saloon in Atlanta on Friday
night, the 7th instant, by Charley White.
The difficulty grew out of some dispjrte
over a game of billiards being played by
Mr. Small and Mr. Culberson.
Sparta Ishmaelile: We would prefer
Gunby Jordan to any other man in Geor
gia for State Treasurer. Gunby is a Han
cock boy, and we know him. The proba
bility is that he wouldn’t have the place,
having a much bettor paying office in Col
umbus. But there isn’t a better man for
the position in Georgia.
Atlanta Post: Public sentiment at
first seemed to be rather favorable to the
law creating the railroad commission, but
the people have been enlightened on the
subject by the Post and all the leading
papers of the State and public opinion has
changed.
Columbus Enquirer: The people of
Hamilton are very desirous of having tel
ephone connection with this city, and it is
thought will subscribe liberally towards
erecting the line. The Columbus and
Rome railroad will also aid in the matter,
and it is now very probable the line will
be built. It would be a great benefit,
while the cost is comparatively small. If
the Hamiltonians will take the matter in
hand, they can, with the assistance which
the road will probably give them, have
the line built.
Monroe Adtertiser: We hope and be
lieve the rate of freight established by the
commissioners will be of immense advan
tage to Forsyth. Our merchants can
compete more successfully with Macon in
selling com, bacon, flour, etc. And next
season the reduction in freight on cotton
to Savannah will amount to an eighth of
a cent per pound. More complaint is
made in some quarters about the new
rate, but we believe the work of the com
missioners will be immensely satisfactory
to all the people, and at the same time
will give the railroads remunerative prices
for the work they do.
Augusta News: Mayor May lunched
with the Pioneer bov3 at noon to-day.
Also, Councilman Kennedy, of Macon.
Mayor May occupied the floral chair at
the head of the table, with Councilman
Kennedy on his right and Councilman
Denny on his left. Mr. Tom Henry, as a
caterer, cannot be . surpassed; the table
was loaded with good things and lots of
Hook and Ladder punch—that mild but
effective decoction.
Atlanta Post: Colonel J. E. Bry
ant does not concede that he has lost his
ip on the Republican party in Georgia.
A. Pledger, the negro who succeeded
him as chairman of the State central com
mittee, is known to be a friend of Bry
ant’s, and it is also known that the latter
tossed Pledger lots of taffy during the late
convention. In the plastic hands of Bry
ant young Pledger may yet be moulded
into a useful piece of pottery for the
scheming white Republicans.
Columbus Enquirer: Mr. Foute S.
Grimes is agent of the Pensacola and Sel
ma road, and also the Montgomery and
Selma road, under the Louisville and
Nashville system, at Selma, Alabama.
He is a thorough railroad man, and will
fill the position to the satisfaction of eve
ry one. He succeeds Mr. James Lauder
dale, who will succeed Mr. Charles Phil
lips as agent of the Western railroad in
this city. Mr. Lauderdale is a railroad
man of twenty years standing, and is a
gentleman who has many friends in our
city, all of whom speak of him in the
highest terms.
The Injunction Suit of the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railroad.
Whatever may he the final result of
these injunction proceedings, there is such
a thing a3 regulating the tariff of railroads
without violating the Constitution of the
United States, and if either our State
constitution or the action of our legisla
ture, taken under the provisions of that
constitution, are in violation of such su
preme law, then the people of Georgia
will frame another law, conforming there
to, and under which they can secure their
rights in the premises; for- they have al
ready spoken, and are determined upon
this question. It is, therefore, in our
opinion, a mistaken policy upon the part
of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway, or any other railroad in this
State, to make warnpon the railroad com
mission.
This commission may have made some
mistakes in the programme first adopted,
hut it has kept open doors to the rail
roads and the people alike, and is correct
ing these mistakes and doing justice to
every interest as fast as circumstances will
permit. The commission is composed of
able men—men who have certainly al
ready shown a desire to hear the com
plaints of all, and do justice to everybody,
and the sooner the railroads accept the
situation and go to this tribunal or board
of arbitration, representing, as it does,
both the interests of the railroads and the
people, the- better it will be for them; for
they will find this commission is a much
more formidable institution than they
have ever bad to deal with in this State
before.—Albany Advertiser.
Statistics of tha X. E. Church South.
After much tell and travail I have
edited the minutes of the annual confer
ences of 1879. They are ready for the prin
ter. Here is the numerical result*:
Traveling preachers (including supernu
meraries), 3,540—increase, 02; superan
nuated, 318—increase, 12; local preachers,
5,833—increase, 71; white members, 814,-
301—increase, 31,091; colored, 1,202—de
crease, 226; Indians, 4,923—increase, 225;
total ministers and members, 830,126—■
net increase, 31,264. Iniants baptized,"
28,011—increase 2,962; adults, bap
tized, 49,795—increase, 11,727; Sunday-
schools, 8,941—increase, 1,679; teachers,
5S,52S—increase, 3,661; scholars, 421,137
—increase, 29,844; collected for confer
ence claimants, $66,833.62—increase, $6,-
407.91; for foreign and domestic missions,
as reported through conferences alone,
$129,713.47—increase, $19,162.30. The
preachers who were discontinued (37) and
those who were located (63) are not
counted; those who were admitted on
trial (233) and those who were readmit
ted (28) are counted among the traveling
preachers, though many of them are also
reckoned with the local preachers. Our col
ored members have been nearly all ab
sorbed in the colored M. E. Church, and
other organizations. T. O. Summers.
New Zealand had in 1877 a popula
tion of 417,622. The area of New Zea
land is 104,900 square miles. There went
under cultivation in 1877 959,528 acres.
The crop of cereals for 1*77 was 6,336,309
of wheat, 6,029,962 bushels of oats and
596,823 bushels of barley. The wheat
crop of that colony, harvested in Feb
ruary, 1880, was large. It is estimated
there will be a surplus from it available
for export of 100,000 tons of 2,240 lbs,
equal to 3,733,333 btuhels. New Zealand
advices of March 2, 1880, state that at
Fort Lytttletonaione 19 ships had been en
gaged to load with wheat for London at
50s per ton freight.
Yet this is the country where before
the missionary landed cannibalism and
idolatry prevailed. Charge this item to
the benefit of foreign missions.
The Railroad Conuniuion.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger-
Deeming it no less a duty than a privi
lege, that every citizen should fully ex
press his views on all questions affecting
the material interests of our people and
common country, I would beg the use of
your columns, to a limited extent, for a
few thoughts touching the railroad com
mission,which are suggested by thepinpor-
tance of the measure as well as by the op
position with which it is met in some sec
tions. Whilst I am to a certain extent an
advocate of the railroad commission, yeti
would not be understood as being in favor
of a wholesale redaction of the aggregate
income of our railroads. In endeavoring
to cure the patient I would not be guilty
of administering poison. Our railroads
have rights which should he respected and
protected. And I believe they should he
taught to respect the rights of the people;
they should be taught to look upon the
people as “customers,” whose reasonable
wishes should be entitled to some regard.
The injustice and irregularities of our
railroads should be attacked, and by ap
propriate remedies corrected. I am
strongly inclined to the doc
trine that no State legislature has
or can constitutionally dispose of tho
sovereignty of the people by contract with
incorporate companies; that theory has ex
ploded; the sovereignty of the people is
inalienable.
Their right to require every individual,
company or corporation to obey the law,
cannot be sold by the legislature.. All are
alike subject to limitation and control by
the sovereignty of the people. To say that
the people of the State cannot, by law,pre
vent unjust discrimminations by public
carriers, is to say that the people are inca
pable of self-government. And to go
further, we might, with equal propriety,
characterize as unconstitutional the va
rious enactments of Congress, regulating
as to the construction of vessels, the num
ber of passengers each may carry, where
the freight and baggage must be stored,
the quality and kind of food to be given
passengers and crew) and how it shall be
cooked, etc.
Yet some writer* who oppose the com
mission, are disposed to characterize the
demands of the people, as unjust and un
reasonable. Such writers are but poorly
informed or willfully ignorant, and mis
take the animus of the people. Their com
plaint is not the fattening of
the railroads on exorbitant rates of
tarifls, when considered in the aggregate,
but they do complain of the unreasonable
and unjust discriminations practiced by
our roads. That there are real griev
ances and real evils, no sane mind that is
not purposely ignorant can deny. And
the people would have these rectified.
They would have a better and more
eqnitable division of* rates; they would
have our railroad managers thoroughly
conversant with our common school arith
metic, and particularly that portion treat
ing of ratio and proportion, etc.
Your correspondent “Macon,” in your
issues of the 7th and 9th instant, says he is
so unfortunate as not to own either stock
or bonds of any railroad; yet the “lines”
have fallen to him in pleasant places. He
evidently has been enjoying a “goodly
heritage,” and is now becoming solicitous
about his future. He is certainly too bit
ter in characterizing the action of the leg
islature in establishing this commission
as dishonorable and impolitic. Doubt
less our legislators expected such opposi
tion,and are not surprised that such writers
should charge them with acting dishonora
bly and in a manner calculated to bring
reproach upon Georgia’s fair name. He
denies the necessity of such interference
by the State, and asserts that the peoplo
that paid the rates—according to his ob
servation—did not ask for such interfer
ence. Does he expect the thinking men
to be satisfied with such a bare assertion?
Not by any means. He says he has been
a large shipper of goods, and at no time
could he honestly have said that the rates
he paid were ever more than adequate to
service performed. On this point we shall
not raise issue with him, for we are in
clined to believe that he utters the truth.
But if his experience be taken as a test
caso, then we object, for we, too, have
been a large shipper of goods the past
dozen years, and can honestly say, we
have frequently paid unjust and unrea
sonable rates. In other words, we had to
pay a high protective tariff to enable the
railroads to give Mr. Macon such satis
factory and reasonable rates. Whilst
your correspondent disclaims any
connection whatever with railroads, yet
lie fails to say that he has never
been the recipient of rebates and ruin
ously low rates, that had to he made up
by equally ruinous high rates to other
points. Perhaps if the freight charges paid
by your correspondent “Macon,” and those
paid by us were equalized according to
equity and justice, we both might honestly
say we pay but just and reasonable’ rates.
But as Mr. “Macon” enjoys the benefits of
a protective tariff, he would characterize
our commission as a disgrace to the State,
and have it obliterated, with its support
ers; and have our railroads free and in
dependent of the people, to continue their
ruinous and unjust discriminating rates.
He would say, let the Central Railroad
Company continue to charge a merchant
in Fort Valley for the service of transportr
ing a car of corn from Macon to Fort Val
ley, a distance of 29 miles, the sum of
$47.36, and charge on the same car load
of com from Atlanta to Macon, a distance
of 103 miles, the sum of $17.52. We
who paid such discriminating rates only
last month ’can give exact figures.
Bacon and other produce shipped
from the West have had to pay the same,
and some article? even a greater differ
ence than the one particularized.
With : such unjust and unreasonable
discriminating rates wo ale not surprised
to hear your Mr. “Macon” say that he
has handled goods largely. We, too,
under like circumstances, might do the
same and not do violence to our con
science in saying we are not paying more
than adequate rates for the service per
formed, provided we are careful not to say
that the rates are fully enough. But
enough. We will ail find this to ho a
living question, and one that must and
will be settled sooner or later. More
auon.
Fort Valley.
love in Fa’s Kit
Mr. M. was a retired manufacturer and
possessed a-considerable fortune. He also
had a daughter, nineteen years of age, of
great personal attractions. What wonder,
then, that she should have made many a
young fellow’s heart beat quicker who
tried to gain her virgin affections? But
“papa” M. took care of his treasure as if
she were the pupil of his eye, and many
were the unhappy mortals who left his
hospitable table never to return. “Plenty
of time,” said he, “when the right one
comes, and I approve,” etc.
Bnt the right one had come long ago,
only papa didn’t know it, and he bad
come in the person of a young engineer,
who had formerly had business transac
tions with papa M. The young people
had seen each other,spoken to each other,
looked at each other, and a kind of un
derstanding had been come to. Yes, and
the affection was deep enough to last,even
when Mr. M. retired from trade and the
young gallant had no further excuse for
coming on business. Then there was a
succession of dark days. But love is in
ventive, and in this instance also proved
to be so.
Mr. M. was in the habit of visiting
twice a week at his hairdresser’s to have
his beard and wig looked after; and on
this fact love built his structure. One of
the younger assistants was taken into
confidence, and consequently, considera
ble attention was paid by the young
man to Mr. M.’s liat, re
ceiving it on his entering, giving it a
careful brush, and hauding it back on de
parture; and in this wise poor, dear
“papa” became, unconsciously of course,
the postilion dCamour between his
daughter and her-swain.
Thus things continued for fonr long
months; but the best silk hat—let it he
ever so carefully brushed, wants an iron
now and again. Mr. M.’s hat was several
years old, and jost about Christmas' it
wanted ironing badly. So Mr. M., in
stead ot proceeding to the hairdresser’s as
usual, went to his hatter’s and presented
Bis hat for renovation.
Mr. Hatter says, after inspectingit: “Is
this hat too large for you?”
“No; why do you ask ?”
“Because you put paper inside.”
““Paper! Paper! Not I; how does it get
there, I wonder?”
Not long did he wonder, for on careful
ly . unfolding the paper, he read: “Don’t
he;down-hearted, dear Edward; my father
is good and generous of heart; let us speak
openly to him of our love; he will not say
no, if we promise to make his old age
happy. On my knees I will confess my
love to him. Besides, onr correspondence
cannot last much longer, the continued
brushing ha3 so worn papa’s hat, that I
fear from day to day that he will have to
have it done up,” etc.
Mr. M.’s hat having been refreshed, he
went as usual to his hairdresser’s, having
previously .carefully replaced the letter.' -<
In tha saloon he kept a steady, though
covert out-look on the officious young
assistant, and found his surmise correct.
The operations finished, he gravely re
ceived his hat, handed the assistant as
usual hi3 pour boire, and departed.
Before returning home, however, he
took occasion to inspect his liat; and ex
tract and read, a missive from no other
than the engineer. Among other things,
the young man swore that not apenny did
he want of Lis love’s father—-his position,
thank goodness, bringing him more than
sufficient to live happy and comforta
ble.
“Well,” said papa, “lie seems £b be an
honestly disposed young man, and i£” etc.
For some time he allowed the corres
pondence to go on, reading regularly and
watchfully the letters from both sides, un
known to them, of course, until one day,
when the letters had been particularly
desponding and good, he put an end to it,
and made them happy, as may he seen by
thb cards sent to all whom it may con
cern. *
Supreme Court Decisions.
Washington, May 10.—The following
decisions in Southern cases were rendered
by the United States Supremo Court to
day:
Fzra Wheeler et al. vs. the Factors and
Traders’ Insurance company. Appeal
from the United States Circuit Court for
the district of Louisiana. Decree reversed
and cause remanded.
The Nashville and Chattanooga rail
road company vs. the United States. Ap
peal from the United States Circuit Court
for the middle district of Tennessee. De
cree affirmed.
Tlir Piedmont and|Arlington Life Insur
ance Company vs. Nannie A. Morgan.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the
United States for. the middle district of
Alabama. Judgment affirmed with costs,
interest and $500 damages.
The Western North Carolina Railroad
Company vs. George D. Drew, Governor
of North Carolina. Notion to vacate or
der allowing the western division of the
Western North Carolina to perfect its
title. Appeal postponed until the case is
heard on its merits. Motion to vacate su-
percedeas bond and to vacate approval of
bond denied.
John B. Stone, et al. vs. the State of
Mississippi. The question presented by
this case is whether a State, after having
chartered a lottery company and
entered into a contract with it, still
has a constitutional right before
the expiration of the company’s charter,
and in the absence of any default on the
company’s part, to pass laws making the
conducting of a lottery, whether author
ized or unauthorized, an offense against
the State. In the present case the State
brought suit to suppress the lottery known
as the Mississippi Agricultural Educational
and Manufacturing Aid Society, chartered
by the State in 1867, but forbidden
by article twelve of section fifteen of the
constitution of 1868. The Circuit Court
entered a judgment of ouster against the
respondents, which, upon appeal, was af
firmed by the Supreme Court of the State.
This court holds that although the lottery
compauy of plaintifis in error was duly
chartered by the State, the Legislature
which granted that charter had no
authority to bargain away the police
power of the State—that is, the regulation
of all matters affecting the public health
and public morals; that lotteries are de
moralizing in their effects, no matter how
carefully regulated, cannot', in the opin
ion of the court, be doubted. There is
now scarcely a State in the Union where
they are tolerated, and Congress
has enacted a special statute, the
object of which is to close the
mails against them. This being
the case, there can be no question that
lotteries are proper subjects for the exer
cise of the State’s governmental police
power. Contracts which the Federal
constitution protects are those which re
late to property rights, not to governmen
tal rights. Lotteries belong to the latter
class. They ar? a species of gam
bling, and wrong in their influences.
They disturb the checks and balance of
a well ordered community. Society built
on such-a foundation would almost of ne
cessity bring forth a population of specu
lators end gamblers, living on the ex
pectation of what chance might award
them from the accumulations of
others. Certainly the right to
stop them is governmental, and to
be exercised at all tunes by those
in power, at their discretion. Anyone,
therefore, who accepts a lottery charter
does so with the implied understanding
that the people in their sovereign capaci
ty and through their properly constituted
authorities, may take it back at any time
when the public good shall require, and
this whether it be paid for
or not. Ha gets,, in legal effect,
nothing more than a license to cont|nue
on the terms named for a specified time,
unless sooner abrogated by the sovereign
power of the State. It is a permit good
as against existing laws, but subject to fu
ture legislation, or constitution control or
withdrawal. Decree affirmed with costs.
The opinion was delivered by Chief Jus
tice Waite.
The Railroad Bill.
(NO. L)
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
What have the railroad commissioners
accomplished, and what can the people of
Georgia hope to receive from the results
of the railroad bill? The framers of the
constitution of 1877, and the legislature
of 1S79, have made grave mistakes con
cerning railroads, and the burdens of
those mistakes, grievous and costly, must
at last be borne by the private citizen.
The entire tone of legislation upon this
subject is so harsh, so vituperative, that
one is struck with, wonder at finding the
conservatiye expression of laws supplan
ted by epithets indicative of vengeful feel-
ingJ Added to this, wc sec these laws
and the enactments which are said to au
thorize them, established in the very teeth
of a solemn declaration denouncing class-
legislation. We further see that the con
stitution on this point levels a blow only
at one class of corporations, as if some
master spirit of the convention had in
fused his individual rancor into the or
ganic law, to glut his private crotchets.
Blinded to the genuine interest of the
people, the last legislature hastily framed
a hill purporting to carry out the consti
tution. And this is the bill which we
now propose to discuss, fairly, and it is to
he hoped somewhat to the purpose of ex
posing its errors and its unconstitution
ality.
Before however, touching upon any of
the legal questions arising in the discus
sion of this subject, it certainly can be
said that theseissues between the State and
the railroads are very unhappy issues.
The commissioners themselves hesitate to
use the plenary authority with which they
are clothed. Such an admission on their
part demonstrates how repugnant the law
is to the principles of oar institutions. Re
publican governments declare that those
who govern shall possess the minimum of
authority necessary to enforce obedience
to laws. In the present instance, the offi
cers of the law insinuate that their power
burdens them in the just execution of
their office. From a case now pending in
the Federal courts, we learn that the rail
road bill, as well as the constitution au-
thqfizing it, will be attacked upon the
ground of antagonism to the Federal con-
stitutioh. *
This case will ultimately be passed upon
by the Supreme Court of the United
States; and so onr law makers, our
constitution makers, will give
partisan bench another
of stamping obnoxious
cisions and doctrines which the conunis
sion must adrance in support of its exist
ence, are those which every schoolboy
knows to be subversive of States’ rights.
For these reasons, and for others hereafter
to be noticed, it may with great propriety
be said, that tho law makers of the State
of Georgia haye- precipitated an issue
which, in its final results, must be of great
detriment to the State, politically and fi
nancially.
The law makers seem to have for
gotten that railroad coiporations are not
mere lines of railway between given points,
and that large numbers of the State’s best
citizens are directly and vitally concern
ed in the welfare of such coiporations.
True, in one sense,' corporations are not
citizens; hut for the purposes of this dis
cussion, from the people interested in
railroads, and from the vast reach
of the connections which exist * be
tween railroads and the people
intimate and important, we will
not go far wrong in styling railroad cor
porations citizens to this extent. They
are entitled to an equal protection of law
with all citizens, when they comply with
their charters. Now a citizen has no ex
press contract with the State; his resi
dence in the jurisdiction, is an implied
promise on his part, that he will obey the
law, and a guaranty on the part of the
State that he shall be protected in life,
liberty and property. A corporation,how
ever, is called into existence by its char
ter,which is its civil creation; and when so
called into being, the State declares that
by the covenant of the charter, such cor
poration shall he likewise protected in
life, liberty and property. Any enact
ment, therefore, which violates these fun
damental rights, or which seeks to violate
them, attacks the vital principles of good
faith which are the basis of the relations
between the State and the citizen. Cer
tainly the railroad bill does this and more.
It substantially abrogates every railroad
charter in the State, and embarrasses, to
a degree which may ultimately destroy it,
over fifty millions ot valuable property.
This alarming situation calls for prompt
and energetic action on the part of all
who are concerned in the just administra
tion of government, and in the protection
of private property from the crude severi
ty of misguided legislators. Lex.
THE FLIES
PREFER SUGAR
FLOUR.
Uncle Ned on tlie Chicago Convention.
Yesterday while sauntering along on
the hill, we came upon old Uncle Ned,
the wood cutter, a veteran politician of
the colored order, and asked him for an
off-hand statement of his ideas on the
presidential campaign. The old fellow
rested his axe on the ground, and leaning
upon it to give his bent leg a brief holiday,
cast his eye toward the sun as if to calcu
late how much time he could devote to
the subject, and delivered himself as fol
lows : “Hits mussed up, boss, hits mussed
up bad, cn dars no tellin’ whar hits gwine
ter end. Sum er de hostages to de con-
venshun es ’structed fur Mister Grant, en
sum is ’structed fur Mister Shummun, en
sum is,’structed fur Mr. Blaine, en den
dars a passel er fellers as aint ’structed
’tall, but jess turned loos fur to graze whar
de grass is highess.”
“■Well, what do you think about it Un
cle Ned?”
“Do Lord only knows honey; sum ses
cs how Mister Grant es er trabeller, en kin
wurk de patch bess, cn sum ses es how
Mister Sliummun es er soger, en bin hope
de nigger mos’, en sum. ses dat Mister
Blaine es er Hardshell an pay lies dets
mos’, en so ’long. Dey don’t strike me
squar noways dey ’scribes em; dis chile’s
watch’n out fur de man wats gwine ter
set up de forty akers en de mule, en hit
ain’ no use fur enny uther can’det ter
roost on de fense, en try ter ’splain hisself.
Dats de flatfonn I’m sittin’ on; but ’bout
dees hyah hostages,” continued the old
man, shouldering his axe and turning
away, “yer need’nwace no time calk’latin
on enny uv de lot; hits fly time now,
honey, hit tis, en de man wat spreds de
mos’ shooger in de convenshun es gwine
ter ketch de mos’ flies. Hits nigh onter
sebbenty yurs sence de Lord open’d up
dees ole eyes, en dey ain* never seen er
fly lite on er floor barr’l wen de leds offen
de shooger dish.”
So. 3 in Rome.
Nothing in the way of news was receiv
ed from No. 5 yesterday, except the fol
lowing brief special to the foreman in this
city:
Roue, May 12.
We leave here this evening; will arrive
in Macon in the morning. Did not cuter
the contest for engine prizes, hut defeated
the best distance made.”
The Rome paper has nothing to say
about the claim laid to the reel prize by
No. 5, or about the company being ruled
out of the engine contest. We learn, how
ever, that the Romans claimed that the
engine of No. 5 is third instead of fourth
class. In conversation with the engineer
of one of our other fire companies yester
day, we learned that No. 5 is a bona fide
fourth class engine, and the only one in
this city. Nos. 1 and 3 are third class;
Nos. 2 and 4 are billed as fourth class, but
are really between third and fourth class,
being double engines. No. 5 ft a single
engine.
The following we clip from the Rome
Tribune:
RECEPTION.
Early in the morning, at the Central
Hotel, Mr. Seaborn W. Wright, Esq., a
rising young lawyer of Rome, gave a cor
ral address of welcome to the visiting
companies, which was replied to in a
highly appropriate response by Mr. R. W.
Patterson, of the Defiance Company No.
5, of Macon.
THE CONTEST OF THE ENGINES.
For some cause we could not learn, the
contest of racing for the prize offered
came off at an earlier hour than the pro
gramme published m our last issue. One
hundred and fifty yards were marked off,
and at about noon Defiance, No. 5, of
Macon, made the first run in 37£ seconds;
the Mechanics Company, 2d division, Au
gusta, in 38J; Marietta No. 1, in 45; the
Rome Mountain City in 38, and the Rain
bow, of Rome, in 36J seconds. The
time was adjudged by Dr. P. King, of
Tunnell Hill, Ga.
THE RAINBOW WINS THE PRIZE.
When it was ascertained that the Rain
bow had made the time in less seconds
than any of the others, some of the com
pany became wild over the victory. Cap
tain Shanklin fairly danced upon. the
platform for joy, and was gathered by his
friends and carried on their shoulders
amid shouts of most enthusiastic joy. The
enthusiasm spread alike among the Ro
mans present, and their vociferous excla
mations of joy made the welkin ring.
The Dental Luminary says: Among
the graduates in dentistry of the Nashville
Dental College we notice the name of Dr.
W. L. Smith,.of Irwinton, Georgia. We
see that he was made salutatoriau of his
class, and had prepared the salutatory,
hut on account of illness another gradu
ate delivered it. He was also awarded,
for proficiency, the first prize—a dental
engine. The doctor certainly had honors
showered upon him. He has our warm
est congratulations, and we wish for him a
career of usefulness and prosperity
wherever he may go.
A VERDICT REACHED AT LAST.
Early A Lane, et, al., n. Oliver A Nor
ton, et al.
The big fight which was continued in -
the court house through the latter half of
last week, in the case ofEarfy & Lane, et.
al., vs. Oliver & Norton, et al., culmina
ted yesterday morning in a victory for
the plaintifis. The case went to the jury
Saturday, and they remained out upon it
until Monday morning, when the verdict,
or more properly the findings as given be
low, were handed in.
This case, by reason of the number of
parties interested, the laige array of coun
sel employed, and the importance of prin
ciples sought to be established, has exci
ted much attention throughout this city,
and in legal circles.
It began in the fall of 1878; the firm of
Oliver, Douglass & Co., was succeeded by
Oliver & Norton,which firm afterwards,in
settlement of the claims of John A. Doug
lass, it is_afflrmed, executed a mortgage
covering their stock. When Oliver &
Norton failed, their stock was transferred
to settle the mortgage. After several le
gal modes of procedure had been tried, a
bill, to which, in all about thirty were
made parties, was filed by the creditors
against Oliver & Norton, and a special
prayer asking relief against Douglass was
added. Upon this bill the fight has been
made, and the jury’s findings obtained. A
decree will now be moulded from the
jury’s verdict, and it ft likely that a fight
will be made as to how far the decree
should operate. It ft a disputed point be
tween the counsel for-plaintifi and defen
dant, as to whether a decree can be
moulded from the verdict that will bind
Mr. Douglass; this point will be argued.
The amount embraced in the bill is $19,-
500. The following is the verdict as ren
dered by the jury, the first division relating
only to amounts, is omitted :
2. Did Oliver & Norton purchase any
goods from complainants on a credit, and
were they solvent or insolvent at the time
of the purchase? Answer—They did
buy on a credit and were insolvent.
3. Did Oliver & Norton purchase goods
from complainants on credit with an in
tention not to pay for them? If yes,
which complainants did they purchase
from with intention not to pay? Answer
—Yes. Charles Nobles & Company, and
others.
4. Did Oliver & Norton obtain goods
from complainants by false and fraudu
lent representations of their solvency,
made for the purpose of obtaining credit,
and was the credit extended because of
such false and fraudulent representations?
If so to which o'f the complainants or
their agents were such representations
made? Or did Oliver & Norton make
any statement in which they innocently
omitted the debt they owed to Douglass,
and were any of the complainants misled
by it, if so which ones? Answer—L
Yes. Ratlibone, Sard & Co., and others.
2. Yes. Charles Noble & Co., and oth
ers.
5. Did Oliver & Norton commit any
fraud upon the complainants by conceal
ing their insolvency or otherwise when
they purchased the goods in question ? If
so, upon what complainants ? Answer—
Yes. E. Ketchum & Co. and others.
6. If you answer that Oliver & Norton
did purchase any of these goods with an
intention not to pay for them, or that
they obtained any of them by false or
fraudulent representations; or that they
committed a fraud upon the complain
ants or any of them, then say whether
John A. Douglass had any knowledge or
information of the intention not to pay or
of the false representations, or of the
fraud, or did said Douglass have any
grounds of reasonable suspicion of either?
Answer—Yes; from evidence he did.
7. Was the bill of sale made by Oliver
& Norton to Douglass made with an in
tention to delay or defraud their credi
tors? If so, was such intention known to
John A. Douglass, or did he have grounds
of reasonable suspicion of such -inten
tion ? Answer—Yes, he did.
8. Was the debt claimed to be due
John A. Douglass by Oliver & Norton a
bona fide debt? Answer—No.
9. Did Oliver & Norton sell him said
goods in good faith to pay said debt?
Answer—No.
10. How much of said debt was the old
debt of Oliver, Douglass & Co., if any?
Did Oliver & Norton sell to Douglass for
money, or to pay a debt they owed him?
Answer—First, we cannot say the amount.
Second, to pay a debt they said they
owed him.
11. Did Jno. A. Douglass make any
false statement to the complainants,
Charles Noble & Co., or their agents,
upon the faith of which they were induced
to sell the goods sued for by them, to the
defendants, Oliver & Norton? If so,
were such statements made by Douglass,
knowing them to he untrue, and were
the said Charles Noble & Son deceived
thereby? Answer—Yes.
12. Did complainants know Oliver &
Norton were .insolvent? Did Oliver &
Norton know that the creditors were ig
norant of their insolvency, and kept si
lent? Answer—1,. Yes. 2, No.
12. 'What amount of goods obtained
from complainants, or either of them,
were a part of the stock of goods bought
by Douglass from Oliver & Norton, and
fromwliich of said complainantswere such
goods obtained? rinsicer—Wilw:: Manu
facturing company, $107.04,' 'rand other
complainants.
opinionSt^thrclS^is^ite® s ^
however, ft not the orlnmn TV S? ch ’
True, the child was light in shade 'but'u
was the whitish hue of the youne
latto, rather than the rein marked white"
ness of the Caucasian. The testimoni
t0 866 was not su PPOrted by the
Childs appearance. In weight it must
have been of at least fourteen pounds and
there were circumstances not neceWm
mention going to show that thed&d
wascertamiy not less than a week old
There is one thing, however, that there
is no doubt about, and that is that the
sooner a child murderer is brought to
punishment in this community, the Quick
er will the morals thereof be strengthen-
ed. Case after case of this kind homes
to light, creates a sensation and ft forgot
ten, and the human ghoul whose savage
clutch has caused the wreck, wanders
among us unsuspected, unpunished. Can
it be possible for a child to be born, mur-
<fered and buried in a city of twenty
thousand iq|ahitants, and no one save the
mother know it? We say not. As sure
as the sun shines, at least six persons car
ry in their breasts a knowledge of the per
petration of this most foul occurrence.
But how find them? is the question
asked. A detective has followed a victim
round the world, the clue In his hand,
though spun to gossamer, never lost or
broken. Here, wo have part of a pillow
case, part of a shawl, a newspaper, for
which there are but lew subscribers in
this city, a newspaper with a date, a
newspaper with the agent’s name upon it—
but,above all,the sickness of the wretched
mother -whereever she may he—known,
necessarily known, to the immediate
neighborhood, the nurses and the servants.
Let the deed be uncloaked, and the guilty
brought to justice. •
MURDERED AS HE SLEPT.
A Crawford County Negro Dies for
One Dollar and Eorty-Hvo Cents.
The courts have their whist, parlors
their enchre, society its poker, but the ne
gro’s game ft seven-np, it matter not
where played. It may be that the antag
onists straddle a log, lie upon the fodder
in the loft, or gather in the humble cabin,
hut it is always the same old game,and the
players hum its' accompaniment as they
deal:
“My name is Handy-Dandy,
Six-seven-up an’ hard ter beat;
Lay yer money down
An’ don’t yer pick it up,
Go way from the game
Called 6 and 7 up.”
It was just such a party as ibis, we im
agine,that gathered in a cabin near the old
Agency ferry in Crawford county last
Sunday afternoon for the usual game of
seven up. Among the party were two
men by the names of Golden Carutbers
and George Radford. Tho game drifted
along; the sun set, darkness'fell, the stars
came forth, and hour after hour glided
away swiftly into eternity. Gradually as
the night advanced, the players dropped
out of the game, broken,until face to face,
only the two men we have named re
mained. Fortune was against Radford;
dime by dime, his earnings glided across
and took refuge in Caruther’s pocket, un
til the last cent was gone. With the reck
lessness of the gambler, he drew off his
- shoes and staked them upon the game only
toseethem lost. Nothingnowremainedto
him but liis coat, and after a minute’s
hesitation, that, too, was laid upon the
table, staked and lost. The game ended,
and here in this city the clock struck
three. Side by side the gamblers lay down
to sleep, one flushed with fortune’s favors,
seeing not tlie shadow of death above him;
the other, brooding over his losses, and
plotting in secret for their recovery. As
they lay, Caruthers sunk into a sleep
from which lie never more would wake.
His left hand was in his pocket grasping
his plunder, his head rested upon the
shoes, and upon lift back was the coat.
Silence fell upon the scene.
Suddenly the sleepers, all but one,
were awakened by a dull thud, and
sprang to their feet. In the dim light
they beheld Radford swinging a terrible
lightwood knot into air, and twice again
the deep, dull thud was heard. Then the
murderer sprang out into tlie night, and
was lost. Caruthers lay on the bed, his
head smashed to pieces. In the left
hand, still tightly grasped, was six dollars
and forty-five cents, five dollars of which
was in Macon & Brunswick railroad bills,
worth nothing. The winning of one dol
lar and forty-five cents had cost him his
life.
IN THE TOILS.
—Prof. George L. Vose, of Bowdoin Col
lege, Maine,who is regarded as an authority
upon such subjects, says that over 200
railroad bridges have fallen withm the
past ten years. He attributes these “acei-
opportunity ! dents” either to the selection of bad ma-
r o impressions terials, faulty construction, and imperfect
upon the relations of the State to the gen-' supervision, or all of these causes com-
erai government. And the very law, de- bined.
MTR ANGLED WITH A CORD.
Tlie Work of a Macon Thug.
Yesterday morning the evidence of a
most horrible crime was brought to light
in this city. In the rear of a boarding
house on Second street, between a small
outhouse and the fence, was found a mys
terious package containing the remains
of a male child. About the neck was a
hemp cord tied so tightly as to be partly
imbedded in the flesh, and producing a
contortion of the features, frightful to be
hold. The body was wrapped in a copy
of a pictorial weekly, known as the Gol
den Days, around which was tied the
fragments of an old black shawl. The
whole was pinned up in what might
have once been a pillow case.
The body was discovered by a negro
servant early in the morning, who called
up a witness and showed him the con
tents. The coroner was then notified and
empannelled the following jury: D. \.
Reeves, Foreman; D. H. Howes, L. R.
Longhnrst, William Case, J. B. Golden,
W. II. Bowers, W. B. Chapman, W. H.
Whitehead, Geo. S. Fish, J. E. Russell,
W. T. Bone, J. A. Adair. .
The following is the evidence as elicited,
and the verdict:
Frank Coley, sworn, said: “As I came
down the back stairs this morning, I saw
something white lying beside the fence. I
went up close and saw it wa9 a baby.
Then I called Rufus Pearce, and he
came. He (Rufus) unpinned It and looked
at it. He said he did not know who put
the body there. I do not know whether
it was dead or alive. Think it wa3 dead.’’"
Rufus Pearce, sworn, said: “Frank
galled me there to look at a baby. I un
pinned it. I felt it and found it was cold
and dead. I don’t know whether it ft a
white child or a black one.”
The jury rendered the following ver
dict:
“We, the jury, find that the infant
found, name unknown, came to its death
by being strang’ed with a cord around its
neck. We agree that, in our opinion, the
child is of white parentage, and ft a male,
and came to its death by parties un
known.”
A large crowd of whites and negroes
assembled and viewed the remains, —— -- ‘ ... in . better
which were inclosed in a coffin, and bur- rafted in Spam which __
ied by Coroner Chapman. The body
was found about the centre of the square,
bounded by Poplar, Plum, First and
Second streets, known as square 41 on the
city map.
A Daring: Attempt at Crime and Cap
ture of the Criminal.
Monday a most audacious and reckless
attempt to commit a crime, was made in
Rutland district, some four or five miles
from Macon. No tidings of it, however,
reached the city before yesterday morn
ing, as the general attention of the Rut-
landers was directed toward the capture
of the desperado.
About 10 o’clock Monday morning, a
negro by tho name of Peter McCrary went
to the house of Mrs. A. M. Calhoun, the
section-master’s wife, and attacked her
with a stick, beating her severely. The
lady resisted him and screamed for assist
ance, the call being responded to by a
woman working near at hand. In the
meantime the negro had drawn a pistol
and snapped it several times within a few
inches of his victim’s breast, the weapon,
however failing to fire. Seeing the other
woman approaching the villain fled.
It ft a question as to what was the ne
gro’s intention. By some it ft asserted
that a nameless crime was attempted,
and that murder was a second consider
ation. By others it ft said that the negro
approached and demanded to know
where Mr. Calhoun’s money was, and
that the pistol was not loaded, but used
to frighten the lady. There ft no doubt,
however, hut that he struck her several
blows with his stick.
A party was at once organized and the
dayand night spent in pursuit ol McCrary,
resulting finally in his capture a long dis
tance from the scene of his attempted
crime. He was carried back to Rutland
district and will have his commitment
trial to-day, if, as a gentleman signifi
cantly remarked last evening, he does not
“escape” during the night. The word
“escape,” used after the commission of a
heinous crime, in connection with tho
disappearance of the criminal, has but one
meaning. It signifies only that the piftr
oner has escaped trial; generally he ft
found suspended to the limb to which he
escaped.
We are no advocate of mob violence; it ft
better always to let the law take its course.
There never was an untried criminal that
a mob was justified in hanging, for the
simple reason that the crime for which he
suflered had never been proved upon him.
A hundred men may have witnessed
the deedTbut that need not necessarily
prove his guilt; behind the mind that di
rects the hand in the commission of an
illegal act, may lurk insanity,and no mob
can pass upon the mental condition of a
prisoner. We do not believe, however,
but that the good citizens of Rutland will
turn this criminal over to justice; his h>
tention may have been only robbery, and
no aggravated circumstance short of mur
der, would Justify even the courts in m
ing it a capital offence-
—-Immense quantities of iron are now
plight than she has been for many a year
—for the English market. Very nearly
20,000 tons of iron ore arrived from Spain
at Cardiff lu one week last month.