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GEORGIA PRESS.
A NEW steamboat company was formed
reoentlv for the purpose of patting on a
new boat between Augusta and Savannah
on the river.
The Wesley Monumental church Sun
day-school held their anniversary meeting
Wednesday evening. Everything passed
off splendidly.
The Young Men’s Christian Associa-
„ tion held their annual meeting on Mon
day evening. The fallowing are the offi-
eers for the ensuing year:
Dr. J. P. S. Houston, president.
X). Vanmore Lebey, first vice-president,
T. J. Elmore, second vice-president,
E. E. Cunningham, recording secretary,
C. M. Gilbert, treasurer.
Registration’ of voters in Chatham
county moves too slow for safety. Only
1,000 registered up to date, and the
books close in two weeks.
The following are the officers of the
Georgia railroad. The election took
place oh Wednesday:
President—Charles H. Phinizy.
Directors—E. P. Alexander, James W.
Davis, James S. Hamilton, Stephen
Thomas, M. P. Stovall, George T. Jack-
son, L. M. Hill, Josiah Sibley, H. D. Mc
Daniel, George Hillyer, John Davidson,
Wm. M. Reese, John H. James, Joel A.
Rillups, N. L. Hutchins, H. H. Hickman.
General Alexander said of his retire
ment:
Auousta News: The delegation from
No. 4, of Macon, headed by President
Kennedy, presented Citizen, No. 8, with a
beautiful tiltlngpitcherand goblets, which
will constitute but another bright and
metaltc tie between these strong compa
nies of two sister cities.
“ I have less hesitation or apprehen-
* sion of any harm to the company from the
suddenness of my retirement, from the
fact that the sentiment of the stockhold
ers, with remarkable unanimity, has set
tled upon a gentleman as my successor of
whose qualifications and ability to man
age the affairs of tlie compauylhave the
highest opinion. It is due to him to say
that he has been my constant and confi
dential adviser in every matter of policy
and many details of management.
Majuetta Journal: When you hear
a Cobb county man say he is going to
Texas to get rich, a man too who has a
good farm, fine stock, ample cash to keep
him out of debt, and in the enjoyment of
excellent health, we wonder what const!
tutes riches, and how much it takes to
make a man contented and happy. It is
a fatal mistake in the pursuit of wealth
and happiness not to know when we pos
sess them; men often abar don the real
substance to grasp a shadow. It is well
to let well enough alone. You may do
better in Texas than you can in Cobb,but
ten to one you cannot.
Albany Advertiser. Mayor Wright
came very near having his dwelling
burned up last night. The particulars are
as follows:
The servant sent her child, a little girl,
to kindle a lire in an out-house, about
twenty paces from the dwelling, which
•lie attempted by pouring kerosene oil on
soino burning coals, which ignited very
quickly. The flames running np £lie
stream of oil into the can, burst it and
scatterea the burning fluid over the child
and the floor, setting fire to the carpet.
The child managed to put out the fire on
lierrpeison, and escaped with only a few
burned places on her legs. Mayor Wright
luckily saw the fire almost immediately,
and succeeded in extinguishing it before it
bad done any damage more than burning
a few boles in the carpet.
Atlanta Post: It is predicted that
more than one member of the railroad
commission will resign before their time
is oat, Being sensible, men they cannot
he long in seeing the iniquity of the. law
which created the commission, and being
just and honorable men, they cannot coun
tenance such a law.
The Tallahassee Floridian has the
following:
Rabbi N. I. Benson, of Macon, Geor
gia, lectured at the Methodist church
Thursday evening to a large and intelli
gent audience, composed both of Jews and
Gentiles. His subject was “The religions
of the nineteenth century,” and was ably
and eloquently treated. He has been ap
pointed evangelist for the territories of
Georgia and Florida. Before leaving he
organized a Hebrew Sunday school. It is
hoped that he will meet with success in
his great work, and that he will favor our
eity with another visit and lecture some
time shortly.
Athens Southern Watchman: Messrs.
Reynolds and Patterson, formerly of the
Northeastern railroad, have accepted po-
aitions on the Macon and Brunswick road
under Superintendent J. M. Edwards, and
have left for Macon. They were efficient
officers and we regret to lose them.'
Ameiuccs Recorder: Wheat cutting
will become general this week. The
threshing machine men are happy, and
the country children will soon have flour
hoe-cake in abundance. Farmers, don’t
forget that the poor editor’s children are
living on bad bread made of second-class
corn. Bring the hungry innocents a sack
of flour, and in this way pay for your pa
per, if the money is all gone.
Augusta News: The Georgia press is
S uing to be very nearly unanimous pri
e subject of the railroad commission.
It is a species of inquisition which the
people will spurn at the next session of
the legislature.
Sheep Raising.—Sumter Republican:
A piney wood’s gentleman says that the
people in his section are excited on this
subject, and want to go into the business,
but owing to poverty and dogs they do
not take hold of it properly. He says he
has thirteen sheep, including a Cotswold
ram; from them the wool brought Mm
.thirteen dollars and twenty-eight cents,
and they had thirteen lambs. Now, if
tills is. not the best paying investment a
man can put money into, jndging from
this man’s experience, we would .like to
know what is.
From the Savannah News: The steatn-
ship City of Columbus sailed yesterday
with the largest freight ever taken out of
this port by a coastwise steamer. The
cargo included over six thousand boxes
and barrels of vegetables. She’ went out
drawing over seventeen feet of’water.
This is an excellent showing at this late
period of the season.
The Cochran Enterprise announces
the death of John M. Stokes, for many
years a county officer of Pulaski county.
He was a good and true man.
Mr. T. Guernsey, of Macon, is to
build a handsome brick store in Cochran
on the burnt district for Mr. Dave
Boland.
Willie Sumter, a hoy about IS years
old, in Jesup, placed his foot between the
bumpers of two cars as the train was
moving. Some cries, a few broken bones,
a fainting man, and a crippled boy was the
result.
The Jesup Sentinel says it has other
preferences for Governor than Col. Les
ter.
From the Hawkiiisvilie Dispatch we
.learn that the cotton rate from that point
to Savannah will remain at $1.80 per
bale. Mr. Edwards, the superintendent
of the Macon and Brunswick railroad, is
fixing up a new tariff of through rates.
The Hawkinsville brass band is to be
reorganized.
Professor Williams, of the Academy
for the Blind, inMacon, will give an exhi
bition with his pupils in Hawkinsville on
Hay 25th.
i.i he Sopp, Jb., of Dodge county, is
d*vvl. * |
Wool brings thirty-seven cents a pound
in MawkinsvMle.
True new hotel project in Brunswick
hm> Uki-n a fast lrold on the community,
no j we rejoice at the fact. Our “little
-■: ;<. r by the sea” needs just such an addi-
to west the Increasing prosperity and
:r/i[^.r1sriee of her port.
I nr, /Import Appeal says : Mr. Mac
Of the Mscon TELEGRAPH AND
nut., is In the city visiting our
U ' fte i* making many friends here for
Me i^/feilsr pHpsr.
ipwsfoevitxK Dispatch: .A corre-
■i+ n> far forms US that Mr. W. L.
in his field on the 6th instant, was way-' and you may besare ft wRl bewell done.
laid and shot by Samuel Taylor. The ~ ” ' TT “
weapon used by Taylor was a double-
barreled shot gun, and both barrels were
discharged at Mr. Brown, two balls taking
effect, one in the arm and the other in the
forehead. As soon as Taylor discharged
Ins gun he took to his heels with Mr.
Brown in hot pursuit, but it seems that
Taylor was too fleet-footed for Mr.
Brown.
The Montezuma Weekly nominates
Hawkinsville as a suitable place for hold
ing the next nominating convention of the
third Congressional district. _ We think
the convention should be held in Hawkins-
ville.
Gainxsvtlle Eagle: If M. K. Jes
sup can, through the United States courts,
restrain the railroad commission from en
forcing the law of Georgia in regard to
railroads within her borders, aud thus
nullify a statute of the State, then it will
be time to wipe out State lines and turn
over the whole business of governing to a
centralized despotism.
H. W. Grady has purchased one-fourth
interest in the Atlanta Constitution, pay
ing $20,000 cash. Mr. Grady is a brilliant
writer and his connection with the Con
stitution will add greatly to its real worth.
The Democrats should not forget that
9th of June is the time for the meeting of
the State convention and be ready for it.
Griffin News: We are pleased to see
that Colonel Farrow and Marshal Fitz
simmons are now on a visit to the moun
tains of Northeast Georgia, for the pur
pose of seeing and talking with that much-
abused people, and convincing them of
their duty to comply with the revenue
laws of the country. In our judgment
one such visit by these gentlemen to the
rough, but whole-souled mountaineers,
will accomplish more good than the whole
revenue force of Clark. We are also glad
to see that a'commissioner has been ap
pointed to try these cases nearer home,
which will save them a great deal oftroub-
le, and at the same time save the govern
ment much expense.
We make the following extract in the
Augusta News, of Thursday, .styled.“A
death hole;”
The finding of the body of young Speer
yesterday in the fatal eddy at the mouth
of Hawk’s Gully, in the Savannah river, is
by no means an uncommon occurrence.
Mr. J. O. Hackney, who lives on Miller
street near that place, informs us that he
alone has taken out or assisted in taking
oat from this “death circle” as many as
thirteen dead bodies. It was he who re-
Savannah News: We learn that Mr,
P. W. Meldrim, of this city, has been in
vited to deliver the commencement ad
dress at the University of Georgia, at Ath
ens, in July next. The many friends of
Mr. Meldrim will he pleased to hear that
he lias received this great honor, and feel
confident that he will acquit himself of
the duty in an able and creditable man
ner.
Greensboro Dome Joumal says: The
Ealonton Messenger is not altogether
unanimous, it appears, for Mr. Blount to
hold his seat in Congress for another
term. He may go further and fare
worse.
Tire Cuthbert Appeal, in speaking of
the press association, which met in that
town this week, says:
Wednesday was a day of unusual im
portance in the history of Cuthbert, and
we are indeed proud of the record she has
made. The beauty of her surroundings,
the hospitality of her people—the inviting
aspect of the country around here will be
spoken of by a hundred tongues next
week, caught up by a thousand perhaps
the lollawing week, and for years to come,
like returning dews and showers, the work
of the past few days will be felt for a long
time, in the furtherance of her material
prosperity.
The meeting was not so full as we had
hoped—there being only some seventy-five
members present; but these were the pick
of the press, and our people have enjoyed
their presence greatly.
Oglethorpe Echo: It is a strange
fact that a negro invariably pitches liis
habitation in the dryest and hottest spot
he can find. A short time since a gentle
man in this county had occasion to put up
a tenant’s house and selected a,spot in a
fine oak grove. In this he moved some ne
groes. But jiutae his surprise in passing
the place a few days since to find that the
occupants had gone and cut down the last
shade tree near the house.
The Columbus Times says the Marietta
Journal is in trouble. A question of
“Christian virtue aud refinement” has in
vaded the sanctum of the editor, and he
gives vent to his perplexity m the follow
ing paragraph. We wonder if the same
questions ever give trouble to people who
are not editors, but who have daughters
and sisters to look after:
“Round dancing,” as practiced at the
hall last Saturday to music, where the
young men placed their arms around the
waists of young ladies, and the young la-
, It dies placed their hands on the shoulders
££^nhe W mh!hl^miSmf^thlS SS/bSSS^U?pa^onareenforacef
face of the miniature maelstrom for three c9nducive t0 t , ie development of Christian
The .Augusta canawl is to he put into
Frank Leslie's Rlustrated Newspaper.
Two men have come all the way from
New York for it. Their names are signif
icant—Messrs. Barrow and Goater.
The first Democratic trumpet for gov
ernor was sounded at Jeffersonville,
Twiggs county, on the 10th of May, when
a convention was held and delegates
elected to represent the county in the
State gubernatorial convention. The
convention was unanimous for Colquitt,
and appointed a Colquitt delegation to the
State nominating convention, which
meets in August in Atlanta.
This also from the Free Press:
The outlook for the wheat crop in this
section is very gloomy. We have con
versed with farmers from all parts of the
county and beyond its limits and the uni
versal report is that,there is no hope, with
the most favorable seasons from now out,
a half crop cau be expected. Indeed,
there are many farmers who are willing
to sell their prospects for the seed sown.
Some have plowed up their wheat and
planted the ground in corn and cotton.
We have never known a more gloomy
outlook for a wheat harvest.
Perry Home-Journal: Mr. Mark
Kemp, an aged and most respected citizen
of Dooly county, died at his home near
the Houston line last Friday morning.
He went out to shuck some com, and fell
dead in the crib. The coroner’s jugy re
turned a verdict of death from providen
tial causes, probably heart disease.
Albany News: Mr. Levi Sterne has a
most beautiful field of com on his planta
tion over the river—a field of one hundred
acres; com about three or four feet high,
and without deviation in size.
The News has this to say also:
Everything is being put in “apple pie”
order at the fair grounds. The race track
is in splendid condition, the flowers arc
blooming, the walks are clean, and the
whole ground shows the active prepara-
rations being made for next week.
Gainesville Eagle: Our hotels and
boardinghouses are being brushed up,
renovated and put in shape fer the recep
tion and entertainment of summer visit
ors. From the number of rooms already
engaged, and the host of enquiries from
all sections south of here, it is believed
there will be an unusually large influx
of health and pleasure seekers during the
approaching season. '
Caetersyille Free Press: -Mr. Chas.
Herbst, librarian of the Macon public li
brary, passed up the road yesterday morn
ing on a visit to Louisville, Cincinnati
and other points. He was looking well
and we hope he will have a pleasant trip.
Talbotjon Standard:. Captain S,
W. Thorton, president of tlje Talbottou
railroad, has perfected negotiations with
Messrs. Redd & Johnson, contractors. ■
These gentlemen have contracted for
the grading of upwards of five miles of
the route, work to begin immmpdiately
and to be completed by tbe 1st of Octo
ber. .
The surveys have been completed and
the line made in six and three-quarter
miles. It is estimated that the entire
cost of construction and equipment of the
road will not exceed $45,000.00.
Gainesville Eagle: A short time
ago we had the opportunity of testing
rice grown by Mr. 23. A. Harris of this
county. Mr. Harris cultivated a small
area of ground in rice last year, and we
learn that tbe yield was highly satisfactory
so much that he has considerably increased
his crop the present year.-
Mr. Daniel Durham, of Greensboro,
one of the oldest and best citizens of that
community, died on the 13th' inst. He
was eighty years of age.
Americus Recorder: Wylow Lamb,
of the fifteenth district of Sumter county,
a few days ago, in making up biscuit, mis
took tartar emetic for soda and put it in
her dough. '* Herself and children were
made dangerously sick by eating the
bread. . l - Y I
Dr. John Boring was sent for and
promptly relieved the family. The latest
report received brought the intelligence
that the whole family were oat of danger.
Meriwether Vindicator: We learn
that 700 pounds of wool were sold in
Greenville last Saturday at prices rang
ing from 19 to 24 cents per pound, R. N.
Ellis being purchaser,
Athens Post: On Tuesday last Mr.
Seaborn Stark was in Jefferson on a
spree. Becoming somewhat disorderly
some of his friends got him offinto a room
and locked him up; This enraged him
very much, and, obtaining an axe, he cut
his way out. As he came upon the pub
lic square he spied Mr. Hunter, the town
marshal, who lie supposed had locked him
up, and he, Stark, having a shot gun, fired
at Hunter, a distance of about forty yards,
shooting him in the side. The gun was
loaded with small shot, consequently the
wounds, while painful, are not considered
dangerous. , .
Savannah News: The Norwegian
hark Frey arrived at Venus’ Point last
evening after * passage of fifty-five days
from Rotterdam. She has onboard a
cargo bf steel rails for tbe ' Savannah,
Florida and Western railway. She will
come up to the dock about 10 o’clock this
morning. ~ 'ft
Oglethorpe Echo: Of late yean par
alysis has become an epidemic in Georgia,
whereas, before the war; it was of the
rarest occurrence. Dr. W. M. Willing
ham, thinks it traceable to the galvanized
and bright vessels used in rooking, as tbe
plating thereof becomes mixed in the food
and from tlieuce conveyed into the system.
Dr. Moore, who has been practicing in
Murray county, where they still use pots
and ovens, said he attended his first case
of paralysis after locating in Oglethorpe.
This is getting to be a serious matter, and
the source of the malady should be
searched out.
virtues and refinement, but we Lave grave
doubts of such ennobling results. The
Y. M. L., of Atlanta, however, made a
success of tlieir picnic, aud returned well
pleased with their trip to our town.”
McVille South Georgian: On the
farm of Archie McMillan, two miles from
town, there is a calf that surpasses any
thing for deformity we have ever seen, it
is more like a buffalo than a bovine, and
has a little resemblance to a bear. It
has six distinct and separate hoofs on
each foot; the front ones are perfectly
formed, while the others are drawn under
like the daws of a wildcat, though not
near so small; it is stout in its shoulders
and its front knees are nearly
twice as large as an ordinary calf of its
age; to see it standing directly front
ing you, its head and face looks
very much like a black bear, but from the
sido it is like a buffalo. There is a con
siderable rise on its wethers and its back
goes down with a taper of about four
inches. -It never bleats, and when it was
first drove up and put with the other
calves they acted towards it like it was
some wild animal. The hair on it is
one and a half or two inches long and is
curly like a buffalo. It has become gen
tle, though at first the least noise would
make it jump and appear wild. In mov
ing it has a shuffling gait like a bear.
Fort Valley Mirror. Our people
no doubt recollect seeing a large number
of buggies going through .Fort Valley
some weeks ago. We learn that a house
in Dawson purdiascd them in Cincinnati
and had them shipped to Macon, the
freight to that point being sixty dollars,
but here they stopped, as the Southwest
ern road charged one hundred and twenty
dollars to carry the buggies to Datfson.
The purchaser of the buggies then made a
contract with a stable man of Macon, to
deliver the buggies at Dawson for sixty
dollars. •
Quitman Reporter: We have yet to
meet the first planter who favors the act
creating the railroad commissioners.
A correspondent fromTatnal county
to the Darien Gazette says i
For Governor, Thos. Hardeman should
be Georgia’s choice. No man in the State
has done more for our old commonwealth
than lie. He has served (in many posi
tions) without reward, and now the time
has come when the people of Georgia
should show their appreciation of his val
uable services by rewarding him with the
first office in the State. I ao-not think he
asks it, but justice demands it; a better
man than whom decs not live in Georgia
to-day.
Baldwin's Candidate for Congress.
We copy the following from the Union
and Recorder of the 11th:
FOB CONGRESS—HON. JASt H. BLOUNT.
The undersigned, having seen, with re
gret, the card of Colonel James H. Blount,
declining to be a Candidate for renomina
tion by tbe Democratic party of this dis
trict for Congress, hereby renominate him
os his own successor, ana pledge him our
earnest support: j:
" Lyman H. Compton,
Adolph Joseph,
Samuel Walker. -
J. H. Nisbet,
Walter S. Vaughn,
O. T. Kenan,
T. It. McComb,
J. T. Moore,
E. E. Bell,
Y. Joel,
H. Goodman,
J. H. White,
Peter J. Cline,
Geo. G> Gardner,
W. A. Massey, ,
C. M« Brake,
A. L. Ellison,
W-J. Owens,.
•C. W., Ennis, sheriff.
A. B. Brooks,
W. H. Roberts,
W. Caraker,
J. H. Hall,
John M. 'Clark,
P. M. Compton,
Wm. E. Haygood,
S. A. Hall aw anger,
James Supple,
B. 0. ; Lester,
T. W. Turk, i,.,
J. B. Wall,
Hatch Turner,
A. J. Pound,
J. B. Pound,
E. J. Hogue, .
W. S. Scott,
J. N. Wood,
Jas. Magill,
J. W. Fears,
Wm. S. McComb,
Walter Paine,
John W. Supple,
W. G. Edwards,
A. F. Skinner,
W. B. Morris,
A. T. Chapman,
R. F. Gibson,
B. M. Thomson,
A. W. Batchelor,
Jessie N. Ayeack,
D. Brewer,
Lawrenoe Butts,
Baldwin Bridger,
R. L. Davender,
I. V. Denard,
John Kenmngton,
James W. Branan,
W. C. Branan,
N. M. Jones,
J. C. Whittaker,
K. G. Jones,
L. Hatcher,
John T. Burke,
John Allen,
J. M. Burke,
F. S. Barclay,
Wesley King, Jr.,
John Smith, > -
S. L. Patterson,
S. A. Denard,
J. F. Bragg,
B. F. Bridger,
C. B. Mathis,
A. H. Rice
H. W. Bridger,
G. L. Boatright,
R. S. Smith,
J. A. Stevens,
J. T. Pettis,
H. C. Hall,
R. T. Nelson,
A. O. Flemister,
J. W. Sanders,
J. D. McCook,
T. A. Miller,
J. J. Whitehurst,
E. J. Massey,
W. T. Whitaker,
W. S. Smith,
W. D. Scott,
A. D. Myers, •
V. O. Meredith,
A. N. Burke, -
A. H. Rozar,
A. C. Hooks,
J. S. King,
L. M. Jones,
W. H. Corliff,
C. M. Hooks,
J. W. Hall,
J. T. Dupree,
J.T. Dingo,
T. W. Dupree.
J. T. Kennington,
D. X. Smith,
H. S. Denard,
R. F. Pate,
J. H. Branan,
J. W. McCook,
G. B. Hughs,
J. E. Hatfield,
B. W. Todd,
L. W. Lee,
D. W. Rutland,
W. Vi Lee, Jr.
R. M. Manson,
D. O. Sullivan,
Lewis Lee,
Eli Frasner,
C. E. Frasner,
J. W. Powell,
T. H. Lingo,
C. E. Mathis,
W. L. McMillan,
W. J. Bridger,
Ira Chambers,
E. A. Walker,
F. C. B’.annan,
J. F. Merkison,
J. J. Bush,
John G. Harris,
King Sanders,
A. H. Morse,
D. F. Sanders,
M. L. Byington,
J. B. Stevens,
L. M. Hall,
J. C. Hicks,
T. A. Parker,
J. T. Hodgson,
Henry Miller,
W. C. GibsoD,
Nimrod Burke,
E. McNair,
G. B. Carsrill,
Sam nugb,
A. R. Rozar.
Butts County’s Candidate.
The undersigned citizens of Butts
county, having seen with regret the card
of Col. James H. Blount, declining to he a
candidate for nomination to Congress, and
believing that at this time he can serve ns
to better advantage than any one else, we
demand his return, feeling confident that
Col. Blount? will cheerfully accede to the
wishes of the people of the district;
B. W. Collier Robt. J. Lawson,
D. W. Marshall, P. J. Collier,
J. G. Saunders, Jas. P. Neal,
J..B. Grant, J. G. Daughtry,
Thos. J. Saunders, B. A. Wright
O. M. Laneson, John W. Gibson,
E. E. Pound, E. L. Lawson, .'
M. C. Pears, R. P. Watson,
J. C. Maddux, W. L. Flynt,
N. O. Alexander, P. M. Peters ,
H. L. Daughtry, Jesse F. Cleaveland
Isaac Gardner, S. H. Johnson,
T. J. Waldrup, B. L. Daughtry,
Dadvid Maddox, Jacob Mayo,
T. L. Williams,. W. H. Jenkins,
Daniel O. Neal, J. M. Bennett,
M. M. Fogg. Isaac W. Nolan,
W. A. Nolan, James Pye,
W. C. Whidby, A. J. Moore,
J. G. Moore, Daniel S. Goin,
T. J. Carson, Jr., N. C. Carson,
T. P. Fogg, W. A. Waldrup,
Thos. Waldrup, S. J. Beimett, *
Sherwood Lindsay, W. F. Smith,
Steve a Moore,
W. H-Smith,
Robert, Grubbs,
B. F. Watson,
H. Macy,
G. M. Dickinson,
R. C. Gardner,
Fred S. Horton,
R. G. Byars,
James Jolly,
G. B. Elder,
C. W. Grant,
D. P. Carson,
J. H. Singley,
J. A. Thompson,
S. T. Haizley,
E. P. Childs,
S. L. Thompson,
V. T. Lassater,
R. E, Mellan,
J. C. Carter,
Chas. McManus,
W. A. Nolan,
W. H. Bryans,
•J. C, Flynt,
N. N. Maddox,
F. F. Gilmore,
W. A. J. Fretwell,
Ajlen Hale,
J. B. Hoard,
J. R. Maddox, -
E. P. Giles,
S. J. Smith,
H. H. Higgins,
G. T. Thurman,
Willis Wynn,
J.M. Madden
Alex Sanders, Jr.,
W. B. Smith,
T. J. Mayo,
J. D. Watson,
W. H. Blacktuoore,
B. S. White,
I. J. Marshall,
A. J. Turner,
John B. Dremble,
il'roy S. Sanders,
J. E Bartrelle,
Marion Bartlett,
Alex Saunders,
W. H. Fears,
H. M. Edge,
A. C. Amos,
J. B. Smarr,
J. H. Bryant, M. D
E. P. Fears,
John W. Saunders,
James Rowland,
John M. Fears,
J. J. Kelly,
B. F. Gunnels,
I. F. McCallum,
T. R. Davies,
C. W. F. Maddox,
Miles J. Turner,
R. B. Hale,
Homer Maddox,
J. M. D. Barnes, *
W. R. Dickinson.
A.S. Jones,
W. Wilson,
John Preston,.
T. X. Brownlee,-
J. W. Heard,
Vs iUttUUUil) Vi VT • UCWUy q
Robort McMahan, H. P. He ales,
Henry L. Brown, J. (j. Marshal 1,
L. L. Saunders, r . T. G. Moots, i
T. M. Edwards, R. D. Lcverette,
J. M. Fogg, M» Pbymale,
William D. Heard, Lewis H. Still,
J. B. Wright, James Fogg, *
W. A. Plymale, F. M. Mayfield,
H. L. Grant, A. H. Ogletree,
S. J. Green, S. W. Green,
Thomas, Dickens, Charles Standard,
S. E. Hughes,
H. Temples, •
J. A* Jarratt,
Michael Butler,
H. W. Thomas,
L. L. Glover,-
W. M. Sawyer,
A. W. Green,
C. L. Case, •(
A. A. Bayne,
JL Adler,
John L. Fejrell,
F. Hanft,
O. H. Bonner,
F. Haag,
E. Ome, - ,
H. E. McComb,
C. L. Johnson,
A. J. Carr,
John J. Wooten,
J. A. Casey, ,
A. Patterson,
G. W. Caraker,
J. Caraker, ■ --
J. G. Fowler,
S. B. Marshall,
Geo. W. Garrett,
W. J. Brake,
G. G. Grieve,
M. Hines; *
J. H. Stembridge,
M. A. Barnes,
F. M. Barnes,
J.H. McComb,
O. J. Murray,
A. V. Tatum,
E. G. Lewis,
J. B. Fair,
L. J. Lamar,
F. W. Butts,
T. T. Windsor,
S. F. Hancock.
G. W. Haas,
P. H. Ferrell,
G. T. Weidenman,
J. It. Cause, W. W. Stembridge
Wm. A. Jarratt, Jr., T. S. Bagiey,
Wm. H. Scott,
H. V. Sanford,
Solomon Barrett,
W. L. Bethune,
Geo. DT Chase,
J. J. Outrun,
A. Dunn,
Rich N. Lamar,
M, K, Daniel,
G. W. Fair,
E. Kins Champion,
M. H. McComb,
W. H. Stembridge, T. A. Conker,
Joseph Staley, J. N. Leonard,
C. H. Wright,
T. J. Fairfield,
W. T. Conn,
J. H. Grieve,
Thoe. H. Kenan,
Iverson L. Harris,
Dan Denton,
S.P.Myrick,
M. R. Bell,
Jere Beall, -
Henry Stevens,
H.' C. Wadlejy
J. T. Richards,
Daniel B. Sanford.
R. L. Hunter,
N. MsGehee.
We have also received from Gordon,
Wilkinson county, a paper of like tenor,
with tbe following names, which we are
requested to publish:
La.Grs.ngk Reporter: Hon. A. H. John Gardner, D. D.Sevlnt,
Cox, of LaGrange, will deliver tbe address
before the literary societies of Mercer Uni-
C. H. Branan,
T. A. McKenzie,
fir verr. of W11*/* county, while ploughing versitf, at the coming commencement, W. L. Smith,
John Bloodwortb,
E. F. W. Callaway,
Jas. C. Scarborough,
Daniel Tomlinson,
E. A. Eider,
W H. Fears,-j-
Wilson Smith,
J. S. Gregory,
John L. Flint, -
James P. Brittain,
Wily Goodman,
R; G. Bryans,<
Y. A. Wright,
J.S. McDaniel,
N. O. Anderson,
R. II. Tuckes,
Thomas. J. Higgins,
R. K. Fears,
Thomas Ji Fears,
T- V. Smith,
G. W. Watkins,
S. J. Smith,
J. M. Byars,
B. P. McGough,
R. T. Watkins,
J. C. McCord,
J. Wm. McCird,
M. A. Duke,
James Chasteen,
Obadiah Hendrick, B. F. Dison,
Wiley W. Tliaxton, T. J. Yancey,
P. M. Compton,
W.D. Curry,
W. S. Henley,
Tr Mt Harkness, .
J. L. Oretwell,
J. J. Easton,
James W. Harkness, N. A. Roberts,
Y. Thaxton, L. D. Watson,
W. C. Nutt,,
D..L. Healey,
R. C. Carmichael,
A. A. Good run,
W. M. Harbin,
H. O. Burton,
J. H. Pettigrew,
J. N. Phillips; -
S. J. Norris,
Lafayette Byars,
H. J- W. Gilmore,
James A. McCord,
W. T. C. Redman,
Joe Jolly,
Alex; Jolly,
Green Duke,
W. H. Malone,
Columbus More,
James Greer,
Wi A. Elder, Jr.,
W. H. Kimbrough,
E. R.: Newton,*
J. D. Watson,
R. D. Andrews,
J. W. Johnson,
J. H. Cole,
Larkin Waldrop,
B. F. Ward,- -j-Ln.
R. V. Smith,
T J. Carson, Sr.,
J. G. Thurman,
A.F. Martin.
George W. Phillips,
L. W. Phillips,
J.F. Grier,
Richard Byars,
L. C. Tomlinson,
Hi Ai-Thomtoto,
J. J. Barnes,
Mat Hendricks,
James Jolly,
J. C. Varner,
S. F. Smith,
J. M. Sfs Preston,. t
J. W. Ivey,
J. P. Castleberry,
A. A. Watkins, »
Joseph B. Decker, t
John D. Fogarty, j
John B. Thomas/
George Dinkiu,
F. M. Coody,
Amos Treadwell,
B. C. Ward, ,
R. W. Coleman,
J. B. Brooks, r]
Uriah Pbymale,
Town‘Geology. By Canon Kingsley.
' Published by Messrs. I. K. Funk &, Co.,
Dey Street, New York. Price 15 cents
per copy.
This is another publication belonging
to the “Standard Series,” which have be
come so popular in Macon that the news
dealers cannot meet the demand. They
are a wonder as to cheapness. Canon
Kingsley had done a-good work in render
ing this interesting subject so plain “that
any townsman, at least in the manufac
turing districts in England aud Scotland,
may learn from it to judge, roughly per-,
haps, but on the whole accurately, at the
rock* and soils of his own neighborhood.”
He discusses “the soil of tbe field,” “tbe
pebbles of the street,” “the atones in. the
wall,” “the coal in tbe fire,” “tbe lime in
the mortar,” “tbe slates on the roof.” We
hove received also from the same publish
ers (be 6th volume of “Knight’s popular
history of England.”
Tsen Southern Enterprise.—This
excellent agricultural paper for May has
lust reached our table, but tt is none tbe
less welcome. It is Well filled with use
ful information to farmers, and in fact to
all others who take any interest in the de
velopment of our country. It is pub-
lishen in Atlanta by Dr. J. S. Newman.
Price $1 AO per annum.
The Bailroad Commission.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—
Ydur correspondent, “Fort Valley,” in
his article on the commission, and in
reply to my communications in your
paper upon this question, is evidently hon
est in the positions he assumes—on the
general question—but has fallen into the
error of most men who, unacquainted
with the facts governing railroad tariffs,
conclude without reason, that there is
blame on the part of the railroads (?) for
what appears to be an exorbitant rate.
So far as he confines himself to the le
gitimate matter involved in the question
of the commission, I propose to answer
him. When he goes outside to criticise
my i>ersonal motives, and thus reduces a
fair discussion of facts and principles to a
personal controversy, I must say to him
that the public have no interest in this,
aud I do not propose to answer, unless it
be necessary to vindicate my character. -
He says: “Whilst I am to a certain
extent an advocate of the railroad com
mission, yet I would not be understood as
being in favor of a wholesale reduction of
tbe aggregate income of the railroads.”
Now, I propose to take “Fort Val
ley” at his \vord, and show him by the
most conclusive proof that the road
on which he is supposed to be located
cannot pay legal interest on the capital
invested in, and requisite to its operation,
charging on eyery article it transports the
rates of the same tariff table—that the rate
fixed on the car load of com-wbich I thank
him for instancing. I assume that the
management of the Southwestern road, for
the year 1879, was efficient and economi
cal; that expenses in operating the road
were only such as will necessarily be in
curred every year, and that last year’s
business is a fair average of what it will
be this year. I think these positions will
all be admitted without question or quali
fication.
The length of the road and its branches
is 300 miles, and its net earnings were
$307,023.65, or $1,005.30 per mile. And
the rental paid its stockholders by the
Central railroad—being seven per cent,
upon their capital—was $352,052.50,
showing the Central lost by the opera
tions of this road in 1879 the sum of
$45,028.85. The rates on corn—and, in
fact, all articles of freight—were the
same during the year as that fixed
in the tariff that governed the
rate of freight on “Fort Valley’s”
car of core, and the result, which! have
stated, shows that the Central railroad
lost money on the year’s business, charg
ing this schedule of rates. I think this is
a clear demonstration that,so far,it cannot
be charged that the rates were exorbitant.
The State makes 7 per cent, legal interest,
and authorizes the charging of eight, and
I • do not suppose “Fort Valley” would
deny that a railroad stockholder is en
titled to legal interest on his investment.
His idea of what is a high rate of freight
from Macon to Fort Valley—$17.30 on a
car of com—is doubtless formed by com
parison of this rate with that from At-
ianta to Macon of $17.52 for the same
thing. [This correspondent supported liis
charge of discrimination by giving rate
paid on a car of com from Atlanta to Ma
con, $17.52; on which the Southwestern
road charged $47.36 from Macon to Fort
Valley.] Let us look into the matter and
see which is the better rate for the railroad
$47.30 from Macon to Fort ValleyH
$17.52 from Atlanta to Macon. The length
of the road from Atlanta to Macon is
103 miles, and its net earnings last year
were $224,304.87, or $2,177.71 per mile,
showing clearly that a. tariff based upon
$17.52 per car of com for through rate
over the 103 miles of this road, paid better
than $47.30 on the Southwestern, from
Macon to Fort Valley, and corresponding
rates upon that road to other points. The
length of road .and net earnings per mile,
given above, show that the road from Ma
con to Atlanta earned. over twice the
amount of money per mile last year, that
the Southwestern road earned for the
same time. ; ',,c
Coming back now to “Fort Valley’s'
position, as opposed to a “wholesale re
duction of the aggregate income of the
railroads,” I desire to apply the rates es
tablished by the railroad commission
to the Southwestern railroad, end show
him, by his own statement, that he is’op
posed to their enforcement. I will take
shipments of com to liis fair little city, to
start with. Supposing, in the case lie has
cited, that the car of corn weighed 20,000
pounds, the-rate from Macon is a little
over 21{ cents per hundred pounds. This
was tho rate in’force last year when the 1
Central lost money by paying'seven per
cent, rental for the Southwestern. What
will bo the effect this' year, when,-
under the commissioners’ rates, the freight
is reduced from say 21J cents to 8 cents
per hundred pounds. This is a reduc
tion of about 65 per • cent, from the
rates of lalt year, ’ and must ef
fect the income of the road accordingly.
I wMMoy Jtat here that this is an extreme
illustration, from the fact that Fort Val
ley is so near Macoh. What ’railroad
men denominate “terminal charges” cort
stitute a higher proportion of the rate on
short than on long distances; and hence
the rate to a point twenty-nine miles
from Macon will be relatively higher than
te one twice that distance. • ■». -
I find by. careful inquiry that” the ap
plication of the commissioners’ rates to
cptton will reduce the income of-the
Southwestern railroad below that of last,
year at least $75,000. With tills large
falling off in income, from this one item,
added to loss in operating the road last
year,we find that it -will involve a loss
this year of $120,000; and when we add
to tins the amount of falling off from re
duced rates on Fort Valley’s coni, and oh
every article that is shipped over tlie
road under the commission’s rates, it is
evident at once‘that the loss involved
will be equal to the rental of the road; if,
indeed, it does not involve additional out-
lay. ’’
It is quite customary, in disciissing mat
ters relating to railroad fredght tariffs, for
parties to speak (n unbomided denuncia
tion of them, in general and vague terms,
when they have iittlp or no idea of the
controlling necessities of thfeae establish
ments. T am glad “Fort VSlley” has re
duced the matter to actual figures, giving
me an opportunity to show from thpm how
grossly the public mayte deceived by
what is seemingly a just and fair compar
ison. Granting all that he says in mak
ing his showing of discrimination against ncss
him, it is clearly established that what
on his line of road is apparently an exor
bitant rate of freight,is not as profitable to
the compauy operating that lihb as a
much lower rate on the road from Atlanta
to Macoh, and does not pay legal interest
on tho capital invested in the road.
One drawback that seriously affects tbe
earnings of the Southwestern railroad as
compared with tbe Atlanta division of the
Central,is the small proportion of through
business passing over the former, in com
parison with what is done by the latter.
Will “Fort Valley’ii-assert that a reduc
tion of rates' oa the Southwestern tothe
basis charged on the Atlanta division, will,
increase the tonnage over the Southwes
tern to local points ? Will he assume that
stockholders of the Southwestern are 'not
entitled to seven per vent, on their capi
tal; or, admitting that they are, would be
require the Central to operate this road
under tariff rates that involved a loss of
$45,000 last year, and from the most in
dubitable proofs will involve a loss this
year, under tho commissioners’ rates, of
several times that amount. Will he show-
how the rates te any point can be re
duced, and the revenues of the road main
tained at figures derived from the enforce
ment of the tariff, under which the car of
com was shipped ?
Just here, be will encounter the difficul
ties that have always been acknowledged
by railroad men, and. to the solution -of
which, they have so far applied in vain
the results of all the experience they
could command. . _ _
The seeming discrimination suggested
by “Fort Valley” is only one of a class of
cases they have always felt anxious’to ad
just equitably, as between tbe suffering
points aud the stockholders of tbe rail
roads. It costs as much to build a road
through a country having a light business
as one furnishing heavy business. The
wages of employes aud other expenses are
just as great when trains are enppte as
they are when they are full.
A great deal has been said about dis
crimination and extortion in a general
way, but “Fort Valley” lias given the
first instance I have seen in which facts
and figures are quoted. I think I have
answered his.case fully, and shown that
the rate is not extortionate. Will others
who oppose the railroads, and favor the
commission, do as he has done, and give
the facts upou which their charges are
based? Let them state when, where and
how- they have been subjected to extor
tion, and by whom has the practice been
enforced. The public, who are honestly
investigating - these questions, are
tired of vague generalities. They now
want the specific facts, - and unless these
are given a just public sentiment should
discredit the charges as unworthy ot be
lief. The public wants information; the
railroads are ready to give it, as represent
ing their side of the question, and the
men who are persecuting them should not
hesitate to respond fully. Failure on the
part of the latter to make good their
charges, will not enable them to blind the
public by the mere drivel about State sov
ereignty, which they are so freely Indulg
ing of late. Macon.
The Southern Baptist Convention.
From our own Correspondent j
Lexington, Ky., May 8,1880.
My last letter did not conclude the pro--
ceedings of Saturday, which was a most
interesting day. Many reports on special
subjects were made and in each case the
chairman of the committee supported his
report by a set speech, which, in many
cases, was followed by speeches from va
rious other members. A matter, which
created quite a breeze in the convention,
was a resolution offered by Mr. G. E.‘
Brewer, of Alabama, to consolidate the
two boards, virtually abolishing the - home
board. After a breezy discussion the res
olution was referred to a special, which
reported in the afternoon as follows, After
saying something in. favor of the^ home
board:
“In view of the fact that much-land yet
remains to be possessed by the conven
tion, and that as population ad
vances, new fields open that ought to
be cultivated by us, in view of our
obligation to give the Gospel to the In
dians; and hi view of the growing interest
in our mission in California, we recom
mend the adoption of the following reso
lutions : 1. That we commend the work
of the boards to the .sympathy, prayers
and co-operation of our churches. 2. That
we cannot, at present, recommend the
consolidation mentioned in ttie document
referred to yourcomihittee.
• * G. E. Brewer, Chairman.”
This settled the matter, as this report
wa3 adopted. A resolution was then
adopted urgently requesting the different
State bbards to co-operate with the home
board of the convention in the collection
of funds, in order that the expenses may
be reduced. This is a move in the direc
tion of the course adopted by the Georgia
Baptists in the collection of mission funds.
They employ a secretary for their State
board, whose duty it is to act as an agent
for both boards of the convention.
The report on domestic missions was
then taken up and adopted. It' recom
mended the home fioard to enlarge its do
mestic mission work in important centres,
and to give special attention to Sunday-
school work, co-operating with State con
ventions and general associations of
States in the employment .of Sunday-
school missionaries. There are come
new practical ideas in that recommen
dation, upon which I shall not enlarge.
There seems to be a good missionary
feeling in the convention.' China was de
clared to be the greatest and best mission- -
ary field of the world, white for the har
vest and standing now with doors provi
dentially wide open and inviting us to-en
ter and disseminate the gospel, with ev
ery hope and encouragement. The de
nomination was urged to increase its con-;
tributihns until we send one hundred
missionaries there. It wa3 also encour
aged to prosecute the African mission, but
mostly through the agency of colored
missionaries.
It was deemed a subject of congratula
tion that six Baptist institutes are now in
successful operation In the South, for the
education of colored ministry; but these
are under the care of Northern Baptists.
The mission in San Francisco, California,
among the Chinese, and that in Brazil,
are to be heartily commended, and the
foreign board was authorized to employ
two more missionaries m the latter coun
try.
On all these questions you must remem
ber that speeches were mqde; some of them
brilliant and many commonplace. But
tfiere is no use expatiating upon any of
them to your readers.. Suffice it to say,
that the convention a^jonrhed Saturday
night at 10 p. in., after a meeting in the
interest of foreign missions,. completely
saturated with the mission spirit. Why,Dr.
H. A. Tupper, who has been'sitting neat'
my aide at the table in front of the stand,
has received $1,200 in donations during
the convention, from individuals who at
tended.
A very interesting incident occurred on
Saturday night, after the convention had
adjourned. A complimentary serenade was
given to Governor Jos. E. Brown', at the
The nix hotel. ’ The band was a splendid
one, and played (most exquisitely) in the
large hall on the second floor, in front of
the parlor. The mayor of the city, to
whom the governor was introcuced bv
Dr. Ja3. P. Boyce, delivered a short ad
dress of welcome, to which Governor
Brown responded in a speech eulogistic of
Kentucky. Many mepbers of the corn
vention were present, ah‘d speeches were
made by Drs. Boyce,’ Hatcher, Moss, of
Indiana, an,d Rev. Lansing Burrows, pas
tor of the church here. The music was
provided by Mrs. Governor Robinson, and
the occasion, while honorable to Govern
or Brown, was also, by reflection, credita
ble to Georgia, and we felt it to be so.
The ex-governor has beemtreated with
much distinction at the convention; as a
vice-presidenjt he was formally conducted
to the rostrum and given a seat near the
piesident, on Saturday. On Monday he
was invited To- address the convention',
pad did so in a plain, sensible and Chris-
tian-likc manner, in advdcacy Of the true
principles of missions. Place him where you
will, he seems fully eqnal to the occasion;
and sustains himselfpobly. As a Georgi
an, I felt proud of one to whom all showed
respect, and who, by no means, in' his
manner exhibited tbe least symptom of
superciliousness, hut who acted in a plain,
Christian-like, dignified manner, with suf
ficient self-respect, yet with no haughti-
Monday, May 10th
Tho proceedings on Monday were in
teresting without being of any special im
portance. The most interesting speech in
the morning was made by Mr. Kerfoot,
of Maryland, on Italian missions. It was
an earnest effort and the facts given in re
gard to the work of the Southern Baptist
Convention through the missionaries at
work in this particular field, made all our
hearts rejoice..Some practical suggestions
were made anil considerable interest and
enthusiasm awakened. Brother Kerfoot
is pastor of Eutaw Place church, Balti
pore,' and occupies the front rank among
ouj rising ministers. He was chairman
of the committee on European missions,
and his report related much tl.at was en
couraging in regard to our Italian mis
sion.
Much of the discussion on Monday
was in reference to' a better sup
port of our home hoard, by the
denomination at large, and I think tbe re
sult will be greatly beneficial to our home
missions. . .On Monday night the conven-'
tion listened to four missionary speeches
by four selected brethren, among whom
was our brother, G. A. Nunnally, from
Georgia, who made a fine address, and ex
plained fully to the convention tho method
pursued by tbe Georgia Baptists in the
collection of funds for missions, and which
have proved so successful during the last
two years.
The convention has been a very'pleas
ant and profitable one. In an especial
degree it lias been a missionary conven
tion, and its influence is obliged to be
beneficial to the cause of missions.
During my stay here I went with Mr.
C. C. Smith, sf our city, to behold the
celebrated Clay monument in the city
cemetery. It is a most tasteful and beau
tiful marble shaft, towering 132 feet high,
with a marble statue oi the eminent
stafeman on the summit. Behind an iron
grating, in the bpe of the monument,may
be seen two marble sarcophagi, in which
repose the dust of Henry Clay and his
wife. IVe visited, also, the grave of John
C Breckinridge, and of General John H.
Morgan. The former has. a beautiful
marble head piece, with his name upon
it; but no memorial save the grassy sod
marks the resting place of John Morgan.
The convention adjourned to-night,
Monday 10th, and a large excursion party,
among whom are our friends, Dr. B. F,
Tharoe of Perry, Rev. G. K. McCall of
Hawkinsville, Rev. W. N. Chaudoin and
Dr. M. B. Wharton, will visit Cincinnati
aud spend a day or two; aud you may
hear from me in regard to it.
Dr. E. W. Warren and Mr. C. C. Smith
return homeward to-morrow, and to them
I entrust this hastily written letter to you,
S. B.
The Bailroad Commission.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger
The Atlanta Constitution alludes, in con
temptuous terms, to -the action of Mr.
Jessup, in appealing to the Federal courts
to restrain the railroad commissioners
from enforcing a large reduction on the
rates of transportation over the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railroad. It is a
well known fact that, working under the
rates established by the officers of that
road; its earnings were not sufficient to
pay tbe interest on its bonded debt, and
upon failure to pay such interest, the road
was sold under foreclosure by the bond
holders. If tbe schedule of the commis
sioners is applied-to that road, its earn
ings will be reduced largely—probably
oue-lialf at least, and if, under the old
rates, the read was not able to pay Mr.
Jessup the interest- on his bonds, how can
it be expected to pay the interest when
the revenues are reduced one-half?
It is plainly to be seen that it is impos
sible for it to be done, and yet the Con
stitution says Jessup “believes orpretends
to believe” that he is in danger of losing
the interest on his bonds. Everybody
else acquainted with the facts is certain
that he would lose the interest, and yet on
account of liis action, looking to liis own
protection, by the application of his only
remedy, an appeal to the Federal Courts,
the Constitution appeals to the fears of
the people in reference to the centralizing
tendencies of the general government, and
daily deals in irrelevant dissertations on
the doctrine of State sovereignty, as called
in question—a3 per the Constitution—by
the action of Mr. Jessup.
I would ask which savors most of cen
tralization, this action of a citizen of New
York, looking only tothemaintainance of
his unquestioned rights, or the action of
the State, in placing supreme power in
the hands of three men, to do just what
caprice, ignorance or prejudice prompts,
in reference not only to the property in
which Mr. Jessup is interested, but with
all the railroad property in the State.
I apprehend this action on the part of
the State will suggest to many of its prop
erty holders the necessity for some restaim
ing hand to protect them, when necessary,
in the enjoyment of their legal rights; I
fail to discover any difference between the
destruction of my dwelling by fire, or the
destruction of its value to me by the State
by-any unwarrantable action on its part-
through an agency of its own creation.
What matters it to me that she
destroys its ■ value under the forms
of law ? What comfort do I
derive from the fact, that the law authors
izmg its destruction was passed, and is en
forcedly citizens of my own State? The
fact that the wrong is inflicted by men
professing to be my friends Would but in
crease the bitterness of that wrong when
inflicted by their injustice, and I would
not hesitate to invoke any power conse
quent upon my citizenship to afford me
that protect ion to which 1 felt justly en
titled, against the Incendiary upon the
one hand or a despotism in the shape of
an irresponsible triumvirate on the other.
Wlille one proposes to- act from motives
higher and better than the other, the re
sults are alike ruinous to me, and merit
the same efforts in either case to compass
their defeat.
The danger of centralization in this
country is increased, not by appeals to the
Federal courts by tbe citizens—this is
only tbe result of the real cause—but by
that class of legislation in. the States
which tends to compliance with popular
clamor, without regard to its effects upon
private rights! which degrades t]ie pres
tige and poweir of the States to the en
actment of laws, tlie chief end and aim ot
which are too often for the purpose of
making popular with the masses the
demagogues who originated them.
If State sovereignty confines itself to
the legitimate functions ofjts existence, it
will live in this and other States forever.
If it dies, it will.be at the hapds'.pf those
who, -misapplying its principles, attempt
to use it for the accomplishment of ends
inimical-to justice, thus driving from its
support its real friends, who regard its
teachings as protective rather . than de
structive of private rights. One extreme
begets another, and whenever people re
alize that a doctrine cherished as the
pledge of protection, is being employed as
an agent- of oppression, they will rupu-
diate it as a delusion aud a snare.
There is great fear amongst conserva
tive people of this day in reference to the
tendency to communistic ideas in certain
stratas of society. Therefore, any law
tending to impair the secuiity of property,
is but a millstone on the neck of the State
enacting it. The prosperity of every
community depends upon the possession
of capital. Without it labor isparalyzed,
and without the. protection of law—full,
ample and complete—it will not assist in
giving employment to the idle.
1 warn, the men who are supporting in
this State the enormous reach of power
which is being despotical ly wieldedagainst
tbe capital invested in our railroads, that
the principle they seek to establish will
prevent the influx of capital into the State
for the development of our enterprises,and
when once fuliy established as the policy
of . the State,,, will be .regarded
with such repugnance and distrust
abroad, that ion any ‘great ' un
dertaking we will be deficient in that
element of credit, delved from an abiding
faitli in the permanency aud justice of
our laws, necessary to the protection of
everyinterest based upon agreements
The fear of complication and loss ia' a
State whose legislation is based upon
popular clamor, and whose lawmakers
handle a question involving fifty millions
of vested capital with that reckless indif
ference to private rights which character
izes the railroad law, will be regarded as
sufficient reasous for more than the usual
extreme caution with which capital sur
veys the ground of its proposed invest
ment. . . .. r !-
The Constitution, even though it lives
under the very shadow of our great com
mission, should learn to be tolerant to,
and should not assail for desiring reason
able protection,Capital—this much abused
and yet iudispensable agent of everything
that works useful progress in this wonder
ful age. Macon.
—Mr. John Walter Cross, who recently
married Mrs. Mary Ann Evans Lewes, the
novelist, is an Englishman, of a highly
respectable family, > who resides at Wey-
bridge, in tbe county of Surrey, near Lon
don, ami is the senior partner of the bank
ing firm of Cross, Benson & Co., in that
city. His brother, Mr. Richard J, Cross,
is a banker of New York. Mr, .Cross is a
tali, athletic man of about 43 years, and
be was for some years a resident of this
city, and one of the firm of Dounistown,
Wood & Co., bankers. He was never
previously married. His tastes are literary,
and his information extensive, aud, al
though he is about twelve years the jun
ior of his bride, a long acquaintance
satisfies him that -in no one could he find
a more congenial companion. She, on
Iter part; it is affirmed, lias also good rea
son to be pleased. Each has a comforta
ble income.
Blaine in Pennsylvania.—-A Penn
sylvania Republica'n member of Congress
has just retamed from a Visit home, says
the Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun. While there he saw and
conversed with a good many of the Chi
cago delegates ana with a number of the
leading Republican politicians. He says
that ths belief is now that the Blaine
men on the Chicago delegation are in a
majority; that they will insist upon ad
hering to the qnit rule,'and cast the fifty-
seven votes of Pennsylvania for Blaine.
This would be a sore blow to Don Came
ron, after ail his struggles to control the
delegation. It is said, nirther, that Sena
tor Cameron, who went over to Philadel
phia on Friday last, has become entirely
satisfied of his inability to vote the dele
gation for Grant, and will make no fur
ther fight on that line. This is not, per- j
baps probable.
MISTAKES AND PKEJITDICE
Of Beligious and Temperance Jour
nals.
Some good Religious and Temperance
journals are making the mistake of declin
ing to advertise a most valuable anti-intox-
caftng medicine, simply because it is called
i rs, while the same journals are
making a greater mistake by advertising
ZZ^ aWhhkey « nostrum;
because it has some nice, fancy deceptive
name, ending with “eine,” “tine,” panted
on its label, when the bottle is filled witkei-
destruction, drunkenness aud death. If
these good journals would take the trouble
to ascertain how many overworked clergy
men have had their lost nerve-force, brain-
waste and flagging energies restored by
the use of Hop Bitters, enabling them to
perform their arduous pastoral duties and
preach the good sermons that they would
have been totally unable to do but for this
valuable medicine, and did these journals
but know of the host of good Christian
Temperance women who rely on themfor
their family medicine, and how many in
valid homes they could make happy and
what glad tidings they would send to every
neighborhood by publishing the merits of
Hop Bittern, they would advertise them
without money and without price. And
did these journals but know how many
have been and may he saved from forming
intemperate habits by doctors prescribing
Hop Bitters, instead of beer, where the
use of hops are needed, (there being more
actual hop strength in one bottle of Hop
Bitters than in a barrel of beer, without
any of the intoxicating or evil effects of
beer,) they would lay aside their fear and
prejudice against the word “bitters.”
A few of the many witnesses from reli
gious and temperance sources are given
below, who use, recommend and advertise
Hop Bitters.
The President and Manager of Hop
Bitters Mfg. Co. is a veteran Temperance
advocate and worker of forty-eight years’
service ; eveiy man in the Company is an
active Temperance worker, and the Com
pany spend thousands ol dollars annually
in Temperance and Christian work.
What the Religions Press Hays.
Chicago, Nov. 18,1878.
Hap Bitters Mfg. Co., Rochester, N. Y.:
Gentlemen—'JVe do not allow anything
in the line of Bitters to enter our paper
that contains alcohol, but we are satisfied
that your Bitters are free from that ingre
dient. We feel responsible for the good
or bad that may be done to the families of
our subscribers that arc affected by our
advertisements. Therefore our discrim
ination in your favor, and we trust that
our very low rates will meet your ap
proval and that we may hear’from you.
“Teqs Living Church.”
Temperance clergymen, lawyers, ladies
and doctors use Hop Bitters, as they do
not intoxicate, but restore brain and nerve
waste.—lemperance Times, Rockport, N.
T.
Kot a Beverage.
“They are not a beverage, but a medi
cine, with curative properties of the high
est degree, containing no poisonous drugs.
They do not tear down an already debili
tated system, but build it up. One bottle
contains more hops, that is, more real hop
strength, than a barrel of ordinary beer.
Every druggist in Rochester sells them,
and the physicians prescribe them.”—
Rochester Evening Express on Hop Bit
ters. , r, ’
We are rot in the habit of making edi
torial mention of patent medicines, but in
case of Hop Bitters, feel free to do so, be
cause their merits deserve to be known.—
New York Independent.
Northern Christian Advocate, Syracuse,"
N.Y.
Exanflner and Chronicle, N. Y.
■Evangelical Messenger, Cleveland, O.
National Baptist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Pilot, Boston, Mass.
Christian Standard, Cinn., O.
Home Journal, Detroit, Mich.
Methodist Protestant, Maltlmore, Md.
Southwestern Christian Advocate, New
Orleans, La.
Christian Mirror, Portland, Me.
, And over five hundred more Religious
aucf Temperance papers.-
Pittsburg, Mass., Sept. 16,1878.
Sirs—I have taken Hop Bitters and rec
ommend them toothers, as I found them
very beneficial.
Mrs. J. W. TULLER,
Sec’y Woman's Christian Temperance
Unitin'. ' ' / ‘ -■*
A HEDICHfXXar A I) KINK.
High Authority.
Hop Bitters is not, in any sense, an al
coholic beverage or liquor, aud could not
be sold, for use, except (o persons desirous
of obtaining medicinal bitters.
GREEN B. RAUM,
U. S. Corn'r Internal Rev.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 4,1879.
Dear Sir—Why don't yon get a certifi
cate from Colonel W. H. W., of Balti
more, showing how he cured himself of
drunkenness by the help of Hop Bitters.
His is a wonderful case. He is well
known in Rochester, New York, by all
the drinking people there. He is known
in this city, CiSeinn&ti, New Orleans,
New York; in fact, all over the conntry,
as he has spent thousands of dollars for
rum. I honestly believe his card would
be worth thousands of dollars to you in
this city and Baltimore alone, and make
thousands of sober men by inducing the
use of your Bitters. J. A. W.
, Feb. 10,1680.
Having used Hop Bitters, the noted
remedy for debility, nervousness, indiges
tion, etc., I have no hesitation in saying
that it is indeed an excellent medicine,
and recommend it to any one- as a truly
tonic bitters. Respectfully,
Rev. Mrs. J. H. ELLGOOD.
I declined, to insert your advertisement
of Hop Bitters last year, because I then
thought they might not he promotive of
the cause of Temperauce, hut find they
are, and a very valuable medicine, myself
aud wife having been greatly benefited by
them, and I take great pleasure in mak-
ini? them known.
mg me Hkv JOHN SEAMAN,
Editor Home Sentinel, Alton, N. Y.
Scipio, N. Y-i Dec. 1, 1879.
I »m the pastor of the Baptist church
here and an educated phvs'ciaR. I *m
not in predicant -mrolefamRy physl
Bitters to my .... -— - ■-- ■> . .. ,
under medical treatment of
physicians several year*-
greatly benefited and still usostbe medi
due. I believe sfca will become tto£
oughly cured of be? venous compfiret*^
diseases by their to*. We both J*®"®*
mend them to our friends, many ot'Kboza
have also been cured of their various ail
ments by them.
' Rev. E. R. WARREN.