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ESTABLISHED 1826.
MACON, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1881
VOLUME LV-NO. 12
How chine** Cheap Labor Prevailed
j H a WaUilnie Match
Hits York Sun.
It was a simple city - , and
It was a six days go
As suite your inclination,
Be it either fast orslow;
And 'twits a nimble Chinaman,
Whose name was Lam Toe Foo,
Thomh known on this occasion u
••Old number 22.”
His eyes were on the bins, and
lie wore, os Chinese do,
That portion of hie shirt, which most
Men hide, exposed to view;
And as around the nng he fled
And scored lap after lap,
Ho wiped the honest bends away
With this convenient flap.
NASSAU
i9 situated on the north sideof the island of
New Providence, and is skirted by a range
of hills running the whole length of the is
land. It is the capital of the Bahamas, con
taining 17,000 inhabitants, about four-fifths
of whom, in onr judgment, are blacks,
though they claim two-thirds only. The
houses aro aU built of native stone, which
can bo hewed or sawed out to any desirable
shape with an ordinary crosscut saw or
chisel. It becomes very hard by exposure.
The island is composed entirely of the coral
or phosphate rock. The roads and streets
are built of it, and it is so porous that mud
is scarcely known. It seldom ever rains
AGAINST THE LEASE.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD’S IX-
DEPEXDEXCE.
Prominent Merchant* and Citizens
Mainly Oppnte a Lease by the Cea<
*ral—Past Policy of the Georgia
Railroad—General Alexander's Po
sition Vindicated—A Bad Thing lor
the City ofAumuift,
(lends are being mndo the road is bettering
its own roadbed, increasing its rollingstock
adding to its shops and improving the sec
tion through which it runs, and the termi
nal pointa, Augusta and Atlanta. The road
is laying up capital and accruing its own
power in such a policy of improvement; ns
’ a consequence its bonds nro regarded ns
! among the very finest on ’Change, and its
stock before many years may bo paying ten
1 per cent. But if stockholders allow thair
management to lease it out to Mr. Wndley,
what will bj its condition in fivo or ten
i years, or at the expiration of the loose ? He
THE SUPREME COVET.
Derisions Rendered March IS, 1U1.
Abridged far the Telegraph and Keeeenger by
Rill dC Harris, Attorney at Late. Macon
Geo rain
English,administratrix,et al.rs. Bryan,
executor. Equity, from Washington
Practice in the Supreme Court.
Jacksos, C. J.—Where' the bill of ex
ceptions tails to state the eotort or county
in which the caso was tried ■ tbe writ of
U scarcely known. It, eeMooi .ever_mine | Macon, as the great centre of the grand I enough to insure its ’ running smoothly! I f^e certificate of the clerk thereto Is ftjom
and Orin < w lK!tWeen *** mont * 13 °* May net work under tho control of tho Georgia I nothing more; no lasting improvements,no M clerk, of the Superior Court of
V-fLLUUer. I « I ■immanM.I ■iii iiTiitiiiii. nml vn l.. I \V Mill tier* AM o.tlinftr • • ,
The Royal .Victoria. Hotel, and the Gov-1 Centra.,* natural* interested in everything deliS uplo WasMuSl0n °° Unt U
From early morn till dewy eve
That spry Celestial man
Ran on, aud many bitter sneers
Assailed him as ho ran:
connected with that corporation, especially the stockholder ngain ; 4ui not p^nt the Carver Cotton Gin cTvs. Barrett £
nf 5?a1 i!?T** I any 8te P of 515011 magnitude as tho lease of value or invite the capital that once it did. I well et al. Equity, from Riclnm
Vr^& B S& B mryi^agobi the railroad by tho Central, fa ' Both Judee King and General Alexander I jgi n?-'l Ir ° m
| Sir.Imnes Smyth. The hotel accommodates (consideration of this concern on ilia
In
part
With cries aud joow and hoots and yolls | gf «• ! ®.° Northern tot
And many a bold request, I h^Ith. ..The climate here is
U taking none liimself, he should The thermometer ranges
.V i I flAV/mfu in tiitiftfv (V.rfvnan
Give other men a rest.
His gait was neither walk nor rnn,
It was a springy lope,
A sort of demonstration of
The buoyancy of hope.
For twelve hours wont he ut a rate
Of jnst five miles each one,
And tlpn there rose a pleasantshont:
" The Cinnamon, he s done.”
Cas-
Both Judge King and General Alexander I Title. Tas Saies!^' **”"**
. , i_-_- - i W °PAST P rouCT ov^m GEOBo^nAtLr.oAD Jackbox, c. J—This being a bill to
a .k° at £5* hundred guests, and is crowded ! of our citizens we publish tho following I Hitherto the management of tho Georgia I recov ®f a one-third iutorcst in certain
^ tirno ^ Northern tourists socking | f rom tho Augusta Chronicle and Constitu- I rnilroad has been ono of independence. A I P r ?P e ![ tJ {. a ,„F ed to hxve been illegally
tionnlist on the rumored lease • splendid stretch of iron highway from At- ? old at sale for taxes and bought
Theroisasetdcdfnriina^nonllm nart lanta > tho Gafo cit y of tho Southeast, to in by a co-tenant or joiBt owner with
of proi^neut and toflueiuM | Aogiista, the keyboard of the South Allan- | Complainant, and the bill failing to show
stockholders of the
Twis even so; with sixty miles
l T po:i his dial good,
OM -John” withdrew, aa all tho boys
Hod prophesied bo would.
“ High time to go,” the judges said,
“ He’d died upon the track.
What's Hint ? By heavens! hang my bones
If that ere cuss ain’t back!”
unsurpassed,
yearly from
seventy to ninety degrees. Tho breeze
from tho ocean in tho winter makes it
pleasant in the shado. . .. , _---
The Island abounds with almost every I JS th ® PTOI>o?cd lease by tho (
apples,°^ocoanuts, sapa&iUo^mnraie *npl I monthly meeting of th^directorain U April I ?F ^ul < d°alvnivl’*nffo'^ to''be* resnectifljhl
^row al M? n ^’ ° r n nses ’ f th Ir ia vK‘. L0W inZt t>
The mtoraroforlraiU* tho washings from Among stockholdersin tho city, however, J* JStaTttanta“indb’y fanffitaeolong its
tho sea, which is hauled from tho beach by I °? d merchants generally, tho lease is look- I “jA-.
donkey carts, and S said to bo wfinc! ^u^n n adistrustful way. Comparatively ££> M mvcstmsntand security. It has
- - - 1 fow, outside of those feeling interested, 1 1
fur as concerns him without the presence J
of the other defendants as parties to the i
cause. |
AMONG THE ISLANDS.
RAMBLES IX I UK SVGA R-CAXE
AXD ROME WARD BO VXD.
Oar ftpeelnl (iormpisfliisl Crmn
Cato, HdliMkMs >lnr. In a City
Where Half the Men ere Police ul
the Balsaee heMiere.
Matanzas, Cuba, March 10.—Wo had a
pleasant voyage of about forty hours from
Nassau to this place, arriving at noon on
the 9th insL We were compelled, on ac
count of insufficiency of water in tbe bay,
Marietta Savings Banks vs. Janes. As
sumpsit, from Polk. Evidence. Con
tracts. Administrators and executors.
Jackson, C. J.—L Where a promissory
note did not express within itself the en-
tbo
let-
Fivo minntoB had bo stayed away,
Five minutes and no more;
And now that spry Celestial man
Was traveling ns before.
And in tho next twelve hours at
His former rate of speed,
He doubled up his scoro at the
Expense of eleop and feed.
mni-n Trnrir inci-ntu .tai" I in reaching the conclusion that tho leaso 15? w wl v. "t“* I wra written oy incm in connection with
masses make work baskets and vanous j W0Dld h a 4180 I has acted ns a conservative power in the I the making of the note sneh leifer*
kinds of 6hell and scale work, such as | " ODla 00 I Sooth Such it was nlwavs «>nsidoroil hv I OI !10 ie,sucii letters Was
bracelets, earrings, necklaces, etc., which Q KTnli' i I Judge’ King, and that such wa3 tho well- admissibIe In oyideuce, In a suit between
are made from scales of fish and shells G “ th ®,°, t “ erh 1 a f ld ' tbol ' e •"*“ wbo > known nnd ndmimbly oxecuted nolicy of thn n,akor a, ‘ d the one who took tho noto
that they gather in groat numbers on tho £ SSKf nndiho doTJt “al Alcxan™r?ono h^s only after maturity.
beach. I “ f v ? “n'-^ana ■wh^o do not J or t 0 bo convinced. I 2. Letters which would be admtsstblo
Me hadtho jiloasurqof meeting Mr. E. | 01 1 In 1SJ0 the enterpriso of combinations of M« evidence being lost, their contents was
O. Moscly, alitor and proprietor of ‘he th I chro'Sicto^rt^ th/mat- I ^Vestom with Southern Unos woa opened to | provable by parol.
torto^^ pS^nSSSto^SteHeL« d °J enormously high freights of 3. Ao administrator may relieve a debt
tnat tbO a General a Assoinbiy was in session, | ( ) av un~* \r I Northern trunk lines. By no ono were such | from tho bar of tlio statute of limitstions
t^ortunatolywonld'jiot conTCne be- ^^tmeetin* on Cotton Row, (ton. M. SSSSSSSSW^SS^ LV°a new SSSSTS?
aiihfor Cuba. “However. w^°le^ri:c'l from ,Gen. Stovall unhesitatingly pronounced bar ,lad not accrued in tte life time of his
but
fore-7
Mil forCubm However, we learned from 1 tSSmSTiti^mSSSSS^d^SSSMIk I ^oudod by his' board of directors, in try- I
[ him that ,t ^.composed of twenty-eight WO uS Aur^m doi^ln the “8 *<> form some ndyantagepns arrange- iu L e# $, t ?;
"It is a plucky devil, and
He ought to g.t a place,”
The judges say as once again
He drop* out of the race.
•‘For might,” says Dan O’Bleajy, “shure,
A good stlirong fut is his,
Bat he’s stlicpped a bit too loively—
Holy Mojcs ! thore ho is 1”
membraik'twentotfwbOTi wvra negroes. SgSSMKSS n6W ment wito I *■ Where one took tho noto of an ad.
I would like to haw attended. The gov- t H“n-aSiThSt^hS of~Sie UlU Umo tlia tCol. Colo came Soutli in hL< raiiiistrator, as sucb, in renewal of the
ernmenthasa garrison of a hnndredand Une wouldbe wMkcd^itomiv tothototer J palace car looking for some Southern Une debtor tho intestate agreeing that “it
fifty negroes stationed here, whom I u . p°“ ia D0 worgea euarety in ttio lutor inhut Hmo ftnt n,.to «•,.« I shall never in nmr wav nr mmmnr nmin.
Ar.d once again that Chinaman
’Gan loping round that track
At just five miles an honr, with
Tho others at his back;
And every dozen hours ho
Drops limping from tho race,
Is absent just five minutes, then
Resuming his merry pace.
It is a grateful city, and
Tbe t ;x days’ walk is done;
Ko less a person than tho mayor
Mu.-t take the belt to “John/ 1
The mayor ho lifts the tent its flap
Aud thou pops out again,
For sponging of each other's heads
Are two Twin Cbinambn!
strolled through for an hour looking for
one that was a little copper colored, but
failed to find him. They are black os ink;
nono are natives. All are imported from
Jamaica. At 7 p. m., we set soil for
Matanzas, from which point yon will hear
from mo again, giving my nps and downs
in Cuba. Our voyage has been pleasant so
far. Clever and good humored set of pas*
singers and polite and attentive officers,
“More anon.” . J.
N. B.—Upon inquiry as regards tho health
of the Island we wero informed that no ono
ever died thero—that when they became so
old as to be worthless thoy wero kept walk
ing around to savo burial expenses.
IN SUMMER LAND.
They Wanted to Live la the Stars.
Jlurtin ton Jlawkeye
Very near ns sat ;wo young people. He
wore the face of a man who shaves threo
times a day, and that white necktie had
never seen tbe stanigbt uexore. mere wits
SlOlirs EElXG IX TROPICAL pearl powder on the shoulder of his coat,
IS VXDS. I Bnd a tender, dreamy look in her lovely
eyes They sat and looked up at tho stars,
as if they didn’t caro for auy solitary tiling
Ifow the L’Kbnmai Appear In tbe Eyes any nearer thisearth.
ol a rine,-Woods Hcorgian-A Tel- ‘■Ato.rtimer,"ehe mum^6oftly-
egrapn and Merger Special Cor- FSMEE?w.mth£
respondplit 1 poit fils Travels. I - t wa3 ^ name or his after name—
Kassau, N. P-. March 15.—My companion, “Mortimer, dear,” she said, “if wo could
.. v . ,, , r:f n a iK««xvrt« I only live apart from this busy and sordid,
Hr. N. F. Tift, and myself left Albany on I nn8 y m p at hetic world, in ono of yon glitter-
the Brunswick and Albany railroad on tho I j ng or bg G { golden radiance, living apart
1st inst. for Fernandina, via Brunswick, I from aU else, only foreach other, forgetting
shore we were to take passage on the I the base things of earthly life, the coarse
urn w were ra w % ” . I greed of the world and its animal instincts,
steamer Western Texas, bound for theljj^j xronld bo oar heaven, wonld it not
Bahamas and Cnba. I could not help I dear?” _
noticing tiie various improvements on the And Mortimer, he said that it would.
. . . , , . . .. u-_ _;n- I “Thero, heart of my own, be said, anu his
road since my last trip over it. Now mills, voice with eftruestness, “my own
too numerous to mention, are being built darling Ethel, through all the softened ra-
all along the line, and old onos receiving j diancc of the day and all the shimmering
(Vo —,.lnm.hroooku.o= ? t- “ taTJl
mfleent mill of Mr. H. H. Tift, now being I base-born wants of earthly mortals, and far
erected. It will be one of the largest on I beyond the chattering crowd that livw bnt
the rood or in the South. for to-day, our lives, refined beyond the
Arriving in Brunswick on time, wo I common ken—” - . ,
boarded tho Bridgeton for Fernandina, I And just then tho man with the gong
where wo were joined by Mr. F. V. Evans, I came out. Mortimer, ho made a grab at
of the News and Advertiser. We sailed for | Ethel's hand and a plunge for the cabin
Jacksonville and had a very pleasant I door. Ethel just gathered her skirts with
passage with about twenty passengers, her other hand, jumped clear over tho back
There the number was run up to eighty- I of her chair and after him, and away thoy
three. Among them were Mr. J.P. Stevens | Avent clattering down tho cabin, upset a
and lady, Mn. Freeman, Mr. James Free- chair, ran in to a good, sweet old Quakor
man and Miss Fannio Freeman, of Atlanta, lady, and banged a bad wprd out of her be-
m:,. T AMn u Viilnniima rtf vnnp rifv. I aim tinr! tim a frt atnn if * clfYim llm stairs
and Miss'Jennie Villepigue of your city, I foro she had time to stop it: down the stairs
who aro quite aa acquisition to our Geor- I they rushed, collared a couple of chairs at
gia party. „ I tho nearest table, feed a waiter, und opened
On Saturday, Bth, wo sailed for onr first the action without skirmishing. I am a
point, Nassau, N. P. After crossing tho bar | m an of coarse mould and an enrth-
at Jacksonville, we steamed directly down bom appetite myself, and I
the Florida peninsula about three hundred I wouldn’t live in a star so long 03 I
miles. The sea wns a little rough fora few could find a good hotel in America; but
honrs, and many of our number consigned long, long beforo I could get soats at the
the contents of 'thoir stomachs to the sea. | table for my family, Mortimer und Ethel
Your humble correspondent held his equi- j,nd eaten two blnofish, a little rare beef-
iibrinm pretty well and amused himself by I steak, some combread, a plate of hotcakes.
laughing at the rest and escorting them to | two boiled eggs, and a bunchof onions, and
their bunks. tho waiter had gone out to toast them some
Among our passeugors we ware fortunnto j cheese.
’"n forming Uiu acquaintance of an old | a J moral.
Spaniard, Mr. V. Banciins, of St. Angus- I have, during my wandering, met sovor-
tiae, who gave us an interesting and mem-I ai people who wanted to livo in a star,
otable account of an incident tnat occurred I whore earth-bom people with animal appe-
near the mouth of Jupiter inlet during the j tites couldn't trouble them, and I always
Spanish reign in Florida. Tho Catholics I found the safest place for an earth-bom
drove a small band of Protestants, about J man, when tho star-bom _ soul started for
twenty in number, from Mayporton the 1 the dinner table, was behind a large rock.
St. Johns river. They attempted to mako | Distrust tho aspiring mortal who lives in a
their way to Cuba bnt a heavy storm 1 piano so elevated that 1® requires the use
drove them into tiie inlet of Jupiter, of a telescope when ho wants to look down
where they wandered half crazed from fa- | at tho rest of us. And if he ever wants
time and thirst in search of water and in I board at your humble _ table, charge him
two hundred yards of ono of the purest I ^.15 a week, and feed him lots of soup, or
and most beautiful frosh water lakes that a | you’ll loso money on him.
human eye ever beheld they gave up in do- I , “ 1 “ * _
spair and all perished. AU along tho beach, I C»rp In Tcnneesec.
where they doubtless wandered, when the XaeheiUe American
tide goes out you can dig up fresh water I In February, 1880. some two hundred
kith jrour hand; bnt, alas, they didn’t know I Email carp, none of them oyor two inches
it. After passing Jupiter inlet, we made a I in length, and not larger in girth than one s
straight shoot in an easterly direction for j little linger, wore deposited w the reservoir
the . I lake on the State Lunatio Asylum grounds,
uLujias, That the test should be thorough midun-
oiid on Sunday afternoon wo como in sight | mislnkab'e, Dr. Cnllender first had the InKo
of the “Big Isaacs,” the first of tiie group drained, removing the stnall cattish, perch,
of islands. We rotired carly thai evening, I crayfish, and every living inhabitant ot
and when w« awoke it was front a voice on I the pond. The arrangements arc such
deck announcing tho arrival of tho pilot to I that ibe itow of the water can bo regulated
steer ns into Nassau, and by G a. m. we j nt will, and the pond remained dry for
were snfely landed at the wharf. Tho wa-1 sotno time before the water was again
ter, which is m clear as crystal, wns alive I turned on. When it was refilled, after a
with Httlo regrues of all ages and sizes, I few weeks, tho carp, which in the mean-
crying out, “Throw a penny this way, mas-1 time had been preserved in a tank, wero
«a, and before it could einic .ihrt-. feet I deposited in their new homo ; There wero
they would Imre it; and, in ’ omerging. no other fish of any species in the lake nor
would stow |t in Up mouth for safety, and I Jia* thero been since. Now for the se tuell:
begin his cry again, to the nmnsomeut of | Day before yesterday thero was taken from
wl. We moke our wty to tlio wharf from j this luko f with book and line, a carp wnion
the vessel, having been informod by the I weighed exactly two pounds and six ounces
captain that we would sail at 7 p. m. About after the removal of the scales and head—
nme of us Secured n ouple of phaetons, I the fish being dressed for tuo tab.e. ino
and drove at once up th# bay road to tiie J weight was taken by Dr. Caliondor himself,
eaves, passing nuun-rous cocoa-nut, pine- J who vouches for its accuracy and for tho
apple aud banana farms. AVo visited one I statements given above as to preliminary
farm containing about 15,000 trees, which I preparations. Tho fish taken from the pond
net about five dollars a tree yearly. | vra t a female, and tho roo from it ^which
Were the Central to loose the Georgia, how
ever, our bonefits would bo swallowed up in
theovcrshadowiug interests below. At pres
ent, freight rates can be secured, arrange
ments mode and mistakes rectified right
here by tho management in Augusta; then
wo would havo to await Col. Wadfey’s pleas
ure or Savannah’s interest beforo we conld
mote Western or Northern stuff, or beforo
we could turn a wheel np here.
“Grant that the Railroad Commission,'
continued General Stovall, “could prevent
open discriminations against Augusta and
iu favor of Savannah, are there not hun
dreds of ways that the Central railroad
management could throw their influence
for their cud of the line ? What would
their guarantees amount to ? We will find
after the lease is perfected, and it is too
late to retreat, that our hands are tied in
numerous ways. Wo will find it hard to
petci
«
see all tho disadvantages under which we
would then labor. Wno knows bat that
farmers along the Goorgia Railroad would
be given special rates to sliip their cotton
right through Augusta to Savannah to be
sold ? In all probability, too, tho shops and
offices of the Georgia railroad will bo re
moved to Savannah.” *
** seen of tho beantiful city.
. ,-‘-t 2 p. m. wo made our way to the Spnn-
•• Con :!'• office to obtain our passports
visit Cuba, which we dill at a cost of four
dollars epch. My ffiond'Mr. Evans was
too fir* of our party to obtain .hi a (Mh
POrt, (always being in •■iho Joad).. Tha
yonaul, (whose English is Umited), in etak-
mgdi. il a description of Evans’color of
e >«||Tmir, complexion, etc., marked oppo-
Mta eomploxion, -'irfgfo. My flEJ|id}Be-
very indignant and exritfd nt being
liand.
Tiie Grant Peusiou.
A. JT Bern.
6Ir. George Jones has sent to the sub-
dhtibers of Uie Grant faud n circular^nn-
' t icing that tiie entire amount olf-M.-
iiaa been promised, and that |IWw
, been uaid in. This sum of money has
bja n invested already for General Grants
aefit in a way that will yield him an an-
a — . au.il income of <18,100. The investment of
ed a negro, and'blood would certainly tin- money still to bo received will proba-
bcen spilt but for 'the prompt inter- I blj make the product of tho fund $15,000 a
ffcrence of your correspondent, wlio rushed,
m, mi l, learning the usturu of the troabio,
crplsiued to Evans that “nigro” was
a -ii-cd from tbe Spasisli word “nigroe.’j
wlneh meant dark, and that no harm was
intended. [Nora.—All of onr ocrrespor.c
• ills speak Spanish.—Ho. T. ahi> M.] I li
u 'anl apologies followed ami all was rigl
XhtMiiiyoX - .
, s:- til
fri 1.1
Prc
One Great AdvaaUxe.
Atlanta Poet Appeal
en» and Garfield are the warmest r»f
, oue great advantage of l>e-
toi
[Gen. Stovall thought tho outlook fori
[Augusta, were tho lease consummated,
very unpromising and displeasing one. It
would but then remain for Augusta to com
plete the Augusta and Knoxville railroad
through Rabun Gap, connect with tho Cin
cinnati Southern's branch at Maryville, and
be index>endent of all Savannah monopo
lies.
IA prominent railroad official and mer
chant was hailed further up town. He men
tioned that tho tendency of railroad lines
seemed to be to harden and to consolidate
business. At present, where so many
managements were to be served, there was
a perpetual row among railroad men. As
in all business, one head and one manage
ment could best decide and most easily
agree with competing routes. lost year
Nashville raised a tremendous howl over
tho “scoop” of tho Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Laois, by tho Louisvillo and Nash
ville ; but the matter had blown over, and
no complaint was now heard from the
“Bock City” about beiug merely a way sta
tion.
Mr. Charles A. Doolittle, of Messrs. J. O.
MathewsonA Co., large Western dealers in
grain and produce, was next seen at h*
store. Mr. Doolittle said he had not given
the matter much consideration: bnt he did
not share in tho general apprehension that
the loaso would innre so seriously to tho
disadvantage of the city of Augusta. He
ididnot apprehend any damage, for in
stance, to his Western freights. Augusta
commands a groat deal of trade of such a
nature that cannot bo taken away from her
by Savannah. A certain amount of pro
duce must be shipped to Augusta to meet
that trade, and if the Control controls tho
Georgia railroad it wonld bo to the advan
tage of that road to givo Augusta good rates.
He could not seewnat object the Central
road wonld havo in injuring the city in th*
way. Mr. Doolittle thouglittho strength of
the lease, and the controlling reason of Mr.
Wadley for w*hing to perfect it, wonld bo
to control, for h* splendid line of New
York steamers. Augusta’s freight and ship
ments. Mr. wadley was merely and legit
imately competing against Charleston and
Port Royal harbors. He thought Mr.
Wadley’a interest would be to offer tho best
advantages to us over h* water line. Ho
did not think that Augusta wonld be in
jured by the loase.
“The only thing,” continued Mr. Doo
little, “that would injure Augusta, in the
event of the lease of the Goorgia railroad,
would bo the removal of the work shops to
some other point, bnt I do not think it
would bo the policy of the Central railroad
to do it.”
The Chroniclo reporter next consulted
younger members of tho firms of George
IT. Jackson <fc Co., and of Messrs. John M.
Clark’s Sons, both being largo grain, flour
and milting houses, and o u-lrono expressed
liimself opposed to tho spirit and probable
effect of the lease, ns discriminating against
Augusta for Savannah.
Messrs. W. IL Crane and A. J. Smith, of
Smith, Hack & Co., wero dead against any
such lease. As mtrehnuts and as citizens
of Augusta, they wero bound to distrust the
effects of putting Augusta in tho power of
Savannah and under tho control of the
Central railroad. “We would soon be
come a way-station,” said they: “possibly
Mr. Wadley might give ns a little platform
like B:rzclia has, to load goods on his cars.,
if wo over had any to load.”
Tbe Chroniclo man next sought out Mr.
Z. McCord, whoso interests havo always
been for the city of Augusta, and whose
heart, as warmly and as consistently ns
any man within onr corporate limits, beats
for onr tiituro welfare and present pros
perity.
Mr. McCord said he thought any such
leaso to tho Goorgia railroad by the Cen
tral would be a bad thing for Augusta. It
would be detrimental to every commercial
interest here. Mr- Wadley has tried again
and again to leaso the Goorgia railroad. If
ho finally succeeds, h* object will natural
ly bo to moke every dollar out of it ho can.
He will work for tho interest of his own
road and for Savannah. Such a subordi
nation of Augusta’s interest to those of
the Central rnilroad and Savan
nah wonld be a death-blow to our pros
perity. We would then h3ve nothing to
sustain us but onr factories. We would at
tain no independence, wo wonld enjoy few
advantages. Augusta has been for u long
time discriminated against by tho Georgia
and Carolina roads centering hero; now
that rates aro improving over the Georgia
railroad, it * proi>osed to shut out idl im
provement and to discount all effort:
“Such are my views as a merchant,” said
Mr. McCord. "Again, as if a stockholder,
i. Hie view it. The road is now paying *
, o"V . tm-.t :; regarded as a safe. st»,Hdy-
w^a^aram^^fdLdoT^SX IZT !S° k U J 0 ' n ° te “ fur nUt “ rft ?’
this proposition Gen. Aloxander was known p b S“) e ^ a ]®"f od *
to be opposed, and ho was sustained by I rs. Goslon. Equity, from Wash-
his board of directors and influential stook-1 ington. Amendments. Parties. Practice
holders. The management of tho Georgia iu tuo Superior Court. Practtco in the
road expressed themselves as friendly to I Supreme Court.
Col. Colo and favorable to li* system, and I Jackson, O. J.—1. The complainant
perfectly willing to haul h* Western in an equity cause may, as a matter of
freight over tho Georgia road, allowing j right, strike the names of one or more of
srftsrSSsrs&'iS^ssKr
nanetd. S.id r well taown raitoadilSok. of (ha eeercl*' ol eneh right. ... .
holder to tho writer at that time, and we I, *• Amotion to dismiss a bill in equity
reproduce h* words from print: I because there is a common law remedy,
“Somo stockholders, indeed a few direo-} comes too late at tho trial term. A de-
tors, may favor a new lease; but a road I murrer should have been filed at the first
which is continually improving i* rolling | term.
stock and road bed, should not forfoit its I (a) Thero was eoutiv i» «m« mh.
independence and fail into the hands of I g. where a mo»l^ Yi 7i,„ . Tilty
lessees.” At that timo tho Georgia railroad I cause was madid , , cc,1 l fl ncfl of
stock whs barely payings per cent, clivv j —;—- •*»“ been introduced, in the
uvuu.. vm uuaitifc, f. toe I nature of a motion for a non suit and its
Py r ii d *ifniJnvar*Col^CMo refusal * excepted to, the evidcnco intro-
andomfriend MnW&e^ho 'is nittog d ««* d sHouIU bo brought up in order that
if not enterprising, made a brilliant com- I this court may pass upon the question
pact, and a great trans-continental, North-1 made. Judgment affirmed,
west and Southeastern combination was I —■
formed, by which the Nashville, Chattanoo- I g aU( j nrs va . Foster, trustee. Injunction,
from Greene. Equity. Executions.
CitAtYFOKD, J.—A fl. la. having been
2. Under the “local pre|udice” act of
1807 the following conditions are neces
sary to tho exercise of the right of removal;
that the controversy shall be between a
citizen of the State in which the suit is
brought and a citizen of another State;
that the matter in dispute shall exceed
the sum of $500 exclusive) of cos*; that
the party citizen of sucb other State shall
file the required affidavit stating tho “lo
cal prejudice,” etc.; that the requisite se
curity for appearing in the Federal court
shall be given.
8. If the right of removal has once be-.
come perfect, It cannot be talceu away by t° 6041 anchor half a mile from the shore,
any subsequent amendment by the oppo- I It was then we first realized vre were under
site party in State nr Federal court. | the Spanish flag. After the nsoal formali-
udguient aflinued. ties of tho custom house officials’ examina-
Balieyct al., vs. Ross, administrator, et tion of passports, baggage, etc., we were
al. Injunction and rece.ver, from Bibb. P ernuttod to land. The vessel was ear
Wills Estates. Contracts. I rounded by numerous boa* of all sizes,
Spkkb, J—l. By the second item of a J each one containing a hotel drummer
testators will lie bequeathed his property j claiming peculiar advantages for h* house.
share aud share ‘al£ pToridh* t&whe Wer ** 0t *“ ,Rn J' D8 ’
portion which fell to his daugliSir should our way tbroogh a ennous t^ong of spec-
vest in her for her sole and separate use, tators who had congregated to get the first
and that the sbare-of Ills wife should.vest view of the “Americans” to the “Leon del
in her for life with remainder to h* I Oro” (Golden Lion), which * tho best in
olllftMi* J, y , tba tMrd item, testator pro-1 the city, bnt very poor compared to ours.
vlded that his estate should be kept to- n,.i • • i j F . ,
gether during the life or wl j ow . 0l)t f uun g a v^anto drawn by two marsh
hood of his wire, or until some 1,onie8 > ono betwee n the shafto and a rider
one or more of h* children should on tb0 other, we began an inspection of the
marry, and upon the death of the city.
wife- tbe property iliould be equally di- Matanzas has about fifty thousand inhab-
vided between his four children, or tho I itante and* one of the most delightful and
representatives ot such as might be dead; picturesque of Cuban cities. It is situated
that it h* wife should marry, she should on the northern side of tho island, and*
draw bet portion of the estate to be used connected with Havana by two railroads—
by her for life, with remainder to tho °n<> two hours’run, the other four. The first
children; that if a child should marry he attractive place we visited waa Mount Sarat,
SasasHS r e r ,e 3S
balance be kept to e ether as bo- probably ono of the richest and most beau-
lore, that when his daughter should mar- tiful volleys in the world. The Gcvoners
ry ? her portion should vest in trustees for I river emerges from tho mountain on the op-
her separate use; and that “in the event posite side from where we stood, and winds
any of my (testatot’s) children should die J * way through tho valley; passing out at a
without issue living, or if leaving issue I K°P of the mountain, it flows diagonally
such ls3tia should die under twenty-one t* iro ?sh the city, and empties into tho bay.
years of age, then tbe portion ofsuch child Hayin “, ourselves at this point, we
or children shall be equally Tllvided j KJISnMiiumiVhS nf w*^ r0st—
__ .... ,•_*.•{ | among them the crystal caves of Bel amar.
^Maasar'’ , , . i cathedral, International building, etc., sl(
Held, that the limitation over related to of which places are interesting to the trav-
P 01 * 0 ^ before tho shares should bo I eier. But we will not attempt a description
distributed and go into the possession of I of them hero, as they have been so of ten de-
tbe children. A child who survived the scribed by abler pens than ours,
wife aud received his t.istrihulive shave, 0“ the morning of the 10th wo boarded
took it absolutely and not encumbered by tbo t ra in for Havana—tho capital of Cnba,
any limitation over. passing through the richest sugar bolt on
X. Under such a will as that above taswjand—hsrge sugar miUs on every side,
stated the widow rliosn to which are always kept in operation. This,
Kama me Wtotwr cboee to take dower; to yonr corrosI ,ondent, was the most inter!
hef.wn rim al ,Jn?H te «p M CS,r a divlsi01 ] esting part of tho whole trip. They plant
Iieforo the death of the widow, agreed their enno only onco in eigiit years. As fast
that the executors should sell the property ns it * cut it sprouts from the old roots and
and pass good titles to tho purchasers begins growing again, which keens them
thereof; ana tbe proceeds should stand in continually gathering and grinding. It *
tho place of the land fordistribution; til* very thick and grottj to imraeneo height,
was done, aud the legatees receipted in Cora and all other vegetation, such tt3
full to tho managing executor for their t0£nat ° ei ‘. beans, pea3 and okra, are to be
“V-. £t„ f ( om a ii furthoj ®? on ot all ages from planning to gathering.
claims: ,u ™“‘ Onouosideof tbe road you see a farmer
s U cL e i!greeS t divVsiDu'vesfea'XOsu r diuiy'A»a ^SSf^XSSSj
without limitation over upon dying with- vegetables grow luxuriantly. ...
out Issue. Judgment affirmed. Wo conld not help noticing tho infenor-
ity of their farming implements aa oom-
The Prayer Care ln'kfaine. pared with oars. They use a wooden plow
Bath. Me. Independent. sharpened to a point with a piece of round
iron projecting out about three inches,
tion into Texas and Florida has more than
overbalanced tb# colored g«i B . xto
das of colored people from Mississippi.
Louisuma and North Csrolmn is not per!
ceptible, owing to tbe heavy gain ®f blacks
to those States. Kansns, wiiither the most
of the “exodusters” went, has lost iu pro
portion to i* inerea-^ in ponnlatioa, and
Indiana has gained, but slightly. The
number of Asiatics * 105.717; Indians, in
tribal relations, 66,152.
TALBOTTOX AMD. THOMSVILLE.
.Votes by oar Special Correspondents.
Talbottow, March 21.-Judge Stew
art, who presided here last week, was ta
ken ill on Friday night, and was confined
to b* room on Saturday. He was stop
ping with Judge Will*. This morning
the case of Singleton vs. the Southwestern
railroad, suit for damages, from the
civil docket, was reached. Singleton was
forced to get off the train while In motion,
thereby breaking his leg. It will proba
bly consume two days. This case was
tried hi our court last September, and a
verdict for tho plaintiff, in vpwards of
$14,000, was reversed by the Supreme
Court on the ground of excessive dam
ages—Will* Hawkins rendering the decis
ion. A number of criminal cases are to be
tried. i
Tno3tAsvn.iai, March 17 Yesterday
the regular freight train from Albany and
an extra train from Savannah had a col
lision neat* Ocloeknee station. Savannah,
Florida aud Western railroad, at about
12 o’clock. No one Injured. Both en
gines badly damaged. One was sent from
here to help clear up the wreck. It is
generally thought tho accident was tbe
result of carelessness.
At the residence of t?i« bride’s mother,
Mr. Hutchins, a former telegraph opera
tor at this place, was married to M*s
Mary Everett, ouo orThomasvillo’s lovely
daughters, st about.’;o’clock, and left on
the train at 7:80 for Macon. Rov. Mr.
McGeebee, the Methodist minister, offici
ated.
A Mr. Wilson, of Barton, Ga,, son of
the efficient supervisor of this division of
tho Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way, has for some time past been paying
his addresses to miss Kemp, of Dixie.
Two days ago the young lady
started to pay a visit to some
relatives in North Georgia, and stopped
here a day. Tbe young man hearing of
her departure, came up on tbe train yea-
terday moruing, aud at 5:50 o’clock In the
afternoon was joined by Rev. E, Z. F.
Golden, the Baptist minister, in tbe holy
state of matrimony to the object of h*
long cherished affections, and last night
took her back home. Will the relatives
forgive him for causing their disappoint
ment?
to
hotter and became nblo to walk abont t
Central railroads of Georgia all passed into
d?vi^nds 8 of ’ Mr Ul Wad! I levleifon certa'in land, anda clalm^inter- I honso.“ln February, however, site was
syVcompanyond stoJkholdera. TI.Mthoy posed, and a second fl. fa. having been ! again taken sick and compelled to toko her
controlled Western freights for tho port | levied on the satno property, tho holder ■ A physician was called, and ^pro
of Savannah: to givo tho exclusive haul- I of the first fi. fa. is not entitled to an In-
tag to Georgia to the State and Central junction to stay tho proceeding on the j gjgftj&SMSS*JSTE&l-SHZ
raiiroads; and the rappMcd effMt, if not second, on the ground that, if sold pend- g feed { lc ^eif. One week ago last Wedues-
tho intended object of tho lease, was to>cut I | n gthe claim case, the property will be j day nhzht Mrs. Dnnnell determined upon
off the Georgia road ftmn thus reachmg under a cloud and will not bring i* . trying tiie efficacy of prayer. Being herself
Western busintss^. Immediately amon„ va j uej that ho is unable from poverty to : a devout Christian, she had all the faith.
Imt^tGen 0 Vlmamdertma\i*admin*tra- bid on if > alld tliat the purchaser will ob- | but, 03 sho told tho reporter, nover had
against Gen. Atoxanuor anumsaaminisira i » , . , 1 .n.i, ngrnrem.:. nooiio.t;,!
MraEUen S. Donnell, supposed to be in
beenlure&°he be°ltevre, P by 0 p’raSr. yoke from too forehnp.d ta^ of the
; was first taken sick last Christmas, but got
tion. H* own stockholders contended, in I ‘“""“a “
mask and in print, that ho had snffored amount in the hands of tho sheriff in lieu
Augusta to bo cutoff, and h*own lino to I thereof, for him to have applied to h* fl.
be “left out in tho cold.” In the mean I fa. Judgment affirmed,
timo, Mr. Wadley, who is always serene,
whether he is leasing or being leased, nt-
that night. In thoinoratag at 6 o’clock
her prayer that sho might bo mnde sound
of body and of good health seemed granted,
for sho appeared to bo and felt herself per
fectly well. So she informed her attend-
Administrators and
tered the following wort*, prophet* and
significant, and which should bo read in j Burke. Willis.
Augusta just now: . , executors.
“It litis always boon my object to extend Cbawford, J.—That W. was the de-
tho Central railroad in order to grasp tho | visce of tho property of H. under her will,
irofits to be derived from such extended being herself a devisee of the property
linos. My idea in to secure for tho stock- | o[ -j. aud r, n., who In turn wore the
Jones vs. Whitehead ctal, Appeal, from “ d >J**" Uj-lfMKSSf
work® tho b?n d efit^f&v^h.” n Mrtl de vi s ces undertho will of J. W. J., did
Wadley then said that tho advantage and* ,10t “ ak( j n W f T e «r fl T lB iI y I
protection of tho Central railroad were I der tho will of J. W. J. so as to be entitled
foremost with him, while tho interests of I to tho administration of his estate as
Savannah wero only second in considera- against his next of kin. The grant of
tion. As a Central railroad man ho could I letters ot administration would be deter-
not have said otherwise, nor would his re-1 mined as iu caso of intestaev. Judgment
sponsibility bo lessened by his roads I reversed,
getting control of Augusta and the Georgia 1
railroad now.
Bnt even during tho temporary existonco Georgia Railroad. Spears vs. Case, from
of th* Cole-Wauley-Brown combination* Richmond. Railroads. Damages. Neg-
the Georgia railroad did not suffer from u gcnc e. Common carriers. Cou-
being “out in tho cold.” Such a lino could I , = ,
not bo cut off by any such combination. r „, ' m T , a railroad which
S,d a *°iS:
no signs of weakness, when Central was I nion carrier 03 to such freight, aud is 1 la-
scaling its hectic heights. And when the I ble as iu other cases except for damages
Gole-Wndley and Brown combination fell j resulting from the act of God, the public
to pieces, and Mr. Wadley’a stock came I enemy or of tho animals themselves, uu-
likowiso down, the Georgia Railroad Com- less the carrier has further protected Itself
pony still stood in its dignified and indo- by contract.
pendent position, its buainoss increasing J 2 . Acomraoncarrierofsuchfreightmay
s. «»'* "■ rar “* bj '
talk of the absurdity of ovor leasing the I spcoRl conUBtt*
road, contending that such a proceeding I (a) The liability of tlio carrier cannot
would forfeit their charter. General Alex- j bo limited by a mere notice In the bill of
ander also subsequently refnsod some such I lading; but if a special contract be incor-
offor ns tha present ono from Mr. Wadley. porated in the bill of lading, and signed
Such then * tlio reoord, and such some by both patties, it * sufficient,
of the reasons why citizens of Augusta op- 3, \ contract by a shipper of live stock
poso a lease now and why large 6toekhold- 1 - - - -
ers opposed it before. A road whose ter
minus commands four outlets to tho ocean
cannot afford to sell out to ono manage
ment or to ono seaport.
that, in consideration of a free pass for
liimself over the road, be would assume
u 3fy Friend Mill.”
Washington Letter.
Alexander II. Stephens
all risk of loss or damage to the stock, ex
cept such as might be caused by collision
or running off tho track, was neither un
reasonable nor contrary to public policy.
Judgment reversed.
said:
am very sorry about the present I Miller, Jr., vs. Whitehead. Appeal, from
*125 Burke. Attachment. Statute of lirnl-
Hon.
‘I
bungtod all through th* campaign, and, tBtInn .
&atSSaBbS^S TSf „ SSm. W after a note fell due,
"ret his conduct: it was very injudicious, the maker removed from the Stale to re-
What right had Mr. Hill to question or nt- side in another State, the statute or limi-
tack his peer ? It wns an outrage; a spe- I tatlons did not run in h* favor during h*
cics of ■T.irohinisiii. A man* responsible absence.
only to h* own conscience, I beliove. Why,
these caucus measures are ruinous 1 I will
not submit to them. I will do ns I think
right at tho time, no matter what caucus,
constituents or party say. Every man, I
believe, has that riant. Mr. Hill s speech
was very unwise. Who gave him the right
to entochizo a i’cllow-Sonator? He has
probably lost us everything. Of course, tho
admin*tration wonld have controlled tlio
important committoo, but if the Democrats
ban acted differently wo should have been
given some good places in organization.
Now, I suppose, everything is strangled.”
What Mo is Mere For.
.WashingtonCD CJ Star.
Mr. Flannngan hails from Texas. Ho
was a delegate from the Lone 8tar State to
the Otdeago Republican convention. When
tho committee on resolutions and platform
reported.thero was no civil service plank in
it. so a Massachusetts man offorou one on
h* own hook, which created discus
sion. During th* discussion the friends
of tho civil service resolution intimated
that if it was not adopted tbe impression
might get abroad in the land that the dele
gates to the convention were after tlio of
fices. Whoreupbn Delegate Flannagan
arose in his might, nud pitching h* voice
at a high key, said: “What are we here
for ?” Tlit was accepted to mean that so
far as Delegate Flannagan was concerned, j
Delegate I'i.iuna- I
2. Where attachment on a noto was
sued out against one who had removed
from the State before the bar of the stat
ute attached, and the defendant pleaded
the statute of limitations, the proceeding
became a suit as in case of personal ser
vice, and a general judgment against the
defendant could be rendered. Judgment
affirmed.
Jones et al vs. Foreman ot al. Removal
of cause to United States Court, from
Richmond. Amendments.
Sfksb, J.—1. Under the act of Con
gress of I860, omitting the case of aliens,
the following conditions are necessary to
a removal of. a cause from the State to tho
Federal courts: The suit in tfcc State
court must be by a plaintlff who * a citi
zen of the State m which the suit is
brought; it must be against a citistn of
tiie same State aud of another State as de
fendants; the amount in dispute must ex
ceed $500 besides cost; the removal must
be applied for beforo the trial or
final hearing of tbe cause in the State
court. These elements concurring, the
11011-resident defendant—not tho resident
defendant—may have the cause removed,
' not wholly, but only so far as relates to
himself, provided also it is a suit brought
"n * now in ti,*S l‘woSd 4m,dy U
"What * he hero ■ bun, or is a suit In which there can be.a
< H-iTx-rerojnticn »o ask
‘Lit:* Meek.’
talPMWp:sr>
:n« < >0 d rl- for He is aftc.;-an office.
day before she was unable to feed herself,
she dressed herself and an hour later ate
bra&fast with tho family. Upon tho follow
ing Sunday sho attended church threo times,
and since has made many calls upon her
friends. .
Kicking tbe Dead Lion.
Oath
Mr. Voorhccs lias written a lecture on
Jefferson, and delivered it in various parts
of the country. Ho wns exploiting Jeffer
son nt a select dinner-party ono night,
when George Hoar said that m tho city of
Worcester thero were some very unique
letters of Mr. Jefferson’s, which had been
found thero, and if now printed would
shed a big light on h* moral character. He
said that when Jefferson went to France,
in some part of our hUtonr, perhaps when
ho xvas sent to take tbe French mission,
there was intrusted to him a young woman,
and on tho wny out ho took fancy to her,
and finally mado ins love too bold, even to
tho point of temptation, which the young
woman rejected with disgust. Jefferson,
who covered his tracks liko a cat, wrote
out to some of tho young lady’s friends in
America to have her cooled down, as she
was disposed to make a scandal on his be
havior, and had already talked about it in
England. “Tho letter Jefferson wrote on
that occasion,’’ said Mr. Hoar, “I have seen
at Worcester." On th* Mr. Voorhees arose
and swore thero was no such a letter, and
that ho did not believe it. Whereupon Mr.
Hoar nlso lost h* temper, and observing
that it was a dinner party, Mr. Voorhees
apologized.
Garfield's Rebel Cousin.
Washington National Bepublican.
President Garfield has a cousin in very
humble circumstances in North Carolina.
Trig name is William J. Wiley, and li*
mother and General Garfield’s mother wore
Bisters; but ho was only six or seven years
oldjwhen he lost saw General Garfield. Ho
is a Simon-pure Democrat, aud voted for
B*ncock in the last Presidential election.
He is a veryquiet, respectable, unobtrusive,
aud industrious citizen. Ho served through
tho war on the Confederate sido os first
shoulders. I ventured to ask, as soon as I
could find n man that could speak English,
why they didn’t introduce American im
provements in farming implements and
break their land thoronghly, that in my
opinion the yield wonld be doubled. Ho
informed me that the Span*h government
forbids the importation of any Amerioan
implements, for reasons he conld not ox-
p]jnn_
No fences are to bo seen except a few
made from hedges and rock. The cattle and
stock of all kinds are tied to posts driven
in the ground, and grazo around to the
length of tlio line, ou c.mo and bermndn,
that grows in abundance. Pack ponies are
used to transport the product to market.
It * not uncommon to see fifteen to twenty
strong out in a row, tied by halters to each
others’ tai*, loaded to their utmost capaci
ty. Their system of peddling milk may bo
interesting to some of our dairymen. They
drivo the cows to your door and draw from
them what quantity you want, and then
proceed on to tho residence of the next
customer. Tho cows aro well trained, and
to onr astonishment, aro very fine.
We arrived at tho depot opposite Havana
at 9 a. m., and nt once were steamed across
the river on a ferry boat to the beantifnl
city. Havana * fall of vim and life. The
streets are, like those of Matanzas, very
narrow, and tho sidewalks uncomfortably
so. The houses are all made of nativo
stono and covered with burnt clay, except
in tho country where thoy aro covered with
palmetto. Chimneys are unknown, so are
window lights, tho windows being enelosed
by iron bars about three inches apRrt. The
ladies never turn outdaring the day, but
after tea the whole city * illumined with
gas, and the elite turn out shopping, driv
ing and promenading in the Plaza. The
carriagoisapart of tho parlor furniture,
standing in the hallway ns you enter. Tho
horse is stabled just behind the parlor. Ev
erybody rides, from a street bootblack np
to n gaily uniformed officer. The cabbies
are courteous, and each fare in the city is
twenty cents or fifty cents, silver, per honr.
Wo visited the celebrated Moro Castle—
sad and foreboding—a vestige of the fif
teenth century, and the cathedral, the
beauty of which no pen con describe, etc.
Wo were shown through the Henry Clay
cigar factory that employs seventeen hun
dred !lands, and manufactures one hundred
thousand cigars daily, from ninety to five
hundred dollars in gold per thousand.
Tho population of tho city * two hun
dred and seventy thousand. Every other
man is either a soldier or apoliccman. Tbe
island is divided into six provinoes, each
controlled by a governor. All are under
tho direction of a captain-general. Tho
jirovinco of Havana has fifty thousand
soldiers, and Matanzas fifteen thousand.
Of course the taxes nro simply enormous.
The Havana Lottery * the "biggest” thing
on the island. A lottery vender (and they
aro on every comer) thinks nothing of
stepping in a restaurant where you are
dining and sticking a ticket between you
and your meal, muttering Spanish at tho
top of h* voice. While wo were on tho
A Whoop From Wnttemoa.
Courier Journal.
The Republicans owe their good fortune
1 no merit or virtue of their own, but to
the inadsquacy of the Democrats. If the
Democrats^ unit only soq thi^ and, seeing
upon the flimsy and rotten filigree of pass
ing demagogism, which usually goes to
pieces about election timo and leaves its
short-sighted dependants sprawling in the
mud—wo shall behold a sound, conserva
tive, national Democratic party rise out of
the ditch, in which a series of in*takes
damped us at tho close of the lost general
election. Wo must neither bargain nor in
trigue, whine nor howl. We muot set our
selves, patiently and thoughtfully, to the
work of fitting the new conditions, which
modem invention and circumstance havo
brought into being, to their appropriate
placo hi our system, and their proper
relation ono to another. This can not be
done by noisy outcry, by empty rhetoric,
by-appeals to the ignorance and passion of
the ignorant and passionate. It cannot be
done by a wild outcry against “monopoly."
It cannot be done by an indiscriminate war
upon banks and railways, classified as
“corporations.” There * not the least
doubt that aggregated capital raises a cer
tain menace to popular liberty. Bat there
* also not the least doubt that the public
credit, to say nothtag'of individual intoreete,
well-nigh universal, are bound up in tho
prosiicrous existence of institutions which
derive their charters from the State, and
that vast mischiefs are certain to follow tbe
application to those of wild cat theories and
erode experiments and mere blather-
skiting. Let every Democrat remember
that ho owes a duty to himself in the duty
ho owes to that great political fraternity,
which has survived almost the deluge, and
'remains to-day, thongh out of power in the
capitol of “tho Nation,” master of nine
teen out of thirty-eight States of the Union;
n power against ill-doing and evil-doers; a
defense in the day timo and a beU
tower in tho night: like some old fortress,
moss-grown and gray, and full of the
marks of wrack and war, but glorious
amid its rents and seams; grand beneath
i* load of tragic memories, and, though
gashod with the wear aud tear of age and
gaping with the wonnds of time, yet a mas
terpiece of masonry, in which, and in
winch alone, tho legions of freedom most
find a lodgment in tho coming years,
where, floating from eveay turret, freemen
shall see that mighty symbol of tho consti
tution, the fl.ig of the free heart's hope and
homo, illuminated by the spirit of the
fathers 1
lieutenant of Company F, Fifth North . . . . .
Carolina Cavalry, and was wounded m the wharf, which is crowded with tierces of
face in tho Vnlley of Virginia. A card of ' sugar, crates of vegetables and fruits
invitation to the inauguration ball, of which ' awaiting transportation to Northern mar-
he * in receipt, supposed to have been sent [ kets, wo saw two magnificent men-of-war
him by his cousin, the President, seems to 1 nnd Rnnnishi salute each other.
indicate that there * no desire on tho part
of the latter to ignore the relationship.
Geuiaar too Big for Him.
Washington Star.
(English and Spanish) salute each other.
Thinking that the insurrection had again
started, we hastened to the train, bound
for Matanzas and was safely landed there
nt 8 p. m.
That evening wo amused ourselves prom
enading around the plaza, looking at tho
To-day being Saturday and rainy, there ij ean ‘if u i Spanish girls and listeuiug to
was not the nsual crowd at the \N mte : 0 f the finest bands in Cuba.
House. There were enough, howover, to , Everybody over here goes around either
keep the 1 resident busy. There wore m£ny a brace of revolvers or a pair of dirks,
who could not be seen by the I resident, llo uncommon thing to see a boy of
notwithstanding the comparatively sraall tfin snn)mere witti a pair of bowie knives
number on hand. ”«• ! strapped around bis waist
doorkeeper that he just wanted to spenk , At 5 p. m. wo are off on our return trip
011 (? 'T, 0 * ^! , - e President. - r Heaven s v * the Bahamas, from which point I will
sake, be continued, get mo in to-day. I ; wr j(e you another short note. \Ve will stop
have been here^over^aweek hotel (here two days. Thermometer 92deg. in
bill is getting almost too big for me.
How He Calmed Them.
;.Vt Louie Globe Democrat
Rhode Island papers ore telling a very
beautiful story of a clergyman who visited
an insane asylum and wns attacked by a
maniac, but who broko -into a song, and
sang it so sweetly and clearly that the
lunatic was calmed. A Chicago man re
cently visited the Cook County Insane
Asylum, and while there sang a song. Sev
eral of tho lunatics were so touched that
they tried to escape.
tbe shade.
Home More Census Figures.
Baltimore Sun
The census bulletin, givingthe population
of the United btatee according to race,
shows a population of 50,152,8b6, of which
43,IOt.57C are white and C,577,161 are color
ed. T he greatest pro;>ortiou of colored to
white * in (South Carolina, where ( three-
fifths of the population are colored : in Lou
isiana and Mississippi from three-fifths to
' ono-hulf : in Alabama. District of Colum-
1 bin. Florida, Georgia. North Carolina and
j Virginia ©ue-lhird to one-half, in Arkansas
• aud Tennessee one-fourth to one-third ; in
filial determination of the controversy so, j
X* Lsv Against lb
Philadelphia Ttuus.
The Democratic party of the Bonnie ia , Mjasouri ono-thlrteenth; in Vest Virginia
’ 'ing a great many caucuses;, but there less than one-twentieth. **—*
1 law against it, and often there is great
’ation in a caucus.
Education.
Montgomery Advertiser
Thero seems to be something of aa edu
cational craze—somo of the fanatics going
so far ns to advocate a National Depart
ment of Education, and tho enforcing some
sort of a system of compulsory education
through Federal appliances. They point to
the Prussian system es worthy of imitation
by “tho Nation.” And yet the cffocts of the
German system, ns now exposed, are cer
tainly not calculated to commend it to
level-headed people. A work exposing its
defec* by Von Uaeny * now attracting
much attention. He maintains that the
rising generation in Germany cares nothing
for ideal interests, * without piety, holds
moral purity in light respect, scoffs nt au
thority and generally speaking U given
over to materialism aud sensuality. “He
who denies this does not know our yoaug
people.” After ail, tho best eduation *
home education and discipline, and the
teaching and living Cristtamty. So we get
back at last to homo iaflucnce if we would
have good men and women. The State
may drill soldiers, but it cannot rear fam
ilies.
A Congress of Bints.
X. Y Tribune
On the Cedar Bluff* of tho Cumberland
river, fivo miles sonth of Somerset, Ky.,
tho birds have been holding a convention.
If tiie acconrita aro correct nil the feath
ered tribes known to that region and many
seldom or never seen in this country have
been represented. Their sessions begin
overy day at sundown and their numbers
were so great that when disturbed by a
curious visitor the noise of their wings was
like distant thunder. Tha most singular
feature of tho gathering was the perfect
harmony and good will that prevkited. The
hawk and the dove, the sparrow and the
owl perched on tho sarno branch and con
ferred with apparent pleasure and profit.
In the morning when the session ended, tbe
air was black with darting forms of overy
Bize and color.
It Itns! Here Been.
Washington Post
The Hon. Ceorge C. Mahone, the new
Senator from Virginia, cast h* first vote
yesterday. Hr was assisted on the occas
ion by the Hon. Wiiliam Gorham. It was
a solemn and impressive spectacle.
Will Call ntqpue.
Phiiauttphia Tiroes.
Indiana stil! feels a good deal torn up be
cause it didn’t got a cabinet position, bat
the unselfish Hoosier patriots . have pro
posed n way to let the admia&tratin *—"
(li th
if i
Outside the for , . _
mer slave States the proportion is very easily- They will take al! tho rei!
small. The lieavy gam of white immigra- I offices ami call it square.
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