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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAYO. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weakly. Thk Telegraph and Mespesoer la publish* ed every day except Monday, and weekly ev* try Friday. Thk Daily la delivered by carrlera In the city or mailed postage free to aubacrlbera at $1 per month, $2.50 for three months,, $5 for six month* or $10 a year. Thk Weekly la mailed to anbscrlbers, pot tage free, at $1.60a year and 75c. for six month*. To clubs of five $1.25 per year, and to club* of tan Si per year, and an extra copy to getter up of club of five or ten. Transient advertisement* will be taken for the Daily at $1 per square of ten line*, or le»*, for the first Insertion, aud fifty cents for each subsequent Insertion; aud for the Weekly at $1 per square for each Insertion. Liberal rates to contractors. Rejected communication* will not be re* turned. Correspondence containing Important nows, and discissions of living topics, is solicited, but must be brief and written upon but one aide of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by Exp Honey Order or Registered Letter. Agents wanted ir. every community In the BUto, to whom liberal commissions will be paid, postmasters are especially requested to write for terms. All communications should be addressed to ^xll the White House cage contain a Bob-o-Linc next year? Tiie hunter of the North Pole is about the only green thing ever seen in Green land. The North will perhaps make a note of the threat of the African dynamite con tingent. "Adjourned sessions" of the Legislature are luxuries with which the people will joyfully dispense. Col. L. W. Lamar, of Pulaski County, is b poken of as a suitable man for Speaker of the Honse of Representatives. Beecher wears a rubber suit when he immerses converts, ns do the converts themselves. New York religion won’t bear washing. The Artcm and Adiertircr has declared war on the land robbers in the wiregrass 8action, and calls upon '.the State author!* ties to act as appertains to justice in the premises. It is currently reported that Gov. Mc Daniel did not know that he was Governor of Georgia until his recent visit to Savan* van. He had supposed that he was only Governor of Atlanta. Pitz John Porter may not get "relieved" during the present session of Congress, but Keifer has abused him, and that is the next best thing to a complete vindication by Congress. Abuse from Keifer is praise indeed. The Georgia mule has come ofl victor in many conflicts. Only one test remains: If he can kick hard enough to raise a red spot, the size of a nickel, on Keifer's softest cheek, there can be no ground for further competition. Norther* civilization was further illus trated in New York on Sunday last by Patrick Keating, who got drunk and beat his wife to death. He selected the Lord’s day to do the devil's work, and succeeded doubtless to the satisfaction of his satanic employer. _ There should be enacted a law which would make it to the interest of ship cap* tains not to run down other ships on the high seas. The oceans are all large enough to famish yetwls room for passing each other, and collisions ore the results of Criminal carelmnesx. The Indisposition of young men to en gage in industrial punuits is due to the difficulty of fitting themselves for success In such callings, rather than to a natural disinclination to such occupations. K>- tabllsh Industrial achools, and this fact will become apparent. Wild orioles, thrushes and cardinals have suddenly made their appearance in Central Park, New York. They are sup. posed to have been driven out of Pennsyl vania and New Jersey by the dense smoke, and flying oceanward, sought the green hesrt of the great city for shelter and food. The frnit product of Georgia will be greater this year than It has been for sev- oral years past, according to present Indi cations. There will doubtless be a steady- increase in the profits of the fruit business, as the people Improve in their methods of handling and marketing the products of their orchards. The recent floctua'tions in the wheat market have been sudden and wild. The general tendency of prices Is towards higher figures, which will be gratifying to our Southern wheat grower!, whose crop* will be the first to ripen and reach the market. The yield In the Southern States, though not as large, perhaps, as In more favored years, promises to bring fair i«cn- alary returns. Oman thinks being equal, Southern hooks should be used In Southern achools. Who may be expected to be generous to Southern authors if the 8outb be not even Just to them? The courts cannot do the 8tate better aervlce than by auppreestng vagrancy, Idleness Is the graduating school of vice and violence. When vagrancy Is pat down one of the most prolific sources ol crime will have been removed. Ths unrestricted power ol the Railroad Commission is an almost Insurmountable harrier in the path of any great railroad enterprise In this State. The railroad de velopment of Georgia ought to be encour aged rather than depressed. Th* duties ol a jodge are not alwaya eaay to discharge. To him there are many sources ol Irritation, and it apeaks well for him It he maintain a calm, Judicious tem per in the midst of them all. The snap pish, irritable Judge is out of place on the bench, and should be removed on the flirt opportunity. “The Mills and ths Cotton." The Spartanburg Herald says; On last Tuesday the Glendale Manufacturing Company, through Its agents in this city, hought ut one purchase two hundred Laics of cotton from Mr. James HIM, a targe planter in this county. The average price paid was llif cents. Tho factories It, this county consume the largest part of our crop, and the demand haa caused the price to go up .higher than It has been In a long time. Cotton has been sell ing In this market for two weeks ut ft price equal to the Charleston market and within cent of the New Vork market. Our mills havo kept up the price so thnt it 1ms been a difficult mutter to buy for shipment du ring the whole season. By building mills ut home farmers pocket the profits of buyers merchants.” The Carolina Spartan says: “Mr. Charles Miller, of the firm of Miller Bros.. Columbia, S. C„ was In town last week. He sold 200 bales of cotton to Clifton and Glendale, ant then went over to Greenville to supply thei factories. This would surprise the ghosts of our grandfathers If they could rise a cotton shipped from' Columbia to 8 burg.''—Charleston News and Courier. We thank our Charleston contempo rary for the publication of these items They are very valuable at this time in connection with the question of advan tage to Southern over Eastern cotton mills in the price of cotton. It will be remembered that the Netct and Courier indorsed the statement of Mr. Young, of the Eagle and Phenix, to the effect that the Southern mills have an advan tage over Eastern mills of 17.43 per bale. Mr. Converse, who is president of the Clifton and Glendale Mills, to whom the cotton referred to above was sold, exposed Mr. Young’s error in the columns of the Newt. In his letter, which we may regard as unanswerable, he places the difference in the price he pays for cotton and tho price in New York at % cent per pound. The Newt evidently questioned the figures of Mr. Converse, as Mr. Young was strongly indorsed in an editorial commenting on Mr. Young's statement of the case. The ink was scarcely dry on these contributions of Mr. Converse and Mr. Young, and the editorial indorsement of Mr. Young by the Newt and Courier, when Mr. Converse is for edto pay within three-eighths of a cent of New York prices for cotton to run his mills, This is 11.50 per hale under New Y’ork and reduces the cotton advan about fC> per bale below Mr. Young’s calculation. When the freights on goods are taken into the account, which Mr. Converse very properly considers, it will be seen at onco that on the prices Mr. Converse has just paid for cotton, his advantage in location is entirely wiped out, and he is forced to enter the markets with his mill products in competition with Northern spinners without any advan tage whatever. We desire to call the attention of our contemporay to tho further fact, ns stated by the Spartanburg Herald, that "by building mills at borne the fann ers pocket the profits of buyers and merchants.” This fact is demonstrat ed by the prices paid for the two lots of cotton purchased by tho Glqndale and Clifton Mills. If the mills had been located “ in New England, the prices realized by tho producers of tliis cotton would have been based upon New England prices. If there had been no mills in the South or New England, then this cotton wontd have sold on the basis of Liverpool prices. It brings home to tho consideration of onr free trade friends, in tho most forcible manner possible a practical demonstration of tho great truth that we have been laboring to impress upon our readers, that agriculture is depen dent upon manufactures, and that the former prospers most where the latter haa the largest development. This is one of the most forcible illus trations of the correctness of the doc trine that we have seen. If the pro tective system gives the largest devel opment to manufactures, as we think there*can be no doubt, then it is clear, as demonstrated in the price of cotton in Spartanbnrg, which has boon induc ed by tho location of cotton milts at that point, that the producers of cotton are to be the largest beneficiaries in any large development of cotton manufac tures that may take place in the South. As to Mr. Young’s proposition that the Southern mills have an advantage of 17.40 per bale, there Is not a single fact to sustain it, nor an inch of (round for him to stand upon in supporting it. she did forty years ago, and her Legis lature will be prepared to take care of the resurrected resolutions at the proper time. Georgia repudiated the illegal action of alien vagabonds and plunderers, forced upon her by Federal bayonets, and 'has been nnd is yet prepared to settle every dollar of iter honest obligations in square money—not trade dollars. In proof of this, her bonds are above par and her credit high in the city of New York, the financial metropolis of this continent. Rut while the proverbial and typical chalice is being handed around, we would invito tho esteemed New York Tribune to take a sip of this from the platform of tho straightout Republicans of Virginia: Third, that wc believe that that plank In the national Hepublican platform which pledged a full payment of every dollar ol national debt was a declaration which applied to the States as well as the nation—South as well as North—and became a rule for our guidance, and that we condemn the action of President Arthur tn forcing repudiation upon Virginia— measure which could not have been con summated but for hts active and persistent support. President Arthur’s action lias been endorsed by his party. Two votes in the Senate and several in the Honse were part of the fruits of Mahone’s repu diation policy in Virginia. Will the Tribune drink, or does it find the chalice filled with a liquor bitter to the taste and deadly to political honesty! party from the damage that has been done. The great indus trial interests of the country want se curity from the repetition of such folly in the future. These will defeat any party appealing for power through the policy of free trade. Cannot Demo crats content themselves with thq injury they have al ready done, and give some pledge of wisdom and patriotism in reference to the vital interests upon which onr prosperity depends. We hope the effort will be made, and with success. Wo have hoped for the fate that has overtaken the Morrison hill. It has had a brief and unenviable fame. It was*tLe joint product of inconipetency to deal with a great jmblic question, and an overweening desire to perpetu ate an infamous internal tax system. It is now politically dead, and we would have greater hope for tho Democratic party if its author and chief abettors Bleptwith it. Cotton Statement. From the Chronicle’s cotton article of May 2 we gather the following facts relative to the movement of the cotton crop for the past week: For the week ending May 2 the total receipt* have reached 20,053 bales, against 20,923 bales last week, 30.274 bales the previous week, and 30,113 bales three weeks since; making the to tal receipts since September, 1383, 4,713,3t£ bales, against 3.000.670 bales for the same pe riod of 1882-83, showing a decrease since Sep tember 1,1888, of 1H7.3S1 bales. The total receipts at all the interior towns for the past week have reached 18,444 bales; since September 1,2,795,- 194 bales, showings decrease ol 71,227 hales, as compared with the receipts ol the same week last year, and for the season a falling off of 018,193 hales. \mong the interior towns, Macon is credited with 3 hales for the week, and with 59,878 hales for the season. For the Negroes on Railroads. The incident on the Richmond and Danville railroad, set’forth by our cor respondent some days since, is attract ing considerable attention. The explanation offered by the em ployes of the road, admitting it to be correct, only transfers the responsibil ity from themfielves to the president and other managers of tiie company. It has not been the custom heretofore for negroes to take seats in the coaches provided for ladies and their escorts. Even gentlemen unaccompanied by ladies are frequently required to re tire from cars set apart for the latter and to take seats in other coach- It was only two days ago that we witnessed an occurrence of this kind, The ladles’ car was crowded, and the gentleman readily complied with the request ol the conductor. Negroes traveling on the Richmond and Dan ville road, having first-class tickets, refuse to comply with this excellent rule. Indeed, we are told that "under the rules of the road” they cannot be compelled to do what white men are expected to do, “if they insist on re maining, If railway companies persist in sell ing first-class tickets to negroes, it be comes their duty to furnish them with first class coaches. This is done on many, perhaps most Southern lines, the ancestors on both sides of both of his alleged families and compare him with their distinguished remains, be fore any legal force could be given to the theory of physical likeness. Really, the only truo way to identify tiie boy is to file him away with the referee for a term of years, along with an abstract of tho prominent points in the character of his alleged parents, and allow him, unmolested, to work out his own identification, if not salva tion. Tiie theory that like begets like is far more apt to be true mentally and morally than physically. On the prin cipal that the gap in the axe shows in tiie chip, it might be determined by the time lie came to man’s estate from what block he was hewn. Titus, tiie boy’s disposition to rise early or sleep late, tiie way he holds Itis cigar, the number of fingers deep lie takes his hitters, tiie absence or presence of sugar in thefn, his style of finding tho keyhole, in "tho wee sma’ hours,” nnd his partiality or repugnance for the contribution box on Sunday could, in tiie hands of a skillful statistician and scientist, be woven into a chain that would bind him to his true nativity for nil time. True, this plan would call for time and money; but what is time and money to the perplexity of a citizen, who is otherwise to bo condemned through life to be called upon to prove himself what he pretends to be. and haunted always by the idea that he is signing another person’s name? What is time and money to the agony of that other boy who died young, if a mistake lias been made, when he sees tho re cording scribe charging him up with tho jamborees of an earthly counter feiter, and he reflects upon the possible difficulty of proving an alibi amid the confusion of the last day? The very least the courts can do, it must appear to every reasonable man, is to confer upon the survivor the names of both tiie children, that he may havo the consolation of knowing, that while he is not all he claims to be, he is at least half, a consolation very few men really possess. same week last year the receipts were 98 bales, and 57,098 bales for the I , Rut it does not follow that the negroes onnenn Tlti'u> timiroa slum' n il<u<nineii .... season. Tltcsc figures show a decrease for tho week of 95 bales, as compared with last year, and an increase for the season of 2,780 bales. Taking tho receipts from plantations, the net overland movement to May 1, and also the takings by Southern spin ners to the same date, the amount of cotton substantially In sight becomes 5,550,098 bales, against 0,083,430 bales last year; showing a decrease in the total visible supply, ns compared with that period, of 1,125,734 bales. The imports into continental ports this week havo been 72,000 bales. The exports have reached a total of 30,398 bales, ol which 14,330 were to Great Britain, 3,783 to France, and 12,285 to the rest oi the continent. The following, clipped from the Chronicle, shows the drift of specula tion in cotton for future delivery during the past week: Haring Monday and Tucadcy there tvas a sharp decline, under sales to realise; In which many weak holders were “shaken out." There were no new features operating to put duwn prices, hut stmply a withdrawal of buyera.and the market, being left wtthout support, de veloped the weakness that naturally followed an important advance- On Wednesday the market was variable and unsettled, showing decided change. But on Thursday there was renewed activity and buoyancy, on favor able news from Liverpool, though part ol the early advance was lost in the later dealings. To-day the market was variable, closing slightly dearer, but as c ompared with last Fri day 14 to 17 point! lower lor this crop, 12 points lower for September and 0 to 8 jailnts lower for the next crop. Cotton on the spot baa been dull and quotations were reduced Me. on Monday. There has been no change since, and the close on Friday wns quiet at U%c. for middling uplands. Commending the Chalice to Her Llpe. It haa been' generally believed thnt Mr. Blaine was opposed to the repudi ating schemes of Mahone Jc Co., in Vir ginia. If this be a tact, it ‘ is greatly to the credit ol Mr. Blaine, and will doubtless have the effect of reconciling some people to episodes in his career that do not seem or sound so sweet. But granting ail of this to be as set forth, the /few York Tribune, one of the special organs oi Mr. Blaine, is not justified in twitting Georgia with repu diation. Under the heading of this tide the Tribune says: It appears that forty years ago the Legist*, tore of Georgia severely rebuked that of Hew Jersey for entertaining propositions looking to the repudiation of pul,lie obligations. The Georgian law makers ut the period declared solemnly that they regarded “the slightest Defeat of ths Morrison Bill. By reference to our telegraphic dis patches, it will be seen that the House, in committee ol the whole, on yester day, struck the enacting clause from Morrison’s bill for a horizontal reduc tion of the tariff. After tiie committee rose and reported its action, tiie House confirmed the same. Tiie vote in committee was 156 in fa vor to 151 against striking ont the en acting danse. In the House the vote stood 159 for to 154 against confirming the action ot the committee. Tiie country is to be congratulated upon the defeat of this measure, which for months past has seriously inter fered witit all of its productive inter ests. The cry of revenue reform .adopted by its supporters, was but the specious subterfuge of men working in the inter est of the whisky ring. They were seeking to perpetuate the power of thin great monopoly by redaction of reve nues from the tariff, because they hoped in this way to render the inter nal revenue system a permanent ne. cessity. Tiie Democratic party has been the sufferer in all the discussions that have should bo permitted to force themselves into coaches set apart for ladies and gentlemen. Provide liko cars for all who pay the same fares, but require negro pussengers to confine themselves to those set apart for them, nnd apply the same rule to white pas sengers. There can ho nc troublo in enforcing suclt a rule ns tliis, The question has been adjudicated by the courts, and railroad officials have no excuse for not requiring passengers of all colors to conform to their regula tions. Under no circumstances should the two races bo permitted to occupy berths in the samo. sleeping cars. Railroad authorities who permit tliis to bo done, will soon find themselves in hot water witit their passengers. Tito rule that has been adopted by hotel pro prietors should bo enforced on the railroads. The courts have decided that tliis may he done. If the Richmond and Danville com pany have adopted a different rule then they need not he surprised if white passengers and shippers patron ize a different line. Tills trouble crops out every four years when there is a Presidential elec tion. This was very noticeable on tiie Western and Atlantic road in 1880. In addition to the Presidential contest, there was a hot canvass that year be tween Norwood and Colquitt, ri val candidates for Governor. Stren uous efforts were made to secure the negro vote for Colquitt, and the rule which at other times is enforced on that road was relaxed, and “tho brother in black” rode pretty much where he pleased. Now that tiie president of the road haa settled with Colquitt, and paid him to the utmost farthing, it is hoped that he will main tain his customary regulations. The coaches which his company have pro vided for negro passengers are as good in ail respects as those set apart for whites. broach of plfghtcd faith, public or private, as traD8pire d from the inception of this a want ol that moral principle upon which all *’ , ... ... obligation depends.'' They expressed the I measure to Its final defeat. Whether or not die country has been sufficiently shall refuse to recognise her gn at seal as a alarmed to drive the people ner- sufficleat evidence of her obligation she will Ljjajjgjjfly from the party is now kava fnpfpltnl her tfsflnn in lint slsti.rk.uuf nf I * * have forfeited her station In tbc sisterhood of i.. •tales and will no longer be worthy of their I"* question confidence ot respect." More then Georgia I been defeated, its supporters comprise Though this bill has Judge Hammond. The reader is referred to our Atlanta opinion that “when any state of this Union letter for Jndge Hammond’s statement of the trouble witit the grand jury in Henry county. We print the statement with pleas ure, and especially since Judge Ham- j ha* herself repudiated, and now tome of her | the dominant faction of tiie Democrat- mood is one of the judicial officers in lie P* rt X in the Hoam - Th “ faction _ . , . , , , lotion, and talk ol submitting it to the n*xt I . .. # Georgia of whom die people have much legislature for approval. Thus the r-.t chalice 1c Co mint-lid,.! to her own tip she I* made to resemble “the struck | stretched upon tbc plain," who, as all th, | world knows, was extremely surprised to tin, one of his own leathern upon the arrow wblcl | had pierced fits breast. .required Wc have no time to go bark to musty I should hi j files, to look np tiie exact cause of tin.-1 secured t ; lecture of Georgia to New Jersey, but presume it to have been on account of l threat ol repudiation. soegia stands to-day just where Tho Doubtful Bor, A decision has at last been reached in the celebrated Downing case, which, though it cannot be said to have given satisfaction all around, must at least temporarily remove from public sight a matter which has for some time ex cited a morbid curiosity. The case, in brief, grew out of the fact that two mothers suffered their re spective babies to become mixed, and that one of the latter died, which one being the question before the coarts, since both women, with evident earn estness and sincerity, lay claim to the survivor. The referee’s decision was, in tiie absence of any direct testimony, founded upon a comparison of toes, fingers, hair and general features. The child was given to the woman whom it most resembled, and who happened, by the way, to be the one in actual possession at tiie begin ning of the disputa. Bat only the question of right of pos session was settled. Nobody will pre tend that because a child’s toes spread at pretty much the same angle, and hat ita hair and fingers resembled that i intent upon shaping tbc policy of lithe party to suit the opinions of ofawoman.sheisnecessarilythemoth- the people of Georgia ami Ken-j er of it. It is a well known fact that j tuefcy. cure in ing IT The Slate children date hack to certain ancestors any contingency. Wisdom ' for certain features. Old ladies by the rill testify to this fact; so that in the fingers of tjie doubt- A Croat Railroad Line Projected. The recent opening of a new line of railroad, from Memphis to Kansas City, has attracted tho attention of railroad men in Georgia, as well as all others who aro keeping up with the combinations that are constantly de veloping with this important interest. Tiie striking features of a new situa tion that has grown oat of tiie building of tliis line are of peculiar interest to Macon, as well ns Middle and South west Georgia. For this reason we have thonght it well to call attention to some of them, in order thnt allot those who feci an interest in tho matter may ponder the results of another line to tho great West, that must bo com pleted within n few yers. Taking a map of tho States through which it will run, nnd drawing a line from Kansas City to Macon, will be seen that with very Blight deflections passes through Memphis, Birming ham and Columbus, Mneon and Au gusta and terminates at Savannah am\ Charleston. As wc havo already stated, road lias been built from Kansas City to Memphis, which is now in op- oration. From this end wo can reach within sixty miles of Birmingham, ns the Central railroad system terminates at Goodwater. From tho latter point to Memphis, a distance of three hun dred miles, it is necessary to build a road, and with this the line would be completed. Tiie results that aro to follow cannot lie overestimated, as these will affect tho Central system, and tho people who live along ita entire line. It will open up at once another and cheaper mar ket from which we can draw oitr sup plies of Western produce, and at the some time, will afford onr cotton mills better facilities and lower rates of freight through which to supply their growing trade in the West. Speaking for those in the territory nearby, to whom largo advantages must accrue from the completion of this line, it will be seen that, first of all, tiie coal fields of Alabama will be reached by the Central railroad, upon the supposition that this road will com plete the line from Goodwater to Bir mingham. This will do away with the difficulties that arise in making coal ratee over lines composed of two or more railroads. The first effect of this will be to give the Central the en tire haul on the coal needed by ita patrons. Tliis will in turn enable it to give lower rates than can be obtained by existing lines, and cheaper coal for domestic and manufacturing purposes will follow as a natural result. This is not all. This line once com pleted and we reach the Erianger sys tem of roads at Birmingham, and thus secure good facilities for retching all the territory along the same, which at present is not sccessibie except by circuitous routes. The Louis ville and Nashville system for all points between the Ohio and the Mississippi rivers, and even the Lake Slates, will also be reached from Macon and a large portion of Georgia, at Birmingham, and the same results that will come from good connection with the Erianger system will apply to this. It most be plain that the completion of this line is of too much importance to bo long delayed. The people of Kansas City and its surrounding terri tory have probably the largest interest in this enterprise. While this is true, Memphis, Birmingham, Coinm. bus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta, however, without a struggle between the railroad systems, whose interest will conflict, juBt os it is to the advan tage of tho one to see the line comple ted, and of the other to defeat its com pletion . Tiie Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia system connects at Memphis already with the line to Kansas City. Indica tions are not wanting that its owners appreciate the importance to them of retaining their present advantage aris ing from this direct connection. They may be relied upon to institute at ail points whatever movements are best calculated to prevent the completion of the line indicated. To this fact we desire to call the special attention of tho people at all points interested, in order that all tho assistance, moral and material, that they can bring to tho completion of this great work, may bo properly directed. What is a matter of interest to the Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia system to prevent, is also vital to those who aro to be benefited by this new line. This system will not, cannot in good faith, ex ercising good judgment, do anything looking to the consummation of this work. If they buy or build lines of road that would naturally form links in the combination we have indicated, it is, and will be for the purpose of thwarting all attempts to divide with them a business, for tho transaction of which they are now most favorably sit uated. The people along their lines in Georgia have less to gain titan tlioBe living on the Central. In any advan tage that may come to the Central’s patrons by tho completion of the line from Goodwater to Memphis, the pat rons ol the Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia system have nothing to lose. Memphis nnd Kansas City, as well as the people of Tennessee,Mississippi and Alabama, have occasion to be vigilant and watchful of all developments that may arise in connection with this mat ter. It is reported thnt Mr. Seney, repre senting the Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, is now in Europe negotiating for the purchase by tliis company of tho Erianger system of roads. If this report he true, nnd his mission should prove successful, then it will bo seen at n glance that the com pletion of the line we have indicated is n matter of necessity, not only to tho Central railroad, hut to tiie people of Georgia. Wo shall watch with great interest all tho dcvelopemcnts affecting tliis scheme. It is the most important rail road question that tins arisen for years, so far ns the pcoplo of Macon aro concerned. In n Hurry. Tiie Democratic executive commit tee of Richmond county met on Tues day last to fix the time and manner for selecting delegates to the Stato conven tion, and to the Congressional conven tion in the tenth district. Tho following resolution was offered and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That amcetinxof the Democratic party of Richmond county be held at tho court honse at 12 m. on Monday, 12th Instant, for the purpose of selecting delegates to tho convention to ho held In Atlanta on the 18th of June, which Is to select delegates tntho national Bomocrnttc convention at Chicago, aud - iso for the purpose of selecting deli gates lor the C'ongreseiunal nomlnatltg convention tor the tenth district, to he held In Sanders- vtlle, Ga., on July 1,1884, and generally to do such further buslneee as may be found neces sary and to tho best Interest ol the Democratic party of tbo county. We auppose tho Democrats of Rich mond understand their own basiness, hut since their action affects the State’* representation in the national conven tion, as well as one of our most impor tant Congressional districts, we trust we shall bp excitsed if wc venture to suggest that they have hardly allowed sufficient timo for the people ot tho country to be properly represented in the meeting called for Monday next. The resolution grants the people only six days notice. We submit that this haste does not look well. Why should delegates be appointed the 12th inst., when the conventions they aro expected to at tend do not assemble until the 18th of June and the 1st of July? It will be some six weeks before tho first one convenes, and nearly eight week* be fore the other. If the object is to secure the appoint ment of delegates favorable to a partic ular candidate, wc are much mistaken if the other counties interested, subtffit to it without a vigorous protest. Fair play is a jewel—and what is more im portant in this connection, it generally wins in the end. FROM^ ATLANTA. Judge Hammond’i llenry Superior Court—Thaabj? ,h * I Matter—Lost on tho state of Florida, Etc. l«PEC!AL COjtKKSPOKDE;t' C E.] Atlanta, May 5.—Your corrsinn , I hail an interview with Judge W K q *'" I mond of the Superior Court,thl,nt«n£ | touching the editorial comment i„Sf'| Tileoka.'h Of Sunday on hi. adjourning I of Henry Superior Court, as reported! I tho llenry County Weekly. J Ul ] Ke ,, “ I mond feels that tho matter a. JohuZl does him it gross injustice, and is certain!. I an outcome of misapprehension oi e? facts. Henry county is not in j, 1 Hammond’s circuit, and on tl,e casion referred to lie was w® . the court ns n courtesy for Judge s‘I and so feels tiie matter the more ke™51 He states that on Friday, the day of1:1 adjournment, he thought tiie V,,,,!,, I could be easily concluded so that he iS I adjourn the court that evening andW Atlanta Saturday, where important bu»i 1 ness awaited him. He so informed , I grand jury and advised them oi Ills anxi«I I to Adjourn—the business of tho court S through. Tho grand jury replied th,t they would not be able to finish up.YE* Hammond suggested that he could hil the court open until 7 o’clock p,m„ gff them ample time to finish tiie busineVb? fore them. Several communication! passed between the court and the m on the subject About 4 o'effi Judge Hammond sent ngsin to th. jury to learn their decision, when fi found that body had already adjourned the dav, a ranch earlier hour for adjoure jnent than was usual. At this time all Z business of the court was finished and nothing remained except the presentment of the grand jury. Judgeltammond after consulting witit members of the bar ths officers of the court and the solicit™ general, decided it would be prowram legal to adjourn the court, and made in order that the grand jury, when they cams in. should read the presentments and nr* 1 vide for their publication in the usuil , form. Before leaving that evening Jud» Hammond made further explanation’!* the matter to several members cl tiie grand jury, guarding anIQn any appearance of discourtesy to thatbodr r to the county. If his action is regarded >y any of the grand jury or other dtlan f Henn- as discourteous, he regrets it«. cecflingiy, as no discourtesy whatever vu intended. Judge Hammond ia well known as a gentleman of refinement, faithful and earnest in the discharge of his official d tiea and would not intentionally give r.- to the Impression let forth by tiie Hem County Hffkly, whole account of themnt ter you published. THE AIR-LIXE MATTES. Several of the officials of the Air-Line railroad here comment on tiie eivil rights incident published in my letter of May la and claim that tiie article was in some respects an injustice to the road as well u to the employes referred to. In a conversation this morning with Mr. C. IV. Cheers, aouthweatem agent of tiie Richmond and Danville, that gentle man thought Mr. Brown had exaggerated the occurrence, while he admitted that the negroes had been permitted to ride in the ladles' coach. Thu the employes of the road cannot prevent. The negroes had first class tickets, as Mr. Brown had, and under the rules ot the road could not he forced to leave the car if they Insisted on remaining. Tho conductor of that train had already involved the road in a Ins- suit for ejecting negroes from the ladies* car on n previous occasion, and since then acts in such matters by order oi the road. The conductor denies that he paid tiie extra fare fer Mr. Brown in the. sleeper, nor did he invite him there, but simply told him ho might ride in the sleeper l>y ivlng tiie extra fee. Mr. Cheers, who la a genial, clever gen tleman, informs me that he and the otfi- eers associated witit him have the same feeling in reference to granting negroes lbs irivilc-ge of the ladies’ coaches on railroads, iut their hands are tied. On many other roads negroes ride on first-class coaches with white passengers, and in tliis city on street care there la nodiacrimlnation what ever. The only remedy Is to provide eonal and separate accommodations, which Mr. Cheers thinks will probably be adopted in Air-: - short time on the Air-Line. ton ox th* moaiDA. Mr. Alex Thweat, of ths Union Ticket Office, told a ticket from Atlanta to (list- ' sow, by the State of Florida, which sailed I iront New York, April 12th. Thl-ticket f was taken tor Miss lizzie Leonard, a lady of this city, and aba left here on the lout . of April. Nothing baa been heard Irom her since. Mr. Thweat telegraphed this morning to th'- N< w York offle e ol th* | steamship company making inquiry about the lady. . Two special care left Atlanta this morn ing, via the Air-Line, loaded with dele ttes to the Baltimore Baptixt Convention. Two special care trill reach the city thb afternoon carrying loywtT.BTO _ Texas 1 delegates to the Baltimore Co——* l ™ 1 Southern Baptists. The Southern Baptist Convention met in Baltimore yesterday. The con vention comprises about 400 delegate*, representing all the churches and mis sions in the Southern States. An exchange says: “There are two conventions ot the Baptist Church— one North and one South—but they are not separate on account of differencei in doctrine, politics or church govern ment, but stmply from expediency. Itis thought that the churches can be reached better by the division of these bodies, for, with a general headquar ter* in New York, the distance South would be so great aa to interfere with a proper supervision. Rev. Dr. P. II Melt, of tiie University of Georgia, is the presiding officer. The principal work before the body will be the report* on foreign mission* and on home mission*, including the nventkra. BV RAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA. The Feasibility of Building n Rond 0.300 | Miles Lons. New York Sun. WAsmsoTos, May 5.—In compliance with an order of the Honse committee os foreign affaire, Representative Stewart. Tessa, haa prepared a bill providing the appointment of three commission to serve two yean, to aid in extending American trade and oommerce, and in ac quiring information looking to railway communications between southern conn- trice and the United State*. Tito bill pro vide* that the commlsaion iltall visit Mex ico, Guatemala. Honduras, Salvador, >i - aragua, Costa Iiica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, the Argentine Re public. Chili. Uraguay, Paraguay and Bra zil. The bill appropriates jlO.iXIO to pay the expenses of the commissioner! an* their salaries oi fu.DOO cadi annually. In his rej-ort to accompany the bill Me Stewart Bays; "The idea of building a rate road front the United States to Argentine Republic is somewhat startling to UK** who have never given the subject a thought, but there I* no insuperable ow* cle in tiie way of inch an enter prise. A railroad connecting with the railroad ij> . lent of the United States to the litj« Mexico, end thence through Centre America and along the Isthmus of DJ n I'.t-'in,- . .-i --( tin- \ti-l- - tor ; Am ric .i !•■ the \r_- nlr • 1 ' I public, would meet with but f«* ’ natural obstacles, and the distance worn- not eiceed 0.8U0 miles, and it may be short-1 ened to G.CGQ miles by commencing Jtscoe-1 •traction at the City of Mexico, wbei* f will connect with roeds already built, is believed that the obstacle* to th* c« pletlon of such a road are no more '■ inhiabie titan were those ,encountefl twenty years ago in the constrat tioo onr nnt transcontinental line, t such a railroad ia Constructed our merce will be enlarged to suclt an exte as at this time to defy anything like a c net estimate of its value. Cheapeat fash 120 targe page 1,000 engraving K mt l ... In • Cloutier streets, Pbtladelpbi ; tiie policy of the [>arty , hundred lieen so ordered aa to have ' the curt ioubtful States in tiie com- Iful boy, tial contest. observe i short in which the Dem- 1 hi* hair Congres* and ont of to the if rork to redeem the I him* I idt a-s and the (K-iiiltree tone of lount to little or nothing a* ; would be neceasary to dig up •pie. The educational and theol Charleston, and a score o( smaller | ical work of the church will also co cities, which will lie vitally effected by | before the convention. An eioctioi it, are interested jost in proportion ti their size nnd importance, and tin quantity of supplies they draw from and the good* they ship to the West. I offer of premium* elsewhere in this ia- j p< This work wiU not bo completed,! sue. " llicor* will also take place. Agents should net fail to “The wheat 1 fully in the paa the Covington > a* flap roved w Week -r two,” s* far. PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. We will send the Weexlt Tax- GRAPH AND Mas issuer for one ye* j free, to any one who will get op a « j of five subscribe re for it at <mt doB end twenty-five or to any nn« wl "will ^np^-lnb 1 ten mbecriberf 1 per year. Tliis is ancfttywftyto | cure without cot ■t the bent weekly per published 1 trial. m Ufconp&. '