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A THE TELEGERAFH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1884. * r>x nimil IJ I CTTCR seeks to harden th,* xaen of its road wlt b year, Im due to reduction* in the commit' alb Ah Y ITEMS. CAri. nAUUL 6 Lt I I tin ltilotses. The I .end r oad* are th« South- lionrra' rater I hi* rear over the commit- M REPLY TO STATEMENTS OF COM- M138IONER WALLACE. tuni.rf.m Errors of Foot and Infer.nc. Corrected, and a Plain Statement clron of tho Condition of the central Sretem. Atlanta, Ga„ Decrmbtr 11,1834.—Jim. T. H. Colley, Chairman af the Senate Com- Ttilke o* Jtoilrcodz—Dka* tin: Since I re sponded to the Invitation of your conimlt- teo to express my view" on the workings ot the present Railroad Commli- skm law," I hare seen In the Atlanta Constitution the views of Major Campbell Wallace (one of tho com missioners) presented by him to the com mittee after my return to Savannah. Aa ifeel eonfdent that I can remove the er roneous iroprrf atons his elatements may create, I, in justice to our stockholders, take the liberty of submitting to you the following: I am not qnoted by the newspapers or hy Major Wallace, who baa apparently taken his quotation from the papers,*witb absolute correctness. My statement was, %''in my opinion, If the same percentage o( depreciation in rates continues for the next ire years, ss has obtained for the past five, there will not be a solvent railroad company in Georgia; and further, with a continu ance of the rates now In effect, if the roads are called upon to face (or three years, a depression in trade and business, equal in severity to the commercial and financial stagnation of the several years succeeding the financial crisis of 1873, it is a matter of grave doubt if any of the roads In the Stale can earn the interest on their fixed charges.” I base my conclusion upon the following facts and figures pertaining lo the Central and Southweiiem railroads. The commissioners’ rates were put into effect daring the last three months of the fiscal year ending September 1st. 1SS0, and though affecting the earnings but little, 1 begin with that year; lead. jBnrataj|» over operating «xpeaMMl,fifjM&2.79 Net for owners....—.. ■ ~.$ 801,253.79 'Which canals about 10? j per cent, upon the capital stock. Train mil—— — mMM .2,028,400 mile*. 1881. Earnings over operating expcnieMl.%7.029.28 Tlxcd charges 71M8MO it* lowea. The I /v?d road* are the South western, Augti xe and Savannah and the MilledaeviUe, Batonton branch. Tho Central JOjtMud Company i* now paying for these attbe rate of 7 per cent, to their p\**tnt capital stock. The capital stock represents a very much smaller •wc/mt than the cost of construction, for ib'4 reason that they were originally built Vtth the money subscribed for the stock, and the proceeds of a large amount of bonds. The property brought into exis tence by the expenditure of these sums, represents a value equivalent to the money expended. These bonds have been paid, and the capital stock in these enterprises is very much smaller than its real cost. This is practically a reinvestment ot money legitimately earned. Will any one say that the projectors of nsefnl enter* prise * should not make a fair rsVuin on their original investment, aid also on ail their earnings reinvested in the same ru- terprise, for (he purpose of extending and expanding its usefulness nu*J i»roti»ahl«j* wsa? If so, where is the inducement to enterprise? The figures given you by M tjor Wallace, showing the net earnings of the roads from 1879 to 1S»4. are not ac curate. The net earning* of the roads from 1S80 to 1SJH are 86.172.518 instead of \4J.278.P37, aa stand by him, a difference of 1106.419 in favor cf the proposition he is seeking to prove. This would make th- earnings average 81.231 503 per year, or 8177.269 more ihau the average annua, earnings for the five year* ending ls79. To any one engaged in any kind •*( busi ness during the distressing embarrass ments that followed the crisis of 1873, nothing i* needed save a bare reminder to recall tbat the earnings of railroads, like the earnings of all other business, were d»- S retted to the lowest point, and tosutisty icm tbat this is no rule of comparison by which to measure what should be the prof its in years when the business of the coun try was most prosperous. Yet noivwth- standing the past five yean have been a pe riod of unexampled prosperity to all other interests, the railroads have only moder ately increased their earnings over the pre ceding five year*. Maj. Wallace says: “The average net revenue per annum fer the past five rears was 81.057,231. and tbat for the second five ears was 81,255,787, which is an increase n the average net revenue per annum of over eight per cent.” If Msj. Wallace meant what he seems to ssy, that the an nual increase in revenue has been at the rate of 8 per cent, per year, from the aver age per year of the five years ending in 1879, and he was not mistaken, 1 would not be pleading for the interest of tue own ers of this property to dsy. For, to use bis own figure*, the average earnings from 1875 to 1879 have been 81.057,231 per year, 8 per cent yer year in crease from this for five years, would have made the earnings in. 1884 amount tloners’ rates this vear over the commis sioners’ rates last year. Very ranch of it is, yet some Is due to a lessening in the volume of bu»ine*s passing over the road. Before concluding. 1 desire to correct one other misleading statement. Major Wallace in his effort* to establish proof tbat the roads are earning sufficient money under the present commissioners’ rates, ■ays: “The Georgia railroad is a part of tjie Central railroad system. The net earning* ol this road during the year just passe i are reported at $593,000, an amount equal to about 14 per cent, upon their cap ital stott of $4,200,000." No one knows better than Major Wallace the distinction oetween net earnings of a road and net income of n company. No one knows better than be does, that to in clude all the outside inoo.uc of a company in a statement Intending to show the net earmnga of a road, does not convey a cor rect tnip/isdon «h to the revenue derived from the operations of the road, and this is »he point at tissue. In all fairness, if be frltituece sarytouse the operations of the Georgia railroad to illustrate his proposi tion, tie s non Id have told you that the leaseesof the Georgia railroad earned upon operations of the road— $177,545 32 Received from Atlanta and West Point stock 58,908 00 Recel ed from Western railway of Alabama 2K.1V0C0 Kerelred from Rome railroad 7,44»» 87 Received from WeltOB ra lroad 1.8BO 00 Received I om other investments.... 24,3.7 Total net income $.'02,227 5? He then should have shown tbat the value of tbc Georgia mPriad represented by its bonded debt and capital stock is 86,881,000. ami the net earnings of the railroad prop er being $477,515 32 or an Interest ou the value of the property of the Georgia rail road proper, of less than 7 per cent for the year. Tbc value ot all the proper ty leaied from the Georgia Railroad ami Banking Company amounts to$10875 300. and the rental paid for it i* $00 ’,000 pe. year, which is about per cent, on i s value. Major Wallace is simply mistaken in his conclusions on this subject. 1 have the honor to be. very respectfully, your obe dient servant. W. G. Raoul, President of the Central Railroad aud Banking Company of Georgia. THE DROWNED OYATERMEN. Failure to Convict n Lot of Brutal Mur derers, Etc. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] Albany, Ua., December 1 i*—Mr*. E. A. Cm* ger, one of the oldest and most highly-es teemed ladies of Albany, died yesterday and was buried to-day. Conductor William Welch was robbed of a valUc and overcoat while the train was at the depot. HU engineer caught one of the thieves and policeman Kemp the other two. All arc in jail. Calhoun County Court adjourned yesterday. The grand jury found truo bills against four white men, charged with murder, committed midnight a week or more ago, by assaulting Calvin Mike, colored in hU bouse with guns and pUtols. Mike and wife escaped by pulling planks from the floor, parsing under the house to the opposite side, and taking refuge In a swamp. After the par ties ceased firing, supposing the inmates had been killed, they fired the house, earning up an aged negro woman and two small children. HoDcitor-Oeneial Watters was taken alck and mUtrial was made. The female baseball club played to a good crowd this afternoofi. ONCB UPON A TIME. Into my >ap to hear me tell The Christmas tales he lovea to well- A tale my mother told to me. Beginning “Once upon a time.” It U a tale of «‘.Ues that rang . The thepherda saw one winter night- And of the glorious stars that innr An anthem once upon a time. This story of the hallowed yesrs Tells of the sacrifice sublime of one who prayed alone and wept While hU awearled followers slept— And how his blood and Mary’s tears Commingled once upon a time. And now my darling at my slue who are anxious to secure seats in Ccni “^esa. -Ex-Governor “Dick” Bishop, of Ohio, denying rane recent stories stout bimaelf. declares that be has not lost business last year, but baa since aucceeded ia a tale ot line, tbat ran. lo huuself financially oomforta- tvith angel rhapsodies lubllme; Ot that ,raat boat, serene and white, —Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, of Mtoalitippl, advises the Proteatant Bplico- pal'ani not to employ negro clergymen for the Bon them negroes. Separate congrega tions with white rectors are what he re commends. He believes tbat the blacks entertain no respect for ministers of their own color. have mads the earnings in amount to 11,563,423.57, while, In point of fact they only amounted to $1,007.472 39. Major Wallace goes into an elaborate statement of Ibe cash the Central has paid to Ita stockholders from the earning, ot — ItjA. Kct for owners. I 651,163.78 ‘ 'Which equals stout t-K per cent, upon the capital stock. Trala mileage. 2,417,7M miles. ltsc. Taming* over operating eipensei..$1.021.29!M Fixed charges 1.010,920.50 Kct for owners..— .3 10,313.15 Which equals about 14100 of I per cent, up. 11 the capital atock. Twin mileage ...•■V'i»,789 miles. 1SS3. Earnings over operating cxpenser.il,268,126 Fixed charges.. 1,0.9,527 Which equs capital itock. Train 1 ' Kct deficit for own err .1 02,978.81 Train mileage...— —. ..2,805,742 mllce, In fixed charges are included Interest on bonds and rentals. A default on the rent- da would forfait the leases and break down the earning power of the system and result in a default on the interest which would place the road In the bands of a receiver. The large cantina* of 18*0 were due to the largo crops ami the general prosperity of.the country, and to the fact that the re- factions made by the commission were only in operation dating three rammer months. The small earning* of 1884 were dm- in part to small crops, but chiefly lo the fset tbat Were feeling Ibe full force of the reductions In rales mafic during the pact four yesrs. Tt e train mileage has steadily increased daring sll this time, indicating that the volume ol bus!nest has increased, or the character of traffic has chai ged, sc as to involve a heavier expense in con dneting it. The fixed chargee Increased for 1882 account cl tl a issue of ceitificatee of in debtedne’B. It haa keen, and may again be urged that this was a virtual watering of the stock, and Increased the fixed charges wllbcnt a corresponding increase in properly. This is cot true. The prep- ertjr of tee Central and Southwestern railroads has been largely increased by expending thaearnings upon it instead of paying dividends to the stockholders. The expenditure of these earnings has added to the value of the property (built by the original rabscription and borrowed capital) much more Ilian I* represented by the issne of these certificates ot indebtedness, and the value of all the properly under dlsctuaion ia more than equal to the sum represented by tin, stock, certificates ot indehtednr,,. and tho bonds combined: and besides this the diatrlbution among the stockholders, of tliia issue of certificates, does notreiund to thou with simple Intereetat OpercrnL, all the money they originally expended to build up a commercial highway through the State. However. I am not dcoand.ni upon this point to support me In tha opin ion 1 have advanced. If the quea ion of certificates of Indebtedness be eliminated altogether, if wa aay nothing about the large amount of new capital that has been expended to bring np the tllidenry of these road* to lb# point of meeting tee de mands now upon them, if the sufficiency . ' of earning, over rentaia and interest is to be measure! by the unfair standard of the per centege of in terest it yields upon the original capital, even then I aay, it has not been fairly re munerative. Even upon this compara tively small capital, legal Interest has not been earned through the four years, and the earnings do not show healthy fluctua tions sa they would if only Influenced by the usual business conditions of the coun try; on tbs contrary, they show (with ana exception) a continuous decline. Leaving out the ctrtificatea of Indebtedness, and retimating tha per cectage of Interest earned upon tha original capital, the com pany earned— in i*aaabend WJ$ per cent. r 3 , per cent. ”3 Treting the opinion I have advanced, by this rule, I yet feel no encouragement to modify my conclusions. I wnb hereto emphasize the fact that (here figure! endmy conclusions thereon are hated cntheopeialione of the Central and fcnutbweetern railroads, •• railroad, only, eliminating all the outside property, •u<n ae tLipa cn tbs arean, railroads in other Malta, and the banking buaineis, with which it la (ought to contrite this qu- alien. Three piujtrtua were here with their vmhiee and their debts when the Batlroad Commission was created. 1 aaeome tbit the iotention of the lew was toper ■nit them to make fair interest npon the capital expended ipon them with out considering the amount of prop erty the company owned outride of tbc Hide. It ia not a question of the wraith of tha corporation, or of the ootaide resources erf the stockholders, but the quest ion le what ia a lost and reasonable rata for tbs uteri of railroads to pay. ami what ia a rtaaonable return upon capital invested in a (pacific property, and how to adjust and harmonic* there two neceeseri- ly conflicting interests and lo do justice “iaMi to stale briefly cne other objection that baa been and may again to made to It will to taVi that the amount paid lor the leaaa of enbw roads ia loo much—chat the Central baa made bad bargaiaa and 1 he question at Issue. His figu res and ar- g uments, however, go to demonstrate that e, as a commissioner to execute the law ot the Stale, which commands iu-t and reasonable rates to be made, Is taking into consideration aa an element in fixing these just and rtaaonable rates, the property owned and operated by the company out side the State ol Georgia, and that be feels justified in depressing rates a railroad in Georgia ti point that makes it impossible for it to earn anything for ita stockholders be cause that company owns properly out ride of the Stste, the profile upon which will ensble it to sssure lie solvency. One of these properties, the Ocean 8h amshlp Company, ha- proved to be of Incalculable service lu advancing the commercial in terests ot this titate. Should not the en ergy, the enterprise and contributions o Ua projectors also reap some of its beue- Why does not Msj. Wallace, Instead of confusing the subject with earnings of properly outside the State, increase of thu assets of the company and such other for eign matter, confine himself to the subject at isaue, which is, is the Central and ita teaaed lines in Georgia earning a lair re turn upon the amount of capital tbat It would cost to produce the property 7 Why does be uot make a plain business statement of the earnings of theta roads year by year, deduct from 'he rstno the in terest on the fixed obligation!, aud show you what is left to divide among the stock holders. and say whether or not he thinks it a fair return T lie does not do this. lie allows you tbat tba aggregate earn ings for the put five years have Increased over the earnings ot the five yeare previ ous. He does not tell yon tbat the five years preceding the commission were years ol extraordinary depression in all business and it wu n uriout struggle with all the roads lo escape bankruptcy. He does not tell yon that to tbat atrutgle and during that period the Atlantic and Gulf lailroad, the Iiraniwlrk and Albany railroad tha Macon and Brunssrick railroad, and the Atlanta and Cbarlotta Air Line, went under and passed through the haudv ol a receiver, aa did nearly all the roads In roost of the Southern StaltL He does not point out to you that during these five years ot “plenty” the net return! to the stock holders show an almost steady di- dins. Ue doea not tell yoo that the train mileage ot a road ia a mass- oreabiy correct indication of its volume of business, and that In the five years, end ing in .879, the earnings were 15.286.171, and the train mileage wu 8.(11)3.500 miles, and the nut five years the earnings were $6,172,131, (not $6,278,907). while the train mileege wu 12,017,519 miles, an increue of f-V'fl.'JU) in earnlnn, bat an increase in train mileage ol S 951.050 miles, indie sting an Increue of tonnage ont of all propor tion to tha Increase of levenuc. T his ex cess mileage largely exceeds the total ol any two whole years between 1875 and 1879. Under such a rule, u the busincia expands the profits must contrscr. To earn $880960 more money wamuit per form an additional train urvice equal to tha traffic business of the road tor two en tire yean. Major Wallace says: “It is true that during tba yaar rating September 1, 1884, the grou revenue • of the Central ra lrosd have decreased about $400,600. u compared with the previous jear, but an analysis of the rep irts w.ll show that thedecreaae Is upou iVough business, over which the oomuilsalo-i have no jurisdiction, and not upon the local business, rates upon which are fixed by The Dleaeier Said to Be More Serious Ihen at First Rsportsd. FanaiucKSBuno, V*. December 13.— The reported drowning of 27 men in the Rappahannock riter Tuesday last Is Dot confirmed, two steamers having arrived here since then (root that locality A-ho bad heard nothing ol 1L Another steamer will arrive to-night. Baltimoxx. December 13.—The steamer Westmoreland, from Rappahannock, ar rived to-day. and th.-se on board report that the deetruction of life by Tuesday’s storm is much greater than heretofore re ported. The Evening News, lo its account of the disaster, says: The officers of the steamer Westmoreland report tbat ol the party ol colored men whose boats were capsized in the Rap- E abanriock.near Urbans, twenty-eight are nown lobave been drowned. In addi tion to those already reported, at least six men were drowned at Canoe House Land ing, on the same river. At Mill Creek, an other landing on the Rappahannock river, a young whila man was drowned. In speaking ot the fact tbit so few who were out in Iheir boats es raped from drowning, an officer of the We-tmorelaml explained that the squab broke in all its fury without * moment’.- no tice, and Ibeir boats wereawauu el before they were fully aware of what had taken place. Tho negroes sll along the river, and especially in the neighborhood of Ur bans, arc greatly exercised and fright, ened. juoce Mccava mind civea wav. Forced Adjournment of His court— Caussa of the Calamity. [SFZCIAL TELEGRAM.] Atlaxta, Dccepber 12.—Tho friends of fudge 11. U. McCay have for some time known that his mental and physical condition wu failing. Within a few days there bat been a rapid developmentjof the tymptoms.and to-dty It cannot be longer concealed that his mind a very unsettled condition, and tho Judge utterly incompetent to tho discharge ol his duties as judge of the Feder al Court ior the northern district of Georgia. There was In consequence a forced adioura- ment ot his court this morning, and his friends are looking after him solicitously. For some yean lt is reported he haa had do- mcatlc trouble and a physical affliction, which have affected his habits to an extent causing him to me stimulants for re lief, which altogether have bad a distressing effect upon bis mental condition, with the re- suit at stated. The ardcous labors of Ms court have doubtless contributed much to the result. Judge McCat has two brothers lo Baltimore, wealthy ant prow lnent citizens—Prof.Cbas. F. McCay and Robert T. McCay-who have been telegraphed (or. It la thought a change of scene and good treatment will have a beneficial effect, and he wilt be induced to go to Baltimore for the preaenL Judge McCay ia about sixty- three yean old, and a native of Pennsylvania Be came out to Georgia when a young Br and read law under Judge l.umpkin. IBs reer since ia wed known to the readers of the Tklegkafh. A Singular Accident fn it. loula. 6t. Lotus, December 12.—About 10 o'clock Itat night two of the Urge iron columns of the old gas meter at the corner ol Fourteenth and Slnaleton streets, belonging to the 8L Loula explosion of gas Immediately folrowed, which lighted up the entire city and caused much alarm; but the illumination lasted scarcely al minute Extraordinary as it may seem, no surrounding property was damaged. It will cost from $,5.wo to $100,660 to replace tho tank, and in the meantime the atorsgo capacity oI the company will be reduced near-y one-half, which will occasion tome Inconvenience, Tbo mighty deeds that men have told In ponderous tone or fluent rhyme, Like misty shadows fade away— But this sweet story ’bides lor aye, And, like the stars that sang of old, We aing of “Once upon a time.” —Chicago Kcwa. The Paris Petit Journal ha* readied a circulation of K25.000 copies, without a doubt the largest newspaper circulation in the world. The Druggiat estimates that the an nual production of canned goods In the United Stales equals 500,600,000 packages, or ten for every person. The members of the House Judi ciary Committee have but small hope tbat Ibey will be able to secure a hearing fur the bankruptcy bill this session. “No.” said an old maid, “I don’t miss a husband very much. I have train’ ed my dog to growl every time I feed him, end I have just bought a clothing (tor© dummy tbat 1 can acold when I feel like “Those currants I bought from you were nearly half ffiei.” said a manto a grocer, ’the other half is all right, la it?” “Yes, but—” “Oh, that's all righL Just bring the fl'ea back and I’ll weigh 'em and make]a reduction.” The crepe veil has received a deadly blow from a Baltimore phyiician, who says that the crepe veil io jurea the complexion, and carries poisonous matter into the lungs. Black silk and Idack cotton goods also produce bad effects. Democratic Congressmen estimate that there are twenty-five applicants for every poat-efflee appointment Aa there are about forty thousand poat-officra, this accounts for just one million of Cleveland's supporters, leaving etill four million who prefers foreign miaaloo or a clerkship.? ""Cali vorsia" has 'choice ”of ninety- four varieties of grapes from which to ex tract ita wines. These ere exclusively wine varieties, the table varieties being al most without limit. It is predicted that the dty la not far diatant when all foreign wine countries will be overshadowed by California. The uneducated palates of a Wis consin total abstinence society did not de tect the rum iu the lemonade on a festive occasion until gallons had been swallowed and visible intoxication bed been produced The wicked mixer of the beverage had told them that tha peculiar flavor was due to something new in augar. the commission.' I do not know from wbat report Major Wallace has drawn these conclusions or bow be bee analysed them, bat it le evi- now DVBH liu«ij*cu LUC All, uui Ik ia c$i dent that wbat he terms "through Irright is tbat buslneat which comet from or goes beyond the State line, and over which ■he commissioners have no conlrol, and that he terms “loeal,” that budneis with in the State and over which the commis sioners' rates do control, and tbs' be hat fallen into tome contusion In separating three distinctive elaesee of traffic. By reference to the published annual report of the company for the year re ferred to by Maj. Wallace,ending Septem ber 1,1884, it will be seen diet the revenue upon the traffic entirely within the juris diction cf the commissioner*, ia about aa luilows: Between Columbns, Eufaula, Albany, Fort Gainee, other tmaller stations on the Southweitern railroad and Savannah, and freight (nun station to staticn on Soulh- weateru Milroad, there is $118,810.97 de- crest*. Between Atlanta, Griffin, other smeller stations on Atlanta Division and Savan nah, and from station to station on Atlan ta Division, 'here ia $14.000Mdecreaia Between Macon, Milled eville. Kalon- ton and other tmtiler stations end Savan nah, also from station to station $68,(03 43 decrease. It cannot be questioned that the frieght rates between the above poln't ar* under the control of the commission, and the aggregate falling off amounts $200U6M2. When w* take into consideration ibe fact that a large amount of traffic under the control of ccmmlsetonera' rales it not included in the above statement, and when we consider the great Influence the local rates of Georg* have upon the through rates, limiting in a great many instances the ore portion we can claim (or the tinea of Georgia, we could very safely add SO per cent to the flgnrea above submitted. Ida not daim that all this (ailing off to revenue, aa eoopaiad with tha previous RANDALL COMINO SOUTH. Ha Cornea to S)a Hla Friends at Blr. mlnRham. Ala. (TlLkORArHID VO TUS ASSOCIATED CRESS ] Washikutoh, December 13.-The Eveu- ingStar aimounne that Hon. Samuel J. Randall will leave Washington immedi ately npon the recess of Congress and start to tha West and South. He will visit Nashville and go far south as Birmingham, Ala. At tha latter plica he will arrive about the let of January, and will remain two deyr. Mr. Randall )• to v alt there cities at ibe cordial Invitation of Democrats residing therein. General Forney, of Alabama, a warm friend ot Mr. Randall's, say* there will be “a rousing oration” to tha ex Speaker at B'rmingham'and at Nrahvilla. Theta is no special occasion or event of a cub ic character at either of the cities which lakes Mr. Randall there. He has many frienda and admirers in tbat section of ibe South who bare repeatedly extended invitations to him to come among them. Ue now proposes to take advantage of the recess to meet bis South ern friends, and, as In Atlanta, be will make public eddr«is»s. Murder in Arkansas. Little Roci. December IS.—Sheriff Worthen tbi* mornint: went to the I ate plantation, where Lewis Fox was rout- dined while writing at a table Friday night. Hr fouuil that the body bad been robbed ol $00, a gold watch and a pistol. Tree colton pickers, W. N. Hopkins and A. M. Branilelt, white, amt L l’arktr, colored, weiesuaiMCled.and they were arrested in their cabins on the plsntallon. Barker conferred that robbery had been planncl several days ago. in the belie! that Fox bad a large rum oi mon- y; that lfopkinr Hied the fatal allot, ai d that he (Barker) had entered and taken the hootv. Both white men dray teii g piment A sack containing the money aud watch wa- found In Barker's cahin. The prisoners are now In jail here. The Murphy Murder. Naw Orleans, December 13.—During the past week the grand jury have been Invcstlgatlrg the murder of A H. Mur phy, ami have examined 103 r linens) s. This afternoon Ibe grand jury ban all the accused brr tight into court, and one hy oneccnfrnntm with the witnesses, where by all but one were lully i Untitled At 6 o'clock Ibis evening the grand jury p ren-nted true bills sgalust Re corder Thomas J. Ford, his brother, Batri'k J. Ford, court officer* W. E Caulfield and W. A. Buckley, pol'ceman John Murphy, Ihe porter Of the recorder's court, Baptiste Farelio and com t officer Charles Bauer, for willful murder, and not true against policeman J. 4J. Errlse. The accused are in ibe parish prison. The trial will probably take piece In January next. _ The Iren Traaa. Milwackee. December 13.—The tner chant iron mills anil fiih plate and rail R Iatr mills at Bay Vlrw will resume opera- una on Mondi y. The tu'lte had been gradually leyirgoff men and curtailing or ratiraly impending work for several months, a wttk ago the entire rolling mill shutting conn. By the reaurupt on of work 1,490 men will be given employ- Readi.no, December 13.—The Scott Foundry, of the Rradirg Iron Works, which has a large trade in cotton presses with cotton mills tbrooghout the South, haa diacharnd one-half of Ita hands, about 100 to number, and 1 educed the wtges of the remaindrr 10 percenL Pmaai’EU, Ba . December 13.—A 10 to 16 per cent, reduction in the wsgei of em ployes of the Union Iron Mil»lies been accept'd, and workwill be continued after Monday aa usual, THE CONFERENCE AT BALTIMORE The Bishops to letue is General Pasto ral Letter to aaetbodiats. [VCLXGBATHED TO THE ASSOCIATED 1'IIKSW.] Baltimore, December IS.—Hon. G. D. Sliands, of Mississippi, a prominent mem ber of the Methodist Episcopal chnrch, presided this morning over the conference After the reading ol tho minutes of yes terday, a number of resolutions were of fered and appropriately referred. A resolution oderei by Dr, Kynett tbat Ibe bishops of this conference prepare a pastoral address to the ministers and peo pie of Methodism was adopted, A genera) disenssion on Ihe subject of revivals ensued, after which Rev, Jno. A. Williams read an essay on the “Rise aud Progress ot Methodism in Banana,” fol lowed by an ersay by Rev. Chai. J. Little on “.Methodist Pioneers and Their Work.” At the afternoon session Governor Rob- ert Pa'.tison, of Pennsi Ivania, presided. After devotional exercises. Bishop S. T. Jouea read a paper on “Is Methodism Losing ils Power Among the Massea?" General discussion followed up to tbc hour ol adjournment. Tomorrow there will be a general cele bration of the Metho-iist Huudey-school* of Baltimore, in which 25.000 scholars will take pert, exercises to be held in twenty one churches. GREAT BRITAIN. SENTENCE COMMOTED. London, December 13 —Tlie sentence of Cap). Dudley end Male Stephen!, the Mignonette cannibals, baa betn com muted from hanging to eix months' im priaonment without labor. LONDON SHAKEN HY AN EXPLOSION. London, December 13,6:30 r. m —A ter rific explosion haa just occurred in this city. The report was similar to that caused by an explosion of dynamite. One r: port is tha; the explosion was of gas lu the railway arches >» Tooiey street, another ia that a bridge over the Thames has been exploded. An inquiry will be made into the circumstances of Ihe explosion. London, midnight, December 13.—1 ho explosion it etill inrolved in mystery. In quiry at various police offices elicited the statement that no serious na’narr wa* done. The general belief ia that some tx- nlodve article was thrown from beneath London bridge. A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. London, December 13.—In epUe of the great denression in the Bfiti-h iron and tied trade, it is reported that the govern- tuent intend* to give the contract tor the making of Ibe heavy gnus (or the new ironclEili to German firms. ife, I tvi»h you could make pies that would male as good ns my mother's used to." "Well, my dear, you run and bring in a pailful of water aud a hodful of coal sod an armful of wood, ju:t as you used to lor your mother, anil maybe yon Till like ray pics as well.” He concluded the pies would do just as they were. ■It In said that u feature of this sea son’s church (airs is tbo familiar “Cat Duet,” sung by a handsome young couple, whoso heads are thrust through a canvas, which is painted to represent a back yard fence, while attached to the huottn neck, are the bodies of cats, so made that their backs cun be raised, iheir tails waved, and their paws operated. The effect ia comi cal, but a Connecticut minister condemned it ns irreligious, and suppressed it on the •pot. It is said that it would be difficult to imagine iuu>io more artistic amt turilling than tbat nndered bv the Mexican band now at New Orleans a few days since. I hey played a number of very difficult pieces with remarkable rhythm, melody and execution. Whila the several part* of an air or romance were being softly played there would start a ripple o! wild variations on the Ie!t ot the band gradually roil with increasing tnd then rrceding tones to tha extreme right; then (gain from the rear of the centre a wave of melody would swell and die away In the distance, leaving with the listener a desire to be again thrilled with IU tone*. No living monarch, Kuropcan or Asiatic, not even the Csar of all the Rus sia* i an boast ol such a service of plate as that owned hv Queen Victoria, to whore f urs'* It is often exhibited, on huge Luf- eis a’, either er.d ol the banqueting table in St. Georga’s Hail—rarer, plateaux, cup* and candelabra, all wrought in the pre cious metal, the net value uf which la said to exceed 12 000,0H0 sierling. Conspicu ous among the trophies are the mimic "lyre bird” and tlger’a head taken from Tippoo Salb tighty-odd tears ago, and £ resented to her Majesty’s grandfather, lug Georg* III. The lyre tlrd’e body rad tall are computed of lolid gold, richly studded with brilliants, rubies, emeralds and pearls. As he atendt in all hla jew eled pride, one ot Ibe costliest follies ever devised to gratify the whim of a lavish Grieotal potentate, h* represents a perpet ual income of Xl,500 a year, calculated at 5 per rent, upon his intrinsic worth. The tiger’s herd once (erred Hjr.lrr AH’* mas terful son as a fu-itstool, it l« a life-size model, fashioned in solid silver, richly gib, iu iusita 01 rock crystal and its tongue of pure gold. —Cardinal Manning, whoso health was lately the subject of such serious con cern, has so satisfactorily regained bis strength as to be able to resume his usual active habits. Though several yean be yond the traditional three score years and ten, he contrives to get through more work than most prelates for hla juniors would dare to face. —Fanny Blaster died at Vienna on tbeZ7th ult., apainlesa death. Her health bad been failing for a twelvemonth, but she had preserved her beauty; her eyes were nndioinird, her countenance was unwrinkled, and her brown hair was scarcely sprinkled with gray. She had Inst much of her fortune, but left about $200,000 to the daughter of her only child Mme. da Webeual, and a cousin. She hsd written her memoirs but burned them not long before her deatji. It may be added that only a tew months >lnce ahe told a friend (In Vienna that not only had she never er tsrtsined Intimate relations with the Duke of Keicbstadt but she bad never even seen him to her knowledge. A Facetious Eattor. Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette. In the conrze of a yeartbe general office of a big railroad gets some queer, tome funny, some solemn, and some “other* wife” requests for passes. General Pas senger Agent Ford, of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, showed one yes terday which he exile “Ibe modest and facetious kind,” from a Western editor, living on one of hie lines, Mr. Ford thought It too good to “keep," and it Is glvtn below, except the names and locali ty: , hare a modest request to make. I want lo get a pass for myself and wife from to Washington, D. O. and thence to New York, wltn atop privl lrges at Baltimore and Philadelphia, and return. I know that the general rule ia lo refuse such requests aa this. I wish, how ever to state my case: Firaly—This Is to be my wedding trip, and country editors, you know. In each caies depend npon their railroad friends standing by them In the worthy eilorl to mske their bride* believe they have caught a millionaire when they hook on to a country editor. Poor little innocents I They think that all they have to do will be to ride free over the country and be tbc honored guests of the great of the land. Utile do they dream of the painful truth that they will have to eke out a scanty subsistence from tickets to snide min strel shows and Uncle Tom’s Cabin troupes; orders on corner stores which will be coldly honored for goods at four timet their value; contracts for organs and aewing machines; by means of which editors are permitted, after giving severs- hundred dollars’ worth of advertising, to purchase an initrument after paying eight •eventha of its value in cash. By the courtesy of railroad officials ed itors usually succeed in, concealing tbesr unpleasant things from allies, and! there fore, fellow the custom acd tone you for tha parses.. I am postmaster at , an! be- ^self-raising Cj) oread rrepamUon. THE HEALTHFUL AND NUTmTIC-lJ, BAKING POWDER restore* to the flour the itrength-eton. Phosphates that are removed wlStt! bran and which are requred by the No other baking powder doc.{[T less, is healthier and stronger than other powder. ,D “J HOME TESTIMONY FROM J. Emmett Blackshear.M.D. Macon, Ga„ July 14, 1884.-I takepleu. nr* in adding my testimonial to the supe rior excellence of yonr Horaford r Brssd Preparation (Baking Powder) as sn am- ele healthful and nutritiousJJo long asm. perfine wheaten flour is made use offer bread-making, to long will there be tut cesaity for restoring to such flour the cu. tritiye elements o! which lt ia deprived by the refining process; and so far as Ism aware, this I* the only baking poWcr In the market that possesses tbat while to giving lightness and porosity to the bread, whether made of superficr.or unbolted (Graham) flour, there is noce better. Youre respectfully, (Signed) J. KMMETTBLACXSHRAR, M. D. encc, for cutaneous an Invigorating tonic. Jams Jacnson, Chief Justice of 0l tog one of the rascals who must go, I will have to hump myself to get back in time to be kicked out, and wilt not be able to move a peg until that momentous cveni occurs. I think I have made my csso; 11 you think uot, let me know aud I will add an amended and supplemental petition Mark your answer "private.” I have not yet billed the town nor requested any one’s "presents" at my wedding. I might say “burn this,” but the words are pain ful. Mr. Ford says in this case it was ton much for him, and fearing an "amended E etition” be yielded and sent the passes; nt he desires it to be underatood that this will not to he regarded as a precedent or an example (or others of the fraternity, .X. Young Men!—Beaa This. Tb* Voltaic Beit Company, ot Marshall, Mich., oiler to send their celebrated Elec tro Voltaic Belt and other Electric Appli ance* on trial for thirty dayr, to men (young or old) afflicted with nervona de bility, h»« of vitality and manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also for rheuma tism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many oth er liner- Compute restoration lo health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No risk la iocorrad aa thirty days trial allowed. Write them at uoc* lor liluetr ted pampbltt free. FRANCE. LOUISE MICHEL TO BE RELEASED. Paris. December IS.—Louise Michel, the Anarchist agitator, now to prison, will re ceive a free pardon January 1. The So cialism have held another meeting to the Salle de Rivoli in the interest of the unem ployed. M. Voiila-it presid d. A few per rons attempted to create a tumult, but thay were prevented by a majority of those present. The Geuiois say* that Prince BUiuarck ia in favor of the resignation of Nubar Pasha from the office of premier of Kgypi and will Insist on the abdication ol Me hammed Tewfik. tb* Khedive. It is re ported that a strong party ia working lo replace Ismail Bash* npon Ibe Kbedival throne. Baris, December 13.—The Gaulois says France has purdiawdseven UrUUtistcam era lor use in carrying additional troop a to China. ^ OERMANV. rSRUAHEXTARY MOVEMENTS. Berlin, IWmber 13.—A union haa been formi-d consisting of 180 members of the Reichstag to coiniiier the monetary quea. lion, which is aron-ting renewed interest in Germany. Herr Van Scborlemeratst, one of the leaders ol the UUramontranes, is president. Blaine's Libel Suit. Indianapolis, December 13.—In the B sine-Sentinel libel tnlt in the Federal I’.iurt to-day, lohnC. Shoemaker, presi dent of Ihe Sentinel Company, Bird an affi davit asking that further proceedings be stayed until the plaintiff bs* answered Ibe interrogatories which were filed with the amended bill of disco very. The suit it set for trial for December 23, end Judge Woods will probably rule on Monday on lb* request for a auy of further proceed- Dcaaax r Salad Dressing and Cold Mast Saucs la Blade from It* fresbesl, purest, ffitfdi ciutiswDta fdntlnihir lo using it, warn a labor anxiety, and disap- pointatot us poTCttlid. PERSONAL. —Mr. Randall denies that he has been in conference with Mr, Tiiden on the question of accepting a cabinet t (lice under Mr. Cleveland. —Head Waiter John Trutnpley, of Ihirnuiu's Hotel Baltimore, has accumu lated ami saved $129,000 during thirty years In thst position. —Secretary Smalley, of the Demo cratic national committee, thinks tbat Senator Bayard and William 0. Whitney ti booked for cabinet places. —Dr. Mary Walker says she haa half a notion to marry Ben Butler. "Do, Mary." urge* the Philadelphia Call; “it would serve him just righL” —'The wife of Justice Field, who is a fine Shakfinerean scholar, haa organized a class uf student* at Washington, number ing many of the leading ladies. —Barrister Adame thinks he ia as good a* any ot the Coleridges, since the daughter tie meant to many was only the old man's housekeeper and the second son of the family sells cheap wine* on com mission. —Mr. P. M. Baker haa been pro moted to ba managing editor of the New Orleane Timea- Democrat, vice Major E. A. Ilurke, resigned ou account of his on erous duties aa director-general ot the ex position. —It is xaiil Senator Sherman will ad vocate recoining the standard dollars on hind into 470 grain dollars, aud make this the weight of all uur future dollars. They would then, he thinks, rule the world and came business to boom. —President McCoab, of Princeton College, bs* kindly assured Ihe boys that there is no inconnsteney in the evolution theory and the Scriptures, but some of the evolutions of the loot-ball game ar* etill under serious consideration. —Tho Pope, last Sunday, in his ad- drrss to the pupils of tho American College at Rome, said tliat he had always felt great affection for the American clergy, and he wu much gratified at the progress which Catholicism had made in the United States, —Senator Vest, in hi* speech against the Dakota reheats, vary appropriately characterised that Sort to fore* tbaiowaz half 0$ tha Territory into tb* sisterhood of States as the work ol a gang of politicians Turn the Rascal* Out. Cleveland Flalndcalcr. Bills of various rorts have been intro duced in Congress already, the true intent of which under one disguise and another Is to keep Republican office holders in of fice after tho new Democratic administra tion takes hold. After having held office all these years, grew wot having lied about Democrats, abused I Erst tat them, slandered them, and having con tributed money and time to defrat the Democratic party, these fellows do not want to tow to tue popultr verdict that commanded them to g«t out. They want to be kept iu. They want a Democratic administration, that th-y did their best t-> d feat, to keep Ibtm in Iheir offices. Hence these many bills to extend the civil service regulations, and provide against the removal of this and thaAsort of office holders. The Democrats in Own should not allow themselves to bMpffappt d Into any of these schemes. should r teed to the squeals a; the office wbodonot want to go. The civil ser vice nonsense has gone about as far as there ia any need. The understanding has been that when the Democrats came into power there would be a general cleaning out In the civ il service. It was underatood that the chai ge should be thorough and complete. It ought to be. Democratic rule will not be for long if ills not. We hold this duty to be foremost.^There CSS NtS&SSCvdaiiu iwutiu witii Repuo- licans in office, especially of the sort who have been in >0 long. There can be no sucres?ful administration with the office in the hands of the enemies of the Demo cratic parts who will use their official po sitions aa they have ever done to injure and defeat 1 Itn Democra ic parly. Ills ail noorrn'M to suppose otherwise. Tbeie office holders assume that the country cannot get along without them. They ere insolent in that way and their insolence should be met by ebowieg them the door. We hold that the country can get along very well without any Republi cans in office. Wc want to make a practl cal damorntration of that. We still believe to tun ing the rascals ouL Tho Supreme B*nch. Atlanta, September a^ttsb-fna* apart. . I think 8. 8.8. e vary valuable remetv utAncons diseases, and at the uur - AN AGED BAPTIST MINIATE*. Two More Important cussr. ■Your agent being to Colambus, G*., t lew days ago, and meeting tbo venerable brother B. II. Campbell, we asked him for the news. H reply urn: “I have two more Important ■« effected hr Swlft’e 8peelfle to report." The vi-ncrablo man to known tor and wide for Ihto unremitting labors ofloveln the behalf ol the poor of Columbus. It will be remembered that the Hwlit Specter Go. has donated quit* an amount of iheir famous medicine, to be distributed by Mr. Campbell among the poorol the city, hence hto remaeks. lleaaid: “1 have Juii eeen a lady who baa baen great ly annoyed by a tetter In one ot her hands. It huf given brr much trouble tnd pain. She ■aid she had been treated by several phut- clans during the paat three or four years with tho old remedies, but without giving any ro ll- f. I inggeitad Hwlft’a Specific, and th* took four buttles aud is now apparently per- fi-rtly well. Iter hand to smooth and not t zln.Ierlgnof the dtoeaae lefL IC to marvel ous how ibto medicine renovate* th* artlea." “What about the other osar’ “Wall, that was a lady (too. 8be had bees affected with tb* scums lot font yean. Bex lace, hands and arms, as well aa her body, was *0Tried over with sores end rcabi. U was one of the wont oases of this terrlhls dis ease that 1 bare aver eeen. The suffering of the poor creature was beyond expression, fib* tried every remedy el command, including mercury and ' -did* ot potash, but sbaenly Lrow wora*. 8he was in tbla condition when w the cue. I soon had ber taking and the has now rakru only It every mark ot the dtoease hu BHHMy disappeared. Bar suvagth and general baalth hava greatly improved, n its one of the most reraavkiMecum tbtvbu r^cXWLWv^i'ad a long and va ried exper'cnce to mingling with men, ai d obtervlng their affllctlour aud Ua remr.Het used -what Is yonr opinion u to Ue merit* of Hwlft’a V Mi maniiy, moon uireaaea tie me most „ our and the moat diffleult 10 remove. It ic a rata Judcmentthal Swift’s 8 pacific lath* rat blood pnriEerererdbcovered. Thera ling comparable to IL There to nothing too good to say about Swift's Specific." Treatise on blood and skin diseases milled ThbEwirr arxcincCo., Atlanta. O*. 'MONEY LOANED liunn*r-t Mil ‘Hr «. F. LAWTON, The Bratso Returna to Europei Gidraltar, December 13.—Th* steamer Ustti-O Braize, an Italian vessel engaged in tr*u»poriing emigrant* to South Amur. ics.hu put in here for coal and nrovi sions. She left Genoa for South America two months ego, but cholera broke out among the passengers end twenty deaths occurred. In conse quence ot this, no South American port would permit the passengers to land, and the ship was forced to return with them. Relief for Cnciera Sufferers. Nr.w Yorn. Decembej 13—The rabscrip tion ol the Courier des Ktata Uni* for the victims hi the cholera in France closed to day with e grant total of $12,971. The Courier bad already lorwatded lo the re lief committee in Paris $11,561. and the balance $1 III. will be forwarded to France by the next steamer. Protest egalcattn* Spanish Treaty. New York. November 13 —The leaf to bacco board of trade ot this cilv held a special meeting to day and resolved by a munimLUtvotetoproteatsgainst the rati- ficstion of the pending treaty between remedy. This li no quack prepare Spat a tn.l th* Untied State*. The protest re** 1 *)'? prescribed liy U*_m*dli will be engrossed and tent to member* of Congress. . hankkh. 8eo» r WILBOB’S COMPOUND 01 PURE COD LIVER w OIL AND LIME. _ L'utlxh, U* varto^^^H^^ffi and In Consumption? Purport _ .. . -WitUOTL re rod-Ilrerou and Lime,” a safe sadrar* Burns*. NoaroLk, Va.. December 13.—^Th*stores of Bernard. Kahn A Co., hate and gratis- men's furnishing goods, and K. Ball, dry good*, wera destroyed by fir* this morn ing. The toss is taumatad at $38,006; in sured. Tfieorlflin of tb* fire is unknown. Naw Yosr, Dae. IA—A. F. McCoy, 1 •toil tost r umen'e, Chattanooga, Trap., has THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE STATE GORDON I SilTUTE. ixt ttUact. OT«r 2» j Room lot 100 more. Xom .. ir&ha^'i&a CHAA K^ZiSaPiJ?, PrmidMl • xll* uaAwl y jUtv. 1;«% 0*.