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ifcsBitfiral i&nvtLs
i that responsibility. We sim-
nforce ihemj* He said, “Well
;£py»ij it is not a question of
wdomination. Four millions
:-slaves, wiibout education or
da road to tlic Atlantic, and thns direct
the bade from Savannah. The Savan-
neb merchants should bring an action
against the Central and its steamship
companies for every act of discrimina
tion that occum in that city. If a pri
vate right can thus be made the sport
of by the lawless acts of wealthy cor
porations, then it is a bad day. and these
»re ev^ things. It is such acts as this
Qn the p*rt of corporations that brings
down hpon them the odium of the pub
lic. It ought not to be thus. Corpora
tion have n*hte and they ought to be
respected, jnst'wj individuals are, in the
enjoyment of theu v and it is only be
cause their modes <f business are in
violation of public ww, that enmity
exists. ThiB spirit of domioi: on 0Q
part of the officers of ccTpfeitipns
ought to be checked by the law. xL,y
ahnuld.be made amenable for their acts
James Caiiaway
COITIF A.i Y.
ny IMfCHwcd-Pcna!
led to Vindicate the
To the Albdifi Board qf Trade:
Gentlemen—Your .application for
my' legal opinion as to your rights and
i that of the people-»f this section of the
State in relation to the regulations of
the Centaal Railroaded other compa-
[ " nies on the subject of ides of freights,
^ has received my attention. The follow-
. ing are the facts upon wl*ch you base
I your complaints:
1st The business season opei^d here
’ in August last with freights on tetton
to Savannah, over the Central and Sa
vannah, Florida & Western Railroad at
42 cents per hundred pounds, and by
the Brunswick & Albany Railroad at 36
t cents per hundred pounds. With This.
Lands looked after and Col- ««ngenient *U parties, were well sat-
SHr^rty, can hardly dominate 30,-
^Rt.000 of whites with education
and property. It is a question of
doing our. sworn -duty.” He said,
“Well, I am opposed to niggerdom-
ination.” I saw that my only chance
to influence him was by the remnant
of authority left in my hands. He
was determined to please the Dem
ocratic party and the South. He
went South. aud removed the Gov
ernor and Commissioners that Gen
eral Sheridan had appointed. I in
stantly telegraphed him not to ap
point, to office any man who had
been removed, and to give his rea
sons by until for removing the
men. He telegraphed me a long
reply, costing the government $250
his reasons”-: X^ctogcaphed him that
hia reasons^K^HOpsufflcient; to
send by reasons. He
again te 1 -Tou1 ic same
points, oraaBcjjBmHe so long, cost',
ihg only He telegraphed that
if he could raw have freedom to act
his ffcefuluess would* be destroyed,
andm that he would have to
asjffio be relieved. I telegraphed
Jjfl[to revoke his order. He ask-
H&hnson to relieve him, as uo ope
Criticised by a Sworn Republican.
New York, October i—The
Times publishes the followi^ from
Cincinnati: The Gazette will print
to-morrow a report of adfuiterview
between Rev. C. H. Jgpvfer D. D.,
and Gen. Grunt, whiengives some
startling points ihtonnection with
the inside .history of Hanoock’s or
der, No. 40. Grant talked fteply to
Fowler and the interview gave a
written consent to its publication
under certain restrictions as to the
time. The conversation took place
in Grant ^library at Galena on the
21st. of September. Speaking of
Hancock "the ex-President said:
“Down to 1864 he seemed like a
man ambitions to do his duty as an
officer, but in 1864 when McLcllan
was nominated, Hancock received
I one vote and that greatly excited
and changed him. He was so de
lighted that- he smiled all over. It
crazed him. \ Befone that he got on
well. After tha^K would hardly
speak to rue. *f fll working to en-j
forep the laws tiraongress and he
was workinj^kc the Presidency.
Perhaps he*"]^^Bt I did not praise
him enou|4»CT®iy^{iy he hardly
spoke to me^pPwas on my nom^
nation that he was made Brigadisr-
AApneral in the regular army. Wbeu
Irwas made General, Stanton told
I me it was a compliment to me and
that I 'could name the men to till
.the vacancies in Lieutenant-General-
>bip and Major-Generalship caused.
b>my promotion. I nominated him
for\hi, Major-Generalship in the
reguKr army. He acknowledged it
manfwjy. He was a very fair corps*
comraaider but was never thought
of for a great place. When the
army of fie potomaewas hunting
for a comufinder it took almost ev
erybody, ana'even. came over into
the West for officers, hot nobody
ever even suggested Hancock for
the place.. After he received that
vote in ’64 he bad«the bee in his
bonnet,” and shaped everything to
gain Democratic an? Southern
favor. He has -watched^ md plan
ned and "waitedtill aFl^j; he has
received the Democratic lomina-
tion.”
“Do you think, General, his tele-
brated order No. 40 represents the
direction of his sympathies ?”•
“Well, I will give you the true
inner history of his. order No... 40.
Congress was striving to prevent
Andrew Johnson from undoing the
reconstruction laws. Whenever
Congress passed a law Joonson bent
hi4 energies to defeat its enforce
ment, and would find pretexts to
dodge around it. Then Congress
officers who bad been appointed by
Sheridon. I then telegraphed him to
suspend his orders of removal and re
port to me by mail.
"There was an order existing, if I
remember aright, prohibiting the use
of telegraph when the mail could be
employed.
*He replied in a very long dispatch,
■ting, if I remember correctly, about
$250. I informed I was not satisfied,
but if he had any further reasons to
communicate to do so by mail. He
again replied by telegraph, but gave
nothing new, saying simply that his
..usefulness would be destroyed if he
was not Yeft 'ree re act, and that unless
he was left free to act he should ask to
be relieved.
-1ordered bim to. revoke his order
making removals and to make no more.
He then asked to be lelievcd and I re
lieved him.
“I always regarded his mere declara-
iioiviu Order No. 40. that the military
should be subrrdinate to the civil pow
er as something that everybody accept
ed aud nobody disputed. As officer*,
we were sworn to obey our superiors.
Congress was our superior and bad
made laws, and these laws made the
military subordinate. We were acting
undjgr them, but his order made laws
subordinate to his own opinions.”
HAKCddK ANSWERS.
New Yoke, October 6.—The Tde-
gram this evening contains a report of
an interview by one of its correspond
dents with General Hancock with re
gard to the statements recently made
by General Grant General Hancock
said: “I find it hard to believe that
ex-President Grant has said snch'hard
things about me.”
"Then yon think he never said you
were vain, ambitious and weak, and
that you have been crazy to be Presi
dent for the last sixteen years?”
“I have no positive evidence that he
has so expressed himself.”
ALT
isfied and. a thriving business would
hare been done oybr all the roads, and
the receipts and trade of Albany would
have been vastly ’augmented. Some
few weeks after wards ybii were notified
that the freights had been raised over
the first two roads to - 69 cents per
hundred pounds, by authority of the
Railroad Commission. This remained
only a few days, when by the act of the
Central Railroad the freights were fix
ed at 50 cents -per hundred pounds
which is the present rate over the Cen
tral. The Savannah, Florida and Wes
tern Railroad is working outside of the
Railroad Commission, as the Railroad
Commissioners are enjoined as to that
road, and is. making its own charges—
the rate from here being the same as
the Central.
2nd. The business men of this city
acting for the interest of the people and
the city, succeeded in establishing an
other line to Savannah by an engage
ment of freight with the line of steam
ers from Brunswick to Savannah run
ning in connection with the Brunswick
& Albany Railroad, thus making &
cheaper line, 36 cents over the Bruns
wick & Albany Railroad, ten cents per
hundred pouDis, making 46 cents per
hundred pounds to Savannah by thi&
route, thus giving to the planter 14
Trowbridge & Holliiislicd
t$\" XWEirV , l?IST», ’
. WAYCROSS, - - - - GEORGIA.
Teeth extracted without pate. AH work
warranted. Terms moderate. Will go. any-
whiiro on-B. A Jl. and S« F. A W. BaUroada.
t.VV. . • apl8-22jn' ■ \ -
ffould. That is the inner hislo-
tnd Spirit of his celebrated o<per
No. 40. This order resulted in the
loss of many lives. I know of cases
can give them. His statement
that civil authorities are supreme is
the troth, admitted by ail, in time
of established peace; but I can de
monstrate that he did not subject
military power to civil, bat that he
W. H. Gilbert, Ag*t, & Co.
BROAD STREET.
Practices in all the State Courts. ^
Beters to Hon. T. IL.Norwood. ap3H2m
used his military power to over
throw civil.”
‘tin speakiug of the Chicago Con
vention, Gen.-Grant said: “There,
are three reasons why I woulcT
have accepted the nomination:—
First, on account of the character
.of the men who urged it. I esteem
their respect and confidence more
than the nomination. Second, I be
lieve I could have broken up tho
Solid South. Many life-long Dera-
ATTORHEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, OA.
Collections, large or 8m»U,a»p«:f»ltv. Will at-
tend promptly to allburicewentroBted to hia care.
AND JEWELRY l
JOKES ft WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
49-'Cnatom oolkifci.
Fob 19,1880-till B9w 28.
pres3ions, and the Chicago Inter-
Ocean has - published an interview
with the ex-President, in which tne
principal statements of Rev. Dr. Fowler
are confirmed.”
“I, mean just this: thns far my
knowledge of what General Grant has
actually said is confined to what may
be called hearsay evidence. I have
read what has been attributed to him
as his utterances in the newspapers.
Now, I shall take pains to ascertain
from an' authoritative source just what
General Grant has said about me."
“WU1 you apply to him personally
Oitco over Centra* 1 Railroad Bunk*
that would have giver, us control of
much desirable commerce. For in
stance, in Moxicx>7 instead of deal
ing with the people who use only
slave labor, and receive little or
nothing but sterling iu exchange.”
Dr.Fowler, who held the above
conversation witl^he ex-President
was, until receuJ^^Rditor .of the
cents per hundred pounds. There were
some charges for insurance, etc., mak
ing the saving a little less.
3rd. The steamship line from Savan
nah to New York, owned and contract
ed .by the Central Railroad, has recent
ly discriminated against the trade of
this city and sectioa in this, to-witv Its
agents at Savannah when applied for
freight engagements for cotton at Sa
vannah, consigned to houses at Savan
nah coming overthe Brunswick route has
refused such proposition, saying they
had no room for cotton reaching Savan
nah by that route, but could make
room for all cotton coming over the
Central road.
4th. The line of steamers which had
been engaged to run in connection with
the B, & A. road from Brunswick to
Savannah at ten cents per hundred
pounds, hid leccntly changed its
freights to $1.25 per bale, thus break
ing up the cheaper line thus described
—and it is believed this has been
brought about by the influence of the
Central Railroad.
That the Central Railroad, Savannah,
Florida and Western, and the Bruns
wick and ‘Albany Railroads are still
acting together under their pooling
contract, in violation of the public law
of this State. Under this statement of
facts u is clear tiiat trade of Albany
and-of this section, is rendered tributa
ry to the Central Railroad, and what
ever that corporation may require we
musfi^ubmit to, unless we can get. re
lief from some other quarter. It.is
clear to my mind that the action Of the
Central Railroad in discriminating for
freights on its line of steamers to New
York agaanst cottons reaching Savan
nah over the Albany and Brunswick
Railroad, is in violation of law. “Rail
road companies are common carriers
and liable as such.” Code, sec. 20, S3.
“A common carrier holding himself
out to the public as such, is bound to
receive all goods and passengers offer-
ed that he is able and accustomed to
carry, upon compliance with such rea-
able regulations as he may adopt for
his own safety and the benefit of the
public.”—Code 2069. Common car
riers are not allowed to transact busi
ness according te the whims and cap
rices of their own. No favoritism is
allowed. They engage to work for the
public. This is their occupation and
they are liable if any one of the public
is not accommodated upon call. It is
very strange that the merchants of Sa
vannah do not move in the matter, for
if continued Itmust result in diverting
trade from, their, oty. People will hot
AH ardors left at the Drug Store will recetro
romp? tt^nUon. jan My
Or. aw. aurteSd,
•JSSrSCTFOLLV tendon hU services, in the
S» *» :lvaa hrMrekeriU to-the
tlMiM, .Uh&oy and »iuroundlng conn try. Of-
ce opposite {wwt-gowpe.'oa^FlBOMteet: —: -
for information 2” ’
“That would be the best course io
pursue, I suppose—Jmeaxr.tegetat.the
would pass another law to hedge
liiiu up there. So it went on till
Congress had taken from him all
control of the Generals command
ing seven districts of the South, ex
cept the power to remove them and
appointothers in their places. These
commanders could remove qnyjciyil
officers-of auy grade, Judge or Gov
ernor, when I was made General,
and they would have determined
my powers and ditties. These were
given to the Generals by accident,
I think, without seeing that it in
volved co-ordinate powers with
these district commanders.' As 1
was the senior officer, however, it'
gate me authority. Gen. Sheridan
was. sent to the Department of
Louisiana, conering Louisiana and
Texas. He is very shrewd and
very able. He kept his eyes open,
learning rapidly the men who were
not worthy to occupy their places,
and discovering competent and wor
thy men to ppt in their places. The
Legislature of Louisiana passed a
law authorizing the issue of $7,000,-
000 of levee bonds, ostensibly for
the levee. They, conditioned their
sale on their bringing to the State
not less than 80 per cent, of their
face. The government’s three Com
missioners were to place the bonds
on the market, but they soon found
oat that the bondq would not bring
mere: tlian'40 per cent. To avoid
the law they invented the plan cf
borrowing the money and using
the bonds as collaterals. They could
borrow about 34 or 35 per cent, of
the face- of the^bonds. Just at this
juncture, to prevent these men from
defrauding tho State, Gen. Sheridan
took ofi the heads of Governor
and Commissioners so quick that
they did not know what ailed them,
and appointed good men in their
places. For some reason the re
moved men were very anxious to
be' reappointed. They employed
Reverdy Johnson and another law
yer to work for them, agreeing' to
pay them $250,<)50 if they were re
instated. This is.a great' deal of
money for. four men to pay for posi
tions unless there is, some special
gain in the case. Bevferdy Johnson
came to me, but 1 was so stupid and
stubborn that I could not be induc
ed to reappoint them. He went to
Andrew Johnson and.made bis case,
and Andrew Johnson sent for me
and asked me to reinstate those men.
I refused to'do ro. He said, rein
state them,'even-if i^is only for one
day. I will promise that "they will
resign. I thought Johnson might
not know of the motive- why they
were so anxious tn .be reinstated,
truth.”
“If yon find that the ex-President
has really made assertions derogatory
to your character will you make a re
ply ?’
“Yes; if it is necessary.”
"Then I am to understand that if
General Grant has assailed your char
acter, as he is reported to have done,
you will make a general denial ?”
“I will, ce '
that is untrue.
THE JOHNSON HOUSE,
SMHTHVIXXE, GA„
Is the place to 6topau.dgeta GOOD
SQUARE MEAL
GRANT EXPLAINS.
He Takes the Back Track, and Cor
rects Some of the Statements Made
in the Fowler Interview.
October 6.—The Inter-
Chicago, HBHHIV
Ocean publishes an interview with
Gen. Grant, respecting the interview
published yesterday mornings in which
Gen. Grant says : “Though it is in
most respects correct, it contains also
many mistakes, and makes me say
things in a- way not intended, and use
some language that I did not employ.”
In answer te the question, "Wherein
is the statement of Dr. Fowler incor
rect 1 h Gen. Grant said: "It is incor
rect in many respects—fur example, in
this statement:
"‘Speaking of Hancock the ex-Pres
ident said: “Down to 1864^ he seemed
like a man ambitions to do his duty as
an officer ; but in 1864. when McClel
lan was nominated, Hancock received'
one vote, and that greatly excited and
changed him. He Was so delighted
that he smiled all over. It crazed him.
Before that, we got on well; after that;
he would hardly speak to me.’ \
"I said, substantially, that up te 1864
After I have sifted the-
matter to the bottom, and have decided
to reply, I will prepare a careful and
FASHIONABLE T,
WASDKGT0S STBS
comprehensive statement for publica
tion.”
"How much time wilt be required
for you to hear personally from Gen
eral Grant in this matter f”
"I cannot say, but I shall lose no
more time than I can help id getting at.
the bottom of the matter.”
“What reason have you for doubting
that Gen.. Grant has attacked your
Bates $1.50 to $3.09 per day, according
«• location of rooms.
teriaa Church; A. F. Mason, pastor
E Street Baptist Church; J. E. Ban-
kin, pastor First Congregational
Church; Fred. D. Power, -pastor
Vermont Avenue Christian Church;
John G. Ames, President Young
Men’s Christian Association.
character?”
"In the first place he lacked good
grounds upon which to attack me, and,
in the second plaee, he is an old sol-,
dier. and graduated at West Point As
such, he could not, it seems to me, so
far overstep the bounds of truth and
gentlemanly propriety as to attempt to
injure me—even in a private conversa-
tion.”
“Will your formal reply to Gen.
Grant,, if you find it necessary to make-
one, ba in the shape of a letter ?”
“I cannot say at present That ia a
matter for after consideration.”
“What are General Grant’s feelings
towards you personally?”
"I have always supposed that he was
i man who would never allow any ill-
will to influence him against me, and I
shal not change my opinion unless I
am compelled to do so by undisputable
evidence.” -
Nxw York, .October 6.—General
Hancock, in an interview with an Asso
ciated Press Reporter (his afternoon,
stated that he bad not yet determined
whether to answer himself the recent
alleged utterances of Gen. Giant or I
\pril 29,1830—ly. PROPRIETOR
Tlte Humors at the South Carolina
Campaign.
Greenville (8. C.) News.]
At a big Democratic meeting in
Winnsborp’ some of the mottoes
worn by the roonnted men were
very funny. The most striking one
was the large white patch w^rn by
a negro upon the ee^t of his black
pantaloons which contained in flar
ing letters the words, “^Garfield to
the rear 1” Mahala Wilson, a color
ed woman, and very much colored
rphis House is well furnished and in ev-
1 ery way prepared for the acoommo-
lation of the traveling public. Entire sat
isfaction gnaranteed. The table is sup
plied with tha.best the country affords,
*nd the servants are unsurpassed in po-
iteness end attention to the wants of
guesta Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from the different railroads prompt-
y K free of charge. Charges to suit the
CU lYUUIttli. itUU V Vi J UIUGU CUiUlCU
at that, rode near the head of the
Oakland Club, on a white flea bitten
horse, by tho side of her husband,
Marcus, and spri’ed most lustily for
the Democracy. She wore a light
colored dress, and had a red zephyr
shawl spread over her shoulders.—
Wherever she was seen she created
a furore and was greeted with
shouts of laughter and applause.—
General Hagood sought an intro
duction to her a3 the first colored
woman he bad ever seen in South
Carolina who had the temerity to
announce herself as a Democrat.
He accepted her open avowal of the
faith as the most hopefnl indication
of the canvass- An old negro man,
eightv-eight years old, rode 'in the
procession with the Longtown Club.
The negroes in the line were fine
looking men, and wore the most
startling combinations of gay and
attractive colors, and on every side
there were to be seen the crimson
banuers of the triumphant Democ
racy.
6. M. REMSHART
The Wilmington Eeviews&y
good deal hns been said throiij
papers lately about the heal
ness of lemons. The latest a
as to how tp.use them so the
do the most good runs as fol
Most people know the bene
lemonade before breakfast bu
NICHOLS.
md thinking! would do him great
ervice in keeping, him from..a great
iluoder, I told him that oiie. honr
vould serve those men as well as
>nc day, and I unfoldedtheir intent.
Jut Johnson insisted on their being
einstated. I refused) and excused
nvself. Johnson then removed
Sheridan and appointed HAncock.
! calted H uiL-ockrdo Washington
av?s of Congress concerning, recon-
trade thelr legitimate influence.
2nd. To protect die people from un
just exactions on the line when there
is no ' competition, and thns limit the
power of -monopoly. Otherwise the
property and rights of people in towns
on fihe line, orat tho termini, could be
bpdlt up by unjust discrimination at
tie will of the Railroad.*
! 3rd. By. preventing the corporations
Coffee is a native of Arabia sup
posed by some to have been the
chief ingredient of the old Lacede
monian broth. The use of this
berry was not known in England
until the year 1657; at which time a
merchant of Turkey, on his return
from Smyrna to Loudon, brought
with^him"a Greek of Ragnsa, who
was accustomed every morning to
prepare this liquor for his jBttkter,
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