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■^48* - 5 - - ^ r/ THE WEEKLY AND Th« ALBAXT XEWS.MtablUha! IMS. „ . , . - - Tlur ALBANY 4 D VEBTISEK, ..tsblUltod 1W7, JCum~>Ud»te<l Sept. *, UM. ,\ Family and Political Journal Devoted to the Interests of Southwest Georgia. $2 a Year. Volume 2. ALBANY. GA„ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1881. Number 2. gcofesgiomtl Carfls. William E. Smith, Attorney at ALBANY, OA. O FFICE: Is boat of Ilia Coart HMaa. op ataln.orer Talafiaph (MBm. JakMj D.U. POPE •i. I. WMOUT. WRIGHT Jb POPE, Attorneys at ALBANY, OA. ■mCE-OTM-S. Major A Olaubort turn, cot- orr Brood «ud WtohlnfUra SU. HOP.». me-CHurlT Law, it'. T. JONES, JESSE W. WALTERS. JONES & WALTERS, Attorneys at Law, ALBANY. OA. UOce over Otatra* Ssllroad 1 lolVIjr ak. I*. A. VA50H. A. H. AL FBI END VA SOS dt A.L.FRIEND Attorneys at ALBANY, OA. tctlve anti l prompt attention fir all ireneral lmsiness, l< :tioo« ind L ail the courts. •*mc«or-r 9outha u Express •i'S Court Housa. James Callaway, Attorney at Law NtwSlorj About «w. Cram. It has just lesked out tbsl while Genersl Grant wss traveling in Asia he expressed s desire to get a _ ! shot s( a lion. Not wishing to ex- JjftW, ' pose him to any danger the native* ! sjciired s stuffed lion, set it up in s jungle and then tool; the illnatrioua traveler out tor s hunt. When the beast was sighted the General waa all excitement, and crawling np to a favorable position begau to blaze away at the animal with no percep tible effect. After firing about twen ty shots he began to get mad,and, taking off his coat, he settled down for a regular siege. Fearing hia wrath when he discovered the sell, the attendants endeavored to induce hint to .give np the attempt to kill the beast, telling him it bore a charmed life and that be could not possibly injure if. He told them to go thunder, that he was after blood and was going to have iL After a vain fosiladu of half an hour be arose to bis feet gnashing his teeth with rage, threw his suspenders off Ills shoulders, rolled up hit sleeves and grabbed his rifle by the barrel, so lie could use it as a club. The attendants again begged him to de sist, but he politely though forcibly informed them that he would have that cuss or leave his honored re mains strewn promiscuously ail through that jungle, and with a wild cry of “I’ll fight it out on this lion if it takes all sommer!” he rushed npon the beast nud with one well-directed blow laid it over on its aide. Then he chased the native attendants for six miles, but being heller acquainted withtho country they got away from him iu safety. AT REST, ' ! v!o5i>resiJcut trth.tr^ followiDgto Railroad Discussion. Law, l to col- Practice °“MT . GARFIELD’S LONG AND PAT IEST ST1I ICCi: IV FATE E1M A* LAST. After SevantT-Xta* Da,a af Heroic Suffering, Ha Dlea at lllS£ o'clock Montlar irixhc. CAMILLA, GA. W. A. FORT’ f.UCTICIX6* PBTS1C1AK ui SURGEON, ALAPAHA. GA.. f 11EN DKKtt bis professional atrrlest lo lb* pro- I |.l*ior Deriica aad Bdjclnloc eovntlM. par ti ularlv alouc Ihr Iln* of the 6 A A BallloOtl. » -ef* ou baud a full Ho# of Katoilr and Patent J •diciur*. Pbjakiana' prescription* promptly a l«i. Joueld-wly UeMoss & Osborn, PjBJVTISFS, AJbany, - * - - Georgia. / \KFICE-OVCB ruai' OFFICE. WASHING \ 9 T ■ ■ ■ * “ TON STBEtST. Jantwlydl 1’row bridge & Hollinshed DENTISTS, WAYCROSS, .... GEORGIA. IVeth extracted without pain. All work arrantod. Term* moderate. Will go any- b.To on B. A A. and 8. F. * W. Railroad*. nplH-ritu ». A. STROTHER, M.D. ALBANY, GEORGIA. Office over Gilbert's Drag Store 41s ordor* left at the Drug Store will receive • ruiupt tt»»ntlou, Jan 7-ly Ur E. W. AL.FRIE1VD, LSElFGurFULLV teuder, hi, Mrrteaa, In tha it fari.a, brioche* ol hi* profeolou, to tb. Hi,jo, ilbtu, *ud,arrouo<lDSCO0Btrj. Of- rtc, oppo'IM ,o*rt Kouk. oo.Pineilrert. leliff ! A Raln-prrauadlnc Srkrau. | ludlauapolla Newa. Uapt. J. T. Campbell has a storm ihenry whic h lie offers aa a relief to the drought-stricken community without money and without price, lie proposes—if sufficient capital is offered in co-operation—to explode one hundred kegs of powder in a deep well at some place in the sub urbs. The powder is to be so plac ed Hint cotton interatices will pre vent the whole mass from explod ing the same instant, and thus will ho kept up for a short time a con tinuous sheet of fire and confusion, shooting up into midair a distance of-two miles, and causing such a concussion and such condensation •>f moisture that a storm center would be formed and rain precipi- lateil. Ilia theory is based upon the result of the explosion, which he witnessed, of Hollin’s Confedci- nie ram at the time ofthc passage of Korls Jackson and Philip by Admi ral Farragr.t’s fleet. Ilo was dis tant from the fleet about eight inilcs, but the concussion almost knocked him off Ills feet, and he could see the column of flunio anil smoke shoot into the air at least three miles high. Ho also sights the Chicago fire, claiming that ruin fell from atmosphere disturbances caused bv the fire. HOTELS. THE JOHNSON HOUSE, HMITUVILT.K. GA., Is the place to stop and geta GOOD SQUARE MEAL. THE ALBANY HOUSE! Merrick Barnes,Proprietor .Albany, Georgia. T his House is well famished and in ev ery way prepared for the accommo dation of the traveling pnblio. Entire sat- iKfnction guaranteed. The table i* sup plied with tho I lest the country affords, a ud the servants are unsurpassed In po- oianess and attention to the wants of guests. Omnibuses convey passengers to and from the different railroads prompt ly, Lee of charge. Charges to snit the )tn«h. sepM tf MONDAY’S THESS DISPATCHES. Long BBarren, September 19, 1:30 p. m.—Secretary Hunt came from Francklyn cottage a few minutes ago and reported that the President was comfortable and had been sleeping. ‘‘Does be realize the gravity of the sit uation ?” wa* asked. “Yes,” replied the Secretary,“he is said to be fully cog nizant of bis low condition.” Ageu- tlemaa who just passed Francklyn cot tage saw Mrs. Garfield sitting in the window. In response to an inquiry regarding her appearance, be said: “The good lady exhibited a calm and peaceful expression and the usual ex pressive smile was visible on her coun tenance.” A member of the Cabinet stated at 1 o’clock to-day that, not withstanding the rumors to the contra ry, there had been no action taken by the Cabinet relative to summoning the Vice-President to Long Branch. Secretary Lincoln is expected to ar rive here to-night or to-morrow. Gen. Grant made' his customary visit to Kl- beron this morning. Secretary Blaine was heard from by Secretary Wlndom this morning. He is still al Augusta, Maine. Attornev-Geueral Macveagh has telegraphed Vice-President as fol lows : “It is impossible to conceal from ourselves that the President Is rapidly ifrowing worse. The two chills occur ring within fourteen hours warn us to j lie prepared for any affliction with ‘ which God iu his mercy may afflict ' UK. [Signed] “JIacVeaou.” Washington, September 19.—A private dispatch was received at the Treasury Department this evening -roni Long Branch stating that Mrs. Garfield has given up all hope of the President’s recovery. Elberon, Sep. 19, 2:10 p. m—Dr. Agncw concedes tluit the noon bulletin shows no material change in the Presi dent’s condition and there is cause for grave appreheusion. .1:25—'The President rested quiety during the afternoon. Dr. Boynton u now out riding, which appears a good indication that there is immediate dan ger. Dr. Boyntou said before leaving .hat if there was any change it was -tightly for the better. Dr. Hamilton has just arrived. 6 p. m—Though the gravity of the President's condition continues, there lias been no aggravation of the m\ DOORS! BLINDS! FOR SALE BY GEO. S. GREENWOOD. What might Have Been. The Telegraph fays five years ago a maiden lair of a little town not far from Macon anxiously aw-tited an important letter from her lover who was absent This letter failed to reach her. and after a season of despondency she married another suitor. Time rolled ou and brought her happiness mid two bright little children. The other day permis sion was grantod by Cnpt. John F rey, special agent of the postal ser vice. to tear nwny some of the hoards of a letter case iu the Macon Post Office, behind which was sup pose to be ludged serval letters. When the boards wore ripped off a letter Was found, postmarked five years ago, addressed lo the maiden lair who bad waited in vain for her lover’s tender missive. It was forwarded to her, and, no doubt, a retrospective look brought to mind ilmt well used hut very trite coup let of Whitier’s: **0( nil «n*t word, of toofne or pan. The saddest of ibeu, etc.” “It I— now* our painful duty to in form yon of ,h» death of President Garfieiil and In strUj \nn to take the Oath of office a- Bre-irteai ..fThruaSSf States without delay. If It domains u. .. c, with your iudgmeut, we-aid he o-mJ if you tome here in the earliest train to morrow. [Signed] Wiuux Wlndom, ~ Sec ret try ofthc Trea-ury. Wa. H. Harr, SecretsrT of the Navy. Tnos: t. James, Postmaster General. Wayne MacVzaOh, Attorney-General. R. J. Kirkwood, Secretary of the Interior. Elbeeox, September 19.—The Cabi net at this hour, 1 a. ia., 1* still Is ses sion at Francklyn f COVEI1VOU Blioirv ox STATE COXXU9IOX. ■eted With tho Sa vannah, Florida and Western Hallroad—Extract from tho Speech or Governor Brown Before the Commute* aa Ihs Swkjul or the Commission. 10:35. Alter the bulletin was Issued at 5:30 this ere, the President continu ed in much the same condition as dur ing the evening, bis pulse varying from 102 to 108, with rather increased force and volume. After taking nourishment lie fell Into a quiet sleep. About thirty- five minutes before his death, and wbht asleep, bis pulse rose to 120 and wa* somewhat more feeble. At 10:10 Ik awoke complaining of a severe pain over the region of the heart, and almost immediately became unconscious, and ceased to breathe at 10:35 p. m. [Signed] D. W. Buss, Fkaxk U. Hamilton, D. Hayes Aoxew. a word in .reference to the Savan- . nail, Florida and Western railway. Colouel Barnett, the other day, held up a chart be had made, which he saiti represented the schedule of rale*. He could not get it exactly into his bead uutil be got a diagram which he said showed that the road jump.-d up faster and higher than any of tlio other roads. Therefore, it ought to be cut down. There ia a ion at Francklyn < lottage. Elburon, September 10,1:15 a. i The followiuz official bulletin has just been issued: 11:30 p. iu.—The President died at good rm>oi why that road should . ‘TfceOlfcer Fallow." How oa*y it is to sea the sins of other people 1 Fven a child can do tliaL A Boston Sunday School -Su perintendent tells us ot an experi ence of his in proof of this truth. One Siindav ha found in his sohool a class or urchins, recently gathered in from Ilia street*, without a teach er for the day; so he took them in hand. He came right down to first prineiplos, and talked of sin and salvation. Ono of his pointed ques tions was, “Is there any sinner in this clkis ?” Instantly tho answer carao from one of the brightest of the bova, who pointed to the end of the scat, and said, “Yet, that fellow dowu thrre!” That hoy was more outspoken than he would havo been if he had been longer in the school; hut his mode of living wis much lice that of those under Christian training. There is no sorrow like our -irrow. and no sin like “that fellow'* down there.’’ |THE ONLY MEDICINE IS E1THEB LiqCID OB DBY POKE That Acts as the aarne jlme an * \TSXZI7SB, TESBOWELS, AMD TSt saiT37S. (WHY ARE WE SICK? Jsmmw dogatdtr torpid. Itioaoraarr Ouirfon fined into Ot Wood ■ Mat Atxddbt exposed natmOp. KIDNEY-WORT WILL SURELY CURE [kidney diseases, LIVER COMPLAINTS, Knew His Business. | Bouoa TMi-ecrfpi. “Can I seethe lady of the house ?” i inquired tho peddler. “Well, yes. I you can if you ain't blind I” snapped : the woman who had answered the .bell. “Oh, beg pardon, madam; , you are the lady of the house, 1 ilien ?” ‘ Ye-, I am! What tl’yer ‘ lake lue for? Did von think I wa* ' the gentleman of the house or the next door neighbor, or the ice ; chest?’* “1 didn’t know, madam, hut you might be the youngest daughter.” “Oh, did ycr? Well that wa* nat’ral, too,” replied the lady of the house. “What d’yer want, sir?” Then the peddler dis- , played hi* wares and when he left that door step half an hour later, t Ids facefwas full of pleasure, and i hi* pockets ftill of money, lie un- | derstood human nature and had made a good sale. | Tin Chicago Timet goes for the Vice-President aa follows: “Iu the development of our Con stitution by the growth of the Cab inet there seriouslr is no place in tl.e administration for the superflui ty called Vico-President. That con trivance 1* an entirety* nslcess and mischievous one, as superfluous as a second tail would be to a dog. The best thing to do with it is to cut it off,” symp toms since tiic noon bulletin was is- -ued. He has slept most of the time, coughing but little and with ease. The -puts remain unchanged. A sufficient .■mount of nourishment has been taken and retained. Temperature 98.4, pulse 102, respiration 18. [Signed] D. IV. Bliss, Fbaxk H. Hamilton-, D. Hayes Agnew Dr. Bliss thinks It Is probable that the President will not have a chill to night, inasmuch as Ida temperature has risen slightly. He considers the affec tion of tne lung to be somewhat bet ter. 10:10 p. m.—The President bos thus far passed a comfortable night. He is now sleeping, with pulse at 120. There are no Indications of another chill. Elberox, September 19.—The Presi- pentls dead Elbehos, September 19.—The Pres ident died at 10:35 p. m. From what c:n be ascertained his death was from sheer exhaustion. Warren Young, assistant to Private Secretary Brown, brought the news from the cottage at — minutes before 11 o’clock. The first indication that anything serious had happened was the approach of a messenger at the Eiberjn Hotel, who obtained a carriage and drove rapid iy off. It is supposed that he has gone to summon metutiers of the Cabinet who left here about 9:30 to-night. Attor ney-General MacVeagb has nodded Vice-President Arthur of the Presi- 1 tent’s demise. Tlis particulars will be obtained presently. 11:15 p. m.—The cabinet has just ar rived and gone to Franklyn cottage. All arc here except Blnlne and Lin coln. Attorney General McVeagh baa telegraphed the latter two, who are now en route to Long Branch, of the President’* death. Great excitement prevails and the particulars cannot be obtained. The guard around the cot tage has been doubled and no one is al lowed to approach it. The government has ?aken posses sion of the only telegraph wire which it connected with Elberon. It will be almost Impossible to get further details to-night, as we are shot off from all communication with the cottage and its inmates. Loxg Boaxch, September 19—The following telegram was sent at 10 p. m. by Attorney General McVeagh to Min- To LowEti, Minister, London: The President had another chill of consid erable severity this morning, .which followed soon after the chill of last evening, and left him very weak In deed. His poise became more frequent and feeble than at any time since he n-covered from the immediate shock of the wound; and his general condition was more aUrmiug to-day. His sys tem has reacted to some extent, and he passed the evening and afternoon com fortably. At this hour he is resting quietly and no disturbance is expected during the night. There has been no gain whatever in strength and there is therefore no decrease of the anxiety. McVeagb. 11:20 a. m.—Attorney-General Mc Veagh ius jost come to the Elberon Hotel from the Franklyn cottage and made the following statement: “I sent my ; dispatch to Minister Lowell at 11 p. m. Shortly before that Dr. Bliss bad seen the President and found his pulse at 106 beats per min ute, and all conditions were then promising a quiet night. The Doctor asked the PrcsMentlf he was feeling uncomfortable In any wav. The Presi dent answered, ‘Not at all,’ and shortly afterwards fell asleep, and Dr. Bliss returned to his room, across the hall from that occupied by the President. Cols. Swain and Rockwell remained with the President. About fifteen minutes after ten, the President awak ened and remarked to CoL Swain that he was suffering great pain and placed Ms hand oxer hi* heart. Dr. Bliss was summoned, and when he entered the room he found the President sub stantially without pulse, and the action of the heart was almost nndisringnlsha- ble. He said at once that the Presi dent was dying, and directed that Mrs. Garfield be railed. The President re in a dying condltkvi until 10:35, when he was pronounced dead. He died of some trouble of the heart, supposed to bo neuralgia. 12:28 a. m.—Attorney-General Mac- THE XEWS IN MEW YORE.' New Yoex, September 19.—The news of the President’s death, although it w as not unexpected, had a depressing effect on the citizens who 1 -anted of the news to-night. Crowds of people had surrounded the bulletin boards at the itiffereut newspaper ufflees Iu the course of the evening awl waited pa- tieutly for any cheering news of the President’s condition, but the posters conveyed no hope, and when the bul letins were put up announcing that the President wax dead, genuine expres sions of regret and. sorrow were heard on all sides. ’The news spread with lightning-like rapidity througbot e.tv and is the universal topic of con versation. The bells of the churches of Trinity parish were tolled at short Inter vals for an hour Iu memory of the de parted President. One alternoou pa lter issued an extra shortly after the news was received, copies of which were largely purchased at any price. Wasuixotox, September 10.—There was more excitement and greater so- licitnde in this city to-day regarding the President’s condition than there has been since he was removed to Elberon. Little or no hope existed in the public mind for the recovery of the President. Even those who bad hitherto maintain ed a blind belief in a happy issue of the national sorrow abandoned hope. There was gloom over the whole city. When the sad Intelligence of bis death was re ceived at 10:45 o’clock it created little surprise, but every heart that hears of it io-night is grii ot sadness Is felt and political dent, but is universal Long Bn.ixcn, September 20.—Eu gene Britton, of Long Branch, coronor, will hold an Inquest over the body or the late President. He baa as yet made no arrangement for the inquest, and aa far as can be ascertained, he has not yet been notified of the President’s death. The body will be embalmod and an au topsy will take place to-morrow even ing. THE DEATH SCEXE. Loxo Branch, September 20,1 a. m. —Previous to his death, the only words spoken by the President were, that he bad a severe pain in his heart. It is supposed by tne surgebns that death wss occasioned by a clod of blood form ing on the heart. Dr. Bliss was the first one notified of the President’s ex pression of pain, and upon entering the room he at once saw that the end was near. ---*£* x-- • - s The members of the family summoned immediately to the bed-side. All arrived, and perfect quiet [ ed, and Mrs. Garfield bore the trying ordeal with great fortitude and exhi bited unprecedented courage. She gave way to no paroxism of grief, and after death became evident, she quietly with drew to her own room. There she sat a heart-broken widow, foil of grief, but with too much ChristumcoQrsge to ex hibit it to those around her. Miss iTollIe was naturally affected, and bursts of tears flowed her child eyes, not standing a noble effort to foQow ample of her mother. The death scene eras one never to be forgotten. Perfect quiet prevailed and there was not a murmur beard while the President was sinking. After death bad been pronounced the body was properly shrouded by Dr. S. Boyn ton. , nothwith- rtheex- Sergeant Mason’s Shot. Jonathan Bige’ow. of Washing ton, P. C, Sergeant Mason’s lawyer, called npon the District Attorney Monday afternoon and (asked him to claim the prisoner from the mili tary sauthoritiea. It waa Mason’s wish to he tried in a civil court. Col. Rockwell declined to do this at present, and the lawyer expressed the intention to swear oot a warrant himself for Mason’* arrest. Bige low says that, in his opinion, Mason is insane on the subject, He also states when news of Guiteau’s crime and arrest reached Mason, he was on duty in Texas, and at the time expressed the intention of kill ing Gniteau. Mason is said to be of the famous Mason family, of Vir ginia. lie served creditably in the lite war. If the matter is taken np by the civil authorities, the first [troceedings will be before the po- iee court, under the charge of as sault and battery with intent to kill. The extreme penalty for this offense is eight years’ imprisonment at hard labor. In the event of con viction by a eivil tribunal, Mason would be promptly dismissed from the army. Yen Tear'* Forage- Western corn and hay are going to be, very high next year. The long drought at the West has been very destructive to the growing crops. The accounts of its ravages are fearful. Our county neighbor ing farmers mast look the cold facts squarely in the face, and set their houses in order for the coming crisis. There is time yet to accomplish much in saving bar peas, and put ting such crops of small grain as will supplement (he abort corn crop. Great distress will inevitably be felt, under any circumstances, and will escape who neglect to irovido for the day of trial that is ust ahead. f ■barge higher- than most of the rail* eveu if it doc* wbat its chart ■«i<* it doe*. I .understand there is miles of that road, from Savan nah out to riomhwext Georgia, that run* thionglia country that pro- luce* very lillio lr- ighi; tlwu it lor? iutn a fine country, and until «ilf there Ita* been no western 9-niiKtiuu. They now have s road •ip In Albany which cau compete for the •‘mill bitsities* nT that place. There 1- a long line of road to keep •i \ ami most ot the way very little freight. It I* Jost simply impo**i- ole tokeep it up and pay tho bond 'd debt, and pay any dividend, at the rates fixed by the Commission er*. . 1 here is wtmt the railroad turn ■ill a : .fixed CX|H-It<e that every where applies. For in-tauce, you build a bridge of wood; it tnaitrriiot whether you run a hundred trains t day, or only a train a week, or ■■•lie a 'iioulh, over it, that bridge will rot down in the same length of time. You lav down your nose tie* tha whole length of tho road; uo matter how many train* or how few you run, the cross-ties will rot tbc-J.m about a given time. There are -•titer fixed expenses :the salaries •if officer*, th • maintenance of de pot*. the necessary repairs on en gines and cars, and a good deal of miter ei peases of that sort, that you cauuot cut down, whether you do •nut.h or little business. Whenever a road is run in a section thst Ii»h little business lo do, ibe people of that section mast expect to pay a higher freight than tho -c who live along a litis where there is much to do, or where there are long con nections which serve as feeders. Let me illustrate. There is a vast quantity of timber be tween Savannah and Montgomery county, in this State, that is worth fortunes if there were any way or gettiug It to market The people are too poor to build a railroad. Sup pose a.company of capitalists were to say, “We propose to build yon a road from Savsnnsh into Mont gomery county and stop there, and give you att outlet for yourtimber.” What would be the increased value of that country? Would not the property be worth four times as much as it is now ? A tract cover ed with large pine timber would be worth a large sum, that is not now probably worth half a dollar an acre; ' It would be simply absurd for tho people of thst section to turn around and say, “You must charge as low a rate as the Central per mile.” Bather tliau do without the road, they ran will afford to pay four times as much. No company of .capitalist*, with tho Railroad Commi«siou, over them, ready to Like charge every time a little divi deml was made, would build sueb < road without some guarantee that the f. eight* shall be kept constantly up, eo as to make the capiul invest ed pay dividends. What man of sense would put his money into a road between Savannah and Mont- igontery county for the benefit of the people there, without such a guarantee I And that is very nearly tha con- dllion'of the Savannah, Florida and Western. It runs in'.o a better country than the one supposed, but it is absolutely necessary to put the freight high enough to pay some thing to capital, or capital cannot afford to keep it up and run lL Bridges will rot, or be unsafe whenever there is no income from the investment to keep up repairs. The road will soon be in a condi tion for a run ott, because the road bed cannot be repaired, nor the rails renewed. You must permit them to make enough to keep the roads io naming ordsr and pay something to those who run it or that section cannot’ be served by railroad. Hence; I say Injustice has been dene to that railroad. 1 have no interest in that road, but I am glad to hear Governor Smith say they intend to correct this error Of the Commis sion. I think the sooner the better. There was an inquiry made about the salaries paid on that road; and an allusion was made to my salary asPresident of the Western and At lantic Railroad. Colonel Barnett stated. that I got as much as the three Commissioners get. Weil, I do, I suppose, get nearly as much as that. I am sorry they do not get more. I get 17.000 a year. I con sider I am worth that to my com pany, and I do not intend to take .^Whenever they wish to get rid of me they can easily do so by reducing my salary one dollar. I ran put the same amount of time in to other business and make more money than the salary they pay me. Railroads generally select men who are competent and worth the mon ey. In this they have been wiser than tho State has been. The State does not pay its officers adequate salaries. When I was in the execu tive office I recommended a bill to raise salaries and vetoed a bill to lower them. I say the State would be better off if it would pay compe tent salaries to cempetent men to manage the public interest. True, you find men always willing to fill these offices. But take vour Su preme berch, you do not get men who are willing to stay there long. They take the position for the hon or and hold it for a time; but they do not stay all their lives ns ther should, to make themselves as com petent as they could be. You may make all you will out of my salaries »qd t£a talaris* of the officers of the other companies. I have managed the road as well as I could. For several years we made no dividend'. After some years we issued a batch of income bonds which we are pay ingout of ottr present incomes. 1 do not know how we shall succeed toward the end of the lease. Thus far we have put the most we have m ide into improvement*. In the next place, while asking for more power, my friend Barnett, who is to honest as to believe it all right, goes a little farther and advances ItD theory as to tho great good the Com mission has done to the State of Georgia. HU theory is that the rail road Commission is enriching the S'ate. I once heard of a professor who bad a theory he thought a ' ' U hough great deal of, and on advancing rr. • 1” ono day, he was told that it loo! very fair, hot unfortunately the facts were in the teeth of the theoi “Then so much worse for the facts was bit prompt reply. [Laughter.' My friends, Barnett’s theory it that the Railroad Commission Is enrich ing Georgia. All you bare to do ia to give more power to the Commis sion, and we’ll all get rich. But in practice, the facta do not agree with hia theory, though I suppose with him, it is only so much the * for the facts. [Laoghler.] Another poiuL It is claimed that i bo railroads have been doing bet' •er under the Commission than ever before. And Colonel Barnett went •■n lo boast of this, and pointed out in wbat their prosperity consisted. I asked him of it was not due to the general condition of the country. Ha hesitated a moment and said: “A little.” Well, I think a little ot it was dno to the present condition of the country. Mr. Barnett—Yon misunderstood me. Mr. Brown—No, I took the lan guage down when yon ottered it, aiiilfGovornor Smitb]hintcd strongly at the same thing, if the Comniu- mission ha* done all this, then their modesty is entirely too great, and they have not stated tho half of what they have done. Why, the stock of he Texas and Pacific a few years ago was worth only five cents in the dollar. It aold lately at seventy. Of euurse the appointment of the Geor gia Commission raised iL The stock •>r the Memphis and Charleston went at 8 or 9 cents before the Com mission was appotuted. It ba* since been nearly np to par. The stock of the Central bad been down to 35; since the Commission has been ap IHiinled it has been selling at high as 170. Doubtless it was toe Com mission that did it. The stock of the Georgia bad been very low and it could not pay dividends, but notv they are paying dividends and the road has been leased for a long period at ten per cent The work of the Commission again. 1 might name numerous other Instances all over the country, where stocks have gone up wonderfully since the Com mission was appointed. Tho boom of prosperity has struck all the com panies and their stocks have run right aa Prior to tho appointment of the Commission there was bad crops in Europe; sines the good news has reached there the wheat crop of Ru-sia is said to he the finest this year that was ever produced. It is a great pity you did not appoint tho Commisaron in 1873; what a wonderful relief It would then have been to the railroads and tbe peo ple. If all that Colonel Barnett claims as to tbe good tbe Commission has done, be correct, then bo was right wbilo in Ilia speech quoting scrip tures he saitt that “a State, with each a Railroad Commission, that can neither bo intimidated nor bribed, is like the man with a good wife, it lias a good thing from the Lord.’ [Laogbter.] If, indeed, onr present Commission is a good thing sent us fiotu tbe Lord, ae is claimed by Commissioner Barnett, then 1 hope they will obey the precepts of the Lord, and do eqnal and exact just tice alike to all; oppress no one, nor violate the legal rights of any, but administer the law faithfully. Wbat a glorious thing the Com mission is for tho State, and how nnfortnnate that it bad not been ap pointed many years ago. And we were appealed to yesterday by the able member and advocate of the Commission, never to take a step backwards, when such splendid re sults were following. Governor Smith, pointing out tbe very benefi cial results of the action of the Com mission, referred to tho fact that the Central Railroad had declared a dividend of 4 per cent far tlx months, aud 40 per cent stock or bond dividend ont of it* accumulat ed profits. I understand that ia not true. Only three or fonr years ago they eonld not pay any dividend. Both the Central and the Georgia had -frequently to pass their divi dend unpaid. If Gov. Smith were right and the dividends were paid out of accumulated profits, they would not have been in scrip, hut in cash. I do not know who made money oat of stocks by this transac tion. I can very readily see, though, when it comes to paying dividends or interest on the addi tional stock or bonds, in time of de pression, that the lambs, as they rail them in New York, will have to bear the burden, not the bulls or the bean. If the bulls combined with -a view to make a dividend on stock, it was a splendid opportunity to put it up and then let it slide. Then again the fact was spoken of that the Atlanta and West Point Road had declared a dividend of 4 per cent, and also a stork dividend of 100 per cent on iu capital. They have been unwise enough to do that bnt it is nothing on earth but wa tering the stock. As long as this boom lasts, they may pay a divi dend upon it; bnt when it passe* away and we come down to the de pression a gain, they cannot pay it. They will fall back then to where they wero before the Commission was appointed, where they cannot pay at all npon their Nell Moore, a noted We'feru thief, is yoong and pretty. Being elosbly pursued by officers at Den ver, tbe threw away her false teeth, brushed her hair smoothly down, and put on her plainest costume. These changes made her unlike the description which the office.-s had received, and she easily escaped. mtocsi. An Injured Wife's Krvenire--Scuta (tonal Scene on tbo Streets or Washington. Y/asiungtox, September 15.—A sensational scene was witnessed on New York avenue, near Fourteenth street, this city, to-day, Coloael Boyd, who annually publishes the Washington business directory, was walking, down near New York av enue, with a handsome young lady. Suddenly a carriage] was pulled up at tho curbing stone immediately opposite the couple and Mrs. Boyd, wile of Colonel Boyd, jumped out of it. She produced a cowhide and began to lash the young lady who was with Boyd unmercifully. The yoong lady ran. Mrs. Boyd follow ing, but bystanders interfered after a few strokes bad been administer ed. Then Boyd, at the command of hit wife, entered tho carriago with Iter and waa driven home. Boyd list charge of one of the divisions of the census, and several ladies are employed under him. It is said he has been over attentive to two or three of those ladies, and especially to ono of them. His attentions to this one aroused his wife’s jealousy, and she has been watching the pair. To day, Jnst after Boyd met tbe young lady, bb wife made the de scent upon them as described. Whether there is to be any divorce or damage suits hasn’t yet been de veloped. Xtw York Trims*. “It had been arranged that Secre tary Hunt and I should visit the President yesterday, but when we arrived at bb cottage we found that he was asleep, and, ot course, we wooid not allow him to be disturb ed. This morning, however, accom panied by Secretary Windoui, I left tbe West End Hotel, Shortly after 9 o’clock, for Elberon. Mr. Wlndom had seen the Pi esident ou Saturday; so, when we resched the cottage, he did not enter. Mrs. Garfield was in tbe sick room when I errered it: no one else was there during my visit. Tha appearance of the President U much better than I expected. Hb eyes is uudimmed, bb voice strong, qpd bit grasp firm The President had been tola that I was coming, and when I got to hi* bed ide he grasp ed my band warmly. I waa anxious not to excite him and raid: Mr. President, I came to any good morning, to say that every thing ia all right in the departmegt, and then to say good bye.’ “’No, no; sit down,’ said the President, holding my ham!, nud slinking- it warmly. 'Ilow nbont the expen-e* of tho department ? Aro you mill cutting them down? and is thu department running smoothly ?” “‘Mr. President,’ I replied, ‘we have advanced on the Chicago plat form in the Post Office Di-ptrimcni for we have pnt civil service reform in force. No appointments of any. note are being made now. We only fill vacancies caused by death anti resignation, and I don't eee that tin irvlee ie suffering in con eqtieucc.’ “The President smiled at my re mark and then asked: “How ranch ha* been saved on tbe star routes?" ‘About 11,500,000 a year,’I an swered. and I added, 'Attorney- General McVeagh it still at work carrving ont your instructions.’ “The President replied, with a smile, 'That’s all right; I’m glad to hear it, and I bade him good-bye.’’ The Krlanger Syndicate. bem a Simple Tropic*! Lt*r ot Hero Value, mad b * Positive Bcmody ter all tb, dtrorou test csoacpclas in tat tom pan • tbe bloc-1, • ad l J Partner. It I, tho only b*t tsrro Bright’* DIcmh. o Warner’* Sale Ulib«[M H. H. WARNER A CO. N. V. Wesleyan Female College . MACON, GEORGIA, II berlnForty-fourth Annual ’- A rail faealty ot #xperi«n< Advanced coarse of *adj. Tbe re» in Music. Art, Literature Careful attenr* ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA. A bMlthlU, naN ethatt*; aa (xemdlasly pr* daeUr* hU.whan, wltbcoamri liriaMtjarl grodiaci. a aaro aad aadalo competence eta Tie SontfcwesteniIiiiin:£Paticn Co liable InfbRDStloa. ladcul-. of UM ot Arkansas, or Western IsoaUta >e. W# dssir# .o eoaterwlth tba»» wMhlac bcuor.i^ ch.-t • to . i _ 0.0 1TJVAL. Secretary. Aastlo. Texts. J. y. VICTOK, Eactain M-ua tr, 241 Rrflni, **ww-Vork. Foreign Oflee:-W.M. W. Imm». President; Lea oubfili Huuto. Leaden nail 8t, l*»n ton. « rr. F.nglsod TUTFS PILLS INDOR8ED BY PHYSICIANS, CLERQYMEN, AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDICAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. loss oft Jhunin elTwncljwlih a'diDT son action In th«Tback part,_Painuntler the shouldar^ full ne 99 after ‘entity, *rii - to exertion oT^hody or mind, Irritability of temperTT.qw wpfrits. X*ofiS . erith n difiLn- Ai uwiumn ui rouiyot. aww BUtril of memory, with afeo huso fliarl —--.j. -j. l - p 9 n *d- aome dnty. wearinaaa. Dugina**. Vf tSoTTcrt, Dot, beforeJH* The company of capitalists known i the Erlatigcr syndicate are at tracting great attention in this sec tion at present, in view of the fact that they Lave recently leased the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, a great thoroughfare which extends through the breadth of our State. The syndicate is composed of a number of European capitalists, with Mr. Erlnnger, on immensely wealthy gehUeman, at their head. They own and control a complete system of railways in the South, and by the investment of their capital and energy and enterprise they are doing much to build up the .waste plarea of the South, and to make the whole Soutben. country blossom as a rose. The history or the formation of the Erlanger syndicate js not with out a romance. Daring the war Mr. Slidell, of Louisiana, was a Conferate Embassador to France, and was accompanied to that coun try by hit beautiful, and attractive daughter, a young lady of rare graces and attainments, who reign- ' "* in the gay Parisian ras sought in marrisge by nnmbera of titled and aristocratic gentlemen. Her heart was won, lowevcr, by Mr. Erlanger, and they were married. After the war ehe succeeded in enlisting bis sympa thies for the upbuilding of tbe stricken and prostrate South, and he organized a company for the pur- rose of investing capital in develop- ng the resources of the Southern States. This syndicate has invested largely in railrosda, and we are glad to learn that they are making money largely and rapidly. It is thus, by singing tbe songs of her Zion in a stnnge land, that a noble Southern woman hn3 contributed *o largely to the wealth, the pros- icrity and upbuilding of her be* oved native land. HoaJ»ofce7Tle.t.. hereeiMnbLMiUyeoionnfurme. IF THESE V. ABJmtGSAHE UNHEEDED. SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED- TUFT'S PULS are especially adapted to sachca»e*,one doao effe«U Bach* chjuif* of feellog u to astonlfibi tho soiBMki,. Tb*7l>erMM> tbo Appotltc, ud catiM tb* body to Talce on Fifth, thn* tb* system Is aowtihwLAnd by a-lrTomlc Artlraon tb* DllwUtr Orjrrsn*, -Sto«U »rt»pr> coccd. Price 3 ctnu. aa Murray OC. W.T. TUTT’S HAIR DYE. Ghat Hair or Wttmt R- rhxnxnl totOLoor Black by a single applicsilm ottbis Dtk. It Offloe, JO Murray St., New York. Ji.nmnnujniaataM.irf | fic~Ai a—i*. wi a, um ran — uautef INDSTINCT PRINT CodtcdIoiaC Wedding Present*. The giving of bank check** as pres- ents at weddings by the fathers ot contracting pari tests becomingqrile fashionable. ThegueMsare no* sup posed to know whether thedonois have or have not bank accounls, hence the custom will become wide- preacL It Isa nice thing to have poopic talk about and looks very nice in the paper*, which are care- fullv informed of the fact that “Mr. Blank’s gift to the bride wa* a ch- ck for 125.000.” After the w>-dding the checks can be destroyed and the world be none the wiser. An of ficial ot a bank on- which ono of !*c-chccks was given was pr- sent a ceremony and creeled a *en-n- tion by asserting that the giver had not n dollar on deposit; but sue i a thing might not occur again tu a centmy. RTJ'MNEY, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, WASHESCTO. 1 ; STREET. PX.ZS or Ih: A LARGE LOT OF SAB- Latest Styles! FALL ADD WINTER SUITS! SHIRT CUTTING SPECIALTY X Good Work! Perfect Fit and Reasonable Prices Guaranteed! UlM-1f Alothm! mothers It mothers!!! Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by & sick rhild suf fering and crying with the e* racimting p&in of catting teeth? If so. jo at once tad get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow# Soothdco Stbup. It will re I e vo the poor little satfarer immediately—de pend upon it; there is no mistake about iL There is not & mother on earth who has everu«ed it who will not trll you #t once thitit will regulAt* the bowels, and give reft to the mother, And relief And heAlth to the chili, operating like migic. It is perfectly R*feto use in all cases, and pleasant to the taste, and is the prescription of ono of *ho oldest and bes fema le physicians and nurses in tho Uuiud State*. Sold eTerrwhorv- ft couts a bottk.