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Jgrirs and Advertiser.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23,1882.
Senator Brown’* Speech on Civil Ser-
Tice Reform.
It would appear from tha following
clipping, from the Indianapolis Nettv,
(Indep’L), that everybody is not of
the same opinion in regard to our
Senior Senator's late effort. The
speech, howerer, fa eminently charac
teristic of oar estate Senator. Mr.
Pendleton, than whom a purer man
and a more enlightened Statesman
docs not exist, and a strong believer
in the principle that it is never too
late or untimely to do a good action,
introduces a much needed measure of
reform, about which a great deal has
been said of late, and" which, in the
face of so many Republican preten
sions in that direction, would hare
proven, as he doubtless thought, the
most favorable introduction the re- ]
Our Fire Department.
We have on several occasions lately
felt tempted to say something alioiit
the palpable inefficiency of the Albany
Fire Department, more however In the
way of noting deficiencies and suggest
ing remedies in the system, than of
censure towards individuals composing
It. An unprejudiced looker-on at the
fire of Sunday nlglit would approve
the superior wisdom of sueli a course
over that of indiscriminate attacks
upon Its members, or the department
itself. The troth is. the blame cannot
lie said, with any show of justice, to
lie at the door of tlte members at all.
who are In the main invariably prompt
in their attendance, and both willing
and able in tlieir exertions, but the
system or direction under which they
have been working hitherto, every one
will admit, needs a tlwrough and rad
ical revision. No one win* remarked
tJ»e prompt and full>ttcndancc of tin*
mem hers of tlie tin* department last
Sunday night, and their visible morti
fication anti chagrin at tlie untimely
habilitated llemoeeaqr could tat. _ ,M r but e„„M
the E°°d gmw of the eouu r,. 111. I (,„„«• elec-
lull b, straightway Mucked b, tl,c ludUldual metuben.
Senior Senator upon theaame grounds w , „„„ hom!- „„„ thc „„ ,
and with the same arguments that . numlwr of suggestions from intelligent
liavc made the Republican party's re- sourer* as to tlie best remedy to lie ap-
cord on this subject so odious to the | p n«l t „ existing evils, ami ne shonhl
whole country. Of course our Senior . be glad to publish any suggestion from
Senator finds much to encourage him | any source looking to a remedy Tor de
in the unqualified approval of many of j feels, and an increase of efficiency in
oar co-temporaries, but for our part j this indispcnsible dejmi tment of our
wcbclIcTt it would look decidedly
better to run the risk of losing a few
offices than besmirch the Democratic
record at the outset by adopting the
bandit motto, “To the Victors’’ etc:
“The harangue of Senator Brown
yesterday against the rcudleton civil
service bill, is one of the most humili
ating things that has been heard for
many a day. Summed up in a sen
tence, it was th ! s: The Democrats are
certain to carry the coin try in 1884,
and this bill will prevent a Democratic
president from u$ ; ng the offices as
spoils to rewanl Democrats with. Ills
motto still was, **to 1hc victor belong
the spoils.” If Senator Brown'reflccts
the temper and disposit : on of the
Democratic party to-day, he has done
the country a service by his speech.
Forewarned is forearmed. The Demo
cratic party has about aa much chance
of obtaining control of the country on
Senator Brown’s proposition, as it
would have on an advocacy of the
feudal system or a monarchy.
Oar Colored Population.
It seems very difficul for our census
men, statisticians and newspaper
writers to determine the true status ef
our negro population. The New Or
leans T*mes-Democrat says the ne
gro has enjoyed sufficient years of
freedom to enable us to prophecy his
future, certainly enough to solve the
problem whether freedom ha3 elevated
or improved him, or whether it !s
having the effect, predicted by the
pro-slavery advocates, of rapidly kill
ing off the African race; and proceeds
to show that both extremists have
erred in their predictions on this
point, by comparing the 38 per cent,
illiteracy of 18G0, with the 84 per cent,
of 1880; and the 34 per cent, increase
of the blacks with the 29 per cent, of
the whites during the same time. It
then adds:
The mortuary reports of the South
ern cities show an exceptionally high
death rate among the colored popula
tion, nearly doable that of the whites.
In Memphis, fast year, the negro
death rate was 48*24 per thousand,
although there was no epidemic there,
and in this city it ranges from 35 to 50.
The chief causes of this mortality arc
consumption, pneumonia, diarrhoea and
dysentery—from all of which the ne
groes seem to saffer far more than the
whites. Lung compl’ints, formerly
almost unknown among them, are
spreading auu carrying off hundreds;
and the infant mo. nllty exceeds any
thing known since Ilcrod's day.
Here is a carious contradiction—an
increased death rate and yet a heavy
increase in population.”
The Georgia Pacific.
Ex-Senator John B. Gordon's “in
terview’’ in Sunday’s Atlanta Consti
tution reads very smoothly and pret
tily, as it comes fresh from the pen of
one of the “eleven able,” but to those
interested ir. tlie salient point of it,
viz: the stockholders and directors
ot the Georgia Pacific, it will hardly
prove altogether as satisfactory as
might be desirable. Ufa statement
of the signing and scaling of the con
tract for placing the Georgia Pacific
bonds, with the “powerful’’ foreign
syndicate, and its transmission to the
roads officers-in New York, followed
immediately by that of their fright
at the extraordinary tumble in Rich
mond and Danville, Louisville and
Nashville, and Memphis and Charles
ton stocks, and their inability to see
that this was “purely and simply tlie
city police.
Probably tlie liest suggestion yet
made is one to make tlie offices of chief
and assistant chief and tliat of engineer
elective by tlie City Connell. Another
Is to liavc tlie entire force so chosen,
both plans leaving of course all their
other affairs to Ihj managed by them
selves as heretofore. Whether cither
of these will be a taking suggestion we
cannot say. but it is evident tliat all
our citizens, firemen as well as others,
are fully alive to the urgent need of
some immediate and thorough reform.
Wad Land Taxes. t
We have received from the lion. W.
A. Wright, Comptroller-General, a
neat little pamphlet containing in
structions for the guidance of tax re
ceivers and collectors in the matter of
wildland taxes ander the met of Sep
tember 28,1881, and as amended by
the late act of the General Assembly.
The pamphlet contains the text of both
the above acts, prefaced by plain and
pertinent instructions as to tbeir mean
ing and mode of procedure thereunder.
The time for the return of wild land
is extended to February 1st, 1883, and
for payment of the tax due to March
1st, 1883; and also sales for non-pay
ment are suspended until after Octo
ber 1st, 1883.
The main or rather the only difficulty
in the way of the first act of 1881 ap
pears to arise solely oat of the’remiss-
ness and neglect of tax collectors in
replying to the necessary’inquiries of
owners and 'agents relating to the
amount of their taxes. We know of
two auch in Albany who have been
writing to several of these eoanty
officials at intervals since the middle
of last September, and, thus far, with
out any result. It also appears to be
as difficult to get the proper tax re
ceipts after they have forwarded their
tax.
In our opinion the amendment act
should have gone a.Iittie farther and
imposed a penalty on all such willfully
incompetent officials. It is clear,
moreover from the correspondence,
that folly three-fourths of them are
wholly unfit for the positions thay
pretend to fill, or any other involving
any trust or responsibility. How the
returns and accounts of such a nu
merous set of officials can be satisfac
torily adjusted and audited at the
Comptroller-General’s office fa a mys
tery we have never been able to un
ravel.
The Conference.
The South Georgia Conference of
the Methodist church, whose proceed
ings we have faithfully reported for a
week past, finished its labors, and
closed its session Tuesday. It has
seldom been the good fortune of a
small town like Albany to entertain,
at one time, and for so long, ao large
and representative a body of the best
and most intelligent minds of the sge.
There were men among them whose
reputation as scholars and thinkers
is by no means confined
their church, nor their labors
exclusively to its divine mission.
Among its lsy members were several
who were shining lights at the Geor
gia bar, not to mention a number of
eminent divines, whose names are
THE B. & A. RAILROAD.
NOW TIIE BRUNSWICK AND WES
TERN.
THE SALK TO THB BBLANUBU
SYNDICATE COMPLETED. AND
THE NEW COMPANY ORGAN
IZED*
The Work on lb« Kxtenalon from
Albany to Resin Immediately—
Cola. Schlatter and Meader to Con
tinue In Charse of the u Road.
t*T fehznpb (• ih News and Advert tor,
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 19.
The reorganization of the Bruns
wick and Albany Railroad Company
was perfected in this city to-day, and
tho name of the company changed
to the Brunswick & Western. Pres
ent : the organization representing the
old company; Jacob Dcncfoillc, Presi
dent; Chms. I,. Schlatter, General
Manager; Director Richard Keblncr;
Director Mr. Henry Iiudgc; Director
C. L. Schlatter, Jr.; Director John K.
DuBignon; Director Maj. Joseph Ga-
nahl; Director C. X. Dacasto, New
Yoik Counsel. *
The new organization was perfected
by the resignation, ono at a time, of
five of tho old directors, Mr. Budge
and Col. Schlatter remaining in as
directors.
The new Bffard is: Frederick
WolfTe, President, and Abram Bombcr-
ger, George Xabriskic, Max Calm, Col.
C. L Schlatter, Henry Budge and C. P.
Goodyear, Directors. Director George
Xabriskic fa tho New York counsel of
the purchasers.
Mr. Abram K. Bombcrgcr was elect
ed Secretary and Treasurer.
Col. Schlatter and Mr. Mender con
tinue in charge of the management of
the road.
Active work on tlie extension from
Albany will be commenced immedi
ately after the holidays. Tho first
work will bo throwing a bridge across
the Flint river at Albany.
The road will bo completed to the
Chattahoochee river within Uic year
1883, and the road from Memphis to
Selma, and Selma to I he Chattahoochee
river will be constructed os fast as
money and energy can do it. When
completed, the line will bo continuous
from Kansas City to Brunswick, be
sides connecting with the Erlangcr
System where this line crosses the
Alabama Great Southern, northwest
of Selma. Mr. Fred. Woiffe, the pur
chaser, has to-day completed the pur
chase by payment in fall of the con
sideration agreed upon with the late
owners.
conspicuous in the walks of science
effect of speculation,”and the disposi- ; literature,
tion shown to decline to comply with ■ ** gratifying to oar
their already signed and scaled con- j zeDS 10 ^ now ** 1 ® members left
tract, does not appear to be altogether
congruous, to say the least of it. It
l>ecorocs still less so when we learn
farther on that “arrangements are
being made in New York with other
parties, out of whom better terms may
be secured than the terms oil which
sold the bonds in England.” Wc
with the best impressions of Albany
and its hospitality uppermost, and no
donbt many a devout prayer will as
cend and be answered for tho contin
ued prosperity and well fare of our city.
The Conference sessions were
unusually agreeable and entertain
ing to spectators ns well as members.
mo jjralifcl tolo.ro, however, that! Tb <’ « ir « f »»d lro.ioc.s-
-thero i, not the «li s hte»t pouibilit,” i ,lke di >P» ,ch oniforatlj- prcv.ite.1
that the work on the proposed road 1 "• ,Jc ,hc •» i»«"tcU.e pl«c
will be at all delayed, or impeded, « r resort to aM who cool.l spare time to
by the slight accident of . lack of j “ * S re >‘ m " 1 ? ° f »” r
puretiasers for the bonds of the com- d ' d * *”* r ** w ® know, tho cotire
session was unmarred by a single un-
plcasing feature otrinrident.
pany.
Senator Brown’s “Donalion.’
rhere is good authority for saying ! Atlanta Art Loan.
, it Senator Brown will make tender The above exposition, about which
in»fow days of 13^000 to the Uni- the Atlanta papers have said and
reraity of South Carolina, on the j blowrf raoch recently, eloeed on
same terms that be offered that sum „ , , . .. . . .
to cur State university. Without com- Saturday night last, after a most suc-
ing directly to me from the Senator, ; ceesfol season. The receip’s amount-
thin information is valid—so that wc 1 ed to the snug sum of $4,400, from
may con,Her llio endowment, ot „hieh the library, under whose non-
which so much has been said, i»orma- .
nently pone over the border-//. If. P”*» ■* hoM - r “ U “
(irmly in Sunday’s Constitution. 41J6UO clear money. The heaviest
To the above, if true, the people of | day’s receipts wss on the 7lb iniL,
Georgia, or at least a vast majority of when $440 were taken in. On “Dia-
them, as emphasized by the vote of mond” day 850 admissions were reg-
their representatives, have no objee-I isteved, and $372 received. Mrs. I.reg-
• . . rr _ ft. . a■ . _ r,.1<f. nnptmii, of Cr.tr fvlAf.liAfia V.l
tion to offer. Wc venture the asser
tion, however, that if any of the old
anlt-btlbnn spirit yet lingers in
.South Carolina—and we have no reas
on to suppose that It lias departed—
the donation (?) will be even more
emphatically rejected by bfa native
Slate than by that of his adoption. It
is hardly probable though that our
senior Senator, taught the value of a
little becoming modesty even in the
ory’s portrait of Gov. Stephens wss
purchased by the ladies of the Art
Loan restaurant and donated to the
library, where it will lie hung up
alongside those of other Georgia
worthies, Jos. E. Brown, etc.
Tne Post-Appeal closes an article
on “American Plutocrats," as follows:
The growing power of our rich men
is attracting attention abroad, and a
, ., . London paper calls attention to the
Ml of gift-meking, by in. Inte «*po- j ji, cren ce between Ihe Kn s ll„l. ...11-
rience, will venture to make the same
; lionaire and his American cousin.
cooplcl with tho lik. conditions, Tho r , ( „,„ jr f ,,„ „ lir „
.A...I I,,....,, a.— Ci.i.. 111... C.. a a ■ . a*. ■
to a proud sovereign State like South
n awl spend Ids life m elegant
Carolina. We mistake her spirit, if | lei*ure, but the other speculates, gets
that State
leavings.
cniv«f» any of Georgia’*
up “corners,’’ corrupts Stale govern-
: inputs, and attempts lo influence Con-
| gross. Undoubtedly the combina-
.feme Bi.eCKl.ev i» g.,lUi. B nlnn; linn, of ...illiniiniron which Me fnrin.
vcy cn.noU.ly reining .he Xm, ; JW*
Code. His sailing, so far, has been indies of the people than any-
pleasant, and doubtless will be to the thing else. This great evil, however,
en.l of hie Inbors.—m«.t run iln conroc. Homo .lay nor
grasping monopolists will overstep the
nidenc
THE BRUNSWICK Sc WESTERN.
Tlie President and Directors or the
New Company In Albany Wednes-
day—Tbe Bridge Across the Flint,
and the Extension of the Road
Westward.
The new Beard of Directors of the
B. & A. railroad, elected at tbe reor
ganization of the company on Tuesday,
as appears from our Brunswick dis
patches published elsewhere in this
issue, reached Albany Wednesday
by special train at G o'clock a. m.
Those who arrived arc Mr. Fred.
Woiffe, President; Geo. Xabriskic,
Director, and also Counsel for tbe new
board; Abram Bombcrgcr, Director,
also Secretary and Treasurer; Director
MaxCaltn, who is also private secre
tary to President Woiffe; Maj. Joseph
Ganahl, Director; C. L. Schlatter, Sr.;
R. D. Meader, Sup't; Col. C. P. Good
year, of Brunswick, and Master Henry
Woiffe, son of President Fred. Woiffe.
A heavy rain began falling about the
time the train strived at the B. & A.
depot, and carriages were sent over by
our citizens for their distinguished
guests.
The precise object of their visit to
Albany l$not known beyond an in
spection of the linfe between Bruns
wick an Albany, and tbe selection of
a point to throw their bridge across
the Flint, and probably some other
details.
It is a pleasure to state that the
gratifying intelligence contained in
our dispatch of Tuesday was fully
confirmed by statements of members
of the parly, and that the work will be
taken in hand immediately after
Christmas.
TnE Macon Telegraph ami Mes
senger cliantt a feeling editorial
requiem over tlie cremation of Jake’s
saloon last Sonday night Such re
sorts have always had an attraction
for the average Georgia editor top
hard to withstand. We cannot doubt
that his lament is sincere and genuine,
It may tend to lighten his affliction,
however, to know that a new “Rialto’
fa soon to rise from tho ashes of the
old one that will eclipse the formor
in magnificence and solid creature
comfort. As a subsidary consolation
we may inform onr editorial brethren
of the Telegraph and Messenger that
Jake succeeded in saving the best por
tion of his unrivalled stock. N. B.-
It never went under the name of
a “Hoslclrie*’ down this way, though.
Full official returns from the late
Congressional election sum up ns fol
lows: Fret district, Nichols’ majority
over Atkins, 7,171. Second district,
Turner’s majority over Wessolowsky,
3,338. Third district, (no opposition)
received 4,121 votes. Fourth district,
Buchanan’s majority over Fou, 4,181.
Fifth district, Hammond’s majority
over Burk, 3,032. Sixth district
Blount (no opposition) received 3,514
votes. Seventh district, IJeexc (no
opposition) received 4,384 votes for
the regular term, and 4,228 for the un-
expired term of Gov. Stephens. Ninth
district, Candler’s majority over Speer,
2,GOG votes, and in the Slate at large
Hardeman received a majority of 50,-
>13 over Forsyth. Oh^Dnggar got
45C votes in the ninth.
Jcikik I). II. I’oi-e, Colonel Tift’s
counsel, replies at some length on our
outside to-day to the legal opinion on
the bridge question, submitted by
Judges Wooten and Wriglit, counsel
for the County Commissioners. Since
both opinions arc now before lliotii in
cxicpsoon this vexed question our
readers can form their own con
clusions. When doctors disagree the
News ash AuvEirrisr.it will not under
take to settle the dispute. Where wo
pretty liberally paid for tlie opinion,
however, the cssejiiiglit bo different
The House Committee on I’ensioim
has authorized tho report of a bill
granting a pension of eight dollars a
month to Mexican war veterans, and
their iininiirricd widows, whether said
veterans were Federal* or Confeder-
The House of Representatives, by a bounds of prudence, snd their dcstrnc-
vplc of 121 yne to 101 nays, have de- lion »".! <lt><roMI will follow. Tb.
cided to adjourn for the Christmas
holidays from tiie 22d of December
to the 2d of January.
worst of it is that die crimes of the
Plutocrats can only be checked by
other crimes on the part of tlieir
Tiie Dooly Vindicator states that
the common council of Vienna Imve
cut down tiie license tax on bur keep
ers from $21 JO to $100, The county
Went against prohibition two or three
years ago by a large majority.
The Superior Court ot Kumtcr coun
ty will hold an adjourned term, com
mencing oil the 1th Monday in Jann-
My.
THE FREE BRIDGE qi'iKSTIOX.
Leant Opinion Ucndrred for t ot. 1
Tilt In Replr to llic one Render
ed tbe ('anno Cammlaalonere.
The opinion lo wliicli this Is a reply,
oniliracisl, First, The exclusive right of
tin* owner of the land on 1m>Hi shies of
a stream to hiilld n public bridge; Sec
ond, Tin: charter grunted Col. Tift and
Ids rights and duties under Ihe same;
Third, ’Hie right of the puhltu to con
demn private projierty for Its use; mid
Fourth, The right of the |»eople to re
cover Illegal tolls collected liy Col.
Tift, closing with a recommendation
that the county authorities "adjust the
whole matter with Col. Till ii|mui just,
legal and equitable terms," and on fail
ure to do so, "force a compliance with
the terms of Ids charter.” I shall con
sider the opinion of die gentlemen on
i the other sale in the order stated.
1st. Has the owner of the laud, on
(Kith sides of a stream, tlie right to
build a public bridge across such
stream? Section 031 of the code of
1882. which is the act of the Li^gisla-
ture of 1850, says: "Any |s-rsoii who
may lie the owner of any laud through
which a stream may pass, onlMith sides
thereof, may establish any bridge
or terry thereon, at Ids ex|ieuse, and
may charge law till toll for crossing,
according to tlie rates of other bridges
and fbrries, oil the same sircnui, or if
none other, die customary rales over
such streams elsewhere.”
Col. TiA lmilt his bridge in 1857.
Hu owned the land oil tsuli shies the
river, and the law quoted above Is, and
was, die only law on that point of force
ill Georgia at that time. Does It require
argument or elalKiraiion to convince
the most stupid or mil**nincd legal or
ordinary mind that Col. Tift could not
only build, under this law, any kiml
of a bridge, cither pub’ie or pri
vate on Ills own land, and as to how
the tolls tor crossing the same shall t»e
regulated ?
When the first Code of Georgia took
effect or become the law of this State
on the first day of January, 1803, the
codefiers, without any statute to codify
from, put section 2233 of the code of
1882 therein, which is: "Tlie right to
construct a bridge or establish a ferry,
for private tisc across a water course,
within, or adjoining lauds, is an ap
purtenant to tlie ownership of ihe laud;
blit the right to establish and keep a
public bridge or ferry Is a franchise to
be granted by the State. Where such a
grant Interferes with Ihe owner’s right
of exclusive possession, just comiieiisu-
tion to hint must lie first made.”
So the State, four or live years after
Col. Tift lmilt Ills bridge, changed or
modified its laws ns to the way in
which public bridges and ferries
should be established, ns Is clearly np-
l>arent from the two sections quoted.
Now, which law Is Col. TM’s right to
build a bridge and chai ge tolls regulat
ed by, the one he built under, spent
his money under, or the one that was
enacted years after? The Constitution
of tlie IJ nltcd Stales, section 3271 of the
Code of 1882, says:
“No State sliall jmss * * * any
bill of attainder, ex poet facto law, or
law impairing tlie obligation of con
tract* * *
Our State Constitution, section 3231.
says:
All rights, privileges and immuni
ties which may have vested In, or ac
crued to any person or iktsoiis, or cor
poration, in his, her or their own right,
or in any fiduciary capacity, under and
by virtue of any act of the General As
sembly ° * 3 shaft l»c held Invio
late by all courts Urfore which they may
be brought in question, unless attacked
for fraud.”
Now will it. or can It Ik? justly claim
ed, that Col. Tift roil l>e legislated out
of his plaiuly retied right* which
accrued io him, by virtue of the law,
under which he built his bridge hy one
enacted four or five years afterward*?
With people who “jump at conclu
sions*’ to suit tlieir own Interest, re
gardless of the rights of oilier*, the fa
vorable statement of a pro|Kwltlon, as
done by the other side, is siilficient;
but with those who want to find what
the law is. and what the rights of all
parties an*, and then want to net In ac
cordance therewith. I apprehend a little
more than a bare elatemcnt wift lie
required. Under the first law quoted
it is clear that the owner of tiie *aud
on both sides the stream had the right,
at the time Col.'17.1 built hi* bridge,
to build any kind of a bridge’, and
any kind include* all kinds, either
public or private. Then under the
fundament it laws last quoted, he
cannot Ik? legislated out of his reeled
right* tinder tiie law by virtue of
which lie did build Ills bridge.
The opinion of the gentlemen on the
other side will not lie controverted
when applied to a bridge lmilt since
tlie 1st of January, 1853, when the
bridge law* was modified as before Stated.
In fact, our .Supreme Court lias, In the
47»h Georgia Rejmrts, given it that
construction on a case arising since sec
tion 2233 quoted, lKfnnic a law; hut
that it Is wrong when applied to Oil.
Tift’s bridge Is too clear for doubt.
2nd. There was no charter grant**!
- Col. Tift in 1852 or at any other time,
hut two bridge charter* were grant
ed, one to several individuals, and Ihe
other to two or three. Oil. Tift’s name
was in Isitli. One was granted in 1839
mid the other hi 1852. Now, when did
tiie chartered uiemliws organize and
build a bridge unde.* either of said char
ters? Which one did they or Col. Tift
build under? Oil. Tift built Ihe bridge
in question himself out of hi* own
money, after earnest entreaty to, and
refusal by, the county to join him, and
become part mt uer or the sain:*, so ii*
citizens could cross free. I* there a
Mane man in existence, who is acquaint
ed with Oil. Tift, who will for a mo
ment Isdicve he built a bridge under a
charter that denied him tin* right to
charge toll for ft sit insseiiger* and ag
ricultural products when there was,
jit that rime, a law that allowed him,
as the owner of tin? laud on Isitli side*
of the stream, to build one and charge
the customary tolls on such -trains, as
is set fort ill the IMIUi section of the
code licrchilichirc copied?
So, all that has Is-co said by the gen
tlemen o.i the oilier side as lo the rates
of toll oil this bridge Is-iog the same
a* allowed on the Macon and Columbus
bridge*, wliat Col. 'lift's chartered
rights are, tlieir binding force, how set
aside, and the assertion lhat Col. 'lift
is acting under a charter, etc., etc., has
no sort of application to the question
, under consideration, because Col. Tift
did not build hy virtucof any chartered
right* nor Is lie acting under them.
.Such assertions and surh law arc good
enough If they wen? true and had a
case to apply to, hill Ihe one in ques
tion Is not the one, us is shown by
Ihe laws quoted and fuel- staled.
3d. Generally, there i- no que.-iion
about the right of the politic It. line
deiiiu private piojicrly for Its ioe, "jo-i
eoiHls’iisntloii liebig first made." The
i,asle of estimating sneli damages is
regulated by law. In n case made mi
just such a question as tiie one under
consideration, where the party from
whom Ihe properly was laken only
owned lie* land on one side the river,
an I only had a ferry with a small hi-
come, onr Supreme Gnnrl did imi
f 13,1100 was excessive damages to
|udd for that right
for public use.
•till. When the Comity CommIsslon-
vrs cameto me first lor my opinion on
the bridge question, which I could not
give them Imtatniu retained hy Col.Tift,
it was not hiiimnled lo me that they
vail led to know whether Col. Tll't was
barging illegal toils or the right of Ihe
lieople to recover them hack; but tliev
wanted lo know, in ncenrda ice with
Ihe iH’tiliniiH sent them, whether they
had a right to build a bridge aemss the
river at Albany, and tlie law tm that
question. No''doubt .he question was
itilnrged when presented to the gentle
lieu who gave llielr opinions, lor it
cannot Is? presumed that two sneli
learned ami skilled attorneys would
“hunt up” a qmvtion m take sneli an
illegal and absurd |Mfcdiion ou,aud then
proceed, by a I'ew.liasi v htrokes of the
|ieu, to rciieal nil the law ami reverse
all llit* Supreme Court decisions tut so
simple mid so plain a proposition.
The only further notice I desire to
give that |inrt ot tliciropluiou is to say,
that Col.’lift lives in Allstny anti is!
able ft* pay all judgements that may |
lie recovered against him for illegal i
charges made, cither hi the last lour, I
leu, or any oilier number of vars, mid j
that lie wi'l iieilher reft old toll, i-lnlmed
to lie illegally eolleeied by Ihe gentle- ]
men on ihe other side, nor will lie ne-
cept the schedule of lolls laid down a *
lawful by tlieiii.
In conclusion, Col. Tift is now, as
be lias Ih-cii since Is'fort? lit? built bis
bridge, ready mid willing ft* make any
fair anil reasonable arrangement will*
tbe comity; but be is not w illing to sit.
still ami have his projs'iiy taken away
11-0111 him. Nor Is any other business
Ulan, here! or elsewhere', willing lo give
lip and abandon bis gissl ami pmlila-
Wc investment* without just touqK'ii-
satiou just lieeaiiso some one else
want* or need* them.
D.ll. 1’ock,
Attorney for Nelson Tift.
A Call lor a Stale Convention.
To aft Women's Temperance Socic-
llesof whatever name; also, io pastors
of cVurfhes ami Chrisiia.i women of
llie Nate ol Georgia: There wilt Ikmi
Sts,c Convention of the Women's Chrls-
Jieti Tcm|M',~.iiicc Unions of Georgia
Iitdd In the city of Aria.da on .Irtiunry
10,h, 1883,,or the |ui’|toM'of organiz
ing i.ito a Suite Issly. .Miss Fraud* K.
Willard. National I’lrohle.it of the W.
V. T. C., and Mrs. N.illle K. Chapin,
of Soi'lli Carolina, will he present with
thdr ahi, ami perhaps other Christian
workers iroin a distance, 'llic Union
has its auxilla ies all over tiie country,
am! is gaining in inicic*., in mcmls-rs
and ini|H»rt.U!ee evtsv day. Its iiillu-
ent e is e.eliig ,cit everywhere, and a re
form hegti.i width wiiliGod's hclpand
bless*.rf. will result in ma- veloi's good,
it not in (ae complete downfall of the
cv’l of '.ticuutcruuti!. T.ic ecu- r.d idea
of ad *.» wo. k is to release Issly ami
soul f -out tills th -ritloin iosa.ru, ami
<o cuihroiu! Christ a> redeemer ami
Loti in the imevidll.d hea t. ami llis
Spirit i.i tlie home and in the Sta.e.
Its modi* is—"For God ami llotiie ami
Native Iziml”—uitjeetstlear to all whom
wc atlti.fss. ami vre ea ,ius ly ami
solemnly e.dt ii|miii voii ti> help us hy
your prayers, your inlhiemv snd ytmr
work.
We invite two represeutatives from
every Woman s Tem|M*rams* Society in
tiie Stale, ami any woman who has tlie
Temperance cause at heart, ft* come
ami learn wliat women aie tlo’ug in
this land, ami to take home will* her
such information ami documents, etc.,
as shall enable her ft* organize a W. C.
I T. U.. in her own locality.
"’astors of ehtirclie* of any denomi
nation are* requested to ap|H>iut holy
tlelegiites from tlieir chttrehes. Knter-
tainmeut wi'l be furnished for all.
Names anil time of arrival can Is- sent
ft* Mr. K. C. Witter, Atlaula, tin.
’lease wear the Woman’s *J’cnq>enintv
Radge, a small white rildsm Ikuv.
JJes|M:e; fully.
Mns. W. C. Siui.kv.
Stale I’re'siileiil W. <' T. U.
Slate pa|>crs please eoj^jj
ilctu Aducvliiicmc.ifs.
GREAT BARGAINS
WASHINGTON, ST.. ALBANY. GA.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
DRUGS
DRUGGIST’S SUNDRIES, PERFUMERY, FANCY
ARTICLES RICH TOILET GOODS, ETC.
HEADQUARTERS
WHITE LEAD,
LINSEED OIL,
VARNISHES,
KALSOMINE,
WINDOW GLASS.
COLOR DRY AND IN OIL.
Your Last Chance,
IF YOU WAN*t'
Absolutely Pure.
TliIt | under r.tT«*r *in«. A mr.rri-1 of piro
liroijih n'i'I wli:.l<Mrf.t-nras MuYe renn in leal
tlmi the nrdinarr kioils. ar.d cannot be uld In
cmupetilten With the n.ulttltulr ol low tot.ihort
w-i-hgalun, ,.r ph*. .ptate powder/. SW «my in
a. smms
Kespeclfully informs liis
friciuls and the public gen
erally that, for the present,
he has located tw > doors
north of 1 is former stand,
next door to S. W. Gunni
son, anti is prepared to serve
liis customers with the best,
ot everything the market af
fords at the lowest figures.
[pgTAll Canned Goods,
Preserves, »XcUies, Sweet
meats, or other goods which
were in any way damaged
at the recent fire, no matter
how slightly, will he closed
out regardless of cost.
A. STEH.ITE.
d&wll
Imineii§e Bargains
II'/; Aitfi < <>MVELL1iI> TO
Close Out S
Regardless of COST.
Dress Goods, Ladies Fine Shoes,
Ladies Fine Cloaks, LadiesIKid Gloves,
Hoisery, Lace Curtains. Balmoral Skirts,
And many Artie'es too numerous to Mention.
50 Per Cent Below
New York Value.
Jeans 20c. Worth 40c.
Jeans 30c. Worth 55c,
Jeans 40c. Worth 75c.
fall and he timviured.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Paint, Varnish, Whitewash,
KALSOMINE BRUSHES.
WE HAVE IN STOCK OVER
75,000 CIGAES!
ALT. GRADES. FROM A
Cheeroot to a Genuine Havana!
At jirire** lluit roiinot Ik? Duplicate'll in this Market.
ONION SETS !
30 Busin*!* Select Sets Just Reedveil.
And t«» dealer* we guarantee as low figures and as favorable terms a« any
House In the State!
Look to your interest, atnl for further information come to
I.T.CALLAWAY&CG.
n\t;t;ixt: am» tbs always on hand at
LOWEST M ARKET PRICES.
LH*r*l A.l.duocs ««. allcuttoo M'wtst wllti us.
an J |*ra^ /ate. and correct wi-l^bts p-uaUctd.
Valuable IjiriI for Sale.
of Trr/e'J ailji».n‘np U»c IVurberi-
«-ounlv lino. Ilitw lam,tret acres «|»-u an.I
nu<ler fence: urn eal> ns. More Ik*are and otter
niproveii enls It i-a c,*.-! sUikI for aromt
Irr store, nn.I In ml :* r* poo-1 as can be
foun.l it* S Millin', si Cmrsia. Will sll on
ea-> tc-im*—i.ue-lli r.1 eaJ* and t*alanre in
••no anUino wars. Kvr further particular*
:t|ylyt.. W.4.COX.
Chirk-saw lia’chie.
«* t.lit.Vwu lerrett County. ti»
Plantation to lient«
FRANK ItODEBTS’
SWAMP PLACE,
TAESICODS or tocaUax In Southern GeorjU,
wishes to obtain a stluaOoa. Hr tea man
of goo* cducaUoo, a trady calenlalor. aad aacx-
ctllent reribe. tM&ee work preferred, hat would
be willlrg to accept a pooj postUoa In any boat-
mas that did not requite hln to travel. Would
like to locate somewhere oa the line of tbe Brass-
wick aad Albany Railroad. Correspondence so
licited th lough the editor oT this paper, who b
prepared to furnish any lufonavloa that aaay be
desired as to txalneu qwallfira tooa, habits, etc.
tocl Add wtf
nine miles from Alban;
pel older, will* alt
S"*k1 pia sland.
te:l«J|4w.1t
Tie plat lal Ion b in
mu build iocs and
J U. BOYT. Hreeiver
East d&Ibaziy
BOARDING HOUSE
KATLII'K, Proprietor.
O WvN !i» the r«Mie al all time*. Only 2S
tVols for Meals, and SA Cent* for Lodging.
Give in* a call. A. UATLlFK.
mar34-ly East Mbiny.tia
Wc will lornlsb everything. Haayi
fortunes. Ladle* wakeasmwchasmew.ami ooya
ard girls make etna jay. Header. If yew want
host ness at which veu can mske great joy all the
lime, write for parricuUn to H. llatnr A Co,
I’o tland. Maine.
Wesleyan Female College
SaSicylica!
Mo more Rheumatism, j
Gout or Neuralgia. |
Immediate Belief Warninled.
I’ernianel Fare Gnarmilecil.
t in V' .'O: rJ.iUiilml au t nrrrr tinm hfitil •» a |
*>/!'■ rttxr, ttrNl. nr chnmir. /.Vf.-r A,«// yrvmiornl i
SECRET 2
THE ONLY DISSOLVE!. OF THE
POISONOUS UIMU At - ll»
WII1UII EXISTS IN THE j
I'.I.OOIIOEBIIEI MATIU I
AND GOUTY PA
TIENTS.
NAl.It YI.ICA I* known a* a < muiiHMi-secie
rnuelf, Ihciiik it strikes directly at Ihe <an»*' of
l:lii-u„ixliMii. ((out n»<l Nnirstgln. wlillns* inaiiy
(Hi-railed n|wrllir* sin! Mipposetl |*liKru ailily
Irvit !• r ally tin, eflccU.
It has Ikcb couredrel l>y eminent M-Irntixt* tlinl
<mtwanl ap'illcalIons,rurli as r,|l,l,lug will* oIIh,
ulnlmrnl*, iti.ltnen's ami rendliinu hdlons will not
eradicate thn.*dlwrsea whirl, a,e the result of tin.
puimninr ol the Mmsl will. Uric Add
NALICYf.ItM wui/i with inarvelmiselhN'l
»a thisackl and n remove* the dlwirder. lib
now exchiitvely aawcnl hy alleet«hrat<sl |ih)»l< lnn«
of Alperiraand Jlorojs'. Ill«h»»t Mnlksl Arwl.
emy ol I’srl* re; or Is y.’, |wr cent, cure* In Itin-o
<!«'*.
REMEMBER _
amt Nelirntclu.
$1 ii Iftiv. i\ Itn\i's for $.%.
:vM Irre l.y mail on r« rift of
v«»m: ftiitiiteJisT o»it ir.
Itot tho delmlnt lido talking lioilsUoMn or
Milnlbnlr,, «r msshIuuk roimiwwl,<1 a» "Jn.d a
t »..l I" lirol.l .0, tlie geiinlno will, Ihe nnliMi of
WANIIIIIIUNKA CO to*, whirl,
is Kusrenucl rlirnii,ally |H,ie uiHjeroiir rlgna-
l„ li,e Ir.Hlim 1,1. 'Alio !,o oilier, or M'„d to „•«.
Washburne & Co.
Froprlitoi’H.
SX7 Urntutetuy, mr. It, Nile 81., M'.W VOICK.
CALL til IE MICE!!
iSUtr.
READY MONEY.
FOR FARJIECS AAD KIMNESS UBS OF
lMIFVIIEUTV, MITCHELL ATD DAKFR.
I AM preiared lo Ima Money on good teal
estate, at sj<ercent.per annum,for fromSto
reals. No money required In UU
anrr. Ik,rrow acd way cun for your mods
JhSSKW.WALTWtS.
Allany.tia^Krpt. II, ISSMawdAwSm
' It I01> ItlST ~
P l:(K*K <*ATS for sale ler
UK'KKTT A Rt*NP.
Address Walker's tdalfow.S. W.U. U.
ti'wiw
NOTICE,
I »i:usi.\> Uaviut elaln
1 of Thomas II. t’urri
•taker comity, lit., are i
lliem to llie umlerslsi ed.
Mil font, llakcr county.
i« i pniost ltw> esUl r
ilreawd, talc of
itarotHt a, ISSS.tni
milK FOSTV-KIFTM ANNUAL hESSIOK
X WILL hecln October 4.US2 The OoUey®
b ft, mrebel wlib all Modem applUnees looking to
health, happlMwrnd eomfort of Its Inmate*.
Unrarpassed advantages In Literature, Mtulc
and Art. at moderate rate*.
it Or Iter. C. W. 8JHT1I, Secretary.
J. G. STEPHENS,
CASH OKAI.KR IS
io k Payers!
is Ikh.Vi* for collection ot Slate and
ity Taaea for I SSI will twrh>M*l after
loth, feme and settle «t on re and
■ost of ere,-,it km.
j. u. conutxnat.
Tax Collector Ihmsherty County.
Allwntr,f,a,'*r<nherKt. IKS-dnovl.t
-MACON
A Fiusr ciAsa
M
COMMERCIAL
EOSmESSSCEOOI
Fa
COLLEGE.
Send for Circulars, free.
MACON, QA.
W.ttcKAY. - Principal I
FAMILY GROCERIES,
FINE LIQUORS,
CIGARS, Bto.
* 1 KKKf
FIRST-GLASS GOODS
Ahtl sell for
SPOT CASH ORLY
AN«• ..ivM KCAX HIVKVOUTHK
LOWEST PRICES|
3, O. STEPREHS,
S,-|»t. M.1
50 HEAD OF
HORSES MD HIIjLI
Will arrive hy Horetnher fSth. ami trill I
dd ut tery rra««»Wr prince al Planter
,’a,clmnw Dd, stmt of the i,lack tattle,o]
iroit.- the It. p«'i, House. No man In thcSla
Khali undersell tne. My motto ta aa tmtal
j Quick ea'e* amt small profit*.
te,0iie lemnds fodder wr«
S.W.:
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