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THE ©HARLOTTE MESSENGER VOL. V. NO. 12. II PRISON WINS. THE PEOPLE’S DEOISION. The Returre Show That Geo. Har son is Elected, New Yobk—Returns received at the United Press office by counties, by ma jorities which arc estimated, indicate that Harrison has carried New York by about 10,000 plurality. Total city vote, Cleveland 102,907; Harrison 105,921; Fisk 1,300; Cowdrey 1,507. 911 outside districts give Harrison 222,509; Cleveland 170,851; Fisk 104,- 057. The same in ’B4 gave Blaine 198,552, Cleveland 102,457, St John 9,020. The city complete gives for Mayor, Grant 107,527, Hewitt 08,135, Erhardt 07,725, Coogan 9,455. Btooklyn complete gives Cleveland 79,- 730, Harrison 08,107. Cleveland carries his own Ward in buffalo by 318 majority, a gain of 43. Neiiiiaska —The Republicans claim this State by 28,000 to 30,000. The Democrats concede 18,000 to 20,000. Alabama —The indications are that Alabama has given a Democratic major ity of 40,000 to 55,000. All the Demo cratic nominees for Congress have been ■ lected. Rhode Island complete, Harrison 21,- 908, Cleveland 17,490. A Republican majority of 2,190. Maine —One hundred and twenty towns gave Harrison 35,891, Cleveland 23,5*0, Fisk 1,175, Scattering 712. Re publican gain of 1,902, or 18 per cent, indicating a plurality of over 23,000. Virginia —Richmond city gl ves Cleve land 8,210, Harrison 0,372; a Democrat ic loss of 55. Wise, Democrat, for Con gress 8,040; Waddell, Republican, 0,320, a Democratic loss of 121. Wise will probably carry the district by 500 ma jority. Norfolk gives Harrison five hundred and eighty, Portsmouth, Virginia,gives Cleveland three hundred and sixty oiglit majority. Isle Wight county re ported Democratic by a small majority. James City county gives Harrison three hundred and ciglity-six majority. Wil liamsburg givis Hanison sixty major ity. Elizabeth city and county give Harri son 1,358, Cleveland 547, Fisk 18. Re publican majority 811, Democratic gain 145 ovc : r 1884. Lynchburg gives Cleveland 2,053; Harrison 1,790. Democratic majority 259. In the Sixth Congressional District, Edmonds, Democratic, Is elected to Re cced Hopkins, Labor. California —A dispatch received from San Francisco rays that California will give Harrison 22,000 pluiality nnd will elect a full quota of Republican Con gressmen . My win an ha* gona Republican, elect ing Luce, Republican, Governor. New Jersey— The indications point to a majority for the Democratic ticket in thia State. Booth Carolina—No contest at all and all Dcmccratic nominees elected without opposition. At Yorkvillc there were only 5 Republican votes and only 7 at Rock Hill. Nortii Carolina— The State has gone Democratic by an increased majority. Salisbury town gives 275 Democratic majority, a gain of 102 over gcales’vote. Rowan county gives a Democratic ma jority of 1.000, an increase X>f 320 over Scales vote. Mecklenburg comity goes Democratic by 1,050 majority. This is a gain of four hundred votes over the vote of Cleveland in 1884. Indications are tho’ Foisytli has gone Republican. . Returns from Cleveland county indi cate that Cleveland will get two thou annd majority, Fowlc about 50 loss, State candidates, Judge and Congress tic kets to court tickets, or amendment. Democrats gain is over five hundred. The election in Davidson county pasi od of quietly, and was enc of the hottest ••untested political lights ever known in the county, both parties polling their full strength. The county has gone Re pub lican. , , The Rutherford Democratic ticket was elected without opposition. Columbus county, Democratic by 1,185 mu jority. Havannaii, Ga.~~A roob of two hun dnd negroes endeavored to take the life of JomenThompson, a colored m»n. wuo WJW found voting tbe Democratic ticket. I When tbe mob surrouuded Thompson, a knot of white men protected him, and hustled Min away from the polls. He took refuge in the office of Julian Dcblqb six blocks from the voting place. The oegroi s surrounded the office, but were kept back by the polite aud.constabula ry . The ringleaders a ere arrested. Always Heady. Wh*t in the name of common sense, Jones, makes you go around with such a heap of cotton. stuffed in your ears?” •%el4 yon aee, tho fact is that I dine out almost every evening, and the piano forte Is so much ia vogue now after die ner that one haa to be prepared. —JuJg, The largest collection of coins, 120, 000 in number, is in the Cabinet oi iatbiuitlna Vienna TWO PROCESSIONS MEET. A Regular Battle En.nes-Beveral Person. ' Seriously Hurt Wednesday evening a Republican pro ' cession, composed chiefly of colored . men, met a Democratic procession at Twenty-sixth street and Sixth avenue, I New l ork, nnd riotous struggle ensiled, ; More-windows were smashed' and several 1 arc reported injured. 1 The colored Republicans far outnum-! bared the membeie of the Jefferson asso- i 1 elation of the ninth assembly district with whom they fought. Numerous col ored inhabitants of the neighborhood, | who had turned out to see the immense ; colored procession, fell to and assisted the colored parnders. Missiles flew in every direction and hand-to-hand fights were every where. Store windows were smashed and women run into every I available place of shelter. Several shots J were fired. The patrolmen were driven off the avenue, and hastened to the Thir tieth street police station, The stores were all closed between Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth streets and shop keepers with drawn revolvers protected their property the best they could. The drug store of M Steen, 440 Sixth avenue, was at once filled with a crowd of frightened women who rushed in, knocking every thing off tho counters and forcing back, Steen. With a great effort, and revolv er in band, he at length closed his doors. Thomas Murphy w as found stabbed in the back. An old man named Kildea was forced through a show case and was unconscious from the los of blood. 110 was carried off by friends. Peter Mc- Dermott, of the Democrats, was knocked down and both eyes nnd face dreadfully cut; James Byme was cither shot or stabbed, and was found unconscious. He was taken to New York hospital. Meanwhile, the different hospitals were summoned to tend ambulances, and Cap tain Reilly sent a reserve of seventy-five men to the scene. The latter at once proceeded to clear the avenue, and met with little opposition, as a majority of the rioters, after the first clash of arms, mingled with the sight seers of the street. There were fully fifty people injured in one way and another at the riot. Oil from the torches poured over the streets and caught fire, and men on horse back dashed through the streets injuring many. No one was killed. The sticks of torches were used as weapons. They “Watched" Her. Mrs Charles N Thorpe, wife of the president of the Keystone Watch Case Company, of Philadelphia, called by ap pointment on Mrs Cleveland at Oak View Wednesday, and on behalf of 350 women employed by the company, pro - sented to licr a watch, the case of which was made by them. In presenting the watch Mrs Thorpe said: “The women and girls employed in the Keystono Watch Case factory at Philadelphia, have made the case of this watch, and beg to present it to Mrs. Francis Cleve land, as a specimen of their handicraft. As they thus honor themselves they would indicate also their appreciation of the advanced position the wife of the President has taken towardi the work ing women of America, and express their gratitude that she has so unfailing ly used her influence in their behalf. That she mny ever live as an example to her countrywomen, is the prayei of there whose names are herein appended." m —• A Block Burned, At Shelby Monday night fire broke out in the Wray block, originating in the en gine room of the Aurora newspaper. The town is without fire apparatus, and noth could be done. The block was consum ed. The occupants were the Southern Express company, Babbington, Roberts & Co., wholesale and retail stationers und printers, Gardner & Quinn, whole sale and retail druggists, D C Webb * Son, general merchandise, the Aurora and Babbington, Roberts & Co, job prin ters. The other buildings were used for stoiage. All the property is a complete loss. A number of explosions of kero sene and gunpowder occurred, but no persons were seriously injured. The loss is *35,000 to *40,000. Tile total iu surance is lets limn *IO,OOO. (Herman Army Marriage Regulations, j Dr. A. C. Bernays, Jr., relates in the St. Louis Star-Haying* a feature of German army lifo which may be new to many people in this country. A young lady whom be met in Berlin informed him that she was engaged to an officer in the army of the rank of Major. lie ex pressed the hope that the happy day was near at hand, when she sighed and said in effect that it might be for yoara, and it might be forever. On his inquiring further he learned that the Major could not obtain leave to be married because there were 81 officers ahead of him who could only get married in their rcgillar order. He haa to await his turn. Thia is military discipline with a vengeance. ■ alleyrand's gliding gcaie. It is said that Talleyrand constructed an elaborate scale of precedence at table to use whea he carved: 1. Monsieur lo duo, will your grace do me the honor ol aoceptlng some of this beef) .. 2. Monsieur lo prince, shall I have the honor of aending you remo beef? j. Monsieur le marquis, allow me the hone* *f offering you some beef I 4. Monsieur le comto, shall I send yoi luma beef? i. Monsieur le baron, will you ho»< MM beef? %. Bee*. . - CHARLOTTE, N. C„ SATURDAY, NOV, 10, 1888 A RECEPTION OF EXILES. EX;A ?S? IlTt> RUSSIAN PRISONERS destined for Siberia. Convicts With Heads Half Shaved —ldentifying by Photographs-*- A Ruse of Prisoners. i c [ om ( eor S e Kennan’s latest article m the Century on life among Russian exiles, we quote the following: Tho prisoners had disembarked before we reached our destination. We found them assembled in two dense gray throngs the ends of a long wooden shed, which was surrounded and turned into a lort of cattle-pen by a high plank wall. Here they were identified, counted and turned over by the convoy officer to the warden of the Tomsk forwarding prison, lho shod was divided transversely through tho middle by a low wooden barricade, at one end of which waa a fenced incloaure, about ten feet square, for the accommodation of the officers who had to take part m the reception of the party. About half the exiles had peen formally “received" and were stand ing at the eastern end of the shed, while the other half were grouped in a dense throng at (ho western end, waiting for their names to I o called. The women, who stood huddled together in a group by themselves, were mostly in peasant costumes, with bright-colored kerchiefs over their heads, and their faces, I thought, showed great anxiety and ap prehension. The men all wore long gray overcoats over coarse linen shirts and trousers; most of them were in -bains, and tho bare heads of the con victs and the penal colonists had been half shaved longitudinally in such away that one side of the scalp was smooth and bluo, while the other side was hidden by long neglected hair. Soldiers stood hero and there around the shed, leaning npon their bayoneted rifles, and inside the little enclosure were tho convoy offi cer of the party, the warden and the lurgeon of the Tomsk forwarding prison, the chief of the local bureau of exile administration, and two or three other officers, all in full uniform. Colonel Yagodkin introduced us as American travelers who desired to see tho reception of an exile party, and we were invited to stand inside the en closure. The officer who was conducting the examination of the convicts drew a folded paper from a large bundle in his hand, opened and glanced at it, and then inouted, “.Nikolai Koltsof!” A thin, pale man, with heavy, wearied eyes and i hopeless expression of face, who waa Handing in the front rank of the exile K, picked up the gray linen bag that aside him on the floor, and with a ilow clink, clink, clink of chains walked to the inclosure. The examining officer sompared his face carefully with a photo graph attached to tho “stateinispecsok,” ' or “identification paper," in order to make sure that the pale mau had not “exchanged names” with some other exile, while a Cossack orderly examined him from head to foot and rummaged through his bag to see that he had neither k,st nor surreptitiously sold the articles as clothing that he hail received in Mos :ow or Tinmen, and that his “stateinl ipeesok" called for. “Is everything there?" inquired tha sfficer. “Everything," replied the Cossack. “Sloopai 1" (“Pass on!”) said the lieu tenant: and the pale-faced man shoul dered his bag nnd reined the ranks of lho “received" at the eastern end of the died. “The photographs are a new thing,’, whispered Colonel Yagodkin to me; “nnd only a part of the exiles have them. They arc intended to break up the prac tice of exchanging names and identities.” “But why should they wish to ex thauge names?” I inquired. “I: a man is sentenced to hard labor It ilie mines,” he replied, “nndhasa lit tle money, lie always tries to buy se.cretly the name and identity of some poor devil of a colonist who longs desperately for a drink of vodka, or who wants money with wh ch to gamble. Os course tha convoy officer has no means of prevent in'' this sort of transaction, because he cannot possibly remember the names and faces of tho four or five hundred men in bis party. If the convict succeeds in finding a colonist who is willing to sell his name, he takes tho colonist's place lud is nsdgncd a rea'duncc in some vil -1 ge, while the colon st takes the con vict’s place an 1 goes to the mines. Hun dreds of hard-labor convict* cscapo in this" way.” l ho New York Produce Market. I BUTTER AND EGGS— (’realms y Batter, 23 to 24c Dairy •* 17t020c Factory “ 1212 to 14c j Eggs 17 to l«c i MKAiH AND POULTRY— -1 Live Veal Calvos 7to 8c Calves (country dressed) 9 to 10c i Lambs 534t0 6 1-4 I Sheep 412 to 5c ! Hogs «1-4 to 91-3 I Spring Chickens 14 to 15 j Fowls, Southern, 18 to 14 1-2 I Turkey s 10 to 15 1 FRUIT ANI) VEGETABLES— -1 Apples *2 00to$2 50 I pears 300 to WOO * Poaches .75 to 100 i Grapes sto fle ! Watermelons (bid! *7 OO to *S 00 Beans, |1 75 to $2 00 [ Peaa (green) per tat., 1887 160 CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET Middling fair 9 j 2 1 Good Middling . *1.4 : Strict Middling Middling „ , * 1-8 I Tinges 8 •A 4 1 i Stain* 7*B I a I Chief Electrician Preecc, of the Brit j ith Tolegraph Department, thinks New , j York’a act of capital punishment by j electricity will be a failure. | FARMERS’ ALLIANCE The Convention at Raleigh-What the Farm ore are Doing j One of the chief officers of the Farm- | ers’ Alliance, of North Carolina, has , given some important information about the work of this powerful order. Fri day and Saturday meeting of the county business agents, in connection with the State business agent and executive com mittee, was held at Raleigh. S B Alex- s ander, the head of the order, presided. ' Twenty-five counties were represented t by business agents. Plans were matured for the general government of agents i throughout tho State in conducting al- t liance business through State agents, t sub-agents and county agents. All bus iness of alliance men must be transacted i just as rapidly as possible. The Alliance n is organizing its own means for the ad- i vantage of its members. In Mecklenburg the Alliance has its own cotton yard with salesman, weigh- ? erg, etc., and will handle all cotton grown by its members. Twenty thou- 1 sand dollars was raised and put in bank 1 to the credit of this enterprise alone. In Granville county a tobacco ware- 1 house lias been secured and also a tobac- 1 co factory, and a hundred thousand dol- 1 lar capital stock put into these enter- 1 prises. 5 In Rockingham county one of the largest warehouses has been leased and l this, like the one in Granville, will ( handle all the tobacco grown by the al- i liance members. Various other enter- 1 prises arc planned. The Alliance is to-day in existence in , seventy-five counties, nnd there are t county organizations in sixty-three' of • these. Thcrcarel,273in all, with nearly , 05,000 members. The State business agent, W A Darden, was aligned to j duty at Raleigh. f Frequent conferences will be held ( with him by county agents. It is claimed ( that alliance organization in North Caro- ' lina is more complete than in any other State in the South. The policy of the order here is to take shor steps and 1 sure ones. The order is growing rapid- < ly and its members are in high spirits. 1 They are far more independent than i other farmers. At one time the opposi- ' tion of merchants to alliance business schemes was threatened. This lias now passed away. A telegram was received by State Sec retary Polk, which announces that tho time of the meeting of the National Al- ' liance is changed from January 10 to j December 5, at Meridian, Miss. Dele- ] fates were appointed to represent the ! tate Alliance as follows: S 15 Alexan der, of Mecklenburg; S L Polk, Raleigh; 1 D M Pavno, of Robeson; J C Beaman, 1 of Sampson, and Elias Carr, of Edge- ‘ comb. Political News. Secretary Bayard spoke in Baltimore , Wednesday. 2,000 Democrats attended. ; 21 Congressmen will be elected in i Ohio on the oth of November. i Over a hundred men have been arrest- 1 edfer false registration in New York 1 City. Judge Thurmsn addressed a large gath- j ering of the Democracy Thursday at Newark, Ohio. It costs *22,000,000 to run a Presiden tial campaign. If you see Belva Lock wood trapsing around in an old bonnet next year you’ll know the reason why. At Terre Haute, Ind, during a parade on Tuesday night, Dollie Phelps, aged 20, was murdered by a man named Gal loway. He escaped, but was recognized and will be caught. At Boston, on Sunday, twenty-one women in convention nominated Miss Alice D Stockton, of Wheaton, as the candidate of the Equal Rights party for Governor of Massachusetts. The candi date is 20 years of age. The editor of the Rocky Mountain Herald is out with the following notice in his paper : “If you owe this concern a cent plense pay up at once. Wo need what is due in order to make some more bets oa the campaign. Saved by a Boy. A man giving his name ns Dix on, aged about 75 years, arrived at Gaecnsboro, N. C., and related a most startling story. He said he had been overtaken Tuesday morning by two arm ed men, whose intention to first rob and bang him was evidenced by their calling him to halt, at tbe same time demanding his money and producing a rope. The interference of a boy, however, prevent ed the double crime of high-way robbery and lynching. The boy states that he saw one of the men throw one end of the rope over a limb and tic a knot in the other end. This attractcd his attention, lie had a gnu, and walked up near. The men saw him ami lied. Mr. Dixon hails from the west, and had on his jiereon a ticket stamped at Kansas City, Mo., to Raleigh, N. C., also about or.e thousand dollars in money, beside papers, cheeks, etc., to cover several thousand dollars. He arrivod at Raleigh Tuesday night. He saye the story is true in all particu lars. Tbe Later the Better. Passenger -“I» this train on time, con ductor?” Conductor—“ One hour lato.” Passenger—“ Well, that’s outrageous. Pm in a hurry to get to East Bt. Louia.” Conductor—“lfave you ever beon in East St. Lo«i«:" Passenger—“ No." I Conductor—“ When yen get there you j will be seny U» train wasn’t later.’’- J Bpoeh. TELEGRAPHIC BREViTIES. Water is reported to have frozen! in Alabama Monday. Higginbotham’s spinning nnd weaving 1 mills at Glasgow were burned Timms day. Loss *50.000. The fire at Uucnfieid, near Cassel, Germany, lias been subdued. The dam age will be about *500,000. The corner-stone of the big Spreckela sugar refinery in Philadelphia was laid with appropriate ceremonies Tuesday af ternoon. There was a mutiny among the oon victs in prison at Orbetello, Italy. Thir ty prisoners and several jailors were kill ed or wounded. »- It is estimated at the treasury depart- I ment that there has been a decrease of about *4,000,000 in the public debt dur ing October. At Sherbrooke, Quebec, at a banquet givtn to the Hon John Henry Pope on Tuesday night, sjr John MacDonald made a stirring speech against the an nexation of Canada to the United States. George II Vandergrift, a well known conveyancer of Philadelphia, has disap peared, taking with him various sums of money given him by friends to invest .in j mortgages, and said to aggregate about | *15,000. A banquet was given at Hotel Conti nental, Paris, to commemorate the dedi cation of the statue of Liberty enlighten, ing the world, which waa given by the French people to the United States'. Petroleum Ims been discovered in an Artesian well being sunk at Pouck’s tannery, Va., at a depth of COO feet. The discover)' h;s created a great stir among tlie people. The Ilayticn man of-war Toussant Louvature has captured the British schooner Alta, which left New York about the 19th inst with a heavy cargo of arms and ammunition. The Alta clear ed for Antwerp. The International Peace Arbitration Society met in Paris. It was resolv ed to organize an international congress, to meet, in 1889, representing America, England, France and other countries fa vorable to the plan. Senator’s Fun. Senator Vance claims that the peopld of North Carolina are the most law abid ing people in the world, and to prove it he tells of a newly appointed justice of the peace who, on a public occasion, when a fight seemed imminent, com manded the peace, and preserved it by rushing between the two combatants, drawing a knife a foot in length, and threatening instant death to tbe man that should violate the public peace. Vance’s colleague in the Senate, Ran som, does not permit him to get ahead of him, in the praises of their State. He gives an instance which illustrates the love of justice which animates the body of North Carolina magistrates, B 3 well as their ingenuity iu threading the mazes of the law and arriving at its true meaning aid intent. A newly apgiointed justice of the peace in oue of the eastern counties of North Carolina was trying a civil case of much difficulty, in which the law seemed to be in much doubt. One lawyer contended that the law was dead in favor of his cli ent; the other lawyer was equally posi tive that the law was clearly on the other side. The court was in great doubt for a time, but a lucky idea occurred to his mind. “Gentlemen,” said the court, “the facts in this case are well ascertained,but the law seems to be doubtful. The at torneys on each side have stated what the law Is, but they do not agree. The court decides that as the facts arc established by the oaths of the witnesses, the law must be established in the same manner. The court requires each attorney to swear that the law is wind lie has assert ed it to be.” One of the attorney-. Senator Hansom says, took the required oath without hes itation. The other demurred, nnd. of course, lost his case. A Helpful Spelling Rule. A correspondent of tlie Hartford Coo r/int says: In conversiit on with the princinal of one of our private schools an the' subject of “spelling,” lie asked me if I had seen the “ei” or “ie” m'.e which appeared in your paper some days ago. He further asked mo if I knew the rule given by E A. Abbott in “ilow to tell the parts of speech," viz: “Five, ieve.” It is s n-.ctimes dillicult to de cide in such words ns “receive,” “be lieve ” etc., whether tlie "e” or “i" should come . rn , but the difficulty will vanish :f it is borne in mind that (ex cept after “c”i “i” comes first. (1) Bo lieve, reprieve, retrieve, grieve, mis chief, miseh evous. (2) Deceive, deceit, conceive, conceit, receive, receipt. 1 then asked him if be knew the fol lowing rule on which t h id been brought up, and which, for many yean, has done me most excellent tervuc He confessed that he had not, and, after hearing it, askod me if “1 would not send it to you, as ho knew it would help ‘so masy of the little folks ’’• The rule is as fol -1 lows. I cinnot give tlie authority and perhaps I do not give the exact phrase ology : Words in, wh'ch the termination “tion” can he given arc spelled “ci." Words to which it cannot bo given are (polled “ie." 1 !. Ho cive, rc<option; deceive, de i eeption. .... 2. relieve, grieve, mischief, etc. (No “tion" can be given.) I I have not trie l‘o hunt up any ex ceptions lo this rule. There may be some, hut I do not know them. Terms, $1.50 per Ainina Single Cepy 5 cents. THE Charlotte Messenger IS PUBLISHED Every Saturday, AT CHARLOTTE, K. C. In the Interests of the Colored People • of tho Country. - Able and well-known writers will contrib uto to its columns from different parts of tho country, nud it will contain tlie"latest Gen oral News ofthe Thz Jlessengbu Is a first-class newspaper and will not allow personal abide in its col umns. It is not sectarian or partisan, but independent—dealing fairly by nil. It re serves the right to criticise the shortcomings of all public officials —commending tho worthy, nnd recommending for election such men ns in its opinion aro best suited to servo the interests of the people. It is intended to supply tho long felt need of a newspaper to advocate the rights and defend the interests of tho Negro-American, especially in tho Piedmont section of the Carolines. SUBSCRIPTIONS: (Always in Alliance.) 1 Four - - - *1 50 . S months - - - 100 0 months - - 75 3 months - - - 50 2 months - - 35 Single Copy ... 5 Address, W. C. SMITH Charlotte NC THE RAILWAY WORLD. New Enterprises of Interest to the Public—Some Notes of Kin dred Industries. The annual report of tlie Alabama rail road commississioners will show that about 550 miles of new railroad were built in tbe state during the year ending June ‘loth. . B Fifty ore cars were rcoeutly received by the Alabama Great Southern from the works of the United States Rolling. Stock Company in Anniston. The road has already received several hundred of these cars. Next March, according to superintend ent Rigney, the Adams Express Company will open communication between Lon don ur.d Paris. Tlie European travels of president Hoey have convinced him that the venture can bo made a profitable one. The meeting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Richmond, Va. was, on October 19tb, addressed by rep resentatives from the fireman's and switchmen’s brotherhoods on tho federa tion scheme, but no paper was submitted for action. A resolution was adopted endorsing the action of chief Arthur in all matters pertaining to the brotherhood since tho last session. This virtually sustains chief Arthur’s action in the “Q” strike. ClItTEnsviLLE AND GAINESVILLE Allt like. — This company lias issued a pro spectus, which shows that the road is to run from Cartersville, Ga, through tho great iron and manganese districts of north Georgia, Beasley’s Gap, Pine Log mountains, and Ball Ground, where it crosses the Marietta ami North Georgia, and thence through a marble region and a fine agricultural region to Gainesville, where it will connect with tlie Richmond and Danville system. The directors are: W II Howard, M A Hardin, \V J Hey ward, George II Warring, L S Ilumford, W C Baker, John J Calhoun. General offices, Cartersville, Ga. The length of the line is 70 miles. Carolina, knoxvtlle akd souTHTWr. —This railroad is being constructed from Augusta, Ga. to Knoxville, Tcnn, a dis tance of 292 miles, via Trento, Ninety six, and Greenville, 8 C; Brevard and near Waynesville, N C,and Scvicrvillc to Knoxville, Tcnn. The grading is near ly ci mplctcd from Augusta to Gresnvillo and 20 miles beyond, and track has been laid fiom Greenville west 20 miles. Among tho contractors arc Tanner & Itobinson, McCarthy, Ross & Co, and J 15 Ross, in South Carolina; D L Boyd, in North Carolina, and Fortune in Tcn r.e: e The road is being built by the Georgia Investment and Construction Company. R 15 Sibley, president, Angus, ta, Oa. J B Humbert, of Princeton, 8 O, is president of the railway company. J T Stone is chief engineer of both the construction and railway companies. ; Several of the verdicts relating to fa tal railway accidents recently rendered by coroner's juries place the mpongibili ity for terrible disasters upon employes of various grades, and iu some instance the parlies accused have been arrested. This course has been adopted in connec tion with thn dreadful disaster on the Lehigh Valiev anil similar proceedings have occurred iu reference to simulta neous railway accidents in other portion of the country. It is evident that safety cannot be absolutely ensured by any safeguards that railway companies can ' provide. After every possible adjunct Las been furnished much must be left to the fidelity, discretion, and reliability Os the men who run trains. No matter what defect or neglect may rauso a terrihio disaster, the company on whose lines it occurs usually pays a heavy penalty; and it is bec uning a question how far means for increasing the realizing sense of re sponsibility of certain classed of train nun will lie adopted. Tho richest mine in Australia, if not in the wori '■ .3 the Mount Morgan, of Queensland. :’no of tho Uothschilai once offered 4.' 19,0 o.'iOO for it, and tho offer waa refused, its value ia variously estimated at from $‘10,050,-WO to *SOO, • 000,000. *"