The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-10-19
From the Eagle of the South.
The N. O., ]. & G. N. r. &. and Its
Chief Engineer and General Super


BENTLY D. HAsELI, Esq, a mighty oracle
of financeering, experimenting and engineer
ing Railroads, has been recently, and unfor-
tunately for the road, promoted to the position
of Chief Engineer and General Superintendent
of the n O., J. & G. n. Railroad. Since his
appointment this huge Railroad Monarch of
all he surveys has essayed Gudging from
what we have seen and heard from reliable
authority to make every Conductor, Station
Agent and all the employees upon the road,
bow in humble obsequium to his regal pre-
senee, and passively submit to his now rigid,
his then petty, and again superauous rules.
In giving his orders and laying down his rules,
his language and manners might we'll offend
a mental vassel or lacky. This course has
left none, with but Il few exceptions, on the
road, in any capacity whatever, who were on
it before, and some OF whom had been on
it from its first through trip. Those whom he
did no discharge, were forced, in order to re-
tain their selfrespect, to resign the positions
they held. He distrusted the veracity and
loyalty Of men, better, truer, nobler than HIM
self in every respect. Many reliable and val
liable men have been forced off the road whom
we do not now remember-but we know a
few. Among the conductors First there
was Jack Harris, an old and experienced con-
ductor who had the safety of his train, inter-
est of his passengers and employers at heart
Second, Edward Ware a gentleman, who to
know was to esteem and admire for his many
good qualities of head and heart. Third,
James Compton, who ever deservedly poss-
essed warm abode ill the hearts of all who
knew him, and who is as efficient and com
plete master of train, as ever entered a car.
Fourth, and lastly, Mr.. Howe, whose vacan-
san lssarcr1y Dc niisl 1i.y n hettAr rnss.
more watchful and careful conductor. These
are but a few, though they are enough for our
purpose. we would ask him, where, O thou
would be omnipotent railroad ruler, will you
he able to find conductors, SO well adapted to
guard and protect the interests, and by their
unyarying courtesies to the travelling public,
further the popularity and prosperity of the
road, as those gentlemanly and valuable con-
ductors, station agents and engineers, who
have either been discharged by your caprice,
or who have voluntarily left you with disgust
and hatred Have you done it !? You have
brought all Northern men to conduct South
ern road, 1--WE speak of conductors, not station
agents,) who though they may be very clever
gentlemen, individually, yet collectively
full stock of them-we object to. We say
Southern men, first always and Yankees af-
forwards. But if those you now have with
you, should catch single spark Of that indie
pendence which belongs to Southern men,
they will rebel against the insults and imposi-
tons which you continually heap upon those
who are under you. Think you, then, Mr.
General Eenginecr and Superintendent, you
will carry out your Northern principles and
proclivities by importing Northern Freesoil-
els, Abolitonists and Negro stealers who pos
sess such craven spirits as to most readily sub
NIT to your imperious and capricious will p
If you do we would advise you to insert it in
your Bylaws that they shall not associate
with our negroes, or we might ride them out
ofthe country on rails.
But the half is not yet told. His "rules
and regulations in regard to the shipment of
cotton are such as the planters cannot and will
not submit to. He refuses to take bale of
cotton, unless it is marked with the full name
of its owner-thus endeayoring to change a
long established custom of our people. And
further, even if they were willing to be thus
dictated to, many of them have had no oppor-
tunity of knowing this rule of His Majesty
and therefore send their cotton to the depots
without compliance with it, where it lays and
rots Pass up and down the road and view
the state of affairs. At every depot, you will
find cotton, which, either from the above or
some other cause, has been there for weeks
At Calhoun station, just above us, there are
2500 bales of cotton awaiting transportation.
AT Terry, just below us, there is large
amount, we do not know how much. In fact
we have been informed that the people of that
place and vicinity talk loudly of holding an
indignation meeting, and requesting his "ma-
iesty'' to abdicate his Throne regarding him
as the author ofall those evils.
We know gentlemen in our own city who
have Railroad receipts for their cotton six
weeks old, whose cotton has never reached
New Orleans This is no exception, it is quite
common. And further, even with all this de-
lay, they refuse to take any Of the risks of rob-
berry, fire, or food. And this is the same with
up freights-deIays for weeks and months are
quite common. Thus defeating the primary
object of this great Road failing to be public
carriers for the convenience of the public
And "can such things be, and ov'rpass us like
a summers cloud, and not excite our special
wonder?' We answer, no /! We already see
its fruits. The result is, planters are desert
ing the Railroad and going back to the River.
We saw, yesterday, cotton coming into our
city, from within mile Of Calhoun depot, to
be shipped by the Mississippi river, MA Vicks-
burg. A large amount of cotton has gone
that way, and unless the Directors of the N. |
0. ]. & G. N. Railroad caa speedily remedy |
the evils, we believe and hope it will all go
that way. And the first thing to be done,
will be to get nd of Bently d. Hasell, now
Chief Engineer and General Superintendent
Of the Road. We trust this ''consumation, so
deyoutly to be wished" will be soon given
unto us.