The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-04-25
Our Railroad Troubles.

! 1he northwestern Railroad troubles
have not yet been brought to decision,
and our enterprising town remains isola-
ied-cut of from all railroad advantages,
and we have now only the additional
discouraging information that the road is
likely to be stopped entirely for the
want of means
The suit before Judge Trigg at Nash
vile has not yet come up. On Monday
the Solicitors for the city of Hickman
filed a supplementary bill against Gen.
Innis and others, setting forth the ad-
ditional fact that the Receiver had stop-
ped running trains to Hickman, and
made connection with the Mobile & Ohio
road at Uuion City, reaching the Mis-
sissippi river at Columbus That said
Receiver. Instead of running over the
road on which he was acting as Receiver,
and reaching the Mississippi river at
only fourteen miles. has cut off Hickman.
thus cutting off the Company's work
shops and breaking up definite arrange
ments which had been made for freights
and travel, aud has made an arrangement
with a different Company by which
large amount is necessarily sacrificed to
the company, unless it is cheaper by 100
per cent.yfor a railroad company to pay
freights over other roads than to run its
own, the distance being twice as lat
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reach the river instead of one. But
complainants expressly charge that this
outrage upon the rights of the company,
aud especially upon those Of the stock
holders aforesaid, is greatly increased BY
the fears that it was done for the pur-
pose of driving the city Of Hickman out
of the court, the injury being of SO grave
a character aud 80 detrimental to all the
interests of the city of Hickman and
the stockholders at and near Hickman,
that it was believed that compromise of
right as we'll as of honor would at once
be made in order TO get the trains back
to Hickman and compliments repre-
sent that very soon after this outrage was
perpctrated the Receiver notified the city
of Hickman that If the law suit was
dismissed the trains would again run to
that place Complainants submit that
this is the mandate of tyrant, and not
the order of a public officer. Complain
ants submit these facts, and pray as in
their original bill, to prevent immediate
AID irreparable mischief"
1t is understood that Judge Trigg will
give the ease a hearing. Monday or Tues
day next What may be the result we
shall not attempt to foretell. If Judge
Trigg shall grant the prayer Of the
petitioners, will Gov Brownlow obey the
fiat of the Court? The following proela-
nation from His Exoellency clearly in
dicates his position:
If | violate the laws or the Gonstitu-
ton of Tennessee, 1 am amenable to the
which, in such event, may
impeach. | shall therefore, not feel my
self bound by the fat of every rebel or
Judge who may think proper
TO grant injunctions or require me to do
This that the other thing By manda-
mus or otherwise l do not feel called
upon to say more.
Major John \. Lauderda!e and Z.
Hellner, are new in Nashville, with full
authority from the city Of Hickman, to
make arrangements with Gen. Innis, if
possible, for the immediate resumption
of trains to this place.