The Hickman courier., 1868-07-11

I Bash Duke, of the late c. S. A., and 9
/ large number of Federal Generals.
The northwestern Railroad.
HIcK2As, July 10, 1868.
Mr.. EpIroa Here, on an eminenee
overlooking the town Of Hickman, 1
/ have a view Of the Great Father OF
/ Rivers, and between me and the great
expand of waters, is 4 railway track, the
/ iron link of connection between the city
of Nashville and Hickman, lying lIteless
and useless. The first, the great work
Of beneieent Creator, the second the
work of men, and the finished stroke OF
a malign ruler.
/ Irem this eminence, [ behold the de-
/ iected citizens in their warehouses and
stores. beckon to the officers of steam
/ beats-as they pass up and down the
riveT-to 20 ou-the railroad Is not run
/ ing-ne freight nor passengers here
The citizens are grieved IN seeing the
busy season pass. and to be entirely sun
dered from business by the caprice oI
some M principled, -self-willed tyrant
They have suffered through the iron
VIII cf set of unprincipled monsters,
ana their long and i3Sdng oppression led
them to believe thata aqch high handed,
tgranieal proooedin Asonld not be in
du|ged in long, if the creator, as we'll as
creature were not equally interested.
ALLOW me to give you their mode OF
( reasoning and how they arrived at the
/ results Here are their arguments:
The Receiver published report last
month in which he acknowledges that
I the gross income of the road since he
/ has acted in the capacity Of Receiver,
amounted to Sl54 600 aud that be had
received Sl00, 00o in State bonds, for
which he realized SOB 600 in cash, max
I ing him accountable for the full amount
( Of s247 600 in cash and in his report he
comes out exactly even, by the various
vouchers added MP, as shown by the le-
port over the signature Of his Secretary.
/ Now, such report may be all that IS de-
sired or necessary in Comptroller OF
/ fee, but by some means the Rebels, as
7 the Receiver would style them. got real
/ lv slarmed. about their money; and who
are those Rebels2 Why, they are the
men that have furnished lumber shin
giles. and nails. TO build your depo,s.
/ Thev are men who furnished cross-ties ,
men who labored to keep the track IL
order; men who are the mechanics and
operatives oG the read. Now those men
/ have csrried their claims before his au
/ gust body, the Receiver. He accepted
I these claims. got the men TO receipt their
/ accounts and then gave them an order
on the Treasurer, and those accounts are
entered as vouchers for the Receiver 10
make bis report But the accounts have
not been paid, and the men have instead
Of their former accounts an order TO the
/ moneyless Treasurer, which order they
surname a voucher, aud such vouchers or
scrip you will 6nd on he whole line of
/ the road from Nashville to Hickman
/ Now the DeceiveT giving an order for
/ the money, and not paying them, caused
/ the strike, for Innes' order didn't fur
I uish the necessaries of life, and they all
had to cease working. The item in the
report for depots, and other improve
ments, have only been paid by an order
and not with the money that the Receiver
states had been earned by the road, and
those orders not being paid that part OF
/ the report is false. But those Rebels
/ became excited at the report and took a
peep behind the curtain, and what do
they fudl Why they learn from un-
5isputable authority that the four new
I passenger cars, anGrfhe two new mail
cabooses have not en- purchased, but
only rented By the Receiver, and the
Receiver paying, or promising TO pay,
SIX dollars per day for each sar and 81
90 per day for each Of the ca
booses. max ing S32 90 rent to be paid
daily. or the snug little sam of Sll $50
a year for the cars, which could have been
purchased for S23, GOO or $4,000. Stili
further, they fnd 4 credit for one car
that had been purchased at So 500, but
paid for in second mortgages bonds at the
/ rate of 25 cents on the dollar, making
/ sI4 600 in mortgage bonds paid for the
car. and here Is a credit OF $4,000, a
voucher for the Receiver. Now, these
facts cannot escape the keen eye OF the
fappointer of receivers, and when com
plants are brought TO him against his
darling appointee, out comes the answer,
rebel, persecution, but such brain
less answers, do not wipe away facts, aud
the rebels as he styles them, begin to
believe strongly that the creator Of re-
eeivers is not so much stultifed by the
receiver, but that they work together and
are mutually benefited.
Now, you mighty Governor of Tenn
esseee. remember that the Nashville j
Northwestern road, III miles in length
runs 164 miles through your dominion
The people along the line are your OPP
/ pressed suhiec4s Each county and many
individuals on the same have contributed
heavily to the building of said roat,
That the people on and near the road,
had their lands valued higher from the
fact that the road enhanced their value
that they now pay heavy taxes; and that
many villages aud stores have arisen
around the railroad depots, and have now
been left without an in or outlet, at the
time when their produce ought to be
shipped, so as to enable them to realize
means sufficient toTFy off their laborers,
aud the heavy Hlen Of tax now op-
pressing them Fse'prayer of the op.
pressed and sufferers IS, that the Cover
nor should thoroughly investigate the
charges against his 4avorite. aud If the
charges are sustained, to Fempve him
and appoint one who viii act for the
good of the State They are confident
that ne who will act for the good Of Ten
nessee, will benefit the stock holders aud
all interested in the welfare of the road
The Stockholders. and all those hold
ing orders from the Receiver after care
.tfElly Investigating the late report OF that
functionsry, see that he has succeeded II