Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-27
AND CHATTANOOGA RAIL.
ROAD DIFFICULTY.
The State Of Georgia Strikes for Mon.
ey and stops Two Trains
ut Trenton.
The independent Sovereignty of Dads
About to Vindicate its Rights.
Prospect of a Conflict Between the
United states and Georgia.

Prospect of a Conflict Between the
United states and Georgia.
From the Chattanooga Times of the 10Th
inst. we take the following:
The ink was scarcely dry wherewith we
had announced that the A. & G. K. K.
muddIe was settled, when, behold you, it
is discovered that is just begun. Law suits
to the right, and injunctions to the left, at
tachments on one side and seizures on the
other are beheld, while in the distance
looms up the stalwart form of Uncle Sam
uel himself, who is said to be about to take
a hand in the fight.
The Times yesterday stated that the peo-
Die of the State of Dade were not going to
interpose any obstacles to the running OF
the a. & &. &. R., but it would appear
from Developments made yesterday that we
have all of us been hsllooing before we got
out of the woods. Not that tue State OF
Dade has done anything, but because de-
tendency. or rather an ally of that soVer-
eighty, known as the State of Georgia, has
concluded 10 take a hand in the fight.
Gen. WoffOrd, the Receiver for Georgia
promptly vacated his office when Judge
Harralsen demanded possession in Chatta-
nooga, and telegraphed to Gov. Smith, OF
Georgia, for orders in the premises.
Those orders came by letter and by tele-
graph. They were explicit and stringent.
The sum and substance ofthem was, "Hold
on to the railroad and all its property IN
Georgia, and don't let go, nor allow the
trains to run through the Stale, until Geor-
gia's claim is settled"
Armed with these orders Gen. Wexford
and Mr.. Graham, toe attorney for the Dade
county creditors, proceeded to Trenton
night before last Tuesday, in hack. Ihey
showed the Governors orders to the Sheriff
of Dade, and he summoned his posse and
when the mail train arrived at Trenton yes
terday morning, the sheriff took II Ii out
of the wet.
In the mean time Attorney General
Hammond, and Marshal Chamberlain, OF
Atlanta, had arrived in this city. zen.
Hammond wished to see Gen. Wolford.
No information could be had from Tren-
ton. Mr.. Stanton telegraphed to know
what was going on, aud c. D. Whitney,
Superintendent of the telegraph, was about
to reply, when he was summarily elected
from the office.
Still il was determined by Mr.. Stanton
to send down a special train for Gen. WOi-
ford, and this was done. As soon as this
train arrived, the Sheriff quietly but de-
mindly took this in out of the wet also.
He afterwards took the train and ran up to
Wauhatchie with Gen. WOfford, Mr.. Ora
ham and number of other gentlemen,
who desired to escape from the State OF
Dade, but as soon as they had got of, the
train backed down to Trenton, where 1t
now remains in the custody Of the Sheriff.
Gen. WofFord and. Attorney General
Hammond, left for Atlanta last night for
further instructions.
The United States Marshal, Mr.. Cham
berlain, declined to interfere without an
order from his own court, and Mr.. Stanton
on behalf of the Receivers, has sent to the
Clerk Of the Court at Mobile, for an In
junction in accordance with following par
agraph of Justice Bradley's order:
ssIt Is further ordered that an injunction dc
issne apainst the defendants and all person:
claiming, or acting by, through or under them
and all other persons, TO restrain them from inter
| fering with the said Receivers In taking posses
sion of and managing said railroad ana pro
| perty."
When this injunction arrives and is serv-
| ed upon the Sheriff of Dade county, an in
teresting and exciting conflict OF Jurisdic
| ton may or may not be raised. We feal
that it will be and then there is no telling
what degree Of msb spirit may be excited
nor when the Receivers will be able u
| operate the road.
We understand, that the Receivers are
authorized under the decree to apply apor
ton of the money raised, under the power
conferred upon them, towards hquldatinG
the claims of the State of Georgia.
At least this paragraph in the decree o
Justice Bradley might be so construed:
at is further ordered that the said Receivers
| with any funds in their hands as such Receivers
| whether raised by loan as aforesaid or derived
| from receipts accruing from said property, shat
! have authority to pay such sums as may De ne
cessary to clear and perfect the title to the RICH
! of way or TO any property formerly claimed b!
| said railroad company, and Claimed 10 De eIh'
| braced in said first mortgage"
The claim of the State Of Georgia now
amounts to about $240, 900.
It is also stated that efforts have been
made and will be continued to forfeit the
charter, and sell and tear up the track, but
whether this can be accomplished or not
we do not know.
We hope that this new MIDDLE VIII De
settled as soon as possible, ana trust thai
there may be- 40 conflict between the OIL
GERS of the United States Court and those
| of the State of Georgia.