Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23
From the Atlanta Herald.
BROWNS BLUNDER
Overwhelming Sentiment in Fa
vor Of Gen. MacRae.
Schofield Doesn't Think Browns
Coal Suits His Furnaces.
PRIV1TE FICKLNGS AND PERQULSITES
OF THE PRESIDENT.

PRIVATE FICKLvGS AND PERQULsITES
OF TIE PRESIDENT.
The great excitement produced by
the publication i'll yesterdays Herald
of the difficulty between President
Brown and General MacRae, the fact
that both of them hold their Offices by
the same tenure, and that neither can
discharge the other, renders every
thing connected with these matters of
such grave public interest that we
have endeavored to give to our read
ers all the particulars. As the matter
now stands one or the other of these
gentlemen must leave the road. If
the management of this road has been
such as Mr.. Schofield asserts, the pub
lie can realize what q tremendous pow
CT is welded by the Ex-Governor, and
If he continues On the road, and abuses
the use of this power for his own ag-
grandizement to the injury of the pub
lie, it is plain that either the ex-Gov-
ernor must be stopped in his career or
the interests of Atlanta will perish and
die. Ii Governor Brown is to own
coal mines and force manufacturers to
buy his coal or allow their shops to
stand idle, and citizens to burn it or
suffer with cold /; if he is to own print
ing offices and do all the printing of
the road and audit his own bills, and
in truth to use apublic highway, worth
ten millions of dollars, of which ne
obtained the control without paying
one cent for it, as an engine of oppres-
sion, then he becomes the most mighty
potentate of modern times, and can
force the people of an entire State to
knuckle to his will or suffer for their
temerity. VIII the Legislature of
Georgia suffer this wrong to be in
ficted This is the question that is
on the lips of everyone, and the an
swer will be called for in such tones as
will make even modern Legislature
pause before they reply.
WHAT IS SAID OF THE HERALD.
Nine-tenths of the public reioiced
yesterday at the boldness of the Herald
in bringing to light the inside manage
ment OF this great artery of our pro-
priety, and everywhere it was asserted
that no other paper in Atlanta would
have dared to brave the mysterious
power of Joe Brown. We promise
them that there shall be no faltering
on our part. We are Independent of
public patronage, either national,
State. county, municipal or corporate,
and always intend to be so.
DRIFT OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
day was Immense, and the row formed
L L g
talked about on the streets, in the
residences. Public sentiment vas
overwhelmingly with General MacRae.
President Brown had but few defend
ers OF apolcgists. Nearly everybody
agreed that the moment he perceived
the letter was not his, It was his duty,
as Il man of honor, to have abstained
from reading it. The utmost anxiety
was manifested TO have the letter pub
lished, so that people could hear what
General MacEae thinks of Joe Brown.
\ copy Of this letter We cndcavored to
obtain for publication, and could not.
Whist will the lessees do? What
steps will Joe Brown take? How can
he defend himself? What Will Gen
cral MacRae do? These, and thou
sand other questions were put. Cen
eral MacRae, we learn, was delayed
with messages on yesterday advising
him to "stick," and fight it out. 1t
was generally conceded that if the
lessees sustained Brown, the Legisla-
ture would be compelled to adopt
measures looking to the proper man-
agement of the road. Altogether,
public sentiment was decidedly an
tag 1ristic to the President.
FURTHER DETAILS.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
yesterday was the general topic of con-
versatiOn. and a general anxiety pre-
vailed to have fuller details Of all that
had occurred. We can inform them
that although our account of the diff
entity was correct, yet We did not state
it as strongly HI, Il really occurred.
When Governor Brown t4ll General
Mc!3ae that he had gotten hold Of his
letter anonymously, General McRae
said to him that he did not believe
him. Governor Brown said, ''Do you
doubt my truth, sir 2"
General McRae replied, 81 do, sir,
because any man who would be such Il
sco1Indrel as to intercept and read a
private letter, would not hesitate to lie
about it.;
HOW ABOUT THOSE BONDS?
The issue of bonds was also tained
Of on yesterday, and we heard it ex-
planned in this way. Last April when
the complaint came up about "no diyi-
dends, it WAS decided by Joe to issue
eight hundred thousand dollars of
bonds The issue of these bonds would
create the impression to the public that
the road was making no money, while
in truth these bonds weIc not to be
sold, but were divided among the
losses, and then, instead Of drawing
they draw interest on their
bonds.
AN ATTEMPT 70 ESTERvITw JOE. BROWN.
On yesterday morning a friend of
the President Of the Western & Allan
tic Railroad called at the Herald
Office, and with q pious sniff, asked
to get tic yedoubtable Joe's side of
the question.
"Certainly," was the s@Sponse. 81
have Just sent reporter to see nix.
Whereupou this friend of the Lord
sigh of satisfaction and departed
Presently the reporter returned with
the information that Joseph was not
to be seen with his brethren at the
office OF tic Western & Atlantic Rail
road. Two subsequent visits were
made to the depot, but on each occas-
ion Joseph was absent.
WHERE JOSEPH WAS.
Our carrier pigeon was promptly
and sent forth from the
ark of public safety-the Herald office
to learn what tidings, if any, could
be obtained Of the missing Joseph. On
it reported that the acute
detective had been seen entering his
on Broad street that it was
generally believed lie had also grant
ed an interview to ala incorruptible
and hish-minded newspaper man;
and that he had also been