Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23

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We publish be!,~ III :,ccouut of an
interview sad to have taken place he
tween General VIM. MacRac, >5rpeTin-
,eldent ANA En- Joseph Brown
Pres Gent Oi the Georgia state Road,
the road Gron Atlanta to Chattanooga.
General Maciae was born and reared
in Wilmington, ani We all know " nat
manner Of man he IS now and has been
from lis youth up.
There Will be bat one opinion i'll this
community as to the merits of any con-
trovcrsyhe may be engaged il with Ex-
Governor Brown. with one consent
il viii he agreed t;lat G General lIacRae
is right and that Ex-Governor Brown is
wong. Bat independent OF any liking
ior al cid tulenu ani feliow-town man,
our people "in scarcely be able to see
how Ex-Governor Brown can justify
himself, before gentlemen, IL reading
private letter not intended for his in
spection. HIS Genunciation of the
party who placed the letter Ill his pos
session, will avail little so long as Ex-
Governor Brown admits that hercad the
letter and so long as he continues to
make use OF its contents.
The account of the interview to which
we refer is taken from the Savannah
1dycr3iacr, our Atlanta exchanges
having failed to come to hand on yester-
day.
TROUBLE AMONG THE STATE ROAD les
SEES And OFFICIALS.
During the past winter there were
whispers in Atlanta that everything
wa not entirely harmonious among the
Iessees OF the State road: indeed, that
there were t1o parties among thc mag
mates. the one headed hv Governor
Brown, the other by Is. II. Hi, Esq.
About The time Of the Senatorial cleo
ton those whispers We're sufficiently
lo:.d 10 attract the attention OF ObSer-
want Ern.
The Atlant. IEruiH of yesterday
morning professes to have discovered
the cause of the trouble, ana III q some
what s,n.s...ioiIal local article attempts
to bring il to light.
After stating that the course of Gov
crlioT Brown during the past season,
as 10 tic discrimination III frcightS.
was SEirGi IS to cause the lessees to re-
solve II remove him or demand a
chang" in hi:, management. the Nfyfid
says shat at Il meeting of the Exec
tive Committee General MacRae WAS
appointed Superintendent.
w. give TIE balance i'll the Irul{&
own !are17".ce as follows
General MacRae, deriving his authori-
tv from the same source that Presl-
his duties independent of the control
began which eliminated on yesterday
IN what came very near to row be-
tween these two prominent officials.
It appears that for some time past
General MacRae has written letters
which fail, q to reach their destination.
He could not account for it. but Sis
poctci
NOTHING WRONG,
Last L HittttN lie wrote Il 1OllS 1Gtlti
to relative i'll which he spoke very
fully of the management of the NeS-
tern and Atlantic Railroad. After re-
counting the difficulties he had to en-
counter, he took occasion to speak in
emphatic language of President Brown,
and it IS supposed that i'll this part of
his lette> he did not call the worthy
President any pet names, but spoke of
!, hat Of
Governors enemies might have pro-
nollnced very Just This letter was
thrown III the mail basket and General
Na.1an fDnily imagined that it was
speeding It's way to It's proper destina-
ton. Tie ,equel, however, proves
that even SHperintendents OF great
railroads may err in their selection of
mail carriers.
THE LETTER DID NOT GO,
but is supposed to have been droPp d
on the way. 1t any rate a little bird
picked it ;.p ii il was dropped, .and
carried i str .-sIjt - = - ECsOm OF the
! President. Tnc President, very
thankful for the watchfrllness of his
| }ittlc bird, opened the letter, and like
an honorable man, read it to the last
| sentences. We know sCme persons will
! not SO regard ,his conduct on the part
! OF the Ex-Governor, but how could he
! show SO little appreciation Of the faith
/ fulness Of his little bird as not to read
! the messages which it brought to him?
| He read it and he pondered over it,
/ and the more he pondered the moreh his
anger grew, until he could keep it no
! longer concealed.
HE ACCORDINGLY TOOK TIE DIRECTORS,
one by one, and read the letter to
them, to show them what viper they
had introduced III this happy family on
| the road.
The Directors OF course felt very
badly, hnt declined TO interfere. On
yesterday
THE PRESIDENT SENT FOR GEN. MACRAF,
and after a short interview concerning
some minor differences, the President
said to him.
General, 81 have always tried to
work harmoniously with you, and l
regret that / have failed"
The General replied, cit is equally
regretted on my part I have only
done what [ considered my duty Ill
all matters pertaining to the interest OF
those whom I represent"