Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-29

Waller, Terront, Cam and Lees. Six thou sand people witnessed the contest, in which brilliant spurts varied the dogging tactics. The first mile was finished by Waller in 8 minutes 40 seconds, and the last mile was made by the same rider in 3 minutes 42 sec- onds. Waller made the 100 miles in hours 22 minutes 27 seconds, which is minutes 43 seconds better than the best previous record at the distance. Terront made 98 miles :; Oann, 95 Lees, nearly 88. Cam took 8 five minutes rest, and Lees one of 26 minutes !; but Waller and Terront did not stop at all.
 The action of the Senate of New York in rejecting the bills providing for modification of the pilot laws of the State will excite much unfavorable comment. The shipping inter ests were unanimous in demanding less op- pressive scale of fees than at present prevails. The Hell Gate pilot bill was drawn simply to relieve vessels lowed through Hell Gate from paying for services wEich were neither re- quirsd nor rendered, and the Sandy Hook pilot bill was hardly less moderate in the re- forms which it proposed. Yet the enacting clause of the first was stricken out by a vote of 15 to 10, and the same treatment was meted out to the second by vote of 13 to 10. This action will not improve the some what unsavory reputation of the New York Senate.
 A hieh-toned fair has been in progress at Worcester, Mass, and, as is now usual in such enterprises, the lottery has been prom inent attraction. One of the ministers of the city was moved to cry out against the gam blers and he did it vigorously. His action has created quite stir. Some of those who disapprove of it have been sending him anon ymous letters. One of them says: q will guarantee that in your discourse on lotteries, you have built fire that all the fire appliances of this city cannot extinguish till too hot for you to stay among us without a retraction. The earlier you make it the better for you. It is raging against you in church and parish and community. You are not big enough to carry out what you have started" And an- other, who appropriately signs himself 'Black Sheep" warns the bold preacher to prepare himself for a coat of tar and feathers Ito be administered soon." But be is also receiving many letters of more comforting character, thanking him for his fearless denunciation of 'wickedness in high places"
 Illicit distillers in Georgia have been em- phasizing the reply of Commissioner Raum to Representative Speer's inquiry as to the req son of employing force to collect the revenue in his district. In four counties of northern Georgia reign of terror exists, owing to the
 
 selves together to maltreat all who harbor United States officers, and all who give them information concerning offences against the revenue law. One deputy collector had his store-house and barns burned, and his family fired on and driven out. One citizen had a barn and four farm houses burned, and when he had some of the marauders arrested and taken before justice of the peace. the latter ruled out the evidence of all his witnesses on the ground that they were not to bs believed under oath, because they had given United States officers information about illicit stills. One citizen was shot because he had been subp@aaed as witness against distillers. One entire family has been driven from it's home for selling revenue officers food. One man was shot for reporting still, and the proper ty of another was burned because he was sus peoted of having furnished information. In one case of house burning, the band that did it organized at the house of the justice of the peace, and this officer acted as leader of the band. One distiller, who still was seized near ClarksvilIe, went into that town and swore out @ warrant against the officers for oarrying concealed weapons, and he was appointed deputy to help make the arrest of the deputy marshals. The United States marshal for northern Georgia is said to have been lax in the discharge of his duty, refusing to arrest these men or to deputize revenue officers to do it. He has been in structed to act differently, and a lively cam paign under the direction of revenue agents is to be made against the offenders.