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OUR WEALTH IN WOOD.
A correspondent of a Pennsylvania
paper says that there is at least half a
million acres of timber in Georgia
waiting for Northern capital to bring it
into market. A good deal of timber
is being used for fire-wood or destroyed
to make room for cotton fields. The
correspondent advises enterprising
Northern men, who are engaged in
the manufacture of agricultural im
plements, wagons and other things, into
which good, sound wood, such as hick
ory, oak, walnut, poplar, white oak,
etc., is used, to look into the woods of
Georgia. We quote a portion of his
letter:
“To give your readers some idea,
then, of the timber or wood resources
of this great State, let me give a concise
description of some of the specimens
of the woods of Georgia asexbibted in
the.|*flroad annex of the Cotton Ex
posirton; segments of the following
are piled up before me: Black >or
blue poplar, 54 inches in diameter;
red hickory, 24 inches in diameter;
switch top hickory and white hickory,
10 and 15 inches; sycamore, 24
inches; beech, 24 inches; black wal
nut, 24 inches; spruce, 30 inches;
Spanish oak, 38 inches; white oak, 38
inches; sweet gum tree, 24 inches;
black gum, 18 inches; Tucaloo gum,
12 inches; persimmon, 12 inches. Be
sides these we have here the honey
locust, mulberry, hawthorn, dogwood,
sassafras, cottonwood, birch, maple
and other varieties of useful woods —
enough to confirm my assertion that
as a timber country Georgia has hid
den in her forests untold millions of
wealth, waiting only to be developed
and utilized by men of capital and en
ergy, and those men will not rise from
the graves of the South, nor will they
be born in the South in the next gen
eration. They must come from else
where. They must come from Penn
sylvania, New York, or some of the
Eastern States. Take the one article
of white oak staves, which are so exten
sively used by the brewers of the
North for the manufacture of large
vats L and hogsheads, and some idea
' may be formed of what could be done
the woods of Georgia. This class
the .wood is to-day worth at Philadel
told J <* from $75 to $l3O per one thou
two hundred staves, fifty-four
inches long, four and six inches wide,
and one and a half inches thick; while
here the beautiful white oak trees clear
to a height of forty to sixty feet, all
could be bought for $2 a piece on the
grounds. Had I the means this is tbe
very business I would go into, and
would wish no better. Besides this,
white and yellow pine is abundant in
an astonishing degree, and who hi s
not heard of the quality of the Geor
gia pine? ,
“I might also add a few other speci
mens on exhibition which struck me
as interesting And peculiar. They are
wild cucumber wood, ten inches in di
ameter ; red ash, thirteen inches; wild
grape, three inches; laurel, four
inches; alder three inches; blackjack,
fifteen inches; chestnut oak, eighteen
inches, and turkey oak, twenty-two
inches.”
Vast as the wealth is that lies in the
majestic woods of our Empire State, it
is but a small part of the resources
that are witl in our boundaries, and
that await the quickening hand of In
dustry and the necromantic wand of
capital to bring them into the light of
day for the benefit of man.
One of the mightiest steps in this di
rection has been made by the grand
success of the International Exposition
at Atlanta.
Concerning the Utah abomination
the Philadelphia Times says: “There
were hopes that, with the death of
Brigham Young, the menace to the
honor and happiness of womankind
would sink deep away, leaving only its
scar of disgrace. The fact confronts
the people that since that event the
Mormons have grown stronger, bolder
and more insolently brazen. What
are called missionaries, sent out to
charm ignorant girls with glittering
tinsel, now fret communities in Geor
gia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Caro
lina, Missouri and Minnesota. The
great Territory of Idaho has passed
completely into the hands of polyga
mists. They have gained a strong foot
hold in Wyoming, Arizona and South
ern Colorado. They have daily news
papers at Salt Lake and Ogden, ai d
weeklies elsewhere. Instead of falling
into the expected decline, this shame
of the age has become powerfully
aggressive.”
This curse is not so formidable but
it can be handled ; the sooner it is done
the less costly will be the operation.
—
The German Governor-General of
Alsace-Lorraine, speaking at a banquet
given to the Committee of Provincial
Representatives, said that certain
measures lately taken as a prohibition
of the official use of the French lan
guage, were intended not so much to
Germanize the conquered provinces—
though that object was by no means to
be neglected— as to promote their wel
fare. The population, he said, was
continually worked upon from the side
of France, and made to believe that
they would be reunited to her. He,
therefore, thought it best to state that
Germany considered the provinces
inalienable. While dealing severely
with excesses, he would continue the
policy of reconciliation. >
A state of lawlessness and terrorism
continues to prevail in Ireland.
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Secular Editorials—Literature — ’ Domestic and Foreign Intelligence.
LITERARY NOTES AND COM
MENTS.
•‘The chief writers who have drawn
great prizes of literature in this centu
ry,” says a writer in the Cornhil Maga
zine, “are Scott, Macaulay and Dick
ens. The conspicuous fact about Ma
caulay is precisely this, that literature
was never his main occupation till the
last year of his life. He was primarily
a politician and legislator, and a very
large part of the enduring merit of his
work is due to the fact that it is the
work of a man whose interest in histo
ry was primarily that of a maker of
history. The “Essays,” which are his
best achievements, wereamere by play
and pleasant occupation for leisure,
and not the main business of his life,
or tbe labor to which he looked for sup
port. If we come to Scott and Dick
ens, the moral is as clear as it is pain
ful. For Scott I profess the profound
est reverence. His greatest works
seem to me to deserve even higher
praise than they have yet received.
But who can speak of Scott without
painful thoughts about the luckless
ambition typified by Abbotsford, and
the ill-omened combination of the au
thor and the speculator? When Byron
ridiculed Scott for his half-a-crown a
line, Scott answered manfully and
honestly that he was not ashamed of
turning an honest penny by his labor,
but we can see only too well that the
satirist had aimed at a weaker place
than he knew. Os Dickens I will only
say this : that to my mind the most
melancholy record of any author’s life
that I know is the list volume of Fors
ter’s “Life,” in which we see how a
man of fine genius may be worn to
death by vulgar admiration and the
intoxication of pecuniary success. It
is bad enough that authors should be
starved or forced to uncongenial labor,
or have to toil through untold gloom
of despondency and dyspepsia in fore
»ing their way to tbe front, but it is per
haps still worse for their lasting repu
tation, that they should start with
splendid successes, and be stimulated
by the shouts of the multitude to goon
making more and more splendid suc
cesses, till they have exhausted them
selves in spasmodic grasping at cheap
triumphs.”
—The Sidney Lanier memorial fund
in Baltimore, amounts to over $3,000.
—Mr. James Barron Hope, editor of
the Norfolk Landmark, has been re
quested to repeat his Yorktown poem
before the Philadelphia Historical So
ciety, and the invitation has been ac
cepted.
—Miss Frances E. Willard has been
delivering a series of her interesting
and popular lectures on temperance in
the leading churches of New York city.
Richard Cobden is to have a statue
in London.
—Mr. Francis T. Palgrave is about
to publish a new volume cf lyrical
poems on leading events and persons
in English history, to be called “The
Visions of England.”
—The first three volumes of Tenny
son’s poems, in first editions, are now
very scarce and dear. At recent sales
they have brought from £6 to £l4, and
a few of them are offered at these fig
ures by a London bookseller.
ln a note to the Augut ta Chroni
cle and Constitutionalist, Mr. Charles
C. Jones says : “As the accompany
ing memorial is calculated to enlist the
active sympathies of many Georgians,
who are proud of the reputation
achieved by the deceased poet, and
who lament the needy condition of his
family, will you not kindly give it place
in your valuable columns?”
The following is the memorial,whose
noble sentiments appeal to all Geor
gians, especially, and to the people of
the South generally. Let there be a
generous response:
Tbe untimely death of the late Sidney
Lanier removed from the sphere of Ameri
can letters one of the rarest spirits arid most
accomplished aud lovable of men, just as
bis work was beginning to receive a lull na
tional recognition, and to yield a livelihood
for his family, whose welfare was to him the
object of his tenderest solicitude.
Krom his earliest mauhood his life was a
struggle with the disease which finally end*
ed his career; aud all his literary work was
accomplished under conditions of i hysical
weakness and mental anxiety which would
have utterly paraljzed any but a truly
heroiesoul. But throughout tbe stress of
his anxious and suffering life he bore his
buiden with unfailing cheerfulness, a brave
reticence, and with such a winning charm
and gentlenes of temper as to endear him
self to every one who bad the privilege of his
acquaintance.
In recognition of his genius and the beauty
of his personal character, it is the desire of
his many friends to raise some testimonial;
and it is thought that none will be so fitting,
or would have been so grateful to him
whose presence was the brightness and stay
of his home, as a memorial fund whicn
would ensure the support of his widow and
tbe proper education of bis children.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 188 I.
At a commemorative meeting, held in
Baltimore on October 22. 1881, under the
auspices of the Johns Hopkins University,
in wn'ch he held a lecturer’s chair, the fol
lowing committees were appointed to tin
dert- ke the collection ofthis fund, which it
is proposed it a sufficient amount is real zed.
to put in trust in tbe discretion of the under
signed sub committee; the income to be pa d
to his widow during her life time, and the
principal at her death to be equally divided
among his children, ns they respectively
attain or may have attained their majority.
In the assurance that his friends and ad
mirers throughout the country will teel it a
privilege to contribute to this meruoiialot
one who has enriched the literature of his
country and left tbe memory a noble life,
this brief notice is published.
Your contribution is respectfully solicited.
Funds may be remitted to any member ol
tbe sub-committee named below, or to
Messrs. Alexander Brown & Sons, bankers,
Baltimore.
Very respectfully, George William Brown,
89 West. Chase street, Baltimore; W. 11. Pe
rot 25 South Gay street, Baltimore; E. G.
Daves 189 St. Paul street, Baltimore; Law
reuce Turnbull, 45 Lexington street, Balti
more; William Hand Browne, J< hns Hop
kins University, Baltimore, sub-committee
“ The literary life,” says the United
Presbyterian, (Pittsburgh,) “is not apt
to be very devout. The purely lite
rary man can be as thoroughly a pagan
as breathes. He may have culture,
refinement, honor, integrity, but be
destitute of faith in God, live without
religious feeling, and care nothing for
the gospel and the kingdom. The one
absorbing thing with him is literature,
and he gives his heart to it and noth
ing else. Even Macaulay found it his
solace in every trouble, his hope in ev
ery trial, his rest in every day of wea
riness. Such men are the best of their
kind, but there are hundreds of others
who upon assuming tbe literary life
turn against piety to ridicule and des
troy it. They assail it as folly and
even as an enemy; and classing Chris
tians as hypocritical and superstitious,
use their strength in fighting them and
their practices and beliefs.”
Our contemporary then comments
upon the pleasant fact, that the late
Dr. Holland, as editor, shiningly illus
trates! tbe graces and virtues of a pu:e
and conscientious Christian writer.
His aim was to disseminate the truth,
to purify and exalt the all pervading
press, and to carry into the homes of
the people suggestions of pleasant
thoughts and reverent feelings toward
God.
In conclusion, the Presbyterian, with
force and pertinency, says :
With the growth of general intelli
gence and the increase of facilities for
spreading it abroad, the country is to
le put more and more under the influ
ence of the press. Books and period
icals are to rule the day. The orator
has not lost his occupation, but he is
less a teacher than he used to be. The
pulpit, even, has undergone a change,
and is less didactic than in the past.
The press teaches in great measure
what once belonged to these. It is of
the highest importance, therefore, that
the literary people who are to be fore
most in shaping the thought of the
day should be under the influence of
good principles, and animated by a
good spirit. There are enough —too
many— of the Ishmaelites who raise
their hands against everything that is
evangelical. We need men who will
have in them the spirit of evangelists.
And when there are those who, ac
quainted with religion by experience
of its power, are interested in the
Church and its work in the world, and
will reflect its spirit and purpose in
their writings, there must be a power
of usefulness that is only second to
that of the Church itself.”
—“Bright Days of the Old Plantation
Time” is the title of a new book by
Mrs. Dr. Banks, of Griffin. It will be
published soon by Lee & Shepard,
Bosti n.
Gen. Sherman and the Executive
Committee in charge of the Gai field
Memorial Hospital project, have re
ceived the most encouraging reports
from abroad with regard to the interest
taken everywhere in the enterprise.
Committees have been formed in many
of the principal cities of Europe, and
even in Cairo, Egypt, to collect sub
scriptions as testimonials of love and
respect for the late President. Assist
ant-Postmaster General Hatton has is
sued a circular-letter to all postmas
ters, commending to their attention the
object sought, amj inviting unofficially
their co-operation in their respective
localities. Gen. Sherman and Treas
urer Gil Allan have addressed letters on
the subject to many prominent men
throughout the country, and generous
responses are being daily received. In
the meantime Senator Windom has
prepared a bill to provide a special
charity for the proposed hospital, and
thus make it a national organization.
♦
Hon. Jefferson Davis and family
have returned home from their trip to
Europe.
A MEMORABLE DAY.
Last Sabbath, the 11th December, was a
memorable day in Gainesvilie According to
the announceaient made last week, C. W,
Pruitt was ordained a gospel minister. The
morning opened rather gloomy, it being
cloudy,'with a cold Northeast wind blowing.
Si ill, by the time of the services a large con
grei a.ion had assembled.
At the instance of Concord Baptist church,
Fomjtti county, Georgia, a presbytery, con
sisting of Revs. W. C. Wilkes, A. A. Mar
shall, J. M. Wood, D 8 McCurry, M. V. B.
Lmkford and A. B. Nucholls, organized by
electirg W. 0. Wilkes, Moderator, and J. M.
Wood Secretary.
A delegation from Concord church, con
sisting of L. 8. Bailey and P. Strickland,
accompanied by brethren Smith and Roper,
bore a letter from said church authorizing us
to proceed with the ordination, and to invite
others to take part if we thought proper to
do so. An invitation was extended to all
ordained Baptist ministers present, and
accepted by brethren W. B. J. Hardman,
Haimony Grove; H. C Horuady, Atlanta;
H. A. Tupper, Richmond, Va ; J. H. DeVo
lie, Gr.ffin ; W. S. Hubbard and J. L. R
Barrett, Gainesville, Ga.
AamA. Nuckolls examined the candidate
upon his Christian experience and call to
the ministry, and W. C. Wilkes led the ex
amination upon doctrines and church order
D. 8. McCurry led the ordination prayer with
tenderness and fervor. Then followed the
laying on of hands, in groups of four, a very
impressive and solemn scene.
The charge to 0. W. Pruitt was given by
A. A. Marshall, the Bible presented by M.
V. B. Lankford, and the charge to the church
by Dr. Tupper. Tbe hand of recognition
was extended by the presbytery, church and
many of the people. Then followed the
sermon by H. C. Hornady, using as a theme,
“The Christian Ministry.” Tbe text was :
“No-?, then, we are embassadors for Christ,
as though God did beseech you by us: we
pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled
to God.” 2 Cor. 5.20. The sermon was able,
impressive and well received. At its close,
J H. DeVotie made an impressive talk, and
appealed to the people to make a contribu
tion to missions, when $56 00 were
promptly raised. During the services there
were several Wongs, among them the mis
sionary hymn, “ From Greenland’s Icy
Mountains,” and the missionary farewell.
“ Yes. My Native Land, I Love Thee,” led
mainly by the young ladies of the Georgia
Seminary. The benediction was pronounced
by U. W. Pruitt.
KIGHT StBIVCB.
At night Dr. H. A. Tupper, preache i to a
full house an impressive sermon from the
1 V What think ye of Christ,’ and after
’ t.-iSiT.jntsaCl? iitc A»
W S. Walker and 0 W. Pruitt (the two
young men who are to sail forChina,) each a
handsome book, in the name of the Gaines
ville Baptistchurch and congregation. Each
of three young brethren addressed the peo
ple in a forcible and happy manner regard
ing their mission, asking their prayers and
Christian sympathies The missionary 'fare
well’ hymn was again sung (the young ladies
leading) and the tarewe 1 grasp was given.
Brother W. 8. Walker then pronounced the
benediction and the people went home sad
and yet rejoicing that God permittid us to
preach the gospel in China, through the
agency of these precious young men.
Thus closed a memorable day in Gaines
ville. U. W. Pruitt, we believe, is the first
H iptist foreign missionary from North Geor
gia, and then W. 8. Walker, from Monroe,
Walton county, who has been for several
vears a companion and fellow student at the
Seminary at Louisville, Ky., of brother
Pruitt was present and added to the inter
est of the occasion. These young men pro
pose to consecrate their lives to the foreign
mission work and have sacrificed tbe endear
ments of country and home to carry out this
purpose. May God's blessings attend them.
—Baptist Banner.
The Annnal report of Chief Brocks
of the Secret Services Bureau of the
Treasury Department contains the fol
iowin g paragraph regarding land
frauds:
“When the fiscal year ending June
30, 1880 closed, it left one of our oper
atives in the midst of an important in
vestigation into alleged land frauds
originating in the State of Missouri
and extending into Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and elsewhere. By action of Congress
this division was prohibited from spend
ing any portion of its appropriation in
the investigation, hence our represen
tative was compelled to transfer his
services to tho Interior Department in
order to complete the cases in hand.
The result of his work, as far as devel
oped, shows the rankest perjury and
forgery, by which parties have wrong
fully appropriated 2,000,000 acres of
the public land. Up to present writ
ting over 100 indictments have been
found against the conspirators, and
several of the parties have been tried,
convicted, and" a penal servitude of
seven years each meted out to them. ’
A letter from Montreal says: Mgr.
Termoee, prelate of the household of
Pope Leo XIII., who is visiting here,
expresses the opinion, unofficially, that
owing to the opposition which the
Pope receives in Rome, and the insuf
ficient protection afforded him by the
Italian Government, the Pope will ere
long change his residence to Malta or
Salsburg; and foreseeing his departure,
he has caused to be made a catalogue
of all objects of value in the Vatican.
The early building of the Jackson
ville, Tampa and Key West railroad is
assured, aud Jay Gould, Samuel J. Til
den, Gov. Cornell, Winslow Lanier &
Co., Milton Weston, of the Chicago
Belt Line railroad, and other capital
ists, will push the road to completion.
The road will run on the west side of
the river to Palatka, and thence direct
to Tampa. 2=
“Sarony,” the correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle & Constitutionalist,
in a recent admirable letter to that pa
per descriptive of the Cotton Exposi
tion in this city, pays the following ge
nial and well merited compliment to
the New England “lassies” who, as < p
eratives of the great Willimantic,
Clark, Coats, and similar displays,
furnish one of the most interesting
and suggestive features of the Exposi
tion. lie says: To attempt to write
up the great Cotton Exposition would
be almost like trying to buy it. To
examine each article five minutes
would consume thirteen days’ time :
and to describe even one thirteenth of
them is beyond the power of mortal
pen. The most attractive places are
about the Clark and Willimantic sec
tions, where dozens of interesting girls
are at work, clipping, pasting and
shaping—with bright faces and clever
fingers—answering numberless ques
tions and distributing spools and col
ored picture cards. The most fasci
nating feature of these attendants is
their skill and activity. They bustle
about, among each other, glide in and
out of machinery, working all the
while, like many colored threads wo
ven into their pretty check braids.
They are passably good looking—but
their best gift is that they have be< n
taught to use their hands. They have
a quick, intelligent, business- like look
in their faces, which shows that they
know something, and an easy move
ment of their hands which show that
they can do something; and a woman
who knows something and can do
something is bound to be something.
There is nothing dreamy or aesthetic
beneath their bangs, and they may be
said to differ from the typical belle of
North and South, who, if she ever
works out her own success or salva
tion, must admit that it was
“Not the labor of her hands.”
I could not but think how many deli
cata, dewwHiiug men in this world there
are whom these 'girls wi” hand
support—some day. But I will dis
miss the subject—because unequal to
it —and stand uncovered in the pres
ence of these clever women of America.
Tuesday, the 20th inst., has been des
ignated on the programme as “Editors’.
Day” at the Atlanta Exposition, and
the occasion promises to be one of
unusual interest. There will be a num
ber of distinguished journalists from
various parts of the country. Hon.
Carl Schurz will deliver an address,
to which Hon. Henry Watterson, of
the Louisville Courier-Journal, will re
spond. It is anticipated there will be
a very large attendance of the fraterni
ty of Georgia. Col. J. H. Estill, of the
Savannah News, President of the Geor
gia Press Association, will, by special
invitation, make the welcome addn ss
on the occasion.
They have been so extravagant in
the publication of the various classes of
public documents in Washington, that
they are being sold to paper dealers as
waste at about two cents per pound.
Some, of the volumes sold as wast pa
per are finely gotten up in good bind
ing and on fine paper, with expensive
maps, charts, diagrams, etc. S< me
two tons ware hauled off tbe other day,
and perhaps SSOO got back for what
cost the government scores of thous
ands.
The Legislatures of Kentucky and
South Carolina will visit the Exposition
next week.
Prerident Arthur and his Cabinet,
with a party from the United States
Senate, are expected during Christmas
week.
Our former townsman, John R. Ken
drick, has connected himself with the
editorial department of the Carp t
Trade—& monthly journal, Brooklyn,
N. Y. His pen will make its mark
there, and would make it anywhere.
♦
Nearly every day emigrants who, a
few years ago, left their homes in
Ohio and Pennsylvania to settle in
Kansas, are returning with their teams
and a few household goods, on their
way back to their old homes.
At the recent sale of the Duke of
Marlborough’s Sutherland Library, in
London, a Latin Bible, being the first
Bible printed, with the date of 1462,
sold for the enormous sum of £1,600.
John P. Howard, of Burlington, Vt.,
who has recently given $75,000 to the
University of Vermont, a few days ago
gave $20,000 to remodel and improve
the main University building.
Atlanta and the International Cot
ton Exposition have been crowded with
visitors from all parts of the country
since December Ist.
GEORG 11 NEWB.
Savannah has a direct export trade with
Spain amounting to $2,500 000 a year.
ln the case of the Jones brothers, charged
with burning tbe town of Camilla, the grand
jury found no bill.
- Mr. James Russell, for more than fifty
years a citizen of Gwinnett county, djed a
few days since, aged 91 years.
—The Central depot in At lanta is soon to
be lighted with the electric light This will
be another step in advance for Atlanta.
—The Griffin News states that Mr Jnlius
Brown is the sole owner of the Gntfin, Mon
ticello and Madison railroad, and that the
road will speedily be built.
—About two weeks ago surveys of the
route of tbe Buena Vista railroad were began.
As soon as the surveys are finished the line
will be located and the work let.
—Track laying has commenced on the
Georgia Pacific railroad in Atlanta, and
about five miles of steel rails have been put
down. This is Gen. Gordon's roa '.’L
—The new postal law now mattes the
taking of a newspaper and the refusal to pay
for the same at belt, and any person guiHy
of such action is liable to prosecution the
same as it he bad stolen goodsto the amount
of the subscription.
—The attendance at the Exposition last
(planters’ and manufacturers') week was
very large, many of tbe most distinguished
men of the country being here. United
States Commissioner of Agriculture, L rring,
delivered an address on Wednesday on the
"Mutual Relations of American Industrie*."
—The Greenesboro Herald says there "are
many farms in Greene county to day that
will soon not be worth a dollar per acre. If
the present system of fencing in crops in
stead of stock is long conti. tied, simply and
soieiy on the ground that they have not
timber enough on them to fence them in.”
—The Atlanta Post Appeal says: "The
forthcoming report of the Comptroller Gens
eral of the State will show that tin aggregate
taxable property of Georgia increased by
$15,000 00C in the year ending October first.
The reduction of the previous year was about
sl4 090 000 Before this their value had
been steadily falling since 1875 ”
—Augusta News: "An extensive gro er
in Montgomery says the sale of cotton seed
oil, as a substitute for lard, is becoming
larger every day. It is fifty percent, cheaper,
and ip used and recommended by ail the
hotels, restaurants and bakers in that section,
and in no instance has there been complaint.
We suppose our Augusta merchants will
soon have it on sale, and give our cooks a
chance to test this new article in household
economy.”
—A horrible murder of two women by a
crazy negro is reported from near Moscow,
in faimar county. A cszy negro seized the
infant of Mrs. Winchester Armstrong, and ,
the mother, in attempting to rescue it, was
fatally cut in the head with an axe. Tbe
mother of Mrs. Armstrong, in attempting to
rescue the baby, was instantly killed. Mr.
Armstrong came up just then and shot the
negro dead as he advanced on him with an
axe.
—Mr. Ben. Parks, who resides between
four and five miles from Dahlonega, informs
the Mountain Bignal that be has raised a
bag of long staple cotton on about an acre
and a quarter of land, and the
been pronouced, by efficient
a very superior quality. "This
that paper, “shows that, by proper cultiva
tion, our lands will produce the staple as
well as those in southern and southw“stern
Georgia.”
—A public meeting was held on the 9th,
at Loganville, to discuss prominent points of
interest in the proposed railroad from Cov
ington to the Air Line railroad. The road /
W«s chartered at.the lasj session of tbe L*-
Carnri. of Covington, C*',
and otb<r pmniijw-nt'eit zaus,' bottlk pe
incorporators. They pu-pose to finish the
road in time to move tbAxiext cotton crop
and it, is thought by competent judges that
this will be one of the best paying roads in
Georgia.
—Describing a new steamer soon to float
on the Coosa river, the Rome Courier says:
‘The Gadsden Steamboat Company, of Gads
den, Ala , will have afloat on the Coosa river
for next fail s trade, an iron hull steamerone
hundred and sixty five feet long by twenty-,
eight feet beam. She will have all modern
improvements, will cost twenty thousand
dollars, and in every respect be a model pas
senger steamer. The merchants in Rome
and Gadsden, as well as the farmers along
tbe Coosa river, may rest satisfied that this
effort of this popular line will furnish them
with every facility of transportation, as well
as the very best passenger accommodations.”
—A company of Philadelphia capitalists
are corresponding with certain owners of
water power - on Broad river, with the view
of t fleeting a purchase for the establishment
of cotton mills. This stream is the line
between Wilkes and Elbert, and is the lar
gest tributary to the Savannah. The locali
ties are healthy, the soil is fertile, and the
natural facilities for the use of machinery is
unsurpassed. The erection of these mills,
aud their inevitable success and prosperity
would be a living reputation of the fallacious
theory that now prejudices the Northern
mind against tbe security of Southern in
vestments.
—“We are pleased,” says the Rome Courii r,
“ to learn that the farmers generally of the
Chulio district, in the southern r art of Floyd
county, are planting much more wheat than
they usually do, and that they are resolved
upon such a change in their farming econo
my as will make them independent of West
ern products. They are also striving tostop
the serious leakage caused by the purchase
of fertilizers, and to diminish labor and
waste by a more thorough cultivation of their
lands. , This is encouraging. It i: a prog-eis
sive step towards the system ofagncultme
which has everywhere been found most
profitable and remunerative. We trust that
the same spirit actuates the fartm rs of North
Georgia generally.”
—A correspondent from Brunswick writes
us that the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad Company has received at
that point eight cargoes of first class steel
rails, to be used on the extension of their
lines between Macon and Rome Track
laying has begun at Macon, about three
miles having been laid up to tbe present
lime. This company, also writes our corres
pondent, is greatly enlarging its wharves at
Brunswick, and has also begun the erection
of a new depot there. By a recent change in
their respective schedules, Jesup has become
the dinner station of both tbe up and down
trains on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia road, and also of the inward and
outward fast mail on the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway. These four trains, all
arriving at the same time, make Jeeup quite
a lively place.
—The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany will take place at the banking house,
in Savannah, on Thursday, December 22d,
at 10 o'clock a.m. Stockholders and their
families will be passed free over the compa
ny’s road to tbe meeting from the 19th to the
22d, and will be passed free returning from
the 22d to the 25th, on presentation of their
stock certificates to the conductors. An
election for thirteen Directors, to manage
the affairs of the company for the ensuing
year, will be held in the banking house, in
Savannah, on Monday, January 2d, 1882,
between the hours of 10 o’clock a.m. and 12
o’clock m. Stockholders and their families
will be passed free over the company’s road,
to attend the election, from the 29th of De
cember to the first of January, and be passed
free returning from the Ist to the 4th of
January, on presentation of their stock cer
tificates to the conductors,
