The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, October 01, 1869, Image 1

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Wuu Dim* *ck I>uk —All bill* for advertising hi this pager are doe on Hie first appearance of thie iUvavtisitneui. except vlton othcrtisi arranged by- contractaud wilt be presented trim lb* money 'i? needed Ail adveriiseraenU fiboakl be marked fur a nt&h for thefirstinspr- fot -e*cli subiiqueut StBSTl.yrll OF THE BEWAILS ultoit* already siown, VMdl idopted Alabama, are loat to i in-toy cited with.ibe loaa/ol lined fttCohunbai distance from KooitI *ntiEt*i->rn rift, tjjrmt- lOrtioa dts-- ranit.. The itgumory > it itwaj 4* <147 clttsjv'fly, H«vuiT»u*tM thaUAlteyH* raid' stof> .mriy 1or .«yr;HKl findwul^r, nn'd make the ednsn mnniH-tionn mwltnl to »n|ii{*Hr the rapidly incivaHiuor demami. .Ko\v,0* to iron, which entersjinto .nil the -jitamiktclurvfl, and without which agriculture it Kelt, or the work - in" ««t the miuca, ear:not he pursued. Cheap coal HirigienN the proJu ‘lion ot iron; Item*fils the laborer hy reducing Uie cost of living, and cheapens matiu fact tired article... From time immemorial xm have been imp *rtbi" iron ami steel for our plow shares, and actually wearing them!out .•n.the iron lying loose on onr hillsides. 1 pro|H*M* to change the programme, ami t-ma hi rage the developtueut of this inleieM, comnifiitionsly believing we h ive se«*res«d localiiies pos- , essing as great a lvant ges for the cheap pro duct ion of iron as (Sciicral WilderV, in Tennessee, the ail vantages of whose properly is unsurpassed sinywhcrcL 1 tlcsire to have numerous furnaces at short intervals on aud along the line th^aAir-'paBlMyiVidm^r .indicAtfd i . ng.umttit. jfcijuape»fooJtj the U- tmrasg container, I reduced r»t«s on Articled iif ffrxl •rpri^Mevssity as already fctated; to cheapen fed andafluiitte the search fur, and ‘the opening and-working of coat mines, anil .thus ceu-QWragc fliwimn of furnaces, j aud fuller them aflerwardc, I reduced the rate^p coal nearly one-half; aad "Mill fur ther In cacoaregc tbcpMdasUsnsmf’frMn- Taclure or iron, I very materially reduced th. freight on pig BBdiHrehaiit iron. Bat, g.n- tlemcujl did not .lrop here I ioU sparest tog roads that I wanted'libersl fhroaghrala* —tbit l proposed lo redaoa to aery low rates—and that l mated Ikdr caopanUoa, so as to ptace our iroa prodaea before' lha Northern dealers in their a.l markets where I was coorinood a compariaaa would 1 be advantageous to the Southern product.— .Suuto demurrtHi at first, Inst finally consatt- <*•!, aud the iranspurtation of thari articles •un-gmlljr increased t do not censure any one for the policy heretofore pursued—but bad it been brood, er and more comprehensive ; more In noeor* dance with what its projectors sent—plated, in ruaces and foundries woold long alaco have been established all along the UM, de veloping these dormant resources greatly to the advantage of all the other great im~ teresta. It is well knowa that the State load baa been regarded and need ea a political ma chine; sad that the peyaMat of auMiey into the State Treasury baa beea considered a' strong cant ia tbe baads of tbe patty in power It is f«ir to state that I coaid pay easily forty ar area fifty thousand dollar* in to the treasury, instead of twenty-fire thous and. 1 could do it by efauply neglecting tbe road ilsetr, its motive power, er by iaeress-- iug the freight on corn, end tbe other prfaa«; necessaries of life transported over it. Bat in the oue case the property would aeon be come valueless—ia tbe other I would take ;he additional profits ont of the pockets of the poor man *nd tbe day laborer. Every dollar thus paid into the Irenaary would, cobt *wo—development would cease—capf- fifambers of tbq Press Association of Georgia. Delberetl on Hoard the Steamer Ft ate ah, on the . Coosa Riser, Saturday Slight, Aug. 28, *09. Gentlemen : II is my de*ire on this occasion, lo say a word or'<«?». a* to the object which brought its together. It cannot I»c better stale. 1 than in my circular, an extract from which I will read yo'L ^ In that citcular I said: “Our immediate motion abounds in resources .whose value, developed hy i the well-directed and onerge'ic nppli cation of labor aud cajdial, it is impos siblo to estimate “Imbedded in our mountains, :\1. most every where, are deposits of the richest iron and other ores, whose de velopment will give .profitaide employ ment to llictisniids ot people and to millions of capital. “These resources of our State, skill fully and energetically developed, will, It a few years, cause the iron crop of Georgia to exceed ill value her present roll on crop An examination of them is all that is needed to demons*rate the proposition and convince the most skeptical.” againtt ua of * *WBK».:■Knoxvill* to ChttUhtan* wlS%>*t^Ca«lplrted. .lly ih.s line, the, diatapea^ ‘ Kpoxvlliu *ud Vkatt—um; willSrifae&trmiles, .againtt dltf miles via cbe8r*le JUuad. a .tiflerence against us ot ab^ut f iC Hiitea" tr«v- el and freight from this direction, ia u* good Tas disuses .ia th? 31a. Ci»n l the Colutahi. mad Augusu it.il *a> .. 10 Augusu, Ok, ia about - A5 milc*,'aE^injt 3BI miles by tha Wauera It All.udc Builw.y, a difference Halaat aa.atabluWlh tuirej.i lit) thM trarcl and trade are Iosir Kol tiuly that; the Geor- gia Boad.can eouipete with us fur bstb near ly halt.w.y its line from Aogud., Oretlimta, ikal. fast, need only ld.be told for yoa to pared?, that tfi. East Tlenuo-stc baainam f.r Booth' Carolina-and Eastern Georgia, once ours witbuut competition, ia ir- r eoverabty gone. "' v . Tbo Ocorgm Air Line Railway from Ailun- la rib UuiaoayiUa*(aud; probably, Walbulla, ua tbe Blue 1 BKlgo Rail way Charlotte, N. O t & la progress, and will very ,lik«ly be completed to a j*aOctiun with tbe Blue Ridge ttailway, by Juunary, 1871. . • Au ei.etu‘<nn of ilie Georgia Railway from Aibeos' to Clayton, Oa ,^r t jiiaeifon with tbe Airline Kail way. suinew h er»* between .Gaines- T IBfxXXffCABBUbVASCEfi, ernOe on CONSIGN ’’iSli rwttutu°IrerMura tbaok.; to new os* prom- Aarata Empire Uae of Sida-Wbeel Simmers ‘'lo HawTork. fflw STYLES, ' Pnopaiaioa. 13!) i 141 COR.VER CO.VGRESS AXD jrmrAKEi! STREETS, CARDS, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA xwanw ilwei O IT L D INVITE THE ATTENTION’ OF PUBCI1AFER3 TO ONE OF THE ni’LL ST. 0PE06TTE FOOT OFFICE i| l Melts< > nit CimiwWia Cotton, tee >Dil MurcbsndJ**.’ ron*l«n- Rcittd, ui«n which HhUrtl sdvao- f«vV’ A Wcmfel* Saner Ptwn- ANGEL YBANES & BBO., DEALERS IN—- SSGAB8, .TOBACCO. PIPES, wm& Mayp 1 ®*' TMTORTERS OP SRANiSIf TABLE WINKS amt J; tftrtnfiT Near ,Yock and Chv*»iic»ku Bay Oyster*, cj; band the wImAo aceaon. . ^ ^ j.uusrjr EVER OFFERED EORGIA, IN T BOWS examine these, in part, as to quality, abundance, and extent, tint t. is ex cursion was .projected. Their limits are undefined—their speedy .aud proper development is a matter id* vital im- 1 K>rtanee to the whole Stale. Look at •ciinsylvania, and l.ole the history ol the development ot her coal and iron fields, and the efieet upon her increase, in population, manufactures,commerce and wealth. The results there show conclusively the wisdom of the policy pursued. As in North Georgia we have the e minerals in abundance, it is impossible lor you not to |n-rc- ive the great advantage to the .State ot tlieir development. But, I spoke ot Femi ) 1 vania be cause the results there are a practical lahH'ticd 11— L XfliUrM^ COTTON FACTOK BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS tal would be discouraged—and then laborer*, would be without etnpldvmeni. Thus, gentlemen, while money may aoi be lskeu from the pockets of tbe people, by high rate* of freight, that it may be palm iuto the Treasury and sqaandered by reek- less legiuliUiou, the policy I bare endeavor ed lo inaugurate will improve lha road every year, reduces rates of freights oa fbod and fuel, thus cheapening living, and encour age tbe development of dormant resources, affording employment to tbe laborer, iasroaoo General Commission Merchant aKJ) HUM!IDA OF CJRLKit RATED ALE, attcution of Merchants is Specially invited to our Stock, Xa.WBoySirrrt, ; ; .* .VAIVIXSAff, tSA. ' TWFf* at. a^w^v. BmltfUUlWtolffnmcuU of OMJ.HI, i Wool, tlldM*,tWrup, Ac. Ptumpl’penoiuil allenlUiH to all unler*. Hauler* mlMilird wllh IUwd 1 ');. R 4 *!* * nd T, ‘ luirM warkui raW*. & WILSON, CTOHS SAVANNAH COP A RTNERSHIP tbe cornliurls of all. and on:ieh tbe State. It is generally believed that the road laiof good condition. This is a mistaken Idea.—; To make it a first-class road would require half a million of dollars. If left to the dic tates of my own judgment—the profound couvictions of my own mind, on to wbei I distances be! . r~- It is, perhaps, proper to state that exact * S.hVSWrsu, ti*., Sretriiibrr 1st. 1YGA HHE utuTnr.-ivtKtl b»vu tbraud « co|iart(u*r*hifi «i»d«i L the uaua* of 1STAH a HUHTEH rowtranwahwafa liESEKAI. CltMlU.SSItJN «n<l HOKEBAISE hu..lut».lu thl. .it?, liikaaaah. t!.,, daW,irotu riepWmbcr l >tli, iStS, ai»d r»-<'p.y.Jfully U-ii- ... .L .1.1 ... —.. ... »&... nil 111 likUlll'Ila 1 ^.— thought for the boat interests of tbe State ia regard to its management—I woold u>4 every dollar of its'surplus earnings until its entire length was well ballasted, all* its de-- pots put iu the best possible condition, nejj. rails of the best manufacture placed where- ever ueeded, all the bridges built of tbe bast material aud on the most approved pUns, and commodious, substantial, fire-proof sbopt built. In every detail, from the most impor- tant to the minutest, I would base it first, class. Having done this—still keeping hi view the great leading idea that tbe road wai originally projected and built, net to build up end subserve the iatereaU of thi* oii that partizan organization, not merely to pay a- few dollars into the State Treasury, bat to develop the interests and baild ap the pow er and iuGuenee of Georgia—I would find the net profits, and then reduce the rates of. troigbt to the lowest possible point that would pay curreut expenses and mainUi^ tbe road in all its appointments in W finrtf class condition. -1 .By Ibis policy the prosperity of Georgia Ijf constructed or necessarily been' unu.i t/ijvi:,!; i:akge, I1YAXNAH, ga distances sufficient ly correct for all practical purposes, and to make good the argument based on them. How, geotlnaed,- yen win naturally ask wbatpoUoy ahonltibe pursued; wliat meas ures ccn be suggested, by which to make up wbol is loit; prevent further lost of buainesu. or, eeeore other business lrom new sources. First, thin, there is the railway projected from Cincinnati to Chatlaiioogn, iu which, as , ranall boon, 1 feel and have taken ' • great ntereat.! .This, when built, will do an ira- LIBERAL ADVANCES wad.' on propeitv in hand S»«ut, Fit?, uh>1uthr.r EEt jmrrux ami al«i to tta ufs..- thition of bnstno* naiHT, and Lomu* on Giu.iUt.uh — Interest allowed on Balance*, under special agm;racnt. HENRY BRYAN, late of Brvau. 3lartri*h<e A Co. JAMt^ U ENTER, T^la with John W. Andenon'a Soiw A Co. gfpt tMM> |aw*w> & GORDON. IN FAC XOES, JL V BICHM6ND. Commission AVAKKAH, Mill In it bei rejuelif n. Tltvir bu-inca§ continued to incrt*!iM— line''profitsAvert* realized, ami now, I lu*lii*V4-, ilit* piofitH on cou! and iron freights nbuic. on the lilies doing a regular heavy business iii these artieles, pay a handsome divi dend on their aggregate eapitnl stock. The Slate Unad «*l tleorgia, in conee queuce ot its posit ion, nan hitherto had the monopoly of the carrying trade ln*- iween Tennessee and the West and Northwest, and a largo portion ol Ala bama, and all of Cieorgia and South (\iroliiiu. Taking advantage ot this position, high a'hitrary rates weie ex acted, to the delrimeiil of agriciil tiral and. olln-r pursuits, especially of the coat ami iron interests. Deeming this a mistaken policy, I have redured the rates on coal ami iron, (hy which the development cd these interests has been Mimiilatnl,) and on such leading articles of food as bacon, corn, wheat, llour, (to. A second reduction has had fifty* We n»k I be attention of purchasers to our stock in this depa.tiuent, BbSi' ever offered in lha South. .V-——AN7l—— COTTON PAOTOB8, SAVAWAII, GA. i w las 1i» r.dvsnccd on ‘ Crop* aac^Me ci. -ccM.!>igiune&ta. nf would be increased to n wonderful exteut, and tbe increased value of all taxable prop erly would cause to be paid into tbe Treaiur ry a much larger amount than baa b.-enor ia now paid by the rood. j A word, now, as to the fatareofthe rood, aud the effect upon U of other lines building or projected—and permit me, gentlemen, to ask your careful attention to what ( am about to say. ^ Scut lo any portion of the Stale if required. September 14. 18GR-2m •AuENTStir tk. iW.<&BliETT9 STEFI. COTTON GIKS. HAU.'S PATENT (WIt« * ~ ^TEEpER; ARROW TIES. AW-11 F.< - SUPGRrVIR^niATK OK MMK, a*a move PAmNT RAW nms f *^»('a#ftd eiiu|iil given t.» Salts «m' At' fl/fMtnMNffKmbv f\vd*(*- Utwral edvaoci* made wu «-*.u*btiiuu , nt’*. Augnttl.l^Hf ceiveil the project ot ottering low rile* offline to persons wishing to visit md examine property iu the .South wifJi a view' to investment and Hetlleimnt. Accordingly, 1 issued a call last De cember for a Convention, which met iii Atlanta in January. Two days were spent ill consultation. Concede ing that the roads might be the vic tims ot fraud to some extent, it was nevertheless determined to try the'ex periment, and the tare over nearly all ,;$Ttl8B8 IH FACTORS' An I have already intimated, lha porillo^ of tbe Slate Rood ho enabled it to oxndt This was because it anjoyeda high rales. monopoly of the travel and trade from this Northwest:, and from East Tennessee find Southwestern Virginia lo the floulh-Atlantis States—South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, k large portion of Alnbosso, end oven n pari of Mississippi. But now it is different. Unfit already built hare taken away a portion 'of the freight and travel,.and lines being' pro jected and built, and wbleh will eertnmly be comp'eted, will 1 take away still otbet and greater portions. Let me demonstrate my propositions, toF- lfy nextenggpstiaQ is the purchase by the State of the Kofise^lputwiiy, ami its extension to theAlabM^tofJritlr&^lbaatpassi ble de. kf; I^om jart iea stand ready to build it te Decatur, Ala. This win shorten fhtWahtm NtWata Memphis and Atlanta about 74 miles ; wh>l lelbe distance tatWMB NaakTitle and Atlanta alii bo IB BtUm (realor. But I hia distance Trill be more Uua eompensoted fair lbs grade being so atueh lighter on tlie line frtra Nachrillp to Doeatar than on lhat from Ho^htl)!* to Chat- lonoog*—there W^a difforaace inibemaz- iman grades of the Ian roado.of )aootjr-S?e imiEsion Merchants Fittegan & I’o rijesH I HSijl^aetors tAVANN. S.-J4 Hth.jWMUl l-t IXx*. I.RWS* & CO, !AI, KUi;\VARDIN(l COMMISSION MERCHANTS. . ■ ■ ' —BA YSTREET— points in central and Southsrn Alabama hai been transported Tin Chattanooga and - ti Western AAlhalio reHaar, tlto diatsnos b ing 4M miho. ailk gradas ^aa tha KaahrU ion llferchft! IHlBIIU 1,EAU3» EYEUY PESClilH VSTERS, fi;C.. &C until alter crops had liccn put. in the ground, many hundreds have visited our section within the past six months, all ot whom have been favorably im pressed, and many of whom have |iu- vesled, and will mate their homes hire. The immediate resffta of this exper iment were so satisfactory, and prom ised shell really incaculablc benefits, lhat 1 easily obtained tbe consent of three-fourths of tho roads originally consenting to the reduced rate, to ex tend the lime to July, 1870, while some of the remainder agreed to recognise the certificates from October 1st, 18C0, to May 1st, 1870. This liberal action will induce utAny additional.thousands prime •. To & Chattanooga railway of 106 feat tc mile. A road is iOU] pMtSaaJtaa Nash lo Decatur. 12! miles, from which paiat is being built to llinlgemsrj. IBS m ■nakiag thedistaaoeoaty 206 mile*, or tesaihoa via the 8tmte geed. The Ug grade on these liaee is abootSO test, or permits. ... The distsaeo to Cotambas, Ua.. trees N rifle rU Decolor mad Msalgmaery, Aim only 403 mites, ov.«r os eosior grade, sg, 428 miles via rhstlsaanga sad Ath U ATKINS SAVANNAH, GA. : JBBKAIu adsanoss made on Cation coa- jsigned 'la os or lo onr Correspondents in Woods, AND rrWING long tin* necessity of an EXCLEStyK WHOLESALE DRY CR»OI>S !U»I 11 havf «•!•«>Uout our ItKTAlL afUCK, ctthupaluurdfutv to iMirly tl.MilJe Its !..iu»- r •utineourwlvi* ' *’ w Showing an sduaUgs ovor tb< svaa le thatallyammdaa} [ISSIOJI XEaCHANT, »*¥i!ISAB, OA * . * jfi . ' oil time* to advance liberal* yirtti: T8 prepared ft) to visit the South tor invggtniebi seltlemeut, who, bat for it, Voald t^mvs-dmte^o Tlius tflll our pop; lion be increased hy farmers who improve our wind-lands, and add to prodnets; and hy^UUed miners, machinists, and manufacturers, will bring or command capital, against the State Bond of 88 mUao. Tbe Alabama t Chattanooga railway, be tween the latiar eDy and Meridfaa, Miae. r is being rapidly poshed forward to cossplstida. , Thus you will observe that tho travel and freight between Nashville aad Montgomery isos,good as lost already te th* WeeterWa there side liaee, the 3<aU Bred, fit hoiWagaod projectedtivjHfT seated your ottentioa, ore comptet aoi eoveroperotiag expenses, Ia conclusion, gentlemen, we shi Liverpool, Oar stock will he kept complete st all tin..-, ami with oui luereosed facUilies, llduk ducekomU to reUiu the trade Iu asrsunatl. develop our mineral and source", aagraenting our ic raUway, and that at a -day Bat fe re shall base lo compete for travel sfcd t.With Alabama,road*, Calamine tber Une projected, which will doettt- WE AttK NOW OPKNING OUB lag lo It a helping hand, by bulldln Uare, vthereby oar vast resources may o*Wfre*i, the solne of taxable proper leas be built, is tha't from tirifin, calnr Aia„ vrbieh wiU be 137 a by laia line tbe distance from Nt Columbus, via Newnaa oad Weatl be 418 miles, with lower grades I miles via Chattanooga and tha 8ta 10 miles in distance awai—*4hs h The distance from Nashville 4a Ueoatur, Ala., aad tlriha is 4ia«i by (rtviug you, genileroenLipnA^piir- luiitty ol seeing for yourselves, a; ptar- tiotrof (be vast resources oi dialo, section, Vhe ; puhlicaliou through youf jounisls ot yoor obser- ytUiou?, would be tbe simplest, chep- eet air'd sureft way of gelling the de sired iiiformbtion before the oopnlTy. Northern journals writ republish much of-what you ’ will triitr, and tlms Northern labor and capital will be nt- creased, aad a local bosiness created, node; all eiremretaares, would mala: saleable property ia a condition wor people'of tha greet Stele of Georgia. Brownlow sella hie Knoxville Whig, tho SsshvUle Press sod Times is advertised for solo, aad Um Uemphis Post bear Bickered Ml ’ - ' ' TImm eonstitnted the Radical ibhrnaTs' of Tsinsmst, Ibcir fate is not without lesson- lSt Bsetkrs BSdicaiistn etinbot support a papsV'Witbwst Btato patronage. -When left tethriTsapoa Support woa by merit, Kadi- Uint nl >n of ci>»! at tbe mine I as To give ctopbiyn of freight hare 1 A pop, siul th and virtu© » foflft and iu 3 * - ' ajflBr .$200 v • i - ’? oC-.W 7 — " | _ sta vwre VXW4 W *1 ffT & ff!*!/ | jn A ■ re aw & te w yeArs itwHlrc «x»clvd. -»eJ. -OctVtts- ^ 1 re lyW s IV. C S W QL a MdliV© ev.uuar i Diu«utiuff . coavivtian u paat vrho ori » _ iaau X ordered a - ■r ■ '' V. • whA'crifUM