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Vol. L.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1869.
No. 40.
M- O B, M E &c SON 3
EDITORS AND PROPltlETORS.
rrr.iis—$ 3,00 per annum, in Advance.
V,) v i;k risisti—Per square often lines, each
; ,,.jiiion. $ I Merchants and others forall
nrs jver $ 23, twenty-five per cent. off.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Ordinary's.—Citationsfor lettersol ad-
ni . l i j tration,guardianship ,dt C $3 00
}{i.iiestead notice •••••. - ‘2 00
^ .lic.itiontorlettera ol uism’u from adm’u 5 ()o
Y;i jatiosi for letters of dism’n of guard’n 3 50
' 4 ; ijitionfor leave to sell Land 5 00
\!>tie« t0 Debtors and Creditors 3 00
Sil« of Laud, per square of ten lines 5 00
,i'personal, per sq., ten days 1 50
11 —Each levy of ten lines, or less..
2 50
5 00
5 00
M .rt^a^e
T|K Collector’s sales, per sq, (2 months)
. er ; ;j —Foreclosure ol mortgage and oth
er monthly’s, per square 1 00
tsttay notices, thirty days 3 00
tributes of Respect, Resolutions by Societies,
Obituaries,&c.,exceeding six lines, to be charged
s transient advertising.
■ ye Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu-
10rs0 r Guardians, are required by law, to be held
uu the first Tuesday in the mouth, between the
a. 11s often in the forenoon and threeintbeaf-
, r;1 mu, at the Court-house in the county in which
t ■ arooerty is situated.
X nice of these sales must be given in a public
gazette 40 days previous to tire day of sale.
Notice for the sale of personal property must be
(riven in like manner 10 days previous to sale day'.
Notices to debtors and creditors of au estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be
•lublished for two mouths.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guar
di uisliip. «fec., must be published 30 days—for dis-
missiou from Administration, monthly six months ;
for dismission from guardianship, 40 days.
Ulies for foreclosure of Mortgages must be
published monthly for four months—for establish-
ia r lost papers, for the full spaceof three months—
for > opening titles from Executors or Adminis-
tntors, where bond has been given by the de
ceived, the full space of three months. Charge,
$1 nil per square of ten lines for each insertion.
l’io.ications will always be continued accord
jujt:> these, the legal requirements, unless oth
rrwise ordered.
Schedule of Macon & Augusta R. R.
Leaves Camak, daily, at 12.30 P. M.
“ Milledgeville 0.30 A.M.
Arrives at Milledgeville 4.20 P.M.
Camak 9.00 A.M.
Passengers'caving Augusta or Atlantaon Day
Passenger Train of Georgia Railroad will make
nose connection at Camakfor intermediatepoints
imiiie above road, and also for Macon,«Vc. Pas-
•eugersleaving Milledgevilleat 5.30, A. M.,reach
Atlanta and Augusta same day,and will make
close connections at either place for principal
uointsin adjoining States.
E. W COLE, Gen’l Supt.
Augusta, January 7,18C8 4 U
S()[!TH-WESTERN It. If 00.
OFFICE, MACON, GA„ March24th, 1865
Coin mb as '1 ’fa in — Daily
5.15 A.M.
11.15 At M.
,... 12.45 P. M.
.... 0.20 P.M.
Leave Macon
Arrive at Columbus
Leave Columbus
Arrive at Macon
Eufaula Train—Daily.
Leave Macon 8.00 A. M.
Arrive at Eufaula
L-ave Eufaula JfOA.M.
Arrive at Macon 4.o0 P. M.
Conned ins with Albany Trainat Smith villc
Leave Sinithville £ w
Arrive at Albany — y “ \ - "•
Leave Albany J -^ t>
Arrive at Smithville 11.00 A. M.
Connectin',' with Fort Gaines Train at Cuthbert.
Leave Cuthbert m '
Arrive at Fort Gaines a-*'} P- "J-
Leave Fort Gaines 7.0o A. M.
Arrive at Cuthbert 9.05 A.M.
Connecting with Central Railroad and Macon
it Western Railroad Trains at Macon, and Mont
gomery A, West Point Trains at Columbus.
VIRGIL POWERS,
Engineer A Superintendent.
Schedule of the Georgia Railroad.
LAN AND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 29th
yj 186-i, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia
Railroad will run as follows:
DAY PASSENGER Tit AIN.
\Daily, Sundays excepted.)
Leave Augusta at ‘ ^ JJ'
Atlanta at « r > M-
Arrtvc at Augusta-..- 3.30 P. M.
“ at Atlanta 0.10 P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at
Atlanta at G45, »
Arrive at Augusta pf’ A- M.
“ Atlanta 4.00 A M.
BERZELIA PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at '• 4.30 P. M.
“ tterzelia at — - 7.00 A.M.
Arrive at Augusta ....8.45 A M.
“ at Berzelia G.lo P.M.
Passengers for Milledgeville,Washington and
Athens,Ga.,musttake Day Passeugei Train from
Augusta and Atlanta. _
Passengersfor West Point, Montgomery, Sel
ma, Mobile and New Orleans must leave Augusta
on Night Passenger Train at J.4o P. M - > to make
close conuections. .
Passengers for Nashville,Corinth, Grand Junc
tion, Memphis, Louisville aud St. Louis can take
sither train and make close conuections.
Through Tickets and Baggagecheckedthrough
to the above places.
Pullman’s Palace SleepingCars on all Night
Passenger Trains • . ,
E . W . COLE, Geu lSuperint dt.
Augusta,March 26,1868 j
'Iticuita &L fUfest HPaLn.t
H.AIL road.
Day Passenger Train—Outioard.
Leave Atlanta j*.4o A. .
Arrive at West Point 9- 50 P*
Day Passenger Train—Inward.
Leave \VeSt Point 1-dO P- M.
Arrive at Atlanta C.20 P. M.
\,oht Freight and Passenger—Outward
Leave Atlanta .W?, p m
Arrive at West Point n - 4 " P. M.
\ight Freight and Passenger Train—Inward.
Leave West Point 4.20 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta II.»W A. M.
r£tKuiffP ap gPcluLcLuLe-.
office SOUTH CAROLINA R. K. CO-, \
Augusta, Ga., March 2o, 1868. )
f\N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 29th March,
HU’S, the Mai aud Passenger Trains of this
load will leave and arrive at through Central
pot,Georgia Railroad, as follows:
Morning Mail and Passenger hum
0r Charleston, connecting Train for Columbia,
South Carolina, Charlotte Road, and Wilming
ton and Manchester Railroad.
L-ave Central Depot at 5.50 A.M.
Arrive atCeutral Depot ....... 3-30 P. M.
^ L "ht Passenger if Accommodation Train
^'orCharleston, connecting wiih Train for Co-
lurnhia.and witliGreenville audColumbiaRail-
road:
L»aveCeutralDepotat 3.50 P. M.
Anive atCentral Deiiotat 7-00 A. M.
H. T. PEAKE, G
General Superintendent
DRY GOODS!
3 WA®^
CROCKERY,
Saddlery, and Harness, &c., Ac.,
FOR SALE BY
T. T. WINDSOR, & CO.,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
i -
T HE Citizens of Baldwin and adjoins
ing counties will find a large aud
good assortment of
Brown and Blenched Goods of till rjnali~
ties.
Calicoes, of all grades,
Dress Goods in great variety,
Hosiery, Gloves and Shelf Goods oj all
■sorts.
The most complete assortment of
ever offered for sale in this place, consisting of
Miles &. Go’s Philadelphia work; Shelley &
Bros’North Carolina work; Bntchelder & Co’s
Brogans, and Children’s Misses’ aud Ladies line
weak of all styles.
HATS, of Wool, Felt, Straw, Panama, &c
A full line of everything that can be called for,
with Glassware and China iu Plain and Gilt Tea
Sets.
From the old Army up to the fine Morgan Cavalry
Saddle.
Harness—Single and Double,
Blind Bridles, Riding Bridles, Whips, A c
METALIC BURIAL CASES,
Plain, Half Satin, and full Satin Trimmed, in
Plain Cases and Caskets.
In the Grocery Store next door to the Drug
Store of John M. Clark, will be found
Provisions, Corn, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Sugars,
Coffee, Syrups, Molasses, and everything found
in a Grocery Stock, all of which will be sold at
lowest market, rates for CASH.
T. T. Windsor & Co.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 18, 1869 20 tf
ARLINGTON
I
sttvanc?
COMPANY.
RICHMOND, VA.
Persons desiring to insure theirlives wil
call upon R- M. ORME, Jr.,Ag’t.
Milledgeville, May 19, 1868 20 tf
H. BEH1ST,
COTTON and RICE FACTOR
AND
General Commission Merchant,
West of the Exchange,
BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA
September 8,1868 36 ly*
Dr. Gr. Wf JONES,
Blcsidctit QhenlL&t,
ALL DENTAL opera
tions performed with skill
and care. Artificial teetH
inserted in all sty les known
to tho profession.
Old cases, not comforta
bly worn, can be made so.
Old Gold Plates takenin partpaymentfor Den
tal operations.
U^Office, East Rooms Darien Bank building.
Milledgeville Oct.13,1868. 41 tf
UNIVERSITY OFNASHVILLE.
]VLedic6il ID e:pa.rtna’ixt.
rpHE TWENTIETH COURSE of Lectures
JL will commence on the First day of November
next. The Preliminary Course commences on the
First Monday in October.
Theory &. Practice—WM. K. BOWLING, M. D.
Obstetrics—CHA’S K. WINSTON, M. D.
Chemistry—J. BERRIEN LINDSLEY, M. D.
Surgery—WM. T. BRIGGS, M. D.
Institutes—THOS. L MADDIN, M. D.
Clinical Medicine—WM. L. NICHOL, M. D.
Materia Medica—JNO. H. CALLENDER, M- D.
Anatomy—THOS. B. BUCHANAN, M. D.
Surgical Anatomy—VAN S. LINDSLEY, M. D.
Demonstrator—HENRY M. COMPTON, M. D.
FEES.—The American Medical Association at
the meeting in May last at New Orleans passed a
resolution that no school charging less than $ 120.
(while it favored by a large majority $140,)
should be represented in that body, nor should
graduates of such schools be recognized—there
fore the ticket for the full course of lectures is
$140; Matriculating $5 ; Dissecting $10 ; Grad
uating $30.
For additional information apply to
J. BERRIEN LINDSLEY,
Dean of the Faculty.
August 3, 1869 31 3t
LOOK after vour WILD LANDS.
OKRSONS owning WILD LANDS in Appling
X county, or any of the counties of old Wilkin-
soii —now Telfair, Pulaski, Laurens and Mont
gomery —will find it to their interest to send their
numbers to the undersigned who, for a small fee,
will, if desired, make examination of lands in
person and report as to value, Arc.
Special attention given to buying and selling
lands on commission.
REFERENCES.
GEORGE H. HAZLEHURST, Pres’t Macon
and Brunswick Railroad, Macon, Ga.
Rev. J. W. BURKE. Macon, Ga.
WALTER T. McARTHUR,
Jacksonville, Telfair county, Ga.
July 20. 1869
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W AREHOITSE
AND
Pf'animLs.8iaiL ^(lehchard,
Jackson Street,
AUGUSTA. GA.,
C ONTINUES to give his personal attention to
the storage and sale of COTTON and other
produce.
Orders for Plantation and Family Supplies
promptly and carefully filled.
SP He is prepared to make liberal CASH AD
VANCES on all consignments.
July 27, 1869 30 3m
ffstal'Lishrd ,
SISSTAYCE OF THE UETIARKS
MADE BY
COLONEL E. HULBERT,
BEFORE THE
Members of the Press Association of Georgia.
Delivered on board the Steamer Etowah,
on the Coosa River, Saturday Night,
August 28, 1869.
U
T II E
FINDLAY IRON WORKS, 1 ’
Macon, O o,- 7
Are again .in full and successful opera
tion with an increased stock of Machinery
and Patients.
Steam Engines, Circular Saw Mills,
Mill (Jin Gearing, Horse Powers,—
specially adapted to driving Colton
Gins,—Store Fronts, Railing, Arc., Sic.;
in tael, every description of Machinery
and Castings made to order.
H?’ All kinds of Machinery repaired.
Sole manufacturers at Macon for
the celebrated
UTLEY COTTON PRESS.
fi?* All work warranted, and Prices
as low as the lowest.
Send for Circular.
R. FINDLAY’S SONS.
Macon, August 24, 1869 34 3tn
Gentlemen :—It is my desire, on
this occasion, to say a woid or two as
to 1 tie object which brought us together.
It cannot be better stated than in my
circular, an extract from which I will
read you. In that circular I said :
“Our immediate section abounds in
resources, whose value, developed by
the well directed and energetic appli
cation ot labor and capital, it is impos
sible to estimate.
“Imbedded in our lyountains, almost
everywhere, are deposits of the richest
Lluced, aud I doubt not the quantity
which will be transported this season,
will amount to not less than 100,000
tons.
Thus,.gentlemen, you will perceive
that while the private consumer is ben-
efiied, our manufacturers are encour
aged and assisted so as to give employ
ment to the laborer, and the produc
tion of coal at the mines is so stimulat
ed as to give employment to yet other
laborers—benefiting the farmer by pro
viding a ready cash market for all his
surplus products.
1 am satisfied that under low rates
the consumption ol coal in Atlanta,
Augusta, Columbus and Montgomery,
and at other points, win increase so
rapidly, lhat in a few years it will re
quire all the present motive power of
the road to remove this one article.
Before leaving Atlanta, 1 ordered a
schedule prepared fur coal trains exclu
sively, so arranged that they should
iron and other ores, whose develop- |stop only for wood and water, and
L. J. OI II.MAKTIN.
JOHN FLANNERY.
L. J. GUTLIARTIN k CO.
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants
Bay Street, Savannah, Cra»
Agents for Bradlefs Super Phosphate of
Lime.
Bagging, Rope and lion Ties always on hand.
Usual Facilities Extended to Customers.
August 17, 1869 33 6m
ment will give profitable employment
lo thousands of people and millions of
capital.
“These resources of our State, skill
fully and energelically developed, will
in a few years, cause the iron crop of
Georgia to exceed in value her present
culton crop. An examination of them
is all that is needed to demonstrate the
proposition and convince the most skep
tical.”
In lhat l meant business, nothing
more—nothing else.
It was to afford an opportunity to
examine these, in part, as to quality,
abundance, and extent, lhat this excur
sion was projected. Their limits are
undefined—their speedy and proper
development is a matter of vital im
portance to the whole State. Look at
Pennsylvania, and note the history
of the development of her coal and iron
fields, and its effect 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 these minerals in abundance, it is
impossible for you not to perceive the
great advantage to the Slate ot their
development.
But, l spoke of Pennsylvania be
cause lhe results there are a practical
illustration of the benefits of the policy
I would pursue in Georgia. Twen
ty-five years ago, only, she adopted
the policy of development. Persons
present know how rapid the growth of
her coal and iron interests has been, j mf ,st at their
and to what it is to he attributed. It
is mainly due to the literal manage
ment ol the Pennsylvania railways.—
They pursued the policy of reducing
freights on coal and iron to low rates—
lower than those of any other roads in
the country. The burdens of expense
make the close connections needed to
supply the rapidly increasing demand.
Now, as to Iron, which enters into
a’l the manufactures, and without
which agriculture itself, or the working
of the mines, cannot lie pursued.—
Cheap coal, cheapens the production
of iron ; benefits the laborer by reduc
ing the cost of living, and cheapens
manufactured articles.
From lime immemorial we have been
importing iron and steel for our plow
shares, and actually wearing them out on
the iron lying loose on our hillsides. I
propose to change the programme, and
encourage the development of this in-
jerest, conscientiously believing that
we have scores of localities possessing
as great advantages for the cheap pro-
duciion of iron as General Wilder’s, in
Tennessee, the advantages of whose
property is unsurpassed anywhere.—
I desire to have numerous furnaces at
short intervals on and along the line of
road, whose fires shall light its track
and serve as standing advertisements
ot the abundance of our resources, as
well as of the liberal policy which stim
ulates their development. lienee I
propose to all who will repair the old,
or build new furnaces ; all who wish to
ereel a saw or cotton mill ; or to en
gage in manufacturing on the line, to
transport their machinery, their build
ing material, (lumber, lime, rock, &c.,)
and to lay side tracks when needed,
free of charge ; and I propose, also, to
transport iron and coal for them al-
own price—as low, or
lower, than is done by any other road
in the country. I have assured them
of rnv earnest co-operation ; that I will
advettise their business ; help them to
sell their goods ; give them low rates
for their manufactured articles, and
_ . aid them to the extent of my ability,
was at one time so great, and the prof- - and if they do not make money, it will
ils so small, that the)’ were almost j [^e their fault not mine,
ready tojgive up the experimert in de- j From Lookout Mountain northward
and eastward in Tennesee, and south-
d ; the busi-
spair. But they persists
ness finally began to increase, slowly
but steadily, until, after a few years,
they felt inslified in making a still fur
ther reduction. Their business con
tinued to increase—line profits were
ward in Alabama and Georgia, there
are vast mineral resources only await
ing development to find a ready and
profitable market.
To develop these resources, capital
eral action will induce many addition
al thousands to visit the South for in
vestment or settlement, who but for it
would rot have done so. Thus will
onr pipulaiion lie increased by farm
ers who will improve onr wild lands,
and add to our products; and by skill
ed miners and maehinesl, and manu
facturers, who.will briug or command
capital, and develop our mineral an;
other resources,augumentingour wealth
influence and power.
Then was conceived this excursion
for the Press-ol Georgia, believing that
by giving you, gentlemen, an opportu
nity for seeing lor yourselves, a portion
of the vast resources of our immediate
section, and the publication through
your journals of vour observations,
would be tho simplest, chea|>est and
surest way of gcttiug the desired infor
mation Ircfbro the country. Northern
journals will republish rnuchofwhat you
will write, and tints Northern labor and
capital will be attracted to our fields,
mines and water powers.
Now,gentlemen, a lew remarks as to
the policy of the State Road, as to com
peting lines building and projected,
and what should be done for its pro
teclion.
v The prevailing idea has been, that
the road was projected and built with
a view to its paying money into the
treasury. Consequently, taking ad
vantage of its position as a trunk line,
possessed of a monopoly of travel
and freight between great sections,
high aad arhitmry rates of freight have
been exacted. o
Dissenting from this view, and un
der the conviction that the wise states
men of the past who originated this
great work—which, when originated,
was regarded a gigantic undertaking—
contemplated its being used to devel
op the resources of the Stale, I have
adopted the new policy, already indi
cated in my opening remarks. To
cheapcnfood to the laboring consumer, 1
reduced rates on articles of food of
prime necessily as already stated ; to
cheapen fuel, anil stimulate the search
for, and the opening and working of
coal mines, and thus encourage the
erection of furnaces, and foster them
afterwards, I reduced the rate on coal
nearly one-half; and, still further to
encourage the production and manu
facture of iron, f very materially re
duced the freight on pig, and merchant
bar iron. But, gentlemen, I did not
stop here. I told connecting toads I
wanted libera! throughrales—that I
proposed to reduce to verv low rates—
and that I wanted their co-operation.
'build up and subserve the interests of
this or that partizan organization, not
merely to pay a few dollars into the
State Treasury, but In develop the inter
ests and build up the power and induence
of Georgia—I would find the net pro
fits, and then reduce the rates of the
freight to the lowest possible point that
would pay current expenses a'nu main
tain the road in all its appointments In
a first-class condition.
By this policy (he prosperity of Georgia
icon Id be increased to a wonder fid extent,
and the increased value of all taxable prop
erty would cause to be paid into the Treas
ury a much larger amount, than has been or
is now pend by the road.
A word, now, as to the future of the
road, and the effect upon itof other lines
building or projected—and permit me,
gentlemen, lo ask your careful attention to
u hat lam about to say.
As I have already intimated, the po
sition of the State Road has enabled it
lo exact liigh rates. This was because
it enjoyed a monopoly of the travel and
trade from the Northwest, and from
East Tennessee ar.d Southwestern Vir
ginia lo the South Atlantic States—
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, a
large portion of Alabama, and even a
part of Mississippi. But now it is dif
ferent- Lines already built have tak
en away a portion of the travel and
freight, and hues being built and pro
jected, and which will certainly lx:
completed, will take away still other
and greater portions.
Let me demonstrate my propositions
taking Nashvdle, lenn., as-an initial
or central point.
Heretofore, freights for Montgomery
and points in central and Southern Ala
bama have been transported via Chat
tanooga and the Western & Atlantic
railway, the distance being 464 miles,
with grades on the Nashville & Chal-
anoogo railway of 105 feet to the mile.
A road is in operation from Nashville
to Decatur, 122 miles, from which
point one is being built to Montgomery,
lS3 miles, making the distance only
305 miles, or 159 miles less than via
the Stale Road. The highest grade on
these line® is about SO feet, or less, per
mile.
The distance to Columbus, Ga.,
from Nashville via Decatur and Mont
gomery, Ala-, is only 402 miles, over
an easier grade, against 428 miles via
Chattanooga and Atlanta, showing an
advantage over the »?taie Road even to
that city of 26 miles !
The Selma, Rome & Dalton Road is
completed and working between Sel
ma and Rome—and will soon be com-
so os lo place our ironproduct before North- j p] e i e d to Dalton. The distance from
era dealers in their own markets, v here I
was convinced a comparison would be ad
vantageous lo the. Semthern product.—
Some demurre;Rat lirst hut finally con
sented, and the transportation of these
articles have greatly increased.
I do not censure any one for the pol
icy heretofore pursued—but had it
been broader and more comprehensive;
Nashville to Montgomery, via Chatta
nooga, Rome, Lime Kiln,'and the
Montgomery & Decatur railways is42ti
miles, while via Atlanta and West
Point it is, as before stated, 464 miles,
showing a difference against the State
Road of 38 miles !
The Alabama & Chattanooga rail
way, between the latter place and Me-
THE SOUTHERN INSURANCE
AND
Trust Company.
CAPITAL,
SAVANNAH, $500,000 GEORGIA-
HENRY BRIGHAM,
President.
THOS. H. PALMER,
Secretary.
IHKKCTORS:
J. L- Villalouga,
E- Lovell,
J. M. Cooper,
J. R. Johnson,
A. Wilbur,
A. H. Champion,
George L. Cope,
J. G. Mills,
Henry Brigham,
John Cunningham,
September 7, 1869
J. W Lathrop,
F. W. Sims,
W. H. Tison,
T. M. Norwood,
John D Hopkins,
W. E. Jackson, Augusta,
E. C. Grannis. Macon,
D F, Wilcox, Columbus,
J. G. L. Martin, Eufaula.
36 tf
Banking Agency.
R L. HUNTER, Agent of the Southern In-
• surance and Trust Company of Savannah,
has opened an Office in the Second Story of the
It’uUzfeldrr building, over Joseph's Store, where,
besides taking fire risks, he will do a general
BADSTXlIlSra- BUSINESS,
including the Discounting of Notes and Bills. Re
ceiving Deposits, buying and selling Exchange,
and making Collections.
He refers by permission to the National Bank
of the Republic, New York, and to the Merchants
National Bank of Savannah.
Milledgeville, Sept. 7,1869 36 tf
CENTRAL GEORGIA
_A_ gency.
H AVING established a REAL ESTATE A-
GENCY for CENTRAL GEORGIA, with
headquarters at the Globe Hotel, Augusta, Ga., I
solicit all persons having property tor sale iu
Baldwin County, to call at the Law Office of
Messrs. Kenan &. Kenan, my authorized agents
at Milledgeville, giving a full description, that
their property may he specified in the advertise
ments now being prepared for the Northern press.
Send promptly. Correspondents now call
lor several first class places.
J. HOWARD BROWN,
Augusta, Georgia.
September 7, 1369 36 2m
realized, and now, 1 believe, tlie prof-i ls required. We may not have it, or
its on coal and iron freights alone, on , jf we have, we dislike to invest it in a
the lines doing a regular heavy busi- business new to us. But by holding
ness in these articles, pay a handsome j out p r0 per inducements—by showing
dividend on their aggregale capital ■ to capitalists elsewhere how profitably
stock- . j it can be employed here, it will come
The State Road of Georgia, in con- by hundreds of thousands. There are
sequence of its position, has hitherto mcn a n dirough the North—men of
had the monopoly of the carrying trade | capital, energy, experience and entcr-
between Tennessee and the West and p n3e —who have strong desires tocoine
Northwest, and a large portion of Ala- | South, but they hesitate about coming
bama and all of Georgia and houtli j now . To all such 1 have said, “cornel
Carolina. Taking advantage of this j bring your capital and experience, and
position, high arbitrary rates were ex- help us to develop and build up, and
acted, to the detriment of agricultural ; y OU will receive a hearty welcome!”
and other pursuits, especially ot the j This desire exists from Maine lo Oina-
coal and iron interests. Deeming this ha, and we have only to adopt and pur-
a mistaken policy, l have reduced the ; sue a liberal line of policy, iu ali re
rates on coal and iron, (by which the , spects, to secure all the beneficial re
development ot these inleiests lias ; so much desired.
been stimulated,j and on such leading ' , r.i • 1 i
ueeu suiuumiLu,; 0 Aware of this very general desire on
articles of food as bacon, corn, wheal, , . riw .1 v .1
druuiium ma , , . . the port of Northern men ; or the opm-
flour &c. A second reduction has 1. 1 ,, f .
, * .. ... c ,, • . 1 ion generally prevailing that the feouth
had the effect of still further stimulat- i 1 ,._i.u. 1 . j .f 5 •
ing their development, but at the sac
rifice of immediate profit to the road.
more in accordance with what its pro - j r iJi an, Miss., is being rapidly pushed
jecters contemplated, furnaces and forward to completion.
We are now, probably, carrying coal
and iron at lower rates than auy other
road in the country. Now for the prac
tical results :
Fuel, like food, is an article of prime
necessity to rich and poor alike. To
cheapen it to the consumer is to do a
material service. Until the freight was
reduced nearly one half, coal was but
little used in Atlanta. Since the re
duction, however, the consumption for
domestic purposes has more than quad
rupled. As one tone otcoal is claimed
to equal three cords of wood for heat
ing properties, and as coal is sold now
in Atlanta at $5 50 per ton, it is clear
that if generally used, the saving to the
seven thousand (01 more) families in
Atlanta would approximate $200,000
per annum.
Take other interests. The Roiling
Mills and Foundries of Atlanta use
about fifty tons of coal per day. The
pieviou3 high freights made it almost
impossible for them to cover expenses:
They became discouraged—disheart
ened—and contemplated abandoning
their enterprises. I reduced the rates
on coal—they look coi/rage and a fresh
start, and are now making money.
Besides, coal is about being intro
duced more generally into the cities of
Augusta, Macon, Columbus and Mont
gomery. Connecting roads, taking a
liberal view of the matter, have agreed
to pro-rate with the State Road,so that
I the freight on this article is much re-
vvas unhealthy ; aud that we*overesli
mated our resources, I conceived the
project of offering low rates of fare ta
persons wishing to visit and examine
property in the South with a view to
investment, and settlement. Accord
ingly, I issued a call last December for
a Convention, wllich met in Atlanta in
January. Two days was spent in con
sultation. Conceding that the roads
might be the victims of fraud to some
extent, it was nevertheless determined
to try the experiment, and the fare
over nearly all the leading roads in the
South was reduced to two cents per
mile, until July 1st, 1S69, to all com
ing South in good faith, for the pur
poses indicated. I had the honor of
being appointed ChairmanoftlieStand
ing Committee, charged with execut
ing the details of the plan, and am
pleased to report that, although the ar
rangement did not become generally
known in the North until after crops
had been put in the ground,many hun
dreds have visited our section within
the past six months, all of whom have
been favorably impressed, and many
of whom have, invested, and will make
their homes here.
The immediate results of this ex
periment were so satisfactory, and
promised such really incalculable ben
efits, that 1 easily obtained the consent
of three fourths of the roads original-
'y consenting lo the reduced rate,
to extend the tune to July, 1S70,
while some of the remainder agreed to
recognize 1 lie certificates from October
1st, 1969, to Mav 1st, 1870. This lib-
foundries would long since have been
established ail along the line, develop
ing these dormant resources greatly to
the advantage of all the other great in
terests.
It is well known that the Slate Road
has been regarded and used as a po
litical machine ; and that the payment
of money into the Stale Treasury has
been considered a strong card in the
hands ol the party in power. It is
fair that I should stale that f could ea
sily pay forty or even filly thousand
dollars into the Treasury, instead of
twenty-five thousand. J could do it
by simply neglecting the road itself, it?
motive power, or by increasing the
freight on corn, and the other prime
necessaries of life transported over it.
But in the one case the property would
soon become valueless—in the other I
would take the addilionoi profits out of
the pockets of the p;>or man and the
day laborer. Every dollar thus pai
into the Treasury would cost the peo
ple two—development would cease—
capital would be discouraged—and
then laborers would be without em
ployment
Thus, gentlemen, while money mav
not be taken from the pockets of the
people, by high rates of freight, that if
may he paid into the Treasury and
squandered by reckless legislation, the
policy I have endeavored to inaugu
rate will improve the road everv year,
reduce rates of freight on food and fu
el, thus cheapening living, and encour
age the development of dormant re
sources, affording employment lo the
laborer, increase the comforts of all,
and enrich the Slate.
It is generally believed lhat the road
is in good condition. This is a mis
taken idea. To make it a first class
road in all respects, would require a
half million of dollars. If left to the
dictates of my own judgment—the pro
found convictions of my own mind, as
to what I thought for tire best interest
of the State in regard to its mannero-
menl—I would use every dollar of its
surplus earnings, until its entire length
was well ballasted, all ils depots put in
the best possible condition, new rail of
the best manufacture placed wherever
needed, all the bridges built of the best
material aud on the most approved
plan, and commodious, substantial,
fire-proof shops built. In every detail,
from the most important to the minutest
I would have it first-class. Having
done this—still keeping in view the
great leading idea that the road was
originally projected and built, not to
Thus you will observe that the trav
el and freight between Nashville and
Montgomery is as good as lost already
to the Western & Atlantic railway,and
that a day not remoic, we shall have
lo compete for travel and freight with
I Alabama roads for Columbus business
even, in the State ofGeorgia.
j Another line projected, which will
doubtless be built, is that from Griffin,
j Ga., to Decatur, Ala., which will be
237 miles long. By this line the dis-
lance from Nashville to Columbns, via
Newnao and West Point, will lie 41S
miles, with lower grades against 42S
( miles via Chattanooga aud the State
1 Road, or 10 miles in distance against
1 die latter !
The distance from Nashville lo Ma
con, via Decatur, Ala., and Griffin, is
419 miles, against 392 miles by the
Slate Road, showing an advantage in
favor of the latter of 27 miles. But
the grades of the line via the Griffin &
North Alabama Road (lo Decatur, Ala.)
are enough lighter than those of the
Nashville Ac Chattanooga, (over which
freights must pass to reach the West
ern & Atlantic,) to counterbalance this
difference in distance.
These are our present and impend
ing dangers on the West. You will
observe that a portion of the travel and
freight once ours, is already gone,while
roads projected, and others progressing
to completion, will shortly take away
a portion of what is left.
Now, let us see what isdoing on the
North and East :
As I have already stated the entire
travel and trade of East Tennessee has
heretofore been monopolized by the
Western Ac Atlantic Railway- This
has been the only railway over which
the people and products of that proli
fic region could reach Georgia, Eastern
Alabama, Florida and South Carolina.
As already shown. Middle, Southern
and Eastern Alabama are lost to us ;
and we are threaieued with the loss ot
even lhat portion destined for Colum-
>us, on our own soil. The distance
from Knoxville to Montgomery via the
Scltna, Rome Ac Dalton Railway is 347
miles, against 3S5 miles via the West
ern & Atlantic Railway—a distance
against us of 37 miles.
The Blue Ridge Road, from Knox
ville to Charleston, will soon be com
pleted. By this line, the distance be
tween Knoxville and Charleston, will
be about 400 miles, against 51§ miles
via the Slate Road, a difference against
us of about 118 miles. So that lra\el