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THE ATLANTA SUN
iTtnn The ITn*» Sim of January 25,1873
ON • PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
*' — Kansas bus a Bureau of Matrimony.
i-ctA journal of fashion bas been started
£ WknlUUgtOA.
*—Fbpaddphia’s millionaire of third
f&jx)rfai:ce':s a liulcher.
Autograph. letters of Henry Clay sell
ip? flfry cents lu IndULfL
, ‘VW aESxroRiAJi XQi&i- ,
i W*noti» mu .article m our neighbor
of CoiiMitttrtbn, <Jt yesterday morning,
U^d^P the alcove‘ijfe^Slng 'fti It is
stated that we had done iripyujtip&jg>Gen.
Gordost'in . our-eomment»*dijS)iL the
changes in the^ftl Vrfari'fdr-'Swmt&r.
We also notice a siroifinr irficWfti our
neighbor of the HerojJ. ^o bpt^fl^ our
cotemporaries>we hav% uimpl^tor, fifty at
* —, F^iiry Df-rnas, n colored CoDserva-1 present, that’ nothing om>Wb have-boen
nre ot lir- I-mchtWk legislature, la worth ttOJJOO- farther frying j1 of
—‘tt-ifr is fu'l of lawyers, but only
ttSr 11 ,<S*d tif tiiern malt* orer JO'tO yearly.
° —A 5‘<'ung lady at Independence,
TOSva, vu :atdy fatally seared at beholding a masked
Wy.
—George • Dowd, charged with the
murdi r cf b: ■ lathvrr was tritd iu Kali igh Wedues-
day and ac j „
’Ir tt i:.*s c'3 «aws, run by steam, to cut
(be wood i »ej ii» the North C^r. In.a Handle Facto*
pr. at Greeasjcro.
_ —TJjo Infante Don Alphonse de Bour-
fe n, brother of lb.- Duko rl*. liadrid, bas assumed
mm aud of the CarliHt forces lu Catalonia.
* —Cardinal Cullen in a recent speech
ta Dublin, eoDtJratuiated his bean-rs on the progress
St tlie llooan > atpolic religkm, whose only tnemles,
de diicj w t .i, an? ♦jMVernmi'iit*.
, *—A strong-minded Signora with six
names publishes a woman’s rights journal In Italy
ea’i-d ha Cornelia. As the I tall .ns urm her and
der followers lunatics. It would seem as If there, «s
Well as hire, they wer< the prey of scofftrs.
! —Father Wolter, odo of the Jesuits,
who were driven out of Germany, is noyr being
'sought for by the agents of her government. It
Wishes to decorate him for services during the late
War, but lie won't come out of his retreads.
— A Leavenworth aspirantotorspiritu
al honor*, oa ■ wwgsu <4 lately ftrauk four pints
u£Gii..'iliiiati whisxy, thus g.ving a local anarble-
S(pM the pleasure of sppmpriately 1ns< Gibing on
iKs-tofnb-stoim, “He smi.'- d antT died.”' He might
have «xger4ueuted with the same gratifying results
Oh Jtijiy-tigbih oi tbs amount. , ,
>1*7
1 ' }fuo is Hoar? 1 ‘ • ’
1u4j4® w day# ago the whole cou,ctrj,''as
Startled 4>v the announcement that cue
fcattte V. 'BVi^ lifid been elected Un.ted
B&fc^'AeUafor from Missouri, over-fta;
ftfir ffippfx Elaif. . The /jues;iop. ( v,-s,
tJHit+'t+ lSogp ?” It. seems, hot^ovrr,
fwttwtr^pThat Bogy, years ago, watreou-
't.Wrilridfah seeder business.
'*toi£' r Epertftg tlfipks
money had something tq ,dp ^ith Nagy’s
election. — “ A reputu-
B rfef^nbufcfate deserve k senfln the
<^bhot be thrift iii
$aWS 4, ifV a np l '$ey were uncharitable
ysQiwyh to-assert that a valuable coneader-
fctioA had something to do with Mr.
Jfeogy’a r^iolarkable promotion. An in-
Xeaugatiop by the Legislature is the con-
•equeuce, ami if one half of the charges
fcfeorriilH bargains and the direct transfer
Votes are proved true, Mr. Bogy’s caso
J*iU, never reach, the Senate Committee
pa Privileges and elections. That com
mittee alreuTy has its hands full of disa
greeable fTTTrTv, to" rhow by what
i]>ar.F the Senate of the United States
lout much of its character for dignity'
And power.” :. i
** nu: NEW SENATORS.
Tbf Washington Chronicle says tliat
ALr.i Dorsey, ‘.he Senator-elect from Ar-
tfcansafi, isPrtaident of the Arkansas Cen-
'Hn\ ra'ilVciad.- Patterson, Senatfyr-eleet
Carolina, is a succt-tsful' riiil-j
jlfOaujEU an. Jones, Uif>qeuvd#>I of Kye,.
is said to be a succcj-ami raining and rail-!
road op. lirrtW, "Plii 1]W"fl M uator from
fyefabii js'’a rAilroafl Itin^/ Tj does not
vpWiCt • Bi^gy, ^ut t ii‘.', t u6ka
orsry firiuekus if the railroad power was
t taftjsif. tqy pretty ‘igirtflcimtly i» the
tSiWWfy: waigft.ib? kuow; if. flia
Ay of pm nioal g.ants is gone, by to usher
in a day *Ai!i*j!>aVihi!ts &1&44 shape
MkfiirMSSSSiiML
i**3*Jt t i..r>:Caf/i. JSEEMMCM. : T S'.I i. .
Nabftoeytu Congress ocea-
h€te&{/JL K; Wriglit,*
Xnaipma Aiexaudor IHiDUi^heud,- a name
%t^ld'4eiy : mention o# whidi the iveurt
of every true Democrat -patriot in
sjjve^Urv.bAp9vveuepdion, honor
Asud. iocek a.Tho <_siwplp. t^nuoaucomo nt
that ‘"fchv phens as a candidate”-will raise,
^foptifahr high,’-awi»v»^>f popular enthu-
vlucu v ill s\vce{5 down every opro-
Rltion.—HcZhiifie Journal.
the articlfrtfc'TiWSttr' rtWfWd to, than
aSiyt^dftb^ his
friends the slightest inpMf<*^ ,,4 ' M
We,' the asi»^tjf%dlt<Ar1)t The Scs,
who wrote-that article’, asw« tiem that
we did not intend to i«iy,aojrtiling that
wenld r ‘imply that Gcfl. (Gordon owed
his election'fo the Radical vote.”
The tacts upon which our statement
was founded, ttiat when: the vote was
very close -between. Mr.: Stephens and
Gen. Gordon—Stephens having, ac
cording to a tally-sheet kept near ns, 103
votes when Gen*- Gordon had at the
time only 101-Notto).—that “a number of
Republicans and a few others [at this
point] Came to the'rescue of Gen. Gor
don,” Ac., cannot be exhibited without
reference to, the original official ballot-
sheet ou which we presume the nume
rous changes teat* then ensued are en
tered, and-which ended the final result'.
• i We have not as yet been able to obtain
a correct official list of the last ballot,
wMfo the many changes, backwards and
forwards, that were made in it, to which
we had reference,-and do not feel any
disposition to say more upon tlie subject
than to a&surd our neighbors, as well as
Geb. Gordon and his friends, that we
fpit perfectly justified in saying what we
did, and that, too, without the slightest
disposition to do any injustice t>> anyone
whatever,especially to Gen. Gordon. We
nee l not repeat that no one'ean bold his
personal Honors in higher esteem than
we do.
Tfec- GrtinanviHo-^x/te learns that
m*. tehiiibp §cott, widow of the late dis-
tjng*ui4W;dd*sbop Scott, of Oregon, well
VUid favorably known to many of our
fendedds” very ill ut her residence in
tfsctetoii dtv.Vtity, near .Teffcryou.
f£>'“ “God birds the women of Colum-
bus!” .gushingly exclaims an ex:atic
writer.; We do not see how the fellow
eould find it in his heart to leave out any
portion ‘of the women iu his pious in
vocation.
Kt>* Mr. J. B. M. Wruburn, lately
elected Ordinary of Hall county, was
qualified on Tuesday evening last by
Justice Henderson, and has entered upon
the discharge of nis official duties.
The Xeics says the West Point
girls only lack wings to make them angels.
If they had them, we know they would
soon “fly away and be at rest,” from the
importunities of the West Point boys.
The Rome Commercial has a
learned article on singing. It is strange
that a roan who knows least about a sub
ject hw mom to say upon it than any
body else.
■*-B. SIRPURJfS
Leaves for his home, “Liberty Hail "
Lue morning. In a few days, ifi* reo v
Jo the call that had been made upon him
to stand for the Eighth District for Con-
gress, may be expected.
Or!?* I ^ V ‘ W * F ’ Cork ’ a « anfc of the
Orphan He me of the North Georgia Con
ference, will preach in West Point to
morrow.
h. Reese has become editorially
^ 4 he Week* Kevs.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Our dispatches yesterday morning gave
the proceedings of a meeting held fti
Atlanta on Wednesday, after th'j election
for Senator* at-wJiiQti the members of the
Legislature from tbis Distric* were pres
ent and nearly all-thfe ^ntleteeh who
have been announced as...'candidates for
Congress. At thfk ifcJi^eHng it-'was de
termined to request Mr. Stephens to run
jfor /rdn^ 1 thp Ei^titb
Diafariet,. tq^ll tljp yacapcy occasioned
by the death;of General Wright. * Each
of the CafididMtii deefined fn ^i» fhvdr,
an^ all of t^e^.'^j^ed . in taaking the
xequestr-thus leading ,,tho field...unob
structed.; This action was a: most flat
tering tribute tb thd^eft'hftiliries 'and
distinguished piibljc '$$$&' of Mr:
Stephens, ancf wilhthhif t^^al. the dif
ferences or -alioeucwmiit-whkiU have ex-
ajid procttrc^bMaiony and unity
in d^Uhftpitfty'iijxoughout the
Daririct.-rHC^x«tfli5«ArfGiabnei. . ... .
.Q .«!. .-'I ' ;■ ; h\:
THE ,fmCE p&, WfJU PEOPLE, ,
( uh’lfsL the*fdI ffiwing letter as an
iudicafioii of ' the, feelipgs and wishes
of fclier masses in regard to the late Sena-
"Serial tleetadn.’ ! "It? is but a specimen of
’V!Je niaffyictt^A'^aily received' by Mr.
-,y’. r p i AllViZlii m! * ‘ )L 1. ~
IMSMittWa t-auu.1 i-tau
Maeietta, Jar.nary.2U, 1873.
Fwi. A 11. Stephens:
IfxHear,Sin—^.n irresistible impulse
of feeling prompts me to adilresa you a
brief^ Jiue,~copgAttiTafIn^ the country
,a^«l yourself upqn your acceptance
of-the nomination ,fqr .Congress' from
your District. Believe'me, sir, when
I say, yofir 1 defeat fbr' ’ the Sen
ate created an inexpressible sense
of sadness and-disappointment in the
hearts of your old friends in this section,
(aud they are legion.) Rut when read
this morping the news that you had, ac
cepted the nomination from yonr District,
it created an outburst of feeling and ex
ultation among tne people here univer
sally, such as I have not seen lor many a
long day. * ,
The Legislature is not the pulse to in
dicate the popular feeling. You have
the confidence of the whole people—and
we wish you to feel assured of that—I
think I ctH> epeab for tide oootion. We
rejoice at the prospect of one, at least, of
onr faithful getting buck to Congress.
May God give you health and strength and
spare your life, that you may be permit
ted once more to enter the Halls of Con
gress, and that your voioe may again be
heard in that hall above the clamoious
wianclers of the day, and that you may
again take the lead in bringing the na
tion to its moorings anu the coun
try to its wonted peace, quiet and pros
perity and our beloved old State honored
thereby.
Most hopefully your friend,
CHAT WITH STATE PAPERS.
■ -<t 1 ;•* > ■ 'JV.-M/
*jreal
estate, inland around Gaitersvilie, found
ready sale at good-price*, w - v T .
The gin hbuse of Mr. Joseph Grant,
of Greene county, was dmra'43 last wefck.
Four bales of cotton, iiicendihrisq^’
r The; mail, line between* Albafif <.iw4
Moultrie, direct, via Gin Town, srili
pSebabl^be established.'
‘'"Gold Dust” is thCiiame o( '& new
cooking stove- made at Jho Home Htove
sod Hollow-Ware works: «mu a. ».•
The Bartow Housei’iii Oarfert^fle, has
changed proprietors, ^Slr. Thofuas M.
Compton having bought out Mr. Thomas
J; Bridges, former proprietor.
Pace, a 'about - * _
years.old,.Sbt nearly, ^QQU ems .of' ioug
primer type in the-Newman Dispatch
office the other day. " • ■'* •
‘A <SbAzy ( woman recently ‘tessistectthe
town, .of . Thomson, She thought Her
mission was. to make speeches to the. peo
ple 'df the South. With some difficulty
the Marshal.'iieritiadfcd her to leavfe tb'wn
tnn Courier states that the Romp Hol
low- V\ are and Stove ManufacturingGom-
panjr has secured the right to ulaunfac
ture and se^I the celebrated Ehrliatt’s
Improved Rptbine Wato^ Wheel, fer tile
Stab* of Alabama, Georgia and Missis
sippi: *• rt * w *««»-: I
The Newn&n Dispatch^annofiiicbs the
deatii of Mr, WuiA bioiclstjerry i^. that
to.wa<on. Moadayi last He. has. lived in
in Newnan for many years, 1 and was for
a Jong time, Past MasteV bf the'Masohic
Lodge of that place, wan a mail of
undoubted, veracity, and .noted for his
upright®*8sand integrity;; >-
Rev. Du. BdRixG/'ohe cf tl.-e didst
promiWV and influential' divines in the
MethOf}o-.c, Episcopal ■ church, Sout h,
preached in; the Methodist church at
Albany, on Sabbath last. The weather
Was excessively'holdj and consequently
few were in attendance. His discourses,
however, were fall cf spirit, aud evinced
ft life of holinesi to the Lord.
’ "Ttfo protracted meetings "have been
going op, in tlip town of Valdosta, for
aomejtime past. The Times says:- “The
doe ih the Methodist Church began with
the quarterly meeting, mehtioned last
week, under the auspices of the presiding
elder. But the one in the Christian
Church has been conducted every night
fdr several weeks, by the Rev. Mr. Sur
tax, Missionary to Australia. Mr. Sur
bur is on a visit to the United States, and
Will soon return to his mission. Several
have been added to the church feinee his
pojourn in the community.”
fi^The Industrial Monthly for Jan
aary has made its appearance upon onr
table. This journal has now entered
npon the fourth year of its existence, and
may be considered one of the established
publications of the day. It is a thirty-
two page quarto, replete with useful in
formation for "the library, the shop, and
the household. 11 No maehind manufactu
rer, builder, eqgweer—in a word, no
worker in the industrial field should be
without it
It is published at $1 50 per year—sin
gle numberJ.15 cenis—by the Industrial
Publication Company, 176 Broadway.
S&.At an election held in Greenville,
on the 4th ins!., W. EL. Keller was cho
sen justice-of—thowpeace, and Obadiah
Ward, Constable of the 6Goth District,
G.M.
The following gentlemen Lave
been chosen councilmen of Greenville
for the year 1873: A. H. Freeman, Pres
ident; John A bimoaton, J. S. Grant, J.
E. Adams, E. Winslow.
’’ -The HTystcry or it Small Dor. 1
Yesterday afternoon a negro man,
while walking along the bayou bed'near
the corner of Orleans and Georgia streets,
noticed a small box pibtruding froth tin?
bayou bank nCnr the ro6ts of a sycamore
tree. Going to the box, he polled it
out, wher the top fell Off ftnd an intolera
ble stench arose from 1 it. A giancp
showed him that the bdx contained the
body of an infant* bacl.ydecoihposed.
Its faco was covered with mud, and until
the arrival of the Coroner it”ViraS nOtf
known whether the baby Was white or
black. The Coroner’s jufy developed the
fact that the body wa3 that Of ’ a hide
fetus of six months grdwtff, and of'White
parentage. No clue could be found that
.would lead to the detepfipn of the guilty
'parties. 'The body w&’s tarried ever to-
county undertaker W&lshl—A*alfm t ihK
'ailfi i Mm
Rev. T. A. Itoyt. ' -
The New York Herald of Friday last,
in" a business notice of the market in
gold and securities, make the fOllbwing
remarks conceruing a ffeutlemah' ^efl
l^iiown iritbis State: ’* * : >• J
The Vice-President arid Chairman of
tt(e Gold Board, Rev. Mr. T. A. Hoyt,
resigned his office to-day in ora e': to al
low of his accepting a call to the pastor
ship of a. Presbyterian Church in Nasli
yille. Mr. Hoyt was a Southern minister
before tlie war; but coming North,' Went
into the banking busmens and eventually
became the Chairman of the Gold Board
—a position he has filled with dignity and
hOuor ever since his election thereto sev
eral years ago.
The wine growtu iu Sonoma county,
California in the past four years has in
creased as follows: Grape vines, 1,932.-
921; gallons of wiae, 718,164. But the
brandy growth has had a decrease iu the
same period from 9,545 gallons in 1868,
and 9,250 gallons in 1870, to 1,000 in
in 1872. v
US?* A correspondent at St. Peteis-
uig writes that the Caucasus is develop
ing simultaneously three new branches
of industry, viz: The growth of tobacco,
the manufacture of cheese, and the culti
vation of tea. The tea experiment so far
has been a decided success. Many of
the plants have not merely survived the
winter without any apparent injury, but
have attained a height comparatively
rare even in China.
The value of metallurgical skill
has been strikingly demonstrated in
Greece. Some time ago the Greek gov
ernment parted, for a mere trifle, to two
enterprising foreigners, their rights over
the rubbish heaps at the Laurium mines,
which were first worked 3,300 years ago.
It was scon fonnd that the debris, which
had been cast aside by the ancients as
as worthless, possessed great value, and
the government, repenting of their bdP-
gain, have assessed the property at $200,-
000,000 and are demanding more money
for their rights.
smmIi Ka*ar>»v.-^y
BiR.mjyiAHJjL, JAisrJM.
« fl'rnec ■
ta Rapid GrowtH and Progress na a.
Cell iWUroaS 1 System
of Alabamd^CWttat lt^Ul-'Xlk-aT sUMd
wAKfettt tk* p u -
Mr. S. A. Echols* Associate Ed tier At-
lantfc &m: t Refore leaving Georgia I was
requested - by many friends to"Write*them,
. .ft Jt TWT.V* urfiri-f: •« ■ ,W»aiMj
nvmg my views of this place, ns soon as
ftjaS seen euougb^of it to^for^ an opin-
on; and as I desire to comply with this
■equeat^ I propose 7o do so, with your
Der mission, through tbe columns' of The
»*, a. i a .f>io i*i i .
Sex, hoping that what I may write may
V«”.i t - •, '.ft M -I, '•
not beunacceptable to you and your
readers. It is very well understood, ,(I
presume*)^biy" all who" baVe interested
ttataelves in the subject; 1 that' Birtning-
hftia/Ala., is in themidstref the tniistex-
tensive’mineral region that is khowniu
thq^iirld. a^d not only px)»nfive, but
wonderfully prpductive and easy of ac-
Wherever proper testa Witte been
Made. • . - -N M-.
•PiThii fuet alone, seems to have satisfied
4i that there is q foundation ( Ior a great
manufacturing. ,citj in., the, futup^ but
many seem to be at a JoSs 16 account for
the rapid growth of ; tbri-cff^'hhd *^hat it
iH<that austaias it at: the present time,"
vyliQu manpiactuiring . ie> but: in its in
fancy. ; This.may not^peasily accounted
for, satisfactorily ‘ to ail,! for I suppose
iaany are heady to cbhcHnSe that the peo
ple htereiare living'off of each ether, and
that they will sooner or later exhaust
themselves aaijd the ;‘shell willbrenk. '’
How rhiicli truth or policy there may
bfe ib’thib’yita,' I wifl fibt utideHnke' to
Say; -1 hahe heard 1 <the thousand
times about Atlanta*; and being accus
tomed to jt, jis uoeanot me, muoh,
It may be, arid doubtless is so, to a great
exteht, that tlt^ railroad 'enterprises of
this section are already‘aiding largely in
bans matter, by stimulating -the produc
tions : of the pour,try and-waking up a
population who. have h.ithertp slumbered
oVer resources'that werfe perhaps not un-
derstriod, at least hot Easily nlarfe availa
ble; for want of transportation and mar
kets, for, let. it be, femeipd>ered« that
Birmingham is already ,A cynaylerable
railroad center; and when” the roads
which arc ndw bcirig bftilt arid bthers
projected,- and all .the talk -in a healthy
condition, when, these, shaffhave been
completed, .ther.e wid.be nojthing Bj^e i\
in all these Southern States. As to flit
ctmnfty afottrid—While it fa true that cot
ton is not raised to ntty consiti6iaMe ex
tent—ryet it ia a muek- bettsr farming
country than is generalJy.supposed., , The
people here have not yet learned how. tc
make cotton at 17 befits,‘ which cost them
23 eenib tomake it. *i- •»)'-'
Prom a little trip in the countny across
one, of. trip which forms,ftlijs
(Jones 1 valley) rapi prepared to believe
the accolinW giVeri, tint there are many
ICrtifa Httfa vkifays and prriditc'tiVd hill
sides interspersed, which is sttsceptulde
of a .high of pnlkivatiou,. .producing
clpyer ,and the grass^^jas well as frpits,
finely. ' ' " '' -
“•"WhMe ’ Subject I will
resniad my-friends that this place is
-about aJtaf:<dP8Pto. south .pi Atlanta;
^ffiost duo .west-^orgia,
and in the valley where the City is loca-
*d(I, 'bo alfltitfl®is~fiof ; fe(S "greht'a^ 'that
t ^'Atlanta tv^ thraft'drlfdfair inmdr^iIeet,
yet* the air tain& tempted. on tho, sur-
rounding.- mountains which are, a,bout
three orfour hundred feet higher than
^life'viille^, Wri*tat'C 1 aS cool bree’ifes' as
; you- hhv^, ! parii&ps: 'fintrii-’hh. if 'P'ma’y
judgolrqistia recent' epeh. we have -ju&t
p^sed^hf^iglu. ,no,reason why
cotton mav pot grow as wel[ here a§
arAhfid^ktfSrim.'bsp’^ciady as a great deal
rifthe laifd-is filr Wetter. - ' :< ' il *1 1,111 ***
But i .aim..digressing.. I.eet >onti to
^sp^akiOhj.tbe localji^p,,^. Hiriquigham
and its acoessabflity to other favored
sVctlrins? Thri"ffnm'edlate location of the
oitfr fa-all thdi edh b8 dfesirid; iti : a beau
tiful valley, about two miles.wide with
,gwh’a siopmg.riilges ^ising.sieyeral hpn-
The ‘Helena (Montana) Herald
say8: “Largeherds of buffalo are feeding
on the wide, uncovered bunch-grass
ranges between Sun river and Fort Ben
ton. The snow-fall in Northern Montana
is very light, and winter grazing was
never more abundant for stock of all
kinds.” ^
An exasperated Michigan editor
says: “It is disgnsting to see yonDg girls
parade the streets of a modest and unas
suming little country village, with a tuek-
npbehindwiggledarnphoohtiveness larger
than they are.” This is a prevalent dis-
ase in Princeton among the young le-
rnalea,
dred ieet on the east aDd west, the.valley
about 40 miles in leugth, with just,
eriough'ddpartate front' a' plain bn make
fthe drainage and sewerage-Aasy, with net
a street requiring- any grading, inter
spersed , with,, . pine,, limestone,
springs' . and/ clear’ shallow run
ning •* braHchhri,’ : 'with splendid
scenery all aWrtmd, 1 without seeming to
be hemmed in. It is certainly as pretty
a §itnatiqu for a city as I evtr^w. As
pretty lor a pity as Cave Spring, Floyd
county, Ga.,'is fori a vflfage. 1 ■ 1 ”
Sixty miles to the Ndrth reablleS Ten
nessee Valley—an exceedingly, rich ex-
tepsive farming country, .producing cot
ton finely, as well as grain and blue
grass. The whole of this valley is open
to us by means of the North & South
Alabama Railroad, connecting with the
Memphis & Cnarlesfon Railroad at Deca
tur, eighty-three miles by rail from this
place.
A railroad is in contemplation (a survey
already having been made,) from Pitts
burg Landing on the Tennessee River to
this piace, will, when built, put this place
in easy communication with avast extent
of very ririi land. Besides, the other
railroad projects already alluded to, all
of which are seeking Birmingham, as
much as Birmingham is courting them.
If I would allow n^jself to speak of the
Georgia Western in this connection, it
wonld be to say, that, if Atlanta, on any
account, suffers this project to fail, or
even be prolonged for any considerable
length of time, it would be exceedingly
funny, and far more stupid, than her en
terprise has heretofore shown. Atlanta
needs Birmingham more than Birming
ham does Atlanta, although, for a time,
at least, Atlanta would be the best job
bing wholesale market which Birming
ham can reach, if we had direct railroad
communication with her.
Atlanta must manufacture largely if
she would continue to prosper arid grow,
and cheap coal and iLon in abundance,
will be a great help in this. Can Atlanta
afford to fold her arms and see the Savan-
nan and. Memphis, and the Savannah,
Griffin A North Alabama repds flanktar,
as most Assuredly they will, ‘"divertirig an
immense amount of trade from her to
Columbus, <3a., and Southeast Alabama,
arid SouthwestGa..-and to Griffin,Macon*
Savannah and Middle Georgia. If
so, it is useless to ; multiply Words.'
But I am led off from the comse intend
ed in this eommurneatiori.- ■ • t> 'k.
Birmingham-fa filing rip rapidly. ,She
has over 8,000 inhabitants, and many
more, at least 1,000, fa is oeheved would
be here now if houses could have been
obtained this winter.
There is largely over one hundred
stores and business houses here, end a:
le?et one-third of them are better housoi
irff-,1 ms
that*, eould l*e ImpadinA
war, anfl many of .them wo
favorably with the best
ift the j}res8nfr -time. • 1 1 vi -i
wTtiere are five churches with good con
gregations, served by highly respectable
ipip^sters.. The industrial enterprises
seem to be well established and progress
ing. The general tone of society is good
Thrigovernment of vhecity is mlsurpass-
edti 'Col. J. R^ Powell, the “Duko of
B^mingham,” is. the Mayor. -He is a
map ot flue business capacity, highly
taactaril; in fu’l sympathy with labor and
edtrital, as well qualified to harmonize
the -two as Any man can be. In h:s case
the office sought the f&an, emphatically.
The issue was made between stupidity
and immorality, and intelligence and vir
tue, anu the result was asiguftl Victory for
the Utter.
1-will send you with this afi address of
Col. Powell circulated a day or two be
fore the election, which is a specimen of
high-toned independence, aud a little slip
with it shows the result, which I regard
as not only flattering 1 , but as a tribute to
true-worth and manly independence. A
publication of this address with a knowl
edge of the result, will satisfy my friends
that the government of the city is pro
perly based.
■NoW, perhaps, 1 my friends may be
ready to conclude that I am going to ad
vise them all tocome to Birmingham, but
I am going to do no such thing. All I
have to say fa, that if any of you are not
Satisfied where yon are, and want to move
to a new and promising place, if you eau
afford it, visit Birmingham and see how
you’ like it. You are to judge for your-
sblfi You will find some roughness here,
as is all towns growing as rapidiy as this.
laving is about as cheap here as iu
Atlahta,- rents being higher and fuel
o'iesrper. While 1 many would be benefit-
ed''by Coming here, others, no doubt,
Wbuld be dissatisfied, but in my opinion
Birmingham is bound to become a great
oily. ‘‘ L. P. Thomas.
” “ • s-w-s
f O i 1,otter from New Orleans.
<fitv Hotel, Hew Orleans, Li., Jan. 20,1873,
- Editors Sun > Although we are in
c^idifioii of comparative anarchy, not
withstanding we have two Governors and
twotLegislatures running the State Gov
ernment; yet onr people do 1 not seem to
be very unhappy: Especially in ali the
pleasures incident to this Latinized sec
tion, 1 Ws exhibit a remarkable disregard
mid Contempt for the political distresses
of which moneyed men and properly
hoWerh complain* As the masses do not
beloagto either of these classes, they do
exhibit the utmost indifference to the rc-
ettlts.'and hence apply their attention to
sriitisements and pleasure. And surely
th£y*are wise in this respec*.
The principal matter agitating us now,
is 1 cotocerniag the approaching Mardi
Grits festivities. Extensive preparations
We being m ide to have these the best
and moBt attractive that were evsr repre
sCnted -here; and already the notes and
sound of preparations are heard and seen
in every quarter of the city to effect this
purpose. Hence, they will prove won
derfully interesting to the vast number
dispeople who announce their intention
of Coming and taking part as spectators
and otherwise.
The immense emigration which comes
from your section surprises us, and causes
us to wonder why your " people do not
employ feome'effective means to check it,
fdr Wc are certain that there are better
fnducements to keep laborers in Georgia
than thobe offered in the pioneer sections
hi the far West. As the tide, however,
continues td come ah'd increase, they
will'firid thC following views serviceable
fb them.' They will save money and
time by coming over tbe New Orleans,
'Mobile <$Texas Railroad, to this city and
lake steamers 1 from here to Texas. CoL
Normari - <X : Jones, comprehending the
situation/arid With his ubual aeumfen and
fritelligence, has arranged matters so that
passengers arC landed at the Texas and
Red river Wharves,' 'whereby they save
ofriinieus ttansfer- and expense, it they
wish td'prdfcfeed without detention. Bis
hieasares for reduced rates, connections,
i&C’.j'faiake the cost of travel by this road
and by steamer to Shreveport, Jefferson,
filler,' 'and other points in eas erfi ' and
HOttherii Texas, cost not more than a
third ol’the expense by any other route.
TliripWee hf cabin passage on first-class
steamers and 'quick transportation by
Red river to" Shreveport averages from
fifteen td twenty dollars, deck lare five.
Within a-year the road ‘ from here to
Texas Will'b© finished, and then the fare
and tithe of*transit will ba greatly re
duced. Colonel Latham, the Vice Pres
ident 6f the toad is prisringits interests
with Wonderinl energy, and as he does
not check at any obstacle, his enterprise
is telling with great effect on every in
terest connected with the ’.in*\ Aided
by that' intelligent gentleman, shrewd
and active railroad man, Col. Norman C.
Jones, every interest of the line is pro
gressing with tbe greatest possible rapid
ity, and nnder the talismanic influence
of their fine business name and tact, it
will soon be accomplished.
As the majority of people who pass
through this city stop for awhile to see
and enjoy the novelty of our fine and
beautiful city, it will interest them in
knowing that the following extract frem
the Montgomery Advertiser tells them
where they will find the beat place, at
which they can stop and why:
The St. James Hotel is located oppo
site the Texas Steamship Offices. This
houso is open for lodgers only, and guests
can board at the Cit^ Hotel or where
they please. Persons *who prefer to se
cure rooms in a good, convenient part of
the city, at a reasonable price by tne day,
week, or month, will find this famous
old resort the best of the kind in New
Orleans.
Travel to and through the city contin
ues to increase daily, and as usual the
bulk stops at the City Hotel. This fa
mous old house fa completely renewed in
every respect that makes it the brightest,
most cheerful and comfortable resort of
the kind in New Orleans. The rooms
for ladies and family uses, as transient
guests, are more attractive and beautiful
than any fonnd in the city. When Col.
Morse, the generous and famous proprie
tor of this cosey and popular old house,
returned from Europe, he found that the
other first-class hotels had raised the
prices to four and half dollars a day, but
he refused to enter into the arrangement,
and haring been the first to reduce the
price of first class accommodations and
oest fare here, he will continue to charge
only three dollars a day. The house is
kept in every respect as finely os any in
the South, and is more inviting to ladies
especially, because of its access, conveni
ence and comfort to travelers than ever.
Geobgia.
/ .1 ci l .YTALri-i Kri/ T
•nifel Macon, Monticelio | M
Railroad—Meeting of the a.-*** 4
of Corporator* and Electlo^" 1
ol a President aud Board
of Directors.
During the last session of the Georgia t.- ■
several prominent gentlemen at Macon
rounding counties obtained * charter for * * Ut-
railroad from Macon to Atlanta vi» Mo
Jasper county, a distance of. only lea mUss^ 1 ' 0 *®
tjie passage of the bill nothing much t> M b 8 *® 6 *
or heard of the uoutempbitid road uliU i ^ ^
Bhort time baefc, when the corporators begu,!. *
ing it up,” and on Thursday, they met ia ta 0 *
aud proceeded to organise by olecting the f 0 n * ^
officers: ., *
President: CunpbellWallace, Atlanta, Georri"
Board of Directors: John T. Grant, John a j
AUjmta; W. A. Huff, C. A. Nutting, Q. A . y.',
Macon; E. Steadman, W. S. Davis, Hewton" ebUrt ‘
G. T. Bartlett, F. Goldsly, Jasper county.*^
Closer, Jones county. * a L.
becretary and Treasurer; W. P. Orm?, of a ; i
This enterprise, no doubt, is something ta*/
most of our readers, even iu this city, tni ? b
onee attract the sarious attention of e\e'ry g00 !‘
zen aud friend of Atlantal From the naata"'
character of the meu who have it iu charge we f' 4
safe in saying that this road is bound to be bta
that in a very sho^t time. , It asas (or no Sutetw
nor is it Joboying for municipal endowment; ta’
strictly a private enterprife. to be built and mta
private subecription snd individuals. It i 8 m h 7
probable, we understand, that the city of Maeotan
voluntarily subscribe to the capital stock as ^
investment for citizens lu general. This K °° <1
line is one mile shorter to Macon than via theta
con aud Western route. Mr. Hazlchurst, Tretai
of the Macon and Brunswick road, is one of the E
rectors, and its President, Campbell Wallace, i» p -
President of the Georgia Western. It baa toe ta
port and encouragement of the Georgia road; i 0 I
onoe the object of its construction can be seen
It Is proposed to use forty miles of the Q eoi . r4
road, that is, from this city to Covington, and twelve
miles at the other end of the Macon and Augusta
road, or from Macon to Robert's Station. Ibugon'
fifty miles of actum new road will be buiit. 4 1( - te _
lieved that notwithstanding the large lum
county has already expended on her; other road she
will subscribe fii\y thousand dollarf to this enter
prise.
President Wallace sees no reason why the ihe 0a
M mticello and Atlanta Boad should not b| tom-
pleted in twelve months, and should the Directors
realize their expectations, it will be running withia
that time.
There will bo no transfer of freight, bagjage or
passengers, but thecompauy have madoarrsnge.
ments to run their own cars through.
Tbe oompletion of this liae with that of the
Georgia Western will form a, parallel lffis from the
great West to the Gulf with the monopoly already
existing, which will not fail in its beheats nit oalj
to Atlanta, but Macon, and a vast valuable seetbuof
country which now lies undeveloped for want of
railroad facilities. The competition engen.
dered will be visible, not only in freight*
and passage, but assist • in ■ recuperating
and developing the immense wealth ta which our
entire section abounds.
We shall endeavor to keep our readers fully post
ed ih this matter, mid In the' meantime, shift give
whatever ot moral influence we possess ia tha
furtherance of so advantageous a project for the
benefit of bar city For what wo moetutfd now, is
competing lines of freight, quick transit aud prompt
business transactions.,. - 1
Celery as a Nervine.
A corre&poudenfc of the Pmclicd
Farmer sajs: “I have kuowi many Ban,
and women too, wLo from various causes
had become so affected with nerVoli-toess
thfet when they Stretched out ttietr hftuds
t hey sriooK like aspen leaves oa vastly
days; and by a daily moderate use o{ the
blanched foot stalks of the celery leaves
as a salad, they become as strong and
steady in limbs as other rieojile. 1 1 have
known others so very .nervonsi that; the
least annoyance put them in a sUie ol
agitation* who were in almost ccustant
peroltxity and fear, an’l who were effect
ually citred by a daily moderate nse of
blanched celery as a salad at meal times.
I have known others cured by urinS
celery for palpitation of the heart.”
1 ,■—:■ ...... J - •
Shocking lie nils 1*4, ioji of a Dream.
A strangq story coupes frpni 4
native schoolboy at tih^nghai told his
schoolmaster that lie had dreamed his
stepmother murdered lrim and placed
his remains in a jar under the floor ol
the house. The school master reassured
hfa.pupii attfie niomeut, but subsequent
ly missing hini for “a few days from
school, rotnembered hfs dream, and
rushed to the house-of bis stepmother to
inquire for the boy-. Receiving au un
satisfactory answer, and full of suspicion
1 f foul play, the man tore up the floor ol
the room and found the corpse of his
pupil cut up. and stowed away in a jar
precisely as tlie poor 'boy* liad described.
The cate has been 'aurhenficated before
the Chinese courts, uhd the raurdeiees
was executed, alter being-carried fa. the
gates of. the c.i;y to receiut./dia^te
crutious of the people. ,
Deulh of Kilwmtl Bulwer I,)t|o»i
. Hir Edwur-tl iialwfr Lytlon,- whose
de;i>ji v;ivs a.-i.omift-d u? U»e ♦h^PW**fi**
tiumh.y iUk-r■■ .1 g, w,i.-> 001-4 in Mi*’* 1805-
Hit e;t.i\ education w;.s under the direc
tion --f \, : v m.-..-!u»i - , ‘our ! siibsdqaefitlf
went •>> I rrniiv Hail, Ci.ifthrmgK v.Lere
he currie*! off iuo Ctiuncelior s l^ 2 -
medal with his English poem on “8(?ulP'
ture.” Graduating 2a' 1826, he entered
immediately on tii.it brilliant senes 0.
novi-ds tba«. soon made his mime known
not only tnrougnouc England, but over
the Contiueut. , 1 -
A young coupm were sittiDff m a
romantic spot, with birds and flowers
about them, when thqiollQwing dialogue
ensued: .
“My dear, i* the sacrifice of my | lf (
would please thee, most gladly would
lay it at thy feet. ” ,
“Oh, sir, you are too Kind, bat a
just reminds me that I wish you’d i^v
off using tobacco.” .
“Can't think of it. It’s a w
which I am wedded.” _
“Very well, sir; since this is tko* ^
you lay down your life for me,
you are already wedded to tobacco, A
take good care you are never weddeu
me, us it would be bigamy.”
One of the results of the
storms in Europe was that great Dumo
of sardines were driven near tbe
coast. Fishermen from St. Ives
Port Isaac caught them with seines to
number of 50,000 and 60,000 to the bow-
As these fish sold at exceedingly go
prices, the wind that blew them to
nets of the fishermen of Cornwall was
an ill one, however bad it may 11
proved itself in other quarters.
JtetaA fond fiusoaud in a neigM^rriS
town went to Cincinnati on ho 5 ’-
lately, and while there his wife b ec .
the mother of a lovely little
friend telegraphed to the new »*“£ •
“Mary and little one doing well.” A t> °
ring telegraph operator made the
sage read: “Mary and litter are
well.” The astomsned pater /<” t
sent a quick and indiguautreply:
God! how many?”