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TELEORArn, for some months past, the exercises at
tM'Weeleyan Female College yesterday, contained
a very, large amount of original reading matter.
But, whilst some of the matter in the Telegraph is
good, and'sqme. again, only the beat we can do with
the subject inland, all the young ladies yesterday
had something good, fre6h and interesting.. Nor
does the simile (th © charming young ladies will par-
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been told that the case is a very clear
The signatures are very inartificiully exe-
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foDetrfsS dispatch or its substance went
^wires yesterday to'\ashington. . don it) stop here. Whilst th6y had the sweetest
W r /swSarsS e fo^co?nterfeittag.* to set forth their beautiful and excellently
{'M „“ A te d before-but merely sub- prepared productions, in addition to the personal
is J®* k charms of woman and the rich melody of her voice,
made by this officer about four we have no backers, and the only music we know
**** evening, audit was somewhat ?#*** about is that which we are occasionally
£ T( 5teru3jr that Tor- Jorcecl to face for saying something about som6-
,.ccotop^ 06 ’ ^y l0 f or ** . || -»r * f f We can only allude to them in general terms, and
’ discharged on . we mean it when we eav that we never heard more
: .,, t pon which the arrest was pre ica d cred ; la y e compositions from any class—male or fe-
■ , 3 in the course of elaboration by the ffla j e —than those we heard from the senior class
police for three weeks, and the yesterday in the College ChapeL One or two of the
ti* ' wfi3 ea rly in possession of them, but young ladies were frequently interrupted by the
‘' tlf . r imperative obligations of se- most vociferous applause, and had to wait upon the
**> w public interest, in sev- audience for eilence before proceeding; Mies Lutie
It was b a MJI •< ■- u. Y. Lundie. of Newnan, Ga., read a composition on
advertisements which was capital. Of course we
think so, because in the selection of her subject she
, . struck a chord of the harp upon which we play. Ad-
< intend now only to say one of the yertisements are good things ^or newspapers, and
i against Turner is that of counterfeiting yj; B8 j,nn<lie made a good thing of it in her compo-
C.. fares to genuine bank notes of the gition. We give the programme:
? • 1 Bank of New Jersey, which notes Prayer.
jfaaonai ,,,-rr S Treasurv Denari- Musio—Priest’s March—Miss Brantley, Miss Biley,
-torloinedfrom the L. . — .y P Miss Benfroe, Miss Wilbnm.
p jjjgj they bad been made ready to be The Herdsman’s Mountain Home—Mies Fanny
SAHTTATOEIES.
To the Audience—Miss Clara J. Shackelford, Ma
con, Ga.
To the Trustees—Miss Susie C. Stone, Oxford,
Ga.
... Music—The Bivouac, (piano quartette)—Miss
‘ ( .- . e w. C. Morrill, Collector of Revenue Wright, Miss Benfroe, Miss Byrom, Miss Miller.
•• District, and also U. S. Commissioner. cojitositioss.
(tili lunation now going on is private, bnt Miss Emma J. Guttenberger, Vineville, Ga.—No
j^fnniina b excellence without long continued exertion,
i additional faot® ma Y oe communicated Miss Ida C. Willingham, Lexington, Ga—Dress
, we expect to leam before going to Well.
4* F s “ lc ’ Miss Lola E. Nelson, Busselville, Ga.—Thesen-
. ■ . . . timents of the seasons.
Post Office is now in the charge of Music—“The Return of Spring" Polka—Miss
Woodwax^, Special Agent Post Office De- Farewell-Miss Knowles and Miss
s :, and so ends, for the present, ana p ool
"rTforali future time, the experiment of J compositions.
" ^.masters in Macon. The Administxa- Miss Mattie M. Bany, Atlanta, Ga.—The Cease-
. . less Flow of Time.
.kii gsinsd no glory by it, and we are in- MissM.LeUaDougherty,Macon,Ga.-TheWon-
1 its Post-Master General wrote some ders of the Present Age.
that a new appointment would Miss lda R Calhoun, Marianna, Fla.—The Bela-
_ »£P ua “ . tions of the Beautiful,
portly be made. Let them appoint a Music—The Wreath, (Vocal Trio)—Miss Foote,
1 Georgian, of honor, character and po- Miss Jackson, Miss Patterson.
” 6 I cowositioks.
^-Commissioner Morril has bound Lutie Y. Lundie, Newnan, Ga.-Advertise-
partr, under a bond of $5000 for his ap- J Mies Fannie A. Howard, Bibb county, Ga.—Moral
tn.icorrow morning at ten o’cldck. Photographs.
-joetotaorr - nll , , Miss Ella F. Knowles, Greensboro, Ga.—Womans
K District Attorney, CoL John Milledge, tel- Gift
jj. {0 continue the case till Friday, at ten \ Mueio—Grand False—The Misses Swoll.
a rim t.tti" be present | ^ ^
»rr;Z2TSS:££2G5’ EuatMat_)M«mis-
d to show how that State has been gerry- f 0Pm8 _
oiieJ, gives a list of fifteen counties with Miss Mary F. Wills, Macon, Ga.—The Gem of
majorities, which are entitled to forty- t he Dews of Eve—Chorus
:«representatives on a total population of by the Class.
,\Vi. and twenty-six counties with white ma-i Address by Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, LLD., of
oo, having a total population of 101,000, ! A addiction.
*a also are allowed forty-three representa- ^v a 8 bould state that the last composition, named
The Mail complains; bnt the conces- in the programme, was not read, by special request
■ btthe Radicals that a white man is four- of the young lady’s father. President Bonnell, in
Ss as coodss a negro, is liberal for that kind excusing Miss Wills, pronounced her composition
* ; highly creditable to herself and her class.
^*®’ ■ ! The Annual Address of Hon. Henry W. Hilliard,
Srsniwsa Fobt Pulaskl—Fort Pulaski is D., was a splendid performance, worthy of his
i rebuilding, under the superintendence of theme, himself and the occasion. He was often in-
l’tiled States Engineer Corps. Thirty-five ' terrapted by the most hearty appause. As it will,
narektilditgup the water battery, and when doubtless, soon appear in print, we will not mar its
work is completed, four 10-inch and two 15- beauty and force by a brief and unsatisfactory re-
4 suns will be mounted. This armament, it view, or synopsis. ....
° , . . , - The closing exercises of commencement at the
^led. mil contmn the heaviest ordnance Ch ^, ^ take p , ace this ffioming „ 9
placed in Fort Pulaski. o’clock. Compositions will be read by the Senior
k Thousand DollIus fob Two Bales of Class, degrees conferred and the Triennial address
Wesleyan Female College—Junior Exhibition.
College Chapel was again filled yesterday fore
noon by our citizens, in attendance on the Junior
Exhibition, which consisted of music and the read
ing of original compositions, by the young ladies of
the institution. We give the programme of the ex
ercises with the just remark, that it would be invid
ious to discriminate where all did so welL Each
young lady had a well-written and sensible compo
sition on the subject to which her name is attached
in the programme, and we cannot speak in too high
terms of praise, of the clear, distinct and admirable
manner in which the compositions were read. We
heard every word nttered, distinctly and unmistaka
bly, and when we say this, we praise both teachers
and pnpils; for nothing is more annoying to an au
dience than hasty and indistinct articulation. We
are sure the teachers in the College have given this
subject much attention and labor, or they would not
have given the patrons and friends of the College
eo much satisfaction yesterday, in listening to the
young ladies read. The following is the pro
gramme :
Prayer.
1. Music—The moon is beaming—by the class.
2. Composition—The Influence of Praise—Mies
Mary D. Erantly, Sandersville, Ga.
3. Composition—Cookery—Miss Mary E. Mason,
Macon, Ga.
4. Music—Impromptu Polka—Miss Adella Byrom,
Miss Annie Byrom.
5. Composition—The Teacher’s Vocation—Miaa
Marg&retta U. Darragh, Macon, Ga.
6. Composition—The Folly of Striving to Please
Everyone—MisB Laura I. Greer, Macon, Ga.
7. Music—Beside the Sparkling River—By the
class.
8. Composition—The True and tho False—Miss
Mattie J. Chapman, Jeffersonville, Ga.
9. Composition—A Meditation on a Pudding—
Miss Alice Baxter. Cartersvifle, Ga.
10. Music—Fan Fare Militaire—Miss Woolf oik.
Song—Somebody’s Heart—Miss Benfroe.
11. Composition—The Abuses of Talent—Miss S.
Mary Everett, Macon, Ga.
12. Composition—Ultraism—Miss Mary B. Burke,
Macon, Ga.
13. Music—VallaincePolka—Miss Mary McGregor,
Miss Mattie McGregor, Miss Dawson, Miss S. Swoll,
Miss Duncan, Miss Hays.
14. Composition—Giants—Misslda P. Blackmon,
Chunnynuggee, Ala. [Not read. |
15. Composition—Neglected Proverbs—Miss G.
C. Biley, Fort Valley, Ga.
16. Music—Make me no gaudy Chaplet—by the
class.
Benediction.
Again last night the Chapel was densely crowded
to hear the Sophomore Class in Select Beading.
We are sorry we have not the programme; hut suf
fice it to eay, the young ladies acquitted themselves
in a most creditable manner, and gave the audience
much of the very best kind of reading—an accom
plishment which ranks first, in our opinion, among
all those that we acquire at school. A good reader
is a jeweL highly prized because it is so exceedingly
rare. Several of the young ladies read remarkably
well last evening, and the audience endorsed what
we say by the heartiest applause. As usual, the
evening’s exercises were interspersed by soma very
sweet music.
This morning at nine o’clock we are to have com
positions from the Senior Class, to he followed by
the Annual address from Hon. Henry ,W. Hilliard,
L. L. D. In the afternoon at four o’clock, the Trien
nial Meeting of the Alumn® will take place, in the
College Library, and at night the Annual Concert
will be given. Admission to Concert,. SI.
To-morrow the closing exercises of the Commence
ment will he had; after which Eev. E. H. Myers
will deliver the Triennial Address to the Alumn®.
to the Alumme be delivered by Bev. E. H. Myers,
D. D.
-cs.—The merchants of St. Louis propose
sag the largest premiums on cotton, at the
October Fair, ever given in the world— The Concert Last Night.—The Annual Concert
irk. five hundred dollars each for two bales, of the Musical Department of the Wesleyan Female
bale to weigh four hundred and fifty College, under the direction of Prof Albert N. WMt-
i, one of short staple and the other of ney. came off last night, in the College Chapd be-
fore a very large audience. It is generally conceded
by those who were present, to have been the most
Ibgutiov.—The cry is “still thev come.- brilliant affair of the kind ever given in the ChapeL
H, sre pouring in by several thousands The programme, as given below, was weU selected,
reek, and the number is increasing. For ^ the performers produced it m a most chanmng
, . • . and effective manner. One rarely listens to a speet-
reei ending Tuesday last, inclusive the “ ^ ^ ^ of ^ Facme Fcote> nor do we
Rmvmg at Cast.e Garden, New York, . oftgn ^ moro accomp ij 6 hed performers on the
S.7S4. The current expenses of that insti- pianQ than Misg Baxter 0 r Miss Rosa Gresham.
» for the week were $9,028, and it has a bal- Indee( j t every p j ece 0 f the evening was finely ren
tt of nearly a quarter of a million of dollars d erc d, and we mean no invidious distinction by men-
■ink. j tioning the names of a few of the young ladies and
not mentioning all, for all did well.
Boil dorm in Alabama.—The Manon (Ala- ; PROGRAMME.
j Commonwealth says the boll worm has part l
tainly made its appearance in Southwest ! ^X^ttoeT’ pianos^Qui Vive”-M5ss
try. We received last Tuesday a present of Riackshear. Miss Mary Bany. Miss Pool, Miss Swoll,
ven bolls taken from one stalk, into each of Mise Biley, Miss Calhoun. _
hich had been bored a very neat but costly lit- ' Du^tontwo pia™s^“Sfivery Waves"—Miaa
hole. The boll worm did it. ' Baxter and Miss Bail.
. i 5. Vocal Duett, double. May-bells and Flowers—
Gov. Bulloch seems determined to give prae- |Gm Ylary McGregor, Miss Mattie McGregor, Miss
*i effect to the decision of the Supreme Court ^ o^piano Solo^-Drmce of the Hay -Queen—Miss
hvor of negro eligibility to office. He has Virginia Ball. _
®bce of the Peace in one of the districts of • 8. The Phantom Chorus,
wsta. paet n.
„ f ! 1. Chorus—“Night's shades no longer’
&• L C. See vice, representing the house of J- K^o Solo- ? ‘Sweet Home”-Miss Alice Bax-
“dnch, Wineman & Co., of Charleston,! C 3. Vocal Duett—Fairy Bowers—Miss Foote and
Krfactnrers of Old Carolina Bitters, called I Miss Brewer.
.. . , , . 1 4. Piano Solo—Bolero Brilliant—Mies Rosa Gresh-
«« few days ago. The Bitters seem to ■
*efl in our country. They are highly j 6. Piano and Vocal Combination—“Beviamo”—
ttaa brtho , 6wboi „ e tried them. Se,
6. Vocal Duett—“When morning light is beam-
ing”—Miss Ball, Miss Warren.
^aiare rumors that a dispatch has been re- : 7. Song Kathleen Mavonmeen—MisB Fannie
^3from London stating that Mr. Motley had F< f e GrJmd choru *_.*oy j joy! Freedom to-day!"
^ZKsmew with Lord Clarendon and Mr. j,
^^tcia reference to the Alabama claims, A Negeo Highwayman Worsted.—On Tuesday
' •tit the American Minister was dissatisfied morning last, about 2 o clock, a negro attacked Dr.
^result. ! H. A. Mettaaer. with a dub, whilst that gentleman
. — <»> ■ ■ was returning home from a professional visit on
on THE Southern Atlantic Coast, j TatnaU Square. The doctor says the attack was a
yUtiitjton News says it is a settled fact vel y Dol d and murderous one, but before the black
' s ^*riee and Sea Island cotton planters of villian got within striking distance with bis dnb, he
- c -c*laada are determined upon securing coo- 1 (the doctor) drew his pocket knife, and as the negro
ina are now setting about it | raised his dub to strike, he sprang at him so as to
„ t * prevent the negro from using the stick, and at the
‘-^HmTiox. —The exercises in St. Patrick’s j same time the doctor commenced a vigorous attack
Church, on Sunday morning, says the ! upon the scoundrd with his knife, inflicting several
^nalist, were unusually interesting and cuts and stabs, the last of which was made in the
■ " negro’s shoulder and broke off the knife blade.
Seeing that he had struck a bad snag, the negro
then broke loose and fled, leaving the doctor master
of the Add and at liberty to pursue bis way home
unhurt and in peace. It is not known to what ex
tent the negro was injured, but he got Bcored pretty
severely in several places. If he had got his de
serts his throat would have been cut from ear to
'•-' f sive. Bishop Verot was present, and ad-
jj^dthe right of confirmation to about 175
about sixty of them being converts.
Hate from the Montgomery Mail that
' 15 tie shuck is still offered from wagons in
L ^Ittone dollar per bushel. This shows i
J-'Cuge of having the com crib located !
*•» than at St. Louis or Cincinnati.
j I A Daring Burglary.—Some one or more of the
'■“^weighing over four hundred pounds ! scoundrels who infest this dty, entered the family
to Island City, Florida, last week J residence of Mr. T. W. Mtmgnrn, on the comer of
C-tttlerland Island. In butchering it, over | Magnolia and New streets, on Tuesday night last,
egg g wer0 f onnd> and boldly entered the sleeping room where Mr. M.
1 ,,, was, and stole his pants, watch and chain, together
l/T** 1 John W. Forney aspires to be with what money and keys were in bis breeches
'•■^Cnited States Senator from North Caro- j pocket, and various other articles, not excepting
l,? 6 ka recently purchased a large tract of oneortwo nice watermelons. Theymadeinfact
r a clean sweep of all that was worth having m the
.^Columbus Enquirer comes to ns in new
'■ til admirable paper and we hope a
. one.
,{?«• a nuQ or in Washington that Secreta-
,^ U ‘°be relieved from the Interior De-
“ a “' 1 s ’ ufr lved on the Supreme bench.
Sale, fob Future Delivery.—The
W.es of cotton were made in New
room, except the baby. Among the keys stolen was
the safe key of Mr. W. A. Huff, as Mr. Mangum is
the well known book-keeper of that extensive dealer
in provisions. We earnestly hope our police will
immediately take this case in hand and ferret out
the rascals and recover the property.
By reference to the advertisement it will be seen
that Mr. Huff offers a reward for the thief and
1 property stolen.
The largest thing in the way of a local item that
^ week: For July, 100 bales, on private : noticed on tbe etreet y^erdty, was that of two
> forOctober, 100 bales on private terms- policemen with about forty feet of rope, trying to
‘ 0T Mnber, 100 bales at 264c °00 at ■ l 111180 1 P° or little bench ' legeed fice ’ K ® 8C ^ ,ed ’
^ttaberor-n 1 at-CJc., in alluding to the execution of the dog law, we . ,
’ 25}C - ; might etate that it is the general desire of ourdti- but it was heralded by a big Mow, which sent the
nte’ - 00 U 350 ^Cc., 1400 on | * t w ^ h0K i aw be suspended during the mel- dust eddying and sweeping through the streets in
Wesleyan Female College.—We regretted very
much our inability to attend the closing commence
ment exercises yesterday, in the Chapel of this
time-honored and ably conducted institution. A
gentleman who was present informs ua, however,
that the exercises were of a highly interesting char
acter, though to some extent sad and suggestive.
The young ladies who graduated were assembled
for the last time as a sisterhood of school girls and
class mates, and after the exercises closed, were to
separate to their homes, to meet in after life al
ways as friends, but under what circumstances, who
can tell? Misfortune may send some of them down
through the dark, rugged and thorny vales of ad
versity, whilst fortune may lure others of them
along the sunny summit of prosperity; but when
ever and wherever any two of the class may meet,
we are sure the almost sacred ties between them
that were sundered yesterday will be remembered,
and they will fly into each other's arms, and in their
joy at meeting, feel for the moment that they are
girls again.
Tho exercises yesterday were conducted in the
following order:
Prayer.
Chorus—“The Heavens are telling.”
COMPOSITIONS.
Miss Eliza C. Blackshear, Greenwood, Fla.—The
Grecian Mythology.
Miss Mary P. Barry, Atlanta, Ga—Orphanage.
Miss S. Virginia Ball, Macon, Ga.—Thoughts on
Doll-Babies.
Chorus—“How lovely are the Messengers.”
COMPOSITIONS.
Miss Mattie C. Wimberly, Hayneville, Ga—The
Human Voice.
Miss Laura J. Robinson, Oglethorpe, Ga.—The
PaBt Says, Weep; the Present, Act; the Future,
Hope.
Miss Annie S. Wynn, Columbus, Ga.—The Chil
dren of Genius.
Solo end Chorus—“The Marvelous Work.”
COMPOSITIONS.
Miss Cora Warren, Macon, Ga.—The Cost of
Knowledge.
Miss Maggio A. Swoll, Savannah, Ga—“Heaven
lies about us.”
Miss Fannie M. Stewart, Newton county, Ga.—
One Hundre Years hence.
Terzetto—“Lift thine eyes.”
Valedictory—Miss Julia O. Sims, Dalton, Ga.
Trio, Duett and Grand Chorus—See, the Conquer
ing Hero comes.”
Baccalaureate.
Conferring of Degrees.
Parting Song—By the class.
Address to the Alumnae—By Bev. Ed. H. Myers,
D. D.—Eve and her Daughters.
Benediction.
The young ladies, ten in number, all acquitted
themselves in a highly creditable manner, yester
day, as has been tbe case with the others who have
participated in the late commencement exercises.
The Valedictory of Mies Sims is represented to
us as a composition of rare merit, and frequently
caused a tear to bedim the eyes of her hearers, as she
uttered in sweet, bnt sad and trembling tones, her
farewell sentiments.
The address of Bev. Dr. Myers to the class, after
the conferring of degrees, was a moBt eloquent, able
and affecting effort, filled with much valuable ad
vice ta the young, and teeming with beautiful sen
timent.
He paid a glowing tribute to the young ladies who
had acquitted themselves in such a gratifying and
creditable manner, and reflected so much honor
upon their worthy President and the teachers in the
institution.
From first to last vast crowds have attended the
Commencement exercises at the College, notwith
standing the extremely warm weather; and, as a
general thing, we never heard higher encomiums
passed upon the teachers and pupils of any institu
tion than we have heard expressed in regard to
those of the Wesleyan Female College.
Put Him Oct That thick-skulled, bullet-headed
nigger, trying to fill the position of general delivery
clerk at the postoffice, should be put to work in a
cotton field at the earliest day practicable. He may
have sense enough to handle a hoe, but he is cer
tainly unfit to handle letters or government funds.
A prominent lawyer of this dty sent a servant to
him yesterday with three dollars, to get one hun
dred ihree cent stamps; hut the fool sent only
ninety-four stamps. They were returned, when,
after a laborious mental calculation, he handed out
ninetv-six three cent stamps and a one cent stamp*
This time the lawyer sent a young white man to the
fool, to knowif theGoveromenthadraisedtheprice
of stamps, but be found that it was all owing to the
fact that th8 negro had not sense enough to make
the difficnlt calculation that, at three cents apiece,
three dollars would buy one hundred stamps,
•pirv Another glorions shower of rain fell in
this dty and section last evening, about 6 o’clock;
va 1 1 L* Ll-L
Via Direct Route by Actual Chain Meas
urement:
Cincinnati to Nicholasville. 112 Miles
Nicholasville to Chitwood (State Line) '..JR “
State Line, or Chitwood to Chattanooga 138 “
Total 861
Via Knoxville to Chattanooga or Dalton:
Cincinnati via Nicholasville to Chitwood. .225 Miles
Chitwood to Elk Gap 25J *
Elk Gap to Knoxville 46
Kno:
termg—iT.T on : zens that the hog law be suspended <
!,~v 0oabi y 25ja2Cc.; for Deoem-1 cn seMO n: as there is nothing equal to a bog sa a
scavenger, when it scents the flavor of a watermelon
rind in the ch'cjn.ambient air.
* 5 Urr 10<5 b alea on private terms.- for
* 200 at 25c., 300 ^25^1*.
blinding douds for a few moments, before the rain
gave it a quietus. The “cooler” was most accepta
ble and refreshing.
uap to .
xville to
Chattanooga or Dalton
Total 406?^ “
Making the distance from Cincinnati to Chattanooga
Miles shorter than from Cincinnati to Dalton via
Chitwood and Knoxville.
Atlantic Ocean
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Grand Xrttnk
Trunk'Zinet
"Branch Zinet
Propoted Zinet
In Procett Of Contthielion
Railway Systems oi the South.
nTrwtBVK OF GOVERNOR BULLOCK.
The Bailroad Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, of the City Council, and of _ the
Board of Trade, having met in joint committee
in the Board of Trade rooms.
Hon. W. H. Harrison, chairman of the City
Council committee, presiding.
Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, was called upon to
address the meeting.
He said he was not here so much to recom
mend any particular route, as to show the. deep
feeling and desire of the people of Georgia for
the establishment of direct railroad connection
between the Southern system of railroads, and
the city of Cincinnati, and to give an expression
of their approval of a design for closer railroad
connection with the North and West.
He said that the State of Georgia had given
practical evidence of its confidence in railroad
enterprises, by building a line of road from At
lanta to Chattanooga, for the purpose of con
necting the system of roads East, South and
West from Atlanta, with those already running,
with those being established through Tennes
see. Judging by the success of that enter
prise, he felt very confident that it would be
greatly to the interest of Cincinnati and the
State of Ohio, as well as the States South, that
the proposed aid should be given by this city to
a direct line of road from Cincinnati to Chatta
nooga.
Chattanooga was recommended as the proper
Southern terminal point; because, an examina
tion of the several railroads already in opera
tion, which concentrate at that point, together
with those which are in process of construction to
it, leaves no doubt upon his mind as to the su -
perior eligibility of that place.
He should only ask, however, that the gentle
men of the Committee would make the examin
ation for themselves; when they will observe
that roads extending from Chattanooga to the
seacoast on tbe East, the Gulf on the South, and
the Mississippi on the West, are already in ope
ration, thus giving a direct connection for the
commerce and traffic now forced to reach this
city by a circuitous route; and which must nec
essarily be largely diverted from it by the attrac
tions of Louisville and St. Louis.
“We therefore,” said he, “from our own ex
amination, believe that Chattanooga is the best
point; but we will only recommend it by asking
that the gentlemen of the Committee will pur
sue the same oourse of examination by which
we have arrived at our conclusions. The policy
of the State of Georgia has been not only to
build railroads exclusively from the Treasury of
the State, but to aid andfosterrailxoadimprove-
ments whenever they have been started by pri
vate enterprise with a reasonable ground for be
lieving that they would prove profitable to the
stockholders or beneficial to the State at large,
in the development of its internal resources.
In addition to the construction of a road be
tween Atlanta and Chattanooga—which is ex
clusively the property of the State—State aid
has been granted, by endorsement, to a line ex
tending from Chattanooga direct to Meridian,
in Mississippi, to a line running from Macon to
Brunswick, on the Atlantic Coast; to a line run
ning from Brunswick southwesterly towards
New Orleans, to a line from Savannah via Thom-
asville to Bainbridge; and to a line from Albany,
south, to Thomasville and on toward Florida.
Upon the completion of the latter line, to
gether with the proposed road from Cincinnati
to Chattanooga, a direct railicay air line South
shall hate been established, extending from Cin
cinnati to the Gulf of Mexico, and running
through the heart of the Southern Cotton Belt.
While common report does not credit suc
cessful management to works under State con
trol, it is gratifying to ourselves and encourag
ing to those who may follow our example, to
know that the State Koad of Georgia gives re
sults very satisfactory and profitably to the
Treasury and to the tax-payers.
As before stated it is the disposition and de
sire of the people of our State to aid as far .as
they can, in making railroad connection with
the people of the North and West, and to do
everything in their power to aid the system of
internal improvement by which they may be
enabled to procure a speedy interchange of
commodities, and promote amicable relations
between themselves and the different sections
of our common country.
Colonel Hulbert, the Superintendent of our
State Koad, is folly informed as to the pro
posed route, and as to the many connections
which may be derived from it He will be pre
pared to give yon statistical information on that
subject.
Colonel Gaw, an Engineer of extensive expe
rience, and well-established reputation, is also
informed as to the location or the proposed
line.
I -Roil, therefore, leave the farther discussion
of the matter in their hands.”
COLONEL E. HULBEBT.
Colonel E. Hulbert, Superintendent of the
Western and Atlantio Bailroad from Chattanooga
to Atlanta, was announced as the next speaker.
He called attention to the fact that Chattanooga
was the Northern central point of the great sys
tem of Southern railways..
Chattanooga stands in the lower Cumberland
Gap, the great water gap through which the
river passes; the great railroad lines from the
Atlantic coast, from the Golf of Mexico, from
the direction of New Orleans, all verge to that
common point. They converge there, as ex
plained by Colonel Gaw, from absolute necessi
ty occasioned by the conformation of the coun
try. They could not have been built other-
The first great trunk is the Western and At
lantic, from Chattanooga to Atlanta 138 miles
in length, with an income of $1,250,000, con
necting at Atlanta with the Georgia Koad, from
Atlanta to Augusta, Ga., 171 miles, with an in
come of $1,500,000; connecting also with the
South Carolina Bailroad, from. Augusta to
Charleston, and branch to Columbia, S. C., 20a
miles, with an income of about $1,260,000, ana
with the Wilmington and Manchester Koad,
Kingsville to Wilmington, N. C.., 171 miles, with
an income exceeding half a million dollars. Ke-
tuming to Atlanta, as the starting point, we have
thence to Macon, Ga., the Macon and Western
Road, 103 miles, with an income of about $400,-
000 per annum; connecting with the Southwest
ern Kailway to Enfaula, Ala., 143 miles, with
branches to Fort Gaines and Albany, Ga., 51
miles, a total of 194 miles of the Southwestern
Koad and branches, with an income of over
$800,000 per annum. '
Returning to Macon, we have the road from
Macon to Savannah, Ga., by the Central Koad,
with its branches to Milledgville and Augusta,
Ga., 28 miles, with an income of $1,500,000;
also tbe Atlantio & Gulf Road—Savannah to
Bainbridge, Ga., 230 miles, with a side line of
40 miles, connecting with the entire railway
system of Florida; total earning exceeding one
million.
Again, in immediate connection with the lat-
ter are the Florida roads, of an aggregate length
of 300 miles. Earnings $800,000.
Returning to Macon, from thence to Colum
bus, Ga., by the Southwestern Koad 50 miles,
and the Muscogee Koad 50 miles, with total
earnings exceeding $500,000.
Returning to Macon, we have the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad, under contract and.being
rapidly completed, 185 miles, about 85 miles of
which are in running order.
The harbor of Brunswick is the best South of
Norfolk, with 28 feet of water on its bar at ebb
tide, with a capacity to safely float the navies
of the world.
Returning to Atlanta, thence to West Point,
Ga., by the West Foint Road, 87 miles. Gross
earnings, $350,000 per annum. From West
Point to Montgomery, 88 miles. Earnings,
$350,000 per annum.
Montgomery to Mobile and Pensacola, by the
Montgomery, Mobile and Pensacola Roads, 172
miles. Gross earnings exceeding half a million
dollars.
This presents the railway connections in
Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, by the one
great trunk line, the Western and Atlantia Rail
road from Chattanooga and Atlanta.
The next great trunk line penetrating the
cotton belt is the Selma, Rome and Dalton
Road, completed from Selma, the heart of the
cotton region in Alabama, to Rome, 197 miles;
thence by the Rome Road to Kingston, twenty
miles; thence sixty miles to Chattanooga.
This company is rapidly extending its line
from Rome to Dalton, Ga-., shortening their
line eighteen miles. This may be called the
second great trunk line from Chattanooga, 277
miles in all. This connects at Selma with
steamers for Mobile by the Alabama River,
navigable at all seasons, and on the West by
the Selma and Meridian Road, 107 miles, which
in turn connects with the Vicksbnrg and Meri
dian Road, to Vicksburg, Mississippi, 140 miles,
penetrating the heart of the cotton region of
central Alabama and Mississippi.
lie third great trunkline was the Alabama &
Chattanooga, from Chattanoogo to Meridian via
Elyton and Tuscaloosa. The Wills Valley is
particularly rich in coal and iron. The moun
tains on either side, for a distance along the
ronte of 60 miles, are filled with these minerals.
In constructing this road cuts were frequently
made through iron. In some instances embank
ments were made of iron ore taken from the ex
cavations. This road then passes through the
Black Warrior coal field, embracing from 5,000
to 7,000 square miles, with iron and coal lying
side by side.
It is now in process of rapid construction, the
work progressing on each end. Arrangements
are also being perfected for its continuance from
Meridian to New Orleans, [about 160 miles, mak
ing this, via Chattanooga and Cincinnati, the
shortest line from. New Orleans to the Northern
railroads, and connecting at New Orleans with
the Bystem of Texas roads.
The fourth great line from Chattanooga is that
from Montgomery to Decatur, Alabama, about
185 miles, thence, by the Memphis and Charles
ton road to Chattanooga. The former is imder
contract in the hands of responsible parties to
be completed within two years. Thus yon have
two great trunk lines, penetrating Alabama to
the Golf—one through the heart of the cotton
region—the other penetrating the great coal and
iron regions of that State.
The fifth great trank is that of the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad, from Chattanooga due
west to Memphis, on the banks of the Missis
sippi, 300 miles, with an income exceeding $1,-
500,00 per annum.
In addition to the five trank lines, there are
the Nashville and Chattanooga, 151 miles, and
the East Tennessee and Georgia, 112 miles,
Chattanooga to Knoxville, making seven grand
trunk lines centering at Chattanooga, amounting
in the aggregate to over 3500 miles of road in
actual operation, besides 500 miles in course of
construction.
Colonel Hulbert, after this careful and valu
able exposition of the system of Southern Rail
way, closed with the following reflections:
“Chattanooga being the Northern centre of
the great railroad system of the Sonth, and
Cincinnati being the centre of the Southern
line of the great railway system between the
Rocky Mountains and the coast—with the com
pletion of this proposed Southern road, Cincin
nati will command the entire trade of the Gulf
of Mexico, almost the entire cotton trade of
the Sonth. Time was when cotton was moved
mainly by water. That time has passed. The
commodity is too valuable. Steamers and sail
vessels are too slow. Three-fourths of the cot©
ton crop, since the war, has been moved by
rail, although the difficulties in the way are
great, having to ship by roundabout routes. In
consequence of this, for three years, the ship
ment of our cotton crop has been delayed, and
our planting interests have suffered. We feel
the necessity of a great railway connection with
the Northern railway system.
“Chattanooga is nearly on an air line to Pen
sacola, and from there it is only eighteen hours’
ran to Havana. With such a grand railroad
connection, Cincinnati ought to control the su
gar trade of Cuba. [Cheers.] And J not only
this, bnt the South American trade immediately
south of the Gulf, and especially the coffee
trade of BraziL [Renewed cheers.]
There is no railroad project on this continent
so important to the great interests of _ the conn-
try at large as this single line. Cincinnati has
it in her power, within ten yearn, to command
the trade of the Gulf of Mexico, almost the en
tire trade of the cotton States, and the trade of
Sonth America. It rests with you to say wheth
er you wUl possess yourselves of this privilege
or not. v
“So far as our being able- to aid yon, I would
say that we are poor. The war ruined us; our
railroads were almost broken np, to repair
which we have contracted large debts; we are
just now getting upon onr feet again; we are
not able to subscribe largely, unless it is done
collectively, and this I will, upon my return,
urge upon my railroad friends, and ask them to
unite in building this trank road from Chatta
nooga to the State line. [Cheers.] Knoxville
has been spoken of as a terminus. I think it
should be one of the termini. But we ask of
you—all our Southern roads having important
business relations for you—ask that you do not
place a third party between yourselves and ns.”
[Applause.]
A, PROCLAMATION
GEORGIA.
By E. B. Bullock, Governor of said State.
'Whereas, Official information has been received
at this Department that a murder was committed in
the county of Coffee, on the 12th day of June. 1869..
upon the body of Elisa Taylor, by Daniel Marti*,
and that raid Martin has fled f.-om justice.
I have thought proper, therefore, to istua thi», my.>
proclamation, hereby offering a reward of Five Hun
dred Dollars for tbe apprehension and-delivery of tbe-
said Martin, with proof sufficient to oonviet, to th»
Sheriff of said county and State.
And I do moreover charge and require all officers in
this State, civil and military, to be vigilant in en
deavoring to apprehend the said Martin, in order-
that he may be brought to trial for the offence with ■
which he stands charged.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the State,
at the Capitol in Atlanta, this 13th day of July, in
the year of onr Lord Eighteen Hnndred and Sixty-
Nine, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the Ninety-Fourth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor.-
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting,
Secretary of State-
DESCRIPTION:
The said Daniel Martin is abont 35 years of age;
sallow complexion, dark hair, sandr beard, brown
eyes, is abont 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, his finger next
to the little finger of the left hand is off at the second
joint, wounded in the left leg, wears a bandage from
the knee to the ankle, full front of teeth, and high
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UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE.
MSDXOAL DEPARTMENT.
T HE Twentieth Coarse of Lectures will commence
on the first day of November next. The Prelim
inary Course commences on the first Monday in 0c-
tober.
Theory and Practice—Wm. K. Bowling. 31. D.
Obstetrics—Chas. 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, 31. D.
Materia Medica—John H. Callender, M. D.
Anatomy—Thos. B. Buchanan, M. D.
Surgical Anatomy—Van 8. Lindsley, M.D.
Demonstrator—Henry M. Compton, M. p.
FEES.—The American Medical Association at the
meeting in May last" at New Orleans, passed a reso
lution that no school charging less than S120, (while
it favored by alarge majority 8140.) should be repre
sented in that body, nor should graduates of such
schools be recognised—therefore the tickets for the
full course of lectures is S140: Matriculating So; Dis
secting 810: Graduating 830.
For additional
jnly!3-w3t* Dean of the faculty.
A PROCLAMATION.
GEOUGIA.
By R. B. Bollock, Governor ofeaid State.
Whereas, Official information has been received at
this Department, of the escape from the jail of Burke
county, of Jones Singleton,who wasattheMay Term.
1869, of the Superior Court ofBurke county convicted
of tho crime of bnrglary, committed in the said eouaty
of Burke.
I have thought proper, therefore, to issue this, aay
proclamation, hereby offering a reward of Two Hun
dred Dollars for the apprehension and delivery of the
said Jones Singleton to the Sheriff of said county aai*
State.
And I do, moreover, charge and require all offieera-
in this State, civil and military, to be vigilant in en
deavoring to apprehend the said Jones Singleton, in
order that the sentence of the law may be executed,
j Given under my hand and the great Seal of the States
at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, this 12th day
of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine, and of the Independence,
of the United States, the ninety-fourth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor;
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting, Secretary of State-
TO THE PUBLIC:
■yOU will not trnst Mary Dyer (my wife) on my ac
count, as I shall not hold myself responsible for her
contracts.
jalyl3-dltw3t*
THOMAS DYER.
JUDGE OF US BY TfiB PAST.
ADAMS) JONES & REYNOLDS
a proclamation:
gbougiaT
By B. B. Bullock, Governor of said State©
Whereas, Official information has been received
at this Department, that Geo. W. Jordan and Samuel
P. Crawford, are charged with haring committed the
offence of “Assault with Intent to Murder” upon the
persons of two sons of Dr. C. M. Griffin, in the county
of Bartow, and that the said Jordan and Crawford
have fled from justice.
I have thought proper, therefore, to issue this, xoy
proclamation, hereby offering a reward of Five Hun
dred Dollars for tne apprehension and delivery of the
said Jordan and Crawford, with proof sufficraat to-
convict, to the Sheriff of said eonnty and State.
And I do moreover charge and reqnire all ofiican
in this State, eivil and military, to be vigilant in en
deavoring to apprehend the said Jordan and-Craw
ford. in order that they may be brought to trial for'
the pffence with which they stand oharged-
Given under my hand and the great seal of the State,,
at the Capitol in Atlanta, this 12th day of July.tu
the year of your Lord, 1869, and of the Indepen
dence of the United States of America the ninety—
fourth. buFUSB-BULLOGSt;
Govern er.
By the Governor :
David G. Cottisg,
Secretary of State.
DESCRIPTION:
Georg, w. Jordan!, ******* ««**-
- --- - made, and angular Ikee, rather dark compleafen 1
been their pleasure to serve the past season so satis
factorily. that they will find them fully prepared and
ready to receive, store, ship or sell to the very best
advantage, all Cotton consigned to them during tbe
eoming season: while to those who have not he-eto-
fore tried ns, we would say we know we can please
you.
We offer the nsnal aceommoda’ion to our patrons
on their growing crops, and wil' take pleasure in fill
ing their orders for supplies promptly and at lowest
market rates. Call and see os at the
PLANTERS’ WAREHOUSE.
Opposite Brown’s and Byicgton’s Hotels.
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quick spoken and intelligent; is about 25 or 26 yew*
of age, married a lady named Eaton, who is now at
her mother’s, in Cobh county, somewhere between
Marietta and Roswell Factory.
Samuel P. Crawford is about 25 years old, about 6
feet high, rather fair complexion, his an oli piste!
shot wound on therightside of his (bee, wbloh has de
stroyed the sight of the right eye. Has silulsg-
effeminate manner of speaking, and is not mSeriM.
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