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MACON', FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1869.
Colonel Hnlbert’s Speech.----,...
We heartily commend thi3 speech, delivered
beforo the Press Excursion, to the very careful
consideration of all Georgians. It is ti muUum
.fapare?." It would be difficult to condense
more liberal and enlightened views and practi
cal suggestions and more important statiscal
facts in less space. First, it considers the grand
■ question of what ought to be the policy of the
State Road, more especially in reference to the
development of the great material and industri-
■ al interests of Georgia; and wo are sure that,
upon this point, the intelligent reader will be
pleased with the breadth, liberality and sound
ness of tjie views suggested and the policy in
part carried out by Colonel Hulbert.
Next wo have, in startling array, the immi
nent dangers which menace the profitable exis
tence of this great property of the State, and
suggestions in detail of countervailing remedies
which will put the road upon a secure and inde
pendent footing in virtue of a permanent, self-
created trade.
This addressis the result of much thought
and patient investigation, and treats of topics
transoendently important to the State and the
people. It has no other political bearing than
the best method of preserving, administering
and using a great State property for the best in
terests of the State, and it presents, in a forci
ble light, topics which must come before the
Legislature for their deliberation and action un
less they are willing to see that great property
interest, the Western and Atlantic road, sunk
into practical worthlessness for the lack of timely
action to supply losses of business inevitable on
account of competing lines.
Improving.
The Macon Telegaph apologises for the spe
cial invitation sent to Beast Butler to attend the
Macon Fair. It says Butler was invited as a
Congressman, and not as a man. Might it not
be said, also, by way of apology for the infa
mous deeds committed by hum in the South and
upon Southern people, that they were merely
committed in his character of Beast, and not as
&man t—Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel oj the
23 d inst.
The Macon Telegraph had no concern in
inviting General Butler, and did not, therefore,
apologise for the act The Telegraph, however,
explained that the invitation resulted probably
from the general orders of the Executive Com
mittee to invite the Members of Congress—or
ders given without any recollection that General
Butler was one of them or with the slightest de
sign to extend the invitation to him, and that it
was, in fact, a “mere inadvertence. This ex
planation is perverted and distorted in manner
form as above, by the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Again, in response to another paragraph hav
ing the same general object, we beg leave to as
sure the Chronicle that the President of the
Central is commonly termed in Macon “ Gen.
Wadley”—not in respect to any local good or
evil he may' purpose or accomplish for this
place, but simply because the Confederate
States conferred that title upon him, and not the
rank and title of Colonel, as the Republican and
Chronicle and Sentinel suppose.
The Slain Point:
The events of the last few years have strength
ened the conviction of sagacious observers that
the South is destined in future, a3 in the past,
to be the great source of the world’s supply of this
essential article, since there is scarcely a limit
to its production in that field, under a liberal
application of capital and an adequate supply of
labor, which, it may be taken for granted, will
be found elsewhere. In view of the constantly
tightening hold which cotton has upon commerce,
there is everywhere a manifest disposition to
make a concerted and determined effort to re
cover the ground which was lost daring the re
bellion. There are several important elements
in this problem, which constitute a strong in
centive to the rehabilitation of the great staple.
The foregoing is from the New York Shipping
and Commercial List of the 18th, and is a con
cession assuring the whole future of the South.
The cotton supplies of the world must come
from Southern soil, and if one kind of labor is
inefficient or insufficient, another or more is
compelled to be had. The work must go on—
the crop must be increased far beyond its high
est original dimensions, and this settled fact as
sures us progress and improvement—increased
population—increased value of lands—increased
wealth. As our cotton product increases and
prices foil, the decline will be checked by the
falling off in the foreign supply until finally, os
we believe, tho Southern States will acquire a
complete monopoly in cotton production.
Putnam County Fair.
'We advertise to-day the list of premiums to
be awarded at the Fair in Patnam county, which
commences the 2d day of November next. This
will be a lively occasion, and, we have no doubt,
a complete success in every aspect. The show
will be a large one and all the appointments
very complete. Putnam deserves great credit
for the persistent energy she has displayed in
these exhibitions and in all the enterprises of
an improved agriculture.
Gold Gambling.—We are inclined to believe
that there is a mistake in the reported gold quo
tations at the morning board yesterday. If so,
the evening report, when it comes, will rectify
it. But if gold jumped down, in a quarter of an
hour, from 162 to 136 and a fraction, the Gov
ernment had probably stepped in as a bear and
floored the speculators. The Government has
or had about two millions gold in New York, and
was in prime condition to slaughter the gold
bulls. There was fearful bellowing yesterday,
if the report is true.
Burned to Death.—Three negroes were swal
lowed up in a terrible conflagration now raging
in the dismal swamp. They were employed
there, and the fire surrounded them while asleep
in a hut and burned them to a crisp.
Heavy Fluctuation—The noon dispatches
say at 12 m. yesterday gold was 162. Fifteen
minutes later it fell to 13GJ. If there’s no mis
take in the figures we should call that a heavy
fluctuation in the course of fifteen minutes.
Rain at Last.—We had a fine rain yesterday
and the chanoes for quantum suff. of the article
are now very good.
The Northern mail failed yesterday.
|)eep vs. Shallow Cnllnre.
' We have'a very simple proposition to make in
answer to our correspondent “J.’D. 8.” in re
gard to shallow and deep culture. Every farm
er can satisfy himself upon the matter with lit
tle risk and cost. Let him lay off two contigu
ous patches—ten or twenty feet square will an
swer—of the same quality of soil, either in field
or garden, manure alike—break up alike—plant
alike and then cultivate one patch deeply and
the other on the shallow plan, and he will then
see for himself which is the better system. It
is an important question and practical tests will
settle it much more conclusively than theoriz
ing-
No experienced gardener need be told that
“shallow” culture will not answer for his garden
truck. If he wishes to raise fine tomatoes, or
turnips, or cabbages, or beets, he has got to
keep his soil mellowed to the bottom. When
cabbages are beginning to head the one thing
needful is to spade deep all around them and
make tho earth as friable as possible—and he
does this without lacerating the roots of the
plants. Nor, in the case of the cotton patch al
luded to were the roots lacerated; but by keep
ing the swingle-tree clear of the cotton limbs or
branches all that dreadful catastrophe was avoid
ed. On the other hand, without deep culture
the soil of the patch, however deeply broken in
the Spring, would have impacted nearly as
hard as ever during tho cropping season.
And as for the yield, a little patch constantly
and closely picked cannot be white with cotton;
but two experienced planters from Pulaski gave
it as their opinion, that it would yield during
the season at the rate of 4,000 pounds of seed
cotton to the acre, while the bolls are so large
that it is found that sixty-five of them produce
a pound of seed cotton. The fibre is also of
corresponding fineness and length.
Now, let us understand the point at issue.—
There is much—very much of tho soil of Geor
gia to which deep culture may not bo so essen
tial. We have much of a loose, sandy soil
which does not readily impact and which, brok
en up thoroughly in the Spring will remain com
paratively light and friable till cropping is
over. That soil may readily fulfil all its func
tions pretty well with snrface culture, although
it would do them better with at least one good
lifting as the cotton begins to branch smartly.
But, on the other hand, there are our fine red
clay soils, which, we think, are on the whole
the most valuable in the State. That soil will
impact again in a comparatively short time af
ter breaking up, and mere surface culture will
leave it in no favorable condition to convey to
the roots of the plants the air and moisture nec
essary to their vigorous development.
Kir. Gnslin’s Cotton Patch.
Editors Telegraph,; Much has been said
about this little cotton patch, and very deserv
edly, for it demonstrates one very important
principle in agriculture—deep preparation of
the soil. Mr. Gustin misplaces tho grand secret
of success in this patch—if indeed it be a suc
cess—when he refers it to the deep cultivation.
To my mind, from all the descriptions given, it
is far less the cultivation than the preparation
and fertilization of the soil that make this patch
look so fine under the drought that has prevailed
this season.
I like to see things referred to their proper
sources, and certainly the progress of agricul
ture requires compliance with this motto. Facts
should be properly accredited—not distorted to
the support of fancy theories. In the case be
fore us there is nothing to sustain the proposi
tion that deep culture made tho crop, but suffi-
cient reason for believing that the crop was made
despite the deep cultivation.
Mr. Gustin started right in making his land
rich and breaking it very deep ; and in these
very steps consist tho whole secret. The deep
culture did not promote, but only retarded, the
growth and production of the plant. The crop
would have been much better had the system of
snrface cultivation been adopted. It would have
matured earlier, and a large crop of cotton
would already have been open—ready for pick
ing. Every- time you cut the roots of a plant
you arrest its growth, and every root you cut in
jures the plant in proportion.
Nature never puts forth a root that is not nec
essary for the support of the plant. Most of the
lateral roots in Mr. Gustin’s patch must have
been cut every time he ploughed it, for he as
serts that he cultivated about as deep as he pre
pared the land, which ho says was about 20
inches. Yet you say, Mr. Editor, that “tho
whole of this deeply pulverized soil has become
a net-work of these lateral roots.” At what time
during the season was this net-work of roots
formed? Certainly not during the season of cul
tivation, for the “ subsoil lifter” must have tom
them up every time it went along. These rootB
must have sprung forth, then, subsequent to the
last ploughing: Consequently, the lateness of
the crop and the green, luxuriant appearance of
the patch the middle of September, when it
ought to have been white as snow with the
“fleecy staple.”
I consider this patch a failure, Mr. Editor,
because of the gouging, root-cutting culture.—
It is not what it ought to be with the fertilizers
used. It is too late. The October frosts will
catch it The very liberal application of Gus
tin’s Rawbone Superphosphate, together with
the deep breaking and subsoiling of the land,
fully explains all that is claimed for this patch.
Had it been cultivated differently, tho early and
late roots of the cotton allowed to penetrate this
deeply pulverised and rich soil, without moles
tation, the crop would have been far better, and
Mr. Gustin would have been enjoying a better
reputation as a scientific agriculturist. He
compounds an excellent fertilizer, but he can
not pump it into cotton bolls like Mr. Dickson.
His subsoil lifter won’t compare with the Dick
son sweep; and his far-famed little cotton patch
I apprehend, will never whiten with cotton
bolls like Dickson’s hundred acre fields.
J. S. D.
Houston county, September 22, 18G9.
A Photographer attached to the War Office
in England has succeeded in measuring dis
tances and heights by means of the camera,
thereby making it a formidable agent in military
operations. . 'j
Congo Square, in New Orleans, is to change
its name for Humboldt Square, so soon as the
Germans ereet a statue to Humboldt in it. So
decides the New Orleans City Council, on the
petition of German citizens.
These years ago Madame Chevreux, a famous
soothsayer, predicted to the Empress Eugenie
that her husband would die in the year 1870.
Heavy Consignment.—The steamship Mont
gomery brought four thousand two hundred
packages of through freight for the Central
Railroad Company, which, we understand, is
the heaviest ever dipped through on that road.
[Savannah News.
Homicide In Donglierfy.
We have, says the Albany News of the 21th,
to chronicle another one of those horrible out
rages incident to freedom and the abuse of the
pardoning power.
Mr. J. W. Jaudon, son-in-law of Mr. Dyke, of
this county, and the manager on his plantation
a few miles below this city, was stabbed and in
stantly killed on Tuesday ovening last by Joe
Smith, a colored employee on the place.
The circumstances, as we learn them, show
fiendish malice and a murderous purpose in the
heart of the negro.
It is said that the negro has, on some recent
occasion, been detected in cotton-stealing, but
was not prosecuted, and continued the practice.
Mr. Jaudon found out that he wa3 stealing Mr.
Dyke’s cotton, and selling it to a man by the
name of Holoome, who keeps a shop in the
neighborhood. He went to see Holcombe, who
told him that he had been baying cotton from
Joe. Mr. Jaudon informed him that Joe was
stealing the cotton, and requested him to buy
no more from him.
Tuesday evening, when the negroes came up
with the day’s picking to the ginhouse, Joe
made some remark to Mr. Jaudon about the ac
cusation of cotton stealing. Mr. Jaudon told
him that he had been stealing Mr. Dyke's cot
ton and threatened him with prosecution. Joe
told him that he was a “damned liar,” and leap
ing from the wagon dared him to come down off
the platform. Mr. Jaudon went down and ap-
E roached Joe, who was cursing and abusing
im. A few words passed and they got hold of
each other, when Joe plunged a knife into his
heart and he died almost instantaneously.
Joe fled, and though the country has been
i scoured for him, he has not been arrested. He
| is a tall, stout, yellow negro, and bears a bad
, character.
Mr. Jaudon was a young man about twenty-
eight, and leaves a young wife, but no children.
State Road Payment.—The Atlanta Intelli-
Science threatens the extinguishment of the
“dusty miller.” A method has been discovered
of making bread without grinding the grain, and
a patent has been taken out- for the process. In
making bread from flour there is much waste,
one hundred pounds of grain yielding only one
hundred and twelve pounds of bread. By the
new process the same amount of grain will pro
duce one hundred and fifty pounds of bread.
Moreover, the decomposed and lost gluten in the
oldproeees is preserved in the new.
gencer of yesterday contains the following:
[ Wasters and Atlantic Railroad,)
' Omen Superintendent, j.
Atlanta, Ga., September 23, I860.)
To His Excellency, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor,
Atlanta, Ga. :
Sib : I have this day paid to N. L. Angier,
Esq., Treasurer of the State of Georgia, twenty-
five thousand ($25,000) dollars for the month of
August, 1869, from the earnings of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad.
I am, Governor, very respectfully your obedi
ent servant, E. Hulbert, Sup’t.
From Washington.
Washington, September 24.—It is stated that
Gen. Canby recommends the re-establishment of
the 'Freedmen’s Bureau in Virginia. Among the
reasons given for this action is tho drought produc
ing scarcity and threatening much suffering among
the negroes. . '
Cuban partizans here have startling news. Dis-
sentions have compelled the reorganization of the
army, and President Cespedes has assnmod su
preme command with Jordan as chief of staff. Tho
Cubans assassinated two Cuban Generals before the
reorganizations.
Koopmanschaap, the Chinese importer, visited
Secretary Boutwell on tho revenue question regard
ing rice. Incidentally Chinese immigration was dis
cussed. Mr. Boutwell says it won’t be interfered
with, unless tlio laws are violated. Koopmanschaap
insists that his operations are within tho laws’ in
structions.
Koopmanschaap goes to Memphis and thence to
New Orleans and thence to Louisville to the Com
mercial Convention. Thenco ho goos to China to
fill the contracts he may make.
Tho Northern California Indians are becoming
hostile and gave the commander of Fort Bidwell
ten days to release several prisoners. Otherwise
they would assail the Fort.
Tho Secretary of the Treasury has authorized tho
Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell to-morrow
four millon dollars of gold and buy four million dol
lars worth of bonds.
A full Cabinet was held to-day for the first time
for several months.
Count Catacazy, the Russian Minister, was re
ceived by tho President to-day.
Tho President appointed Jas. M. Dickerson As
sessor for tho Sixth Tennessee District, and Wm.
Reele, Assessor Second Tennessee District.
Tho Treasury Department has ordered the build
ing of three new revenua cutters.
Tho agricultural report states, regarding com,
that unless tho close of the season is very favor
able, there must be one hundred and fifty millions
bushels less than a full crop.
Regarding cotton tho report says there will bo a
reduction in the yield of cotton from the Carolinas
to Alabama, and a material increase from Missis
sippi to Texas. Georgia, Florida and South Caro
lina have suffered most, mainly from drought, and
in a few localities from rust, tho caterpillar and boll
worm. Our estimates mako tho increaso in Missis
sippi, Louisiana and Texas, respectively, ten, twelve
and fourteen per cent. The probabilities at present
favor a yield of two millions seven hundred and
fifty thousand bales.
Tho wheat crop is largo and the quality in the
South decidedly superior.
Nothing certain is known regarding the Cabinet.
Texas was np, and it is stated on quite reliable au
thority, that the determination was reached to throw
the Executive influence in favor of Davis, the ex
treme candidate for Governor. In furtherance of
this policy, J. G. Tracy, Chairman of tho Republi
can Executive Committee, has boon appointed Post
master at Houston, and Swanty Palm, Postmaster
at Austin. It is stated on the same authority,
(quite good,) that other Federal officers opposing
Davis, will bo removed. It is worthy of notice that
while the abovo items are thrust into the hands of
reporters, other actions of the Cabinet is carefully
concealed.
Washington, Sept. 25.—It is stated that the Presi
dent, on reading the accounts strongly committing
tho Executive to interference in favor of tho ex
tremists in Texas and Mississippi, said to parties of
his officcial household, that the reports were not
substantially true. The facts are that the President
will allow the secretaries to act their pleasure in
their several departments. This will throw the pa
tronage of the Postoffice, Treasury, and Attorney
General for the extremists and tho State and Navy
and Interior, if they interfero at all, will favor tho
Conservative Republicans. This rough statement
of the atuation is the closest approximation possi
ble. The best opinion persists in asserting neutrali
ty in the highest quarters.
Revenue to-day, $400,000.
The Register of tho Treasury has gone to Penn
sylvania to stump it for Geary.
Hoar has been applied to for his opinion regard
ing tho power of the Virginia Legislature to elect
Senators.
M. Billio, new Danish Minister, was presented to
tho President to-day.
The President has appointed Nathan Patton Col
lector of Customs for the First District of Texas,
and Wm. B. Moore, Assessor for tho Second Dis
trict of Texas.
Twenty-five thousand in fractional currency was
forwarded each to Charleston and New Orleans, to
day.
Major General Reynolds has addressed a letter
to President Grant, dated September 4th, in which,
after speaking of political affairs in Texas, ho says:
‘•The platform of the two wings of the Republican
party are tho same. The Radical wing act out their
professions of adherence to the reconstruction laws
of Congress and present for office men who are
qualified under these laws. The Conservative wmg
frequently nominato men for office who are known
to be disqualified under tho reconstruction laws, but
who are also known to be acceptable to tho Demo
crats. The success of the A. J. Hamilton faction,
as it will be produced by Democratic votes will be
tho defeat of Republicanism in Texas, and will put
tho Stato in tho bands of the very men who, daring
the entire period of the rebellion, exerted every
nerve to destroy the Union, and who have uniform
ly opposed the reconstruction laws with a persisten
cy worthy of a better cause.”
General News.
Salt Lake City, September 24.—Thomas M.-
Bates has commenced suit here against the Union
and Pacific Railroad for thirty-nine million dollars,
for money and supplies furnished.
Charleston, S. C., September 24—-Arrived, bark
Annie Torrey, Richmond, Me.
Savannah. September 24.—Cleared, steamship
North Point, Baltimore. Arrived, ship Universe,
Liverpool; brig Isabel, Boston; steamship United
States from New Orleans for New York—put in for
coal; schooner Oliver L. Baurke, with a cargo of
sugar from Capo Barien for Boston, put in in dis
tress, having been ashore on Sapelo Island, Ga.
San Francisco. Sept. 25.—Yesterday a heavy rush
for gold was caused by Atlantio advices. The banks
refused to sell at any price.
The Israelites have organized an immigration so
ciety to wd persons of their faith to come from Eu
rope.
The banks of London and San Francisco have
drawn on London for a million and a half of gold.
New York, September 25.—The Gold Board ad
journed to 10 o'clock on Monday. A committee
will then be appointed to request Butterfield, Assist
ant Treasurer, to' postpone the sale of four millions
to some future day. No gold transactions of to-day
will be recognized by the Board.
A broker named Solomon Mapler committed sui
cide to-day—cause, gold losses.
The Assistant Treasurer has accepted throe mil
lion dollars of five-twenties offered to-day at from
1161-7@1181-8. The amount bid was seven and a
half million dollars.
Niagara Fails, September 25.—The horses at
tached to a carriage containing a gentleman and
five ladies, became unmanagable. The gentleman
jumped out and escaped. The carriage and horses,
with the ladieB, went over a bank fifty feet high.-
One of the ladies was killed and one fatally hurt.
The others were terribly bruised. The party be
longs to Providence, B. L
From Louisiana.
New Obleans, September 24.—This evening’s
Picayune says: “For some time past investigations
have been quietly going on in the custom house, of
books, as far back as Kellogg’s regime. It has been
discovered that during Kellogg’s administration of
customs, large frauds were perpetrated in a man
ner so bold and flagrant, that it would be an insult
to the intelligence of the officials, then in office, to
snppose they were not cognizant of the facts. Ves
sels of comparatively small ton age cleared from
this port with cargoes.apparently of whisky,on their
manifests, that Bhips of three and four times their
capacity could not have stowed away. Imaginary
merchants of Honolula and Greenland; received on
paper many such consignments, which in reality
were sent West or put on the market here.”
Foreign News..
Paris, September 24.—Pere Hvacinthe has left
his convent and gone home to his parents, where
he will await the decision of the council. *•' *! k
Galais assorts that Franco has sent a note to
Prussia, declaring that the annexation of tho Grand
Duchy of Baden will be regarded as an. act which
will cause a war. - .V-1 v f[ 1
Paris, September 25—The Oonstitutionol denies
the story of the French note to Prussia, that the
absorption of Baden would be considered an act of
wax.
From Virginia.
Richmond, September 24.—There was an extraor
dinary scene in tho Hustings Court to-day. George
Washington, colored, was convicted of horse stealing
and sentenced to tony ears’ imprisonment in the pen
itentiary. Being askedwhathehadtosayfho turned
to a large negro audience in the Court-house, and
warned them against the Yankees and carpet-bag
gers, who were the ruin of their race and of the
Stato. Ho hoped, when he came out in ten ^ears,
to find the star-spangled banner waving over Vir
ginia ; the State governed by her own people, and
ail carpet-baggers in tho bottom of tho ocean. The
speech created considerable excitement.
The City Council to-day appropriated 810,000 to
arrange the Fair Grounds for the Stato Fair, which
comes off November 2d.
Gen. Canby has printed his correspondence with
prominent Virginians relative to the test oath. The
letters show that as early as June 4th, a month be
fore the election, ho had, in roply to letters of in
quiry, announced his intention of requiring the oath
of members of tho Legislature.
The London Times on the Cotton
Supply.
London, September 23.—The Times in an
article on the cotton supply, says that Mr. Ash
worth and Mr. Bright, by different methods,
arrive at the same end, namely: That nothing
is wanted but more cotton. More cotton would
start the mills and silenco tho clamors against
freo trade. Of this we are not sure, but we are
well aware that the prostration of industry in
Lancashire demands attention. Cotton is dear
because it is scarce. VVhy scarce, because the
crop of the Southern States, with consignments
from other points, has enormously increased the
supply. If less cotton arrives, Liverpool must
investigate the cause. It would be safer to say
that Lancashire suffers from the loss of trade
more than from the dearness and scarcity of
cotton. Tho demands for goods is less than it
formerly was. If the Americans would take our
manufactures as freely as we take their cotton
and com, the industry would bo entirely over
the supply of material.
Thus it is not improbable that the protective
tariff of other countries are answerablo in the
same dogreo. for the depression in Lancashire.
It is certain that in this case cheap ootton will
not remedy the suffering. The loss of the mar
ket is not material. Our manufactures con
trolled the world; they were better and cheaper
than those of other countries. What is to be
done now, that people refuse to buy in the
cheapest market? Without free trade manu
facturing looses its value. If trade is bad in
consequence of the restriction of other countries,
the scarcity or abundance of cotton is immate
rial without a doubt. Lancashire suffers be
cause other countries refuse to trade with us
freely. To attempt to relieve her by refusing
to trade freely with them would be absurd.
Harrying a Lord.
AN ENGLISH LORD IN THE TOILS.
From the New York Sun.)
Yesterday the gentlemen friends of Lord Hal
bert Ainsley, of London, entertained him with
a dinner in honor of his engagement to a beauti
ful Staten Island belle and heiress, which has
just been announced. His Lordship arrived in
this country in July, and while sojourning at
one of tho places of fashionable resort, fell in
love, proposed and was accepted by the beauti
ful girl who is his fiancee. The dinner was given
at the residence of Mr. Jared Oliver, in Twen
ty-third street It was entirely a “stag” party;
but during the dinner young Ainsley announced
that it was his intention to give a dejeuner at
an early day to both ladies and gentlemen.
Wine flowed Iiko water and wit accordingly
sparkled at tho festive board. Tho party broke
np at about 6 o'clock and the hacks about the
Fifth Avenue Hotel were in uncommon demand.
The nuptials aro to be celebrated in grand
style in November, and, we are assured, “will
throw into the shade any wedding ever solemn
ized in New York.” The prospective bride is
having her trousseau made in this city from
patterns sent from Paris. This wedding will
probably take place in Grace Church and the
subsequent reception at Delmonico's.
From Lowndes County.
We clip tho following from the Valdosta Times
of the 22d:
Health of the County.—We hear of very
little sickness this season, in any part of the
county. There is no healthier county in the
State, and this season it exceeds itself. The
doctors complain that they can neither live nor
die. Quacks doing a reasonable business.
Cotton.—The great enemy of the staple, just
at this time, is not the rust, neither the cater
pillar, but a powerfnl big African camp meeting
four or five miles west of this place. In vain
the planters tell their laborers that religion will
do just as well after the cotton picking is done.
They seem to be impressed with the idea that
“now is the accepted time,” and leave the fields
white with unpicked cotton, inarching in streams
for the camp ground.
Arrival from Scotland.—We are pleased to
mention the arrival in our midst of Mr. George
Gregor, and his family, from Glasgow, Scotland.
He designs making Lowndes coanty his home,
having been attracted toward it during the ef
forts of the county to get Scotch immigrants in
'67. Oar people welcome him, and hope that
many more will follow in his footsteps.
The Black Tongue has made its appearanoe
among the deer. Of a lot of tame ones in a
county of Southwest Georgia, nearly all have
died from it, and a wild fawn, captured in thiB
county, showed symptoms of the same disease.
Several years ago the race became almost ex
tinct from its ravages, and at the same time
large numbers of cattle were destroyed.—
It will be fortunate if it is confined to the deer
alone.
The cause of this disease is attributed by
some to the fire that has been scorching the veg
etable kingdom since the commencment of the
drought.
Chicken Cholera.—Scarcely an egg is to be
seen in the stores, and very few ohiokens are
heard to squall in the carts. The ladies gener
ally report a hard time among the hen families.
In some places they die in large numbers. May
they soon recover their health and the hens re
sume their work of supplying the market.
The Great Colorado Canon.
The WeBtem papers announce the return of
Colonel Powell from sn exploration of the Grand
Canon of the Colorado. The party descended
the river about four hnndred miles, between
walls almost vertically Tanging from five hun
dred to fifteen hundred feet in height, the exte
rior rim of the canon being from 2500 to 4000
feet above the bed of the river. More than two
hundred waterfalls and cascades, emptying them
selves over the falls of the canon into the main
river, were seen in this distance, presenting
almost every variety of natural soenery. The
geological formation of the canon consists prin
cipally of limestone and sandstone. Granite was
found only at three places and in a limited
amount. No discoveries of precious metals
were made and no indications of gold or silver
were found in the bed of the river. One section
of the canon was found to consist of very fine
and beautiful polished marble, which is at pres
ent entirely inaccessible. The country traversed
is barren beyond description, and is pronounced
by Golonel Powell not susoeptible of cultivation
even by irrigation.
While Mr. Abraham was sitting on the veran
dah of Capt. W. H. Mauri’s house in Gillman,
Ill., a few days ago, he heard the pitiful cries of
a frog in distress. - No sooner had he turned his
eyes in the direotion from whence the ories pro
ceeded than he observed a young rooster who
had also been attracted by the same dries of dis
tress, and was just beginning a furious attack
upon something which Mr. Abraham could not
distinguish. Upon approaohing nearer the spot
he found a snake which had caught a frog and
was making arrangements for a square meal.
The rooster had in turn attacked the snake, and
with bill and spur succeeded in causing it to re
linquish the frog. As soon as the rooster was
in possession of the frog, he ceased fighting and
commenced eating frog meat, whereupon the
snake, in return, made a charge upon him,
which was gallantly repelled by the rooster, who
made off with the frog and finished his dinner.
His meal finished, the rooster returned, and
again engaged in oombat with the snake. The
fight resnited in the defeat of the chicken, which
sought safety in flight, leaving his snakeshlp
victor of the field, though cheated out of his din-
Snbstance of the Remarks
MADE BY •**»/;. . . "
COLONEL E. HULBERT,
' *. " BEFORE THE P ’ .
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA!-
Delivered on Board the Steamer Etourah, on the
Coosa Diver, Saturday Bight, August 28,1869.
Gentlemen : It is my desire, on this occasion,
to say a word or two as to the object which
brought us together. It cannot be better stated
than in my circular, an extract from which I
will road yon. In that circular I said:
“Our immediate section abounds in resonrees
whose value, developed by the well-directed and
energetic application of labor and capital, it is
impossible to estimate.
“Imbedded in our mountains, almost every
where, are deposits of the richest Iron and other
Ores, whose development will give profitable
employment to thousands of people and to mil
lions of capital. ' '
“Theso resources of our State, skillfully and
energetically developed, will; in a few years,
cause the Iron Crop of Georgia to exceed in
value her present Cotton crop. An examina
tion of them is all that is needed to demonstrate
the proposition and convince the most skepti
cal.” '
In that I meant business, nothingmore—noth
ing else.
It was to afford, an opportunity to examine
these, in part, as to quality, abundance, and ex
tent, that this excursion was projected. Their
limits are undefined—their speedy and proper
development is a matter of vital importance 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 State of their development.
But I spoke of Pennsylvania because the re
sults there are a practical illustration of the
benefits of the policy I would pursue in Geor
gia. . Twenty-five years ago, only, she adopted
the policy of development. Persons present
know how rapid tho growth of her coal and iron
interest has been, and to what it is to be attrib
uted. It is mainly due to the liberal manage
ment of the Pennsylvania railways. They pur
sued the policy of reducing freights on coal and
iron to low rates—lower than those of any other
roads in tho country. The burden of expense
was at one time so great and tho profits so small
that they were almost ready to give up the ex
periment in despair. But they persisted; the
business began finally to increase, slowly but
steadily, until, after a few years, they felt justi
fied in making a still further reduction. Their
business continued to increase—fine profits were
realized, and now, I believe, the profits on coal
and iron freights alone, on the lines doing a
regular heavy business in these articles pay a
handsome dividend on their aggregate capital
stock.
Tho Stato Boad of Georgia, in consequence
of it3 position, has hitherto liad the monopoly
of the carrying trade between Tennessee and
tho West and Northwest, and a large portion of
Alabama, and all of Georgia and Sonth Caroli
na. Taking advantage of this position, high
arbitrary rates were exacted, to the detriment
of agricultural and other pursuits, especially of
the Coal and Iron interests. Deeming this a
mistaken policy, I have redneed the rates on
coal and iron, (by which the development of
these interests has been stimulated,) and on
such leading articles of food as bacon, com,
wheat, flour, etc. A second reduction has had
tho effect of still further stimulating their de
velopment, bat at the sacrifice of immediate
profit to the road. We aro now, probably, car
rying coal and iron at lower rates than any other
road in the country. Now for the practical re
sults :
Fuel, like food, is an article of prime necessi
ty to rich and poor alike. To cheapen it to the
consumer is to do a material servico. Until the
freight was reduced* nearly one-half, coal was
but little used in Atlanta. Since the reduction,
howevor, the consumption for domestic pur
poses has more than quadrupled. As one ton
of coal is claimed to bo equal to three cords of
wood for heating properties, and as coal is sold
now in Atlanta at $5 50 per ton, it is clear that
if generally used, the saving to tho soven thou
sand (or more) families of -Atlanta would ap
proximate $200,000 per annum;
Take other interests. The Bolling Mills and
Foundries of Atlanta use about fifty tons of coal
per day. The previous high freights made it
almost impossible for them to cover expenses.
They became discouraged—disheartened—and
contemplated abandoning their enterprises. I
reduced the rates on coal—they took courage
and a fresh start, and are now making money.
Besides, coal is about being introduced more
generally into the cities of Augusta, Macon,
Columbus and Montgomery. Connecting roads,
taking a liberal view of tho matter, have agreed
to pro-rate with the State Boad, so that the
freight on this article is much reduced, and I
doubt not the quantity which will be transport
ed this season will amount 'to not less than
100,000 tons.
Thus, gentlemen, you will perceive that while
the private consumer is benefitted, our manufac
turers are encouraged and assisted so as to give
employment to the laborer, and the production
of coal at the mines is so stimulated as to give
employment to yet other laborers—benefitting
the farmer by providing a ready cash market for
all his surplus products.
I am satisfied that under low rates the con
sumption of coal in Atlanta, Augusta, Mont,
gomery and at other points, will increase so
rapidly that in a few years it will require all the
present motive power of the road to move this
one article. tv
Before leaving Atlanta I ordered a sched
ule prepared for coal trains exclusively, so ar
ranged that they should stop only for wood and
water, and make the close connections needed
to supply the rapidly increasing demand.
Now, as to Iron, which enters into all the
manufactures, and without which agriculture
itself, or the working of the mines, cannot be
pursued. Cheap Coal cheapens the production
of Iron : benefits the laborer by reducing the
cost of living, and cheapens manufactured arti
cles.
From time immemorial we have been import
ing iron and steel for our plow-shares, and ac
tually wearing them out on the iron lying loose
on our hillsides. I propose to change the pro
gramme, and encourage the development of this
interest, conscientiously believing we have
scores of localities possessing as great advan
tages for the cheap production of iron as Gen
eral Wilder’s, in Tennessee, the advantages of
whose property is unsurpassed anywhere. I
desire to have numerous furnaces at short in
tervals on and along the line of road, whose fires
shall light its track and serve as standing ad
vertisements of the abundance of our resources,
as well as of the liberal policy which stimulates
their development. Henoe, I propose to all
who will repair the old, or build new furnaces ;
all who wish to ereot a saw or cotton mill; or
to engage in manufacturing on the line, to
transport their machinery, their building mate
rial, (lumber, lime, rock, otc.,) and to lay side
tracks when needed, free of charge; and I pro
pose, also, to transport iron and coal for them
almost at their own prioe—as low or lower than
is done by any other road in the country. I
have assured them of my earnest oo-operation;
that I will advertise 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, and if they do not make
money, it will be their fault, not mine.
From Lookout. Mountain northward and east
ward in Tennessee, and southward in Alabama
and Georgia, there are vast mineral resources
only awaiting development to find a ready and
profitable market.
To develop these resources, capital is re
quired. We may not have it, or if we have,we
dislike to inveBt it in a business new to us. But
by holding out proper inducements—by show
ing to capitalists elsewhere how profitably it
can be employed here, it will come by hundreds
of thousands. There are men all through the
North—men of capital, energy, experience and
enterprise—who have strong desires to come
South, but they hesitate about coming now. To
all such I have said “come ! bring yonr capital
and experience, and help us to develop and
build up, and you will receive a hearty wel
come 1” This desire exists from Maine to Omaha,
and we have only to adopt and pursue a liberal
line of policy, in aU respects, to secure all the
beneficial results so muoh desired.
Aware of this very general desire on the part
of Northern men; of the opinion generally
prevailing that the South was unhealthy; ana
that we over-estimated our resource*, I con
ceived the project of offering low rates of faro
to persons wishing to visit and examine proper
ty in the South with a view to investment and
settlement. Accordingly, I issue a call last De
cember fora Convention, which met in Atlanta
in January. Two days were spent in consulta
tion. * Conceding that the roads might be the
victims of fraud to some extent, it wa» never*
theleas determined to try the experiment, and
the fare over nearly Ml the leading roads in the
South was roduoed to two cents per mile, until
July 1st, 1869, to att-eoming South in goodfaith
- . » . ■ ■ ' *• ..
for the purposes indicated. I had the honor' of, The distance from Nashville to
being appointed chairman of the Standing Com- Decatnr, Ala., and Griffin is 419
mlttee, charged with executing the detail* of 392 miles by the 8tate Boad show,’ 1
tiie plan, and am pleased to report that, al- tage in favor of the latter of 27 mn* 8 *®*?
though the arrangement did not become gener- erodes of the line via the Griffin./;
ally known in the North until after the crops bama Boad (to Decatur ai. \
had been put in the ground; many hundreds lighter than those of the Nashvill ***
have visited our section within the-past’six nooga, (over which freights -
m/milia oil 1 l - - -i 1 2—a! wrr \ «...
i
months, all of whom have been favorably im- the Western and Atlantio,) to c •
pressed, and many of whom have invested, and , this difference in distance? °° aatei
wiRmake their homes here. j Theso are our present and
The immediate results of this experiment were 1 on the West You will obaervo 7^8 ^
. fiafiofuafnew ovul j v. . 41 2 ^.1 • - a» _l j * *1 1 A ’“ tuHt 8 *.
so satisfactory, and promised such really inoal- . of travel and freight once ours is a k
cnlable benefits, that I easily obtained the con- while roads projected, and
1.1 ' • . I • i .5 *•,! , ’ . euiers nrr-l
sent of three-fourths of the roads originally con- to completion, will shorUiTtalr!? 6 ??..
»nHni> SR2 □£ iTCf j_ tZZ •' away
seating to the reduced rate, to extend the time to of what is left.
July, 1870, while some of the remainder agreed . N ow i let us see what is debit,
* .-.-xv ~ - -■ id East: “gontiij
to recognize the certfioates from October 1st, 1 and
1869, to May 1st,' 1870. This liberal-action wiU As I have already stated the anK
induce many additional thousands to visit the trade of East Tennessee has hr/Tt ^
South for investment or settlement, who, but monopolized by the Western and jhi® 1
for it, would not have done so. Thus will our way. This has been the onlv
population be increased by farmers who will im- which the people and products i
prove our wild lands, ana add to our products; region could reach Georgia Eari ■ W
and by skilled miners, and machinists, and man- Florida and South Carolina. ’ a s id
ufacturers, who will bring or command capital, ; Middle, Southern and Eastern Akh ^ S
and develope our mineral and other resources, • to iis; and we are threatened with 10 )!'**
augmenting our wealth, influence and power, j even that portion destined for c 1 ^
Then was conoeived this Excursion for the • our own soil. The. distance froni
Press of Georgia, believing that by giving you, ' Montgomery via, the Selma Rome
gentlemen, an opportunity of seeing/er your- Bailway is 347 miles, against 3*5, Sr
selves, a portion of the vast resources. <rf our Wo««n«nfl — ‘ -
immediate section, and tho publication through
your journals of your observations, would be
tho simplest, cheapest, and surest way of get
ting the desired information before the country.
Northern journals will republish much of what
.
The Blue Bidge Boad, from r. -
Charleston, will soon be completed
the distance between Knoxville
. wiU be .bout .400 miles,
you will write, and thus Northern labor and , the State Boad, a difference against . ss
capital will be attracted to our fields, mines, 118 miles. So that travel and freiTuV^
and water powers. ; ,;T[■,, f ■*'' | direction is as good as lost to ng
Now, gentlemen, a few remarks as to the i The distance via the Blue Ridcw
‘ ‘ ~ - - - mb ; aand AufrastaR.il™8®, “a tie
policy of the State Boad, as to competing lines
building and projected, and what should be
done for its protection.
The prevailing idea has been, that the road
was projected and built with a view to its pay
ing money into the treasury. Consequently,
taking advantage of its position as a trunkline,
possessed of a monopoly of travel and freight
between great sections, high and arbitary rates
of freight have been exacted.
Dissenting from this view, andnnder the con
viction that the wise statesmen of the past who
originated this great work—which, when origi
nated, was regarded a gigantic undertaking—
contemplated its being used to develop the re
sources of the State, I have adopted the new
policy, already indicated in my opening remarks.
To cheap, a food to the laboring consumer, I re
duced rates on articles of food of prime necessi
ty, as already stated; to cheapen fuel, and stim
ulate the search for, and the opening and work
ing of coal mines, and thus encourage the erec
tion of furnaces, and foster them afterwards, I
reduced the rate on coal nearly one-half: and,
still further to encourage the production and
manufacture of .iron, I vary materially redneed
the freight on pig, and merchant bar iron. Bat,
gentlemen, I did not stop here. I told connect
ing roads that I wanted liberal through rates—
that I proposed to reduce to very low rates—
lumbia and Augusta Bailways, to w, ,1.
is about 295 miles against
Western* Atlantic Bailway a differs M l *
us of about 86 miles. SothaUrvvTTrP,
are lost. Not only that—the Georgia iwi
compete with us for both nearly SfoSSi
from Augusta. J -v
Gentlemen, these facts need only to v
for yon to perceive that the East Tennesi
siness for South Carolina and Eastern (Tj
once onrs without competition, is irrecon
gone. V
The Georgia Air line Railway from icL
via Gainesville (and, probably, 'Walhalk rl
Bine Bidge Bailway) to Charlotte, K c -I
progress, and will very likely he complex j
junction with the Blue Ridge Railwav bl
nary, 1871.
. An . extension of the Georgia Rail«T',
Athens to Clayton, Ga:, or a junction rfo|
Air Line Bailway, somewhere between (H
viUe and the poutb Carolina line, is in Jj
contemplation, with strong probabilities!;
will be built.
The construction of this last named la;J
take away from tho State Road a large paT
of the East Tennessee business left bv tin 1
Bidge Railway. Look at, and pondet njl
ores. ' *
The distance from Knoxville to AugnsJ
and that I wanted their co-operation, so as to J Clayton and Athens, is about 33G miles, a,
Plate our iron nroduct before Horthern dealers! 381 via Khnto TlonA a 1?
in th eir.ovcn markets,where I was con vinced a com
parison would be advantageous to the Southern
product. Somo demurred at first, but finally
consented, and the transportation of these ar
ticles has greatly increased.
I do not censure any one for the policy here
tofore pursued—but had it been broader and
more comprehensive—more in accordance with
what its projectors contemplated, furnaces and
foundries would long since have been established
all along the line, developing these dormant re
sources greatly to the advantage of all the other
great interests.
It is well known that the State Boad has been
regarded and used as a political machine—and
that the payment bf money into the State Trea
sury has been considered a strong card in the
hands of the party in power. It is fair that I
should state that I could easily pay forty, or
even fifty thousand dollars into the Treasury,
instead of twenty-five thousand. I could do it
by simply neglecting the road itself, its motive
power, or by increasing the freight on corn, and
the other prime necessaries bf life transported
over it. Butin the one case the property would
soon become valueless—in the other I would
take the additional profits out of the pockets of
the poor man and the day laborer. Every dollar
thus paid into the treasury would cost the people
two—development would cease—capital would
be discouraged—and then laborers would be
without employment.
Thus, gentlemen, while money may not be
taken from the pockets of the people, by high
rates of freight, that it may be paid into the
Treasury and squandered by reckless legisla
tion, the policy I have endeavored to inaugurate
will improve the road every year, reduce rates
of freight on food and fuel, thus cheapening liv
ing, and encourage the development of dormant
resources, affording employment to the laborer,
increase the comforts of all, and enrich the
State.
It is generally believed that the road is in
good condition. This is a mistaken idea. To
make it a first-class road in all respects would
require half a million dollars. If left to the dio-
tates of my own judgment—the profound con
victions of my own mind, as to what I thought
for the best interests of the State in regard to its
management—I would use every dollar of its
surplus earnings until its entire length was well
ballasted, all its depots put in the best possible
condition, new rail of the best manufacture
placed wherever needed, all the bridges built' of
the best material and on the: .most approved
plan, and commodious, substantial, fire-proof
shops built. In every detail, from the most im
portant to the minutest, I would have it first-
class. Having done this—still keeping in view
the great leading idea that the road was origin-
ally projected and built, not to build up and
subserve the interests of this or that partisan
organization—not merely to pay a few dollars
into the State Treasury—but to develop the inter
ests and build up the power and influence of
Georgia—I would find the net profits, and then
reduce the rates of freight to the lowest possible
point that would pay current expenses and main
tain the road in all its appointments in a first-
class condition.
By this policy the prosperity of Georgia would
be increased to a wonderful extent, and the in
creased value of all taxable property would cause
to be paid into the Treasury a much larger
amount than has been or is now paid by the
road.
A word, now, as to the future of the road, and
the effect upon it of other lines building or pro
jected—and permit me, gentlemen, to ask your
careful attention to what I am about to say.
As I have already intimated, the position of
the State road ha3 enabled it to exact high rates.
This was because it enjoyed a monopoly of the
against nsl
The distance from Knoxville to Atlanlaal
miles, whilo the distance frowKnoiv:!V : l
ens via Clayton,’is orily about 220 miles, ril
Union Point about 260’miles; and to brasf
matter to a nice point, I will stats that lit I
tance to Union Point, on the Georgia nil
via Western and Atlantio. railway, is 3!7e1
against about 2G0 miles via Claytonatdif
ens ; showing a difference of about ii -
against the State road.
In conclusion, on this point, I. will m
that the completion of the Blue Bidge nil
Knoxville, and of the Air Line raikrat bf
junction with it, will form a competitJliKrj
tho State road, even from Knoxville toAtl
so nearly equal will the distance In-1
It is, perhaps, proper to state that tu
is not claimed in every instance. Where r
are completed and in ; working condiuoLiJ
figures are official; bnt where partly c
ed or projected, the distances have neca
been estimated, and, consequently, mcsibtl
gardodas only an approximation—yetltbhl
estimated distances sufficiently correctbl
practical purposes, and to make good the r
ment based on them.
Now, gentlemen, you will naturally askr
policy should be pursued; what measures J
be suggested, by which to. make up what is’«
prevent further loss of business, or secure i
business from new sources.
' First, then, there is the railway projed
from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, in whicil
you all know, I feel and have taken a grea:I
terest. This, when built, will do an iom#
business, of which this road will get i i
share, though it will be divided by the serf
other lines radiating from Chattanooga. I
even a; large portion that we might have seta
for Eastern Georgia and South Carolina r.J
diverted by the Knoxville and Kentucky il
way, which will tap the Cincinnati Raiiu;|
or near the Kentucky, line. . .
Another proposed remedy has alreiora
discussed at length—namely, the eneovr
ment by low rates of freight, and byeverj s
means in our power, of the development oj
mineral' resources, and of the intrafo 1
among us aloDg the line of the road of s
labor of all kinds, and of the surplus e3p|
the North. What you will have seen I
this excursion is over, will supply yon «|
the argvtments needed to persuade labs J
capital that this is the country in which us
profitable employment. . I
■ My. next suggestion is. the purchase tyl
State'of the Borne Bail way, and its eiteair
the Alabama line with the least possible!
From this point it is understood parties v
ready to build it to Decatur, Alabama. ThI
shorten the distance between Memphis&I
lanta about seventy-four miles; while
tance between Nashville and Atlanta al
eighteen miles greater. Bnt this distawl
be more than compensated for by th« gr**l
ing so much lighter on the line from X&l
to Decatnr than on that from Nashville W'F
tanooga—there being a difference in fie®
mum grades of the two roads of twentyt*!
more feet to the mile. ' J
Next, build the road from Carterevffi« ! l
Wert, that that vast mineral region ms?*!
veloped, made useful to the world, wri |S 1
the greatness and power of Georgia, vh/f
riching her people.
Then build a road eastward from Ci
np the Etowah and amid the mineral'
which lies imbedded in the mountains <*®
side of that stream, awaiting the coming > j
miner and the locomotive, to swell still®* 1 !
volume of Georgia's contributions to
forts and commerce of the world.
Then build the road from Dalton tol
town,- and across the northern portion 1
. . . % 13 2-1. .1
soil 01 rare ieniiity, imxi urej «mu «enjjri
of immense value and extent, media** 1 ™ “
and vast water power. ..
By the local business of these s® r_ J
Western and Atlantio railway would
pendent of through freights, aid »». an SI
travel and trade from tiie Northwest and from — — r , .
East Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia to 1 State to where, it would intersect witi u*
the South-Atlantio 8tates—South Carolina, I Bidge railway. This line, as yon are *
Georgia, Florida, a large portion of Alabama, j would traverse a portion of Georgia m
and even a part of Mississippi. But now it is [ soil of rare fertility, iron ore, andcop.?^
different. Lines already built have taken away
a portion of the travel and freight, and lines be
ing built and projected, and which will certainly
be completed, will take away still other and
greater portions. r a ... „
Let me demonstrate my propositions, taking • untold treasures and be sdfsusr M ~.*‘ ^
Nashville, Tenn., as' an initial or central point, j out the development of this vast portw ^
Heretofore freights for Montgomery and points! State, and the construction of
in central and Southern Alabama have been ; the State road, (if the lines building
transported via Chattanooga and the Western jected, to which I have directed you* 1
and Atlantio railway, the distanoe being 464 are completed,) wiU not cover °P er 'l t ‘ n ^/Tn
miles, with grades on the Nashville and Ohatta- I In conclusion, gentlemen, we
nooga railway of 105 feet to the mile. A road hearty oo-operation to the various
is in operation from Nashville to Decatur, 122 terprises now in progress or P ro J ect f”| li0 U
miles, from which point one is being built to the same time guarding the mter«~*^
Montgomery, 183 miles, making the distanoe great State work, and extending to it
only 305 miles, or 159 miles less than via- the hand, by building side lines, wheret* ,
State Boad. The highest grade on these lines resources may be developed, the
is about 80 feet, or less, per mile. ! ble property increased, and a toe**
The distance to Columbus, Ga., from Nash- created, which, under all circurostan t
ville via Decatur and Montgomery, Ala., is only maintain this valuable property in 8
402 miles, over an easier grade, against 428 worthy the people of the great State 01
miles via Chattanooga and Atlanta, showing an
advantage over the State Boad even to that city
of 26 miles I
The Selma, Borne and Dalton Boad is com
pleted and working between Selma and Borne,
and will soon be completed to Dalton. The dis
tance from Nashville to Montgomery via Chat
tanooga, Borne, Lime Kiln, and the Montgome-
The Melo Piano. .
A new musical instrument is on exhj J
New York City. It is called the
and is tiie work of an Italian 1u ^ ca . wM es\
who has taken out a patent for his ia J
Turin. It was exhibited at the Fan* *5
— - where it created quite a sensation.
ry and Decatur railways is 426 miles, while via j difference between the melo-piapo *w>rj
Atlanta and West Point it is, as before stated, nary piano consists in the addition of ^
464 miles, showing a difference against the i hammers, which after striking a key,
to oscillate until the key is raised, ^
ing a tremolo upon tiie note of *
and beauty. These auxiliary t “
in motion by a spring which is wonna t ;
State Boad of 88 muea 1
The Alabama and Chattanooga railway, between
the latter city and Meridian, Mias., is being rap
idly pushed forward to completion.
Thus you will observe that the travel and
freight between Nashville and Montgomery is
as good as lost already to the YTestan* and At-1
lantie railway, and that at a day not remote, we i instrument can be used as an ordin* 1 ?^ ft
sha% have to compete for travel and freight desired. The oscillating hammer*
, in motion oy a spring wmoa«
‘<1 playing. A pedal at tha right of
is brings them into play or throw* the“
■t* j tion at the option of tiie performer, ^1
with Alabama roads for Columbus bntinen even,
in the State of Georgia.
Another line projected, which wiU doubtless
be built, is that from Griffin, Ga., to Decatnr,
Ala., which will be 237 miles long. By this hue
the distance from Nashville to Columbus, via
Newnan and West Point, will be 418 miles, with
lower grades, against 428 miles eie Cbatfanooga.
and the State Road, or 10 miles in diatenee
against the latter 1 , v .. „
oal instrument ever onvenw**, ““ -n _os[»T
it moss .entirely, snperee^
forte. The instrument now mite*
first and only one imported into tu* *
Cincinnati own ‘#1<M
1 .
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