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SOUTHERN BANNER: JANUARY 15, 1878 8 C. and H. G. Narrow-Gauge Railroad The following communication in reference to a narrow-gauge road trum Harmony Grove to Gai nesville, we find in tin* last Franklin County Register. The writer, if not a prac tical rail toad man, has evidently studied that subject. As wc have a great many subscribers and friends in that section, and fully endorsing every word of the communication, we gladly reproduce it, and hope ere long to see a narrow-gauge from Carnes* ville to Harmony Grove: Messrs. Editors—Feeling a great interest in that fine section of country in which you live, and desirous of see ing such enterprises inaugurated as will secure its more thorough devel opment, thus, making it one of the most prosperous and desirous portions of our North Georgia country, I have concluded to address you a short let ter relative to building what shall be known as the Ca ne .ville and Harmo ny Grove Narrow Gauge Railroad. This I the more readily do, knowing as I do that it is your ambition to make the Register a medium through which to stimulate and encourage the material growth and prosperity of your town, Your count)', and your section. • 1 It is unnecessary for me to recite the great agricultural advantages your county aud section possess. JJthfeseaV o tjnito familiar not ^only to your own people, but to all who are the least acquainted with this fertile portion of our Stale. From your geographical location, a proper out let given from your town to the agri cultural products which are so abun dant in that section, Carnesvjllo would seon become the key to all that coun try lyiug between Franklin county and the Savannah river. In fact it would become the trading point, and be made the commercial strong-hold of all that \ast and valuable agricul tural territory. While it is not my purpose to detract one iota from the advantages which the country con- t guous to the Air-Line Railroad derives from that road, yet since Athens lias proven to be a better niarketj for the| products of North Georgia than either Atlanta or Au gusta, it is but fair and rational to argue that with a railroad outlet from Carnesville, connecting with the Northeastern Railroad at Harmony Grove, Carnesviile would at once become the receiving and shipping jKiiat for most of the tiadc from that portion of the up country. Then believing that nothing could possibly contribute more to the future growth aud prosperity of Gurnesville, Franklin county and all that sccliou of country contiguous thereto, than a railroad outlet, how then shall this great advantage be brought about? The answer is simple, and the means proposed altogether practicable and within the easy accomplishment of those who must neeessarilly feel an interest in the enterprise. Build a Narrow-Gauge Railroad from Carnes- ville to Harmony Grove Let us now look into this proposal enterprise in a somewhat more practical way and see if it is not altogether possible, only requiring some one to inaugurate the movement and to keep the attention of those interested directed thereto. The distance from Carnesville to Har mony Grove on the Northeastern Railroad is twenty miles. A Narrow Gauge Railroad of 3 ft. 6 in. gauge, connecting these two points could be built and equipped for an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dol lars, and probably for a much less amount, as will be seen from the esti mate given below. Then with an ad ditional rail laid upon the tract of the Northeastern Railroad, with an addi tional cost of not exceeding one thou sand six hundred and fifty dollars per mile, cars could be run from Carnes- ville to Athens without change, thus giving Carnesville, as n shipping point, a great advantage over any point or station on the Air Line Railroad. From the benefit Athens and Har mony Grove would receive from this lino, and from the advantage the Northeastern Road would receive from it as a feeder, these two points, to gether with the stockholders of this road, could well afford to raise one half if uot three fourths of the stock to huild the Carnesville and Harmony Grove Road, leaving the remaining one-half or one-fourth to be raised by Carnesville and the itermediate sec tion. The advantage this road would be to Athens, Harmony Grove, Carnes- ville and the section af country to be developed, cannot now be stated, and ns this communication has already been made longer thau I intended, and as I hope to have more to say on this subject at another time, I will close with the following estimate for building and equipping the Carnesville and Harmouy Grove Narrow Gauge Railroad. Gauge 3 feet and six inches. Rail 35 pounds per yard. ESTIMATE FOP. ONE MILE 55 tons of rail at $00 00 per ton $ 340 rail splices at 60 cts. each OF KOA1). 3,300 00 204 00 3,520 lbs. spikes at 6 els. per pound , 211 20 3,520 cross-ties, 5' feet 1 long, 5x6, at 40 cts... 1,408 00 1,200 cubic yards ballast- . • !. ' ing gravel at 50 cts.... 600 00 Grading, masonry and bridges 4,000 00 Laying one mile of sin- gle track 350 00 ♦Total $10,073 20 : =■' 4 n For 20 miles 8201,404 00 Supposing but one bridge in the 20 miles, there would be a deduction of say 15 miles, at $1,»> * 000 per mile 815,000 00 (Leavingcost $180,404 00 Eq>C l PJ1 EJTf." _ * Engines S 0,000 00 Passenger cars, 1 1,000 00 Mail and baggage car, 1 600 00 Merchandise cars, 10.... 1,GU0 00 Total for construction and equipment 8195,004 00 The above estimate is made at the fullest figures. The materials for construction as well as the work may be obtained at. prices much be low the above figures The cost ol construction of course will be lessened or increased, aecording as the grading, masonry and bridging is greater or less than considered in the estimate. Agreeable to my knowledge of the country, and con sidering but little grading, compara- lively, is needed in the Narrow Gauge system ot roads, it is fair to suppose this cost u ill be lessened at least one-half from the estimate given. Again, the cross ties, ballasting, gravel, grading and work generally on the road, might be done by parties on the line of road and paid for in stock iu the road, thus reducing the cost greatly. It is safe to calculate from the reductions that may be made in the work of construction as well as in the reduced cost of railroad materials at the present lime that the whole line of the Carnesville and Harmony Grove Narrow Gauge Railroad can be built and equipped for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That this enterprise may find a speedy and successful inauguration through your valuable journal, is earnestly desired by a Well Wisher. The Narrow Gauge roads that have been built in -his country have not cost exceeding $7,000.00 per mile* Collided with the discussion now going on as to the existence of a “material hell” is another in reference to the propriety of “church fairs.” The popular opinion among those who have written oil the subject is adverse to said fairs. The last issue of the Madison Journal contains the valedictory of Mr. II. C. Billings and the salutato ry of Dr. Blackburn. Dr. B. is a live newspaper man and will give the citizens of Morgan county a live newspaper ‘ The Texas Taibunt says, “ The late ‘atmospherical freshness’ has brought on many cases of Cough and Colds, and Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup is greater demand than ever.” SEI ANA’S SARCOPHAGUS What Was Foual in a Girl"* Tomb of Clilusl— A Monument or Etruscan Art. The arehffiological treasures of Italy have lately been increased by a mags nificent monument of Etruscan art, in the shape of a sarcophagus in terra cotta, tecently discovered at Chiusi by Siguor Pietro Bonsi Casuccini. The sarcophagus differs from that of Carncto in its ornamentation and its cover. Instead of a simple pointed roof, >ve have the usual couch, on which reclines a young woman, almost life 6ize, brightly painted iu colors that have lost none of their freshness. She leans with her left elbow on two pillows, and with the other hand rais es the veil which covers her head and descends upon her breast. She is dressed in a double trunic, gathered in at the waist by a knotted and em broidered girdle, and closed at the throat by a golden clasp in the shape of a winged Gorgon. A goldon crown ornaments her hair ; round her throat is a necklet composed of a small amphorae ; in her eats are gold pen- dants ; and golden armlets clasp her naked arms. Her left hand, adorned with five rings, holds the }xitera of the eternal banquet, and from under her long skirt appears a little foot imprisoned in an exquisite jeweled scandal. The coffin, which has the form of a base supporting the beautiful simula crum, shows, in relief, five Ionic pi lasters, and between these are two expanded rosettes and two j>atercc. With the skeleton was found a Roman as uticialis, without the name of the triumvir mouetarius. This co n is most valuable as enabling us to fix approximately the date of tlm monument. It is a fact that the asses unciales were struck in Rome in the year 537 of the city, and lasted until Lite lex Papiria in 065, while from 608 they were struck but rarely, and always bore the name of the mint- masters. Near the sarcophagus •. VC re several silver objects—such :>s a small vase, a small patera, a comb-, bodkins for the hair, various small plates of different sizes, and a pair of pincers for pulling out hairs. Besides tiiese were two little ivory amp/toea 1 for unguents, a bronze vase, and some small crystal balls. The buried girl, whose effigy we see upon the cover, was a Keiana, as wc learn from an inscription engrav-. ,ed on the border of the sarcophagus, and repeated on the plaster. Some savants have maintained that the in scriptions commemorate two individ uals, of whom one—the husband— desired to be buried beside the belov ed partner of the brightest days of his life. But tills idea is opposed, first of all, by the fact that the urn con tained one skeleton, and next by the consideration that the inscription on the border was bidden by the plaster employed in closing the cover, thus rendering necessary a new inscription, which was painted in red on the stuc co itself. Over and above its artistic value, the sarcophagus is interesting also from the fact that the first inscription was impressed on the sarcophagus while still wet, with movable types. Nor would this be the first example of such knowledge existing among the ancients. The place in which the sarcophagus was discovered is called La Martinella. It is a hill northwest of the town. The appendages of the principal tomb, insteadt of a door, have tiles bearing inscriptions which reproduce external ly the names engraved or painted on the urns within. Many of the tiles have been collected, but not those, unfortunately, which revealed the name of the fair Seiana, whose body did not find a place in the principal chamber of the tomb, but was hur ried in the toculus nearest to the en trance on the left side of the road. Inside the large chamber was a sarcophagus aud cover, originally broken, and mended with lead. Like the rest it was decorated with paint ings, so effaced, however, that it was impossible even to make out the inscription traced on the edge with a brush. The remaining three loculi con tained small urns in Cetona stone— Cetona is the name of a hill iu the neighborhood—and a sarcophagus in terra cotta, bearing on the cover a female figure as large as life, and en veloped completely in a winding sheet. But r.ot one of the many urns and sarcophagi thus found is equal in beauty to that of Seiana, which may fairly be regarded as one of the most beautiful monuments of Etruscan art which lias yet come down to us. The sarcophagus in question is in Rome. The Minister of Public In struction, Signor Coppiuo, who has opportunely ordered it to be bought, would do well to have it exhibited in some museum in Rome. ATHENS UUAN0 AGENCY, COTTON OPTION 15C. 1000 TOlsTS and LAW XTOTICES- 8. DOltTCII, attorney at law, aplS-l$73-tf Carnesville, Ga. JACKSON & TIIOMA8, attorneys at law, Athens, Ga. Office South West Corner of College Avenue and Clayton Street, also at the Court House. All parties desiring Criminal Warrants, can get them a*, any time by applying to the County Solicitor at this office. declO~I874-tf 0 X>. HILL., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business and the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly Pope Baekow. D. C. Babbow, Jr. jgurrow liros., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Office over Talmadge, Hodgson A Co. jan4-l y -you- NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY sell the largest amount sold iu the State by any Company. . They have a capital of $1,000,000 • V ;. * f Invested in the business, and eau’t afford to lower standard. Abundant home evidence as to results. CUMBERLAND SUPERPHOSPHATE. HIGHEST ANALYSIS g 12. r .TIIllA.HII12lI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Watkinsvillc, Ga. Office iu former Ordinary's Office. jun25-lS76-ly p G. TIIOM SON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Special attention paid to criminal practice. For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. H. Watts and Hon. David Olopton, Montgomery, Ala. Office over Post-Office Athens, Ga. fcb3-1870-tf JOII3V W. OWEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Toeoa City, Ga. Will practice in all the counties of the West ern Circuit, Hart and Madison of the Northern Circuit. Will give special attunion to all claims entrusted to his care. oct20-1875-ly. Lamap. Cobb. Howell Cobb. «fc II. COBH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga Office iu Dcuproc Building, feb22-lS76-ly -ITS REPUTATION ESIAlilSiEO IN THIS SECTION FROM THREE YEARS USE. -PtDES-W- Those Who Used it last Season WANT IT AGAIN. A 1.1.x S. Erwin. Andrxw J. Cobb. £RWIN & COBB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Athens, Ga Office ou Corner of Broad and Thomas streets, over Childs, Nickerson & Co. feb22-1876-ly ^ M. COCHRAN, ’.a.’rToiRiTE'r at x-aw, Gainesville, Ga. Real Estate and General Land Agent for the purchase and salo of Mineral and Farming Lands in Hall, and the other counticsof North east Georgia. Mineral ores tested and titles to property investigated. Special attention given to tho purchase and sale of city nroperty. may2—6m J. N. DORSEYi Attorney. ,^8BURYG. McCURRY, AMornoy cvfc Law, Hartwell, Georgia, Will practice in the Superior Courts of Nortli- oast Geoigia and Supreme Court at Atlnnta. Aug 8. 1876 tf James R. I.yle, Watkinsvillc. Alex. S. Erwin, Athens. TO ZE3I I <3- H iF> IR. I C IE S I I have the Largest and Finest Stock I have ever offered to the public of BEADY-MADE CLOTHING HATS AND FURNISHING GOODS, and will sell them Cheeper than the sauic grade of good* can be sold by any house in the State. 1 have also in uiy Merchant Tailoiing Department a line selection of imported Cloths, CHShimi!!. and Kaucy Suitings of the very neatest patterns and styles, which will be made up to order in the ve.- v best manner and a perfect fit guaranteed to all who will favor me with their patronage, Particular in tention given to making Large Men’s Clothing and satisfaction given. Also SHIRTS and DRAW EUS made to order for Men ar.d Boys. I have made great impreveinei.t in Manufacturing Shirts, and can get them up at short notice. Open back and front. Novl3 228 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. | YLI3 & ERWIN, A TTORNEYS A T LA W. Will practice in partnership in the Superior Court of Oconee County, and attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. janU-Sm. BLTSIXTESS CARDS. A. IIjKII, T. 'TCra. , <:c2vma2ser Sc <Towaler, At Miehacl’storc, next door to Reaves & Nich olson’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. All work warranted 12 months. scptl2-tf. g SCHAEFER, COTTOXT BTT-STEXl, Toeoa City, Ga. Highest cash price paid for cotton. Agcut g>r Winship’a Gins and Press. oc20-1875-tf It. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Carnesville, Ga. p!8-1878-tf CQAS. C. JONES, JR. r. E. ETC. JONSS <Sc TEViEC, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW SIBLEY’S NEW BUILDING, 241 BROAD STREET, ACGl’STA, GEORGIA. oO-fltn COME AND SEE ! %Bbq&® @£*9 X complete stock of Fall and Winter Dry Goods and Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars* Fitly Boxes A ssorted Grades. Saddlery and Harness. A COMPLETE STOCK OF CHEAP SADDLES, BUGGY, HACK A ND EXPRESS HARNESS. A good stock of SHOES AID LEATHER. TABLE & POCKET CUTLERY, A large and vaiied assortment. OIFS-O OZESLUjIFL-ST- A COMPLETE STOCK OF PLAIN AND GILT AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND FRENCH CROCKERY. CWARE, OF ALL GRADES, FOR TABLE OR ORNAMENTAL PURPOSES. LAMPS. Gloss, Brass and Tin, of all sizes and prices, from 25 cents to *10 each. A nice line of Perkins <V House’s Safety Lamp- 1 , bought since the decline in prices. Also, a good stock of Lanterns always ou hand. OS1L.SB. Kerosine 110, Fire Test. Lubricating Oil for Gins, Mills, Sewing Machines and Tanner’s Oil. LIME. ' A good stock of Lime for Agricnltutal and Building purposes alwayo on hand. I will sell the above stock of goods ot lowest prices for cash, or exchange for country produce I challenge competition in prices and quality or goods. * Mr. JOHNNIE MOORE is still with me. Mr. T. M. JROOKS, of Jeff, .-son, will also be glad to see his friends from Jackson and surrounding country*. Como and cee, and be convince. 1 Thankful for former liberal oatrouage and ask a continuance of samp. J. H. HUGGINS SENT! - IN YOTJR Subscription for the Georgian jFor 1878.