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“A Voic? from the Long Ago.”
Conductor Sanford Bell, of the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad, has loaned us
a copy of the Mountain Eagle, which was
published in Dalton, Ga., and dated
January 8, 1848 —over 39 years ago.
We make the following extracts
which we have no doubt will entertain
and amuse our readers.
Here is a couple which will be in
teresting to the people of Dalton:
A BILL
To change the name of Cross Plains,
of Murray county, to that ot the city
of Dalton —to extend the limits, and to
point out the mode of electing the
Mayor and Council.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That from and after the passage
of this act, the village of Cross Plains,
in Murray county, shall be mcorporat
e 1 under the style and name of the
city of Dalton, in Murray county.
Sec. 2. And be. it enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That the corporate
limits of said city shall extend one mile
i i every direction from the railroad
depot in said city, and the municipal
authorities shall be the Mayor and six
members of Council, with such other
officers as they may appoint, or as may
be hereafter authorized, to be styled
and designated the Mayor and Coun
cil of the city of Dalton.
Then follows the sections relating to
the city government, etc.
CITY OF DALTON.
For the benefit of our town readers,
we have published in full, the act
passed at the recent session of the Legis
lature. incorporating our town. It will
be found in another column.
Here is one which will be news to
the present population of Chattanooga.
The “burning volcano in the Lookout
Mountain” would probably create a
great sensation if its grand pyrotechnic
display were on the programme now.
Just imagine the W. & A. 11. 11. Co.
issuing excursion tickets and running
excursion trains for the throngs who
would go to see it!
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
For several nights during the past
week, the leaves and rubbish on the
mountains in the vicinity of this place,
have been on fire. The appearance of
the flames after dark on the tops of
high mountains, at a distance of four
or five miles, is grand and magnificent;
and bears a close resemblance, no
doubt, to the blazes which it is said,
occasionally issue from the burning
volcano in the Lookout Mountain.
Then follows one in which the sky
rockets of eloquence and erudition bid
fair to eclipse their prototypes from the
“burning volcano in the Lookout
Mountain.” Just read it, or you will
be unhappy, because you have lost
something:
A DEBATE.
Resaca, Jan. 4, 1848.
Mr. Editor: We have had a debate
in Resaca, recently, which nearly
throws the account given in the Geor
gia Scenes, of one of a similar charac
ter, in the shade. It was very inter
esting to all genuine lovers of amuse
ment present, and will no doubt been
tertaiuingTo some of your readers, on
account of the novelty of the question,
and some of the historical facts con
nected with it.
Question. —“Was Napoleon Bona- i
parte justifiable in beheading Charles
XII, King of Sweden, when he took
him prisoner, or not?”
For the affirmative, Mr. F. and Mr.
B. For the negative, Mr. M. and Mr.
G. It was argued for the affirmative
in justification of Bonaparte that
Charles had threatened to hang Bon
aparte, if he took him prisoner; and
that he acted in self-defence in treat
ing Charles as he was to have been
treated himself, had he have been
caught; and further, that Bonaparte
acted in a magnanimous manner when
he permitted Charles to die an honor
able death instead of hanging him ;• as
Charles had threatened to serve him.
For the negative, it was contended
that Napoleon was not justifiable in
committing the act, as he had merely
heard of the threat against him; and
further, that if he was certain of the
fact, that it was a very inhuman and
barbarous act to belie .d a prisoner of
war who was completely in his power,
and he could have imprisoned him for
the security of his own life.
Ihose in the negative said they were
not prepared to debate the question,
as they did not recollect the circum
stances of the case, as it was a long
time since they had read it in history,
and thus ended the debate. The Pres
ident decided in favor of the affirma
tive. Polemicus.
Here is one where the editor becomes
a prophet. Atlanta had to wait over
twenty years, but she “got there” all
the same, even though Milledgeville
did get her railroad.
Hon. Seaton Grantland has been
elected President of the Milledgeville
and Gordon Railroad Company, Vice
Benjamin S. Jordan, Esq., resigned.
The people of Milledgeville seem to
be disposed to make one more desper
ate effort to construct a railroad six
teen miles long, rather than loose the
capitol. What a mighty undertaking!
We fear that it can never be accom
plished during the life-time of those
who have undertaken the grand and
magnificent enterprise. By building
this road, they may succeed in retain
ing the seat of government a few years
longer, but its final removal from that
place is settled. It must, and will be
removed. The very spirit of the age
requires it, and the opposition of those
in Milledgeville who have lain upon
their oars and sucked the government
teat until they have grown fat, and
think they have a fee simple title to
it, will dwindle into insignificance when
brought in opposition to the powerful
and united influence of other portions
of the State.
If we are not mistaken, a majority of
both branches of the last General As
sembly, were in favor of the removal,
and the measure was only defeated by
a diversity of opinion among members
as to where the new State house should
be located. The only prominent places
spoken of, were Atlanta and Macon,
and the respective friends of these two
places undoubtedly defeated the bill by
their strenuous adherence to their sec
tional feelings and jealousies.
Next we see that the smoke-houses
had not then been moved to the west;
but that North Georgia was somewhat
of a “hog and hominy” region itself.
A big hog crop it was —about two and
a half cars of bacon and a fourth of a
car of lard.
BACON AND LARD.
From all appearances, it is likely
that a very large amount of bacon and
lard will be shipped from this place dur
ing the latter part of the winter - and
spring. Several hundred hogs were
slaughtered here the present week, and
we hear that a great many more are to
THE KENNESAW GAZETTE.
be “knifed” in the course of a few
weeks. One establishment near this
place, already has in process of curing,
about sixty thousand pounds of bacon,
from which they have saved seven
thousand pounds of the best quality of
lard. We learn from the owners, that
they contemplate shipping the whole
of it to Savannah by the first or mid
dle of March next, regarding that mar
ket as the most favorable for the dis
posal of these commodities.
The article which follows is a good
one, and shows that Oufly earned his
immunity by his shrewdness in taking
advantage of the technicalities of the
case. Do we wonder any longer that
some of the Charleston darkies, “since
freedom broke out,” have become law
yers?
DARKEY CUNNING.
Some years ago, the city council oi
Charleston, S. C., passed an ordinance,
that when the military turned out in
that city, all regroes and negro boys
found, running the soldiers, neg
looting their masters’ business, should
be arrested by the police and receive a
few lashes. But the “gemmen of color”
broke through the meshes of the law
thereafter, by running ahead! There
was so much lawyer-like cunning in
this, the city council and police never
troubled them afterwards.
The recent heated election for direct
ors of the Central 11. 11., will make the
ensuing report one of interest:
DIRECTORS OF THE CENTRAL RAILROAD
COMPANY.
The following gentlemen have been
elected directors of this company for
the ensuing year:
Messrs. John W. Anderson, Solo
mon Cohen, M. Hopkins, Henry Mc-
Alpin, William Crabtree, Richard R.
Cuvier, Joseph S. Fay, William B.
Johnson, and Jacob Waidburg.
The (‘lection was held in Savannah,
on the 3d inst., (Jan. 1848.)
The last item which we copy will
be somewhat refreshing. “The old
times have passed away:”
We see it stated in some of the pa
pers that the Hon. Alfred Iverson,
member of Congress from the South
western District, has returned home to
attend the adjourned term of the Su
perior Court in Muscogee county.
This gentleman, and all who act in a
similar manner, must either be guilty
of neglecting the interests of his con
stituents, or place a very low estimate
upon his own services as a member of
the National Legislature.
The Western J- Atlantic Railroad is
the only railroad in Georgia which has
four daily freight schedules from one
of its termini to the other. Conse
quently, freight forwarded via the
Western d; Atlantic, from the west to
the southeast, if it misses one schedule
has a chance at three others the same
day. This makes it emphatically a
FAST FREIGHT LINE, and shippers
have found it out, and are acting in
accordance with their interests.
“What would a woman do without
a looking-glass?” is asked. Use an
other’s. You can’t stick a woman as
easy as that.
Only one change of cars, (and that
in the Union Depot at Atlanta,) for
passengers coming over the Western
& Atlantic "Railroad between Cincin
nati and Charleston, or Nashville and
Charleston.
THE WESTERN & ATLANTIC
Railroad’s Region for Tourists,
Capitalists and Immigrants.
'the attention of the American people is
now, more than ever before, being directed
to the South as a profitable field for invest
ments, and for settlement, by people from
the north and east.
Without premising further, it may be
stated that the territory tributary to the
Western and Atlantic Railroad offers more
advantages for both capitalists and immi
grants than probably any other section in
the southeast.
The requirements sought by both classes,
are health, reasonable fertility of soil, ac
cessibility to markets for the disposal of the
surplus farm or manufactured products, and
such grades of society as are agreeable and
necessary to mental and moral advance
-1 ment.
By the census of 1880, it was shown that
this region was practically the granary of
I Georgia. It produces enough provisions to
supply itself and to ship some surplus to
Atlanta and to the other Southern markets.
Within these counties, also, there were rais
ed the same year over SO,OOO bales of cot
ton ; hence, here is the field for cotton fac
tories.
It has also been shown that within these
counties there are found G 8 different vari
ties of minerals, and 71 distinct varieties of
wood; hence establishments for the manu
facture of iron, of furniture, etc., would find
here profitable return for investment.
On this line, it may be stated that the
; waler powers in these counties are sufficien:
for the use of hundreds of manufacturing
establishments; but to supp ement this in a
I very practical manner, the Western and
i Atlantic Railroad Company has made re
| duced rates on manufacturing coal to all of
its local stations; and it can justly claim to
be the only railroad in the southeast which
has published to each of its local stations a
rate on coal for manufacturing purposes
which is very decidedly hss than it is au
thorized by law to charge.
For instance, by reason of these rates, at
Marietta, Ga., manufacturing coal can be
laid down at about $2.25 per ton, and at
points noithward toward Chattanooga the
rates grow less, and consequently, the prices
grow correspondingly less.
On manufactured products shipped from
the establishments on the line of the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad, this company
instead of demanding its full local rates,
has made practically prorated rates, as
though they were through points.
For instance, from the cotton factory at
Adairsville to all points southward,are made
the same rates as from Chattanooga, ex
cept where the local rates would be less
than through proportion, in which case the
rates are less; and from the same factory to
northern and western points the rates are
the same as from Atlanta, except where the
local rate is less than the W. & A. propor
tion ot the through rate in which event, the
rate is less than the Atlanta rate.
The same rule will apply to all manu
factured products from all the local stations
on this line, The company considers that
its true interest is best subserved in pursu
ing a liberal and enlightened policy which
will tend to put all of its local stations as
near as practicable on the same basis as
through points.
The eflect of this policy is shown in the
fact that while the great depression of busi
ness during the past year has affected all
other business in an unfavorable manner,
the local business of the Western and At
lantic Railroad has shown a steady and very
gratifying increase; and there are at present
in course of construction several establish
ments at local stations which will be a large
■ source of revenue to the company, tl Come
1 thou with us, and we will do thee good,” is
a scriptural message which the Western and
Atlantic Railroad extends to all.
The best criterion for judging whether a
corporation is worthy of general support is
to see how it acts towards the communities
which it has absolutely in its power.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad in
this respect invites comparison with any of
its connections, or the other roads in this
■ region, and defies proof of a more liberal
! policy by any railroad corporation.
The geographical location of this railroad,
and of its local stations, are such as will al
ways cause manufacturing establishments
■ hereon located to be able to hold their own
with any others in this latitude.
Around them, or immediately tributary
to them, are the rough materials which can
be put into artificial shapes. Immediately
south, southeast and southwest is the great
consuming section of Georgia, Florida, South
Carolina and Alabama.
The advantage in point of time is in favor
I of these manufactories as against their north-