Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

2 Georgia, the Garden Spot of America. This title is correct. Georgia is be coming the head-centre of the dainty delights which are the most pleasing to the American people. The Georgia watermelon has a fame which is not only national, but international, as be ing the sweetest and healthiest of all the melons which are shipped to the markets of America. The Le Conte pears, which are being shipped by the carload from the vicinity of Thomas ville, are as good as any others which the markets supply. The grapes which are being shipped by the car load are also carrying their luscious delights to the hungry and thirsting people of the northwest. The Florida orange necessarily has to pass through Georgia in order to get to the marts of the north and west. The Georgia peaches are sweeter by far than those shipped from Delaware and New Jer sey. The warm sunshine down here sweetens the juice which in the north ern peach tastes too much like mere water. But there is one of the sweetest products of the Georgia fields which our northern friends have never en joyed to any great extent until they got down to Georgia. We refer to the Georgia yam, or sweet potato. This yellow, golden, sugary-flavored thing is the sweetest and at the same time the most-nutritious diet which is cooked and placed upon the table. The proper way to cook the Georgia yam is not to boil it as some of our Yankee friends do, but to put it in the stove in a pan and bake it. As the heat warms it up gradually the sac charine matter oozes out through the peeling and forms a lump of sugar de lightful to the taste; but this is not dwelt upon long by the Georgia epi cure, (and by epicure we mean not only those who hold this name in the technical sense of the term, but by the Georgia countryman and the Georgia darkey,) who peels the potato, and then while it is smoking hot, puts some fresh butter on it and eats it, drink ing a glass of milk with it, and goodness gracious I you will wonder, northern friend, how it is that your life has been wasted so long without enjoying the delights of the Georgia yam. We have always had a tinge of sympathy in our mind for the north ern people. We know that there are various reasons why they are unhap py ; why they are restless and contin ually striving for something which they have an indistinct idea about; but which, nevertheless, they desire to possess. They are after the choicest pleasures of the table as well as those which feast the mind. We have some times wondered what it was that brought that hungry and care-worn look upon their faces; but we now know that it is because they have never been so circumstanced that they could enjoy the Georgia yam like the natives down here do. . Tramping about through the snow, | shivering with the cold, sitting down by the fire trying to keep warm, go ing to the table and eating Irish pota toes, cold bread, beef steak and the like, they have some how or other felt that there was a longiug which was not satisfied. It was for the Georgia yam. This king of bulbs has not been transported to the north in any very great quanti ty ; consequently, our Yankee friends, if they enjoy it, have to come south to do so. Even if carried north they do not know how to prepare it. lhe science of cooking, some how or oth er, doesnot seem to have kept pace with other sciences among the north ern people. They are not up to snuff in preparing vegetables for the table. All of their energy and ingenuity has been expended in cooking beefsteak. They know how to cook that, we will admit, to perfection; but when it comes to cooking potatoes or other vegetables or fruits they are left badly behind by the average Southern cook. The moral of all this is that we are very benevolent by nature, and we wish our Yankee friends to enjoy with us the best delights which this continent affords. To accomplish this most desirable of all ends it will be nec essary for them to come south during the ensuing fall and winter and spend the season in Georgia or Florida or the coast region of South Carolina. You will have to take the sleeping car lines which run over the Western & Atlantic railroad to get there on re liable time. You will ride in magnifi cent cars, pulled by engines whose en gineers have the perfect art of running sure schedules. Your wants will be attended to by polite and accommodat ing conductors. You will ride over iron bridges and solid embankments, with steel rails and rock ballast. You will pass through historic battle-fields whose names appeal to the patriotism and pride of every American citizen, and when you have done all this, you will get a taste of the Georgia yam, and then, with the hospitable welcome which you will receive here, dear Yankee friends, you will be so happy that inevitably the feeling will come over you, —“Here is the choicest land on earth.” J. M. B. Among Our Exchanges. THE CONFEDERATE FLAG. After the battle of Manassas, in 1861, it was observed by the principal officers of the army of northern Vir ginia that it wasdifficult to distinguish in the field the Confederate from the United States colors. I attempted to get rid of this inconvenience by pro curing from each regiment its state colors. In this I was unsuccessful except as to Virginian regiments’ Governor Letcher had the stale colors made for each of them, brought them to the army himself, and delivered them to the troops with his own hands. After failing in this attempt I de termined to have colors for use before the enemy made for the army, and asked, in the army, for designs. Many were and one of*- several pre sented by Gen. Beauregard was selec ted. I modified it only by making the shape square instead of oblong" and prescribed the different sizes for THE KENNESAW GAZETTE. infantry, artillery and cavalr U i The proper number was then made under the direction of Maj. W. L. Cabell, chief quartermaster of the Confederate army, and paid for witi funds in his hands for military purpo ses. —A Letter from Gen. Joseph Johnston. the MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGNS in GEOR GIA. We have just enjoyed the pleasure of perusing this work by Mr. Jos. i . Brown, of our ciity. When we speak of enjoying it, we mean it; for in clearness and vigor of statement, in ease and gracefulness of style,. and m accuracy of facts and figures, it is in deed a work of great merit, reflecting high credit upon the author, and well deserving the commendation bestowed on it by the distinguished leaders of the Confederate and Federal armies. The illustrations of battle scenes, por traits, and maps, which embellish the volume, impart largely to its instruc tive and entertaining features. No one who takes it up is apt to lay it down till it is read through.—T/m Presbyterian, Atlanta, Ga. SEND FOR IT. We are in receipt of a copy of the “Battle Fields Folder of the Western & Atlantic R. R.” It is a neat and very attractive Folder, illustrated by portraits of Gen. Sherman and others; contains much that is interesting read ing and General Passenger Agent Joseph M Brown authorizes us to say that a copy of this Folder will be cheer fully sent to any one giving his address and enclosing one cent in postage. Address him at Atlanta, Ga. — The Re publican, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. WHERE TO SPEND THE SUMMER. The Georgia summer resorts will open for business this week. There are places in Georgia just as comfortable and healthful during the heated term as any in the country. Our people are beginning to appreciate this fact, and every year more of them visit the charming resorts in their own state instead of flying off to more expensive and less pleasant scenes. Georgia has mountains, valleys and seashores which are more beautiful to the eyes of strangers than to those of many peo ple to whom they are familiar. Scen ery, air, and water in the best and most beautiful forms abound on Geor gia soil and beneath Georgia skies. They invite Georgia folks to enjoy their exhilarating, health-giving bles sings.— Columbus Ledger. J us; so. And no where in the favor ed domain of Georgia, is there a bet ter summer resort than Marietta. Here nature has done everything that could be desirab e in point of salubrity of climate, beautiful mountain scenery, pure, sparkling water, and cooling breezes. Hotel accommodations are first class, society refined, good church es, nice drives a 1 d choice fruits. The pleasure or health-seeker mav go else wheie and spend more money, but Aill tare no better. So come to Ma rietta and spend the summer.—Mari etta Journal. Col. Robert Ingersoll is telling a new stm-y. “A Georgian,” he says,“came up to Illinois after the war and want ed to sell his uniform. He asked around at several places, ‘Do you want to buy a uniform?’ Finally some one asked him what grade of uniform it was, when he said: ‘lt was a private’s uniform in Georgia, but I reckon it moutdo for a Colonel in Illinois’” Col. Ingersoll deserves thanks for having discovered at least one Geor gian who was a private during “the late unpleasantness.” — Exchange. He also deserves credit for at last telling something like gospel truth. A Georgian who “was a private” is about equal to the average Colonel from elsewhere. Elevations in Northern and Northwest Georgia. We have secured from official sourc es the following list of elevations above the sea, of mountains, cities, towns, etc., in the region of North Georgia, including Chattanooga, Tenn., which is tributary to the Western & Atlantic Railroad: MOUNTAINS. Kennesaw, 1,809 feet Sweat, (in Cherokee,) 1,693 “ Pine Log, (in Bartow,) 2,340 “ Cohutta, (in Fannin,) 4,155 “ Lavender, (in Floyd,) 1,683 “ Grassy, (in Pickens,) 3,290 “ Taylor’s Ridge, (inChattooga,) . 1,556 “ Rocky Face Ridge, (average). .. 1,500 “ Dug Gap, 1,500 “ Rocky Pace, (south of Dug Gap,) 1,791 “ Lookout, 2,400 CITIES, TOWNS, ETC, Atlanta, 1,050 “ Atlanta Capitol, (flagstaff,) 1,163 “ Chatiahoochee Bridge (W&ARR) 832 “ Chattahoochee River, 762 “ Marietta 1,132 “ Railroad Summit, (W &AR R) 1,156 “ Acworth, 932 “ Allatoona, 875 “ Etowah Bridge, (W. &A. R. R.,) 771 “ Etowah River, 69(5 “ Kingston, 721 “ Adairsville, 723 “ Calhoun, (553 “ Oostanaula Bridge, (W& \.R. R) 655 “ Oostanaula River, 623 “ Dalton, ■■■ 773 “ Tunnelllill,*. 859 “ Ringgold,.... 785 “ Graysville, 706 “ Ga. & Tenn. Line,. W. &A. R. R.) 714 “ Chattanooga, 6(53 “ Gordon’s Springs, 965 “ Villanow, 914 “ Lafayette, 871 “ Rome, 652 “ Canton, 960 “ Jasper, 1,530 “ Talking Rock, 1,113 “ Ellijay, 1,310 “ White Path, 1,500 “ Blue Ridge, 1,769 These figures will be interesting to those who are in search of health re sorts, as well as those who are desirous of prospecting for the best regions to emigrate to. The W. & A. is the Only Line. From 12:50 p. m. one day until 9:00 a. m. the next day (20 hours and 20 minutes) there is no passenger train from Chattanooga to Atlanta except those running over the West ern & Atlantic Railroad. The West ern & Atlantic, however, within that time, runs 4 passenger trains daily from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and 5 passenger trains daily, except Sunday, Chattanooga to Dalton. Going north, from 1:00 p. m. one day until 7:35 a. m. the next day, (18 hours ai d 35 minutes time,) there are no passenger trains running from Atlanta to Chattanooga, except those over the Western & Atlantic, which within that peri< d has 3 passenger trains running from Atlanta to Chat tanooga. Therefore travel over the W. & A. The Western & Atlantic is the only railroad running from Atlanta which has through sleeping cars, without change, Atlanta to Cineinnaii What beautiful scenery, pure watet and salubrious atmosphere those en joy who spend the summer at charm, ing, hospitable, Dalton, Ga.!