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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XXI. “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT ."—Jefferson. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER (>,1869. NUMBER 40. ■tncallr* Pardon We print below a communication from "Bibb," which w< find published in the Macon Telegraph ol the 23d, reviewing the Governor’s action upon tLie cise ol Henrietta Greer, a hoae sentence oi d<**ih was commuted by the Governor to im prisonment in the Penitentiary tor life. The editor ol the Telegraph, rclerring to the communication of Bibb, say: “ It “Bibb” means to say the case ol Ileurielta Greer stood belore the Governor upon a record re’t'Dg lorth the taels oji he narrate* them, then there is no mau in Georgia who would find fault with the commutation of the sentence,” and adds that the statement of the rase as made by “ Bibb" dors not correspond with its own recollection and reports of the trial. We are reJiably*in formed that the action of the Governor was based solely upon liie record of the case as officially certified by the Clerk of the Court, and upon official communications from entirely responsible persons in Macon, who were familiar with the whole case, aud that “ the case of Hen rietta Greer” did stand before the Governor upon a record setting forth the facts as “Bibb” nar rates them. cask op Henrietta grkkr. Ktiilor* Telegraph : Having read your article on the “ Case ot Henrietta Greer," being greatly astonished at the statements therein made, and tielieving that you have, by being misinformed aa to the facts elicited on the trial, unintention ally misrepresented Governor Bullock, I pro- IHise, as an act ot justice to him, to present the case as disclosed by the official recotd on file io this county. You say that “the prisoner, ac cording to her own account, sustained by the evi deuce, and repeated many limes without material variation to officers— to the Court—to one ot our own editors and numerous other parties—on many occasions running through a period ot se veral months—went out wiih tier untortuuate little, victim to gather livhiwond for market, and while in the field conceived the. idea of killing the child in order to get possession of a few cents which the latter had iu her pocket. Accordingly she struck her several fatal blows on the band with the me—look the money, and came to town aDd tpmi it in cake* and candy'' 11 the official record di-closes the fact alleged io this quotation, or if such an inference can be drawn from tbs evidence, then 1 think the pris oner deserved death, and l do not hesitate to say that the Governor should not have granted her a second reprieve, much less a commutation of ute sentence. But the evidence discloses no such facts ; aor docs it show that such admis sions were made either “to the court, to one of v<»ur editors or to any other person whatever.— It does show that the deceased was going on eighioen years of age, that she was about the sise ot the prisoner, and uot a “little child” by any means ; that but one wiiuess (and he the brother of the deceased) testified about any mo ney ; and be states in the direct examination that “be beard deceased had $3 20,” but when re-called says "Prisoner knew deceased had this money, and thst when deceased was found her pocket was turned wrong side ouL” Now, let us examine this point: Capt. Simp son, who cauie up to where the bodyo! deceased was lying, immediately after it was found, and who nsiilics that he examined it caretully, atur giving a minute description ol its appearance, tails to corroborate the very material fact as to the pocket—a circumstance not possible lor biro, as a police officer ot large experieuce, to have overlooked, particularly ul a moment when the character of the crime was undeveloped and the circumstances attending its commission un known. The same witness who was present in the room when prisoner was arrested, tailed to find any “cakes or candy,” or money in her pos session, but did find some trilling toys. Now, it you will give the prisoner the bcDeiit of a fair and reasonable presumption, the pos session ol the toys can be accounted to* as beiDg { lurchuacd with the money she earned by her abor, sutiscquent to the commission of the crime, which the testimony, corroborating her own assertions, shows that she performed. The evidence nowhere shows that deceased was struck Irom “behind, or on the back ol the headthe wounds being inflicted on the bead, breaking the skull at the right temple. Several prominent and legal gentlemen of this city difler with you, when you say that prejudice had no influence on the case ; they assert and it is notorious, that the public mind was mucli in flamed by the exaggerated reports ol the affair; the press had thundered against her, and in pub lic opiuion, her guilt was established belore she was btoughl to trial In this remark I do not intend to r« fleet upon the integrity of any one, but simply state my own sentiments up to the time I examined the evidence. The same gentlemen assert that prisoner’s couusel labored under many disadvantages tor niaktug a successful defence; amongothers, “that they were put upon trial with little or no lime for preparation ” Under these circumstances is it possible that she could have had the benefit ot such a trial, as would have elicited all the miti gating circumstances ot her crime?” Again, you say, “ thst the relative strength and ago ot the parlies preclude the idea of a struggle." The brothor of deceased testifies that the par ties were about the same age aud size, so that ( the idea ot a struggle is not at all precluded— on the contrary, the confession ot the prisoner, which was introduced on her trial, and without which she could not have lieen convicted, states distinctly that deceased cursed and struck her with a stick; and, therefore, she, in the sudden heal ol passion, returned the blows with an axe. Her confession Is the only direct evidence in the case; all the balance is purely circumstantial. Her coniession must t>e taken iu its entirety— it cannot be revered. The same evidence which satisfies us that Henrietta Greer slew Nancy Wright, should satisfy us ot tile circumstances ot the slaving. The position being Irue, aud, in the absence ot other testimony to the coutiary, the conclu sion would be inevitable that the crime commit ted was not murder but voluntary manslaughter. So much, Messrs. Editors, tor the main points made in your article. Now lor the general tacts in the case. The two girls were on perlect terms ol social equality and intimacy—slept in the same room—worked daily together in partner ship: thev were trieuds up to the moment the - r? , • i. t>i i,. first blow'was struck. They were celling light- wood in an open field iu the day time; had gone out blether lor this purpose ; the place to and the object for which they had gone out were kuown to the lamtly ot the deceased ; arriving there, they commenced work ; deceased bands prisoner her c6inb to hold, who, negro like sticks it in her hair, and iu pulling it out breaks it; this naturally incenses deceased, who abuses and tbeu strikes prisoner with a stick ; prisoner in return strikes deceased with an axe, which she holds in her hand and with which she is cutting light wood, and kills her; leaves her ly ing there' aud runs off —so commenced aud so cuds the tragedy. Henrietta Greer did not attempt to conceal the body ot her victim, aud certainly did not pretned ilatc murder; the evidence fail* to shim- that she did. Her contessious, withe they bear the impress of uuth, clearly established her imbecility; tor, while she admits the crime, she tells, simpy and childlike, all the circumstances a tending tts commit-si n. With this view of the case, without attempt ing an argument, permit me to ask it the tacts presented wou d not awaken in the mind of any reasonable man, away itom the influences which would affect the community ia which the crime was committed, such reasonable doubts as to the nature of the crime as to recommend the pi tsouer to mercy ? 1 thiuk they would, and am only surprised that the commutation was not moie ext nded. 1 think Governor Bullock i- naturally humane and merciful ; but do not beneve din lie wilt shield criminals from just «ud merited puui-htneni, or that tie will, through fear ol public ceusure, withhold the pardoning power, when, iu his opinion, justice and huuiaut- ty demand its exercise. Bibb. Cheap Rsllro.d Fare experiment. Tne Savannah Republican ot the 24th instant announces the fact that the Central Railroad Company baa concluded to extend the halt tare system Irom the 1st October to the 1st January, 1870. The liberal disposition thus shown by that Road, will, we trust, be initiated by all others in our Slats. Wc have no doubt it will pay in the end. A Missouri girl brought a recreant lover to terms in Omaha the other day by one shot from a revolver, and the remark that she bad five ynore left Fertilizers. That many of our tanners have been imposed upon in the purchase ol fertilizers, both as to price and quality, is, to their sorrow, too true. We advise all such, and ail interested, to read the follow ing, which is extracted from a report tuad^jy i’rote^sor Johnson, of Yale, who has been engaged iu analyzing some of the high- priced articles. He says: “There is good rea. on to suppose that some of the articles sold as fertilizers, and lor which high prices were paid, were the products of de- litxiraie fraud—their value to the farmer being in strange contrast with uie price at which they were offered and advertised.” One ot the samples analyzed contained fer tilizing ingredients which would have cost the farmer, had he bought their equivalents at a druggist’s by wholesale, and mixed them him self, four dollars a ion more than the article was sold for by tlie manufacturer. The next best article sold at $65 a ion—actual money value ot its ingredients at>out $43 2-5. Another popular article is sold at $28 per ton, estimated to lie really worth, as a fertilizer not more tuan $3 16, currency, per ton. Many other lavoiite articles of this class, he says, seeins to have deserved their reputation but little better. We have no doubt that there are honest and economical leitiiiz rs, but not many, aud could the pu’-lic be tiuly assured ot what these are, liiey wou>d lie in gieal demand, and command a high price. \ Novel Davjcb k«*R Saving Rusted Cot ton.—Oncol the eflec Is ot rust oh cotton is I o dry up the hall grown boils, and contract and harden the shell or case which covers the lint. It raiely occurs that this outer covering is so much hardened and contracted as to prevent the I oil from Clacking or opening a Mule. This year, however, the rust lias been so bad that these rusted bolls do not “crack.” A Burke planter came to this city last week and put chased twenty-three liltl ha miters, one for each ot his pickers, and a gcuilemau lioia that neighborhood informs us ih it a lively ham mering of cotton bolls is- going on them. Tlie hammer is carried in a case iumg at the picker’s side, and when a hard boll is encountered smart tap forces the casing open, and the cotton is thus secured. As strange as this may appear we are informed that tins is i tier ally trure.— Chron Ik Sentim L. Death of John Arnold. The “ Shreveport Southwestern" says that “Ar nold, the man who killed Rufus Sew all in the fall ot 1807, recently died at Bryan, Texas.” Arnold was a native ot this State, and for many years a resident ot Atlauta. The Negroes In t'nbs. It is said that the negroes in Cuba are now be coming impatient of restraint. They claim to be free- the revolutionists having declared them so—and Cubs, under any eventual rule, will have her bitter dose of turbulent Africanism to deal with. There arc probably uo larger feet in the world than those to which the strong-minded women ot this couutry are attached. While these roaring lemale lions were at Cincinnati last week the. sizes ol the shoes they wear were ascertained by un enterprising reporter. Mrs. Phelps Wears limi-teens, Mias Susan B. Anthony eleveus, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton eights, and Mrs. Norton sevens. A pair of each tect would answer admirably for the pedestals of a couple ol BuDker Hill monuments The high price of leather in this country is no longer a mystery. Each of these women ought to have a tan-yard or two ol her own. «. —, A Royal Scaffold-Piece.—The gold piece given by King Charh-s 1 to Bishop Jtixon on the scaffold at Whitehall, has just been sold in Lon don. It belonged to the estate ot the late Mr. Thos. Brown, and was bought by Mr. Webster, of Henrietta street. Covent Garden-tor the large sum ot £345. Its weight is 1 ounce 10 penny weights, 15 graius. There can be no doubt, it is said, about the fact of its having been so given by the King, both trom its appearance as a pat tern, having a mint-mark probably lor a £5 or £6 piece submitted by the engraver tor His Ma jesty's approval, as well as trom its being con veyed down in a direct line from the Bishop to its possessor in 1835, when it was bought by Col. Drummond. On the occasion ol its last sale, there was also sold a New England half penny of 1634, which brought £t0s 5s.. aud eight American bait-pennies of 1776, for £8. The Louisville Commercial Convention. We see that the citizens of Louisville are making the most extensive preparations for the reception ot the delegates to the “ Southern," but it may, wo thiuk, be more properly styled the National “ Commercial Convention.” Be this, however, ss it may, it will certainly be one of the most important Conventions that has ever been held iu the South, aud will perbaps shape the commercial and railroad destinies ot the South aud every oue ot its seaport aud gull cities. We have been requested to state that delegates will greatly laciiitate the Committee of Arrangements by uoliiyiug its Chairman without delay of their intention to be present, and what interest—State, city, corporation, or company—they will represent. We regret to see, from the following letter, that oue oi the wisest aud best men iu the whole Union cun uot be present. His presence would he ot more prac tical service, and his influence mote potential for good lhau that of any man in the whole Union: LETTER FROM GEN l.F.K. Lexington, Va , S; p’. 13, I860. jDear Sir: I have had the honor to receive your invitation to aileud as an honorary mem ber of the Commercial Convention, to assemble at Louisville on the 12tli ot October next. The importaut ureas ires proposed to be considered by the convention will attract the earnest atten tion of the whole country, and I leel assured will receive ttie calm deliberation which so mo mentous a subject as the advancement of the interests ol ali the States, aud the development ot the wealth and resources ot each require trom American citizens. It we turn to the past history ol the country and compare our mate rial couditiou with that ol our lorctalhers when they undertook, in the face of the difficulties which surrounded them, its organization and establishment, it would seem to be an easy task lor us to revive what may be de pressed and to encourage what may lie languish ing in all the walks ot hie. We shall bud it easy it we will cherish the same principles and practice the same virtues which governed them. Every man, however, must do his part in this great work. He must carry into the adminis tration of his affairs industry, fidelity and econ omy, and apply the knowledge taught by science to the promotion <*f agriculture, mnnulactures and all industrial pursuits. As individuals pros per, communities wdl become rich, and the avenues aud depots n quired by trade snd com merce will be readily constructed. Iu my par ticular sphere I have to attend to my proper t>usiue6S, which occupies so much ot my atten tion that I have but little rime to devote to other things. 1 am unable, therefore, to accept your kind invitation, but am happy in the be lie! that the enlightened delegates that will be present at the convention will do all that can be done tor the good ot the country. Thanking you tor the kind manner in which your invitation has been extended, I am, with great reap ret, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee. Col Blanton Duncan, Chairman Committee ot Ammgt uieuis. (•one io Cuba. A Georgia correspondent ot the New York Sun says: “ The Atlanta men, seventy five in number, with Lieutenant Fury ear as their lead er, have eluded the authorities, and embarked on the vessels sent to the Florida coast from New York.” We have reason to believe that the foregoing item is not true. We do not think the “Atlanta Roys” have yet sailed for 'Onba. We know' mat some ot them have not. Political l^auM, Dead and Living. That most excellent paper, the New York Express, has recently directed its atunlkm to political issues, defiling them as dr ad aud living ones. The article is add road to ike l)u- mocract, and its theme Democratic, principles. Of Jcflertou’s measures ol government, many ot them, it says, hate become obsolete, while his c&rdiual principles remain in lull, if not ac tive force. What is dead of the great Demo cratic apostle’s teaching.it recognizes as buried, what is living, it deems to be woitii contending for, and worth preserving. The live issues, it claims to tie, “ate the lot quality of me taxes, the severity of the taxes—the ‘■uwiadom of the tax legislation, their oppressive, injurious character, the destruction tiny have already created to our commerce, arid the damage they have inflicted upon our Auiiuulactuiing ini. rest, in shutting U out from the markets of the world.” These are indeed live i.-su< s, and it tiie De mocratic papers ol the country would turn their alU-ut|ou more to «lie cons’:deration ot them, than to the dead issms so many ot them are constantly harping upon, it would la.- t.etier lor the couuuy. But liie Ex press goes further. It says "ihe fact is we are lull ot live issues of greai irnpoi lance to the country , and the quicker wc drop all really dead ones t tic better. ’! here is no use in trying to nice with dead horses When tilings die, bury lium, though never, never, never bury great principles for iu them there is eternal resurrection.” This is si nsible more, it Is patriotic. “ Let the dead tuny their dead,” but lei the living look to the live issues before them, and they will do more to piomote the prosperity at the country, and bring atoml that (leace and pros perity which it so much needs than by growling and croaking over a past Irom the results ot which tliry cannot possibly escape, uniil reason reasseits its supremacy over the people, iu.d rulets are made to bow submissively to their be hests. ALBiBAAi AND CHATTAHOOCA RAILWAY. l ot the citizens of the surronudirg country: sqftl- I ciently attested their interest ia the enteijffiso. ArtvertlhlwR-Newspaper “Slsst ’’ The Louisville Courier-Journal, taking a. peep into ttie advertising columns <>f the Missouri Re publican, says : “As a general thing sign-hoards indicate the business of a city. Where you find them dingy aud illy hung, and “lew ami 1«r between,*] you say to youisdt, this doesn’t took prosperous.” Well, advertisements are sign-boards. The St Louis Republican is tuil oi ihem. ergo, St Louis is pros-pen>us. • Ditto with ttie Chicago Tribune, wiiieh comes to us oveiflowing with announce ments.'’ “The circular system and drumming system may have,their advantages; but they mu^t, in the nature ot tilings, la: limited, lor they are ad dressed to classes chiefly. The newspaper goes everywhere. It has been built up at a cost of years ol labor and raouey devoted to its perfec tion. When the trader se«ks its assistance in teaching the public he pays according to the number ol readers readied. It is more expen sive to puiilisti a paper that gi»cs to a targ^ audi ence Ilian it. is l<*~ publish one that goes to a small audi. nee Her.ce Hie New York Herald charges double as much lor adverti ing as rile lesser New York papers.” “Advertisers do not always understand this They thiuk sometimes without reflecting, that the price ol advertising should he iinilorm. One might as wdl t-xjieci uniformity :a-twi-en 11n- prices charged by leading hotels and private boarding-houses.” The “ciicmsr sys-tem” ol advertising lelerred to above, is ex'ensivtly piacticed m this city It may lie profitable to those w ho adopt and confine themselves to it, but it certainly is not the most pr< >lilab!e mode, and cannot compare with newspa|ier advertising. Thore, too, doing business in Uie South, who confiue thcmsclve to it, do not deal liberally with tlieir own .city papers. Even their circulars are printed in the North, aud yet they seek Southern trade. To all such We commend a perusal id the article quoted above Fnlnain Superior Court. The Macon Telegraph ol the 26lh instant say's that Puruiuh Superior Hon it, Hon. Philip B. Robinson presiding, has been iu session the past week. Old hii.-iness was rapidly disposed ol. Judge II holds, in relict cum:-, that the loss of negroes only can ;<-.a ground toi n reduction ol debts. He does uot allow any testimony as tp connection Oi plaintiff with the war. In cars where the law is abused bv juries in their dis cretion, he grants new Iriuls. Hvveial impor tant questions were discusse d—decisions not yet rendered. Napoleon has lost most of his old friends, and cur down his smoking to fix cigars a day; but when be dies, and the Empress rales as re gent for her son, she will bane less to-back-her. Found Him Out. The Charleston News says: The Cubans, it would-seem, have at last found out the real worth of the valiant Jordan. The last news from the tehel camps in tonus us that he bad been promoted Iiom tbe position ot an inde pendent command* r-in bluet to llial ol thief ot staff to General Ct-speilcs. Nobody who knows G< ueral Joidan’s history will be surprised at this. We said, on his em barkation lor Cuba, Inat uo man who joined the enemies ot his country to slander its leader while the latter was iu chains, could be relied on to deieod the liis-n ice ol a iicopte. How liu were we wrong? From (be Agricultural Bureau. The Agriculture! Report states—regarding the corn crop—that unless the close ol the season is very favorable, there tuusl Ire 150.000,000 bush els less than a full crop. Regarding cotton, there will he a reduction in the yield ol cotton trom the Carolinas to Alabama, and a material increase from Mississippi to Texas. Georgia, Florida and fiouik Carolina have suffered most mainly lroui the drought, ami iu a lew localities pom the rust, the caterpillar and the boll worm Our estimates make tue increase iu Mississippi, Loutsiaua and Texas respectively, ten, twelve and touru-eD per cent. The probabilities at per 9ent favor a yield ol 2,750.000 bales. The whe at crop is large. The quality iu the South is decided ’y superior. (nrloux C*iutM«iM. It is a curiou* c-iiocioeuce in figures in rail road statistics ibai there are 43.000 miles of rail road in the United States, and ibal their aggre gate c ipiL-il represents an average cost ot $43,- 000 per mile, the total capital invested in rail roads being nominally $1,870,000,000, though the amount is greatly swelled by watered stock. The aggregate earnings on all ot tbe roads in 1868 were $400.000,000-$280^00,000for height, and $120,000,OOQ tor passengers, being 22 per cent, on the stock, onto! which is-to be deducted operating expenses and interest on landed debts. ^ • If yon wish a first rate apple, either Northern or Southern, call upon Mr. Charley Hughes, at his stand by the American Hotel, Alabama street. City Tax-Fayrrs who are behind in their settlements, will be interested in the advertise ment of John Thomas, City Marshall, which can be seen in oar advertising columns this morning. An exchange says the portrait ot Isabella is retained on Spanish postage stamps because of the gratification it affords Revolutionary patri ots to lick it, and Revolutionary clerks to stamp it. Delegates, provided with proper credentials to the Commercial Convention, to be held in Louisville on the 12lh, will be passed over the State Road, and Chattanooga and Louisville and Nashville roads tree. Celebration ol lh« Op«l«t ofthe N»Hh era Dlrlaloa -Npeaebe* *f Col. ». o. WIsimm and Got. W,Ht4attk. of Aia.- Cwl. K- Halbert, ot Gs.,Jbe.R. B. Far real, or Tea a —Kx-Oav, L. K. Parsons and Hon. 3. I*. PeunluzVon, of Ala, Hon. Fadae LlppIM. of Conn —Mon. 3. A. neabiu, or 6a., Ex-Wf. Patton, or Ain., nnd Col. W. B. Ctw. of ’ Great Barbecue—6000 to 7000 Penan* Present. Dear Intelligencer: It was the good foi- tnne of your correspondent,-quite unexpectedly to himself, to be present on {Saturday, th&35tb inat., on the occasion of the c^iei^adion. (|f the Northern Division of the Alabama rad Chatta nooga Railway, which wht-n completed to New Orleans, via Meridian, Miss., Will by virtue of 1m iug liie shortest be the great trunk, line and Mail aud passenger route between Boston and New Orleans. It is proposed to give yob a sketch of what was done, and a synopsis ot what was said on this festival occasion, where the ‘progressive men of the South met and greeted thu men of tbe North, who, by the investment qt their,capi tal, aud the united labor ofail. are engaged in carrying t rward this great TSjsbntd woik. On Friday night considerable rain fell, laying the dust and cuiiling Ute atmosphere. Oh Sa turday morning rain ihrealvueo, which, while it kept many trom going, did not prevent Clialta- uuogatrnm conlnbting a score or so of hundreds ol people to the. grand aggregate. There were iu ail about sixty cars in ail the trains —most ol them crowded. The last train,left the city about 9 o'clock, and running at fjow speed, io allqrd passengers a good opportunity tp enjoy the flue, beautilul, ever changing views presented by the mountain range on either tide, arrived at a de lightful spot, where a grand old lqrpt growth covered a hill Irom whose base there flowed a splendid firing, about 55 mites from Chatta nooga, about one o’clockv The road is com pleted, rad ia excellent running orJer, about 60 miles irom Chattanooga, in the direction of Meri- diao. , The broad, fertile valleys spreading out on either side—the c<>zy cottage houses and fiue rnuimions, of the valley couutry embowered in groves ol the grand old, oaks whose ages ure reckoned by centuries, and the rouiautic scenery presenting u> tbe eye a panorama of nature’s own creation, aUtacied and delighted all. On alighting irom tbe cats the party, preceded by the Chattanooga Brass Band, took up the line of march for the grove where a temporary plat form had been provided,on which the speak ers, officers of the road, and the stockholder — guests irom New England, were invited to seats Tho hills and valleys around had already Con tributed their thousands; and on surveying the multitude, it was estimated that between five and seven thousand people were present — among them many hundreds oi the tair deni zens ol the mouutain rc-giou where Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama unite their boundaries, aud join together their great railway enter prises. As t-oou as order was secured, Col. Wm. O Winston, one ol the oldest inhabitants, and one ot the original projectors of the Oid Will’s Val ley Railway, which has taqianded into the pres ent gigantic and imporiant work, was nomina ted for Chairman tuid (joLtiriiioJ by ;i(.cl;UUA- lion. Ou taking the chair, Colonel Winston, iu sub stance, said : Ladies and Gentlemen: i 1 hardly know how to express invsell on this occasion—how to thunk you lor this unexpected honor; for 1 esteem ii to be an honor ip pieside over an assembly which, iike this, represents the deutim-iit ol uuity, and of restored good will Itctwvet* M e sections, by the presence of these gentlemen ol r tie North iu counsel, with us as to hotv our iniwM St.s may l*e promoted, our resour ces developed. It •* an honor to pieside over so Urge an as-. in luge of my neighbors, met tor a purpose so worthy- LI id the weather been more l ivoiable, this gubering, huge as it is, would have be u swelled to double or treble its numbers A> H is wc have hitherto hud no such galheii g as this is, in Will’s Valley. Our Northern friends, present with us to- lay, represent the capital ready to couie to our aid, aud, aiiove a'l, the good will now felt reward us. In ttie name of 'he people ol this Valley, so long (hs'iinle ot fragilities ot c*>iutu(intention witli Uie world, 1 welcome these representatives ol Northern lirain, N •r'beru unisc:e and North ern capital w'nli open arms. Fellow ciuzens, influences such as arc now at woik, an: calculated to produce rapid progress —to make Alabama not only one ol me greatest Sinus ot the Union, nut thegardeu spot of the World Here we have the coal, and,the i on- hoili ti abundance aud the last equal to any in the world, as to quality and extent. Well may we rejoice io day in the eoulitk nt belief that soon the hopes ol most of us will 1m: fully rea tized by ttie conn ction of ilie Gulf with the Norihei u S ate.-,— united tcilh bands oj iron. Years ago, as you know, fellow citizens, 1 cherished i lie hope now about to he tcahz d. Alabama is one of the richest Stales in the Union as to the extent and the superior quality of her coa‘ and ir >n or.-. Capital and labor to develop tin se is all she needs Tue capital, and the knowledge ol these mailers, our guests pi.>po». t . .-iu,.ply ; the la'ior, aud much ol the" material, we have an t must conlrihu e These I know,-my,old ueighbor? ami friends, you will contribute. (“We will,” ‘we will”—and sp plituse ) This wo.k, my trieuds, is but the beginning. Other, and greater, aud more important will lofli.w. Railways will be built elsewhere,and our resources will t»e developed. Ourselves, our country, aud the world will be benetiltcd. To day, we Smtkern men meet and welcome Northern men at our own homes, on our own soil. Wc meet as friends—as brothers. We are descended from the same ancestry—we speak tbe same language—worship at the same altar, and those who are to follow vs will do the same. To-day, we celebrate tbe opening of tbe great fine connecting the Gulf with tbe Great Lake and Northern States. Let us rejoice that tbe work is at last commenced, and that tbe prospect is good lor ite speedy completion. Ex tend a hearty welcome—invite rad encourage our Northern friends to come. We have the natural resources and the labor—they have the capital and the skilled labor. Our resources most be developed— they eon develop them. We are too poor rad cannot. Again thanking yon ter the honor done me, 1 will give way to othere who are to follow. The next speaker was— GOVERNOR W. H. SMITH. Gov. Smith, in substance, said : Ladies of Alabama, Gentlemen, and FeUoa- CUizens : I am with you to-day, not to make a speech myself, or as an orator, but to bear oth ers speak, rad by my presence to show my sym pathy and co-operation, and to mingle with my fellow-citizens, rad encourage them in tbe great enterprise. He said it was needless to offer any argument in favor, or to urge the necessity ot constructing railways, for tbe- presence, in sach large num- Ile came, lie said, to joiu to welcoming and honoring tbe men wlio were so rapidly execu ting this great woik of iuicrn il improvement in Alabama; he came as the representative ot Ute people ot Alabama to extend Uie band ot wel come to tbe citizens ot Massachusetts aud other Northern States who were engaged iu it, em ploying their capital to carry it on. These men, he said, came not, now, with cannon aud shell, and bristling bayonets, to kill and to destroy; but they came in the name oi Peace, with money, aud with picks, and spades, aud shovels, to build up, to develops, and restore— to opeu up the highway to prosper ity. This work, the houorable speaker add, was but the begiuuing ot a new era i our history; au era more encouraging and prosperous than ever before enjoyed. It was the beginning pf tiie building of railways, and ot the opening and working oi mines, whereby our wealth would be increased, and our resources, hereto fore useless, made valuable to us, our posterity and the world But, my iriends, these improvements cannot go on until peace is fully restored, within our borders; protection given to person aud prop erty to the lulkst extent, and hvwigssuess put down. Northern capital and skilled labor wilt not come to our aid without the assurance of perfect security, aud this assurauce must be given. There iiave been some occurences cal culated to dampen tbe spirit of enterprise, and to prevent, capital aud labor Irom coming to the South, but it is to tie hoped a better state ot affairs will soon prevail. Admouishiug bis fellow-citizens that these wou’d never come where the laws were not, or could not be executed; that asperities should be torgolteu, and triendiy feelings cultivated; re minding them that we were now the common cit'zeus ot a common country; and that he would be doing injustice to those who were to tollow, should lie prolong his speech, Governor Smith retired amid the plaudits of the audience The next speaker announced was Col. E. Huibcri, ol Georgia. The following ia the sub stance ol CoL. HULBBK’f’S REMARKS. Ladies and Gentlemen; Mr. Chairman : i am not one much acquainted with public speaking. On this occasion, 1 shall confine my self to tacts, and leave yon to draw your own conclusions. Next to the great importance ot this enterprise, l shall present statistics iu re gard to coal and iron, to which I invite your careful consideration. And first let us compare the distances between New York and New Orleans via the Alabama and dial tauooga Railway andcompetin.; routes N. O. to N. Y. ci« G. J. Lou. & Cin ... ;.. Ipi4 N O to N Y via A Jfc C & Sou Roart J6<)0 D fferocce favor A * G 4 ttOlnSY via Lou & Cm 1«04 N U to N Y vi'i A Jfc 0. LU’g & Wii-n 1351 DliTerencii in fovorof A AU Kourt NOtoN Y rii Meriil 8 it & 0 Roid ... .. 1473 N O to N Y via a .to 0 Road. Lb’g A W 1353 Difference iu favor of A .to C Road 1st S <J to N Y via Mobile, Meri.l, & S R .to D It ret 1463 VOl.iNY tii/t A * C Roaa, Lyueb & Waeh 1332 Difler.uce in laTor of A & C Road 113 N O to N Y via Mo, Pollard. JtSIUU Road 14<I5 N O to N Y p a A .to C Road & Lynch, Wueli 1353 Oiflen-nce ia favor of A & C Rond f 3 N U to N Y via Mo. Mont At’, Da’, Lynch, Wa-h .Hit SUtoNY via A .to C Road - 13.2 Difference in favor of A & G Road »»' N O to N Y eta Mo, Mont, All, Aug, & Wil HWri NOtoS Y via A AC Road t352 Difference in fivor of A A C Road *14 HOtoNY eta Mo, Mont, Atl, Ang, Co!, A Urecn*- horo, NO 1657 ! N O to N Y via \ A G He ad 1852 Difterenee in favor of A A C R »ad 305 SOtoNY ria Mo, Mont, Atl, .to Ga Air Lin: I486 SOtoSYsla AJbU Road 1362 Different e iu tavor ot A A G lio id 134 These estimates sho.v that the line of the Ala bama & Chattanooga Railway .and its connec tious between New Ori< atis and New York, (and thence to Boston amt !iir; extreme Northeast), is the shortest line practicable—topographical configutaiion presenting almost insurmountable obstacles to the construction ot a shorter. .It must therefore be tiie gkeart trunk line, and the great through mail and passen ger route between the Non beast and South west. Aud by Uie construction of tbe Southern Pacific Railway ii will Lie the shortest trans-Con- 'inentai railway route between the Atlantic aott Pacific oceaus, as well as the only one affording uninterrupted communication Hie whole year. These consideratioiis, in connection with the statistics ol onrCoal and Iron Fields 1 am about i.o present, conclusively demonstrate that this must become one of the best paying railways in the Uuiou The importance and value of coal to the commercial world can hardly be over-estimated. The distnbuiiou of coal throughout the United Suites is wonderfully general aud impartial. Deposits ot coal are found lr<>m Ocean to ocean, from tiie lakes to the Gull. Wc have 3.009,000 square miles ol superficial area. We have 200,000 square miles of coal, or one fifteenth of the entire area, and unmistakable evidence of other immense fields. We out rank all other countries in this important element of wealth. Let us examine, for a (ew moments, the coal fields of Great Britain, and see if we cannot find iu their history the secret ot her rapid ad vance to the position of the first power in the world. The annual production ot coal in Great Britain is over 100,000,000 tons, valued at $130,- 000 000,-iffordtiig employment tor 500,000 people It is estimated that 10 000,000 loirs of this Coal is employed iu the production ot mcehao ical power. As li tons of Coal will produce power equal to a year of m .uu d labor >f on-: m id. TO 000,- 000 tons u-<ed in the production ot mechauic.il power equals the labor of 7,500.008 able bodied men one year. A luge portion ia used in the manufacture oi Iron. Bat the United States has more Coal, not only in absolute quantity, but iu proportion to area, than Great Britain, and oi superior quality. The tame is true of Iron. The United States has one square mile of Coal for every 15 miles of area. Great Britain has one for every 20 miles. Belgium one tor every 22J miles. France >n* tor 200 square miles ol area. The production ot Goal in Great Britain in creased Irom 32.250,000 tons in 1854 to 104,000,- 000 tons in 1867. The greatest Coal snd Iron predating country i is the most powerful. The production ot Coal in Pennsylvania 1867 was 15,000,000 tons, which reduced to mechanical power—equals 10,000,000 laborers. Herein lies the secret of her great wealth and power. The coal area of Virginia, Kentucky, Ten- nessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama is computed at about 40,000 square miles, or 25,- 600,006 square acres. A Coal seam 5 feet thick gives 5,000 tons per acre.. Five thousand tons per acre, gives 128,- 000,000,000 tons as the probable deposit in those six States. Mining at the rate of 104,000,000 tons per an nnm, the present product or Great Britlan, will take 1280 years ta exhaust them. Near Chattanooga and the line of this Road is a Coal mine leqniring the labor ot 100 men. Its annualproduct now is about 30.000 tons. This used for tbe production of mechanical power would represent the labor of 20,000 men In 13 years tiie Coal product ol Great Brit ain tabled. In the South, it may, by the construction of Railways, increased much more rapidly. If in Ten years the production reaches 10,000, 000 tons,—not an unreasonable estimate,—aud one-tenth be used mechanically,—it would rep resent 750 000 laborers. In twenty years it should reach 100,000,000 tons. One-tenth used mechanically gives 10,000,000 tons, representing 7,500.000 laborers. What should prevent this from being reality ? The Iron product ot the world is nearly 9,506,000 tons annually, of which Gteat Britain produces one half- Say .....4,600,(00 United States neerly .1,300,000 France - ,. 1,200.000 Belgium 600,000 The production in Great Britain increased Irom 3.456,000 tons in 1858, to 4,761,000 in 1867, about 83 tier cent, increase. in a period of ten years. The production in the United States in 1858 was 705,000 tons, and in 1867 it was 1,460,000 tons, or an increase of 100 per eent. in ten years. Of this Pennsylvania prodneed....... 860,000 Ohio **‘,W0 New York 180,000 In 1843 the first rail was rolled in the United States, and in 1865—22 years-the quantity made was 205,000 tons, against 700,000 tons in Great Britaiu, which has a capacity of 1,000,000 tons. The quantity of Iron Ore mined in Great Britain, to produce 4,761,000 tons of Pig Metal, was 10,021,000 tons, showing the Ore to yield au average ot 47 per eent. of Metal. I have no data as to the per ccntage of Metal in the Pennsylvania Ore, but we have Ores right around where we now stand, tributary to this Road, which will yield over 60 per cent, and much which will yield between 70 and 80 per cent. The-lty Metal ot Great Britain yields 79 per cent, of Wrought Iron. That ot ttie United States 75 per cent., that of Belgium 80 per cent., and that ot France 70. B it me yield reported for the American pro duct is bawd principally on the Pennsylvania Metal, whicti is acknowledged to be far inferior to the Southern, which will, under the same management, yield a much larger per cent. With the Coal, the Iron Ore, the Lime and Sand Rock, lying side by side, a superior quality of Pig Metal can be produced in this section, and at less cost than anywhere else on this Continent. Tbe quantity of Iron used throughout the world is estimated ut an average of 20 ibe. per head; but me average ot Great Britain and Belgium is 18!) His. per htad—that of the United States 100 I t-, and ibal ot France 69^ lbs. 'I tnia it w 11 t,c observed that tbe countries milking an>iming the largest quantity in pro- porurinib population, are the most progressive, the most wivaneed in civilization, in individual wealth, general prosperity and national power. The 40,000 square miles ol Coal Fields id tbe States named, are embraced iu an almost con tinuous jtelt, about 500 miles long by 100 miles wide, in the heart ot the territory embraced be tween the Atlantic and the Mississippi, and the Ohio, aud U»e Potomac, and the Gulf. Here then, with capital and labor to develop the mineral deposits, and railways to afford facilities for the transportation of the product, we have the seat of future poioer on this Continent. Wiiiiiu the area stan d, is a Coal aud Iron de posit one-third the entire extent of the territory of Great Britain, which if developed to ihesaine extent as there, cannot be exhausted in two thou sand years; is capable oi sustaining and enriching a population ol 30,000,000; of supporting a mer cantile aud naval marine greater than thst of the world combined; and by the useot one-tenth of the amount actually mined for the produc tion ot mechanical power tor manufacturing purposes, will invert it with almost universal do minion. It has been anriiorilatiyely stated that the line of the proposed Railway South, from Cincin nati to Chattanooga traverses < oal fields for 200 miles, aud Iron Ore Beds lor 150 miles.— These ure Dearly 1<’0 miles wide, which gives a Coal area in this region alone, equal to three times the total Coal area of Great Britain. The Coal and Iron fields on and contiguous to the Alabama <£ Chattanooga Railway is probably fully equal to that above stated. Gentlemen, I forbear to make the calculation these astound ing results suggest and commend them to your reflection. Iu conclusion gentlemen, permit me to call your attention to another important matter. Growing on these Coal and Iron fields is the fleecy stop c so much coveted by other nations and sections; and flowing between the bills tilled with the minerals are the rivers supplying the power to run the machinery made of these minerals, to spin and weave tbe Cotton. A'o where else in the world, is there such afavor- able combination of manufacturing advantages , no where else so many and powerful elements of indi vidvnl prosperity and national power. Col. Hulbert was listened to with marked at tention throughout, and his remarks made a pro found impression on all who heard them. General Forrest, who had been repeatedly ciil.d tor, was next announced, who, on ascend ing the platform, was greeted most enthusiasti cally. During his remarks he was frequently interrupted with applause by the crowd before him, which included many wh >; had served un dtr him. The cheers and applause having sub sided, GENERAL FORREST SAID: Ladies and Gentlemen—Mr. President: it ia no ordinary occasion which has brought together this large assemblage—composed ot Alabamians, Tennesseeans, Georgians, and men from New England—the men of the North and the men of tbe South. And I am proud of ibe opportunity, offered by this occasion, of meeting and greeting you aud your guests, all friends to gether on common ground in restored friend ship. As you all know, I am no speaker, but I am glad to be able to welcome to our Southern laud Northern meu rad capital to aid us iu building up our fallen fortunes. My friends—for I recognise in this large crowd many of my oid comrades of tbe past— as yon know I have met the friends and neigh bors of your guests of to-day on many a battle field, where yon and I believed we were doing a patriotic duty—but I am glad to-day to meet and welcome these gentlemen from the North as friends. I trust we always may, and I doubt not we always shall remain so. 1 think I perceive a lighting-up for tbe future —a bright prospect of greater prosperity. I see Northern men, with Northern capital, com ing forward to aid in building up our country— to aid you rad yours iu developing and improv ing what is left irom the wreck of the past. Friends and comrades, second their efforts—he ip them to help you, and thereby liind closer the bonds of a lasting friendship and national unity. Wc are now one people—we have but one Government 1 —wc live under aud claim the protection of the same flag. Come forward, then, and contribute to the growth and prosper ity of Alabama and her sister Southern States, together with these friends who have come so far to belp you. This industrial revolution commenced io the South canuot be stopped; it must go lor a a 1 d and work out its destined results. New eutci - prises must be eutered on—mines must he worked-railroads built—new sources ot wealth sought aud opened. While you are engaged in this great work here, on this side of your State, X am engaged in a similar work iu another p e - tion, and I am gratified to say to day that I have not asked a single town or county for aid with out receiving it. Our great fuluie we cannot forecast; but fifty years from now, Alabama, under the influences now set in znotiou, should be one ot the richest States in the Union. Her mineral wealth isbonndieaa■ jfttT p^wer .nnrl in fluence should be couiuiensurauO;.witlt her re sources. I leel to-day that I loo, as well as these North ern iriends, am a citizen of the United Stotes. that this is my country, (and pointing to the Na tional emblem suspended above him) that that is my flag ; everybody liere leels t so—and I doubt not it is the desire ot ail to remain so Let ub act as such; that more money and skilled labor may come among U9 from the abundance of the North. With these aids no bounds can be set to our prosperity. Alabama has now a population ot bitten to the square mile; Massachusetts 160. Ye!, compare Massachusetts with Alabama—take away her machinery, shut up her foundries and workshops, and her people could scarcely live. The cotton spun in her factories goes iu part from Alabama—the iron io build her machinery ia mined beyond her limits. Yet see to what a degree of wealth and prosperity the enterprise ot her people has brought her. Let every man help to carry ou this mighty work in our section—push onward this greai industrial revolution. I feel it to be my duty to lend my aid, and I expect to do so. I exhort you, friends, fellow citizens, fellow-comrades of other days, to come ibfSJvard and follow now where I lead, as bravely as you have done on other fields. We have widows and orphans to provide tor—let us open,mines, construct rail ways, that poor orphan boys can be employed ; and build factories that our widows and the lit tle orphan girls era also find comfort, and make subsistence by laboring in them. This done and we may look confidently for brighter; hap pier, and more prosperous days. Hence, to-day, burying aud lorgetting the past,! gladly meet these Northern gentlemen , your guests, laboring lor your good, as brothers ; with you I accept their efforts to develop our section, and uniting mine with theirs, exhort yon to the same course, to be followed aud crowned with prosperity, peace, and unity. Gen. Forrest resumed his seat mid the enthu siastic applause of his thousands of hearers. J. a P. The (Sold Fever In New York, Our New York exchanges tailed to reach us on yesterday. Had they “come to time,” we would, iu all probability, have been able to lay before our readers some intelligible explanation of tiie extraordinary occurrences in the Gold Market,’which took place there on lhe24ih inst., and from that stand point. But we arc not without some interesting particulars con cerning the rise, progress, and fall of the preci ous metal, and ot the panic which prevailed in all tbe business circles ol the great metropolitan city. For these we are indebted to the Louis ville Courier Journal, its attentive and reliable telegraphic correspondent there, having furnish ed that journal with the same, which we trans fer to our columns this morning, assuring our readers that they will be greatly interested in their perusal. The same paper comment ing upon the “ Gold Fever,” says, that “ nothing could illustrate its pernicious ness of American fortuues so graphically and forcibly as the effects of the late extraordinary jump and subsequent fall in the gold market. We are told that the accumulations of years ot honest toil went like a prairie on fire. Men be came stark mad. The days of the railway ex citement, when Hudson was the King; the days of the South Sea bubble, and the Law Scheme particularly, which Vincent Nolte ^describes, were revived in New York. The commerce oi tbe whole country has been in the clutches of a lew rich, reckless men, who have the power t<> raise or lower the price of gold at will to suit their own successlul speculations. Secretary Boutwell was lately in New York. Was his visit “not unconnected with” this unprcc-e dented rise? Was the throwing of a few mil lions on the market after the knowing ones had made all they wanted a show of virtue to blind the victims? When shall we have another per formance of the tragedy of the “ Gold Fever ?” The enquiries made in the foregoing are per tinent, though we can well concieve it to be almost au impossible task lor Secretary Bout- well, “or any other man” to anticipate, so as to guard against the reckless and unscrupidous combinations ol tbe New York capitalists, its bulls and its bears, to enhance the value ot gold. He can only watcu to thwart, when it interferes with what is understood to be policy, to keep it within proper bounds. We are not disposed to accuse the Secretary wim being connected with tbe unprecedented rise on tbe day it took place, even though he had lately been in New York. Hi9 policy may not be the one suited to the times, but surely no sane man, much less one in his responsible position, would re-sort to such means, knowing that texposuie. would necessarily follow, and that public indig nation would be visited upon him. But ttie ‘Goid Fcvei” has abated. Furui:.<-s have been iost and we have yet to see w here fortunes have been made by it, or rather by ibe transactions oi the 24ih instant!! ’ The “Feve:" was not confined to Ixew ioik. It prevailed to a greater or less extent, in ail commercial marts, and we are toid that even here in Atlanta, some have suffered from its pestilential We trust alt will recover from it, except i: e “Gold Board” in New York, an institution that richly merits the infliction of every penalty that law has ever put upon swindling and gambling. United States District Court—Tues day.—Bankrupts discharged—Colley & be li man.—Francis 8. Colley—Benj. F. Selmen, Wm L. Brown, Alexander L. Shelor, Wilkins S. Ivey, Ganoway Durden, Joeiah A. Clark, John G. Lindsay and Dillard M. Young. Casus Belli.—George Moon, colored, on yes terday whipped a dog that belonged * to Bill Gann, Irving out on Harris street; Bill declared it to be a casus belli, and chased George up I y tbe brewery, where he gave him a sound drub* ing and bit his ear badly.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, October 06, 1869, Image 1