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Our Supplement. The present issue has been delayed a few days, waiting for the arrival of sev eral cuts from New York. As it was the closing number of the volume we desired to give our readers a splendid issue in all respects. In order to give them a map plate illustrative of material devel opment in the South, we give a supple ment of four pages, making an issue of twenty-eight pages of reading matter. Such delays will likely not occur again as after this issue we will have an art department of our own. L.oul»vIlle’s I.ive I.evce. Editor Southern World—Forty thou sand people visited the Louisville South ern Exposition to-day and the vast mul titude appeared satisfied. The Exposi tion is simply immense and fills the mind with the grandeur of human ingenu ity and the wonderful march of scientific research. No man or woman, who can possibly spare the time and money, should fail to pay it a visit. New and valuable inventions, representing every department of machinery, agricultural implements and labor-saving machines, dazzle the eye and bewilder the brain, as we gaze upon their wonder-working ca pacity. Productions of the soil, minerals, coal, marble, granite, etc., from beneath the earth’s surface, manufactured products from various States and forest timbers plainly indicate that which has been done and may yet be accomplished by enterprise and industry. To individual ize would be foreign to the purpose of this letter, therefore you must excuse brevity. The exhibits of private individuals and enterprises are unsurpassed and reflect much credit upon those interested. The carriage, buggy and wagon de partment represents every style and price, and no lady in search of a first- class vehicle, or farmer requiring the very best farm wagon, can fail to be satisfied. The extensive machinery department, *7°M Ct * steam, embraces every kind of labor-saving invention, from the mas- 8l ' e y^k-making machine turning out , • ^ix thousand electric lights dazzle the eye as they shed a flood of light con' ^ Citing niirllt into f!av. arwl illumining \erting night into day, and illumining t ie natural and artistic female beauties oa .. —'— iciiuue ueuuues as they throng the halls and every ave- , n , u o e . of mgress. The mineral, marble, al and wood exhibits of several States are truly astonishing—presenting a pan ,w lia ,i 0f , “exhaustible wealth not oi - tbe “asses, and affording ensive industries for successful in- v ^“ents and development. Var ious productions of the farm, *, various productions of tl jSS?" 1 » orchard and vineyard, are ex- y c J re( ii ta ^ e b> the States repre- whaM &n u a bird’s-eye view of DlisiiJi- 8 k® en d° ne and may be accom- stramm m the future. They also tell the what^ er wll ° 18 seeking an investment, turn 1 "W e , x l? ect from the soil in re- the ti° r ( tna labor. States presenting crow.l^r 1 e \ hl . blte * draw the largest not obv . 10U8 reasons, while those 0r tSK ed * arC 861(10111 “entioned Man >’ States appear ignorant of the great value of presenting their many ad vantages to the teaming thousands of visitors who are hunting new homes or new investmenti; as they gaze at the natural advantages here presented. Private donations are inadequate—hence State aid should never be refused. There can be no cheaper or better mode of ad vertisement—to show the resources of the various sections of the country, and I am astonished at the dullness and short sightedness of those in authority, whose duty it is to look into these matters. But as so many are elected who only draw their salary and absorb a little brief honor, nothing better can be ex pected from a set of drones. Arkansas leads the list with her vast productions of cotton, corn, wheat, oats, vegetables, fruits, grapes, grasses, etc., while her mineral and coal productions are almost unsurpassed. To look at her exhibits, one must admit the great wealth of soil and minerals only waiting the hand of industry, to be made profitable. As no State aid was secured, Governor Berry appointed a Board of Exposition Commissioners, whose duty it was to send out circulars to all county officers appealing for aid and specimens, result ing in much honor to the State. Much credit is due Mr. S. II. Nowlin, of Little Rock, for his indefatigable energy and industry in this enterprise, as Secretary of the Commissioners, and who now su pervises the exhibits. Florida comes next with her oranges, lemons, limes, bananas, citrons, guavas, pineapples, vegetables, corn, cotton, su gar cane, jute, grapes, wines, sponges, moss, and innumerable curiosities. She also presents some w’onderful specimens of woods—one huge cypress block meas uring ten feet in diameter,Florida maliog- ony, red bay, curled pine, etc. Alachua and Leon counties have specially crowned themselves with honor. This State is infracting more attention than any other, and will, no doubt, be amply rewarded. Railroad and private funds and enter prise did all the work for Florida. Those who have voluntarily taken so deep an interest deserve great praise. Tennessee makes a fair exhibit of her vast resources, of the farm, orchard and garden. But her wealth of coal, ores, minerals and marble is exceedingly in teresting, which cannot be appreciated unless seen. Her large display of seeds and grasses is excellent, while many specimens of wood are unsurpassed. The Bureau of Agriculture, headed by Capt. A. J. McWhirter, and some private contributions, placed her on a firm foun dation here. Alabama makes a very good show- considering that State aid was refused, but the L. & N. R. R., with some private aid, came boldly to the front and repre sents the State. Specimens of coal, iron ores, minerals, woods, productions of the soil, orchard and garden are well displayed. She also displays the genu ine shittim wood, of which Noah’s Ark was built, some years ago, you know. A solid block of yellow pine, five feet in diameter and said to be about 400 years old, is shown from Alabama. Kentucky failed to do her duty in her productions, her coal, mineral and to- bucco interests constituting the greater portion of her specimens. Dakota, far away in the Northwest, makes quite a respectable show of her wheat and other productions. Georgia, the Empire State of the South, looms up in all her majesty and grandeur with a huge nothing! Some may con clude that her productions would not make a favorable comparison—but she could have made her mark and ought to have done so. At any rate, Georgia is left out in the cold this time, her manu facturing interests, of which she is justly proud, are not even represented. Although this Exposition is on a much grander scale, and presenting a greater variety and more extensive exhibits,yet, it is wanting in many interesting features of which the Atlanta Cotton Exposition could boast. The Williamantic Spool Cotton Com pany, the Coats’ Spool Cotton with a ca pacity of one hundred thousand spools per day, the manufacture of fine Bilks, specimens of various Southern cotton mills, all of which were at Atlanta, are not to be seen here. Productions from the Northwest and various tastily ar ranged newspaper offices that were so well represented in Atlanta, are not here. Prof. Cappa’s Seventh Regiment Band produces some of the finest and most ar tistic music ever heard, and while its sweet cadences fall gently upon the ear —the eyes feast upon a sea of female beauties that make an old man feel that he is far away amid Elysian fields bask ing among angels of celestial sweetness! Prof. Cappa will leave to-morrow and the celebrated Gilmore Band will arrive Monday to remain the balance of the season. The Art Gallery is the grandest, great est and moBt valuable ever before col lected in America—the estimated value being one million dollars. The Little Electric Railroad, the only cars in the United States drawn by elec tricity, attracts great crowds. I am informed that several persons came to Louisville on business, and did not know of the Exposition until they arrived. This is accounted for by the fact that this Exposition has not been sufficiently advertised in newspapers. It is said that the managers being on the old fogy order and never having been necessitated to advertise their own busi ness, do not know or appreciate the value of printer’s ink, hence, with three hun dred thousand dollars, this was not her alded as much as did Kimball the Atlanta Exposition with one-third the money. This is the talk, and being a strong ad vocate of printer’s ink judiciously ad ministered in allopathic doses, I am not inclined to contradict it. I fail to see the vim and vitality, the push and en ergy here that I expected. J. P. Dromgoole. Tlie (icorKin Pacific. One month from to-day the Georgia Pacific Railroad will run the first train from Atlanta to Birmingham. Major Temple, the Chief Engineer of the Rich mond and Danville Extension Company, has recently returned from one of his frequent visits over the line, and an- • nounces the work progressing finely. The tunnel between Anniston and Birm ingham has been worked wonderfully well considering the difficulties in the way and is approaching completion. The road is complete to the tunnel on this side and beyond it toward Birmingham very little remains to bo done. Tho opening of the road between Atlanta and Birmingham is anxiously awaited by both cities, and Birmingham, at least, will make it the occasion of a general jubilee. It is probable that a special train bearing a large representation of Atlanta’s citizens will go out on the first through train, and that the event will be one of the most pleasant occurrences in the history of railroad construction in the South. Persons who havo never been over the new road havo no idea of its excellent construction and complete equipment in every respect. The South western Railroud was considered tho best built road in the South when first completed, but the Georgia Pacific is probably as good a new line as ever a locomotive hummed over under a South ern sky. The iron is the heaviest used in this section and the entire line is be ing rock ballasted as fast as it is opened. The depots are uniform in style, hand some in uppearunce, and furnished with every convenience. Around each one of them there is either a town or tho prom ise of one in rapidly rising store houses and cottages. The growth of the old towns through which the road runs has been wonderful in the last yeur, while many new settle ments have sprung into municipal dig nity. It is said by gentlemen who have watched the history and growth of At lanta thut this new line promises more benefits to the city than any railroad that has yet been opened, except probably, the Air-Line. Already a very sensible increase has been felt in the trade of the city from the new country opened. Cot ton is pouring in from it, and the villages growing along its route are increasing the demand upon Atlanta as a wholesale center in a most appreciable manner. The road itself has done an excellent business since it first began. Its officers are all first-class men and to their care ful and economical management is due the credit of this phenomenal success. On the 17th of November, Atlanta will have through trains to Birmingham—and that day or the next the daily line will be opened to Coalburg, which is twelve miles beyond. Cheap coal, increased trade, rich tributaries, and rising towns that will pour wealth into Atlanta’s lap are all indicated and assuredly promised in these events.—Atlanta Constitution, October 17th.