The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1849-10-12
THE "MQDEL STATE seF THE
SOUTH."

article on dEI Roads, illustrates lis argu-
ment in vies their advantages BY re-
view of theig beneficial effects in Georsq
and Tenues9o. We copya portion oflhe
article:
ain .Geeba, the farmers understand
matters now As The Georgia roads ad.
vauced intoR country, lands rose, towns
sprang upss rade increased, population
ceased TO q vout but The tide turned Ia.
The tarmerst cyan TO take stock in the
roads-thsybegan to build Them. They
found tbeW k2ds increased IN value more
nv M
many mIesfof road -iaking the stock and
working their subscriptions out with their
hands, and after the road was done have
found themselves richer than at first, and
the stock thrown,in-the rise in their lands
more Than equaling their work on the
road they are siill building other reads,
summing into and concentrating other places
with heir main road. The farmers con
street most ofthem too--a county builds a
road through ps limits. the next does the
same, and soton. We recoliect seeing a
statement NOT many months ago from an
engineer OF one Of the Georgia Roadside
Musc6gee one we think-ihal the farmers
IN the region OF Columbus were m aking
about $500 10 The hand by subscribing for
the Kali Road stock and then working out
their subscriptions. Is it any wonder that
Georgia is pIosperous-rhat her lands are
rising-that Factories, Found,ieS, &c, are
dotiing The State over-thatherc citizens are
no; hunting homes in new regions-tha1
her citizens are growing in wealth, trade
and populatiOn-her towns and villages
multiplying and hourishing? Look at Sa-
vannah, how she is spending millions for
roads, canals, lines Of steamships, Sc,
drGwing wealth from all quarters by freely
giUing it out al first! Look at Augusta
with her canal for manufacturing purposes!
And Coumbds, the Lowell of the South
A noble rlvalship Tor good-for the lasting
welfare Of the State-exisls between the
country and the cities-rhe farmers and
lraders-theY are mutually cnrichng, are
bracng and sustaining each other
Tennessee has commenced following
The laudahle example Of The "model SIa.e
ofthe SolEh She is building Rail Roads
her cilies and her satmers have united
'ogether-b,ve put Their shoulders 10 the
wheel, and two great works are under
Roadway. In Tennessee, as elsewhere
wherever &c Rail>Road touches, land has
risen very greatly in value. Along the
whole line from Nashville to Chattanooga,
real estatetns gone up. Even while the
Road is inlIrocess Of construction, the diff.
ference indie value of land on The route
now and wat il was before is far more than
the entire ecst Of The road Mr.. Stephen
son eslmalcs the rise 10 the value of real
estate on To- route and in The towns on the
line al abop elevcn millions, while The cost
of the road j; put down at three millions.
In the North. the Middle States, the West
and the Ssglh, experience has ever shown
results Of d similar nature flowing from
Rail. Road. They create and lmpart wealth
they aref hriIizing streams, rivalling the
wonders OF The Nile. Truly, NEST truly
may it be SAID, that the farmers are mos
interested u and more benefited by Rail-
Roads than nj others besides. While others
are incidentally benefited, the farmer is nj
once benef,ially acted upon by them"
Re The EYEcUTIoN OF JAcoBE-HERR
HECKER, THE GERMAN REPUBLICAN.-A
Mannheim piper, said, in recent number.
"Nobody lins been shot this week." the tri-
ais before tie court martial resulting IN the
secondary unishment of Ten years i'm
prisohmenI Since the above report how~
ever, another prisoner, an arlileTyman IN
the Baden Service, named jacob, has been
tried, Sc ets~srJ, and executed. He was
implicated in the Instruction of Strive and
HeCkerA-last lyear, was taken, tried, and
imprisoned; We was released by the late
Provislonary Government, forthwith joins
ed the movement, and was one OF the most
active oil the military leaders he comman-
ded For. A, in the citadel of Rastadt, dur
ing the siege. As the court found him
guilty unaniuionsly, the sentence was car
red out on The following morning at seven
o'clock. Jacob walked 10 The place of ex-
ecuIon smokInga cigar, repused the priest
who offered TO attend him. saying, 81 am a
Saducee; have no religion )" refused TO
have his eyes bound, and gave the word 10
the soldiers present and fire himself. This
is the siYteeuth military execution 10 Baden.
The court Is, much occupied with minor
offences, suchas wearing free corps hats.
selling pipe heads with prohibited portraits
on them, and singing the Heckertied, or
"Song Of Hecker,"
A modest young man recently tainted
away atAhe diuper table. upon being asked
to Try BIT Of a spare-rb.