The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-16
LETTER FROM THE COUNTRY.
ATHENS. GA. August /.

ATHENS, GA, August a.
MIR. Editor.-It is an unpleasant, and, fear, o
thankless task, to bring the short comings Of our
railroad managers to their attention, or to that of
the public. But there are times and seasons when
this must he done. There are occasions when
ones bile rises and it is impossible to resist the
impulse to cast it of. Read now the. following
communications from an Augusta paper, and say
if it is not enough to make man mad who is
using every means, by personal influence and
money to direct cotton and consequently trade, to
Charleston, to have the South Carolina Railroad
stigmatized as the stortoise lne," and to have it
cast in his teeth everywhere that this Company is
an old ''fogy concern" and "utterly behind the
times?" 1t is evident something is wrong, and
plain talk may help to effect cure. For instance
the world is told that there is night train on the
South Carolina Road, taking passengers from
Charleston to Augusta; but they are not told that
this might train" is freight train. They are not
told that the car is perfect disgrace to any Com
pany, and that full fare is charged to parties who
wish to reach Augusta at the expense of such a
wrenching and pounding as the Spanish Inquisi-
tion never inflicted. They are not told that this
wretched affair stops four miles from Hamburg to
let the. down train pass, and by this outrageous
plan passengers for the Georgia Road are
compelled to stay in Augusta day. Shame
shamel on such management. Will our peo-
pie, one and all, never learn that the world
or be distanced in the race. But this is not oil.
Travellers from this direction are almost all going
to New York by the way Of Atlanta, Chattanooga,
Knoxville, and to avoid the South Carolina Road
and the arrangements that now exist. This morn
ing, going down to Lexington, there were six per-
sons who wero taking this route and not one going
by the old way. 1t seems to me that q hint OF
these things ought to be enough to bring about o
correction. have heard, too, bitter complaints OF
certain officers Of the South Carolina Railroad,
who, it is said with great earnestness, are more
interested in their private affairs than in the true
interests Of the Company. This ought to be looked
into. If the statement is SANDER it ought to be
refuted-if it is true, then the Directors should
apply the correction, and that without delay. OF
my own knowledge can give no testimony, but
the stories are too common to be treated with
silence. But enough of this matter for the present.
Georgia is noble State, and has done noble
effAOH&~~sN~>~
of three hundred dollars to each MANNED soldier
who desires to procure an education. Our State
appropriated money for legs and arms, one-haf OF
which will be found to be useless, and tho money
given tothe artist who made them. Here in this
beautiful place are gathered nearly one hundred
men, manned by loss Of q log or arm, and at the
High School are receiving such an education as
their tastes and abilities warrant. Some Of these
men could barely read when they came, but they
are earnest men, they feel their want, and they
are determined to succeed. Some of them ore ex-
cellent scholars, and venture the prediction that
among them will bc found men who will hereafter
shine in the professions, and who will take high
rank among tho intellects Of the sge. In tho Uni
versty here thore are also two or three manned
men who stand well in their classes, and bid fair
for usefulness.
Crops all through this sectl5a are looking beau
tfully and i find better feeling as to the future
among the planters and Merchants. A.B. G.
GEORGIA vs. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
ME-. EDITOR: An article in the Charleston Mer-
curry, Of yesterday, casts undue reflections on the
Georgia Railroad and its able managers, Judge
King and Colonel Cole. The editor complains be-
cause the mail train on the Georgia Railroad does
not connect with freight train on South Carolina
Railroad. Who ever, in oil the annals Of railroads,
heard of o through mail train on ono road chang
ing it's schedule to make connections with q
freight train on another road? The idea is
prepostorous absurdity. Colonel Cole has dono
everything in his power, and is now more than
willing to do anything possible to accommodate
the South Carolina Railroad and the Charleston
isn the assertions Of the Mercury to the contrary
notwithstanding. By his skillful management and
hr-seeing qualities, the stock of the Company has
gone ND from si1ty-seven to ninety-one since May;
and that, too, in the summer months, which all
know to be tho dullest season in the year. On tho
other hand, tho officials of the South Carolina
Road, with dogged pertinacity. have failed to
tions. Witness the trains bearing the let
ters "W. g. NJ. R. R.," on the Other, side
OF the river. Why are those cars there?
When all the roads south of Richmond, Va,
to New Orleans, La, adopted schedule by which
close connection were to be made and faster time,
the South Carolina road persistenty refused to run
the schedule. President Drane, OF the Whining
ton and Manchester road, proposed IL the South
Carolina road would put their operators on at
KngsEille, he would send his trains through. This
seems strange, but it is absolutely true For fur
Cd to SS0 tho esr Which ppesrsd s ed in city
paper of this morning. It is presumed tho writer
fully comprehends the situation, and knows where
of he speaks. ANOTHER MERCHANT.
Augusta, Ga, August 9, 1867.
PACT IN PHILOSOPHY.
Messrs Editors: Your columns have recently
disclosed several facts in connection with the rapid
transmission OF goods from the Great Central"
via South Carolina Railroad. In one instance you
COPY an article from IN Atlanta paper (and the
Same vas transferred to the Charleston Mercuryh
citing q case where goods were received OF tho
days | from ON date Of shipment" Our friends in
Atlanta may be among the favored, but go for as