The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-16
LEI"rEs FROM THE couar1,Y.

| . ATHENS, GA., August IL.
M. Edaor.--u is All unpleasant, and. fear. r
thankless tash to bring tho short comings of OH,
railroad managers TO their attention, or to that o
public. Iut there aro times and seasons wle,
this must bu dono There arc occasions when
ones bilo rises, and il is impossible to rosst tho
Impulse to cast it of Read now tho following
| eonliith'catlohB from an Augusta p"pur, and CAV
u is mol enough To mako u man md Who IN
"sihs every means, by personal niln nrc ,in,l
money TO direct cotton, aud consequently trade, iu
Charleston, to have the South Carolina Pail, o,d
stismatizcd ~ tho 'tortoiso lino" nud 10 have i:
cast Ill his tocth everywhere thai this Company p
all OH "iogy concern and ''uttcrly behind tho
tlmes'' Ii is evident something il wrong, and
pam aalk may help to effect euro. For instance,
'e WORTH " toit that there il night train Oh tho
no"',i oar"iina Road, taking passengers from
Charleston to Augusta; but they arc not told That
this night train" is freight train. They nre not
told that the car is perfect disgrace to any Com
plny, and that full faro is charged 10 parties who
| WISH to reach Augusta at tho expense of such IL
| wfehchnG md pounding as tho Spauiuh Inuuisi-
| ton mover inflicted They arc not told that thiD
wrptchcu nfinir stops four miles from Hamburg to
let lilo down train pass, and by this outrageous
plan passengers for tho Goorgin Road nro
compelled 10 stay in Augrstn day. Shame,
Shamel Oh such management. Win our no.
plc, ono nnd all, never learn that tho world
IS rushing OH, antl TINT irr must wake M
or DO distanccd III tho race. But this il not all.
travellers from this direction arc almost MI going
10 Now Aork ty Tho way OF Atlanta, Chattanooga,
knoxville, and to avoid tho South Caronn Road
anu tho arrangements that now cxiHt. This morn
ing, going down TO Lexington tIlcro wcre Blk per-
sons who wcrc- taking this route and not ono going
by tho OLD way. 1t seems TO me that n hn az
these things ought 10 bo enough tr brlnS about n
correction L havo heard, tor, Ditter complaints of
certain officers Of the Sontll Carolina Railroad,
who, it is aatd, with Sreat carnesiucss, arc nura
Interested in their private affairs than il, tho tr,lc
itorcsts of tho COMPANY. This ought to bc looked
into. II tho statement is giander il ought to lIc
rciucd-if it iD t.uc, tlcn tho Directors Should
apply tho correction, and that without delay. OF
my own knowledge can giyo testimony, but
the stories aro loo common TO be treated with
silence But enough Of this matter for Tho prcscnt.
Georgia IL noble State, and has done nob.o
things, not tho least of which is the appropriation
OF thrco hundred dollars TO each MANNED soldier
who desires 10 procure an ciucaton. Our State
appropriated money FOR legs and arms, ono-half of
which will DO found to bu useless, and tho money
given to Tho artist made them. Hero in this
beautiful place arc gathered nearly ono hundred
nion manned by loss of n log arm, and at tho
High SCHOOL nrc receiving Bucl, an education AZ
their tastes and abilities warrant. Some of these
men could barely read when thoy came, but they
arc earnest men, they feel slIoir want and they
nrc determined to succeed. Some Of them arc or
crllent scholars and venture tho prediction that
among them will DO found men who will hereafter
shlno III tho professions and who will tako high
rank among tho intcllccts of the nge LII tho Uni
versty hero thoro nro also two or three manned
mon who stand well in their classes mud bid fair
for usefulness.
Ciops all through this section arc looking beau
tifmy, aml find brtter feeling rs 10 tho fuuro
among tho planters and merchants. 4. B. q.
HEOEGN vs.. SOUTH GsRoLISA RAILROAD
MIR. EDIron: An article in the Charleston Mer-
cnry. OF yesterday casts unno reflections oll tho
georgia railroad and its ab!e managers, Judge
King and Colonel Cole. The editor complains be-
cauao tho mnil train tr Gcorcia Railroad docs
not connect with freight train on South Carolina
itaiiinad Who over, i'll all tho annals Of railroads.
hfar.l-of ausi,SNa,o@ afanG. vu,,cunrs' niea",
freight train Oh another road? The ilea is
proposterons nbsuriity. Colonel Colo has dono |
everything i'll his power, and is now moro than
willing to do anything possible to accomnutlate |
tho South a Carolina aioqa and tho Charleston
Notwithstanding. BY his skillful management and
far-sceng qualities, the stock OF tho Company haa
gone up from siSty-sercn to uincty-one since May;
and that, too, in the summer months, which all
know to bc tho dulest in tho year. On tho |
otacr hnnd, tho officials of tho South Carolina
euter intn proper arrangements for close connec-
tioa. Witness Tho trains bearing tho lot
ters ''W. & N. i. r." OH tho other side
OF tho nvcr. Why aro thnsp ears there |
When all the roads south of Richmond, Va,
to Now Orleans, La, adopted schedule by which |
close connection were TO lIe made and faster timc
tho South Carolina roadporsistenty refused to l,i
tho schedule. President Drane, OF tho Whining
ton and Manchester road, proposed il tho South
Caroiiun road would put their operators oil at
Kingsvillo, he would send his trains through This
seems strange, but it is absolutely true For fur
ther proof, if my is necessary, rofer all interest
cd to tho following card, which appeared in city
paper Of This morning. 1t is presumed tho writer
fully compreends the situation, and knows where
OF llo speaks. ANOTHER MERCHANT.
Augusta, Ca, August 0, 1867.
FACT IN PHILOSOPHY.
Nessrs. Editors Your columns have recently
disclosed several facts in connection with the rapl
transmission OF gonds from tho :" Great Central"
via South Carolina Railroad. III ono instance you
copy al article from an Atlanta papUr (and tho
3ame transferred to tho Charleston Dlcrcury),
citing case whore goods were received at the
Gate City ON Wednesday,. or to quote, 81 ti,ren
days from dato Of shipment" Our friends in
Atlanta may bo among tho fnvored, but go far as
Augusta is concerned it works roycrsely Ono
shipper to this point who has faithfully tried the
| two routes Il. G. Savannah and Charlest0n) can