The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-03-19
NEWS AND REMARKS.

NEWS AND REMARKS.
Eg-The Pacific Railroad may be finished by July
next and everything promises well except the Snow
which threatens perpetually recurring winter
blockade 1t now lies upon portion Of the track
three or four feet deep and it is believed will ren-
der transit impossible during most of the winter
months The Macon Telegraph justly says the
great Southern Pacific Railway must and will be
built possessing as it does many important advan-
sages over the northern route.
CYWe have been favored with the Report Of the
Commissioners appointed by the present Legislature
TO examine the operations and connections OF the
Western and Atlantic Railroad with reference 10 the
interest Of t.is great work. The Commissioner
Messrs CAMPBEII WALLACE, f. HUBERT and
MARK A. OuorEH, latter reviewing the connections
present and prospective of the State Road with the
great lines oftLe West, urge necessary to lis sue
cessful operation in future, the building Of the Rome
Road 10 the State line pointing Decatur, Alabama
This with such arms or tributary roads as may be
built by State aid or without 1T is believed will Sc
cure to the State profitable and permanent bust
ness for the Road. 4HA
Speaking of arms, OF feeders, for the State Road
North Georgia Road from Marietta to Jasper. II
the State is TO aid in the construction of such Roads
ii might begin here with advantage. We hope,
however, that the Road will be built whether the
State aids it or not 1t ishe interest Of the people
to build it and those living ontheroute will build 1t
sooner or later hitlIe meantime let them consider
the following facts. - aa 1~y# rsHf .y1I
\ 1t is estimated that Railroad passing through
town. adds 500 per acre to the farms. town ten
miles square contains 6400 acres, An increase OF
600 per acre is equal to $640O0O0 enough to build
two hundred miles Of Railroad al $4,000 per mile.
The estimate may not be always borne out by facts,
but if the Railroad should only add $40 in value to
each acre lying OH the route Of the proposed Road
it would be more than paid for in the increased val
ue Of prolertye Is tRa11 81
To The Boston Post amcnts the litteuess Of the
act which exiled Gen. Hancock TO Dacoah and
hopes the time may come wien the people viii re-
call him.. Our Southern papers are more exercised
over the restoration Of Sheridan TO the Louisiana dis
trict Let us be wise in accomplishing the work
appointed for us aud bear if possible, with indlffer
ence the political impurities and oppression heaped
upon us. We are laying strongly and securely the
foundations of our future greatness. Such land
teeming with resources, if we are wise, prudent,
patient, we will redeem from all the infamies which
now affiict it,
EYsGEoRGE n LESTER and S. WE'LL, Esqrs.,
were elected by the Legislature the former domestic
tho latter, foreign Commissioner of the Land and
Emigration Bureau Better appointments could not
han HATS fatia
operations of the Bureau will be kept so that the
people may know whether the venture Of $4,000
pays or not.
cV~WESDELL PHILLIPS thinks the President
viii keep his promises to the letter to execute the
laws, and hopes that Congress will cover the South
with cannon, banners and scaffolds until peace is
made absolutely certain. i"H t"
tY-Rev. Mr.. ANTHONY while officiating at a
marriage near Andersonville, Geo. at the residence
Of Mr.. Robert Mann received dangerous wound
from lit appcare) the accidental discharge of gun
ExrMr. CHARLES WALLACE, Editor of the War
renton Clipper, applied for admission to member
ship in the Masonic Lodge and was defeated by the
vote of DIR. Darden. Wallace denounced the voter
in his paper and while passing the Office of Darden
was shot and instantly killed from the window
Subsequently a party took Darden to the woods and
left him ridded with bullets. The unhappy diff
Guilty is deeply lamened in Warrentcn and should
be deplored everywhere
~ The Legislature has now under discussion the
proposition to purchase the Opera House in ATTAIN
ia for 100000. What nexts
F-zgCen Sheridan has been assigned to the Divis
ion of the Missouri. Gen. Haleck to the States now
commanded by Thomas and Meade. Gen, Q. o. How
ard to the Department of Louisiana
EV-The election for members of Congress IN Geor-
ga will take place in May-ifnot reconsidered by our
Legislature. .5 sr.