The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-29
lrRoA AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT

lFRoA AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT
MARIETTA, Ga, June IA.
This pretty little town, famous for its de-
lightful summer climate, nestles under the
shadow of Kennesaw, made famous by the
stubborn resistance of Johnson and his little
band against the overwhelming force OF Sher-
man. Marietta bid fare at one time to be a
city of some Importance; but Atlanta over
shadows it, and, in all probability, it will not
for years be anything more than the pleasant
place of residence that it now is. There are
some beautiful residences and substantial
stores in this town, and the only wonder is
how these little inland towns have managed
to recover from the desolating effect OF Sher-
mans torch. 4 visitor to this town will be
struck by the evidences Of war In the shape of
large Yankee cemetery, said to contain be-
tween sixteen and eighteen thousand graves,
attesting silently how stubbornly the soldier
Johnson fought against great odds.
There are some valuable farms lying around
Marietta, and 1t Is noticeable fact that more
than two-thirds of them are owned and occu-
pied by former citizens of South Carolina. This
is also the case in Barlow and Cherokee Coun-
ties, and feel, with regret, that had they re-
NAMED in their own homes our State might
now be free, and not as it is, plundered by
mans are to be found throughout the length
and breadth of the United States, and it is
pleasant to see how much interest they still
take in the State that gave them birth. This
is we'll watered and well timbered country,
and the lands are not wanting In fertility,
yielding. In some instances, by the use OF man
lres, five hundred pound bale cotton to the
acre. am sorry to find that here, too, the
cotton fever finds victims, although 1t Is a very
uncertain crop, and the third crop Of bollS
never mature, being killed by thetrost. The
farmers are slowly learning that it is better to
plant fewer number OF acres, highly man.
ured and well worked, than to waste their
energies on large tracts, and there is some
nope that within the century this Southern
land of ours will challenge the world, agricul-
turally.
Numerous are the manufactures and mines
in this State, and we have here within radius
of thirty miles cotton mills, Touring mills,
pudding mills slate and granite, and iron
mines in active operation, while gold, copper
and other metals and minerals are to be found
on the spurs of the Blue Ridge in this neigh
borhOod. Kennesaw, the advanced picket of
this range, is fortified from base to summit,
and grand must have been the sight as the con-
tending armies mannuvered in the valley. The
valley of the Etowah, south OF Cartersvllle,
presents at this season sight to gladden. the
farmer. The crops Of wheat are mostly cut
by luXuriant tracts Of corn and cotton, giving
promise for the future of large harvests.
Never before has it been my privilege to see
the gathered and the growing crops so extern
sively and beautifully mingled, and this too
upon gently undulating plain through which
meanders the river, with its skirt Of llXurant
foliage, and all within the embrace of the
grand old mountains. The wheat crop is
abundant, the stand of cotton and corn could
not he better, and the only crop that seems to
be much affected is the peach crop.
The Gainesville and Vanwert Railroad is
being pushed rapidly, and now runs some four
miles from Gainesville, while hands are at
work apon the different sections of the road.
This road, besides running through produc-
tive country, is intended to assist In develop
ing slate quarry that is being very success
fully worked. This is the age OF railroads,
and Georgia seems anxious to keep pace with
the age. .Apropos Of Georgia, If Congress
would let her alone, she would soon be ine
most prosperous condition, and be fo4nd
strong on the side of Democracy and enlight-
ened progress. AS the Georgia Bullock IS
now having his horns tipped with gold, and
his hide made sleek with good living, may he
soon be sacrificed for the good of the State.
SEALoH.