The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-03-30
Our Generals and our Railroads.


if tho bones be deceased, the. whole
body politic must suffer. A trucl
thing was never said, says the Rome
(Ga,) Courier. If the railroads Of any
section are in the hands Of narrow
minded or ignorant mon, that section
will certainly 60 to the bad. Taking
this into consideration, We copgratu
late ourselves upon the fact that oul
Southern railroads are getting into
the hands of tho right men. We had
great fear whom the war closed that
through tho lack of Southern capital
the rails of the South would fall into
tho hands of oarpet-bag capitalists,
such ,as j. G. Stanton aud I Foster
B:odget-and that, they would dis.
criminate against the interest of our
people, This fear has departed long
since, and we take pleasure in notic-
ing that the railroad power is passing
into the hands of those men who are
best calculated to handle it With abili.
ty, viz: Our Generals in the late war.
Just hastily scan the railroad .noto-
rieties. " ~ '''.'.--'''' ''.f - So'H1''
General Malone, as gallant !. a
fighter as ever drew sword, Is the
rising railroad man Of the South.
The Chimney Corner calls him the
leading Virginian in this department.
He controls the Petersburg and
Norfolk railroad, the Lynchburg and
Petersburg railroad, and tho Virginia
and Tennessee railroad, giving, him
more power than any one man in the
South. He has established an accom-
mediation and fast freight and ,passen.
ger line from the South, and West, to
the North, that has been of incalcula;,
bic value in building up Southern
power and Southern interests In this
endeavor he is ably seconded BY Gen
eral Tom 3. "mith, who was, the
youngest general in our army, and
probably. the youngest man to hold
such position as he does, in tho
South. lie has VIM, energy and
ability that will put him through, .I
General Beauregard, the chivalrio
Frenchman, wields power scarcely
less, through his New Orleans and
Jacksonville railroad, and this power
is growing. @ .&4 t.,.s; ua :, ,.,.,i.
General Forrest is building the
most important road now in contem-
plation in this country.
He has as his. superintendent Gen.
Walker, ,erst the chief Of artillery in
the army of Virginia. They will COM
plcto the road pretty sooa if something
extra does not happen. and will then
have an air line from Memphis to tho
Gulf. Basil Duke is immersed head
over ears in railroads topics, and many
others, that we do not think of, are
on the same schedule. s,.1rsy. ~ IL,
The capitalists are beginning to
awaken to the fact that the generals
who led armies and ,man@vered them
who built forts and besieged them,
who engineered through difficulties
tuuneled through mountains, bridged
big rivers. and gained frames Of iron
by exposure, aretthe very best mon TO
run their railroads. sait,,s.,, III, \
HE HAS NO MoTHER.--Sitting one
day in the school room, ] overheard "a
conversation between a. sister and q
brother. The little boy complained
of. insults OF wrongs received from
another little boy. His little face was
flushed with anger. His sister, listen-
cd for q while, and, then, turning
away. she answered., 81 don't went
to hear another word. Willie has no
mother" The brothers. lips were
silent; the lrebuke game home to him,
and stealing away,ihe, muttered :,,,stI
never thought of that" He thought
Of his own mother, and the Loneliness
oftWilliel compared with his own hap
py lot. "Ho has no mother" Do
we think oft when want comes to the
orphan and rude, words, tassail him
Has the, little wanderer laother to
listen 70 his, little sorrows a; Speak
gently to,him theu.~r-!Sa s., Ysdtov. 2
gag;: s------4- ii-s..-4s4s lsa.G
"A special telegram from Washing.
ton to the Charleston NewS! dated tho
18th, says: The Military COMMITTEES
will make q report next week showing
that Hoge, q Radical Congressman
from South Caroline appointed a 90.
det oat Of bis district. The commit
tee will propose 70. .eepspro .Hoge for
his. scandsloas Ebehassss ;sf viSiatipg
the layslo tho country NJ .usIa
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