The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-30
OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NIEIG GHBORS.

| TO the new Slate treasurer S600,00O nave
been turned over.
Columbus proposes to claim from The gov
ernment the value OF one nunareo ano elgnty
bales of cotton destroyed by Gen. Wilson.
Major Campbell Wallace says Atlanta will
have TO subscribe one million OF dollars be-
| fore the Georgia Western Railroad can be
built. Aud he ought TO know.
"A corps If engineers are now working on
the projected line Of OF the Macon and Bruns-
wick Railroad from HawklnsVlile to Columbus,
| Georgia.
"A Mir. Tittebaum and Bukafzer propose to
build the water works of AtlantI, without ex-
pense to the city. asking IN return the
privilege ofsupplying the citizens for twenty
five years ct moderate cost.
| Letters have been received in Columbus
from English capitalists, mquiring into the
Vater-power ard manufacturing facilities at
that poi t. 1t Is said that colony OF SWedes
propose to establish factory there.
Atlanta protests against her fashionable
| loafers, There ore 30 mauy oil them they
ought TO be a source OF pride. Most OF them
dine at the Kimball House Without registering
| their names.
Tine editor OF the Camilla Enterprise
proposes to appropriate one'nali Oh tne prones
| OF his paper TO the support and education ol
| the poor of that place. 1t will be several days
before any dividends are declared.
| The Macon Telegraph copies the part OF
| the message OF Governor Moses which deals
with the lence laws. aud commends bis argu.
| menls 10 The attentive consideration oil its
| readers.
| -rhe North and South Railroad was loudly
praised by the Columbus papers on the OUT
set, but they now complain that 1t Is impos-
| slbie for merchants TO get goods from b.
LOUIS and other points within month from
| the date Of shipment
"A correspondent of the Savannah News
| declares that the doleful letter OF Paul Fry
| concerning the commercial trloulations OF sa-
| vannah '.Is plainly a confirmation of facts,
and clear exhibit of the past years NUM-
cIpal administration, complied from the off,
| cial record"
"A tire occurred iu Savannah Sunday night
which consumed several negro tenements on
| Pine street known as Arkwrights Row, and
| Injured three frame buildings on Lumber
street, the property Of Mrs. DR.. Read. Tne
nre caused o big blaze and big scare. Loss
ABOUT $4,000.
During the last session of the Georgia
| Legislature several prominent gentlemen OF
Macon and surrounding counties obtained
cnarter for proposed railroad from Macon TO
Atlanta via Monticello, in Jasper County,
distance OF only one hundred and two miles.
On Thursday The corporation met 10 Atlanta
add elected the following officers; President
Campbell Wallace, Atlanta. Board OF Dl
reciors-John T. Grant, John T. James, At
| lanta; W. A. HUFF, G. A. Nuttlng. G. A. Hazel.
hurst, Macoui E: sLeadnan, W. N: DAVIS,
Newlon Cou1Ly; G.. 7. Bartlett, F. A. Goldsly,
jasper County, and L. Clover, Jones County.
| Secretary and Treasurer-W. P. Orme, At
lanta.
The Georgia Legislature ia discussing
bill, organizing department. OF justice, to
provide for the speedy trial Of criminals ac-
cused of capital offences. The bill provides
lor the appointment of Judge aud solicitor,
uph It,iir, N no tf, hI,ld N
readiness to go to any locality In the State
uyon the committal OF any capital crime, pro-
vlded the criminal has been arrested, and try
him at once, allowing nothing to interrup.
them until the case Is disposed OF, and to stick
to that criminal through all The twlstlEgs and
genufexions which ingenious lawyers Will
lead him into, until he Is either fully convict
ed and punished, or absolutely freed from &C.
cusaton.
"A remarkable renovation has occurred in
the health OF Hon. a. 81. Stephens. II Is now
better. as we are Informed by the Atlanta,
Ca, Sun, OF which he is The political editor,
than 1t has been all the previous years OF his
adHlt life. he was not sick In bed single
day during 1872. Mr.. Stephens and his medl-
cal advisers are disposed to attribute the
change 10 The stimulating effects OF his occu-
patton as O journalist. though some OF his con-
temporares of the Grant Republican persua-
sion intimate that it is due To the healing vir-
tue Of the quas-snpport which he has render
cd 10 the Grant administration. Howbeit, he
is now able TO continue his laoors far into the
night Without fatigue or Injury. The result is
the production OF voluminous editorials, over
which bis readers can sleep-unless reused by
an earthquake or distracted by necessary
calls of busness-all through the day.
"A correspondent OF the Brunswick Appea
furnishes some facts OF interest concerning the
sheep and stock raising business OF Coffee
County. He saws: 'There are in Coffee Coun-
ty several gentlemen who make a business "
atock and sheep raising. The largest hock
is owned by Henry Peterson, Of Douglass, and
numbers 1000. Henry VIckers. Of the same
place, 1000: John VIckers. 300; Jacob Harper,
5000; Henry Harper, 300; Thomas Paulk, OF
Daniels Station 300; E. Lott. of Catlln Station.
400; Joel Lott, 400. The average clip per head
throughout the county this year was only
three pounds. The season was unusually wet.
and not having shelter or care, they became
poor-hence the small yield OF wool. The
breeds are poor, and it is unreasonable to ex.
pecl much. Meripoes properly taken care of
would pay handsomely, but in all our travels
10 this part of the State did not see u single
one. MIR. Thomas P4ulk has 3OOthead Of cattle,
Benajih Pierceion, of this place. has 500, and
Hiram Sears 200. But the breed OF c4ttle, like
the sheep. are amazing poor and, consequent
ly, not prohtable-so much 80, that milk was
not to be had, and butter, il found at all, Was
from-as the people,say here-GUst en- 3"
Florida.
Several new buildings are going up In
Fernandina.
The oranges have mol been injured by the
recent cold weather.
The patronage Of the jacksonville hotels
is on the increase.
new paper, the Florida Press, Will soon
be started In Lake City. .,
The moss trade of Gainesville is growing
into quite respectable proportions.
-Elster Alexander died at warrington on
the 29Lh ultmo, at the age oil one hundred
years.
"A woman's lodge of Masons, called the
Eastern Star: has been instituted In Jackson
vile.
Mr. j. B. Putnam, son of the late we'll
known New York publisher, accompanied by
his mother, has arrived In Florida.
Pensacola Is moving for national bank,
with cupiIal stock of fifty thousand dollars.
The subscriptions are nearly completed.
-Mr. P. Frideoberg, leader OF the Israeli
ltes in Jacksonville, ded suddenly last Thurs.
day.
The name of the Jacksonville Courier
has been changed to Democrat, aud the paper
will horooit or bo nj, hliahpd spmi-WPpklV