The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-10
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Georgia.
The Hon. John schley, OF Savannah, died
suddenly on Tuesday.
The Georgia Railroad Company has had
two new locomotives built and placed on the
road. ,
lit Ia rumored on the streets OF Atlanta
thstsfhe mechanics OF the State and Georgia
Railroad shops are contemplating strike Tor
an increase of wages. ,
-Macon has Rioernian Society which ad.
mlts to membership the "full feoged Irish
man. s'the staid German" and the festive
American.
The material for the new telegraph line
between Savannah and Tybee Lighthouse
have been received, and the work OF con-
etruction Is to begin within ten days.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce en-
dorses the memorial Of the Manufacturers
Association to the city council praying for Inc
exampt.on of manufacturing enterprises from
THE Hon. Alfred Iverson, formerly Sem
stor from Georgia In The United States Con-
gress, died at bis residence In East Macon
last Wednesday morning. Mr.. I7erson had
been In declining health for soue months.
The severest and heaviest snow OF tne
season fell on Sunday and Sunday night ID
the Georgia mountains. At the terminus OF
ground to the depth OF seven inches. AT
Dalton and at Chattanoogalt was seven inches
deep. o,,,,r
lost q leg BY q colllsion on the Macon ano Au,
eusta road In 1870 He charged the road
win County Jury has just decided that his leg
was only worth three thousand five hundred
dollars.
A freighttrain on the W. and A. Railroad
was thrown from the track near Marietta last
Thursday morning by broken rail-. The
train was composed OF three stock and ten
coal cars, five OF which were smashed, and elx
stock escaped with slight bruises, and none
Of the employees were Injured.
The Atlanta Constitution says: The cot.
ton trade of Atlanta Is increasing very fast.
Prior TO 1850 Ghere was aD average OF 15,000
bales per annum brought here. In lS7l-72 the
receipts were over 20, 600 bales, and In lS7z-f3
the receipts Will exceed 10000 bales. There
are but two cotton warehouses here, out they
do handsomely paying business. me owner
of one iB one Of the oldest and best judges OF
cotton In this partef the State; the other 10
managed BY three energetic and rising young
men, who are bound to make their mark.
Ten thousand bales Of cotton OF the receipts
are bought and paid for here, making this
season $500 or three-qusrters OF miiilon
OH
thousand tons of fertilizers ssld here this sea-
son, aud with no accidents to the crop and q
late fall, the receipts for 1854 will reach
40. 900 bales. This section of country Is de-
veloping rapidly az cotton producing re.
gon, By the use OF fertilizers. 1t is fully equal
To Southwest Georgia In quantity and Is far
more certain. as caterpillars are unknown.
from section that has hitherto been looked
upon as too tar north for cotton.
Florida.
The election for city officers In Jackson
Vile will take place on the 4th of April next.
Over two hundred colored people have
arrived eS Key West from the Bahamas dur
ing the past Lwo weeks.
Mr.. Philip Pearce, OF Tallahassee, was
seized with spoplexy and died almost In
Fernando Paz and Joseph Reynolds were
arrested at Key West, last week, charged
The Rev. &r. Reuther has arrived. and
will take pastoral charge Of st. Paul's Episco-
pal Church at Key West.
The steamer Pilot Boy is to go on the line
between Savannah and Florida, In place OF
the Nick King, until that steame. mas peen
raised aud repaired.
An appeal has been taken to the Supreme
Court Of the State, to be argued and deter.
mined at its April term, involving the lille OF
the purchasers of the Florida, Atlantic and
Gnlf Central Railroad:
John Tyler, Jr., lectures Tallahasseeans
ON t'the laws and practice IN relation to d.
rorce. and the independence of married wo-
men, In their effects upon society aud govern
nent, and the Catholic and Protestant rulings
in regard 10 the same" ~
The commissioner OF lands and immlgra-
tlon, in Florida, gives notice that on and after
the first of April the price Of swamp lanos
will be reduced to seventy-hve cents an acre.
The lands formerly conveyed to =. casaN A: STUD,
WIN also be restored to market at the same
time. =.
The Fayetteville Eagle says: 1.-TWO new
cotton factories ct Beaver Creek and Rockhsh
viii soon be in operation. The four factories
near here will then consume neariy lour
thousand bales of cotton q year."
The Rutherford Record says: "Barton Big
eers.xn, Ku-Klux, who has been confined 10
iail for mora than twelve months, on charge
os conspiracy. and under sentence Tor Two
Years. Received his pardon from the Pres ent
last night, and was liberated this morning
from prison."
this mornfng shown solid piece OF gold,
worth between $700 and $500. whicn ls tue
product of the mines Of the CASTOR mining
company Is composed of Philadelphiane, VINO
haye Invested large amount of money In It,
and, With the improved facilities for extract
ing the gold from the quartz, which they >,
have at command, they expect by the lst Oh
July to produce per week from $4,000 to s6oOo
worth OF gold. 1t is we'll known that there
are large gold deposits in North Carolina. OUT
The difSculty heretofore has been TO get at the
metal without paying more for 1t than It will
be worth. This difficulty has now been over,
come. and the search for the precious metal
promises to become an exceedingly lucrative
business.