The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-09


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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 8, 1874.
Editors OF the lntclllgenccT;
Thinking brief account Of the trip OF
the Wheeling Knights Templar TO the
Triennial Conv0Cation, which assembled
at this place on tho LIST inst, may be Of
some interest to your many readers, espe.
Cially those OF the fraternity, have jOtted
down some notes by the way, and take
the liberty Of sending them to your paper
Tor publication.
WHO WE'RE IN TIRE PARTY.
Our party, consisting Of Grand Com
mauder OdGll 3. Long, Sir knights Ber-
ger, Count SchmulbSCh and CarOthers,
OF Wheeling CommandGry No. l, and Sir
Knights Andrew j. Stone and 4. W. s.
Moore, OF Crusade Commsndery, U. D.
of Fairmont, reached Pittsburgh on the
Goth ult., where they Joined the Pitts
burgh delegation, and on the eth ult
started for New OrleaUs. Taking din
ner at Cumberland, We reached the "City
OF MsguifCent Distances" about 10 o'clock
P.M. There we were Joined by the New
York, Boston and Pennsylvania dClega-
lions, making train Of eight Pullman
cars, and were placed under tho care OF
f. NJ. jenkins, Of tho noted firm of
Cook, Son & jenkins, professional tour
ists-and We may here remark, by way
OF pArenthesis, that Mr.. jenkins took cX-
Ccllent care OF us through the whole
route, and We cordially recommend the
firm TO those getting up excursions. They
spare no trouble 10 accommodate the
travellers placing themselves under their
charge.
THE JOURNEY PROM LYNcHBURd.
On Saturday, the 2sth ult, we break
tasted OF Lynchburg, Va, and arrived at
Greensboro, N. G., about dusk. There
we had 10 change cars, and during the
interim had the good fortune to meet
very intelligent North Carolinian, whom
we sttrghtway interviewed. The re-
suit OF our inquiries was about the same
as we found along the whole route viz
Hard times and poor prospects" lie
said the people had no energy to attempt
anything. Their poll-tax was 1926, and
the State tax 7jc TO 1925 on the $780,
We got to Charlotte, N. C., about mid.
night, where we got supper. This was
the Ouly place OF any importance, in size
that we passed, after leaving LynGhburg,
Va.
On Sunday the Goth ult., we took
breakfast at CertralS. c., and about | Don
crossed the Broad River, and went
marching through Georgia" At lie.
roy, in A6beshire county, our train stop
ped TO wood up, and the boys took ad.
Alntage OF tho stop, to do the same thing
MEETING WITH A GEORGIAN.
Whilst engaged in this pleasant oCCu-
patton, q gaunt and genuine Georgian,
with long, unkempt hair, and tattered
clothing, approached, and our party, being
in iovisl mood, forthwith interviewed
him, and ELECTED the following statements:
He, the Aforesaid Georgian, had fine
plantation, the finest land in Georgia, and
would sell for s. per acre. He would sell
to Northener, provided he was not d
Republican. No Republican could stay in
that country, as none but ku.kluX were
allowed to live there, and if radical
purchased land, and it was found out that
he was Of that persuasion, he "would have
10 git up and git" Seeing with what
anxious eyes he gszed upon the pint Of
aromatic fluid, distilled from the juice OF
the ple-dGnominated "appe brandy"
in common parlancG-in possession OF one
Of our party, (Notc.-Not one Of the West
Virginians, however, he was asked II he
would not take a smile
HE QUICKLY "sMILRD,"
and then, much to the chagrin OF the
party, put tho bottle in his pocket and
started up the hill, bidding US goodbye"
and asking us TO call on him, &c. Just
at this time the train started, and the
Georgian tantalized us mot us personally,
OF Course) by running alter the train, mo.
tioning as il he were going 10 throw us
the bottle, and then stopping and taking
another smile" After keeping this up
for bundled yards or so, he finally
threw US the bottle, which one Of our
psrty caught, at the risk Of falling off the
train. What risks some men will run in
spiritual matters II may be noted here,
a1 Il singular fact, that not one of the
party offered Georgian q drink during
tue balance Of the trip.
ARRIVAL AT ATLANTA.
About 4 o'clock I. N. VIC arrived at
Atlanta, Ga, where We were met by
some resident Sir Knights and entertained
III handsome manner. Atlanta is q
place OF considerable size and import
uHCC, and, having an hour or two to
spare, Count" Schmulbsch, Long, Caro-
thers, and myself, took little iaunt
through the place, The private resi-
dences Of many Of the citizens exhibited
the presence Of wealth, culture and re.
tinement, and the business houses were
very crcditsble indeed.
THROUGH ALABAMA.
On Monday, the LIST inst, we woke up
at the little town Of Greenville, Ala, and
took breakfast at II o'clock A. NJ, at Pol
lard, Ala. This is not regular eating
station, but as our train was some hours
behind, Mr.. jenkins had telegraphed
ahead, and the station house had been
converted into vast dining hall, where
some three hundred hungry people were
led
We passed Mobile and Montgomery;
did not stop but a lew moments at either
place, The smallpox was raging very
liercely at Mobile, but was mostly con-
fined TO the cOlorcd population, numbers
OF whom were dying. We crossed the
Alabama river about q o'clock +. NJ, and
at So'clock crossed Mobile Bay. About
forty miles from New Orleans we crossed
ST. Louis Bay, which is about Two miles
wide. "a
RESUME OF THE JOURNEY.
Our route was from Pittsburgh via the
Connellsville route to Washington, D. G.;
then ofd the Washington City, Midland
u Great Western Railroad 10 DanYille,