The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-09

road, and witness the fact that this thor
Oughly constructed and well equipped
road has been
UNABLE TO MOVE THE ACCUMULATION
OF slaves, boards and other forms OF lum
Der that accumulated before it was openet
and awaiting use; that, at its terminus ii
Chattanooga, pig iron ia now made at 81
per ton cost. and has been made for les
when wagesw were lower; that, in the mine
along itB lines and on lines tributary to it
blacks and whites are working together il
perfect harmony; that in Chattanooga i
the largest tannery now to be found ii
the United States, worked entirely b.
black labor, many OF these blacks beinl
these who have "GXodusted" from othe
sections. Then go on to Atlanta aGdinspeC
city which is increasing ~ rapidly a
any III the West, where blacks are vel
treated and well paid, and you will set
that the men iC control OF these great en-
terprises and the business men who dis
tribute the supplies (ouo firm in Atlanta
having All annual nf1fiC OF $4,000, 000) art
not to be kept back. AS said TO the as
sembed magnates Of Georgia in theiI
Senate chamber, their section, their STATE
aud their counties are being rent by torCeI
that are subject TO no control, but which
make and unmake parties, and will brin5
about conditions in which the dead pas
will bury its own dead. OF the mountain
geclious OF Rugby, AshuVille and few
other places which / had time TO visit
ynur columns would not permit even ar
abstract statement TO lie made. The best
tobacco now comes from ridges III the
mountain valleys in aud near Asheville
where, five years ago, they did not even
know that tobacco would grow, in witne,t
Of which ! had the testimony Of a North
err man in Richmond, who has establish
ed one OF the largest factories for the
manufacture Of cigarettes and smoking to-
bGcCo in that city. The Swiss colony il
North Carolina has discovered that the
mulberry tree grows with as much lnxuri
ance as the cherry, and that the soil and
climate OF that State alike tOretell.
THE FUTURE PRODUCTION OF SILK
under the best conditions. The Englisl
and Northern farmers who are now enter
ing those hills AT many points will not be
satisfied with those little runts called cat
tie that have been there, but will find OIL
these hills great range for raising tht
the best kind Of stock. At the foot of tbs
mountains, all through the Piedmont dis
iriCt, clear up on the TANKS Of the hills
innnmerable small farms are to be found
and small patches white with unpiCket
cotton that natures faster than tho sparCt
population can gather II.
The progress Of the negro on oil the linei
Of railroad and in the very city Of The
South is something marvellous. | gave I
picture OF the negro in Atlanta in tho fol
lowing words: "a find that having become
free, the black women take such poor care
Of the babies that the Colored population
has increased faster than the whites have
migrated to Texas; therefore, the census ID
going to show a larger relative gain o.
niggers than any one dreamed oil. | au
informed that the Niger is the lGziest auC
best laborer on the face OF the earth that
he cares 10 more for comfort and cleanli
ness than the beast, and has
built large suburbs Of good houses il
the very city, such as ! have seen or
this journey snd my last one through the
Atlantic States spring before last. Many
Of these houses contain an abundance o.
good furniture that he doesn't value rap
but hunks on the floor. l learn that hit
breaks tools worse than he ever did anC
mal es larger and more varied crops thar
ever before; TINT he Is lapsing into bar
barian, in which be astonishes every one
by the rapidly with which he learns &c
read, and, having turned altogether to the
bad, is bringing up his children 30 that /
the poor whites do not take care there vii
be many counties, as there are now few
in which there are more illiterate white!
than there are blacks in ratio to numbers
that he makes no progress in the sCCumu
latiOn OF property, and has come into tbs
possession OF great deal OF land, especial
" IN Georgia; he il also charged with The
conduct OF many large farms or planta
tons, and is an Indispensable factor in tht
future OF your industry, who ought to b(
removed 10 Africa by the Colonization So
ciety." But / have since received
a MORE ABUSING PIECE OF TESTIMONY
than any other l bad received. 1t is il
the shape OF pamphlet edition OF an ad
dress made by an Episcopal Clergyman o.
Vicksburg, Miss, before the Amsricar
Colonization Society, in which he takel
the ground that the negro of the South il
showing such an unexpected capacity FOL
literature, art and education in genera
that his intellect will be trained beyond
the possibility OF any position which he
can attain in this country, and that the
Colonization Society ought TO Continne it:
work in order that they may depart hin
to Africa. The fact u.s. there Is grea
deal Of human nature in man, black al
well as white, and there are "lHZy niggers'
as well Gs industrious ones; but the gener
al progress Of the blacks Of the South, 81
far US their condition can be studied with
out penetrating the remote interior, is one
Of tie marVe!s Of economic history that
the people Of tAis country do not yet be-
gin to comprehend,
This must suffice as the account Of my
short trip, taken mainly for recreation and
rest II you think itw0rth giving, you are
at liberty to print 1t. WAS compelled, by
the invitation which, received from the
authorities, merchants and manufacturers
OF Georgia to give an address ON the pro.
posed cotton exhibition al the South. This
subject bias been taken hold Of with grea,
Lyigor both in Atlanta and in Louisville,
Ky, and has also become matter OF great
interest in many other sections OF the
South. gave my preference to Atlanta,
because 1t IL the best example Of the ener.
gy and enterprise Of The new South that ia
known to me; but the place for this OK.
hibiiion TO be held Rt-Ns il is now Hure ia
be held-is matter for the representatives
Of the cotton industry Of the South to de.
eide for themselves. 1t has occurred to
me in the progress OF my trip and an in.
spection OF the hemp district Of Kentucky
and the wool district oil the mountain sec.
ton, as well as the cotton fields, from
whichGthe great future supply Of wool az
well as cotton is yet 10 come, that the pro.
posed exhibition, while 1t might not be
extended into a general one, might well be
devoted 70
THE TKSTILE riBRRs or tux SOUTHERN
STATES.
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