The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-06-24
SOUTHERN TOWNS.
The Mushroom Places Developed since
thc War-Hron Manufactures.

lGath's Southern Leterl
The average Southern town which has
grown up since the war, surrounding
railroad station, consists Of two to five
drinking saloon, few stores and series
Of cabins or shanties of planks or logs,
set hither and thither, without much
reference TO n town In the future.
Through long range of country there
are no fences on the side OF the railroad
track. The trains are kept constantly
whistling to avoid running over cattle or
mules. This is the case within sight OF
Montgomery, Ala, where there are some
10000 inhabitants. occasionally one
finds steam saw.mill put tip since the
war in the midst of the wood, saving ont
lumber. The rivers IRE full, almost TO
the level OF the landscape, in high water,
and they are principally efficient as to
flooding the surrounding bottoms and
creating new soil for agriculture. Alto
gether the most hopeful country in the
South, for various occupations, is olong
the mountainlines Of Alabama, Tennessee
and Georgia, where saw number Of
iron furnaces, and In two or three cases
cotton mills, built by Northern capital
in perfect manner. One of the furnaces
which gives the name to the railroad
station was called ''Stonewall," after
Stonewall Jackson. The next was called
"Tscumseh,n after Gen, William Te-
cumseh Sherman, and Is operated by ex-
Senator Warner, Of Alabama, who was
on Gen. Sherman's staff. Warner got
into the train at his station and talked to
me as far as Rome, Ga, and said to me:
''There are Just four towns in the South
which are picking up rapidly-Chat-
tanouga, Rome, Atlanta and Birming-
hath, Ala. Ny bi6thst-in-isw, Justice
Woods, OF the Supreme Court, is inter-
ested with me in the Tecumseh furnace.
We worked along for some years during
hard times without much returns, but
we are now making money, and so arc
tho furnaces generally In this section, Of
which thsfs are dozen TT mere, All Of
them are charcoal furnaces, and two Of
these are said to be the largest charcoal
furnaces in the world. We have orders
for iron long way ahead. The ad-
yantages Of making iron here are sheap-
ness Of materials and Of labor.
He said that they paid about one dol
lar day for labor, and paid about forty
OF fifty cents for cut wood per cord. l
also u00efeluOU HAin W bHy bnhb tuc ma
teriai entering into tdn IL iron procured
on his land cost only about sixty-iiyt
cents. / presume he meant without la
Dor. This was disputed by Mr.. Folger,
who thought Warner must have had said
six dollars and half, but / am pretty
sure he said sixty-five cents. Warner
said that the present Governor Of Alx-
bama was pretty faif man, Ind thst,
while the State was not improping much,
industry would soon start up. A bank
had just burst at Rome, Ga, and Sena-
tor Warner was Just going Up TO see
what hhd bsccihe 81 1000 q hia flifnd6e
money deposited there. Throughout
the South there is rising opposition to
any more State banks, and general OPP
position to my further noise about what
Is called Estates right" have shown
you in another communication how the
evaporation against Estates rights, So
called, has broken ont among the most
dogmatic soldiers Of the tebellion; who
want better living for their families aud
less political theory.