, 1861-01-05

How the People pssf: e Georgia Talk and
i correspondent Of the N. 7. Tribune, writ
tns from Atlanta, Ga, in bis trxIe1s through
that State, stopped at small drinking saloon
In RAILWAY village, where ha asked sons o.
the labltues to drink. ao thus describes what
followed: -. II: i
Accordingly, arams Of whisky wero se1tsd
Sentiment, south Carolina," Thedrnk dlsap-
peared, A. indeed, It would havedone, no mat.
Ter Whit the toast; but t. was q ot:ceable fact
that no enthusiasm prevailed. "4ou come
from the Eouth, along?" said one. hep3y ln
the affirmative. "How do tolks 1eet aowa
itr. aWeN, tl,ats mors'n We do here, reck-
e eon Silence @ e fof q moment: aWhat they 60
IN to do, think:h aWtli, think they'll go
out" Gioomy looks into sn,pty tumblers-
wall, ~ tell you What weEs Soin, 70 oo}n, aGT
to dol Chorus by the whole, THAT'S so"
Then cue, tic most respectable in appearance
a1uoug them, went on somewhat thus. au'
dressing himself to his companions qu1te IS
much aa to the stranger present; mo" neso
VIC are, and there's thousands more here ~
Georgia like us, depending on what we ea1nAn
the day, to feed US aud give us beds at n,Ght.
W:eu we hare work to do we do IT, nnd are
giai to ret it; when we can't get it what do
we do? Why, VIC staryc, reckon. NoWlEe
got two boya, hands in the mills Mt -.-;H
twaru't for them shouldn't have nothing to
eat to night. nor no bed to sleep on; 'tsln't
iikely they'll have work to do n,uch longer,
and then what'il wo do! Why, well starfe
together, I reckon: 'Tain't likely we'll starSe
quietly, and shoi!ll like to know what's goin'
to be doue about it, enggcsted that pFoba.
bly, the wealthy citizens would take some
60 rrt- nExiEt3NCH
some SOFT. WAL, eomethin,s got to be done,
an' done right smart, too; clsc theEc'h pe
| worse times here than any Of 'em eftr dreamed
Of" Then the speaker bEauched Of fnto gen g,
] eral anathemas upon politicians, mingled with
hopes that South Carolina might hare enough
| Of secession hefure she was dune with It
That is an instance from ono rauk On an
| other day quite different sort Of man said. ~
| hare Just cold $4,000 worth OF property fpr
$4,000, and now, If | wns boarding out;1 could
| not raise money enough from wecl to week to
pay my board" Men who began to build, or
WHO engaged il any extended work before the
| hard t mes como On, arc now On the eve OF
| tterbankruttcy, and are pr, portionally down
east and irritable. EyerytbiD. IL at stand
still, aud the shops gaze for the customers
who enter, though at almost every door al,'
| pears the brief cntrcaty wafercd on the glass,
Como i'm All about the couhtry are to be
met gloomy individuals on what they, with
savage irony, call collecting tonrs. They dc
not gather mo ey enough for th-ir daily ev
penses. 1t Is difficult to make a1l these peoplt
Understand how their private treasures are tc
be replcushcd and their idle hanls put to wor6
by secession, bringing in its train heavy taxes
turmoil, trouble, perhaps war. They call on
tho cxSccrctury Of the Treasury to give then
sunle trustworthy light, aud they. receive onl,
rhetoric and swelling oratory. At LEAST, tia
! that their feelings soften at al toward tht
Northern people; the truth shows the rcrerst
oi this; they wax more bitter and ugly when
ever they speak Of the i'd Abolltionists,
! the only name the Northcrncrs arc known b.
in this part Of the country, nnl il really seeml
| to give them much relief to devote 4 chosc1
few BY name to fanguipa1y gibtcts, the rtst II
| q crowd to everlasting condemnation,