The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-09-28
Atlanta Correspondence.
ATLANTA C.. Semi X

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. Is. 1854.
FRIEND kERR-When wrote you lastws
were Just outside Of Atlanta: il is didaran,
now We have been domiciled within The
city with Father sherman and Thomas
about ten days. The shelling OF tia c,,v
by our batteries must have been awfnl,s
lis citizens Nearly every house In N.
northwest part OF the city is more or La.
mjured-some completely ruined othar,
only two To five holes knocked through IN.
sides or roof Nearly every residence had
attached 10 it or near it bomb-proOC
where the women aud children could run
into and be protected from our missila.
Yet several were killed Atlanta must h,xs
been very pretty city for the South h.fara
the war, Yet it does not begin 10 show the
enterprise OF our Northern cities OF the
same size The sidewalks are mostly earth
except through the business streets. whers
they are tagged With very rough kind Of
stone Icould discover no system OF sew.
eraSe, and the streets. or many Of them
have deep gullies at their sides. and il IA
very dangerous 10 perambulate them in II.
dark. some Of the gullies are eight or tan
feet deep
The city Is located in a high eountrv. con-
seQuently the view is very extensive. Thers
Is no stream Of water nearer than the Chat
tahoochee which Is five OF SIX miles away
The country Is better than north OF tie
Chattahoochee, and seems 10 be more pro
ductive; yet their system Of labor and the
tools that are used for agricultural purposes
are enough 10 ruin any country.
The main portion Of the people here As
well as elsewhere, are either pressed into
the rebel service or have gone south or their
own accord aud those that want 10 remain.
have got TO show their eolors. II they are
white they have got 10 go into the employ
OF the Government, or north OF the Ohio
e river; if black or cOppery, they have got TO
q travel into Dixie amongst their friends
Father Sherman IS not going to feed any
body here al the expense Of Uncle samuel.
unless he gets some returns. That il As II
q should be. have talked with a few Ceor.
D gians, and they say that the rebellion is
! hopeless. Hood told them that he would
fight IN every street, and that he would
e wade in Yankee blood knee deep before he
= would yield the Gate City; how much like
some Of our Northern nunhes, but when
!. the Nanks came, there WAS certain gen
q teman with wooden leg that did trine
y of tall walking and IS located about 70
. miles south OF Us now. was also inform
ed from the same source, that the Georgia
T. militia if not successful in defending the
U city, would return TO their hOmes--we shall
= see if they tell the truth. They did not
e know that when once in the tyrant's power
they could not release themselves, and up
% on the first intimation Of intention TO desert
Il their cause in any way, they would be shot
g down without mercy: and this Is the gov
ernment that our northern copperheAds
81 want to recognize, and these are the men
y whom they call Southern brethrenl"
"A JEFF. Davis, Mcclellan s Co., 20 hand In
: hand In trying TO break down everything In
j. our good old government that Is worth haV-
z ing, and substitute instead, the worst Of
2 despotisms and anarchy. The Unionlst
South, hate the clay-eating North worse
than they do the malignant scorpions. II
q ii were not for their actions, the rebellion
would be brougot TO speedy close, they
- say. tell you that the Copperhead q
looked upon here as worse than Southern
,f rebel, for they have no reason TO be so only
D, for personal ambition, and many rebels
South are made SO by surrounding clrcum
stances with which il takes n strong mora
NJ courage and great sacrifice Of property Il
ID contend. Nearly every officer In the bat
talliOn with which am connected, wer'
T. Democrats, but they spit on Mcclellan, anc
: are going to vote for Father Abraham, and
So will nearly all OF the soldiers; and vi
L. have some here tina; served under Ne
l. Clellan No more at present
J. b. HULL.