Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-12-14
Atlanta 1eftby sherman. i p

. Alldutd IS1U
sThea frst reliable accounts We have seen
of the present condition of Atlanta, is set
forth in letter to the Memphis Appea1.-
1t will be read with painful interest by ref
ugees from the deSoted city:
.:i1 ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 20, 1864.
| You have heard before this that the Fed
erals have burned and evacuated Atlanta !;
but for information of. the refugees ard the
,exies who. have abeena driyeua fomcstheir
homes, allow,-me to trouble you, with "a fen
lines, as all will be anxious to know wheth-
er their homes have been spared by the
vandal hands. There is not a house stand
ing.on Whitehall street from Rowark's cor.
ner to Wesley chapel on Peachtree street
and on Marietta from the street running
from the Baptist church; down Decatur
street short distance below Col. Cowart's
building, on Decatur street. All the Rail
road depots are burned-inoluding the pas
senger depot. ,-T'All. the hotels fouddries,
railroad shops, Government works andsmills
are Durneo.. - - - = --..
AsI came into the city on that evening,
I observed only three buildings of note
standing west of the Macon road-Colopel
Colyers, Hammock and Dr.,SelPs, T. M.
Clafk's house is the only building standing
between Peters street and the railroad =
Colonel Porter house. ana The; two houses
south of it are standing. All the houses
on Marietta street are burned except short
space from Dr.; Powell's to Robinson's
house, opposite the State depot:s Except
Forcross Mills', Deans and B. o.
Jones, no houses are burned on Peachtree
street beyond Wesley chapel. Iuman's,
Holbrooks', Lansdales', and Knox's build.
ings are burned, Col. Glenn's and Ran.
sons dwellings are not burned. .,.,,,s-.. -
Col. L. P. Grant and DR.: Grants houses
are burned, also Colonel Gartrell's house.
The jail is burned, and,all the buildings
between that and the Fair Ground. Only
three or four houses are burned on Mo;
Donough street, one Of which is Mrs. Ruck-
er's'; the house adjoining and just above
VIM Watkins is burned; the Female COL
lege was pulled down. to put up "a fort on
the spot. Engines houses Nos l .and.2 are
unhurt, also the Masonic and City Hallsj
the City Hall was saved by the appeals and
petitions of Mrs. Holcombe, who still lives
only few steps from it. The churches are
all unhurt, except the new Episcopal and
PAINS churches. Most of all the residences
in the city have been burned that were un-
occupied. Just think, oft A city, four
months ago, with population of twenty
thousand, now about six hundred and sew
enty.fve or eighty men; the balance wo.
men and children. -
There are some fifteen or twenty negroes
fleft in the place; the balance have all been
sent North. They have burned all the
fencing around the cemetery, and most Of
the paling around the graves, and bursted
open the vault belonging to Mr.. Gordon,
containing the remains of his wife and the
bodies of three or four other persons, look.
ing for gold and other valuables that they
supposed had been hid in the vault:
Among the old citizens remaining is Drs
L. N. Calhoun and Dalvigna, Pat. Lynch,
Bill Harville, J. E. Bartlett, and John
Silyey. Dr.. Dalvigna succeeded in saving
the Medical College from the flames. Marx
Bells calico house is unhurt.
The citizens say that the Yankee army
y left here swearing that they intended tc
split and quarter the Southern Confederacy.
aud plant their colors upon the walls of Sa
yannah. A great many of their soldiers
are said to have left here with great ,dea
of reluctance-dreaded the trip. It is said
!, that some of the Kentuckians went of, il
handouts; they have some fear of meeting
with Gems. Lee or Beauregard. Theil
f teams. OF transportation, are reported to b'
in bad condition. Respectfully, ,:s9.,
:. z. a. RICE.