Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-27


"a ESaniA eaES2slAnH q sbSs sSssiIsna iosssAl ss
Al present the leading sitOr thus sketches the city
Of Atlanta,
Atlantis Is, to-day, picturi for an artist theme
for Sermon scene for q drama or study for phil
lssophsr Lock 6nywhere-ap or down iA broad
Streets the walks are throngOd With an evsr moving
motley mass Of men, women aud children, white ana
black, soldiers and civilians, GA and Privases.
Some in rSgr, and some in tags,
Ard some In Silken goWns."
II Il Al ArahesQus pattern of humanity, such as one
only SECS In q Venetian carnival, without the masks
Sep down 10 the railroad track. Hundreds OF cars are
in sight waiting 10 be loadsd gliding away behind
the iron horses; drAymen are emptying baggage and
stores preparatory 70 t1eir removal Macon railroad
Officials Wout coat or vest Teeking with Ierspra Ion,
giving orders here, there, everywhere, aud being
hunscd down like many wild beasts by the importu-
nate ctE ms who desire "ony the smallest corner IN
carr 10 remove their property.
Tbs express tfics Is iull-pled to the csliug-snd
merchandise is hourly pouring in. People who have
hitherto cursed the n3uOn nov bless it for It's ben
sR.s and show their appreciation by committing to its
tsr der care everything they own from Gdys hand.
box 10 feather bed The newspaper Offices are lite.
rally q Ereck-knocked for once into universal "pi-"
fragments Of steam engines presses, empty cases ana
bOIos OF type line the sde walk or are being hurried to
abe rear, while the genial hearied ore, who send
their thoughts cd Dad Ia drops of nk, h1cHg tor the
nonse thG 0.hellos occupations gone, console them
selves behind their pipes and specuiatioIs. Next to
chmoud, Atlanta ay boast Of the Lblest conducted
press in the Countrywide most unhaggng enterprise
and some Of tbs most accomplished of among
lie editors AscOn and Augusta arr Likely TO sh IRE the
honor Of giving home 10 thess Teripl;eto refugees
TRouBLa ANoNs THE AoRMoks-AH ELDER Ex-
PELLID, 6L-Tbe Deseret News (orgsn Brigham
Young at Great Salt Lake oit) has long story
.he expulsion Of Mormon Eder from the company OF
ths " SANTA The der in lestiOn is Waller H. b.
son. formerly kaoHn Captain Gibson, ald well known
in South CAroioS. II tesms that he arrived 10 Uah,
on his way to the Malay Islands, In the fall Of 1862 He
was ont OF funds but managed TO secure them By let
iurng upon "0ceanlcA." Ia course of time he soug1t
bspsam and vas soon Elder Gibson. He went down 10
the Pso &c coast l.ctured at San Francisco, and
accused OF being Mormon, but denied 10 Finally he
reached the Sandwich Islands and soon MAZE his PIE
sencs felt among ths naves, and Was rSp!diy making
good thns" out of them, ahen committee from
Utah went 10 iaVestgsts his acts They found him
rng 10 clover possessing OF lands by thousande
bs sheep by the figures and hs horses and cattle
geese aud turkeys in dTOves Bus than all this,
10 G pensed b o. mon ofice5 and iL.s. II, had o.
dsled hess OF KAmehemo6ss subj cots apostles, agh
plie4s seventies" elders, ald everything else and
even the 6on0a received rom his hands the hOnors OF
plitstssseB A.d eta titles that his cunning could sUg
gBt 20 touch their T=neraOn, shi he touched the
property. Our mormon delegation visited him Gn1 re
monsTAtsd With hlm; bu5 be c1udn't see it. and sug-
gssted TO hem the prepriety OF speedy departure A
accelerated their departure.