The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-08-02


There are four railroads erminating N
Atlanta. The Georgia railroad, the West
ern and Atlantic, the Macon and Western,
and the Atlanta and West Point. The
first one Of these the Georgia. was COM
pleted aoou. 1928, and then terminated at
whit ehall,'' a small country tavern near
the centre Of Fulton county. Commenc
ing at Augusta it ran in nerthwcss di-
rection to that poin:- Then the Macon
and Western was constructed from this
city to Whitehall, and soon after then the
village Of Whitehall was nasne1 the town
Of Atlanta. The Yves. 2 ..oad was the
next constructed, running to the Chatta-
hooci,ee river on the western boundary OF
the Safe The Western and Atlantic, run
hing northwest to Chattanooga, Tenn,
| followed.
The county of Fulton, of which ATTAIN
to is the center, is bounded on It's entire
north est face by the Chattahooches river.
This stream rises in the Black aLestfa IN ass,
sPu.s an.
Co.'S - sa1fd efp = -. lie
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/ i!alan and CAtttanoogae tfr. Savaa-
nah is formed. Flowing sou Invest, TOR a
distance of one hundred and fifty miles, II
strikes the Alabama line south of the
/ thirty third parallel, and from thence runs
almost due south, dividing the States o!
Alabama and Georgia, and finally e,npties
into Apulachicola river and the Cult 0!
Mexico.
Seven miles north OF Atlanta IS the
Cuattahoochec bridge, where the Western
and Atlantic Railroad crosses the river.
This bridge has been destroyed by the
Confederates, and is again being construc-
ted by the y ankees. a few hundred yards
above this bridge, Peach tree creek comes
into the Chattahoo hee from the east. A
little creek called Nance's runs lsts Peach
tree just above the mouth Of the latter.
Farther ii, The Ciiattahoochee, and six
! teen miles northeast of Atlanta, on It's
northern bank and in Cobb county, is tht
little town of Roswell, which at presen:
is the base of the left wira Of Sherman's
army. This town is due east of Mariet
Ia.
Decatur is a town, or rather the frs
depet on the Georgia Railroad. four miles
from Atlanta, and sixteen from Roswell!
Stone Mountain is an isolated b;,rrei
peak, several hundred feet in he'ght, anc
perhaps two miles around the base alb
ruptly rising from the plain like the iyr
nids Of Egypt, ten miles from Decatur ans
! a long distance off, and from it's summit /;
grand view el the country can be obtained
There is not a tree or shrub upon it, bu
presents nothing to view but rocks anc
rocky cliffs It is supposed tia: Logan's
corps OF Shernaan's army has row posses
sion of the mount,in and the railroad nca,
it. L is the only elevation Of the slight
est Importance any where about Atlanta.
IL ti,., - fc.
from Atlanta 10 Chattanooga; one hundred
and seycnty-one from Atlanta to Augusta
eigir y-four to West Point; ore hundret
and sixty-eight to Montgomery; and one
hundred and ten from Atlanta to Macon
East Point is six miles west on the W
IPo:nt road. The. Macon 4 Western aiit
I frtrc- 4 t4or-ta sc West Point rassrsaas ferz,
a junction at East Point, but trains to
Ieither company run lAio the heart OF th'
city. At enc. pace, i'eachtree creek run:
within five miles OF The city. 1t tie las
accounts the enemy were ali along t,iis ii,
Significant little branch.
Fulton county Is bouricd on the cas-
by Detaib, on the south by Fayette, Oh
the west by Campbell, and on the Nor /
by Cobb counties It is oddly shaped, fol
while it's extreme length from north t.
Isonth IS thirty miles its width from c"s
10 VESTS ouly t,n. It is dIa;i;cd by th'
Ci,attahoochee and Icachtrpe creek at tht
north, and another littlc cr> ok in th'
isoutl.Hest, tie name Of which we have for
g.tlcn The land is one Of the poore est rec
; clay and very unp-odIc;ive. The surface
Of the country is generally fat, Wit,
here and there s.lall ridges, and wholly
T uninviting to the tillcrs of the soil.
INncnn Contulora'c.