Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-29
Obiio,. J. Stallttel,sjn,1,rlali,n,... Il, IN d I.
LETTER FROM GEORGIA.
I'm provements in ATTAIN IN Energy OF
the Southern People--rlaii PaciIi-l

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rc.-I .-.. ATLANTA, GA, Nov. %, 1865.
No city in the South, i suppose, suffered
more during the war than Atlanta. A few
moiiths ago it was a perfect waste&Scarce-
ly respectable house was LETT standing,
and people were living in tents and huts,
and doing business in booths that would
not be fit for a ''traveling grocery" at a
Kentucky fair. But those fewmonths have
brought about a wonderful change Now
you can see splendid brick .editices spring7
ing up on almost every lot; it is almost inn
/ possible TO walk the streets for the piles of
Brick and lumber that obstruct the side
walks, whilst the cry of '''moTe smOrtar,n
and the sound of the hatchet and hammer,
Is almost deafening. 1t is really incredi-
Bile the amount oflabor that has been done
here in the last few months. The charge
of Incidence and want Of enterprise SO,
often brought against the Southern people
is not applicable to this place. Every
where you see hustle and energy-every-'
one seems to be doing something. Houses
are going up as If By magic, and as fast as
they are finished are occupied by merchants
and tradesmen, who all seem to be doing
good business. j am told that there wese
over three hundred houses put up here
during the last month, and that there are
now about eight hundred in course OF erec-
tiOn. Atlanta has been called the 'Gate
City" of the South-it now bids fair to be
the empire city as welluG1yJ .. ....l 70
, The same remarks will apply in a great
a = n r lQac Ipnrpa m oil Of rho SOIlfh
which l have visited. 1t is astonishing
such energy could have sprung up in so
short time, after the dread effects of a war
whose proportions are scarcely paralleled
in history. No one who has not seen it can
realize the devastating effects of that war
neither can any one who does not witness
1t, believe with what patience and energy
the people have gone to work to retrieve
their lost fortunes. "'
Everywhere Ihave found the people anx-
ious and willing to get work-do any thing
to make Tor themselves and families an hon
est living. do not know where some of
the correspondents of the Northern jour
nails get their material for the sensation
stories about the rebellious disposition OF
the Southern people. have seen nothing
Of it in Georgia: They, all seem determin-
ed to abide by the result of the late strug-
citizens OF the United States. All seem
desirous to resume their intercourse with
that portion of the Union from which they
have been so long cut off, and Northern
papers and Northern people, who are dis
posed to do them justice, are heartily well
come among them.
In this connection find one very serious
evil here, which results from the operation
of the odious "test oath'-the waut of post
offices. This is caused by the impossibility
of finding men to take the office of post
master. know of several instances where
efforts have been made to establish offices,
but not man in the whole community, fit
for the position, could be found who could
take the prescribed oath. In the large cit
les the difficulty is not so great, but in the
villages and dPountry towns, it is rare to find
man who has not given laid and COUNSEL
to those engaged in armed hostility to the
United States. The want of proper mail
facilities is great drawback to the social
and business interests of the South, and il
is to, be hoped that those who express so
great an anxiety to ''restore the Union as it
was" will aid in removing it at once.