, 1865-09-02

all properly OF any value was committed to
tho flames. Everthing in the shape of mills,
warehouses, public buildings ,n3 Of ~ kinds were
evidently i.played out" BY Tia Mthe time Gen. @
Sherman started for Atlanta.
It Is q curious sensation for one TO be whlfl-
ing peaceably, nnmolested, unatned, through
a country so lately in arms, and bearing 50
widely spread the marks Of rayaSe aud de-
structlon; 70 13 hear The @ namHs ea,led @ oat 80
pulses throbblns, and made the heart CULVER
with excitement, or droop in sorrow as
memories awokc at the call, 1t Is not one
of the Least remarkable Of those sensations
which years of excitement and warfare have
made 50 abundant IN my ne: Cleveland, Dal-
knoxville,-a the words so quietly arrange
themselves, how the veil lifts, and the smoke
md heat Of tho strife again appears. But let
me- 'sretn1n TO my muttoh"-that Is, to the
incidents Of the trip.
SNIFF DIPPING.
How many of your Northern ladies under
stand The process alluded to by these words? ?
How many know the habit which Is thus
called Not many, rejoice to believe. There
arc very few Of the white women Of the South
who do not dip suuif, chew or smoke tobacco.
A large number Of them do all three. Most
eunH and chew. Dipping means simply to
take small stick with d little rag at one end.
which is rolled IN the snuti and then rubbed
On the teeth. They will chew this sweet end
with the utmost pleasure. Nor Is the habit con-
fined to the poorer whites; II Is found among
the upper tendon Of the chattcl aristocracy.
So far rs my observations extend, compara-
lively few Of the negro women are addicted to
This habit This Is also the statement rF per-
sons whose splere Of observation has .,een
more extended. It may be attributable to the
want Of means to crafty the vice, or 1t may
I've attributable to their superior healthy or
Eantzations, which do not craTe the stirnu-
lants Of the eufeebled whites. It is fact
that The poorer whites are ''going to the bad''
fast. Especially is this trne Of the women.
Tic loathsome habits Of which have spoken
arc generally conducted with some attempts
al eecresy. Very few women will Il dip "open-
". especially before Yankee on-l0okcrs. Ghe
boldest ayowal Of the habft that ever came
under my eye, was seen last evening at Athens,
Tenn, where, after leaving Knoxville In the
afternoon, our party stopped Tor supper.
"I'a a IASK FKoN A1AuAM.''
Such was the reply noade to Gen. F. by o
A1ge-boned, Lar d-E.atured, salloW~faced, mid
dle-ngcd woman, to question put BY him.
She formed the centre Of d group OF house.
hold "trnck' snl eight or niue persons Of al
ages, from two young women Of Is and 20
md Of several children dwiudllng to N infant
| In its mothcr's arms. The eldest woman
looked brighter, moro energetic and positive
| than those Of her c1nss generally do. The
yotne ones were not III looking, though bold
and defiant in face. We set them down ns
4trcbs," though the mothers expression OF
tx ny /" fanks from Alabam, - and the boys
1 In bIue' led to a belief IN their unionlsm at
| least
These people, according to their own story,
"lad been brought mp and dug out" In
| Northern Alabama The matron declared
that ~ Her and the old man had allus been fur
4 1T1n3r eli hnRY,
bog then present had Just been discharged
| ard another wna still in the ''Fust Alabatn-"
They had never *trcfugeed" 1t, but always
maintained themselves.
On asking why they left their home In Ala
hanna, the mother said IL was too poor coun-
| try In which to live, md that they intended
TO settle near Athens, where she had relatives.
.IIcr old man las gone to her brothers" she
| said. They were encamped on the open plat
| form, had been Fix weeks moving, and would
sleep out where they we're; such Was the re-
1 plies made to our not unkindly meant qnes-
The mother replied we worked on the rail-
road at dollar and half day and found
[ ourselyes.'' She also informed Us that "the
gals {meaning the two eldcst) were not her
! Children and the old man's.' These girls were
| pc1t and bold. At this moment. when the
! purse strings Of the party were about TO be
fooscned, believing this WAS deserving fam
Qy, the eldest girl, deliberately passed the
| hack Of her hand over the mouth and uostfils,
| thus making 1t available for the purposes OF
q handkerchief, at the same time blew her
| nose sonorously with her fingers, and then
dre" ont I9uno IN eo1' Snen as enc"sss snse use
to carry Inc "eco. ms was 1psnic4
rolled round IN dark powder therein,
/ and then the stick was placed within the lips
I followed by vigorous rubbing on the teeth.
| The process was conducted with the utmost
nouchala ancc, aHa Fie"eo ~ our IA. T1t.i
more or !ess leenngs oi A'sss.on, I saTI ~ 81
sure io9no eapfeaon u n.mp, mo.a - ~ ~ u
lady snid sae ddnt use topase ~ ~ ~ AZ ~,
The Other GIL said Of course she d!a, ana M tne d
] Enun upper cooAly pfuSesueu VIII ret ~. ~
lectable operation: w ms "e nroke Ut ,ss .te
cars, onf cnaftaoae Iu1n' ssut'eu nio ~.
ta1n an, loi,oTfu .S ~ e1ae meR e,at IA Ir;ren
'Wau now, nao hnoMn so ;; ;uat "o o'n sA
SoT WY aao noH thar ' oSnraco, sncc,men n,
the CLASS. we pio inc" 1afe"en' -.
WHAT 4 TRAVELLER BAYS OF WESTERN
| GEORGIA. ..-
Toward daylight We arrived at Kingston,
Ga. From tits point there branches q road
10 Rome, which Is situated on the valley oil
the Etowe1, about sixteen miles from the
point OF Junction. The railroads from Nash
vile south to Hnntsyille, Ala, eoatneast te
Ctananoesa, east Aenss " VIZ ~, ns alIe
south IRON Chas.anooga ase my IN, ID 'ns XIII XIII
session Of Tue Gosefnme45 eng rnn " ~ ~ ~
iaIy soaass Inc soaa oh;a r. tS y aia Ther1
iosm = l., .9s as la ~ m3uM4' ',,stancp @ bernnf
Ronc and Is sautl NJ int to JacIsonyille. Ala,
5...3s .as ~ T. nten H. ~ tnnSs ~ +ha C"no,,anv
LILLE a,et avau - ~ onh,ad ,nb ,ia risbt r. 1,n
.,;1;, M ~ train tbcrnons The oTiicr. however
mea .-;Eor an5 ahr train went ~ Rome.
Ha,I3 m,s 1his hecanse @ % M amusins inciden; oc
mvn nnaeS n ] ronnec;Ion with III T.
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