, 1865-08-18
FROM GEORGIA.
Progress Of Rehabilitation.

Tbs Return Of the Fu9Itlves-Pltiful
scenst-CAmp 00UKl9s DeAd-Eaus
cataon-The southern Raf-GoEeEnDr
Bropn-loasea 10 = Southern Rail-
roRd-1he Ansnxsty Oath.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Trihpne.]
ATLANTA Ga, Aug. Il.
1t Ia slower process to build up than to
pull down. The region hereabout suffered
tco severely from the presence Of war to a.
low its scaIS to fade In few months. They
meet The eye At every turn and daily, and yet
peace AID prosperity are wreathing them rap
Idly with 1ecuperstion and restoration.
Every day adds to the number Of proofs Of
re.establ1shed homes aud buslness In Atlanta.
It could not be otherwise. for this Is one Of
the Important railway and trade centres of
the State, and can never lose such prestige
and position. There are many touching Bcenes
here daily, as tho severed and scattered
ties of home and business begin to be taken
up. The great hegira Of refugees fed In haste
from the homes Of thIs regicn when the shot
and shell and the tread ofartulery and army
trains were converting 1t into one broad bat
tie field. Thes3 He.e reinforced By the com.
pnlaorY departure Of the Inhabitants Of this
city under our occupation.
All ale returning now. Not day passes
but The spectacle may be seen at the depot or
on sou1c departing train Of huddled group
Of these poorly clad fhgitiycs, with their
scanty stock Of household gear about them,
Penates, with which they arc returning to
re-commence lie on the ashes of their former
homes. shoe1ess and tare-headed women
and children, In whom exposure and Ill fare
hare produced complexionM changes that
remove them only icW shades from the mu-
lattoes, with Ignorance and misery that are
In q more diminished ratio Of difference
time condition of the South These are the
relatives, the home-folk Of the strange but
ternut clad fgures that used to stalk gslfnly
in gua1ded lines through Chicago streets,
xnd be gnzed at hy the people as "rebel pris-
onels." had the curioalty tho other day to
pie clustered on the depot grounds beside
where foslorn mule tesm had justdumped 3
lot Of household gear that would not bring
two dollars even In a Chlcsgo auction.
asked gaunt-looking woman, With four
white-hatted, ho11oH.eytd children, II Bhe
knew the friends Of John Williams, Of one OF
the Georgia regiments, who died IN the prison
did /, Of course, and was indisposed for more
tlnn the negative. But from 81 adjoining
E,oup, equally forlofD, can't one Rnd another
inquiry concerning this and that former In
mate Of your Chicago camp. In every one Of
The instances before me come protector or
Of the rebellion. Do not mistake tho grief oi
these people for softenlng toward the
North. Their hate has been bred through
| too many yeats Of bitterness to be suddenly
! lest, aud these stricken ones 80 to the!
hon cs still hating with fearful Intensity the
| Abslltionlsts. Iii. must he accepted as Z
| fact, for which the remedy Is not swift and
ttea, ment for eradication Of the evil, . na
t:onal blood Putiher, and this Is the CON
pound Of Liberty and Education. It may
have Bitter taste, but it will be tfrctua!.
The local papers arc discussing. this ques
tlon, and yery broadly and intei1'gentlS aE
Chrontae ct the 4th, which lies At my elbow
urges that the approaching State ConFen,loH
Of Geoteta adopt eona general and practical
plan OF public tducatIon which will meet tht
impe1sttve media Of the poorer classes Of thu
State, Thoy urge that the free school systeEr
he everywhere introduced. It il certainly
the Lever which will raise the civilization O
the white victims Of slavery, and will them
the blscks, to better citizenship than ths
drst hsTc ever enjoyed under an institution
that built the luxury and power OF few OF
the oppression and depression Of the many.
The Southern bar arc greatly disgruntlel
and ont Of couutenance at the stringent rule
- Icy r1sai G+".a" Ec.at of !na..tnY,s,at.
- the ~ sshsf11a., ~ 80 T.. iawtts-s -eshsI
.ns n.5 IN rantSsetssa ~ ~ rntoT,ns .r,
the stain sets fast until puged BY Executiv.
pardon.
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eiSin. that SLAYER Il dsad ,nS that 1!snrI, ~
1nnst orrert 4 sr5 he rontent - nnhsTnes
Ten,,, ~ hrnt1, dr. 49, ~ n,,r-oa as1a-, ~;
nn,1,a ~ ;n,o ths I1nin1 xi,hont ~ :, ~. ~.
-, nf.a eta,ns ;ov Rrnur and III ro.Wn,te-,
| EaS,-1,e ~ i,ast.. ~ hnfa Il inr,,s ~ ~
ntt4aeNa tue oa.ha t.9 ~ uonsE ioone - lui ni
nKe solt o1 sos@u Pueal9i5, ~ a.4ehatSe aleS
| middle space between tue alATe ana the GU
| gen, aud It may turn out that 1t ls 2B well te
I watch rarcf1,fl7 the men who hope bv subser
1 utenrv IN ..t fhrse noor nennfe and their fn
vsnsy W t4SsS pooa p.etpne psotpe az T. i. 49,
,',e ,hee o.qs1a, a Goy,rnmrpt mnst not snrrrndcr
since It cannot part with the responsibility
b. Considered in he aainstment.
~. Psnyn.t Marehal n Genrpia. Rerl.. Grnq
vener. bss Issued a ciIcuiar. dividing th:
state into sub-districts. TO facilitate tie ad
ministrntfon t1f tbe .Amresty oath. An OH
Ger for this purpose Will Tislt every count,
seat. This will carry forward the work o
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10y ana easay 70 u! pa5.les. a,
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