The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-27

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a bottle Of well-shaken up soda water, anxious to
be uncorked, after the twelve hours iolting on q
rough road, he arrives early tho next morning at
tho latter point, having passed nothing on the
route worthy of observation except Berzelis, q
pretty little flower garden Of spot, about twenty
miles from Augusta and Stone Mountain, near to |
Atlanta, more noted for its picturesque beauty
than for it's height '...
Leaving Atlanta at once for Chattanooga, tho
traveller forgets his weariness; for along the
entire route abundant food is offered, both for
observation and reflection, inasmuoh as there is
not square foot of the country over which he
passes that has not been rendered forever his
torically famous by the celebrated march Of Gen.
SHERMAN, and the masterly though Intellectual
man@uvres Of Gen. JOHNSTON, in the vain attempt
to oppose, by strategy, the sweeping current Of
victory that could not fail to attend the footsteps
Of magnifcently appointed army, boasting be-
sides an overwhelming superiority in numbers
over the handful Of veterans it swept before it.
Soc where stands Kennesaw Mountain, where
JOHNSTON made his stubborn defence; farther on
we pass Alatoona Mountain; then Dalton; here
Chickamauga, whore BRAGG and LoNasTREEr de-
feated RosENoRANz; aud here Missionary Ridge,
where THOMAS defeated BRAGG, and where the
disasters of the Confederates began even before
SHERMAN took command in this section. At
Chiokamauga beheld the grandest sight that my
eyes have ever witnessed, and stood lost in reve-
rental admiration OF the Great Creator rs I
viewed the most sublime sunset that it were poss-
BILE to conceive. AS looked from the car window,
in front lay Lookout Mountain, rising grandly in
the distance; on the right of it Missionary Ridge;
both OF them filed with the graves Of brothers
killed by brothers hands; and as I thought Of the
r.,ala akr ~
heaven, dotted with floating clouds, each catching
the reflection Of the setting sun, in rays Of light
exhibiting every hue of the bow Of promise,
could only bow in humiliation at the conviction
Of our utter nothingness and ignorance as to the
understanding Of the mysteries Of the creation.
Your correspondent has nothing to say as to
the trip from Chattanooga to Nashville, except
that leaving the former place on the night train,
sleeping (uncomfortably) the whole way, aud not
having the eyes Of an owl to see at night-even
had he not shut them in uneasy slumber-he saw
nothing till next morning, when he awoke to see
Nashville. ,. ... -, ...,... :,a,r D..
, And what do I see in Nashville2 Many things.
First Of ai busy, bustling, dourishing city, with
q population full fifty per cent. greater than it
had before the war. Not handsome city, yet
containing many handsome residences, and one
magnificent building which is, beyond doubt, one
OF the most gorgeously imposing edifces in Amer
ica. OF course, I refer to the capitol. It is an
immense building, constructed OF granite, and,
standing on a high elevation, has an appearance
Of majestic grandeur that cannot be described.
The Senate chamber is however, small and COM
mon.place. visited it yesterday whilst the SEN
ate in session, and though heard some
eloquent speeches from Senators TR1MpIE and
CARRIoAN, and Judge Smith, of Memphis, was
not at all pleased.
What displeased me was the contemplation Of
the entire absence Of all senatorial dignity. The
honorable gentlemen sit with their feet perched
high in air on the tables In front of them aud to
all appearance pay not the slightest attention to
the Speaker, but pass their time in reading news
papers, and aiming at the spit-boxes which
abound. Ihave never seen such arrangements
for expeotorating as are made in the Capitol
buildings here-at every fifth step there is a mark
to be aimed at, snd-sometimes- -missed.
AS regards politics this is curious place, and
one has to be over-cautious in conversations for
there is no telling whether the gentleman with
whom you converse may be q Northern mana
Tennessee ex-seoessionist, or o Tennessee Union
man-there is such political congomerate, that
0 stranger has to keep his weather eye open; and
as to getting into personal difficulty here 1t is
unpleasant-as nine men out Of tenor nine and
q half-in Nashville, wear pistols, and nine pair
Of inexpressibles out OF ten are made with pistol
pockets. Fist fighting is obsolete-weapons are
always used; 1t is much more common here tor
man to wear pistol than watch, and the news
papers never speak OF mans drswingra a pistol,
but OF his drawing his pistol, as would say his
watch, his wsistcoat, his pocket-book, 30.
The negroes here are devoting themselves to
the pursuit Of knowledge under difficulties
Young ladies and gentlemen, between tho ages
OF five and ifty-five, attend school regularly in
order TO learn to read their title clear, &c. The
negro convicts who are at work on the streets
wear sassafras candy clothes, and look like black
circus clowns. The lion and the lamb have sat
down together and had friendly and sociable
chat the lion is Mr.. WEN. 8. FunAY, correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Gazette (Radical), the lamb
was my humble SELF correspondent Of the
CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS Independently have
no hesitation in acknowledging that passed a
few most agreeable moments in conversation with
this courteous and talented gentleman. sur
prised him much by assuring him that the kindest
feelings exist in Charleston between the freedmen
and their former owners, end he tiokled and
| and pleased me by volunteering the remark that
he knew THg DAILY NEWS as the most enterpri-
sng journal and the best newspaper in South Caro-
lima. ~
Governor BRowNLow is exceedingly unpopular
| In this section Of the State. On last Tuesday
| there was difficulty between his aon, General
BRowHIow, and Mr.. WOODRUFF, o good writing
the Nashville Union. The difficulty occurred ct
the Capitol, and arose from an article that had
appeared in the Union, showing up the BRowN-
| Lows In semi-facetious and semi-yituperative
STYLE BRowNLow started to draw ''hls pistol" +"
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