The New York herald., 1867-02-01
our GEORGIA CORRESPONDENCE

The National Cemetery at Marictta-A Course
OF Lectures in Aid OF the Southeru POor-A
New Radical Paper. &c.
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan 26 1867.
The beautiful city of Marietta that of tho
national cemeteries is twenty miles from this city The
burial ground OF the nations dead Is well selected being
q semi-spherical hill mountain overlooking the
whole city, and visible from every part OF il we'll
for considerable distance along the line Of the Western
and Atlantic or State Railroad which is the great
thoroughfare from the North and West to the heart Of
Georgia and to the city Of New Orleans Tho grounds,
containing originally thirty acres but which, learn,
viii be added by the purchase Of fifteen to
increase their accommodations the gift to the gov
ernment Of Mr. Henry G. Cole, true Union and loyal
man during The war; No bribes could induce him to
favor the confederacy imprisonment and persecution
failed to effect the object learned that several hun
dred thousand dollars have been or will be spent
this national cemetery ''reb" makes the boxes in
which the remains gathered at three box The
population Of the city seems well satisfied that such
honor has been done them the city will thereby be
made more attractive in the future and furnishes
the occasion for large expenditure OF public money.
They think that hundred and twenty-five thousand
will be buried there Occasionally, 1t is thought few
rebels buried along with the Union soldiers
Some Of the benevolenty inclined citizens Of Atlanta
cred in the City for the benefit OF the poor -Four OF the
lecturers have been selected and written t0-Horace
Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher G. L. ValiandiQhan and
Alexander H. Stephens There is general and strong
desire that the gentlemen named VIII accept only
further the good object intended but also TO hasten the
complete reconciliation OF the two sections There would
be no hall in the city capable of holding the audience
that would be present Reporters have been engaged for
the OCCASION tho hotels enarging their capacity In
anticipation Of harvest, and the whole oity Is on the
Qui rsve. w
IL is currently reported thai daily Is TO be
started here-a radical and stranger stiT 10 sad II
viii he supported. The census just taken shows a
population In the city Of eleven thousand whites and
nine thousand negroes. The enumeration has astonsed
many as 1t was thought that by far the largest portion
OF che people of Atlanta belonged to the first class
named, whereas The truth il that the two classes
very nearly equa 10 number. The predctioA had been
made and ndustriousy circulated endorsed BY sienti
ethnoiogist the blacks state of freedoM would
speedily become extinct The facts DO not warrant the
conclusion In fact the negroes seem TO % doing well
here as : laborng class.
Il pleasing that the state is making provision
for the keeping Of the lunatics among the blacks.
Sealed proposals solicited for the erection OF
suitable building for that purpose in close proximity TO
the splendid ediHce already erected at Mlledgese for
class OF whites Other public institutions for
both classes arc much needed In Georgia.
wonderful with what precision the trains arrive
here New York. The superintendent OF the state
road the train entered the city, few dsys since
pulled his watch and exhibited IL 70 gentleman
standing by, jast the hour and m.nae hards showed
three O'Clock r. NJ precisely tho very hour and minute
the train due, remarkng that 1t vas sare thing
for that train and his watch to disagree in keeping time