The New York herald., 1867-01-29
GEORGIA.
OUR ATLANTA CORRESPONDENCE.

GEOHGIA.
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OUR ATLANTA CORRESPONDENCE
The People and Country Near AtIansa-North.
ern Character or Industrial Pursuits-The
Temperate Zone Of Georgia. &c.
ATLANTA, Ga, jan a. 1867
In my Last communication dated this city, referred
to the fact that the neghborng population in the
famous and atudnous regions Of this State almost
exclusively white. l might have added that 1t was
before the This country ION account Of It's altitude
parakes in climate and productions more Of Northern
character than the latitude alone would suggest Before
the mining operations iron and quarying In slate
had been begun The cotton culture after
cave this city going northward and attention is do
voted exclusively the productions OF the dairy
and OF the orchard TO the raising OF grapes and 10 the
culture Of corn, wheat and potatoes
The Cartersville Erpvss, paper published in the re-
gons referred to- In article urging the building OF
railroad from that place TO the Insignificant village Of
Van Vert, in Polk county, says
In estimating the importance Of the Cartepvle and
Van Vert Railroad the mind Is apt alone the
quaatity Of slate thai will be carried IT. but this Is
very marrow vsw q take OF the suhjecs In addition
from the long leaf pine-a business for the road
that for twenty years viii be equal 70 that Of
business scarcely less than the other two;
cotton, corn, wheat hay, tanbark charcoal hogs poa-
toes apples Sc Let Us look At some Of these articles
the quarres at Van Vert the last year 70 this place.
distance Of eighteen miles, million pounds OF roofing
slate. Let the road be built and there would he ty
times much or three thousand car loads This guam
tiy instead OF diminishing would increase. For twenty
years the shipment OF lumber over the road would os =
for itself several times might reasonably be expected
70 diminish. The amount OF cotton shipped over the
road would 1t the lowest calculation, be ten thousand
bales yearly or wheat there would be one hunared
thousand bushels the quantity Of II u well
and Carol % cooses which counties .ouId send their
products over this road are equal m dave. = sass asd
n. :. " soS1 "sS and y As
cultivation Of shs orchard proHabie The quantity Of
mean proportion in weight TO the first two articles
named slate and lumber We have said nothing OF
ron although IL s well known Polk county has the best
IRON ore in the world We learn that there has re-
Gently been discovered near Van Vert inexhaust-
ols bed Of gnds.one pronounced BY competent judges
nent OF this quarry will materially add to the freight Of
the road We nothing OF the travel over the road
OF return freight.
The above paragraph forciby illustrates the Desirable
Of the country possessing Il does many natu
raj advantages and yet the editor goes argue that
rom the paucty OF capital in the country the
not be built except by contributions which schooboy
is able to make.
Can such country now long remain undcvelopedP ?
Or will the shrewd rich Northern capitalists
find out and obtain posession2 On inquiry about the
value Of land have been astonshed al the Io~ness Of
While Atlanta and tho country immediately contiguous
presents Northern features you have but to descend in
the direction Of Macon some 1fty sixty miles before
reaching climate the peasantest tho world
free from Southern heat and Northern cod-an Fl DO
neither for their value abundance the climate makes
UP the deficiency and win render IT, under scientific
cn s s y
20 the human system. and with the evidence thatde-
crsptnds and nrmsy kept 30 long time away from age
within the narrow held o: obscpvstiop that re-
q0ested gentleman 70 give me The number Of perpons
Oopu",ion 81 seven hundred He Sesp ana sssonshes
me by the number he could readily name, but
asked for time 70 complete the task the results OF
which will forward TO you as soon as received The
Oldest he named ninety years OF age and from that
down 70 sixty there was one representative or more for
every figure. What desirable land thought for the
weak iurged New EnglsDder
IndimePenee Of the Sensh 10 CeuGressisnal Ac.
tien and It's Own Futurc-EGect of this Feel
Ingin ParaIy xing Industrial Esevgies- North.
cru Capital I'm Cotton Csops-Bad Teachings
Of the ssuthern Pr~ss-scarcity Of Labor.
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. ~ 1857
The people Of this city TOO busy 70 think about
the reduction OF tho State 70 Territory, the mpeach
ment Of the President the abolition Of the Supreme
Court Radical vital the interests Of tho people
these would be- the people here have suffered
worse fate, and hence not alarmed at less evils
The fear or conscation even which has lately been
vived and in the middle and southern sections Of the
State produced quite stir among the unpardoncd, and
among those who have purchascd property from that
class does mot sect the population hers II pretty
veil understood that Is mainly Northern and Western
capital that has caused Atlanta from her ashes
There is class Of persons TO be mot With Georgia
Who have been much lashed, borrow figure from
slavery, By The fears and anxetes 70 which they have
been subjected since the collapse Of the confedeacy
ip regard 70 property and lfe that they seem have
grown indifferent 70 any threats which the radicals
make; and i am surprised 10 see them take AZ
cooly the prospect OF those threats being carried
into execution and this old Commonwealth reduced to q
Territory 70 claor like others for admission into the
sserhood Of States other Tsrrcrss have DONE as II
the announcement Of general amnesty had been made
by The present conUs~ WHOSE time TO do good or evil
Ia now - short However, The matter 10 susceptible Of
easy physiological explanations for whom disease has
prsyed upon the human Wsssm 70 esrssin sxtsst the
subject ssss all sssss q ssse aad diss my - vh-
ont pain or sgony. ssch persons sep nswwapss of
every kind and manifest Of desire 70 tnow what
Conusn n doing. ~ shs passiby Of Ne wons Shrsals
Of radicals being executed Thsy feel that they have
done oil thas has besn required Of them, and Consss
does mot believe bscssss thsv "a mot wish 10 b.
lisvs ~ or thas thsr action A. bessa upos wiful mis-
representations from agents. sent en- fog ne puyposs
the evil rssulsng from this sGe of thin6s Il shst h
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