Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-19


the many and dire changes that have trans
pired in the past FIVE or six years and in
vite and urge him to appear before US and
our readers as oflen as he can.
To tae Editors Of the Union and Dispatch
ATLANTA, March 4, 1867. -Haying beer
q sojourner for some months past in this
(Phenix) "Gate City" it has occurred 70
me that some jottings Of the men and
things, the scenes, incidents and adventures
peculiar to q locality NOW somewhat noted,
might not be uninteresting 10 the readers
Of your widely circulated and Justly popu-
lar journal. The last seven words are
used Understandings, andscincerely, and not
thrown in by way Of fulsome praise The
casual visitor, or mere passer through, will
scarcely realize 10 the full Atlanta's claims
TO the distinguished appellation Of Give
city, He sees a great deal of bustle-a
higgledy -piggledy, in which men and wo-
men, children, horses. mules. carts. wag-
gons, drays, locomotives, scar boxes" etc.
etc, seem mixed in inextricable confusion
and his ears are saluted with a curious.
and to the stranger, a most excruciating
medley o. sounds, consisting in part" OF
the unearthly and oft-repeated shrek OF
the locomotive engine, which appears TO
be ia hot pursuit of the throng Of pedes-
TRANS who are seen hurrying along ia the
direction Of Whitehall Crossing" "a point,
by the way, where You not unfrequently
behold an imitation, no mean one, of the
scenes continually enacted in Broadway, be-
tween st. Paups Church and Barnum's
(old) Museum-the ringing Of bells of
all sizes and tones shrill cries of
the newsboys - 'ere's the Morning
htelhgeneer, Era, and Opinion, the
hOarse calls, strange oaths, and furious
whip-cracks Of the draymen-a man and a
brother, and soon TO be uofer-all combin-
ing and melting, as il were, into the mass
Of noise and confusion incident to a city
The ringing notes from the trowel Of the
mason, and the overcoming blows of the
carpenters hammer, varied BY the grating
of the hand-saw, superadded to the forego-
ing, tell of the Reg city which is going up
Ph@nix~like, and with a rapidly unparal-
leled, at least in the Southern States. |
know it is quite fashionable with a certain
class Of writers TO speak of Atlanta az made
up chiefly Of "a FLOATING population" One
of our papers, the other day, in reply 10 a
squib Of this kind, fred from another
Georgia town-one of the "old-fogy" style
Of towns-said: Gust so, neighbor; float
ing in all the time, and considerable of il
from your place, too" But, seriously,
those who attempt thus 10 disparage At
lanta can scarcely have reflected that a
mere Floating population" in the sense in
which they use the phrase, does not stop TO
build great blocks Of granite. iron and
brick, and 10 iill them with "gcods. wares
and merchandise "A No. hotels, always
full, and running over--to print and circu-
late daily newspapers, az well as literary
weeklies and monthlies, which would do
credit TO older and larger cities; and gen.
orally to rejuyenate, and restore and renew
and rebuild the waste places"
OF the buildings most worthy Of note
which have gone up since the close of the
war, may mention the National Hotel"
which, though not TO be compared in point
Of size with the 81. Charles, Fifth Avenue,
or even with the old "Cityv of your place.
will vie with any of them in the matter of
comfort and elegance. Messrs. Pond &
Corey have shown that they "know how to
keep hotel" The American" is also
good hotel, as lie daily list of arrivals will
attest, though in point of style and appoint
ments il is scarcely equal to the National"
The proprietors, Messrs. White & Whit
lock, and their polite and attentive clerks,
are unremitting in their attention TO their
guests, and use every effort TO make the
tired traveller feel comfortable and at home.
The PLANTERS" is another place famous for
good eating; 0Halloran is very Boniface
in appearance, and knows how TO comfort
the inner man. You need only 20 look at
him TO swear that he is a judge of good
cheer. No doubt he is also "a gentleman
and scholar"
The Bell johnson Opera Hall is amassive,
imposing building, not designed fortheatri-
cal exhibitions, but being the best we have
had, so far, has been the scene of all the
exhibitions of that character until very re-
Gently. The Hanlons have Just left us
after a brilliant season, in which they
inaugurated the Broad Street Theatre.
This, though well suited for displays
similar to the Hanlon performances, is not
a theatre properly so-called. For that we
must wait-"pOssess our souls in pa
tience"-until the completion Of the
Opera HOUSE" which is in progress, and
if executed according TO the design Of the
architect, will be all that a theatre should
be. This structure is being erected by
joint stock company, at the head of which
is DIR. II. Sells, one of our most enterprising
citizens. Not far from the opera house,
and fronting on Marietta street. is rising
the new Masonic Temple, a graceful edifiee,
its front of white granite aud promising to
be one Of the finest ornaments of the city
Another elegant granite front building, a
private enterprise, is going up in the
vicinity of the Temple. The splendid
warehouse OF Glenn, Wright q Carr, on
the corner Of Wadley street, will compare
lavorably with any similar building in the
South. lt is far superior to the cotton
sheds Of most Of our Southern cities, and
is besides, arranged for the storage Of all
kinds Of produce. These gentlemen are
doing heavy business, and they deserve
il, for they are enterprising, industrious
and experienced business men.
Ex-Governor Brown is about completing
a very large business house, having a front
Immediately on the railroad, and another.
the third, fourth and fifth stories on Broad
street This building will be admirably
arranged Tor a heavy produce business as
well as for a general retail trade. Its
frontage ON the railroad viii give il the
same advantage as that enjoyed by Glenn.
Wright 4 Carr. / learn that one Of the
stores Is 60 be occupied by Messrs. Sims,
Robert 4 CO., produce and grocery dealers,
a good firm too, and worthy Of confidence
Time would fail me were | to attempt
even a cursory glance AZ the MANY other
improvements which well deserve a notice,
in an account Of the rebuilding Of the
CITY" I must not omit 60 mention the new
and elegant Depois Of the Western and
Atlantic and the Macon and Western rail-
roads. and TO express the hope that the
yerv heavy business now being done BY all
the roads may have the effect TO stimulate
the Georgia and the Atlanta and Vest
Point railroads. 10 an attempt at an imita-
ton of the good example set by their
neighbors. While on this subject of rail-
roads, let me not neglect % pay passing
tribute 90 one whom your people in Tennes-
see know well, but whom We in Georgia
know how 60 appreciate allude 10 MAJOR
Campbell Wallace, whose management Of
the Western and Atlantic railroad tcom-
monty called the State road p has won
FOR him golden opinions from all sorts Of
people" lie is, indeed, very prince of
railroad men, and richly merits the thanks
Of the people at Georgia for the skin. ability
end energy with which be h,a r,.pssv.1