The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-12-18

Lreached Aug gustT Cne High% oN A'o'e
in company with Colonel John A. heiaho' u
Greenwood, who was on his way as a lay delegate
to- the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Ghurch. Cannot say that my first impressions OF
that city were very agreeable 1t seemed to me
!. the whole: place smelt bauy-was on the point 0l
cocitating scientific article for the Intclyencerto
explain the reason why Augusta should have an
odor so disgusting, when discovered that the
:. terrebene oil in the omnibus lamp was the cause oil
L ALL: Wider conclusions have often been drawn
from much narrower opportunities for observation
fFor,ezample: The negro has black skin-eTgo-
he.doesn't belong to the genus homo
Saw nothingof Georgia from Augusta to Allan
ta,seither going or returning. They say hrst I'M
pressions are most lasting. If this be so, shall
always have gloomy idea of this part of Georgia.
Grind some ten millions Of contrabands. freedmen,
congos, or voters to powder; with this, mix the
dust of the;souis of some ten millions of black
hearted Radicals add to this mixture all the SCOT
that was oecasioned by the burning of Columbia;
put the whole in an immense sieve, lift 1t some
tfiree miles above the earth. shake, and keep
shaking for about half an hour, and from the dark
ness that would follow, you may have faint con-
ception of the aspect of the country between Au-
gusta and Atlanta, it appeared 10 me at first
sight. So dark as almost to hurt. If any people
i've there, I didn't see. any sand unless follow
The example of believers in Cbristianity-of be-
6eing things on the testimony Of ohers-I must con-
ciude that eternal night reigns over that part of
Georgia.
;. Tuesday morning: Breakfasted at the United
States Hotel Atlanta. Saw Stonewall Jackson's
picture ON the wall-knew he wasn't Radical
felt that call was right" and eat my meal with as
;kearty q relish as if had heard that Thad. Ste
sens had been put in the Lunatic Asylum. BY the
way, the proprietors took me to be clergyman,
and only charged me half price. Strange isn't
it?- The idea of being generous to Minister
now.a-days it rather ludicrious, isn't it? told
this fact to several members of the General Assem-
bly, as . good joke, and they smiled, (not casa
Har.z" fashion.
ATLANTA is somewhat larger than Anderson. Some
Of cur people won't believe this, but it is fact
Ny impression is, that if Sherman would pass that
way ggain, and burn it again, that in years it
would. be larger than New York city. 1t was here
Ismet oi.izsn B. 1t certainly was treat to see
: him. Is'dare say he and I would have been
made supremey happy if the city council had pro-
Tided us with a large Dicgenes Tub, put us under
st.; and given orders that no one should stand be-
-3ween US and the sun, and allowed us, South Caro-
Iins-lke, 10 sit still and watch while Georgia NOV.
i: ed on.
Atlanta is-Georgia in q nutshell. Remain there
months and you learn all the charactcris-
acs: of the people of that "iive" State. On the
Railroad from the city to Chattanooga, didn't sec
peingle man "wbitiling sticks" at any of the de-
pots Everybody seemed to be at work. Houses
we're being erected-nills finished; and for the
Railroad itself, am afraid to speak about it, lest
should exaggerate 1 can only say-you have
seen gardeners give extra touches Of the spade to
the garden walks Well, that is the way The track
on that road is kept. Not necessary but ertra at
teaGon> is paid. II my memory is correct the
road lately settled their Indebtedness to the U. S.
Government to large amount-several millions.
Sorry Haven't stock on that road; but have not,
.aor on any other There is ons consolation if
these railroads break-it will make me no poorer
Arrived in Nashville OH the 20th November.
Didn'tsee Brownlow. lie evidently hadn't heard
Of my arrival, OF if he had, that rd, from, finder
son; or he certainly would have called took the
( palnsto write my name in full on the hotel regis
ter, "Quid Nunc," Anderson, S. C. Surely, if
,Brownlow was anything of politician lie would
have sought me out. How did he know but that
was Gov. O.s bosom friend. for We both live in
Anderson ; and surely politicians ought to seek to
find ont what the private opinions of each 9TH
er. sac. T. b." in tn. Charleston Courier, has
given you an account Of his visit to Brownlow, so
/ will say nothing about him. There is an old
esying-speak of the Devil, and he will suddenly
appear. The least said, therefore, the betteg
Nashville is quite large village-much larger
than Anderson. At the close of the war; it had
about hundred thousand inhabitants; it now has
abeut half that number. As didn't mingle with
the aristocraey, but only with Southernersy know
but little of the New England Africano sentiments
-~of the city populace The depression of spirits
is not so great as it is here. "They' say every
thing is working out right-that they would not
make things move any faster than they NOV
ing little patience, and all will come out right.
Their Senate and Legislature intensely radical,
but time is bringing people TO their senses and
even Tennessee will, before long, be found defend
ing the old'Constitution and the old Union of the
States.
am no politician. write nothing of the
grounds upon which they base hope for the fu-
ture. Only what heard them say:
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church convened in THIS city on the 2lst Novem
ber DR.. Moore, of Richmond, Va, was elected
Moderator. 1t was aqnetty full Assembly. The
delegates from the S. C. Presbytcry, were E. T.
Buist, DID,, and W. H. Stratton, Ministers. Dr.
Simpson, of Laurens, and Col. Leland, of Green