The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-03-20
CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM GEORGIA.

ATLANTA Ga, Feb. 26, 1869.
Editorial Correspon nee.
- Augusta the place of our last writing, j,
situated on the western bank Of the Savan
nah river, 100 miles north of Savannah tb,
location is : good one, and the city one Of
the finest we have ever seen, but the ground
is rather low. The streets are broad anC
finely shaded, some Of the buildings ssart
good and some are very poor. Before tn,
war Augusta was quite a business place
but like. all other Southern cities, it has fell
the pressure Of bard times for the past foui
years. There was Stove and Hollow war.
Foundry here that done a very good business
in years gone by, but it has disappeared
At present b ut little moulding is done out.
side Of railroad shops, and in them bat &
small amount Of work for repairing.
We recognized the Union, and we conf.
IDENTIFY expect there will be no further sus.
pension, as we found some Of the best men
there it has been our good fortune to meet.
We yelfound that the great cause that led
to the suspens' on Of Unions in these States,
was the want Of proper understanding Of
the aims snd the objects of the Union.
There seems to be no difficulty to get men
to take hold of it when they hear full ex-
PLANTATION in this respect, our mission will
result in very great good.
There are number Of manufacturing es.
-tablisments in Augusta, among them one Of
the most successful cotton Mills in the Unit
ed States. The canal by which the city il
supplied with water, furnishes one of the
finest water powers we have seen 1t il near
ten miles long, 20 feet wide at the bottom,
water 7 feet deep, and was built ut cost OF
near half million dellsrs. 1t has added
materially to the prosperity Of the city, and
runs large number of manufactures. It's
nee hanical power is estimated at sc, 900 Gu
bic feet Of water per hour, on two falls Of
from IL to IA feet each. Ii has never paid,
and its annual expense greatly exceeds the
income. In the hands of energetic business
men who would use it for mechanical pur-
poses, it would make Augusta quite q city.
The country around the city is good, and
the place Is healthy.
From Augusta We wendell our wav at the
rate OF Is miles IN hour, over . miserable
road to Savannah, which we expected to
end "love Of place !" in this We were
disappointed. Hox it ever got the name Of
the s'lovely Savannah,r we are ct loss to
know. unless some love sick newspaper cor
respondent wandered ort some moonlight
night with his lady love, TO build castles In
the air beneath the signing pines in the
park and there, while listening to the IN
spring music Of frogs In the ponds close 81, 81.
be conceived the idea that It was q lovely
spot Of course. il hls ssgal'' was lovely, he
wouiasssalnk the pine trees, frogs, mud-pud-
Mss and all, lovely. We take It for granted
this 10 the way il can ne city i huilt
upon an elevated sand bar, with Q low
sNampy country all around IT. We walked
all over 1t, all around it, and failed to find
single first class building. Although there
II plenty Of elevation for good drainage,
the streets are 10 miserable condition.
When il rains great foods Of water gather
at the orossings, and mud abounds eyery-
where. II has been ely for more than i
hundred yeazs, and JET Shs streets femain