The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-27
LEXINGTON. GA, April %, 1870.

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Dear Dispatch:
Notwithstanding the conspiracies of Bull
lock, Blodgett, McWhorter, ct id o7ane ge-
nus, the empire State steadily and at no slow
pace marches on to fulfil her destiny among
The brightest stars of the Union. / believe
few of the southern States and few of the
northern can show as many rapidly-groWlng
and PROSPEROUS cities as Georgia. Atlanta,
most fitly called the Gate City, presents a
striking illustration Of southern enterprise
and energy, not unaided, 1t is true, Dy NORTH
ern CAPITAL. Spending few days theIe re-
Gently I found n compact and well-Duiit Guy
of 10000 inhabitants, where nVe years ago
hundreds of blackened and houseiess chlm.
news stood like grim sentinels around thlee
solitary buildings. Those totteIlnS cn iIns
neys, those three buildings, WIN lhe Il ne
of rubbish and crumbling walls, marked the
Atlanta of ante-belluu, times when the great
Sherman left it on his desolating march TO
the Atlantic. The Atlanta Of to-day Is
large city, three miles long, as Whtehaii,
the principal business street, runs; the
buildings are mostly large, substantial, ana
almost entirely of brick; the churches ana
public buildings elegant and imposing, anu
the whole city alive with business. GU,
zen told me there were eleven nullursu
buildings erected last year, and hundreds
are now in progress.
The state road has lately completed mag
nificent buildings, and arrangements are De,
ING consummated by the different railroad
companies which centre here to build on the
old Site mammoth depot, which they say
will surpass anything of the KIND IN the
United States.
sight of Augusta, the great cotton mari Tor
the middle belt, where, Notwithstanding
Of
ned. there are now in the city 10000 bales.
Columbus is another prosperous ana grow
ing place also Macon and Albany, IN the
extreme northern portion OF the Statc,
which before the war was mere village, now
assumes the dignity and proportions OF
citv, while Savannah, with her wealth, re-
finement, and signal natural advantages,
foots the imposing list.
It is thought by many that the cotton crop
of 1869 is in the market, but such IS not Inc
fact. Hundreds of bales lie stored in the
pin.houses all through this State awaiting
= rise in the staple, which must come sooner
or later before another crop is In market.
The planters are generally preparing. TO
plant fully up to their force, but there Is a
scarcity of labor, and have seen some VINO
abandoned crop on account OIL the lmpos-
siLility Of getting hands.
This place (LcXington) is an old town.
the county-scat of Oglethorpe-and distin--
guished for the hospitality of its citizens and
the beauty Of its ladies. The Presbytery of
Augusta has just closed an interesting SEES
ion here. There is much talent in the body,
and their discussions were entertaining and
impressive. On last Sabbath the Rev. DIR.
wilson, of Augusta, preached an eloquent
md striking discourse from the text ire
1uently repeated in 9Th chapter OF Genesis
i And he died.
The superior court is now in session here,
his Honor Judge Andrews presiding. A
:. sui qeneris" is his Honor, being a just
udge and Radical. Many important and
cases have come before tins
,ourt and been ably treated by the talented
gentlemen of the bar, amongst whom are
General Robert Toombs, Judge
Hillyer, Colonel Mathews, and John Reid'
ESQ. boTEfouhi'