The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-09
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ATLANTA, August 2, 1871.
Ma. EDrron:3 leased 10 be relieved for
few days of tie monptonoua. n1utiSp Of
plantation work, LETT home last Friday
A. M.s en- route.for this point. ota Colum!.
bin and Augusta. The gloom NECESSARILY
produced by The existing drought has
not been lissipated by the crop pros
poets along my line of travel. Except
near Chappella Depot, aud a few miles
above Alston, I did not 500 corn field
that will pay- expenses. and 1 fear as
much may be said Of every cotton crop
I saw. Near Ridge Spring, on the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
the prospects are woful; from the Pine
House to Graniteville they are much
more promising. The railroad from Au-
5as.a tc Atlanta runs through q notori-
ously poor country. The present crops
give ample credit to this poverty. Many
OF the fields of both corn and cotton, If
set fire to on windy day, am sure
would burn. Though the lands of this
line Of travel are much better, still they
hove been subjected to the same damag.
ing drought, and. l imagine, it cannot
be amlss to caution our planters to hus-
band carefully all kinds of products. and
at. opco prepare to SON largely. of tur
nipa& and small grain. this month and
next, to prevent. the necessity Of buying
! both corn and meat the coming year.
Though every traveller must be impress
led with the courtesy and kindpess OF tho
railroad offfcipls on this route, Still there
are two or three lacks which, TO gu OBJ
I;serYant passenger. are. equally impres.
sive; md these ere the want of q CON-
Portable passenger shed or depot at any
of the termini in Columbia, aud: the alb
tsence OF eating saloons mt nny,rof the
| railway stations. It appears to rae; The
erection Of the first woufd be q profitable
Investment for the railroad, and, the
opening Of the; second source of in
come to-. some energetic caterer.
Through, passengers from Chnrlotte by
the night train arrive at Augusta after Z
A. NJ, and leave before 8, and have no
means of breakfasting except in little,
close, uninviting pen of a place. where
hfty cents is paid for lunch, whether
one drinks single cup Of common Rio
Of ham and buttered bread.
After leaving Atlanta these facilities
become more numerous, but st every
| station, and in full view.o the train, is
the inevitable little shed room. with the
two little words in big letters-bar room
| printed over the door. One of our
party; who thinks these words standing
invitations; to destruction, was wicked
enough to lay q wager with the others
that at any one OF these places would be
seen a Representative man." aud
though the odds might have been against
him, he won with ease. Near every bar
room sat or walked some lank, lean, pre-
| maturely old soaker, with red nose, grey
beard ana head. ponderous walking
cane and thread-bare suit, who knew
more of other men's business than they
knew themselves, and who could tell
nearer when the next rain would full
than any man: RAshapa such charac
Fer can be ossaAi9nalty ssentronnd the
aeorgia Geo Rsssa Rsasfssi aasis been, considered a
t!'go.aheadts e State Atlanta Is her most
Observation-Disclosures Her proportions,
ftoo. are istill Ssnlafg fging; /; magic seems to
build her h6hsep, aud all other sources
OF her commercial Importance are equal
~ anomalous. X VA.
!: Atlanta may be the place for the rich,
but it is certainly no place for the poor
Streams Of idle negroes pour through
her etreets, and her almost pauper whites
can be counted by the scores. 'Tia said
the ''Song of the Shirt" is sung by hun.
dreds of poor white women here, while
husbands and brothers can't gel the bread
OF idleness to eat. The streets of At.
isnts are never swept, and we'll they are
not. for to-day they lie covered with
about four inches OF an impalpable pow
der. which every puff OF wind sends
whirling down ones throat, into his
eyes, or through the doors aud windows
| OF adjacent honses. Rain, which fell
yesterday p. Nd. to limited extent, is
much needed. Yours. &c., A. /
DEATH OF WALGER BLAKE, Eso.-The
many friends OF this old resident Of