, 1876-11-08
THE:'SOUTH.,
Tho Cities "of Atlanta, ,Ga!, and
Nashville Tenn
4 Talk with Southern Ladies' on tho
Subject Of Sectional Hostility.

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Some Of the Prominent Institutions OF
tho Capital Of Tennessee.
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NASHVILLE. Tent, Oct. 25.-Why do re.
turn 10 soon1 Because tho South Ia almost rs
hetIacttca1ly sealed ngainss strangers as was
China 100 years ago. no matter what may be
Tho motive for tho expedition to them. Soss
with letter from Mr. Rogers, my why was
made easy to the North. After riding twelve
hours In northwestcsly direction from aavan.
nah, Tho nrst full stop was u,alo at
ATLANTA, CA,
This is tho Capital OF tho State, and Is also
called tho "Gatcwny" iuto Gergla+ It wis en-
tIrcly DESTROYED by hsc during tho War but,
like Chicago, is elastic. II has ten 1ourishina
hanks, aye railroads entering It, docs larrc
bus!neas In cotton and tobacco, aud Is unusually
busy and prosperous IN minor matters. It's
population Is now exceedingly miscellaneous,
numbering foreigners and Yankees in almost
equal proportions. Tho, Yankeca arc especially
welcome for Thu money they bring. It is o queer
looKihg town. as II II bad been caught up In
fierce hurricane latc onu Saturday night. but,
while undergoing thc hardest twlsting,; wns
suddenly surprised by' Sunday, aud, like a
bad Girl, settled right down In a heap,
u,,d promised to 10 good in tho tDllst
Of its naughtlncss. The soii, rs is all tic soLl
in these mountainous rogtons, Is Of II rtd.bvick
colnr. There arc roads or puths. but LII stls-
waliss o. fences, Tho houses arc built IN any
way. shape, or sizc, aiIl crowded 60 closely upon
the sidewalk that The hitter Is forced into the
street. Indeed, Tho whole town is q collection
Of hills, so steep. nnrrow, a,ld hobby, md ~
covered with fiuu dust, that one wcarlcs with
tho imperative aud numbcrfcss asccnts and dc.
scents tat must to Inadn iu order to obtain ovcil
birdaeyo vtew Of IT, 1t is tho busy town os
Tho State, and moncy-getting Inns been SO csscn-
TALLY tho object OF their lives thnt no time Las
been spared BY tho pcopu for internal or cxter.
mi ornamcntatiou to person or property.
A very pleasant feature hcrc Is tint one depot
furnishes hoth landing and shelter for all the
roads ccMtcsing ut tis ptace. Attho satne tfmo
that arrived from the South, u crowd Of ladies'
catno from tho North, on their way TO their
respective homes; aud all wcrc obliged TO walt
several hours III order To make connections. It
is astonishing what an alno'int Of gosslptng
will DO done bv entire etraNgcrs while walt
Ing for the wngun.n Here were
TWELVE on FIFTEEN SOUTHERN LADIES
tin tho truc stnRe), so1ao lad been IT, Now York,
others to the Centennial, mud all had been Walt
ons s iat Nort5iwssGound % Atcr getting acausn s @
Cd among themselves, NY turn 10 gossip soon
canlc., They cros4-4uestlohel nc n ,n,aiiuer
otIonstVc and defensive. "lou neither look nor
1,aratory to opening conversation. which ial
been slow in joining, for was writing; llorr-
over, I would rather ltssun to them than sllurs
tho talk NO" relolnod, ~ eelonE, to ,I, the
North, und am now Dil nv way Gack.n This
WIS ito abrupt to satlsly them, and | saw tint
nothing shprt Of "frcclom Of apuech" wouldbo
IN order; SO told them my crrand to Saynn.
nnl,, Which was at, Immediate crtrco Into their
rood cracrs, nlso gave them full account of
tho unfortunate city lul lis people. When they
aIruitly questioned ,te ps to NV Impressions of
,af so9%t % 40 rot Lsstats e met tlsu , @ tsss
vas tuv ill-fueliug pxistlnt. bGtwec, tho North
aud South, upon which Said, In substance, thut,
"As The nnmosty had been growing ulorc Bit
ter Ior 1nn,y ycuro bcforo The War IN account
-: Stayery. aid NJ thu War, iustcn,i Of oDcninr
way Tor harmony, Ind simply been al oxtra
wedge to thrust Us still farther apart, perhaps
TnE ALMIGHTY nan TAKEN TiiH MxTlBti IN
HAND,
by crIpp,pc r,t one and tileu tho other, md 70
i,rlnrk,g about rccognition Of ca.h other's
rlrhts, Mno ropl Fellowship, through Tho SLOW,
i'll undoubtedly thc surcst, mctloI uI sorruw
aud syputly And, ,rcrilaps 1t wns because Ii was
Hnrfier fur iii. ao,ItI1 To forrvc the North Iin
permitted the Great Chicago Fire Though tlis
was uu,lo universal catastrophe, ,.cs appreciated
other gifts r,.t together, because NC realized too
we'll tc inGiiGtrabIu iG!lGss thut liAii coilecalcd
thc hunrts uf yOur pcuoio nruinst us. AID, as
II tic wedge wcrD hot sufficiently removed to
warrant /. Continuance of tic gooti-iaelng thus
created, hardly ycar elapsed wbcu Boston was
in Nsme5, Yu,tr sy,npitLys ng,.u voluntarily
Showed itaclf by sending Inatcrinl help to tllto
yn @ ~ w i.s Amtslavsfy iii % and ' ptIcf II % peeSarly
kaAeiI principles ~ to be quite out ol tho pgle
OF Southern redemption or forgiveness. TLeu,
rs II the Nurt!, was GecdInlng paralyzcl WITT, The
generosity that hnd poured IN upon is from every
Gi,ru
aer yos owl a Seautif cty ' f savsn aaso
iuh, iluvc been tlccfInutrA by the terrible pesti.
leucc vi yclIpw.icycr, Wc have lent yUu mon.
~, goo1a, nurses, 4nd phyaiGiuuo, together With