The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-29
Augusta. Ga, as Seer by Richmond
MINI.
fCorrcspondcncc OF the Richmona ,,.s''s 800
krousrA. GA, October y, 1851.

fCorrcspnndcnce OF the Richmond D,-p"se"b
hrnusrA. GA. October ~, 1881.
have now been IN this city three
weeks. and Augusta does not deteriorate
An INV respect and admiration. Indeed II
improves upon acquaintance. ~ no.
every city In this blessed Union that can
ho.si Of an absence OF what Is IN hich-
mond one 81 It's most offensive ana ouoT-
ferrous nuisanees-thc ailanthus or fma-
disc tree. have walked the town over 20
6nd ono, but rather have found IN their
stead Whist with you is a bush-here a
crape-myrtle tree-a thing OF beauty 70
behold.
Having pcnchant for junk shops, or
rather for the antiquities and stray Articles
Of yirtu, and sometimes OF value, tila' ~ =
often 70 be found IN them, hunt ior on ls' =,
these emp0riums o. soiled ana hegiec'eu
treasures developed the fact tha' sh en oa ~
not junk shop in this city say OF oy,Ooo 49,
reonlc- consequently old iron and those
;ndestructibIcs por-boitlcs, glass, ana ODD
soIetc hoop-skirt skeletons arc at dis
connt What becomes OF them the depo-
nent kneweth not, as Augusta has no such
receptacles for them as alleys. Since Au-
e,,sta does without these purlieus OF NTH
and trash. ] am satisfied now that they are
NOT q a necessary evil" and scan be done
without"
The topography Of this city requires the
e,llyerts in many places 10 he built above
the surface Of the streets, and vehicles are
driven over their naked, uncovered arches,
and In muddy weather people walk on
them as pavement.
The water-wOrks here, while not so
much a thing OF beauty as the expensive
reservoirs OF Richmond, are yet IN utiilty
equal 10 the manufacturing demands OF
Lowell or Fall River, Massachusetts, ana
10 the comfort and welfare OF hali-mlllion
Dopulation, Instead OF from reservoir,
This city Is supplied with water from a
canal seven miles long and one hundred
and fifty feet wide, costing cool mliiioh'
n Ia lovely stream and nayigable Tor
boats. The scenery Is something beauti-
ful-diyersified as it is by hills, and where
valleys occur widening into lakes. Being
an artificial stream, and built for its water
power. IL Is elevated above marshes, conse-
auently those usual adiuncts OF streams are
not seen. only an occasional tree streaming
fts moss In the breeze gives it the aspect OF
n southern river. PayilOns and picnic
grounds abound along It's shores. The inn
mensc Sibley mills get their power from
this canal. These mills have Just been I'M
ished. They are built after the Byzantine
order OF architecture. Great attention has
been paid 70 beauty and style in their con-
struction. They would never be taken for
a mandatory OF any kind. A travelling
SWISS gentleman Just arrived from Alex
andria, Egypt, upon beholding this magni-,
ficent building, capped his hands and
cried, "Bravo, palace!" II Is profuse III
exterior ornamentation OF betting, courses,
piIssterS, dentals, turrets, &c.
In the midst Of this magnificent pile OF
bricks and mortar, and towering far above
its highest pinnacles, is n brick stack
monument, which is as exquisite and grace
ful In its proportions as st. PauPs stccplc.
This monument, which looks like part
OF the Siblcy mills, is built in commemora-
tion Of the Lost Cause out OF bricks from
the Confederate States arsenal. The Coun-
ell OF Augusta required its erection OF the
Sibley Mills Company when they nomi-
nally gave them their site and water-power.
The mills are upon the site OF the arsenal.
Two thousand operatives viii be employed
when work commences.
Besides this immense corporation, there
are the Augusta cottou-mills and the En-
terprise factory, either Of which run more
spindles than the two Manchester mills
combined. These enterprises, 1t Is claimed,
pay dividend Of % per cent.
But the greatest curiosity in Augusta is
ifs bell-tower-a structure something like
the framework Of the gas-holder or tank
at Rockets. II is situated in the middle
OF the street, and is say seyenty-tiye feet
high. Perched in cage-like arrange
ment ut its top sits a man day and
night. This Argus-eyed individual Is
expected TO watch over an area as large
rs that OF Richmond, and to warn the peo-
pie of the approach Of the fire-fiend. This
Is much more economical il not so oflec-
tive mode Of preserving the city from fire
than your own system.
In spite Of the drought some cotton has
been raised. A cotton man at my hotel
has bet on a 1900, 000-bale crop. Last
years crop was 100000 bales. CREED.