Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-05

and sfab:e; II converaation easy and
agreeable, and in personal appearance
attractive. His ability aa soldier and
D scholar is eminent
No Home and no KoMy.
Just before the Geuaral vent away, I
asked one Of bis aids If he wo0ld 20
home after reaching Charlotte.
No" was the reply.
{" WhyT' / Iagain asked.
Becanse, replied the aid, "hs has
no home 10 go TO-
The conversation turning on money,
asked the came staff officer Il be bad
any. He answered me 10 the negative.
Then what are you sh going 20 do
for soma ~ asked.
That is what puzzles IA" be replied,
and, no doubt, not desiring to converse
on subject unpleasant to hin. he
walked away.
lFfoR letter in tas New TOrh Hsrsid1
Assthe rebel troops moved of the pre-
vailing sentiment among them was,
We are overpowered bus noe subdued" "
Remarks such az these we're qaite
common, in doleful chorus:
| 81 hate the sight Of Yankee"
/ intend to observe my parole. II ]
ana ground down too hard I will leave
the coantrya ai1 : sfAAA4i
9 Let's all go to Mexico"
By God, If / catch Yankee enter
ing my. house I'll shoot him."
s'." Before I'd let q Yankee marry q
sister of mine. I'd kill her. "
I" wonder if they will insult ua
81 e Andy johnson is the meanest msa
in the world"
/" Two years ago We would not have
submitted to this"
We haye lost all our niggers' ?,
iSeatiRent AnlORg the pSOpIe at Green's.
bor0.
have just been talking with Prof.
Richard Sterling, Mayor Of this place.
He said: ara -. ..'I r.z..- ...z
The population of Greensboro before
the war was two thousand Eve hundred.
Now il is increased, rather than dimin.
ished. 1t has been increased By refu.
gees from different parts Of the State.
The city is under civil anthority--a
Mayor and six commissioners. We have
not held=a meeting Of the council since
the FIRST Of April From that time to
| this we have been, in q great measure,
under military rule, aud there has been
nothing for rs 10 do but to cooperate
With The military There were about
seven hundred sick and wounded here q
fshort lime ago The most OF them are
here yet The Court Honse, all the
churches except one, the Odd Fellows
Hail, and three Of the largest stores are
occupied as bospitals There has been
very listle private business transacted
herefor the last twelve months. We
have all been very jealous in our cause,
buf think we will submit to the powers
| that be like Christians It 10 not @ mat
ter of choice with us. IL is matter of
necessity. I was true to tho Confeder-
ate Government. If it had an army to
sustain it to-day, wonld still give il
my support / believe that to be the
sentiment of the people in this part of
North Carolina Our people will quiet
y submit unless they are oppressed; bus
if they are oppressed they win rebel. l
have spoken with several Of our most
prominent citizens, and know. i have
also been speaking with several persons
in the military, and that is what they
advise. Several of the principal men
Of the State have been here, and they
endorse such course. Gen. Stoneman
got within Eve miles Of this place about
the lst of April, He destroyed O great
deal, and the Confederate array having
taken away a great deal, the conse-
quence is that there will be much suffer
ing. Stonemsn took great deal of
Stock
Stock 10 therefore very scarce; aud
the negroes and the stock being gone we
cannot raise any crops. What negroes
are here we cannot control; they will
not work There win be much blood
shed on the negro question yet. The
negroes will not work, and IL they do
not they viii have to steal. There is ne
other way for them to support them
selves. And as sure as We catch them
stealing We will shoot them Just the
same as We would shoot any other
thieves. ! have stopped the sale OF
liquor in order 10 prevent roxdyisn and
fighting The men who sre pillaging
through the country now we're worthless
before the war, they were worthless in
the WAT, and they are worse than worth
less nov. This place is one Of the fret
for reiinement and intelligence, aud in
business relations ranked third There
were two female institutions here. One
the Edgewortb Female Seminary, and
lhe other the Greensboro Female Col
lege The Edgeworth was built in ls40,
and the other two or three years after
ward. Both were open until within =
year ago. John A. Gilmer, ex-member
of the United States Congress, resides
here. Thomas A. Moorehead, who pre-.
ceded Mr.. GiEmer as member of Con-
gress, is also living here. l never be-
liefed that negro slavery was On Ad.
vantage to u.s. The people viii submit
to the emancipation Law quietly. They
vii be sorry to have their servants 20,
because they are attached to them.
Some of our people love their servants
as dearly as they do their own children.
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