The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-01-06
Incidents of Gen. sherman's March.


The correspondent of tho New York
Eveaing Post with Gen. sherinan's army,i
Gives a long and Interesting account Of. the
grand march through Georgia, from which
We take ,be following cxtraols; ..I W: ...,.
TOUCHING INCIDENTS ..s
The most pathetic scencs occur upon our
liue of march daily and hourly. Thousands
Of negro women join the columns, some car
rying household truck; Others, aud many OF
them there are. who bear the heavy burden
Of children in their arms. while Older boys
and girls piod BY thoir sides. All Of hose
women and cbildrsn are ordered back. beart-
rending though it may he to refuse them
liberty. They won't go. One bees that abe
may 60 to see her husband aud children in
Savannah Long years ago sho was forced
that her boy was in Macon. aud she's 'done
gone with griof goin' on -four years.
But tho majority accrpt the advent Of the
Yankees as the fulflmont of the millennisl
prophecies. The day of jubilee the hope
and prayer Of OF lifetime has come. Tbey
cannot be mHdo to understand they. musi
ROMAN behind. aud they aro,salisfed enly
wbeo Con. Sherman tells tbem-es be does
every day--tbat we shall cume back after
them some time. and that they must be pa
tient until the proper hour of delvetancc
comes. 600, r.... .r gt.F ....
The othor day a woman with a child ip
her arms was working hor way along tbro'
the teams aud crowds of hOrsemeu aud cat.
tie ,An officer called to her kindly. Where
are you going, annty: ,5 ..4 lo .Htsf 2
She looked up into his face with hope.
fui, besecchlng look, and rcpiicd: ...flif
'Ese gwiue whar you'so gwine, massa.
/, At house few mites from Miedgevillc
We halted for an hour, In an old but We
found negro aud his wife. both of them
over sixty years old. Iutho talk that on.
sued nothing wBs raid tha, led mo TO sup.
pose either of them was anxious toleave
their mistress. who, by tho way, was a sul-
len. cruel looking woman. when all at once
the old negress Strengthened herseit pp,and
her face, that a moment before was almost
stupid in its, expression, assumed fierce
almost devilish. aspect d.. / ..,.,...i,.. ....i
Pointing her shining black fingers at tho
old man crouched in the corner of tho fro
place. she bissed out: What for yop sit dar;
you spose wait sixty years for nutteu:-
Don't yer see do door open? lse follow my
child; l not stay. Yes. nodder dny goes
long wild desc people; yes ssr walks till l
l never beheld. ! can think of nothing to
. CON pare with it. but Charlotte Cushmaus 3
leg Meriiles. Rembrandt only cod have
painted tho scene, with it's dramatic sur.
rouudings. 'r''I -''' .t 7- n ..'r
II was near this place that several facto.
ries wsre burned. 1t was odd to soc the do.
light Of the negroes, at tho destruction OF
places known only to them as task uses
whore they had groaned under tho lash.
WHAT THE NEGROES THINK.
Near Coyington, ono Judge Harris has a
large plantation beforo We arrived it was
we'll stocked; I cant answer tor its oondi.
lion afterwards. A Jullier sot of negroes
never saw than his wero when the blue
coats came along. Horrible stories of their
cruelty to the negroes were also told by
their masters to irigh,en them, but the ne
grOes never put one word OF faith in them
asked Judge Harris head. man: ..Wel
how do you like the Yankees:" Like him!
bully, bully. bully. Use wanted to see EN-
long time; heard a henp bout EN-. Say
, Sally, dese here be. gentlemen dat's passing
A compliment 10 our soldiers. which tbey
: no doubt would have appreciated could
: they have heard Mr.. Lewis. ,s,..l. ..... j,.,
"Yaas sar, Use hope do Lord will prosper
+ dem. and Mr.. Sherman"
"Why do you hope that the Lord will
D help the Yankce:" 80. 'a'' 20 ''' '.''' g
because tinks, and wo'se all thinks, da,
you'se down here 10 our interests" ~ tul
!, you're sbout right there; did you eve'
hear that President Lincoln freed all Iht
J. slaves" mo, sar. ! never heard sich
. ting do white folks nebbor talk foro blacl
!, mcn dey mighty tree from dat" In 9th
er parts Of the South the negroes bav,
. seen seem to understand there is mar
y , named Lincoln. who bad the powor to free