, 1865-08-31
MISSISSIPPI .REYISITEn.
A Horseback Ride Through tho
State@No. Nv. =:

none only garc me tho better opportunity Il
Keep up my assumed character. :. / nercr ,va.
1sdY's u2a, even In my best daTs; and no.
that grey hairs arc scattered plentifally owe
my head and occasional wrinkles appear OF
my face, 1t is not 10 be expected that wpn1d
make much 1eadway among unnaarricd fe
miles, unless they were widows, in the agt
shtn half the men Of Dixie nrc IN their graves
and hare always remembered Sam Weller.
aayicc. to bewnrc Of these: ner"sth-lfcs, i
,,nvn Ind ru.a1.uun sociai chats With the fe
males Of thisecctiun {tfe north part Of e1nitt
County, and have been highly amused ut thei,
political views. At one house, requested
some dinner, and there was n middle aged,
healthy looking woman, and her four dangh,
tiers there, varying IN ages from sixteen to
twenty two ; and ret they asked to be ex,
cuscd as they Ind no help In the house, thu
last -co1ored woman hnTing taken her
hight on the preceding night. Tho
mother told me. neither abe nor
her daughters had ever cooked a
meal in their lives, TN that ,mcralng, wheu
they had baked some corn bread and ftfed q
little bacon. They had 1our In The house,
1,nt c7old not u7ake biscult, and thcy had two
cows, but could not mlk them. lwould nave
offered to milk their cows fot them, but thit
! act Of galluntry would at once have rcrealed
the faci that was u Northern man, which, at
that time, and at that Distance from Union
| garrison, did not care to hare known. re,
| membe-ed the fate q cfTe11sctqry negroes, mud
| also the other r1aet, that The Santhc1ncr looked
I upon the Yankee 1b 4 bling -as degraded rs tbC
| biack himself, and one whom It is no moro
1 harm to kill Nevertheless, am inclined to
believe l sload not bare been disturbed, Or
| at least scr'ohsly nolested; but like Grad
| grind, I was sitter "facts," md Ikucw The
only way to Obtain these IVA. to travel in thc
| disguise Of > Southern planter.
| finally GOT some corn bread and bacon, and
left the faulty how they will live l do not
know nither do I carc.
All oftho women, or nearly ALL are as yio-
lent as GGr, md a1e -furiously rrproachfal Of
late rsaendon. They regarded It Is u terrible
hnrEsip that IN the future they would be
cCmfliel to wait On themselves. They could
pcvr forgive the blacks for leaving thezn--for
,uAlng away trem good homes. where they
aGEays , md plenty, and whe5e, to use thelr
Z ftee liz io1ks.'' @ ''l ~ 'DeD
The language thcr employed while eonscrs.
ling rrfRtivc to the Yankees, WIS anything but
complimentary to that race Of the genus homo.
They lived in tic finc Of Sherulan's march In
1864, md had two visits from these un.
= nGseAAto SAeFte, e"o ttfooc "aG h1on Au3
Thing OF winter campaign, ereu In the South-
en- country, without eommissasics, may not
be at loss to conclude that the boys laid
hands on everything t1ley could get which
Was calculated to either Keep them warm Or
satisty the appetite. Ilatns, hacon, bread,
sweet potatoes, bed quilts and blankets, Wcrr
all seized With very little ceremony and car
ried of rs the property of tho conguesors; :;
end If one desired to FIRE tic southcrn female
teart, le lad only to refer to Shcrmanss ar
my und his work was accomplished. lhcard
oEe nayTate hoW she "uscd up scvera, Of
The hlce~coats, with her tongue, In manner
"Dld they Icp1y:'' inquired. e.
No; thsy had to 1nst stand aud take 1t, :,
Gould higher compliment DO paId to the
| chiyalric character Of the Northern soldier
than this? These females arc, more than
their husbands md fathers, responsible tor the
| var, for they forced thousands Of the men fnta
H.; yet when entirely In the power Of North,
| etn men, the latter would endure The gros,est
and most wauton insult rnther than reply
roughly to a wotnanl Did any other army
| exhibit such uaEnanimitvs
| Being how ah0ut to leaTc the settlement. I
! conc3n1ed to haze Little {stn, and I made
I myself known at houss where called The
| husband had been wounded in The rebel ar1ny
ard had died Of Ills wounds while his NEGROES
had left him, md all his stock except spar-
intd mare had fallen into tho hands OF Sher-
| nun, and the lsud alone Of all the former
wealth the family cnIorcd remained. The
woman, who, but four years since, had two or
three seryants to WahUn her, wins now com.
PEELED y, do outdoor work, 10 Procure food,
ard her daughter he'd been taken from d
boarding school to "1uis1i her education y al
the wsshtubs~ hui, mnst say, That bpth
quite well, considering they were. Southern
ers. ] found The old lads hocine In the gar
den. md made myself known, when she re
marked:
"Well, il you a,e Yankee, 'spose il
cont louk odd 10 ste ~oantn working; in th4
garden"
Iseplied that II was very seldom North
! ern woman worked out OF doors the mc1
fllcd that eluss Of situations, chiefly.
"WAy,''' she continued, II expected you
women Werked out all the time" :.
then tod her something about Sorthcr'
society, bur she could scarcely believc M
when T Iremaked that even the greater por
ton Of the milking was done by the men:
She then as1ed Il Why could you not hav
! let US alone, dewn here, and not invade ou
State there Wis room cnongh tor aii Of Us. ;
"Did you hass husband in the ar1nye"
aYes, and ho jed Of hts wounds.''
sNhen did he enter the scrvicc:"
..In March, 1861"
"Tlen,' said ], "You shouldn't blame q
| for cou,msnetng tAe Esl, for that vas mont
before = Northern aoldfx 1as called out "
j. "But you needn't have come down here"
y, "Whc1e did yonr lusbana 20 when he frs
entered the serTice"'.
"To Tennessee, ard atter~ard to Zen
lucky"
Rs,fa ns s5gsstt ge;ste. .s e. with the amy int
ayes: / don't know bat he did. He wrot
. Eeonetbing like that once o. twice"
NThynss' replied, and It 1sas, admit,
(sut1e uncallant, q Then the only difference b,
b ;wcen your husband and thu korthcrn solids
h rms this: Your husband etpected to carr
:. Eiid carry desolation to thos Of The Soutl
IL sTie rele1s threatened to burn Northern citie
It n,,e army did burn those Of tbs south. thin
!. rnu shnnld not complain Il Iou are calle
ss nEon 10 undergo TIE sa1ne Treatment &c
'e ihcu rode On ab<ut two mi|cs, md stoppt
% at nnothcr pouse j which there were "a 81
It womap4hd an I'D man, and two young
&c a:<s 0f from cjPnteen TO twenty. They We
y ealing dinpGr, a.id wns cordially inT3tel /
- now three o'clock, and ! did not know whcth,
= ur not ! thrnad get any supper.
J Very Botn nfter bein:. seated, one Of the Il
d dies asket me If I had rode 1ar. I told the
.s / had mo-, tlat dny, but had come from Il
IS vicinltyof jackson, few days before. =.
J ~@Ae'
>, villairons Yankees rs said she. -.
ayes" replied, "thcre i good mar
e thc:c, both soldiers and citizens; the 1att
J, ar tootdns ont some business to 60 into, m
n intend to stay in the State-n
"1'd like to zee one Of them como abo'
s me,n tald she, md ut flrat hardly Inc
n whether to take her expression as carnes
, and that ehc desired q Yankcg .1oyer,. Of
It snti,Ical, and came near at fonce o1eftE
mya.li nSstad: for her consideration when she
>, "Td Ike to eeo one of them come abo
Is me; I'd not allow the wretch to cross Il
le door.EteIs-I Wouldn't
ii "But,'' inquired, "wou,d you alwa
~ l1,ow one when you saw l,in!s
IL ;"1 knox ones Yes" she ar&wcred, con
"a a1nt1y; I'D know one from southsn g
T. ttersan, as eaklly as eau tefi the WoSren
in between q horse and a hog.h
i :" Are SOU cure Of tl.at"' I repeated.
Ics, sis, Gfn.H
M ;"Wcil, 3fizs, / o1 Yaukcc.'' -....
r She looked ut me moment, Swallowed
h few mouthfu1s, and thlp ]eft The table; VIII
finished my meal, and left also.
T. IN TIE oPEs c4rsrkf AGAIN.
RI Afte1 leaving The lsa,c Village IN the 1u
~ gies, 1proceeded about five miles and aga
;" I.aehed tho open country, where broad pla
e. tations stretched cut HE mnp before u
le But enlg small portions we're cultivated, III
1c I tLcsc Only in corn. As ft cottou, each hon
Is bud its little palc1t. cv44eatly plan,ed I
70 n1pcEg almost Ill classes, but there we're Il
d fields planted With anyt thtnsbut com. A m
;, iori,y Of the late slaTes had let the plant
Of ! lions, hut cncueh Ind been raained, under
n | promise u wages, TO raise N abundance
- taln for home use, and to purchase groceri
= AID other necessities; the Planters tlnai1
ct that, unless LEY did conscn. 70 pay waee
O they wunld be left without boa. But / q
~ confident that not one in four WHO hare th
IA retained the labor Of their late slaves inten
~ III good faith, to ful0l their promises, meags
= even, as they are; the promised wages bell
" generally from i've to seven dn11ara pa mont
es have seldom witnessed 50 shosi-Hshted
nr people Ms these Southc1ncrs. The eate s|ay
). holders are so fully convinced Of the1r sic
70 to The labor Of the poor black, that th.
~ would rather hare It as compulsory, N
T. profit ut The rate Of SO q yeaE OF ca
is 1,uId, than TO makn ten times t8at a..o,u
>. and pay tho laborer wages, Few person nj
hayc not visited the South, can approcht Il
+ fEfatustion Of Tho wcaity whites, with N:e
r. | $r.f e. -