The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-16
Painful Poverty az tho NORTH Caro-.
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pursuing hosts Of awdon therehey took swamp shelter
with food and little raiment there outsrpping Raw
don In tho passage Of the Dan.
Then the whole face Of that section OF country was
natural waste with sparse population and faint indioa
tons Of harboring even "cvilisns hope;" but It
rescued from waste and made civilized Now its every
feature bears tho trace Of suspended husband and the
aspect Of checked Oivilisauoa War saved It then
ruined II now
Tho plante' houses have, indeed no token OF wars
avages yet tho planters plans every symptom OF
wars exhaustive demands There evidences Of
vigorous effort 70 supply the subs stence marketo feed
the people and the army There proofs that what
the soil, under adverse circumstances could yield
TO this end the service Of the confederate
There testimonies eli sides we'll for war de-
term nations As for antagonstc apathes-a little energy
with an immense amount Of indole CO The planters
houses looked faded but plans oveun by tho
plague here tuey were intact The plantations
air Of misery against which spontaneous
was vigorously but My striving Had they hold their
primitive wildness the etc would havebeen far differ
emit But they looked as II were ragged by force oroon
trast with what traced having boon their
prosperous appearance. few hands worked re and
there the plough or the hoe-wored ndierenty and
without WILL. That nearly ell
WHAT 70 WANTED.
On the frontiers Of the two States we called what
seemed " be the home Of we'll TODD planter We
Hospitality treated but beyond ordinary provisions
host poweress to do all the honor his bounty would
extcnd He fallen tho result of tho contest
and spoke despa nugly of tho future Of Virginia In tho
hands Of vrgnians Of North Carolina In tho hands
Of North Carolinians Pointing 70 the Old Domuions
plains behind US, no said, With emotion
sbeforS God IL makes mo almost drazy b think Of
tho doom OF my state We abound natural resources
yot destitute Of everything except common
necessares Our mineral wealth IL ustOld, and only
waiting development, and
"Dont yeu think" interrupted Of party, who
partial "other sids"-tdon,t you think that
your untold mineral wealth. which you have supposed 70
romxin 80 hong dormant Ear better chance Of do
veI0pmont now than everS
Chow can II or why should I ~ with surprise.
"You have, among metals aud easily accessible, an
abundanc Of ron, lead aud copper; have gypsum
and salt anti you have anthracite and btu
miuous GOALS in plenty yet how far have you your
sevs helped enrich tho Ststs tho COUNTRY out Of
such possessions r
'How farf H II was ltto In the past, why, IL
promises 70 he moro In tho futurei"
"On tho contrary, element, q fresh impulse will
be impaired and those profitable will DO made
available Ia the future"
"Ahi you mean BY the introduction Of Northern cap
itaL"
"Aye, aud Northern effort personal as we'll az pccu.
MARY"
"a Yankcei" exclaimed mater familia' soornfulIy,
quitting thai portion her guests for tho window whore
asympathising friend echoed her indignation
ASPECT THE NORTH srAm
Crossing inIo North Carolina through Person county,
marked chan.e In the general features Of the ny
Is apparent closely resembles tho southern
nrV vuls dsrik
surface and TO the coren booming lo.hargy conse
qucnt on exhaustive and In the evokablc promise
or the soil All the 'drt roads" in very good
dition, aud had evidently not endured many martial
harshpe The people. however, looked wrctched,
more squalid than any had yet This cspe-
cay Of the midland sections OF the State Of which
you vii learn somesh.ns further on
sa1 >. ID f-tesnn RavAusp kxasoSS fnti
Nsasy every North Carolina county betwssa Virginia
end. Gulessd4-4hs COUNTY Of tho famous Court House
AshA u loyal the sssci ccnfeassy ~ ~
vssy iass. cuiford county had been positively Ivks
u time, end became positively disleya At isss
Fhsy thrifty industrious people, chose Of thAs
county, and though not rs "oannyp some Of their
neghbon Of tacdonian extraction have oil the trsts Of
industry and thrift which with Quaken good
substitute for 'canny" Guilford and its Immediately
surrounding countless presented at every stop tho grim
vsage Of pestferous The armies OF Johnston and
Sherman had ravaged the whole region IN the CENTRE the
regions the had early undergone the ordeal and
were vsbiy recovering from its effects all except
the Wilmington region, which ~ yet only smother
Ing the rod hot sparks Of recent conflict Tho sad
20 nss cnceess Reds the trodden crops the devas
vrsnlAs fsrest valleys for chsssement ne, desrac-
ton, reproduced In ono "miid" form or another
and tccsble though not - fully the heart Of North
The most fertile and attractive sections Of tho State
exhibited the most vvidly and painfully hs fearful
mildcw Of the times" II may have bcen thus distinct
because OF the inherent beauty and fertility Of the place.
because Of the fact that these places were pcopcd BY
the wealthiess and the "bes." who were TIC arst and
fastest and most steadas IN the Offering Of the sacrifices
sxacted at the behest Of strife.
P1xNrY WHERE POVERTY
Although poverty the rule and plenty the exccp-
ton through the regions OF North Carolina l passed
over II wonderful TO note the great abundance OF
Coniedsia,e commisssry stores At every depot Al
the quantity large enough 10 subsis the army and
citizens. II was squnndered. Al every supply depot
cien Of that essential 10 the support Of army
In the field was stored Yet am gricved TO say tho
nc thu rebel wa
which complained however well keep II ted; Il was
sort Of horse leech, wanting moro the more IL ects
plus Of excellent food tho Amy did not fare even ocra
bly, we'll; while there great accumulation OF good
clothing, Tie men we're ia sfew instances nos more than
ms ARxr, THx urnu~ AND INN ccumssAnwI
You may rely IL that knowledge OF this which was
general ID not bcgct such sentiments as were impor
tani tor the maintenance Of enthusiastic sentiments
There woe stored Greensboro alone becro Jonons
Surrender every variety Of soldiers GARMENTS and cvcry
com,or in tho matter OF apparel which on army
could well Thsc were, at last, torn fiom
the coinn'Gny ard gun tcrmsstcr's stores by
some ininriaud cavalry AZ an cxcuse Tor this
violence, they alleged hrs uncnicd strangers and wc'l
clad cii ee,c iecetInr Tie very articles wancd by
tho Who earned th'm in balcroccving them for
purJ Of nadc Ths, 10 rat oxteut was too true
The fault idonily With No mmisssry aid quarter
master aud have heard Que ~ any southern nrny
once offer defend While OIL denounced the Con edete
and cyinfnisSef ~ the most inonci ut
and txasns,t set Of ofhccr taking them all IN sii
that ever ntmy es Wcro cursed with Indi-
vidusl soldiers and Oion citizens could he scattered
all over u country 'bswking much cloth and 1An
mel they oold carry, tier lndv dual punders pun
der quite quenv secured BY frerd IN BY velcrce
Any preence pautbi p1t wss ~ the closc 81 thc war