New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-23
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AQUASC0 4 MONONO
PLANTATIONS.
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fLANTATloNS.
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These tickct- we're given each day such deserved
them They were collected every Saturday, az proper
credit given for the amelnt of labor leEot wcd dbfluA
tie week, Tho effect magical The day after the
adoption Of iicket system oua nnnuer OF seh WIS
red lced Oue-hail and W had no inther tFonn" VII
pretended patients Colhgrn and myself ~ our ncE
character Of doctors found our practice greatly a.
mnished IN consequence Of our lnno'aiohs. Occe'
.ionallv il wond happen that one Wbo Wts ne. fesP
abe 10 work would go 10 the hel through csT OF o.
minished wages.
Ore Saturd6y night, = negro wbon We had surpooieG
Of heylsh piopesitic presented eight iullday ucAes
as tie Representative of BIZ weeks vNk.
"Dd you earn az these this Geekt asked
"Yes SIR" WAS the reply; Nh. owen gave them to
me. ! worked every day straight oiorf."
:" Can you tell ne on which days be gave sou caca
ticket ."
gro. his cOuutonCnce vos.nS f- DeleI ~ As hD"i
As reid tbe t.cke,s in ny hand tho negro picked
one Tuesday,n and 30 on toward tie END OF ite ~teA
AZ he reached Eriday G1d saw hrc2iieke r~Delning
when there was Only another Day 20 bo accounted I"
his isec sJddeDIy fell lpreiended not TO nouee tls EN-
barIassmeDt.
Which one did be give You to-day"
There as a staDmer. hesitation. slight hiteupi
10 expeiu and then the tTnth out bs had sto
minutes before and Lad not reflected upon ihe difacn
ties Of The Situation gave linn some good sayieo ie
would not steal any more. think be keP, the promise
during remainder the lrff'ation, ti
am by means cen tain.
Il Mr. Knox was greatly IMPRESSED, like al North
orn travellers in the South with tho prevailing wau
: of comfort among the people. Even with the cnor
7 nous profits which TREY received from tie culiur
o. cotton, they had no dea Of the art ofe1ioymen'
As rule, the style Of living was poorer than fhato
average Northern mechanics for twenty years psst
! Tiey were unable 20 apply their great wealth u
sla yes 10 the embeishment of domestic life. VIII
many expensive but superfuoUs, lU1-,ries, In
; common means of rational living were alInos
totally neglected. On plantations, whore thc iurri
turo was of fha most elaborate and costly character
ano the women adorned with d,aaonds G-1 laces
the table of the most ordinary style. 81. KDo.
is not sanguinsiu bis encouragement 10 Aorther
settlers Still he admits that everything is fayora
bic &c the mar of small OF large capital who desire
TO eulgrate to tie Sonth. Land ~ cheap IN th
best districts; plantations can be bought from tire
10 ten dollars sn tcro labor s abundant and viii
Northern skill cen be organized to advantage
few hurdred dollars win do far more toward se
curing home for the settler in the South than il
the West, aud will be almost certain Of an 4npl
return.
Captain Conynghains Volume ia devoted to o.
account Of General SherInan's victorious progres 81
through Geopia and South Carolina. HIS nnrrs
tive is aniu atcd and greplie, abounding with INC,
dents Of striking character although impaircd 70,
| occasional indulgence N crude political comment,
end speculaiions The illustrations of Southern
life possess not little interest and yslue III.
descriptions are enligonei by numerous camp slo-
ries which the author picked up in conversation
with the soldiers, AID which are often introduced
with abundant dramatic embellishments, if rot
dramatic skill. Toke the following for instance,
which was told tlrine the process OF sheliing At.
lauta by the Federal troops
dark volnne ~ smoke sho. up from the cty in one
vast spiral columns pnd then cane dead. heavy
she'll Ibie was followed by fierce FIRE which shot
up, almost simultaneously IN different points cheer
cane from our batteries and waa taken Dp along the
whole line.
"War is a cruelty" said fle general besle me; I'VE
know not bow many hrocent6 are Eow suffering in this
miserable city"
I'm dog gone II L l.he II, said soldier. sappna
his brawny hand npon bis thigh; II can fight iav
weight Of relNs1akes, scaramouches. Or sneakAg
Rel9s but his thing or snokitg out women and cli'
"Psha" exclaimed an orderly near a.. on whom t1
general placed great IeIlanCc scout and 10 wont
through some hairbreadlh escnposi "ihe woh.on arc
my meek 70 hang me-"
Indeed how wac that. Jentleyp
d" Al tNc battle - po1c hirec Creek 10. eaptnrcd
ond wax brought before Gen. Hood 10 be pumscl and
as he could not get anything out Of mo- Lo bad oFder
ne back To tho other prisoners. when an Officer, ~
tended by On escort RODE up and raiucd the gererA
o 'Hni hademoiselie bajor, how 10 you do replied
the general, dofinR bic hat n
well, genereI; and shc jumped on her horse tifow
ing the bride to her orderly, aud poey returned tho
alQie.
Tic sbe-mejor wns strangely droEsed; sle wore a
cap decked with featLes aud gold lace flowing pants
with hll kind Of velvet co1t coming Inft below hnr
hips and fastened with rich ornEOu sa.h and paft
open az the bosom.
"ln er belt she carried revolver and by her aide
regulation sword looked al her; her fea,Dres were
rather sshburned, giving her q manly appearance
yIy for bSg yolu tu0as bust little hands, 1na pccnhr
DTs, might have taken her 20 DO ayery hshdsoDlo
little officer Of the masculine gender.
Ar gazed at her. she looked fan In my face; and
turning 10 the general. sbe painted her WHY ut me and
isked. Who Ii that fellow, geneIaif
"' prisoner flat hns llst come ina dGace !
sonIdnt get h word 09t Of him.
Indeed. general. that 70 spyj and sbe again
pointed her whip al me. io
., no. be Ia only just brought In captured
bat may be; but ho 10 q Spy. saw him at Con
ral Jobnstols ono day. and be was fnl Of lDs intor
cation. which oost tbe general many be
~ lAtsief so.I Tie general