The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-01-11

NOneFM NhelnaU ulSuluutcd 10 the me-
grocs with his own hands tho provisions
left here, and assured them that wo were
their friends, and thev noed not he afraid
that wo wcro foes. One old man answered
him: IL spose dat you's true; but massa
you'll so way Tomorrow, and aunudder
whto man will come" lIo had never
known anything but prosecutions aud fears
from the white man, and had been kept in
such ignorance OF us that he did not dare
put faith in any white man.
REBEL LIES To NEGROES.
This terrorism, which forms so striking q
feature OF Slavery, has had marked il.
lustrations ever since we left Atlanta. The
negroes were told that as soon as wo got
them into our clutches they were put in
to the front of the battle, and We kill thom
If they did not fight; that we threw the
women aud children iuto tho Chattahoo.
chic, and whom the buildings wcro burned
ia Atlanta VIC filled thom with negroes to be
roasted aud devoured by the flames. These
stories. which appear so absurd to us, are
not too extravagaut for the simple, uutu.
torod minds OF the negroes. They are
easily frightened, and full Of superstition.
In most any other instance, such bloody
tales would have frightened them Cnterely
ont Of our sight to the woods and other
hiding places but they assert, with much
earucstness aud gleo that "massa cant
comc dat over we; we knowcd heap bet
ter. What for de Yankees want to hurt
black man. Massa hates de Yankees, and
hoe no trcn ter we; so wo an do Yankee
bis frcn's.' Worry simple logic, that; but
it is sufficient Tor the negroes.
WHAT rtE NEGROES THINK.
4 -. .I,,.1 10 lns
large plantation; before wc arrived il was
well stocked; can't answer for its cond-
ton aItcrward. A joller set of negroes !
never saw than his were when the blue
coats come along. Horrible stories of
their cruelty to the negroes were also told
10y their masters to irightcn them, but the
negroes never put one word Of faith in
them. asked Judge llarris's head-malI:
"Well, how do you like the Hankecs? ,?
"Liko him! bully, bully, bully. l'se want
cd to see en- long time; heard a heap
bout GIN. Say, Sally, desc horo bo gentle
men dats passing" compliment to our
soldcrs, which they no doubt would have
p1rcc attd couM they have heard Mr.
luwis.
"Yass sar Use hope dc Lord will prosper
dem aud MIR. Sherman.
Why do you hope that the Lord will
help the Ymkce2"
"Becausc thinks, and so we all thinks
dat yous down here in our interests
You're about right thoroi did you ever
hear that President Lincoln freed all tho
sllvcsw mo, sar, | never heard lch u
ting; de white folks nebber talk fore black
mcni dcy mighty iree from dat" In o!he.
parts of the South the negroes have seen
seem ~ undorstanI there is man named
Lincoln, who had tho power 20 free them,
and hal exercised ii. We have reached
here u stratum of ignorance upon that sub
ject. All knowledge of that nature has not
only been kept from tho blacks, but only n
few of the whites arc well informed. The
lieutenant commanding the escort of Gen
Sherman was born and has always lived in
MillGdgeville, is an officer in the First Ala
bama cavalry regiment, tells me that lie
never saw copy of THE NEw.IoRK TRIB-
USE until he joined our army. His history
by the way, is mort interesting one, and
will Que day bo worth the telling. Ills ad.
horcnco to the Union army grew out of his
natural adherence Of Slavery, whose errors
lie had witnessed from childhood, His
tame is Snclling. A young man of good
education, of high integrity, simple-heartod,
brave, and has been most usclul to the
cause Of his country.
Gen. Sherman invites all able-bolicd ne
groes (others could not make the march) to
Join the columns, and he takes especial
pleasure when they join tho procession, on
some occasions telling them they arc free;
that Massa Lincoln has given them their
liberty, ANA that they can go whore they
please; that if they earn their freedom
they should have it-but that Massa Lincoln
had given it to them anyhow. They all
seem TO understand that tho proclamation
Of freedom had made them FREQ, and have
met but few instances where they did not
say they expected the Yankees were com
ing down sometime or other, and very gem
orally they are possessed with the idea that
we are Fighting for then aud that their
freedom is the object of the war. This NO
ton they got from hearing the talk of their
masters,
"Stick in dar," was the angry cxclama-
ton of one of party of negroes to another
who was asking too many questions of the
officer who had given them perm sson TO
join the column. Stick in dar. it's all
right; we'se gwiue along, we'se free"
Another replied to a question: "Oh yass !,
massa, dc people hereabouts were heap
frightened when dey heard you'se coming;
dey busted out yer sudden"
Pointing to Jhe Atlanta and Augusta
Railroad, which had been destroyed, the
question was asked, "lt took a longer time
TO build this railroad thau it does to de-
stFoy it?"
IL would think it did, massa; in dat ar
woods over dar is buried ever so many
black men who were killed. Sar, yes killed,
a working OH dat road whipped to death.
| seed en-, SCR"
Does the man live hore who beat thenl?"
'Oh no, sari he's dun gone long time"
DEsrRucrIoN OF RAILROADS.
BY the way, the destruction OF railroads
in this campaign has been most thorough
The destruction of such long lines of road
necessarily requires time, which in an ex-
petition o( this kind is valuable in the
highest degree, The ordinary method of
was to place tho rails across
pile of burning sleepers, their own weight
bending them.
METHOD or DESTRUCTION.
But this does not injure the rail SO mneh
but that il may be heated aud Strengthened
again. Instruments have been made; one
Is clasp, which locks under the rail. 1t
has rius IN the top into VIII ch is inserted
4 long lever, and the rail is thus ripped
rom the sleepers. When the rail has be-
come heated wrench is applied which fits
close over the euds OF the rail; by turning
hem in opposite directions the rail is so
twisted that eyena rolling machine could
not bring il BACK into shape. In this man.
ler have been destroyed some thirty miles
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