The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-16

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Other rns The soldier however had 70 present othss
cssdsesisl; than plausible story Reds.pcsm con-
civilian and In few casss aid the needy citizen prove
successful Great was the indignation thereat and the
consequent Of the soldiers and disgust OF
90 AWFUL CONDITIONS or sHu wonm.
Although this coarss may not have been judicious or
20 the dsbandod or ebandsd soldier r. in a cases the
right citisens were selected Starvation eat q the hearth
and worn. and mssrably clad with young girIs
grixzisd into ago BY want crowded every depot and
station seeking What they could pick up. Food the
In request but food especially Il was most pitiabie 70
watch the aunt figures Of these wasted women moving
corn which, perchanoe may escape from s sack or 70
scrape up the inf sion Of sugar and nth which crusted
on car where the sAccharne casks had been. On the
met you-haf famished women stsaying In the wake OF
some wagon gather IT. dripping corn or standing be-
barrel BY the rus on the road or begging meal from
some considsrase driver Want want--hori.yng giar-
Ing w.n.-aung = yoc rs grim gh..sy syss wherever
Ing, pernic0us fruit.
PLYING yRox HORIZONS 10 1nD rmn.
Ono morning, at sunrise, was little height above
the Deep river which, with the Haw snites % form
bsuauh OF she Gsps Fslrrver The dsws gltstenng
% grass and doverst tho birds cha.s!ng their asn
sxs6esAncs Of hsr own Wild parasy. !*tshed e snjH
10 iaimy scsas out o. sshs Of anything which sSc
0ussd the burned bridge over the Desp-iss chnsred
thinkers ana c0nt0Fted irons and sp'uted seencWor,
Zoe wssfuliy Of the hAssfu wss sok
OF seeing But there that sequesered height cncon
passed BY woods with varegated foliage, dipping is
hues anew In tho rising sunraystherc, shut OF from
"a xcSerss OF an .andsssorsssd Sorssssisss might
for q short time lose the traces Of horrid war.
Scarcely had sat on . cedar stump TO indulge my
pacific vision whom q haggard old woman, bearing
basket and accompanied BY little boy and little girl,
emerged from the wood and came on scarcely visible
path which led near me- Sight Of her began 70 dissolve
tn charm But would cherish Inclusion and persuade
myself she was some we'll 70 do peasant going to some
adjacent market town. 4a afa
raE sPzcrRs or szc1UmoN.
would not look at her her little ones lest
their visages should give the lie 10 the sedeception
c0urted. Conscious they were coming nearer ana
nearer stared down vista in the woods intent on my
object
aGood morning sir" There was no avoiding It
nd 2, 20 70 Ss
said was haegard-she was old but not as woo worn
as many had The boy was fine lad, hardy look
scotan features and about fifteen years old They
meanly clad and a-aye, the old woman and al-shoe-
Did you belong to the virginny army sir" she do
manded with evid mt concern
"May ask your reason for the inquiry. madam !"
Caution had become quisite Of my trip.
"Because every one meet is asked tho same ques-
ton"
Not cOmprehendng such reply, perststed IN my
inquiry. merely changing It's FORM
'swei you see." she went on, 81 may get with some
one at last tell me something Of poor Andrew"
..No; I'm widow Of twelve years Andrew was my
SON. have another: but hos q cripple. Andrew is
che father of these Children. Wouldn't got word from
captured in North Virginia then we heard he was sent
prison at Johnson's Island, and that's the last we
knew"
was intelligence office established In Richmond for
such purposes."
coming home-a that's left Of thcm'ts hard to think
we can't find anything about him.. And wero all alone.
Their mother Is sick and can't leave bet where she's
been noar ON eight months and I'm all tho help left
In my old age Oh God forgive whoever made the wari
and she wept at Thought Of her deep sorrow.
would snatch '' mysels only for moment from what
could rem nd me of and there into tho spot pene
tsaied amid tho wtds Of Caronaa spot Offering cer
Ia mtg Of escspe-thcre It's haunting and Aendish pros
ence pursued mo.
TX THE srpCRx.s mToRy.
This Door woman had been what 10 known In North
Carolina swell othat Is, not dependent or likely
10 be- Her husband had 1T her with means enough TO
retain their small farm, and sac contrived 70 improve
year o. thu war saw him swallowed up In the vortex,
and his aged mother helpless brother sickiy wife and
yeared children were LEFT to their own resources
For WHILE and before scarcity of provisions demanded Of
and before Confederate money and bonds into which
her ready cash converted multiplied the demand-sor
tive necessity OF his presence But month after month
wasted what was yet available Of their little ALL The
farm could longer DO cultivated for tho baest
HON supplies; and then at length she too. had 10 be-
beggar for the corn other waste around the
cars or at tn depot She carried ths basket aud the
was beyond her power 70 carry-nie indeed yct much
Ior strength-f she fortunate enough go raee
q Respectable mornings supply"
had not much beyond consolation, 70 beefow on this
victim Of the tcpped struggle. That done, turned
from ths seelusion II was In vain to follow
sPrCrRKs HUNTING room
hos Mt ha mn WA M
Ing ut least forty others scattered sbo In groups
Of ours and vcs with their children, collecting cvcry
creatures had infants In their They all pursued
their toll In o quiet perseverance,, and seemed 10
interfere with the better chances OF another with very
few exceptions they barefoot and tho exceptions
might Just a. we'll have been shoelesa Their Dresses
shabby and scant and attempt was madc q tho
b"ny and 30 SHINY as and 90 wan faced TIA. the
standard Of beauty would style them formcss and-no
matter for tho rest-they wore In dsplorable distress
KxE1nTBp RE0l0N&
scenes OF this character were, however, not a. ffe-
Quent In the lower parts OF North Carolina Tho do
q .a sS
Carolina THIS is only particularly true OF the tracts Of
country remote from the railroads or the great thorough
fares and from the ncghborh0od Of armies Even there
In these spared localities, misery stslked but misery Of
subdusd and less subduing type. Tho Quietest
xssss q ~ pas, times %sss = 80 INV ~ = eSrsa
gatherings Of blihssome lads and lasses-sil was
stiffness and sorrow whore oil not also utter dssolason
- oeoetsott0h
.ftt nf' rRcMz2H n9LUsvn. . 'E,
Occasionally you may como In ssght OF 6ne planta.
Non besring pronsse 81 abundance n 20 seldom, ex-
esp In tho vicnage OF such towns Charlotte and Lex
ingtou that you are apt 70 exaggcratc i importance
Tho Of contrast and the satisfaction Of seeing
thing out of tho Of ruin tcmpts the contemplation
attach immensely value 10 such occasional sights
than the Circumstance warrants
IOox OF TINS PICTURE.
"There, said sanguine friend 10 We rode by
farm which presented every appearance OF cultures
grain and corn looked very hne each IN the degree
OF It's growth the plantation mansion tnm were
It's surrounding grounds; the stock and hands
through our passing inspection "excellenty wcll"-
fthere, " said he, show be starved, with such
tokens Of prosperity Why whipped n IN war we
thus produce as in peaces"
About an hour afterwards we came In view Of what
evidently he'd been = much better kept and . more
fertile looking plantation than that which called forth
my friends CALCULATIONS. II all In falow. The
house only occupied by pauperized overseer and
the whole place picture Of the triumph OF spoiation
properly. ''There" said I, sis ssd commentary
on the seeming prosperity that we have Left behind us
And w, moral"
And thus was all through the State well where the