Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-07-06

From the New York WorldI
The shocking DeStttutiOU OCthc
North daroitntaUs How They
laa'e Lived During the War;
COnS cCSatiOn with the I'eOpIc.
lFrom our Special Corros ospondcnt.l


RALEIGH, n. C., June y.
The awful suffering and loss of thi. pcoplc
in the war of rebellion can with difficulty
bc told For two weeks have moved anon"
sights and sounds of woe. There is not
much visible enjoyment amongthc Southern
population, unless it is in the presence of
our lorrcs There Is n certain relief, a com
Iparatvc qualification, at the end oflhc lipht.
ing; but the struggle has left behind it such
terrible wounds that days aud years will
clarsc before the shadows of dcSoation will
disappear. There are no smiles, no pcals
oi laughter, no music, no merry making all
Is sadness ana gloom, except among those
who reflect the gaicty of our troops.
Nearly every house is II house of mourn
ing. Those who mourn not the dead have
other grief. The rich are poor, the poor
humblod, and the ambitions bntllcd. All
progress has been suspended. For four
long years the arts and rrnccs have stoppcd
! The harcst necessities alone were attended.
Houses and stores, gardens and farms, have
gone TO rack No repairs gone ON. The
whole face of the country which bears man ,
impress has lapScd into ruin and neglect. -
The most ordinary precautions have been
neglected. In a popuacc which Travelled 81
much, the travelling facilities have disap.
pcarcd. At the hotels, the towels have dis
appeared, carpets gone mirrors shattered,
The beds are turned to heaps of filth Meals
have been furnished only after the money
has been paid such mcals-graciou-
lleavcnS! how have men and women sub
sisted? On the railways the ears are all
broken, lcaky, dirty; seats without backs or
cushions No eating stations, but, at wide
intervals, n collection oi'two or three wretch
Ell old women, who have for sale "A corn
cake, or, pcrchancc, a bilious looking cherry
or blackberry pic. The accumulation of
dirt, also, Is astonishing, in streets, houses,
vessels everywhere. 1t appears as if the
collected debris Of four years remained. -
Activity, IN ITS usual channclS, which at
the North, has proceeded without change,
has here become stagnant. It would seem
as if, during the early part of the struggle,
every body had been waiting till the indie
pcndcncc was acknowledged, before they
made any cXcrtion in other departments, s,
when, 10y some process unintolligiblc to the
Northern mind, they were, one and all, To
be made rich and prosperous. During the
latter two years, they have been waiting rs
II 1t were useless to do any thing until the
struggle was decided
Even now that the war is closed, they
seem to have little notion of the vast amount
oi work to hc cleared away, and the ncccs-
Sliy Tor immediate, continued, and steady
labor. Men gather IN groups about the
stores, street corners, drpots, and other
public places, as if chaos were come again,
and II needed new manifestation of Prov
idcnrc 10 restore il 10 order.
The loss of property has been great, very
great. The stock Of goods held has been
almost entirely consumed With the oxcep
ti"n oi the little store of tobacco cotton and
rice, there is literally nothing beyond the
actual requirements of the day. Gray
cloth has been manufactured to some OK
tent IN tins State, but there is not cloth
enough to clothc its men, Cotton shoetings
and checks have also been produced, but
half the people arc ill.clad. In the rural
parts the spinning which been kept busy
spinning cotton, and a few hand looms are
tossing their shuttes TO and fro, but this
supplies hardly sufficient for the domoSti,
wants, OfprovlSions there is barely sufii.
ccnt to serve until the standing crops shall
have been reaped. The food of the masses
has long been reduced to corn bread and
bacon, both of poor quality 1t is true, Other
nations have been reduced to greater extrem,
ties. For example, in parts of France in
lSlI, the people were reduced at last 10
eat ncttles bean stalks, and fodder fiji only
Tor cattle, Dead bodleswcre found in mum