The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-02

Thing TO take back to heir families Il Is a sad condition
of things when suffering for food actually exists in tho
tender mercles of Jen. Davis Il The PEOPLE who were
Sllhn his r,aeh, shermsn's operations in south Caro-
INA destroyed all communication with the far
South, which 10 tbs day has been restored,
cutting OF the great source of supplies for the rebel
mics, and shutting both Lees and Johnston armies into
Nor.h Carolina and Virginia to eat out the substance
o he people And like the locusts Of Egypt they have
completed the work, leaving nothing uneaten. Tho
whole population of North Carolina aud Southern vr-
gna Is today dependent upon the charity OF the govern
ihs grain and the cattle and the sheep and the vege
tables are alike consumed.
scARIrY MONEY
And TO this sad picture OF destituon is 10 he added
the compete and entire absence money The romoyaL
Is needed for Of what avail warehouses hllcd with
provisions when the people have wth which
to purchaser The stores but tempt the cupidy Of tho
starving wrcches IL Is not my province 20 suggest tho
remedy Tor this want and sanYing. state the case as
II s But may not some OF ne philanthropy thai s
freely bestowed upon the freed negroes elsewhere find
suitable field for expenditure hereY These not tho
people who made the war and brought this ruin upon
the country they are the hapless victims Of the war
THE APPROACHING HARVEST.
But there is promise Of not far distant Can
any be devised to keep OFF starvation until 10
comes Within six weeks the wheat harvest hand,
and from that bread at least can be obtained TO last
til the available and thus by proper distrbu
ton the people may subsist until the young calves ami
tho sucking pigs shall be fit for slaughter.
iMMsSsE CROPS oF WHEAT
Probably before history of this region OF
country such breadth of wheat as last fall
Tho gradually diminishing quantity stock embargo
of the rebel authorities the planting tobacco aud
other causes left new and wider fields open for this
cereal which was scattered to the ground in la, ish pro-
fusion.
PROBABLE FAILURE THE WHEAT cRor.
Unfortunately now the severity of the winter de-
sroyed the bright prospects that otherwise would have
been built this extensive field. Everywhere th0
wheat winter killed. and now when the dslds should
nearly ready for the harvest, they present only
a sorry sickly appearance, the growth not being
instead OF the bright green grateful to the eye the
growing crop has sickly yeowish tngc that tells tho
late The Of peace justly looked upon the end
OF misery and suffering promises 70 these people TO DO
wheat fields will yield barely enough Of grain subsist
ence until the corn harvest.
rHg c,,RS CROP As ArTECrED MILITARY oPERkrIoSs
And as if this were not suffering enough, there must
be added prospective scarcity OF The disruption
81 bs e rsOe nd S n the the
throughout the country, in addition TO alarming tho
people brought TO the seryle class the idea Of freedom
which, in its crudest form, was quickly seized upon
With the freed negro freedom means plenty Of
bread without labor. Otherwise, to his notion,
the term has Significance; for heretofore
he has worked and had therefore how Is lac bene
tcd If hc contin.e labor 70 supply his daily
wants? Possessed Of these ideas the entire slave popu
laons left the field the blue jacket appeared
They could have left the fields at noppertuns
time.
MILITARY CONTROL or NEGROES AND LABOR.
but just to say that orders promptly issued both
IN Virginia and North Carolina checked tho evil IN
measure, and many OF the went back 10 work.
Throughout all the region through which have passrd
and about military posts and garrsons They told
by the military authorities that they arc Free
work support themselves their freedom merely con
ss,ng the privilege Of choosing their empoysr
and agreeing upon the wages they shall receive Ihey
Sepa he has =
Perhaps half the negroes are working In The corn
ned most o. which are PLANTED ana sGno s; sGsay a. Tor
larger force than ord nary Of labore whereas but hall
available 20 the canno, be looked forward
| 10 with SO much certainty ~ under other aDe moro
The hall OF the blacks who arc not at work
he nr N a Nj =
refugees, and generally idng away their time best
they They will be forced 70 work later,
but at time will their labor he useful TO tho whole
country AZ now and during the past few weeks II is
noticeable that the most valuable onss remain with
their masters many Of them not asking any questions
about wages seemingly contented with the condition In
which they have always lived II Is only tho lazy and
sbifiless that rofusc 10 work.
rRowiISG ABorI rnE COUNTRY
There is other phase OF tho misery In which tho
has left the South that deserves to be noticed refov
TO the Of soldiers has left struggling through tho
country TO pry upon the people In Virginia and North
having irends In this region TO spare protect
plumber without stint They roam about in small squads
TO find them, and then wander through the country,
taking care 20 keep Far away from points occupied by
the country and leave nothing OF value behind them
that they on Money watches and jcwelry
th'r delight, and In this line they drive thriving
business orders issued people 70 shoot them
down whenever Thy appear; but what chance has
against such scoundrcss The country has got 70 Ss
thoroughly patrolled with cavalry to nd u Of this
pcstiencc.
rnE GENERAL Fs.IISG PEOPLE
IL strikes me as remarkable that, so far AZ hsvo
travelled and among all the people with whom have
conversed have not yet foand single individual that
either denied the termination OF the wished IL
otherwise. I have heard citizens talk together snd
rebel officers and soldiers conversing with th1 people,
and uniformly the expression Is that the Union
is recsabsed and that 1t behooves everybo 10 70 10
work good citizens TO re- establish the industrial pur
suits aud prosperity OF the country.
"QUsrR 81
converscd six hours with Br gadicr General Harris, OF
sssd %
but nevertheless not disloya in anything he said
He agreed with General Lee that the var settles the
question Of state rgh,s lust as an election settles The
question Of who shall hold once. The defeated party
not persuaded that their policy Is wrong but they ysd 20
yield is State rights not because they any the less
believe in state rights, but simply because that doctrine
cannot b. established And yet he has not taken the
oath Of allegiance And here Is one Of his queer no.
tons His State sent him to the army. He is now
turning TO that state follow hr When she Is restored
Union he shall consider himself restored, without
osth and with his allegiance due 70 the general gov
ceps that view OF the SIN he has objection TO
taking tho OATH and will do 10 In his own state when.
4 ID required Of him His views seemed TO be
founded honest and high toned convictions He
tends that crybody who remains In the country 10
without the oah accept ,hs brand Of traitor uss
the universal swearing in process only tends to make
the oath Of allegiance common as To he mere matter
OF FORM with no binding effect.
HsBSr. oFrIcER.
In tho course OF the convcrsat on he related to me
sonhng Of the feeling pcryading the mass OF tho rebel
olnccrs For instance, said he, the other owning
number this subject, when the propo
son started: suppose that France should declare
xar against tho United States and send over powerful
army would II not be- the policy Of the Southern people
20 Join her and establish their ndcpendencef The
propos tion was unanimously negsved the grounds
that such procedure would be dishonorablc and
over, France having refused TO help them when In
trouble they would not now hght her battles for her,
WHAT rEorIE iBISK or JDr. DAVIS AND BIs ARsuu.
I ind wherever I go and with whomsoevcr ! talk
universal doubt OF the arrest OF Jcn Davis Nobody n
the regions through which have passed bci,evesM M
They seem, however, 10 doubt II mainly bccause
thcy do not want to believe u. They do nos
Ike Jcn Davis, yet having lived under his
rule for four years, they retain something akin
TO awe of him their quandan chief mag strafs
aud commander chief and not for his sake but for the
sake OF the Office they wish II otherwise and believe
They cannot conceive Of President fleeing from Justce
aud chased down like petty III ef And with all the'
dislike OF tho politically thcy still hang the
hles Of his morality and high Christian principle which
wnnld not permit him 70 be party 70 the nation