, 1865-09-01


charge Of The Frccdmen's Bureau. :!
For this reason, the State Of Alabama pre-.
scnts a more perfect picture Of the situation
rs 1t is, diyested Of NIL outside Influences, than
docs Mississippi. The planters are left more
to themselves, and tho freedmen more to
themselves; aud the conflict between the
raees Is more strictly Southern in Its eAarac-
ter. In the cases Of both whites and blacks,
We may more clearly SEQ the result Of the
contact OF raccs-both claiming the credit Of
frecmen-where the white retains all his
pride ind nristocratic views unchecked, and
where the black is still amartlng under a
thousand wrongs, and Is compelled to rely
mostly upon physical strength for redress.
There are ga1isols Of Union troops IN the
exert 20 powerful or so direct an influence up
Oh either white or black ns in Mississippi.
MOSCOW. =.
Tie first point In Alabama, which Ireached,
wns the little village Of Moscow, on the Tom
bigbee river, few miles above the point
where the railroad crosses the stream. It has
always BEEN IN important cotton port; and Tor
that article, including those who once belicr-
cd cotton MS king, I will state tllat there
are, STORED away, over s, goo bales; and resi-
dents In that vicinity asserted that there we're
O,OO0 more, though not all In the best condi-
tton, which would be carried to market, ut
the earliest opportunity. However, tue task
wagons imported from the North before the
war, had either been taken By tho rebel gov
eminent, ortwcrc worn out and there was
not mechanical ingenuity enough among the
natives to rcplenish the stock. To the cntcr-
prising Northern mechanic, who has the cap
ifal, the way Is open to fortune; all be has
- 4 f4kr tnt- 3nt.
the Plantations, and ho can procure cotton
enough In return to Keep oil the Lowell spin
Nor is this all. / think 20 great Is the de-
mand for skilled labor, In this section, that
mechanic would be welcomed among the aris-
tccracy of Dixie evci though M Ab0lltlonlst
md Eof7hcrncr; he would be held IN far
higher respect than four years since.
When the war began, IL WIS favorite the
ory with the Southern people that purely
agricultural people. above ell Others, were
best prepared 10 endure long and eshaustin.
war; but four years Of experience have taught
them little common scnse +; apd they now
raw material Is worked up, Is the only indie
pendent one. But this fayorite dogma OF the
Southern politicians WINS on a par, so fur as it
rccoryls soundncss, with a1l tic Others enter
taSt,ed By them. AL tlelr fayorite tbeories
have Vanished. Slavery Is source Of weak
neo axx nnu esge1 ~" vi, nnt snnnort m nrnr
40" 1s1'e' 'a' N'1 +. Hos e"f4 flsH
EAsl of TIE IoAnldnkI@ ;,
crossed the Tomh;geee, at MOSCOW, and
after tlaEel!lng n9oul agAk mnes, !gaGnea, on
Ha,,es, ,1t,ch ny, H." ~ ai.n,,t stxtv ocrea ni
cotton, and perhaps forty OF tifly of com.
This was indeed a novelty, In that section ;
and could only account for 1t on the suppo-
sition that II was occupied by some Yankee,
"a. IL. v.4k
y. n,.ta1.o-, Tho -,rnnr:aso, ,ras : III nnssei.
.;nfT natira sw,tfcriant1. and aa I was sn,ne,
wist rrrsaG IN German I som 1nndn his ac-
nnasntsncc nmdt + Hc had m,cratrd 10 ainhama
@ iSse nn 1s na,5 mrcloesd s,,t ~ ~ " lana
-er;r,,, r.. ,,ortic11.. c1cnrna md commenced
nhtsu a. pa''I' tseiI sa a!1,a1ant nu o94i,c s1
n1as. S1,-a.o1 of E,otish .I7i hanra tol littic
opn,,,,d III, 1rhr scornei lin as a more Eor.
a;9na anaa n'n "pp mud. md sonr even
dSsdc cast e sSond nro;e 70 tc word
t9st Isa = WI'ite 1 man M % could work in The cotton
sa,ef IL e s; t ns ths 9he
IS ,s. s.,,,tr, ~ T., ~ tE;,,1. ~
,a+aaio .,,.t;,, ~ ia fsrr1Iv Wnthad mi IN
The fIe,d' lie had a healthy looking Wits III
nes aho snd
whom 7,ai cseanrd the conscription: and
thsse tnrcther win himself had rona Ia
WorE 1asf snTinr M xeon .s thev i,cafsi of tbc
surrender ~ Iee-althnnoll that was nenrly
ak ak weeks behind time and bad planted the
co1to, e.1 n and doom corn | have IN rr.erTcd To- and
never saw crops In better condition. Not only
Gated md he said hat lie Knew lhe momen.
hc went to worE. to p1antfug. exncctfnr. as lie
doubtless will DO. to realize handsomely.
He was true man, and genuine friend oi
liberty, like all the other swiss, and, indeed,
the great mass Of the Germans Ills example
Shows what can be done BY industry, and
there is little doubt but lis cotton land win
Weld him al least eistv bales. and these will
scli ior full $1,000, Ut the river bank. In ad.
els ' Of corn. nj nnd ali thc sweet potatoes, Irish
potptocs md pork which will be required fol
TIFF yAr,rrs
TIL, ,7.,4,.,oa ~. l., 49, nod,,r,, o,,,o,
p1aata."u "'s ~ n,i,, enJ VIII n,,ne
o. Maleso eunhsa ess'Dn ~. nnlsd a3 .s,,.s uuee
Psou1eeu " mnHn ;,as T., H., q g W.
-. " ~ nraasst ~ t.t 81 ~. <t%sr
itants viii N not raise Is much Of that valuable
saulle as 81! luz a.im ~ LIZ WI W., ~. W.
thenselses tney VII not Aoia on ploPesTT II, or
dueements 1or nc oiacks 10 WORE, aoo ,aI ai1
81 tnlougn ns1. year Hasnoat oes s tcIGe sSea
70 great s1sremi.e M be5nais stafsns sa-7a sna. y
- - ~; -. fss1n ~ 49, n.s,Ub Ior L.
IN t1e smg,c ''tsa o. ee, IN, Gn9hn 3hsr may IT
prodaesa 70 sas.an n, anq tsers s rann1 ~
but, inside ffom tillsa nothng W,u DC tsa'ea'
AcoLoHED PREACHER.
Riding along mere btal1e-path, In south
eastrrly direction, I met a colored ma1
mounted on broken down horse, branded
With the letters &C. S." supposed 10 be o
relic Of the defunct Confederacy. On coming
even with him be very politely took OF BIZ
lat and bowed, and returned the comph
mcnt, determined that no negro should b
more polite than was. He was evidently
taken atack by the response to his salutation,
and With kecnness OF perception which as
tonIshed me he asked in ialr English;
y" Are you 1ankcc:'
replied that was bonn In the North, thai
had always been m Abolit1onist, and Woul9
then asked:
"Nhere do you 1lyCs"