, 1865-10-09

"1t seems pity stoneman didn't burn tho
the depots and warehouses, rebel store.
houses, &C. "Well. ne thought SO, too,
when We first came here, but ! reckon he did
eoGot sht said be- saa And ten b. s.a xept Etc. o.
were good many Union men here during the
war; Of course they were Obliged to be quiet,
and they could have little opportunity for
helping the prisoners. Some Of the women
applied for leave to aid the sick which was
bruta1lr refused. Re9nests were also sent to
ior such orders, or such change Of command
err rs would result to the benefit Of the pris-
ouers. One or two houses were
known among the right sort as alwaya
open to such as could escape,
and there rest, and food, and medicine, and
efreu them. The names Of dozen different
tamtlies were mentioned, whose members
afded In this good work. Further, the town
has inst elected as its delegates to. the Con-
ventfon two Union men-one Of whom WAS
thloFn INTO the military prison By the rebcls
soldiers defense Of Stoncman-and the SOL
dlcr is 80 far from being rebel himself that
he never bus voted for any other Congressman
than Schuyler Colsax, ~ hich fact, take It, is
pretty good guaranty for his moral and po-
itfcal standing.
GETTING uERE fR0A C0LuHBIA. ID.
There were three of US in the stage from
Columbia TO Minnsboro, On the evening Of
the 2cd-n North Cafo,fna planter and an ex-
rebel Colonel beside myself The planter waa
coarse vulgar fellow, whose whole thought
seemed to be given to IN effort to outwit The
officers Of the Frecdnen's Bureau, and "git
ehet" Of somc sixty negroes on his TO-
bacco plantation. The Colonel was a
man Of much travel, liberal culture, and
nf,nd hhNrf.-U1nH ffa f. rvar
to hereafter live in peace With everybody, and
fearful that the negroes Of the State viii sec
very sore times before ~apsing. We lett Co.
lnubia at and reached -Wtnnsboro an, hour
after midnight, distance thir y y-twoamilcs, faie
ten dollars, It Tas an old fashioned stage, d,
memory. In such stage, and to The music
Of such a horn rs that With Which our driver
woke the echoes Of night, had not ridden
since December, ~1656-then for hundred
miles IN Iowa md Minnesota. -Sherman
brought the West with him IN more seuses
than enc, when he came Into South Carolina,
From WlnnsboEo to Charlotte, by the Char
1otte aud South Carolina Railroad, 1t Is
seventy lnilcs-tlme, seven hours and q half;
fare, sfx dollars. On that section Of the road
from Wlnneboro to the Catawba river the
rolling stock is quite good, md our train con-
sisted Of baggage ear' a negro car, passen-
soldiers. tl1rre ladies nna ten citizens.
stoassnaD burned the long bridge over
the Catawba, and 1t isnot likely to be rebuilt
before next summer. Half mile from the
river We left cur trniu, crossed on pontooa
bridge, and then took another train for Char
lotte-tweuty miles. It so happened that
when the bridge was destroyed, most Of the
cars were below the river; and our ncW trim
consisted Of IN old freight cur into which
negroes and baggage loaded, and miserable
second c1aas. passenger car, with plain wood
bench on each side In place Of tho ordinary
seats. There were neither curtains nor blinds
for the windows, and the mercury stood at
| nbout eighty seven TO ninety: From Charlotte
to Salisbury, By the North Carolina Railroad,
| It Is foEty-four mfles-tinsc, three hours and i
half; fare, two dollars and half On this
road the rolling stock Is excellent, many Of the
cars just haIlng been thorough ghly repaired and
repainted- The road bed Is also in much bet
ter condition than that Of any South Carollna
road, though the iron Is badly worn and must
soon be in great part replaced. It also runs
two passenger trains per day each way, with
an express freight car attached tothc morning
trim
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