Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-19

markets are evidences OF the fact POOR hour "
worth three dollars per hundred 10 coin: board
ing At hotels is four dollars per day, the ssss
at the best hotels In New York. bat nobody esu
tell how the poverty Of the people IL exeuplihed
in language, appearance ADD habits: voluntarily.
persons Who have evidently been RAISED In sfau-
ence deny themse!ves OF come cheap luxuries Of
the season, such as summer fruits and lev no.
tons which have found their wsy from the North.
They all dress plainly
There are great many women vhose sxser-
nal furnishing i sadly out OF taste, and uho 70
pair. in travelling, to the railroad. Many get
into the ears without q cent to pay Their fare.
trusting to the generosity OF the road FOR ride
Sometimes whole families start on With little or
no provisions Eating houses are few. and they
charge dollar for entering to the table. when .
scramble ensues for the edibles. Direc, sppesls
from many are Of common occurrence.
The State Of Georgia. like South CArolips. 10
good deal crippled by raids through Is The
country from Chattanooga TO Atlanta 10 scanned
aud furrowed with entertainments; its bridges
destroyed. and fences gone the line Of march;
railroad depots are gone AZ every town; large
amount OF cotton in other towns burned The
loss TO the State in devastation cannot be less
than hundred millions.
AtColumbus. three large cotton factories we're
burned down. besides 81 900 bales of cotton and
nearly q million bushels of corn being destroyed
greater than need be, considering the sate Of The
war. The destruction here four days after
The surrender of Lee. but he knew nothing Of the
negotiations with Sherman until nearing Macon,
when he was met BY flag OF truce. which for
tunstely stopped the destruction.
Between West Point and Montgomery the
Railroad Company run one engine and two fst
cars charging ten cents per mile. and refusing to
take Ereenbacks except at htty cents dol
lar The negro question is still an all absorbing
one aud furnishes the only occupation Of the
Military Government. Most Of the negroes re-
main st work at their homes. but IN cities and
towns there are graf number Idle. aud many
Of the males have rsn oft and left their families
to be cared for by their late owners. The ques
ton of hiring them is agiiased aud slowly set
thug Itself.
The inhabitants complain bitterly that those
who were so greedy to give the niger HE lib
etty will not now give him his food MOI compel
him TO work for IL; but the needs OF whites and
blacks will create better feeling ere long. and
by naIt year some uniform rule can be adopted
for them treatment; meanwhile they will suffer.
The sentiment Of the people IL quito submissive
and patient. aud they are doing all they eau to
put themselves right again
Nearly all the conn'ies ia Georgia OF an
air line of railroad. or 80 COW eniens thereto 40
90 be quickly heard from. have held meetings,
aud expressed themselves in readiness 10 reor-
gsnize and submit "a the United Sister. The
proceedings OF fully forty counties have been
made public. and most OF them largo and
populous counties. The probability is that meet
ings have already been held Ia nearly every
county IN the State. but the proceedings are not
yet received. because OF the lack OF mail CON.
municatioh.
FLORIDA AFFAIRS
From Florida, We have accounts OF mos,
nf an he ia
greater than in Southern Georgia. An attempt
was made, lately. TO arrest Mr.. To0mbs. At bis
residence. near Augusta. but he escaped through
the back door, since which time he has not been
heard Of. IL Is said. that but for an unfortunate
drunk at Montgomery. he would have been made
Provisional President instead Of Davis, between
whom there since has been great enmsy.
LATER PROM TRxAs
letter 10 the Tribune from Galveston,
Texas, july 4th. says: The calm Of the city Was
disturbed somewhat, yesterday, by the arrest of
Mayor Leonard, of Galveston. by the military
| authorities. kumor assigns several causes for
the arrest, but nothing definite IL known. Strn-
gent orders have been Issued by the Provost
Marshal in regard to the sale of liquors. and IL is
not improbable that Mayor Leonard, being pro-
prietor Of common grocery. has disobeyed
them. So far all has been orderly ia Galveston,
although tho rect Of the State has been given up
to rapine ahd plumber
The wheels OF business are beginning to move
again, yet very slowly. though the calm Of death
rests upon tho city The people are despond
ent, and many profess 10 believe tha, the death
OF slavery will be death to tho prosperity Of
Texas, Tho freedmen are rapidly availing
themselves OF the privileges accorded them BY
, tho proclamation. A complaint Is made by the
impoverished Shareholders that the freedmen are
better off than their masters, many Of them hav
ing money laid up, aud are now renting good
houses in the city.
The following vessels to-day received orders
TO sail North. via Pensacola: Seminole, New
Londos, Prioress. Royal, Kennebec. Virginia,
and Penobscot. The Fort Jackson, Smertsu,
| Columbia. Albatross. Gertrude. Ottawa. Vir.
gina: and Port Roysl. will remain for tho pre-
sent. These vessels draw too much water 10
cross the bar for several years past
| Gsiveston has suffered severely from yellow
fever, and the residents hero are predicting that
Il will decimate the Union troops before the sea-
son ia over. Gen Granger has issued specific
regulations In regard 10 quarantine, which will,
IL enforced. prevent the Importation OF the de-
sesse from other points.