, 1865-03-26
IFrom Our Special Correspondent

lFrom Our Special Correspondent
: PINE BLuFT, Ark, March II, 1855.
As we pass up the ArEansas River from its
mouth, there is first one wide waste Of low
lands, NOW submerged; then the banks grad
ually rise, and the general level Of the coun- |
try with them. till we reach Pine Bluff, 200 i
miles up the river. Here we are some twenty |
feet above the present high stage OF .wnter. |
Below, on the river, We sec but a few dllap-
Idated houses, and dare not land for fear Of
guetfllas. Arkansas Post Is entirely blotted
out, save come banks Of earth whero the fort
wss, and come soldiers graves On the cfuu-
could be better cared for.
Pine Bluff is military post. Gen. Clayton.
who took 1t from the rebels some year aud
halfago, Is still its worthy commander. The
rebels are still uefghbors. mile back, and
strong picket lines arc needed. Tha place
shareholders for q vast region made their
hsadquarteIs-here, significantly, the Court
t. House uheir scat Of Enjustice) has been rlddfed
with cannon balls, aud their churches, where
Gods word was perverted to Justify oppres-
| sirn, broken in by The missiles Of death.
| There they etAnd as monuments Of GODS
av<ugipg- hand. But let US pass down the
| river mile, to the
| HOME Farm.
t This was once g.R. Cockrell's plantation.
It has ,o5o acres, all under cultivation. Ae
| Wae and is secesstonist and this property u
contscated. When the oyerseer 1ed he left.
among other thinef, his order book. which
."Al' preaching and prayer meetings are here
after prohibited" he goes On to say, "The
plan alton is to produce 400 bales Of cotton,
5000 pounds Of pork, so stacks Of oats, Is
children" And orders the pairing Of Henry
and Susan, Cambridge and Matilda, Sandy
mud Yellow Kitty" &c. Here is some of the
beauties of slavery. But the plantation Is
redeemed. It Is now the Freedman's Hume,
laws. On H. contrary. tits Is now model
colony Of Freedmen presided over BY
Captain S. ". Mallory, who Is veil
| adapted to his wors. o. the broad
| plain there are. 1s4 cabins, comfortably sepa-
some twenty rods between the rows. Here
a1e $50 occupants who draw rations. and work
this 1arm as far as they arc able. They have
20 acres Of garden. $50 In corn. and $50 to be
put to cotton. These are the less able of the
5000 under Captain Ms care. The rest are
town hut barely passing along. The gteai
; want Of the blacks In this section is pfotec
ton and a chance upon this rich soil. TIL
that time comes there must be want and sui
!, d1ed acres OF tho Home Farm are leased on
; 10 some tWerty-ay freedmen, who hay'
! from twenty to forty acres apiece. They ar
: building them little homes aud diligeutl.
WORKING. 4 goodly number for sixty mile
up and down Ibis river, says Captain n az
+ two hundred, last year, laid By aud now hay
e deposited from $50; 10 5000" One Isaac Wake
;. last year rented and worked eighty acres
b made s1,75o. now has &, 400 and is worl
b ing The same eighty this year. Can't tex
y cale OF themselves" Only giye them n u u
lr lection, in. two u ars some Will begin tc
is rich, Why, here Is one, "Uncle Reuben,
y who shows US what some can do. He is
al very black man, born In Georgia. He fell
y to The hands Of poor man. Reuben shoWe
ID such energy and tact as to cause The mast
n to tnt1ust the whole management to hlr
" The slave raised the master from poverty
n, wealth. They moved to Arkansas end bougl
h large plantation md stocked It with n
N groes. The master BECAME extrayagant g. g.
1k hen alone. He became more ambitious, al
m every year increased the property. They sc
he The white children North to school. 7
Ms SUCCESS was 80 remarkable that the WI!
're overeeers around became Jealous Of
in thc mistress to place white nominally os
ch him, But he was not interfered with IN
the young masters return from the Nori
The fact that negro slave had educai
nd them, and by his oun prudence ana enc!
alf had amassed for them fortune Of nea
!ha 3l50, 600, was not as grateful to them as tr
ia Dut the approach Of our army scattered
a | rebel family. After which, RetPen came II
nh. our lines to enjoy the bencftsof the Pft
ar+ dents Proclamation, and Is now In his 4
tn age, With large family starting, life ant
the This, 7 admit, is rare case, hut it{shows vi
sn. q black man can do In this regionA
10 SCHOOLS.
1er On the Home Farm We have twp teacht
Ing With 800 scholars. In the town, anot
RE school about as large, Kept By heTs d. 10 L,
By who needs help. Who will so? fheso NJ
) to grcss In learning. In the country nothn
1e1r done, yet, shout oeaooss.
80 MARRIAGES..
u A'reperal order from Superintendent Ea'
the ordered by General Thomas, requires all
heir freed people IN all this great department
De live Together as husband and wife, to be
9 TO rnily married. This fxcs their change.
sur Eabits ind changeable names and makes u
lope capable Of holding property and Inst,
not least, regulates their domestic re!atl
'rics Twenty-one couples Witnessed married
the SABBATH. Thus have we to re.1nould SOC
r1cs. and build from the foundation. a ca!
o 1t. record is new Kept of these. whom By 4
DDS, Law are joined together, not any more oy
hing. !~to be put asunder+
or I conclude, then, my obBersatioas here
:ggs, saying, give these ragged women ano
yon d1eu, and disabled ones, books and teac
must and help little longer, and properly
n Of tect and encourage, and tbia race W1'l
the many years, stand up here as men -,
some encouraging the work And who VIII
Buf- ! aid this long dOTn-trodden people. too,
They aEpseciatc the good done for them, anu q
ere to help themselves: H. "'1o'