St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-10-26
LETTER FROM KENTUCKY. z1;j
sO11E VALUABLE AND INTEREST.
" ING FACTS. ~.-
DAvlRrs COUNTY. KgNrucKT, I
s. Oct. 10TH. 1865.

UAVlkSD COCNTY. AkNTUCXy, I
$780,. Oct. 10th, 1865. I
BSrroR DExocRAr That which will first
strike the eye Of stranger in any south
era town, is the black population to be
seen moving everywhere. In Greensboro,
the princi al town in this county, there
are 1000 and upwards Of negroes, and few
Of them are free. Perhaps there are IN the
whole number one hundred who have eli
ther bought thc,r freedom, or left their
masters in soue distant poipts and come
up to the Ohio river. There is a place in
tswa, called Evsnsville, IN old dilnpidated
wooden building; here refugees come and
tarry till some opportunity for their en-
pioyment offers. Many are sick ;; some
die and all are sQuali.l. The slaves look
With disdaiu upon what: they call ..poor
black Trash" sud have very little sympa-
thy. If they die. they do sometimes make
up contributions and have them buried.
Further than this no all comes to wander
ing Africans. ':>s ..--&} -. =.
But what most desire to say in this let
ter is this: that the thousand blacks in
this town show unexpected enterprise and
an amount Of religious, seal in their own
acts I did not believe they possessed. For
instance, ind large church organisation
tho largest in town There ore four hun.
dred communieants, and, on IN average,
si1 hundred attendants on religious ser.
vices every Sunday. Ths church is known
as the Baptist Colorea Church. The edi
fce is the most expensive in the city be-
ing Of brick, eighty feet long BY fifty feet
wide, built BY the best :workmen, and in
the best style. They have a magnificent
bell whose peals ring out on the mountain
air earlier aud longer than any. from the
towers Of their white brethren. The preach
or il % black - the ace of spades; a tall,
straight man, with heavy but pleasant
voice and full Of earasstness. He preach
ss we'll, and his great congregation listen
with marked attention. Els education IL,
Of course, deficient; but yet hs speaks the
language dusntly. and with but few mani
fest errors. The pronunciation savors
much Of that Of his race, but hersin he ia
all the more interesting He is systematic
in the conduct Of tho exercises Of the day.
and everything IL orderly and unsxesption-
able from morning till evening. But the
singing il truly grand. I never heard such
seyvAsrs. There ID 40. organ OF instru-
mental music Of any kind. Three Asrdred
soiee. ss;ss in praises 70 God; and The whole
building il filed With anthems long, loud
and harmonious. Every one Of the three
Or four hundred voices is aslf it had been
taught by > master in the science Of har-
Eony and sound. had rather hear ..Old
,Hu2d1e11" sung By e.. srs.t eLeir Of :his
blask eeaSreEa:iea, than ~ 1ny other
With orsea Or other instrument, howe.ys
rand or ns.nifs.lt .as5fs52 .
j IAss. is, e SUNDAY School connected
~itk tbs chur::-, Gl.-:. thsra e: three s1n.
Sdrsd scholars regularly t-L..:.::.. tL.::: Thstsseh.
sts ore shits aid muck ea:tg sdt'1 TAs lexd.
ltsr Id thi. srussisfsi zKee.roky born ara%n.
1svl Morton. aatiiis.a > recent movement
teset pe5slss wits tbsoaisEdieeyy,, ,,ef the ~