, 1865-09-02


The proportion Of killing Is about two whites
to ten blacks. This Is d tflghtful statement,
for the truth of which cannot vouch per-
fonas1y, though Il is borne out by corrobeta-
tivo testimony. But I must close. r.
TOUR THROUGH ALABAMA.
Fields for Enterprlsc-Thc niaclks Need
Protcction-NIurder and NobbcrIe4-
The People Yct Rcbeln-So Ncsvapa-
pcrs-HvlId Storics-1fcrcY to " MIS-
guided - Rebels n Farce-Txgo Scoun.
tlrels, etc.s etc.
Correspondence og the Chicago Tribunal
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Aug. q, 1856.
SELMA.
Selma was, and still is, one Of the most In
portant points in the State Of Aabama. It's
situation is dclightful, md Is better adapted
to river navigation than even the fourishing
city Of Cincinnati. Boats can run up to 1t,
from Mobile, all the year, and during high
water the river Is capable Of floating the largest
crafts. It was hero that nearly the whole
rebel feet, which Jared so bndly in Mobile Buy,
was constructed, md during the whole four
years Of war. the place was one OF the most
important bases of supplies In all the bogus
Confsderacy. Astherc isno rnilroad between
that point md Montgomery, all supplies for
Mississippi had to be ahipped on steamboats,
ut Selma, and this kept large number Of de-
tailed men there on duty constantly. Tho
place was pretty well fortified after the bottle
Of Mission Ridge, but was never very heavily
garnsoned.
lad 1t possessed Yankee energy md lngcnu-
ity, there is nothing to have hindercd 1t from
being the abode Of 200, 900 people. The coun-
Try around Is extremely fertile, and adapted
10 the growth Of cotton and all kinds Of
grain; but the aluggtsh Sontherner failed to
great extent, and Selma remains little moro
fiau village. But It's location Is too good
10 escape the penetrating eye Of the Yankee,
now that he Is no longer OF prescribed race
and soou Central Alabama will be, what Cen
tral Illinois now is, the home Of free, indus
by hundreds Of thousands. There Is no doubt
that the State alone, under the influence Of
free md skilled labor, can be made TO supply
as much cotton as was grown In the whole
South iu 1850.
The lands invite the enterprising Northern
II. They can be had cheap, and the negroes
only need to be offered employment IN order
to induce them to work. But let me here fn-
te1 pose word Of adyice to the Yankees 20
and settle in communities together, and carry
with YOU your revolver, and your repeating
rife, With plenty Of ammunition. You MAY
not need them, but then yon may. There arc
other things equally important. Garry with
you your schools, your skilled Workme9; and
your party printing! md teach tho Southern
ers, by your example, the advantages Of iu-
dustry.
At Selma, as elsewhere, the effects Of the
appearance Of grcenbacks Is almost magical.
Thousands upon thousands Of bales OF cotton,
OF The existence Of which no one knew, save
the owners of each LOT, have been drawn from
market: scurc or more of fsteamboats-smnll
ones It Is true, huweycr-arc being employed
In carving II 10 market. But NIL this Is old
cotton-ralsed' by slave labor; the fertile
fields lie idle this year, and next season there
will be another cotton famine
TO AOSTUoMERT.
On the afternoon Of the 9oth, mounted on
fresh horse, for which had Tint day traded,
/ started in the direction Of Montgomery,
following d road on the south side OF the
river. There WAs far more evidences OF N.
dustry here than at any other point haa
visited. But the crops were nearly all corn.
The collapse Of the Coniederacy was 50 late
in the spring, TINT planters did not Ike to
risk cotton. I asked the negroes on What
tcrms thcy worked; and some said they had
q portion OF the crops, while others are prom
ised wages. do not, however, regard this
prospprIty is Mt all the result Of my better
spirit on the p2rt Of the people, than that
manifested elsewhere; but 1t Is near two
Important "Yankce" garrlsons, and henec the
to resort to the thousand little, mean opPres'
sions, which have converted the Cotton
States so nearly into desert wild. The
freedmen felt confidence that the troop;
would enforce the payment Of the wages TIM
had been stipulated and the same opinion
prevailed among the whites, and all worked
me example ofthis section Is evidence con.
elusive OF one point, and that Is, that some
means must be employed to protect IN
blacks, for If they are not SO protected they
will refuse to labor, and the South will ceast
| to be productive country until regeneratet
by Yankee energy. Under existing laws, ane
| II late rebels are allowed to control the bal
| lot boxes. the blacks cannot recover wages
unless the contract is witnessed BY Whitt
| mon and II is easy to Imagine the, conse
| uucpces rs long rs the whites continue x
| hold 10 the theory that they lmye mora
right TO the labor Of the black Wlthoul eom
pensation.Y Either Southern laws or Southe:1
etllcs must be amended; and the way t
change the former Is to put the ibnilot In th
hands Of the negro, and the only method
reforming The 1after is to educate tho masses
r1E UNIVERSAL YANKEE AGAIN.
| A number OF plantations hare already becl
leased by Yankees, for next year, and for .
term Of f1ou three to five years succeeding
and there me- numerous Others both in 8elmt
and Montco1nery shocking around" with (
yicw to rettipc at something which promise
rich reYard: !: and I may here say that thcl
can't seek amIss. The South IS destitute d
everything which vas the result of skill ant
it Is equally destitute Of skill itself There !
not tEaaes1nan but could come 10 the town;
IN this section, and got thrce tincs as .;, mug,
ior every article 1e MAKES, as u s ang Ho.eu a,,
Particularly c6ulo MoSoaKe, sai, A1u ,ain sal ~
iactnrers o. otae, ,a IT, ar.t her, VII rcat NJ
ample fortune and as thc nEsT III, nsla , ~. ieai n
tho harvest, think tneS Will not ~ ''n'
CRIME
While tn Montgomery; ! o6tMnea Ie@ 9
The country papers published n tue Vicinity
and which have either sprung INTO cxistence
or been revived, since lne W., VIZ Ma3as,sa aeanaea
md in these, as ~e1 as she Mlontgomsef nc
papers themselves, mere ale eslaenses a3s = o.
prevalence o. crime, ~mGn may !, WEI n e,1aaa staaa
even the NORTH, used as II now Is, 70 amos e
every species OF bFeaenes o. sSG aaMs ~ ~
true, there arc no leasy ~ .hasn ~ ~ :,
1orgerlcs, DOT SMoez1Hi31snte ~ ~,
opportunities lot snen tnlnss; nul asiaI ts6i
the cold blooaea mnruellnE o. u.sl1
carried on Oh scale o. Wncn ~ unt t,,a.s ou s.'
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