, 1865-09-05


'Ihe land WAS wild with fear and hate,
The Fout run mad and last:
From hand 10 hand, from gate 70 gate,
ssIhat 1urld glow fell et1one across
Dark faces broad with sulfIea:
Eot theirs the terror, hate and loss
That fire those blazing piles"
No doubt tho blacks welcomed the blaze
"Dc day oh Jubfloo had come" to them
Some Of them may still doubt If this be so,
for according 10 all the incidents that arc told
US, and tho Information we've been able Ia
mote districts, and at points whc1c the recti
flcatfons of wrongs done to or BY the freed
people, Is not made the special business oI
Bonc competent purity.
GENERAL APPEARANCE, TRADE, ETC.
We found at the little wooden buildings
temporarily ueed for depot, the Supcrin.
tcndent aud Freight Agent Of this road. He
was delighted to see us, shook our conductor
BY the hand heartily, and hoped that he
would have occasion 10 pay them another visit
soon.
The rond was in yery dilapidatcd condi.
lion. The one Train day which they run
fETceula.1y was IN readiness to leare when NC
arrived. All the property of the company,
beside the track, was In this outfit. Sach q
rattie-bnng, broken down, WORKOUT looking
nl1air could scarcely be raked ont on any
able turnout upon the road from Sandusky to
the point where 1t forms u junction with the
Toledo and Cleveland Railroad. Tho train
consisted OF patched and battered engine,
one old box car, three tracks and passenger
car, whosc wrctchcd appearance IL indcscrib-
able. This was all the rolling stock owned
by this company. "Great Is Diana Of Ephe-
sus,'' and great Is slavery.
large quantity Of cotton was on the plat.
In lind 11Ca y
By was crnmmcd, and cotton press out In
an open Epnce beyond the road was busy at
work. A good sized gang Of ncgroes were at
work. The few whites we're generally loaf.
ing. At least, they wore the lis,lcss air OF
desrondent men with nothing TO do, md but
little conception Of how to do that.
Cotton Is worth from ~ TO Is cents. The
lot we saw came from Eastern Alabama, aud
fetched that morning g cents per pound.
There Is very little cotton round Rome, but
there arc considerable quantities south nud
west IN the territory tributary thereto.
On inqulring of the colored people, as we'll
as Of the whites, We found that labor was
mostly paid BY the day. Able.bodied men
and women getting from f1fty cents to dol
lar per day, seventy five cents being the aver
hgc. This did not incTudc subsistence.
stroll1ng Into the town, We found the pri-
vntc residences mainly untouched by fire or
pillage- The main street, which Is the prin-
etpo1 portion of the city, Is . broad avenue
liked With trees, which, with tile abundant
foliage surrounding the dwellings, make the
sidewalks shady and cool. A number ofstoses
were open, most one-story frame buildings
erected over the cellar Of some burnt ware
house or store. They were run mainly By
the inevitable 11aLraw.
among the promising signs Of the times
observed was a written notice 10 the effect
That the lady whore name waA'signcd thereto
would commence her second school session,
and hoped to be patronlzed as before, DC.
This wus promising. 1ntbc local papers such
notices arc bccc ming more frequent. Schools
arc what we need, and no greater blessing can
this war bcstow than the establishment Of a
free school system.
There Is NO coloFed school here get aud no
agent 81 the Freedmeu's Bureau. Complaints
Of Unfair treatment, such as driving the labor.
ers oH the farms, when the crops are "lald
~" as the technical Southern phrase Is fof
somc cases OF cruelty were reported. In sew
crnl instances the late owncrs have hired ont
the's freed people and pocketcd tho proceeds
ns before.
:, THE WORSE GLASS
Is reported here, Us everywhere, the small
Shareholder, The Mean overseer, or poor farm
or, who has managed to buy one woman to
breed With; For 1t Is no use mincing Ill the
selling In The slave market Of their own chill
dIcn, or Of those born in promiscuous concu-
binagc under their direction, has been quite
otlen the foundation Of the wealth on which
many naughty F. F-'s base their claims to
chiyalry md power. This class Is
now the hardest on the freed
man, The bittc1cst dcnounccts Of cmancipa-
tion; the most unreasonable holders-on TO
the hope of slnyery. Then We are told by the
Post Commander and by Mr.. Stewart, the
loyal mill owner, (befofe spoken OFF and
others, TINT Shareholders Of means and culture
nre accepting the new condition with much
more readiness than those named. This il
the case with tho rebel soldiers and officers.
These generally settle down and become quiet.
The class spoken of as restiye are .hosc who
have managed to keep out of the war in most
instances, doing the local blowing, but lcay-
Ing The strikirgt to others.
/, PRICE OF LAND
Is reported ns low. a farm of 800 ncres. fiye
miles above the town, right in the valley,
with 500 acres improved and fenced, good
buildings, planters house, quarters, barn,
stable, &c, Is now offered for 5000 six and
farm the owner refused soo5, 900 Just before
tic war.
HOW TO DO IT.
We mean 10 cheat the Government through
It's sympathetic hand. Gen. Thomas had Or
dcrcd the distribution OF large quantity OF
sorn-sonc &C, ,0W bushels, I bclievc,-to the
0FEt1tE1n ToYf,n
On the nd a i1istr,h1iion Tos .m,;3e ~ tbt.
point. To-day YOU can 20 into tIc stores and
Inv II of t1,e merchnn1 r - o. rs. 's,stso1 tu
lie viii tell YOU It is Goyernmeat corn fnr
which be has fradcd with The women fnr TX.
hons, or similar articles This Is fact. Like
Cutie, I've made note ont"
VIEWS OF THE CITIZENS.
had the opportunity Of conyeraing with
scve1nl intelligent gentlemen, citizens Of the
rIa, Pr1ucs, wy uAu Aseu nete au1lng ~ the "ar'
!.4a intss y. lhe" "efe Union men. though ae-
4u1essent. m -
~ ong .NI oi mem gaEc IN amusing account OF
~ t!hns ~ "nlcn ne cvauea Inc conscrip-
on a" :: M ne VIZ ~, siatenoiaer, lnong9 not
~ Il" n so 81 uan5 ~ ~ - oe e.enps. Mae9
hIs thiE3aan s1nras ns sSaos [os mc empi9ysa
.nSoa nlS ~ t,.s .ee sasG1 ~ sn9enaA 1 ana Ior
~ w. ltuE H essaPea unuEl a9ose
~ bad s1e ~ ~ sphatitnte ~ ~ mg Rna
flon tnis uinca.t} W WIS reieaseo ~ aAef-
mans natance, Wn,cn, as nc declatea, eman-
cipateo MN, thoueA NJ MS negroes Lett With
Inc amy. 3y. x.o,.,a,,oa ....,,
Anotner gentlenan, very Respectable ana
eloel1y P1n4nlel, 10 "aom we we're introduced
nnaus. n su4stancG nis views OF tae prevail
ing opln1ons 4ase alteaqy oeen stated. It
Q OILY ntcas ;a - SnoM noM ue accepts t1e state
q and dhst ~ isn a nns a9sI ruineo nun TO
sta.e ~ .nas ~ 10 ~ W., Issn "4!e slaFenolaer,
~. ~ % a,cs " - ~ d dnste,1y M man as 70 teaca
a a siass ~ 5ut ~ n!s experience ne 1ound
NC nclsassu ast. ln.e!ltgenee PC thIrby gained
"aS n ~ ~ ots ,tH,s mush ano "eaitn 19t nun
III, 4ne ~ nost sta lntsIssung eonve1satlon had was
wien NJ. sae"a1a, the mhi owner, whose miil
WIS ~ 4ha ,the. he Is nne spse
Ueaning 1 IN 1it6 ehaFaetsf 9hish would oa ba aaes
oughly loyal, formerly an ardent supporter,