The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-15

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Horrible social COnditiOn-SRFvafian,
iIdIeDess aud BarbaFlsm1The PED
pie Dependent but AaIisnant-sru-
.ltIes 70 the NsgF'. -, loor 30 Z
We invite the careful attention Of every
reader to the startling facts dstailedi in the
following letter 20 the NeWIYOFk Times
from sn intelligent correspondent rho
has spent some time IN carefully observing
the course of AtfAirsR Alabama and other
/ Gulf States: ~ uooa1siia SD no-,H
! ed, MOBILE Ala Sunday May2sPlse5.
Ihsve Just made q tour along the line Of
the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad
70 Montgomery and thence down the Ala
bams riFerstO this place, stopping At yari-
Gus points and making very esfefulinquiry
all along, 90 az to ascertain a. nearly as /
could, the exact condition OF affairs in that
region of the late Confectionery. / shall
not write In this letter. any hightygcoloredl
sentences or indulge m any fsr-fetched
words, but will tell you 'ss unvsrnished a
story IS possibly can. @at
. The psople,- black and white, are starV-
ing! The whites are hardly conscious Of
their horrid situation. They dress in rags
and have no money TO psy their passage
on the cars OF boats They subsist mainly
by eating refuse, which, N ordinary times,
would hardly be given 20 the dogs, s5 /
Some procure Jations from the Govern
ment oFthe Gnited States others go hun
cry. They will not work. They say they
we're not made to work, and that only
stniggers' should engage in toll. Thinking
themselves true 10 this character, they sl-
low their lands to 20 uncultivated. Their
gardens, which, by then own industry,
aside from the industry ofthe negro, should
up in weeds. On the train which bere.as1
to the capital of Alabama were q large
number of women, who we're going TO the
military authorities for ~rations. Theyiwere
exceedingly bitter, some against the Union
and others sgainst JEFF. Davis They
could say what they pleased against the
former, but regarding the latter they must
keep itmum." There were Confederate
soldiers on board, and when & word! WAS
said against JEFF or the defunct Gonfed-
erscy, some staggering rebsl would cry
out, shut up and with such emphasis as
caused a general silence on that subject. q
There we're five times more Uohfederates
than there were Union soldiers on the train.
Indeed, n would suppose that the rebel
lion was yet in It's gloty fromthe speeches
of these brsggsrts. Union men cannot
breathe freely or rest at any ease apart
from the military authorities. This is q
solemn fact. Along the entire line we wit.
messed enough TO convince US that no other
remedy than bsyoRets will suit this coun-
try for months to come. ~. SIS
I heard of starved ONE and children
persons who had actually starved to death.
1 have no doubt that such Is the case. The
appearance Ofthe country fully justi1es the
belief that the greatest distress prevails
among the people. And yet it is strange
how terribly bitter the returned rebels are.
Even on their way to the Government
comm isssry 10 procure r~atiens, they abuse
the Government and the people of the UNI
ted States. Terms. as uumerciful as amy
we have heard were used by this mad PEG
pie.
The colored people will be murdered and
to untimely graves if the govern
msnt does not keep provost guards at the
county seats and the cities. So great Is
the madness of the old Shareholders over
their defeat and subjugation, that, on their
hAAA hCALO1 kAOJ AALGO hACA1coANo1 ny |
off the ears, noses or lips of their
slaves. This is not q dream. It is q
fact and l am sure that Rhentit is
known to our loyal people there will arise
such q feeling OF indignation as win surely
reach the very heavens. At Montgomery
We men came in one day with ears cut
IF and in an almost nude state. Others
appeared terribly marked over their bodies
blows from sticks and stones
When the train stops on the railroad, or
when q boat stops at q landing, the delay
usually spent in tOrmenting poor colored
persons who may be attempting TO come
IN board. The only exceptions known are
when 8 sufficient number of Union officers
Ind soldiers are on board to give protee-I
ion TO the poor refagees. II
1 am of the opinion, oandidly that one
twentieth of these awful deeds will never
be known. ....L.. .E @
On my journey down the Alabama, Il
net and ~conVersed with the celebrated
Semmes, of the alabama. He
OOked mad, and ragged. The captain of the
steamboat, finding that the pirate had no
means with which 10 purchase meal-tick.
made him 3 present Of some. He was
accompanied by his son, who is . young
OF about twenty years of age.
'Semmes" said, "the country is ruined
gentlemen are utterly reduced
poverty by these cruel invsders-there
s no hope lett-such as can get away will
nave to seek some corner of the earth
where they can live as gentlemen-he had
10 doubt that the negro WIS happy in 9
of slavery-freedOm as understood
~ Nha -awr1 - "orza ahan n IL ar-
Iorm, and the Yankees will find it so-the
Yankees meant that Southern slavery
ihOuld perish and they have succeeded
hey are the smSrtest and the worst people
mine top Of the esrth-history furnishes no
OF q people 20 industrious and per-
severing in Whist they undertake-the de-
Iest Of The SOulE, with a cause 30 just, is q
ieep mystery that wears the appearance
IF God being against the South, but that
could not be & fact for the reason that the
and devotion Of the Southern
people were SO sincere and 80 religious"
DE had q novel printed on very poor pa
per and published in Richmond. lis title
IS HLsdy Audley's Secret"
On nearing Mobile we we're s little more
free, and conversed with rebel officers con-
,iderably. Speaking Of "our government"
one of these stepping up very firmly, said,
No, sir not our government it is yours.
We have no government. We are aliens
and foreigners, and will never have our
souls 50 degraded as to have anything
whatever to do with such q government.
Release us from the obligations of this peo-
pie, and we will leave the DIN people
who have o~verpoWered US" ayes, sir;
hats our view,' said a dozen others Of the
same stripe.
Who is Payneg
The mystery ~enshrouding the eonspIr-
ator Payne, instead of being cleared up, is