New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-17

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them. Maybe reason. humanity, aud common sense
could be whipped into them You cannot imagine now
such stories and The events themselves aiecl me- gu
SO disguised at times that if had wings wonid hy
from tho spot. NANhN'
Through Georgia-s he,man's Way-Au.
gus,a-Pienty of Coiton-Negrocs Co
ing to Mis.issippi-" Cuba /" Negro
Wages-Ailantn.
Special Correspondence Of the N. Y. Tribune.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 2, 1866.
GEORGIA.
I found that in order to get to Mobile,
would have to go BY way Of Augusta and Atlanta, Ga
the road TO Macon not having recovered from the eff
fects Of Sherman's march to the sea- The Augusta
road has Just been completed, and already, the CON-
pany have two daily trains between Savannah and At
lanta This is enterprise that deserves mention, for.
the railroad trains The too. the Augusta line.
and comfortable. The distance to the latter
place from Savannah is l40 miles, and requires some
10 hours travelling. The country between the two
points Is rather poor The soil is good enough, but it
needs clearing up. There is a marked difference be-
tween this land and that travelled through in the Ca
1oinas 1t is high and dry, and contains few swamps.
10 far think Georgia much preferable to ony Of
Che Southern States The appearance OF the country
the and the people remind me more OF the North
than any Of the others.
In the southern portion of Georgia the best quality
of cotton can be raised. The land too. will yield as
much cotton TO the IN Mississippi or Texas. In
the middle and portions of the State the cot
ton is not good and the quantity to fhe not
much. Corn and wheat also be raised and on the
whole the climate more even and healthy than In any
part Of the South Land agents here tell me that what
little immigration going is TO either Georgia
Texas. or course all the States filed with specua
TORS but land is being sold to those who intend
becoming actual settlers in those two particular States
find that NewYOrk Southern real estate houses have
agents throughout the South who pick up adventures
as they come along
Augusta Ga, is another very pretty town. It has
two main Streets containing stores and the other
fine residences. 1t made narrow escape from Sher
taan and the fate OF Columbia, =. C. l was told by
come Of the citizens thai when it was supposed that
Sherman would come to the town. the Rebel com
ander Of the post had had all the cotton in the place
gathered together and piled up in the main street ready
for burning the Vandas should get IN sight
You can imagine how much cotton they had there,
when it was piled up six bales wide and twenty high
FOR a distance Of six blocks. Sherman did not come
however. and now this cotton is being exchanged for
John Bulls gold. Your tavern-ieepers need not IVORY
about Southern patronage next Summer Augusta will
send full delegation to Saratoga. The people of Au
gnsta. am told. are the bitterest kind Of unrecoD.
structed: When Sherman was supposed TO be coming
they hid their cotton and condemned the post COM
mander for taking it away to be burned. But that
Sherman didn't go there they put airs, spenk i'll of
the Yankees aud brag about their pretended sefsacri
fee.
sHERMAN's WAY.
From Augusta to Atlanta the distance Is about 100
miles and consumes ~ hours in travelling it, The |
country much better than that between Augusta and
Savannah it being nearly all cleared and in high state
OF cultiv alton Beyond Atlanta the country Is hily
Wild and mountainous. On the train met Misss.
spppi planter, who owned panta ion near Vicksburg
on the river and had come up TO Augusta to get hands
to work his place. In his State be says negroes are as
scarce as diamonds: There they are paying good
quarters being the average sum paid The State suf
fered terribly In population during the war most Of the
negroes following the armies the river be climate
exceedingly hot Summer that native
prefer more cOngenial 0ne Around Augusta negroes
are plentiful The army never reached there. and
they didn't get chance to leave. Now planters are
coming from the far Sonth and Offering them good
wages and transportation. and they are going in large
numbers This show. that the former slave does not
think s0much Of his former master To prevent this
migration from Georgia the people Of thai State are
irving to act upon the fears OF the negroes They tell
them that these Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas
planters only want TO take them further South so that
they smugge them TO Cuba and sell them as slaves
They the negroes are told that Cuba Just across the
Mississippi River and that it is the easiest thing imag
Unable to run them and sell them. This has had
great effect on some Of the negroes. This planter
whom met on the cars. had 42 hands with him. He
got them about Augusta. He had relatives who
Half Of them were young women field hands, the rest
married couples They were all Luddled together in
beds shseting and other little household articles
with them. As we went flying through the country
the ooored people along the route would cheer and
wave their hands at their colored friends While wait
ing at Of the way stations FOR dinner negro
came to me and asked me IL knew anything about
Cuba and If was Mississippi and IL colored men
were being sold there. answered his questions. telling
him there was no danger. He knew was North.
erner and bis face frightened when told him. He was
one Of the immigrants. The old planter himself was
the type Of q good cid country gentleman. He was
about 60 years ofage but active as man Of 49, He
told bis whole story. He was born In Kentucky
bosom friend Of Henry Clay and cassmate OF jeff
thought it Gods own country worth over $500
600 when the Rebellion commenced 1t was all In stock
end land lost yhing but land during the war BY
it. only the soldiers stripped him Of everything from
bis nggers down TO pair Of sleeve buttons containing
lock Of Henry Clay's hair; had one killed and
another crippled for life In fighting for the Conederacy
had plenty Of rich relations In Kentucky who had fur
nished him with capital and by the Great be was going
TO make crop Of cotton He said that Gen. Osborn
had leased plantation adjoining his and wanted 10
shake hands with him. but he couldn't see It, At one
Of the stations friend Of his got In the cars and they
talking about the negroes On board The