, 1866-06-18

AeeF s0tA nlu. Ut Put sue PllsneAo III tnc
wrong track. II niger said be saw Yam
kee p1,tnp me road 4 w,s alvavasare N take
tba o,hnr ,rho,, ,hs.s 80 h,,t ,xo NJ t,,a1,
LIZ olnc4, "nen '1e'o "ets ous ."oo. 'aer4'
aoS mauy IeaueIs o. ne 1AlboNk, wy
N-uAy owe taelr nses 70 Inesc poor co!ofco p
peoWe, feeoen1ze IN thls trac p'etalffsH;I p.lfs; ana
noN many OF toem gre To-Day WHINE 70
LEE tot Hnoe1 toetcies ol Inc s"oln ene"1es u
oo.4 .,,.,ao
II nao nos oecn LOT tne nlEgess, uone
= ~ kneu collu eseE Aase sot 4"a5r LILY 1n'
o1mnnt Aouea. -.
~ ~ % wele no@ aa IL als ,.h no"s, oaI he sonio
not aAu" 0e ~ par MIL LII wAtous ~
ding: = Wish ai1 Tue - Yankees had
F.i., n,4ar e et,se ), SoH4" HAZE "Aa 'eis A." w
"snt su'et tnas'
4 hEaho's STORY. ....,
About Tour miles further on, was accosted
by negro man, apparently forty-aVe years
Of aye, with.
"Got q chaw tobaccer. boss?"
don't use The weed, sir. said !.
the Word, and naturally asked: "Be'tnt you
Yankee, boss:
told him Was.
tot 60, Jou said aah, to ntsEer de
people here don.t 90 daI-
kne~ now bad hts confidence, and I'M
proved The occasion; DO you know OF any
iank.e prisoners who ran away from AndeF-
sony!ile, and came through aere $3.50
les, san l.ts Of 'em ai9 good many
got catchcd, and some died OF starva1tont
3at une *asn't de nisgcss laul dey did a!
dey could ior en- and many nlg5Eer Eot
whipped ior It hut next lime dey would DO
de sa1ne uDg; den some got shut here by de
rebel cavalry dat Was ioilerln dem: Wen dry
got y sight % DC poor 1ellefs dey.d shoot
gers didn't e odFied dem dey'd laid dar and
rotted. We goes now to d. graves aud keeps
'cm nice but We don't let de white folks
know which Of us does 1t. or dey'd persecute
ue:"
lie then went on TO describe hoVthe fu-
gitives would come to their cabins, and lay
secreted during the DAY, or how they would
lfe ont iu the woods, unknown to the whites,
while tne colored people secretly fed them :;
how sick and euiaciatcd they we're; and how
cruel were the rcbct prisoners 10 them, when
they Didn't Kill them outright, and took them
back was IN hopes OF learning the names
ol some Of the unfortunate dead, but Was
unuble to do 50. The negroes could not read
any papers touEd On them, and the poor VIC
titns 70 rebel crualty Will Lie forerer unknown,
though not unhonored.
had other conversations with the blacks
about tile prisoners, but their statements did
not materially differ from that already given,
and need not be REPEATED here but let no
GDe eyer fear that the granting Of the negro
every right to which humanity is entitled, will
ee too great boon ior his services In the
late bloody contest.
MERRlwETuER COUNTY.
reached the bank OF Flint Rirer, opposfte
the little town of Woodbury., an hour before
sundowD, and crossed the river on q dilapt-
dated flat, dignided By the title OF 4.ferfy-
boat,r and Was soon riding up the solitary
street. In the little out-ot-the-waY place Of q
dozen or more houses. N the ahantiea an,
iacctiously called-for there are but two that
would be called "hpuses'' IN the North.
did not stop in the town I had no business
there, and doubt If any one else ever nad.
or eyer will have.
the richest and most populous in Georrla,
It Is magnificent cotton region, but the
seed here, ~ elsewhere. was b.d; and the
ground vas 50 hat that halt The land was
ovcf1oWed with water, I stared ali niohf
four miles from Woodbury., aud the rain
pupr ed down incessantly from eight o,ciock
IL the evening till seven the next morning, 50
that, during the next day, made but ititlo
progress, not going more than rwenty miles.
AN oAEes II THE DEsERr.
During this days Hide l had conversations
With number Of pezspus. all OF whom. with
one exceptio1-and they Represented both
Rich and poos-were most bitter rebels. They
Ind to submit, they said, but it will not a.
ways be so. They seemed to Imagine that
the Fcnian movement might em5mif this
country In war, or might ret Into troubie
with Mexico; aud in either event thew would
raise another rebellion. and then thev conld
ret their Independence; il not, the same thIug
could be accomplished by diplomacy throurf
sclt to Tie resi- Ir11th. The idea of snn,han,
Independence Is today as warmly cherished
and as firmly determined upon as when Sumo
ter was fired on.
But found ore Gases In this desert: amfd
true to his cointrr. He was wealthy nients
er before the waf, and has q wide domain % Of
fertile lands ros7.
first not only "a = that we would be Yhin-
ped and lose our slaves, but 1 believed tbe
hole thing WRONG mud wicked. Il il true' T
had to 70 with tie country. and eontrihnfe
10 The support Of the eick and Wounded TIM.
tedcrates. and / served kix months in tho
army, but I only did it because coull not
we'll do otherwise knew / Was doing wrnnr
but could NOT helm myself.,, o'
This be said, not even suspcctinp I VA, a
Northern man.
II regret the losing nf the s,sres. &hav
we're better or AZ tbe2 Eenr thn1rh 80
they will do well ~ they are, Thev anncs1
to be working wall. and If fhev AZ 1tps"T tpea
shall moi reprct ,haf thsr taxs ~ o9, .ha, tnsn
dom. The rext two or thrre tnnnths hnI
ever. viii try thrm. II thav sfict ~. .t,"-
out. I shall fear M frnrhle and r. bo-,s iJha.
vii st1cl. Tbe Weatheris rerv ~ d,acn,i.st pn ICY
FIR i]nn't tnorr boT ~. ,;m - NY,
them and r. ther ao,,t r.t 4bs, a"s ~ paY
Wont warI neTt .sr uont ~ en sHt tnef pay, they
..Are xnv of III rror. mn T., s,,r
asked, e"' =" VI 9s'a' -
.tT<s a c,od ,,.1-, .,,-
thnn workiur IN wnass ass nts IL. oeItss
more like rrai freemsn bnt 4ha ssn,,sa lieu r9Gk
.rons viii iijaconrane the1, !, JUS '"An'e ~ LUG
sWhat is youF opinfon abont tbr crona s,,
,ext INQUIRED. 4 ''o1' LIE sfo'S
ssWell # The scason shon1a ..ra . t.rox
ole turn soon. We shall have m enornnns @ 5H, eron
II corn hui eottan vii n ~ ts-sst asp crop
No fnI1nre. RI. aaad L. hod eIan, s.tfsaaS'
,oweycr. If that had not 1,eec tha cssa .s"avu;
be NEGROES hold an A. fh.r wcre 1o;,S thsra Hun
gould have been 5000 0O0 Of h,ies -siissa IN
d as very 1arsa crnn Hnyndraas nod " af .sas sa
re blowing M cation f;rIds and ~ n1pn,Int- 1pvpT
ON bnt there mnst ha hatf,er Au~ ,ra.ehar tang
.ren that viii t,Ii ), "e''-n4' ~
This man much reeret.ed thr 1o.s or n.
,ec1oes. snti have M i,nrht 1,oneatiS dn,ht T.. ~
d If trredom won1d be nj adrantacr n tbcm.
,ut be had deter1nJnei r. he ronx;nnaa ~ Il H.
scts wcrn othrrwise He H. wns ~ ~ ~, = tenir Luz
riotic man. and be was he nn,r Witt Sanib. r.
rrrr nf shsf c1a.s saw hs.,p ~! s1 lug o91tu,
ui Jnrksnnx;iie f41ah a ho.-,tit.,I nIon r' soa'
ion. frulv. to haTr no,t,irai "nn4.n, IA
;outh. ana form reasonable ,e~nr.s viii ~ th so
)em mocsatfc purty Of the Nor.h No "''u LIE
E. X TnrnsI~
was weather bound ti,rre 5avs al Grant.
Tile Station, on the railroad iea5ioo fro,n
Atlauta to Monteomerr. # rainad s,mos4
and fee1InS r1oonv mrsaIi
With few persons on anv s,,b.
ect. ate, slept. and read ronr NJ * ia
Curiosity Shop''-a work which ia e}wnva
o me, though / haye perused It hair in1en
INES. found II on tte mantle of nv rooyn
nd nmid the genera1 rloonn re.d h fso1'
tile page to dnts, seldom went mt. ercent
O ri a dailv nsner. hnt ssT res s,,e1nflt
q country a tayer1}. - had f1ennent opt,ng,
unI1jes 10 hear cnnversat;ona hafTaar ~
A'~- stoA7 AGk"ECA W.