New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-10

" rough heie there was yer, hostile feeling toward
the negro. Why, once negrp ,oos on ns az, 70
: soon az a white mar In SIGHT fhid primer ~
me: "6nt now curse EN-, they act as independent a.
II they was as good rs whites ~,
The approaching free suffrage In the ID strict OF 'oi
nu,bis l. = subject Of exceeding bitterness The con
scousness that the ballot rs the highest iVeP VI %
freeman and that the ofcesee ker must ask ono, 90
IA gift aud not right and vet 20 rave 20 hsh tn.s %
tlIs despised Pariah class ranked bitterly IN ues
breasts: and often detected, TOO: mo ie1 tna' Wv.
negro might prove himself worthy OF the lfahGnis .
them what woud be the effect Of this example az ~.
capit nj over all the SOUTH never beSfu tDe sl'y u
discussed without lis producing toirei o' oa."s
They dreaded It for another reason 700, 10 mn
poonar at the South who can take TIE test,oa'iI
Every applicant for Office bases ms claim on serN.o
bis State. But the negro viii only give DIS to'e y,
those who stand ny the National ~ Yin in
followers Of that Lincoln Of whose power every nteroi
Virginia has heard much. The day negro irhnehlse
IL admitted into Virgins, loyalty VIII rise 70 premium
the ri m of Brandy Station and about mile dis.
t.nt lies the splendid farm Of John Minor botts NV
acres in extent long narrow two,storltu noo ,n
with pinzzis tor each floor gives ample house-roon.
The farm appears to be heavily wooded on us Westein
side-altbo n,h Mr. Bolts Las sent IN htte oi'i oi
$1,000 for wood cot of By the soldiers on D WHEN snc 1s
are IN g.oo condition. sight In tbs part oi the
St1tc. Mr. Bolts gave siOc,c0 In Confederate MONEY
Tor the place, wnen Coneieiate money pes" ~ ,or
worthless lie ,yld fispd Of mine te1, wren .ne W.
! ended be hoped it woid be worth sloOoOo ~ cur
rency Rat $50 an acre for Geo acres wen Vo'ded us
is, and with good house barn, ehses am ,"c
bo,lli,es Oh it. struck very high. No sncD price
can bs ootinpd in England, out OF sisut Vi 'no
principal cities. -. A.. .o,. ~,
tbat name lies midway between the Rappahannock and
tbe Enpi,an Its three blunt steoples tell where four
wears ngo three churches stood; but one OF them
entirely rnined. not an unbroken pane OF pilss III Ni
snother IA partially aestroye and led with hay. doing
good sery co as a barns the thiTd supplies place on
worship for the village and ma TAR as coui sec l tne
n,y.-for tho hole county had lcss than aOD III
bnpfin,s in lsG0 and Low does not probably possess
han that lumber. The hotel is IN nuns. the Oy PRICK
columns that supported rs roof now !inc IN tne
street Tie Court House itself has become an oyster
sa,oon; not widow OF stair bong ten IN IT, IL was
granted % tho oysernen on condition that he should
keep II from further decay
inquired here and IN other counties concerning the
condition of the comfy records Oi the registers oil
real estae Of wills, &c. and was told thai They nave
beet, G, morally saved, though not always NJ present.
TIE courts of CnlpepIer are bed IN the Clerks oiee
TIE town generally IN good condition ana shower
srns of Improvement. not much IN now houses rs III
OF buildings, fences. &c. The hrm'heuts OF the
county appeared 20 hove been prcsest.J ana Aeie were
fewer solitary ohiuneys 10 tell Of r,telun ana wal.
: Land hight could not be Douglt ~ltih thr'o
miles of Culpcpier under $50 on acre. hesId wei,
TOGO iImer asking Lis neighor tie price 81 wood
lot IL was 500 an acre. The farmer wanted tue
wood frfeneig Tut thought nc cnn!d import cheaper
Than that. III, CuPsfpU OJsutr says that AZ Thorn
ION Wiibers of Fnuater County has Just cold his farm
Of go acres at $50 IL does not sase whether
the farm had any Improvements on IT.
WAS anu. cd at the vGrous mo1cs q! iocom0uOn IN
use 'ers Two or three times ! met ladies on mule
back once or twice seated IN chairs in an wagon.
Once saw negro boy, whose many rags dressed nm
IA toe livery q l@vcrty, ridlng OK b"es. But the
stores seemed 10 be doing good ggiErsdnd The place
had rnoro signs of lite and animation TIA. ans place
! have yet visited ~ Virginia.
Stopping for dinner at the waSery vas Interested
I in the iempIks Of the corpuent II W, publisher
Of Wa 5inetoa evening paper. and who Is the owner
: Of two fsrms one in Cn!peIveI "a ooe " Ss'fa,u.
when told that tie wagss the! were williasb n.
here was between SO and si0J yeT he promptly tod
item that rlat Vas TOO iis thar they lad no right to
cxpec, man to work hard ior tia. price In Mary
land he paid all bis negroes s5 month. aaj was sais'
led tnni good wages The cheapest plan m The ohs
nm il kept the blacks conentc and quiet az well -
Wiling 20 work harder aud It bad the eject 20 double
III the country business throughout MnTlllnd ffm'
ery The planter lougt hIs box OF boots and us negro
cOtLing az wholesale once or sice Hear at Bail.
more and distributed IL among the blacks There was
country trade an"ne them, excerpt what hite they
could earn at The close of hard days work But now
they got their hadO.iaT day PAD them OF the close
tf cyfry month, and they made their own pGrcha-es
Conseq hony tie trade and the profits OF sde ai over
Nn,y iand had a, uhled uthn The year aud lana Was
rsuiily Using. lie said thai Nary would not give
w emancipation on any account, aud Vlrr'nia must
not expect land to Iise 81 IA " 20 % wen Iohe VINE
they were so unwilling 70 pay fair lrice. fpr ~ Hui
ms remarks appeared 10 be lot On hs auditory. 10
iie God agcs the blacks would ~ g. pot tuem Oh
TIE footing Of white men Nor hove found here that
IL did nuv good 10 tell the employer mat bis emllolcs
would be better men and raise better fnre- n they
had hRhr wages never net with any desiIe 10 have
the black 20 be any better Than they are nm fully
convinced ihuf given cpnrfc OF action 20 slevpte
tho black laboT-r wero to be voted upon to-day In
Virginia, 1t would he promptly voted down. There Is
no dt sire tn improve The black mon lhe aninus Of
slavery yet rrnnns ihOGgh ils legal poHer hss 1ed
they aoud s keep the free black ns near ebatleism
giving him voter SAID pianter to meg 81 would
, soon ,et parcel Of MONKEYS voieP
The gioes ihat met to-day were light active fel.
lows wiling, they said, To Work. Or they could Only be
! sure of Their wages. Some OF them h,d carried on
parts OF the plantation on shaTesi others Ind had an
interest ~ the crop, and tfOce Inter had made from
<A0 10 600 year each. The negroes Ia the towns
get from IS cents - 81 os o"y. the latter price only
maid for lied labor. When they labor by tho year
they get board for their families, ana clothing aud
toard for themselves All through TINS district
there Is hatred contempt for tie Uniois. The lat
ter those ideas OF state supremacy that
made 10y lily TO the State Anonymous with treason TO
| the country.
Leayiag Culpepper. soon arrived at the Rapidan
whcie tie river apparently some Axy feet wide and
every here fordgbe winds slowly along, lis banks
frDgcd with trees Orange (Ourt-H House came IN
seht 1t is smaller thnn culpepper and ABOUT us well
preserved, but shows modern tendencies In having
grouped raf dozen new stores round the cepot while
those ON the Main street Of tho are all deserted
llerc sigrs Of enterprise here, everything
going to decay Twas amused nj reading on the
door OF she depot which. for lack II newspaper APP
seared 10 be the advertising medium Of tho village the
wilsn advertisement of the leading grocer u tao little
place that he had jest reetvc barrel ~ good norr
, which he had opened and vas selling a retail.
GOroDsyille the Belt toyn Of aBy importance, 10 In
terestng marking the outhein boundary Of !aId ~
which our armies could go 10 Shginis. We were
able to reach that snng little village aud there
Secession ruled ~ tho hs The railroad here divides.
one branch running 10 Richmond. tho other 10 Lynch
bug. These Virginia railroads have two characeris
tics; high pr.ccs and high grades. From Washington
to KobBC1 nd the fare II o., by tho of Frederick
burg tho dIsiaIoe is 40 miles aud hall cents
! a mIe. Even the Camden and Amboy MONOPOLY does
not lain 70 tbe dignity Of that fate. And the grades
Of these roads would bs amuing not one 80 often
stopped for lack Uf steam when ascending Of the
valleys into which they have dipped. Most acconmo
dating railroads they are. On approaching hill they