, 1866-05-13

i hss I Eot the power, md vii keep H." II
in1d n the si1 msas,ime Whtskey becomes ling
With gone A passenger, mort joyful than
he can contaiu, breaks out In shouts, In which 7
Al Hutrah fof ths soalstn ;st1 :. co1fedsrssy y
more fe1vent than coherent: Or comes roud
nnd offers rs nll drink OF bis "gcod Nls-
1t Grenada and midnight We strike the
MissisEppi Central Railroad. on whlo
good Isleeping .car hsfogs ID to Canton BY
Hero ve nrr nmoug thc ruins OF the ysr.
Walls and foundations q buildings, and tho
wrecks, It ts said, Of f1fty.nine locomotives
are about the station.
Here We take the New Orleans, Jacksn i:
Great Northern Railroad. which Is peelded'
over Py y!s Gsn; .:1f E. T MIsa Rssa5eS willis pou
!. inc morptng and the country are beauiful. |
Green flelds bo1dcrrd With roses, grey btsd-
led forest trees, and cotton fields full Of lbor.
'ers. / counted fourteen plons In ono nal
At nine VIC reach Jackson, q city f1 OF |
ruins. The capitol, portion OF the buness |
part Of the town, and the larger portio Of |
'tentlary, Court House, several bus3eas |
blecks, hnd some mansions aud hotels ave
met the fate of WAr. The rebuilding thu far
is of hasty character, brt In time, Jac3on,
with It's beauty Of position aud natura ad-
vantsgcs, and with the new gigor Eiyn By
the Northern immigration which Is gathering
nrouud 1t, unst be beautiful city. We qeet
here regular soldiers IN place Of negro tpops
"a change which was much desired b: tie
people. but In practice they seem to vishthey
could hsyc again the respectful datifnluss Of
colored soldiers. :, j
Herr, too, is the negro school; Tie Ohio
yearly meeting Of friends occupJlus, the
ground.
: FROM JACKSON TO V1cKsnuRG.
Atnoon re take the cars aealn nud;ride
through desolatlon, waste fields without
house or fence, relieved by lnxuztaut frcst.
The 1ailroad bridge over the Big Black liver
is not get rebuilt, and we cross In nmtalan-
ccs over . pontoon bridge j
At Vicksburg IN the evening we sect the
"FrentEs House," and refresh stonachs
which have suffered somewhat BIZ livIugupon
veteran landlord, Gen. McAIakln, who Il sill,
as Of old. himseU great part Of the !sftet.
ta1nmeut. He says that be found u old
times that Mississippi legislators conl1 not
read bill OF fare, snd 50 hn stands it bis
hoard with white apron covering bis lmplc
| front, and calls out his various yinnds, With
the full power Of manly chest.
In the morning We climb the steel city.
The streets aud roads arc cut through thl hills,
| leaving high hunks which arc hoIeY-cmbed
with 'cayes," underground paseaecs and
arcrtnses, tn which the people used . take
re;rge in the days Of bom6ardnent; :assing;
fertilization constructed By the unttel Ststes
troops during their occupation Of thl pkce.
This line is close to the city and u aboatt two
and half miles IN extent. Consitesably
farther out Is the line Of rebel works, consls'
ting Of redoubts on the hills connedeI by
embaukments and trenches. Here ard thert
OF the road ne come upon fragments o
shells mud other memorials Of the conflict
| We may find some amusement, too, Il watch
ing those great plantation wagons witch ar,
working their way into the county ,.eael
with fonr horses OF mules with a negro bo,
on the rear wheei-horse, Through tie com
mon sand OF mud It Is moving drowsness, O
which the focus Is the black driver, With III
heavy flexible whip wound round hii shoul
dtrs. But they come to the foot Il one O
these sharp pitches, and you see the pave
that slumbers In Ethfopo. Suddenly the TO-
is alivs 70 tbe end Of his whip lash, a1d +
muscle OF all bis team, and the load goes uI
VIC 70 on thinking that there may be lshi
uIng after nil In heavy black cloud.
But now We nre past the rebel works, ~
here on the slope OF the hill stands u Ea1bl
monument occupying the place Of the fanot
tree Of the surrender. It Is an obelisk, ~
mounted BY globe and bears the Inscription
Of tbe
Interview Betwcrn
4 Alaio9 General Grant,
U.S.A,
And Lieut., General Pembestou,
July 4th. 1861.
3 the monument has been cruelty mutllate
and the corners all broken OF, either by reb
| spite or by the miserable vandalism ot rel
hunters.
4 As We return to the city aad gain I.
height on which 1t stands, We look across Il
river upon the long low peninsula rou1
which the river flows, which the famous c
nal was to have cut OF; but tue ticer st
6ows By Flcksburg, three hundred feet dee
they say. There On the point, half under "
ter, Ia the Village Of DeSoto, named for Il
! great adrcnturer, who cnme where VIC al
, saw the Mississippi, and died.
From Rev. J. Warren, D. D., sup.rinten
ent OF Freedmen's Schools for the State
Mississippi. beside many other iavoss,. 9
: State:
!. Nc. Of fteachc1s.. .....-..
No, Of pupils cafolca-. a-.......-...-.......--...5
= Points occupied. .-.......:............,.- -....
Organizations represented.
In vlcksbnrg itself, Of 600 blacks, Gs7 {
J. IN school. The term black, hero as ere'
d where, must be used with large latitude offs
q ALLEGATION. A considerable proportion
7 these children might pass lor white. lo
= reports which make the distinction, p69 {
i classed "a black and l,71s a. Of mi1ed blos
Leaving V1ckAhnrz on tho evening OF
10Th, We pass aristocratlc Natchez on the 70
Y the "wl1tc clIts j" OF PORT Hudson and ,
y fine city Of Baton Rouge on the alst.
conversation upon public atlhirs hear
t braYado or high words, but ind q temper
T. Rights Bill. Tho decisIon and strength m
T. Tested in the passage of the bill. togetl
70 with the manifest Justice Of Its principle,
u evidently producing great moral ad
= throughout the South. ..,,
:, On the morning Of the ed We arn in n
l. mer. The gardens and courts are full
al roses, magnolias and palm and oraugu trt
q, The etreet cars run mile afler mile under 4
., uues OF magnificent shade, and ripe bla
u terfie1 arc upon tho table
d, or many thinga which ar I'D In New
>, leans nc need not speak. Among th
g which mark the new era, none Is more ct
x nctcristic than the ncW Congregalo
T. Church, an enterprise for which the way
n prepared few months since By Rev. Ar. 4
of Chicago, and which ha2 now been 5te
oh ized and put at once upon self-sussAin
re basis, under the temporary charye Of !
or ". T. Eustis, of New Haven. The Cou.e,
er- tional Union have purchased the house Of
y former Second Presbyterian Church, md =
a. this as their patrimuy, the new society b
n TO maintain In New Orleans . thorough X
Ias church and . religious house for the SOL
MS the p1l1tans
In the erening, heard at DR.. Palm
ed Church. discourse from member Of
ed General Conference Of tho Methodist Chr
10 South, which tas been for some weeks In
ID, sIon here This body Is based upon antip:
We to the North, and has shown that Its b.
>" still stronE one. Yet In some .partict
20 they showed the progress Of Ideas.
ost especially Significant fact Was the psssa|
Ar; resolutions strongly urging the edueatie
nd 4ha rn1nre6 rpan1e In EaV schools ne VIC
!llr Id sabbath Schools. Under such action
lier may lie much Jealousy Of Northern tntlnt
G." rs welt as honest desire for the eleya&t,
900 the freedmen, but 1t must b. recognized
nost important expression, aud one y
e. must have great Influence toward eife
mr. It's object.
ing The Ftecdmcn's schools OF Louis
especially Of New Orleans, have been 4,
pA:: through tho land aB models Of their
Sso So They were the first established, and |
~ the auspices OF General Banks were orsa!
130 With most complete systems, and have
800 however, IN a peculiar crisis. By order
~, Prekident johnson, the taxes by which
have been supported hare been stopped
t4e t1 the buildings In which they have been
are being rapidly restored to former pr
lo loe, tors. The Freedmcn'a Bureau have I
"a son1ces for the support Of schools, 81,
shas Ja educational department Is very deep
saes = Is debt. The benevolent organizations
Z !an ~ are doing 20 much in other places, hav
t.aa this to the hitherto ample support q
PHI, Bureau, 60 that now there are no mes
n,Sn enar the support Of the schools, except II
4es1 for tuition. New Orleans Is In many rc
lem- w 4oss T,'llr. g. ycss rrr}naicr hers =
{ cx- f.e, ,a.,.1o thar ern rncrr iotr}I
long I'LL eHt,e iv hIre hatta- on.,nrtunlf,es far
ocia- sass .h..n,,,s* ~ ~ she sdrsntarrs ~
Ok ~ 49, .,-a a.. ,n.,l. 81 ,nrrh
for aou. tuus g;1' IN .oan ~ nr.ctica11e +
stain ei .esi snd nther arhnn1s fnr h;rher ednr
.rary ua. t.r.hia ~" +hr1n ~ snnnlv theft oyn fes
lee ~ - - aar-r IN ! Iarre sxstrrn or ,
IaN,} aou sn ~ ;" 49, ~; ;wodaratr crncnse.
said aen a. e:rscs,1t1 in the French and
dol 1t nast;n, 6f ,Ia civ a iarre amo
II the uIS ~, s Woxstr,.fc., at four miilfnns
= are EsFs1.:.a raoyIe m ali this thee an
their | - M t11 49, Fo~f r. White eehools. Ar