New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-24

works and shattered trees all tell SD story OF mad
snliton ard h,lish purpose. sheridan de-iroyed ~
bridges and tore 10 A. miles Of track. white Grant
along tbs sGne route pursued ADD oap'u'ea 'He
l. Q. ,
The land ia indicating. well wooded and wstered
and AZ tie statous who're ION ped of tie soil to1il
TO b. rich and capable Of being highly cultivated.
Flowing Lsd about ended and ermcrs were busy pun
ting ia crops ve-y many large folds IN process
81 cultivation but IN none did L see more than i've
hands AZ work. and by Inquiries made | learned ma.
the plan Of working immense tracts with hundreds OF
bands was an exploded theory IL never LAD Oeeu.
and never could be- Iroitably carried out A Le~ era
has cf1tsiyly dawred upon the South Large estates
are beiug divided INTO suil farms and a. Opportunity
afforded each Of making for himself coini'Ttaoe
. home Almost every one told me the negro was hay,
and corla not De worked but noticed few Glns about
the delOs whereas AZ each station score q whites
could readily BE- counted Longing % tue pitio'm
We bad but three passenger cara ladies' -ehl4e'
mems ana q negro clrrisgC-tvo fTeightc0Fs, ohe Ia
the service Of express companies ana Tie Otlc Tor
sarers' b,ccore Neither OF these one third filled
II my vhole days travel passed but ore freigatIain
and that Of only nine Money u scarce az treit
the South Of course: business exceedingly dui 0ri ~
tie freight comparatively. aud southern cfedi lai De-
/ low tie quotations o. yo-e.
/ sTAGyATIoS OF TRADE.
At the Darvile depot | net four dlrmuers two rom
NewYors. representing fancy goods and IL. nov
one from Philadelphia dry goods man. md tie ionitu
from Baltimore. from conrisson people seekiIe con
signme1fs They had been into North Carolina ana
two OF them farther Sorth and WIN ne exception :"
the liquor nou l0d failed tT secure orders enough "a
axe the outiaT u very much less tne
expense of hotels aud rcdcnal necessies be liquor
drummer informed shat dsieTs South had secure
aiout all tie corn IT. the country and that among TIE
poorer classes considerable suffering eused OWING u
the al sence Of this staple article ara he c'ed 70 nc
several instances wsere the Freedmen buIean ate''
lad been compelled 20 issue reons to the poor hte'
70 keep them from starving. What they would GO IOi
seed be could not conjecture
Their belief in the loyalty o. toe South was not en
| thu,ias;c, bot the BL.m0rean remarked that VI
| there we're few good kad!Dg s'anch Union men ii
North Carolina. 20 mold the sentiments o. TIE ihh',Se
he thought the Old North State could be trusted Ih
triumph OF the Union of Newbern by maJofity o
IS had usl red confidence in this element thFousaou
the state.
! Greer sborongh !, a struggling little village OF abon
? 90 inhabitants Il has an old. dilapdsted building
called Court.Houso three four churches. and about
eight stores q general goods Two railroads me- g
,ch other here and the chief bus mess feature Il
! freighting. There axe no manufactures nor nils
lis perhaps the most loyal district IN the south th'
officers chosen at Ihc election last Fall being fair Unor
men. There are no troops within 30 miles Of Til
place anu the ffeedmon's Bureau agent has little OF
/ nothing TO do the people hlrmonsllg win tue ne"
4 order Of things remarkably well. Here Gen. Green
during the Revolution fought the battle Of the Co"
Pens and here, also Gen Sherman penned Toe Johns
ton, aud thus ended tho Rebellion. The former nci
dent was goyiuely pictured to me by store.Eceper
but Of the latter he merely nquredu had visited h
room where The surrender took place. colored schoo
Is IN operation Of 200 scholars Of the pupils hay
ing advanced 10 the grammar class OF studies IA'
smallpox. which has appeared all over the South. u
pr0pOrtonaly disappearing here elsewhere. not
death has occurred In three weeks and there are nov
but eight cases Of YarOiOG. confined entirely 10 ne
groes SIX Lundged and seventy have been YaeinGted
SIS reported as successful.
IT. one or two OF the counties adjoining tho Bureau
agents have considerable difficulty IN adjusting tn
claims for OF wages. While IN this county eigh
and ten dollars month is readily paid these factiou
people demur at giving five. Az the officers havr
no troops ther troubles in satisfactorily arranging thu
differences many, Gen. Ruger, IN command
of the Department has very indiscreety issued or
order prohibiting the FreeGmen's Bureau agents from
calling ca the local police for assistance in carrying
any regulation; that without tie assistance OF eithe
military or civil authorities the DEGREES OF Bureau
officers are often openly dehed learn that in Ralogl
on the 22d large Ueetng Of the citizens was held II
the City Hall where Washingtons iarewelsaddfess an'
President JohnsOn's recent veto message were read
and when the crowd dispersed a large Union lae wa
found TO have been stretched the sidewalk IN fron
OF the Hall OF that audience Of 600 persons. but 2
went under the flag. the rest avoiding. what publl
sentiment there terms disgrace. BY huggns the build
| ing and passing beyond. NJ u,