The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-25
Deplorablc Condition of .ho y
Srocs-A Fcnrf,,t Pictt&rs.

Deplorablc Condition Of thc Nc-
Srocs-A Fearful Pict,trs.
The following is an extract from 4
letter from North Carolina to the
New Haven Register:
The Southern country is III an w
ful condition. 1t must be seen to Inc
belieyed-thc corn crop, their princi-
pal article of food. having faded this
season, on account of the drought.
1t is expected starvation must take
place in some sections before next
spring. Corn is now selling for s. 20
per bushcl, and bacon ut twenty-five
cents per pound. God knows the
radicals need not wish the Southern
people to suffer more than they are
suffering. If they were barbarians,
they could not treat them worse than
they wish to.
The negroes have no hesitation in
saying they were better off us slaves
than now. 1t is evident TO Il candid
mind they have never been worked
very hard, from the fact that, since
their freedom, they have rented lands
from their former owners, and have
eaten. during the time they have been
raising their crops, more than they
have raised altogether This does not
leave Il very wide margin for them TO
yet they claim to have worked Il
, cheap" harder than ever before.
They have no conception in managing
for themselves.
! They deserve compassion. They
have been robbed from good homes,
for an idea, to wander like vagabonds
broadcast through the country to
starve. This same gentleman, Dr.
Tate, in conversation, remarked. with
all the warmth OF Il parent, ''What
can we do for our poor negroes? We
/ are unable 10 assist them, having lost
all; and yet we would willingly share
with them rather than have them
suffer, but we have nothing left to
divide-they must starve.
This is really their condition.
When the war closed, the dalkies got
/ it in their heads they could not be
free unless they left their old homcs
under the impression given them
I hv those Abolition demagogucS The
novelty Of freedom has passed-the
reality stareS them in the face. He
has no one to feed, -clothe and give
HIM any little notion he may fancy,
as formerly. They begin to realize
fully their condition, hungry sto-
mach being a faithful monitor; and
! as soon as they need anything. they
put back 20 their old masters, beg
ging for shelter and something to eat
/ They cannot refuse them. so they lay
around their old homes until their
former owners are compelled, for
their own protection. to tell them to
( go away.
1 ANNA DIcH1NsoN.--A correspond
! ent of the Louisville CDu.ie, has been
! to hear Anna Dickinson. in Boston.
He says:
| went to see and hear Anna Dick
/ inson deliver her new lecture, which
she calls The Rejected Stone" but
! WAS unable to discover the relation
which the lecture held to its title.
But ANNA is II Sprightlv little cu>s,
and has voice that would charm the
birds off the bushes For the benefit
vi Your ialf corresponding. Nen-
tuckienne, | will describe her cos
tune in full: Straw-colored silk, with
black lace trimmings around her
neck and down to the waist in front !;
diamond on left hand finger; hair
short and bushy. Taken as II whole,
she was nice and pretty. L don't care
If she did pet Fred. Douglass, she is
pretty, by jingo. She hurled her re-
! jected boulder at the audience as
gracefully rs David slung his little
smooth stone at the giant. She was
severe on President Johnson, COM
pairing him to all the tyrantS OF any
standing in ancient or modern his
tory. She told about Dick Taylor $
making Union men dig their own
( graves, and about Burb Blackburn s
shooting two little Union girls. She
/ brought mp the God-send for the
radicals--the New Orleans riots-also,
the Memphis massacre OF school
/ marms. In short, she lied like the
devil She vindicated Congress, and
pointed ont the only mode OF recon
struction, etc, etc.
TRADE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
NORTH AMERICA. Sir Stafford North
! cote who presided at the T,iyerDOO1