The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-06
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tbe Way-GOvernor jenkins and his Views
Of the Crops and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS state
Agents Statements Touching the DestiIs-
tfon 81 tseOrsia-Iptcrestiux Facts-The Coll
cred schools eG .aIilledGevil "A visit 10 One
Of TheBn-The Exercises- Enthusiasm Of the
Blacks for book knowIcdGe-An Explana-
tion-Ten Millions Of Dollars n Year Ex-
pended On these Schools, Ac.
hiiikDcEvILLE, Ga, May 81, 1867.
In the train from Macon to Milledgevne we had only
few scattering passengers In fact from Louisville or
Richmond southwark the passenger traffic now is very
slim. The producers and planters attending TO their
crops and il not the for merchants TO be NOV
ing travellers are in demand IN all the Ave Southern
military districts For example, your commissioner
halted at q ne hamlet the other day rejoicing IN two
hotels. The drummer from the put in Hero yer
are, Right over from the depot Concert going or
now, and you walk right in. Some good singers
The drummer from the other then presented his
card 'New house over there, sir. Widow lady burnt
out and driven of by the war; Six daughters. Nice
people, sirn The traveller expounded THE concert
is good but the widows prevails and the travel
lers fee shall be the widows mite. And the drum
mer's statement proved to be true.
Prom Maoon three one armed soldiers Of the late
federacy, and one with one les, we're among our COM
pany. They passed the time Griswoldvlle lighting
their battles again, and there where the right
wing OF Sherman, descending TO the sea, touched
extensive cotton gin factory and left it in ruins
rebels grew eloquent the good fight made at
this point by the Georgia militia "boy in blue''
smiling In his corner. but said nothing. The country
for miles and miles in this region mixture OF thick
ungles, pine forests, sluggishand poisonous looking
and swamps interarded with cotton and corn
fields and effort wayside inn at every railway
station. At these stations negro women, with baskets
Of ndsscrbable looking pies and cakes and with pums
and green apples solicit the passengers to please, buy
some sir 2"
Mlilsdgevc, on the oconee is a neat quiet. sleepy
little place, OF some twenty Ave hundred inhabitants
Az We approached the town several men in
rpenins field Of barley cutng y up for forage for their
tiona horse now add then, We have not seen horse,
mule cow whose RIBS might not be counted in the
ali short rations In the ruins Of the railway depot
arsenal and armory, hilledgeve. bears its marks Of
burnt white woman, sitting al her door, smoking her
pipe "that all the fedcrals in the world was driving
,"cn, Asrcan Sherman. br sr,os coms down
dat was not gw,ne TO be drew 10 de cotton
neld At Ave O'Clock in de morrng to stay dere ,il
told me 70, and saw dey had de power"
called with lester upon Governor Jenkins at the
Executive Manson-a large substantial structure stuc
Good and with stately porco. like the old Custs
SION on Arlington Heighta The Governor was frank
az hg .rs S
First with regard 70 the destitute condition Of the peope
of Georgia. he says that although in the supplies given
BY the government and the generous donations OF the
North people have beeh saved 70 great from
permanent remedy till We raise food enough support
ourselves We have been planting too much cotton this
cotton infasuaton. They would wisely now in
blowing up their cotton IN many cases. and IN putting
n e swns h.n n Il.
shall suffer for this cotton folly We shall not have
sSS s ns
10 buy, asWe are al now buying a. rsipous prices
Next with regard 70 recsnslrso;ion wAiis fssesasE
nor i sos Sslsssr i uaiyss a. thinks
that the movomen, Of John Bright in England, With
ruinous faaov, and that II carried out IL win probably
BE- the downfall Of the British empire rntengenoe Is
IL What, then, have to fear from This
ignorant end ,credulous African among
when cunning and reckless political demagogues begin
play with tbem nc children clay with fret The white
race Of Georgia are " cultivate relations OF nar
both races intermngled in the same community, and
they both understand IT at present But, sir, in my
come may prove thai my apprehensons -oundless
] can only cav that al history justices them. The
Governor suffering from lameuess resulting from
fall in washing,on which confines him 10 his house;
but be IS actively aboring in behalf OF harmony between
whites and blacks, and between the civil and military
authorities In the work o. reconstrucen: aud through
the State degree OF harmony prevails among them
all which is very encouraging In truth the whole pcc-
pie much absorbed In the struggle for existence
T. be lroubled with politics.
From. cali upon Colonel Peterson Tiwealt, State
INstributory Agent az Northern Contributions 10 the
pesuse OF Georgia we gained some interesting lnfor-
10 uIion. H,s mchcd OF distribution is through he in
fen courts Of the sever&l counties and Is IN the
foilVslng form
To sheS1nssiees q ,hs InIssser Sesr. q = County
YORK havins sIpped 10 this bushels % ern e
s s "a s s Of .oCns L. g ss
Goynnsr lsakias; said corn 20 be distributed such
without Isspssso race q 0so;on have mis- Gay .sg
corn MARRIED consigned Justice. nfe
rior Court Of - county.
Therefore dssrsais It may De needed 20 al
Sss'e VII MAKE Ss,S :. g Their nss 70
labor % pseh.s bread and n esss any eoorsd person
. become benesary the matter te submitted 70 shs
aeept Of the Preedaen Bureau whose decision shah be
maj EFF fTfE ssoS ,fR1gArr state piss,ou,iDs Agent
He thinks that the absolutely destitute people or
GeorgiA, who have niass and can do nothing Or who
get nothing 70 d. VII number bard upon 100 600,
and 10 the propostisn-ssy Of 10000 whites 70
90 600 blacks Tue e1ceU OF the whites is made up OF
the widows and oYphs q soldiers siam 10 the OF
the Southern Confederscy large proportion Of whom
are subssted las from the Frsednsas Bureau
This dcssution says Ceionei Thwsa extends ell over
the stafa in every county for all our local sup
pies Throughout the state have been consumed We
prs an ,mroSssshed Fsmsrs and planters Who last
year had something 70 give are nov buying or borrow
Ing at ruinors prices aud u WI be two or three weeks
yet before the Won; over Then We do hops ioi better
We n.xt dropped In at onsot Che colored schools OF
this little State capital In all there Ave six OF
these schools including forenoon afternoon night and
Sunday schools, numbering altoaeiher four hundred
scholars, from old and womsn down TO children OF
Eve or six years These schools ender the OF
four white female teachers, sent eli BY the Southern
Missionary sociey OF John street, New York-HiS
Wells OF Michigan: Miss Bowen, Of Ohio Miss Sands
and Mss Hill. o. Maine. they arepad monthly salary
by toe society and furnished With house 70 live In
and with supplies bv the blacks themselves, who have
trustees and other officers necessary for the coec
ton Of the requr red contributions At the school
visited about one hundred and fiy scholars
~ kxftaC nd n All Etz. and &NaAg az
color from the undiiued African black INK the
paIe-fsced and bpe-eycd octoroon Their
under the The system Of the Northern schools in spell
ling defining, reading &c and many OF their reh sasas
were given musical chorus For example the
whole school, IN repeating the multiplication liable
would Of the numbers through to twelve and
then 10 ths tune Of Yankee Doodle bring in toe chorus
Of
Five times Eve Is TWENTY-FIVE,
Aud ave times thirty.
flye times thirty.hve,
And Eve times eight IL forty,
A. ll.alar