The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-16

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gram save Those loag red lines OF suggestive earh-
works which still glare in the sun. On the southern
roge o. hills behind the town. tho OF Burnside s
disastrous assaults upon stone waltle most formula
bio breastwork in all tho Southland OF Hooker's
and fields taken the place OF the enemy IS
GANGS excepting the key Of the whole position, Maryes
nesa ~ aa national cemetery Is eslao,lshed
| hundred and lorty OF the United States Burial
oorps under captain Green Toe cemetery covers some
neatly enclosed IN white pangs and here the remains
OF fourteen tho sand Union soldiers buried the
graves tastefuy classified, each being marked by
white head and foob.ard, and . green mound in the
shape Of acoiin Ihess dead have been gathered from
Wilderness and Spoltyivanm Court House and BY the
time the cleaners have CLEANED these fields Is believed
wv cewesey viii contain twenty thousand bodies Last
fall hre in the jungle and fallen leaves OF the Wilder
revealed largo number OIL bodies until then undis
covered and SEARCHING parties still finding here and
| shade bleaching In the sun We saw the bones Of
three men just brought 10. They mouidy, but the
teeth in one OF tho skulls still white aud unbrokea
These remains with those OF thousand other
| heroes here al rest are among the 'uDknown"
And yet tins awful graveyard, from its busy workmen
and the signs OF active Ii thus presented IS the most
cheerful feature OF Fredericksburg The town ITSELF
and It's suburbs, although Its wooden factory and two
small cotton factories and iron foundry two have
been lately revived Is still the old hundrum, drowsy,
colonial town Of one hundred years ago. II Mary, the
mother Of Washington, were 10 come from her tomb
some moonlight night 70 examine it, she would proba-
bly, recognize house left standing in the place. and
every house only half destroyed
But even Fredericksburg they having something
OF sensation tho work under way by an English
company on new gold mine broken INTO near
Rappahannock. This region Of hills Is OF the
same gold bearing quartz formation as that OF the
mines OF Georgia, and with modern machinery 1t is
thought all these mines Will pay But the soil Is still
working than quartz al the rate Of SO 10 the TN.
The republicans hcre--as we'll as every else
southare the only political party whloa exhibits any
negro, if he knows nothing else knows where TO lind
the Loyal League. From the apathy and apparent in-
difference OF the opposition the State will most proba
bly, 20 by default with the republicans in the work OF
reorganization unless the spit the MANAGERS at
Richmond snail result In hard shell and soft she'll d.
vision of the party. Senator Wilson mediator, how
ever 1t is believed, will bring o compromise the
basis OF the spos making john Doe the Governor
Richard Roe and John Smith United and
so Patriotism-even radical patriotism--must have
its rewards, like every other profession.
Politics Near the Ridse-Staue Of Sentiment
| Among the Negroes-Thc Prospects of Reg
| charlottesville Blacks Political Eie-
ment. 20 100,
To any accustomed TO the somewhat med@vaI air
Of the old city of Cologne with It's legended cathedrs
aud "reminiscences of Gothic ages its narrow streets
and queer GermanesQue buildings, there is something
very natural and homelike IN the quaint gables OF an
American city like this whence am writing. Having
suffered little by the and presenting no burnt dis
trict-the inevitable consequence OF the tread OF enc
mes-,he Tobacco City Of the Old Dominion has altered
little in appearance from 1850 to 1851 ln tho districts
about here negroes to be yet hardly aware
that they arc free. In fact It was not until
| one year after the surrender Of Leo At
| Appomattox-the land Of Powhatan pipes--that
| the negroes on tho plantations this vicinity
began to understand the true situation Of affairs and
oven now most OF Thorn working under their over
SO rs AZ quietly though nothing unusual had occurred
for the past ten years Thus far there has been utter
absence OF organization In and about this city among
the negroes Not single republican orator Of any note
has visited the country, and there are no political
gatherings among the sables themselves In tho city
or course there sufficient reasons for this The in
tcress OF the town Deng mostly concentrated in several
large tobacco ctores. in which the operatives
employed are negroes the blacks are reduced TO utter
dependence the capital OF the whites for their daily
subsistence and making discretion the better part OF
| valor work ON without any serious regard for the
political questions Of the day, quite aware OF their FREQ
DOM but prcerrng daily bread and bacon TO daily agta
| ton without those requisites.
In Burkeve and the neikhborhood, twenty miles
informed a. 70 the state q affairs and hold frequent
meetngA in which they denounce rebellion and talk
siauaiions OF consca,cn have here we'll in East.
ern Virginia and North Carolina osoome, IN the negro
sna many Of them are looking forward to the time
they shall take the place o. their former masters as pro-
| Is considerable disquietuds and manifest in
clination to turbulence ~ Burkevilie, while the
utilization, and the process OF curdling into
| organizations has hardly commenced Tho master
Is still master except in name, and the former slave
still 0bsequtous the slightest wish OF the white though
Ia theory and nominally free considering the difficulty
with which ideas suppant old ones and the natural
tendency Of 70 follow old currents Of sentiment.
cannot be questioned that the people Of this section
generally accept the order Of things with COM
mendabie aexiblity Of tempsr-thougn some part Of
tnor anxiety 70 comply with and 70 embarrass its
action the workings OF the reg
men 10 no doub. attributable 70 lingering fear Of con.
affa
complied with. The last years experience has taught
them that apahetic indifference Is not the best way 70
reconstruction and unless they take part
themselves upon the terms prescribed they
likely DO reoonstrucod will or nil upon terms less
acceptable. The bitter denunciaticns to which
have been . listener nave been hurled
at the heads Of those political JACKIE lanterns who last
counseeS me people 20 nave no par. IN me renao
date admission OF all persons TO every right guaranteed
by the constitution Men Of this stamp are peppered
| with anahemas without mercy by their former follow
ers and these says tho original secessonst the
South might have been back in the Union six months
year ago. and have had some hand in the moulding Of
their own political destiny. And this consideration,
whether sound otherwise ono OF tie causes which
po SENTIMENT here to be ssr Sood or d
regarded Mostly all notions Of what used TO be
termed honor have been discarded, and the
a matter Of business IN which the best possible bar
gain the goal 70 be attained IL generally accepted
fux Of capital from the North until all difficulties
have been adjusted; and. strange 70 say, this Is the
prfncipal tnlng upon WuiCn
dwes at present They ask simply for infux OF
New York capital and New York enterprise, as IL quite
that with liked habits OF ndolence, the original
population OF Virginia had sufficient motivi,y LETT
begin lilo and mako . success Of It.
In the course OF my conversations with intelligent
blacks and abou, here have heard Little except
their part In regard the apathy which
generally to prevail them, though they sagely OBJ
serve that tho crops promise WELL and IL worm
their while agilate until they made OF their
stock Of winter provisions In this city, certainly owing
70 the fact that the negroes rule utterly depend
| sav In n pOlf ar
cept In the hands Of capital for years hereafter
and would DO matter OF surprise II no efficient %
publican anlzatcn should be effected for the coming
election 50 poweru the influence OF bread and bacon
| upon African sentiment
Tho registration, in accordance with the provisions Of
the Reconstruction law, will pcgn on the oath Of this
month In many parts Of this county especially In tho
neghborhood Of Concord the people TO entertain
most exavagany incorrect ideas OF the operations oil
General Scholelds order and, probably, not half the
qualified voters 10 that section will present themselves
at the registry Office through msapprehenson Of theii
true position under the Law. In this case, OF course
they will be excluded from the polls and The eecos