The New York herald., 1867-05-26
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY MAY 2e 1se7-TRlPLE SHEET

tunnel "for I've crossed them suder st0nswai
and Early my times At least" We we're INTO
tho tunnel as he spoke. and his deep bass
voice was drowned In the deafenng ciatter When We
emerged found, after few readily answered inquiries
that his name was Captain Perry formerly Of onewaii
Jacksons brigade. As We progressed or our journey
he ratified away with narrative OF his part in the
great rebel chiefains campaigns and though ne oien
''darned" the Blue Ridge Mountains, he still looked
with an interested and at times delighted eye up a. 'ne
lofty peaks and ridges where hasty bvouac was oiten
held in the stirring days Of the confederacy
''Wel, Captain, how do you feel on the turn Things
have takenq'
Cant say feel rejoiced, but I'm satisfied accept
the conqueror's terms, not do against their
gran II were, conscious Of being still unwhlpped
but with hearty resignation to the change which can
help and with determination TO work harder 70
restore than ever did to destroy the Union"
"How do you ind the coored people working in your
section (Rockbridge countyr"
Every well indeed l have travelled through
Louisa, Orange, Albemarle, Nelson, Augusta and half
dozen other counties and one thing has struck me
chiefy-the wonderful good sense Of the negroes in
quietly adapting themselves to the new order Of things
working almost everywhere steadily as any other
laborers and educating themselves for citizenship
wonderful, really, in the niggers.n
"This good sense you hardly anticipated would
accompany their emancipation
ssAnticpated never. To be candid with you, did
not believe IN tho possibility Of what now see and
Pm darned II believe white kept In bondage
long negroes were, and thus suddenly thrown
on their own resources would done half a. well.
No. sir; many more Of em would beg, steal and loaf
than you'll find OF the niggers."
Have you any black men in your employment ~
.Three families, sir; We all work together as peace.
ably as can be. They have comfortable quarters OF
their ewn hive Igive them one-thrd Of the pro-
ducts Of my farm for their labor. They make clothing
for the most part out OF wool furnish tnem ana nave
little patches Of potatoes and vegetables for domestic
wants.
sMoney is scarce presumesn
'None at all hardly In our section; we live BY bar
tern
Remarking to him the small number OF passengers in
Our people don't travel for pleasure now before the
many time went one hundred miles to picnic,
camp meeting or circus and twice the distance 70 pass
an evening with friend We lavished money then,
sir 1t s only the most pressing business neces-
sity that takes travelling the cars We are CON-
afford to buy newspapers The NEW YoRk HERALD, the
only Northern daily paper that comes to Cedar Grove
price ten cents, is more than can afford On our
people very poor r this said with sad and
conviction of the fact Like thousands OF others
this wealthy captain is now driven TO the dstaste
fu necessity Of practising the most petty and rigid
economy 10 order to make both ends meet 1t is the
all the State There is visible squaor and
semistarvaton but an absence OF capital OF trade OF
painfully evident The captain had doubt 70 what
way the negroes intend TO vote.
'the radicals have done heap OF work talking TO 'em
organizing and forming what they call BLACK mans
party; but though the niger may cheer the speeches
join the societies and appear to estranse himself alto
gether from political afation with his white neghbor,
when the day for voting comes just see he don't 60
.That's conservative you mean Captain ~
eyes, conservative there is no other party among
The war made US all one but a few miserable mean
souied whites and there trying produce
sension midst Now am not the least intoerant
of free speech but Il all these incendares whether
radical who obstructng efforts
get back in the Union we're hanging in row shouldn't
shed tear.
..waynesOoro," shouted the conductor, and the Cap
From frequent interviews indiscrim,nately had with
people OF all classes in this community find earnest
desire prevailing be restored the Union They
tribute their present poverty and disheartenmen the
political status they occupy. and pant
Of living waters. This town, the capital Of Augusta
county, shares the distressing features Of feebe
trade and little money so OF almost every
Tho banking capital OF this town. which before the
war over one Million Is now scarce two hundred
thousand dollars totally inadequate to the innu
merable and pressing Of farmers others The
result Is deadlock in many branches OF husbandry,
and farmers despairing Of dong any better are selling
county Is embraced in that great limestone belt, 90
famous for its SOIL which extends through part OF Penn
sylvania to Orange and Goshen, in New York state.
The climate being much mldcr here, enabling the
farmer to work upon his land eleven months Of the
year, presents very superior attractions 70 agncul-
tursts at the North possessed Of capital As hngs arc
lands neglected and farm houses going TO decay.
The State Lunatic Asylum here never had 30 many
patients within It's walls a. at present. fact painfully
suggestive Of the mental ravages the altered state OF
affairs has produced.
An innux OF Northern visitors Is expected hero next
month the for the sulphur springs has about
commenced The invigorating breezes from the lofty
Blue Ridge Mountains may induce many stop here TO
reconstruct health and vgor and proceed afterwards to
the Springs for lesurely enjoyment
The war seldom forms q subject OF conversation in
this community. II would 70 be taboocd by gen.
eral assent being the most likely way OF forgetting
past bitterness and eecsual method Of inducing
the OF raternal feeling between the North and
South. General Echos, who IS President OF banking
corncern in the town, mny be seen any day In seedy
looking and suit Of Clothes passing along streets
TO his business, greeting, with cordial smile and
manly grasp OF the hand, every old acquaintance.
The weather has moist OF late but the quantity
of rain that has fallen is considered at all sufficient
70 help along the family sproutng The pastures
around here look magnncently green and luxuriant.