Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-06-11
C0rveSbondence.
LBTTBR FROM GEORGEf.


ny tAr rs they have come unuer my opScr-
Walton. l landed in Charleston, $. c., the
first day of February, after tempestuous
passage of tour days. Had to wait outside |
the bar several hours for the tide, as no
vessel drawing more than ten feet can pass
over ut low water. The pilot told me the |
new channel Is deeper than the old and |
very crooked; it is not over thirty rods |
across; then you pass up the bay close Ivy |
what remains of Fort SUMTER pile of
ruins. A confederate officer told me it
would be more difficult to take it in its |
present condition than when it was in good |
repair. The only use made of it is, small
beacon light is placed there for vessels to
keep clear of it. did not have much time
to look about Charleston, but the lower
part OF the city shows the effects of the
Commandment. The ruins of many build
iugs meet you at all points, and it will take
a long tine to rebuild them, if ever they
are rebuilt. l convcrsed with several mer-
chants. They were hopeful for the future,
bat said all depended upon good crops this
year to get the farmers out of debt but the
spring so far has been very unavorabc. |
stopped II few days at Aiken, 5. G.. 1t is a
war; They are hoping to make the place
famous for northern people 10 spend the
winter, and l can assure you ii is Il famous
pace to get rid of great deal of money for
the value received. I he lowest charge at
any boarding house is $3.50 per day, and at
the hotels sI.OO and upwards per day. The
livery stable keepers charge $500 per day
for "a rig that the BrattleborO livery men
would not take if driven into their yards as
gift The land around Aiken is miser-
ably poor; but with plenty of fertilizers
good garden vegetables can be raised.
think South Carolina much better re-
constructed than Georgia. They did not
turn the ne -roes out OF the Legislature, but
take things more philosophically than in
Georgia, and think by so doing the freed
men will be on better terms with the
whites. and in few years there will be no
cuiorcd men in the Legislature. South
Carolina has fewer crimes committed with
in her borders than Georgia, which is blest
with such men as Toombs besides, the
Georgia papers are more inccndiary than
any where else in the South. They pub
lish extracts from the New York World,
Express and News, and give ii out as the
1000. .. . r.,i;,.,. -. ,l,o N,,tI, . aud ,,ivo
,,,ra,,. From, tbo Grnoriaiis,
4, ,,,lo.,,,,,d Tho, - 10
supported by the Republican party to put
'e", '"'' nv - -. 30.
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anu INV '''''' ~, -, 80
no WI, ~ 'y,P T,,o CF,s,i,,t;or-
clai'' n'i''SUi' .ai,,r,,,s
alist Vi SUNDAY may "V' noe
showing ''i'' INC INNS "i'i li'' 80
SOON Inc PeoPieo vi "c'is -" az w.;
heaueu BECAUSE 'no oiu '''o'''
are deprived oi 'ho o'n'os' anu con
man "PPoii.ou W wv :.
way NOW IL '"eIe II. ""y
Georgia. McsSrS' i''"'''' i,--. .,.,..,
inc princes Vi ''"'" ~, $50
hh"Ic ''""iu ''o"''''S '"' 49,
inc '"o seo''o''9 IMAM an NV rvs
south ,,.,.x
ino Vo''o' % "'' IN = -, ,,.,7,
places, but the warm weat,,er a. hr,,,,,,no
it forward SLOWLY. The area planted is
more than last year, and there NAV be ms
much raised If the various kinds of cotton
rms do not make their appearance.
lNllDulu the crop 1all, tlc SOutn rs 1nanclal-
ly ruined. Every planter has expended
every dollar he could raise and they have
got supplies on the strength of their cotton
crop, and if it fails both planter and factor
must be ruined.
The negroes do not work as well a. l ex-
pected they would. Their idea Of freedom
is to steal everything they can lay theiI
hands on, no matter what it is. There is
nothing safe. They will break into smoke
houses, carry of the meat or anything else
they can find. a few days since planter
lett his mules IN charge OF one OF his ne
groes at place three miles from his house
ne look the best one ana mas not been seen
SINCE AS Tor raising hogs mere, 1t Is out OF
the question. They Will steal them as soon
as they are fat enough, and there is no such
thing AS finding the culprit. They steal
from blacks as well as whites, and until the
whipping post Is restored again there will
be no safety for anything Those convicted
Of crime are sentenced to the chain gang to
work the streets in Augusta, which is no
punishment for a negro as all he cares for
is to have enough to eat and to sleep. II
costs this county about twenty thousand
dollars to support them. when n GOOD
whipping would be far better. You NAV
think strange of NV advocating tho ,vhin.
ming most but until II il rosnrted ia 7 ,vorid
not give five dollars for anv farm rs MI
YOU could raise would be stolen nv th,
law. worthless negroes. They have stoIor
all the plums from the garden whore am
stoppinp and saw them examining IN,
fps. which will he rjnc in ton DAVIS wbor
the familv will do well if thov got one.
fourth. There is about one peoro in twenty
that will provido for himself and anil,
hut generally fine uooro women do moi
work mucb and look sb.hb, erouoh hnv.
inc hardly, c,otbi,,, o,ou,,h r., ho d'oo,,,
and that is vcrv ,oldnm r. ovor introdnnod
IN the wash tuh rbere il a ,o,ro hlool,
smith ~, t,o ,,Iooo ,,Io ,,..,,Ii ne 1T,