, 1873-04-30
FROM CHICAGO 70 MOBILE.
Or, from the Lnl1d of tho Nort1lenntcI
to Thnt OF Sa1liH1aillc una EIoyvcrs.

Wo loft Chicago on tho evening OF tho lutn or
April, 1873, for Cairo, by tho Illinois Central
Road, aud arrived Mt Contrnlia at o'clock a. NJ,
whero no wcro obliged toromain until 10 o'clock.
Tho sun looked out brightly, md Tho tints Of
verduro glintod lovingly in tho sun's ombrnce.
Hero tho notes Of tho robin aro heard for tho
first timo this year. Tic town Ia ANAL aud sent
tered, but cheorful-loohing in thefrcsh sunlight.
At Du Quoin, tie beginning Of tho mining re-
glon, wo naw for tho frat tImo tho poach md
ohorry trso In blossom. At Carbondale-ar rug
gea-1ookng town, thrown In among tho juttinG
cliffs Of aandstone,-we saw
| THE JUDAS TREE
"Cerels Canadenso," Of tho legumlnosm order
| In full bloom. This troo puts forth ita blossoms
before tho loaves md looks like queon In Its
gaudy dross Of scar1ot-crimson flowers, relgnfng
| alonc oyor tho dusky-cotored raco Of inanimate
vegetation. Arrived at Cairo betweou and 4
o'clock p. m. md woro aroused at .. m. for
tho boat which Uas to carry us to Columbus, Ky,,
thoro to tnko the train for Mobile.
Willie III kentucky, wo mot a Surgeon who
served during Tho War in Con. Oheatham'B Divia-
ion. From himself and Indy wo received much
information regarding tho present social con-
dltion Of tho South. Tho
| rnEJuD1cE AGAINST THE coLonED RACE
horo, ut Tho present timo, cannot bo booxaggcratcd;
mud it Is rory evident that tho two races can
noyor DO harmonlzed during tho proHcnt genera
ton, at least. DR.. A. arors that tho colored
raco arc becoming lcclmatod that fow children
aro born to them that noHt that arc born other
perish from neglect or aro murdered that thoy
are too inaolont to provide for their of
spring and tllat their natural affection does not
exceed that Of The brute. This snne aontimont
WAS also reiterated by HRS. G., Of Columbus,
Miaa., n lady Of the worry htghost standing aocsal
ly. Bho says that child-murder is worry COM
mon thing with thu blacks at tho present time
In Mssiasippi TINT, in clearing out I'LL old we'll
which had not been ,uaod since tho
War, they found tho remains Of ton colorcd
babios, aud in auoshor twenty. I g''a ths state
aeomcd to hayo no further iMtoreat fl it thnn to
| state fnctB as sho Doliovol tliom This whole
sRlo alaughtcr and neglect woro further corrobo-
ratod by country gentry from tho statos Of Ten
nosHeo, !A'nbama, and Louisiana. All nvorr that
one or thc other raco must givo way; md that,
| from tho natural instinetB Of tho coorcl raco,-
| which they claim to be uuthrift, lazincss and
want Of matornal afFoction.-tho negro must
| finally succrimb to tho whto raco. / give you
those facts without my comment Of my own, to
| hhow you that tho hatred OF coloroa rnIo il fxod
deoply in ovcry Houthorn breast. Even ut this
very hour, n boardcr haB left tho loase we arc
now etopping at (in Nov orleans). because tho
landlady willnot allow him to bring homo Lieut.-
mo mt nm ,onr nsro. that ahc dare mt iio H. ns
it M needod only M spark to Tau III tl.o flame now w
emoldoring: and, wore it known III the city that
| pho admitted q colored 1nAn TO dine, hor lollsD
would be mobbod.
AS wo advanced in our journey through Ton
ncsBoo, there was marked Change in M
uaurnod u1 tbe reirn' Nerroeu were blowing tic
folda ,yith nno m,,1o. and b;t of roni for n
slow. closely roaonG,iue crooked aro-poles,
Tho ficlds were scantily cultivated. md every
| thiuQ woro M nnciont neglected aspcct,-more
| 70 fhan tho naat,ra.lanta Of the Nissieai,,ni
| Riyor. where cattle nro raised and slppcd to
Mobile. Occasionally thoro would DO aoen bales
Of cotton ready for sipmopt :; but
oharred by railroaja for transportation clyo moor
opconraremout for colton-raisinr. Tllo annual
mootinE Of tho ntocElolers Of tho Mobile &
| f1hio Ilolrond oo,ncs on tha nrosent weak md
| n number Of landed gontrv wore aboard o,1r
trnin fnccomnaniell by lLeir familiosl with bic
v;aw ~ truiny r. n,aEc aomo nrranromnnt with
the Company to abato tho ruinous transportation
pricea.
chanting. We caught thof summer broszeu,
1isnnni tn tto sonr of hirYh and. w],on the trnIn
wouid normit. gnatehod FRAGRANT flowers b7 the
Waysfdo. Uero the lied Dud. or Judas Trco.
Won4rctv Tsnnaaaaa md m ~ bf;.nfaainni Il
swset awe nbrba' % lar desaarnipe' Ind maenoIias. % A'''
A. Mobite, sunday morning, At han-Paai ~
arg seeioa t II me 70 1fDns M ot ehS nn
Watching Inc olto OF tno Guy pouring lnto
,oao c,otha1 mH17r r }hoT smor a,,sa md
grenadines, while tho rlslng OF their trails upon
tho pavement sounds like tho cddying Of dried
leaves driven by whrling wind. Thor ia1nty
era, which saem to vic with those we SAW, in the
| evening, coled around every pillar End available
place above and Oh tho altar, It was tho child
rcn'a festival Of lowers, and oach class came
ifrh tff,rn urr nka