Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-02-12
The Experience Of IL Party Of
EctrOitcrs i'm a Trip
to the South.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA, Jan. II.

De party bI buSlilc>S men Wib ltll
Detroit inr Il trip 10 the Southern
States, January 1,h, reached here
Friday We departed from Detroit
at $40 t. Nj, by the Michigan
Southern Railroad, arriving in Tui"du
and making close connection with ;he
Cincinnati, Hauillon d Dayton Rail-
road, and reaching Cincinnati about
6 A Nj, next morning. We remained
at Cincinnati univ long enough 10 get
a good breakfast and then made OFF by
the "Short Line" through Kentucky,
and the Louisville Il Nashville EaIl-
road 10 Nashville, which place was
reached at $40 p. NJ, in precisely
twen,y-fuur hours from Detroit We
remained al Nash, lille over night, at
Sinck's Hotel, one of the most com.
Portable in the country, adjoining tie
depot. Neat morning the party left
by the Louisville, Nashvil e and Great
Southern Railroad and soon reached
Decatur, aud by the Memphis l.
Charleston Railroad were landed ut
Huntsville at u. VI. The Detroit
ers drove 10 The Huntsville Hotel,
where We found an Old friend, T. 5
Munson, formerly of the Sherman
House, Chicago, and lately of the
Gofiinet Hotel, Detroit, who made us
feel perfectly at home at once. Mum
son has a line hotel here and is keep
ing it in irst-clasS style, and doing Il
good business. Before we were there
an hour cur party made the acqualnt
ance Of twenty of the fir>; men Of
the place, aud must say, in all my
life, | never mct such truly hospi,ablc
and friendly people. All have called
upon us, including the clergy Of >eve-
raj denominations, aud invited us to
their homes.
Right here let NE say word in
refutatiou of the false aud ridiculous
idea, sou; hit to be spread abroad
throughout the North that the people
entertain feelings Of prejudice and
enmity TOW ard Northern nen wh
desire to settle AMONG Il EN-. 1t is
exactly the reverse; they discuss
freely the incidents of the war and
their terrible losses without feeling,
CHASING secession as ,be big mistake. "
One CoDtedri ate Colonel said to ne
yesterday, "If YOU fellows ever try to
take Michigan out of the Union we
will show you it can't be done !"
The greatest farce Of all, however,
is the Intimidation business. preached
by our Radical friends at the North
The notion Is an Illusion, the story q
fabrication. The negroes are entirely
master of The situation; neither alt
they the ignorant voters we have been
led TO believe. The plantation hand.
have good general idea of politics
and some | have conver,ed with
rival the shrewdest cOlored citizens o
Detroit, name who you please in this
regard. One gentleman who ran 70,
Office at the last election told me ,ba
out Of three hundred negroes that hat
belonged to him previous to the wa
he did not get one vote, and enough
were living on his lanSS rent free, IL
have turned the election in bis favor
They are all fond of him, and will d.
anything in their power for him, bu
won vote for him. 1t seemed incrcd
ible TO me, and in order 10 convln'
me of the fact the gentlman raIie,
several negroes around US and We
opened the subject Of politics 50 thai
| might hear for myself. aud now
am perfectly satisfied Of the truth.
This is as beautiful a country as tn
sun ever shone upon The lands
,hougb somewhat worn, are still ter
tile and producing good crops witt
little or no cultivation. Plantations
within three to five miles Of the city
can be bought at from fifteen Il
TWENTY-FIVE dollars per acre, or can b
leased for a nominal rent, with tb
privilege of buying Huntsville is
beautiful city Of 5000 population, fiv
churches, two female semnaries, gas
water, eIc. 1t has many beautifu
RESIDENCES, surrounded by oak fores
trees and fancy shubbery. The eli
mate is delightful the thermomete
to-day stands at sixty in the shade
t The courthouse square is filled wit
negroes, cotton bales and cotton buy
, ers-a novel sight to Wolverine.
Our party has received untirin
2 courtesy and attention since our arr