The Republican journal., 1881-01-27
Our George on His Travels.
LETTER NUMBER FIVE.

have the nose bleed. L am glad the thing
settled for do hate to kill nybody.
Speaking of duels l certainly expected to find
these people down here, armed with asso and
bowie knife, with eleven blood hounds at their
heels hunting Northerners, just as they do wild
horses on the plains, but alas twas not In
personal appearance they much resemble Yankee
and although | have no doubt but what they would
| much enjoy drinking down a Northern man at
every meal provided they could get him dissolv-
ed, still one hears less politics here in day than
he does with US every hour. As far as National
politics are concerned, they appear to care but lit
tie; but the old familiar all we want is just to be
let alone, still greets the every time politics
are mentioned. They seem to have great desire
to attend to their State affairs Just as they, the
whites, see fit.
Another large sized surprise awaited me, in re
gard to the relationship Of the white man and the
negro | do not mean the blood relationship for
that is too deep subject for me to tackle but
their social position. Starting out Republican
myself, at the beginning Of the war, | have been
told that | loved the niger" till | became about
convinced that did, and considered that if we of
the North loved him, that they of the South hated
him, and came here expecting to see him fired
out of ears, excluded from places Of amusement,
and cowed down like a whipped dog. | learned,
with surprise, that we of the North do net love the
negro however much we may admit his rights
There is an nborn prejudice il MS against him
that cannot get over, feeling all the time that
it is nothing but prejudice. But hey 10 love
him down here They want him about them
they depend upon him, and take no more notice of
his being about than d gentleman North does of
lot of pet dogs They attend the places of amuse
ment they trade at the counters beside the best Of
the flower OF the South, (uot the bran and mid
dlings but the flour j they occupy seats in steam
| and horse cars, and make themselves as numerous
as they please When it comes to political rights
| cannot give an opinion. not having seen the
workings Of an election, but socially they are ten
times better treated than the Northern carpet bag
gel who takes his money here and tries to help
build up the cities, well as to benefit himself /
am not treating my readers to political halaugue
but simply telling them now these things looked
to ne, who had never been South before and who
had such different ideas when | landed There
seems to be sort of formula with which every
oOutltlL Ii LIdu ldlheu "llu DeElLS ms pDlJlCGl
conversation, 1t is this: II was one of the first
five, who went into the war at the tap of the drum
and one of the last to surrender enlisted as a
private, but did not remain one long. fought as
well as ! knew how, and came out the worst
whipped man in the Southern Confederacy l an.
glad we had the war, | am glad slavery is abolish
ed. United we can lick any nation on top Of the
earth | don't care who is President, but down
here in our own States, want to be let alone.
| Won't you take something =
found pleasant acquaintance in the person OF
| Mr.. A. McCobb Jr. a commission merchant on
| East Bay St, and our consignee, and to him am
greatly indebted for many acts of kindness shown
ME. Mr McCobb is Iinconvie boy but later
resident Of Camden. He came here about l3
years ago and engaged in the commission business
dealing chiefly in hay lime, brick and cement
| He is live Yankee, which | consider the highest
| compliment that can pay him, and he enjoys the
| reputation of an honorable business gentleman,
curious "Reminiscences of the war was shown
me to-day. On the top OF TWO tall granite gate
| posts, by the side of an iron foundry were two
| ten inch shells, on which was painted in white
letters these words: u. S. pills, administered to
| Battery Wagner in 1862" | did not learn how
| they operated.
| attended the theatre Of which there is but one
| John f. Ovens Academy of Music and saw Fannie
| Davenport in Annie Dickensons play Of the Amer
| lcau Glrl. went more to see the fair sex in the
| audience, than anything else, Privately DO not
think that they can touch the Northern girls
either in looks or style. but they will beat them to
death on temper, I'm told. Neither were they up
hostered as expensively, or as stylishly, and was
-rieved to see that many OF them still did their
| hair up in French twist | noticed that fair
| proportion Of the male sex went out between the
acts, to learn where the fire was, and came back
smelling quite fragranty of peppermint which led
me to surmise that it must have been drug store
| | almost felt at home when the orchestra played
two consecutive tunes which the Searsport band
| used to play when they came over to help Us elect
| Garfield last fall.
| Charleston has nine banks. two of which are in
| liquidation. She gets her water by the aid of an
artesian well. | noticed quite number Of
| churches, where the portico extended over the
side walk, the pillars being on the outer side of
| the walk. did not learn whether walking
| through this portico constitutes going to church
or not, fit does, | wish the fashion would extend
north.
| The cotton, when it comes INTO the cltv is in
| large bales it is hauled to the store houses on
the docks and weighed marked and sampled and
then taken othe cotton congresses where its bulk
is reduced more than one half 1t is then hauled
back to the dock, and Is ready to ship, was told
| by gentleman from Port Royal S G., about
which region the celebrated Sea Island cotton is
raised that they simply bag that. only pressing it
| SO much a mans weight as it was said 10 de.
stroy the fibre to press it hard, ard the shippers
! preferred to pay the extra freight, rather than
| have the bulk reduced by the common press even.
| The police force OF the city are uniformed and
are both white and colored had funny expe
| rjence with one, who was an Irishmau. In con.
veraauon with him, in asking him some questions
| about the city, he saw that | was stranger and
he said to me, An might arsk where yees be
longs y | told him in the state of Maine He
| looked at me and his eyes began to open and
waving his hand at me he began to go off side
ways, saying he went. Go way wld yees go
| way wild yees' Pretty sooI he came back and
stood looking at me, and finally said An yer
from Maine Well be God, its the furst one Of
Yees that ever from there, well well Then
he said, AN may | arsk yees one more question :"
| told him as many as he pleased and he came
close to me and lowered his voice to almost
whisper and said, An did Gineral Hancock get
single vote wild yees 2" told him that he got al
most half the votes of the State, and he threw up
his hands and said, ME God yees don't tell me
dat, thought he didn't get vote :" and he went
of as surprised as it he had and talked with
an angel. He told me that during the war sugar
sold for $50 per pound and flour 500 barrel, and
that at the surrender of Chattanooga flour went up
to 5000. This was in Confederate money of course
learned from others that what he said was true
Speaking Of greenbacks he SAID "Greenbacks
all that's the stuff its the finest money III the