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LET US HELP THEM.
In a recent number of the New York
Evening Express, we notice the following
headed as above, in behalf of the suffering
poor of Alabama and Georgia. We presume
that the editors of that Journal were influ
enced in making the earnest appeal they
have, by the article which appeared in the
same column which they copied from the
Chicago Tribune and which we append to
their appeal. The picture drawn in the ar
ticle referred to is not an over-wrought one.
Well may it excite the sympathies of the
benevolent in every section of the Union. —
But we forbear-^let the two extracts speak
ior themselves !— Atlanta Intelligencer.
From the New York Evening Express.
It seems almost incredible to us, living in
this great city of New York, with all the
evidences of wealth, abundance and luxurv
on every side, that within a few days jour
ney is a vast population, absolutely perish
ing of starvation—but incredulity must give
way, in the presence of such facts as those
narrated in the reports we publish elsewhere
irom Alabama and Georgia. These unhap
py people it is to be noted, are for the most
part helpless women and children, whose
natural protectors and providers, were swept
off by the hand of war, in the rebellion. —
Hence, they suffer and die for no misdoing
of their own. Let it be borne in mind,
moreover, that these sufferers are Americans.
If an appeal made to us for aid to keep
from starving the inhabitants of some for
eign land who cau doubt but that it would
be readily and generally responded to ?
Why not appeal now for those famine strick
en inhabitants of our own country? Charity
and mercy alike demands it—and if it is
only made by a committee of citizens, or by
the churches, say next Sunday, we have no
doubt the summons would be as prompt as
it would bo liberal.
AWFUL SCENES. IN THE SOUTH —FAMINE IN
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
Bellefonte (Ala.) Cor. June 6tli Chieage Tribune.
In this famine-struck region—-the Coosa
valley; I passed a number of cabins, around
which were half a dozen nearly naked chil
dren, but did not stop at any of them till
I had reached a point about three miles
from the edge of the valley. Several child
ren, ranging in age from four to twelve
years, and clothed ouly in what is an excuse
for an under garment, were sitting around,
while two females were, with emaciated
countenances, picking some wild vegetables
in the vicinity, from which to make a meal
for themselves and suffering children. I
could not mistake their condition of destitu
tion, even at a glance. But I determined
to hear their story from their own lips, and
1 accordingly halted my horse, and asked
one of the females:
“ Madam can you accommodate me with
dinner to-day ?”
She paused a moment, and I repeated the
question.
“ God knows,” said she, and tears began
to trickle down her cheeks, “ that I would
not turn a stranger atad traveller away, but
there has not been an ounce of meal in the
house for five days; we and our children
have lived entirely, during that period upon
boiled greens, with neither salt nor pepper.”
“ How many children have you ?” I ask
ed.
“Three, and this lady two more all
small, as you see. We have no way to live;
we cannot even get seeds to plant our gar
dens. How we are to live, God only
knows.”
“ Arc your husbands dead ?”
“ Yes, both were killed in the army.”
“ Bo you never go down into the valley
plantations for aid?” I inquired.
“Yes, but what is the use?” and with
emphasis she repeated, “ what is the use ?
They will do nothing for us; they tell us to
go to work and help ourselves; But what
can such as we do? With families to look
after, how can we earn a livelihood ?”
“ But,” I suggested, “ the people of Ten
nessee, Kentucky and all the Yankee States
Lave contributed liberally to aid you.”
“ Yes,” she responded, but we live so far
away. The nearest point at which I can
get anything, is Guntersville, which is twen
ty miles. I will have to carry it on my
back, and I am scarcely able to walk alone;
I tried to borrow a horse down in the valley,
but the man told me that he had other bu
siness than taking care of all the paupers iu
the country, and l was compelled to aban
dou ali hope.”
I had taken the advice of the young gen
tleman Who told me to provide myself for
the journey, and had in a sack a peck of
meal for my horse, and in my saddle-bags
THE ELBERTON GAZETTE.
corn bread and bacon for* two davs. lat
once gave all I had to the family, knowing
that I could reach G untersville the follow
ing day, or even that night, by fast riding,
and that my horse could subsist on grass,
of which, all along the way, there was an
abundant growth. I had intended to travel
but a few miles each day, but now I deter
mined to go direct to Guntersville, and make
daily trips into the country returning at
night.
I have seen expressions of gratitude un
der almost every circumstance. A hundred
times have I seen the dying soldier on the
battle field breathe out his last breath in
gratitude for a drop of water to cool his
parched lips, but uever did I see so much
fervency as on this occasion, never heard I
a more eloquent prayer than at that moment
fell from the lips of that illiterate woman.
At this point I left the scene. I could
endure it no longer. 1 had heard of the
suffering of the famine stricken people, but
never did I for a moment picture to myself
a tythe of the horrors spread out before me.
A WOMAN OWSF.VENTY
was the next person I addressed. I had
passed all the huts for three miles, not de
siring to give my nerves a second shock that
day; but od the road I met An old decrepid
female, clothed in a wrapper, of coarse do
mestic, carrying on her back a sack, in
which was half a bushel of meal.
“ Madam,” said I, “ you are wearied, are
you not? you are too old to carry such a
loa<L”
.“I have toted it eighteen miles; clear
from Guntersvilla,” said she.
“ How far do you live from here ?” I ask
ed. • •
“Half a mile.” * /
“And have you carried this all the way
from Guntersville; had you do one to
send.”
“ No, sir,” said she, “ I had two sons
who lived with me, and two jgore who had
families living near. They were all killed
•in the war, and the wife of one of them is
dead, and I had to take care of his four
children, the oldest of whom is eight years
of age; I had to carry this all the way from
Guntersville, or starve.”
I hastened by as rapidly as possible to
Guntersville, and reached the town about
midnight. I had expected to travel the
country to witness the actual condition of
the people; but I had no need of that. I had
scarcely reached the street in the morning,
before I saw representatives from every sec
tion. within a circuit of thirty miles, from
which I could obtain as true a picture of the
prevailing destitution as was possible from
an extended tour through the mountains.
I)IED BY THE WAY.
While I was standing iu front of the door
of the hotel, I was approached by a middle
aged female, who inquired of me where was
the place at which the rations, were dealt
out to the poor. I pointed to the house, but
before she departed, I asked :
“ How far do you live from here ?”
“ Thirteen miles,” said she.
“ Is there much suffering there ?” I in
quired.
“Yes, sir; you have no idea of its ex
tent.”
“Do you get enough here to relieve
you ?”
“Yes, sir—enough to keep us from dying
—that is, most of us; we get a little meal;
nothing else; meat we do not expect; we
are glad to get enough meal to keep us from
dying.”
“ Where does this relief come from ?” I
asked.
“ Some from Tennessee, some from Ken
tucky, hut mostly from the Yankee States.”
, “How do you get it out home ?”
“We carry it on our backs; we have no
horses.”
“ Do you ever come here and find nothing
to give out V*
“ Yes sometimes; I know a woman who
came sixteen miles, after having lived three
days without anything, as she gave the small
mite she had to her children, and then got
nothing, and had to walk all. the way home.
She has since died.”
“ Are there many cases of starvation
amoDg you.” I next inquired.
“Why, yes; the other day a woman
walked 17 miles here for gome food for her
self and four children, and she got a peck of
meal; buc she was so exhausted that she
died before she got home. She was found
by the roadside and buried, and the neigh
bors went to her house and found one of her
children dead.”
“ W T hy don’t the men come after provi
sions f ’ I asked.
“ Why there is not one man in ten fami
lies,” was the response; “ they were all kill
ed or died in the war. If they had known
the Yankees were so kind as they are, thev
would never- have gone into the Confederate
service.” %
NO MEAT SINCE AUGUST.
I met a boy about thirteen years of age,
carrying a peck of meal and I asked :
“ How far do you live from the'city V*
‘•Five miles.”
“ Are the people very bad off there ?”
“ l T es; we have had to live on the corn
meal given us; we have had no meat in our
house since August, last, and the Lord
knows when we shall have any more.”
“ Do you get corn meal enough ?”
“No sir; we don’t average more than a
peck a week, and there are four of us in the
family.”
“ Where is your father ?”
“ He was killed at Mission Ridge.”
“ AYe the people around you as bad off as
you are ?”
“ Yes, sir, some are worse off; and only a
few are better off; we expect to all starve,
unless the Yankees help us !”
I could.fill columns with particulars as
heart-rending as these. I conversed with at
least a hundred persons, during my stay,
which lasted until the morning of the 4th
of June, and all of them gave accounts as
doleful as' those narrated.
I made inquiries of different parties, well
informed on the condition of affairs, and
they estimate that in five counties south of
the Tennessee river, there arc at least twen
ty thousand persons bordering on a state of
starvation!
JOHN A." TRENCHARD & CO.
Will keep constantly on hand
„ A GENERAL ASSORTMENT
Os all such goods as are usually kept iu up
country stores.
One of the firm has gone to New York to
PURCHASE GOODS
Which will be sold at a
VERY SMALL ADVANCE
■ ** On New York cost
FOR CASH.
Two barrels of syrup for sale on consignment.
February 10th 1866.
CLAYTON & MARTIN,
MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
The undersigned have formed a partnership for
the purpose of transacting a
Warehouse and Commission Business
In the City of Augusta, to commence on
THE FIRST OF AUGUST NEXT,
And will be prepared to receive, store, sell, or
forward
COTTON AND OTHER PRODUCE
entrusted to their care. Their strict personal
attention will be devoted to the business. They
solicit the patronage of their friends and the
public generally. Will also receive and forward
ALL MERCHANDISE sent to their care.
E. P. CLAYTON,
of Augusta, Georgia.
L. H. 0. MARTIN,
of Elbert Connty, Geo.
ASSISTANT ASSESSOR’S OFFICE
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE.
The undersigned having been ap
• pointed Assistant Assessor in place of J.
S. Lamar, Esq., resigned, would notify all inter
ested that he has
Removed the Assessor’s Office
To the Printing Office Building.
MANUFACTURERS would do well to remember
that their monthly returns must be made by the
TENTH of EACH MONTH.
Parties who have not mads their Annual Re
turns, for 1865, must do io at once, or suffer
the consequences.
C. W. FENTON,
Assistant Assessor
t3th Div. 3d Di»t. Ga.
A meeting of negroes was lateljr held in
Cherokee County, Alabama, where they
bound themselves together not to work for
less than two dollars per day during the
present harvest, upon the penalty of receiv
ing filly lashes. Consequently the negroes
are idle, and white men are gathering har
vest at one dollar and fifty cents per day.
Brevet Major Gen. John C. B*binson has
been ordered to relieve Gen. T. H. Ruger
as military commander of North Carolina.
A Isolul Table.
In consequence of numerous inquiries
daily as to tlio price of Gold for Confederate
.Notes during a certain period, we have for
the convenience of our citizens, who may
have settlements to make, prepared » table
from our books, showing actual sales from
January 1,1861, to May 1, ISGS, which is
at your service, should you think proper to
publish the same
F. C. Barber & Son,
Exchange Brokers.
Augusta, Ga., June 9,1865.
Prices of Gold for Confederate Notes.
18G1—January 1 to May 1, 5 cts. prom.
May Ito ()cfoher, 10 “ “
October Ito Oct. 15,12 “ «
Oct. 15 to Nov. 15, 15 “ •<
December 1, 20 “ «
December 15, 30 “ “
18G2—January 2, 20 “ «
January 15, 20 “ “
February 1, 25 “ “
February 15, 40 “ “
March I, 50 “ “
March 15, 65 “ “
April 1, 75 y< “
April 15, 80 “ "
May 1, 00 “ “
May 15, 95 “ “
June 1, 95 “ “
June 15 to July 15, $2.00 for $1
August 1, * 2.20 “ 1
August 15, 2.20 “ 1
Peptmnber 1, 2.50 “ ]
October 1, 2.50 “ 1
Nov. Ito Feb. 1, ’63 3.00 “ 1
18G3—-Feb. 1 to. March 1, 3.10 “ 1
March 2, 3.25 « 1
March 15 to May 15, 5.00 “ 1
May 15, * * 6.00 « 4
June 1, . 6.50 « 1
June 15, 7.50 “ 1
•Tuly 1, 8.00 « 1
July 15;. 10.00 “ 1*
August 1, 14 00 « 1
August 16, 15.00 “ 1
Sept. Ito Sept. 15, 14.00 “ 1
October 1, 13.00 “ i
October 15, 12.50 “ 1
November 1, 13.00 “ 1
November 15, 15.50 “ 1
December 1, 20.00 “ 1
December 15, 21.00 “ I
18G4—January 1, 21.00 “ 1
Jan. 15 to Feb. 1, 20.00 « ].
February 15, * 21.00 “ 1
March Ito March 15,20.00 “ 1
April 1, 19.00 “ 1
April‘ls, 21.00 “ 1
Mayl, 20.00 “ 1
May 15, 18.00 “ 1
, June Ito July 15, 18.00 “ 1
July 15 to Aug. 15 20.00 “ 1
August 15, 22.00 “ 1
September 1, 20.50 “ 1
•*> September 15, 22.50 “ 1
October 1, 27.00 “ 1
October 15, 25.00 “ 1
November 1, 26.50 “ 1
November 15, 28.00 “ 1
December 1, 32.00 “ 1
December 15, 88.00 “ 1
December 31, 51.00 “ 1
1865—January 1, 60.00 “ 1
January 15, 65.00 “ 1.
February 1, 50.00 “ 1
February 15, 46.00 " 1
March 1, 55.00 “ 1
March 15, • 50.00 “ 1
April 1, 70.00 “ 1
April 15, 80.00 « 1
April 20, 100.00 “ 1
April 26, 200.00 « 1
April 27, 300.00 “ 1
April 28, 500.00 u 1
April 29, 800.00 “ 1
April 30, 1000.00 “ 1
Mayl, 1200.00 « 1
Which was the last actual sale for Confede
rate Notes.— Constitutionalist.