Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-25
y what the Fool. credit.

The following from the New York Tribune, and re.
published BY the Northern press generally gives fee
BILE idea Of the used by their leaders TO deceive
the Yankees and iuAame their passions against the
South. Although it seems almost iucorcsivabe that
such and absurd lies could fnd credsnce yet
there is doubt that they told to willing and
generally believed
TIE BARBARIsx OF sLAvRRY-KILLSe THE SLAVES IN
SOUTH cARoLsA-GEs. sHERMAS's NEGLECT TO EMPLOY
OR PROVIDE FOR TIE FUGIrIvKs.
Hilton Head Correspondence Of the N. Y Tribune
The policy of Gen. Sherman, or whoever ia responsible
for his remarkable proclamation cannot pretend to
fahom why the labor of tie blacks should
relieve the overworked soldiers from come of the
heaviest tasks imposed upon them The coming Of "the
YaDkees has been watched for with anxious eocltude
at this at oil points, ard the troops hailed deiy-
wherever they go. Few negroes 50 dull TO
they to be sold to Cuba would be worked day and
night harder than ever other such Inventions The
instances in which any attachment to their master u
shown extremely few.
But the slaves come slowly into camp for seversl rea
sors. The invitation held Is Of the coldes-the &C.
commodstions, when in, are wretchedy nsuteient-hey
cannot bring their families in any number-they cannot
them il they left behind-their condition
the deserted plantations of and comfort and
every obstacle to camp thrown in their way
tney nave Oeen bnot NUMBERS Over6eefe ana
masters Is beyond all question The fact is attested by
every sort OF evidence. The horrible fact stands
with appalling clearness and certainty that the murder
OF the slaves who cannot be compelled to follow their
masters desperate policy and relentless purpose On
the roads which lead TO the islands for thirty to fifty
miles in all directions guards stationed to intercept
the negroes and prevent their escape II caught they
inland and there logged tortured and mprson
ed in irons. II they cabnot BE- caught they fhot
without hesitation or mercy. At Beaufort regular
watch is maintained. When the gun-Sosts 20 up the
river they do every three days. the whites keep
out Of the way II the coast clear they return 10 the
day time well night The negroes remaining in the
ace captured II possible, and takel TO the main
land Ii pursuit unavaing, they, like the others at
tempting to escape, are shot.
There is a more horrible story yet A slave named
Priscilla formerly Owned by Mr.. Graham, Of Grahams
ye nov servant Of Captain Charles E. Fuller one OF
the Brigade Qiarermasers, relates that before she left
the planta.iol the slaves ordered into barn
shell corn that when all In, the doors ltck
ed, the barn fred, and men, women, aud children
were burned alive. Captain Fuller that be
has no doubt of the fact When after such horror as
that add that two slaves, captured at Beaufort few
days ago known TO have been taken to the mainland
aud hanged seem to record only commonplace ar
barity the truth Of which needs affirmation Il is
not merely men who aye trying 10 escape that are muir.
dered. Toe families Of those who have escaped
treated with the cruelty aad Of them have
tualy been massacred. The knowledge Of the fact
has created much excitement among the negroes in
camp tina. Il found necessary double the guard
to prevent their leaving, in order to bring away hide
their wives and children.
One other fact OF dill .rent nature, and turn from
this rghu picture Of the amenities OF the social insti
tuition whose rights and immunes are 90 carefully &C.
knowlsdged and protected am indebted for the &C.
count to Gen. Vele. There is slave girl In camp WHO
left her under the following circumstances She
had been compelled to share her masters bed and tie
fearful reluctance with which the story gradually
drawn from her showed how bitterly she felt the disgrace
TO which she had been compelled TO submit. Her
,ers wife discovered the fact removed her from the
house. and cted upon the innocent victim Of hes hus
dands brutality the severest punishment fog
the camp. Il this tragedy horrible enough? THIS gil
was the personal attendant of her masters daughter Is
years cid.