Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-01-07

effected, the child was made the recihnt
OF some money.
After we left that place, the history t,
the mother was narrated by one of th
party. Her father was mulatto resden
of this county; he was in good cireum
! stances: had an only daughter whom th
laws of the State, forbid him educating
He sent her to Washington where she rt
ceived an excellent education. A shor
time ago, she returned to her old home
and is now teaching the young ide
how to shoot" In hive where
blacks swarm, she has domestic ,,nuio1 al'loi
self, for the general good ~'ehv "noFueu
tbo mnr,, a snL;r abandoned Seminary,
pnssipg posed our entering the build
tbe ~r5o 1' told him ii was not material,
!, nc owned much bigger Seminary
than that himself; he only wanted to look
at it with the view of purchasing il as an
Institute where the many mulattoes of the
Island might be taught. But we were
allowed to wonder how many pretty little
feet had tripped up and down those halls,
and danced over the lawn, and how many
bright eyes had peered through those
windows
Seeing large barn, on the outside of
which ran up Il chimney composed OF mud
and sticks, we directed our steps thither.
Going up short flight of steps, we found
ourselves in large room occupied by
some families of negroes, the children Of
which were outside playing soldier In
this barn we met with an afflicted mulat-
to boy, who, though ten years old, had
never walked His was decidedly the
happiest face we ever saw, though lie had
no amusement but that which he derived
from holding a small stick in his mouth,
and balancing a shell upon the extremity
of it. This was an incident that occa-
stoned some little saddening to the party.
We visited some outhouses on an estate
of rebel Doctor, but saw little of inter
est among the inmates. But in going by
one of the hives, Bob seeing some half
dozen negro men trying to cut up IL dead
porker, rushed forward, and seizing the
knife from the hands of one of them, told
them they didn't know anything about
butchering artisticaly. Accordingly, he
showed them, much to their delight, if he
did leave the remains Of his swineship with
greasy hands Observing some negro
women in the door watching the operation
by which the porcine animal was being
made to assume the shape of hams and
shoulders so readily, we walked into the
house, and discovered that it had been IL
steam grst mill In close but strange
proXimilg stood u bolting machine and IL
bed.
Before dark we had explored all the
abodes of contlabands that we could find
in the course of our perambulations, and
had obtained a very good insight into the
mode of life. They were all too much
crowded. since they do not believe greatly
in ventilation. Most of them keep their
rooms as clear as the circumstances will
admit of. There were no ragged persons
among them. All appeared to have good
warm clothing; they looked neatly dress
ed, and especially the little bright skinned
ones, who were decked out with some
care and taste,
Upon our arrival in camp, we were
prepared to submit cur report, which was
10 the effect that the colored population
enjoyed greater degree Of happiness
than usually falls 10 the lot of mankind,
and that Samuel was treating these reln-
gees with as much Kindness as he could.
They talk of him with much respect and
great amount Of affection: think he has
been like father to them, giving them
their ratons, and the selection Of their
quarters, and Christmas too, withas many
holidays us any reasonable darkey could
desire. Yours, BILLY.