Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-29
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1RO CBLES AT PORT ROYAL
TIE he" York Herald" in its Port ROYAL
oorlc pJndcnc", gives some Significant repe.,2
OF :haI:ials aHa troubles attending the Ya...
kee9 IN the occupation oi other peoples pro-
perty. We give scuie extracts, under ,is!a ci
2Tth Mesc!;:
Small p'i; prevails 10 AL alarming extent
among toe negros in Beaufort and oil The vs.
laai Tncre arc now t~e'ity liSs csses IN the
suiali p1x hospital, under tEo caro- al Dr.. Wa,
ioct, ii Boston, Mass, $50 came ou. aiii,
Mr. Pierce, Ho is Ell able Ply alcisn, 4n,i
very successful in Cases y. that loa;!soCle CiS.
r:sc. Having made q specially in this pra2::c2
10 carlsln extent, ha LrIngs ialse .xpei'
rncc :.:,d thorough knowledge lis characte:
an,! tbs proper tuUde Of treatment. llc has
los. BID. tr" cases. lls is ro~ engaged in
aa7i:'at.ng ina nssro:, and has already treated
Data 4an hse 1inGFGt and fi:Y md SIX hrG~
1r"1 Men, T5Gsn aEd children BcsI'i
! aust! :puH. tha negroes aco afflicted win 'ssers
~ Src:.rcr rGioat tha:; usual. Qaite number
haze died, ami The sick iista ure ilcrcaSG. -
rae nhJSic'anB Btil!EuIr tbs great i.cTes-ac II
al EEcsa and mortality among the blacks L.
the change in The kind, quality ami quantity
uI ,hoir iuo::. \ ;in;ire i; !hs,r rt .:ic, Ii!y
! ui.icl ;h.r Eajter1 and si @oTs, SGd Tie pr
sent. ,iRs.u: quu.eriaas;ers' care will s,..siY
avery GRE tt:.; the present system Is radically
urung and aili result in killing Eli ii,o con
!TatsndS, It CONTINUED Tuc allowance t0 .!c.i
bands, when working, Oh tho plantations
South, is ono pack 4 cora (uaEiound) and
/ L. r. ~, Il -
bacon-ptr welk. Tho meat Was not givan
to those not working. Inc nsgTos we're then
fat and healthy, ard sutsI.d roIn Ca!atiysly
iitlla nom disease.
When Captain Liiiey took charge OF tha
con,rsisndi 1t Beaufort hs allowed then tho
following articles, aad in the quantities. spec
lied Fifty pIuad. 0: beei or pr.ss, hfo
pounds Ct c;.ilec, twon.y pounds Of RICE.
eight q1arts OF heaIs, :kree quarts oi iao'H#.
sex, and Indian .::oai ad k8itu'7 10 Ii. on"
huntrcd rn,iol:r:. g, children we've ent.tic'
to oae ration R;co and besoi wc:r issued
alierns,ely. Undsr Tia. system the n,.Sr1es
lived better than eyer heiora-.had eaDngr 70
eat, and xs:e healthy and willing &c so!a =
Cap,ain Iilley had $50 nesrors uudcr :.is
c:ia:g:, and during tic two mor1hs he ccE-
tr"led them but iln died, four OF "hnui @cce
children, and the h:th BIZ I'D man TtG hai
passed his 9lat year That Sas tie y"Sl!t %
his system.
Ga the 2U.E el January Capt. Fuller lo"'
charge oi tIo cnnt:ahsnIs, sna scgan 'o as'.e
Idi yGldiar-' ra:iols ~ ca9il aD'i f"r'y oa"
counting children, s:ld ;h: :o:,srTuenc. : Ii''
bills Of mortality hAv% i..c!c:.:sd 10 ~: a&r':i>
ii.s extent, aid ti;c i;-groas axe .a..!lY t..
work A suli:ar'p iairvu 81 nue pound k.d i.
quastuT vi heet III pork, eighteen cunc@s OF
bread, rice, Iesns, sugar, ma!a.$cS, soap, caIi
dies perpnr, s'GesaT. bait, &c, III nr"o6FiIon,
v6id=ti in ms a. svoyale at forty cents Per day
or for iivo hundred ard lify. .sl& r"su. "s,il7l'
aud cAi;tlren, S222 80 per dsY, Tor ss'icn-
a;oHe. Capt Llley's rutionS mas 'e sa!Isj
st GAS pr day, CT perhaps less. SJ", IN tae
hrsi pIacc, .hrr. is not sOliic" ia the army
tbs: csn or ooes eai his ration daily. No man
,can oai twelve herd biscuits day, besides tlS
pound and helf .! pork OF bssf, nis potatoes,
&c., furnished him. Nor caa tha negro do II
with s.iesy. Nevertheless, be is gut,en
c:,os: "a " Ga. oil his poih @nd b--f t>''?.
and is killing l:u.solfps rsr!diJ q; possible
! Ii is a c1niuIal thhnasgigln Ic-s! wtlA him.
| ahC 10 viii! fail tU unLurc II Juat a. q
white who would cat his Chr's.lnaa CT:
thanksgiving least every day There IS \
| !iuilt to human endurance, and the coEtrah1nd4
are hnding it cut very rapidly. Laying aside
tho more Important Humanitarian ASPECT cl
the qus1ti0n, Tho tr!ghtiui expenditure incur
red in fseding the negroes III th'n &ImFtuo"'
md unusual manner, should bo tai;cT int"
consideration. The United States Government
ia teeiin lint locat twenty live thousand ncEroc=
GAitJ, at u cost Of about ton thousand dollars
per day AMI at the exppnsc OF tno negr" Il
health snd comfort NJ well. Nov, with tbs reg
linen lnrniaA by Capt Liiley, which is ,anc!'
botler lhsn the negro has ever before snjoyec,
AID which ccs!s about eight OF nine cen2 per
da7 10 each, the same nu,,Eur OF men mlsat
be- iod for s. $50 per day, saving tao tToyern-
inent each eud every day tins comfortable sum
Of 81 750-aa item Of cOnadershie inagri-
t,da | don't propose TO onisr into lengthy
discussion of The subject, bar merely refer to
il in order 10 sGgges. that it might ocs0Py tho
time Of SONS ci III, intelligent geii;!smeii
among iho missionaries very proiitan!y III
themselves and to tho publie. And II tSey
will only investigate inc subject in a thorough
uisnuer, sod make report, they viii ne Q:
sc1no real service 70 iie contrahaH6s |! thsy
can suggest a Till oI fare ioE The Acgr9es
which will be chesp and nutritious. csli
upon their, cr the GeEmarder>iE"Ohib oi the
department, 10 Investigate thls subject. IL
needs II niiicn.