Washington telegraph., 1862-02-05


and feeling manner
The New York Times Of the 2t;h ult
publishes report rpon the contrabands
at Fortress Mouroe, from DR. Robert
Ware, which throws gond deal Of light
OH the dark subject. We do not wonder
that our negroes everywhere shrink in
..stinctively from the aboitionists. They
have good reason to dread them When
ever contrabands fall into the hands of the
aboiitionists they are put to the hardest
work aud kept A it early aud late
The orders of Gen Wool are that such
Of th N a. arc employed by citizens or Of
tcers snail receive the men at eight dollars
A no tn ard the women four, but from
his sum is 10 be deducted what is neceS.
sary for their clothing. They may be
furnished with cash To the amount IT one
dollar or two dollars per mnnth-and they
may not ! Ii they behave very well and
| do, say twice or three times as much as
| they were accustomed to do at home. they
may receive II some contractor does not
I steal 1t from them-the one dollar MONTH
The report says that about Que thousand
| six hundred will be fair estimate OF the
number of contrabands stolen, ab tut six
hundred of them being won IN and chill
dren. The pay they get, after paying for
their clothing. goes to a fund to support
the children and sick Instead Of bein.
takep care OF By their kind masters aud
mistresses, they have to take care Of and
provide for thslr own wants.
As To their quarters: y he report of DR..
Ware says there j. great iestituti0n
among the women and children" The
government has furnished them with no
clothing" Ouly the men who can work
upou the Notifications and 10 the bitches -
for one dollar I. month cash-can get
" coat, trOwsers, shoes aud hat" There
is still lack of clothing" the report goes
on to say, even "amoug ;hein,' among the
men. The pittance they get from their
captors, if tney ever really get anything
at all, does q t suffice 10 keep them cloth
ed. Small amounts of clothing " come
from private contributions, but they are
wholly insufficient" We quote the ex-
act words of the inspector. The govern
ment has erected "a light board hut,
raised about ten feet high. A partition
runs through it. dividing il into Two
stories La the lower stories there are
hunks for sixty men, ranged tour in . row,
10 three tiers; there are also tables foI
eating, aud a cooking stove. La the up,
per story, the area of which il lesseued By
the >lyre of the roof hunks have been
placed for sixty men The on.y means BY
which air can be admitted are two snal
widows Vi siA plTes each. lac incl
haze 10 blankets; but sleep On bed sack.
aud straw. This building Is to hold tive
hundred aud fifty-two men" Two hun
'I dred and fifty two men are huddled toge
ther in this hut, not one of whom over
five feet I'D height can stand erect in IL
Inc size is moi stated, but il is added that
a large one j. going Up, aud this j. to b,
forty six by sixty-three feet, aud Is t. holC
T . four hundred men" Four HUNDRED
men to ca, and sleep in this hut the whole
winter, They have 10 blankets but slreT
Oh straw-with the keen biting blast,
coming In from the Atlantic upon them
in mia wiuter Horrible to think Of
We don't wonder the negroes want to gel
away, and that the abolitIonists have suc
ceeded in stealing only l,6OO all told.
The report continues that /" scanty a.
these accommodations are, they are bettel
than the rest enjoy. Some families Of siA
to eight persons are living IL house
twelve feet by six, made by Joioing tive
guu houses together Others i've crowd
cd, iD old tents, others In dlmInutiv'
shanties, made by hastily knocking few
boards together; while the number q
men, women and children crammed int
the old building at the corner of the roaC
leading from tie Fort to Hampton, Is be
yond computation; they seem to ooze on
, at al! crevIccs.
4" This crowdiug il the more painful a
there is no separate house for the sick
They lie ia the E,xluds attDosphere Great
ed Uy ~ nlany persous. l was told there
about thIrty-sIx persons among those NV
ing Just abOu. the tort.
Tnese are the words Of the medical IN
spector Only think Of lt-nen, wome'
aud children, aud the sick, aDd We sup
pose the dying also, all crowded indls
crImInatey together into these hthy, dar'
old shantIus, with insufficient clothlug
, aud no blaukets," aud beds but stray y
| lt3S pUu l. tbio 'hN w. -
tltinn for the servants Of the south wa
the " Back Hole OF Calcutta much NOR
terrible than these places Into when SIX
teen hundred stolen negroes are nightly
thrust, are described to be by the medica
agent OF the very government which sane
tIons the atrocities!
So much for the :. freedom which aoo
,, lition offers the black man. Lit wou'u
make him " free to suffer" Fortunately
abolition is now pretty well understood oy
our happy servants, aud IL Will DC ape '
kidnap but few; and these few' unles'
they are the stupidest dolts that ever liveu
will get away from them whenever '"'y
can get chance.
} SURyEILLANCE OVER THE NEWsfA
, pERs.-The Richmond Examiner, oil th'
, lIth. contains the following
We understand that bill has oeea 10
! troduced into Congress to put the news
, paper under surveillance of the authorities
we learn that the provisions oi the OH
make it a penal offence, punishable Dy hn'
and imprisonment, for any newspaper u
. publish information of the number, dis
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