New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-13

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Ind i under cultivation in large portions OF the
Ste-no cotton or tobacco ct all ID planted the i7
cries are neglected, tue urpenilne plan,a'io IONS yiei
no rcvenue, tho negroes have either hed, or are
grumbling and refuee TO work, ana the Whoie county
zoe 10 Be going to rack and ruin. blight has fallen
upon It that will hardly be removed III generation
never probably without Slavery, the cause OF that
blight, Is swept away.
THE CONTRABiNDs.
While Gen. Parke YVES investing Fort Macon, part
OF bio troops were at Carolina Cl'y, part al wore
head. some here and the remainder over on Bogue
Banks All the rations had to be carried IN boats,
and this made the employ ment Of many contrabauds
n cessary. Now. however, only few are wanted,
for duariermssters SUPP lies are brought TO Beaufort
direct and the small boats former y used for their
tronsnorta,on have been delivered TO their owners
\ Seventy or eighty negro oarsmen were thus thrown
out Of emo oy and had no resource but 10 ldle ABOUT
the wharyes. The number OF contrabands bel0g APP
paren,ly on the increa.e, aud more desIltu'lon
among the poor whites being discovered daily, Gen.
pnrks las issued general order eeudlng all uhel-
loved fugitive blacks oursde the lines, through fear
| ibai the Ouafternaster will be eaten out OF house
and home. lie maintains that 80 long 40 he permits
1.-THE negroes 10 lie about bis camp, eating the bread
Of ideness, and trusting 10 Government the sup
port which their own indG.try should earn, they
will not work and will soon degenerate into mere
rrowlers and hieyes; that they should never have
left their masters until they sure of remunera-
tive employ nIen;; and that bis duty discharged by
their exclusion from his camp, they can take Their
choice Of seesing wages at New6ern, w ere some
public works being prosecuted or returning To
! their masters.
Some of The contrabands have already stolen
articles in town, and some Of the deprayed women
have had a perDicious Influence on our men. lie
would not aid master TO capture fugitive, nor
permit him 10 use force 10 secure one buI any loyal
master is al perfect liberty TO come into camp and
take lis negro, If he chooses slavery TO freedom.
The same rule holds at Newborn, Washington, N.
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c., and other tces occupied b{ Duinslde FORCES.
You zee, therefore, that the Union lines are not
wholly l'e asy lam for negro iugiiiyes. III IT were
given out that every slave coming TO our camp
should have liberty, food, and employment, the army
would have It's numbers doubled ia short time, ana
the drain upon the North for food wonld soon be
uus ppouable. Things are IN pltl'De pnRht as
they now stand.
/ No policy has been proclaimed, and the slaves,
Willie rot snre Of freedom If they fly, are full OF
s,ubboruuess aud discomfort, either iatly refusing 10
work or skulking into The Tickets, and the planta-
tons are fast becoming prey to nur-grass, pursane,
/ witch and he whole family Of noXOus weeds. On
some places where the laud cleared for crop by
thirty bands, there remain Only TWO or three, who,
from Incidence aud decree itude have been unable TO
piay the grand stake for liberty Some planters, III
sheer despair, have LETT their farms to 20 to weeds
and moved iuto town. Families and no els cannot
delend on their servants remaining 20 cook the NOR.
row dinner, and helrloss misses AID masters, who
have needed BlscAie - pull on their stock ngs and
' brush tlgIr mar, are DIhhpLi ~ NpbNflhiift' VIC
awful time when they rake care of their own
hose and hair. Something must be done about
Slafery, ana that something definite, precise, aud
conclusive, or tie southern blacks ard whites will
fl TO fighting like 30 many dogs Tor the bones that
tbs war may leave then.
INPLUENCE OF CAMP LIFE.
II il great event, indeed, when the mail from
home arrives aud there is rush 10 the Post-Oiice,
"a crowding, and pushing to get within ear-sbot ci
the ssr.eini Wlo calls out The addresses, watching
N...l.
friends 10 write a. them and looks Of 1isappoint-
mrut on thofe who have, Out get no letter. II you
want o. study ciaactof, you can do 20 on halliday
in camp; but, Tor thal matter 70 you can nywhefe.
Stocking Of character, recalls 10 mind peculiar
lev which must have been noticed by any one who
IA I'D 70 DO with an army. Soldiers are like go
many c,ilt- en. Msethef being 'urbed aud disco
pnod Tor the rrt time IN their lives they forget that
tlsy ever tld cares and sronslOl esi or that tue
pt,,-li9us fe RI holding them together takes away
tbeir Individuality; or hs6nnse they feel ~ IL they
should gratify appetite and have their little peas
ufea when they can, since they carry their lives III
their hands, aud may be cead to-morrowi cannot
,av. but it IA true that who smart, self-
reliant men Of considerable force a. home, become /
Ike sO many bOys after tDey have seen FLA months
service. They have their petty leHlouhles, their |
QUAR- Il. their friendships their nailpay, their lil,e
gambling games Ut oIne point, tier
hanger for detea, h8s, min'-s'lek, gnger'cake !
frrrrrvcr and the other sweei siut that the suffer
keeps tney do little fo1lish things ard play little
ui,ks nat a they u,ed 70 when they we've boys at
s,bod and thoy have to be BAKED and punished for
their psccadillOrs Ike 80 mauy children. Some do
worse they drink hard whenever they can get
hold II the hOuihle whisky that stnugples into
. cnlap they give themselves over 10 lewdness and
debauch,Iy, they commit outrages on their noiiend-
IN comrades are turbulent anu insubordnate and
ar, pni,ished with severity. The moral sense gets
,adly biunted by camp lie, L think, and men COM /
mi crimes tLat they would never have dared 10 do
49,. JIose would hot have Touched "A
rins worth belonging to another before theIr enlist
nrut become confirmed thieves, aud steal whaeyor
they can av their hands upon. IL Is nor slways the
intrinsic value o. the tong stolen That temps thcm,
for have ieen broken chairs tadiions worn-ou.
side.saddle broken Bohemian ware, ana such trlss'
oafried oil by murcbinR soldiers.
The d.v before N,Wtern | was riding along and
overlook private who held in his hand fragment
J OF tie lIue lame u a bureau mirror; aud when
askoa what ~ tue name Of all that was wonderful
/ he WIS overlooking himselt with such trash he /
could oi ly say ~ O shctpitA way that be SAW II
AZ u house ahd thought he might IS well brrg II
along An idle, li-t.ers life, broken only ~ long
intervals Wiih the excitement Ot battles association
with he BAD mch who flock 10 every army the bad
example Of ,hap lains VIC neglect their religion.
duties aud the men and care-or seem 10 care,
which, for EXAMPLES sake, - quite a. bad-f0r
nothing but 10 draw their pay, aud aing, aud trot
ing 90 had from thc POSSIBILITIES and OF officers,
/ h'ln aud low, WHO 0iink deep play high sometime,
swear, ueo indecent language, have their uuiggee,
aud 10 Other things which good people cali bah bat
which 90 no. Feom "uubecoming officer and "A
I genloman,' wolk che norai ruin OF hundreds OF
poor fellows
/ Bat not all aye oeprayed nor even ctdith; nor
would they be ii they years IN the ranks OF
an army bad--woll nothing could be worse 70
We viii ray the RcDel army. There aie plenty OF
spldicrs Who are nOEI, huhoi dinate truthful, mtr
gent honest; who fear God and walk upugttly
"a bo uht from uugo uAtfintism. and ught Ike Sual-