New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-17

on service with Burnside, writes to his father
o letter which we fnd in The Hartford Press,
and from which we extract as follows:
Iw.s Ia rtro house Yesterday, and had some onye'a'
with .hs lrmn. asked sayhssdsd old nesre' II
abe had ever he'd children sold away from he Sold! Dty
all soldl eh.n .ni sraB5ehr.n and great grardot~ea
dsy s. eby one sbs cl,ped her bony hand, over her
head .d looked up 81 she spoke" Dee vi" one-de
onede only sTsndche did hsb is lie nebsr snowed
his nsmmy. took him when be Dat little oringed him
10 Mssss aud say, Mss dis my little grsndche may
bsep him bout heshr And he cay, don what
do vd him. SO tske him he 6as iitH, Den mOrun',
when be all rolled mp Ia blanke; .we,n my knees Maa
Green eond in and say, D, boy sold and dey take an
'rGyi oh, Lord Jesus help re pray"
can't begin 10 do Justice to the way in which ale told
this describe Tie Of voice oud gesture which
made impressive. wsh Of our Northern editors who
crin9e iu shecy before their old masters and
howl in such confirmation whenever Il likely ,hr the
may interfere directly Indirectly, with their pet devil
y--l si.h OF them could Lsys heard aud hor
few moment, ster s,ou: negro apparently a5
20 yesrs Cd, came 81 b lad in,ser; ce bu, down
cast, dosssi expression. Of who fet injustice
sied bi n the slaves Of the vicinity considered th,mse's
fee. thst their masters were sonel ""en. they didn't
quite know about ha.os said that by and By they
would ali come bsek and take them ssan" lis master Lo
said was oihcer In the Rebel army. told him hs light
Linrh.t slave would bs returned 20
who had been 10 ssaEs. ui that whatever
the close OF the he safe. free beyond
ali question. You ought to have h face light up. "De
Lord grant :" said he told him hoped II would be
with s that tho objection made 10 twas thst the freed
.ayes would sbass their Freedom oo, crme' and at best
be good for nothing idle vet Of ssgsboud. and sAed hin If
he though, thG, would tie Well" he said there
bad men everywhere wo!d se idle; but most Of
them, arer working hard all her lives without encourage
msn,, would wors hsIder with oeec. before them
have been brought up work. said be- and shouldn't feel
sey wi,hou, something to do know can lake care Of my
self" and he looked he said H. ten times the man that most
Of these Southern whites will be- Had he ever
tried 10 escape1 No he had a wife and child and
would 10 "nfht smart" before he would leave them.
made further inquiries nbou! the old romsns grandchid
lie ls now 1t seems somewhere Raleigh Sho seemed
wonderfully comor,ea when told her that meant to
up there by by. and hoped should hnd him. She
seemed take 1t in the Hight OF promise. ard heard her
,n., before went out, talking TO herself Bress de Lord
bre.s DO Lord shal nay grindchid ssan " Poor old
creature, hope sho wont be disappointed. could ill
.res With what these slaves said to bat this s enough
for sampe The Of norehan average intol sence
who had novgl AID felt deeply the wong done TO himself
and his race.
], cart ,, bul tls, this win k.Savery and II It does
COS. wh, viii OF blood and yonr and every mans
money won't be too much. Don't you think so kno,o
you DO Not thai Nv. chang ideas to the ultimate OBJ
j.ct Of he war bat firmly convinced than ever,
ths tho dssruc OF slavery OF the udl,pen,
able 10 Aa. end. n.