, 1862-07-10

guarding aDy line to which gunboats OF ship
launches, ca1Ty ing ho"itZe1s, can have access.
Tte health o. ae tT1oRs' %in tae u h5aER sHGR
ard 1emittent fers IS which have appeared st
Jbmes Island, cont uues to be almost mir4cu-
lcusIy good. This Is doubtless in great meas
ure due to the untis ing attention given the
sutjectby Gen. Hun ter, who holds al the
medical officers Of his command to the stree.
.st performance OF their duties. The general
hospital, in which most q those wounded III
t e engagement Of The 16tA1 u1t. are now unoer
ueat1lent, l. a commodiol's and Te1i-vsntu-
ated buDcing, sitnated ina nedlately on tae
shore, and with the cool foan' of the breakers
eiyirg perpetual freshness to the air. ALI rhat
care and attention can do for the sufferers IS
being done, and Gen. Hunter d, les not stand
very strictly upon the revised .7rnF reg1la-
tons in cases where the health OF his com:
for their country is at stuke. Thu patients
have fresh beef issued every day, ec. I all Who
Gssire are supplied With sucn ds.;, :acies as
soup. arrowroot. sago, chickens. q ,ss and
abundant vegetables, not always to b. found
in the crude administration Of our III; ;itary
hospitals
The new orders in relation to leaves OF alb
seDce Of officers and furlou2hs to eo1is ted
men src being strictly enforced, but not wiki
out much grnmbGng On tbs part OF those
shoulder.stropped gentry who End their planls
Of cool visits to the green mountains Of Ver-
mt,nt and summer bathing st Nahant and
Cape May thus suddenly frustrated
The ytxed question OF "thc coEt-a5anG5e
has possibly entered q new phase By the ap-
pointmtuI Of Brig. Gen. Suxton TO the posi-
tIcu Of superintendent Of all the plantations
ard the Inhabitants thereof within eur army
lines This in effect takes the direct control
OF the negro population out Of Gen. Hunters
b :udR; although SIS Gen. Saxton remains sub
ject 10 Gen. Hunter's orders, no ytry serious
change OF policy in regard to this class can he
aGop'ed without receiving Gen. Hun.er's
sanction. Thus fer, Gen. Saxtol has given
no Indication OF any intention to break up the
regiment known as tue 1st South Carolina
Volunteers, composed ofsl1yes whose MASTERS
! have run away frcm them. This experiment,
| Indeed. is one which deserves to be prosecuted
| t,:; end.
It is thus fr the only real protest we have
/ had against that rose-Eater sentimentalism
| which refuses to regard treason as the highest
crime known to human 1aW-as t1e 'tsum Of
| all 1iliaiLits.'' Treason, described il our
statutc books as felony meriting the worst
| foIt5e Of q fe Gus death, las been gradually
siE,nscred down, bl mistaken cieneDcy, into
| y species Of romantic mislemeanor-a Kind Of
pt'!!tical eccenfEicity-sort Of mistaken pat
| riotic eptlusiaE Enl-whscl has to be geutly
; titatrd with en:cllient rou!ticts Of COURTESY
and gradually brought around to 4 healthy
! cC Cna;';on by !s!asters Of very distinguished
| consideration" ,or Luuec Who labor un6ei
the worst forms Of its virus. In Gen. Hun.
III . t4Ch3 VIZ I14C A''tttAAlt a5 LtIGEACtu u!
his course thus ta1, t-cs.-oA would appear t.
be f.steiing and gauErenel Eu-e, wuleu nl1s
lc lrsdicattd from the body roliti2 ut au,
cost, using tie knife and the actual cautcry
II requisite. In his view. and in the view o
those y 4o think with him, no possible cog
dret OIL the part Of tie North can 'cxasper
a1e'' or i'.t1a1ae the rebels to aus greater de
slee than they are already i1.fla3oed. No POS
s,ule concessions call be lnade short OF ac
! kBon1edgng the success Of their conspiracy
-, l..
vince them of our weakness and csta5lisl
! ntw claims 10 th.lr contempt.
Apart from tic mili;arJ, employment of til
Etgrcvs, tic SUCCESS Of their organization 4
tree 1aborcis in the 9uartermaster's depart
mtnt OF the army, aud, under the instruction
! OF Secretary Chase, on the Plantations, is on
Of those astounding new developments whic
. . contradict hy 4 few months Of practice til
. received AM. :Ilnost universally accepted opiu
ion CT many years. Fur from refusing to ear
honest wages by the sweat Of taeir brow, Fl
tion idiit = in tnvsun and deyotiEg tltiuseIye
10 petty THEFT US q means OF livelihood, 4
p1oIhle1ed by the enemies Of their race IA
, t.D:e interested in unfolding the IS sin:titu
!. Gon,' the concurrent testimony Of Ill VIII
.. have had tllr supervision of tic colored me
: in this department ,proclain1s an opposite RI
suit Employed By Gen. Sherman in til
, Insrttrua=1tr's department at $50 q mont
, ard rations, tLeir services have been so vail
: able ard go eagerly sought in all their brancht
OF busint6s, that 1t has been found necessas
iu both the comniissary and 4uar:ermaster
. departments to advance th=ir pay to sl3.0
: month in order to retain them.
= Few, who, eight months since, saw II
c4oucbing, slouchtns, abject, only half hun:
4 bguses which slavery had made OF this race
! hIlots, would recoEnz. To-day is the san
men the well-clad. Elastic, Intelligent and 7
sptctful eolored 1aborers who crowd the ou
! piers Of Hilton Head and Beaufort, handli;
packages and barrels with the brisk dcxteri
Of Nolthcrn s'evedores and lightermen, dri
ing Wagons to the depot storehou5es, or hea1
i1Y rowing boats with the precision of lneu-c
G vars men. They have learned to talk, ais
Z and hear from their school-teachers. and II
c personal observation bears out the azsertio
# that most OF Them vii: be able to read, and
: la1ge portion be able to write, before the exl
r.l:ion Of many months.
c Thus far, in its civil and military a5pec!
Q the management Of the negroes in this depAl
u ment presents phases deserving the most ST
ons attention of the philanthrop'st and I
$ ! states man, and al earnest hope must be #
n hy all interested in the suppression Of this
bcllion and the welfare OF the human race, tn
s the prosecution to its losica; result Of II
l. sudden attempt to elevate u whu1e people n
y I not be INTERRUPTED.