Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-25

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Charleston and Savannah Railroad. He
seems to have been a favOrite aud much
about the person of his master. He de-
scribes their troops as much demoralized.
'Oey say, de fust damn Yankee cum, dey
all froW down de nuskets and run. Dey
! no fghti when de officers stay in de house
| by the fire, dev in de cole aud rain.r He
helped build all the forts between us and
the Railroad, and offered to serve as a
guide. Though be has lost the lower left
arm, yet he is first-raIe hostler; teamster
and blacksmith. In addition he brought
the papers and letters from the cars to his
master. One paper came to six regiments
and "massa read him, den send we to de
officers tent, dey read him wild de tent tied
up. Den We slips round and listens, an
We take you right dar." Dey hang we If
dey cotch, but we feel safe as nn old coon.'
The fellow is an excellent shot and resting
the gun on his stump of an arm. His
| statements of the losses at Hilton Head
and other actions in South Carolina agrees
with numerous others from both white and
black sources in making them much more
heavy upon the rebels than ever nckuowl-
edged. These statements il they came
singIy would be worthy of course of no. at
tention, but these are too many, and all the
negroes agree, no matter where from. He
says, "de Sh'cesh lose one thousand five
hundred at Hilton Head. | no say desc all
killed, dey no found. Dey on de rolls, but
neber come back Their loss at Port
Royal Ferry he makes FIVE hundred. AT
Fort SumPter, ''dey had cof for dc epu.
lets, no cOff for de soldiers"
AT Hilton Head it appears that General
Drayton sent all the boats away. Captain
Barnwell, the Sabob No. of this town,
demonstrated. Drayton replied, 'tIf YOU
intend to run, run now. If you intend to
fight, fight, and don't provide escapes."-
Barnwell simmered down. was a good
deal moved by this buys natural and sim
cere statement of his case. and of his graf
itude to the soldiers for cast off clothing
given him. al work for massa, and nv
grandfather and great.grand-fader. He git
me tree yards wooden year, a peck of
meal a week, an half pint of salt n month.
walk in de black frost in my bare feet.
Me good hand, hostler and black smith,
drench horse and cure. Now, massa gin in
trouble and fuse: he cut and slash We
Desc de best clothes l cher had since was
born. Desc shoes, dis shirt, and dis blue
pinchiug blouse some soldier had given
him, "dis suptEtfne blue. MassA, feels like
man. | neber feel like man till now.
Massa, dey no could make slabe of me
now" The tears were rolling down his
cheeks at last. However it may have been
elsewhere, the negroes have been abused
about here most iiendishly. No one, male
OF female, but carries the scars of mall
treatment. The are all under sized no
big, well-developed fellows. They are
stunned in frame and british in feature.
For this we ere in a degree responsible.
Black and greasy as they are, and de-
graded in mini, one must feel that they
are men, aud feel, too, the shame and the
sin. A "God in History has visited terri
BILE retributive Justice on our nation for
generations of Injustice and brutaliziug.
May the fire purify us. Jefferson wished
that "Nn ocean of fire rolled between Flu
rope and America" Would it had been
between Africa and America. The two
races will never do together. They're
like sugar and oysters; either is very
good thing. but they do not do to mix.
Gymnastics are still on the rise. Drill,
except to keep up discipline and skill, is
given up. Horizontal bars, rings, horses
and cricket are in use by everybody.
Nearly every company has cricket club.
Co. A has sent to New York city for imple-
ments.
Our unfortunates at tue hospital are
progressing tayorably, and there have been
no new cases for a week or ten days.
Physical exercise will preserve the frames
We hope. @.