Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-08-20

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L has fsllen % the lot Of other cor.
respondents 70 chronicle the rise ana
progress Of The "oegro brigade" TO fol-
Low The cootrabands 70 their orgsn'Is
ton ~ soldiers through the many "eess
Of drill, to nsrrate to greedy is.oen 70
the welcome Intelligence Ct their une'
quallsd proficiency IN the use Of arms,
their precision VI step, their manly
bearing. their vetranIy air, and tsrr'o'e
earnestness with which they bad entered
the ranks Of the army, 70 deal oes'n
and vengeance to their masters.
Itmmy lot to record the fact that
the negro brigade is disbanded. i
Tbis event occurred last evening
Il WAS very quietly brought about
Verv few, indeed Of the officers or the
civilians on the island were aware OF
the feet until they saw the recent arm
bearers 10 their scarlet trowsers sud-
denly scattering themselves in pictur.
e.oue attitudes aboat the post, or has.
teoinp to catch the first means OF trans
portsiion to their homes on the ada
cent Islands. They received their dis
charge from Uncle Sans service with
evident delight, and rejoiced With sim.
pie glee at the liberty thus afforded
them.
The experiment Of negro soldiers has
been tried. They will not answer the
purpose for which they we're created
Whether Gen. Hunters course was
adopted with view to strengthen the
army, or to benefit the contrabands, or
to build up popularity for himself, It
has certainly proved unsuccessful; ana
30 with less ceremony than attended
it's beginning, it has been abandoned.
The conservative policy Of the admin
,stration has not been without it's due
eject in closing the military career Of
the negroes; but | nevertheless believe
that Gen. Hunter had become through
" convinced that they would never be
Of any benefit either to him or his com
mind. Placing them on level with
white soldiers, who came hither from
their comfortable homes to fight to-
their country at thirteen datlars Il
month, had no good effect upon tb'
volunteers. The negroes, before inso
lent and supercillous, became more sc
as they were elevated and instead o
being treated kindly, as they had for
merly been, the spirit Of dissatisfaction
, begot,en by their gay uniforms an
: fine airs, vented itself in sundry and di
vers kicks, and cuffs and jeers, whic
7 kept both whites and blacks in an On
pleasant and continual toment. No,
that the negroes are returned to thei
D plantations and to the workshops
e where they belong, aud the work {
ending the rebellion is recommitted
l. the hands Of white men, we may hop
IS for better state of feeling, not only
d this department, but throughout ii
country.
V A"DRuNK WcMAS" AND HER CH1L1
: Il was once, many years ago, wa'kin
At in Lothian streei, when l saw woms
!. walking along very drunk. She W
t. carrying child it was lying over b
a. shoulder. l saw it slip, slipping farth
If and farther back. l ran and cried on
but before l could get up, the poor i
90 tie thing, smiling over its m'serat
% mothers shoulder, fell down, like
rs stone, on its head on the pavement,
or gave gasp, and turned up its blue ey'
IN aud had convulsion, and its soul "
10 away to God, and its little soft, wea
y. body lying dead, and its idiotic moth
grinning and staggering over it, h
Is seeing the dreadful truta, then fe 2 e
u: ting it .s.,a nrn:: 1t was the young "
=. mans only child. When she came
herself she became mad, and is to Il
Z day dwelling idiot, and goes abo
D. forever seeking for her child, and Gu,
r. ing tho woman who killed it. This is
j. true tale, too true.
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