New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-18
sPOUTING ROCK LETTERS.
Ccnsspondence Of The n. Y Trihuu'

SCOUTING ROCK, Aug. 10, 1862.
viii the negroes leave their masters
zee that The Herald of your city thinks II 1"
great proof Of Gen. IIuD:s.s :@.tY that he does
not zee tia, the rees"l why more negroes do not AZ
IA, ees 10 come North is their inyincible attachment
to their masters
We are havnga great deal Of light from events
upon tlis su,ject Of late. But tbeie ~ much e' :
ccnce OF a nature private that it las nc, Vo' ''o
omit There is no doub. that thu Soujhenen thO1B-
tLeir negroes would remain safely with them daring
tleir Rebellion. Their early boast wss sincere IA
their die appointment has been Notifying. We all
remember the con,emptnous uterances OF TIE
Ciarictoa Mercuy on this subject The aged ed-
tor of that paper was as kind master as the Sonth
ever knew: his slaves wanted for nothiug; and yet
can furnish positye evidence that when, at the
great fire in that city, this wealthy and disingoisLed
citizeu's house burning down, he called vaiuiy
upon lis negroes to assist IN the eHliigulshnhht Of
The flames. With their hands folded they cav the
fire raging. The old man sank from that moment
into melancholy frame Of mind, which ACCOMPANIED
him to the day Of his death, which soon followed
lie was "a Northern man by birth.
The subject seems to Ire to be Of so much import
ance ius, Low that shall venture 10 give some .acts
relating 10 nv own fathers family though perhaps,
| should shrink from publishing matters 70 personal
III had no, already in The public press partially
u,i.taken accounts Of the same
NV father was quite extensive stakeholder,
residing. before the war broke out, IN Falmouth,
Va ard now in Fredericksburg. He was "a man OF
boror;,ble feeling, of strong religious principles and
9th q strict sense Of justice. In comparison with
most Of his nephbors he tie model Of master
Liza slaves we're cared for in the teDderest manner,
and had msry privileges which it was not usual Tor
slaves 10 have They all resided in one Of the mort
obscure portions Of Eastern Virginia. where couio
connt on one hand every Northern msn who passed
that wsy in twenty years. ION one occasion, IN my
Iovhood remember Horace Greeley passed through
on HE way to visit the mining regions IN Virginia
and thouoh it was not known I'LL he was gone, the
sen,arion lasted several monIhs'l
When the Rebellion broke ont know, by private
le,ters received that the negroes were regarded III
entirely ON the Southern SIDE. II was written;
"Tbev fine neeroes) have increased their hold upon
orr .ctions by their increased devotion and loyalty
,opsp There is no doubt that the negroes did see"
far more fond OF enslavement than ever
Urn, M so0aey did The United states m"h@Ty f'he'
Ieoeh F,edeyick,b,rg than eroy ""sfe ore ~g
ftbey slores not hiyed out beoT those lines d'se'e0
and gaiaed his or Ter h6erty.
Some Washington correspondents have asser'et
that it was suggested to them that they eou'u SN'
should be free. This Is not true MOI Sins'o ''1
put it into their minds. for one did DO. dream
their leaving till they had left They bad no nalsi
treatment to complain Of Some Of their c'i'Ife e.
hired at Richmond and elsewhere had to DO iei'
There were many hardships in the way OF leaving
yet these negroes, kindly treated, untamperea WI"
unable to read and write, leaped at their hoeF'y
soon az it came within reach.
These negroes certify that before the adVe', y
our army they were told that the soldiers were 'ho