, 1862-07-10

RuaIulbg any une 10 HMcn gun1oat5 or Shl
launches, carry ing howitze1s, can have access
ton Of the numerous slight cases Of billiou
ard 1emittent few rs which have appeared q
| james Island, cont nues to be almost mlracu
lcnsly good. This Is doubtless in great meas
u1e due to the untir.ing attention given th,
sutjectby Gen Hun ter, who holds al til
medical officers of his command to the stric.
tst Ft1tc1 maIee OF their duties. The genera
| hospi9al, In which most o those wounded ii
Z e engagement Of The 18Th ult- are nov uude
Hea'1ienf, i commodiol' IS and well-yentll
ated bni1cing, Situated im1 nediateIy on ta.
shore, and With the cool foam Of the breaker
Elslfg perpetual freshness to the air. All Iha
care and attention can do for the sufferers i:
oelDS cone, nnd Gen. Hunter d, les not stanl
very strictly upon the revised army regula
t'ons ii cases where the health OF his com
mard ma q or tie comfort Of those who have b.e6
nave fresh beef issued every day, &c. all who
dtEiIe are Supplied with sueti ts,;> scies q:
eonp, arro"root. sago, Chickens e, ,es and
aenndant Vegetables, not always to b, found
hospitals. A-1@
Inc new orders in relation to leaves OF at-
senee of officers and furlouahs to erIis ted
men a1e being strictly enforced, but not viii b.
cut much grumbljng on the part Of thos e
snonldes.st1apped gentry who End their planA,
o. cool visits to the green mountains of ysr-
mint and summer bathing at Nahant and
Cape May thus suddenly frustrated
Inc Vexed Question OF "the cort.a5ant5''
mas possibly entered new pbase BIZ the ap-
poiutment OF Brig Gen. Saxton to the posi-
tic1 OF superintendent Of oil the plantations
ard the inhabitants thereof within sur arur
lines. This in effect takes the direct control
OF the negro population out Of Gen. Hunters
hanae; although Is Gen. Saxton remains sub
Jcct 10 Gen. Hunters orders, no very serious
Change OF policy in regard to this class can he
aeoPfed without receiving Gen. Hunters
sanction. Thus far, Gen. Saxtoa has river,
no Indication OF any intention to break up the
regiment known as the 1st South Carolina
stiuntetrs, composed Of slaves whose masters
nave run away frcm them. This experiment,
t :; end.
Il is thus FIR the only real protest we have
had against that rose-water sentiulcntaIism
which refuses to regard treason Is the highest
crime known to human IaW-as tue tts1im of
az shia1llts.' TREASON, described ia our
statu'e s nooks as felony .neriting the worst
tUai1s ;,l, u 1e Oh death, has been gradually
slnn'erec down, by mistaken ciemenc7, into
SPECIES OF roB1als1ie misdcmeauor-a Find Of
HH:t!cat eccentricitg-sort of mistaken pat-
Ilotic enfflus2asn-whicA has to b.. neutly
Treated with e1Ecllient pou!tires OF courtesy.
ano HfaduallF brought around to q healthy
cena:.ion by I;lasters Of st very distinguished
co9s!derat!on, u Tor L1oec who labor mixer
Ihe worst forms Of its virus. In Gen, Hun
ttE's view, on the contrary, as tvIdeactd nv
h's course thus far, t.&:.-.l;I1 would appear II,
oe l. stcilng aud gaugrercd =o-c, wuicu must
oe sssdlea'td 7Ioul the body polite at any
ces', using tie knife aud the actual eautcrr,
Il requisite. In bis view, and in the view Of
tfose y 10 think with him, no possible RON
drcf Oh the part OF tie North eau ..cxlsunr
a'e.' or l1'ila1ne tie rebels to any greater de.
gree tban they are already i:Hl:2cd. No pos
s'nae concessions can be made short Of a.
4 nf }.,1r
Which VIII have no other effect than to con
vince them of our weakness and establish
ncw claims to their con1erupt.
Apart from tie military. employment Of the
rtgrCtE, TIT success Of their organization as
tree laborefs in the quartermasIer's dep1rt
mont OF the army, and, under the instructions
oi SecresaFy Chase, on the plantations, is one
OF 1hose astounding new deyclopmEn.s which
contradict hy a few months Of practice the
fccelved rec and almost universally accepted opin-
honest wages by tue sweat of taeir brow. far
iiom ldiltE in thcsun and deyotiEg themselves
20 petty THEFT Us means O: livelihood, as
p!oFhtF1ed BY the enemies Of their race and
1:ose interested in upholding tue "in:titu-
Eon,' the concurrent testimony Of ali who
LAYS h::d IN: supervision Of the colored men
IN teis department pT0clainfs an opposite re-
suit. Employed by Gen. Sherman in the
H1l5rteImas1er's department at :SUO q month
a1d raElonE, tLeir services have been so valn
aole and SO eagerly sought in all their branches
OF bus1nt6s, tnat it bas been found NECESSARY
in both the commissary and quarsermastvr's
DEPARTMENTS to advance their pay to sI3u0a
nonth IN order to retain them.
Few. WHO, eight months since, saw the
ceTouching, slonching, abject, only half human
figures which slavery had made OF this race Of
htlots, would recognize to-day as the same
men the well-c1ad, elastic. in: rl1igent and r.
spcc1ful colored !aborers who crowd the busy
pitrs Of Hilton Head ard Beaufort. haudliaS
packages and barrels with the brisk deyteritT
Of MOI 1thcrn s'evedores and lish:er,nen, driy-
lug wagons to the depot storehou.es, orheart-
lily rowing boal: with the precision OF 1uen-of-
wars Inen. They have learned to ta7k, also.
and hear from their school teachers. aud nv
EersaDal observation bears out the assertion.
that most OF them vii: be able to read, and i
la'se portion be able to write, before The expj-
rLllou OF many months.
Thus far, in lis civil and military aspects,
the management Of the negroes in this depart
nent presents phases deserving the most seri-
Gus attention Of the philanthrop'st and the
statesman, and IN earnest hope must be felt
hy all Interested in the suppression of this re-
bcllion and the welfare Of the human race, that
the prosecution to its logical result OF this
sudden attempt to elevate j whole people may
not be interrupted.