New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-17
Total .............................iso

Tie above population il ela siied ga follows; 800
mecha,ics aEd boise servants BOT working in tie
field; o 3 old, scAlg, aud Dn.bie to work; 3,6l9
children not ureful fof islI labor, aud Az held
hands. The field hands dayr been classified, under
the former SYSTEM ino t4l, fetquayiers one-half,
and one quarter hands Tie term one1uarter gem
orally desgnaies boys aud girls of about II years
Just sent to the field the lerm halt applies often 70
persons s0mewhas iDhun, AID 10 women encctDtc,
and the term three-Quaitesr applies 20 those doing
less than 81 ful hand nd more than hall hand Ac-
cording 10 tins 81 solicitation, which viii aid in ar-
irving at the effective f'rce. the field hands are
made up OF ,22 fail ancs. XJJ threequarter haGds
Se7 hall bands, ald 50 O.e- ~ iIter hands. COu-
Yout,ng the fractional iato AL hands, according to
the custom Of the former lianier, III determining
what crop should 10 required OF the abo,era, there
results tue equiyalcnt " $500 full field hands,
4 go field bands were paid fr work on the cotton
CROP There il, lhsii, difference Of 800 between
this number aud ,he entire number Of field hands
The number making this difference do appear TO
have worked on the cotton. Eigbty seven OF them
are found Oh Hutchinson, Beef aud Asle, whore
they were sent from Dier Island, wlent 60 late
as 10 make it unagVIi;.e 20 eTipt The planting OF
cotton. The statistics Of population ard classified
bborers we're taken some weeks before the pay
rolls were made, ana q number Of aborcrs sought
employment at tie cam's IA the intervening time.
Some o! the one quarter hands were employed in
the cotton culture.
Tie mechanics AID h0u @ servants on the plauta-
tions have not been pTOii, ably empoyetthc former
because they had not proper ,tO,k aud tools
and we = ere not authorized 10 attempt improve
ments o.; any permanent or valuable character; the
latter, because The sDperiuteudoats were not accom-
pauied by their families. Both cl6sses were gverse
10 Gelc-labcr, and OccagiOuCd considerable trouble
Some assigued 10 the charse ~ gardens, aud
others went TO the camps. 1ne proportion OF old,
sicsly, aud disa I'D il large. The fugitive masters
who forced away many VI their other slaves, we're
willing TO leave thosc. TIE amount OF disability
among the people i generally quite large, due 20
moral and physical causes. Inoro appears to be q
want Of via energy m them such as Oiien carries O
feeble person safely through great toni ana veXaon.
This may be ascribei partially 70 their yegelii-
able diet aGd psr,i Oily their former con- |
dtion, which has '.otiiuy in IT TO give strength 10
wiz or purpose. Their bodiirg ANA sleeping apart
rnents are unsuitable, dId light they sleep On he
floor without change oi ciVt4ing. Az boatDcn they |
are often expose and Do nOi properly for them
selves after exposure. Daring this seasOu, stlall |
pox has been prevalent, aud deran2ed the labor on
several plantations. For tie purpose OF staying IT,
there was general Vaccination, aud ho,pital was
established Oh Port Royal leland, and put under
tho care OF physician emlloycd ny one oi the
Benevolent associations. six physicians have been
employed aud paid by them. H. was an entirely |
Inadequate corps Tor extensive territory, partic.
olzriy Q. II was impossible to procure Tor them
reasonable meals OF conveyance.
since the above statistics were prepared some 200
kugitives have conet W Port Royal and Eds O, and
have been distributed On the plantations. Besides
She table does not Include negroes ut any OF the
camps at Beaufort, Hilton Head, Bay Point, and
Otter Island, who under the control of the Quar-
termaster Department. Tbese will amount. with
eher families, to 1910 persons, more. They have
noi been uIder the Treasury Department bat they
esye been Instructed W ths ieaehers and attended