The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-05-17
TIE NEW YORK SUN.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY II. isd2.
The New York CITY Press.

The New York CITY Press.
ten Hunters Order abolishing slavery in
South Carolina, Florida anil Gcorsi, is com
men'cd upon a. lows:
The Times fIc man who thinks The cmtncira.
uon OF i"ut H., l'uus of slaves the work Of an hour
% ."',N " p' done hy astrokc of the pcn or wave
~ ~ Wv h''i' may br very sincere AMI conscicn-
Nous inhu uut he certainly knows nothing what.
ever "i hum"n nature or the laws Tat govern nil
.Nt'' no rieuer cruelty coui he inii ted on
,"' '' N' 'ticWs, 'vcs, no more cotiaiu min could
u" 10 . up'r the Industry and soria! eVistci..,
'"'tin st",cs, no heavier blow could be
""'' '' - ihc advancing civilization nf tho conn.
W, 81" 'r axe thhn would follow The uuprcpnr, A
81, ,'h ii'tai'ch.semcn, oi the ucyro sls,'s.
''H ~ ~ = ha' IaigU 'y transrcnl.l tu. stNprr
III dsty in issuing Ills rroclanat H. iIis iuti cs
~ ", S'i tru " rattm,ui a-c purely :, lt,rv.
~ I'e y. '"h' Whatever 1" du viii ndr.u, .t,riI..
- va iumcut of south Carolina, t,,. r,o, rr
."I"'" or VIII rcsuintus their domestic .u .tti.
lions That matter lclou $ exclusively e. the ,,ay.
ctnmcnt At M.sl.uston
The World The general order of H., ,,,,r,u.
dtr ~ the military D,iarimoh the srrth is the
u"s' .N'"t'"lN document tHt Ls Hpponiri
s,hce We hrtimrg of the war. It IL cral'y
'hsintt'al whtthcr ~ suppose It to have bcca. li
mot & lave been, uuth.rsrd by the llrsidgt A.
tc ffvidrnt believes Tint t,crc is any .u.h .'..rt
"a I" IL "nucipa,ion ~ it implied ir
Hrn. llgutot'a oiItr, We do unt know wh
{" make tth,r ut bis rninci ipa'lu nirs-aprt, CON,
Ai,Hs, "r u' IT,, .'ioit mes=n.c in " I,u lie ,Nplt
'd ms t 's''' i' n.n- tie bill iur auult,u.u.l s
,r,S, ,,,S III 'r "i ,1'""nn t"y>a t,.,. o
marta" Ia" destroys slavery ly tl~r tnhc.
rent hc"iul th'lity. the at oi Gov ross uIYsIif
slavery iu thr District, whrrr martial .,v Wa, A.
loree, WiHd very idle "ema.ty. The President
own views ou cnl tuc rItitu have been prauu gate
~ document which has httfs ctcd tnc ait iti,i
ahd ,h' I'd the applause uf tho wlniu cNifiy,I
word, " HlltHi ia t.lt dn.uncilt that hr rc.
guuNd 'lp,r'y 49, uui.r state control IN ali ,ho.e
T.. 4 as l. 1t,s la -
non W." i'i'' in tr'nt pant uf Item, til mart Al
law IN i'rt' .n rn.i ni ~ others. ii"idiI thr.
.l'Ne III sudden 'm'nriHtUn ; he did 1T hch,yc
IN uncoul rusatcd emancipation ho dtI mot b,.
licvo in emancipation wiihou, the concurrence of
The states iut"rr.tcl.
Tbc THnn. r's order isa.r.tf f., II IN.
d"''tH u 1.rrss II points tn. WAY t. unity and
vi,"ry. Rrv'luiiH Hus take no backward rtpI. t.ll
'hslt iu'l 'ir'lc a. ,umpshod. Aud tAl5 iuetual
irhcil ou, iou,,lt,a an uAu.rir,trl i H.. irt . b,
"l r"Ncty' AMI dcs uIcd ~ iuNuc t. that srof 4
wong horntlcs' IA .,rauiiycmcn,, security nu
sway, tsdc'iih 4 in toe rtpydeueo ol God g. work
" utter downfall and ru.a.
The Frenino I1i.-ii would he seen hy cvorv.
ilN''lnliE mind 4 once Tat q neral IIniioi Ln.
zone 'h' We = q ing hc could dn Ia hs position II
We were IT, 4 hui wish pfriui,,rs nu the Hubic,, oi
slavery u 4 We have 81" long rt,,d m awe e.. thr
mon t,r We have b''u So hong t,irAt to itond cy
cry interference with II, that We i,otiuctyrly aI
l'' Hcl II wth the utmost caution.
9ne Conmercii Adrr,iscr-we rc,onl ,hi.
uroclama,lun hs sign and e,rucu of what iq l.
c'me' hut, Wan mt o' present -o II, imrrpyid.u,
nui tnuli,ious Slavery will douhtlr1, hdr aN -,
before the war cnis hut It will mover lose its yitali
y ny mere force Of proclaim atoms.
Journal ~ Z. nimerte.-As We do not hcllcv
That General Hunter IL yet insane, We duuh thc
senihi"ncsa Of the document. II II isa vcrtabc
siair We expect 10 bear sharp prlt,Bt nom iuyal
men IN kcy Wcr', and more ciicctlyerruicst fiom
Mr.. Lincoln.
a correspondent of the TINEs writes as fol-
lows from Wiliamsburgh.
The labor Of clearing the late battle field of tho
dead aud wounded, has revealed additional cy..
dence Of the barbarsm of the southern troops
M buryihg the dead, our men have found among
them tic buIies ui those who were cylcutly dis.
patched while lying wounded and hrlplrss ia the
power OF the enemy, aud tho instances are MT few
~ which The proof IL more direct nnd positive, than
that furnished ly the mute witnes, Of tho uuti
oorpSrS. Mayor Rycrsun, of the New Jersey Brig.
ade, i. wounded Ia the actOn of Monday and two
u0icers who undertook 10 carry him from the n,ii.
wor" shot IN tie ttemIt couple OF privs, IS then
-prhug o. hiH assistance, but hu advised them l.,
leave linn i"r their own s'fciy telling them that he
wB hot dangerously injured, Hni hal nothing e.
lear rom the enemy; but when the field was search
ed the n"St day iur tAo dead he was l1unI living
among 4 cu, with slN hayunct wounds ia h.- breast
his ears slit AMI his body nearly stripped of cloth
ihR: y private IN the same Brigade was alf1 found
WIN ~ brains Hinnrhcd IN with his own musEc ct
which lay NJ hl -do covered with the traces OF the
foul murder which had evidently been done upon n
helpless man. In another inbt,ncc an officer Of lhc
tevcutlctl New York Volunteers, Lieut. Nelson, OF
Nov York, WHO fell wounded, AMI ,v,H cnrri,I t,yn
mllrJ ly Ill, r''fcntnR rebels and thrn Lay ,urtrd
twice Dnd lrit Tor dead ly the whys.lc. lie lived
'p.R CnuuN however, To- testify as T. th treatment
ht had received from hs cowarIly captir-.
y correspondent Of the HERALD at Hilton
Head writes, May 10th:
The cnsilng OF negroes aa soliicri, Wit the pay
and uionH oi volunteers, Is going on "a this district
with no great Success. A cntnpluy of cnutralnu,ls
VAS formed here thrcc or fur weed, since, nlL
numbered n one me, when tie intensity aud zeal
Ji the ".nu1critt" e eliminated, nearly one hundred
and MY men. since then thccuntrHiauds' courage,
Ike that II lIl A'Tc,', has onlcd ont uf their fin.
gcr'' .ud M. tie company could IN rely turn ont
"a cou"n's glul. The cuutraband4 have nn heart
for the lu- ness when they u ilrct uun tho ssibi.
MY oi beng punrtured by cold steel, or perforated
~ bullets, with the additional risk OF Hluning OH
this mortal coil through the simple and expod tious
nd OF a haugmaus nUrsc aud their ara which
Increase IN tie same ratio that they reflect aud in.
wnfdly dg'tt arc rapidly changing tlor anxiety to
take up arms 10 ade, -seaed diAne lilalOn 10 place
thcms Ives in positions of danger.
do not thiuk nom az can gather that tho
freed negroes are Il srous of military dls,inction:
they de- not "hurn" ~ aricntly "a had Locn lei g.
SUPPOSE for the Lpnora and plorics Of war, hut
r'tAcr prc' cntily nLd lHlly ~ ''am'nrt" IN the
having sunlight or ''sw,lter" IN the grateful shade.
Ihey never vii! make good soldiers. They have
not tie AZ probation ~ the cause which would nerve
thrm T. Tue dangers %: contest in tho field. Trey
Lave no conficuc. IN themselves, nor are they 1T.
tod iur the trust which 9 country should and does
now r,p"sc In it1 gallant aruiics. They like free
dom better than slavery, because freedom he-o IL
& u'icr than slavery; but they think little more
ia Union man thnn they do Of rebel. Their am
hiton II 10 Ice clothed and fed, IN, return fr which
they do NOT care t. give any more of their labor
than they are compelled 10. witt tlC side that ex-
acts TIE least and affords them the inog, thcy
cast their ot and their fortunes A. field hands and
servants they may he usc'llly AMI proGtaby ,m.
ploy,d; but for men a. Fl ,ht our battles win our
vi, tories aud put to hiyht the rebel hosts now in
arms against tic In'Ou, the constitution aud ia,
laws We cannot look t. the slnyehuts Of the South
AL,tEC I'rI'SfS,