, 1862-09-19
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FROM SOUTH CAROLINA,
XntereaxfDE Facts Concerntux tho
s'Eop1rabandsss AE Port ho}&t.

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FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Facts Concerning tho
''CopIrabands'' at Port hoy&1.
The Rev. Dr.. French delivered an interest
ng lecture at the Church Of the Puritans, In
New York, on Sunday evening, on the condi-
ion and prospects Of the ''conrrabands'' 1T
Port Royal. The following report is publish
in the New York Times:
NEGRO INDUSTRY.
Those ~ho ocruse the negroes Ret to work |
1T Port Royal and elsewhere on the Southern
coast, through ah1 x-r ions + the aasocfa- /
l,1t, ii indoience and .unthrittiness, said the
[e turcr, not only do the puoz b:avk msn c;uel |
!, Justice. but speak directly in def ,uce OF zhe
[ac,e.. On the plantations marked out for |
t!t.r labor bv the government, aud controlled |
By :hc euperinte odents Of the association. no:
onl. did 1nr 1t Etgsoes ~.o CAME to tne Il 4g f1r
iTeeeotn, Thoroughly cultivate their aAosicd
port OBS aud perform the Ix,ra tasks as=igned
tht1u, tut in very maHy Instances titled ilve
times as much GROUND tor themselves. and a
lAlgt hunhtr ot thin have faved 1rotn S:0 to
$50 this seasou Dnt OF their earnings 1heIn-
selves- TIER s1t in he audience u poor col
ored won,au IRON Geur:.ia, Al tscaD~d slave,
VITO b:.d 1sld By iull SOU 10 shAt way to bring
North, but had bten rubbed CT it on her way
LisMr-
On their OWL portions Of ground the ne.
g1t&s 1alsed It's little corn, cot On, rice, pota-
t'- ard melons they themselves required, and
quEurity FOX sale besides. 10 do this they
rrEe early aid watched late, aud not only Was
their zeal in this work OF seli-emaucipation
frs.u' pt,ytrty marvel, but 60 cheerful and
coAttn'et we're taly ~1tha1, tbas there Was
NO darger whatever, should they universally
gsia tleir Freedom, 1hat the North would be
b, ar1 fhn 1f
The contrary wou!d tcld good. Tae rlAnta-
tiens oi The teeming South would be cultiya-
tel sud msde t. produce as they AAd never
do.e beiure by free labor, aud the process
would ae 6uterin.cnacd By Northern farmers,
or oilers imuued with similar principles. The
climate there was by no means SO uuae:altn5
as IL had been represented, and the RESOURCES
of tltr were il pr, use abundance. Dr. French
hcic Crew pleasing picture OF tte improve
ms Ills In: reduced into the hone.lue OF tue ne
earu IN Independent living, their cabins we're
whi.c-wa,heo, swept clean, Kept in order, pic
lures and MAPS, cut from illustrated neHEpa-
pets, aerr pasted upon the wall by the wo-
mtc as decoration, the rivalry III neatness
thus 2: o1uced, aud The GENERAL elcradng aod
ret;ni:g effect On his representation, tue
con n'anlipg officers and the society had Per-
mit.- i MIN To introduce IN o some twenty-lire
OF the cabins, On twenty-five different p1anta-
1ionz-wia1 Lad reytr tgen known beiore--A
wiEcow with panes, eight BY twelve inches IN
G3l.tLSion.
IL this luxury Of light were subsequently
ado. 1ablts ttree BY four fect, 90 I'd s:r5og
tin wash basine, ard soap. stout bcd.tic4s,
vi lcl; The Iesso women tletnsrlycs I'll Idc up,
anu tuasls, :: snail lookirg,-gglass for ca u
cabin. Ttlc effect Of the fatlcr OF the family,
sit,in. ut The head If his nex taole, while ais
sAble wife hlsd children gathered around IT,,
q. il r. rouCcihg 4 bcredlctioa On the hum tic
tare, Ias very touching. Hitherto, they had
boiled their lo1lipy, 1t. in Il Coulnul skillet,
anu eu+t it out Of oyster shells Whtn and
wherever they could, some indoors and some
outside, in every yAIiety Of attitude The lu
On cycitE themselves tor the first time in tht
n,isfos Were an:u=lng'y described
THE pIETr
| of tie negroes was declared to be So deep, sc
| strong, and 20 trust!ul, that the Dr.. declared
| he never felt up!tftcd and exalted ia conteu,
| tlaI,pg it. They all 1uily mud sincerely oe
| lieved that god WIS in the new 1hiugs thel
beheld, aid WAS working isrcslstab!y f.
| them.
TIE SCHOOLS
| established we're numerous, and succe3sf11
hey ond all previous belief They numbere'
in Ill t-om :, 600 to 5000 learners Of ali scxe
and ayes, IRON tiny Childhood up TO dscrepi
a2e. ihe thirst, Lie apprtite aud aptitude O
al these pupils was surprising, and it was
| touching spectacle 10 s.e mothers With babe
at lhtir breast, old grty-headed mea aud M
| irons sitting about st ME on bcache5, souls o
tue lotr, following the wand oi tue teAche
| as il puinted cut tut letters a1.d words Vt On
lid TWO s. liable to be pronounced aud sptl
at.ud. One venerable patriarch Of seventy
i've, alter few let SONS, distinguished him :el
in spelling, aud when asked wny he took sue
trxuele in his old age, replied Tint old is
~as Ee wanted TO learn TO read the bfe:se
Bt ck {tee Bitle) wheu he "went over Jn
DALI" At Ft1na1diua the Doctor opened
schoo. Oh the very tirst dsy ~ith IT, pupi
and Oil tic second it was largely increaset
the Juveniles alone numbering 107. Be- tte1
called in to his assistance soldier from tt
rabie 9Th Maine regiment, and among b
cll.srs found two young women, one fro
| jacksonville, Fla, aud tie other 1ru!n Geo
ina, who could alstady read quite well, ac
lhtsc, TOO, le got to assist. He foaud til
these girls also possessed rich Voices aud r.
talent tor 1nuE1c, and with their aid, opened
sirgiug cla.s. One lovely afternoon, at Il
close Or 1nr usual exercises, there WAS p1u
| -lhe ssrangest, mort impressive pause tt
: | doctor ever frlt-anl then, Suddenly the cles
,ourd, full yoice Of the Fio,ida girl open
| with
: john R.oxn'e body lies smonlde.ias In t
ground"
and by magic. the whole eingiass-cla:
sixty in Eumber. chimed in, briugi
cut the chorus With au effect that made II
weep. Whers they had learned it h. cot
rot conf cture, bur it was given With wo I'd
fcr sation il the to~n. Thc vindo*s Of
large public building in which they 81
being out, the 't sccesh Union" people OF |
place-the only kind Of Union people do
there-sxarmed about tue premises in #,
deIful an,az mrnt- While the class sang tt
en'ire 100 marched around and around, L.
itg time to the cadence. Yet, when the d
\ tor spuke to Massachusetts lady, who
= lived South several years, and hsd two piat
In her house, to solicit her aid in giving
colorra fopgstress an opportunity to rec
-. tua: she deemed 1t ''derogatory to the Ct
actcr Of her Eex."
TIE NEGRO BRIGADE
and sparse1y clad, the negroes, when
ganizrd, were docilc, obedient and easily
cithned. Gen. Hunter kept them thus
y four months, and employed them to lade
ulllade SHIPS. and do other work to re1'
tho white soldiers, but when he found I
tho latter reylled and ABUSED them In el
conceivable way, his conscience woult not
him subject them to such treatment
3opger. Arms and equipments at length e.
Tut The brigade was shortly afterward
banded.
THE rRo-sLAvERT UNION GENERALS.
as DR.. French called them, were from
z. highest to the lowest, bitterly satirized
him. wi;h the remark that be had leal
"fiee speech down in Georgia" Tue doct
declaration that the government, in endea
ing 10 exclude universal freedom from
contest, was fighting against 0unipote1
that God has Lis hand upon the nations p,
= aud wtuld dig its grave il that pu16e beat
true to Hbery; thst this war was upon
negro question, and not about JEFF. D tris
n the Suu;l; and tl1nt mau must be blind
~ did not see in what YVES occurring there,
doom Of slavery, was received with trem
ous applause.
:, The 1T g1oes, he said, would fight valill
=. e1oriolely, and to the dea.h; ther had C
,,r, incentis G. and Gen. Hunter had eaId hat
two tull brigades composed Of such IN It
IS the first, he could have conquered oil
ida. Renewed applause.l
Reyertitg 10 the propos I'd aba1donme
the southern department and the Il, GOO ol
who had ESCAPED to the flag from bondage
- 1eciurer protested most soletarlJ aga
and eaid that upon the measure being hi
to Commodore Dupont, the latter had,
-- ur1ifted hands, exclaimed thst II his cor
could do so csut1 and monstrous thin
- would feel like breakins bis sword, tn,
bis back upon the land, and going aT
| Europe, there to end his days!
Il THIS, Ike many Other forcihle points
| Ercrcu's discourse, Was received with
vehement demonstrations, but upon on
cation, when he hore very seventy aud
2& | rhBtical1y uron Gen Mc!-le,f1u s1rne