New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-19
GEN. EsUvTEn.s NEGKO BRIGADE

GEN. EaUyTEH's NEGEO BRIGADE.
! To ne E6i'o, cf TIE n. y. f,ibanc
SIR: notice paragraph in the editorial columns
Of THE TmBUSE Of tie iy.H inst 10 the shs'' tha'
Gen. Hunters Negro Bnga6e had been T. d'-s,anded'
because OF tie insuils aud abuses they were eonIn
ualy subjected TO by some of the white soIoiers
Ibis i. a mistake. TIE "First Regiment SCUM
Carolina Volunteers" bar not been disbanded. Sew
eraI commands bavc been detached from tie reg'
ment. md sert. with their white cflceis TO ~
simopss Island, Oh the coast Of Florida; and hose
remaining in camp at Dmyton's Oh iiiitn Head
Island, were. last Saturday, by advice Of Gen. Hun
ter given permission from the Colonel comnai' nag
TO return for short time ~ their plantation homes
and 10 their fsmes. TIE majority OF the eoldeTs
svailed Themselves Of tie privilege, bnt ieW oi
them preferred to rernsiu in camp. The reason Tor
lhi. IL satisfactory Gen. Hunter. The army III the
department j. in q state Of inactivity. and nothing
can be done until the ho aud fever season u over
ard until tue forces there have been multiplied
Uuder tho circumstanoea, therefore, II was deou'u
edvi-able 10 send them home on furlough to lie
c,led toget1er again when tlcir services were
needed But nothing has been sld about dltb"rdiis
Il en-; and | have positive know Wedge tha' "eu'"''
IIuute- Does not purpo-" 10 DO amy such thnS-no'
unless the President should iseue peremplory order
to ttar effect.
And EN- not willing that the report shonld 90
abroad that the noble UDon soldiers who comprise
tie army oil tie Department Of he >ouin are guilty
If 70 repfebersie, 50 d,elAG.ag al at a. 10 m
suit and "Itute" an unfortunate ana upohending
ueonle-though they be Of ,able complexion.
d. -. ~. Iu,|.,
| was quc lately pleased 10 observe the quiet har-
uiouy with which TIE sodiers Of the white and
bntk regiments worked SIDE by side, in toe trenches
and feln,, the oui,dc stockade ~ Hilton Head
during the period of the suticrutcd attack from tie
mainland opposite Dlvfrskic leland; ard from the
rs Of more ilnn olicor nnd ,o!der ! heard re-
marks similar 10 rte following: q" ell. your BLACK
TOYS do bring the tree. down" lnd, " don't are
how many Negro ir,imcris Cen. Hunter ri'es, If
hen Only continue keeping them al work dong TIE
If.usuo duty of the Department.
But 1t canuo, be denied that there have been IN
,iauces-and / an lsppy 20 say that ttey are fen
and FAR betweeu-where ignorant and pteindiced
officer. and soldier. u tho Caucasian rHce, TO-
r,lfon. unknown even 10 themselves, bave ln.uiied
and abused tle uuoGending uegroes, whose on!
crime consists 10 their complexion And their loyalty
that they have been denomuaied aud spoken oi az
lid Llack uiggers p-accomla ned with the very
cbAs'e, elegant and equally complimentary express
slon, IL win they We're all ia belly The men
who demean themselves by giving cxirosaioes To
their tickly sentiments IN tones 80 coaIte and uufo
fined are surely not OF the " flower Of the army -
but thcy axe men who are constantly finding iant
wilh tier superior ollicefH-teng wnat tsey would
10 if they were in such and sueh n ouos pAce-who
condemn aud oenounco that policy 4" bo declare
mott Iropbetclliy and most proianrly, that They
ddn', enlist 10 fight for the nig,er-" in,re are
the men, TOO who are ont spsins, smslpamation
with rort II holy ,lthough /, tie bypoeriacL and
ill-conccdedj horror. Ask those upon whose good
Judgment aud upon whose sense OF booor you can
RELY, among what cs-r Of our army tie ANAL CANA
Ting or bleaching" process l. prosecuted, AID You
viii get the answer, thai It IL confined cAc.urv,i!
Ia tho-e men Who have no respect for themeelvc',
md are continually damlug and CURING The g. mig
rrrs" and that men o. ieirement aud pr, per educI
rion know nothing about tbcse uaterr or II, hsy-
ing eyes they zee not, and ears, they bear not"
Nv experience has been, aud think It comedies
} with that OF my brother officers lmen whom Cen
Hunter has iound "comperent aud fitted IN every
r,.s,e," and lOm Gen. Stevens, III Remembrance
u,sin,t 40 large drift for officers being made on
bis brigade: "shc men ited tor service III thoee rc.-
nents aud the men have already detailed The
+ raitdJ!c men to their compAnlu' ia. UNIFORM cx-
perencs Of those oiIcyis Ia believe, VIII b., thIt
they aLd tbeg oommahds have generally been uested
with courtesy aud respect by tuose with whom tncy
came in contact aud that they have 20 ocoesi for
regrett,ng the acceptance of Il tnsi reposed IN them
10y Gen. Hunter nor Of serving under a.irpG
N couiicl aud accomplish ed g.utlemt IA 40 lance
ID. Fctfeuden, believing that what ID honorable ior
the Major-Gcn.r, to order, and for bis aid decamp'
to asslst IN performing, IN 10 manner ~ d.srepu
able for those who received appointments under
them. And 20 al henfible people believe and will
continue 10 believe, nOtN lth-landng tho sluie ana
inucIoes profufcy lvished, aud rtlous volun-
TERED quite graiuitously BY many lwho are an no
dsHg,r Of being appointed toa command) mat "thcy
wouldn't accept any position ia a Niger brigade"
vsiy respectfully. yout..
I LIEOL LUTHER %. RIGGS.
4 Adj let South Caio.Iaa VolL
N,1 HIp,n. Co,n, tuyvs, 10. 1867
The Iuroi!picut for She nrnn 20 Conn
Eeuce saTthwifh.
AD,Asy Mondiy kus. ie 1862.
La 4 tlts D.,