Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-29
xu<Gs rRoM THE NORTH.

uers rs no u csve 5utim ths kotcmsts enable ns
70 prsS h, frs5s eI@ es hd them sssry ds, Ths1ol-
lOs:1g ;ssIec jais wilEss fOanS nterssaing: 81
raE SFss>.s Il, q sorAt 4yHE 1,sisnfset ssINfEs
SOUTHERN AND YAkkxE xAoAGIks
TIE Port Royal of the New York Herald
says
Small po1 prrEaIs 10 alarming extent among the
nSgro.s 10 :Rufort and 90 the Island. There now
ftSenIy As esaeN D siAs saAkpcI hospitS u5der the
Of D.. WsldocE OF Boston, Mas, MO came out
With hr Pierce. H d az 5be physcxn and very sVe-
cess in Of disease Having made
speesliy 10 Il practice HOerAD extent he briggs
alass expsrie6ce add s Thorough kl, Wedge Ut its
Character AID tie prosSr mode oi iraAinsnt He Bias
los. flew H IL now engaged 10, saoeiaairg
tNe ntgkos aud has already treated between i've hun
drai ard dry aud si1 funded men, women and chi
6ren. Besides small Psx she NEGROES are ieed With
feSe5St5 aagrestet exteIt than usual Iv number
have died aud The SIX 1876 are ihereEig, The pyi
clans alta Iblts this gsest Increase OF skaess and mo-
tay AMONG the blacks 10 the Change la the kind gal
u sad lshty OF their food glance at their g.
men While under their mast, snd at work, and the
%. sent Under Qlattefnasters III sa'sy every one
that the present system Is radically wrong, aud viii re-
suit in killing all toe conrab nds, If CONTINUED The al
loEAnce TO Id haucs whel working on the plantation
South Is ooe PEEK Of urgtonnc ard three pculcs
OF est-eiher pork, beet bleon-psr week. The
iara was rot given 70 thos1 not king The neg'oes
we're then fat and teItby and suffered comparatively
ls;ie from disease.
When Captain Llley took charge of the cortsabsnds
at aufort be ao we'd them the following articles and in
III lauliIies sp.cifsd: Fifty pounds of beef pork
FIVE pounds OF coli e. twenty pounds Of rice, eight larts
OF bsens hres quarts OF molsses, and lniin meal al
hbium to the one hundred Iations. SIX children were
entitled 10 ration. Rice and bears Ters issued 81
terraey Uader that system the negroes lived better
than ever bgicIehad enough to eat ard healthy
aud willing to work. Captain Liley had 656 negroes
under his eh Wge and during toe two months be con
troed them five died, four Of whom we're CHILDREN
aud the fifth old who had passed bis Slst year
That was the resuls of his sys.en.
o. the 20 b OF January, Capt Fuller took charge OF
the eontrsband ard began to issue full soldiers atonS
10 each every one, counting children, and the COR
Sequence Is the bills OF mortality have increased to an
alarming extent ard the negroes are rapidly becoming
worthless AID unable or indsposed to SOIk. soldier
ration il one p)uId aud quarter Of beef pork, is
Ounces OF bread rice, beans sugar moAsses soap can
dies Pepper vinegar salt H. in proportion. valued IN
he aggregate At forty cents per day. OF Tor hve hundred
and 6Iy-sx men, men, women and children, $222 40
per day. for raions alone. Oaot Lllsy's ratons may
b. valued al $i5 per day, perhaps less. NoS 10 the
first place there Is not soldier In the army ths can or
Dies saS his ration daily. NJ cat twelve hard
BISCUITS day. besides bis pound and halt OF pork or
beef bis potato 8 Z, furuhhed him. Nor can the ne
gro DO With safety Nevertheless, he slaton enough
TO ia. ell his pork beef daily, and is killing himself
4, r.pdly as possible l. is continual thai ksgivng
fels; with him. and no will fail TO endure Il jast as a
white who would eat his c. ris th,nkssvrg feast
every day. Tdere limit 20 human endurance, aud
he conrabAnds are ding GU, very rapidly Laying aside
ths more important humanitarian aspect OF the QUESTION,
the irshfu expsndur incurred in feeding the negroes
IN this sumptucus and unusual manner, sIould be taken
nt1 consiiei alien The Uoited Stairs Government is
feeling at least twenty fe thousand negroes daily at
cost o. about ten thousand dollars per day and a. the
nss Of the negros ha lth and comfort we'll NV,
-ith the rsgim furnished by Captain Llley, which is
much bet e. the negro has ever before enjoyed aud
Each about eight nine cents per dAv 60 sacn,
he sane number OF might be fed for 81 $50 per
i,v ne the Government each aud every day he com
torable sum Of g. $50 item o! considerable m'gai
Judo don't propose enter in;o lsagthy dkcussen
o inc slrieci bu merely refer IL ia order 10 sugges.
tla Is might o,cupy the time Of some Of the Intelligent
g.u,l men among tae missionaries very prth1by 20
themselves aud 70 the public And /: they viii o5!y 10
vssr.ts the su'eci in thorough manner, and make
rs;cr they Will be ot soIo real service 10 the ccnri-
ba, if they csa suggesi III Of fare fer the negroes
81 icb vii be cheap and nutritious. cal upon iGen,
or tie Commandsrin Chill q! TIE Department., 10 inSes-
| iss.e this SUBJECT. /; ao,ds i.much.