New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-19
GRN. HUNTERS ORDER.

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siencing their guns, chasing oil OIL o' We.
did not kill, and capturing their io,'''
stronv Volunteer force under Gen. onein'
thsreunon took possession Of the sd)acoh' 20"
is,o,a. and has since held them witnou' ui'
nr,o wo,k;np its way gradually to for'
pn,o.l; within sight of Savannah, Ga, on 'ne
one aide. and within few miles Vi Cn'''0
20, G.. on the other. The Military Depat'
nort cop6ded to Gen. Sherman comprises 'ne
"-;.;,ns STATES of South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida and their sea-coast ana lsiaSas
nav he said to be now in our possession. l!
,b.re he any point of that coast now held by
the Rebels, it is simply because 1t Is not
deemed worth holding by the Unionsts.
Gen. Sherman, so soon az he had irnly
established himself on shore, Issued frccia-
nation. Though bad one, it was rather
better than the average Of our Generals Proc
lan,ations. Gen. 5. had passed years IN
South Carolina, supposed himself iavoritc
there. and laid himself out on an effort to con-
ciliate her White arisiocracy, whom be saw III
10 style thc " natural guardians of the ne
groes. He tried hard to persuade them to
return TO the protection of the National flag,
and thus secure their slave property froui
periI. Nothing could have been more - con
,eryatiye than this ProclamatiOn-and nothing
more futile. He corld not induce SOutf
Carohnian even to take, much less to read 1t.
There are none such as you call loyal people
among u.s." was the rebuff his flag OF truce
received from those on whom his einissary
tried to foist copy. One white man, II
was said, was found IN Beaufort when our
troops reached that place-there because hr
vas too drunk to get away. We believe ho
has since sobered and cut stick. Up TO tins
hour. though few Northern mechanics ard
laborers who had been impressed into the
Rebel service have deserted to us, We believe
no single White South Carolinian or Georgian
has sought the protection of our nag Ana
not one foot of the main land OF either oil those
States is now under the National jurisdiction.
Gen. Hunter was recently sent down TO re-
place Gen. Sherman. Gen. H. is an old soldier
an officer of the regular army, who knows yer!
little of politics. lie was badly wounded a.
Ball Run and has been in active service ia
Missouri and Kansas ever since his wounds
healed sufficiently to allow OF such service.
He believes in putting down the rebellion, with
small regard to Rebel feelings or those OF their
sympatbiziug friends in the loyal States. WITH
him the paramount question is-liow to do It,
The Whites of his Military District, 30 lar
! l.. r iUihl RahpIs
Those who are not heartily so are too timld to
| say word for the old cause. No journal,
a no speech, no movement, no utterance OF any
D kind has been heard oi among them for more
than year pust, which is not intensely, di-
abolically Secesh." Rebel victories, Rebel
inyincibility. are the theme of every press and
every tongue. You cannot speak word OF
the Union so that it will reach them, and II
you could they would stop their ears against 1t.
The Blacks, on the other hand are instinct
iyeIy Unionists. As they wait at table or lis
ten at keyholes, they hear the master race
cnrsiDg Abe Lincoln as an Aboltionist, and
charging the North with making war on the
South in order to upset Slavery. Ignorant and
mslnformed as these poor negroes are, they
know that the Linconites,' the "lnyader','
the "Northern scum" are hated and cursed
by their lifelong oppressors, and jump to the
conclusion that what their owners 30 dread
must involve good to them. As one Of them
; told our troops on landing, "Massa told EN-
, the Yankees would send them oil to Cuba, and
sell 'em," but they didn't believe Cubu could
'be any wor,e than they were used TO- and
they concluded to risk It," So, when our ships
sailed up Beaufort Sound after their triumph
scores Of the poor creatures, who had refused
to accompany their fleeing masters. came down
to the waters edge with their little all tied up
ia q handkerchief, and begged to be taken
aboard: they did net ak whittier they would
he taken, believing any change must be All
improvement
t The three States composing Gen. Hunters
department are peopled as follows:
- Slaves Free fer,ons.
South Carolina. .4O2,5 ,54l 3Ol,2I
Georgia. .462, ,2j2 59j,c97
Florida: 6l,753 1856
Total. .926,496 g75,O5i
Excess of Free over Slave. .48.5JS
, Excluding the Free Blacks, the numbers oi
= Whites and Of Slaves in these States is prOba-
bly, just about equal.
Gen. Hunter has small army-we are not
at liberty to say bow snall--wherewith to con-
front these Two Millions Of practically hostile
people, for the slaves do the bidding of the
whites, who are intensely and in effect universally
Rebel He is too weak TO advance, and the
region to which he is confined ia unhealthy for