New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

TOR of the III istle 81 James. In haDs'hnce 'olu
,bsm tat their masters had Tebelltd again-t The
Government and We had come TO put down the lie-
bellion; that We had now net them, and wanted TO
see what was eft TO do for them; that Mr. Lincoln,
the President great man at Washington, had the
wlole matter in charge, and was thinking what ne
could do for them; that tie great trouble about Co.
ing ANYTHING for them was that their masters sd
always told us, and had made many people believe
so, that they were lazy sid would not work unless
Whipped 10 it; that Mr.. Lincoln had cent us
down here 10 zee If it was 20; that what they
did was reported to bin or 70 men VITO would
tell bim-tbat where came from all were free, both
white and black-'hat we DID not sell children OF
separate man and wife, but ali had 10 woIk-that IL
they were to be free, they would have 10 work ana
wodld lie shut up or deprived OF privileges IL tbey
did not-that this was a critical hour with them, aud
il they did not behave well now and respect our
agents end appear willing 10 work, Mr.. Lincoln
woald give W. trying TO do anything ior ,hem'
and their children and grand children hundred
Years hence would be worse of than they had BEEN
told them they must sick 70 Their piahatlons ana
not run about and Get scattered, ana assured 'neln
that what their masters had told them OF our lnte-
tions TO carry them off to Cuba aud sel them was q
lie and their masters knew il 20 be 80, and we want
ed them 10 eiay on the Limitations and RAISE coiton,
and if they behaved well, they shonld have wages,
/ email perhaps al hrst-ihai they should nave Uer
food ard not have their wives and children sold Oh
Ill AZ l'tJI CIltUtH HINhN DS AauNHt w iN"' '''
write for which they might be wiling TO pey some
thmc-that by-md-by they would be as well OH ~
The v rite peoe aud we would stand by q EN- agar st
their masters ever coming back &c take Uem'
Tie Importance Of eyerlug good influence on each
other uarticullrly on the younger men, who we're
rofhor caeesfs and royin" was urs ed as al would
sr,.er in GOOD iepute IRON the bad deeds OF lev.
Al Hilton Head where spoke TO "a meeting % two
hundred and there we've facts calling Tor The council
the women were urrtd 10 keep away from me lhG
" lie men who would ruin them. Kema ks oil
ike character were made iaui!iaily on the iHnla
lions 10 such gouIR as gathered about. A. VIC
Hilton Head rieeling. a rood Oliug man, who bad
escared fiom TIE fcutlern pat ol DHfuw,h ilal4c'
rose AID ,aid with much feeling, that Ia aud macy
,ilets thould do III tlev cOui by good conduct 10
10 iroye what their inasers sail aaInsi them To DC
axe and 10 mike Sir. liu,o'n think better things 81
them Afler the MlcIIR Clcoj, he dcrlieu 70 hu""
if Mr. Lincoln was COZ ing DOWN ierc 10 zee lheHl'
ana he wanted ne 10 give pr. Lincoln lis comp j.
u.ents, with BIZ name, a-fnuuE lhe iitNu,u ua'
de- n, ould do III be could for hin. Tie me--a4e rs
litl aiuusinQ but II testified To- tie earLe-tuess O.
Tie siuI lt -leafied inan. tie had Known Or. Bp'-
lauc. Who bad been compelled some years tin 90
D. 80 tie South becau-e oi bis syinngthy lor sla'
line uuire q Mr.. Lincoln was used ia adires i"s
theW nolt likely loan o-- mem tAa" iir 'oht"''
ilen 81 Government.
ItisiIroriaht to add tlat in no case have | at-
tcunt.d 10 excite them ~ ln.rlrecuophry al Itai
,e;I.st tleir former uatferr, feeling Bat such q
tUuirc o. b. in,rC g. the trohOie oi ora LiUg il' 200
iu.o o. icdc,iul nd ipiofnt sttiemi uhdtr ,"r.
nd health ul temporary dlsdllnei nLd teflae 30 90
H. D. dangerous experiment io 90 c'nli tue improve
mcut of class ~ L.el by ~ l-hus t' iu,g toaiei
iifute. Tie better c0urc jJaaid mf6Ins LIEN 'ui
fitlfI allie nd therefore the cousiiri eielle- oi
the Rebels. seemed 10 zee 10 place ieorc them me
GOOD ii rs 90 &C. done Tor hem ana tnrir children,
nd sometime 7eadi. g pas ~ Of Scripture apirJ-
riiats to tltr lot, Without, however, u,te or ,on-
lDcff never Lead De- ore ly tien, or heard OILY
when wfetttd from 90 cir lptt Lieiprciaiioni su'h'
ior instance he iIst ohui Ter 81 30. dareos Fps
rc, md tic Glad Iicilss o h..el: 80 afe coue
tu lraOn otl.er.Ict fo thc c4i tive. ilus irtal'3,
ana thus educated, hey nay be ho,cd % bc,on'-
useful 90 drtors and TIE unconsuciai ICES 81 the
flVi Iye KcDes.
iLe-e are some wees charged npon tLose people
wlirh derervo examination. Noi"itI-iaudht thelr
rel -.ous pro., ilou-, 10 blme cases more enoG0r,
Iran tfn lital. tic marriage relation, or WAT
answers Tor - II not. in many instance, held very
.arfcd by th,m. The men, 10 - faI, eoIntiiucr
IetNc one vi e and take other, tUnt tling likely
90 baurcn IN .uy society here i ~ Iefm,tcd ri i"l
tort dozen ~ o. stefn pubhc opinion, aud lar more
likely to ia, IN unrcr laws wien GO MOI rtc,flzr
marriage 40 Of solve what answers for IL by iolce.
t-tarulors N lated by me mere l,cuHi-ry Interest
IL Others. Tic women. y is aail tfc easily fcf-
4uad1d by white uiet-g ilc4uiy readily Ar,ou.ite'
for ly the power Il the uattcr 0fcr them, wL"fr
to itaiOI Wa equivalent toH command, aui ag1lnft
which tie husband or idher Was i@werless 10 pro
tee nld increased afO by tie degraded condiu"h 10
which they have been placed where Ney lave bech
ant To recad what ought 10 be dis .fn'e a. COM
tlia,uf when they wee AprtolcieI ~ pafaniDhr
m al eriof C. ntiOn nid race. Yet often TIE ui7honoT
Ia ielt and the woman, on whose several chiiiich
her masters features are imrcred, ana thiouSh
yi.ose veins his blood dove, uus fa5y confessed u
with Mn instructive blurA. Tie -roauCs oi tbi+
char.e. 20 iar I'd they may eXst, will be removed
49, much as IN communities OF orr own race, by .
sysien which slali Recognize ard enofce TIE mar
iage reia ion sBOng them, project them asanst ib.
iohr.,alioDr OF white men as much 40 ia" can blll
Il oie by putting them N IelaiiJ where they Will
be inspired win stiIespeet and q cOhscousnera Of
their Iights, and taught ny pure and pi"n-spoher
Christianity.
In Ielniion TO the veracity Of these people far
~ my relations with them have extended, they have
appeafcd, Us IA cla-s, 10 intend 10 tell the truth.
! Their manner, AS much rs among white nien, bore
instructive evidence Of this intention. Their an
swers to inquiries relative to the management Of the
plautations have general concurrence. They make
o universal charges Of cruel against tier
tiers. They will say III some cases that their own
was very kind one but another one III the neigh
borhood wss cruel. On st. Helena Island they
! spDke kindly II the good w aIn Inpp," IA u ty
called bim and Of DR.. Clarkson Fripp but they all
denounced the cruelty OF Alyira Ffpp, recountiug
! bis inhuman treatment Of both and wOmsu.
Another concurrence is worthy of note. Un The
plantations visited II appeared IRON the staiomelts
OF the labOrers themselves, that there were sn
average about 1873 pounds Of cotton produced to the
acre, and live OF cotton and cultivated to
II hand, the culture II potatoes not being Loted.
/ An article OF Tie american AgricnitEua, pub
lshed in Turner'S Cotton Manual pp. 49, l3J, rela-
/ tive 10 the culture OF Sea lriand Cotton, tie
plantation of Jobn II. Townsend, sis,es that TIE
land is cultivated in tie proportion Of il2h. cotton,
3-l2Ls com, and 2l2thr PCttoes-in all, less than
Xix acres TO hand-ind the average yie oi cotton
per is 1876 pounds. did not take the staistics
OF the culture OF potatoes bu, about five are
planted with them the smaller plantations and
twen,y, even thirty, on the larger-and the aver