Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-09-03
Interesting from Hilton Head.
Hhy The Biact Regiment ,cas Dis6and-
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Correspondence of the Nes York Times.
Hilton Head, Friday. Aug Is. 1862.
/ The iirStregiment South Carolina Volnn
/ teers has been disbanded Justice 10 the
mer demanded that Gen Hunter shoul.,
pursue this cours2 Under a rerimental
( organization Ter three months, these ne
sroes have been drilling, prgurmins use
4 i0i i@tiSne duty, but have not received
cent oi p-9 Seeing their fellows en-
/ p.oyed rs servants for officers. and as In
borers IN the Ctuartermaster and Commits
sary departments, obtaining good wages
without being subject to restraints insep-
arabic from camp life, these black soldiers
nave lately shown some dissatisfaction
and ciamored for justice Gen. Hunter.
always quick to redress grievances. at
once disLanded the regiment. He had re-
pcatediy appealed 70 the War Department
IN Peh''ii OF these patriotic freedmen and
had tacitiy, 4. not expressly, received is
sanction 70 keep the organization in ex--
istencer as the sending down of uniforms
aceoutrements and arms for it fully proves.
DuJ Congress adjourned. making no pro
VISION iorr paying the regiment and there
renamed under the circumstances no al
tefia5iSe than the one which was adopt
ed Inc necessity for disrupt;ne the first
regiment of negroes after it had demon
stFatVo On unexpected aptitude and capac-
Iy ioF learninr the use of arms, VIII be
regretted ny all whose views agree with
Ven Hunter in regard to N king SOL
uiefS VI the condscated slave property Of
feDe.s- Bot there is a much large mum
Der Who rejoice that this necessity has
'fisch In this Department the project oi
Grimm : negroes has met with marked dis
''''oF. The pride of the white soldier ha,
oeeh offended, ard his prejudices aroused
20 ol.ter extent hy this seeming elevation
oi The \ .eah to level with himself
al" no occasion has been lost to express
MS disgust, both by word and act. when
opportunity favored | am not awar
""ether Il strong aversion to coiorcd reg
h'ents IS peculiar to white soldiers here.
but the fact cannot be @ainsayc1 thai;
l iesident Lincoln recent dictum against
their acceptance into the United States
service, has given widespread satisfac-
ton The colored regiment was officcred
by voluateer uon-commissi stoned officers
from the white re@iments-you . men 81
good character and strong opinion, who
accepte1 their appointments with Ger
tain rea ization that they thus incurred !
the opprnbrium OF their comrades They /
fiil l1!i gieEnt tlQpEfee tAqn any others the dis
ant trip lasting more than a week. with
Gen Saxtun ai.d staff: to y. Simon's Is
land. Geo. ami i'ernandina and It Aa-
justine, Fla. The object was to inquire
after the condition OF the ne@roe refugees
about 700 in number who have
sought our protection at these places since
we have held then, against the rebels. y
steamer i To leave within 4 short time
and am unable now to give detailed
account Of the trip, which furnished many
interesting incidents. Schools were es-
tabIished and provided with white teach
ers, meetings were held where the physic
al as well as spiritual comfort of the au-
iienoe was attended to, and encourage
ment an | guidance given to these, in some
cases. bewildercd possessors of new-iound
liberty.
We found the negroes of St Simon
Island in Il state Of unwonted cCmmotl0n.
\ guerrilla party-numbering from TWEEN
tv-fiye to thirty rebels-had landed upon
the upper end Of the island and their cap
ture was resolved upon. Capt Goldsbor-
ough. of the gun boat Florida, had force
OF marines on shore, and these. With n.
gro band of thirty men, were securing
the WOODS anu SWtlltiS iOE tue l'ltIuNtiH :
On the morning of our arrival the rebe!s
came ND with the negro scouting party
and quite Il lively skirmish resulted. The
negroes stood their ground manfuily, re
turnin- shot for shot with the guerlllaS
and returned to report that they had had
one Killed and three wounded in the affair.
aud that the loss was not all on their side
After this, Il company Of South Carolina
toEuutprrs hrollr down on the Ben De
ford by Gen >axton, were sent ashore
10 assist in the hunt, and the pursuit had
been maintained for q week when we left
1t S.mon's. Capt Goldsborough did not
doubt that the rebels were still on the Is
land, concealed in the swamps, and
yas certain Of eventually capturing them,
as their means OF transportation 10 the
main lanl--a distance Of more than a mile
had been destroyed, and it was scarcely
probable that tac fascals could swim the
river