The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-25
Refugees and Negroes IA Rich.
HnOnd.

Refugees and Negroes In Rich.
wOnd,
A humorous correspondent Of the
Richmond Enquirer thus takes or the
enormous influx Of refugees, negroes, and
traders, into the Confederate capital, and
the gradual contraction of the oOnfed-
crate boundaries
1t is quite plain that the whole Confed-
eracy must be thrust into this city at no
distant day, and il is necessary a once
to provide lodging and fo0d--raiuent IL
out of the questiOn--fOr this inevitable
addition TO our population. BY the mas
terly tactics OF Generals Pemberton and
Bragg our lines have been rapidly con-
tracted and the necessity Of defending
an immense frontier ObviAteds have il
from the adjutant generals department
that this contraction will continue until
the area of defense is confined 10 the
compact and powerful triangle bounded
by Lynchburg, Petersburg and Rich
mond. AS matter of course, the citi-
gems Of the other States of tho Confede-
raoy will repair to Virginia, and chiefly
to Richmond, for protsction, and / am
happy to say that the commissary 4gen-
eral 10 bending his great snergeis to the
task of sustaining them. 1880.
Assisted by Mr.. De Bow,
have made q careful estimate of the
probable number Of refugees who will
be concentrated here before the arst of
January next, and find that the popula-
tion of Richmond at that time (due al
lowance being made for those Ia the over
run States who will take the oath or can
not leave their property until il IL seeu-
larly cOniiscated) will be : fraction over
three million souls, including mAies. fe.
males children and negroes Now. the
total available h0use-Space Of Richmond
40 have ascortained BY actual meAhnFs-
ment, is 9,765,000 cu0ie feet--saV. In
round numbers, ten million cubis feet
Allowing four cubic feet TO each indi-
vidal, il will be seen little more than
half the prospective population Of Rich
mond can DO accommodated with hOuso
room, even If We pack them like shad
and make n reasonable deduc ion for
deaths by suffOcaiion. IL is obvioua
therefore, thar the area Of Accomtno-
dati0n must be enlarged BIZ come
means, or else our citizens must
perish misersbly by exposure.
AS early az the middle of November
the negro population Of Richm md will be
about 642, 900 of All ages. AZ our porte
will be closed, aud All our cosion manu-
factories will be in the hands Of the enc.
my, II will be impossible 70 clothe our
white population, except by depriving tho
blacks of whatever apparel they may
chance to have. All negroes must 70
uaked-that is quite clear. During the
day time they can easily be kept warm
by bard work, but ~ night they must
be lodged and TO this end respectfully
suggest the construction Of the requisite
number OF cAtAcombs in Church Hill and
the bluff under OhimboFAzo Hospital.
Delicate house servants and favorite
characteristics may be accommodated for
tue night ia the unOccupied vaults At
| Hollywood. Negro infants and children,
TOO young 10 work, mast be left during
the day la the catacOmbe, with suitable
attendants 10 daub the holes partly up
to prevent them from falling out, and 70
limit the amount u dirt they eAt--that
Of Church Hill being unusual y palAtabie
and fattening--so much 80, Indeed, that
no other food will be required there, and
the only difficulty in that way will be
the prevention OF indigestion from eat
ing too much OF II. t.
A to feeding the rest Of the condensed
population, he urges that the gambIs.s
aud tho hArlOls take II turn about 10
eat each other, that the Jews confined In
the mills be fed on restaurant keepers,
&C., that the Jews be then thrown 70 tbs
poor people who live la hogsheads and
barrels, who will gladly cat them, and,
in their turn, will DO deyoured BY ths
negroes; 80 hat the dangerous classes
vii be destroyed At bic a, aud nobody
be left but government and neg Oes, and
the Sociology OF the South ssiAblishsd
on the only finn basis possibls--A basis
which the slow cannibAlism Of modern
antagonist between labor and capital
would hardly reach Ia q century
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