New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-10
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
" Still Harping on my Dnughter"-Pros-
pects Among the COMMUNICATIVE
they DO seiE-supporiing f-PIanfation
Life and Manners--"Lnnd snles."

pects Among the COntraDnnus-W HI
they DO seI(-supporiing t-PIantation
Life and Manners--"Lnnd snles."
From Our Special Correspondent. ., zoe,
The eternal negro, cries some impatient reviier;
"why must every letter, in every paper begin and
end with hm7" Simply, my friend, because he is
and must be, for some time to come the subject oil
DISPUTE and discussion. "What will you do with
him I" 10 the question, North and South, and the
faster We work to get through the oppressive strata
prsiudice and passion that overays this great ques
ton the sooner shall we strike the true vein Of the
white demons and begin to look toward settle
mont of this great family quarrel which need never
70 have been If the North and South had not for fifty
years pact been afraid Of "sgiI ating the subject
" Will the negro ever be able TO take care OF him
self is the question that quasi Unlonists ask 70
day with 90 dolorous a tone as they did ten years
ago.
Island, which has had the reputation OF being q
lonely, unhealthy point. surrounded by marsh, and
only reached at high tide, and through long wind.
ing lagoons, was owned by several proprietors.
They seldom III the negroes tell us truly spent
much time on the island, bat left it to the of
the island when the deserted this portion of
the country were of the lowest grade; all the we'll
trained house.servanis, or those OF higher class,
were taken off with the families from Beaufort.
the island. The crop put late, and the cater
pillar almost destroyed it, The people were con.
fused, easily alarmed; and being raiioned by Gov
srnment, and tenderly cared for by DR.. J. c.
Zscbos, and other superintendenls that were with
him, they went through the year without fully
rayipg expenses OF their keeping. This was the
case IN nany places.
Early in January system of labor was arranged
by superintendents and managers, and submitted TO
Gen. Saxton, which be accepted with few altera-
tons. Circulars were printed and read to assemblies
OF the colored people for their acceptance rejec
ton. II they accepted they were under Government
protection and If not they were to pay rent for
houses and lands and take care of themselves.
On this leland nearly every laborer accepted, and
though there has been great deal Of sickness ian
epidemic pneumonia and whoOpiug cough during
the Winter among ell the younger portion, the work
has gone on as well as we could hope.
The fields, with few exceptions, VIII be ready for
planting by the time planting should be done, and if
Government would be more prompt In getting hoes
and plows down for the use OF the department, II
would cheer and revive much
rode to-day over one plantation where men and
women were busily at work with the great plsnta-
ton hoes which are the only ones they will use.
While the mothers worked, groups of little boys and
oirs were gathering up sticks aud weeds for build
ing fires. We thought this was play until we came
near and To- by the side of each fire was big pile
of oysters OF sweet potatoes, ready TO be roasted for
the dinner Of the laborers when dinnertime should
come.
They were preparing tntlr pOtatOe ana corn Dredn.
The cotton land is already nearly all listed, aud
ready for the plow. 1t was picture TO look upon,
those cheerful lsborers working without taskmas-
Gers, each one TO be paid stipulated price for
task, and at liberty TO do it at will. Here and
there over the broad field fires sol by the boys
TO burn the high dry tennel that covers all the land
To the answer will they be sef-supporting, we
need but say that they no longer receive rStlons;
chat they obliged to pay for their own hoes
and to rase this corn Tor Government cattle and
oh il Ee rorff0 tha,i
bis own needs would require, for cultivation in corn
and potatoes for the use of the old and nvads and
for the most part all 80 about i. cheerfully.)
Leaving the fields, we rode around the negro
quarters. Attached to nearly every one 10 garden
with new fence around IT, made Of split pickets
got out by hand, and though clumsily put together,
answering well the purpose designed. 10 some Of
these gardens peas were already sX inches higb and
as l rode from door to door was clamorously rs
called for garden seeds, winch hope some humane
reader of The TRIBUNE will forward immediately
20 this department.
counted some forty good hogs belonging to differ
ent families about the quarters Ducks, turkeys,
and guinea fowls were as plenty as In a farmers
BARNARD. Two companies Of soldiers, quartered IN
the Clubhouse and other buildings near, seemed qI-
city miuding their own work; and not a negro, man
or woman, was Chem lettering about the tents.
The men on the plantation hsh, and often make
some little money. They boat, they gather oysters,
birs Out for odd jobs, and turn penny In many
ways.
The women wash for soldiers and officers OF the
heet; bake cakes and pies; keep little stalls; sell
then eggs and chickens aud make oyster soup; and
they, too, turn penny.
Most OF our laborers will have corn enough TO |
last them WI the new corn is ready for use, and
some OF them have still bushels Of sweet potatoes
buried 10 hugo hills in their gardens.
Charities are still needed the poor the crinDed
and the aged. Was there ever a time when they |
were not needed III New-York, Boston or Philadei. |
phia
Scores Of new fugitives are coming in every few |
days escaping with only the plantation garment or
perhaps, q whole wardrobe, done up In q bundle as
big as mans bat, upon their heads 1. will be
three months 70 "crop-tme." Government paws
elowly. Our aborers have not yet received payment
for December, January or February. Conld the
poor class Of whites, that earn bread from day to
day. thus wait on emplOyersf
they do ROT labor as do Yankees on the Granite
hills; they could not in thls climate, and if they
could thew know no necessity 10 impel 1t. The
love Of money is thing OF culture, luxurious re-
Nnement into which they have not yet been indoc-
triuatod. Bat seii-sustsning they can and will be-
But for few years they will need the advice, IN an
agement, and skill, Of persons who have been through
generations past learning lessons OF freedom aud n
dependence. They will not coon know nor feel the
necessity Of pslaiia residences and Persian carpets
they will be slow perceive that their Oysters are
any better cooked Ia SOyer than IN their own
tlmple methods, to accept headaches, neuralgia,
and dyspepsia ia lieu Of rong hands aud simple
labts. They will rise slowly from the prostration
Vt Slavery INTO the stature OF humble freemen, but
THAR uurainU the whna ,.,,u a.. III, mr.,