Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-13
Fr'n the Richmond Bnquirsrl

! account Of thsir pet eoloay Of Esgroes at 20
e k1yal; the management Of which, Il appear
9 vas transferred from the Treasury to the W
Department, and plsesd In the hands Of IS Brig
siss-GeR R1fas SsxtoD, native Of Azssach
sets, who, IN childhood, had brsathed the fr,
air Of CenHecticut," which Is doubtless a bic
qualification. Il is in vain we examine the critic
Tor any sccount Of the financial OF ec5romic Z
suits OF the "coloRy;' snd how much II COS
The War Department to get cotton raised theys
but il is Het long siDce the New York TTibu
stataa that cettoR in those paris Is produced
ab5nt twenty dollars = p91ad.
The writer in the ESnthly PFUdsntly svsid
sll revelations upoR this part Of the ease; y hie
raight, 10 fact, esol the zeal Of tao Yankee ul
ton in the great cause Of human fresdOn; fo
Reither kUmsn freedom ner anything else, hu
ban or divine, viii satisfy the aspirations Q
that people unless 1t Pays g large per cantaze o.
the investment. He spplies himself therefore
rstaer 70 exhibit the great moral and intellectua
development Of the coiOnizad slaves and her
there is room for the fights Of a warm imsgiaa
tioa. TIE negroes Of Port Royal this writer dc
| Piets IS among the NEST amsbls, industrieal
/ and bieh-spiritsd Of the human race. Not alto,
! getber perfect be candidly sdHsits; aad he feel
! compelled 70 check the too ssRFEiRs belle
! (Which it seems has prevailed in some quarter,
that tRe esioHy would instantly bseoEae snsthsI
I e4ACs-aiss5 lE Happy -Fdiiey q 4has6El48-
"ene Whs expects 10 find In smancipated
slaves perfect men and women, or to realize n
tAsm ssne fair dream OF an ideal rsce, will meet
disappointment"
But though not yet ideally perfect Inen and
Women--fOf hs sysWs that there are ssme vices
charged upon these people, or portion Of them;''
Jet they are = much more intelligent aRd wise
people than, for example, The Haiiaas-
b" Nor DO they ordinarily display much eIhil-
sIatiOn over tksiT new condiheR-being qGits
Ualiks the Italian Tsvslstiohist who used te
put en- his tsga, walk IN the feTam, aud person
ale BTusus and Ces5ius"
Tke ladies of the coleBy, he says, srs foad OF
purchasing 'hoopsd skirts I" sut, for the pres
ents too many Of them ere found working in the
esttoR patches with tksir hos. There RHst be
some people ia B3stsn likely 90 Be disguised 81
dBding that thsir col8rsd sisters have to HoFk at
all; bat tss wIitsT IN tka HsRthiy shows Ihat
they cannot jet be expected 10 be further sd-
vsDced than the Wenen of Switzerland
'Ii kas been suggested that fed work dsss
not become women N the Est5 conditions and
so il mEy seem 60 some persons Of ju5t sympB-
thiss 9hs have not jet Learned that no honest
FeIk is diskoRsIabls IN msa or woman. Bat
this Hat,er may be left to regulate ITSELF. Field
work, as an occupation, may not Be consistent
with the finest feminine e1lfure, OK the mosi
eomplats wonaBliusss; but is ia no way Goa
tiGJs with virtue, sslrsspecg snd sseisl develop
ment Women work il lks hald ia Switzerland,
Tia ffsest eonRIry Of EErspe; and ws may look
vita pride on the triumpbs Of tRi5 gsnsFstion,
when tho American negroes become the peers Of
the Swiss pesssutIy"
Certainly two years Of philaBlhrspie c5loni-
zaiion could scarcely have done more than els-
vats negroes 70 q Level with iAs fTesst nation in
Europe Aueh is already dsne in making them
FTas 10 hha AkatTa
Many Of the negroes have, by sn operation
called tax-sale, become proPristsrS Of lands On
which they formerly lsbsyed as slaves
OGe of these landed Propriet0Ts, who is refer
red to as a model, is named Harry. He has a
horse twenty fTs years old and blind in beth
eyes, whom he guides with q roDo--esrryipr on
farming, 1 thought somewhat under diRicaltiss.
Harry lives in the house OF the former ovsrsseF,
aad delights, though rot bsastiEEiy, IA bis posi-
tieR IS c landed proPIieter. BE has promised
70 write ne, or Tsths7 dictate 3 letter, giving an
account Of the progress Of bis crop
OF course the writer, being probably sehoel-
master, dwells with enlhusissm en- he edsca-
ti0nal estsblishments he says there are thirty
schools, and positively ayers that IN Oas Of these
schools, he heard with lis own ears a class Ie-
citing the multiplication table ''as hiFh as fves
TIE teachsrs are all "eonnissiaasd By the tar5e
associations in Boston, Kew York and Philsdsi-
piia, snd by the American Missionary .associs-
hor;" and tIom the specimens here given o. tie
cstechetiesl examinations On history and se0g-
rsphy, It may b. seen that they are training he
youthful miad IN the wsy it shsuli ge.
Tie teacher was insirUctipg her pupils in some
dates and facts which have had much to 90 with
ear history. The questions and answers, Ia
which sll tue pupils Jsined, Were.thsse;
where were slaves 6fst brought to this
csun1y7"
Virginia
"Wheni"
1920"
"WhO brought theml"
"DHtchman"
WHO ca ne the same year to Plymouth, Mas
sechusettsf"
p Pilgrims"
DID thsy bring slavesi"
A teseher in Beaufort put these questions, to
which answers were given IN load tone by the
scheo:
What country Do you live in 20
"Unitsd States"
what State"
"Soath Carolina
"Whzt island 2"
"Psrt Royal"
''Whaf town T.
Beaufort"
who is your govsrnoT7"
General SsxtOn"
"Who is yeur President 2"
Abraham Lincoln"
hat has be done for you Z"
"Hs's freed u.s."
But the interesting pupils were not confined
TO these severe studies, aad tie writer fingers
With most amiahls delight on sems of the
simple psslmody which he heard ia the saua
seminsries. Here IS the first stanzA Of one Of
these compositions;
In the mornin' when rise,
Tel my Jesus, Huddy Oh -
In de mornn' when riss,
Tel ny Jesus, Huddy Oh -
'"Hsw d'y'dof"
Tie tourist at last tears HIMSELF away from
the placid scenes Of industry, centsRt and hu-
man progress. Fsint-hearted Fhilanthrepists
may falter and doubt Of the ultimate success of
this coleny, ba! he does net dsubt;
fTbs epteTBriss fer tbsir aid. beOun in 9opbt