Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-11-11

NJ. d, Surgeon of the Camp, and his es-
Unable lady; who has. under the au-
spices of the Society, organized. and sus-
tanned admirably, school for the juve-
niles. black, brown and yellow. until
many of them can read as they say right
smart" in the spelling book.
Within the last few days Nassau st.
American Tract Society-formerly, and
now, so VIGOROUSLY pro-slavery, seem in
clned to dispute with the American Mis-
sionary Society, the possession of the
ground. Their agent very courteously,
but firmly declares his intention to COM
mence the work at once. The Missionary
Society will not relinquish till forced to
do SO We wait the issue, only remark
ing that constant consistency is as much
a jewel in an organized association as
any where else," though this remark is
not intended as a protest against the re-
pentance, and conversion of even the
most vile of all pro- slavery organizations.
But | find that have wandered from
the main subject, to an improbable side
issue. The subject was to be This Peo-
pie" physically, mentally, morally.
Well, then, physically they are not mus
cular people, capable of great endurance !;
they are long bodied, and light limbed,
many of them knock kneed, bow legged,
incapable of enduring fatigue like white
man. speak from my knowledge of the
real state of the case here. AS many as
eight have died here in one day from mea.
sizes and pneumonia following. 1t is no
uncommon thing for two funerals to be
attended here in one day.
Mentally-their perceptive faculties are
rather obtuse than acute, though they can
see like men of any other color, things to
their own advantage more readily than to
yours. Many of them are intolerably
stupid, and most of those who are not,
have the faculty to appear 50, if they think
it for their interest gnorant, and as
matter of course, assuming their dignity
are very easily offended Don't they glo-
ry in long hard words though nearly al
ways INSTALLING Them. Says one to me
There is one thing looks similar (Singu.
lar to me dar curifes me entirely sc"
Another spoke of the sun getting round
diamical" Another meaning that dis
tinction was made, said, "dey uses heaps
of extinguishment."
1t is useless to deny, or attempt to pal
late the fact that nineteen in twenty, of
the men are downright awful lazy, and in
dolent, and the women dirty, and unclean;
in full as large proportion. They look
upon the white man as an evil in the alb
stract. that will in time he done away.
Having done your best for them, they think
it but little having given them your
last penny, they receive it as right.
MISUNDERSTANDING their relig-
ious proclivities, which develop itself to a
great degree, then perception of right and
wrong appear to be terribly at fault I'm
mitigated liars, they expect the truth from
J you, and assert thing to be true with
, many i" deed tbs sir" and decd he
did" and true's your born
1t is very wrong for you to lie, but for
. me, you must consider I'm only Niger.
{ In their domestic relations, too, there
, is a sort of looselessness" that would be
highly unpopular in Lamoille County,
not to say immoral For instance man
, here. an acknowledged leader among them,
Q having left his wife in slavery, when he
left nearly year ago, is living with a
e woman whose husband is still in bondage
1t was the practice on the old plantation
: when husbands and wives were separated
/. to take other partners, and having the
!, sanction of custom. they deem it nothing
| wrong. This is doubtless in part the
e fault of the institutions under which they
2 were raised, and part the fault of the
r natural-darkey.
t Their meetings for worship are charac
: terizcd by great amount of zeal, noise
: and orthodoxy. With the negro these ar,
/. inseparably combined. Scarcely nigh