Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-28

IuteresftuR ufon
We we're much pleased last week 70 greet the
familiar fee Of RI y. Tebbets. Esq. iormerl.
:, uel kao~n from he Ell rts for tie e.tablisa
ment Of a North Atlantic telegraph Inc - ur-
ing from the Danish Governments important con
eessior- for this object, but who has beel. tll
NJ shut In or Ms ex rt~ive plantations in Lpu
I.iaun. withiuthe Confederate lines. IL is grHi
fling To know that be has always been the firm
opponent vf secession; and when. by reason o.
the rscenr dsmce of Gen. Grant Carol Par
ish. Louisiana, came once more under the 90 -
of the Usion banner, Mr.. T and family EN-
barkei on a Federal steamer from Transatlantic
Landing. a few miles above Vieksburg and sailed
North
The accounts brought by Mr. Tebbets are ex
ceedingiv interesting. setting forth in an intel
ligent aud impartial manner, the true condition
of af,irs among the loyal shareholders Of the
South: also showing the effect of subst tuting
Federal for Confederate rule and afforiing some
criterion from which to judge of tn prospects OF
growing cotton under tie new regime. establish
Ell by Adiutant General Thomas, OF the War
Department What he says in regarl 10 the e.
feet and operations of the late inundations At
Like Providence, &c. Is also deserving OF at
tention. la regard 10 the latter. Informant
states that no permanent injury has been done
Already the extensive and fertile tracts recently
submerged are in excellent condition for the
pillow. enriched by the heavy alluyial sediment
which covers them. The proportion of territory
which received injury is very small md that act
ualy done is 40 more than what Is experienced
every two OF three years by the natural overflow
Of the Mississippi
The accounts given afford sad stale Of wha,
II costs to be Union man in the interior o. Lou
isiana. Involuntary placed between Sc,lla and
Charybd he too often suffers from maurauders
Of both sides. Ofthe Union officers. chief iu au
thority. We hear no complaint whatever. To be
Informed that an officer belongs to- the regular
army, or is a graduate Of West Point. is to re
ceye guarantee that the rights of person and
property will be scrupulously observed within his
jurisdiction; but it j. also true that attached To
the army in a subordinate capacity many po
litcal adventures temporarily adorned with
shoulder straps. who seem TO regard Southern
men indiscri minately as enemies Of the Govern
ment. and tn be treated accordingly As Mr.
Tebbets experience with negroes i fair Illus
tration Of what has befalIen other gentlemen
similarly situated and shows better than an,
thing else the practical working Of the policy
Of tie Admin -tration. shall he parloned for
singing Qua Carol Parish. IL may be stated
then. that OF abont 100 negroes ON the plantation
who were forcibly removed by military order. (u
accordance with orders that slave shall he
involuntarily deprived of his liberty. nj. but say
one third returned when permitted to do so ON
the transports by which they were removed: and
Mr.. 7 is of the opinion that few would have
maiEed away. lad they not rue lille struggled
beyond reach of information Their brief libcri '
was accOmpanied by severe suffering. Deprived
of the comforts of their cabins. sustained by food
To which they were not accustomed. and thrown
helplcaslv unon the world. many fell sick
Scarcely any returned ia full physical vigor; So
that about thirty Of the four hundred died IN u
few days after reaching home. In all, there were
not far from eight hundred from Like Providence
alone. who were subjected 10 this experience
On finding that the slaves thus released from
their plantations were becoming n burden TO the
Government many of them having iamilic--
Adiutant General Thomas proposed plan Ia
hire them out as tree negroes, and we learn that
now the larger part OF them are retained ON the
plantations. subec, the order OF general agents
or. what u more usual. Northern men are taking
up the abandoned plantations. hireiug negroes
and growing cotton-the negroes often WORKING
ION shares" hsitis customary among lihOrers Ia
farming countries ut the North The male ne
groes receive seven dollars per month for theii
labors or It's equivalent. and the women i've dol
lars. The aim of Gen Thomas is To make th,
negroes support themselves. Where plantation,
ate rot abandoned. proposals. are made 10 theft
owners to hire the negroes or rent the land a
guarantee IL thus aifvrled that the lands will b,
occupied. and the negroes be kept together I'll
the close of the war. Otherwise the plantations
world soon grow up with cottonwood. and COS
~ much % reclaim them as IL recovered from III,
primitive wilderness Aud again. many Iowa
owners do not care to adopt the free labor plni
themselves. preferring that others should max,
the experiment. till peace ia re established IL
this way planters may relieve themselves from
responsibility and await the issues OF the war
perhaps in some retreat in the free States.
Our informant is of the belief that the proper
ton OF cotton rai.ed in Louisiana under the Gov
ernment system. compared with the former pro
duct, will be very small This is especially tru,
of the current year. as the planting OF cotton was
commenced too late Cotton should be planted
bv the first OF April and corn by the hrst o
March. but up to the middle OF last April not
seed had been put ia the ground. IL would tax,
ill the first OF May 10 organize the new Labor
system and get the seeI in. but should the season
ppen to he good fair crop will be gathered =
N y Jour. vi Com.