, 1863-11-29


d ater until fds l'aek WIS ono rua6s Ut blood. |
xi,cp ite falutod, aa,a khen waA ssgsankled with
.els wat&.f, rge.3sg most, excructAtlng tor
u{sat 11e 4cscssxxl sftom hlA: master on the I
lav that rIekfhQrE ,saTrSndered, but was re- |
sS "a 4s1 S;I r. kst ~ 1nsc MAJ,
ae cecnlsd Into us Gaion lineA and MADE h}s
.1y t1Fort' Pilh,~:.-~ His constitution waa
strQnG- xud he..sga6 passed, and III wat1ant |
ron, jackson. when fighting, VIII Ere-.
member the .past, and with hltu Will sest ~
frz1 rctrthrtiun on, the saycl,oldes, There
asIs, The bloodhound and the brand, but thuy,
rad hcard Uf h1eaon1, sought It aid found Il. \
These arsA hut fn~ ont tf fht hundred e1nn,-
plts that daily co1nr: 10 ones notce, when
l.4ycllns on the horflcsa Of :, tho eoca1led
soutiein Confsdcsscy, and 4 you Will go tato :
le centsaoand ca1nIn, nr cvca c1&in!no some
ol the ~eontahande which visit ruf tahes In !.
sea3yt ef employment. you viii md that fl.s
al,nto account Ii FIR tom h4stn3 sn esagsera-
t3un-fot siAets show for themselves. It IL
hoped List thrse cEuc1sles will soon have ~
cnd, and h,n not IT Ill ultra when say thai,
Tie sooner tho whole eyett,n II slavery u !.
1stpssd out, the oetserlt viii be for the Uulor-
COW. TIE cox-xanASps 1nAA@rb or TIE
FRocLAAAr1oR. -! =.
While at -Fort Pillow, tbs writer wTss al
taetfd ny q bright, Intelligent youus no.
ssss as Camp ~ e. s ha,ssaa ssas
from Akaneas. Her hpta,aul WA n good
looking fellow Of some ts4 Year, older thau
hin wife, 'wRs = cAs1Hnt+F by trade, and VIA
taken on hp1rf Of the Brown "A \ Bsesna.>Vst
lznd,t Tie taAd Formerly lived: tn loulal1aa,
snd being En,s ,, IT. s.Sfnt Sn ny nn yeu9n
he< had IlstL with failed In business and hia
negroes as.ad to 10 eolA, amoug whom VAS
thta man: whcSN name was IDu. TEN VIA
purchased by u trader and sold TO ar.ahttr
tleiu;, Aa,tvt Little Rack. Tho planter VISA
l,iss,rste1 saan, and when d.unk, would Of
ter: tsd gone out viii, : gneHua psrts, Of
which he xna A. number, Tom was catlcd TO
Til, house, and epyine " n&wspaper on tho
1t,or, which 1FaA tuE1l-ptckcl It nr and car
rtcd Tito itLcahtu, md by: at tire OF pine knots,
at night, *htn-ssre oycrsta:r Was gonu to bed,
Tnrt spcIars cut 1lre FroclsmatIun Of Mr. Ilu-
c. Icgvoea uu The plantation, but he told hts
~ite, and slp7 Xatacrod tvt;a.htr l1e little
M1liay she laad saved up, and with ANAL
bundle diclotats the Two ran away tic fret
dirk nIght wAIc4. ollsy c1, laying IA The woada
lcrIHg thctd tiInt, Ind travelling at night,
low. 1he Proclamation Nas Known, how.
erer, MY Ettrfuas1y, and Us mystcrioaaly cir.
trlxted, despite the eflorta Of tbe planters "
,nlitai it. .~'rle: Sn,1eslnttndcnt Of! 0ontEn-
ntnde at Fort Pickering, Mc.nphis. tells, ths
following storyi During tic month OF: An-
gust last, = ne4srn woman and chi1d ta,nr III
IN camp and asked did. sho said aho had ran
she Lntl lsAs3 Of tac heed0m granted 70 the
a1axes BY ME. LINCOLN and that she got the
Information from her brother, who conll
rcaai, u1,l be hs1' mad It In 4 Southern ucWs-
paper. BeluS .louse servant, she heard the
planters talk atou: tho war and read about
4 ASk4
negro quaTteEA and ttli her brother, aud hu
would slip oil In the light aud TIL the negroes
on other Plantations, ahd get back In time for
the 1nofnlnr GILL 10 work. She said thai ever
since the hight 1t Fort bumssr: On the break
iur ont Ut the war The llt..s.rocs were inform
ed Of ~::4t thn North were dulng and That
Trey confidently expected to be free, ,a1td were
not surprised Wisen The Proclamation was IT,
sued. Ehs ss:-a That. the negroes hnA .ecrct
societies and mt ii Tic woods and caves, aud
had signs and GRIPS aud Il Was the duis Of
eyefy IEcMbft to intufM tho lodges. nf wlla1
tnnV.rsA.lan 1e lsai heard among tie white
fclhs. Sic further stated, that they frequens-
rcrt a1d thnt ns = general thing :he house
servants were well pHst<d In all tie psssse4 Of
the trt'vlfon on both etde.- y -.
% Many OF TIC nesIrofx" who came Into The
cnntrahan.f camp Eeeufsd " have gnnai1ctanle
u,enry In gold and silver. All this :n,oncy
21 %eAS - A44LH NA tASA - AtAkA
not n dollar Of Confederate ~rdp csiuld be
iunnd about theln. One woman had hidden
In bcf bosom, lcd up In IN old cotton hand
kesclie1, sI1tS-1ue dol2aeA In gold ard nine
dal1at. 10 silver, al III l:Alyes and qnartess
.Aaoslct laI twenty dollars IN i've dollar goll
pieces, aud d.tfen ao1lsrs t'l silrcr tied VI IN
. newspaper, md ~ ! coincidence, the news
Paper WAS found to b. a copy OF, tis.: New
York s1tsbuns, containing an .sctounr of tho
death, Of the lamentcd Eilnwerth., These sGu.
had heard Of the Proclamation, through the
tecret Eegro societies Of TIE south. - II
This uousy which the contrsbands bring
iaio esnp 2 ; 4 takSn esasEe Of p ths supeFio:
.eetpt for II, and gires it Oct to them - They
NEED it : :NeAriy every eontr1haud having
sau,c gold a2d silver, 4 large Amornt of spt.
Gle h stored AWAY 10. tlzEir benefit, every dos-
tGr Of which Is carefully accounted for, they
hsrinc The handling OF What they need, II otly
being placed In = eafa for security, as When
they leave thu camp, the Eocey due E.t,n Ii
Efysn buck. pfemauna being allowed lae1n
fus their currency = '%.5..= -; ~ a..-ss% y
= !; WHAT T,tE cpSIRARAsps aEEp. 49,
The rapfd Increase Of negroes from III r1sts
OF the South, WHO Rre filing the cunt srlmnd
cainls, requires extra Arrangements, fbr thcf.
e1np2uymenta, especially the employment pf
TIC women. Tho men can bc used on ouf
nNr rAl gunlAate, and on our ktcame9s,," hut
t;.ey can be better used By forming them Into
1tgimelts Of soldiers 1t .rnee, ut soma eonye-
nlrnt poiGt, and getting them ready fosActfH
stHicc In the defa- They can also hr employ.
ell On rtantationa in tie fu,medtuto vicsn{.vOl
car gnnboets or 3ana {nfrcs, to tuise yegcta.
eacs fo7 the Amy md The hospitals; III thid
Tho ;woacn can it'd md make them Ia,
ior ys,aahlc TO =; tho :, Government, as
ean also Be used rs servants III psieatg farni.
Res, 'ae laundrcsses In hotpita|s, and In SOME
instances rs uCFae4," Tiers Is enough fo,
n:e1u all 70 co, bn. It needs snme cnter ptising
person who understands tho character Of tht
negro 10 surcrintcnl, them and apportio,1
TEN ont 10 sutt iabor Rs IL suitable 10 them,
NJ fAas us they aro fecctttxl, 80 That thty will
not become m incubus upon the f3uv ernment
! BIZ ehild1en should br properly cared fer and
taught to labor. for thetr own wclfasE.: The
unitel States cohlatAuj, aud the yasion.
ClrSttfan eomlnt.eions, throughout the Un1on
tave done much, End arc still doing all It,
thtir power tQ ts.tttr the coud.tlon 'tr the
freed slave, hut they need more aid i. thr
Nay uf teachers, ID donations o. clothing and
h,oks. While At their camps thcy arc eu,t
Piled with Government rations, and are well
csrcd for, hut they L. Ast &c taught to labor us
themselves, then they will better appreciate
the liberty which this great and good Govern.
nscnt hae gsauted to them. = - *-''''. :
.-'lE SuknHR OF coTrRABAxps ~ soLplERs.
:. 'tAH number, uf eontralauls enlisted inso
the sels.se of The United states, IN TIE y rsl
and South s-~s.., x.n II followa: The 1at Ohio
colcred regimect scsp In camp at nelswara,
amounting to al'out 200 tneu, I-h regiments
1t Helena. eoEpnsinE 800 men; enc vi New
Madrd, N6.; elx Al Corinth, Mis-; four at
NaAhviite, sTcno-, making about 1000 men !;
one nt Port Hudson, La, of 900 men; twen-
r regiments fn tAs Department Of the Gull,
tnfAntrr sud Ennr If ~ c{nrxrs in tTvoc..a ~
formation, which Nil number when full 4, ,0N
men, aad one at Don&ldxrIllc, Ia Of Loco
men,. This Will make 33, LOO effective troopa
OF the Cp'7e d d}HGue. There are now At tie
various ccnt1abana cAmpe on the rtyer. 5p, coo
: men, women and children, one.thistl OF which
10 this arc daiiy ,aecessions at almost every
Point guarded by orr guuboate. Certxlnly
within air months We can bring from x, ,OQ0
to 200 effective troops Into the field, from
The contratsuta, which, II We add 10 the
regiments forming smonX the free. eologrd
;caa have q, GOO mosu men In the deld, mailing
lne United States cor3n r. .-Ayfsque atoouu! 10
an tu1il'ery foree4 OF at least 1oo, COO good
+ n1cu. The negro Is Willing 10 light
and he has shown il In Ills nlacflty
to enaist, and we must not hceltAte to ~usa
him In the quclling Of this: rebellion, Whieh
'.*',1 h"shS death blow 10 slavery aud ieno~
1T md b1esstng 70 tho whole negro ra.1 e .ha
United States, They azo willing to fight for
ns, and Ehy ahtuld we not bcwaliiuS Ia f}Ehe
side by Hide with them, and Use our influence
/ In urE1ng them on By deeds Of yalnr,. and
stimulate them to do their dnty and act their
TART, and prslsinc them when praisu Is due.
tIhc Taca can be improved, nnd made to rely
on themselves Il. We Will only be patient
with them, teaching them to do right, md
trvtHV to awaken an.0ug them scue{s OF
pride aud honor, that they may appreciate ,us
working ont OF fhelr own ealratIon@ RI We
fhcf,4 so5H3~ra nd tt,,,,.