, 1863-10-09
From Our Special Correspondent
NATcHEz. Sept. p, 1868.


1F1om Our Special Correspondent
NATcHEz. Sept. p, 1868.
COLD WEATHER.
Oar friends at home have probably, during
the cold snap o1 "ea1ner tney ha7a expe.
rienced, thoughr "ltn eome aegsee OF envy
That down here :" were II Inc 1"A enjoyment
Of seasonao.e "eatner' out am sotfy 10 ssy
We can't sec II; tae lfoss taa. eane 30 early
In Illinois, mas cna"geo tne a'mo1pnele mere
80 that fire by dag ana extra blankets .
night, are quite necessary Items for comfort
and making drill exercfse ans s1er the nurnos,
-, s - ..d ha,ar- 1,h,-,,1n .,rn.,,.s =,
Oh tne 1oImef' anu uems W.. uua4115 auPpl'eu "
by The Government WIFI the latter, ne ar
glad to DO rid Of the seaso1able weather, ant
epioy greatly the ccoJ, brisk air that come,
49, -, tta ,,o,+h tha ,,,,ra =, =, ~ -,.t,
oo"n ifoni 'uo noi'a' w =. Anoie so' ~ II put'
an end TO all fear Of the Yellow Jack,
which many of the citizens relied unon tf
canse onr evocna+fon IF tha c,tv pnt ~,
..sasa e ....,s..i -, ~. - oos w
troops slanoneo nese nave oeen. and are nor
In splendid health. The I'D Illinois regiment
has lost but two men by disease during tht
,,,t ,h-sa mor1hs I'D III ~. ~.s,.ss w.
tes 'se ' .A,1, e@ ~ s.o 1ee.u1eaes ae1s
nave peen eauaAy fortunate. The contra
bands hare not fare SO well, and for obvious
reasons, some Of which I wish h ;7et,;1 r.
.,a,,. ~raaa,a :. +,,o ~. ,s.o.,., ass-'4. :, "
ie..,,71.+ - oaon+ ..r,a ~ ~
D'ne'0n' ~ 'A.vP' ..!' 0'410 4es@1e W oette'
thelr preseht condiuon.
NEGRO RECRUITS.
shc,4,r after thc occunat,on of Na+cbaz ~.
c1n1tlpg omcsrs CAME nele IRON slckspuEg a1e
from New Orleans, to obtain men to fill up the
regiments that were being raised at those
p,sess, and ecme $500 negroes were taken
nr saatia insir
nnber tl'ns 1fcrnited M Can't smith ~ " ,he ,he
Ga; III M1scGntM - ~, gament, aas Ia1seu, and u
;sWe ;raa ~ thtt NV th;a o. 5naaty tnal
nase iessiseo a sae1t stoemng, ann part o. tnelt
nWs, anu aao u9H e94Hgu onts44eo1 the CITY,
dassGGS e9sste9H stS9 ~ t9 u!anins aoo lgaImng, IN
he hef NJ ~ hsnarna SGHuc ~ 1s1ptrl9,enaeace
~, so+iof,aa tbnf han ~ uaI ene Golonel u
n,m W ~, 1Saa ~ e4em ha,, into Inc nela, MS
h.so1fe t.ssena W. ~ ao na'e MN tntonn away
Eau Eaaeataen ha, u 4easy al'mely, numbering u.
!een nuouise n.,a, msu, ass ESQ psen faased, ana
Is u 70 sIalaoEeo ~ 1ue ee1tens1Ve 1ort1acatlon
1om ~ ptosss9 ~ ~ e1scnon nel9, unaef me
dI cemanauu y ~, ~. Tartar, q lhe 5oth Mo:
Hislhod;ea man 1hst 3oHe anoIs mfe tnonsacd
sae atmy, "a'1e aaotnes TessIhe1t IL sooa TO
10 o'eao'1sa' -
TIE FAMILIES.
Now, The families CT these men, cousfstinp
cf old fathers and mothers, women and chiI,
drep, to the number Of more than eight thou
fand, remain on the hands Of the Government
TO be provided tor. They are at present sta
toned in CAMPS upon each side Of the river
that UPON this Side under tha hjll nnmherin1
eix thousand, ard upon the LoufsIana shnrs
tEo thousand, tso.thirds Of the nurnher IN
each camp, probabls, beIug children
Thsy arc living in shantles, loosely
old deserted buildirees near the,r " c,..1; 10y
packed in, in many instances. almost fTn
deep. In the meantime, the Goyerment ia
doirg everything In its nnwer fnr thnnn ~
They a1e ]iberally supplsed With rations VIII
officers to superinteni their canns sns ~, -
some extent with ucdical attendancee.~;t IL he. w.
can be srared from tleir reci,nents tn attanJ
TO them. In the camp nn5er fhe hff1 thara
ia one doctor. He tnfd ma thot h. tar4 .4S,e ~,
record Of bis cates. hnt fnioe5 that r. eva,s ~
AIRED four hundred Taf;enfa Iav 7 w.s 49,
aS all Eurrrise1 to cnnnt two hnndred ar.pes nos
mar The camp after ta1b,np with ths 4 d1ctnr
There is one other thinp eaii1v nasded Is. ~
them. which tha Gopernment % cannot tsuuu snnr,y "
a1d that IL Womco's nnd ahWdsaa,a snos 7sapply,
Manr ~ then, 80 49,. at 1nstitt S1oLuIue;
Weather annroaches mast snf9sr ,s4a' 4ou ~ r9.a
Thern ara msnv noor 1,Tna1 49, bAteILnsy. Lsy
article Of clothing INT Int coa1sa dras. ~ tsSo no
tht m iT ;sv an ira Gus ths1a urd5s} 70 GoSer
or n fInM r., therl hera maan.a oy ngnt
wkere ttev ara ~ c sic1-. 90 etU4nu VI poatus
M 10 :.yWn..os., - EE.sAASes E1S, WY caI tnero
fo do tor 4he co1a-ai1 nann1a haas aasoGaa9n r.
Feen 1n,a ~ ttats tsgF.S nFt 4elo "ua1 ~ 4as
need 1sii1iama M i Ins4-na.,a1 ~ aost 12yA iaey
thonrana cEiIdren a,a - o;t,rs. 10y, x, ,a anu nse
to come ard oren the book Of knnwiedee - ~
them, and start the cultivation Of that self.
respect, that slavery has 30 crushed out Of
North reflect that Tie religious susceptibIli. ce ii M
ties OF tho negroes haye been imposed upon
by Southern monsters to bind the chains OF
slavery faster aronnd them, by making
''the divinity of slavery" and s4the duty Of ser.
wants to their masters," the cardinal points
IN the conversion Of these poor souls to Hin
that they feel nhen they leave thar masters.
that they can no longer have anything to do
with cljgfoc-must see the necessity of bripg-
Ing purer Gospel to them. No longer $50
than last Sunday heard minister exclaico
from the pupil, az he pointed towards the
''that servants who forgot known and sacred
otlIg gat.ors to their n asters, Mere among those
Mlo Woul9 receive evcrlast1ng punishmentto Tor
n rfoI ~a1$
snch - as,ptirsnt acoa.s;ni1a In r. eou4 nAAe
ni'n-ch ~ ~ 1.aJ aSIsF'auls T 1 u y cnI1stlan
T. - ~ 49, - .-s., - - - +.9 - teua. 4uupe
~ ~ .,n,, ~ - III, ~. uase peeu ia
~ - ~ .na upo1 s. es an sunlscs aun dropping
~ +bst ~ 3oat seautis taat any move
- thts - 81, 81 W oeneaI tne negroes
=. 49, rn's P, ~ w lneet na.1 ese:y ehcoqrage.
VEIL RfaK ~ 45 He1ssat Bt comanaing, end ir0m
o. :: ~ nS H. @19 ligs9ae MAihaAa VI tneol
'44s'' ai'u ~apt' 1a' VIC us ass1s'a1s'
TIE TABLES TURNED. :
Capt, Marble's sentiments may be best
shown from IN Incident that occurred in his
office the other morning, Citizen Brown.
formerly civ Marshol of Na.chez. was
brought tefoie him for aseaul ling negro.
Citizen Brown claimed tttat he lad an In.
alie1abie light as q white man and q master
10 assault the negro" Iha Captaln's reply
was: "str;; that Was N times past; you have
10 doubt eeercised The power Of knocking
ioW1 tcGzoes TO Jonf hea1ts content, but
understand that . negro las The same rights
n the eye Of the lay as white man."
no 70 aston1sneo cilzen oloMn WAS 1ned fifteen
lollaIs n green naeks. no wonder that to
. many o. thete peopie asy a,, o. confusion and
,anasd Instsct'; IL 4hna a5minfstasaa t., she r.
Natchez court house,
.rrSro~1s,r ,scRr.s,,e
1ru,..~ r,.1..s- 1se.s-a~ ~ :. =,
nara ane on.oa a a.,g g,,a numese s aany On the
.naS nv mauy P.ante1s n L1e nelgnpoE.
,~S' ~ ~ a.. LIZ s, luz t Iae Iecent
in1h oftha a,on an,e etsn1nns t9e1n sen oae.LWen,
,hf11rrn S,Sa heer h;rnJ ~ w. ,ngo momn ana
IcKee's snne, Vision md hsro ~ dng9Ht I1u9E1
hat by next snrinr 9hera vii Ia ~ 3s.oo uouus
or nii the iobnF thaf can Ia fnt,geht 1eo4aau 1's
.ene IRE In i1s;1v consnItatfo1 ana T. i. ,.1 Gt*