Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-22
THE coNTRABANDs ON THE M1ssrssrppr
Correspondence Of The Cincinnati cemm.,.,a,

| correspondence Of the Cincinnati Conmsyeiay
VIcKsBURG, SEPTEMBER 90 1891
as nave undertaken in these letters to give some ss
count OF The contrabands along the river will be neces
sary to go back little
AT Island there are three thousand Of them
one thousand the island and two thousand IN tb hnL
ihese are engaged in choppng wood and in building but.
W I'VE In They are subssted BY Government aud The
Wood Is taken BY the Government 1t ia rated at three
doars per cord small portion OF which goes to the chop-
per- portion to pay for the subsistence Of the colony and
one-haf goes into general fund for the relief Of all unor
gained contrabsnds Between Goodrich Landing and h =
place there are about seven III usand
six thousand If that number being at foulg's Point
About five hundred Of this number choppaa wood at
tae Point at Van Buren,, and at Pa~paw AT MrlLkens
Bend there are two giments Of cloed troops-tn-
Alabama and the Sd MssIss'pp-the former numbering
about SIX hundred aud the latter FIVE hundred Brig Gen
Merriam Is IN command They like those at Goodrch
In excellent condition
Vcksburg Or it: vicinity is Of the point where
the cn"red popna ion most do cobgrrgae" It is here
that Uncle Samuel has the largest sized ep ant;
and te great a ST. WHAT vii he do with il ~
very grave and exc -.dnvy d Hicut OF soiu ION
ineie are about ten thousand If these pile living
staying on antations here AID The SLACK,
ana Ike number the Lou siaIa shore beu here
and Mlikens Bend. some of those along Il IRE
chopplg wood but those this eide have ii tie bus
eat and sleep and scken aad die Upward # twenty
thousand OF In Sc people in this condition. "yna ah ut
10 se IN tbs vicinity, certn'y present wild; field for
the operation OF Chr stan phllan hr"py How tn stu
alton i 10 be ma tered what force aud what flrrces
are to be brought to brng order this
chats are 4u stions that SO lar have only been ask
he mortality among tn freed pc pie, oDy arre
out every wher- great One evident cause - his nor
tally u bs found III their iondn.ss for ratg AID epe
cally for eating greasy f. d. and h.r xr il
he IN at vl"rn exercise o. when LIT 10 us II,
ID playing mari les Most Of tn have ben ough from
State 4 industry to ONE of ndolence-from frcrd
perance IN diet TO ungulded ntemperanc They have al
Nays b en- accustomed TO eat all that given thrm to
eat and would be stating the mildly to say ha doc
20 viii tla Ha.t f, husfh
| they adhere 10 tus custom TIE government at on IS
ssu-d to them, aud they eat itent it all. If
th never saw man. white or black, that c.uil 90
aid i've.
Tn number Of raton Issued the dis riot under charge
| OF Capt Thomas (Which lclu les all belo> ia,
down Natchez) Is twenty four thousaad daily OF
course this does not include the organized contrabnds
soldiers.
Gen Thomas is here with The steamer Westmore'ard.
he has OILY authorized the Raising Of
and that Is by Chaplain Laou to be used gu, I'd for
the unorganzed ffeedmen-a thing need this region
VICKsBukG, OCTOBER 2, 1863
visited the camps c.,rsd troops arc found
th"m to present the neat Clean rd y paarance
that they do every where. There Eshernth
Mississippi fieavy Artillery, the Sc nd Mississippi aud
Twelfth Lussua Infantry. The two lat not arm
ed aid doing fatigue duty The Second his not been
cred regiment and his e-s than 300 m The
Twelfth has en- full regiment, sine. the fall
# Vicksburg The mo tally il il ha been fearful With
out having single DISCHARGED il does mus
t-r 500 men out of $40. The Heavy Arlr y Regiment
was formerly the Niuth Louisiana, the that fought
AT Nli'lKen Bad IL now NUMBERS aD5utIou IN
Of 1000 thick no amouHt Of on the part of the
commend ng officer could have reduced The mortality in
this regiment.
1t will be seen by the enclosed order that Grn Thomas
proposes 10 make the enlistment OF cOlured tro ps
Wholesale arrangement. The emf rcemant of the order
commenced in this city to-day by patrol guard very
much to the disgust Of many fancy ci!lzsus of African
descent" ''.
| SPECIAL ORDERS 40 G3
YICKsBURG (MIss) SEPT 90, 1853
The following regulations for the Of freed
ANNOUNCED
all conceTne1:
IL al male nsgroe who after examination shall be fund
capable OF bearing will b. mustered ito companies
re.iusnis All Others, including ncapabi3 bearing
aims, children in teai bling perme
in III amps n deness will be required peffo euch
lab, be suited TO their nd tons in the
era tta departments OF he army pauta leased
9th rwre, within lines wooichopyers
that their labor be made liable the
OF these guaon there will be established system Of
eral and loc4l supervision.
III The quarttrma-t rs commsary and medical aenar-
meut will issue supplies the nd employ
ment Of these people, on the stion of tae properly
tho IL ID officers
". Al freed psopa. by whomsoever empl we'd will be
id 10 their labor areaEy Ri red hereafter y
be determined by TIL commanding gneral the dpsr INT
l. AK al tn all la.or six dola
per mout1 above, will lie deducted from outh pay
aud III nd by All cf AID private
md winds employing "r wing - charge oil I'D
t. be according the order for providing for the
| sick Otherwise dependent.
VI Ira taion will b. furnished for goods
the b. Government tTAasp RI au
road4 within dspa msnt IN the ord.r OF the
gene superIht udrnt
VII Citizens voluntarily l4borng for the ben. Of there
providing Tor their wilt when properly accredited by
he general superntenden be emitted raion- quar-
I'd rans ION o. Gov rnment transports AID military
| airosds within The department
| by order of tue Secretary Of War
| l.. THOMAS, Adjutant General.