The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-07

ground OF the rsQmsnt-the blacks partske OF barbe
Of twelve roasted oxen and imable Quantities OF
whites witness the demolition and consumption Of the
edibles.
HxADQuARTzzs, BnAuroRT, g. c., Dec. 20 1882
The following system OF labor for the cultivation Of the
plantations in this department having been proposed By
the OF the Second division adopted for
the entire department. and all the superintendent
hereby directed conform strictly requirements
l. The negroes 70 be responsible for planting and
sufficient corn potatoes for their own sub
sisence For this purpose land will be allotted TO them
To each working hand one acre and two tasks for corn
two tasks for potatoes.
To each child task for corn; quarter for
potatoes
The aotnents to be made such Ged or fields the
superintendent may select but in such manner that
when all the tasks In any field fields allotted they
shall be contiguous another 80 az avoid
mediate spaces Of uncultivated land
The ploughing on these allotted tasks Ia 70 be done by
the use Of the poGghs and mules. horses OF the
plantation and TO be conducted by poughman appointed
BY the superintendent sad acting under his direction OK
clusively The distribution II manure which Is 70 be
furnished by the also DO made BY the use Of
the carts and working animals or the plantation The
ploughman US cartnan when his services not
needed in poughing and TO be responsible the super
ntendent for the Of the poughs and working ami
mails and 10 be paid for his services at the rate Of thirty
cents day.
H. in exchange for the use Of the government lands
and working animals and the services Of the ploughman
the negroes 10 plant and cultivate in addition 10 the
alo,ments above stated many acres Of land as will
produce enough for the subsistence 81 the plantation
district in which the plantation is situated also for
the subsistence OF old or disabled persons for whom no
other provision can Dc made ms additional .na IS 70
nexed rata to each and to be Al the rate of six acres
for every mule horse belonging 10 the plantation or
used by the observation-disclosures acre for the supern
eDdent himself and half for the ploughman,
and one acre for every old or disabled person.
When the crop OF corn is gathered in each negro TO
contribute, for the purposes mentioned snch part OF
the total produce OF that Negroes allotment will make
the portion contributed bear the same relation 10 the
A he and
70 the entire allotment
III For the raising cotton the negroes agree
to the number OF tasks they will each plant
aud cultivate and these tasks will be allotted in
such hed or fields the superintendent may select; but
in such manner that, when all the tasks IN
field fields allotted they shall be contiguous to
another so as TO avoid intermediate spaces OF uncuit
waited land.
Ihe negroes will be paid work done the
fields the rate Of twenty-five day; tho follow
ing standards 70 be used IN determining what shall con-
stHute . fair days work
In ploughing three acres.
In listing without the use Of tho plough in light land,
one task and half; in heavy land. ono task.
In stng after the ground has been broken by plough
two tasks.
In banking, when ploughng done, one task and
hall; when plough is used, two tasks.
In planting four tasks or one
In the first hoeng. two tasks.
In the first hauling, two tasks
In the second hoeing, two tanks.
In the second hauling two tasks.
IN the third hauling whom needed in light land two
tasks
FOR picking the cotton the negroes will be allowed two
and one half cents per pound picked, weighed
with the seed; part Of this allowance say half
be regarded as payment for the labor picking,
and the remaining two cents additional the daily
| cultivation.
on his task within given time specified by the supern.
tendent be is to call in such other aborcrs he may
select 70 do that work. and pay them the
| person to whom the task was allotted
negroes. able 10 labor in the cotton fields
perform the general plantation work. should decline
doing so, and should At the time occupy or
cultivate lands the plantation they shall pay rent,
10 be determined by the superintendent but
coed 81 per month for each house and the land allotted
70 such negroes, according u the above regulations
~. The foreman on the plantation will have the gene
oversight the direction the
or all work done in the cotton fields and viii make
report the superintendent from day day OF any
liDqusnces that may fall under bis notice. He viii also
have charge Of the plantation buildings and implements
and that the ploughman takes proper OF the
working animals and that the field minder attends 70 his
special duties. For this service when occupies III his
time ne will DO paid rate not exceeding ten dollars
month"; and. when lie does not give his whole time to
| OF the superintendent.
v. Mechanics, aeld minders cattle minders cartmen,
boafmen nurses and others engaged In necessary job
work on the plantation will be employed and paid as at
By order Of r. sAxToN.
| BrgadIer General and Military Governor
s. WILLARD SAxIos, Captain and Acting Assistant Ad
| jutant General.
So emancipation has been paugurated In the Palmetto
State tho ignorant. untutorcd. helpless creature s
who have heretofore lived under the OF their
masters or Of the govornmen are turned adr upon the
their own There may DO smooth sailing Tor Tina; but
the tempest is in their track and later they
must encounter H. Their libarty i not natural They
have been lifted to- high. The system Of education
which they are being subjected gives them surerciicus
ness breeds holiness and excuses erontey Their idea
OF liberty bcgsts Incidence and robs them thrift Not
that their new condition ~ irnpropcr-that they de-
serve not 70 oc .rce-,h'i their masters in arms
against the government deserve not the penalty
which the confscaton o, all this property inicts-but
that they are too much re,ed and onzed and Inflated
with conceit ever 10 be OF any great degree OF usefulness
TO to themselves Already the tendcnt OF
the contrabands at this pon,Mr McMath-h mas found
necessary 70 resign his position. He found the
orcd people docils, oood,ont, and, with the
proper Incentives. moderately industrious To day
they are free, regulating their tasks by their
own desires, ana sovernabe by immediate
want. " course there many among tho negroes
who, for the wages they receive, willing TO labor
faithfully but they DO not constitute all nearly all the
freed men, and the troubles Mr.. fcNath has lately
perienced viii fear be Increased rather than diminished
The hnglish steam Rinado went Charles.
ton on Wednesday last having previously procured per-
the blockade She went in It Is alleged, for the pur.
pose Of aordng protection 10 the British residents
city. When on the bar sho signazed for pilot and
rebel tug came down ard placed aboard and then,
with white flag the fore and the British nag tho
man. steamed out to our acct with the English Consus
letter bsg. Nearly the entire feet that
| assembled around the supply steamer Blackstone,
for the purpose Of receiving fresh prov
midst they were beat quarters the guns run out and
many finger itched for pull ~ tho lccksfrirg
The scarcity Of lumber in this department u severely
don n 10 be sent 10 day 70 Nassau river the
of which the rebels said 10 have collected large guam
tiiios Of the precious material Tho steamers Delaware
and Cosmopolitan together with the gur boat Unras
two schooner with body of four hundred Infantry
TO constitute the expedtcuary As the Coccdcratcs
Keep yigLant guard their coast light not only
possible but probable but the rou q the enemy and the
capisrc q their lumber ara conadeniiy a.tic.patsd
Tho Tar Commissioners for the State of ForsA
lcave Hilton Head for Fernandpa to-day Connected with
this ccmnssion rs Mr.. II, u. Helper, whom Governor
Stsny banishcd from North Carolina last summer The
Commissioners 70 locate 81 Fepandna. snd viii pro
coed ~ once 70 coansrae and sell The property o al dis
Iovai owners.
am Informed by ono a the government plots that
Captain Lewis, Of the steamer Neptune Reports fifteen
feet Of water San Augustipe bar the late
The channel not ooly deeper than for many years
fore but has shifted considerably 70 the narshward
IN following s6Eecrs of the Tenth army cofps have
resigned their commissions during the poet week nd
have nesn houorasly discharged from The service q the
1 United States
Lsascaant Colonel 8. R. Buckln Third Rhode Island
artiiisry.
Lieutenant Hotchkin Sixth Cornectieut Volunteers
L walia ~. Va