Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-02

Hutton HEAD, March 24.-The steamer
Boston arrived this morning from Jackson
Vile Florida. The LIST South Carolina had
been reinforced. Several skirmishes had ia
ken place between Col. IIiggnson's troops
and the rebels, with loss of one killed and
one wounded on the federal side. The naval
officers who witnessed the department of the
regime..t give it high praise. When the citi-
zens of the town found that regiment of ne
groes had possession Of the place they were
were highly indignant. They denounced it as
an outrage. They would not have cared if
white troops had surprised them, but to wake
up in the morning and find Cufee, Dick, Bob,
Sam, Hercules, Sancho-thelr old servants,
their former riches, one million dollars of tu-
gaciouS property-up in arms, with KNAPP
sack. cartridge-bo and musket, was Calling
to human nature. The citizens, some Of
them, talked profaney; the women went
into Mysteries. They were, without doubt,
terribly frightened. Fear had them in
possession They had horrid nightmare;
they thought of St. Domingo; they imagined
blood, outrage and death in most appalling
shape Perhaps remembrances of former
days came back perhaps the ghosts of the
dead returned-they who had died at the
whipping tree, hung up by the thumbs, with
backs CORY, who had been hunted down by
hounds in the swamp, torn in pieces by bull
dogs. You may scar conscience, bury it alive,
smothes it, stab7it through, you may think it
dead or make believe it is forever hushed,
but when fear cometh like a whirlwind, we
are ant to recall past deeds OF sin. No Won
der there was CONSERVATION, wnnglng OF
hands, and Mysteries among the women of
jacksonville, when they found themselves at
the mercy of runaway armed slaves, with
power to cut their throats, to commit all I'M
| aginable outrages on property and person.
Mark how that power has been exercised;
notice the terrible vindictveness OF the runa-
| away slaves. Not hair OF Womans head
| harmed. saThe department of the soldiers is
as correct as that of the white regiments.
| There is no st. Domingo for this continent.
Last Sunday heard a negro pray in public.
1t was in a large church. There were colo
nels, majors, captains, lieutenants, ladies re-
| fined, INTELLIGENT, from the north, civilians,
| and great crowd of colored people. Thanks
| were given for freedom, heartfelt and earnest.
| Gods best blessings were invoked upon pres
| ident Lincoln for making the negroes Tree.
| Then came the following suppllcatlon: II
| pray Thee, O Lord Jesus, that thou wilt not
forget my old master. L pray Thee, LORD
| God, for Jesus sake, that Thou wilt bless HIM.
| O Lord. make him give his heart to Thee.
Make him also throw down his gun and come
out for the Union! o Lord, make him see
| that he has done wrong" l give it rer6Gttnt,
| but the pen cannot record the earnestness OF
| the suppliant Such is the revenge OF the
freedmen. Not single instance can be found
when, having power to harm, it has been
exercised by them
But to return to Jacksonville. the fear of
the women was so great that they petitioned
| Col. Higginson to be sent beyond his lines.
He complied with their request; told them
that all who desired to go might have twenty
hours to remove They wanted several days,
but he thought twenty hours reasonable
time. Finding that they were not harmed,
they began to breathe more tree y. Some
decided to stay; less than hundred conciud-
ed to co.
On Sunday last the old Episcopal church
was used Tor service The LIST South Carolina
and the 9th Connecticut regiments, and a
crowd Of negroes of Jacksonville, the Off