Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-28
shocking ConufgI0n OF freed
Negroes.

lsmOcKtne CondfeIOm or freed
Negroes.
With few exceptions, accounts agree 10 rep
ressntiug Die condition Of the negroes freed
10y the progress Of Dur armies Is pitifhl ia the
exlreme Here Is what correspondent Of
shs MilwAdkss News says, writing from
Hslena, Afk, February 9th:
Back Of General Washburn's headquarters
but short di5Ance, is peach orchard, the
! little groves in rows 40 close that one can
hardly step between them. Here, about two
ieet under ground, are over thousand dead
negroes, and day after day others who have
starved to death are being added TO the name
less list And there are dozen negro grave
yards in Helena, each rapidly being filled with
negroes, who we're once happy and contented
IN health and cared for, Of use 70 themselves
and to the world.
Yesterday in company with Captain Sher-
man, of the Lecond Wisconsin cavalry, we
rode by the frst-named negro plant
-Four darkies had just deposited on the
ground stout negro, dead as door-nal
His wooly head and dirty feet-protruded from
under the worn-out horse-blanket which serv-
ed as o winding sheet One Of the living was
slowly digging a trench; the others stood
Watching
i 'Halloo, boys, what's the matter with him ?
He's dun gone dead, massaP and they
chuckled to think we could not guess why he
was there
What's the matter Of himT
Too much hard times, massa De niggers
cant stand ebery ting
'Niggers die pretty easy here, don't they ?
Yes, msssa, dey git shut of demseyes
fright smart now-dem's hard times for mig
Igers
And so thought we as they we're left behind
to conduct their funeral to termination In
half an hour some thousand dollar chap will
he left to rot and add richness to the soil,
which will hereafter grow larger peaches than
ever before,
Inthe house Of DR., Grant, where | board,
is an intelligent African girl about twenty
four years old owned by the Doctor. The
other morning, while she was sweeping up
the hearth, said l.
'Millie, are You slave
Course is, whyY
Why don't you run away and be frseT
Umph-umph--dis chile is too smart for
dat Dere is no fun in sleepin in de mud
starvin' 70 death, and gettin' no medicine when
you are sick
There are lots aud lots of niggers IN towr
3 VINO nave run away, am there, Mile
: ,umpn@I1mph-right @ smart lot ot en-
Il "ei miilie, am 'hey netter on man Pc
3 lore tney run away
! NOW, wass ue ase ., looiSn you know pet
/, and bed, and house to sleep in, and some
l body to look out for you than if You had EN-
+ all De time was here when us niggers haC
our parties ana heaps oi inni and we hat
good CLONES ana was JUS as COED as anybody
before d,s war begun wagon ioad oil nig
Igers dldn aun gone ueau every DAY as den
n goes now DIS chile knows somehng yet anC
dat Is 10 SUCK 70 mlssus
We'll, Miiie, cannot the mggers take carr
y oil themselves
e Lord heip you, no About one IN a hun
IA dred IS smart enough TO llVe, ana de odder
would dun gone dead right smart Wat-wa
70 watwat de n'ggers Know about buying stut
and taking careot demseives-dey never don
y EN- DE massa always buys Tor do nigger
J. Just IKE as II dey was ms own family, an
lg when dem IS scK ne has EN- doctored ~
y umph-nmPhl dc white Yankee iolks ski
de last ohicken out oil dc nlgger lore II wer
re Matched II de nigger TOOK care oil themselves
Deed dey @ would -,
NJ wen, Milie' you are very sensible glrl
~ stick 10 your nome, ana you VIII be bette
=, =, on, ill wJu :.
be of Yankee long ago. Nebber had such thiev,
"a in town afore. Dey beat de niggers stealth