New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-27

of the ours. Of Slavery than supposed and the system
gIes: deal worse than,Se ever thought It to be.
o. BROWN.
V.-From Helena, ArIt.
HRLKsA, Jsn. 2. 1868.
/. About 1000.
Men above ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LOCO
Women above l5.... ..........,............l,aO
Children under Is. ,uV
H. They for fair wages Generally they do. numbe
Of them quite proae. and talk like men who had hesrt
more swearing than praying There is fcncey any ntem
peIance among them Their chastity will compare fivorahy
with tina, Of the whites and II is at least thirty cent bet
ten than that an ong the whites Of Memphis Tenn.
Ill Condiiionsy they do la the event Of cnsne patton
there would be disposition to 60 North Emancipation
fully carried and secured they would Besy all much
fer to.live In the South.
w. Similar those of other Few could read When
they cmo within lines; they using the spelling
book learning write, and several lead as eIho-rs and
preachers believe. with proper attention, the riding gen
Grafton win learn readily the children Of any ohe color
" They have faith God and In the promises Of Iii. word
bu, they great way. back"
Their docilty, subordnaon aud kindred virtues are 70
msrksbe-withou parallel in the history Of tho race
vi None whatever. They m,ke threats. They seem
20 wish well other masters but fear It will not be vel
with them in the world. however they fare here
VII Ia al about 200. The highest number any time
the Fort $50 at 40 cents per day aud 4J for clohiu: pei
month. White sbOreu receive ! per month more The
freedmen hsve received dollar Not fsE from s2oo
10 due them IL their had been the the
whi,e. nearly 5000 more would be due believe they
have earned enough had their been promptly paid to
have supported all who
VIII Their treatment has by no means been complinsn'
tary official, subodns,e which has operated to
discourage and dish arten Ia most Instances They could
enough support the whole They nos altogether
tit to take their psces In society they need preparatory
trimming aud gusIdaaPthst Of supervision aud instruction"
until they are taught OF 'ef.anc- am not satisfied
tina, they would noed any dcrvuS aiuns from Whist other
men equally isuoAnt would need aud strongly per.uAdsd
that they would not.
have been thrown much with the poor whites Of the
South during nine years mniss labor In Ess, Tennessee
aud since the progress Of the havo and learned
much them. that clearly Of the opinion that tho
,fabsnd. ould and could no, msks progress.
Secure them agansi oppreso snd leave them where they
sre-or gradually colonies them.
Yours very truly. SAMUEL SAWYER,
Chaplain 18th Regiment ndians Nolun!eer'
U.-Erom ~. Louis. No.
5r. Loui.. Doc q. iso3
DE.R SIR have note OF the ilth Instant ncO.ins
circular
Without answering your questions IN regular order. viii
briefly view. the subject, rexens tbs, want Of
time will not allow 10 give that attention which ' i'm
por,snce GeuisndG
NV due. as Army ouar,srmss.r to the Gsuboa, Flots
commenced appointment OF Admiral fooie to the
chief command aud ended the 10Th sep embed last the
having At tina, date by OF Congress. trans.
fened the control OF the Navy Department sm nov On
gssrd in the settlement Of my sccount..
While was Qdsr,enna,tet Of the Flola oonttAbsnd.
wee employed In yAroG. cspace. bremen. deck hsnd.
izborrrs OF tue total number employed cannot sy
the payroll. hani.d 70 cs'thsd by the proper
ofice ind hsd time 70 examine TO the Individuality
OF per employed had fifteen twenty under
my mediate chAge. mpoyed the coal barse' to keep
them water aud load with coal ths transports sod
boats This srduous service they were called
upon all hour. Of tho day aud night Tails d1ty they
formed Of per day to the Gjsen@sat For
whit. lsborers doing hs duty hsd paid VI IS
day and had gfra' difficulty obtain them that price In
some the Provost Mar.h. had be called upon to
pick up struggling lsbofe aud force thom to do necessary
work.
The public service would lac. Summer a, Cairo have been
put TO serious II could not have obtained
the labor Of the canrabsnd" They were moro obodiea
did more work Of temperate habits aud lees dis
posed to absent themselves than the " hi,e lsbofer.
On the gunboais and transports contrabands In do
mand and who appeared to he highly valued by
the officers OF the boat. Thsf work very severe
such they had been entirely unaeoustoned to.
They not provided for they ought to have
been particularly 10 the way OF clothing Notwithstanding
all this. heard Of who voluntarily returned to
Slavery Few complained Of luosmsnt by their masters
expressed feelings OF toward them They spposed
To regret ssvng their relations aud homes and would have
gladly returned If assured Of freedom.
Before the officer In charge of party the
u s. Survey OF the Coast and for seventeen years
gsged principally In the Slave States often had mixed
crews Of negroes and white aud consider the negroes
the Southern States having superior intelligence tho low
er order Of white people in the country THIS may
arise from their snocsons with tho better class Of whites
aud the much greater comfort in which they lived
have found the Southern States by unhealthy
and tho attention paid among the people to order
and cleanliness at the North. the bills Of mortality would
be much less The wealthy people of the South do not live
in a. much comfort Of moderate the North
Tbse part Of the South that the labor OF the white
cannot probably be employed and no greater faacy
started than that cotton and rice only be cultivated the
usxre never enjoyed better health than when working
among the wsmps and agoons OF Forids snd sometimes
Isle a. June.
1 believe that Northern constitution much better
stand the malaria Of the South than the the cold
the North.
have long been OF the opinion that Slavery great
and drawback to the prosperity Of tho Southern States be
.ys II Slavery were abolished both black and white would
bs Incidentally benefited thereby. Where slaves receive
norton Of their wages and have employed many such,
have always found them valuable to me and theI
masters
Tho negro quite susceptible to kind treatment aud slight
rewards good words will have more effect upon him than
tbs oveIheer's lash
do not by any means think the n.sros. equ to
the white man. but education and freedom will greatly i'm
prove them III were a resident OF slave State las am
would advocate immediate emancipation. For tho sake oil
the whites even more than tho blacks do advocate H.
have never seen one good feature IN Slavery. but fruitful
source OF evils.
Very respectfully, your obsdent servant
GEO. ID. WISE.
VII.-Prom the Army of the District Of