Daily national Republican., 1863-04-16
A ram with the COntrabandl.

n Talk WIN Nne
The Port Royal correspondent of the N. Y.
Eeeai,,g Post has had an interview with "Aunt
Phillis," and reports the following conversa-
tioni
Aunt Phlllis, an old woman on one Of the
Pope plantations, speaking ono day of the
changes she noticed since the nlght Of the mas
ters, remarked;
"De chIilon what's born sence dc Yankees
cum, dey's fat, dey's big and hearty. Doy aint
like dem In dc old time. Dc chillon born In dc
old time, dc poor tings, dey lean, lean like buzz
zard-yOu know buzzard, NASSAU Dem chillen
lean jest like buzzard."
"For why," she continued, "dey used to
make we work, Work, WORK, 30 poor modor hab
muffin to glib her child-child Btarve fore II
born-dat's what make 'em lean-llke buz-
zard."
For people living under a patriarchal sys-
tom, they display singular dislike to the pa
triarchs. / find the testimony universal, that
the masters were "mCan." All were not cruel,
but all were hard task-masters. So their former
subjects say.
"Dey's all mean alike,n said one man, when
closely questioned. Now there was one Frlpps,
a planter on one Of the islands, of whom the
blacks habitually speak as 'good Mr.. Frlpps."
"ComG now, SUn," said the quostioner, "thcrO
was good Mr.. Fripps, he could not have been
mean"
Eyes, sab, he bad to his people same as any
of 'em."
"Why do you call him good Mr.. Fripps,
then Z"
"Oh," said Sam, " dat no tell he good to usi
call him good cause he good MetOdis' man
he sing and pray loud on Sundys."
] heard no words of hatred towards the mas.
tors; but the expression of horror which over
spread many of their faces, particularly among
the women, at a suggestion, soberly made, that
gGs,1A 1N1Nifr Nyaa
painful to me-and surely disgraceful to the
runaway patriarchs.
"Suppose, IL we get to Charleston, we catch
your master" said one Of our company, to a
woman at Pope's, "shall we bring him herel''
"Oh, don't massa, don't bring him here; VIC
no want to see him nebber MORE" shouted a
chorus OF women.
"But what shall VIC do with him 70
"Do what you please" said the chorus.
Shall we hang him :"
eff you want, massa ''-somewhat thought.
fully.
"But shall VIC bring him here and hang him l'i
Chorus-much excited and shrillor than
ever-"N No, no, don't fetch him here, VIC nc
want to sec him nebber more again I"
Aunt Phillis told how her master built his
new house only the year before the rebellion
and "sarve him right, he no get good of IT,
| Suppose he good to us, he no run away, he stay
in he's house. But he mean man, he run away
now, he nebber come back"
She dwells much upon the fact that her mas
ter had paid much money for the house-"great
deal of money; much as twenty thousand dol.
lars % l asked, "Where did your master get
so much moneyi' At this the old woman rose
in her bed-she was sick, and my friends were
paying her a visit of kindness-and with much
| excitement exclaimed:
"Where he git he money! Where he git he
money! Is dat what you ask; where he got he
money! ! show you, massa." Pushing W
her sleeve, she showed a gaunt, shining black
arm, and tapping 1t energetically with her foro
finger, exclaimed, "You sec dat, massa Dat
whar he got he money: out o. dat black ski
he got he money"