The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-24
NEGRO BRIGADE A vAfiuRE.

NEGRO BRIGADE TsfiURE.
The Hilton Head correspondent Of the New
York Herald" furnishes that paper with the
following in regard to the famous negro bri-
gade Of Saxton;
Like its predecessor ~ tie hands Of General
Hunter, this project Of General Saxton may by
this time, be fairly considered a failure
Several weeks ago there was an awkward halt
IN recruiting, to remedy which the steamer
Bet De'ord was dcspa 'ched tC Geoi getown.
), g., aud Ferandila. Fla. for the purpose Of
bringing in all The able.bodied black to be
secured, and extra measures were adapted
whereby to drum mp from the plantations all
whon the gl' ry Oi brilliant breeches and bright
brass buttons could allure. Yet weeks have
heightened iu0 moutih. and the regiment is
still so la from complete that it's field officers
cannot be mustered into service. Already tho
negroes are chatiGg at the restraints of mill.
lary discipline. and frequent desertions are
reported: while the severe measures necessary
to retain in the service. the blacks now armed
are tending 10 create alarm and CONSERVATION
among the others.
| The regiment, what there is Of it, hangs like
a dead weight npon the depai tment while its
Organ zation. at least Tor the present, is AT IL
stand still The duty for which the govern.
melit anlh"rzed the arning of the negroes is
that of guarding the plantations; but this ser.
vice has been and still il, performed by the
Eighth Maine Volunteers. Tie proper duty
OF the e0ntraImnds Il the Only labor. in fact. at
which the government can pr06;ably employ
them--is the dlScharging and coalng OF trans
ports and the rough and tumble work Of the
qnartermaRtpr' department but these tasks
are, now accomplished by daily detail from
the rogimcnls at Hilton Head
The armed negroes, however, have achieved
one thing which had nearly forgotten to men
ten and for which their friends may possibly
gl0iify iIlrin. Admiral Dupont as learn from
n prominent ma val officer. had eccasion recently
ii secure ~ quantity Of iirewood and made
appleafi0n therefor 10 ten. Saxton. BY order
OF the latter a detail from the negro reg ment
cut and delivered TO the squadron nearly two
hundred cords Of fuel but along. with the
wood came hill to the amount OF FIVE hun.
frrd dollars. which the Admiral paid. and
which has been placed to the credit OF the
"coltraband fund" Who takes the money
whn expeuds it. and for what purpose, | cannot
answer. Ina much as the necessary expenses
vi tho navy have ultimately TO be borne by the
government, il has not hitherto been custom.
ar, lOr the army to charge Tor favOrs like the
above. bnt among the First South Caro- ma
Volunteers muscle commands IN extra price
THE HERALD ON PRESIDENT DAVIS SPEECH.
Tbs New York Herald Of the llth inst.
has the following comments on tho speech ol
President Davis recently delivered in this
city.
But JEFF in spite Of this pleasing illusion
victories vt fredericksburg aud Murlrees
6sro'.l and forgetting that he is a professor Of
piety as well ns philosophy, loses his temper,
and raves like yerilable fshwonal against
rthe yankees" BE says that their conduct in
this var has been that Of demons; Il at every
crime conceivable, from the burning of DC
Tenseless towns to the stealing Of silver forks
and spoons, has marked their career ! that
Il Gen. Butler, in New Orleans. "cxeried himself
10 earn the execration Of The civilized word,
and that the Northern invaders Of the SONth
in every way have shown themselves 20 utterly
disgracod that il the question was proposed
10 YOU whether you would combine with hye.
mas or Yankees, ] trust every virginian would
say give me the hyenas." Cries Of good
good" and appanse.) This declaration was
couple with an alusion 10 President I.incOln's
emancipation proclanali,n. and from those re-
sponses of good good" we are admonshed
that henceforth the war ON the par OF the reb-
els will be fought with unity Of purpose and
an intensity Of hatred az inst the Union which
they have never yet exhibited.
To sum up the essential points of these late
speeches Of JEFF Davis in few words, they
warn the administration ut Washington that
the armies Of the rebellion, instead OF being
nearly subdned, are stronger to-day than they
were year eg that the rebel leaders are
more confident Of success than they were last
January that they intend TO " strain every
efIort"'to save Ycksburg, Port Hudson and
Richmond; that thcse are the strongest and
vet The vulnerable points of the rebellion. and
that IL We fail in securing them before the re
turn OF spring, we may prepare for European
intervention aud dsnnon, or Tor a new army
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