New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-05

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MANSSo's PLANTATION AscESsIoSi
DISTRICT, La, June "a. 1904.
am a constant witness of the barbarizng
effects OF Slavery BY the testimony Of both slaves and
oyerseers the average length Of life OF healthy, abio
bodied slave is from four to five years. The lessees
work their plantations both night and day when they
are getting In crop OF cane or cotton. Sundays are
not excepted ard they DO not suffer their mills 70 stop
an hour % they claim that for every hour thus os,
when making sugar they suffer loss OF $500.
To see the corruption which is grady creeping INTO
this Department under the management OF BANKS Is
nao In tho extreme TO ore who is anxious 10 sec the
spirit of TIE Freedom Proclamation carried Out 10 '.s
h,est extent There is hardly any chance for nsaye %
10 gain redress fer wrong committed by the essees Oh
tho Government plantations The Provost'Mafshas
and lc,s,cs nre linked together IN tho scheme to de-
crsud the negro have witnessed the disposition to
rob him in many ways. Ire manager OF this p'anta
ton agrees 10 ay tho negroes under him Is pcr month
ard rive them abundant allowances Of corn meal ana
bacon with other articles Of food When paying them
off the other day he woud say 70 this one that he had
NOT boel his cotton ell ard to another that he was
not quite quick enough in getting ont In tho morning
aud 10 another that his or her mules for the women
work here With hardly better clothing on them than
South Sea isander) not promptly on the spot "nen
Tho ann rs In the east and through the whole Ist
of three or four hundred bands giving to some "
ceuts 10 others en- and up 70 50. 1nd very sci
dom indeed ovsrrunning the last amount. "ili not
Cous curse follow such impoeon His dispieasure 10
already inrnfest This or lessee calculated
70 make $3.50 COZ nom this plantation this year. If he
could have twelve bonrs steady rain. This was when
II wa. very dry, and everything languishing for
wan, OF water Rain came to gladden. his heart, and
s restless hand seemed 10 feel already the Ill gotten
thousands soothing hie palms. when 1t not only rained
to satisfy his most ardent wish, but IL continued 70 ram
40 much and sill eontinsss every day ss 70 pre'ent
them from working. and thus the grass mas ga'nea
upon then and threatens TO choke and destroy nost OK
the cotton crop He Is nov fearful that all "'h SIP
from him unic.s he concentrates his labor upon fna
portion and though 10 avaricious rs 10 deny the
any land for their own working when he was
PLANTING be is now glad 70 give out a great many
| ceres TO work osiensily for their own prontj
but when they 10 gather their crops am ailaia
the lions share viii come out OF these lots set ASIDE of
THE hands and which they work nights and Sundays in
order 10 make little for themselves. The cry OF the
oppressed roeh up to the Lord. How long. Oh Lord
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labors Of the helpess But there 10 more revolving
picture still TO lock upon Disgrace OF disgraces when
Union and Northern soldier VIII bepto tic up nnd
pac hepless gro woman and. after doing this whip
| and kick her naked body. When I was on guard
came across tie very woman wlo. the Sunday previous
Ind received this treatment The picket post IS on
Orange Groyc Plantation about three miles from nere
Ibe woman was 90 bruised that she could hardly SPEAK
90 me- They did not dare to tell the oause cf her
condition ard did not suspect the truth until was
confdontay told IL by the cook Of the o,erseer bnt
she u,pio ed ME not tell Of this they would AL De
| whipped There Is one Of the 2i Louisiana Cavalry
detailed 10 see that the negroes work on the Orange
Grove Plantation would here remark that ell the
airy aud Infantry bat are raised In hn section are
Rebels nj heart and are simply sen. 10 spy cut the
land" their disposition is rs escape the seSe'y OF
ts, Rebel army and suck what they can rom tne
tressuf, OF Uncle Sam. They are pc.mfted 70 10
luty around New.Oreans and are detached on pian'a
lions in tina capacity Of niger drivers" Such per-
son Is detailed on the Orange Grove Plantation. and
as tho one who strung up the poor negro women when
one Of our piokets kindred spirit, volunteered
his aid and helped in the hellsh work. Such Is the
effect Of scymour.teachins IN tic Sixth Ward, Now
York. III can ascertain who perpeaate'i this dis-
sr,eetol ec, shali enter written complaint Of the
affair. when was ON guard duty kept sharp watch
Of the Louisiana Sergeant. and Lad seen any II his
domineering spirit, 1 should have cut him dow and
taken the consequence These Louisiana recruits are
Rebels Mt heart and cannot be trusted They should
be recruited and sent to the Army OF the Potomac
or the Cumberland Rain falls here every day and 1t
very much interferes with scouting and bushvhaek
ing We use the mode TO hunt the guerriles as
they use against They shoot US without ha!tng U.s.
and we secrete our and ere on them without any
warning. II has in great measure absted the hui,
ssnce t..s
Trichina spirnifs.