, 1864-01-05

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Bob, viii Two women md children. made ,oo
Bruce, Wits one woman and chid, madsioar
Total for thirteen persona. ns.-.............$4,so0 800
This, 1t will be allowed, Is good return ,
for labor voluntarily given without certain
On tho Dlacknan plan the following arc
the figures:
Jacob and four in family, bales. ,.n
eeo'Ee eeeoIEe "a nsI tEo eslss @enen 1aS5 IS
Peter @ d Soid3 aad vie foidl, bales. 100
Ned ard Wi{e, ~ bales. les....--................ 500
Or total for fourteen negroes Of. $4,000
BESIDES the culture Of cotton the negroes
have In many cases done substantial serylce
to the navigation Of the river by hauling
cordwood to the river, for which they re-,
ceiye from three to four dollars q cord
When 1t Is considered thnt the Southerncrs
sold cotton at eight cents pound in New
Orleans and became rich, It Is not doubtful
that the cotton culture can be made i'm
mensely profitable for many years to come
when it commands from SO to IS cents. Tho
negroes besides becoming most valuable
aids in the fighting armies Of the country,
financial prosperity Of the nation.
THE CORPS n AFR1QuE.
Hardly inferior in interest is the great work
Of en1istinE the able bodied negroes into
the army. The negro; from being debpised
cncumbrance, is fast making himself felt as
one Of the most essential means Of ending 1t.
There are in New Orleans five regiments Of
eral batteries Of heavy artillery are also in
formation, They arc now recognized as
good soldiers BY all uprcjudiced persons who
have taken pains to examine into their con-
duct. The only exception to the comparison
between them and white troops nre pre-
eissly such as lenh Of @ training education
on picket, .vidette, or gEard duty, when they
are called upon to read passcs, Or use dis
crction, their former experience has untitled
them to play the part Of good soldiers. An
order they will obey With religious exactness.
AS soldiers Of the line, infantry, heavy artil-
lcry, and on the gunboats. they answer ad-
commands brigade at Natchez, with whom
they have SEGA active service, is very faYora-
Bile So Is that Of Gen. Lieb, at Vicksburg
On some Of the gunboats there are guns
crews composed entirely Of back men, whom
the commanders say, have served vel M md
loyal to the last man. !.
AT Vicksburg there arc four regiments Of
heavy artillery which have recently been
changed to cavalry, for the purpose, Of chas-
ing tie gueril1ns. At Natchcz there are three
regiments organized, end at all of these
places, as well as at Memphis, Lagrange,
Corinth, and Island No. 10, others are being
organized. There are, upon rough esti-
mate, eixteen thousand actually organized on
tho Mississippi, and IN equal number in regi-
ments not yet tul. -,
THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO.
Ofcourse, the system Of recruiting has
been, to certain extent, compulsory. Com
missions have been given to worthy candi-
dates after examination, and permission to
recruit. In The strife and competition to I'LL
up companies and regiments the blacks were
plantations were surrounded and the whole
brought Of. when the males were enlisted,
the only s.nction being thnt Of the examining
surgeon. Tie plastic nature Of the negro
and his innate good humor leave him happier
In this condition, tEan in the cotton tield,
and will leave him ynstly better than with
yagrant and dissolute habits
regret to add that great abuse Is prac-
ticed IN the appropriation Of large number Of
blacks by the officers and even pTivates Of the
army, who are taking them for servants. It
is astonishing how large proportion of this
class has been absorbed. Many Of our officers
and even rrivates, arc lndu1ging in male or
three or four. This should be remedied by
special order, as 1t Is ftightful source Of de-
morallzation, and is calculated to keep the
best class Of freed men out Of the army.
TILE RECONSTRUCTION BEGUN.
From close observation Of tile struggle,
from the beginning, a diligent examination Of
the re-occupied territory, I am satisfied that
the work OF re-corporating this reclaimed
people has begun, and will continue by the
aid Of agencits We have named The signs OF
! tho times are unmistakeable. The whole So
cia1 and industrial eystem of the
South must be changed. The negro
will have more than his former value as q
free man. England and France, which have
SO cruelty done much to prolong the con-
test, Will be made to pay for their coquatry
by the increased. price Of. cotton, aud the
minds Of the American people set at rest on
| the bone Of contention which has threatened
! tie national unity for more than thirty years.
This war will not have been fought in
vain If it ehall result In purging the southern
| population Of much Of their venous and I'm
| pure blood, and an infusion Of artcrial aud
loyal mixture. The fields Of the South offer
cultivated lands enough to clothe the world,
| mud II is Just such IN enterprise as the re-
| generated. American nation would desire to
undertake. The work is begun, md the end
Will show that we can out+wit, outright, and
| out-work the rebels, which is real subjuga.
| ton. r.