New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-30
Southern !EiscegeHafion.
z. IL. ILL al IA. 8 4. I,.iIDnr

SIR: A Rebel account Of the recent fight at
ClGstee Florida, says that in many Of the kuapsacsS
belonging t. tic cJ.orcd soldiers were found photo.
q apis OF white ladies' These the ni.Cr iufers were
tle fsHct,s OF tie soldiers whom tie pictures were
found. 1t could not Of course occur 20 Southeracr
that coOrel soldier p CHI bear viii him the portrait
given as a keepsake OF some k.Ldhelrtod lady, who
he'd isted him or his family. and bid him Gotspecd
on tie way % lis glorious duty. Whatever may have
been the relations sting between tie men and The
ladies whose pictures t4ey clrr.sd.f in truth any pie.
lures were found. Which is ooYhtIi-the statement ol
tie southern WTlte- recalls 30 ny LILd Ae only case ~
practical misc. gcIIJI - sI became acquainted WAN.
rs "locl la9itat.on" Was within ~ 4Ilcs Of Tie Ohs
tee battlefield in t-n same state OF Florida 80 much
Gisgr8ced in Southern tiuatOn by the appearance on
its anos; worthless BOIL, OF Co.OItd troops hghtMB iOr
the freedom Of their brct4!eu IN slavery.
T. tie Winter y 1853 / hunted over tie country
around Jacksonville. extending nv trips % Baldwin
and ne vicinity Of Oius:ee One Of no expeditions
few miles below jacksonville member q the party
81 ting that in the vicinity Lived white man married
10 q COOIed woman. We concluded 20 give uCm call
We found tlcir residence OF large plantation. tie
buildings and GYpu.enfIces o. which showed m0ch
more attention 20 leau and ornament than - usual
T.. tho South On entering tle house We were received
by the vic uuListai able mul.ttO woman
apparently about ~ years Old, stout and comfortable
LOOKING and exhibiting evidences Of considerable cult
walton ia her manner CAd conversation small ciIid
WA In he rooH-t4e od'r children Of whor the couple
stay the husband enteTed-a coarse brut,h-!oCkirg
fow-who treated Us ciyiv, but cOldly. We remarked
that be neither spoke 20 Dis wife, nor IN my way took
notice OF her presence HIS c0ndgCt evidently exhibited
con sci0usuess VI degradation in lis own estimation
endured, through long habit, wIthsut lincLing, but
which he did moi wish Others 20 witness.
After we LEFT learned the Estry q The case. The
the cl..1 Ot Jamaica planter b. whom She
had been well educated. The man was formerly o
sailor end had agreed 70 take r as ll Tg on ne re-
ccipt of considerable sum Of money! think either
$1,000 $4,000. After marriage they had settled on
tins plantation and bad been very prosperous The
husband loGthed bis wife and held verbal intercourse
with her. She was good housewife ana an excellent
manager. il vas intended that the children should be
prov De- Tor ct Ito North where their complexion and
Gppeifa &c vOUld enable them 20 pass Tor whites.
Thug seems that in tie most southern of southern
States misccgeuaton has been tolerated ior over ~
year, and that it has there been considered proper not
only FOR whites 70 buy and sell blacks. and their own
muatto children but even b. sell themselves into domcs
tic serVitudo for a sufficient consideration 1ruly tie
beauties Of the patriarcha Institution manifold.
AYr.l IS, 1854. T.