New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-30
FROM DIESSEssEPPH.
TIE Treatment Of Freedraen-A Modified
Form Of Slavery.
Correspondence Of the n. Y. Tribune.


the scenes witnessed in this city for days past
ought to have place items for the future historian.
On the 22d ult an order issued by DR.. Kelly. the
health officer Of this city, ard approved by Gen. j. II.
Tuttle tho new commander OF this post and appeared
in III. Matches Courier Of that date II is follows
! HEALTH OFFICE Na1Curz Mis- March ~ 1854.
To preserve the general hsh Of ths troops stationed in
tie ordination here and the introduction Of peseutia dis
Eases the ensuing Summer and Autumn, 1t imperaively
ssasfy rrsus,ions heretofore rIescnbel in ihl, city
ms q the FIRST and greatest importance md necessity that
al tending tie enEruderng and Dissemination Of
residential diseases here their existence il known
hal be Al once sbaed or removed 80 far practicable. 1t
20 be spprehendSd that serious danger TO the heath Of this
city viii resu from tie CATION within Ito limits Of the
are numbers Of d, ucgroe. which now throDe the
and alleys, aud crowd every howell Lag aud
present and proyiden Of the future the most Of
them loaf idly about the street. and alleys prowhng m secret
become dsps OF Toisoms filth Tie hot beds IL TO engender
a de- '.SO'' '''''-'-'p '"' '-''' ''.'', ~
To prevent ths,e evil effects hryrby orG,ysd thA, after
tAo let day Of April 1864 contla0snd .la De allowed to
remain in the City ofNstchc who {. not employed by
does not reside dcrn Of bis OF her employer and
consbaud vii be Allowed to hus any premises in this city FOR
suy purpose whst and no other person viii he slowed to
Lo such prems i.i the purpose tysds th. order
allowed 70 hire rbor aly coUTablt wio cannot .tsy
the Health Ccer That lie she needs IHe services Of said
eoutabtud iu SON, legitimate cnplo ymtn Al Ts1auds
remaining IN the city IN contarcton 4 is order after April
!, vii be removed to the con'rihand eiicanpultni
The cord ooHI,abIn& hefeby 6Ero q man al pty'oni
0yMe,g s!Gra uhO not r0r "a the sHloy heV yor'or
Any evasion Of this order viii be punished severely
than lie direct nrscou Of II and 81 pr.0h renting build
infs to coutrabsnds viii be held responsible.
le,ioni d,a,giAg rGo1, from tinted Safe' G0rcyneni
supposed TO need m,uy hired .eynuts Ihe number
BY order Of A. " KELLY. surgeon aud Health Officer.
approved: j. NJ. TuTTLv, Brig Gen Commanding District
II an order had been issued to preserve tho health Of
the city AVID for the removal from the city limits The
class here spoken o. We would have Seen tie last OBJ
a. 4. p,tts ~
this order, as its language evidently shows. These
Freedmen who are not hired, and supporting them
selves in lawful and useful emp!oymerts the best
cass Of the colored people in the city. But the mani
fest design Of tho language that no freedman who
not in state OF servilude shall remain in tho city
And in order to live in Natchez the freedman must not
only be hired 10 white person. buh he must also live
at the domcil Of bis employer. He must DO aservant
and be mus, live with bis master. Though he were
hired yet he lived tho street From his employer
be must be driven from the city. And in the execution
Of tie order these were the points that special Gtien
ton was given to- No regard shown TO character
20 age sex or condition. The simple fact that freed
man was honestly supporting himself and family,
sufficient reason for driving him rom the city, except
in 50 ne cases Of hack driver and drsymen. and mar
ket men, whom Dr. Kelly excepted. a. the city could
hardly afford 10 lose them In the execution OF this
order there seemed TO be regard shown 70 tie mar
riage OF parental relations II the husband was en-
poyed by q white person, and happened TO live at his
dornie he might remain but his wife must leave the
city. Or II the wfe was employed. and her husband
laboring for himself he must DO driven away from his
family And II the parents we're employed and their
children working for tho family or themselves, they
mas; leave the place Of tAer BIRTH. Tho marriage and
parental relations in the way Of the erecu
ton Of this order than they were IN TIE way OF the exc
cuon Of the order Of the auconeer In the slave mar
ket year ago in this place Indeed, the days OF SlaV
ery seemed to have returned again. There was the
yard or pen into which the ooored people driven from
the dlneren. parts ef the city by the ioldier' were
lplqced-od men and women, some Of whom had lived
in tie city forty or y years and boys and girls and
little children 10 await the decision oftho Doctor or bis
nbordaates. rs TO whether they shall DO driven from
tier homes and be separated forever. Some old cii.
,en, living here for forty years say they never saw so
much sorrow and distress in Natclez they sw on tie
lat day Of April Many Of ths freed people Wes heard
10 say they never had been hardly treated by their
masterr. Whole families lad lived together with their
MASTERS; but now they must DO separaedsome stay In
the ct, others be driven the kraa and from that 70
tho plantation 70 be again taken by the Rebels Hence
many WHO bad had Kind masters resolved to return 70
Slavery rather than expose themselves 10 the unknown
crueltes Of lEvless and proWug guerrlas, The con
eeqvenco Is that far this class Of persons ia con
cerned the order of Dr. Kelly approved and backed by
the power OF tie Brrador has defeated the Emaropa-
lion Proclamation Of the President Of the United.
Stats And tho OF repeated recommendation of the
Doctors officials TO freedmen 70 return TO thermnters,
il some evidence q tAo design and tendency Of this
/ order.
! Another fact IN evidence. When persons re-
ouerea TO hiro some Of tic colored people, and TO
get certificates Of employment from tie Doctor, the
question was usually asked how many slaves had you
before our am came heres the accordingly
II no slaves then, no servants If many slaves
then they might have a corresponding number OK ser
rants now. And when freedmen applied for papers to
defend them from being arrested again. those who had
been notorious aycloders formed lis council GDd DO
| terniled their fate.
Another sad effect of the execution OF this order IL
that it has nearly broken Mp he FREQ schools Of tie
coorsd people in tho city. Beoro to l8 Of April there
were moro than 600 coored children attending schools
here which had been established and were sustained
by tie Hberaty OF tao friends Of freedom Ia tie North
orn States Nov tho children attending schools viii
probabl, number lG0 Ard the declaration frequently
made by Ssc.ssiousts in the city since the publication
Of that order that tie niger schools viii DO broken
up, is some evidence Of ia meaning and design.
Seeing tho great suffering and distress from the exc
cuton OF this order 10 contrary to the law Of God and
the claims Of humanity and Justice well It's incon.
tisency with tho present policy OF the Government to
tho freedmen the following remonsrance prepared
and signed by al tie missionaries and agents Of the
FreedInsns Relief Associations here and presented TO
Gen. futile: .,,