The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-07-22

to this unfortunate race. The mortality,
from all accounts, ,isincreasing. The ne
gro in the South is noted for great mat.
tention to all the necessary precautions,
for health. The master, interested in
him as property, always watched him
with great care, often warded off disease
and cured severe attacks by bringing to
his aid medical skill. But the negro,
thrown upon his own resources, becomes
negligent, careless about habits, and
droops and dies, oftentimes without any
apparent causes Such at least is the
testimony of Southern planters. and such
are the conclusions to be derived from
the official dataim Washington, which
have accumulated since the commence.
ment Of the war. These facts are so
overwhelming that they have led many
of our public men to the conclusion that
in less than a century the colored race
will be no more numerous in this coun.
try than the Indians are at present.
From all accounts the negro bids fair to
disappear with greater rapidity than the
Indian ever did Facts are stubborn
things, and we commend this view of
the negro to the Abohtion,sts of the
North. \ The mortal.
ty among the negro soldiers in the Mis-.
sissippi valley has been proverbially
large One regiment of eleven hundred
strong raised in one neighborhood, every
man of which passed the surgical examI.
nation and was pronounced good, able.
bodied and free from disease, were placed
in camp by themselves, in the very 10.
cality where they had been raised, and
in less than six months over one-half Of
the number were under the sod. These
men were placed at no severe work,
were not engaged in battle not man
was killed through the casualties of the
war. They were simply required to
drill and perform the usual work Of
soldier in camp and had all the care in
respect to cleanliness and protection from
the weather usually allotted to soldiers :;
but they dropped off one by one, until
over one.half Of their number were bur.
led, and that, too. without the appear.
ance of an epidemic. In addition to this,
JEFF. Davis, in alluding to the mortality
of the negroes, about eighteen months
before the collapse of the rebellion, an.
nouuced that the exposure which the
slaves had been subjected to, and the
casualties among them since the com.
mencement Of the war, had reduced
their numbers at fearfulrate."
The declension ofthe Negro race in
New York city is one of the events in
its domestic history. Thus, as is
known, they have been as free there as
anywhere, and they have "been sub.
ject to no drawback except that
which is the natural result of difference
between the two races. They have
been able to crafty their tastes in every
way that their means would justify, just
as fully and freely as white people in the
same financial circumstances. But what
is the result Thirty.ive years ago
they performed the duties of scavengers,
hod.carriers, porters in the stores, hos.
tiers and coachmen, servants in private
families, hotel waters and BARRIERS al.
most to the exclusion of the whites.
They could thepgbe seen promenading
Broadway every Sunday afternoon by
The hundreds, foppishly dressed, and
with all the display of the aristocracy.
No arbitrary laws have since been ap.
piled to them. On the contrary, the
leniency towards them has increased.
Yet they have gradually disappeared.
We now find but comparatively few EN-.
ployed as family servants or as walters
in hotels. The Irish and Germans have
taken their place. They no longer
monopolize our barber shops, but are al.
most superseded by the white classes.
We only see now and then one connec.
ted with the livery Of our aristocracy :;
nor is the black man to be seen perform.
ing the more severe manual labor Of the
hod carrier: AT one time, having the
monopoly of labor, he has been unable
to keep pace with the times or maintain
his position, but is obliged to make way
for others. Like the Indian, before the
march Of civilization, they have been
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