Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-08-04

hi following extract from letter sent 10 a
friendof ours, and which sufficiently explains
itself, will be read with much interest, as the
sourci from which it comes renders its state
menti perfectly trustworthy. The letter is dat
ed Charleston, S. c., June H. 1865:
cine into the department in the fall Of 80,
one imong the first women who came South
as telchers of the freed people, and, with the
exception of few weeks North last fall, have
been here ever since. have lived among these
people, on the plantations, in the towns and
hospitals, and in camp with my husband, who
is Surgeon in colored regiment. have also
been brought in contact with many OF the ref
ugees, especially in Florida. OF all the negroes
from the different parts of the country which
it has been my fortune to meet here, those of
the Sea Islands are the lowest in development,
physically and in intelligence. They have the
receding forehead fiat nose and thick lips more
marked than elsewhere. They are superstitious
and cunning, and the treatment received by
them from our soldiers in the early part of the
war; made them suspicious of tie good intents
of even their friends. To many, the highest
idea of freedom was, "enough TO eat and moth
ing TO do" But as soon as our government
declared positive policy in reference to them,
and they understood it, they, with but few ex-
ceptions, accepted their position and went man
fully TO work, how successfully is evidenced by
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S;.,I 20 US. oa"" :" Ill m,
aaae uepos"eu % W;,uSai";I,o VI ;,h -. ,mo
noul'IH IIH w! ~ "J 'ahaaIt w WV" 'S wv
om",i III ,L ies "ot', s ,ha;s au oUC nEo.'s Tbass
n naoia oi Por, Rorai har. se,,lad harord oon'
,rororsu ,ha ,.avsJ onss,;on ,vh;oh Oao,, ~,
,he Noy,b dalioht - 1ao;,ata "Can fhe fyoed
slaves take care of themselves As The col.
ored soldiers settled The oues,ion nW;Il The
negro fgb, y hy 81 ow;na to Tho IA ,ha, ,hov
nos orlY oan h., w;l, % sn;,a or ohs,ooia. hay'
fore which ,be moor ub;,e Of tho Son,h would
lie down and de w;,bout droon,;rn ,hoy oo,,iJ
oraroon,o -, "'' '"'' 'o"'0
''S,UUe Goaa,.,;..ai'. sH. .,;.
,hsro IL h,,, I;,, PoJ SI vi .ne ,an.auSm, e.a,
snba,I >, p'c, me- To S"s =. NY u's'
~ ~ :eao',' ue"uu.'''a'eu h"i'a was III
'ne ur"oI,yi anu a''er s'A .hohtnS schoo,ne'
ou' ~ H.' ~ '"eIe we're out iew VINO coulu not
ieau h.'ie; anu now IN ,nose schoois 'nefe
are many VINO "ouiu do creuit 10 our grammar
schooiS at 'he Mor'h. lhese people In floriaa
seem IKE inherent race ,hey are so SO much
meheI ia tEe scare OF ih'eihgehce; Inc con-
.fasl between mem ana 'he poor white is quite
as sui lnaIheu' spent lhe past year III JACKSON
'liIe' ana curing me winter ihere was grea'
cI., - N' "
nI.ny IN 'heir 1aoltS, are great oeggars, lwmch
t'ie oiacSs so'uoni are') ihu1leht anu lmprovl-
ueh., .hey seem IKE Peopie VINO nave oeen pee
80 80 cfusneu tnat mere can oe no reacton wnhe
tne ciachs seem liNe 'erl'y shoo', rom "nlch
weight is removed before II mas iost It's eas,
1Iei'y' II may grow crooked but II VIII grow
lhe very lowest among the negroes feel con-
tempt Tor this class OF whites. The future ol
these 49, to say the least cloudy; II an effort is
made IN season, something may be done for
their children. They need missionaries and
teachers even more than the blacks. l have
seldom found one among them who could read
Their ideas as regards the future are vague,
they hate niggers and work.
came to Charleston about week later than
Miss Bultrlck. the very last OF March, and
assure you my previous ideas in regard to col
ored people were quite adrift. found myself
constantly making oinnders' could not tel
S'aeA noui "hile, mere is large class o.
nee t"ioieu Peopie mere many OF tnem very
n"IIy nMenIt.y "nu o~.ins many saves AZ th'
uieuN"s OUT VI 'ne war Pe'i'loh was arawt
Up o1 ."en, anu n'ost oi 'he inhuen''ai ones
s,s"eS ~, a'Hans 'ne sorernu'er' Gu 70 allow tneu
w ,a~e ~ Th rLm' ~ Se I;tnssI,. ~ ouI eomao'
''u"''!' lucy pau huei"'', i''o tue cohieu