Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-08-18

Council that draft was necessary to fll up
the infantry companies of the State militia,
from this city, the Council have drafted the
following men.
For Co. G,-CApt Geo. +. Edmunds,
William Scott, (hostler) Patrick H. Lyon,
Peter Butler, Charles Enos,
William CAnglois, Morton Porter,
Thomas Russel, Patrick Lacey,
r. F. Crossman,
IFor Co. Capt Charles o. French.
Lyman Austin, A Page.
Chas. Dupau, William Perry,
Richard B Cooley, Eldridge Mix,
Thos j. Curtis, Hiram 5. Lane.
David Colyer. Bernard Murray,
Henry ". Dana, John W. Anderson,
Hiram B. Blood, o. V. Hill,
7 D. Rhodes
DR.. J. NJ. Knox was appointed examining
physician.
How THE SoUrHERNERs WOULD TREAT uE
NIGRoEs.-A correspondent Of the New
York Tri5uas writes from Vicksbure as fol-
lows
The infstuAtiou Of the great mass Of Southern
people on the negro question is surprising as
well as laInentAble They assume that they know
all about the negro and Northern man knows
nothing. and from thsir standpoint negro will
never work except a. he is driven 20 il by the
whip, and he will always be impudent unless he
is beaten into eivIity. This the general current
Of Southern sentiments as | have found il in re
cent intercourse with them, in the interior,
where Northern ideas have not been forced upon
them by the experience and observation OF the
last two years, as Northern armies have protect
Ell the Freedmen. Nothing but actual eIper-
iment will change these IDEAS, and changes
wrought agains, such strong currents Of preju-
dice will be slow and difficult.
found that il was q hvorite fcrm Of express
sion with them in Central Mississippi, that 1.-THE
Yankees have drawn the elephant, let them take
care Of bim" They take it for granted, as all
their talk shows, that no black man works unless
obliged to, aud so the General Government must
support them, and that their Incidence will
make this task intolerable, as tie cost Will be
burdensome
This is the elephant we have drawn, in their
version Of IT, Ii svsils nothing that We tell
them that we have seen the negro work well for
wages. and that to us he is commonly respectful.
They ..Ebotr the negro Haven't we always
lived with him, and worked him ," To this
have ALWAYS answered There is one thing
about negro that we know. snd you don't. We
know how to make him work for irdges. We
know another thing. You can't drive the ne
groes with the lash any more, and you can't
have their work unless you pay for it. You
may make the best Of that" This had good
influence in a two-fold respect. II made them
L.. g. rl-.4
as q counter-irritant, and then it relieved US Of
some offensive and foolish talk, and often, after
awhile. they would come back to ask how they
must manage in the new state Of things to car
ry on their plantations.
EXPERIMENTS IN HIRING FREEDMEN.
There is much yet to be learned on this sub
ject by the real friends Of the negro. The great
practical question remains, "How shall the stm-
ulus of wages be made most effective" The
question is important both to the Government
and the planter.
There is one party in this region who is inter
ested in three different plantations, each Of which
is worked on a radically different plan from the
others. On one the land is seized by Govern
ment for the benefit Of the Freedmen, and the
capitalist furnishes stock, tools and rations, and
divides the net profit with the lsborer. In the
second, the hands are hired and rstions furnish
ed. half the pay being stopped till the end Of
the year, as is usual. In the third, the hands
are hired and paid 81 day every Saturday
night in greenbscks.
In the first case they eat all they can get. and
are wasteful, because they do not account for il
till the end Of the year, and then the capitalist
pays for half of it. In the second case the sup
ply Is limited, but they get all they can, he
cause it costs them nothing. In the third cas-
they put their hands in their pocket and pay fol
all they get.
| In the first case they are most wasteful, part.
| ly because they can be, partly because the pc
cuniary considerations are remote, and partly
because others share the burden. In the second
they are less inconsiderate because their supply
Of necessaries is limited, and all extras they pay
for at the end Of the year. In the third theJ
are more careful. because they pay for each ar
ticle in hard earned money now.
To sum up the differences, they use IN tn
third case only one-fourth as much tobacco, arc
two-thirds ss much Of rations as in the FRS
casa U ..ra.I t..1
1t b clear that prompt payment and self-sup
port tend to economy and selfreli
ance. while remote payments, furnished rations
and too much care and supervision Of their per
sonal Affairs and interest have the opposite ten
dency. 1t is found also. by the same expert
ments, that their industry is effected BY tn
same causes. in the same way. These are facts
and they are instructive. ..4f lalsll g.
A letter in the Boston Advertiser fror
Charleston. eives the same account of th
prevailing sentiment at the South. a. th
above A rebel ofhcer, now released spd o
his wsy home. 'sid to the writer;
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