The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-27
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH u, 1856

man OF abolition procviuesn lie has made wondsul
pretty well the charcter of tina. '.reculisr pearp
The same thing u true of tho oosrs al Petersburg nd
Lynohburg and especially of Captain wilcoi AZ
from the policy OF the bureau has been productivof
general satisfaction. 90 thai, In what IL illustrate
will have 70 say little moro anon.
In the courts evidence Is generally given by an 'air-
nation, the oatbs ~ whites and 6xcks being taker6y
uplifting OF tho hand This particularly Rh-
mond-in other cosrrts tho Bible Is used Lawyers mo
at fret were reluctant % practise in "nigger couh"
now attend without any hesiia on and eal ery gater
fees from the dsputing clients Of either Mostof
the cases which cafno within my observation had re
rynce to wages and 10 rent
Pretty much all the which came under my note
IN Richmond Petersburg, Danve and Iynchburg wre
Of petty chaructes Others l know III ~ frcqueuy
are for thefs and ouirages and purely Grim nal ocnas
esp ciay out Of Richmond. In which the negro IL n
variably The cnprt and for which he has 70 do amlc
Tenance. Others, again, know there are wherein no
grievances were OF different ciass-cases in which
thin Ak nned negroes complained OF blows and got O.
dress; cases In which black girls brought their wlo
mstrcsses up for giving them slap in the cheeks 20
the white mistress might have given her daugler
touching those matters and the way "the COURT net
them; but saw nothing myself to Justify compliant
However there Is no doubt IN my mind that the reas:
kindred matters arc well bascd. II gives the negnes
unwon,ed assurance and tends TO make thtn,
o. both sexes utterly indifferent 70 homo reprimad
II Is right at the same tune 70 say that, while cosy
watching the operations OF 'the court In Richmond te-
terlbnrg Danvllc and Lyuchbnrg did not notice te
instance where ustcs administered In favor OH
black against the white That cases of tho kind ht
occurred am well assured; but OF my own knowieds
cannot say so, and had ample opportunity Of making
SUPPLYING THE WANTS OF THE NEGRO
Besides administering justice the Bureau oficeris
charged 10 minister unto all tho wants Of the ncg
Those OF them who need he feeds; those lie
advice get H. those who call for his
those willing TO work obtain II from him Ho is their
guardian In many these officers have acted
to give dissatisfaction, and have acted Of gno-
rance OF the negro's character Where they have
ma m far ehadv
they have succeeded very we'll Meanwhile their Charge
is very steadily disappearing from the land
EDUCATION or THE sBpRoEs
Education IL one OF the hobbies Of the day with the
blacks and their official protectors every settlement
or village you pass In this stata, you meet clusters on
gro girls spelling b, c, d. soma fat and ornl
and as dark ebony others slim aud shapciy an<
light at least Andeusan; all In attempted nniry,
but In original coarseness held costume In lie
larger towns, where negro 'arisocras' RESIDE their
children, especially their daughters go 70 school With
every semblance Of rank-ponderous books, unwisldy
and heavy wells andwaterfals. How this latter adorn-
ment is contrved have been unable 10 discover In
the villages as we'll as in the larger towns rich and po
and boys and girls, grown and growing make
point 10 parade their spelling books and thumb the tic
lures which the attraction or every page That thy
are eager 70 learn there can be no doubt; lut
that they are apt In acquiring more THAI ne
merest smAtering OF echoolastic lore, very
much doubt Il is what they are orally taught Thea
really cngs TO them or advantages them-no what they
have 70 study out themselves In most their np
picatton Is remarkable, but their anxiety 10 tho
COntsQQ
skulls The problem OF what will they do with the
modcum OF learning they getting cannot be solved
until the 'pickaninnies" Of to-day have become men
and women. Ny own opinion, formed from what have
seen In the effects Of little learning many of them,
70 that while will make them independent IN The
oS w y. not %.s O.
caring little about the proficiency % the little sses theV
deem mighty nne TO have their children thus far on
he aisr n the saudss, Indication * positive sr:sds
The syGxo-nAsns hvrso HARp rrnx 90 r.
me ladies who hsys come from The North to teach shs
benighted negro" have enviabl. position socially
they sent 20 Coventry" and held there more
vigorously than the federal officers; IN soms places
ar a. he suppressed yh SOM. a rude Soy sss css SEND
ION, =, thers qnsst,on Y any q them could continue
way su sa's az p ss ssso ssss S AVE- ne
more than rs thus limited They have 60 through the
are very al and attached 10 the ..marms thew
arc not very orderly vet II Is the opinion Of az
perenced men all through tho State that the best plan
for educating the negro, with the least offence white
people, would be the sending down OF competent negro
tsachers the training OF intelligent Southern negroes
ever that The success Of bIak preacher for black con-
greeations could be cited In favor ~ this idea.
These negro congregations are very facca not very
white teachers influence should have been left Camp
meetings and their denominations have passed away: but
the nero gion st. ieft himself has pSssed into
when smacks OF irreligion. They have q
Wild barbara fancy and md every day 10 drt deeper
and deeper into aboriginal savagery Of faith. The
shrek, and dance, and frequently demean themselves
Ike manacs In Richmond Lieutenant Merrl has par.
ally succeeded In quelling these frantic chtbursts BY
luiety talking tn the preachers and melting them
simulate and initiate intelligent white people in the
OF conducting worship he induced great order and
disposition to order That such disposition will
much doubt; for, although Il n the negros ambitDn
md constant aspiration 70 be the VIII "a 10 |
md IN do a. the white does, he cannot resist |
he natural inclination which hings him back ne |
'afh " the rudest and most exraysgant fanatcsm I
listed some OF the convencles In Richmond In Peters
'urg, In Danyile, 10 Drsto and IN Iynchburg Geae-
ally there are two--one of Baptss and OF Metlo-
sts and In many places subdv SONS Of thepe spi
rom the parent block Richmond has perhaps got ne /
hurchee-o one Of them tho most conmodious In lie /
outh But Richmond has not the most fash ona,le /
Congregations Petersburg and Lynchburg vie With
N the sunday turn.ut Of skDp work cloth and SHIN
swelry and sandy dresses and brilliant bonbetz he
egro "propensty 70 dress" N q rooted passion. Some
them exhibit tAsts, too, In n; all Of them ertrns-
snce. Tho day OF days for them Sunday, and
one Of The churches In I'll the principal cils&
. No seisct Lynchburx answcrng for al, and the
gening meeting bsins quite Characteristics
In Imitation of white snobocrscy ell ths dandy
DIored gentlemen hold their spectaioaa places ffont
the church, before and sft~r service Young sanbo
ith stoyfpps hat, nunt, dangling cana, vhrsa vmh
sddcd hsnds immsnss watch quad over saady vol
h Susan in the fun feather Of Sunday 6nsry snd 70 BE-
'eu IN turn soch dorsng Of hats, ana bowng and
;raping, and courtesies apd chow do ys and 'shov
D you cum on" and "toiabe tank you," and the
ho" set Of social formaties and Kibbersh no white
rob crowd ever sav could Guido "A 10 dress, In
anners they are snowy fanias,ical people not, how
'. without very frequent evidences Of tse 10 the ono