The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-11

carts, IN wagons, and q hundred non-dcscript nm
| ted1luvian vehicles drawn by animals, that OIL
pear but remotely descended from tho GEM
equus, poor and bony, spawned and scrnwny
most piteous looking objects. Thoy oncamp o
tho public square, and stay there Tor hours, waitn
not very patiently, II must DO confessed, bu
rather noisily, for their turn. Tey receive gnncr
ally peck Of noal oncl for tho woek, and nothin,
elso, sometimes a very small quantity OF bacon
For this pittanco lhoy cxpend in limo not I'm
fioquontly from two TO threo days, and in muscle
OF self and horse certainly moro than is compen
stated by tho said peck Of moal. We regrot more
over, as faithful chronclor OF current ovonts ts
DO compelled to Say, that sometimes tho frolc o
tho day breaks up riotously, mcal bcing "swopped'
for whiskey, and aomo Of tho pensioners got noisy
ana oven bellicose. A humiiating aud pitcouE
spectacle truly.
n gentleman told us that no accosted number
OF thoHo "sand-hill people" on thor way to tho
G"rn'nssary, and renonstrntod with thom on the
folly and improvidonce of wasting two or throo
days every week in going after pock OF meal;
told thom TINT il thoy would tako work, he would
employ thirty Of tlcn,, and givo thom as much
meat and bread III thcy could cot, and wages in
money besides "We cannot leaye our crup, !" was
tho only reply. "But you aro leaving il, as il is,
and wear out your animals, and oil for nothing. ,
"Well, NO cannot help 1t. Wo haint got nothing
at homo, and wo cannot starvc." There are stran1o
scenes and sights Witnessed among thoso Door
people as they como mp for their rntions In order
to avoid imposition rs much ar possbIo, tho Com.
missary requires applicants 10 como in proy',.ia
persona Nothing is issuod to ,,roxios Old and
diseased negroes may bo soon crawling up pY,l
coming many JBBilT BBildTr not bavo wakod hundred
yards. Some are brought horo lifted ont Of tho
wagon, md takcn to tho Office, moro dead than
alive. Ono case wo hoard OF, told us by IN oye-
witness, is that OF an old and inflrm negro, who
held on to chair. pushing:the samo bcforo him,
and every fow minutes would sit down and ;rcst
himself on this chair. BY this slow and primitive
locomotion, ho cnme from lyo to six miles.
Those "sandhillors," thnt havo 30 ofton furnish.
od thomo to our. radical dctractors-tho ..'poor
heretofore boon at disadvantage,
in that they wero not willing to work eide by ste
with tho slave, but now that this institution is
their projudicos need not bo ths wound
cd. Tho land owner would oven prefer whito labor,
and, III insisted on, let tho Bandhillcrs work in
squads to themselves, il hcy could DO rolled OH to
do it. In tho course Of time, wc doubt not, these
peoplc will learn to work and bSc5mo rcapectablc
Thoy arc now going through tho period Of transit
ton. Tho spirit very often is willing, but the
flesh weak. Some wo learn, this ycar agreed to
work for wages, aud othors ronted land at
somo distance from what had b,cn their homo
stead. They made fair start. Diro necessity
taught them order, civilization, work; but, alaa,
the tcmptcr came in tho shape OF blaokbcrrics,
and they lacked tho powor to resist. Tho kind
year had showercd her frat fruits upon them;
there were blackbcrios in the old folds aud onlho
ditch banks; they now could 'seo thoir way clear
They laid BY tho plough and tho crop, put away
shovel and hoe, aud all hands "took to tho woods"
demoralIzed' them. Moro anon.
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