New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-30

90. ssillo 70 conceive. then the exercises in varl-
Gus studies are as thorough ana cOnpleteiy ~
ms have ever seen in any school dOuDt MHeLHHTI
there il n school in any part of our country Whcn
is better organized, although the system Is tio San
as that of the. Newton ana boston schoois' III.
vet this school seems "a cOunteTpart OF those estaO-
lished by the Bureau and benevolent northern 80.
ciety-seems to be ideDtically the same Az nrst
coloTed parents were suspicious, and Only lew
yonld send but gradually the school filled and now
if looks as though all the Northern teachers III the Guy
were TO be driven out by this new species OF teachers
of tactics. What this military drill what tins wonu;f1
full movement the part of the old saveh0ld9l tbe
nifes can only be conJectuTed. MeanwnIo
Northern lady teachers are looked upon as % ~
of regard of the native citizens VIZ ~ hat
them and they are deSpised for doing PieclSoiJ "i
their own young people are doing .,,-od noonle +o
The question of permitting cO rtance Tn most
places 10 obstacle appears if they nav t S tbav
this is often stated in q bOastng way puS bh;ts
have no money nor have tney ggo Is of little
importance while IL land were given tneln' not ucn
could be expected TO effect the OBJECT IN sautaly
yay urovision has been made by the Legislature lVr
the of land of the State which TO be sofa TO
the coored people on terms easy OF pay InenCi ~
~ h3 @ Stafe bonds have been issued but instead
Of bein sold they will be deposited as colateras on
which money is to be raised as 1t snail De needeu
Rv This measure the freedman may become lnde-
nendent; but everything Will depend upon hlmseLl
and he alone now can solve the question whether ne
can rise to a civilized condition. But IN carrying OUT
this plan, or any other which may be devised, can
not help seeing that they require instruction from
Northern men that they may cultivate better, raise
greater variety of products, and, above ALL not only
retain the fertility of the soil but increase IT, 10
nnrsue the old system and TO labor simply to sustain
life will bring disastrous end ms is suDJecC 10
which scarcely any attention has been paid, ana
among the teachers sent by missionary s4clGc ood
should be found a portion who know what good
farming is and who realize what 1t Is to elevate
race from the barbaric to the civilized state.
Last wear some 200 freedmen of Charleston formed
q society for getting land and homes of their own
At sale they bought plantation OF 6OO acres on
Remley's Point, opposite the city, for which they
agreed to pay $4,000 or $40 acre, which seems 10
me remarkably cheap A part has been paid for and
they have now Is months to pay the remainder
Last year they planted $50 acres III cotton put they
cot only one bale because the cotton worm destroyed
a part and another part was stolen even after 1t
was picked. This year they have put 80 acres In Sea
Island cotton and about the same IN corn went over
in row boat to see how they were doing Much OF the
shore at the landing was dug away during the war
to get earth for the strengthening OF Fort sumter by
which means it was made lmpIegnaDle: 1hey are
doing their own work and are determined to watch
the crop night and day until 1t is saved. Inc ~
acres of cotton of the Sea Island variety was cleared
of timber during the Winter and being too poor to
buy team they dug up all this new ground with
their hoes and planted it, and when arrived found
20 or more men and women busy IN hoelng IT.; The
soil is sandy and good but roots thlckly I'LL the
ground, and the work is extremely labOrious. The
day was hot, and sweat ran down their faces In
streams. noticed man and his wife hoeing to-
gether. He was dressed in rags-she was barefoot
and without bonnet, her short hair eurled crisply
in the the hot SUM- her dress was short and 1t seemed
as If she wore no other garment. Faithfully steadily
ana eXpertly tley worked together lnelT noes
rebOunding from the tough roots. He said she was
his third wife; one of his other wives was dead and
one was in Alabama-sOld and sent thither before
the war asked him If he had any children No, not
one What, none by his other wivesi o, yes; but
they were gone long ago. sold away, and he could
hear nothing of them. Another woman, working
faithfully with the rest had a singuary white face
and it was covered with spots that looked like dry
cancers. | inquired what was the matter and was
told that she was marked with the small pOx, and
that she was what is called white Negro She
VS. dressed than the she had
cloth her head. There many others, men and
women young and old, working straight forward
ignorant and with imperfect religious and moral |
ideas but intent upon having land and doubt |
whether any people so low in the scale of intellectual
development ever In any age or IN any land OF their
own accord worked so WELL Busy, thus IN the large
field thirst would be quickly excited still saw none
supplied with water except a mother who had q |
bottle lying under bush to which she resorted. or |
this water warm, and 1t IS singular TACT
that generally the drinking water of the Southern
States, even fresh from the spring or drawn from |
the deepest wells is entirely destitute OF the exhara
ting tonic of fresh water III the North.
The cabins in which these cooperative freedmen |
live are in q beautiful live oak grove, aud are |
the same structures that were occupied by slaves;
for, in the crowd of work claiming the attention OF
the benevolent the freedmen have not yet been |
taught what home Is, nor can they be taught until |
cabins The door was less than five feet high, and IT
was the only entrance for light. Sitting on stool |
was plump shining black young motheI nursing her
babe after her long torenoons w0rk; Ihe room was
Adolf 10 ~ and az ssh S9r sTs EsS
was baking and there were three beds-made box |
shape of boatdshe bedding of rags and sacksand
some Door garments and bundles hung upon the wall
As entered she attempted TO conceal her soled ana
orn dress by q movement with her naked feet anu
Ter hand instnctiyey lowered near her childs head
While was looking upon these things the bells III
he Charleston steepes across the Ashley hReT me,
odiouslv chimed the hour of noSn, aad thought OF
commerce and of ships. and Of noisy factories with
heir marvellous triumph Of human mechanism, and
4 the bolts Of Sea Island cotton goods, orDamented
yJ8h purple and gold lying on the counter OF coei
torres and measured by clerks with delicate hands
nd bought by ladies on whom neither rain OF the
ot sunshine ever fall for they arc connected with
hat poor mother coming weary, and thirsty ana
usty from the eottOn-fed TO nurse her babe ana I'd
at her dinner Of hard corn brad with the hope |
hat one day she and hers may Dtand upon soilthey
an call their own. NJ ON