, 1870-06-28
Condition OF the Negroes In the Ex-
&EcuIS Spnths

The Now York Borld, which has long
maligned tho nesroes OF the South, and pre-
aicted, over AGAIN ana oft, thst in = state Of
freedom they never could b rehed Oh II
etcsdy laborets, has changed its opinion It
admits that its crude, snputncil a.aa pseju-
diced opinion must be revised aud corrected
In i leading article, it saya:
"Nithin the LAST day or two, We have con-
7afsed with gentleman who has just re-
turned from residence Of seren Or eight
months in Gulf State, aud has given US
more trustworthy Information respecting tho
condition OF tho Soutl, than nc hare been sble
to CLEAN from other eousccs. This gentleman,
before the var, Was the head Of I oommarcial
house doi2-,s.iusiness in this city aud New
Orleans. He bad alMga amount Of Southern
debts secured By landed property scattered
through Large section Of country accessible
from the latter city. The object Of his visit
manner It could be made productive :; an er-
rand which would lead him to look ::int;t, the re-
lations Of land to labor with the keen percep-
tons OF = trained man OF business, and to e1-
tend his Inquiries to the various and widely
separated localities in which his property is
situated. 4 renewal Of his former stt::;;A tala-
tions las brought him into close intimacy snd
confidential intercourse with tho best c1Assea
in the South H1A excellent sense and juds-
ment, talents for obsety alton, and pecuniAry
eh1eEdness, give to bis opirions value not
posstfsed by those OF persons who make ny-
Ing trips through tho South 10 collect intor-
mauo1.
We learn frua.:: this intelligent person that
emancipation is not regarded a. an evi1 by the
ownefa Of the Southern R'a93!a.iops 3aa and fhAs
negroes arc reasonably industrious, and are
improving every year under the wages system.
He hAs purchased and stocked large sugar
plantation, and his description Of this enter
prise gives fair idea Of the relations at pro-
sent existing between the oWuers Of the fand
and the labozers. Hehas engaged his 1abo1ers
twenty-G1 d1!s, furnishing each family With =
cottage and garden free Of rent, and uaaldnE
each weekly allowance Of Indian meal and
pork Or bacon, equal to the old allowance
Formerly made to alares. The cottages haze
rounded With gardens in which he has planted
fg, orange, and other fruit trees, and he has
assigned to each family an ac7e Of l4nd On the
plantation to cultivate in odd horra By them
selye4 and their women and Children. He in-
fo1ms us that this is common arrangement On
heads Of families Ii paid monthly; the Mutnen
and children being employed at daily wages in
such labor a. they are capsule OF performing,
md paid At the end Of esch week. Boys who
can drive team receive twenty-five
from fits to zeventy-ave cents. Medical at-
tendance is provided BY withholding fifty
cents ! mcnth, or ai1 do11s5s : Eeaf,
s=om the wages OF each hand7 thia
money being paid to ph5sicisna sub
services. The same pbysician has similar
arrangement with sufficient number OF ptau-
| tstions 10 bring him about 5000 4 gear-a
very good income for = country doctor. Al
though the lAborers are hired By the year.
both planters and laborers are in the habit Of
/ ha ~
come dies1tiAfied, the wages being paid up to
the time when The f4bnrer Ieaves or is dis
| charged. The plantation ve h4ve described ia
! s4upfe Of thsusands Of others in the sama
to1y picture q he eonditio55 5 Of Of the t'': ne
g1oes md the dispositon Of their en-
! I'D the plansars spprebend no trouble:
| The labor problem is regarded -
solved to the satisfaction Of both parties. The
! make greater proata under the rases .ystem
than they ever did under the aiaro s{aten.
When pekro t1iee,- il does not entail loss Of
q, 500 on the owner o{ tho pl1ntAa@on- @ = COM
and working Z plantation. Tbs owner Is az
enpted from tic duty Of aupporting the ne-
grpe1 in childhood, old sge, md sickness. The
negroes work With alaezis5, md are pleased to
hare sbuna.1sg, ,.o,, ., money n 5ns,r Pockets to
the experiment Is working to the satisfaction
Of Ill concerned
Our intelligent informant tells US that Or
Eanized eaorte arc in contemplation, md al
ready making, to bring lArge numbers Of ne
gsocs from fizginiA to I1ouisiana. The induce
naents offered for such emigration are very
great, as the ragea paid in the Gull States sre
double those paid to negroes in ths border
States The obetacle to auIh emigration ex-
perieuced this year hAa resulted from
the fears Of the Firginia negroes
that when they h1d reached Mobile,
1nd were put on board Of steamers oateusi-
bly, for New Orleans, they would be carried
to Cubs and Gold ~ al2ree. Tbs c1rpet+bag-
gers have industzicusly put this idea in their
heads, and only shout Is per cent Of the ami
grants have gune through to thei1 destination
By another year they will bs dis4bused Of this
bugoear. It Is the intention Of the agent WHO
has been moet active In promoting the en1l-
grafton, to take back to Virginia, next Wiater,
considerable nte: ~. s137ths most iotelhss1IS
their sto,5 to thehEt ht9e1s e eisse, np.1iops .nd
acquaintances. Tbs / CENT fom the oofuef
state "a expected to inc1Sl.seS year 70 year
under the stimulus Of hisaaes, a. 1na tl.a1 IT Is
Jean Virginia, Marylsnd, henStfky, and Ien-
tion. which will eventually be cdncantated in
tha f}n1Y Rt.teA The cotton and eugar States
abonnd IN rieh lands not yst brought uudas
cujt;yauop; the demand 11ot the staples Is con-
stant1y increasing; p1icea are high; Aod
tempting wages can always be offered to the
only class OF 1abosera who esn stand tho eli