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EBENSBTJRG, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1862.
THE NEGROES AT PORT ROYAL:
THE lit "DEEP AND ABIDING LOVE" OP SLAVERY,
THEIR. FOOD, CLOTHES. ETC.
The correspoDvlent of the New York
Times gives the following interesting ac
count of the negroes at Port Ilojal :
The entire coast from Warsaw Sound,
forty miles below Port Ilojal, at least
to North Edisto Inlet, forty miles above
the same lace, is deserted by its white
inhabitants ; the slaves are everywhere
practically free j the batterie;, which arc
erected at every poiut where ingress could
be had by an invading force, were un
doubtedly abandoned within a week after
the fight at Hilton Head, and the guns
removed. This state of affairs exists in
wards for a distance, at the least of teu
miles, and in many places of thirty. Half
the cotton houses in this region must have
been burned, in a majority of instances
by troops, not by their owners. The only
places where firing of any importance has
occurred against our forces are the Ossa
bow Sound, and about seveu miles up
Warsaw river. At these two places bat
teries have still been retained. These are
both in Georgia, but, uuless on Stono
Inlet, there is no place on the coast of
South Carolina below Charleston where
the rebel flag yet flaunts. At no place in
South Carolina have the rebels showed
fight siuce their defeat on the 7th of No
vember. Beaufort was at once abandoned,
and our reconnoitering parties have no
where encountered an enemy. Ulufton
has been approached by the Mayflower,
an unarmed ferry-boat, and no gun fired ;
pickets of the enemy have bcenilriven in,
have been captured, but never, except in
one solitary instance on I'ortlloyal Island,
(ired a musket. A large reconuoisauce
made last week in gun-boats went within
fifteen miles in a-direct line from Charles
ton, landed at a town called Itockville,
where o0 rebel troops had been posted,
but these scampered before the landing
was complete, and left their tents, camp
equipage, important letters and papers in
the hands of our troops, not firing a gun,
although their numbers must at least have
quadrupled those who were sent ashore ;
so the original panic seems not at all to
have subsided (an inference.) The
slaves have, in various instances, assisted
in the capture of their masters, have also
several times ot late asked to be be armed,
which was net originally the case. Col
onies cf them have been established, not
only at Hilton Head, but on Otter Island,
in St. Helena Sound, and at the' mouth of
Edisto Inlet. At both these places they
are protected cither by gun-boats or by
the guns of the batteries put up by the
rebels but now occupied by the Union
forces. Schooners belonging to the rebels
have been chased in these inland waters,
and captured or burned. The universal
story of zhc negroes is that the poor whites
are unwilling to fight, and ccrtaiuly there
seems an unwillingness somewhere. If
ever South Carolina desperation is to be
manifested, one would think it would be
now; they talk in their newspapers and
in the private letters I have seen of hoist
ing the black flag; of neither giving or
asking quarter; but wo have taken a
number of prisoners, ho seemed not
averse to submitting to the fate of prison
ers of war. They have allowed small
parties to venture near them under un
favorable circumstances, without ever
making'an attempt to cut them off; they
have allowed single gun-boats to get
aground six. or seven miles in from the
coast, and to lie in this comparatively
solitary and defenceless condition all uight
and indeed for twenty-four hours, without
molesting them ; they have not stood
when their pickets were approached by
small parties on water and in exposed sit
uations. All this maybe part of. a con
certed plan, to induce a feeling of security
in the Yankees, but the facts arc exactly
as I state. Not a solitary instance of
pluck has been manifested by South Car
olinians since their defeat. They shoot
their unarmed negroes, and burn their
own cotton houses, but no other exam
ple of desperation has yet been afforded.
There are now in Beaufort district alone,
I am informed by official personages, no
less than 3G,00U slaves, whose masters
have fled, and Beaufort district is but a
small portion of the country at present in
our bauds. I have accompaned a num
ber of the reconnoissanccs made iu all
directions from this post,. both by sea and
laud ; have witnessed the exploration of
the country from Tyboe Island on the
scuth to North Edisto on the north, an
extent of at least sixty miles, and have
penetrated as far into the interior, on
some cf these excursions, as our troops
have yet gone. Everywhere I fiud the
same state of things existing ; everywhere
the blacks hurry in droves to our lines ;
they crowd in small boat3 around our
idiipa ; they swarm upon our decks ; th-ey
hurry to our officers, from the cotton
houses of their masters, in an hour or two
after our guns are fired. I am "writing
now not what I have heard, but what I
have seen. I am not sending you opin
ions, or conclusions at which I have ar
rived, but facts that I have observed. I
mean each statement that I make to be
taken literally; it is not garnished for
rhetorical effect, but put into such form
as will most exactly convey to the mind
of the reader the impression made on me.
I have seen negroes who reported them
selves as just escaped from their masters,
who came breathless to our forces, and
said they dared not go back, for their
masters would kill them ; who told that
their masters were at that time armed and
threatening to shoot any slave that did
not fly with them; who declared that they
had tricked their owners and came away
in boats that they were bidden to take
back to the whites. I have talked with
drivers and field hands, with house-maids
find (fl'li''limll iml Krwlir corronto ivlin
who were apparently as eager to escape as
any. I have heard the blacks point out ;
how their masters might be caught, where j
the were hidden, what were their forces, j
I have seen them used as guides and pilots, j
I have been along while they pointed out j
in, what houses stores of arms and ammu- j
intiou were kept, and where bodies ot
troops were stationed. In a few hours I
have known this information verified. I
have asked them about the sentimeut
of the slave population, and beeu inva
riably answered that everywhere it is the !
same. j
I have invariably been told by the ne- ;
groes that they were not well fed. The i
first reason a black manor woman or child j
assigns lor ucscrtfng his owner, is the
small quantity and poor quality of food
given him; the next reason is the same
story about clothing.; then comes the
complaint about hard usaire, hard work,
and occasionally about cruelt. The last i
is rare, in my experience. Ihe most ot
them speak, it is true, of instances where
negroes have been recently shot, but few
allude to previous hardships worse than j
whipping. Of late the accusations of j
masters shooting their slaves are more j
frequent, indicating (this is inference)
that the desperation of the rebels incrca-
OC3.
General Stevens is pursuing a very good '
plan with the negroes who come to him j
for protection.. He makes thciu all work,
which they do chccrj'ully and readily upon ;
the promise of receiving wages. Instead '
of allowing them soldiers' rations, as is j
dene at Hilton Head, he gives them bacon i
and corn just such fare as that to which j
thev have been accustomed, although in I
" r . !
larger quantities. They appear to be well
satisfied with the arrangement, which has j
the advautage of being economical.
Cotton is being rapidly secured, perhaps !
not in such. large quantities as might be
desired, as the burning ot the baled mate
rial has been very extensive ; but still the
worth of millions of dollars will be ob
tained. The blacks arc beginning to dis
cover that we wish to secure it, and apprise
us beforehand, in some instances, when a
destruction is about to be attempted.
One singular result of the war is -thus
far apparent. The negroes leave no doubt
in the mind of an sensible person that
they have recently received but inferior
and insufficient clothing; as it must have ;
been to the interest of the masters to pro-1
vide well for their slaves, and as many, if j
not all, of the masters have been persons J
of oidiuary humanity, I do not doiLL that i
heretofore this has been the case." The ;
sufferings and want of the slaveholders j
have probably aggravated the condition of
the slaves, and made these readier to de
sert their' former owners. The absurd
attempts of Southern papers to pretend ,
that the blacks are still loyal can only ex-
cite a compassionate smile. Ihe poor
wretches cling to this -hope, the absence
of which would present to them so appal
ling a future.
The slavc3 not yet escaped, of course,
pretend to be faithful, but some have told
me how they said to their masters. and
mistresses on the day of the fight, "The
Yankees will be whipped, Massa and Mis- (
sus," while they prayed and believed oth- !
erwise. So, casual allusions are made in j
the Charleston papers to the fidelity of j
their "servants, as n it were a matter of
course, but there is no labored discussion
of a subject too terrible for discussion.
As for my own judgment it may not be
worth much but I came hither prepared
to find all the negroes atached to their
masters, and I have gradually observed a
feeling of bitterness displayed by- the
blacks ; at first there was only e!ation at
their own escape ; cf late this has been
mingled with indignation at the insane
attempts of the masters to fire on them.
I have known of several instances where
slaves asked for arms to fire on their own
piasters; I Jnve known where slave? as-'
sisted in the capture of their masters; and
I have sometimes asked myself whether
the time might not come when arming the
blacks, and regularly drillling them as
soldiers, under white officers, might not
prove the on!' means of averting the odi
ous horror3of a servile insurrection. That
time appears to me to have not yet come
even here, but it may be nearer than any
of'us suppose.
In speaking to Israel
yesterday, I am afraid I made him uncom
fortable forthe rest of the day. Said I :
"Do you like stopping here better than
on the plantation ?"
"Oh ! yes, sir," he said promptly.
-'What will 3ou do when the soldiers
leave here V
At this question, the look of surprise
which passedover Israel's face was irre
sistibly droll. He finally replied :
"I'd go wi' 'em '."
'But suppose they won't let you ?" I
said.
"Den I jump into de boat !"
"Ah !" I answered, "they might put
you out again !"
It was evident that no such contingen
cy had piesented itself to his mind be
fore. He simply ejaculated, with great
emphasis, as it overwhelmed with aston
ishment and fear at the bare idea :
"Christ A'mighty !" .
I asked him what he was afraid of, and
he replied, "If Massa Elliott Garrard
catch me might as well be dead he
kill me, certain." I reassured him of his
safety before we parted.
Address of Hon. W. Hall :
OS TAKING THE CHAIR AS SPEAKEU OF THE
SENATE.
Senators : I thank you for the k:nd
partiality which has raised me to the dig
nity of your presiding officer. I accept
the honor with diffidence in my ability to
fulfil your expectations, but with the de
termination so far as in me lie?, to give
to the duties of the position my industri
ous and impartial efforts, and I claim, as
I have no doubt I shall receive, at your
hands, indulgence towards myself, whilst
you exercise forbearance and courtesy
towards each other. I cannot but be im
pressed with the liveliest emotions of
pleasure at this generous confidence on
vour part, 'animating me anew in the dis
charge of public duty ; I yet feel how
idly I would employ your time in felicita
ting myself upon the attainment of civic
honors. in this "awful and rugged criis,"
when above all personal considerations,
the salvation of the Bcpublic should en
gage all our thoughts.
We meet in stirring times. An epoch
in our National life is upon us. Kvcnts
of vast importance in quick succession
cluster fast, decisive, peihaps, of our des
tiny, perhaps of the destiny of . mankind.
For let Ii is government be overthrown
from within itself, and who can sa, but
that its great underlying principle, the
capacity of man for self-government, shall
be thrown aside for the future, by the
People of the world, as a fiilure.
Our State is inseparably linked with
all the others. We share a common fate,
either ot disgrace or ruin, or permanent
power and glory. All other questions of
political economy, or governmental policy,
are merged in the one great issue of Na
tional life or death. For what are all
other interests worth, without a govern
ment that cau maintain itself? What
other public calamity can be compared to"
the National overthrow:'' Wars have
visited oui country iu times past, waged
by the savages of the forest, and the self
styled "mistress of the Seas." Pestilence
has. at various times, wasted us ; public
credit has gone down, while succeeding
waves of financial revulsion swept- the so
cial state. Yet, blessed by a benign gov
ernment, our country has outlived them
all. But. where is the hope of resurrec
tion from the grave of National disinte
gration ? We cannot be too deeply, anx
iously impressed with the conviction that
unless we conquer iu this struggle, all is
loit. There cau be no peace unless we
conquer peace. If we should even tender
the olive branch, a thought which cannot
be entertained for a single moment, the
rebellious States would disdainfully re
ject it. All the sacrifice that may be
made in this war, all the treasure that
may be expended, all the evils that are
inseparable from it, and which the hu
mane croakers for peace arc constantly
aggravating, are light, in comparison with
the untold evils which follow a trium
phant rebellion. But if we could even
a Tee upon a peaceable separation, how
long would pcaoe continue ? The disloy
al Southern States intoxicated with suc
cess, would be more aggressive, domineer
ing and unscrupulous than ever before.
An eternal conflict of jarring interests
would entail interminable internal wars
upon all our posterity, whilst our weak
ened, divided, demoralized condition wo'd
constantly invite the aggressions of the
grasping potentates of Europe. If this
government has not the power of subdu
ing a rebellion, it has Pot the power of
preserving itself. It is now on its great
trial. Now is the time for the solution
of the grand problem. European monar
chists point to this country as the last
great exemplification of the impossibility
of a permanent republic. Do they predi
cate the failure of our country on the mere
fact that civil war exists ? What Nation
in all history has been exempt from it ?
Is it peculiar to Republics ? Then, whence
the civil wars that from her earliest his
tory until recent reigns, have time and
again, ravaged and scourged the British
Empire 't Why is it, that England safe
ly moored in that quiet cove of blest tran
quility, a limited monarchy, has been fre
quently torn from her moorings and tos
sed madly in theseas of revolution 'i If
a monarchy be the symbol of strength
and perpetuity, whence the War of the
Hoses? Why has the blood of monarehs
if? France so oi ten glutted the savage ven
geance of internal factions ? Civil war
indeed exists. A war on our part, to put
down an unnatural, ungrateful, matrieidal,
Hell-born Rebellion. Long plotted, it
has beeu hatched at last into wicked life,
and seeks, with treachery, falsehood, theft,
robbery, arson and murder, as its allies,
to dissolve the Wood-bought Union, our
priceless heritage from our forefathers.
The magnitude of the contest, the tre
mendous consequences" of discomfiture,
can haidly be exaggerated. But who
doubts the result ? Superiority of strength,
numbers and resources, and the invincible
will ot a united North must triumph.
As certain as Truth and Justice sit.cn
throned iu Heaven, there can be but one
issue from this conflict. The North may
have to spend profusely her treasures, and
her patriotic sons their life-bluod like wa
ter, but this Government must and will
be sustained. The omens are auspicious.
Hitherto the Rebels, immensely inferior
to the Loyalists in numbers and aggregate
wealth, have far excelled us in cuergy
and vigor. We were slow to appreciate
the true state of the case. Nor is it sur
prising. True to the Union and the Con
stitution ourselves, hereditarily and proud
ly loving the one and religiously venera
ting the other, we were loth to believe it
possible that men were so lost to the glo
rious memories of the past and the bright
hopes of the future, as to reckle.-sly and
diabolically conspire to destroy both.
Six hundred thousand free citizens vol
unteers marshalled ou the battle-field in
defence of the Government, affords an ev
idence of strength vdiieh the world ha3
never before witnessed. Let monarchists
contemplate the incredible short time in
which this immense army has been rais
ed, the discipline to which it has attain
ed, the spirit of undying devotion which
animates all, and learn the lesson of our
Republic's strength.
The noble State which houors us with
scats in this Chamber, has been true to
her traditional renown. More than 100,-
000 IVunsylvanians are uow iu the field,
and wherever they have had an opportu
nity of facing the foe, their :;ciions hve
shown them as martial in spirit as they
are distinguished for discipline. Of such
gallant spirits, realy to die for their coun
try's flatr, Pennsylvania may well feel
proud. We know that their names and
deeds will illustrate the brightest records
of thus unhappy war, and that they will
never desert the post of duty, until victo
r wreathes its laurels around their brows,
and the restored bond of union shall be,
'Unbroken as the sacred chain of na-vire
That binds the janing elements iu peace."
The present session will doubtless be
one of great importance. Whatever pub
lic affairs may demand our at'cniion, (it
is needless for me to surmise what thoy
mav be,) it becomes us to lilt ourselves
above all personal and party interests and
to act in that grive, dispassionate and
dignified manner, which should ever char
acterize a Legislative body. Frcm my
knowledge of the Senate, I co undent ly
anticipate that the peculiar duties cf my
position will be rendered light v.v c:i'y,
by yotir cordial eo-operatiou in the i;i-ii-tenance
of strict order and the careful ob
servance of parliamentary rules. Again
1 thank ycu, .Senators, for the honor you
have conferred upon me, and doubt not
that mutual prudence and patience wi.'l
enable us to transact the business of the
sessiou" pleasantly to ourselves and to the
welfare of our constituents.
Gen. Bucll, who has had command
in Kentucky for two months, has not pub
lished a prcclamation, and has issued an
order forbidding his subordinates to pro
claim. Gen. Buell will not allow any fa
natical Phelps to blunder iu his command.
NUMBER 18.
Letter JTroisi tlie 5-1 tli Regiment,
Camp Curtis, Jany. 1G, 1SC2.
Correspondence of The AlleghAnian.
Seeing that but fiw notices of our reg
iment appear iu the Cambria county pa
pcrs, I propose to pen you a note of our
i doings. We aro still iu Camn Curtin.
jr j
and have a very slim prospect of leaving
just now. Since early in August, we
have been bringing in men to fill up our
ranks hence, you perceive, some of ua
have had about six months in camp. Few
additions have been made to our regiment
in the way of men for the last three
months, but we have materially improved
iu the art of drill.
"Why are we left here so long without
pay?" is the very frequent inquiry of the
men to their officers. This is a problem
we are not able to solve. There is no
disputing the fact that we are the best
drilled and (am I saying too much ?) the
host officered regiment in Camp Curtin,
since we came here. Our line officers, it
is adaiitted on all sides, are more thor
oughly posted in "Hardee" than any other
set, of officers in camp. As to our field
officers, we will let their future history
tell the tale. But I may say I have found
very few officers who are better posted
than they.
Camp Curtin is a pleasant enough loca
tion, and has been extremely healthy
considering the vast number of men who
have been congregated here at different
times. ere we in sight of the Seccsh,
I would just a3 soon lie in Camp Curtin
as in any place else, but it is decidedly
unpleasant to loiter here for six months,
far removed from the danger of any attack
from the champions of the C. S. A. Be
sides this, I may also add that it is rather
hard for some of "the boarders" to tarry
here six months without being provided
with a few of Uncle Sam's consolers.
The 54th seems to be the favorite with
the good people of Ilarrisburg. We have
been visited quite frequently by the "mem
bers," and among the rest, the tall, grace
ful form of our worthy Senator, Hon.
Louis W. Hall now the popular Speaker
of the Senate has occasionally been seen
among us. And here let me say, that our
fboys have been the thankful recipients of
a most gracious gut Irom the hanusof the
aforesaid Mr. Speaker Hall. Long may
he wave ! and it he agaiu becomes a can
didate, I predict for him a swelling vote
from the good old 51th. Our little dis
trict has been honored by selecting her.
Senator as Speaker ; but since we have
seen Mr. Hall preside, we have come to
the conclusion that the Senate has a!?o
been honored by his selection to fill the
J responsible post.
; Whilst writing, I have received the
j cheering intelligence that we are to be
! ordered to' South Carolina, via Philadel
, phia. This is indeed gratifying, but the
more so when that information is coupled
with "the important fact that the regiment
is to be paid off before leaving Harris
burg. The news that payment is soon to be
made lightens the heart of every one of
our men, but more particularly the mar
ried men, whose families depend solely
upon ihera for support. Here are men,
w hose waires whilst at home were barelv
j sufficient to keep their families living, wl o
j been here for six moths without receivir g
: a cent. How do their families obtain a
, livelihood 'i This question must come
: hou.e to the heart of every head of family
in oar county. Reflect for a moment
here are men who have deserted position,
l.oti'e, friends and family, and somo oi"
tlio.o families dependant upon them alone
for a meagre sustenance, to battle, and if
j neces:,..ry die, for the country of their
birth o" adoption. Should their families
be ul!t;n c-u to suaer ? Certainly not, w heu
I theie is wc;i!th and plenty in" the county
' to keep body and soul together. Look to
! this, you who remain a'- home. If you
don't pledge your lives for your country,
at bust give a mite t-1 motic y or a morsel
j of n.eal to the helcLss lamilics ol sucli as
do.
Horace.
1);:xif.s the Assertion. Lieut. Fair
fax authorizes an emphatic denial of the
insertion of fuoiUh Captain Williams that
Mi?s Slide!! used her "little kuuckles" ou
his face. He ;idds that she';did notstriko
Lieut Fairfax," but on the contrary, be
haved, as did all the ladies ou the Trent,
"with great moderation."
Commander Williams can now retiro to
private life.
IciiTiiyrooiCAL. The drinking water
at Chicago is said to be so full of fish that
the efforts of the fire department to put
the fires out only add fuel to the flames.
The fish oil in the water, makes the coa
liaaratiou tn times Aerse I