Hulburt On The Negroes

-Mr. W. H. Hulburt, a pri.soncr at tho South Ior8omo over fiiteen months, writes as follows to the Times regard ing the negroes and their relatioo to the war. Ilis obferv!tions throw some light on the probable effjut of proclamutions bui'ond tho line aotually oonquered by o-jr troops : "Ofcourso there are negroes, nnd not a few of them, vhr, by thqir natural srood 6onso, or thcir accidental advantages of educalion, are enablod to understand enongh of passing events to make them associate the name of the " Yankees" with their own hopes of liberly. But the average negro of the South ha nndoiibteilly imbibed a vague horror and contempt of the 'Yankee,' n horror and dislike which time and experience will no doubt wear away but which must be expected to co opérate with the "natural docility and the cat-like local attacbments of the negro race, in making the negroes subïervient to tho war policy of tho masters wherever the armies of the Union fail actually to fix themeelves, and to supereede the oíd social order by a new. Even the intelligent among tho blacks thnse who comprehend the mocning of the frecdom thoy desire, and are willing to do their part tovrards securing it, aro too intelligent not to rocognize tho fact that therc is n mass of negro ignóranos and prejudice to bo overcoma before tho slavescan be made to put forth their hands to tho armies of the North."