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Zfhe (JJuitMau gamier. F. R. FILDES, - - Editor. QUITMAN, GEO. FRIDAY, JUDY 20,1B«7. Capt James Ii Moseley Is onr millii)rir.i'j (ioneral Agent, to procure mid receipt fur sulmcriptioiln and advertising tor the Quitman Banner. r.niigration. At (lie request of Rev. 0. L. Smith, we publish to -iluy nnot ; or long letter from Mr. It. R. Di v.ti, descriptive of British Honduras, to which country he sailed, from Now Orleans, on the 25th inst. It is not strange that many of onr peo ple should be looking to foreign climes, for that peace ami happiness, which is denied them at home. Yankee oppres sion lias drove many of onr best men to the verge ol desperation; and rather than submit to the burthens placed upon them by the arrogant and exacting con queror, they arc disposed to obandon ev erything, and confide their future to the destiny of a foreign clime lint whilst \vu admit that this is a natural impulse, wc arc far from conceding to it sound judgment or ir/se discretion. It is true that the political heavens hear the line of midnight darkness—the nation is convulsed by diabolism—and fiends incarnate, crazed by the recent carnival of death, and intent upon retain ing power and position, seem determined to convert onr sunny South into a patidi nionium—where the inferior race shall rnle the Anglo Saxon—and mongrelistn take the place of an intelligent, high t lied and pure people. Such, we admit, is the future foreshadowed; hut, "whilst there is life, there is hope:" we liavo not yet despaired of the Republic W e still have faith i:i the ultimate glorious des tiny of the South. We believe that our children will yet see her Star in the as cendcnt— ourj people prosperous, happy and contented. The drunken political revel will soon disgust the masses, and then will come the reaction. Let us ro main and aid in the regeneration of onr land. In the language of another, “toe had better live here in poverty than die beg gar# in strange lands." It is not to flee from present oppres sion, but the shadow of the approaching future, that has created the intense de sire for emigration. But where will you go? If to find an established, liberal, en lightened government, seek not Central nor South America, for there society has developed tho gravest evils which we fear for the South. Mongrclism is ram pant from tho Rio Cl ramie to tho South Polo. Amalgamation is a prominent feature of society. Mr. Duval, hiinsolf a zealous champion of emigration to Brit isii Honduras, admits that eighteen out ol vtoa twenty tUonsuint U«*i country, are mongrels. Spanish Hondu ras is still much worse, and those who have gone to Brazil, say that the South, 'mid all her misforluues, is a par ad iso in comparison. Our people, therefore, would act wise ly to well digest the glowing descrip tions given of foreign climes, ere they commit their fortunes to the hazard of disappointment. Remember you cannot '‘rnnkc miy country yours,” and that no man can '* —be Iroaelirroiiß with the Walloon, ilrlnk with The Dutch, a chimney sweeper with the Irish, A g.inlU-niun with the llWsn, anil turn urruut Thief with tho Knglish." President Jnlinsou. Congress passed a resolution forbid ding the President to remove District Commanders without the consent of the Senate, unless tho General commanding the armies so recommended. This is nothing less than reversing the positions of the Commander-In-Chief and General Grant. The latter, by this resolution, is now the chief officer of the Govern ment. Os course Johnson will submit. He has uot the moral courage to resent the indignity. In fact, he ceased to bcPrcs d uit months ago, and would have been kicked completely out of the executive mansion, if he had not so well served his Radical masters, tfe is a timid old man—has excellent ideas as to what is his duty—but not sufficient grit in his composition to execute it. \Ye have heard much about his being the friend of tho South, and standing between us and ruin. This is all gammon. It is true he has given us tongue professions of friend ship—he has boldly confronted the Radi cal legislators, and pointed out their iniquities; but they make sport of him, and quietly tell him he must do as they desire—and, of course, good old soul, he docs exactly as direct- and. This is “stand ing between the South and ruin,” with a vengeance. If he hud been possessed of the manly courage and iron will of “Old Hickory,” twelve months ago lie would have poured a broadside into the ranks of the disorganizers at, Washington, that would have impressed them with the power of the position lie occupies, and ere tliis have lestured to the South he: ! violated rights. But the poor old man j has an awful dread of stilettoes, blunder- ! busses and impeachment committees, ami i therefore the Rads are permitted to cuff' kirn at pleasure. MtxT A writer in the National Intelli gencer truthful;}’ says : “Even in an cient history we have no account where the slaves of a conquered people were elevated and put to rule the conquered" The writer adds with regard to a small ; class in the South who call themselves ! men : “Wc can respect a man that we ! lielivo const;, ntioirs in his views, Irt j him be ever so great an extremist ; bn! i a mao that licks the hand that smites him when he is on his back, is about as low down as human nature c;uv get to I be" >V|iidler are wt Drifting! The Radicals and their Congress are I passing from olio extreme to another, and at every step the enormity of their usurps! i it is made more glaring. Up to the assembling of the recent Congress, they bad not dare lay violent bands upon the represented States—their nfroeitics were confined to the powerless people of the South. It is said that familiarity j with crime makes men bold—und.we sup- 1 pose familiarity with usurpation makes radical legislators reckless; and therefore this tnsiy account for the adoption by the House of a resolution, instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire whether Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware have j State Constitutions, republican in form, j It is to be hoped the Judiciary Com-j tniltee will report adverse to the govern ments of the States mentioned, and Con gress, in consequence, place them under military law. Such a step would open the eyes of tho thoughtful millions at the North, and cause them to make inquiry as to “whither we are drifting?” Ret Congress lay "violent hands” upon the State governments north, and it will ac complish more towards reconstruction than n thousand military bills. It will open the eyes of the people, and cause them to hurl from place and power the distructive element of discord. Sumner’s Gxpectutlom. In a recent speech in the U. Senate, Mr. Sumner declared that, “he could not doubt that colored Senators and Repre sentatives would soon ho welcomed into the Capitol.” In the same speech he al so declared, that the South shall not re enter the Union until each Southern State shall establish a system of schools, in which whito children shall bo permitted to sit alongside of their little black mas ters and mistresses.” If the Senate will sustain Mr. Sumner in his position, then the South never will again be restored to her position in the American Union. Governor Johnson. Wc publish on our first page the able and interesting letter of this distinguish ed gentleman on tie policy of the South ern States, and duty of the people under tho requirements of the Reconstruction laws of Congress. It will be read with great interest by the people. lion D ll Hill's Speech We have received from the enterpris ing proprietors of tho Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, a pamphlet copy of lion. B. H, Hill’s speech on the condition of the country, delivered at Atlanta, July 10th, and Kx-Governor Johnson’s letter on the situation. They are able documents, and should be read by every one. Price five cents. These publishers have also issued, in parnp- let firm, lion. B If. Hill’s “Notes on tho Situation,” which have attracted such great attention throughout the coun try. The President’s Veto. We publish elsewhere the telegraphic synopsis of President Johnson’s Message, vetoing the recent Supplemental Act of Congress. It was promptly passed over tho veto by more than a two-tli rd vote, and is now a law of the land. The ten Southern States are now under complete control of Military satraps, and civil offi cials hold their offices solely at tho option 0 f the Dictator. MyH(eri«uß Infamous. The Wash InMligeneer says that it lias recently come to light, "that the commission of Military officers which tried and condo ned the conspirators, united in a written recommendation to t o President, for the pardon or commu tation of the punishment of Mis. Surratt. It is now stated, upon what authority we are not apprised, that the President never saw this paper, nor did ho ever hear of it until recently through the newspapers.” If this is true, then has some high of ficial committed an heinous offense a gainst humanity and justice. Did Sec retary Stanton pocket the "recommenda tion for pardon,” and thus forestall the President from performing an act of mer cy? If I o did, then is ho guilty of ‘'mur der most foul.” From Texas. A dispatch from Galveston, Texas, July 20th, says that headquarters arc overwhelmed with reports of outrages in the Red River country. "The colored men dare not accept appointment, and the registers are threatened with death. Judge I.itimer, a prominent Texan, has resigned an appointment to the Bureau, as he is afraid of his life. The chief out law is named Guest. The colored peo ple Uee to ti e woods at his approach, lie shot a freedwoman and cut out her womb with a living child in it, and ex hibited it in drunken glee in a barroom, lie was arrested, but escaped. Sterling, Robinson county, colored church, was assaulted and two men ami one woman killed. Captain Randal, Bureau agent, raised a hundred freedmen and arrested ' two of the ringleaders.” W e believe the foregoing dispatch to ! l>e an infamous radical lie, manufactured for the s, le purpose of advancing the in terest of the Radical party North. Sleefixo Car. —Our Savannah exchan ges inform us that one of the sleeping cars, (the arrival of which was noticed last week,) has been placed on the road, j and will be run between Savannah and Lake City, Florida. Our cotemporaries pronounce it an elegant public convey-! atice, and no doubt will be highly appre ciated by travelers. A bill was passed, by the lute Congress to the effect, that no person shall te dis- 1 qualified, by i eason of race or color, from holding office in the District of Columbia, j ' News and Ollier Items. The Savannah Advertiser advises the : full.overs of “t e art preservative of all; arts,” that no employment can be had in that eity. The offices are all over stocked. A Mr. Duncan who w as tried by Court Martial over a year ago, for maltreat ment of prisoners at Andersonville, and sentenced to confinement at Fort Pulas ki for fifteen] years made his escape and sailed to a foreign port one day last week. Sarah M. Stirling, the American gian toss was married in San Francisco a few days ago. She is seven feet high, and he is four feet eleven inches. If he don’t do l ight she can “spank” him A Cincinati lawyer lias within a year obtained three divorces for the same wo man. Shu i* a fast one. Four hundred and twenty three tons of iron for the Bainbridge extension of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad reached Savannah on Saturday. A lady in Dooly County, Geo., on the 11 tli inst., gave birth to three daughters It is to be hoped her husband has a fine corn crop. If not, he is to be pitied. A negro woman at Jasper, however, heats the Dooly lady. This woman re cently gave birth to four children, weigh ing 8, 12, Id aud 15 pounds—4B pounds cf squalling babies. Ten priests and six sisters of charity were murdered and outraged by the In dians in the west on the 19th inst. John Forsythe, of the Mobile Register, says there is one miriclc neither God nor the devil could work, viz : Make any thing hut a traitor a renegade, a coward and a scoundel out of any Southern born man who would desert his Southern mother in the hour of her agony, aud be come a Radical. A white man in Fayetteville, N. C, re cently made application to Gen. Sickles for permission to marry a colored wo man. The General issued an order per mitting the marriage to take place, hut i„ was coupled with anjexpress disappro bation of the step to be taken. Maximilliari left by his will to the wives of Miramon and Mejia, one him died thousand dollars each, which they will receive in Europe. Maximillian’s body has been delivered to the Austrian Consul at San Louis I’o tosi, and will be embalmed by him and forwarded to Austria. Ten tbousond ciollars reward is offer ed by the Juai-ez government for Mar quez, and he is r< ported to have about his person one million dollars in foreign exchange. A new-style of Steam Carriage ap peared in Boston a few days ago. It was a light open buggy, carrying two men and had no visible means oflocomo tion save a slight apparatus under the box. The vehicle came along a street on tho track just behind a horno car ; but when the car stopped the huggy was turned aside and passed by tho oar and was guided as easily as if a hotse had been attached. Yankee Conciliation. The Northern press and politicians are constantly Dialing about the “ci nciliuto ry spirit” they have ever raauiiested to wards their “on ing brethren” of the un reconstructed States. The Montgomery Mail cites a few illustrations of tliei tenderness. Tt says: “They flaunt the national flag in our faces and say,‘Damn you, love it!” They play Yankee Doodle in onr theatres and say ‘Damn you, ap plaud it!’ They are asked to assist in mending tho levees to save a drowning people, and they say, ‘Damn you, drown!’ They are told by appointees to office that they prefer not to take such an uncer tain responsibility, and they say, ‘Damn you, take it, or we will give it to some negro!’—They read the Declaration of Independence to us and say, ‘Damn yon, what do your Jeffersonians think of our interpretation?’ They ask our people to support the Constitution and Union thereunder, and say, ‘Damn you, how do you like our amendments?” Suffrage Amendment of the Consti tution. The iden of attempting to extend what is called, in modern political phrase, "im partial suffrage,” over the whole coun try, simply by act of Congress, remarks the Baltimore Run. is of so extraordinary a character, that it is evident the few ex treme leaders who proposed it have not been ab e, as yet, to bring it up to gene ral party acceptance. Senator Wilson gives indication of a disposition to rely now on more legitimate means for the object in view, and therefore he, on Wed nesday, introduced in the Senate a joint resolution proposing the following amend ment to the Constitution of tho United Slates: “Article—No distinction shall be made by the United States, nor by any State, among citizens in their civil or political rights on account of race, color or pre vious conditions.” The question is thus proposed to be : submitted to the States for their action, and it is gratifying to see the Republican 1 Senator once more lecurring to the prin ciple that tho regulation of suffrage is a matter belonging to the States under the j Constitution as it is. Should the resolu tion pass each house ol Congress by the constitutional vote of two-thirds, and the requisite three-fourths of the States ratify it, of course then the States will have j parted with their pr.sent prerogative of regulating the suffrage. Registration. From eleven counties in Georgia, heard j from, the registration of voters foots up j as follows: Whites - 6,602; Blacks ?.«8- Total 13,980 j Majority for blacks 9i6 j The President's Veto. The veto was received. Message cov-1 ers ihree columns, and argues elaborate ly .(he inconsistencies ad unconstitu tionality of the acts. Allud rig to the declaration that the State governments are illegal; he says: “A singular contra diction is apparent here: Congress de clares the local State governments to be illegal governments, and then provides lliat these illegal governments shall be carried on by Federal officers who are to perform the very duties imposed on its own officers by this illegal State authori ty. It certainly would he a novel spec tacle if Congress should attempt to car ry on a legal State government hy the agency of its own officers. It is yet more strange that Congress attempts to sus tain and carry on an illegal State gov ernment by the same Federal agency.” With regard to title by conquest, he says: “it is anew title acquired by war. It applies only to territory, for goals or movcalile tilings regularly captured in war are called booty, or if taken by an individual soldier, plunder. There is not a part of land in any of these ten States which the United States holds by conquest, save only such land as did run belong to either of these States or any individual owner. I mean for such lands as did belong to the pretended Govern ment called the Coi federate States. These lands we may clsim to hold by conquest; as to all Other land or errito ry, whether belonging to the States or individuals, the Federal Government has now no more title or right to it than it had bolero the rebellion ” The message concludes: "Within a period 1c s than a year the legislation of Congress has attempted to strip the Executive Department of the Government of some of its essential pow ers. The Constitution, and the oath pro vided in it, devolve upon the President the power and the and ity to see that the laws are faithfully executed. The Con stitution, in order to carry out this pow er, gives him the choice of the agents and makes them subject to his control and supervision; but in the execution of these laws the constitutional obligation upon tho President remains, but the power to exercise that constitutional du ty is effectually taken away. The Mili tary Commander is, as to the power ol appointment, made to take ilie place of the President, and the General ot the ar my the place of the Senate; any attempt on the part of the President to ass rt his own constiinternal power may, under pretence of law, be met by official insub ordination It is to be feared that these military officers, looking to the authority given by the laws rather than to the letter of the Constitution, will recognize no au thority but the Commander of the Dis trict and the General of the Army. If there were no other objections than this to this proposed legislation it would he sufficient. Whilst I I mid tho chief exec utive authority of the United States; whilst the obligation rests up >n me to see that all thelaws are taithfullyexecu ted, 1 can never willingly surrender that trust or the powers givrn for its execu tion. I can never give :ny consent to he made responsible for the faithful execn tion of laws, and at tho same time sm render that trust and the powers which accompany it to any other executive of ficer, high or low, or to any number of executive officers. If this executive trust, vested by the Constitution in the Presi dent, is to betaken from him and vested in n. subordinate officer, the responsibili ty will be' with Congress in clothing sub ordinates witti unconstitutional power, and with the officer who assumes its ex ercise. This interference with the consti* tutional authority of the Executive De partment is an evil that will inevitably sup the foundation of our Federal sys tem. But it is not the worst evil of this legislation. It, is a great public wrong to take from the President powers con ferred upon him alone hy the Constitution. But the wrong is more flagrant and mure dangerous when the powers so taken from the President are conferred upon subordinate executive officers, and es pecially upon military officers. Over nearly one third ot the States ot the Union military power, regulated by no fixed law, rules supreme. Each one ot the five District Commanders, though not cho en by the people or responsible to them, exercises at this hour more ex ecutive power, military and civil, than the people have ever been willing to c u fer upon the head of the Executive De partment, though chosen bv and respon sible to themselves. They know what it is and how it is to be applied At the present time they cannot, according to tho Constitution, repeal these laws. I hey cannot remove or control this military despotism. The remedy, nevertheless, is in their hands. It is to be found in the ballot box, and is a sure one it not con trolled by fraud, overawed by arbitrary power, or from apathy on their part too long delayed. With an abiding confi dence in their patriotism, wisdom and integrity, I am still hopeful of the future, and th-1 in the end the rod of des potism will he broken, th armed rule of power be lifted from the necks of the peo ple, and the principles ot a violated Con stitution preserved.” From Mexico. The news from Mexico is to the 22 rid inst. The Brownsville Kanchcro pub lishes an extract from a letter, written hy Escobedo to Gomez, directing by eve ry met ns in bis power to make the coun try thoroughly Mexican, and as all prop erty in the bauds of foreigners has been acquired by Mexican misfortunes, he should take it, and also have the power to hunt them from the country. He said, my motto is death to all strangers, and ■ there is no dange- of the Yankees inter : sering with us as long as the Southern States are kept out of the Union; besides, the black men could side with us, and may at any time pronounce against the whites. Before wo get through with for eiguers, the A ankees will think we are iu earnest, and the time will come when their notables will be begging for their own heads instead of the Austrians. Ms.quez and OTlavan had not been found up to the 13th. Some adherents are supposed to have them secreted in their house, or in the house of the British Min ister. Santa Anna is still alive atCampeacljy and his captors are awaiting instructions from the Liberal Government, feeling that he will undoubtedly be shot. Congress Iras adjourned until the -Ist of November; at which time it will icas semble and pass ‘'Supplemental BiW No. 3,” for tho reconstruction ,of the rebel Slates, British Honduras. Since my last publication in the Ad vocate, so many enquiries have been made on points not referred to in that piece, that I make the following state ments: A nia'l steamer leaves New Orleans about the 25th of each month, and gets to Belize in about six days, making no stoppage on the way. Fare fifty dollars in currency. Schooners frequently go from New Orleans to Belize, or Kuatan Island, and passage can he had on them fur about S3O currency Parties of fifty or more who would charter a large double deck schooner could go with their baggage and many supplies, very safely and comfortable, and often nearly as soon as in any other way, aud it would cost them only about S2O each, from New Orleans and the ports on the Gulf On r. aching Belize very good Iward can be had for one dol lar and a half a day, in silver, which is the currency of the country, and convey ance can he had to any part of the coun try, on reasonable terms, in boats of various sizes, and very soon I hope l>y steamer up the Belize liver, to Confeder ate county. There are no roads in the country except those running from the mahogany forest to the banks of the riv ers, and anew road four miles long, from Belize to a ferry ; beyond which there ia only a path for horses and cattle. The English language is tiie language of the country, hut a groat many of the people, even the common laborers, also speak Spanish arid many of the Spanish and Indian races speak some English; so that the knowledge of Spanish is not necessary, though it is very useful and should he learned by our people. I advise persons who go out to Hon duras, to take some flonr, bacon and lard with them, hut no other article of food, unless they may choose to take some but ter and cheese. \Vi oleii and linen goods are much cheaper in Belize than here, and anything in the way of clothing and hardware can be had in Belize ; hut it will he well to bring a cooking stove, and such articles of housekeeping now on hand, as cannot he sold to advantage, and a few agricultural implements, and a wagon or cart and harness, if already on hand, but don’t buy new ones to bring as they can fie made in Honduras. Every thing is free of duty, that is brought hy the emigrant for his own use, aud not for sale, and the duty charged on all im ports for salt: is only 7 per cent., except on wines, liquors, etc., which is very high, and lam glad of it. Houses that are very comfortable are built of Iron wood posts, and boarded with rived boards of the cabbage wood, and covered with a kind of [ atm leaf, fastened by vines on poles and re-isting sun and rain equal to anything else ; and very cheap, being u ily from SSO to SIOO, when you hire all the work ; and'if a floor of plank be put in, no house that can be made, can be more comfortable, for there is no winter, and no objection to fresh air, in the house at any time. If stone houses are preferred they can be built as cheap in Confederate county as anywhere else, all the needed materials being at hand. In this, and other things, 1 refer to the upper country of the Belize valley, which I examined closely; and many other por tions of the high lands are like it, I sup pose and believe, but I write what I know and leave to others to describe the rood places which they know and many of which I believe to be very go. .1, In Guatemala, which lies along Con federate county for 20 miles, all kinds of stock can be had, by going or sending three or four days’journey ; horses for about $25, mules S4O, oxen $lO, cows and calves SB, and hogs very cheap, arid all so cheap, that until the colony shall be well settled up, it will be better to buy than to raise them. These prices I have from natives ot the country. E ough pasturage is at hand for the snppor; of the stock that wi'l he needed in the colo ny, but not enough to raise cattle for sale ; I have been told tliat about 7 or 8 miles from Richmond, (that, f hope soon will be,) there is a large pine forest of very line timber trees, a forest of hil ly lands with delicious springs and cov ered with grass. Two old settlers de scribed this as a very healthy and desir rable place for raising cattle, but the land is sandy, and .ot rich like all the rest of Confederate county. This land would produce good corn, rice, and all tropical vegetables aud fruits, but not coffee nor sugar, tho”gh it might suit for cotton. Unfortunately, I had not time to see it, but hope soon to do so, and to have a road opened to Richmond, or at least to the river above Richmond. Fences are very easily made by sticking poles of wild plum and other kinds of wood in the ground, and in a few weeks they have taken root, and have limbs and leaves and grow sometimes to be large trees ; and lime seed are planted and in two or three years make a fence ihat will turn any cattle, while vast quantities of limes, excellent lor making lemonade are produced. The game in the woods, consists of wild cows or ta pirs, wild hogs, peccaries, (a species of hog,) deer, aud many smaller quadrupeds and royal pheasants, about half as large as turkeys, common pheasants, and many kinds of ducks and other birds and the wild turkey. Some tigeis aie found in the mountain hollows near the falls of ol the river,fifteen miles above Richmond, but they are not feared by the people. They would be fine game for the hunt, r, and at the falls, there is a place on tne mountain bank of the river, whereablind could be made and when the tigers come to the i therside to drink, as they do every day, they can be very easily killed, while the hunters will be out of sight and out ol all danger, and only from twenty to fifty yards off. M iikeys and baboons, and parrots and the splendid macaws are quite plentiful. I think the wild hogs must have eaten up nearly all the snakes, aud poisonous reptiles as we only saw three snakes in our travels. We killed one wild hog, and found the meat very superior. The government reminds me very much of what we had in Virginia, seven years ago, and is perfectly delightful to our people, who have been here longest, as I beard them speak most particularly. They did not refer to any hardship or difficulty, l-ife and property are saler than anywhere within the range of my acquaintance and the emigrant can in a few days have all the privileges of natu ralization, and the protection of that great government, which is truly mate rial. and diffuses such constitutional lib erty over a large portion of tbe earth. I have looked into the question of the authority by which Englaud holds British Honduras fully satisfied that British Hon duras and am is held by as valid a claim and will be held as firmly, as Jamaica or any other colony. I have access to books and papers, which I think will satisfy onr people, but I have not time to copy n<v authority, nor space to pub lish all that concerns the question. Those thot cannot ’rust England to protect her possessions, ot course wonlil j not feel safe under her rule. The people of Houduras are not disturbed with such fears, and 1, most certainly, am not. I think the “fast audio ed isle” is trust worthy if any nation is. 1 shall trust her. By a treaty,, late'y made with Gua temala, the boundary lias been settled definitely and the crown surveyor show ed me exactly how it ran, and told me bow he had marked it. The whole population of British Hon duras, I think amounts to 20,000. Per haps 2,000 of these are whites—English, Scotch, Spanish and Americans, and the rest Indians, Africans, and mixed races. Some of these mixed races are nearly white, and have been highly educated in English schools, and some of tfiern are rich These have some position in So ciety, and some ol .them attend the uin tiers and balls at the Governor’s house. Every one is free there to form his own acquaintances, and keep what company he pleases, when it it is mutually agree able ; but my one can dbdine any so ciety that may not be pleasant to him. i'suppose our Southern people will nearly all be in settlements ot our own, witli such Hi borers as we rn ay employ of the African or Spanish race, and, So far as I know, these-arc humble and reliable domestics and farm hands. I fee I satis fied w>- shall he I leased in our serva ts •sp ciallv those whom we shall have ap prenticed to us till of age. Two boys and two girls have been offered to me for my family, and I was told that a large iinmber can be had. 1 expect a very large emigration this fall and winter, and I lolly count on having Several thousands in and around Richmond with schools in operation, and a church bmlt, and even a conference held in it, in much less than a year from this time. I think so from the number of let ters I am receiving every day. One writer speaks of fifty families going from bis neighborhood, and others more than that. Society will be all right there very soon The seasons are divided into dry and rainy. The dry season begin about January, and continues wit'- very few showers, till the first of Ji e she rainy season, with sometime* a short intermis sion of a week or two of dry weather, coo tinnes the rest of tho year, raining al most every night, but not much in the day time. It is cooler in the rainy sea son, but never cold and the work except hauling heavy logs is not as much inter rupted hy rain as one would suppose. As to Iho amount of money required, I think that ariy working family, that can bring six mouths' supply of flmir, and bacon, and a few house keeping ar ticles, and land in Belize with SIOO specie can never suffer for any of the comforts of life, for in two months peas and beaus will be ripe, and roasting-ears of corn soon after, and rice in four months, and game and fish and vegetables are so a bund iiit a plenty to eat can be had. The land can be bad on live years’ credit a $1 25,|and costs of surveying an acre; tire house built iu a few days; aud taxes are so very light, a working man of steady habits, and a clear conscience, can certaiuly prosper and be happy. Mechanic* will soon have work enough in all the different trades, as always is the case in a c< nntry that is rapidly built up, and professional men in due propor tion will also soon be able to make a good living. 1 do not know the diseases of the up per country The people, there all said it Is lieai tiy, amt certainly it looked so t«> RIC, l*Ut then) may mtk, fc vers there, as in other countries, though there can be nothing in the climate in jurious to the lungs, and such diseases as rheumatism, neuralgia, pneumonia, etc., must he rare. I have been asked if it is cool enough to cure'bacon. 1 know that good pork has been pickled and kept six months, and probably the fat part of the bacon may tie cured ns 1 have often seen it in Mexico. Even if wc cannot cure bacon there, lard can be made at any time, and the sale ot the great staples ot the coun try will a fiord means to buy the small amount of bacon that might be needed. A cotton factory could be worked to great profit, for tho supply of the Guatemala trade, and a tannery would certainly do well, ns hides are very cheap in Guate mala Extract of logwood could lie made at a great profit, as the logwood in the woods, where it grows, could be cut and hauled to the factory for $1 or $2 a ton, while in the North ft cos's nearly S3O, and yet the extract sells for 10 cents a pound wholesale. If suitable machinery for chipping, and boilers for boiling and evaporating, were set up and w 11 man aged, the profit would be very great in deed. Sugar can be raised in great quan tities and the canes are very large Mr. Putnam, formerly of New Orleans, now of Belize, told me that ho had seen a su gar cane 22 foot long and 9| inches in 'circumference at the largest part; aud the limes and lemmons and zapote, or mannnee apples, were all three times as large in Confederate county as any I saw in Mexico, rich as Cordova is con sidered. The reason probably is. that in Mexico the land has been cleared and grown up again, and cleared i rain per haps several times, but th> -> sts in Hendnras seem to be of very great age, some mahogany and other trees being 7 or 8 feet in diameter West of Confederate county, in Guate mala, there are millions of acres of su perior coffee lands, from which a great trade will be carried down tho Belize river when they shall be cultivated; and this tine back country must make Rich mond a considerable city, as it is at the head of steamboat navigation. The Governmenl of British Honduras does not give land to colonists, but sells it on a loug credit. It might be well for colonists to carry out flooring plank dressed ready for use, but I would not advise any other .umber to be carried. There is a great slate-quarry, about 12 miles above Richmond, about one mile wide being the bed ot the river during that distance, and running into the mountains each side of the river. The siate seems to be of excellent quality and it any per son wishes to work this quary he can do so on most favorable terms, and every privilege necessary for the wo"k. Enough slate for a whole city eau be had t-ere, and much for export. Belize, the only city, has a p pulation of about 7,000, and has several large wholesale stores, and many retail stores and shops. There are two churches of the Church of England, one \\ esleyan, a very tine and costly one, one -Preshyten a none Baptist and one Roman Catholic i Church, and many schools. Some ask why such a tine country has been so long uncultivated, lor scores !of years mahogany has been the chief ! product aid the English Government used a vast quantity of it in building ships of war, because when pierced ly cannon balls it does not throw of] splin ters like other kinds of wood, to the seri ous danger of the men ; but since iron has,so largely superseded, wood iu shwt building a large'quantity of mahngatt.ff said to be 16,000,000 feet, lias accumu lated in the hands of the Government, is about to be thrown into market, and thus the mahogany business is now a very poor one, and the persons who did not wish any settlements on their hinds, while they w re doing a very lucrative business in selling mahogany, now wish to substitute an nereas : of their com merce (fi>r they are nearly all merchants also ; and the sale of the : r lands for that unprofitable business. Messrs. Fen,day, Bander A Wolkart, cotton brokers, 37 Garondelet street, New Orleans, who exarni; J the spec! of cotton I brought from Confederaic coun ty, write ; “Wc pronounce t ■< veyv tine, article, and very similar ' tons raised m tlu latitude and TT - ;>r bood of Natchez. Miss The stat '. is longer, fibre much finer, and mores y. (jol, Watkins, of Atlanta, Ga t At iu that, a crop of this cotton in Spanish D m duras, wher the land is of the same ov vati n and fertility a-s tbe table 'and of British Honduras, weighed more 'ban 8)0 poun: sos ginned cotton to t e for he measured the laud and we g e the cotton himself. The postage on a letter to B“ ,; z • ; s ten cents, and the postage from B•! •/<• lb afiy part of the United States, etc' cents in specie. Persons who may w to me after 23d inst., at which time i shall start to Belize, will please direct to Belize, British Honduras, a' - wk.se enough fractional currency to buy the eight cents’ stamp for the answer. As to the best time to go to Honduras I advise the people to go as soon as they can get ready. I know no danger in any season, and when such multitudes are goiug it is desiral le to be in time, so as to make advantageous locations of land ; and as a custom house, and other public buildings must very soon beerec ted in Richmond, some emigrants could probably get good employment. The only fine building lately put up in Belize was built bv an American, and many workmen will soon be required Some ask what are the evils of tho country? I really did not see or hear any thing bad about the high lands but the want of ice, and that Cftti Lie supplied hy artificial means, even if it were not very much relieved by the use of fruits and lemonade. If any humble and honest freedmen wish to go there, to work for white people,, they will he welcome. The Government very wisely requires property qualifications in voters and con sequently the number of voters is small, an 1 th ■ calamity of universal suff.age will I hope, lie avoided in Honduras. IL R. Duval. New Orleans July 9, 1867 Complexion of Congressmen “Mack,” the Washington correspon dent of tho Cincinnati Commercial writes: News conics here from Virginia that at the reconstruction of the State, it has been agreed that the negroes shall have at least half the officers, including one of the United States Senators, it is safe to predict the same iu other Southern States, ami t.i look for a piebald delega tion to Congress from each of them Un der the rigid exclusion of all who, in any way, participated in tho rebellion, it would be desirable, I think, to send a full negro delegation from most of tho rebel States. As evidence of the correctness of the foregoing, so tar as Virn-i ia is concern ed, Senator Wilson, a few days ag", sta ted that the elections in Virginia would probably be field in September, an,] the re.Mt w uld probably astonish the mt tion. He was certain the majority whirh Virginia would give, would place 1 r mi the first rank of the Uepubli an ' s of the Union Gkkmt Smith has addressed a letb i’ o> Thad. Stevens, in which he takes h.m to task ‘for his nncharitableness towards the Southern people, aud closes ass I- Iows: ' Would to God that Congress were »■ just and wise as, at ihio very bcsmuii to lend fifty millions of dollars to the Con federate States—to each of them so much of it as would be proportionate to her population and to what she ha-- sofferee from the ravages of wSr ! The shan falling to each State to be distributed throughout her territory in 100 s u on adequate security. This, by pro\ g tl.tr love and pity of the North for her, would win the heart of the South, aud would thus produce a true and lasting peace between them And then it would be worth to the nation, only in a fiuaoci.il point of view, many times fifty millu ns of dollars. Gold would not longer bi ar among os a premium of forty per - cent., amt our Government would no linger have to pay seven per cent., nor much more than half seven per cent, inter, st "on its loans. A colored man denies, through the Sji vannab Republican, that he was a d my gate to the Atlanta Radical G nvty*tion. He says: “1 have resided in Slyaunah for forty-seven years, and d.uring that period have never known wl.at it was to enter a guard house ox gel into trouble with the citizens of Savannah. Cooper age and v. u politics is my business and bread aWfi butter.” That is a si nsiblo darkey. Freedom of the Press Gen. Pope issued an order fiom Head Quarters, Atlanta, June 3d, in which ap pears tbe following clause: It is the duty cf the military authori ties iu this District to secure to the peo ple the utmost freedom of spaech and of the press, consistent with law; rtat to re strain either. No satis actory execution of the late acts of Congress is practica ble unless this freedom is secuied and its exercise protected by tho usual legal means. Avery sensible order; and wc hope the additional authority he has recently been clothed with, by act of Congress, will not induce him to change his opin ion in reference to the freedom of tho press. p r of. W. F. Roe,' writing from Elmira to a Foutber i paper, says, in one year 12,000 rebel prisoners were sent to El mira Os that number, from three to four thousand died at that place. 1 lie Government purchased ground in the cemetary, and they were buried in a lo cality by themselves, en o grave being marked with the name of the person. It is proposed to enclose the ground w:u an iron fence;' to plant trots am- 11 • graves, and make the spot attract.v . Sae. Ado.