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See the letter of one of General JOTMtonJ
■Idea,under this head. If there is a portlier
attWho can read it ar.d not blush ior h,,
countrymen, bin soul must ho jp vtn
hardness. \
- Tlie Rev M. B- Wharton, recently of
thfsrity has accepted a call from the Baptist
Church of Eufala, Ala., WHUntercd upon tie
duties of his pastorate.
Our Eufaula friends
pastor of ability
are fortunate in securing a
j.nd zeal to minister to them in holy things,
■whilst tho social circle of sister our city tv 1
find in him a valuable accession to their num
ber of cultivated and Christian gentlemen.
It will be seen from our telegram,
that the President declined to send m the
annual communication to the Fortieth Con
gress, on tho occasion of their assembling. It
is all very well, for what’s the use of talking
to such a body ?
An Inconsistent Start.—The Atlanta
Intelligencer says there were about seventy-
five negroes present at Governor Brown s
meeting on Monday, but the chairman ruled
that they could take no part, in it.
An Issue to nr. Made.—Wo are glad to
tee that the Virginians have taken the lead in
testing the validity of tho Military bill.
The negro vote cast at the municipal election
in Alexandria, yesterday, is the occasion on
itLlvU *1,^ jijf - * rno^ r
E^“Mrs. Jefferson Davis arrived in Char
leston on Monday, and is the guest of Hon.
Geo. A. Trenholui.
A Signal Failure.— The attempt, by
Southern action, tc make good the threat of
Northern Radicals to “humble the.proud
spirit of the South, and bring her people to
their knees” at the tect of their Northern
masters, wo aro proud to see, has proved a
complete failure so tar as the State of Geor
gia is concerned. A few aspiring politicians
and hysterical property holders, hove advo
cated the self-abasement, but it has found
no rtal response in the hearts of the people.
The latter reject it both from principle and
policy.
This experiment having failed, we hope
now to see all our people, united and with an
unbroken front prepared to meet the future.
The State authorities, we feel sure, will do
their duty, and wo can trust -them to act for
us in this time of trouble. Be calm, await
the future, banish all divisions from among
ourselves, and wo shall yet emerge from the
darkness into the full light of day, unshorn
of our honor, and with the respect of even
onr enemies.
SELF-PRESERVATION
Among the highest duties of the Southern
people at the present time is to stay at home,
and, so far as may be practicable, do all their
tradin'"among themselves. We urge it not
;L8 1V matter of spite, but as a great political
and economical duty. We ,lftVC now > und
shall continue to have for a year or two to
come, but very little to buy with, and that
little should lie spent among our own peo
ple, thus making one interest tributary to
another and all combining to build up the
gcne'ral strength. We shall, by pursuing that
course, be better enabled to live through the
troubles to come. It is also a moral duty.—
The North has proclaimed us enemies and ex
tended martini law over us, and it is both un
lawful and wrong to trade with the enemy, at
least beyond the demands of absolute
necessity.
Nor shall our merchants lose money by tbe
operation, or their customers pay more for
wliat they buy. The wholesale dealers of
JIacon, Savaiinaii, Charleston, Mobile and
New Orleans announce their readiness to fur
nish goods to tho country merchant on as
good terms as he can get in the Northern ci
ties, and we should give them the preference
,“” d Intend to olltbc privileges.* lad be
ttor goods troai abroad " fore tUo war t Who docs not wish the evils
tides of consumption can be tounu in tne 1 ,
Southern markets, and to such should our Which are upon us, and the greater ones
merchants confine themselves, and not by . ~ , n n , lrn) „: n
fashionable finery and gewgaws seduce the | ™edy >3 simple and effectual. Go<l rules in
people into habits of extravagance and foil*
Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings
of this meeting be forwarded to tlie Recon
struction Committee in Congress, and to Gov.
Jenkins, with tbe request that lie convene the
Legislature immediately, with a view of call
ing u convention to comply fully with tho
terms prescribed by tbe Sherman act lately
passed by Congress.
A few remarks were made by Colonel Far
row, when, on motion of Colonel J. M. Cal
houn, the resolutions were unanimously adop
ted. The meeting then adjourned.
The Intelligencer adds:
At this moment Ex-Governor Brown en
tered the hall, and upon being called upon
to address the meeting, did so at some length,
discussing thequestion calmly and dispassion
ately.
In connection with the meeting of last
night we will remark, and we do so only to
give a truthful history of the entire day’s
proceedings, that Col. Glenn being present,
put the question direct to tbe Chairman if
the opponents of the report which Col. Far
row had read would be allowed to vote, and
was answered that they would not! Where
upon that gentleman, together with a number
of the opponents of tbe preamble and resolu
tions, retired from the hall.
[For tho Georgia Telegraph.
Reconstruction—Duty to God and
to Ourselves
"Who does not desire reconstruction, and to
wholly lm-iited t*» ‘ u c ’ u *• 4,lllt -* ? -
x«ei our tradesmen follow this advice; onr
planters devote the larger share of their at
tention to grain instead of to cotton-; our
people everywhere eschew display and dissi
pation, and practice economy from the high-
Heaven and .upon earth. He raiseth up one
an<t putteth down another. He is the same
yesterday, to-day anti Toiever. Ho aoitgUtetn
in mercy and never punishes but for tbe good
of His people. He promised His chosen peo
ple if they would obey His voice, and keep
His precepts, He would bless them; but if
est to the lowest; let political agitation and thc r forsook Him Ho would cast them off and
agitators alone; obey tbe laws however hard,
deliver them into the hands of their enemies,
and every idle head and hand go to work at I ™ d their whole history is one of sin and
something-do this, and we shall be not | ldolatr y> and paoishment, then repentance
only independent among ourselves, but “ter- I ,, TT , I*
ribie as an army with banners” to those who \ G«d, and again would He ^deliver them mto
would oppress ns. Herein lies the true power IMBW
of the South in her day of peril. Would that | thplr punishment would continue until they
all our people could see the truth and prac
tice it.
The Atlanta meetings.
returned to the I.onl
Now sir, God gave us a goodly land, a
better one than the Jews ever had, a better
government, more civil and religious ad
vantages, and greater privileges in every re
spect ; and what have we done ? Have we
not been more idolatrous, greater drunkards,
and sabbath breakers 1 Have we not given
our hearts to fine houses, costly furniture,
Extraordinary Moral Spectacle.—The
Northern Radical papers piteously describ
ing the sorrows of the South, and eloquently
pleading for bread to feed her starving peo
ple, in one breath, and in the next calling
upon Congress to confiscate what little prop
erty lias been left them 1
jgpRistori has engaged for four.perform-
ances in Mobile, commencing on the night of a3es J ,, •
.-To,,. Afav WH not also indulge 1- Resolved, That in tbe opinion of this
the ISth instant. ... . => mee ting the dearest and most vital interests
tbe hope of.bearing her in Macon i .
Neoroes not Allowed to Vote in New
Y o R K.—The New York Assembly, on
Wednesday, voted down a proposition to let
negroes in that State vote tor delegates to the
Constitutional Convention. Yet a majority
of this same New York Legislature are in
favor of thrusting negro suffrage upon their
countrymen in the South—and not only that,
but in favor, also, of keeping them out of the
Union until they consent to it.
More Doctors,—Tho South Carolina Med
ical College graduated thirty-one young gen
tlemen at their commencement lost week.
Amongst tbe number wc find the following
from Georgia: F. A. Simmons and John B.
Roberts, Irwinton; John B. Mims, Scriven
county; John B. Elliott, Savannah. After
their graduation, some of the best prepared
of tbe class contended for a prize offered by
the Faculty for tho best written examination.
Dr. John B. Elliott, of Georgia, was an
nounced the successful competitor.
We condense from the Intelligencer tue
reports of the meetings held lit Atlanta on
Monday |
In response to a call of the citizens previ
ously made through tbe city papers, “ to .
take into consideration the duty of Georgia showy equipages, nch dresses, and cofton;
in the pending crisis,” a large portion of the nay, everything but God ? Is it any wonder
citizens of Fulton county assembled at the that He has punished us and deprived us of
upnn^tion^f V^G^kul/*“• things upon which wc have set our
tern, Esq., was called to the chair. affections? Notwithstanding His rod lias
On motion ol Col. H. P. Farrow, Wm. L. | been so heavy upon us, have we improved by
Scruggs was appointed Secretary. I the chastening ? Are wc not worse ? Is
The following were the committee ap- , demoralization than ever?
pointed bv the Chair to report a preamble s . . t , ■ .
and resolutions expressive of the sense of the Then, if we are not infidels at heart, how can
meeting: Col. H. P. Farrow, Chairman; V. we expect to be delivered until we reform ?
A. Gaskill, E. E. Rawsou, J. O. Harris, I. G. As the kind parent disciplines the wayward
Mitchell, C. Cassin, E. Halbert, T, W. S.1 child until he repents, so we need not he
Hill and J. J. Morrison. surprised that still greater calamities shall be
The Committee then retired, and after con- inflicted upon ug unless W<J retnm unto Him .
sultatioo, reported the following re>olutions J ^eii j C £ ug h um b] e ourselves under His
preceded by a long string of specious where-1 mighly hand
our sins, repent as in
sackcloth, and He will deliver us,
Mr. Editor, I want you to cry aloud and
of each”and every citizen of Georgia requires I 6 l lar,: not- Hi ft up your voice like a trurn-
that restoration be no longer unnecessarily pet until the people are aroused to the perils
postponed. _ I which surround them. Onr enemies are mad.
3. Resolved, That indiscretion has already They arc forging fetters for us and what shall
delayed the work of restoration until tbe in-1 * , T , . , , ,, ,
terests of tbe entire peopl - of Georgia are wedo? I say let them alone eeterdy. Make
bleeding at every pore, and that all passion I everything you use #.t home, if you would not
aad prejudice should be forthwith cast aside, J become hewers of wood and drawers of
and reason once more permitted to ascend [ water, to those who bate you. There is but
the throne, or we will yet lose rights and in- , ln the country now , and there
terests which we now enjoy.
3. Resolved, That it is the sense of this will soon be less. Me have none to spare for
mooting that the people of Georgia should luxuries. 3rake osnaburgs or buy for your-
promptly and without tbe least hesitation ac- selves, your wives and daughters. Make
cept the plan of restoration recently proposed morecorn and lcsg cottoD What has be-
by 4 C S e ived, That in the opinion of this come of tlie proceeds of the cotton crop I A
meeting there are persons in each and every large amount has been sent out of the conn
county within this State sufficient in numbers try for corn and bacon, that we might have
and of sufficient integrity and ability, who ra j sed ourselves, and which might now have
ui.««■ <*«—•■* ■».
form all the functions of government. amount has gone North for fine cloths,
5. Resolved, That we earnestly hope that hats, shoes, silks, marinoes, bonnets, <fcc., all
as soon as practicable all those who have the ol wlj i ch did without during the war, or
right to do so, will in good faith enter upon we could make at home,
tho duty of instituting for Georgia a legal ... , . „
State government. 111 addition to other evils a mosi exhorbi
C. Resolved, That we, citizens of Fulton tant tariff is levied upon every article we use
county, do hereby proclaim to onr fellow cit- or purchase from the North, and the only way
lllr. niUlfA TTn! AD <1 Ot nOOrtl ! *
O P f N I O N S. O F THE HUES .«.
From tlie Federal Union,-tth ]
Our readers will find an important letter
from Ex-Governor Brown in our issue this
week. The Governor advise# the people of
Georgia to adopt the Shcrmin amendment,
believing that by so doing we may lie allowed
a representation in Congress, and avoid the
horrors of a military government. We con
sider Governor Brown one of ojr wisest states
men, and purest patriots, and all advice corn
ing from him claims our- profound respect
and earnest consideration. But we confess
we cannot see, with the lights before us, how
our situation will be improved by following
his advice. Tennessee has done in effect what
the Governor advises Georgia to do, and the
people of Tennessee arc to-day in a worse
condition fban any of the iother Southern
States. Before we "can be entitled to repre
sentaticn in Congress, the people ot Georgia
must make such a constitution as Congress
shall approve.
The present Congress will not approve our
constitution unless, by disfranchising white
men and enfranchising negroes, it gives the
vote and the power of the State to tlie Radi
cals. What would a representation be worth
to us, if none could go except such ns Ash
burn & Co ? Better send no one to Congress
than such as would misrepresent us. And
wc would lather risk ten military Governors
than one Brotvnlow. Gov. Brown takes lor
granted that a large majority of the people
at the North will sustain Congress in all their
unconstitutional acts. This may be, but we
hope not. No man of intelligence, not even
the Radicals who voted lor it, pretends that
the military bill is constitutional. May wo
not then reasonably hope that the Supreme
Court of the Unite-iSStntes will declare it
null and void; and . does, the President
will not enforce it. ,c ea. '
Ir it is finally passet*®,.^, the President’s
veto, we believe it K ' “>e the duty of the
Governors of all tliqN «*sViern States to have
it immediately tbo Supreme Court
ol the United' St:i lor adjudication. If,
in spite of law or justice, it is forced upon us,
we must bear it as well as we can, but it is
not necessary that we help the Radicals to
put tlie yoke upon our necks. Whatever is
done, we hope the people of the South will
continue to stand united, shoulder to shoul
der, as they have done since the war. Di
visions among us at this time would be our
ruin. If we remain firm, united and peaceful,
the North cannot continue the war upen us
much longer. 1 ho people will see that their
leaders have deceived them. We lived one
year after the war without any government,
and we can, if necessary, live under a mili
tary government. Distress among the labor
ing class and pressure among the mercantile
class will finally open the eyes of the North
ern people.
From the Eufaula News.]
For the life of us we cannot see how any
true Southern man can entertain the propo
sitions of the military bill a moment longer
than it will take to say no. We cannot with
out the most abject and humiliating selt-stnl
tification accept and carry out the provisions
ot that bill. Blit we are told by the weak
kneed Ex-Governor Brewn, and his hasty
supporters, that if we do not accept the pro
visions of the bill we will have to accept
worse. Then, let the worse come and let it
also be rejected.
Congress has the power to demand anything
its spleen,malice and fanaticism may suggest,
but it has not the power to destroy Southern
honor; it has not the power to force our
self-stultification.
It is not worth while to talk about t0 avoid that iniquitous tariff is, let the goods
the Constitution any longer. The only Con
stitution is the will of tlie majority; and all
the ‘‘checks and barriers”—the legal impedi
ments and disabilities erected by tbe men of
the olden time for the protection and security
of minorities, and to keep the political ma
chine on the right courso and in steady ope-
ration—are but the sport and mirth ot those
who now control the government and coun
try."-— Journal and Meuetpet.
So Miy the revolutionists of the North, and
aro we not equally gnilty of treason when we
endorse tho infamous doctrine and seek to
give it a practical enforcement ? The Con
stitution is only dead to those who wish to
destroy it. If its friends, instead of cow
ardly yielding, will boldly rally arouud it,
it hn j nothing to fear from its enemies. To
say tlmt a minority of the American people
can destroy tho government and set up a des
potism in its stead, is to write down tho ma
jority a nation of cowards and elaves,
53TT he ladies ot Matagorda, Texas, have
presented Gen. Griffin, by whose order the
funeral of Gen. Johnston was prohibited,
with an oval leather medal, about five inches
long and threo inches broad, bearing on one
sido the inscription, “That the memory of
Gen. Griffin will be embalmed with that of
Beast Butler and his spoons.” The obverse
ride bca.* the date of presentation. Tho
medal is beautifully ornamented with blue
and red ribbons, and was sent with a note
containing the request to wear it on state oc
casions.
BtAsPUKlf* in Congress-.—A correspond
ent, writing from "Washington, on tho 37th
ult., says :
Tho House this morning was opened by a
characteristic prayer from tlie Rev. Mr. Boyn
ton. This presumptions old man is in the
constant lmbit of appealing to the Deitv spe
cially to interfere in extricating the House
from the muddles they get into. On this oc
casion he invokes Divine aid iu thrusting
through the tariff. On other occasions lie
has had the temerity, in a roundabout way, I take place at night.
£et«r*bytbtT unhappy put,*~aad'we take I "lone, economise, economise, live at home
this method of extending to our fellow citi- stay at home, make all you use at home, until
zens of every State a hearty and cordial invi- we ge t out ot the woods. Our wives and
tation to come and settle in our rniefet, assur- ( | aU0 rhterB will make any sacrifice that is ne-
ing them, in the name of everything that is ° •' — . .
sacred, that they shall bo received and treat- cessary, without a murmur. A. e arc all lin
ed as friends, and as citizens of a common povcrislied; We have to commence anew,
country. Then I say economize, economize. D. S
7. Resolved, That a copy of tbe proceed-^H
ings of this meeting be forwarded to Goy. | RcHORBB OfiiftccpK- A report has been
Jenkins, and a copy to tho Chairman of the p re y a ]e n t i n our city for tbe last few days to
Reconstruction Committee, at Washington ‘ he t . ffect that George T, Hey ward, a
City. gentleman of extensive acquaintance in this
Col. Farrow advocated these resolutions in city, and one of the most respected planters
a speech. CoL J. M. Calhoun moved their in Beaufort District, South Carolina, had
adoption, when Col. L. J. Glenn obtained the been brutally murdered by a negro who was
floor and offered the following substitute: I fonnerl - v « b,s CD ?Pl^:
to assure the Divinity that he might alwavs
bo sure to be right when following the lead
of Thud. Stevens and by sustaining the pre
vious question if moved by that immaculate
Christian and patriot.
’ The latest version of the Pope’s epi
grammatic'description of bis distinguished
English visitors is this: “Lord Clarendon I
liked and understood. Mr. Gladstone I liked
but couldn’t understand. The Duke of
Argyle I understoodi but didn’t like. Lord
Russell I didn’t like, and didn’t understand.”
ty The Western rivers are said to be
swollen from recant heavy tains.
The rumors regard
ing tho'manncr of his death aro very conflict
A portion of the citizens of Fulton county. j n g. only definite information we have
this day assembled in public meccting, do that when last seen lm was crossing
adopt the following resolutions: Buckingham’s Ferry, on his way to his plant-
1. Resolved, That in view of tlio present a ti 0 n which he was cultivating. A short time
condition of the Southern States, and the afterwards his son heard the report of fire-
passage of tho “Military bill by the House of arms< j JU t ) at tlie time, thought nothing of it.
Representatives over tho President’s veto.’’ His loDg and unusua i absence, together with
we think it the duty and policy of tho pco- rc p or t of the fire-arms mentioned above,
pie of Georgiu to remain quiet, and thereby I e xcited the suspicion of Ills son, who, accom-
preserve at least their self-respect, their man- panjed by a few neighbors, started in quest
hood and honor. _ I of him. Alter a short search his body was
2. Resolved, That in the event said bill found in a ditch, close to the road, with a
has or does become a law, we trust Governor ha |j tbraegh bis forehead. Having no direct
Jenkins, either alone or in conjunction with con f irma tion of this sad event, wc do not feel
tho Governors of other Southcrh States, will justifiable in placing it before the public
at onCC take the necessary ctops t<> b-»ve the I m ;hc r ^arancr that -j- yot nothing
constitutionality of the law tested before the j f iaa i )Cl;n received confirming the cur-
Supn-me Court ot the United States. rent reports.—Sue. Herald, 4th.
3. Resolved, That wo hereby tender to his
Excellency President Johnson our heartfelt iyt JIE Southern Radical Papers.—The
thanks for his patriotic efiorts to protect the appropriation to encourage “Southern loyal-
Constitution of the United States and the lib- tv -> and . 0 propagate radicalism in tbe South
ertics of the people. by selecting papers in which, and in none
Col. T. C. Howard offered an amendment other shall be published all the laws of the
, . , , , i.t,i3.♦ a ■ w. United States and till the United States
of the same import, but more elaborate Mr. advcrtisemcnts of whatever character,
Gaskill moved to lay tlie resolutions ol Col. including United State Court notices, will
Glenn, with Col. Howard’s amendment, on keep up over eighty papers to disseminate
the table Much conlusion and excitement radical principles, and the umount to be paid
ensued, and tho callers of the meeting finding "ilinot & f‘^0 Peranuumfor
. ’ . , . . x. i i each, making m round numbers hall a mu-
themselves m a clear minority, through j jj on of dollars yearly to be taken out of the
Cowart moved an adjournment, which was pockets of the people for the purpose of ad-
carried amidst much confusion," with the an- voncing party interests.—Sun.
nouncement that another meeting would
jgf" Information hus been received by the
Secretary of the Treasury that steps have
been taken toward forming an organization
among merchants in England for the purpose
of smuggling goods to tbe United States
through Canada, if the high tariff bill be
comes a law.
Major General Mansfield, Adjutant
General of Indiana, in his report to the Leg
islature on the condition of tke State militia,
says it consists at present of a Major General
Lieutenant General, Quartermaster General,
and no privates, aad be recommends the
passage of a militia law that will add some
privates to the force.
The majority remained, and organized with
Gen. L. J. Gartrell Chairman and J. C. Whit
tier Secretary. Col. Glenn then again of
fered his resolutions, which were adopted.
The minority reassembled at night with
tbe same organization, except Col. T. W. J.
Hill Secretary in place of Mr. Scruggs.
The report offered by tbe committee at the
meeting in the morning was again read by
Colonel Farrow, and amended by omitting
the fourth paragraph of the preamble, and
changing the last resolution to read as fol
lows :
From the Lynchburg Xcws.J
We should afford no pretext to our enemies
to justify farther aggressions, but still less
should we become participants in the out
rage and by-accepting the degrading terms
impossed, acknowledge ourselves a dishonor
ed and humiliated people, who volunteered
to become the instruments of their own de
struction. y
If the Radical party design to pass a Con
fiscation bill, they will certainly do so, what-
eTer may be oqc action. . If, the greed, the
rapacity, or the vin fCtive cruelty of onr one*
mies prompt them *4 the comtyrssiou of this
udditio. jd outrage, depend upon it they will
not be deterred by hny amount of cringing
supplication on *<ur part. That Stevens,
Butler, Sumner, Wade and others of that
class desire the passage of snch A bill is un
questionably true, but when were such men
ever deterred from the gratification of their
vengeance, or the crowning of their infamy
by the tears, the supplications, or the pray
ers of their victims.
There is another view of the matter, also
which deserves consideration. If we are
destined to find relief at all from the tyran
nical oppressions of the Radical party, it can
only be had through the reaction of the pop
ular mind at the North. If this be granted
it follows, as a matter of course, that the
more flagrant the usurpations, the more pal
pable the violations of the Constitution, tlie
more tyrannical the outrages enacted by this
party, the more certainly and speedily will
this reaction occur. In this light then the
very indignities which we suffer, and the ad
ditional wrongs with which we are threat
ened, may under Heaven prove the most
efficient means for. bringing about tho des
truction of that party which lias perpetrated
these enormities.
H Let us never accept ns valid a bill which
abrogates every right we ever enjoyed ; let
us never renounce every attribute of man
hood; surrender unconditionally every legal
safeguard thrown arouud our property and
our lives by virtue ol the Constitution, and
cravenly acknowledge our own unwu lt aiuess
to live, except at the mercy of such men as
Stevens and his myrmidons.
From the Mobilo Advertiser.]
Ex-Gov. Brown, of Georgia, has favored
tue public with a letter, giving his views of
the situation and liia advice how to act in it.
The first he paints in colors of desperate and
midnight blackness—that is to say, lie pic
tures a conquered people, helpless and at the
mercy of conquerors who have no mercy, and
who arc unitedly and savagely bent on their
utter ruin. Gov. Brown's premises bcin
true, we have an unanswerable argument
against tho soundness and wisdom of'his ad
vice, which is not only to submit (which we
must) to tho tyranny of the military bill, but
to hasten mto public meetings,State Conven
tions, and specially convened Legislatures, to
ratify, endorse^ and constitutionalize the tyr
anny. Gov. Brow# requests all the newspa
pers tbatcomment on his letter to publish it
entire, because lie “does not wish to be mis
understood.” Wc shall not publish a letter
that ndvft-. - *■ people til sign :nr..y
their birthrights, and add self-stultification
and disgrace to their political and temporal
ruin. We shali not give currency to the coun
sels of a political dastard, who,; in his misera
ble fright loses tight of the eternal demands
of truth and honor.
Nor is there danger he will be “misunder
stood.” We think we understand him well
enough. A demagogue always in place, and
brawler ami domestic mischief-breeder
when astrugg’ing people were in the agonies
of their trial, we can well understand that
the same fibre of soul is not tough enough to
endure the eqjeriiae n turn, crucis of the present
political hour. Demagogues aro given to
crawliug and to slime, anil we are therefore
not surprised to see Gov. Brown on his belly
and calling on ten millions of Southern peo-
plqto get on their bellies too, to thank Con
gress lor its cruelty, and beg its forbear
ance.
We are not disposed in circumstances so
serious and solemu to witbold tbe truth
from our people, in diminishing the reality
of the dangers that threaten. The New
York Times gives us warning that if we do
not accept the military bill, it is mildness to
what wc may expect lrom the 40th Congress.
Sweeping confiscation of property—division
of it amongst negroes and Southern “loyal
ists”—lands divided out in farms to North-:
ern soldiers which is expected “to secure their
support in a body.” Chivalrous army !
All this is threatened, and in the light of
tho present bill may come to pass without
derogating from the fair fame ot the present
Congress. Nay, we may have a Puritan St.
Bartholomew and Dukes de Guise and Cath
erines de Medici represented in New England
garb. But can we help it ?
II an innocent man has to die at the stake
is it debatable whether lie ought to bare his
head to the stroke and perish like a man; or
die like a dog ? What guarantee has Gover
nor Brown to give us, that if wc endorse and
ratify this monstrous wrong and on our knees
kiss "the rod that smites us. we shall be spared
further infliction ? None on earth. Then it
is nota debatable question whether wesliould
give our assent to the cruel and inhuman
treatmeut ot our enemies. We have nothing
left from our terrible struggle but our honor.
•Everything is gone but our character for man
hood, and Governor Brown requires us to toss
that too on the sacrificial pile.
The ipilitary bill does not alter the situa
tion of tho South nor the duties.of its people.
Resistance is not thought of. We have nei
ther power to defend ourselves, nor, God
help us! friends to help us. Afragile, preg
nant woman is not more helpless under the
blows of a strong brute of a man, than we
are under the cruelties of tlie dominunt party
in this country. We have but one weapon,
and that is in a firm and passive endurance.
Our only’ hope is a trust in the mercy of God
when man shows none, and in the amelio
rating power of time to assuage the mad
passions of the hour. Even Radicalism must
at last blush at the cowardice that rains blows
on a prostrate enemy, and be shamed by the
sentiment of the civilized world into some
sense of magnanimity. Beyond this passive
endurance, it is too soon yet to determine
what our course should be. The Presiden
tial veto is hourly expected, and from it we
may derive some light. Perhaps it will prove
wiser to wash our hands of polities and elec
tions, and leave the destinies of tlie country
where the power now resides, in the hands of
the military, the Radicals and tlie negroes.
From tho Baltimore Gaietto.]
What the South Must Do.—Our hope
is that they will stand firm—not defiant, not
recalcitrant, but quiet, passive—apathetic, if
you will—and let the evil thing come. It
will come more certainly if they consent to
eat dirt at the bidding of their oppressors
than if they refuse to grovel at their feet.—
They were brave and enterprising in war.—
Let them now exhibit to the world the grand
er spectacle of steadfast endurance under de
feat and subjugation. It i3 u hard lesson to
learn, but it has its uses. It has also its com
pensations. The fortitude that meets op
pression calmly, baffles and. confounds the
oppressor. Where men have a moral stamina
to confront tbe worst without faltering, they
are strong even in their weakness. There is
limit to the bitterest persecution which
cannot safely be overpassed. There is a
heroism in patient suffering that touches
more nearly tue sympathies of civilized na
tions than the heroism of the battle-field.
How A* Sidney Johnston Died
Houston, Feb. 5,1SC7.
Mb. Editor—In a recent issue ot tlie New Or
leans Times, I notice an article speaking of the
incidents attending the death of Gen. Albert Sid
ney Johnston, that does great injustice to a por
tion ot the General’s staff.
It states, in substance, that Gen. Johnston in
duced his staff, who were his intimate personal
friends, to remain in the rear, whilst he, with a
single member of his staff, and Dr. YendeJL rode
forward, and was mortally wounded. Such, how
ever, is not the case. No donbt his kind i.nd gen
erous heart would have willingly made the sacri
fice, hut it would be little to the credit of his stall
had they permitted it.
I can speak positively far myself. He had given
me his last order. lean neter forget his appear
ance at the moment. He had witnessed the maid
en light of the 2d Texas, under Col. Moore, and
our troops were driving the enemy in every direc
tion. “Lieut. Baylor,” said he, “ go tell Gen.
Chalmers to sweep forward toward the lett, and
drive the Yankees into the river.” With sparkling
eyes and flushed checks, leaning forward iu his
saddle, and waving his hand majestically as lie
gave the order, he seemed to me the personation
of Southern chivalry.
Dr. Yandell was not with lilm, or the Yankees
might have been driven into the river. As the
General passed a group, he "saw, lying prostrate
and helpless, Coniederate and Federal wounded—
in the midst and heat of battle—his great ynd
noble heart was moved, and he ordered Dr. Yan
dell to stop and dress their wounds. Perhaps,
too, the old blue uniform brought back memories
of happy hours passed with his brotiier officers
charge of attempting to evade the Jaw* or tte
criminals deserving punishment from ti,. rtei >
qnences of tkeir crimes. Whatever els C( ’ n *e-
said with regard to the Secretary, j n this tiSf y be
he has, with manly frankness, assumed s,a »ce
responsibility for an act which was seized’,,^ hc,e
a grave charge against the President, and it ?-° D 84
manifest that so far from the prisoner* h n . 0w
been removed from the TortugjstoFort n.i Tin ?
in order to bring them witliing the reach nf- Ware
ial process, they were removed pureh- - ,Bdic
score of humanity, and because their iirr 0tl tilc
those of other prisoners would have hern
dangertd by being crowded in a sickly season^, ei! ’
hat deso ate spot. The teslirnonv of e Uf0c
tury is valuable. Inasmuch as it. uneeir n
lmd uo sympathy whatever with the ,,Jr at llf -‘
upon any score. He was reluctant, inde rt 7 Ders
sume the responsibility ol recommend!u * as -
sentence ot death, which had been ™ 11 Ile
against them, should be executed beclnto ? . Dctd
understood that the opinion of the Sudiy « ***
iu the case ot Milligan did not warm, i Z Court
tiou ot a capital sentence eniorced hv , l e f ec " J -
tribunal, and therefore he recommended
js-ntences should be commuted to iinnri-r the
; lor lile. m Pri5onme nt
— —n. - , Well might the honorable Secretnrv „„
and he give that courtesy to a fallen foe that has an 3Ct whi ” h would have P a «se upon
been denied liis remains. blood a crimson no kss deep than if v? , 5
Gov. Isham G. Hams, of Tennessee, and Capt. , , )Uru(l his bands In that of men entin-V ^ ia '
Leigh Wickham, A. A. Q. M, and Major OU»r», provided the law of the land woulino-*
and perhaps otaers of his staff, were with him m ordering it to be shed. Nor dMH, ,E .’ ;if LLa
when wounded. Gov. Hams, if my memory . iny the le6S to thc Secretsrv i C L‘2 e
Tlie President Vindicated hv «,.
rctary Stanion, tc ~
Thc testimony given by Mr. Stanton h ,
committee of the lower House of Con ° retl1 -
reference to the prisoners who were in
from Fort Delaware, under a writ of ,, , schai Tred
pus, issued by Judge Hal), ot Delaware i 8 0or -
plete exculpation of President Johnson{ COni '
A Declaration from the Episcopal
Bishops.
A declaration against spiritualism has keen
put forth by more than one-half of the Bish
ops of the Episcopal Church of the United
States, with their signatures attached. It is
as follows:
Wo hold, in the language of the thirty-
fourth article of religion, that every particu
lar or national church hath authority to “or
dain, change and abolish ceremonies or rights
of the church, ordained, only by mfin’s an
thority. so that all things be done to edify,’
and also, in the language of the same article,
that “it is not necessary that traditions and
ceremonies be in all places one, or utterly
like ; for at all times they have been diverse,
and may be changed according to the diver
sity of countries, times, and men’s manners,
so that nothing ordained against God’s
Word ;” and also, that this church was duly
organized as a “ particular and national
church’.’ iu communion with thc Universal or
Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church of
Christ, and that this organization, which
took place immediately alter thc American
revolution, was settled under thc careful cli-
reetion and advice, and with the cordial co
operation of godly, well learned and justly
venerated divines, Wlio were well acquainted-
with the history of the Church of England
before and since her blessed reformation, and
who thoroughly understood what was and is
still required by the peculiarities of this coun
try and its people.
We hold, therefore, that the ceremonies,
rites and worship then established, ordained
and approved by common authority, as set
forth in the Book of Common Prayer of this
Church, arc the laws of tho Church, which
every bisfibp, presbyter and deacon of thc
same has bound himself by subscription to
the promise of conformity, in article 7 of the
constitution, to obey, observe aqd follow;
and tbit no straiigo or foreign usages should
be introduced or sanctioned by the private
judgment of any member or "members ot this
Church, clerical or lav.
Wo lurther hold, that while this Church is
“far from intending to depart from the
Church of England in any'essential point 6f
doctrine, discipline or worship, or further
than local circumstances require,” it yet has
its peculiar place; character and duty ds a
“particular and national Church and that
no prayer book of the Church ot England, in
the reign of whatever sovereign set forth,
aid no laws ot the Church of England have
auj force of law in this Church, such as can
l»e justly cited in defense of any departure
ii'.m.the express law of this Church, its lit-
uigy, its discipline, rites and usages.
And we therefore consider that in this par
ticular national church any attempt to intro
duce into the public worship of the Almigh
ty God usages that have never been known,
such as thc use of incense, and tlie burning of
lights in the order for the holy communion,
reverences to the holy table or the elements
thereon, such as indicate or imply that thc
sacrifice of our Divine Lord and Savior “once
offered” was nota “full, perfect and sufficient
sacrifice, oblation and satisfaction, for the
sins of thc whole world,” the adoption of
clerical habits, hitherto unknown, or material
alterations of those which have been in use
since the establishment of our Episcopate, is
iin innovation which violates tlie discipline of
the church, “oflendetli against its common
order, and hurteth the authority of the Mag
istrate and 'woundeth the consciences of tlio
weak brethren.”
Furthermore, that we be not misunderstood,
let it be noted that we include in these cen
sures all departures from thc laws, rubrics
and settled order of this church, as well by
delect as by excess of observance, designing
to maintain in its integrity the sound scrip
tural and primitive, and, therefore, the Cath
olic and Apostolic spirit of the Book of" Com-
mon Prayer.
Tlie signers of the declaration: Bishops
Smith, of Ivy.; Mcllvaine, of Ohio; Ivempcr,
of Wis.; McCrosky, of Mich.; Leg, of Del.;
Johns, of Ya.; Eastburn, of Mass.; Cha^e,
of N. II.; Uplold, of Ind.; Payne, African
Mission; Williams, of Ct.; Davis, Of South
Carolina; Kip, of California; Lee, ot Iowa;
Clark, of Rhode Island; Gregg, of Texas;
Assistant Bishop Bcdeli, of Ohio; Whipple,
of Minnesota; Assistant B'shop Talbot, of
Indiana; Wilnier, of Alabama; Yail, of Kan
sas; Coxe, of Western New York; Clarkson,
of Nebraska; Randall, of Colorado; Ker
foot^ of Pittsburg; Williams, of China Mis
sion ; Assistant Bishop Cummins, of Ken
tucky; Assistant Bishop Armitage, of Wis-
consin.
A letter from New York sap that an an
swer to thc declaration is alrendy drawn up,
and will probably be given to the public iu
the course of the ensuing week. There is
reason to believe that it will be endorsed by
the following bishops: Potter, of New York;
Hopkins, of Vermont; Whittingham, of Ma
ryland; Hawks, of Missouri; Southgate,
(late of Constantinople); Green, of Missis
sippi; Atkinson, of North Carolina; Scott,
of Oregon and Washington; Odenheimer, ot
New Jersey ; Lay, of the Southwest; Quin-
tard, of Tennessee; Neely,of Maine; Tuttle,
Bishop elect of Montana, and Wiltner, of
Louisiana. •
wounded. Gov.
serves me right, gave me the following account ot
his being wounded. A portion of his staff were
carrying his orders, and were absent, bnt those I
have mentioned were with him in the charge when
he was wounded. Gov. Harris asked him alter
the charge, “General, are you wounded ?” Tbe
General answered, “yes, but’tis only a scratch,”
and then gave the Governor an order to carry.—
Gov. Harris was gone but a moment, and saw
when he returned that^he General looked pale,
and asked him if he liaa been wonnded again.—
“No,” said he, “but I am mare seriously wounded
than I imagined, and will rideto the rearand find
a 6ur*on.” He began to reel in his saddle, and
was taked by those with him from his horse, and
placed in a ravine.
In seeking for General Johnston, I met Major
O’Hara, who asked me if I knew where he could
get a surgeon and ambulance. I then asked him
where the General was; he directed me to him, and
I told him where I had seen some surgeons at a
farm house near by, and we rode together and
found General Johnston lying speechless. I took
his hand and spoke to him, but Governor Harris
said: “It is nselers, Lieutenant, he has been in
sensible some moments.” Governor Harris then
asked lor some brandy, which General Preston
handed him in a flask. I raised his head on my
knees, and he swallowed the brandy, but became
every moment weaker. Lieutenant Jack relieved
me, as I had become cramped from being on my
knves. In a few moments the General expired.—
The enemy had now advanced, and onr troojis
were holding them at bhy. Thus, amidst the
whistle of minnic balls, the scream of shells, and
the shouts of contending hosts, this noble spirit
passed away, and his last act, whioh cost him liis
fife, was pity and help to the Federal wounded!
This act lias been miserably requited, bnt liis
memory can never be made infamous by such or
ders as desecrate the dead.
Many of his old companions-in-arms in the U. S.
A. will drop a tear in memory of Albert Sidney
Johnson, when they know how he died.
Geo. Wtthb Baylor.
Early Rising.—Dr. Hall, in tlie Fe'-iru-
ary numbber of his Journal of Health, says:
“One of the very worst economies of time is
that filched from necessary sleep. The whole
sale but blind commendation of early rising
is as raischieveous in practice as it is arrant
folly in theory. Early rising is a crime
against the noblest part of our physical na
ture, unless it is preceded by an early retir
ing, . We caution parents particularly not to
allow their children to be waked- np in .1 he
morning; let nature wake them up, she wifi
not do it prematurely; but have a care that
they go to bed at an early hour; letit-be
earlier and earlier, until it is found that they
wake up of themselves in full time to dress
■for breakfast. Being waked up early, and
allowed to engage in difficult or any studies
late and just before retiring, has given many
a beautiful and promising child lirain fever,
or determined ordinary ailments to the pro
duction of water on the brain.”
State Securities.—We are 6orry to see
that a sort of panic has seized upon our peo
ple in relatiou to the value of State securities.
The idea seems to be that, uuder the opera
tions of the Sherman bill all State securities
vHll become valueless, because of tlie abo’i-
tion of the State" Governments. This we
think an unwise conclusion. The Territorial
condition of the States cannot continue very
long, ; and in the interim Congress will be
oompellcil, from the sheer force of circum
stances, to recognzie thc existing State Gov
ernments, to a certain extent at least. The
power to levy and raise taxes for tbe support
of tlie Government will ‘ most certainly be
allowed the States, and all acts of the de facto
Governments not in derogation of tlie power
of the Federal Government will be tolerated
and recognized. Any other course would
speedily bring about such a condition of au-
areby us would startle even the Radical ma
jority/...:...
There is no reason—there can be found
none—iu the Sherman bill which should
cause any very great decline in State or Rail
way securities. We advise those who have
such, to withhold them from the market, at
least for the present. The prices of such se-
.■;« s must go.up. It would: bp ifolly to
sacrifice them at present prices. The only
persons who can be benefited by the present
condition of things .are capitalists and bro
kers. Withhold from, them tlie chance of
purchasing at the present panic rates, and in
a.few weeks prices will regain their former
level.
New York Dry Goods Trade.—The
New York Commercial, in a review of the
dry goods trade, says:
Prices are not very firm. It is uncertain if
any great quantities of goods could be dis
posed of at a reduction. Merchants are buy
ing such amounts as the actual necessities of
their trade require, and are very cautious
about accumulating stocks. Woolen goods
do not show the same improvement. The
trade is without animation, and people have
almost ceased to expect any change at pres
ent. The auction sales ot foreign goods con
tinue to be quite animated, but importers are
generally submitting to a loss on their earlier
importations. Some goods imported this
season brin
any the less to the Secretary because he
ojuui.n from thc Suj.rem/ Court J to'
exposition of the law. go loneaath.t trn *
stood it was tor him to obey it, and it
President to respect iL ' a ” Ior the
It follows from this that even if the p, 0 ,o
had, in point ot fact, removed thecond t m^ id{m
from the military district of Gen. SickS mi? 811
Delaware in order to bring them within ti.7 Fort
tection of the judiciary, he would Lave
more than dntv. If not justified in can
sentence of death to be executed, becan-c^r ! he
I opinion of the Supreme Court thatit"/,"? ^1
Illegal, ii would have been clearly
President to take the cendemted out ottheik^
of the military and place them under the
lion or that department which is chaL P d
guarding the- lives and liberties of the clli- n c
tWir it h . i teen disclosed beforathecoStS
that the President really purposed
was charged with having done, he would hav“ *.f 8
subject to no censure, but entitled to nralw, a
deavoring to have tbe laws faithfullr
Tbe committee and the press have Lamt-i
the fact that after these men had hten^slM^
they were received at their homes with eiuSSS?
as a proof that the people took deiieht in Z’
crime wnich had been imputed to them. i7„. ■>
is most likely to be the truth that the ttnjZLL
reicrred to was the expression or ior to UnH ii.7
there was some law in the land which would nXL
tect human life from the unlicensed powerof ium"
tary commissions, and which L much more
rent than any single crime. The peoplethcra too"
evidently have doubts of the guilt of feanuUta!
as has Mr. Cooper, who made the minorily renort
to Congrt-Es on the subject. No wonder then that
in joy over that greater triumph ot right, the peo
ple for the moment pnt aside the indignation thev
felt fortlie crime which had been committed lett
ing to their civil tribunals the fbtureiuquirjasto
thc offenders. In the history of every people the
men have been the accidental representatives eft
great principle, who have been the victims of a
public wrong and iuvasionot the rights of society
have been invested with a halo reflected from the
sacred principle under the influence of which they
have been sheltered. And no greater mistake
could be made by men calling themselves antes-
men than to confound the overwhelming enthusi
asm for the rights of society with sympathy fori
murderer. When will those in power consent to
understand better the springs ol humtn action,
and cease to confound ail true distinctions for th:
sake of their miserable partisan ends ?
[Baltimore Sun.
Negro Superstition In Virglnia-A
Sew Kerclutiou.
Correspondence of the Union and Dispatch.]
University of Virginia, Feb. 31,1667.
The following is a peculiar publication in circu
lation among the negroes iu this community, and
who are frantic with joy over what they caff “de
new rebelation irom de sky:"
A COPY OF A LETTER FROST JESUS CHRIST,
And found eighteen miles from Iconlnm, stay-
five years after the cruciflxiou of our blcsad
Saviour, transmitted from the Holy City by a con
verted Jew; faithfully translated from tbe Hebrei
copy, now in possession of the lady Cubv’s family,
at Mesopotamia. The letter was written by Jess
Christ, and found under a great etone, bothrocU
and large, at tho foot of the Cross, eighteen mite
from Icunium, near a village callt-c. Mesopotaaii
Upon that stone was engraved, “Blessed is hethv
Stall turn me over.” Allpeojffo that saw ltpnyaf
to God earnestly, and desired that he would and
known to them the meaning of this writing, la
they might not attempt io tain to turn it ©Tw
in the meantime there came a little child aboX
six or seven years old, and turned it over wftlwl
help, to the admiration ot all the people that stool
by, and under this stone was found a letter wrttti
by Jesus Christ, which was carried to the city01
leonium, and there published by a person belcap
ing to the lady Cuby, and on the letter was write
the commandments of Jesus Christ, signed by the
Angel Gabriel, twenty-eigbt year* alter oor
Saviour’s birth.
A LETTER OF JESUS CHRIST.
Whosoever worketb ou the Subbath dsyobillbe
cursed: I command you ty go to church, snd
keep tbe Lord’s day holy, without dcingMjmm-
nerof work. You6hallnot idly misspend year
time in bedecking yourselves with superfluities of
costly apparel, and in dresses, lor 1 haveo-'daiaed
it a day of rest—I trill have it kept holy, ttotjour
sins may be forgiven you. You shall not break
my commandments, but observe and keep them,
written wi*h my own band; write them in jour
hearts, and steadfastly observe this teas written
with my own hand and spoken by my own mtrotl.
You 6hall not only go to church j ourselves, bat
also your men servants and your maid servints,
and observe my wards and learn my comcar.:-
meats; you shall finish your labor every csturtij
afternoon by six of tbe’clock, at which hour the
preparation of Uiu Sabbath begins. 1 adviw jyn
to fast live Fridays in every year, beginning wu
Good Friday, ana to continue file four Fridaysp
mediately following, in remembrance ot the fire
bloody wounds. 1 itceived for all mankind, lot
shall diligently and peaceably labor in y our respec
tive vocations wherein it has pleased God to c~
you. You shall love ouc another with brothen?
love, and cause them that are net baptized toiw
to church and bear the‘holy sacrament, viz: hg-
tism and the Lord s Supper, and be made members
thereof;, in so doing I will give you long life»-
many blessings, and comfort you in the gresR* 1
temptations fend surely lm that doth to
trary shall be cursed and unprofitable. I viUa-so
send hardness of heart upon them, till I
stroyed them, but especially upon the hud®™
and impenitent bulierers. He that hath gitcu »
the poor, he 6hall not be unprofitable.
Kememberto keep holy the dab bath day,***'
seventh day I have taken to snyself, “nd be
hath a copy of this letter, written withBjy*-;
hand, and spoken with my. own mouth,
it without publishing it to others, &ball
' per; but he that publish it to others shall« y-'
of me, and though Ins sins be in number»
tti.rs in the sky—and he that letievo inth.s
be pardoned, and if he beihvts not tins* 1 ™;
and my commandments, I will send my P‘V -;
upen him, and consume both him and his vj jj <- ‘
remunerative prices, but gen
ornJlv the dro- goods and spring fabrics can
be purchased cheaper here than they uetu- i Tko'
ally cost to import. i mis letter written with my own hand, aad
<• 1 in their houses, nothing shall hurt the:-- n .1
I Reconstriction in thk North Carolina | pestilence, lightuing nor thunder .--.a'::
Legislature.—lathe Senate of this State yester- any hurt; and if a woman be with cmla .• ■■••
day, Mr. Ricburdgen, of Moore, offered the lollow- 1 bor, and a copy of tin- lett,:
ing: i she firmly pu: her trn=‘. in
Whereas, The federal relations now existing be- : delivered ot her birth.
tweeu and among the States composing thc Gov
ernment ot the l nited States hare, at Vast to a
very great extent, been dissolved; and whereas, it
is die nnty of the loyal people of said government
and each of its members to render all the aid in
their power to unite and firmly establish said
government upon a true- aud loyal basis:
Be it therefore Resolved, That we accept in good
iaith the act lately passed by the Congress or the
United States, for the purpose ot reorganizing the
rebel States, anil will u>e every effort to eoiry out
the same upon a true aud loyal basis.
Mr. Outlaw moved to lay the whole subject ou
the table, which was carried—yeas 39, nays 11.
This may be regarded as nearly a test vo’te. Mr.
Richardson deserves credit for his prompt and
firm action in this matter. But the majority ol
the two Houses seem to be fixed iu their purpose
to do nothing looking to reconstruction aeeordic
to any plan laid down by Congress.
[llaleigh. StaiaiurJ, of ttSth.
2T* A Frenchman named Gustave Lambert pro
poses to explore the open Polar Sea, first discov
ered by Dr. Kane. He has concluded to try a new
route and enter, if possible, this open sheet of
water at the North Pole from the other side,
through Behring’s Straits.
i2r\The Stuyvesant pear-tree, planted by
Governor Stuyvesant some two hundred years
ago at the corner of what is now Third Aven
ue and Thirteenth street, was destroyed a few
days ago by a vehicle coming in collision
with it.
A Washington dispatch says: Sur
ratt will doubtless prove an alibi on the
uight of the assassination. He was unques
tionably implicated in the original conspira
cy for tho abduction of President Lincoln, but
that was changed to an assassination plot
but a few hours before the bloody deed was
committed.
boaboat her,
... :iis 1 be
■ Yon shall hear do
mo but by thc Holy Spirit till the ujy -
All prosperity shall be in tha hf'0f e wbere * e°i'
of this letter shall be found. r_tn\*
The ueirro who has these documents u-
claims that thc original copy had been la u-j'
tcr’s possession for thirtv-tive years—th* 1
tained it in Richmond, Va., but waasot
his “treasury,”supposing it lest, until an ;, e
since, when on exaiaininiug an old . ,r r}’ jjj.
found the letter. He, prompted by r -' * -,«
pulses, (being a darkey distinguished lor ni’i,
aud inteliiaiiice among the negroes of v
munity), did not wish to bo tho ionecr.ffo .
so important a truth while his brethren ^
darkness, and accordingly had some three- - .
copies printed. These have ell been sola' - ^
exception of a dozeu or so. The conseqne ^
I that this portion of negrodom is iu - 1 t )crA
I , ...ia f 4«/V i
i Tkey have forgotten what Congress 1.” u . ^
them, and the inquiries among them are, ■ ,
] the rock that concealed this “sucre ;
IVhose farm or soil has been made holv • J ‘
I ing been found on it, and what is then*®
j little girl who turned over the rock. ” ^
! she live? These and some other sib}’ ‘j—'i’...
engage the minds ol the deluded race'
seen aid heard of the publiea.mu. wcnneif-
This is an additional evidence o: tlum-
tioas predilections, and us indicative 9t- ' [;ir _v-
coudition will be within the next MU,, .., r c,r
relapsed int-o a state of heathenism am O .'j>iou
superstition. This element in t-’eir
has never been so strikingly exhibited n
assumed their new relations to the-wau*
the South. Here is work lor philanttiop { . 0 ,.
kee missionaries—to save their .deal ia ^
idolatry. '
J2T President Johnson, says Prcntice ’^
we agree with him, is a just and br6VC ^
but we can’t regard his delay to par ° n
Davis, John C. Breckinridge, and others, •
I part of his justness and h::s braver}.