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FACTS.
One solid unan«w^rablo fact is worth
thousand speculative arguments. Human
rtws on is prone to err, and one side of a case,
however plausible, U not received ns conclu
lire until tbc other is heard. Wo have been
using some logic to prove that the Radical
party ut tho North is not a friend to the
Mack uinn of tho South, and has no claims
to bis confidence—that all its acts of appa
rent friendship are dictated by unworthy
motive#, and look to the accomplishment of
aolfish ends. Our object is not to instil pre
judice in tire minds of the negroes against
any particular section of their country.—
We hope they will cling to their friends,
whether they be Northern or Southern men,
But ns public journalists, living among tliem,
largely interested in tlicir well-being, and in
some dogma responsible for their future con
dition, we feel that it is opr duty to tell them
tho truth, and warn them against all enemies
to their peace.
With this honest purpose in vietv, and in
addition to what wo have, ourselves, already
said on the subject, we copy elsowhere, in
this paper, an article from tho New Orleans
Crescent on the ** Identity of Frecdmen’s with
Southern Interests.” It is au article that
deals with facts, and we hope some pains will
he taken to bring it directly to the minds of
the colored population.
Tho first and leading fact is, that so far
from wishing the lreedman well, and doing
something to help him along after they bad
turned him out penniless upon the world to
work for a living, the very first act ot the
Northern Congress was to impose an enor
mous and grinding tax ujwm his labor. The,
living of the freedmanin the South depends
upon the quantity ofcdttouhe raises, nndyet
on every hundred pounds that ho works out
of rite earth by the sweat of his brow, lie lias
to pay the exorbitant sum of three dollars,
recently reduced to two and a half, to these
special friends of his at the North 1 Besides
this, under the grinding Northern tariff he
has to pay front two to live prices for every
article of merchandize that he buys, and even
the clothes on liis back..
The second fact is presented in the history
of the New Smyrna, Florida, colony, where
party of these special Northern friendsot the
black man, headed by a Yankee Brigadier,
took over a thousand from their homes in
Carolina, landed them in Florida with prom
jf« of a most flattering future, and before
they had even planted ft crop the poor igno
rant negroes were so swindled, plundered and
otherwise imposed on, that they were conv
pelled to fly for protection anil bread to tho
Smt/urn planters of the adjoining counties!
Thin is no story worked up by Southern poli
ticinns for effect .but the wholo account is
taken from the olHcial report of the United
States commander in Florida, himself
Northern man, who has no motive to misrep
resent the facta.
Let every freedmnn in tho South take these
facts home with him. think over them, and
then, with tho honest Judgment that God has
given him, determine for himself who areliis
enemies to be shunned^ aud who his friends
to he confided in and sustained.
No Representatives.—The Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Times asserts
most positively that no Southern Representa
tives will he admitted to Congress under the
Military bill, or its supplement. Wo have
not a doubt of this, and yet we are called up
on to do damning acts of self-abasement for
a consideration that is never to be realized
during the existence of tho Fortieth Congress,
at. least. 6ome men in the South, though
aro connting strongly on occupying seats in
Congress in December, after swallowing the
11 iron-clnd oath.”
Partition or Florida.—The project of
annexing West Florida to Alabama is revived
in the papers at least, and though once refus
cd by Florida, the Pensacola Observer thinks
it “ not so certain that the people would re
ject it if referred to them now.” Should such
a thing take place, the remainder of Florida
would bo too small for a State, and we would
suggest that the Middlo and Eiut sections,
they consenting, be annexed to and form a
part of tho State of Georgia. Our railroad
and steamboat lines have already made us in
many senses one peopie. What have onr
Florida lricuds to say in the matter t
Confessedly Unfit to Live.—Wc per
ceive that Capt. Charles Simmons, ot the 5th
U. S. Artillery, shot his own brains out at
Key West, Fla., on tho 9th instant. This is
said to ba the sauio officer who ordered the
notiocs of a meeting of the ladies of Key
West, for the purpose of raining contributions
to the recent fair and festival in that placo, in
aid of tho indigent widows and orphans of
dccesed Confederate soldiers, to be torn
down, and prohibited the ladies from assem
bling. Wc have no regrets for his end, and
think he acted wisely in voluntarily quitting
a world in which he was unfit to live.
Beuiknino to Find Them Out.—At a ne
gro meeting in Brooklyn, N. Y., Rev. Mr.
Williams, (colored,) delivered a speech de
nunciatory of the Republican leaders in this
country. The speaker called them hypocrites,
and said they acted towards tho black man
like sneaking thieves.
.A Noble Qirr.—The celebrated New York
Publishing House, the Appletons, Lave pre
sented one hundred thousand copies of ele
mentary school books to the Peabody Trus
tees, for gratuitous distribution in tho South,
viz; 25,000 copies of Webster's Elementary
Speller; 25,000 copies of tho Webster Ele
mentary Reader; 25,000 copies of Cornell’s
First Steps in Geography; 20,000 copies of
Quackenbos’ Primary Arithmetic; 5,000 cop
ies of Quackenbos’ First Book in Grammar.
Mississirri.—It seems the discussion of the
'ituation in Mississippi is likely to lead to
•ome unpleasant results. It is said that Mr.
Barksdale, of tho Clarion, and Mr. Yerger, of
tha Mississippi;!n, aro likely to settle their
differences by a resort to arms.
Georgia Medical- Association.—This
body is announced to hold its next regular
annual meeting at Griffin, ou the second
Wednesday in April. The Secretary an
nounces tbs; arrangements have been made
With the Tarious Railroad Superintendents by
*hich members of the Association will be
transported from Griffin to their home free of
^arge.
w The lunny man of the Wheeling Reg-
ter gets off the following squib :
Ilia Northern papers announce that the
t *lgnm stock is running out. We hope it
v;.l not run out this way.
HOW SOUTHERN WOMEN CAN DvESS
WELL AND BE GOOD PATRIOTS.
The editor of the Columbus Enquirer is a
philosopher, ne believes it is folly to be
butting against a stone wall, and that it is
far wiser to let it stand and go round it.
In yesterday’s issue he combats theprcvailin
notion among editors that Southern ladies
should eschew Northern and European finery
and array their beautiful figures in homespun
or sonic other plain attire of domestic manu
facture. And his argument is n sound one.
Ho contends that fine dressing is ns natural
and essential to the indies as water is to a
duck or the air to the birds, and it is no use
to war upon nature. In fact, he likes it, and
so do wc. and so does every other man who
has a taste for tho lovely and beautiful. It
would therefore lie cruel to tho Indies and a
persecution to ourselves to deprive the dear
creatures of ornamental raiment, which gives
them and ussotnuch happiness. Our Colum
bus brother dislikes to do it even to spite the
Yankees, and so do we, and we agree with
him that there is no use in trying, for so long
ns “finery" is to he had witli money the ladies
will, buy it. The war furnished no exception
to the rule, for, ss a general rule, those who
wore hompspun did it because silks and calico
were beyond their reach.
Our Columbus brother is for letting the
reign Ot fine raiment go on, and of making
the war in entirely a different direction, and
one that will damage the New Englanders
fur more than the abstinence plan of opera
tions without subjecting the ladies to some
thing, they do not .like. Ho maintains that
the women of the South should continue to
dress, hut that the men shonld go to work
and mnnufftctnre at fume the fine material
instead of sending them abroad to get it—
This policy will hurt nobody here, will build
Up Southern independence, and strike a blow
just in the place intended. So, after all, the
remedy for every grievance is in the hands
of the men of the South, nnd it will be their
fault if they fail to apply it. But we lot the
Enquirer speak for itself. It says:
While wt. ngree that it would be a most
laudable exhibition of patriotism nnd good
sense (if not of good taste) for all persons—
liotb men nnd women—to clothe themselves
in fabrics manufactured at home, nnd thus
contribute to the support nnd ttdvnncement of
An Ex-Confederate Commissary Ar
rested in Xfew York on a Serious
Charge.
Shortly after the surrender of Lee there
came to this city an individual named Jnnies
F. Cummings, who had been a commissary in
the rebel service. Hero he at once entered
into, it is alleged, half a dozen different con
cerns, such us banker, broker, commission
merchant, «fce., into each of which he put a
large capital. The nianucr in which he do
ported himself, and the large quantities of
money which he seemed to control, soon at
tracted attention -and excited remark, espe
cially as all other rebels were known to be in
desperate pecuniary straits and actual want.
It was soon not only whispered tint loudly
asserted by those who professed to know of
his performances in the South, that he had
swindled not only the rebel government, un
der which lie occupied a position of trust,
but citizens also, especially of North Caroli
na and Georgia, on a scale far lieyond the
wildest imaginings of ordinary villnins. He
must have had large sums of money, for ho
was known os one of the heaviest stock ope
rators on “the street,” and it was variously
stated thut his ill-gotten wealth amounted to
from three to ten millions.
A gentleman from Georgia, who is a large
manufacturer, now bringssuit against the gay
ex-commissary, and in his affidavit charges
that the said James F. Cummings was in 1861
a resident of Tennessee, where he carried on
the trade of a butcher; that he came to Geor
gia in 1863, a poor man; that he is now re
puted to be worth several millions, and that
lie used the power of the so-called Confeder
ate Government to take from him goods of
the value of §000.000, which he fraudulently
converted to his own use, nnd it was by like
means that he obtained the large wealth of
which he is possessed
Upon ninny affidavits, all tending to the
me purport, Judge Leonard, of the Su
preme Court, granted an order of arrest, and
on Friday the gallunt gatherer of hog nnd
hominy lor hungry “rebs,” and quondam
butcher, banker, broker nnd operator in fancy
stocks, was invited by the Slieriff to a resi
dence in Lndlow street jail, where Uu will
have time for wholesome reflection on the
mutations which attend all human affairs.—
The case wilt present some interesting ques
tions of Jaw, but will he mainly looked after
by the public for the reason that it promises
to develop the full details, not only of this
particular transaction, but of many others,
which together form one of the most remark
able and gigantic systems of baud and pecu
lation which have been brought to light for
some time.—Ririe York Herald.
Interview Between Gen. Sickles and
Prominent Merchants of Charles
ton.
Colored Voters in New Yoiik.—In to re
view of the colored population of New York,
homt4 industry, we believe that the easiest j the World states that there are about 300 co-
way to bring about so desirable a result, is to
improve the quality and the variety of home
fabrics, until there shall Tie no need (an.l
therefore no excuse) to go nbrond in search
of the raiment. Let us say what we will
about the superiority of “beauty unadorned,”
about the charming simplicity of n homespun
dress, or the plainness that best becomes real
beauty—it is the nature ot woman to love
adornment and to improve upon every »atu—
ml grace. Mother Eve herself, unsophisti
cated as eh a must have been in her rustic iso-
lored voters in that city. A negro in New
York who owns property to the nmount of
$250 orover, on which he pays tax, is enti
tled to vote.. It is said these colored people
arc not all Republicans, but many hare for
years past steadily voted the Democratic
ticket. Small as the negro population of
New York is, Greeley recently tried to get the
Republican Committee to report in liuror of
universal suffrage among them, but a majori
ty refuted.
lution, would hardly have “ sewed fig leaves
together ” for a dress, if patterns of poplin j CuBAX A ffairs.-A correspondent of tho
or muslin, or even a bolt oi American calico, j^ ew Orleans Picayune writes that there is a
had been handy. Ami wo many install- j dee p underenrrent of politics in the Island of
ces of the wonderful finery of female apparc , ^ whicl , ig dest!u £| soon to tk . velop int0
m days reaching far back mto antiquity. It; a movement of serious consequences. It has
may well be doubted, mdeed, whether the ex-1 itg promptings in the recent attempt at polit-
qmsitely fashionable wardrobe of the Em- j ca j revolution in the mother country, Spain,
press Eugenic of our day exceeds in magniti- lin(nias lor ifs da , ohjcct thc & n £,“3’
cencc those of Cleopatra and t ie Queen of Gen Duke to the Captain General’s palace at
Sheba. As it is in our day, so it has been in j Havana. Not only the politicians, but thc
all the past, und prob&bly util he for all time 0 flj cers 0 f jh c army aud navy are, it it said,
the ladies wdl avail themselves of the finest d in tho ' vXpect &„ Rit be sue-
attainable fabrics to ndnrn charms which
cessful, to secure belter pay and promotion.
they, no doubt, suppose were given to them
as the talcr.U were to the stewards in the par-; Croi , b in Lek.—From all the information
able—to he increased and enhanced in \alue j tka t we can gather, the planters of Lee coun
’’I'I 1 ® pressor. _ | ly are doing well. On yesterday we con-
Wliut are we going to do about it. In our j versed with a number of them, and all repre-
opinion, the most sensible as well as thc mostj t j )e ,,i an t j n g interest as well advanced as
practicable expedient w ould lie to manufac- con ] d be expected. They have just com-
ture, right here, at home, fabrics so tine that j menced putting in cotton,*and we find that
the ladies would lie content never to look at. v i iero will be far less planted than was antici-
tlie production ot a foreign loom. Why cant, p a t ed a k . u . weeks ago. Much of the land
we do it! Those foreign looms must hay® I prepared for cotton has been converted into
onr cotton ns the textile lor their finest lab- j com fl e j ds _ The birds are being destructive
ncs. We can raise here as hne silk or flux as to dl0 newly-planfcd corn in many localities,
any country in the world produces. _ And . jj Ut general the com has come up adrnira-
where can we find water power superior to j j,ly. The negroes are observing faithfully
that ot the Chattahoochee ? We lack only j their contracts, with but few exceptions.—
tho machinery and the skilled workmen to ; They are orderly and quiet, and are content
superintend operations; and these can read-1 10 plow and hoe, leaving political questions
ily be obtained by capital. Our people have j alone entirely.—Albany Weir*, 28th.
only to turn their attention to the improve- 1
ment of their manufactures with half the
earnestness that they are devoting to the cul
ture of cotton, and the work will soon be ac
complished. Let them amend their policy
of raising immense cotton crops to feed North
ern and foreign looms, nnd appropriate ail
the money they cau to the building up and
improvement of factories at home, and soon
tills will be the most independent section of
thc Union—its staples will be in greater de
mand all over the world—its industry will
embrace mutually supporting interests that
must soon make its people prosperous und in
dependent—and wc shall, more nearly than
any other people, cat, drink and wear the
productions of our own soil nnd the fabrics
of our own hands.
G3£-A Vera Cruz correspondent says the
most formidable body of horsemen known in
Mexico for many years, has beeu organized
and placed under Mejia's command, and
shonld tho battle prove a Liberal defeat, it
will most probably be urged into a disastrous
rout On tho other hand, if Maximilian is
defeated, his cavalry will suffice hint for
desperate attempt to cut his way to the Rio
Grande, where lie will take refuge in the
United States.
Dbatu of Lucius Q. JonxsoN.—This
young gentleman, son of Gov. Johnson, died
at bis father’s residence, in Savannah, last
Friday. His age was about twenty-five years.
Ho was one of tbc bravest, most honorable
and chivalric gentemau we have ever known.
He has many friends in this section, who will
deeply grievo over his untimely end. His
disease was consumption. He was as gallant
a Confederate soldier as ever faced the storm
of bottle—for three years being a private in
the Columbus Guards, 2d Ga. regiment, and
thc fourth year of the war became a lieuten
ant in another company. At Gettysburg his
brother, Harris, of thc Guards, was killed.
He acted well Ids part in life, and truely may
we say of him us appropriately as any one
we’ve ever known,
“Xono knew him but to love him.
Or named him but to praise.” •
[Columbus Sun.
The Distribution of Corn.—Six thou
sand eight hundred and ten bushels of the
corn for the poor, which arrived by tho
steamer Memphis, has been disposed of by
Lieut. J. Murrov Hoag, acting under orders
from Col. C. C. Sibley, of the Freedman’s
Bureau, ns follows:
nenry, 300; Emanuel, 300; Burke, 100;
Johnson, 100; Laurens, 200; Twiggs, SO; Bry-
an, CO; Berrien, 150; Brooks. GO; ColTce, 100;
Liberty,200; Thomas, 100; Wayne, GO; Pauld
ing, COO; Clavton, 300; Putnam, 200; Gwin
nett, 300; Telfair, 100; Jefferson, 300; Scriven,
300; Effingham, 100; Washington, 400; Wil
kinson, 300; Bulloch, CO; Appling, 200;
Lowndes, 150; Clinch, 1G0; Echols, 50; Pierce,
150; Ware, 140; Tattnall, 200; Bartow, 300;
Baldwin, 200; Jasper, 200; McIntosh, 90;
Chatham, 200. Total, C810.
Bibb county is yet to be supplied, which
will, wc believe, complete the distribution.
[Sao. Republican, 22th.
General Butler pockets insults with
thc same tang froid as lie pocketed spoons,
and from the same source. A man named
Wood, from New Orleans, a day or two
since insulted him publicly on Pennsylvania
avenue. The gallant fellow took it all with
Christianlike meekness.
TnE Canadian Dominion.—It is announed
that leading men of all parties in Canada are
generally united inthe determination to give
the “Dominion,” or whatever the new Cana
dian arrangement may be called, a fair trial,
nnd for this purpose intend to co-operate, re
gardless of former antipathies. The Toronto
papers, too, are very indignant at the com
ments made in the United States upon the
Confederation. Tho Toronto Globe treats its
readers to a column upon what it calls “Maine
Impudence,” nnd roundly abuse the Maine
Senutc for its recent resolutions against the
Confederation. It tartly suggests that. if
“outsiders will mind their own business, the
people of tlic provinces will attend to theirs.”
State of Deseret.—The application of
the “State of Deseret” to Congress, the other
day, for admission to the Union, was not ex
pected to be successful. It r.ppeard before
Congress for many years past, and will pro
bably continue to appear for many years to
come. The “State of Deseret” is an illegiti
mate and illegal Mormon State Government,
which was established something like ten
years ago at Salt Lake. The boundaries of
tho State are not thc same as those of the
present Territory of Utah; they embrace thc
territory, but are more extensive. The farce
of a State Government has been kept up
from its origin by the Mormons, but it has
never been recognized by the General Gov
ernment. There is a Legislature, which holds
sessions and passes laws, but there kno author
ity to enforce them, except the moral author
ity of Brigham Young and the Church. Of
course the State has constantly desired recog
nition and legitifnizntion, but neither its
origin, its organization, nor its character,
could receive the approval of the Govern
ment. Properly speaking, therefore, there is
no such State as Deseret. The Government
of the Territory of Utah is the only legal
Government over the Mormons.—W. Y.
Timet.
From the Charleston Courier.]
On the 27th inst. thc following merchants
of tins city called npoiiGenerul Sickles, at
the Citadel, to pay their respects: W. S,
IIa3tie, Andrew Simonda, Geo. W. Wil
liam-, E. W. Marshall, W. G. Whilden, W.
L. Trenhohn, A. J. Crews, E. Bates, C. T.
Dunham. D. F. Fleming, E. J. Dawson, A.
H. Hayden. J. B. Steele, R. S. Bruns, M.
Strauss. K. Pearson. Mr. llastie ititr.i hired
the other gentlemen present to Gen. Sickles,
and on their .behalf addressed hitn ns follows:
General: We have called upon you, not in
behalf of the citizens generally, but on our
own account, to pay our respects to you as
the Commanding General of this Military
District.
If it were simply to express my own senti-
meuts it would be a matter of no difficulty,
but as I am acting as the exponent of a]I the
gentlemen present, it btflwei) thought best
to commit their sentiments lo writing, and I
take great pleasure in reading them to you,
as follows:
We have to congratulate ourselves that one
so well known to our people as yourself
should Iiave been appointed to the command
of this Military District. The whole coun
try, North and South, is suffering in its busi
ness relations by reason of the unsettled po-
liticrl status of this section of the Union.
It is our desire, General, and we think we
can speak for the great mass of our people,
that all divisions should cease, and every
effort be made to restore pence and prosperi
ty to our distracted country.
The wealth of the country is in the amount
of labor employed, ami nothing else. It were
vain to levy taxes unless the wealth is pro
duced to pay them. It is the interest of tho
States, North aud South, that every laborer,
white and colored, should contribute his
share to the general prosperity, and until our
political difficulties arc settled and the ten
Southern States are represented in Congress
credit will continue to languish and our fields
to lie but partially cultivated.
We conceive it of the most utmost impor
tance to tlie people of the United Scutes that
the labor ot iU\ S»»oth should ' he tolly anil
immediately developed. The production of
four million bales of cotton, together with
our rice, sugar, and tobacco will at once stim
ulate every channel of.industry, giving em
ployment to 6iir mercantile marine, rail roa< Is.
and manufacturers, and aid in securiig the
payment of the national debt.
No party feelings should exist towards the.
Southern States. We are neither scciional
nor are we of any party. We can mould our
industry to meat any legbliitSon, whether it
he the protection of agriculture, commerce
or manufactures.
In conclusion, sir, we would say that fvery
effort will be made by ourselves and fritnds,
and we think by the people at large, to sus
tain our rulers in establishing a representa
tive government.
General Sickles replied as follows:
Gentlemen:—It affords me great satisfac
tion to receive this visit and to hear tnegrat
ifying sentimeuts which have been expressed.
I feel assured that the citizens generally will
do everything in tlicir power to sustain the
laws ami aid me in the discharge of the du
ties which I am to perform
The general interests and prosperity of
North and South Carolina have been the ob
ject of my earnest solicitude since I have been
in command m this Department, aud whut I
have done in this regard in the past I will
continue to do in the future. The solution
of the present political difficulties rests with
the citizens themselves. The military author
ities will not interfere as partisans in political
movements or organizations: We will en
deavor impartially and fairly to promote the
reorganization of the civil government in the
two States. Ample protection will be given
to life, liberty and property
In conclusion, gentlemen, be assured that I
shall always be glad to hear any expression
of your sentiments, and to comply with your
suggestions so far as may comport with my
sense of duty.
J5£f~The following beautiful poem dates
back as far as the Mexican war:
THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
BT COL. THEO. O’RARI, OF KKXTCCKT.
Tlif muffled drum’s sad roll has boat
Thcsoldier|5 last tattoo:
No more on life’s parade shall meet
The brave aud uarins few;
On Fame’s eternal c.impinx pround
Tlicir silent tents are spread.
And Glory guards, with solemn round.
The bivouac of thc dead.
Great Fire in New York.
burning of another theatre—destruc
tion of “winter garden"—loss esti
mated at $200,000.
Treatment of Dead Soldiers.—The
following letter appears in thc New York
World, of the 20th, dated at LaFayette
Depot, Memphis and Charleston Railroad:
To the Editor of Uu World : If the wives, moth
ers, or relslives of the dead Federal soldiers knew
how barbarously the men who are engaged in dis
interring them’treated their remains,'they would
much prefer 'hey be allowed to sleep In peace
where they are. I will give yon a description ot
how I saw the detachment now at work at this
place treat the bodies ot two soldiers.
They threw out the dirt with spades until they
came to the box which contained the dead. On
getting down to the box they drove the spade into
the toj> and took it off, they then with the spade
cut off the head snd threw it out, then cut thc body
in twain just above the pelvis and threw that part
ont; then ent the legs otT at the knee joint and
that was then cast ont, finally the feet were thrown
from their resting place. TUese pieces were then
left hv thc diggers, and on came those who placed,
or rather threw them into another box. This I
saw. I have heard of ranch greater barbarism.—
Now I think that unless we get me* who will treat
dead bodies as they should, it were better to have
the bodies sleep where they are. You make what
use you think best of this letter. If it is donbted
let those who doubt come to LaFayette, and I will
prove every w6rd. A Subscriber.
y On Saturday a number of the per
sonal friends of the late C. F. Browne (Arto-
mus Ward) held a meeting in New Orleans
and organized a permanent association, to he
called thc “Artemus Ward Monument Asso
ciation,” with a view to the erection of a
monument to the deceased humorist. Among
those present were Brick Pomeroy, Col. J. O.
~ixon, E. O. naile, Esqrs., Asa Hartz and
Dr. Burns.
Winter Garden, one of the finest and most
popular theatres of New York city, was total
ly destroyed by fire on Saturday morning,
and the Southern Hotel was seriously dam
aged by fire and water. The Post has the fol
lowing particulars:
At about a quarter before 9 o'clock fire was
discovered beneath the stage ot the theatre.
An alarm was promptly given and quickly
responded to by the firemen; but as is always
the case when theatres take lire, the flames
spread with fearful rapidity. In a few mo
ments tho interior of the theatre was a mass
of flame, defying the utmost efforts of the fire
men.
The fire rapidly extended to the stage, the
scenery and the auditorium, and the flames
became so hot that thc firemen could with
difficulty upprnach near enough to bring their
hose to bear. It was found impossible tore-
move any of the valuable wardrobes which
were in the building, and they are a total
loss. The fire burned so fiercely that the
Southern Hotel, in front of the theatre, was
great danger, and a second alarm was
sounded for additional steam engines.
In about half an hour the roof of the thea
tre fell in with a terrible crash, and Winter
Garden became a mass of ruins. A few brick
columns, with the outside walls, alone re
mained standing. A few of the arches and
walls of the vestibule remained, and were
slowly burning at eleven o’clock, the flames
occasionally bursting forth with great inten
si tv.
Before the roof fell, the rear part of the
upper floor of the Southern Hotel caught
lire. Hose was carried up thc stairs, and in a
short time the building was deluged with
water from the upper to the lower stories.
Elegant carpets were covered with water
ankle deep, and costly furniture to a large
amount was ruined. The flames communi
cated to three of the floors in tho rear, but
the damage by the fire was not very serious
in the hotel. The loss by damage to the fur
niture, however, will be very great.
Mr. Stuart, who had no insumnee, estimates
bis loss at $60,000. This includes the
wardrobes of the theatre and his personal
effects.
ME Booth also loses his whole wardrobe,
the value of which is estimated at from $00,
000 to $100,000. It included many valuable
family jewels, some of which belonged to his
father, and many other articles which cannot
be replaced. He is not injured.
The Post, in a later edition, gives the fol
lowing additional particulars :
The Southern Hotel, formerly the Lafarge
House, was connected with the Winter Gar
den building, nnd the fire communicated to
the rear of it with great rapidity. The dam
age to the hotel is estimated at $10,000 or
$15,000. Tho building, which is owned by
the heirs of the Lafarge estate, is valued at
more than $GOO,000, which is covered by in -
surance. The policies are about one hundred
in number, aud are very widely distributed.
Messrs. Bruce & Martin, the lessees of the
hotel, have an insurance of $50,000 on their
lease and new furniture, the greater part of
the latter being owned by tho Lafarge estate.
The house was recently furnished throughout
at an expense of $75,000. The loss of Bruce
& Martin is estimated at §40.000.
There are two hundred and fifty rooms in
the hotel, and at the time of, the Are there
were one hundred and sixty guests in the
house. All of these saved their baggage.—
None of tho boarders or others were injured.
A meeting of citizens of Walker
county, a few days since, called to consider
ex-Govemor Brown’s late letter, resolved that
Joseph E. was the first man who dragged
them out of the Union, and should be the
last to lead them back into it. They were in
favor of the Sherman bill, but not in favorof
the boy, who rode a bob-tailed bull, as a
1 leader.—LaGrange Reporter.
*’ *•- ’IxfA JT'AV:* \ (
Noanswcr to tho loo’s advance
,Now swells upon tho wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
,Of loved ones left behind :
No vision of the morrow’s strife
,Thc warrior’s dream alarms—
No braying horn nor screaming fifo
At uawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords aro rod with rust.
Their plumed heads are bowed.
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud:
And plentoous funeral tears havo washed
The red stains front each brow,
And their proud forms in battlo gashed.
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing steed, tho flnshingblade,
The trumpet’s stirring blast,
Tbeoharge, the dreadful cannonade.
The din and shout, are past:
No war’s wild note, nor glory’s peal.
Shall fift with fierce delight,
Those breasts that never more shall feel
. The rapture of the fight.
Like tho dread northern hurricane
. _,Xbat swoons his broad plateau,
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain.
Came down tho serried foe:
Our heroes felt the shock and leapt
To meet them on the plain;
And long the pitying sky hath wept
Above our gallant sluin.
Sons of our consecrated ground.
Ye mast not slumber there.
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along tho heedless air;
Your own proud land’s heroic soil
Shall be your fitter grave ;
She claims from war his richest spoil—
The ashes of her brave.
So ’neath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the gory field;
Borne to a Spartan mother’s breast.
On many a bloody shield:
Tho suhshipe of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And kiudred hearts and eyes watch by
• The heroes’ sepulchre.
„, Rest on, cm.bal med und sainted dead I
Dear as the bloody brave ;
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While farno her record keeps.
Or honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
You marble minstrel’s voiceless tone
An deathless songs shall tell,
Wien many a vanquished ago hath flown.
The story how he fell:
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter’s blight.
Nor time’s remorseless doom.
Shall dim one ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
Gen. Sickles’ Advice to the JSTegroes
A lar-je party of colored citizens of Charles
ton honored Gen. Sickles with a serenade
Wednesday night, und he, in turn, honored
them with a speech. It contained much good
advifce, but wo have room only lor an extract.
We copy front the report'in the News :
It would be difficult under the most favor
able circumstances for any race of men to en
gage, as you have now to do, in the most in
teresting political events, without being deep
ly moved by their importance and novelty.
Let sue advise you as a friend, and as one not
without experience in public affairs, to pre
serve at all times the utmost moderation ot
language, temper aud conduct. Avoid every
thing like violence, impatience or indecorum.
Do not give even your adversaries just occa
sion to complain of the least disrespect shown
to them in your discussions, private or public.
And beware oi' those who would endeavor to
excite animosities between the white aud
the black races,
The prosperity of the South, the welfare of
the country are intimately associated with
the harmony and good feeling which should
exist between the people of both races at the
South. Whatever seriously impairs the in
terests of one race, must result injuriously to
the other. Intelligence, culture, capital,
land, are not less essential than labor; and
yet without labor these can have no solid
and enduring foundation. You have already
Shown your appreciation of these advantages
by the eagerness with which you have em
ployed the opportunities lately given to you
to educate yourselves. It will not be long
before the white race in the South will see
how deeply they are interested in the educa
tion, industry, thrift and progress of tlicir
colored population. In this mutual depend
ence lies the security of alL
Abundant time and opportunity will be
afforded, and ample notice will be given, of
all the successive steps to be taken in the or
ganization of the State Government within
my command. It will not be necessary, nor
can it be otherwise than injurious to your
selves, for you to neglect your regular era
ployment and associations to attend to polit
ical affairs. I promise you that, without any
such sacrifice on your part, every man in the
Carolinas, entitled to a voice in the decision
of the great question to be passed upon under
my supervision, shall have a fair chance to
aet his part without let or hindrance from
any one. My friends, I wish you all good
night. [Enthusiastic cheers.]
Colored Educational Convention.—
We observe, from the following notice by the
Watchman, of an election that occurred in
Athens, some days ago, that the colored peo
ple of this State are soon to hold an Educa
tional Convention in this city:
On Saturday last the freedinen of this place
held an election—the first we have heard of
here. We believe a colored educational con
vention is to meet in Macon some time shortly
the election was for a delegate to that con
vention. The candidates were Mat Davis
and Jim Bacon. Mat was what may, under
thc circumstances, be denominated the Con
servative candidate and Jim the Radical—
Now, wc do not know that the freedmen
recognize or know anything of such distinc
tions; but at all events, we understand the
chief objection urged against Mat was.thc fact
that he keeps Rn oyster saloon which is pat
ronized by white men. The result was the
triumphant election of ‘Mr. Davis” by a
large majority.
We understand that, although a lively in
terest was manifested by both parties, the
election passed off quietly and without any
disturbance.
The Pensioned Papers in the South.—
The New York Sun says of the publication
of thc laws and treaties in the papers named
by thc Clerk of the House, “ they might as
well be published in Kamschatka as in the
journals named, so far as their presentation to
the Southern people is concerned. The said
journals have no circulation that is worthy of
the name, and thc few copies they print are
mainly sent to admiring friends in the North.
It would be a better plan to keep them alive
by rations from the Freedman’s Bureau.”
■ ■ 1
J2F“Considerable mystery is involved as to
tho erection of the monument to Aaron Burr,
in tho cemetery at Princeton, N. J. His dust
lies elsewhere. It is said by residents that
tho slab was secretly brought to Princeton
only a few weeks since, and raised at mid
night by unknown hands.
Identity of Frecdmen’s with South
ern Interests.
From the New Orleans Crescent.]
Radical politicians begin to suspect that
they lqive been egrcgionsly deluded in sup
posing that they could rely upon the freed-
men. as an army of voters, to maintain politi
cal dominion over the South; The enter
prising philanthropists of the North, also,
unless singularly blind to the significance of
facts, must have strong misgivings of the sue-
cessful issue of tlicir scheme to supplant
Southern slaveholders in respect to thc labor
of Southern negroes, r itli the advantage of
incurring no personal responsibility for the
protection, subsistence, health, comfort nnd
general welfare of the laborers. The uncom
pensated expropriation of Southern property
in slaves was, to begin with, H3 those philan
thropists tondly calculated, an acquisition on
their part equivalentxo not less than three
thousand millions of dollars. The next step
was to employ this capita) so as to convert all
the cotton districts of the South into as many
El Dorados for its proprietors.
And here commenced a story of failure and
disappointment ofwhich the cud is not yet,
According to'provi-tbinl augury, miscarriage
was to have been anticipated. To j ut the
feet into a dead man’s shoes was never re
garded ns an auspicious preparation tor a
journey, especially if the wearer obtained
them by murdering the former possessor.
“An orphan’s corse would drag*to licit a spir
it from on high,” says an English post, “Gut,
oh! more horrible than that is a curse in a
dead man’s eye!” It is no preposterous laucy
to conceive that such a malediction haunts,
and will continue to hilunt, those who have
hoped to walk to fortune and to princely ag
grandizement in the dead man’s slices of ne
gro slavery transmuted into frecdmen’s labor
under Northern wardship. At all events,
they have not, in any instance, notably pros
pered in cultivating peculiar industrial rela
tions with thc emancipated blacks. And still
le$« have they given satisfaction to tho latter
in cases where they have most prominently
manifested their true qualities, whether
contractors, taskmasters, overseers, agents,
bankers, colonizers, nr elemosynary adminis
trators. ’ 4ii
As if convinced that they must ultimately
fail in all these character?, they took care to
provide early for practicing a more simple
method of plundering agricultural labor in
the South. In other words. Congress devised
the specific cotton tax. Under this tax, if
wc estimate the total agricultural labor of
the' Southern freedinan as equivalent to five
hales of cotton per annum, then from this
product a sum equal to mart: than onc-fourth
of his wages is taken for the benefit of sec
tional interests in the North. Remove this
tax, and freedmen engaged iff Southern cot
ton culture might count, on increasing their
wages fully one-quarter. Remove it, and the
staple agricultural interest of the South—an
interest with which the welfare of tho fr-ced-
man is more closely identified than with.any
other—would at once be richer by fifteen or
twenty millions of dollars. To suppose that
the freedmen. when allied upon to vote,
would not exercise the right of suffrage to
defend from spoliation the fruits of their toil
—would not unite with their white country
men in trying to lift from the South the cot
ton tax nnd whatever other onerous burdens
should oppress all Southerners alike, and
would not cherisli, in a word, ail those great
interests, industrial aud commercial, in which
the whole Southern population, without dis
tinction of race, color, calling or condition,
has a vital concern, would he to suppose them
.even more ignorant and stupid and servile
than they were presumed to be by thc calcu
lating philanthropy which hoped to delude
them with worthless baubles of freedom while
making them do the rough and unrequited
work of a huge money-job.
Among indications of an increasing ten
dency on the part of the Southern negroes to
detach themselves from speculating projects
of strangers, one of the most striking is con
tained in the official account given by Col.
Sprague, of the attempt, under the manage
ment of Northern agents, to establish n freed-
rnen’s colony at New Smyrna, Florida. Col.
Sprague, reporting as commander of the dis
trict of Florida, says:
The establishment ot a colony of freedmen
at New Smyrna, from South Carolina, under
the control of Gen. Alfred Ely, is a failure.—
He landed there with about ten hundred
souls. Bad arrangement, the want of subsis
tence lrom speculation and carelessness, and
a prevalent disposition to impose upon the
emigrants, caused dissatisfaction, when they
availed themselves of thc opportunities to
obtain work in the interior.
Citizens front Marion and Alachua counties
came to New Smyrna and hired men with
their families under contracts and monthly
wages, thus reducing the colony to about one
hundred and fifty souls. My latest date from
there (Feb. 27) inform me that they have en
gaged to work, and are awaiting transporta
tion into the interior.
These schemes to locate freedmen, under
an enthusiastic spirit of philanthropy, re
sulted in an overheated disposition to plun
der, and a determination to deeeitc the colored
■man in the icuy of exorbitant fees andextraea-
gant and unreasonable charges for personal ser
vices.
A happier epigram, a profounder satire,
than the first clause of the last paragraph,
never before occurred, we venture to say, in
official literature. “These schemes to locate
freedmen, under an enthusiastic spirit of
philanthropy, resulted in an overheated dis
position to plunder.” Precisely’ That’s
what’s the matter. This admirable epitome
of the outcome of negrophilic entfcrprise in
Florida lays bare the core of tho whole busi
ness of that sort of philanthropy throughout
the country. And the same reason that im
pelled the negro colonists in Florida to fly
from the baleful shadow of alien philanthro
py, and seek homes with citizens of Florida,
in whom they found congeniality and unaf
fected sympathy, will be present to the freed
men every where in the South, whether recog
nized or not, when they vote on questions
that concerns Southern interests. If not
miserably infatuated, if not ruinously blind
to tho duty of self-preservation, their first
aim as voters will be to defend themselves
Ho Elections in Georgia-
It will I*'; seen from the following order tlia‘
all elections in this State arc prohibited for
the present:
Headquarters. Post of Macon, )
Macon, Ga , March 30, ^
Editor Telegraph, Macon. Ga:
Sib—I have the honor to furnish you n
copy of General Orders Xo. 2, Headquarters.
District of Georgia,.dated Macon, Ga . March
28, 18G7, concerning elections in the State of
Georgia. I am, sir. very respectfully.
Your obedient serv’t,
T.'ios. If. Huger.
Oof. 33'! U. S. Infantry, Commanding.
Hkadq’rs District of Georgia, i
MacOn, Ga . March 28.18G7. (
General Orders, No. 2.
I. By direction of the General in Chief of
the U. S. Army, the Colonel Commanding for
bids all elections, State and local, in the Dis
trict of Georgia, until the arrival and orders
of Brevet. Major General Pope, assigned to the
command of Militnrv District. No. 3. All
officers commanding in this District arc en
joined to enforce this order witjiin the limits
of their Posts. .
By command of Col. C. C. SiMev. U.S.A.
(Signed,) Johe E. Hosmer,
1st Lieut. 16th U. S. Infantry and A. A. G.
Official—O. C. Knapp, 1st Lieut, 33d In
fantry, B’vt. Capt. U. S. A., Post Adjutant.
A Difference of Opinion.—Gen. Beau
regard has written a letter giving ids views
of tho situation, in which he takes the ground
occupied by Gen. Longstreet, that the people
of the-South should not hesitate to reorgan
ize the State governments under the require
ments of the military reconstruction bill of
Congress. ’
Per contra, lion. Lewis E. Parsons, one
of the Senators elect from Alabama, in wri
ting home from Washington,used thc follow
ing language respecting the mllitaty recon
struction bill: “Why should onr people
hasten to make this monstrous act of Con
gressional usurpation their act*, before its
constitutionality has been passed vron? As
it now stands it is forced upon us. If wc
adopt it, it becomes ofirs, and from 'that mo
ment we preclude ourselves.”
Where fs Stephens?—The*Paris corres
pondent of The Sunday Gazette writes:
I send you the intelligence of James Ste
phen's arrival in this country, and though ac
tive operations were not long in manifesting
themselves after this hero landed -in Europe,
still I am told that the Into ■ Head Centre is
qilito innocent of the present troubles. On
good authority I learn that James Stephens
and a few officers, late of the United States
Army, are located in a hotel close to the Rt;--.
St Lazare terminus, and that the rising he--,
taken them by surprise. Whether Stephen ,
intends to have anything moye to do with
the-concern is doubtful. His command ap
pears to have been taken from him and be
stowed on another, and I hear that lie is anx
ious to make his homo union4 us here. Ste
phens anti O’Mahoiiy, the other chief told
manufacturer of Feuian tire, formerly lived
here, paying live francs pel month for their
room, the former earning Iris’ livelihood by
giving English lessons, and the other by
teaching Celtic at the Irish College. It is tv*
be presumed that times have changed, aud
that the credulity of thousands of dupes has
placed James Stephens, though his scepter
lias passed from him, beyond the necessity of
acting the schoolmaster for a second time,—
You may possibly not be aware that tho man
Gleeson appointed, vice Stephens retired, is
nearly seven feet high, was in the Dublin
police force, went from that body into the
Papal Army, and alter the discomfiture of
Lamoriciere, transferred his sword, his talents,
and his great stature into the service ot the
United States, where he rose to tlio rank of
colonel, and would have been promoted to
the diguity of brigadier-general but for the
primitive manner in which he signed his dis
patches. The moderate French papers re
gret the rising in Ireland, and condemn it as
a foolish and criminal act. I see that one
paper accuses America ol having applied the
torch, and adds that it is very odd that this
new outbreak should occur at a moment
when the Eastern question is being revived.
The United States and Russia are on very in
timate, termeand both have an old account to
square with England.
Fitch on Confiscation.- Our facetious
friend of the Griffin Star generally has no
tions of bis own on matters and things in
general, and here arc his views on confisca
tion :
We desire to inform those of our readers
who are fearing this “ raw head and bloody
bones,’ 1 that the Yankees are altogether too
shrewd a people to confiscate our lands as
long as we follow our present system of busi
ness; for they already get everything valuable
that we raise on our forms, and wo'buy every
thing we wear from them, and everything we
eat except a little turnip salad--atpi if the
Yankees would send that here for sale, our
people would quit raising it, , ■
Confiscation, indeed! If we are not al
ready confiscated, we shou d like to know Hie
reason why. We are regular brick-makers
for Yankee*tom now, aud they ’<1 ■ not even
furnish us the straw.
-The LaGrange
against an “overheated disposition to plun
der,” which is ready to despoil and im
poverish white and black in the South with
a hand of severe impartiality.
TheGrayk of Aaron Burr.—To the Ed
itor of the New York Times: The article
respecting the late Colonel Aaron Burr,
copied into the Times of this morning, is full
of error. At his own request, he was buried
in the Princeton Cemetery, and that within
a few days after his decease. His remains
were accompanied to Princeton by several re
latives and friends from New York, and they
were deposited near the grave of his father,
Rev.. Aaron Burr, the second President of this
College. In regard to his monument, it was
purchased by one or more of his near rela
tives, and it was put up in open daylight, and
not at midnight, as stated in the article men
tioned above.
I was at the funeral, and I am familiar with
all the facts in thq case. J. M.
College of New Jersey, Princeton, March
18, 1867; ■
.xCii'HiMf i.Vt 'j j
Tiie Peajbqdy Educational Fund.—The
following resolutions, adopted at the recent
meeting of the Trustees, in New York, show
the general direction to be given to Mr. Pea
body’s munificent bequest:
1. Resolved, That for the present thc pro
motion of primary common school education,
by such means or agencies as now exist, or
may need to be created, be thc leading ob
ject of the board in the use of the funds
placed at its disposal.
2. Resolved, That in aid of the above gen
eral design, and as promotive of the same,
the board will have in view the furtherance
of normal school education for the prepara
tion of teachers, as well by the endowment ot
scholarships in existing Southern institutions
as by the establishing of normal schools and
thc aiding of such normal schools as may
now be in operation in the Southern and
Southwestern States, including such measures
as may be feasible and as experience may
show to be expedient for the promotion of
education in the application of science to the
industrial pursuits of human life.
3. Resolved, That a general agent, of the
highest qualifications be appointed by the
board, to whom shall be entrusted, under an
Executive Committee, the whole charge of
carrying out the designs of Mr. Peabody in
his great gift, under such resolutions and in
structions as the board shall from time to
time adopt.
4. Resolved, That tlie Rev. Dr. Sears,
President of Brown University, Rhode
Island, be appointed the general agent of the
board, upon such terms as may be arranged
by the finance committee.
Stand by youb Homes.-
Reporter says:
Hon. Robert Toombs, who is now quiet
ly reihaining at his home at Washington,
Wilkes county, Georgia, in a private letter to
a friend of this place, says he prefers to live
here, \yith all our political disadvantages, to
living any where cl«c in the world. Well,
that is just our opinion. AH true patriots of
the South should never forsake their native
land for other climes merely for political
troubles. Let us remain liere and endeavor,
by the favor of God, to build up our waste
places, made so by our own indiscretion, and
continued so by a heartless and-hrichristian
majority of the North. Mr.. Toombs has
tried foreign climes, and does not find rest
except among thc old red hills of Georgia,
whither he has returned to spend the evening
of his life in quiet repose.
Stolen Horses Recovered.—A short time
since two United States soldiers, statipued at
Tallahassee, deserted from the ranks, and
after stealing a couple of horses trom Colonel
E Houstoun, of that city, made their escape.
We learn from the Floridian that a detach
ment of soldiers were sent in pursuit of the
thieves, whom they overtook near Dawson,
Terrell county, in this State. They had sold
the horses to freedmen in that vicinity, both
of which were recovered, and also one of thc
thieves captured—thc other making his escape
after being shot at.—Bainbridge Georgian,
28th.
The Kentucky Senate has passed a
bill to prohibit the intermarriage of first
cousins.
The Law in Relation to Cigar Boxes.
As many of our business men and others arc
daily subjecting themselves to a heavy pen
alty by their ignorant violation of the 32d
section of the revenue law passed at the close
of the Thirty-ninth Congress, we state, for
the information of all concerned, that the
section in question enacts, “That any person
who shall sell, give away, or otherwise dis
pose of any empty cigar box or boxes which
have been stamped without first defacing or
destroying such stamps, shall refill any cigar
box without first defacing or destroying such
stamp, shall, on conviction of either offence,
be liable to a penalty of $100, or to impri
sonment not exceeding sixty days, or both, in
the discretion of the court, with the costs of
the trial; and it shall be lawful lor any cigar
inspector or revenue officer to ucJtroy any
empty cigar box upon which a «igur stamp
shall be found.”