Georgia Historic Newspapers

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"Wednesday Morning, Dee.. 27, 1885.
THE FKJ*IA.\ t MIIROGUO.
Tlie itoa&hliing popularity of 1 hr" la*>
Archbishop Hughes—a "real but, in aonu- <!<■
grcc, rtiwpnicW prelate—centobot' and hove,ml
comjialalioti to the' war fever of the Irish
against tho Sooth. By wmc strange ?!a
tnonr, by hoof wntgtfa* fascination
<*me inngnetiecd by Mr. Seward, tinfrm-kr-1
himself before the world of his snf rdotal
Tobe and oetablislied the firs* bad nr di»t
among the O’Hedic jiri.- iKasl e! t' i
nent, by heswirriiimNiis nnanliicsl
■with Uk' filthy oTal of j><.‘; lee;
By what tortuosity of mind !,■• w:is lad, is io
codeeirable. for bis past earn ! hail no su< h
landmark, ft may
tnight have lie?;, corporeal di-e.iso, poaehly it
was a combination of the two. A disciple of
1 Ik; Trinco of Peace"and.yet a reerrritte" (.ni
cer at the burnt, of t’je Vlar. Tl.ere i a
nimbus of blood about the latt« r days of this
illustrious man which dints bis meridian
splendor and carts n lurid clouj upoi.
inolatrd of the Gilholic jialpit. Wl. u
very near , his end.be seemed to »pprao:«te
most keenly the, eqolvoca! position Jm 1:1
espousal, in rivalry will Ih-e<-s r (Vcflir
ami Theodore T’tfVlter—so vividly nppreei.w.*
that, alter the prgmulgfltign of tli" hitjinc.
Pupil Admonition, the oloipirnt tlji- were
dumb', And the olil ecclesia tie. broke* by
storms of State, wai fnin, like \V7>I v,
a little earth for charity. He lias ijnnc to bis
final place, craving'to lro buried in .the .■n*:-
iliine. May the sunshine of Owl » merry re
pose upon Mm. for if bis. faults were cott
spicuoi:i his virltu - mepuilicent, hie
purpose, honest, he- SOl'.ij il l rir o.
lie sowiri the wind, however, and !o Ify
whirlwind is iipsprjiijbng. The Irish impulse.
Urn} by his exhortation* and the supprb val
or of Krin’s ions on both sides the line of
battle, in grey jneki t or him % is elcthng for"
further broils, Spurroil on by nmleontcdts
und mnnipnlnl and by splurgiep neilators, like
(ieo, Fmnnis Train ami fellows of like ilk,
llie Oeltic population of Amorim have en
acted the curious tnelndwma of inaugumtinc
an invadon of Kngfnnd, issuing bonds,,Heel
ing a President and Senate, and latterly—
‘raising a rumpus. By reason of their secret
conclaves and plots against order, they have
hazardously shot wilhin the forbidden realms
of the ihipal Alloontion and drawn down the
nwfnl anathema of their Church Mere is a
wretched dilemma for a good Onlholic, more
especially an Irish Catholic, who venerates
his ercod und ilvtests the British, expulsion
from Chnreh ribst amfeonse*'rated ground are
the last of all aubtanary deprivations that
Ibis sensitive and faithful people desire.
What must be the tenacity of tho Fenian
bond, when the Primate's mandate has no
mow virtue than Prosperous broken wand "
A more redoubtable dHning rod, howoVor, in
beginning to neooinplisli wlmi, tho Pope's
sorplrc lulled to destroy. Hold, yellow, trill
living gold, is tlw magic symbol. The cus
tody of a reputed million of dollars was too
much for tho embryonic Feniau Administra
tion. The Frrtddcnt accuses tho Senate <*l
frsnd ; tho Hstyito lotorUi upon J’lvaitW end
Treasurer. Crimination and recrimination i*
I lie ortler of (bo day. Instead of an invasion
of Haglaml fHoru is n ra*d upon the F.wliia 1 -
ipter ; instead of n light w*lb (janaila there
is a l omfut among tlirunselvca. The enter
ing wedgo lots gone homo to (lie heart of
Feuianism, and, lor th" life of ok, we do not
see how Doctor Sungruilo eau mend tho mai
ler.
Ami yet, for a while, O Mahony and Cos
luwl il all their own way. Thoy gave u bio*
of their vigor when a “open aymr" relax
ed Ibis pomli rmis jaws of John Mrb hel’s ilun
geon luid gave him the f«»> oir imeu more
Again (here was a lively scare on the (’uiir
diftu Iriailii-r. '| bis w.is the comm, accim ;a
of weakness, for It tenninutol. with a pro
|»>seil rav.jt'a ttjwm tin Tbn't an ignoble
scheme. Our hVniaus were met at the tin-,
hob! of such Silly hythestartling admonition
of a distinguislsri Mshai.m, ivho warm l
them tluiC loyal Orangeman rt.ill existed in
the Provinces, w*m widieil nothing IsOtiv
than an ii'OauH open the Convent* in retalia
tion for the robbery of tin; tf&hks.
At fengtl>. to ttu* of n'oc'Ool “loolcvf
. on in ' the iA-nu»\ »s tlklr unrique
nml shadowy nqiNSKiuulJvos <>f yore, havo
gqt, t* we to cthUellmg one anoth *r,
«u 4 the rtliolq gmiir prcKi;;o< TDtnmifbrook on
a grain 1 soak'.
‘ Wr are slnwe.ly grieved u> witness this
tias?<\ that it should pvm*
!»y reason of jie'i*-
vortoi! s. It s >h<>rimti
\duality of to«? liinh ;ual hum!* thitm over to
ili#aport iiml wbaMry ol sueh wen HetiwU
h?ml Raymond- Htw, Fonhuu^m
w ill lis.'ih. aitxuy slv t*p will go hack to
fohl 4util lUm any H» v ivaso* its torment hoi.
is we w 3 «h imU'jx mJnioo of
wcni»hor with Juimiery of eiuuudpa*
tii*o. IV J?\?uiau nud 16 oufraochiM'mciit
fttw Ikvw i»n the |uit«fTu of a Wt kn» .000
•fcucrtbgd by " A pariol; •
*l4*. raphlly narrow6l4 to n row path, ami
tluu up a ptim Uw. ‘ This is an
Can Solomon In nil his i-lorv predict
tin lilies o t lUfi or liu*
pranks of turhulrnt hntnanor
Nicholas lUyis.dnroi tJapt Frutk GurldyV
«tu»rut'V.« ttUilr«s«ni s» laiipr u> Urn, iirt.wso \
con pUmnar thal ibe w ss iu avtlr mu.
tmd«l—fccmjt huDiietuTcHl ami K*und mtnm<l
lUo witiat wuM an iron U*u4 which ws» o»>n
uocUtei wiiu «a iron t im>n to nuvuttrlea on l* .s
fv*\. In rtpiy, ifeu. had Oapt-(.**w4v v
pjroMjpily ixl k- vod of 14, ! , v y * «*
bound him, liku a wtla U'uat to ihejftuuinl: j^i
01 bit dua^uou.
Hw rv*Nwnha» B*r, at a n»oi*i:ti£
pasood toaolutions expressive of U>< «r sj>p* v .. j
tion of Wk* 4<xv*hi*v4 f*iunu*rs. 1, .* j
taoti of wbAiu aiuoti high .u tU»ir nrof«a>eo: |
and were oraaeirnt# to Un s:au
Setiborii Junes, 0 J. TLoiaas, J s’ua:j. Airx
H. Coopar, John A. Jams, iVvn H Oatouiti
X. B. Hatchtoa, W ‘il un Ttu.-idl TsUrr • G
H. IbOAis auu Hi n .a.
Judge Bustk-ed, o f \ur la, . S-Aies V * ur t .»t ‘
Miobile, l.tos Jr 11, *! the o, c ,o, a\>n titu
liooai hts to Ut»y< * •,
THE BATJONALE OF KKACTIOtf
Tiis re can be* no such thing os ;» react ion in
‘hi- rodittry nntil its Jacobiiiical element
Uiunrhep * *nt into anch and nnnous*
m/-.iacre sa« wiil threaten tlic whole* fabric W.
Gover •rm-nt with and vrrnck.k A
rattl- «n;i «/, in mi<!most summer,
vc*n rn, a feaidcie* by reairon of hia
pois* r and darkn *«. 'Hie fir.d opposing stone
lor tree : ♦•is, reeipieuf of his rnael hraime.
I After a while; tbo • ir*
| foae vik so, oftnrronexl with hat 1 el, f*o
ble in moori*kt*n*?» will liar s tho serpenr.s
1 r-firit v to oom* w[kki them and mayhap the
fHfe- Lift!o tiyirtlfes they are* ftp*
|rt*Oftf*hm" thfs consummation. The monoto
ny of wmthfoJ Te./j.sin lion is beginning to
\7 irk me-Jiftinally. nml we ff;cl wire eJieerAt!
of im(>Ukluig rlwfijre when we see sneh atra
biiious hu'l uncornprODii«iti|f jownahnen the
Baltimore* Americna looking »ick at the
tomsfh, find enrfiidiHt inimitable* symptoms
<•{ tvhirk votTiit. 3>r. Sumner is thf* me-diri
r;rr who ha * this nansentincr drnfttie
upon the American, when it shall haviL
»< :i! token, well shaken, by sundry other
ji • dh- J A'.o'tfn, wes feel confident that the
if fi<» j i :;t hf.nd. Tlinre* is saiel to be- a
Hunt 1/» ;« ’mier’s transgression before he ia
ifbnmlnnod to hi* idols ; likewise is there a
limit to tin patience e»f mercurial men wlieri
;-,;ony-i pHoel on too lonir and with too
ouch iiuncnc . When Horace Greeley
whim' ahont his love for pence and quiet
m , ftitd when tho Baltimore American
b -;v.<' U» quinu on the Radical hook, pood
ptjsnple may ex pact a rainbow to lie lurking
behind the tempost.
]>r. Universal Suffrage’
Stomach DBterais the nostrum that made the
•t. n . of the American t > ri.-v. An long as it
w;n u mere matter of theory the American
wu« sn much in favor of nc?TO equality, or
we.*;/ 1 to he, as Oil 01n was in favor of
phlehnfotny and warm apjdications. Now
that I)r Sumnrr proposes to carry out IvisT
tls'ory upon Maryland, the Atperi(»n snrffs
tainted air ajid cries nut lustily against the
odium praotico. Here is the beginning of
nmetion. IA is a first rate joko to «ton« frogs,
but, wV’n «we of the agsaihng wnt'p bccflvneti
enlafurled with the fregs, the jwt is not so
percepti>d»\ flinr, iUsic lathrymne ! Hence
the 10*1 cm of the American. John StOart. Mill
di-!iii'/ni'jl.K's hnlwiv-n “ vnivrrHfiJ sufTrayt*'
and l * manhood auffraijr!* Under the latter
clunft* only men can vole ; under the former
woifv n and children. Professor Hutchinson’«
lcttrnc/1 dogs would have rorne champions nn
ijnrstiimahly. But let us hear t.be'Amcrfcan,
"which sp'iil.s by authority. It. i« wo well
raid that, we forbear adding another word to
it. It applies 1 > each Southern State with
even more force than it. do s to Maryland and
14 worthy of attentive pernsal. Says the
Awricnn :
Another na'a-fiire of Mr. SiUnner’s, inten
ded to to rulato juries-, \a ho h m*ctionol and
partiat in appli<ration, and as it. nfleets ns
in .Maryland, wo t.nko the liberty of etpnnw*
1 iiig our decid< <1 disapproval of it. This law
provid'-n that? when one-sixth of the popula
tion of a Htiitf! iw 1-olop‘d, one-half of the
Grand Jury shall be colored men. and one
half of all petit juries, in cases where colond
[icoplejire parties, shall be colored men. 'Pho
Jirn^irticm 1 of populat ion arc ho arranged ph
tst impost* this jury 1 vsiem only upon States
lying Mouth of Mason’s and Dixon’s lino, and
Appears to have I icon hit upon by the. Mnssa
ehusctfK Senator with the ox prow view of
Keeping up Kcctional agitatiou. We may rc
tfunl ourselves as fortunate, in tho hands of
tl i political Nemesis, whose mission is to
punish the delinquencies of the Southern
Slide* by forcing tho negro race info the nx
oeiidanrv; that, in so far ax Morylimd in con
cerned, he eunsid rs seven hundred thousand
poojde entitled to the same reprosentn
tlon on the juvu’s as the onoliundred and sixty
thou ,md blaek
!m white men urn equal to one blaek
map f * add not Mr Sumner carry out his
chi*-- deJinction « little further, and say that
hr California, for instamx‘,evory jury Giall l»e
r -unpo-HHi el lour iiegr. * . three Oliinyse, two
Digp,*a ImlUius. two AtJtooi} and one wltl'o
; Wan. \\ e are effuid that, in his to
istubh li an are toeraey of color, tie forgots
w oine of the lighter shales. \V» believe fn
K-jarhnsotiß. which Sic to Imq the honor 1o
be by thfw Souafor. that tbore is
no disability for jury' service on account of
“dor, hut notwifbstathli ttje advanced state
of public opinion, and thp suolinmtion of po
litical filth on tin* mgr» quest fop, we have
never beard of ji negro being put upon the
jury. r Vhe Sheriff may summon him if he
wiM : hut. ns ti gouoral thing, the Sheriff will
hob
Now. what wm !*' more ridiculous or rnd
ly more damaging to the interest* of the
frond mo 11 than this pasisteat forcing of im
praclicabte and unwise measnriN—this at
tempt to give an hopes able status to tho ne
gro race bv leg 1 •'hit ion ?
Hu u •■tlnv.'r have rights which ought to
j»rote<*ii*»\—valuable rights, which open
the w:iy tor them to advance thomse!yes. We
"1h to c their rights KvtuKHi to them, and
nut imi>er?lpd by a do'adful reaction *.to he
Iwonght on by dUgusL at the Radish tnCasurw
es tho c who claim to be their especial chatu
! phms.
A l)K Al> EDITOR.
James Fn'ton, tha well known editor of
the Wilmington Jouruab bus |4a«si*tl avmy.
thitsidc of N >r.fh Garnliua be was not as
publicly Known as 1. tKservis! to be; in
North Oarnlina everywhere his name was a
! >wcr ot strength. Hi« style, a.« a writer for
the prrwa, waa not wliut is ealkd brilliant, it
hod the Wtt-T qualification of depth. lake
tl»c kite Gov. Hammond, he poasi'ssetl tin’
ran* mid jveabnr faculty of sailing down
?u» .iioral ie Umughts in thesiiuggost S4'nt6oe<fr
and eph>raiutnuiisiug vividly and wtlh master
stroke a subjoet that would have Ivetane
turgid i*r voluminous iu other Inusks. An
e.uetfmis and frolic spirit of humor chaste****!
even his mopt caustic inmetivo, his satire l>c
‘»ming all the more relentless for the* native
wit th 't cr ik*l about it. He had all the j>er
] : v. 'dy wnl cbxmiess of a ripe brain, and in
I. palmy da> bt'forc pbosUy and appetite
1 id made him ludohiK. his articles were
un»*tig the l« AfjH'cltunw of the brave, uu
l .teiu’a t.«’.•■ s.»\ : thought that eng:outed iu
this couuuy. By birth hq was an Ivtshukin
jut t North •. a UrotesLmt iu cn*cd; tolo
, aal of ai; i a oppivssinu and injustice; a
, .wv f lie. ara! eveclhut fatKy ; of
k.. x Jus 3uoH4 a.:d Under heart. I\xkc to
Governor Wont N *rt Oarotioo, took the
v . v Von and \oi'a U'.fMflg Itofbra the
uitf-rubi -s ol e tw<- »- the l^iJatiiii
lb© <v siv*i», "flu.'a.in:; tl»ai ttic o! North |
C eihiai tk n'-tei.i.. >u of the l,'nioi*.
From the T«-i**grat.h. i
Genera! Assembly of ilie Presbyterian
Church.
FOURTH DAY.
Mommy t D<*c.
The Aweinblr met at nine o’clock, a. ra ,
Hriil spent half an hour in devotional exer
cises.
The minutes of Saturday were read and ap*-
proved.
Rev Dr. B’lird, from the of bills
ami overtures, pr» a ent«J a report on overtures
10 and 11. in rf-'orerice so « -r*lan Viojindarr
Hce* between the synods of Alabama and
Memphip The following was adopted :
Resolved, That the ministers and churches
wph >n the connfy of Madisoo, AU h *n r i», for
merly <y*nnce»f:d with the TTnited Sjr». and, be
adjudged to belong to the Presbyterrxjf North
Alabama fhr the present p-hut that nR the
•terest* of it»e Presbytery of Tnsenrabia and 4 he
synod of Memphis tobe preserved intact. This
temporary arrangement the Assembly adopts
for the want of the necessary information ; but
it heroby urges tb® jgdicatories interested to
endeavor to npr r ee on rt definite boundary line,
and to report to the next Afscmbly. in order
O'at this roftttrr mar be conclusively settled,
and that the Presbyterian churches and the
church proTir-rty within the bounds of the Pres
bytery of Tnscumbift shall belong to the synod
of Mi-rophis.
The same comraßtee* nk*o made a report In
regard to overture N/». 13, from the .synod of
Mississippi, requesting the Aseembly to adjiwt
Ihe matter of conflicting boundaries between
that nvnod and tho ay nod of Alabama triaing
out of tho terms of uniou will* tho United Sy
nod.
The committee recommend that all the min
interH and churohns formerly connected with
the Preabyterfea of tho United Syno/l, but
which lie within the bounds of the synod of
Alabama, be and are hereby transferred to tho
Presbyteries within which they are respective
ly located. Adopted.
Tbo committee 011 bills and overtures pre-
HPritf-d a report upon th'* subject broug!it up in
a paner offered by Rev. Ur. Rosa, vi 7,;
The matter of popular amoaemonta,
Tt I« as follows: Overture No. ft. A paper
from Rev. Dr. Ross on the subject of fsahiona-.
hie amusements, not*brining those inquiries
with their proper myiwers* *
The committee recommend that inquiries
bo answered follow: “Wljetlier every church
session has tl»c right so hpake It a that
dancing and other amusements are diwipliu
ary 7” * .
Answer : No church judicatory has » right to
mako any ne*f rule* of church membership
different from those contained iri the constitu
tion: but it is the undoubted Tight of tho church
session, and of every other judicatory, to make
a deliverance, offering Us sense, ©f wljat is “nu
ofTenee” in tho toeaning ot tho Book of Disci
piino, chap. 1, sec* 3
‘J. r *Whether such rule commonly exist in
Presbyterian Churches ?”
Answer : Probably none of our judicatories
arc as fnithful as they ought to bo; but it is
believed that, the churches generally, do in
®omef«*rrn discountenance dancing. And the
Presbytorian chnrehes through its supremo
judicatory has repeatedly borne itn testimony
against dancing and other worldly amuse
ment,
3. Whether such rule is expedient, or what
should ho tho mind of tho whole body und what
its action.
Answer—Tt is the duty of every judicatory
to enforce tbo teachings of cmr standards on
this and othwr tHshionablo noruisomonts, such
hr theatrical performances, card playing, etc.
And while tho Assembly believes that, tho
"lascivious dancings’’ declared to bo forbidden
in tho 7th commandiocnf by the i.ilMwcr to
the 13th <)uostion.(if the Larger Cater lii'un are
not tboso usual In our best, society, yet it is our
belief that the tenor of the teachings of tho
Scriptures and of our standards is in direct op
position to this social usage. Christ’s King
dom is not of this w rid and the apostle exhorts
Christians not to he conformed to the world.
Though wo do not unv that all tin s? worldly
amusements are “in their own natnro pitiful, ,T
ii is clear that they “may temp'” those who
engage in thorn and others to rin; and more
over tin* Scripture* condemn them ns world!-
noas. If the pract’ico of tho danco in mixed
assomblieH Iht not conforming to tho world, it
is difficult to name any olTunce against tho in
junction of the apostle. Nor need the church
of Christ have any hesitancy in announcing its
position on this rnibjeot; for the men of the
world, with one consent, ngroo that it >s incon
sistent with tho Yiftturo of the Christian pro
fession for tiuimbTH of tho church to engage
in the dance.
In this connection, the Assembly would
take occasion to exhort our Christian people
to juvmid tl' ,0 excess#* into which they nro in
danger of being dniwq by the demands of
Audi ton. The Scili'turos forbid “ reveling,”
and all intemperate self-indulgence; with
Which Uj?u»hingß tho prevalent custom of pao
tranting ,s<*< ial assemblies with or without
music and dpnelnff to the hours of the morn
ing; >n t especially when accemnamcd with
drinfcfug anti card playing, is manifestly incon
sistent. Moreover, ihe Assembly, observing
that parties of pleasure are nsuully composed
a 1 meat, « xolnaively of unmarried young people,
would givo it a* its earnest, advice that the boat
form f*t «()< i»l reunion be made to partake ms
much as fVi -isiMo of the stylo bthl tone ot the
family circle, in which youthful enjoyment is
tempered U*y ~f,o presenco- of the older and
married me? nbera.
The Assembly ot presses it«elf wi :h the more
earn* .stnoaa on thift wh'h* subjict, been use of
the disposition which is charged in all parts
of our hcr-der* to run into the ioordinaW in
diligence of worldlinesn at this time, in for
get hi l new of the mighty chasteniugß ohGtsl.
which are even yet upon tia; and because w*l
see nu an hers of our eburebes and our beloved
bnptrae V youth, in forgetfulness of tb« cove
nant of God which is upon them, carried
away v ith the world’s delusions, to the
veplion of the divine influences of the sanctum
ary and to the neglect of the interests of their
floods. Wherefore the Assembly would urge
on l* pf ople to take the word ot exhortation ; ,
to abstain from all forms of evil, aid to study :
ne.il p ursue that sobriety which be.-omoth ihe
Ooeutd. s*J that she church of Christ shall in
d.eed be a pecnHsr people . And wo hereby,
•sxbort our minister 4 and church scssiona to a
riiscb* rge of their duties Let them proceed
k»v affectionate and faithful in truction from
the ptahrit; i\s well as in private, by ndntoni
tlonamd ?ucb other methods as Christian pru
dence) may dictate ; but when all other tnenns
fail them. let them proceed so such methods of
discipline bs shall separate from the church
those who lore th* world and practice con
formity thereto rather than the law of Christ.
Tho Assembly, after adopting the above pa
r*er, sp n* the remainder oTthe morning session
indifl't isring and voting upon a repvirt of the
♦staodic fr committee on cublleatlon. Before |
tin* sdc ption of the concluding paravraphfl the j
hour ot adjournment arrived, and the Assets- i
Mr adj \urtied. to meet at ? o’clock th s even
ing. C v J with prayer by Rev. R. 8. Glad - l
ney, of Mississippi.
A MmxiwßFH Txcr. Face With His Vic
tim.— ti* musics one of the murderer# of the
Cuban C 'tern, Ht New York, but who poraist#
in assart «s bis own Intioouuce, was taken to
the dead house, where the lifeless brvly of Us
victim w *# lyuig, on Me-iday. without being
cousciotu of the presence of tho dead When
he stood lawido the shrouded the cov
ering was removed, and his dark evil eto fell
On the iih artly face of tl e murdered man. Id
etsntlr a tram or shot through his frame, a
gurgling sound from Us throat his face
grew abm lutoly livid, his lip# (tarUd at;d «
choking seeneat'on came over hire. With an
iodterih* hi# on of horror ai>d fright he
turned taoo a wav fro® the mute witness
of his eri no, and could tun l.*j induced to k*>k
Oct it acai ’
It is s <vm*'latery au<l cdoauragtag evidenc
ot the eytopolby of our pelvic for the tu tor
Cutset?, tjiat the S-rgeam at Arms of the
Soueta w'thobt lega. the iVaorkeefier of.
the Hou*o wit -out arms, tiie Stvrruev of the ;
Senate and Cferk of the House are both 0:1 j
crutches TVs pi to those nik?f*»rt4n es. iVes* !
wi 1
Message from the President.
In reaponss to a resolution catling for infor
mation as to the condition of the Southern
States, the President' sent to both Houses o*
Congress, Tuesday lost, the foliowiog message
accompHnying the annexed report of Gen.
Grant on the same subject:
To the Senate of the United States:
In reply to the re#olutinns adopted by the
Senate on the 124 h, I have the honor to state
that the war waged by a portion of the peoole
against the properly conatituted authorities of
the government of the United Stabs bae been
suppressed ; that tbs United States are in pos
session ot every State in which the insurrection
existed, and that,, as far as could be, th3 coarts
of’he United StAtee have been restored, post**
office3 rc-establDbed, and steps taken to pet
into effective operation the r venue laws of the
country. Ag the r salt of meanares -instituted
try the Executive, with a view of inducing a
resumption of the functions of the States, com
prehended in the inquiry of tb -Senate, the
people in North South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Tennrasoe have reorganized
their respective State governments, and
are yielding obedience to the laws and
government of the United States with more
willingness and greater promptitude than, un
der the circa ms tamrs. coaid reasonably hive
been anticipated. The proposed amendment
U> the Constituting:. for the abolition
of slavery forever within the limits of the
country; has been ratified by each one of these
Htales, with the exception of Mississippi, from
which no official information has been receiv
ed, and in nearly all of them measures have
been adopted, or are now pending, to confer
upon the freed men the privi’eges which are es
sential to their comfort, protection and secu
rity. In Florida and Texas the people are
making commendable progress in restoring
their State,governments, and no doubt is en
tertained that they will at an early peri* and be
in a position to resume all of their political
relations with the Federal government.
The aspect of all affairs is more promising
than, in view of aH tbe circumstances, could
have been expected. The people throughout
the entire Booth evince a laudable desire tore
new their allegiance to the government, and
to repaif the of war by a prompt
and cheerfuliretnm to peaceful pursuits. An
abiding failn is entertained that their actions
will confoim to their professions, and that, in
acknowledging the supremacy of the Constitu
tion and laws of the United States, their loy
ally will bo unreservedly given to the governs
meat whose leniency they could riot fail to
appreciate, and whose fostering care will soon
rostovo them to a condition of prosperity. It
is true that in flome of the States the demorali
zing effects of tho war are to be seen in occa
pional disorderly conduct, but those are local in
character, not frequent in occurrence, and
are rapidly disappearing as the authority of the
civil power is extended and sustained. Per
plexing questions were naturally to be expected
from the great and sudden change in the rela
tions botwean the two races, but systems are
gradually developing themselves under which
tho froedman will receive the protection to
wh»ch he is justly entitled and by means of his
color make himself a useful and independent
man of the community in which he has hie
home. From all the information io my posses
sion and from that which I have recently re
ceived from the most reliable authority, I am
induced to cherish the belief that personal ani
mosity isl surely and rapidly merging itself into
ii spirit of nationality, and that representatidn,
connected with a properly adjusted of system
tax tion, will result in a harmonious restoration
of tho relations of tho States to tho National
Union, c
The report of Orl Shuns is herewith trans
mitted. ns requested hv tho Senato. No report
from the Tion. John Covodo has been received
by the Presklent.
The attention of the Senate is invited to the
ncoompanylug repbrt of Lieut. General Grant,
who recently made a tour of through
several of the States whoso inhabitants parti
cipated iu tho rebellion.
Andrew Johnson, President.
Washington, IJpe. 18, 1805.
HrAI>QI(A TITERS AItMT V. S., )
December 18, 1865. f
To Uis Excellency, Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of tho United States :
Sir:—ln reply to your note of tho 10th in*t,
requesting a report from mo giving such in
formation aa I raav bo possessed of coming
within tho eoope of the inquiries made by the
Senate of tho United States in their resolutions
of tho 12th insfc., I have the honor to submit
tho following, with your approval and also that
of tho Honorable the Secretary of War :
I loft Washington on the 27th of last month
for tho purpose of making a tour of inspection
throughout some of-the Southern States lately
in rebellion, and to po© what changes were ne
cessary in the disposition of tho military forces
of tho country; how these forces could be ro*.
ducod, expenses curtailed, etc., and to loam.
rr far as possible, tho feelings and intentions
of tho citizens of these States toward the gen
eral government The State of Virginia being
so accessible to Washington City and informa
tion from this quarter therefore being readily
obtained, I hastened through the State with
out conversing or meeting with its citizens
at Raleigh, North Carolina, I spent ona day, in
Charleston. South Carolina, two days, and in
Savannah and Augusta, Georgia, each one day.
Both in leaving and whilst stopping T flaw much
and conversed freely with the citizens of those
States, as well as wiih officer# of the array who
have been stationed among them
The following are the conclusions come to
by me* 1 am satisfied that the mass of think
ing men of the South accept the nreflent situa
tion of affairs in good faith. The questions
which have hitherto divided the sentiments of
the people of the two sections are slavery and
State rights, or tbe right of a State to secede
from the Union. This they regard as having
been settled forever by the highest tcibunal
that man can resort to
1 was pleased to learn from the leading men
whom l met that they not only nceop ed the
decision arrived at a* final, but now the smoke
of batt e has cleared away, and time has been
given for reflection, that this decision has
tven a fortunate one for the whole country,
they receiving alike benefit from it with those
who opposed them in the field and in the
council Four .years of war, during which
law was executed only at the point of the hay •
onct throughout the States in'rebellion, have
left tho people, possibly, in a condition not to
yield that ready obedience to civil authority
tho American people have generally been in
the habit of yielding. T.iis would render the
presence ot small garrisons throughout those
States npcee9ary. until such time as labor re
turns to its proper channel, and civil authori
ty is fully established. The whites and the
blacks mutually require the protection of the
general government. There is such universal
Acquiescence in the authority of The general
government throughout the portions of the
country visited by me. that the nearest pres
ence of a military force, without regard to
number, is sufficest to maintain order.
Tho good of the country requires that the
! force bo kept in the interior where there .are
many froedtuen, or efrewherc in the Southern
; States. Those at forte, upon tho aoncoast,
where no force is necessary, should all be
| white troops. The reasons for this ara ob
! v : (V]«, without mentioning many of them. The
presence of black troops, lately slaves, dy
j moral! s labor, both by their advice and Air
! making in their camps a resort for the freed*
; men for long distances around. White troops
j generally excite no opposition, aud, therefore,
Ia small number of item can maintain order in
| a given district.
I Holered troops must be kent in bodies suf
! ficient to defend themselves. It ij not the
thinking men who would do violence toward
1 anv class of tmops sent among them by the
general government, but the ignorant in*some
places might, and the late slaves, too, who
might be imbued with the idea that the 1 roper
tv of his late roaster should by right belong to
Him—at least, should have no protection from
th * colored soldiers. There is no danger of
colli- cos being brought on by such cause*
My ohserWiens led me to tbe conclusion that
thecltiieoaof the Southern States are aexions
to return to self gover roent within tbe Union
as toou as possible ; that whilst reconstructing,
they want and require nro tec* ion from tbegov
t-t uriknt that they think is required by tbe gov
vrn«UMit, ami is not humiliating to them aseiti
r•*«.•?, and that if such a course was pointed out j
they would pursue it iu good faith. It is to be I
regretted tb©t there cannot be a greater com
mingling at this tirße between the citizens
of the two sections. a r id particularly fhoae who
are interested upon the law making points. 1
do not give the operations of the Freedman
Bureau that attention i would have done if
more time had been at mr disposal. Conver
sations, however, with officers connected with
the Bureau, -led me to think that in some of
the State* its affair* have not been c nduefod
good jndgement and economy, and the belief
evidently spread among the .freedmbn ot the
Soothers States that the lands of their former
owners wdi at le«*t in part be divided among
them has come from the agent of this Bureau
Tr»is belief is seriously interesting vvi.h the w !-
liogiiCHS of the freed men to make contracts for
the coming yesf. In some form the Freed man V
Bureau i- an absolute neceasity until civil l>»w
is esublrsned and enforced securing to the
freedman their rights and full protec ;i<ra at
present. However, it is mriepende/it of the
military establishment of the country, and kotos
to he co-operated with by the different agents
of the Bureau according to their individual no
i ons.
Everywhere o©ner*l£Howard, the able head
of the Bureau, made friends by the just and
fair instructions and advice he gave; but the
complaint io South Carolina was that when he
left things went on as before. Many, perhaps
the majority of the agents of th Freedwen’s
Bureau, advise the freedmen that by their own
industry they must expect to live, and to this
end they endeavor to secure employment for
them, and to see that both contracting parties
comply with their engagements.
In some cases. Tam sorry to soy. the freod
man’s mind docs not eeem to be disabused of
the idea that the freedman has tho right to
live without care or provision for the future
The f fleet of the belief in the division of lands
is idleness and accumQlatidn in camps, towns
and cities. In such cases T think it will be
found vice and disease will tend to the exter
mination or great destruction of the colored
race. It cannot he expected that the opinions
held by men at the South for years can be
changed in a day, and therefore tho freedmen
require for a few rears, not only laws to pro
tect them, but the fostering care ot those who
will give them good counsel, and upon whom
they can rely.
The Freedmen’s Bureau being separated from
the military establishment of the - country, re
quires all the expenses of a separate organisa
tion. One does not know what the other is
doing, or what orders they are acting under.
Tt st ems to mo this could bo corrected ny re
garding every officer on duty with troops in
the Southern States as agents of the Freedmen’a
Bureau, and then have all orders for the head
of the Bureau sent through tho best command
ers. This would create a responsibility that
would insure a uniformity of action through
out the South, and would insure tho orders and
instructions from the head of the Bureau being
carried out, and would relieve from duty and
pay a large number pf employees of the gov
ernment.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
U. S Grant, Lieut. Gen.
The Freeilmen’s Bureau In Georgia
and South Carolina.
We find in the St. Louia Republican the fol
lowing comments and extracts iu relation to
to abuses in this humbugging and mischievous
institution in Georgia and Carolina •
A regular correspondent or the New York
Times, who signs his name to his communica
tions, Benjimlh C. Turman, writing from Ann
Georgia, speaks in high terms of the
administration of the Bureau’s affairs in Gcor
gia and Alaba a. He at the same time shows
the importance, in appointments to such a Bu
reau, of selecting onlv persons who are fifed
for the responsible aud delicate offici bv go>d
sense, practical sagacity, love of impartial jus
tice, and freedom from fanaticism. This he
shows hy an example of the want of all these
virtues in a man named Wild, who was for a
time acting commissioner in Georgia. Tho
following is Mr. Truman’s description of this
rairplaeed man :
When Gen Stef'dmon took command of this
department, there was an acting commissioner
of the Freed men’B Bureau appointed, named
W Id—Brevet Brig, Gen Wild, of Massachusetts.
He was, no doubt, an honest and conscientious
man But there was no practicability. He
proposed to redress the multiplicity of slum
bering wrongs which had been spent foe a cen
tury upon Ibe unfortunate blacks ; he was in
clined to instantaneously square up for tlm in
numerable and incalculable cruelties inflicted
upon this oppressed people for an age—in sacs,
he fallaciously and mischievously went to work
to educate and eleVa o the black man with an
utter disregard of the feelings and rights of the
white r yce. who, at least, bad claims, if only as
equals. H© mounted a body abfock men, who
rode at large over the country and committed
excesses of the most infamous character.
'The people generally suffered at the expense
of every man who had a black face. A perfect
reign of terror was rifp, everything became un
settled, and an implacable haired between the
two races was the natural offspring All this
information I got from Gen. ffloedman, not
from Tillaon, Wild’s successor [T may as well
add here, fur the information of those who aro
nnacqnaintol with the sentiments of Geii
Steodman. that he is not onlr one of tho fore
most of Radical Generals (and has boon since
Copparheadism first claimed an existence.) but
he is in favor of negro suffrago to a certain ex
tent ] Well, every thing Gen. Steodman did
in the premises was immediately undone by
Gen. Wild. He not only did not co-operate
‘with tho commanding General, but bo zealous
ly worked to clog his efforts in ell particulars.
Two outrageous acts of Gen. Wild are brought
to my notice. For some alleged reason or
other, he caused an old gentleman weighing
over two hundred pounds to bo tied up by tho
thumbs until the entire flesh was torn from the
bones. Gen. Tillson punished n white man by
imprison men l and fine, a few days ago, for slap- 1
ping a negro in the face. Only n few days be
fore Gen. Wild was relieved, he arrested two of
the first ladies of the county, and had them
stripped and examined hy two colored wome*j,
an indignity T have never heard of during the
war. Gon. Steodman, who is known to be re
liable, represented the career of Wild in i's true
light, both t© tho President and to Gen. How
ard. and asked that he be removed, and that
either Gens Baird or Tillson be apnotqtod in
his place. The above I get from Gen. Steed
man, and he also gave me permission to use it.
According to Mr. Truman’s account, South
Carolina i3 even now worse off than was Geor
gia under Wild’s hideous rule. For he closes
his communication as follows :
In fact, I think the Freed men’s Bureau of
Georgia is the model concern, and the one in
Alabama, altough considerably behind Geor
gia, is doing well. This is because good men
are iu charge. This is the last place to send a
fana ic ; and as instances. 1 will re c e r o the
lata commissioner of that State. Gen. Wild:
the late Commissioner of Lrmismna, Mr. Con.
way; and the present commissioner of South
Carolina. The freedmen in the latter Suite hare
made it an illuminated hell, and the m ?» un
controllable disorder is rifo throughout the
length and breadth of that prodigal State.
Bbnjamn C. Truman.
Th* Dbad or the Valley —Major Thomas
F. Tavlor. who has just eiurned from Win
ches* at with the remains of several Confede
rate soldiers, says that the graves of all who
lie in the bprying-ground of that town are*
known, a plot of the whole being in Ssion
Os Mrs. Phil. Williams and M*** A. H. H
Boyd. These ladies s»y» also trying to rfose
funds for the pttrtww* of exhuming and coil©
ing the dead that lie ip the neigh boring fields,
bes 're they shafi he plowed over, and a proper
j enclosure for their remains.
In this pious wnrfc they should have the
1 assistance ot the people of the South, whose
j d©ad lie scattered all about there. Funds for
| th© purpoe* sent to this office. or to Major
Tavlor. at Forest Depot, Bedford county, Va.,
I will be appropriated as aforesaid.
Mg? would thank Southern papers to copy
the above.—Lynchburg Virginian.
Heavy Panages —ln the case of tbeexeru*
To*** of the late A D. Enson against th© Hart
ford and New Haven railroad, the Supreme
Court have awarded damages to the amount . r !
eight thousand dollars to e.v hos thp lairs.— 1
Mr. and Mis. K-.teon were killed by a ra l~o*d
accident in Berlin, Conn., in 1864/ I
A HU hi Ta k MitltGeii Grant.
Ui for Hut he r i<i wo fiud tho following ex
cellent arlic.e il tliat sterlin g paper, the Round j
Table. Tie* object** i; makes to the course o- 1
Gett. Grant might be web applied to other
public men, who have unfortunately allowed ;
tlierusefvee to bee :jj more or teas identified
as the associates of precisely su h ' parties as
those whom this article justly characterizes as
‘•men who have yet cross tho threshold of
decent so lely
We are glad to know that General Graft h**
left Nc-w York. Not but that we deem his
presence so honor to any etty, hut for his own
-ake we rejoice that he baa goue elsewhere.
Proud of him og onr Lieutenant General; ad
miring him as the deliverer of bis connu-y at a
time when it seemed Almost doubtful whether
it* Armies wou'd succeed or trail their banners
in the dusts reverencing him a* a moral hero
in that ho showed that he could be magnani
mous in th*» hour of victory as well as brave
in the d«v of battle, we regretted more deeply
than wo have the heart to express his conduct
during hiß stay iu trie metropolis.
Wear© no negro worshippers, but. there was
'hat in this man that could net but win our
r-snect. There is certainly stuff ia him that
ieroes are made of Less than five years ago
he wna a plain taftr.er in the West respected
hy all with whom he cam© in contact, heiovetl
by those who knew him be*t. To-day his
uume. is mentioned with honor by the civilized
vrorld. He ranks wi:h the corrmanders of
history. Henceforth he will be mentioned in
‘he same category with Napoleon and Wel
lington and Washington, ns a General who
ted great armies to victory and ever stood
ready to treat a v-Anguished foe wiih the mag
nanimity that only great minds are capable of.
And when he had won his last greatest tri
umph and a nation was rejoicing over the
overthrow of one of the vastest rebellious of
iiistory, instead of entering, in the role of vic
tory, the city which had for four years reeist
<d all* assaults, he quietly hastened to his of
fice iu Washington, * and made arrangements
for the reduction of our armies. There
something grand in this. What, wonder, then,
that tho people regarded him with such high
respect! It would have been a greater marvel
if that measure of respect had b*en withheld.
Latterly, however, his course the
better class of the community. When first he
left the capital and received afi every step the
ovations of a grateful people, there was reason
for believing that he accepted them reluctantly
and was simply travelling about on business
connected With bis position as Lieutenant Gen
o'ral. But since then he has been on othe*
tours, and lately has paid a visit of several
days’ duration to tho- metropolis. This was
well enough in itself; but there were incidents
connected with it which do him no credit. It
wmrd have been well for him. well for the po
sition which he tills so ably, and well for the
cgpu'ry which holds him iu such high esteem,
if tile daily press had not recounted them to
the public Would Hint he hsd possessed one
true friend to dissu do him from yielding tj
tjie allurements which were so adroitly placed
bt-fore him But ho yielded, and tho scandal
has ere this coursed afomr the electric wires
throughout the length and breadth of ibe land.
Who wore the men with whom Lieut. Gen-
Grant consorted during htg-Rtav in New York?
Prominent among them was one George
Wilkes, a notorious ‘•sportingman,” arid editor
of a so—call’ and “sporting” paper published in
this city. This is the person who, o few years
since wont to England as the champion of a
low follow by tho name of Heeuan. and backed
him iu his fight with an equally low fellow
named Tom Sayers. The last mentioned per
son -never been in this country that we are
aware of; and as for Her nan aud Wilkes, we
are sure that neither of them ever gained ad
mittance into the society of gentlemen, still less
ofladies. Concerning Wilkes, we have never
hoard a word against his personal character
All wo know or care to know about him is,
that he is not a person of whose acquaintance
a true gentleman would venture to boast. We
hear of him a« figuring at prize-fights, billiard
matches, and horse-races, rather than in the
society of the intelligent and refined. Yet this
is the man with whom Lieutenant General
Grant went out to ride. Together they viewed
a display of what a daily paper forms “the crack
horse-flesh of the viei ity.** The prominent
sporting men of the city, wo learn from the
same paper, wete present, as might beexpected.
Reading of this we instinctively recur to
Washington, and wonder if he would have
lowered himself so far as to consort with tjie.
tending “sporting men” of his day, and
view the “era k ho’r.*e fte*h of th 1 vicinity.”
We think of Licqtenant General Grant’s hon
ored predecessor in office, and ask if the vener
able Winfield Scott would accompany such a
man as George Wilkes to a popular race track
to sec a lot of horse-jockeys show off a pack of
race horses. . We ret ail the r.iyne of Abraham
Lincoln, and resent as a personal affront the
thought that, with all his peculiarities, he
would have allowed himself to be chaperoned
about New Y rk by a tending “sporting naan.”
We arc not unmindful ot the fact that a pubfic
man is, by virtu* 11 of his office, pftimes com
pelled to meet those, whom he would spurn iu
private. We make all dne allowances for the
persistency with which persons of low associa
tions will foist, themselves upon their betters;
but we art’unable to ex use the Lieut. Gen
eral of tho United States for meeting, on forms
of familiarity, men who have yet to cross the
threshold of decent society. Those who seek
iiis society arc not to blame. Dogs will follow
men, and 3 ow signs of delight at the recogni
tion of their presence. Tho responsibility at
taches to the men, not to the curs t So is it as
regards the human species. A man'is known
by the company h* keep3, and he who consorts
with characters whom good society eschews
must expect to be judged,accordingly.
We speak thus plainly because of the high
esteem in which, in common with the Ameri
can people, we hold General Grant. The coun
try owes him a debt, for the payment of which
no emolument that it can offer him is too great.
But he owes it to himself, to the country, and
to his high position, to keep at a respect fa I
distance the men \Vhora he has allowed t o as
sociate with him in this city on terms of such
familiarity. True, ours is a democratic gov
ernment, but that is no reason why a proper
degree of respect should riot be paid to our
rulers on the one hand, and tho wilera on the
other, should not maintain the self-respect that
is du? to their office, Th© existence of the for
mer is, in*great measure, d©nondent upon the*
latter. And if the highest officer in thp army
sees fit to hob-nob with horse jockeys and
“sportfhg men” generally, bow can any one
complain of the people for not paying to high
officials the deference due to their position, if
not to them in person ?
A Curious Diplomatic Dispatch. —The fol
lowing the copy of a dispatch sent by the
Bey of'funis to Mr. Consul Ferry, announcing
B»e suppression of a rebellion in thatcountrv.
Mr Ferry forwarded it to the State Department
at Washington. It possesses peculiar interest
inst now :
i Praise to th© only God !
From the servant of tho Most nigh the
Moucbir Mohamued El Sadok. Pacha Bey, pos*
sessor of the kingdom of Tunis, toonr ally, the
respectable and honorable Mr. Amos Perry.
Consul General of America, in our capital of
(Tunis, who may God preserve. [After the
I usual compliments ]
The news has reached us of the General of
. the camp, informing us that the tribes which
I were united [fat the insurrection ] have gone to
ihe camp to ask pardon. Tne general has com
immicated to ns the demands <»f the tribes, to
I whom we have granted what they asked.
| Since then each cue has gone back to attend to
i his particular occupation. Iu order to assure
us of that which precedes, the Genera! of the
camp has sent us compacts slgi cd by the
tribes, ia which these same tribes declare that
they accept what i* said above*
We send you this tetter that you may have
correct information in regard to this matter.
May yon remain faithful to God !
Written the 5 Fisti E* Awe!. [August 11,
1304.]
Missahua [Kuasn&dar.]
[With the seal ot the Bey.!
Kssw Him Yrey Wsll.—“ CDme h a re, my
little fellow.” said ft centte-roa i to a young
ster of five years, while sittincr in ft parlcr
win r© ft large comnanv yrere assemb’ed : “Do
you know me?” “ Yitli thir.” “Wo am
1— V t 'ii**. know?” *■ You ith the man %* h> ;
kit bed mamma, when papa was in New Yo k,” 1
By Telegraph.
Exclusively to iff' Constitutionalist
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washisgtob, Dec. J 2.
The vote in this city m ye3terday, to test Ih©
sentiment* of the gttuten# on the question of
negro suffrage, resulted 35 in favor and over
6 500 Id oppoqitl n.
The Hame ot Htrr.. Lonis D. Campbell, of
Ohio, hn* been sent to the S-nate fpr ‘confirma
tion as Minister to Mi-xieowGea. Logan having
declined the appointmen.t. ■
* Wahhin'oton. Dec. 23.
•ffocrotftry Seward, bv direction' of thy’ Presi
dent has addresfeda letter io Gov. Worth of N.
C , informing tr.at Gov. Holden has been
relieyed Os his tru-t as Provi-ioual Governor,,
arid been directed to deliver to him the papers
p’-oporly conuecfod therewiifo •
The Secretary, in his cammijnieation t 6 Gov.
Holdenr, conveys the Prjsideut’s acknowledg
ments of the fidelity, loyalty and discretion
which has mfrk'-d Tlolden’^dmiuiatratipn.
, Secretary Sewar«i has received a communis
cation from Gov. Orr, in the name of the people
of South Carolina, rctu ning thanks for the ten
der Os the co operation of the government when
found necessary in effecting the restora
tion, perm. met prosperity welfare of the
State. You may bo ns ured, he adda, of ray
UDftlt.-rabfo purpose to aid in upholding tho
supremacy of the laws of the United States,
and advancing the houor, interest and oros*»
per ity of tho comnv-n country.
MARKETS.- '
New \%ijc, Dec. 22.
The cotton market to-day cloned firm at 51a
52c.
Naval stores were dull.
Gold 4ffj;
Mobile, Dec. Q 2 —T!fo sa[cs of cotton to-day
were GOO bales, Middlings at 4?c. Sales of the
week 4- 000 bales. Receipts of the week
bales. Exports of the week 98,013Jft*dB. Stock
in port Y 7 250 bales. • -
Gold 47i a 4!)c. • -4.^
¥
Nkw.Oklrako, Dec. 22.
Cotton steady, with. Males of tlireo thousand
bales Middlings at 50c. Salea of the week
11 750 hales. Stock in port 156,000 bales.
Go!d47. -
NrgrO SUFFRAOS IN THE SOUTIT.—If the
Nurthejm uesro. wlio has always been frfee,
and had opportunities for mental
is deemed unfit to vote by'Uie Northern StatS,
they are in no position to insist that the South
ern npgro, whose tacnlties have been kept*
dwarfed an i. benighted by life-long . laverjr,
shall Jx? admitted to the Southern polls. The
abstract question whether the black man
ought to be allowed to vote has nothing to do
with ihe case. The point is, that 1 we of »
the North establish ihe suffrage for
we have no-right- to force it upon others. The
Divine apothegm, 11 Physician,
would confound us the very first distant we
should undertake to de i with a constitutional
amendment on this subject, relating to the late
insurrectionary States. Tlftre is no way but
to lenve this matter where the Constitution
left it, to the discretion .of each• individual
State. No action hr Congress upon the sub
ject of freedmen suffrage* can have any practi
cal result. All talk about it is Unwarranta
ble, because it is morally certain that nothing
substantial can com** from it. and it is only
calculated to delay* reconstruction unnecessari
ly. —AT. Y. Times.
A Swindler* —About ten days since, one
I>. Myers, of the ‘Grand Gift Concert Enter
prise—at! under the Management of the New
York Silver Ware Company,” arrived in this
city, and immediately commenced the distrib
ute his bogus siver ware. He advertised in
•the papers—circulated his programmes, and
at. once stepped into a lucrative business,
his l ouse on Market street being filled from
morning till night with an eager, unsophisti
cated crowd: Suddenly, this Myers, thinking,,
doublets, he had made his “Jack,” took his de
parture between "ivn suns,’’.—leaving the bills
oftfi'.- Mail office (SSO) unpaid, together with
his hotel bill, and many others too “numer-
mention, ’* Now, this Myers, as well as
tlio Now York Silver Ware Company, is an un
mitigated swindler,'and we deeire him passlbd
around accordingly. His “magnificent jewel
r\ ” wag shinned from here by Express' to New.
Orleans. We warn tfio public against thi»„
swindler. He is a •’mall, msignificent scoun
drel—wears ,a velvet suit—has thick lips— a
flinoo’h tongue, and has “thiet” marked plain -
ly in every 1 inament of his countenance. Let.;
our friends of the press remember him.-— Mail.
From Louisiana, —A dispatch from New
Orleans of the 12th instant says : ,
A number of ihe Louisiana conn'.News
papers state that the whi to military orgßniza
tiofts under t e Goyeruor’s orders coin not *bo
effective to machos «u extent,' as they hve no
arms. *. *
In pome o f the parishes, Terre Bonne and
Natchitoches, for example', ttaeriegroos are evil
disposed toward the whites, and the papers
charge that evil-disposed white persons are at \
the bottom of this Ftate of things.
In the* Parish of Natchitoches' the papers say
that it is fvidentto all that the militia of the
Slate must be organized and armed soon, to
afford ’he necessary protection to the whites.
Theconrse of the military authorities in -in
ter firing by force of arms to protect a governs
ment cotton agent—charged before the State
court with stealing cotton—from arrest by the
Sheriff, has be«n approved by General Canby.
Only tho Sheriff's account of the affair has been
published.
The seven unclean spirt thief Jacobinism who,
finding no swine convenient, took shelter, some
rime since, in the body of tho Philadelphia In
quirer and Radical Sewer, fivfi just now squeal
ing loudly for blood. The of their
ferocity is regulated iu a groat measure by tho
temper of 0 ngress; but :»9 their appetite for
pTunderand l»loo<i is like thetof tlie uuapi>easa
b!v voracious daughter of the horse-leech—
tltey occasionally make * wolfish derronstratiou
a liufo out. of season. . Ever since the ragged
unclean spirits aforesaid heard that Mr. Jeffers
son Davis had pnrcba=ed a costly overcoat,
their desire for his death has been intensified,
«e they gaze with most greedy and covetous
eyes at his now comfortable cfothing. When
ever they have reason to suspect ibafc any South
ern gentleman has saved a dozen silver forks
or spoons from the wreck of a magnificent for
tune, the unclean spirits "f the Inquirer be
come exceedingly anxious to have that particu
lar gentleman hanged.— Richmmxd* Times.
A Conflict of Opinion.—Gen. Grant, in his
report of operations at the surrender on the 9th
of April last, uses the folio wing language: “Gen.
Lee’s great influence* throughout the wholo
South edused his example to be followed, aucte
to-day toe result is tiiat the armies lately im*
for. his leadership are at their homes, desiring
peace and quiet.^
The Radicals, on the contrary, contend that
■ tl e?e rebels are at their homes breathing hoa
ifiiy and <fefiftcce tt» the government.” Which
te the most worthy of credence, Gen. Grant or
the Jacobins ?
A Librral Contraction.—Last Monday,
general Spinner, Doited States Treasurer, re
ceived a contribution from a begger, amount*-
ing to one cent, which he tendered a© bis cen
tribution tower is cancelling tbe oationa! debt.
The deration has berm accepted and trans
ferred to the Treasury, passing through the
same channels an V terms as would a.more mu
nificent sum — Exchange*
The I o'di of ih* Admintjty in Kngte.cd have
de-ideJ thHt ; in fututv. Admi ate shall retire
trom active ©endc© at the age of s3verity years.