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Headq’b 3d Military Dtsr., 7 (Georgia, Alabama, and Florida,) ( Atlunta, Ga., April 23, 1867. ) General Orders 16. The following paragraph from Gen eral Order No. 1, from these Head* quarters, is republished for the infor mation of a;l concerned : “Paragraph III.—It : s cl sarly to be understood, however, that the civil of ficers thus retained in office, shall con fine themselves strictly to the perfor mance of their official duties, and whilst holding their offices they shall not use aDy influence whatever to de ter or dissuftde the people from taking an active part in reconstructing their State Government under the Act of Congress, to provide for the more ef ficient government of the Rebel States, and the act supplementary thereto.” The words, “shall not use any influ ence whatever," shall bi interpreted in their widest sense, and held to nnym advice verbal or written, given to indi viduals, committees, or the public. All officers in the Military District arc directed, and citizens are reques ted to give immediate information of any infraction of this order; and to prevent misunderstanding on the sub ject, it is distinctly announced that any civil official (State or Municipal,) within this Distrct, who violates the above order, will be deposed from his office aud held accountable in such oth er manner as the nature of the casede mands. By command ot' Bvt. Maj. General I’ove. . G. K. Sanderson, Oapt, 33d U. S. Inf. k A. A. A. G. Official: (Signed) G. K. Sanderson*, Oapt. 33d IL S. Inf. kk. A. A. G. State Con rent ion of the Teachers at Tallahassee The Teachers of all public schools in the State, and of the neighboring counties of Georgia, and all others who as teachers, feel an in terest in the cause of education tho’h • not now aetupllv engagud in teaching, 1 are earnestly requested to attend a Convention to be held in Tallahassee, I on Monday the 20th of May. All persons expecting to attend the convention, will notify the Ilev. Chas. Kenmore, of Tallabassc, the chairman of the comittee of arrangements of such intention, on or before the 15th of May, and report themselves imme diately upon their arrival at Tallehas see to this committee, who will be in Waiting at the Capitol. Toady ism.--If there is one weak ness of human nature more contcmpti. blc than another, it is that which prompts us, for place or favor, to cringe and fawn around our superiors, it exhibits u want of brains—a want of firmness and self-respect. Again, it produces in the mind of our superiors a consciousness of our weakness, and a spirit mingled with pity and coni tempt. The exhibition of this toible lowers our estimate of our race, and produces a feeling of distrust in the integrity of mankind. During our recent visit to Atlanta, we were humiliated to aee men of whom we had expected better things, bowing and smiling, and cringing, and ready to promise anything to gain an interview with Gen. Pope. While we reepect and shall reverence Gen, Pope ob our ruler, and render strict obedii cnce to all his behests, yet we cannot ignore our sell-respect, to that degree, which would permit us to flatter and fawn around him, and, as many hare, express a great grat fioition that he is here among us. It would be a false hood, and Gen. Pope, a man of saga city as he is, could read it in our coun tenance, as be docs in those patronis ing place sockers who constantly an noy him. General Pope acknowledges that the cause which brings him among us is as distasteful to him as it is oppressive to us Ho readily and justly con cludes that those who hang around his room and dog his footsteps, have “axes -to grind," and ho disposes of them with an air altogether becoming a high toned officer. Ho has no more respect for these vaporing patriots and brawl ing philanthropists, who would freely barter their country —their race—their own souls for the profits of an office, than he has ior the poodle at his feet. It is a reproach upon our common hu manity, that men bankrupt of all vir tuous reputation—men who would flatter old Satan himself, for the smile of his patronage, and crouch at the feet of a despot to obtain favor and place—who would lower their kindred to the level of the ignorant aud vicious , —should seek to control the destinies ot a brave, but fallen people. “ Oh, j shame! where is thy blush V’--Albany ! (Ga.) News. Abraham Lincoln’s Opinion about the Negro. —ln September, ’SB, Abra ham Lincoln delivered a speech at Charleston, Illinois, in which he ex pressed his convictions on muny of the questions which arc now pending. He said : “ I will say that I am not, nor ever have been, in fav >r of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white peoplo ; and I will say in addition to this, that there is a physi cal difference between the white and the black race, which, I believe, will forever forbid the two races living to gether on terms ot social and political equality. * * I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.’’ Just Punishment.—At Zug, in Switzerland, a land owner was recently tried and convicted of putting water in the milk he sold, and was condemned to eighteen months’ imprisonment, the payment of the costs of the suit, and a loss of civil rights.' It is a pity that some of the Savannah milk ven ders did not 'reside at Zug ! - Herald Honljjmt Enterprise (SEMI WEEKLY.) L. C. BRYAN, : t : : Editor. THOMASVILLE, GA.: FRIDAY, M AYS, 1867. REMEMBER YOUR PROMISE. Will those person* who have bor rowed books from our library, now re member their promisee and return them ? Soire of our books were bor rowed before the war aud have not yet been returned. Did you borrow to retail! seven years? Don’t suppose we have forgotten the books. Wc would not forget a good book if we should live a ihcusaud years and re tain our senses. We have had such had luck lending hooks, that we shall be driven to the necessity of doing one of two things—either to permit our li brary to be broken up, or decline iu future to let them be carried off for any purpose Law books aud literary works have all shared the same fate. Friends, this is not right. It may pa; you, but it is a losing business to us. We buy books for the use of them, and oo person should ever borrow a book without promptly returning it- You forget that hooks are not “ um brella*," although bosh cost money. Books have a value beyond their price. SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRA TION. The pupils of the Methodist, Pres byterian and Baptist Sunday Schools in town have united, and will have a celebration to-morrow. We have not been favored with a programme of the proceedings, but we suppose the usual speeches by the little ones, addresses by the Superintendents, award of pri zes, &c., &c., will be gons through with, and of course, wind up w.th a splendid feast and much fun and en joyment. RETURNED. Wc notice that Hon. James L. Sew ard has returned homo from his visit to Gen. Pope, at Atlanta. As wc have harfno conversation with him, we know nothing of his mission, nur what im pressions the General may have made upon his mind. If, however, tho Col onel has learned anything which ought to he communicated to his fellow-citi zens, wc have no doubt that he will so communicate it in due season. It is rumored that Gen. Pope oflered to make him Governor of Georgia, in place of Gov. Jenkins, and that he declined the honor for very politic and proper reasons. Wc do not pretend to aay that rumor is correct, but such is the understanding of some of the Colonel’s frieuds. CROPS. The weather has recently been so fine and seasonable, that the crop pros pect is consideied good. Some of our farmers have had the foresight and good sense to plant heavy crops of provisions and the soason promises, so far, to reward their labors. It is not too late yet to plant corn in this section and those who liavo not, should take warning by the wail of distress that comes up on every breeze from the starving poor, and plant every acre i they can possibly cultivate in provis, ion*. Peas and Potatoes may he made in abundance, and gardeu vegetables of all kinds. SCARCITY OF HOGS. We do not know what our people arc to do for bacon next fall and win ter, unless they pursue tho plan of a few farmer* who sell Cotton to buy bacon. From every quarter we hear the general complaint that there arc no hogs in tho country. They all disap peared upon the advent of freedom. It seems that hogs and freedom are not congenial elements and do not thrive well togethor. The same complaint prevails in ref. oronco to catile. No more beef to be had. Farmers arc selling off their young heifers to prevent their falling into the hands of thieves, and to such an extent doc* this prevail, that this whole section of Georgia is becoming a fine cattle range. Now is the time, therefore, for the raising of stock in tho woods, by men who will follow up and protect tlieir stock from depreda tion*. THE GEORGIA SOAP AND CHEMICAL COMPANY. We call the espeoial attention of our merchants, fanners and Soap buyers generally, to the advertisement in this issue of the Enterprise,o{ the Georgia Soap and Chemical Company, establish, cd in Savannah. Much has been said among our people about home or South ern Manufacture. Now, friends, show your faith by your works. Let Colgate and all Northern Soap makers go to thunder, so long as yon have good soap manufactured at your own doors by Southern men, your neighbors. If you havo not tried this Soap try it by all means, and at onco. If you will patronixo them Southern men will make as good and as ohcap Soap as Northern men. Give this Savannah Manufactory a fair trial. It is a Geor gia institution established by Geor giana. Will you patronize your frienda 1 We shall see. Bouthbrn Cultivator ror May. —Kvery Southern farmer should have this number of the Southern Cultivator. It contains valuable information on several subjects of peculiar importance to the farmers in this section. AGRICULTURAL WORKS? We acknowledge receipt by mail, from the well known publishing house of Orange Judd &Cos, 41 Park Row, New York, the following interesting and valuable works on Agriculture : American PoMor.oa\vby Dr. Jno. A. Warder, President of the Ohio Pomologieal Society—Vice-President of the American Pomologieal Society, kc. The work is perhaps, the most valuable one in America ou Apple*, and affords all possible knowledge de sired in their culture. It is extended to 744 page*, and eootains 890 splen did illustrations. The science of gniA~ »«</ is here fully explained and illus trated, and this alone should entitle the work to a wide circulation; but every specica of the Apple is also, not only illustrated by sections, bat their characteristic* and comparative values are satisfactorily decided, and full re formation furnished for successful cub tivalion (for Apple growers should not fail to poasews themselves of this cheap and valuable work. Toe übadb CofcTt arsT :—A tren tiM oo the cultivation of the Native Grape, by Andrew Fuller, practical Horticultural!*!. Ridgewood, Bergen Couaty, New JcracT Tb is work contains 283 page*, veil hound and filled with beautiful iMes trations of the various sodas ot craft ing. setting, pruning, training, and otherwise successiu'iy cultivating the various species of the Grape. Out farmers who are attempting to raise Grapes, will and this work a valuable assistant. It will simplify and shorten their labor, remove she perplexities arising from the want of knowledge oo the proper cultivation of tho Grape, and wonderfully improve the appear ance and value of their vineyards. Try it by all means—the work is cheap and easy to obtain. Much val uable time as well as money, are an nually thrown away by many firmer*, who "go it blind’' in their attempt* at fruit growing. “ Going it blind” will never raise fruit—it wears out the laborer, impoverishes the proprietor and leaves him disappointed and igno rant as be commenced. This work will furnish the desired information. Try it if you would succeed. The Illustrated Strawberry Ci lturist * —By the same author a* the Grape Culturist—a pamphlet of 4S pages, very neatly bound, and as tho caption indicates fully illustrated. What we have said in the foregoing articles on the Apple and Grape, may truthfully be applied to tho Strawberry in this work Everybody is acquainted with the Strawberry, and exceedingly fond of its delicious flavor, and yet how few put themselves to the slight task of properly understanding its cultivation. First procure the best kind of Straw berries, and then apply yourselves an hour or two to this valuable little book, and your Strawberry beds will spring into luxuriant vigor and reward you with a plentiful harvest. Don't send to borrow, the hook of some neighbor, but send to Messrs. Orange Judd Jc Cos., 41 l’ark Row, New York, *nd they will not only fur nish you with this little work, but with valuablo books on the cultivation of any other fruit or vegetable. Then you will have a book of your own, that you oan consult while perfotming the labor required. Gardeninn for Profit.—A Guide to tho successful cultivation of the Market and Family Garden , by Pe ter Henderson, South Bergen, New Jorsey, This work contains 243 pa ges, also fully illustrated and replete with valuablo information on tho sub ject of Gardening, which every person in the country, whether male or female should well understand. A good gar den, it has truthfudy been said, “ is half the support of a family bat how can any family have u good gar den where none of its members under stand the principles of gardening Anything that is worth doing at alibis worth doing well, and if ignorance and half attention will produce a tolerably good garden, how luxuriant and fruit ful must bo the garden of that man who brings to his aid tho virtue of in dustry and the splendid acquirements of wcientifie knowledge. In compnrii son with the former, his garden would be civilization to hurbnrio rudeness. The whole wo Id would be inconceiva bly better off, if mankind would but avail themselves of tho blessings which the God af Nature has placed in their power. Nkw Book or Flowers :By Jos. Brook, newly eloctrotyped aud splen didly illustrated. Now, here wo have something benu tiful and interesting, especially for the ladies. Almost nnothor Flo-a, but vastly superior, comprising a oolitic tion and variety never dreamed of by ancient Botanists, and teeming witli all the gentleness and beauty of diver sified nature. Who does not admire a beautiful flower garden. There is something so ineffably sweet, gentle and soothing, iu the contemplation of, and reflection upon flowers, that we are wont to connect thorn with Hea ven, and call them “tho language of Deity.'’ They speak to the heart, in silent tones, it is true, but muiiistake nbly.and impress their influence upon mankind. Fondness aud care for them also marks human character, and ena bles us to distinguish the refined and cultivated taste, from the rude and un cultivated, without any other sourco of information. Thie little book is a valuable guide and instructor in their successful cul tivation. No War jn Europe —Telegraphic dispatches from Europe say. the diffi culty between Prussia and ’Yranoc is about to be amicably settled. Prus sian Diet met and the King made no war specoh, The dog is dead, and Cotton ought to go up. GEORGIA and THE SUPREME i COURT. Some of our exchanges contain the argument of Mr. Charles O’Connor, the famous New York lawyer, before the Supreme Court, os Counsel for the State of Georgia, in the Injunction case now pending before that tribunal. It is altogether too lengthy for our contracted columns, and if it were not, few of our readers are lawyers, or feel any interest in the matter, except in the decision itself of the Supreme Court. Tho Attorney General, Mr. j Stansberry, opened the discussion *nd | Mr. O’Connor replied to him. From the reply of the latter, wo imagine the Attorney Geueral’s irgumonts a very j lame affair, not even an ingenious ef fort to defend the wrong. \l e may not boa competent judge ot such mat ters, hut we most confess that we are somewhat disappointed in the effort of Mr. Charles OVoonor Hi* arguments were certainly forcible, and to Nadi eaU unanswerable, bat the reputation of the Counsel for Georgia, raised our expeetit'oas to wometking grand and irresrsuMe. If a Layer of already great reputation, could not immortal:** himself on such a* occasion, aud in defence of i*>4 a care. he coaid have littie hope for future fame. We may not be lawyer eneugh t' appreciate his mighty geroas. bat we certainly do nut see :t in the rguinea - . AN UP HILL BUSINESS. The Rainbridrr Geargiitn is in much distress about lire backwardness of the citizens of Decatur in subscribing $150,000 for the extension of the At lantic A Gull Road to Bainbridgc, and pitches into them very spitelully, call ing them * mean ’’•in want of " com prehension.” Sc:., Sc a. A meeting was called and three thousand dollars sub scribed. The Argus thinks the meet ing was disappoin ed by the absence of Maj. Screven, and attributes the failure to that cause. It promises better at the next meeting, at which Major Scieven is expected. Our neighbors ore engaged in an up hill business for this dull season, when money is so extremely scarce, and we think brother Russell will yet acknowl edge the wisdom of our views, a short time ago expressed on the subject. You cannot draw “ blood from a tur nip,” friend Kussstf, and the matter may as well rest qirat for a season.— Even it you should get the amount of subscriptions required, a single cash payment before next winter would be out of the question. CRAB GRASS IIAY The May number of the Southern Cultivator contains a valuable commu nication from IV. Tony, of Eufuula, Ala., on the production of Hay from Crab Gcuss. He claims that it will make excel lent hay when properly cultivated an 1 mowed at the right soason, and argues that as it is a cultivated grass, it must be cultivated to make bay. Will not cur farmers give it a fair trial and increase their forage by home, pro duction, instead oi sending to Savan nah to buy Northern hay '( 'Ve are sorry to see carts anil wagons con stantly hauling Northern hay from Thomasville to farms in'the country. It seems that we are constantly be coming more and more helpless, and more ni.d more dependent upon the North. Will this state of things never cease ? Cotton ! Cotton ! is the cry and ruin of the South. PERENNIAL SOUTHERN GRASS. A Texas writer in the Southern Cultivator , represents to the Cultiva tor and recommends lor introduction in Georgia, a species of Perennial Grass for grazing, known in Texas as tho “ Bearded Mesquite.'’ It contin ues green througbowt flic year, in sea sonable climates, and is highly recom mended for stock and makes excellent huy. Such a grass is much needed in this sootion of Georgia, where we have only crab and win; grass for grazing, and wo hope tho 'l'exus grass will be speedily introduced and given a fair trial. Tho greatest difficulty with our farmers, and perhaps, the only reason why they do not make hay crops, i«, simply, that they will not give ihciu selves the trouble to raise hay, or if they attempt it nt all, they do not go about it underatandingly and properly Where there is a will there is a way, but we Vi-.ry much fear that Cotton has smothered up the souls of many of our farmers in Georgia, and bound them hand and Foot as slaves for life, so that they have no wills but Cotton. We imagine the dying speech of some would be, if brought to the tost, “ let my mules die for tho want of hay, and let tne br.ve poor cows, but give me a few bales of Cotton SENATOR WILSON. The Atlanta Intelligencer makes some pointed remarks, and quotes oome curious ihingsabout Senator Wil son. Our renders will bear iu mind, that Sonator Wilson is now traveling through tlie South, glorilving the Ke publican party, and preaching that he has for “thirty years ” been consistent in advocating the freedom of tlte slavs, 4re. How strange then that no further back thuo the yeat 1855, the records of the Senate Journal bear tes timony to the following language used hj him : “ Wo betievo that slavery in the States is a local institution ; that w« are not responsible for its existenoe, and that tee hope no legal authority to interfere with it in any way whatever. I uiu content to leave slavery to the prople of the States where it uow ex ists. 1 reoognixe the Democratic doc trine of States Rights, in its applica tion to slavery, as well as to other lo eal affair*, and, while I have a seat in this chamber, 1 shall resist all attempts to encroach upon the reserved rights of the sovereign States of the Union l I will stand side by side with my De. moeratic friends in vindication of the Virginia and Kcnttioky resolutions of 1798-’99, which they endorsed in Bal timore in 1862 P* What do his colored friend* think of hie record ? Has he been their ••eooaistont” friend for "thirty years?’' Only eleven years ago he was opposed to interfering with slavery in any way whatever. RADICALIZING THE SOUTH. The Louisville Journal says, no Southern State will he admitted to the Electoral College, before the nfcxt Pre sidential election, unless she votes for the Radical Candidate, and he who does not sec it must shut bis eyes to it. Therefore, if tho* Southern -States accept the terms of Congress, they will be admitted, not indeed, into tho Cnion, hut lo a servile place assigned to them, only to add 70 or 80 votes to the electoral strength of the Radicals, thereby swamping the Conservative eaud date and riveting their own chains. If the South reject the terms of Congress, continues the Journal , they will cut rff those 70 or 80 votes aud thus leave the Radical candidate unaided to cope with the Conservative candidate. The Journal advises a re jection in toto of the Congressional reconstruction scheme, and reliaucc upon the Supreme Court to extricate the South from her humiliating and degrading tendency. W • will not advise non-action, but we may express our opinion, and we only repeat what we have maintained, tbit the Radicals have no idea of ad mitting the Southern States into the Union until they have elected a Radi cal President. Personal. — We had the pleasute yesterday of meeting in our sanctum Capt. K. W. Davis of the Lake City Fla., Press. The captain appears in splendid health and shows unmistake anlc signs that tho “Land of Flowers" has agreed with him well. Hu speaks cheerfully of matters and things in hi* section and take* the world philosophi cally. #as“Wc arc indebted to and return our thanks to W. E. White, Express Messenger by the Atlantic & Gulf railroad, for Augusta papers in nd vance of the mails. Grass Cradles—Messrs. A. & R. Smith, have just received a good lot of Grass Cradles, which they now offer to their customers ou moderate terms. Mr. Stevens’ Protest. A letter of lion. Thaddeus Stevens, protesting against tho assurance given by certain Republican orators that the Southern States would be admitted to all their rights under tho Constitution as soon a* they reconstruct thuinsclves in conformity to the Sherman bill, is a significant document. Mr. Stevens says, and he say* truly, that no man is authorized to make any such pledge in beliulf of the Raateal party —that the rcctrnstmotion measure*, ns they are called, are not the ultimatum of the Government (which mean* Con gress) but simp'y initiatory steps in tho direction of restoration. Wendell Philips, also, in a speech made a few days ago, in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, takes the same ground, and maintains that the only safe plan of reconstruction is ‘to hold the South five or seven years, until new ideas take root’ - —in other words, New Eng land ideas. That Stevens and Phillips speak the sentiments of a large majority of the Fortieth Congreß*, we have not a doubt. They clearly represent the views of the Thirty-ninth Congress, which pass’ ed the Sherman bill, and but few changes have been made in either House. It is a matter of history that the latter body, though oltcn impor tuned by conservative members, xrrd by the Northern bill a finality, per tinaciously and to the’ end raluacd to make any such pledge. They purpose ly intended that the question should be left au open one, to be decided one way or another as might best suit the exigencies of their party when the day arrived. The great object was, and is, to preserve their organization in power, and they never intend to do an act that will sorely ro-ult in its overthrow. If the South should be come Radical aud send representatives of that political complexion to Wash ington, they will he admitted and their States restored, but reconstruction will never be agreed to by the Radical party on any other. Os this we may rest assured, and every sensible man nt the South will acknowledge the force of tho conclusion. This thing of guessing at results aud hoping for the best by a people who proposo to make tromendoi s sacrifices and bind themselves to their action, is, to our judgment,foolhardiness iu its cxteuicst form. In this, however, w« do not mean to be understood assaying that the South’ ern people should not acquiesce in everything they have no power to prevent, and even act under the Sher man bill so tar as shall be necessary to themselves iu a position to take advan. tsge of every turn of the whod ot For tune in their favor.— Macon Telegraph Petr A special messenger, it is stated, has peen dispatched to Atlanta, to serve the writ of the Supreme Court on General Dope, in tho Georgia case. Mont. Ado. Gov Jenkins brought out the sub puMia himself and served it on Gen Dope when they were at the same ho tel in Atlanta, last week. Get:. Pope replied that be would obey the order of the Court. The Hebrew Race. The Norfolk Journal, in speaking of the Hebrew race, says: There is, perhap*, no more striking ethnological phenomenon showing the tenacity of blood and race, than is exhibited in the history cf that people that traces its origin for forty centuries through tho revolutions of empires, hack to that period when Abraham and Lot fed 'their flock* together in the great plain of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Atthis very day, in whatever clime this peculiar people may be found, whether amid the snows of Canada,or the burn ing sands of Arabia ; or if we trace them to the dim twilight of the early ages or view them in the broad civili zation of the nineteenth century, the blood of the Hebrew raco preserves its purity, and like the pillar of fire in the wilderness, is a standing miracle thro’ all clinics aud time*. They are in truth, the same people to-day, marked by tho same peculiari ties, tho same physical conformation, the same Abrahamic features, and the same religious faith that their ances tor* possessed, when Moses led them through the waters of the Red Sea, and Pharaoh aud his host were engulfed I beneath the returning flood. No man can account for the strange preservation of this race, except upon j the hypothesis of the interposition of , a Divine Providence. Within the 1 period of tneir historic existence ora i pires hive arisen like short-lived mists ] arise from the sea, and have goce down in the long night of ages to rise i no more, and even whole races have 1 sprung up and have disappeared, hav | ing been swept from the face of the ! earth. They are, indeed, the chcsen of God, and unless all inspiration is a lie, they are preserved for a more glorious ex. hibition of Diviue power than the Gen tile world ever saw. Wherever we trace them, whether on the fertile banks of the Nile, the absolute slaves of a cruel task-master, or basking in tho sjdendors that surrounded the glory of the temple of Solomon, the same indomitable, unfaltering faith in that God who had preserved them, is one of the most sublime exhibitions that he lias displayed upon earth. Upon the ruins of that rude sacrifi cial altar, which in laith Abraham erected nearly four thousand years ago, a mighty city sprang into existence, rivalling the splendors of Thebes and Tadmor. In the revolutit ns of empires Jerusalem perished, and tho survivors of the decendunts of Israel were driven from the homes of their fathers, and scattered over this broad earth. Still their faith is as strong to-day in the God of Jacob as was that of tlieir fathers when Joseph welcomed his brethern in sight of tho Pyramids of the Pharaohs. Amid the mutations of time and the vicissitudes of life, they still worship at the same altar, arid kneel with reverential awe before that God, who on llorel’s rugged mount disclosed to Moses his eternal self existence in the awful words, I am THAT I AM. Expelled at various periods from almost every clime, prescribed and per secuted by the whole Gentile world, they still cling with unwavering faith to that law which God delivered to their fathers amid tho thunders of Si nai, and believe with a tenacity which time cannot destroy, that lie will one day restore them to that inheritance now desccraUd by tho infidel Turk. — In short, they have been oppressed, imprisoned, banished, r--bbed, outraged auu murdered for centuries past, and yet, in the meekness nod humility of a spirit that finds no parallel on earth, they have bowed submissively, under tlieir numberless afflictions, in the firm belief that Heaven will yet avenge tlieir wiongs. A religion which gives sueh signal examples of the splendors of moral worth and intellectual grandeur dis played on every page of the inspired record, ought to teach us of what grand materials the Hebrew nature is compos ed, and we may bol lly challenge the history of Greece, Rome, France, Eng. land or any other nation of ancient or modern times, to show ns a people ex hibiting so many virtues and adorned with such varied talents as we can find everywhere and at all times emblazon ed on the annals of the Hebrew race. Interesting History of a Loyal Leagiior. The Petersburg (Va.) Index pub. lishes the" following letter regarding the former life of Rev. J. W. Ilunoi cutt, a pious individual who has taken tho negroes of Virginia under his special and affectionate guardianship: Petersburg, Va , April 10, IdGf. Mr. Editor: Having many years ago known a man by the name of J. W. Hunnieul in Lunenburg county, I was attracted to Poplar Lawn on Mon day Inst to determine whether the great Union shrteker and abolitionist, so earnest of late in his attempts to gain the confidence of the colored people, could be the same individual with whom I had been acquainted at a time when the entire country in which he lived despised him for his cruelty to slaves, among other flagrant crime*. Arriving at the gathering, I caught the same shrill tones winch many a time had echoed blasphemy through the little country church in Lunenburg, and saw writhng with malice tho very same face which had been the signal for muttered curses whenever seen by a negro in former days. Just ns I arrived on the ground the reverned hypocrite was reciting the reasons for which he loved Virginia—- one given being the whining statement tl at in her soil lay all that was mortal of a darling wife, whose soul bad gone before to heaven—the best woman, Ac. My mind recurred to facts which should cause his hoary head to bow, and his false tongue to palsy with re morse. whenever he remember* the woman who bore his name. Hunnicutt married Miss , of Lunenburg, some thirty years ago, being the owner by Lis marriage of a comfortable farm and quite a large number of negroes. He was a Methodist preacher at the time, but was subsequently expelled from the Conference for doctrinal heresies, and became the founder of a' new sect—a branch unrecognized by the Baptist pe suasion. He wag known for miles around as a cruel master, wa# undoubtedly a negro trader, and for the slightest offence would buck and and gag his slaves, and lav them out in the sun lor hours. Finally, he sold all his negroes, and invested the pro ceeds in a stock ol groceries, and car ried on a small country business (the usual routine of cheating negroes aud encouraging theft) until he failed. But to return to the subject of his dear wife in heaven. The closing act ot his residence in Lunenburg, and your correspendent’s acquaintance with him, was in this wise : He had taken into his house as a servant a poor whito girl of the country, whom lie seduced Concealment becoming impossible, after awhile his wife made discovery and complaint, whereupou* this model of Christian and philan thropist horsewhipped the injured wo man, and ran off with the girl he hart ruined, leaving his family perfectly unprovided for and dependent upon* the charities of the people he now' abuses so roundly. I heard of him once afterwards at' Fredericksburg, but saw him no more until his whine about the “dear depar ted’’ recalled these facts of his life to my miud. 'They may aid iu removing the sheep’s clothing from this wolf who invades our fold. The truth of this statement can he attested by numbers of persons yet living near Lunenburg Courthouse, and my name is at the dis posal of any one anxious to sift this matter. Yours, Sc:., ’ A Poor White Max'. What I Saw—As I was going np tho street, I saw Mrs. Petroleum with two barrels and a half of oil, made into a cloak, which hung in graceful fold* from her ample figure; on her head* was nearly half a barrel ot’ the same fluid, and yet she held bet head so' high that one would almost Imaglnffit was ns empty as a blnstrd head of wheat. Bell nd her I saw a woman with two mowing machines in the folds of her dress, and yet how gracefully it swept the street A young girl wss with tier, who had around her neck ten barrels of flour. A little further up the street, I saw a lady with four revolvers, at ten dollars apiece, swing* ing from her ears. Lady number five was enrolled in fifty bales pf shoddy, and she marched into the store us though she was at the head ot a rogimrnt, and with a voico sueh as a colonel might use, when i speaking to all his men, a*kcd of the clerk,“be them the silks you adver tisc for evening wear ?" With a solemn look and a profound bow, he answered, “them do he, madam.” It was the last named lady who asked an acquaintance to write a list I of books, with pretty bindings, that she nfglit ‘fill our new library in tur new house.’ As I turned to go out the store, I met an old acquaintance who, a few years before, was an old schoolmate, and whose last composition was given me to correct, and the word ‘be,’ was spelled ‘bee’—but she had on so many pairs of boots for avail, that she was afraid to bend her hrad, I suppose, for fear of some kind of a downfall. I wcut home pondering in my heart these words of the preacher —“ V*ui» ty, vanity, all is vanity.” The Printer s Estate. —The Prin ter’s dollars—whore are they f A dollar here, and a dollar there, scat tered all over the country, miles and miles apart —how shall they be gatlw 1 ered together 7 The paper maker, the building owner, the grocer, the tailor,, and all assistance to him in carrying on his business, have their and .-mands, haidly ever so small as a single dollar. But the mites from here ami tfew must be dilizenlly galhcrcd and pa tiently hoarded, or the wherewith to discharge the fiabilitties will never be. come sufficiently bulky. We imagine the piirrter will have' Jo get an address to hie widely scattered dollars some thing like the following :• •‘Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, and all manner of fractions into which ye are divided, collect yourselves and come home! Ye arc wanted ! Com binations of all sorts of men that help! the printer to b-reoine a proprietor,- gather such forces, and demand, with such good reasons, your appearance at his countor, that nothing short of » sight of you will appease them. CoL lect yourselves, for valuable as you arc in the aggregate, single you will never pay the cost of gathering. Come in here in single Sic, that the printer may form y- u into a battalion, and send you forth again to battle for him, and vindicate feeble credit !” Reader are you sure you haven't a couple of the printer’s dollars sticking about your clothes f View of Gen. Pope. —A csrrespon. dent, who m a Virginian by birth, writes t” th* Selma (Ala.) Tim**, an intsresting letter about Geo. Pope, in which he says : Ito not be prejjliced against Pope, for I had many c>nvenations with him, and fully understand his view*. He is a Rad eal—that is, be goes with Congress —but he is very desirous oi doing right in his new command, and is disposed to be kind and considerate. He did not desire the position, and I know h* has accepted it with an earn cm wish to do good and to execute tho law with as little oppression of the people a* possible