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VOLUME I. THE INDEPENDENT. SATUttDAY, AUGUST a, 1873. PubltuHnt Wwkly at H 00 per Annum in AdraMce. Sittflf Coplc 5 rent*. (From the Bavwmah Advertiser & Republican.] Baltimore In Flames. Immense Destruction of Property. Vomr Ch.rrhr. Barntd to tke Oro.ld— K1(hl Bn.lnm Black, mm* Ftrc Other Balldlnß. Laid In Aakaa —Great BxcH.rn.nt Among the InkhhltanU—Tk iln mured Lm ot Lift Nat V.riled—Tk. Kir. Under Con trol at lout Baltimore, July 26.—A little after ten o'clock to-day a fire broke out in the plan ing mill of Joseph Thomas & Cos., on the south aide of Clay street between Liberty and Park streets. Soon after a general alarm was sounded, and the fire soon ex tended to the three adjoining blocks, and an immense conflagration is now raging. A stiff southwest breeze is blowing and immense cinders are wafted several blocks off, in the vicinity of the Cathedral. The locality of the fire is in the immediate vi cinity of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Smith, corner of Liberty and Saratoga streets, where the Presbyterian Assembly was held. The entire southwest corner of this block is burned. Particulars will be given as fast as possible. Several fire en gines from Washington have arrived. Later. —The fire extends to Franklin strict, Howard atreet and-Lexington Park. Fane churches Arc burned. The Cathedral is threatened. It is reported that St. Al phonsus is burning. Several lives are re ported lost, but the report has not been confirmed. Water is ample, and unless the wind increases the flames will be con fined to the bounds above indicated. 1 o’clock, p. m.—The fire is still raging, hut will probably be confined to the area lamnded by Lexington street on the sonth, Howard street on the west, Mulberry on the north, and liberty on the east. After breaking out in the planing mill of Thomas & Cos., on the south sido of Clay street, the flames rapidly spread across Clay to the block bounded by Howard, Liberty, Saratoga and Clay streets, consuming near ly the entire block. At this hour few buildings remain at the northeast corner of the block, at which point the Central Presbyterian Church, of which Dr. Smith is rector, is located, which strnctnre i%, now on fire. The probability is the entire block will be consumed. From Clay street south the fire worked its way back to Lex ington street, burning all the buildings on l’ark street. The fire is still raging on this block. On the west sido of Park street, from Lexington to Saratoga, nearly every house has been burned. Fully two thirds of the entire block bounded by Clay, Park, Saratoga and Howard streets, is being consumed. The First English I.ntlieran Church on Lexington street, (Rev. Dr. Barclay’s), is entirely consumed. It is possible the fire will not extend much beyond the four blocks named. It is im possible to get all the particulars. The streets in the immediate vicinity, and for a number of blocks adjacent, are being! jammed with tliousauds of people, furni ture, wagons, drays, and every vehicle imaginable, loading with and removing furniture. The greatest consternation prevails, and the streets ore being filled with frantic women, hurrying in every direction with children, bedding, cradles and various pieces of fu|niture in their arms. The whole fire department of the city, with two engines from Washington, are now successfully battling with the flames. The supply of water up to this time is ample, and unless the stiff breeze increases to a gale, and wafts cinders in other direc tions, it will undoubtedly be confined to its present locality. The district burned out is occupied principally by small shops, several fac tories, and three-story brick residences. At this time it is impossible to make any estimate of the loss. There are a number of rumors of parties, men, women and children being burned, but strict inquiry has failed to establish any loss of life up to this time, 1:45 p. m. 2:40 p. m.—The fire is still raging, but has not extended any great extent beyond the blocks named in the last dispatch. The Central Presbyterian Church, Dr. Smith, southeast corner Saratoga and Lib erty streets, is a complete wreck, nothing remaining • but the walls. With the ex ception of three brick dwellings on the southeast corner of this block, in the in termediate rear the ruins of the church, not a building remains. At this hour the wildest rumors prevail in regard to the fires in other portions of the city, but an inspection of the localities named as on fire, fails to verify the report. The roofs of several buildings on Calvert street, north of Saratoga street, have taken fire, among them the Children’s Aid Society, on Cal vert street, adjoining the city spring, but all have been extinguished. St. Alphonsns German Catholic Church, a beautiful struc ture at the northeast corner of Saratoga and Park streets, is in imminent danger, but at this moment has not taken fire. Dispatches have been received from Phila delphia, offering assistance. About one hundred buildings have been burned. 3 o’clock p. m.—The fire is still raging. ' Light blocks and five buildings have been THE INDEPENDENT. burned. The authorities are sending for outside help. The water supply is failing. Clay street, from Liberty to Howard, two squares, is burned. This is a narrow street, filled with carpenter shops and box fac tories. The steeple of the Central Pres byterian Church is on fire. At half-past one o’clock the fiercest portion of the fire was on Saratoga street, between Park and Liberty streets. On the south side house on the square was in flames. The fire reached this square from the back buildings, which reach to the destroyed houses on Clay street Up Saratoga to Howard, on the south side, the houses were still burning at one o'clock. The course of the fire from Thomas's factory, where it commenced, was up Park street on one side and rear of St Alphonsus school on the other side. Burning shingles and sparks started the fire in the square on the north side of Mulberry street between Cathedral and Park streets. The fire then dashed across the street to the Academy of Arts, The dome of the Cathedral at one time was on fire, but was put out by citizens, who were stationed on the roof prepared for it At eleven o’clock the casings of the windows of St Alphonsus Church were on fire for the third time. The sparks were showered all over the church from the burning houses in front and alongside of it Notwithstanding the intensity of the flames and the natural excitement incident thereto, no panic prevailed in the neigh borhood of the fire, but all did their ut most to prevent the spread of the flames. The Salvage Corps appeared on the scene, and are doing good service. No estimate of damage is possible under the circum stances. The work of moving is still go ing forward, and the streets arc impassable. On Mulberry street the buildings of the Maryland Academy of Art have been burned. Dr. Dalrymple’s school, adjoin ing, is on fire. Three handsome private residences on the north side of Mulberry street, between Cathedral street and Park, took fire, but were saved with considerable damage. A force of forty men are passing water to the dome of the Cathedral, which is covered with blankets. 3:10 p. m.—Clay street, on which the fire originated to-day, is a small street beginning at Liberty street, about midway between and parallel with Saratoga and Lexington, running west, intersecting Park and Howard streets, and stopping at Eutaw. 4:10 p. m.—The fire is now completely under control, and many who removed their goods and furniture on blocks adja cent to tlm fire are moving back. Reports are still circulated that several children were burned and men killed, but a strict inquiry at the Marshal's office fails to verify any death by burning. BISMARCK. IIIi Attempt to Crash the Christian Itell glon and Eielt the State Into a Deity. A correspondent of the world, under date of Berlin, June 29,makes public a most re markable conversation with Prince Bis marck in which the Prince, after giving ex pression to his weariness of spirit, is made to say: The truth is, there are not half a dozen men in Germany, or on our sido I mean, who clearly comprehend the real meaning of the conflicts in which wv are engaged, and in which, notwithstanding our success thus far, I now believe we shall be beaten. The Emperor does not understand it, and if he did he would change sides in a minute. The Crown Prince, perhaps, does under stand it, but he will put himself on the other side, if indeed he is not already there. The fight is the Empire against the Church. It is the fight of the State, Empire, Mon archy or Republic against God, and in this fight the State will get the worst of it, un less it succeeds in destroying the idea of God and placing itself in his place. Men say they must have something to worship. Well then let them worship the State; let it be all in all; let it take the place of the family as well as of the deity; let it be the deity. In two generations, if we had the field wholly to ourselves, we could so ob literate the idea of God and of imaginary right, bestowed on man by Him as their creator; that the substitution of the State in His place would be effected, and the State as in Pagan Rome, would be all in all. The correspondent giving in his own lan guage the spirit of a continued conversation with Bismarck, says the seminal idea of the whole was that the aspiration for lib erty grew out of belief in God; that it wonld be impossible to make a perfect sub servient people ont of men imbued with dogmas of Christianity, and that while all forms of Christianity were alike fallacious he could war against none bnt that of the Roman Catholic Church, for the reason that it alone was formidable. He said noth-' ing has amused me more than praises which I have received from Protestant Chris tians of England and America. I have wished to crash Rome that I might crush Christianity. They praise me for my ser vices in the cause of what they call reformed Christianity. If anything could console me for chagrin, which I forsee I am to endure for some time to come, it would be to wit ness the amusement of these good friends of mine when they understand the truth; but understand it they never will. Three Kinds op Praise. —There are three kinds of praise: That which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from grati tude. QUITMAN, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 2,1873. [From the Atlanta Constitution.] GEN. JOE JOHNSTON A GUEST OF THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO. An Incident of the War Not In Hlstorjr. Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1873. Editors Constitution: A reception was held at the mansion of Governor Noyes, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday evening, July 15th, in honor of the members of the State Constitu tional Convention now in session in Columbus. There was a number of distinguished gneats from abroad. Promi nent among the many was General Joseph E. Johnston. He was a marked man and attracted universal and most respectful at tention. Thi.; is as it should be. Upon being made acquainted with the above fact, a war incident was called to my mind—a war incident that is not part of history, and which ahowa the necessity of carrying out the orders of the Comman der-in-chief at all hazards. It was in May, 1864, that General Sher man swung into Georgia with his great army of one hundred thousand men and two hundred and fifty guns. Nine years ago! It does not seem nine years since the thunders of artillery ahook the moun tains from Ringgold to Atlanta! Then, Governor Noyes of Ohio now, was Colonel Noyes of the 39th Ohio infantry, and part of the Army of the Tennessee under com mand of General McPherson. The com mander of the opposing Confederate army was General Joseph E. Johnston, who was Governor Noye’s guest on the 16th of this month of July. But to my incident. General Sherman, with his splendidly equipped army of one hundred thousand men, wanted to give General Johnston, with his army of fiity thousand veterans, battle in tho month of May, 1864, for he well knew that every step General John ston took toward Atlanta he became stron ger. Johnston was at Dalton, with his ad vance at Ringgold; his line of supplies as well os of retreat, the Western and At lantic Railroad. Sherman conceived the idea of flanking Johnston by sending McPherson, with his twenty-four thousand men, around through Snake Creek Gap to Resaca, or any other point north of Gostanaulla river, with or ders to seize the railroad, hold it, and burn the bridge at Resoca at all hazards. Meanwhile he would keep the Confederate army at Rocky Faced Ridge busy. Gen. Thomas doubted the success of the plan, because, he said General Johnston was too good a soldier to leave Snake Creek Gap unfortified. But Sherman was bound to try it, and so he started McPherson, with the army of Tennessee, on n mission, which, if carried out would result in as great an achievement as ever was gained by armed men. Johnston would be sur rounded—hemmed in by the Oostananlla and Conasauga rivers on the south and east, by John’s mountain on the west, he would have to surrender or fight against fearful odds—double his force attacking in front and rear. On the Bth and 9th of May, Sherman hammered away at Rocky Face Ridge and Buzzard's Roost, at a fearful rate; and during the night of the 9th, a courier from McPherson arrived at Sherman’s head quarters with the information that Mc pherson and his army had passed through Snake Creek Gap and were within a mile of the Railroad. This was great news for Sherman. He immediately called for horses and an escort, and rode to Gen. Thomas' quarters, over a mile away. Bursting in upon General Thomas, he shouted: “I told you so, Tom!” (In familiar in tercourse he always called General Thomas Tom.) “McPherson passed through the gap, and by this time has the railroad, and has burned the bridge. I’ve got him dead!” Of course Thojnas was overjoyed, they congratulated themselves on ending the campaign at its commencement. To go down to Atlanta, and from there to Savan nah would be holiday work. At daylight a general advance would be made. Mc- Pherson shall hear our guns before night. Victory! Before daylight another courier came, and his message was that McPherson had met a considerable force, and considered it prudent to fall back to the west end and fortify. Then Sherman stormed. He said “the grand opportunity is over—oh! if I had only sent Osterhans or Charley Wood, or somebody who would have done as I or dered, Joe Jonston would have been mine before forty-eight hours.” Sherman at once put his army in mo tion for Resaca, via Snake Creek Gap, hoping to get through before Johnston could get away, leaving Howard’s corps to watch Buzzard Roost. But that wiley Chieftain had detected the object of the movement, and he pulled up stakes at Dal ton, and, having the short cut, got to Re saca before Sherman debouched from Snake Creek Gap, while Howard’s corps occupied Dalton. Then followed tho three days’ bloody fight around Resaca, nntil the night of May 15th, when Johnston quietly slipped away to Kingston with his army, the rear guard burning tho railroad bridge across the Oostanaula river. Sherman did not get into Atlanta until the 9th of Septem ber. Gen. Sherman was terribly incensed to ward Gen. McPherson for not carrying ont his orders to seize the railroad at Re taca, and contemplated removing him from command of the army of theTennes- see. But McPherson was a noble, dashing officer—the idol of the srmy, and at Re aaca on the 14th he carried a line of rifle pita across Camp Creek, which enabled him to pour a destructive enfilading fire upon the Confederate works and to com mand the railroad bridge; so Sherman for gave his blunder; and by his brilliant gen eralship from Resoca to Atlanta, where he gave his bright young life on that bloody 22d of July, lie was fully restored in the confidence of his commander, who char acterized him as "a noble youth, of strik ing personal appearance, of tho highest professional capacity, and with a heart abounding in kindness, that drew to him the affections of all men." No man can foresee events; but had General McPherson carried out his ciders at Reaaca, would the 30,000 Federals and 42,000 Confederates killed and wounded between Dalton and Atlanta have been spared? A. L. Harris. foreignTffairs. SPAIN VS. CUBA. Washington, July 25.—Information from Madrid by telegram has just been re ceived in diplomatic circles that the Cortes, by a large majority, have resolved that they will confer no further political privi leges on Cuba until tho Insurgents shall lay down their arms. DON CARLOS AND HIS MOVEMENTS. A Hemld special from Lecumberry, France, of the 24th says: Don Carlos, by the advice of his Generals, hesitated to advance on Pampaluna, and is waiting for a junction with tho forces of Darregitrry. His whole force numbers fifteen thousand men, fully armed. Numerous French vol unteers arc arriving, and are demanding arms. Paris, July 24.—Tho Government lias received information which it regards as trustworthy, that instructions have been issued from the head of the Internationals in London to its subordinates in France, to organize for a serios of labor strikes throughout the Republic, to be carried into effect during the coming recess of the Assembly. Increased vigilance on the part of the local authorities is ordered, and contact of the soldiery with foreigners is prohibited. Prince Frederick Charles, of Germany, has tendered to Marshal Bazainc evidence in his favor on his trial for the surrender of Metz to the Prussians. The Marshal, however, declined to permit the evidence to be introduced. The Journal de Pari to-day says the project of placing a Prince of the House: of Hohenzbllem on the Ahrone of Spain ha/s not been abandoned. A number of discontented Carlist leaders and former Liberal Unionists aro said to favor the Ho henzollem candidacy. The Journal also says the Cure of Santa Cruz waa pro claimed a rebel by Carlos for being con cerned in this intrigue. The permanent committoc of the assem. bly to sit at Versailles during the recess of that body is composed of ton members of the Left and one Bonapartist. The Duke de Aumale to-day asked leave of absence from the Assembly for the pur pose of presiding over the court martial of Bazaine. The bill authorizing the con struction of the Church of the Sacred Heart, a grand cathedral on tho height of Montmatrie, overlcoking Paris, passed the Assembly to-day after an exciting debate, in tho course of which much violent reli gious partisanship was evoked. It is prob able the Assembly will adjourn Thursday next. Madrid, July 25.— The Prussian frigate dispatched by the German Consul in pur suit of the Spanish war vessel Vigilante, which was captured by Insurgents, was overhauled en route off Almeria, whither she was bound, for the purpose of pro claiming that province an independent oanton. Senor Galvez, a deputy in the Cortes, was in command of the Vigilante. The German Ambassador has offered to deliver the captured vessel into the hands of the government. A dispatch from tho town of Fignoras, in the province of Gerona, says the gates of the city have been olosed, the streets barricaded, and the authorities were pre pared for defence against the Insurgents. A number of Carlists have been arrested, and six priests, suspected of intriguing for Don Carlos have been thrown into prison. THE OARXJHTB TURNING ON GERMANY. Madrid, July 25.—The Cortes has passed a bill suppressing the Admiralty. President Balmeron has issued a proclama tion calling the men of the reserves into active service against the insurrectionists of the country. Madrid, July 25. —Contreras, command ing the Rebels in Carthagena, threatens to seize all German ships now lying in the harbor of that port, unless the Vigilante captured by a German man-of-war is res tored to tho Insurgents. There is a rumor which needs confirmation, that the Ger man Consul at Carthagena has been ar rested by the Insurgents, and is detained as a hostage. THE SHAH. London, July 25.—The Shah of Persia will embark at Brindisi for Constantino ple. KHTVA’S CONCESSION*. St. Petersburg, July 25. —The govern ment has received a dispatch from General Kauffman, announcing a treaty between Russia and Khiva, which has been signed by the Khan, who promises to pay Russia two million roubles and abolish capital punishment in bis dominions. In return for this, Russia guarantees independence of Khanate. The Czar’s troops will oc cupy Khiva until the war indemnity is paid. A portion of tho territory of Khanate is to be given to Bokhara, for assistance ren deraet to the Russian troops. Social and Political Equality at tho South. Ib the Editor ttf the S. Y. Express: Eastern Virginia, July 4, 1873. The great ability of your paper, its high oharaoter, and its moderate and conser vative views as to governmental policy have given it an influence and popularity in the South possessed by no other North ern paper. This ia more particularly tho case in Virginia, where tho great mass of the white population ore conservative and utterly opposed to this wild radicalism that controls the government and is rapidly breaking down all the safeguards and bar riers which the wisdom of forefathers erected for the protection of our liberties. Will you allow mo to say a word to your readers upon a subject but little under stood at the North, but of the most vital importance to the North as well as tho South? I allude to the question of social and political equality between tho white and black races in the United States. The recent attempt to force this policy upon the country is one of tho most unfortunate errors that lias ever been committed. Parties at a distance, who neither un derstand nor appreciate the difficulties of the question, havo undertaken its control, and the result, thus far, is evil, and only evil, for whilst it has brought no good to the negro, whole communities of whites have been bankrupted and ruined. Had the people been left free to adopt such measures as suited the negro iu his altered condition, his usefulness and efficiency as a laborer might have been maintained, whilst, at the same tame, all nocessary le gal protection would have been secured to him. Let not tho position of tho Southern people upon this subject be misunder stood. They do not desire to re-enslave the negro. No people were over before known to make the immense sacrifice which tho abolition of slavery involved so cheerfully and with so little regret; but they cannot be indifferent to the immense evils brought upon the country by the fatal policy since pursued. Wherever there is a negro ascendancy in numbers, there, to all intents and pur poses, is installed negro domination, with all its horrible consequences. Instances: South Carolina. Florida, Alabama, Louisi ana and Arkansas. What else could be ex pected when the governments of those States have been taken out of the hands of the educated, intelligent classos, and placed in tho hands of tho ignorant and vicious? * In order to a right understanding of this question of equality, I will revert briefly to the question of races. Of the five different races now inhabit ing the world, the white race is the su perior. Vast differences exist between the whites and negroes—physically, morally and intellectually—to prove which I have only to draw comparison. Seo what the white man hus accomplished in the physi cal, intellectual and moral world. Look at his physical developments, his noble form divine, indicating, as they do, the highest type of moral and intellectual power and excellence. The greatest differences havo been de veloped by scientific examination, by which it has been shown that the head of white man contains on an average 91 cubic inches more brain than the negro, and as great a difference as 17 inches was discov ered between the two extremes. Of the races the negro is now the lowest. The great preponderance of his animal in stincts and passions over his moral nature renders it extremely difficult, and indeed almost impossible to elevate his moral status while he is left free to follow the natural bent of his nature. Had events been left to take their natu ral course, and each of the races allowed to take the position assigned by Provi dence, there never would exist any antag onism between them. Just as soon as the attempt is made to force political and social equality between the raees, just that moment an antagonism is inaugurated. It is contended that tho NEGRO MUST BE EDUCATED, and then he will vindicate his manhood and prove his capacity for intellectual and moral elevation and improvement. This improvement is now being honestly and fairly tried; but thus far, so fur as the great mass of the negroes is concerned, the out-look is not at all hopeful. Many of them fail to avail themselves of the edu cational advantages placed within their reach, and those who do seem not to be at all benefltted thereby. The work of elevating the moral and intellectual status of the negro, if practi cable at all, is one of great difficulty. In the absence of all family government, and the absence, too, of almost all moral and virtuous restraints in the social life of the negro, it is yet difficult to see how any public effort can accomplish much good, especially in the way of moral reform. You may succeed to some extent in the education of the head, but, if unaccom panied by a corresponding training of the moral powers, this partial education will only render the recipient more potent for mischief. This moral reform must com mence in the family circle. But here an other difficulty presents itself. In the ab sence of all social intercourse between the two races, it is difficult to gain access to the family circle of the negro. Recent events have had the effect of producing a sad estrangement between them, and THE BREACH IS WIDENING EVERT DAY. Outside of governmental aid, tho negro is now left almost entirely to himself for his moral and religioun instruction. They have now their own churches and their own pastors, and nearly every adult among them is a member of the church; but their religious exercises are gradually running into a cessational furor characteristic of the race, and in which there seems to bo not a particle of real religious perception. Political equality necessitates to Bomo extent social equality, and sociul equality eventually LEADS TO AMALGAMATION, or a mixing of the races—a double sin on the part of tho white man, a sin against God and a sin against the purity and in tegrity of his own race. The white race was set apart for a great work, and in order to fit it for this work, the benefleient Creator has bestowed upon it instincts and capacities of the highest order. If this race, so distinguished and so highly favored of God, were allowed to mix with and be corrupted by an inferior race, the great purpose of the Almighty would he defeated. The work assigned it has not been completed, and tho original necessity for preserving the purity and in tegrity of the chosen race still exists. It is clearly the intention of God that the different races should not mix or amal gato, and hence these distinctions of color, and those natural antipathies and instincts which were designed, doubtless, to keep them separate and distinct The Israel ites, when abont to enter the Holy Land, were commanded to utterly exterminate the inferior races then inhabiting it, in or der to prevent this mixing. Of all the human family, JMoses, the great law-giver, and the great representa tive man of the white race, alone was per mitted to talk with God face to face. No inferior race, no unhallowed foot was per mitted to tread the top of that sacred mount from whence God with his own hands was to hand down the written law. THE BALLOT FOR THE NEGRO is like a sharp-eged tool in the hands of a child; so far from being a protection to the negro’s rights, it will in the end work his destruction, because it brings him into a state of antagonism with the white race, will finally end in n war of races. At tho North, where there are lint few negroes, the evils of negro suffrage are scarcely seen and felt at all, but here in tho South, where the negro population in many localities preponderates over the whites, the effect is ruinous beyond the most fearful anticipations. In tho exer cise of this privilege, so highly prized by the virtuous and enlightened freeman, the great mass of tho negroes exhibit an utter disregard of the public interest and service. Men are voted for for high official posi tions who can neither read nor write, and are in other respects utterly unfit for them. In almost every community where the ne groes have a majority, the educated and onlightcned classes are entirely excluded from the public service and the best in terests of the country committed either to the keeping of ignorant negroes or of un scrupulous and mercenary adventurers. The negro, though the weaker party, is constantly raising the issue of race or color, whenever they have the escendaney in numbers. He neither comprehends nor regards any of your party questions, and when appealed to his only response is: “I go with my color.” Fortunately for the pnrity and integrity of tho whole race, and fortunately for the interest of Christian civilization, this ques tion of social equality has in a great meas ure been placed beyond the reach of legal enactments, though the insane and wicked attempt has not been left untried. Tho advocates of social equality fail to recognize the distinction between equality among members of the some race and equality between those of different races, more especially where there exist such marked differences as exist between the black and white races. The white man, however humble his origin may have been, if he has sufficient capacity and energy, may aspire to and reach any position, either in the State or in the social circle. Not so, however, with the negro. You may clothe him in purple and fine linen; you may store his mind with classic lore, or he may have gleaned the vast fields of science, still he can never be elevated to the social level with the white man. The question at issue is one that towers above all party. The mistuken policy now being enforced is rapidly de veloping results of monstrous import. The laws of nature cannot be outraged with impunity. Shall we pause and retrace the steps so fatally taken in the wrong direc tion, or shall we with pertinacious obsti nacy, press on to the yawning gulf that lies ahead of us ? If a traveler in the prosecution of his journey happens to take the wrong road, as soon as be makes np his mind to the fact he at once retraces his steps and puts himself in the right road again. Why may not errors of State policy be corrected in the same way ? The prevailing idea that governmental policies of a certain kind, like the laws of the Modes and Per sians, ore unchangeable, is a fallacy. The character, condition and capacities of the negro are much better understood by the Southern than the Northern peo ple, aud they are far better qualified to deal wisely with these great questions at issue between them. Liberty and the franchise in the hands of the virtuous and enlightened classes of society is a great boon, but when thrusted prematurely into the hands of the igno rant and visoious they become a curse in stead of a blessing. The great mass of the negro population is at this time totally unprepared for a safe and legitimate ex- NUMBER 13. erciae of those groat questions. The Bhi and most deplorable condition of moot of tho cotton States attests too plainly trie truth of this position. And then, to come back again to this question of races. Be have to confront an additional obstacle in the way of social and political equality that can never bo surmounted. It i*M*Cly impracticable to make two races lfon to gether peaceably on terms of And it is more particularly so With two races so distinct and unlike as tho bleak and white races. The inevitable qtiestiofi of races will be raised, in spite of legal enactments, constitutional provisions and sickly sentimentality. And, itns|S In say, the miserable infatnation of the negro prompts him to make the first start is that direction. In spite of hia weakness and the remonstrances and warnings of hie best friends, he is everywhere raising this dan gerous and fatal question of room. WHAT IS THE REMEDY FOB THM imsf I answer, first, not slavery, but some con dition of subordination to the superior nice. The second remedy is to colonies him and give him the opportunity of work ing out his own destiny alone. The %st is the only way by which the negro cun be utilized here. When occu pying his natural position he makes an efficient laborer, and is better suited for agricultural purposes in the Sooth then any other. But his usefulness an a la borer is being rapidly destroyed, in tke vain attempt to make a political engine of him. If, on the other hand, it be IbWif impracticable to correct the error of th|a past, it would bo far better to let him solve the problem of his capacity for self government, unaided by others. THE NEGRO IN AFRICA. There is something peculiar to Africa and the negro race. The missionary baa never done any great thing for poor, be nighted Africa. He can’t go there. He can’t live there, where "the air is like a furnace" and the sands like coals of fire, but God, who has said that the Gospel shall be preached to every living creator*, has not left the poor Afriean without a chance of hearing the glad tidings of sol vation. Slavery has been the means by which that great blessing has been *x extended to him; and it ia extremely doubtful whether he could ever have been Christianized in any other way. The fact cannot be denied that the negro has never attained to any degree of civili zation except when brought into acme condition of subordination to a superior race. In the providence of God be hes beeu brought here, where he has had bis day of probation, and bas attained, pea* haps, to as high a degree of civilisation a* lie is capable of, and it may be that this same all-wise and overruling Providonos is in this manner opening the way for his re turn to his native land, there to erect the standard of Christian civilization, if, in deed he is capable of snch a destiny. Our Northern brethren, in their vain at tempt to remove the disabilities which God has imposed, had bettor take heed to their ways, lest they bring upon themaehraa the fate of Gahazi, who, in the attempt to muke merchandise out of sooted things, brought upon himself tho curse from which the prophet had just delivered Naarnan, We of the South have no other feeßng toward the negro but that of lundncaa. But when ho grnsps at the rein el gov eminent, and attempts to pot the white man under his feet, he at onee kindles a flume that will as surely doom him as Ike fire doth the stubble. A wide-spread misapprehension existent the North upon this subject, the removal of which would tend more to the restora tion of kind and cordial relations between the sections than anything else in the world. Let the good and patriotic men everywhere come together, and let this difficult and delicate question be dealt with in the light of truth, justice and mercy. Let the negro have all the safeguards and protection thrown around him that may be due to him in his humble position, but kt nothing be done in his interest that may endanger the supemocy of the white race. Veritas. The general feeling in New York State is in favor of a united Democracy. The Albany Argus says: “It is gratifying to know that the feeling in New York eity ie in favor of hearty union. The people will follow where leaders in whom they confide shall indicate. There is no disposition to dictate, only a yearning for hearty and ef fective co-operation. There is reason to feel confident that this desire for unity will be gratified. Complications will be smoothed away, and no differences allowed of a nature perilous to success. In the full assurance of this auspicious result the Democracy of the interior can confidently prepare for the coming campaign. Sound principles have been steadily gaining strength for years. Give them vigor and the issues of the conflict will not be doubt ful.” A debating society discussed the qnes iion: “Is it wrong to cheat • lawyer ?” After full discussion and mature delibera tion, the decision was, “Not wrong, but too difficult to pay for the trouble.** “What a waste of money,” soliloquized a vagrant, “to be buying meat that's half bone, when yon get whisky without any bone in it at all!” A pickpocket when engaged in Ms pro fession, seldom is aware that beisstealing. He performs all his thefts in a moment of ! abstraction.