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•ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WIIEX REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT."—Jefftrton. VOLUME XIX. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,1867. NUMBER 11. HMI9 Jntflli.qeufrr. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, April :3, 1866. Uvvtrnmcnl Stallillci. What Im to be Done. The Macon Telegraph Las transferred to its ; columns the following article lrom the Xtic Or- j Iran* Crescent substituting "Georgia'’ tor “Loui- j siana,” and endorsing the policy suggested in it | "as applicable to our condition up to the time - j when the Legislature under the new order ot A Succinct Statement of the Military and Supplemental Acta. We are indebted to the Charleston Mercury Most Excellent Counsel. The colored population of Macon held :>. nieet- at the Second Colored-Baptist Church in that Comparative Number of White and Black. Voters in tieorgia under the Sliermau Bill. The Speech of Ueucrul Wade Hampton at Columbia. The following are some extracts from the j things, will be called on to sanction certain The following valuable information we find in , cIianges in the fundanleD ul law of the Union, the monthly report of the Director of the Bu- ] wheu> if we Lave the liberty n f writing and pub- rtMiu of Statistics, Treasury Department of the j li5 , ling our view8 we will be heard from <>n the Government at Washington, bearing date the » questioll of the dllty and poliev of Oeorgi^. l.-ith ultimo. It embraces a statement of the ; „ Up tQ (he prcse * t time the po]5cv «f inaction value of the export* of domestic produce from the hag been the J>oIicy adapted lo ^e'peculiar cir- Initcd States to foreign ports, for the years I860, , ciunstance8 iu which Uie South Uas bwn pIaced . j This journal has steadily and consistently op- i posed any such affirmative action on tiie pari of ! Georgia as would make her a participant in j measures intended to accomplish lier political degradation. As long as the question presented for consideration was, simply, whether or not we should accept conditions inconsistent with our . rights and our dignity, as I lie price of political re-liabilitation, and as long as liberty of choice and the control of our interna! affairs were leu for the succinct statement, copied below, of the j c if V> on Thursday last, which was attended by a Military and Supplemental acts recently passed j number of the prominent citizens of that place, ' in addition to the United States Officers at that I i>ost. Several addresses Were made on the in teresting ported to 1800, both inclusive, to-ick : la 1(00 4378,180,a* In 1861... 2SB.o5e.4S6 ill isol 213,009,479 In 1863 806.884.etW In IsOt 320,035,197 in 1S66 323,743,187 In 1800 550,081,277 From the foregoing it will be seen that during the progress of the late war, the value of ex ports from the United States of domestic pro duce, to foreign ports, fell largely short of the , lo us , present expediency no less than abstract table exported in 1860. This will not surprise J pr j nc j p le dictated the necessity of refusal. While any one, as the South contributed but little du- i ^^jrg remainded in tins condition, and while ling the war, and that little, possibly, only from j they promised to remain in this condition, it v.n- New Orleans and other less important points, to j posslb i e to thwart the aims of the radical party ihc value of exports. But what may surprise and to thwart the aims of the radical party some, is the fact that the value of exports of j would have been to preserve the constitutional 1866. should so largely exceed that of 1860 the j r i gb | S 0 f the Southern States, at least in theory former being in excess of the latter $177,494,993. if nol in practice. If we could have retained the Attribute this to what cause or causes we tiinv, liberty ot accepting or rejecting conditions, and by Congress, and now ready to be enforced: K LECTIONS. 1. Registration to take place of voters quali fied by the “ Act lor the more efficient govern ment of the rebel Stales.” 7!. Election to bo.hc!d to determine whether a convention shall be railed—votes Iw ballot to be indorsed concentiou or no contention. ft. Election to tie held for delegates to a con vention, if determined to be called. 4. Constitution adopted by convention to be submitted to people for ratification or rejection. The people, consisting of the registered voters, are thus to be appealed !•> three times for their direct action at the polls. TIIK VOTERS. 5 The voters to he registered must have the following qualifications: 1. Twenty-one years old ; 2. Resident one year before day of elec tion , ft. " Of whatever race or color; 4. Not disfranchised for participation in rebellion or for felony: 5. Never been a member of any State Legislature, nor held any executive or judicial office in anv State, and aftencards engaged in rebellion against the’ United States; 6. Never having taken an oath as a member of Congress, or an officer of the United States, or a member of a State Legislature, or an executive or judi cial officer of a State to support the Constitution • oum oie (general Sickles, assuming command ot i ,T ; speech deIivered by Genwal Wadc Hampton at cond District, composed “of the States of & -bssenger, bin trior m suppostn a tbe f ree dmen's mass meeting in Columbia, South ! . lud South Carolina- hat there are but twenty-seven counties m the ^ - ’ auu Down uaronna. con 1 tli State in which tlie blacks have a majority of vo ters. We have before us the tax»returus for 1SGG The Second Military District. Below will be found a copy ot the order of General Sickles, assuming command ot the So- North Carolina: My Friends—You have requested me to give Headqcxrtkks Second Military District, 1 N'okth Carolina and Sou iu Car hxa, - Columbia, S. C., March 21, iso:. ) there is one thing certain—it evidences a won (lerful increase in tin: value of domestic produce | than"a continued exclusion t the 1 nited States, and afterward* engaged in i if rejection would have entailed no other penalty I insurrection or rebellion; .. Swears to the above exported lrom the United States since the year 1860—a year of peace, and when the South con tributed largely to swell the value of those ex ports, if she did not contribute in cotton, rice, and sugar, the greater amount. In 1865, but very little cotton, or other productions were grown in the South, and but little, consequently, ot the crops ot that year could have been export ed in cither that, or the following year, 1860. It is well known, loo, that disastrous failure attend- rnm the Union, it ! would have beeu impolitic and degrading to ac cept the offered terms. Such an acceptance would have been merely a barter and sale ofj principles and rights, without even an adequate consideration. “But it was always conceivable that this situa- j tion would undergo a change. The same party i which left us the liberty of choice might, at j least, deny us the liberty ot choice. The same j j party which permitted us to retain control ot our 1 the planting of cotton in 1466, and yet we i Btate affairs, might, at any moment, deprive us e officially reported that the exports of domes- ! () f t be con trol of our State affairs. Iu fine, it was quite within the limits of supposition that we might find ourselves in a coudition in which tic produce for the latter exceeds that ot 1861, i by the enormous amount, above stated. In this I we see a vast increase of the agricultural pro- j Unctions of the United States—nay, a most won- j derful one ; one that evidences an industry and | prosperity in the West and great Northwest that ; hills fair to render it, if it be not so now, the \ greatest agricultural country in the world — j When to this shall be added the agricultural pro- j dilutions ol a reconstructed South, who can doubt : the ability of the Government to pay its debt? If, comparing 1860 with 1866, the value ot ex ports from the United States ot domestic pro duce lias increased so vastly, what may it, not •.veil to in the future when to the industry and enterprise of the people of tlie South, there shall be no drawback, but every encouragement given ? Phis is food lor reflection, and the statesmen of the American Republic should give to it their earliest, most profound, and patriotic attention. ^ •‘Steven*’ Bill.” The people need not be touch alarmed about Thud. Stevens’ Confiscation bill. Well informed parties at Washington write that there never was a chance of its passage either through the Senate or the House of Representatives. Air. Stevens himself told au intimate friend that he had no hope the bill would become a law, but he would nevertheless offer it and make a speech in its ad vocacy in ordei to redeem a promise and satisfy the demand ol some of his more immediate con diments. It was promptly sent to the lumber room ol the House, there to remain until Deqjjtn- hor next, when an unavailing attempt may be made t<> resurrect it. Meanwhile, the radicals and semi radicals in the South will attempt to hold the infamous tiling over the heads ot the people, and will also use it to balm and delude the uegroes into acting with them under a false promise that the lands proposed to be seized shall be divided into homesteads and parceled out for their benefit. We repeat, that Stevens’ bill, with the whole subject ol confiscation, is dead and buried, con signed to the receptacle of lost tilings, and those who teach otherwise dishonor themselves, as iliev would dishonor the whites whom they threaten, and the blacks they try to delude.— riiere is no more probability ot such a law be ing passed, than there is that Mr. Stevens and his < ii workers will by some miracle be transformed into good men and honest patriots. Ttic Ohio Legislature. The Legislature of Ohio having voted down the proposition to strike the word “white” from the Constitution of that State, a Democratic Re- presentive, one Mr. Beer, from Crawford county, prepared a preamble and resolution to meet the political condition, in which he assumed they would be placed on the legitimate application of the doctrines ol the majority in Congress. The preamble argues that as the Reconstruc tion Commkleeoof Congress, and the Federal Congress, had decided to refuse representation to ten States i» the* - Union, until, among other things, they should confer the right of suffrage on the blacks, this is one of the indispensable proofs of loyalty, without which no State is en titled to representation in the Congress of the l nited States, or to have civil governments ot their own. The State ot Ohio thus becomes disqualified, under the rules of Congress, and may be deprived at any time of her right of re presentation. Mr. Beer, therefore, moved an application to Stevens, as leader of the House, iu these words: /?,. That onr S nators be instructed, and our members iu Congress be requested, to use their influence with the said Stevens, to the end th he may restrain his Congress lrom reducing me Slate of Ohio to a territorial condition, and ir.nii placing the government of the State in the hands of a brigadier. This sounds like sarcasm, but there is a jxiwer of logic in it that is more easily voted down than answered. Population ol I lie South. The following table shows the white and color ed population ot the excluded Southern Slates a cording to the census of I860 : we should no longer possess liberty of choice or coutrol of our domestic affairs. These possibili- i lies have become actualities. The transition lias J worked a change in our circumstances which re quires that wo review the situation, with the ob ject of ascertaining whether or not the change of circumstances demands a change ot conduct.— If such a change be dictated by the exigencies of the situation, we should conform our conduct to tlte necessities of the case, without regarding charges of inconsistency which would be as un founded as innocuous. “Now what has been the principle on which we have hitherto acted ? Simply that of declin ing to accept conditions offered as the price of rights; simply of refusing to ally ourselves with the Radicals by becoming active participants in their schemes. The military act, as it is called, still left us some liberty of choice. It imposed still more odious and extraordinary conditions than those which had previously been offered; blit we could still escape the final humiliation by declining to furnish the machinery of reorganiza tion which was not provided by the act. While affairs remained in this situation there was dan ger that the pressure of active provisions of the law, and the impossibility of divining a solution of our difficulties, might have wrought a fatal division of public opinion, might even have so influenced the Legislature, as to induce them to do that which would have been a superfluous dishonor and disgrace. “It is lortuuate, perhaps, that Congress is about to save us from this peril, by carrying the assumption of the supreme power to the utmost limit of arbitrary intervention and dictation. The Supplemental bill now pending before that body provides the mode and the machinery by which the ostensible object of radical legislation is to be accomplished. Nothing now is left to us in the way ot acceptance or rejection of con ditions. There is to be a forcible re-organization of our State government under military author ity. It is necessary for us to comprehend that this result cannot be avoided. But wliat is still left to us is the liberty of choosing whether nr not we shall take part in that re-organization— whether or not we shall vote at the elections, and thus maintain some degree of control over our political future, or abstain from voting, and thus deliver ourselves over to the tyranny of va grant and mendicant ‘loyalty.’ “ On the principles by which we have hithcito been guided, this question is very easy of dc qualifications, with the addition “ that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States, and will to the best of my ability encourage others to do so.” TIIE CONSTITUTION. 6. The constitution to be framed, must be: 1. In conformity with the Constitution of the Uni ted States in all respects; 2. Prescribes that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by “all such persons, as have the “qualifications” prescribed r | in the acts for tiie election of delegates, to the convention; 3. Shall be ratified by the qualified electors ; 4 Shall be submitted to, and be approv ed of by Congress; 5. And the Legislature of the State, under this constitution, shall have adopted the constitutional amendments, known as article fourteen ; and, 6. Said article shall have become a part ot the Constitution of the United States. ‘ REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. 1. Representative must never have taken an oath to support- the Constitution of the United States, as a member of Congress or officer of tiie United States—or a member of a State legis lature, or as an executive or judicial officer of a State, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States; 2. Must appear to Congress that the election, was one, in which the registered and qualified electors had an opportunity to vote freely and without restraint, fear, or the influence of fraud;—and that the Constitution meets the approval of a majority of all the qualified electors in the States; 3. Must take the iron-clad. P-CULIC DEHTS AND SLAVES. Amendment Article XIX.—The validity of the public debt of t-lie United States, shall not be questioned ; and neither the United States nor any State, shall assume or pay any debt incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion, or claim for the loss or emancipation of any slaves. Con gress empowered to enforce Article XIX. with appropriate legislation. penalty. For swearing falsely, penalty perjury, to be prosecuted and convicted in criminal courts. the lu-ad of the Bureau no*, we believe, in Geor gia—was next called upon to address the masses, which he did in a plain, straight forwuid and manly manner, showing the colored people their true position, ami telling tOcin plainly that the majority of them had much yet to acquire to j Tronj; make them lully entitled to and appreciative ui the elective franchise, and that he did not believe in universal suffrage—that no one, whatever ins : coior, should be allowed t > exercise that right ! who uid not knowingly understand the princi- j pies oi republicangovern n.^M, etc. He conclu- 1 ded bv counseling them to a spirit of concilia- i tion and good will towaidxgMffBe among whom j they live—their Southern tr«A The sound advice embraced m the for:going, j coming, too, as it does, lroin.T-.a connected with the administration of the affairs ol the “ Freed- men’s Bureau” in this State, ue trust will make sixtv in the following counties; Baker, Calhoun, | thau this mark ot confidence from the colored 'I 10 tinderricrned hereby assumes command o! -- - - ® ’ - ’ 1 - to-,1 the Second Military Distric Chattahoochee, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, El bert, Houston, Lee. Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, Macon, Meriwether, Mitchell, Quitman, Ran- lolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Thomas, Twiggs, and Warren. These tax tables show, also, that two ot the counties given in the Messenger as having a ma jority of negroes, to-wit: Bryan and Chatham, have now a majority of white male adults.— They show also, that the whole number of the counties which have a majority of blacks is forty-five. We give below a lull' list of these, with tiie number of white and black polls in each, as made on oath to the State Tax Receiver of last year: people of this district, amongst whom my life has been passed. District constituted by the Act of Congress, Public No. 68, 2d March, 1867, entitled “An Act for the more efficient govern- [COMMUNICATED.J Public Meeting in Chattooga County. A large and respectable portion of the citizens of Chattooga county met at the court house, in Summerville, for the purpose of counseling to gether in relation to our national affairs. Judge A. P. Allgood was called to the chair, and Samu el llawkins, Esq., made secretary. The object of tlie meeting being explained by Frauk A. Kirby, Dr. G. B. T. Maddox moved that it ad journ without action, which motion was carried. Mr. Kirby then requested ail who believed the adoption of the amendment proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress to be the shortest way lo peace to remain in the house. Judge Allgood was again called to the chair, and Samuel Hawkins chosen secretary. Mr Kirby then introduced the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by a large proportion of the citizens assembled at the first meeting. Resolved, That we believe the shortest and surest method of adjusting our differences with sion. If our object was to thwart the designs of j the Government of the United States, is for the the radicals and “ loyalists,” by declining terms j people of the S ate to adopt the constitutional and conditions as long as we had the liberty ol j amendment proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Con- acceptance or rejection, it, was proper fir us to j gress, for ratification to the Legislatures ot the decline. But by abstaining from taking part in j several States ; and that we will vote for it when- the compulsory re-organization dictated to Con- \ ever an opportunity presents itself, gress, by refusing to vote at the elections, we ! Tu - •!red, That a copy of these resolutions be should forward and not thwart the designs of our | sent to each, the Rome Courier,_ Constitutionalist enemies. Here, then, is the point at which an i and Atlanta Intelligencer lor publication, ostensible change of conduct becomes proper and Andrew P. Allgood, Chairman, necessary. Here is the moment at which if is : Samuel Hawkins, Secretary, desirable to pass from the policy of passivity to March 22. 1867 activity. We shall be in no way responsible for the form of re-organization, or for the manner in which that re-organization is effected. But, this resolution being consumated, we must look for ward to the period when we shall discharge the duties of citizens, and exercise such rights as may remain to us. Begistration of Voters. Many questions have beeu asked concerning the mode of registering voters, and there seems to be an impression among some that it will be done in a manner similar to the listing of tax payers. Not so, however, as the following from a Washington paper, concerning the registra- “ To deter the discharge of those duties and j tion of void's in a ward in that city, will show. orih Cju uth ( a: To tat. . .536.4 (1 . .324,195 77.7 IS . 591,5tS .tVIiKU . (S1.UO 291.SS- .421.294 t‘>96.:: t .4.271.9 1 3 1. 22 4 2 no 1S2 ! 21 At the present time,says the New York Herald, making allowances f»r natural increase on ti.c . ne hand and the effects of the war on the other, iu these ten States, in cutting off the whites and increasing the blacks by accessions from Tenues- <•, Kcntuckv, Missouri and Maryland, brought down lor security as slaves dining the war. the segregate population is perhaps now about 4 ,">00,uOO white- ag drst 3,7.>0,000 blacks. I he Macks are in the majority iu South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana, and they are proba- about equal in numbers to the whites in v , td.UwLA and Florida; and with itni- ver-al Mack suffrage they form a strong balance of power iu the other four States. Mexico.—It seems definitely settled at last the exercise of those rights, would be simply to lose them altogether. Georgia would Income a second Missouri or Tennessee. Another Brown- low would sit in the gubernatorial chair. An other gang of plunderers would break into the public treasury. Another horde of vagrant and mendicant “ loyalists” would tyrannize over the State and disfranchise the white population. In short, the era of Butler would return upon us. characterized by a ferocity heightened by re venge, and an appetite sharpened by want. It follows, then, that both abstract principle and actual expediency require us to take an earnest and zealous part in the elections to be held un der the Military ami Supplemental acts. It fol lows, toe>, that such a transition front the passive policy to the active policy i# not a change of principle, but simply that change of conduct which circumstances not only justify, but de mand.” An Honorable Record.—A well known magistrate ot this city, says the Richmond Ra il . iner, whose testimony as to the facts referred to below is undoubtedly the most reliable that can be obtained here, says: T was Common weal tbs Attorney of the citv After a mention of (lie place at which the regis- tation was held, the article reads thus: "The scene was one of much interest. Proba bly two hundred persons were present during the time: each person upon being registered passing out of the building iuto the street by a seperate passage-way—the room lieiDg divided by a row of benches, and ail confusion being thus avoided. Five ehalienners were present, two white anti three colored, all old residents in the ward, and well acquainted with those residing therein. A police force was on hand to preserve order should their services be re quired, but there appeared to be no disposition whatever to create a disturbance of any kind. But comparatively few persons were chailenged. In such cases they were first sworn, and were then required to reply to the following interro gatories: “1. What is your age ? 2. Havewou ever been convicted of crime? 3. How long have you resided in this Di.-trict ? 4. How Jong hare vou resided in the ward ? 5. Have you voted at any election in this District or in any State within the period of one year prior to the first of June next? 6. Where were you dnriug the existence of the rebellion? 7. Were you in the rebel army at any time ? 8. Did you furnish supplies ot any kind to that army? 9. Had you j a deep impression upon the minds of the colored people who heard it givers- well as upon all who may chance to read it. It is only in culti vating “a spirit ot conciliation and good wiii towards those among whom they live—their Southern friends”—that the colored race in this or any other Southern State can attain tiiat hap piness and prosper it j' which civilized men of all races, and in all countries, so Ardently seek. The more that spirit is cultivated—the sooner its ne cessity is impressed upon the minds of the South ern freedineu—the better lor the colored men; and the slightest advance made by them in that direction ought to, and will, be responded to by their former masters most heartily and gener ously. On the same occasion, Major Henry S. Fitch, the able and accomplished United States District Attorney for Georgia, also addressed tiie meeting, and is reported by the -Journal cfc Mes senger as follows: Colonel Fitch, United States District Attorney, for Georgia, was the next speaker. He spoke briefly but ably, enunciating views and admoni tions worthy of the best statesmen. Speaking to the colored gathering, he said: You have as sembled together to celebrate your freedom. I caution you og dust politicians—they will cajole you and feed you on false hopes aud false pro mises for your votes. You arc not our equals iu political capacity or importance. Suite cralt does not come in a day or by intuition. It takes time aud study. You are equal ouly in point of law ; and you arc equally responsible for all the crimes you commit. You are not free by your own efforts ; and bear this truth iu mind: Those who have here tofore beeu your superiors must aud will, through the present generation be your political precep tors. You cannot become political and civic equals in a day nor a month. By toil, and study, and effort, and learning lrom those whose wis dom and experience are superior to yours, you may at some future time be prepared to exercise the privilege which, by no act ot yours, j'ou have become invested. Use your utmost endeavors, then to sustain yourselves and elevate your con dition. The caution embraced in the foregoing against politicians—men who are even now making ef forts to “cajole” and “feed” lie freed men “on false hopes and false promises-'- for their votes, was as well timed as it was eloquently expressed, and we trust it will not pass unheeded by those to whom: it was given. These two officers ot Government, Col. Lewis, of the “Freedmen’s Bureau,” and Major Fitch, United States Dis trict Attorney for Georgia, each in liis official po sition, must have had favorable opportunities extended to them of noticing the influences brought to bear upon the freedmen, whether for good or for evil, and the result is that the former counsels them to cultivate “a spirit of concilia tion and good will towards those among whom they live—their Southern friends,” while the lat ter warns them against politicians who will ca jole and feed tlietn on false promises for tlieir votes, and advises them that it is only “by toil, and study, and effort, aud learning lrom those whose wisdom and experience are superior to” theirs, that they “may at some future time be prepared to exercise the privileges which by noaet of” theirs they “have become invested.” If re ports which reach us be true, that oilier a id op posite counsels than those offered by the two Government officers to whom we have referred iu the foregoing, are being given in this and other cities to the freedmen, we have simply to remark ,hat those who give them are no true friends of the recently liberated race, though they call them “brethren” and kneel at the same altar. They j are the '‘politicians"—the hypocrites jigaiust whose I artful influences the freedmen stands warned, not j by, as in the instance referred to, a Southern man, ! but by one of Northern birth, an officer of that j Government to which the freedmen owe their liberty. Universal Suffrage. A Washington correspondent writes that, at the next session, iu November or December, the Wilson Universal Suffrage bill will be the great radical measure. An attempt will then, of course, be made to pass it by a two-thirds vote in both Houses, before any Senators or Representatives from the ten Southern States shall be admitted, and before any absorbing questions shall arise in regard to that subject. The radicals do not ex pect that an}- Southern State const.unions will be submitted to Congress before next March—a j year hence. If all the military m ichinery should ! work smoothly, most of the States will probably I have effected an organization by that time. The views of the President's last veto mes-j sage are well calculated to induce doubt on the | part of the country aud of Cougress whether j the action of any Southern Legislature, organ ized under the Military Reconstruction acts, can be accepted as the work of a majority of 1he people of the State. Grare questions may, therefore, arise as to the validity of the State Constitution that may be submitted. It is thought by many judicious observers that ultimately—though not till after another Presi dential election—a constitutional convention, representing the people of all the States, will lie necessarily resorted to, for the adjustment of ali questions to which the war has given rise. Counties. Whites. Blacks. Baker.. .act 95C C:il d win ru,-? 647 Burke 857 20K Camden 21C 277 Caihomi 2SS 023 4:10 463 Columbia .. 4HH 1359 Crawford 547 760 Decatur 923 1012 Donghertv 371 1537 Early ... 3t>3 t»74 Elbert St .’o Sll Glynn 201 370 Greene (i'Hl 1203 Hancock 710 1188 Harris 981 1159 Houston 707 2145 Jaeper 607 902 Jefierson 598 93S Jones 49S 840 Liberty 3115 556 Lincoln 300 Lowndes 52(1 606 Lee .. 305 1339 Macon 597 1053 Merriwether 1091 1219 Mitchell 430 5(i(i Monroe 8M7 1206 Morgan 563 1016 Ugletiiorpc 968 1110 Putnam 478 913 Randolph 767 802 Quitman 233 312 Schley . 35S 378 Screw u 531 589 Stewart SOI 1373 Sumter 880 1282 Taibot 749 I10o Taliaferro 328 440 Terrell , , 57h2 70S Thomas 781 1325 TrVuyi 978 1140 Twtwft. 403 S79 W *i rre n 020 708 5V ilkes 554 1121 There is one other point on which theie should ; lu ® ut T ot rc h c l states, be no misunderstanding as to our position ; no 1 " . execution of the duly of the Coni loop on which to hang a possible misconstrue- I General.to maintain the security ot the tion ns to our views ; and that is the abolition of j ln ‘ m .ants in their persons and property, to sup- slavery. ” ~ The deed has been 1 P ress Hisurrection, disorder and violence, anil to done, and I, for one, do honestly declare that I I I 111 "'? 11 or cause to be punished all disturbers of never wish to see it revoked. Nor do 1 believe j P nbIlc P e;lcc and criminals, the local civil tribe that the people ot the South would now remand \ ua1s be permitted to take jurisdiction of and the negro lo slavery, if they had the power to !'T offenders, excepting only such cases as may Augusta Chronicle, 23ff. North Carolina—tlte Fruits oi Secret Or ganizations. The American, published at Statesville, North Carolina, contains the following: Serious Troubles in Wilkes County.—It appears that a lawless set of “Red Strings” in Wilkes county, have taken it into tlieir heads, that because the Stale has been placed under martial law, that therefore there is no law to punish crime, and the vicious and lawless can have their own way and appropriate the property of tlieir neighbors to their own use with impu nity, and commit other outrages as well. Last week a band of ten or twelve ot these outlaws, headed by a desperado who says lie hails from Marylaud, with any number ot aliases, and all but himself citizens of Wilkes, made a raid through a portion of the couuty, taking horses, mules, watches, brandy and other property; and compelling by force, good citizens, whom they happened to meet, to go with them. They met a man and his sister in the road whh a'team, took the animals, and then hung the man to a limb until lie was nearly dead, when they cut linn down and carried him to their camp a prisoner. During the night he watched his opportunity aud made his escape, and collecting some dozen of citizens, attacked the desperados in their camp, capturing a halt dozen, the others making their escape. Four of these have been admitted to bail, aud three, in cluding the leader, are confined iu jail at Wilkes- boro’. These men say that tlieir friends are numerous anil that they can be released at auy time. They say that there is no law to punish them now, aud tiiose who arrested them shall suffer for it. From the statement made by these outlaws, tlieir or ganization is extensive, and they have plenty of arms and ammunition. They profess to be “loyal Union men.” It requires no sage to tell whose teaching is the cause of these troubles. Charleston.—The attack on the street cars at Charleston a few days ago, of which men tion was made in the telegraphic dispatches, was, according to the Courier of the 27l!i, with out any serious results. A negro had thrust himself into one of the cars, contrary to tlie regu lations of the company, but when notified by the conductor withdrew. Subsequently a gang of negroes took possesion of the cars, and threaten ed the conductor. But, the prompt interference of the military soon put a stop to the matter. Il 'lie negroes were left to themselves such troubles would be,of much rarer occurrence. It is the fault ot the mean whites, who thrust themselves into association with the blacks, meet with them in council, and put all sorts of mischievous no tions into their heads. These are the really cul pable jv.ii lies, aud should he punished wherever they can be identified. It is pleasant to know the authorities in both the first ami second mili tary districts are looking after the mischief-ma kers, and that there is a fair prospect of some of them coming to grief. Let the blacks avoid and shun the advice and counsel of all such. They will only lea 1 them into trouble, and then aban don them, to get out the best way they can. Mutual Confidence.—The Richmond Whig, in an admirable article on the new political ele ment ot the South, comments on the fact that the vital element which should be introduced into the relations of the whites and blacks of the South i~ mutual confidence. That’s it, but in order to cultivate aud secure that mutual confi dence, it w ill not do to leave the blacks to the tender mercies of designing and evil men, who give them unwise counsel that they may profit by leading them astray. Savannah News.—The Xeics'dk Herald, of the 27th, Dotices the arrival at Savannah on the prei'ious day. of the steamship General Barnes, with a large and valuable cargo. The same pa per saj-s in regard to the shipment of cotton: Messrs. Charles Green A Son yesterday cleared ; of a turnip th the British ship Jame3 Jardide for Liverpool, ' unsuccessful. Old Books.—In the library of the late A. A. Smeis, of Savannah, are ten books printed pre vious to 1476. The oldest was printed in 1460. Two in 1405—one in 1408—tsvo in 1470—one in 1473—one in 1477—two in 1478. The oldest manuscript book was written in the year 800, anJ now fully 1,000 years, old ; written in parch ment, and about the size of a family Bible. Tiie library of the late Mr. Smets will be sold in New York the coming fall. Montgomery.—The Daily Advertiser is glad to learn that the extremely high rents which have been demanded by property holders in differerent portions of that city,ever since the close do so unquestioned. Under our paternal care from a mere handful he grew to a mighty host. He came to us a lie.-.then—we-inadr Mfn a'Cluis- tiuu. Idle, vicious, savage in liis own country, in ours lie became industrious, gcut'e, civilized. Let his history as a si ive be compared hereafter with that which .he will make for himself as a freeciman, and by the result of that comparison we are willing to be judged. A great responsi bility is lifted from our shoulders by his emanci pation, and we willingly commit his destiny to bis own hands, hoping that he may prove him self worthy of the new position in which he lias been placed. As a slave, he was taithful to us; as a freeman, let us t.eat him as a friend. Deal with him frankly, justly, kindly; and, my word for it, lie will reciprocate your kindness, clinging to his oicl home, bis owe couutrv, and his for mer master. If you wish to see him contented, industrious, useful, aid him in his efforts to ele vate himself in the scale of civilization, and thus fit him, not only to eio .vy ihe blessings of free dom, but to appreciate i s dm’ Your own orator of the day, who has just ad dressed you, has spoken wisely and kindly on this topic and the advice he has giveu you I ap prove of heartily. Why should we not be friends ? Are you not Southern men, as we arc ? Is this not your home as well as ours? Does not the Southern sun above us shine alike for both of us? Did not this soil give birth to all of us?— Aud will we not all alike, when our troubles aud trials are over, sleep iu that same soil in which we first drew breath? I see before me a banner on which is inscribed “united we stand, divided we fall." Thai motto is lull of signifi cance and truth, for your welfare is inseparably linked with tiiat of the whites of the South. If we are unjustly taxed, you w ill have to pay your share; if we are oppressed, you will suffer; if we are ruined, you will be destroyed. Your prosperity depends entirely on that of your coun try, aud whatever fate awaits the white people of the South will be yours. Now let us consider for a few moments the subject which has brought you together to-day, the military bill just passed by Cougress. Y r ou must bear iu mind that a great many persons, amongst whom is the President of the United States, think that this bill is unconstitutional ; that Congress had no authority to pass it. Now the only way by which that question can be set tled, is by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, The court will declare the bill either constitutional or unconstitutional. If constitutional, you will, by it, all be allowed to vote. How will you vote? Whom will you select to make the new laws, which are to gov ern the State ? Will you choose men who are ignorant of all law—all sections ot your govern ment? Will you place in office these strangers who have flocked here to plunder what little is left to us? Or will you trust the men amongst whom you have lived heretofore—amongst whom you must always live? It seems to me that this latter course would he the wisest, tor as it is to the interest ot the Southern whiles to make the blacks enlightened, prosperous and contented, they would surely do all in their power to secure these objects. I do not tell you to trust to pro fessions of friendship alone, whether they come from die Southern inan or the Northern. But what I ask you to do, what I have the right to ask of you is, that as we profess to be your friends, you will give us the opportunity of showing by actions, whether we arc sincere or not. If we deceive you, then turn to the North, and see il you can find better friends there. 1 have no lears of the result; for with us not ouly does humanity dictate kind treatment, honest dealing, just laws for the colored population, but selt- interest demands from us the same course. A stronger prejudice lias always existed at the North against your people than here, and it ex ists still. If this bill goes into operation, you will first of all have to vote for members of a State Convention. Now your own speaker, to whose remarks on this point I listened with plea sure and interest, has given you sound aud prac tical advice. Select the men whom you know to be honest and trustworthy, aud who are iden tified with the State. You ask counsel of me. I have given it, fully, frankly, sincerely. jS'o personal motives can possibly sway me, for I am no longer a citizen of the United Stales or of South Carolina. The bill which gives the right ol suffrage to you dis franchises me. I have not even a home here, for my home, and the homes of all who love my name, have been laid in ashes. 1 have no po litical rights. I have nothing to bind me to this ruined land, but the memories of ihe past; the affection I cherish for its people, and the graves of tny kindred. These ties, however, are strong enough to keep alive in my heart a warm interest in my State, aud they are sufficient to make one strive always to promote her welfare. This mo tive, alone, brought me here to-day, for it was not until the chairman of your committee urged me to come, upon the ground that I could thus “do good to my own people, and to his,” that 1 consented to address you. I trust that these ex pectations may not be disappointed, and that the spirit which has animate 1 this meeting may spread over the whole South. I trust that here after there may he mutual kinftuess, forbearance and co-operation between all cla.-ses of our peo ple. Let those, then, who are familiar with the cause, the people, and the interest of South Car olina, frame the new chns'.iiutiou, and if you find that your rights have beeu ignored : if you find that there is one law for the white man and an other for the black, yoG can justly complain of having been deceived, and you can reject the constitution. This convention, then, will he the means ot testing the sincerity of the piciessious made to you by the white citizens ot the State, and of yours to them. But suppose the bill is pronounced unconstitutional, what then ? You will he left in precisely the same position you held before its passage. The present State gov ernments will continue, and the present laws will prevail. It will then he for us to prove that our professions of friendship were not iclie, and while I cannot speak for other.->, I tell you wliat I am willing to see done—1 am willing to give the right of sufirage to all who can read and who pay a certain amount of taxes, and I agree tiiat all, white as well as black, who do not possess these qualifications shall be excluded. I would not take th s right from any who have hereto fore exercised it, but I wish to see an educational and property qualification for voters adopted for the future. Let this qualification bear on white and black alike, and while it will cut off from voting some of botlrt"aces, it will be a strong in ducement to all to seek education and to obtain for themselves a real and tangible interest in the State. It will serve to elevate all classes, and of the war, are falling somewhat in disfavor. Tcere is reason in all tilings even to the roast-1 contribute not only to the material prosperity of empt to per- i tbe ^ ta,e i but t0 tbe increase of virtue and cdu- | cation among her people. No one under twen- ! ty-one years of age is allowed to vote, nor can ing of egL rj , and when landlords attempt to per form the interesting feat of extracting blood out experiment generally proves July. 1865? 10 , „ . | kind ot trade with the enemv durin. of Richmond for twenty-one years, and in that i hellion ?" long interval I prosecuted only three Jews, and two ot them were most honorably acquitted, there being not a particle of evidence to sustain the charges. During my fourteen years of ser vice as a magistrate, only one Jew was before me for trial and he was acquitted. In all that iong interval I do not remem liar having ever received an application for public charity lrom any indi vidual ot either sex or any age belonging to that faith. And, so far as I am aware, no" Jewish child has ever received even the benefits oi our having on board 1,741 bales of upland and 170 bales of sea island cotton, and 150.485 feet of lumber. The total value of the cargo was 8255.- any communication with anv person or persons j ^- J - The bark Progress, O. C. Olsen, Mas- the re':>el States between April, 1861, and ! ter. was cleared yesterday for Queenstown with Were you engaged in any | gsi bales of cotton, valued at 8130,110 89. the re- Daring PerfomaNCE.—A circus rider a few evenings ago, on a wager, rode one of the circus horses from the bottom to the top of the circular stairs leading to the dome on the Conrt- Ilouse, at Chicago. The dome is one hundred feet from the landing. The stairs are not more than four feet wide, and the balusters not more ' than three feet' high. The daring performance attracted a large crowd. District of Col.cmbia.- ^ Death of a Nun.—The Richmond papers Arrested for Breach of Trust.—Colonel j chronicle the death of “Mother JulianaSupe- J. H. James, formerly quartermaster at Chatta- : rioress of the Academy of Visitation in that no. . I, was. at the instance ot Mr. II. 0. Mugler icitv. She was looked upon as a woman ot the t-w „ r OI r J7,*T —It annears from ihe ton. arrested and taken before Squire Meachem ' , . . , , , , I DISTRICT OF eollmbia.—appears irom me yesterday, charged with a breach of trust. Mr. most anluant mind and splendid in.effectual at- rec . rd of registration that in the First Ward j tba t jfMajor GenerafsCommission was tendered fMUgieton, it appears, had placed voucher?in the ; tainments, and was probably the oldest oun in a j ono baV e been registered 1,450 colored ' Frank Parrish, but that he peremptorily refused, bands ot Colonel James, with in-;ructions to , the world, she having been a member of the or- v ,. * -ordin-’ to tin* usual computation of » •— — have them cashed. The colonel, it is alleged, iu ; dcr upwards of sixty-five vears. .. . , inhabitants this won!' .-ive to the Drowned.—John Bridges, a n a Lconkluo the transaction, managed to appropriate more) „ , „ , ,, .* . . . _ | one vote to six lunaouanis, mia«ouL.ignciouie , foreigners do so until they have been in this country some years. A Colored Captain.—We clip the paragraph below from tiie Nashville Union <£ American of Sunday: Governor Brown low, after a long and arduous search, has at last found a colored man willing to accept a commission in the “ loyal militia.”— Only a few days since one ot our leading tonso- rial artists refused a Colonel's commission. With in the last day or two, however, James S. Sum ner was proffered a Captaincy, and promptly accepted the commission, w iiich he now carries in his breeches pocket. Sumner is well known among the colored population. Rumor has it l>y thu order ot the Commanding General be re furred to a commission or other mUUaxy mhum.t for trial. 8. The civil government now existing in North Carolina and Soutli Carolina is provisional only, and iu all respects subject to the paramount au thority of the United States,at anytime to abol ish, modify, control or supersede the same. Lo cal laws and municipal regulations not inconsis tent with the constitution aud lawsot the United Stales, or the proclamations of the President, or with such regulations as are or may be presctl bed in the orders of the Commanding General, are hereby declared to be in loiee ; and in con formity therewith, civil officers arc hereby au thorized to continue the exercise of their proper functions, and will be respected and obeyed by the inhabitants. 4. Whenever any civil officer, magistrate, or court neglects or refuses to perform an official act properly required ot such tribunal or officer, whereby due and rightful security to person or property shall be denied, the case will be re ported by the Post Commander io these head quarters. 5. Post Commanders will cause lo be arrested persons charged with the commission of crimes and offenses when the civil authorities tail to ar rest and bring such offenders to trial, and will hold the accused in custody for trial by Military Commission, Provost Court or other tribunal or ganized pursuant to orders from these hcadquar- ers. Arrests by military authority will he re ported promptly. The charges preferred will be accompanied by the evidence on which they are founded. 6. The commanding General desiring to pre serve tranquility and order by means and agen cies most congenial to the people, solicits the zealous-and cordial co-operation of civil officers in the discharge of their duties, and the aid of all good citizens in preventing conduct tending to disturb the peace ; and lo the end that occa sion may seldom arise for the exercise of mili tary authority iu matters ot ordinary civil ad ministration, the Commanding General respect fully and earnestly commends to the people and authorities of North and South Caroliua unre served obedience to the authority now establish ed, and the diligent, considerate and impartial execution of the laws enacted for their govern ment. 7. All orders heretofore published to the De partment of the South are hereby continued in force. 8. The following named officers are announc ed as the staff of the Major General Commknd- Captain J. W. Clous, 38th United States Infantry, Acting Assistant Adjutant General and Aide-de-Oamp. Captain Alexander Moore, 38th United States Infantry, Aide-de-Camp. i.revet Major J. R. Myrick, First Lieutenant 3d Artillery, Aide-de-Camp and Acting Judge Advocate. Major James P. Roy, 6th United States In fantry, Acting Assistant Inspector General. Brevet Major General It. O. Tyler, Deputy Quartermaster General U. S. A., Chief Quar termaster. Brevet Brigadier General W. W. Burns, Ma jor aud C. S., U. S. A., Chief Commissary of Subsistence. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Clias. Page, Sur geon U. S. A., Medical Director. D. E. Sickles, Major General Commading. Official: J. W. Clous, Aide-de-Camp. B'hat ft Costs Uncle Samuel to Keep House. The New York Tribune, whenever it falls into trouble about “great national questions,” goes to cyphering like all wrath, and, what is creditable to its skill in that particular line, usually works out a pretty fair sum. It has recently been using the slate with special reference to the expenses incurred in government house-keeping, and" the following is the result, which ot course will not astonish any one: The appropriations voted by the second session of the Thirty-fourth Congress to pay for the cur rent expenses of the Government during the coming year and to supply the deficiencies of the last fiscal period, amount to the pretty little sum of $144,793,037 61. The army takes $23,881,654; the navy, $16,794,244; Mr. Seward receives two allowances ot $80,000 each for liis Atlantic cable bills ; and the Postmaster General gets $20,000 worth of twine. The Military Academy, at West Point, is very liberally provided tor at an expense ol $268,913, of which that eminently useless body, the. Board of Visitors, consumes $5,000, and another $5,000 is applied to an en largement of the cadets’ laundry, which we should think ought to be big enough now to keep that dapper little company of soldiers clean as.a row of new pins. The printing of our Govern ment money costs $200,000 ; the management of loans and notes canmit be effected for less than $2,000,000; and for the detection of counterfeit ers we have a bill of $150,009. Our expensive old friend, Pub. Doc., dances in to the tune of $2,169,198, which surely ought to make Congress ashamed of itself. Next to the salary of Andrew Johnson, the charge under which it strikes us that we get the poorest equivalent for our money is that ot $314,696 tor the Department of Agri culture. The purchase and distribution of seeds, which nobody wants, costs $80,000, and the Botanical Garden, where Mr. Commissioner Newton raises hot house flowers for members of Congress, is supjxirted at an outlay of $10,675. Ten thou sand dollars lor bouquets! But after all that is not worse than the “legislative” appropriation of $10,250 lor horses and carriages—a little bit of luxury in which we mistakenly supposed the Common Council of New York were unrivalled. The most bewildering thing of all is the list ol appropriations for keeping our public officers warm. Here, tor example, we have $9000 for heating tiie Supreme Court room ; $3000 for nealing the cadets’ mess room, at West Point $40,000 for heating and ventilating apparatus for; the public buif tings, $1000 worth of ditto for the library of Congress; $5000 worth of luel for the White House ; $15,000 worth of luel aud lights for Congress; $500 for heating the Capi tol ; $2000 for fuel again at the White House and Capitol. How in the world it is possible in a single winter to consume such enormous quantities of coal, is a ’problem quite beyond our comprehension. There is an item of $55,- 000 lor lighting the Capitol and White house, besides which the illumination of the Rotunda by electricity involves an annual expense of $3000, and the Government has to pay au elec trician $1200 a year to attend to it. Another Indian Massacre.—A letter just received at Chicago from Fort Rice, Dakotuh contains the following: Our latest reports from Fort Buford, it true, are horrible. Three Indians belonging to the than the per centage he was to receive, hence liis appearance in court. He was held over in Thursday at ten that the Empire is about ended, and that Maxi- j free schools, lor which their parents, without a , a $5,000 bond, to appear on Ti uiil'uu will soon leave the country. j murmur, pay their taxes.” \ o’clock.— Union dc Dispatch, 20th. Her unbounded kindness to the sick and wounded in the Richmond hospitals during the , , ’ . . c Bridges, of Coahoma county, Mississippi ; First *> ard alone a negro poDulatiou oi 8, io0.— , 3 ’ _ , _ . , * drowned near Fr.ar’s Point, a few days ago. He who were repulsed by the little garrison. On the 15th, after being re-enlorced, the In dians made a sudden rush on the weakest point, succeeded in getting into the fort, and butchered every man, woman and child, not one being left to tell the tale. The lort was under the command of Col. Run- kin, and company C, 31st United States infantry, was the only company garrisoning the lort. The report is current that these hostile Indians have made a declaration that they intend to drive the United States troops from the upper Missouri, and that they have commenced with Fort Kear- U'-v and Fort Buford. Taking into considera- tien the small number of troops at each post, it i would be a very easy matter to capture and inas- A Washington paper entertains the beliei that a i . war, will endear her memory to thousands of j large latitude has been allowed in the work of j served for eighteen months m General Forrests the Confederate soldiers in all parts of the south. I registration. ' escort. sacre every man. Denif.s.—The New York Times denies that Jerome has failed.