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Newspaper Page TextV OLUME XIX. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10,1867. NUMBER 14. ^rrklQ JnteUiflcnrrr. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, April IQ, 1866. Governor icnklu*. The Mil ledge ville Southern Recorder of the 2<l instant says: “We see that some of our co temporaries are becoming a little restive as to the whereabouts of Governor Jenkins, and are desirous of hearing from him. We have heard trom him indirectly, and can assure the anxious inquirers that Governor Jenkins is not asleep or indifferent to the interests and welfare of the Bute. lie is calmly, coolly and constitutionally surveying the late action of Congress, and our readers may rest assured that when he speaks, it will be like a statesman, who has fully examined every point, and will advise nothing from mere policy. His own honor, and the honor of Geor gia, is loo dear to him to act the schemer, politi cian, or political bartcrer. “ What Governor Jenkins is now doing, can not be done in a day or a week. It requires much thought, legal talent, <fec., to see clearly what must tie done, and how it should be done. If the Constitution has any meaning or effect, Gf >vernor Jenkins will know it before he returns home. We, tlurefore, advise the people of the State to remain quiet until their Governor speaks. He will do ao at the proper time.” Confiscation. The Providence Journal, one of the leading Kudlcal Republican papers of New England, commenting upon Mr. Stevens’ proposed confis cation measure, says.- “Considering that it was no outburst of passion, but was prepared in cold blood, by the oldest and mqpt influential mem ber ot the Mouse, it is the indication of a char- in ter and the foreshadowing of a policy which should lie carefully noted by the American peo pie. The speech Is able, clearly conceived and tersely expressed; but it is pervaded from be ginning to end with that vindictive and remorse less spirit which is inseparably associated with Mr. Btevens’ public character. He scouts the doctrine of forgiveness of injuries, and puts liis own construction upon the parable of the Prodi gal Son. He would wholly obliterate everything like tenderness and mercy from our policy to wards the people of the South. “The bill has been postponed to December.— But the very conception is appalling, and be must have an iron heart who could calmly sit down and deliberately work out its details of ruin and woe to some six millions of his fellow countrymen. It would convert the South into a desert and make its people beggars. Should it pass, it would bring a reproach on the country which nothing could remove, aud the hard and cruel spectacle that would be presented by its execution would of itself annihilate all that is generous and noble in American character.— Heaven deliver us from such legislation as this which Mr. Stevens proposes.” Well may the Journal pronounce the concep tion even of Mr. Stevens’ confiscation scheme appalling, and well may it say that "he must have an iron heart who eould calmly sit down and de liberately work out its details of ruin and woe to six millions of his fellow-countrymen.” Before us hangs a photograph of the man, taken while sitting iu the congressional hall, who, “solitary aud alone,” put his “appalling” measure in mo tion. We see no trait of—wliat the South does not crave—mercy in his lace. Callous and cold it appears, and among ten thousand other pho tographs, his would be selected as representing licit individual who would propose the enact ment of just such a measure as he has proposed and advocated. There is in his eye that mali cious and vindictive expression, which betrays his nature, lfc is not like other men. Ilia iu- stinets are neither human nor divine. Had he been born in France, and lived in the days of that French Revolution which brought the head of its unfortunate Queen to the block, he would h ive been the peer of the most cruel jacobin of them all. Tlmnk God, that leader though he has been, evidence is daily presented to us that bis confiscation scheme will prove a failure.— Lett alone to the decision of the Radical Repub licans in Congress, and it would be voted down by an overwhelming majority. Then aud Now. S. vi ral of our Northern exchanges have pub lished the following extracts from a letter writ- teu in 1861 by the Hon. John A. Logan, now one of the Radical Representatives in Congress from the State of Illinois: Washington, Jan. 27,1861. Dk.vk Friend : * * * I almost despair <>l oui glorious country; there is but little hope ot any adjustment; the Republicans are arrogant and defying; they have adopted such a course here as to irritalo instead ot soothing the angry feelings of Southern men, aud unless they come ta some terms \pry soon the last hope is gone. * * * There is no use of our talking about coercion to make the States come back. Thev may be subdued, but never made to stay in the Union, mu less some safe compromise is made by the Re publicans. They talk of tear ; this wofip be THE EVERLASTING OVERTHROW OF ALL OUR IN STITUTIONS RESULTING dNLY IN DESPOTISM. God preserve us from the horrible scenes ot war. Your friend, John A. Logan. We have noticed so many changes in the opin ions of meu, previous to, during, aud since the i lose of the war, that we do not regard the iu siauee referred to above as at all reroarkal^g.— These changes, however, should invoke charity in speech as well as action—that charity which •• covereth a multitude of sins”—sins political as well as carnal. The Southern secessionists and *• /vmay surely be pardoued their action, w hen political distinction is conferred upon such Northern gentlemen as the Hon. Mr. Logan, who, theti, In 1861, uttered the sentimeuts attri- Imted to him in the foregoing extracts, lint who occupies a seat in the Cougress of the Uni ted Btatea. OurVoailnx Deliverance. Mr. Greeley says in a latedate of the Tribune : “ Every loyal citizen, black or white, is eua- 1,1, H |, by the two reconstruction acts, to have a \oi<! iii the good work of restoration, with at i.-ast tour-tilths of those w ho have been rebels — flie remaining fifth we hope to see enfranchised \ erv soon. Congress has provided for that in the pendiug constitutional amendment, and we trust that its consummation will not long l>e de fined The South clearly understands, as we d.i, that the way to Ibis lies through a prompt .ind cliecriul conformity to the requirements of Congress. The South seetus to be acting well her part.” I’hatik you, Mr. Greeley, for your good wishes! The" remaining tilth " of us will wait patiently and peaceably the day ot our political deliver ance, and w hen it comes will be prepared to dis charge every duly imposed upon us by the con- siiiution and law s of a reconstructed government. Th« Peabody Educational Fund. kotbs from tbs Lite mrrnia or the board or TRUSTEES Il» KEW YORK C1TT, OH THE 20TH OF MARCH, BY OCR CORRESPONDENT. m Mr. Editor: Having received, through the Hou- R. C. Winthrop, an invitation to the above meet, ing, I lefkfor New York on the 17th ultimo, but owing to the recent freshets did not reach that city until the adjournment. I was, however, in time to see most of the trustees, and to have several interview s with Mr. Winthrop and Dr. Sears. The facts elicited du ring these conferences will perhaps prove inter esting to the readers of the Intelltgencer. As seen by the published proceedings, the Board for the present contemplate only the aid ing of such primary or common schools as may be now or hereafter established, and owing to the prior engagements of the time of the General Manager, (Dr. B. Sears, President of Brown Uni versity,) this assistance cannot be immediate.— For several months Dr. S. will have his leisure time occupied with reading the thousands of applications already filed, and in collecting infor mation necessary and antecedent to carrying the plan into effect. The trustees do not have in view the supplant ing of our common school system by that of the New England States, or the introduction among us of Northern teachers, but will confine them selves to sucli means and agencies as we have among us. The plan of operation will in no wise come in conflict with any sentiment, insti tution, or custom peculiar to us; but as has been evinced by expressions from tfte press, and the best instructions, it will commend itself to the people as eminently wise, judicious, and practi cable. In the promotion of normal schools (t. e. schools where the ‘art of teaching” is taught) it is designed either to establish a central normal institution, or to endow a normal department in some of our present colleges, or to purchase nor mal scholarships in such institutions as have this department. It will probably be the latter part of the summer before any appropriations can be made. By that time the Executive Committee hope to render assistance in establishing common schools where most needed, and to afford normal instruction to such as make application for it.— No individual appropriations will be made the present year, except to such young men or ladies as contemplate teaching as a profession. To such small appropriations will be made to ena ble them to prosecute a collegiate and normal course. The latter will be insisted on, as the art of teaching is regarded of equal, if not para mount importance. Applicants should make an estimate of the least possible amount necessary to meet their wants, for the crying destitution of all the Southern States is to be considered, and only $60,000 of the fund can be used annually to meet the demand. To facilitate the onerous duties of the General Manager, the writer was very unexpectedly tendered the appointment of General Traveling Agent, to collect information desired by the Executive Committee. Having had no previous notice of the honor thus con ferred, aud consequently not sufficient time to consider whether it will conflict with other pre vious engagements of my time, I have not sig nified an acceptance. In the event of accept ance, I will make a tour through the States, and, when practicable, visit such sections as make application for aid. In the meantime, apprecia ting as I do the situation of those who, lor the want of means, have been compelled tcasuspend the prosecution of their studies, and feeling a deep and abiding interest in the education and elevation of the poorer and ignorant classes, I will, in advance, solicit communications from every State, and especially from those sections which have suffered most by the war. I shall probably visit Dr. S. soon, and will then giveniy personal attention to every applicatiou forwarded to me at Forsyth, Georgia. When application is made, let the individual or corporation state definitely iu what way and to what extent assistance is desired. In conclu sion, I would say a word of Mr. Peabody, who i9 a gentleman of enlarged views, fine practical sense, and very liberal feeling toward us. In private circles he expressed deep sympathy for us—a sympathy not of that superficial or senti mental character peculiar to the conservative element North, but one which has been, and I doubt not will be again evinced, by material aid to our educational and industrial interests. As remarked by one of the first of our statesmen, “ he is indeed a great man." Endowed by nature with vigorous and comprehensive powers of mind, an indomitable energy, and a never-tiring industry, he has superadded the culture of many years of laltor and thought, and is now, in the language of one of the trustees, “ truly one of the mo8t remarkable men ot the age.” The guest whom he has honored with an hour’s interview, is at a loss which to admire more, the philanthropist, or the thinker; his almost prodi gal beneficence, or apparently illimitable attain ments. He leaves soon for England, but thinks of re turning to the United States about the latter part of the next year, when he will make a tour through the Southern States to witness the opera tions of the schools which shall have been aided or established by the Board of Trustees. If re ceived with that cordiality and magnanimity characteristic of our people, I have good reason to believe he will make an appropriation to our institutions probably more liberal than the first. Very respectfully, John E. Amos. Pose on •m Mill- General Order* iron Geueral Aunmlug Command of the Thin Cary District. Headquarter? Third Militart Division, I Montgomery-, Ala., April 1, 1887. ( Orders No. 1. Smelling Committee Wanted—Another smelling committee is wanted to look after the disposition ot the thirty or fitly millions of dol- hu-received for captured property iu the late Confederate States. Also ot the twenty millious placed at the disposal of Secretary Stanton tor tfir payment ot the Ute owners of those slaves which were enlisted in the army, to riud out to \i |,..in |, : ,s gone the interest of this money, wheth er ihe iiiiUon.il baukahave it ou deposit, and why the further consideration of the proposition to cover it by warrant in the Treasury was post- poued uutil the first Monday in December next; also to look otter the proceeds of such cotton as w as brought through the lines on special permits during the war, &c. Stanton and the President. “ Yidex,” the Washington City correspon dent ot the Charleston Daily Neics, in his letter to that paper of the 27th ultimo, says: Stanton and the Presideut are at loggerheads, and the former will certainly be removed if Con gress retires from the field until next December, so as to do away with the necessity of looking to an immediate confirmation of the War Minis ter’s successor. Yesterday, when the adjournment question was running high iu the Senate, who should stalk into that Chamber but the burly form of Stanton. The latter has come to understand the imminence of his removal, and relies solely upou obtaining from Congress the passage ot a resolu tion of conditional adjournment, to save him from such ignominious retirement. It was easy to note, even trom the Senate gallery yesterday, how zealously he had eutered upon the work of circumventing the Administration in the deter mination to remove him. While the debate upon the adjournment was warmest, the wily old Minister moved from the ear of one Senator to that ot another, until the whole Radical round was completed, begging that he might not be left alone to face the Presi dential wrath. A subsequent vote upon the proposition indicates that the councils of Stan ton had but little effect upon the desire of the Senate to go home without looking to a reconvo cation before the allotted time in December next. But in the House be fared better, and that body is likely to hold stubbornly out against any propo sition that does not look to re-assemblfog upon proclamation of the presiding officer in each House, at least twice between now and next fall. Stanton discovers that notwithstanding the po- In compliance with General Orders, No. 18, dated Headquarters of the Army, March la, 1857, the undersigned assumes command of the Third Military District, which comprises the States of Alabama, Georgia and Florida. The districts ot Georgia and Alabama will remaip as at present constituted, and with their present commanders, except that the Headquar ters of the District of Georgia will be forthwith removed to Milledgeville. The District of Key West is hereby merged into the District of Florida, which will be com manded by Colonel John T. Sprague, Seventh United States Infantry. The Headquarters ol the District of Florida are removed to Talla hassee, to which place the District Commander will transfer his headquarters without delay. IL The civil officers at present in office in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, will retain their offices until the expiration of their terms of ser vice, unless otherwise directed in special cases, so long as justice is impartially aud faithfully administered. It is hoped that no necessity may arise for the interposition of the military author ities in the civil administration, and such neces sity can only arise from the failure of tbe civil tribunals to protect the people, without distinc tion, in their rights of person and property. III. It is to be clearly understood, however, that the civil officers thus retained in office shall con fine themselves strictly to the performance of their official duties, and whilst holding their offi ces they shall not use any influence whatever to deter or dissuade the people from lakiDg an ac tive part in reconstructing their State Govern ments, under the act of Congress to provide for the more efficient government ot the rebel States and the act supplementary thereto. IV. No elections will be held in any of the States comprised in this Military District, except such as are provided for in the act of Cougress, and in the manner therein established, but all vacancies in civil offices which now exist, or which may occur by expiration of the terms of office of the present incumbents, before the pre scribed registration of voters is completed, will be filled by appointment ot the General com manding the District. * John Pore, .Major General Commanding. We transfer the foregoing official announce ment from the Montgomery Mail, of the 2d in stant, to this paper, that every' citizen of Georgia, our State, county, and other officials, may govern themselves accordingly. Of these “orders," of our Military Commander no good citizen will complain. On the contrary, they will be regarded everywhere, a3 eminently con servative in their character, reflecting honor upon the General to whom has been assigned the command of this Military District. What is ‘hoped” by General Pope that “no necessity may arise for the inteiposition of the mili tary authorities in the civil administration,” we feel confident will be realized by him.— The “ civil administration ” of our State allairs is in the hands of those, with but rare exceptions, it any, who will do their duty, and there will be no failure of its “civil tribunals to protect the people, without dis tinction, in their rights of person and pro perty.” Most clearly' do our “civil officers” retained in office by these “orders” of General Pope, understand what is required of them, and most faithfully will they retrain from exercising any influence whatever to deter or dissuade the people from taking an active part in reconstruct ing” their State Government under the recent acts of Congress. The civil officers of our State> we feel warranted iu affirming, will place no ob stacle in the way r of the Military Commander in executing the important trust confided to him, and no individual citizen will do so, who com prehends the “situation” and the duty which he owes to the State and its people—to “his own, his native land.” The process of reconstructing the State into the “Union” mast be gone through with, and however disagreeable that process may be, resistance to it would be the act only of a madman, ot whom it might well be written, “he knows not what he does.” Our people, while in dulging in regrets, in sorrow, for tbe past, must begin now to look to their future political exist ence—the initiative of which begins with these orders’.’ of General Pope. Let wisdom, not passion, govern them, as they enter upon and progress in the work assigned them. With them it is indeed the dawning of a new era, aud however flark it may appear upon the horizon, ere their political sun shall reach its meridian, who shall say that it will not shine as resplend- ant us it did in days that are past and gone? The Value ot Broken National Bank Notes, Treasurer Spinner’s remark that a broken National Bank note was better than a- solvent bank note, novel as the idea is, embraces, says one of our cotemperaries “ more truth than fiction,” and is t^us illustrated by the Boston Advertiser : “A bank, however, can obtain notes from tbe Government on surrendering an equivalent amount of currency', which is not to be re-issued. As 9oon, therefore, as a bank breaks, its bills are sought after by other banks, with which to en large their circulation, and the demand arising from this cause is sufficient to put them at a pre mium, which has sometimes ranged as high as one per cent. A very brief period of circulation is enough to repay the premiums to the purchas ing bank, and as the new bills rarely return to the bank issuing them it very soon realizes a handsome profit." Trial of Mr. Bavin. New York Evening Express, of the 30th ultimo, says : Judge Underwood, of Virginia, is in Wash ington in eonft-renee with the Attorney General respecting the trial of Jefferson Davis. It is the intentiou of the court, it is now said, to have this case tried in May, and it is understood Chief Jus tice Chase will preside, and that Acting General Schofield will shortly address him a letter sta ting that the coftt cau proceed with the business, whenever he is ready, with perfect freedom.— Unless this matter is disposed of in some way' at the next term, the President will release Mr Davis on bail. Must Be Un whipt of Jcstice.—An Alabama justice of the peace, in one ot the counties neigh boring to Mobile, has been arrested and taken before a United States commissioner, at the suii of a negro, under very singular circumstances. The negro had been arrested for some mideme- anor, tried, found guilty, and condemned by the justice to a term ot imprisoument. He told the magistrate he would rather be whipped than go to jail. According to this request, the judge ordered the constable to whip the negro, which was done. The pain from the whipping caused the negro to retract his choice of punishment, and as soon as he was released he lodged a com plaint with the bureau. The justice was re leased on $1,000 bail.—New Orleans Orescent. An Eccentric Englishman —The Vienna papers record the death of an eccentric Eng lishman in that capital. His name was William Derby: his tall stature of nearly seven feet often exposed him to annoyances from the idlers in the streets of Vienna, but all ot which he bore with the utmost gravity. He had long since at tracted public attention by his extraordinary conduct. Last year he sold tbe reversion of his gigantic body to a museum of natural history. tency of the Tenure ot Office bill, that act does i and with that object had himself photographed not prevent the Executive trom removing a in a nude style; although wealthy, he received, member of the Cabinet, not appointed by him, without hesitation, the money for the sale. He and hence bis alarm. While “the rump” stands was accustomed to take a walk always at mid- bv to veto the nomination of his successor, the 1 night in all weathers. In winter his favorite Secretary feels tolerably secure, but with that ' pastime was skating, and he chose in preference stay gone, away goes the incumbent, and “ none ’ the slopes of steep places and difficult spots.— so poor as to do him reverence.” A dispatch from Odessa reports a terrible storm in the Black sea- Several vessels were wrecked, with some loss of life. In that pastime, according to the Austrian jour nals, he met with his death, as in descending a hill at Dombach, he fell over a heap of stones, and fractured his skull so severely that he died four da vs after. The Late Tfcomai* RUchle. The National Intelligencer of Saturday has an interesting article on the “leading “political edi tors of Washington,” from Which we extract the following allusions to the late Mr. Ritchie : Thomas Ritchie succeeded F. P. Blair, aud at the same time, or soon after, uianv uew men of the editorial fraternity, came upou the Washing ton stage. * ****** Mr. Ritchie brought «ilh -him, at that period of advanced age, all the amenities, proprieties, and courtesies that eould inspire a gentleman of the grand old school ol Virginia statesmen. It is recorded of his journal that Mr. Jefferson once said “he read butone newspaper, and that was Ritchie’s.” It was at once seen that the sea of politics ran too high and rough at Washington to suit his character; yet he braved it through by the exertion of a marvelous activity, enthu siasm, and devotion to £he Democratic party and the principles of the *elebra«ed Virginia and Kentucky resolutions ottialf a centnry previous. He retained, at the adr meed age of more than lhree-3Core and ten, great mercurialness and flexibility of manner, amt his labors extended far into the depths ot nigt$ Me bore a remark able likeness at a little distance to Geueral Cameron, and underneath an exterior of very demonstrative courtesy laid a determined cour age. When it was remarked to him, that by reason of a sharp issue iu politics of a personal nature, his son might be called upon to defend his honor, he said, the “blood ot Douglas will protect itself.” Mr. Ritchie had a faculty of discovering news paper ability in those about him, and availed himself of its advantages by acquiring the friend ship of those who fell honored by' his expres sions of kind confidence and regard. He was in Washington certainly more of an observer, listener, and counselor in politics than a writer. He walked long distanctfc daily, front point to point in the city, rarely w aring overcoat or cloak in the coldest ot weathe . He looked through the exchanges down to the smallest aud most remote weeklies. Being ibliged, on one occa sion, to leave town tor i few days, he directed that all the exchanges she aid be preserved until his return. They made a huge pile in a cham ber of his house, but nothing daunted, Mr. Ritchie mounted to the top ot it, looked through each paper like a flash, and then threw them out of the window. Mr. Ritchie’s articles were invariably of the geueral party stamp, and not exhaustive argu ments upon legal, constitutional, and politico- economic questions. Being of a polished, rapier like character, rather than of the battle-axe or der, Mr. Edmund Burke was called in to do solid work. He had carte blanche, and opened those effective broadsides upon the opposite party which were anticipated from his powerful essays upon the tariff question, over the signature of “ Bundelcund.” At this time William M. Over- ton, of Vtrgina, commenced labor upon the edi torial staff of the Union. )Je wielded a steady, strong, intelligent, and vigorous pen. From the Milwaukee Daily Wisconsin. Social Condition orthe South. HOW reconstruction progresses. Indian Fight.—Sergeant Jno. Dwy er, just in with despatches trout Fort Clark, states that Captain Wilcox started from the Fort early on tbe 6th instant, with fifty meu, in the direction of Rio Pecos, and marched upwards of two hundred miles, to the vicinty of Fort Lancaster. While encamped near Lancaster one of the guides discovered a fresh trail. Starting at once, with the must of his men, to follow the Red skins, .he Captain marched (bur days on the trail, when he discovered the Imfians, 200 strong, in front of him. He immediatily ordered a charge, when every man went in tfith a perfect deter mination to do his duty. Tie result wis a run ning fight of fifteen miles, l&mng forty Indians on the ground dead, and a number wounded.— The fight ceased only when'they came upon the main camp of Indians, estimated to be some six teen hundred strong, when tbe Captain ordered a retreat. The casualties in the Captain’s party was five wounded, four missing and one (a guide) killed. The men returned to Fort Clark on the 16th, completely worn out. A Mexican boy, a cap tive, broke away from the Indian camp during the fight, and came into our lines; he is now with Capt. Wilcox, and states that the camp was composed of Li pans, Kickapaos, Muscalero, Comanches and others. The outward bound El Paso-stage has returned to Fort Clark.—San An tonio Express 22d. The Express adds, “the number of the savages saved them from annihilation.” The same cause seems to have led to the very rapid return of the pursuers. Unless the number of the Indians is greatly exaggerated, there will be serious trouble on the frontier this spring.—Galveston Civilian. Sherman’s Pilgrimage.—General Sherman has obtained official leave from the War Depart ment to go on his contemplated pilgrimage to the Holy Land. We wish him a good journey, and greater success than he had in lxis pilgrim age to Mexico. He will travel in company with a number of Brooklyn saints, led off by Henry Ward Beecher. That Beecher is a Puritan of the first water, and Sherman an exemplary Catholic, will not make them less agreeable traveling companions. We presume that they will not harm each other on the voyage. It may do them both good to visit the scenes where Christianity had its birth. Beecher may come back a Catholic. The inspirations ot the holy places, and the influence of Sherman’s gentle temper, may have a good effect upou him. Who knows but the general may capture the parson by a theological flank movement? We have been trying to convert him ior several years, but we have not made much progress yet. As for General Sherman, it tnay be very good for him to be out of the country for the next couple of years. He might even extend his absence to three years with benefit; and, in the meantime, he could visit Mecca and Medina, where, no doubt, be would be exceedingly popular with the Turks. When he returns home, much that is now freshly remembered would be forgotten, and the sun of his military reputation might loom above tbe clouds that euvelop his diplo matic career.—New York Herald. The Raw-Pork Disease.—The Springfield Republican ot the 20th of March, reports six cases of the fearful disease known as “ trichina spiralis,” but which may be better impressed upon the public mind by calling it the “ raw- pork disease.” There appears to be no doubt whatever altout the important facts in this in stance. The victims, with a single exception, belong to one family, and were ..all takeu sick at the same time, alter having eaten portions of a rate bam.no part of it having been cooked. The father, mother, two daughters, the grandfather of the girls, and a visitor, making six persons, were all taken seriously ill. One of the daughters, who ate most freely, suffered most severely, and subsequently died. The mother is still in a crit ical condition, but the others are expected to re cover. Investigations are being made to ascertain whether any of the worms known as “ trichina spiralis” can be found in the holies of the suf ferers. Thus far this has not been ascertained, but it is fully established that the sickness ot all of them and the death ot one of the daughters were the direct results of eating a rate ham.— This is the important point for people to remem ber. The danger of being attacked by this dis ease comes almost exclusively from eating the pork in its raw state. The effects of the heat used in cooking the meat, even when it happens to be diseased, destroys the power ot these dread ed animals to do mischief. It is surprising that so simple a protection has not yet been impress ed upon tbe minds of all the people. Outrages on the Wilmington and Wel don Railroad.—We learn that the detention of the mail train on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad yesterday was due to the burning of the track in three places about twelve miles from the city. From three to five hundred cords ot wood, belonging to the company, piled alongside the road, were ignited during the night, and the fire communicated to the track. It is feared that the work was not the result of accident, but we have not heard of suspicion pointing to any par ticular individuals. The same night the outward bound train escaped total destruction by one of those remarkable Providences that so often di rect the fate of men. An entire rail had been removed trom the track just beyond Smith’s creek bridge, and the engine and whole train passed over thegap without displacing the wheels ot any of the cars. Upon examination the rail was found thrown to one side and all the spikes removed.— Wilmii^ton Dispatch, April 2. San Francisco has had a case ot terrible de pravity—a young man, only twentv-tAvo years ol age, who has robbed a sick mother, broken the hearts ol two innocent girls, abandoned a wife ani infant child, committed twenty or thirty rob beries, attempted a horrible crime upon children and attempted to poison the minds of several young ladies. The following is the third of Mr. Rice’s series of letters addressed to the Milwaukie Daily II constn, to which we have previously refereed, au J to which we have invited, as we do now, the at tention of our readers:—Ed. Int. When a Northern man first arrives at the South, he is not particularly made a lion of, and feasted and tooled over, but on the coutrary the Southern people regard him with considerable Shyness, till they find out he is neither preacher nor teacher. If he comes to cast his lot amongst them and. identity himself with the Southern people and Southern interests, there will be more conventional courtesies shown him than a stran ger would receive under like circumstances at the North. If the man is prudent, and does not force his political opinions upon the people, in an offensive manner, he is very quickly taken for all he is worth, and finds a welcome in business circles at least. It is said the ladies are very bitter on North em people. Desiring in my statements to be scrupulously correct, and not to speak of any thing only from personal knowledge, not being a ladies, man, I cannot say. I suppose, however, if a Northern young man should become entirely surrounded by one of those sunny Southern faced young ladies, he might as well surrender first as last. There i3 no use fighting under those circumstances—the odds are too great against the man. There is, if not more bitterness, less cordiality shown by the ladis. A Southern gentleman ex plained it by saying, “ Men reason, women feel.” 1 suppose 1 coulci say nothing more pleasant to the Southern ladies than what I believe to be the truth, namely, that they were the spirit of the rebellion. The ladies became so earnest, so selt-denying, so resolute, a young man could not stay at home in any kind of peace, or safety, broth er, husband, lover or friend though he may have been. Such terrible earnestness in war, we knew nothing about here at the North. I have been often told by meu, full in the interest of the Confederacy, “ the ladies and ministers were the real bone and sinew of the rebellion.” I said if he is found to be neither preacher nor teacher. If there is any class the people of the South are backward in welcoming, it is New England preachers and teachers. There Avail of prejudice between them mountain high and mountain thick. They charge all their trou bles to New England preaching at the North, and New England teaching at the South. They have no sympathy with it or them, and think it utterly impossible tor any good to come out of that Nazareth. A good Christian brother said to me in perfect calmness, “why, those hypocrites of New Eng land sold us our slaves in the first place, and be fore they had their money fairly in their pockets, turned round and called us sinners above all other men tor holding the identical slaves they had sold us—taught their children, whose educa tion was provided for by the identical money we paid them for their slaves, to shun us and our children, and never to commune with us as Christians. Then, after working up the North by deception and agitation to where it was safe to do, what they had only been waiting thirty years for, namely, strength, they came down upon us like an avalanche, freed our negroes, 9tole our property, killed our sons, burned our cities, and now they have the assurance to come down here to gratuitously civilize and Christian ize us.” In Atlanta, and I presume in all of the cities of the South, very little cordiality or respect is shown the Northern teachers. They are treated simply with indifference. It is greatly to be re gretted that such teachers, as I know them to be, making such sacrifices ol pleasant homes, going in the beauty of usefhlness and purity ot motive, to have to encounter such a perfect wall of pre judice, added to their scanty comforts and lone liness. It is not the objection to educating the freedmen and the poor whites—not at all. I have never yet heard man or woman express other than an approval of, and desire for the ed ucation of both poor whites and freedmen, but it is the source, and believing it is impossible from that source anything can come ot a pure nature, or that which will not array the treedmen and poor whites against the higher classes. I had all last season inquiry alter inquiry from some of the very first ladies of the North, to know if their services were wanted gratuitously, to teach the freedmen of the South. I advised all not to come. It is beneath the dignity of Northern women to go to the South, and be misunderstood to have □o higher aspirations than associations with those they teach. God never calls women to make such sacri : flees. I have always-replied, “ Let all your be nevolence of teeling be employed towards bringing about an early restoration ol harmony, between the two sections. I said, too, “ If a man is prudent, and does not force his political opinions upon the Southern people in an oflensve manner.” This must not be misunderstood. A Northern man, if he has true manhood, is expected to hold strong Union sentiments. If he expresses -any, those are ex pected. The Southern people reason by analogy on this subject. The poorest good-for-nothing man in the country, in their estimation, is the Southerner who did not stand up for his govern ment. And for the same reason they are chari table enough to believe a copperhead at the North must have been off the same piece. Neither is there no freedom of political speech at the South it one disagrees with the masses. I never have talked politics outside of my own office, and I never have introduced the subject there; but there is scarcely a day but men ot all different shades ot political opinion have been in my office, aud we have calmly and fully dis cussed the past, present and probable future sta tus ot the South, withholding nothing. I think to-day more people of Atlanta under stand my political position than in Milwaukee. They call me radical there, you call me conser vative here. W ell, I am more radical there than I am here, and I am more conservative here than theie. I have to apologize lor extreme Northern sen timents when I am South, and show Southern men Northern opinions from Northern stand points. I have to apologize while I am here for the extreme Southern sentiment, and show North ern men Southern opinions from a Southern staud point; to demonstrate it is possible for both to be honest aud yet entertain very different views. There is no question of vital difference to-day between the two sections. What is best for the South is best for the North. What we want to get at is truth and meet upon it. That should be the desire of every lover of peace and good government N hen men of the South and men ot the North are willing to surrender every pre conceived opinion and honestly search for it, we will not grope in the dark long for it. I am often asked here in regard to the hatred and brutal treatment of the freedmen by the slaveholders. I have seen nothing of the kind in the cities or towns of Georgia, and neither do I believe it exists to any extent od the planta tions. I find life i? not held in that high regard at the South as at the North, neither among whites or blacks. A Southern man does not value his own life, as a Northern man does, and more lives are violently taken at the South, but nothing is more difficult for me to believe from my knowledge ot feeling existing between white and black in Georgia, than the reports of whole sale murder of negroes in Texas. Such a report is as abhorrent to the people of Georgia as Wis consin. The people of the South have very different ideas from ours concerning the manner of pun ishment, without reference to color, and they can improve, as it appears to a Northern man greatly. Some time last summer, two men, one white the other black, were convicted of theft. Each was sentenced to thirty-nine lashes, besides im prisonment, publicly given and well laid on.— And so, as I understand, they were both led out, stripped to the waist, hands and feet strapped tightly to the floor, with face downward, and with a heavy leathern strap noosed to the wrist of the officer, were lashed with terrible severity thirty-nine times. The negro and poor white, in their present con dition, naturally lazy, intemperate and deceptive, assented as they arc at the South in such num bers, can but get into more or less trouble. If they were here at the North, we would not have half the patience with them that the Southerners have, for I am often rebuked to see how much more a Southerner bears from them than I can, and I think I am not over and above impatient. Aud now I come to the negro and his present condition. The Northern negro is very much in advance of the Southern, as a rule, on account of the most intelligent escaping from slavery. Daring the war he remained generally very faithful to the owners, often a hundred of them ou a single plantation, with no other superinten dence than their mistress, she feeling no tear. They all had an inherent desire for freedom, ami have been praying for it aud expecting it for generations. If they had any correct idea ot what freedom was, we might have supposed it came in direct answer to their lifted prayers. Their idea of freedom may be expressed in their own answer to the following question which I have put to scores ot negroes, ot every degree ot intelligence : “ How do you cotue on since you were Iree '. “ Only tolerable, Massa ; I have to work as hard as ever!” Their idea ot freedom was freedom from work, and freedom from all moral restraints. Their ignorance is only surpassed by their credulity. When our soldiers first went among them, it seemed to be their principal source of enjoyment to impose upon their simplicity all manner ot munchansen stories. So at the time of the surrender, when the negroes took their freedom generally, they were under the impression, almost universally that plantations were to be divided up among them, and there was to be no more work for poor old Ned. It took a longer time to disabuse them of this idea, than it did to impress it upon their willing minds. Nothing could keep even the most fairly treat ed, and even indulged negroes at their old homes. This was not freedom. Away they went with scarcely more than the scanty clothing upon tin ir backs, flocking into the towns and cities, with nothing in prospect other than the sweets of freedom—freedom from work—freedom from all moral restraints. They were all happy, yes in toxicated with happiness. The day of jubilee had at last come. Such iaith Avas never sien among men. Between Macon and an adjoining town a mother, from sheer starvation tell behint and died. Her two small girls had remained with her. As two Confederate horsemen rode near, one was standing at the feet, the other at the head of their lifeless mother. “Who is that woman, aud what is the matter with her ?” asked the horsemen of the black children. “It is our mother” said they, “she is dead, she starved to death, but she teas free." On the cavalcade mov ed, growing larger aud larger as they passed more plantations till they reached the towns and cities, and there for iveeks and months, in tents, shanties, anywhere, crowded together, a dozen where one should be, drawing their rations from government, they held high carnival of their ideas of freedom. The evils of that long indul gence in idleness and sin, they are dearly paying tor now, the seeds having then been planted, which for the want of care in eradicating, will decide the fate of thousands and thousands of these poor ignorant freedmen. But the day of parceling out the plantations to them seemed long delayed. Month after month elapsed, but no plantations came round knocking at the door of the negro’s hut for owners. All of the good thing, gifts, &c., the negroes get on Christmas, which continues to New Year’s. So they all with one accord cen tered all their hopes upon the coming holidays for the full realization of their idea of freedom; and it was only after, the first of January, 1866, could the freedmen be induced in any numbers to make contracts for tvork. The Freedmen’s Bureau was obliged to issue circulars to their agents to call the negroes together all over the country, to explain to them what was expected of them by governmeut, and to adopt very stringent and severe measures compelling them to go to work. Indolent in their nature, disappointed in their hopes and ideas of freedom, it was hard for Sambo to leave his haunts of indulgence, and lake up again the shovel and the hoe. Negro labor was, however, in great demand, the time for planting cotton having arrived. Wages were offered as high as ten and twelve dollars per month and board, but it was only when the gov ernment took the matter in hand by stopping their rations, any number of contracts were made. And yet after I,hey once got to work they did even better than "their best friends ex pected. As near as I can judge, free labor of last year, far as contracts were made, equaled two- tbirds its value when slave. In a few years, I predict, a freedman’s labor will be admitted as valuable as under the old system. But here is a great obstacle in the way of the negro’s prosperity. If the husband has to work he wants bis wife to keep house and care for the children, instead of as formerly working on the plantations, and paying their own way. It requires pretty close' economy and nice figuring to pay ever so small a rent, and clothe and feed a wife and sereval children, and clothe himself, from twelve, or even fifteen, dollars per month. It simply can’t be done. In another communication I shall speak of the poor whites and the mineral resources of Georgia.” The Sentiments of a Freedman. We find in the Valdosta (Ga.) Times the pro ceedings of a freedmen’s meeting held in that place on the 26th instant. The assembly was addressed by several colored men, one of whom Moses Hodge, is reported as having given utter ance to the following sentiments, which are as creditable to his intelligence as they are honora ble to his heart: In response to a call, Moses Hodge took the floor. He spoke in a manner earnest, sincere and oppressive. He said: I am an unlearnt man— not used to speaking; but I know what I feel and think. I was born in Georgia. I am a Southern born man and expect to die here. I was a slave once and had to obey a master. I am a freedman now and must obey the laws cf the country. I have no ill feeling against the white man because I was once a slave. I hope the white man has no ill feeling towards me be cause I am free. So far as I know and have seen, I find no bad feeling between us. When I was a slave I was not abused, since I have been free no one has tried to wrong me in any way. I have lived in this town six years and I never had cause to complain of any one. I ffod that my straightest steps are my best ones I know' if a man acts right he will have respect. The colored man that behaves politely will meet politeness, anil always have friends. I have lived here six years, and expect to die here. I am willing to live here among my white friends, and I believe they are willing for me to stay here. I believe this, and I judge trom the way I am treated. I speak tor myself, for know my own ieelings. I am willing to trust my white friends—I know them. I am a Georgian from the bottom of my heart—yes, from the sole of my foot to the croxvn ol my head. I wish to see this town prosper, and this country prosper. I wish the welfare of my white ft lends and my colored friends. We all live here and expect to live here. 1 know we can get along in a kind an 1 friendly manner, and be a help to one another, and believe we will. When I live among people, and know them, and find them kind, I am w illing to trust them. I trust people I know. 1 give my true feelings. I speak for myself. I wish my colored friends to pros per, and my white friends to prosper. I wish Valadosta to grow yet more and have a large business. I wish our whole country to do well. Special Correspondence of the Herald. Botli Instructs Gen. Schofield—He Is Badlv Snubbed. RiCKMo.NPMIarch 22. When General Schofield had issuPcl his Gene ral Order No. 1, assuming the command of this District, he was called upon by that erratic indi vidual, John Minor Botts, Avho was then in this city, and who, in a lengthy tirade against all par ties, classes and sects differing in views with him self, undertook to instruct that officer in the course he should pursue and the manner in which he should apply his new- powers to certain parties. In this unasked-fur advice Bolts never once afforded an opportunity to be told, or for a moment thought, he was intruding upou an offi cer who, because of his ability to administer jus tice and effectively enforce the law, was ap pointed here. The General listened calmly to the raving of this egotistical, inconsistent politi cal agitator, eyeing him attentively all the time, but without vouchsafing him a reply, even a nod When that person had exhausted himself, he suddenly found his presence was not at all ac ceptable ; he commenced to feel decidedly un comfortable ; saw he had overstepped his mark by a long shot, and taking his leave, sneaked out like a badly snubbed man, wbictf Botts was. After he bad gone, the General, who was quietly smoking a cigar, turned to one of his officers present and remarked: “If Sherman was here, that man would have been sent to prison.’ This is stated on good authority, and is an evt_ dence that General Schonekl intends to dis charge his duty faithfully and impartially. From the Louisville Courier. Daring and Successful Robbery. A well-concerted and entirely successful rob bery occurred iu Jeffersonville yesterday mom- mg, throwing tbe community into a state of un usual excitement. The lacts, as near as can be ascertained, Avere as follows: Altout two o clock in the morning, Patsy Dean, t he watchman ot the new passenger depot ot the Jeffersonville, Madison, and Indianapolis Railroad Company, ou Front street, was ap proached by a party of about eight, apparently negro men, and asked by one of them if that building was a hotel. He had only time to reply that it was not, when they seized him and tied him securely ; they then blindfolded and ragged him. ° One of the crowd avowed that he would kill the watchman, and was only prevented apparent ly by the interference of one or two of the crowd, who consented to spare his life on the condition of silence. This condition was hard to break, as the gag applied was large and tight. They then earned the watchman up the stair- 'vay, and laid him down on the balcony. Two of them guarded him, while the other six pro ceeded to force on entrance 1o the room occu pied as an office by J. T. Sanders, Esq., Pay master ot the Jeffersonville and Indianapolis Railroad Company. An entrance was effected, and the robbers found but tod easily what they sought—the railroad’s funds. It happened that Mr. Sanders had been up till a late hour counting out the money in his hands with a view of starting up the railroad yesterday morning to pay off the employes of the road.— This money, amounting to over $20,000, he had unfortunately, after placing it in a tin box, plac ed it on top of the safe, forgetting to put it with in. The robbers helped themselves to this, opened the inner door by taking off the lock with tools brought for the purpose, and took their departure- -going down by a different stairway. The Avatehmau being left alone, as he states, began to struggle to extricate himself from the cords with which he was bound. After a while one of the robbers returned and partly released him. Finally, in about an hour and a half, he succeeded in getting loose. He immediately raised an alarm, and proceeded to the house of Superintepdent*ticott, about two squares distant. The Superintendent and others, when aroused, hastened to the spot and found that the money was gone, but nothing else was disturbed. The tools used in opening the window and taking off the door-lock—a large hatchet, a screw-driver, e fo-—were found in the room; likewise a me morandum book, which had been left in the box; also a suit of clothes lied up in a bundle, which the robbers had brought to use in their disguise. A great many conjectures have been ftiade in regard.to the authors of the deed. No one thinks that they were negroes. The color was only adopted as a disguise. While there is no actual clue to them, it m»y be warrantable to say that suspicion fastens upon three or four persons.— The tin box, some soldier overcoats, and a num ber of tools were found in a lot about a square from the scene of the robbery. The watchman says that the party seemed to know him quite well, and called his name several times. One of the two left to guard him spoke in a familiar voice, but he could not identify him. The most vigorous measures are OTt foot to de tect tbe robbers. Officer Bligh, of Louisville; Marshal Akers, of New Albany, and Marshal Baxter, of Jeffersonville, have the affair in charge, and it is confidently believed that the guilty parties will be apprehended. The watchman is able to give quite a minute description of the gang. The money was in brown envelopes, which were sealed and the name of the employee of the road written in pencil across the back. A reward ol $5,000 is offered for the recovery of the money and conviction of the thieves, or one-half the amount for either. From the Savannah News St Herald, The Railroad Extension. We are truly glad to learn from the. Bain- bridge Argus of the 29th inst. that one hundred and thousand dollars in bonds and indi vidual stock Lave been subscribed in Decatur county for the extension of the Atlantic & Gull Road to that point, and that the remaining twenty thousad dollars will be subscribed at a meeting to be held in Bainbridge to-morrow- The Argus, commenting upon the noble efforts of the people there in behalf of the project, says: It was greatly to be desired that at the late meeting or the Board of Directors of the A. & G. Railroad, on tbe 20th inst., delegates from Decatur county could have presented the sub scription of the county, fully covering the amount required to complete the road to Bain- bridge. The failure to report at that meeting could not be avoided. The meeting of our citizens on next Tuesday, it is belie\'ed, will result most satifactorily, especially if the Presi dent of the Company, Col. John Screven, should favor us with his presence. As an evidence that our people are not only in real earnest, but oblivious of impending “volca noes,” we will mention that an enterprising gentleman of this city, who is already a liberal subscriber to the road, proposes to be one ot twenty to make up the deficit ol $50,000, pro vided the meeting on Tuesday does not^gaise more than $50,0W). This number of property holders could afford to strain a point ifl view of the great benefit to accrue to themselves and the people of the county. Twenty-five hundred dollars would be all that each one would have to subscribe to make the remaining $50,000 ad judged by the Board as necessary to finish the road to the banks of the Flint. It would be an achievement for Decatur coun ty, worthy ofdistinguisheff remembrance, should she, regardless of the present forbidding aspects of the country, dispatch her delegates to Savan nah with a subscription of two hundred thou sand dollars to the stock of the A. & G. Road, with the assurance that the instalments^ when due, would b j promptly paid. A Woman wltli a Living Snake or Ltz- zard In Her Stomach. The wife of Mr. Parker, who recently pur chased an interest in the Anamosa Stone Quarry, has been made cognizant of the terrible truth that 9he has within her stomach a liAing snake or Hazard. For the past five years she lias suf fered almost everything possible for a human be ing, and Avas supposed to be gradually dying from consumption. Some two weeks since a German from Lisbon, Linn county, befog iu town, was requested to make an examination into her case to see if any remedy could be de vised to relieve the intense sufferings. The physician visited her, and became at once satis fied that there was a living animal within her stomach. Od Thursday last the starvation pro cess was begun, and continued for five days, little or no nourishment being taken. During this time the animal repeatedly moved upward and into the throat, producing terrible and almost fatal strangulation, and making it necessary to admin ister salt to drive it downward. At such times the lower part of the throat would be pressed outward in a most perceptible and revolting manner. On Monday last the attempt was made to dislodge the loathesome creature by placing a pan of heated milk near the patient’s mouth, and permitting her to inhale the steam. A poul tice of onions and garlic was applied to the stomach, but, through misunderstanding, the onions were cooked, and tbeir strength thereby mostly destroyed. The experiment, however, was tried, but the animal moved up only a short distance, a green slime being emitted from the mouth. The patient is greatly prostrated by her abstinence and terrible suffering, but another effort will soon be made to relieve her, although it seems almost certain that the animal, what ever it is, has grotvn so large as to make its egress through the throat impossible. understand that the patient believes her tormenter to be a snake. The case is attracting great interest, and any new developments will be carefully noted for the benefit of our readers.—Anamosa (Iowa) Eureka. Cigar Boxes.—As many business men are subjecting themselves to a heavy penalty by their ignorant violation of the thirty-second section of the revenue law passed at the close of the Thirty-ninth Congress, it is stated for the information of all concereced, that the section in question enacts : “That anj' person who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of any empty cigar box or boxes which have been stamped, without first without any regard Avhatever to politicians of defacing or destroying such stamp, shall, on any order. ' i conviction ol either offense, be liable to a pen- i uiiv ot one hundred doilars or to imprisonment The House Judiciary Committee will do nothing further in the impeachment investiga tion until about the middle of April, by Avhich time the chairman will return. The committee i mend to sit during tbe recess. n i L-Ai'.-eding sixty deys, or both, in the discre tion of iLe court, with the costs of the trial; and it shall be lawful tor any cigar inspector or revenue officer to destroy any mpty cigar box upon wjuch a cigar stamp shall be found.”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, April 10, 1867, Image 1