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Kt-liluv Morttln* .March U'i. IHO7.
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POSTMASTERS
* *n(hnrl«al to ra-flT* •uk#rrlpiitta fur Iho
«»fVM tIV Kl<
lanportnnt C omm. ifhil Derision.
\ decision i#n if»*pf•*tjtrtt to Northern
m*difor% •/S.*uf«*ru r|r!»tor* ( unys flic A*-
1 >• ' i InftfUx'hrrr, lnm j*»«t been rer»<!oro<l
I v Judge Pm* , of ih* Western District
o! I« xha. Nuriliftii creditor*, in many in
* ■ iiirrs, find l!»**ir niailh tii debtor* willing
f * par the prim iyvil i»f drl-t# due before the
« •r, t*ut unwillb g so j.*r ih# intercut nr
t ruing during flu* war. Tlip point At i**ne
that all <* ifi)Micuv;a! intercourse be
fwt on tlm belli gi : \\ H-, Rll*|HMnl«l.l illl
ri i fin war, ntt! I lie paymciit of debt*
(!ro fr. >in tvsi-li-nta in bcll’ijflreftt sfr
t" residents if ilii'oilier was pruliilii
*" '■ Ibe |wtimi ii* of i li<> priuripnl lic-inp
| iobd.iiefl, die .|f.., | « asjo^nlinti-ll>e iu
*rr'»l ilniiiij; • lit* prulilbiliiili. Judge Ibi
'al -if <■ ;-li*i| lli.il fin iitiiuct-'-saful i ll* rt OH
1 put "f (•iirliiii Staii-i of tills Union,
or h ninjorily of lln people romprising
'On. so of.| ri'l of ibeir cnuaritutlunttl ob
boaiinn* end rrn I a hi-pn nl« and indepen*
■"t I, altlionoli it rr-Ntillvl in
" Hr . 1 1**T not cron'o j rendition of attain
ai. .oils to ll oio cx-ilino in war belacon
iwodi-iim t naiiiNia. If tbe war doe* not
| rew-nt llie rolln-li oi of the principal of
1 be debt* duo lo people „f ilia United State*
le.'iding in »Inti are known ns luvnl Stale*,
ib, o lo' # i. m i os> i,i know why intercut
°nld not l„, allowed 11 ;n opinion is,
'bat lb,- » ir lately -Cstiug bclwoon (lie
Iwo Hectioim of lbe I oiled State* did not
ati>|> the runninir i>f in lens t on contracts
nulisisiinjj between ilie people of llie'e sec
lions prior to iw*r.
lo Ai Jot bs.—Then* arc indications
s tbe Atlanta fit/f//tyriir*r t that (lon
H ri '*s will ailj Him in a sliorl lime. A laic
date from Wjiv!,i t ,jef. , n says all attempts t"
new business in tin-
met by serious op; am) it i* lelicred
tbit in ibc eiisniiitr week st farthest an
adjoini nici.t will eerlainly oecttr—pet-lisps
* itif'l |)i* cn»b#r. Si|< || Nil ov«>nf, fck.susMvi
it takes place, w 11 be a great relief lo the
, -uiitiy.
\\ o dip from (ho Hirfinwiui K;nminrr
tbe following peace which Ins no parallel
in ibe annals us lii»|,,ry. The dead libels
vbo now sleep in their cold and silent
grave* in a bciiiilfnl emeterj near Hock
t. Wake t'oiintv, N. (’. are ordered
born their restine places, ami to give up
their rohl couches to their enemies. We
have read tint at thcTast day the great 1
am; would cniiimiiml die lvnlli and die
S.-a so gi\r up their dead; but bad little
tliongbt that tin Federal (luvernnient;ever
mu'd attempt lo assume that Authority
and Legislate lor the dead. Have their
malicious prejudices become so black, so
wick. ! that they an- not willing to let the
us in 8 of the brave sons of the South who
bare fallen in tin- late war rest in peace!—
or e.'-n it Is- that they are so pnltroonic and
have acted so base ib.it the ghosts of tl i OfW*
l fair soMiris li.nuit ilicin in tl»«*ir <lr<*iiniH.
<«n r.ioiA! I hiring 11»« % wnr u
n*«• ( i iih-Ii ry w. : «t ••.»r»lih.>ln»,| nf.ir Ko» V
< Mian v. W tk- cuiM.tv. N »rtli <'urolitifi, mul
1»< t«c.Mi ci'Jii )ittti*lr«*.| mi l a tlioimaiiil
“h’lm’U an«*n* ilmro
I»u! lli« i<*l»fl ifinHci v, uiifor tunatfly'.
« 1 u .iT'l i*t l iia l>(Mul ? ful j. a. c, NiH |»Hhsinjj
it. .ij»n»oj*ii iteii(*fts Jin it** jiurpimr any l«»ca
l»* li in t 1m? * mu* »<• •»!Jniflioik]; ami tliO
iit’ivfiifttiiriKMK .i| (iovenimcnt
* d’-f it**.*y**s jlhmc .n f au.{ was gruoi«*u}ily
|» f»a c<| toilt, lar* that sip |» n j»lare wa* en
tm l v 100 lor <’• n'f.lcratf ?. that
lot lilt* loyal should ctij«>v Aiioll rli^i-
Ido A ’ «m public ni>-
ti« «- has 1m *mi % *««». t-i nn .• mm> fr. nil thr*
pajinrH. t• * ih%t ;i uir rfU*U to re
""‘V' fi*'*in I heir o>M !>- i*s, h•. • 1 make way
f"r li •• r Miw’iiiiuH, m ltd c-K.iiot, even in
*!<• nii allow them r#-«f.
i ii** Sentinel ol Shliii«l;i\ rontainu an
.-.•rnost icqttml lo the men of Raleigh to
e mn firwaril ami help at or.ee to remove
Hose p..or hones f«i Mr me humbler plme,
"hieh will not e\< i;«j the envy of tiieir in/»A
torn!
A t'oi.fnh raie, who rnir.e out <»f t!io war
to nma len him! witout mf.m v, setth.l
twenty live miles from M. tiij.hin, with a
VN I ft* and se-i rsl i liildieu lie tiolig'lil Ids
land on cridit, 1, light p:g. ,n eredil, and
leoight stock 0,1 credit. Tile hog* multi
plied ;u,d faloni-d on ■! *• n::i-t in die woods,
the e.lilts grew and ilno.-d on thu wild
< :ine, ail,; now th s , n,- e-g-red man has
pil'd a!' Ins del, Is, I,h* l-iiih as. hool house,
ne.-l aided lo build n cloircli, Icis a coinlbr
|ai-l« home, three l,c::di', and ;r iei of land,
.iventy-sevuii head -f cailh-, mill a number
of h gs, and has siill a litllo money in his
IKjckct.— Mobile Tiiiia.
A I'aria rorreaponde.it stairs that there
are 2,200,000 propri- tors of vineyards in
Frailer, 1,000 vark-iira of *ino rultivatod,
6,405,000 acres of land devoted to vine
yards; and ill 1834 the crop was 1,320 000,
000 gallon* of wine, worth SIOOOOO,OOO.
Kr<>» flic Ba’tiinore Csarltr.
BALTIMORE
TurwiAY, March, I*2. —The Constitution
t f tlie I7n»tc<l lutes, which we will pre* j
Kiim# in i’*»£Mni«<t by the ami the ;
Jitd|»* k of the SuprtMiie Court an the law
of the lain], provides that “the citizens of
each State nhail lm entitled to “all privi
lege* ami imrntinilisa of citizen* in “the
•rveia! State-?.'* Hv tlie abolition of (ho
State government# in tho »Sonth and the
i-i*tal>lij*hmerit of a military deap uinin there
th# of MarvlnnJ »a a State of the
Union nml the p-iviJegea of her citizens
have been foully and plainly violated. A#
a State paying heavy axsemnrionts into the
Federal Treasury aho \h vitally injured hy
the ilniial of representation* to ten States
which «r# t*ms r#l«M##*l from any constitu
tional obligation to pay direct taxes, while
her citizens owning property or transacting
businesa in the South ar# aggrieved hy
being placed outside of the protection of
the civil law*. Under these circumstances
ih# State has a light to make complaint,
and if *he can sustain her case before die
lawful tribunniH of the country, to invoke
tlu? amy of the Executive to uphold her
light*. The iii.hlm hy which she may pro
c##d is pointed out in the Constitution and
the decisions of the court* furnish many
precedents for her guidance. The Conatl*
1111 ion says that in ca«es “in wl ich a State
shall be a party the “Supieme Court shall
ha\# original jurimliction.” States ami in
-1 dividuaU have* more than one# made suc
cessful application for writ* which should
compcll Federal officials to do some lawful
or abstain from some unlawful act, and
Mary lii nd has an umjue*tionable right to
demand that the Supremo Court shall en
join ti c Secretary of War or any one el*#,
against enforcing any measure which it
may pronounce to he uncoiislitulioiiahie
and void. In our judgement this undenia
hle privilege it has now Iwcoino her high
duty to exercise. We should like to sew her
I.egis’ature promptly authorize the employ
ment of cottUHel in her b#half who should
l»c charged with (lie duty «>f making imme
diate application to the Court for tin* writ
refer#d to. The arguments of influential
and aide men like Judge Curtia, of Mas**
chusetts, or Mr. Kvnrts, of New York, would,
whatever might be the r* suit of th# appli
c-itiofi, pn e ir# a profound conviction of
lie truth of our cause upon many minds
throughout the North ar.d perhaps startle
the country into an appreciation of the ap
palling peril of its present situation. Th#
Court would l*o compelled to decide that
tin* Military bill is wh »l 1 v unconstitntioiin).
and Mr. Johnson could not then execute it
without th# most deliberate violation of
his oath of office.
W know it will he said that the course
here Riigge.sfc I will be productive of no
practical good It certainly may fail to
arrest at on-e the headlong current of revo
lution which is hearing us on to anarchy
and ruin, nevertheless it is not improbable
that roiih* good or o»her would spring from
it sooner or later. Hut is anything nave
disgrace and distraction to come from
apathy and silence? hid a people ever re
deem its liberties by m#»*klv accepting the
summons to Kiiriemlei it># last Kttongimt«t«
of civil freedom and constitutional govern
ment? (’an a nation !i«pe to restore repub
lican institution* hv acquiescing in a mili
-1 try despotism? hr are we truly only ab
ject slaves who fear to offend our masters j
l»v < <infesting their right to clm n us down?
Not as hiw as t!iia wo trust have tin* people
of Maryland fallen
The position in which this State stands
lenders it especially obligatory on her to
assume this task. The Southern Slate* arc
about to be subjected m the domination ol
the sword and the bay. net and the North
ern States are apparently i different to this
frightful wrong. There in none to apeak
for I he South and for the country, to plead
for American freedom, to defend republican
principle* save Maryland. Upon her then
devolves the high and noble duty of lilting
up her voice in the temple of justice and
of protesting in clear and solemn tones
against the usurpations and tyranny which
have already and strayed the heritajo our
fathers so proudly left us and threaten to
work infinite woe upon ten millions ot our
suffering brethren. If theie can be any
2 oo<l reason which should restrain this
State from claiming in the Supreme Court
her constitutional rights ami protesting in
•hat last sanctuary of the law against the
total abrogation of nil law, then indeed has
the hour come when we may abandon our
solve# to bitter and final dispair.
The Confederate Debt.
The National Rfmblicu.i , of yesterday,
ha* Jin editorial to prove that, if the South
ern Stales are, according to Stevens’ theory
and abortion, “coiupjered provinces,” the
l nited States, as tho conqueror, is hound,
by the law of nations, to pay the entire
I Confederate debt. The Rc»mbliean Sut/s:
i Hut it has been su .gested that this point
| lias been guarded by having ih« late rebels
repudiate those Confederate debts. Avery
little reflection, however, will snow that
| repudiation d«*en not remove n;;r cancel tlm
| liability, at 1< for the debt* held in
Europe. We must extend our views ac ross
i the At Untie for the data for i (-solving this
point. l ake the case of Admiral Wallace
and bis associates, who hold millions of
Confederate bonds, as an example. They
me subjects of Great Hritain, and by the
law# of nations are entitled to call upon
their Government to protect and enforce
thetr Irgal rights as against the United
State*. Suppose ilie British Government
shall entertain their appeal and demand
the payment of those bonds on the ground
I that they were created by a dt faetoGov
! eminent and issued to Britsli subjects, and
that the l nited States merely occupies the
' position of conqueror of that Government,
what at.swer Can we make to the demand ?
I* it not obvious that wc can make no sub
‘ stnulial answer whatever if tho Stolen*’
theory be sound?
Baltimore has contributed about $350-
; 000 for So ii them relief. Thousands of
Southern merchants go through Baltimore
to buy their goods in cities which have
contributed nothing for Southern relief.
And yet there it said to be no cheaper or
better market thuu Baltimore.— Rc>j. and
Adr.
Frcm llk* U<>tuo Courier. *
Hill Arp on (he Situation.
Rome, Big Sliaiity Tarritory, N'o. 3, )
March 8, 1867. j
Mk. Editor: My Intention *n« to have
remained in dignified ohacuritv the small
remnant of my miserable days, bat
fri.nih Rob Hide, Sam MeCr;»i-ki-n. Ti;>j4fl
.>tln■ r r,-s|,ii-talih- p-ntlen "f.dl^^H."
and bolli rolora, aee;n to be dishevled
the .iitue and inaiat on my view* aUmt
the inoioi-ntoua state of our sufferinj-coun
try. 'Hie jfixs! peoplo in Atlanta hare got.
shaky in the Vnt-oe, and it is thednty of ev
ery good eitizoii to keep the disease from
Spreadin if he Can. I hav’n*. bi-on to Wash
injfton, nor have been j day in sentinel on a
watch toner, but my observation convin
ces me there is a power of fuss on hand
about Politics look squally
and nlarinin. Kill Fliorinnn overrun the
country and destroyed and carried aw-av
our property, nnd row his brother John is
flnishinf; up the job by robbin us of the
rights and liberties our forefather* won
(tenoralTltoinas isplayin rantotin with his
21 orders —putting harmless boys in tin
barrack* fir tnldennin with an old rebel
li-ig—accosin us of nil the crimes in the
decalogue; such as murd-r, larceny, rape,
arson, burglary, bigamy, perjury, and
vide, throwin tip in our teeth the
mil;/ oj our eonqutrnrx, as In-in our safetr
valve from death and Beelzebub. Good
gracious! what an awful people so are.
And now comes Joseph, the sentinel, with
his long-winded message of consolation,
teilili us how wo may flee from the wrath t i
come skeerin the people to death, and
gettin everythieg in a stow. What made
him in such a hurry! why didnt Ini keep
silonce for a few days, until the veto was
signed, an I the bill was pasß#.l? Wlivj
.lid’i.t b# give Mr. Jenkins a chance? 1
tin* time* was so perilous, whv didnt In* g
and see Mr. .b nkins, and give him liisopin
ion in private and save all this excitement
Mr. JenkdiM is the Govern, r; lie is the sen
tinel on tho watch towe**; lie’s tlie pilot of
theoKt whip; he’s the people’s efioic#. Ib*
can sell H»e I legislature when it’s i ec****n
rv. If h<* is in doubt about it, he ran con
willt with Lntnkin and Col h, and Hill an.l
Cooper, and Hardeman and Gibson, and
liroini, mid decide what ought »o be doive
and tin? |H?oplc will be satisfied. |',ut
while the ship i* in ji storm let all the* deck
hands keep silenc*. d'he word will coiuo
from the Captain soon enough. May be
tliat Joseph feed* sorter reap >nsil»| v i for th#
lix he’s got ns in. May bo he's repentin
for tho didos lie cut lip, and the seed* of
diacord he sowed dm in the war; but I
doubt it. I don’t think bin ambition ob
his van it y k##k anything but his own intj>or|
tone# It looks like* he thought theca pi-j
ta I was moved to Atlanta, and he was (JovJ
ernor fit ill. Il#’s afraid the people will
think he’i dead, and just, as kik> j as a big
thing happens, and little before, he
es the iK*e.;»sioM —scr.es the opportunity,S|
deliver# hi# message, stirs up the people]:
seta the ( iate City in a ferment, gets
name in tho Herald and the tribune. Jodi
Brown, a whale, big leader, couspiciony
fame, history, Mr. Jenkins now where, Mil
n .is'fyiilo ~j. t., a< ,|.i, i.' rti Is tiin
machine, in Atlanta!
Well, I don’t know what is at the bottom,
of all this, but I am afraid that while Jo 4
soph wa# in Washington somebody carried
him onto a high mountain, a*»d showed
him a Kingdom or two, and In* fell .lows
and worshipped. These little kingdoms
that 7. an sometimes sees from the top of
a mountain are miglitv demoralizing.
But i notice that all this fuss which
.Joseph has kicked up is confined in the
towns and cit*es, where a heap of folKi
live, who havent got much of anything to
do. The farmers don't know much about 4
and (tare less —the whole concern is a g#d|
send to some folks. I know an old worn
out politician who has been paking it round
for six months, try in to revive the l)emo*
ciatic party for a livin, and now lie’s in Ins
element. Parties are formin, and the olj
hack is in his glory. He’s sorter like the
New llra t as yet —he wont take a side, h*
wont join issue, he wont commit himso'.v- 4
lie’# keepin an open r*ar as the Kra says (d
--wish that paper would takejnii asti ingent .r
But my friend# wa’vc got nothing to l^ v
ashamed of.—. Since the war our pursuits*
have been peaceful and honorable. We
needent humiliate ourselves through fear*
of what humankind can do to us. If the
KadicuU intend to confiscate us, they wfß
do it, and no acceptance of Shennan’s hilU
will prevent it. If they want our cabbages,
they aregoiu to have ’em. If they will
ride over one law, they will over another..
If they disregard Mr. Johnson’s great ar juli
ment, they’ll disregard anything. I don't
know how it is generally, but there aint an
unpardened reUd in this county, and if tlipy
conliscaie they have got to declare the pir
dons all void. Nolnxly knows what they
won’t do, or when they will quit doing jp,
and my advice is to naffer and be xtronrj. .in
duce evrytiling au I accept nothing AlHjy
lost save honor, hold up your maiHHk
don’t lick the hand that’# raised to
the blow. Joe Brown’s banner says “alFis
lo*t Have honor, and that is only tolenrdo
I thank you, it grow# puny and weak.* —
lie says \'o can have representation* in
Congress.
Who by? A man who can take the T*st
oath, and can control the nigger vole.—
Who wants such a representation? llow
long before he *otild ji»»e the Kadi cals and
go in for Confiscation? If he controlled the
nigger vote he’d promise ’em land or fny
tlng else. Demagogues have always con
trolled the ignorant whites, demagogue*
will control the ignorant blacks. Who
control# tlie nigger influence in Tennessee?
why, Brownlow and his party. Tennessee
has done just what Joe Brown wants tut to
do, and now look sit her and weep!—a nig
ger candidate rum.in for Governor.
But suppose we had representation^nnd
had e!e led all good men, fair men, iu#t
men, what could they do for us ? •.Just
nothing at all. With the present Helical
majority, all our votes would’nt undo any
thing that Tuts been done, and with a Ka.l
ical President they could do as much nioro
a# they pleased. Just let ’em all alone’
give ’em rope, more rope ; history is repeat
ing itself, the crisis will come some time, ty
ranny nnd oppression must run its course,
Joe Brown*# programme won't atop it. One
iflba resolution* mado my Item) swim. I
i<Tt like taking chloroform, lie would
Imi tlie whole Yankee nation believe we
ijped ’em like brother*, and wanted ’em lo
tfea; out .South,- and let ua hug ’em. Well,
'■L that suitof stuff i»played out. There fti lit
üßAldred men in the State that ha* any
for a radical than a hyena,
Hot Brown known it. Hut the good
Kd know* our heart*, and how loudly
VtAing to those moderate men of the
HpLty North who would save us from the |
r, . notion that awaits us. Let a kind
ord be spoken to a subjugated reb, nnd j
S' warm blood quickens in the veins.
But. hen-, are the Union Leagues, some-!
ody say*, wiiat are they going to do with i
s 1 Never mind my friends, the Union
.ungues ain’t goin to hurt nobody. They
re made of flesh and blood like we sre,
ml they are citizens, and their fat* will be
ur fate. They are as much dispos ed at
herman’s hill as any body. They are
or neighbors and our friends, and if there
i some had men among ’em, there i*
iiougli of tin; good lo make 'em do right,
o kesp qtliot and lie easy, and the Union
.angles are not going to trouble you. If
hoy want to save their own, il don't follow
hat they want lo stoifl yours.
I But Joseph is afraid we cant stand a
kjhliiurr government. Well, 1 know its
JHtilinting, withering, crushing, hut we
jKonood H, and can try it awhile longer.
IVje can do it till we can do better. Mili
tary Guvestnineiit ain’t the oau -e of our
poverty and distress. Its a government
higher than Thomas, or Sheridan, or Slier
man. Its the loss of crops, the want of
rai". The military never slopped the corn
from growin' and there’s just a* much rain
in ode plat for in as another. If the good
Lord will only bless as w lit abundant har
vest, everything will go on smooth enough
with the humble honest people who drive
the pi iw and line the corn. If they pros
per, everybody else will too, if they mind
|their own hu-iuess. We will have to quit
talking s > much, and quillwriting altogeth
er tmr/.-zled lips and gagged press. I’ve
(thme look wartiin myself and quit. Had
j inv life ensured in the Kuiekei bicker, and
the policy won’t allow me to expose my
»ell, to jump into unnecessary petit. 1 In;
miht.ry can outwriie us anyhow, hoiks
sav the pen is in ghlier than the sword, hut
you put 'em both together, and they flank
a man 0.1 of In* liberty, and may l e li's
life, in double quick. Ike Moor of ill s
town had a little b ieldt.in w ih t,.m o and
Tlioma* the other dav, and on!'' comes out
.second best, though it wuseut an open tl--Id
nor a fair light. I til .tight myself til *t 21
order most be a hoax, gut up by I! irk
j I’omerov, or Hooedi-idy, aid was I jo.in lor
kite tieneral to come out in a card th nyin
of'l, hut 1 soon tound that it was u genu
inc Ikds'Sperean document. [ still think
his posterity will deny it some 20 years
| hence.
Well, I was mighty mad. I would have
given a hundred dollars to have played
Vautoun with him one hour, just tgMhave
been turned loose ill the papers, |
no gag, no jail, liarrauk*, n i btiyonels, no :
guards. 1 would have got such a gtiu on
him for the next six in .nliis as would have
fioarte every I toiiy .■xc ■ tjt Lt qick I’omeroy
forget that I least Butler stole spoons.—
“Livin on, their magnanimity !’’ 1 tell you
that got mo, that burnt me, when I knew
tthere w.iscnl enough magnanimity in a
ship load of all such to support a poor Kelt
j tweiit •fmr hours. Magnanimity I My
i opinion is they've Inst the seed, and don’,
know what the comoderty is. 1 was as
full of epitaph as Browulow is of prison.
Language come lo me spontaneous; re
gular hideUflers, that would have peeled
the bark from a man’s carcass like skinnin
an alligator. But you see I was in the
! cautious sia'u, and had to smother my feel-
I ing*. I think I should have gore up wiih
! spontaneous combustion if my wife liadmit
i lumko the spell with her eomick scenes.— ■
j She is an amtisin and interestiu woman,
hut much given to inuaic in these days of j
1 numerous and lively offspring, but just ns
soon as order '2l come out she hunted up
the “gray jacket' nun the • c'lii/uerei! banner” I
and just such a solo »oirce as 1 h ve 21
i tbnos a week, was never heal'd in Big Shall- .
!tv beforeff She teems to take a delight in 1
! leltin the rebel flag on the title page “see]
] the light,” and “flaunts it aqoilt” in my
face because l call mvself a Union man.— |
Sin? says that part of the order about (Jon.
Hanson’s remains was founded on scrip
ture, anti so was Phil. Sheridan’s about
(len, ,1. dint ton’s for Soiomun says in Kcel
esiastes, “that a living dog is better than
a dead lion.”
My opinion is that it will be impossible
to harmonize these women during this oen
tury. Such orders as 21,wi1l cut oil' all hope
of it. I think if (Jen. Thomas liadent been
a Virginian, he wouldent have issued il.
I've noticed that when a Virginian falls, ho
fall- heavy and fur. lie gits further over
ou the aiiio agin us than anybody. I've
heard that the tieneral and Edward John
son were b >lh powerful soee»h, and got
mighty impatient because the Old Domin
ion was so sow in movin'. The deneral
said all the good officers would lie gobbled
up before she seceded. Well, they say old
i deneral Scott got hold of cm about this
lime, and took ’em up onto a high inouu
; tain, aid showed ’em a kingdom or two,
and the donernl lull down and worshipped,
and Ed. John«on wouldent. I toll you toy
friends, a man ought to bo careful about
going up into these dangerous mountain,
and this loads me to remark we ought to
petithm Mr. Johnson to put over Big Shan
ty a deneral who stood square to his State.
Hope for the beat, u.y friends, I)on,t im
agine you see punter* and injuus, because
we are in a Territory, Don’t mistake a
Bureau track for a bear sign. Don’t fear
it will be sickly, because Florida is inched
on to our diggins. Attached to your busi
ness, keep off of a high mountain, and all
will he well. I would say more, but my
wife’s music has begun.
Yours, respectfully,
Biu. Ar.r.
I*. S.—l date my letter from Big Shanty
as I hear these here “diggins’ are to have,
that name. Lies us all he thankful we
know where we arc. For two years its been
doubtful whether we were in or out. My
opinion now is that we are nut, and I hoard
a female voice say whoopee
B. A,
The Policy of the South.
The argument of tho*# who are • tides v
oring to persuade the people of the South
to reorganize their State governments in
accordance with the terms of the military
hill is, that they will lie subject to military
rule until they yield. This does not nec
essarily follow The military government
of the South will be found in practice to be
a very expensive luxury, and it is likely
that the South can stand it quite as long
as tbo government can bear the outlay.
But even if the argument were true, it does
not amount to a reason why the South
should voluntarily cover In rself with the
shame which assent to the conditions of
the bill would fix upon her. And, outside of
the question of voluntary degradation, the
choice of evil* is, in our judgement, on the
side of the military rule. That must, in
•he very nature of things, be temporary.
The extienec and disadvantage* of keeping
it up will soon weary the entire nation and
cause i * withdrawal. But if the people ot
the S ntii, in apprehension of the evils of
the military system, adopt the programme
laid down in the military hill, in what po
sition do they place themselves? That
hill requires that they shall place their
| State government* in the hand* of their
lata slaves and the few unworthy white
j men who are now willing to t ome up and
: swear that they never sympathised with
theiebelion or gave it aid or comfort. That
system once fixed upon them, will he per
manent, and the large negro population
will inevitably contr-.l the State govern
inetil*. Certainly there is nothing suffi
ciently attractive in such an alternative to
justify any people in seeking to evade mil
itary rule by resorting lo it. '1 he one can
only be of short duration, while the other
becomes an established policy which can
never he shaken off. The one though lies
: potie is a government of white men, as a
j gereral thing intelligent, and having eliar
; in ters to maintain; while the oilier is the
j government of an inferior race, ignorant,
semi ha'barons, and brutal.
The f cn/.v which now has possession of
the northern mind will, in time, exhaust it
self; the revengeful feelings which are now
exhibited, must subside, and the northern
people wIII discover that i( is not profitable
lo give their passions slicll full sv av at the
• ■xp'-nse of th"ir pockets. Common sense
will then be allowed a chance, and a m<>r»
g,liter.,,is *■ a eon ml ko policy wdl be ail p'
ed. In tee meantime, the people of the
South cait'ieiole themselves to t[p* restore
ti nos tie ir f dunes and the repair of the
waste of the wav. leaving politics to take
■are of itself. There is no way lo compel
ilium to sign their own dcgrn latum; no
power to make them suhsetihe to their own
iiil'ainv; no authority to toice them to pro
scribe themselves or oilier* from the exer
cise of political lights in r million with oth
er citizens. Tin y have, therefore, < nty to
stand still, making neither demands nor
concessions, and time will bring them re
lief.
The threat of confident ion which is held I
over their heads to make them accept tin''
provisions of the military bill amount* to i
not lei g. If their enemies arc disposed to:
adopt this nefarious plundering scheme I
they will do it, a id no concessions on tie'
part if the S'ouTTieiii peopto will avert it.
It would a* certainly come after the a top
tion of tlie terms now offered as in the
event of their rejection. There is no pledge
or promise in tin* hill that the neecplauce
of these terms is to bar further demands or
that pains and penalties and confisicatton*
will not follow; nnd cowardly submission
will assuredly tend to exeite still higher the
spirit of aggression.
That the situation is a lamentable mil
unfortunate one is very true, but II cannon
be improved by the apjert and cmvardfir
surrender of the cons.ilulional rights, Jw
cringing and fawning at the footstool <Sf
power. Dignified protest against oppres
sion and refusal to assist m their own deg
radation is the true policy of the South, and
only thus can that aloivntroddert and per
secuted ivcoplc retain their self-respect or
escape the tort lies which their enemies
have prepared for their humiliation.— Loti
ini tie Courier,
Hex alt lit Williamsburg, Ya.
A correspondent of the Richmond Exam
iner furnishes the following:
The freednian’s bureau proteges near
Williamsburg are in arms. It seems that
a higlilv Inspected citizen of that neighbor
hood, Stafford 'hi. Cooke, Esq., rented his
plafflferion to of officers,
who sublet it to the negroes, or who per
haps, rented it, in the first instance, for the
negroes, a large number of whom took pos
session. A few days ago Mr. C. went to
the bureau OrWiluot hi*'’ rqptsT Nile was
referred to the negroes, and they declined
to pay him anything, claiming that they
hail a right lo the land. Mr. C. invoked
: the aid of the bureau officer, who gave
; him a small guard, in company with which
hi* agent proceeded to endeavor to make
th* collection.
On the arrival of the guard, they ware
met by a body of nearly five hundred ne
groes, armed and drawn up in line ofbat
tle. They refused to disband, and repea
ted their refusal to pay any rent. At last
\ account* a messenger had been dispatched
I to Old Point, with a request for a military
force large enough to put down this sedi
-1 tion.
“Tiik Is kamoi'sTwo-thirds.” —Undertha
above caption the New and ork World p ;b
--lishea, surrounded by a heavy black bor
der, the names of the Senator* and mem
bers of Congress who voted to pass Sher
man’s mifitary bill over the President’s veto,
which measure the editor characterizes a*
“a hill to annul tlie Constitution of the
United States, to subvert the government
of ten Staea in the Union, and to substi
tute tliei efor military despotism ” After
giving the names of those who “voted aye
on the final passage of the bill to "organize
hell ” the editor add*; “The time is com
ing when every man in the above list will
stand accursed in our history. Their chil
dren will deny their descent from the in
famous two thirds of the Thirty-ninth
Congress ”
Atlanta, has petitioned Congress to c*
taldish a branch mint there.
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— 1 “'-l ’y ————*
LATEST FROM ALL POINTS.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC-
The Market*, Ac.
From tho Intelligencer.
Washington, March 20.—The follow
ing papers have been selected to publish
the laws and treaties: New Nation, Rich
mond, Hunniciit editor; Raieigh Standard,
ami Henderson Pioneer, North Csrolina ,
Savannah Republican and Augusta Loyal’
Standard, Georgia; Mobile National and
Huntsville Advocate, Alabama; Fort Smith
New Era, Arkansas; Austin Intelligencer,
Texas,
It is semi officially announced that the
remaining selections will be from the same
class of journals.
(ten. Spinner receives letters from the
South enquiring when the short, currency
will cease to he valuable. He feint tho
people a*c imposed upon, nnd gives assn
rani-e that all issues of fractional currency
will be redeemed-
Washington, March 20.—A petition from
Ohio women asking for suffrage, was refer
red to the Judiciary Ooromktee.
The hill piohibi ing Fedeial diplomats
wearing uniforms unauthorizod by Con
gress, was passed.
The Territorial Committee reported favor
ably on the bill for the admission of Color
ado.
The Kenato discussed Indian affairs and
then adjourned.
I OI'SE O•' J.Z KBENA ' VlB.
1 The Conirniitce on Foreign Relation was
• instructed to report insuns for the release ot
Rev. John McMahon, sentenced to impris
onment for fife in Canada; also, 10 report
’ means for enfis fir.-; the claims o" citizens
of the United States against Cleat Briiam,
pending in 1858 an I accorded since.
A resolution iiedriwiiug the Comm’tteo
!on Public Lands to leporl a* to die expe
j diency of providing for future bonds, grant
el to the Southern Sie.es in 1856, to eorn
plele ccviin rail’ orris, was ofie r od, but
ooi poned.
A resolution instructing the Commitleo
1 on Rules, So consider tlie propriety of con
stit ting a Standing CoiiMvni.ee on Labor,
was ad opus).
The House went into Committee on tho
one million relief bill mid adjourned with
out action.
P.a Cos Martdr 2l>. —Cotton quiet at
,Itc Hour li in and higher, 11 •ward si'uet
exira, s’3 .>0 to 14 25. Corn active,
Wtii.e $1 12 lo 1 13. Messpoik $24, bulk
shudders !)j, aides 21 to lij
Was ini .•••on, March 20.—An attempt
wap made to-ilny to int'*ihl lice a toll to pay
South’ rn Treasury agents who could take
the oath. Mr. Butler objeeied-
Mv>t tiis, March 13.—A ore wdeeli oceur-
I red here to-day destroyed Howard’s Rowe,
I be l"ss is estimated at one hundred a: il
fifty thousand dollars.
New G; ~kan> Mail'll 20. —Sheridan has
|,dir,l niPwjpder saying that .he e xvonh|
ho no general letnoval* from office, unless
circumstance 1 * required ii. It is desirable
that during tlie process of re-oigamzat ion,
•wo change as little a* possible lie machin
aryvpl' tho provisionable government.
New York, March 20, —Nine ore loads of
Federal troops passe,! over tbo Hudson
road yesterday, destined for Oswego, it is
supposed, to opera.e against suspected Fe
ii'an movements.
Stocks excite,', and very active. Five
Twenties of 1802,109 j. Sight exchange, o’’.
Gold, C<L
KVESIXG.
Gold, 34'. Sock* excited and lower.
Five twenties of 1363, coupons, 9.1.
Flour firm and quiet. Wheat dull and
unchanged. Corn dull and drooping. I’oik
heavy—me- 4 *, $23 00 to $23 08Laid qui
et — m barrel*, 12j to 13J.
Flour active, and eilxaneed—SHo 50
|Corn quiet, and declined 2 to 3 cents.—
Mixed Western $1 19 to $1 20. Mess
; Pork $23 50.
1 Cotionashodelower. Middling uplands,
32 cents, Fteights quiet.
Cotton heavy, and declined \ to 1 cent.
'Sales, 1.000 hales at 51 J.
J Lon 'Von, March 20.—Noon, Consols 91.
! Honor “4J.
I Cinc nna' ■, March '2o.—Flour quiet;
superfine $9 to $9 75 to $lO 25. Corn ir
! tegular and higher; in sacks 84 to 85c.
Mess Pork less film at $2-’ 50 Bacon in
| gbotl demand; sbouldets 9Jc; clear sides
12jof Larikl2jc..
L vett ■oot, March 20. —Noon, Cotton
quiet at 13jd Estimated sales 8,000 bales.
I. VKr.eoot., Ma'ch 20. Evening, Cotton
close,l easier. Middling uplands, lojjil »
13jd ; Orleans, 13}. Sales 8,000 bales.
Par's, March 19.—1 t" is officially stated
that Napoleon favors a partition of Hie Pa
pal debt between the Catholic powers.
Cotton Shri> from Egypt. —Tho Depart
ment of Agriculture, at Washington, has
recently received from Alexandria, Egypt/a
small quantity of the celebrated long staple
Egyptian cotton seed, which will be seut
out in small parcels, fur experiment, upon
application to the Commissioner. The dis
tribution of this seed will he confined cx
clunvely to the Gulf States.
—
The tax on cotton, under the ltew law
snacted last week, is two and a half cents
a pound, instead of thiee cents as lietctO"
fore.
The Central Pacific Railroad is now in
running order to Cisco, within twelve miles
of the summit of the Sierra Nevada. Next
month the road will be continued over the
summit.
Two large floating cisterns constructed
at Cherbourg, have arrtred at llarve, oq
their way to Paris. They are intended to
supply the acquariums of tlie exhibition
with sea wu'er, amlduring its conliutiauco
will make constant trips butwen the sea
and Purs.