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THE SCSI'S REPLY TO ONE WHO ASKED
A SA3LB EOS HIS "SWEETHEART."
I in majesty ascending, 1 *
~s' tlfi ftom Earth, the pell of Slight,
As my robe of light.descending,
Clothes-the world in glory bright,
j _ ' ?tortowi?yet, Pm condescending?
Tot, I stoop to Idas the dew? ?.
Ohunw-forf IW ever lending
. 1 Light, to every world you view.
. r*>. fovmr?yet I'm .unpretending,
* ? * Idfld and gentle In my sway?
Nations and worlds in worship bending, .
; Gttdiy greet roe "King of Day."
* * * I'm tmdlongiag?never ending,
Till "Old Time" himself, shall die
f And a "Greater King" descending,
Needs no lamp to light the sky.
Now, child of weakness?thee befriending?
I will deign lo give a name, ' ' a
(fa which, many graces, blending Tell
the source frogs Whence U came.
Then, tf yonr swdethewt'a unpretending,
Generous, gentle^ fond and true? . ? ^
I've a name ttktl worth the sending? ? How,
listen weli-and while attending,
... To filename, which I bare, given,
J';BB x uau /utt) v,iuiy) WVTT ww m
\Aj1- T& takt yotif 8up&e*rn, hack to ii?v*n. i
W . TfiELLO.
L mSgSSZZ, "i
We believe the hoar is near st hand when
B jwblic sentiment and national.oedeissUy will
bo?k <Wod tlx emplojmsnl of m impor.
tint efemeoi-of oar strength which has
heretofore properly been held in reserve?
P we .refer, to our slaves. Of the number
1 originally within our borders at the comr
moncemeut of the war, there probably aOll
| remain, in round-rf&mbers, 2,500,000. Of
this number, probably one eighth, or about
30O,0yt?nhW to
& aid in our defence, without seriously interH
fering with our agricultural interests. Iff(
deed, a considerable proportion of this nutnber
have already been driven from the
cowtt>*<be interior,' and afe' either living
Wr in idifoess at adead expense to their owners,
or are barely earning their salt. Mean||k
"while, the Confederacy has been-?shall we
say, exhausted of her fighting material ??
|||L. No, fjr the ringing of the fire betfe will in
[|| twenty minutes gather a division of ablebodied
own in every city of the land; the
. rollsttf the army exhibit an. array of sixty
thousand deserters j and the records of the
several, departments of Government show
Wdjat placea filled bj. perhaps two
hundred thousand more. Food is not wanting.
Sfaennan, in, his passage through
Georgia, on a path not exceeding ten miles
-J- * J 1- 4k.? tf,
L *"?*** i n?o
& feed hU army daring the ejatiw march, and
a did not touch tbo rations with wbich he
siartedL. .-!Ikan?, speculation and extortion
I brings HJo ligk($frj day, in .afenndaotr
I W+ are, th*re&re7aot exhaus'
?pd. But unfortunately, we lack organisation?system
; patriotism, and, more than
I all, a spirit of self-sacrifioe, consistent with
the reverses are have experienced and the
t necessities of the hoar. Every man out of
tfcoxtfflp ni?X pocket a scrap
L ofpapbr which protects bitn from the enrolling
officer, but how muoh of the varied
and/cequently insignificant servioes of these
[ ' idle thousands might be more profitably di.
verted into a! channel that would enhance
th* puhHo good. How. inany hundreds
of really valuable officers, intent upon the
eonsoientious performance of their duty,
ba^ft their. hands absolutely tied by red
tape and. the conflicting orders that perplex
and delay instead of facilitating the despatch
of public business. What a mnltitnde of
instances may be cited i a which official ignorwee,
imheciiUy or corruption have Been
the cause of personal injustice or private
wrong. All this is the result of a want oi
that proper organization and division o? laBqt
without which we Cannot succeed.?
Each wheel of the Governmental machine
may,, by itself, run well and, smoothly, em6agh,i>ht
unless the mechanism is geared
together, adjusted and controlled by mastei
hands, its result will be simply a waste.
Again,, our people at home fall far shorl
- of their highr callipg. The majority are
prosperous. Heaven bae-blessed them witl
its -bounty.- Their State has not been aver,
ran ^. suffering has passed them by; theii
only miseries hive been ocqaaidbed by the
impfessiogoffioer of the tax gatherer, and
save those instances in which a husband,
son or brother hat'faHen on his couotiy'f
t altar, they have not felt the red hand ol
war. Yet many among these people are
the worst croakers of the land. They are
the men who gather at the depots, on the
street corners or around some grocery fire,
and talk of giving up the contest?whc
battou-hole soldiers at -home on furlough,
apd tell thea that Qen. Lee didn't do what
he ought to have done, and pour out of theii
cowardly Hps the ravings of a distempered
imagination, until society around them becomes
as diseased and demoralized as themselves.
Tired of the war, without having
struck-a blow in behalf of its oause, despon
dent without knowing why, more ready tc
f submit andbe slaves than to suffer a tern
porary discomfort, hoarding money and pTo
visions, watching gold as a standard anc
graduating prices thereby, never happy un
less making two dollars odt of one, alwayi
grumbling, always blue, seeing bad in every
. thing and good in nothing, sordid to th<
.lowest degree, and destitute of commence
in God or mat:?snob is one class of South
ern men, who are this very day the worn
pests of society. These persons are those
who tell you, "We are exhausted, we can'
hole} out-much longer, and we might a;
weH giro tip before we are overrun as giv<
tip after/' We thank Heaven, however
that our cause does not depend on thes<
white liveredshapes, of humanity.
But we have digressed from the subject
While we are not exhausted either in mei
or material, we repeat, that the emergenc;
upon us demands the employment of ever;
effort to repel the enemy now oq our bor
jdere. The principal among these endea
vors may be made through the nregro popu
lation. In presenting this view of tb
subject, however, we utterly ignore an;
policy which 3avors in the least of empnei
patios as a rehmrd for theix services. Th
free negro and the slave have to much a
stake in tbe defence pf their homes as the
whites. By this time, the majority have
learned that their beat friends are on Soothera
soil?that a transfer to the North is a
' transfer worse than death?that the worsen
and obildren suffer from ornelty and starve,,
tiofl, while the men are forced into the
army, to be driven like hogs to slaughter.
Henoe we believe thai, if the alternative
w^re presented to the blaok raoe?namely)
to fight for their masters and their common
homes, or, with, their masters, be subjugated,
deprived of their property, separated
from their families, and eventually blotted
ont of existence?they would gladly choose
the former ooorse, cheerfully and bravely
stand.by their owners and guardians in the
^ a an/) hsln 4a t?in vidfnrt ?
UUU1 U? 1/aiWOj MUM . ?V . -w-wV.
As an illustration of this remark,. it bas
been observed that sot one in a hundred
of the bod; servants of officers and men in
the arm; have deserted to the enemy, while
scores have braved the dangers of the field,
to shield, if possible, their masters' lives.
Saoh a scheme as is here .proposed can be
anceessfnl in bo,t ope way. Thp negroes
most be allowed to volunteer. ,
-When General Bood called for three
thousand black teamsters, he sent his officers
to various plantations- to obtfriri the
desired Jtelp. ; On several occasions the negroes
were, called up, the owner explained
to tfipm What was wanted^told ^hm frankly
what they had to dct^ that be had already
given his sons to theeanse, and wanted the
servaate likewise to go. forward .and'take
part m his defence. The result' in variably
was a volunteer force larger than was demanded
by tbe order for that particular
plantation.
Disciplined and led by officers belonging
to thPTr neighborhood, already in the army,
cared for and watched over by men with
whom they have associated from childhood,
no hoe can donbt that an auxiliary force,
effective in all its purposes, would quickly
he organized and made a tower of strength.
An acre or two of land would well reward
; these faithfal slaves at the end of the war;
and in case of their Joss by death, the Government
would, gladly reimburse their own;
? . * v
It may^ urged that the employment of
negroes:wenld be regarded as a concession
of principle, or a sign of weakness. But
may we not as consistently use qur negroes
. "as our borses*, our cattle, or^ BBy- otberelement
of military strength ? And rather
! than a sign of weakness, would it not bean
1 evidence of tremendous vigor and elasticity,
, that would sta^lo oqr enemies and compel
; them either to abandon the straggle, or pat
forth.tfze last of their resources ? Uodouht;
As to the question of fighting, the experience
of the lrst three years has demonstrated
that negroes" will-'fight. What they
require is, first,- good officers; and secondly,4
: the confidence generated by perfeot discipline.
Where intelligence is lacking, machine-like
habit and mption will as well accomplish
the work. Since the beginning of
the war, our victories have been won by
individual gallantry. Those of the enemy,
J by discipline and superior numbers alone,
i. And if wo will properly drill 'ourj slaves,
i they may be made in nearly every respect
[ equal to the best army of Yankee soldiers
with which we have yet had to contend.
These are the views entertained1 and recommended
by General Lee and others of
- our prominent offioere; they.are views praoJ
tioally pnt in operation by-Gov. Alien, of
Louisiana, (so we are informed), and we
I believe the rime is ripe when oar own State
\ Executive should oonveae the Legislature
. for the purpose of' giving them shape aqd
. substance here-'
t Wo Want help. 'We Wknt laboring men
. and fighting jpen, and if ,proper pieasnres
be adopted, we believe that twenty thons.
and may be induced to-volunteer within
ninety riays. The breeze need only be starI
ted to become a whirlwind.
' .
i 1^, In some of the Texas papers are
published a list of detailed men who are re'
quired to work at stated prices for the Govi
ernment, -soldiers and tbeir families, and
i in/Zirranf nnrsnns. Detailed tanners are
i r 7 ?
, bound to sell at prices fixed by cotnmisaioni
era for ike State of Texas. Blacksmiths,
; wagon-makers and s^oe-makers are reqniri
ed to 'work at ike rates of $7. per day, when
i the material is furnished them; whon they
i famish them material, the actual cost may
, be added io. Spinning-wheel makers are
i allowed the rates of 85 per day, when rrfa,
terial is famished, and when they furnish
i the material,, ihe actual cost of tbeisamo
} may be added to the price per day; said
prioes are to be paid in Confederate money,
or if in provisions at the market price of the
. game in the neighborhood, in Confederate
; money. . ,
Col. W. A. Broadwell, Chief of the Cpt>
Ion Bureau, Trans-Mississippi Department,
. has purchased and introduced into the de.
partment, pledging payment in cotton, 23,l
000 pairs of blankets, 60,000 pairs of shoes,
. 150,000 yards of shirting and towels, 150,j
000 pounds of powder, 200,000 pounds of
. lead, 5,000,000 percussion caps, and a large
) quantity of guns, 140,000 yards grey army
) cloth and sattinet, and a large quantity of
. hardware and small arms.
t ?
j * The Flood at Augusta and Ham'
*TT ?on fVio marks nl
I UU ?u puu CVOij D*V*V? 1MW
3 devastation. Fences are gone from about
3 dwelliogs?handsome yards have the shrub'
, bery uprooted?lamp posts are turned topsy
j turvy?trees thrown down?frame tenements
washed from their foundations?whole
. streets rendered impassable gullies?crosi
sings washed away?lumber, outhouses, &o j
? piled in promiscuous heaps?all indicative
7 of the immense force of the current.
The South Carolina Railroad Bridge rcmains
intact, and has suffered'no percenti
ble damage. The track through llambur^
e has, however, been greatly injured. For <.
v distance of several hundred yards the iroi
and cross ties were lifted from the trestle
q work and moved entirely to the low ground)
t adjoining.
4
> -\l FrOOj the Liverpool .AJbltn. if. . *
.. . American Prospects.
Amongst those that are born of woman i
there beats not a bolder heart than that of 1
Jefferson Davis. We are not ashamed to
confess to a large amount of hero-worship |
for the man for wbotn his Northern foes can <
find no. better name than rebel and slave* '
owner. Never unduly elated by success, J
never dismayod by adversity, his voice rings ;
out clear as a trumpet call on tfce^erlcest
day that befalls hfs conntry. Not^Catd <
himself spoke to. his little Senate at TJtioa '
with more dignity and steadfastness than 1
does the Southern President ^wl^en..addressing
his suffering fellow countrymen. Four :
years have passed since the fretbenffons ]
otwinrtlo Korron arifK' hitt namA will be <
D""eB,v "~b? "?
forever identified; and, if Amdrioan .figures
can be trusted, (a point on which .we always
feel serious misgiving,), those four
years have witnessed a greater amount of
bloodshed and a larger loss of buman"life
than any other four conseoutive years since
the Deluge.,''The loss of ten thousand men
on a single day has, beoome quite a common
event; and a .conscription of one, two or
three,hundred thousand at a time no longer
excites astonishment. The- v^ava of war
has surged from North to South aud^from
East to West. It hp.3 been "waged by land
and'sea, on mid ocean Vnd in harbor/and
up thousands of miles - of~river*?in the
midst 0/ forests, on, spacious plains, add on
the sides of lofty mountains.. Professional
soldiers and amateur^generals have tried
their hancfs' upon it ; attorneys and poli&
cians have bronght tbejr talents to ittfaid;
every invention of modern times has Keen
pressed into Its service. ' New fangled ships
cannon of hitherto unknown1 calibre, rifles
of novel cohstruotibn, new tactics and new
tools, all have been used in turn,;"and ^yet
the end has not come. Suclr energy, suob
obstinacy, suoh deterniination to win,1 havfi
boeu shown on" both "sides as wUre hardly
ever'seen before, and snch an amount of
money expended'as do other oonntry ever
spent in-a period ton times as long.r If,- in
the early.days of this struggle, we were ever
disposed to sneerut fbejefforts of either side
we most now, alt of us, oonfess that we bad
underrated both their .intentions and (heir
probable performances.
' It is a struggle of heroic proportions' on
both-sides. But, come what may, it is to
the weaKer party tnat tne nignesc amount or
admiration is justly due; and what is irae \
of one is doubly Irae of "the oth6r. "And j
now, after vicissitudes innumerable, the tide i
has turned of late against the South'j ^nd *
doubtless, sore discouragement has failed <
upon ttrijny a heart which nofc'long ago was: 1
exulting^n the'sense of vrcytiprV. ** ItiiThot, <
'indeed, a grfittt Why;wbefcr 'ago' V99t r#e
were told, on what was assumed to be good
authority", that dweburagement was universal
throughout the "Northern States, and
that the cry for peace?peace at almos^any -j
price?was upon every tongne.. TKo result
shows the folly of generalizing freely from j
particular instance, and. yet only forty:eigbt
hours ago there were many faint-hearted ,
friends of the Southern cause in a stat$ bordering
on despair about its future prospects.
So many men are ready to rush from one
extreme to its opposite ! But clpar across .
the waters comes the brave voice of Jeffer- .
son Davi9; there is no quaver in his tonehe
speaks with no uncertain sound. Few
as are his words reported to us, We cannot
for a moment doubt his resolution; his voice ,
is still for war ! Bar? as is the present
hour, he has passed through hours as dark
before, and through the gloom he believes
he se$s the' coming dawn." When New Orleans
was taken, when Yicksburg was sot-"
rendered, wheu Stonewall* Jackson* felt in ,
the noon day of his glory, a sadness and dis- .
couragement spread over all the Southern
Confederacy; and as their undaunted President
raised anew their spirit then, bo we
are persuaded be will do now. We shall
not of course, think of denying that the
?iiv *- .1 i
exnausuon^onijen ana menus uas uecu immense
since those events took place ; bat it ,
must be tome in mind that, whereas the
Southern armies are still composed of wuite
men, the Northern army, according to a recent
speech of ~"Mr. Lincoln, numbers two 1
hundred thousand blacks amongst its soldiers.
. And Mr. Linoofn adduced this fact
as a reason for maintaining the policy of
emancipation. There remains, therefore, :
to the Southern Government, the expedient -1
of resorting to the negro element for'tbe J
repletion of their ranks; and though this
will, no doubt, for obvious reasons, he a last
resort, we feel no donbt that the operation
will, by a long period, precede "submission
to the Federals, flfo see no reason to 1
doubt that.the negroes 'will fight for their
masters as willingly as they work for them,
and we imagine a Southern negro is quite '
as capable of fighting as his Northern bro- ~
ther. So far, therefore, as the supply*of
men for their armies is concerned, we do
not think that the South is as yet any worse
off than the North.
A n armt? n( hnrmlflRs Vankeea have
j ?
passed through Richmond within the year
just expiring. From the statistics of the
olerk of the Libby prison, Mr. Ross, we
, learn that, from the 1st of January, 1864,
to the 19th of December of the same year
81,360 Yankee prisoners, of all grades, nations,
tongues, complexions and kindreds,
paused the Lfbby as prisoners of war. This
number is independent of about twenty
' thousand captured in Spottsylvania and
elsewhere in Virginia, who were sent So^th
without touching Richmond. , Since. the
' war began, 125,000 men have passed the
1! doors of the Libby and departed as prison"!
ers of war.
)! ,,Btl ,
j A "Miracle.?The high water has ac.
complished what nothing elso could?it has I
. brought to light any quantity of "fixings"
. hid away in cellars aud other styles of catar
comb. REice, that scarce article, was one of
i the resurrected producfB says the Auensta
,; Constitutionalist. Hoarders are reviving
. j lessons, and may as well learn to sell and
9 shell out as the wants of the soldiers and
1 citizens demand* ' ^ 4
\ ffegro Soldiers.?1 , '
A correspondent of the lifobile kf&ertiter
and Register submits the following hpon
v.-:* t. \ - r n j j&.'^fearX-,
this subject: ;*T nit?tift i_/i
.. iVb. 1.?The Southern people, sap;
posed to be Welfacquainted with" the negro
character, did not believe tbfe h^gro'eoulS
be made a soldier. ^TbeyJ laughed tascbrn
the Yankees' purpose to oota viSti'tW negfo
into'' an Afedlive' soldier. *'1 . . .
Fact Ab/2.?The Yani&a have taken
200,000 able^bPdled tffale negroes*froth us,
and have made the?great majority Of these
negroes aa effective soldienr as way in their
ranks.7 When . Confederate soidierr .have
met tbeae.negroeain battle,' fcbayhuTejecog Ued
in.them, on many fields ;d?tenained,
disciplined troops. So muefe4orth*wiae
of toeTe"theory in .the teeth- of: stubborn
faofc ; r,?-\ A.i vriA'"-17'.
Fact No. 3.?The Preaid*Dt.of Jfcbe TJni
ted States has deliberately-admitted 'before
she world,-that wit&pnt the aid of those negro
troops it woald.be. impossible ,for his
government to maintain its present military
status, and rnaoh more -impossible to pat
Iowa the Confedefate So^emmefit.
Fact No. 4'.?The Federal Government,
t?y legislation and bjrinttitsry order, has established
its unalterable policy to arovapd
jrganizp t|ie whole negro male* population
(o aid. in oar deStmotiop, so far as these
slaves oome within their lines orchn be eapmred.
; etetenl o'ii u sl>. > tdisti
' Now, we. ask plain, Sensible men whether
it woold not have -been better for onrcynse
if those ?00,000" negro. .soldiers^ bad been
idded'to our armies instead^ of strengthening
the armies of the invader? " -'""T' *
r Oar sons add brothers have to meet these
itplen slave* in battle, instead of having
them for* allies in the aonfliciv . ? .....
'ifthe negro'must fight, is it not the part
A wisdom to make him fight, on par Side ?
From whlrfi he * deduces tffeJ following
inferences: -; * * ' v''' - :
>1. The notion of oar foe, sfod thewnaroh
>?, events, have demonstrated one foot, viz:
the negro, can be trained to arms and made
in effective soldier.
2. If he 'fight, he mult add to onr
jtrength or tie that of the foe: ? '> '' '
3. if we give the fpe the iadditional force
of the slave, then, without a potential interference
by Almighty power, wo shaft be
most surely crushed.
' '4..' fbe only point dfdotibVri to ourlu,y
and onr- interest is, Whether the tfegrO
jaabe made, as effective for the Sontbehi
?^he:iNpr^em3a?)iW, r> .AUi
This can be tested on a small scale by
jxperiment. Who'oanyas a'Mend to 'onr
ssnscr* rttihhaBy hbjeStto such'a 'safe nnd
jantious experiment ? v_;'sd; t\&. r'ii*f
t i i -is??. i -tit
i v- ?r09 Ste Lancaster Ledger.
Negro.Qosflcrigtiggk
. ^r. Editor : Siooe the advancemeqt of
his very important subject, before the people,
by several of the leading jbajnals of
he country', ho question has gifen me more
earnest oonoern j and none in which I have
felt so deep a eolioitude. I- am satisfied
hat the majority of the people at home are
iverse to this measure, but such is not the
zase in tbe army. TWo thirds of this army,
if it were made jt test vote, wonld sanction
its .immediate adoption. Believing there
remains but two alternatives to relieve ns
of our distressing condition; vizre-construction
,without slavery,"or arming and
bringing into the field a large nnmber.of
oar able-bodied negroes. I much( prefer
he latter tp the firmer. ,
. I am of ^he&ct^.thata greatjn|n;
object to , this,. njeasure4 on the grounds of
moral, wrong j.'aud that tho megro . jfjiufit
for a soldier., Hoth of these oloj^ctions may
be entitled to consideration, bat not to that
jxtent which some,, largely interested, desire
to. impress. Whether it be a moral
tvrong or not, lam not .fall;prepared to
iisoass, bat instanced are given us in the
Book of Ifruth, where Roasters led their servants
into battle in .defence of their boosehold
and kindred, J cannot perceive the
Brror we would oommit, b; taking a potion
of our servants,.using them in defence, of
our (thisir) country, and the perpetuation of
the institution of slaver;. ... ./
> No one will, ,with.?all the facts before
him, assert that the institution of slaver; js
. l J TTT _ -?
not greatly endangered.. *r O Bio anaiu ui
this fact; and also, that its defenders are
diminishing numerously by incidents of
battle, with ndt.sofficient field .to repleaish.
We have anelement undef our control that
will answer the purpose?shall We bring it
to bear and bnrst the. oords that bind us, or
shall, we surrender thisjpower to the enemy
to be usedagaioet as, and sink into .ignominions
oblivion as a people apd nation. ,
The negro, aa~a soldier, may not he altogether
as officiant as the white; bat we have
good grounds for believing, that with proper
discipline, they .will be effeotive and aid
materially in deciding speedily-this contest.
With 100,4)00 men added to this army Gen.
Lee could transfer, the war and maintain
himself in the apemy's oonntry. And if
we were able to do this we would be blessed
with 'a" speedy and honorable peaoe. I
>?J?u*
know that there are some wuo mm uuuvi
the Rapacity of tbe>negro, but our enemy
has taught us a lesson as regards that mattery
and we know from observation tbat the
negro will fight,.and are more to be relied
on than the white troops of the enemy.
Never will- we accomplish the deBited
end, until the people of the country consent
to give their property and -risk their lives
in defence of the oause. -Whenever:they
see this view of the-picture, ihen our exis
tenco, las a natioD, is ou a firm footiog.?
We are engaged -in-a war for independence
and liberty?-and though slavery is onoa>l
tho most important principles-^?if it be essentially
necessary to sacrifice anything, lc\
it not he oup liberties. (Hva ns "liberty it
preference'to everything else. Bat there
is a way to save ouf4?borty and the instilutioriof
slavet^ Bet U3'ijafce msa$f< thii
element placed in obr bands, add we wil
suooeed. The negro has an interest in tbif
war?the very existence of the race if eta
ked in the" iflsrae?t^tch "them thisfaot;
stlmtfrata them with' prpmiaee of reward,
and mark my word we will never have reason
to 'doubt their fidelity, or MOStnre Aeir
oooduotJ" Bring thk negro mtb: the "field,
ahi we survive; refute to 'do if, ind'We
pbuK. - JUNTOS C. '
^et^Urg,Ta..Dee. 27th, 1864.: '
v>.c\? "n? . > ' *, *
a a/, .r^-.-cr: tjap^t ioi OtFkee
Negro Lajboh at xhb South.?
Iq reading the racpnt report of the Auditor
<fc IiooiaUh*,, a. strong .aqtU?ty?y,,*<Toeufaent,
we weja a^c, Mja tl?o St. Luuis
Republican,- with.,the.^"ot that an official
6Dtertaining views should l?j so. little stress
,?*m**.Mot,'*, an a.that
Stqtej^ndj ip tpf farther development of jt?
cannot .be done tq Attract to. that State "a
large population of slcillfqi.and industrious
cultivators," and advises tBat the Legislatpre
shalf estabiish.h bureau of emigration
to ''assist and encourage the.emigration to
this State of skillful'and iodjistrioas agricultural
laborers, farmers,, and. mechanics
from European qopQtries, from the Nprthern
j3iatos and from Canada/' , * '-*
The New York Times has a New Orleans
correspondent whose representations present
a rather disoopraging jiictttylB Of tb^'working,
of the free'negro. system there. He
Jays : V
"v *'*' I? *y't^y- o
-j The crying'Qvii, ijhich n^y, ha heap! on
oyerj.'plan tation do^xi t^^isaiseippi, js
i .the incorrigible, indolence of .the ja'egroes,
and with it the lack of power to make' the
niggen woirlu The^'fraedmen" will work
only as they feel disposed! The planter
has no means to oqjnpelhim to.labor, and
ponseqoently^ the negroes dp most plantationa.ure
under a poar^ condition, of disoip:
line. .^Totooe in fifty will raise a finger to
? Help themselves, 'toJoagi^jbejr can gSt
dffpyriytisto ^ding^andpo^ess a rag
to cover their nakedness. Independent of
the ravages el thearny worm, the crops of
' the majQrUy^pf pJ^t&Uons would have resulted
in ,-small returns the present ueason.
I have hoard ar dozen planters fs^erfc ?his
j fact,, and they attribute it.to no othqujauae
I than the universal indisposition' of the negrgea
tfi do -the necessary work, anc( the. ut4er
|uzb(Hty of4the shperintendents to jjet
] the .worJk otU of lhein.r Thdpeg'roea ^are
j paid, clothed, aadf^^Yet^ they, will sM
sugar, and either eat or sell it.. They steal
the. cotton .uoder cover of the. night and
J"""" nf , tn fliA nnmhfirlesa aneonlators.
t? -t- -tttttoff t?7l??wy
many,of.,wbQnfr got them up to *t- They
j feed^^heiV ^s w^Ii it,
! and' me, their own.for market, They feign
siokness aDd lay in the.hospital for weeks,
i whW.^thing.on nnrth.ia" the matter "wfth
them. The negro idea of freedom is that
of unrestrained license to do as they please,
and^o where..they choose. - ,' , t'
important! dkqiojqn . on . TJIE ta*
. Question.?The Mobile Register, of Saturday
morning, contains,a Jengthy decision
rendered by Hon. William Jones, Con;
federate Judge for the State of Alabama,
in the case of the Saving* Bank of: Mobile
against Henrv Barnwell, Confederate States
Tax Collector. . . % ~
; The plaintiff brought hia action at law to
recover samsjof money.it had been compelled
to pay as Confederate taxes for 1864, on
State bonds, purchased by it from the State'
of Alabama, sad the questions presented
, were: Are State bends taxed by tb? Aotof
Congress,.and if bo, is suoh taxation constitutional
?'t i ?'?*; i* t .
' (The plaintiff alsoefflbraeetfio his suit a
; claim for money paid ill neir issue as the
soldiers' tax,. levied and eolleeted under the
Act of the 10th of June; 1864, and this
brarreb of the'ftasS'tiftned on the qoestion
whether the plaintiff was 'not entitled to
pay this tax la four per cent, certificates
iflsaed to plaintiff under the fnnding.Act
of Febtnary, 1864; and wbioh certificates
have been since held by plaintiff.
The tax collector compelled payment in
Cdnft derate notes of the new issne, refusing
, four percent', certificates. The case was
in the nature of air agreed one* by Government
and the plaintiff, and -the questioss
arose on separate demurrers to each count
of the complaint.
- The case was aTgued for plaintiff by R.
H. Smith, Esq., and P. Philips, Esq., and
for -Government by A. J". Requier, Esq.,
district attorney, and tbe.conrt decided :
f' 1st. That Congress difi not possess the
constitutional power to tax State bonds.
2d. That the Tax Acts of Congress did
not attempt to embrace State bonds as a
subjeot of._t*x$om,/ .
3d. That the soldiers't#x was payable
only in Confederate treasury .notes of the
new issue/and could not l>e paid iq four per
cent, certificates, and that, the Act of Congress
in iequinng'the tax to be thn^ paid,
did not violate the pledge given by Congress,
|n the funding Act, that the four per
osnt. bonds should be received for air pub'
lie dues payable in 1864. That this pledge
only related to the taxes then provided to
be levied, and did not extend to snob as the
necessities of the Government might require
to be afterwards raised. .
19* The negroes taken by Sherman in
Georgia are leaving him in large numbers
an offioer having met one crowd., numbering
1,500 on their return to their homes?
their treatment having been so difierenfcfrom
what was promised. The Maoon Telegraph
! f.hof a lareru nirnhdr <if nesro
'13 lUUk/Ii-uwvt v*p n- children
jrere either jostled m to the river
by the treacherous Yankees or thrown in
, by tbeir deluded mothers; their captors hav?
ing told them that they could not take them
alongr ; .
; ?w?
i The Obtuse-Boy.?"I say, boy stop
i tbat'ox!" "I haven't got no stopper, sir."
. "Well, head bim then" "He's already hsadi
ed, sir." "Confound your impertinence I
| -tarn bim I" "He's right side oat already,
j sir." "Speak to bim, you rascal you!"
. l.uGoodJaoruing, Mx? 0*1" Jos.
HMnnnB
tu'j irroni'lfevtenah. - * ?*?
The Augusta ChronicUuxl Se^Hfiet, of
January 15th,. says ,t bat a large number of
fefagpes h?*e Mmed, in^tfeit city fio?; Siva
nuth. From tnem we getter the anuexed
news: r ' ,T . .^7 \
/ Shermanliaa taben no slfcVea f^om ^jieir
: masters. Those who wish to remain d(f so.
Th(j?e' who Teafe'srh talrpnfn paind aV once
by the military authorities/and"jiot to hard
.woric/o'uttiDg wood or digging upon the fbttificatwb's!
f?. , tT1, I 'RJa'S:
. w:i .-.'-jrucal lySwjf.Zr ~JL
shArman Km mmmI hmpfl. wu are told
~u?Wnrrrr-v.iTTt- jrruzr-Tm ~rv >ax j
opener said (bat neither Jbe. pr. bis arm j are
fighting toebohsh slavery: Hi^leading officers
havp^xprewed, the same oproion,^
j The soldiers also opeuly aay, that if tfio^r
thought tbey were fighting for the negroes
, they wm^lay/dqwn , their arms V once.
From the tone of their conversation, our. informant
was led. to ioier if the war
should cease at oboe, those who hold,, negro'
property woold reniain in. undisturbed possession
of the same. -*? -"
i After the cft? was occupied, owners of
negroes, who wished to talce them from the
plape? wereVlowed to sol ^The leading
Federal officers bpenlyaaeert thaf the/triah'
ed every negro in wlMV some
' other locality. M '
? . ? *" "e0, fjk . , f ; f >" j
V General ShermaB^eoptinnes his kind
treatment towards the inhabitants. The
.rights of the oitizens are respected and protected.
j Every outrage '^ the' Soldiers or
infringement upon'good" erder is promptly
, ^ yVerely pabished; ^
~._A meeting.of the negroes was held ajfew
days since. They were addressed by Mr.
ItaDOh} from\ Port Rojal*?ona^ the men
aent oWhfrom the North to take-oare, of the1
<^etnen.'.\Ifr plainly |0ld,thtmif Jhey
i had kind masters , that .thej wpold be better
' off to stay with them ? that while they, were
ife that position 'thej had. no tronble or'
.aires \ bjxt if thej left theix-good homes they
i would haye to provitfe for thpmsdlyefrT-ra,
matter which-they. would |nd
Vyilt to doj under the moat faroucabie oiroomstances.
r ?
Geoarat Sherxnan has told sereal of tbn
prominent oitisens of Savanqahitfaatfaevdoos.
not wish -to march his. aanjrdnto any portion
of Gfeorgia again, and that he will not
.do so* aniens'compelled by oiranm&taaees;
-The (General further says that he regrets
that he was compelled to march tbraagb
Georgia; that ; when. Atlanta.was captured,
it was not felt intention to advanoe farther
'into the Stated. .wrj isJr u ui"
1' One corps of ShermahY army "has been
; sent "to Hfltdo Head in transports/ Large
: bpdiw of troops hive moved from SaVahnih
. into Carolina within the pest few days.?
t ttor^rafblfaatft thinkST** "mdvimenyvoh;
BranohviHe iV ntendetf/and if silcdessfdf,
ftoih tl^nce td Cofchihht. J' * '
i ^/Geff/Sbermah^" regrets beirigYbliged- to,
"advance into Carolina?as he fears that he
will bo'unable 'to contrph his troofirf.' ' < '
The Dqgro women and children1 who bafe
left their masters, are- huddled together in
a pen outside the town, in want of both
clothing and food, and suffering from cold
and exposure. T)ie soldiers a^pear' to have
little if aDj sympathy for "them, and teh
them they would be better off if tbey'would
.return where they came from.
Four citizens only have been,arrested on
the charge of complicity .with the Confedr?
erate Governments but have since been released.
' . ." i
No person, either white or black, is allowed
to pass oqt, of the city without being
examined closely. Provost Guards an. stationed
in every section of the oity abou(a
hnudred^yards apart, ,
Only one corps of Sherman's army, is
quartered iirtbe city. 1 'balance are on
the outskirts. - '
Quite a number-of the citizens have ta- 1
ken the oath'of allegiance. Numerous others
havo been registered, preparatory to being
sworn in. %
'The churches on Sunday have been well
-filled.
The Royal Georgian has been discontinued
foe. want of patronage. The Republican
is now the only paper issued! But i
few people have as yet arrived, from the
North. Quite a number of 'the residents
have left for New York-r . 'fr - r,
The oath of allegiance Is only requested
of those persons who wish to go into business.
We are told the substance of it is
this "I solemnly swear and affirm that J
will obey all laws passed by the Congress of
the United States and will also obey all
proclamations issued by the President of -
the.United States which are legalized by a
decision ot toe oppreme yours. .
_The balk of tb& army is Yankee, though ,
Germans, Irish and Indians abound. They
soorn the idoa of fighting for the negjp, and
wax wrathj, when called abolilionuttk-JThey
express a great admiration for President 1
Davis, and think the "rebellion" would
have collapsed long since bad it not been for
him. Their hatred of Linoeln is somewhat
oordial. The "Stars and Stripes," however, j
are everything. y (
Kilpatriok is not mnoh esteemed. The
infantry regard him with aversion, and say *
that Wheeler can whip him at any time. f
Little boys in Savannah are liberally J
treated to sngar candy. Some of the ladies <
of Savannah baked and sold, bread for a
support/ bat Sherman roughly informed
.k . .iJ._ i._j a
tnem tnat tncy aaa newer save-merr iiuuiyj
as wheD It was goue, they Deed espeot noth- <
ing of hito. \
Of three hnhdred.of oar soldiers captor* _
ed after the evacuation, all hat twenty took .
the oath. As soon as they- had done so,
Sherman sent them to prison at the North.
The Yankee authorities declare that they
have marked ull the rich men who have
taken the oath to save their property. ~ It
will not serve their purpose. *
Sherman occasionally gives receptions for
the negroes. At these liveesj *he Yankee
demigod stands on a dais, and receives the
adoration Of the darkies, who oall bim their
i "Saviour," *- * . . I*
From me U-MnoiM ^i^jjuuron. ?n
In the Revolatidnwym of 1776, nearly ?1
the %'ntf re?tenliyi?rbre^ B|
iah, ^d wffering^ iu^^^b^^^ |g
known in the pniM^moiatiMpjaiWCf# 89|
rieneed by both the1 JfB&Zft the army
Yet str^jle^ u n til _ the fl
the Hessians
tare to say, though, thai do eoferiocW H?
yet bepn endured equal to that of the Hj
Arner'can army at Valley Forge. On the 5BB
11th of December, (1777,3 >J* Mra- IS
nap," Washington left White Marsh aDd re -. nH
tired to.Valle/ Toiwe/ on the Schuylkill, aim
'? ar*."1 y-*rI?T Ti, -?*%'jt ~yiT -rr 'y M
twenty miles above Philadelphia. Here, tSD
iff a wood on high ground, he laid out his EH
camp, aitd employed hu' armj la. b^Mipfs WW
huts foe winter quarters. TUp work was ?53
not complete ,wbhn th& marisfaes .were SmI
found to contain soarcely/a^l^^tf'|g- . I
vision. A$ to; their' clSthing, some iew of &??
the Soldiers had one 1 filrt, aome " tbol-cm
riant of one, -die
Barefooted, on the frozen ground, tneir re? . I H
out by
diers, who during the day were benumbed '
with cold, and enfeebled by hanger, had SHs
night no other bed than the* humid ground. H
ried out . Thp ' dDsuitab] toW; of^the "bolt
dings, and tbp. multitude of eiok that crow- ||H
Hospital fever ensued. Jfflould imtfbe wm- BKa
edited fey change oif Hhc% fo^houe^uli be SH
.had; nor by / ^H
for tbe'dyio^'^all^^s^ refuge^
the diseased. ahW8
Hbe jaatieuee.?si^<t^'^^ori^1 wifcfr Sra
whioh these patriplio^ votorfea*~of^freeddm - fifi&B
endured sueh complicated evils iSvWabe- StfEOls
lieve, B
effort :uiminh more to "starve, to' freeze!^an 3
*t?bew&mi |
tot i^oi amMfpytkr WJ ?|g|
?w?p M3&- y8?|
i?y.3p0)?fif. .* ?rfj' feu* ;>* ?? id::5 .v ?ij ftHfllB
~w*v? w.tMfrtoftgifriiHMf $?8
76 tod. Sfea^W* to 'le?? j?toqto, and
to^toq?ivtfca?^iaj^ - 3gprtipl Plfr - HH
nujca-ttoy fiD#iI^enwg^?|o thegtowna . gaB
sunlight of, ppaoe.apd proflfpftF; ?&& W |KH
not do likewise ? Bulletin, ' jjwS
htfjij ' - ><5?s? tfl nifj.. .?jj ? ?-y'av?flsf bpt^B
v 1 -TheMdtler aionhdn w SgBftj
" That itis the broiler who antoMs -the BffK?
man, ia a sentiment anfaiofc ia " beiWifrtty SqB
illustrated by tfce following sedeede*? oh- SBHS
imii uiitfiiiw nf nlnrtwl wiiMf p 'ml ni ir ' ^ H
a When'I * lived amdbg/the'61f6etiwri?. ajmR
diarie,I heM consai&tioB itkfeee-of HM
the cherfe resjteoifng*t&e suocaasiv Oa- MKS
get of theirprogtecria the arts of emlted awnD
life, and, amoeg other, tbiagfl, brSAmed jBaSB
me that at-their start-they foil into a^Rit fluflB
error?onl^sentttai*boys4erwbool,* TMe aBjBHj
boys came home intelligent-?enf *et'tiey |mB|
married uneducated and oneieilhRsd 'vivw, IbbMh
and the uniform result was, all the children 9
were like the mothen;* ? wgmj8
"And" row-/* said lieV^ifWe* would ed- 4 mMh
ucate bat one" 'class of*<rar- oSUdrety' we jrfirHra
Bhould-cboosrtbe giri* ; fit |SgBB>
come mothetBj theyedueafe their"BOdt^Thfa ffejdlflB
is the point, and is true. ^a^Sfion r'Hh BBS
become tally enlightened when mothers in j&ragH
not in a good degree'?Jaallf!ed td discharge IfSfiffif
the dirties of the h&r wd#bf tf Mfi?." SBBM5
-' ye r.tu**>ve flswd cmfajiwtsO jSE
' Litest Northern iWra. ' ' Ugl
RiOHMdhpf Janniry79.?N<^en>*rf- 9
pera of the 17th fiarebeen reoegpL
Inauirer. of the Ifftiu saw Bfair called ' upon |?9bS
the President tins evening and spent sereral
hoars there. To a gentleman who ad* nHR
dressed hipiupotfltheii^oii'he. re marked %
that he had Ian interview with Jeff.Davis, (H
bat what passed, he cdofd"' hot 'diviSgolo BBHlB
any one 'at. present except the President; . ra
that hkezpeditioh was highly satisfactory filM
and might be known, in proper tlme.
Thomas'was at Clifton, Wayne Conn ty, '
last Saturday. The roads ^re in very Bad
condition. . ^ ^ iSBBHm
In the House of Representatives, on BMjj- bHsH
3ay, Coz offered a resolution in favor of tie IBSj
ippoiptgjent of peace commissioners, which |^i3a|
mis laid on the>Me, by/a Yot*of yeas84,
oays 51.' ..
? -v v -rv; tu ? team BflTlKfJB
'L +.\ ' ?i> 3??r-d MMW
Morb Diabolism-.--A retnrnnd Con
federate -prisoner woo was conmrea opone ftllMffff
of the Fedora) vessels, relates the foUflfing
iScideut, which he deoia*e9>he -raw with jjjBBsB
his own ' eyes.:- A ftPgro ;woman .w?w on gflragga
board with a. child,, which" beipg sick 1fs aMHHH
rather fretful and laehrymoao,- Itg Jt&s gaBgH
disturbed a Yankee olEcer, nad he c&oghlj i8B3B8H||
ordered the woman to '"silenoe that&to*." SfigMg
The poor creature did her bestta.do. fey bat H
of coarse did not succeed, whereupon the * H
officer seised Jhe waiting in noeeat, l and MgBM
tossed it into the to#,"0"* here it nnk to rise H
r* more. Thnta one of-the toflWtoetot and
probajoly uot ona of the JeMt ' hiBUWtfnea, # MHsUk
which the Ysnkee* hhw' iovttftift fft tW- jfflMEfS
jibing slavery. ASIBfiQS
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