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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1888. NO. 34. Sftq ?nitpoh aolechb Intelligencer, BY HOYT & WAITERS. TERMS: TWO DOLLASS AND A HALF PES ANNUM, IX ?XITED STATUS CUKREXCY. RATES OF ADVEFvTISIXG. Advertisements inserted at (lie rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion ftnd Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year. For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. liegro Suffrage. The editor ot the Journal of Commerce. is answering a strong letter from one of his Radical firends, who had insisted that emancipation without the ballot would leave the negro in a worse condition than he was in a state of slavery, and that the Federal Government, through whom Iiis emancipation was obtained, was bound to protect him in his new character of a "freedman." To this the editor says: " We must be pardoned for sugsestina: that our correspondent's plan of affording * protection' to the black race is, to use the mildest term, exceedingly strange and unintelligible, llow will giving them the ballot give them protection.? Is it not rather throwing them into the very vortex of destruction ? Would it confer any superior advantages on the present in? habitants of Ddhomy to give them suf? frage ? The idea is admitted to be ridicu? lous. What nations of the earth are at present to be found to whom even intelli? gent Americans would recommend giviug the right of suffrage and self-government instantly, without preparation, without other education than they now have ? It is a burlesque on free government to make its blessings so cheap, or to regard it as so easy of management that tiny race or nation may be at once entrusted with it. Would any one consent to import iuto this country to-day some millions ol educated Frenchmen, Germans, Russians, Turks? even Englishtneu and Irishmen, and give . them the right of suffrage at ouce 'i Would our' correspondent think it right, either with reference to the immigrants them? selves or the old citizens of the country ? The gilt of suffrage to the black race is the gift of a curse, They are wholly unfit lot it, and it is like casting your children into the sea before they have learned to swim. It it like turning men iuto a room full of oxygen gas, which is a very good thing iu its way, and for a few moments produces brilliant lifo, with all the ap? pearances of health and prosperity, but which will result in swilt death. " lint, says our correspondent, ' mere emancipation, without the means of pro? tecting themselves in their new condition, world be a curse and not a blessing to the negro, race.' T.ue as gospel. It is a truth.'?lten stated in these columns, and equally, true substituting -suffrage' for " emancipation.7 Suffrage is not protee tectiou. AlHiiousofemigrants have icsided in this country for years in prosperous condition without the right .of suffrage. -Millions of women and children reside here iu that stale. The bui;--; is not necessary to tbeir protection; Heller means are de S i>ed, namely, wise laws which recognize their- interior'political couditloi^aud there? fore -'.protect them. We know not how many thousand paupers are this winter in New England poor-hous.es, deprived of the fight of suffrage, their iab-.r sold at auc? tion for what ir is \v< >rlh, or themselves put up at auciiui: to the bidder who will lake Liiet11 at the cheapest rate. These arc-perhaps as judicious laws tor.the pro? tection of the w hue poor of New England as could be devised. They rest on the recognition of the plain truth lhat there are large numbers of men n ho cannot take care of themselves, who must be protected and cared for, but -who, ot course, cannot expect the right of suffrage or sell-govern? ment. Yet, to quote our correspondent, these paupers have the same ' moral right' to suffrage as he or we. This notion of a moral right to suffrage is untenable. No such light exists. The right of suf? frage is derived by grant, not by nature. It is the creation of law, and in this coun? try it is possessed only by a small minority of the population. It should be granted only to such men as are fit to be governors of tnemselvcs and their fellow men. " But, says onr correspondent, ' We cannot, in common justice, leave them iu the hands of their late owners.' Why not? They will be better taken care of by the laws which Southern men will make than by the devices of legislators a thou? sand miles off. They will be iu the same position with millions here at the North. The experiment of a few years has proved ;? this for a certainty, that no conceivable condition can be worse than they arc in now, with Congress legislating for them and spending millions to keep them. lias the terrible contrast never occurred to the mind of our intelligent correspondent, that a few years ago-there was not a poor house in those States, and every black man, woman and child had employment, and was-paid for that employment a sup? port from birth to death, including medi? cine and nursing iu sickness, with careful attention in childhood and old age; where? as now, two years of peace have succeeded the war, and Congress has to appropriate millions annually to feed the negroes, and \ yet they perish by thousands from misery, starvation and neglect. This is not an argument for returning to slavery, but it is a strong, and unanswerable argument against entrusting them with the ballot, and imagining that this will jc-ove tho rinedicine for "this awful disease. The truth may as well he faced first, as last. It ?will become plain in a few years, if it is not already plain. Instead of seeking to save negroes from starvation by furnishing them with printed ballots, they must he regard? ed somewhat as Massachusetts and Con? necticut regard paupers. They must be treated as an inferior race, and furnished with the protection and guidance of re strainin"- laws. If a man travel from one town uT another in New England, the selectmen watch him, and if they find him j lazv, shiftless, or only poor without labor, | they' send him back to the town he came | from, and that town takes care of him, in ! the poor-house, or by selling his labor un- j der the poor laws. Liberty has phases seen in New England which many of our J theoretical politicians never dreamed of. \ If the Southern negroes are ever to become voters it should be only after a process of j education analogous to that imposed by' law on emigrants. If Mr. Gladstone Iii self were to remove to New York, 1 would not let him vote until he had fi: solemnly declared his intention to becoi a citizen, and then lived among us chou: years to know something about thc duti and responsibilities of citizenship. Wc have thus addressed our remarks the suggestions of our correspondent. There are numerous other points of gre importance which should be regarded this discussion. We have space only note them. "We hear a great deal about justice to tl negro, but those who arc most earnest f what they conceive to be that justice, a obvious of the justice due to the otb part of the human family. Is there no i justice in introducing ir.to the splend labric of American Union a series States, created by force, governed by semibarbarous, wholly uneducated race men, to wield a vast power in the Senat and House, lo govern New York as well ? South Carolina"? With all respect to tl sincere believers in negro suffrage, we pr nounce it gross and unparalleled injustu to make this negro race our governor regulators of the financial, commercial, an political interests of the city and State < New York, whatever inay be the argi ment for giving them local suffrage. ?: glaring is this injustice that we venture tl: assurance that even our intelligent co respondent would not dream of ad vi eating its propriety. Ile would, at th most, advocate only his idea of just ic to the negro and add his regret that i accomplishing that, he would be con polled to do injustice to others?a case i morals long ago settled by the law, 'Nev er do evil that good may come.' Se vc thc question for the sake of seeing it in it proper light. Ry giving thc negroes sn: frage we place in their hands two kinds 0 power, the one local within their State the other national over all the laud. Sup pose those two powers severed, so tba one grant can be made without thc Othci Now let it be proposed to grant to tin negroes of the .South the right of suffira ?ri in all matters affecting Northern State and national subjects, but. not for loci purposes in their own State. Is there all? man so insane as to imagine any require incuts of justice which commands us of th< North thus to make ibis negro race om governors? lt would be worse than lol ly, it would bc a stupendous crime agaiusl every principle of justice and prudence Does the crime become less, thc injustice any less glaring, because you add loca power to your grant of general power: This is too plain a proposition to need ar? gument. lt is unanswerable. " Hut there is a remaining consideratiot which is of paramount importance. What right have we at the Non ii todo anything about tins question of negro sn ?rage at tin South? None whatever. It we pleat! thc law of force wc reject the Constitution which is our safeguard here at. home. Tim unconstitutionality of these measures is now confessed in the broadest light of day by the revolutionary efforts of Congress to prevent a decision of the Supreme Court on them. No one pretends now that they are constitutional. Therefore t hese negro suffrage laws arc to bc regarded as wrongs to the whole country, as wrongs to the negro himself; fatal in t heir effects 011 the welfare of the black race, and likely to be more deadly in their effects on liberty in general, since they are leading to thc de? struction of the Constitution, the noblest monument of freedom hitherto devised by men.'' Trials by tiie Militay.?Thc follow? ing order was issued on Thursday: Ciiari.kston, S. C., Feb. G. 1SGS. General Orders No. 18. I. In trials of offences at common law or under State statutes, and in trials ot civil actions, provost courts, military com? missions and military tribunals, organized by virtue of authority under the Recon? struction Acts of Congress, will bc gov? erned by thc rules of evidence prescribed by the law of the State in which thc case is tried. II. No provost court will entertain ju? risdiction of any ease, nor will any post commander refer any case for trial by any such court, unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of thc post commander and shall bo certified by him, either? First. That the case involves matters of difference between employer and employ? ed respecting rights under provisions ol' military orders ; or, Second. That, thc proper State authori? ties have refused or unreasonably failed, or arc unable to take action needful for the protection of persons or property, or. Third. That there is good ground for believing, upon facts shown, which must be preserved of record, that impartial justice cannot bc secured in thc State courts, by reason of prejudice on account of race, color or former condition. Tue Convention Tax.?General Cunby has ordered assessors of laxes lo add to their assessments the tax levied by the Convention for the purpose of paying the per diem and contingent expenses of that body. The Treasurer of the State is au? thorized and directed to pay tho per diem and mileage of tho delegates, thc contin? gent expenses and tho compensation of tiie officers, upon the warrant of the President in the usual (brm.?Charleston News. ? A lady, tho Gardiner (Me.) Journal says, who recently visited a cemetery with her little daughter, observed on one of the stones a neatly cut figure of a horse. Wondering why such an emblem should bo used, but could not find any clue to its appropriateness when her little girl remarked : I "I presnmo she died of the nightmare.*' Organize ! Organize! We think that it is high time for the white race ot*the South, to organize eve? rywhere. If they had pursued this poli | cy before registering took place, and be? fore the elections held for a convention, it is more than probable, that few or no con? ventions would have been held. We are I aware, that the most potent reason for their not organizing was, the fear of doing anything which would bring about an an? tagonism of races m the South. The in? terest, as well as the peace of both races, required that they should live in harmony together. But this precaution is now at an end. JJadical emissaries have been sent through the South, supported by large contributions of money from the North, to organize, by secret associations, the black ! race against the white. It is done. We cannot undo it ; and arc, therefore, com? pelled to organize, also in selfdefence. Fortunately, the great question of negro Suprematy in the South, is not a question affecting the South only. It is as wide as the Union of the United States, and the constitution itself, by which alone, this Union exists. The people ol the North, in every cit y, village and hamlet?inhabiting their mountain sides, or rich valleys? driving their factories or ploughing their fields, are equally interested. The wild cries of revolution, which are now heard in the walls of the capitol at Washington, demanding negro supremacy at the South, also cries nloud for a fierce despotism over tlie North, by the overthrow of the con? stitution. None of its sacred guarantees, stand in their way. The powers of the legislature in Congress, is in the hands of a secret tyrannical caucus. The powers <it' the executive, and of the judiciary, are to be destroyed ; and the army of the United States is to be used, by a congres? sional dictator, to carry out their despotic behests by the sword. Thus, the winde structure of the Government of the Uni? ted States,?the Union,?the Constitu? tion,?and all the great principles of free government, it establishes, are involved in the subjection of the white race of tho South, to negro domination. The Northern people, are everywhere arousing themselves for the great and vi? tal conflict. Does it become tge white race of the South to be passive : Here, its lirs! terrible strife and ruin, is to be real? ized. We are the immediate victims of its tyrannical experiments. We will par? ticipate with the North in the loss of all liberty; and the foul despotism which wiil be spread over the whole of the Uni? ted Stales; but the immediate practical effects of neuro rule, will be peculiarly otns. The whole property of the South? ern States, will be put into the hands of negroes, to be disposed of according to tiieir discretion. "1 hose who own no prop r.y, are i>> lay sill taxes on property. The justice of the country, is to be adminis? tered by negro judge:- and negro juries? t he police of the country?ami, its militia, to be regulated, so as to administer to ne? gro interests and negro supremacy ; and the white race, will thus be forced to fight out their self-protection, or leave the coun? try. Now, with such momentous issues be? fore the white people of the South,?can they with ony safety, any longer postpone organizing themselves for the protection of their lives, liberties and country? The condition of things throughout the United Stales, clearly indicate what kind of organization they should establish. It ought to be in unison and association with the great party at the North, which is contending in the same great cause.? Whether called Conservatives or Demo? crats, makes no great difference. The principles avowed by this great party at the North, are undoubtedly those of the Democratic party of the United States. They demand :i limited Federal Govern? ment at Washington. They require the existence of the Slates, with all their re? served rights under the constitution. They resist consolidation, and the despotism it inevitably establishes :?and they insist on I the preservation and perpetuation of the free government, they have inherited from their ancestors. "We, of the white race of the South, should be in close and corres? ponding association with this great party. Our policy in the South, should be large? ly regulated by theirs in the North. To know their policy, and to know our own ; to act. together with them, and to obtain a common triumph over our common ene? mies?(the enemies of our rare and of free government in the world.) we must organ? ize associations or clubs all over the South. Men of the white race ol South Caroli? na! will you not band yourselves together, to save yourselves and your country ? In every district, parish, county, village and town in South Carolina,?will you not or? ganize yourselves into Democratic or Con? servative associations? in this way only, can you put yourselves into close affinity with the great party at the North, strug? gling for your own rights, and struggling lot their otfrt, in the grand faith, of the righteous omnipotence of justice and the constitution, lie patient, yet active?be resolute, but politic,?have faith in God and your future high destinies, although dark now, yet litted to illume the world? and you shall not fail. .Men of the white race, of South Carolina!?organize!?or? ganize !?organize!?Charleston Mercury. ? A Dutch member ot the Pennsylva? nia Legislature on his return home after ! t he adjournment of that bod}-, was asked I by one of his constituents what had been i done during the session. 'T don't know ? (he replied) vot do oders do?but for my , self, I clear von hundred dollar by it." j ?" Whv arc women like churches?" : Firstly, because there is no living without one; secondly, becauso there is many ; aspire to them ; thirdly, because- they are objects of adoration, and lastly, but by no means least, becauso thoy havo a loud clapper in their upper story. The Proposed Constitution. Thc Charleston pap?is ol hist Thu ret' contain thc "Declaration o/' Plights ti j form of Government as the Constituti of the common wealth of Soul h Carolin; reported by various Committees in t Convention on the preceding day. . tbcro is likely to bc an extended disci sion of its merits, and many changes ai modifications insertod, ive can only pi sent thc following synopsis nf the lengthy documents, copied from tl Charleston XtetCS : The existing Constitution of tlie Sta .is proposed to be materially change both as regards matter and arrange m en First, it is set forth that-'all men are hoi free and equal j" second, that slavery slit not hereafter exist j third, that power vested in and deprived only from the po plc; fourth, that thc doctrine of Stat rights is forever dead and buried : fill that under no pretext shall another a tempt, be made to dissolve the Union ; an sixth, that all citizens shall possess cqu civil and political rights. Hereafter t person shall be imprisoned for debt, an a homestead shall be exempted froi seizure or sale. Private and corporal property is to be inviolate, yet laws ma be made securing right of way over lani of either persons or corporations for pu poses of internal improvement, but a jiu compensation, in all cases, is first to h made to thc owners. It is provided thu thc power of suspending the laws ougli never to be exercised, save by the Legi: Inturc, or the authority derived I rom i Neither the legislative, executive norji diebil department ol' thc Govern mein shall in any wise trench upon the furn tions and powers of the others. .Anv ii dividual who shall fight a duel, or send o accept a challenge, or is in any way coi cerned in fighting a duel, is prescribe? from holding any office of honor or I rus in thc Stale, besides making him liable t such other punishment as the law ma; prescribe. No property qualification shall be nc cessa ry for an election to or tho Imidin* nf any o Ince. No office is to he created the appointment to which shall be for longer time than during good behavioi All navigable streams are to be publi highways, free to the citizens of the Uni lei Stales, without any imposition of tax o toll, and no owner of a wharf, erected m the shores of a navigable stream, is pel milted to charge fur the use of said wharf unless expressly authorized to du su bj the L?gislature. Thc judicial power is vested in a Su promo Court, in two Circuit Courts?ti wit : a Court of Common Pleas bavin; civil jurisdiction, and Court of Genera Sessions having criminal jurisdiction on ly?and in District ?ind Probate Court.? and Justices of the Peace. The Stipivnu Court is to consist of ?bree judges, win are to be elected by thc General As.-em lily for the tenn of six years, and so das sifted that one of the judges shall go out of office every two years, the judge hold ing tho shortest term of office under this classification to be tho Chief Justice du ring his tenu ol'office. Jt provides foi filling all vacancies thal may occur, thc circuits which each judge shall occupy, and the jurisdiction which each judge shall exercise. The circuit judge is lo be elected by the people of his circuit, and shall hold office for the tenn of four years. The Courts ot Common Pleas arc to sit in each judicial district at least twice a year, and to have full jurisdiction in all matters of equity. But the courts now established for that purpose shall continue as at present organized until January 1, ISO!), lor the disposition of causes pending therein. Tho Court of General Sessions shall sit at least three times a year for the trial of criminal causes Tho election by the people of each judicial district ol three persons who shall constitute a Dis? trict Court, which shall have full jurisdic? tion over roads, highways, ferries, bridges, and all matters relating to taxes, and the locaj concerns of the District. A Court of Probate is also to bo established in each District, and tho people aro to elect justices of the peace and constables, who rna}- hold office for the term of two years. No person who has arrived at the age ol' seventy can bo elected or continued in ol ficc as a judge, and no judge shall charge juries in respect to matters of fact, but may state thc testimony and declare the law. Necessary provisions are made for thc election of clerks ol courts, an attor? ney-general, ono solicitor of each circuit, sheriffs, coroners and district surveyors. Tho en i ire legal machinery of the Slate, with but low exceptions, is to bo created bv votes of tho people. "lt is provided that tho General Assem? bly shall revise the civil and criminal laws of tho State and form a penal code, and that this operation shall be repeated every ten years. The form of pleading is to lie made uniform, and the prac tic re? vised and simplified. Tho Governor, is connected with two-thirds of each house ot the General Assembly, may remove any executive or judicial officer for wil? ful neglect of duty. The House of Rep? resentatives is vested with tho sole power of impeachment, and any officer ?inpeach? ed shall be suspended from office until judgment shall have been pronounced. All impeachments to bo tried by the Senate. Thc report of the Committee on Edu? cation provides for the appointment of a State Superintendent, to he elected by tho people, and a School Commissioner for each District, who, together, are to con? stitute a beard. The State is to be di? vided into sein?'! districts, and lite com? pulsory attendance at free schools of all children between six and sixteen years of age, for at lea6t twenty-four months, is ordained. To support lree schools, there shall be a poll-tax of $1. There shall be a Slate school for the reform of juvenile offender*, and un agricultural college; and I all public schools, colleges and universities of this Stale. supported by the public i funds, shall he open to all children, with? out regard to race or color. Murder of Mb.J. Fr?ser Matth ewes, Jr.?On Tuesday last a cold-blooded and dastardly murder was perpetrated near Beaufort in this State, under circumstances which make the crime peculiarly heinous. It appears that the plantation ol Mr. DeSaussure, near Beaufort, has not been planted since the war. but lias been occu? pied by a gang of negroes who have lived by pillaging und stealing, and who had made themselves the terror of the neigh? borhood. The gang had an especial fondness for horses and mules, and when an animal was suddenly missing, it was assumed that it hail fallen into the hands of the negro land-sharks. Mr. J. Eraser Matthewes was living on the Coosaw plantation, and lost some mules. As soon as the loss was discovered it was suggested that the land-sharks had them, and Mr. Mathewes determined to make an attempt to recover his property, with the sanction and under authority of the law. He accordingly procured the assistance of a constable and a posse of four colored men, and thus accompanied went out to the DeSaussure plantation. When the party reached the plantation they found gathered together the whole of the able-bodied negroes who made the place their habitual headquarters. The constable endeavored to arrest the per? sons against whom information was laid, but met with resistance. At this moment the posse took to their heels, leaving the two white men alone with the infuriated mob. It was impossible to make the ar? rest, and the negroes, excited by tbeir numerciul superiority, rapidly became in Solcnl. One ol them suddenly seized Mr. Matthewes. and another wrested his -run from his grasp. The poor vict im was now unarmed. He knew that he was power? less, but he oi.ly said, with perfect cool? ness. -I am unarmed. Do not shoot,"and then walked away. This appeal was of no avail. The thirst for blood was aroused, and, while Mr. Matthewes was walking away, the negro who had taken the gun took deliberate aim at d tired, the load lodging in the head of Mr. Mathewes and hilling him instantly. The negroes Were now satisfied. They had killed an un? armed man with his own gun. and the}" dispersed. Soon afterwards Jno. F. PortcMtts, Esq.. heard of the bloody deed, ami went to Beaufort lo cause the arrest ot the guilty parties, lie found, however, that he had been anticipated, and that the negro who fired the lalal shot had reported the cir? cumstances to the military authorities with the statement that he killed Ml*. .Matthewes in .sell defence. This is all that is known; hut it is enough io make one believe that the mur? der was without any shadow ot justifica? tion, and that there is no truth in the one sided statements made by the murderer himself. Mr. Matthewes was a young man oi line promise, and was n gallant soldier in tile Confederate army, having particular? ly distinguished himsell at Batter}' Wag? ner ? (. has. AVi/*s, ~th mat. -~* Raise Provisions.?In the Southern Cultivator, for February, we find the fol? lowing timely advice, which we commend to our planters and larmers: Do not forget that cotton is heavily taxed, and that the great need of the South, at present, is an abundance ot pro-, visions. With well supplied barns and granaries, commercial independence, at least, is .secured. The operations of this month enter largely into the food ques? tion. The oat crop is to he sown, and in this- latitude, if the weather is favorable* and ground in good condition, the middle of the month is about the lime to begin the work. We would again urge our friends to sow very largely ol this valuable grain. During the last year, ii has com? manded a very fine -price? some cases ap? proximating that of cornj the labor re quired by the crop is comparatively light ; the yield is usually large, when the qual? ity ol the laud upon which it grows is considered, and there is no better food for horses, cows and stuck of every kind. Not only sow a large breadth nl land, but take pains and put the crop in nicely. Experience has pretty generally decided in favor of covering ihisgrain with a turn plow. Take as much pains as you would with a wheat crop ; d<> not think because this is a hardy, I Ii fitly plant, which will do something even on a poor halt-plowed field, that therefore it will not bear good treatment. Just think of 4(J. GO, or 80 bushels per acre, as is the case in Scot? land, and even as far South as France. -o ? " CntTec, whut do you think do mose useful oh de plaunets?tie sun or the moon ? " " Well. Sambo. 1 link tie moon, orter take de fus rank in dat ar' lieku-j lar." ''Why you think so. CntTec?" " Well. I teli yon. k?se she shines by night when we want light, and the sun shines by flay when we do not _ fa reply to a request for a testimo? nial as to the merits of a clothes wringer, the following was sent: -1 bought your clothes wringer ami 1 am immensely pleased with it. I bought a jag ? i' wood which prove! to he green and unfit to burn. 1 run the wh??le load <>l wood through your clot lies wringer, and I have used the wood for kindling ever since." ? A militia officer, in Philadelphia, said to a neuro?-Let's take a drink."? Cuff:?-'Well, dere is some niggers so cus? sed proud de\ won't drink wid :i inili? n>us ossifer; but my principle is dis?I'll drink wid any man so he is honeet." The Intelligencer Jo? Oiiice, ITavinj: recently made considerable addition* io tliis department, wt- nr.- prep-red to execute In the neatest style and on the most reasonable terras. Legal Clanks, Hill Heads, rosters, Cards, Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and i:i rHer. eTery style of work usually doue in n country Printing Office. Ssif In al! c?s.->:, ;!;o money ~i';I hi required upon delivery r.r the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash wsll jv.. ..; ? rat)! attention. I \\ AsitixtiTo.v. February 4". ' The President and Stanton had neither '. written nur personal conversation since August 12th. The ['resident's letter to ' Grant, on January eon tains this para : graph. ?? Yon hud found in our first con i fereiicc that I was desirous of keeping Mr. ! Stanton out ot ofliee, whether sustained j in his suspension or not. You know what I reasons had induced tne to ask from you ! a promise. Von also knew that, in case your views oi duty did tmr. accord with my convictions, it was my purpose to Mil your place by another appointment. Even ignoring the existence of u positive under? standing between us. these conclusions were plainly dedueible from our various I conversations. Jt is certain, however, that, even under t hese circumstances, you did not offer to return I he place to my possession, but according to your own j statements, placed yourself it: a position j where, could J have anticipated your ac j tioti, 1 would have been compelled to ask j of you what 1 was compelled to ask of your predecessor in the War-Department, namely, a letter of resignation; or else to resort to the more disagreeable expedient of suspending you by a successor." Grant's letter, of February 3, alluding to the President's letter ol January -31 and the news] apcr articles, says : ''It is a statement somewhat more in detail of the many and gross misrepresentations contained in these articles, and which iny statement of the facts se; forth in my let? ter of the 2i<ih tilt., was intended to cor? rect; and 1 here reassert the correctness of m\ statements in that letter, anything in yours in reply notwithstanding." -?i? General Longstreet in New York.? A New York letter says : 1 had the pleas? ure oi ;.n hour's conversation with Gen? eral Longstreet this afternoon. The Gen? eral has been two weeks in New York, solely on business. He did not expect to be detained so long, bat the matters de? manding his attention are now nearly settled, ar.d he will soon return to New Orleans. He lias been visited by a num? ber of prominent gentlemen, among them several who desired to talk polities, with him, but on this subject he has preferred to say little. I am surprised to iind a man of his fame so youthful in appear? ance. Kc dot s not look over forty-five-; his cheeks, full and without a wrinkle, are as ruddy as a boy's, and though his hair and the beard on the lower part of his face are liberally sprinkled with gray, he lias all the appearance of a man in tho very midsummer of life. He converses in a low clear tone, giving his views in plain, concise sentences, and in a manner so unobtrusive that the person he ad dresses can hardly imagine he is listening to the Lunotis General Longs tree & A moment's conversation with him shows that he i< a true gentleman, and a man possessing the best quality of common sense. Many may doubt the wisdom of his political views, bur. his unselfishness and sincerity should not be questioned. Speaking of my impressions alone, with? out implying anything in the conversa? tion. I do not believe any position that could be oliered him would induce General Longstreet to leave private for political life. ? Mrs. }[-. a young mother, was exhibiting with commendable, pride to a number of admiring friends her first baby. Finally, approaching little Dan. a boy of five years, the happy parent said, "Dan, isn' this a dear little baby?" Dan hesita? ted a moment, turned up his eyes and an? swered, Yes, but it's bald headed.'' ? Dutchman?"Gute Morgen, Patrie, how you tuz." Irishman?"Morning till ye. JIans, think ye'll get rain the day?" Dutchman??? J guass not?ye never had much rain in ferry try dime.'' Irishman?" Faith, unyo'ro right there JIans; and thin, wheniver it gits in the way o' rainin', the divil a drop o' dry weather will wo git as long as the wet spell howlds." ? Said a fond mother to a young hope? ful of eight: ''Tommy, my boy. fetch in a stick of wood." "Ah! my dear, re? sponded the. youth, ??the grammatical portion of your education has been sadly neglected ; you should have said : ??Thom? as, my son, transport from that recumbent collection of combustible material upon the thresh hold of this edifice, one of tho curtailed excrescences ol' a defunct log." ? Drown the other day. while looking at the skeleton of a donkey, made a very natural quotation. "Ah."' said he. "We are fearfully and wonderfully made." ? When a rogue means to niter a worse lie than usual, ho generally prefaces it with, "To tell you the truth." ? A southern editor calls "Walrtisaia" "Dam-long vvay-offski." ? A bad husband beats his wife, and a very bad wile beats the devil. ? What nose is more brilliant than a toper's nose? Why. volea-nos to he sure. Pat remarks that the chief glow of each comes from the '?crater/' ? A down-east paper, in pulling off a certain soap, says it is the "best ever used for cleaning :i dirty man's lace. V\ o have tried it and therefore ought to know." ? One of our exchanges says that a dancing muster in N.?*W York nas intro? duced the -Kiss Cotillion," in which the gentlemen always kisses the ladies as they swing corners. We arc not much on the dance, but would like to swing a !??>?.? corners most awful well. A man that don't kno enny thing will tell it the first lime In: ?ots a chance. EC.I enjoy enny thing m?"ro than tho prosperity of a good man. it iz the pun iubaiuut oi. an iniomai ticounurtji.