The national Republican., 1862-09-16
FIom the New York Tribune.
FEEDING REBELS IN NEW OBLEANS.
Tho African Colonization Scheme.
Programme Of Arranselne nts

YEEDING REBELs IN NEW oRI.EAha
New Orleans Is an expensive luxury. The
Government 10 paying more than $50, 600 q
mouth, considerably more than the army Of &C.
oipation coats, 10 feed the starving rebels
whom Nil Gen Lowell and J.f, Davis have
left upon our hands, or send In from day TO
day from hey ond our lines TO be fed. The a3-
proach Of wintsr renders II serious question,
whether the national Govsroment i. called
upon 10 support men who refuse 10 take the
oath Of allegiance. Gen. Butler has already
organized one oolored regiment, the dsrke,t
Of the members u which, be 10 reported to have
said, Is "sbout The color Of the late Daniel
Webster" THE slep has probably stimulated
the Hon. Rsverdy johnson aud others, who d..
sire Gen. Butler to be superseded, 70 renewed
exeruons and II ls said they are not without
h,pos Of succ ss in their enterprise.
TuE COLONIZATION SCHEME.
|. Is Senator'S Pomeroy's intention 70 60
with 500 able bodied negroes a. the first COL
ony, 10 0 frstclsss steamer sailing from this
city between the 5'h and 10th Of October. A
lew women will accompany The expedition,
but none with large families. The nrss colony
20 as pioneers to emoUth the way for otbsis.
fbe expedition will land at Chirlqui, on The
Is,pmus, Two hundred miles north Of Aspin.
wall aud The Panama railroad. Ii no objection
10 made by the Chiriqdi Government On ar
rival, q laudipg will be made In ChiriQui La
goou, . Has bay looking northward, with ssv.
sral rivers flowing into 1t from the south.
II obi ctiou be made GU the part of The
pre cent Administration Of tbs State, or II the
GOAL aud gold deposits, or the commercial and
| agi Icultural resources DO DOT prove a good az
pei uaps equally desirable shore OF Honduras,
and the ooiopy may s.ttls, In the Language Of the
paper Of permission from this GOvsi nMent, "A,
suy pcius within the tropics" even though il
should be the valley Of tie Nile. But no objeo
tiol is apticipated at Chir!qui. or course the
ooll ny 10 TO be entirely In harmony with exist
| ipR law. 1t will plant olty and towns, With
municipal regulations under the State authority,
The President has given Senator Pomsroy a
letter. charging him " "maintain the honor ol
the Republic abroad" and the Secretary OF
Stat bus endorsed 1t In tuoh manner az 10
prevent any so,ion on The part Of the colony
which may involve cur Cover msnt 10 any
.vent. The expedition will be we'll supplied
with provisions furnished by Governmsut,
whioh will be dealt out like soldiers rstiops
during the voyage aud thereafter, until the arst
| crop shall have bsen gathered. IL 10 the in-
ieation 70 make the colony speedily self SUI =
Dor ling. To this end agricultural and mining
In plements, With saw mills, aud few domestic
animals will be taken.
Two millions acres oi land have already
been nego lated for. and SeDutor POmeroy gott
clothed with ample power to negotiate tor sll
| that ID ncediul. Tho Government will give 10
each adult unmarried mau 20 sores, to every
family Of I've persons 40 acres. to every fan
lily Of over 1ve persons 50 screa Chiriqul LIZ.
COON Is where Columbus landed on bis second
Trip, and got gold BY digging up ILdlan graves
Much gold 10 believed 70 be 10 the mountains,
und is known 70 bs In the streams whioh take
their rise there
Coal also crops out in places, aud mus,
prove most valuable. as tho article Is now
carried 10 large quantities to Afpinwall, from
PennsylvanIa, at S22 ton. The country ID
we'll adapted 10 cottou, corn, cocoa, rice, ooi.
lee, aud fruits, and potatoes grow wild. Those
who are In charge OF thls movement are Do'
actuated by the spirit Of those 10 Cflce and out
who favor coloniz alton because to dsmonstrate
tnst the NEGRO eau support himself and doei
not need msster." Senator Pomer0y has re-
osiyed more than one thousand letter., from al
parts OF the North, written BY persons making
| L quiriss or offering 10 join the exptd'ioD
Ths Rev. Highland Garnet, the color.d preach
or, will Join the party, and Fred. Douglas vii
send two sona