Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-29
FROM THE FEDERAL STATES.
The following are extracts from late Northern papers

FROM THE FEDERAL STATES.
The following extracts from late Northern papers:
UNCLE SAM ovrRsrER.
The bill Of Mr. Senator Foster turning Uncle Sam into
cotton planter in South Carolina, passed the Senate BY
the following vote
Ysds-Neesrs. Anthony Chandler, CLARK, Coamsr,
Dixon, Fessenden, Fitch, Foster, Crimes Hale Harlan,
Howard Howe, King, Lane (lndians Morrill,, Pomroy,
Shc rmAn Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull Wade,
Wiley, Wilmot Wilson, (hsssachusetts) -26
Noys-hessrs. Browning Garlic, Oowan, Davis, Hen
derson Kennedy, McDougsl Pearce, Posell Rice Sauls
bury, Thompson, Wilson, IN ssour)-14
The bill provides Board of Receivers and Guardians
to let the ands for year or less for money, or on
shares or cultivate them themselves the land 10 be laid
of in lots Of from l 600 to 600 acres
The board is empowered to purchase tools seeds, ami
mails etc. to the amount of $40 al acs' aud 10 employ
superintendent, either at fixed salary Of $1,000
year. or at compensation not to exceed $4,000 yearly
contingent upon the Of bis husbsndry. regis
ter Is TO be kept Of all indgeIt persons who come into
the plantation with description Of each OF such per-
cons, to be employed at fifty cents day and properly
cared for money TO DO advanced to them Tor clothing
aud other necessaes. Hospitals are 10 be erected Tor
the SICK and physicians provided and paid by the board
semi annu, report 10 be made Of the receipts and eI
penditures and the profits If any to be placed to the
credit OF the Secretary OF the Treasury who viii supply
the funds necessary, with history Of the condition OF
the INDECENT people who shall havs been under their
care.
OF this bill, Carle, Of Va, previous TO its passage,
said that he "dd believe that the Government held
supreme control Of ell the lands in the country that Tin
place Of the present masters Of slaves" the bill "mske
the Government one great, lordly STAKEHOLDER with
great brood petty agents. and tina. "the provisions of
the bill make humane treatment Of the slave imposs
ble"
Mr. Pierce, of Maryland, declared that the bill ".
fmpraetcable and most extraordinary roiticsl blum
der" and that "the money that 1t would cost the Gov
ernment to provide for these INDECENT persons would
make the Treasury INDECENT than themselves even
The N Y Express attempts to justify the passage Of
this bill. Il Gays:
The "elsohantn of 5000 or 900 pauper negroes be-
ing on our hands their natural South Carolina proiec-
ors having away-we have no other alternative thsn
negro overseers and work the negroes "a well
We can But "UDcle Sam" Is VIGOROUSLY ths poorest
sort Of landlord and Of course much worse planter
We have no doubt that 10 his character Of cotton
PLANTER be will run in debt heels over head, and that
bis board Of receivers, guardians, "superntenden
eo will eat him out OF house and hone, asd come up
to the treasury with the heaviest sort OF unpaid bills
But what Else can we dor The man that has an ZEE
phant' must not let him starve.
Tie Nashville Times, Of the l4;h announced the ar
rival Of "Goy" Andrew johnson, Horace Maynard, and
Emerson Etheridge. TIE Rev. Abolition n. c., Of Hi
nos Oven Loyjoy, had also arrived. johnson was SER
enaded and in RESPONSE addressed the crowd for about
an hour He declared that he with the olive branch
il one hand and the Constitution In the Other and that
an election would soon be ordered for members Of the
Legislature He had returned to Tennessee for the pur-
poss Of restoring the Constitution and the laws as they
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disappointed seekers after power He argued shat there
could be no government unless the laws were enforced
TIA. the time had come treason to be crushed and for
traitors to be punished He called upon the Union men
of Davidson county forth and sbt for the Fed
era Government and predicted tina. 1t would not DO ong
before they would buckle on their armor TO assist the
Unionsts Of East Tennessee.
Emerson Eheridge next sd iressed the band He ssid
nothing particular except that the meanest "secsssOn
ists" were the John Believing seccssonists and that
there were great many silly ladies in Nashville
Horac, Maynard next spoke, but we did not hear him.
The Huntsville Dsmoerat derives the following from
gentleman who left Nashville on the l2.h inst.
John Lellyett Is the Lincoln Postmaster, and E. r.
Glascock claims to be Marshall under Lincolns commits
sion received before the secession Of Tennessee notuh
sanding he has been In the Confederate iartermasers
Department
ALI but few OF the people sullen and unsccabs
to the L,ncolnte horde OF Vsndsls, and some boldly
avow their sympathy with the Southern cause. Mrs.
MeEwen mother.inaw OF John Trinble, was visited by
several eff ,ers and she unbes,atngy told them that
she had been the last person In Nsshv, to take down
the Stare and Stripes but abe was for eternal sepa
ration.
We learn from another source, that Mr.. Wesley,
teacher in one Of the public schools, when he saw the
Union g planted the State Capitol declared that he
would rather have HE heart cut out than witness such
Dissertation. lie was reported TO the Proves. Marshal
and taken before him. when he reiterated the sentiment
with emphasize The Provost ordered his discharge say
ing be was q brave man, and, no doub', much moro
honest than many who proftssed sympathy with the
North.
Isis said that John Hugh Smith, q prominent lawyer
aud once candidate for Mayor, eating and drinking
at restaurant 9th Federal Captain Croftor, aud pro-
posd to DR. Tx dsmnadon to Captain John Morgan, the
coward and trktor. Whereupon Crcf.oD, who Is an
Iri.husn, smote Smith with his fist between his eyes;
telling him that he wen. to school with Morgan ha. he
was brave man and should not be abused in his pres
ence Tor be admired bravery even In an enemy.
DRUNK "BY AUTHORITY"
The following Is from the Mon.ezuma Qowa) Rspubi-
can:
One of the most degrading scenes that ever dsgraced
legislative assembly was enacted at DIS hoines last