The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-12-26
NEWS ITEMS.

Auousta branch from Mllen. 1t is calculated
thai the whole road will be in running order
during next spring.
George N. Saunders, who is now in London,
asserts that when he was sent by jeff. Davis to
negotiate with Napoleon for the recognition of
the Southern Confederacy, he was accorded two
interviews with the Emperor and that the inva-
sion of Mexico was undertaken in pursuance of
plan then agreed upon, for which the Emperor
insisted on being secured in possession of Sono-
ra Sinoloa and Lower California.
TRIAL FOR TREAsoN-The first treason
case. consequent upon the late war; is now
being tried in the United States District Court
of Tennessee, before Judge Trigg The case is
the United States vs. John S. Gamble, who was
an enrolling officer under the Confederate Gov
eminent, in Blount county, East Tennessee.
This is the first treason trial since the menora-
BILE Aaron Burr case.
FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATEs.-A dis
patch from Washington says: ''The first Sec
rotary of Legation to the French Minister here
has sailed for Europe, charged by Count Mon
tholon to make personal representations to the
Emperor of the public feeling here, and of the
temper of Congress with reference to Mexico,
and to bring back more explicit instructions
for the guidance of the Minister. The Lega-
ton here have endeavored to keep the fact of
! his departure secret, but he is known to have
been among the passengers by the Scotia"
! A box, containing 10000 stamped envelopes,
directed to Wilmington, was stolen last Septem-
Der The thief has just been dscovered-a
man named Smith, of the firm of Eddy 4 Smith,
! Newbern. SIS real name is Parker.
The New York World says: 'The great lion
in the path of Southern industry at this mo-
uent is Federal legislation Neither the plan
ter nor the negro is taught or allowed to rely
on himself The Freedman's Bureau under
takes to adjust that which is incapable OF ad-
justment, except by law greater than any law
of Congress, the law OF supply aud demand.
GEN. BRAGG's PROPERTY CoNFIscATED.-
! In the case of the United States vs.. the Green
wood plantation, property Of Braxton Bragg,
the granted delay having expired and DO de-
| fence being filed, the court ordered, on motion
of the district attorney that all persons interest
ed in said property be considered in default, and
the property be condemned and sold for the bene
fit OF the United States.
The Russian Government has forbidden the
Poles to use their own language in religious
matters For the future all Roman Catholic
catechisms and books of devotion for Polish use
are to be published in Russian.
Spain has volunteered to the British govern
ment promise that she means to take energetic
measures fer the suppression of the slave trade.
The indianapolis Journal states that a petit
ton for the pardon of Jeff Davis is being signed
by the copperheads Of that city
acknowledgements jenkins was inaugur-
/ tod Govarror Of the State on tho | 9TH instant
10 his address to the. Legislature he says -
sThere is no conflict between the Constitution
of the United States and the Constitution of the
State Of Georgia. The laws Of the United States
are supreme" The Governor then pays hand
some tribute to the good conduct of the negroes
during the war. He says that they must be
thoroughly protected in their personal property
and have the right to enter the courts, They
should be encouraged to work, aud then they
would be the best working class and their late
owners the best employers in the world. The
Governor then reviews the condition Of the
State institutions, and says that for time even
the lightest taxes will prove buldensome; out
he thinks that in the end the people will not
suffer. He concludes his address with-an earn
est prayer that ''God will help us ALL
At the close of the address Provisional Gov
ernor johnson handed the great seal of the State
of Georgia TO Governor Jen kins, who took the
oath of office, and was then declared by the
President Of the Senate, the Governor. of the
State. The sentiments of the address most
cordially endorsed by the members Of the State
Legislature.
A Idmhee's Description Of the Southern
People.-On Thursday night last, j. r Gil
more, alias Edmund kirke, entertained and in
structed our Philadelphia brethren with an &C
count of the Southerners. He said
"The poor white class are lower than the ne
gro. They are the natural product of'slavery.
1t has shut out every avenue of honest employ
ment from them, and driven then, to the sand
hills to starve and die; else they depend up
on stealing from the planters hen-roosts, that
they may not starve. They are the lowest,
most degraded, the most ignorant class of the
South.
They must be raised by education to be of
any use to our country. They are so unenlight-
encd that many of them yet vote for Thomas
Jefferson tor President.
1t is general opinion, but mistake, that
there are no small farmers or yeomen in the
South
The men are loosely made but are of a self
possessed, manly bearing. The women are
beautifully formed and one is sorry that they
dip snuff, chew tobacco, and 60 without shoes
and stockings.
The people are hearty, earnest, much given
to exaggeration, in the enthusiasm of the South
ern nature. thing with them is either very
good or very bad They very hospitahle to
strangers, aud it one offers to pay for their kind
ness they are very likely to challenge one to
fGht duel"
Every honest man knows that the statements con-
tanned in the irst paragraph of the above are false