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From. Gov. smiths Sister Maria.

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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-15

fNExoRASDUs on BACK. - John Clark Dec. l.. ~
Report. di.loyaty OF Newton Thomas and Mason sheio
Headquarters X. r. v. 2si Dee, "a Respy: returned
bis EIceency Gov Smith suggesting reference 10 tapt
J, Dogget PIoyotMaTshal OF the frederck,burg Disic
J. L. kempers, Brg.-Gi. 81. q. C., 1920
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-15

NOrthsm Traitors Furnishing AFTstOthe South
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t2Ey. THOMAS francis MEAdHER.-Gcn.
Meaghcr recently delivered an elaborate
address at St.-Paul, Minnesota, on the is
sues of the day, from which we make the
following extract:
The next question suggested by the
events of the day, and the new condition
in which the Southern States find them
selves, is in relation to the terms and dis
position which the people of the loyal
States should extend to the former, and
the good will and friendship they should
manifest toward those whose manly ac-
ceptance of what they consider to be
their adverse fate, entities them to the re-
spcct and consideration of their more for
tunate rivals in the field. The answer to
this question is already set forth in the
conditions Of the surrender at Appomat-
tox Court House. 1t becomes the people
of the North: and it seems to me it should
be sacred obligation with them, to treat
the people of the South with an honora-
BILE propricty and a gallant generosity.
A policy or bearing other than that indi-
Gated in the military surrender, will coun-
teract the success of our arms, keep the
wounds of the South infamed, produce
an irrcparable alienation, and overshadow
with opprobrium the laurels of the North
Defeated, as the South has been, in its
treat scheme to install another Govern
-ment and nationality on this continent,
and win the'royalty'of Mississippi-hav-
ing fought in the teeth of the most
crushing odds and disabilities with a SOL
diership that establishes them in history
.as the most mastery revolutionists OF
any age or country-now that this daz-
Ezling project has been defeated and the
National Government resumes its sway
with weightier authority than ever 1t
held before, and an admitted superiority
over the oldest and grandest powers, it
should Be the aim and object of the peo-
ple of the North and West to SO conduct
themselves in their social and political re-
lations with the South, tnat the latter
even in the hour Of their capitulation
and amid tho havoc that has swept their
fields and cities, shall be induced to7onterr t'r
tain one regret only-and that the manly
and giesnerons regret. that they ever struck
a ble:w against the United States and
coveted the humiliation of our flag,
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twill be seen by the following Pro
clamation of the President that all re-
strictions upon the introduction into the
Southern States of any sort of goods-in-
cluding grey cloth, ammunition, arms,
&c.;-=has been removed:
Proclamation By the President Of the United
States:
Whereas, by my proclamation of the
18th and 24th ofJunc, 1865, reraoving re-
strictions in part upon internal, domestic
and coastwisc n:e:coursc and trade, with
the States recently declared in insrroc-
ton, certain articles were exempted from
the effect of said proclamation as contra
band of war; anu whereas the necessity
for restricting trade in said articles has
now, in great measure, ceased, it is here
by ordered that on and after the first day
of September, 1865, al. restrictions afore-
said be removed, so that the articles de-
clared by said proclamations to be contra
band of war may be imported into and
sold lin said States, subject only to such
regilations.as the Secretary ofthe Treas
ury may prescribe.
In testimony whereof1 have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed. Done at the
city of Washington this 2eth day of Au-
gust, in the year of our Lord 1865, ana of
the independence of the United States OF
America the nincticth.
ANDERw J0nNsoN.
By the President:
W. H. SEWARD, Scc'y of State.
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By the President:
W. H. SEWARD, Scc'y Of State.
ARrEMus WARDS ToAsr-WoM-N-T'

ARrEMus WARDS ToAsT-WoMaN-Tu
yure sex, commonly kawled the phair
sex, we are indebted for our born in, as
we'll as many other blessins in these 10
grown of sorro. Sum poor spcreted fools
blame yuro sex for the difficulty IN the
garden; but know men are desectful
set. Yure 1st mother was lady, and
her dawters is ditto, and nun but q triain
kuss will say word agin you. Hopin
that no waive of trnbble may ever ride
across yure peaceful brests,. I konclude
thes;e. remarks with the following Gently,
ment:.
woma1-she is good egg.
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THE MARRIAGE CODE FOR NEGROES
We have been shown the marriage code
for the, negroes Of South Carolina, Gcor-
gia and Florida, issued by Gen. Saxton,
Commissioner of the Frecdmen's Bureau
for these States. We had the opportuni-
ty of giving the document only cursory
perusal In few days it will be made
public, and all the negroes of the land,
we presume, will be required to conform
to its provisions.
One or two points in this code we will
notice for the benefit of those interested.
The male negro is not allowed to contract
marriage until he arrives at the age Of
21; no negrcss until she attains the age
of l8.
Before contracting marriages permis-
sion must be obtained by both parties
from some religious society or minister OF
the gospel, and record of the union is
required to be made.
Specific directions are given for all
cascs>wherc negro has more than one
wife, ora negress moro than one hus-
band; and in future they will be required
to conform stritcly to the injunction Of
ST. Paul, sLet every man have his own
wife, and every woman her own hus
band. d.n-Macon TSyeqruph..
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CONTENTS OF A WATERFALL.-An ex-
change informs us that q short time ago
a man, in turning corner, accidentally
touched, with a ladder he was carrying
on his shoulder, the head of a lady, who
was standing there waiting for car to
pass. The blow was just sufficient to
hurt her feelings by knocking from her
hair the g waterfall which ornamented
the back of it, It's specific gravity was
enough to burst it as it fell, when its con-
tents were spread upon the ground, which,
wonderful to tell, were as follows: Two
curled hair puffs, one piece of mourning
Grape, two dark coiored pin cushions, and
one black worsted stocking! This mys-
terry, then, darker than any ssthe. FEgyp- gz 2
tians possessed; Is qt last 'unravelled,
much to the Joy of unspphistioated young
gentlemen like ourselves.
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Result of the Conference.

| =
We are pleased to report that, after an
an,;eable conference between Gov. Perry
and Generals Meade and Gilmore, all i'm
pediments to the proper re-establishment
of the civiEauthority within the State have
been withdrawn by the military. The
courts ofjustice and the nagistracy will re-
sumo their fttnctions, and the provost
courts will be limited in their jurisdiction
to those cases only in which the freed ne
groes shall be parties. But we refer the
reader to the proclamation of his Excel
lcncy Gov. Perry. 1t also pleases us to
add that the negro troops are to be with
drawn promptly from the interior of the
State. and to be concentrated in garrisons
along the coast. This information will
be gratefully received by the whole body
of our people, to whom the presence of
these troops is constant occasion Of an
noyance and offence. The necessity for
their removal, however, has been made
terribly apparent in the shocking crimes
which have been lately committed. the
full evidence of which has been furnished
by the Governor to the United States
Generals, WHO have pledged themselves
to the prompt examiEation and punish
ment of the criminals. Even apart from
the actu:ll come,ission of crime, it is
enough to know that the whole expert
mcnt in free negro labor thas been mis-
chievously impaired, if not wholly defeat
ed in all those regions where tile black
troops made their appearance in pfopin-
guilty with the laborcrs. The effect was
most pernicious everywhere, changing
the whole character and conduct of the
laborer, making HIM ncglectful, insubor-
dinate and insolcnt, and bcguiling him eff
from the plantations, to the ruin of the,
crop. 1t s'also ntimatcd to us that, in
most cases. it is to this source do the ne
'groes owe the large numbers of firearms
and the quantity of ammunition which
they are known TO possess in many quar-
ters. Certainly, the withdrawal of these
troops will be absolutely essential 10 the
good behavior of the negro laborcr, and.
by their timely withdrawal we may
escape sqhaa'rrors Of bloodshcdding and d
other more fearful crimes, the enacting OF
Witch ass already begun. We are pleased
to Learn from his Exccl1cncy Gov. Perry,
that his dcspatchcs G:oin the President
ombody h'is'hca'fty appreciation of all the
steps that the former has taken; that he
encourages his continStcd progress in the
same direction, and assures him against
any future interruption of, orinterference
with his authority cn-any part.
columbia Phgnir. :
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To His Ercellency Andrea johnson, Presi-
deaf of the United States:

We, the undersigned, ladies of Abbeville
District, South Carolina, respectfully ex-
hibit to your Excellency our desire to in.
tercede in behalf of Mr.. Jefferson Davis,
the President of the late Confederate
States. We have heard with much salts
faction that petitions of a like nature have
been addressed to your Excellency from
other. portions of the country, and we en-
tertain the hope that those united ap-
peals for mercy will not fall UNDECIDED up
on thetears of your Excellency.
In any event, ..it-wiEl be grateful to US
to have 5tthi1l thus testified cur feelings for one
whose faults, in our judgment at+feast,
have:aot been past forgiveness. Called
from the retirement of his home to posi-
tion which he did not solicit, but which
his manhood forbade him to decline, illus
trating by his conduct the highest devo-
ton to principles, which were maintained
with marked unanimity by his people,
temperate in the hours of triumph, dig
nifed and calm in the days of defeat, al
.waysipstf always generous, always brave,
we SCI see in his conduct everything 10 evoke
sympathy, and nothing to merit the cx-
treme punishment with which'he is threat
,ened. The same frmness and calm views
of policy Which, on repeated occasions, he
displayed in resisting the cries which, in
his region, were raised for sanguinaEy re-
taliation, we hope will now be exhibited,
in disregard of the uufceling agitation
which seeks hisrfifo. We hope there will
be mcrciful remembrance of his poor
wife, plundcred and insultcd after being
torn away from his prison, and of his
young children, ,whose prospects in life
have been so terribly blightcd.
I'm lIimiipoelsod by,thc feelings of our nature
(which are, ever excited blythe misfor-
tunes of the brave and the good, which
have in all ages characterized our SEX.
which moved the Marys to be THO F;sst at
the Cross and the hrSt ssSSS,H@ SraVe-wc
earnestly bcsccch your Exccllcncy to OK
crcisc, in behalf Of Mr.. Davis, all Execu-
tive clemcncy.
Grant our petition, and, besides finding
in your'own breast the reward which at
tends every virtuous deed, we sincerely
believe that you may expect increase of
your own rcnown, and Of the honorable
character which forms the strength of
your country For ourselves we will say,
VIC will hold in grateful remembrance
this act of generosity to the unfortunate,
and will teach our childree ito rise up
and call you blessed"
ABDEvlLLE, August 23, 1865.
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A NEGRO Town WITH NEGRO OFFI-
cERs.-Mitchellsvillc, it must be remem-
bered, is the negro village on Hilton
Head Island, regularly organized with
negro officers, and enjoying its Council
men and Supervisor, whom their constit-
ucnts -irssist on styling. Aldermen ~and
Mayor: The aldermen" settlA disputes
concerning claims, for personal property.
Before one of thep came q disconsolate
negress: Her hen had been stolen, and
Gawky Sam was the. boy. who did it,
The boy was Summoned, the evidence
heard, the case clearly made out, and two
dollars fine imposed. But here stepped
in another Alderman, who added another
dollar to the fine. Before the money was
paid, ,.,stjll another managed to get the
case before him, and imposed fine of
five dollars. By this time tire Supervisor
("MayorD heard the story, and summon
ing all parties, inquired:
<"Uncl Ben, why did you fine dc boy
two dolars?"
a:Well, sab, de. case YVES clar; de hen
was::a NIFTY fine, fat un, and reckon she
WORT about a dollar. Den, sir, nobody
oughtu be. lowed to steal for less dan q
dollah no how. So made him pay de
wuf of de hen TO de owner, and dollah
for stealin' Beside"
@Well, 'Crerklis, (Anglice Uncle Her
culesO why did you make de fine tree
dollah 2" So. "a.
DWELL, de hon war wuf a dollah easy;
Den de boy ought to pay dollar for
stealth anyhow. But den, sah,: dat
hen war layin' eggs, and # dat GaWkky
Sam hadn't done stole her, de eggs she'd
a laid 'ud beenswuf 'tleast 'nuther dol
|t1ah bysdis time~
Ludicrous aswas the solemnity Of these
proceedings, they were nevertheless, Of
value, as showing inherent IDEAS Of JUS
ttice.-C6r. C;tncistnnat6 efsGzstts.
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INSTRUMENTATION of the South.
Under it's editorial head the Washing
ton Union publishes the following com
munication:
MEssRs. EDITORS 1t would be amusing
were not the subject too serious for jest
to laugh at and disregard the gross mis-:
representations of the Washington Csron-
icle, and the occasional correspondent
OF the Philadelphia Press, >daily repro
duced prominently in the former, when
ever the South OF Southerner, and par
ticularly South Carolina, or one 6t'her cit
izcns, is alluded to. = =.
The most recent instance Of this occurs
in the Chronicle of the 21st, where an &C
count is given by a correspondent of a
Cincinatti paper, of the trial of q Miss
Nealy, of Davie County, North Carolina,
at Salisbury, for shooting negro. 1t is
headed fauntingly, '"Important trial in
North Carolina" and in the text the
chivalry are, as usual in that amiable
sheet, sneered at by the use of this word,
which I imagine is always accompanied
by curl upwards'of the editors nose,
who probably possesses mono of the quail
ity he holds in such contempt.
A few days ago, Occasional" ventured
to designate Mrs. Jeff. Davis, a lady of
unimpeached amiability and accomplish
ment, as "a Borgia"-a poisner! He
also asserted that she bore the title OF
Lady Davis in the South. The first is
mendacious-tho second. simply false. A
gun-boat or ram. built at Charleston was
named the "bady Davis" down South as
a title. .
I suppose, being ''rcbtl,," though I
have. taken the oath prescribed to rein
vest me witfmy political and civil rights,
I may not be privileged to defend any
thing, South, even where truth would re.
buke error but I venture to send you
this modest protest against q spirit de-
signed to widen the chasm which scpa-
rates the sections And, in closing, let
me say, that if the Union is ever to" be
San Union" in the only sensible sense of
that term, the present fashionable modo
of misrepresentation and abuse by.ribald
pens and bad hearts Must be changed,
and "bye-gopes be bye,goncs."
The temper discovered by these mod
ern State-savcrs is not inaptly illustrated
by the anecdotc of the Dutchman who
whipped his son and sat him down in a
corner. The lad continued to snub or
whimper, not being able to get over the
grief of his castigation soon enough to
suit the impatient father, when the Latter latter
sternly said: "Hans, wot cyea tinliing?"
'.Tm linking nothing daddy" "Hans,
you lie; you're tinlsing damn, and I'll
whip you again"
To my mind, this is the aniiis1is of most
of the. ultra papers, and the proud distinc-
tien, of leader'in the ncf;lrious work I as
sign to your neighbor, the Chronicle.
I,hopc I have betrayed no temper nor
violated THE OATH.
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Romance Of the War.

1NOI4dACC VI tuS w d4s
/ There are many romantic incidents
connected with the late war that VIII
never come to light, and rare instances
of fidelity and undying devotion Of
which the world will never know. We
are personally. cognizant of many that
are wosthy to live in history, but none
stand out more prominent, like o little
oasis, over which has swept that besem
of: destruction, the events of the past four
years, than this,ono- We, saw the part'
on Sunday passing through our for
their home in Texas, and thus runs the
story. He was an oficerrin the esTexas
brigade, Of, Longstrcets corps, and bore
"a gallant part in that sanguinary struggle
in the {; Wilderness" where many proud
heart ccased-'its throbbing, and. many
weary heads we're laid to rest forever up.
on the bleeding bosom OF Virginia Near
stl.e close of. that engagement. he, was Sc
vcYely wounded and borne to the. rear,
and to house, to temporarily remain un-
til he could beisent:to the field hospital.
By some oversight he was there left, and
the army moved o. TO- SRottsylvania: :
He was kindly ministercd to by the in
mates, but at-tbe hands of q fair damsel
of seventeen did he receive that pure, dis
interested sympathy which alone lives in
the heart of a woman. Time wore on,
and he was sufficiently restored to rejoin
Shis command, whichehe did1just' before
the evacuation OF Richmond Sharing
the fortunes of his brigade in the continu-
Gus struggle from Richmond to Appo-
mattes, he was at the closing scene of
that great drama in which the army of
Northern Virginia enacted so conspicuous
a part. He was paroled and went to
Texas, but was not happy! He.saw in
dreams par of bright eyes. and aqueen-
ly form, andtit was potSheme where. they
were not. 1t was quite an undertaking
to travel from Texas to Virginia two
months age, so unsettled was the country;
Sntou hero, nothing daunted, returned
to tic vicinity of. the Wilderness" and
to the presence of his fair .inamorato!
The, meeting was joyous, and it was
but the work of q lew. days to consum-
mate their bliss and make them one! She
left homc, friends andsevery thing. and
goes to Texas, the happiest, of brides
We wish, that pair altthe happiness. that
can fall to TIC lot of fm9rtals here below,
and may their pathway be strewn with.
flowers. As the train bearing them
hence rolled away, and we waved part
ing adieu, they looked living picture of
Parthcniis definition of love-,
"Two souls with but assfngle thought,
Two hearts that beat as one." -.
We withhold tha-aame of this Texan.
but his bcroism and gallantly in affairs sf
the heart are not less conspicuous tkap. it
was onthe field. In hersphers, and '.du-
ring the war it. was an extended one, this
Virginia lady proved 'herself:a heroine;
she was faithful to that mission on earth,
which is. .pecu1iarly reserved to her, sex.
Her reward in its fulness never comes in
This world-it comes to her in the future,
atlanta hatellgencer.
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THE SoUTn AND TIE NEXT CONGRESS-
The Constitutional Convention of the
State of Mississippi has passed a resolu-
ton in favor Of adopting the amendment
to the Constitution abolishing slavery.
This, it must be remembered, has occur
red in State which; in every sense,
might be classified as among the most in
sense pro-slavcry States in the Union.
1t was the State Of jeff. Davis, and cne
OF the leading and bittercst States in re-
bcllion. As Mississippi, through her Con-
vcntion, has decided against slavery, the
question of its existence in the South
may be considered foreclescd, and, as a
peculiar institution, done away with for
ever: Slavery, therefore, being abolished
by the adoption of the constitutional
amendment with the concurrence of a
leading Southern State, the objection to
the admission of representatives in Con-
.prcss from the Southern States, because
of the existence of slavery in either OF
them, cannot stand. These Southern
representatives will come before Congress
with slavery abolished and it will pre-
sent an extraordinary spectacle to see
them asking for admission into the ma
tional legislature and being refused. The
question of negro suffrage has not come
before the Legislature Of either Southern
State, nor has Congress acted upon it
There is no law on the snbject, nor will
therehc until Congress or the State Leg
islatures enact one. All that the latter
have.t do must be done after the session
-of Congress. 1t would be manifest
wrong, therefore, to exclude these South
ern representatives on the ground OF op-
position to negro suffrage. The Radicals
can ne7er.make suchra movement popu-
lar.-Ne1ws YoT1 Herald.
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THE Winnsboro .Nelos. announces the
death of Hon. R. B. Boylston, which &c
Cured in that town on Monday evening
last. Mr.. B. was a prominent citizen of
Fairfield District, member of the Legis-
fature for-several years and Speaker OF
the House of Representatives
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A minister at a camp meeting said,
nIf the lady; with the blue hat, red hair
and cross eyes don't stop talking, she will
be pointed out to the congregation"