, 1865-08-17

$50 cafes hare bccn noted, among which see
the names Of:
J. R: Anderson, Ttedcgar lion Works. educa-
ted at Vest Foiht; " ". cramp. Assistant &C.
1etary OF Wss, rebel csptto'; J. B. Davls, negro
sossi.n c T. s ct noFFas Fa
Na1a1l, mill owner; l. D. Crershaw, mil owpee !;
Jss, Il. Grant, rnannfactuser of tobacco LOT 1cbai
sesns {. w. Purcell. biocRsde qaan.r; s'e! Gbariss
IEcrtham blockade rntnsr at d foreign grocer
Ed~. No.taaa, blockade Iuaaet and foreign
sst1oe.i. for seeesstoe; Charles Toipsfi, oa ron
foundry. improved upon By the rebel Govern.
II, Mt: J.uer Thomas, j.. sotaecoplst, leading
advocate for secession.
Mr.. ]. R. Anderson las effected an arrange
tntnt by which he is put IN possession Of Ills
foundry, and adyertlscs that he Is ready to
enter into contracts fur bnild1ng houses.
bridges, DC, o. casting ordnance " bells In
fact, has started into huslntss as though he
were. The stauochest Union man; had not
bought and presented the FIST five tons Of
powder that heiped bssin the shedding Of
blcoo in the caus: Of treason had not stole
ordnance for 1ebel ust 1or broken his faith
to support the Constitution aud laws; nor
dtkerItd That GoEetpmentt to which he was
indebted for education and wealth.
For the i1{osnztion Of psEltes intending
to emigrata to Virginia, 1t Is stated that
good farms can be had ut s25 IN acre, but
lumber being ut present very high, houses or
/ ba.na cannot be built short Of M ottlaY Of
most any section very coed Tbs want ol
| eu5-soil plows, cultlyators, moving machines.
| and tie many varied appurIeuances with
/ which thrifty farmer ia surrounded, has
| p.tVtntcd these Virginia lands from yielding
/ ur one quarter their sEbstance. There IL
Iot Eli agricultural store In Richmond fs:m-
iLg implements ts Of the mcst nhcagre descrip-
t,cu ale mixed In With hard ware, crockery,
groceries, AID the uAusl assortment Of d
county corner.
| Vary many of the largest lsudhoIdess arc
| gusng North to make arrangements for par
| celiIg ont and selling of tr1cts.
The emancipation Of imme numecrs OF
slaves places the autocrats OF Virginia In
etrnlgltened circumstances. It Is said Of
William Allen, when the tehel Government
levied CO him tor q uumber to work on the
fortifcations, that he re Honetsated becaus.
he had been left With. but eight Auadred field
balds. BE is said to have owned over coo,
entatltd down from generation to generation
the cost Of keeping whom WAS but trihe
comparatively. The hire Of labor to tli
their potseestcns, reQulrcs larger capital
ttan one msn usually holds; hence the ne
cesslty Of reducing their estates, and the
| seeking to bring around them relsons Of In:
I dustIdous and temperate habits, 1T assocl,
ates III rolitita1 ana eocial power.
The New Orleana Pjoayu1t gives novery
aatter:og picture Of the results Of eonas:a,
tlon sales In th2t city. 1tea5s:
The b9,ent ard profit to the Government
nay lie inferred from the declaration made
by Jud0o Dnrell IN open conrt, on Fs.day
last, that from all the col.tscatuu suits
brought and tue immepa. amount OF vaiuable
! property sold under confscatiou Laws, the
tn1t.d States tteaeury would not derive one
hundred Thousand dollars-not enough to
ray cre Wttk's rlt1cns fir the dependents
a1d hangets-on Of the United States army II
this state.
- The Mississippi Clarion, published =,
Meridian, says of the forthcoming State Con
venticn what the Mobile Atatvr.sst7 copies
endorsing IN strong language:
It Will be tie lrst State Convention t:
mGet, and it Is reasonable to suppose tbs. Ill
p1octedings will, TO some extent, influence
lhoEe OF the Other States In the work of re-
organization. It tccoln u us then to consider
what are the 1ntasufes most essential to bt
adopted to restore Mississippi to the Federal
Unlou, and. u possible, place the country
agn.n under the protection Of civil law. First
au.org the lmIrortaut qutstcus that viii
| mise II, that Of slavery. However reluctant
VIC may he 10 yield our right 70 s?sTes as Pre-
Lelty, however much We may prefer gradual
emshc1pat!on and compensation for the <Alu:
! OF negroes to immediate abolition, still Y,
had supposed there were none Who could dis
euse1iem themselves the fact that the free
dom Of the negro Is already beyond cayD
and ttat 1o act OF ours CAL change his dea
tiny.
We hear Of candidates for the ConveutIo-
who talk Of either ignoring this question, o.
protesting against emancipation, and de
inanding compensation from the Fedora
Gayefnmen. fot this species Of property
snch course, however proper + might ,.
unoel ctnel G1Icumelances. ~ tae pfesenI
Een!d n;1,, ,nesa.asly fe1nIt M n the 2toionsano,
lis ii !. .ad Is he M 1eo,rsniz m m at,on Of the s.ste
or the basis Of negro suffrage.
1t nrI<ars to us to be- the duty OF the Con
veo,icu to recognize the situation and 1T pucj
chbnre tha CONSTITUTION to harmonize will
1he raw orde1 NJ thtnve Declare that ia
vesY ebau 10 longer eSist In Mississippi, art
iet j. pe oone III sooo la:ta Wlthoat pfotes
or II rtmonstrance.
The Virginia Central Il alroad Ia 1epaIret
10 IVA CIV terminus ~ ''aSaeooh Astfes' Az
| repairs On the james River and KanaNhe
f.arat "a n7nrtno ran4d n,ooraea xrftb ctF,r.
etot mas 9s1S 'af4u ptes.oas "Ae1 enot
Us4.eua ~ - uAa e9mPle's ~. .0s "o."'
Tho New Orleans 1imts says: -" Ih:r
are some twelve or fourteen steamship
| Ia cur rpft:. and manv morn arc On the war
a11 of>er cotton This carrr,ny trade hnf1
az mtet Iot1oA 1as ss'Su5 aaos' oo.'
On lne fEeis ana ocea1, nas noN pecom
most Iuefa1iEe ann important ousf
ness. and VIC arc rot surprised that au tn
NE Il ro,nd trY1. I'LL a. aS Sa'g1la; W.;
tos9,,.s ~ a. % f,st etc,ner nv~ ~ s,,ns tvantr
tSi:tr r. tnr,V = fhnnsand ani1ars net n-ofi,
ind the same In proportion for, up-rIvs
| suamboats. F,eieh1s to New. York, e las
steamers. arc now aKIasI cents pound ia
cotton" =:
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