, 1865-07-25

indicated any line of policy to be pursued; but
if he follows the course indicated by Bolts and
Rivers, he will easily p~acifcate the State. Pier
pout has done nothing yet to arrange the inter
nal affairs Of Virginia. The quarrcls on all
sides impede his He has called
his Legislature together TO meet this week, and
there are rumours that it viii dissolve itself, and
thus remove the great bone, of contention.
There are also reports that it will order a State
Convention to be called. Virginia is in a con-
dltlon Of anarchy, and OF course everything
connected with the happiness Of the people is
at sea. Pierpont has recommended a scheme
to the President which has made the confusion
worst than ever. lie wants a commission Of
judges appointed, who shall sit in judgment up
on all the people Of the South. and decide whc-
Their each individual is or is not guilty of trea-
son, 50 that, he guilty may be punished. There
is very Iltlle danger Of the Presidents adopting
this scheme, butt it shows Picrpout's b,oodthirSti-
ness, and causes all Nirginians to keep aloft
from him.
North Carolina progresses rapidly to recon
s~tructi1n. Governor Uollen's proclamation
calling the State Convention is dlly anticipate
ed. The views which will control him in 60
yerniog the State are indicated in a leader in
the Raleigh StaR7qrd, of which he is editor.
This article S a;eS that some time must necessa-
rjly eIapse before he Convention can be held,
as it will take several months to administer tho
amnesty oath to the people but the editor
hopes to see the State Government in operation
before the end of 1868, 50 that representatives
from North Carolina may take their seats at
the next Session Of Congress. Every delegate
to the State Convention, he says, should be a
loyal man pledged to emancipation. Septem-
Der is ramcd as the probable time at which
the State Convention VIII assemble. The acts
of the Confederate Legislature will be carefully
examined All relating to the Confederate
Government and the rebellion will be declared
null, while those relating merely to domestic
and State a1flir will remain in force. A strong
effort will be made to redeem the notes of the
State banks aud recognize the North Carolina
State debt in existence before the war. Go
vernon Holden favours both these projects. He
says the cotton, turpentine, &c, belonging to
the State can be sold for from $4,000, 900 to
So, 900 ,000,-a sum amply suffi oient to pay the
interest on all these bonds that has accrued
since the war broke out. An effort will also be
made to raise a new loan to put money in the
treasury for contingent expenses. The people
Of North Clrolina are better off than those of
any other part of the South, but they are still
very poor.
Judge Sharky, the new Governor of Missis-
sippi, has left Washington to begin his task of
reconstruction in that state. The proclamation
under which he acts is precisely similar to the
North Carolina one, and his course will no
doubt be the same. His labours, however, will
be far more difficult. Three-fourths of Missis-
8ippi have been wasted by raids, and the enmi-
ty of the people to the United States is deeply
rooted. They will throw every obstacle in his
way. Tax collectors have been sent to Missis-
sippi as well as to several other Southern
States. They will have a sorry time in col
lcctins-the revenue. Mississippi and Alabama
are in a condition that beggars description.
Everyone who has visited them tells the same
story. The people-both white and black
are starving. The whites are scarcely con-
scious of their horrid situation. They are as
proud as ever, but are dressed in rags and have
no money. They subsist on refuse food that in
the North would scarcely be given to dogs.
Some procure rations at the United States de-
pots Of supply others go hungry. They will
not work, and as the negroes have nearly all
run away, and those who are still there consi-
der that freedom means doing nothing, the lands
are uncultivated. The gardens are grown up
in weeds. The fields exhibit the barrenness
that only the torch of the raider can produce.
The houses are burnt cattle strayed off; and
the soldiers roam about maltreating whom they
please. The people are exceedingly bitter,
and oyap in the midst of the FederaI camna.