The colored Tennessean., 1865-10-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


| At the breaking. Of the ground for
the commencement Of the Lynchburg
and Tennessee Railroad, Clergyman
solemnly and slowly read q amanu1
script prayer, at the conclusion of
which an old negro man, who had.
been resting, with one foot on his
spade, and his arms on the handle,
looking intently in the chaplain's face
Strengthened himself up, and remark
ed very audiblys; well, | reckon
dats de first time de Lords eberbeen
writ to on de subjec of railroads.
EDUCATING THE CoLoRED PopULA-
TIoN SoUTH.-It is beginning to be
recognized by the thinking men of
the South that it is a a1moral duty on
their part to educate the colored pop
ulation. 1t is impossible, in the pres
ent wants of the South, to do without
the labor of it's four millions Of
blacks. AS they are part Of the So
cial system, the question arises, is it
not better to so improve this class
that the country may have the benefit
of its virtues and not be afflicted by
its vices if left to ignorance and the
mischievous self-indulgence which
arises from it - The religious asso-
Citations recently assembled at Rich
mond, earnestly debated this subject,
and the conclusion was that the col
ored race ought to be educated, and
by the Southern people, for if they
neglect, nobody else will be likely to
do it. Even with reference to mate
rial prosperity, it is of vast moment
that they have skilled and intelligent
labor, both in manufae etures and agri-
culture; and this can only be accom-
plished by an enlightened and general
system of3colored education.
Major General o. 0. Howard, com
missioner Of freedmen, has author
lied the establishment Of a court for
the examination into all difficulties
arising between the freedmen and
their employers. The Assistant Su-
perintendent Of the Bureau, with two
citizens, one to be elected by the
white citizens and the other by the
freedmen, are to constitute this I Court,
the jurisdiction OF which is limited
to the case indicated above In fur
therance of this plan General Howard
has been making the tour. of Virginia.
On the Doth inst. he had an interesting
interview. with the officials of Ports
mouth and Norfolk. .a1E 4a Nj
! E1sruFBNG NEGRO .CoNf fENTIoN.-
The Raleigh IN: C.), Progress, Of
Thursday last, saysI:G,f @hc3..1i ht3 ~ II
'eThe students. at Chapel Hill, and
a few other white persons, who were
brought to this city a few days since
upon the charge Of disturbing negro
convention in the vicinity of the Uni
versity. have had a preliminary ex-
animation and been admitted to bail
in the sum Of $1,000 each for their.
appearance here tomorrow '1'afl sgs.
ISuppose the above young gentle
men to have been icolored students,
and had disturbed white convention,
would they have got off with "a pre-
liminary examination and bail of
$1,000 each p I'D. A> Hi r. m
A capital story is told Of the French
novelist Alexandra Dumas. At the
Theater Historiquue a rich tradesman
-one Of the shareholders of the the
ater-solicited the honor Of an intro
duction to him. On the favor being
granted, he thus addressed Dumas
"Youre a. mulatto, are yop niotygY'
ooh, yes, said the ! novelist, wonder
ing what was e5ov come next Il 9Thep
yourfather wasp hegro?" s'pf eopse
he was" replied Dumas, winking at
those present. s'ThenIyour grand
father, (hesitating, your grandfather
9 -" "Was an ape" interrupted
Dumas. "Bahp There is no bah
in the NATTER z continued Dumas, '"1ny
family begins where yours ends II j Il and
heItrned his back upon him amidst
roars Of laughter from the, bystanders!
1 CoLoRADo.A The Denver News, Of
the 18th, gives incomplete retdrns of
the vote on the State Consul tuition and
the negro suffrage clause, footing up
as follows: -a-- - '-a"- 7 -
For the Constitution, Z0gaH 2,l05
IA cainst the Constitution, 627
For Negro suffrage is9afaF aa. II 2O4
Against Negro suffrage, 94h .aa 994
N The total number of colored troops
enlisted in the army was 10000. OF
these $4,000 have died or been killed
and 10000 Of the remainder have
been ordered mustered cut. U@71
South CARoLMA.-The Constitu-
tional Convention in South Carolina
has, it seems, passed resolution
simply repsqliag the Ordinance Of
Secession The unconverted rebels
of that State do not declare that ordiT5
nance null and void, ,fas was done In
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