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Gucrrillas and Freedmen.
Gen. lIalleck has issued the following Or
der:
uEApoR's MIL'Y DIV. or TIDE JaMDs,
Richmond, Va, May, s, 1865.

der:
uEApoR's MIL'Y DIV. or TIDE JaMDs,
Richmond, Va, May, 8, 1865.
General Orders No. 6.
From aud after tho Doth instant oil persons
found in arms against the authorities of the
United States. in the States Of Virginia aud
North Carolina, will be treated Us robbers
end outlaws. Any persouS in these States,
who assist or advise the Organization vi gu
crrlia lands, 81 continuation OF hustilitcs
against the authority OF the United States.
will he arrested, tried By tie military COM
mission, and punished With death. or other
wise severely, according to the circumstances
Of the case. All military officers OF this dirl.
sion, and especially commanders OF posts and
districts, will be charged with the preierra
tion q good order within their cvintnnnds.
They will use their i.nuence 10 reconcile all
differences between the freedmen and their
former masters, aud will assure freedmen
that they will be required to labor for the
support of themselves and families, but they
are free TO select their own employers and
make their own bargains. They must be made
to understand that the Government will pro-
tect, but not support them. All classes must
be shown the necessity OF planting aid culti-
yating crops, tlis spring aud summGr in Or
der to avoid want in the country. To minors
not cared for bv parents, the apprentice syS-
tenn will be Introduced US early as practica
ble. For children too young to labor, old
abandoned by protectors, it is ordered thai
houses Of refuge bo established, where they
may be cared for and educated letcrest, a:
we'll as humanity, require that firmev mas
ters Of the colpred rece should unite in devils
ug the best measures for amelioraiing the"
condition, and for introducing sumo system
of labor. To this end all military authorities
will lend their aid.
By order of Maj. Gen. IL. W. II'llrck.
j. ". KELToN.
4. 4 G.
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G.NgYAI -. 5 MEMS.

In order, # possible. to getsoma cieaY light
TOR the solution OF tho now complications
growing out uf the murder OF President Lin
coin. | Yesterday sought and obtained an liz
terview with that distinguished soldier aud
leader of the rebel army, General Robert h.
Lee. and wa. permitted 10 drew his views on
the very important question su2scSted. 1t IS
rroner 10 say that lny reception was everything
tb,t could be expected from gentleman who
hrs aiwavs been considered type Of he once
ra:rous criy.:lry. AMI. had almost SAID, no.
bijity OF Virginia Pen and ink sHe'ches of
General Lee tave been 80 nac,"F'usiy made
flate lv newspaper writer's, that any attempt
at this time by me in that direction, would
be work Of supererng@tio1. i may simply
say. that the firm step, the clear voice, the
bright, beaning countenance, the quick intel
ligence, the upright form, and the active
manner of the General, very strongly belle
the portraitures OF him which arc SO common.
All the vigor, animation and ability Of ripo
manhood are prominently conspicuous in his
Laarins. His yenel able whitc hair and beard
s;mDly inspire respect for the mature ideas
and deliberate expressions that come from
this conspicuous rebe! leader, but on no wise
convey an impression of decay or old age.
INTRODUCTION.
It was certainly embarrassing to me, on in.
PRODUCING the object Of my vlsir, to say that 1
intanded to lsy lis political views before the
public. as his military career had already
ieen. Ills repy-'l AN pasoled prisoner
at once Appealed 10 my sympathy. \ frank,
sens.ous min, how far may properly ques-
ton him without TOUCHING opon his views OF
honor in reference to his. paroles! But when
he added, | haYe never been politician, aud
know but ii;;-;ie Of political leaders, am q
soldie.'--ieic easier | assured him that
bad no desire 10 9ilsnl MS scnsibility, or tempt
him to yolate any presumable obligation un-
der his pa.r!e but ,i,at, being prominently
;dautil;e,! with tie rebellion, his views on the
oucs;;o,s arising ont Of that rebellion would
lie of Great interest at'the present moment
ord doub!les; o! g.eat inlpor tance aud in.lu
eDca in ;ce settlement Of the troubles agita
t;nr tie coaot4y, and w!'h this view only
called uooo him. Ii, replied that the pfoml
reuce he held was unsoagh; By himself an
dis,aststui to him. 'rhqt he preferred rcil7c
mert and ss...Iusior. Bnt Has ready ~ maxi
aoy slcri.icos or pei .o,n any honorable n"
tbsl voi.,, ,sr,,I to jhc r.Stor;tin1 Of paac;
and tranqnili;y fot tac country.
cr.. ..st v!nc:Ni.. AND The sraELLIox.
Tee Generals attention was directed t.
his writ,co aud spoken determination to draw
hi. sword in dg1r,co-ony s.; his native Stat,
and the irqniry MAS raised rs :" si's. he can
sidercd The aei,uce ii ,-i}ji.. a..l- what de
gree of dcll!ei,.too lie ila}f'si.elf 10 'h"t ex
5rossio.,. Il4.sta;cd aht-,;.sa firn and han
ct beliege. i. Ii, d.ctrr;ae & S at. rights, Ii
had considered ,.is a'iesianca due primafil.
to the State in wi,icn j,e s.as born. and wher
he had always resided. AHd, al,housh n b
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Notice.

A LII persons having any claims or demands
dec,a., arc required TO present them, properly
proven and nil persons having any Notes, Pa.
per. or Property Of any kind bel ,nging TO said
Estate are requested to hand them in tn .1e nm
dcrsigne,, who is tho lawful Administrat'f aud
also those, indebted will please pay up inrmodi-
atsly, in lawful money of tie State. or its equva
len.is currency. a word to ths wise is ticient.
W: i. SAMUEL, Adm'or.
Mar 81 ST. Is
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s.yhe s.,n,cr Winds may wildly Rave

~ rAyL Lu.l,fSE.
Ths winter winds msy wildly rave
Lost E,iitA, Ger ;by place Of rest
But 1--we! ,hoa hast u boiler grave
Deep in o faithful human breast.
There. the Euba.,ner. Memory bends,
watching with :sf.lyhrcathed sishs'
Toe mystic light her genius lends
To fsie!sss cheeks, ana lender eyes
There, in an awful calra serone,
Thy beauty holds its sanity trace
The radiance Of an angel mien,
Tie rapture OF a heavenly grace.
And there o. gen,lest Love, remain
(No stormy Passion .oupd ;2es tef*f)
Tii!-.o,;!. 10 sou! NC .se' 2s@'H'
gsyou4 .is eiiost.y -salu4 q gfaTe..
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Notice.

A w persons indebted 10 the Fstnte Of Robert
"A J. balph, late of EdSeGcld District deceased,
ari; r.auc..rd 10 como. onward and make pay.
msnt; ~. hos, having demands against sa'd
Estats will present them in due tine, and proper
> A. J. PELLETIEE, A1m'r.
Oct Is ly +2
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Mucsn May IS, P. NJ.
Ho.;. E. IL. Stanton +:

DAVIS:
Mucsn May IS, P. NJ.
Hos. E. IT. Stanton:
Lieut.. Col. HardD, commanding the Isl
Wisconsin, has just arrived from Jonesville.
He struck tho trail of Davis at Dublin
,L.urens county, on tie evening OF the ith,
and followed him closely night and day through
the pine wilderness Of Alligator creek and
Green swamp, via Cumberland to Jonesville.
At Cumberlandvillc, Col. Hardin met Col.
Pritchard. with $50 picked men and horses.
of the 18th Michigan. Hardin followed the
trail directly south, while Pr'chard, having
fre.hcr horses, pushed down the Ocmulgee
road toward Hopewell, and thence by House
Creek to Jonesvilie, arriving there Mt midnight
ON the 9th. JEFF Davis had nor arrived. From
q citizen Pritchsrd learned that his party were
encamped two miles out Of the town. He
made proper disposition of his men, and
surrounded the camp before daylight.
Hardin had camped at 0 p. ~, within two
miles, rs he had afterwards learned, from
Davis, the trail being TOO indisthct TO follow.
lie pushed on at a. ~, and had gone bu,
little more than one mile when his advance
was nreo upon oy INC 'flu MiChlSau' n itS IL
onsucd, both parties exhibiting the greatest
determination before the mistake Was dis.
covered
Tue firing was the frs: warning Davis re-
ceiyed. The captors report that ne hastily
put on one Of his witc's dresses, and s;artsd
for the woods, closely followed by our men.
who ut first thought him woman. hnt seeing
his boots while he acs runri;g. liisF suspect
cd his sex. The race "as a short one; and
the rebel President was soon brought 10 bsy
IL hrandi.hrd bowie !;nfo and showed
sisns Of battle bit yielded speedily to the
parsuasion 9t the Coionel's revolvera, without
compelling the mca 70 lire IIc expressed
great indigua lion ii the CLERGY, with which
he was pursued, saying he had believed our
government too magnnimGus to hunt down
wo,nen and children. Mrs. Davis remarked
to Col. Hardin after the excitement was over,
,ha. the Men had better not provoke the
President, inr he might hurt some of them
Reagan behaves himself with dignity and
resignation. The party evidently were max
ing for tho coast.
!. II. WILSON.
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Fer .rnx Collector.

TIE m.ny Friends OF Capt. JAMES MITCH
ELI. respectfully nominate him as Il Cand.la,c
i,r TAX COLLECTOR at The ucxt election.
SALUDA.
MA tea so
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Notice.

n HEREBY forewarn all persons FROM trading
Il for Note given by me 10 Thes. J. Dyson,
about the 10th March last, with Dan. S. Proctor
security, for the sum OF Six Thousand (S6,0o0)
Dollars. The Note was given for Confederate
money, to be returned by tax-psying day to Capt
Dyson. The money has been rendered to him,
and he refused to receive it.
WILLIAM HALTIW ANGER.
May 9th, 1865. At 90
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For Tax Collector.

TIC slany Friends of D. A. J. nELL, ESQ.,,
respectfully nominate him 10 Candidate fer
Tan Collector q; the next election.
0ctlS TO IS
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Barter !! Barter !

H,HE Grauitcvl!e Manufacturing Company
e will cvnt;nne to Barter Cloth for COTTON,
FLOUR, CORN. PEAS, BACON AND LARD,
giving augusta prices for produce and furnish
ipe Ciath Ut Wholesale rates.
'raril-ville. Xp, 3 tt IL.
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monv countries, that the uniform rroport
male to female births is 81 to 20 according
respect to marriage, every twenty-trat maj
,tn~aIiy craaous.-Smith's 1rec,iSe on Poi
tion.
long have a.s9 l-azs!s.' e seses.'
aal - ;laec .-sqaen:il' 'n,d.
.waat ti.s reason could really il
Ta.t rn.icr ta,e hrre.nsd 10 wed;
But4,oa i. : perfectly ei,ar
Ism uu;yr a.,ty2i Sac,
The gir,s arc .lreA;'y assigned
..nd I'm .upegnapus lpap.
Those clever s.a.i,t:cal chaps
Decl=rc .lc numerical run :.
Of womsn aad men IN the ecr!d,
T. Twenty to Twouty and one'
And hence III the pairing, you see,
Since tho wooies sad wedding began
For every conaubial score,
They've go! supe-nneus nan!
: Dy t~cn,ies nnd twcaties they go,
And siddily rush to their fate
For rene of he rumber, of course,
Can fa:i of a conjugal mate;
But while they ore yielding in sco-es
To Natures inrcxible plan,
There's scvsr woman fer nc
Fo. I'm a supcrauous maE
1t isn't that AM churl
To solitude overwhelmed;
It ian, shat ar, at faclt
In morals or manrers or mind;
Then what IS the reason, you ask,
lam still With the bachelor-elan
Imcrely we. numbered sniss-'
AND I'm supcr1uoUs'man !!
Itisn't tha; um in wau.
OF personal beauty or grace,
For many nan with wife
Is uylicr far in the'tace;
Indeed, among elegant men
fancy myself in the van,
But what is the value Of that
When I':a superauous man!
Although I a;u fond of the girls,
For aught coaSd cTer discern
The tender emotion I feel
Il one that they never return;
'Tis idle to quarrel with fate,
For, r,.strusSle as hard as can,
They're ma;e,! already, you know
Ard Tn :, surernuous man!
40 wonder grumblc at times,
With women SO pretty and plenty,
To know that never was born
To agu,e a. ono OF tho Twenty;
But yc;, when TIE average lot
With eri;:oal vision scan'
think it may be Tor the tes:
Tia, I'm supernuous man!
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s.> Il is understood that President Johnson
hss sent for the editor of the Raleigh Standard
and other Union men Of North Carolina for per-
sonal conference.
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Mules (! Mules (!

ENJTLL be sold ut public cutcry ut Edcsfeld
w c. H., on e.dsy in jane, FOUR No.
MULES and onr good Four Horse WAGON.
Terms Cash.
May &c 2t 22
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Tax Collectors Notice.

T WILL attend ,.'tM following times and places
Il to collect the 6trte and District Tax for the
year co rmencng the lat October 1861:
Rel Hill, Monday, goth May.
Cherokee Ponds, Tuesday, 18th g
Pine House, Wednesday, 3lst Z"
MI. Willing, Thursday, lst June.
A. Krcpps, friday, 2i
Liberty Hill, Tcturday, Sd
Edgeneli &. H., Monday, tth
q" Tuesday, 9TH
After which my books will close. Tax payers
will come prepared to give the number Of seld
bands between the ages of / and 10 years.
BENZ. H0rER. T. C. E. D.
May % 2t =
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From tho Chattanooga Ga=cil., le@ ias'.
DAVIS RESPONSIBLE FOR TIE rkUEl. TREATMENT
or oCE PRISONERS.


DAVIS RESPONSIBLE FOR TIE rkuE!. TREATMENT
ur ouI PRISONERS.
New YoaK, May lS.--Tllc iIcral9'a Wash
inp,on correspondents say the question Ct !bi
responsibility Of tie crhcl tna,rlsn: ot onr
prisoners. has been definitely srtt,ei, through
no lcss ~ person th;n Henry S. Foote
This story is told by his ewn relatives. He
was on The Senate on,nittee, spp"rted 10
examine into the treatment OF prisoners, and
tht. result fastened ths entire guilt OIL Davis
and his Cabinet.
An investigation Showed by conclusive e"i-
dencc thst ii was decided il q G;.iiuci rnaai-
ing to reduce the rations Of Ia, pTisouers aud
thus weaken their. condition, 20 incac 'h.'n
worthless when exchanged.
Footc determined 10 fepor; iacse i&cts 70
the Senate, bur tho i,alancc oi the com nlttee
oycrru!cd hila, @nl suppEos:e'! the iact.
SrH,LlNC.-A ink transaction occurred yes
tsrday. Two negroes Gelo2sire ~ 30 3r.
What's hii-namc, oi Darhc county, came into
the city yesterday morning and disposed "i
mule and q horse to man answering to
the name of Wals-rcceivins five dollars
for each. Mr. Waltz shortly afterwards sold
! the aforesaid quadrupeds, at Smyck II Will
iams stables. to gallant kentuckian. Aboci
all hour transpired, when Captain Campbell
Assistant Provost Marshal, appeared upau
the scene, accompanied by the first purcha'
ser, Waltz, whom be had under arrest for rur
chasing stolen property. It seems that the
owner of the stock arrived during the fore
noon, and had the darkios arrested for steal
ing Ls mn!o anl horse, whU poin,cd on
Waltz to The officer. The prisoner was wal
tztd oh' to jail in default Of $1,000 bond Il
appear at the October ass;zeS; the sable De
iliuquents. were doomed to involuntary labo
ur, for six monlhG, upon the streets Of Au
'gusta.-EssaaEcript.
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kcy Hon. Ben. H. I'LL, sscretmy Mallory.
and Gen. Howell CabG, irit Atlanta Friday, iol
Washington by way Of baton. They were psO.
yided with comfortable cOsvey in carriages.
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fssv Accounts from the Tran. -NIissifsippi say
Ma.rudrr, Price sad others are going to lish- It
out over there.
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Fine Bay Mare.

n desire to exchange fine BAY MARE, (G,e
4 wears odj with foal, for good draft horse.
black or dark brown. medium size. Also, two
YEARLINGS for good Mich Cow.
= JOHN E.,DAcoN.
May 10 tt 81
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Professional Notice.

NTESSRS. BACON & BUTLER will practice
lV1 in the Courts of Law and Equity in this
State.
Old Office of NJ. C. Butler and Carroll ( Bacon.
J0HE f. BACON,
NJ. C. BUTLER.
Mug Sa, sm %
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t.cncralLce:. liclss.

From .he Nex l-o.k ii"-..ld u The 2@th
Mt. " e1.t:.e, ti,4 following Interesting as
cou..t .; au .n.crgio" bo:'*e=n General S'h
ert Z. Lee ard 3ir. Thomss 81. @ook, Tie
snseia: correspondent of thc Herald.
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1-s;. Ne have been authorized by the Friends
a. Cant II. BouLWAKE II announce him
Candidate 70, Sheriff Of Elgefeid psltic, at the
mex, election.
Apr II te@ -16
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The Capture of MIR. Davis.

Gen. WILSON in command at Macon, las
furnished the Secretary Of War the following
additional particulars of the capture, of Mr..
DAVIS:
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Gbgefeib Abberti5et: {,
The Supertluous Man.
BY JOHN C. SAKE.

l.. aseer.ained by inspection of the registers
of ~ no,,r countries. thst the uniform proportion
of male to female birth, is 81 to 2oi accordingly,
in respect to marriage, every twensy- man is
naturally upcraaous.-Smi'h's 1rec'iSe o" Pcpu-
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HON. las. T.. Orr.

This distinguished Carclinian has recently
wri,tcii the following letter TO Hon. W. W.
BoYcE, which will bdHiead with interest by
the many friends OF Mr. ORR:
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Factory Goods.

KETE will DOW take all cotseps ct our Factory,
w ut up in haSsing or stsvel. viii rive
:.arke, i,rico in currency, cr barter Oenaburgs
10; 4, ewing ut present one yard Usuuoursa for
j. j. GERGG & CO.
Mas 81 ~
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Tile GUSTS Slaves.

Willie talking on the subject of the aboli-
ton Of slavery, remarked that it had lately
been charged in some Of fhe newspapers OF
the North that the Gusts slaves, some fwo
hundred in number, who had neen LETT in
General Lees custody f-r emancipation. u"
Gene rul said this was Is mal: L." as exscu-
tor of tie will he was required to. e;manclpate
these slaves at o certain time, Ioat time
had not arrived when tic wsr pruk3 ou.. 1t
did arrive one or TWO years afterwards. at
that time hs could not get to lac courts di
,he county in wlc' ArIlueton ia located y
take out the emaucipating papers as preserib-
cd by law. But he did tahc out papers from
il- Supreme cnr's . 'he Stat in - city;
'Iiberatiug ;5em -ii, aad ;iry ~ 50 rnccrdet
in The records oi ,hat c,Ti',. X Saat wofi
Of ,hei: freedom 10 The "s.,res' sc Ariiee'oa
and the nscoas:.ny p,:,srs we're sent so th,'sG
at ,hc White uous', a.d &c al! Others 'na'
could be reached, aud they were all titus lib
Grated, together with q f.u'nher who wer.
either the Gsncral's or, Mrs. Less private
Property,
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In taking leave Of tie General took oeca-
sion to say that he was great!y respected by
very large body of good men at the North,
and that,as soldier he was universally ad-
mircd and that it was earnestly hoped that
he would yet lead an army of United States
troops in the enforcement Of the Monroe doc
trine. He thanked me for the expression OF
Northern sentiment towards himself, but rs
for more fighting, he felt that he was getting
too old his only desire now being to be per-
mitted to retire to private life and end mis-
days in seclusion. 1t vas, l thought, an evl-
dence of painful sadness at heart that prompt
ed the added expression that he would have
been pleased had his life been takcn in any
of the numerous battle-felds on which he
had fought during this war.
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bent LINCOLN.

snokes al. The General considered this
event in itself ore OF the most deplorable
that cuald have occurred As crime it was
unexamps:d ami i,eyond cNocration. 1T Was 4
cine rha, no COOL mar conlG approve fromai.y
c c,ncpis ..h!e m4t;ve. Undoubtedly the effort
you'll I.c mafe to lasten the respon visibility Of
il IN ~ the South, hut from hi< intimate so
uaa;nlanoe vita tleleading men Of the South,
he was confident there Was not Que Of them
who would sanction or approve it.
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Dee q
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: Oct Is
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-17
MARYLAND.

FATAL AccIDEST.-Mr. Alfred Humphrey,
Of this county, on returning from the polls
on Tuesday last, when dismounting from his
horse, was so severely kicked in the breast
by the animal that death ensued few min
utes afterward. A brother of the deceased
was killed in similar manner, near the same
place, at the last general election.-Anmap-
oils Gazette.
SALE OF TOws PRoPERTY.-The house and
ten acres of land, belonging to the heirs Of
the late John Mitchell, and known as the
"Tyler Lot, was sold ut trustees sale by
Thomas +. Bowie, Esq, on Wednesday last,
to George Merrick, Esq, for the sum OF
81 800 Fielder Suit, Esq, sold this week
his hotel property in this village, for the sum
of $4,000 1t was purchased by Mr.. j.
Flint.-AIariJOrOngh Gazette.
A PROLIFIC TREE.-A plum tree on the
farm of Mr.. Joshua Shelley, near st. James
College, in this county, blossomed the second
time this season, and is now full of thrifty
plums. 1t bore full crop in the regular
season, which was removed, when the tree
shortly afterwards blossomed again, and
promises fairly "to bring forth good fruit ~
If we have no heavy frosts for few weeks
the plums will certainly come to maturity
HagerStowm ToychHght.
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South Side View OF Southern Eicc-
tions.

While many of the Southern newspapers
are advising, with more or less openness, n
defiant attitude, we observe that those
which are conducted by men who served
through the rebellion in the war are much
more moderate. Pitt county, in North
Carolina, gave 473 votes for WORTH and l4o
for HOLDEN; for ratification Of the
emancipation ordinance %, rejection
III; ratification Of anti-secession ordinance
80, rejection l2. Whereupon the New Berne
TImes-conducted by an x.soldier-taking
this as n sample Of what has been done
throughout the South, reads the people n
sharp lecture. 1t says:
We are deeply mortified to see the turn
that things are taking in the South, but we
| feel that our skirts are clear, come what may.
As sentineIs upon the watch-tower of the
public interest, We have not failed to sound
the alarm, even when we knew the measures
we advocated were distasteful to a large ma
jority of our neighbors and patrons. If the
Ship of civil government about to be launched
| in this and other Southern States is now to
be stranded to the beach for her planks to rot
and her irons to rust 1t is not our fault. We
feared such would be the case, and earnestly
and honestly pleaded that 1t might be other
wise; but the people would not heed-they
seemed not to understand the true situation.
There was atime when we could vote for
whom we pleased, and no ofhoial functionary
or tribunal on earth had right to question
our acts or motives, but that time has passed
This is solemn fact which the people OF the
South, it seems, cannot comprehend. They
seem to be blind to the fact that we arc q
conquered people, and only capable of acting
as we are permitted by the power which is
| for the time being our master and dictator.
They seem to have mistaken the loose rein
and easy bit with which the President has
been holding us for a number Of months
| past for the independence and State sover,
eighty we used to enjoy and not liking very
well some of the results of the rebellion, have
endeavored to assume the reins of self-c0ntrol
before they were ready.