Daily national Republican., 1865-12-28
Observation-Disclosures 2s, 1865.
THE ANTICIPATED INsuRREc-
TI0N.

T1ON.
The smoke of the Christmas fres and the
odors Of the Christmas dinners in the States
lately in rebellion have passed away, and we
look in vain for evidences of riot and rapine
on the part of the blacks lately emancipated
that were so fearfully looked for and so freely
predicted by their late masters The public
peace was disturbed in Alexandria, but the
blame seems to rest mainly upon white peo-
ple, and it is certain that If the young Sc
ceshers, with their pistols, had not provoked
disturbance, the Alexandrians would have
had quiet Christmas.
In Richmond, where the freedmen are nu.
merous, and where whisky was sold literally
no extraordinary trouble occurred. The Dis.
patch of that city says; 1--WE do not remem-
Der ever to have spent as quiet Christmas
as the one just passed. The city was in ex.
cellent order, and we are glad that we have
not to record any serious results from the
usual plentiful flow of the ardent )"
The Richmond Examiner of yesterday
says: $50 far as we have heard, the Christ
mas festivities were as general and as salts
factory US usual; every face seemed bright,
and the dullest had for little while thrown
of his load of care. High and low seemed
determined to make the most of their annual
feast, and the 25th December, 1855, in Rich
mond may be safely said to have been q
merry, merry Christmas.
telegram from Petersburg Va, informs
us that since the holidays commenced
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the negroes, who have behaved themselves
very well in this city and the adjacent coun-
try. They have been quiet and orderly for
the season, and never before were SO few
seen on the streets during the Christmas
holidays There is no apprehension or un-
easiness in the public mind about them"
From Norfolk we have the following;
There was no serious disturbance among
the blacks on Christmas, nor has there been
any since Monday. A few brawls in Norfolk
and Portsmouth were the result of whisky,
and had no political significance whatever.
1t is true that many of the blacks of this
county have provided themselves with pis.
tolls, but it is not thought there is any pur
pose of insurrection among them"
From Raleigh, N. c., we learn that in that
city, and, so far as heard from, in the State,
there was never before more orderly
Christmas week, thus far. The blacks are
behaving as we'll as usual. No apprehen.
siOns of disturbances from them here or else.
where, so far as can be learned, exist. All
classes here rejoice at the prospect Of a
speedy restoration Of the State to its former
position, and they have not been more cheer.
full for years"
Measures were taken throughout the mill.
tary district of South Carolina to preserve
order by closing bar-rooms during the holi
days, and this doubtless had u beneficial
influence upon the whites as well as tn,
blacks.
So the terrible negro has not justified thos,
who painted him much blacker than he is
and those who once prophesied that insurrec
tion would follow his emancipation, ans
later, that it would certainly accompany hi
Christmas celebration, lie under the imputa
tiOn of having boen prompted by coward.
fear and foreboding Of retribution fo
cruelties inflicted upon their former slaves
Some have been uncharitable enough t,
insinuate that the cry about the anticipated
uprising was made for the purpose of secur
ing military aid from the Government, OF
Justify raising militia companies to hold the
negroes down with strong arm but tn,
chiValry of the South could not be guilty o.
such mean subterfuge as that! 1t was q
fearful looking for the wrath to come that
animated them. We hope they will not fal
to hating the negro more intensely than ever
now they find themselves alive after Christ
mas.
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