The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-07

and relentless tasknasters of that day, with
the "nntutored savage as their victim SO
the poor freedman of 1865 is the victim of
the descendants of that canting, fanatieal, ty-
rannical and cruel sect There are thousands
of Miles Stanaishes in the South who have
taken plantations, either from their rightful
owners or from the Government, and are now
having them cultivated by the forced and
non-requited labor of the cultivated freed
men, These white taskmasters and negro
drivers comprise the crop of Puritans of the
present generation. I'D eA4
They have been mostly raised in New Eng
land: many have gone South as ichaplains In
the regiments from that section, while others
have been sent, either under State or national
authority, as special commissioners, school
1supefintendents for the blacks, negro enlist-
ing officers, and in other capacities involving
no particular danger to their precious per-
sons. The true New England soldier is both
liberal and brave, fearless, and self-reliant,
high-minded, honorable and conscientious.
y ou will find no such men as these, driving
negroes upon plantations that have been sto-
len, nor trading off the services and the
bodies of freedmen to the highest bidder. All
that dsreputablef work ia left to the cauting
hypocritical, dwhining scamps who roll up
the whites Of their eyes in holy horror before
New England audiences about the sin of sla-
very, the brutality of slave owners and the
miserable condition Of the bondrner and yet
no sooner are the shackles knocked from the
limbs of the slave and he becomes a, freed
man than they seize that moment to force.
him back intoa bondage more hideous than
ever. Thus have the New England Puritans
of 1866, emulated the sordid example of their
forefathers in 1920 and restored slavery in
the South in more detestable form than
ever.-N z, Herald,
The Boston Evening Commercial says A
despatch. to the Sunday Herald says that
Thad. Stevens is seriously sick, and fears are
expressed that his sickness may be unto
death. Mr.. Stevens is advanced in life-the
Oldest member, we believe, in the House,
but we hope he may be mercifully spared to
see the utter destruction of all his -mischiev-
our plans to destroy the Constitution and to
keep the Onion divided He is remorse-
less, malignant old man, who rules the House
with rod Of iron. He is no hypocrite, as
some Of his colleagues are. He says what he
means, and when he consigns the late rebels
to the penitentiary of hell, he means it. 1t
shows the charity and pagnanimity there is
in his heart, precisely as he shows his patr
otisnl when he contemptuously exclai1ns, ''To
bill with the Constitution 2" Thad Ste
vens cannot very well be spared yet while.
He is needed, to let the country know pre-
cisely what the radical faction mean; for
while his co-workers smooth theil plans over
with soft and honeyed Words he lets every
thing out, concealing nothing.
On Thursday morning the wife of Mr..
Barnhardt, who resides in Uniontown, over
the Eastern Branch bridge, gave birth to
child which is great curiosity, having two
perfect heads, four arms, two spinal columns,
and two breast bones, but only two legs.
Physicians who have examined it express the
opinion that there are two hearts and por-
ton of the digestive organs double. One of
fhs hSslies Was live when born bnt died in a
few minutes afterwards = Washington Re-
publican. 5ai 8 81 s-f9ig
The Montgomery Mail says:-We lala
Esq, Of Prattyille, Alabama, who is en- route
home from a visit to Texas. He informs us
that the crop prospects in that State are not
at all promising. The recent heavy rains,
and other causes have done more or less dam
age to the crops. He says the general i'm
preston among the farmers in that State is,
be made, and the grass and weeds at this
time are considerably ahesd Of the crops.
Mr.. Pratt says, however, that the farmers are
doing all in their power to- raise q crop.
7 Every day brings us additional proofs that
the friends Of the. President and his poll
ley will stand shoulder to shoulder in the fall
elections. No matter what party they have
acted with heretofore, a common enemy and
a common cause will induce every true pa
striot to make any sacrifice to restore the
Union and save the country from another
war. The iron heel Of fapaticism, in its mad
career, is now attempting to crush out State
rights, and if successful it will soon seek to
extinguish State lines. 4 If there, ever was a
time that eternal vigilance was the price of
liberty, it's at the present moment. Wels,
9lievethat the soldiers of the country will rally
against any attempt at Capitalization Nat.
hit.
1.-The Wilmington Journal says the largest
cotton crop ever raised ID Edgecombe was
twenty 1.-TWO thousand, bales. The calculations
Of those who are competent to Judge aud have
ahadothe opportunity of forming correct
;opinion, estimate the present crop, with an
ordinary season, from eleven, to fifteen thou
sand bales, The cotton is now small, owing
to the extraordinary cold season, but the stand
throughout the county is very good, and the
weed looks healthy.
The effects of the heavy rains are beginning
to be felt in the James. Sunday and yester-
day the water rose over the 5wharves at Rock
etts, and some damage. % Yesterday the fresh
ct was receding. iossiAo 2a-
hi WHIcHa When the negroes were ,wfooirsted
in the Memphis riots, d Congressional .eorp-
,mlttee had to be sent down Ito investigate.
When white people were Slaughtered in Nor
folk BY negroes unproSoksd, Congress had no
tears 70 shed. = TreTqC,gr AZ, gga gTV aEg
u Is this aIwhite Or black Government 7al
~ The most extraordinary instance Of pa
.tience on record, in modern, times, is that of
an Illinois Judge. Who listened silently for