Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-09-03
No. 315 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware.
TBYAs.-The following letter, dated Texas,
July 80, is taken from the New York Evening

Post:
Matters are worse here Than is suspected at
the North. The war is not over yet The peo-
pie of Texas are more openly dsloyal than they
were 10 the sprinR of l86l, and may be found
in arms against the National Government any
day. The United States forces here and the
civil officers of the United States Government
are tolerated tor the present, because the rebel
leaders think that by the aid Of President Johr =
son they will soon be able to control beth at
home and at Washington.
If 30 much as mob should do violence in
one OF the cities Of tie North, Texas will again
be in arms The rebel leaders have excited a
feeling they cannot control. The idea dissent
mated among the people is this : That they
must teigu loyalty, and if possible be thereby
admitted. That done, they expect the South
to control as OF old, and to introduce what they
call "peonage" in the place of slavery.
Indeed, since Gov. Hamilton went North, in
divers localities, disloyal men have consulted
together as to when they would be able to begin
to gather their n,ggers, and have openly ex-
pressed their conviction that Andy Johnson
means to give US back our niggers In one
county | have heard Of persons who have
bought the chance of negroes, as they express
ed 1t, at len dollars in specie per head
The number of crimes of violence committed
in Texas is incredible.' For example, in u small
county adjoining to this, eighty three persons
are indicted for murder. In worse counties
there are no indictments, because witnesses
dare not testify, and grand jurors dare not in
dict. Since the war, though over five hundred
men have been indicted for murder not sin.
gle white man has been convicted and pun
ished. Yet have known OF instances ia which
freedmen have been overpunished tor trivial
offences. A negro was sentenced at Waco to
the penitentiary for two years tor stealing a
nj caR d mo tfar Of Gov
Hamilton pardoned him.
A few days ago the clerk OF Bell Coart was
shot in open day while sitting by the side of his
wife, returning from wedding in the country,
in the streets of Beiion. The Chief Justice at
once mo unted and rode all night some sixty
miles to Austia to ask for troops to maintain
law and order in his county; he cannot return
home without them. II he should escape as
sassination on account of his having asked for
a garrison for his county, it will only be from
fear oil retaliation on the part OF his sons, three
of whom have been in the United States vol
unteer service. Even they can scarcely pro-
tect their fathers life if the troops which to
be sent should be Withdrawn.
Every day hear of murders OF freedmen.
Sincs fl We o clock this afternoon four new ones
have been reported here. The disloyal press
suppress the mention OF such occurrences.
Should there be another outbreak in Texas
u
portion of freedmen. would at once be massa-
cred in order to bring about such another
reign Of terror ss would make the South unit.
The following is extracted from previous
letter, dated July l:
To the Editnrs Of The Evsning Post.
This state is in worse condition to-da than
| eau describe. | wish some member of the
loyal press of the north could travel through
the country and collect and print but mode
rate portion of the facts he would encounter and
learn from authentic Is sources. To illustrate
what mean Three Freedmen were murdered
in or near the line of an adjoining county a
few days ago; The wagon which one of them
was driving was robbed OF all the fine goods
IL contained. The other two freedmen were
shot by the same maH, who is believed to be
their former owner. The head Of one of them
was cut of, and they were left unbur red No
investigation has been or probably will be
made into these murders. Ifauy Union man
were to move in the matter it would be at the
peril of his life.
The brave and loyal man who told me of
these murders was applied to by freedman
kinsmau of one of the murdered--for advice.
The freedman was told to go to Austin and
report the facts to the agent of the ireedmen's
Bureau, but he appears not TO have arrived.
Perhaps he was suspected, and, like the freed
man despatchedby the chiefJussice OF Refugo
| county, with letter setting forth the disorders
in that county, he may have been shot on the
| road.
Ny informant seeing that set about writing
down the tacts to these murders just as he
stated them, said to me, ''Do not make my
name public, for it is all can do to hold my
own iu--couny just now; and added al
keep no money in my house, but few dollars
for current expenses. can take care of my
self in the daytime, but do not feel safe at
night"
The rebel, or, as they call themselves, Con-
seryative leaders, are telling their Adherents to
behave themselves, or at least keep up appear
ances, until the State is turned over to their
rule. Ibis ia all that keeps down violence for
the time being.
have distributed numbers of the Evening
Post, and will be able to get you some subscri-
bers, but Union men are getting too intmida-
ted 10 take loyal paper in very IN any instan-
ces. The dark shadow of a second reign of
terror seems already to be upon them. Such
of them as remained here are as much demOr-
allied in the way of abject submission to trail
tors as the latter have been to violence and
lawlessuess by practice of violent aud law
less acts for four years.
Andrew Johnson's policy has made loyalty
odious and patriotism disreputable in Texas
Thus Tar Congress has not come up to the mark
has done nothing for our reliet.