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NEW OREGON HOW RID COUNTY, IOWA. FEBRU AIRY 23 I8ee

ce''To the whites on an equal footing
with Themselves. We also noticed q
disloya' disposition to speak of Stone.
wall Jackson and General Lee in terms
OF praise and commenda.ion, while
General Buffers name was only motto.
ed in conten' tuous connection with
silver spoons, and occasionally . little
plated ware, and he himself seemed to
he better known as the Bottle Imp of
Bermuda Hundred, than in any other
way. ..'' So 'H' % 81. '@- .1!7a u a.
"Onr next visit was to Atlante,
Georgia. Here we hal 9 long consul
tation with the Treasury Agent, who
had had ample information on the sub.
ject of Georgia loyalty. He gave his
opinion that to admit the Southern States
to representation at this time would
be highly injudicions. He d.d not be.
l'eve there Wasa white. pative in the
state loyal enough to take his place.
and asserted that to remove him and
others similarly situated, would not b,
only dangerous TO the welfare Of the
country. bst would be also the height
OF ingratitude TO men who had risked
character, and reputation for the pa,r;-
ot'c cause of cotton and ten or twelve
thousand dollars q year. Your CON.
ni''fee lf concurrsd entirely il, hi. opin-..
ion. 49,, ..@'
gq'"While in Atlanta your committee
heard many expressions of sentiment
which Koto show how far Gen. Grant
vas mistaken in what he .says in his
report On one occasion especially we
heard what convinced US that the lava
OF Secession etill burned in the South.
ern bosom. The case was that of a
young gentleman from Massac chu usetts
ofpoor but honest parents. who had
come to the South in the capacity Of q
lrcedmen'a school teacher. c- v,.-,o-,.,
he had CASUALLY n,ada atha- a.a...:.s -
tapce OF q Southern lady. of two score
aud ten, whose husband had fullen IN.
der the Confederate aag, leaving her
widow Of handsome estate The
young gentleman 'desirons Of 'lnatrino.
ny, and piantations pressed his SUIT SUIT,
ana was progressing, as he tho't most
tavorabIy, when one evening the widow
told him at tea-party, in the presence
Of large number Of people 'that she'd
rather be buried sliye than marry a
Yankee" The patriot school-master
no longer plies the rod of chas,isenent
over refractory freedmen. The star
Of his hope has gone down, and he has
gone back to Boston, wreck Of his
former self. 21sa a.5"Y aI#iae9ga ylAt
"lour committee went to Montcbm-
cry, Alabama, where, as at Richmond
tho cclororcd citizens flvcked to meet
US, aud We'd with each other for the
carr, ing Of our baggage. We paid
the:a fifty cents carpect sack from
the depot, and they were enthusiastic
in their demonstrations Of loyaly, III
receiving tho currency from US. III this
city evidences Of disloyslty meet Us : on olnn
every hand. A Vermont missionary
had been insulted y few dave before
our arrivalfor attempting to introduce
'Joh" Browns Body and Well hang 1lass
JEFF Davis On q sour apple ,ree,' as
Sabbath schvol hymns. A hop had
just taken place At The leading hotel,
20 which whites only were Invited, ana
from which the freedmen were exclud-
ed on account cf color. The conse-
quehce was an indignation meeting Of
the freedmen, q. which equal rights
were demanded Arepeti.;on Of ball.
land hops exclusively white in their
character. will lead TO- Jamaica insurrec-
tions and Hsytiep rebellions m.gnitied
q thousand times in their dreadful re-
suits AT Montgomery. as at Atlanta
We met Treasury Agent, Who vas VI 3
opposed to immediate reunion. and
warmly in favor Of . territorial condi-
tion for the Southern States, ; He men.
toned incidentally that he had . son
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