The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-18

teman or this city 70 DO submitted 70 the Lsgslature
II makes the proposition that the State give bonds In
ss mag re.
ton
oua EcAupRD CORRESPONDENCE.
TAe ssushcrn People AwaleaIng 10 tho Ncces-
sity Of Political Actiss-Prospcct Of . Gcn-
oral SOuthcrs C0nventisus DO.
RlcnNoxD, Va, Jan. 10, 1861.
The people or the South fast beginning to soc the
futity Of the do-nohng policy. which they have hith.
pursued under tho guidance aud direction Of the
press Afpcr the radical programme became fully de-
Aned the States lately in rebellion with . singular
unanimity, resolved to listen and say nothing They
were at last awakened to . sense Of adopting some
Of active tendency than that OF do-noth-
ing, and there evident growing disposition
shake OF the nonpoc action and enter with rgor into
The Vital questions OF the hour warm interes. Is
taken In the from the North before out
OF the question are readily entered into; the
pr0priety OF holding conventions In the countries
the States and general one in the South. at which
delegates TO visit the national capital and the North
generally could be appointed arrange OF rcstora
tion compatible with The honor integrity of al
cernsd eagerly discussed And though all may
be accomplished that Is desired vet they hope BY tho
exhibition OF true spirit Of manhood their northern
neighbors, particularly the soldiers win generously
tend the hand or friendship TO the thousands who
Drayely opposed them on 50 many glorious battle fields
On this class the southern people chiefly rely for
fought them hand TO hanc, whom they have acknowI-
edged as the vicors and Who the defenders of the
Of restoration These men arg here % be- not
represented BY tho extreme parsans OF the radical fac
ton, such Is Sunnor Stevens and that class Of NAL
contenta
In thus newly developed spirit the people are far
ahead Of the press, which. with ssubbornness and
Characteristic obstnacy steadily sticks u the old dis
mauted dogmas OF arslocracy State rights and south.
ernismwhich latter lnveterate hatred Of the
Yankee. The eyes q the people here are, however,
ONLY IA, fbo ciOrnf ntl off hair
old leaders, the sectional tone OF the press but also
20 the dangers threatened by the extreme radicals hav
This feeling Is particularly dominant Virginia whore
Che people fully appreciate the advantages 10 DO derived
ausns destruction to sboss Interests from continued per-
sistcnce In the course hitherto pursued.
II currently reported that General Scbosld has asked
70 be relieved nom the command Of this department. for
il duo TO the order dssovg the commission in the case
Of Dr. Watson the nogrn murderer for which there Is
foundation the papers paid tribute his kind
ns both 70 the prisoner and hs counsel for c0urtesies
ssn hs
may probably be due 70 Of private nature
which nobodys business One fact Is ccr.an, that Y
81 wishes Of al classes Of society," among whom he has
become popular ~ solcior and gentleman.
Tho rourns Of the Commissioners Of Revenue far
eeoeiv8& show marked decrease In the negro population
Of thu State since $780, In that year including
me- ana slave bai 600 and compung the from
from 70 BE- $40 $40 the lst Of February havs de
Of 100 900 in tho State dursg the and
ouos ~ close This has mainly taken place during the
smancpstion Of the race aud Il s notable fact thss
Notwithstanding The vascs and calamlties OF war the
white cs has greatly increased In numbegs since 1855
Dsspsrsses stase u AaaIrs In North Cara.
Dlna-HlaSders In AIabama-A Preposed
9ssthern Pnciac Railrsad-Proposed Let
oePy Scheme far the Bcne0s Of Orphans 81
Southern Soldiers, &e. "a
RICHMOND. Jan. 10, 1907.
a sr.~4 fpnc~ tha irrrn os
Green md Pitt csuntiss N c., gives most alarming
aosouns q aHAin thers Rapns, murder and plumber
en- daily and ths people, unable 70 repress
thsss iawss acts themselves exceedingly anxious
that the government should do so. Largo numbers OF
dsspsrsdoss have organized themselves into regular
paniss and keep the whole country In state Of uproar
and confusion. Several attempts have been made oy
have always resulted In the defeat OF the attsr. Till
gov perfect inpuny seems 70 sstsad I'll their out
a communication Just received from Alabama states
Shat - Mr. john Reaves, Of that ktAte, was r.
Gently rstsrninE home from hunt With hts two sons
they we're met In tie road By crowd NJ Union men, 90
called composed OF l. Clf,0n aud his sons and one
Bryant and Others, who commenced nrisg ~ them
Irwin Reaves. lad about sixteen years old WAS killed
on the spot Mr. ayes, the attempt 70 defend him
esf and sen was hit on the back of the head With
The .ssa ssa mad. .Ss
meeting or tho people OF johnson county. Tenn,
~as hold at Tag orsv,e recently which passed rcsou-
rsspondonce with the leg satnres OF Virginia anc North
Carolina soliciting Of them operation 10 tbs constitu
ton Of links to connect the proposed Atlantic Tennessee
and Ohio Railroad with the vrgna and Tennessee Raft
road and with the nearest line Of railroad In North Car
CHINA In the direction Of Charlotte.
Apropootton has been made In the southern papers
y consolidate Ill the railroads from savannah Ca. 70
Marshall Tsxsn There but gaps. IL 10 asserted
required to Do bum make the connection compietc-
one between Union Springs and Montgomery, and the
other between Montgomery and selma II n recon-
ended that the presidents " thesc roads call couven
I'm n
onc 70 DO called the Southern Pacific Railroad" and
TO complete the line 10 81 Francisco, Cal
THO object Of relieving the widows and ORPHANS Of Con.
Henry WIS recently delivered addresses In THIS CITY,
n assuming ggpruc proportions. An association has
beeu organised - Baltimore b. the charitable friends
and sympaahixes Of the Southern people, snd the fol-
lowing Plan Of lottery has proposed BY which tho
enterprise will. undoubtedly 30 successful N ths
South association will issue In the southern States
1--WE hundred thousand tickets a one dollar each, and 10
distribute among the holders OF these ckes two thou
sand and four prizes among which are the MANSION Of
ex-Presideut Davis valued ~ $4,000 the birthplace
Of General Robert =: Lac, with one Thousand
or thc nsand OF land valued NJ $40 600, and
tract Of hvo hundred valued ~ $1,000 There are
also hundred grand hvs hundred gold watches
Cor ladies' and N many for gentlemen; i've hundred
sewing mschInes two hundred mclodeons, and one hun
dfed cotton gins The central once Ia located at I'll
Main street, Richmond, and the funds raised will DO
statos and other prsors Tor distribution among the
psedy orphnns Of Confederate soldiers A Lynchburg
paper very uthfuly rays the prosperity Of the State
and IA speedy restoration 70 ~ fo,msr ssiu. depend
industrial fer more on Industrial energy and
gate policy than Federal measures or national egs-
= stion.
QUA KoNTsaEt6Y CORRESPONDENCE.
Mosreonsxy Ala, jan 10. 1857.