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prompt and respectful and the TABLE is gen.
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CHARACTER or THE NEGRO BY An, African
EXPLORER. NJ Du Chaillee, in his, recent
published work, s' Journey to Ashango Land
and Further Penetration into Equatorial AZ
rica," makes the following observations. re-
speeding the character Of the negro '.ls's =.
3'e As to his future capabilities / think ex-.
IRENE views have prevailed among us. Some
hold the opinion that the negro will never
rise higher than he is Others think that he
is capable Of reaching the highest state Of civ
ilization. For my own part I do not. agree
with either Of these opinions. i believe that.
the may become q more useful member,
Of. mankind than be is at present, that he;
may be raised to ahigher standard j. but that
if left to himself, he will soon fall back into
barbarism, for we have, no example to. the:
contrary Inthis own country the efforts of
the missionaries for hundreds Of years have
had no effect the missionary goes away
and the people relapse into barbarism.----t
Though people may he taught the arts and
sciences known by more gifted nations, I'M,
less they have the power of progression in
themselves, they must inevitably relapse in
the course Of. time into their former state
Of all the unciVilized races Of men, the me-
gro has been found to be the most tractahle
and the most docile, and he possesses excel
lent qualities that compensate in a great meas
ure for his bad ones. We. ought therefore
to be kind to him and try to. elevate him.
That he will disappear in time from thisaland
| have very little doubt; and that be will
follow in the course Of time the inferior "a
ces which have preceded bin. So let us
write his history so 1ssi,fi enia.f .2a.
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Congress adjourned on Saturday, till the
first Wednesday in yuly--July 37lwhen IN uni7
less there shall be q. quorum Of each house
present the session will be adjourned till Pc g
cenlber.. The, President signed all the bills
Of any Importance sent to him., including the
Senate Deficiency bill, the Tennessee Militia
bill, the bill forbidding payment Of claims to
owners Of slaves, and that authorizing the,
Clerk Of the House Of Representatives, to,
designate. papers through the country to, pub
lish. the laws, &c. In pursuance of a proc
lamation issued BY the President on Satur-,
day, the Senate will meet at noon to-day to
consider and act upon the larger number of
nominations for Offices now in. its possession
and such others as the President may trans J;
NIT, &c. -dleeondlae Gazette. IA, fsd, SD
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-05

Although opposed to the Legislature call
ing Convention, yet we take pleasure in
publishing the following extract from a pri
vate letter writtenby. a distinguished gentle
man, late acitizens Of Eirgiria, addressed TO
a friend in Staunton nv ere we spermitted
to use the name Of the writer, nothing fur
Their would hes required TO give the greatest
wo;ghtt to his opinions. Knowing him we'll
we cannot refrain from saying that he pos
sesses the first order of intellect-is the very
soul Of honor, and has filed viii. distinction
nearly every Office in the gift Of his native
State On
:. L see pretty severe structures on the Sen
ators who voted for the Convention Bill As
far as have been able to judge, they are
not jast.u The Skerhah bill reqtircd a Con-
Fentionito BE held. : II did not displacc the
Government, but 'declarcd It provisional, and
liableto beidisplaced by Congress The bill
made no special provision for the call Of
Convention, and the; fair and reasonable IN
ference was thatqCcngrcss had left it to be
doneinth the ordinary Suppose the Leg
islaturc had declined to call. itao Congress
would have had a pretext at once for displa-
cling the Government and organizing one
with \ = x and x x = to administer it,
The action was forced and did not1implyea
sanction or consents to the unconstitutional
measure. I think the Legislature was bound
to do something in its power to soften the
hardships sought to beimposed upon the7peo-
pie by this measure of Congress. 1t might
at the same time have provided for having
the constitutionality Of the act tried by the
Supreme Court Of the UnitedaStates F an
unjust judgment is. rendered againstlne, it is
not to be expected that | will be still, and
let the Judgment be enforced because tits in
violation of the Constitution .isI will yield
to the judgment for the time get suspen-
sion of it,. if Lean, either with a view to its
reversal or to mere postponement. ~ We have
not sufficiently realized the fact that we are
utterly powerless, and compelled to submit
until our Northern friends come to cur re-
lief tals .il 10 d.aA. s.lt aed# ia
Z
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-05

A resolution inquiring whether West Viz
ginla is really State was referred by the q.
s. Senate to the Judiciary Committee. 1t
may be that the Radicals having made the
most of West Virginia as State, now intend
to dethrone her, and thus do away with two
Senator'S who may ultimately oppose North
ern views, while in the near future they may
desire her help to radicalizc Virginia. We
will see in July, probably.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-05

We publish elsewhere the letter Of Gen.
G. 7. Beauregard on the situation. Being
called upon, from various quarters, to give
expression to his views Oh the duties of his
countrymen in this their most trying hour,
he does SO, plainly and candidly. He treats
the matter as he finds it and declares, as we
were conquered, it is no .dishonor to submit
though the terms are harsh and ungenerous
There is another subject we desire to call es-
pecial attention to, the question Of negro suf-
fragc, which he seems plainly to comprehend,
when he asserts that however Objectionable,
if properly handled, it will be an element of
strength in the future. He gives his rca-
sons for this assertion, which are also plain
and cogcnt and to which we do not desire to
add word. We merely desire to reiterate
what VIC have previously asserted, that as me-
gro suffrage is inevitable, and as there is no
cnmity between the whites of the South and
the negroes. tut a long standing friendship
and mutual dependence, that it is incumbent
upon us to take measures generally to inform
our former faithful slaves of their condition,
clearly and truthfully-to explain the mutu-
al relations which exist between them and US,
and the necessity, to them as we'll as our
selves, of a community Of action. This we
should do ere the malcontents and evil de-
sirers set to work, to SOW among the colored
people the seeds Of discomfort and discord,
and the result will be a happy one for both
the whites and blacks Of the South. IF we
fail to do this the result may be disastrous
to all alike, ana nlayhap the evils Of Jamaica
be upon us ard we powerlcss to avert it
Let then word to the wise suffice, and flu
ture prosperity to all classes be secured while
We have yet tho time and opportunity.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-05

THE BANKRUPT LAW Congress having
refused to. change the time of putting this
law into operation, it is presumed that Chief
Justice Chase. will. as soon as possible, pro-
coed to the appoirtmentof the commissioners
Of. bankruptcy IN the different districts Of the
country !, The term Of the. Supreme Court,
which coommmences to- day affords opportu7s
nifty to confer with the justices. Of the differ
ent districts on the. subject: What, with, the
wild fluctuations of the past few years, the
effects Of the present rrostratioa / land apprc-
hcnsion Of further disasters in financial and
business circles, there are likely to. be plen-l
tiful thousands in the coantry who will find
it necessary to avail themselves of the,pnac-
teal benefits Of the Jaw, rim order, that their
hands may be united and their energies once
more freed and made available -E,rchaaw..
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Yours truly IT'S
III. a NJ,

o u.
From thisit will be seen that greater des-
tuition prevails than our readers are proba-
bly, aware Of. In various portions of the
State, among which are the counties of the
lower Valley, donations of corn are being
contributed. Although our crops Of cereals
were short last year, yet we know our people
are as open to the, calls Of charity as any 9TH
Ell. and that, of what they have, they will con-
tribute as literally. We, therefore, bespeak
from them an emulation, Of their past, in con
tributing to the relief Of our starving brethren
in the South, Of the suffering Of whom, Mr..
NIittag says, T" the half has not BEEN told.asG
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-05

The, confiscation scheme of Mr.. Stevens,
advocated by him in lengthy and carefully
prepared speech, before the adjournment of
Congress, seems to have met with but little
sympathy in the House and less in the coun-
try at large. The Radical papers, with but
few exceptions, oppose confscation and we
doubt not that Mr.. Stevens last effort on
that subject has been made. Our readers,
VIC think, need not worry themselves on this
subject, for it is very improbable that it will
ever be mooted in Congress again, so little
favor did it meet with under Dir. Stevens
manipulation. aa'fsn q, gysss
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TIE REc1srRArIoN IN WAsu1NcroN. The
judges Of election concluded their lnbors in
the second ward yesterday, 100 persons be-,
ing registered during the day eli hty white
and forty colored, This makes. q total yof
2,275 persons registered Il 1873 colored and
500 white. The Republican party will have
a majority in. The ward Of not less than 500,
as there are 4S9 more colored than white ~ goog
tiers registered, and the ward contains q large
number Of citizens. whose political principles
are Republican in their character This his, ).
with the majority in the first ward, fully Ivy |l
gives the party q majority 1000 ~ two tvs,
wards of, the city. This estimate IS decided
" low land It is quite certain that better ma.
jorities. in both wards will be given at the
election in June next. G.'Aron nles assiiis ~,
How IT Will WoRK,-7lComlneenttnlgg s. on
the act Of Congress, prescrlblng that re-or-
ganization IN the Southern States shall take
place on the basis Of IS equal Suffrage the
Cincinnati Gazette, a radicalpaper, depre7
Gates the fact that it. will increase their rep
resentation while nothing will nhe added TO
Northern representation the States OF that
sectionlhaving refused to adopt negro suffrage
though they have forced it upon the South.
And the Gazette bitterly says /: twill be
queer il, we. shall have the physlc. which, IN
the name of justice, We have prescribed tor
the rebel States, returned to ourso bowels
through Souss unfaithfulness tosours profess
sion" S4<@ at-A SssY gerW
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Mall Contracts.

The Post Master General, on Thursday
last. announced the awards for carrying the
mails, for the term of four years from the
first of July next We. give below the
names of parties who obtained contracts for
carving the mails in this section, and their
respective routes. e,5. ~ .,,..s .e,a.i s.
Selma by the Springs to Lewisburg, Uri-
All N. Warren, $3.50. Cady's Tunnel to
Bath G. H., A. D. Trotter, $40. Cady's
Tunnel to Lexington, Jas. Anderson, $40.
Staunton to Sangersville, s.. D. Jones, $16Q.
Staunton by the Springs to Huttonsyillc, s..
J. Reynolds, $4,000. staunton to Cedar
Grove, Robert Boyd, $619. Staunton to
Bonsacks, Robert Boyd, $3,333. Culpep-
per to New Market, J. w. Burke, $3.50.
Winchester to Staunton, J. J. Ennis, $500.
Harrisonburg to Waynesboro', E. NJ: Muck
OILS, SAG, Dublin to White Sulphur Springs,
A. G. Tebbets, 1904. ms.;s asss5
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Mrs. J. L. HAMMOND, President.
Mrs Dr.. y. B. BEAN, Vice President. &
DIR. "A. G. KIMBERLY, Financial Secretary,ss
Mrs. Dr.. a. G. KIMBEREy, Corresponding See,y :.
Mr.. T. II. ScHlERs Recording Secretary.
Mrs. f. T. MExhs, Treasurer. SsHss
II. C. DALLAM, Esqy Counsellor. 80. 20
BALrIMoRE. February 18th 1867.
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7a We find in our exchanges letter from J :.
F. G. Nlittag Of South Carolina, on the sub
ject of restitution in the South, which, we
publish below for the Information of our
readers: 3ge 81 m IS safao a7rll' g
LAscAsrERv1nlE, S. G., March IS, 81.
70 Hons. John Corooe aid Fernando Hood:
I observe from the debate'in Congress that
you, are laboring under the suppression that
the statements published in regard to the
wants Of the Soutlrare exaggerated. ALLOW
me, gentlemen, to state that you are mista-
ken, The half has not been told / am an
eyewitness to the suferings Of at least some
of these unfortunate people Now, while I
ana writing, I am surrounded by many wo-
men and children soliciting relief, asking for
corn-not clothing nor shoes, although some
of them are in rags and barehoted in the
cold rain-not for meat or luxuriesy but for
corn meal--coras ueordinmy food for beasts
land the greatest number of these wretched
people were, before the war, in easy cncum-
stances. What motive have I for making a
false statement ?edl8Grg eaj sadl aAf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-05

MISSISSIPPI AND THE M1L1rARr BILE The.
Jackson Mississippian learns. that Judge
Sharkey telegraphed toGoEerner Humphreys
for permission to file a bill,ri in the, name Of.
the. State of Mississippi, to enjon all pre-
ceedings to subject the people 81. that. State
to. military rule, under the recent act Of Conrt
gross, and that the Governor replied, giving,
the desired authority Since then the Cow.
ernor has. received a. telegram from Judge
Sbaykeys upon the, subject sta ting that the,
prospects arc coed. - ~
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The RADICALS are making desperate pre-
parations to unite the colored vote ofthe South.
in favor of, the Radical party, The most
wicked appeals to their passions ane lpreuGi-i
ces are being circulated among them, and
every effort made to array them in deadlyhos-
tility to the white people ia the coming elec-5
tons. To counteract these mean and devilish
influences, the people of the South must keep
constantly before the colored people the fact
thatithe Radical parity at the North only
want to- use them for their party purposes,
asis fully evidenced by the fact that Both in
New York and Ohio they have refused to-
grant them suffrage, and haye only given it
togthem. In the. South in hatred and revenge
of the. syhiteg man The Northern people, too,
were the original slave stealcrs, and brought
the African to this countryl-and sold him to
our peoplesqlVet have keptihim andciyiliaed
and ehristianized him, and made him what.
he is far, superior to his own race andlna-l
ton The white peopleaef the South are now
and ever have been, his only friends, for a
black man stands no more chance IN the
North than spoons do in the reach Of Butler.
Lynchbuyy Republican 'sj E u snilf ;'"i'oF'
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.DeaU .aa ees'g fseaa,easas.

sifs m9gi .gAs
TIXaEd ANGIE HOTEL.
r. IT, ! RICHMOND, VA.
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ENrE"pRIsISG YANKEES COME TO
GRIEF. -Thc hundred Maine Yam
l;ec., who, some months since. emf
grated to Palestine with the design
of reconstrnciing the Holy Land
have come to exceeding grief They
are now at Joppa III u state of starva-
.ion, appealing to the United States
Government to bring them home.
Mr. Seward is about to send man
to look after them.
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''R. NJ. PATTON,
'jIOvcrnor Of .Alaba ana. =

4 StHGULAR CASE. A farmer living
near Monnt Vernon, recently killed
a beef, III the NAV Of Which was dis
covered a large number Of shingle
and other nails, to the extent OF more
than pound. They were brightly
polished, and were all taken from
one locality. The animal was in ap-
parent good health, and does not APP
pear to have suffered any inconvc-
nience from indigestion.
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TIE DEsgIruTIoS IN ALABAMA In
answer to a Telegram asking for ex-
plicit information fru.a Alabama, Tie
Governor of that State telcgrnphs
from Montgomery, January 80. 1867
"SoUTHERS RELIEF CoMIIssIoN:
Destitution in Alabama is very great.
Help rs to feed the hungry al You
can. State Treasury very depicted
If can't get transportation free OF
charge, / must try to pay freight
Commissioners for destitute will write
You fr''v by mail.
"R. NJ. PATTON,
''GOvcrnor Of Alaba ma.
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The EMIGRATION TO Texas. A
correspondent of the Galveston
Ne~s, who has made Il trip up
through the middle Counties of
Texas, writes very interesting ac.
connt of his jaunt. He says:
AS late as the 10Th of January, the
writer saw fields of hundreds of acres,
on the Upper Brazos, as white as
snow banks with the cotton hanging
i'll the bolls. Travelling with gentle
men from Georgia and North Alaba-
mn, who were visiting the country i'll
order to compare Texas with their
own States, we were much surprised
and pleased to hear them declare,
time after time, that fields we were
passing, which had been picked over
twice and three times, would afford
more to the picker than their best
farms from the beginning. But the
slowncss Of the freedmen compcls
many planters to leave half Of the
crop TO be eaten up by stock
And again we have not room for
his entire lcttcr-he says:
"Emigrants are settling in Nu.t!
era and Middle Texas in great mum
bers. and many are passing Eastward
as far as the Colorado, and even TO
the Ga#I::I;Ipe. It used to be asked,
when an emigrant had stopped in a
neighhorhood, how many negroes
has he? Now, The question is, how
many grown boys and gals did he
fetch alonS?'"
The only drawback to this CORES
pondent's picture is, that wherever
he went he noticed an uncasincss
among the people-a fear Of the po-
lltlcal fntur.-which had set them tc
thinking of wandering off to Brazil,
Ncneznela, Mexico, almost anywhere,
to escape from the insecurity which
they fear NAV soon swamp them.
Ne'c Orlcans PicuY,use.
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THE ROUTE. The city Of Louis
vile, kentucky, has, by popular
vote, consented to subscribe 81, 600, :
900 to complete the Lebanon branch
OF the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road. This subscription, we learn,
insures the completion OF railroad
from Louisville to Cumberland Gap
and Knoxville, Tennessee. All THAT
IS now necessary to put Charleston in
direct connection with Louisville and
Cincinnati is the building of the R;.
hnn Gap Railroad from Walhalln, in
this State, 10 Knoxville, Tennessee.
upon which q large amount OF work
has already been done.
Pichel,s Cy,:yir4..
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'rhc Fraser, p'rcns,o,m S. Co. Case.

The President, on Tuesday, trans
| mitted to the House Of Representa-
tlves. a large mass OF documents re-
specting the compromise of certain
suits instituted in the English Courts,
on behalf of the United States,
against Fraser, Trenholm & Co.,
alleged agents Of the so-called Confe-
dcrate States
1t appears from the correspond
ence, that on the 14th Of December
last, Assistant Secretary of State
ward, i'll writing to Consul Morse,
says the arrangements which the
latter assumed to make with Mr..
irloieau has been dlsavoHcd as being
wholly without authority.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Chandler, on the 9th of Decent
1866, wrote a letter to Secretary Sc
ward, saying certain authority here
tofore conferred on Consul Morse
had been revoked, and he rouncsts
that Mr.. Seward will instruct Minis
ter Adams to designate some suitable
person to take Charge and dispose Of
any unfinished business growing out
OF the authority heretofore conferred
upon him which may still remain in
Alr. Morsc's hands
Secretary Seward january IL,
lS67-informs Minister Adams that
Consul Morse had disobcved instruc-
tions in making the concessions of
law against which he had been ex-
prossly warned by the Department,
and III acting without the concur
renee Of Mr.. Adams Finally. the
pretended agreement WAS one sided,
stipulating absolutely an allowance
TO fraser, Trenholm & Co, and not
stlputating for any special balance
whatever to the United States.
Secretary Seward, in writing to
Consul Dudley, January II, 1867,
says, III conclusion: In respect to
such funds and property as Mi.
NicrSe's authority really applied to,
he was under express Instructions to
do nothing which should recognize
the capacity Of the pretended rebel
officials, or abcttorS of rebellion Who
dealt with them, to make any con
tract which conld give validity to
such liens or charges
OoiiH"i 'AS1HS, AZ " iItlliS 10 -tI1nlS-
ter Adams. under date OF London.
January ], 1867, denies that be snli-
cited any interview with Mr. prio-
lean. Flc had engaged Mr.. Henry
l.cfianc TO aid il discovering and
Sccnr!na Confederate property in
England. The meeting between 1Ir.
Morse and MIR. P:iolral was arranged
by Mr. Lefrune. Mr.. Morse saws:
II cannot command language suf1i-
clcntly strong to express my great re-
Sret and pain at the many unlocked
for misunderstanding and mi sappre-
hcnslons of that unfortunate attempt
to do what [ firmly believed would
be for the honor and best interest OF
our country, without injury or disre-
spcct 10 any one"
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ElHGlSl OIHIcE- SEEKING LoYA!.
ISIS. a numerous delegation of Viz
glnia ''loyalists. not one of whom
woulI. Of course, be willing to accept
IN Office Of any kind, were i'll lttc.d-
ance upon Congress, ter,lay, 10
press the presentation, through Mr..
Maynard, OF Tennessee, of pcti,il<ns
for the abrogation Of the State Co
vernnent OF the Old Dominion.
They are willing to accept, instead,
either q military dynasty or Terrific
rial Government, any sort of a Go
vernment Congress will give them.
so that only they, and none others,
shall be recognized as the people Of
the State. Ii the radicals in New
York or Pennsylvania, Or Connecti-
cut or Indiana, should happen to be
defeated In any State election, SINH
lar petitions may be expected to be
presented by similar delegations from
these States asking to have the State
Governments nulliticd and transferred,
t. their control
Nl(i1n,,2 L,ie}I;u,,cr,.