The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-03

ployers. The negro has keen sense OF ridlcue and
few DAYS Dozens OF plantation Nesors, mounted on
ole massa's mules with few OF ole massa's dollars
In their pockets, were jogging along from plantation
plantation hoidng up the rpet-baggers TO ridi-
| cuie and contempt, and advocating ole massa as
.sYOu see," said one Old darky, who In his minis
| terlaI capacity had picked up many odds and ends
OF Latin quotations which s ne always Tlsappes OF
tell You de 'Oe nlOdus ooder0ndf OF IT, You've seed
when wiid hog gets IN mong de home hogs what
| white hogs and black hogs, same as white men and
black men, and white horses and black horses-sets to
and roots him out; and OATS what we've got to do
Wi desc carpet baggers. White and black ha' gwine
! TO settle and root dem Wild hogs out"
While eolored orators were thus clearing the
| ground the whites were breaking up the loyal
leagues and reasoning the negroes out Of that oath
bound conlederacy by showing them that the 0bliga
ton tney mad taken was egal and subjected them
under the laws Of the State to fine and imprson-
ment and to perpetual dsiranchisement. 1t was
made known everywhere that democratic negroes
might expect to get work and that radical negroes
would have to go to the radicals for employment.
such negroes as had voted the democratic ticket and
who brought white man to prove their having done
So THESE certificates being sure passports to employ
ment By these means the democrats carried the
state and defeated the radical constitution The
Prospect has both interest and Importance from the
gnt casts upon the possible results OF the coming
elections In seven other Southern States.
whether Mississippi win herself proceed in her un-
tors is yet undetermined. The Democratic Execl-
tive Committee have deferred the consideration OF
the matter until the ed OF September. Many OF the
comnitee-in fact, majority Of them-are opposed
to the suggestion, regarding II a needless defiance
OF Congress, which can serve no good useful pur-
pOse and which VIII only subject the Southern States
to further msconstructi0n North. General ]. ID.
Freeman, the able chairman OF the committee holds
different VIEWS and believes he Will carry the ma
jOrity OF the State with him. He has prepared
curious and exhaustive argument on the subject,
showing that the resolution OF Congress excluding
constitutional; that the right OF choosing Presiden
tal electors is vested inalenaby In the States, and
that Congress has nothing TO say In the matter He
wants the State TO choose electors ION prnciple.n
Judge Yerger is delighted with the result Of the
election, and speaks in sanguine terms OF the good
feeling existing between blacks and whites. OF the
industry Of the negroes and Of the general peaceful
by comparison in Mississippi as elsewhere. The dis
tinguished Judges peaceful picture owes its rosy
tints most probably to comparison with past times;
at least one must conclude for local paper lying
around loose supplies at cursory glance these items
OF peaceful prOgress:-
raj the Ss
nsn and swore they would have ration; That night they
hs 81 Sna snsns &
O'Clock one night last week and the
JAN oyepowered the aor captured his keys and took from
Meswas and hung them 70 tree n the suburbs Of the town
about 1t until the next morning.
Ex-Governor Humphreys (whose forcible election,
by the way, was worth several thousand votes to the
democrats at the last eection is much exercised
the subject OF political assassination and is naturally
Indignant that the radical press should persist in
ascribng to political causes every deed Of violence
for which the chronic recklessness OF human life
which has always prevailed in Mississippi was alone
responsible. lie particularly instanced the case of
Judge Joshua l.. Norris mentioned above, who had
been canonized as radical martyr when In point OF
TACT the a1air arose out OF family leud respecting
children, and when Morris, acting under q mistake
rs TO Dorsey's share in the quarrel. was the ag-
gressor. ana fred three shots before Dorsey fired
one.
On saturday General o. O. Howard visited jack
son. The General has theory that the rising gene
ration OF negroes, wtH all the blessings OF liberty,
education anu the Freedmen's Bureau must be rising
up far superior to their slave born ancestors and he
is travelling 70 collect facts to support his theory.
In pursuance OF this object the General waited upon
the Mayor OF Jackson, who, being military ap-
pointee, it was presumed would be found reliable
aud republican. That functionary received the chief
OF the Bureau with all courtesy.
81 have called, said the General, "for informa-
ton to the condition Of the freed people OF this
district mean as TO their morais and general con-
duct"
.Bad, sir; very bad"
al mean the younger people, remarked the Gene
bad, sir; id bad, y returned the civic Falstafr.
'In what respect do you mean Mr.. Mayor ~
"The men are all thieves and the women are all no
better than they should be-"
"You mean the older women, DO you not'" asked
the General anxiously.
mo, General, don't. mean from twelve years
old upwards.n la sos
General Howard LEFT by the next cars for vicks-
burg. mass meeting was being gotten up for him
by the negro leaders, but he did not wait for It.
much advantage might have investigated, but which
he did not touch The malaria caused by recent
heavy rains has given unusual prevalence to ma
laria fevers In and around Jackson and the disease
has assumed q fatal cOngestive type Among the
old and infrm negroes IL has proved very fatal for
lack OF proper remedies. They are too poor to buy
medicine. The claims on the charity OF the local
druggists have excessive that they have been
compelled TO refuse further gratuitous supplies
Meanwhile the Freedmen's Bureau, which Congress
for political purposes continued, raises not finger
In their behalf.
"why don't you 60 to the Bureau doctorT'
asked an old woman whom want and lever had re,
duced to q living skeleton.
"De booroo amt no good to me-" she said. "Dey
only cares for dem dat ken take care Of demselves"
Mississippi Politics Extending to Louisiana-
Failure Of the Cotton Crop.
vICKsBUR0, August 81 1858.
The organization which was 80 successful In Mis-
ssslppi IL being extended across the river into
Louisiana. Several grand barbecues are In contem-
platon for the delectaton Of the colored electors
and prominent speakers from vicksburg are going
to address them. Among the sights Of the city
to-day the persons who. It Il alleged, tarred and
feathered school teacher at Natchex. They have
been brought here to be tried by military commits
sion, and they share public attention with the new
cotton and the departing packet. speaking OF cot
ton, there II none but bad news from oil parts OF
Mississippi regarding the cotton crop. The boil
worm and grass worm combined have destroyed It,
and the danger II especially great on the prairie
lands. One planter asserts that from eighty-nve
acres Of what was the other day nne promising cot
ton he does not expect to make twelve bales.