The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-14

Notwithstanding the hue and cry against
"sarpet-baggers," and the expressed disinclin.
alton on the part OF some Southern politi.
cisns Of the Albert Pike school, to have North.
ern men go South, there Is class OF sensible
men down South, and this class Ia increasing,
who desire to welcome Northern men and
Northern capital and enterprises and they do
not hesitate to point out the rich unde veloped
resources Of their country, and to show how
and where . judieious Investment OF capital
can be made remuneratiye.
We observe an article In the Richmond En-
q.irrr, cslling attention to the rich plaster de-
posits In snythe county. The Enquirer says
OF these plaster Acids:
"The main bed is situated In what is called
the Cove on Cove creek, branch oil the
North Fork Of HoistSn river, about twenty,
miles east of Saltyille, the present terminus
OF the branch OF the Virginia and Tennessee
is up the Valley OF the Holston, q most favor
able line for a railroad-the grades would be
about hfteen feet to the Understanding with
"The quality OF this plaster Ia superior to
any now known on this continent. Such as have
had fair opportunity Of testing it with the
Nova Scotia, fix their relative value at ffty to
one hundred per cent. in favor of the Virginia
that ITO say, one ton OF the Virginia is equal
to one and half to two OF the Nova Scotia.
In quantity, II 10 enormous-it undcrlIes hun
dTeds OF acres In q compact body.
"a well, or shaft, ten feet In diameter, has
ssn t sanH "a enS WAS
tinued with the exception OF a few diminutive
seams OF clay for the depth OF Ave hundred
and cighty-two feet, and operations suspended
without reaching the bottom of the vein or
deposit, so continuous was the plasteF-no
water came in-the plaster continuing OF u
uniform superior quality throughout.
sWh At an Immeni 0 treasure is here presented
for the agriculturisEI What powerful and
effective agency TO resuscitate the now impov-
-. A -. a. ka Na 60. Ia
more available the entire surface OF Southern
Boil.p
Who shall say the South may not yet be.
come rich and hsppyi
The old Dominion itself will eIe long bee ome
the richest OF Commonwealth. Let politi-
clans wrangle II they will but letits business,
and Its thoughtful men, and its industrial
classes give attention to Its soil, Its timber
growth, it's minerals, its railways and rivers
and literally the SOLITARY places shall be made
glad for them"
TExA8 cannot be a very pleasant place to
live in. The number Of hOmlcidcs committed
there In single year render II anything but
agreeable to contemplate the State Of Texas
AZ home.
A committee Of the constitutional conyen.
tlon appointed to Investigate the lawlessness
and violence that prevails there, have made n
report, In which they give the aggregate NUN.
Der Of homieides committed from June, 1865,
10 June, 1903, (threc years. TO be e3o. Com
mentlng upon thI5 report, the Now York COM
HlcTcidl says
Of these 939 homieldes, there were by whites,
tgl whites and 8T3 freedmenj by freedmen, ~
whites and As freedmeni and by parties whose
race 10 unknown, 4s
The committee have derived these facts
from statements on lille from the clerks of tho
district courts In forty countless from Freed
mems Bureau records for sixty counties, and
from BwoTn statements Of witnesses. In the
latter case, much difficulty has been encoun-
tered owing to the unwillingness OF persons to
testify on account Of their fear Of personal
harm. . .
gagged in these OutFages, with very few excep,
tons were either confederate officers or sol.
oilers, or bushwhAckeTs, during the late war
and now constitute one OF the legitimate en-
tailments OF secession and rebellion.
The statements OF this report are alarming
enough. and they mirror dreadful state Of
society. Texas always has been theatre oil
Iaylessness, but 1t has never been so pro
nounced as since the end of the war.
THE Springfield RcpublicGn, In commenting
on some recent rebel uttcTances Ia Charleston
adds: "What an extraordinary world this
would be II all the professions made In South
II. ha laaf ian Ehn