The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-23

Tue net OF the hsher tue burden breaks,
And after dreaming the dreamer awakcs
a A Negro Mayor for Washington. s
The following dispatches from the
Washington correspondent of the New
4 York Herald, gives some further in.
dioations of the drift of the black cur
! rent at the National capital
The next move of the colored Re-
{ publicans of this city is to be an ef.
fort to elect Of their race, John II.
Cook, as Mayor of Washington. Cook
has just been elected registrar, one of
the post important offices in the CITY,
!. and is quite. an advanced darkey, pos
scssing education, tact and 4 fair
share of fortune. His colored breth-
rem say they must have him as their
next mayor, at every hazard. They
contend that they do all the heayy
voting and icleot all the Republican
candidates., and therefore are entitled
,2So control something better than the
mere registrarship and few alder.
men and councilmen. Cook, though
. popular with most of the old colored
settlers, looks down upon the poor
blacks, and particular the Virginia
oontrabanda, whom he thinks unfit for
decent; ;oolored society. It is said that
during Lincoln's time Cook advised
Old Abe not to allow the contrabands
to come to Washington, on the ground
that it would ruin business. How
this will 60 down with the colorcd citi-
zens remains to be seen. Major Rich.
ards, the Superintendent Of Polioe,
was pretty prominent candidate for
the Mayorality until the riot on Mon
day last. 1t is believed that his
prompt action to suppress that little
disturbance has destroyed his last
chance of success, and that Cook will
certainly get the nomination and be
elected. It is remarked here that
while the blacks are olamoring for ad-
mission to the theatres on the white
level, they do not practice the same
equality in their dealings with TeaohS
/ other. Thus, the most fashionable
J BARRIERS here are colored men, who will
/ on no account descend to shave dar-
key. Their reason is, perhaps, not
B that they object on their own account
but because it would ruin their white
{ custom. Stewart, who was elected
9 Alderman of the First Ward on Mon-
B day, is a colored man and barber
h and was objected to by some Of his
4 race becauea he would not let negroes
Il be shaved and cut in his artistic estab-
4 lishment. "Do you think Pm going
B to vote for colored man because, he
4 is Republican, when he thinks us
i not respectable enough to be shaved
/, in his store ~ was the .sharp answer.
!. of someaof the oolorea voters whose
J ballots were asked for Stewart. II; is
the same thing in the restaurants. 49,
4 Many Of them are kept by colored
men and have, the most respectable
! white patronage: Of oourse they de-
oline'to allow Sambo to SQUAT at The
4 same tables with their white ousto-
mefs. Thus, twill be seen, that the
! theatre question is not the only one
{ that will create trouble, and that that
& troubleis likely to recoil on the black
3 himself. ~ Ssi,e$ &a@ gaall@4
\ THE wAsHINaToSs NEeRoEs DETERMINE
: ED TO CLAIM sEATsIE THE THEATnEs
= ON EQUALITY WITH THE WHITES. q
4 TWAS telegrapbed by certain cor.
y respondents day before yesterday that
no odanger wouldgfow out of'the law
recently. passed BY the Municipal
Coaneilof this!oity, compelling the
! admission Of colored people 70 oil
4 places of amusement ON. an equality
4 with the whites. The reason assign.
Il Cd ises; shaS ,sshhss, SoiIsrSa j people
had determined not, to , thsnst them-
8 selves upon the whites. TIE following
& letter written to Washington paper
y bysJohniF.; Cook,a col6rsd man, itst
"a elected registrar l,of this city, Shows
that at least eome oolored people ia.
Is tend TO agail themselves afulIyo tie
rights guaranteed them under This new
arrangement =: qit syr ~ Efcqoet.7q ai ii
VS. s"Io the Editor Of The, Chronicle - sal
~ 81 soc By an item, in your looal col.
umn that Messrs. John F. Cook and
s8 Carter A. Stewart called on the man
ayers Of the National Theatre and as.
sured them that the colored people
bad no intention Of attempting to gain