The bee., 1883-04-07
SCRAPS AND NOTES.

Ihe colored citizens of Washington
city are making extensive preparations
TO celebrate the anniversary of "Eman-
clpation Day." April 16. The colored
military organizations and civil socie-
Ties are all to participate.-LoutsciEle
(Ky.) Bulletin.
Not only the colored military and
civic societies of Washington will be
here on the 10th, but a large repre-
sentation from Virginia, Maryland and
farther north are expected. Mr.. Fred
erick Douglass and Col. Robert J In
gersoll, will be orators of the occasion
and there is every reason to believe
that the celebration will be a
grand success. We wish sold Kahn
tuck" was nearer to us, SO that we
could count upon her presence in a
military and civic way, but as it is,
will the Bulletin ask her numerous
Kentuckians that are here, to join in
al d help?
The next congress will have but one
colored member and he in the person
of Mr.. 0'Hara, of North Carolina.
Forgetting nothing and leaving
nothing" the North Carolina Bourbons
are trying to invalidate his claims to
his seat. We only hope that the Re-
publicans will stand by him as persist
emily and as successfully as did the
Democrats stand by Richardson in the
Lee-Richardson case of South Carolina.
Ar.-Q'HaFa is now in this city,
Washington letter in atlanta Vim
dictator.
Mr.. O'Hara's name is on the roll and
he is pooC drGoCiRg his pay. There is
not any movement on foot to unseat
him. But if there were and he had to
rely on the Republicans for support,
and did not fare any better than Judge
Lee, of South Carolina, did during the
last session, Mr.. O'Hara would stand a
poor chance. Republicans with few
exceptions, and they are precious few,
amt paying much attention to the
faithful allies" now, and the sooner
we shall learn this fact the better it
will be for us Never mind, the Ma
tional Convention will take up this
question, and there is going to be some
terrible racket before "a. | wonder
if some people think that they will
have the same colored voter to hood
wink and "bosh' next year that they
have had since 1865.
Hon. Emory Speer was sworn in as
District Attorney, last Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.-Vindicdto
We want to ask our Georgia breth-
eren to keep us posted, keep the coun-
try informed, from time to time, when
the occasion shall arise so that it can
be known whether or not Mr.. Speer,
and that class of southern men that
have appointments from the executive
and combinations from the United
States Senate, will, in reality, prosecute
violations of the civil rights bill and
the amendments to the constitution.
We ask our co-laborerS in the south to
speak out in ''open meeting" on these
matters, especially between now and
the convening of the National Con-
yention of colored men next September
Will the BEE who has so seriously
stung DR.. PurviS and made him take
water, continue its flight until it
makes every independent" disavow
the position he took in the late cam
paign?" 1t has already made Still
deny and Fortune explain.--Progres-
Size A1cerjcdn.
Just wait until we are hauled into
court, and if we don't make it lively
for the boys that sold us out, then we
Will never ask to be heard again.
Friend Freeman, we have made it hot
for the "old man" and are Still on the
path and from the way things look
now, the whole gang will wish for
quarters. When Republican managers
act dirty and wrong, or in any way
unfair, whip them with honest
weapons, but don't tell us that it is right
for men to use republican cloaks under
a democratic mask and democratic
money in their pockets to defeat such
a champion of civil and equal political
rights as the Hon. Geo. M. Robertson.
This is what Purvis, Still & Go. did,
and we propose to make our charge
good when we 60 into court, and here
we rest the case.
Col. Jos. L. Wilson, of Norfolk, Va,
a special agent of the Uuited States
Treasury department, is in our city.
He is examining the workings of this,
the model revenue district, with a
view to making improvements in sum
dry Southern collection districts. He
is the guest of Mrs. Cole, 339 West
Court street.-The american.
Col. Joe is one of the bravest and
best men in the State of Virginia. We
hope our Cincinnati friends will make
him at home, and then get him to
make them a speech on the southern
situation. They will listen to one who
has been through reconstruction in all of
its various stages, and can give their
information of value. The Colonel is
writing "The Negro in the Army"
when il is finished, like all from his
pen, it will he worth reading.
Miss lilly Brent, of Paris, KY, is a
heroine. This plucky lady has, by her
recent action in forcing the School
Board to revoke an unjust order closing
the colored schools on the 31st inst, set
an example which, if followed by all
who profess to be in favor of educa-
ton of the masses in Kentucky, would
soon solve this question. More work
and less talk is all that is necessary.
Miss Brent has well earned and will
receive the friendship and praise of