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L ' iV The .people of this Country; have habitually very much underrated Horace Greely. He is a queer compound to-day a saint, ta-niorrow a.Einner -jv always and elemally. funning after s6me ncxi hmf and invariably endorsing every heresy in political economy that arises forever managing so to $hape ,;- ids -course asto put nimselfton the minoiitj- side of" all questions po?cs?c'd of a mighty intellect, and utterly devoidjlcf a; balance i&Cvl-rrS'irayedH Jp' the -noblest iuipulf and the purest mojtives, . and vet continually exerting himself for the ad- " , . " ,.i i . '' vancement of absurd theories' and impracticable vpcflicf?s frlie is .a; study fori alTC mental phaloso- phcr an -earnest, T fearlees, harmless journalist : ' feared because unknown, ;'and powerless because purely theoretical. ( . ; , . ; Grccly has been cpnjsistcnthowevcr. for a good ; many years past in his1 hostility to slavery;; but this is the only sukeut that ever received lus at tention in which he pas' been consistent. ; And even now he threaten to destroy what little repu t ation this slight instance of Iconsistcucy may give him, by indulging in some crude speculations on tea, coffee and serviceable fabrics " to cop fronx. and where the " moderate supply of greenbacks 7 for the. 'nigh tlypajment7 "Well," even tli3 point the philosopher has not' overlooked, i The remedy is forthcoming. The planters must atU some of their land: Sell," he ' says, . just enicugh. Id grow a crop with ;"then:sell that crop to grow-ther next with, and so on. ' Sell patches of ground ani cabins to the laborers yoa want to keep j; sell "to yankee sutlar, ta any one who will pay, and learn the truth that the are cultivated is; of little con sequencethat the amount of your; crop; 'deter mined by tie capacity and labor employed ia pro- ducingt. : -;;-:",: ;: :: - That is logical Farmers will be delighted to learn that they can grow as much rice or. cotton or sugar on fifty acres as on a hundred. jPerhaps Sir. Grcely will be kind enough to step down this wav and show them how.it is done. Ball Greely honestly thinks so, and therefore it must -be so. Kow in this project of selling the well-neaning philosopher contradicts himself, 1 First h tells us not to let the yankecs come here they afc not to be trusted ; and next urges us to sell bur lands to them for they are the only class he mentions who have any money with which to buy. i And if they are not to. be permitted to dwell among us and if they are the mean, scoundrelly sc$ he i escribes them to be, surely they will "not be permitted , to dwell among us then certainly they will our lands,' and so we arc no better oft' han jw.e not buy ting so strongly against him, and for & tle c ceptejl cfSceutider'tbc bogus Confederacy."! In 18t4, however lie lied' retorncd .to his former 'allegiance, and in abetter addressed1 io his fel low citiieas. warmly advocated tha re election of Mr. Lincoln and 'defended hbArjolicy; Hq liveil loug;:1enotigUt0 "'-see"' the" triumph "bf the principles he seemed to bare really at heart, "al though he permitted himself for. a ; timo to act contrary to their dictates. T Mr. Clemens had alaw appealed to the public as a tvriter, and in 18o3 published Barnard Life;", v?hich waS fol lowed in by "Mustang Gray.'7 ; ? Tf Weldon.:RalIrood-v '.--' '4 ! TJie Petersburg and Weldon Hailroal has, we understand, been turned over to the com pany by the Upited States authorities. It if understood Ibat an appllcatton therefor jwast made to General Halleck several days sincei ' The Board of Directors held a meehng'' yester day aftercbon; to take some action of the matter. V e have not ascertained vvnai tney mcu, -u auy miles of tlie toad -Fill haver,toJLe rebifiit,. and one or more important bridges constructed be fore the road can go into operation. M . : 'The Southside and' Norfolk Roads will proba bly soon he turned to their respective compa nies. Petersburg Express. ' 9 FOR SEW YORK. . I 1- ... . 1 . - ' wrr n desp a t c jr.- The Ai l Schooner; ; N , COOMBS; Master. For freight apply: to Mav 10th n , . the settlement of the labor Vquction. Yei it is manifest that iii thisj he is "perfectly sincere and honesty and herein lijs the most beautiful tfaitof 'l&s character an utter indifference to the j opin ions people may formf of him. personally , ori which " his course may cause! them to form, so long as he faithfully advocates .whaihc believes to be iright. But unfortunately hcwll persist in Believing jt I'eVight' : K i t' tli at whi'ch is perfectly impracticable.- ( fter afiltating: wili:he New F.ngland abolition-. - isJs all-jhis life, x; n turns wpop. 'an,d advertises them as thieves and sir.dTcrs, advising the jouth- t veld thcnPas they would .the pes- tilence. Hear Ins opinions of lus old associates : 9 eru ncgVoes to aveld I ' NcwEngland pro4ucesimany of tho best! fpeci l inens of the human face, .and, along with these, ' some of ttrc very meanest beings tha ever stood on A two 'lefrfctfnnirg; rapacious, - hypocritical, ever ready, to! Jkia- Sint. with a borrowed knife and make (for other) a sonpOatof the peelings This class soon; become too well known at home -'run out,' as the phrase ie-4wheu they wander all over the earth, snuffling and windlin to the injury and shame of the land that bpre them and cast them ou Now let it be generally presumed by the ignorant blacks of. the south that a yankee. becawec a .yankee, is necessarily tbetr friend, and ' this unclean brood will overspread- the outh like Jocusfs, starting . schools and prayer-meetings at every ; cross-rods, - 'etting hold of abandoned or confiscated plantations - nd hiring laborers right nd left, cuttmg; timber here, trvine out tar and turp.entrne tfiere, and crow incorn. cotton, rice ( and sugar, which they will ; have sold at the eailieit day and run away With the proceeds, leaving .the hegroes tin rags and 'foodies ' -n-ith winter iustcomiiJff on.- K Trust thyself? is the Terr first maxim to be impressed "on the ignorant itiej?, but insist on being paid'asyougo.' ;-j Greely is always careful Mto Bay -jusi exactly whaC he thinks; andlas riobodyknbws these jNcw Uia.n he, his estimate Of them were before. j In all this in,atte Greely is just'aS ''chimerical and illy asin the majority of ''the'nbtiohs he ad vocates. Tiw truth is,- fre knows hoihinjg about the matter of (which hc?sd 'earnestly, 'ahd,'u as 5we." think, sincerely, advises." There is nothin prac ticalJn the ihan. lie is always theoretical. He works a thing out on paper to his own satisfaction and then bends all ,hs energies' to secure its adop-; tion.f He was satisfied of the wrong of jslavery, fcut'n.ow hat slavery is abolished he is perfectly incompctcat" of devising any system of labor to take its place-' lie is like a uian at sea on a steata er in a storm; who fcarcs the : Vrfnes ill give out; or the-furnaces will commoate tieir fire to the ship, or some other accident .will jhappcn, and so puts the fires out without considering Jhat the vessel has no sails. .Slavery -is.; abolished. There is no organized System of labor in the south. Our fields are lying wate. Famine stares us in the faceVj "What arp wc to do ? Greely ha3 at tempted to solve the problem, and "failed. Wh is the next political economist to enter the 15&t to bring us out oj this dilemma t Tley miifetlihrry up their advice, 'or4he;soMthem)6opIcfllU.',haVe foufndtlielr ownreey. N- . ; - I- -: ' ;. ' THE Jaltt C AD E TO BE It AI SED, The proqlanlaioni) which we r.eferrud' Was been Vec?iveiT, ana is printed elsewhere in , v v The Government Loan. ? I - ; ' Philadelphia', May 25, lfiGo. .The subscriptions to-day of the seven-thirty, loan,' as telegraphed io J ay Cobe, - amountt to $2,135,000. h The . largest subscriptions irfito $339,000 from; the IS'iii: National liank of Nw York, $300,000 from '.the first J National JSank of Xew York, S3OO,OQ0.from the First National Bank 'of . Philadelghiai $258,650 from- flsk & Hatch, oLNew York j $00,000 from the Second National Bank of Clevela.hd, and $00,000 from thi lis change 'liank r of Pittsburg. " The siib scPrptix)nsMickide-S5500d from 'the First Naticn ,aFBank of Richmond, ahd $ ,0Q0 Jroui' Phelps Brothers of,.StiJdhniNew Brunswick. The number, of individual; subs ;ript ions for amounts of $50 and 100 amotmted to 1,407. General Shcrman'plltport. ' The "Washington correspondent of the New York Times has the following jf - ; ' GNeneral Bherman has'made and forwarded to General Grant a complete report of his oppera tiohS8ince leaving Goldsb6ro,;arid it is probably, era this, in the hands ot the War Department. General Sherman goes Tery fully into his ar mistiGe arrangement 'with Johnston; iexlaiis his motives and reasons, and 1 argues his own case in his usual vigorous style justifying it Gold. COM rVIERCIAL. EVESIXO STOCK XCIIAVGE. i Nsw Voiti, .May 13. 4.: Old Five-twenties.. ..4.i..t03;1 N". Y.jCentral.,:".;.;,f:i.di:;. vs- ' f '" rji tc ...... 'Hudson.: Vumb erla Qd .'. . t .......j..... ,x......i ,..x.:..W GOLD AX1) SILVEIi, -r-lj, Bought hy I -: ' ' '.- ; HORACE M. -JiARRv On the Wliarf, foot of Ch t!i;i. iIaj pd '; . v ' .. FOR SILL :'V' ONE 'thorough' bred .Mann', and- VAy .Horse, Uockawav and Ilanu-j. At, .; .MATTHEW V. TAYI.i-4, Corner Front and Mulborrr W LiVRIK: . 1 i CTUST j-ecivfed' per iha. Elitabrtff-" i- rm r . t . i ..... . i r . ' 71 it iff .nrixne iarcuim .jor r 'flliVir.- if . ; ri - i .o.r, S"orUi'wat-vU.. .,May,2h . f. , ... , ,;. ' (ITI'T HOTEL. CpIlE Sttb3cribr calls the attention of h I aad the public cfnerallr t his Itraa r. at the Citv Hotel, corner of M;irk t np !sv- : Streets, The beat of . Wines, Li'iuur. Ai(.rir dials always on hand. 1 hrllr.N K May 2CtU ! " ' L'.V. v. LIBERAL CASH AI)VA( Made on all consignment ;s f N'fT. All oaLs ..arc insuryjl wliih'.sh:;- " : ' ' ' ' i . : i pod, 4 ! J JOS. IF. NEFF, OfTic- l' Fn.nt Sfn May 2C IV , ' Ik (i. m i 32 South Street England chaps better cannot' be far from right. But all this is irellminary;o. an elaborate dis cussion if southern lab.or. lie cautions the! no groB against these fellows because hc wants the blacks to receive pay for their labor.. The labor he contends is;;' indispensable, ndt to the prosper ity,) but to the. very lexistence " of the. southern people. : Here he is exactly right. Nobody will distutd aim. Tnen lie goes on to urge that this labor shall be paid fordaily every; night -the, and receive his money : Here is the scheme : - ,. Hewho pnfpoacs Ao work plantatieh i bj ; red labor shoal d 311 T aamall'Store with . flour, meal, bacon, tear-coffee, serviceable fabrics, and whatever, else is mosnceded by his laborers, provider himself wun a moderate supply ui greunoacits ana- waen ayi ?I want labor; 1 iwil.pay so much per dnj'for it; your money wH'l, be ready at' sundo-n.Land the ?ro vriu open at toat nur. j. tuin keep every thing you need ; but you are at perfect liberty to 'trade elsewntfe if -yon think you can do so toadran- r'tige. - At tEe JMeeV s end, I shall grace you into ; three, classes according, to my judgment of (your ef ". Scioncy,; if any are not saysfied with iny Estimate of their performance, 'they can; of course fry else where Practieall? little moner wonld be required " J-lalr lesa'than 'to undn weekly ' -payments for 4 ; very one wouiaiwaniiaaod pr clotning quite as last as be couldxa,raiCan4 of. $100 paid at iiaet foj labor, at least-ould be ih' the store-Uri jiext iKorning. - Aha oe who woald thus pay each night a fail price in meney for each day's work would never - vraatHbor, White ottblacla;:i 1 .. ;;-- Now all this is very5 rfice, but as- trc riiay "not suffer the ' yankeesr?Vlwl'have nioncy,-fo come- . . among us, and as IheycC is. not a cent of mney in I r-ymtmtm m 1 '1 I I T ,, . . i i i , .,, day tais issue m ttniu it is nottne prociamauon winch we had Supposed it toibe, ml TdV which the pooplc havebecn-anxiously looking-for some timepast, which proclamation it was (jxpected would refer to political affairs. : But uoVerthIess (he proclamation now; issued is of vastjimportancc, and will be received through out the south as a harbinger of better things. It raises and rempves the blockade that has existed, on all southern ports during four years p:it, ex-, ceptiug the ports of Texas, opening: theci to both domestic and foreign commerce the same as all ports in the United States are open. : ' j i I r The proclamation also removes all restriction? upon trade heretofore imposed in the territory of the United States east of- the Mississippi ; tiver, - -. . - '. . i- ' save those relating to contraband of war! to the reservation of fhe right s of the United . States to property purchased in the territory of ari enemy and to ihc twentyfive per cent, upon purchases of cotton, provision s of the internal revenue law will be carried into effect under the prppcr of ficers..; ' ' :';' j '"'' '?" " .'-'. Of eourse under the operation of this procjlama tion a 'collector of customs will be necessarily appointed for this port, and the duties of the cus tom house will bc ;resumed as in former year, j Thus is given another indication ef the affection of the national government for. this people, and i" . 1 i'.' r f. its desire to restore them to tranquility and prose j pcrity ; "' 1 v - Vl?IIi;iVLilV t. i4k I Gold Steady after call at 132, clon'aL 1L"2?. L If IV V!FMI r '-.i f New YoftK, May'24, 10jPM. 'AFFICF CoriitrtAnt i.d Market S.t - ci. Gold ..... ......... ...y..;.....i.w4l34- I 'T, Wiliningt li. Vf. Obii aridv Mississippi Certificates.. .......JrrSo' -MaylSoAi t . 'i nor.fXr-' j.i :ifi - .' ikf 1 i "Stand al.J....V-..-W-."t...V....:..f..i .3:?T i ' . . .& jCentrai.JJ. ............ iter;.;. ;entrai 1 yaiCK .Nr.' Y. Krie...... . 'Hudson..;........ .1..!..... Iieading.....r..... ......."...;.. Michigan Sdnthorn and N. Ind......1 Illinois Central K, It..... ....., C. nd Pitsburg....... ... ......... Chicago and Rock Island.: Pittsburg and Fort W aync. Mariposa.. ..j..- .....J..:....... V......I Tone of tbewlarket. Gold lirm. btoek very Leavy Sales, of Gold STter call 135-stt?od at that at close of report. . . .' . ,;.;' i if .1-' 73 ...94 A)0 .....U7K Willi tVSARiNE INTEL LICENCE, S eh o? ner Francis, Capt. EiercrsJ from New.York, ! consigned to J. R. Blossom- 'A C- with poods for J. 5liacklefor4, J. G lianman, S. T. Ashley. ,M. Jleln ms, J. Wjlliinaon, J. 1. UJosioui, dapt Jamve, A. Q. M.; W,1 II. Marks &' Co., 'r. i Bradley, G. P. Bappler, n. Ilartz and Cutter & French. " f X0TICK. rn F. PlX'K isour authorial Agouti. -Ir. X " otattorhev, toj transact an-r builds" our abiencc from Tuiwn. I ... I ; II ART A Mfly 27th . ; ' 1)K. 3!.! J. HEUOSSEl VFFKRS bi$ profeional service.-! u of "Wilmington.: , : v. Office at his res idea ce; corcr T-cJc streets. ;. t -: . ' . V-t"'.. ! Jlay 29th, 1863 I 1 Applv to Onct. ANURKSON, oi A VERY largJl rse. puitaole ora.-? J awr. - .Must -be pen tie -and kirid.i'j ' n "arnii to General Hawlej's otSce. Jeremiah Clemens. H ; t! ; A telegram from ilunUville, Alabama, an nounces th death in that city of the Hon. Jere miah Clemens, on Sunday,' the 21st instant. Mr. Clemens 'was born in HuntsTilleecembbi1 28, 1814, and was consequently in his fifty first year. After studying law' ia KentuckVj ho Was admitted to the bar . in 1834. In I l838j he was appointed United States Attorney -for the North ern District cf Alabama, and in. 1830, 1840 ture In 1842 he went to Texas as Lieutenant Colonel, having raised a company of volunteer troops. On his return he was again elected .to the Legislaturejn 1843 '44 in the latter year bp also erved as Presidential Elector, in -1848 newas appointed Governor of the Civil and Mil itary Department of Purchase in Mexicol whtchi fosjtion he held until the, close of thctwar. 'rohxlgiO lo"lS53 he represented I 41abama in Jth,c , United States SenKte, and -was again! Presi dential .Elector in 1856;, .... ! ( . j j. Mr. Clemens was a. member of the Conyention in Alabama -vthich Voted the f'tate but! of the Union, but v protested against its actiop; He' TO-PAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS ! THE Tug l HOBOMOK," (a priVate boat,) I- , is ready-to tow vessels, fiats, &o. -For particu-lai-s apply on board. . v GEO. W, SMALL, May 31 Captain.i 77-1 w. 160 BALES K0RTI1EM HAY, -fg. it. AiZJiK, . '33 North "VVat er. Street, b " " . -Kock; Spring Corne.' May ,31 ; PRIVATE BOARD VWASTED. i SINGI E GENTLEMAN desires teecure pri vate board Idr the Summer ; in a'imall re3Dec- table family, with a comfortable arniahed room. w ithyi five minutes walk of the.SMarket. Applv at xt .f '.U i - , viTHISOFFICE;. : ,May 31 . 77-3t ' ; BIG TIIIIVG ON ICE. O jKEGi? LAGER BEEJt tored at Gage's lee " J House and for aale br the keer ctr elass at '-'; :---'!:-..,- . . J. If '-May Jl." 1 ;:v-:r V"1 N.'CORNEnLSOy. ,v .'..? 77-2 1 GREEN TURTLE SOUP & YEXIS0iT ' ":-" .'".' ., . '. . . . .-;!,,.-jtll IS .Nirth Vt4r Sfreet ' 8200 REWAK1K 1 i . - 1 mlTE afenr reward, with no ouortiunl t? - - -- - ' r 1 . , I , - . .1 I be paid for thtr-ehverr, to the su'f. this otbce, of the -ViULsc r nui.Jl lm'l Ttt trether with its con ten ts whieh w.a takbi lrr ?' BarcJift's lioardingr House a d.av or . i-f i7G.2t . . IOC 1.4 , . o SIGHT EXCllAMii: N New, York, in sums t- pint, for H (TV 14 t Come r Frout. an-t-Vr " g . 1 5 V A TEl ITIIOLSTERIXG VM) IIAXG1XG. RE prepared to do all worlf ui their airiess. New soods exp.ee tc d datlt May 26th : ; ; "3IY OLD PORTFOL r tine 0: -a 0: 2ri r C.B DIBBLE; ? CSinmission ; Merchant, 188. Pearl Street, 2er p orK rvVi? a Alii frl'nls i . 0 . 1.. ... ; j : - .V.rJ rr T C' jt;aroiina; ana anj nci wu-t m ' t.i.-natrnnize him. . ' I liberal advances made on Con?igaBjent. ltefers to GeoMV. Freneh, L. A IJajrf, u ili.i fllli - '' ' " ., ' .. .. w I I4 ' r dr.b;farbixgto Srgeof 4 f.Officc oyer li IVillis' Druk trc Mar 30th 6 Ctpd tUEABY. 3IADE CL0THIXK
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