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- It it f VOL.1. RALEIGH, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1867. NO. ' 88. - . . ; TUE SENTINEL. Wis. B. PELL, PwopBiKToa. From the National IntolJUifencer. IK MSG POLITICAL EDITORS OF WASHING TON. rrkttMiM by the editor uf the Cluvui e't in the late Hon. Charles Eames, with whom lie- had ln for a time associated on Hi,- editorial tff of the Washington I'nion, ,u.igcts some cursory remarks concerning hading Washington editors in their con nection witl national aflair. Wc recur U ll. period when Congressmen hail, as a general rule, to rely upon professional abil ity, olifslde ail above that of trading par-ti-jiiship, wherewith to reinforce their iii-iiv per diem, in times when "two dollars i .lay and roast beef" im considered by all in, n of sense so extraordinary a suggestion ol' party deception and MMular delusion an i make the thing, from the present stand i.int. appear like a very remote tradition ,,l impossible truth. In those days Con uressmen (fare, a well received, hospi talities. They, in garb or other personal appearance, would not hare been, mistaken l,i Revolutionary heroes as of the sort of F irmiean-Continented contingents against wliomthev (ought in '76. They rode in carriages, or walked rather than to lie seen running to get on a crowded street ear. willi five pan in hand, to the annoyance of tli ,e lid-orinp people who, having honestly iiut up their hard-earned pennies as fare, , halt- when excluded from net atler the i,l of tlietUf. They took, paid for. and real mi my newspapers of different localities and -hades in politics, and very rarely, like inferior men .of the: days, affected to ..li with contempt nKn the journalism or i,,umallta that have too.vdlcn put them in lii 'h position. Of the old statesmen. John Km lolph was perhaps the only one who ,r, 'tended indifference to newspaper. In .lix. I. he proteased never to read Uieni: -Itut Mr. Seaton was aeeuatome,! to hv that then" was scarce time to get to thcothVe in the morning (M'fore Mr. Randolph, or some lie tiger from him, would lie present 'to correct the slightest error concerning him th.it illicit have possibly crept into the t.l tjiuxr. i The oiispienous advent of editor into of nihil lite, as a fined fact creeling gieat stir in politics, was reserrcil to the era of JVk- n'um. A story is related ol Iac Hill, M. M. Noah, Amos 'Kendall, and K. I. Blair, lending newspaper champions of the eirlv pretensions of General Jackson lor the Chief Usgitracyof tho nation, that hen they had audience with tle bl hero, be at ote eave them fvtrte U'tnehe s to place. It will Ik- rcmcmlerel that Mr. Hill was about the first victim of Senatorial proscription, "for ,, pinion's sake," as nominee for the Second ( Hiiiitrollership, by reason of the exceeding partisan fierceness that he infused into the iM New Hampshire Patriot. It was only veMcr l.iv that we saw an article in the New Y,,rk tribuM, attributing "the continued trenuth ol the Democratic party in Xe HiDipsliire to the early lena taught the people by UaacTTin. Tins, of course, Is onlv an approximation to truth, fot Mr. Hill died in this city nearly twenty years ago. It was during the Jackson period that Mr. Clay, in reply to Mr. W. U. King, of Ala bama, so far lost temper on one occasion as to pronounce false an allegation of the latter, to the effect that Messrs. Blair and Hives were peers in gentlemanly character of Sena tors themselves. Mr. King at once penned a challenge, and demanded as laiiaiaction an iinqualilled retraction. The gentlemen, however, whose cause he espoused, always Uld Uiemseleua amenable under the code. It may lie truthfully said tl(st the year 1MJ, or that in which Mr. Polk was inaugu rated, witnessed the conspicuous entrance ol editors into official life. General Duff Green, an early power in the press, had ptased. ulf the stage of asjtive service in that regard. So hut Amw Kendall, with bis t rse an 1 sententious style of treating mm and things. . . .Ml. V. tilair, who had, in the long and continuous period of the admiuis trations of Jackson and Van Buren, infused miiro iron into Democratic polities and pol iticians than has any ouo man since, then yielded the field lo another actor, he Iwing too much of an adherent of the Van Buren, Sen ton, and Wright school to suit those who had pushed Ttxas annx.lion. The retlracy ot lllalr nd Hives, who were omiiIv, fully, and strongly cndoised by the old hero of the Hermitage as met) having his entire confidence, was a Very marked event in American polities. Mr. Birnton did not at all pretermit expressions of wrath, in the " well known forms peculiar to him. Demo crs.de politicians were apprehensive as to the result of the hazardous experiment ofcro wd inn those gentlemen from the "forefront" in the political arena. Their remarkable silence for a considerable period was regarded as ominous. The danger was as the shadow of a huge clond, passing slowly and grandly toward the horizon, and finally disappearing. Another day saw devloMxl that avenging strength or the Wain, which told with cfiect upon their aaetcnt enemies, Thomas Hltchie succeeded F. P. Blair, and at the tame time, or soon alter, many new nun of the editorial fraternity came Uhiii the Washington stage. Mr. (Jules was in the fruition of his great powers. Mr. Beat on's never to-lie l'orgotteu cobwelibed apart ment in the old Intel! ujeiieer building was the constant resort of magnates ol the Whig party, where was well considered and di ;gwtcd that political policy which, pat in the f 'Nil of three, five, or seven-column articles Iroiu Mr. Onles, who habitually rose to his UIhuk at three o'clock in the morning, in true!,! most politicians, and was held to I J i .'he nature of suggestion to the Whig press of the country, dome time after this period Mr, Welling l-ame a writer of thu InteUignnnr. At frt his contributions were mainly of the "igh literary stamp. that hajre put him in thu front rank of reviewers. Hut his polit V ;'l ritingi wore so much in the rein of Mr. tides, both in the material treatment "I a subject and their' manner, that they came to lie regarded as the effusions of his illustrious chief. While M,esrs. Gales Jt Senton very rarely n h'eil visited a President or heads ol Do " paritnent Mr, Blair had constomt exsooaa'to j'resident Jackson, who, unquestionably, inspired all things of importance in bis ad niinibtratiuu. Mr. Blair was an Incessant I alwrer with that pen which wai all the law and the prophecies in general Democratic politics for long years. Mr. Kitchie brought with him, at a period of edwuMmd Vf?, all lh fcillN, Trtf)ie--tics and courtesie that could iuspira a gen. (kmaa ot tiifftrrMd trfd school of Virginia statesmen. It is reoorded of his journal that Mr.. Jefferson once said "lie read hut ,. newspsper, and that was nitehie,e.B It wxs t once seen that tile tea of po litres ran too high and rough Washing to to sult bischaracter, yet he braved it through by th exertion of a marvellous activity; en thusiasm, and devotion to the Democratic party and the principles ot the celebrated Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of half acentury previous. He retained, at the ad vanced age of more than three score and ten, gnat mercurialness aud flexibility of manlier, and his ulor extended lar intu the depths of night. He bore a rtiiintkiible likeness at a little distance to Oehcrnl Cam eron, suil underneath an , xlerior of very demonstrative court, sy laid u determined courage. When it aa remarked to him, that by leason of a sharp insuein politics of a personal nature, his son might lie called Umn to defend his honor, he said, the "blood of Doug! will protect itself." Mr. ltitchie had a faculty of discovering news paper ability in those about, him, and availed himself ot its advantages by acquiring the friendship of those who felt honored by his expressions of kind confidence and regard. He was, In Washington, certainly more of an observer, listener, and counsellor in p Mi tics than a writer. He walked Iui.l' 'li.-luti ccs daily, front point to point in the city, rarely wearing overcoat or cloak in the coldest of weather, lie looked through the exchuiigts down to the ma!l.'t and moot remote weeklies, litiug obliged, on one occasion, to leave town for a few days, die directed that all the xchanes sb ml. U: preservid uutil his return, lie made a huge pile in a chamber ol hi hoit-ie, hut noihing daunted, .Mr. Hil hie ni,or,t"l to the top of if, looked thn,itgh each p-ip, r like a Hash, and thrciv them nut t the win dow. Mr. Uitchit's artie'es weir lnv.ii ial'ty of thcgemral p'irl) stamp, u:el le-t eh.oiMive arguiueitts upon h-gnl. eo:;stituii,Mil, and politico y-ot;ouiic ipieitions. n-ing of a poli-ihcil, rapler-Iike , h.ir:ieter, ralie r than ol the hat ile-axi- or.ler, Mr. L'liii'ind Ibiike wasealle,! in to ,o M iiork. He hud liliU U'tnrhf and opeio-d thowe 4'tl,(UVi' bromlsides upon the oj,j.,ite parly w nch were antictp.tted from his M,werlul essays upon the tarill que1 ion, over lle signature ol "II Ieleiiii,l. At this lime William M. Overtoil, ot Virginia, commenced labor upon the editorial staff d the Union. Ho wield ed a steady, strong, intelligent uud vigo rous pen. About Ibis time sprang into on evanescent but eoi'Spii uous existinee, the "riouthcrn Pres." It was the 'oruan of the States rights or extreme Soul hern wing ot the Democratic party. The editor was Kin wood Fisher, a man of rure composure in manner, but of great intellect and intellf -" gence. He commanded respect from the sincerity of bis views, his calm reasoning, aioUor what events have proved to be ol in tie n foresight. Alter thu "I'nion" was transferred to Messrs. Donelson and Armstrong, it was soon found that the pen of the former was too passionate and too much recurrent to the old Issues between Jacksontsm, Van Burcnism, and Calhoumsm. Judge Nichols in, of Tennessee, a politi cian of experience, carefulness, and abiiity, succeeded aa editor of the I'nion. Then first appeared on this arena of journalism Knger A. I'ryor, a very young mam, but whose brilliant articles in thu South-side Democrat engaged the attention ot General Armstrong, a man ot rare sense and judg ment, though not a writer. An article of Mr. I'ryor upon ltussia, first asserting ideas as to the nati nal relations of amity that should subsist between Hussin and the United Slates caused a stir in political eir. cles that resulted in the appointment of Mr. Pryor as Vhirtfe it Ajfnirtt to U recce. Meanwhile Colonel Forney was added to the stall, and became its head. His pen, at that time, was regarded by the Deuioeialic lenders as the most ready, reliable, and in ventive to promote their partisan objects of any in the country. Mr. Forney had not, up to that period, leen so solicitous to care for himself a to support, advanced iihas ol Southern rights far la-yoiid the point main tained by (icncr.il Pierce or Judge Douglas, and particularly to promote the, toriuuea ol James Buchanan. I'ruin tir W'ltliiiKjlvit lnilix. "The negro will, we hope, eventuully find out who are the friends mn whom he can depend. One year ego,wben Uie question of allowing him to testify in the civil courts was before the legislature, such disfran chised men as M. E. Manly, W. N. II. Smith, Cols. Cowan, Hyman.Hall, Htaiiford,and(!eo. Howard, acre found to record their vote in favor ot the measure, whilthc enfran chised Black, Henry. Jenkins, of Granville, Moore, of Chatham, Nicks, Scoggins, Jones, of Wake, C. U Harris, of Kuthcrrbrd, Sncsd, and many others of their striie, vehement ly opposed it, antl every one of whom weou appointed delegates to the meeting held on the 21th. Again, on the 2nd of March, 1860, when the vote was reconsidered, .Mr. Hfiwis was urged to change his vote with out effect, aud the bill, alter a heated discus sion, became a law through the votes of suvh " disloyal " men as Ayeovk, of Wayne, Mc Kay, i Hampsoo, VVhitford, ol Craven, How ard of Edgecombe, and lfall, ot New llano r. Yet now, when he sees, pe.rha s. a chance for political fame through colored votes, ('. I.. Harris il the first man to assume upon himself the duty of instructing the negro how to vote, and that too, niter being so bit telly opposed to letting him. have a voice in the court-room, as to actually demand that his vote in opposition should bo re corded on the eight different occasions when it came before the legislature. Ver ilv. circumstances alter cases, and c ear nestlv liohe lor the day when the intelli I gence of the colored race will enable tin in to see through tlie vile impositions that are now being practiced upon them under the hypocritical guise of friendship." ' A rttrious cnte of alleged fraud has been developed iu the Chicago , courts. A man named liainfdrth simulated (lentil and dis appeared. His will was read, leaving all the property he hud to certain persons, ac complices, with him In thu Iraiid, but it was never proven. A rule of court being obtain ed to compel the executor to prove the will, tliev conies, d that Uuinforlh was Mill alive, and that his' death was sliftulatfM to de fraud several life imvurn'nro companies, 1rt which he had ctketed policies amounting to 15,000. A long search for Itnlnturtli eu sued, and lie was found at the lAipont House, on Hudson and Laight streets, New York, on Sunday night. AVie Tort lliml.t. TUa-AattUary ..auperinleudcnS ., aaij Mt, Schullx, has knowledge of more than lliirfy itouatw in New; Tor eity. wueroin thc( bie Imslness transacted t tbe'priictirfng ofat?rri' Hon. Tiiim. Coral, and especially the very pale pink variety, ii becoming Tsry fashionable for trimming, ' For the SuntiacL . BRAZIL. Nr. 6. ' PHOVINCKOP ESPrhlTO SANTO. l'rM-ccding South from Bahia, the next Province on the coast is that of Kspirito San to. This is one the smaller Provinces, and, though lying contiguous to that id Itio ds Janeiro, it is perhaps the most backward in development (,f a tne sea coast Provin ces. This is owing more to the w ant of the facilities of communication, and L'ihmI liar Isirs und shipping ports in the Province, than to the character of its soil. It lies l-tween latitudes 14 and 32 de grees. South, and has an area of about 22. KM) square miles, or nearly the size of South Carolina. In the Northern and Southern irtions the surface is hilly and broken, the principal product being coffee; but the middle portions are mo-llv level, producing sugar, rice, Ac. The soil is gen rullv fertile. The climate, away from the rivers, is henlfhy and pleasant, though damp along the seaiuiHst. In Ibis Province we lcgin to leave the periodical rains, and distinctly defined net and dry seasons of the more equatorial regions. Here the rains arc dis tributed more uniformly througlivoit the year, thouvjfe it falls more abundantly and frequently in the summer month-. The chief products are coffee, sugar, corn, riev, and lliandioca. bendes the n-iial tropi cal fruits and productions, and medicinal phinN. die s b, cabinet woods, ,Ve. The l'r,, iuee has nb foreign trade, its products being sent to the city of llio. Its popula tion is about .1 "i.UOU, of uhieh HI. lion arc slave-. It- Capital i-Victoria, having a population of about il.ooo. There arc in the 1'rov in, e one Lyceum and fifty one pri mar; -cliools. I'llOVINI K OK I1IO lK .lAM'lllo. We must not confound the , with the t'Hv mid rfitri t of liio ,lc , ineiro. The Citj ol Kio is the Capital of the Kinpirc, ami is situated in a district, surrroundiiig it, of about lt(!(l squire miles, which, like the District of Columbia, in the I'nited Stalt s, is ili-'inet from the Province, and governed bylans nnd regulations passed bv the Im peri.d AsM inbly or Congress. The Province nfltiolics N tmen 21 and 2 deg. South latitude, and, exclusive- of the District, has an an a of about tfH.tOd square miles. The mince is broken and mouutainous, and in terseetidby numerous rivers, all id' whiclfc, however, except the Parahiha. whii h runs through its northern or eastern end, are small and but little navigable. The soil is very tcrlilc, and, in proportion to its size, this Province is perhaps the largest coffee producing region of the Kmpire. The cli mate is temperate, pleasant and exceedingly heatlilul. The thernioinetrieal tables, given in a former letter, -were those of this Prov ince and the City ofHio. All kinds of tern perate and tropical productions may be raised here. Besides coffee, its chief pro ducts are cotton, sugar, tobacco, rice, fcc. In IWIO the value of the coffee produced in this Province amounted to f 28,3' '2,0 K), In the same year there were 118 sugar estates, which yielded 21.424 tons of sugar. valued at t2.15,t)(H). The population is about 8."i0, UOn, of which about 2O,0()n are slavis. The shipping port id the Province is the City of Hi,, but the exports of the city are no criterion by which to judge of the pro ductions of the Province, since all of the products of Kspirito Santo and Minas, and much of those of the Provinceof St. Paulo, are exported from this city. The capital of the Province proper is Nitherohy, or Praia, a small town on the East side ot the Bay, and opposite the city of Bio. In the Province there are, for education, one hundred and sixty-four public free schools, forty seven private colleges, and ovei two bundled private schools. As the city and District of Hio, the seat ol the Imperial government, is located within tbrs Province, It might lie expected that I should give some description of it ; but as I am not writing a picturesque ac count of Brazil, and as our people will not likely be inclined to settle in the large cities, stich a description would Im more entertaining than useful. I will therefore only mention that it is a large city of over 400,000 inhabitants, being the third city ot thu Western hemisphere, and, in size, Dext to New York aud Philadelphia. Its chief inhabitants are noted for their polished cul ture and refinement. Its harbor is one of the most accessible, capacious and secure in the world. The magnificent beauty of its bay and its picturesque scenery are world renowned, aud can only be compared with those ot Naples, it being a still disputed oiiit among travellers whether, in these re spects, it does not surpass the latter. From this city branch, as I have already stated, three important Railroads. The first and shortest is that from Mana, on the. bay alK,ve Uio, to the fad id' the mountains on which stands the town of Petropolis. It is yet only about ten miles long. Petropolis, and its vicinity, alauit 3000 feet above the level of the sea. arc the principal Summer resort and rural residence of the wealthy inhabitants of Uio dining the Krnnmcf months. From this town a turnpike now leads to Floras, in the interior Province of Villas. The second llailro.nl is that from the upper end of thu bay to Cantngallo, Only about 2t hiiles of it have yet been fin ished. It is intended to open up the Iowit valley of the I'arahil a river. The third and mot important Uailroail is that of Don Pedro II. At present it extends only to tiro town ot I'araluba, ill the upper end of the I'arahibn valley, and distant from l('t about 170 miles. It will, however, eventu ully be carried through the midst id' the riiii and important Province ot Minas, and into the great valley of the San Francisco. At Petropolis is located a (teruinn colony now comprising some 10,000 individuals, established by the government. In the vi cinity. of this town and also in the North ern end uf (lie Province, North of the river Parahlb.i, as well ns in the Southern end of the Province of Kspirito Santo, are sonic of the best coffee lands in the Kmpire, and which the government are offering to emi grants for settlement. They do not, how ever, seem to lie in sufficiently large bodies lo suil the views of the agents sent out by the many emigration associations of our' people, though they are pre-eminent for fer tility of soil, picturcsijue bcautv of. .loca tion, nnd salubrity of climate. It is believed that small parties of emigrants, composed of a few families of relations or friends, w ould tlml in this region homes that would suit them in nil repeets;and the internal T tniproTOHwaitit,- liow in TmfC, will-In short time maKe sum settlements most TOtatbte-es veil as ploaaant aud convenient. W. An infant with 11,000 not pinned to its dress wa recently left in a Jndon rail way station. TONE QF..1UE STATU I'RK&i. We make the following extracts from our State cotemporarics relative to the late lloldenite meeting in this City. They speak for themselves, and we give them simply in order to show the tone of public sentiment . From the Wilnington Journal. As Gen. Dockery, for his elevated posi lion, us chairman glanced at the men who composed this meeting, he must have been struck with tho entire absence of his old party friends ; and as his eye sought in vain tor such compeers as Graham, Manly, Wad dell. J. T. Morehead, Outlaw, Gilmer, A-he, Smith, (i ait her. and others, who had 'with him sustained so long and w ith such credit, the destinies ot a great party, (Hissibly his check paled for a moment, lor "conscience doth make cowards of ns nil." And wc will be excu-cd fiom expressing a regret at the presence ot a friend, Col. I). M. Carter, who was a Judge in one of the Military Courts in the C. S. A.J and confess a ' blissful ignorance" one so gallant, so generous, so Bccotnpli-liod, could lend Inm sell'to this ignoble purpose. We hope the gallant soldier and upright Judge w as not troubled with flic aching nfan outraged heart, nor suffered from the lingering tlfects ot an honorable wound : and while tlralwng the resolutions endor-inu' the legi.-lat ion of Congress, and app roving the ilistranchisc- ment ol his honorable comradi s in anus, we , trust he was not disturbed by the ghosts of i others, who, ly us (',,',..;, Jill dishonored I graves. i As a political body, this meeting repn ' si nlvd nothing, or lather the sediments of everything; whigs and democrats, knoiv- nothings and foreigners, secessionists and unionists, w hites and blacks ; its Ictiibrs,' , consistent in the past in nothing but olhee sei king, w ith no present bond of' union but a desire to bold oiliee, anil with uncommon sympathy for the future but a hope to ob tain otlice, alike only in the unanimity with which the people have rejected their aspira tions, " l'laek spints sn,l iihile, Ii, ,1 Spliitsiilu! Klai . Mingle, UllliKlu. mniid-. You that minute nisv." From the iIbju Ciin'ltutuit. The "Harris Hidden 'onpiracy'' mi t in Haleigh on Wednesday, and perfected the preliminary organization necessary to a eon summation ol'their schemes. All was "har mony and enthusiasm." The colored peo ple comprising the meeting are generally rcL'ariled ns very respectable per-ons, but their present associates are not like lo im prove their morals to any extent. We trust the colored gentlemen will insist upon that respect and ilelerence from their inferiors, always due the superior. Possibly these respectable negroes may restrain their white amrent, and prevent them from playing the political devil with the colored people of the Stale ; otherw ise the interests of this class are in serious danger of destruction." Frnm tlie Wtldt'it State. "It is a curious age w e live in, and cer tainly the rarest curiosity lately presented to the Southern mind, is the htongrel Con vention now ia session in the city ot lialeigh. There we see organized, under the vigilant direction of a disappointed politician, a set of unprincipled men, congregated tor the purHseHof vengeance, and reveling in the uiistortunea ot a ruiued people. From all parts of our State they l ave assembled, the sell sold and soul hired traitors whose bo soms never cherished one generous feeling, and whose pulsus never yet throbled with one patriotic emotion." Fnnn tlie Oil Xorth St.ih: "While we Cannot endorse the resolutions as a whole we yet rejoice that they arc us irce from objections as they are. We had feared, from the givings out in certain quar ters, that a test oath for voters would be proposed as one of the provisions w hich the party would endeavor to incorporate into the new State Constitution. We are unal terably opposed to the disfranchisement of any of our people at thu ballot box, because of their participation in the lute war, and we apprehended some danger of a division of our people on that uuesthui. We now hope, from the silence of this meeting on the subject, that nothing of the kind is contem plated, though wc would much have prefer red that it should have passed resolutions against it. We may possibly recur to this meeting again." EUTTKH FROM Gov. PlCKPNS. S. C Tl.e following is an extract from a private letter received by a gentleman in this city frivjri Gov. Pickens, of South Carolina : "You know the desolation of our country has ruined us all, and we are in great pover ty. God only knows whether we will lie enabled to gather this year's crop, und the policy of the Government forbids all enter prise, and pnts it utterly ont of nnr rcacll to raise any money now on any terms what ever. We would gladly sell half of our lands for support and ready means, but, of course, no one w ill purchase with tho open threat of confiscation standing over our heads, nnd want nnd starvation before thou sands of our people both black aud while. The most cruel part of it is, if possible, the first suffering comes upon the helpless black people, who have been innocent of all blame, und really have acted ns well as any people would, have done under the circumstances. I really think that most men w ho own land arc struggling now to do all they can do lor the support of their former lailhful slaves. I know this is my case, and it is what adds greatly to my present embarrass ment nnd cramped melius," It isthe fortune of the Sunt hern people u be misrepresented, and never more than now. Their submission to the unconstitu tional legislation which has been visited upon them, is represented as approval and approbation. We notice that Forney, in a late letter, claims that this submission to irresistible force settle the question that the Southern States have no legal existence in the. contemplation of the constitution, ami are not to be counted as among Uie Slates. He says : "The pretext that the constitutional amendmcut could never be adopted without the voles of the seceded State ht hem re motest fly the. rompltte HihiiiitMumof the .VufA ern fXniU to the w ait of mxiutruetitnx vk)fticrtlyiiecfrraihrttheTMU'm datnytd tht old Have Stalet, and tkat tkeV mwt ic veryiinttsd tudcr iuUtVoa j&rai." This is like claiming that where a man; yields his pocket book to him who hold a pistol at his head, he contest that the legitimate right of property U in the robber. iiieA. EnjMirtr. INTKIiVIEW BETWEEN GENERAL SICE I Eft AND PRMTXF.XT CHANTS OF CHARLESTON. Yesterday at one o'clock the following merchants of this city, W. S. Ilastic, An drew Sin, on, Is, George W. Williams, K. W. Marshall W C Wlolden W. I. Treiiholm A. J. Clews, E. Bales, C. T. Dunham, i. D. i " F. Fleming, K J. Dawson, A. II. llayden, J. It. Steele, It. S. Brans, M. Strauss, E. Pearson, called upon Geu. Sieklis at the Citadel to pay their respects. Mr. Haslie introduced thu other gentle men present lo Gen. Sickles, and on their behalf addressed him as follows : (trmrttl : We have cailed upon you not in Is lialf ol' the citizens generally, but on our ow n account, to pay our respects to you as Commanding General of this Military Dis trict. If it were simply to express my own sciatim, tits it would be a matter of no dilli etiity, but as I am acting as the exponent of all the ccntlciuen Present, it has been ! thought In-at to commit their senlimuils to 1 creating n desire to participate in their writing, aud I take great plcasuie in tend-' d acitsai. o. The habit of political couima in' them to you as lollows : ! w',tl the people, originating early, eon- iiOitrin: e have to eollgrat ulalt: our selves that one so w ell know u lo our people as vourseli', should have been uppoiuttd to tin comuiuud of thu Military District. The whole loiiulry. sir, .North and South, i-suffering iu its business r, hit ions by rea son ol'tlo- unsettled political i(,il of this sect ion , l t he I moll. It i-our desire. General, and we think We I all speak for the great 111.,-ss III our people, ttiat all 1 1 i smIi-, ,11s .should eea.st', and every ctl'orl be mahlo restore p, .i, , and prosjii i d to our distrni ted country. The wealth of a country is iu the amount of labor i io,1,,vimI and nothing else. It wi re vain lo levy taxes unless the Wealth is produce, I to pay llniii. It is the interest of Ih, Stales, North and South, that every labor, r. bite and colored, should contrib ute his share to the general prospi ritv, and until our political dill'u iillies are w illed and tlui ten Southern States are represented in ( 'ougrcss, credit w ill continue to Ian guish. and our Ii, M- to be but partially i ultivaleil. We coiejcive it of the utmost importance to the people ol the f lilted Slates that the labor ol the South should be fill Iv and im mediate! v developed. The production of four million bales of cotton, together with our rice, sugar and tobacco, will ut once stimulate every channel ol industry, giving employment to our mer cantile, murine, railroads and manufactories, uud aid in securing the payment of the national debt. No i arty le ling should exist low aids the Southern KlaU-s; we are neither sectional nor are w e of any party ; wc can mould our industry to meet any legislation, w hether it be the protection uf agriculture, commerce or manufactures. In conclusion, sir, we would say that every effort will lie made by ourselves and friends, and we think by the people at large, to sustain our rulers in establishing a rep reseutative Government. Gen: Sickles .replied as follows : Gentlemen: It affords me great satisfaction to receive this visit, and to hear the grati tying sentiments which have been express ed. 1 feel assuied that the citizens generally will do everything in their pow er to sustain the laws, and to aid me in the discharge of the duties I am to perforin. The general interests and prosperity ot North and South Carolina have I ,ecn the object of earnest solicitude since I have been in command in this department, and what I liuve done in this regard in the past I will continue to do in the future. The solution of the present political difficulties rests with the citizens themselves. The military authorities will not interfere a partizaus in political move mints, r organization. We will endeavor impartially and lairly to promett) the reor ganization of the civil government in the two sjtutxt - A uiplu protection will be given to life, liberty and property. Ill conclusion, gentlemen, be assured that I shall always be glad to hear any expression ol your senti ments, nnd to comply with your suggestions so far us it may comport with my sense of duty. MARY LA ND-RA DI VA L M 0 V E MKNTSMR; HltOQElF SPEECH. The committee of the Maryland Radical Convention called on Speaker Colfux and Vice-President Wade on Thursday, and win encouraged to proceed in their opposition to the legal authorities of the State. A Mr. lingers has prepared a bill of injunction to prevent the proper officers from holding an election for a Convention. Mr. Colfax was severely handled by several members for having such stuff as the proceedings of a liudienl meeting read to the House. "Mr. Biooks reuiaikcd that if he had not, long since, adopted the lloratiau maxim of nil luhainiri, he would have been astonished at the extraordinary presentation of a par tisan memorial in this House, and at the still more extraordinary speech of the gen tleman lrom Maryland against his own State constitution. Jlr. B. proceeded to show that the same inequality of representation existed in the Slates of Maine nnd Connec ticut; that byl the gerrymandering process iu Pennsylvania anil other States the major ity was cheated of its representation; and that real republican forms of government existed in no State. As to Tennessee and Missouri, theru was no more republicanism there than there existed under the Pasha of Egypt or the Sultan of Turkey. There wa no republicanism represented even in the Senate of the I nited Slates. It was a body existing in utter defiance ol all republican forms of government; antl he expected the gentleman lrom Maryland, (Mr. Thomas.) when ho had succeeded in reforming the affairs of his own State, to introduce a proposition to abolish the United States Senate. Thu Slate of Nebraska, with a pop ulation not one-lit lb the number that are found every day under ground in the First Ward of the city ol" New Yolk, attending to their daily business, had an equal repre sentation in the Senate with Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. The propo sition ' of the gentleman from Maryland would amount to an overthrow and subver sion of the whole stiuelnre ol the govern mcnt, a consolidation and despotism cf the worst kind, utterly fepiigfiaht 16 the whole idta of the founders of the Bcpublic," The Atlanta Era ot March 2b ill state that the Mic! General John C. Breckinridge has advised his triendsto accept in good faith (he Sbcjmau recaro surest aud only mode of restoring the coun try 10 peace ancoquiei, .ti loiic itvtm. Not many day ago (lie Prcil'Tcrit re- marked that he considered it a matter of much more importance to Congress than to him whether be wa Impeached or not. BoqPp. , MB. yEEpSJNTRoaLCIQUl From the New York Time. Mr. Tlitirlowr Weed announces his purpose to assume editorial control of the Commcr fini Aiirertiter in Tuedsay's issue ot that paper. Ills " introductory fills tour anil a half of lis ample column. It is a most able and interesting statement f the condition and dangers of the country, ns Mr. Weed views them, nnd of the successive steps by which we have lieen led into them, accoiu f inied by n rtxuine of the leading acts and incidents of bis own political life, given for the pnrpese ot showing more clearly the po litical principles he has always advocated, and w hich he intends to advocate still. Mr. Weed says : "When, in Ib02, I ret i led frulu editorial life, the circumstances which now ptompt a return to the duties of journalism were neither foreseen uor anticipated. The vital questions now in issue awaken dcen in issue awaken deep emo- umicu iiiiougn mill a century, ami me temp tation r, turn with every rising aun. TjHj onh ul through which our country is passing is trying the fortitude of the people and testing the str-ngth of the Government. Like ibe ocean, upheaved by tempests, the eouutry is surging aud seething under the intlucncc of excited patv-oiii. The strain of angry eli inents-upon the shivering timliers, groaning masts, and torn canvas of the ship ot State, causes intense solicitude among the passengers, and imposes stern duties upon ilie otlieers and crew. Wc are in the second phase of rebellion - a phase, in some of its H-pects. more alarming than the first ; for the dangers are insidious and plausible, rather than open and !, ii int. Then wc en counter! d em uiics in the field. Now we are dealing with internal aninio.it i, s and ambi tions. .. I resume duties from which I had intend ed a permanent withdrawal, with great cli f -rid, nee and tlistrus'. Though reasonably familiar with journalism when in the har ness, things have si vend years the start of me now, mid w hether, considering the dis advantage in years, I can catch up with events, und assist in giving shape to them, remains to tie seen. While in the field, I had my share ol readers ; but two genera tions have passed away, and a third is rising to manhood sincu 1 commenced edi torial life. I know that in all resjiects the world goes faster, , and requires warmer blood and fresher thoughts than were need ed before rails and wires, invested w ith at tributes supposed to helongamly to omnis cient power and wisdom, trifle and toy with time and distance. But age, if moderately benefitted by experience aud observation, may impart something of interest and use liilucss to the columns of a newspaper. And inspired with that hope, I am about to try and do a little gmd in helping the people and the country out ot their compli cations complication unnecessarily aggra vated by passion and ambition. Wars, in other times aud couutries, have been succeed ed by pestilence and famine. But we are providentially exempted from these visita tions. Thu nation's health aud harvest have lccn perfect and bountiful. Our evils are self-created. We are scourging our selves. The problem for solution ia: How long will the people permit representatives to practice antl speculate upon their confi dence and patriotism I "Truth ia mighty," aud will ultimately prevail. But time is precious. Every lost day and hour add tearfully to the ruiu and wrongs that mis rule entails upon the puople and country. But enough of this. My excuse fur in dulging in such reminiscences is, that those w ho impugn my fidelity to principle may see that they must present a formidable list of political delinquencea before they will be able, in adjusting the account, to find a bal ance against me. I was hard at work on the weak but thu right side, against strength and wrong, years before stcret " Loyal Leagues," or those who manipulate them, were invented art invetition-which bode no good to the country, for Ironi the time Washington, at the close or the ucvolutlon- sry war, warned his countrymen against po litical "secret societies," nottiing Hat mis chief and evil has come of them. Republi canism is open and frank, seeking by direct ness and honesty to w in iu way. Those ho have siuister and seln.sh purpose to accomplish prefer dark and devious ways. 1 he journals w ith which 1 have heretofore been Connected Imve commended themselves to the homes and hearths of the people. In selections, as in editorials, my study was to amuse and interest, to instruct antl improve. Of humble origin, my si mpalhic have been and are with the laboi ing classes. Though a leveller, my desire is to raise the poor up instead of bringing the rich down. The fu ture of the Lommereial, therefore, in its gen eral aspects, will n fleet its past, with per haps, a single qualification. I have ever held the opinion, which is still cherished, that while capital takes rare ol itself, labor needs reasonable protection. THUItl.OW t KED. Thk North Cnrolininiis are considerably stirred tip by the charge of Mr. Mcl'abe, in his history ot the campaigns of Gen. Lee, that Petligrew's North Carolina brigade fl-tl the lit Id at Gettysburg, causing the route of Pickett division. 1 he charge is not trne. It so happened that Pcttigrew advanced in j front of Anderson's division, in w hich wa Fosey' (afterwards Harris') Mississippi I oiiganc, ami nieie are lueu now in v lids burg w ho were pr sent on the occasion, who know that they did advan. e, and did not fall back until 1'iekit, w asdriviti out Of the enemy's works. They also kuow that when, they were cotupiiled to fall back, Pettigrew withdrew in good ordtr, and rallied hi im n inside of the Confederate work.- It is also a fu t that Pickett never succeeded up to the close ot the war in ever again making his command r ffit-five. - Pcttigrew Isdea.l, but the least this matter is stirred, the bet ter k will be for Pickett. - rVV"ry (Him ) llffillt. j Dihkct Thaw:. Filch paragraph as1 the billowing from the Norfolk '" IM ot Fritlay evening arc. in the political gloom that surrounds us, like patches of blue sky in stormy weather: The steamship Bospliorou trill finish loading to-morrow and will clear for Liver pool direct. This isthe fourth or fifth ship loaded at this port in the post four- months for the same destination. i uw surety iooks should encourage the ueonlc of Vtnrlnla Eastern North Carolina, and Tennessee to W lib consolidation we can load one) c f thcae ships every week;, aud when that grand scheme is consummated, the initial ten to. ward SontUern commercial independence will hT been taken." ' r From the Charlssuw Evening N.w. GENERAL SICKLES' ADDRESS TO " THE COLORED PE0PL& . The Umdi-ligliJlrJrxxfion of Tuesday night, which wa-)llowcd by an Immense concourse of colored people, assembled in trout of Miyor Gtsnnral D. . Sickle' -quartern, to offer him the compliment of sere nade. The band having performed serend airs, In response to tlie loud and repeated rails of the asaeniblngc, General Sickle pre sented himself. His appearance wa the signal for the most enthusiastic demonstra tions. He said: , "My friends, I thank you for your Thdt, Although unexpected, it is none tha le gratifying. It is your privilege, not mine, to take part a a partisan in the political action of the day ; my duty i Uf are that every t iticn of North and .South Carolina has a full and fair opportunity to vote aa his judgment and conscience may dictate. This duty 1 shall endeavor to perform.- Thu colored race in this country nave gain ed praise for their admirable conduct du ring the war and pending the recent agita tion of their civil and political enfranchise ment. In my Department, I ran trnly bear testimony t your patient fiirbearancei When severely provoked to retaliates rme! " " ' acts of violence and humiliation, yon have borne yourselves with unfaltering eonji dencc; the day of your deliverance was not far distant (.Cheers.) Let me enjoin upon you all, in this hour of your suocesa, perseM, verance in well doing. You are Bow citi zens of the Republic. Remember that the strength of the nation Ilea in the virtue, in dustry, loyalty and courage of its citizen. You must try and vindicate the hope of your friends and repel tho - lore boding of the sceptical by proving yonraelvea Worth of the privilege to which you have been admitted. (Applause.) whenever any large addition has been made to the voters of a State, the same pprehension have been expressed that are now heard Jn refer- enee to yrmrsclve. r Those already enfranchised are easily alarmed at any considerable change in the established order of things. Bo far, in thi country, experience baa shown that, JJntou, Lilierty and power are safe in the hand of those who earn their bread by the iweat of their brow. (Applause.) Nona lov the land of their birth more fondly; none wilt defend it with mora constancy - and valor than those whose labor makes np the turn of a nation's wealth. 'Applause.) So long the destinies of thi country are ' in- tha hands of those whose homes are made sa cred by justice, whose liberties depend on the courage with which they are maintain ... ed the old flag may defy all enemies whether from withiu or without. (Oftat applause.) - , . -v ,, It would be difficult under the most fa vorable circumstances for any race of men to engage, as von have now to do, in the """ , most interesting political events, without being deeply moved by their importance and novelty. Let me ad visa yon a a friand, and aaone not without expedience In pnblie affairs, to preserve at all times tha utmost moderation of langnsge temper and con- duct. Avoid anything like violence. Imps -tience or indecorum. Do not give even -your adversaries Just occasion t eooiplain s ul the least disrespect shown,, to them In..,.,, your discussions, private ot public And beware of those who Would endeavor to y excite animosities between ths white- and v the black races. , . v . 1 , " ' The prosperity of the South, the welfare' ' of the country, are intimately associated with the harmony and good feeling which should ' ' exist between the people of both race at the Booth. Whatever serWiry impair th in Kisiy impair we in ict result Injuriously ace, culture, capital. " itial than labor's nnd terests of one race, most result to the other. Intelligent land, are not less essential yet without Isbor these can have mo solid and enduring foundation. : Ton have already J shown your tpprsclatton of the advantages " by the esgerues with which yon hav em- 4 ployed the opportunities lately given you to educate yourselves." It will not be long '? before the white race in the South will see bow deeply they are interested in the educa- 'v tiou, industry, thrift and progress their , population. In this mutual dependence Use the security ol all. Abundant Ume and opportunity will be afforded, and ample notice will be given, oi all the successive step to be tsken in the organisation of the State (internment with is my command. It will not be necessary, nor can it be otherwise than injurious to yourselves, for you to neglect your regular employment and associations to attend to political affairs, -1 promise you that, with out any such sacrifice on your part, everjtJ maj in the Carolina, entitled to Voice in the decision of the great question to be : passed upon under my supervision, 'shsll have a fuir chance to act his part without let or hindrance from any one. Jfy friends, I wish you all good night, ' r3 ExTiAORDTWAsrr VrfTrows. An elrTman and his daughter, from Alexander county visited thu place last Tuesday, for the pur pose of asking the US. troop encamped here, if they knew snything about James Thompson, a son of the old gentleman who belonged to the 7th N. & Regiment end who was aid to have taken the oath to the T. S. Government at Baltimore, some time during the' war. We have not learned whether they obtained the desired tniorma tiou,thnogh the probability is thai the did -not. They came here on toot, a distance of some 40 or 50 mile, without money or other means to pay travelling expenses. They brought dowa three hare thins and a wtiasel skin, which they offered to soll bnt not to pay tor a night's lodging, or anything' of the kind. The old man wanted a MdJU ttrinrr ; ami the skins, if sold at all, must go for mat. It is to be hoped he found some one, to accommodate thn, and that ha btsow safely at home, aa happy as any millionaire on earth. In possession of hi full strung fiddle, w ith a blazing wood tire and a few cheerful neighbor around the hearth, he heeds not the wag ot the would, nof cares for the fate of empire. " Mu wauls but little here below." . StlMOM'ry ill NAM. (Joinu to Raoi latx Afvaihs. Some et the called delegate to the Raleigh-Convention, which was to have been ' organized on the 37th inst., while passing throned thi town, divulged some of their scheme. One of Uio nuinlier said in. sttMstnosywe intend to tend a Delegation tod solic.it. the attend ance of Gen. Sickle, and we intend to use our influence with him to have the recent rtofthe6vlAsemMytBUyIw strictly enforced, eves if it becomes necessa ry to disrobe the judges and close the hall ol justice. Radicalism will essay to perform any act to promote iu aims and end, Z,' (eta fWn'er. ' - "I t,. - ( V 7" 4 r 1 :r; r'-r4 i -ft; : - t -" !.:- i v
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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