VOIi. 2.
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 18G7.
NO.l.
THE SENTINEL.
WM. Z. PELL, I'ttormcToR.
JIEOOSSTBUOTION.
Perhaps there li do word In the Knglish
luKUa;v tikety to hecoilic more nant-ittinK
to the Auicricon people, from itH frffuciit
iimj, tlma tli word 'lltrmutrvction." Vet
it uiio U uiuwokUHIc, however littln mi
li-4ntool. The ItepulHsn party Ik reKMiu
hil.le lor the einplovincnt of the term, us
applicable to the late revolting Statea.
Upon the proimmpt ion that the Coiiktiiu
tion of the Unitetl Statea wa in forte I
l'..re the war, l(irin( the war. anl niiii e the
war. the Hlates needed no reconatruction.
Huring the war, the Constitution of the
I'liitrd PtuUn was imply au.opended in the
revolting States, ami, upon the failure of
the remit, that instrument at once, resumed
its sway, with all the law of the I'nitc.l
States made in eonl'onuitv thereto, our
siii.l States, rendering null uti'l void all
t'onstitiitiont and la, or eluuxea of Con
HtitutH'li'i of laws, passeil in the iiitrrim, or
during the war, in violation of theConstj
ttilionofthe United Stale. This, to our
niiii't was the eonstitntioual i.f the
States at ihfi cloae of the war. What was
I lien needed, and all that was iieediil. as the
n hahilitation of the ollieiary of the St:iti s.
hv tlic removal of all those otfieers, liu
..trices neeeiisarily implied and reuire.l an
taonism with the Federal government, nod
the tilling them with men who had l. M
trulv lol to the Federal pivernmeiit .In
ritne tlw tallru war. The MUlIt of reioll or
relallion waa entirely i.'rx.ual, and lo-iiee
the jieopleof the South, who hi re guilty l
treason, in its proper legal s.-ne, were li.il.l.
t.i its penalties, and ri'.iiired putiUhuii'iit
im re. oust ruction, Um which have come
to mean the same tiling. When the war a
simted tilt proportions ".I a contest la-twccn
lH lliierent powers, the character of tin
States remained unaltered, yet it worked a
change in the relation of the contestant h.
Had Prenident Johnson i ousulu-d as closely
the time-honored i-.mstructioiu of the ( on
ililution, then, aa he did some months after
and sincK, and called ('.inures together
some three month after the war i losed. to
adjust, liy law, what the principles of tin
('"listitution demanded, the whole pro
gramme, while it might have fallen harder
on comparatively few individuals. Voul. I
have been complete, and the entile nation
would have now liecii at peace. I'nfortun
alely, the virulence of personal and parti
7.an hata prevented, and Mr. Johnson nn
di-rtook, and failed, to reconstruct what the
Comtitution had already recoiistruc u .1 ;
thus seeming to necessitate an effort, on the
part of Congress, to do the ju over. In
t'.iia remark, w e do not menu to in ulpaic
themotivea of tlic I'reaiduut, or any one
ele. All, perhapa, did the Iwat they could,
with the light and feeling they then had.
Itcaiiuot I denied- III tact is engraven
upon the rock that In all the attempt at
recon.it ruction, whether ou the part ol the
I'rtwident or ot iTuflgfeM; llw nt body 1 .
the people of the Month, of all ahwlea of
political aeutiment, have acqaieaced with
out resisUoee, faithfully doifls; what wa re
Huirel, only enerciaiug the free choice l
American citizen in u:h matter a were
left to their discretion. In the plain re
ijuirernenU of the I'reai.leut everything was
done which waa demanded. When ( on
gres iulimiltcil the Howard amendment to
the Southern State, not as a plan of neon
truction with conditions, penalties or
pledjfeA but aa a aiinple aniendnient to the
Constitution, to be decided by the tree
choice of the people, they rejected it. They
did right;' Aa freemen, they eould not have
d ine otherwise. Hut when Congress, a it
hu certainly done iiow, proie a scheme
of reconstruction in the fortu ol a law ol
Congreaa, llxiug conditions, K'iialtie and
pledge, the people of the South, with un
precedeoted unanimity, without any rial
change of opinion, yet in the interest of
J6ice and good citiicnhip, are ready to
proceed to comply with all it rcitiirctm nt.
The terms of the Sherman Bhellahargcr hill,
nd the Wilaon aupplcmenUl bill, are clear
ly eipresaed in word indicating a proposi
tion for a acttleineut, a recontruction upon
compliance with expressed condition, -a
. Duality. t la difficult lor U to perceive
bow any one can doubt that Congress in -t-nded
it a a finality. The history of it
adoption, the coinpromise character of the
art, a between tuc divergent viewa ol the
Itepttblican memlwr ol Congrea, the tinal
Tot, and eaptlally the liniioiyr of the act
tuemaelvea, under any other procesa of Icg
Ulation, would be sufficient to stamp it
character a a finality, when the terms are
faithfully complied with by the Southern
people. ,
Added to thi, the declaration ,id Mr.
Sherman, Mr. W ilson, Mr. (Ireely, Mr. IJing
ham, and others, at the time ol it passSige
aud inc, together with the consent aneoin
von-eot almost tlie entire pre ant people
ol the North, that it is a finality, nnd will
lie so treated by the Congress, go strongly to
cunfirut toia idea . and to encourage the
friends of peace and1 Union in the South to
continue to urge it a a final settlement ol
the nutation" o( reconstruction.
Hut there are very aignilieant oil' sett to
this view. These are very discouraging to
those true Southern men who anxiously de
sire a settlement. Mr. Wendell Phillips,
Mr. Thaddeus Stevenn, and a few others,
positively deny that it I a finality. The
eipresaton of Judge Kelly, the Washing
ton ChronieU, the Italelgh titamlard, and the
remarks ef Mr. Wilaon now and then, show
that they prefer It should not lie regarded aa
a finality, only In a certain event. . Still la
. tut, la tue recent addxaas mad kt tb South
by the Republican Congressional Committee
at Waaliingtorif written, it is said, by Mr.
Uoutwell, of Mas., a true disciple of Phil
lips and Stevens, and which committee is
mainly composed ol rwlhil Republican,
there are crprciwion which very clearly
show they do not regard it a a finality.
The address at first indicate that the com
plianre of the Stales with the Congressional
terms may Ik' regarded as tinnl. yet suhae
iplentlyit throws iloulit iiniii the subject by
the following : y
''lly the act herewith pri-sciilcd. it w ill
be sei-ll that Congress reserve to itself the
full an I il.im.lrn right of judgment
Hhenever a State presents itself lor admis
sion into Hie Union. That right will lie ex
ereiseil luirly and generously. Hut yi t in
the interest id him. ami loyally, certain
conditions ami precedents are laid down in
the laws. l lies,, must lie 4iHt. Hut lyom
ih frHnliftMmm tthtTrw WHtit he flifV,
alm,thtt Ihf lfih at the pri'jHHeil SUttt rt
Kftrtlflilif tiff, ami arr. Itkt llf to tit, Utyitl to tlf
t itttfH I' ilrfimrf mill trittt iPurtUy mtifurtttt'.
I lur inti rpietation of tin- fog and mist
thrown ovrr this ,-ul.j. cl is l.riiMy ihis:
'I he leul'lican pai lv, Is-in comsisi-d ol
aign gallons IVmih tin- old parlies, jwilh a
strong a.luiixiiire ot tircit;n i-lements since
the party Ha.- lolnit J. and ai-Cl'Siols trom
the I). In.MTHt ic part v -iikt the a ar Is-gan.
has no sell led or lived principles or plat
form, exiepl tin-old ami slavery or ultra
alioluion an. I hih laritf platGirm, as a
basis, hut re-.-ivi-s into its resi-rvoir such
n.uiohs ol pop.ihti ii-i opinion its ale
eholx.il l. circitui-lalicrs an. I tin- progress
ot c-nts linn.', tin- It.-pul.liciin paltv.
now. his no rrsi fnhtmip ti rtir ntit itnpiiTi
llcall p irly wl.i. h appeared i-ar alter the
oriTii of the lioverninenl ; nor is it now. in
its prin.-ip'i-s hiiiI aims, win' it was in
lHjti. in itlii. or in iMlt.l.ul niU to em
tiodv the popnlai el in. -nls .t pul.lic opui
ion a , I inn ad ances. so as to M-cure its own
pel ill-oi. -li. V. II. in-, a'-oiit now, it will Is?
f-Hind to h.tM- a uilxliiri- of the leaven of
old F, di raii in, a lilt!.- of old Whim ry, and
what llsril to I.,- . ;ilj,-t i-it.ijrexnirr I It-lllocra-ci
, nil ai 1 1 .1 s 1 1-. I s, , rt,t" lie made sills.-l V ii-lit
to tin- ;illr.i i. vs,.t New Knotand neyro-pliili-IK
'flu- oti , 1 1 i nc.- is, tin-re arc sev
eral I .etloMsin M. In'MlMg IV ilissilllllar
lea'llligopinii.ii-. who ae yet lold togellier.
s Mr. Calhoun would ,n. I.y the ' i-nlnsni-power
of j 1 1 1 I is pluii.hi " Mi. Weinlt II
I'hilli'-. Mr Suiiiii. r. aii.l Mr. Steven-, re
present 1 1 1 : i T polliollot liie parly kllovin as
ultr.i lailii.ii-, with wh'itu t lis 1 014 n i is the
lellli L'od ami ehl. I l-h-a. anl w ho ar- op
wsed to itrn ref-'fntr'teiii'ri. Net? come
that lillge l kiss, r. piestnletl h) tile t lirvtn
t'U and Stiiulirl, with whom the puhhe.
plllllil.-r is the jo'm. ,.j.i i,e(. who ear.
nothing lor tin- in v.'r.i or the white rat e, -o
they en 11 g-t th--tr hands info the pttlihe
C' treis-iiid ki ep them there, and whocliiiue
in willi Stevens ,V ( o.. us the surest mean
of a. , iinpli-hino that ol.jis-t. Mence. thev j
will --III
1,,-a.eoi
, tav.'i t.- on.struclion when it can
ui il i -In- I by securing the committal
ot the Sonih lo the Kepnlilican party
This, perl tips, eiulii i. es .y tar the largest
fai'tioti of its ij.fo-e irnrittiij hwii and with
this the C011gi1ssi011.1l Republican commit-d-e
agree. 'I'heie i . a third class, large in
numls-rs and vastlv superior in intelligence
and political nine to till the ri-st, who
really desire ri coiisiriietioii lor the sake of
pi-ace ai.il 1 Im- (uiiiitt prosperity of the i
country, and win, ale redy in receive the
.ssiuth into the f il. I lf the Union, upon il j
conijiiiai.ee with the I 'ongressional platform,
hoping at the same time that it will enure ,
to the la 11. li. of I In- Uepulilicaii party.
Willi thi fai iioii the moderate. RcpiiMiciiit j
sympathise, and the indication are that
this constitutes the great hody of the parly, j
These are the ol.staeles wilh which tin- !
South must contend in securing re.-on-triic ;
tinn. What then .' Ilecause then- is a j
doitlit of a final settlement now, shall we !
oppose reconstruction We hope not. - j
('impress having laid down the law, let us, i
at len-.t, as Lit as good citiyi-flsliip dcmaiiiN,
keep the law. Let us do what we can con
si-iciiiioiit.lv to carry out the Ian, in order
that, by jumihiUty, even hoping against
hope, we may it t last enter the harlsir of
pi tier and Union.
JhNM-.si-Kr. (iicnl significance is at
tacltcd to the recent summons of (leneral
Thomas to Washington, and his subsequent
interview with (icn (irant and the l'resi
dent and Cabinet. The indications in
'K'Trinessce, growing oirt ot the outrage per
petrated by iVownlott 's armed militia, con
sisling mainly vl negroes, have assumed so
alarming and portentous an aspect, that it
ha lieen deemed indispensable bvtuegov
erninent to inl.-rpose and prevent civil war
in the unfortunate State which is cursed by
his wicked rule. There i,s 110 State -out of
the Union," l"ii called.) vdiich is in such 11
law less and (iirluih lit condition as Tcunc
sec ; Imi, under ultra lladical rule, lie sinic
state of things may lie expected in all the
other Soutliern States. There is mi icliel"
ill the South, that needs reconstruction
hall so badly as Hrownlow, and those w ho
apologi.e for and dcfciid him.
TKi11t1111.it AiviliFNT. We learn, by tele
graph, that 11 double tenement building on
Market Stpiaie, in Norfolk, fell on yesterday,
burying a number of people. The upper
- fliHir wa used lor dwellings the lower for
tores. Tin. ovei hanging walls- make umi
work of extricating the buried unfortunates
very hnzardon; We have bo particulsra as
to names, &C. .
Among the presents 101116 Pope, which
wer taken by the Catholic Church dignita
ries who sailed from New York, was a model,
in silver, of the yacht Henrietta, carrying a
csrgo of $50,000 to-gold pieces. This present
is from tlu Catholic ot CiociiumUi.
Prom the' lau.I V.i Uive," for Jinn .)
GEN. GEO. HLKGWry ASDEHSUX
liy Skaton ft .vi.K.
An unsullied honoi. alciordthal slia.ll he
iinmorial, and a i;ral. lul and aif clionale le
menilirance of her marlyic.l sous, an- nil
I li at are hit to the Smth In. 111 the vvi.sk- ol
the great civil war. 'I I1.1t honor. n pnj.i
dice or maligtiit v can mi. ct s. hilly a.-.-.ul or
ever taiuish. That tn-i.nl i f In- i,..-l
devotion shall grow tnhistivas tn. vi.ils
advance, and la- the ill. n.e ol s. ng ami t. -ry
in ages yet t.. com.-. And ihai li.vean.l
venecalion lor the noble .had will la- and
inteiisifv until ll.e pi.si nt e,o.iaiioii .hep
in dtrst ; and- then hit cin;li,n a-i-l om
childrcirs c hihln u
"Slisll r, ' ire lie ir l.i.liK . ;..i, -M I--it i i.e ne .. -J'r.
sei i- 1111,1 r,i ill k. 1 . to I, li 1I...01 11
br.
'f'lieir Ki! "- 'l'l '
Lavish us have Ihi-u Imi .-i'. iii--, N.-ith
(Violin has tar.lv lienle u ro bet e.Mi.ihu
tin II to fa Hie and hist 01 v . titan when I . .-. .i - .e
lllirgwyil Ali.lcrson l. lt lh.:n the U :;a l
hi bright younj nai-i. an-1 1 xanipl; It
shall lie the iLj . I . J I 'n- lt:i; , 1 , . -I....!,
to lell Ins m-ivi. es aii.l ,,i,i.im nioi.ii 1 : n
that a as as a.ltiin a1 h- xt 1 . 1 1 . : i : ...-. il, I
wa glorious in tis lu-ii-n.
lieorge I ill 1 : xx y ti Alehi-on w .1 l.-.i in
( IriUlgt- COII.lt . W II till 'Hie in i te f 1 1 . ! I -
ro', on the IJ1I1 .lav .,1 Apnl. I;;i II,
tnllter was William K. Ami i"ti, a 1.- "hi
of I 'llict Justice Walker A Itdersxlt. ol F .ll
'la. and Ih si known 1 s lh- luill,l.,l :ril n
tcllt-xetll Cai'liui. lor Ilioli X X' ills, i.l lin
Itlalieh ltal.k "t the Mtile, ill Willi. 11.
Ills lltolhi-r. Lli.a. was the ihuilttei "I
lifir-.'.- Huiuwvn, nl l hi "I let lull u-'. l-l
New llunovt r,- the In al "I a tatniiv i ... -I
by all lilt- .pl-illl ii-s w hii ti :,'! - t
lie relt-ived hi- t I 'lilil 1 1 il V I . I ' 1 1 : '. I .. il'-lll
Hull besl "I I 1 1 . -1 1 lu ' -1 - - Ho h, I.
slot nM nttlwssf iH'Mtl , n -ii-pli ! I I W lit
Itiliglllllll. all'l ill II" l il.tv,el: n- in
lllll-bolo'. As a l,,v. Im , k 1 '
lor the bl i glil in s. ol In - t.ilt ti. i.i- ., ,oi t
bit- all'! chei It'll 'il -JM--II '!!. Ml I'.lv 'l- ,' I
lllellt alnl si (I'll1 'lis ha' ,: - , I lie
ties w hu ll. Ill allel lih. i l,il.ii
.1 li . in
ill St n-lll.tl k.ll le , , .Ji - 1, Ol.lll,e:.
te. I at llle l itivelsilx of Nolth t til'iou.x in
1H47, joining ih. . , . i . , I., ,,i tli.t
year. Up to Hit- llln: ol lo- iv ten ie i i
slitUliou. he shared I In lll-t bole"- "I his
clan with John Hill, a xo'Imlt tn.-.n "I htli
promise whoilleil r;il!, .i II .l"h"-"M,
ol Tarboro'. afbiwai-l-n I ni'.i ;il I h ipi I
Hill, ami I'lohssot W.I Ix. ri at present
licolnuist t.t the Mute
I'ifsiilcut ol the Unix
as out of I he ino-t pun
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class, as getit 1. ill. oil v in
exemplary in ttu'titl-. .1-1
I he fitting t-oinpei i el 1 1
temporaries. It i- only
lo refer, thus hi ixll , 'o
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di ma. Manv. facts are in tuc i.
1
the w riter. ex hi hit ill" t he gV-l til i if I hat t-tii.r
after w hit-It, in unit ui r e its, in a. I.- I;,hl l in
ohjecl ol slli'll lll:-tl hup. .111' I tell, h 1 ri ll I -but
the gnat events in vthii li. lis a num. In
played so iliustliou- :i part, "I s lit. the til
vial bill ih using I net dt III - i 'I III- I " ' i. !.
Tluouuh the kind agency ol the Hon A.
W. Ycnahle, he obtained tin n . .. . 1 1 1 1 lliel 1 1
of a Ca.letship to West I'm n l . an. I luli.i I
the .Military Ac-tdeniy iiK IMI". a tin in' . r of
a t lass li n li 1 1 m 1 1 . t 4 it uiet -h mi r v i inii to. ti .
mid w hit-It gr. i. hint, d 1..II- oiic in-in "i
As soon as Ins studies t ..iiinieuct .1. in N i
teinber ot the lir-i veal's cuise, n l..e.tiiie
upparclll(lo use lite. l.inuHiloe ol (o-ntlltl
Stanley, U. S. A., ho w :i- his e.uil, m ;.. i a
rv ) lhat "yung Audi fs.iii was m nt.!y one
of the brighlesl iutcll'-ci. hut I he r. 7 ,hh
rir mind of hia class," In tin Maim ma
lics.l'hyaics and Kngiiiceiing, .In. wa- par .
ticularly ready, ami sul j'-cts or piohlenis
that ortlinary minds Hgotii' d ..x .-i for hoiit-.
he comprehended and m.-tsi.-re. I with n
gle reatling. Hut he was t.... tin.. I "I e:ni
ing and genial couipaniotis to t . inline him
Kelt to the dry studies ot the A . id. tin : an. I
hence it was lhat he radii-ib d 'nl ninth
in hi clahs, - a sigh standing, ol' iis. lt, but
nothing to what hi- uti-dil have tic. .impli-h .
t !. a w as cx lilt' nct-d hx thetael lh.1t.11; I it
first examination, in .latin it' . all. 1 his n.l-
I1lissit.ll, lit Slootl f-"le. Tlic lil.iat v mi
his favorite resort, and anions: the haunts
of history, philosophy, and gtm-ial lit. ra
rnre he strolled hail ciillt tl tRcir chn-., ct
trulls.
Ill laO, the sliilc in l'i'ti.ei,s, li-:,v,i-u
the North ami Silllh, grow ing out of the
('onipiomise agitatittii til that period, inva
ded lhe precincts ot the Academy, and t on
lltivcrsy w as as et iled and bl I ti- hoi
there n in lint National Legis'.Uuie
While young Anderson u-ts eannsl and ih
1i1letl111tl1exilldicatif.il of the luipetih-.l
rights ot his section, and ii ..t. l, Willi nil
the eiitlnoiasm of his g. nerou-- iiatuit-, to
the sunny lantl of his nativity, Ids ili-cu-.
sinus were always uiaikt-d by i-niutc-v. In
one of these discussions, us tl. scrila.t by
General Stanley, il was remar ked by a par
tieipant: "Well, if war n f.illow, I hope
that my day may have passed, lli.it I may
not live to see il." "No," said Aiiilcrson,
"deeply as I too would deplore it, 1 it
must come, I would feci it w roll.- mat 1
should put off, tor a suo-ci-dino , uciation.
a misery thai I am more enllilnl to I. eat.''
Those who were most iulimal.-ly ai-.piai.il-etl
with (leorge U. An.lt rson new, that if
there was any one frair, nrt to hi scrupirl
ous conscientiousness and exalted .-in-, -of
M.rstinal htxnor that distinguished him and
made him tlte nature's nobh-man he tv a-, it
was his utter abnegation of tt-lf. Ami what
a superb illustration ol it wu-s In 1, !
In IHTfi the class graduated, mi. I Audi t
son's standing entitling him totlie 1 . 1 .... I
the arm til serx it t he sliotild cut. r, he m
lecte.l that of the Dragoons. Alter -p ti l
ing six months nl the t avaliy S itu, 'I. al
Carlisle, ht was tlclaih-.l by the lion. .L if' r
son Davis, Ihr-ii Secr.-laiy of W ar, a- an a.
sistant to Lieiil. I arkc, of tin Ijigitneis.
ordered to make a survey lor a ptinlic.-tl
railroad route in California. In ihis strii
title duty, he spent most ot the summer, lal
and winter of l"i.l. We next find Lieut.
Anderson joining his regiment, the '.'ml
Dragoons, at Fort Cha.lburne, Texas
Among the officer more or less eomier-tetl
with this extreme ami desolate In mi it r post,
during the year of his slay, may be men
tinned W. J. Hardee, R. li. Anderson, j. I
bert Sidney Johnson, (leo. Il Sicuarl ami
H. li. Sibley, afterwards Cotilodcrate li. n
era!, and I Icasauttui and Stanly, siibse
tpjently geueral officer in Hie, Federal army
In the fall ol 1855, the regiment in.-iit-lii . I
across the plains from Texas to Fort liih-y,
Kansas, when Anderson, then 1st. f.irttten
ant, commanded his Company in the absence
of Capt Patrick Calhoun, then in his last
illness. The winter of 1855 '50 was spent
at Fort Riley, and in the spring of the lat
ter year, the Kansas t roll hie commenced.
From that time until the midd'e of the
mimmer of 18A7, the troops in the country
wen uiceasaotlyjjMigagevl eitur4n the arreat
I of predatory parties headed by such marau
rtcrs as Jim Lane and Ossawatomie Brown,
nr in interposing to prevent the destruction
of some exposed village by a Missouri mob.
i Here I. n ut Anderson had lor a commander
j (leu, Iv Sunnier, and ai rved in tint same
j eonniiaiid w ah the since illustrious Jiweph
, K. .lolinston. In lt57, the Utah expedition
vv-is iiuileilaken, the !!n. Drag.stns was one
"! the legiineiila .It-tailed for the duty, anil
Lieutenant Anderson was appointed its Ad
1 1 1 1 't 1 1 1 In the aiitumft ol loVl, passing over
iiiterioe.liate events, he left Utah for Km
tllck V
1 1. 1 lin Mih of November, of that year, he
was married to Mix Mildred Kwing, of
Louisville, 'lin following Spring, he ri
te v.. I the in mil ing detail mul wits stationed
at I "in ville until April. lfMil, when he re
! si-.'iic.l hi- commission in the United States
A 1 1 1 1 v o 1 1 f hasti'iic, Ho North Caroling to
link lit- lol'liitie with those of his Stale.
. . t'. lint t.rtV.vr ,,',',', , army, tLrH
, . i,,., j,rntrtl hit nirirrd aud hU
''.r f'.inti4ti. True to the patriotic
in. I li id in-tin. Is of hi gnat heart, he
t'-l" 1 '.'Ih. .blent. ol i lit tleiir land of
l i t. .1. it ..ml bis afht tion.s. In that dc
I.'', be .li., I nobly .tied, in the prime
M o' "I in ml I. in the full flush of prom
's . ol' I oi the pwst s-ioti ot nil the endear
, h, in .-'tr.-s tleit uijtkt life lovt-ly and
.t.i.it.ve -jl"M.'iis!v .li.-il, for a cause in
' ..- - i s. iiiov I..-I. but none the less li-'hi
-I'l l Ih.1v. Is,.,n-es" lo-t. and in the jn-iiee.
' v, he i, i.i t i lii'x'i 1 1 .- f.illv as In .'li t in
til.- . '. : e. "I I b tl '', h it'll 111 I'lolleil
Alll. il. : 'It It-th l--l. In n Is eotnilllssioiti,!
'V I. ,1 i, LP.- i- I iel ..I the till
t!"j'i' ' i t. N"ii ii I 'tooliii Siitie 'I r'Htp. tin
the li'i.!.,- "! MrtV 'I los liiiu. til. b,illg
II' . .i!i.-i f., .1 in I he .-tale. Was
"-"!' ' 'I "I t 1:1- I I . Ill ist 1,1.1) (. jrl. ;,1, in
I-'1 i "I 0 - ' 1 - a - -"I I the b, s Ti pre
-ti.: ... v. - ol N.itih i ir.i'iti-i. John A
..,oix. .-It tiinlet'i. treli ktiowti thrtiti--hi-ttt
tin - it.- iis t -cut I. mail of hijh character,
in 'I .i- i leit-im- pi,b:ie man in his s.tion,
i-'i- I n i " - r ti : i . l. .in I. .-ti.il I'.ry an I trimes.
"I I'ol. t. In. soli-, .jii, j.tly Wl, j, fiHTitetl
in-in..! i."' to it l ij .t I b-n.-ralcv, xvas its
M,
Ai'i'.tn its line ollit-t is were men.
Il .1 II
pri V,
.1 the
i""i
luallV
..-l-'.iti, ol t(ii-I ami pioinitieiu-e I otoll, I
t ti. !. t -. .11 prof ee.led at once, with energy
atnl 1 nt hu-iasni. to reiliice the raw and in
.... Htii...i . I. ntetits ot his command to ys
tent. and. althou-s-li applving to it the rigid
1.-' 1 "I lhe regular aruiv, hi: eoinliinetl
xx 1 -1 1 .li . 1 j il 1 in it-i.l decision so much of af
lil.ti.tv and kindness as to reconcile the
l'i''-!ti i t , il,rnt to his rule, nlltl to win
Mi.- '(...'', . 1 1 his te.jiinent. Mis men loved
I'i.'i t'-i'ii tin -tart, nnd their atlet-tion grew
em I" i.h'l.iti v as they, in the course of
1 1... . 11. 1 1 his lender reu-'ird for their
. ti l t', hi- i'lst ,-tn.l iniparl ial ailininistra
l-.'ti. at-il the jit'lment, pnitlcnce nntl cati-ti-
11. which In un ii.-.l with the gallantry ot
ti..
M ai-hitls id the Kiiiuirc. Aud in
Imii. na- pti.ii'l 1.1 his regiment; nnd well
In- tiii-:'-' have been, for a braver band of
heioi - in v. 1 I .'-. I a hu- or marched under
mi d ba'itier-.
Tl" 1' . 'nn til, nfiet bcjng 1 11 lly organized
1 v .1.111 ... M-,s ordered to Mannswaa,
' i' r. ... Ii.-d ,1 lew- days after the battle
"l th. '.'1 .-I .Inly. A htirt time after its
" i ' t ' "x il. ('-.I'ii.! Aitihisnn was itppoiuU-d
I . i'ii. 1 1.1. taut ..I' tin post, nntl, under his
-m ml - ipeiiitlt rnlenee, many of the forti-
I'ejt ii 'ii. id .Manassas were completed.
bu n al tln-iailv .lai he vx as strongly res
ton. im tided for a lirigadicr lienerulcy by
lleneni!- Hi inrt g ird and Johnston, who
wire itupicssL 1 xv.itU his euiineut cauacitv :
1, in
win" to certain invidious rcprcscnta-
lin lis, I I
III ll I "
coin U-..0
-t Ih .i
1 : .
I'.nii--
ippi.
1,:,.. ,,.
II Hill
ihm riiment failed, at that time,
lo ehiitna lie remained in
0 1 Mattas-tis. until te evwettfttftwi
p.i-t 111 March, iMi-j. At Clark's
th.- !latii'laii. i, rnutr lor the
1. ti- ner-il 1-Yither-ton, ol Missis
is 1- . 'ne-l to tin -. un 111:111. 1 t.f the
io ni l . il Johnsion. nd (leneral D.
t 'ici-'i I inn tl,,. div Isioii, express
'I"
n I fa .'tet at 1 is simiTsettiire.
I he .ouiti,.tn. r-iirlttl tor tbltv to (fen.
Iti'te. ..: Viiki.ixxit on the lith. lit April,
and wa- t -i.-iieil to the hit ol lien. Ma-
iin.l. t .-I dlint-. A Itholl'.'h present
and sji . I,' ' t i iiL':f 'e, at W i 11 i.tnisbtir:., tin
I lie ."llh. il Mix. llle lilt rn'l lllellt llitl nut
litenc II- ...' bapll-lii t.l tin- until tlit
el. at I. title nl S, x, n Pint s, on the lllst.
Ibl. I ..! AlitliT.it ill, ill the .I'lNilKf of (icn.
feat hits! on, 1 1. 111 1 n am led the brigade, which
eon-lsled of the -4 lit Is. Va.. Col. (ex(!.,v.)
Snilili, lin 'JTlh ittnl 2Hlh. (borgia. ami the
4th. N.l'. flu- latter carried into action
.V.'o t iilist. il men ami had Sil killed and ;t?C
wounded! HI 27 oHitirs for duty, 24 were
eiltici killed or wounded! No comment
Is tie. del lo point tie in. mi 1 .1 st.ch an exhib
it. x ot is il our puipose to give any turther
.hi it's ..I I In- di spi rule t tiagt iiieiit, w ith
Us many Irtien- ami thrilling iiiciilcnts.
W In -u its history is fully written, the fact
will b. ret ..(-uietl that lew. if utty, battles
ol lhe war were loughi with more conspic
uous valor, wilh liner exhibitions nt indi
vidual inr pi' lit y or inott- p!eailil intai c m
nl a'or.-n tl. .1 tlaring. Col. Audi rson !
haled I in i.iioli. .tit xxiihsijch tlis'inguisheil
gitll.tntry nnd skill as in elicit the highest
eiicoui i urns tnnii I i.-ii. D. . Hill, a ui I to
draw from the liovermneiit a prompt i imi
uilssiou as lirlga.lier lieneral, w hich ixns is
sued lo him on lin tlth. diiy ot' June.
The blic-n.le asslone.l him w ;is t iposetl
of lhe 'ii.l., -41 it., I 1 1 h. nnd :uiii. ifi-mienis
ol N. C. Troop- all of which, under their
th. II and sui,-c.Ueiit t oiumand r-, caine.l
mi initii'iiia'ity ot renown.
I III lilt- 'tilll. ot June, tile 'selies ol bat -ties
a-'mniil Ku Iiiiiond bcotin, in all of whit li
the I.i ina.le part h ipated. and in lhe con -
I IlldlUi- i 'I IX hli'll t Ialxcril Hill) lien
tail Ati'let-'-n reeciitd a xx. .un. I in Un
hand, ll h ll.- h ad in e, hi- brave Itiii s t , tattle 1 1
a t. rt itii -li't-til "t' s'nit and sht 11.
t'l'tic H-r-i, i- ot this sk.teh i'litnd t,,,i
Ainicl "ti as Adjutant tit t,era! of his I., in,,
a.le on 'he ilh. .hii of Au-u-t. ISiiJ, xi bile
II was In t. Holla - on the Lipid, hi tin
lllini. altel s.itne six necks' repose 1 1 . nil the
gilllll St rit--les ol lhe "seven dilys," b, ing
tni'i'it, tut-ti..- lit-l MurytaGiil invasion. II
w.-i- tiot the I". irt u : 1 1 ol lien. Hill's division
lit- hVe an active t-i t in any of tire t-ti-r-rsfe--ineun
of this remarkable campaign, until
lhat of the I Lit of SepteinU'r, at the
SVjuth Mounlain lai, near llnnuslttiro, in
Miry hind, ol xihiili ll may wilh safely be
observed that, ill ils eoiiHttpieiices, in the
aei oliipli -iililent ot pre llelei uiilled ob)ecls.
iitM in ih.-skillitl tlisposition of small tiuin-
bets lo oppose . .1 el w heluiilig Otlds, it is
xvithout iipiii'alh-l in (he war. The -division,
tmaitlcfl until a bite hour f the attermnnr,
leld in check the advance of the greater
portion of McCfclltin's vast army, endeavor "
ing, wilh tmttering-rnin Impetus, to force its
way through the jiarrow gap, nnd thereby
ii Horded time lor the concentration of our
various corps, diiercd in strategic direc
tions, in Mtason for tue bloody iaaue mi
tUiarpalmrg. ; In Uua ragagoment' ' (8outh 1
Mountain) (Jen. Anderson bt lisxtd wilh Ins !
characteristic intrepidity, ami addition! '
evidence was furnished this tiny that none
of his brigade commanders more enjoyed '
the confidence of the division commander
than the youthful and recent Ungadi. r. j
T.h! W.vx.alled. praise, w hen it i icimml. t ,
etl that he was associated, w il h such in. it n.
(larlaml and Ko.l. s. We need i, .t t. II xilm .
Ihty were, liarlaud (bet ween xi In. m and,
(Jen. Anderson, by the way, tin -it t x isted
an earnest frientlship and admiration . led
early in this action. An an ph-hed a.
Ili lnan, the leiy soul of t hivi.b .. iu.il m . ,.f
the first civilian officers in the s, ri i. . . I.e
w.Hiltl have xxtm high ilistinrti.ei b n1 h
livt .1. Ilo.lts, w Im ultimately hi. e. t di d t .1 t
Hill in the ."intii tin I of tin d'ui-n.u, u i
shiiti at Wiiieht -t. r, mi the Hull, of vy, t, .
Iter, I IH I. His loss was one of Ih.... f.rit
ble tli-asiels. wliit h 'oreshaowtd the lin il
and appio aching calasTopli. .
W e in n not essitj to tl, -,, i ,! ., I In ine . , 1 1 ,. I 1
Held .1 Sharpshury It has bun t laiuud I
as a victory for the Federal arms. Ili-lotv
wiH not so write it, wilh ill the lacts and
seijut-nces impat tiallv iinavisl At dm
light, on Wrdiii aday, Sept. i.h.. lien. I .
H. Hill's division occupies the c.-nlr. o ti,,
line tlrawu up to receive the brunt ot bat
tle. Soon, ilen'it rate ami heavy from lhe ;
left roll the boom artillery and the rattle ,
of small arms A retreating mass of m. n
, s,tis over u,,. nuts in that tiiivtli.ni. .
. whir. I ... en. n, , hc.aliaikfd uithtumtii
' don- Ion-. i,. imd Hill's .lui-ii-n i ,u
. .I. i. I to cli tti,, fionl lo h-.. anil, mart hiti
I llil"li-h a -,-ro XX H.o li. '.I ,.f torn. It lakes
; po.tli.a. ti, h.nc . (, ,, v , . , v
j Ijlllli' I I', then liarl t.i 1, Inij th'. l coin -
: imoi.lt. I by t i K M.-Uat..
. Ifodcs. ami An.ttisou on it.e ri..ht. t'.
i l
I. vv
llioui.lil- el ipse. I ire Ibis small 1 1 x i s . .11 .
. weak. Ilia! 1. 1 itslossisat rs-'llth V.'i.i:'a,:i.
! lias Intl. -Il-.i I's tub d bv a f.u-ce iuitin-i m -
c-J.ly il sap. 4 i..r It khii-I it, ,-bi,.s ,. .i.ot.1.
j bill, true ! lis loriolls pit stl-e. it calmii
awaited the s,,.t-k. This na- al I s,
o'cl.Mk. And I In ii llie all shook in,;, Ih,
tint ol anus. ,,f inuskt i and ol t oni a,
nntl high iibme the clash and loarmne; t e
angry 'shou.iiio ol the Captmn," lln-ui. .
ot the w.iim.h .1 and the gloat.., of dun-.'
Ilieli. (iellclal A Ui let'Soti tjccnpted u pi..ti..
lleul pttsilion on slight Ii risiii- ground, im
mediately in rear of his command. in ,
thus exposed, and display ing lhe most
splendid cmiintre, animutitii; Ins men
by his example, and directing litem I.i
his cool and colected iinlcr-, he was slim I,
in the foot, near the ankle joint, by a min
uie ball suit fell, lie nasal one. canted,
with illll'u ully ami ditnger, to tin Iinpii. vised
hospital in the rear, and the wound i-sani
inetl antl pronounced seven but mil serious.
No one dreamed that one of the truest and
bravest men that ever lived had lhe .-.., , '
of ik'tth upon him.
He was Bubst-ijneiitly coinuyi d acius- t
J'otoiuac to Slicphci'dstowii, and lecxixed
every attention at the hand of the estima
ble latlies of the family of Mrs. lliilt h i.uu
til Fritlay nioriii ng, when the liilling I. at k
of tlic army necessitated hi luiilitr reinoval.
Friend counseled his u-niaining. Inn he te
Vtilted at the it lea ot lulling into the hands
of lhe enemy, and his heart yeiuned I.i the
ministrations of his devoted and Ion h iie,
and fhe little endearments of his inlaid I ,. . x .
By slow stages, in company with liis In..'!,, t
and Aitl de-camp, Lieut, liohctt Waiki t Ai .
dersorf, w ho was woumled in the s-inj- l ait'i ,
antl who was afterwards killed in the W il.
tleiness, on the 5th. of May, Hull, t ainl a
nublctypeol the Cliristi;iu geiitlcmaii hi.
was.) he was carried in u wagon up th.
Valley, to Staunton, nnd thence by i:d! lo
ltaleigh, which place he reached about, the
2(lth. ol the .month. Al the resilience ol
his brother, William K. Auticjsuu, Jisj.lic
was tlte recipient of every kiinlnt ss that a
sympathizing community could la-stow, and
of the best surgical attention. We miiv not
invade the precincts of that home and speak
of the tender love lhat, angel-like, hoxeretl
around hi couch. Alter a fortnight of in
tense suffering, linn ulit at ion having taken
place, amputation wa deemed necessary as
the last hope of saving his valuable life.
The operation was skilfully performed, but
he sank under it ami died nn the morning
ol the Ittth. day nl October, antl surrender '
ed his pure and noble spirit to li.id.
One of the largest public meeting ever
held in Kalelgh it s dried the
citizens at the j;ri! jhiIIic Ihsm, ant t!i ir
syupathy with ilml Honifil (fiiiily. An t '
when the inlrllifhr.' ! Lis tUaxh n :trln tl '
tlte army, hruve in. n 'niiiiiriM tl wi pt
Death wan, ;itul I.e. n, all amuihl I , n.
and tli ey h;vi Im-. .mih: u-d, itn.l i. iti .j
callobfi, to ils eniitrtniilutinn ; lut the .-s
of their Ieattr ami tlx ir trim I iimvul t ti m
to new and t rfo-ruM'n- , motion.
Hp wa Imi iii . mi Hm (Sty ('i inrii
The f une ml wiA our t llitt iinit iint'i.
ever witmnst'tl in lUli uh. Tlu; nixi il ,
which waved nfvi lum at Si vm l'i
riddled with t.iJ!.'-. vmts Im.ih. ... i:
battered atari' in Hi ru tc, an.t, att.n-i.. I
to the saddle 1 Ii - in-!, which i
by his Ixnly servant, :, the unci., .I,;. I,
he wore when Ih- Mv. i.i-d tin- l'.it;n . i
This word hhh mii i tie iHit) "i lit
gallant uiicle, Capl .1 II. K. IJtuAy, I
was OU hlM 4TtMll W In ii till I :i v , iv lr'lit
ioff at the hattle .it l'in lilinlc l u.-s, m Mi i
CO.
What U lell U .iid luuy . Iu imi(K
1 1 en (led in few w.n.ls ., h lite meiU im
tormal euhy.
I'erhapg Un- mi-i m uked timis i (i. n-
ral Anders mi riiai .u vr wen- ins mi t-i il ,
hiti coiiMteiit ioui.i .1 d his tin in - I i li
lion to truth. l'i,t-' might, il 'iuli: u i ,
noMe ever r-.- l-t lit ni d, im.- Ixin
considered, l. miiii-, a- alnmst nuiMtii- in
the estcnt ! va Im i i,.- eutiitd iiitui Iff
would havt' dit it. il 1n-ilie, a t h -nttid ;
timea, U-fore Ih- mt I have swtied hu
iiu-h Iron, tin 'fir.-iite-i allis uf Ki'titiuU
illld hiUMit. WlUi it -pit It AS gi-litte 'lint
confiding -i,- n lirli l. had all tin- nt-rrt
and decision l t he n l tv uf a man.
Mod eti ty heiM-it w;w i nt ihoru unaoiuiiii;
than he. Who tliateviT knew him t an l-i-Ket
his mh when pleasant and -ini.i!
emotions were excited f It Was like i miu
I nam lighting up his handMnne im c, mid ,
winning the prepossemmnn of M who ai- f
..-,.l.iI1..,i l.l... u-. ::.;i.t : . a.
miib-liiu-u unit an ii i cniiiuie iua n:. rut- ll ,
a smile could only have heed .x.rn nt a heart,
in which the urett thouglit.t had their
home. And it was, it we inav o ppeuk,
the index to hid whole inner nam re. j
Had he Intii spared, he would undouUed
ly have attained the higlienl diatincliuu.
llut a death in tint ih lence ot home and
country is etttal U u lile-tiiue ot glory, and
irtien North t 'an ) lin a makes up her roll of
honor -r-as she muat and will do, when calmer ;
times tujeweiw full justice will be done to !
hit memory. Surveying in mourntid and;j
grateful reiroani i , iii.- fang catalogue of f
dead heroen who tin. illutratrd hernarmj
and biatory.Hhe wtli dwell with oculiar
mW 4lKtt Uk lite uU ttervuM rf . 'Ai-KmOB
r iutu die Awhuvllle Nt w.
J.hlTKU hi: (iii MA C OK V0 I'M T Y,
TKANki iN, N. C, 31ay 1H07.
U. M, Srokt.i lMir r ; -Iu this letter,
1 M i.i 11 hn.4k id ii:c inttalileroiu and min
ii.U m m uL (itw Ttveirtiio tetht Thh
'nil i t i - i ni ti t ( 'lay ioul tlie entire
Mir I. u e .. flu nkee, i.nd pncs through the
luri liiitn paittt l Mneon, Jaekm. Haywood,
M niisi.ii and Vatii -y. The jirim ip kl mem-'t-i
nl i iun jiiotip, itit' a diuli i!ired Tal
" ' "liite. tMiriite and primitive lime-
( l!i'. '' lie luui-vloiie uii'IhIkT Ol" t ll 18 lip,
i'i ( lnii.kti- and Maenii. is inarltlc. Ttie
!t;te nnd et mded maiMu ot C-hej-okee, I
ii.i' ixluliiU'.l Uiih at f liimlia and Hal
'L'!. .uiiip;inl tin-in with, the linet for
i i- n iirtiriiiil wniktil in (tie iiiurlh vardu
I. 1 llin-e eilii , and hae never found them
-in in.i d fur tiinniv ot (jiiality and ele
i; .m. e ..i lfinr.it. I he llt -li inluriMl and gray
ii.ui hit i Mat mi, htiiutl njmn tho Nautey-alct-,
me ctpml to ik. ot i;huruktt. TUe
iiiaini h.ie nut lt en opened, but I have
i.o lit.wl.t tin M' inarlileM are abundant.
H in. i in i in- 1-mplny ol )r. Kminona, I went
w illi niic ui uur moiHitaiii men aud peuetra
td si'ine distant e into a ene ol the flesh
ii'i d m:o I'le. It made a fine HpjHiiranre,
and iiniret-ed me with the Itelief tliai it e-i-ti
d in hiru'i iiantity. If our Wend m N.
f. U. li. blinllUl be l-Utll. llit: iisjia UmI ItlllHt
I"1 Ui litO'iili M int' ! ilnv iluuiUi -'I
In if iilc al- ;i!c:i- tin .N mte :tl . and lhe
et iilLiupiati'd fn:id trii K. ii uljii l;ltea ami
l iretiiit rriiji- i.t v t In--.iimi , fttiine and
iii'li'- III.- i i I lir Ii -t .,ll,llil v. We tiliu find
n tin-, ,-he.iiii. .NllrU nl lime, tUM'd ill the
in-iiii.t.ii'init-n j-.ttt ret and Alum hlatef.
1 1" : . ! ". i- iti i ."i r fur mat hiu-ry,
'ii' li. I tin nk, ! -ii p i-xi tl by any t'U
til- i-. 'Ill III! nt .
r.i-ilii,' t "in .tlitt :ili e ll. (-illicit a hharp
i ut in tl"- -n- burr nniunl.iin, we strike
tin- nn ' i.t yStM' v Itiver. "flTT mtnrrni
..ut iTi.i.-. i -id i im -lly iih I In Kivcr from
i-- hr ui i t.i it- jiitn-tu'ii with the HtwsHtieat
tin- titnil A.i,iili;.. Tin- mat Me crops out
ai -lilli 1 1 nt point-, alon this beatitilul aud
fi itih ;i;l.-y I"T twenty miles. Some ol the
d an- pun (iiiow whiu?; others are gray.
: 1 1 1 I ui In i t'l.iiidctl. All these different va
itt in an nl the jiiiest ipiulity. 8ouiu years
1.1 1-. I etmipatetl f-pt i nieii of these inar
bles u itli tin- tinot titrein marbles Collocted
at f luhi!.i:i, by the Slate of South Caro
lina, t 1 I e u?ed in the ornamental work of
lit 1 St.itr ( tipiti-l, and I assure you our uiar-weii-
iiui urpasetl by any I saw there.
In 4 iiii.tt tinn w ilh this mari!e belt, there
are k tnui k ii'lv line bedrf ot Ilt-mititic Iron
ui'. 1 i Xiiiaiiictl tlie-e Iron banks for tlic
dii-lamc t.l ilnriv miles. I hazard n thii
in itwiii; tin il posits ut Iron ore are ca
jiai'Icnl vit ldin' Mitlicient Iron to supply
ail tlie ItiiilnaiU nl the State Inr nn Iiun
iln ! , t ;ti - to ruini' The utility of the ore
ii 1 i r!lt nt, ami llic marble lyinjf with it
I nt m.in p- n M-tii-ft eeriU'iit bimwh-n burned,
and an.swrr I'M' tluxiUf; the oies.
Tin-re i-', ;iNo, in clnsc proximity to the Irou
and iimrl-lc, AalmubiliU-, uu alluminous
sap Mum. which makes a capital material
tor !.i,t.-t iiiiiiiii'rn, It has been quarried and
hauled "im ( "Hiderable ijuantity to Duck
T'iwii. ami ii-i'd successfully in the smelting
turtciet s nt the t opper iiiim. It possesses
other economical value besides that of fur-
II. ice 111,1(1 1 ial. Aceoiding to Dr. Kmmons'
an;l-i-, il is identical with tlie Chinese
limine si.iii.', which is ued in the inanufae
fnte ol lhe line China ware. In connection
ut;h tin- l'liict hiin of Macon it mijjit be
itiuo-e Vithiabh-, if we had our Railroads
i-t. U. L ..! ' examined, uheli in the State
-in-. . fee bed ef I'eroxideof Manganese
a- i..'I.Mid of Vall.y Kiver.
I'I-. ie iii. Ary'ii!fyr(iH Oaltna in
4mi Viai hleot Vallev liivep, 1 have cupelled
Mime nl it u th the l!otv pipe, and found It
rich in S:li r.
1 1 , licit . vei. i . i, tains (bild, mechanically
in 1 d u it h i l ; and the i-.nin- ijtt:iil that
eoiiMtitnles the matrix nt tin tb.lena, ields
Ciold. On the noiilh Hide of this wonderful
mineral belt, there are iold bearing at rat a.
The deports and surface yielded, in loinit r
year, wry remunerative wages 10 the mi
neir. There has not been any thorough in
vesligatiuii lor veins or ipiarl.. bd.l i-nir-ini;,
ledges. I have no ilntibt thai uilh
pioper and systematic investigation, valua
ble veiuii uiiuht be bmnd. I
I have in this letter briefly hinted at tlie
initietai reonret-s along this partirnlar val '
lev. aid Mf at a sinlt. glanei that
1 in-re 1. imii h Air-rr lo engage capital ai.il
ei:ti rpn ' : and much to induce our S:.-ne
.1 1 tl h - i it : - ti,-1 eajntidists to piis.ii t com
P'i ik i 0111 W4.1I1-111 Hailroadn. It is re
in. iiix,.iM. iiv -low the h ading spirits tit lhe
,v,ii.' in t rniii.irlii inl and understand
. dii. 1 imi- ,1 these immenst: rewurees. I
i'i-,. 1 il ki . I f t hi m in private ctreh s and
o d 1 '1 in tn 1 in- ha Ms of the capitol ; nnd
ft lii-re hit' t l.oiinrids ot our leaf ling men
.! ivii-o in'tliin iihoiil tin in . while oth
ii- im.if.ne lh:l they have just laeu dis
r.'i. u i. Vouis truly,
C. 1). SMITH.
Ki.ua tin- Nalimml Intt lliyt'iictr.
.1 I-OI nnwi. AflF.XCr.
lla.iu al t..rrt ..tniiUiit 8H-itks tf tlie
t'n , -.lin, ti's Iiiirt'ttii lit-in the rt-at
si.tirt i id tTL! mi ixatitm tif thtt Ilepulilican
.aiiv nl' ilif South. Of this there is no
tlt.iiltt. I: xx a- nii-l itutitl in grv ut part fur
iii-,1 i;:i"-- , iltini-.li untlt-r a plitlanthrnpic
i.i-t: ai d 111 liiiinv titiiirtera itx nrtnts. Mi
di r tin- I'la-I. lift- nl t-iilighttnini; tilt Marks,
.in nidi. 11 analiiif; llit-ni with Kadu-al ides.,
'l in 1 ruin if. the institution ii anomsltmt.
li .in,!t,l-t fit ilif auiiipii.in that unc class
..I pttip't in tin- imti.ui neetl tt If taken
rai i- "I. mid that another must be held in
ilntklx the national authority. It substi
tutes t'01 tin total opinion of the couimuni
Ina, of tin' -..nth tin dictation of the cen
iial aiiilioiily. aii.l This very l'-it t tfrstfOys
that I- ai oiinion. The luwili'ta who
,.:,:d iiulin-itt the lilaeks wouhl t.Kn have
I., , 11 put down hv the power of puhlie
opiiiiou throughout the South, and sin ulit i
tial justice woultlhave bexu ateund the
tit j.-ro dy the action of public seutiment.
Hut then the negro would Uafi ncxef le.trn
aai tin. intlestj-ibable merits of lite Katlwal
party ; he would never have heart! auytliin
uliout con)icatinj; the property ot xxhile
rt lel to tlivide it among loyal blacks; he
wttultl never have bct-n excited to hostility
atfaitiKt his lute master. The presence of
the Krti.lnien's llnreau officers has retarth tl
th- prtnniiHt.il til' a healthy publM" opinitm,
xxlnie ii.ldinir largely to the , expenses of the
tloxeriiuii-ut, ancl provokinj; a needless kii
taouisiii between tho race. It Illustrates
the Old Worh.1 folly of undertakim; to du
l.v -itaveranWiit agencies What ouj-ht to be
It ft to the aiiMtetwl set ion ol piUrhe
opiui..
Cai'SZ WU CoKSEQCENCElltmUCtlgtlt
Iv assert that til - aatiimtf debt btay b
reputtiated because Jen. Uavis u bailed,
Kxausu -views or rim radical
I'OUCY IS V0S0HKHS-U0W THE
HO I "I'll Is (W VERGED.
From Hit I ..!. .11 Herald ( IWhy organ, ) May It.
The re-.i ii siu'e of atCiirs in that " vast
part ol tU toHiim-in f North Amriei
xxhii-h Iimi its rent re at Washington .Ulna ,
bean iuit rt -stiui; suhjiat of contvuiplaliou
loevery tl.otiylitl'nl man. To the iradrnt
nl history, to fhe political theorist, In Hie
partisans of dt iiitK'ratic'oraristtH ralic forms
of KnvtiriiiH. nt, to lhe practical philanthro
pist, to itptiuiistH ami la'asiiuista in sm Ii
tpiestions an tin future of America ntl the
ilevvlopiiieiit ol our race to phlloaopliers. iii'
fact, of every shade uudJjtie, this criaia ottVrs
a sit-i tnt le us slranye a-i it is uovol disap
pi'inliii.', if not nut xiiectctl : paradoxical.
if not altogether uimui iii ut. The fathers of
the republic, w hen they cast off their coil-;
nection with Ideal llritain anil her mon
snliital traditions, i-lul.lislicj their Ctmi.
nitiuwt-alliion I Im bixauleat banis ul imliviil
ual lilierty lhat hail ever yet been assert hI
orelaimtil In man. All men they said
wen I nt tnui iijiinl. The several comma
nities into whit li tins country was already
divided were to -loxt-rn theinselvee freely .
and absoluti Iv by tin !mlt'H ndout Vote of
all their ciiiens. The Federal ('ongreaa
ami the Kftlcntl fiowrninenl at Washing-jy
ton repry-wntetl the union of Btatea Jn' its
loreiu rt laliniia. but at home was a muck
itMraiiieil in its iiuthority as file executive
nl lhe iniirt liiniii-d iiiiiiiari liy known in Ha
rope. The Hump CongreM which
now oxttns the Aint-ritan people hu
brought matters to soiiictliinn very much
like rnlttrtio ait nhtmrdirm: Kither the ten
Soiiihern States nre a part ofi-Sne'X'bion or
they art not. l'thriiirt iwt, Conifrtmhtutw
finer to ni'iie liitrt tirr them any more than il
has lor Canada or Mexico. If they are,
I hey have a rilil ton-presentation in Imtb
riiiUsW, jf iintcit by ttid fifiglnaf Constitu
tionol the I'liion, irliirh hm newr yet been
tihriHinttil ', unit rittuwt, it.tvt, he st'f itMde
trithtntt their eminent. The iorthem t'on
yress, however, has its army, which the
South has no longer, umi the power to make
just what Ii tiih il pleases. The use which
il makes of its power ia to deny i tile
Soiillichi Slates all share in the Govern- .
1111 nt, to t'ticstion even their right to con
sider themselves as fitutcs. It deprives the
six millions of Southern men of all jiolitlcal
and civil rights, treating them liko red In
dians, except in this, that tho latter have
the advantage in not being taxed. All this
liss been strenuously opposed by the Presi
dent, but to no purpose, as the lladlcals in
both Houses have passed the bill over Ilia
veto by ma jorities ol more than two-thirds.
The last net nntl climax of this injurious sys
tem ol oppression has been what is called
the reconstruction act, which places the
South under martial law, and assigns to it
live military governors, with special depart
ments. ' "-""'' '
The Syuth is now under a military des
potism, and all civil law whatever it in a
abeyance. Tlie soldiers in command "are "
men nl character, gentlemen and Christians,
antl we IMieve them incapable of the tero,
cious uniairness displayed towards the
Smith by the notorious Katlicals, Sumner,
nntl Stevens, who seem to carry all before
them in the Washington PartiBmcntv' Acta
of petty oppression have lie en committed
which illustrates the danger ot coniiding in
irresponsible authority. General Sicklea
insists that the firemen"' of Charlestoi ihall
defile before a Federal flag, and make solemn
olielsance to it. (leneral l'ope aduioi.isbea
and reprimands the civil Governor ot Geor
gia for having ventured to expresa an opto- -4
inn on the reconstruction act, General
ScUutieti! . tUieateus t suspemi the BiciimonnV,
Timet for having alluded with some pride
to the prowess of the defemlers ot Virginia.
This is mild in comparison with the attitude
taken up by tho triumiumt politician of
h'eir Enijhinil. The avowed intention of the
"n construction act" was that as soon ai the
people of the Still ' li linil iiiatle up their
minds Ui iraul thv sufliagu tobe-iwgroes,-"is"-
to ripiitliatu their debts, mid disown their ,?
lale leaders, they lnii;lil orgaulze Htate Can
ventions, re eslahliaii Slalu govern men ia,
anil return rcpn-rt-iilatives to Congress. c The
katlicals, lmwever, liuditig that they have it
all their own way. la-gin to think ot instat
ing on still iiardei Itirnii, Htatof- Wilsos - .
haranguing w hiles nud blacks at Hampton,
in Virginia, tells the people that they will
lie n admitted to Stale rights If they" -will' " ""
only prtmiise to "return Union men."-. Even
this is too much for the old demagogue, ' -Stevens.tif
Philadelphia. He writes a letter,
in which ho solemnly denounce Mr. Wilson
lor having promised so much. What right .
has lie to promimi it whea there U DO such
Stalc as Virginia, and no one baa authority
to say when or how it will be recognized t ' " '
Tin re must first lie punishment for the guilty "
ami confiscation of the property of disloyal " '
men. liy this man, and such aa be, the res
toraliou ol the I'nion is indefinitely post
poned. It is hy his fault and that of bis
fellow s that the prosperity of the Union ia
at a stand still, that the southern fields are -relapsing
into primitive wildemeae, and the
southern people are starving' or emigrating
irom ineir nomes. America baa been Btteu
by nature to Ire a Paradise on earth why
will her sons do their best to make her a
hell!
IlEi-oNsTitnTio.s Oaths in Nobtu asd
Sochi ( aiioi ixx - Major General Sickles,
commanding this Military district, last week
issued the fol low itig circular to post coniuian-tk-rs
iu referent totlie reconstruction oaths :-
"Section sixth, ol the act to provide for
the more efficient government of the relel
States, declares no x a-on shall be eligilxle
to any otlic under the provisional govern
ments who xxiii, l.l l o diMilaUtleil fioiu,ht)l.l
ltij ofllee under the pfox Mons of the tbirtl
article of tin constitutional amendment.
The oath pri scribed in section first of the
supplemental aft is trained to meet the re
,!iireiuciitof the sixth section ot the ortgiL
n tl set, autl hiust lie takt n and subsreibed by
:l iMTaoiis appointed to olliee by any au
thority under the provisional, governments
iu Nurih ami Soulli t aitilinii. The iuestixu
whither or not any particular person may
or not take the oath is, apart from the legal
meaning of the words ot lhe oath, a question
'of conscience for such pi rum, he best know
ing hiso m at Is and liiiiDas and the intent
and purpose thereof. Post commander
shoulti w-nt" tlienexelres that their trnint
neestre eliifiM'. eompt lent, anil xxilling lo
i.ikvtl'e pTMU'rioed uulh of oUice."'
Btanor Joit8. lu hia annual report t.i
the Council of tho 1'rott stunt I'pisctipu,!
Church ot Virginia, I d. ly in atssiou m
Staunton, the llishop states that he lnv,
reached, Uie.atimiy1irtt yt?a"of hiskge, fli.
fnrty-eightU ol bis ministry and the twenty
fifth of his Episcopate.
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