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No paper in the South has advertising facilities superior to the Standard. Letters must be addressed to AV. W. Holdes, .W. W. IIOLDEN & SON, J. W. Holdes. ( Raleigh, N. C. Correspondence of the New Tork 7i&rad.. . . Washington, May 718GG. Some rich developments areconjing to light concerning the operations oftlie Freed men's Bureau in the Southern States. The record of its officers is likely to he one long black list of perversion of official position for the subserviency of private ends. : Nearly every one is engaged in private speculations!, and the rumors reaching us from all parts concerning their official malfeasance are so well authenticated ns to no longer be a sub ject of doubt. , The principal officers of the Freedmen's Bureau in the State of North Carolina, for instance, arc known'to be eft--gaged in cultivating plantations or in some other occupation tending to their private emolument. Dozens of instances could he cited, but a few will suffice. ' Col. Whittle sey, the Assistant Commissioner controlling ton plantations in North-Carolina, in connec tion with the Kev. Horace James, fonnerly a 3Iassachusetts army chaplain. This farm is situated in Pitt county. The following lit tle circumstance will show how official posi tion is prostituted to private gain : A dar ky was discovered stealing from ' James' store. He was brought before James, who nets as an agent of the Bureau -without pay in the county in which he is planting, was convicted and sentenced to dig ditches on James' farm. While undergoing the sentence ; he managed to escape aud made for the ri ver, i James called to him to surrender, and as he I did not do so he 'fired at him. The man ' dropped out of his canoe and has never been ' seen since, rue case was rercrrcri to unionei Whittlesey, James' partyer, and the Assistant Commissioner of the State, who replied that as the affair took 'place at night, and as the body of the man had never been found, it figment for plainUff in full amount, defen was not certain the shot took ellect Ihere- j dant absent-judgment rendered by default, fore no further action was called for. Capt. 1 cvi, ence of due aad pi.1K)f of claim F. A. Secley, Superintendent ot the Eastern . ,r , . . , . .. District, is culrivating a farm in Wavne J Btak(frwom)plaifl;iit county. . Captain Rosecranz, Commissary of hs B ak (t"d'nan,) detendant ; of Wake subsistence at Newbern, is a partner in a ' connty; r refusal to con nbuto to h.sw-ife's firm in which a Mr. Brooks, of Mass. is a "PJS judgment for plamt.ff-defendant leading member, and which firm is running : shal1 cou J1"1 for 30 unless he at least half a dozen Dotations in the South 1 1 with judgment ' . It has also been fouud t hat commissary stores have, been removed from the commissary buildings before the usual hours of business. In one instance, four barrels of pork were ta ken in this way and. conveyed to a grocery store in the town. A brother of Captain Rosencranz, who, acted as .commissary ser geant, stated, when detection was unavoida ble, that the pork hail been carried to the grocery by mistake, and that the mistake hod been immediately rectified. The gro cer, on being questioned, stated, he had the four barrels of pork in his possession, and that Captain Rosencranz had been " to him that day to ask its return. He also stated . . 1 . that Captain Rosencranz had exclianged at least two barrels of white sugar for two of brown, for which he paid the captain . six, cents a pound in exchange.. The fact is well etablished that at Goldsboro' large quanti ties of clothing gent from the North for grat-uii-tdf tiwtHlmtion has been sold privately and at auction. Captain Glavis, Bureau superintendent for this district, is running two plantations pq his own account and one for the Bureau. At Wilmington Maj. Mann and Maj. W ickerspaui, permanent omcersot the-Bureau, are both interested in rice plan- tations. Maj. V tckersiiam, oy his contract, is bound to see that the freedmen work ; if they do not they arc placed in the chain gangs.' The effect of the system is to enable the agents of the Bureau to control the best labor in the State for their private interests. The most singular feature of the whole. is that the worst cases of malfesance are found at the doors of New England philanthropists. Several arrests-.-are reported ,to havo !cen made, and others are expected to follow. , ... ' - We publish thd above without vouching for its correctness. 'We see no objection to officers. of .the .Jktreau cultivating "cotton farms, provided they do so in a just and hon est way, nod do not, to any extent, i neglect, their duties: When we say just and honest, we mean justice to lbth ' white' "and black, -and integrity in the use" of government' stores. Attention is invited to the advertisement of the National Express and Transportation -.n-r.n ir tAjlMv'i nauer. This Exnress ... . i r a - , ! f Company from its'establisbnicnt lias rapidly' grown in popular favor; and from the lib- , eral encotjntgeuient accorded to it, has beep enabled to extend its facilities for "transpor tation.. jnt almost every : quarter of .the country. '" ' -; Its business here' will le proni)tIy and ef ficiently conducted by the local Agent, Mr. Jan.ei A. Moore. . t ' ' " ' ' : " - - , I - ' .-1-..-. .:-o-; .'.. .. -. . "f ';.':. I ..; . " " - ........... , .1 - "i . . .5SBBg"ii 1 1 i 1 m-- V , The Fruits of Secession. ' : PeaceTIkconhtrcction. During 1863,: In the Southern Methodist Conference, on T-SC4 and '1865, when .some ofus herein, the 12th "'April, the following touching1 re-" '-Korth-Carolina. advocated, peace upon: the rinr to'Columbia, : SSln South -Carolina: -r :;.': ' " vere jrel and sneered at and told we were "Kev.Dr. W Smith 'salt: I'shouhThot do in favor of a nfbhoquraMe pence. Well, road-, justice to ihy own feelings if I were not to; iitiss ruled the hour: the purposes of the ad? add, a few remarks upon presenting. this , .vacates 'of peace, who desired to 6ave'the iucmorial to this Conference. " I Jiavo been at li ves of our.sona and the further devastation a losa.te know what direction to give it. - I f . the country, were thwarted, and the ad do not seebat it requires to be referred to vocates of war gt what they swore in the any special committee. I am aware that this presence, of high heaven they .'preferred to Conference has not funds at it disposalor I Union-subjugation ! ; And with it air the am persuaded that the same generous spirit; hum)ra we huq prophesied, ljich we must which lias. always animated you would make,. je:)nfes have been Utter enough to as att. . '; vou' co4tribitt liberally to that church. Jiiit then as now the secession leaders told Thwe is, however, one thfng.that uty" be iss they, were as anxious for peace a those rrli4to,very 'app'ropriatelyi' that is,, for this . who claimed to be the champions, of peace, Ggsqeral Conference to id vc utterauce to their tut that they must have it upon their terms ijltnfMttby for thnwghyliaVe ifeft wost de- -MiritjitlJf ota tem jtjjswflftTiever plorably afflicted in this late crncl war j' ntt : had upn: their dtmditions, aad lhat the jtstfce Columbia Q. Conference has appointed ; only choice whs .bet ween .such peace as we an agent to receive donations, it may. be well, coukl 'get 'and , Buhjug:tion. .." Tliey . chose for this Gencinl Conference to indorse' that, subjugation and got it. But are they satis agent, and recommend the object of his mis-', fied? No. r Not. satisfied yet, and they con sion to the generous consideration of the ' tinue to throw their arrogant demands in people throughout1 the 'country. When I the teeth nf the government that.tbey movr look' upon tlie past history of that churchy : ed heaven, and earth to destroy, - , , .; -when I look around me here and see so many - We do not particularly fancy sriinc features esteemed and venerable men who have been in the report of the Reconstruction Commit connected with that church, and when I call tiMj,.but if it is the best we can get we are for up the flood of recollections associated, with it. :We are fur a restored Union, for the that church, my feelings are -almost too' big cessationi of all military or government in for utterance. I renieuibcr.it as the .spot terfeivuce-with the internal ntfaira ot the wheral firf gcve.roy heait ttf God.'.. Tha WateaTand the thorough restoration of civil building, now lying in ashes, is where some ,, .authority at the. earliest possible inomeut' of the most venerable and oldest members of , .nd uimhi the best .terms it can be had. And this. General Conference labored perhaps be- we now tell these people who are contina fore Fwas horn. " I remember that it was a ully engaged in ridiculing and abusing the spot where Christian liberality and Christian ( . national Congress, that they must accept the feelings were culled out and; exhibited on the ' Union npoii the conditions it may impose, noblest scale. But, sir, it is now gone. t Our : or a territorial condition with a rigid niili. friends at a distance have Heard of the ruin1, : tary rule. Chivalry may blow about hrnior, of Columbia; they have hard of the sad , but a people that are arrogantly demanding1 havoc which war.ha made ill that bea'utiful ; t be restored' to a government that they townvbut the imagination ean not conceive ' spumed and cursed for the past five years, of the scene of ruin that has been left. had. better say but little on that head.,- : : : Throughout the' long street jwhere the busi-. ,' We of the South have no voice in this niat uess was .couducted, block after block on i ter f reconstruction; we were powerless every hand the,. wide-spad..c()nlliig.riition -fwm the hour, that we laid, dowq our arms, has swept down, ami, all jkuw lies iu ashes i and the In-st thing we can do and the only and ruins, save where soiije one desirous ...to, thing we can do, is to go back as quick as' recover from the shock has commenced to we can and upon the bvst.teruis we can get. build again, and here aad there, ., perhaps, Those who arc-looking to Andrew Johnson some single-story building rises out of the- to play the Cromwell or Napoleon, and by ruins. , The meu of that church rv men that ', the inaugunition of another revolution have been wont, iu the cliy of prosperity, to jl disolve thii' present Congress and form one dispense with a bounteous hand, and to re- i out of the two dozen copperhead members spond lilcrally to all appeals; but now many jj from the North and the members elect from of them arc dependent upon charity for their 4- the South, will find that they are mistaken daily bread. It is a sight to make any man I in , their man. lie would not if ho couldv weep, and I believe therfe is scarcely any one 1 ' and he dare not if he would. The country who knew Columbia in; its days of beauty 1 and prosperity, -who could visit it now and behold its ruins withont weeping tears ot, bitterness and sorrow" for its sad, sad fate. That congregation, made up of noblo and 'gcuerous men and Women, with a large mem bership and flourishing Sunday-school, are now scattered awl dispersed,'and know not where to call home.-"-- ' ' - ' "-: r ' These are some of the fruits of secession Cases before tiie Preedmes's Bcbe.vc.. We are again indebted to Lieut. A.B. Gardner, Adj't. 7th V. R. C, and Ast. Superintendent Bureau Refugees, Frccdmen and Abandoned Lands, for Sub. District of Raleigh, consist ing of the counties of . Wake, Harnett, Chat ham and Moore, for the following report of casts tried by him for the week ending May 5th, 18GG: AV. C." Parker, (white,) plaintiff, t. Wil liam High, (freedman,) defendant : all of the City of Raleigh'; money demanded on con tract, $8 00 ; settled by compromise. Logan Jones, (freedmen.) plaintiff, ts. Da vid Wicker, (white,), all of the City of Ra- . ir -r.-ir tt - jirs. iu. i. neury, iwniiej piainiin, t. Britton Hawkins, (fiwdman,) defendant ; al! of the City of Raleigh ; money demanded on contract, $8 00, for bouse rent ; judgment for plaintiff in partial sum of 3 00 plain tiff being absent, no evidenceto prove charge oi o uu, uuienuani uemes same. .D. Booker, (freedman,) pluintiff. e. John Sorrell, (white,) defendant ; of Wake coun ty; money due on contract, $10 00; judg-j ment for plaintiff in partial sum of $9 00 money paid in Court. : John Smith, .(freedman,) plaintiff, v. Thomas Lawrence, defendant; plaintiff of (jnatuam, ueienuant ot wake; replevin to j obtnjp possession of a mule said to be the property of plaintiff ; judgment that the inule-belonged-to neither party being bran-7 'deo; and proven to be U. S.. property, it must V. it UlUSt' be turned over to this Court on Tuesday, May 8th, at 10 A.- M.,- or the defendant be arrested and summarily dealt with. 1 Cyrus McLean, (freedman,) plainliff, t. J. Hatcher, (white.) .defendant; of .Harnett r county;' money , due' on contract,, $4 00";" judgment for plaintiff money to be paid iu L 1 ( two tlays. . ; ' . . . , . - JJiancy Mclscill, (frecdwoman,) plaintiff. ! w. i&umicl Parkerr (white,) defendant; of Harnett county ; application for an orderfor custody of- Ephruim, minor child .of plain tiff; custody of child decreed to plaintiff the order was complied with. : ": Nancy McNeill, (freed woman,) plaintiff, . Casy McLean, (freedman,) defendant ; of Harnett eounty ; application for an orderfor custody of Anderson, minor child pf plain tiff; custody of child decreed to plaintiff the order was complied with. ... .- . ttanniDalrt McAllister, (treeduian,) plaintiff. v. John Gre;n, (white.) defendant; of Har- nett county; money demanded tor services r iviiueieu ; jiiugmenj ror piainun. Yiolet Spears: (freedwoinan) plaintiff, vs. Lec. Hatcher, defendant; of Harnett coun ty; claim tor 4 bushels of corn balance due for services rendered in 1S65 judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed. "r ; , i We learn from -;tho Wadesborough Argu that Gov. Worth has appointed Gen. Atlas J. Dargan,' of Anson, ne of his Aids with the rank of. Colonel. J The General accepts the appointment ),'. ';,! ' ,V t ' v ' ',' , i It is a noteworthy factliat Gov. Worth has thui far: appointed no uneonditionni Union man to' office. Hie time will soon' come to appoint Directors in the 'various Rjulrowt corporations, y We predict that every out-and-out Union man will te ejecitcd, and secessionists or latter-day war men ap pointed in their places! ' . "- 1 ''' ; , 'ins had enough of revolution -alroady, and ' Ir. Johnson knows it, and then it is a base ,libel to assert that he has any sympathy with ,' reason or traitors, w bother a from the North r from the South. .,- ' . " , , , -. - ' TThe abuse' !)eing heaped upon" Congress y radical newspapers and politicians in the iouth, men who assert that they surrendered ' it good faith and that, they accepted, the ituation -without reservation in taking the vork of restoration and prevent the peaceful workings of the government than all things - Isc, the " radicals " in Congress not except rd ; and we now warn all such, as we warned hem of impending dangers in 1864-'C5, that tnlcss they accept the Union as they can get t, the hut days of this people will be worse han the first, and that ' the ' leniency and magnanimity which they heretofore received, md which they have abused, will give place o iron rule and military -occupation. We rust the brethren will consider these things , tnd earnestly. endeavor to c;ist out the devils hat evidently possess many of them. llaily Progrem. , y. ,i . .... - i THE MEMPHIS RIOT. The following account of the late bloody Collision of races in Memphis appears in the Jincihnati Gazette : . Memphis, May 2d. The riot was resumed this morning, and continued with much fury until noon, with :ousequences equally as disastrous as those .)f yesterday. ' . , , ;. Before day light a crowd of some five hun dred negroes attempted to gain admission to the fort and secure the arms in the Arsc ial, but were defiantly met by the command ing officer who threatened them with grape hot if they did not instantly disperse, when they immediately retired. General rioting commenced about nine o'clock, beginning by the declaration of a negro in a low grog- iwn flmt ttvarv .ltAmnnrl ivliita man in tlm - city would be killed before the cessation of - ! hostilities, which declaration reachincr the ears of several white men, resulted in the vi olent dcsith of the negro. ' Then the war be gan in earnest. Startling rumors reached the business portion of the city, and citizens arming themselves with all sorts of weaprms, rushed frantically in crowds to the scene of the riot, breaking into gun and pistol stores as tUcy went, and appropriating all the arms they could find. They were followed by the Sheriff's force, the police force, firemen, and ? lutdw.mmniwfl Anrl nraiprl lur thi. i ,tJ!V ...... ih i.tn ...nri ' ! Her3 t),e negroes had collected to the number H of nt least 1.5(H), bearing aloft a black flag ; as their standard, and hooting, jelling, and ;j fi ri ng in every rl i rcction, ' '. Mont of them were 1 discharged soldiers, still wearing their uni- forms, and were armed with muskets. The ; citizens charged on them, pouring in a yol ! ley of Shot at the. same time, which caused ' the negroes to run, leaving some fifteen or j twenty of their brethen dead and wounded on the ground. -1 lie return nre Kinea one citizen anil mortally wounded two -others, j( The advantage was pressed and the negroes were driven helter-skelter beyond the city limits, scattering in every direction. .Yarious rumors are afloat as to the. nnuiber' killed, but it cannot be less than fifteen!, 1- have ; positive knowledge of eight. J could not learn the names ot the white men:.- Uutsule the city limits the torch was applied to scv- , ' eral negrws' dweUings, which are now a mass f amnirin.,Tn;n ti i,; tr..r.a fin-n : succeeded in stopping the riot, and all is now quiet, wit h the exception of occasional firing in the suburlw.: Violence to peaceable ne- groes nan ceaseu,. imic very lew hibko tueir appearance on the streets. V ' V-... : , ... J i Most of thd black rioters are skulkiug be yond the city limits, and the white troops,' of whom there are. only. two. companies, are disarminsr them asranidlv us uossiblc. ' '.. t -' i Some tear an outbreak to-nigbi,:: but'. I : think the riot is at an end, is the negroes have.ocen badly, worsted, and there is - not much disposition to molest them while they conduct themselves properly,' although the firemen ' and police are much incensed over the death of their comrades killed yesterday,' and are prevented with difficulty : from wreaking further vengeance ou the. blacks. An old citizen,, named Ben. Dennis, while conversing with a Hegro barber in front of the Bank saloon, on Center alley to-day, patted him ou the : back, and remarked, within the hcarfig pf some white men, that " herawasa negro as well disposed as a white man," or; words to that eflfoct.. A man step ped up, and asjisjp Mr; Dennis if he meant what he said, net Mm throagh the heart, killing, hun instantly .In the confusion, the niurtlererieseaped. . A-wn named Eeenan was subsequeortx rrested,on suspicion, but no proof i appearing against him : he was re-s Jeased, and the murderer is still at large, . -; The following paragraph appears'in an evening pajjer. It is regarded aa containing more of feverish imagination fbon truth - . i u A we are going to. press, we have learn ed, . on. good authority, the following start ling facts : Jl. gentkroan, w(b' resides in the country some twenty-five miles from this city, discovered, oji night before last, 'that several of his negro employs had deserted hiuv Tracing them to. this city, he found one of them this mornijr dying condi tion from voUBitl ievcY1ii the flglit last night,' - The dying negro stated that the .trouble last night was planned ;1hat he and his ; companions came down to assist in it, but it came on prematurely to-night' He said the plan was to attack the city and rob all the jewelry stores and banks."- The negro has since died."' I ' - !f:j ' - ' ;i The story is rather sensational and finds little credence among dispassionate men." '.I am satisfied that the riot wai accidental, and not at- all preconcerted. ' originated, as; Bt:tcd in my dispatch of yesterday, in fight between a negro express driker and a white hackman, whose vehicles collided on South street The city has been gratly excited all day, and little or no busi nes was transacted, hiany of the stores lx?inW)ed. m- '- The Freedmen's Bureau noWunt of the af fair,! coming down- to a .lalfcr divtev is tliu Btinnued up in the.Washiugtiin Sfrti' of Sat urday evening: " I -;!; Tins MESirms Rior.i-Thl Commissioner of Freedmen's Affairs has nceived a' tele-' graphic dispatchfroin Meinplis, Tenn..dated May 5kl, which states that te ritit in that city commenced in an affray between a party of discharged soldiers and a) squad of the City, police! in which both wkre at fault About thirty or more colored people have been killed during the progress of the riot. All the colored school-houses and churches were .'burned on Wedncsdaj) night. Fears Vere entertained that the riot would be re newed with greater violence. Is armed men were coming into the city-from the sur rounding country. Major General Stoncman has required the complete respiration of or der and quiet by the city authorities, and announces that if thev fail so to do he will take charge of the city himself and disarm the citizens.5 If more troops art needed Gen ari neede ,nV - eral Thomas will furnish them T , '. Rfntety Tlie Drmscratle CjMVMitiea. - t-" Locisviixe, Ky., Tuesdfiy, May 1 '" A very large Convention of tlie Democracy of this State assembled m the'Court-bousc here to-day. ' .. '. ij-"' : '' ' Most of the Counties in the State we're represented..'. ',. ; . '. ' - ' ' '. '' tEx-Qov. Wickliffe was cbontemrwrary. "Chairman. ; - , The resolutions adopted are as follows: That we declare our warmest attachment to the Union of the States under the Con stitution. - : ,: . : - - That, the Federal Government is one of limited and restricted powers. - That the exercise of tiny power by the Federal Government not delegated to it by the Constitution, is a usurpation to deprive the people of their liberties. - - : ' That Congress has no right to deprive any State of representation in Congress. , " That the Federal Government has not the right to abridge the freedom of speech, or of the press, and that their suppression is the destruction of x-vcry principle-of constitu tional lHerty. -!;' '.' '- That the Federal Government has no right to try civilians by military commissions and drupi-head courts-martial, v ; I That the question of suffrage belongs ex clusively to the States. That we recognize the abolition of slavery as au accomplished fact, but earnestly assert that Kentucky has the right to regulate the political' status of the negroes within her territory. That the writ of luibetu corpus should have been fully restored as soon as the war was ended. . , . . : , . i That we earnestly request the Government to practice the most rigid economy, and prosecute those who . have lcen guilty of fraud, corruption and embezzlement. . That large standing armies arc not to be tolerated in times of peace. That taxation should be made equal and uniform, and that the Government securities should not be exempt from taxation, That the thanks of the country are due to President Johnson lor bis vetoesor the Freed men's Bureau and Civil Rights Bills. , m 1 That our Senators and. a majority of our Representatives in Congress have acted sat isfactorily to the people, and.-merit our thanks., ;. . ii. ..' ; ..... , ' The resolutions conclude as follows: .' We declare to the people of our own be loved C-mmonwealth as well as to the peo ple of the-whole. Union-, that we have met not to . foment, discord but to heal dissen sions, and to cridcavorto thj2 utmost of our powe'r to bring back "our Government to its ancient purity, and to try to make it such as it was. in t lie days ot Washington, of Jeffer son and of Jackson. ; .av - We wish to maintain. And save both the Constitution and the Union as they came to us from the hands of our vatriot fathers ; to preserve the rights and liberties of. our citi zens ; to maintain all the -safeguards of the Constitution intact and inviolate, and to res cue the Government, from the vandal grasp of. that radical Congress whose governing principle ot action. s." rule or rmn, The Democratic party is notsectional, but is coextensive with the - Union., itself. ., Its mission, is not to destroy, but to restore con cord and : fraternity, ana to resist all. en croachments, from whatever quarter t hey may come, upon the Constitution and. the lilier erties of the people, . ., . , . ; ' ;Th'8 is the great work we propose, to ac complish.. To these nolile and patriotic pur poses we invite the " co-operation of every patriot throughout our country. ., . . ,. ,., ..'Ex-Gov. Merri wether was delected perma nent President of the Convention, and Judge Alvin.' Duvall nominated for Clerk ,of die Court of Appeals, ", , , ....... .. , .. . I '"'"''.'' ,.r-.'"T- ".'' f.'! . '"Washinsrton. Madison. Monroe. Harrison. Tyler and Taylor,- were- Episcopations; Jef ferson, John Adams, and John Qumcy Ad ams, were ' Unitarians ; Jackson,' Polk and Lincoln, were Presbyterians Van Burcn was of the Dutch Reformed Church. The sur viving Presidents arc Fillmore,' Unitarian, Pierce, a Trinitarian Oongregationalist; till, recently he has joined the Episcopal Church ; Buchanan, nn Episcopalian during his term of office bnt is said to have joined the Presr byterians this year; and Johnson is a Pres byterian. ' ;:te$tnessej3.; -:; . ?Afi84pB pF IttR FBAKCHJSa. )ILU i 'i i A despatch, -from Nashville to Mr. Fowler. I ; Senator elect, dated May 3, says the franchise lull passed the Senate ; vn that day, la to 6, Witiont ameudDietVMs. 5..! j., r i 'v-". Jf-:"Aj "tnm vbjl a iawj1;!. '. H'.n. Horace Maynard als received yes terday the good news in a despatch from Gov-.Browiilowasfbllowsf ? ' .-V'J-.f : . Nashviixk, ' May: '8: ;The- franchise -bill . passed the Senate to-day, 1 3 to 6. It is now a law; ; W. 0. BROWNLOW, ; . ; ;'' -:.'-yr ' QoternoTof Ttnnmee. ...t-i-',"-t':.''Cy,?'''"-M--2 '-n- a'-. ';!...,-- ; - r ...... TTTB! UV. : . ' T?he following are the principal features of the lawt.i cV,(u .;t..v.s s:::, AjT Act to alter aiid amend an. act entitled 1An act to limit the elective franchise,'' ? "iMsTiniSS fr-ffta'--'--" , - ""'' . Sectios 1. Be it eiumteH by l&e GmeraX Assembly of the State of Tennemte. That eve ry white male inhabitant of this Btate of the age of twenty-one years, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county r wherein be may -offer his Vote six months next preceuing tne aay ot election, shall be entitled to 'the privilege of tlie elective fran chise, subject to the following' exceptions and disqualifications, to wit : : -. V '.- "i First, baid voter have never borne arms against the government of the United States for the purpose of aiding the late rebellion. uut . uio TMiuuuiriiy given aiu, counort, countenance, counsel or encouragement' to any mW lion against' the authority of the United States government, nor aided, coun tenanced or encouraged ' acts ' of hostility thereto. ' . i -'i . .'r- - . ,''-; , Second. That said voter shall have never, sought, or voluutarily accepted, any office;' ciy-y or military, of attempted to exercise tlie functions of any office, civil or military, un der the authority or pretended authority of the so-called Confederate States of America, or of 'ar.y insurrectionary State whatever, hostile or opposed to the authority of the United States government, with the intent ' and desire to aid said rebellion or" insurrec tionary authority., ' ' ' :1 ' ''" -v : Third.' That said voter shall have never voluutarily supKirtcd any pretended gov ernment, power or authority hostile or inim-, ical to to the authority of the United States. by combinations in money or' property, by persuasion or influence, or in any other way whatever : Prodded,- That the foregoing re strictions and disqualifications shall not ap ply to any white citizen who'may hiivf erv ed in and been honorably discharged from the army or navy of the United States since the 1st day. of January, 1862, nor to those who voted in the Presidential election in November, 1804, or voted in the election for "ratification or rejection" in February, 1S65, or voted in the election held on the 4th day of March of the same year for Governor and Vncmbcrs of the Legislature, nor to those whu have been appointed to any civil or military ofltce by Andrew Johnson, Military' Govern or, or William G. Brownlow, Governor of Tennessee, all of whom are hereby declared tn bg'qnailfiii tirtcia upon their eoapUrins. with the requirements of this act : Prowled, . That this latter clause shall not apply Vo any commission issued upon any election, which may have been held. ' - Sec. 2. Be it further enntted, That the Governor of the State shall, within sixty ( days after the passage of this act, appoint a ' commissioner of registration for each aud every county in the State, who shall, without delay, enter upon the discharge of his duties, and who shall bave'full power to adminis- ter the necessary oaths provided by this act.' Sec. 3. Be .U further enne'ed. That said ' commissioner 'shall issue certificates of regis- tration to every white soldier who may have served in, and been honorably discharged from, tlie army or navy of. tlie United States since the said 1st dav of January, 1882, upon ; the production of the 'proper certificate of sQcli service and discharge, or legal evidence of the loss of such : discharge. .- Said com missioner shall issue certificates of registra tion to all those who Voted in the said- No vemlier, February and March elections, upon production of the poll-books of the election . at which- said voter voted, or a certified copyv' under onth, of such poll book in case the vpter'may have removed to another coun ty, or upon the affidavit of two enfranchized citizens, known to the commissioner to have been unconditional Union men throughout the rebellion,' in case said poll-books may be lost v ; ;-- ' ' '. : " ;. And hesliall issue" certificates of registra tion to those citizens of Tennessee who have lieen appointed to ofBce'by the said military or civil Goverriors ; upon the production of thd commission showing such appointment, or proper certificate of the Secretary of State. that such commission was issued, in case of ' loss. " But cvery other person claiming to be entitled to the privilege of the elective fran chise, as provided in this act, shall, before he obtains a certificate ; thereof, prove by the evidence of two competent witnesses known to the commissioner to have been themselves at all times unconditional ; Union men, that they arc personally acquainted with the per son so claiming, and that they verily believe that he has pot ' been" guilty of any of the i;is-' --fl- : Lll- ... UlsquHliHCtuious uerpiniieiore specially. iueu- ' tioned, which proof shall be taken upon af fidavit, subscribed by said witnesses and filed in said office ' of said commissioner j' ,' and ' said , applicant' shall ' also' " take and. sub-. - scribe the following oath before the commis sioner of retristration : ' ' ' ".''- -i ' V, I do solemnly swear that I have never Vol untirily borne arms against the government i of the United States for the purpose or with ' the intention of aiding , in the late rebellion, nor have I with - any such intention at any time given aid, counsel, -or eucouragement to said r.ebellion,'6r to any act" oft hostility to the government of the United States, I fur ther swear that I'-havVi never sPtfght or ac- cepted any office, either civil or inilitary, or "attempteii to exercise ' the- functions of any office, either ci vil or ' military, under the au-. thority or pretended authority of the so-called Confederate States of America, or of any insnrrectiooary States, hostile or opposed to the authority of the United States govern ment; with the intent and 'desire to aid said rebellion ; and that I have never given a vol untary support to any such government or authority. So help ine God.; U . - - t . Sec. 5. Awl lie it further enttctfd. That no . nerson shall be entitled to vote at any State, ; county, district, or municipal election, or any. other election held :under the laws ot this State, unless he shall have been registered and shall have received a certificate thereof as provided . in : this"., act ; and any person ! swearing falsely to any of the facts required ' to be sworn to by the provisions" of ibis act shall lie deemed gnilty of perjury. And upor conviction thereof shall suffer all the peual "' tii-s ri-o"vided !v law for such 'offence; and ' this act arid alf the provTsioris thereof shall 1 be strictly construed to prevent evasion tkere- of; and the" judges' of all b,fi. tifqrtt and . : 1 j: .r frt.ta C ,, f a bkalV rAva tlilo ' act specially in charge to, he grand jury at each term 05 sjacn coun. . ;-.t- ; . . - TesuasiT f Hm. Bt4fr4 Irswa, Of Worth-Carolina, before the .Reconstruction -.. ':- Colmm-fr r "Hon.''Bedford" Brownformerly United States Senator from North-Carolina, was ex amined in respect to that State, Although, he hid served the people of North-Carolina, in a legislative capacity, during the war, he had always been Union, and non -secessionist on principle. , He thinks two-thirds or three fourths of the people of the State unitedly opposed - to secession. : The masses of the people at the time of Lee's 'surrender were more gratified than otherwise, because they saw that the result was inevitable. " Many of them were for peace, and -believed there was o "safety out, of the Union, They .were grat ified that the question hail been settled in someway., TOf.-late tiiey bad, became. very Uespoirintr', perhaps in part from the-loss of slave property, though chiefly from the long ueisy in using suuiilicm w uic u.iuuu... aiigio is a-wide feeling of discontent even, among Union men. ' The great mass of the people are exceedingly anxious to have the relations between- the State and the Federal Govern ment 'restored,,', Some,, few persons -would, perhaps, be gratified by. a foreign war, but the, rent mass are perfectly willing to live under the laws of the United States, provided they can have political equality with tlie other states. ' . '.v. '" " : - -v - Tlie longer this is; procrastinated, the worse the feeling of discontent will become. Some portions of the people, in the event of a war with Great Britain or France,, would probably engage in another attempt at seces sion, and the establishment of Southern in dependence: but a great majority would suppress such an attempt if there were rea sonable expectations that they could be ad mitted to equal political rights in the Union.' The best way to remove, thfe feeling of dis content, among the people would be to de clare the State .a. memlier of the. Federal Union, ' and - admit her representatives to their scats, Congress, of course, judging of the members presenting themselves separate ly. ' Disloyal men should be excluded ; but men should he admitted even if the great majority of their constituents were . actual disloyalists, The question of admission should depend rather npon the character and qualification of the claimant than upon those of his constituents. " If his district was mani festly disloyal beyond all question, it would jKirhapS be a justification for his exclusion. The witness thinks a majority of the people would be willing to pay the .Federal debt, though the tax -payers do not regard it as a pleasant subject. .-.' , ' ., ' ', -'-.-. Avery decided ana overwhelming majority would be opposed to the payment of the Confederate war debt " He does not know of any combination open or secret to make turther resistance to the Government or to renew the war in any shape. ; He believes that Northern men going into North-Carolina to invest capital in lands, manufactures, &o, would be received in a friendly manner, and treated with justice in the State courts.. The freedmen in his part of the State were Acting verv well, and the creneral sentiment ainontr -the farmers and planter to treat them with fairness. There is a disinclination lor pro miscuous schools for whites and blacks. But the better class of people do not object to schools for blacks separately. . The officers, of the Frcedmeu's Bureau have generally been liberal toward both the freedmen and whito people ; but he hardly thinks there is anv further necessity for maintaining the Bureau, as black men would stand as good a chance in the State courts as white men if thev were of good character, and' there arc no particular prejudices against tbem. .' The poor Whites are generally considered as hav ing a higher claim to credibility than thd negroes. Universal negro sunrage wouia re regarded as very objectionable and wholly inadmissible; but a good, many persons would have no objection to seeing qualified negro suffrage. : He does not think it possible to establish restricted suffrage Among the whites, and thinks no:ie of them would ever surrender the right to vote .if they could helpit1- .'!:' '-. :.: " r-V'.i sy) --'-- i . - . College on Lookout ,. .'Mountain Es-. TABLISHED BT THE MUMVICKNCE OF A SIN GLE Individual,, fob -the .Education of Tire White Children of the South. We are indebted to the New York Obsener for the following interesting and important intelligence:! . , a - , ' -. - i "A weal th v Christian gentleman, of this city who . is well known as among, the .fore most in very good enterprise, unnstopner Jfc Robert, Esq., the founder of Robert college, at Constantinople, which he endowed with his own funds, baa, for some months been in East Tennessee for tho purpose of establish-' ing a college for the education of the white children ot the Bout h. He has purcnasea the Whole of Lookout Mountain, the scene of one of the most' hotly contested and irapor-, tant battles in the late war, a splendid site for such an institution, affording splendid view of the Valley :of the Tennessee. i( He has also purchased some four or five hundred acres on Missionary Ridge,.; together, with the Government' building, erected at an ex pense of $150,000, and either or both sites will be occupied as may seem moat desirable. The buildings already here will accomodate four or five hundred pupils, id : arrange ments have liecn made far opening the insti tution on the- 16th of Hay next R will be Under the care f Rev. Edward Williams, a graduate of Yale Cntlge and of Princeton Theological Seminary, who is a scholar and clergyman of experience: .Mr. Robert having retired from active busifiESs with an araile fortune, is devoting himself, quietly but effi ciently, to the work of doing good, not only with his money, but by personal effort. ; He is one of tlioss good and -wise ,-men who -choose to be executors of their own estates, and thus secure the approbation of the funds in the way that will accomplish most for the ends he has in view." '.:t.-.',.c-v .-. . -; ; A iioblcr or more magnificent charity could 'not well have been conceived, and should. as doubtless it-will, hand" down, the name of Christopher Robert to an immortality tar more to he desired than that of the " Great Captains"; who contended ..for the millitary possession of " Lookout," and whose laurels were Won by the slaughter of their fellow man; " Future generations will risej up and call him blessed!n ., -,; (-- ' :;V, '. ''.' ' ' ' t.'-V. ! ' TnTBrjTs to ms Dkad of Both AuMrrs. The ladies of Columbus, Mississippi, recent-; ly decorated the graves- of the. Confederate dead in the cemetery of that city. They also paid the same mark : of respect to the memory of some forty- federal so diers h!"Z-ZZVlZ TrT-u. ilLi, -the pres of that city, which claims that the war being over, no, distinctions should be t made n&weeq tua tHr-jVj-stefl eroa-of oppo- '' " '',' : w"- ' ""''' a'e .t-Mtopjr ,f -"Election inv ''(iJ-mtiio'ol.TJha F. Collier has been elected Mayor of "peters burg an excellent selection. ' Thcvo was, Collier 694, Dodsqn 570, Lyon 161," , .; ' .- . - -f , . j -.- "i-r r.. j . . ;i,i'p . t : ' 'w,.-.v-,! '.-If V-'f ' . f Jor the Standard., lf;v FOR THLNKING MEN ONLYj : Governor Houdbn,. Dear Sir: 1 desire . . ; to know what kind of a. man you are.. J3- ;. ; fore the war," J know yon. was a Union man,: (, : and every body called you ,by that name',. V ,. s- They even 'called you worse, they called you'.". : an alutlitinhlat. ' a ftiibmlaslnniot nA n tntlttu.' We all know what those- uarnes meant'- in '' those days. - A whito man in the South, who ' avowed abolition sentiments at that time or. . r. had such sentiments imputed to him; ws !-, .,; pnt down by the -bloody-minded, men, wU - .provoked this war, as bang below even f frcM ;i negro; in fact, he-was not allowed to livnT, r- among us, unless he had very poweifulfricnd,'' -or could clear himself of the charge. Even . f " then he was regarded with i suspicion that l" ''' damaged his business and social relations in" i rct- I- .toe community - .... -.i.i .'.' ' . .wovernor, oeiore -war, jni nrn jo c. .. - - -"Union. meetinrs and attended them. lYxmrii-! ' ', have told the people by word of mouth nnd j " j through the Standard about the misionunes. . that would befall them stioutn tney anempt ; to withdraw and break up the Union. ; I re- -r member ail this for I beard yon, ndnlso':' read it in the Standard, an& have not forgot-i : ten it.'t Why should I, when all ju wr'. ha; come to pass, ant we sllaee it and know it .,. to be true and are reminded of it every lay r j , Just aJiout.the time President Lincoln call-, . " ed for troops to whip South-Carolina for , firinff on Fort 8umntor. Governor, I happen- '" , ed to have business in Sinithfield, and started '. c down there on the railroad tram. un tne j : same cars fi ere volunteer troops going 'down: " ' ' to take possession of Fort Macon. ; la fact, ' North-Carolina, was in a state of reliollioa i; ,and it filled my heart witb sorrow; for I re-,'- ' . collected what you told ns of tlie evils that, ,. t -.would happen to us, and I believedjouthen, '. (' and I know- it to lie so -now. as all; of us; know it to be so." Goveroor, you bad mado- ... -a call for a Union meeting in Raleigh a tew i '. days previous, ami had not withdrawn the , - - call. The secessionists were puich ienragod ; , -. at it, for I heard one man on the train say : .' "That d n Holden has kept up his call for -v ; a Union meeting. '.He ought not to IjealUnf-".. ed to stay here." : Others responded in tho: same manner -and they threatened you Witlr' , personal violence, hanging, &c; How toiKbl J f ' you, Governor, stand up against these men I J u , You had to yield, bnt wo all know that it." was not voluntary ; and I believed that yonr; heart was, right,, because oqr hearts .wiw;' rirht.' -. We were srieved and subdued, and ' had to await our time, Governor, did we ftoti ' ; , Well some, years. aitcrwara,-wniie bloody war wa3 progressing,' I had' busiuesrf " ". at Hillsboro', and again took the cars for j ' that place; : Governor, you had made your. - ; famous call for peace. Oh. how it gladdened ; . , : my heart It was tho first streak of dawn; y -( .after a long night of darkness and terror an l .. suffering . While- on. the' cars this' time, I j ; beard another conversation. One man. biased ; '' ' out an oath against Holden and .said yoy ''' ought to be hungforwanting eac.i In n .'other seat, another on said," well, yon ought 1 ' j to know that hois a Union; man and traitor, - to the South." Another one sskl,-? he-will i : teinornUze our arms U. jve Jet bun Hve any- ' limirur n 1 flwl tint. linWr itriv linh'finefik M'ir : for yon. If you had any friend among them, f , Governor, they were afraid. I w:isto- much'r' frightened to open my mouth. ' Wliat eould 1 : I have done ? Nothing. Only I thought of . all these things and loved you, being a Union i man and suffering for the Union cause. 1 1 -:. ) felt that it was my cause and you were snf-f ,. ? fering forme also, Governor.:: ... ?,:i . Biit how is it now, Governor ? " All. the so-', . , . cessionists are gone-r-none are to be. foundi - '' - They call yott a secessionist ; they say you1' nretheoniy secessionist in the State, thntf1?- '' vouwere the father of secession, and but for" ' ? yourworks in favor of secession the South t ' ,.i i .k. t..: . ' "3 wouut ueHir uave gwe iiui ui nu uuwu. - Sometimcsl ask some of tliem why llicy tli not vote for you...' They say you were a so " cessionist. The same men called you a Union . 1 man durinsr the war and before the wnr. , , They called you a traitor .to the South ami ' v is so. , I know it all to be so, because I hare "f , seen it and heard it, and I am "not blind, or ; deaf, nor a fool ;., , A" J . ' ; , ,', ( Governor, you were mobbed for your Union ; . 'sentiments. . You had to conceal yourself to.' ". prevent assassination,' We all: know that it '. '' ' was on account of your devotioh to 'the'; ; Union.' But now the very party, under whoso ' Confederacy by and whose influence tkvse T . 'r things were .done, call you the secessionist,. ' .' and will not own it themselves.' : .;'' :: ' ' : ,, ; f . How dots all this hoppfen, Governor t It' would not be so among honest politicians.' r But I am not surprised. Men that wmild liSvo ' - :murdcred yonjn .1864, or men' that would'.; jhave looked upon' your murder , at that time' , fis a great benefit to the Confederacy and te - need at' it, are not a whit too good at hon " '"' f st to refrain from calling you auicesstonist;.. ,';:-., .nd eat their own words and charges uttered , r gainst you during the jar" wlien they wart- ' . . jd to hang you for being a Union man 'and '. V i raitor to the South.. .';' " v' ; i': ' , I came to this country, Governor, to fiiiA ! ; m asylum, wliere I might Hve peaceably aul ' ' irosperously 'the .balance- of my days. v I -:. . ' wore allegianoe to the United. States gov- mment and by no. act of .min havfilevef,' f V -fringed the sauctitf of, that oath.', As, long ; -1 1 the star spangled bauner.floated over try - :-. .. ead, I found that it protected roe in all Miv '-' j ersonal and political rights. . I had only to ' ' I ve honorably, Ui take care that I injured no :" ' ' ie, and to render to each one his dues, and"1 ' ' iose glorious laws and that lioblc constitu- 1 j on, to which I swore everlasting allegiance, ; , -; t .-otected me and mine in peace, .prosperity , . , ' h1 comfort. But wicked men. tore mv adopr ; ; .., id 8tate from the embraces of the Vvimi, id what did I findtobeihe result! . Ji,: i in the twinkling" of an eye, it was all ' i.inged neither myperson nor those of my ' -i .us were safe, nor my '-. property, the hard irnings of a!' life that was drawing to its . :. ose... lieu luese luiogs auu iuihwi wimi. L , ;- iu concerning them,. Governor, at all times. .-, j 1. iring the war; -nor did I ever conceal from . f m"iny .undying attachment to the cause' of r" . ic Union and abiding faith iij tlie ultimate ' tumph of ite innumerable amiies? Govenir' "- '' .';', you sympathized with" me then ae.no - ' : ' , ssionist could have done-yon cheered nw i S -you told me that yon too- were as devoted.., . , . tl wssto the principles: of. the Uhioa and- j ,'; onstitution, whoso- protecting hand, Uad... , ;, eenunliappily .withdrawn from us. 1 1 knew -. , f . -. u were a Union, man then, I kno you ar? ( ' ; Union man nqw, as I know that I was a .' ' ;. nion man then and anv now; ana, there- re. it makes mv blood boil to hear taeee. ''" J ho denounced you as a Union man then t,- uavejsaitj this much. ;t-:...)f ; ti n , Yery respectfully you 'friend... ,". -t , i - ' ' JOHN ROSEMONDl: V V it Pregress ef tke i. Ckelera at' Kew Tark.-: ;,' ' ;rj, New Yon k, May 0. The Healtli Officer j .sports four new. cases of cholera,' but no -v'-. ths, in the hospital shin since last report. i. ' -' . ' j.- c ;; c ; ,: , .vj !( '' ' i. U - ;i't- ifi-i.iv.'.-....'' ... ' ' ' f. I" -. . '; '-' ) "'.. ,:, 1 r-"- u ';.;:.'. .:-' ,4 ,', .o'., ,..' ; 'v-!.-f..-....... : .4 ? f " "' N "'V. '": V:';:.:.-, ;:'f):,-' .oV T ;-''- 1t r' l' ' ? - '-I ,'';'-C..,r" U-"' - ' ; '-. ! -6 Ai "" -"-' V - ;-".:-:- '- '3f -.'"'Arc A; .