Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1881, Page 7

FREEDMEN'S EDUGATION. Miss Schoficld’'s Colored School at Aiken, South Car. olina. A& Chicagoan's Visit Thereto—In- telligenco and Progress of the Pupils, Tho Grent Problem of Emancipation to Be Worked Out hy Sueh Institutions, v the Fditar of ;The Chicaga ‘Tyibune, Hionnaso Panx lotew, AIkes, 8, C, Muareh 10.—1 left Chicngo with cloudy skics above and pitiless stows beneath, and find mysell tn o laud of sunshine and llowers. Although tho wenther hero is very much calder and more backward than usunl, yet it s warm enough for us to take long drives daily aud to live much In the open alr, The spring-tlowers are in bloom. ‘The woods abound with the exquisit tralllng arbutus, and with the yellow Jessamine att the lovely purple violets. Bnskets lilled with houquets of these flowers ure brought dally to the ho- tel by the colared boys and girlsof the neigh- borhood, and find ready sale, The hotel at this pince 18 FINELY SITUATED, It stands upou the highest ground In the town, and comfnnnds n charming view over n wido reach of plne rorests and vroad plalns. Tho sofl has the veeulint light-reddish tint which 1s 80 often seen In the Southern States, wnd which lwmparts & very bright, pleasing wneto the landscape. The cotnbination of ihe durk-pine buckground with the warm, reddish-colored soll and the graylsh-white sand, Is.very striking and effectl The driyes about Alken arevery delightful, Youcan'drive in every directlon for miles in the wldst of benutitul vlne-woods, ‘Theso #00ds are compnsed for tho most part of tofty trees, somn of large size. Thoy are to A large extent free from undergrowth; and I the afternoon, when the sun Is declin- Ing and the sun’s rays light up thelr trunks, thoy have great beauty. They afford, also, dellghtful walks, the soft carpet furnished by the plne-lenves belng most agreeable to the, feet; and the beautiful lights and shadows, and the dreamy musie of the wind through the pine-tops, making pleasant ac- companbments, The hotel Is well kept, and a very agreen- ble place of sojourn. It is filled now with guests, among whom are many celebrnted amt charming persons. The seclety here has been of a much higher order than is usually found at hotels, Our stay here hins been full of cnjoyment to us, and wo shall leave with great regret, T'he chlef object, however, which I had In view In writing this letter, 1s to spenk of THE 6CHOOL FOR COLONED PEOPLE which Is located here, and which 13 doing o gond work. This sehool Is under the charge of Miss Martha Schofield, n lady from Pennsylvania, who has engnged in this work from consel- entlous motives, and has for about thirtten yeurs devated her best efforts to Its success, A -clergyman who resldes here, and I3 of Sonthern birth, told mu it was the best free school fu this vicinity, 1 did not seo this ludy, ns she had left for tho North for n short visit, tho objeet of which was in part to galn_lditlonn] funds to maintan the sehool, and in part to restore her health, which has been muneh Dmpaired by her long and arduous Iabors here, She is, Iam informed, a8 plueky il cowrageous ns she is Intelli- eent and skitiful, She wrote o letter, nfter the lust Tresidentinl clectlon, to the New York Tribunc, deserlbing the eannon which was brought out and planted near the potls at Alken, and the other methods resorted to there to Intholdate the blaeks wd prevent them from custhugz thelr ballots for the I publicun ticket, . By the publioation of - this etter she has - Ineurred the displeasure and {il-will of the white people here, nud lier position lins been mude very wnnleasant, ‘They would dvubtless like to drive her away, Bub she Is not easily Inttnldated or dis heartened, and INTENDS TO STAY HERE and go on with her work, It is a sacriflce of everything of outward Hfe which [s desira- ble for u woman to live va pinco like thls and carry on tho work in which she Is cn. Enged; but it is n most fmportant work, and she should be sustained and cheered n {t by sypathy and ald trom the friends of thu colored race, and indeed by abl who love lib- erty nud conntry, a3 the North, Lwas very deeply interested in the school, and greatly surprised at the intelllgence i progress shown by the scholars. ‘Fhe school numbers over 20, 1t Is waintained «InII‘v throughott cho school-year, und the attemi- ance i very good, runuu‘l‘vmbly 50 Indeed, consldering that some of the scholars come to it from distances of many ailes, 1.was very much tmpressed with® tho ac- cowit glven me by the teacher In charge, of the efforts mnde by the colored people here, snne little thne sinee, to ree this sehool, The fivst sehool-bullding, which was built by the Freedmen’s Comisslon, contained but two rooms, ‘These ronms beeame wholly in- sufficfent for the number of scholnrs who came, wd the colored people were told that they must thewselves ralso the money to pro- vide another lnrge room. ‘Uhey beeatne very much interested and excited about It. ‘hey B held weekly meetings In the sehool-louse, and talked and prayed over the matter, and at every meuunfg took up a contribution for the purpose, The tothem from sehool has becomo dearer ACRIFICES AND LANORS vred in {ts behalf, In thiswaythe: rulsed about’ two-thirds of the necidel amount, and the remafnder wis obtulned front o concert given b‘))' the schoal; and the thivd rosm has been bullt, and the building now, although not atiractive in appearance, and very vough and untinished in construce tiun, I8 convenient in arrangement, and well adapted for the work, I visited-the schiool on one of Its ordinury working days, and suw it just asit appears in Uts everyday life, ‘I'he clgss In arlthmotle showed prnflclcnc{ which surprised o, ‘They worked out with promptoess and nc- curacy -, complieated examples In the dl. visiun ‘and multiplieation of fractions, which 1t would “not have been eas for -many older peopls to huve solved. The tencher Informed mo that ho deemed this kuowledge of fractions speclally useful to them, as 1 alimost ull snles ot cotton frac- tlons of n cent enter into the price,—Hitfer. ences ol a sixteenth of acont, ant of uven' n smaller fractlon of weent than this, govern- ing the sale; and he related an lnstance in wileh the futher of oneof his puplls had been defrouded out of two-sixteenths of cent per pound on g balo of eotton, from in- ability to eiphor ont correetly tho true amount, "'he recltatlon in geography was ulso very creditable. The school then re- peated together very expressively the forty- sixth Psalid aud othor pussages of Scripture, and shng with great zest somo of thelr hymns and chuts. ¥ ‘There was to mo something VERY INTEUESTING AND APFECTING in {lmno exerclses, It scomed ns If, after cunturies of darkness aud oppression, the Highit bind at fast dawned upon these chifiren of Sluvery; that the solrit of God, with 1ts volees of comfort and support, wis moving aver these newly-nwakened souls; that one could sew the glimmerlie streaks of Hght which heralded the coning of a brighter and better duy for this race, which his so long sat *In darkness wd the shadow of death,” I am setistied that It s in just such school- rovins a3 this that the great problem of emancipation s to bo worked out. 1t Iy through this gateway of futellectunl and spiritual knowledge that the eolored ruco is to pass to o true citlzenship n the Natlon. When the colored man f4 not ouly u Jaborlons and successful worker, Dt las i wiud stored witl knowledio und tealn e 1 hablts of thought, and w character I which the principles and tie graces of Carlstinn faith and life have taken deep snd ablding root, who will dure to deny to hiin the rights of a citizen, or would have the power to prevent such a rnes. from the full oxerclse of such rights? We mast not be tos mpatient, und expect that 'a race which his been subjected for eenturies to the de- Kuading influehees of fznorance wid. oppres Blon cun Lo ralsed in nrt:woa'cnmw ahlgh blace in the scale of manhood, IT WILL TAKE TWO OR TOREE GENERA- NI N to work out the full salvation of this race, THE The best help which can be glven them to- ward the entllest nud most effectunl nttaln- mentof all thely rights and priviteges is not hy ancech-mnking or the resolitions of wlltieal conventlons, but by maintaining st suichi sehaols na this all over the South. The ussocinty teacher, -Mr. Rodenbach, seemed to e to be w most thorough and competent teaeler,, Ilis devotion to this work sprines from the eonsclentions convie- tion of Hs et hinpartance; and, nlthough he recelves but w mere pittatice In'the way of sulary, and has been offered nearly treble'the mmotht to take charge of schaols ut the North, Te Intends to remaln and devote hin- self to butlding up and extemding the edu tlontl movement so well ‘and “suceessf begun he ‘l‘ho.rluun of these tenchers for the tuty nelwde an - fdusteind - scho whera these people will be mu?ht the dustrial and ngrleultural arts of the most vue to them In their form of life, This purt of the work will be commenced a3 soon ns the needful fuads for 1ts fustitution and malntennnes can be obtained, The school wi iducted = WITH SYSTEM AND ORDER, ‘The puplts nppeared very bright nnd happy, ad full of Hite and eagerness, but complets stillness was maintnined throughout nll the oxerel and, when tho sehool was dls- missed for its recess, the puplls marched ont without nolse or confusion, and returned o thelr places with the samo order nnd regu- Inrity, ‘There are three teachers—nll white, and all well litted for their work—who have charga of the school, ‘The seliool has now Leen in suceessful operation for n number of years; and many colored teachers, who aro naw teaching in other sclhools wmonig the colored people, were educated in this school, Tha Influences of such a school are thus con- tinually widening. Colored tenchers go forth from heve and cstablish other schools in other loeadities: and so the work zoes on with ever-eninrgine Influence, and resnits ary nccomplished the extent and tho worth of which no finlte Intelligence can measure or appreclute. Thigschool recelves but n mere pittance (about 8300) from the State, and all thorestof the money required for its maintenance iy to be obtained from private contrlbutions. L would MOST CORDIALLY NECOMMEND 1T to the friends of the colored race at the North ns a most execllent Institution, and ad- visuthose who have any sums to dnvu_m 10 this object to send them to * Miss M. Scho- fleld, colored sehool, Atken, 7 Misg Schofield zratefully recelves and appreclutes all contrlbutions, “however smull; and alt who iy send her funds may feel assured that the money so sent whl be used to the very best advanta If this letter shall be tho means of nwakening In other minds the interest in this school which my visit to it has kindled In my own, and shall inditey others to contribute townard Its snpport, L shull have accomplished a good work, E, C. Lanxen, INDIANA. Tho Indlnnapolis Postmasteralil p=Tho Indianapolls “Journal? Gnd tho Cabin Appolntments~WomansSiufe frage. v the Edltor of The Chicaga Tribune, Koxomo, Ind,, Muarch 23—The nppoint- ment of Jus, A, Wildman Postmaster at In- dianapolis is now tho leading tople in polht- leal clreles here as well as elsewhere, Col, Ilatlowell had held the oftico for twelvo years. e went to Washington In his own Interests, and was backed up by tho strong- estkind of recommendations from the eltl- zens of ludinuapolis; but, strange to say was defeated, Jim Wlidman I3 a politiclan, and nshrewd one; he gererally succeeds in getting his work In to dectded ndvantage, ‘I'he readers of Tie TrnUNE have alrendy Leen informed that it was dus to Senator Bon Harrison's intluenco that Jumes secured the position; but tho tone of some of the In- dinnapelis papers seems to hidieate thut tho people of that clty, or n great wany of them ut least, wonld much prefer that some ono eclso would handle thelr mit-matter than James A, Wildman. The People s lond in its protestatlons, and says that Jim properly belongs to Xokomo, as hie owns considerably property hore, It nuldly insinuates that he hagbeen inoflico n great deal, and so on, Mr. W. wans Auditor of this county from 1859 to 1807—two terins; wus afterwards elected Aundlitor of State, but, in all his ofiicial career, he has borne suaublenlshed reputation, and was never charged- with taking n single cent that did not rightfully belong to him. ‘Lhat Lo will mnke u most efliclent Postmaster, his enemies do not doubt, ‘The fact s, 1t s tho old story of the “outs” vs, the *ius.” I'ho Indianapolis Journal has been busy for the lnst two wecks trying to set itselt right, and apologize for tho tune ‘of the ed- itorialsIn its Sunday Issue aftor the Cabinet appointments on Saturday, The State vapers, with but few . exceptlons, wers disgusted with its course, and It wns severely censured for its whining beeause John C. New, its proprietor, did not gota place In Garfield's Cablnet. 1t now explains ity position by laying the blame on_two _of its editors, Mr, J. E. Vought and Mr. Walker. To thoss who are 1ot posted this niight answer, especlully as the Jowrnal very promptly disehnrges the two editors who ** writ” the artleles, But the fact Is that, ns faras Mr. Vought was concerned at ]unst. ha wns about o month ago removed from the hosition | of munaging editor, and llurry New put In his place, And, unless your correspondent has been incorrectly in- Tormed, Mr. Vought was made vity wdltor, These fucts throw n different llizht on tho whole nifair, and the best possible face that can be put on the matier I3, that the muanag- fng edltor Iet his feellnugs get the bfllur of his dlscretion, ‘Thequestion of woman suffrage Is onevery tongue, and, In all probability, an amend- ment fo the Constltlon wiil' be offeved, - giving women - the right — of voting on any and all - subjects, Your correspoildent was in the “Senate whon the bilt givime women the right to vote for Dresidontinl Electors was beforo that body, Every inch of avallable spncu was taken o the ftoor of the Senate, tnxing the members to the full limits of their uounusf for seuts, while the gallerles wero densely packed, When the vote wos taken thot was to place the mensure on its final passuge or kil it whero it was, uil was 8till as denth, When the result wig announced, and the lnen]uuw lost, mn African n the guller, clapped his hands long _and_ loud in applause, am a Ropubllean, and was “fn favor of giving tho nexro the rlght of sulfrage, but when I saw that black fellow gloating over the defent of a bill that gave to the Intelligent women of the State tho poor rlght to voto for Presidentinl Eleet- ors, [ eould huve keen bt thrown from the Court-Houso tower without a shudder. Par- don me, but my wife Is ns good and as capa- ble of voting as any negro on the tace of the earth, Women possess virtue, intelligence, und patriotisin—the requlsits to east an lu- telligent bullot,~and why not let them voty? SCOENE WrsT, e e—— TEAMSHIP NEWS. W Yorw, Mureh 25.—Arrlved—The Re- public from Liverpool, the Vaderland from Antwerp, and the Neckar from Bromen, Loxpoy, Mareh 25~1The Anchorin and Elcetru from New York have arrlved out, e astany Joubert and Napoloon, Tho success of Gow. Joubert {n commend of the Hocrs naturally reealls tho memory of his distingulsbed relative, tho rival ut one timo of Nupol Military gonius scoms to be in the Blood of this distinguished Huguenot tamily, In Heott's * Napoleon ' 1ho fule of * the fivst Gon. Joubort at tho hattlo of Noviia thus tolds »Sfoyes cnet his eyea upon Joutiert, wi oflicer of high reputution, and ane of tho most dls- tingulehed wmongst Bonapurte's Goneeals. e was nined by the Direstors to tho command of the Depurtment of Purly, but shortly nfier was sunt to ftaly, with hopes” that, aequiring u new fund of glory by cheoking the, progress of Buwnrrow, he inlght be yet more ilited (o 811 the public eyo and {utluenco the genceml wind o tho erisis when Sloyes looked for s nsslstanoe, Juubort toat his life, boweyver, ut tho great pats tle of Novl, fought betwixt kim and Suwnrrow; and so epportunely did bis death mako rovmn tor tho protensions of anuparto that it hns boon rllmm’l.'(l‘curlnml?' witbout ta least probubllity, that he did pot tall by the iro of the Austriung, but by that of usgnsins bired by the fumily o Nupoloon to tako aut of thelr way n poweeful computitor of thele Lrother, ‘Tols would hive been a geatuitous erime, sluce they could usithoy reckon with certatuty on tho arrival of Bona- purto norupon bls botug adopted by Bloyes in placo of Joubert." istorieal Question Setiled, A Virginis gontloman has written to Gen, Grant usking if ¢ is true thut Gen, Leu offored him (Grant) his sword ut Appomatox, and i it Wi rlt}]c\:llnud. Lo the Inquiry.Gea, Grant repiics s follows: * Gen. Dudcau's book will give tho exact truth of the matter referred to lu this lettor, There was oo domand wade for Gon, Lee's sword, and no tender of it mado. U, 8. Granz," @ho disappointed leaders of the Dono CHICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY, MARCH LOUISIANA. Another ‘'New Departure” in Dealing with the South, A Theory as to the Ohject of Hinnt’s Cahs Inet-Appointment. The Relations Heretofors Existing Between Louislana Uonservatives and Democracy Proper, Deliel hat Hanl's Nission Is o Bring the Con. servatives Info the Repabliean Parfy. . Spectul Corrtepondence of The Chicagn Tribune, Nuw OnueANs, March 20.—Tliere is to bo another ‘“new departure” in denling with the Soutlh, That is the way our knowlng ones. at least, view the selection of the 1lon, Wililam 11, Hunt as o member of the new Cabinet. ‘Ihiere is to be an effort, In other wortds, to draw gomething of the element of Sonthern Conseryatives to the support of the Administration. The experlment, i£80 to be classed, differs in one all-importint respect Trom thut aftempted by President Hoyes in the selection of Postmuster-General Koy, Mr, Key, whatever his peculint ierlts in other respeets, wus a Demoerat. I'resldent nyes, therefore, In hils selection, went out- slde his parly, President Gartield, in hls cholee for Sceretary of the Navy, has ven- tured no such experiment, 'The lon, Will- fam IL Iunt, of Loulsiaug, 8 unquestion- ably n Republiean. He was an old-ling Whig; was one of our very few original Unionists; is not known to have ever voteid n Demoeratic ticket in his 1ifes early aili- ated with the Republieans; was elected State Attorney-Generat on the Republican ticket with Packard. President Gartleld, nono the less, In his selectlon, Is moving, ns did Presis dent Hayes, though by a difterent route, for Southern conneetlons. 1le Is preparing to move upon the works of the Loulsiana Con- servatives, There Is mueh in the situation to warrant both this eunclusion and the hope of suecess, TWO DEMOCRATIC WINGS. . The Louislana Demoerney, properly spenk- Ing, have never been unlted. I'iers have been from the first two separate and distinet wings,—the Conservatives and the Democ- racy proper, ‘The Conservatives inay be suid very properly to represent the Intelligence, the wmonetary and commerelnl Interests,— * the respectabllity.” "I'he Democracy nroper are largely composed of the Latin clements, ~the lineal descendants of the Spanish and Frenelh colonists of the olden time; those of forelgn births the youneer, more fiery, and rongher elass; and the * puor whites,” ‘The Conservatives are strong only In their superior charneter; they are confessedly weak [n point of numbers, Thelr strength s chiefly confined to New Orlenns. The De- mocracy proper have the general rank and file,—* the canaille”; have by far the larger proportion of voters, New Orleans is the politieal head-centre from which emanate all the inovements made. There is In New Orleans n very respectable Republican vote. Thero 1s no particular trouble, save in the matter of count, in easting it, - Much of it, inall loenl issues, cobperates with the Con- servatives, It Insures the Conservatives a comparatively strong hand. It ennbles thewm to make something of n show Incity clee- tions. They are, nt the sume thme, Invarla- biy beaten in thelr primaries. ‘They are thus ruthlesly overridden in tho matter of the general nominations, They areas invaria- bly counted out, ngain, In connectlon with the city elections. THE RESPONSIDILITY FOR TIE OUTRAGES, ‘I'he Democraey proper, In controlling the party machinery, control the party move- ments throughout the country, They are thus dircetly responsible for most of the or- gunized violenceand Inthnldation seen in tho conduct of the party campalzns. The faet may account for much perhaps ofherwiso seemingly . inexplicable to those of thu out- skle world, “They have seen with each cam- pabzn more or Jess of ontrage and inthmfen tlon, fo sy Jttle of general and systematio frauds perpotrated wpon the colored Repul- Hieans, They have falted to sce the Con- servatives, ag the element of respectabil- ity, attempting anything in the way of wmoral restraint, The Conserv- atlves have beon stnply ruled oty have had nothing to do with the gencral party man- agement. The Instructlons have gone forth, from the general hiead centro that such and such parishes and lucalitles must be earrled, Thero Is perhaps an overwhetming Repub. Hean majority, It Is mafuly composed of plantatlon-blacks, They show un undylng cully to the Republlean fuith, ‘They may bu overcome only through hthnlintion and fraud, ‘Thore 15 an organization of the luw- less elements of at best a somewhat Juwless community, They reeognizo the edlets ns promulgated from the general hend contre. There are leadlng spiells secks iny this or ~that loeal position, Thore Is n general ana desv-sented prejudics against the blacks ns a political ”element, The blucks are seen practleally solid us against tho whites, ‘They huve thus, if freo touct, the absolute polfticul control, The fact of Itself Is well nigh enough, Added to ]bm]ndlcn agalnst the blacks asn race, it nsitres the end. Whites of thy lower and more lgnorant class, composiing tho nfle-club and other kindred organizatlons, seo the oli order of things practically reversed. ’l'huy are abont to come nnder *nlgger rule)” ‘Thoy jolu In a goneral erusnda to “put the sigger down,” ‘They strike, naturally crongh, ot the more preminent ones, —those in ead, ‘The Ints ter are . meen a8 the vlethng of murder, violence, outrage, and Intinddo- tlon. "The sesults, a8 calenuted npon, aro of conrse efteetive, "The blacks lnrgely absent themsolves from the polls, The usual systen of Demgeratie connt necomplishes the rest, There f8 roported un overw) g Dems ueratle victory, It §s oue for the outrag which, s condueing thereto, the Conservas tlhvles nre not to by held ns properly aceounts able, THE RTRUGGLYE FOI TILE MASTENY, As between the Conservatives and {ho Bourbons,—tha two wings of the Lounislans Demuerney,—thoro has fong bean i recog- nized struggle, 1L dates baek to the ety orgnnization following Reconstruetion, The namo of Dumocraey ot the tine was conceded us inudmissible, ‘Thera was nn odor about it which to the Conservative generally descandants of*the olid-thg Whiss —was partleulurly objectionnble. ‘Ihe tuet was reeoznlzed sven” by the younger ele- ments of the Democraey themselves, * ‘Thers ust needs bo o headlng ot respoctabliity, Tho organleation was perfeeted as * Coil- servative Demoeratie,” * It so went Into con- veution in the cmpnign of 173, “The Conservativus, ostensibly In tho lond, expected to cuna’ their nominees, ‘Uholr cnndidute for Governor wius Mp. D, B, Penn, ‘The country delegntions proved of less Conservatlve muterial, Thers cawmo tnto play the Juulu\m)‘ of the connty as opposed to clty contral, The Con- servafives wers Joreed o aceept the second place on the tickot, . Tho Democraey proper secured the nomination of Juhn B. Mekl There was but little hope henceforws for the Conservatives, Tho cumpnizn thut followed was strietly Democratle, Lt has history peculinely Its owni~—omnu of oreanized vivlonce and fradd, ending Tt terp tion of the Unlted States Court and tho fumous mldnight order of Judgy Durell, ‘Thera came o llghtlufi of- the revelutlonury fires, ‘They were kindled and stirved up by Tacy. ‘Phio Conservatives from thelr v usitfon — wern forced to acqulese They were allied with, and bount nin in, Mr, Puniy, 'l‘lwr)‘ wust seads staad Dy him b time of public elamor. ‘P'livy wers dvawn i, and cane to the front ns the ostenslble lewd- ers. ‘Thore followed an urmed and blopdy revolution,~the furcibly overthrow of the Rellogg Govermment. The revolution was summarily suppresged,—the deposed Uovern- wment refnstated in po Conservative stock went down,—ruled at dlscount. The Democracy proper—** the eanaitlo ’—usurped control of the primaries, ‘The Conservatives found thomselves gradus Rlly forced to the rear. There camne Ilunllfi [ complete change of front. 'Fhat which be- fore was the **Conservative Democsatle”’ was elimnged o the ** Democratle Conservatlve." Fhie Conservatives—the respectabllity In other worils—| but as the tail to the Demaeratie horse, ‘They mnst needs follow wherever the animal . They thus went Intn the Convention of o Vhe Democraey proy had the machine. whine--the eentral organization In Irleans—favored the nomination of Wiltz for Governor. 'The Conseryatives w Orleans respectables—stood upon Wiy, "The country jealousy as op- posed to city eontrol agali ‘eams into play, Thix e, us fate would have Jt, 1t play Into Conservative hands, The Conservatly ssuined a dignitied contempt for the machir asid Mr, WLz as its rt-rrowunllv were teady Lo tnite with the most aqallable wan from the country, in opposi- ton, Fhey julned hands with the larger pro- portlon of tha gountry deleaates in the nomi- sation of Franels ‘I, Nichols, Mr, Niehnls thus nominated in actual opposition to ine, ny tha cholee, in fact, of the Lives, [leswnyed the Conservatives nf the fact, as 1 the hollow of his ey raltied 1o o nan_ i Wiy suphort, Ted g the revolution which placed him i power, They gave bim the moral hacking through which “alone he "mf be sald to have beest permitted to establish lils Government- THE TROURLES BESETTING GOV, NICIOLS, Gov. Nichols unguestionably meant all promised In his fuangural, fle promised shnply more than he was able to perforin, He had not eonsidered properly the ninsses of his purty, Tfe hiad not counted well all of the nfinences with whish he was to he sur- rounde e one, a3 might have been ex- peeted, proved of the Bostrbon school,—coulil not, or would not, be brought up to the re- auirements. The other, many awl varied, ;\l Irn conflleting and irreconcliable from the start, ‘I'he Conservatives, strong only In thelr re- speetablilty, nasnmed the tight” of eontrol, They were, probably, In view of the situu- tion, ton exaeting and impractieably in thelr demands, They were met by the leaders of the Derogracy’ proper in open and direct op- pusition, 'The lutter represented the nasses o the party, re not to be galnsald. Tho fieneral Assembly conting Tn w the Ad- Inistration wus not partlenlarly Conserva- tive I 1ts tendencles.” There were positions almost without end to b filied by Exceutive appolntiment, For eseh and overy position there wis o full score of hungry ap- plicants, ~ To select the one was to g enemy at once of the other Ihe imachine-manngers did not to their defeat. ‘They worked in many awd devious ways upon the publie, They nrle‘ hezast to moot the questlon of n Constitutional Conventlon. It ‘was worked 1D s o watter of reform, Its strength lay in the spirit of repudiation. The Conservi- tives wero unalterably opposed. Gov, Nich- als held the honor of the State as Inviolate. He endeavored, as pledged In his inaugural, to proteet the eolofed Republicans. There was i mnsacre of sueh in the Parish ot ‘Tensas. He strove to have the leaders of the issusiing brought to justiee. e himself vis- fted the sh to Investigate, He made the afair the matier of a specinl messagy to the General Assembly. - JTe went sltogether too far to suit the Bourbony The lenders genernlly grew disaffected, T'he obstacles thickened In bis road. ~ The Constitutionni Convention was deckded upon, 1 s set astde findlly through ts actlon, in the ordering ot n new electlon, ‘o Constitutlonnl Convention fixed the fate of th Isiann. Conservatlves, They s$ 10 stom the tide, They did owever, .without a struggle, ' ered the nominnting convention in support of the name of Mr. Ogden, Mr. Ogden was well angd favorably known ay nn old-thne citizen of New Orleans, The'l'tmen, as un independent paper, and the Pleayune as the time-worn _organ ot the Conservas i supported his claims, The move- ] ment was fated ere falrly begun, Mr, Ogden was shelved ;s the Conservatives were uncere- monlously thrust to the rear, The Govern- ment passed irrgvocably fnto the hands of the Bourbons, The Conservatives, falrly overridden, forced to aceept n most humtliating posivon, were natarally sore, Thers was an evident in- eltnution for n thue toward a movement tor independence, ‘I'ere had long been in New Orleans u * Cltlzens’ Conservative Assoein- tion.,” Ats vecognized lenders were a few of the younger and niore venturesome of those of the Conservative type. Il wilertook a4 movement In_ behalf of *re- form” In the munL):m:uo['Fu. 1t brought out a * Citizen's ‘Cicket? in opposition to the rexular Democratle. It relled upon the Conservatives for its moral, aud the Repul- lienns for its wore materinl, support, The movement tailed: was, as charged by fts manugers, conntul out, <“The matter ereated Iu Conservative cireles a good deal of feel- ing. An effort was made looking to lezal re- dress, An appenl to the State tribunals sought to furee it recount of votes, Varlons Indictments “were had in the Uniled States - Courts. The whole, however, arter a thne was allowed to blow over, ‘Thers was left, none the less, a very conslderable soreness hehind, It was mada the hasis of repeated attempts atwhat might be termed a Conservitive Republican ul- ilance, They falled much ns o matter of course, In that neither party were propared to maku the i ary concessfons. THE NOMINATION OF St NEATTIE, The nosition followlne the nouination ot v, Witz was something liko w repetition of the previons one. 'That which had been the *Citlzens’ Conservative Asso- clatlon™ was remodeled Into the * Demo- eratie Conservative Antl-Ring Organlzation.” The organlzation ns such soughi to redeem the City of New Orleansfrom control of “the machine” It gought in so dolng, very naturally, for Republlean support. The Ité- mthlican managers sought, In turn, to taka advantags of thesituntlon,~to turn It to thelr own necount. ‘They presuined upon the sore- ness of the Conservative uisses, "They east whoutthem for prominent men of the Conservative type to siccept the Itepnbilenn — nominations,”” They — thus shught to win over the Conservi- tive Ieaders und masses,—to scoon them me, so 1o spenk, under the Republican or- ganization, The orgunlzation at the smnae thne rematued, in Intact. as before, The eandl-lates’ brought out were to be nd- mitted at Lice—so sald the Conservatives— a8 unexeeptionable, “Fhe convention eon- forrime the nowmmations was but o repetition of thosy of the past. It was mainly com- poseil of blucks, They were recognized ns 5: nerally *in the lend,”—as *run by the tadlenl “machine,” “Tho Conseryatives suw, or affected Lo see, the smme abjectionible foatures,—tho suuto old machine they had - deemed obnoxlons for yenrs, Mr. Tayior Beattle, the Conservative Kepub- fiean nomineo for Governor, and his Con- aorvitive nssoetates, had boen” slinply taken Iny—were like poor “dog Tray, in bad cont- .puny. The Conservatlve leaders, withal, wore not propured I'urmmll-lmlmrumtu step; eonld novseo thelr way sufliclently clonr did not seo, perhnps, Just where they were to come Ing looked with evidont eolds from the first npon the Republican move, fulfled ot suceess, much asaanatier of course, TINS ELEMENT OF LOUISIANA CONSENVA- TIRN Ia nbout ull there Is worth spoaking of, po- titleally, [n the State, It 13 certainly’ the only element trom which aught s to.bhe loped In ‘the way of redeeming the Stits from Bourbon rule. 1t §; bufore atated, mostly composed of, or deseendant from, the old line Whigs, "It showld forin the head and tront, ot vight, o'the Rapublican organkzue tion, * 1ts wembers to«day, prejud uside, aro ut heart in accord with the recognized prineiples of “the Nutlonal Itepublicun party, ‘They have all of the old- Huio feelligs a3 against the Demoeraey, They mankfest o love for the Dentocracy to- duy, Iy fact, something akin to that the Devil s sald to entertaln for holy water, ‘Fhay hinve heen straggling fn_vain, a8 seen, with the Buurbons tor control. "They have been reduced, lgullllmlly. o n wost humiiit. by position, Tho Governments, Stato and Clty, Tave been going from bad to worse, Aduit all and more thau all as ever ehirged aguinst those of the Republicans,—throw i, IEyouw willy a score of polnts by way of 0 cellncher—the Governinents us repre- sented by the Demoerney, a8 conceded, will diseount tho whole, ‘o sy that the Loufst- i Conservatives aro siek at henrt falls fur short of filllng tho weasure, 1L may bg trensone—of course i ba,~yet privately they enorally mhnll‘ they ave. glpd that Gurtteld 5 Drestdent, 'The “sucelss of Hancoek, nt best, had unamlnows Jook, Fhere 18 w feols Iz mueh s 18 somehow, cuulrnr‘y porhaps to {llln‘n:"l:“tlllu“' thers had beon a | gfll\mhlx of s Jowd, Loulsiuna, unquestionably, {8 worse gove ernud toalny thun uny other Stuts in the South, Sholus, ns unquestionably, the most disantistled peaple, The better elnsses—the Conservatlyes—tua olement 1t s desirous should be peached--aro particularly so, Loulstanu 1y the fleld, thou, It uny, for Republlean operations. Thnt is™ tho meanig, ns gvlowed, of the solection of the Hony, - Willlam 1L flunt us & member of the President’s Cudinet, An effort s 1o bo mude 1o break the Hues of tite “Solid Bouth,” Loulstans is selected as tho plvotal polut WIERE TUE TROULLE L1ES. * 'The trouble, at ouce, is to be found It the . 26, 1881—SIXTEEN PAG b dishosition of the colored leaders. The one indlsputable fact in Southarn_polities has been this: It hns been tho solld organiza- tion of Rapublican blncks which alone has rendered possible a ltko solld organization of Demoeratie whit ‘The matter hing heen one of prejudice,—nothing more nor less, It ins been alded and abetted, again, through the dlsposition of the Federal patronage, It I8 upon this patronage—whatever the ab- atract right—that hinges In the South the nlnusuon of Hepubllean organization, ‘The biacks, unon an honest count, have a pm’mhle prgrognte strength of o per cent of | the votlng popniation, ‘The clalm has heen advanced In thelr behalt —a question of abstract righi, azain—that something Jike n proportionate allowanco should be made fu the disposition of the Federal positions. ‘Fhe idea lins been acted upon to a very considernbl t, It hay Deen the means, inquertionably, of keephig up the eolored orgailzations, [t ean hardly il to have advanced the interests of the service, It has not saved the black, ns an element, from polltical overthrow, It cer- tainly hiny neted asa ot serious damper npon any otherwlde possible mivances trom the Conseryitives, The blacks ate no longer to be considered. as the only eleinent of political strength, Practieally, i fact, their strenagth is to ba counted s naught, in that they cun no lon- eer earry even o wird election, Their Jead- ers are crowding thelr elaliny nony tho less, as If all-puwerful In the premises. "They nre clnbming, for Instanee, as understood, the positions of eithor United States Marshal or nitell States Collector of Internal tevenue, In addition to those of Naval Officer and Surveyor of the 'Port, ‘They must have with these, ngnin, asun mat. ter of course, n corresponding proportion of the minor positions, St HUNT'S MISSION. The matter s one of policy and the inter- ests of the Government serviee, on the one slde, and of concession to the demunds of the blacks, on the other. As between the two, of conrse, must come in the judgment of the Ion, Mr, Hunt. Mr, Hunt knows hls men and hig flell of operations, 1le stands in very exafted position with the Lonislunn Conservatives, There s no man, In fact, In Loulsiaug who stands higher. 1le knows the Louisiann Republleans, as well, for what they are worth, He Is not tho nin to bewither ealoted or mildozed. “The Louls- {ann delegrtion nay nelther flatter now de- mand, He will look to the interests of the He will not permlt heenuse of I'he ele- 1 18 to be tliam IL Hunt; as 1:NO, his being either o white or o blac] ment of Louislana Conservatls sought for. . ‘The on. \ seen, has a miltion in ha COTTON EXPOSITION. A Grand Show to Do Ifeld nt Atlanta, Gin., Next Fall. Special Correapondence of The Chicago Tribune. ATLANTA, Gn,, March 22.—The weevil- eaten politicians of the duy have heen gently Infd away to rest on the shelf, and the sun- burnt theme of politles, both local and Na- tional, is fading away in the distance as the World's Fair of the South grows Into promi- nence, ‘The Cotton Exposition, which Is to be held In Atlanta, commencing Cct, 5, and to continue until the 1st of January, is now attracting the attention not only of Georgla, but of the entire colton belt, The scheme Is o grand one, and requires the cobperation of the entlre South. Men of pluck and vigor have tuken liold of the enterprise, and the affair canot but be a grand suceess in every particnlar, ‘he Exposition I8 lanked upon as a very - portantrevent In the history of the South, 1t s intimated that the holding of the Exl.nosh tion will be of mare benefit 1o the South at Inrge than all of the approvriations that our Representatives in Congress can get for the next ten years to come. Severnl mectings have been held recenlly by thoss who have the Ex- position in “charge, and the plans for tho enrrying out of the event are now matured, Th osition will be held at Oflcl!wrw vo niles from Atlunta, on the Jine of the Western & Atlantic Rallroad. ‘This plece of ground contains about forty acres, nnd i3 fenced,—having for the past fen years been used for the purpose of holding annual State Falrs. 'The Western & Atlantle Rollroad will run a double track from the elty intothe grounds, and a double trueck will also be placed hetween the clty and the sgme point by the = street-car company., ‘T'his will give all who desire to attend nple ” opportunity to go ont . and return at teisure, without any fnconvenlence whatever. The grounds will be covered with Fxposition halls, and halls in which maehin- ery wiil be plueed for the manufacture of all kinds of cotton goods. 'These bulldings, it is estimated. will enst about $200,000. One-halt of this nmount has already been raised In Atlanta without trouble, and the remalnder can bo enslly proeured, as nearly ol of It has alrendy been poomlsed. — No venture In the history of 'the South was ever so warmly supported, as the peonle look upon the affair us graad nmmr(lmllf’ for showing to the outside world the wealth of their seetion. "I'he spuce in the bulldings siready referred to will be rented to exhibltors of muchinery of all kinds nsed fu the munufueture of afl classes of cotton poods, Fifty or sixty neres of land adjoinnyg the Exposition grounds will bu eut tip* Into small lots, aud given to furers for the purpose of cultlvation fu cot- ton. 'The cotton in its raw state will by pleked from the (:mnu in the presence of visitors, mud passed first through one process, and then through unother, until n visitor can be seen walking away from thio rounds with u pockethundkerchlef made from raw cotton within n few hoursafter it was picked from the plant, . Fromt this date to the opening of the Ex- position every wheel will be turied i the In- terest of ‘thu enterprise. 1L J. Kimball, Presldent of the Atizota cotton factory, uml Sl M, Inman, one of the largest cotton- buyers In the South, who s nlso o partner in the cotton firm of Inman, Swan & Co,, of New York, have been chuosen to represent the Exposition north of the Potomacs and these gentlemen will make o tour of the en- tlre North and West in tho Interest of tho Exposition. “Lhey will visit especiully the leading manufacturing sections of the Enst. Ex-Gov. Rufus 13, Butlock has heen ehosen Commissioner to Europe, and will sall about tho end of May. o will visit all of the English manutactorles of both cotton guods and machinery made for the purpose of manufacturig cotton goods, 1le wlll bo nbsent in rope thres or four months, ‘Thy South will be can- vagsed by Col, 'Tomy Hurdvinan, President ot the Georgia State Agrlenltural Soclety, who wlll visitullof the leading eities of the South- ernStates, and place tho enterprise In n favor- able'light before tha Exehunizes and Boards of Tralo of the Seuth, Other prominent Guorglans have been solected for othor lin- portant work_connected with the manage- ment of the Exposition, Au oftico has ul- roady been opened in this ety for the trans. action of all business tn conneetion with the Exposition, Already scoies of letters ure murlnulmlullr fromall sectlons of the Unlted Lmu-»,—sm-w e tho Interest that s being tnken, ‘Che Committes of Arrungements has employed severni Seeretaries und o number of helpers tor the purpose of attending to all busligss conngeted with the enturprise, and for the purpnse of eorresponding with the manufacturers of atf seetlons, As before stated, nbout §100,000 has al- ready been subscrlbed, “Phig money §s beln usedd for the purposs of purchusing stock, 4 sliare §s vilued ab 8100, A few days slnce 1 siw ono of the lists, and found the names of savernl colorwldl wen among the subseribers. The subscribers are satlsfied that the Investment will bring them o hundsonie Ymm In the shupo of a dividemt, but state that they will be’ satisfied if they gel none of ftback, as the South will be so much bunefited by thae Exposition that they can atford to losu thelr investment, und trust to wuluf it & ina year ar two, which they will surely do, as whutover benefits the Ssouth will benetit every resldont of it, 1 will give furtiier detalls of this Immense undertuking lu the future, 1L 5L, e ———— THE TURF, Special Dispateh 1o The Chicago Tribune, * Guaxn Rarios, Mich, March 25—~The stewnrds of thu horss assoclutlons in the Mlchigan clreult, formed as telegraphed I'ne TrInUNE some w eeks ngo, held o meet- Ing this ofternoon to perfect arrange- ments for the coming meeting, — Tho work done thereofore waus vatllled, and not chanked in wny essentlnl fenture, cither s to dates of mectings or clusses in - toces, The Jackson Horse-lroods Associition applied for aduilsslon to thoe cirenit, and usked w ehungo i the progrum to ndant it. Fiint and Murshull were also suggested ng desirony of - Jolnl Juckson was ver! enrnest, “Tho stewards of ths = elrenit declded to wake no change of dates, and Jucksun wlil not become a member o tho clreult. ‘Che Jackson peoply now pro- pose 10 play the'gams alone with bl purses and strong opposition, but the mewbers of the Mlchigan Circult do not fear the rivalyy, and fully expect the coming meetings to be tho largest and fAnest ever kuown in ums:nw. LAVERY. The Story of a Man Who Was Born a Chattel, His Bale on the Auotion-Block at the Ago of Beven Years, How Ife Managed to Make Mis Escape from Bondago Into Freedom, Speclal Corrrapondence of The Chicao Tridune. CEEVELAND, O,, March 22.—Since the day when Abraham Lineoln made freedmen out of 4,000,000 slaves, n new generation of Amer- icans hins grown up who can scarcely reallze thut such an Institution as Slavery everex- The traditlons and legends of hellum day when the Congresses passed lnws making Northern freemen slave- hunters, and the Supreme Court sustalned the constitutionality of such ennctinents, are perused with great Interest; and managers of country theatrleals tell ine that there ls nothing that ean be put on the boards that draws like “ Uncle Tom's Cabin.” 'The pop- ularity of this Ainerican classic in its draman- tized form fncreases with the passing years, and will coutinune to do so along through tho century, The questlon of whether the great Amerlcan novel hay or can be writ- ten will be settled in nll probability i the near future by the production of something involving the growing traditions of this time, Meanwhile [ desire to contrlbute my mite towards satisfying tho public interest (n those days now gone from the carth (orever, ‘There is now living In u quiet way in the "L'own of Elyrla, 0., i AN OLD) COLORED MAN by the name of 8. J. Howard. IIis long, binck lacks are pretty thoroughly spritikled with gray, but his forin I3 ns straight asan arrow, and his step 13 as lithe as that of a tman of 40, It was by the merest chanee that Lwet him and learned his history,—fora history pecullarly llustrative of the days of Slavery Is hls, Observing that Mr. Tloward used good lan- guage, peculinrly free from the patols of his race, but knowing that we were in the reglon of Oberlin, [ inquired If ke had ever resided In that classical retreat, * Yes, sir; [lived in Oberlln for several years. Larrived there in 184, and attended school for several years at the college.” “ \Where did you come from to Oberlin? Did you ever live in the Sonth 2 “Icame from Dennsylvania directly to Oberlin: but I had formerly livell in Mary- fand, and was born a'slave there,” Word by word 1 drew somewhnt reluctant- Iy from Mr. Jloward the following reminis- cences of that carly day of Slavery on the border: *“When I was 7 years old my waster, who had Inherited large estates and many slaves from his father, and who had hecome quite dissolute, finally beeame fnvoled lieavily by mortgages, ete., and deelded to make a pub- lic auction and sell some of his surpluy slaves. My mother, myself, and & younger brother were settled upon as TIREE OF THUSE TO BE DISPOSED OF, 1 remember it as though it were but yes- terday. The sale was fully advertised in thw country around Ilagerstown, and, when the day finally arrived, a large number of buy- ers assembled, 1 was deseribed as a strong, hearty boy of 7 years,” and was considered ns desirable o plece of property as the lot afforded. The buyers looked me over fully and carefully; remarked that 1 had n gom! solld framo; ninelied the museles of my e roughly, and called ‘1t good beeause 1t wouldn't dinch; skinned down my lips nud " exnmined my teeths pulled up my” evelashes and looked atthe white of myeye: and finully the bidding began, 1 was sold to a young planter Hving a few miles from Hagerstown, for the st of 3950, My mother and younger brother were sohl to” other partics never saw thent again, and have nold; the remotest—what becamo of themn,” ** Wis your new master kind to you?"” *Very nuch so, 1le had no utse for nore slaves. as one of those free-and-easy, go-ns-you-please sort of fellows, and wis heavily In debt afl the while, The way I re- member it, down there in those days there was vers little motey elreulating in thecoun- try. Buslness was mninly a matter of barter, A'man would trade o lodd of tobaceo orcorn for grocerles, and it was only oceasionally, when a fine tenm of horses or a negro wis put upon the mirket, that uny money was scen, On this account themen who eame up there to huy slayes for the cotton and sugar fields of the Far South HAD A GUOD LEVERAGE on the fellows who were alwuys so hard up on theborder, 'They always had a pocket- ful of money, and “offered good prices for what they bought, In this wn?' from dire necessity,” often, siaves were sold when the master’s inclination was to retaln them, W wera lving near the Penusylvania border, and over the line in that State’ it was a crime punishable by lmprisowment to be in debt und fall to pay. I knew that my maoster owed o consliterable sum at the Lewlsbur Bank, and that he was very much afraid of belng found In that eity, T lnd discovered froui the fuct that on n certaln ocension =& a fine temm of his wns to bo ritden to that city! by his niecs and myself, and we were warhed not to let any one In Lewishurg know whose team it wna,” Ile knew that the team wonld be lmmedintely retained for the debt were it known thut it was his. “Well, at length, after reaching the ago of 14, L became very restless tn regard to my condition, aud began tn PLAN AN ESCAPE, Wao slaves often went to Hagerstown and re- matnedt for nday or two, and picked up such odu jobs as we could thnd to do, and tinally, when we got rendy, returned to the plunt tion, I Knew thut whsenee would ereato no esp anxfety for a few days ot any rate, and [ telt certain that, by the tine they begun to hunt forme, Leonld be »o far away that they wonld not be Jikely to citeh me, ] mutter wus fully diseussed with two other boys of the nelghiborhvod, of nbout iy own age, and we tinally decided to muke @ break for freedom. On the dth of May, 1841, just n mouth and two duys after the death of Prosident 1lurrlson, wo ar- rnged to leave, 1 reoember the date, for the death —of Harrison mude 8O profound o sensation in our midst that it remalned long inmy mem- oty, My mnster was one of the most radieal “of all the _ Whigs in that section of tho State, T had brougnt the paper contafning an acconnt of Gen. Harvi- so’s death to the pluntation from Tlgers. town, nud 1 remember just how much wa st on the subjeet. "Flio tnlk had not by auw ments died down when we starteil, “As T think of It now, It scems very curions TOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY, We cortainly conld not have done so It there had been half un effort to ecover us, Still, wo were pretty eareful of the course we taok, and nvolded belng seen on tho ik rowl by nuy one In the daytime. Wao fol fowed the valleys as mueh as we could, - stend of making our way by the rowds over tho hills and rough country, What has cuused me to wolider uiny e ls (hat wu did not get lost and go _around in a clrel but wo seenied to be quite fortunute in this, Finolly we enne fn slght of & town which L was contident, from my previous knowlodee nnh‘; plnee, wag Lewlsburg, 1 did not de- siro_ to visit this place, as I was afrald of beine recopmized, amd wo all begun to think that It looked o lhitle suspicious 1o seo three Loys thus wandering along to- rether, W lind jot thits (ur seen any one, however, who lind nsked us any disngreeable questions, uind we thought we “wers getting wlong very nicely, At length we turned lnto a rond that was ot mueh traveled, und carly In the mornlng we wers progressing along ut u pretty ruphd gate, wounderlng where wo shonll get somothing 1o - eat,— for tho seanty supply of food —we Dt brought with us wus exhinusted, and wa were becoming very hungry, Fluully just 18 wo were combig 1p u steep UL wo saw g4 mul come outof & farm-housy by the rond- shde, and, sloppluj Ly tho gate, ho luoked down thy rond sn PARVENED )18 EVES UPON m:.l ; We dld not dure to turn aud run, although we felt decidedly 1lko it. Coming Mearor, wo snw thot the 1nan was eating o pleco ol phe, amd that he seenud futereated inour upr pearance, i * *Good morning to vou, boys,’ hio sald, “YWhero are you gnfln{l" 2 * 4o the” town,' I replled; for thus we had declded to answer any questions that 7 weroput to us, We had scen fndicntions . that a town lay near where wo were. ** *You nre golng In the wmnfr directton,” sald the man.” *You appenar to have come n long distance, ton, nnit probably are” hungry. - ({,‘nl{n'!lmu tiio house and have some break- st It was of no use that we professed that we were not hungry, 1o 1oslsted, and wo yielded, Ilis goml wife set out some breat and milk and’ ple, and we filled ourselve with that relish which nothinge but. healtl, youth, and activity can hflllf. When o had finished, the wan sald, addressing him- self to me, ‘ YOU ARE RUNSING AWAY, 1t 1t ia from stavery, I will help you; If it is from some crime, { shall detiver you up to your pursners,’ ** Belng encournged by his tone, we told him that we were escaping from slavery, and that we were in need of all the assistanco we . could get. 11e nskedd us where we desired to o, and we tolid him that we only knew thag we winted to get away from the State of Maryland, He'told us that we had better by concealed I the wntil night, and that aftei ar would — sen his hired an - with — hils —wagon, and take tifteen or [wuulf mlles tu the resfaence of a brother of his, who wonld conceal us, teed us, and el us on our way. . e told us that bis name way Joel Wireman, and that lie frequent L nlone fugitive sluves in this wi afterwards found that these good peap| reall Quakers, Thopro- gram which he had marked out was earried forwnrd; and, witer a fing sleeh in the hay all day, we touk our leave of onr benefactor and proceeded on our way, It will not be of In- terest to give all the particulars of our jour- ney; suflice it to say that it was decided g length that wé better go up through the mountain reglon to Chiumbersburg, and stay,. there for a thne, Sooun ufter arriving nt that town we all gotl something “to do, I hired out as hostler at the hotel and fnally - went on the canal ns n driver. ** At lenith, upon arriving at the nge of 17, 1 becume very anxious to attend school somewhere. IJIAD HIEARD OF ONERLIN, and was directed to o to New York and seo Mr. Lewls Tuppan, o philauthiroplst who way Inrgely uterested in sending young men there.” L told Mr, Tappun my siory, and he encouraged me to o 1o Ob in. Hegavemy fetters of fntroduction to fr ds of my race, all nlong the road, und 1 took the slow con< * veyances of eanal and stizre for Ohlo, 1 had aletter to n miulster in Pittsbure, whose name 1 forget. 1ls received me very kindly, aml gave me lodeing nd food, " My 1 stop was with Judgedtewart, of Warreh, 0.3 then with o minister in- Chagrin Fulls, and finally with Mr. Jotn 3L Ster- ling, of “Cleveland. I stald out an Mr. Sterllng’s farm, about where Stere ling avenue now Is; ond from that point to the square there was, at thut thae, only an oceasional hotise, and the land was grown up to underbrush, 1 enme down early in the torning to take the stugeat the Johnson House, which was then the principal hotel, Front Cleveland we came on to Oberlin through Elyria, and at this place I stopped with Mr, Bassett, afterwards Clerk of the County Court lere, (1 had Jetters to Dy, Fitmey and Morgan, at Oberiin, and remained there A NUMBER OF YEARIS AT SCII00L. “Did you ever hear from your master or your vld home In Mavyland 2" * I never did, Lhne uo idea whetner nn, one was sent out to hunt for us or not, preswne there was; but the search was so poorty econducted that it guve us littlo trouble. Therewas Hitle useon the border attempting to keep a slave who desired torrun uway, ‘Tliere were too many opportunities * offering constantly * for him to accomplish his purpose, So far as my perience goes, the peneral poliey was to treat all siaves well, and try to ake them contented with thelr and 1f they showed a disvosition to run away after this, keep them the best way possible until the first buyer for the cotton fields came alonyg, and then sell them to he transported to the far South, Ifn man or womin ape penrel to be getting o little tou smarg, or had eome to understand things a ftils too much, the master wis very ready to dispose of him or her to the first buyer, These were some of the great evils of the system,” - 34 *What is your opinlon, Mr. Iloward, upon the general condition of thy roes of the South to-duy ¥ Are th ter or worse off thnn they were In slav *1n the one great and all-important polnt” of belng TRANSFORNED FRROM CHATTELS INTO MEN, from beasts of burden “into free and - Indes pendent cltizens, the difference In their condition Is as great 48 It can - well bej and that diffzrence [s nll for the better, Ing certain pl stances I8 cone I so far us their have- al comflorts in eevtain in- ned, they are probubly not 50 well off at present s they were in the days of old. 1ut they will grow Into something hetter, They must learn to sy thelr man- hood, and this generation e some respeets mny e sonewhat bungling, But 1 couslder the outlook ter my race as hopeful in the ex- treme,” Gag i i VISIT TO A CONDEMNED MURDERER. Spectal Dispatch to The Chieago Tribune. Huoosiyatos, 1L, March H.—Your corres spondent to-duy visited the cell of Putsy Deviuo, who {8 confined In the MeLean County Jall un- der sentenco of death for tho tnurder of Auron Qoodfelluw, u fomner prominent citizen of Dloomington, It will be rymembwred thut tho prisoner wus arrested in New York over n yeuar ugo, und wus brought to this city and lodged in Jail. e wus afterwards fudicted by the Grand Jury for murder in the first degreos but his attorneys aeceede o In taking the case 10 De Witt County ou a chnnge of venne. Tho trint lasted severn) duys,—tho verdiet of the Jury being thut the prisoner shonid poy the pen= nity of his erlime by hanging. Tho sentenco of denth was pronounced by Judice Burr, and the day fixed for tho executlon v ho 27th of Jauuary, threa.weeks from tne duy 0 cluded, The prisoner’s uttorneys strnlned evory nerye to suve blm from the’ gutlows, aud last Jnnuury succeedud In getting a stuy of proceed- 1ngs .—tuuk llowing counsel un opportunity of arguing u motlon furn uew treil, at the Juno term of tho Supremo Court. Since this legal proce vdings Devine hnsremained confined in the De Witt und MeLean county Jufls, huving been brought to this ¢ty & munth or s0 ugo. Your correspondent found Deviue fu tho beag of aplrits, und he was luoking botter than ot any tme sineo e wis arrested in New York by tho dutaet| He hai gained In tlesh nbout thive teun ponuds, kud wi eujoying Jatl-lifo with w far keenwr rellsh thun many ot the other. ine matos who wore contlned fop lesser crimed. When nsked it he thought his attorneys would oltaln - a new telal, e replled that he did uot know. A3 yet in hatl no Bow eve floneg, but ho wis woll satisiio:l that his lawyers would spire no vifort In this dicecuon; and, a4 thore seuin to uxlat ong or two tuws In the record, tho ehyuces fora new trinl were rithor fivorable, e The mirrdar of Asvon Goodtellow, it will ba, remenhe, of the most atroolousand alekening erlues which everoceurred in Central 1ilinos. The murdered umn, whilo roturning to his home (n the uorthurn purt of thig city, “uboul two enrs ugo, . Was wiytald by u couply of desperideds, who shot wud Killed him within two or threo blocks of his own home, 1L seems to bu tho generl opine it of the attorness who were i atiendunce upon tho tristat Clinton, tut Devine's lawyers n'hl 1t succecd i getting a vow trial but that t tho Junu term, 0x '8 uxecution. i —————— - A Texns RipsSnortor—1kow, at the Muze zlo of the Gun, Ho Korced Men to Frado orses, N Cuatrovitle (Ter.) Quill, » About as cool a thivg usis inaelnablo ocs ourred [y Dimmitt County o fow diys slico, A RN WHO gnvo bis nuiue is oo ol tho Taylors ** rode into Liout. Ed Boglish's sheop camp, Penn, and_nsked for somothiug to tute 1ald by Jose Engllsh and Juck Foster, tes of tho ening, thut they bad nothing ', with gun fivhand, saids @ Woll, cook and that d—d quiek, ad don't give mo puy b ik, Foster wnya Hord vouldn't nave fnrnisbed that imeal any ‘qutekor than ho did, - While catlng his eal, T4 r was hiter- Fupted by the areival of Liput. Ed Eoglish, 6t tho Dimmitt Hangers, sud proprictor of the cinp, who rode i fulr horse, scated on 6 goot snddie. After a caroful survey of smldlo und, horese, the struuger propused o trido bia borae and saddle tor Ed's borso und suddle, to whjch il domurred, 'fuylar ones more,; with guo-in hand, gaid: ¥ Well, by G—d, you buvoe got to trade, (Ht down.”" Bl lit, and thon ‘Taylor Iy anid [t ont, leaving teblod his borss, worth ubout 8758 Ho went northeast, and when neag Lowavista by met g son of old man Bvorett, und demanded n horso trade from him. Young Bv- erett kleked, but to o avail, as "Paylor tnd the “drop.” e oxcbange wus tude, Taylor rod off, drst saylng ho would like to fall n wit King Fishor and Jim Crossin, us ho would maka llwn:x Orst datien und then cat sand out of the road, tho Supremo Court w tho duy for th i — — Witer Majesty's Go wabe. London Truth. A tolegrum bas rouched England from an Amerloun Journul nddressed to * Mr a of hor Majesty's Qovornment, Newgut bim to cuntribute & sorive of papors on tho press mnent, Nowa eot sapeot of atfatrs, 1 wondor whetbor he bea boou pesmitted to recelve Ity tho triml was cons.