The New York Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1867, Page 5

+e NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY, reconstructed States, while are in the of reconstruction, to turn their penn Bo to thelr Beate con: it i od Iapdmarks giving 4 be ‘were invisible or had been | concerned, for the river was bwolloa to its fuliest ca- | treacheroas snags insinuated themselves through the | stitution; and when we get representation in Congress I cate le Py 7-paoes share aly Food cules Fact, oterfiowing the valley for miles, and covering bottom of the steamer, and the boilers, if they had any | would send men there not pi to the republican ‘ana ‘Wood had lined the ‘tops of trees twonty and irty feet high. | erratic inclination to goon a bust, very fortunately re- | Union party, or to the democratic party, but men who bet por bumap or stick of wood was to be seen. Below its confluence with ‘the Mississippi | {rained from doing so. would Say to the great parties at Washington “we will ‘They had been borne ‘by the flood. Whole planta- | is natarally 9 turbalent siream, but under the influence Western river steamors and thetr heterogeneous mixture stand by that party which will give us equal rights, Justice tens lay under water. those on ele- | of the present flood it has become a fearful torrent, brook- Of Passengers have been ao ofiem desoribed thas no phase and laws under the constitution ot this coantry,’’ wel teres ae was ata tag oc chetvaation os rasbes’ Hngstncusty. 0 ti oatiet poeern N rw aR bah bead 15 condusian, he sald it wae (ime for the Bosilt: wr the Mexico. known. No sooner alliances, tl was —— face we saw was overshadowed with be are'al’a discount on board the | oF si an it ia called Py agg ny gy to any party that would seek to affiliate with the “How is the water up the river?’ everybody asked, Great ‘Still we bave ap oocasional incident | hoarse, w! whistles of the engine announced our | cratic of any other party now, and particularly with aay ” was the Like the when. sag be Senped, fe polities, and departure, than various games of draw poker were en- | party that would p! atax of two and a half cents “How is the water bere?’ was in torn, te of may be in store for us | tered upon, with a general foray on the bar and lively | pound upon cotton without taxing the corn and wheat “Rising,” wap the echoing response, Aad this was | when Tey ae oppo pers al Dixis:— hiding away of beverages of varied villanous compou: of Indiana or any other Northern States, Our repre- about the extent of the conversation. A rs ‘We bad joss ‘a rebel major—one of Mor. | Going inte peoples’ seoreer an ogg. sentens oe Nigh sentatives should go to Washington unfettered, and say om the Kentucky bank of the iter, me 's followers, 1 understand—requested the band to play rote (he onary Troustealy 36 to do, caused many de- | that they were prepared to Party that was that he seen @ person from lower down the river Grae. ‘An ex-United States colonel, on his way to Vicks- | lays. We were x hours through getting | ready to do ji tous Every effort to organize any who seven of bis neighbors drowned to {immediately interfered and said the air should not | grounded at Austin, on the pi side of the river ig South Carolina at this time, with the view of his knowledge, he presumed many more would | be played, Soo Morgan mop Peramne Write snd “ Did you ever know Jeff Davis!” I asked an oki man it on to the democratic, republican or any other meet, if ‘bad. not met, with the same fate, it abould ‘dand liked to play it, The radical | about as tall and slender as en indigenous cane If not unpatriotic, ab least very shortsighted < eee: (3 ff pap ye pe grad Jack eear momar. ft a ae ee ae, y: 7 @f the town situated on the fiat bordering the river was | were jac! ‘was sou BERECH OF MAJOR GEYERAL DANIEL ¥. SICKLES. mostly under water. Only the chimneys of some.build- | Robinson. Each of the belligerente had their friends on “Wall, I reckon I did, He used ter live at Davis Mx: Prasierr asp Guxrumuex—T thank’ you for your ings codid be seen; ‘others would show the roofs, and Doapd, | Zhey RromENy, pd. fog. below here, bus the Place I’m told is all under | kind expression of confidence and commendation. The again the upper stories, sccording to the height = K i, BOW gees Ge relation I bear to the people of the Carolinas, while tem- of the In very many of these the occupants of two platolb wore dasa, ‘but ewing to the inter- ‘“*Teaw bim two at Fort Monroe,’ I stated. Porat cerned wah ‘the supervision of their govern- ull ing in the upper stories, and when they | ference of the captain of the boat and some of his oil « Did yer, tho? w is he?” and the dark aud deop | ment, imparts additional interest and gratification to the ‘wanted Lo visit their anders of apie ons for wood or-| cers.no exchange of shots took which was a lucky } sunken optics of the old man glistened with suddon ani- | honor gpnferred upon me on the ent occasion b: ether necessaries of Jump from ir windows into | thing for the passengers who 0 k at the | “mation, ‘I hope he’s well. Hoos he rot "nough to eat | so pergons of consideration. I presume somo skiff and small’ rowboats,* with which most were | time. | The casualties footed up oor Lex: re for the | up thar and yelothes?”” On my assuring him that he | you Aagert, Dome me intimations of my line of con- suppl: Ab Point. Bidale’s. Point, Walker's | ex-United States officer and a swe! ork one of | looked very well when I saw him, that he lived m, a | duct, I shall not, Tfear, gratify oven a reasonable de- Bend, Madrid, Osceola, Randolph and every | the men. ibe. Broly. opinion of | house with a it roof; that he was not allowed to | groe of curiosity on that subject. But, at all events, I ee sipng ‘the route, at ‘all of | the ern men alike, was | suffer from ® ‘wardrobe and had three’ r @eparting§ from the reneerer leapeese Was an. utter — impossibilit the same | that Unclo man was in fault, and that he was | a day, theold man was indescribably 4 x Ae tion and ite responsibilities Mights “and scenes © wore ‘The © flood ‘Cea ipanitnt fer bis ienpertinaoce in dictating to the | @ man who’s seed President Davis,” he called out to te you. what I shall not do wes PS geen, the flood was only talked of, the flood ee et ‘The Morgan man also | this one and one, and goon from as motley looking rT not, for a moment, think of depriving ‘waa only thought of. Haroon, males, cattle, cows, pi came fn for no enare Diame, because of his PIES, sc cen Weald be polo 00 in 0 journey through ae of the able and dfficicit co-operation of m) “wrood, fragments of huts, furniture and cotton wei having been the first to draw a pistol. There was no | all the South, a volley of questions were nurled at me, | old friend Governor Orr, (Gras ebéering.) Nor shalt floating about '. pt after the last of | necessity for the of Geadly wea) ‘and the | for Iwas not -wholiy prepared. After standing | 1 failto aval! myself of the ald and assistance of any the seven pi aid not @sadder picture of would have been esteem if | the iuterrogations awhile, I beat a otber civil officer in South Carelina who performs his devastation and desolation than was pe eg visible. A the jer and- concluded that when I ventured publi- | duty as ly and faithfully ag I know Governor 4 broader fom henoter. overshado' the illimitable city again of Tay baring. lately seen Jeff Davia, it would | Orr has wored to discharge his duty. (Cheers.) stretch of on either hand, and the untenanted ve further away from his native State and his old home- | Gentlemon, Iam sure I can add, not only for myself but felands covered with thcir thick undérgrowth of cotton stead. for every officer in ‘the army of the United States ‘wood, seemed more densely solitary. ‘Tt was an unchanging scene coming down tho river— | serving ander my 001 under no circam- Neariy opposite here is town Sgn ari: a stag: the wacer overfiow covering the bottom lands for miles | stances will we sanction any act of injustice, spoliation Sling place of some dozen dwellings three or four = either side, nearly every dweliing and outbuilding on | or wropg committed upon any citizen of North or South ‘warehouses. It ig two miles across the river to the the river semi-subme! by the unusual inundation; | Caroliga. Gentlemen, I will offer to you another assu- town at this point, although forty miles wide lower | passengers. cotton bates, wood, cattle, horses, mules, oxen, pigs and rance—you havo my authority for the s.atement to capi. Gown. Chartering a skiff and a wil and stalwart One of the most remarkable events of our trip thus | sheep floating miscellaneously on rafts and otherwise; | talists, to traders, to mamufactu: to all who desire to Euabiopian, I visited the place shortly arrival | far iw the appearance of acomplaint called steamboat | furniture going in unconscious innocence of auctions | embark in your agricultural field of Iabor, and to yesterday. a eee te ean ber gondotes and | dropey among a number of the igeurs, ‘The disease | and buyers; and lastly men, women énd obildren in | all who wish to invest moneys in your securi- Sweet and soft music of her gay gallants under the bal- | appears to be indigenous to the Western and is | skiff’ and rowboats seduously striving to harvest these | ties and in. your lands, that the woilitary conies of the gorgeous palaces where live their probably brought on by high living and want of pro} multifarious fruits of the flood. ‘‘Allashore,” called out | authorities will do nothing’ tending to impair e Gea of one of the fret colleges ih Phi the captain, as.at length the steamer reached Helena and | the value of your possessions, or to increase the risk of adelphia to whom I applied for medical advice says the | rounded to along side an old steamer. Uttered as a joke | those who bave heretofore embarked im enterprises on complaint cannot be satisfactorily accounted for, and | it would place the captain as a humorist infinit abor your soil, Whatever we can do to strengthen confidence ve Joe Miller; but asa direction to passengers desiring to land at Helena it wasasimple insult to thelr common sense. Land was not visible fora mile, only the roofs of houses ing in the water. 8; lng of jokes, how- ever, th mn called out-some that I fear would dis- grace the third cousia of a third class artist on the bones at an Ethiopian minstrelsy performance. “Fine water privileges,” exclaimed one. “What a view,” uttered a second, “A view that should bo painted in water colors,” broke out a third, “Tt beats —— and ail,”’ profanely and somewhat flerce- ly screeched out a fourth, in frantic determination to get off his joke of perish in the attempt—a joke the point of which is only rendered visible by explaining that in pro- the name of the town the accent is given on [Dm calny letter from Meraphis doecrving ‘helene condition of Helena as it bad been reported to me, The description is not at all oxceeded by the reality. Hore, jaa city, one of the largest in the State, and nearly all of itis submerged in water. The streets are streets of a wi ways water, the lanes are lanes of water, the by: hedges are hid by water, the yards are eo many enclosed reservoirs of jl markets, stores, botels in Water, the parlors of the mute and tebe, the omni nt in your resources and to promote the material prosperity of the Commonwealth shall be done, Iconcur heartily in the confident expectations which have been ex; as to your future, Iam one of those who believe that there are few things impossible to Americans, I believe that the civil and political misfortunes, the disasters in trade and agriculture, the privations, losses and discour- its you have suffered, and which would have crushed almost any people who had not extraordinary energies, perseverance and faith in the future, will all be oon apd by the elasticity, vigor and fortitude characteristic of tho American people. There is nothing in the history of South Carolina that sug- there is no cure for it except terra firma, The to the flood. Rowing up to the second welling, which from the smoke me. to fg ¢ ething of heads showing themselves at the wa, I saw still had occupants, I found a man, his four children and a negro servant man still living use, Won't come in?” the man politely inquired, Takiog the? wintow at a leap, mbege4 ‘auite as — a ber Loaner or oa wpa and i an impetuous lover have done, Se nwo eae ny tro ed ou to and pertioaianty, with those little ones,” I ventured to re- \ “Pve lived graveyard pli ee ut ‘water now, whar my grandfather and oh the people ot the Buy Ze the tog to employ them, and such § ution, coneage, a will, if wisely directed, surmount greater difficulties than any now be- fore them. I will go further, and venture a suggestion in reference to.your line of action. Of course I i} not ‘upon the political arena; for as to that I am a3 much disqualified as his Excellency the Governor, not by sconstitational amendment. (Langhter.) T sball abstain, as I am reqaired to do by the duties of fe Ae eer from any allusion to the political bearing ‘@ny matter which you have to ler. With this reservation let me say to you, gentlemen, in all candor, that one of the first duties. ‘Weet—Helena Under Water—Good Spirits Under Dificulties, &c. : Hewena, Ark., March 27, 1867. ‘We are in Arkansas, a State famous for her tall, gaunt, brawny, great fisted and great hearted men; s State where beare still al and the wild buffalo; whose savaiin are animate with ahs peed ig under BE at [ Lt ij gE 2 H i | i ; i [ i iat i i rail cl i} i & } i 1 i i i I i ¢ | : | : i from worthlessness and converted into lands of extra, ordinary fertility, The State abounds in mineral wealth, being abundantly supplied with coal, tron, lead, zino, gypeum, salt and manganese, enough to supply the world. ‘Mach of the lead shows rich veins ef silver, There is i ; | 5 z ce PeSs i i tl Kt i fil E a3 i ‘ biz He a i H he ges & . 85 ft is ti He t i # a fe i ig i : : i you will bave sotv: to i t f ¥ ve your in the | affairs. You at the same time, obviate nm socsnd ery of tne Bhelby Howes: “Jedgiag ‘rom: the | out. of won ot tho instances ta whieh the exorcise mi Soamreties here, ened many ero creeaty at of military authority in affairs becomes necessary. this way. Ite mi con’ on intoa (Cheors.) Mr, President and genilemen, allow me to loft it devoid of the main characteristics of Eoathern bar- make a remark for the purpose of disabuslng your minds rs sentiments a 5 i eating sheriff's sales and rude prints banging on | I the fas bat he landlon’ was there, fat, hearty, jovial | gress under my direction, have and ; the barkeeper, who looks.as theugti he might | uot been adopted with apy purpose of retaliation or hos- fe douallid by turns st eay Kind of labor about the place, tility; nor to f or impair the prosperity and wel- pa Por Talitha ag Fat ig a erection of telegraph lines and school houses, and adop- ing here to smoke | brament i tion of a system, of education commensurate with the | © Juice talk over tne aflaire of town and country and Pranic oi fulfortane. 7 rete eee several casea the steamer Atlant! ‘spirit, enterprise and demand of the times, and Arkan- From my state room I havea fine view of tho town | tien anywhere asa 6) im ire, On Se upto the doors of. ieee da, if her people are only true to Tasecseh ia ba Vaal and the bind beyond. Remoants oi Fort Curtis and othor | the other band, that hyak r= pe) ised by their throwing out gangplanks into the front door entries, let i Federal forts once crowning the heights are still visible, | action, shail be loft al er and wholly subject to the and ‘one or both as | %0 the Union, enters on the fulfilment of » great and | 7) the loft can be seen the large and stately dwelling of | control of those by ‘whOm they have been hereto- the cave might ber Ne attem eke keep track | glorious destiny. The people are rough and unloarned, | General Hindman, who commanded the Arkansas troups. | fore hold in servitude, Nor do they desire that this nu- and ft would be a useless and | put it is @ roughness under whioh lice hidden the real He went to Mexico with General Price aad party and has ‘Of any oppremion or juctive effort if it were made. not yet returned. His house is out of water, beiog on laced in the way of their well-being here, where ruantity of stuff sent floating down the river by | diamond, and a want of learning that does not-carry | nigh land, but not 20 the dwelling of Goneral Pillow, be- shall 40 cut loose from their moor- ‘with It a want of sound, sterling, practical sense. The | low, The ation of the latier, ag. staled in my pre- | Ings here and emigrate to other and Jess congenia! parts been viousletter, is almost wholly covered by water, while m | of the country, where they could find no suitable or Py oan aiveuaanan in the woendancy | his dwelling the water is several foot deep. adequate thelr labor. @ther similar con- here as in some of the late slaveholding States, as shown ht a siderations have contributed their influence to the adop- AY ER a tion of the measures now to be executed. It was ap- 111,279 black, about the now existing be- The Floods in Louisiana, &c. Parent that the reorganization of the political inguitntions tween the two. From negro suffrage as overriding the New Ontzame, April 1, 1867. of the South most speedily terminate the neces- Kt marssG ars Seman "n'"P"P™ | the mmuno hnaivnty pabiied r isogra te | Mfr DUE! Cora contr to for he gta ans The apt sil known to ne0d. | condition of theloves along the Misesipplvend th ac- yg ey oe obvigns Teed a Rveatees exchequers of their rescuers, more than Arkansas Post | tion of the Legislature in relation to the matter. Some | form of government, was ‘enfranchised race, Sects te oe reaanasriee miomnone RT by the French ip and forming sigan ita very serious crevasses have occurred within the past few | by means of the ballot, the power to enforce respect for jon the caravan of wasted y. From:| stent tract purchased from. France i under the The tolney teal dnaailig, pieak Gosataatica a ea aa thaw ‘The advocates of uni- ‘this wraiths lay ars wilting rice Torvose mathe of Loulsiass, a in 2619, and | days, flooding versal suffrage are, certainly friendly to the colored No qwanset cam govwp or down the river, sod has not | 10 1842 was admitied tho. twe State nthe | o¢ property. Hendreda of familiee have tom driven | people; therfore. Iie certain they "wish uo, mls bmoplg nits. to come to | te decede from ihe Union, 1A dh erga convention from theirhhomes, and in many-casee ‘houses nd other | forvuus 10, We SOOHoMNeS Of won to dwell Fat er on the sometimes red to, the ta April, SBSD, to aside the question. of senparion,: the buildings have been swopt from thetrtoundations. Bome | PrP ™'O” ihe contrary, they believed that this addi: ranches of trees. ‘or three groups of this kind | Opponents to the measure Lath a Bae Bae of the crevasses are half a mile in width, The water is | tion to the representative. ‘Of the country, this = atinapie Non 80, eae 27 oe being. *ee ne aaa oa eecxeape Gorerboe Murphy, whe” (or | @ashing through with groat force, and steamboats in | Sddition to ite miliary power and ta, means ol produc, ——" a, oF Saran eae bis to the Union, as is well remembered, was re- | peveing the crevasses are kept as close as possible to the ete nation ot laree, oo and substantial Tim aiteryTeopsnibe to etianie, be lous cused Faee eae sere amen’ clecied “Governer op the | oppose shore to prevent their being swept in by the timninge mofo the people of the Sou Tt is vy tbe cannot be otherwise than thet | thé State, and hes sinco been, olecies, co ae vee ine | current “Evorte are [being rade im every direstion ws | Rot so much my fe, gomrinee you thei these wey, en eae Ger with that, determined steadfastness the ‘and hopes are entertained that they will = ie feralta conse os Hany hare lost everyining, Sey ST eeavate ot ber poops: 4 gr anes ey os sto ‘commend them to your the world, dwellings, produce, Frenob sion remains. succes /::! jadgm a their meamise trait of al ere theasands ot igimadeoprtcipaly trom tmegation front | _ We bare been vied fr the lat two days with «con. you that fs tn dle See fees ing from po Fag pw toughened and made i 4 evening the lightning struck and killed a woman while Son She py ‘bar 4 inseparable, is oe eases : Ne agg milking 8 cow. my prayer, and will be my endeavor. Gentle Se > i nas never ‘eeu: a fengerttat expenses tare. “ There’ ; RECONSTRUCTION. ob suggested a i HH fale i Hi ace Se ees tr her wine loidation re: OUTH | tt ‘Bopunticn of a soubtry has excited the slarea of ‘many vails and the of impror sxnent porrades ant SOUTH CAROLINA. og ie A hh TG stimulates the ‘shall. proc my ation. Wr oa ki amp and its inuabitante from per- | Important Speeches by Geverner Orr aud Woo 9 as ‘Uhat it involve the down- travel aod observation to write of the as | Major Geteral Sickles at the Charleston | fall of the republic. The naturalization laws and the Ua tmtoen sed uty scot spt | omra oC Renae Rengnat, ae Fae a am ye go cotraee ‘and cturches, and Wherever |. Hho Board of Tyade of OBatieston, & C., celebrated | Dronght to ons ahereseeintes Metopeunecs erty roe a 4 tte Grst anniversary onthe 20 instant by a sumptoous OE a i A rer MO Fearful Effects of the loundation in Tenses entertainment, at Which Wm: & Hastie, Eeq., Prosident | break down our ot government. Great eeo—Lively Scene Between a Northerner and of the Board, presided. Among the invited guests wero Briialey . cg option ot a vor are . rner—A Gl of pixtors Land— a large number of the most distinguished residents of | British olatesmen sean toes oir gemmst? Steamboat Dropsy—A Nice Question for the tho city, civil and military. The principal were Gover. | consequence the decline and. dows {atl of was wor Ort aiid Major Geslerai Daniol B. Siskkien, whose | Imminent, 0c) lee Megracasing a measure, of remarks we eubjoia:— enfranchisement, ‘with which the Rofori bill REMARERS OF GOVERNOR ORR. Of 1832 was t Gentlemen, I commend to views heretofore ou that In cl course you should not assume in putting up the smoke stack. Since then wo have taken by im in regard to eoomatruetiony aid sad th te far every is mevitable. Take the risk. Seceguihl.useat to. *ouaag. South” Tae omed inn ong Bape Se 12% | fear ibe Sago Sopa” area watt sat Sas Sema mgt | pepe, aad pais the consideration or the aan wipe ‘mim | boon admonished to unforeseen, ap My Py eee ePaaen and Inscrauvable, of the it be true purpose that fo this epoch and en. to bitoh them to ‘ies and yo hem franchisement, we a piches Gerwes ance Pemrceraren | atlas ep ec oe Bay to tue mac from. nance re tee dt Bots Sow seven 10 io td lighten (he heathen in yee ‘vindwwate ‘aad doudte here to tell ‘ One| their month bes nie Bin of rw that Obio and Michigan refused to K : ‘ i i Hi (i ; if i i 7 ze rt Fi ig Sst Senta’ ceed Sev | serra SDere selpvnsly compcged yao nuiniger wg | ey wR ‘Rivys whe by “PRI. ¥, 1867= TRIPLE ‘SHEET. tel it 27. is it “it ft evening General Sickles, in to the sentiment offered by Colanst 0. A. Ane ¢ Rrpeldens of the Camber Commerce, said :— expected of me than to return way vincefe thanks for this hearty manifesta- and esteem. To do leas than myself to the reproach of fail- jiate @ flattering compliment. It is bad - make promises; make, for mine is th: ‘and simple duty to obey orders. his ranch I : 3 é F i But this much may venture to say, that I shall endeavor, at the close of my labors among i to deserve an expression of your confidence simtiar fo that with which you cheer me Bow in the commencement of my task. NORTH CAROLINA. “(General Sickles’ Administration.”’ Under .this caption the Raleigh (N. 0.) Sentinel—ultra Southern—has the following conservative remarks :— In the-edministration of military law in this district by General Sickles, owing to'the latent prejudices of our people in favor of civil haw, it may be expected that the samo feeling of may be felt, when, in the exercise of @ conscious duty, he may deem it neces: to depart from those rules of ordi civil action whic! havo prevailed; yet we foo! sure the anxieties of our people to maintain quiet and peace and to sustain his ad- ministration will prompt them to bear, with becoming quiet and fortitude, any seeming departure from our ac- customed notic na upon bis declarations and his conservation: In order rie ds of peace, which the; at and e ends oo} whic! seek an desire, General Sickles’ recent utterances af- ford abundant ment to hope that his administration will be eminently conservative, His strong assurances of the deep interest he fais ia 4 Reconstruction acts, free from all ity or prejudice, warrant the beltef and hope that his administration will be eminently successful rity, and breaking down those: ul proju- ices and animosities which have grown up among our- selves, originating in a great measure, no doubt, from misrepresentation and partisan feeling. We confess that we have been more than gratit at the sound views expressed by General Sickles in his recent brief ‘addresses to both white and colored at Charli fully justify the sentiment we expressed immediately on his appointment, that his experience and acquaintance in the District rendered his reappomtment ft and proper. FLORIDA. Mase Meeting in Pensacola—Hon. 8S. R. Mal- lory Accepts the Situation—Interesting Pro- ceedinge—Alarm at Secret Negro Leagues. [From the Pensacola Ubserver, March 30.) Pursuant to @ call in our issue of the 28th, a large con- course of white and colored citizens assembled in the public square at an early hour in the evening, The pee organized and presided over by Hon. Chas. ing! ‘We will not attempt to give a detailed account of the all of which tended to the same point, to im- ‘the colored people with the injury which they —— doing themseives in separating themselves from 6 ae a yp pean g" one & cou, CS design! our community they were led to believe their rights = 8 £ tel E il ie f iit i EReer i , and their political and industrial interests mse) ly blended. He counselled them against secret td cal societies, and their organization for party purposes upon the basis of race or color, aa destructive of the in- teresis alike of black and white; whilo wero met and treated in 2 pitt of manly frankness by their old masters, and by Southern erally, such societies were ized by ning men to abuse their confidence for selfish ends, He advised them to they could 5 ly. their ition, he pointed out to them that with their liberty they assumed the responsibility of themselves and families, educating their chil- dren and of accumulating old by 5 Fi H eee id ipyit : : i i 3 i i ry dl Hi EE & i ‘ Bi i nee Fe i ef 2 d r¢ EF i 4 big Hf fe i i Hg § 2 i 5 i 8 | g E i if E Bs f [3 MISSISSIPPI. General Ord tn Mississippi. ‘The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion of the 30th ult. announces the afrival of General Ord, the military commander of that district, and he made a favorable impression. It farther says: The war having. close), he has no spirit of tod sectional fan Ad bao 4 malice Au Qi 18 representative ernment =i doubt he will strive to execato the law under which be ts acting to the letter, Our people will ask no ox which are not accorded to their brethren of the exclided States. ‘rom the Jackson (Miss. E prudent A hopeful nigh of. of a wise ii ; Fetarning to the thas on prin! peace asain 80 subversive of law Dispateb, April 6} 4 We publish thie ‘8 report of the speech made ‘by Senator Wilson in Petersburg night before last. it seems to us that 00 one to.object to the spirit of bis remarks. His that he believed the touth tian cogniderete, yet we would not Dave, bine supyres we ve him su; of bis real opinions, " His candor in ect en: course towards the therm coreena rathor by hatred of ve, le has appeared to be este than love of tho GEORGIA. Tho Savannah Republican, after showing why certain Southern papers are accepting negro suffrage, and are im favor of preparing the negro to “vote understandingly,’? in order to defeat the organization of a Southern republl- can party, says:— ~*We confess that the- great. republican party of the North do desire and iptend to strengthen and poud ap a formidable Southern republican party, aad they naturally look to loyal men as the nucleus of this orvanization, For our part we entertain no fears of the colored mea voting this bastard ticket labelled democsacy, and staived with the blood of Joyal men. The copperhead banner is tarnished with treason, and no sudden gilding < its gloomy fringes can blot out the black recollec- jong, General John Pope. The Atlanta Intelligencer of the 2d says:—The Com- mander-in-Chief fof the Third Military district dl through this city on Sunday, arriving at two P, Pm and departing on the six o' ik West Poiot trat The pecial train from Chattanooga 3 appointed at the meeting of General was escorted in by the committes of citiz Saturday. On reaching the city he was escorted to the National Hotel, where he remained a guest during bis brief sojourn, and where, during the afternoon, he was the recipient of. marked ‘attention from tmany ‘citizens. General Pope travels in very unostentatious style, being unaccompanied by his staf, and dressed in tho plain arb of a civilian, The officers composing his staf will join him at Montgomery, having taken another route from Washington. We are gratified to state that the im- Pression made upon all who called upon General Pope ‘Was most favorable, and that he was receiver iu this city with that cordiality due to ons occupying ao distinguish- ed a position, and who comes to direct, we trust and be- lieve equitably, our public affairs, ALABAMA. The Alabama “Grand Council of the Union League of America.” [From the Montgomery Advertiser, April 3.) The Alabama Grand Council of the Union League of America has just completed a session in this city. We understand that delegates were in attendance from the part of the State, represevting upwards of two jundred subordinate councils and thirty thousand mem- "e. Resolutions were pazaed requtt all subordinate councils in the State to report quarterly to the Secretary of the Grand Council at Montgomery. ‘The adoption of the following resolutions was the only business transacted of » public nature:— ' Resolved, That the Alabama Grand Counell of the Union eof America return thanks to the Congress of the United States for its patriotic action in affording to all the people an opportunity, on fair terms, to reorgavize the gov- ‘ernment of the State; to put her destinies into the hands of ‘again to her sister States nly enduring bond of uuswerring luyalty. their independence—“‘That all men are created equal;” that wo welcome its renewed proclamation as a measure of sim- justice to a faithful and patriotic class of our fellow men, that we Grmly believe that there could be no lating pacify oat’ untry undey any evslem. dent farse' class of our popoladich that hold upsa the lawe which:~ ess of tbe weloome to Eos ovetucn ma, rmtiag will cingerely and edracstly alte oi for the fut Se cof wil so alerale 63 pemer auf. Nous people. Resolved, That the assertion that there are not enough in it men in Alabama to administer the govera- SL pease Sree Wan eee hands of its friends ‘votaries. Referring to the above organization editorially, the Javertiser —‘'From the nature of the influences it, 1t 1s one of more power than might be sup- Its leaders are sleeplens, vigilant men, bent, we more on the attainment of personal ends than the propagation of the seeds of strife and enmity among the le.” Has not this ization some intimate con with the one mentioned as attempled to be started in Pensacola ? “Is thore any Real ,Division” in Alabama {From the Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser, March a1] ‘There nevor was a time in the history of the Biate when there was a greater necessity for perfect unity among the people than at the present time; nor was there ever a time when there was less cauge or less excuse Een) onal one ceter es us ry My senmion? There is ssemi: y 2 wide and radical alder. ence between certain of our citizens; but we think the difference is not #0 real as i’ ap; gence, tion aad influence, and a Ft a writes . for @ settlement of our political troubles.” Feotnes jofluential Judge writes Middle Alabama :—‘The State ahould at once be im live under the pro- the A Senator writes <= LOUISIANA. New is the Accepted Time. {From the New Orieans Picayune, March 27.) ‘We have urged our people to no longer indulge in any false equeamishness about accepting the negro as with he will ; all species of pride, to vote also, will deserve, if t 0 not have it visited upon them, the execration af ta. ° A oralogrased by foing to, We polis With 268T%, or y 0 when he crowds in at the general delivery with bim get a lotter at the Post office, Ie tt because the negro exercising political influence and onan his vote ‘You will surrender this altogether to him oO who remain at tho South only to despoil work him as a means to enrtoh themselves, if you vote. You mut either give wp this control of al fairs t the negro and the radical, or exercise him the duty of suffrage. There is no time reflective jadcement. It i# now or never, step up now to the polis aod secure a share praeet ot the State, it can be so organined never W If the negro has now prajndices which’ fadical carps, it (s very much your fantt thas case. You might have this ie Sereno pers Vrili H Ee Ege i 2 iris Hi { ffrage im the force tt aa Enruapioaaat dona Had you done o, the sould have been ready to war to prevent hint from com! pO rgd from placing him on an equality, the men a come thence to tive an . We me beatae te Re will not give hie They are ae Be cannot joarn what to bim, ae oe ino removal ot ponents to Northern ower wil emerge, which will dive over tho bleak ot ae bs Bugiand, Tho at begin, ‘Twe Cewtat Syaren -—The Inke heey! sh ms grown emai intl tal aysiem, and they are gonerally forarurng to he ahd Standard of Nolghie sad moowaree.