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HE DAILY BULLETIHitofne W. T, HELMS, Editor. While he was a slavo he was not worth was vory useful. Ho was, as u slave, respected by us. We found no inconvenience from hit presence as an element of the community. There was Preo Negroes, or Not? Poor Cuflec, what is to become of tlioo , when wen Massachusetts slams thu il or in thy fuci)? .V'ltf York World. The newspaper of the United State." which, come to us across the line, indi i -a to that the abolition government at Washington, are having a perplexing t. ; i . 1 o over the question of the di.posi timi of tho thousands of negroes that their hirelings have stolen from tho cit izens of Virginia, Tennessee, and other Slates of the Confederacy. Very recently, as their papers tell us, the abolition government appealed to the abolition governor of Massaclm setts, for domicil for live hundred ne gro families. Bat the governor is re ported to havo declined the proffered accession to tho blac c population of that State. Ho " would none of thorn." Tho i, 'New York Woild, in an editorial ooramon t upon t'ao incidont hera allud ed to, says: "Now, what is tho government to do with this contrabrand elephant? Tho Western States won't have tnera, the Middle states don't want them, and now Gov. Andrew promptly doclnres that thy shan't set foot up on the soil of tho old Bay State." Reports of indignation meetings, as sembled to denounco Mr. Lincoln's pol icy of sending tho kidnapped and es tripod negro slaves into the westorn parts of the United State?, come to ns in tho papers. Xow those things go to prove that the people of Massachusetts and of oth er parts of tho United States, are com ing to be convinced that tho i ka ot "free-negro" is next thing to a hum bug. They ate satisfied that free ne groes are not a c'ass of citizens to be Ml: MAY JIUKMMt, DLC, 4. knntUttl beiient But when it is proposed to reclaim this part of our Confederate popula tion, gentlemen profess to be shocked at the idea of depriving them of their misnamed "fieodom." Wo grant that this was tho tempting bait that tho manumission laws held out. But what have they proved in practical effect' Any thing more or less than deception? Than fraud upon the poor negro? Than deeper degradation? Have thoy not been, with few exceptions, "Like Dead Sea fruits that tempt tho eye, But turn to ashes on tho lip!" Bear in mind, that the law-making power found tho negro in what we claim to be his neural sphere of servi tude. In this sphere all experience goes to satisfy us tl at he is both useful and happy. Laws are entered upon tho statute books of tho so called slave States, under tho operations of which he is removed out of his natural, use ful and happy sphere, into a new, un natural and worthless sphere. Is the master to blame, or the law-making power? We call this Stato our un til-' or, and is it the part of a- parent to give her children hurtful privileges? If a son ask of a patent bread, "will ha give him a stone, or if he ask a fish will ho givo him a scpent?" It will be said that Tonnesco, and probably all tho States now composing tho Confederacy, repealed their nunn mission laws, so that masters cannot set their negroes free, now, within their limits. But what of those who were separated from tl cir dvouvtic relation under the operations of the old laws, proposed class) under the attendant cir camstancos, and withtut detriment to anybody, a little higher step in our iys torn of slavery. ' . The ubjectwill be continued in to morrow's Bulletin. and are now iiecumulated.' ir.iti! they desired even in their system ot while j number by the hundred thoii.an I in servitude. How much more incomnat- I the limits. nu-.uii;tg AiarylaiH,) cm the more incompat ible are they with our system of negro slaver" '! Confederacy 'i Ought not the power that put them out Wo suggested in a Iato articb what ' of their natural sphere to put them back wo thought ought to bo done with this class of our population. We are aware that some men would not only oppose the adoption of such a measure, but would rogard it as an act of injustice to the "free" negro, i; the government should remand him into slavery. J in t tho question seems to rosolvo it self into this simple form Has tho froo negro been benefitted, or not, by tho laws which authorized his manu mission? If they have been benefitted, thon tho manumission laws wero crood things; if not, bad. Boar in mind, tho negro had no hand in this matter. Wo undertook to lo"- O islate for hi in. He waa not a party to it. He had no voice about it. We said toliis master, " You may manumit your slave.. In doing this, we by implica tion said; that tho condition in which manumission placed the negro, was bet tor fjr him, than to belong to a master. The presumption is, thai, tho law-making power will not give permission to tho citizen to do injury to himself, or to anothor who might be at hie mercy. Tho conduct of our lifted and hating enemies, so p'ainly evinced in the mat ter of tho so-called "contrabrands," and .their unwillingness to have a very few of them settled, even temporarily, in one ot their commonwealths, attests tl fact that fiee negroes aro worthless. At a timo, if ever, when abolitionists, for consciences' sako, ought to tolerate and even desire to have these escaped slaves domiciled about them, we find one of their governors, if report bo true, ofli cially shutting tho State's door upon them. But wo need not array evidence in proof of tho fact, that the free negro, even by tho admission of our enomies, is, as a class, a worthless beirig. And whv is he so? And who made him so? aga:n, since experience and the superi or judgement of tlmso who havo con. trol of their dest'uy declare that sla very would be best for their, posterity, and for the whole country ? In the 1 Id Union .some slave' States, to free themselves of the paracitic free negro system which their manumission laws grafted upon ihe body of slavery, afraid to meet tho issuo of their false legislation boldly, passed hal-wayjaws, which only compelled free negres to leavo under penalty of being remanded to slavery. Freo Stales enacted laws, as wo havo already intimated, forbid ding any moro negroes a right of abodo within their limits. Thus tho matter stood in tho old Union. . 'The unhappy free negro was made the fot -bull of a species of legislation which seemed .'to have no regard whatever either to his fu ture, or present welfare a purely self ish legislation which seemed to have no eye upon any thing but getting rid of "free negro." We think that Congress would 'do well to hectare all the so-called freo; ne groes within the limits of the Confed eracy, public property, and so abolish this paracitic thing which has been suf fered to grow upon the body of oiir great domestic institution, u-itii it hY- becomo already a very' great evii. ' But tho froo negro, so called, as a class havo acquired certain privileges which the slave laws have not generally accorded to slaves, but which are not necessarily incompatible with the b,ist interests of masters, and these privil eges might with propriety, and as a matter of justice ought to Iks preserved to tho romftndod slave. We only pro pose to bring the ' free-nog! 0 back to what we conceive to be a 'healtby,, nat ural', and enlightened condition of per, p"etual servitude. Wemight allow tllo: The, Happy; Family.,,, The following, which comes from the St. Louis Republican, indicates that there is a happy .atato.of feeling exist ing upon the part of north-western peo ple of the eld Union, towards the Now Englanders. While glorious Vicksburg almost single handed, holds the mighty throat of tho North. west in her giant grasp, wo think the affections of tho two extremes of the abolition ropublie of the. North, will rapidly intensify. And whotlier tho real cause of the fail- uro of efforts heretofore made by the abolitionists to open tho Mississippi, are attributable to Now England in. triguo against the North west, . or to tho impregnabiiity of the Confederate fortress ot Vicksburg, docs not matter much. If tho suffering, strangled peo pie, of the, North-west prefer, .to give all tho credit to Now England rascality, why lot them. , . ' , . , , . . ; The St, Louis Republican says:, "Tho .mercantile, .mechanical, and farming interests of tho people in all this section of country, can novcr re cover from a long night of depression. of perfect stagnation, until the Missis-, sippi Kiver is opened to its mouih. But this will not be done so long as Now England army contractors, jobbers and rauroa capitalists can prevent it. And by the by, no infamous villainies coo neeted with the stupendous speculations the downright stealings that have been the rule, mt the exception, in this war, has so deeply injured the people of the North-western .States, as the monster fraud practised by Kastern capitalists, contractors, &.-., in this matter of keep ing tho Father of Waters closed. By their infamous niaiieuverings, their bri bery, and their studied misrepresenta tions of lacts 'to the authorities in Washington, those foul beasts of proy have succeoded in preventing tho peo ple of the Nortii-western , States from sending their mi. lions of tuns id pro duce down tho Mississippi', to feed the Union army at New Orleans and along the Atlantic coast. All these irreparable-injuries ha. e been inflicted upon tho North western States by those who have purposely- prevented the opening of tho Mississippi, as a means of secu ring immense lortunos lor themselves and particular friends or pels. What deep, burning and lasting execrations should not be heaped upon tho heads of such traitors to the simple rights of the people in live or six States such, traitors to the best interest of four or five millions of the people, and such double-dyed traitors to tho best inter ests of our common country?"' 4 We clip the following items fromth, Petersburg Express of the 27th nit- Col. Wm. G. Davis, of the l8t f J mcnt Florida Cavalry, has received tU appointment of Brigadier Genu? ..,!.' been assigned to the command of ir J f" .'J rillo nnrf ft norfJn rf T'ao T ,V: hoij m aaui xenneige ivi Cumberland Mountaj?-j i .- 'i!.J I Hnraxr . Mil including the Gaps. Gen. G. W. G. Biokley. the fonn of the K. G.-C." order, who is ' 1 fugee from Louisville,1 Ky., is t.oppi0. flt. "vrPBftnt at Vi a T,anaatM TT.. - Bristol. ..The Advocate says he snJii. in giowing icrms 01 ine ultimate m cess of the "K. G; C's." ' The Woxt -ession of. tbe Confednr.f. Congress will commence.-at theCai.!w -l in Richmond , 011 tho Second Monday ia The State Legislature will renssem. bio on the first Wednesday in January.' Tho Irish Times positively asaertf that numerous .enlistments are being !; ' made tor'the Federal, armies through out Ireland, , the recruit receiving $40 on his departure for America, and tin remainder of tho bounty on landing. Late U. S Papers. We aro indebted to Pr, Batpman for files of Cincinnati and Louisville papers of the 2Gth and 27th ults. They were brought through by his brothers-in-law,' Messrs Stevens. We shall make some interesting ox tracts from them for io-morrow's Bui-letin. Soldiering Played out in Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the 21st uU timo, declares that the fighting mate rial of that city is exhausted. Jt says: ?f,S3j far as obtaining recruits in the city is concerned, those who have offi ces opened here might as well close Dr. J. C. Shapard. "WINCHESTER, - - -. TENNESSEE. Office at residence. House formerly occu- them up without further expense or do-' PIe(1 bv Wm-Iiecves-layr! Those who have anv military ar I ' Jpc2"dlm' : luy. Those who have anv military dor havo all gone to tho war; those who remain behind will not go under any consideration'." Perry ville.-V,Q learn that tho Con federate loss at the battle of Perry.villo Ky., was 500 killed, 1200 wouuded, and 700 missing. The' enemy's loss was about 0;000, including killed, wounded and misaing. r .: - Ou informant nays that this state ment is substantially included in Geu eral Bragg's report. Mont. Mail. . Splendid Chewing Tobacco. TO BE HAI AT DANIEL BRAZEIv TON'S Store in Winchester. Nov. 25 tf. aidAB Tv.. i.A rA.M i Dfflninllt llf tt-HY 01 lien- riH 11 oo-ao fWnnanioa fnrmnd flT forUlinfp Death of a Venerable Patriot. Parker Craig, a distinguished citizen tucky, whoso entire property had been ho desire to enter this service, by reporting; tj Confiscated or destroyed bj the Feder- 'pw at Uis place, will be imraadiately mutrca als, died ut Knoxvillj, Tenn..ast week.', - : TA2f. W. NEWMAS In his last moments ho said to his friends - : "" ' ''If Kentucky should ever come out i 4 i A lady in Jackson, Miss., advertises to knit "socks for the million," at twenty cents a yard, for those who furnish yarn. Funerr.1. Kkv. Wm. Jr. HARTLEY, Jleetor of Trin ity Cliureh, died "about ,-l o'elock "Wedne.-day worninpf. ' , " 1 Tho Funeml scrviee will ho lield in tho Methodiiit Churcli, at 2 o'clock, p. in., to-duv, Doe. 4th. . Friends and neqiiiuiitunec of the dercaswl, iind thu citizens jjeuernlly, nre vcsjioetrully in vited t nttend J'kv. Taos. A. Morris will conduct tho Fu neml services. Oliituurv Notice t-iuorrw. Another soldier has fallen, and he fell 0 . the battle-field, with his face to tU foe, as soldiers wish to fall ! ile s-lnops in his unilorm with the calm look of his last triumph upon him ! Jle fell in to the arms of his Great Captain, who hid him in Jlis own bosom and bore him from tho field! What an honor this for this young soldier whose 'death we chronicle ! lie was a soldier of tho crons. Ills Captain is the Prince of Peace. i FOR SALE OR RENT. ;.I DESIllE TO SELL MY HOTEL. I will take Confederate, money, or sell on a credit of one aiid two years. If not sold by tho I5th inst. at private shIp. 1 will on that day Kent it publicly for twelve months, and at the same time sell all my House hold and Kitchen Furniture. M. G. SIMS. "Winchester, Dec. 1st 1862 lw. ATTENTION. For all debts due the firms, of P. & Turney, or Turneys $ Shook, or Turney and Syler, we will receive Confederate money ten per cent premium.' For settlement on Miller Turney, or J. F- Syler, at their of fice in Winchester Tenn. ' Winchester, Not. 16th. dim . J Notice Volunteers. . - Being authbrized to" rawe and muster i the service of the Confederate States, J" ' NEGRO MAN WANTED. T WAUT TO TIT RE T?Y THE MONTBr "or year, a sprightly negro boy,- over 18 ye"" and join the Cdnfederacy, then place of age, and will teach him to be. a good pr m' body by tho Bido Of tny old, valued nian wlli;h husiness when learned will f let me romam a refugee in the land of . . 1 " ,r T slattfk iciiiawuv. . .... f'ronrieteir DailV cun' 1 : J