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CAMPAIGN IMICl M ENTS.
We have published in pamphlet form, for
gratuitous distribution, the speech of Bish
op Campbell; Questions and Answers for
Freedmen; the Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic, und the Civil Rights Bill. Thu last two
lire popular songs to weU%nown air
arc sung by the freedmen of New Orleans
with great spirit. We wish to &mJ?Kl every,
colored man an opportunity to read this
pamphlet, and invite the Republican clubs
to assist in their distribution. They can be
had at our counter. *e *«£
New Publications.— Our attentive friend,
A. Simon, 85 Baronnc street, remembers us
punctually every morning by sending us
files of the latest dates received by mail
from the North and West. He keeps con
stantly on hand and receives every day
every publication worth reading, including
all the leading magazines. Mr. Simon is the
agent in this city for the Washington Great
Republic ,the Chronicle , and the Philadelphia
Press.
Unfortunate Depositors. — They whose
checks arc paid in barks and growls instead
of money.
Cannot Get the Republican.—Wc hear
complaints every day from some of our
friends that they cannot buy the Republi
can, as many of tin news dealers and few
of use newsboys have it lor sale.
Campaign Songs.— We will furnish to our
friends campaign songs, suitable to be sung
in clubs and political meetings, at the low
rate of $1 per hundred. We have already
published several, and can furnish auy that
may be wanted.
St. Charles Parish.— A friend in St.
Charles pariah writes us that the Republi
can club held a meeting on the evening of
the twenty-eighth instant, but owing to the
stormy weather, only about two hundred
persons were present. Addresses were
made by Reverend Charjcs Thornton ami
several others. Everything is progressing
finely in the parish. The crops look well.
Tbs only drawback is too much raiu.
Sundries. — Mr. P. Harnan, No. 9G
TchoupitoxrUs street, always keeps on hand
a large aud varied /took of goods, such as
groceries, hardware, shoes, etc. Mr. Hnr*
nan al ways sells cheap for cash, and gives
entire satisfactiol to all his customers. We
advise our readers to give him a call. His
stock will prove acceptable, and his treat
ment of his customers cannot but prove
agreeable, as during his residence of thirty
years in this city he has acquired the esteem
of ail our citizens, among whom he is uni
versally admitted to be a prince of good
fellows.
Military Imre—Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral N. B. McLaughlin, company f, Fourth
cavalry, now stationed at Couchatta chute,
is ordered to tills city on duty connected
with his command.
Acting Assistant Surgeon C. B. D&rrall
has been ordered on duty at Brashear.
Lieutenants John H. Purcell, D. F. Calli
nan, and L. C. Parker, of the First infantry.
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examine oad report upon oix packages of
medical stores, received b, Major White,
assistant medical purveyor, from HedlgM
Storekeeper White, New Vork.
Brevet Major J. 0. O'Connell, Seventeenth
infantry, has been ordered to report to
General tirtthu for assignment to duty.
fin. f®. Morris, of company it,
seavalry, has left this
cjjjy ter Tfeaaa. Hellas been *n detail duty
thena
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SURRATT AND HIS CO-CONSPIRATORS.
U the time ever to arrive when the whole
story of the plot that ilminated in the as
sagination of Presidgnt Lincoln may be
written '! More than two years have gone
since that horrible deed was perpetrated .
five of the actors in it lie in dishonored if
not unknown graves: two others are
wearing out their lives in hopeless banish
ment upon tlic arid sands of the Tortuga*,
and the only remaining conspirator awaits
his trial- a trial lor which he is ready and
apparently anxious, but which the govern
ment after months of preparation still de
lays. Is there or is there not any founda
tion for the dark rumors and vague sus
picions that seem to create themselves, as
no one can tell from w hence they come, but
lo which this new delay has given fresh vi
tility? Is John II. Surratt the only re
maining conspirator, or are there others
whose complicity in either the abduction
or assassination plot it is deemed best to
conceal
, The charge upon which Jefferson Davis
was kept for two years at Fortress Monroe
was. that ' evidence on file in the bureau
of military justice show ed that the assassi
nation plot was devisod and procured by
him and other persons whose names were
given in the proclamation for his and their
arrest. Mr. Davis is discharged; nothing
i- said of this accusation ; he does not deny
it. and calls on the government to relieve
him from the official and formal charge that
it has made against him as a murderer.
Dooth's diary is published, after being
locked up two years in the war office.
Eighteen of its pages are absent, but on
the first of those that remain is the declara
tion that * for six months ?c e had worked
to capture*'- to capture, but not to kill the
president. Who are the men referred to by
the pronoun "\ve ' Who were the men in
Richmond to whom Surratt bore messages
from Booth -coming and going during
these six months like a bird of passage?
Why is the mystery, if there be a mystery
r-till maintained Who is to be injured by
lifting the veil, and penetrating the whole
truth to be known? Dan it be possible
that a continuance ot the mystery that ha
thus tar hidden the truth is so desirabh
that to secure it Surratt may, in his tun
be set free, as Davis has been?
People ask themselves these question!
not in a querulou
with genuine a
haps a few days
them. But in the
that more is alrea*
■ onspiracy than is
and
.ill
carping spirit, but
and fear. l'«*r.
liable us to solve
meantime it may be said
iy certainly known of tie
ally supposed. It
requires only a few additional facts to be
divulged to enable one to comprehend the
whole scheme and to paint the whole pic
ture of the crime, from its comparatively
innocent inception as a plot for the abduc
tion of the president, (although even that
must have contemplated tie* possibility and
even the probability of his murder should
resistance be made or aid arrive before it
could bo effected), down to the moment
when it had grown into,-: a gigantic combi
nation tor the overthrow of the entire gov
| ernment by the assassination of its three
chief men, and the conspirators parted from
each other to enter upon their bloody work.
We already have the materials lor under
standing and depicting the pevonal charac
ter of all the known conspirators, and the
motives that controlled them.
Perhaps the first impression that will be
made on the mind of one who sits down to
study the history of the conspiracy will be
one of surprise at the religious character of
the principal actors in it. Booth, himself,
although not what is called •• a religious
man," evidently believed in God and in
His justice. His diary convinces one of
that fact. lie endeavors to soothe the
Flings of bis conscience, which begins to
torment him with agony more intense than
the bodily pains which he endures from his
fractured leg, by asserting to himself that
*• God had made him the instrument of His
punishment" for the man to whom " the
country owed all her troubles/' For a
week he eludes his pursuers, but does not
elude Nemesis. Behind him, as he is
*• hunted like a dog through swamps and
woods," rides his sin. Remorse and re
pentance have overtaken him. One mo
ment, with that intense egotism which was
the passion of his nature, he elevates and
adores his crime ; the next, as a flash of
truth illumines his dark soul, be cowers at
its horror " God canuot pardon me if I
have done wrong. I am sure there is no
pardon ^n heaven for me, since man con
demns me so. Oh. God, try to forgive me l"
the wretched man cries in his anguish.
The companion of his flight, the young
Ilerold, was also religious. Booth says:
' This brave boy often prays—before and
since the crime—with a true and sincere
heart. If it was a -crime, why can be pray
the same?" Louis Payne, the assaasin*of
Mr. Seward, was the son of a clergyman,
and had strong religious convictions. His
rude and adventurous life had not de
stroyed them- he had not before been a
criminal — on the contrary there was
reason to believe his life bad been
adorned with good deeds.
Mrs. Surratt was a deeply religious
woman—almost, if not quite, a devotee.
By birth a Protestant, she was by convic ■
tion % Catholic, and was faithful in the dis
charge of all her duties as a daughter of
the church. The ear of her confessor, dur
ing the six months that were spent in pre
paration for the crime, must have often
heard stiange secrete. Her son was edu
cated far tfye priesthood. At college be
was famed, not for his talents, for he pos
sessed none, but for his piety, and the
amiable and tractable character of his din
member of a society to which none but
the most devout of the students were ad
mitted—the " society of the angels;" and
when his teachers were compelled to dis
miss him, and to inform him tint his limited
intellect would not qualify him for tha,
priesthood, he received tee sentence with
tears, and re-entered the world again with
a heavy heart, it would have been better
had he remained In the cloisters of 8t
as, r ..» r ma^ M
imf brother- a door-taper in that boose
of Lord. %
Amottjf the udftte that afterward were
und tht 1
Payne, the devout Mrs. Surratt,
disappointed divinity student, her s3d.
there was admitted one of a different class.
This was the wretch Atzeroth—the only
professional villain in the drama—who
sold his dagger lor money—who had r.o
love of country or religious fanaticism to
delude himself withal—who was an infidel
and a villain, and who, strangely enough,
was the only one of the halt-dozen whose
courage failed when the hour to strike
arrived.
What a picture might be drawn of the
meetings ot these conspirators at Mrs.
•Surratt's house: of their mysterious comj
ings and departures; of the day when the
plot fur the abduction miscarried, and they
burst into her room with frantic cries that
all was discovered, and they were lost: of
the manner in which Booth calmed their
fears, and set himself to knot again the
thread of bis broken plot. Then* to think
of how he drew them all again within his
toils; how he exerted the wonderful in
fluence he had acquired over Mrs. Surratt,
who seem- to have regarded him with that
peculiar mixture of admiration and affec
tion that a woman not unfrequently feels
for a superior brilliant man. who is too old
to be her son. and too*young to be her
lover; how he bound her by the oath of
which she spoke before she died: and how
she obeyed all his instructions.even to taking
that ride on the day before the murder, to
arrange for his escape, and to deposit
arms lor his defense.
It will be remembered that as she re
turned Irom that fatal ride (for it was that
which convicted her) she was gay and
light-hearted; she chatted merrily with her
unsuspecting companions: she seemed to be
at ease and at peace until, freni an eminence
they ascended, they saw Washington spread
out before them, covered with flags and gay
with all the emblems of rejoicing over the
downfall of the rebellion. Then her mood
changed, her face darkened with anger or
remorse: perhaps a feeling of womanly
pity crossed her breast as she thought ol
the woman who was to be made a widow
that night. "That people have deeply
sinned," she exclaimed, ' and God has in
store for them a terrible punishment?"
Thus the painter might fill out the out
lines of this great picture. But it cannot
be fully drawn until all the events con
nected with the prior plot fur the abduc
tion of the president are made known.
And until they are divulged, as they most
probably will be. sooner or later, tho peo
ple will not cease to ask themselves the
questions with which we commenced* this
article, and the reply to which may be de
layed. but cannot be finally evaded.
AN ORDERLY PEOPLE.
The procession of colored men on Wednes
day night seems to us to have upset some
deep-rooted prejudices of long standing
which have existed in all the slave States
for time out of mind. For years the negroes
have been looked upon and treated as a
race prone to disordef and violence, with
out moral restraint of any kind, and only
curbed in their vicious propensities by
c tringeut laws and the presence of force.
There have from tirlie to time been put in
circulation rumors of contemplated risings
of the blacks that never took place. Laws
have existed in all the slave States forbid
ding more than a prescribed numbereof
colored people from assembling together
without a stated number of white men being
present to act as a balance. All slaves
found walking the streets after nine o'clock
at night without a pass were arrested and
locked up. Every rule and regulation and
practice adopted in reference to the colored
man seems to have been based upon the as
sumption that he was prone to riot and dis
order, inflammable and dangerous unless
constantly watched und controlled by the
o-called superior race. These laws w re
founded upon the opinions of white men
who claimed to have a peculiar knowledge
of the negro character, who could tell t.o a
hair's breath exactly what he would or
would not do under certain circumstances,
how much he knew, and how much he was
capable of learning. Learned doctors have
xamined his cranium and his shinbone,
and found unquestionable anatomical evi
dence that there is a marked difference in
the construction of these members in the
two races. Hence there must be a moral
difference, amounting ulmost to one of
species.
But if these learned bloekheads and preju
diced lawmakers could have seen
some five or six thousand full-grown
men in procession in the streets
of New Orleans on Wednesday night,
with their banners filing, their
torches gleaming, their transparencies re
volving, and rau.de playing, and observed,
as we did, that from beginning to end there
was no man intoxicated, no insult offered
to any one, no quarrel nor even ill-feeling,
no man belonging to the procession taken
to the lock-up. and what is more, none who
deserved it, they might, if they were
honest, have suspected that all their pet
theories had been cooQpleteiy upset, and
begun to believe themselves fools.
We hardly believe that so greal^a number
of white men of mixed nationalities would
have performed so creditably under similar
circumstances. Even the Ucrnta, the
most peaceable, orderly, and patient of
white men, sometimes gets too much or too
little lager, and becomes belligerent; the
American is quick iu his temper and of a jeal
ous disposition; the Anglo-Haxon is dogged
and demonstrative, while the Irishman can
not possibly enjoy himself unless he has a
periodical scrimmage. We never heard of
a similar turn out of white men without
learning the next morning that # large per
centage had taken up in the calaboose.
Honor, then, to whom honor is due.
While the 44 superior race " has been indulg
ing in all manner of violence, rioting,
drunkenness, and uproar, the law-makers
of the Southern States have been entirely
occupied in preventing breaches of the
peace by a race that seldom or never breaks
it. We have now demonstrated to ns what
we have believed for a long time: that the
colored man is by nature the most peace
able, the politest, and the best natnxed of
any of the tyre races into which mankind is
usually divided; that consideration for the
ccmfort and happiness of others is a lead
log trait in his character, and that he has
last Uv«d down the unjust aspersions
that have been cast upon him through long
Mad Does.-Qoite »a excitemeut eziita is
cur city on Ike nabject «f kydropkebi*.
NKVV MILKS
N AT l M X LIX. A
IF
TION"
Editor Republican:
1 observe your old friend of the daily
Blanket is much alarmed and annoyed at
what lie calls "N«-w rules of naturaliza
tion.' and thereupon proceeds to read the
judges of the courts a homily on their duties
and the laws of naturalization.
Will you permit one who has "gouc
through the mill" to say, for the informa
tion of your readers, (the editor of the
Blanket excepted,) that the acts of Congress
touching the naturalization of aliens pro
vide:
L That he shall make a declaration, on
oath, before some court of record, of his
intention to become a citizen at least two
years before he can become one.
2. That he shall have resided for five
years, immediately preceding his admission
as a citizen, within the limits and under the
jurisdiction of the United States, and for at
least one year within the State where the
court is held to which lie applies.
J. That "dvriug the whole of that time
(live years) he has conducted himself as a
good moral man, attached to the principles
of the constitution of the United States,
and well disposed tu the good order and hap
piness thereof.
t. That he shall take an oath of allegiance
to the United aud entirely renounce
all allegiance to any foreign prince, power,
or potentate whatsoever.
These conditions are indispensable, and
apply 'o all aliens wlioc^ here over
eighteen years of age* who coire
here under eighteen yeSts of age need not
make any previous declaration, but when
they have been in the United States fall
five years, by proving that fact, and declar
ing that for three years preceding it has been
their bona tide, intention to become citizens.
Iu all cases a five years residence, and de
portment such as becomes a good citizen,
must be proven iu court upon the oath of
two witnesses.
Now Mr. Editor, do you know what trou
bles the Camp street man so badly? I will
tell you. The judges and clerks of courts,
remembering the recent removal of one of
these officials, have waked up to the necessity
of observing the law a little more closely
! hau heretofore. The question so irritating
to our rebel editor is "have you been iu
the rebel army?" If any such be made
citizens, it can only be by jfrztae wearing.
For it cannot be truthfully sNfil that any
man who for three out of the last live years,
has been in the rebel army, was " attach 1
to t he principles of the constitution of the
United States, and well disposed tu the
good order and happiness thereof."
The editor of the Blanket may well throw
tip his hands with pious horror agam-t
" new rules." It is really shocking to auy
sober minded rebel to think that the law
should be enforced in this city. That is in
fo .d a "m w rule." It is a tyrannical inva
sion of the rights of the citizen to prevent
huu from swearing h 1 has behaved himself
a-* a good moral man, when he had only
lighting the Yankees ; and still worse,
when he has two of his comrades with him,
who were out on tie* same "little pleasure
excursiou," should be deprived of tfie right
of "swearing him through." Tisatyianny
too severe to be borne. 1 submit that this
is a case that calls for the interference of
the president. A. J.
\V HAT THE COLOR KII MAX WANTS.
What the colored man is most In need of
at present is an education. The time has
been so short since he has been obliged to
think and a<*t lor himself, since he has b
emancipated from a stage of bondage to that
of freedom, unaided by the light of knowl
edge, it is not astonishing that he would
now' and then be It'd astray by those to
whom In has been accustomed to look upas
to superior beings, and implicitly obey.
And now another great responsibility rests
upon him. He must not only tak<* care of
himself and his family, but he must take
care of his race, of his country, and of future
generations. The government has very
generously provided for the education of
the colored children. But how are the
wants of the grown people to be met, those
who are now- to take so large a share iu the
reconstruction of the Southern States.
I have heard rebels say that they would
make the negroes vote themselves into
slavery again in live years. Whether or not
there is auy truth in the assertion, 1 think
tic friends of the colored people should ex
ert themselves to prevent the possibility of
their injuring themselves or their interests
through the w'ant of knowledge. I do not
think that many of the grown up freedmen
will ever be able to acquire a brilliant edu
cation, such as will enable them to become
statesmen or philosophers, for how few of
~uch have we among the white men
who have had the advantages of
learning from their infancy, and it
would Ik» hardly reasonable* to expect
the black mac to do more without any
training whatever in his childhood. But
something can he done; and it the Union
man in times of peace is as much the friend
of the colored matt as the Union soldier was
in times of war that something will beat
tempted. What I propose is this—let all
who have an hour or two to spare in the af
ternoon or evening, and who has not, devote
that spare time to teaching the colored
people. Let the freed men's bureau be
asked to allow the use of their school-rooms
after school hours, say from 4 to 9 I\ M.,
and let all the colored churches be like
wise given. Let the public schools
contribute all the old books for which they
have no use. On account of the changes
hleh take place in books in the public
schools, there must be many such. There
is scarcely a family who have not a lot of
old school-books piled aw ay in some lumber
room, which they will never use, but which
would be of great use in teaching the poor
coloretypoople. And let it be made known
that there will be schools for the colored
people of both sexes, where they will be
taught free. I will venture to say that in
six months from this time, there will be
scarcely a colored man or woman who Will
bo unable to read and write.
KEGISTRATIO\ IX THE CITY AND
COIMTEY.
We publish the following confeuient tab
ular form of registration tn the country, so
far as ascertained up to tho latest dates re,
celved. To this we add the registration in
the parish of Orleans:
A M3* set tee ................. .W.
Avoyelles.......................
Assumption ................
Whiten. Colored.
Eut Baton Roof e .
Ka«t K*hentente......
Ibgrvflla.............
Jackson.............
Jefferson............
Ouachita .
Kapultete.........
If Mary..........
Bt. John..........
Bt Helena.....
Hecond
Third
Fourth
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f«7
jtm.o .
Weahingum .......
Wot BWuBnii.
Wee*
Kt Hirurd ......
HtLoir,............
ufoikithw waited.
Ten moutiu have elapeed since the mur
det of Doatia, Horton, Henderson. Loup,
and other gallant spirits, who foil In the
rasae of the Union and freedom; the murder
was witnessed by hundreds of citizens;
prosecutions for this great crime will be
barred by lapse of time in a few weeks, and
jet no steps haye been taken to bring the
murderers tojgptice. li the district attorney,
who served la tee rebel army, has conscien
tious scruples against taking action, let him
resign or be removed. If ho has no duties
to perform In this matter according to low,
teen—In the name ol tee Unton people of
this whole ioontry—we call on Attorney
General Lynch to give this subject
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A < hii|.ti>r
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it Friends" ore D..l«.g
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urt-uu A gen
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•Jim
lice a Muckery. etc.
•Special Correspondence of tin
8 Republican.
Parish ok Kapides,
May 'j:l, lbOT
In i
my last I said I would
inform you
Of
affair
9 in this parish, and I 1
iow proceed
to
give
you a few of the in a
ny outrages
nf
daily
occurrence.
The bureau agent at thi
is place, M«
ior
Willauer, Is so controlled by rebel influence
that when complaints are made to him he
simply refers the parties to the civil authori.
ties, neither knowing nor curing whether
their cases are acted upon or not. His only
desire seems to be to get rid of them. The
magistrate knowing this, hears the com
plaint and sends tiie freedmuu oil' with higli
assurances of Justice ; but there it stops,
unless a Yankee is unfortunate enough to
be the defendant, and then the agent and
the magistrate are certain to proceed to ex
tremities. They often hunt up such cases
through their emissaries, when nocomplaiut
is made, and they are proceeded with be
yond the limits of law or equity, for it
would appear to be part of their creed to
punish Yankees who have the boldness to
come among thorn.
Whether Major Willauei's trurkliDg is
attributable to fear, a desire to
court rebel favor at tho expense
of Union men, or to perpetuate his
sinecure, or whether it is the result of
wliat ho has more than once told complain
ing freedmen (that the rebels have the most
money, and that nothing can be done for
them) I leave for others to say. But it is
certain that the colored people have lost all
confidence In him, and now generally suffer
on, rather than apply to him, knowing that
their wrongs will not be redressed.
The few loyal white men here* have be
come so thoroughly disgusted with his
fawning upon rebels that they have lost not
only confluence In, but common respect for,
him, an t consider him disgracing, iiy his
acts, the uniform niHUv of them have worn
with honor and which they all love and
respect, for it is their country's. A gray
jacKel's pelican buttons would better har
monize with his course than the national
uniform.
A few weeks ago two colored men. while
on their way from Alexandria, were met
ny a rebel tiami d 11- ath, an overseer
tor John Kutli William-, who, with
out the slightest provocation, shot both
of them, tine of the men, named Ilenrv
Jackaon now on Mr. Glass's plantation, was
-hot iu the head. The cither, William Piil
1:1:111, OU William Baily'.s place, was shot
in the body. Complaint was uncle to Maior
Willauer, but nothing was done. To 'in
timidate them from prosecuting Heath, the
lather of i'lllnuwi was arrested and inii ' is
oned, anil only released on the pledge that
his son would not prosecute Heath.
A colored man on the plantation of Judge
Boyce, at ••futile," was shot by a rebel
named Oorcoretl. The colored mans arm
had to be amputate--1. No ac tion has ever
been taken by either the civil or military
authorities. While tills man was at the
point of death Major Willauer was on tie
plantation, but did not consider the subject
worthy bis notice, aud did not even inquire
tho cause of the shooting.
Three rebels, named John and Frank
Paul and Washington Wiggins, took a freed
man named Wm. Haynes from his bed, one
night not long ago, and murdered him.
Nothing has been dune in this case by Un
civil or military authorities.
A colored woman, named Hall, was bru
tally beaten, kicked, and stamped under
foot by Thomas Brothers, nephew of ex
governor Moore. Brothers is 111 charge of
the plantation of the governor, and his
treatment was because the woman was
unable to do certain manna! labor under
which she broke down, beino iritUin a few
• lay* of her confine:,tent. When her hus
band appealed to Brothers not to abuse his
wife ill Ler then helplt.s condition, Broth
ers attempted to shoot him !
J. O. Pickens, a rebel, contracted with
freedmen; but having outrageously violated
the contract, the men catne to Alexandria
to report to Major Willauer: but Colonel
Pickens appeared to be master of tile situa
tion, and ordered Willauer to arrest and im
prison these men, which was done: and
they were forced back upon the plantation
at tiie will ol a man who violated his con
tract. These men, unable to suffer such
oppression, worse tbau their former slavery,
ran off one night subsequently, preferring
to do Ibis rather than to make further com
plaints to the bureau.
This same Pickens has threatened to
shoot a colored man liana-d Butler, a school
teacher 011 his place, and drove him off,
ostensibly for chastising some of his pupils,
but really because he (Butler) is a man of
intelligence, and had organized a Republi
can club of the working hands on the
place.
A freedwoman named Phcebe Harris, was
beaten by a rebel named Reeves, 011 tiie
plantation of Colonel Polk, 011 Buyod Bieuf.
Reeves broke the handle of a garden hoe
over her head. Hhc complained to Major
Willauer, but no action was taken.
A colored mao named Anthony Thom ay
was shot at without any cause * by a man
named Lloyd Compton. Thomas reported
to Willauer, bu^witbout effect.
A colored man named George Washington
was terribly beaten witn a stick over the
head and body by a rebel named T. C.
Lewis. This is the son of our present Alien
District Judge; Lewis acknowledged having
done so, and to give his own words he " did
break a stick over the d—d fiigger s head,
aud would <k> so again.'' 8uch was his
answer to Willauer, but it irks far from him
to take any action, and so it rests.
A colored mail named Jerry Ford was
walking qulffily along the road, about four
miles from Alexandria, returning from his
work iu the field. Joe Texada, one of our
law-m liters, seeing him, undertook to amuse
hlniBelf by putting his horse in full speed ns
be approached the freedman, to ride the
latter down. The freedrnan distinctly
heard Texada sav to John Emils, another
whit*man in his company, "let us ride
down them two d—d niggers." The freed
man endeavored to avoid this as their
horses were about to rush upon him, by
rushing from the road to the swamps; but
Texada being mounted, soon came up with
him and made two or three fruitless at
tempts to discharge his navy revolver at
him. He then dismounted and beat the
freedman over the head with Ms pistol,
making several severe wounds. The man,
(hint and exhausted from loss of*blood
arrived iu Alexandria, anrl reported
at the office of Major Willauer but
that gentleman would not leave his agrees
ble company In his hotel to go to his
office, a distance of two hundred yards, to
see or hear the complaints of a poor beaten,
bruised, and bleeding wretch. The freed
man, unable to secure medical attendance,
laid In the bureau office all night, in a poo!
of hia own gore. To avoid investigating
the mitter, Willauer made an early start to
the country the following morning on a
■Measure trip, being careful not to appear at
lhsofflce, where he knew the freedman had
been In waiting since the afternoon pre
vloua. He Is not expected to return within
a week, m> the freedman will likely seriously
]Minder on the protection of the bureau, for
get his Injuries, and return home a wiser
man.
Feeling that I have already trespassed too
much on your valuable space I shall stop for
the present, though I have not enumerated
half tee coses In the parish, and shall slm ply
oak the Impartial reader to compare these
facta with the tirade of the so-called grand
ubliohed In tee Alex
M 11-1, and ask these
gentlemen why they have not found a soli*
tary Indictment in tee foregoiug cases. 1
presume it is because they thereby fully
represent the sentiment or the people of
Rapules, whose "organ" they claim to be.
More anon. OCCAblOXAL.
—A Tenneseec Dutchman having caught
his son In wrong doing, determined to ad
minister s dose of hickory. 80 he trimmed
a switch and want to look forAhe youngster,
who Incontinently took to Bta heels. After
- hosing the boy around for awhile, the old
man thonciteto persuade him to atop and
So he halted and Sailed
!
jury Of tela pvioh,
anuria Democrat, of t
r fugitive "Sacs." eald he,
'■ M* no Mod m vat I vote
j GREAT SALE OF BEAI. ESTATE,
| By Messrs. J. B. Walton -V Deslonde, auc
tioneers, in tin* parish ot Jefferson, "em
bracing all the property between I.evee
1 street and six squares back of St. Charles
j street aud the Camdltou railroad, and
J betw- n Bloomingdale and Fouclier, to
- close an estate for partition."
Thi- property, consisting of sixty-nine
squares oi ground, was advertised tobesoh!
i at the Merchants' and Auctioneers' Ex
! - liauge, 01: Wednesday.
There was a very large attendance, and
we were surprised that the bidding was uot
more animated.
Twenty-two squares only were offered, of
which fourteen were sold at very lux' rates.
Mr. Hunt, as counsel fur Mr. Fortier, sent
to the auctioneers a letter, which was re
ceived while he was taking a bid on the first
square at 51750. The communication was
read tor the purpose of giving notice of pro
tectiou of the rights of Mr. Fortier, relative
to a railroad iu Henry Clay avenue, from
the river to Kayades street. We think this
had a damaging effect on the sale. N'o ad
vauce was made on the sum bid on square
No. 91, at the time the letter was received,
and it was not sold.
The following is a table of the drainage
tax. the amounts bid, and the names of the
purchasers:
Sutiare. Drainage Tsx. Bid. P-ircflasar*.
N'O. 9 (mu tree .1. m. <,. p»,k.r
X00
During the summer of 1861. while (lie
hospitals in Richmond were crowded with
wounded, the ladies of the city visit.--1 them
daily, carrying with them delicacies of every
kind, and vied with each other in their
efforts to romfort and cheer up the
wounded. Un one oceasiou a bright-eyed
damsel of seventeen summers was ii:-ti iLmt
ing flowers and speaking tender words o!
encouragement to those around her, when
she overheard a young private, who was
siiflerittL- from his wounds, exclaim: "Oil,
my I.or.1!" Approaching him rath, r timid
ly. in order to rebuke his profanity sli -
said: "I tilin' * 1
name of tie
daughters.
Him for vou
couute
replied
i I :s so;
I heard you call upon the
Lord. I am one of Ilis
there anything I can a-k
you'" A hasty glance upon her
Iy l ice and perfect term caused hi
»" to brighten as he instantly
please ask Him to make mi:
i-la.
ST. Cl AIK MANRCVILLE,
ATTORNEY AND AGLM TOR THE
AWlSTittE.NT AND I'OLLEITIOX OF CLAIMS
AGAINST TUJ-: UNITED STATES.
-Customhouse Street, NewOrleano 7I>
Under act of Congress, aM>roved July I, 1AG4. pro
vision* hire boen made for the payment of demandn
for Quartermasters' Stores* and .Supplies furnithed
to the army of the United States, for which receipts
or rouchors have not been given, or where they have
been given and are informal or insufficient.
Tho payment of these claims are, however, st pres
ent confined in this State to citizens of t ho following
named parishes, vi^ St. Barnard, P!a ju«inines, Jef
ferton, St. Johns, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension,
Assumption, Terre Bonne, Lafourche, St. Alary, Bt.
Martin end Orleans; an-1 are only paid to those who
can establish their loyalty to the government.
Although the adjustment of olaunsof this chnrac
ter are at present confined to thr above named par
ishes. still, the claims of loyal citizens from the ex
eluded section of tho State, and from loyalcit zens
from any of the .Southern States, will all ultimately
be paid, and it it for the interest of the claimant to
prepare his claim while the evidence te support it
can be oblained.
In order to render the prosecution of a claim suc
cessful, under the aforementioned set of Congress,ev
idence must be produced to show
>■ That tha claimant »aa loyal at th« time tho prom
arty »aa fumi»h.<l to or taken h, tho United btataa,
and has been since.
2 . That the property was taken for tho legitimate
use cf the government, giving the name and rank of
the officer who received it, or authorized it to be
taken. Evidence to establish this fact is btrictly Be
ecssary, as claims for wanton depredations or theft,
committed by the army or navy, will not be recog
nixed.
J. That the claimant wen the bona fide owner of
the property taken, and was at tho time a citizen of
one of ti a above named parishes.
Ratibfactory proof of the foregoing re quirements,
presented in the pro]»er form, will be the means of
securing to the cla.raant the settlement of his
Special attention will bo given to cases where Cot
ton, .Sugar, or any private property whatever has boen
seized and sold, or held as confiscable by the agents
of the government, where the political status of the
claimant can be proved to have been loyal at the time
and since thu seizure.
Also, claims for rent; for the occupation of plant a
tions for military encampments; of buddings for ths
quartering ef troops : or any unavoidable damage
done by the government to private property on ac
count of miltary neceaaity, and all private claims, of
whatever character, against the government, grow
ing out of the late war, will receive prompt attention,
and in every possible instance will be prosecuted to a
successful termination.
The collection of claims against the government
has been made a specialty by the undersigned, and
order to facilitate and insure their collection he has
secured the services of JU&TUa L McCAKTY, Kb *j.,
of Washington City, D. CJ.. who upon the receipt of
the claims in Washington will personally attend to
their prosecution before the proper Executive De
partment. tr befo.e the United Stales Court of
Claims.
Mr. McCARTY'Senviable reputation as a member
of the Washington bar, his well earned laurels in a
legal practice which has been extended into nearly
every Htate of the Union, and dates back to the ciosa
of the Mexioan War; hia long and varied and
ceatful prac ice in nearly every imaginable class of
claims that can be conceived as originating agah
t lie government; hie intimate acquaintance vTith
ths requirements and the modus operand! of euooe*.
fully presenting and prosecuting claims before the
^*-*'• _*°,T* Tnm , , ' n, \ ti*v* added
_______
f nsmes of prominent______
bUtee, to which lie resimctfoliy refers
lion. H M. RICK, United States Senate,
M R LATHAM, Unit ed State, hsns.e.
JEREMIAH
is as a legal practitioner,
ipcrtluoua the following
it men in the different
Ily refers:
l States Senate.
■ • united btates benate.
.............. BLA< K.
B; fo HBANOBfL Member of Congress.
'Y A. HALL. Mettbar of Coagree-.
• -YRIJ8 ALDRICH, Member of Congress.
* M. WINDOM, Member of Uongrte.s*
J. H. YV A T18. Member of Cmigrese.
«• B. B. TOD6 Number of Congress.
ALEX. RAMSLY. United States Ren»te
WM. B M SCLAV. New York.
• 'J 1AR H L KM^lf ft. H ES *Net York.
(i. M. PKNIFIELD. Ew|.. Connecticut.
H. J. HALDKMAN*. KM., Ptennaylvania.
CoL Li. W. KWINO. Indiana.
To those that have claims of the above mentions*
class against the government, it it of the first ini
porta nc# that aeMnn should be taken with as little
delay aa poeM bl e. Not Only does an unseemly delay
in tune, from the origin of the claim to iu prosecu
tion, operate against the success of the claim in the
continual increasing difficulty of procuring the
proper evidence for iU support, but it vitiate* the
character c? the claim to a certain extent in the
winds of the executive officers of the government
who may adopt the theory (hat the delay is ocoa
its defects th# pttrp0 ** * •"•*»■« u "* to *tonn over
A AddrS UOi<! * t,OIW WUI P rom P t attention.
'***'JUSTUS I. McCARTY,
¥ street. Was lung ton. D, CL, or
8r. CLAIR MANDEVILLK.
myl* lm T» Customhouse street. New Orleans.
LUMBER.
THE PENSACOLA LffMBKB COMPANY.
Of Peneneeln, Honda, are prepared to Oettree eer
ie of
M «— t awed Yelteee r|M Leaker
To veeeeU In that pert ee tke ekorteea notioe. They
will contract ter DECK PLANK. SHIP PLANK.
DIMENAION STlfrr of any leufth. KLOOKING.
Their nfiUt have n capacity of NL90U feet per
n. Addreaa
J. J. Maguire,
........official.
coTuntigTh ai.e o r V i
C.YMI* ANU UABBISOV Eg, ,,
Dc
if Army Clothing and
>KW OllUCANS, ha., A)Hi A
V if. M VAN SOLINOEN A CO., AC
!—OdicB No. 28 Caroniielet street.—Wi,
BATUKDAY, Jane],
10 o'clock A. A!.. ,1 the Iron wireh
Levee street botwooa Julil and St. J,
the direction of Captain W. o. node,"
hu.rekeeper, United Rtates army - ,
Yl.mm.NG. LAMP AND GARRISON
AGE. consisting of ' 1
2'i,3fco Knapegelis;
13.630 Haversacks:
21,961 Cap Covers.
Tneee articles are entirely new. and , B .
Ca " e *' and pre,en t » good opportunity for d*_
Terms—Cash Payments to be m»dn
State-* Treasury Notes prior to tho deliver,
property,
Iiy order of Brevet Brigadier Generate
telle, Chief y. M. Fifth Military District.
Captain i
auction nali:
t public auction, st the
•i ;
Will I
S:a!,l-x corner ..I Delord end pouch., ~ "1-
MO.XDAY. Juno 3, l Wl . Q o.„, •
MAGGAOK, ,„d prop.,.1- rco,;,^ 1 /'
consisting of
Clothing, l amp Equip.*,.. Tent ,
tea!.-. I orgaa, Cookin* JUn«ea, ale'
kale to commence ot 10S o'clock A. 11
□ereiniiefoie named,
t erms: Gash in United States Treasury 0 ,
mV"',"* B r A ; J -
~ _ Bvt. Lt. Col, and A. (j, M ^
PKOPOULN FOB Nil'll
Off
F. AHM
~rg« •
Fin
t this offio
HPHS?
HELL'S, to.be delivered at Monument ( erM
Gholmotlo, aro i»v.,a„.2
reive o'clock M
n '' e »™ '0 ho subject to in „p,
must be of good quality.
Proposal* to be addre«sed to Captain i
;^„r M - us - v .......-SM"
lhe r '« u ••'".
t-lVr.'-mVfo . Br r*' G.nrralo
nnf Quartsmaalor Fifth Mil.ta.. fa,
B" 5 Captain .,11,', j 1 , ' ",*{
B" Captain .,11,', j , ",*{
raoriMiu r«»u aiii,),^
Orricx Chiefgn VTrritM ilitaiiyd
New Urlwaus, La . M v
hi-.ALED PROPOSALS IN DUPl.i.
invit.-d ti!! the 6th day of June 18t>7 ,u j ■
for furn>ehing the bufoistonca li,., r "
L nited Stated Army with the followi!,*/si
4 Of Good Hard Brown ^-i t \
6r ' 00 D°u»<kof A hits Navy RFA.N •
barrel* : the __________
20 (LO p
'd* of RICE of the bent
-.Weans of PEACHES,2 pound i
be furnished.
2,000 good new FLOUR SACKS,n
up lea to be furr..
Ali of the abov_
A-Jor p,e,,.
the opening of the bid*
No bid* will be received from n»r
hitherto failed to comply with t 1 r
*.th any branch of the Govorumen
B de to b* directed to the under
ei ' Proposals." a. RECK ,, i
mj'J2td Brevet Maj Gen. and U >
rilOPOSA LM FOB K A I lo^T
I l EI, FOB UOIIT.VBS1KIA
Collect*> n s Orr
OUPgIUN TEN PENT L'
noa- _ New Orleans
.-PAi.ED PROPOSALS will b. rlK ,, ve4
"flioe until 12 o'clock M. on MONDAY t. . 1
of June, l-f.'or taraiabw, .mi ,i,
and fuel for the lighthouse keeper* an I iigji
in tho Fl»hth and Nintli Li«btliou»« Di»tr>
lor anj oilier light ve«t, ! and liahlhuiua
"V ''•called for, fur on. year from tl„ ut
Ja!y, IfSf, to tho 30th June, lwM, i„ c i -
tlou. to be „f p„„d ,.d approved iioalltj tot
ered alonp.ide of the lithtboua. ten,!.,, , „
aal provided for tha porpoae, at New i
audio ho atated in the bid accordingly,
eulhciont package., barrel., boaes. and , . a,
gaud order, for tin li,ht-ve«eel, Once a .out
of ah eapenao to tho United Slate, im.
.pcriflcations, which will form a p,,t „f i|„o
copio, of which may be had by apply icy. t tin
All bid. mum be aealed. and induraed "Pt
for Ration, . n d Soel for Ll«ht v.-.el, u
placed in another envelope and left at or da
this office, prepaid if sent by mail. Tin- t.idi
and for ration, will be con.idered separate hi
oilier.
By order cf the Dfahthouse Board.
WM. P. KH.bOi
myl • Ijet Superintendent o!fi
(JFPICIAL ...............olFia
notice to tax pavers in the at
NEW ORLEANS, LA
8. Ix-THtS-At. Ryns-a,
t oLLECTon h Office, Hum l»: r of]
New Oui.ean.-sAIii> l l*ff.
I'ursuant to the provisions of Section 38 ,f 1 *
entitled "An Act to Provide Internal Hi-,
support the Government and to pay Intwwli
Public Debt, * approved June JO, 18t4, andth
ments thereto, notice is hereby given toil
liable to pay duties or taxes under said id
much of llio First Collection District of Loan
,B embraced in tho City of New Orleans that!
lector of said District has received from the 1
thereof a portion of hia Annual CollectionL
(lie Special Taxes, formerly called LiCensegl
by said Assessor, are now due a^d payable,i
said Collector or his Deputy will attend toih
tion of tho same, at his office in tha Custom
in the City of New Of leans, between the ha
o'clock A. M. and 3 o'clock P. M. each day.
M. SWEtf.
mylOJOt Deputy O
0
FITCI.1L.
. OFFIfl
IlCADttfUABTElM THIIID MILITARY Pl-JTBIfl
OrncK Chief quautfhm^to,
Atlanta, Ga, MajrU
By order of the Quartermaster General. SW
PROPOSALS will be received at this olfiosk
•ale of (74CO) Seven Thousand Four Hundred ft
COAL, at Barrancas, Florid*.
Payment to be made in (Mvernim nt mods
The Proposals will be opened at 13 M , on Sfi
DAY, the 8tn of June, 1867, and should be *
Proposals to Purchase Coal," and addreaMd*
Brevet Brigadier General R. SAXTCfc
Chief Quartermaeter, Third Military Di**
uy»eodtJo6 Atlsat*- 1
QrpiciAK.................... otTiai
Proposals for C avalry IIur*«a j
Depot Quartermaster f
bAU AjtTutfio, Texas. MiJ*.]
bLALLD PROPOSALS, which moet be M|
duplicate, will be received in this office until Wj
o clock, noon, on MONDAY, the tenth of J» w
for furnishing the QuarUrmaster s DepW«J
San Antonio with TWO HUNDRED AND **
UOB8K8.
banPlforses most be sonnd in all i>articahA <
broken, in full flesh and good condition. * r< *®2
teen to (IS) sixteen hands high, from ib flrttift
years old, and well adapted in every way W
purposes.
Ah hor-os offered will be subjected tolft
spectieo, and only t hoea that conform to 0* ■
specifications will be accepted. .
Buis §iU be resetved for not lees than t«**j
horses, and most be accompanied by a m
at loaat two persons, »whose respona.l*iW#
certified to by a Clerk or a Court of Record;, djj
bidder is competent to carry out the co* 0 ^
awarded to him. and that he will giv«
therefor. ,
The horses must be delivered within t wen ®
from the acceptance of the bi<*. or bid*. 1.
The Government reserves the right w nd* 4 *!
all bids if deemed unsatisfactory, and no bid 1
entertained that does not conform to the t**]
this advertisement. .
Proposals to be plainly indorsed "
Cavalry Horse*" sod addressed to the
at this place. J. O. 0 *
Brevet LieatMJafenel sad A- Q. M . V *
aaylltjeft _
BOOKBI NDING.
I^BoaBuaaBv.
V. J. KUMMHOLZ.