The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 4, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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Correspóndete .
_ kston,. June 2flth, 1866.
Lt. Col li, Of TMughUn, provost Mar%h
r^tral: . - r '
,We hog leave to suggest that4 the
was,
.Gefati
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difficulties of «mancipation' may be
lessened, if you will give us otfciajy. .the
, «ubntaneo of yourréqmrks to the. Mayor,of
Galveston, as reported in Flake's Bnilctii of
of the authorities
that the negroes should make
with their former matters Tor. j
oration Agreeable" to both par tic
the-parties bo contracting .would-be com-
pelled to twy out their coutract in good
faith." ,
We think thatWifflculties would, bo fur-
ther removed if you would add officially any
other wftetical suggestion.
the public and private inter
thorn as well as of their for
the exercise of perfect and enl
in all their civil ftttd domestic 1
nen, very respectfully, your
B.!g\aüOHLÍN, Lt. Col. '
and Pro. Marshal Gen., Dis't Texas,.
The si
arrived;
Henry 1
2d DiVii
also
MAIL.
GaIVeotok, June 26.
er N. P. Banks lrom Mobile,
irdaj, having on board Col.
rtram, commanding 1st Brigái
on, 18th Army Corps, and sta
detachment of the 20th Wisconsin
from the Rio Grande, having on bo;
number of our old citizens, including 1
M.
r any
«imply from misunderstaodii
and wishes of Government.
the orders
he planters
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p|i
m
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ate anxious to continue" their plantations,
but fr&m orders issued in other StateB, j^av?
been led to believe that tliev tan keep the
njpkroes only by paying IhOwi specified rates.
In., present times, and with unfavorable
« nowj?rowlng, they are afraid lb under-
i this. The negroes are mostly willing
. desirous to remain on the plantation on
fitir terras, but believe that if rates are ptf>
flóribod which planters cartftbt pay, tho y and
their families must bo drivpii; from their
homes to perish. It' froe, certainly they
should be allowed the first privilege of free-
dom, to dispose of their labor on fair terms,
and consult their own interest and happl-
. ness, especially when the course they wish
to pursue is In accordatico with the peaoe
and prosperity of the country, and, as we
now believe, with our wishes, and those of
I. ■■ tho planters. feíB
Very respectfully,
• ú-Your ob't sv'ts, v; i
H. WASniKTON,
■ R. 0. LYNCH.
J AS. HOIW.^Y.
Ojenes Pkov. M n. Gkn., I>;ht. Tkxas, 1
Galveston, June 26,1866. J
Col. M. Washington, /?. 0, Lynch and James
Sorby, Eiq.: : ' ■ «
Sins—In compliance with request in your
le tter of this date, now before me, I have
tho hónor to make the following statement
of my views of the intended policy of the
Government as to the matters alluded to in
, ,sal¿ letter:
1st. I would direct your attention to the
following General Order:
Head QrAUTKits DrsT. of Tbxah, {
" \ Galveston June 19,18C6. j
{ General Orders No. 3.
«* The people of Texas are informed that in
accordance with the proclamation from tho
, Executive of tho United States, " all slaves
, are free." This involves an absolute equality
of personal rights and rights of property
botween former masters and slaves, and the
connection heretofore existing between
íh^i becomes that between employer and
,t hired laborer. •.<' ,t ,.U i g
The Freedmen are advised to remain at
thotr present homes and work for wages.
They aro informed that they will uot be al-
lowed to collect at military posts, and that
they will not be supported in idleness either
there Or elsewhere. By order of
M.'.j-Gkn. Granger,
(Signed) F.W.EMERY,
,:!J Hi! #(■ ^
, 2d. As a result of Said liberation, persons
formerly slaves are guaranteed the right to
. make contracts disposing of thoir services
to their former owners, or other parties, but
with the distinct understanding that they
are employees, and shall bo held responsi-
ble for the performance of their part of the
"itract to the same extent that the om-
lyer is bound to pay the consideration
■the labor performed.. f.nvi;', ,■:>* vsjii
8d; Unless other regnJatlonR are promnl
d by the "Frecdmen's Bureau," the
unt and kind of consideration for labor
shall be entirely a matter of qontraot bo-
twpon employer and employee. *fi.g
i 4th. All colored persons are earnestly en-
joined to remain with their former masters
: until permanent arrangements can be made,
and thuB secure the crop of the present sea-,
and at the same time promote tho in-
of themselves, their employer and
«o ''8th: Persons" formerly slaves will not be
•!i* subsisted by the Government in idleness at
' -any military post—and all violations of
good order, or lawlessness, upon their part
will subject the offenders to prompt tod
speedy punishment. Sfcft
■uit, ,.6th. It certainly is a reasonable interpre
tation of the right of parties owning their
" t^n labor, to ray that they and the parties
thoy.ágree to labor for, may arrange as to
the kind of the consideration, whether it be
a'certain share of the crop, or money paid
w#% *ouM say, In conclusion, that it is well
"known that the Government desires to fur-
nish every facility to her oitiisens to resume
and continue their usual avocations, and that
Infantry, under command of Capt. Gillett.
Tho steamer Gen. Bailey also árrived
kMWHBj MV UU Mg, WVIjOr
T. H. MoMah&n, Geo. Soeley,
opperí, J. Mather, 3.S. Redgate, and
various others. Goods- are still abundant
■p on the Rio Grande.* The usual
nt of Mexican rumors prevail, yet I
have nothing to change the ordinary aspect
•of affairai War between the United States
Stad the government of Marimllian docs not
seem at all favorable, from the intelligence
received either from Mexico or Euro]
The latter is to the 8d inst. Tho Paris 1
trie denies authoritatively the statement
that France'is about to send 10,000 men to
reinforce' Maximilian. The Globe denies
that Montholon had an interview with Pres-
ident Johnson as reported by French papers.
It Buys "ho was unable to open even informal
relations with either the President or any
member Of his Cabinet.
It is alst) Stated that the President is di
termined for the present to hold under 'ái
visement applications from doubtful pei
sons, and refer such applications especially
to Governors Of respective States.
The New York Timos* special contalhs a
list of ' applications Él'
Sí; T. Hunter,
prominent Southern mllitarjr
Thirty-four warrants were issued for par-
don to North Carolinians, on suggestion of
Gov. Holden. • '• w
The Richmond Whig says a war of ex-
termination is progressing against Confed-
crátc buttons on privates and negroes, their
clothes being literally unbuttoned in public
streets.
The following appointments haVe been
made in Georgia: F.rskin, United Stat«3
Judge; Colonel Stine, Attorney; J. J. Den
ninj, Marshall.
Tlio Tribune's special says a large amount
df European capital now seeking invest-
ment in Southern lands, will be expended
as soon as land titles there can be rendered
safe. .
Judge Kellogg, the newly appointed Col-
lector for N. 0., arrived on Monday.
igh
m
The judicial «oords oí a certain district
m Texas wiU show tho proceeding i a suit
for divorce, the recollection of which has!
impressed us that a brief history of the esse
will not be uninteresting. The parties were,
persons who maintained an enviable position
for moral integrity, christian forbearance
and all the social and benevolent traits of
the human character. Moreover, they wore
in the full tide of prosperity. S&ccesS had
crowned their joint efforts of energy and
industry in the management of the temporal
concerns of life, while the heavenly light of
Christianity had shed its gleiami upon their
pathway, illuminating their , pleasant abodo
and rondéring home happy. They bad lived
together happily, for a number of yet
had nurtured ai>il raised into man
womanhood sonie seven sons
and had, for aught that bad
k Times'special contains
tons for pardbn, iticlttdih
r, N. W. Boyce, and -man
icrn military mett.
Mrs. General Kirby Smith passed throi
Indianapolis June 14th, on her way
Washington.
The number of officers and soldiers pa
roled at Galveston last week was 880.
Counterfeit fifty cent bills of the United
States are abundant at Now Orleans. The
Mipterá say the counterfeit is a most ex
ent imitation of the genuine bill. The
per, however, is coarser, dnd the red u
the back is a bort of bright brick color.
T¿S " bronze " or " gold encirdin|r;: the'
head of Washington' on the front, ia dark'
green, touched here find there with spots
yellow. The entire appearance of the coun-«
':erfeitc-d bill, on the front, is darker than
that Of the genuine. Vw •{«
It is hard for any but experts to discern
the difference between the genuine and coun-
terfeit. These fifty cent bills (génulne or
counterfeit) are pretty generally avoided
new. The counterfeit looks so much like
the genuine that even ttic latter is beginning
to be refused,
Gen. Halleck hftB issuad an order
the marriage of negroes in
gays:'
" Such persons should 6e duly1 Instructed
in regard to their social and domestic duties,
especially ia regard to their duty to support
and educate their Offspring. They must be
made to understand tnat the laws of God a
well as the laws Of their country forbid
their living together as man and wife with-
out the Bolemmzation of marriage."'-
:ib
ed a full share of connubial
from some mysterious MM
some unaccountable cause—tl
cast inueüdos and insinuations
other's constancy. This stai
having been kept alive for some tibe between
them, gradually grew, a* it was ftd by their
family bickerings, into an open hostility:,
bora, ahd finally kicked thi'^on-
who had know the parties, either
or by reputation. Curiosity became rife, W
busy-bodieS, of whom there are many or few
in every community sot themselves al ut
the task of finding out tho causé of diiir-
ehce bctwoeatáWBWtówasfWijiuei ikr
taken one side by friends (?) and the cs «
of his grievances confidentially Inquired ii %
So of the woman by her female acquai '
ces, until the,natural impulses of her 1
induced a confidential revelatlon-to p
friend. Sho had been worried and fret
Mr. B^'s general conduct lately, particuli
liad she been annoyed at his manner
wards two negi-o servants which they hal
long owned. These ncgroies had been in
mates of the family for a long time. Thoi
honesty and integrity had been abo*
reproach. They had singly, and joint!
superintended the household attd gardei
affaire witliOut giving just cause of reproach,
and no reason exsisted why they should
become dissatisfied with their condition.
B,ut Mrs. R. saw or fancied she saw that Mr.
was particularly partial toward them,
YtTTT
^Journal i
synopsis oflft letter fWm <
the i'rosident:
Gerwlt Smith, the celebrated abolitloi
baswriUwalettw
^eFd8e ^r'd6sTtlf
saiBsination of President 'irincoln"as ím^g
been instigated by the rebel leaders,^who
knew bis ohaiwteristio element, "and
that the terms of peace he was intenten
wereexcoedingiy mild." He expressed the
Conviction thtst severe measures towards the
¡South will certainly impede the restoration
of; peaoev inciting'guerrilla warfare, which
may last through ruany yeare, and adding
" fearfully, ff not fatally, to our vast debt.'J
"It'must, not berorgotten," says h.
" thatif cost our nation many ycars. man
Hvee, and thirty or forty millions of d'
(o put an end to tho guurrili
| ^ bimiiftj) of-
■■■■ iliufit it,be forgotten thai
hundred thoUsatid' Dominions Aro jUsti now
enjoying a oompleto and fi'nal triumph over,
the many' millions of Spain. iiJRome, like
whether It ws
ri tt HH jH| men of thétí
ourselves' was a mSgh^r nation. But, Uiough' í1® for lt" 14
striving for it through many years, she was l9rM 1
uot able to achieve an entire eonquesf over
the few Cantabrians. The lesson of such
eases is, tjiat the1 people, however great,
should beware of driving to desperation a
people, however, small. It. mayv tw ' É
that tlie negroos of the South wonid s
lio p oí do
n*ke the ne
now it
Hunmni
annihilation, and
|M fierce
SI3 Z.1 oTSSl' in the *Vof this apprehended |neííilla
winch attracted the attention oí the neigh- wal.{'are, A part might, but th«< r^haiftdór,
bnra. and finallv ftxnitfid tho whndftr of «11 t m:«tt '
warfare, A part migLfc, bi
identifying it with justice and mero?, might
hasten to identify-ttiemselvea with it. - :■
Moreover, if our Govern
ttiere not be a disaffection at'the North
more alarming "than that hitherto mani-
«ndanaraesj^p^.,.. TT7,„,.. ,
Mr. Smith ni-gues that blftsed consequen-
ces would flOUr from a wise and'kind* treat-
ment of the enemy--a pbrmonent pfaco,
and a community of interests and charac-
ter. The South would soon 4krn to like/
the North, and would soon welcome tWb
tens Of thousands of fa,ifiilie9 that would
immedt^tely begin to emigrate from the
Noftife:. ftv;m
"Moreover," sayeMr.
known, world would be
mination of this hotrfd war in a
full of reason, justice and love.
ity would bo honored and advanced by a
made so atrikiugly in her own spirit.
■ ' 4*-op 4 f
large,
lar sutho: I
power of life
attribute of s
< according to
the United Si
owed allei
England reí
ollwho obc?
leade/s.!
The execjtion of Jeff. Davis would .
simply a political .'murder ¡ and a jaurdi
wi®kftj,':ru^flnd cowardly than that
of Abrahanj Lincoln, inasmuch as it «would
.^.í'hV0t /,i , °5° desperate fauatic, but
of atNatiO ai Go^usnraont. It would, fix
upon every Wtijson^f tiie Northern
and especia ly on the Prer" ' *
visera, a gilt in every
ing with tl tt. of'John Wilkes Rocrth "
■■■■inil.
to I8^j, .every eiti.e,
0 same .law which "
es from the penalty of
king de facto, and . wbic
the aimplost principios, of
ely ubaolves the South"
wh«d f
umk
so
At the last accounts a delegation of dar-
kies was at Washington to seek an audience
with tho President. They represent that
under the military restrictions in Richmond
their condition is no better than it Was when
they were slaves. Jjj
Sambo does not understand regulated lib-
erty yet.
The Tribune's Richmond correspondent
says military authorities under the command
of Halleck, Patrick arid Ord, in connection
with the rebel Mayor, liave Inaugurated a
system of oppression and outrage on the
colored people of Richmond.
A band of guerrillas have been lately col-
lected *in Patrick county, Virginia. Four
have been arrested and two Were shot, the
others have been sent to the penitentiary.
Under the present laws a stamp duty is
levied on all commercial and Official 'papers
—varying from two cents to one dollar, ox
cept in cases of charter paper, where the
fee is from one to ten dollars.
Postmaster-Goneral Dennison is doing ev-
erything in his power to restore postal facll
itios to the South, but is sadly cramped for
the want of means. Provisional Postmas-
ters are first appointed, and then loyal res-
idents are commissioned.
The bridge crossing tho Rappahannock is
being rebuilt, and the old short line from
Wasntogton to Richmond will be resumed
in n few days.
■Kli
Ü
somewhat at the expense of the impulsive-
ness of her Southern blood, for she was a
native Texian. She twitted her husband
frequently. He? in return, gave occasional
rarsitces of bis honesty and fidelity to-
wards the advancement of their joint in«
te reate; Would reason with her upon the
differences of opinion between them, intima-
ting that if her cóurse was persisted in, it
must inevitably lead, sooner or later, to a
family disruption;'Which he hourtily protes-
ted, he wished to avoid. Having, as he
thought, under tho law the full right to con-
trol the 'status of the «¿groes, bIio sopn
becfimo ineorrigable and determined to dis-
solve the family ties. Sho left his bed arid-
board, arid sopa afterwards applied for a
dlvorc¿ from the bonds of matrimony.
The neighbors took but little or no interest
in the quarrel, because they considered it a
family affair, and an appeal for settlement
had been formally tiladft to the proper tri-
bunal. A partial investigation wp s had a.
th® first term of the Court, and the case was
continued. Afterwards several! attempts
at compromise were made, but ii&fchlng ef-
fected. The parties remained apart for
near five years, each acting independently of
the other, when tho suit was withdrawn by
force of the conviction suddenly seizing
Mrs. R's mind, that the endeavor longer to
ttnaiof M n^a nittli/MiUv mífíi nil ¿-Vin ittonlawa
iie blood of our suidúed foe. If
pf it, we shall forgi ó and forgot the wrongs
one tho North, aid feel that the South has
Fered enough, aid that she deserves to
soothed and contorted, and no more af-
:ted by us", Siih magnanimous senti-
•rita as thése wejiardly expected from
;t Smith, wholias been for yeare ap
% in extremebtipathy to the South
people.
iiíjí •; h
HB FtrroRE OF T? Nboko.—The Oh loa
Net#' Orleans Pie,
iformúlioii.
BTTh
following
"A newjline of steKmsh
York and Vera 'CrW, to
has been ¿tablishod. it
ronago of
ico. The
Vera Cru*
to be madi
al Government oi
i > between New York and
the call at Havana, is
Times has an nrtle upon this subject,
which we extra the following:
rottghouttho £ th we see the nagro
rc competing tlth white industry,
i the lighter u more mental employ-
"The deck hds of river and lake
are white? th maufac-turer employ
labor i tha mdiant has whito clerka
and porters; the wdores, brakesman,
strott workers, caprivere, exjiressmen,
shoimakers, tailors utchers, bakers, are
all vthitemetti> No- re In the North has
black been able t uecossluUy compote
feu -
gration from theNdand Eu.ope wiM have
driven the negro f' tho border States.
A little later and it penetrate tlie cotton
Stfttos and will plat i muscle and intelli-
i the
gence in competiii<£th uie indolent ne-
|ro. The result easily be foréséon.
■0 Wfll ha-
try will find" ltael!
three orifoue milli
have ceased to:
freedom is eimpl
tO'BtrU; '>AjN|
Appreciating th
the true philantl)
of the negro as
greatest good.
the country. The
them, and their
^No candid, a
th# pegroes in
resist Mr. p'B authority, with all the displays conclusion that.
Of ingenuity he had given of his ability to fr^d0m is simt«J
employ the bést counsel, and with all the
facilities he Bad at hand for packing juries,
Wo\>ld tic a hopeless task. She therefore
instructed her con nsel to enter a nolle prote-
which was done". The negroes, in the
mean time, !md passed beyond the control
of either party, and wis are assured tiiat
Mrs. #s lawyer's foe remains unpaid to this
d*y. The jurors empannelled, . an4 the WU1
itesses summoned, at her suggestion, during
the pendency of the saity divided among
themselves what littlc of her separate prop-
erty they could gather, as a partial remuner-
ation for their care, time and labor, incurred,
lost and expended in hor behalf. Üpon
what terms the parli4«ever lived togctiior
again, if they did so nnito, the rcoord does
not diselofie. bill- "
ield, and this couu-
possessor of some
negroes that will
lucera- Peaaing to
«* pauperised
will devolve upon
. will hbt support,
ton will commence,
tig at tho future of
try, can avoid the
must inevitably. go
labor. Giving them,
ig them the freedom
¡gainst a superior race,
the question
mob desti
Marriott'wNcw Ijetter, .
tod Franjo Amorioaine. Tho
«ear shsri g tlie same fate.
w ^ ,í° i"ow Iinos of fll
Now York ;o Norfolk,
Newbern, | Wilmington, Savannah,
and New Orleans, and a line is also
for Galveston. Already New York
patches llve tiDos of steamers to
three to Rlohmond, City Point
folk, two to Mobile, one
to Charleston, one to Reanfort, one
ST*
J: J, McKever, Esq., is ~ "
Commercial Express C
leans.' r ^Sa——
Win. H. C.tRH,
AacHoneer é ComMísiion Mtr^ant, AvMn,
ÍíKGtrtAR Bata crwy Bsturday. 1
euin™ ' week' of dtta
Those at a <)t taijcs bavli^,
of good tn balk, arrnncomer
2Sr
c U ¡¡Siri
pONBIQ
V_/T« tbéilr .
pHlpl |
!¡| ■ NOVtCB i
Itonlfro, wan dtlnolvod, by i
ty* hook, and
lita ftjr «ettlemont, a« ti .. ... !
KHÍTírRo.
•ndiin Ktuopo
sooner or 1*1
and will II
progress of tlw <t.v
away he will ¡no
of all other uo,
* conditon cl<
barism. '
The truth IS
abolition
witli tho
.
fti
Ífáj/V ,
LÍMí'5
HT" Bountiful crop^"! are reported in
Eastern and Northern Texas. : ^ i ;
with
LJT~~Tr~i " '
m upou him tho
ft «jlfficfolt matter to
fore white labor,
a drag upon the
.K. we mnd him
low the example
i, and relapse into
native bar-
reiiih the effortB of
'If the possesor
liugest and niost som-
can neither keep it
ead of effecting á set-
tive negro eon tro ver-
in form, and
demands for
|||¡||¿ro>' sol
d stand,
will alwajri
bo huttd, an
Jane 7, J8S6-ly
ii JH
Drugs! Drags ! ! I!!
A KBESa BtrrPt.Y Jnst liportod, oonnlatlafc
In paít, of tho followlDg— '•
Fwooh Qalntoc, !; Morphto!.,
Optan, ®og. and Am. Oalomil,
Kng. CodUver Oil, Aw. Arrow Root,
Brow,,* Ewártw Jamaica Gta «.
Allow)It'* Matter, Bramlr«t>f, 1*«:N
1 WfbrM'f Indian Ve#oiab(« Itlla, "ij
■■'K0 null' SarwiwilK '
Wo*tcan Muétan^ Whlmnfitj
Oberokc# Untmont, .
Xobalta B««I, ;
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¡Ot Wo enn«tnntly k<-or at mn«h
ttmoa wilt allow
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