TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THE BFDFORD GAZETTE is published every Fri day morning by METERS A MENGKL. at $2 00 per annum, if paid strtet/y m advance; $2.50 if paid within sis months; $3.00 if not paid within six months. All subscription attaintt MUST br ifitted annually. No paper will he sent out of the State unless paid for is ADVANCE, and all such subscriptions will invariably be discontinued at the expiration of the time for which they are ' paid. All AD\ ERTISEMENTS for a less term than i three moD'hs TEN CENTS per line for each In- j sertion. Special notiees OBe-half additional All I resoluti- ns of Associations; communications of' limited or individual interest, and notices of mar- ' riages and deaths exceeding five line . ten rents per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per line. All legal Notices of every kind, and Orphana' fCourt and Jndieial Sales, are m/aired by late to be published in both papers published in. this j pi a re. Usf All advertising due after first insertion. A liberal disc unt is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows: 3 months, fi months. I vear ■ rinc square - - - $ 4 , r >(; it pi) oo : Two squares . . . r, 0(J Dpi) 111 Ml j Three squares - - - 8 PO 12 HO 2it 00 ! Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 35 on i Half column - - - IS 00 25 O0 45 nil 1 One column - ... 30 00 45 no SO Oil I •One square to occupy one inch of space. JOB PKINTING, of every kind, done with ! neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has ; ju*; been refitted with a Power P1 ess and new type. ' ar.-l everything in the Printing line can be execu- 1 ted in the most Hrtislic manner and at the lowegt j rates.— TERMS CASH All letters should be addrcssd to MEYEKS A MENGEL. Publishers. JVttornetis at £au\ JOSEPH W.TATE. ATTORNEY I ?I AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., will promptly attend to collections of bounty, back pay. Ac., and all business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. 0 ish advanced on judgments, notes, military j and other claims. II is for sale Town lots in Tatesville, where a good Church is erected, and where a large School House shall be built. Farms. Land and Timber , I arc, from one acre to' 500 acres to suit pur chaser*. Office neatly opposite the "Merigel Hotel" and! Bank of Reed A Schell. April 6. ISH6 ly J. MCI). SIIAKPE E F. KERB. EliAßl'E vV KERR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in j the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of fice on Juliana St., opposite the B it king House of ; Seed A Schell. |Man* 2. *M. J. R. DrRBORROW. j JOHN LUTZ. | I\URB OR R O AN' A- 1, 1" TZ . ] f ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA., i Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the shortest no- , iiee. They are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents ' and will give sp>eial attention to the prosecution | of claims against the Government for Pensions, i B tck Pay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door South of the! •Mengei House," and nearly opposite the In-ifiitrer office. fOl IN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT t j LAW, BEDFORD, PA Respectfully tenders his services to the pnhlte. Offi e second door North of the Mengei House, j Bedford. Aug. 1, 1661. fOHNPALMER, ATTORNEY AT ; a I LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly attend j to all business entrusted to his care. Particular attention paid to the collection of Military claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly j opposite the Mengei H use. Bedford. Aug. 1. MM. 1 J*SPY M. A ESI P. ATTORNEY AT JEJ LAW, BEDFORD. PA Will faithfully and j promptly attend to all business entrusted to his j care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military ■ claims, back pay, bounty. Ac., speedily collected. ! Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, j t—o doors Souih of the Mengei House. Jan. 22, IStH, , F M. KISSMELL. j J- V. LIXGENFELTER. j K IMMELL & LINGEN FELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA., i Hive formed a partnership in ti.u practice of; the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South j of the 'Mengei House," / i H. SPANG. ATTORNEY AT 1 J , LAW. BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly at tend to collections and all business entrusted to j his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Office <>n Juliana Street, three doers south of the • "Mengei House," opposite the residence of Mrs. ' Tate May 13. Hot B. r. ME VERS | J W. DICKERSUN. MEYERS A- • DICKKRS< >N, AT- | TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford. Pa office j satue as formeily occupied by lion. W P. schell. , two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice j in Ihc several courts of Bedford county. Pensions, j bounty and tack pay obtained and the purchase and sale of real estate attended Ms. j may 11,'66 j rOHN H. FILLER, .1 ttomtyat Law,; sP Bedford. Pa. Office near y opposite the Post Office. (opr. 20,'66. —ly Vlnisicians and pcntists. I) 11. PENNSYL, M. i-. BLOODY , Rl'S. Pa.. (1 ite surgeon 56th P. V. V ,) ten ders his professional services to the people of that place and vicinity Dec 22. 65—ly* Uf AY. JAMISON, M. !>.. BIXJODX If , ava Pa. tenders his prifadossl servi ces to the p. opie of that place and vicinity. Office one door west of Richard Langdott s store. Nov. 21. '6s—ly nit. J. L. MARBOURG, Hawing permanently located, respectfully * er * ( J er f his professional services to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite the Banking House of Heed A Sebell. lb if .rd, February 12. lt-61. C * RICKOK, | J. G. iIINSRH. JB., IvENT I S T S , [ J BEDFORD. PA. Office in the Bank Building. Juliana fst. AM operations pertaining to .Surgical or Me chanical Dentistry carefully performed, and war runted. TERMS —CASH. Bedford. January 6, 1565. iBan!;crs. • JACOB REED, j U.J. SOBBIX, I ) E E 1) A N 1) SC II K LL , | \ Bankers and DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,' BEDFORD. PA., DRAFTS bought ami sold, collection* made and money promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. G. W. BUPP O. E. GBASSOS P- BENEDICT I > URP, SHANNON &GO., RANK 1\ ERS, BEDFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT COLLECTIONS made for the East, We*'. North an i .Sufb, and the general business t Exchange transacted. Notes and Account* Collected and Ritiittanses promptly made. REAL fcsrAii, Uiughl and sold. 20' t®®** 3HisrcUanrou*. nANIEL BORDER, PirT STREET. TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BED FORD HOTEL, BEDFORD. PA. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY, SPECTACLES. AC H keeps on hanrl Bto*k of fine Gobi nni hil- H*r Wa'chps, Spectudes of Brilliant Double He fit ed Olassc* also Scotch Pebble Glnsses Gold Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings be* quality of Gold Pen'. He will supply to ordei any thin® in his line not on hand. " t 20. 1865- _ HF. irvinf, , ANDERSON'S ROW, BEDFORD. PA Dealer in Boots. Shoes. (Jneensware. and \ arie ties. trom Country Merchants re speetftiliy s ,]j lied • Oct 20, 1860, R. ANDERSON, Licensed Scrivener nmJ f 'nnret/nncer, CENTREVII.LE, REDFORD OOCNTV. P '., attend to the writing of Deeds, Mortgage; I.Articles of Agreement, and all busines usually transacted by a Striveaer and C"i)veyr '*> V ' Id* thejpublie is respectfull A pnia, 'ae-ti. ,*■ - '* : @!)t Dcbforb ©rt|cttc. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. YtnrtUrnrf. &r. WM. HARTLEY J S. S. METZGER. HARTLEY & METZGER HAVING formed H partnership, on the Ist day of April, lgfifi. in the HAR D WARE and FARM MACHINERY TRADE. now invite the pub tie to examine their mammoth stock. which they will sell at low figures, for cash. |apr.27.'t>6. ¥ItOX AND N A 11,s. at low 1-t m-h 1 price... at HARTLEY A METZGER'S PAINTS, fresh, durable and beauti ful; Pure Liberty White Lead; Penn Treaty White Lend; Mansion White Lend; China Gloss; Turpentine; Flaxseed Oil; Copal and Dctiiar Var nish; Brushes of all kinds, for sale cheap nt HARTLEY A MKTZGAR S / 1 HA IN ANI) (ill ASS SCYTHES* \ ¥ >nfdn and Harvesting Implements in great variety, and at all rices. fr s-de HARTLEY & METZGER S. BO WASHING MACHINES * '• and the great npti.Coo.Wheel Wringer, now 00 exhibition at HARTLEY A METZGER'S. C ill nd sec this invention before purchasing else where. QPRTtfG TOOTH RARER, Gum * ' Spring Grain Dri'ls, Improved Cider Mills, Eureka Fodder and Strew Cutters, for sate nt HARTLEY .fc METZGER'S. HOUSE KEEPERS will find t Hartley A Metigcr's Store a great variety of household H-irdwate : Knive? and Forks. Spoons of elegant quality. Ladles, single or in sets. Shovels "ml Tung.-. Waiters. 1 ea (Sell., Scissors. Meat Saws, Carvers, Paring Knives. Brushes. Waffle Irons. Griddles, Gridirons, Brass, Porcelain ai d Iron Ket tles. Iron Pots. Tubs. Buckets. Baskets, Brooms, Slaw Cutters. Ac., Ae. Stove Polish. Rotten Stone, and a hundred little -'kniek knacks" that we can't afford to enumerate. It would be easier to tell what we don't keep than what we do. rpilK CLKAKKST, IIttKiHTRST, I Best. Safest and Purest, -nd for these reasons the Cheapest Cool Oil in Bedford, uiav always be had al H. rtley A Metiger's. You who have never used any other than the '-common track.'' try it, compare it! ami you will always go to Hartley's. Coal Oil Lamps in brilliant profusion, and great variety, very cheap at Hartley's, also. Wick. Lamp Tops. Ae. Coal Oil Lamps repaired. - I | GIIEENCASTLE GRAIN CRA )w DLES. Natural bent fingers will he re ceived by Hartley A Metzger. who arc exclu sive agents for Bedford county. Older soon. I) C( 'K-EYE REAPERS ami MOW > ER>, with all the new improvements, atno* g whi h is 'he wonderful Dropping invention. Also, a few -Farmer Movers'' tor sale by Hartley A Mezger. Order -0011 as the supply issh*irtfor this season. I) ARX DOOR of the ) most improved pattern, traek and all eom dlete, cheaper and hotter than hinges, for sale at HARTLEY A METZGER 8 | \EMI-JGHNS, for Mineral Water, 1 / at HARTLEY A METZGER'S. 1 WISHING TACKLE—Rods, Hooks, [ Lines. Ac.. Ac. .Shot Gur>s, Powder, Shot, Caps, Ac. at Hartley A Metzger'*. "• 1 t BEKEA GRINDSTONES and • )\ f and Fixtures, at Hartley A Metzgers. IJATENT WHEEL GREASE; the best White-wash. Blacking and Scrub Brush es in town, at Hartley A Metzger's. / 1 O TO HARTLEY A METZGER'S \ J to get your money back GEO. BLVMYER. | JOHN F. BLYMYER. / 1 E<)RG E BLY MY ER & SON \ J( having formed a partnership, on the 6th of March. 1566. in the HARDWARE k HOUSE FURNISHING \ BUSINESS. respectfully invite the public to theirnew rooms, j three doors west of the old stand, where they will ! find an immense stock of the most splendid goods j ever brought to Bedford county Tbese goods I will be sold at the lowest possible prices. Kersoils ! desirous of purchasing BUILDING HARDW ARE j will find it to their advantage to give us a call. i WHITE LEAD.—We have on hand a large j quantity of White Lead, which we have been fur innate to buy a little lower than the market rates. The particular brands to which we would invite i attention, are the Purr Burl Bend, Bthrrty White Beuel. Snmr Franlliu White Bead, Wnxhi tiffton White Bend, Wa-'hincal circulation of the BED- I FORD GAZETTF. is larger than that of any other y pappr in this s ction ol oouotjy. and therefore of er*"he" greyest -inducements to business men to fdvertise in its columns. ?hr 'ilftlfoTtl feftlr. The Central Directory. V TEXAN'S TESTIMON Y. <*!. I'orshpy lie tore the Committee oil ItecoiiNl ruction. On tin 1 application of the Hon. Itcv i only Johnson, of Maryland, Col. For i shev, of Texas, was summoned to ap ; pear before the Committee, to testify to the condition and disposition of the "States lately in rebellion." SWORN BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. to the tiiree j Siuuli-western States, in which my ac- I (jUiiintitnee is very extensive, and, per i Imps may assume to have a fair degree j of general knowledge as to the other ! ( onfederateStates; at'ieasr I have made I the matter a continual subject <>f injui ry and ol>servati()n,and without know- J ing the kind rf infornmtiou desired, ; will answer when I can. IJ. What is the State of puoiic order i and obedience to the United Stotcs au thorities in Texas, and tin* other relates jot which you have knowledge? .V. Good order and obedience are univer j sal in Texas and elsewhere, as 1 believe. It has never been otherwise it. Texas, unless possiblyoti the Rio 'Grande fron tier there may be occasional exceptions among the turbulent characters that ■ have no special habitation either side jof the border. | (2- Please state whether that good or j deryou describe is due to the prest nee | and authority of the United States j troops, and whether, upon their remo -1 vat. there would not be disorder and j disloyalty ? A. It is certainly in no i degree due to the presence of troops. | In fact, any exception- to the remark | may be Imputed to the irritating fact i that soldiers are about. Their remo val would be everywhere a public bles- I sing, unless needed on the frontier to j guard against Indians or Mexican rob t hers. f2. Why do you say "irritating," are ! they not well behaved? A. Generally i they are, but their presence is under- I stood as an emblem of our submission. I Every bayonet is a symbol of our sub jugation, and is viewed its an evidence i that our surrender and parole are not ! received in good faiih. We need 110 i watching, and naturally dislike the i guards that watch us. 1 . After the surrender we were months without officers or law. A mi'itaryorder vaea ! ted or annulled all official functions, j and deprived us of every species of lo | era! restraint, and for months furnished i no substitute for the authority suppres i sed. Troops have not at any time roach ied our interior generally, and yet, { throughout the vast area of Texas, just | replenished by the return of fifty thou i sand disbanded soldiers, there was much respect for rights and morals as in any ! Northern State or elsewhere. I regard i it as a great test of our civilization; I ! wish the fact to be put on record in our ; favor. Thesame was true, as 1 believe, in most of the Southern States. N >ta single resistance to Federal authority has overtaken place to the present day; j and when it is considered that nearly a i half a million of men have just return i ed from a conflict of four years, in which they have fought for national I life and honor, we think they should claim a respect that should removesen i tinels and disband the armies, white and blaek, that watch us. Q. Is it generally believed that tlie troops are kept to humiliate the people? A. Perhaps that would too strongly ex press it. They feel it calculated to hu miliate, and that those who order it are I reckless of this fact. We believe it to beobvioustoall, both North and South, that negro troops placed to guard their late masters, are viewed with repug nance and proper indignation by every i man, woman and child of true spirit in the South; andsomeof the military treatment of tlu* South is accepted by them, its intended to degrade them. Q. Have negro troops been sent as ; garrisons in Texas? A. Fortunately I they have not. On the frontier they have been sent in great numbers, but we have very little population there and do not feel it! At Galveston they have had them, but only passing to or from other service. I fear that the re sults would have been serious had they been generally sent through Texas. There are some things our returned soldiers would not bear, and I believe that is one. The question as to the safety of loyal men I have not fully an swered. From the time of surre&dor BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNINCf, JUNE 22. 1866. there were agents and drummers, cot- j ton buyers from the Northern States all over Texas; anil at this time 'hey and other emigrants and travelers from the loyal States, so-called, probably num ber thousands in Texas. In no case have been interrupted so far as I know. If there hate been exceptions, t hey were doubtless he result of ini |>ru- dent meddling, or censorious language. This will provoke in< ividual retort and chastisement any whtrein Texas. Those who mind their owi business will be unmolested. It is oicof our habits to mind our own busitiss, and to expect and require it of otters. i\'c are glad to receive men ,vh< bring capital to help us revive our siattered fortunes, and do not ere *!ience they come. I believe these remsrks hold good for all the late Confedeate States. Q. Do your peopb view the Frecd men's Bureau as a vduahle and useful institution, and p rot table in the re-.es- j tablishufent of negn labor? They do ! not. According to my own observa tion and the testimmy of acquaintan ces, with whom 1 livve just compared views, from fivedistant port ions of our great Stave, the influence of the Freed iiion's Bureau is universally pernicious, and the institution is viewed by the people, almost unanimously, as a nui sance. This remark applies, too, ac cording to my information, to other States. Why so? A. Fir various causes; j the Bureau is administered, as far as I j can learn, by persons naving noknowl- I edge of our people, or of tne negroes ; j they are nearly all imported from adis- i tance, and are antagonistic in feeling | to the petipl', a nil self-sufficient a- to j their duties, ami their despotic power | seems to have turned their heads: even ! when well dispo.-ed and conscientious, they are -o profoundly ignorant of the ' subject they have to deal with, as to excite ridicule; in Texas we have been unfortunate euougit in the chief of the Bureau, who was a fanat-. ie.il, and exceedingly - -if- u.ficieat man ; ic- began by preaching to the ne groes, and offending society by his so cial treatment of them: we don't need ; missionaries to tench us social relations ox - a labor system; and he offended us by bis arrogance, and turned the heads of the poor ignorant negroes. (J. Could you manage the institution j better yourselves? Would your peo ple deal fairly and humanely by the negroes? A. The institution is offen sive in itself, and a nuisance in.prac tice. If left to ourselves we would re ject it as the only management it dc. serves. We would probably pass but f'-w laws relating to the late slaves, that would not apply to the whites; and as to fair treatment, the best and only real friend the negro has on earth, is his old master. This the poor deluded creatures are fast discovering, and ma ny thousands are returning to their for-' iner homes, tired of the freedom thrust upon them, which they n< ver sought. Q. How would you better the mat ter? Would the people return the ne gro to slavery? A. There i- no such intent or disposition anywhere to re enslave the n gr >. Til-v' regard that as an entirely settled question. and im- ! possible if they desired it. It wouid be presumption on my part to submit ix plan extemporaneously upon which our people would work. I can give you only the views of a privnre citizen, who ha. never been in, or ..-pired to political position. ) would suggest, (and believe it would find favor with our people, -terii legislation as should compel all men to comply with their own contracts for service, in kind, at least for one year, under penalty of working on public road- without wa ges. All men nearly wouid bargain with and treat them justiy, and most men even kindly. The reported an tagonism which fills northern Radical paper- is not merely exaggerated. It is manufactured out of wnole cloth —it is false. No sue!) antagonism exists; and collisions have > xvurred only, within my own knowledge, where negroes have been stimulated to impudence and hostility by opinions* of soldiers or a geiitsot* the Freed men's Bureau. This will never be tolerated. O. Have the freednieu gone to work in Tex,is? and on what terms? A. 1 am informed that they have generally since the Ist of .January. Fp to that time they had a vague expectation of: something more than a freedom, which had only deprived 'them of homes. Finding that nothing hut work would get bread, they have hired generally at good wages; men at ss p, si.?, and wo men at s-I to si? per month, they, clo thing themselves. Some planters have hired by giving a share of the crop, I one-fourth to one-third. (J I-there a disposition to educate and Christianize them ? A. We would; first endeavor to find bread and clothes i for them. I think no one would oppose their getting an education for them selves likeother poor people. It Would doubtless be well if they could read the Bible, which has hitherto been taught them gratuitously. It will he well if the negro can maintain the moral and religious teachings he has enjoyed. I have no hope of it myself; as lie will have to keep himself, and has neither disposition nor capacity to ameliorate 1 the condition of His race. He has no ; history, no tradition, nothing without [ or within, to stimulate pride; no aspi ration above the service of the master race. Heretofore his master has fur nished him religious instruction, to the extent that one.single denomination, the Methodist Church, south, rtpoften j menibershipof hundreds ofthousands. This is at an end now. They will have to pay for their own religious teachings like other poor people. (J. Have they capacity to learn? A. To some extent they have. The little children learn rapidly torjadand write. But their capacity is limited, I think. They are imitative, but without ambi tion. They will learn, but cannot ap ply their learning. Has this not been caused by their long degradation in slavery? Will they not now have sufficient stimulus to produce a different result? A. We believe not. In fact we view the whole mutter from a tand-point so different from that of northern men, that there is little room for debate. Q. Will you state whether you are not a believer in slavery, and whether most southern men share . our opinion? |A. Emphatically >o. I believe that so | far from the ix lack man's degradation j by slavery, he was exalted by it, and that to the best condition he has ever enjoyed, and to the best of which, as a a race, he is capable. For some thou sands of years he has been in contact with white civilizations, and has ever aspired to serve the master race. He seeks the menial employments, wher ever he is found. Even in northern States, after half a century of freedom, I find him no where teaching your | schoo's. filling your pulpits or h-gisia j tive hails: but blacking your boots and j cleaning your stable- and ditches. By | appropriating him to this department j and to manual industry, taking hisser j vice and paying him by thinking and ; providing for him, we believe we served (tod and the cause of humanity. And a- the questions have led to this point, plea-;- to indulge me in reciting ; some of the evidence that my research jes have furnished, that this people have seen their IKS' condition and will never flourish again. <}. Certainly—proceed. A. Utircen sus takers furnish industrial and vital statistics from which there is no appeal. They -how three point- that I will i state from memory. 1. The free blacks in the northern Mate-, in .-pit-eof the continual supplies from the South, decreased, in the la.-t decennial period, nearly eight percent, in numbers. ?. The five blacks of the Southern States increased about as much, making a difference of sixteen per cent., while the slave blacks by his side increased twenty-four per cent, in numbers. Taking, then, the axiom of political science, that the reproductiveness of a people i- the most ifnfailing evident* ,if t h• W.i'iul .-•mlitixn, tl,( KIUVV blm-h lias been in a better condition than any other people, white or black, on {in continent. It is to this conclusion thai you may imputeourtenacityin defend- I ing the system. Our experience had ! taught us how to consult the best inter est of both races, and we found their i in precise harmony; believed the black? were designed by Providence a- a sup plement to the white race, and that to this institution, in part, we owed thx higher civilization we claimed. Q.. Ph-ase define what you mean by j "higher civilization ?" A. The prideoi ■ character, the chivalrous tone and tin ! liberality 7 and hospitalities oi* our peo ple; the broa 1 views and great genius | of our public men; the delicacy, mod ( sty. refinement, and yet .he lofty spir it of our women. We had a society | without gossip, envy or fanaticism; a , population of millions without beggar or paupers. Whet hex* this was a high civilization, is matter of opinion. Cer tainly it had a different ty, 'and nn< | which would not longer hannnnizt with yours; and hence the necessity as we believed, of separation. Q. Then you were a Secessionist orig inally? A. No, I wa- a revolutionist j and this merged, in my view, all minoi j questions of;aSiatc's right to secede. Tin : right of a people to change their ruler.- and their form of government wa- I que-.ionableonly with tyants, and such ' I wa- ready to resist, from the date of Mr. Lincoln's election. . Were many put to death? A. None that I kuowof. 11 was stat e 1 that, on the frontier, some were hung. I was not in service in that quarter, and | such obituaries were not likely to be | published. Q. Are they safe now in returning? A. M my have returned, and I believe • all are unmolested. Generally they are not much respected. Some are now ■ in the Convention. One is Governor. , i U. What portion of the Convention is are known as Union men? A. i am not VOL. 61.-WHOLE No. 5,353 informed. I have seen astatenient thai eleven were what we term Radicals. Q. What will your Convention prob -1 ably do? A. I believe they will acquiesce j in all that has been prescribed to States j reorganizing, viz: the abolition ol I slavery by the Government of the U nited States; the surrender of seces sion; the repudiation of the Confeder ate debt, and the recognition of civi; rights in the late slave. Q. Will the people of Texas probably | prepare for the enfranchisement of th< negro, or such of them as may mee' ■ certain qualifications of property an*" intelligence? A. Never, as I believe. 1 They hold to a distinction of race tha' , they haven repugnance to compromise. They da not believe in the capacity ol {the negro for republican citizenship. ! and if they did, will not consent to af filiate with him. In this they are prob | ably as stubborn as the people of tin I North, w'li j, like them, feci the repug nance of the race that God has planted ' in our mstincts. (>. You stated in the former partof your t- stiinony, tliar the census tables exhil.- ; it a great disparity in the reproductive ' power of thenegro in freedom and slav i ery. Ph-ase state to the Conimitte* i how you account for the difference. A. | The difference between the free blacks, North and South, is chiefly due to cli mate, I believe; the tropics being tin native clime of the negro. But it may i be partially due to the readiness with which ail destitution is relieved at tin South. A- before, we have no poor i h Discs and no beggars. The different* between the free and -live blacks i : chiefly due to two special causes. Tin care we take of infants, and the protec tion of the marriage relation in slavery. The discipline and police of the planta tion, enforce faithfulness in husband and wife, and secures, a- a consequence, tin prolificacy of families. There i> little continence in theraee. free or slave, and no pride of chastity. Promiscuous commerce is fatal to fecundity. Tliis is recognize*! almost universally by tiiosc wiio know them weli by close ob i servation. Negro mothers are proverb ! iallv reckle— of, and cruel to, tlieir off | spring.' Blacks, whether infant or a dult, have litrleof the vital force to re sist disease that whites have. When they get sick, unless well eared for, they ! die. The owner's interest in his slave I land possibly a little sense of duty and i humanity i prompts him to take care ol every life. Nurseries are established on plantations, supervised by the doe tor and the mistress, that save the lives of infants. The mother only comes to | nurse her child, and is too happy to be , riu of further care, cflie has little ot tile affection for her young that charac terizes white mothers, or many of the lower animals. Her devotion to the children of her mistresses is often far greater than to her own. These facts will explain why the negroes lately e | mancipated are dying so fearfully.— They have to thank the einancipat* r for taking tiie life of one of every four, in this brief time; and the process will cjntiuue,in spite of Faneuiland Exeter I 1 lai!s. Civil Rights bills and theFreed ineii's Bureau. Even the luxury of voting would not save the race from tlie doom of freedom and death. Q. Has the mortality been so great as represented? A. J believe it iias never been exaggerate*!. I have seen it esti mated at one-fourth the whole number, and do not think it too great a figure. Had slavery given as many stripes, all Christendom would have been horri fied. Emancipation, black with its million graves, gets only paxms of praise the world over. Time and history will, we believe, ehangethesoug, despite the j hurried records and willing testimony of the Eossings, the Abbotts and the i Bancrofts. (>. Is the good order you represent in the southern States the result of total auandomiient of the struggle, oris it from the temporary necessity of quiet. Would the struggle he willingly re sumed? A. Permit me to explain in re ply to these queries. There is no inten tion anywhere to renew the contest.— Wiienwesurrcnderedand were paroled, we did so in good faith and will keep our parole as long as the conditions are fulfilled. To doubt this, cto mistake entirely the southern character. When they surrendered they gave it up; and ; any doubt of their good faith is offen sive. so much so that, personally, they i will resent it. They surrendered as • your equals upon honorable terms, and I will keep faith to the letter, and fight • those who doubt it. Q. What did they give up? A. Their ! arms and the questions at stake. Q. What were those questions, as you j understood them? A. The right to a j separate nationality and independence, ,on our part. A central government, ignoring State rights, and the destrue i tion of slavery, on the part of the Uni ! ted States. Q. You speak of the terms of submis sion. What terms do you mean? A. Those stipulated in actual surrender, of protection in person and property, so long as we should obey the laws; and those submitted by the President of the United .States In his proclama tions, and plan of reorganization. Thus far we have endeavored to com ply with all requirements, reasonable and op pressive, and held our peace lost com plaints might be misconstrued intodis | loyalty, as they have been el cwhere. Q. Is the present feeling the same a3 heretofore? A. I think not. The return of good feeling has been greatly repressed, I th.nk, by 'thi rqjbutlbu of tucollitica from states already reorganized. There sjems to be a suspicion of bad faith, and a fear that tliey have been decoy* into thestepsth* y havetak* n,nnd much apprehension. And should this be cor - t nned after the Texas Representative s g >t here, there will be, I fear, a grei t revulsion of feeling. Q. What will they do in that case? A. I cannot answer. They cannot resort to arms, because they have sur rendered them. They are tired of war and ut*"riy broken in fortunes, but they are not without the spirit that fee!- indignation at broken faith and continued oppression. Q. Incase of a war with any other power how would your people act? A. I cannot answer directly. they not be admitted into the Union, is exjiectcd, they certainly would not eel called upon to resist the enemy. If almitted, they want peace above all lungs, and would not unite in an ag *r*'ssive war upon Mexico, Canada, Cu a, or any other nation. Incase of in vasion -weeping over them, they would vsist and do their whole duty, as they aive heretofore done in two wars. But hey desire peace, above all things, and ake very lit tie interest in polities.— riiey have gone to work to mend their | fortunes, andare determined to prosper whatever the political condition of the country. They believe that the north ■rn State* nave possession of the Gov rnriient and are determine*! at all lazards to keep it. They therefore ook to the support of their familes, .nd are indifferent about general poli tics. .So long as they can make a living ui spite of the tax-collector, they may >e quiet. But if the State should be rejected, as the others have been, I should ratherbuveariy other officethan tax-gatherer. Taxation without rep j e.-entatiou is tyranny, and they will so I regard it in mv judgment. Q. Do they expect admission at once 1 LO representation, atui will they elect oyai men to Congress? A. If by loyal | nen. you mean such as could take tl e j ;est oath or iron-clad as they term it, ! iliey would not, generally. We have iot respectable* material for that pur | pose, if so disposed. One or two men, such as Judge 11 meock and Judge E v'ans, who have been spoken of for the Senate and who have preserved their integrity and respect of their people, though disagreeing with tliein in the matter of secession, might he elected as a compromise; but they understand an election as giving them a choice, and they could not choose the men they nave been lighting; and who have sid ed in their subjugation. Certainly they expect admission on reorganization. us a part of the bond, but will not be greatly disappointed at a rejection, common to the other States. If they are readmitted, they will deetn it but in accordance with the plan they |accepted in good faith. If not, there are many who will say, "that is just what we said before; we are out of the Union;" and many would be very glad of the result, if it could be done with peace; perhaps three-fourths of the state. But they all desire peace above all things, and will do nothing to pro voke further trouble. This they have j amply proved by submitting to much | unreasonable exaction as they think. I i'he best, and I think the only method j of staying the ebb tide of good feeling ; would be at once to withdraw all troops from among the people of the South, except at the coast and frontier garri sons, to disband the entire negro force, to abolish every vestige of the Preed- I men's Bureau, and to admit the repre sentatives of the revolutionary States, i upon the single condition of their ta lking the oath required by the Consti tution. Time will, d lubtless, in this 1 case,assuage feelings that have been ti.o intensely enlisted to subside at once. Asa steamboat was about to start j irom Cincinnati one day, a young man •ameon board, leadingablushingdam ■ -el by the hand, and approai hing the polite clerk, said in a suppressed voice: "I say, meand my wife has just got j married, and 1 am iooking for accom | laudations." "Looking for a berth ?" hastily in i quired the clerk, as he passed a ticki t to another passenger. "A birtn! thunder and lightning, no!" gasped the astonished man; "we j haint but just got married—we only want a place to stay ail night, you i know." A MAX got lipsy and indulged in a j night's sleep in a country grave yard. | Ha opening his eyes in the morning lie noticed theinscription on a grave stone —"He is not dead, but sleepeth." "When lam de-ad," he remarked with great deliberation, "I'll own up, and have no such statement as that above | my carcass." Tn t: following advertisement ap peared in one of our Western paper.- : "Run Away—A hired man named i John ; his nose turned up five feet ei;. lit j inches high, and had on a pair of cor duroy pants much worn." _ IF you want to have a man for your friend, never get the ill-will of his wife. ! Public opinion is made up of the aver age prejudices of womankind. , .V KI'KAL editor, arriving in the city, ' came to the conclusion that there were two things that were made to be lost —sinners and umbrellas. A newly arrived Irishman inquired: "Is it thrue, Pat, that wan man's as good as another in this counthry ?" "Vis, bejabers, and betthertoo." WHAT a poor world this would be without women and newspapers—how would the news get about? IF a man is "steeped in poverty.'* won't it take all the strength out of him? "A'fhlKy-th/eS feet black saike w recently killedieux Cairuiitou,4ll. .