The Colored American, 1865-12-30

To the Senate of th.c United Slates: In reply to the resolutions adopted by the Senate on the J 2th, I have the honor to state that the war waged by a portion of the people against the properly con constituted - stituted constituted authorities of the Government of the baited States has been suppressed; that the United States arc in possession cf every State in which the insurrection existed, and that, as far as could be, the Courts of the United States have been restored, post offices re-established, and step's taken to put into effective operation the revenue laws of the country. As the result of the measures instituted by the executive, with a view of inducing a re resumption - sumption resumption of the functions of the States, compichended in the inquiry of the Sen Sen-to, - -to, Sen-to, the people in North Carolina, South Carolina; Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee, have reorganized their*respective State Gov Governments, - ernments, Governments, and are yielding obedience to the laws and Government of the United Stat s with more willingness and greater promptitude than, under the circum circumstances, - stances, circumstances, could reasonably have been au auticij - ticij auticij ated. The proposed amendment to the Con Constitution, - stitution, Constitution, providing for the abolition of slavery forever within the limits of the c .untry, has been ratified by each one of the a? States, with the exception of Mis Mississn - sissn Mississn pi, from which no official iuforma. tion has been received, and in nearly all oi them measures have been adopted or arc now pending, to confer upon the freedmen the privileges wh ch arc essenti essential - al essential to their comfort, protection and securi security. - ty. security. In Florida and Texas the people are making commendable progress in restor restoring - ing restoring their State Governments, and no doubt entertain that they will at an early period be in a position to "csume all of their political relations with the Federal Government. a

The aspect of affairs is more promising than, in view of all the circumstances, could have been expected. The people throughout the entire South evince a laudable desire to renew their allegiance to the Government, and to repair the de devastations - vastations devastations of war by a prompt and cheer cheerful - ful cheerful return to peaceful pursuits. An abid abidin - in abidin Haith is entertained that their actions will conform to their professions, and that in acknowledging tho supremacy of the Constitution and laws of the United States, their loyalty will be unreservedly given to the Government whose leniency thi y could not fail to a predate, and whoso filtering care will soon restore them to a condition of prosperity. It is true that in some of the States the demoralising effects of the war are to be seen in occasional disorderly conduct, but these are local in character, not fre frequent - quent frequent in occurrence, and are rapidly dis disap-caring - ap-caring disap-caring as the authority ef the civil power is extended and sustained. Per Perplexing - plexing Perplexing questions were naturally to be expected from the great and sudden change in the relations between the two races, our systems are gradually develop developing - ing developing themselves under which the freedmen will receive the protection to which he is justly entitled and by means of his color make himself a useful and independent man of the community in which he has his home. From all the information in my - and from that which I have recently received from the most reliable authority, I am induced to cherish the belief that personal animosity is surely and rapidly merging itself into a spirit of nationality, and that representation, con connect - nect connect d with a properly adjusted system of taxation, will result in a harmonious je storation of the relations of the States to the National Union. Anfrew Johnson, President. Washington. Dec. 18, 1865.

Seventeenth, That they will inevitably be ruined, and deprived of work, by the competition'of ignorant and idle negroes. Nineteenth, That the presence of the blacks amongst us will always be a source of difficulty and trouble ; but Tw.ntieth, That the Emancipation Act is wrong, chiefly because, under its opera operation, - tion, operation, the negro race is likely to die out, like the Indians. These are some of the curious con contradictions - tradictions contradictions into which men fall who ignore all general princepies, and follow only the will o' the wisp of their prejudices. It is not only in relation to the negro question that they are thus blinded, their folly extends to other affairs. Fur in instance, - stance, instance, they assert very earnestly that a flierchant ought to be free to sell his goods wherever he wants ; but they will not have a laborer sell his labor as freely though that labor creates the goods. They insist that we shall buy calico in the cheapest market, but not labor. They laugh at the absurdities and cru crudities - dities crudities of " protective legislation," and yet cry out that white workmen must suffer, unless protected against " the pressure of negro competition," they welcome immigration from abroad, at the same 'time that they try to persuade working men here that the labor market is already overstocked. These are the same men, who, before the war, declared the negro a beast, a monkey, possessed of every vile quality, and a terrible danger to the community, and yet urged the re reopening - opening reopening of the African slave trade. - N. Y. Evening Post.

A Passion for Watches. - ln the city of Boston there is an individual who may be said to have a perfect passion for watches. He is the possessor of some fifteen or twenty, if not a couple of dozen of them. They are all made of the finest gold and are not only of the nicest work workmanship, - manship, workmanship, but very costly and valuable timekeepers. One abounds in perals, another in diamonds, and another in all sorts of precious stones; and the dial, case and interior of each differ from that of each of the others. One strikes like a minature clock every hour, another is a repeater and tells the quarters, while an* other seems to sing like a little bird. One or two are uncommonly' large and massive, having gold cases nearly a quar quarter - ter quarter of an inch in thickness; others arc as small as a lady's watch. Each posesscs its own particular and elegant key, chain and seal. fc?ome are kept in one room of the house and some in an another - other another and each is wound up and cared for every day by the hand of the same own owner, - er, owner, whose taste and passion for watches and their appendages is as great as that of other people for paintings, plate, med medals - als medals or sculpture.

Seventh, That the negro is naturally an abject coward ; but Eighth, That he is a most dangerous creature, capable of rising and murder murdering - ing murdering a community double his numbers, and with a hundred times his strength in arms and all preparations forMefencc Ninth, That the negro can only live in a warm climate, like that of the South ern States; but Tenth, That, now ho.is set free there, he will immediately rush North, and take the bread out of the mouths of the white working men here. Eleventh*, That white men cannot work in the Southern fields, which cun be cultivated only by negroes; but Twelfth, That tho ncgioes ought all to be colonized in Africa, or driven oft to some remote corner of this continent. Thirteenth, That the freedmen are so stupid and ignorant as to be danger dangerous - ous dangerous to the Republic ; but Fourteenth, That they ought not to be instructed, or permitted to acquire knowledge. Fifteenth, That it would be a curse to Northern working men to have the negroes ftock into these States ; but Sixteenth, That Northern working men ought not to favor a policy which would make the negroes contented to re main in the South.

How to Appreciate Wives. - Ac Wives. - According - cording Wives. - According to the laws o/ the Greek Church, its clergy may marry once ; but if the wife dies they are not allowed to choose a successor, a strange interpretation of St. Paul's injunclion to |he youtig bishop of Ephesus, (I Tim. 3.2) It is said, and may easily be believed, that this gains fur the e lady a larger amount of respect and attention tßa is usually the Lot of ner sex in tho East, A gentleman residing in Syria. was exceedingly sur surprised - prised surprised on once entering the house of a leading prie.-t to find him engaged in washing the linen o. the household; .and on inquiring the reason of such an aps pareinly uuclericJ occupation, the reve reverend - rend reverend papa replied: 'I do this to save my wife labor, that she may live Uie longer, for you know, oh Kyrie, that the law oi our church does not permit me to have another, and I Wtsh to keep this as long as I can.

reply. , tis a matter that concerns a" Boston .gist" and all business men, and we as well state that Helmbold is paying Tribune over $lO,OOO this year. He us $1,500 for one insertion of one) in the Weekly Tribune, besides his .am in the Daily Tribune. Bonner paid us $3,000 for one insertion of '.dvertisement of the Ledger. He M that by judiciously advertising he 4 insure a fortune. The- old preju preju;t - ;t preju;t among druggists and physicians ::.nst advertising is dying out, and as well as others, see that the .'nest mode whereby they can make tnselves and their medicine known to public, is by a wise and liberal sys sys-of - -of sys-of advertising. 11 elmboll discovered ; fact, and taKcs advantage ot it. Editor oe the Tribune.

Ingenuity of a Chinese Tailop. - A clergyman of Lord Macartney's embassy, whose cassock was so extremely patched and darned that lie could no longer wear, it with decency, Laving applied to a toiler in Canton for a new one, received shortly afterwards the new cossock with every darn and patch so accurately true to the old pattern that nothing but the greater strength of new cloth could de* termine the one from the other; the tailor having unluckily conceived that the darns and patches were so many em emblems - blems emblems of the clergyman's profession. 1 his anecdote is given by Barron as an illus illustration - tration illustration of the excellent imitative powers and ingenuity of the Chinese,