The Camden Weekly Journal, 1865-11-24

muiiy onune uiem to our uianns ana support. Remuneration for carrying the mail, they get none, and the liopc of payment tor the services they render us' and the countr/ may. if granted at all, be at some very remote day. To our people, then, tlioy look for support Sustain the line and they will continue to serve us Their hacks are comfortable, their drivers nttentivc. and travellers will find this mode of conveyance to the Railroad pleasant, and charges reasonable. To mcrchnntsljthcy offer an adhiirable opportunity for getting goods with dispatch, which they offer to transport at reasonable rates. These gentlemen arc doing much for us, let us sustain thorn. * t OcnTinfEMATKFuture.?We aro not-permitted to lift the veil which conceals coming events, vct-inost of human life is expended in thought and labor for the probaole futiye, and tunn is deemed wise or improvident, as he cares for or ignoros that future, and his sagacity is measured by the success wi^h which be has anticipated events. We seemed, but. a little while since to be sailing on a smooth sen, towards the port of reeotisU uc/ion, and were preparing ourselves for the duties incumbent upon us so soon as we were landed. All at otico a dead calm is upon us, with some heaviness in the political atmos-, pkerc. betokening, perhaps, a storm. We are powerless to prevent ii; and can but bow our necks as has become our wont This is true as to our political condition. To submit and obey is all that we can do. This we have done, and if wo are shnt out from the privilege of civil ge+crniTivnt, \v^ can but submit still. We do not know that there is real danger of this result," but there aro certain very threat ening indications. But whether we are to live under military government or aro to be reconstructed with some share in civil government there is much that wo can do for our material

of men, white or colored, will he allowed to lire in idleness and vagrancy?sleeping by daj' and thieving by night. We ore informed bj both of these authorities?the one existent, the other expectant?that the freedincn ore expected to enter into contracts for labor, and to keep these contracts. That is what many of them have failed to do; and it was absurd to expect if, immediately succeeding so complete a revolution in their whole condition. It would not be wise to anticipate that, any regulation will succeed, in any complete degree, in producing this result. Cut the experiment must be tried. There is no dodging it. I.ct us tlion earnestly to work. Let us make all due-allowances for the ignorant and benighted condition of the colored race?more . sinned agaiDstlhan sinning?let not the hvsuborilfna. tien or ingratitude of a few months unaccustomed license, estrange the kindly relations nf a lifetime, aye, of generations. Let .each of us who employ them as laborers essay the task in a spirit of justice and generosity, starting out with the recognition of the legal fact, that they are tree, and therefore entitled to contract, aud to have their just contracts enforced. Their present unenlightened condition entitles them to our generous forbearance and consideration. They must be brought by cultivation to approach the staudards which 'actuate the white 1 man;, and when we look around, us and see how many whito men will starve rather than work, rln not lot iit ho tnr> ensilr rlismiirocod in nnr

iMr. JJavis; that even If he should be convicted of treasoD, be would be par-* donrd ; and that the President's only anxiety in regard to the case was- to have it determined by the highest'judicial tribunal,- whether treason had been committed or not. At that very time, that question was under advisement, by wr 1-S8 than four of the most eminent eon stitutional lawyers now living. The re suit of their investigations hassione been laid before the President and I communicated the substance of it to "The -jYew*" last Friday night, by telegraph.. ' The principles which govern the case are contained in my letter of October 1. This legal opinion of course has-upset all the calculations of those members of the Cabinet who would have gloated over the conviction of Mr. Davis for treason. They were willing enough to have him tried, as long jts they Supposed that he would certainly be convicted.* But now that it is known that no such convictions can be obtained, they are son-ly puzzled what course to take. It is said that the Divine Stanton fell back at once upon a. military court; but there will never be another tribuual of that description, as long as Andrew .Johnson is President. It is a mistake to suppose that any conditions will he attached to the pardon of Jefferson Davis. He will not he banished or required to expatriate himself. His pnrdoirwill be unconditional, as his acquittal, if put npon .trial, would be full ..-,1

bad men jis to what tbe Government intends to do'for yon. All lias been done for you that you can expect. Neither rations, nor clothing, nor males, no wagons nor working implements will be given to yon hereafter. The most that will be done by the Government will be to furnish assistance to (lie aged and infirm? those who cannot work; and this ussiss tance will not be furnished when the State can take care of Such persons. A7o land will be f/iren you. Already a large quantify of the land that was held by this Bureau has been returned to its owners, and even had it not. been leturned, it would not have been given to you or divided amongst y? 11. There is no possible way by which you can procure bouses and lands for yourselves but by working hard and saving your wages. Then you will have the means to purchase such, as other persons have done, The Government will not do more fm you than for the white laborers who are your neighbors, and it is not proposed to divide up the lands _ in the South for them, nor do thoy . expect or demand suil.h action. The Government has made you free And it will protect you in ynnr freedom. It will do nothing . more. The only change that you mu?t expect next Christmas and New Year's, is that you must then make new contracts to work and lor biro for the coming year. I have addressed yon thus plainly, tu order that vou mav all understand what

pression', the commandants of the several? Districts will immediately detail proper ' officers and send them into every fcouuty' and, as far as possible, into every neigh-borhood within their several commandsto explain to the frccamcn that the Gov-ernment has neither the intention nor the power to meet the>e' expectations,. * arid to urge upon them the absolute necessity which exists that they should make proper contracts to labor during , the coming rear. Officers will be selected with "greatcare for this duty; they will consult with the principal inhabitants of the. location? to which they may go, and through themwill endeavor to meet- and converse uirh those of the freed men who possess the greatest influence over their follows. By command of Maj-Gen'l 2V. II. TkuRV(Signcd) ED. W. SMITH, A A G. Official: A. A. Skvmoi h, At'g Aj't-GeuT Novel Place of Amusement. Here is an anedote extra t?.d from tlte- # London TelrrjrcplLS account of the building of the new bridge at Black friars, and worth quoting: *" At the builditig^ of Westminister Bridge, diving bells were used, but a difficulty arose of a very nnexcepte.d kind.. The men in the bells, comfortably out'of S'.rrht of their enmlbvers, found thnmenlvis.

of tin'. D'oro .crntic imv.-iVas 'I;..- j }.TortI: western Conservative lir., ' "iio-n?. j iuay possibly upset the propose..! ficheirte; liuI. tiio cii.nicesarc that the opposition will have things pretty much their own way, even though some burns while their fiddling is in progress. "If the Victors akk Magnanimous the Vanquished will be Loyal!"?At the. opening fair of the American Institute in New York, General Daniel E. Sickles uttered this sentiment. lie also stated that it had been almost in every instance, the uniform error of the successful party, in civil wars, to prepetuatc the passions of.the conflict be proecriptive measures against the vanquished, and inN stanced the bad results of such prescriptive measures as applied to France in the case of the Huguenots; in the action of Spain towards the Moors and Jews; in England towards Ireland, and in Austria towards Italy and Hungary. Let the. proscriptionists and radicals learn a lesson, both from the text quoted above and the illustrations drawn by Gen. Sickles. Women are angels. If they were, they would go to heaven for husbands? or, at least, be more particular in choice ou earth.

me sumnara? or mc cnurcn me worn United be substituted therefor. 3d. That inasmuch.?8 the change recommended in the fwogoing resolution (being a change ' in the prayer book,)cannot be legally 'completed until the i next meeting of this council under the circumstance- it should in the meantime have the force of. law, in any Diocese when approved by its Bishop and the Diocescan council. 4th. That- each Diocese now in connection with this Council shall begoverj ncd by the Constitution and Cations ! thereof until such time as it shall have j declared its withdrawal therefrom, as h-rein provided for. 5th. That whenever any Diocese-shall determine to withdraw from this Ecclesiastical Confederation, such withdrawal shall be considered .isduly accomplished whe n an official notice, signed bv the Bishop and Secretary oi such Diocese shall have heen given to the Bishops of the Dioceses remaining In conneeion with this Council.. c / Stephen E:.LIOTT. Ch'n of Com of'ITnnsc of Bishops. C. W. And hews. Ch'n of Com of jftouse of Deputies The-Committce to whom war referred the lb!lowing;joint resolutions of the Gen . i-ral Council, viz: ftrfvtcA Utrt

donee in you, they will not then be obliged to pay yon von:' wages, and you will not again he hired. In the absence of civil law regulating agreements between the whites and yourselves, contracts for hire have been made for you by the agents of this Jhjrcnu and by military officers. For the present your wages are secured l?y n licr on the crops which you are producing: but as the civil law cannot afford rolcif to tho planters, they have no way to make you perforin your part of the contract. Instructions will, thcrr'm.e be given to all officers and agents of the Iiurcmi to compel those of you who do not do so to work and fulfil your obligations, unless you have, been unfairly dealt with by your employer*. A.~. soon as these contracts expire you must make new ones eimilar to them for the coming year, for you must remember that you arc' workinf for yourselves; and if you do not. renew your contracts, and live up to them, you will have no means of living, for in that case you will be able to get assistance from ho person. You must not believe the idle and ma1'ninnQ ctrtrlnc flitit ltarn Khitn fn1?l mil m*