The Terrible Condition of the South.
We are permitted to make the following extract of a letter from a gentleman in Georgia to a friend in New York. The writer is known to us as a worthy man and a true friend of freedom. We conceal his name and place of residence for reasons which will be apparent to every reader: “The Northern elections have made the rebels tremble, as they did after the surrender of Lee. But it does seem to me that the Northern people do not yet fully understand the terrible condition of this country. Freedmen are murdered almost every day in some parts of this State, and in no instance have the murderers been punished by the civil authorities. “I wish you could understand our true condition, as we understand it. It is not possible, unless you come here and spend a few weeks. “Two attempts have been made to take my life since my return. This makes four attempts that I know have been made to assassinate me. I cannot say how many more have been made that I did not discover. “I shall not give way an inch, but shall continue to do what I think is right; and if I am killed, I shall try and die doing my duty. “I hope Congress will do something for us. What makes life so unsafe here is the certainty of escape should a rebel kill a ‘Yankee’ or a freedman. “We have a few true men here.”—Independent.