appointed State commissioner to the Vienna Exposition in 1873 by the governor of Alabama; was elected a representative from Alabama in the Forty-third Congress as a Republican, receiving 19,100 votes against 16,000 votes for C. W. Oates, Democrat, serving from December 1, 1873, to March 3, 1875; and was defeated as the Republican candidate for the Forty-fourth Congress, receiving 19,124 votes against 20, 180 votes for Jeremiah N. Williams, Democrat. ROBERT SMALLS was born at Beaufort, South Carolina, April 5, 1839; being a slave, was debarred by statute from attending school, but educated himself with such limited advantages as he could secure; removed to Charlestown in 1851; worked as a rigger, and led a seafaring life; became connected in 1861 with The Planter," a steamer plying in Charlestown harbor as a transport, which he took over Charlestown Bar in May, 1862, and delivered her and his services to the commander of the United States blockading squadron; was appointed pilot in the United States navy, and served in that capacity on the monitor "Keokuk" in the attack on Fort Sumter; served as pilot in the quartermaster's department, and was promoted as captain for gallant and meritorious conduct December 1, 1863, and placed in command of "The Planter," serving until she was put out of commission in 1866; was elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1868; was elected a member of the State House of Representatives in 1868, and of the State Senate (to fill a vacancy) in 1870, and reelected in 1872; and was elected a representative from South Carolina in the Fortyfourth Congress as a Republican, receiving 17,752 votes against 4,461 votes for J. P. M. Epping, Republican; and was re-elected to the Forty-fifth Congress, receiving 19,954 votes against 18,516 votes for G. D. Tillman, Democrat, serving from December, 6, 1875, to March 3, 1877; and is now a member. JOSIAH T. WALLS was born at Winchester, Virginia, December 30, 1842; received a common-school education; was a planter; was elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1868; was elected a member of the State House of Representatives in 1868; was elected to the State Senate 1869-1872; claimed to have been elected a representative from the State-at-large to the Forty-second Congress as a Republican, but the election was contested by his competitor, Silas L. Niblack, who took the seat January 29, 1873; was re-elected for the State-at-large, receiving 17,503 votes against 15,881 votes for Niblack, Democrat; and was re-elected to the Forty-fourth Congress, receiving 8,549 votes against 8,178 votes for Jesse J. Finley, Democrat. BENJ. STERLING TURNER was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, March 17, 1825; was raised as a slave, and received no early education, because the laws of that State made it criminal to educate slaves; removed to Alabama in 1830, and, by clandestine study, obtained a fair education; became a dealer in general merchandise; was elected tax-collector of Dallas County in 1867, and councilman of the city of Selma in 1869; was elected a representative from Alabama in the Forty-second Congress as a Republican, receiving 18,226 votes against 13,466 votes for S. J. Cumming, Democrat, serving from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1873; was defeated as the Republican candidate for the Forty-third Congress, receiving 13,174 votes against 15,607 votes for F. G. Bromberg, Democrat and Liberal, and 7,024 votes for P. Joseph, Republican. JEFFERSON F. LONG, Macon, Georgia. Took his seat Feb. 24, 1871. BUREAU OFFICER. Honorable BLANCHE K. BRUCE, Register of the United States Treasury; appointed by President James A. Garfield, 1881. NEGROES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. Hayti.-E. D. BASSETT, Pennsylvania, 1869-77. Hayti.-JOHN M. LANGSTON, District of Columbia, Minister Resident and ConsulGeneral to Hayti, 1877. Liberia.-J. MILTON TURNER, Missouri. Liberia.-JOHN H. SMYTH, North Carolina. Reappointed in 1882. Liberia.-HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET, New York, Minister Resident and ConsulGeneral to Liberia. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS. The following Colored men were Lieutenant-Governors during the years of reconstruction. At the head of them all for bravery, intelligence, and executive ability stands Governor Pinchback. One of the first men of his race to enter the army in 1862 as captain, when the conflict was over and his race free, he was the first Colored man in Louisiana to enter into the work of reconstruction. He has been and is a power in his State. He is true to his friends, but a terror to his enemies. of his life would read like a romance Louisiana. OSCAR J. DUNN, P. B. S. PINCHBACK, C. C. ANTOINE. South Carolina. A sketch Mississippi. ALEX. DAVIS. Aden, D., letter on the bravery of Negro Albany Atlas and Argus (The) de- Africa, imported slaves ordered to be re- Aggressive Anti-Slavery Party, the, 50. 1 nounces the Rev. Justin D. Fulton for Alexander, Francis A., his testimony in Allegheny City, Pa., Avery College Allen, Rev. Richard, founder of the 452; mentioned, 458; first bishop of Alton, Ill., mob destroy printing-press, Ambush, James Enoch, founds the Wes- American Anti-Slavery Society, organized, sion of the ship, alter her course for 1 Anderson, Rev. Duke William, Colored Baptist minister, birth, early life, and Anderson, Ransom, testimony in regard to the Fort Pillow massacre, 365. Appleton, John W. M., superintends the enlistment of Negro regiment in Mass.. Arkansas, territory organized, 15; slave Ashum Institute, founded, list of trustees, Attucks Guards, a Colored militia com- Auchmuty, Rev. Samuel, teaches Negro Auld, Hugh, master of Frederick Doug- Austin, James T., signs memorial against BAILY, FREDERICK, see Douglass, Fred- Bancroft, George, views on the Declara- Baptist Church, Colored, organized, 135; people, 475; their leading ministers, Barclay, David, donates money to the Quakers, 174. Barclay, Rev. Henry, advocates the edu- Bassett, E. D., appointed U. S. minister Beams, Charlotte, establishes a school for Colored children, 213. Beauregard, Gen. G. T., urges passage of Bell, George, former slave, founds a Col- Becraft, Maria, sketch of, 195, 196. Billing, Mary, establishes school for Col- Birney, Maj.-Gen. David B., bravery of Birney, James G., member of the hetero- dox and aggressive anti-slavery party, Black Regiment, the, a poem by George Blake, George, signs memorial against the bravery of Negro troops, 346, Boker, George H, The Black Regiment, a Bolling, P. A., speech against slavery in the Legislature of Virginia, 34. Border States, number of troops furnish- Boston, Mass., meeting in opposition to Boyd, Henry, sketch of, 138, 140. Boyle, Brig. Gen. Jeremiah T., orders Brooke, Samuel, member of the hetero- Brown, Daniel, principal of Catholic Col- Brown, John, member of the aggressive anti-slavery party, 50; mentioned, 82; |