North Carolina Newspapers

' 1 !.. ... - . i . . . t . . "i .' BY J. L. PENNINGTON & CO. THE ZSTEWS. Ten prisoners, sentenced by Ihe Criminal Courtof the District of Columbia to cdri6pement at bard labor in the penitentiary,-have been sent to the "Albany prison. '.'!..', 1G. H." Mill, the ex-Confederate Brigadier Gen eral, coram minted last week to "the work-house of Washington City, for vagrancy, was released on the payment of the fine by friends of the prisoner. " A gentleman who has traveled through . Iowa lately says that there are at least 20,000 returned - soldiers at work in that State helping.to save the harvest. He saw hardly an idle soldier in the State. It seems thatN. P. Stone, Collector of Inter . nal Revenue, who died so suddenly in Cleaveland a few-days since, committed suicide. It appears that he is a defaulter to the amount ot from &yu,uuu 10 $140,000; " ; I 'The following. decisions have been rendered by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: Ordinary dredging for the purpose of keeping water chancels in navigable condition i$ considered a work rather pf repair than as labor of construction, and there fore contracts for such labor do not render the con tractor liable to license. A deed executed prior to Sept. 1, 1862, if it was delivered prior to that date, requires no s'amp and may be admitted to. record, but if delived since that date, it should be stamped and cannot legally be record!, unless stamped. Bonds, given in action of replevin and in actions commenced by capias, are held to be bonds requir ed in jegat proceedings and therefore exempt from stain p duty. .Gen. Brisbin, in his official report of the organ ization of colored troops, states that Kentucky has furnished 28,818 black men to the array. General prisbin says that 24,000 women and children have been freed under the act of March 3, 1865, grant ing freedom to the wives and children of colored sbldiers. The whole number of persons made free in Kentucky through the instumentality of the army, is 100,864. Maj.Geo. Wilcox, CjI. Lse, aad Alfred Ely,' of New York, have beea summoned to Washington to tegtify before the Military Commission for the trial of AndersonvTUe prison-keeper Wertz, who acted in a sinaila capacity in Richmond at the commencement of the war. The number of letters received from offi cers and soldiers offering to testify to sufferings at the hands of Were average one hundred per day. The trial la pot expected to take place for at ; least two weeks. . Herschel Y.JJohnson, of Georgia, the candidate for Vice-President with-Dougias in 1860, has been pardoned by the President, at the intercession of Mrs. - Douglas. , Col. C. H. Hoyt, Quartermaster, has been brevet ed Brigadier-General, and Lieut Col. S. H. Lathrop, Inspector-General, Colonel ; Lieut. Col. O. H. Har, Assistant-Adjutant General, Colonel. ' These officers were formerly on the staff of Maj. Gen. Hooker, and are dow serving on the staff of' Maj. Gen. E. OvC. rd, commanding - Department of Ohio. Gen. rd has been breveted a Major-General In the' regular army. The steamship Costa Rica, Capt. Tinklepaugh, from Asplnwall July 31, at 8 P. M., arrived at New York on the 10th iust., with $721,036.86 in specie. An extensive fire occurred at Galveston, Texas, on the 2d lost., involving heavy loss. It was doubt- , lew the desfgn -of ttie parties to bum the town . The transactions of villains in Galveston were never be fore equaled. rTexes has been divided into three districts. Gen. Turner commands the Galveston district, relieving Geo. Granger. Ex-Sehator Wm. C. Rives, of Ta., has filed an application for pardon. ' Mosby, the partizan ranger, has been at rested at Washington. , Litut. D.-H. Cockriil, lst.Virgiula Infantry, the last prisoner of war in the old Capitol at Washington, has been released. . . , , - ' Gen. Grant has been Teceived and entertained by the civil and military officials of Canada, from Gov. Monck downwards, with a degree of attention and courtesy honorable to all concerned. The Toronto Oltbc's Quebec correspondent Bays : " While' here, Gen. Grant spoke without reserve to several persons on the Mexican question. He said that be had placed one hundred thousand men on the Rio Grande; as an army of observation, and that the French would have to leave Mexico peaceably, if they chose, but forcibly if they refused. The situation of Mexico he looked upon as one which had been created by the rebellion, .and the rebellion would really not be overcome until Maximilian was com pelled to depart, and the Mexican people allowed to organize a -government without foreign Interference. With regard to the relations between tha United States and England he did pot think the present frlepdly state would be disturbed, unless complications ensued by reason of England's mixing herself up with France in the Mexican question." A story like this can hardly need contradiction, especially when Gen. Grant's reticence on every sub ject of a military or political kind has become pro verbial. The Richmond Republic of to-day, received here to-night, Bfaftes-that the justices of the county court of Henrico determined yesterday t hat a person who bad been an officer in the Confederate army was in capable of qualifying as Commonwealth's Attorney In that county. The Court fook occasion to announce, also, that it madi decisions on its own construction of the ConsCl tutlon and without reference to instructions received from executive officers of the State. Paymaster-General Brice publishes a long list of military officers whose pay has been stopped until toey reader proper returns to the Quartermaster's Departm ant for public, property for which they are responsible.. The officers belong chiefly to the Wes tern States.' 'if c ... The prize money from about five hundred naval captures, is announced for distribution at the ' Fourth Auditor's Bureau. VOL VI. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16, 1865 NO. 233. INTERESTING FOREIGN NEWS. THE KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE ELECTIONS. 0ur latest advices from different parts of Europe are those brought by the steamship Cuba, at New York, and the news is only te the 30tb of July. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. We print elsewhere a connected narrative of the pjiyigg out of the cable -till the moment insulation was lost. In the phrase of the report, " insulation was losV' and the cause is unknown. j EX-SECRETARY BRECKINRIDGE. General John C. Breckinridge, Mr.. Davis' last Secretary of War, has reached Southampton, and the . English received him cordially. CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT COTTON; An important question had arisen at Liverpool asito the ownership of Confederate Government cot- i - top. The decision was in favor of the United States as! the owner, on the ground that when the Goy erfimeit of tha Confederate States came to an end, its! property became that of its successors. ' The matter is still open, however, to discussion. THE CHOLERA. The cholera has certainly abated at Alexandria. Mrs. Lansing, wife , of the Rev. Julius Lansing, American Missionary at Cairo, was one of its vic tims. The epidemic vras increasirig at Constantino- vH FROM PANAMA. From Panama we learn that there is some dis cussion there respecting the seizure and confisca-. tion by the Nicaraguan Government, of the schoon er Mannelita Pianos, which took General Barrios on :his recent expedition. The burial ground on the Isthmus is about tobelmproved and beautified, and-as the remains of many Americans are there, subscriptigps are solicited to convert the ground into a handsome cemetery. The Presidential elec tion is soon to take place. General Mosquera seems to bathe favorite candidate, although there is much excitement attending the contest. THE STONEWALL A special despatch from New Orleans, dated Au gust 12th, says that the Confederate privateer Stonewall was still in the port of Havana. . CENTRAL AMERICA. From Central America we learn that on the four teenthof July the Nicaraguan Government agreed to deliver to the Government of Salvador General Bar rios, on the special condition that he should not be sentenced to death. The general was accordingly sent to La Ltbertad. On the twelfth of July Don Entjque Palaclos, Minister from Guatemala to Nicaragua was assassinated by a man named Rlvas. He was shot at his own house at a l&te hour of the h night. The motive of the act is not reported. CHILIAN ITEMS. From Chill we have the news that Congress has been occupied by adehoa. an-4&..e8t;ahHabed religion" as granted to the Roman Catholic Church by the fifth article of the Constitution. It excludes all othere ligions, and the disposition of some of the people is to have greater toleration cf religions opinions. Muoh excitement attended the .debate. The suffrage ques tion was to be discussed, after the fifth article had been fully acted upon. THE REVOLUTION IN PERU. From Peru we have, a confirmation of the death, by violence, of the' Peravian Admiral, at the hands of the revolutionists headed by Montero. The revolution still progresses. General Frisancho has returned to Lima 'with the Government forces sent to crush Prswio, but without having accomplished his mission.. Prado has removed to the Talley of Jauja, where he Is strengthening bis force and preparing for an expe dition coastward. General Canseco is with Prado. THE KENTUCKY ELECTIONS- Returns from Kentucky thus far show that of the anti-slavery candidates for Congress, Yeaman of the 2d district, Rousseau of the 5th, Smith of the 6th, Randall of-the 8th, and McKee of the 9th district, five in all, are elected; of the pro-slavery candidates, Trimble of the 1st district, Harding of the 6th, and Shankliri of the 7th, three in all, are chosen. In the remaining district, the 3d, the result is not. yet known.' THE TENNESSEE ELECTIONS. The returns of the election on the 3d inst. are still extremely imperfect, but there is enough to show that Taylor in the 1st district, Maynard in the 2d, Stokes in the 3d and Cooper in the 4th, all sup porters of the Administration, are certainly- elected, as are Campbell in the 5th and Thomas in the 6th, both opponents of the Administration. In the 8th the contest was ery close, with the chances itr favor dfLeffarich, Administration. The 7th district has not been heard from. jThe 5th district is the only one from which re turns,, even approximately full, have been received. Thus far,! Carter (Adm.) has 1,374, and Geoege W; Campbell (Opp.X4,Q79. This is the Nashville district . iThus it appears that" at least half, the new dele gation are sound Union men. We are hopeful that C. Hawkins, the Union candidate in the 6th dis trict may be successful. I It is reported on good authority that the mili tary expedition sgainst the Indians has accomplished its mission, and is on its return to Sioux City . It was met at Fort Benton by the representatives of many tribes who were anxious for peace and the con Lfiummatloh of a permanent treaty They acknowl- edge themselves conquered, THEE CITY, Splendid Aurobai DifPiiAT. The narificent auroral display which was witness -d here a few njghts since, was noticed in other secttjns of the country. It enveloped in its central beams the ftars Beta in the northern crown and Z jta and Epsilon in Hercules, and thence passing nearly midway between Abjuila and the stars in the Dolphin to the eastward. The arch contioued 'perfect for about 6ve .mioutes after it was first noticed. At half-past nine the portion between the Dolphin and the .Efco floated southward and passed across the stars In Aqirila, and in about tenrminntcs more gradually disappeared. " From oott o'clock until ex tinguished by daylight (at four o'clock) the entire celestlaT vault was covered as if by a canopy nt ligbt, flashing in rapidly-succeeding waves ffm every point of the compass to the magBo aenith.where the Ugr7t seemed to be gathered in folds of varying forms but of constant brilliancy, affording one of the most gor geous exhibitions of aurora we have ever seen. Fer three hours we were beneath the base of pillars "or columns of aurora, shooting up probably some five or six huruireds of miles above our heads,, with a rapidity equaled oniy by that of light itsej f.- . Whether the existence of spots on the sun, indi cative of intense chemical activities going on in that body, have anything to do with the development of aurora on our earth (which some believe to be the case) we will pot pretend to say ; but we may state that a fine cluster'of large spots are now to be eeen on its western limb. Official Orders. We are again under obliga tions to Major Clinton A. Cilley and Lieut. S. H. Stitson, for various official orders from the War Office at Washington andDepartraent Headquarters at this point. We notice that in the case of 2d Lieutenant Walter J. Lee. 28th Michigan infantry volunteers, sentenced to be cashiered, and'to forfeit all pay and albwances due or to acarue to him, published in general orders No. 09, Maj. Gen. Ruger has remitted the forfeiture of pay and allowances due and to accrue to him. The same officer has directed that particular attend tl6n shall be paid by officers in this department to the recent Instructions from the Adjutant General in the War office, at Washington, which requires each officer in charge of enlisted men absent from' their regiments, to report at the end of every month,to the rlgirneutal or company commanders of the men un der their charge, when they are sick, in confinement, in hospital, tn detached service, co., their station, the duties which each man is performing, and the authority. for detaining him, giving the number and date of the order. Also, whether they are sick, fit 4 for service, and any other particulars "about .them which may be necessary for the information of their commanding officers in keeping a correct account of the pay, clothing, station, duties, &c, of each soldier. Without such reports, men cannot receive the pay ftjainallK, Ina fcbenx. - Especial reference Is to be bad to the cases of en- iisted men cn detached service, whose. former regi ments have been mustered out, and who have been transferred to regiments remaining In the depart ment. Ant and Eveything. If people in town or coun try wish to furnish themselves with any articie of tin or sheet Iron ware, holloware, crockery, glassware, table or pocket cutlery, or indeed anything else useful or ornamental, we invite tbem to call on our friend, D. T. Carraway, with Hart & Lewis, 44 Fayetteville st. They will not only find him polite and affable as a business man, but he can exhibit a stock of goods equal in variety and quality to any other house in North Carolina, it not the South. Make the experi ment and see if the reallty.does not surpass the repre sentation. Quick Work. As an evidence of the thorough progressive Fph it of the Southern Express. Company in this city, we may state that by their present arrangements, they' make trips from Augasta to Raleigh, including 150 miles which has to be ac complished by wagoning, in the brief time of five days. Passengers a"nd freight are both transported, the latter ouly of light articles. In the absence, too, of the usual mail facilities, they also benefit the public by carrying letters when property stamped. This is a spirit of go-aheaJatlven88 which is worthy of imitation. Job Printing. Mr. J. C. Gorman, a man of fino intelligence and industrious habits, a practical printer, has opeued a iob printing office up stairs tn the rear of Williams & Haywood's drug store, on , Hargetfc street. Before the war Mr. Gorman pubh'shed a sprightly weekly paper at Wilson, in thisState, but like many others he has lost heavily, wesyppose, by the war, and now fills back upon his proossioa. Wet-ast he will receive, a? w have o doiibt share of Lublic patronage he will desprve, a fai, In the Bank Building. Capt. Justin Hodge, depot quartermaster, etc., etc.. faa movtd into A new office, the partially completed buildg of Bank of North Carolina, south-west corner of Fayetteville and Hargett streets. If finished, it would be one of the handomest building h; tt'dbku aa it i, we supple the bohier is qnite comfortably established. -Ofen Again To-Night. Gleason and Birch's unequaled company of minstrels full of fun, frolk, I witticism and melody open again ai xiail to-nigh tt with an entire change of programme. - i Provost's Sanctom, Ang. 15, 1865. A number of soldiers were arrested and brought bt-fore the pro vt for bing in the city without passes. They were rdered to tluir different regiments, with a reprimand not to te again in the city without vouchers or they w.-nld be tevt rely punished. A citizen and a colored "gemman" had a difficulty of a threatening character. They came, some miles to have it settd and laid their cases before the assistant, but as that worthy saw that the principal In the af fair failed to make his appearance, be had them both sent to the guard house for a further hearing - A very respectable citizen had to make a com plaint, mnch against his wilt, as he stated, about one of hi former sL ves, but the said slate took good care to keep clear of the provost's sanctum, thereby Bavins .thumbs a stretching from some larrip post. l?i r, iv7i, .JT" -different unties of the State ook the oath tu-dy. it flrk& rr cfi for the determination of the people to be loyal hence forth to themselves and the government. In the Citt. We were glad to see in our sanctum yesterday, an old Norfolk friend,' John C. Courtney, who is uow resident of Charlotte, and assistant super intendent of the Southern Express Company and tele graphing generally in this State. He' was always noted, Irom boyhood, for his energy, efficiencj and other good qualities, socially and in a business point of view. He is well deserving the position and popu larity he has won in North .Carolina and elsewhere in tKe South. v To be Mustered Out. It is stated upon au thority which we deem reliable, that an order was re-v celved yesterday authorizing Seight thousand of the white troops in. the department f North Carolina to be mustered out. This is a fair indication" thai the government is not disposed to-keep in our midst a greater numher of troops than is absolutely necessary. No doubt, if threats and, menaces, which are wicked as they are idle, were not Indulged by a few thought less Individuals, the State would soon be exclusively in the hands of the civil administration. Gone Noeth. Brevet Maj. Gen. Aoies, accom panied by his staff, Maj. Charles A. Carleton, assis tant adjutant general, and Capt. H. C. Lockwood, ayi-de-camp, left here fur Petersburg this morning on their way to New York. . . -r New Cohimandant fob Raleiqh. We hear that Brig! Gen. Hardie, who Is to succeed Brevet Maj. .Gen. Ames in command of the district of Raleigh, reached the city yesterday, preparatory to entering upon service here. As we go to press the complimentary supper to Gen . Ames, atf the Yarborough House, is progressing finely. NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS. Goodspeed Steamship Line BETWEEN nr. YORK! awd nJSWBERN. THE A NO. 1 FINE STEAMSHIP EL CI D , D. B. HOB ART ... Commander, Will sail directly for New York on SATURDDAT, August 19, at P. M. For freight or passage, having unsurpassed accommo- dations, apply at W. H. Oliver k Co.'s Brick Store, feot of Craven street, t augl6-td C. P. GOODSPEED, Agent. FOR THE PURCHASE OF Horses; Mules, Wagons and Harness. OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, Dkfartment of Nobth Carolina, Raleigh, August 14th, 1865. 565-J SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this office until 12 o'clock M. on Tuesday, September 6th, 1865, for the' purchase of a large number of Horses,' Mules, Wagons and Harness. . The property will be free for the inspection of bidders at Charlotte, Raleigh and Newbern, N. C, from "the 20th of August until the day of sale. Horses and Mules will be put aside in lots of 12, 24, and 48, each ; the Wagons in lots of 2, 4 and 8 each ; and the Harness in lots of 12, 24 and 48 single setts, each. Pro posals will only be considered for the whole of each separate lot. A number of Four-Mule and Six-Mule Teams, with Harness and Wagons, will also be set aside at each point named, and proposals received for single Teams, with the Wagons and Harness complete. Proposals should be addressed to the undersigned, at Raleigh ; and should be end6rsed " proposals, for the purchase of public property." The right is reserved to reject all bids that may be offered - Successful bidders will be notified in person or by tele graph ; and will be required to remove the property on or before September 8th: Full information, and blanks for proposals, will be fur nished on application by letter or in person to the under signed, or to Lieut. Simpson, A. A. Q. M., Charlotte; Capt. A. M. Garoutte, A. Q. M., Raieigb; Captain U. H. Wheeler, A. Q. M., Newbern; and Captain D. W. H. Day, A. Q. M., Raleigh. Payment must be made in Government, funds on the delivery of the propertv. All Mules offered in this manner are sound and service able a large proportion of them far superior to any offered for sale at auction in the Department. This will be the only opportunity planters and others will have of purchasing this class of stock from the Government. J. F. BOYD, ugl5 td Cel. and Chief Quartermaster. ffHE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens of JL Raleigh and surrounding country that he has opened an oft ce .over P. F. Pescud's Diug Store, where he will be p lease -i -to wait upon all who may favor him with their patronage. Particular attention paid to the preserva tion of the natural teeth. Artificial Teeth inserted on the most approved principles of practice. augI5-4m JH. CRAWFORD. TERMS. HATES OF SUBavHlPTlON. Uaily, 1 Yea,- iq 00 " . 6 Months. 5 00 " 2 MonCh8.... 3 00 Oiiir, 1 Moiiiu..... $1 CO Weekly, 1 Year 5 CO 6 aiontLg.... 1 50 Must be paid in advance in all cases or the paper will not be sent;. and the paper will bestopped when the time paid for ei pir eg, unless renewed. NE WSB O YSXArD NE VS DEALERS W'Uoe furnished at the rate of $5 per hundred eopiea. All orders must be accompanied by the money. ADVERTISING RATES. Ordinary advertisements, occupying not more than ten lines solid minion, or one inch Apace 1 insertion. 2 3 4 ' $1 00 1 60 2 Weeks.... f6 (0 10 (0 15- 00 20 00 3 b GO 1 Month. . 2 00 . 'i 50 3 - 6 " - . iuuumB. .......... 5 1 Wek a 3 OO 3 50 1 Year.-. 50 00 Larger advertisements, where no contract is made, will De charged io exact proportion. YEARLY CO&TRAnrs: Will be made in accordance with the following schedule 1 4 column, 1 Month.$30 00 1-2 .m l " Ah on 1-4 col. 6 Months...$100 CO 1 1-4 1-2 1 i-z " 6 " ... 140 00 1 . '.' 6 " .. 150 00 1-4 " 1 Year 175 00 i-aw i 200 oo 1 3 3 , f 60 00 50 00 75(00 10Q 00 300 00 Only those who contract for one-fourth, one-half, or a V . ' ,U1 kurei s or iwetre montns, win rectite the benefit of these terms. Contract advertisers must pay by the month, and all others in advance. All advertisements must be marked a specified time and no advertisement will be inserted " till forbid." Advertisements inserted once, twice or three times a .sertToirf'1 -Waedthie Dollar asquare for every in- OUR CIRCULATION Is larger intbe city and throughout the State than any other paper in North Carolina. The Progrett is read in the Camt arid among the people by a much larger number of persons than any other paper, and hence its importance .as an advertising medium should not be over looked by business men. SPECIAL NOTICES. Special Notices will be set in minion, leaded, and in serted under the Special Notice head and Oae Dollar a Square charged for everyjiniertion. LOCAL COLUMN. Only short notices will be admitted to the Local Col umn, at the following rates : One Line, One Day $1 00 I Three Line, One Day $2 00 Two Lines, " 1 50 Five Lines, 2 50 Ten Lines, or more, at the rate of Twenty-five Cents a Line for each insertion. FUNERAL NOTICES, MARRIAGES, &c. Will be charged same as Advertisements, and must be paid for when handed in, or they will not appear. The above Rates will be adhered to in all cases, and as we have to pay cash for everything in our business, we must demand cash. June, 26, 1865. J. L. PENNINGTON A CO. TO SUBSCRIBERS AND AD VERTISERS. 'We have t pay cash for paper, ink and labor, and we must have more cash from, those for whom we work or we cannot pay our current expenses. We know there is but little money in circnlation, but there are but few persons who want a newspaper that cannot spare the money to pay for it. Personsaeeing their paper marked must remit the money or it will be stopped. - Advertisers must pay in advance for all transient mat ter, and business men who advertise regularly willbe expected to pay their bills monthly. Job Printing must be paid for when delivered. J. If. P. & CO. GEO- Z FRENCH &. 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