North Carolina Newspapers

ki 1 f . n ii i . If - . :i. v. ;; V. ! RALEIGH; N. C, THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 18. 1886. NO. 83 i : ' ff-.fU i'h - i ' ' .) I I ' . " ; 1 . 1 : 1 ! I ' ; t ' ; IT- '( M '. ij'' j ,L.:-Ui Jid ii sills is..;, r ; - 'I r- Observers AND : ; - AKtii fat u0 1 1 wst TUu powder mtw rarlea. A BuurreL of parity, MMnsth and wbolf amrnw . ICore onomkal thaa ordinary kinds and cannot bo old It oompotitton wtta Um multttadc i lw loot, tbort wedght, alum or phosphate powder : sola on it u eaaa. kotul woxa iownz Oo 103 WaJI StioeW Now York. Sold by W C A A B Stronach, George T 8trooaohaBd JBFemllAOo. . ; TUX BiMAIJr HOVtS OF MAlXIwIf . If the people knew how much credit oat them they would not be hunting for it The merchant who bayt eOoai 1 . .i . f 4' on credit end iella on time most inot onlj pay more for hie good bat Iftuit ell hie goods higher to ooyer hie loeees. " - ' . - -Hi The people who bay hie goods mast Jp ' .1 i iir'j ei least $5 per cent more for them. This most come out of the hard-earned dollare !.-, ' : H of the iisboring inuses. Now do you :-4 ' ! 4(v -i like thai system t I should think yoa ' ' j'ji,'' I ' - -'hi , ; M l i would get tired of it . e sey ; n if the eredijk system is full of distster Isiid sr. t ; defeats. Jus you know it is, get out -of it and take the other side, the side of the t , 4, .). t i.-ij-nv. I-it. Mn.Klii has ell the edysAtages, haring buyers: in the New York market ell the time l th -.3-11.. fw fm tW'JUa? trous results which come w men, wui i - i I co in debt. . This enables it to 1 offer i 'il l goods, for less than they, can ? be -made, for in hundreds of cases. Below '"'!"' . ;. I, .will quotesome prices : j ij we; ' Violin, Banjo and Ouitar Sttnfft m ic a knot; best worfih 15c a knot. yev -i 1 1, i 1.um in. mbW frames at -8e: worth 25e. Great bareains in Laces of all linds,L Hamburg .Jfidgings, insertions. XOTCnon, vnemai, um tiiiiiyiMfti; Pillow Case Laces, Swiss Embroidery,! 'sia an A Watehe anl "Tr! Jewelry of all descriptkms, for leMthan it oosts to manufacture ' them, bargains in Cloaks and Clothiu; ! Great word, we hall make our bargain- maxe nnr business, with one price to'M Call and see us. i t I VOLNEY PURSELL A CO. KING & MAfcrVil oovtiactobs roa I: ?. House and Sign Painting, ! -.,:.. - We. t Kaat Davto auumdsr Law ctatkbaf.- Wo da KAtooBviaUx, Uavslnc, ttrslulaf SS naaral Uouae ralaUBC. i Special faeiliUea for 6IGN WORK. Ordara - froaa any alstaoto aoUatfc BAfflT -"! ' J t1Vi TIL ; ' j) ; lfe: :f ; tj" . h f- Its tin W- f ill M ' "1 I.. t ii mm 'in- -. . if:S'i IICONGpBtESSIONAL C:fr- ; '-ritriiii sxMumeis lflrakHooir,":Febj Hr .Hour linfirodueed I 17. SATU.i a ?'' a Dill prOTidinir fot the erection of a suitable monument at Washington. D. C.4 to Gen, Ulysees p. Grant. Tho bill appropriates; $1 50, -p00, fbt, the purpose indicated, and pro tides for s; commission of three Sena tors end three members of the Hoose to cohtracf for. the monument. : Mr. Itogen suggested to MrliHoar thai the amount be increased to 250, 000. By unanimous consent Mc. IJoar increased the amount accordingly and the bill wasr referred to th committee on' library. The Senate then proceeded to; the consideration of bills on the cal endar. : f , - ' l;l The consideration of the education bill was resumed. Without further debate the Senate agreed to an amend ment proposed by the education: com mittee, striking oat the special appro pr iatfin for school buildings. An amend ment 'proposed by Mr. Teller was also agreed ' to without debate, providing that none of the money appropriated by ihe bill should be paid to a State until its legislature should accept the pro visions of the bill. -j Mr. Plumb moved to mend so as 'to teake the legislature of a State the de termining authority as to the applica tion of: that portion: of each Bute's ouota ; which Ihe bill requires to be ap plied to ' the education of teachers. After- - slight : modifications this; was agreed to. i Mr. Butler enquired of Mr. Blair as t9. a certain clause of the bill, whether it iheant that the States were commanded by its provisions to keep their ' common schools hp to the mark at which! they shall have arrived on the expiration of the eight years contemplated by the bill ' Mr. Blair did not so understand. Mr. Butler Inoved to strike out the phrase, which; he maintained admitted of the construction indicated, and it was itricken out.- Mr. Mahone expressed himself aJ ;in favor of the, billi but thought the secretary of .the interior Would not: be- aole to decide whether Uiy discrimination had been shown in IHe application of the! money unless he bad definite information . lie ther efore tngved an amendment requiring the Oov jsrnor of tbeState to furnish the secretory f the; interior each year particulars as to thfl i popuUtion, white- fnd colored, iof ach school district, the number of white thd colored children i of school age in iach f disfariot, s the I numbej- attend ing school &c. Pending action on this ingwnooi, c. renaing i 3he bUl wa ordered yepri moved that ' executive resmon. was ordered reprinted as tuus far amebded and1 the Senate at 4 SO. p. :in; went into: executive session. 'At 5 O'clock the doors were reopened and the eente. adjourned. . t-.'t a -n n 9 eoer on tne ui-onn rorter dui. tne House weni into committee of the whole.. At 5:1Q p. 'm, th committee rose and vie xiouse aajournea ' It BUally Bkolvo.' Bosuv, ?Feb. 17. TEe Freeman's "Journal declares that the letters between Gladstone and LordrDe Vescie on the Irish, question must be regarded with suspicion. ,"; While the correspondence j:was petensisly inauguraied by the pre i.tnier for the purpose- of obtaininit fur- Tlher hffht on the needs of Ireland, the cation was beintf sought for ion evasion UBwen ui tsxi eniv iwk mm t . jwmh- of, the home rule issue. The Journal warns the f government to refrain : from attempttn2 to shelve the home' t rule 'thMraiBekMl mm VtUa:a Am tau tb Niwi AVtf Oburvu. rif;;rLl'KBAuUoFeb.48,W86 The: 19th of September last I sent blank to all the county superintendents with the request that they fill it, giving Statistics, relative to all the' colleges and private schools in their respective coun ties that were in session last; year for as long a term? s eight months. I thought that JLhU information would be of inter est to the people of the Sute and that it was necessary to give me a full: under- standing of the school interests of the State.; After waiting so long 1 nave re ports from bhly sixty-two of the ninety- gix counties and sooiie of these: I have received are not full.. ' 1 take she libertyjof hiding you a list of these scboolsi You wUluotice tht it glvds the location and' flame of the schools" as well as the name b( pres ident or principal, and other informa tion i Wiiile as to some of the schools ihe number of pupils is not given, the ootings of those that are giveni amount to (Iv.WdJ nineteen thousand tWD huu- dreu j and tnree. i regret exceeuingiy that all the superintendents did not re4 port,: but the lnturmation elicited goes to show that last year. there were in at tendance upon the pnvatfi schools and colleges not far: from thirty thousand pupihv in whut we may term perinauent Bouuuisi iu sessiou eigni montus or mora. Of course some of these pupils are also unrolled in ;he graded and otherl public schools, but not a very large proportion of them. ' It is my purpose to make an offort to have a full report next year of all pri vate as well as public schools, to be em bodied in my biennial report, believing tnat sixn report wui u not oniy inter eating but profitable. ' ' : Respectfully, f ,! A i" !; ' ' . V . 8.- M. Finoxb, -. I S PubUo Instruction. ; TH MWcr BntiiMi pAari. WasmHOTOH Feb. 17. At the meet ing of the HouSe eoinage committee to- day ii toe members were preeent. Mr. Felioari 6f California, moved that the committee report adversely Representa tive Wait s bill to suspend the eoinage of silver dollars ' until further legisla tive action by Congress. A similar motion; by Mr. Bvnum had been lost at , the last meeting by a vote of 16 to 6. Mr. Felton said he was necessarily ab sent from that meeting, and as his vote would have changed the result, he de sired a vote on it now that every- mem ber was present. After some discussion Mr. Hemphill moved to lay the motion of Mr. Felton on the table. This mo tion was carried by a vote ot 7 to 6. Mr. Felton voted with the silver men, but Mr. .Norwood, of Georgia, who at the previous meeting had voted in favor of the motion to report the bill adversely, now voted to lay Mr. : Felton 's motion on the stable. Mr. Norwood said em phatically that his views on the silver question had not changed. He voted uu the opposite side today so as to re tain the question in the committee for runner, enort to see if some compromise measure cannot be agreed upon. , i ; m . i ! KpnUem I'aaeat. Washington; D. C.,!Feb 17, 1884, About, twenty Bepublican Senators met in caucus this mvrninir. Senator Edmunds submitted a resolution from the-judiciary committee embodying the views of the Bepublican members re specting the right of die Senate to in- iorniauon irom : neaas or executive de partments. The resolution was ap proved and it was decided that it shall be offered in open session of the Senate. The resolutions are three in number. The first declares that; the action of the attorney general in refusing to furnish information when called for by the Sen ate, no matter what his motive may have been, was reprehensible. The second de clares that where the Senate has called or may, call upon the heads of depart ments for information regarding remov als from office .and information is not furnished as requested, the Senate will not confirm the appointee. The third condemns the disregard of the law which requires that in; selections for office pre- ference be given to honorably discharged union Boldiers and sailors, it is un derstood that 'the resolutions will be formally laid before the judiciary com mittee at its next meeting, with a view to having them reported to the Senate iinmeujawjiy tnereaiier. JTa Stl Vtrtrlaia's Doat. Richmond, Va., Feb. 17. In the senate today a bill, prepared by Lieut. Gov. Massey, was introduced by Senator Wrogfield, to facilitate the settlement of the public debt -of the Sute. A lengthy preamble gives ; the history of the debt, tho apportionment of one-third to West Virginia, the reasons : that impelled the general assembly to pass the Riddlebex- ger Dui ana ine equiues oi tne wnote case.! The bill. authorises the Governor to appoint three; oitaiens of Virginia as a board of commissioners to confer with the bondholders and , to acquaint them with the material and financial condition ef Virginia, and explain the facts which make a settlement under the Riddleberger let just and equitable, and its' accept ance by them necessary for the protec tion ; of their interests. The commis sioners are empowered to take steps to .adjust with; West Virginia a just proportion of the estate debt as it existed prior to the first of S January, 1861, to be borne bv West V irrmia and not bv Virginia. The! bill further provides that the amount secured to be paid bv West Virginia shall be divided pro rata among the. holders of the West Virginia certificates, which have been issued un- der different acts of the general assembly oi v icgini or iruica may De l&suea do- fore the first of Januarv. 1887. i : - m I ; Baa taw's Weleaaner Cbarloataau : Charleston, Feb. 17. The National Lancers, of Boston, arrived here at 2 o'clock todav. The train was boarded at a station fifteen miles outside of the city by a delegation from Charleston, who extended j them ; a warm welcome. 4 The visitors were received by an im mense .crowd of j spectators J who thronged the .sidewalks along the route tf the march.: After parading through the mty, escorted by the Washington Lightlnfantry and the German Artillery, they were received at their quarters by the mayor of the city and the field and af.fF hf thm Wnni-fK : KrirroHo Tnninrkt they Were enterUined at a banquet at tho .Un. nrtl.A w.kin4An T Tn fantry, when speeches were made by the Governor of the State, the mayor of the city and a number of visitors. ' Tomor row they will visit fort Sumter and to morrow night attend a grand ; military ball tendered them by the German Ar tillery. How Varfc. Cattoa t'atnraa. , Niw York, Feb. 17. The Post says: Futures gained a few points over last evening, finding some assistance in the advancing' tendency of cable quotations on Silver. The latter was about the only stimulating feature, the trade at home and abroad remaining slow and the movement of supplies pretty full. The close was apparently steady, but slow. . - ' : : , Tn EHflaraaieaa Alnaaat Adjakt4. Romx, Italy. Feb. 17. Cardinal Jacobini, Papal secretary of State, has sent a note to rtaron Van ochloexer, the Prussian minister to the Vatican, accept ing the principle of the new f russian re ligious bill, but demanding that the rules respecting seminaries be modi fied. ApQ'atr iaiehjr aw. WASuiNa-roH, D. C, Feb 17. The President today nominated Pen dleton King, of Si C, to be secretary of the legation! of the United States at Constantinople. Foaat of Titm From tho s Foalornl Freak Special Cor. of the Nbws ass Obsirvkb. Washington, Febuary 16. Congressional proceedings for the bal ance of this week will prove more inter esting than usual to your readers; for, I believe the Nws and Obsievxe is the only paper in central North Carolina, and one of the only three in the State, that publishes telegraphic accounts of the legislation accomplished by Con gress. CONOaKSSIONAI. CON J KCTUEX8 . Tho Fieht Over Fits. A vote on the Fits-John Porter bill will be had Thurs day, its passage being assured. Its dis cussion will have : then consumed a week fter the morning hour of the time. of the House. It will soon benaken up in the Senate, i where it will rirobahlv again pass thabe'dy, and then be sign ed by President Cleveland, thus, becom ing a law. 1 its will then rejoice, and immediately thereafter I hope the roof will fall in; for the very name of the t a r a - t- a man, oi whom we have neara so mucn of late, really makes me tired. ': encouraging ; aucaiion. in toe Senate the educational bill is the unfin ished business and its consideration will probably consume nearly the whole of the week. Uoth: senators Vance and Ransom favor the present bill, which is virtually the same as that which passed the Senate in the last Congress.! After this bill is disposed of (it will -pass in' the Senate) the bankruptcy bill, or the M . M WWW t one tor the admission ot Washington Territory as a State, will probably be taken up. For the farmers. In the morning hours during this; week Col. Green will endeavor to call up the bill providing for the creation of the department of ag riculture and labor. The prosp eta t f the passage of this meat ure grow daily. Gen Cox's bill limiting the exaction of consular fees may- also be reached this week.' CURIOUS COINCIPBSCXS ; It is a fact too remarkable to fail to ar rest attention that two Democratic caudiJ- ates for the presidency have met dei death within a weex, and that tnree ot tn em have died during the present winter. Han cock, the superb soldier the finest anatomical character ever constructed on this continent has joined the innumer able caravan on his last march ; and that grand old statesman, Horatio Sey mour, verily approached his grave "Like one that draws the drapery of hi eouch About him, and ttos down to pleasant . dreams.'' j 4 ; Together with! McClellan, they have joined in the ' Great Beyond the men who defeated them in this life, and the calm voice of unbiased generations to come will, in at least two cases, crown their memorial brows with laurels such as can never be i entwined around the memory of those who beat them. In this reflection we : are reminded that history continues to repeat itself, for we know that the "best men ' have but seldom been elected to. the Presidency of tiiis Republic. Clay, Webster, and Calhoun the first names on the roll of American statesmen never ' reached the goal of their ambition and their pro per office, and only to think of liov ernor Tilden ; being defeated by such a nonentity as the living, breathing Hayes 1 j j THB 8UPXBB S0LDINR. You have doubtless heard -a great deal about Hancock's magnificent form and faultless bearing, but if you never actually saw the man in uniform you can form no adequate conception of the magnificence of bis presence, j 1 never saw anything toppproachit, fish, flesh or 1 iuvi, aau i a wm , uc I Italian 'phrase natura lo feoe, e I . " a ja a ruppe la stamps ,wnicn, oeing ireeiy stranslated, means: nature made him and then broke the mould. bad really found a fit aplxi Uon in this person's physique. PINCIL PARINOS Mai. W. H Gregory, of North Caro lina was in this city last week and called on the President, chaperoned by Hon. J W. Reid Hon. Allen G- Thurman, one of the government counsel in the telephone suit, is in Washington, the recipient of more attention! than any other man here. The Hancock fund tonight (Tuesday) U" reached It w jsupposed that the amount to be raised will be con- siderably over glOO.OOO. Solicitor General Goode today said that no decision had yet been arriv ed at as to where the telephone suit would be brought. Inventor Edison will otw week hence, marry tho daughter of an OUi( 'million aire, hnmed Lewis, nd willg'j direct to his Florid honje. What 'ails you people I Just as t e garden sce4 'xrtemeu subsiJp iu Hul eigh. thc wholeS,,ate press raises another casus belli and wnoops up anptner con troversy. Well, ah! "Hooray for North ua'uny. and uod bless ber, . . . la a l says liWUAu. Rbcistlt there have been -published at the North certain letters written by the members of the Confederate cabinet to President Davis in accordance with his request for; their opinions in regard to the terms of the military convention agreed upon by Gen Sherman and Gen. Johnston, on die 18th of April, 18G5, and they have Attracted considerable attention at the North, with much com ment of one kind and another, They are pronounced of "supreme authentic ity and value'f by the New Votk Sun,' and are certainly interesting. Else where wa present them to our readers. A Fmsrti END OF THE WAR, IHPOBTAHT COHFCDE&ATB PAPCXS t'APTVStEU AT THE COLLAPSE trata1a Ravi and His Cabfaot- Tta -Mr4rt PrMldtat ana His 'AdT aora - aa ta Hhtrmaa JBi(oa CaaTeatlaa. Some interesting documents have re cently come to light concerning the fa mous convention between Teoumseh Sherman and Joe Johnston in the early nart of ISfifi President Davis on the 5th of April was in Danville, to which place he had retired on the receipt of information from Gen. Lee warning him to leave Richmond, as that place was no longer tenable. . lne ipuowing extract from a letter which he wrote hurriedly to his wife about that time wil) give the im pression whieh the condition of the pros pects of the Confederacy had made on the mind of the President : Mv Dxab rWvn t-rl iveilva! sought to get into, communication with Gen. Jjee, and have postponed writing in the hope that I would soon be able to speak to you with some confidence of the future. Oa last Sunday I was called out of church to receive a telegram, announc ing that Gen.' Lee could not hold his position longer than till night and warn ing me that we must leave Richmond, as the army would commence retiring that evening. i I had short notice, was interrupted so often, and bo little aided that the results are very unsatisfactory. The people here (Danville) have been very kind, and the mayor and council have offered, assistance in the matter of ' . I not decide on mv movements until those of the armV aTe : better develoned 1 - - - 1 hope you are comfortable and trust soon to near from vou Kiss iuy dear children I weary of this sad recital, and have nothing pleat- ant to tell. ' May God have you in His holy keep- ing is the fervent prayer of your ever af fectionate Husband. J. D. Howell is here, though I have not seen him ; he & Joe Niok came to gether aa a guard to treas'y specie Un April the 'Z6a, and abmt five days after the conference of Sherman and Johnston, President Davis was at Char- otte, N. C From this place he wrote long letter to his wife, in which he speaks specifically of the terms of the compact of peace. In this letter he says: Ihe dispersion of Lee s army and the surrender of the1 remnant which remain ed with him destroyed the hopes I en tertained when we departed. Had that army held together, I am now confident we could havp successfully executed the plan which I sketched to you, and would have been today on the high road to in dependence. : Even after that disaster, if the men who "straggled," say thirty or forty thousand in number, had come back with their-arms and with a disposi tion to fight, we might have repaired the damage ; but all was sadly the re verse) of that. 1 hey threw away them and were uncontrollably resolved to go home, i t J. E. Johnston and Beauregard were hopeless air to recruiting their forces from tho dispersed men of Lee s army. and equally so as to their abilty to check Sherman with the forces they had. Their only idea was to retreat. Of the power to do this they were doubtful, and subsequent desertions from their troops nave materially aiminisnea tneir Btrength, and, I learn, still more weak- eued their confidence Gen.: Johnston had several interviews with Sherman, and agreed on a suspen feinn of hostilities and the reference of terms of pacification. They are seuret, and may be rejected by the Yankee gov ernment. : : To us they are' hard enough, though freed from wanton humiliation and ex pressly recognising the State govern ments : and; the ' rights of person and property as secured By the constitution of the United States and the several States. Gen. Breckinridge was a party to the last consultation and to tho agreement. Judge Reagan Went with him and ap proved the agreement, though not pres ent at the conference. Each member of the cabinet is to give his opinion in writing today ; first, upon the acceptance of the terms; secoud, upon the mode of proceeding if accepted. The issue is ohe which it is very painful for me to meet. On one hand is the oog night of oppression which will fol low the retufni of our people to the "Union ;" on the other the sufferings of the women and children and carnage among the few brave patriots who would still oppose the. invader, and who, un less the people would rise en masse to sustain them, would struggle but to die in vain, n Tn relation to his own hopes and those of his wife and children he says : How they are to bo saved iroui degra dation or want is now my care. During the suspension of hostilities you uiay hive the best opportunity to go to Mis sissippi, and thence either to sail from Motile for a foreign port, or to cross tho river and proceed to Texas, as the One or the other may be more practicable. The little sterling you have will be a very scanty store, and under other cir cumstances would not be counted, but if our land can be sold that will secure you from absolute want For myself it may be that our enemv will orefer to haniah me ; it may be that a devoted band of cavalry will cling to me, and that 1 can force : my way across the Mississippi, and, if nothing can be done there which it will be proper to do, then I can go to Mexico and have the world from which to choose a location. Dear wife," this is not the fate to which I invited you. when the future was roee- colored to us both, but I know you will quarters; and -have very handsomely oojecs ior wnicn me struggle was com declared their unabated confidence I nienced. t do not wish to. leave Virginia, but can- Seeing no reasonable hope of our bear it even better than; myself, and that of us two I alone will ever look back reproachfully upon my past career. Farewell, my dear; there may be bet ter things in store for us than are now in view, but my. love is all I have to offer, and that has the value of a thing long possessed, and sure nbt to be lost. Once more, and, with God's -favor, for a short time only, farewell j Your; Husband. As intimated in his letter to his wife. the various members of the Confederate submitted opinions on the advis- a.D1:,KJ OI cnBnng or conc'udmg the c.ml ar- Eacn of officers invee- g the matter thoroughly and. stated conclusions. From the opinion of Judah P. Benjamin, secretary of state. the following extracts will give what, in his opinion, was the proper course under the circumstances: j - The Confederacy is, in a woird, unable to continue the war by armies in the field, ad the .struggle can no longer be maintained in any other manner than bv a guerilla or partisan warfare. Such a warfare is not, in my opinion, desirable, nor does it promise any use ful result. It would entail far more suf fering on our own people than it would cause damage to the enemy, and the people have been such heavy sufferers by the calamities of the war for the last four years that it is at least questionable wnetner tney would be willing to en gage in Buch a contest, unless forced to endure its horrors in preference to dis honor and degradation. I , The terms of the convention imply no dishonor, impose no degradation, exact only what the victor always requires, the relinquishment by his foe of the a;. . r ! it ' ability to conquer our independence; ad- .i i "Li . . i i . mtutg me unuemauie race inai we nave i been vanquished in the war, it is my I opinion that these terms should be ac- cepted, being as favorable as any that wet as the defeated belligerent, have reason to expect or can hope to se cure- ! uonn xt. jrecxmriage, secretary oi war says: : i! I respectfully advise; -First. Tnat you execute, so far as you can, the second article in the agreement of the 18th instant. i Second. That you recommend to the Several States the acceptance of those parte of the agreement upon which they eracy.and far its payment in common alone can act. - - with the war debt of the United States. Third. Having maintained with faith- We may ask this on the ground that we ful and intrepid purpose the; cause of did not seek this war, but; only sought the Confederate States while the means peaceful separations to secure our peo of organized resistance . remained, that pie and States from the effects of uvcon- you return to tne states ana the people l the trust which you are no longer able to defend. ! ' S. R. Mallory, secretary of the navy, gives among his opinions the follow ing: The arms of the United i States have rendered the great object of oar strug- I gle hopeless; have conquered a recon- I struction of the Union and it becomes I voor duty to secure to the tteonle. as far I as practicable, life, liberty- and prop- ... ... .." jr .-. I ertv. I advise the acceptance of .the terms.. j and that, having notified tfen. Johnston of your having done so, you promptly issue, so soon as you shall learn the ac- ceptance thereof by .the authorities of the United States, a proclamation to the people of the Confederate States, setting forth clearly the condition of the coun try, your inability to resist the enemy's overwhelming numbers or to protect the country from his devastating and deso- lating mrch, the propositions submit- ted to you, and the reasons: which in your judgment, render their acceptancy by the States and the people wise and expedient., : :'f ; Yov cannot under the constitution dissolve the Confederacy and remit the States composing it to the government of the United States. But the Confed eracy is conquered. Its days are nam bered. Virginia is lost to: it, and North Carolina must soon follow, and State after State, under the hostile tread of the enemy, most re-enter the old Union George Davis, the attorney general, .jtes. , 0 j writes Observation has satisfied mj that the States of Virginia and North Carolina are finally lost to our cause. The people of the latter are utterly' weary of 'the war, broken and despairing in spirit, and eager to accept terms far leat liberal than the convention proposes in the absence of a general arrange ment they will certainly make terms tor themselves. Abandoned by our armies, the people of Virginia will follow their example,: and t will be impossible to j arrest the process of disintegration thus begun. , This melancholy array of facts leaves ooeu but one conclusion. i! I am anhesi- tatingly of the opinion that the conven tion ought to be ratihed. As to the proper mode! of ratification greater doubt may be reasonably enter tained. . I ' : 1 -' The Confederate government is : but the agent of the States, and,' as its chief executive, you cannot, according to our governmental theory, bind the States to a government which they have not adop ted for themselves. : Nor; can you right fully, without their consent, dissolve the goverament which they hare estab lished. ' H Bat there are circumstances so des perate as to override alt constitutional theories, and such are 1 these which- are pressing upon us now. The government of the Confederate States is no longer potent for good. Exhausted by War in all its resources, to such a degree that it a ' .'Va.''' can no longer oner ' a . respectable show of resistance to its enemies, it is already virtually destroyed,, and the chief duty left you is to provide, as far as possible; for the speedy delivery: of the people irom tne norrora of war and anarchy. - I therefore respectfully advise that upon the ratification of the convention by the executive of the United States, you issue your proclamation, : plainly setting for thr the circumstances which have induced yon to assent to the terms proposed, disbanding the armies of the Confederacy, resigning your office as chief magistrate, and recommending to the people oi the States that they as semble in convention and carry into effect the td$ns agreed on. John II. Reagan, postmaster general, after admitting the hopelessness f the I cause, says: , jo you nave no power to cnange tne government of the country or to transfer the allegiance of the people I would advise that you submit to the several Elates, through their Governors, the qujestion as to whether they will, in the exercise" of their own. sovereignty,: 'accept, eaoh , for itself, the terms proposed. This plan would at.leist conform to. the theory of the constitution of the United States, and would,1 in future, be" an additional precedent to which the. friends of State rightsTcould point in op posing the doctrine of the consolidation of powers in the central government; and if the future shall disclose a dispo sition (of which, I fear, the chance is re mote) on the part of the people of the United States to return to the spirit and "' meaning of the constitution, then' this ' action on the part of the States might prove to be of great value to the friends . of constitutional liberty and good gov- ' ernment. In addition to the terms' of agreement an additional provision should pe asked ' for, which will probably be allowed without objection, stipulating far the withdrawal of the i Federal forces from t the several States of the Confederacy, ' except a sufficient number to garrison the permanent fortifications and take care of the public property until the States can call their conventions and a! . .i i . t uxe action on ine proposea terms, ah aa dition to the necessity for this course, m order to make their action as free and' voluntary as other circumstances will allow, it would aid in softening the bit ter memories which must necessarily follow such a contest as that in which we are engaged. Nothing is said in the agreement about the pub lie debt and the disposi tion of our public property, beyond the turning over of the arms i to the State arsenals. In the final adjustments we should endeavor to secure provisions for the auditing of the debt of the Corned- sututionai encroaenments Dy tne outer States, and because on the principle" of equity, allowing that both parties had acted in good faith, and gone to war on a misunderstanding which admitted of no other solution, and now agree to a reconciliation and to a burial of the past, it would be unjust to compel oar people to assist in the payment of the war debt of the united States, and for them to re- fuse to allow such of the revenues aa we ... .. . ...... mignt contribute to De applied to tne navment of our creditors., Mr. Reagan, postmaster general, also submitted to the President the following as the basis of pacification:' First. The disbanding of the military I. forces of the Codfederacy, and Second. The recognition of the con stitution and authority of the govern- , ment of the United States on the follow ing conditions : " ' Third. The preservation and continu ance of the existing State governments. fourth. The preservation to the peo ple of all the political rights and rights of person and property secured to them by the constitution of the United States and of their several States. Fifth. Freedom from fa tare prosecu tion or penalties for their participation I in the present war. Sixth. Agreement to a general sus pension of hostilities pending these ne gotiations. How often is the light of the house hold clouded by singns of melancholy stability on the part of the ladies, Yet they are not to be blamed, for they are tne result oi aiimenu peculiar to that sex, which men know not of.' But the cause may be removed and joy res tored by the use of Dr. Fierce s "Jfa- yorite Prescription," which, aa a tonic and nervine for debilitated women, is certain, safe and pleasant. It is beyond all compare the great healer of women. r. Wttna apraviao Louisville. Ky. Feb. 17. 187tf. 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