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4 T . WW I T i WILMINGTON, N. SUNDAY MORNlM, MAY 6 1866. TOLXV-KOrl 87. WnOLE NUMBEB 4,292. L L I V- T II E DAILY JOPEW A L . ENGKMIAKD PRICK, Proprietor.. Tmns sf Cabacrlptlra Daily Paver, on year, invariably in advance $10 00 ' - atxuiontls, " " 6 00 " three months, " " 8 00 " one month, " 100 Wwklv rapcr, on year, " " 8 00 eix months, " a 00 All letter on business connected with this office must be addressed to the proprietor. Rate! f AdvcrtlslHg i AdveRtihviext will be inserted at the rto of 1 per tmura for the first insertion; $3.50 per week ; and 13 per nibnth. Ten linos or leas are counted M ft square. Longer Advertisements in proportion. , , Advertisement inserted every other day are charged as new at each and every insertion. No publication reflecting upon private character will be -allowed in onr columns, either aa advertisement or other, wise. -. r No publication mad without a responsible name. Railroads. WILMINGTON & MANCHESTER BAIL ROAD. Gk.x. Bow. Orncx Wiu Maw. IUn. Road, I Wn.MiOToif,N. C, April 13th, i860. , ( ; CHAlfGK OF SCHEDULE:. ON AND AFTER THE 1CTH APRIL, THE FOL. lowing Schedule will go into effect on the W. A M. It. R.: Leave Wilmington daily at 12.20 A. M. Arrive at Kinfrsville " 8.05 P.M. , leave Kinesville " W0 A. M. AiTive at Wilmington " 10.00 P.M. .Close connections made at 'Wilmington with the Wil mington A Weldon Railroad dally, also at Florence with the North Eastern Railroad for Charleston. -?, ; WM. MacRAE, V 1 Gon'IBup't. April 1 ' - .. ; - ma- WILMINGTON & WELDON RAIL R0A1. Office Carer EnonreEB amd BuraanmicDEirr, I WruoaoTOX, April 14, 1806. J CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON AND AFTER THE 16th INST., TRAINS WILL , run over this road aa follow : "V.. v MAIL AND PASSENGER TRAINS, , Leave Wilmington daflv at .... ...11 00 P. M. Arrive at Goldaboro' at .4 15 A. M. Arrive at Woldon at ..10 00 A.M. Leave Weldon daily at 1 00 P. M. Arrive at Ooldsboro' at 5 55 P. M. , Arrive at Wilmington at night 12 00 M. v FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS, Leave Wilmington daily except Sundays' at. ...6 A. M. . Arrive at Ooldsboro' at 1 30 P. M. Arrive at Weldon at J. 8 45 P. M. Leave Welaon daily except Sundays at 6 A.M. Arrive at Ooldsboro' at 12 47 P. M. Arrive at Wilmington at.... 8 45 P.M. The Mail train make close connections through to New York and Charleston by inland and Day routes J also with ' Raleigh and Gaston trains. Trains leave Ooldsboro' at 4 A. M. and 5 P. M., going West, and 8 15 A. M. going East. Train from the West : rrivfl at Ooldsboro' at l'i 40 A. M. and 7 45 A. M., from the East at 0 45 P.M. v ' . , All dry goods and light groceries will be carried by these ' daily Freight trains, nd cloBe connection will bo mads with-train on the N. O. Railroad, daily exoept Sundays.- Goods bv steamer will be sent forward the day after they are received into the Warehouse. No extra charge by this train, which we hope our patrons, old a well a new, ' will notice. We do not underbid our neighbors, but work aa low as any, and will deliver as promptly as the beat, and claims for loss or damage will be adjusted at once, if presented according to our rules. . 8. L. FREMONT, Engineer and Superintendent. Papers printing Schedule, withdraw all other notices of trains, anu insert tuu uii iuruiu. ' Raleigh. Salisbury and Charlotte- paper copy one month, and send bills. April 14. 180C : 1CT WIL.. CHARLOTTE & RUTHERFORD R. R. Ones Wiu, Cham, A Roth. R. R. Co., 1 La0juhbcko, Not. 27th, 1806. ( On and after Monday, 37th Inst, a Freight Train, with Passenger Ceacbea attached, will run as follows : Up Train Wednesday and Saturday, Leave Wilmington at 8 o'clock, A. H., Arrive at Sand Hills at C " P.M. Down TrainMonday and Thursday, Leave Sand Hills at 6J o'clock, A. M., Arrive at Wilmington at 5 o'clock.P. M. WM. H. ALLEN, Master of Transportation. Freight intended for shipment by above trains mnat be delivered at tliis depot by 10 o'clock, A. M., Tuesday and Fridays. I. T. ALDERMAN, J . Freight Agent Nov. 27. -- M-tf Miscellaneous. WANTED, a DISTILLER WHO CAN MAKE WHITE ROSIN. iCX. Apply to March 14. A. 11. YANBOEKELEN. 141-tf SHIPPING ARTICLES AND FORK1UI OVTWAHO MAMIFKSTS, For sal at the Feb. 14, 1808 JOURNAL OFFICE. Exchange On IT' YORK AND BALTIMORE I ! For sale in sums to suit, by ATKINSON 4 fiHEPPERSON, 11 North Wster et. 172 lm April 19. Just Receired. A LARGE AND FINE ASSORTMENT OF CHOICE 2 HAVANA CIGARS. For aale by MALLETT HOFFMAN, No. 23 North Water St. 154 tf March 29. Spirit Casks. jt3JGHT A rATJLDING, new. Do. Second hand country. For sale by A. H. VarBOKKELEN. March 29. 154 Lumber. O RDERS or export or local demand promptly filled 7 MAT.T.1CTT A ROFTMAW No. 23, North WaUr Street. March 1 , tltt. Storage. STORAGE FOR COTTON AND MERCHANDIZE OF any description, can be had in fire proof, first class Warehouse. Insurance effected at Uie lowest rates. Apply to MALLETT A HOFFMAN, f 23 North W aterfitreet. March 10 138-tf Jnst Receired. mmmr,a AN ASSORTMENT OF OBEB A KETTLEWELL'B MANIPULATED OUAKO) and FEBTILIZEK8. 1 ioraaleby . MALLETT A HOiFMAN, No. 23 North Water St. March 29. 153 U General Notices. NOTICE. MR. CHAS. HOFFMAN, OF BALTIMORE, IS THIS day associated with me in the General Forwarding and Commission Bnsineas, umler the style of MALLETT A HOFFMAN. Consignment of Merchandise and Produce, for sale or shipment, respectfully solicited. PETER MALLETT. Wilmington, N.C., March 211,1866. 147 UNDERTAKER'S NOTICE. niHE UNPEIWIONED REHPECTFULLY IN I form the citizen of Wilmington ami the' nuhlia cener.llv. tliat he ha ODened aa eatablinhmsnt on the comer of Third and Princes street for the purpose of carrying on A GENERAL UNDERTAKING and CABINET MAKING BUSINESS. He respectfully ohit a liberal hare ortnepubuo patronage. , jj. . en Ann, Jan 1(4 94-tf NOTICE. BY ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED, WE ARE FOR. WARDING FREIGHTS and MONIES to aU wiy sta tions on the Wilmington A Woldon, and the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad by passenger trains dailv. Having greatly reduced onr rato on Freight and Mnniea. ulimnera will And it m-eatlv to their advantage to end their Fi icghU by SOUTHERN EXPRESS at our pres ent reduce! rate, which certainly offer inducement to liinper In large or small quantities. For Rates ami further particulars, apply at our office. JAMES MACOMBER, Ageut. Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 5, 18C5. 83-tf NOTICE. ALL PERSONS are eautioned against trespassing upon any of the Lands belonging to Henry N Howard,dec d., under the severest penalty or me law. WM. N. PEDES, - A. A. MrKOY, Administrators. Jan. 5. 83 tf Notice. mllE SUBSCRIBERS HAVINO BEEN APPOINTED X at the December Term, A. I)., 1805, of the Court of Pleas ami Quarter Sessions for new Hanover county, as Administrator and Administratrix with th will annexed, upon th estate of James Fulton, deceased, hereby give notice to all person indebted to said estate to make im mediate payment ; and all those having claims against said estate to present them within the time presoribed by law. or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. WM. A. BERRY, Adm'r., a A. FULTON. Adm'x., Deo. 20 70-tf 1 with the Will annexed. Miscellaneous. WILDER'S PATENT SALAMANDER SAFES, WITH WJLDEieS PATENT POWDER AND BUR , r GLAR-PROOF LOCKS. , , ! B. a. WILDER b CO., PATENTEES AND MA&CFACTCRSKS OF THE BEST FIRE-PROOF SAFE IN THE WORLD II JEWELERS' smd BANKERS lAVEl smsui ( Order. Llnod wttla Ha-rdeasd Ucl. HOUSE AND PLATE SAFES. TO THIS CELEBRATED SAFE was awarded Uie GOLD MEDAL, at the World's Fair in London, in 1851. Notice This celebrated Fire-Proof Safe is no longer made and sold by Silas C. Hjcumo, hi license to make and sell them having expired. . Th thousands of Certificate from Merchants, Bankers and Mechanics at aU trade, that have ben given in favor of tMa the omlt tscb "BALAMANDER." render it w less for the subscribers to multiply words in Its favor, as foil thirty thousand of M WILDERS PATENT SALA MANDER SAFJfta," hv haea maawfeotarwl ad auid ia th United States ; and, in almost every large fire that ha. taken plao during the last seveuteou years, these Safe have been subjected to the sbvuest tcsts, and not oni of tin " UenuiMS Saiainandert " ha leer been dettroved. Safes sold at New York price, with the freight to WO- mmgton auaeo. no oununisiuun uurinaig nuiiuuKiuii. We are prepared to take orders for these celebrated Safes. Samples can be seen at our office in a few days. ' Every Merchant should have one of the cheap and our Safe. ANDREWS A BARD IN, Commission Merchant. General Agent for North Carolina Office, No 5 South Water Street (Up Stairs), Wilming ton, N. C. Raleigh Sentinel copy. Nov. SO. 65-tf Storage and Wharfage. T AM PREPARED to receive Cotton, Naval Store, Her- chan (Use, Ao., on storage, at my wnarvee, between Chesnnt and Mulberry street, also at wharves near Union Distillery ; all nndet watchmen. A. H. VahBOKIELEN. Feb. 24. 126- Greensboro' Mutual Insurance Company. TTAYTNO BEEN APPOINTED AGENTS OF THIS JJ. Company, we are prepared to take firk HI8M.M on moderate terms. WALLACE A SOUTHERLAND. Agt's. No. 24, North-Water St. Wilmington, N. a, Oct. 19, 1865. 19-tf Terr Desirable Wharf ProoertY. I OFFER FOR SALE MY TWO WHARF LOTS, NEXT North of the depot ok, the WUmington A Weldon Rai road. 132 feet front, and extending back to Nutt Street! The location of this property insures a progressive appre ciation m vame. O. O. PARSLEY. March 14 141-tf Safes Safes. i THOSE SPLENDID SALAMANDER SAFES have ar rived. Call and buy one at New York cost. ANDREWS A BARD IN, Commission Mercant. March 25. 161-tf OLDEST HOrSE IN THE STATE AT7ENTJ02T TRADE. BOOTS, SHOES AMD LEATHER. THE LAO EST AND BEST AS SORTMENT OF BOOTS AND SHOES, IN THE STATE. ALL BOUGHT SINCE GREAT FALL IN PRICES. Great Inducements to Country Merchants. DEALINO in SHOES ONLY, AND BUYING DIRECT from the Manufacturer, we can offer Good a low a they ran be purchased in NEW YORK. Onr Wholesale Department embraces every style and variety of MEN S, WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S WEAR, Bnvers are cordially invited to examine our STOCK and PRICES, and we will guarantee them perfect satisfaction. RetaU bnyers will find it to their advantage to nice ear goods, a we ran give them a better SHOE at a fees price than they can buy them in THE CITY OR STATE. Call and satisfy yourselves. Orders carefully and promptly filled. GEO. R. FRENCH A SON,. No. 11 Market Street, - Wilmington, N. C Apr 28 ITS 8m To Turpentine Distillers. FOR SALE. No. 40 Strainer Wire ; No. CO Strainer Wire : No. 80 Strainer Wire ; No. 90 Strainer Wire. MURRAY A MUBCHISON.. April29 WMf Mercantile. PANIC IN NEW YORK! GOODS SOLD AT XESB THAU PRICK Off IMPORTATION t w E ARE OPENING NOW A LARGE ASSORTMENT of . . . SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, which, on account of th heavy importations, were bonghl at less than cost, and which we offer at a very small ad ranee. Onr stock consist of , BILES, GRENADINES, LAWNS, ORGANDIES, FRENO CAMBRICS, BAREGES . CHALLJE8, MOZAMBI QUE 8, DELAINES, POPLIS3, UERNANI, LO RILLA, AND OTHER PLAIDS, BRILLIANTH, BOMBAZrXES, ALPACAS, CRU'ES, WHITE GOODS EVERY, VARIETY, PRINTS, DOMESTICS, HOUSE FURNI8HINQ G00D8, PARASOLS, HEAD DRESSES. EMBROI DERIES. PAIill STYLES MANTILLAS, CLOAKS, GRENADINE AND LACE SHAWLS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, MITTS, AND NOTIONS. BOOTS AND SHOES, CLOTHINO AND FURNISHING GOODS, To our wholosala customers, w offer inducements un surpassed by any bouse this side of New York. M. M. KATZ & CO.r ! 23 Market Streut. AprUa 15- MILLINEEI. , tTTE HAVE OPENED OUR NEW MILLINER! . . BOOMS, and hats on hand the latest styles : BONNETS, HATS, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, PLUMES, SILKS, CREGES, ORNAMENTS, All orders finished with despatch. Call and see, and youU surely leave font orders. , -M. M. KATZ A CO., 5 r April 8 23 Market Street. mu ff Tierces Prlae Lard. 1 rv BBL8. PRIME LARD, . . . J.U 10 firkins Prime Lard. 4 Expected dally, and for sale by , JL H. YANBOEKELEN. Jan. 10th " - V .. . . . . Vi-U Job Work rV EVERY DESCRIPTION EXECUTED IN THE w very iest styie, a uie b. - JOURNAL OFFICE. Tobacco. A BLEND ID LOT OF FINE CHEWING TOBACCO, XX receired to-uay. Also some very common. ANDREWS A BARD IN, ' Commiasion Merchant. March 25. Ml tf J Spun COttOB. CST FROM FACTORY, for sale. ' ANDREWS A BARD IN, Commission Merchant. March 25. 181 tf MAKE YOUR OWN SOAP! BY SAYING AND USING YOUR WASTE GREASE. CT OVB BOX OF THE PennsjlTaftla Salt ManufiteturlDf CocpiBy's SAPONIFIER, OS CONCENTRATED LIE. It will make 10 POUNDS of excellent Hard Soap, or 25 GALLONS of th very best Hon Soap, lor only atxrat M CENTS. Directions oa each box. For sale at all Drag and Grocery stores, and in lot at W noksM cy WM. M. ELLICOTT A SONS, No. S Spear's Wharf, Baltimore. Md. Feb. 20. 127-Jm Electloi. fTTHERE WILL BE AN ELECTION HELD AT THE X Court Hon in Wilmina-ton, on the 1st Monday of May, for the purpose of electing are Fre uoukn- to serve as uonunumonera or pvif hwo ana ruoisgB. . ... SAMUEL R. BUNT1N9. Shsriff. Apra21 174-tde Dispatch copy. Strajed or Stolen. . . A LIGHT RED COW AND HEIFER YEAH- J. LING, The Cow ha a whit spot on the ne. The Yearling baa no boms, ana is aoous wsS limn old. BaidCow was uurchaMd from John D. Jones, Esq.. of Long Creek, in 1864. A suitable reward will be paid for th delivery of the Cow and 1 ear ling, or lor inxormauon leaoing k weir itojtoj. C. A. FULTON. WUmington, V. O, Apt a 28. W. tU WILLIAMS. ' A. SOVTUBXAKD. Is Store and bow Lauras, SUGAR, COFFEE, SYKUP, MOLASSES, FLOUR, BICE, Cheese, Butter, Pork, Mackerel, Codfish, Crackers. Hoan. Candle. Starch. Soda. Babbet' Yeast Powder, and Concentrated Potash, Pepper, Hpioe, Ginger, Green and Black Tea, Pickle, pure Cwer vinegar, eopperaa. Tobacco, Snuff, Matches, Pens, Ink, Paper and Fovslopes, Wood and Willow Ware, Brandy, Wine and Whisky, in case. Whisky in barrel. Champaigns Cider in barrels, Shot, Powder, Nails, Ac. which we oner at reduced price, a wholesale and retail, for rash orproduce etrfr. W. H. WILLIAMS A CO., 40J North Water Street. Aprfl 21 - 174-lm TurpenUae Tools All Elnds. FOR SALE. Trus Hoops, Haokera, best make, HoweUing Knives, Rivet Sett, Rivet Punches, Coop- ,tC- MURRAY A MURCmsON. April 23 181-lw Fresb Stone Liae, tc, Qff RBLS. FRESH STONE LIME, ' OUU W bbl. Tlasier. ; -. 25 bbl. Cement. ... -- - ' ' tl bmhels Hair. ' " ' ... for eal bV WORTH EANIEL, May For Sale and Rent. For Sale. T OFFER THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY FOn JL sale, at fair price : Mv Dwelling House; ait ii k tod on corner of Fourth and Chetniitstrects,wlth, Uonsehnld and Kitchen Furniture. My summer residence on Middl Hound, abont six miles from th citv. Also, that valuable Plantation, known a Belleville," situated on the West aid of Brunswick River. , Ahm, my Hones, Carriage, Bnggv, Harnesses, Ac, Ac. I will also reiit until the 1st October next, the Htora which I now occupy, and my Naval Store Wharf and Khed on South Water strwi. : . For terms and particulars, inour of - M. MclNNIS, No. H North Water KUvet, - Wilmington, N. O. Aill0 ? ItH-lm For Sale ' HT JAMRN SHOWN, Km I E.late Agents. Annr ACREH FINE FARMING LAND, LYING VlUvV-' n Braao River, Texas, 8 mile from Fort Belknap. , ... , ,' i April 'if J lHO-tf For Sale BV J A HEM Ai SHOWN, ltral Kt AgrnU. SEVERAL VALUABLE FARMS in Anson County, N. C, oomprising about J.KW acres. Including soins of Ike finest Cotton fond in the Stale. Must of the farms are improved, and in first rate working nrdur, Pi iits very low ror lana or this character. April 2H 180-tf OFFERED BV JANES & BROWN. A VERY VALUABLE 1'INTATION, SITUATED J.X. at the continence of Black River and the N. W. Cape Fuar River, containing U20O Aores; 2IK) Acres cleared and cultivated, of which oo are first rato bottom land, heavily .1. .. 1. HI. 11.... Vl'l.ilO.l. l 1U..... Iiiuimra T. li-u tiHV. iiuiw smm, tftafi. jii'.n, n..i t, Reeds, Shingle anil Slav Tim her, all accnille to the river. There ixiiiig it nine water n-ont on tne rivers aim large creeks, and 14 feet water on river front. There ia no better stock range on th river. Almost dally communication by steamer with Wilming ton. - ... Term easy, Mar. 131-tf LAND AGENCY. Jam. A Brown, Surveyor and Ileal Kstst Agt.., NEXT WEST JOURNAL BUILDINGS, Ot r Ell for sale that dnsirable rustUunce rrontiiig on 2d street, blot'k l'i7, 41 foet. running back lU fiiit. within three minutes' walk of tlia market house. It ha all neoessajv iuitiroveinout. This is a dn sirable and valuable piece of pnipertv, and will be sold low. The premises now pay a rout of llv hundred dollars in gold. For further particulars, apply as abovo. ALSO, the ulace near Wilmington, kown as ' Hll ton," on ths north-east branch of the Cape Fear. Just outside the city limits, ooiitaining one hundred ana ton acres. The above property is so well known here that a mors ruu description is uuumeii unuocessary. rontons wiaiung to purchase would do well to examine the premise. No property in this vicinity possesses equal facilities for im provement oi every tiesuripwni. ALSO. H.ooo ACRES OF LAND IN GREEN SWAMP, well timbered with pine and cypres. This last was sold a few years since for 11,000. Feb 23. 125 tf For Kale by James &. Brown, A FINE VACANT LOT ON GOVERNMENT STREET, Pcusacola, Florida, 80 fret by 100, about 150 yard, (ono block,) from the Postoflloe and Custom Houho, ad mirably located for the dry goods or drug business, or fur ofllees. ,. Wilmington, N. C, April 5, 18CC. 100 .w....-.; Wantr-d to Rent. , BY JAMA.B BUOWH. Rrst.tf Agents. A COMFORTABLE DWELMNG HOUSE. CONTAIN J. IHQ Flv urHlx Room, not more than three or four block n-ora jlarKM nareat. , FOR RENT. , On VERY VODE1UTE TERMS the best nnoccuplsd Hteam aw aiui in tue i;apo Jtoar Disutot. ArpUl . . ' "7-1 ' FOB RENT. " mHE HAW HILL PLANTATION, situated on Town X. Creek, Brunswick county, N. C, I offered for rent, until the first day of January, 107. There ia 100 acres oj cleared RICE LAND, and about the aame quantity ot cleared UPLAND, on this tract, with the necessary houses Ao. ALSO, ' a small place, known as a HUMMER RESIDENCE, in thi pine wood, about five mile from th above, will be rent ed for the earn length of urn. ' The above property belongs to Uie Estate of Henry N. Howard, deceased For term, Ac, apply to , 4 WM. N. TEDEN, A. A. McKOY, , Administrators. Jan. 5. - 3-tf TO LEASE, A SMALL ' LOT, WITH UNFINISHED WALLS J. which can be made suitable by the expenditure of a little money, for a retail store or ware-room. Said lot Is situated on Chestnut street, between Front and Water. Apply to DR. J. F. MoREE, J. Oct 19. l-tf lu A. MkT, fOBUf C. BAIMT WILMINGTON IRON AND COPPER WORKS. HART k BAILEY, Pboprictoiw, No. 17, Front Street, bejow Market, WUaslngtoa, W. C. HAYING RESUMED OPERATIONS, we are now pre pared to furnish . Brass and Iron Castings, finished and unfinished. New Machinery made and put np. Old Machinery overhauled. All kinds of Patterns. Ornamental and Agricultural. Will supply Draft of all kings of Machinery and Mill work genarally. TURPENTINE AND WniSKY STILLS, AXI COPPER WORK in all it branches. A full supply of Belting, Packing, nose, Steam and water ripe ana rutin gs. Machine Bolts, NnU and Rivets, and all other articles generally found in a Machine Supply Store. Also a large lot of Crucible, from No. 35 to 100, and warranted good will dispose or tnem Deinw aianniac Hir ers- prices. . March 29. 154-tf 'rrt Blanche' ChAmninie. JL to nortn uarouna, oi to aoov n ixt manniaoiurea by Theophile Roederer A Co., of Rheima, France. We i i r,. j i i. . ; .-...J nave r eceirwA w dubvu iu ti&j m auu fjiuw, ju impuiwu. and can recommend it with confidence a genuine and for sale at very mouerate pnees. or DkROSSET A CO., No. C North Water St., up stair. April 21 ' 174 BTnATh-lm Talnalle TAW AND MISCELLAKrOI'S LIBRARY for sale at i one fourth it value. Ca J at fcuiaw's Book Store for further information. May A 184 Ecpty Spirit Casks. 1 f f PWME NEW NEW YORK CASKS, XJ J 100 prime second hand selected New York Casks, oo prime secona nanaseieciea country csess. For sals from wharf by PXTTEWAY MOORE. Mays, I- THE DAILY JOUENAL. 1IVILMIMUTO!, W, CH HAT 6. 180ft. JiSrrwm Deris In Prlsan, From RiplimonJ I went down tlio James River to Fortrciw Monroo. On the tray olijocts of intor st wr poinUMl out Fort Darling, IMWs Hatch OnpCnnnl, Harrimfti'ii Lnnding. City Point, Jsmostowu, the flrat whiU attleiuout in thfl New orhl, owport Now Ao. Upon Introduction, I obtained a pass to enUr tho Fcrtruss, whore I had not br-en many Iionra, whfn I met tho great rebd rhi'f, Jeff. Davis, fno to face, while he wn taking hi umml duily wnlk on the ramprt under escort . of nn officer by bin mdn gnd two armed soldiers bohind him , np d I had n gtiod view of him as ho pftsaod mo. , HewnH well drwsod.hud a light-colored felt hat, mid new hoot. His eyo was clear and Iiright, hi, step firm, and his liearins a proud an a Roman eoiujneror. He ia Indulged in this re creation every day, and ia apparently cheerful and fro from care, lairing these walka he frequently reoilva acrap of Initio and (Jreek poetry. Ho u privileginl with tho nao of the fine library of tho FortreN. and ia jermitt4l to write, of enhrm nn der the inflect ion of the commanding offleer. , He ia a great smoker, and when in hi apait ment cmploya hi time in writing, reading ami praying. Alternately ho in very quiet and piona, and restive and lioiHterona. lie freely expresses hi opinion abont tho General and loaders on Initli aide. Ho think MoCleUtin was our great est General, and says Graut JiOjo soldier, nothing but a buU lier ; Iiiueoln was a good-natured man but a jaekaes Andrew Jonson is pretty smart, and inclined to do the fair thing ao far as he ean, lmt ho is not a great man. He think IiIh capture very nninst, as he was fairly imroled by the surrender pf Ijoo and Johnston, anu aays that if he had any idea of Ixiing taken he could eiutily have made his escape. He was terribly enraged nt what Footo of Missiiwippi, said of him, and declared that Footo whs a "constitutional liar" that he "had often told hiiu bo;" said he was filad when lie uuwlo liia eacuiie from the Confoileracy, and that he " gave orders to lot him go, and not to atop him," adding, " I was glad to get rid of audi a nuisance" "ThoDnkoof MaillHirough," Jcft aays, "de sertwl his Sovereign fought Buocossfully tinder the banners of another Trince, and his namo bos coino down in histoiy as ono of the noblest men, and grwutoNt of UomraU of his time But liar uhid Key, ono of Napoloou's fumoua Generals, who, after the banishment of Napoleon to Elba, gave in his adhesion to tho ruling owcr, and again joined liia chief ou his return, was, after bis fiaal overthrow, token and ahot as a traitor." His commentary upon these historic? facts was tliis: " 2'retiHon never proicrs for when it docs, nono dare call it u-mhoh. It ia of no consequence to any one to know from what source or what means I derive my informa tion concerning the sayings and doings of this bold, bad man. I can only say the reciul is per fectly true, and to be relied upon. iV. V. Timrs. PERSONAL " Fresldent Lincoln died on tho fourth annlver sary of the day on which he issued his proclama tion calling foi 75,000 Toluntoer April 15, 1801. Judge Lucas P. Thomimon, of the Supreme Court of Appeals, one of tho ablest of Virginia's jurists and purest of her sons, died In SUnnton on Saturday. Millard Fillmore approves President Johnson's policy, in a private letter to him. The lYibune , adds that he was a friend to tho South throughout tho war. The Ilev. Mr. Minnigorodo, of Richmond, spent Thursday with Ex-lYosident Jefler-on Davis, ad ministering the sacrament, Ao. Mr. Clny was not allowoil to aay a parting word to his fellow prison- ' era. ..,,.- General Lee's name does not appear in tho list of Southern officers who have applied to tho Pre sident for pardon. Tho rrcHldent lias specially pardoned Gen. Har ry Hays, of Louisiana. ' A young lady just out of her teens is the Latin and Greek Professor of a Kansas college. , General Grant is to sit for a bust to rnuA'in Simmon, a young sculptor from Boston, who lias A studio in Wssliington. General Frank Blair has rented a cotton plan tation near Yieksburg. Captain James D. Johnson, (late) Confederate States Navy, has become one of tlie elitora and proprietors of the Mobile Tribune. General Wheeler is about to be made Superin tendent of the Montgomery and Eufola liaiiroad. Mr. C. L. Vallandigham if making a viit to Washington his lint for several years. Hev. J. L. M. Curry, formerly a dudinc-nlslied member of Congress, is now an ordained minister of the Baptist Church, and the l'resident of How ard College, Alabama. Seventeen Massachusetts Colonels were killed daring the war. Tolk, the Chicago sculptor has finished a bun- of Mr. Lincoln, to be exhibited at the Paris Ex position. Rkspbct to thi Gallaht Deaj. When the corpse of Gen. llobt Hatton, late of the Confed erate Army, was being carried through the streets oi ash voile, the other day, a group of United States officers, who happened to be near the line of procession, rained their habs and stood uncov ered until the remains had passed them. General Hatton fell in the bloody struggle of Seven lines, below Richmond. - The Harrisburg Tehyrnjik is informed Cat ex President Buchanan intends taking the stun p for Clymer, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania. The friends of Admiral Raphael Semmes have filaced him in nomination for Judge of the Pro late Court for Mobile County. He will, of course be elected. Mis Anffusta, J. Evana. of Mnbile. ia tali dp an active port in the raising of funds to protect hie. graves of Confederate soldiers who fell during tim war. A New Orleans letter sars that Hon. J. P. Eor ' i- min has already taken rank as "a good first-e:. 3 lawyer" in England, and that he will settle tLcro permanently. Gesesal FoBKErr Bailed. General Forrest has been admitted to bail in the sum of tf a thou sand dollars, in Yazoo city, without any prelimi nary investigation into the killing of the negro en his plantation. . , . , General Cabell, who was captured with C zv.:,l ' Marmadnke during the Confederate invasion of Missouri, H kei mg a boot and hoe f ' ;x $t Fort fmi'Ji, Allan-, .a.
The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.)
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