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: 1 i i . ; THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C., MARCH 22, 1866. Radical, Worth and South. While the President, by his noble devotion to tho Constitution and the common veal of the whole country, has averted the late blow attempted to bo made against the south, and by his timely veto has, for tho time being, rendered impotent tho rage and venom of the Congressional Jacobins, and although it is demonstrated by the reliable voto given in the Senate to sustain the veto, that any law infringing on State jurisdiction will cer tainly meet with a like fate, the Radicals are pre paring to change their plan of attack, and by this means defeat the President's plan of restoration and carry their point. At present they seemingly content themselves by temporarily excluding our representatives from Congress, although their admission, even if the entire southern delegation acted with tho Conser vatives, would not destroy the Radical majority in Congress. Their only hope left is, by excluding tho pres ent men elected to Congress on the ground that they are unable to take the test oath, to force the south into a new election and limit their choice to such as really can take the oath, or for tho sake of seeming preferment, are willing to perjure them selves by doing so. By this means they hop to override the President's veto, and carry into exe cution their nefarious designs against the south, and the whole country. In this end these Radicals are assisted by a few men and presses in tho South, wc sincerely trust j in some instances, unintentionally. But that Sumner & Co., have allies in North Carolina, is beyond question. A State cotemporary, in com mcnting upon the testimony of Gen. Thomas be- foro the reconstruction committee (so-called) in relation to the stato of 2ublic opinion in Tennes see, in which he states as a fact that secret organ izations exist in all tho "rebel" States, whose purpose is to obtain representation in Congress, for the object of destroying the credit of the Na tional Government, involve the country in a for eign war, and then avail themselves of the oppor tnnitv thus created to effect a dissolution of the Union and tho establishment of a separate gov-1 eminent, states with such shameless effrontery that such a secret organization exists in this State, and demands that those who belong to it should be ferreted out and punished, that a city cotempor ary is induced to give credit to the assertion. That this libel upon the people of North Caro lina, a people who have honestly and conscienti ously registered their solemn obligation before God, of their loyalty to the General Government, and whose history and character gives the lie to such a foul slander, should be assented to for a moment by a stranger, who neither knows our people or has the interest of the South at heart is not to bo surprised at ; but that it should eminate from one who is a son of tho State, can only be accounted for upon the ground that the people have on more than one occasion refused to accept his patriotic offer of services in exalted positions. But however much we know these statements to be false, they have a baneful influence at the North, and by strengthening the power of the Radicals, are serving to undermine the President. And yet these presses desire to be regarded as par excellence the friends of Mr. Johnson. Wo have Radicals at the South who are the counterpaits of those North, and whose wishes and objects are the same. John Van Buren has left his own bailiwick and gone into Connecticut. He is talking to the peo ple on national affairs and supporting the Presi dent's policy. He styles the Freedmen's Bu Bureau an elernosynary concern, for the benefit of negroes not embracing in its operations the wid ows and orphans of sailors and soldiers, who had fallen in defence of the country. Speaking of tho Congress who passed the bill, he said: Now, it is flattery to call this Congress a Rump Congress. Laughter. It is a great deal more like a Parliament that succeeded, and which was known as the Barebones Parliament, in which there were members with all sorts of names, as described by a writer of that day, who says, (" Brown's Tra vels in England," page 279): 44 4 Cromwell,' says Cleveland, 4 hath beat up his drums clean through the Old Testament. You may learn tho genealogy of our Saviour by the names of his regiments. Tho muster master has no other list than tho first chapter of St. Matthew. The brother of this Praise God Barebones had for name, 44 If-Christ-had-not-died-for-you-you-had-been-damned Barebones ; but the people, tired of this long name, retained only the last word, and commonly gave him tho appellation of Damned Barebones." Now, one would have to go long through the present Congress and the Reconstruction Commit tee before finding a gentleman who answers ex actly to the description of 44 Damned Barebones." Laughter. But, as I say, they are the most ex traordinary body that ever organized, and to call them a Rump Parliament which was, in fact, a representation of England, however long it might have continued its sessions and its power is to flatter them. Why, just look at it ! Eleven States are unrepresented in that body, and about half of the residue are utterly misrepresented by men elected in the time of excitement, when there was no fair opportunity for an expression of opinion, and under circumstances that have entirely chan ged since their election. Under a constitution which requires each House to judge of the election a;jd returns of its own members, they pass a joint resolution by which they take from themselves the power separatelv to iudfre of the returns of their members, and proclaim that neither House shall admit any person from the States formerly in rebellion till both Houses have acted upon the subject by a legislative act or oth erwise. What more ? Why. while in this disor ganized state, mutilated and imperfect, a man gets up in the Senate and charges the President with white-washing the south, and another man says that the conversation of the Prosident, I believe . with Mr. Dixon of your own State, in which he simply gavo his views with regard to the duties of Congress, 44 would have cost Charles I. his head in tho day in which he lived." Such a body as that, I say, is an illegal, unconstitutional assemblage. It is, in point of law, a mob, and in my judgment the Mayor of Washington neglects his duty every day in not dispersing them as such. Applause ana laugnier.j Death of Judge Baker. We learn from the Baltimore Sun, of the 12th inst, that this gentle man, who had been lying ill at Barnum's City Hotel for some months past, died on Friday night last. The Judge went to Raltimore for the pur pose of medical treatment, and after being at the hotel a short time, his wife, who accompanied him, was taken sick and died. The deceased was a citizen of Prince George's county, Md., a gentleman highly respected and universally beloved. He was at one time a Judge of the Orphans' Court of Prince George's county, and filled other important positions. The Cheraw Advertiser. We have hitherto failed to call attention to this well edited paper. The omission was purely accidental, and we are happy now to repair our delinquency, The arti cles in the Advertiser, both original and selected, exhibit taste and judgment. It is neatly printed and published once a week' at Cheraw, S. C, by Prince & Co. A Peep at the Past. We have heard the inquiry several times made, in fact it has been made of us, where is the grave of Cornelious Harnett ? Perhaps some of the readers of this article may even ask who is Corne lius Harnett ? So true it is that ' 4 Men's evil man ners live in brass ; their virtues we write in water." Reader ! he was a scholar, a gentleman, a pa triot, and a martyr. He, together with another scholar and patriot of the Cape Fear, Gen. Robt Howe, were the only persons in North Carolina, specially excluded from all the benefits of pardon offered to other citizens of the State. It was Cornelius Harnett that Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, pronounced the 44 Samuel Adams of the South." He was one of Governor Burlington's council in 1730. He was President of the Province, which was the executive power of tho State after the flight of Governor Martin, the last of the Royal govern ors in North Carolina. A position as dangerous as it was exalted, and because it was exalted. North Carolina has perpetuated his name by giving it to one of the counties lying upon the upper Cape Fear. In 1781, at 58 years of age, "ho gave his honors to the world again." Ho sleeps in the northeast corner of the old burying ground, adjoining and attached to St. James Church. A simple brown sand-stone slab marks the spot, inscribed with his name, and graven with tho lines " Slave to no ect, no private rurtd ho tiul, But looked through liatnre up to nature's tied." This train of reflection reminds us how deeply Hsorth Carolina has suffered in consequence of not having given her early history to the world. Fruitful in great men, their very names have al most perished, and the forco of their example has been thereby lost to the world. Some years ago we endeavored to counteract this but failed. Among other letters received from literary gentle men, whose assistance we invoked in our contem plated enterprise, was one which wc received from the late Mr. A. M. Hooper, himself a distinguish ed scholar. We publish it here because it con tains sketches of persons and facts which have never before been printed, and are not devoid of interest. riTTSBOi:o Sept. 20, 18-11. Deak Sir: I saw the sketch of Judge Alfred Moore in the Wilming ton 44 Chronicle." It is based on one written by bis son Alfred, but enlarged and improved by Chief Justice Tay lor. While you are thinking of the Moores and Ashes, and other great names, let me remind you of another individ ual, whose name ought to be recorded in history. Rich ard Quince, of Cape Fear, might be called the Hancock of North Carolina, if he did not merit an appelation of high er distinction. Hancock, by means of his wealth, render ed great servico to his country. He was a vain and an ambitions man; and these two passions which predomina ted in his character, were fullv gratified by the post of Speaker of the Congress of the tJnited States; and after wards by the Chief Magistracy of Massachusetts. Quince's fortune was also available to his country; but Quuice was neither vain nor ambitious. He did not aspire to office. .Ho was pressed into situations and accepted them, not as an honor that was desirable, but as a means of advancing the cause of liberty and independence, by the influence of his high reputation for probity and his large estate. He staked an immense fortune and the growing affluence of a numerous family, iqxn a principle. How much he sacri ficed I do not know; but his losses, apart from those of his family, must have been very great. In these degenerate -days, we have no such patriot to Jiold up to liis astonish ed countrymen. You have furnished me with copious memoranda of Jo seph A. Hill. It will nevertheless consume much time, and require frequent opportunities, to gather such in stances of his debating powers as will enable me to de ft scribe them. As a first step, I intend to write to Gov. Iredell: as an nother, I must visit Raleigh, when a favorable occasion offers, and form an acquaintance with Mr. Graham. From him I expect a full and candid exposition of Joseph A. Hill's trials of skill with him. Gov. Swain can supply me with mnch information. It can only be by fre quent attempts persevered in, that I can hope to elicit, from his contemporaries, euch data as will enable mo to describe the powers of a great debater, so as to exhibit those powers intelligibly and impressively to the public. That debater, too, it is probat le, had not reached the sum mit of his excellence ! I feel myself under obligations to you for sending me a copy of the address of Archibald Maclaine to the people of Wilmington. There is an obscurity in the latter part of it which at first perplexed me, and I "imputed it to haste in the transcriber. On revolving, however, the subject in my mind, recollection furnished me with a satisfactory so lution. It was this: After the revolution, my grand father attended the Superior Courts of Newbern, Edenton and other districts. I remember distinctly seeing the rough draughts of the declarations he filed in "those counties among his papers. When the address to the people of Wilmington was published, he was absent. I remember the difficulty that was occasioned in my family by this obscurity. My father and Col. Edward Jones en deavored to make the obscure passage intelligible, but could not succeed. The compositor, it was alleged, had lost the address. If the obscurity was ever cleared up, I do not recollect, nor do I recollect that any errata were published after my grand-father returned home. I will preserve carefully the papers yon sent me; and shall return such as I am requested to return, when I have done with them. If you want them sooner please say so. I have space enough left to speak of some of them. Hortensius to Louis McLane, I think more highly of than when I published it. As a specimen of precocious talent, the address to the Freshman class of Yale College affor ded me tho most pleasure. I cannot remember anything written by a youth of fifteen or sixteen, so elegant and so chaste. It was a pity, that with his cast of intellect, he had not been placed in a lawver's office at that age, in stead of being matriculated at a college. His career to eminence would have been more dazzling, and his destiny, in all probability, greater and happier. The Cage of Mrs. Ball. Mrs. Ball, who was tried before a Military Com mission in Raleigh last month, for the murder of a negro, has been sentenced to be imprisoned for the term of three years, at such place as the commanding general may direct. Major General Huger, in approving and con firming the findings, mitigatos the sentence to im prisonment for one year, to be executed under the order of the commanding ollicer of the post of Raleigh. TIic Fenian Movements. We take the following special dispatch, dated Albany, N. Y., March 11th, from tho New York World : I have just received some very important news through private and reliable sources from Burling ton, throwing considerable light on the movements of the Fenians in that vicinity. Uniforms for fifteen thousand men, and two thousand rifles of tho very best pattern, have been transported quietly during the last ten days from New York City and from Troy to Burlington, Vermont, where they now remain concealed, awaiting the advance of the Fenian host. It is more than pos sible that these arms will see the light on St. Pat rick's day, when there is to be a grand demonstra tion of some kind made by the Irish population in that locality. Arms in abundance are said to be stored at Detriot, Sandusky, Buffalo, Ogdensburg, Pattsburg, anr1 Montpelier. Three compan ies of Fenian volunteers have been organ ized in Burlington for service in Canada. An old officer who has seen service in Mexico has com mand of the battalion. The Vermont Fenians have received trustworthy intelligence from Mon treal that there was a secret meeting of the lead ers of the movement in that city, last Friday night in a building not a hundred yards from the Bose coars market, in which it was resolved to give every aid possible to the invaders. Out of the 85,000 members of that order in Canada, it is stated that 25,000 will take up arms as soon as Sweeney's advance reaches Canadian soil. Many of the Southern officers who have been residing in Canada for the last two years, have gone to New York for the purpose of offering their services and assistance to General Sweeney. Lo Isle St. Hele ne, on the St. Lawrence River, opposite Montreal, a military post, which is a key to the defense of the city, is being put in a thorough state of de fence, and no civilian is allowed to visit the forts under any pretense whatever. A band of New York thieves recently went on board a Brooklyn ferryboat out out the lights. rTrradi ' ! ; ? A Gleam T Light, f .We have been so much gratified by an article which appeared in the Richmond Diipaic7i, headed "A 'Reconstructed' Senate." showing tho salutary influence of the President's veto, and the effect his firm and consistent course has had upon the publio mind ; and more especially, as it has devel oped itself by votes recently takenin the Lrnitea States Senate, that we cannot forbear giving it to our readers just in the form in which it comes from the pen of the Dispatch. We are confident the readers of the Journal will sympathize in our gratification : A " Reconstruct!"' Senate. The exercise of the veto power by the President or of his lungs on the 22d"of February, or both, or some other extraneous influence, can only ac count for the wonderful improvement whichhas taken place in the temper, not to say the opinions of the United States Senate. In reading the pub lished reports of the proceedings of that body on last Friday, we are surprised to find that every proposition submitted which recognized Sambo as equal to his white brother was summarily voted down. And there were so many of these propo sitions, and they presented the subject in such a variety of lights, that we cannot now understand why none of them pleased the majority. We ask the reader to scrutinize the following specimens and see if he can imagine why any Radical should object to them : Mr. Henderson offered an amendment providing that no State, in prescribing the qualifications for electors therein, shall discriminate against any person on account of color or race. This was re jected yeas 10 ; nays 37. A plump vote against Sambo on a plain issue ! and by a majority of almost four to one ! Mr. Clark moved, as an amendment, that re presentation shall be apportioned according to the number of male citizens in each State above twenty-one years of age, and having the qualifica tions requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the Legislature. After some discussion, Mr. Clark withdrew his amendment. This was an indirect hit at the Southern States which keep Sambo from the polls, yet Mr. Clark was afraid to trust his amendment to a vote. The question was then taken on tho amendment of Mr. Sumner, which provides that "in the States lately in rebellion there shall be no oligar chy, caste, or monopoly invested with pecnliar privileges arid powers, and there shall be no de nial of rights, civil or political, on account of color or race, but all ersons shall be equal before the law, whether in the court-room or at the ballot box ; and this statute, made in pursuanco of the Constitution, shall be the supreme hvw of the land, anything in the Constitution or laws of any such State to the contrary notwithstanding." Which was disagreed to by a vote of 39 nays to 8 yeas. Nearly five to one on another plain issue ! Mr. ates offered au amendment that no State shall make any distinction in civil or political rights on account of race, or color, or previous condition of slavery, and all citizens of the United States shall be protected in the right of suffrage. The amendment was disagreed to. Strange voting this, for Radicals ! What will Fred. Douglass, Thad. Stevens, and Garrison say? or even Mrs. Swisshelm ? Mr. Sumner offered an amendment that no State shall abridge the elective franchise on account of race or color ; which was disagreed to by a vote of thirty-eight to eight. Mr. Sumner offered an amendment that all per sons deprived of voting shall be exempted from taxation of all kind ; which was disagreed to. These two were the last shots in Mr. Sumner's locker. He gave up the fight. The Senate was incorrigible. It would neither resolve that ne groes should be allowed to vote, nor that if they were not allowed to vote they should not be taxed. In fact, the Senate voted upon every proposition as if Mr. Johnson had issued "general orders" which included every particular point. And evi dently not because they would allow no amend ments, for one was adopted disfranchising rebels. After these two last propositions of Mr. Sumner had been killed, the Senate proceeded to vote upon the main question with the result stated in our paper of Saturday. The Senators divided as follows : Yeas. Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Cragin, Creswel, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Howe, Kirkwood, Lane of Indiana, McDongall, Morgan, Morrill, Nye, Poland, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Trum bull, Wade, Williams, and Wilson. 25. . Nayb. Messrs. Brown, Buckalew, Cowan, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Guthrie, Henderson, Hendrick, Johnson, Lane of Kaosas, Nesmith, Norton, Pomeroy, Riddle. Sanlsbury, Stewart, Stockton, Sumner, Van Winkle, Willey, and Yates. 22. The Chair announced that two-thirds of the Senators not having voted for the joint resolution, it was lost. Who will av that the Senate is not an entirely different body from what he had supposed it to be ? The Mayor makes publication in this morning's paper that Gen. Robert Ransom has been didy qualified and entered upon the discharge of the duties pertaining to the office of city marshal We are happy to see this announcement, as it gives assurance of greater security to the lives and property of our. fellow citizens. A man can now walk our streets without making "an arsenal of Lis body." Gen. Ransom, we are satisfied, will so discharge the responsible trust which has been devolved upon him, as to disarm the opposition, which perhaps was naturally entertained, in consequence of his having so lately come among us, and win the approbation of all good men. In our humble opinion hp possesses, in a pre-eminent degree, the qualifications the position requires, and these have been improved by education, profession and pursuits. His election is alike creditable to him, and to those who placed him in office, and gives assurance that the authorities are disposed to do their duty without fear. Let us do our duty by yielding that moral support to which they are entitled. Daily Journal, Yilh inst. The Dead. The remains of Ed. Graham Metres, who fell while engaged in fighting the battles of his country upon the field of Sharpsburg, arrived in "Wilming ton by the train on Saturday morning. Thus our city gathers in one by one her jewels, to lay them side by side in their last resting place. The fu neral rites were celebrated at St. James' church at 11 o'clock, A. M., the same day. At the tame time and place, the same sad offices were performed over the remains of Mr. Cicero CuiiGE, another of Wilmington's gallant sons who died with his harness on. Let us honor those dead, who in life honored us. John L. Munroe, the national democratic can didate was, upon the 12th, elected mayor of New Orleans. Our readers will recollect the noble conduct of Mr. Munroe when the enemy had the city entirely at his mercy, and his consequent sufferings for his fidelity to the cause he had espoused, and his manly defence of the trust which his fellow citi zens had reposed in him. All honor to him. We are pleased to learn through our enterprising neigh bors, Mosers. James & Brown. Real Estate Aerents. Civil Engineers, Ac., that there is considerable enquiry being made for Timber Lands, Mill Sites, and City property here tnd in this vicinity, and made by parties who come in tending to invest as soon as they can be suited. All who desire to dispose of such property on anything like rea sonable terms, will find it greatly to their interest to nnt it in the hands of James & Brown, and so brine it at once to the notice of all buyers here, as well as eive it the ad vantage of being offered by the Southern Real Estate Agency in new York. TWRVAUTWn TWO mn, rkuTmi Tl. CJ a commandants that they must see that in their de- nartmenta moh adopted as will, if possible, prevent any visitation of tao cholera. Directors' MECinco.-T-The Directors of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company met at their office on the opposite side of the liver, Thursday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. After a short session the meeting adjourned. f One of the principal objects for which this meeting was held, was .in order to arrange tho funding of certain bonds, now held by certain persons in this country and in Europe, into mortgage bonds. There beinjr an agent in Europe at present, giving his attention to this matter, Maj. J. W. Cameron was selected as financial agent to arrange the transfers here. A committee, consisting of O. G. Parsley, Esq., David 8, Cowan, Esq., and Col. J. G. Burr, was appointed to confer with a committee from the Charlotte Road and one from the Weldon' Road in regard to bringing the two roads (Charlotte and Manchester) across the river crossing at Walker's Ferry on the N. W. Branch, and Hilton on the N. E. and forming a common passenger depot in the neigh borhood of the Weldon Road. The freight depot and shops of the Manchester Road to remain where they now are. ' It is also contemplated making a through route from Augusta to this place. But for the difference between the gauge of the roads south and those north of this city, a through route could be made from Augusta to Washing ton City. But for these reasons it is impossible. In lieu thereof, however, a through route will be made from Wil mington to Washington City, north. By tliis means pas sengers starting from Wilmington can go through direct to Augusta, south, or Washington City, north. Inspectors' Returns. Tho following returns of the amount of naval stores, cotton, fcc, inspected and weighed from their appoint ment up to Monday last, have been made to the Comity Court during the present week by the different Inspec tor . NAVAL STORES. Spts. Turpt. Turpentine. Tar. Rosin, bbls. IIi1m. bbls. bbls. Alf'd Alderman, 8 mow. 2,71)3 13,239. .. .8,163. . . .1,662 Jno. C. Bowdcn, 8 mos. 4,762 442 ... . 693 ... . 2tK Juo. 8. James, 8 iiioh. 4,C14 1 0,762 ... . 3,G07 .... 6,931 Arch. Alderman, 8 mos. 1,065 8,675 6,120 T. W. Player, 7 mos. 1,505 3,264 . . . 3,232 .... 638 J. O. Bowdcn, 4 J mo. 371 4,229 4,099. ... 502 Wm. J. Price, 3 mos. 569 1,059 1.026... B. Southerland,2 mo? 808. .. . 1,211. . . . J.M. Howlereou,2 moa 1,388. . .1,236 ... TIMBER AND LUMBER. No reports have been received from the InsiKjctor. PROVISIONS, COTTON. Ac. 1. E. Buutiuv', (from 13th July, 1865, to 13lh March, 1866) Cotton, 9354 bales : Flour, 7119 bble.: do. 382 half bbls. Pork, 1182 bbls.; do. 48 half bbla.; Beef, 13 bbls.; Hay, 1771 bales ; Rags, 50 bales; Rice, 7 casks ; Bacon, 30 hhcls., 24 bbls.; Corn, 309 bush.; Wool, 3 bales ; Tobacco, 3 hhds.; Pea Nuts, 500 bush.; Was, 25 bbls., 2 boxes ; Tal low, 6 bbls.; Copper, 7 bbls.; Brass, 5 bbls.; Iron, 15 tons. W. J. Yopp, (from 13th July, 1865. to 10th March, 1866.) Cotton, 9354 bales; Flour, 7419 bbls.; do. 382 half bbls.; Pork, 1182 bbls.; do. 48 half bbls.; Beef, lJ bbls.: Hay, 1771 bale; Ragd, 50 bake: Rice, 7 casks; Bacon, 30hhds"; 24 bbls.; Corn, 309 bush.; Wool, 3 bales; Tobacco, 3 lihds.; Pea Nuts, 500 bush.jnVax, 25 bbls., 2 boxes; Tallow, 6 bbls. ; Copper, 7 bbls. : Brass, 5 bbls. ; Iron, 15 tons. John W. Munroe, (from 13th Julv, 1865, to 13th March, 1866.) Cotton, 7542 bales; Flour, 2343 bbls.; Shooting, 87 bales ;IIay, 1716 bales; Pork, 545 bbls.; Wax. 5 bbls.: Fur. 2 bbls.; Brass, 24 bbls.; Tallow, 5 bbls.; Bacon, 23 hhds., 8 casks ; Copper, 23 bbls.; Hoop Iron, 10,113 lbs.; Lead, 732 lbs.; mucs, 1U3 ; roa .Nuts, yaa bush. Battle's Digest. Rah:igii, N. C, Feb. 7th, 18CG. Hox. W. H. B.vrriiE : The undersigned, members of the legal profes siou, having learned that you have completed a manuscript digest of all the reported cases m Aorth Carolina, desire to express their gratification at the prospect of the appearance of a work so valu able and so much needed by the profession in this btate, and to request its publication at your ear liest convenience : M. E. Manly, J. M. Hutchison, P. Murphy, W. N. If. Smith, Will. A. Tenkins, J. F. Hoke, 8. F. Phillips, R. Y. McAden, Ahnand A. McKay, A. 1). McLean, J. D. Stantord, W. P. Bynuoi, A. C. Cowles, D. D. Ferebee, Geo. Howard, M. L. Eure, Jos. H. Wilson, James T. Morehead, Giles Leitch, George V. Strong, J. F. Woo ten, W. T. Dortch, Jno. V. Sherard, W. T. Faircloth, Quent. Busbee, R. C. Badger, Jno. A. Baker, D. M. Carter, F. E. Shobe, Th's Bragg. Chapel Him,, March 9, 1866. I have just received your note requesting the early publication of a Digest of all the reported cases determined in the Courts of this State, which you say you have heard that I have prepared. I am highly gratified by the interest which you manifest in the proposed work, it is true that it is nearly completed, and it will be put to press as soon as the necessary preparations for it, which I have commenced, can be finished. The work will appear in two volumes, the first containing the law, and the second the equity decisions, and it will embrace every reported case which has ever been published in the State from the earliest pe riod down to the present time. I have bestowed much care and labor upon the work, and hope it will meet the approbation of the bench and bar of North Carolina, at whose in stance and for whose use it has been prepared. With high regard, I am your's truly, WILL. H. BATTLE. To Hon. M. E. Manly, J. M. Hutchison, Esq., P. Mritrny, Esq., and others. fob the journal. Messrs. Editors :I am not disposed to enter complaints against tho management of any corporation without just cause, but when this cause docs exist, it is bet just that the public should know it, in order that the evil may be remedied, if possible. The authorities of the Atlantic and Noth Carolina Rail road Company seem resolved to ignore in tolo the hilcrests of the merchants of this town, and, by this means, force them to seek other routes tor the transportation of then merchandise. I am told that goods shipped via Newbern from New York are frenueiitlv two weekn ru route, to this place, and that the delay is immediately at the railroad deoot in Newbern. Is there no remcdv for this evil? Let the President and Directors of the Wilmington and Weldon railroad reduce then rates of freight to this point, and promise that no delays shall occur after coods are re ceived for transportation, and 1 am confident that the merchants of Goldsboro' will ship entirely via Wilming ton. It is certainly the most direct line, and possesses ninny advantages over any other route. I have no desire to injure the Atlantic and North Caro lina railroad, but I am privileged to think that much of tho causoot complaint against the road might be removed by a little investigation, which must prove beneficial in all cases. MERCHANT. Gold-boro,' March 13, 1866. Telegraphic Summary. The following is a summary of late telegraphic dispatches : Judge Kellogg, collector of customs at New Or leans, has news that the government at Washing ton nas uismissea all persons engaged in the sei:s uro of property in the South, claimed as belong ing to the Confederate government. All cotton now seized is to be held until a full examiuaton can be had. The steamer Sacramento sailed from San Fran cisco for Panama on the 10th instant, taking cut ?podo,uw in treasure, of which $678,616 are for New York. A dispatch from Portland, Oregon, says the In dians in the Owhyhee region are very trouble some. The citizens had offered bounties for their scalps, and intended to make a clean sweep of them. The Senate has confirmed tho nominations of over a hundred brigadier generals to be major generals, and a large number of colonels to be brigadiers by brevet, most of whom have been mentioned for promotion before. The U. S. gunboat Don, Lieut Com. Chandler, is at Fort Monroe, and the steamer Ocean Wave has sailed thence for Mobile. RiVi Vim : l . -, i , , -u guju iuj-gixi re repunea to nave oeen discovered near Helena, Montana. Extensive ar rangements are being made to reach the mines this spring. The declaration of war against Spain by Ecua dor is confirmed, and an alliance had been enter ed into with Peru and Chili. The errand iurv at Boston. onMondav. rAtnmcui 204 indictments for a violation of the liquor law. CONKECTTCnT ELEfrrTOW. Additional int,n4 ia - - umwv 40 lent to the approaching Connecticut election by the fact that the choicA of n.TTnitvl Rfofoa anntn. to succeed Mr. Foster is dependent upon it. FROM WASfllNGTON RESTORATION TERMS FOB THE THE SOUTH TO BE TRO t" POSED, ." Representative McClurg proposes to introduce a' joint resolution providing , that either of the States of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas or Texas shall be entitled to representation in Congress, and to resume complete practical relations with the U, States, whenever the said State, by its Legislature, or by a Conven tion, shall formally adopt the following irrepeala ble, fundamental conditions, namely: j ; First That all constitutional provisions, laws, statutes, acts, ordinances, rules and regulations heretofore in force or held valid in the said State, whereby or wherein any inequality of civil or po litical rights or immunities among the inhabitants of the said State is recognized or maintained by reason of or founded upon distinctions or differ ences of color, race or descent, or upon a previous condition or status of slavery or involuntary servi tude, be declared absolutely null and void, that it shall be forever unlawful to institute, make, or dain of establish in the said State any sub-constitutional provisions, law, statute, act, ordinance, rule or regulation, or to enforce or to attempt to enforce the same. , Second. That no payment shall ever bo demah ded by the said State, or any part thereof, of the United States, nor be made by the said State, or any part thereof, or by the United States, for or on account of the emancipation of any slave or slaves, or for or on account of any debt contracted or incurred in aid of the rebellion against tho U. States: and that said State shall faithfully ancl lDunctuallv contribute its share towards, paying the debt of and meeting all its pecuniary obligations to the Government of the United States. Third 'That the following described persons. having taken a leading part in the lato rebellion, shall be excluded from tho right of suffrage or of holding office, nahielv : Whoever, as a citizen or officer, member of the Legislature or Convention of any State, has voted for, signed or advocated the passage of any ordinance of secession ; who ever has sought or held any office of the so-called Con- federate Government other than ministerial, or below the grade of captain ; whoever has olunta rily loaned or donated any money or property to the said pretended Government, or iiivebted in its bonds : whoever, while an ollicer of tho United States, has aided, counselled or encouraged any secession from or war against the United States, or left the service of the United States to take part iu the rebellion. Fourth, The provisions of tho joint resolution shall take effect as soon as either of said States, by its Legislature or by a convention, shall, by a solemn act or ordinance, declare the assent of the said State to the fundamental conditions herein prescribed ; which conditions shall be in tho said act or ordinance declared forever irrepealable under any circumstances whatever. Mr. McClurg proposes to refer the above to the Committee on reconstruction. OBJECT OF THE NIGHT SESSION NO IMPORTANT NOMI NATIONS TO BE CONFIRMED. Special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Washington, March 12. It is stated in Radical quarters that there are to be night sessions all this week. The object is ap parent. It is thought by the Radicals that, by jnishiug legislation, they will prevent a sober second thought among any nienibers in tho nature of re turning reason against Radicalism. They feel, too, like getting home to inflame the popular mind, and obstruct rising Conservatism among the people. It is now understood that the Radi cal Senators have determined not to confirm the nominations of the President of an important character. NO REMOVALS BY THE PRESIDENT AT PRESENT PROS PECT OP REPUBLICAN AND RADICAL UNITY IMPROV ING, ETC. Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. Washington, March 12. Tho Senate will be disappointed in the hope they entertained of a speedy opportunity of rejec ting President Johnson's nominations. He has signified to some of them that he will make no removals at present. He wrould probably gratify ttiem very mucn by dismissing two or tl ree mem bers of the Cabinet and nominating political friends for their places. They would attempt to test the question made in 1829 and 1830, but never decided, whether the President has a right to remove an officer without the assent of the Senate. The President will, perhaps, wait for further developments of the political plans of the Radi cals before he proceeds to make removals. At present the prospect of continued Republican and Radical unity in Congress is improving. The New Hampshire and Connecticut elections are important, as the earliest that will occur in which the issues made by Congress with the Presi dent will be submitted to the people. The Repub lican organization in the first named State is too strong to be overcome so early in the conflict. Time is wanted to effect any change unfavorable to Radicalism. In Connecticut commercial influ ences sometimes prevail over Radical dictation. It would not be surprising if the State should take a conservative stand. Clerks from all the Government offices in this city, and even some heads of bureaus and assist ant secretaries, have generally been allowed leave of absence to go home to vote. No obstructions will be offered, it is said, to the usual course. They will voto as they please, without the danger of removal for that cause. No general system of proscription threatens them. STEVENS AS A POLITICAL CLOWN HIS INFLUENCE KNE TOE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN A FAILURE CONGRESS AND NEGRO SUFFRAGE THE RADICALS DIVIDED THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS ANOTHER HEAVY TASK. CorresiKJiidi'iice of thellichmund Examiner.) Washington, March 11. There was a good deal of stage trick in Mr. Ste vens' speech. Without scorning to assail the Pre sident, ho contrived with a member to bo inter rupted in his discourse, by a question touching tho President's notice of him in tho address of the 22d of February, and affected to treat the Presi dent's remarks as democratic fable. So ho brought in and caused to bo read a paragraph from the N. York World, exceedingly abusive of the President, in reference to the inauguration drama, all of which he pretended to treat as a slander. By way of retaliation, it is said that a member will read a paragraph from Forney, written some years ago, in the Lancaster Intelligencer, denoun cing Stevens as " a villain at heart." Radicalism make strange bed-fellows. The power of Mr. Ste vens over Congress is broken, and it is said that he himself is willing to retire from his position of leadership. The committee on reconstruction, which was intended to usurp tho whole power of the govern ment, is a failure, and both Houses have lost con fidence in it, as well as in him. Congress has proved their incapacity for the work of reconstruction. They cannot agrco upon any practicable plan, and must, in the end, yield to the President's policy. It is probable that the Senate will - " VUUVMI W W patch up an amendment basing representation on vuLcxa, wj uuku euect aiter tno next census. 15ut some of the eastern and western States are opposed to this, and it will fail, and so will every scheme for forcing negro suffrage upon the lately slave holding States. The radicals say that they cannot succeed in carrying another rnsitfvntin.l a! Affirm nrilofia ITidv have the negro vote. In order to rnvp. Affect that vote, thev will nrotmsfl on ftmATiflmo-nf - Constitution rjrovidinc that tliA PrAsirl X O " " K t chosen by qualified voters of the States, voting! ourectly lor tneur candidate, and without. thA in. i tervention of an electoral college. They say that in a population of thirty-one millions, they can not calculate upon a majority unless they can secure the suffrage of four or five millions of the black population. Congress will wrancla and flnrmW swai fViooa topics till the people or the cholera drive them home; but that they will devise and agree upon any practical plan of reconstruction is not to be believed. The reDUblican mninrii-c Vina nlroarW imfnaoonJ the loss of the unity and strength with which they wviuvuvcu me connici wun. tne tremdent, and very soon, when they approach practical subjects of revenue, taxation and enrr jney they will bo entirely divided and broken up. Thero will be a strugglo on the loan or funding bill, between the Treasury plan and Mr. Stevens' project, Mr. McCulloch's policy is to contract the currency, fund the floating debt, establish a sink ing fund of a hundred millions a year, and make a foreign loan, when it can be done on advanta geous terms, upon long bonds and a low rato of interest Mr. Stevens' substitute prohibits the contraction of : tho currency, and any loan, and merely authorizes the funding of the floating debt. The protected interest are averse to any reduction of the currency by which prices of their products will ho reduced. . The holders of largo stocks of imported goods are also using their infiuenco in the same direction. The national bank;, too, are apprehensive, that, if the currency be contracted, they will lose the private deposits, upon which they are making large profits. It is possible that Congress willdo nothing with the subject, leaving Mr. McCulloch to act under existing laws. ( KAPPA. THE POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT HIS SPEECH TO KENTUCKY DELEGATION. On Thursday morning, the 8th inst., James A. Dawson, Esq., Register of the Land Office for the State of Kentucky, in company with Messrs. Hard ing, Ritter, Rousseau, Grider, Trimble and Shank lin, members of Congress, Quartermaster General George W. Monroe, and other citizens of that State, called upon the President. The object of the visit was to present to Mr. Johnson the pro ceedings of a mass meeting held at the capitol, iu Frankfort, endorsing his veto message. Mr. Dawson, being introduced, addressed thr President He said that the mass meeting, tho proceedings of which ho had been delegated to present to the President, "was called to givo nn expression of the views of the peoplo upon the policy of your Administration, and with special reference to tho views and principles enunciated in vour, message to the Senate, embodying your objections to what is familiarly known as tho Freedmen's Bureau bill. It was a meeting of no political party, but of the people, without regard" to past political sentiments. Men of all parties united in the meeting cordially, heartily, enthusi astically. And allow mo to to assure you, sir, that theso proceeding are not the expression of a single locality in the State, but that they contain the sentiments of the whole people of the com monwealth. Similar meetings have been and arc being held everywhere throughout tho State, and everywhere are your patriotic positions applauded and the purpose declared to stand by you in the conflict between yourself planted, as you are, on the citadel of the Constitution and those who would still keep that instrument rolled up as a sealed book, and would substitute for it their own impulses, prejudices and passions in tho enact ment and enforcement of laws. Mr. Dawson then spoke of tho impatience and dissatisfaction felt by tho people of Kentucky, that they had not had restored to them the privi vilege of the writ of habeas corpus ; at the con tinuation of military forces in the Stato, and the extension in the State of tho Freedmen's Bureau, the "presence of whose agents thero tends only to produce demoralization and dissatisfaction amongst the negroes, annoyance and inconveniences to the white citizens, and is productive of no good re sults." In conclusion, Mr. Dawson said : "They (the people of Kentucky) have been aware of the overshadowing matters of importance which have been pressing upon your time, and have waited, confident in the behalf that when 'the fulness oi time' shall have fully come, you will 'unroll the Constitution,' which will remedy all theso fivils. They trust that time is not far distant nay, is even now." THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY. The President responded. It is not needful that a formal or extended reply to what you havo said should be made. I tender you, and through you, the people whom you represent, and of the State, my unfeigned thanks for these kind expressions and manifestations of confidence in me personally, and the endorsement of the policy which shall control my administration. It is peculiarly grati fying to receive these assurances at this particular time. I trust the results will show that the confi dence thus reposed is not misplaced, and will never become a matter of regret upon the part of those who give expression thereto. The present is regarded as a most critical juncture in the affairs of the nation scarcely less so than when an arm ed and organized force sought to overthrow the. Government. To attack and attempt the disrup tion of the Government by armed combination and military force is no more dangerous to tho life of the nation than an attempt to revolutionize and undermine it by a disregard and destruction of tho safeguards thrown around the liberties of the peo ple in the constitution. Our stand has been taken ; our course has been marked out. W o shall stand by and defend tho constitution against all who may attack it, from whatever quarter tho attack may come. We shall take no step backward in this matter. No other or higher evidence of our purpose in this regard can be given than has al ready been furnished. In the future, as in tho past, we shall endeavor, in good faith, to make tin administration of tho affairs of the Government conform to the constitution in its letter and spirit : therein is the only guaranty to the liberties of the people. It is hoped by an adherence to this rule to remedy ere long all the irregularities and an noyances to which the peoplo have been subjec ted. Again do we assure you, that theso demonstra tions of confidence and assurances of support upon the part of the people are exceedingly cheering to us; that we are grateful for and properly appreci ate them, and that our wish is to so discharge the trusts confided to us as to merit them. I need not say more at present Iron and Coal Interests. About thirtv of tho. bar and nail manufactories of Piftahnrfr t.hnf stnti. ped work recently, owing to an unwillingness on uie part oi mo operatives to submit to a reduction of wages, are again in operation, tho pmnlovors having yielded. Tho prospect at present is said not to bo good for creat activitv in thin bmnoh of industry. Coal has felt the influence of the times, and last sales in New York exhibit an n.vorjurn do- cline of about two dollars per ton. The profits of tno traaers in tnis article have been immense and consumers will hail reduction as coming not at all too soon. The last wonderful discovorv mod a i fVmf Viv Frenchman, that electricity, applied to a certain email nvh.ii-MM i i , ji i cmou uaimj, xvjj&u icuu, aiiu ue piaces mat electrical armaratns in hi nnA rvViih 1, lmlrl X -vj u v - Vvo above his head, when the rain pours off in all di- lecuons. xne people oi tne town in which he lives eaze at him. it in Raid, with n. cmw- atco, a he walks in the midst of rain without being wetted. iub uuys oi umoreuas arc over I A jealous husband, being absent from home. went to a clairvoyant in London to know what his wife was doing. "Ah," cried the clairvoyant, "1 see ner; sne expects some one; the door opens; he comes; she caresses him fondly; he lays his head on her lap, and," husband mad with rage "he wags his tail." It was the dog. The husband was calmed. THE TEST OATH. A disnatr.h from WnjshinrfnTi to the New York Wcn-ld savs that it has hAPn An nounced by leading members of the Reconstruc tion Committee that the Supreme Court will soon deliver an opinion declaring that the test oath is unconstitutional. It is said that this announce ment has caused great consternation in the radical ranks. Hichmond Examiner. Open. January 23. The Rolomn consecrating the new bnilt. Wrml Vionno fnnV- place on the 23d of January. His Excellency, the the Feldzeugomeister, Piinco Lichtenstein, honor ed the solemn service by their presence. Rev. Dr. Meisel held & sermon, appropriate and worthy the occasion, and eliciting very favorable remarks from Baron Lennyei. The case of General N. B. Forrest was called np in the United States Court, sitting at Memphis, on Wednesday, when his counsel asked for a con tinuance on the ground that General Forrest was then eick with the small-pox. The application was granted. Never jump at conclusions, Bays Mr. Punch, or you may tftko a leap in tho dark. 1 vK- ' . .-. , 0
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