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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. EXC5EL.IIARD & PRICE, Proprietors, To ichoiri aU Ldtcrs on Business must be addressed. Term of Subscription. Weeklv Paper, one year, invariably in advance, tS 00 'Do. Six mont", " " " ....2 00 Pailv Faner, one vear, ii variably in advance, $10 00 ' six months, " " 5 00 three months, " " 3 00 one month, " " 1 00 Killed in the Trenches. An enthusiastic Kentucky girl, of fifteen, has written a complimentary letter to Hon. Ben. Wood, enclosing the following verses, which she terms "Lines written on see ing a photograph, marked Photographic Illustrations of i he War for the Union a Rebel Soldier killed in the Trenches before Petersburg, Va., April 15, 1865.' " As the entiment of the verses is good, we re-pnblish them : Killed in the trenches ! How cold and bare The inscription graved on the white card there ; Tis a photograph, taken last spring, they say, 1-ie the smoke of the battle had cleared away, i f a rebel soldier just as he fell, When his heart was pierced by a Union shell ; And his image was stamped by the sunbeam's ray, Am he lay in tho trendies that' April day. Oh'Gol ! oh God! how my woman's heart Thrills with a quick, convulsive pain, As I view, unrolled by the magic of art, ne dreadful scene from the battle's plain White as the foam of the storm-tossed wave, Lne as the rocks those billows lave tiray sky above cold clay beneath A gallant form Yu-h stretched in death. With his calm l:cp lVfsh on the trampled clay, And the brave hands clasped o'er the manly breast ; Nave the -anguine, stain on his jacket gray, We might deem him taking a soldier's rest. Ah, no ! Too red is that crimson tide 1 oo deeply pierced that wounded side ; Vouth, love, hope, glory manhood's pride, J lave all in vain death's bolt defied. Hi.-i faithful carbine lies useless there, As it dropt from it's master's nerveless ward; And the sunbeams glanced on his waving hair, Which thf fallen rap lias ceased to guard. 'ii. Heaven, t-pread o'er it thy merciful shield, o nioiv- to my sight be the battle revealed ; fiercer than tempest grim Hades as dread n woman's ee flashes the tield of the dead. The ne i-i changed. Jn a quiet room, far IV' m the sj t where the lone corpse lies, A tivitli. r i iieeis in the evening gloom, To of!'.-r her nightly sacrifice, 'i he li-iiiii i.- pat, and the day is done, : l.e Knows tnat the battle is lost or won lio live- ' who died ' Hush, be thou still ! 'fir-' bov li. s d ad on th t renched-barred hill. (( ii( i'.il Iloln vt E. Lee. I V M Ai; V liAYAKU CL VltKE. As went the knight with sword and shield '! o tournay or to battle-field, I'ledged to the lady fair and true, t"..r whom his knightly sword he drew : You (.tiered at your country's call "iir life, youv fortune, and your all ;" I- i' V. her t live, for her to die ; Ii her yi-n east your future lot, 1 liiiw. without one single spot dim the brightness of your fame, east a shadow o'er vonr name. Yon lay your sword with honor down, ni irrnr i.Wi'f'U as 'twere a crown ; Nr .-it like Marius brooding o'er A ruin whi.-h can rise no more ; Cur from your Pavia bear away A ;:!! bright'ning ever day. Above the wreck, which round you lies, t.'alm and serene I see you riee, A grand embodiment of Pride Chastened by sorrow, and allied To disappointment but to show How bright your virtues neath it glow. Hut who may tell how deep the dart Is rankling in your noble heart, Or dare to pull the robe aside Which Ca sar draws his wounds to hide. IVA OXSTItl XTI0N COMMITTEE. Test imony ! Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, Govs, s liar key ami Johnson. Fiutlu r testimony taken before the reconstruc tion omnnittoe of Congress was presented to the lion';- yesterday. It is voluminous, and we ab- tn.et ;ts follows : lloN. A I.I'.XANI'Kll H. STEl'HENs' TESTIMONY. .Mr. Stephens stated that at the time of Gen. Lee's sur it n.ler, and until the 11th May, (when he was arrested .n:d brought north,) ho was at" his home in Crawfordvillc, (ia. Afterwards, on his return home, his intercourse, by is-iltng. by letter, and through interviews with promi nent and influential people of the State, as well as with the eias.-es, it was his derided opinion that an overwhelming majority f the inhabitants of Georgia were exceedingly anxious for the restoration of the government and for the state to take her former position in the Union; to have her m nators and Representatives admitted into Congress, and to enjoy all her rights as a State under the constitution of the Tnie 1 States as it stands amended. Concerning their . ievs of the rebellion, he said that the exercise by them I' the right of sect ssion was resorted to from a desire to M iidertheir liberties and institutions more secure, and a i t lief that this was necessary thereto. Whatever opinion :hey may now cherish as to the right of secession, he gave it as his st -tiled ronvirtion that there is not now any idea at all in the public mind of Georgia of ever again resorting to secession or of exercising this right bv force, but rath- r to appeal to the forums of reason and justice, and to the halls of legislation and the courts for the preservation -f the principles of constitutional liberty. He could not answer as to the existence of an opinion generally that the idea of secession as a right still remain ed among the people, though he did say that it would bo difneult, as well as unusual, for ;i whole people to change their convictions upon abstract truths and principles. The war, by its practical operation a:aong themselves, in its result from their own authorities on their individual rights of person and property and tho breaking down of consti tutional barriers, had influenced a change of opinion as to the policy of secession, notwithstanding the almost unan imous support which the Southern cause had received up on the proclamation of Mr. Lincoln, in 1861, calling for Volunteers. Ha l the ordinance of secession been submit ted within a reasonable time, or immediately after its adoption, a majoritv of the people would have adopted it, I nit if South Carolina and the other States had not acted perhaps a v ery decided majority won ii in Georgia. The majority of memb ronld have been against hers of the convention i favor or secession, elected ny me peopie, was pernaps :.o out of about :;;. In the mountain districts the Union ntimeni was prevalent at lirst, though the cities and towns were generally for secession, but there never was anything like a sectional division in the State. The be lief of the people that their constitutional liberties were assailed, rej'osed mainly in their social polity, and their appiehni-ion from the general consolidating tendencies ot the do.-triues and principles of that political party which had recentlv succeeded in the choice of a President, ih thought that tlie apprehension of a subversion of the constitution and its essential guarantees of public liberty icy this sucees-ful party was the sincere, honest conviction ii the minds of tin people of Georgia, which led them to act as they did. At present Mr. Stephens thought that the emancipation . f the slaves was generally acquiesced in and accepted in good faiUi, with the disposition to do the best that can be none under the new order of things, the relations subsist .ng betwi-on the white and black peoplo being quite as good as that existing any where else in the world between hUo classes of employer" and employed. Since Christmas the frccdnicii, having gotten rid of their ideas of obtain ing land bom the government, were rapidly settling theni 'i i es down to work, and readily entering into contracts, though previous to having their minds disabused of this error they were not disposed to make engagements for labor. There are still some idlers, but the number is . oin parti vely few, and the behavior of all, he said, was lunch better than the most hopeful had looked for. They appear principally to desire protection of person and pro perty, i.nd to be dealt by fairly and justly, and tho State laws which had been enacted secured these rights to them. Though nothing had been done by the State authorities for educating the negroes, schools were being established under other auspices, and all seem desirous to educate t heir children. The laws recognize those negroes living ! -g ther as man and wife as legally such, and there is no .inference between whites and blacks as regards tho issue f licenses to niarrv. The voting population of Georgia in 1800 was stated by Mr. Stephens to have been lOO.OtH), and at present ho ap proximated it at s0,()o0. The amended State constitution had iievvr been sabii'itted to the people, though Mr. Ste phens supposed it would have been ratified by nine-tenths. The general opinion of the State is very much averse to uy extension of the right of suffrage. He did not think ilid people w,nld ratify a proposition of representation as a precedent rendition to the restoration of the State to political power m the government. They feel now that they are entitled under tho constitution of the United States to representation, without further conditions. They would not object to exchange and discuss views in the common councils of the country with the other States .ipon any proposition to amend the constitution, or change any of its features, and they would abide bv such change, or made as the constitution provides. They'are willing. lie thought, to leave the basis of representation where tho constitution leaves it ; and while they are disposed to deal fairly and generously with the frcednien, would not be wil ling to make any change in the constitution that would give Congress jurisdiction over the question of suffrage, and especially would they bo averse to tho exercise of such jurisdiction unrepresented in Congress, aud.with no voice in the councils. He did not believe tho people would ac cept as a condition precedent either to extend suffrage to the negro or to exclude him from the basis of -representation, because they hold that Congress has no right, under the constitution," to prescribe anything of the sort. If Oeorgia is a State in the Union, she is entitled to repre sentation, if she is not an equal, then she could not "be ad mitted as an equal, and at the same time be trammeled with conditions not applied to all the rest of the States of the Uruon alike. General uniYereai eufirage, among the AY VOL 22. negroes, as they now are, would be regarded as about as jjioai, a yuuuum evu as coma Deiau tne people of Georgia. Question. Would they extend suffrage to those who could read, and to those who had served the Union as soldiers ? He thought the people would be unwilling to do more than they had done for restoration. Restricted or limited suffrage would not be so objectionable ; but it is a matter for the State alone to regulate a question exclusively of State policy, as they believe. The only view, in their opinion, that could justify the war which was carried on by the federal government against them was the idea of the indivisibility of the Union; that those who held the administration for the time were bound to execute the laws and preserve the integrity of the couniry under the constitution. This having been accomplished, and those advocating secession and reserved sovereigntv of the States having abandoned their cause, and the administra tion triumphant in maintaining its idea, upon which war pruu&iuieu ana wagea, ana on wnicn alone it could be justified at all, the people of Georgia supposed their State was immediately entitled to all her rights under the constitution. That was his opinion, and he thought they would be unwilling to do more precedent to being permit ted to enjoy the full measure of their constitutional rights. The people expected, immediately on the abandonment of the confederate cause, to be brought back into their prac tical relations with the government as previously consti tuted. This they looked for, with representation, as loyal men, loyal to law, order, and the constitution. They did what they did believing it was best for the protection of constntional liberty, for the great mass of the people were always as loyal to the constitution of the United States, as they construed it, as any people ever were towards any cause. When they found they were not successful in their ob ject, in perfect good faith, looking to the future develop ments of their country in its material resources, as well as its moral and intellectual progress, their earnest dosire and expectation was to allow the past struggle, lamentable as it was in its results, to pass by, and to co-operate with the true friends of the constitution; with those of all sec tions who earnestly desire the preservation of constitu tional liberty and the perpetuity of the government in its purity. They have been a little disappointed in this, and are so now, but they wait patiently, behevin" that v.ien the passions of the hour have passed away the delay in resto ration will cease. Mr. Stephens, in answer to questions, then went on to state that his own individual opinion was decidedly that the question of suffrage was tor the States respectively and exclusivelv, and that it was best for the peace and harmony of the whole country that restoration should be immediate, when the representatives from the South might be heard, and all could judge much better of the tone and temper of the people than in any other way. As it is, he thought the people of the South felt keenly that thev are denied the riffht to be heard. He fhen further alluded to his individual views as expressed in a late speech before the Georgia Legislature as his present opinion. question uv Mr. Uoutwcil. bnppose the States that are represented in Congress and Congress itself should be of the opinion that Georgia should not be permitted to take its place in the government of the count rv, except upon its ascent to one or the other of the two propositions to extend suffrage or to exclude the negro from the basis of representation, as suggested is it then your opinion that under such circumstances the State ought to de cline? Witness. You mean the States now represented, and those only? Questioner. Yes. Witness. You mean by Congress, Congress as it is now constituted, with the other eleven State excluded. Ques tioner. I do. Witness. And you moan the same alternative proposi tion to be applied to all the eleven States as conditions precedent to their restoration ? Questioner. I do. Answer. Then I think she ought to decline, under the circumstances, and for tho reasons stated, and so ought the whole eleven. Should such an offer be made and de clined, and these States should thus continue to be exclu ded and kept out, a singular spectacle would be presented. A complete reversal of positions would be presented. In I8G1 these States thought they could remain safely in the Union without new guarantees, and now, when they agree to renew their former practical relations in the Un ion under the Constitution as it is, the other States turn upon them and say they cannot permit them to do so safe Iv to their interest without new guarantees on their part. The Southern States would thus present themselves as willing for immediate union under the Constitution, while it would be the Northern States opposod to it. The for mer disunionists would thereby become unionists, and the former unionists the practical disunionists. Mr. Stephens said he believed the States had abolished slavery in good faith, and the ratification of the constitu tional amendmeL f followed as a consequence of the war, though he did not think there was any constitutional pow er of the government to have enacted it as a condition precedent to restoration under the Constitution, or to the resumption of their places as members of the Union by tho States. The validity of the laws, he said, passed by Congress in the absence of the senators and representatives of the eleven States depended upon then- constitutionality, which was to be decided by the courts. As the Congress did not consent to the withdrawal of the seceding States, they have had the continuous right to representation, to be ex ercised as soon as they make known their readiness to re sume their rights under the constitution as States. He said further, that he doubted whether the laws pass ed by Congress in the absence of Senators and Represen tatives from the eleven States, levying taxes upon all the people of the United States, would be constitutional. It would certainly be unjust and against all ideas of Ameri can representative government, but its constitutionality would do a question for the judiciary, by whose decision he would abide, whatever it would be. In conclusion, Mr. Stephens stated that the influencing considerations and opinions leading him to identify him self with the rebellion, so far as to accept the office of vice president of the Confederate States, were thorough belief in the reserved sovereignty of t'ie States. He opposed se cession as a question of policy, but believed his ultimate allegiance was due to his State, and he therefore chose rather to cast his lot with her than to take any other course, even though it might lead to his sacrifice and to her ruin. OOVERXOK SHAKKEV'S TESTIMONY. Governor Sharkey, of Mississippi, testified that when he went to Mississippi as Provisional Governor a very large majority of the people of that State, fifty to one, were per fectly reconciled to the condition of things, and very anx ious to be restored to their former position in the Union. That was the current sentiment bevond all doubt at that i time. Even tho secession party admitted that they had made a miserable failure. Many of them felt verv sore i over it, to think that they had involved their country in terrible calamities, and they were as anxious to to get back into the Union as any portion of the community. Being Provisional Governor, he says, he had opportunities to know exceptional cases, and the latter were confined to those who had taken no part in the war. The military men were perfectly satisfied, and as a general rule they were the most loyal, iney gave up nonoraoiy, ana were disposed to accept things as they found them. There were but few men men who haa done nothing durine the war who were dissatisfied. Rut a large ma jority of our people (says Gov. S.) were as loyal, to use the term in. its proper sense, as any peopie oi tnc unitea States that is to say, they were willing to obey the laws of the United States and support them and I think they are so yet. I should make this remark, however-the people came up freely and voluntarily, and did all that they supposed was necessary. They met with great cheer fulness all the demands of the President. What changes may have occurred since I left I cannot tell, but I do not think any material changes have taken place. Still, you know when men do all that is required of them and all that they think is right, pressure does not in any degree contribute to their loyality, and I have been very much afraid that the condition of things here would shake their confidence in the government. Their condition was a good one when I was in charge of the government there. A large majority of our people wore opposed to seces sion, and I believe that if the question had been submit ted to the people they never would have adopted it. But the politicians got us in hand and forced us out of tho Union, and as a general tiing thoe who were opposed to going out first were in favor of coming back again, and to them is to be addeel the number who became satisfied of the folly of their course. ( Governor Sharkey then gave a' history of the changes made last summer in the constitu tion of Mississippi J The amended constitution vvs not submitted to the people. I did not think it necessary, as I was so well satisfied with the temper and disposition of the people. The members of tho convention were lairiy and fully elected. The freedmen have gone to work with a great deal of zeal, and the people are hopeful and expect a return of prosperity. 1 have a letter from one section that there was not a discontented man ; that they had buried seces sion out of sight. The freedmen, as I learn from all parts of the State, are doing remarkably well. I have heard from one of the counties of the state in wnicn tnere is not one idle freedman. However, there is no use disguising the fact that the Freedmen's Bureau and the colored troops there have done more mischief, than any tiling else. There are men in the bureau there who are disposed to speculate on white and black. Thev encourage the black men and discourage the white men, and wherever there is a negro garrison, freedmen gather around it, and of course crimes and depredations are committed. I verily believe if when I was there all the troops could ha- e been with drawn, I could have had order throughout the State. The mortality among the freedmen continues as great as ever. They have contracted disease and habits which take a trrcat many of them off. We are all kindly disposed ,. . " i ii i. 41.,. : k. l. toward the negro, l mum, anei mo uA.uiuieu wjimju has been made, the people prefer the Union to the Con federacy. I never countenanced or aided secession, and think the larger portion of the people shared my own sen timents. I think the people would rather remain in the Union than take the chances in the Confederacy, even were it possible to establish it now. The people do not expect pay for their slaves and wo have repudiated moat of our debt ; and I may say with confidence that none of our people expect a dollar of the debt of the rebellion to be paid. There has been no emigration from the State. There ia no organization of home guards, that I know of. I organized two conipa.es of militia for each county for individual protection, to suppress crime and protect the people. Tnc general feeling of the people towards the freedmen is that we ouglit to elevate them. Question. If you have no objection, please state what you know about persons elected to Congress from Missis sippi. ' Answer. I know Mr. Alcorn, my colleague in the United State Senate, wi an oW whig, and jrae yery, aucli op 11111 WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 26. 1SGG. posed to the rebellion, and to the party that brought it about The Representatives elect to the House were, without exception, opposed to secession. They all be longed to the anti-secession party. Several of these gen tlemen engaged in the rebe!lion? after it was brought about. Colonels Reynolds and lVrson had commanded regiments in the Confederate service. When the State went out I suppose they felt that they must go with their State. In regard to Governor Humphrey, there was no man op posed to secesion. He did not even believe that the Con federates could establish and maintain a government. He told me so. He ultimately got into the rebellion by acci dent, you might say. He went with a company as cap tain and was promoted to be general. Being popular in in the army, he was elected Govern r. He is a good n: an. I regret to say that the rest of the State government Li in the hands of the conservatives. I had no conversation with a Colonel Hamilton, stating, in June, 1855, that the State was made out ; that the South was to have its own way, tho object of which was to give the President all the political power of the South. governor Johnson's testimony. Ex-Governor James Johnson, of Georgia, testifies that affairs are improving there now. The people are becom ing better satisfied as time elapses and the passions sub side. We have a few bad men among us. Hostility to the freedmen is abating. It would be good policy to with draw the black troops. Their presence is irritating; a majority of our people are willing tosnbmit. It is natural Uiat they should prefer for office men who have co-operated with them. Mr. J. then states that all of the Senators and members elect have been in the civil or military serv ice of the Confederate government. '1 ho people were op posed to negro suffrage in any form. ARKANSAS. The evidenco in regard to Aikarsas is voluminous, but all of the same tenor, Gen. Blunt, Gen. Andrews and sev eral civilians testifying. Thev all agiee that the State is thoroughly reconstructed The order is better than it .ias been for forty years. More cotc n will be raised this season in that State than in any other. ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO MK. DAVIS. Torture and Imprisoiiniei -His Patrlolim ami Statesmanship IIL ( niu and Eloquence Demand for hi Trial by hi own Countrymen. ..The Fond du Lac Press, Wis., an able antl dis tinguished conservative journal, from which we have frequently had occasion to make extracts on account of its clearlv logical and eminently patri otic views, pays the following just tribute to the il- j lustrious statesman and uncomplaining prisoner at : Fortress Monroe, and makes a demand for his re- lease on the purest grounds of reason. It says: EXriXIED RELEASE RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT. We have always regarded it as a fixed fact, that sooner or later Jefferson Davis would be released without being brought to trial, unless, indeed, his captors succeeded hi their evident design, to murder him, by the slow torture of rigorous confinement, to which he has been subjected. CONVICTION. It would be impossible to conv ict him as a traitor before any court, except, indeed, a military commission, com- Soscd of such creatures, as the men who pronounced tho eath sentence upon Mrs. Surratt, whose memories will be execrated through ail coming time. PATRIOTISM ELOQUENCE SUPERIORITY. Net oidy did Jefferson Davis commit no act of treason, but we believe that first, last and always hi acts were gov erned by motives of the purest and most disinterested pa triotism. He betrayed no sacred trust, he made no eft'ort to elevate himself to positions of honor and power, like a selfish aspiring politician ; but of all the brilliant array of Southern talent, eloquence and genius assembled in tho Senate chamber at Washington, he was the acknowledged leader and superior of all. When the people of the State he represented called upon him, as their representative, to withdraw from Congress he promptly responded, and of all the Southern members who bowed their haughty farewell to the Senate, he made the most polished and courtly adieu. THE PATRIOT STATESMAN. At the time the Government of the Confederacy wa s formed, his vast experience and unequalled abilities as a statesman made him emphatically the political leader of the South, while his pleasing address and his intellectual superiority over all the other distinguished men of Hie South made him the idol of the Southern people. He ac cepted the position of President, not with any design of builchng up for himself a splendid fortune and enduring fame, but because he was chosen to fill that position by the unanimous voice of eight millions of people, and be cause he deemed it his sacred duty as a patriot to remain true to the South in her hour of peril. TRUE PICXCRE OF SOUTHERN FEELING. How far he erred in making this final decision, which cast his fortunes with those of the Southern people, it is idle now to inquire; to-day as a traitor, though he is branded, we honor and respect him, while we despise such vile, base creatures as Botts and Brownlow, and can truly believe that Washington was not more admired and be loved by the patriots of tho Revolution than Jefferson Davis is by the Southern people to-day. History fails to point us an example of more entire unanimity we search the records in vain to find an instance surpassing the love and devotedness they have exhibited for him. MR, PAVIS THE LEAPING STAR IN THE SENATE. It is the very superiority of Jefferson Davis which has caused all his persecution and suffering. The abolition fiends well know that ho was no ordinary man, whose splendid genius was so long the brightest star in the Sen ate they know it was no weak, common mortal who for four years controlled the destinies of eight millions of people, and they fear the influence which his giant intel lect and matchless eloquence would exert in moulding the future destiny of America. Knowing that it is impossible to convict him of treason, they hope to dispose of him by the slow torture oi connnement ana privation. HI PIGNIFIEP SUFFERING THE SAME STATELY MIEN. But time and affliction has failed to bow his lofty spirit insults, chains and dungeons can never wholly destroy that superiority, eloquence and genius with which God has endowed him. To-day, emaciated with long months AlCbO VUUU VT VU AillUt A v UftJ j LlUOViaVUU I'll 11 llUK IllUllUll i of confinement in a dreary fortress, guarded by bayonets and surrounded by Yankee spies and informers, we recog nize the same calm, stately, superior being who figured so grandly in the recent terrible drama of American His tory who crushed the Northern Senators by a humiliat ing consciousness of their own inferiority, when he made hisihigh-toned adieu to the Senate. NO EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY A TRIAL BY HIS OWN COU'NTRY- MEN. For Jefferson Davis we ask no executive clemency, for he has committed no treason. For him we implore no par- don, for he is no traitor ; all we ask, all we desire, is that he shall receive a fair, impartial trial, and his guilt or in nocence be decided by a jury of his own countrymen. But this of all things his enemies are determined he shall not have : for they know in this event he would come forth with no stain upon his character uo tarnish upon his honor. We are fortunate in having a short extract of the speech of Mr. Davis "when leaving the Senate, and in connection with the above, we append it, as it is of extreme though melancholy interest at pre sent : SJBut we have proclaimed our independance. This is one with ho hostility or desire to injure anv section of the country, nor even for our pecuniary benefit, but solely from the high and solid motives of defending and protes ting the riglits we inherited, and transmitting them un shorn to our posterity. I know that I feel no hostility to your Senators here, and am sure that there is not one of you, whatever may have been tho sharp discussion be tween us, to whom I cannot now say, in the presence of my God, I wish well. And such is the feeling, I am sure, the people I represent have toward those you represent. I therefore feel, I but express their, desire, when-1 say I hope, and they hope, for those peaceful relations with you (though we must part) that may be mutually beneficial to us in the future. There will be peace if you so will it ; and you may bring disaster upon tho whole country if you thus will have it. And if you will havo it thus we invoke th i God of our fath ers, who delivered them from the paw of the lion, to protect us from the ravages of the bear ; and thus putting our trust in God, and our own firm hearts and strong ' arms, we will vindicate and defend the rights we claim. In the course of my long career I have met with a great varietv of men here, and there have been points of collis ions between us. Whatever of offense I have give which has not been redressed, I am willing to say to Senators in this hour of parting, I offer you my opology for anything I mav have done ; and I go released from obligation, re membering no injury I have received, and having dis charged what I deem the duty of a man, offer the only reparation in my power for any injury I have ever inflicted. Terrible explosion and loss of life ln San Fran cisco. San Francisco April 16. A terrible explosion of 'what was supposed to be nitra glicerine occurr ed at a quarter past one o'clock to-day, near Wells, Fargo & Co's Express office. The explosion shook the earth like an earthquake for a circle of anuartcr of a mile. Samuel Knight, superinten- tdent of Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, died in half an hour of injuries received. U. V. Bell, super visor and assessor, " was instantly killed. Mr. Wallbub, Wells, Fargo & Co's assessor, Joseph Elliott, John Galliger, Frank Webster and Wil liam Justin were also killed, and also . eight dead bodies ko mutilated that they could not be identi fied. Lous McLane and Captain Eldridge, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and Judgo Hoffman, were bruised and cut. Fragments of human tlesh, bones and brains were found nearly two blocks distant from.the explosion,, The Bostou city government lias appropriated $10,000 for tie estabKshment of free saty water ) amputation of his leg.- "We hope lie will rapidly day next as a day ot mutual prayer, RftvV auppliea feathing phces, fgj uge tbia. gnmjaer, . ' improye, QoldsborQ' iT?w, 2Qth, - 1 tien, ,.y.r. 7 . . , . . .. -t ' ' .:. ; ..J vi 1 ' ''" c " V" .' . 1 11 II I STATE NEWS. The Univeksity. Hon Gustavus A. Henry, of Tennessee, has been invited by the Philanthropic Society to deliver the annual address before the two Literary Societies in June. It is confidently believed that lie will accept. J udge Battle bus ten law students, not connec ted with the College. The young men are mailing every arragement for a brilliant commencement, and anticipate a large attendance of visitors. We hope that their expectations will be realized. Sentinel. The remains of Junius C. and TV. S. Battle, sons of the Hon. William H. Battle, who fell at Sharps burg and Gettysburg, respectively, will be removed to Chapel Hill, for re-interment in a few days. Thus, one by one, North Carolina is gathering her jewels to her bosom. -; Gov. Graham and Gen. Clingman. These dis tinguished gentlemen were both in our city on Saturday and both seemed in good health and spirits. We had the pleasure of a social chat with our Senator and ex-Governor. We only reiterate our own sentiments, and express those on the ouuc, vwien we say we nave every connaence in his opinions on the great leading questions of the dav. lie is si lar-seeinir statesman, and. to sum j UP briefly, his sentiments, we think we express them in savins:, "Let us bide our time" Patience. perse verence and Andy Johnson will, with God's help, set us all right soon we hope. Charlotte Times, lth inst. The Fkkedmex. From what we can learn, we think the Freedmen in this section aro becoming more industrious and doing pretty well behaving with more propriety than they did some months ago. Some of these people really deserve credit and commendation for the good example thev have set their fellows and for using their influence for good. There are yet many who seem to pre fer idleness and poverty to labor and industry, and hope to live without work ; but this number is not as large as it was some time aero. The fact ' is, if the Northern fanatics would let the negro ; alone, and quit their fussy and demagoging har- rangues about him, and leave the black and white man in the South to arrange matters between i themselves, it would greatly promote the interests , of both races. If an attempt is made to enforce j the civil rights bill, and the annoyance of the peo j pie of the South continued by those in authority, the result will be that white labor will be substi- tuted for colored labor, and the negro must either emigrate or suffer. The Southern people are dis posed to give the colored man a fair chance, but they are unwilling to be annoyed and dictated to by those who are influenced by spite and hatred and ignorance ; and if it is continued, they will with draw all employment from the colored man, and j leave him to his fate and the tender mery of radi cals. L liiirlotte Democrat. Trains now run daily on the Wilmington, Char lotte and Butherford Boad from Charlotte to Lin colnton. Leave Charlotte at 0 A. M. , and return 2:15 P. M. The commandant of the Post at Baleigh has prohibited all sales of liquor to soldiers. A Chalk Mine. Mr. Marberry, of Davidson county, has discovered a chalk mine, very rich, on his land near the Mineral Springs. Hertford County. In your last letter you ask " how are you getting along in Murfreesboro ?" In some respect well, in others badly. We are re joicing in anticipation of plenty of fish. Our fish ermen in Albermarle Sound and Chowan river are taking as many shad and herring as they can take care of. Mr. John Wilson, who fishes at the Eden House Fishery, took at one haul last wreek 30,000 herrings and 1,550 shad, besides tho usual quan tity of rock, perch, &c., &o which are regarded as offal. Augustus Hollcy, at Willow Branch Fish ery, about the same time took 20,000 herrings, 1, 100 shad. Mr. Mebane, at the Howe Beach, caught at same time 20,000 herrings, and 1,200 shad. Others are doing as well. The present run of fish has reduced the price of herrings to 5 per thou sand, and 810 a hundred for shad. Sometime dur ing this week the Meherrin and other small tribu taries to tho Chowan, will receive their portion of the finny tribe, which will relieve us of the fear of want for the present. Thousands have already been barrelled and sent to Norfolk, Baltimore and Richmond. Our farmers are in good heart, planting largely in cotton despite the heavy taxes. Early corn is generally planted. The peach crop, though cut off by frost, will yield us eating fruit; and apples, unless blighted at this time, will be abundant. On the other hand, the unprecedented scarcity of circulating medium, the impending direct tax, the passage of the civil liberty bill by the hot headed fanatics of Congress, the apprehensions of T 1 1 1 a worse future, tend to throw a shade over the general prospect. Our trust is in that over-ruling Providence whose kind hand guided the destinies of the republic in years gone by. The negroes work about as well as could be ex pected, but in some cases they are inveigled by unprincipled white men, and become thereafter of but little use. Crops of usual amount will be put in the ground indeed the demand for land to cultivate is greater than the supply. Thus landowners will realize a large amount of products while the consumption will bo greatly lessened on account of the emancipation of their slaves. Poor ebo-shin is realizing the painful fact that his lib erty, after all, is a very doubtful blessing, especi ally when it is encumbered with the support of a wife and children,. Many of the most sensible among them in this county would glady return to their former owners, and labor for food and clo thing the balance of their lives. Generally we ac cept the issue of the war, and would not return to slavery again were it practicable. Cor. of Petersburg Express. Send Them On. The county court clerks in dif ferent sections of North Carolina have up to this moment failed to send to the Secretary of State here, R. W. Best, Esq., returns of the magistrates who have qualified. We are informed that it is de sirable for such delinquents to forward them at once and our cotempories would do well to notice the fact. Expelled. We see that J. R. Hood, formerly of Baleigh, a graduate of the Standard office, has been expelled from the Tennessee Legislature, of which he was a member, upon' the charge of -wil fully absenting himself to prevent a quorum. Ev en when brought before the bar of the House, he persistently refused tq answer to . his name. Mr. ' H. is a native of Wake, and his father now re sides at Dunnville, about ten miles from here. Postal Affairs. We clip , the following from the Washington (D. C.) National Republican:, An office is established at Kingsboro,' Edgecomb county, and John T. Lorman appointed postmas ter; at Newbern, N. C, W. L. Kilburnis appoint ed mail messenger, to convey mails as often as necessary between postoffice at Newbern, N. C, and steamboats and railroad depots; and a con tract was made with Geo. H. Holderby for mail service between Leaksville and Stacyville. The office at Mosely Hall, Lenior county, has been re-opened and Sarah A. Barrow made post mistress vice D. A. Murphy. Opened. The postoffice at Lilesville, Anson county, in this State, has been re-opened, and W. H. Barnwell appointed postmaster. C apt. Morrison. We had the pleasure of a visit, on yesterday, from Capt. J. G. Morrison, of Lincoln county, formerly of the staff of his broth- er-in-law, General " Stonewall'' Jackson. : ' Oapt. M. lost his foot from the explosion of a shell near Petersburg, in the summer of 18G4.; The Case of Capt. Stevenson. We are pleased to learn thaj; the condition of Captain Stevenson. was better vesterdav than at anv time since the II I I r II I ul NO. 12. The remains of Capt. Hampton Beverly, Co. H. I3d N. C. Troops, were brought to the residence of his widowed mother, near this town, last week, and interred on Saturday in the family burial ground near the family residence. He fell near Petersburg, in the fighting of the afternoon of the 2d of April, 1865, on the east side of the town, and on the retreat of the army during the night of that day, his body was carried off by the sor rowing members of his company, and buried in a gentleman's garden one mile and a half west of Petersburg, from whence they have been removed to their last resting place in this county. IVadesboro' Argus, IS. The demands on the merchants of Wilmington for guano and other improved fertilizers, we learn, is so great, that the agents in this place find it dif ficult to supply the orders for this section. We are gratified at this demand for the fertilizers, for it is the best "reconstruction" evidence that can be given of the present spirit and future inten tions of our farmers. They intend to highly im prove their lands and make three acres do the work of what five did heretofore. Wadesboro' Argus. We learn that the residence of Dr. Richardson, of Bladen county, on the Cape Fear, twelve miles from Elizabeth, was recently destroyed by fiie, and that the Doctor lost everything except some few pieces of furniture. The fire was accidental. Fares on Railroads. Richmond to Greens boro', North Carolina 190 miles, fare $11.50 ; Greensboso' to Charlotte, North Carolina 90 miles fare So. 50 ; Charlotte to Dolo. South Caro lina 93 miles, fare 8.00. Correspondence of the Sentinel. 48 COURTLAND STREET, ) Baltimore, April 17th, 1866. i Messrs. Editors : The Fair just held in this city, " for the benefit of the sufferers of the South," has been a splendid success. More than one hundred thousand dollars have been realized, and , this sum is daily being in creased by contributions from other cities and counties. The managers desire to distribute this fund among such persons, in the different States, as have been rendered jositively destitute by the war- giving the preference to disabled soldiers, and to widows and orphans. With the hope of rendering some service to the afilicted citizins of my native State, I take this method of stating to the public, that it will afford me pleasure to present to the proper authorities all applications for assistance which may be forward ed to me at this place. Numerous applications have already been re ceived from other States, and it is earnestly to be hoped that the people of North Carolina will not be backward in accepting a bounty which is so generously offered, and so justly merited. Please call attention to this proposition. Your ob't. serv't. , EDWARD WARREN, M. D. The Confederate Dead. Private Junius C. Battle, and Lieut. Wesley Lewis Battle, youngest sons of Judge Battle, volunteers in the late Con federate army, were buried at Chapel Hill, on the 16th inst, Junius Battle died at Middletown, Md., on the 2nd October, 1862, from the effects of a shattered ankle at the battle of South Mountain. Lewis Battle died at Gettysburg, Penn., August 22nd, 1863, having been mortally wounded in the disas trous charge cn Cemetery Hill, July 3rd. We learn that their brother, R. H. Battle, Jr., who went on for their remains, on his mission of love met with the same sympathy from the kind stran gers who had soothed with tender nursing the dy ing soldiers. I heir remains were met at Chapel Hill by many of their surviving comrades. The companions of their happy college days, with weeping eyes sang x requiem to their memory, in the Village Church, where they so long worshipped, and spread flow ers over the mound, under which they who in life loved one another so well now peacefully repose, to be xarted nevermore. Sentinel. National Express Co. Col. W. E. Anderson has resigned his position as Agent of the Nation al Express Co., in this city, and James A. Moore, Esq., has been appointed in his stead. Colonel A. made an efficient and accommodating officer, and we doubt not that Mr. Moore will prove a worthy successor. Sentinel. Rev. N. F. Reid. Wo regret to learn that Rev. Mr. Reid has been compelled to vacate his seat in the General Conference and return home, on account of ill health. We learn from the Progress that a few enterpri sing gentlemen of Raleigh, have definitely decided to build a Hall in that city, large enough for lec tures, concerts, and perhaps dramatic entertain ments. NEWS SUMMARY. Justice Wayne, of the United States Supreme Court, is about to proceed to Georgia for the pur pose of holding a court. There is nothing to prevent Chief Justice Chase from holding a court at Norfolk or Richmond, if he pleases. But he will not do it, it seems, until the habeas corpus shall be restored ; and that he is in favor of that restoration is to be doubted. Cor. Bali. Sun. Forcible Relase of Prisoners. Louisville, April 16. The notorious murderers, Terrill and Withers, were released from Spencer jail, on Fri day morning, by a party of seven disguised and armed men, who threatened the life of the jailer on his refusal to unlock the cells. Mr. Dickinson's Successor. S. J. Courtney, Esq., son-in-law of the late Daniel S. Dickinson, will succeed the latter as United States Attorney of the Southern District of New York. The Presi dent made the appointment on Saturday agreea ble to the dying request of Mr. Dickinson. Mr. Courtney is an able lawyer and has distniguished himself at the bar as assistant to Mr. Dickinson. The Strikes in New York. The ship carpenters and caulkers, who have been on a strike for more than a week for the purpose of enforcing the eight hour system, still hold out, with very little pros pect of their demands being acceded to by the "bosses." The ship builders threaten to stop work altogether and close up their yards rather than comply with the demands of the men. How the affair will terminate is hard to foretell, as both sides seem determined to stand by their expres sions, The drivers on the city railways are also still on a strike. JSr. Y. Herald. The Lee Endowmemt Fund of. Washington College. We learn from the Argus that the Rev. Mr. Watson succeeded in collecting in Memphis, Tenn., or rather in only one half of that city, funds and subscriptions amounting to some eleven or twelve thousand dollars. He had departed for New Orleans on the same business, leaving the agency for Memphis in other hands. The Sickness on Board the Emigrant Ship England Pronounced Asiatic Cholera. New York, April 16. The acting collector has received a dispatch horn Consul Jackson, dated Halifax, I to-day, saying that the city physicians on board ments of the disease and further consultation last evening, concur in pronouncing it Asiatic Cholera. AU the passengers are still detained at quarantine. and. precautionary measures had been adopted to prevent tne disease irom spreading. 'sympathy with the Southern Methodist Con ference. At the session of the New York East Conference of the M. E. Church in Brooklyn, on Thursday, t resolution was adopted expressive of brotherly feeling and love towards the members i JX LUC VJUlilClCIlLC V UIO VUUi IsU UiAiUUi AV VT , sembled in New Orleans, and recommending Sun- TERMS OF ADVERTISING. 1 square, of 10 lines or less, for each and every iuaer tion, $1. Special Notice will be charged $2 0Q per square for each and every insertion. AU Obituaries and private publications of every charac ter, are charged as advertisements. No advertisement, reflecting upon private charac ter, can, under any circumstances, be admitted. Negro Celebration in Norfolk of the Civil Right Law Outrage Attending It Two White Per sona Killed, one Mortally antl one Dangerously 'Wounded. From ihe Norfolk Virginian, April 17. On ycbterdaj', tho freedmen of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the surrounding country, celebrated the pasaape of the Civil Right bill by a demonstration which, consider ing the population laid tinder contribution for the display, was far smaller than we expected. The procession con tained not more, according to onr estimate, than ono thousand men and boys and marshals. Tho display had a melancholv significance for us. At the head of the column marched a detachment of negroes in cavalry and infantrv uniforms, tinder arms ; and, looking down tho vista of the future, -we taw in this terrible commentary on the bill whoso passage they were celebrating. The foregoing had been written before the bloody Je nouemeni had transpired. Thia waa barely shadowed in our allusion to the uniformed and armed portion of tho procession. There are various rumors as to the origin of the melee. The scene was in afield on upper Union utreet, in tho vicinity of the cemetery or burial-ground. Fire arms were used. Robert Whitehurst was killed, and his step-mother, Mrs. Charlotte Whitehurst, mortally wound ed. John YVhitehur8t, the half-brother of tho killed, was dangerously wounded. William Jlosely, & city watchman, was very badly beaten ; hia son waa dangerously beaten, and his life is dispaired of. Lawrence Hampton, a color ed boy. about ten years of age, was bayoneted on Granbv street by a negro in the procession. 'The wound ia in tin' abdomen, and is of a dangarous character. Wo learn that several of the negroes were inflamed with liquor. There is a negro saloon on the corner of Cumberland and Queen Sts. which was visited not unfrequently bv negroe who joined in the procession. They would leave tho scent of tho speech-making, dancing, singing, hallooing, and firing of muskets and pistols, go to thia drinking saloon, and return, inflamed, to tho seen of rejoicing and jubilee. We fear that to liquor to whisky may be traced the whole difficulty of th3 day. It ia said that a danco of deatli was performed over the dead body of the murdered Whitc- iiursi uy wie irenzieu men wno participated in his death. What further injuries were sustained wo aTe not pre pared to say, but believe all tho outrages of the day are included in the account we havo given. Major Stanhope, the post commander, arrived at the scene after the enor mities had been perpetrated, and used hia authority to bring about quiet and order. Sueh was the beginning and ending tho celebration of the Civil Rights billon Monday, the 10th of April, 18CG, a bill which the President was powerless to throttle in its incipiency, and which haa been made tho law of tho land, under constitutional provision, by a relentless fanaticism, made mad with power, bloated with the arrogance of suc cess, and impatient and restive under the restraining curb of veto. After the above was in tj-pe, wo received the following additional information from the police: Whilo-tho inquebt was being held on the body of Robert Whitchurst, Mrs. Wliitehurst died from the effects of her wounda, and the inquest was postponed uniil to-morrow. After the aft'ray was over, W. Turner Mas badly wound ed, on Church street, by a sabre-cut. Four arrests have been made. LATER A NKGHO KILLED. On Monday night the firemen kept guard over tho city. During the nignt, a negro, dressed in tho regalia of some secret society, ran down the etroefc, and was shot and kil led when near tho Old Dominion oflic. MUTINY OH AN ENGLISH GUNBOAT. Eastport, Maine, April 1(1. Tho following paper has been circulated on board the English gunboat at Campo Bello : "Sailors and Marines United States citizens invite you ashore, where, if you leave behind the property and habili ments of slavery, you will find liberty. Comradea and countrymen." A mutiny broke out on board the steanior, and forty men have been put in irons. Methodist General Conference. From tho New Orleans Picayune, April 12th. Thia body met at 9 o'clock, and religious services were conducted by Dr. E. W. Schon, of Louisville, liishop Ka vanaugh presiding. The Committee on Reviaala made a report recommend ing sundry changes in the discipline, referring to tho ses sions of the General Conference. It lays over under tlm rules. Rev. Mr. Moran of North Carolina, introduced a lengthy paper in reference to bringing certain persons to trial and prescribing tho modus operandi thereof, and changing certain portions of the book of discipline Dr. Linn of Louis villo, introduced a paper in reference to the removal of the publishing house from Nashville, Tennessee, to Louisville, Kentucky. It went to tho coin mitto on Books and Periodicals. Dr. McFerrin of Tennessee, introduced a resolution in structing two or more of the bishops of tho Methodist Episcopal Church South, to visit tho President of tlie United State and express the gratitude of tho Church for the restitution of the church property. Tho debate was in dulged in by Revs. McFerrin, Smith, Pinckard, Green, Leo, of Virginia, Bonnett and Cottrel. Tho resolution waa adopted finally. Dr. Wightman moved that the General Conference re solve itself into a Committee of tho Wholo for tho consid eration of tho subject of the proposed chango of tho naiiiu of the Church, which motion prevailed ; and tho Confer ence went into tho Committee of the Whole, with Bishop Kavanaugh in the chair. The Conference adjourned to meet at nine o'clock to morrow. THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF TUE aiETUOIIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH. New Orleans, La., April 12. In the General Conference a motion waa made to reconsider tho vote requiring the Bishops to wait upon the President. A hearty co-operation was agreed upon with the American Biblo Society. A Bible meeting will be held in a few days. A resolution was introduced incorporating the State of Illinois into the St. Louis and Missouri Conference, it ia supposed a union has been effected between tho Christian union of Illinois and tho Methodist Episcopal Church South. isisnop soule not expected to live. New Orleans, April 16. Letters to tho Methodist Con ference report that Bishop Soule ia dying. TEXAS CONVENTION. Galvestcv, April 11. The Texas Constitution abolishes slaverv, places freedmen on an equality with the whites leforeTthe law, and gives the Legislature power toga rr an -tee railroad bonds for iron contracts. It will bo submitted to the people on tho fourth Monday in June. Washington Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial. J General I.ce' Tvatimony Suppressed Important Revelations of the Temper of the South. I am sorrv to observo a disposition on tho part of the Reconstruction Committee to suppress, hi the pretended publication of General Lee's testimony, the most impor tant portion of that distinguished officer's examination. I violate no confidence in giving it as follows : Q. What kind of shirts aid you wear during tno war .' A. Calico sometimes, and sometimes woolen. Q. You aro married, are you not V A. Yes, I am. O. Well, state to the committee what kind of under clothing your wife wore during the unholy strife V A. I was not at home much of the time, and can't say. Q. What color was it? A. I don't know. Q. Wasn't it gray ? A. I never took notice. O. Don't vou know that the ladies of the South formed a secret cable for the wearing of gray petticoats during the war? A. I do not. Q. Don't you think they wore more gray than bine m the article of clothing to which we refer '( A. I do not know. Never investigated tlie subject. O. Is it true that the women of the South woar Jeft". Davis' picture in their bosom 't A. I never took notice. Should not be surprised if some of them did. Q. Do you think a D reeamen s uureau agent wouiu oo allowed to marrv into a lirst family of Virginia ? A. If a j-oung lady belonging to a first family wcro willing, I bup- ixise he could. now long wui it no neiore pumpum pies oeeome a favorite dish in the lately rebellious districts ? A. I do not know. Some people like them now. Q. Ia there not a great aversion to codfish, as a Yankee staple of diet? A. I do not know that there is. O. Do they like pork and boana in Virginia? A. Somo people do. Q. What's your opinion of tho Fenians ? A. I have not given the subject much attention. y. now are you on ecmeswig-iioisicin r a. i nave not made up my mind on that subject either. ITI . " 1 X 1 - U. Which side ao you sleep on .' a. ine ngni siae, gen erally. I) x HOUtnem men geuerauy continue vo Bierp hi . ... , . I. . . : ,.r ii V . 1 1 : anus, notWltliSiaiiui'ig mo B'Jttooiuiiui mureuemuu l n. Those who are married do, I believe. Q. Do those who are not married abstain from doing mf A. I can t say that they all do. France. Th tnnlon Mornina Post, in its citv artich'. savs that the latest news from Mexico indicates . ... . . . r that the embarkation of French troops irom iuex- . i m r i 1 1 1 1 A ico, to tne numoeroi nvetnonsanu men, win com mence toward the month of October, by which time, it is understood, an equal number of Aus trian volunteers will have arrived at Vera Crnz. ' The Memorial Diplomatique has reason to be lieve that the last mail from Mexico brought in telligence of one result from Baron Haillard's mis sionthe adhesion of the Mexican Government to the proposition of France for the successive re turn of the French troops, lisron Saillard arrived in Paris on the 2d. Details are published of some recent sharp fio-hting in Algeria, between the I-Vm-h troops under Col. Le Oolomb, and the nativo tribes un der So-Haiued. The nativen wer vigorously re pulsed, with considerable loss. The French had nineteen men killed. The Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D.D., past. r of the West Arch Street Church, Philadelphia has been elected President of the United College oS Wasbiugtoa Jefferson.
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