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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. EVCELH.VRD & PRICE, Proprietors, To ichom all Letters on Business must be addressed. TERMS OV ADVERTISING. 1 square, of 10 lines or less, for each and every ineer tion, II. Special Notices will be charged $2 00 per sqture for each and every insertion. All Obituaries and private publications of every cbarac tar, are charged as advertisements. tfS-No advertisement, reflecting upon private charac ter, can, under xst cntcraisTAjfCFS, bo admitted. mtririr Terms of Subscription. Weekly Paper, one var, invariably in advance, $3 00 Do. Six month, " " " . . - - 200 Dailv Paper, one vcar, invariably in advance, $10 00 six months, 5 00 45 throe months, " " 3 00 one month, " " 1 00 From Once a "Week. THE MAIDEN'S HEART. VOL. 22. WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1866. NO. 17. BY E. CAST -EVAN. Knotting and twisting her golden hair, Tuit shaded a brow both young and fair, A maiden sat alone; B -i','lit vr re the gems the maiden wore, B it yet for ail that the maid was poor. tVr lit r heart was not her own. For all 3 ! a stranger came one day : II stole the maiden's la-art away, And gave her in return A few -mooth words and a treach'rous kis, A few po r moments of fancied blis. An l a bitti r Jo-son to learn. fVle kli' Of the 1 s 1. itt r wittni: dreaming there j must bear. Of the cloud thiit lianas ahoxe ; No shade is on h r fair yonny: I row, i-he i- .hip'rin ev r p ft and low, ' Coii.e back t. rr.f, my love I"' Surely a heart i- worth wore than this IHr- than a il trying word and a ki.-. luv tin ie ! 'tis ever so ; Men arc l ot always what they seem. And 1'ivr. th ugh iair enough in a dream, Js a .oilir wi.id f-r "'c. Tl e f 'llo,' incr beautiful poem was sent by the gifted ant. or to the g.cat Fair held at Jiahimoro a short time ao, f..r tli" b, til of the. sufilrit g people, of the South. It piinted in pamphlet form, and a lareo amount realized i'joju it.-) sale : Till'. liLKSsFl) HAND. t There is a legend of p.ii Kn Mjii:-"c; v of Ati'i'i civ. when n ittvl if tnv books. 1: j:i,; to di Moni who ijie i at the be had copied aud iilunii bo rewarded iu Heaven. Long alter hi-! !( a!o roiil.l be seen of i vuW i h- It .'I d-.n j his toiiili v.um opeiied, and nothing 'i remains bur to iiirht hand, with i los j'i'Mis wi.jk, ajid which bad been :n r-ic il u.-'ly pr ia ed ft'o'-a ticca 1 r r v It w. I i'' 'HI i; !)'! v. ho liivf the Ik iod'ai uneloistered dev. . ind .!, a dreary J;t, :.ut our-!" ives away (v- n ulad and Minny t ii 5 1 : ht . An t p! , A'ld ..f.-. it::-, th- .j.u.t fl'OllI si"- l: i-ht out a t gl '-'U Ild sound, .-iient II. Not the gno.l iDink, AnsVn), thought, K.T iij hi -.'loit .!" bhade, i ) ! il fa;th that lit his heart L: r. or.ii -w.-, sunshine niado; And in lis 'low he prayed and wrote. I'rom ii,at :i)-soti till even, A ; i i nvired in tin li"e!; i.f Life. To Y'-.i bis nam- iu Heaven. Wh-tt holy ii"Oas his g-nile art Filled iuil of saintly lore! What pag.-s. briirhtened bv hij hand. 1 ne fpienui'l in--siis. bore: Vi i)at baieSO i.s. almost fragrant, twmed A round t !i !! -sed nan:e, And how his Saviour s cross and crown Mione out. from cloud and llame ! uno) elerk a- unto edwit. t) ie r-ii:u::)":is enim-s. alway, And i.rother Ansleni heard the call. At v; sper-clihiie, one d:ty, 1 1 1 r- i uy pen was in his hand. His parehmcnt by his side lie bent him o'er the half-writ prayer. KU.-iid Jehus' naiae .ind died! Thy laid him where a window "-j llnz:: i'iash d o'er the ;;ravcn stone, Aud seemed to touch his simple name. With eiieil like his own : nd there h slept, and, one by one. His brother-! died, the while, And trooping years went by and trod His uiiii'.' Jivtii off the aisle. And litung r.p the pavement the.. An Abbot's couch to spread. Ihey let the jeweled sunlight in. U lie e once lay Anslem's head. S ciuinblmg bone was there, no trac 0: human dttdt that told, dir. all alone, a warm right hand Lay, liesh, tijx.'ii the mould. it was in .t stiff, as dead men's are, luf, with a tender clasp, It seemed tv hold an unseen hand V. ahai its Jiv ng yrasp, Alid ele t :e tl. . .di;. g monks COUld tUMl, "Jo bide tl e-r dazzi-il erea. It rose, vs with l.lgllL Up Ul'.U a sum d of the fckks! win-: 0i bv::.g, open h:inds, that pive ; uft liand-, the te.ir that dry: Oli pa ient h.i:ids, that toll to'b'eas : How can ye ever di ! Ten thousand vow -. from yearning heart 'Jo lieaveiia own gates shall toar, And tear you up, as Atish lu'e hand Thoo un-eOii augeltj bore ! Kind ha lid-:', eh never near to you May come the woes you h al ! Oh iiev-..-r may the hearts ye guard The gri-fs "ye comfort b el! Mav He, in wnose sweet name ye build. 8 crown tue work ye rear, That ye may !i'-ver ciaaped be. in one unaiiswers d raver ! S. T. Wat.lis. lVaT.vr.iti:. April , 1S63. itE tEFORK. I shall i? S.ihtuel xii. 2 i. ).im, but be thrdl not roturn to me.--2 Oh! r eciou- t!ion-'i '. tb-i j 'V xiutoisl has Uun 1. eoiiutless lie i' t? ill s HTow's vear hours : M''fe cheering man toe lijrht of dawning Minrii, .dor. s mri.i.jg tii hi th-.; balm fi rag rant tlov.tis Wh -il one Ht- st dual'. Who uiht our lot to bless. 1 ies hi tbisS ofoiu- r;i f ;.,id dismj'V : file hand ili.vt i v. d ; wn.k oi.t happ:i 1 c i I an 1 moti nU:s 1'onn of clay: V. iie.i htou.,ii the spi-iditig weeks and nionths tin j ears, T.i- -ad i, ti t a- hes tin- v.id that n uglt can Jih And. s-trugg.ing wit i o;ir ri.sing giief- and fears, Ve hi 1 o,.r iiiiii tn'rintr soul be in ek!y stiii ; Then. iii-:e a stiir a'nid t.if midnight drear, Wiie i a!' around is dark o'oseurity. Chines ouh th - l it sr a.-.jurance brnjht and ck-at. " 1 sha. go hem., to it. wiio comes no more to lc..'' 0. moa' i.fv! nip, wi'.li r.gori!.'ed heart, H.ist itciu-d with Ibektriiig li pa the waning breath. Hast f-1: th.y b.n;s with th .t dear I'reath depart, In tii it inys-te:i u- change which we call death ; When t thy heart's deep uriof anil ouestioningi No voice respoiisive aMswers to thine own, . souud reveal to thee thosj hidden things lf--i .st to us, v.c are to H,(ui unknown Who in time anguish looking unto Heaven, Seeks in Ood's Word fome solace there to see, TYaise 11 in for tboae sivcit words of comfort given, I eiia.l go hen.e to ldm who comes no more to me." licliever, who with thankfulness may trust That tl.y beloved o.as. passed from earth's vex'd shore, Have put oil' sorrow and their robe of dust, And with the blessed rebt forevermoi e : Trove that the love of God within thy soul Ab.v tiiy reature love holds proper sway. And let hv uatv thv desires control. In meek obedience through life's fleeting day : With patb-nce bear the cross thy Lord doth scud, Jlemembering w hat he Hath b rne for thee, And through His grace, when earthly trials end, Thouniayest o hence to them w ho come no more to thee. Fashion. The local man of the Enterprise, though " to fame unknown," is a youth after our "palpitating bosom." Heur him : " The fashions of the pre sent are undoubtedly the ugliest ever fashioned. For iust iuce, the hair is put up in all kinds of shapes ; very often a great knot on top or side of the head, aud if there is not enough, false hair must make v.p the deficiency. " The latest and most ridiculous fashion heard of, not seen, is the " palpitating bosom," for la d es. It is described as delicately "heaving" when a i "emotional" spring, concealed under the left arm ,s touched. Then there i, as th2 hx-jd of the Progress says, ' the fly-up double elliptic Empress Eugene show-your-ankle hoops.' These are worn extensively; and the male sex very often go one eye on rufiled, ab, we have forgot the name ; we believe it is no, we don't know, but we are certain they are ruffled unmentionables. ' We have often heard it expressed 4 that a per son might as well be out of the world a out of the fashion,' and for this reason, we suppose, the above articles are worn 4 to be in the fashion. " The Ht. Bev. Bishop Lay has been chosen Bish-1 op of the Episcopal Church, at the Council now in ; sewion ia 2fw Orleans. i STATE NEWS. Fkeedman's Bureau. The following official an nouncement of the relief of Gen. Whittlesey and the transfer of the affairs of the Bureau to the charge of Gen. Buger, has been handed us for publication : Bcbeac of P.efcgeks, Feeedmex, and Abandoned ) Lands. J Headquarters Ass't Commissioner, State of Xorlk Carolina. Raleigh, N. C, May 21st, 18G6. ClRCtXAB I No. 5. f In compliance with Special Orders, No. 232, War De partment, Adjutant General's office, Washington, Mav lGth, 18.6, Urevct Major General Thomaa II. Iiuger. Com manding the Department of North Carolina, relieves me as Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of lieft'ugees, Freedmen and Ab ndoned Lands for this State. General linger, who assumes the duties of tbis office, is well known throughout the State and has the confidence of all elasaes of citizens. To the officers who have assisted me in organizing the Bureau in North Carolina and sustaining- its operations, I desire to express my thanks-, for their fidelity and ze al in diaehargiii:; the important and often perplexing duties which have been imposed upon them. E. WHITTIESEY. Brev't. Brig. GenT and Assis't Com. Oftc;al : As. JiiiiD Gaudnek, 1st Lieut. Ag't. 7th IUgt. R. II. C. A. A A. G. We incline to the oiuuion, that so long as the Government deems it necessary and advisable to continue the Bureau and Military Departments in tho South, the most fit and proper disposition that can be made of the matter, is to place it en tirely under the control of the Department com manders. The labors of the Department comman ders may be increased by it, but it fixes the re sponsibility where it properly belongs, it bei ug a military institution, and guards the government more directly against malfeasance and imposi tion. New Members. We learn that Dr. Thos. Per son, of Wayne. Jere Pearsall, Esq., of Duplin, and Jas. II. Foy, Esq., of Onslow, have been elected from their several counties to supply vacancies in the Conventiou. The Gubernatorial Election. The election for Governor of North Carolina will take place in August next. We have heard several gentlemen spoken of in connection with this office. Tho friends of Colonel D. D. Ferebee, of Camden, we learn are urging his claims for this distinguished position. Hon. J. M. Leach has also been spoken of as a candidate. A distinguished gentleman of Western North Carolina, who is well posted, informs us that the people of Western North Carolina, at least a large number of them, desire to vote for General M. W. Bansom to be next Governor of this State. The entire East would be highly gratified to see Gen eral Bansom placed in tho Executive chair of North Carolina. We do not know, as yet, wheth er Governor Worth intends being a candidate or not. The Late Judge Badger. At a meeting of the Wake County bar, on the 2'2d inst., the Hon. Wm. A. Graham was invited to deliver in the city of Baleigh, an address on the life and character of the late Hon. George E. Badger. Memorial- Association". A large number of the ladies of the city met in the Commons Hall on yesterday at 5 o'clock. Bev. Dr. Lacy explained the object oi the meeting. After praj'er by Dr. Lacy, the Association was organized by the elec tion of the following officers : Mrs. Gen. Branch, President. Mrs. Francis H. Miller, 1st Vice President. Mrs. Lucy B. Evans, 2nd Mrs. Bobt. E. Lewis, 3rd Mrs. Mary B. Lacy, 4th Miss Sophia Patridge, Secretary. Miss Anna Mason, Treasurer. The thanks of the meeting were given to Bev. Dr. Lacy, after which the meeting adjourned. Hal. Sentinel. Judge D. F. Caldwell. We learn from the Salisbury Banner that Judge D. F. Caldwed is now lying extremely low at Montgomery, Ala. His son has been telegraphed for. Caldwell County. B. F. Patterson, Esq., having resigned as delegate to the Convention from Cald well county, the vacancy has been supplied by the election of Gen. S. F. Patterson. Trinity College. It will be seen that the com mencement at this Institution will come off on the l-4th of June next. Bev. Mr. Carraway preaches the sermon. The orator has not yet been named. Louisburg Female College. The commence ment exercises of this Institution will open on Wednesday tho 30th inst. Bev. Mr. Dallev, of Wilmington, will preach the sermon on W ednes day night. Point Lookout Prisoners. Gov. Worth has received the following letter, in reply to one he di rected to be written to the proper officer in regard to North Carolinians confined at Point Lookout: IFi Q'rs, Detachment 12th Y. S. Infantry, ) Point Lookout Rid . Mav 17, 1866. ( V .. H. Ti.vn.EV, Private Secretary, N. C: Mr. Your communication of the 0th instant is just re ceived. In reply, 1 have ih' honor to inform you that the hospital was broken up at this point nearly a year pgo, and that thero have bean no sick or wounded since that time from any State. I am in i v eeipt of letters from North Carolina every few days, iu icgnrd to tho same subject. The last of the prisoners, sick and well, left here last Spring. There is a large number of North Carolinians buried litre, and the Government is about to buy or lease the grovin i they are buried on. Tho names are getting very indistinct on i'.:o iiefd -boards, and they should be rr-p.'j ;'. 1 have a list of . ill Confederate dead at this point. Vevv t: ;pectfn.llv, vonr obvlb-nt servant. J. W. COOLEY, 21 T.t. 107Hi U. S. O. T. A, A. Q. Point Lookout, Md. The Sufheme Conn. The Supreme Court will commence its summer term in Baleigh on Monday, the 11th of June next. Causes will be called by circuits, as heretofore arranged, but no special ST At1 1 till aay given. Applicants ior license, uorn classes, will be examined on Monday. Marriages op Negroes. Up to the present time there have been about threo hundred cer tificates of marriage granted, by the Clerk of the County Court of Wake, to colored people who have been heretofore cohabiting together as man and wife. Sentinel. Death of Dr. Mebane. We are pained to an nounce the death of Dr. D. C. Mebane, of this town, which occurred at his residence on Wednes day night last, from hemorrhage of the lungs. Dr. Mebane was an upright man a good Christian, a kind and obliging neighbor, and one of our most useful citizens. He was in the 62d year of his age. Greensboro' Patriot. North Caroltna Post Offices Beopened. The following orders, says the Washington National Republican, were issued on Monday by General Post Office Department. North Carolina Bcopen Queensdale, Bobeson county, and appoint Peter McCallum, postmaster, vice D. MeCallum. Appoint Alexander Jackson post master Wil liamston, Martin county, vice Nathan Thomson, resigned. According to New York papers, low churchmen don't like the news that Bishop Stevens, of Penn sylvania, and Bishop Whitehouse, of Illinois, both shining lights of the Episcopal church in America, have recently been hobnobbing with the Pope and Cardinal Antonelli. It is feared that these prelates are going over to the advanced ritualists, and that their visit to the Eternal city, ostensibly for the benefit of their heidth, will have tho sjii ie eccle siastical result as tho pilgrimage of Bishop Ives, of North Carolina, had a few years ago ; that is to Rjiv. that both of them will turu Bonidn Catholics. These fears tho jiapers consider groundless, as the divines are staunch Protestants, and their visit to the Pope was devoid of ecclesiastical significance, Montgomery AdvertittTt mm SUMMARY. Floods of Bain. Since the last issue of our paper, this section has been visited by falls of water almost unprecedented. Corn and cotton have been seriously damaged thereby, in some in stances amounting almost to complete destruction, whilst tne effect has been disastrous upon the mills of the district, there being but few dams left whole or mills in running order. Soniter (S. C.,)Walchman. Withdrawal of Deposits from National Banks. Under the recent order of Assistant Quarter master General Charles Thomas, the officers of the quartermaster's department in this vicinity have withdrawn the public funds in their hands from the national banks here, and deposited the same in the Treasury. Washington Star. Gov. Swann and ex-Gov. Bradford, of Mary land, have quit the disunion party, and adhere to the Union party of old. They now support the President in his restoration policy. The Case of Mr. Davis. It is reported upon good authority, says the Washington correspon dent of the New York limes, that the judiciary committee have come to the conclusion that the evidence produced before them does not warrant the charge that Jefferson Davis is guilty of com plicity in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. No body but fanatical fools over supposed Mr. Davis capable of n mean or unchristian act. Journal. The Test Oath Pronounced Unconstitutional. There is no doubt now that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided tho Missouri test oath unconstitutional. Hon. Frank P. Blair, in a speech recently made at Macon Mission, Missouri, said : " I am In re to-day, my friends, to tell you that the Supreme Court of the United States have al ready decided that this Constitution is invalid and void. I was told so myself by one of the Judges of the Supreme Court in Washington, and he told me, in addition, that the only reason why tho an nouncement of the decision was not made, was that the minority of those who held that the law was constitutional (four Judges holding it consti tutional and five declaring it unconstitutional) was the four who begged that the announcement might be postponed till the next term, which meets in December. (A voice Until after the election in this State.' That language was not used, but it amounted to that. I can give my theory of this matter, and I tell you what I know and what the Judge told me." Scarcity of Money. The complaint about the scarcity of money is now general in the South. It seems that it will take what little money is loll to pay taxes Government, State County and town. The people ought to hold to a strict account those who have the levying of taxes as well as thoso who control the spending of public monies. But one reason of the scarcity of money is the purchase of large quantities of goods from the North by the Southern people. The most of the money paid to i our people lor cotton has been sent back to the North to pay for goods, and unfortunately mostly dry goods, "finery," tc. Since the close of the war, if the Southern people and especially tho female Dortion had denied themselves of " luxu ries " to some extent, or at least only purchased ) what wus actually necessary, all would have been i better off to-day, and greenbacks and bluebacks would be more abundant the cry of "no money"' i would not be so often heard. Let us all learn . something from experience. West. Democrat. Agricultural. A mixture of lard and kerosene oil rather more lard than oil well mixed and thoroughly rubbed into the hair of cattle once or twice is recommended as a certain cure for lice. ThS remedy is a cheap one and worth a trial. This is just the season for testing its efficacy. A writer in the Country Gentleman 6ays, "the gapes in chickens can be cured by passing the tip of a feather dipped in spirits of turpentine into the small opening of the windpipe and giving it a turn or two." As the gapes are generally fatal there can be no objection to trying this remedy. In transplanting cabbages at the North, if tho earth is dry a small ball of moist earth is squeezed on the roots of each plant. The Lynchburg News understands that tho hog cholera is raging to an alarming extent in differ ent portions of Amherst county, many persons having lost all they owned, from this fatal dis ease. Joshua F. Pearl, formerly superintendent of public schools in Nashville, and who is said to have plundered the city treasury of thousands of dollars, has brought suit for thirty thousand dol lars damages against some of tho members of a vi gilance committee who, in 1862, warned him to leave the city, believing him to be a spy. Q. C. DeGrove, who left the city about the same time, has also brought suit for a like amount against the same parties. The Spanish Bombardment of Callao. DISPATCHES FROM COM. RODGER S. Washington, May 22. The following dispatch from Com. Bodgers was to-day received at the Navy Department : United States Steamer Vtnderbilt, at Sea, May 10th, 18G3. Sir : I have the honor to report that on the 27th of April the Spanish Admiral Mendez, Nu nez addressed a letter to the diplomatic corps in Lima, declaring that the port of Callao was block aded from that date ; also another justifying the course of Spain, and announcing that he should give neutral inhabitants four days to remove their persons and property previous to the bombard ment of the city. On the 30th of April Admiral Pearson anchored our men-of-war out of gunshot of the fortifications of Callao. Merchant vessels had some days before taken up positions out of the way of hostile oper ations. It was thought that the attack would com mence on the first of May, when the time expired riven to neutrals for their removal, but on the 2d of May, about 10 o'clock, A. M., the Spanish fleet j got under way. Some time was spent in dressing their lines, and about eleven o'clock the squadron moved in two divisions to attack the defenses of Callao. The first division, under Admiral Nunez, con sisting of the iron-clad Numancia, of 7,000 tons burden, with the frigates Bianca and Besolution, moved along the San Carenzo island to attack the batteries on the South side of Callao, while the frigates Villa de Madrid, Berenguela and Almanza, passing in front of the national and merchant ves sels anchored in the bay, steamed at first slowly toward the Peruvian batteries on the north side of the city. As these vessels approached they ac celerated their speed, and ran swiftly into posi tion. At lo minutes past 12 o'clock the first gun was fired, I thought from the Numancia, quickly fol lowed by two from a battery on the south side. The Spanish fleet carried about 240 guns, mostly 32-pounders. - The Namancia was armed with 68-ponnders, as was also the three-gun corvette Uncedora, which whs hold in reserve to tow, if necessary, and also, I presume, to cover the trans ports. The Peruvian batteries numbered, in the aggregate, -45 guns, five of them 450-pounders. Blakely's and for Armstrong guns, 300-pounders, mounted on top of iron turrets. The rest were 32-pounders. Sand bags were extensively used in making the batteries, to which were added brick, masonry and some adobes. The firing soon be came warm. About ten o'clock the Villa de Madrid set her jib and trysails and ran out of the fight. She made signals and was taken in tow by the Unce dora, with steam escaping abundantly from below. She was soon followed by the Berenguela, listed over to one side and with smoke rx urine: from her porta, Just before to retired puff of black dost had shot out at her water-line on the side away from the batteries. A ball liad gone through the coal-bunkers, I thought, and through both sides. We saw men over the side attempting to patch with canvas the ragged hole, which seemed some two feet square. The Almanza moved to join the first division engaged with the Southern batteries. The Beso lucion and Bianca about 2.30 steamed away from the Southern division, leaving the Alnianza and the Numancia still engaged. These vessels drew off at fifteen minutes before 5 o'clock, the Peruvi ans firing after them as long as their guns could reach. The vessels were fought under way by the Spaniards. The fight was urged on both sides with courage and persistence. The Peruvian guns, which were in barbette, never ceased tiring, and the Spaniards, I believe, only left off when their ammunition was exhausted. The killed and wounded in the batteries were said to number .eighty. In one of the iron-clad batte ries a shell exploded, igniting other powder and disabling the guns. By this explosion Senor Gal vez, the Peruvian Minister of War and Marine, was blown to atoms. Next to the Dictator in pow er, of liberal views and marked ability, his loss will prove a serious one to the country. " His Excellency the Dictator is sicl to have been everywhere in the thickest of the figLt, animating, encouraging and directing the Peruvian batteries. I do not know the damage to the Spanish fleet, but the loss w as no doubt heavy. It was obvious that several of the vessels had beeu badly pun ished. The Spaniards, we thought, did not go very near the batteries, many of their shot falling into the water. The presence of torpedoes may have inspired caution. In coming away from a farewell visit to Admi ral Pearson, I picked up ono floating adrift near our vessels. It was a red keg, containing about fifty pounds of wet powder, with some yards of insulated wire attached, and inside the arrange ment for exploding by a galvanic battery. The senior surgeon, Dr. Peck, was sent to the Villa de Madrid and Berenguela, as soon as they anchored, with offers of assistance. His services were accepted by the surgeon of the Villa de Madrid, but on board the Berenguela the officers gathered around him at the gangway and said they were deeply grateful, but needed no help. When the Numancia anchored Dr. Johnson was sent on board, while Dr. Peck, who had returned to the Vanderbilt, went on shore to tender his services to the Peruvians. I was sorry to learu through Dr. Johnson that Admiral Nonez had been badly wounded by splin ters, no fewer than eight injuries having been re ceived in the head, arms, legs and side. The Dr. was not permitted to see the Admiral, and I ap prehend that he has been seriously hurt. Tho Peruvian batteries were but little injured. The authorities on shore were Confident that on tho morning following the bombardment they would be better prepared than at first to resist an attack. There were two iron-clad vessels on the side of the Peruvians ; one the Monitor Sox, with a single gun a 68-pounder in a turret ; and one, the Vittoria, built in the shape of the Confeder ate iron-clads, covered with railroad iron, and having a 68-ponnder at each end. The monitor was struck ten times, but received no damage. I do not know how the other fared. There were several small men of war, but their ar tillery was too lifrht to be used, and they were se cured inside. I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, JOHN EODGEBS, Commander. To Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. To the Women of the South. Bichmond is begirt by an army of Confederate dead. The hallowed precincts of our cemeteries are rendered still more sacred by their graves to be counted tv tens of thousands of martyred he roes ; arouna us were bloody battle-fields, and here were the most crowded hospitals. The dead of both are sleeping in Hollywood and Oakwood. Not alone the fallen of Virginia are buried here. Your loved and lost, brave and chivalrous spirits, whom we learn to love repose side by side with ours. The greater proportion of your best and bravest young men, cheered by your blessings and strengthened by your prayers, came to Virginia to battle for our commoa cause. Many, oh! how many of them fell on battle fields or died in hospitals, the victjms of disease engendered by the exposures of arduous cam paigns? There is no country upon whoso' roll of honor shall be inscribed the names of the Confederate dead. They died for and with their cause. Their courage and devotion obtained the plaud its of admiring nations. But it is the recollection of their sufferings, their patience, and their un timely end, that most tenderly endears their mem ory to us. Dying, they left us the guardianship of their graves. It is 'i grateful service, due alike to them and to their surviving friends. Let us keep green tho turf above their heads and build monu ments to nark for generations yet to come the place of their repose. A society has been formed in the city of Bich mond entitled "The Memorial Association." The objects of tbis Society are to collect funds to be applied in enclosing, arranging, Jreturfing, and otherwise placing in order, the graves of the Confederate dead interred in the cemeteries of Bichmond, so that the names of our fallen soldiers may be permanently preserved from oblivion, and their last resting places saved from the slightest ap pearance of neglect or want of care. j All persons who make donations for the purpose ' of carrying out the objects of this Society are en rolled as members of the same. We would respectfully suggest to the ladies of the Soath to form auxiliary societies, co-operating with us in carrying out the objects above stated. As soon as such societies are formed, it is hoped that they will correspond with this Association. Letters may bo addressed and contributions sent to Mrs. Wm. H. Mactarland, President. All Southern papers are requested to insert and call attention to the above appeal. Alleged Brutality at Sea. HORRIBLE REVELATIONS OF LIFE BEFORE THE MAST SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW OF THE SHIP CULTIVA TOR. The crew of the ship Cultivator, of the Black Star line, Captain Russell, which lately arrived at this port from Liverpool reveal a tale of horror al most unparalleled. According to the statement of some of the seamen of this vessel; from the time she weighed anchor on the 22d of March last un til the 16th of this month, when she reached New York, the crew were subjected to the most brutal kinds of treatment. The chief perpetrator of the outrages inflicted on the unfortunate seamen was the first mate, Munson, the captain encouraging this cruelty and seeming to enjoy it. On the very first day of the voyage, while in the Mersey, the mate knocked a man out of the rigging. He fell on the deck, breaking several of his ribs and was then sent ashore, thus escaping further harm. On the same day another man was knocked off the yardarm with a handspike by Munson ; but he fortunately saved himself bv catchinga rope as he fell. Another poor wretch wat kuocktxl down and stamped upon so horribly that upon recovering his senses he bade his comrades farewell and de liberately threw himself overboard. Such was the commencement of a voyage which lasted more than fifty days. Every day some man was knocked down and stunned with a marling spike or cap stan bar. Whenever any work was to be done Munson would stand by and knock the first man down who gave signs of weariness, and urge the others to redoubled exertions by liberal blows upon the back and shoulders. When a bar was not in his hands he carried a small weapon made of iron wire, about the size of a cane, the marks qI irbicb fre ia livid tod festering welts on the flesh of many of the crew. One sailor was selected I as the particular object of his fiendishness. He was laid upon the deck and twelve of the crew deputed to beat him with straps, ropes and sticks, under threats of similar punishment for them selves if they refused. Most of those atrocities were committed by the mate, but in presence of the captain, who seemed to enjoy it as pastime. If any of the wretches, complained to him he drove them from his presence with blows and curses. Men were kicked while at the wheeL One had his teeth knocked out by a marling spike ; another was knocked down regularly every day with an iron crowbar or some other weapon, and numberless other outrages were committed during the voyago of fifty days. When the men aimed in port th y were covered with bruises, cuts and scars from head to foot, and looked more like vet erans from the war than the seamen of a mer chantman. Such was the tale of horror revealed by the crew of the Cultivator. On their arrival at this port complaint was at once made to the United States District Attorney, but the mate had left the vessel and could not be found. The cap tain, however, has been arrested and held to bail on the complaint of Durkin, a seaman. On shore ho appears to be a most inoffensive kind of man, and is said to express great abhorrenco of the cruelty of his officer." The injured men have al o commenced a civil action for damages before the Marine Court. Mr. Douglas Campbell appears for them in this Court. N. Y. Herald. A Singular Well. Levi Pierce, a well known lawyer of New Orleans, recently died, leaving a will which has been recently probated in one of the courts of that city. These are its words : This is my last will and testament, written and signed by me this 1th of September, 1865, at New Orleans, Louisiana. I nominate and appoint my wife the sole executor of my estate. I have but one debt, that owing to my daughter Cora, amount ing to $4,800, as per statement sworn to be correct. I have release from both my daughters ; but they were like many other things, made for temporary occasions. My son William spent more than his share after coming of age. I give and bequeath to my children, Ada Pierce, and Mary F. Pierce, all that the law allows me to dispose of, real or personal estate. The little I die possessed of is all community property my wife entitled to one half. I beg her, if she can, to take her children and depart forever from this miserably governed United States, and to receive my blessing for her constant kindness to me through life. She and her children have indeed been a consolation to my de clining years. Ne varietur. The Feeling in North Carolina. We published, in our last, an extract that is go ing the rounds of the Badical press, to the effect that Ex-Provisional Governor Holden had written a letter to a Senator of the United States, stating that such was the condition of public feeling in North Carolina, that unless protection was soon afforded, tho State would be depopulated of its Union citizens. We made enquiry of the Standard as to the genuineness of the extract. Without waiting for a reply from that paper which we shall probably never get the question is answered by the following statement in a late number of the Alexandria Journal, a malignant Badical journal, which out Herods Forney's Citron cle in its malevolence towards the South : "We were yesterday shown a letter from Gov. Holden of North Carolina, addressed to a distinguished member of the United 8tates Senate. The Governor states that hun dreds of loyal people are daily leaving North Carolina for the Northwest that unless eomo protection is speedily afforded them by tho government every loyal man yet re maining in the fc-tato will bo compelled to leave, he among the rest." This statement is both untrue and mischievous. It embodies a libel upon the people of the State, which is calculated to do them great injury, and to obstruct the reconstruction policy of President Johnson. The inference is sought to be made that hundreds of "loyal" men aro leaving the State, because cf persecution. Minorities hardly persecute majorities, and, therefore, the further inference is studiously sought to bo created, that there are buteio " loyal " men in the State, and that these few, including tho immaculate author of tho letter himself, will be constrained or com pelled to expatriate themselves, unless speedy pro tection is guaranteed. "Protection!" What kind of protection? Obviously, the Ex-Governor means one of two sorts : Either an increase of military force, as the present is impliedly insufficient to afford " protec tion ;" or else the adoption of the Radical plan of disfranchising the overwhelming majority of our fellow-citizens, in order to put power in the hands of the " so-called " loyal few ! We denounce the statement contained in this letter as a most wanton and unwarranted imputa tion upon tire character and integrity of our peo ple, and wo invoke upon it their . indignant re buke. Doubtless a number of our citizens, under the pressure of pecuniary necessity, have left our im poverished State to seek in other latitudes the means of supporting themselves and families. We assert that no man has been compelled to leave on account of political persecution. If any have gone abroad, seeking to make such an impression, they can undoubtedly be classed under tho head of those "True patriots, who, be it nnders'ood, Leave their country for their county's good '' Hal. Sentinel. A Ponderous Work. In the Empire City things are done after an im perial fashion. Mr. T. S. Townsend has nearly completed what ho styles the " Encyclopedia of the Bebellion," already extending to fifty-two vol umes, each volume being of the size of the largest mercantile ledgers. Each page is full of printed matter extracted from the columns of the New York journals published during the war ; in all amounting to fifty thousand pages. Five other volumes of manuscript are in course of prepara tion. The work comprises every detail of the gi gantic contest, and all is arranged with such re markable perspicuity as to be as readily available for reference as the pages of an ordinary directory Of course it is not intended to publish this work ; it is designed solely for reference by the future historian, and will no doubt be invaluable considering the sources from whence the matter is derived to the author who shall contemplate the struggle from a Northern stand-point. It docs not appear that any portion of the materials has been gathered from publications or documents il lustrating the Southern aspect of the question. Ferhaps there was not space, without making the work of too unwieldy dimensions. But we entertain no fears that this mighty eom pilation, ponderous as it is, will be able to cmh out the truth. It has too much elasticity to be held down even by a mountain of such labors : and the stone which the builders rejected may yet come to form the foundation of the historical cdi fieo to be erected by the future Macaul&v. Pet. Jup. Government Losses by Government Specula tors. Some of the New York papers have a dis- rviffVli f-rrm WjikI l i T1 frinn lit u tin or tbof tlio crnidrri ment will lose heavily by the ojjerations of specu lators iu cotton at Memphis, Tenu. Last summer 6100,000 in government funds were placed in the hands of a certain uartv. which were used uu in , A- the purchase of cotton. The cotton was sent lorth for sale, and before the government realizod nuy thinrY or o 1 1 t r-rvi iltA rronoontiAn Iia rrir :.n -o failed and the government lost the whole amount il X? iSi principal as wen as prospective proms. The Episcopal Church of Louisiana at its recent Council resolved to reconnect itself with tne Church of the United States. It passed resolu tions of respect and condolence for the loss of Bishop Polk, acknowleding his TlJwtlo pe'rviees as the father of the Diocepe, STATE COIWEXTlOff. r, . Thursday, May 21, 1866. Ihe Convention was called to order at 12 o'clock. Praver bv the Bev. I, l church. Upon the call of the roll. answered to their names. The President ther euuon annonnprwl flm nvoo. ence of a quorum and laid before the Convention a communication from His Excellency, Governor Worth, relative to Executive action, during tho recess oi the Convention, m issuing writs of elec tion to fill Vacancies in tho boilv nppnsirmnd bv death or resignation. The Governor also transmitted from the Secretary of State relative to the distri bution to be made of the Acts sions of 18G4-G5) ordered to be printed at the first session of the Convention. RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN. Mr. Clark, of Craven, introduced tlm following resolutions : W hereas, This Convention was called and did assemble, u ll,,,,al-ce- ar'd under the snthoritv. of the I'li tt Went of the United Stat. 8, as Comma tier in'Chief of the Aimy and Isavy thereof, to the end that the state of Ninth Caro lina, by altering or anx nding it organic law, in con formity to the necessitating nMiltsof the la'e war, niiyht, in fact, xeiciso and enjov the constitutional rights aud privilege of membership in the Fede-al Union ; And whereas, This Convention did, at its former ses sion, fully and satisfaetoriij aecomphnh the prn pose for which it was called and did assemble, at the instance and under the authority, as f. reaa-.u : -Aid irhereas. This Couvent.on w as moved to assemble n prvteM seion, by the possibility that, in the conreoof events, further action in tim pieinisia nuuht he required or demanded by the I'l-enidem of the Uniud Stated, by reason of hi official m litary position a aforesaid : And whereas, No further action as aforesaid i so re quired or demanded : And whereas, All ordinances, and enactment further affecting the organic law of the State, or attempting to regulate the internal government and police thereof, passed by a Convention called and anhenib!cd as aforcwuid, tor the purpose aforesaid, and which does not derive au thority therefor from the people, through the mode pre scribed in the Constitution by the people, would be mb vcrsivo of the Constitution and revolutionary in effect, dangerous to liberty tnd incompatible with tree- institu tions : Be it therefore resolved, That this Convention adjourn sine die. This resolution had its first reading, and tho President stated that it would lie over ono day under the rule. Mr. Grissom moved the immcdiato rejection of the resolution. The President ruled this motion out of order. Mr. Wilson suggested that the resolution bo printed. Mr. Clark gave notice that ho would movo to take up tho resolution at 12 o'clock, M., to-morow. EXECUTIVE MESSAGE. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Furches, of Davis, Logan, of Rutherford, and Wright, of New Hanover, were appointed to wait on tho Governor, and announce the readiness of the Convention to receive any communication he might wish to moke. The committee subsequently reported that tho Governor would send in a message to-morrow. Adjourned until 10 o'clock to-niorroww, RELIGIOUS ITEMS. Misquotation from Scripture. "God tempera the wind to the shorn lamb." From Sterne's Sen timental journey to Italy. Compare Isaiah xxvii. 8. "In the midst of life we are in death." From the Burial Service : and this originally from a hymn of Luther. "Bread and wine which tbe Lord hath com manded to be received." From tho English Cate chism. "Not to bo wise above what is written." Not in Scripture. "That the spirit would go from heart to heart as oil from vessel to vessel." Not in Scripture. " The merciful man 13 merciful to his beast." The Scriptural form is : "A righteous man rcgar deth the life of his beast" Prov. xii. 10. "A nation shall bo born in a day." In Isaiah it reads : " Shall a nation bo born at once ? " lxvi. 8. "As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth a man tho countenance of his friend": " Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." Prov. xxvii. 17. "That ho who runs may read." "Thut he may run that readeth." Heb. iii. 2. "Owe no man anything but love." "Owe no man anything, but to love ono another." Bom. xxii. 8. "Prone to sih. as tho sparks fly upwards." "Born to trouble as the sparks fly upwards." Job v. 7. "Exalted to heaven in point of privilege." Not in the Bible. On the 29th of June next ensuing, the eighteen hundreth anniversary of St. Peter's death is to be commemorated at Borne. On that occasion all Uki Bishops in Christendom are said to be summoned to assemble at Borne, where a grand celebration is to take place. Bishop Early. From the published proceed ings 01 tne Oeneral e-onierence, it will lie seen, says the Jbpiscopal Methodist, that the venerable! Bishop Larly asked to be released lroiii the attirr. duties of the Episcopacy. His request was grant ed, with highly complimentary resolutions, ex pressing, on the part ol the General Conieiencc, a high appreciation of his past services. The late Bishop of Limerick was eighty ycarr, old. The Unitarians have opened a free school in Ricnmond. A colony of German Jews is about to settle near Jaffa, in Palestine. One of the Emperor Napoleon's chaplains ho 3 been bitten by a mad dog. Presbyterian General Assemblies. St. Lours May 22. In the Old School Assembly to-dav, tho action of the Assembly in regard to the exclusion of the Lomsville committee was ordered to be re corded, and a committee, with Dr. West as chair man, was appointed to answer it. The report of the committee on foreign missions shows that 1 11 board has fortv-six missions iu difh reiitcountiie1-. fhe receipts for the year were 2 '17, 000, and tin- expenditures 8210,000. Nearly half the churches of the denomination failed to contribute to th support of the bond. Both money and men aro needed. Nothing of sprciai importance occurred in the New School Assembly. The I?xne Law lit New York.. We find in the IWal tho follow ing result ofth- new excise law in New York : Towards noon a vehicle, hung with black, drawn bv four horses, drained iu the weeds of woe, w it- slow ly paraded up town. Within the vehicle was placed a small lager-beer keg, wound witn crap . on either side of which ran the inscription, " Ef fects of the Excise Law," while four longbhu K streamers connected w ith the keg were held by 1 many mourners, who, with white scarfs, pace : along, occasionally wiping an imaginary tearfroic the dryest of eyes. This sad spectacle, acting k a reminder of the banishment of Cambrinusfrom the metropolis on Sunday, was productive many doleful comments. Later in the day a lar truck, gayly decorated with evergreen boughs ai verdant foliage, was driven past the Herald offic-.. the merry Teutons within drinking the health the establishment in liquor drawn from a ban l. standing upright in their midst. Placards on bot": sides of the wi-jron proclaimed to the thirsty b holders that there was " No Excise Law in Wet' Chester County," a fact w hereat tho occupants 1 the cart appeared most jubilant. A third attemp ed demonstration was made by the parties wh composed and circulated a placard denunciato: -of the Police Commissioners and their snbord nates, and abusive of -the framers of the liquo law, which edict vas compared to the blue iaff c Connecticut.
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