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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C, AUGUST 17, 1866. Central North Carolina. Wfl have never known, possibly have never given the subject much consideration, how the custom of editors giving an account of their trav els and observations has grown into use. Wheth er it obtained through editorial vanity or the cu riosity of readers has not been definitely ascer tained so far as we are aware. Be this as it may, however, it has come to be expected, and as we paid a flying visit through the middle portion of tho State, and as far West as Burke county, du ing Inst week, we propose to give the readers the benefit of our hasty observations. As tho crops are the subjects of most interest, and are generally the topics of the first interroga tories, we made many inquiries in reference to them and took such observations as our time and opportunities permitted. Of the crops between Wilmington and Goldsboro', we have fully spo ken in a recent issue of our paper. Tho good prospect at that date has more than born out our predictions, and the cotton crop is more prom isincr now than it was three weeks since. The weed generally is not as large as might be desired, but it has a healthy appearance and the stand is good. Ordinarily the e'roris seem to bo well worked. These features are characteristic of the cotton crop as far up the North Carolina Railroad as the county of Wake. The cotton in Davidson and the valley of the Yadkin is small, and, except in the low lands, has suffered much from drought. The crops in this region do not give as much evidence of caro and labor as those farther East. The corn crop along tho line of the North Car olina Railroad from Hillsboro' to Salisbury and in the adjacent districts, as we learned from several reliable sources, is almost entirely burnt up. We learned that South and South-west of Salisbury, embracing large districts in South Carolina, there is almost a total failure in the corn crop. This fact taken with the complete failure in the wheat crop, must bring upon the people of that section the greatest suffering and distress. Wc arc confi dent that in a large portion of tho South-western part of the State, tho farmers will barely be able to meet their taxes from tho proceeds of their farms, and many will bo unablo to pay their la borers and support their families. Tho drought has been general in that section, and has injured the crops as far up and beyond Morganton. With tho exception of tho valley of tho Catawba in Iredell and Catawba counties, we saw no corn that promised the yield of an ordin ary crop, and here tho failure of tho wheat crop had been very general and complete. From an intelligent gentleman living beyond the moun tains, and who had just travelled on horseback from Jackson countv to Burke, wc learned that the crops in Western North Carolina were good, and the spirits of tho people somewhat improved in consequence thereof. The very general failure of tho crops in central and western central portions of tho State is having the most depressing influence upon tho people of tlmsfi sections. Thev arc very cloomy in their anticipations of tho future. Added to tho politi cal complications which are a common source of trouble and dark foreboding to us all, they have besides the fear of the tax gatherer and utter want and suffering. We found many of the laboring clases most despondent and entirely indifferent to the future, seemingly with their last hope lost for even ultimate recuperation from their impover ished condition, and what wc most regretted to see, was a disposition on the part of many who were determined to labor on, to emigrate to the Northwest. In fact, we came down as far as Raleigh on Tuesday morning last with a large number who were moving to Indiana. They amounted to two or three car loads. The feeling of apathy of tho people of the mid dle portion of the State is attested by the very small vote cast at tho late election, even in coun ties where tho subjects to be balloted for, had been canvassed and efforts made to arouse the voters. They seem to. have entirely lost interest in political matters, and wo fear . too generally give way to useless forebodings. The towns and villages seem not to participate in the general gloom, but are rapidly "recon structing " from tho wear and tear of the war. In Salisbury, especially, we noticed many evidences of improvement and energy. Many new build ings are being erected, particularly in the business portions of tho town, and the old ones are under going repairs, while a free use of riaint and white wash gives the place the appearance of having put on its new clothes. High roint and Greensboro' have an air of prosperity and every indication warrants the assurance that tho latter, especially, is a place of rapidly growing commercial importance. Wo met many friends, and received welcomes which proceed only from warm and'gencrous hearts. We shook the hands of former comrades in arms, whom wc had not seen sinco we separated at Ap pomattox Court House, in April of last year. We fought over many battles, our happiness softened by the sacred recollection of our dead comrades and the deplorable condition of our country. Wc were especially pleased by the very greatf ul reception wc received from many of the gallant " boys," who composed Lane's and Scales' Brigades soldiers who had served with us for four years, and whose welfare and protection had been our constant care, and for whoso dan gers and trials we had sympathized, and in whose safety and success wc had rejoiced. Attached as we arc to all who did their duty in their country's hour of danger, there is a bond of association and svmuathv connecting: us with the men of these two Brigades, cemented by the blood of Branch, Pender, Avery, Campbell, Davis, j Haywood, Wooster and other gallant comrades, that will dissolve only when the " golden bowl be broken and the silver cord be loosed." We shall take occasion soon to refer, to other matters of interest connected with our trip. TTlie North Carolina and "Western North Carolina Railroads. During our recent absence, wo passed over the North Carolina Railroad, from Goldsboro' to Salis bury, and over the entire length of tho Western North Carolina Railroad. Wo are pleased to be able to state that both roads give tho best eviden ces of ability and energy in their management. The North Carolina Railroad, wo should judge, is doing a very fine business. It is well supplied with new engines and cars, and the speed of the mail train must be equal if not superior to thai attained previous to the waj The repairs to the road have all been made of the most substantial character, and the facilities offered by the exten Bive works at " Company Shops," are made most advantageously available to this Company, and we werb shown most beautiful and substantial -work, in engines and 'cars, turned out at their l&ops. We are convinced from the general appearance of affairs along the line , of the road and at the Shops, that the Stockholders and Directors have made most judicious selections of officers. The election of Mr. Webb as President, after his defeat under the regime of the late Provisional Govern ment, was certainly a marked compliment, but one well deserved by the efficient services already ren dered, and the eminent fitness which successful experience and industry assured. The retention of Mr. Wilkes as Superintendent, in the universal revolution which has marked the organization of our Railroads since the expiration of the Pro visional Government, is a compliment as great as it was deserved. We trust that the future course adopted in the management of our roads, will lead to the retention of efficient officials. The great interests North Carolina and her citizens have in her lines of Roilroads, should not be jeopardized by frequent changes of careful, industrious and successful Railroad managers, merely for political or personal considerations. We found possibly greater improvement still upon the Western North Carolina Railroad, when we take into consideration the damage sustained and the means at command. Captain S. S. Kirk land, the gentlemanly and efficient Superintendent, and by whose energy and intelligence this work has been reconstructed, has accomplished wonders in the management of the road. Without engines or cars, wassenerer or freitrht : without depots or bridges, so thorough had General Stoneman ac- complishad his work of destruction ; and with but a very limited patronage, the road is entirely repaired in every department, and its facilities in all respects are of the first order. We were especially pleased with the superior workmanship displayed in the building of a handsome passenger coach at the shops of this company. At present the trains run but three times a week, leaving Salisbury every Monday, Wednes day and Friday mornings, and returning the same day. This is rendered necessary, not from the want of facilities, but this number of trains is able to do the business required. There remainB as yet two miles and a half unfinished between the present terminus of the road and Morganton. We were glad to shake by the hand, Capt. Black mcr, formerly of the 7th N. C. Regiment, and severely wounded at Frazier's Farm, June 30th, 18G2, who is the courteous conductor in charge of the passenger train. This great work, as well as other unfinished roads of the State require tho earliest attention of our State government. It is certainly neces sary for the prosperity of the State that they should be completed. We are the last persons to advo cate an increase of present taxes, but this does not blind us to the absolute necessity of comple ting our unfinished works of internal improve ments. Certainly no more serious or important matter can engross the attention of the next Le gislature. We sincerely hope that some means may be devised of rendeiing such assistance as will insure tho rapid progress to completion of the two great lines of railroads which will make North Carolina the thoroughfare, and her harbors the shipping ports, of the rich granaries of the West. The New North Carolina Constitution. Chief Justice Kuffin, of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, haa decided against the late " so-called " State Convention, and the Constitution "aupposed" to be framed by it. He Bays : " I consider that there is no Constitution, becauso your Convention was not a legiti mate Convention, and had no power to make a Constitu tion for us, or to alter that which we had and have." We clip the above from one of our exchanges, and have noticed it in many of them. The error has been circulated quite extensively, and it pro bably behooves us to notice it. A letter, without signature, appeared in our columns on the 21st of July, upon the powers of the late Convention of this State and the amend ed Constitution which was submitted to the peo ple by that body. The appearance of the letter created quite a sensation, and drew forth several efforts from some of the most distinguished gen tlemen of the State to reply to the positions taken herein. It was stated without authority from this paper or from any reliable source so far as we know, that the distinguished ex-Chief Justice Ruf- fin was its author. We suppose the only grounds or the presumption of the authorship, being the remarkable ability and legal force of the paper. It required not even the rumor of its authorship o bring it to the attention of the people of the State, and more than any other cause, its publi cation has affected the late election. So far then from Judge Rufiln having decided any cause involving the rights or powers of the late Convention, he does not occupy at this time a position on the bench, but is living in honora ble retirement at his home in Alamance county, beloved by his neighbors, and houored as one of the brightest lights which have added lustre to American jurisprudence. But few persons will endorse the attack or respect the spirit which prompted it, made by a partizan editor of this State upon this venerable and distinguished gen tleman. Agricultural College. During the first session of the last Legislature, that body passed a bill accepting the land donated by the Congress of the United States, enacted during the war, granting to each Stata a Aertain portion of the public lands for the purpose of es tablishing Agricultural Colleges. The Governor was directed to make immediate application there for. Wo are no less gratified than surprised that this application has met with a access, as we learn from an article from the National Intelligencer pub lished below, as upon its first presentation, if we are not mistaken, Cougrass refused even to receive it, apparently somewhat indignant ajb the prer sumption of North Carolina. We suppose theix; refusaWas based upon thb ground of an unwil lingness to recognize the Governor and Legisla ture, or even the State as a component part of the United States, and therefore not entitled to the benefit of the grant. Soon after the adjournment of the Legislature, Governor Worth commissioned Gov. Swain, Pres ident of tho University of the State, to attend to the matter at Washington, who, we learn, was suc cessful in his mission. If the vast body of land due the State under this Congressional grant is not fritered away by sharp land agents, we hope much good will result from its acquisition, and that by a proper and economv cal use of the proceeds resulting from its sale, the future prosperity of the State may be greatly en hanccd. That this will be dojoo WP have great as surance, from the enviable reputation onr present Governor enjoys for his ability and sterling integri ty in all matters of finance. He has distinguished his administration rather in ferreting out the sharp praiices of the agents of ft former one, than by permitting himself to become the dupe of such. We take it that in selecting agents to transact important financial business for the State the honesty ot tfcd applicant will be considered in coxmebtioa Ha loya&y, Already w Q notice our fcieaSa & ftd Goldsbcro' News are urging tho claims of that town as supe- jrior to those of Charlotte, which city has been suggested by the Times as peculiarly adapted for the location of the proposed College. We would not disparage the claims of either, but we have al ready a University, most advantageously located, with ample buildings, that for some cause or other is languishing for support. With a roll of students in 1860 second only to one institution in the Uni ted States, it has barely an hundred at the open ing of the second year since the termination of hostilities. While mindful of this want of pat ronage, and which it urgently behooves the Trus tees to inquire into and faithfully report to the people of the State, or upon their failure to do so it will devolve upon the next legislature, before they vote to appropriate another cent for its suj) port, we would respectfully suggest that an Agri cultural Department could be added with compar atively little expense andlmay revive the prosperi ty of that Institution. Some good reason doubtless exists for tho mea gre support now given to our State University. Wo are fully aware that very great want of money exists throughout the country, and this fact which cramps all business affects the prosperity of our institutions of learning. But we also know that the very greatest interest is felt by fmrents to edu cate their children, and very many are doing so with very great inconvenience to themselves. The want of means, therefore, will not altogether ac count for the paucity of the students at Chapel Hill, for every similar State Institution through out the South, and many others of second rate importance, more than double and several quad ruple its numbers. We have much love for our alma mater, and no one of its graduates more than ourselves wish for its continued success and prosperity, and we can assure its Faculty, among whom we reckon some to whom we are attached by long years of almost filial affection, that we allude to these matters " more in sorrow than in anger." We will refer to this subject again. Therefore, with the kindest wishes for the suc cess of tho University and in unison with our feelings of what we deem best for the interests of the State, we would discard the advantages of all the desirable localities that may be presented, and respectfully urge the establishment of an Agricul tural Department at Chapel Hill, and by adopting other necessary changes and improvements, make it really and fully what its name imports a Uni versity. Tho following from the National Intelligencer, will give more fully the facts connected with the grant of land : Agricultural College Scrip For thk Southern States. The Commissioner of the General Land Office haa for some time been busily engaged in signing the agricul tural college scrip taken by the State of North Carolina under the Congressional grant of July 2, 1862. The labor is now nearly completed, and the scrip will be forwarded in a few days to the Governor of that State. There have been one hundred and seventy thousand and eighty acres granted to North Carolina, which are taken up in one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight pieces of scrip, of one hundred and sixty acres each. The only Southern States that have thus far (signified their intention of accep ting the provisions of the grant of Congress, besides North Carolina, are Virginia and Georgia. The scrip for Virgin ia will shortly be prepared. The law granting to States the privilege of selecting lands for agricultural and me chanic colleges provides for an amount of public lauds equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Rep resentative in Congress to which such such States are respectfully entitled by the apportionment under the cen sus of I860", th j tracts to ba selected from the public lands of the United States subject to private entry at $1.25 per acre, or selections may be made from from the $2 50 or double minimum ; but, in the latter case, the lands are to be computed at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished. But! no mineral lands are to be selected, and no selections allowed of a quantity less than a quarter section. "White Sulphur Springs, Catawba. County. Having recently paid a hurried visit to these springs, we are prepared to speak of their attrac tions as a watering piace. The White Sulphur Springs of Catawba County are situated about six miles from the Western North Carolina Rail road, in one of the loveliest valleys of the Western North Carolina Piedmont region. The scenery is picturesque, and the air bracing. The mountains loom up grandly in the blue distance, while im mediately around the springs magnificent forests of oak and chestnut afford the most refreshing re treats. Limpid streams from innumerable springs course through the grounds furnishing the most delightful baths. But the virtues of the waters themselves are the chief consideration. The White Sulphur spring is clear and cold, and while strongly impregnated with medicinal qualities of the highest order, is not so distasteful as many similar waters. The Chaly beate Springs have been pronounced during the present season, by an eminent chemist in this State, as being the most valuable of its character he had ever tested. Professing no scientific knowledge of the virtues of these waters, we are only pre pared to speak of facts ooniing under our own ob servation of the beneficial results produced by a sojourn at these springs. Two instances, espe cially, we have in our mind, which fully convince us of the efficacy of the waters one in the per son of a popular divine of the Episcopal Church of this State, and the other a gentleman of our own city. The guest who does not seek this retreat entire ly for health, will find other and substantial charms here. jXew and convenient buildings, neat furniture and good fare, with a variety of amusements, all under the charge of liberal and high-toned Southern gentlemen, afford many of the comforts of hospitable home. This fine watering place belongs to a company of Baltimore and Richmond gentlemen, who seem determined to make it vie with its older and better known rivals in Virginia. It certainly has the advantage of many of them in beauty of scenery and properties of waters, and if these, added to a liberal expenditure of money, will command success, we see no reason why these Springs should not become a most popular and fashionable resort. We suppose the number pt visitors at present is about seventy. The Cholera. We have kept our readers duly advised of the gradual spread of the cholera in the United States. We are glad to state, however, that thus far it has but lightly visited our country, and can hardly be considered an epidemic at any point where it has prevailed. Yet the fact that it is gradually reaching out its devouring arms in many directions, seek ing victims for its insatiate appetite, just as the most sickly season of the year is approaching, is sufficient to put every citizen upon their guard. We have on more than one occasion referred to this matter, and respectfully urged a considera tion of this subject upon the attention of our peo ple an4 authorities, . It has b.een suggested with much force we think, that the long drought and extreme heat, which has been the source of much injury to crops in some localities, and the subject of universal complaint in all, have been our salvation ; that miasma cannot exist without moisture, and the long, hot and dry season continuing through June and July literally destroyed the noxious effluvia which usually poisons tha atmosphere during the Bummer months. -The season is now approaching when vegetable. matter will begin to decay, which is always attend ed with more or less sickness, especially in this latitude. Our cotemporary, the Petersburg Index, gives the following simple and sensible instruc tions to meet the threatened danger, which we re commend to our readers : Let no water stand on your lots ; allow no garbage to accumulate ; invite the generous healthy sunlight into every corner ; use lime, but do not slack it beforehand it is in the process of slacking that the disinfecting pow ers of lime developes itself, and not after it is slacked : afterwards it merely absorb1?, as so much flour or sand would, tho moisture, whence the foul odor proceeds- -do not change your diet, unless it is a shockingly bad one ; be temperate (there is no such doctor as temperance, and no such devil as drunkenness) : when very warm do not rush into cold water, or rush cold water into you ; never make cholera the topic of conversation we knew a wor thy man who never had an instant's peace after he dis covered that he ha J a spleen cultivate cheerfulness; it is one of the fine arts, and for the great earthly end of all arts, human happiness, is worth the whole of them put together. And if, after all this, you get cholera, or have any premonitory symptoms of it, send for a eensibie doc tor at once there are such persons and keep quiet till he comes to see you. FntST Bale of New Cotton The first balo of new cot ton is expected in this market in a few days. It is sug gested that it be put up to the highest bidder. Spirited competition may le expected. Xetcbem Commercial. We tako pleasure in informing our Newborn friends that we are ahead of them. Tbey expect tho first bale of new cotton to arrive in their market shortly. The first bale has already arrived in ours. It was shipped by Express from Mfi?srs. Moody A Smith, Marion C. II., S. C, and was received by Messrs. Russell A Ellis, to whom it was consigned, yesterday morning. It was received together with a note to the effect that it was the first bale of new cotton. No information was conveyed, however, as to the place upon which it was grown, or the name of the planter. Messrs. Moody & Smith aro country merchants who each own a plantation, and their Agents hero surmise that it was grown upon the place of one of those two gentlemen. As we expected, our South Carolina friends are ahead of those of our own State, and have outstripped us in the raco for the prize. We suppose that the goblet offered by Messrs. Mitchell, Allen A Co., as a prize forv the first bale of new cotton brought into this market, will be awarded to the planter upon whose place this was grown. One of the require ments originally stated as necessary to be complied with was that the balo should weigh 400 pounds. The one to which we alluded, weighs but 359 pounds, but the claim ants do not suppose that tho prize will bo withheld on account of tho trifling difference of weight. Three of our prominent merchants have been requested by Messrs. Mitchell, Allen A Co. to consider the merits of the claim made for the prize, and award it if they think the claim entitled to such an action. The cotton was purchased by Messrs. Worth A Daniel, at 35 cents per pound, and shipped to Philadelphia this morning by tho steamship Pioneer. The staplo is excel lent and the quality good. Wilmington and Manchester It. It. Cab. The sleeping-car which is now used on our railroad here, is a curi osity. The passenger may now, by paving a dollar extra, have the pleasure and luxury of lying, at full length, on a soft couch, where he may enjoy rest and sleep equal to that which he could have on the best steamboat, except that the boat on water does not move so roughly as the car on the iron-rail. Some, however, would prefer the latter. This road is now well managed, and with the sleeping-car, which is a temptation to travel, there seems to bo nothing to prevent the most splendid success and prosperity. Marion Crescent. Wo have before alluded to the sleeping-cars which are now in use on tho Wilmington and Manchester Itailroad, and take pleasure in re-asserting that they afford the great est comforts, and are luxurious in the extreme. Nothing is more elegant than the mariner m which they are furnish ed. To recline upon the soft and luxurious couches, is sufficient to invoke the presence of Morpheus, upon eyes by no means drowsy. : MoiiTALixv Among the Business Men of Our City. In glancing over a copy of Kelley's Business Directory for 1SG0-G1 wc were struck with the number of names, con tained upon one single page, of men who have since died. This led us to review the whole work, in order to inform ourselves of tho mortality among those whose names were contained in the Directory. Wo found that no less than one hundred business men had diedsiuco the compilation of the work. Among these we notice tho names of many of prominence and standing during life. Not a few among that number were those, the bravest of tho brave, who gave their life-blood for a cause most sacred and noble in its character. The part which Wilmington, througli her sons, bore in that cause, was no mean one, and she has a record which the most exalted need not bo ashamed of. Truly she has had no cause to blush for her soils. PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. Speech of tlic President. Gentlemen of the Convention and fellow-citizens of the United States Applause. For the distinguished honor of being called upon to pre side over the deliberations of this convention I sincerely thank you. I could have wished that its resposibilities had fallen upon another. But re lying upon that courtesy and generous confidence -which has called me to the chair, I enter at once upon its duties with an earnest desire for the suc cess of that great cause in which we are now en gaged. Among the great events of our own day this convention, in my opinion, will prove to be one of the greatest, for peace hath victories not less renowned than war. Applause. And this convention is one of her victories may I not say a crowning victorj ? Applause, For the first time in six years a national con vention representing all the States is now assem bled. Six long, weary years. As I look back, oh what an interval of blood and agony and tears. During that period we have been engaged in the most gigantic civil war the world has ever seen Wasting our resources, elrenching a thousand bat tie fields in fraternal blood, and carrying to frater nal graves our fathers, our sons and our brothers, by thousands. But thanks be to Almighty God the war is over. Applause. Peace, blessed peace has come. The assurance which we here witness tells us that peace has come, and come to stay. Applause. Oh, my fellow citizens, if the whole people of the United States could this moment look in upon this convention ; if they could see what we now witness, the North and the South, the East and the West joining together in fraternal association as friends and fellow citizens, our work would bo already done. Applause. If they could see, as wo saw, Massachusetts and South Carolina applause by their ful delegations com ing ana in aim into' this great convention ap plause if they could have seen this body, great er in numbers anil in weight of character and brain than had ever assembled on this continent, under one roof, melting to tears of joy and gratitude, to witness this commingling, there would be no strug gle at the polls in the coming elections. Ap plause. When I remember that it was Massachusetts and South Carolina that, in the convention which framed the constitution, voted against the aboli tion of the slave trade ; that it was Massachusetts, in 1812, which, through some of her men, taught the doctines of nullification, which South Caro lina reasserted in 1833, and in the form of seces sion reasserted in 1860 ; when I called to mind that South Carolina fired the first gun in this con test, and the veins of Massachusetts poured out the first blood in this struggle ; applause j and when I call to mind all these memories, and at the same time ask the people of this country to look in on this convention and see these two old States of the Union coming here, in fraternal embrace, approaching the common altar of a common coun try, ready to make common sacrifices for the good cf the who? I say again, could the whole people of the United States witness all this, there would remain no further work for us to perform. Ap plause. If the people of Massachusetts herself could nave witnessed it, not a single member would be returned to Congress from that State great applause until he had given a most sa cred assurance that he would do all in his power in Congress to recognize the equality and dignity of all the States under the constitution, ap plause including, the sacred and inalienable right of every State under the constitution to representation in both houses of Congress. Ap plause. ". , Gentlemen of the Convention, I shall go into no argument on this occasion. Cries of " Go on." The distinguished gentleman (Gen. Dix) who preceded me has said all that I would desire to say, much better than I could say it. I endorse, and take great pleasure in fully endorsing, all that he said, sentence by sentence, word by word, Applause. Fellow-citizens, : unfortunately, it may be, the whole people of the United States are not here to witness what is now transpiring, therefore the greater work still rests upon us. From this time until the election of the next Congress we should be unremitting in our exertions to see to it that the next Congress, if this shall continue to refuse this sacred right of representation to equal States, that the next Congress shall recognize that right Applause. When this is done, tho Union is re stored. Applause. And when the Union is re stored, we shall be prepared, in my judgment, to enter upon a higher and nobler career among the nations of the earth than has ever yet been occu pied by any government upon which the sun of heaven ever shone. Applause. We shall stand in the vanguards of civilization and liberty ; we shall lead the way by the light of our example, for all the other nations of the earth. Applause. Gentlemen, without detaining you any longer, I shall enter at once upon the duties of the chair. Speech of Governor Perry, of South Carolina.. Philadelphia, Aug. 15. Last evening another meeting took place at the ?:uional Guards' Hall, the second of a series to tal t place under the au spices of the Johnson Clymer Club during the session of the National Convention, and to be ad dressed by the leading delegates in attendance. Governor Perry, of South Carolina, was intro duced, and said he had come from South Caroli na in the spirit of Gen. Grant, who had said that there was nothing better than for the people of the North and South to intermingle with each other. Thus prejudices would be swept away, and this great republic would be united into one great people a power among the nations of the earth. Though he had come from South Caroli na he would say that South Carolina had accepted in good faith the results of the late contest. She had contended for the principle of secession, and, as he had told President Johnson last summer, when appointed Provisional Governor, South Car olina is as loyal to-day as Massachusetts. South Carolina was the first to accept the con stitutional amendment abolishing slavery, and has decreed that it shall never be restored. South Carolina expected after she had conformed to all requisitions of the President of the United States, that the Union would be again restored, but are not ten States deprived of representation, while their citizens are taxed without their consent ? Erroneous opinions prevail at the North in regard to the status of negroes at the South. When the President's proclamation declared them free, he informed his fifteen domestics that they were free to do as they chose, but that if they desired to do so, they might remain as before, under his care. Not one of them had left him. In South Carolina at present there was scarcely an inhabitant but takes the warmest interest in the race. No op pression exists there. In regard to the nation al debt, South Carolina, with her sister States, thought tho debt wras incurred in conquering the Southern States, yet they will not consent to re pudiate one dollar, nor docs any sane man in South Carolina believe that the Confederate debt will ever be accepted by the United States. LETTER FROM MS. VALLANDIGHAM. Mr. Grosebeck, of Ohio, as the organ of the united delegation from that State presented a letter of withdrawal from Mr. Vallandigham, and asked that it might be read to the convention. The chairman intimated that it would require unanimous consent, and asked whether there was any objection. A delegate from New York rose and objected. Loud cries of " Read it." "read it." Hon. Keverdy Johnson, of Md., moved that the rules be suspended, in order to allow the letter to be read. The rules wdrc suspended, and the letter was read by the secretary, as follows : (rirard House, Philadelphia, August 14, 18GG. To Chair man National Union Convention Sir : I have this clay re ceived from the National Union Committee, through the Hon. Wm. S. Groesbeck, chairmau of joint Ohio delega tion to your convention, a ticket of admission as a dele gate from that State. The Hon. Geo. Y Cook, chairman of democratic delegation from Ohio, has also communica ted to me the following resolutions this morning adopted by that delegation : " liesolced unanimously, by the Ohio Democratic Dele gation, That we recognize the right of Clement L. Val landigham, a duly elected delegate from the third con gressional district of Ohio, to hold a seat in that conven tion. " That we should regard his exclusion from such seat as an unjust and unreasonable infringement of the rights of the democracy of said district, and aro ready to stand by him in the assertion of his rights and the rights of his constituents. " That we endorse cordially the purity and patriotism of his motives, and his fitness every way to sit in said con vention ; yet, for the sake of harmony and good feeling in the same, and in order to secure the great ends for which it is called, we consent to his withdrawal from this dele gation and a seat in the convention, if, in his judgment hi duty to his constituents shall justify such withdrawal." Yielding my own deliberate convictions of duty and right to the almost unanimous opinions and desires of friends whose wisdom and soundness of judgment and sincerity and jpurity of motives. I may not question, to the end that there shall be no pretext even, from any quarter for any contro verted questions or disturbing element in the con vention to mar its harmony or hinder in any way the result to the cause of the constitution, the Union and the public liberty which shall follow from its deliberations and its aotions, I hereby withdraw from the Ohio democratic delegation, and decline taking my seat in the convention. I am profoundly conscious that the sanctity and magnitude of the interests involved in the present political canvass in the United States are too im mense not to demand a sacrifice of every personal consideration in a struggle upon the issue of which depends, as I solemnly belie re, the present peace, and ultimately the existence of free republican government on this continent. Trusting that your deliberations may be harmo nious, your proceedings full of the spirit of wis dom and patriotism, and its results crowned with a glorious and saving triumph in the end to the great cause in which every sympathy of my heart is enlisted. I am, respectfully, fec., C. L. VALLANDIGHAM. Secretary Seward to Address the People North and South The Campaign The Secretary of the Treasury and Gold Rates. From the Correspondence of the X<iworo Sun. Washington, August 13. The Secretary of State, who had made a brief visit to Auburn, will be here to-night.' Mr. Seward will be expected, when he takes the western tour with the Presi dent, in September, to address the people upon the state of the country. Some had supposed that if the National Union Convention at Philadelphia should make a favorable impression, ho would take an earlier opportunity to bring the subject very vividly before the public view, in his popu lar and attractive manner. The Radical presses have already begun to ex press some solicitude in regard to the proposed tour of the President and Secretary of State. The people of Illinois, for instance would thereby have an opportunity of forming a more just and impar tial estimate of Senator Trumbull's harangues. It will be noticed that the tenor of the cam pain speeches by the Radical orators, both in the Western and Middle States, indicates a settled and malignant hostility to the President and Mr. Se ward. Articles of an inflammatory and revolu tionary tendency also fill the Radical journals, not only denouncing the President and Secretary, but demanding their impeachment and removal. If the Radicals win at the Fall elections they will pro bably execute their threats. The Secretary of the Treasury having returned, he may now be expected to make some reply to thirty-six New York commercial and financial firms, most of them connected with foreign com merce, who have memorialized him in favor of the sale of all his surplus gold. Without refer ence to this advice, or to the contrary advice from others interested, the Secretary will probably con tinue to act according to his own judgment, and in reference to the commercial contingencies, as they may arise, as he had done herefore. The Senate bill to restrict his action in this respect was not passed. Washington, Aug. 13, 1866. The recent gene ral order issued by Gen. Grant requiring depart ment commanders to forward copies of such news papers, within their respective commands, as con tained sentiments of disloyalty and hostility to the Government in any of its branches, with a view to their suppression, has been revoked. The Cholera in Savannah. ' Savannah, Aug. 14. The Board of Health reports 34 deaths for the week ending to-day, including 12 of whites and 22 of blacks. There were 9 cases of cholera among the blacks. IMPORTANT WAR. MOVEMENTS IN MEXICO. The French Evacuate MontereyThe Liberals Occupy Tampico The French Abandon all the Northern States Gen. Uw, Wallace at Mata morai. New Obleans, Aug. 13. The Matamoras correspondent of tho Times eaya a brig ade of Escobedg's army is in occupation of Monterey. The Imperial garrison at Selleldo spiked their guns and destroyed the ammunition, and went to relieve Monterey, but retreated to San Louis Potosi. All tho Northern Btates were to be abandonded by the Imperialists, and Ban Louis Potosi would be invested by the Republican Governor of that State. The French garrison at Tampico was driven to the Cita del, and the place captured. A French iron steamer was sunk by the Republicans in the channel below tho city. Gen. Lew. Wallace had arrived atMatamoras on a steam er from New York, with arms and ammuntion lor the Gov enrnor of Tamaulipas. SECOND DISPATn.l New Obleaxs, Aug. i. Advices from Matamoras to the Times, under date of Aug. 11, says the French evacuated Monterey on tho 2Stli nit., spiking their cannon and destroying their ammuni tion. The Liberals occupied Tampico on tho 1st mst. Tho French were reduced to extremity. Thero was no hope of reinforcements. HONOLULU AND EASTERN ASIA. Ministers Burllngarae and Tan Valkenlmrg Heavy Shipment of TeaA New Tariff Adop ted In Japan. Ran Francisco, August 14. The barks Smyrmotte and Cornet bring Honolulu dates of July 14. The former brings Captain Mitchell and Sam'l H. Ferguson, as passengers, of the ship Hornet, which wad destroyed by fire. Ministers Burlingamo and Van Valkenburg sailed on July 10, for China and Japan. The ship Yoltiguer brings Hong Kong dates of Juno 1(5. Although the shipments of tea to Great Uritain had boon light, the amount shipped to tho United States wart very large, and the supplies for tho past season were tho lar gest ever known. The expedition against tho pirates on the west coa&t had ben very successful. The brig Jeannie brings Japan news of June 30. A tar iff convention was held at Jeddo on Juno 25, in which America, Japan, England, France and Holland participa ted. A revised import and export tariff wan adopted, which waa considered very important to commercial in terests. Tho new tariff was to ro into effect at Kanaga wa on ;July 1, at Nagasake and Hakudada on August 1 Tea remained lirm ; line was quoted at f 3'2J;Ij ; ordi nary at$llfl5 ; medium new at $2'.)G?30 ; good ineili nm to fine, $31$35. Arrived Bark Berta, Bang, Hamburg. r A Tornado in Michigan. Df.tkoit, Aug. I J. A violent squall at East Saginaw this afternoon, hk-w down the walls of a largo brick block nearly completed, at the corner of Jefferson and Gcnncgseo streets. One work man was killed, and one fatally, and three kvcicIv in jured, while two others are missing, and it is i'eared aro dead. From Washington. Washinotox, Aug. 15. The Secretary of State ha.-t u -turned to Washington, after an absence of live days, on a visit to his home at Auburn, New York. New York, Aug. 15. Tho Post's special dispatch liom Washington says: " Mr. Seward had an interview with the President to-day, and it is reported that a proclama tion will bo immediately issued re-establishing the habeas corpus in all the States, and practically terminating the military occupation in tho Southern States." Internal Revenue Frauds. The Secretary of tho Treasury lias issued a circular re lative to tho percentage of fines, penalties or foifcituies incurred by internal revenue frauds, which will hereafter bo paid to persons informing the proper officials of such frauds upon the government. European Intelligence. GREAT BRITAIN. London, Aug. 15 Noon. It is announced to-day that the plans for the confederation of the British Provinces of North America have been definitely arranged by the gov ernment. The statement is also mado that the terms for a loan from the government for building of an intercolonial rail road from Halifax to the point of connection with the Ca nada Grand Irunk railroad has been settled. Fire Near Danville, Va. Danville, Aug. 14. A fire broke out about two o'clock Monday morning on the North side of the river, at Danville, in the flouring mill of J. M. Walker, which consumed the flouring mill, foundry and workshop of Mr. Walker, and two other small buildings occupied as residences,--Mr. Walker's loss is between thirteen and fourteen thous and dollars, upon which he has an insurance of f 8,000. Denver Elections. Denver, Aug. 15. Returns from all parts of tho terri tory render certain the election of A. C. Hunt, tho admin istration candidate for Congressional Delegate over Chil cott, Republican. Congressional Nomination. Middlebcro, Vt., Aug. 15. Tho Hon. E. Woodbridgc has been unanimously ro-noniinatcd for Congress by ac clamation at the republican district convention to-day. Collector at Savannah. Hon. Joshua Hill having declined the Customs CnlJ.v torship at Savannah, Ga., tho President has appoints! ex-Provisional Governor Johnson. to tho position. Jlr. Johnson accepts tho Collectorship. Ciuecu Emma Visits the President Washington, Aug. 14. Queen Emma visited the President this evening. Mrs. Johnson, Sirs. Patterson, Mrs. Welles, and Mrs. Stanhcry were present at the interview. Tho President address ed his visitor as Qneen Emma, and said he would now do in person what the acting Secretary of State had already done, extend to her Majesty a cordial welcome to the capital of a nation of thir ty millions of people. It was not hecaiiso the guest was a Queen that this welcome was extended, but because of her great merit and good works, the fame of which had preceeded her. Tho cor dial welcome was extended on account of the ef fects of tho visit in tho cause ofghnmanity and Christianity. If, said the President, I was dis posed to be facetious, I should say that in this coun try all men are kings and all women aro qiurns. Our rulers derive their iover from the vph and consequently all aro royal. Therefore, when you address any man or woman in this country, you talk to royalty, to a king or queen. la conclu sion the President heartily welcomed his guest. -After engaging in conversation for a few moments the royal family retired. Ravages of Cholera lathe "West ami SotitUwtsI Negro Troop! Suffering. Memph3, Aug. 13. During the past fortv-eigni hours there have been live deaths from cho! in. The physicians had a meeting to-night, ami ap pointed a commiltee to wait on the Governor ami ask for the establishment of a quarantine on U: river, and that the neoessary stei s bo taken to meet the scourge. Chicago, Ang. 13. Tho papers report twenty cases of cholera, of which four were fatal, in tlii' city since Friday last. St. Paul, Minnesota, Aug. 13. Three f.tt . cases of cholera occurred on the steamer Oanadi. of the Northern Packet Line from St. Louis. New Obleaxs, August 12. Tho mortality i : increasing at tho rate of ten per cent. 'X'liu deaths from cholera for forty-five hours, ending at six o'clock this morning, amounted to lift v. Cairo, August 12. The steamer Continental which passed tore last night with a dctaclnm nt of the Fifty-sixth Colorado Infantry, had sixty cases of cholera, induced by the eating of raw Cu ba sugar. Six deaths had occurred. Only th who ate the sugar were sick. The steamers Hen ry .Ames and Platte Valley also had .sickness oh board. St. Louis, August 13. Fifty-nine cases of di"1" era were reported to the Board of Health to d for the twenty-four hours ending at noon, twenty six of which were fatal. The steamer Continental, with a detachment : colored troops, arrived from the South at n'' and anchored in mid-stream. Iler captain -ported fifty-one deaths by cholera nce loayi Cairo, and twenty-six cases now on board. ; steamer Henry Dives, also from the Soutli. l'j11 seven cases and two deaths. Tho Board of H:jlt , have taken active measures to meet tho spread u the disease. District physicians have been ap pointed for gratuitous attention to tho poor, a-1 depots established where medicine can ho n1 free. St. Louis, August 14. A strict quarantine ltf been established below the city. Eighty-; cases of cholera were reported to tho Board o Health for the twenty-four horrs ending at noei to-day, thirty-six of which were fatal. Tho BoaM of Health have prohibited the sale of "melons, cu cumbers and other stale vegetables in any lnirt 0 the city. Washington, August 14. Major-Geueral BairjJ. Assistant Commissioner of freedmen's affairs i Louisiana, has telegraphed for authority to en Eloy five more physicians, stating that the cf ad assumed a serious aspect in the city of Orleans, and would probably grow moro wwt riant, particularly among tho freedmen.
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