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THE - WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1866. THE JOURNAL. Our readers will perceive that within the last few issues we have added an additional column to each page of our paper. We do this to relieve the pressure upon our col umns, and to enable us to do full justice to our subscribers. We have for a long time been using a large proportion of small (minion) tjpe, by which means we were giving more matter than any daily in the State. This we intend to continue, and hope that our increased patronage will soon enable us to increase the size of our paper still more. Determined now and in the future to deserve the liberal . patronage of our citizens, we shall devote our whole at tention to our duties. The Commercial Department of the Jour nal, which has become a feature of our pa per, will continue to receive the undivided attention of our Commercial Reporter. Our weekly review of the markets, in con nection with the daily account of sales and the marine intelligence, we think, are not surpaased in fullness and accuracy in the country. Our Local Department Anil be confided to the most competent bauds. Interesting items of news, and nt invidious personal ities will characterize it. While we shall alvsys attempt to prevent anything of the kind, it is hardly necessary to add that per sons feeling aggrieved at anything we may feel compelled to publish, will always find an opportunity in our culumns to vindicate themselves. We shall continue to issue daily editions to correspond with the departure of the vari ous train , in order to furnish subscribers living upon the different mail routes the very latest intelligence received by telegraph and mails. The proprietors of the Journal are deter mined to make the paper worthy the new energnJuncf improvements which we be lieve will mark the" future of Wilmington. The TrueNpollcy. We learn from a telegram of a recent date, that in an interview with the New Hampshire delegation, the President said in reference to the Philadelphia Convention and his future policy : " We have now a policy and principles recog nized and laid down by the most intelligent, able and patriotic body of men convened since tKio davs of the Declaration of Independence. A recogni tion of this policy and these principles wou.'d be required of all those who receive office and ronage from the Government. It wa3 a duty tfie administration owed to itself, that strength aud power should be given to those who maintain tlit principles declared by tbat great body of national men. wuo met lias weeK uiconveuuun m x hu&mci nhia." We are much gratified to see this public announcement of the intentions of the pol icy of Mr. Johnson. The conflict between him and his co-adjutors, who desire to pre serve the form, at least, of constitutional government and the hereditary rights of xnglo-American freemen, and their Radical Bed Republican adversaries, is no idle con test. It is indeed a war to the knife, and the knife to the handle. On the part of the Radicals it is a war in which it is difficult to say whether the leaders are actuated more by a desire for power, lust for gain or crav ing revenge. Like the craven wretches who follow victorious columns without the cour age to meet the dangers of the fight, their only ambition is to pillage the dead bodies of those whom they were afraid to meet while yet alive. In ordinary times and under ordinary circumstances, in a government where the will of the people is recognised as of para mount importance in shaping the form and dictating the substance of the laws of the country, we hold that official interference or official dictation in any form is utterly indefensible but wo live in anomalous times. The scenes by which we are now surrounded, and amid which we have for the last few years lived, were not in the con templation of the framers of the Constitu tion or of the instrument which they be queathed for our guidance and direction. The spectacle now presented to us, is one which is to be much deplored by every good man. Thongh not contemplated or provided for by the Constitution, it is one not entirely npw in the history of other coun tries. The Legislature and the executive departments are arrayed in bitter, relentless opposition and hostility. The Congress representing not even a moiety of the people of the country, has arrogated to itself the whole and sole con trol of the executive and judicial, as well as the legislative power, and this in utter defiance of the plainest possible provision of the Constitution itself. The issuers now before the country, and must soon be deci ded. It is now for the people to declare whether they prefer the old Constitution with all the checks and balances it provides for each department, or whether they pre fer to give to a Rump Congress power to frame in effect a new government. The Radicals under the falsely assumed guise and name of the United StatesCongress, claim that they represent the form and true principles of the government of Washing ton, of Hamilton, of Adams and of J efferson. To meet this fictitious pretence, it plainly becomes the duty of the Chief Executive whose powers are thus sought to be destroy ed to show to the people the falsity, usur pation, tyianny and dangerous conse quences for that the pretence is as false as dangerous, no honest right minded man will deny. That a house divided against itself can not stand, Holy Writ informs us. The patronage of Mr. Johnson is as exten sive as the country itself. In some sort, every employee and subordinate is rjresum- ed to reflect the views and opinions of his chief. It becomes apparent then, unless Mr. Johnson selects his subordinates from that class of men who support and endorse his policy, that his contest with the Radicals most be an unequal one. It is absolutely essential, where such momentous issues are involved, that nothing should be left to hance. Every approach should be guard ed. As in the darkest days of the Revolu tion, Washington himself ordered none but Americans to be put on guard, so now WlflrVlt. YISMtA tinf SW. Vtk aHam.. J A share in the administration' of the govern ment, or to hold any position by which they can and will influence the honest peo- pie of the country. C This course of action is of the highest importance to the President and the cause of constitutional rights and free government which he represents in the Northern States. Bv the result of the elections in those States, the destiny of the whole country for weal or woe, is to be shaped. We of the South have as yet no power to make our voice heard. Crushed as we are, we can resist nothing that our Northern breth ren choose to impose on us. The only thirjg left to us is to decline to say we re joice in subjugation and disgrace, and to refuse to accept any burden not accompa nied by force sufficient to fasten it upon us. . But though it is of paramount importance for Mr. Johnson to sustain his policy at the North, because in it is embodied the true theory of the Constitution, it is of nonp the less importauce to sustain it at the South. As a class, it is probable that the Federal office holders here are more radical even than those of the North, and we hope in making reformations in this class of men, that those who hold office here and use their official petitions, and the means thus placed at their command in giving aid and succor to the Jacobins of the North, will soon be made to walk the plank." Our people should file such information with the heads of Departments as will in sure certain and correct action. 1 he Legislature. Wo regret exceedingly to see such an en tire want of interest felt in regard to the next Legislature of our State. Iu some of the counties iu this section, candidates have already been announced, but in most of them, none have vet declared themselves, and but little concern is manifested as to who become so. The election is but six weeks off, and the importance of sending proper men to represent us certainly can not be sufficiently appreciated. Our col umns will bear us out that we have urged upon our people the necessity of attending to matters more practical than engaging in useless and hurtful political discussions, but have at all times pressed the impor tance of sending to our Legislature the ablest and best men we have. Agricultural and commercial men can illy afford, in view of the important measures to be brought up before the ensuing Legislature, affecting their interest so directly and to such an extent, to stand off as if this was merely a matter for politicians. Connected with the late Legislature, wo can appreci ate most sensibly some of the measures to be advocated and urged with all the power of political and commercial combination, in the next Legislature, having the most seri ous effect upon this section of the State ; some of which were fought off, after the naost laborious efforts, against votes demon strating their great strength. In many of the counties in this portion of the State, courts will be held during the next few week?, and we respectfully and earn estly urge the people to pay some attention to this subject. New Hanover has probably more interest in the matter than any of her neighbors, and we truly hope some move ment will be made at an early date. We have heard of noparticularticket, nor are we aware f any individual upon whom the people iave united, or who have consented to run. ; The preference of course should be given to the old delegation, who have served us faithfully and honestly, aud we will gladly support them. We have heard it rumored that one or two of them will not be candidates for re-election. We regard it rather imprudent for all of them to re tire, as the experience of the last session, and the tone and temper ot that body will be of great benefit to the representatives now to be elected. We therefore make our earnest appeal to all citizens of the county to move in this matter. Our merchants es pecially are much concerned; not an inter est, commercial or agricultural, but what may be effected for good or evil, by the county representation. Next week is held our County Court, and there can be no bet ter time for a full consultation among the citizens from the various parts of the county, and we are confident that further neglect will be suicidal in the extreme. Our interests are too great and the subjects of legislation too certain fo; our people to be negligent ot tliem. mainerent iepr resentation now may bring upon us evils from which it will be impossible to relieve ourselves in the future. North Carolina is iu the midst of a mighty financial revolution. Having en tered upon her career of prosperity under new and not very favorable circumstances, every section of the State will endeavor to inaugurate such schemes, by means of State legislation as will benefit themselves, and a mere glance at the map will exhibit how antagonistic must ha the different interests at stake. If, then, we lose in this contest for want of proper representatives, when we have so many able men, the fault will be ours, and w e alone will b.s to blame. The planter cannot always remain in the field, or the merchant at the desk, without neglecting his true interests, nor can busi ness men of all professions and avocations be entirely callous to who their law-makers are without sure and merited detriment to themseles. Sow, more than at any former time iu our history, is this true. We can only urge this subject upon the careful attention and considerate action of our people. We know the necessity of electing able, faithful and true men to represent us, and we think the matter is of sufficient importance, and so respectfully urge a concert of action. We must not select men by accident, or depend upon the hasty action of a few citizens upon the eve of the election. Probably it is too late for a Convention, but gentlemen from every portion of the county will assemble here during Court week, and the sentiment of the people can be ascertained ; at least concert of ac tion had, and this will do much to secure the proper men. We prefer a regular meeting, if possible. Some action, how ever, is necessary and should be had. Destruction of the Tug Hobomok. The Steam Tug Hobomok, which was partially destroyed by fire in the stream at this place, some time since, was totally con- 'of the State "will be represented in the pro- sumedbjthe same devouring element on, posed Convention, and tliat not one-half of Chesapeake Bay, on Wednesday night last, j The damage sustained by the Hobomok, when partially burnt at this place, was such as to render her almost -worthless, but she was in a masure repaired and sent to Bal timore for completion, but has at last met with the fate she once so narrowly escaped. Brownlow In Congenial Society. The telegraph, a few days since, brought us a report of a mass meeting held in Phil adelphia, at which Durant of New Orleans, nnd Parson Brownlow of Tennessee, spoke. A synopsis of the speech of the former was contained in the report The base and false assertions made by this man are bare ly worthy of passing remark. Yet it is one of the means which our enemies use to in jure us. The apparent consideration for the neero. and the expression of interest in his welfare, will have the effect of decoy ing the sympathies of that misguided class and will be productive of evil results. Hon. W. IX Kelly, a Radical member of the present Congress, arose during the meet ing and said he wished to introduce the great and valiant Gov. Brownlow. He as serted in the course of his remarks, that the present Congress was the most imtriotic body in the world, and has never been ex celled by any but the present Legislature of Tennessee. The mean, low fawning of this man mer its our undisguised contempt. We think, however, that he did well to class tbe present Congress, and the present Legislature of Tennessee together. They are proper asso ciates to be breathed in the same sentence by a man of his stamp. One body had the audacity to add insult to injury upon a con quered people, and the other, through its utter disregard of the honor of the people of the State, and of manliness and firmness, ac cepted the amendment to tbe Constitution, so insultingly offered them. In the event of another wrr, to which he made allusion, this man will be found among the lowest of the low, the meanest of the mean. Truly, Brownlow has at last found con genial society, and in such associations his base and degraded soul, expands and re veals itself in all its hideousness. As this same Parson Brownlow seems to be the ruling spirit of the Mulatto Conven tion, which is now in session in Philadel phia, we may possibly gather something of the feelings which will animate this patriot ic assemblage, and in fact the purposes and hopes of the Radical party by the utter ances of their High Priest. It appears at a grand reception given to the Southern del egates at which Parson Brownlow delivered a speech, the following sentiment was ut tered and applauded : " The object of the rebels is to bring on another war and if again yon have to leave your families then the speaker wanted to direct that army. Di vide into three divisions the first with artillery and small arms, to do the killing, the second with torches and turpentine, to do the burning, and a third wih chains and oornpas?, to do the survey ing distribute the country among the people, or sell it to pay the expenses of the war' We have no doubt this arrangement would suit the redoubtable Governor ex cessively well, and we are sure that if his wish was granted, the commander-in-chief would take personal charge of the third di vision, if no bushwackers were about, and believe he would do his duty in that capa city well and without fear, and at the close he would bo sure to have a nice plantation for his " sheer." If such men are to control the destinies of our country well may honest men trem ble in contemplating the future. Place them surely and firmly in power, and so far as the above fiendish programme is con cerned, the "other war" would be regard ed as already brought on, and so officially declared, and we feel sure that France nev er witnessed the terriblu scenes that the Jacobins of this country would inaugurate. i A Radical State Convention. It is proposed by a meeting of a few po liticians at Newbern, of the C. R. Thomas school, he being the presiding officer, to hold a Convention of the "unmistakably loyal" citizens of North Caroliua, at Ra leigh, on the 20th of this month, we sup pose for the purpose of nominating a can didate for Governor. The Standard grows enthusiastic over the mere idea, and while making excuses for the want ot a full re presentation on account of the shortness of the notice, invites aU the "unmistakables " to spare the means and the time, and come to the Convention. The friends are ad vised not to wait for meetings to request them to come, but come of their own ac cord ; stand not upon the order of their coming, but come at once. The Newbern uieetirjg, which makes the call, says not a word about the President and Congress, or the Platform of the true Conservative and Union men adopted by the Philadelphia Convention, but as the Standard in publishing the call, and sound ing his bugle for the clans to assemble, gives an extract from the letter of a distin guished Western friend, stating that in that section, a large majority of the people were in favor of the Howard amendment, ve suppose that this will constitute the main feature of their new platform, possibly so covered up with measures supposed to be popular with the people of this State as scarcely to be recognized. The President and Congress will both be thanked for their efforts to restore tlie Union. Traitors de nounced, and the vengeance of tfye unsaija ted appetite of Northern Radicals directed towards the noble prisoner at Fortress Monroe. We would have thought more of these Newbern patriots, if they had had the hon esty to have been present at the Mulatto Convention now sitting at Philadelphia, and not left the honor and reputation of the State in such pious ,hand3 as the Rev. Kopp Bain and Parson Sinclair. Such ef forts, however, will not disturb the equa nimity of the people of the State. The in fluence of the proposed Convention eannpt elect either Hons. A. Dockery, Thos. Set tle, G. W. Logan, orR. P, Dick, Esq., Gov ernor qf the State, or re-elect Hon. John Pool to the United States Senate, and if the hopes for a restored Union depend upon the efforts of these men, we fear our chance? f " gejbtng home " are bad. We venture the assertion, that not onja-fifth of the counties the delegates that will be present were cit izens of North Carolina five years ago, and these not of that class of Northern men who have settled among us in good faith, or who have won the character of being good citizens. " Burke County. A meeting of the citizens of Burke coun ty was held in the Court House, in Morgan ton, on Saturday, the 28th ult., for the pur pose of nominating candidates to represent the 46th District in the Senate, and Burke county in the House of Commons. Among the resolutions passed were the following : Besotted, That it is the duty of every man to acknowledge allegiance to the Government of the United States, and, a's soldiers and citizens who were true to the South in the late struggle, we will sacredly observe the obligations of our oaths to sustain said government. Besotted, That the magnanimous conduct or resident Johnson towards the Sonth meets our orateful acknowledgm uta, and that it is our du tv to - ncourage him bv our sympathy, as a peo ple, in h:s contiet with the Hadical majority in Congress. . . . Besotted, That the nominees ot this Conven tion should discard parry prejudice and devote thems Ives to the material interest of the coun try, and especially should endeavor to make some provision ior educating the orphan children of soldiers who have fallen in this war, and for the support of those soldiers M ho have been perma nently disabled. Major A. C. Avery was unanimously nominated for the Senate, and Capt. J. B. Marler was nominated for the House of Commons. Maj. Avery was throughout the war an active participant, and won the res pect of officers end men. During the cam paign iu which Gen. D. H. Hill command ed a corps in the Western Army he was his chief of staff. Of a family, who im pressed their names upon the history of the State during the Revolution of 177G, in obedience to the pledges given by the head of the family on the 20th of May, 1775, at Charlotte, Major Avery and his noble brothers proved true to the obligations North Carolina assumed at Raleigh just eighty-six years afterwards. Three of five brothers fill honored graves, and a fourth bears the marks of the most serious wounds. Capt. Marler was also a most gallant soldier, and as a member of the House of Commons last session, proved himself a most indefatigable and able representative. Both the nominees expressed their de cided opposition to the doctrine of Repudi ation. With such representatives the district and county would have much cause to con gratulate themselves. "We are glad to see such spirit manifested by that portion of the State to secure competent gentlemen to look to their own and the interest of the State in the next Legislature. Such exam ples should act as an incentive to us to put forward our best men. Time should not be lost, but by early concert of action, the services of gentlemen equal to the great in terests at stake, should be secured. In the race we are entering upon, we should not be beaten for want of a proper start. We can illy afford to trifle in this emergency. Duplin County. We are glad to learn that Col. Thos. S. Kenan is a candidate or re-election as a member of the House of Commons from Duplin county. Col. Kenan made an able and faithful representative and we feel sure the people of that county cannot do better than re-elect him. Whether in military or civil life, Col. Kenan does his duty jealous ly and with credit to himself and those he represents, We wish him success, Wcstrrn North Carolina Railroad, Tho aunual meoting of the stockholders of the Western North Carolina Railroad was held in Morganton on Thursday last. The office of President and Superinten dent have been .consolidated, and Col. S. McD. Tate was elected to fill them both. Governor Worth had previously appointed the following gentlemen, Directors, on the part of the State : F. E. Shober of Rowan ; Dr. A. M. Powell of Catawba ; A. C. Cowles of Yadkin ; G. F. Davidson of Iredell ; W. Murphy of Rowan ; S. McD. Tate of Burke ; A. M. Erwin of Burke ; Hon. A. S. Merri raon of Buncombe. The following gentlemen were elected Directors on the part of the stocknolders : Hon. Z. B. Vance of Mecklenburg ; Hugh Reynolds of Iredell ; Dr. McDowell of Burke ; N. Woodfin of Buncombe. Steps were taken to endeavor to parry the road through to the Tennessee line, with a view to meet the Tennessee Exten sion to our State, and thereby connect with the Virginia and Tennessee route ; also to complete a road to Ducktown, in Cherokee county. It was stated by gentlemen con versant with the fact, that Ducktown fur nishes more freight for Chatanooga than now goes over this Road The hnances oi tne road are in a poor condition. Fifteen thousand dollars were borrowed a few months ago from private parties, and twenty thousand dollars from the Southern Express Company. Goods have also been purchased from the Gov ernment sales on a credit. These measures have enab.ed the Company to keep up the Road to this time. Colonel Tate, who has been elected Presi dent, was in charge of the road, subsequent to the surrender, until removed by the Di rectors appointed by Governor Holden, who elected T. R. Caldwell, President. Col. T. is eminently qualified for the diffi pujt duties thrown, upon him by the action of the Directors. During the late war he was one of the most efficient officers North Carolina contributed to the service, ending his career as the commander of the cele brated Sixth regiment. . In a recent article we spoke more parti cularly of ths great work. We truly hope the anticipations oi its Stockholders may be fully realized, and the road completed to form connection with the roads beyond the mountains. FayettemujE and Warsaw Mail. We are glad tq Jearn tba strpng hopes are now entertained of a mail between fayetteville and Warsaw. The contract has already been let out, but the Contractor flew the track just as the people of Warsaw succeed? ed in getting a Postmaster appointed ann qualified. We ppngratulate the people in- terested jn the early prospep$ of a renewa of mail facilities from which they hava so .long been depriYed, , COUJiTY MEETING. , - We are requested .to says that a public meeting of the citizens of New Hanover county will . bo held at the court house, in the city of , Wilmington, onf next Tuesday night, the 11th inst., at 8 o'clock, for the purpose - of selecting candidates for the next Legislature, to be voted for at the Oc tober election. The Mulatto Convention. The Rev. Hope Bain, who represents Goldsboro', N. C, is here, anfl says no Union man can be elected to office in his town. The reason for this pr bably is that there are according to his own account, but three Union men in the place name ly, the Postmaster, an octogenarian and himself. Phil. Cor. Kew York Herald. It would seem as if the Reverened gen tleman should be fully satisfied one-third of his party friends being in office one of the other being too old for active service, and the other should be doing God's work and not serving man or the devil. The Legisiatdre. A correspondent of the DispatcJi, recommends Hon. George Davis for the Senate ; Maj. Robert Strange and Captain John R. Hawes, for the Com mons. One of the Fibst Pales. The first bale of N. C. cotton brought to this market was shipped to Boston to-day on the pteamship Monticello. We have before made mention of its arrival, being the bale which competed for the prize offered by Messrs Andrews & Cardin. It was grown on the plantation of Col. Geo, W. Collier in Wayne county, by Mr. J. K. Miller. At sunrise on the morning of the 27th of August it was standing in the field, and at 3 P. M., on the same day, it was delivered ( in ldsboro' to the Southern Express Pompany. & Eardin, on the following morning at 8 A. M. The quality is fine Middling, and the weight of the bale is 406 pounds. The prize has been properly awarded to the pro ducer. Daily Jovrna7, Uh inst. Deficievcy in Weight of Fork. We were on Mr. Horace M Barry's wharf, yesterday, and while there noticed tne inspection of a quantity of pork, by Messrs. Bunting & Monroe, Inspectors, just received by the steamship Starlight, from JS'ew York. The pork camoto different consignees, and was branded according to lots, by different inspec tors in New York. We saw the result of the in spection of some eighty barrels, which showed that all the pork by this steamer, branded by S Waiu fc Co., Inspectors, run full weight, while fifty barrels, branded by J. W. Lewis, run short from 14 to 21 pounds, and was iu consequence re packed by Messrs. Bunting & Munroe, so as to run full 200 pounds per barrel. We deem it but justice to both of these New York inspectors, to let these facts be known ; and we further propose to follow this plan in future, in order that our merchants may have some guide as to what inspections to chose when purchasing pork in New York. We think that it is but proper to mention that every barrel of this article received from either Baltimore or Philadelphia contains the quantity prescribed by law, (200 lbs.) Daily Journal, rufi inst. September The month of September, as has been e hown in the history of our city, is decidedly tho most unhealthy of the year. During the lat ter days of this month the terrible epidemic of 1862, raged with fatal fury, and during almost every year, since the founding of the place, Bil lious and petty fevers have exerted an influence unfavorable to the general heaith. These fevers, however, are not usually fatal, but assume more control in this month, than is possible at any other period. The general health of the city at present, has not been better during the moDth of Septem ber, for many years. Drowned. About 5 o'clock yesterday after noon, a small white boy named John PetersoD, while playing in a boat, in the river near the W. & W. R. R. Depot, was seen to fall overboard, and was drowned before assistance could reach him. His bat drifted ashore and was picked up and se cured, in order that his parents or friends might identify it as belonging to the deceased, as thoe who witnessed the sad accident were unaware of his name. The hat was shortly afterwards claim ed bv his grief stricken mother, who having miss ed her son went in search of him, and on the hat being exhibited to her, had her worst fears con firmed. Daily Journal, 5t7i inst. Property Sold ajjd Rented at Auction Yes terday. Messrs. Cronly & Morris, Auctioneers, on ye.6terday, the first day of the annual renting period, sold and rented, at auction, tbe following property at the rates given below. SOLD. Dwelling house, containing four rooms, situated upon Cheenut, between 8th and 9th streets, $ii,000 currency. Dwelling house, situated upon 1th, between Old Boundary and Red Cross streets, containing three rooms, $1,270 - currency. Dwelling house, situated upon 3rd, between Church and Castle 6treets, containing nve rooms, $1,300 currency. An unimproved lot, situated upon the corner of 3rd and Old Boundary streets, $625 currency. 42 shares capital stock W. C. & R. R. R, brought from $12 25 to $13 per share. rented. Store, corner of Front and Church streets, oc-t cupied by Grudgeon & Klauder, $250 currency. Large f.ro proof wreV.ausw., in rear of Custom Jiouae, $50-curreney. Dwelling house containing three rooms, situated upon 5th. between Dock and Orange streets, $230 currency. The dwelling on Market street, over the store of E. Willis, containing nine rooms, occupied by Mrs. DENeal, $725 gold. The house and store on Market street, occupied by Mingo Goelet, colored, $550 gold. Three wooden tenements, on Front street. South of W. & W. R. B. Depot, occupied by M. Barry and others, $275 gold. The store on South Water street, occupied by A. Johnson, Jr. & Co'., $1200 currency : the offices above the same, $150 currency. Brick dwelling on Front, between Orange and Ann streets, containing six rooms, occupied by Dr. A. Medway, $500 gold. Brick dwelling, adjoining the above, containing the sane number of rooms, occupied bj T. J5. Lip. pitt, $160 gold. "Wir situated foot of Orange street, occupied by Harrias & Howell, $1725 gold. Tbe store, and office above, on North Water atreet, occupied by CroDly & Morris, $1000 gold. Two stores, on Dock street, occupied by Joa. Mier, $1 ,150 currency. Two stores West of the above and adjoining the Ice Houses $900 currency. Dwelling house pontatning five rooms, sit uated upon Chesnutt, between 8th and 9th streets, $225, currency. Dwelling house containing five rooms, situated upon 4th between Princess and Chesnutt streets and occupied by Mr. Walker, $150, currency. ' Dwelling House containing five rooms, situated upon 2nd, between Ann and Nunn Streets, occu pied by Dr. Buie, $450 currency. Store and Warehouse on South Water Street, knqwn as the Gem Saloon," qceupied, by Jaa. Mitchell, $1050--eurrettoy ; the Office above the same, occupied by W. H. Bernard, 1630 currency- The Wharf in front of the building occuoied by Alfred Martin and Moffitt, Bro. & Co., $600 cur rency. The Brick Dwelling House containing nine rooms ajtuated on Front, between pock and Orange occupied by Maj. Can-away, $1,000 enr- 'rency. DaUy Journal, 6ft inst, ' ? The Pent Qxtestios. The community, for some time past, has been agitated by the momentouB question of rents, and the probable figures at which houses would, be rented. The . auction yes terday was looked forward, to, by many, with great anxiety, and many doubt and fears were enter tained by those interested. We observe a slight advance on the prices o' last year, but this in all probability is caused from the anxiety manifested by various persons to rent early, and thereby avoid the suspense which is al ways occasioned by doubt. They prefer, , in most instances, to give higher prices, rather than wait, as a feeling of security is " imparted after once renting, which can only be appreciated by a ten ant. The landlords, in some instances, have mani fested a slight disposition to be more moderate iu their demands than we at first supposed, but the majority of them are still imbued with a spirit of extortion, which many of thom acqnired, during the war, when speculators and extortioners were scattered broadcast over the South. Seamexs' Bethel. Rev. John N. Andrews, Chaplain, is engaged in holding a protracted meeting at this piece, to which all are invited. Services will bo held every night this week at 7 o'clock, (Saturday excepted.) Cottox From the letter of Messrs. Mitchell, Allen & Co. to Mr. ,J. n. Watson, of Marion, 8. C, informing that gentleman that the prize offered by them for the first bale of new cotton brought to this market had heeu awarded for the bale sent by him, we take the following extract : We congratulate yon upon your sucess ia a competition, alike creditable t all. Your first bale was here the second day afrer the firnt reach ed Mobile, Ala., and two davs before the first reached New York, and was undoubtedly the first in Philadelphia. We consider this success very flattering. Mo bile, one of the greatest Southern cotton markets, situated in a climate in every way adapted for the growth of cotton, was not quite two days ahead of Wi'-mington in the receipt of the first ba'e of the new crop. In New York and Philadelphia two points to which cotton from all parts of the country in Bent, received no bale of the new crop before the one to which we alludo waa sent to Philadelphia. LATEST NEHS BY MAIL. ARRIVAL FROM THE CABLE FLEET. Several Unsuccessful Attempts to Raise Last. Year's Cable Tlie Final Success. St. John, N. F., September 2. The Brit ish steamer Terrible arrived here at noon to-day from the cable fleet, which she left on Wednesday, being short of coal and pro visions. At tbat time the Great Eastern was starting for a spot one hundred miles east of the point where the cable broke last vear, all attempts to successfully raise the cable in 2,000 fathoms depth having failed. 1 he following is a minute abstract from Mr, Bean's diary : Sunday, Aug. 12. The Great Eastern joined the Terrible at the rendezvous. The Albany had hooked the cable previous to the Great Eastern coming up, and lost it, with two miles of grappling rope. August 16 and 14, drifting. August 15. Mr. Canning being satisfied, by the strain on the dynamometer increas ing to 9.V tons, that the cable was hooked, at 1 o'clock everything was made ready to let go a large buoy with veering rope and buoy rope attached. Here her first disaster occurred the splice between the grappling rope and buoy rope having drawn. Fortu nately no one was injured. August 16, drifting. August 17, at 11 o'clock, ship's time, the cable came to the surface at the bows of the Great Eastern, but while all were congratulating them selves on this great success the cable slip ped off the grapples and disappeared. From this date up to Wednesday evening, August 29, we were grappling with varying success. On one occasion the Albany brought up two miles of cable. The weath er was very unfavorable. At the time the Terrible left the fleet it was decided to go East one hundred miles, where the water is only 1,016 fathoms. They would arrive there on Thursday, and, from what is now known, it appears the re sult is a perfect success. GREAT ACHIEVMEIVT. The Atlantic Cable of L.ast Year Recover ed Sjlicc Successfully Made Another Ca ble between Europe anil America. Heart's Content, Sept. 2. The Atlan tic Cable of last year was picked up this (Sunday) morning, at 4:40 o'clock, in lati tude 51 deg, 52 sec, longitude 30 deg. 03 sec. The splice was successfully made, and the Cable lowered at 7 o'clock A. M. The Great Eastern is now seven hundred miles from here, paying out the Cable. Everything is going on well, and they ex pect to reach hero on Saturday next. Note. The above dispatch should be understood to be the purport of a dispatch transmitted from the Great Eastern to Va lentia, Ireland, and thence to Heart's Con tent. The dispatch itself is not given. Reporter. FROM WASHINGTON. Xlaillcalism in llie or 111 west Depression in the South Gen. Ucauregard Threat ening Aspect or Affairs in Missouri. Correspondence of tho Baleiaiore Sun Washington, Sept. 2. liadioal hostility in tne JNorthwest appears to be irrepressi ble, but not ao in the Middle States, where the interests of commerce and finance be gin to exercise an influence. In Virginia and the Carolinas, according to tne statements oi intelligent and disin terested persons w ho have just arrived from those States, little hopeful feeling for the political or industrial future is cherished. Deferred hope has given place to despon dency. lhe recuperative process in industrial pursuits is retarded by a vague apprehen sion of evils which are expected from con tinued ltadical ascendency and tyranny. Notwithstanding all this, the North pros pers. The opening of the fall trade in the Northern cities is marked by a large de mand from the South in anticipation of the cotton crop. New England receives a large portion of the avails of this trade. All her manufactures flourish, and are in demand at enhanced prices. Should the cotton crop fail short of two millions and a half of bales, tje. apparent and promised prosperity will disappear. It appears that General Beauregard has been more profitably employed in Europe than in military pursuits. It ia under stood that his mission in relation to tho affairs of the great New Orleans and North western Railroad Company has been suc cessful. I learn that the Conservatives in the West are putting in nomination for State and other offices highly respected and popular officers of the United States volunteers, whose services during the war are univer sally acknowledged. This will servo to counteract the secret military association got up by Governors Oglesby aud Morton, the object of which is to overawe the peo ple at the polls. -Governor Oglesby excites the people to renewed hostilities, and pledges himself for an army of two hundred thousand men to sustain the Radical party in Missouri against the Conservatives, in case of eiwrioA trouble at the November elections, and in the canvass now commenced. Judge Abell Defends his Action. New Oeleans. Sent 1. .TndcrA Ain nas written a iewer to ueneral Sheridan, through the New Orleans newspapers, de fending himself against the ch of his i ... . . . . - being a dangerous man. He says that in his juuiuu buuu uo nows naugnt out aaei ity to the State and humanity to the unfor-1 tnnftte. reffardleaa nf arAn TT rv,i i lieved that not adrop "of blood would hav been, shed had the military been half as earnest as he was in opposing the attemp ted usurpation. He adds that since the re establishment of civil authority in Louai ana the status of Northern men has been one of perfect safety ; and he tells General Sheridan that if. he thinks his assertion is correct he may rejoice in it, but, among good men his thoughts will not add to his reputation. From the Pacinc Cot- -The ItuMlan Amerlcan Telegraph. San Francisco, September 2. The wires of the Russian-American telegraph have been stretched a distance of 715 miles above New Westminster, British Columbia. Private advices say that the real destina tion of the Spanish fleet, heretofore report ed at Popetn, is believed to be some ren dezvous in South America. Although it was reported at Tahiti that the steamer Uncle Sam had loaded to run the blockade at Valparaiso, and been seized and confiscated by the Spanish fleet, it was alleged that the attempt to run the block ade was a sham, and that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, who owned the ves sel, received from the Spanish admiral $80 -000 for supplying the fleet with stores. Mass Meeting at Boston. Boston, Sept. 1. Hon. Montgomery Blair addressed a large assembly of sup porters of the President last evening in this city. John Quincy Adams, Esq., pre sided, and emphatically indorsed the move ment inaugurated at Philadelphia. Gen eral John L. Swift followed Mr. Blair with a few remarks. THE MULATTO CONVENTION. Preliminary Matters Deaeeratlon of lhe Sabbath Pulpit Ha angue from Bri.wu low He will Never Run Away Aga-n Pious Politicians- .A Prayer Ing Spiced with Envy, Hatred and all U. -charitableness The Religious Kleux nt to be Invoked Again. Philadelphia, September 2. At a meet ing of Southern delegates, held nt tie Na tional Union Club House, last evening, Gov. Fletcher, of Mo., acted as chairman', and Dr. Hawkins, of Tennessee, as secre tary. A committee was appointed to designate the speaker to make addresses in reply to the welcome speech of Charles Gibbons, Esq., on behalf of the Union men of tho North. Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, was cho sen for that purpose. Gov. Fletcher will probably act as tem porary chairman of the convention, and ex-Attorney-General Speed, will, it is expect ed, be chosen permanent president. The Southern delegates will meet at half past nine o'clock to-morrow morniug at the club rooms of the National Umon Club House. From thence they will bo escorted to Independence Hall, and thence to tho Union League House, where they will be formally received. The members will then proceed to National Hall, where tho South ern Loyalists' Convention will convene. Among the distinguished persons who have arrived here are Governors Fairchild. of Wisconsin, and Fletcher, of Missouri, John Minor Botts, of Virginia, Senator? Wade, Chandler, Harnss and Lauo. At the Union Methodist Church, this morning, 1'arson lirownlow delivered n characteristic address. He is laboring un der a recent attack of palsy, and he said that nothing could have induced him to have attended the Convention in his pres ent physical condition but the deep abid ing interest he felt in the cause of his coun try, and the fierce and terrible conflict now- going on between the executive and legis- ative departments of the federal govern ment. If the President shall succeed shall conquer liis purposes all the Southern Unionists and colored loyalists will have to eave and seek some other abode. So far. said the speaker, " as I am concerned, I fled from tbe South the last time, and soutrht the shelter of the mountain gorges of Ten nessee for the last time, and I will soon ex pire on a lamp-post, under the shadow ol the capitol of Tennessee." A number of delegates are arriving ,to- nifftit. A special meeting of the city council ha.s been called lor to-morrow, to tender the hospitalities of the city to the Southern delegates to the Convention. A meeting for prayer and conference wa. leld to-night by a number of tho delegates to the convention, in the rooms of the Union State Central Committee, on Chest nut street, the parlors of which, capable of holding about a hundred persons, were crowded. Some ladies were present. Sen ator Harris, of New York, presided, and opened the proceedings with a few appro priate remarks. He said that they had as sembled in this city from various parts of the country, to attend a convention the re sults of which might affect essentially, if not vitally, the welfare of this distracted country. It was therefore appropriate that on this evening of the Christian Sabbath, hey should meet together and coninioud their country to God, who had so tiignally f ivored the country in the trials through which it had assed, and plead with God that, as the country was about entering upon unexpected trials, it would not be de serted by him. He closed by announcing that prayer would now be offered by tho Rev. Dr. Newman, of La., who, after rend ing a portion of Scripture, offered praver, asking among other things, that men might be assigned to rule over the country who would be rid of pride and egotism and ambition, and particularly of partisan pre judice. After prayer, Senator Harris gave a gen eral invitation to such as desired to address the meeting. Mr. Eaton, of Memphis, was the first to respond, and denounced the clergy and church of the South as tho soul of the re bellion. Rev. Mr. Conway, of New York, lately removed from the Freedmen's Bu reau in Louisiana on charcres. enrnestlv prayed that the President should be pre vented from doine: mischief and taught to do right. Senator I.ane. of Indiana, also snoke.- He said fake prophets were crving " peace. peace, when there was no peace. Their brethren were being slaughtered in the South, day by day, and hour by hour.- . conventions legally assembled were being dispersed, and tbe streets of Memphis were being made to run with the blood of the only loyal men left there. Even recently, in the neighboring State of Maryland, men of God, whilst kneeling at the altar, were slaughtered by ruffiu hands, led on by tbat same wild spirit, evoked by the institution of slavery. He continued at some leD.'th in the same strain, and was follow ed by Mr. Strong, of St. Louis, who believed in hi heart of hearts that this was a religion struggle. Mr. Palmer, of Tennessee, de nounced thePresident as a public disgrace. Hon. George Ashman on the PhiId,PnI '&y Ckm-rentlon. This distinguished gentleman, long a member .of , Congress, and particularly re membered as president of the convention that nominated Mr. Lincoln for President inV1860, has written a letter, in which Ji "The-proceedings of the Philadeipu Convention are now before the world, ana I do not hesitate to agree with the President in his high estimate of their importance. - I do not see how they could be made oti ter, nor do I doubt that the purpose w which they are directed will be accom plished. 'I shall take sorrm p.rlv occasion to ex press myself publicly, but intend this note only as a personal explanation to yourself a personal ineno."
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