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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL TKXU1S OP ADVERTISING. EXGELHARD & PRICE, Proprietors, To whom aU Letters on Business mustbe addressed. Term, of SauerfPtIon Weekly Paper, one year advance,....... 00 Do. Six months, j JQ Daily Sper, -e ffi's"" 8 " six niontus, f Y" three months, in advance, 3 00 one month, " 100 1 square, of 10 lines or leaa, for each andevery insertion, $1. Special Notices will be charged $2 00 per square for each and every insertion. All Obituaries and private publications of every charae tar, are charged as 'advertisements. i S"No advertisement, reflecting upon private character, can, under ant cntcuarsTANCEs, be admitted. H II 1 1 II l I YOL. 22. WILMINGTON, H. C, THUESDxVY SIOBNING; SEPTEMBER 13, 1866. NO. 32. yl). ;IU North Carolina, DUPLIX COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, July Term, Jacob James, azn r, j Petition to sell real Heirs at law of Jacob James. ) estate for asset.. TT APPEARING to the satisfaction of the Court J that Kiehard Swinaon and wife, Ann, two of the deiendants in this cause, reside beyond tne limits of this State : ordered, that advertisement be made for six weeks successively at the Court house door, and three other public places in Dup lin count v, and in the Wilmington Weekly Jour nal, notifying said defendants of the filing of this petition, and that unless they appear at the next term of this Court and answer the petition, the same will he taken pro confesso and read ex parte as to them. Witnese, W. R. Bell, Clerk of said Court. WALTER It. BELL, Clerk. Sept. s rpr. adv. $15 31-w6t North Carolina, DUPLIN COUNTY. Court f Pleas and Quarter Sessions, July Term 18G6. Mary Cole, cs. Bssil Cole, I Jesse Colt. I Mary Deal, Joshua Cole, John Cole, J- Petition Dower. Caroline, daughter of Owen J JIalaoe, and wife Keziah, Richard Swinson & wife Ann. j TT APPEARING to the satisfaction of the Court, 1 that Richard Swinaon and wife Ann, two of tne deiendants in this cause, resides beyond the limits of this State; it is therefore ordered by the Court, that advertisement be made for six weeks successfully at the Court House door in Kenans ville, and at three other public places in Duplin County, and also in the Wilmington Weekly Jour nal, notifying said defendants Richard Swinson and wife Ann of the filing, of this petition, and that unless they appear at the next term of this Court and answer tho petition, the same will be taken pro confesso and heard ex partee as to them. Witne&s, Walter R. Bell, Clerk of our said Court, at office, the third Monday of July, A. D., ISC., and in the 91st year of .American Indepen dence, this, ti.o 4th day of August, 18fi6. WALTER R. BELL, Clerk. Aug. 9 27 6t North Carolina, DUPLIN COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, July Term, John R. Miller and wife, Nancy Ann, is. 1 Petition Partition of Land. Frederick H. Smith I and wifo. Ct-Iia Ja'ie. J IT Al'PEAUING to the satisfaction of the Court that Frederick H. Mnith and wife, Celia Jane, m this cause, resides beyond tho limits of thio State; it is, therefore, on motion, ordered by the Court that advertisement be made for six weeks successfully at the Court House door in Kenans vi-le, and at three other public places in Duplin county, and also iu the Wilmington Weekly Jour nal, notifying the said defendant of the filing of this petition, and that unless they appear at tin " next T..rui of this Court, and answer the peti tion, the s im ! will be taken pro confesso and heard ex partee as to them. Witness, Walteb R. Bell, Clerk of our said Comt, at office, tho third Monday of July, A. D., ISM, and iu tiie Dlst year of American Indepen dence, this, the 4th dav of August, 1SG6. WALTER R. BELL, Clerk. Aug. 9 27 Order of Publication. State ofXorth Carolina, ltichmond County. Court of Please and Quarter Sessions, July Term, A. J)., 1856. ilary McNeil ) vs. Petition for Dower. Malcom McNeill and others, ) IT APPEARING to the satisfaction of the Court that Malcom McNeill, ono of the defendants in this case, resides beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore, on "motion, ordered by tin Court that :idv( T'isemeiit be made for six weeks successively in the Wilmington Journal, & paper published m the city of Wilmington, notifying the said defendant of tho hhng ot this petition, and that unless he appear at the next term of this Court and plead or demur to said petition, the same will betaken pro confesso and heard ex parte as to him. Witness, Frank. Saneford, Clerk of our said Court at oliice in Rockingham, the 30th day ot Julv, A. L. FRANK. SANDFORD, Clerk. August 1. 2i Gw S. 1. WALI.ACK. J. B. SOUTH EKLAXD. 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They overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fever. Tl.ey purify the breath and acidity of the stom ach. Tl.ey cure Dysnepsia and Constipation. They cure Diairhea and Cholera Morbus. They cure Li vi r Complaint and Nervous Head ache. They make tho weak strong, the languid bril liant, and are exhausted nature's great restorer. They are composed i-f the celebrated Calisaya bark, wintergren, sassafras, roots and heibs, all preserved in perfectly pure St. Croix rum. For particulars see circulars and testimonials around each bottle. Beware of impostors. Examine every bottle. See that it has an unmutilated metal cap "over the top of each bottle, and green label for exportation, around each neck. See descriptive circular around ach bottle. r. If. DRAKE & CO., New York. April 1J 12-ly Ileal Estate for Sale. mHAT FINE BUILDING LOTS ON THE 5 JL corner of of Third and Red Cross streets, win with a small new house with lour rooms on.w,:;. one Lot . front on Third street 132 feet ; on Red Cross street about li2 feet. It is the finest loca tion for a residence in the city. For terms, apply to S M. WEST. Auctioneer anil i:eai instate iroKtr Aug. 23. 29 if. Notice. TO AECHITE CTS milE COMMITTEE for BUILDING a CHURCH JL at Weils' Chapel, will on the 20th day of Sep tember next let out the contract to build the Church to the lowest bidder, at the Church, about three inil,-s from Harrell's Store, K. C. The building is to be 3G by 50 feet, IS feet high, vestibule of 6 feet in fmnt. We are as yet not certain wheth er we w in kavc a gallery or not : should we not have a gaikry, the heighth will be sixteen feet. Han aaa specifications at tho me. L. HIGHS3IITH, S. J. FAISON, rimmitfie O. FENNELL, f Committee. Aug. 23 and others, J 284-lt 3C-3t BENXETT, VANPELT & CO., 23 WHITEHALL STREET. NEW YORK. SHIPMENTS OF COTTON, NAVAL STORES, iV0Twn8,&?-'i11 1)6 forwarded to us by Messrs Wallace & Southerland, of Wilmington, ZcStT pay ITlnuo1 tax &nd other charges. All fdke8C0V y insurance. ix or without feb. 15 2-tf ALEXANDER SPRUNT, COMMISSION MERCHANT, AVilmlngton, N. C. April 19. 12 6m From the Raleigh Pentinel. Letter from Honorable George Howard. Taeboro',T. C, Aug. 30, 1866. Messrs. Pell Sc Gales Dear Sirs : On my return home I find in the columns of your paper a letter from Mr. Moore. As it is -well calculated to place in a false light tho conduct of myself and all those "who acted in concert with me in the late State Convention, and as my letter called it forth (unintentionally, however), I think a reply, necessary. In my former letter I stated two propo sitions as entertained by able gentlemen, prefacing them with the observation that opinions at entire variance might be hon estly entertained, and following them with the assertion, that whether these propositions were correct or not, was immaterial, as they placed Mr. Moore in the same relative sit uation to others, that myself and others stood to him, and therefore liable to like imputations, and yet he had never been assailed in the vituperative style of his speech. Thus far my reproof extended, and no farther. Mr. Moore's idea of what is "personal" differs widely from mine. To criticize, however severely, the tendency or effect of a measure, I think perfectly legitimate and entirely unobjectionable ; but to say that gentlemen designedly commit breaches of their Constitutional obligations ; that under a false pretence they intentionally violate the Constitution of their country, is exceed ingly offensive. Nothing could be more so, and if, in the debate, I had thought such ex pressions intended for myself, I should, without hesitation, have pronounced them false. But I come now to the important part of Mr. Moore's letter. He says "he shall not attempt the logic of recrimination," and immediately arraigns me as a member of the Convention. A statement of my posi tion is my defence ; and your readers must determine whether it is a good one or not. When I "accepted the situation and took the oath of allegiance, I did so in good faith. As a part of it, included in the Pre sident's policy, I accepted the Convention. hether called by virtue of that clause in the Constitution guaranteeing to each State a Republican form of government, or as in cident to the war-makiug or any other Fed eral power, or from necessity, I did not stop to enquire. I considered the citizens of the State as accepting it as a proper body to readjust our Federal relations. Thus far, I fully sustain the Convention and think good faith forbids any question of its powers. But when the original pur pose ot its call was accomplished, and it was proposed to assume the powers of a State Constitutional Convention for the pur pose of entirely remodeling our State or ganic law, as it v. as without the sanction of our State "Constitution, I thought it clearely unauthorized to take such action ; but, without this, as it was not elected for such purpose by the people, I thought its notion, if legal, wholly improper. Thus believing, I voted twice to adjourn. But, says Mr. Moore, if you believed thus, why did you remain a member? Because, although I believed the action of the Con vention illegal, it might not be so held by the Courts ; and as I deemed it my duty, in deference to the majority, to raise no fac tious opposition, so I deemed it my duty to mv constituency, should its action be sus tained, to use my influence in favor of such legislation as would best subserve their in terests. I think my course proper in both respects. But Mr. Moore says I voted in the Con vention on the removal of the Justices of Peace as he did of the Judges. Mr. Moore was surely writing in haste and without con sideration when he made that charge. In the case of the Justices it was deemed best to en tirely change t he policy of the State as to these officers, and their removal was incidentally necessary. The propriety and validity of removal, under such circumstances, I think clear. In the case of the Judges there was no change of policy it was simply a remo val of the officers to fill their places with partizans. I shall cast no word of reproach at Mr. Moore about this matter. To those who know him well, the strong bias of his poli cal thoughts and feelings, it was not sur prising that he should have taken, and can didly taken, the side he did ; particularly, under the heavy pressure brought to bear by life-long party associates ; nor was it surprising to those, who appreciate and respect his great ability, that he should have, under the stimulation of his surround ings, produced an exceedingly able argu ment in support of his position. But it did not divert the public from the real nature of the transaction, as designed and accomplished by the interested actors. It was perfectly transparent, I have never entertained a suspicion that any one at tributed the removal to unworthiness in office. The provisional appointments had seemingly a Union basis ; but the party which in the Convention and Legislature vacated and filled the offices blazened on every act Whig partizanship. Now, I do not believe thvA, the great body of Whigs approved this. I am sure they did not. If I chose to amplify, I could show they did not. Even a large majority of those, through whose instrumentality it was ac complished, I believe, upon calm reflection, regretted the act, which they had been in duced to commit. That in any State, nearly equally divided in politics, the judiciary should without ex ception be placed in the hands of one party, is certainly to be condemned ; but in the then condition of the State, when harmony should have been the chief aim of all that one party, iu the accidental possession of power, should have proscribed (not by par ty election, but b removal icithout trial) all others for what they were themselves guilty of, is entirely indefensible. In this connection, I may say that there is only one phase of this whole matter that I regret. It brought into co-operation the true Union men of the State, of the type of Mr. Moore, with the pseudo-Unionists, a class of men incapable of appreciating or feeling loyalty ; and these last, falsely claim ing to be of like faith and practice, have taunted, jeered and slandered our citizens as disloyal, although, m accordance with their pledges, they have in good faith borne themselves honorably in all things towards the government, becii nse they will not sub mit to their authority, crown them with honors and laud as exalted patriotism their unscrupulous selfishness. Towards those who, like Mr. Moore, acted from considerations arising out of their political faith, I have never entertained any feeling of condemnation of a personal character, and I hope I have in no instance either so written or spoken. If I nave, I regret it ; for I know our situation has been so new and complex, we have all seen, as it were, " through a glass darkly." Yours, respectfully, Geoeqe Howakd. The result of the Vermont elections will be published simultaneously -with this. STATE NEWS. Matters in and about Fatetteviixe. The new bridge, that spans the Cape Fear, is going up rapidly, and will, perhaps, be completed by the middle of October. It is said to be a fine structure, and wiil certainly be a great convenience to farmers "beyond the river." If it stands as long as did the former bridge, it will be in its stately prime when those who crom it now have passed over the streams of Death. Since our last communication, our hon ored townsman, E. J. Hale, has removed to New York. He has been in Favetteville so many years we have looked up to him, and loved him so long that we grieve that he should leave us. Few men have been so universally beloved as E. J. Hale the gif ted editor, the noble hearted, benevolent citizen, the devoted friend, the energetic whole-souled man, and humble christian ! Wherever Cumberland's sons and daugh ters shall scatter, wherever a true son of North Carolina is found, will be seen a warm friend of this beloved gentleman. The drought has injured the crops, and has so effectually " dryed up " the river that it is almost impossible for a boat to pass up or down. Raiis fell on Monday and Tues day, but the earth was so parched that the streams are almost as dry as before. Correspondent Ral. Progress. Chuech Repairs. Our Presbyterian faiends are aboui to repair their church (Rev. Joseph M. Atkinson's) at the corner oi oiiiisDury anu juarun sireeis. xi is a mo dest establishment, but when the waste of the last few years has been corrected, will be one of the most comfortable houses of wor ship in the city. The work will soon be completed. Progress. Fatal Accident. Henry A. Overcash, a carpenter, of Fayetteville, while superin tending a plank kiln in the lower end of that county, v?ai crushed and killed by the falling of the kiln, last Thursday morning. He leaves a wife and one child. Bigamy. John T. Price, of Rockingham county, Va., who has been employed at work on the Piedmont road, some time since married a respectable young lady of Rockingham county, named Fanny Whit temore, and it has since transpired that he has a wife living in Virginia. Upon the fact becoming known, Price absconded for parts unknown. Craven County. A convention will be held in Newbern next Tuesday, fortht; pur pose of nominating candidates for the Leg islature. The Legislature. Jams S. Harrington, Esq., is a candidate for the House of Com mons from Harnett county. He is opposed to repudiation. J. A. Rosebro, Esq., of Iredell, is an nounced as a condidate for re-election to the House of Commons. Mr. Rosebro made an excellent representative in the last Legisla ture. A. M. Bogle, Esq., and Prof. J. Heniy Hill, are the candidates for the District of Iredell, Alexander and Wilkes, for the State Senate. Besides Mr. Rosebro, Messrs. J. H. Ste venson, Dr. R. H. Parks, and Col. Chas. R. Jones are candidates for the House of Commons from Iredell. Mustered Out. Col. Cilley, who has been the Adjutant General of Gen. Robin son, has been relieved and mustered out of service. He is well spoken of by his supe rior and by all who know him. We learn that an order has been issued to muster out all who are connected with the volunteer service of the U. S. Army. First Sheriff. We are pleased to an nounce that Reuben King, Esq. , the old Sheriff of Robeson, is the first Sheriff in the State who has settled with the Comp troller. Ral. Sentinel. Gen. Colston's Military Academy will open its exercises on the 1st of October. The course of study is very fall and com plete, and will extend over five years. The estimated expenses for the present session, commencing 1st of October, 1866, and end ing the last Saturday in June, 1867, amount to only $365. Reward. The Intendant and Commis sioners of the town of Salisbury offer 1,000 reward for the apprehension and conviction of the incendiary who fired the dwelling of Major J. C. Turner, on the morning of the 27th ult. Excitement in Kinston. The citizens of Kinston were aroused from their slumbers on Tuesday night by the cry of " Murder." An electric alarm telegraphed itself through the town that a white and black man had been murdered by a gang of robbers who had lately broken jail in Newbern, but in spite of the organized assistance of the cit izens they made their escape alter every ef fort to apprehend them. Newbern Commercial. Nominations in Northampton Countt. On Monday afternoon a meeting took place at the Court House, in Jackson, and Gen. Thomas J. Person was nominated for the Senate, and Gen. Mat. Ransom and Capt. Samuel T. Stancell, for the House of Com mons, for Northampton County. Haywood County. The official vote of Haywood County, on the amended Consti tution, was not received at the Executive office until yesterday. The vote stood as follows : For Ratification, , , 310 For Rejection, 218 92 Making a difference of 92 votes against rejection in the official vote heretofore re ported. On Duty Night Guard. We are in formed that in consequence of the infirmary of the city jail, it is considered necessary to have a special guard in attendance du ring the " wee-small hours of the night." Day before yesterday, Sheriff Harper made a requisition on the "Melioh' and suc ceeded in enrolling some eight or nine " Conscript Fathers " for this service ; but it seems all the party did not have the fear of the law in their eyes, and were as Mr. Shakspeare very forcibly expresses it " ncn est comatibus." This diminished the force somewhat, but the boys, we learn, had quite a good time of it, and when the night passed away with its dark shades and the morning dawned the prisoners now held in jail being still there the "bo-hoys " made tracks for their respective homes, feeling conscious of hav ing performed their duty faithfully, leaving Mr. Ballenger in charge of the prisoners 'till another guard should relieve them. Newbern Times. A Handsome Premium.- Our neighbors, Messrs. Wm. B. Smith & Co., of the Field and 2?7rtcfo publishing house, offer as a free gift, twenty-five copies of the Rural Jour nal for one year to any one of our county agricultural societies which shall first take the most important and decided steps in State to reorganize the State agricultural . society. , . s.:- .. I THE PRESIDENT AT CLEVELAND. BESET BY BLACKGUA RDS. He Gives Tliem the Rough. Side of Ilia Tongue. The following is the President's at Cleveland on Monday night : speech Fellow-Citizens It is not for the pur pose of making a speech that I now appear before you. I am aware of the great curi osity which prevails to see strangers who have notoriety and distinction in all coun tries. I know a large number of you desire to see Gen. Grant and to hear what he has to say ; fa voice "Three cheers for Gen. Grant ;" but yon cannot see him to-night ; he is extremely ill. I repeat, I am not be fore you now to make a speech, but simply to make your acquaintance, to say : "How are yon ?" and to bid yon good bye. We are on our way to Chicago to participate in or witness the laying of the corner-stone of a monument to the memory of i distin guished fellow-citizen who is no more ; it is not necessary for me to mention the name of Stephen A. Douglas to the people of Ohio. I am free to say that 1 am flat tered by the demonstrations I have wit nessed ; and being flattered, I don't mean to think it personal, but an evidence of what is pervading the public mind ; and this demonstration is nothing more nor less than an indication of the latent sentiment or feeling of the great masses of the people with regard to the proper settlement of this great question. I came before you as an American citizen simply, and not as the Chief Magistrate, clothed in the insignia and paraphernalia of State being an in habitant of a State of this Union. I know it has been said that I am an alien, laughter, and that I did not reside in one of the States of the Uniou, and therefore could not be the Chief Magistrate, though the Constitution declares that I must be a citizen to occupy that office. Thf refore, all that was necessary was to declare the office vacant, or under a pretext to prefer articles of impeachment ; and thus the in dividual who occupies the Chief Magistracy was to be disposed of and driven from power. But a short time since you had a ticket be fore you for the Presidency. I was placed upon that ticket with a distinguished fellow-citizen, who is now no more. A voice "Unfortunately." Yes; unfortunately for some that God rules on high, nnd dealt, in right. Cheers. Yes, unfortunately, the ways of Providence are mysterious and incomprehensible, controlling those who exclaim "Unfortunate!" "Bully for you ! " Notwithstanding the subsidized gang of hirlings and traducers, I have dis charged all my duties and fulfilled all my pledges, and I say here to-night, that if my predecessor had lived, the vials of wrath would have been poured out upon him. Cries of "Never" three cheers for the Congress of the United States.' Who can come and place his finger on one pledge I ever violated, or on one prin cipal I ever proved false to ? A voice " How about New Orleans ?" Another voice "Hang Jeff. Davis! hang Jeff. Davis! Why don't you hang him ?" Cries of "Give us the opportunity." Have not you got the court ? Have not you got the Attorney-General? A voice "Who is your Chief Justice who has refused to sit upon the trial ?" Cheers. lam not the Chief Justice. I am not the pros cuting attorney. Cheers. I am not the jury. I will tell you what 1 did do. I called up on your Congress that is trying to break up the Government. Cheers, mingled with hisses. Great confusion. "Don't get mad, Andy." Well, I will tell you who is mad. Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. Did your Congress order any of them to be tried ? Three cheers for Congress. 1 Then, fellow-citizens, we might as well allay our passions and permit reason to resume her sphere and prevail. Cheers. In this assembly here to-night the re mark has been made, "Traitor," "trai tor." My countrymen, will you hear me, shouts of " Yes " and will you hear me for my cause and for the Constitution of my country ? Applause. I want to know when, or where, or under what circum stances Andrew Johnson, not only as Chief Magistrate, but in any capacity, ever de serted any principle or violated the Consti tution of his country ? Cries of " Never." Let me ask this large and intelligent audi ence if your Secretary of State, who served four years under Mr. Lincoln, and who was placed upon the butcher's block as it were, and hacked to pieces and scarred by the assassin's knife, ever turned traitor ? Cries of "Never." If I were disposed to play the orator and deal in declamation to night, I would imitate one of the ancient tragedians, and would take William H. Seward and bring him before you, and point you to the hacks and scars upon his person. A voice "God bless him." I would exhibit the bloody garments satura ted with gore from his gushing wounds. Then I would ask yoa, Why not hang Thad. Stevens and Wendell Phillips ? I tell you, my countrymen, I have been fighting the South, and they have been whipped and crushed, and they acknowledge their de feat and accept the terms of the Constitu tion ; and now, as I go round the circle, having fought traitors at the South I am firepared to fight traitors at the North. Cheers. God willing, with your help, we will do it. (Cries of "We won't.") It will be crushed North and South. This glorious Union of ours will be pre served. Cheers. I do not come here as the Chief Magistrate of twenty-five States out of thirty-six. Cheers. I come here to-night with the flag of my country and the Constitution of thirty-six States untar nished. Are you for dividing this country? Cries of " So." Then I am President, and I am President of the whole United States. Cheers. I will tell you one other thing. I understand the discordant notes in this crowd to-night. He who is opposed to the restoration of this Government and the reunion of the States is as great a trait or as Jeff. Davis or Wendell Phillips. Loud cheers. - I am against both. Cries of "Give it to them." Some of you talk about traitors at the South, who, hive not courage enough to get away from your homes to fight them. Laughter and cheers. I The courageous men, Grant, ! Sherman, Farragut, and the long list of the distinguished sons of the Union, were in the field and led on their gallant hosts to conquer and to victory, while you re- mained cowardly at home. Applause. Bully, j Now, wneu tuese brave men have returned home, many of whom have left an arm or a leg or their blood upon many a battle-field, they find you at some speculation ana committing irtiuus on we 1 Government. Laughter and cheers. j You pretend now to have great respect and sympathy for the poor brave fellow who has left an arm on the battle field. Cries "Is this dignified? I understand vou: you may talk aoout the dignity of the Pres ident Cries "How was it about his making a speech on the22d of February?" I have been with you in the battles of this country, and can tell you, furthermore, to night, who have to pay those brare men who shed their blood while you speculated, I and now the great mass of the people have to work it out. Cheers.1 It is time the great mass of the people should understand what your designs are. What did General Butler say ? Hisses. What did General Grant say? Cheers. And what does Gen eral Grant say about General Butler? Laughter and cheers. What does Gene ral Sherman say? A voice "What does General Sheridan say?" General Sheri dan says that he is for the restroation of the Government that Sheridan fought for. "Bully," and renewed cries of "New Orleans " and confusion. The President I care not for dignity. There is a portion of your countrymen who will always respect their fellow-citizens when they are entitled to respect, and there 13 a portion ot them who have no respect for themselves, and consequently have no respect tor others. A voice "Traitor." 1 wish I could see that man. I would bet you now that if these lights fell on your iace, cowardice and treachery would be seen in it. bliow yourself, and come out here where I cm see you. Shouts of laughter. 1 I stand now where I stood when the rebel lion commenced. Who has .sacrificed more for his country than I ? Who has run greater risks ? But the factious, domineer ing, and tyrannical party in Congress has undertaken to poison the minds of the peo ple against me. Cheers. The President continued in the strain of his previous ar guments upon the issues in the coming con test, dwelling particularly upon the nature of the Freedmen's Bureau bill. From the Charleston Courier, 1st. Cotton Statement. The period has arrived in which it is cus tomary to estimate approximately, at least, the extent of the cotton crop, and with the supply at the ports of shipment, the export of the probable consumption. The diffi culty of effecting these objects is mnch en hanced the present year from various dis turbing causes. The principal of these is the labor question. Being the leading ele ment of production, the results became problematical in proportion as the supply of labor became precarious and uncertain. Hence the varying estimates of the coming crop at one time computed at one million, at another at one million and a half, then at two millions, at two millions and a half, at three millions, and even at three millions and a half of bales. These discrepant statements show the mystery and obscurity iu which the question of supply, as regards the crop of 18G6-'67, is involved. In addition to this disturbing influence, the question of supply was complicated with other causes, both physical and moral. The weather was unusually fluctuating. Droughts afflicted certain portions of the cotton region, and excessive rains other portions. The near prospect of war in Europe tended to discourage the planter, and his mind vacillated between putting his land into cotton or corn. Besides these discouragements, the state of political af fairs at home and abroad, the threatened exercise of the taxing power of the United States with regard to the staple, in an un usual degree, formed a source of further discouragement, constituting altogether a series of circumstances that necessarily made the estimate of the growing crop very vague and inconclusive. We approach the subject, therefore, with a high degree of doubt and distrust a3 to the entire accu racy of any statements we may make in re lation to the supply of lS66-'7, premising that they may be regarded as approxima tions merely. surrLY of 1S65-'GG united states. The extent of the crop of the preEent year can be ascertained within a few thou sand bales. It far exceeds the estimates made a few months since. The cotton re maining in the South at the end of the war was estimated at 1,500,000 bales. It has reached 2,407,000 bales. The following are the receipts at the la test dates, at the various ports, since Sep tember 1, 1865 : Galveston, August 150,000 New Orleans, August 10 746,000 Mobile, August 11 420,000 Apalachicola, August 80,000 Savannah, August 260,000 Charleston, August 24 110,000 Overland to the North 100.C00 Probable receipts of 1865-'GG 1,906,000 We have made no attempt to estimate the quantity remaining in the interior, as there are no data as the basis of such an esti mate. The first remark we have to make on this head is the discordance of the statements, as we have said, in regard to the efiiciency of negro labor. The trials made of the sys tem of voluntary exertion, at the commence ment, were highly discouraging. The scheme promises more favorable results. The modifications introduced by several of the planters are leading to better fruits than was anticipated. The system of weekly money payments seem satisfactory both to the freedman and his employer. The Freed men's Bureau is also operating beneficially in the same direction. Under these cir cumstances, the prospects are more hope ful than they were some weeks since. Of course this does not apply universally. Whilst sevpral portions of the South will make half an average crop, some sections will not produce one-third, or even one four;h of the ordinary yield. Texas, it would appear, has been visited with the most favorable conditions for the develop ment of the productiye resources of its soil, while it has been comparatively exempt f on those casualties which usually nffiict the cotton region. There is one circumstance, however, which is apt to be overlooked in the ques tion of supply, which is the extraordinary stimulus presented by the hope of gain, act ing on the minds of a large number, from the high price of the staple. All who pos sess a small patch of ground were anxious to turn it to a profitable account, the only restraint being the want of seed. If each individual, able and willing to work, were to raise only one bale of cotton in a popu lation of six millions, the aggregate would be very large. This is intended only as an illustration, but it exemplifies the force of that principle of gain which, acting under the incentive of high prices, induces indi viduals to act in the same manner as com munities. The influence of this motive, we are confident, has been overlooked in the estimates made of the growing crop. The invariable proneness is to underrate the supply. The crop of 1865-'66, was es timated on the 1st of April at 800,000 bales. It has proved at the latest dates to have reached 2,407,000 bales. The estimates of the crop of 1866-'67 have gradually ad vanced, as we have shown, from one mil lion to three millions of bales. And, al though this latter estimate must be deemed an extreme figure, as the actual result will prove, the accuracy of our remark will be confirmed, that there is a proneness to un derrate the supply. BATE OF GBOWTH. .... In entering on this branab'our subject we must distinguish between temporary and permanent eflects. It is no part of our de sign to consider in detail the causes which will promote or retard the culture of cot ton iii the future. As it was no part of pur purpose to takQ i&to view tk$ circumstance Ithat may influence the future supply, such as the better organization of labor, etc., so it is no part of our present purpose to dis cuss, except briefly, the question of ftdure consumption. "We will only succinctly ad vert to the causes that will operate to ex tend the culture, such as tho completion of tne railroads by which British India is in- tersected ; the establishment there of bank ing institutions offering increased facilities of credit, but on the other hand, the exist ing tenure of land, and the fact that En gland has frequently to export large quan tities of silver bullion to pay for her imports of cotton, are obstacles to the extension of the culture, while the stimulus of high prices will be gradually withdrawn. Limi ting our inquiry, therefore, to the present and not the future, it would still be instruc tive to compare the rates of growth and consumption. The annual increase from 1818-'19 until 1859- 60 has been 4 and a fraction per cent, which, if the war had not followed, in that proportion the crop of 1865-'66 would have been 4,916,000 bales ; or for the six years from 1861 to 1866, 26,714,800 bales, as the following condensed statement will show, supposing that fair average crops had been made in that period : 1860-'61 4,012 600 bales. J86W62 4,179,700 bales. 1862-'03 4.352.800 bate. 1863-'G4 4.533,000 bales. 1861-'65 4,720,600 bales. 1865-'0G 4,916,100 bales. 26,714,800 bales BATE OF CONSUMPTION UNITED STATES COT TON. A comparison of the rate of consumtion for the twelve years, up to 1859-'60, the same as we have made with regard to the growth, will enable us to form a clearer idea of the probable rate of future consumtion We annex a comparative statement of this kind, founded on the basis of very nearly 4 per cent, 1860-'61 900,940 bales u oo,oiu 1862-'63 973,400 1863- '64 1,011,910 1864- '65 1051,970 1365-'6G 1.093,620 5,968,350 bale?. The consumption of all sorts in Great Britain from 1860 to 1865, has been for I860 2,432,400 bales. 48,700 bales weekly. I SGI 2,353,700 bales. 1862 1,195,500 bales. 4o,zb4 bales weekly. 22,900 bales weekly. 1863 1,377,900 bales. 1864 1,606,300 bales. 1865 2,034,800 bales. 2t,488 bales weekly. 30,890 bales weekly. 39,130 bales weekly. August 1, 1866. 48,000 bales weekly. against 40,000 bales same time last year. rne estaoiisnment of peace on the conti nent of Europe leaves only one prominent cause affecting the rate of consumption, i. , the state of the money market. The re duction of the rate of discount to 7 per cent, by the Bank of England removes all apprehension on this score. We are in clined to the opinion that there will bo a progressive decline in the rate until per haps three or four per cent, will be reach ed, under an increased accumulation of bullion by the Bank of England. On this topic, as an important element of tho value of Cotton, we would observe, as an evi dence of the anomalous condition of tho money market in England, that while the rate of discount by the Bank of England, on the 3d of August, was 10 per cent, and the bullion in her vaults were 14,000,000, the rate of discount by the Bank of France was 3i per cent, and her stock of suecie 28,000,000, double its amount in the former, and more than three times tho rate of discount. It is impossible for this anomalous state of the money market to continue, for it is contrary to the tendency of the value of money and the rate of in terest to an equality m the different coun tries of Europe. The panic has reached its culminating point, and the reaction in favor of cheap money was assured, notwithstanding the great loss of loanable capital from the re cent heavy failures. These circumstances favor an increased consumption of the raw material. An impulse to trade has been given on the continent since the cessation of hostilities. The markets are almost bare of cotton fabrics, and there was an increased demand for yarn on the continent The cotton trade is, therefore, rapidly recover ing its former elasticity, and the rate of consumption will soon reach a point almost beyond example. It is admitted by the most intelligent ob servers that the key to the future position of the market is the American crop. With a moderate crop, prices, in all probability, will be maintained. With a large yield they will give way under the accumulation of the stocks of East India descriptions, which are pressing on the market. It is this tendency to a glut of East India cotton that has kept the American descriptions from advancing. One of the Liverpool circulars, dated August 3, observes that arrivals of India cotton for the next three months must be at the rate of 50,000 bales per week, and the largest possible demand cannot be ex pected to absorb ali this. Doubtless the amount of cotton now afloat from the East represents the bulk of what we will get from that quarter for six months to come, for we know by telegraph that scarcely any cotton is now shipping for England, nor is it likely that exports will be resumed freely for several months ; still these considera tions cannot be expected to weigh much till later in the year, and only then if the pros pects ot tne America crop are poor. It is evident that we will have an ample supply of Indian cotton to last until January or February, and by that period we will be re ceiving freely whatever America has to spare from the next crop. The conclusions from these views is, that although an easy money market, a scarcity of cotton fabrics, and an additional demand for yarn in the German market, are circumstances highly favorable, still, until an advanced period of the 6easion, their influence cannot be felt Irom the large quantities of Indian Cotton pressing on the market. The important point is the extent of the growing crop. This is mere gues3 work until all danger is past from the usual cas ualties that visit the cotton crop until the picking season is over. There never was a period in the history of the cotton trade in which the estimates were so widely variant, embracing uie extreme ox one million to three millions bales, the lowest being one million and the highest three millions. We are inclined to adopt the medium be tween these extreme figures, and estimate two millions as the crop of 1866-'67. Our summary of conclusions from the above data' lead to these inferences : 1. That the receipts will, in all probability, reach 2,000,000 bales. 2. That the large supplies of East Indi Cotton in England and on tb wy win tend to depress the markfc'3. That the rate of consumption will be large iu consequence of the pros pects of peace and the increasing ease of the money market, the effect of a progress ive raduction of the rate of discount . by the Bank of England. - . The grape growers of New Jersey report that their crops will be, untuuslly hjrsra ) From the Louisville Courier. REST IX PEACE. DEDICATED TO THE COX FED SB ATE DEAD. Sleep on, ye glory-wrapt heroes Ox a warm and sunny land, WhoBe deeds of trne valor comnard With that brave Spartan band. Those heroes of old ne'er fought and bled For a land that was fairer, which to love In their hearts' rich blood was glory and joy. Then rest in peace, ye gallant brave The turf presses lightly on yonr broad breast, The winter winds eiDg you a lullaby song, And cool summer zephyrs sigh thro the trees, While buy bee? hum to you all the day long. No care, pain, or sorrow belong to you now ; No grim prison walls before yon arise, Nor sentinel dread on yonr clumber glares. Then rest, for the brave man never dies. Your memory, enshrined In fond hearts and true, Grows fresher as day follows day ; ' For 'tis watered by tears from gratitude's fount, . And warmed by affection's ray. Sleep undisturbed, tho thunders may roll, And lightning's red flash dart over your head ; No battle cry will awake you again Then rest in peace, ye honored dead. The halo of glory which circles your brows Was bought in a cause most holy and Dure. And has rendered immortal toot sons ol the South, Who fought for land from which naught could allure. Your slumber is sweet, your strife is now o'er The lark sings a requiem above vour green graves, And th soft summer breezes lull you to sleep. Then rest in peace, ye immortal braves. THE WAY TIIE MONEY GOES. BY JOHN G. SAXiS. How goes the money? I'm sure it ifn't har tc Well, to tell : It goes for rents and water rates. For bread and butter, coal and grates, Hats, caps and carpets, hoops and hoso ; And that's tne way the money goes. How goes the money 1 Nay, Don't everybody know the way ? It goes for bonnets, coats and capes, Silks, satins, muBlins, velvets, crapes, Shawls, ribbons, furs, furbelows, And that's the way the money goes. How goes the money ? Sure, I wish the ways were somewhat fewer 1 It goes for wages, taxes, debts ; It goes for presents, goes for bets, For paints, pomade aud au de rose ; And that's the way the money goes. How goes the money ? Now, I've scarce began to mention how ; It goes for featheifs, laces, rings, Toys, dolls and other baby things, Whips, whistles, candies, -bells and bows ; And that's the way the money goes. How goes the money ? Como, I know it does not go for rum ; It goes for school and Sabbath chimes, It goes for charity sometimes, For missions and such things as those, And that's the way the money goes. How goes the money ? There, I'm out of patience, I declare ! It goes for plays and diamond p'ns, For public alma and private eine, For hollow shams and silly shows ; And that's the way the money gees. Acquittal of MaJ. Gee, Commandant of the Salisbury military FrUon. Washington, Sept. 3, I860. The find ings of the military commission, of which Col. W. W. Wheeler, of the Twenty-eighth Michigan infantry, was president and beforu Maj. Jno. H. Gee, late commandant of whom the Salisbury rebel military prison, wa3 tried, have iust been promulgated in gen eral orders from headquarters military command of North Carolina. There were two charges against Gee the first, for vio lating thelaw8and customs of war, and tha second, murder in violation of the laws of war. Of both charges he is fully acquitted. Specifications under the first charge set up that while Gee was in command of the pris on the prisoners were in a condition of ex treme want and suffering, as well as many of them ill and dying by reason of the ut ter and continued insufficiency of the ra tions, clothing, shelter and medical at tendance, and of the cold and exposure to which they were constantly subjected, and of the small and narrow limits to which they were confined, and that the said Gee did fail to provide or cause to be provided for said prisoners proper or sufficient ra tions, clothing, fuel, shelter, water or hos pital attendance ; that by reason of such failure the prisoners were never supplied, &c. The findings proceed, and the com mission, attaching no responsibility to the said John H. Gee other than for weakness in retaining position when unable to carry out the dictates of humanity, and believ ing that higher authorities of the rebel gov ernment were fully responsible for all the alleged violations of the laws and customs of war, finds of the specification not guilty. And the commission also find that he is not guilty of all the other specifications, and accordingly acquit Major Gee. Major General Bobinson, in reviewing the case, approves of the finding of the commission, but says that he cannot agreo with the commission that the only respon sibility of the accused was weakness in re taining position as commandant of (he prison, while evidence clearly establishes the fact that higher authorities of the rebel government were fully responsible for theso violations of the laws and customs of war, and that the accused was constantly calling their attention to the condition of the pris on and asking for supplies, it is believed that he had it in his power to relieve much of the suffering of the prisoners under his charge. There was an abundant supply of running water and wood enough for fuel and shelter within a quarter of a mile from the prison pen. Men who had served in the field would soon have built huts for them selves, if permitted to do so. Not only were the prisoners starved, but they suffered from want of water and fuel, which they mighty have procured themselves, but be cause it was feared they might effect their escape, prisoners were shot down in cold blood, and the perpetrators of these mur ders were allowed to go unpunished. There seems to have been more anxiety to prevent the escape of prisoners of war, than to pre serve their lives. Cor. New York Herald. The Chicago Board of Trade has appro priated $500 toward defraying the expenses of the survey of the ship canal from'La salle to the Mississippi River. MARRIED. In this City, on tbe 5th inst., bv Jicr. John N. Andrews, Mr. W1LLETT CANAL)? to Miss SA KAH JANh GAhhlrON. DIED, On the 6th of September, 18G6, AlAMlA ii.iL EB SKIPP&K, aged 3 years and 2 days, tLe dear little son of James W. and Sophia bkioper. A bright little angle for Heaven. In this citv. at 4 o'clock on Wednesday m rn- ing, 6th inst, of congestive fevoi, ltObfci:r WHITE, only aon of J. W. aud Mary J. Zimmer man, aged 5 years, 5 months adit days. , JBaitunort) papers please ooyy. At his residence, near Rocky Mount, recently, KENI ti, iWLaq. & tb 49th jer
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