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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C, TOtRSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 18G6. Superior Court. During tho past -vcek the term of the New Hanover Superior Court has been in session, and would have continued during the present week also, but through tho great industry of the presiding Judge, the member i of tho bar and the officers of the Court, a very largo amount of business was transacted. Tho State docket, consisting of nearly one hundred cases, was entirely disposed of, and the civil and equity dock ets were gone through with, and many old oases finally got rid of. We never recol lect of knowing so much business being done at one term of tho Superior Court. His Honor, Judge Merrimon, presided for the first time over tho Superior Court of New Hanover, and ho won a most envi able reputation as a judicial officer for en ergy, promptness urbanity and ability. His charge was able and elaborate, calcula ted not only to instruct the Grand Jurors in their important duties, but to have a wholesome effect upon tho community at large. He brought tho same careful atten tion and thorough investigation to tho con sideration of charges against tho poor, for lorn negroes who tilled the criminal box, as ho gave to the cases affecting whites, and meeting out punishment with impartial hands, he gave the criminals every benefit of previous good charactor. Wo regret to learn from Judge Mem won his intention to resign. His retire ment at this time we woidd regard as a pub lic calamity. We have before referred to this fact, and deplored the necessity which causes it. North Carolina has before this lost the services of very efficient judicial officers on account of the nicagronoss of the salaries paid them, and many of the most prominent and capable lawyers of the State cannot afford to fill these positions. We aro certainly no advocate of high sala ries in the present condition of financial affairs in this State, but we do feel that it is poor economy to place our judicial offi ces out of tho reach of many of our ablest lawyers for want of meauJ. Positions so directly connected with every interest of life and property should at lea-t command the best talent in the State. The Grand Jury unanimously recom mended tho establishment by tho Legisla ture of a City Court with criminal jurisdic tion. This recommendation met tho heart' approval of his Honor, and the Clerk was directed to forward the application to the Speaker of tho nest Houso of Commons, after receiving the endorsement of the Judge. A matter of cuch evident impor tance and necessity, wo know, will com mend itself to the attention of our members elect, and they will make every endeavor to comply with the recommendation of tho Gruid Jury, in which they will bo endorsed by every citizen of tho county, who attend upon the sittings of our Courts. But ono capital felony was tried during the term, that being the cat-e cf tho State against Lewis and Augustus Williams, freedmen, upon the charge of High-way Bobbery. The prisoners were most ably defended by the Hon. George Bavi3 and Julius W. Wright, Esq., under tho align ment of his Honor, and after an atten" tivo investigation before a jury of our most intelligent citizens, and a careful and impartial charge by the Judge, they were convicted, and subsequently condemned to be executed on the 30th November next. During the course of the trial, we in com mon with those in attendance upon tho Court, as well as tho Court itself, were forcibly struck with the eloquent remarks of Mr. Davis in illustrating tho political lesson taught by tho trial. While the peo ple of the North were proscribing us for alleged cruelties to tho freedmen, we wit nessed in this trial what might be seen at the sessions of every Court held in the State since the war. Tho prisoners were friendless and poor, without means and without charged with Yet their case social influence, and a hienous offence. was receiving ail the at tention and efforts of counsel, at the re quest of tho Court, as if they were the first citizens in the land. Tho Solicitor for the State gave them every consideration due their forlorn situation, and tho Judge was as careful of their rights and as particular in his instructions as if tho juisoners came with high social influence and "troops of friends ;" while the jury, composed of our leading men of business, gave the caso that earnest attention and careful investigation, their oaths required and tho terrible respon sibility resting upon them demanded. These facts Mr. Davis presented as only the true orator can, and while tho evidence was such that ho could not acquit his clients, his remarks most forcibly impressed upon his hearers the great injustice being done our poople, while his advice as to tho prop er courso io bo pursued was wholesome and made an evident impression upon all. Wilmington S; "VVtlilon Kuilroael. Wo publish elsewhere tho result of the investigation of the charges against certain of the officials of tho Wilmington and Weldon Railroad preferred by passengers, which wo referred to the President and Di rectors of that road. Wo are assured that the matter was thoroughly and carefully looked into, and the facts, as reported in the communication from tho committee of the Board of Directors, were established. We felt confident, from the very high char acter and faithful services of Mr. Knight as an employee of the Company for more than twenty years, that an investigation would disclose no want of care on his part. The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad is compelled, in order to compete successfully with rival lines, to run two express trains, North and South, daily, and the fact that no serious accident, and seldom 6ven a disconnection has happened, is the surest! evidence of the ability and carefulness with which it is managed. Through the untir ing industry and zeal of its officials, the road has been put in as good condition as any in the South, and the indefatigable President, is now absent in Europe, in the interests of tho Company. All the officers in charge of the road are men of energy and thoroughly versed iu their duties ; while tho Board of Directors embrace the names of the leading business men of our city and along tho lino of the road. Its management will compare favorably with that of any fcimilar work in the country, and we venture the assertion that since its completion, taking into consideration tho number of trains run and tho length of the road, thai as few accidents have hap pened and as few lives been lost on any railroad in the United States. We hopothat the facts, us drawn out by tho investigation of the President and Board of Directors, will prove atisfactory to the gentlemen, who addressed us on the subject. It seems to us that the collision was prevented by the great carefulness of both Engineers in charge of the trains, in rounding tho curve, iu which they were but obeyiug their instructions. Memorial Ollratiou at Winchester. Wo publish on our first page an exten ded account of the beautiful aud interest ing memorial celebration at Winchester, Va., on the 25th inst. Wo are glad to know that the patriotic ladies of the Valloy have so far succeeded iu their humane efforts to collect in a common burial ground tho thousands of noble dead who havo been ly ingin neglected graves throughout theLower Valley, as to inaugurate the opening cere monies of the Stonewaet, Cemetery at this early day, having already buried within tho ground dedicated for the hallowed purpose, nearly three thousand bodies. As an evi dence of the urgent necessity for this ac tion on their part, to preserve the last rest ing places of our dead heroes from neglect and decay, it "will be seen that already tho names or more than one-fourth of thn en tiro number aro unknown. j A most, interesting feature connected with this Stonewall Cemetery to the people of this State is, that out of Iesa than sixteen hundred whose names and States are known, buried within its eacrcd precincts, quite four hundred and fifty are from North Car olina. Thus North Carolina furnishes near ly one-third of the entire- number. As this Stat6 did not have larger proportion of soldiers in tho Valley campaigns than in other parts of Virginia, wo may conclude this is but a relative proportion of the loss sustained by our State on tho various battle fields of Virginia. Such a large proportion of General Lee's army "as composed of North Carolinians during the later campaigns, that the battle of KeemeV Sta tion, on the 5th August. 164, with the exception of one battery of artillery, was fought entirely by North Carolinians, who happened to form tho attacking parly. The synopsis of the -ddrest of General Wise, on the occasion of tho dedication of the Stonewall Cemetery, which we give, is full of feeling and beauty. We -would be glad to publish it in full, but for its length. Gieely, speaking through tbe- columns of tho Tribwc, unwilling to compliment this effort of General Wise, cannot find a ra tional excuse to condemn it. He compro mises tho matter thus : "Tho dispatch which we have received from Win chester, Va.. kIvcs but an jmrerfect idea cf th character ol the address -n ioh General Wise de livered :t tho dedication ef the Stonewall Cemets rv. But. wo havo iv doubt it was eloquent, and that Lis bearer took front t new inspiration to cherish the past, to -which Stonewall Jackson and the livi'j.,' Lt,o indubitably belong. Wo cannot dispute over Virginias obedience to nature in mourning her depict, nor ayrte with Gov. Wis that thfi cauo for which they died still lives. Mr. Wise himself may have philosophic doubts upon that point if Lie confessions coueermoK slavery be truly reported. Yet we shall be ltl if one-half the young men of Yirnia take ibe ;:."d lviee which the addre contains.'' Te Baltimore Difflcnltiei. Tho trial of tho Baltimore Police Com missioners before Governor Swann is being held in tho executive chamber at Annapo lis. The testimony thus far elicited shows "official misconduct " of the grossest na ture, and gives proof of tho disreputable and illegal means resorted to by the Radi cals to control tho Government. Through tho criminal machinations of these Coin rnissioncM live thousand five hundred Rad icals control the elections of tho city of Baltimore, where there are thirty-five thou sand legal and registered voters. The ma jority which Baltimore alone would give to the Conservatives, were a free ballot per mitted, would carry the State for that par ty, and insure tho election of a Conserva tive to the United States Senate in place of Senator Crcsawell. Tho disfranchisement of tho white citi zens of Baltimore and Maryland is ap proved by the Northern masses, and a re sort to arms threatened if the right of suf frage, to which thoy aro legally entitled, is permitted to them. It would seem as if tho Radical- arc determined to force the country into a bloody war if tho tchitc peoplo of Maryland, Missouri and Tennes see are allowed to vote, or if the black peo ple of the entire South arc vt granted the right of suffrage. Their doctrino of univer sal suffrage, which is their pretended plat form, degenerates, as rJl their issues do, in to a party trick, to make sach voters a will increase their power, and prevent such votes as jeopardizes their success. What is to be tho issue of this imbroglio, wo cannot tell. The Governor's decision will be made to-day, go we aro informed. If adverse to the Commissioners, and we can not sec how it can be otherwise, the elec tion day, 6th of November next, may prove a bloody one, involving results more impor tant and serious than ordinary election riots. W6 fchall watch the progress of this trial and the results involved in it with great interest. Nineteenth Senatorial District, This District, composed of the counties of Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus, here tofore reported to have gono for Colonel J. D. Taylor by 13 votes, gives a majority for Mr. Salter Lloyd of 73. Mr. Lloyd is a gentleman of intelligence and a politician of sound and conservative view?, and will make a most efficient Senator. Colonel Taylor was not a candidate and supported Mr. Lloyd iu the election. Parson Brownlow threatens to disperse with the bayonet any convention that shall assemble in Tennessee to change the gov ernment of the State. The health of Count do Bismarck con tinues in the same state, the disease not either getting "worse or presenting any signi of amelioration. Onr Railroads. In urging upon the people of the State the great necessity of completing our un finished Railroads, and especially those in tended to connect Tennessee with the ocean, through this State, in the courso of a very 8euibJe article, the Raleigh Sentinel remarks : TheWilmingtou,Charljtteiiiiirutherford liail road has bsen already pushed o near to comple tion that erery effort should be uiad to fleet it, so soon as it can be lue." We regard this as wholesome advice, and hope it may meet with the consideration its importance demands. The Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad is purely a North Carolina work. Of all the Railroads completed or contemplated, this is the only one which will take produce from other States and send it to the mar kets of the world through a North Carolina port. The roads already completed, while they may hive done much to develop the resources of the State, have accomplished little iu building up a seaport town or add ing to the commercial and agricultural itn- j Dortauce of North CaroliiiH. These roads a have been so constructed as to pour the vast products of our State into tho laps of our neighbors and iu consequence thereof, Richmond, Petersburg. Norfolk and Charleston have prospered, w hile Wilming ton and Newbern have but little more than supported themselves, languishing for the trade which seeks more advantageous mar kets elsewhere. We are not the advocates of attempting to force commerce out of its natural chan nels for the benefit of certain roads aud porta. We regard this us suicidal to the best interests of the country. We must create these channels through our own ports, by opening routes that will not only develop some of the richest agricultural districts of our State, but by shortening the distance, make our own ports tho natural outlets of vast amounts of produce that now go to enrich Virginia mid South Car olina, and swell the profits of their railroad lines. Such a road will the Wilmington, Char lotte and Rutherford Railroad be, when completed. Running its entire length through a fertile country, and near the bor der of South Carolina, all the freight which seeks this route for transportation, must come to this city for sale or shipment ; and with its contemplated connections with the West, will form the shortest line from the Mississippi and Ohio to the Atlantic. To complete this road to Rutherfordton, it is estimated will renuire two millions of dollars. The total value of the load, as it cow stand?, is estimated at eight millions of dollars. The debts of the road can be liquidated with less than million and a half. Surely, then, arrangements con be made to borrow the money and complete the road. To do this, howvtr, the State must allow the Eoad to issue mortgage bonds sufficient to pay off the indebted ness to the State and finish the work. We cannot believe that a proposition to do this will meet with serious opposition from any quarter. If the State will not surrender its rights as first mortgagee, the road will bo forced into a sale, and the stockholders will lose their entire property, and we doubt if the State would be able to recover its toa n . If by means of these mortgage buii-Jn, the rwad can be completed to Rutherford ton, it i believed that tb oorporatioo. by its own earnings and by means of its own credit, could construct such further exten sions and branches as may be regarded ad vantageous and profitable. North Carolina is particularly interested in this work. It is not only peculiarly a North Carolina road, and the State will not have to share any of the benefits derived from its completion and successful opera tion with neighboring States, but it will de velop the richest agricultural districts of our own. The result in the United States of building railroads has been that the lands lying contiguous to then; have doubled and tripled in value within the first ten years after the completion of the roads. This fact, added to the commercial importance and prosperity given to this eity, will more than repay the State in the increased value of property any risk she may incur, however remote, in permitting the company to issue mortgage bonds to insure the completion of the work. Such important State matters ns are in volved in the completion of our unfinished lines of railroad are subjects for tho first, most careful and serious attention of our Legislature. The General Assembly will have no good excuse to waste its time in useless political ngitatiou and discussion. The members who will urge on North Car- ! olina the adoption of the Howard amend ment will not. either for talent or numbers, claim the serious consideration of that body. Unprotected and uucared for by the General Government, North Carolina must take care of herself. Her legislation must be devoted entirely to State interests, and none are so reat or important, in view of the great wealth of soil and minerals now lost to the commerce of the world, that want but the necessary outlets and transportation to placeNorth Carolina firm ly and surely upon the road to wealth and prosperity, ps the early completion of the works that have been commenced aud do not require such assistance as the State in her impoverished condition cannot give. Schemes for the relief of the people, as visionary as they will be illegal, will doubt less be offered and urged upon the consid eration of the Legislature, but we can see no sure and permanent relief to the people of the State unconnected with the comple tion of our unfinished lines of railroads, the encouragement of our agriculturalists. the development of our mineral wealth and the building and operating manufactories. Such interests judiciously foetered and en couraged will bring relief to the people- certain, happy and honest relief. By this means taxes can easily be paid, debts dis charged, and our children educated. By this means, North Carolina will again be prosperous and happy, and bur children's childen " will rise up and call us blessed." In tho handsomest and healthiest parts of London eight-room houses do not rent higher than $300 per annum. Fearful Hurricane at Nassau. We aro under obligations to an esteemed frieud for copies of the Nassau Guardian, giving account of the fearful hurricane which visited that city aud the Bahama Islands on the 2d October. The hurricane is represented as tho tevererd which has visited those latitudes within tho memory of man. Government buildings aud church es were blown down ; the Lunatic AssyJuui entirely demolished, and the walls of the Prison leveled with tho ground. Elegant residences und magnificent store and ware-houses were entirely or partially de stroyed and largo plantations almost ru ined. Iu all the neighboring towns and villages the accounts arc equally distressing. In the beautiful little village at Harbor Island, St. John'.s church and thirty-eight houses were leveled with the dust, and several large settlements in the adjacent country have been entirely swept away. In ict, tho of this terrific hurricane are hoart-rendiug iu the extreme. JiLMovM. or in:: ,lm: vvriNE. u will eluubt 1l'84 afford uim-li naii.-frfctio.i t oar mercantile community to learn from tho .'Howing circular that the Milits y aai'&ntii- -tablishcil some mouths wince, v ''I h- n mo f; 1 1 the t of No vember : DEPART. VJ LIST Of TIU', sol'TH. M .!')" AI. Dlill i nju's Oi nt c, CH.Viii.i mii.s, :-. .. Octolwr isu. I CiKcci-vi: : In obedience li jciicr;.! O'.-ilcr. No. '.', !te:ul quartciti liopartiiieiil of t li - South, t !ie Military ()uaiaiitino i -tabibhed by (it nerl "Jn.j-r.- No. if, Department of the. Carolina, will ! .vkii.Irswn on tho lbt of November. Medical officer- c.tatioii cd at Quarantine, v, iit report in person to the nearest Military CoitiniiiiKler in tlil- Department and hv letter to thin oi1ice. CHAULES 1'Al.i:, Nur;;roii liuiteil States Army, .deoa al D;r eetor. Tlx- Kltioii. The returns from .-ixtv-six Counties foot up for Governor, Worth 27,S22 j Dockery K,07G. Worth's majority thus far l!J,71o. SKXATE. Haywood. Matron, Ac. It. M. Henry. Caswell Livingston Brown. COMMON1. Montgomery Jordan. Haywood- Green Garret t . Henderson James Blytlse. Madison N. Kclsey. Yaneov William.. Yadkin -T. M. Vestal. 45th Sknatori.u, Dihtmct.-- - We are ra titled to learn front the following letter to the Raleigh Sen true', that 1'rof. J. Henry Hill m elected to t he Hen ate from thin Distiiet : Misr.s. Bt 1 1, ,V (iat.ks : -The voti Mere count ed and polls compared, at Taylorstville, by the Sheriffs of Iredell, Alexander and Y)11;ch. yester day, and J. Henry Hill declared elected by a ma jority of one cote and awarded a certificate of elec tion. Mr. CVT. Cowles was premature iu resign ing his post as Councillor of Hlato to occupy a seat in the Herjste. 1 notice that tha Standard says that "if Mr. Cowles has been defeated, hi defeat has bernt'wing to the bullying and threat! of cer tain destru."!-iv?8 in the District.'' 'J'hi-: is of a piece with all the standard's fart. false ' The foul play was ail on the ether side. An in vestigation would bring to light the grob&esi cor ruption on the part of torno ot tho friend, of Mr. Cowlee, by which means hio oie. wao largely in creased. With the Standard it is the old crv, "Stop thief r But it won't do, Billy. Mr. Hill i- a gentleman of fine abilities, uofcxceptiontble iu all respects, and will ink h useful member. Oc:. 26th., ifcW. I W1LK.K0 Cot'MV. -- It will be v:en that this Coun ty, contrary t-- the general ' xpectatioo, gives a handsome majority for Governor Woith. If there w?.s any one County in the State, wbi-ib tho i!adi cale confidently expected to carry, it a? Wilkes. If we are not very mwh mistaken., Mer.-. Hmith and Bryan, of the late Convention, "ere the- can didates of the extreme Badioa-Is in Wilkes. Ifeo, their deieat is greatly to he rejoiced at. Mossrt'. Hortop snd York re the jn embers fleet. Sftf ',-,.!. T'- M-'!mi!sto iinil Vclp Hwilroart. WlLMINOION, x. c vt. 20. !srr.. Messrs. KrrfIo.rd Pri : Gk"TX,emet : Tho comumuication hand ed you for publication, by pao'setiger who came Pouth over tin? Wilmington and Wel don KailroHii, on Friday, the L'tHh inst., denouncing the ini-:oiiduet of the enrii)eer of a freight li-niii, met by their tr::in, out of place, whereby a serious accident might have resulted, as they allege, was kindly handed by you to the Vroidcnt of the Company, and by him Mibruitted to the Directors1, convened ti investigate the con duct of the officer implicated, and who wcreundereuspentsion in conKer-nonce there of. After a patient examination of wit nesses, and with the best information ob tainable, the Directors were satisiied that the occurrence was not attributable to any negligence or mismanagement of those in charge of the respective trains, but was un avoidably caused, as will appear from the following statement of facts. The proof elicited shows that the passen ger train carrying your correspondents left Nahunta Station precisely on time. After proceeding about one and a half miles, the engineer discovered a train about one mile ahead, when he blew on brakes, which were promptly applied and the speed re duced from eighteen miles an hour to a walking gait the distance between thi; two trains thn being about three-fourths of a mile. I'ercciviug that the train in front v.aa at res, the engineer sounded the whistle for broaks off, supposing the train to be disabled, and moved up within about one hundred yards distance. Tho freight train in question was in charge of Mr. James Knight, an experi enced and faithful Engineer, and an old servant of the Company, having been over twenty years iu its employment and never before this charged with misconduct of any kind or character. Tho evidence shows that Mr. Knight loft hit starting point with ample time to reach Nahunta before tho departure of tho pas senger train, but was stopped and detained by the section master, who, in his accus tomed daily visits over his section, had discovered a broken rail and had to replace it this occupied twenty minutes. Mr. Knight proceeded cautiously, and hearing the whistle of an approaching train, halted, and soon the Engines wero in sight of each other, on a straight track about a mile apart. Tho passenger train to save time ' ran back to tho turn out, when the trams passed and progressed. Wo havo no idea that your correspon dents were prompted by other than proper motives in the preparation of tho article furnished you, but unquestionably they were mistaken in some of their allegations, as has been clearly demonstrated before the Directors. The policy of tho Directors has ever been to employ faithful and competent Agents, and any act of detention when brought to their attention, has been, and will be visi ted with dismissal from service. In this case they cannot censure the oartief; charged, as they are convinced their best efforts were successfully exercised to pre vent damage under circumstances bevoud their control. P. K. DICKINSON, i ALFRED MAETIN, J-Com. S. D. WAUjACE. 1 A girl in the employment of a paper mill company in Milwaukee, while picking rags recently, found over $1,000 in greenbacks in an old knapsack. The total earnings of railways in the United Kingdom amounts to over $2,000, 000 annually. Terrible storm in St. Louis on Sunday THE BALTIMORE DIFFICULTIES. The Trial llesumed nncl Several Witnes- nam inert Partisan Acta of tUc Com-mlftHtonn-s DivulgedGovernor Swuim Determinetl to do Ma Dtity at all IJur vrd. &e.t &t', &. Social Telegram to the New York Herald. Baltimobk. Oct. 26, 1866. In all nine witnesses were examined at Annapolis to day. The counsel for the Commissioners confessed, after much hesitation, to tho Governor's jurisdiction over tho case, and plead " not guilty." Mr. Harvey, tho conservative candidate for Mayor, and Deale proved that the Com missioners refused to appoint judges except from one side ; and Cassel, Lynch and others proved that large numbers of judges were men of bad character, as also the special policemen detailed to act at the polls. J. M. I'razer, Speaker of thtj House of Delegates, one of the framers of the Regis try Law, proved that his vote, though duly registered last year, was excluded, aud tho judges refused to listen to his representa tions. Mi: cassel, a policeman scarce uiamim- tenths ot the special police were rowdies , , , . ... i ii i .. peeiui poi and roughs. Ample evidence that votes were refused registration was adduced. Some of the Judges have been indicted for the murder of a notoriously bad charac ter .. -,, .-i- i . , ,t . Movemor r nun win iJUc.ii.neiY cior-.e me .. y- i. ...V, i... V " : rr,u;:V V uV;1 "" comes eonviucea or t.u -U!it or innofoncc of the Commissioners. It is within tho probabilities that they win mo removea ro-morrow. oonn: nine feeJinif exists, but the populace aro under control, there being ample, appliance to to maintain the public peace. will bo removed to-morrow. Sonnr little The alleged measure:, to indict Forney A- Co -tie strict! v true ' During tho trial tho connselftir tho Com - missioners exercised the power of cross-ex- animation to the fullest extent, but failed to shako tho testimony. IJALTiMoitL, Oct. -20. At the opening of the investigation this maniiti.r the eniiDsol for the Cmn mission- ers submitted a paper in which they ex plained that whilst they had, and did still, maintain the groundlessness of the charges against the Commissioners, and also do not withdraw their plea against the jurisdiction of the Executive to try tho charges, never theless, as that plea had been overruled aud decided against them, they, the Commis sioners, deemed it due to justice and to their fellow-citizen?, as well as to them selves, that thoir counsel should return and render such aid as they might be able in the proposed investigation to cross-examine witnesses produced by the memorial ists, Ac. The counsel for the memorialists object to the Commissioners' counsel coming in now, unless they -withdraw their objection to the jurisdiction of the Executive. After considerable argument, tho matter was arranged by the counsel for the Com missioners changing the language of tho document submitted by them, so as to read: "For that purpose we aro present, and, not abandoning tho benefit of tho plea to the jurisdiction, of which wo desire to stand j on tho record to avail as it may bo on be- j half of our clients, we plead not guilty to j the charges against them. The Governor then made a otatement.- He notified the counsel that he would re quire prompt decision of the case; that this examination shall be gone through with in the shortest possible period ; that all irrele vant matter shall bo thrown aside; and that the prominent and leading points of the case sh;dl be stated, and shall be disposed of at tho earliest practicable dixie. lie in formed the counsel that he intended to get through with the case by not later thau Wednesday of next v.t k, ami ho notified them that if they had any important evi dence to submit that they have it here promptly. lie also announced that a,s soon as the Executive, was satisfied by the evi dence that should be presented that the Commissioners were innocent, or that they were guilty, he should take action aspronipt ly as he. should feel justified iu doing, even if that .letion should be taken in the midst of the proceedings which were going on. This announcement was regarded by most of those present as an indication that the Governor's decision Mould be adverse to the Commissioners. The examination of the numerous wit nesses present was then connneiK ed and continued up to three o'clock, when the examination was adjourned until to-morrow morning Th e evidence thus far has been mostly L.st the judges of the election, and charg ing the Commissioners with partisanship in the discharge of their duties. RADICAL THREATS FROM WASHINGTON WHAT FORNEY SAYS. Washington (Joircsponrten'-e Philadelphia rm-s. However the immediate question be tween the Police Commissioners of Balti more and Governor Swann may be decided, the firmness of the patriots of that city and the response by tho people of other States to their expressed determination to protect their rights, will secure to them the ulti mate and tho lasting victory. If Governor Swann decides to remove the Police Com missioners by force, that weeding viH n,i duvhUxlbi be resisted, hi thi Union people of Baltimore. In that ease the Baltimore American of "Wednesehiv suggests that "The President would have the power to send i e i .. t.. -i- ' ... uiu wlco oi moiuiu men, Jijciuuillg moil- I sands ot returned rebels, would thus be al lowed to defeat the only friends of the Union in that State, h aw one mad enough to suppose that Itepresentaiiccs. and a United States &n"tor elected by such a rote would be admitted into the Fortieth Conoress ? Governor Swann's ambition to occupy a seat in tho Senate of tho United States can never be gratified by his making war upon the men who, in a moment of mistaken magnanimity, elected him chief magistrate of Maryland. Misled by this ambition, and by the assumption that he is technical ly authorized to remove tht Police Com missioners, ho will probably discover tho difference between tho exercise of such a power and the bold violation of a solemn section of the reformed constitution of Ma ryland, when tho Senate indignantly and summarily rejects his pretensions But there is a power before tho caso goes to Congress ; the same power which has al ready decided in favor of the clause in the reformed constitution disfranchising the rebels, and which would doubtless reaffirm its judgment, when invited to pass upon the new usurpation. If these considera tions do not restrain Governor Swann thcy will certainly sufficiently compensate the bold Union men of Maryland, no matter what may be the immediate issue of the controversy. An Eastern steamer being in danger ic- j cently, ail on board put on life-preservers ! eAeepu an oici laciy, wo said she '-wo-ild rather sink than go floating around." On the 6th the steamer Florida, for New xork, was sunk at Havre. A valuable car go of French goods went down with her No lives wero lost. , Four men have been killed and two in jured by tho explosion of a shell which was usea as a cancilestick m a French villa inn. A Tennesseean swallowed poison on his wddinr a w -i-"Ti-L 3u.unj me o (spliced. HIGHLY IMPORTANT. Maximilian . to Leave Mexico in tlie Aus trian Krigato-rTwcnty War Vessels to be Sent to Mexico to Bring Home the Frencli Troops Proclamati on of Gen. Sheridan In Support of Juarex-Maximilian, Orfm ga, and Sanfa Anna Warned Oft"Tlie 4 Empress Carlotta Hopelessly Insane. Paius, Oct. 26. The Emperor Maximil ian will probably return in the Austrian frigato which was recently dispatched from Trieste by tho Emperor 1'rancia Joseph. It is said that twenty war steamers will leave for Mexico in November, to bring home tho entire French force in that coun try. The condition of the Empress Carlotta is described as being hopeless. PIlOCIiAMATION OF GENEKAL SHEEIDAN IN surroitT or .tuakez Maximilian, oetega, AND SANTA ANNA WAKNED OFF. New Oiu-tEANs, Oct. 20. The following important letter appears this afternoon : Hkadquaiitebs, Dept. of the Gulf, ) New Orleans, La., Oct. 23. ) ( i eniujal : I am satisfied that there is OlllV o ouiv one wav in which the state affairs on j .R. fJ (.au ,J0 bottercd, aml that )ilxlhy J.. , :... only government in Mexico recognized by our own the only one whkh is really friendly to us. You will, therefore, warn all adherents of any party or pretended government in Mexico, or htato of lamau- ! firms, that they will not bo permitted to i . , , ., t i i ... i, i violate the neutrality hiws between the Liberal government of Mexico and tho United States ; and also, that they will not j " 10 T.- m c ,V : . J ' i". , r , . , . y i fo ompIete their machinations i or the vn ! n ol onr neutrality laws. lhcsc n j tnictiou wiu he eniorced against the u I I lotccuoii m oi to complete meir macmnauons lor me mo- lii- iwl- "t-reu. ihmk-ixui ..mS ! seuting the so-called imperial government j"1' Mexico, and also against tho Ortega, f11"11' "V,1 f,tlr' . 1 f Juarez is the acknowledged head of ! t,,c' lbt'rili government ot Mexico. i 1 :;:n, f' tieral, very respectfully, -Your obedient servant, j .1-f1' S11', !. . i.L.ljOl-Ufllfcl.U VUlim g. ! To J'revct lJiigadier-General T. Ii. Sedg wick, commanding Sub-District of ilio Grande, Brownsville, Texas;. WHAT OKNKIML. iiHEKIlUNS OKPEIl MEANS. Special dispatch tj tlie WorM. Wasuincton, Oct. lit). General Sheri dan's order to General Sedgwick, com manding on tho Kio Grande, made pub lic hero i.o-night, is, perhaps, the best ex hibit of the determined policy of tho gov ernment on Mexican affairs yet made. OUK MINISTEK TO TTEXICO. AV-vsntNOTON, Oct. iio. Colonel Camp bell was at tho State Department to-day, looking after his instructions. IIo will, according to his own statement, visit his homo iu Ohio before leaving tho country to enter upon his duties as Minister to the Bepublic of Mexico. This disproves the allegation that then: is an urgency of af fairs which requires his immediate depar ture. A period of more than three months has elapsed since the Senate confirmed his nomination. EVACUATION . OF JIAZ.VTIiAN UV THE j fi;encu ektokteo AititEsr of an AMt'.KT- CAN CONSUL RY THE IMPERIALIST. San Francisco, Oct. 2G. Mazatlau let ters tuy that tho French evacuated that port this month, and that many families arc en deavoring to leave for San Francisco. It is stated, also, that the American consul at Acapulco has be-on arrested by tho imperi alists for for wawjug correspondences to General A verez. ORTEo.V DETERMINED TO ENTER MEXICO AND MAKE A FUSS. New Orleans, Oct. 20. - General Ortega, who claims to be tho constitutional Presi dent of the KepubJie of Mexico, iu place of Juarez, arrived hero to-night from Xew York, and requests papers to announce that he will i. avo in a few days for Brownsville, whence be will enter Mexico, with the ob ject of re-establishing the constitutional government. When thbi is accomplished, lie says he will send a minister to Wash ington. His stall' and a number of otlicers who have been awaiting him, will accom pany the General to Mexico. Aimriuwi Kpiicojiai ISihoi in Kmtc. At the recent Church Congress at York, England, three American Bishops wero present, viz: the Bishops of Hlinois, Penn sylvania and North Carolina, the two latter addressed the Assemblage. A correspon dent of tho Xcw York Tim?? thus refers to their reception : The Bishop of Pennsylvania spoke, you will be happy to hear, ' without the slight est trace of Americanism in manner or ac cent." The American Bishops, we are also told, ara much more important personages than their English brethren, being Bishops not of one or a few counties, but of entire sovereign States. ''England," said the Bishop of Pennsylvania, " is not only the mother of nations, bnt the mother of church es. We are, ecclesiastically speaking, the great-grand-children of theArchbishops of Canterbury and York:" and thou he said the Atlantic telegraph was no circumstance to tlie bond of sympathy that united tho churches of England and America, a senti ment which was greatly applauded. Tho Bishop of North Carolina vent further. The Church, ho said, -was the only bond of union between the North and South and between England and America, and had there been a proper connection between the English and Colonial Church, there would Shave been no revolution , but only in nro- cess ol time a peaceful separation. Both the Bishops wero cheered withlieartv good will by the whole assemble. The 11 v. Lovicli Pi i( ( . This eminent divine ami remarkable man, who has been tilling the Methodist pulpit in this eity for several days, is phys ically, mentally and morally a study for the thoughtful. Ho has few if any living peers. He. has been preaching the gospel con stantly, faithfully and ;dly for si.rt-,ro years, having commenced' his labors in 1.S0J, be-big now s-j years of age, yet, on Sunday last, ho preached two sermons of over an hour's length each, and lectured the Sunday School besides. What a living hero ? Let the youths of the present day behold and listen to this exemplification of the man of God take heed to his coun sels, and live as he has lived. Then shall thy days bo long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee," and "thou Shalt go down to thy grave well stricken iu yoHi'- and full ef honors." Griffin. (Ga.) Star. The following dialogue, supposed to take placo between a customer and a shopman m reference to a plaid hanging at the shop door, will illustrate the abundant uo of vowels by tho Scotch : Customer ('maturing the mntm-i-ib r, ! t W OOl .' it-f , ' ' -'-' Shopman Ay, oo ? Customer A' oo ? (Yes, of wool.) f All wool ?i Shopman Ay, a' oo. fYes. all wnnU Customer A' ao oo ? (All same wool ?; Shopman Ay, a' ao oo. (Yes, all same wool.) Galaxt. A gentleman dining a day or two sinco iit a Broadway (New York) restaurant, or dered a spring chicken broiled. It proved to be laborious work to cut up the chicken, and a tough job to eat it. Paying the bill, tho gentleman asked the waiter: "John was that a spring chicken ?" "Yas," re- i-illofl T-.L 4t : -I.' i Krzr? a Bpruijj i-uicsen, sure." i waiter, " Saratoga Spring, I believe." THE BALTIMORE POLICE COJDHs SI0NEIIS. Commencement of the Trial Plea or n,w Gnllij EntcredTrJl to ! Contln,!(l on Wednesday, Apuociatctl Itchs Diepakh. Annapolis, October 26. The investiga tion of tho charges against tho Po.ice Com missioners commenced at 11 o'clock thj-, morning. A largo number of witne-i .. wero present. Tho counsel of the Commissioners ap peared and. announced that they came to participate in tho cross-examination of tj... witnesses, but still did not withdraw i I -: -plea against the jurisdiction of the Gou ru or to pass final judgment. Mr. Schley, one of the counsel for t';,. petitioners, objected to tho Commissi.)', . ers' counsel to participating in the invr . tigation unless they withdrew their : against tho jurisdiction of the Governor. Tho counsel on both side: nre now ;i; :: iiir this point. decision of the uoyehnou. Tho Governor decided to permit theconi. icl of tho Commissioners to examine t! witnesses. He said that he claimed jm ' diction to try the case and pass judiiici,1. and was responsible to no tribunal but jlt. Legislature. He also said that lie won 1,1 proceed with the caso without any tcchi:! calities, and he intended to reach a decide ii not later than Wednesday next. Tho ( h.v ernor also announced that if, in the cour. of tho investigation, the innocence or gui!: of tho Commissioners should appear, h would act instantly, even in the midst . f tho proceedings. Special dispatch to the Daltiinnrc. Tranwiir:. AxN.vroLTS, Oct. 2!l. Tho st eamer Ken; arrived here this morning at ten oVloc,. with a lame number of witnesses in tin- case of the Police Commissioners onbonr.i Messrs. Stockbridge, Sterling, and Alevn, der were present as counsel for tho(i., missioners. The proceedings of the investigation were opened by tho presentation to Govern. - Swan n of tho resolutions of tho city con vention by its chairman. ' Messrs. Selbv and Frazier wero present on the part of th. citi.ens of Baltimore. Mr. Stockbridge stated that, the Commi . sioners had reconsidered their former re.-. ltition, and had come to the conclusion to proceed with tho case. They still deemed that Governor Swann had no jurisdiction in tho matter ; they determined, however, to proceed with the case. Mr. Schley objected to their appear-ince. on tho ground that if they denied juvisdie tion of tho Governor in tho matter the would havo no right to erotss-tpiestion w h nessos. He said that they were a party t" the trial, aud yet denied tho right of th. Govervbir t o try. This was certainly a mo ! incon:stent course, and he was unable to understand it. 1Ir. Alexander replied at considerable length in defence of the Commissioners. Much discussion then followed between tho opposing counsel, after which the gen tlemen representing the Commissioner-, withdrew. The Commissioners entered the plea : not guilty. The plea of jurisdiction was reserved, and the right of appeal on that question enter- ed. Gov. Swann, in reply, stated that the caso should bo trieel without any of the technicalities of the law. His action in the matter under consideration would be prompt ai.d expeditious. It is certain thai his decision will be given by Wodnesda. next. Tho Baltimore papers contain detailed accounts of these proceedings, which aiv too long for publication. Tho above tele grams contains all that it is important to know. The proceedings of Saturday haw boon published in the telegraph column. Werster's Dictionary. It isalleged that tho new editions of Webster's Unnhritln-i. Dictionary are greatly mutilated by defini tions furnished to suit radical ideas, h commenting on this fact, a corrospoii dent of tho Louisville Courier proposes a few more delinitions, to conform to modern ideas : Skedaddle Battle of Bull Ran. Economy It is easier to pay a large sun, than a larger, and easier to pay any sum o: money when you have it than when yon havo not got it. Strategy (military) Pope's telegram to tho President that ho had Stonewall Jack son cut ()fV iu 18(J2 at Manassas, and hemmed in. A Grand Stragetic Move Joe Hooker"-, when ho reported he had Lee where he would compel him to fight, at Fredericks burg, Va., 186:5. Also, Butler's raid e.n banks, stores, and silver plate. Pharisee A Puritan, who makes lone prayers, sounds a thousand trumpets over all his acts of religion (so-called,) and be lieves he'll bo heard for his much speak ing. Si rr on a Note ;iven for Confedew ti Money. Another of the numerous case now pending, or about to bo commenced, in tho courts of New York city, and involv ing highly important questions growing out of tho late rebellion, was argued on Monday before Justice Barnard, of the Supreme Court. Itobert Eager has sued ono Lemuel Hay ward on a promisory note. made some time ago, when tho parties v. ete residents of Texas.- Tho defence to Hm note is, that it was given for a ban : Confederate money, which was worth notii ing, and was, moreover, issued in violaf ioi. of United States law and of public policy. Hence tho note is claimeel to be void f; want of consideration. The Plain tilt" move! to strike out this answer, on tho ground that at tho time the note was given Con federate money was worth something. Tin court took the papers. Tho decision is awaited with much interest, for tho reason that there are many cases of a similar na ture. Ct KE FOIi Cjioeeua Moiibus. Tho Pitt lield Sun says Dr. W. Clongh of that town was called to Cheshire last Sunday nigl;' to visit a " cholera" patient, a female, ami found her in relapse from a very severe at tack of cholera morbus. Tho forehead ai l extremities wero nearly as cold as are those of a corpse ready for burial, and tho pa tient was almost insensible. Tho Hr. re mained four hours, and when he leir, she was able to speak, aud ho is confident wil! recover. His method of treating such case is to give the patient thick flour gruel a hot as can bo taken, rather strong hot te.; as a drink, and wraps the body iu hot Han nels, which aro to bo changed as soon a. cook Dr. C. in his treatment of upward of 70 cases of cholera morbus this season, has not lost one. The ladies of the King Geeirgo Memorial Association intend giving a large dinner at King George Courthouse, on the iht Thursday in November. Gov. "Wise, Be v. Wm. Walker, of Westmoreland, and Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, have been in vited by the society to deliver appropiiar.' addresses on the occasion. A Correspondent of the Louisville Jour nal heard Anna Dickinson speak in Boston, and adds, " I left, wondering how a human female could be so very beautiful and be witching, and tell such whoppers. " A Chicago wife, on the death of her hus band by cholera, locked up the houso and ran away with a livo fellow. When flowers are full of Heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads ; but men hold theirs the higher tho moro tUey recede, getting proud fw they getfuU n
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