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a THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. ENGELHARD & PRICE, Proprietor, To whom aU Letters on Business must he addressed. III TERMS OP ADVERTISING. 1 square, of 10 lines or less, for each andovcry insertion, $1.5 Special Notices will be charged $2 00 per square for each and every insertion. All Obituaries and privato publications of every charao tor, are charged as advertisements. j3No advertisement, reflecting upon private character, can, under ant cibcumsta-ces, be admitted. ii r li r hi hi ii r hi ii mi Terms of Subscript"1 WeetTv Paper, one year, in advance, $3 00 Do. Six months, " 2 00 Daily Paper, one year, in advance, tlO 00 " six months, " 5 00 " three months, in advance, 3 00 " one month, " 1 00 YOL 22. WILMINGTON, ff. 0., THUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1866. NO. 42. State of North Carolina, Richmond Couxty, In Equity Filed October 18tft, 18C6. Ii. James Powell, et. al. 1 vs.t ! Petition to sell Land for John W. Patterson and J partition. Wife, Judith Ann, et al. J IT APPEARING that Jno. W. Patterson and wife Judith Ann, and Franklin Aluobrook and wife Sarah F.. defendants in the above cause, re side bevond the limits of the State, publication ia hereby "made notifying them to appear at the next term of this Court, to be ueia at me ijouti nouse in Rockingham, on the third Monday in March next, then and there to plead, answer or demnr to the above petition, or the cause will be heard ex iarte and judgment given pro confesso. ' Teste : JNO. W. COLE, Clerk and Master in Equity. Nov. S 40-6w CLERK AND MASTER'S SALE. Solomon Reeves ) In Equity, and others, Kjc Parte. ) Fall Term, A. D., 18C6. BY VIRTUE of a decree of the Court of Equity for New Hanover county, made in the above entitled cause, I will sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Market House, in the City of Wilmington, on the 20th day of December, 18CG, the following tracts of laud situate in the county of New Hanover, viz : Beginning at a large cy press on the edge of Black Swamp, running thence South 40 deg., E. 40 poles to a stake, thence North 70 deg. (i min. 40 poles, to a pine; thence South 38 deg. E. 98 poles to a pine, Montgomery's corner; thence South 470 West, 206 poles to a stake; thence North 76 deg., West '25 poles to a stake; thence South 73 deg., West 36 poles to a black i gum on the run of a small branch; thence North 15 deg., East 74 poles to a stake formerly a pine known as Snead's corner ; thence North 47 deg., West 148 poles to a stake; thence North 31 deg., East 108 Hles to a pine ; thence North 25 deg., West 88 poles to a spruce pine on the edge of a swamp, an arm making out of Black River swamp ; thence North 7'J deg., East 100 poles to a stake in or near the edge of said Black Swamp ; thence direct to the first station. Also another tract beginning at a black cum, with three chops in said black gum, on the West hide of Black Swamp, at the run of said Swamp ; thence running a Weetwardly course along a lino , of marked trees to a stake on the West side of the j road leading from the crossing place or uiacfc Swamp to Gordon's old mill; thence a Southwardly course witli tne V est siue oi sain roau. aiong iuum, .nifrv's fence to the coiner of said fence ; then about a West course in a straight line to a marked pine at the foot of Montgomery's newroad; thence a Northwardly course to Montgomery's three Pines Corner, known as the old Atkinson Corner; thence with the said Montgomery's or Daniel At kinson's line to the run of Black Swamp ; thence down the run of said Swamp to the beginning. The premises abovo described belong to the estate .f James Montgomery, deceased. Tho said tracts of land will be sold mxm the following terms: One- fourth of the purchase money cash, tho balance upon a credit of six, twelve and eighteen niontht, interest irom date, tne purcnaser giving uonua with approved securities for the deferred pay ments. FREDERICK D. POISSON, Clerk and Master. Nov. 9 37-dlt-w5t DEAD S. T.--1S60-X. TftERSOXS OF SEDENTARY HABITS TROU- JL bled with weakness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of appetite, distress atter eating, tonid liver, constipation. &c, deserve to suffer if they will not try the celebrated PLANTATION BITTERS, which are now recommended by the highest medi cal authorities and warranted to produce an im mediate benelicial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must supercede all other tonics where a healthy, gentle stimulant is required. Thev purify, strengthen and invigorate. Thev create a healthy appetite. They are an antidote to change of water and diet. They overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fever. Thev purifv the breath and acidity of the stom ach. They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure Diarrhua and Cholera Morbus. They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Head ache. They make the weak strong, tho languid bril liant, and are exhausted nature's great restorer. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya hark, wintergreen, sassafras, roots and herbs, all preserved in perfectly pure St. Croix rum. For particulars see circulars and testimonials around vncll bottle. Beware of impostors. Examine every bottle. See that it has an unmutilated metal cap over the t.p of each bottle, and green label for exportation, an.und each neck. See descriptive circular around each bottle. P. II. DRAKE Si CO., New York. April l'J 12-ly BENNETT, VAN PELT & CO., i3 WHITEHALL STREET, NEW YORK. SHIPMENTS OF COTTON, NAVAL STORES, O Provisions, Ac, will be forwarded to us by .Messrs. Wallace Jk Southerland, of Wilmington, who will pay revenue tax and other charges. All Kuods covered by insurance, with or without advices. Feb. 15 2-tf State of North Carolina, BRUNSWICK COUNTY. f' t rl of Fleas and Quarter Sessions September Term, 18GG. Marv E. Drew vs. Win. W. Drew. Guardian Petition for Dower. 'A litnn for the minor heirs of S. J. Drew, dee'd. HI.KD AT THE AF.OYK TKHM OF THIS COURT. IT APPEARING TO THE SATISFACTION OF 1 the Court, that William II. Marsh ami Martha ' ., his wife, defendants in this cause, aro non-rts-i ivMts of the State: it is ordered by the Court, that i'ul'lieatiou he made in tho weekly Journal of Wil "un'ton, for six weeks, notifying them (which no "''e is hereby given) that they bo and appear at next t"im of this Court , to "be held iu Suiith v"'"t on the lirst Monday in December next, to I'I'-ad, answer or demur to the prayer of the peti ti"!i, f.r judgment pro confesso will be taken gainst thenu A true copy from the Minutes of September Term, STATE NEW. im;. Oct. 11 WILLIAM M. I). MOORE, Clerk, w. adv. $22 50. 30-Gw r TI UI.IXGTON. w. M. MONROE TURLINGTON &, MONROE, IVSPECTORS OP TIMBER AND LUMBER, WILMIXGTOX, X. C. TjUOJlPT personal attention given to all -L business intrusted to thoir care. Oct. 4 . 35-wtf 1. WAIi.U'K. J. B. SOUTHERLAND. WALLACE & SOUTHERLAND, GiEXERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ' OFFICE NO. 57 NORTH WATKR STREET, Wharves & Warehouses foot of Walnut St., WILMINGTON, N. C. c Will give prompt personal attention to all ,'igiimentsof Naval Stores, Cotton, Spruits Tur I"jitine, Rosin, Tar, Provisions, &c, Ac, either for or shipment. Also, to forwarding Merchan Ft-b s." w-l-tf For Rent or 4 TRACT of Turpentine Lund ins eoutain- '"2.000 arri'H lvinor ti tlif- vtr.v. Tnni ( ' V atout nine miles from Che raw, and KUt miles from the nearest point of the O. A, D. uroad. There is a line MM seat on this Land, ,.Ji the dam x'emaining. For further parti ais, apply to a. mcqueen. Cheraw. S. C. ''V. i; 41 2t There are at the present time 10G1 polit al newspapers in Europe. Tjere are fourteen thousand British reg "lars in Canada. .J- Walter, - 'wits. proprietor of tho Tionrlon is in Chicago. W?m J?!m C- Hooa is writiS tho his ory of his old army. Etftr, i congressional Btaas precisely as before. delegation The Ladies Concert in Tarboko'. The ladies of Tarboro', on Thursday and Fri day evenings, the 8th and 9th inst., gave a series of Tableaux and a Concert for the purpose of aiding iu collecting funds for the Stonewall cemetery for Confederate dead at V inchest er, lrginia. We had the pleasure of being present on Friday evening, and were delighted at the performance. There is a nobleness of vir tue in the heroic efforts of the ladies of the South, to perpetuate the mem ories of their loved and lost, that chains the admiration of mankind. With so much of womanly virtue and purity blended in one common effort, the cause in which they labor cannot fan of success, nor can the ex amples of devotion, manifested iu behalf of the martyred dead, be without their effect on the youth of the country in any future emergency that might overtake them. We w ould not, if we could, make any dis tinctions in the acting of any of the young lames or gentlemen, in their respective parts, for all acquitted themselves so hand somely that auy discriminations drawn would be unjust and out of place. By attending this concert, our devotion to her of the "waving plume" is again shaken. For naturalness of acting and gracefulness of style, my "beautiful bird" cannot be surpassed, and she wasn't. The audience admired thee pretty little S tranger, and the humble hat of Sperry is at thy disposal, forever. We understand the receipts were quite large, as might have been expected from a community such as surrounds and consti tutes Tarboro. At the conclusion of the performance, Mr. Mosley, a native of the State, at the invitation of the lady managers, in a very neat, well considered and appropriate little speech, thanked the audience for the at tention shown, and interest manifested by all on the occasion. We here take the liberty to say that the laughter which proceeded from a certain portion of the audience, at the slight dis arrangement of a lady's dress during the performance of a piece of music, was in very bad taste, and decidedly out of place. Persons in such evident want of decency, should seek amusements elsewhere than in the presence of ladies. After the close of the entertainment, "like an owl in an ivy bosh," we retired) Lines to the memory of William Johxsox Pe- gram, who fell in one of the last and most obsti nately contested battles of the war. He was only twenty-one years of age and yet had attained to the rank of Brigadier General. General Lee, in speaking of him to a lady of Bichmond, said he was & "model christian soldier and gentleman." Leave me to my speechless sorrow, Leave mo to my palid gloom, Shut away the mocking sunlight, Take its burden from the room. What are words but empty rattle ? Words that murmur of relief. In the deadly single-handed Struggle with the monster grief. Can I reason down my anguish ? Can I take my pain away ? Let the door be closed betwixt us, Let me meet it as I may. Dead ! poor lips repeat, repeat it ; Wrench from out that word of dread, All the sharpest strfig of memory Wrapped within it. He is dead ! Dead ! my Willie in his beauty, 'Ere the morning flush of joy, Yet had caught the chastening shadow, Manhood flings around the boy. Dead ! my loving, gentle hearted, Noblest ! " Bravest of the brave," Fallen 'midst the rush of battle, Buried in a nameless grave. He whoso look and tone grew tender, At a dear one's faiutest moan, All unwatched, unwept, unheeded, He to perish thus alone. Who can tell me of his longings If he named his mother's name ? If he softly murmured " Sister," When the ghastly struggle came ? If a consecrating calmness Slept upon his clay cold brow ? None can tell me ! these are secrets God hath in his keeping now. All love's sweetest ministrations, All its needs for him are o'er : Never will he cross the threslwid Of the old familiar door. Never will his ringing laughter, Echo joyous through tho hall; Never will I answer gayly To his fond caressing call. Never press his smooth, white forehead, Never stroke his shining hair, Never feel his arm about me, Never greet his smile so rare. Ever miss the matchless kindness, Through every word he said, Ever wait tho blank of absence, Ever mourn my darling dead. Dead ! Oh, grief has drowned my vision, Blotted all the gladness o'er, Made me half forget he liveth, As ho never lived before. That ho was not all so lonely, Tho' no loved one closed his eye, That the blessed Chiist sustained him, When lie laid him down to die. That his tender, yearning spirit Drinks its till of sacred joy, That the cloudless bliss of heaven Overflows the precious boy. This can still the inward aching ; This can calm the moaning wild, 'Tis at most a dreary absence Only I am reconciled. TltUST I- COD, AND DO THE RIGHT. Coukage, brother, do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night ; There's a star to guide the humble ; "Trust in God, and do the right." Let the road be rough and dreary, And its end far out of sight, Foot it bravelv 1 strong or wearv, " Trust in God, and do the right." Terish policy and cunning ! rerish all that fears the light ! Whether losing, whether winning, " Trust in God, and do the right." Trust no party, sect, or faction ; Trust no leaders in the tight ; But in every word and action, " Trust in God, and do the right." Trust no lovely forms of passion ; Fiends may look like angels bright ; Trust no custom, school, or lash ion " Trust in God, and do the right." Simple rule, and safest guiding, Inward peace, and inward might, Star upon our path abiding, " Trust in God, and do the right." Some w ill hate thee, some will love thee, Some will flatter, some will slight ; Cease from man, and look above thee, " Trust in God, and do the right." Xonnan Mcleod. to muse in solitude and loneliness, on the happiness that would be ours, could we but capture the " beautiful bird" of the even ing. Wilson Carolinian. ah; xAiuioico iboUTHEBXEB. we are happy to announce to the public, especially our friends in Edgecome, that this sterling oia journal, established by the late Ueorge Howard, about forty years ago, and which has been in regular course of publication ever since, is to be enlarged and improved Our Senior has become part proprietor thereof, and is to have editorial charge of the paper. The iirst number of the South erner, under the new regime, will be issued on Thursday, the 29th inst. It will doubtless be a source of unboun ded pleasure to tho Tarborians, to learn, as it is to us, the same gratification and pride, to know, that this local will occasionally have the privilege accorded him of " point ing a moral and adorning a tale " through the columns of that wide-spread Journal. The millennium approaches. Prodigal William who wandered off to a strange land in search of a wife, returns. Hugh will kill the fatted calf. Wilson Carolinian. j Anson County. A friend informs us that the crops in Anson the present year, have been very short. It is said that the cotton cror will probably yield to the county only about 300,000 at present prices. The corn crop is so short in that section of the State, that many persons speak of removing. Jial. Sentinel. Confederate Navy Yard. The navy yard of the late Confederat States, at Char lotte, is advertised for sale by the Feder al Government on the 20th insi. Deatii of an Editor. Thos. J. Garner, editor of the Weldon Slate, died at that place on Tuesday night. New-Berne. We saw recently a commu nication in the Journal of Commerce, respect ing the correct printing of the "Athens" of the State. We beg leave to add a few remarks upon this subject. The town was laid out and named by DeGraffenried's col onists from Switzerland in tho year 1710, and was named after old Berne, meaning bear, Switzerland, and as was too frequent ly adopted in those times the adjective, new, was prefixed, making New-Berne, "neto bear," or ctib, and the signifi cation is evidently cub-town ; and from the number of bears in the Pocosons in Craven County, was not inappropriately designa ted. And the name may be written one of two ways correctly, as one word Keicbeme, or with a hyphen New-Berno. No other way it appears can be right. Burn is gallic for brook, berno with an e, meaning as aforesaid, "bear." After so much of phil ological lore upon this thread-5er discus sion we hope that ever hereafter this beau tiful and famous old City will bo spelt and printed with a hyphen, as a compound word, but one only in parsing, as the des ignation of but one place, to wit : New Berne, the Athens of the old North State, And as she has been heretofore, may she be in the future the mother of more grca men than any other placo in all Southland Standard. Lecture. Rev. Dr. Deems will deliver a Lecture before the Young Men's Christian Association of this city on Monday nigh next, bubject : Husbands and Wives. Jial. Sentinel, 11th. 71 A lv i-i ii.AnGBA.TiON. About ouu persons, young and old, black and white, from the coun ties of Burke, Randolph, Stokes, Davie L. Ill 11 . kc, passea tnrougn tnis city to-day on their way to the Northwest. Hal. Sentinel, lltli. Tournament. The Tournament atGolds boro' came off on the 15th inst. The ad dress to the Knights was delivered by Maj. Jno. W. Dunham, of the Wilson Carolini an, and is spoken of by the Neics in the highest terms. In the contest for the hon or of crowning the Queen of Love and Beauty, Mr. C. H. V orrell. Knight of the Southern Star, was declared victor, and se lected as Queen Miss Mollie Guthrie, of Goldsboro'. The following Knights were declared as successful competitors for the first, second and third honors respectively: Mr. Emmit Robinson, Knight of the Red and White; Mr. M. C. Nixon, Knight of the N. C. Railroad: Mr. Fab. Sasser, Knight of the White Horse. The followiug ladies were the choice of these gentlemen for the positions of first, second and thii-d Maids of Honor: Miss Dora Pool, of Goldsboro'; Miss Mary Hancock, of Wilson; Miss Laura Andrews, of Wilmington. A grand ball followed the sports of the day, and was held in the large Court room, where old I rank Johnson and his Band, furnished the music for the occasion. The dance was continued until about three o' clock in the morning, when the festivities were brought to a close, and the company departed to their several homes. Crops Coming In. Large quantities o cotton, corn and naval stores continue to flow into Newbern. One shipment of 400 bales will reach here by the freight tram on the Atlantic road to-day, besides numerous smaller shipments not announced in ad vance. Newb. Commercial. Cotton Croi It is estimated that the present cotton crop grown in Greensville, Sussex, Southampton and Brunswick coun ties, Va., will amount to 10,000, Halifax, Warren, Franklin, Granville, Northamp ton, Edgecombe and "Wilson counties North Carolina, will produce i30,000. Norfolk irginian. The " Lumber Business " in this citv is being pushed vigorously at present. The quantity shipped is regulated merely by tne ability of shippers to get vessels. ssewb. Commercial. Bishop Atkinson. The Right Rev. Bish op Atkinson, of North Carolina, was in Edin- burg on the 15th of October, and preached in St. John's Church to "a large and at tentive audience," as we learn from the Churchman. He was expected to assist in the solemnities of laying the foundation stone of a new church, and is spoken of in terms of great respect by his trans-Atlantic brethren. He was to sail for this conntry on the 3d inst., and we wash the reverend prelate a safe return to his own flock. JSeicuern Commercial. Death of a Postmaster. Mathias Rog er, JiiSq., Jfostmaster at tins place, died at his residence in Statesville, on Wednesday night last. Mr. Boger lost his wiie only a few months ago. He was a good citizen and much esteemed in the community. Statesrdle American. Accident. We regret to learn that Mrs. Scott and Miss Wreatherly, of Greensboro', sisters of Mrs. W. P. Caldwell, of this placo, who arrived on the train Friday, while coming to town from the Depot in a bucgY, the horse taking fright soon after starting, were dashed down a steep em bankment into a gully and very seriously injured. States viue A m encan. Election in the 50th DiSTRicrr We were in error in chronicling the election of Gen. R. M. Henry, in the 50th Senatorial District. Later dates show that Col. Jas. Robt. Love was the successful candideta, by 94 majority. Ashecille News. It is estimated, by good judges, that there were no less than two thousand peo ple on the fair ground yesterday, to wit ness the tournament. Talk about your ci ties and big towns ! Goldsboro' can turn out as great a crowd on a public occasion as most of 'em. We observed Judge Fowle on the cars this morning on his return from Caswell Court, having completed, we believe, his circuit for this term. He appeared to have recovered from his late attack. Judge F. has been prompt .and has ably discharged his office, as may be truthfully said of all the Judges. Jial. Sentinel. Artillery. We learn that the Artillery command which has been here since the war closed, will leave this city in a few days. Its reported destination is Hilton Head. Hal. Sentinel. Raleigh as a Cotton Market. The ex perience of the last few weeks indicate plainly that Raleigh is to become a perma nent cotton market. We have a class of buyers here that keep the market lively. Several hundred thousand dollars have pro bably passed hands for cotton in a few weeks. -BaU Sentinel, APPOINTMENTS By tle y. ?. Episcopal Mctliolit Confer ence at tlic Session which wits held in Fayctteville last iveclc. Raleigh District -L L IIexdkex, P E Raleigh City 11 T Hudson City Mission A R Raven. Wake J R BobbiU Wake Mist-ion W M Jordan Smithiield T P Rieaad Tar River J II Wheeler Louisburg J A Cunniggim Granville J Tillctt. Henderson- J T Wiehe Nashville M J Hunt Hillsboro' Diatiiet V H Roukitt, P E liilisboro W C Wilson Chapel Hill O J Brent Durham R H Webb Haw River H II Gibbons Fraiiklinsvillo C H Phiilipa Guilford Mission Z Rush Alamance A Norman Leesburg L Shell Person P J Carrawsy Greeusboro' District N F Ueio, T E Greensboro' Win Barringer Guilford- J W Lewis High Point and Company Shops N II D Wilson Trinitv B Craven Thomasvillo D R Bruton Davidson W D Meaiham Asheboro' J E Tuoinpson J B All'ord, sup num Forsyth James W Wheeler Stokes G E Wyebe Madison C C Dodson Wentworth W C Gannon Yanceyvillu R G Barrett B Craven, President of Trinitv College: P Doub. Professor of Biblical Literature ; D R Bruton. President Thomasvillo Female College. Salisburv Diet W Closs, P E Salisbury W II Wheeler Rowan C M Anderson Mocks vilie J E Mann Jonesville L F Way Surrv R T N Stevenson Wilkes 0 E Tiyler Alexander W II Barnes Iredell M C Thomas South Iredell I1 L Triplet Statesville N V Shcrrell Elkin To be supplied Roanoke Dist R S Moha, P E Roanoke J P Simpson Warren J P Mooie T B Reeks, S N Tarboro' J W Jenkins WiUiamston J J Hines Plymouth W F Clegg Washington J S Long Bath To be supplied Mattamuskeet W H Moore Hatteras To be supplied Wilson J W Tucker A W Maugum and C F Deems, Agents for Greensboro' Female College Newbern Dist James Reed, P E Newbern R A Willis Beaufort J B Williams Straits and Capo Lookout To be supplied Morehead and Newport J Jones Trent W A Smith Kins ton J F Kearans Snow Hill J B Martin Swift Creek and Nense Mission N A Hooker Goldsboro' E A Yeates S M Frost, Iresident Wayne Female Collego Everettsville S D Peeler Neuse J B Bailey WU. Dist. L S Bulkhead, P E. Front Street J H Dally Fifth Street J C Thomas Topsail A D Betes Duplin B B Culbreth Clinton J H Robbies Cokcsburv T J Gat tis Bladen C M Pepper Elizabeth W M Roby Whitesville R P Bibb Smithville J F Smoot, W M D Moore, Sup. Num. Brunswick To bo supplied Onslow D Culbreth, D C Johnson, Sup. Num. Mariner's Church JN Andrews Chicora High School P H Seovill Fayettevillo District S D Adams, P E Fayetteville T W Guthrio Cumberland II B Cole Deep River F II Wood, T C Moses, Sup. Num. Cape Fear J W A vent Jonesboro' G Farrar. Troy To be supplied Montgomery A D Buie Euharrie C W King Rockingham Jos Wheeler Roberson W S Chafin M C Wood, Missionary to China. From theN.Y. World Amnesty and Pardon. The thirteenth section of the act of July 17th, 1862, defining the penalties of treason and insurrection, is in the following terms : " The President is hereby authorized, at anv time hereafter, by proclamution, to extend to per sons who may have narticiDated in tbe existing rebellion in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions, and at such time, and on such conditions, as he mav deem expedi ent for the public welfare " The power to grant pardons is conferred on the President by the Constitution, with out any limit or restriction, and perhaps the authorization contained in the forego ing section of the Confiscation act, was su- perlious. But evidently Congress did not think it so, or at least considered the ques tion as open to doubt, or they would not have made such an enactment. The power of the President to grant pardons in indi vidual cases cannot be abridged by Con gress or questioned by anybody ; but a general amnesty by proclamation previous lu uiui or conviction, may seem to nave a different character. In one mode of view ing it, it is a rejeal of the law ordaining the penalties. But the repeal of laws, like their enactment, is properly a legislative function. By a stretch of the pardoning power, all criminal legislation mieht bo defeated, by the extension of executive clemency to all offenders. Of course, the pardoning power was never designed to be used for such a purpose, but only to oper ate in exceptional cases where the regular course of justice would be inexpedient. The termination of a rebellion is a case calling for a wholesale deviation from the ordinary methods of criminal procedure. Congress, therefore, took care to relieve the President from any delicacy or doubt about trespassing on their prerogative of repealing laws, by expressly authorizing mm to pardon by proclamation, in advance ot any trial, and to any extent he might think expedient. Soon after the close of the war, President Johnson exercised this power by publishing an amnesty which in cluded the rank and file of the rebel ar mies, and the great body of the inhabi tants of the Southern States, but reserving for separate and subsequent consideration certain enumerated classes, consisting of ofiicers of rank and men of wealth. These he has since been pardoning at intervals on their own application ; but it seems to us that the time has come when he ought to exempt himself from the trouble and an- T "I - I iiu) a,ncu oi sucn applications Dy a new amnesty, including everybody except the very few individuals who are to be tried for treason. We cannot doubt that the President in tends, and the country expects, that all, or nearly all, of the excepted classes will soon- The French Emperor. The New Or leans Times gives the following on the au thority, of a gentleman of that city, who, it states, was in Paris during the past Sum mer, and had several opportunities of see ing and conversing with the Emperor Napoleon. This gentleman represents the .Emperor as being frank and gracious in his manners and very communicative. He discourses with nearly equal facility and fullness of in formation on all subjects of history, gov ernment, usages, laws, customs and insti tutions. In respect to his own peculiar plans and policy, however, he is thorough ly reticent. He has now a million of men under arms, and it is understood, m Jraris circles, that it is his determination to in crease the standing army by the addition of a million more, to be composed of citi zen soldiers. The Navy yard at Cherbourg was a scene of astonishing activity from live to seven thousand men being engaged in ship build- -r .i -1 ! mg. iron is tne material oi tnese new ves sels. The Emperor has issued orders for the extensive manufacture of the needle gun for the use of the army. It is not un derstood that he contemplates any new complications which have rendered such ormidable warlike preparations in advance expedient. On the contrary, his disposi tion is reported as eminently pacmc, and hat the object he has in view by such ter rific displays, is the maintenance of the peace of Europe. The Emperor is from sixty to sixty-five years of age, and his health is evidently failing. Our courteous informant also visited tne Champ de Mars, where the grand structure or the Pans Exhibition is in course of erection. This is an iron edifice, three thousand and eighty-four feet in length and wenty-three hundred feet in width. 'Ihe columns are ninety feet in height. The roof of this immense structure is composed entirely of plates of glass. There was a terrific gale on Lake Onta rio last Sunday. London sends out no mail and has no postal delivery on Sunday. The Oregonian estimates the yied of the salmon fishery on the pacific coast, during j the last season, at thirty thousand barrels. Rogers in Kilpatrick's place is a diplo- i xnatio rumor. " er or later be pardoned. If this is to be the final result, the sooner it is consumma ted the better. The persons yet unpar doned are the men of wealth, the men of enterprise, the men whose capital and busi ness capacity are needed to relieve the South from its industrial stagnation, and renew its prosperity. How can these men put their property to profitable uses if they know not whether it is their own ? How caii they sell plantations or warehouses while the liability to confiscation prevents their giving a title ? How can they borrow money when the security they would offer is subject to the same liability ? The great want of the South, for the revival of its prosperity, is the introduction of Northern or European capital. But such ventures will not be made without security, and the men who should naturally give it cannot hypothecate their property for the payment of loans so long as they are unpardoned. The cases are all so nearly alike, the crime is so precisely tho same, not differing at all in nature and but little in degree, that there is no good reason why every case should receive a separate examination at the hands of the President. A new amnesty procla mation for the immediate relief of all class es, is one of the fittest things the President could execute. Another reason for getting this whole business of pardons off his hands is, that it renders the President obnoxious to dama ging charges by his malignant and unscru- - 1 mi f t 1 1 . i puious enemies. ne iact tnat there is a great body of wealthy men who could afford to pay handsomely for pardons, exposes mm to tne suspicions ol the captious. A situation which a corrupt man would natu rally covet and could easily turn to great pront, is one in which an honest man should not wish to be placed ; and yet, in the present case, it is one which it requires more courage to abandon than to hold. If the President had, at any time previous to the elections, published such an amnesty as we now recommend, the Radicals would have pursued him with a noisy hue-and-cry for his leniency to rebels. But the time when such an outcry could do any mischief is past, and the President ought at once to relievo himself from all the embarrassments resulting from applications for individual pardons. They consume his time to no purpose ; they delay the revival of South ern prosperity : and they afford occasions to his enemies to charge upon him abuses which may be practiced by the intercessors through whom pardons are eought. He can act, in most cases, only on the repre sentations of others, and it is impossible that he should know that their services have not been bought. The very possibility oi a DroKerage oi tnis Kind, of which he can know nothing, is a sufhcient reason for set ting the Radicals at defiance, and preclu ding all applications by a complete amnesty. We deem it important that he should publish such an amnesty now, before the meeting of Congress, lest that body should repeal the section above quoted, and then deny the authority of the President to take any further action. The Radicals want to keep the remaining cases, as the only means they have left of terrifying the South into a ratification of the pending, or some other objectionable, constitutional amend ment. The President should promptly take this weapon out of their hands. His authority to do so now is undoubted and incontrovertible, for Congress itself has ex pressly conferred it. If that permission should be repealed, at the beginning of the session, his authority would be open to question; and if, after a repeal, he should act in manifest defiance of the will of Con gress, they might make it a ground of impeachment. The Trouble not Over in Baltimore. A dispatch from Baltimore to the Herald says : Rumors prevail that the judges of elec tion, for some unexplained reason, hesitate to make a return of the votes polled at the recent election. Penalty of refusal is a fine of $500 and imprisonment. The five days allowed by law expire to-morrow. All the defeated Radical candidates for Congress threaten to contest the election. Stewart, defeated by Phelps has made a strong and vindicative speec h against Pre sident Johnson. He has been in close com munion lately with a prominent Pennsyl vania and Washington politician. There are reports from very well inform ed quarters that the impeachment of the President will be urged as soon as Congress assembles From the New York Herald "Why not Discharge Jefferson Davis ! The shabby and scandalous treatment of this prisoner of State, proceeds from the same motives as the unconstitutional ex clusion of the Southern States from Con gress. Tho gross illegality of detaining him in custody nineteen months without putting him on trial or confronting him with the witnesses expected to testify to his guilt, is an exhibition of the same rancor ous and unmanly spirit which dictates the whole mode of dealing with the South that has prevailed since the meetinc of Conerress last December. Chief -Justice Chase and his sveonhant. Judge Underwood, shrink from trying Mr. Davis lest his acquittal should expose them to the obloquy of the Radicals who thirst for his blood, and lest Chief-Justice Chase's chances of the Radical nomination should be diminished. The President has hesita ted to release him on parole or bail, be cause the Radicals would raise a great out cry, and add to tho otherwise formidable obstacles to tho success of his restoration policy. Congress, although the subject has been before their most important commit tee, would not lift a finger to promote jus tice, because they were willing to embar rass the President, and wished to spite the South. There is good reason to suppose that there has been a studied collusion between the Radicals in Congress and the Chief J ustice to postpone and prevent a trial, and put the odium on the President. Chief Justice Chase fought off the trial, as long as he could by saying that he would not compromise the dignity of tho judiciary by holding a court under the shadow of mar tial law. When that excuse became obso lete he invented others. He authorized Judge Underwood in May or June (we for get the month) to promise Mr. Davis's coun sel that the trial should come on in Octo ber : but it afterwards appeared that this was like adjourning the case to the Greek Kalends, or to the thirtieth day of Febru ary. When October arrived and Mr. Da vis's counsel appeared, according to an- pointment, in Richmond, behold, there was no court ; the judges who hadappoint- eu ii naving discovered, all ol a sudden, that they had no authority to hold one at that time ! Most learned judges ! Most sapient expounders of the law! If they had no authority to hold a court at Rich mond in October, why did they appoint one, and make that a reason for postponing tne trial Meanwhile, the Chief-Justice has discov ered another reason for skulking from his duty. It seems that Congress, at its last session, reorganized the circuits, but, by some unaccountable blunder or oversight, failed to assign judges. Therefore Judge Chase says he cannot try Mr. Davis until Congress has revised its clumsy law and rec tified its blunders. This brings us to the grounds of our surmise of collusion between Congress and Mr. Chase. It is incredible that the Judiciary Committee should have drawn a bill reorganizing the circuits with out submitting it to the Chief -Justice for his criticism and suggestions. For aught wre know, he may have prepared the draft of the law himself. Considering the constant repugnance he has shown to try Mr. Davis, it would be quite in keeping with his wish es that the law should be in such a form as to furnish him a new excuse when all the others he could invent had failed. Be this as it may, he has as persistently fought off the trial as if he were tho criminal and Mr. Davis the judge. The action of Chief-Justice Chase and Judge Underwood, discreditable as it is, is outdone by that of Secretary Stanton and Judere-Advorate Holt. If the one is scan dalous, the other is atrocious. It was by the representations of Messrs. Stanton and Holt that President Johnson (who had then suddenly come into office, and had no time to look closely into the matter) was deceived into offering a reward for Mr. Davis as one of the assassins of President Lincoln. There was, to be sure, evidence to this ef fect ; but it consisted of a deliberate tissue of perjuries fabricated with the connivance of Mr. Holt. Conover alias Dunham, their ostensible author, has been, within the last two or three days, indicted in the District of Columbia for his forged stories and false swearing. Why was such evidence received without scrutiny ? It was probably got up to be submitted to a military commission, like that which tried Mrs. Surratt, where it would probably have passed muster, by 11 1 Mi mm ..V the complaisance ot the commission to its oflicial superiors. Fortunately for justice, the President thought one such commission sufficient. But why was this perjured testimony kept closely concealed i Why was it never sub mitted to the inspection of anybody hav ing an interest to detect and explode it? For no other reason in the world than because Stanton and Holt kneio that it was false, and would not stand scrutiny. Their combined falsehood, meanness, and injustice is wor thy of their character, and of the deceitful, diabolical spirit of the party with which they are in sympathy. But shall this scandalous injustice con tinue ? So long as there was any hope of a trial, the President may have been reluc tant to interfere, especially as his enemies would have caught at the pretext to heap up new calumnies against his administra tion. Butfnow that the elections are over, these prudential reasons have lost their force, and the indictment of Conover calls public attention anew to the disgraceful arts which have been used to blacken Mr. Davis. The Constitution declares that every ac cused person shall have "a speedy and public trial." Nineteen months have elap sed and this belied and maligned prisoner has no trial, nor seems likely to have one. Under these circumstances, the President should interpose in the interest of abused justice and of a calumniated reputation. Mr. Davis ought to be set at large either on his parole to present himself for trial when the court is ready to try him, or if there is objection to anything so liberal as a parole, let him be released on sufficient bail. We suppose nobody doubts that Mr. Davis would keep his parole ; but if bail is pre ferred, any amount can be immediately obtained. In some way, let the govern ment and the country be relieved from the scandal of keeping this man, who has been accused as an assassin on perjured testimony, longer in confinemant vainly demanding a trial. through the very material of the bubblo itself, and then blowing an insido sphere. So, also, tho finger, similarly moistened, may be introduced, and the bubblo left to hang on digit, like ono of the fruits in a Aladin's garden. Again, the indoor fireworks, that aro such a screaming delight to the rising gen eration, represent years of study. Tho paper which, crumpled, lighted, and thrown into the air, blazes like a meteor, is but a mitigated pyroxoline, one of tho many re sults of the discovery of gun cotton by Schenbein. More curious still aro the lit tle matches which throw out beautiful star- spangles, and aro known as Japancso fire works. Theso aro duo to a composition which involves the most delicato processes of tho pyrotechnic art, and has been known for nearly two centuries as "spur fire." Its perfection dependod upon tho extent of tho trituration of tho simple materials, for if tho nitro were too minutely pounded tho effect ceased. The Japanese have afforded tho clue to tho mystery, as theso matches show that it was necessary for tho nitro to bo mel ted before tho spur-like sparkles appeared. Another equally curious, but also some what dangerous amusement, consists of lit tle globules appropriately named "croco dile tears" and " f amies do diable," which blaze when thrown into tho water, Theso of courso consist of potassium in soluble casting. It would bo easy to cito a whole series of illustrations, all proving tho romarkablo in genuity with which practical minds turn to account the researches of science, even for tho construction of toys. Rightly directed, tho new stimulus thus afforded to thought, to investigation, and to that curiosity in ac tion which is ono of the roads to knowledge. may irove of far nioro educational valuo than tho dull, meaningless, and frequently abortivo experiments which used to bo vastly instructive, and particularly suited to rear tho tender thought. In this work Dr. Taris was tho pioneer. After Dixner Speeches. Frazei's Mag azine tells the following on Daniel Webster, wniio speaking under tho lnllucnco of con vivial potations : At a public dinner, whero Webster was to speak, ho had to bo promoted by a, friend ; and, on his making a pause, tho friend behind insinuated "national debt." Webster at once fired irp: "And, gentle men, there's tho national debt it should be paid ; yes, gentlemen, it should bo paid, and if it shan't be. I'll pay it myself I How much is it ?" And as ho mado this query, with drunken seriousness, of a gen tleman near him, taking out his pocket book, which was always notoriously empty, the absurdity was too much for tho audi ence. Another of his speeches is reported in full as follows : " Men of Rochester, I am glad to sco you, and I am gla 1 to see your noblo city. Gentlemen, I saw your falls, which I am told aro ono hundred and fifty feet high. That is a very interesting fact. Gentlemen, Romo had her Cicsar, her Scipio, her Brutus ; but Rome in her proud est days had never a waterfall a hundred and fifty feet high ! Gentlemen, Greeco had her Pericles, her Demosthenes and her Socrates ; but Greeco in her palmiest days never had a waterfall a hundred and fifty feet high ! Men of Rochester, go on. No people ever lost their liberties who had a waterfall one hundred and fifty feet high !" Judgo Clayton, of Mississippi, recently held that legal tender notes were such and a valid tender, stopping interest when mado. That tho Act of Congress making such notes a legal tender was constitutional, and that tho power to issue such notes is derived from tho war powers of tho Government. He also held that tho suspension of tho statute of limitations during tho war was constitutional and valid, and that no suit can bo maintained to recover on a note tho consideration of which was Confederate money. Nor can any suit bo maintained to recover on a noto given as compensation for the hiro of a substitute in tho Confed erate army. Tho Selma Messenger of tho 7th thus dis courages us about tho cotton crop : " Tho effect of tho frost on tho cotton crop, wo are reliably informed, has cut short tho crop fully one-fifth, which must bo deduct ed from tho lowest estimates mado some two weeks since. We belicvo this will ap ply to all tho cotton region north of this. Tho picking season has been, and contin ues to be, remarkably good, which will en able planters to get in their crops early. We look for the receipts to fall off in De cember and higher prices to rule." A circus equestrienne has sued a Chica go horse dealer for damages, held at $1,000, alleging that ho represented a horse, which he offered for sale to tho manager of tho circus, to be ol a docile and gentlo dispo sition, while on her attempting to rido him in the ring, he became unmanageable and threw her with such violence as to break her collar bone. An exchange thinks that the ridiculous idea that Friday is an uiducky day ought to be disregarded because the Great Eas tern left the Irish coast to lay the cable on Friday, and on Friday Columbus set sail for the New World. On Friday, too. the Great Eastern reached Heart's Content, and on Friday Columbus first saw the shore of tho Western W orld. A Chicago dispatch states that on Thurs day last a man, whose name was not given, residing in Manchester, Iowa, murdered his family and then himself. Returning home from his business, he seized his gun, went into the yard, and shot his wife, then shot his child and maimed his wife's moth er, after which he cut his own throat, caus ing instant death. Jealousy is said to have been the cause. The youngest son of President Johnson has entered Georgetown College. MARRIED. Sew Scientific Toy Hints for the Coining Christimia. The London Lancet describes some new scientific toys, which are taking the place of Pharaoh's serpents and the magic photo graphs. It says : " An eminently popular toy just now, the "rainbow-bubble," is a passing result that was obtained in the course of some ab struse experiments on the refraction of fluid media. It is of exquisite beauty, but its resources as an amusement are not half developed. Thus, it is easy to blow one bubble within another by simply thrusting a fine glass tube charged with the fluid On Thursday the 8th inst.. bv tbe Itv. C. T. Bland, at the residence of the bride's father, in Wadesboro', Mr. JAS. C. MARSHALL, of Ansoft, and Miss MAhTA N., daughter of the Hon. Thoa. S. Ashe. In Warren County, on the 31st nit., by Rev. J W. Wellons, at the renidnce of Richard Masse .Esq., Mr. W. II. FLU-MMliSU, to 1 DUKE, all of that County. ANN I: Also, by the same, on the 1st inst. Mr. THOMAS HIOHT, to Miss HENRIETTA F., third daughter of Joshua Nonn, Esq. ah of Franklin County. At St. James' Church, Wilmington, N. C.,by the Bev. B. E. Terry, on the 14th November, 18CC, Captain WM. H. JJ. GREGORY, of Charlotte. N. C, to Miss COLUMBIA BROWN, daughter of the late B. F. Brown, of Wilmington, N. C. DIED. Near Greenville, N. 0., on Monday, the 29th Oc tober, after a brief illness, of congestion of the Lrain, J. L. F. HEARNE, in the 18th year of hid age. On Tuesday following, October 30th. at the same place, of congestion of the brain and bowels, Mm. it. A. HEARNE, in the Hixteenth year of his age ; youngest sons of the late John Hearne, of of Pitt County, N. C. In this county, on trs 8th inst., MARGARET CATHARINE, daughter of Wm. J. and AnnE Price, aged i years, 1 month and 6 tf&ya.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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