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JUNE 9
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
sugges-
C0CEin of JCXY'CSLEBftATIOX.The
tfm of V correspondent for a celebration of the
4th of Jatyi published in our paper a few days
'' jgo, meets' wi herty. approval Yes, by all
deans hare this, day, the memories of whick are
so dear to &e hearts of evry American, properly
celebrated, ia Wilmington. Situated as we are,
' ye iaTe more cause to celebrate it now than we
laTC ever had- The people of this place and the
people of the south should celebrate it for the
comiDg of peace, fjr the disappearance of war,
and for their return lo their homes and families
ia quiet, once more free ' citizens", of a country
whos? power was never. known till put to the test,
nl whose greatness they can but appreciate.
We of North Carolina should celebrate this day
for being first amog the states selected for -the
great woik of reconstruction. Let us then: meet
together and talk with each other, and if nothing
else is done we will show our regard for the day
which we love to refer to as the proudest in
American nistory. By'a free interchange of opir.
ijn with each other it will, serve to. break off the
jarged ends, and mako us better friends and ac
quaintances, -r ' ! ' ; '
Gex. Abbott Relieved. Ye learned yesterday
that Gen; J. C. Abbott, "commanding the Connec
tieut brigade, and since -the- occupation of this
city post "commandant, had been relieved from the
duties of . the latter position and ordered to report
sritlf his brigade at Goldsboro', to " which place
they are now en route., the troops passing through
the city yesterday from below." General Abboft,
ly.the adoptioa of a course calculated to ben
efit and- assist our citizens, and by his affable
anl gentlemanly, manner, will: leave, behind him,
many admirers, who will long remember him with
f?alins of resDect and srood will. lie is succeed-
o x - "1 ' V
el by Colonel Fogg, who comttands the brigada'T
oi negrotroop? now on auty in tms city,
Good Osdee in the City. Yesterday was
Tery quiet indeed, and the usual cases of rowdy
i-ni were missed. The- day was more dull than
las been the case for the two weeks past. The
usual number ef loafer's We're hanging around the
street corners, however, not seeming tor care to
improve their condition, and the market was
. crcfcJed throughout the day with the large class
of nuisances of all sizes, ages, sexes and condi
tkns that are geuerally found there. It would,
k a! God-send if the city could rid herself of a
'krge majority of these worthless vagabonds.
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The Mails. We have not received a mail from
anywhere in some days. "Where the fault is and
tiio is to blame is not known. We.guess a drom
Iary line will have to be established between this
touohy and the north. Such a line would insure
tt.nlarity if not speed. -: r.'r, : ." :'''l:,'.r :
ton Niw York. The steamer Euterpe, Captain
KJridge, will leave this port tb-day for New York.
Passengers by her are expected to be on board by
3 o clock.
In?. By' advertisement it will be noticed that
ice is now offered for sale at the ice house at two
cents per pound.
"Rabm Wsatheu. -Yesterday was decidedly, the
tannest day.we have had so far.. The thermom
eter ranged above 96 in the shade.
Letter List. For the list of advertised letters
Wished to-day see fourtfrpageU ..: . .'.: i t vi
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Tlie Jatemal tlevenae Fraada, liSA i
In the case of a Boston distiller, who remov
al Iiquy.r from his distillery jvithoul paying ex
tise duty, government has found the, amount of
had to" be $17,000, and has imposed j an addi
tion J penaly bf $33,000, making $50,000 in all.
a Dubuque, case, the amount of fraud has
ken fixed at $500000, and a penalty of anoth
tt $500,000 has been imposed, calling for the
pent of $1,000,000. 'Io a Peoria ase, the
ads will be some hundred's of thousands, and
41 tqual penalty afSxed." . : , 1.7 1 1 .
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' Tbe price paid .for a newspaper is "like seed
in the ground ; it brings back a thousand
its value. Srae people, howerer, don't ber
Jve it. They think a few dollars a year, paid
a paper, is so . inuch - paid for a luxury,
Woas,-tb'e truth is, It is so much paid for a
necessity. A family without a wspaj
5 H children brought up ignorant of the world
U concerns. Is there a.family where th
44 of this "full-orbed" thought has ' not ; yet
FROM HAYAXA
:t
The Stonewall xit IlAvana-Exas
prratcd Accounts of her Suilin
! ana Fijjlitinsr Qualities Intuit to
I Officers of t!iVoxvIiatan A ilow
j Caused by Use display of a I2eSel
i Flag.
: . Havaxa, Saturday, May 27, 1SC5.
The , formal delivery of the Sonewdll to the
Spanish authorities was made in the following
manner : "On the 19th', the Captain presented a
memorial , to the Captaiu-General, stating that
the repairs to the engine would require f more
time than he had expdcted.'and for that, and
atfier reasons, he was resolved tc give up the
vessel, ad that the government of Her Majesty
the Queen of Spain might dispose of it. - -k
This ofir. being accepted, the vessel was re
ceived, according to inventory, on the 20th be
ing delivered up to-Capt. Aulera, and the crew,
were paid off; j The istoneicall was then remr v
ed to the Xavy-yard, where it was firmly moor
ed, in the custody of the Spanish navy. The.
sum advanced by the government here in Order
to pay off the Cre-.and other debts, amounted
to $16,000, which was. !eas than at first estima
ted, owing to thb refusal o the Captain (T. II.
Paoe) &nd the . First Lieutenant (Robbut, E.
Cartek) to receive the least pay As to whose
property the ship i ?, that, of course remains for
discussion ; it has been seated , to belong to pri
vate individuals, and that also the French; Con
sul put in tlie claims of. the constructor as not
having 'yet been paid. ; I H '
! The Sigk newspaper is assurod by compe
tent persons that, although, as a river battery,
the Stonewall would be formidable, it is hot well
adapted for the sea. In spite of what has been
said as to its speed, it is, in fuet, a stow goer,
its "rate never exceeding nine niiles $r$r hour.
Even in a smooth sea, its rolling prevents a cer
tain aim. As for its capabilities of. turning,
which have bieen so lauded,; they are, in reality,
entitled to little praise. ' - ; ,
: ; On Tuesday the United States steamer Pow
hatan; with Kear Admiral StIrling'ou board,
came into port, and left Wednesday afternoon.
;On Wednesday afternoon Eonie of the officers
aiid crew of the Powhatan went into a drinking
salootr, and while sitting at a table a rebel flag
wits spread out on the table before them, with
tho intention to insult them. One of the of3
ctirs took the flag, tore it in pieces and stamped
on it. By this time there was quite a row. All
hands aourned into the street, and matters
were becoming serious, when a hie of soldiers,
who were on cuard at the Palaca close by.
marched : over anll dispersed , the crowd,' which
by this xime had swelled to two or three hun
dred personsi None of our officers wore their
side arm? ; if they had they migh1 1 have saved
themselves aii insult. ; n
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- Message to the Mississippi legislature J
i 11 - Cairo, iiay 31, 1805.
Gov. Clark s mcsst sre to the Missis3ipDi Leg
islature has been received. ' After adverting to
the responsibility of his action"1n calling the
Assamblyj together, and the trying circumstan
ces under; which they met,1 he admits that the
war is ended, and with it the power bf the Con
federacy of the Southern States. He expresses
satisfaction that his humble part was performed
with fidelity! to his State and ia obedience to
her laws. lie admits that the Southern States
will return to the Union, and says the circum
stances surrounding them will induce them to
consent; but the necessity of there being military
power will rendefTtbe reorganization a delicate
and difficult task. !
-1 He adjises the adoption of the , speediest
measures to accomplish this in accordance with,
tde rights' of the'St ites and liberties of the peo
ple. He alludes to the unprecedented unanim
ity with which the "people of Mississippi, in
.1861," through-authorized delegated in Conven
tion, seyered their connection with the Unionj
ahd gays the action was not hasty, but had been
a subject which had occupied the minds! of the
people for many-years. .There were causes
which would have justified a revolution, and
impelled them to secession. i :
With no purpose of aggresion, but'for defense
alone did Mississippi raise armies in obedience
to her laws and ordinances, to repel invasion.
The Northern States, which' have demonstrated
their earnestness to preserve the Union as es
sential to free government, -and liberty, and
which have, by the exhibition of their power,
astonished the world, cannot now desire; the
abolishment and destruction of a people whom
ia a contest they lound equal to inemseives in
all except numbers.
s A parag
extensive
Restoration of Money and Valuables to Union
graph recently appeared, and has been
Iv conied into the: papers, which eeeirfs
to have created a misapprehension in the minds
of many j persona who are interested , in tne
moneys and f other vamabks taken from Union
prisoners by rebel officials, a portion of which
has been lately turned over to General Mulford,
United States agent of .exchapge, for distribu
tion among the proper claimants. - "The article
to which allusion is made says : "General JVIul
ford has in his possassion twenty-five thauand
dollars in greenbacks at d a "small sum in-gold
and silver, being a portion )f that taken troni
our soldiers when captured by- the rebels, and
is to be distributed pr& rata among those prov
ing their right- to it.", A note irom'trenerai
ilulibrd,1 dated Bichmond, says Sp ueh of
this as relates to the distribution of property is
incorrect. I iam only authorized to pay such
claims as ' are verified : by the invoices and re
cords receired by mo with the property. The
Glance, if anT, will be dispo of in such
'manner. as the. proper authority nw j-cKrect. I
respectfully request all persons who have claims
for valuables taken from them by the enethy t
forward at once a full 'statement of the niiie.
rank and organization, date and place of capture,
. amount . ahd kind of proper! j taken, . witii i he
name and rank of the party recei ving the sanaejf
also giving full and plaihTdireelioiis hnw,to
whom tad where they may desire snch'proper-5
tyif fuund, i forwarded. I-fceire als to give
notice that a large number of packages addreKs
ed and sent to Union , prisoners of war in the
South previous to the evacuation of the city of
llichmond are' in my possesion, letters of in
quiry or instructions concerning which may be
acdressed i to me, and will receive pronipt at-
the
Iejjro Suffrage-The Status of
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V J From the Bkleigh Troress, Joae 2.
? Our new cotemporary, the ) jZedorJt made its
appearance Thursday morning, and from JU
columns, we transfer the following nfercncf t d
the subject of negro Isuffrage," made in vuui.oc
tioni" with the .speech of Chief Juslie CiidsH,
which we published, a few days siu : e ix
It may he interesting to our rta iers to know
how this question will effect the ireprescntatif-n
in the General Assembly of Korih: Carohpa,
should thelfreedmen of the Statei be' permitted
to vote in the reorganization of the State gov
ernment. , ' ' r :- ! - .
According to the census of I860 there were
in North CaroLna 031 ,948 : whites, 30,09 7 free
colored persons, and 331,051 slaves. 135,803
of this slave "and free colored population were
comprised in the counties . of AnSbn, (Bertie, 1
Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Edgecombe,! Frank
lin, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Jones,
Lenoir, Northampton, .Perquimens, Pitt,s lllch
mond and Varren. In each of these counties
the slaves and free blacks outnumberthe whiles
arid would JUave the entire control of the ballot
box as also in' Craven and New Hanover per
haps. ; These 20 out of 86 counties of .Notth
Carolina have been sending 54 commoobrs aud
senators to the General Assembly P
v Should negro suffrage prevail, and neg;ro can
didates run for office, the blacks of the oountics
coiild elect; of ' their bvvn color 54 men: hers to
the" State Liegislatu re of North Carolina, to taku
seats side by sido with the white men from other,
counties of the State' J , .
These figures are undoubtedly correct, and
we heartily endorse tlia general drift of ithe ar-
tiei, which se'ems to oppose the immediate en
franchisement Of the Rerro. But we think the
concluding sentence is liable to misconstruction,
as many may infer from it that the negra, u
casa he is "given the right to vote, would also be
eligible to hold oflSce. This is not 'the case even
in the mbst! radical abolition communities in the.
North, except in some! extreme 'instances of
municipal positions; ; , ' ,
The freed negro is not a citizen in tlie full
sense of the term ; but a denizen,"under a legal
rendition of the werd, having only tho right to
hold propertj and do business, and being at tie
sameime jsubject to jcriminal taxation, and
otber laws, jand without tlie privilege of .voting
or eligibility to office. This, as w understand
the case, is the present status of the negro, with
exceptional Instances where State or municipal
laws have given him more privileges, all over
the United iStates, and according to the avowed
policy of the President, it will remain so, until
the several -States see fit to change it.
There is no occasion for controversy by any
one relative to, this matter. "We! do ' iqt know
fa single voter in the State of North Caroline,
knowing as, we all do, the present degraded
ponditioh of the negro, who is"villing to! give
them immediate enfranchisement, and consequently-
there can bo no di sagrieemenf s j with
their sequent jarrings and ill feelings. For
hujnanity's sake, however, it wilf be the duty
of the National5 and State Legislatures to do
every thing that they can to elevate this race,
and the time may eome, when, by giving indi
cations of improvement and advancement, their
claims for the right of suffrage will be granted
by our" State. In our opinion, however, this
cannot occur during the present, or perhaps the
next generation, and consequently we heed not
give ouraeltes any uneasiness abijut if. ; -,:.
Texas and tha WrThe Untrodden Domain
i : 'j - v f the South, i ! ;.;'' ;j '.'."', -
Of all the: States of the Southern Confederacy,
the State of Texas has suffered the least-im-mesurably
the least by tne war. The whole
State of .Virginia, f from the seaboard' to the
mountains, has been fought oyer and trampled
by contending armies, until aliitis material and
moral interests were completely , prostrated. In
North Carolina, the line of the) seaboard has!
been a battle-line for over three years, the cen
tral parts of the State have been traversed by
Sherman's"! army, and the western parts have
been, raided over by our cavalry. ' South Caro
lina, scr.coast and centre, has been utterly-blasted
by the war.V Georgia has been fought ever,
fromc Ringgold to Savannahs Florida and -Alabama
have been visited in nearly all their parts
by ouc forces, and their limited strength has
been used up. Mississippi fell under the pow
er of Grant and Shernian. Tennessee has bec
one vast battle-field, from Memphis to Knox
ville from" iFortvDonelson a.nd Nashville . to
Chattanooga." Jxuisiana m all iits parts, has
been scoured by our armies, and Arkansas. ha
suffered all jt could bear. xbe iiorder states
of; Missoart,'KenHu1cky,1
Maryland; have all also experienced profoundly
ibe horrors of war.
But Texas can hardly be said to have suffer
ed anything. There hate been two or three
u-
also
'on,
nd ;
ints
aro
led,
very fle attempts on cur part at occurring
-cert.in rints on thc.cast, and tvo or r.rce
very s nxlt- fights in consequence. But. t!i: li
all. Tlie State, in the! early part of thefvrar,
i coniiidensble bodie-5 of li op$ prob xht not
less thun jrty thousand! in all into the eilrice .
of the Confederacy, on this ;iJc of thrfi
sipi i Jiircr ; and the Reekie jnes wit'i which
they bought, ; resulted fnj a heavy fatality;', but
J be greater part of tiesje found their yrdy ack ;:
t their own State when it was first menaced,
and fur the last two years no troops have clrosn'
rl tQ this side of theMiMlsippi, though iTiffl
favis Ins tried bard" to pet them. In t!imcan,-.-time,
the State has had a very largo rjumbjr of
ha'.f-orginized troops cn its own soil, aud'abuj
a good many in Western Louisiana, thougi it
was nerer required thic they should bo all col
lected or concentrated at any one point., ; J
VThiie, on the one hahjl, t!e popuhtunl re
court es, and territory of, lxas have thu ber
but little iniured bv tho ar. the State hii. cn '
rthe other hand,. i;r6wn 'greatly and prclited
Urtlv durnsf itji coatiamnce. . Its com:iira-
i- '.Tr - -I
tive security has atirar tod to it tens of th
ands of : settlers trom oth-r pirts of the Sou
Tmn louisiana, VrLahsas, liasouri, and
Iroui iiicCis-jNli!.ssismpJ.Stat s. Its ponula
by tho -Ut census;; wai is hundred thou j
Das mere is renson to uejiicve mat ll now co;
over a million, about three-FouTths of wou
wlHtes. ; Though iis pdrts luejem blbckii
ne.ticr its agriculture I iior iU general reiouirces
have tnateriaity suflert'd. lis crops of cervals
larger triari
cron itlhaH-
fourid an outbt . by way jef Marmnoras ; amS tho
largo rice in com comrianued by this nrliHw
lias made money abundant and gtnoral UI,p,.ics
!pientifuL 3r. 1". Timei
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. House for Jeflf. UnVi in Liverpool.
; .The editor of the Savannah IhralX publi hei
thifollpwing letter, which may or ma no . be
trua, althougli it would seem tO indicate hat
the areh-Kebel was prepared for the collap' i of '.'
his stupendous treoboa :; ;
. "Now lliAt everything regarding the m ve
mits of JefT Lavis has a peculiar interest, I .
have thought it wdl to ive the public, thrcjugh
the columns of 3'our valuable paper a "fi'ct wpicli
came to my personal knowleio bearing upon
the subject. "When I vas in' Liverpool, Eng
lana, now about a year aro, there hau just e.n
completed a splendid bHvk mansion in oris of
the most fashionable squares of the city; wfavh
Kvas generally known and talked of as bfLVingj.
been erected Tioni the proceeds f the ConfeJer
ate loan, and as being intended for the futuro
residence of Jtfferson lavi., in the event i cir
cumstances fo.cing him to leavb the eoaitry.
During my stay in Iiv r.fool tho windows ( j" tha,"
hoiue remained- pairftetl white,-which, acjjord
ing to the custom in. that city,. indicated jjthat
ths liouse had been engaged, ahd was waiting for
i.s occupant a circumit;mcc which gave plau; a
bility Co. the town-talk of its being the sonic-timo
rcsiuenco of the fugitive Ticsidint of the:Si"ith-.
umu iiuituaivj ouucivu. lkai.tujij
have bf'cn goodj and iit to ton crop 1
ever For a great pars! of i fa cotton
ern Cohfeucracy. - i,
y "Savanhab, May 14 1C5.n
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Daiiccroiis Counterfeit of a Hundred Dollar
i rem oactc.
A carefully executed counterfeit of the lhi ed
States i legal tender Si 00 greenback ncti hat
made its appearance, and is likely to diturl
the circulation of the whole ot that den0ip.ni-
Hon .of leeraltenders oii account of '.he pare.- '
tion of its. workmanship.' It is hardly recogniz
able except by an expert; or on the closek ex
amination. One of these counterfeits wad paid
out to one of our county "olScials a fev jdaya
a so bv the Bank of the Metropolis, which had
feceived it from some unknown sourc1, anl had
not recognized it "as a Counterleit. lie aJo re
ceived it as genuine, and paid it ovr to yell ;
knownawyer, by whom it was also taken Jivith-
out suspicion. Ihis latter gentleman deposit
ed it on account at thej Mount Vernon Bank.
Jt underwent the scrutiny thereof the receiving
teller,, who did not recognize it as counterfeit,
but endited it to the depositor. On a second
gl an ce however, ho detected its character, and
,threw it out It was then returned to the llatik;
of the MetippoliB, where, upon careful ana criU
icilximination, it was pronounced to bebood..
-But being taken from there to the office tho
United States Sub Treasurer it was thcrq prcv
nounced to be counterfeit.-iAro .Transcript,
la
. Th VI frrlula Election'
"VVASniNCTON, Tuealay; 3Iay 30, I8S3.. '
the'j-ecciit election of n Legislature ii Vir
ginia the Disunionist3 swept ttw State. , Not a. '
man was chosen to the , Senate wbo projessea
Uaion gentim.ents. during, the war, and only one
to the House of Delegates. ' Daniel Lewis of
Fairfax, a loyal man, was supposed to bo elected
from the Alexandria and Fairfax district but,
it turns out that the Union candidate had Only
272 votes and the Disunion 503. ' '. .:; j
Ten counties are yet to vote before the lit -;
of June. The new Constitution adopted ijy tho
last -VssVmbly !disfranchisci all men whd have
io aliy way given aid to the Rebellion j sine
February, 18o4, .but tho returning Kebels;scot
that instrument and ignore the vote which .
adapted it, and in violation of its provisionv
n3w appeal again to th'o bollot-boxn de
psnso of Slavery, and' State sovereignty which,
they failed- to maintain in the arbitrament of
battle, lrf consequence! of this the greatlt p
preiwnHobs are felt as to the future of Virginia,
and inflaezitial parties are nrging Prc.ilenr.
Johnson to arm Gov: Pierpoctwith xtraordi'
naryiljtary powers to uphold the authority of
his Uovernyent. "' ' :v:.' ;
Soup houses hato Wen opened uLrvich-
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