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VOL. 1.-' 111 t - TDE WIOIIKGTOXt flEBM.D. i ? j i fTTLMTNGTOif jtjxy :n LOCAL 1NTELLICEMOE City - Court, July lO.j ;V - The oort tllis mornin was principally oceu r,;d with the eases , of soldiers upon different P . .it' " f- ..-i . - -.- ebsrges. . Violating General Order No. 7:.een White, Jas. Goff, 6th Conn. Vols. Darid Meyers,' Henrj gtrater, Geo. i Bailey, : Henry .Brown, Britton Tnn Henry Dempsey, RrHfy bhaw. Ueo. lien- derson, Wm. Soowden, Aioses eu, ueo. jourae, TU-rid JfcCalley, Thos. Davis and Jos. - Mitchell,' .ii .oldiers. and arrested for violating general order No. 7, were sent to their commands under guard. Glasco Williams, under the same charge tud drunkwas sent to thejocup. The general" order No. 7, . mentioned I above, .M.t.M. nldira- being out from camp without iy . . w . n . permits properly signed, and also forbids TKemT trespassing upon private i premises. Xhey will sll know better how to .act in..therfuture.t Interference. T)ii& Reckman, a negro' soldier Cutler s irencn. Regiment, of the brigade -stationed here. He was sent to the lock-up where he 'can ruminate orer his bad behavior,. ; j , Deserter. Jnol Aman, 2nd Penn. Vols.,- was sent to the county jail as a deserter, where he will probably remain until something is heard from his command as to his disposal. jiu Embezzlemen r. Albert Henry (colored, ) was released from the charge of embezzlement;" the eyidence not justifying his' arrest. - Beating his IF. LaFajette Brown(colored) was arraigned for beating his wife." He was re leased. . " r-j:h.. cl ;B-3Ts t v;r,::1 -DRC5KK55ESS. The ; increased i number of luci ui I court isici u.ij , ujuoi, v- " sold ersj calls 'for some attention .gust jal lhls moment. Saturday, Sunday and yesterday; there could be seen at almost any hour, more or less drutiken soldiers. .They have just received their money, and will buy and drink" liquor if it can be found, to the same extent , that any other soldier will, and they are not to blame therefor. The man that sells it is the one re sponsible, and not' the one that 'drinks it, but the soldier is the only one that Buffet s a penalv ty. So annoying have they become J upon the streets of the -city by their conduct? while under this influence that it is almost intolerable. They are arrested and locked-up,,;; ex amined and sent to their commands where Uiey are punished, but the persons that get them Into this trouble go sVqt free," and are allowed to do the same thi g over again. .: Or ders have been issued and penalties "prescribed in such cases, but it seems, they are hard to get hold of. They stand open 'to' ! the public ioo ,on the most important streets, and in sight of the eyes of the whole town if they ? be disposed to witness them in their violation of a very impor tant and necessary 'regulation. A call is here made to putjthese places down. Let them be closed forever, or at -leasLl until they can properly appreciate thev value of obe dience to law'and order. . ' f l-e'-iK; Thb Justices' MixTHfa. -Mr.' Jasi Shackle-, ford, Commissioner, some time since called a meeting of the Justices of the Peace, lately ap pointed by the Provisional 'Governor ,for this county and city, to assemble at the Town (Hall in this city pn the 12th, (to-morrow,) to be qual ified. There may be, and ; no doubt are . some among the appointed that have not -exactly unr derstood what is required of them' before this qualification, and to such it would be ' advisable to call on Mr. Shacklefoi d and. get such '.infor mation as may relate to the matter. The ex cepted class, owning twenty thousand dollars worth of property,, will benrst required to file their applications for pardon; - When thiswork is done then the people will be blessed with the first step tewards civil law. ' , Caqsd. A negro Tsoldie.r was "arrested: near the proTost headquarters yesterday afternoon, . upon the charge of making a. woman jump, out f a window in a'house'Vfbad 'reute..inthe Myers alley, on Saturday nighC He was locked np for examination today.T ; 1 By the way,'it;will be a great satisfaction to those neighboring this! place thatsa guardras sent there ;io renovate it rjesterday. , How thoroughly -l the work was done is not tknqwn, but from the general precedence given by the co'minandant in such' cases, 'an -assurance is felt- that the presence of the" class that have so longj inhabited it, will be removed to a locality less . obnoxious to ihe moral. sense of thecommunity. caliar line of conduct;3 AkCLsTj , ' - , -- ' ' ; r - " " The Money Hebk. On- Saturday, the.pay- txaster to the troops here paid out in small sums, tery nearly one hundred thousand, dollar., and onthe 8ameenineTejJoxj2-Mters ar- same evening several more paymasters : rived and have been busy since payiBg out like wise. t has been estimated that there-"has or will be very nearly a million dollars thus, dispo sed of in this city. Every one will have a small amount and will wish" to buy such articles "as they may need ; and persons-having - any'goods r merchandise to dispose of, will reap a harvest hy putting it before the public in an adver tisement." When any thing is wanted, an adTer- tisement will first bring it to the rnind' Ths HiohsSt YKT;"Satuiday and 'Sunday the thermometer v ranged at 95 0 . the highest it has yet attained this season, rand: it is said; by eld citizens to have exceeded this point only iwp or tnree times within the last twenty years. iings were hot about here for thes4wo days. 7ray was somewhat pleasant.- f CHAoxa.UiAn -fmporUni changehaa I been m ade Jn the time for mails Reaving this place for the north. Hereafter ther will tin on Bonday, Tuesday and Thursday at 6 o'clock. p. m. . Mails will also bef forwarded by, every sxeamer tnat leaves this port for New York and Fortrea Monro -; '" iae northern mails wa Newbern will be due hereafter on Friday, Bunday and Tuesday morn.' lags, ana wiu also.be expected by the regular steamers from rew xork. ; - -' . Th. Tkuokaph Lurxs The American tele graph company are now in direct eemmunica ilS!!??? J!aTtl points in the north and west; Jiud it is understood that they are'building a line between Petersburg and this P which wiU give ui r its benefit in a short time. ' The lines south have been taken chanre of by them, newly repaired, and wiltbe opened ii.ijr a-xircurasiances rWill-allow, which will thus afforia direct line from New Tork to - NEAR AT HaHD ThA lima (dnfiiuJ v. comI)inT -m -Mn trn!ri ;o.i. f. . "jjrr. VW aayslo pass ftntU the ! 15th. If a light from gas can be expected those interested, had better see to their-bill being seUled insUnU. f f l ?; Steamer Louisa. Moors. This steamer from New York, of the " regular UneV wasin the river yesterday afternoon and will n)doubtbe up by tnis morning's tide. She will have on board the mail from the north. . , STATEITEMS. Muster out .of Troops in : North Caroli i NA Through tue kindness of Major Letcher j m pi-. r t . - -, - . ' we ai c t?iiucu iu .gve iiior,-IOUOWing 1 ISC Ox Regiments now.on . duty in this Department, all of which will ber luustered Odt of service uuuei uiucrsriium iu(i uar uepartujeni, ua- ring tne next two or three weeks. ? . Oth Pennsylvania Intantry, : 'ir'' -- 100th Xew York Intantry. : '.L ,16th M i vp iM 1 Heavy Artillery bth Maine Infantry. : 25th Mass. Infantry. " 52nd Pennsylvania Infantry. i . 1 181st Ohio Infantry. ; ? C . 12th, 16th and 2 Kentucky Infantry. . -65th Illinois Intantry. - .th New Jersey Intantry. .;' 140th Indiana Infantry.- " -' 17th. Massachusetts' Infantry. - 2nd, 3rd and 5th Kentucky ; Cavalry. , , ' 3rdrand 7th New Hampshire Infantry. 6th and 7th Connecticut Infantry.' V j th MftlnA Infivntrv ' .: . 8th Indiana Cavalry. " - ' ' 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry. 9th Michigan Cavalry, v ' 10th Ohio Cavalry. 1 ' ,12th New.YorkCavalry. : 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. 1 1 183rd Ohio Intantry 5 i t ; ;r - ,RctieigK,ProgretJuly. ..The Garriso-t or this ' Militakt Depabt- MENT.For the.benefit of our readers We have odtaioed a list ot the. regiments to be retained in garrison service in this State. ..The aggre eate number of men comprised in these or ganizations f- will --probably . exceed thirteen thousand, It b thought by the' authorities that this number will be sufficient to preserve order, and we have no doubt ut what they are correct 'I in.their opinions, S. ;Jong as a certain . class, of malcontents continue to use threatening language as to what they will do when the Yankees leave," this -garrison wili be necessary, and will be kept here. This statement needsjao comment from' us,: save to assure those interested that it is made on good authority. The list of regiments above re ferred to, is as follows : : 1 r. .r: : ! : TENTH ABMT CORPS . ' ". '47th New York Infantry. 7 , v 48th New York Infantry. 7 I , - 97th Pennsylvania. Infantry. - - - - -; 4th N. IL Infantry. ; -. . ' , ' T ' 13th Indiana Infantry. t ' ' 130th, 10th, 4th, 5th, 39th, 6th, 27th and 37th U. S. colored troops. :i ; : " ' :,'.'; : TWBNTT-THIRJD ARKT COBPS. , v 120th, 125th, 124th, 128th, 129th and 130th India na Infantry. , v .'' : " ' : - .' ''- '.2 : j- 28th Michigan Infantry.- . , ; . . f 'MZ!:-t- V5 - ;'0iRYDIVXSioK!-n -r i 5th Ohio Cavalry:--Raleigh Progtetsi July 8, 1 Railroad 'PiKECToas. We learn :that Gov. Holden has appointedithe following Directors of the North Carolina ! Railroad Company, at the meeting of the Stockholders to be uid'at Salisbury on the 131 instant : ; t-:- . . Dr. W. Sloan of MecklenburgCtounty. . Nathaniel Boyden, of Rowan. . -- .u - J. M. Leach; of Quilford. . : - G. W. Bwepson, of Alamancev '. -C Henry N. Browot Orange, ,.; v,r i Albert Johnston, .of Wake. - " . William A Smith, of Johnston. , i ,- v , HJLdams otDavidson, State proxy The, toPowinjg- Directors' have been'appoint' cd in the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad CompWyi at?f til pieeting of Stockholders at Goldsborough on the 20tti insUnt : ' C.R. Thomas, of Cai teret County. . - .5 ; DrM. FAfendcll; of Carteret- 4 - - E. R. Stanley, of Craven. - r v v t , r t i " ; . R. W." King, of Lenoir. . - - , ' Walter Dun, of Lenoir., 1 ir:- Z. J. M. Parrott; of Lenoir, .4 , . ... f " I :P flriml-vl of Greene, .7 5 XJohnLPen ... . Pennington, 01 yaje. y:.t , r'lwj-- t." u..i;l :.-;-t f . - 'I TtO ti .1 lik w 1 n CF I V I rri a I K Ildl D ajrtrsa ' ay aw- cd in the Ralegh and Gaston Ksiiroad Com- ianv. a.i tn meennsr 01 oiotuuiuwo w held in It .leigh on. the 20tn lnstan. , R. W. Lassiter, of Granville County Wiley D. Jones, of Wake. ; ' - - -.-William S. Maonrof Wake.- Dr. E. u Crudup, of Franklin, State proxy. - ' -.j 4 yfi Raleigh Progress, July 8. yi - RIr-)F' CosroKATs.-rThe. people of Salisbury have appointed a Committee bi nine to attend at the cars each day with provisions for the needy Confederate soldiers returning from Nonheru ;prisons.n The Salisbury-i3a-ner speaking of - the jsurject remarks "f the rciUzrtis .help, tf.em for the credit ofjm-m-nlfyV fot Uie; honor of the 'paftt br tho.sar edues of the wounds of these good neo, let the citJxena wme forward to prevent suf-erinff hanger and thirst Rosea ver them in profusion bv the hands of the people as they went upon the war path ; as tbeyre- lorn wretched yet beloved, let charity soothe I eT? tedious inch on which they limp along." t ' 'Ud I fcora, July v. i Th CEors Corn in this locality is look ing yy, neiy.Ti uotton looks well in same sections, wnue in others it resembl more the beats of sentinels, so far apart are the talks. There ' will i not be a here ertm nf judging from oar observation. i VetaMs2 yield well, where they have been well attend ed to. ATwoera limes, July 8. SIICCEEQ AFFAK AT UCCKB- A Younir White Ladv Rhnnfq a w - . ' 0 , W - Negro Woman, TUJG, riTJIXDiaX PTXOIf OTJIfCEX - JTJSTI ne : vonnff Ladv Givn tv i i i n $20,000 to Appear for Trial. The Salisbury Banner haa'm iMmmtfc r.f a shockins tragedy;committed near MoeksviUe, r,ii L i ' v. , ' a small town in , the Western part of this state. We simply append the accounts as printed in the Banner : i ' From the 8aabury Banner, July 41 Un Sunday i last . near Mocksville.- If m; Provo Neely became engaged in a controversy wun. a negro woman lormerlv beionsiiur w ux. uci,uuguier, Alias j.empie, ooiainea a., pi8toL-and shot -the - netrro thron trh r .h a oeart. r xoe r.ar ies have alt been arreste d imd i the judicial 5 inrestisrationii will un doubtedly bring -jut all the facts in the case. jLhe occui rence: is an unfortunate one and much te b rtgretted at this time.1 The re lations between former ".master- and " their slaves are. very delicate.- and in - order at i . w J uv vivuii vwckb nuip.h toihe rlBlnrorfr'Mi'aa Tr-Tv5 io i- -P thft first. vAnh IbHIa- in fh,.A.mf in -nihtnf po.Ttidn. beauty and accomnlishmenis: and all woo know her, sympathize witn tne position in wtjicn sue is now , tdaced and we? are sa tisfied tbat'it will be deemed justiBable.t r. ; - I 'Vi -S'A np W9-''-:L ; I - From the Salisbury Banner, July 6.1 ; ! Miss Tempie Keely and Mrs. Provo Neely were pruuuc w mis city yrsteraay morning accompanied by some friends and the guards sent to arrest them. They were by permis sion of Col. Hickey, carried to the residence of Mr T.' J. Poster," 4 there to remain under. guard until a proper investigation of the late snooting can be had. Ihe negro witnesses inthe case remain at the Freedmen's 'home. From what we learn the act was justifiable': Tlie Iarties Adini tted to UslIC , . iFrom the Bali-bnry Banner. July 7.1 1 Miss Tempie Neely has been bailed at 920, 000 and. her mother at $5,000 to appear when summoned for trial. . In 'the preliminary in vestigatiou it was apparent ' that Miss Tem pie,' 10 killing the negro woman acted upon the best impulse that coald possibly animate the human heart that of a' child defending her grey haired parent from injury and bodi-j ly harm, iney-ieis tor tneir nome yesterday morning, ; accompanied witb the' sympathy ana gooa wisnes 01 our ciuzeas axta auiuiery. ANOTHER INDIAN KIASSACRE. Ten' TfTiitea Murdered near Fort Benton Retaliation for the Killing of Three In ; ; ? From the Sioux City ReglaterJ x;. 1 Through the -politeness of Mr. Hutchinson, clerk of the steamer, Yellowstone, we,. were furnished the following particulars of the mur der; of tea men by the Indians on i. the Upper Missouri : --,;., J -u -ca -i y f.? - "The Yellowstone left St. Louis on the 20tb of March, and arrived at Sioux City . on the 31st. s$ On the 19th of May landed at t Union and put off troops. - May 28 landed '. at - the month of the "Marine. or town of K)phir.' At this place heard the account of the murder of the trhites by a party 01 uiooa inaians. xoe North Pegans, South Pegans and Bloods con stitute the : Blackfeet I nations. The, Bloods, the smallest tribe, number about 350 warriors. The difficulty originated with the Bloods last wn Jr: di. .j. . a vJi l rt-- a party 01 ne diuuus my ;. t South Pegan ramp, when a white man recog nized one or more of them as parties who had stolen horses from him the past winter. 4 r "At night the camp was surrounded, three killed and one wounded, ' the other escaped. This is one version. The other is that the whites were in a drunken frolic, attacked the Indians, killieg some of them and throwing their bodies into the river. The last is proba bly true. One of : the men, who must have beea an eye witness or participant,' asked Mr. Hutchinson if he had seen any bodies floating in the river, and at the same time referred t a comrade, saying we sent ' them belowv didn't we 1" .. CHV-;-V' -i" ; r"r: : 'The Indian that escaped is supposed to have fa!len in wit 1 a band of 180 warriors, known to be between Sun River f and Fort Benton. Oa the aft , noon of the 25 th of May a party of ten men left the mouth of the Mo rU. crossing the cmntry not-more than three. inllesV for ttie purpose of rafting logs down ta build a warehouse, the timber haying been cut sometime previous, eight of them, left camp x-i 1 . A at 2 p. m., witn a wa;on and three yoke of. oxen : ah hour after two more left on horse- back to join thi-m'. - -t--; ";."-v, Bt ten four and fire o'clock sharp firing wa 8 hear , volley s were fired th quick sueces sion for fifteen minutes, then dwasquiet Thoe remaining at Ophir could hear the at tack and prep ired to go out, when a hunter, returning to camp, reported having seen' from the hill a farge party of Indians fighting with the whites, a Three scoota left the camp, and after proceeding about 2J miles, found the body of wejNi'Wi Burroughs- Deeming it unsafe to. proceed ; any farther that evening, they returned to camp. On the. morning of the 2fJ, a party of men sUrted with a iragon to find the dead bodies cf ths oihira cad hris j them m. The bodies were all found, brought to tamp and buried in one crave, aids by side, with a stake pUced st the head cf each, with uioino. w. burroughs was fo Iowa. 4nd Was One Of thm nrenrif r.r the name of the others are, George ADranao Low. James IL. L,tm inf nr.. tin; Frank Anserine, Franklin FnVnrf hMM Albyi'Oeorse) Aodrews, nd James Pirte (colored.) Two or three of the abeve are said o nave been engaged, in the murder of the' Bloeds. , . The number'of Indians enirared was snti-! posod to be about 20a They immediately ivi wcir cimp near ub imusa line. THE CI1GAT CABLE. : - eatl n. tSm XOU& mt JnlT t 2Xr Adjuasw The whole twentv-three hondrd e Atlantic telegraph otble was on board the Great Eastern, on the 24th ins t, and as soon as the balance of the Davi8Mut maehinerr was put up the teleetSDh fleet wonl A m fn- Valentia. and it was hoDed before their dna. tare from Yalentia that a United States gov ernment steamer would join them. The vessels will probably leave Yalentia on the 10th of July, and arrive at Heart's Con tent, Trinitf bay about the 24th of Jul v. The directors of the oomDanv haT dridcsA SftLfi JT' T ? Prte of the United States and British North America' To Great Britain20 sterlinr for 'twentv words or less, and 1 for t each additional word. r To ths Contbunt of Europe, 21 for twen ty words, and 1 Is. for each additional word."-"'' fr "-iv-r'"'rV : r' , To Asia and Africa, 25 for twenty words, and XI 5s, for each additional word. "f The address, date and ' signature are all to be counted and charged fer in messages ' :"' Messages for .places in Asia and Africa, to which the .telegraph does not extend, will m m - , . . m m be torwarded by the first mail, potage paid; Messages in cipher will be charged double theso rates. . . - - The directors are convinced that nnless they charge high prices at first there will be eubh f an f an accumulation or ousiness that ereat eiar ariso m the tran.5roission of the messaees. ut mt??d to .Put don; 'new; cables as fast as possible, and then. reduce' the prices. Ine cable .will be . opened for business as soor after it is laid as possible,' and all mes sages will be forwarded in the order in which thev are . received at Heart's Content and Trinity bay. The new stock of the Atlantic Telegraph Company sells in London a a premium, and old 1,000 shares at JtoOO On. the 21st of June the shareholders io the Telegraph Construction Company visited the Great Eastern by invitation from the directors of the Atlantie Company, and on the follow ing day Mr. Adams, the American Minister ; the JDuke and Dutchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, and a large number of other distinguished people ' visited the ship. The health of Mr. Adams was drank at the dejeuner on board. v - : ii Mr. Adams in returning thanks ' said that during the recent troubles he was selfish enough to wish the cable might net be laid, as he would have, beea overwhelmed with tele grams, but now he wished it every success, as he believed it would do more tnan any other agency to strengthen the bends of union, be- 1 tween tne two countries. ne. interest ana object of Great Britain had all aloDg been to 1 maintain , pcaot uuu now, that the contest which had distracted the United States had beea put an end to, the sole object they had in view was peace also. , ; r '. No more visitors were to fee admitted on board of the Great Eastern before she sailed. The present condition of the cable wis all that could be desired, and those most ; interes ted in it seemed to be perfectly confident of its complete success. , v . vr How the CJonfldenee came was Flayed on the Confederate Ctovernment From tne at. Ijoui i-epnbUcanj :. Many of our eitizens remember Thomas E. Cburtenay, an ex-sheriff of the countv, who was at one time in business here witn John JL Wimer. and who set himself up as a gen tleman ot prominence ana aisuncuon. ka ur- tenay disappeared after the war broke out, leaving behind him not a few creditors.- Torninz up in the Southern Confederacy, he at once devoted his mind and physical ener- fies to tne recovery oi on tibm " it seems e had somehow got hold of a new explosive material resembling common coal, with which ereat things in the way of desolating the great things in the way ot aesoiating . a , - North. He nbtainea an interview with the Richmond authorities, to whom he explained his scheme and who entertained tis plan with much consideration. , What he wanted was to have charge of - special - bureau with 250 men of his own picking, undir his exclusive orders, his passes to be recognized at all times and places in; the Confederate lines. With this corps be was to penetrate the north, de stroy federal shipping, burn United States depots and warehouse?, and in short, "carry the war info Africa" to an extent before un dreamed of. After some delay, Courtensy succeeded in getting hi orders lor the organ ization ot ms oureau 01 secret, service. 4s ow, at the time we speak of; the ri-bel , conscrip tion was genera and" unrelenting, and small chance was: offered for any to escape, albeit there were thousands willing to pay a' most anv sums for 'exemption."- Here was Courte nay Vla jr." He opened his cfSce and went to work to pick out his men. vThey were not difficult to find. The situations he desired to have filled were sought for by wealthy trades men and others who wanted to get out of tK country 1 and who were willing .to give from $1,000 to $3,000 in gold or greenbacks for the opportunity. Coartenay's passes through the lines eeuld not be questioned. Of course the corps of 250 was soon tilled up. i1 S". t n One morning Mr. Courtnay closed his office and started, it was supposed, northward, to superintend : the grana , conflagration. He must have missed the connections, however, as the last heard of him was in Europe, but he was net there engaged in the coal traaa. x '. The visitors 'to iGorbam and the summit of Mount Washiagtoa are twice as numerous as were ever known.ta any pre nous year to 1 early in tit klsos. Tbe Ompeay Tariff f Cluuc - - tl I1EEZL ZZ:2u7 IIEIC2Y. -. -f;. ! 1 j ' - f - mnfonn facto AHOUT 21;;;,;.:.: -ynin. . ; -:: j nowtiioEcjnj Ccafciwracy ttju i,;r:;i VCct'AlIcat;::;., , Arasss,- June 19, HC5. Ancmm or rz? iuoxkU cotzzxuxst. Major General Yi'ilsca hzs shown commen dable, seal Ingathering up all the recerds. archieves, belonging to. the late rebel Sutes. His efforts seem to hare been crown ed with remarkable success. At this place he discovered all the archieref of th s .provi sional government They had been placed ia General Cobb's hands fjr the purpose of hav ing certain copies made 'of journals, and those copies not having been completed these im portant papers were stjll in his hands.- lie promptlv , howeverand with the candor and honesty which hare marked hit entire coarse ever since' his surrender of himself and.com mand. to General Wiloi, delivered, them up upon the first demind loads for tkemby thai officer. iV. V i'ii ri:i '." -i - ! .r;MUOB C. U CHLSO, division iybvost Marshal, arrived here oa Saturday, evening-, with . an Order for the archieves, and .Gen. ' Cobb at' onoe directed them to be turned ove 6 him. : Yesterday (Sunday,) at three o'cjock P. IX., this was done.- There were three boxes, which, doubt less for convenience, wtru stored in one of the ' recitation rooms , of the University, bf Geor- gia. From apperance it was the room of the Professor of Ancient Literature, as the walls were beautifully embli.hed with soores of heads of classic writers, orator. poets and ; divinities, and mtps of , ancient geography, o., .Therd were the Chancellor of the TTni-ftrsitrl one 1 of its nrcf'sors and two other gentleman,' oesldes Major Greeno, present St the delivery' of the papers. . Ai mneh nriv.tA mitM u ! in th which were not fall, but seemed to bo uted mostly for convenience,! erery thing bad to be taken out and examined, and all the books and papers, after some, labor, were packed away in one large box; making a weight of nearly half a ton. ; . ' r... WHAT TUXT A RJ. a -! - These papers embrace the Journals of the conventions which framed tbejrovisional and permanent constitutions, the journals of the Provisional Congress, messages, reports ef. departments, &o. yVfih these : it would seem the government now had all the most important documents jof the lata Southern confederacyt certainly enough to make a com plete history of the, whple movement carDOTiJLs -obdwancm or sxczsstov ; These are generally done an in good hand writing on parchments; with State seals aCir ed. The credential of the South Carolina Delegation is as much,1 lost in verbiage and circumlocution as an Indian trail in the ever glades of Florida, whilf those of the Georgia and Louisiana' delegations are brief and pointed. No doubt it; mattered not in the case of the Chivalry State whether the words were many or few. The . dsslcm wu fall .UUTTU. . . i - - i 1 . - i desigxi trr-Afs. , The peoplo were verry eentroui in their offers to the. confederacy of designs of flags. There is erery conceivable shape, size, color and design,' the vast majority . running more or less into the stars and stripes. After lock ing over this lot, a person 'will really be sar prised to refltct how hard It is to ret up an original;, flag suiScientlr, different and dia. tinctive from, all other fa -the world. tox oaiQixAL Daarr or, tot rsorxsioarAL con. ."iJ t-ITljTXfjr. r . was found as reportedj by, and in the hand writing of Mr. C. O. Memminger,4 Chairman of the Committee on! Constitution. It ap pLcars. 1 coasiderably altered from the old Federal Constitution, judging from -the fact that portions of that instrument print, ed on pieces of paper, were pasted in the re pott, which otherwise was written. The difference, however, may have been in mere phraseology. j. . orsN s xssioN-HitciLSr exssiow. There were districtijou-nals kept on fools cap .heets, which werfc bound together with red . tape, of the different sessions. The writing is in a good legible style, and oa al ternate page and alternaU linef. . - r ' TUB CJ,XS V!! JJ?h;0,;v1Jwper, at one time editor of the Daily Montgomery Mail, chief; Robert . Dixon aud A. R. Lamar tr was also the authar of Simon SugU. As :plaineL his bandwritinP' : ex ular, letters aomewhacked; Lamar's macl better, but Dxxmn's was superb for the busi ness. It WOUld be hard Lrt i epuld d. better. UuMTnVlt Z .u ' . Ttt X lu assutant clerks of tbrebeinousoofKepmeatatives. Jt'L ,the ,amo men " 00m. posed the MProvuinal rn.u tu same offlcerj. - They would meet in "open K fSW.j'wolTsj into irt .ee- -sioaj' thea if-crgsnio law was under coniid. erauOT, iqsv were fm conventicn." The reason of plurality was because ttre were : two constitutions considered and adopted. According to this theory a congress or a !. islatnre had no right i3 enact fundamental law, without specihc authority rod that law itself, cr from the people appointing them. . COtlTtST. , - - It is very evident Jthat courtesy, harmony and remarkable aninunity prevailed throurb out their deliberations. Nothing frivolous or personal was ever introduced, but everything: seemed to go oa smopthly. '-4- :' '.. ;;ptaxrci. ;- ? ' . - It is equally certain, the men la this con clave were hard working men. , They seem to have lost no time, j They organized them selves, adopting their own rules, ofScers, Lc.i cciuidered, discussed and adopted two consti tutions, and 1 put in! operation a provisional government, with ail the appointments and functions ef a government caaa exttidit
The Daily Wilmington Herald (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 11, 1865, edition 1
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