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.r--tW-ti' vf il In I Sy1 VOL.1. 4M ' ' RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY. MAY 4, 1867. NO. 97: m. mm a a. .TOOT - i THE SENTINEL ;,irJt-X FELL, PaoraiiroR. SOMETHING TO APPROVE. Thar is m portioa of Senator Wilsons recent peecb, in this City, th spirit of which we can commend and which contain much food for reflection. It U that portion, wherein ha say "Your BUtc U seven time larger than our. Yt how wonderful are our improve ments. We take your timber, and cotton aod hide, manufacture then! and lend them to too. Our river work lor u aa they roll along to the sea. Now elevate yoBtwHTee, totting white men ud black men. Tear the aback let ot igno rance trom your limlie ; be industrious, hon est and patriotic and do not try to elevate vourselve by kicking others down." With each a cliniate and anil as we pos was, and with such physical resource aa ours, it has been marvellous that we should umbers in the past so far outstripped in the race of material prosperity. While this result has been, we are tree to confers, as we hare always thought, attributable, in fine measure, to our system of slave labor, as lens intelligent, expansive and reliable than tree labor, yet the true solution of the difference uiay be found in other reasons. In the first place, we have had in the South but few of those organized associations, by which enterprise in stimulated, the cignity of labor illustrated and entorced,si entillc and practical inlormation disseminated, and the united energies of our industrial classes combined for a common object the devel opment of our capabilities and the building up the material fortunes of our section. Again, agriculture, though the basis, as it is the noblest, of all pursuits,' has licen allowed to monopolize the attention of the people, to the exclusion ot uianulactories tor work ing up thu tceniing products of our soil ; and our large planters have looked rather to the accumulation of individual fortunes, nl the enjoyment l the quiet aiol com. forts of life, than to active Melds of useful ness snd pul.lic enterprise. But, perhaps, the real secret ot the suk rior progress of the Northern, ami especially of the New Knglaii't, States, is to be bund in the-fact that these Stain have grown rich and fattened upon the products of our industry, iu other wonts, upon the product" of slave lalior. Their capitalists hare not scrupled to fill tliuir purses witii the fruits ul slavery, while their philanthiipic breasts were heaving over its "horrors." With one hand on their pockets, and the other upon their hearts, tl.ey have clutched the former tbe closer the morn profoundly the wounded J organ throbbed beneath the latter. It is a notorious tact that our wheat, cotton, flax, and other products, have been shipped North, to be returned to us in dour and labrica, which should have lieen made and suid st borne; and so with almost every other staple. On every extensive plantation in the South the negroes were clothed from head to foot with articles of Northern man nfactura, Lynn famished the shoes and Lowell the Cotton yarns ; while even the wooden trencher, from which the slave ot the Si'iuttierh'" pfahlsttori "w'nUlti fat hi "nieat and greens," waa the device of some shrewd Conneoticuter, who had patented tbe invention. The same exhausting pro us wax traceable in the . mansions ot the wealthy, where everything, from a piano down to a pin, "came from the North."' Even "manners"bel to be imported from the sain quarter, which was, rlinps, t he greatest mistake of all, and the education uf a young lady waa not deemed complete until she had finished oft in some Northern Seminary, kept by a smart "Yankee" with so assumed French naure. The health giving; Waters that live in our mountain caves Were deiertrd for Uia resorts ol laah ma ""at. "the North," and our magnificent scenery equal to any on the continent was slighted for the hot and dusty pavements ol "the cities." "Boston Common" had greater charm tor some of our silly people than Black Mountain, and Bunker Hill was, in their estimation, bigger, grander and mora imposing than the "Grandfather" or the "Pilot" Well, w lay that tbe thing should not litre been ami muat not be any longer, and we therefor endorse Mr. Wilson's counsel, though we have little idea that he intended it should have exactly tjhe construction wbipli we choose to give it. It Mr. Wilson and hi ec-adjuipr will but let us alone,, will cease their effort to divert the attention of ear people from a practical application of hi commendable theories, will forbear their labor to divide our citizens and array classes against each other, and will hasten our restoration to the Union on fair and liberal term, we will promise him that, under the asw order ol things, and the stimulation of our necessities, we will be equal to the demand of the highest Progress. North Carolina has a greater variety of soil and climate than any other State of the t'nion. It s the ouly State that product s every article enumerated in the.. census. It has sufficient . w uleV oner to move the machinery of the continent, lis Iiosoiii teems with lumcr-tl wealth. It jilie pecu liar habitat of that great Ik .on rt l'rovi deiiee, the I'ine. It has a splendid sstem of Inleraal biprovchiritts, 'completed or in tnjiryi. Il has a population, i ry oor now. it is true, but very ii:iluiiious. no. I w ry anxious, with hull' n chance given Im-in, to repair their shaltcrvd fortunes and to atone fir sums of those tollies of the past, to which we, have adverted, and for many wow to w hich .we have no tiiuti .or. space to allude. o;ve that cbanoa,ad. it Mr. Wilson will visit North Carolina, fifteen or twenty year heller, "he wt M not- be able "to institute invidious compatl-tonsf MR. WILSON IX WILMINGTON. Senator Wilson spoke in Wilmington to a large audience, on Wednesday, and was re plied to by Capt. BctiJ. Itohlnaon, of the Dupatek. Mr. Wilson rejoined aud Capt. R. sur-rcjoined. The Journal promises a terlnitim report ol the speeches, from which, when it appears, we may make extracts. We copy from the Journal : "The President ol the meeting then in troduced Mr. David lleaton, ot Newberu, whodelivered a brief address ol a thorough ly radical character, and enunciated princi ple!', though lather weak and feebly, in keeping with the spirit of the Black Re publican party, The Hon. Henry Wilson was then pre selilcd to the Hireling, and occupied the alteution of the assembly in aspect h which columned an hour and a halt in its delivery. We will make no comment upon this ad dress, but will leave our readers to lorin an opinion for themselves by a perusal, an oA portnnity for which we propose to atTord them in lo-niorrow' issue. Captain Iiobinsou replied to Mr. Wilson, ami in a very sl.le argument nobly sustain ed the position ol the .South and the rela tive positions ol the Uu race, describing fully and justly the feelings entertained by Southern whites for their former slaves. His pcech was also an able political effoit, and evinced a thorough knowledge of the origin anil cause ol the present political tiouhlca aud tile causes which led to the late civil strife. Mr. Wilson replied anil t'apt. Itoliinsoti followed, alter which Jus. II. llurris (col ored), of Haleigh, having been culled upon, delivered a speech which was naturally re ceived with manifestations of approval nil. I boisterous delight. He professed himself lie lie devoted to the elevation ol his rat e, anil, though declaring liiiutelf. in a national point of view , a thorough Republican, advised his colored brethren to a course which he hud himself dctcrmiiieil t pursue! pledge them selves to no political party as vet. lie de noiinced the (Vpiierheads ' at'lhe North; fcpoke in lerins t.l priiise of some ol the Snithcrn people; discountenanced ufurthtr agitation ol the politic., I questions, and wound up by tdriug his colon d brethren advice as to lulor. Sic. Much cuthtisiitsiii seemed to prevail, though the meeting, we must s:tj, in very orderly." We do not see t lie name of a solitary w hite native of the State mentioned among those participating in the meeting. A number of federal oHicerswere in attend ance. A scries of resolutions were pussed by the meeting, the substance of which was a ten der of thanks to the Htlth. Congress for the passage of the Sherman bill, and pledging their faith to lend their aid in the rccon st ruction of tbe State of North Carolina, UMin the basis of none but loyal men at the helm, nn.l no support to any man for office who has not been a consistent t'nion (nan throughout. A subsequent resolution pro claimed the future headquarter of the rud ical party of North Carolina to be establish ed in iluiinglon. ami suggested that a Convcution should meet here, on the 4th. of July, to lorin a lb-publican party, to which each county was invited to send twice the uiiinler of delegate nsiitillv sent to tbe lower house ol tbe Legislatuie. This looks very much like a blow at Mr. llolden aud his Couveuuoa of March 27, and is douhlleaa si intended. He appears W be lietween a cross-tire lireensboro' and Wilmington. Tit K HHA I AX W- THS- DUAM. Thr cen inotij ot decking the graves ot the Confederate dead at Cave Hill Cemetery, on yesterilay, was one ot the most striking and attractive we have ever witnessed. Tbe throng of people- present, most of whom were ladies in Uicir most elegant attire, was immense, and covered the. whole region in the neighborhood of the graves. Hundreds ol vehicles lined the carriage ways, making the tceue one of aurpasaing animation. A large numU-r ot the ladies were busily en gaged in placing bouquets, immortelles, and flowers in every conceivable style of arrange ment upon the graves. Those silent mounds ot earth, concealing from the ere the crum bling forms of the heroic men who fearlessly gave up I heir lives in a cause they ticlicved to Ik- true and just, were heaped with the rarest flowers, while from the bead Imards hung wreaths woven by the running fingers of lovely women, who tints honored the msrlyrs of liberty, while thev dropped among the flowers their sympathetic tears. To see those gentle and beauteous creatures kneeling over and decorating the last resting places ot men w hom they had never seen, and making thein glow with floral lieauties, was a spectacle to lie long remembered, and was suggestive of the thought that the world loves and honors those who die for principle, whether Uie cause io which tliey die is right or wrong. The true hero is al wavs fespeeted, and the brave never fail to secure the admiration of the fair. We trust that the touching and lieauvihll custom which has hccji now inaugurated of meeting around the sepulchres of our departed ho roes once in each year w ith floral offerings, may he continued, and that the memories of these heroic men, their sacrifices and suffer ings, their courage and thuir fortitude, may be kept ever green to the latest generation. Let the story of how they died in the con scientious discharge of what they at least believed to lie a duty, and the valor they displayed, be handed down to iiosterity to excite the emulation of milllions yet un born, and let those who believed that they erred, at least do liiein thu justice to say tbvy were not unlv brave but siuceie, and Hint I hey di-scrvttthe crown of gloiv witli which his'torv will euciiclu their brows. j ljivieilU Cifurtrr. I .The editor of the Journal went into j a New York up town church on (bod Kri- j dav, and taking from the rack a "Hook of Common I'ravi r," to hisrcat surprise found 1 inserted n the inner side of lUt cover a looking glass. Tii .arrnitgemeiil , he pre- I sullies, cnnl. Im the fiiir owner to admire her self and adjust her chignon during the ser vice. -li lt il asserted that a barrel of flour can be puntinsed Mt-Parisy4M4ktjr.raiJ aadateaaner to I.iver)Kol, and tbenco trsnsiKirted in a ailing vessel to Huston, at leas expense thaw - 4ta--be pvrehaaed -im tbm- tatter city. GENERAL ORDERS No. i)-l IS OI'E RA TION A Nl) A I'I't. If A TION. The following ordor litis been issued by Oen. Sickles: HlCADqLAMTKKS, 8t(O.M) Mil. , DlMIIKT, I Cuahlkston, S. C, Apiil -7, IN.i. t IK) I I Alt. In reply to letters received at these Head quarters, asking information as to the opcr alion in particular cases of Ocneral Orders No. 10, current series from these llemlqii'ir ters, I am directed by the ( 'oinuuinding lieu eral Instate, that the provisions of the order will lie interpreted and enlorcvd by the Courts. The order is to be ih eiucd and la ken as an Ordinance haeiuir I lit- saueii.in ol the bill ted States, lor tbe regul it ion otlecr laiu civil affairs therein speiilied wiihin so much of the terriloiy H-ciipied b ilic miu tary forces of the I'nited Mali's, biti ly tie theatre of war, as is cm I oaced wiilon the Second Military Dislr.i t i-ieuted l' Act of Congn n. All hough some ol ilu- l"i i i!i:icui ic latioHsol the inbaliil iiul s me in .ici .-, their private rihttions, tlnir person and property, and their remedies fir vviongs, n main as hen-lolore, within the com.ancc of the haul tlilmiinls, and sld j to II,. laws i,f the provisional iov. rnuo-nl ioli.t ito ill foice, except si l.ir as n. h laws a'c hi eoutliet with the Const i lot ion ami la "t the I'nited States, or with the regulations prcscribeel by the Coiiiniamliuir (iener.d. Amongst the conscquciices nccessai iU in cident Ui the military authority cstal.lisl.ed by Congress, and indispen-aMe t.. the o!.e( r for which the authority isesi al.hshe.l, is i appointment and control otllo iivil agents by whom and the ineiisiins by win. h the govcriunciit ad interim is to he conducted. In the exercise ol this authorily, s. n h n gu lationaand appointments will he iiiinoiiuci .1 from time to time as may U conn neo,satv , and so lar as these regulations e in the ' ordinary civil relations of tin- iul.alnt.iM-. i they will Ik administered l' the n.utts aiel by tbe proper civil oMie.is it. me usual course of procedure WhiUt it will Hot be convenient to le sjioi'oi to particular ii.iiuitii s in. id. t'v ci-i- 1 i.-ns as to l he Intel pn tni ion a. id ij p!.i ..! i-.o oftliese regtilutioi,, ,u h int. ii.;mi..i hhi I lie answered when addressed to Ilu- l..n. l:il : taiinmanding by the Apped.,!,- i onus ol Law and Equity. .1. W.t.i! . ( apt. oMtli'lr.l". A I) t .v A. A i i .1. I Ikkii m. : J. . I oi -. t :; h Li. i A. A. A. lieid. KkcoNsrm tion in Uk-ii.kn .n c. - A corrcsponilcnt of the New York '. i writing from the Western part oi lins sum , i tells Bolll" lll l' Veil. .lis s:olles lie s.,v,, mmg oilier things; "Thele is very little to I ..- si. I ill l...ri to the pol.li al V ievs oi tin' In -I li- other tllail has la-en stuled aluiul v. Til. w notionson the sul-jeCt ot reconsiruc'ion aie quite simple, and nolw dhstan. lino some oS- jectious, which I hey urge from not fully i I'onipreln tiding the iie-t i..n. in rlmps. tiny are innocent of any intention that looks in the least likcnffrrillg opposition to i In e ilr 1 ing out ot measures that Lave n i on.-' : m i. m in view. Imbed they do not have much to say against the spirit i.t the Military bill. J they merely assert that stMot oholienoe to the letter ofil will both disqualify many ot the licst friends of the cause of its-onsi u, lion, who are loo honoralilc to c ai le i. v. n t In- 1 letter ol the law , jilid will qilalif i t he w oi -t ' Class rebels. Willi Will ll.vl setlipl.- to pel - jure themselves. It d.M-s w i-m us it lh--i- were some truth in this ; kihI when it i- . eonsidcreil that there are no hmgir mn reil ly rebellious minded p.Ts .ns in stitlicientlv ' large iiuhiImts to cotistitiiie the renniaut of ( a party, it appears strange that vvc cannot encouragr to co operrtr with n the la's! o i those who were formerly in reU-llion ratio i : than the worst. Then may l.c a man now ! and then, sliiin nature has endowed with j more passion than principiu, who has not j got over the fevi r ol rcbelli .n , but there , is nothing more apparent, fio tmig ni ne rr " markable. tndia-d, throughout the South, , tbap that rebellion is n tlvad ielea. tt is ; remarkable, moreover, to .-i e bow coinph r. ly ' tbe emancipation of slav t i is an :.e..in plibhed fact ; how its accidents and nM.ti.t. nut circumstances arc jaken as a m.iti. r ol course, and how, still more siratigclv, tin South seem called upon, trom I he neees-itn-s of the case and by the law of sell jm si i v i lion, to push this reform to an mil. u!,e.l lor extreme, booking at this piefne , famy w ill curiously consider that the South, om e started, may go in the van of -rclorni I they are great on catip meetings and nvivals and such sort ol tilings) and some day may carry its banner into New Kiighiinl as the champions of a cause that shall have for its objtct the righting of some leal or fancied wrongs suffered by the sliocmaki i"s of l.ynn or the weavers ol Stockl'ridgft that shall have for its object the removal trom the hand of task masters of those of tender years, who are pii ki r tenders, warper ten ders and almost any tender thai requires to lie hard and greasy. lieltellion is surely a dead idea. aud tin- lei in reliel is put to no good use now in the laud. It is the cry of taction. Il has no meaning in national economy in statesmanship. The South cannot go back. The negro is emancipated and can help himself, aud the. indications arc that he is helping biins -ll, and is doing quite as well in the South te rn the North." Run.KH COMIKO SotTII Till New Yolk correspondent ot the Philadelphia h ii- says : "Among the latest arrivals in town is Ocneral Butler. There is good aiiihoiiiy foraying that he will revisit the South, ami NOw Oilcans even, some time in tin- cursi of the ensuing unwiio-, with a view ol I ! lowing up theeainpui-jn l.e-atu l. Senaioi Wilson in Virginia. He says toe pcrph down theie arc laboring uinlci seiimis mis apprehension as to his views c.uhvi niiiL them, and lie is anxious to have them c.u r.i-tcd." The New York ,..r.' .-' t 'o.o.o ..'. , repri-seuting the great coiniiiv rend iiiu itesis ol that city, bus the tollowiug i.-.m. i-.- j relcrcni-e to Mr. Thndi us Steven-: This man Is a nuisance to liie w hole couu trv, Xorth ami Soillli' Such tntcrs as that published this morning are call itia!.--i i.. ,i,. lasting iliisehief. ISihiioP Kvui.v. - It wi.i gratify the m. in erous liirnds ol this venerable aildlnl 'Vid I gentleman, who has lieen, lor some days, lying quite ill in Nashville, that a telegram j was rcceivee! Here mie yesiemay niiernoon announcing that his condition was some what improved. Lynchburg JVVws. The New Yofk Ilerall (lit- ipnrovc of the policy of General Sickle.' "flag" proceeding, and ato of the lata newapaper "wami ng" in Richmond. THE IIOCSK OF COMM0NH-TIIK ' s'E. I KEIt THE REPOIt TRItfi, dr The London correspondent ol Ibe Boston Journal sends the following interesting let b r to that journal : The House of Commons is just now the centre of great interest. The tiladstoiic party were turned out of power on the Re form bill. It was tapes ted that the Derby, or Tory, party would have been hoisted by the same engine. Hut Derby seems to be muster of the situation. His threat not to reign if he is defeated on the bill, but to appeal to the countrv, lias had its effect. - Soon this question, w ill le settled one way or the other. The country has grown a !'i..il dial in twelve months. The (lad stone bill, whirh the Tories rejected w ith horror, thev would now gladly receive. - tl li that bill the country would have la-en amply Kitislied for a quarter of a century ; but that bill fhe country will not now ac ct jii. Disraeli is shrewd, and refuses to lake 1'ioin the Commons t he in'odcllijig the li al u res of the bill. The Lilarals dare not pre.- li i4ii. a- tbey an unwilling to risk tin ir popul nity on a measure that may or may not be acceptable to their party outside il.e House. Una! debate are expected within a few days that may change the whole political aspect of Kllglalld. Tin- II ii-c of Ci ininoha is composed of n:;'i. Iy a strange oversight, the hall will not bold more than halt the memls?rs. The lilembcis draw seats lor one night, and thai nil! r plaids. The thawing t otisists of l lu ll i' min i s jiut i ing his ea i . 1 in a lii i le tiro. ive nll t!ir li n k nl t he bench. Those w ho ean Uol gel M ill- Ik low have to g,, Hi),, i,e g il 1 1 M . an. I 1 In i-e u ho tan I li t sit liav e t ii stall. I. Tl.. lion-, has a literal I nr. hiloa wld.h is the Pi i is"s'-at. and no '. erot tne r. aim is allowed on the floor ol tin llou-eo: Common- hile t l.c 1 1, 'Us. ol I., r.ls has a gal lery I 'T ladles, and its u. i.ales mc alien. led M In. lii s .. qii .l.lv a- n.'la- others, the II .no- o Cniiiinoi - ttiM not allow a la.lv wiliui its w tl's .l.ov-' ttie ii potters' si'i.t and i In. d tin- Speaker. In a t aged closet, c.qni'.le ..I I.....I.I 17 p i , w ith ail iron Mji: i:-i. 'I it , . : i k. a IK. i : o i . , is l iiim the i! ' ,i : ;u . ail ii i oil i' ion t r I e lit s conuectctt ..nil I .i II., a-. V l : 1 1 1 1 1 lilts, di n, mid be hind 1 1 1 e g l . 1 1 1 1 g , l.av ing ool.iiu. .1 a writt.-.i - " H!i!-;"!l Ir III the Sp. tihi'l", which Is le gal. I. d a- a gleut pliviligc, ladles sit anil ' hear t In- i lei uttt s, although tin y are invisible . I-, ilu .1. I.atirs. T'lie rca.-on given for this t n-ti. in is omnipotent in. this country ; it is an ol I i iisii.ni The great hall ot William i Kttlus. know n ns Westminster Hall, in which the inigliii.st events ol the nation have Ir nisiiie'l, i- now ouly a vestibule to the Ib'U-e of Commons. J The Speaker embodies the dignity of the ll. u-i . He is chosen for life. He usually serr.'S l-r alsml six years, then takes a pen sion, and g-.es into the House of Lords. Ik- ha- a saUry of $:I5,II00 per annum. He oeeiqiies a sumptuous house, most tnagniti ,1'ntly furi.isiied at the expense ot thu na j tion. The plate la-longing to the house, I williwiiith he gives ccreituiuial tiiuners, cost I tlie nation (in.IO.IMKI. Kvciy night, on the oj.;ning ol liie I Ioiie. ( i ow .Is assemble to vv i i it. ss tin- pint t'ssioii Iroin his house to the eliair Tln-k SH-aker wears his-wig and rol e-. 'I lie l.uge iiiact', goltl gilt, as much I as a man t an lilt, i borne la-fore him The Stair sn.it. I double handed, niter the lash , i..ii ..I' lb. hard of the Lion Heart, over six In t long, giit scabbard, and jewelled hilt, i- boine by his sw ord bearer. A man lichind ( holding his train, and a chaplain in full rig, : ciiiplett s the prooessiou. A licdi.encd of- tit-i til precedes the party, crying out :'Oyez ! : o. otiisi-vt.v- tirtiie iionoiable Speak : tr'" A!l Idl balk and u.ic.o.r while he t iiti-isand lakes bis seal. Kctv are present I al prayers. There is all uotlei's aiidiiig that I no business shall tw doo l,u Uto tirai half ! hour. This givea tune lor prayers inside, j and talk om. Mi'iulieis sit wnli thtir hats I Oil, unless they rtdiili -s I i,c t hair or move i from their -. at -. An oiil sol. r has no chance I tosjieak. '1 he iiiiuisicrinl lead' run one siib-t . and the li add of (lit- opposition on the 't opiit'r, st ml a li-t to the Speaker eacli evCll ; ing. No ol In r no m's-r w ill Isy ssi-u. j I'lie till i-ii'ii ot I he II. ..is,-is vi ly curious. I; o. erati li, qiivni 'y ii'ki a -tn.p judgment. A tall is made t,.i, a division. A three J uiinule glass ia front .-I ide S.eakur is iui hiediately tuitied. W'lii'iilhe sain Is run out tin il, aits ait' closed and tin one is admitted until flic vtc is taken. MciiiImts arc in all sorts ol places in llie liliraly, in the smo king roo. ii, in the t attug.iooni, in tltelol. J lii.s, in the coiiiioitlet- rooms. I'o reach j tV-c absi'ilt ones and get them in the j House w ithin thr. e n. iniite is ofleu a tlirli I cult task. Then- gre Ihirty six belts hading ' lioin the House of Commons to u!l parls of the great building. Ilnllu -li ilel y tin the call for a division these lu lls are rung. - Adiippcrs in me birs) ami nun sci iuilile j ll'olll all illli'giliillill' places to get inside the House before tiic three minutes expire. The rillc is iucvoiill'b'. The do.Hs mc closed prompt'y on h,' s-coud The tliiecn In r I sell d ill. I not get ill. Men file out fionl different p,lss:ig,-s. have their names writl- u : twice, and co:ne bin k bv ildT. reirt iloors. Til.' speaking ill the Holl-c is aa b-nl hh , can be imagined. Tie1 lllleiauc.-s ale in di-tinet. the hesitation is paintul, ami sin h atho'giis oratory is unknown, t.ladstom is the la si -i,-ak. r ill Il.e House. Ilel- a i tall, siiin. pleu-Hiiblookiitg man. vviih a ringing voice. Ibit he stamls close to the tabic, grains it vi:b Irnlh h h hands, and tee- . t is on ins tot s while he speaks. Disraeli has I a good v.'iei', bill is slow prost on and onb- nary oi'c i-iniis. 1 le is a stnal I, dark coinplev ' ! i. on il :n a n , 1. Ii .in looks any one in the fat-e, J and glides rathe! than walks into his scat, as ! il "!,e tli.l iml wish any one to know he had eoiiii' Join. Ilr, glit is a abort, thick set, eliul.liv looking l.nglishnian, who leads Il.e il, HUH I'll . mid with the people is the most piijiulai oiatm iu Kiil'.I nnl. lie alw'ins sils ' ! on tin- l.il'i ral side, but l.clo.v llie gangway. : which in. In "lies that he is at lllu-rty lo vote wiih or against I he Lihcra's as he pleases. . The repoi lei-' h-at is U Inml the speaki r. 1 The lien oecopy t he gal'crt , and lliev ate I relieved evi iy tell llllllllles by new reHrti rs. ' No mail licsid. s tin-in is alhiwtd lo make : it ja'ticil note cvi'ii in llie House. Vigilant t yes are upon t very t-omer. Ir a nmu takes a tem il out to make it maik or write in a Imok, In: is instantly warned to de ist, or he will lie lenioved from the House. ItrHt.FTon We want neither NoriHtin Kadii a!- nor j Nortliein De uiocriiis nor Senator il-on ' nor Mr. ,jiybo.yt Ke to come South for tin purpose nl stirring up party feeling. II they will all stuy at home and attemL to their own business, the Southern people will get along much better in tbe reconstruction business. t'rrifftst Dem. A man in Chicago has applied for divorce on the crountl that tor nineteen vear past his wile has regularly "woimpetfM turn. THE BREAKING OF THE LEV EEs IN L01 '181 A NA WHOLE PARISlIhs V VERFLO WEIfOREA T DISTRESS AMONG THE PEOPLE. In order that our reader may form some idea of the damage and loss occasioned by the breaking ot the levees in Louisiana, and ol the number ot people that have I sen thereby brought to the verge of starvation, we make the following extracts from the New Orleans pajiers. llie 1 wits says "The intelligence which reaches us Irom every part ot the coast is indeed heart rend- , tng. Levee after levee has given way, ami r the swollen flood is spreading devastation through the fairest portion of the State I'eople w no bail lieen led to believe that the levees w'eie secure Irom any ordinary llood, find themselves suddtnly involved in ruin. Not only l.ave the funis of past btlHirslaen swept awisa hut buntlletls of taunlit s have Itcen reduced to the point of starvation. Kspecislly i- t j- the e tse in the Orosse Tcto couiitrt , which is almost completely sub merged, provisions are destroyed, cattle drowned, anil the unfortunate inhabitants confined to their insulated dwellings, with out the ability to leave this scene ot disaster. One gentleman writes that at least live Ihousantls (icrsoiis in the (IrosseTete country alone are thus reduced to a condition -so nts es-itous that, it aitl from some source doc- not soon arrive, they will lie reduced to a ci. .in ion of actual lamitif. Many points ol tie toast an- in an equally deplorable condition " flu' ' VV '.e.ii. ic ol the 24th says: l: had n call vestenlav from Mai. l.uw - leiice J,. Itiu ler, a uieinia'r oi mc roiicc .1 un ol I t v i Ut- paiish, who has lieen appointed I iv that Unly lo present the condition ot its ovi ifl iweil ami ruined people to the consid eration ol our cilit'iia. lie informs us that four-fifths of that grt at plant ing parish is submerged, and at Icit.-t live thousand of its inhabitants are niaile destitute by ibis terrible inundation. There is tittle or no Inqie ol their lteing able to make s crop this year. The people who ale yet out of the water are not able to help the others, but are doing all they can. 'flu v ask only the corn ami pork which will sus tain lilt. Surely, our people ran help them. We will gladly receive subscriptions, either in these articles or in the money to purchase them. We trust that our merchants will organize a canvass for procuring relief." The Crrnrntl says ; "By way of illustration we may state that there are uot 2,501) acres of dry land in West Baton Rouge parish, anil that an equally large proportion ol Carroll, Madison ami Tensas is under water. In Iberville many people are actually suffeiing for food; ami the same may be said ot a hall dozen or more parishes. The military " authorities have done something to relieve the imme diate distress by ordering provisions to be distributed among the more necessitous; but this is not enough." MILI T A R V T RIB UNA L S I'll O XOUNCED UPON BY AN ENGLISH JUDGE. U is s somewhat remarkable Coincidence in the history ol Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence that the great question whether a civilian cau be trietl aud coudemned by a military court should have come up about the same time in Kuglaml and America, antl be em phatically pronounced against by the Su preinc Court of the United States anil Ly the Lord ( lii' f Justice of England. Our readers no doubt lemember tbe case of tior don, charged with complicity in the insur rection in Jamaica, who w as summarily tried and executed by a military Court under the authority of Governor General Kyre. In an elaborate charge to the grand jury the Chiel Justice of England has laid down the law iu relation to military conns ami their niithiu ily, which amply vindic .es the judiciary as the great conservators ot lila-rty. On this latter point the Chief Justice, il Will be seen, stand side by side by the dtcisiou of the Supreme Court in the case of Milligan. He declare that the great authorities of the law "never dreamed nl luuiiaty law as ap plicable to civilians," aud gives utterance to the pregnant sentence, "It martini law could la: applied for the pn.pose of suppressing relK-Uiiiii it was pel belly certain that a man could not be biought to trial tor treason alter a rebellion had liceu suppressed." This opinion will doubtless be published in tt Itiuo in this country, and command the thoughtful atteuliou not ouly of the legal profession, but ot all who love Illicit) mid its priceless safcguanls. Nat. Inttl. Hjiecial lnspatcli to the Baltimore Hun A TTORSEY GENERAL'S OPINION a. j DISFRANCHISE M EST- I) EC Isms ADVERSE TO GEN SHERIDAN SPECIAL POST OFFICE AGENTS. &t. Waibinotok, April HO. Atiorncv b -n'l Stanberry ha been closely engaged i., day iu i he preparation ol I is opinion upon the tb firtnchisement under the reconstruction laws, and it will be completed ami read at the caliinet meeting to morrow. The opinion was called for by Ocneral Grant, who appre hended that difficulties might arise from a lack of concurrence of judgi in. nl a.n uigtbe coiuuiauder of the live districts and others vvlin sre to be intrust I with the construe tion of the law in its application to registra tion and. voting at elections The immedi ate suggestion ot the Attorney General's opinion was, however, Gen. Sheridan's threatened removal of Governors Wells ami Throckmorton. It is understood that Mr. Staubt rry's opinion will be adverse to the ihcis.in ..! (on. Sheridan, excluding trom registration a large numbef of municipal officers antl naturalized citizens who tail to show tin ir certificate of naturalization. The Postmaster General to-day finally tie. tennined to take tbe responsibility ot ap pointing secial agent to take charge o' the post-offices left vacant by failure of the Senate to confirm nominations made to ti l these offices. An agent was appointed to take charge of tbe offices at New burg. New York, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Secretary Browning is recovering. He was much Iwtter to-day. Mob Law in Inoiaha. Ciitciiuuiti, April 30. A iiccial trom the Commercial, trom Seymour, Indiana, ays about two hundred men entered that town yesterday and forci bly nixed negro man and hang him. They alio seixed two white men named Steward, and threatmsad to hanir them. ,.. The cause oi this Violence waa tbe robbery of Mor in that county in which these three men par- tuiltutUd - . : Kl"ni ths ltlel,minift Examiner 111 E TRUIUSE ANSWERED. The New York Tribune quotes with much palxouiuug approval a late editorial in this paper, anil appcuds the tollowiug commen tary : "11 us sui..w now the editor of the KsanU iar hef. .re an siw-iiililMte nf tilacka, endeavoring l. (s i'auailt thein tu viiUi for his ticket, and one III' it II, it lie t of tile HeRI'iU'M shall SC tit III pn lHSllltl In linn these quest tons : 1 V iii sa.t , so , lht we might to vote together ; it. In. n ii Sow tin u, wlit ssrtiiine Ihut the reiiil site a. eor.l is lii Is. iiiuiieil only by nur vomitf Midi ...... ' W lit sholll.hl I 'J"'l, lath. T, tole Willi ns - ' ,,tl cull v.iiirs tie- t'oiiMl alive ticket, allil lira I1-. Sti),)..,:-! on Ihst ,'iiiiliil. Very well: ire lire I oust r i.Ilves ; we lisve reel ntlv la-en hlflam-tl Willi he.'Clolli slid Kqual Hlghta. anil we are SHX- l ".s I i.s. n. , l. se.air. . to perpetuate Ineln. Will you Hi.is lis how slid why vofuitf 1 von wish mil it. inc.. our end ! If II will tlo it Bow, would il l.i.v. il.-n. ii tn.i vesi s ag. ' If not, what has in.sliiceil lii.- chant;.-'' ' " i on Unheal, hostililv lii llie lUtlleals aa thft l.itHisot tour js.liti. al aetinii. Ilt-aw aisle frank ly whether we ilu no,, uinler trtsl, owe our oppor tunity to vote at all In baihcal and Ivatlicalism r Iiul for tht in Mhouhi we ever have lieen honored with tht- aililresa yu am alsait tt. make to us 't -In short, .lit you not detest the Ksdieals mainly iH'.-atisc they have mailt- ns free, antl constraint-il Villi lo seek "Ilr volt m ' Vfiilldii'l Ih. I-Mitor l.e aotltewhst tsilheretl lo gite straightforward answers lo theae ques Uolls ' ' Not in the h ast. We answer tht m here, w ith the utmost frankness. lie r presents the colored people as asking- I. Whv slnmld'nt ve rather vote with . lb-cause we regard, ami we presume the Trtbuht regards, the white people of the S. . u 1 1 1 as more intelligent. Letter acquainted with tin' principles nf government. Utter versed in its administration, more conserva tive in every way thu better depositaries of the trust of selecting rulers antl representa tives than tin: blacks arc ut this time. Ho that we think if thcrris a rathtr in the case, we think it not too great an assumption to claim that it should run in favor ot the whites limn the blacks. That this is the concession ol the most extreme Radicals, may be regarded by the TriltuM its fortifying our position. We, t Inn lore, call the editor's attention to the tic t that everywhere throughout the South, the lb publican whites assume to guide the ntgioes, and no where accord to thun ab solute liberty oraoy approach to it. Thus, in the late Convention, in this city, although the negiocs outnumbered the whites more than twenty to one, the whites filled the offices, arranged the entire programme, pre pared the address in a word, managed every detail of the movement. 2. Will you show us how antl why voting as you w isii will achieve onr end, (twiserM (ttm. I Very plainly. If simply the opposite conservatism means of Radicalism, as it politics, it is easy to the Radicals cannot success. Rut the is usually tlctined in see that voting with insure Conservative matter is too important, we concede, to be bound with tbe w) tints of a definition, and we meet our inquirer on the broadest field. We can answer this question only by denning Conservatism as a phrase ot politics. What is that Conservatism! It is the conserving of legal and political rights to the citizen, ami to the State; the maintenance of the principles of good gov ernuicii' : the support, in this country, of the Constitution, w hich all agree to be the Law iinil Right ot the government. If unv people in the I'llion should labor lor tins i on-.-, tan-in, it is the colored peo ple, I ir the obvious reason that they are "a iii'.iioiitv. ami that they are inferior in many respects to the whites. A majority can de fend itsell with its power a minority only wiih law. which is constrvaiisui. A fa Voted class, which also lias the numerical strength, is in no danger ot losing it priv ilege wbil. united. An inferior class, however muled, cannot preserve its rights except by conservatism. Now, we ask the Tribune, iu all candor, which piirlriu this taiun. ia ctMiservstivt, whether trietl by the sntlard of private right, Stale right or the authority of the Constitution ( Is H the party that suspends luttitnt airrut or ibat which opposts that suspension I Is it the parly that taxes without representation, or that which op poses such taxation 1 Is it the party whielt thprives a Slate of. its equal suffrage i the Senate, without its consent, or the par; w hich denounces that deprivation I Is it the party wi n li substitutes military for civil govcrumen' in a third of the Union, or the party which opposes it f Is it the party wlo.ii denies the common law light ol lii.il by jury, or tin-party which upheld il '. Is it tin ptlv whe h imposes taxes UIIC qii.il itn.i vi.iiaot. or il it which demands that laxallon siiall tie iqilal and lluiform t I-it the party whn h threatens confisca tion, or thai which tbuoiinces it ; All these, and the questions might be ex tended greatly, are simple queries, to which land tl men, white ami Mack, can give but one reply. ,- l. I'lcase state frankly, whether we do not. under God. owe our opportunity to vote at all to Radicals and Radicalism (" Kranklv.no. You do not, in any sense tint should entitle Radicals or Radicalism t" jpur gratitude. . , i he inoi i vc ol an act is the measure ot its merit. No Christian believes that he can besaved except through the crucifixion of Christ. .Now a Roman ruler crucified Christ. Tbe Tribute would conclude, therefore, that ev ery Christian who is saved is indebted to him for his salvation. This reasoning is identical with that by which Ihc Trilmui claims for the Republican party the un lit of enfranchising the blacks. We reply that, unless an honest dcifire to maintain the rights ot the black inspired tbst enfranchisement, they deserve no more .i i . it ,: 11:1 . .1. . credit I'U' u man tines i uniitis I nine mr tne salvation ot mankind. But that no such honest desire existed is demonstrable trom the tact that, for many vears, the Hrpiil.H cans have had tbe power to enfranchise tin colored people in tlie Northern States, ami k-ir rrfuttd ta tlo it, antl. In the majonfy ot cases, continue thtit rtfutal to the jrrvrnt hour! Nothing can more clearly prove that some either lltau an honest motive induced the enfranchisement alluded to, and w presume there is not a man, woman or ehHd in the I'nited States, who does not know wkat that motive wis. It we (imply to bnibf up a Radical party at the South - nothing more, nothing leas. The Republicans have never been called, on to consider the negro, apart from a party aJuantaQ, wUhcuit repudiating all those, notion f ventciit 'to announce to mas meeting! of colored people, when toer leti. tuiar. vote. almost united Radical vote. Tbe act pro vided for the introduction of a large num ber of colored people into both eavalry and infantry. Rut did this Radical Congress recognize their true eufranchiaement and eivil rights? No, the nevroe -xwrrr wt thought Jit to aunriate with white nUier; and were forced into regiinente by them selves -two of cavalry and one of infantry ! (Act of July 28, 1808.) SPECULA 1 1ONS A R0VT MR. DA VIS'S CASE. The special correspondence of the New York Tr.bune containa the following, Which awaits "confirmation ." "Several prominent person! hive been here lately to inouira mrantins Iha au. nt Jeff. Davis, with a tiew to obtain hi trial or release without further delay. It ia ai erted on tbe very highest authority that tbe Government baa offered to release Mr. Davis ou hi own parole, bat that be ha positive ly declined to accept bit freedom unlaw the same is given unconditionally.'' Tlie New York Times', special dispatch, from Washington, dated Stuth. ult., has tbe following : "One week from today the United State District Court meets in Richmond, Va., and a motion will be made to proceed to tbe trial ot Jeff Davis immediately. The present in dications are thar it will be denied, and a ' further postponement will be effected. Dis trict Attorney Chandler, ol Virginia, is now in this city arranging preliminaries. An effort to procure Davis' release on bail will slso be made, and the advisability of grant ing it is lieing considered.'' A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun write : Washinotoh, April 30. The Rev. Mr. Bagley called on the President yesterday to inquire whether the Executive would par tion Jefferson Davis, should tuts latter peti tion for su:h clemency. The I 'resident re plied that he had issued a proclamation two years ago, which set forth certain condition and rule for pardon ; that any one desirous ot obtaining pardon must place himself within the terms aud provision nf that pro clamation. The President added that ha declined to say to Mr. Bagley, as he bad heretofore declined to ray to Others, what course be would pursue with regard to Jef ferson Davia ; that he (Mr. Johnson) would entleavor to perform hi duty conscientious ly, a he understood hi obligation, at the proper time. Such was the ubstanc of the conversation, a I get it from an authorita tive source. Disobacekul. We are inlormed npen perfectly reliable authority, that as a com pany of United Btate troops were passing over the North Carolina Rail Road to Mor ganton, a few day since, tome of tbe sol dier were allowed to commit the most ahamcful acts of violence. At High Point a sober, industrious and respectable freed man, a runner tor one of the hotels at. that place, was kicked in the face with a heavy boot, while attending to bis duties and other wise maltreated. At Tbomasville another frecdman, an employee on the train, was kicked in the faoe, probably by the same scoundrel, snd so seriously injured that be was compelled to leave hi post and it was for a time feared that he would also lose tbe sight of one eye. After having done this the ruffian held up his heavy boot and ssid he bought the pair of boots "on purpote to l irk niggm with." We tlo not know whether there was any officer with these troop or not, but If there was, he deserve to be cashiered for permit ting such acts. If I'nited States soldier are allowed to maltreat freed inen in this way, it is not to be wondered at tbat fervent ec rebels de clare themselves to be the best friends ot the negro, suit have s show of reason ia it. 1'niun Rcgitler (Eatlical.) - The&rfh rrf April bt-irtjif'trnxtlty appxtUtad in Georgia for decorating the graves of the Confederate tlead, Friday last was observed in that way throughout the Stat.' In Au gusta most of the business houses, were closed, the ladies formed in procession, each lea ring a floral offering, and marched to the cemetery, where memorial ' wreaths were deposift?d on the graves. In Colombo the proceedings commenced by an address commemorating the deed of the departed heroes, and in the evening of tbe dsy tbe latlies repaired to the graveyards and paid a similar tribute to the tlead. Tbe day was slso observed st Louisville, Kentucky. The latlies in large crowds bearing wreaths and evergreens, repaired to Cave Hill Cemetery, and there knelt over antl decorated the graves making them glow with floral beauties. The memorial societies in Savannah were lavish in thir testimonials, and Magnolia Cemetery w as, bedecked with wreaths and garlands. In Macon, Atlanta, and Rome, the same solemn ceremonies were observed, with, il possible, even s greater veneration for the departed heroes of a buried cause. The Cokscirkcb Fcnd. A remarkable instance of "conscience" was developed at the I'nited States Treasury, a few day since. Two envelopes were received Irom Cincin nati, - in th same , mail, ail dressed, to General . . Spinner, I'nited States Treasurer, unofficially one containing 92,300, and the other 1 1,1)00 in greenback. Not a word ot ex planation accompanied either of them, and there is no trace discovered of the sender or senders. The total receipts of tbe "consci ence" fund amounts, with these sums, to $45,000. DtsiaiTAi.TV. The tJoiiuilei! (Texas) In quirer, a few weeks agit, said that the Mayor ot that tow u hail tlraHtl the public square in black on account of the passage ot the Sherman bill, which placet I tbe conntrv under military ruie. Uvaeraf . Uritfia took the paragraph literally, antl thundered forth a pronunciaitiento, assuming the fact as "an evident token that Uortsalei county was rela-llious," etc. The Inquirer explains the difficulty by stating that just about that time the mayor had caused tbe grass to be burned iff the public square, w hich opera tion left it-quite black. MrLoUiix. ia the nulj mau. except Jienry Clay who ha-s been honerud with three elec tions to the 8eakerhip. Chimgo Tribune The J,a (sssesr)enocr.ir truthfully v that the above paper is in error. NatkanLi Macou, of Norili Carollua, was speaker three tfrms, Mr. Clay was ( speaker four terms and two sessions, and Andrew Steven eon of Vitginia was speaker three term and one stnaloa. 'Three other gs-ntiemen vbata. tcn speakers two tetmi each. Wit Die. patch. . Hon. A. II. Stepheus, of Georgia, is report ad in unusually feeble health.
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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