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TOE HERALO Of IBS
VOL. 1—NO. 18.
1MINGTON, N. (., BOMBAY MOOING, MAW 20, 1865.
PRICE TH
■’junmtBr.tKaKUKM»v ■ ■.« trots* it'S!
THE HERALD OF THE ™N.
WILMINGTON,
: MARCH 20.
THIS LATEST NEWS.
Through^ P oli ‘ e " eas of B TO G™ 6 ™ 1 Dod se
we werTOst night placed in possesion of New
York papers
of the 15th and 16th, brought to
Federal Point by the steamer Atlantic, and thence
to this city by the Eliza Ilanwz. The lateness of
the hour prevents, our making any extracts this
morning- . .
Details are given of Skerman’s movement and
of Schofield’s advance to and occupation of Kins
ton.
Sheridan at last accounts was within twenty
miles of Richmond, and had probably struck and
destroyed the Danville railroad, severing the last
southerly line of communication with the rebel
capitol.
Gold sold in New York on the 15th at 174}, and
closed on the evening ol that day at 175}.
The gunboat Eolus arrived last evening from
Fayetteville, which place she left on Friday.
Sherman’s rear guard left that day and Hampton’s
cavalry skirmished with them in the streets of the
town. No further damage was done to the town
than has been reported. .
The Eolus reports speaking a scout onthebank
of the river who reported the occupation of Golds
boro by Scho eld’s forces.
The grand caravan that is marching down is j THE REBELS AAD THE NEGROES.
looked for daily. When it arrives the accommo- i
dahonsof the town will be sorely taxed to furrush ^ $J aYf!S flailed Upon to Save
shelter for them all. j ,
. TO fee Confederacy.
Wilmington Theatre.'
These distinguished American; artistes -whose
; PASSWS BY TOE. REBE& ۩^.
finished impersonations have -won lor them a bril- 1
^l^^as OF TilJE NE^MO ABM*
liant reputation both in England and America.,. 1
will make .their first appearance in the south, since
their return from abroad, at the theatre this even, i Hunter ©4 Virginia, Mallees a^peiiecl
ing in Mr. Watkins successful drama of The Hid- |
den Hand, pronounced by the 'distinguished nu- ,
thoress of the romance upon which the play is
founded (Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworlhj to be the
“best dramatization ot her story she had ever |
witnessed.” To those unacquainted with the sub- |
ject the following from the New Orleans Picayune -
will Drove acceptable :
“The Hidden Hand is the very taking title of one 1
of the be^t dramas it wits ever our good fortune to :
witness, presenting as it docs, a combination of the .
thrilling, the terrible, the misterious, the comic and
ag^iasst, rtsad Votes; ior the Brn.
At 12 o’clock on the 7th inst. the rebel House
bill to increase the military forces of the Con
federate Stator., better known as the Negro Sol-
the tragic. i
“ The principal charaCter^-Capitola—is i splendid
concepiion, and the ‘conservation of character,’ as
critics call it, is preserved throughout. She is the
rightful heir of millions, but by the guilty machi
nations of the reVeruoner, she, the only obstacle
betw en tom and the inheritance, is, together witn
an old mulatto nurse, stolen and spirited away in ,
infancy/and cast as an unknown wait upon the .
The following is thebik
A Burn to increase the mil.tary forces of the
Confederate States.
‘ The .Congress of the Conjederate Stales: of
America do enact, That in orderto provide ad
ditional Ibices to repel invasion, maintain the
‘ rightful possession of the CunfecT'rate Stales,
J secure their independence and preserve their
: institutions, the President be and he is hereby
authorized to ask for and accept from the own
ers of Slaves, the services of such able-bodied
during the war to perfor;
grounds upon which it mA be; -
If tois is go who is to answer to.
of-thousands of men who have a
the war? Who was to answer mr
into the contest on prim-ip e and
■principle, but th se who TOA ;
principle. Not'.tor toll toe g^to
vtotions nothing could have ■ ?:
Mr. Hunter then argued bT
ing ibon.egrw.es if they; woe
Thcie was something in the h
come out
IF we could make tto
in society, .We cbhld make fh -
haps, to command white no
ambitious President might u-e
seize the liberties of he countr
chancre of life in ‘ Rag Alley,' in city ol A ww
York. The picture of her sufferings oom hunger, ;
cold and desolation, as drawn by her own hand, is
very toucoinff and sad. She almost starves, tries , ize , . , ,
to obtain work, is everywhere refused, and i. about battalions, regiments and brigades, under sura 1
to.commit ..uicide, bonding a ?ixpenn^ ’
resolves to-live while it lasts. As u / -
a last resource
boy. Then" she makes a preearions existence by
bUcking bpots, selling papers, and Such other cm
plovments as offer. A planter m Virginia, who gets
a clue to the mystery of.her abduction from the
nurse, goes to New York in search of her. Me
finds her by accident before the municipal court,
taken up for her disguised sex. Sheis abet io be
sent to the house to yetoge, but the planter claims
In the issue of Tun Herald of the Union,
on. Tuesday morning, March 21st, we shall com
mence the publication of a tale by Charles
Dickens, which has never appeared in any journa
or periodical in this country. The publication
will be continued from day to day until com-
hoyden, who turns his household economy upside
down, is i favorite with all, and yet a brant over
all. She gets absolute . control of ' the governor/
as in b’hoy parlance she calls tee old gentleman,
and does what she pleases. In his absence she calls
in the neg -oes, and has a dance, in which she joins
, with g-Ntglee. She is discovered, and t to rever-
i sinner employs a notorious desperado to carry her
1 off. He contrives to secrete himself in her bed
j chamber at night, but the earless girl by her cool-
i ness and intrepidity, succeeds .in defeating the
I assassin, whom she literally catches in a tr ap. Fi-
I Dally the plots arc unravelled, the mystery disclosed
Dieted. Those who desire to read the whole of
sidei ed that the chance
this production—one of the most interesting that | Hf e made it strange, i
“As to the character of • Apitola, it .must be cor
SJSbc.x
That the General-in Chic! be author-
1’0 power under the'Constituto'- 1 . to
.emancipate The shves,' an i tn-
granted no'sudh great powers to
Mr Hunter then showed - dr>" ■
that no- considerable body of neg,
.be raised in (he States over wh ;
merit had control, \\uto-uf'urip;
of’the labor uto dutely ; mtototo
food. He-thought there waTO.
chance of gettp/.g. TOeda-TOe itoto
back to Ito army than oi geJ’oe
it. The negro abhorred tu
s into companies, ;
i I authority to itopri'ss-
may prescribe and to be commanded by such
officers as the President may appoint. .
clothing and compensation as are allowed to
other troopsill the same branch.of 'he service.
SEC. 4. d'hat if, under the, previous section
of this act, the President sh ill not be able,, to
raise a Sufficient number of troops to prosecute
th., war successfully and maintain the stiver
from AkibTULi. I' kk a \b’
era ol - imnrtoriae;'.!-, voto .
borers, how will w-. oe aou:
. eignty of the S'ato
and the independence of
s. then; he is-uith'.rizedTd
well dtoe’t to the e".
TO r ;■■■ - '•
if we topenu u or.
TO-t TO. t.TOatol
h
eail on each State, whepo cr Ire tkinks it expo
dient, for her quota of 31)0,(100 troops, in add
lion to those subject to military service unde
existing laws, or so many thereof as the Pres
dent may deem necessary, to be raised ITOI
in each State, as the-propet
HEC. 5. That nothing in ^hi;
construed to authorize a change
of said slaves.
expense.
es
I I )C j favor- of the nibUTOiO
, - ■ i that the measure ^i.-
I ‘quiesced
Jie did-rmt-
ay,. IHedcr
has emanated from the prolific en of that gifted
author—-should hand in their subscriptions with
out delay.
On Monday the 27th in'st., we hope to be able
to present The Herald of the Union to its
patrons in an enlarged form, and printed upon
paper manufactured at the north expressly for !
printing purposes, and be'ter adapted to that than
blotting like that we are now forced-to use. We
shall continue to make improvements in the ap
pearance, matter and general character of the
journal as the patronage extended to us by the
public will warrant.
1 . ,«.'va-v«srx23»c3M.-¥urtocnJi:K«zi*A-«a
refined.
■e not cultured or
iulion, it was ‘proper that
TOTOUI; fuTO i 1
TOemtoof anTOe Southern lacy. Her deport- Are public expression to ills opinions; Sum!
ment mu-t. be judged by her antecedents and the j bis first appearance in public liluhe- find 'Tecog
dramatic character which she had t-> preserve, not . ,^,^1 the right Of the Legislature to, instruct
by the standard of a planter’s * daughter, “native ......
and to the manor born.’ But her sudden elevation
from poverty and wretchedness,, to {independence,
to the mistress of a 8 mthern home, was calculated
That she is almost wild in her .jov—anetoy, rompin;
and- daring, a vritable care-devil •Lady -Gay,
was the most n;
“Ofcourse 51.1
.kia^was ^y^e roily?, and.Ji
tea the part to perfection.—
upon onr stage. There is^y^l tol^chajr
itubity in her exp^ession-whith dlth bW
LOCAM NTE LIU G E^CE
Imbsdiabt F1KB.-A fire was discovered on
Saturday afternoon in a lot of rosin on the promi
ses of thSTOessrS.' Van Amringe, near Chad-
bodrae’s steam saw mill, at the east end of the
This rosin had. been twice set on fire by
town.
the rebels before they evacuated the town, but the
fire had been extinguished, though damaging the
rosin considerably by melting and-spreading it on
the ground. On Saturday it was about burned
up. Chadbourne’s mill had a narrow escape at
one time during the conflagration, but was' saved
through the: efforts of the sqld'ers and citizens,
It is said that a negro employed at the mill re
ports having seen a person dressed in the uniform
of a private soldier of the union army come to the
enclosure where the rosin was, stored and throw a
lighted brand of fire upon it. Of course the fife,
must have been set intentionally by some one,-
Whether it was set by some of the national sol
diers through pure deviltry, or by some skulking
rebel in Federal uniform remains io be seen. It.
will be noticed that General Abbott has offered a
reward of fifty dollars for the apprehension of the
incendiary whoever he may be.
Mons ATOivALS Tnuir Fayetteville. Every
day adds to the influx of refugees from the giand
crowd that followed Sherman into this State from
South Carolina. On Saturday a steamer came in
from above having in low half a dozen barges
loaded with men, women and children, whites and
blacks, fleeing from the desolation of South Caro
lina The fleet was three days in making the
passage down the river. The number of passen
gers was increas 'd by one on The second night
out: The unhappy mother and chip were kindly
cared for by the officers in charge and their fellow
refugees.
he sb uld j which shodldHu
‘ E '- ; 1 ' Iiey kne
ind uponthat body he desired to place the re
ipoDSibinty of llu: measure should it become a
aw.- Ltotd this nmrnii!!.:,' he Ito-d tibahdoned
mire ti ¬
^ 'ITOe-
haveTO' tod
ll.- r
gainst
the idea oi publicly expressing his . viows ; -but'
his friends had suggested Elat j^ Imid.-:i . .
self leqiiirMIhat he shuuldjto so.■ ,^£7 wou^. hended. 1
He^huuld /nfeavor
parry out dm to;, to'
n^iJettoveTOi! would
^feat hot havp the e
^^ ly
spnj- . f
TOTO 1
ound as w;ien t >i ) kin'(lh6-hir?^ was'receni- to, tn J cl out no t! rein, • in to
under discussiosi •iw-eeere& *86^100.’" " ' ’ ' Congress atk-p-toTOi u . a ■
IV hen we le.lt. (-11$, uM ;Gav era-men I .he> hyd-toWdWfM . cM ed up« n, .o
though 1 -" wo Ima gotton rid, *ort-vpr (n Vie totovto
rv agitation /that we were entering into anew,
..... . CoVitoderacy-^’llotnogeiious 1 States v/iiere the
o ^ the^iaVery question whi ch’ll ad b’e
iDtrodu.'ed-^veral vrx&uwelw^ Y^h & -to . , . to A . , ,-
she sing-’ so e^qirwitolv. ’ In the character of Wool, ; com
Mr. Watkins is fith-d to a We—^ is o^e.o.Utji/'se, havejio p.
abounding spirit of mirthful and innocent jnisch of,
of fond and tender t ustfuinsss th^ymatos her beau-
^Uth Ali inroad upon jpe (j -usiliuim. ;..-
walMorTOiddiiiona'l guards b ing thrown'
that insti ument. He eonsi.'ered the . d^
ty more beautiful
c intolerable, under tho olcbUnlon,- was tori
of theTto
Nir. V/ atkins is nu-' J to a /(oic—i^ Isyi>o-W I ,HT?
consummate portraitures that afniost c^a^e^.to, be
acting. In look, jdsturid a'nd accent it ivag h^PPV
plete^ealization of the constqueniial darkey—the
favored body servant, who^ jppcrtingh|||4^
pid blunders, and lauchabhf’ifiubndoshvouVi bo'tol
erated nowhere but.in the-’South -Mr. Watkins is
certainly far in.advance of -all bis pr^de'^sSdrs in
the delineation of negro character. -HTOap^
have studied every phas^ot "'their,to^uhtoWs; as
is demonstrated by bis performantcAsbfiWAol and
Jocko-j arts as widelv/lis^mlaq^ posable,
for two charactchs 1 to be conceived.. _ Kar Allies ha
ever los-sight of his character—from ^entraijce to
exit he is nigger all: ^eri” ; ; ./;to : >>.
Important to Citizens.—A notice is pripted
elsewhere in this paper ^to^ ito m^ojt^ps
directing them to clean thW’TOdTOC premises^
This is as it should be.'and' tlifee ,Wio; TOe,to n
so long finding ffivilt, w4 giwnbling stathe’untidy
comiitioni of the town', 'add' pw^gfib'iftrag 1 do
much',pes)t>loncq jn 'cQns(-qi}eppppwy .and must
now do something themselves towwis- averting
the anticipated evil. GeneimAWMTO Mls-
sured. is determined to. put the Mwn iff WzlliSMly
a condition as is. possiWe lo -be piit'i ahff'tbTO
who neglect the quirt ■ assign'd theri’ln lhV '.TO’
woik nee'cl expect’lib lluHelley.* .
^pt.^Jii^ >uuprise he Hndstlhat
, this Government assume^t^. ’kW^ C ”  “^
the'sliives, wnich^involve.:; aisy thy power of
emancipalidri? To thY agi'-Aion' of’ this’ ques
tion. the assumption ofRki^]foW^;-htoiia'-eto'tht. 1
; qri^ip of the^toqiik w^ich »;.tf».-.--o»dr8p.r(>&‘d'^
people. ‘ They kn^ tha^gjopr u l^fties, tw^
- ioibo achieveii’, r^v as to pe done by J.b^ ^TT £
and by the liAAU offre^hi’en it also inju.ed
Uis tabr^ad. ‘ It wasTOb^abiltol as a coh^ss’fdn of
despair and amaln.!udoniiie^t of bhegrouitd u^-
0’1 which we had sqce.dcd Vrquhil^ . ^Id Um©^.
■ We hifd insisted that Congress h^d no yighj.jp,
ihteriere wifh A Slaveiy, 1 Aid 'upon flie coming
into power of thepaHy who it* Wais'kh(Am ivhuld
assume and exesoiso* that power,- vt^^boeded'.'-^
The Weather.— Y^st^rd^y, jvas Qpe pf the
most.delightful days of'the seasons, d Thtoblossoms'
on the fru^t trees could almost b«-seen-springing
from the bud into, the full ITOm ilTO.. -The
oburohes-were well attended. Everybody ! and Ms
wife and children improved the day to crawl out
from the self-impteel O^f^^S^ ftM^
few weeks. Finding themselves' unharmedlm
consequence it is to be hoped that they will con
tinue the exercise of their freedom.
We had also s . t,hpp ..c,o.nter4gdtthat urUcuevar
the’tw® faces wove tbro^p, Ipgc/lre;’,^ opA mtis^
hcTtoiJter anil TOc other slave, and we vindica-
-the wVvrtji:i: a Tx'gih - A ! u R i -
la^Waha yuTO-Fu Ge-ibe^iti
A^Q Afi P ^ fbeoncosUTO'- 1
’ cta te o f Nt ’TO ’ 1 '■ ’ a 111111 ‘to- • • 11
^ie’H^mac and e^io 1
and^eA'rrdi
He
ppim.'.ssp k,e-iit"*i'i'kiTO o'-
TOuted^t
Lqe,.iuul (tie donsequtome w’.r b w u
would pq^be s-nhad as haA Ofeeirlv e
He hope 1, he_bill wbp.d V$-,v 1 mod-ito
cVnAun to one ins’ru ti-'.;_s,^i v »---iMi' top
of V-h'igdMn ’0 her Sena ors.
ted ourselves against the accusations of the ab-
'.di'ionists by^^ie^'W^hTt^^
.uto-tHind happiest eunpitiop .of Ipe nggjp, toW''
whatodoes tui's proposition adipitj j Tlie .right
of the central Goye^nent^48^^V. sieves ton
to thepiitotia/ahd to 'emstfiqipute' at; least L SQ
’ intoy ^ ^all be ph^ecTql tiro milijjy;y.^ ee.
‘ It 4 'is a clear'chiiai etj.the. cciHrqJ ^qw^rnA^eitt.
'TtoLna'nMpate'lb^ ,-
Iftordwre rlgbljn yas^ng,, tb^^^
■warte Wiring in'dej^ipg to, the oh^ Gove,rinvest
’tberigh# to interfere' wip alba j:&stjtutiqn ol
skivtoy and td enmncipale',slaves. { ^si/les, if
we ioffer slaves thei^ freedom.^a. hopn. we. con
fess that-we vtore i^stocerqn were . hypc-cr^cal
iq asserting that Slavery was the best.4tato for
' Jlyqnegrofts tbdimsel,v0.5. ( IIe bail, beev sincere
tn declaring that the qeolra.l,G'.'Vr:rqitoD^^
no power over the institut oR, of. slavery* Bind
that freedom'would bejip. bvon topl.e negro. _
T’^’tow belltoed, as be had formerly #44Jn
discussion On the same subject, that aiuing
'and emancipating the slaves was an abandon-
1 ment of this contest—an abandonment of the
Mr. 1
Thv.^ a
p^K Bi'wr.
^VTOEsf
t.h/c'PJSide
.f Too jd-une, oiTO M
. hiy.? ^pe.-Md- b'f
,iiig,a;nip!idtoeiiv t * L
hiTOtb pec'c-n */ t^
p^ the male
r.ed' 't TOO end old
TOan ^pper
cdl' be called lor
und
proyisi .DS of this ack’
The ^pieralnwut -as agreed f
The-lJl ns ipnftnded,.vTOs tho
'following. ■ e.j , -
SYA^yussis. Arown. , ujidtoG
Henry, Hunter, Oldham', Sammis, J
Watson—9. * . „ ■
. Wo'/v ' Messrs*. 1 I'arnweP, Graham
c .f G r 1 ns "f issouri, Maxwell, Oir.
Vest and Winfall-—8 *
The Senate resolved into secret session.
pom PATO