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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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For Conyeiitlon.
WE want business men.-and working men, who
. ve ttiC interest of the State at heart, tofreprcsent
Us
6. G. PARSLEY, Sr., Esq.,
ANt.
T. J. ARMSTRONG
will oe b
upported by
MANY VOTERS.
Aug- 7th
RAILROADS.
wil - Char, and Rutherford Railroad.
Laurinburgh, Seit.
a. aw. j
7U.J1
VJO.
SCHEDULE.
Ud truin i Down Train
1Yeday and featurday. MMondays and Thursday.
I. pave s Mai-t
band Mill -
liLaorel Hill -
! Laurinburgh
i Shoe Heel
A. M.
Kivcr-dde- ."..y.00 "
, wth West 10.00 "
Marlville.---ll.Wi "
Ko-indale--12.18 P.-M
Hro-vn iarsu i.oo
Moss Neck-
11
Bladeiiboro'
1,.4
Lumherton -10.1
Luinbrrton--Muss
Neck--Kf;i-
Banks
Shoe Heel--.
LuurinbuTL'h
Laurel Hill
3iladenboro'.ll.30 "
Brown Marshl2.24 P. M.
O. Id
4.00
4.54
5.24
G.00
u
(1
liosindale 1.12
Marville a.24
North West--8.30
Riverside -MMO
11
it
li
11
0.30 "
I Axriveat -
i Wilmington-15.30 "
je riin as a frL'ight train
Sand Hill.-- - 7.-J0 ,."
Tli' above train will
with pa-sener coachfis attached. In addition, an-
. other train will run exclusively for freight tw ice
neK week if a sufficiency of freight is of ered.
1 : . WM. II. ALLIEN,
M,st(r of Transportation.
. fi'f.pt. Mi i !" 163,
"(ireat Southern Mail Route Cfpened.
13AS-SENGERS can ndw go from all northern
points by Bay and James River Line, or by
ii.iil and Boats from Washington to Petersburg,
thence, by Rail via Weldun, Wilmington to Char
leston -and Columbia, S. (p., thence by 3oat to Sa
vannah, and Rail, to ' ; f
Auuta, , I " I
Atlanta, f
. Macoi, &e., &c.
Close connections are miade at Wieldon with
(iaston Ferry, and at Wilmington, N. C., by Rail
south and South wiest. ' -i I
B. L. FREMONT,
, . i Eng. & iSup't.,
' Wil. & Weldon R. R.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 2lJ I 157
lYtersburg Express, Richmond Whig and Bal
tHiiore American, copy one month and send bills.
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Wilmington and Manchester Railroad.
Office Gen. Supt. Wil. & Man.R. R., )
Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 20th, jL865.
ON and alter iSunday, Aug. 27th, laily trains
for passengers and freight, will riin over the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad p.3 follows :
Leave Wilmington daily at 6.00 AM.
" Kingsvilte u: ! 7.35P.iM.
Arrive at Wilmington daily at 3.05 P( M.
King's viile
1.25 A M.
These trains connect withi trains on JNorth Eas
tern Kail Road for Charleston, the Chejfaw & Dar
lington Railroad1 and Wil. & Wei. R. f R. There
is daily stage communicatioti betweenf Kiiigsvillc
and Columbia, 3- C, connecting With these trains.
There is also a line of stages .between Camden and
.Sumter (on WTilJ4&, Man. Railroad.)! The boat
connecting w ith these trains! leaves and arrives at
WiL- it Weldon Railroad wharf. Thei freight of
lice of the Company wilJfe at A. II. anBokke
len's wharf, on the pren-jfses 'recently qccupied by
A. E. Hall, and by st-amer North Carolina in rim
ing to Fayetteville. All freight will be received
and delivered at this point. 'Passenger! business is
done from Wil. & Weldon Railroad b wharf and
freight business from above wharf. f
; HENRY "M. DjlANE,
. 1 j Gn. Sup't.
Aug. 26th ! j f 151
Wilmington and -Weldon Siailroad.
Wilmington & Weldon R.jR. Co. )
Wilmington Aus?.- 29,1805,
PASSENUER TRAINS SCHEDULE,
T?ROM this datje Trains oji this Rodd will run
X- as follows : j I
Leave .Wilmington at S4 00 P. Mi
Arrive at Weldon at S 00 A. M.
Leave Weldon at 2,00! P. M.
Arrive at Wilmington; at 5 40 AJM.
Connoting at Weldon both ways wilh trains to
and from Petersburg, by Gaston Fery, r iid on
direct to Norfolk and Washington; connects at
Goldsboro' with i trains to Raleigh ant Newborn.
Also connects at Wilnungton with the Wilmington
it Manchester Railroad .'south to Charleston, Co
lumbia, Atlanta, Savannah, Montgomery; c-
S. L. FREMONT,
Aug. 30, 1SG5---1 5 1, i j Eng,& ifep't.
Wil., Char, und Rutherford Itailroad.
Office Wil., CuAn. & Rum. ItJ R. Co.
r nnvniihiiro- Nf . C.JSont. 7th.llS65.
rpiIE regular annual mcking of tlje Stockhql
X ders of this (stompany M ill be neict at
Laurin-
burg
Wo.
on Wednesday,
the lsth
day iof October,
WM.
H. ALLEN,
Secretary,
f 103-lm
eepCpth
nVil., Char. Ar ItntherffordL Railroad.
Pepot W., C. & R. R.iR. Co., )
v Wilmington, N. C, Sept. llthj KC. $
T7REKJHTS must be delivered at tlais depot by
i 11) o'cldck, A. MM Mondays and Fridays, in
order to insure their shipment by the trains leav
ing Tuesdays and Saturdays. f t
Reeeipis in duplicate must accompaijy each ship
ment, und freight invariably prepaid.
J. t. ALDERMAN,
Freight Agent.
sept. 12th
165-s
NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF
WILMEVGTOJI.
rpiIE uaidersigued appointed by J.he County
JL Court of New Hanover to adrhinister the
Amnesty Oath to the citizens of the twli of Wil
min'ton and furnish: certificates of tliie same, will
attend at the room of the Special Magistrate, at
the Court House, every w orking u. y; from Mon
dav 27th inst., until the day of election, from the
hours of THREE to FIVE P. M
A.. E.HALL,!
JNO. J. CONOLY,
A. J. howteLl,
8. N. MARTIN,
Committee.
Aug. 20th i t l"l-tc
SPECIAL NOTICE"
JNO. J. CONNOLEY, Esq., will ittend at his
office at the Court House, comijncncing this
morning at 10 o'clock, j and for succeeding twenty
working days, each day, from 10 to? 1 P. M., for
lietinkr thp t'lTPS .On Real ; Estate of the town of
Wilmington, 3nd coUcctinj same atitime of list
ing. I Those not listing within abovjp mentioned
time, wilt be charged double taxes. i
1 , J. SHACKELFORD,
Mayfor pro tern.
Sept. 5th, 1865. ? 159-3w.
BilLEY'S STAR HOTEL,
FRONT STREET, , WILMINGTON, N. C.
JAMES H. S5AI!.EY, Proprietor.
HOUSE open for the reception of guests at all
i hours of the day andfhight. ,,. f
No pains will' be I'.'emred' . to make the guests of
the hoilsd'cdmfoirtable ih every respejet.
The table is supplied .with, ey try Jukury the mar-r
A first class restauranti is . attached to the house,
"where th jpublicwrin be fiirxiished with icQ.pjream
or oysters Tn iheir seasons, wines, choice liquors
etc. ! ..' r y ,
Julvl9th . f ! . - 118
WIIHHGTOX,
TflE W1LSUXGT0X HERALD.
WILMINGTON.
SEPTEMBER 18
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Compositors Wanted.
Two or. three good and reliable compositors
will find steady employment and good wages on
immediate application at this office.
We aee prepared to print tickets for the
approaching election in any desired quantity at
the shortest possible notice. Send in your
orders promptly.
Mayor's Court, Commissioner Shackle
f ord, ITIa-for pro tem presiding-, Septem
ber 17th.
The past week sums up a dull record indeed,
oa the criminal docket. So dull is it that the
number occurring would hardly justify its con-
tinuance were itnot a necessity. Whether this
stagnation is the result of improved morals and
manners, or whether pocket experience has
taught evil-doers of the day of reckoning is to
be decided. It is most ilkely the last that con
trols the first, and justly proves that eternness
of character while on the bench, will make all
malicious persons respect the mayor's au.
thority.
Disorderly.- A policeman was arraigned for
disorderly conduct. The fact was not exactly
substantiated and being off duty at the time of
its occurrence, he was read a lecture by the court,
the substance of which was that the great num
ber of cases of this nature coming up was evi
dent that the parties expected clemency by
reason of their position. Such would not be
given in any case hereafter. The point of
greatest endurance had been reached and in
future any officer being discharged from city
service would not be reinstated for any consid
eration. With this understanding among the
officers there is likelihood of some abatement of
these cases.
Rather Ugly. Kate Bailey,' a nicely dressed
courtezan was charged with being drunk on the
public streets. To the charge she made no de
fence and was fined $5, and set at liberty, with
a declaration that it being her first, it should
now be her last appearance before the court.
Some one has said that the officer arresting
used brute force and knocked her down, -before
she could be put in the lock-up. He was no
doubt discharging his duty as he thought best,
but it must be a poor policeman indeed that
could not take charge of an inebriated woman.
To strike any woman, whatever she may be, has
heretofore been known as the greatest act of
cowardice.
Nothing else reported, the court adjourned.
Having his Fun. One of the old originals,
long since in the "sere and yellow leaf was on
the streets on Saturday, and had indulged his
appetite to such an extent as to fill his stomach
with the overjoyful, and thereby increase a de
sire to have a little sport. He said in justifi
cation, that he had walked from one of the up
per counties to this place to enjoy himself, and
he was going to do it. The last seen of the old
man was high up on Market street, where he
had assembled a dirty, and course appreciative
lot of urchins of both colors, who were humor
ing his vanity with a dance to his own music
on a jewsharp. So inoffensive was he, that
when reminded by one of the city guardians
that he was exceeding his privileges, that he
pledged the honor of himself, with his instru
ment as security, that he would not further the
proceedings if allowed to give the boys "one
rake or more" at "Yankee Doodle."
Unseasonable. The successive, hot weather
of the past week was never previously equalled,
it is thought, in this latitude at this Season. It
was to such a degree as to create the greatest
alarm among the high-renters,' lest the old gen-
tlemau of the cloven foot had changed his lo-
calitv for their esnecial benefit. The recent
w
rains, however, allayed their fears somewhat,
as thi3 is evidence given of the fact that all are
not to be sacrificed to the old monster for the
faults of a few. No rash expectations should
be indulged in by this class, however, s he
may run his horns into their private entrance
when they least anticipate his visit. It is nar
rowed down to the fact of their seeing him some
time; so the laborers think.
. . ;
A Species of RascalityI Passengers by the
railways and steamers, arriving at the city, are
frequently heard to complain of the enormous
or outrages charges demanded of them by hack
drivers. One gentleman with a couple of ladies,
arrived by the Charlotte train a few afternoons
since and was charged by one of these hackmen
fifteen dollars for transporting his party with
fVmr trunks, in the neighborhood of 5th and
- 7 -
Market streets. This rascality will never do.
There should be a stipulated price allowed these
hackmen per hour, and regulated by the city
authority as in other cities. Without anyone
to look after them, they are allowed to impose
upon every one as in the distance above.
The Sabbath. Yesterday came and passed
away very quietly. The several houses of wor
chin won well attended in the foienoon ana
the services were instructive and appreciative
Thor was" also services at St. John's Church
during the evening, Rev. Mr. Terry officiating
The day was quite pleasant, much more so than
those for the previous weeg. ., .,
1 " " " " ' " "
Really FiXE.atiirday's:. rain , wsa ,rea;
fine one, and it fell -after the ohl styles Old
mother earth gobbled it up as greedily as a Hoi
lander" vWld a baked goose, or any old toper. a,
gin cock taiL The atmosphere is greatly im
j proved from this little favor, and could be fun
X. C, MOXDAY, SEPTEMBER
ther benefitted by one ct two more such. Not '
wishing to beavaricious, one will do if contin-
ued long esoueh.
EXCEKDIKOLT BbXEFICIAX. One Of OUr citT '
drug stores has lately been opened in the even-
lng, trie nrst time either of them have done so
since the federal occupation. This U quite
proper, and of exceeding great benefit and con
venience to the coajmunity at large. Freqnent
ly medicines are needed after nightfall, but
until this time they were not to be obtained,
possibly, except at great trouble to both drug
gist and patient. It a suggestion were allow
able, the others of the city should open their
doors likewise.
-1
To Voteks. By notice to be found in the ad-
vertising columns this morning it will be sesn
that Jno. J. Connoly and A. E. Hall, Esqs., w:ll
be found at the court house this evening.
(Mouday) and to-morrow evening, between the
nours ot 7 and y o clock, for the purpose of
allowing those not yet qualified to take the am
nesty oath required by the governor's procla
mation. It is a matter that should not be nee-
ected, as the election comes off on Thursday
next.
We abe indebted to Mr. J. G. Burr for news
papers, etc.
We are indebted to Adams' Express Company,
and to the pursers of steamships General Sedg
wick and Commander, for late papers in advance
of the mails.
Accoommodating. The printer's imp wouM
say to the young lady up town who is constantly
singing "would I were with thee," that she can
be gratified at any time by leaving her address
with him. ' '
Orders Regarding the Election.
The following judicious order has benn pun
ished in reference to the approaching state
convention :
Headq'rs Dep't of North Carolina, )
Raleigh, N. C , Sept. 12, I8G5. f
General Orders.
No. 14.
An election having been appointed by His
Excellency the Provisional Governor of the
state of North Carolina, to be held on the
21st day of September. 1865, the following
order in relation thereto is published for the
government and infornntien ot all con
cerned. I. On the day of such election, no officer or
enlisted man will visit the polls, nor, will per
mission to leave camp or station be given to
officers or men, except in cases of necessity.
11. Officers having command ot troops will
at the request of the civil officers having
charge of the elections, render all needful as
sistance for the preservation of order. If. se
rious disturbance should anywhere occur at
the polls such disturbance w:ll beat once
suppressed, and the guilty arrested even if
such request be not made.
III. Any person guilty of attempting, by
force, to prevent an orderly and quiet elec
tion, or interfering there with, will be pun
ished with the severity due to acts in their na
ture essentially hostile to the government, and
to this end such persons will be arrested by
the nearest jiiilitaiy commander, and all the
facts in such case reported by hmi direct to
these headquarters, as well as to his immedi
ate superior.
IV . Commanding officers ot districts, regi
ments, posts or separate detachments will -be
held strictly responsible for the enforcement
of this order. .
V. The foregoing order is not published
under apprehension that the conduct of the
troops would otherwise be improper, or that
the election would not be or'ietly, but that
the evil disposed, if such there be, may be
fyrewamed and without excuse, and the elec
tion be beyond suspicion fair.
By command of Brevet Major Gen. Huger:
J. A. CAMPBELL,
Offiicial : Ass't Adj't Gen.
Clinton A. Ctllet,
Ai-s't Adj's Gen. f
Bank of Cape Fear.
We learn that a largt majority of the stork
holders of this institution was represented in
the meeting held in this city, on Wednesday
last. Jonathan Worthy Esq., public treasur
er, represented, the interests of the state in
the institution by appointment of Governor
Ho'.den. ' -
William A. Wright, Esq.T was reelected
president of the bank, and the following gen
tlemen were elected directors by the stockhol
ders : William A.Wright, Robert Strange,
James Anderson, Adam Lmpie, Geo. R.
French, Jesse II. Lindsey, Sion II. Rodgers.
The following gentlemen were appointed di
rectors on the part of the state: P. K. Dickin
son, Daniel L. Russell, Sr., William B. Gile,
and John Wooster. At a subsequent meeting
of the directors Jas. G. Burr was elected
cashier.
All the corporations in tho state in which
the state has an" interest, have thus been reor
ganized by direction of Gov. Holden, and
placed under the control of loyal men. These
various corporations will report their condi
tion through the public treasurer to the ap
proaching convention and legislature. Ral.
Standard. n
Trial of ITIr. Davis.
A Washington telegram ol Tuesday, the
12th inst. says :
It has heretofore been stated that Jefferson
Davis will be tried before a civil tribunal for
treason, probably before the United States
Court for the Eastern Disttict of Virginia.
Nothing additional has transpired oh that
subject since the announcement was made
It is a mistake to suppose that Chief Justice
Chase has anything do with the prelimi
nary arrangements, any more than he has
with the preparation of caes for adjudication
before the feupreme court ot tne oniteu states.
Nor has he expressed, as has been stated, a
desire to try the case of the United State?
against-Jefferson Da-vis," buff will' tfj thiat ak
ue wilt Bn uiuei5iiuii.ii uiajr tumc uciuic uiiu
in the4 usual oufof'btfsirie'ss:
tAJ .u.
u.
Gi-Volne,y'lJbl's6r, TreasrJier'
i"Was arrested TaSttighW (Mifmbtlo!
rani issued by Gov. Anderson
a breach of trust and embezzlement. Wm.
18, 1865.
Dorset gave bail in the sam of $600,000, the
amount fixed bylaw. The warrant charged
brru with ioanrag 50,000 to a binkinz firm
at Commons. Ihe governor hsi
issul a
the Trea-
Droclamiliaiw HUrinn- tha .w ..f
surer of the Mite vacant.
IMPORTANT SPEECH OF THE
PRESIDEXT. i
He Telb the Southern People
How He Feels Toward Them.
flow They are to be II onto red
the Union.
to
SOTIE GOOD PLAIN TAJLK.
iSjx-c'al Dispatch to the w Y,rk Time.
WA.-HisrTON,"Monday, Sept. 11.-."
ADDRESS BY SOUTHERNERS TO TOE PRESIDENT.
An, impromptu- meeting of Southerns was
convened here this morning for the purpose
of preparing an address to the President, 6n
behalf of themselves and the people of the
South.' At about noon they were admitted
to the presence of Mr. Johnson, whom Mr.
McFarlaud, of Virginia, made the following
remarks: -.
Mr President The gentlemen accompany
ing me, nnd whom I have the honor of intro
ducing Co you, constitute a number of the
most resre:tabre citizens of nine of the South
ern States. They come, Sir, for the purpose
of manifesting the sincere respect and regard
they entertain fur you, and to express their
sincere determination to co-operate with you
in whatever shall tend to promote the inter
ests and welfare of our common country, and
to say that they are as earnest now and faith
Tul to their allegiance to the United States,
and to the constitution of the Union, as in
the past, and that they have great confidence
in your wisdom to heal. the wounds that hae
been made, and in your disposition to exercise
all the leniency which eau be commended by
a sound and judicious policy. That they are
assured, in doing thw, of your desire and in
tention to sustain and maintain Southern
rights in the Union of the United States.
The President was surprised at the impos
ing appearance of the delegation, and was
evidently much affected in reply. Eyery ges
ture and utterance was full of subdued elo
quence. His reply was as follows :
Gentlemen : I can only say in reply to the
remarks of your chairman that I am highly
gratified to receive the assurances he has
given me. They are more than I could have
expected under the circumstances. I must
say I was unprepared to receive so numerous
a delegation on this occasion ; it was unex
pected. I h?d no idea it was to be so large,
or represent so many States, when I express
ed, as I did, my wi'lingness to see at any time
so many of you as chose to do me the honor
to call upon me, and stated that I should be
gratified at receiving any manifestations of
regard you might think proper to make. I
was totally unprepared for anything equal to
the present demonstration. I am free to say
it excites in my mind feelings and emotions
that language is totally inadequate to express.
When 1 look back upon my past actions and
recall a period scarcely more than four short
years ago, when I stood battling for principles
which many of ' you supposed and thought
were wrong, I was battling for the same prin
ciples tuat actuate me to-dav, and win
cn
l
principles I thank my God you have
come
forward on this occ-isioji to manifest a dispo
sition to support. I can say now, as I have
said on many former occasions, that I enter
tain no personal resentments, enmities or. an
imosities to any living soul south of Mason
and Dixon's line, however much he may have
differed from me in, principle. The stand I
then took I claim to have been tho only.une I
remember now. I stood pleading with mv
Southern brethren, when thoy stood with then
hats on their heads ready to turn their backs
upon the United States how I implored them
to stand with me there and maintain our rights
and fight our battles under the laws and con
stitution of the United Statt-s I think noV
as I thought then, and endeavored to iudu: c
..them to believe that dur true position was un
der the law and under the constitntion of the
Union with the institution of slavery in it :
but if that principle made an issue that ren
dered a disintegration possible if that made
an issue which. -should prevent us from trans
mitting to our children a country, as be
queathed to us by our fathers, I had nothing
eise to do but stand by the government, be
the consequences what they might. I said
then, what you all know, that I was for the
institutions of the country as guaranteed by
the constitution, but above all things I was
for the Union of the States. 1 I remember the
taunts, the-jeers, the scowls with which I was
treated ; I remember the circle that stood
around me, and remember tho threats and in
timidations that were freely uttered by the
men who opposed, and whom I wanted to
befriend and guide by the light that led me ;
but feeling conscious in my own integrity
and that I was right, I heeded not what they
might say or do to me, and was inspired and
encouraged to do my duty, regardless of aught
else, and have lived to see tho realizations ol
my prediction and the fatal error of those who
I vainly essayed to save from the results I
could not hut foresee. Gentlemen, we have
p issed through this rebellion. I say we, for
it was us who are responsible for it. Yes,
the South made ti e issue, and I! know the
nature of the Southern people well enough to
know that when they have becomi convinced
. i i i i i i .
ot an error xuey iranKiy acsnowieage it in a
manly, open, direct manner, and now In the
performance of that duty, or indeed in any
act they undertake to perform, they do ii
heartily and frankly ; and now that they come
to ine, I understand them as sayirig.that "we
made the issue ; we set up ti e Union of the
States against the institution of slvrery: we
selected the arbitrator, the.. God i& attlei
the arbitrament was .the sword J VXneja&ue
was lainy ana nonoramy met. ioin ineau
Y i V - ti -n it .T-
tions presented bave been settled .against us.
and Ware prepared' tfj' accep6utnsSuerv'f
find on albeides-ttois epirit -cndortra noVior'
prevailing,. ,1 isfal(Lbylii 'Tfcewsue ar-
eraTs jwjjL,TR? .judgment aesifteen iaguiBia,
In doicg this we are dc
ourselres;no
PRICE FIVE CEXTS
dishonor, and should not 'feel humiliated or
degraded, but rather that we re ennobling
ourselves by our action,, and we should feI
that the government baa treated ua magnani
mously, and meet the government upon the
terms'it has jo magnanimously proffered us.
So far as I am concerned personally, 1 n
uninfluenced by any question, whether it af
fects the north or the south, the east or the
west. 1 stand whre I did of old, batiliag
for the constitution and the union of the Uni
ted States. In doing so, I know I opposed
some of you gentlemen, of the south, when
the doctrine of seces-won was being urged
"upon the country, and the declaration of your
right to break up tho government and disin-
t 'grate the union was made. I stand to-dar
a I have ever stood, firmly in th opinion
that if a monopoly contends against this
country, the monopoly must go down and the
country must go tip. Yes, the issue was made
by the south against the government, and the
government ki triumphed; and tho south,
true to her a .cieut instincts of frankness and
manly honor, comes forth and expresses its
willingness to aHde the result of tho decision
'n good faith. While I think that the re- .
bollua has been arrested and subdued, and ,
am happy in the consciousness of a duty well
performed, I want not only you, but the peo
ple of the world, to know that while I dreaded
and feared disintegration of the sta'es, I am ,
equally-oppoed to consolidation or concentra
tion of power here, under whatever guise or
name they bear;; and if the issue is forced
upon us,' 1 shall still endeavor to pursue the
same efforts to dUsuade from this doctrine of
running to extremes, but I say let the same
rules be applied. Let the constitution be oar
guide. Let the preservation of that and the
union of the states be ourprineipal aim. Let
it be our hope that the government may be
perpetual, atid that the principles of the gov
ernment, founded as they are on right and
justice, may be handod down without spot or
blemish to our posterity. As I have before
remarked to you, 1 ain gratitied to see so ma
ny of you here to-day., It manifests' a spirit
I am pleased to observe. I know it has been
said of me that ray asperities are sharp; that
I had vindictive feelings to gratify,, and that
I should not fail to avail myself of the oppor
tunities that would present themselves to grat
ify such despicable lVeliugs. Gentlemen, if
my acts will ;iot speak for mo and for them
selves, then any profession 1 might now make
would be equally useless. But, gentlemen, if
I knowtnyself, as I think I do, T know that I
am of the southern people, and I love them,
and will do all in my power to restore them to
that state of happiness and prosperity which
they-enjoyed before the; madness of misguided
men, in whotn they had reposed their confi
dence, le'd them astray to their own undoing.
If there i9 anything that cm be done on my
part on correct principles, on the principles of
the constitution, to promote these ends, be as
sured that it shall be done. Let me assure
you, also, that there is no disposition on the
part of the government to deal harshly with
the southern people. There may be speeches
published from various quarters that may
breathe a different spirit Do not let them
trouble or excite you, but believe that it is, as
it is, the great object of the government to
make the union of these United States more
complete and permanent than ever, and to
maintain it on constitutional grounds, it pos
sible, more firmly than it has ever before been.
Then why cannot we. all come up to the work
in a proper spirit ? In other word, Let us
look to the constitution. The issue has been
made, and decided. Then as wise men, as
men who -ee right and are determined to fol
low it, as fathers and bothers, and as men who
love their country in this hur of trial and
-ufferii; , why cannot we come up and help
to settle the question of the hotnyand adjust
them according to the principles of honorand
justice ?A The institution of slayery is gone.
The former stilus of the; ne'-had to bo
'changed, and we, as wise men, must recog
nize so potent a fact and adapt ourselves to
circumstances as they surround U3. "
Voices We are willing to do eo. Yes,
sir, we are willing to do so."
I belie -e you are. I believe when your faith
is pledged when your consent has been giveu,
as I have already said L,believe it will be
maintained in god faith, and every pledge or
promise fu'ly carried out. Crie,""It will."
AM Lask or desire of the south or the north,
the east or the west is to bo sustained in car
rying out the principles of the. constitution.
It is not to be denied that we have been great
sufferers on both sides. Good men have fall
en on both sides, and much misery is being
endured, as the necessary result of so gigan
tic a contest. Why, then cannot we com o
together, and around the common altar of our
country heal the wounds that have been made.
Deep wound have beep inflicted. Our coun-.
tfydias been scarred all over. Then why can
not we approach each other upon principles
which are right in themselves, and which will
be productive of gepd to all. The day is not
distant whetf we shall feel like some family,
that has had a:de and desperate feud, the
various members of whch have come together
and compared Hhe evils and sufferings they
bad intircted upon each other. Theyhad
seen the influence of their error and itsresalt,
and governed by a geneous spit it of coacil
lationthey had become mutually forbearing
and forgiving, and return to their old habits
of fraternal kindness, aad , become better
friends thsih eter Therj let us consider that
the feud wnichflienafted us bj been settled
and adjusted to .mutual satisfaction; that we
come together to be bound by firmer boads of
love, respect and confidence than ever. Abe
north cannot get along without the south, nor
the south without the north, the east Without
the west, nor the west without the-east; und
I say it is our duty to do all that in our pow
er lies to perpetuate and make strooger tho
bonds of our union, seeingthatit is for the
commoa good of all that e?hojiUi be united.
I, feel that. this union, though but.j the crea
tion of a century, is to be perpetuated for all
'Ume-sml thaHf Yanhot' be destroyed except
.by. the all-wise'God' -who created it. Gentle-
- .i uiea, a repeat, i smceieiyruanit yen ioine
T x T 1 l r . -
reapswwaMesrea bn Mnis' occasion, aftd tor
UAlulVUtj Ui ur pi vtMlAVU Chi IV WU UUVUwV
i,Teaseaecpt my trrants. ,w ' ,'
fj'-Thd .leader of the' delegation replied:
L.Mi-Iresjeptj OB.behaJf of this delegation,
for your
expressions
the bouuu
Y The visitors then retired.