North Carolina Newspapers

i J , . ft I ..V .l- jlT . " . iTwr a Y0L.1.-XO. 1711 WftHRGTOS, 5. Cm TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 18.65. ' PRICE FIVE TV : I ' - ' ,1. - . . ; ' r n ANNOUNCEMENTS. H : For Convention. K v;iDt buoiness me and working men, who 1 ivc ih.: interest of the Stute a heart, to represent , ijKthe Convention shortly to convene. ! . r. PARSLEY, 8n., Esq., j T. J. ARMSTRONG, 1 , .ir.r.rrtl liV : j. MANY VOTERS. Au; 17th RAILROADS. wil Char, ami Rutherford Railroad. " ' Ofiick Wil., Ohak. k KCTH. K. K. Co. Luurinurgh, Sept. 7th, 1865. ) PCUEpULE. . i Lp Irani 1 ia 'r ' iu w u x 1 am Mondays and Thursday. Leave Sand Hill 6.00 A. M. Til.: Leave '.Vilni'iilT'oii- PLnurel Hill - - 0.54 " .,.-ih Vert-i0.0 " jLaurinburgh -7.30 m , r i vi ! It -1 1 Shoe Heel 8.06 i.' in, liiif.. .12.18 P. M. Red Bans .8.o0 tm 10.12 Brown Marsh 1.00 " Moss Neck Lumberton I iniihfrtOIl - j.I' tBladenboio'.11.36 " Muw fck--K,-. Banko iic Heel--. l.aiiriiiliiir'Mj 4.O.; 4.54 5.24 0.00 lit U V II .Hdl Oil lU.-X. X . il. Kosindalc----1.12 " Marville 2.24 41 North West--:i:i0 Riverside .-4.30 11 u 11 Luuti-1 Hill- Arrive at s !.,,(' Hill. - - 7.30. 5 Arrive at, i; Wilnunsiton 5.30 u i i.c ..tt'ove iiiiui in iu"'" u iiwini with p.i.-.-fii-r coaches ; ! tached. In addition, an trum will run exclusively for freight twice T WL'I K 11 11 bUlllLItJlijr t . .. .... ot Jreiglit is onereu. i WM. II. ALLEN, Master of Transportation A . !103 w, J,t. '.Ull me'At Southern Mail Route Opened 1 A.SLN (iLRb can tiQw go from all northern ' '.(nils by Bay and Barnes River Line, or by It.iil and Boats lrom Washington to Petersburg, tlK -e by Rail via Weldon, Wilmington to Char-l,-ntiu and Columbia, S. C., thence by Boat to 8a v uinali, and Rail to ' ' , . Auira-ta, Atlanta, .. ; : Macon, &c., &c. Clo.-e connections ar- made at Weldon with iia.-ton Ferry, and at Wijrnington, N. C, .by Rail Sjutli and iSouthwest. j i 'i i SS. L. FREMONT, i . Eng. & Sup't., Wil. fc Wcldon:RR. Winnim'iOii, N. C St-jK. 2d .157 i-, h 'iiiurg Erpn s?', RictniiOnd Whig and Bal timore American, copy; ojne month and M-Ud 1 ills. Wilinintoii and Miinchester Railroad. oi I'tt E Gen. fck7i-T.IWiL. &'Man. R.'R., Wnininu-ton, N. C., Aug. 2Gth, 1SC5. $ and alter- tSiiuctay, Aug. tn, ciauy inuns, V for jasseng-rs and ireiirbt.-will run over the "i'.ininytoi 11(1 .,U;MlCl)ifier liauiuau as . . . f I ' . I . 1 ,1 ... V. 1 IIIT . Li-ave V'i!niingtm dai v at 0.00 A. Mi 7.35 P. M, ' KiiiUville Arrive at Wilmington daily at 3.05 P. M Kinirsville 1.25 A. M. These trains connect with. trains on NorTh Eas- tern Rail Road for Cbarlq ston, the Chcraw cc Dar il. & Wei. R. R.. There tion between Kingsville linLitiin Railroad and V is tlaiiv 1. 1 aire commmiic and. Columbia, S. C, eqnlieeting'with these trains There-is also a lints oi t?ta hes between Camden and Sumter (on VV U. it n u. RajU-oad.) The boat cohn'Ttinir with tliese IrAins leave raulariivcs at Wil. iV Weldon Railroatl '-wharf. The li eight of- .,.1, i -w T T ' TT.l.,. lii . oi tin- C'omitany -wilL' ie at A. ti. vauouKKe- bn'.- whaiT, on the rrm ses recently occupied ;y A. V. Hall, and by steami-'r NorUi Carolina m rut. in- to FaveLteviile. Ail freight will be received and delivered a 1.1 his poiijt. Passenger business is dune bom Wil. A; Weldon Railroad wharf and h eight 'business from nhpxc harf. HENRY M. DRANE, j Gen. -Sup't. . Ar.g. 2"'.l h ' j 151 - Wilmington and Weldon ESailroad Wilmington M Wei.uon R. li. Co. Wilmington, Ahir. 2U, lbG5. issr(;i.it xitAiNS sciiDUtiE. 1?ROM this date Trahijs on this Road will run as follows : Leave Wilmington at 4 CO P. M. Arrive at Weldon fit 8 00 A. M. ... Leave Weldon at 3 00 P. M. Arrive at Wilmington at 5 40 A. M. Connecting at Weldon l!oth yays with trains to and from Petersburg, bjy Gaston Ferry, and on direct to Norfolk and Washington ; connects at Goldsboro' with trains io Raleigh aud N.ewbern. Also connects at Wilmington w ith the Wilmington Manchester Railroad south to Charleston; Co lumbia, Atlanta, Savanuih, Montgomery, '&c. , I S. L. FREMONT, Aug. 30, 1SG5 154. . j . l Eng, & buyvt. .Wil., Char, and Rutherford Railroad. , Oi-ficp Wtl Ciia!b& Ruth. R. R. Co. Ljiurcnburg, N C, Sept. 7thr 1865. rpiLE regular annual jmectihg ot the btockhol L ders of this Company will be held at Laurin bur,- on Wednesday, - he 18th day of October, In;.). scot. .th WM. II. ALLEN, . Secretary. 103-tui Wil., Char. fc RUtlierfford Railroad. Depot W., C. & R. R. K. Co., ) Wilmington, N. p., Sept. 11th, 1S05. S T7T EIGHTS nmst be klelivered at this depot by : 1 1 1 i o'clock, A. M.,1 Mondaysand Fridays, in order to insure their shipment by the trains leav.- iug Tuesdays and Saturdays. Receipts in duidieate must nts in i uolicate muswiccomvany eacu suiu- . . -i i. . meut, and freight iuvarijvbly prepaid. J. T. AL,L KKM , Frcierht Agent. sept, lth i 165-s OFFICIAL NOTICES. To the Voters jof Wilmington. 'piIE undersigned appointed by the .County. JL Court of New Hajiover to administer the Amnesty Oath to the citizens of the town of Wil miugtou and furnish eettifieates of the same, will attend at the room of the Special Magistrate, at the Court Doiifc, everyj workfhg day trom Mon day. 27th inst., until the day. of election, from the hours of THREE to FIIVE P. M. A. E. HALL, ; S. N. MARTIN, j Aug. 20th ! 115I-te Speciajl Notice.. i J NO. J. CONNOLLY, Esq.,;iwill attend at his office at the Court House,' Y'Oniniencing this morning at 10 o'clock, hud for tncceeding twenty working days, each day, from 10 to 1 P. Ml, for lining the taxes on R(ial Estate of the town ot Wilmington, and collecting same at time of list ing. Those not listing within above mentioned time, will be charged double taxes. ' SHACKELFORD, ! Mayor pro tem. Sei-t. 5th, 1$G5. ;' " . 159-Sw. BAILEY'S STAR HOTEL, FRONT STREET, "WILMINGTON, K. C. . II. ISA II, IY, ' Proprietor. TTO U SE open for the reception of guests at all J- i. hours of the day atd night. No pains will be sparjed to niake the guests of the house comfortable in every .respect. f The table is supplied with every luxury the mar ket affords.; , . A first class resta'uran ; is attached to thefhousej where the public wiU bd furnished with ice cream r oysters in iheir seasons, wines, choice liquors, July 19th 118 J TPE WILJMGTOX IlCUALD. WILMINGTON. SEPTEMBER 19 0- LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. We ass prepared to print tickets for the approaching election in any desired qaa jtityat he shortest possible notice. Send in; your orders promptly. i mayor's Court, Monday Before Com missioner Sttackleford, The proceedings of the mayor's court yester day jrere unimportant. Two policemen were present for an examination of some trivial charges brought against them, but they amount ed to nothing of great interest, bo the parties were discharged. The pound seems to be doing the finest! busi ness. Fifteen dollars were handed over ito the chief of police as the result of fines from hogs picked up trom the streets while running at large. The pen is still flourishing, and many a little " porter " isjeft uncalled for. A part of the fine goes to the officer seizing his pigship. j Fifty cents is the dues on a pig,; shoat or great hog. For a horse the charge is $3, one-third to the captor. It is no doubt a lively business from outward signs. . Error -Upon the authority of the chief of police and others, having a knowledge of the faefs, it is stated that the report of the officer striking the Bailey woman, arrested on Satur day, and knocking her down was incorrect The officer making this arrest is considered one of the most efficient on the list, and the paragraph alluded to does him injustice, so far as striking the woman. A Cleak Case. In good old "bye-gone days, when it wasgot considered criminal to indulge a little too much in stimulants there flourished in a neighboring village old uncle Tom McElroy Uncle Tom was very fond of "apple jack" and was not very particular about disguising the fact from his neighbors, some ef wh im met with him occasionally over the "flowing bowl," and when they did meet, a good time was of course-the result. Uacle Tom was more practi cal in his devotions than the rest, and was often found at home, too, about "half seas over." He was of some considerable measure around the girth, as most good-natured people are, and was also fond of riis ease. He had a great peculiar ity, when imbiding, of stretching himself out at full length upon the sofa, in the parlor, pulling off his No. 12 brogans and elevating his heels. It was upon one of these occasions that his daughter Fannie, a nice, intelligent gul by-1 the-bye, had a visit from a young man of the neighborhood. During a very lively conversa tion, uncle Tom, who had fell asleep, appear ently unnoticed, undertook to perform the very dexterous feat for him, even when sober, of turning his body on the sofa, the springs! of his bed or liquor, however, interfered and tumbled uncle Tom over on the floor. Fannie, by way of an apology, and also as an excuse, sung out, "oh, mercy, if Pa isn't tipsy." The old man recovered to his hands and knees, striking the attitude of a leap-frog, sung 'out, in a J harsh key, "admitted, by jiogo, admitted," He man aged to get up from his position, and with a shoe in each hand, bid the couple good night at the door, enquiring as he went along for; "Ma tilda, the dear woman who keeps the j dairy keys." . :. Strong Complaints. A strong petition, signed by some half-dozen citizens living in the vicinity; was laid before the acting mayor yes terday morning, praying that some very unnec essary nightly disturbances in the neighborhood of Dock and 7th streets be inquired into and checked if possible. They are represented as veiy disagreeable, generally rioting one night and then perhaps holding church services the next, continuing until a late hour' in the j morn ing. This is not the first complaint that has been made against these enthusiasts and public nuisances that have continually annoyed res pectable citizens by their pharaisaical outbreaks, and it is sincerely hoped that it will work some good in the future. ,1 The Registry. The registry of voters at the court house still continues. About two hundred and fitty had availed themselves of the opportu nity offered up to yesigrday afternoon. Esq'rs Conoley & Hall, werl in attendance for this purpose uatft 9 ftVlqefc-JaLand will be again this evening, in order that persons Ptherwise employed during the day can qualify. The matter is so very important, that under no con sideration should it be neglected by any one. A full vote cast in the approaching election, would go far towards reconciling public opinon elsewhere of the good intentions of the people towards the general government, and the adop tion in good faith by them of thepolicy of the president. ' Yesterday. The weather yesterday returned to the standard, occupied for the vast ten or twelve days. A good breeze towards nightfall flattered exhausted humanity with a pleasant evening, but it was of short duration, and left greater stagnation than previously: Many an honest sigh was mrnifested for a change to a degree or two cooler, but some days are yet to elapse before such a change will be felt. ; For New York. The steamer General Sedg wick wiil sail or New York, from the wharf of Harriss & Howell this evening at , 5J o'clock, precisely. -; Oakdalk Cemetery. Timothy Donlin, su perintendent of the Oakdale Cemetery, reports the number of interments for theveek ending. September 16tb, to be four two of which were j and interesting oration, bat was not at all im infants, one disease unknown and one of small ( portant, except in those passages in which the pox- : The city, therefore, must be in the enjoy j men! of the best health possible far better than '"! at the same time for years previous. Trade. The quantities of goods arriving here and being opened for the fall season are j enormous. Aieveiy piace is io pe seen new supplies and more are said to be on the No one of our merchants are yet heard to com plain for want of buyers, ut speak very flatter ingly indeed of their transactions. New busi ness houses are being opened at every available place, and if the demand for house-room be i anything to judge by there is certainly to be more business done here this fall and winter, than was ever before transacted in one season. Accounts from the up-country just ify, to a great extent, the belief that these preparations for the coming trade are not too great, as there are yet a large 6cope of country not yet reached that is to be supplied with goods, and that too from this city. Religious. --Rev. L. S. Burkhead, in charge of the Front street Methodist Church, expects to be absent from the city for the coming two or three weeks, during which time Rev. A. Paul Repiton will occupy his pulpit at lOi o'clock, A. M., on Sabbath. Rev. Reuben Grant will preach in the 5th street Methodist Church every Sabbath at 4 o'clock, P. M. T. Business Cabd. The announcement in another column of Messrs. Devlin & Co., of New York, is worthy the attention f all want ing anything in the clothing line. ARIEL'S LETTER. A New Provost No News Afloat Robbers and Burglaries About A Lost Trunk Another Flora ITlcFlimsey--Catchihg' the Robber AccidentlF General Sickles President J ohnson's Address -The Calm Before the Storm The Republican State Election Greeley A Humbug The The atres Racing Ocean Tacking- The Henrietta Ahead, fcc, Sec, Arc. Our New York Correspondence. New York, Sept. 13, 1865. There is iio news here this week excep poli tical news, and I have written so much about politics lately that I am afraid you will begin to take me for a politician. Heaven forbid ! They have! this proverb in New York now-a-days when they; see a bad child, "that boy will make a politician, a railroad director or a bank teller, and certainly come to some ignominious end." No such prediction was ever made in regard to me. My conduct, both as boy and man, has been exemplary. But before I drop into politics, as Mr. Wegg dropped into poetry, "As a friend," let me think over the gossip of the day and see whether I can fini anything to amuse you. There's some news from South Carolina but of course you get that before we do. Secretary Seward has been visiting Richmond but you must have heard about that. The War Department has issued orders mustering out of the service all the negro regiments enlisted at the north and now stationed in Virginia, North Carolina, Flor ida, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas but no doubt you have received the order. You see that there is literally DOthing new. Robberies and burglaries are as numerous as ever, and yesterday another fellow followed the prevailing fashion and killed his wife. One of the cases before the police court was very curi ous. A lady started for Lake Mahopac, a fash ionable watering place, with two immense trunks full of finery. She had bought new dresses, laces and jewelry and was determined to extinguish all rivals. Leaning back in the cars, she pictured to herself how she would look in her moire antique, and n?bw fine- she would be in her new cashmere wrapper. fIu imagina tion she took out all her dresses from the two trunks, tried them on, refolded tLem and placed them carefally back again with an approving smile. This she did in imagination; but in a little while Lake Mahopac would be reached and she could do it in reality to the intense envy and jealousy of her eclipsed friends. Conceive this lady's horror, when, after a few hours of such pleasant day-dreams, she arrived at the Lake, asked for her trunks and found that they were not upon the train. There she was, like poTrl.Ai.3s r io: 11 .zZJy nothing to wear. It is to be presun ed that she fainted ; but her friends revived her by assuring her that she had only to telegraph to the baggage master in New York and her trunks would be sent on to her the next day. She did telegraph ; but the baggage master replied that no such trunks had been entrusted to his custody or left; at the depot.- Under the circumstances only one thing could be done. The lady had, to give up her season, at Lake Mahopac, returned New York aWi complain to the police. -Thef detect tives assured her that the trunks had been stolen, but they weie unable to discover the robber. Nevertheless, as robbery, like murder, "will out," the. thief was at last secured by an accident. An old offender named James Thomp son, was arrested at Niblo's Garden for picking pockets. Upon searching him the police found a card which had been tqed on to one of the stolen trunks. This gave the detectives a clue, which they followed up, and all the property was recovered. Yesterday Thompson was con- victed of the robbery and sent to the state pri son for five years. " General Dan Sickles delivered a speech before the American institute at the opening of their annual fair, last evening. It was an excellent - -. general incidentably advocated a magnanimous policy towards the wrath and advised his an- dience to join with him in sustainine President4 I Johnson. The speech might have attracted more attention were it not for the fact that, inr the address published yesterdijPresldent John- ,m Br,nke fnr him1f T have received a copy of that addre-s from Wash ington. It is the mdst important that Mr. John son has yet delivered. You see that the threats of the radicals have had no effect whatever upon him. In allusion to the recent blood and thun der oralion of Thad gteT of pnn,yiTnio the President said to his eonthern friends, "There may be speeches published lrom various quarters that may breathe a different spirit (from that of my address). Do not let them trouble or excite you." This boldly flings down the gauntlet to the radicals. We regard it here as aa official notification to Oreeiey, Sumner and Stevens, that their time has come.'. The struggle which 1 have described and predicted in former letters wi.l now grow furious. For the present, however, it has conie to a dead stop. The Tribune does not say a word about the president s address, although it praises Stevens. This silence is significant. Is it the calm before the storm ? Meanwhile, the principal topic of conversa tion here is the approaching Republican State Convention, which meets in a few days at Syra- cuse. If the radicals control that convention they will lay doWn an anti-Johnson platform, nominate a square radical ticket, make a fight with the democrats and be terribly beaten before the people. If the conservatives are in the as cendant they will nominate about half of the democratic ticket, adopt about half of the dem ocratic platform and there will be no contest, and everything will be Andy Johnson, as it was a few wseks agi- I do not know which of the two factious will succeed; but at present the conservatives are ahead. They have secured the custom house and that is a tower of strength Then Thurlow Weed is a better political mana ger than any of the radicals, and while Greeley is writing and arguing Weed nails his candi dates. Besides all this, the Times is now a more influential political organ than the Tribune. It has a larger circulation and is more generally respected, although I can never read it with so much pleasure. Greeley 5s a humbug, and he is beginning to be found out. He irs that des picable thing, a conscious hypocrite. As Ned Hlkins said of that fellow Halpine, so I say of Greeley, "he is a humbug and he knows it." The fall season has been inaugurated quite brilliantly. The thealres will all be open this week, except Wallack's, and. we have concerts, negro minstrels and a bulKfrog show to fill up the chinks, to say. nothing of Hermann, the presldigitateur, which means the quick-fingered chap. On Monday 'evening a new singer Mad ame Parepa, made her debut at Irving Hall. She is almosfequal to Jenny Lind, and if Bar num were her manager she would create just such a furor. To-morrow Mrs. Wood opens the Olympic, which is the most elegant theatre in this city. Barnum has inaugurated his new museum. The Keans are at the Broadway. The Ravels are coming to Niblo's. Bless their old hearts! May they never die. At Winter Garden Mr. Clarke, the brothersin-law and partner of Edwin Booth, the brother of J. Wilkes Booth, is playing a irery successful engagement, and Booth himself will appear before many months If you should come to New York you see that you would find plenty of amusements, although the weather s so hot and sultry that sensible people do not venture out. The heat has been greater during the p.ist week than in the middle of summer. OuUdoor sports are well patronized, however. Several excellent race3,ara given every day over on Long Island or in Jersey. Most exciting of all, the yachts Henrietta and Fleetwing started on Monday for an ocean race of two hundred miles and more, from Sandy Hook to Cape May and back. The Henrietta is owned by James Grdon Bennett, jr., and the Fleetwing by a nephew of Commodore' Vanderbilt. At last accounts young Bennett was ahead. ARIEL. The Great Indian Council. Advi es have been received up to a late pe riod from the council of government officers and Indian delegates at FortSmith, Arkansas. Cooley read an addiessto the .Indians, which was responded to by the Cherokees to the ef fect that they had no power to treat, but would refer any proposition the government would make to their national council. Re. from other tribes of a similar charap, ter were mauc.' gxGuhcil was taken up in reading the stTpuuoris to be imposed by the government upon all treaties in the southwest. The stipulations propose a grand consolidation of all Indian tribes into one nation, the territory of which shall be the present Indian territory, and such otblr as the g Vvc-rnment pay decide upon. Thetrbea now living in Kansas are to be removed eoutb, and the southwestern tribes are expected to compel the Indians of the plains to observe the treaties. The Indians say they under stand they were called to.naeet the late rebel tribes, and renew friendly relations with them,, and not to make new treaties, which they say they are unwilling and unauthorized to do. On Monday replies were made ta tte propo sitions presented them on Saturday: All spoke favorably of the policy of the govern ment, and appear anxious to renew friendly relations with it. Many of them promise their aid in bringing the hostile Indians of the plains to terms. j The .next day statements were made on. be half of their tribes by both "the Seminole and Creek chiefs, the! former expressing their wishes Tor friendship and peace with the gov ernmebland the establishment among them of churches,, schools , and other civilizing ini stitutions. "The Creeks say that the names of their chiefs and of those of the Indians of L. Tl rr i . ... rebels without their knowledge. Col. Pitch lvnn a 7hrrVf rhief wlo foUffht Oil the rebel aide, arrived to take part m the council j on-Tuesday. V VIRGINIA. . fln. v. AbMIm far Pardon IhrOUXh, Gen. Grant -The Latter , Forward it with a Complimentary Endorsement A Dinner to Joe, Johnston In Richmond -The Proposed Visit of the preldena Kichnutid, 1c. Richmond eorrvApooUonc of tin N. Y. HeraM. I r Richmond, Va., Sept. 12. j. 4- t v.- va?a DiurtAV ? The Richmond Whij of this morning has the following interesting information relative to the application forjpardon made oy uen. Leo, and the generous course pursued iu re lation thereto by Lieutenant General Grant. The Yhii savs: Upon the appearance of President Johnson's proclamation of amnesty . or not long thereaf- j tr. fltnral Tert determined hi AVtll nimselC of its invitation to apoly for special amnesty. Whether iu coming to this 'determination he- was actuated bv motives of Interest or by a desire to influence thuse Who would be gov erned by his example, there is no occasion for us to ex'piess an opinion. We happen, though, to know that General Lee never fail - , cd to dissuade those who, considering them selves proscribed' by being excepted from the amnesty, meditated expatriation, from carry ing any such purpose into execution. lie urgently counseled, all who approached him on the subject to remain in the country, en o uraging them to hope that, by acquiescence in the new condition of affairs and an ener getic effort to retriove the fallen fortunes of the State, .Virginia' eould ngin bo made the abode of prosperity and happiness. Ilis application for pardon, if we are not mistaken, had been prepared, and was about to be transmitted to Washington, when a super serviceable judge, holding a federal court at Norfolk, caused an indictment to be found against him, with a number of other distin guished gentlemen, for treason. Thereupon General Lee, instead .of forwarding his appli cation to Washington, enclosed it to General Grant, wkh n note calling his attention to what had been done at Norfolk, and remark ed that if, according to his (General Grnnt's) understanding of the articles of capitulation, he (General Lee) was liable to indictment aud prosecution fo it reason, then lie did not feel at liberty to make the application for pirdon. But if General Grant's understanding were the reverse, then General Leo would be obliged to him if he would forward the peti tion to the president. General Grant, if we have not been misinformed, responded to General Lee's note promptly, and in the most complimentary and frie dly terms, enclosing a letter he had addressed to Washington in for warding the petition, taking the ground that, under the l"rmsTof the surrender, the pro-! ceeding at Norfolk was wholly inadmissible. This brought to a close the plan of Judge Un derwood' to make his name immortal by asso ciating it with a tri 1 in which Rebert E.Lee oc cupied the prisoner's dock, and at the same time brought, flent"--' 4-.. M.;,iau hefnre tha president in the mode-most agreeab!eCo"him- CVll U Ll4 111 VJJ b 11ULIU1U1UL lj inn riii t.ini U 1 Ull tagonist. 1 DINNER- TO GENERAL JOE JOHNSON. Rumors reach me just us this despatch leaves of a very ptivate dinner given at Mill ward's Hotel, in this eity, last evening, to the rebel General Joseph E. Johnson. General Johnson is understood to have accepted the presidency of the Danville railroad. VIRGINIA BANK NOTES. TIIE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT. Charles Palmer, the union patriot in Rich mond all through the war, wrho, it has already been stated, was appointed chairman of a ' committee, at .the late qualified union meet ing, to invite the president, his advisers and friends throughout the country, to the hospi talities of Richmond,, gives us the results of his mission to A ashington in the card : ioiiowing INVITATION FROM THE PEOPLE OP RICHlfuND TO' THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET. To the Citizen? of Richmond As one of the committee appointed by a mass meeting, held in the capitol square, for the purpose of inviting the president of -the United Sta'es and his cabinet to visit tHia city and partake of its hospitalities, I proceeded to W ashing ton on Saturday, the 2d inst.", and on Monday morning following called at the department of state on that patriot and greatest of states men, the Honorable William JI. Seward. Marred and scarred as he was i by the assas sin's knife, he received me in the most cordial and flattering manner, and, after reading his invitation, desired me to accompany him thu next day at twelve o'clock to be introduced to the president and cabinet To this I readily acceded. My reception by them was in the highest degree cordial and dignified. My in terview with the president was i necessarily short, but h me as core. to him, with a heart true to the ana, my whole countrv. representing tnose oi similar ieenngs. The invitation with which I was harged gave him manifest pleasure, and he express ed both a desire and intention to visit Virgin ia, as also his native good bid North State, when the season and his public duties will admit of it. These two states, especially, be said, should have remained in the union, and were not (I think he said) fairly carried out of it. r l- -- He spoke with much feeling in relation ito the unhappy situation of Richmond, and of the south generally, which I think, he will help as much as circumstances will allows Take him all in all, I do not believe any proud monarch of Europe, whose race of kings, by "Divine right," has flourished a thousand years of time, has a clearer concep tion of his duties, and knows better hpw to temper justice with mercy, than Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. - From my interview with the president I drew the most cheering augiries. . It im pressed me with the conviction. that the South will find in him a friend and pro tector, if she will come up to bis requirements cheerfully," and accept with " true heart the terras "of reconstruction offered.' With one voice and with one heart we will greet his coming to this od comcaoriwealth wun ioyous welcome. Most resDecttuiiv. t your fellow-cilizen, I. CHARLES PALMER. me jriams were amxeu to ireaues wiiu tne M - - :. :'V.. - ' : I)