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-" i 4 Nf s t i mm ;;) 1 s J , MmJHL WJ Mllimrm Tnr-rmirh a ir thy VOL. --7 ' - - tr j iu jr ANNOUNCEMENTS. TIH RATIONAL UNION and ANDREW JOHNSON. FOR GOVERNOR, . IV. UOLDO, of Wake.. Voter of the Second Con. rreHionul Dlntrlct. To the loW ( ituens: At the earnest solicitation of is -it I' ' ' . I ..tier myself lor your sutirage at me ap 'tri'-t. I. in" -i-,cu"ii, no arguments to influence your i attempt i , i,mv before ou with clean hands and cli"i-c n Mire record. I sympathize deeply with the suf- (l r1""." your support, I shall devote ,,.tir.fr vnnr interest. . .t Til III Ul V J s ii and, if successful In ob- my best en- i.ri iiiiwiiij-. - - ' ii v f'Mirlv and unconditionallv. He fv 1 ' . rtc . i n i L- - . virtaTt wn.1 j lit 111" l1' "', J - nillltu 7 ,.,wii.miiwland rpimdiated a a nninn 1 . t mil U, - a" i iie bailie party still continue to hate Hol Ui L" Kcllow--citi.ens, few politicians are without d''H. iu'crtill vtKo will iift Kwr'i. , ,:r -jjii Ullioii, i,,,v : - . . v tu'''1.' . iA.f.init.lihh thpir riarlinrr nhirf- a littl' a! 1 1 111' "v v..., pi J " - lU! mion standard bearer of our good old state, -sMl'-vi you fctultify yourselves you capnot but .1' II llllfllIl IliLH LUI (.UlinLUIlL UliB IT 1 JOHN ROBINSON. 206-te. (,ct. - ' For Collar cm. We are authorized and requested to announce inHN KOHINSON, of Wayne county, as ajandi- i .re for representative in congress from the second ( on 'resHoniil district. Mr. Jtoblnson is pledged null rkrkO tmimi ltifliniif ui uiieoiiipromiBiut iiu-nvn"! "i"u, auun" JOI;il-oll HI Oi l. -OtLi ..... :md Governor iioiucn man. . 303-tde W'eare autliorized and requested to announce .! c ii "line of H. A. BAGG, as a candidate for the of of clerk of superior court for New Hanover ((TOt v at tin? election to be held the 2d Thursday lu November, the ith prox. To the Vtr Sew Hanover County. RohEIiT B. WOOD, Jr., announces himself as a c.uiJiil.'.ie for the oflice of Clerk of the County i i.in t for the county of New Hanover, at the elec- ' ... 'i . j... t i nil. tone linii to be .held on Thursday, November 9th, 1865. Oct. :.4th. ui-tae. To the Voter of New Hanover County. j hereby announce myself as a candidate for the oilier of Sheriff, at the election to be held on Thursday, November 9, 1865, pledging myself, if elected, to discharge the duties-to the best of my ablllt' WM. M. IIARRI3S. Oct. 24. 201-8 The friends of W. M. HARRISS announce him i candidate for Sheriff at the ensuing election. 2j October 23 200-te For Congress. Mk. Editok : The friends of C. C. CLARK n Va of ( raven county, announce mm as a canai d itc to represent the -nd in the next United States Oct. "21st. Congressional District, Congress. 199-tde. I MierilT. WE are uuthoriz. .1 to announce RK HARD J. JONES, The present Sheriff, a.s a candidate for re-election. Election to be held on the second,Thursday in No- vciiuier. Wilmington, Oct. '21. 199-te To the Voters of New Hanover County. 1 TAKE this method of announcing myself as 'a candidate for the oflice of Sheriff of New Han over count v, at the election to be held on Thurs lav, November U, 1805, pledging myself, if elect ed," to discharge the duties of the oflice faithfully aud to the best of my ability. S. R. BUNTING. New Hanover co., N. C, Oct. 21, 1805, 199-te The Ixt Icsifiluture. For the Senate, ROBERT STRANGE. For the House of Commons, ROBERT COWAN. OWEN FENNELL. The above gentlemen will be voted for by the electors of New Hanover county at. the ensuing election for members of the next Legislature. MANY VOTERS. Oct. 20 198-te. The friend.rof Dr. JOSHUA C.' WALKER, an nounce him as a candidate for the house of com mon? of tile next legislature. Oct. ot) 206-te. The Next Legislature. The names of the following gentlemen are pre sented to the voters of New Hanover county as candidates to represent them in the next Legisla ture of North Carolina. They are well-known tftizeus, and will make faithful and efficient re presentatives, and it is believed will consent to eerve at whatever personal sacrifice : FOB THE SENATE. EDWARD D. HALL. FOR THE HOUSE. ROBERT II. COWAN. JOHN 11. IIAWES. ; Oct. 30. 20G-te THE WJGEUXY VII.mffGrON HERALD. The Largest, Best and. Cheapest Newspa per in NortU Carolina. The Weekly Herald for the present week, ready on Saturday, will contain the very latest news by telegraph and the mails up to the hour of iroing to press ; New York and European Gossip ; elioio stories and poetry: religious intelligence; agricultural information; weekly review of the markets, etc., etc., etc. Terms. Per vear, $3-50; six months, $1 50;, three months, ?1 00; one month, $0 50. A limited number of advertisements only will le received, which must be handed in by Thurs day noon. " SHIPPING For Sew York. COMMERCIAL LINE. 'JHE A. I. STEAMSHIPS FAIRBANKS, Capt. xter, and W. P. CLYDE, Capt. Robblxs, ill form a weekly line between Wilmington, Korlh Carolina ancb New York, sallling every THURSDAY. : a ur -reightor pasage, having superior accommo- dubons for passengers, apply to : BRADLEY & WOEHLER, Agents, U1 v atfcr, between ChesnutTand Mulberry fits., Wilmington, N.C. H. PIERSQN, Agent. ' V, 77 South street, New York. Oct 20. 198-3m HE WSL3IINGT0N HERALD. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. The !nil It ary Commission. Thfe military commission assembled yesterday morning in the United States District Courtroom, wheri the Judge Advocate submitted in the case of Mc'Gill aud Mc'Millan, a full report of which will be found on the fourth page. A it -GRO OBATOR RAMPANT. A War to be Made on the Whites by the Kegro. WHAT THE NEGKO MUST DO. 110 Wt I1E SPEAKS OF THE PEESIDEXT f THE GOVERNMENT AND GEN. HOWARD Negros Ulnst be in the Jury Box. Does i not Want Suffrage Equality. Witbomt A jiegro parson, said to be a chaplain of a negro regiment, made one of the most violent and inflammatory speeches ever listened to, in an up stairs, room on Dock street, just below the Sea man'sj Home last njght. A report or synopsis, as it could be gathered from the street, appears below, and the sentiments can be vouched for as being;in the main strictly correct, as it fell from his lips. There were about one hundred present, regularly organized as a meeting. This negro devoted himself more particularly to the white men, the government at large, and everything affecting both the religion and social right of the negro. His remarks cannot be re membered at full length but the substance was if not'the positive remark that President Johnson was not fit to hold the position he occupied, that he had the interest of the white people of the south at heart, that he was a democrat, and that the government had put the negro in a horrible pit without resources to extricate himself, and sow t should be made to feel and dread the power of the negro. He referred in a sarcastic manner to the visit of Gen. Howard to the south, and siid that he had come here to conciliate the southj which, instead of trying to conciliate them they should be made to kneel and bow. He had gone away without doing the negro-any good. He advised the negros to league together and resistior defend themselves against the measures now enforced everywhere, both north and south. The President wished, and had tried to bring North Carolina back into the union with the same laws ;Of 1860. He spoke of the character of tie "miserable rebel newspapers." In illHStfating the influence to be exerted by these leagues, he spoke of a negro woman getting in a street car in Philadelphia. The conductor put her out at a street corner, lhis fellow wss ' ; handed over to one of these leagues of negros there, and he made to pay an amount of money sufficient to pay her fare on the cars for a thousaud years. He did not seek social position with the whites. He ould not have it. He wanted judicial equality. He want ed to be represented in the jury box. If a ne gro is to be tried, said he, let him be tried by twelve black, instead of white men. As to the low, paltry, contemptible right of suffrage, he did not want it. If he had the right of suffrage he wanted the right of representation also. He did not want to be compelled to vote for a white man. He wanted a nep-ro to represent him, if that negro was capable ; without this he would not be satisfied. He then abused the white men north as well as south. He illustrated his ranti- nathv to the white men by the case of B. J. Whi.tp, a white man shot by a negro, a few weeks since. He had inquired iuto the character of this man White', and he only regretted that he was not the one who had shot him. He advised the negros hereafter to defend themselves. If a white man injures or kills one of you, said he, kill two or three white men for it. The negro should not allow any privileges to be taken with his family thev were not to be menials, to do the work of the white man. This is but the fairest light that can be given this fellows harangue. It was highly applauded by the negroes present, and more particularly in his abuse of the government and its officials. He then went so far as to abuse the officers of his regiment. His speech was filled entire with just such sentences as these reported above. ' If ;a white man would dare to utter such sen timents as those of this negro, he would be swuncr up even here in Wilmington by the people. He is tampering with the feelings of a dar gerous element, because, they are ignorant and easily lea estray. Many more such inflammatory speeches would be a great step towards bringing about a war of races. Dcll.- The town is dull, not in a business way, for Everything and everybody is overloaded with business, but in other ways it is a dead failure. A vrhole day passes now without a variation from the usual hum-drum style of the previous one. A position on the street corners is no place for sight seeing, nor is any other, for every one is alike now-a-days. It appears as if the whole population have shut their eyes to everything and stopbed up their ears to all that they might hear. It is really Denevea mat ii me uevu eie to uie, as close as the location is to this, the intelligence would be at least a week reaching here and then another in circulating. Everything is dull. ho can ' d6ubt it 1 A Great Loss. The greatest loss experienced bv shipwreck during the late gale, aside trom tbatf of human life is four hundred thousand dol- arsf on board the steamer Republic foundered at sea j and after this was the loss of a quantity of Drake's plantation bitters by the same vessel, a large lot of which was said to be on board that ill-fated vessel. The greater loss at present arises from the fact that they are not to be had when ordered, the demand so far exceeding the ability to manufacture that for weeks orders remain un filled; Drake has been complained of for not supplying the demand very often and it is now hih time that he was trying to accommodate his customers somewhat. THEATfiE. The performance of the " Angel of Midnight" last evening was deserving oi uigu meTirt-rHrTt and shows that a proper regard for study will not Drove unavailing. The dance was very good, and the afterpiece of Betsy Baker very fiue indeed.', i . - Miss Sallie Partington appears this evening. All will see her of course. Mayor's Oourt. What there is . left of this time-honored city institution still hangs fire. There is hardly so ' much court as there was a week ago, aad a detHish sight less funds. Every day there is some to pay out bat none coming in, and if we were in command the shop should be shut np nntQ business reriTed. Destruction of. a Schooner by jlre. The Teste! and Cargo LrOSS. a Total The schooner Harold bound from this port to the West Indies, and loaded with lumber, took fire yesterday while lying at Smithville, and burned to the water's edge. The Harold cleared from this port some fire weeks since, and pro ceeded as far as Smith ville on her voyage, when the greater part of her crew was taken tlick of billious fever, and she could not go to sea in con sequence. She was loaded by Kidder & Morton, and belonged to Oxley & Co., of Halifax, N. s! The amount of her loss was not stated. A Pretty Place. Whitaker has unquestion ably the nicest place that we know of at present. It may be stated, without fear of contradiction, that he has the only book-store in town. It is not only a neat place but a pretty place, and rilled with all the latest and prettiest articles. Troops of little boys and girls, the best judges of good things now-a-days, are always seen lin gering around the doors of Whitakers, and look ing as wishful for the " pretties" as a thief on the inside of a jaiL Is Limbo. Two negroes, one of whom had on ly been out of the jail for a few days, were marched up Market street from the direction of Water street and thence to the guard house by the police yesterday. There was no need of asking the cause iof their arrest, because they bad been stealing, the coun tenance of either testifying to the fact on first sight. . f;..; Uncalled for Telegrams. .The following telegrams remain in the Wilmington Telegraph office uncalled for : Richard Manning, T. T. BaurWm. B. Bartow, II. B. Hardy, Chas. M. Grabain Clement Rich ardson, F. L. Burr, K. Frederick, Jas. Abell. Due. The steamer Wm. P. Clyde, of Bradley & Woehler's line, and the Twilight, of Harris 6c Howell's line, are expected from New York to day. Busy times will take place after their ar rival. Below. The schooner Othello arrived over the main bar yesterday afternoon, from Charles ton, consigned to the quartermaster's depart ment. Hotel Arrivals. CITY HOTEL, OCTOBER 30, 1865. Hon 8 H Rogers, Raleigh Jog J Burgees, Miss Mary E Hill, Clinton Juo J Peterson, So Ex Co Prof H D Towers, N Y T B Braddy and wife, Miss Nichols, A Floyd, W D Carmichael, Marion, 8 C Jos Carson, Baltimore B J Buckley, Mail Ag't W J T Thompson, j rnompson, L B 8mith, Smithville J C Dunbar, P I" Mekins, J Wnsrht, South Carolina W H Patta, Yanceyville RB Lutterloh,Grham NO J B Smith, Smithville N C Dr O Hadley, Richmond co C Hannum, Columbus co J A Totten, J B Boono, Sumter S C t VV K K Jos Briukman, 1 BAILEY'S HOTEL, OCTOBER 30, 1865. J M Brown, Charlotte C It J Kellom, N II P Arabs, Columbia S C E Legg, Smithville Q Sh river, do R J Morse, Vt Jno S Powers, Vt Ed McQueen, Lumberton B T French, N Y W B Turner, Boston A H Guthrie, Smithville THE ALLEGED BOBBERS' CAVE AT NASHVILLE. Progress of tlic Work cavation. of Ex We have already published an account of the alleged startling discovery of a huge cave under the Nashville cemetery, which is supposed to be inhabited by a gang of daring murderers and robbers. Persons have been garroted and robb ed near its, entrance and elsewhere in the city, so frequently as to cause alarming apprehensions, and all sorts of stories regarding the parties guil ty of the deeds. The discovery of this cave, in connection with the fact that as fast as the exca vation progresses, fresh dirt is thrown up from the inside, has given rise to the wildest stories of the existence of caves beneath the city. The Union, in speaking of the affair, says : We yesterday visited the cave recently dis covered, which enters the rocks in the Chatta nooga railroad cut, ana wnicn is supposed, oy j j many, not omy topea aenoi roDuers, out to contain a number of the villains now. ihe entrance is at a point opposite the junction of the two branches of the road, and but little beyond Steifel's brewery. The cut is there some thirty feet deep, and there is a seam in the rocks which looks as if the layers of limestone had once been broken by some terrible convulsion of nature. The mouth of the cavern barely admits a man, crawling on his hands and knees ; but a short distance in, it becomes larger, being some three feet broad, and three and a half or four feet in height. At the front, there is a large pile of dirt, apparently loose, and but recently depos ited there, completely blockading it up, and it is in moving this the workmen are engaged. The progress made, however, is very slow, on account of the difficulty in getting the dirt out of the mouth of the cave, it being necessary to convey it all in a small box, the men lifting it foot by foot and crawling after it. There are those who believe that there are robbers in it. now, and that thev have learned that they are discovered, and have purposely blocked it up. If such is the case, they can pile in the dirt much faster than it can be taken out, as they have more room to work. It is believed that the cave connects itself with the Mc'Nary vault, but that is only conjecture. As yet nothing has been found, but one or two nlavinff cards : but this must not be taken as evi dence that robbers or even any men have been in it. While conversing with a citizen a gentleman who resides in the vicinity, we leam that the cave has long been known. He says that soon after the cut was made, was a great resort for boys ; that his own used to play in it. That while he never was m it nun- self and does not know of any grown men who eer eipwreu it, u uui .1, ouu iuuoc ui u.B.. Hnrc renorted that thev had been in a long dis- tance, and that it became quite large, a snort dis- ... . IS tance in. He did not know n any 01 tnem nad ever been at the end of it. We scarcely are prepared to believe that there are any men in the cave now ; but there are many who do believe it, and they are not visionaries, but men whose judgments are entitled to respect. Strong guards are posted at the entrance of the cave, and also at the Mc'Nary vault; and un less there is some other outlet to the cave, if tViAre are robbers in it. thev will ultimately be vu v wb - 1 m w compelled to come out . . : Naturalization. The secretary of the interior has decided that a person born in the United States, and who re moves to a foreign country, aad takes the oath of 1CESDAY, OCTOBER jl, 1805. allegiance wards returns inc application fo thereof, and after for a patent bv an individual born in'liSf1 laws I Maine, and who removed to Nova ScotTi,100 j swore allesiance to the .queen, and who, at the , expiration of ten rears, returned to the United , States. Validity of the New Constitution of nary- , land. ! The great mandamus cae, involving the con stitutionality of the Maryland registry law, lias! been finally argued before the court of appeals, at Annapolis. Attorney General Randall, and his j associate, Mr. Williams, argued that the law U , constitutional, and fnrther, however, that beinc a part of the organic law by which the court ! iueir subsists, said court has neither the ru;ht ! nor the power to entertain the case, and therel re j must submit to the ame constitution which ; created and upholds both the judiciary and the j registry law. j Reverdy Johnson and ex-governor Pratt made long sieeches in Opposition to the law. Johnson ; pronounce! it M violation of the United States Constitution, and a nullity in itelf. disfranchising legal voters, making slaves of tw-thirds of the white men of Maryland, and tyrannical democrats of the other third. The court's decision is expected in a few days. The Saunders Abduction Case Again. The trial of Adams. Clayton, and two men of , the name of Iiloosom, charged with kidnapping j Geo. N. Saunders, lias been up before a Canadian jury at Montreal. The evidence was very nearly I the same as in the former trial, and the Judge j charged strongly against the accused, but the jury failed to agree and were locked up from ; Saturday noon uuil Monday morning without j agreeing to a verdict. j Front 3Iisi.ippi The Rishtsof Fieromcn Restrained. Jacksox. Miss., Oct: 21, 1865. In the Mississippi state senate, a resolution re stricting the rights aud privileges of freed men to what the statute laws granted before the war. was laid on the table by a large majority. Death of Dr. Dwight. Boston, Oct. 23. The Rev. Dr. William T. Dwight, long regarded as one of the ablest congregational clergymen in New England, died at Andover yesterday, aged 71 years. John Mitchell not Released. Fortress Monroe, Oct. 23, lbbo. John Mitchell has not been released,, but is still here a prisoner. NEWS BREVITIES. The broken levees along the Mississippi, Louisiana, are to be rebuilt, at the expense in of the state. The republicans of Colorado have nominated William Gilpin lot governor of the state, when admitted to the union. General E. A. Paine, having been found guilty by court martial, of a violation of the ar ticles of war, was sentenced to receive a repri mand from the president, but the president has remitted the sentence. James M Baker, a rebel congressman, from Florida, has been pardoned. . A petition for the pardon of Jefferson Davis, from 5,000 ladies in Georgia, has been sent to the president. A brother of Jefferson Davis has claimed Jeff. 's property in Mississippi, but the freedmen's bu reau refuses to yield it up. Henry A. Wise has claimed his property in Virginia, but, as he refuses to take an oath of al legiance, it will not be given up to him. President Johnson says that every dollar of the rebel debt should be repudiated. The freedmen's bureau is restoring large amounts of property in Mississippi to its owners. The receipts of internal revenue on Thursday were 250,000. Secretary McCulloch has announced that he will receive call loans in gold, for which certifi cates of deposit will be givert. By the burning of the depot at Chicago, on Wednesday, the Michigan Central Railroad lost $250,000. A pork packing establishment was burned, on Thursday, in Chicago. The loss was 100,000. Commissioner Orton, ol the internal revenue bureau, will resign on November 1. E. A. Rol lins, the present assistant commissioner, will pro bably succeed him. The gale on Thursday of last week caused many marine disasters all along the Atlantic coast. The wall of French, Richard &. Co.'s building, at Tenth and Market streets, Philadelphia, re- i i i was blown down. Three persons , ' , o , . vl,tlTWieo,, tn hft nClC llllUlLVt. tl l H 4 CL IV Ul LU Aw J t'iJ v-'w w buried under the ruins. The steamer Circassian, from Bremen, has been blown ashore near Cape Breton. Spain is again threatening Chili, and war may begin at any moment. On September 1 there was a terrible hurricane in "the China Seas, by wbich several American vessels were destyoaed. A book iust published in London is called ' The Art of Bringing Up One's Daughter Badly, and Making it Pay." Mr. Brown, married man, of New Jersey, is dead. Mrs. Brown and an ounce of arsenic had something to do with the transaction. The woods near Rome, dried by the drought, have been burned, and numerous wild boars roas ted alive were found. 'How many a poor fellow."' said Mr. Quilp yesterday, "has returned from the watering pla- ces to confess his liaving been sadly miss-led, j not absolutely miss-taken. A young music teacher of St. Louis was kill- ed by his horse, oa which he was mounted, rear ing up on his hind feet, and falling over back ward upon him, mashing m his skull. Learning that good borrowers could obtain loans at easv rates the Saturday Press sent one 0f the best borrowers it knows into Wall street ne couldn't raise a dollar, ! T .. k: it j cmei justice t.nase s juiiKeumg iom mi ; friends on the tommoaore rerr), ou uie la, costs iue cuuuu x i u i having been presented to the collector of Buffalo, sent bv him to the treasury department, and re- . j -- - , turned with the order to pay it. That's the radi cal regard for the people's pocket. The Boston police department has won a lite- ry status. Its chronological history for two hundred and thirtv-four vears has been prepared by Edward R. Savage, who has had fifteen years' experience in the service. Mr. Savage is shrewd and witty, and with his facts and recollections has produced a valuable and entertaining book. In Paris, Mr. B , a Florentine by birth, residing in the Rue Rambuteau, destroyed him self with carbonic acid gas, because he could not endure the refusal of a young lady whom he pas sionately loved. Another person, also an Italian, flung himself out of the six-story window of a house on the Quai Valmy, because he experienc ed a sunilar refusal. subject of the gomiii?C' 4"' luu " n until he complies with the' ff Jarded as a of the decisis wsis tuAcn )'fJ be remoTl, FROM YESTERDAYS' AFTER- X00NED1TI0N. ARIEL'S LETTER. Ik Weed WW.d Oy.ter.-An Oyster Sto Barlow.Xta rJ PclltJnTksrtow Seward aad BeecacrA.Ms SltM ad IVjudUHioi of a War w. f Pnlllips, The North not ready to Fifth t--lXexleaa kcls unaffected Ac. &e Our New York Correspondence New Yoek, Oct. 25, 1863. The weather in this city at present is most de licious. The skies are bluer than those of Italy; the sunshine pure gold, and the air cool, fresh and invigorating. It is the weather for promen- ades, for cards, parties and for oysters. Oysters, I you must know, are a speciality among New Yorkers. We do nothing without oysters. There is an ovster saloon on every biocit. ii vour friends call to spend an evening you give them j oysters. If you want to talk business you do it , over an oyster stew. Politics and oysters go ! down naturally together. Without his ovsters a New Yorker is a lost man. I remember once travelling through Canada with a large party of Gothamites, and being without civilization and oysters for three weeks in the fall of the year. Arrived at Ottawa city, we put up at the hotel and I went out alone for a walk. What should I see, in an obscure street, but a little shanty with the sign, oysters served here in New York style." I entered, called for a plate of raw and found that the oysters were canned. Tried a stew and liked it e(1er. Or dered a broil and showed the Canadian bow to cook it. Then pronounced it delicious. " Old man," said T, when leaving, " before yonder sun has set you will be oysterless." Tiue enoush, no sooner did I mention my experiences at the hotel than our whole party rushed frantically out and in the space of an hour they had cleaned Ottaway city of oysters and themselves of loose change. 't If you desire to mingle a little politics with your oysters which are very fine this year I have a nice little item for you. Mr. Carolan O'Brien Bryant, of the New York Herald, has just been nominated by Tammany Hall for state senator from the district of the city that includes all there was of old New York. Mr. Bryant's election is certain, for he is pretty sure to le emphatically endorsed by all the parties and factions in his district. This is another striking proof of the es timation in which newspaper men are beginning to be held in this city. Raymond, of the Times, and Brooks, of the Express are already in con gress. Ben Wood, of the New, will soon join them there, in spite of his recent copierhead sym pathies. Now Bryant, of the Herald, is to go to the state senate, and you will remember that, on ly a few months ago, James Gordon Bennett, the sole editor of the same paper, was tendered the mission to France. Journalism in New York has seen its worst days, and now its progress will be most rapid. Thurlow Weed, who recently purchased an in- terest in tne i tines, nas oeen amusing uie town bv a very egotistical letter, claiming that he has been manufacturing public men and controlling the administration of the state government for forty years. He more than insinuates that he is the man who put down the rebellion and .saved the union. Among the many people whom he asserts that he has manufactured are Millard Filmore and Secretary Seward. He declares that all the stories about his lobby jobs are false, and that he never had anything to do with such matters. Of course these statements raise a tre mendous laugh. Your columns are so over crowded with advertisements that I have no hope of your publishing his letter, or I wosld send it to vou ; but pray make room for one of Mr. Ben i nett's most vigorous and humorous editorials ! upon it, in vesterdav's Herald, in which the vet- eran editor and satarist compares Weed to a poor ' lunatic winding up the sun for next day. It af i fords a most interesting glimpse lehind the cur- tain of our state politics, and shows up the false ' hoods and inconsistencies ot the republican par- s tisan attacks upon General Slocum. General Barlow, the republican candidate, who still keeps his place in the army, said of Slocum, in a speech delivered at Brooklyn last evening, "I have great respect for this distinguished soldier, for his char acter, for his military achievements.'' This ought to end the "cotton thief ' slanders that the repub licans are industriously circulating You have no doubt noticed the trio of singu lar speeches lately delivered by Wendell Phillips, Secretary Seward and Henry Ward Beecher, in regard to President Johnson's restoration policy Phillips is very violent, and denounces Johnson , - . . . c- 1 as three-quarters traitor. Seward is very cheer ful and praises everybody. Beecher is very poli tic, and, while he clings to nis idol, the negro, he still admits candidly and distinctly that anv policy at the south which does not meet with the approbation of the white people there must be a failure. I think Beecher is the most sensible of the three, and that he is at length beginning to comprehend the real, practical" issues before ns. Seward is a politician, who thinks to disarm his enemies by praising them, and who is fighting nam to Keep uis -t m ure wuinci. i iniiii is dmply a monomaniac, who ought to be locked up in some lunatic asylum. He re-delivers his speech at the Cooper Institute tins' evening, and meie may lto a. uwiui mh. c most inconsistent men I ever knew, and manages to get on all sides of every question, sooner or later. To one thing only is he faithful, and that is to the negro. Upon this point I sincerely be lieve him to be insane. Still, he never puts his theories into practice ; never fights for them ; if; mates money out of his lectures, and is only fit to talk and scold, and utter refit ed Billingsgate. Both the Fenians and the Mexican republic will soon have bonds for sale in tlus market in quantities VO SUlb ui-ucio. uiunu, laic iiir-.i- can bonds are already advertised. I don't see how they are to be sold. The interests they offer is not any larger than that of the United States' bonds and the security not so good. They will j certainly be pushed by the press and every pos sible assistance afforded them ; but still, unless our capitalists have more sympathy with strug gling republicans than I give them credit for, the bonds will not sell very rapidly. With the bold Fenians the case is different. The servant girls and laboring men will absorb these bonds in spite of the warning of the priests. They are to be is sued in small denominations, tens, twenties, and fifties, and will go off like hot cakes. Many a pro wiU iujest ten dollars, just for the fun of the thing. The reman congress, at Philadelphia, adjourned yesterday We will probably have a report of the proceedings before this reaches you. In connection with the congress the probabilities of a war with England, growing out of the diplo matic correspondence between Minister Adams and Earl Russel, are of some importance. We know not whether the eonth is ready for another war ; I can assure you that the north is not. That's the plain fact, all bluster aside. Conse quently, I don't imagine that there will be any fighting for awhile at least. England will, sooner or later, yield to all our demands. The rumors did not effect the markets, which are still steady, with a fair demand, ARIEL. FBE5j2;j37B.CEXTS FflOU WASipGTO. Xo furiher Proceedings against those who fled from the Draft - Completion of General Grant's Ileport of the c lost lis Cant palffn of the Rebellion. Wajhi.tgtox. Oct. 241865. GEXKKAL ORA5T S RBFOCT OF MILITARY ntrm. VI rrt01'8 officl3U P0- nbrmdng tb iur Iff .!! W lab one of its C w sremary oi much longer than any' niuch time and unquestionablv abounds with w7l Bnu con bearing upon many disputed snbjeHl?5e?san'3r lication will be deferred in all probabiih, " after the meeting of congress. " ixterestijco to deserters fro the DRAlT. An order has been promulgated from the war deartment, releasing all persons held1 as deset. tent for non-compliance with tjie terms of ths several drafts, and promising that no further prosecutions will be made for evasions of the conscript law and its amendment. This piece of government generosity is exjiected to release many thousand of able-bodied voters from their self-imposed banishment in Canada or elsewhere in fact to fill up the ranks of the producing pop ulation of several state almost as rapidly as did the disbandment of the armies last spring. THE CASK, OP WIB2. Reports are in circulation that the findings of the military comraiRsion in Wirz' cise have been submitted to the President for approval, and that the culprit will certainly be hanged on next Fri day. They are by no means improbable, although not certain.. Petition from Italy In behalf or Jefferson Davis. From Washmgtou we are informed that on Saturday afternoon an Italian committee, com posed oi Prof. Achilla Magni, Mr. Henry Tar della, who lately distinguished himself as general in the union army, and Mr. Theodore Manera, who fought for the independence of Italy, all residents of New York, gained an introduction to President Johnson, in order to present to His Excellency the following petition, sent to Prof. Archille Magni, by the committee in Milan. This gentleman, after introducing his honorable colleagues, explained to the President the object of their interview. Mr. President: The public opinion in Italy, such as it may be represented by the former ministers of the government. B. Ricasoli and Mmghetti, by the present premier, Gen. A. La Marmora, a number of senators, by 161 repre sentatives, and by the most distinguished men and associations of that country, is in favor of supporting the humane idea of our great states man, Cesare Beccana, l. e., to have capital pun Uh tnent aboliated. In this enterprise toward progress and christian civilization, the Italians have alreadv cained the approbation and support of the greatest and most loerai minded men m Europe, such as Victor Hugo, Louis Blane, Michelet, Jules Favre. Ho'.- trendortt, Mittermeyer, R. Cobden, John Bright. aim ui3 u.e. a ne executive committee es tablished in Milan in order to carrv into nraetiee this idea, among other measures, thought also of sending your excellency a petition, signed bv hundreds of their distinguished citizens, by Philosopher N. Tomasee, and by Gen. G. Gari baldi, begging that, in the name of humanity, with out offending the susceptibility of anylody, they might be permitted to beseach you to join in their views, and mainly in behalf of Jefferson Davis. Here the President, with ah accent of surprise, inturrupted the speaker, saying: "They plead for Jeff. Davis T' "Yes," continued Prof. Magni, they delegated us to present your ex cellency their original petition, and hope that by vouchsafing their supplication you would crown this glorious country with the laurel of peace, and give to all nations an umwiralleled example of magnanimity and wisdom which will shine to all future generations, and bring blessings upon you forever." The committee: Prof. Acuille Magsi, Gen. IIesbt Fasdella, Theodore Majtara. Afterward the petition was handed bv Mr. Magni to his excellency, and the honorable com mittee took leave. PETITIOX OF ITALIAXB. r . - t i KMKAL, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THl i! NATIONAL MOSCMEXT TO THE FlRST ScP- PORTER OF THE ABOLITION OF CAPITA ITJISHMEXT, CESARE Bf.CCARIA, PlAZZA ) Borromeo, No. 5, Milan, July 21. 1865. To Hit Excellency, Andrew Johnsox, President of we vnnc oiaies oj jimertca. A nation still far from that fullness of life and power to which she is entitled, may, even under the necessity of appealing to the Universal Broth erhood in order to overcome the last obstacle to her revival, has, in a special degree, the right of sneaking in the name of humanity without ffi.nd I ... . ing anybody s pride. Therefore, we hope that you, in receiving our supplication, will forget that we are citizens of a foreign nation, and will re- . membei only that we are men' and your own brethren. The death of President Lincoln plunged us into mourning; but the execution of Davfs would make us blush. We cannot comprehend through what necessity the justice of a great and victori ous ieopie could imitate the vengeance of an as- sassin, detested even by your vanouished as in iamous. vte cannot understand whv the Anieri- can Union should be less sure either nf ft frrat- ness or its inteeritv. if to ko mtirh MHt..v during the war this ono drop more, coldly soilled i iu peace, snouio not ie added. Davis from his scaffold, would say. "Then I make vou tremble " Battling for freedom and justice against the in stitutions and prejudices of old Europe, we have up to the present, strenuously advocated that where freedom reigns thence violence is banish ed; where the people are sovereign there the hangman is not their minister. To the timid and incredulous we have until now nointed mt i,A example of our states; but if a contrary exanmle should henceforth support him who founds order on terror if that beneficial influence which has fostered liberty in Europe shonld no longer be shed from America the fatal contagion of Jegal violence may, perhaps, begin to extend from Eu rope to your shores. It has been said that republics are more inex orable than tyrants ; that tyrants may practice clemency from fear, ambition or a sudden im pulse of national goodness; that republics, on the contrary, fear no censure, seek no applause are uearuess. xUi we xnow that the president of your republic can feel for every one. Abraham Lincoln would not have deserved either such dog ged hatred from the wicked or such genuine, ear nest love and sorrow from the good, bad he not gained from triumphs of war the sublime force to command pardon from the victors to the con quered. Now the attention of all, as well as our prayer, is directed toward your excellency, the heir of the task and virtues of your great prede dessor. While public opinion in Europe compels the monarch to mitigate the rigour of the laws by o Torr-i tin or tbAif " r-inrVit et n, n " I. 1 - r human progress are tremblingly awaiting your action, and hoping that the American people, at least in time of peace, will take the axe from the fasces of their lictors. Signed by the executive committee for the erection of a monument to Cesare Beccaria and for the abolition of capital punishment.
The Daily Wilmington Herald (Wilmington, N.C.)
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