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VOL I. SC. 232.
SECOND ' EDITION.
THREE Ct CLOCK V. M.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
: .
HON. TIIOS. SETTLE ELECTED
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE.
Both Houses Organized.
Important Dispatch from presi
dent Johnson to liov. Holdeu
&c.
&c,
&c.
Raleigh, Nov. 28.
Hon. Thos. Settle, a staunch union man, was
elected speaker of the state senate to-day.
Both houses organized, and adjourned till to
morrow. Gov. Holden is improving, and is able to sit up
in his room. ,
Raleigh, Nov. 29.
The following dispatch from the president to
Gov. Holden is printed in the morning papers :
Washington, Nov. 27.
V. W. Holden, Provisional Governor :
Accept my thanks for the noble and efficient
maimer "hi which you have discharged your duty
us provisional governor. You will be sustained by
the government.
The results of the recent election in North Caro
lina have greatly damaged the prospects of the
state in the restoration of its governmental relation-'.
JShoiild the action and spirit of the legisla
ture he in the same direction it will greatly in-
crease tlie miscniei aireauy uone. ii migni ne
fatal. It is hoped the action and spirit manifested
by the legislature will be so directed as rather to
rt pnir than to increase the difficulties under which
the state has already placed itself.
. ANDREW JOHNSON,
President United States.
Ill MAIL.
THE RAM STONEWALL.
A ZililVAL AT WASHINGTON.
The Trip from Havana A Schoo
ner It it ii Down.
Washingtn, Nov. 24.
The iron-plated ram Stonewall arrived here this
morning from Havana, under convoy of the Uni
ted States .steamer Rhode Island, Commander Alex
ander II . Murry, and the United States steamer
Hornet, Lieutenant Commander George Brown,
U. S. N., the Stonewall being under command of
Captain J. C. Feb:ger. In coming up the river
the Rhode Island got aground off Buzzard's
Point, and the Stonewall came to anchor off
Giesboro', but will come np to the navy yard at
liigli tide.
The expedition had good weather on the way
from Havana until off Frying Pan shoals, when
the weather getting rough they were obliged to
run in and anchor in the vicinity of Beaufort.
The Stonewall proved herself a good sea boat, and
she has all the qualities to make her an exceed
ingly ugly customer iu conflict. It is the opin
ion of good judges that she would be more than
a match for .any wooden vessel-of-war ; that it
would be by pure accident alone that a wooden
vessel could hope to cope with her. She would,
however, stand a bad chance in an encounter
with our monitors, armed with 15-inch guns, and
sending projectiles which even the 4-inch plates
of the Stonewall could not resist.
The armament of tie Stonewall is a three hundred-pounder
Armstrong gun and two one hundred-pounders.
When prepared for action she
can stenm ten knots per hour, and, being able to
turn vapidly, she could, doubtless, with her enor
mous prow and great momentum, sink any wood
en vessel afloat. Her coating of four inch iron
plates extend three feet below water line. Her
ram projects twenty-five feet; she is brig rigged,
and has two propellers and two rudders.
When! off Smith's Point, Chesapeake Bay, n
New York schooner attempted to cross her Luw,
but either miscalculated the speed of the Stone
ball or was not aware of the presence of her ram,
and was struck by the latter, sinking her almost
instantly. The engines of the Stonewall were
immediately reversed on seeing the movement of
the schooner, but such is her momentum, from
her weight of metal, that it was impossible to
stop her in season to avoid the collision. The
crow of the schconer were saved.
The members of the Farragut court martial,
trying the case of Commodore Craven, on the
charge ot failing to capture the Stonewall, vill
take a trip down the bay in her, in order to test
her qualities, with a view to arriving at a correct
judgment as to whether Commodore Craven was
censurable for failing to capture her.
Affairs in Nashville Crime Rampant
S'i eo-irations for- Administering Lyucli
Nashville, Nov. 23.
The Crane court martial has closed and the ar
Tlftvuents delivered on both sides. The decision
h;is no; been made public by the court.
Nashville is infested by bands of robbers and
murderers. Last night at about 10 o'clock Mr.
. Heflernan, a citizen of this place, was returning
from St. Cecilia Seminary with his daughter and
" son, when he was attacked by four highwaymen,
who dragged him into the bushes by the road
and robbed and injured him so dangerously' that
his recovery is impossible. One of the robbers
was badly wounded by HefTernaU. All have been
captured, and are in jail. An excited crowd are
preparing to lynch them. They were found to.
be teamsters in the employ of the government.
The.e is no demand to-day for cotton on ac
count of the inflated prices. To-dav forty bales
were sold the hiahest prices being 46c; receipts,
fty bales, shipments two hundred and twenty-
reven Dales.
s I he water on the shoals is eighteen inches
ueep. ana at a stand.
Our Mediterranean Squadron.
Spec'al Dispatch to the Philadelphia Ledger.
Washington, Nov. 24.
The steam frigate Colorado, the Frolic, her
tender, and the sloop of war Kearsarge are still
cruising in French waters. The navy depart
ment has ordered our vessels not to proceed fur
ther up the Mediterranean, as the cholera is still
prevalent in most of the ports. It is not defi
nitely known where the squadron will winter, but
it is rumored that Lisbon is the port selected.
The officers of our squadron complain of dis
courteous treatment received from the naval au
thorises at Brest.
At an entertainment given by the officers of
our lujuadron to the officers of the Russian gun
boat AlJd, our juadron was strongly invited
to visit Russia during the next summer. We
have do doubt that the invitation will be accept
ed, should the department apprpve of it.
We have now quite a respectable naval force
in European waters, and it will soon be increased
by the arrival of the sloops of war Shenandoah,
Canandaigua and Ticonderoga. The vessels already
there are the Colorado, Frolic, Kearsarge, Shawmnt,
National Guard and Ino.
Hoin'cide in Brooklyn.
New York, Nov. 23.
A Cuban,-named Jose Garcia Otero, was mur
dered in the vicinity of the Central Park, Brook
lyn, last night, and robbed of $8,000 or $10,000
which he had upon his person. He was the pro
prietor of a theatre in Havana, and had come to
this city for the purpose ot purchasing machine
ry, &c. The supposed murderer is Jose Gon
zales, represented to be about forty years of age,
five feet eight inches high, dark complexion,
black hair and thin black moustache. He had
dined with Otero in the afternoon, knew that he
had the money upon his person, and left the ho
tel in company with the victim. The murdered
man was horribly mutilated, more than a dozen
wounds from a dagger, a wound over his right
eye, inflicted with some blunt instrument, and his
body otherwise lacerated with a razor. A dag
ger and razor were found in the vicinity. No
arrest has yet been made.
Suspension op the Collection op thb Di
rect Tay in South CAROLixA.-The following
is a copy of a letter addressed to the tax com
missioners of South Corolina by Hon. E. A. Rol
lins, commissioner of Internal Revenue :
Washington, Nov. 20, 1865.
Gentlemen: lam introduced by the Secre
tary of the Treasury to say that his order in
definitely postponing the sale of lands for direct
taxes in insurrectionary districts, and heretofore
communicated to you. was intended to embrace
all lands of whatever character or discription sit
uate in those districts. You will, therefore post
pone indefinitely your sale of lots, blocks aud
houses situate in the town of Beaufort S. C,
aud advertised to take place on the 6th day of
December next.
The Military Estimates. The Secretary of
War has completed the estimates necessary for
his report, and will immediat dy prepare it for
publication. The estimates for maintaining the
army for the ensuing year at its present force on
a peace footingJs thirty three millions of dollars.
Enough material of war is left to arm and equip
a million of men, or to maintain our present force
in the field for a year, on a war footing:
Immense quantitias of army cloth and blan
kets are in process of being permanently stored
in the various arsenals, while in one depot alone
there is stored . ten thousand tons of nitre, and
the quantity is increasing. Fnough has been re
alized from the sales of material thus far to main
tain the army for one year. These facts may in
terest France and England.
Habeas Corpus to be Restored.
Washington, Nov. 24.
President Johnson expressed this morning to a
friend his intention to restore the privileges of the
writ of habeas corpus at the earliest possible time,
aud to do away with the secret detective service.
Official Vote of Onto.
Columbus, Nov. 21.
The official count of the election returns in the
office of the Secretary of State increases the
Union majority. General Cox's majority will be
about thirty thousand ; that of tbe rest of the
ticket will reach thirty-three thousand.
From Louisville. 1
Louisville, Nov. 24.
Major General Palmer has been indicted by the
grand jury of this county for enticing slaves to
leave the state of Kentucky.
COTflEVIEHCIAL.
New Orleans Market.
By Mail.
New Orleans, Nov. 22.
COTTOX Depressed; sales to-day 1,800 bales mid
dling at 16 l-4c a 19c.
FREIGHTS- Heavy : cotton to New York 1 l-4c. -GOLD
149.
STERLING EXCHANGE-158 1-4.
Mobile Cotton Market.
By Mail.
Mobile, Nov. 23.
The sales to-day were 800 bales middling at 50c; the de
mand was confined to a few buyers.
Philadelphia Naval Store Market.
By Mail.l
Philadelphia, Nov. 24.
ROSIN sells slowly at $7 a 8 for common; $9 a 15 for
.strained and No. 1, as to quality.
TAR AND PITCH soli slowly at previous figures.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE meets a steady inquiry, at
$1 10 a 1 12, a decline.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Tf i j i uni uu tne gcti Iyon
the town. This detachment is under the
command of Captain Purinton, formerly the ac
ceptable provost marshal at Raleigh, who will
probably succeed Colonel Goff in command of
the post of Wilmington. Colonel Wheeler, of this
regiment, has been assigned to the command of
the district of Nevbern.
In speaking of this change it is fitting and
proper to say that in his official intercourse with
our people Colonel Goff" has approved himself a
very gentlemanly, efficient and worthy officer.
The prejudice existing against the colored troops
has in no manner attached itself to him, and his
removal will be a source of regret to the great
body of our citizens, notwithstanding their pleas
ure at the substitution of white for colored troops.
The Theatre. Quite a goodly audience as
sembled last night, to witness the play of Leah
and we are happy in being able to state to our
readers that it, like the play of Fanchon, the
night previous, was well represented. Leah is
one of Miss Vernon's best personations, and was
rendered last night in a manner that in no way
belies her reputation. She is, in truth, a fine
actress, and, as such, has deserved a much better
support than she has received, at the hands of
the public during her present engagement here.
The other characters in the play of last night
were all, as a general thing, well rendered. Mr.
Davis sustained his cast of Rudolph in a manner
worthy of his palmiest days, while Miss Ida
Morton and Mr. Andrews were equally success
ful in their respective parts. To-night Leah is
advertised for a second representation. It is the
farewell and benefit night of Miss Vernon. Let
her have, by all means, a full benefit. She has
labored assiduously for the amusement of the
public : let the public show its appreciation of her
efforts by greeting her farewell appearance with
a good, substantial house. ,
Mozart Hall. This place, which has been
thoroughly refurnished and renovated by its
present? lessee, Mr. J. H. Bailey, was opened last
night by a ball given by the German citizens of
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WIISIIXGTOS, H. C, WEDNESDAY. K0VE.UBBB 20, 1805.
this city. It wa decidedly a uccei, as all pres
ent seemed to enjoy themselves Tastly. The ball
s well arranged for select parties, is well lighted
and ventilated, and has every convenience at
tachCHl to it that could be required in a place of
the kind. The dressing rooms for both ladies
and gentlemen are neatly arranged, and a re
freshment room displays temptingly its stores
of delicacies. We congratulate our German
friends on having been the first to open at this
place of amusement.
Freights. We had occasion a day or two
since to complain in these columns of the scarcity
of freight accommodations between this place
.and the northern ports. Yesterday, however, the
arrival of several sailing vessels from other ports
removes for the present all difficulties as regards
freight room. Four schooners and one brig ar
rived "here, bringing with them full freights, and
with a very good chance of carrying with them,
on the.'r return north, full freights also. We ear
nestly 1'iope that these new arrivals and their de
partures may have a good effect upon business
transactions of all branches, as something is
needed to give a new stimulus to the flagging
trade of tbe city.
Railroad- Iron. We notice the arrival here
yesterday of the schooler Viola, Captain Ray
from New York, with a car.o of railroad iron for
the Wilmington and Weldon railroad. This, we
believe,
is
the first
cargo of railroad iron that
has arrived at this place since the resumption of
trade between the north and south. We hope
that it may prove the precursor of other arrivals,
not only of iron, but of locomotive machinery
and tools, all of which our several railroads stand
muohin need of.
Mason's and Hamlin's Cabinet Organs.
The agent of Messrs. Mason & Hamlin, the justly
celebrated cabinet organ builders, is temporarily
in town, and announces in our advertis ing col
umns that he will exhibit a sample of tViese in
struments at Whitakers bookstore, in Tub1 Her
ald Buildings, to-day. For small chnrches,
sunday schools, society halls, schools, and simi
lar purposes there is no instrument superio.' to
these manufactured.
Amusements. Mr. G. G. Spears, who has been
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known to the citizens lately by means of his con
nection with the Wilmington theatre, has aban
doned that classical institution, and is y,o'mg to
set up for himself in business, and on iais own
hook. By advertisement in another col umn of
to-day's issue, it will be seen that he intends giv
ing a series of entertainments at the Rock Spring
Hotel, commencing to-morrow evenin g. He
promises to his audience songs, recitatioi is, Yan
kee stories, imitations of actors, &c.
We wish him all manner of success.
Arrived. A steamer, name unknown, arrived
up the river yesteiday, and anchored ntiar the
dram tree, just below the city. As no c -ommu-nication
as yet has taken place with her, h er char
acter is unknown. It is thought, howevt 3r, that
she is a government gunboat.
L ailed. The steamship Commander. Captain
Terry, left 1.- fc Xou- Yor k about noon yester
day. She was loaded with, cotton and naval
stores.
SEAMEN" S FJZIEND SOCTR TY.
-
At a meeting of th3 seamen's friend society,
yetieruy, n was resoiveu, mat wnereas mere an
but two members of tht i executive board of this
society now residing in Wilmington, viz.: Messrs.
C. D. Ellis and O. G. Pa rsley, that they are here
by empowered to attend to all matters pertaining
to the interest of the soc iety and are hereby in
vested with all authority necessary for this pur
pose, and with the power heretofore pertaining to
the regular executive board. This resolution to
remain in force from this, time until the ner.t re
gular meeting, in February next.
. ALFRED MARTIN, Secty.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LATEkL FROM EUROPE.
Arrivsil of the Nova Scotia.
Portland, and .the Ala
bama at New York.
at
Tbe Shenandoah Question
Mbre Marine Disasters;.
LATEST
Scc,
MARKET
51FPORVS,
Portland, Nov. 28.
Liv erpool dlates to the
The Nova Scotia, with
7 th has arrived.
The schooner William and Frederick from Mo
bile to Cadiff, had been abandoned at sea, with
only the master saved.
Liverpool TTTarkets.
- Liverpool, Nor. 17.
Cotton Has declined a half penny on the
week just closing. Nominal sales for the week
56,000 bales. Orleans 20d. Friday's sales 8,
000 bales. Price unchanged.
Bread stuffs. Market bare.
"Provisions Less firm.
Consuls 89i.
Five-twenties 6364.
New Yob, Nov. 28.
- The Alabama, from Southampton tbe 18th, has
arrived.
The Ocean Ranger, of Savannah, was wrecked
at Montevideo.
All the London journals publish the corres
pondence between Mr. Adams and Earl Russell,
in reference to the Alabama claims.
The Times earnestly hopes Waddell and hi s
men were not liberated without communicatio n
with Minister Adams, and at present declines to
accept Waddell's statement as true.
The bullion in the Bank of England has i n
creased -371,000.
Latest Markets.
Liverpool, Nov. 18.
Rosin Unsettled.
Spirits Turpentine. The market is bar e.
Holders demand an advance.
Rice Small sales.
The Boston Board of Trade.
Bostos, Nov. 8. m
The board of trade has adopted resolutions
looking to the increase of cotton raising in the
southern states, and requesting the gove rnment
within the sphere of its legitimate power s, to.id
forthwith in sustaining and organizing such a
portion of tbe laboring classes now in the south
as cannot be reached by prfvate capital.
BY MAIL.
FROM EUROPE.
More about the Alabama Claims.
The European Pre on the Re
lease of John Mitchell.
CAPT. WADDELL'S LETTER,
Xlie Confederate Cruiser AlabamaThe
Claims for Damages br tlie American
Government.
From the London News, Nov. 11.
This, however, is quite certain, that Earl Rus
sell's summary dismissal of the claims of the
United States from the field of diplomatic debate
has not answered the purpose it was meant to
serve, but has added a new element of bitterness
to the strife. The United States can do very
well without the money which would be due if
its claims were admitted, but it is no wonder that
in the mildest organs of American opinion we
find pi'otests against the pretension of one of the
parties to close the question as a matter concern
ing its own honor. It is correctly remarked that
in this country, that what we are now reading in
the American newspapers is not argument, but
then it is to be remembered that the argument
has been formally closed by. Earl Russell's de
claration that the honor of England would not
allow the government either to admit the claims
of the United States, or to refer them to impar
tial arbitration. It is this pretension to determine ;
tne question witn exclusive regard to considera
tions proper to one of the parties, which has im
ported new bitterness into the dispute.
The future course of this perilous controversy
will now depend on the judgment and temper of
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Seward and it is scarcely
possible to exaggerate the responsibility which
attaches to their deliberations. We feel it our
duty to w&m the public against the flippancy
with which this question is being treated in some
quarters ; agamst the affectation for it is noth
ing else of believiug that there is nothing seri
ous in the remonstrances of the American gov
ernment, and the language of the best represen
tatives of American public opinion. The Amer
cans may be altogether mistakeii both as to the
law and the facts on which they ground their
claims ; but, that they are in earnest in making
their claims upon this country for reparation as
earnest as any country ever was in requiring sat
isfaction of another he would be blind who
should deny.
It would be a great mistake to ignore tho fact
that this dispute has assumed a gravity which has
not hitherto belonged to it. At the. same time
we are not of the number of those who appre
hend war as a consequence of -these claims, pro
vided only care can be taken to treat them in a
spirit conformable to the character of both the
parties in the dispute. The manner in which
Earl llussel concluded a controversy which, until
its final stage, he had conducted with great judg
ment and temper, has exposed us to misunder
standing. A dispute in which the honor of two
countries is concerned cannot be determined by
tliA mere resolution ot one, unless that one is
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I strong enough to impose its will on the other
The Release of John Mitchill.
IFrom the London Morning Star.
Wo fftel it to be an act of unkindness to this
country, and encouragement to the fenian dis
.turbers of the peace, and a proceeding calculated
rtoznake us less confident of the interference of
the United States givernment with tbe httmg out
of wrivateers, or anv warlike expedition upon
-which these foolish people may embark to gra
tifv their hostility or their vanity. As tbe openly
avowed obiect of the organization of Irishmen
which solicited Mitchell's release was to promote
hostility against England, the proper course lor
the chief magistrate of a friendly power was
either to refuse to recognize them at all, or
to show his eutire disapprobation of their
n,mrii-,iinn and its aims. The exigencies
of the political situation may make it desir
v.i copni-fl t.hp. Kjmoort of the Irish ele
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. i a.. .1 ;:r,.r;. tho lnnnetriniKlv nr-
;i ment 10 tne &uimiJinii.a,Livii, luuuin." j
j culated storv that Mr. Seward had given the in
formation to" the British government which led to
aJie arrest of the fenian pionefrs may require to
d put down by an executive act or a omerent
tendency; but no thoroughly friendly government
would, for objects such as these, run the risk of
.etfiending a great nation by'consorting on terms
orf amity with its bitterest enemies.
The Shenandoah.
TFkjli the London Morning Star, Nov. 11.
Tt r-t tar hv the fripnds of Captain Waddell
Al liS-iiKCk J
and his en -w that the discharge was perfectly unconditional-
that no parole was given. The
n-ound upoi which they wer5 set at liberty is
said to be th at the government was of opinion
that there wa nothing in law to justify their re
Pap ain Waddell still remains m Liver-
pool, whp ve he is visiting friends
The crew is
i i
dispersed but most of the men
are at Doiraing
houses in t e town- StePs
are being taken pn-
vatlv oplv means to
such of them as are
unprovided i
It is also ru
or "until they can obtain employment,
nored that the money, American
dollars, in whk
vided by a. we
h the men were paid oft, was pro-U-known
firm which was promi-
inently associaU
h3 vritfo the southern interest m
the war. Th men are cautious
Liverpool during
as to how far they
ta?k about the circumstances
.P 1, : . i. n t
tieir peculiar and heavy
luggage seems to in iate :ue l W1""u'!
found it, profitable. During vesterday the last
man, who was sick, w taken a "
dersto. )d that in the a ructions rec w di
egraph from governme nt, Capt. Pav"111' ' "
rectea to liberate allb.it British su.nJecls l"ai
this was read to the ci w, and that, u"u,raVS
eno-agh, none of them lad claim to be con. siaerea
lief;e of her majesty.
'The customs officers on board have been in"
cr eased in number. It is believed that the au
tl lorities have signified the ir readiness to hand the
vessel over to the American government.
CAPTAIN WADDELL'S LETTE E TO EARL REPSELL.
The following is a copy of Captain Waddell's
t.ii a l t Tl.
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My Lord IbavethehC'norto .announce to your
Lordship my arrival in trte waters 01 iae jiene,
with this vessel, lately a ship-of-w ar iu my com-
mand, belonging to the Confederate States of
. . . .. . t- . 1
America.
The singular position in which J find myself
placed, and the absence of all preet dents on the
subject, will, I trust, ii iduce your lordship to par-
don a hasty reference to a few facts connected with
the cruise lately made 1 yy this 6hip. I commission -
edthe ship in October, 1864, under o rders from
the naval department of " the Confederate State;
and. in uursuauce of tbe same, commenced active
ly cruising against tbe enemv's
commerce.
orders directed me to vis it certain
seas 3n prefer
enee. to others
In obedi ence thereto, I found
self in May, June and ; uly of this year, in the cf the officers ot tne ireeiaueu "
Ochotsk sea and Arctic ( cean. Both places, if not have Spread throughout the south. x nii31
quite isolated, are still so far removed from the -s expected to be the severest season lor die
nrri.Tiarv channels of ' pommerce. that months i MAnifl u S11dden termination ot their
would elapse before anv news could reach there
to the progress or tern linatfon
of the American
war. j
In consequence of th is awkward circumstance I
was engaged in, the Arc j tic ocean in. acts of war so
mi ma uje jtn day or June, In ignorance of the I
series of reverses sustained hv our rm in th. I
field, and the obliteration of the government un
aer wnose authority I had been acting. This in
telligence I received for the first time bn commu
nicating at sea on the 2d of August with the British
bark Barrctcouta, of Liverpool, fourteen days from
San Francisco. Your lordship can imagine mv
sumrise st the reprint, of Knh JntH
wouia nave given to it little consideration if an
Jiingh8D.man'8 opinion did -; not confirm the war
news, though from an enemy's port.
I desisted immediately from further acts of war,
and determined to suspend further action until I
had communicated with a European port, when I
would learn if that intelligence was true. It
would not have been intelligent in me to convey
this vessel to an American port simply because
the master of the Barracovta had said the war was
ended. I diligently examined all the law writers
at my command, searching a precedent for my
guidance in the future control, management and
final disposal of my vessel. I could find none.
History is, I believe, without a parallel. Finding
the authority questionable under which I consid
ered this vessel a ship-of-war. I immediately dis
continued cruising, and shaped my couse for the At
lantic ocean.
As to the ship's disposal, I do not consider that
I have any right to destroy her, or any further
right to command her. On the contrarv, I thiiik
that as all the property of the confederate govrn
ernment has reverted ty me fortunes of war to
the government of the United States of North
America, that therefore this vessel, inasmuch as it
was the property of the confederate states, should
accompany the other proper iy already reverted.
I have, therefore,- sought this port as a suitable
one to learn the news, and. if I am without a gov
ernment, to surrender the ship, with her battery,
small arms, machinery, stores, tackle and apparel
complete, to her majesty's government, for such
disposition as in its wisdom 6hould be deemed
proper.
1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
lordship's obedient servant,
Jas. J. Wtaddell, Commander.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS
Sir. Seward Informs the Public as to what
He Told Minister Day tou about the Views
of the Governiueut.
Washington, Nov. 23.
In a dispatch to the late Minister Dayton, the
secretary of state said he might not properly im
prove the occasion by remarking that the execu
tive government of this country has no organ in
the press, and its views and sentiments in regard
to France, and to all other countries, can be
known always by the language of the diplomatic
representations, for it instructs their ministers,
and directs them to speak always frankly and sin
cerely. A short time before this communication
was sent Minister Dayton, Mr. Seward wrote to
him : " The statements made to you by M.
Drouyn de L'Huys concerning the emperor's in
tentions, are entirely satisfactory, if we are per
mitted to assume them as having been authorized
to be made by the emperor in view of the pres
ent condition of affairs in Mexico. - It is true, as
I have before remarked, that the emperor's pur
pose may hereafter change with changing cir
cumstances. We ourselves, however, are not
unobservant of the nroeress of events at home
and abroad, and in no case are we likely to neg
lect such provision for our own safely, as every
sovereign state must always be prepared to laii
back upon when nations with which they
have lived in friendship cease to respect their
moral and treaty obligations, and our own dis
cretion will be our guide as to how lar, ami in
what way the public interests will be promoted
bv submitting these views to the consideration of
M. Drouvii de L'Huys."
FROM W ASSSIRfciTOfl.
Washington, Nov. 24.
NO patents to be granted to disloyal
parties.
Secretary Harlan has issued the following in
structions to the Hon. Thomas C. Theaker, com
missioner of patents:
The subject of granting patents to the citizens
of states lately in rebellion has been submitted to
the president, and I am instructed by him to di
rect that no patent be granted to any disirict de
clared by the president to be in a state of rebell
ion, withoutsatisfactory proof of loyalty is fur
nished, embracing the original or an authentica
ted copy of the amnesty oath as taken by said
resident, and if parties making application for
patents belong to the excluded class, evidence of
their special pardons bv the president should be
furnished. " JAMES HARLAN,
Secretary of Interior Department.
the mysterious prisoner.
It has tranipired that the prisoner recently
brought from the South, under circumstances of
great mystery, and incarcerated in the Old Capi
tol prison, is a Major Gee, who was in charge of
the Salisbury prison while the mortality was the
greatest among union prisoners. He was arrest
ed in Florida.
more mounted troops ordered to general
sheridan's department.
The superintendent of the mounted recruiting
service at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, has
been ordered to forward, via New York city, four
hundred and fifty of the disposable recruits of
the mounted service of the United States army,
as soon as that number shall have accumulated,
to the fourth United States cavalry, in the mili
tary division of the Gulf.
THE N-'RTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
Major Hough, of Newbern, N. C, is in town,
and says that the people of his state generally
look UDon the recent elections there as a com
plete farce, and expect that the whole pro
gramme will have to be repeated. None of the
congressmen elect can take the oath. R. F. Leh
man, the only congressman in the state who could
do so, was defeated by an overwhelming major
ity. INTERCESSION IN BEHALF OF MR. MALLORY.
Mrs. Bishop, daughter of Mr. Mallory, late
rebel secretary of the navy, is injthe city, endea
voring to obtain her father's release on parole.
She has had one interview with Mr. Stanton, but
the resuit of hr entreaties is not at present
known.
TRANSPORTATION FOR REFUGEES.
The war department has disposed of alt its
sea-going transports, and is now unable to fur
nish the transportation to refugees and others it
has heretofe.-e measurably furnished.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
All the members of tlie cabinet were in atten
dance at cabinet meeting to-day, and no other
sitors were admitted, the ruie excluding per-
v.
s from the ante-rooms during sessions of the
son.
t being now rigidly enforced. Numerous
ire being received by the president res-
cabin.
j letters
he New York custom house appointment,
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i ., s vrt. er' leW I,artieS ,iaVC Presel
nted their
1. -ally. It is believed that no appoint-
i ciuuos ci i"i - . . . 1.1,
1 . . .u vacancy occasioned bv tbe ueatn
I IIlcl to mi uiv
, nf fvilwtflr KinJ
will be made immediately.
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TEN S BUREAU.
General Howard,
commissioner
men s oureau, is - .. 1 ,
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KWa nnitmn and wants of the freedmen,
and will prove a very important document.
t ,a,u,rt,- nf th assistant commissioners 1 ..,.orif w,;;p 1tlpU and negros, &c
h been received, and give interesting deU
concerning the relations exiting
freedmen and their late masters m the several
. ' ? i.-T-oilin(T tr a VPrV
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exisimg
1.-4 4 V.
My states xu 1 - Tn Alahflma.
- great degree among ui " ""i: ;.'
my - Georgia and Virginia, and bn : lor uie
as j relatinSvitbi tfieir masters during the summer
having left most of them utterly a"l'ar
no opportunity to support themselves bj labor
In the spring, however, there is no u
PRICE FmCEXTS.
nearly all of the frK. ... a ,
i." twn,e11 Will find employment
Oil the i.lantat;..,, , mV
" "7- ' aim reatter become a self.
U093,
Th Ifly AGAIXST SEW GRANADA.
lne Italian mm Utpr i,.:J .
?f mm,w"n the settlement of
"a.iu uecuueu 10 act cs
and the ITnitH '""." e uranaua
",u"'"1 "r"n;U II P (T(Vornrr,n. r XT r, ,
irOWinnr rmt nf tl.o Ponn
ma riots of 18-36 Sir FreW T v v
selected in his p&, Zt
wm'ome r ,t1onS n international ?aw
vn iU come before the commission, and many oth
ers of great importance concerning rights of 35
zenship domicil, &c, as applied" to temporary
residents m commercial ports, will also come up
Z Z TMn- r tWO hundred are
ready for the commission.
THE CAPTAIN PETTIT COURT MARTIAL.
m uMuuiuiiy neiore the court martial in ses
tVint. tbt trial -;n . .1. .
----- tciuimaie witn tbe arguments
of the Judge Advocate and counsel for the de
fence to-day.
SEIZURE OF REBEL GOLO
Major W H Gibbon, Q. M. C. S. A., George E.
lavlor O. M c s a nrtu, uflvate
m rebel service, on breaking up of Lee's armv
werem Richmond, and had about $48,000 in gold
belonging to the rebel government in their pos
session. After leaving Richmond. Heth, under
orders from Taylor and Gibbon, buried about
$1.0.000 ot the amount near the Dan river, in
North Carolina, which thev subsequently du'up
and "spent freely" in and about Richmond. "The
facts becoming known to the government, Taylor
and Heth, about two weeks ago. were, arrested in
Richmond and brought to this citv and placed in
the Old Capitol. i
It is supposed that nearly all the money has
been spent by them, but the government has suc
ceeded in obtaining possession of about $1,000 of
it. The prisoners are still held to await further
developments. They have eniploved able coun
sel. There is little doubt but that'lleth snd Tay
lor, upon the fall of the rebellion, supposed that
whatever belonged to it was common property,
and subject to the "grab simp," when, in fact,
everything that belonged to the so-called con
federate government legitimately belong to the
government of the United States.
VACANCIES IX THE ARMY.
Many vacancies in the lower grades of the re
gular army ai,u among the held and company offi
cers of the veteran reserve corps exist al the pre
sent time. The order heretofore issued by the
war department providing for examining appli
cants to fill the vacancies of the regular army is
being executed, and an order has just been pro
mulgated directing the regimental officers ot the
veteran reserve corps to forward to the chief
mustering officer of this department duplicate
muster rolls and descriptive lists of all officers
and men who elect to remain in that service. It
is believed that an order will be issued t j recruit
the veteran reserve corps, and to resume the ex
amination of candidates to till existing vacancies.
These examinations will altord the means of pro
viding for many ex-officers of volunteers, of
merit and ability, who are. anxious to re-enter
the military service. It will be remembered that
of what is called the regular army the terms of
nine regiments of infantry, three battalions each,
one regiment of artillery and one regiment of
cavalry will, by law, expire one year alter the
end of the rebellion. Hence legislation will be
come necessary in regard to these branches of the
militarv service.
MISSISSIPPI.
THE PRESIDENT'S DISPATCH
TO GOV. HUMPHREYS,
&c.
&c,
&c.
Washington,
B. G. HuDwhros, Governor eh.
Nov. 17, I860.
t. Jr'A-SM, Mi -si
sijipt :
The troops-will be -withdrawn from Mississip
pi when in tlie opinion of ihe government peace
and order and the civil authority has been re
stored and can be maintained without them.
Every step will be taken while they are there to
enforce s'rict discipline and subordination to the
civil authority.
There can be r0 other or greater assurance
given than has heretofore been on tlie part of the
president or government. There is no concession
required on the part of the pertjde of Mississippi
or the legislature, other than a loyal compliance
with the' laws and constitution of the United
States, and the adoption of such measures giving
protection to all freedmen or lreenien, m peison
and nronprtv. without regard to coloi
)lor, as will en-
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title them to resume al! their
constitutional rela-
tions in the federal union.
The people of Mississippi may feel w ell assured
that there is no disposition arbitrarily on the part
of the government to dictate what action should
be had; but, on the contrary, to simply and kind
ly advise a policv 'that is believed wnl result in
restoring all the relations which shouiu exist oe
tween the states composing the federal union.
It is hoped that they will feel and appreciate
the suggestions herein made tor they are offer
ed in that spirit which should pervade the bosom
of all those who desire peace and harmony and
a thorough restoration of tin- union.
There must be confider.ee between the govern
ment and the states; while the government con
fides in the people, the people must Dave iaun in
the government. This must he mutual and re
ciprocal, or all that ha- 1M...:, done wiU Whrown
awav.
President United States.
c ... :vornnr !'arou to
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Legislature of Alabama.
Moi.iLE, Ala., Nov. 23.
Governor Parson has delivered hi message to
the Legislature. He ur-es the adoption ot tne
amendment to the constitution of the Limed
States abolish;!)-, slavery, and the passage of laws
protecting the persons and property ol negros
This course, he savs, will secure the admission of
our repres-entativ
in congress, ana icsioir
the state all its pouti
cal rights in the union, lie
opposes the special code for the government of
negros, and recommends the adopt.on ot a va
w Loarinrr nr.oii the wlwte ? rid black alike;
and suggests thai vagrant laws similar to those
, . : i 1. and he recommends
I Oi ..UlSSlSSippi oi' , . , .. ,1
I ., - I o.U f,.r ( Pslitllte white aill
tnat proMsiou o- mam -. --
black persons.
Ciovernor Hnmphreys' Mm to the
JlissLsippi Legislature.
Jackson, Nov. 20.
1 . n i.,ni.L.ofra t 4 1 1 1
fb.vemor Humphreys nas sem a ms"-
legislature recommending
v iximittpd in court: that
that negro testmiony
freedmen be encour-
sion in Alexandria, for the trial of Captain Tettit,
charged with cruelty and UBoflicerlike conduct '
was concluded yesterdav. and it
nf th freed aged to support their families anaemic
JJt to Ton- children, (1 thP adoI,lion
V?rl. ;n, him of protection, to tax freedmen for
and educate their
i assuring
tlie sup-
r.e him ot I
v tfuw needmen
force vagrants to
, . ' . ...wment: to pass ami-
Most ; r . the miiitia to protect our people
He
Is , or. - nassaae of these measures of vital 1111
deem
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nortance, and says they
may
secure the with-
drawal of the federal troops.
Exrtivcruor Lowe.
- The Augusta papers mention the arrival there
of ex-Governor Lowe, of Maryland en route , wrth
his family for home. The istitut'fl
For some time Governor Lowe made his resi
dence in this city, and it may gratafy his many
friends to know that he has lately become the re-.
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Cipieni OI iuai UCtfi.v-. -
nent southern men a special pardon.
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