North Carolina Newspapers

Li Y 11 v TT TT TT Ji Jiiildj Y pi r hjeiraod: 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 1 r 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 i 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 n lUlv X VOVA vw v- - 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 CLUiC JVJ ' I f ... . i . 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. u-X".,., cw, vnA i tt NTnv . . rr. :T..;ru.Zu:;7r.n;, o trie mufu non. jart usseu, " . , iv- ... r-. r.. ,-... jca,i a Mimaicr jui 1. wc''V' 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, ! 1 vort 1 1 1 fT t. 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. - n ; i FREE TEN S BUREAU. General Howard, commissioner men s oureau, is - .. 1 , "Tin I rr Die rt 1 j , : , s This work emb races a iuu Mun.:u. 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 ' - . . 1 4 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- r 1 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 .UCKSttgr - 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 - i ic-'- ' - 1 r 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-. n 1 oiu Cipieni OI iuai UCtfi.v-. - nent southern men a special pardon. - - i 1 1 1