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it r-i ri ' m 1 n ' n -i i .. it rt- V I I M I I II I I XI I I XX 7 I I I I t H HV A -AY ,a hh:VAva it Y hi M n '22UH l; . d. jlwxi a - v.T'fct i"' - -.. v jioo-j .in VOL 1.31188.' A ft- T7Il!OTOTOTpj,' WEDNESDAY, DECEUBEII C, 1C05. THE IVILUIXGTOXnEnALD DAILY AND WEEKLY, THOSIA8 '. BlV CO OK fc CO., ' " ' . EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. .1 ' , . . . THOMAS K. COOK. i THE DAILY nEUALD Is printed everyOoraing (Sundays excepted.) Terms 110 per year; for six month ;'fr per month. - , ' - ; -" " THE WEEKLY DEBALD ! Ia printed every Saturday.: Terms $2 50 per year; $1 50 for six months j $1 00 ' for three months! $0 50 per month. - ' 4 ; ;, The Sunday Morning Herald, j A mammoth family- and ' literary ' nevrspaper.'.ia printed eveiy Sunday moraJbDg.VPce'ten;traU per.copy. . '; , ' ! JOB WORK Neatly and promptly executed. . . " , t M . WUmiafonyotfflc"V j 1 Ornci Houns 9iL if. to 5. p. x. .;, ' . . ' Mail Close. .; ; j 1 Nobthkbk, Eastern and Wmtkbh, v, ' : m Daily (except Saturday) at 3 P. M. t-u ; Nbw York and Eastern, J - ' i - v .jo By Steamer Wednesday and Saturdays, i j ; Southern, ; y , DaUy.at6P,-M.;. .:. ir ? I Wilmington, Chablotts & Ruthebfobw R. R. ! Tuesdays and Saturdays at 6 A. M. - - ", , ', Mails Arrive. . 1 KOBTHXBN, , Every morning except Monday, . New York, Every Tuesday by Steamer, ' Southebn, j Daily at 3 Pai. ; RAILROADS. Wll., Cnar. and Rutherford Railroad. Oeficb Wil., Chab. ARuth. R. R. Co ) , Laubinbcbo, N. C, Oct. 18, 1865. AN ADJOURNED MEETING of the Stock holders of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Ruth erford Rail! Road Company will be held at Lin colnton, N. C., on Thursday, January 18th, 1868. WM. H. ALLEN, Secretary. Oct. 26th, 203-s Wil., Char, and Rutherford Railroad. ON AND AFTER MONDAY, the 27th instant, a Freight Train, with Passenger Cars attach ed, will run as follows : UP TRAINS WEDNESDAYS AND 8ATUR I DAYS. , Leave Wilmington at 8 o'clock A. M. 1 ' Arrive at Sand Hills at 6 o'clock P. M. DOWN TRAINS MONDAYS AND THURS- I - DAYS. Leave Sand Hills at 6 J o'clock A. M. Arrive at Wilmington at 5 o'clock P. M. Nov. 24,1865. W. H. ALLEN, Master of Transportation. Freight intended for shipment by above trains must be delivered at the depot by 10 o'clock A. M. Tuesdays and Fridays. , J. T. ALDERMAN, Freight Agent. Nov. 27th. 230-s WiL, Char, and Rutherford IX. It , Office Wil., Chab. and Ruth. R. R. Co. ) Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 29, 1865. $ DURING my absence the Hon. R 8. French will act as president pro tern of this com pany, j , -tv -i-i-rT v President. 233-1W. Nov. 30 i Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. WILMINGTON d, W fiLUOfl a. A. lU. i Wilmington, Nov. 27, 1865.. PASSENGER TRAINS SCHEDULE. FROM this date Trains on this Road will run as follows : Leave Wilmington at 4 30 P. M. Arrive at Weldon at 7 00 A. M. Leave Weldon at 4 80 P. M. Arrive at Wilmington at 5 45 A. M. Connecting, at Weldon both ways with trains to and from Petersburg, by Gaston Ferry, and on direct to Norfolk and Washington; connects at Goldsboro' with trains to Raleigh and Newbern, Also connects at Wilmington with the Wilmington & Manchester Kailroad. soutn to unarleston, (Jo- THANKSGIVING. Mitob' OrncB, WiLitniGTON, Dec. 1865,' !; 5 , ; Thursday; the 7th inst, having been set aside by the President as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, I thereforareqiMwt the good citizens of Wilmmgtont obserjee. saineby a general suspension fla se4usiness JOHN; DAWSON, Mayor. TOE BYv&ELEGRAPH. r, k f i Presentation of Credentials by Southern Heniuers. L NO ACTION TABES ' OS TBESI. THEPUBlIC'bEBT. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECRETA RY OF THE TREASURY. JjATER FROM EUROPE Arrival of the City of Hew Icork. THE SHEIf ANDOAH SAILED. The dec Ljtftat Market Reports: etc. FROITI WASHINGTON. Washington, Dec. 5. In the senate the . credentials of Alconn -'and Sharkey, senators elect , from Mississippi, were presented. No action. In the house a resolution was ; unanimously passed that the public debt ought promptly to be paid. The president's message absorbed nearly All the time of both houses. The secretary of the treasury recommends that the collection of internal revenue taxes in those states accruing previous to the establishment of collection offices be indefinitely postponed, and that the sales of property under he direct tax law be suspended until the states shall have an opportunity of assuming the payment of the tax assessed upon them. ' ' r ! s j Q W 5 BI TELEQUAPD. :1- I , Kir l i FROM : WASHINGTON; PRESIDENT'S B1ESSAGE. It was 'Sent ; in; , to Congie Yesterday. , was appomted by tJw provisioriaJ governor to preTre;code'of laws for . the .government of freedmen. The'said , committee will ascertain what progress has been made, and when a ris4 port may be expected. f .-.,.. At 12 o clock: the generalassembly went into an election for U.t S. senator for the long term. The whole, number of votes cast was-154 ; neces sary 16 a choice 78. Wm. A. Graham received 138 Nat-Boyden T B. P. Dick" 6r-Bedford Bitwnl; ; . s.,, ? A. ballot f;jwas then had- for a senator" for the short term, and resulted in no choice. Mr. A S. Merrimon was elected fjudge of tie 8th judicial circuit. ;liCrt t Ari , ' if Thefpllowing joint resolutions were passed by the senate; ordered to be engrossed and sent to Revived ly W General AsseJ of North Carol f SyilOpSiS , 6f . ItS COIlteiltS. him me memDers oi this body, having en tire confidence In th lnakv Wnt .B.; Vanee,wouia be5 pleased to; see an extent FRO f. THE STATU CAPITAL vi. cuuuu i o wrtueiKjy m ms paraon, ana believe lhat this action, would be nighly gratify ing to the people of the stater ; v 7 i ; , , ? Eofcftf,. ThAt the speakers of this' body be and they are hereby instructed to lay these reso lutions before his excellency, the provisional governor, and ask him to forward them to the president of the United, States, with the assurance that the action of this ' assembly In the premises springs from a sincere, desire to promote the pa triotic aims of his excellency, the president, in reconstructing the union, and restoring to it the blessings of domestic tranquility. 4i - sale of envelopes, and is believed to have dimin-1 amount of claims of contractors and others Te ished the returns to the dead letter, officer siding in the, southern States,' chiefly those lately Business, cards are printed on envelopes with- in insurrection, for services rendered previous to out additional .cost when ordered in' quantities the rebellion, is not less than ?one Bullion 'of dol not less than one thousand for 'the 'same parties'. , lars. Many of these claims have been presented, - To encourage the purchase bf equei envelope,, ' but none paid, under a rule adopted earty in' the the law should be changed so as to allow the war, of not paying claims to parties known to' be turn of such letters, to the writers free of, post- engaged in aiding the .rebellion.' ' The questions age., " rl. V ; connected with this subject, applying alike to this As stamped envelopes are" cancelled by use, and other executive branches of the government, and therefore safer against fraud than those with they are respectfully referred to the determlna stampa attached; ; it, is' submitted . whether Aho tion of conarress.' ' ;.r-ft .Ar ' s postmaster general shpuVl not be authorized in Balances were due from southern postmasters lus discretioh; io'lurnisji them as the separate at the outbreak of the rebellion amounting to stamps-are now, wiinouv reierence u me cost oi f aey.uz tS7, lew of wnicn nave peen paia. jueans manufacture. t ? ; j lk;t i ia ;:y; are being employed, through courts and other New stamps have been adopted of the denomi- agencies, to collect the 'amounts' due to the gov nations of 5, 10, and 2S cents for prepaying post-1 eminent. V ' " "'' age on packages of r newspapers , forwarded by The closing of the warbrbug 'with it the ne publishers or newsdealers under the authority of cessity of 'restoring the postal service in -the jrohn Pol EleeteA tJnlted States Senator for the Short Term. Ac, ' &c, -4-.: See. : " PROTECTION OF THE FREEDMM Views of Senator Wilson. State laws Declared Null. Right to Vote Proposed. . The following is the bill introduced in the sen ate on Monday by Wilson, of Massachusetts. He considers that the condition of affairs in the south is such as to imperatively demand prompt action in the premises : ; i An Act to maintain the freedom of the inhabitant in the State declared in insurrection and rebellion by Proclamation of the President, of the 1st of I neglects or refuses to nerform its offices, then is iliiSel alHlaws,' statutes, acts, mow need that the general government oramances, rules and regulations of auy descrip- snpuld maintain its antnonty, and as soon as tion whatever, heretofore in force or held valid in nracticable resume the exercise of all its func- The President's Message. WASHnraios, Dec. 6. The president's message to congress to-day says the resistance to the general government having exhausted itself,- the first question was whether the . territory within ihe limits of the states which attempted to secede should beheld as conquered territory, under military authority emanating from the president ; but he argues that military governments established for aa in definite period would have offered no. security for an early suppression of .discontent, but would have divided the people into vanquishers and van quished, and engendered hatred rather than res tored affection. '"' i, The true theory is that all pretended acts of secession were from the beginning null and void. States cannot commit treason, nor screen the in dividual citizen who may have committed treason. The states attempting to secede passed them selves into a condition where their functions were suspended, but not destroyed ; but if any state any of the States which were declared to be in in surrection and rebellion by the Proclamation of the President of July 1st, 1863, whereby or wherein any, inequality of civil righto and immunities among the inhabitants of said States is recognized, authorized, established or maintained by reason of, or in consequence of any distinctions or differences consequence of a previous conditiof or status of lonal governors were appointed slavery or; involuntary servitude of such inhabi tants, be, and-they are hereby declared null and void. ; And it snail be unlawful to institute, make. ordain or establish in any of the States declared j as atoresaid to np n iicnrrcction and rebellion any such law, buuiue, act, ordinance, rule or regulation, or to enforce or to attempt to- enforce the same. Section 2. And be it further, enacted. Thai anv person who shall violate either of the provisions oi tnis act snau oe, aeemcd guilty ol a misdemean or, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor exceeding f 10,000, and by imprisonment not less than six months nor exceeding five years : and it shall be the duty of the President to enforce the provisions ot tnis act. , ' lumbia, At Nov. 28. anta. Savannah. Monteromerv. &c & L. FREMONT, Eng, & Sup't. ?ROm EUROPE. , ' ' sw York. Dec. 5. The City of New York, from Liverpool on the 22d and Queens town on the 23d ult., arrived this morning. The Shenandoah sailed on the 21st, for New York. Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. Ofpicb Gen. Supt. Wix. & Man. R. R., ) Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 11th, 1865. J THE following trams are run on the Wilming ton and Manchester Railroad, with following connections: ( f Leave Wilmington daily at 3.15 A. M. " Kinesville " . 7.35 P.M. Arrive at Wilmington daily at 3.05 P. M. Kingsville u . 1.25 A. M. At Florence these trains connect each way with trains on the North Eastern Railroad daily for Charleston; At Kingsville they connect each way with trains on the South Carolina Railroad daily for Columbia and Augusta. In going to Colum bia passengers stage from Hopkins' Turnout, on South Carolina Railroad to Columbia, a distance of twelve miles. . In going to Augusta they stage from Orangeburg, on 8outh Carolina Railroad, to Johnston's Turnout, "on South Carolina Railroad, a distance of 52 miles. . ,;.. : At Florence these trains connect with the Che raw and Darlington Railroad, which road runs up to Cheraw Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and down from Cheraw to Florence every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There is dally stage -connection from Sumter, S. C, to Camden, S. C., con necting with these trains. The steamer connect ing with these trains arrives and departs from the WT & W. R. R. wharf. The freight office of the Company Is, for the present, on Water street, at the wharf formerly used by steamer 'North Caroli na, running to Fayettevilhv t The office of the President,' General Superintendent and Treasurer, for the present, is on the southeast corner of Water and Chesnut Streets up stairs. HENRY M. DRANE. r ! Gen. Sup't. Nov. 13th 218 1 Liverpool Cotton Market, Liverpool, Nov. 22. Sales of cotton on Monday and Tuesday, 11,000 bales; opened steady and Closed flat, with a slight decline. ; ;. ' ; Manchester market quiet. "' : Later. I LrVSRPOOL MARKET. . Liverpool, Not. 23. Cottok Sales yesterday and to-day 15,000 bales, closing nominal. Breadstuffs. More active, but with a down- wad tendency. !'yji Pbovisiohs Quiet but steady. Leaden Money Marltet. f 'i , LowDOH, Nov. 23. Coksoi,8-89 1-2089 5-8. FivB-TWBTiFa--63 1-2364. Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. Secrbtabt'8 Officb Wrt. & Man. R. R. Co'.,' YVilmlnrton, rt. C, Dec 1, I860. '"pHE appointment of a General Superintendent JL and Treasurer of this Company will be made bv the Board 'of Directors on the 12th instant. Salary of I each of these officers $3,000 per annum. Applicants for the positions' will please hand in Ahelr applications to the undersigned by the 12th of December, 165. - WM. A. WALKER, f m Bec'y W. & M. R. R. Dec. 2. 1 . 235-tDecl2. T BLANRSr CHARTER PARTY, DRAY TICKETS IUf H l RECEIPTS ON ALL' RAILROADS MANIFESTS FOR SHIPS VAND BTEAMERS BILLS OF LADING, " ..V 'Jj' i'i ' For sale at . -'-j , , t ;;s ji, f T-wrm TTn itn fipglf , Aoj. 1 1 unm tit BY MAIL. NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Hons. , 1 On this principle he acted, and gradually and quietly, by almost imperceptible steps, sought to restore the rightful energy of the general gov ernment and of the states. To that end pro vis- CD FIVE CEVTS. law, wjiereby a revenue will be secured hitherto ; southern states. ; No time was lost in pflering to the citizens of those states all the facilities which they 'were in condition to accept. Bpecial agents were appointed to assist in the work J of restora tion. The provisional governors, were notified of the readiness, of the department to appoint post masters upon their recommendation. They were Aggregate .receipts Aggregate expenditures Deficit-- Averaging as follows : lost to the department. unqpr use act lor tne relief of postmasters who have ,, been - robbed ;by bodies of armed men, seventy-seven cases have been decided, and al lowances made to the amount of $4,207 75. t Appended hereto is a tabular statement exhib iting the annual receipts andexpenultures of this also advised of its desire to nut the mails on all rdepartment from January 1831, to Jane 30, J the raihoads within their respective states as soon 1000. ne results are as ioiiows: l as informed bv them teat the roads were read V $200,311,894 47! to carry them, and the companies proper parties 2748,881 59 to intrust with their transportation. All applica- - : tions for carrying the mails on" land and' water 44,436,987 12 f routes have been considered, and the service or- Receipts, $5,806,141 87 dered at such rates of compensation as could be per annum; expenditures, $7,094,170 4b peran- agreed upon, ; nam; deficit, $1,288,028 61 per 'annum. ' . Anticipating that the revenues from, mail ser- coittbacts. ' : ; j vice in the south would be for some time consid- The mail service in operation on 80th June, erably less than they were previous to the war 1865, embraced 6,012 routes, Of the aggregate the necessity . of reduced rates of compensation, length of 142,840 miles, costing, $6,246,884 (ex clusive of compensation to route and other agents, amounting to $556,602 75). Railroad, 23,40V miles, costing- -: - - -$2,707,121 Steamboat, 13,088. miles, eosting 359,598 1 Celerity, Ac., 105,851 miles, costing- 3,179.865 The aggregate miles of ! "transportation were 57,993,494. r Railroad L ..... . . . .24,087,568 Steamboat L ......... . 2,444,696 Celerity, &c - - ......... k i - -81,461,430 The cost per mile for transportation by rail road was Hi cents ; steamboat 14 cents; cele-' rity, &c.t 10 cents. - . v r J to the average of compensation al- cost t428 415 ' I? 3' J lowed previous to the rebelUon, except on cer- and in many instances of reduced service, was obvious. This required new 1 classifications ' bf rates of payment to rail and water, and modifica tions of pay and service on land routes, i Consid erable reductionshave been made in the. maxim um compensation to the first two classes of ser vice, as the tables hereto appended exhibit.' The reasonableness of these reductions has been gen erally .appreciated by the contractors, and the mails are being transported by rail,, under con tracts till the expiration of the current fiscal year, and by water till the 30th of June, 1869. ' Greater difficulties, have been encountered on the land routes, although the maximum: rates ad justed by the amount of service to be perform- All the parties in the late terrible conflict must work together in harmony. It is not too much to ask that on the one part tion shall proceed in conformity with the willing- The ovesland mail service from the Missouri; river to California is performed under two con-, tracts, one from Atchison to Salt Lake City, and; the other from the latter place to Folsom City. On the western division the service has been per-, formed with reasonable regularity, while on the eastern portion it has been more or less irregular, owing, as alleged by the j contractors, to high water, bad roads, and hostilities of the Indians,; disappointing-the expectations of the -depart-1 ment as to the value of thef service. ROUTES. ; mi 1 -m a. 1 J i I ine uuffluer 01 routes oruereu mw operauou in States lately in rebellion is 241; their length is 18 Rlfi 1.4 milAC- anil rnTnTUnsatfrm $.701 Q4.Q- a the plan of restora- reduction, comnared with former cost of service in those States, of $881,109 per annum. This,' ness to cast all the disorders of the past into however, results, m part from reduced service, oblivion, and that on the other the evidence of which if increased to the sjandard ol frequency . . x, . , , . . . , previous to the war, on the present rates of pay, sincerity m the future shall be put beyond any, e cost would be I . ; . ., TEIIRIDLE RAILROAD DISASTER. Three Persons Instantly Killed stud Thir ty otners MSOXUy injured. Washikgtos, Nov. 30. Last night about, 11 o'clock, as the through train for Richmond which left here at 8.30 P. M. was passing over the road near Warrenton Junc tion, one of the cars was thrown from the track and dragged some distance. A brakeman and two soldiers were instantly killed. A lady and twenty-eight soldiers were badly injured, several having their limbs broken. The wreck was soon cleared away, and the injured and dead cared for at the junction. This accident detained the up train about two hours this morning. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. POST OF WILMINGTON, N. C.DJSC. 6. ARRIVED. Steamer Raleigh, Walker, from New York, with mer chandize arM passengers, to Harriu & Howell. COMMERCIAL. $7 60 a 8 26 a 7 60a 8 10 a 8 80a 8 00 8 00 8 00 8 60 8 SO m-4 9 00 a 10 75 12 60 a 15 60 October 31. 207-s.f RUREAU OF RELIEF. ( To relieve Clerical distress, especially in Southern ! Diocese.) r . ' i UNDfcR the advice of the Bishops Tabiot, At-" kinson and Lay. Address contributions' to theRev.j,W.E.Doane Secretary, j Hartford, Com necticut. "niV." "- v i.v i Nov. ii. ' ' ;i jii84fj Southern papers are asked to copy this till for- IRKrORTEn EXPRESSiT i 90 I THB DAIItT WIIi HISQTOS HERALP.J ;, i Monday, Dec 4. The legislature met according to adjournment i and the journal was read, when they were ready to prQceed.tobusmess.. .ZZmJJt ' The first tlung which occupied the attention of the house was a resolution of, Mr. Keenan to inquire into the propriety of passing a 1 home- stfacbul, whichwas referred to. the i judiciary1 commntee. .i , , Mr. Cowan offered a resolution to reeall certain bonds issued to the Wilmington, Charlotte and RutherfoidTibxad.i ii-.-. t.zuif.i.'- ;-'.y The eo vex nor sent in a message containing the report of th Buperihtendent, of the lunatic asy lum.-"n ' ru:-t -'Jju,r!;';i. . A resolution flxins .'the per , diem, of members was passeheT4two speakers ; and assistant clerks receive ilO i door keepers, each $7 ; and the members each $6 and mileage.: - A motion was made ' to rescind : the joint reso lution to so into the election of two senators, at twelve o'clock to-day; which caused considerable debate; and was finally losti'",u- s; V- 'V 'A vote' wrj then had to go into1 an J election of judge for , the sixth judicial district, and resulted in the choice or .Auderson Mitchell, . ?) .. -s :, ;t- i A'messageTwas received from the governor savins he had communicated , with Gen. Ruger, in accordance with the expressed wishes of the house,' that he would stop the retaking of horses, &cv. from the farmers, to which he had received no favorable reply 1 ivn: " Mr. "Faircloth ef Wayne' Introduced a resolu tion concerning the fees ot county Toffloers'. .Refaxd to the judiciary committee. A msrsase was received from Jhe JsehaUL ask- ing theconcurrence of gif house of commons to this resolution i-i iifiu J. ' I vJ sJUoUeai,rha& io&f ielect conunitteel of three on the part of the senate, and five' on thepart of Ifew York STarkei By Telegaph.1 COTTON" Dull; sale of 1,000 bales at 60c. GOLD 14814c. By Mail Niv Tobk, Dec. 1. BSESWAX '-Sales of 2,000 pounds at 49o a 60c. PREAD8TUFFS The market for State and West ern Soar la irregular and unsettled, at a decline of 6c a 25c. Tne sales are 7,600 bDis. we quote oaperuoe oiaw... .........a Extra State. ........ . . . . ;. : . . Hupernne Western..... Extra Western.. Extra-Ohio. . .............. Do Trade Extra St Louis Southern flour rules lOo a 25c easier: the sales include 400 bbls at 9 a 10 for superfine Baltimore, and $10 10 a 16 60 for extra, do. Corn meal is in limited request: we notice sales at 4 60. . ... . GRAIN. The poorer grades of wheat have declined lo, with sales at $1 73 a 1 74 for Chicago . spring and Mil waukee club; $1 82 for amber Milwaukee, and $2 45 for' hew amber State. 1 There is less inquiry for corn, and the market rules l-2o easier: sales at 69o a 9ie for unsound, and Hoc a 96c for sound Western mixed, the latter price for sign mixed. CANDLES Adamantine are steady at 26c rf. 28c; sperm are Urmer: sales at 45c for sperm, and 65c for pa tent " COFFEE- The market is inactive, but prices are not materially changed. j. ... .: i.!. COTTON. The market is dull, heavy and irregular. The demand is from the smnners and exporters. Sales were made or 2,750 bales on the basis oi - Upland. Florida. Mobile. N.O.JkT. Good ordinary 45 46 48 4d ixw nuaonng 4 - oo ww Middling 50 50 . 62 62 Good middlintr .62 63 64 54 Middling fair 67 67 68 59 a 60 doubt by the ratification of the. proposed anti- slavery amendment ; that being adopted it would remain for the other states to resume their places in the two branches of congress, and thereby complete the work of restoration. The president says he has no authority to make freedmen electors. That remains with the states. They can decide whether it is to be adopted at once or introduced gradually, with conditions. Good faith, however, requires the security of freedmen in their liberty and property, the right to labor, and to claim a just return of this labor. - It will be his constant aim to promote peace and amity with all' foreign nations, and he be lieves that all of them are actuated by the same disposition. The accordance of belligerent rights to the insurgent .states was unjustifiable ; but Qreat Britain was an exception. She built ships and furnished men and material of war to the insurgents, justification for which cannot be sus tained before the tribunals of the world. At the same time he does not advise at present any at tempt at redress by acts of legislation, lor future friendship between the two countries must rest on the basis of mutual justice. We have wisely forborne becoming the propa gandists of republicanism, ' but it would be a cause of great calamity to ourselves and the cause of good government- should any foreign power challenge the American people to its de fence against foreign interference, and he relies onthewi8dom and justice of those powers to respect the system of non-interference which has so long been sactioned by time. From the State Capital. j t . ; Ralbigh, Dec. 6. John Pool, of Bertie, a union man, was elected United States Senator to-day, for tho short term. 852 517 335 Annual Report of the Post master General. i-.i -. NAVAL STORES. Soirits turpentine has received an increased export demand to-day, and sales of about iiM ouis have been made at ax m x-z a i xu, ciosiag uruuy at the outside price. ; Rosins are ; quiet; , small sales of common have, been made at $7 a 7 25, r MISSISSIPPI. 1 Collision Between the State Militia and Cslrd Ssldlei-wonadlng sf Some of tne Itllllttameii Seizure of Arms from time Jfeftrroe Hallway Casualty. i j Gresada, MissJ, Nov. 30.; A collision took place here last night between The annual report of the postmaster general was submitted to congress yesterday. We give below portions of which are of general interest : The revenues of this department for the year ended June 80, 1865, were ' $14,556,158 70, and the expenditures $13,694,728 28, leaving a sur plus of $861,430 42. : The ratio of, increase of revenue was 17 per cent., and of expenditure 8 per cent., compared with previous year. ; , The estimated expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1867 are-... $18,678,000 The revenues estimated at ' 10 per cent, increase over . 'r ' last year....... $16,011,773 Add amount equal to 50 per f cent, oi me receipts in 1860 from states lately in : rebellion. Appropriation for free 'mat ter. For railroad service $550,053,instead of $989. 863 per annum. , i ., , For "star" service $266,848; instead of $320,-; 025 per annum. ' ' ( , - For steamboat service, which having been in creased, estimated at former number , of trips, is $63,501, instead of $293,668 per annum, making the aggregate pay pro rata for all the service $880,402, instead of $1,603,058, par annum; showing an aggregate decrease pro rata of $722, 056 per annum. Proposals have been invited by advertisement foj carrying mails ia Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida, from January 1, 1866, to June 30, 1867. Number of routes advertised Number for which proposals were received Number for which no proposals were re ceived .............. Number of proposals accepted 232, at an aggregate of- .$102,714 Number of offers n ade by department 235, - . at an aggregate of.-.-.- 128,250 Number of proposals suspended 50, be;ng those of certain railroads, and routes of doubtful utility i I Advertisements have been issued for carrying mails in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, from July 1, 1866, to June 30, 1867. APPOINTMENTS, The number of post offices established on 30th June, 1865, including suspended offices in south ern states, was 28,882 ; number subject to ap pointment by the president, 712; by the postmaster-general, 28,170. ' New offices established during ' the year, 586 ; offices discontinued, 582 ; changes of names and sites, 200. Appointments made to fill vacancies caused by-, 'J: Resignations -1 3,575 Removals vzo Deaths 229 Changes of names and sites 132 Establishment of new offices 586 Total appointments -5,447 Number of cases acted upon, 6,097. The number of offices in the late disloyal states is 8,902, of which. 1051 were reopened on NoV- emberJ.5,1 ,865. Number of route agents, 387 aggregate com pensation, $229,522 ; number of local agents, 51; aggregate compensation, $30,949 ; number of special agents, 83; aggregate compensation, $82,- 790; number of baggage masters, 111); aggregate compensation, $6,600 ; number of postal Tailway clerks, 64; aggregate compensation, $75,000. The free deUvery system has been discontinu ed at 22 of the smaller offices, and is now in ope ration in 45 of the principal cities. , The number or earners empioyea was o,aian aggregate compensation of $448,664 51. DEin LETTERS. The number of dead letters received, examin tain routes where the former pay was excessive, and has been reduced. i ; Although the service has been restored in each of the southern states, it is not so general as the department has desired and the wants of the citizens require, because of the difficulty of pro curing contractors and postmasters who can take the oath prescribed by the acts of July 2, 1862, and March 3, 1863, requiring uniform loyalty to '$ the government during the rebellion' as "'the con dition of holding office and for the conveying of the mails.. . ; s, , The post office department was established on the principle of defraying its expenses' out of its revenues, its financial history shows that its annual receipts have rarely equalled its expendi tures. During the last year there was a surplus of revenue, a result the more gratifying because no part of the appropriation for' franked matter has been drawli , upon. But so favorable a result cannot be anticipated for the current year, in con sequence of 4he. expenditures, incident to restor ing the service in the southern states, which pro mise proportionately small receipts, because of the confused' condition of the commercial and industrial .interests within those, states. It is , hoped, however, that this unhappy ; condition will be but temporary, and that under their improved auspices as free communities, their contributions to the postal revenues will soon exceed any in their past history. Although, in view of the financial wants of the government and the large demand for postal ex penditures in the southern states, this depart ment could but deem unwise any present reduc tion of domestic postage, it appreciates the duty of the government to lessen all postage rates to the minimum of not preventing the department to support itself from its revenues, and it per ceives no reason why, in a few years, with our rapidly increasing prosperity, aided by judicious legislation, a reduction may not be made to the maximum letter rate adopted by Great Britain with such beneficent results. ' V FROM WASUINGTOM. Washington, Nov. 80. appointments in the regular army. There are already several thousand applica tions received at the war department for posi tions in the regular army. None will be consid ered except those who have served in the volun teer service 6ne or two years. ; . ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. McPherson, clerk of the house, authorizes an emphatic contradiction of the report that he intends to place the names of Arkansas and Ten nessee members on the roll. At the same time, it is said, a motion will be made on the convening of the house, to place the Tennessee delegation on the roll so that they may,vote for speaker. THK COUNTERFEIT HUNDRED DOLLAR TREASURY - NOTE. Investigations made at the treasury ' to-day show that the plate on which the counterfeit one hundred dollar compound', treasury notes were printed, were first abstracted from., the American Bank Note Company. In proof of this the backs of the genuine and 1 counterfeit "notes are exactly similar, in the minutest details, with the exception of the sphere, upon which the let tering and other, work are widely, different. .. Any person, by comparing the backs' of the genuine and counterfeit with a strong magnifying glass, will perceive that many of the letters are differ ently made and differently spaced ; and this dis similarity in some respects is so marked as to be perceptible to the naked eye. THE DEAD-ROLL.- : ; Official reports about to be presented to con gress show that the number of white soldiers that have died in Washington, D. v., from August 1, 1861, to November 29, 1865, is 15,412, and the number of colored soldiers is 6,328. The whole number that have died at Andersonville. Ga., in cluding soldiers, employes and citizens, is 12,981; the number of soldiers buried at SDottsvlvania ed and disposed or was 4,so8,u? an increase oi courthouse and the Wilderness is 15,000; at Nash 758,770 700,000 Leaving a deficiency of 17,470,553 .a.... 1,207,457 For this deficiency no' special appropriation. will be reauired. as the standing appropriations a party of state militia, searching for arms among for the last three years, under acts of March 8, some colored soldiers, several or tne militia 1 000 are unexpended. were wounded, one f severely.U 'i J 'i T,iH': , A large number of muskets, ammunition, doc., was found and taken from the negTosv5 - A freight train on the Mississippi Central rail road ran off the track recently, smashing eight cars,; No one was severely wounded, r I Colored Delegate inWaslitna-ton. ; i,v , .-.M. BosTdN, Dec. 2. 1 The 'colored pebrie of New England, vention Veslerdarl selected Geo. T. Downin, The number of postage - stamps is sued during tne year was oo ,- 59.262 over the previous year. .The number containing money, and remaned to owners,' waa, 42,154, with enclosures amounting to $244,373 97. ':. : ' ' ;'" ' " ' T '"' . " In the last report the attention of congress was called to the expediency of restoring prepaid letters to the owners free of postage. - The meas ure is again commended, with the additional sug gestion that letters be forwarded, at the request of , tho party addressed,' from one ' post office to another without extra charge. ; : a a v The number of letters conveyed in the' mails during 1865 is .estimated at 467,591,6001' Of ttiese, 4,368,087 were returned to the dead letter office, including 666,097 amy and :naVy ; letters, the non-delivery of which was , not'chargeable to the postal service, they, having: passed beyond its control into the custody of the military and naval . . ' ... . i i t e jrti . J 419.455. representing ; i $12,099,787 50 ww r"rrr Stamped envelopes,- 25)40,425, re- - j j to writers, or. jieia as Taiuauie me wtai numper presenting- 734,135 00 1 lost or destroyed was 2,852,424, or one : in every Stamoed wranpers. 1.165.750. repre- - two hundred ' mailed for transmission and dehv- senting - mio w j ery. jruuy inree-iouruis oi ine letters returned ' -1 as dead fail to reacn the parties addressed WMiiiS u w'-i-iv t- l" uuvugu jaiuw yi 'Uie nuwiB, su uim UMl actual Rhode Island as a' delegate to tepresent the in terests Of their race at Washington during the which; ' under the authority of tha convention, ensuing session of congress. . . , , I An increase oi i,3 J,iua over me previous year. i losses from irregularities or service and I casuali- to con-1 The amount sold was $12,89?,727 85; being $1,- ties, ordinary and incidental to the war. did not g, of 623.138' 27 more than the previous year. exceed one in every eisht hundred of the estima- The introduction of stamped envelopes bearing ted number intrusted to tlie mails. a request for, the return to the writers of un-1 "i'-'xani'saaTXCsr jn thb t southern states.' .claimed letters has considerably .increased tne I Tho postmasier general says that the estimated ville, Tenn., 82,000,: and ' at Richmond, Va;; 60, 900. l Of the soldiers buried! in ? and around Washington 4,220 are from New .York, 86 from Illinois, 219 from Indiana, 782 from' Michigan,. 510 from Ohio and 200 from Connecticut. J - The number of those that died from the effects of v wounds is 8,860, anol 2,464 ate reported tojaave oaeu ui bypuuiu over, xnerq are ii,oo men buried near Washington whose names and '.regi ments are unknown. A(i'Wtm ff'!i,;5 iUVVMi yh m-,m Housx-coibnTTBESi ilT " 1 vi A very serious pressure is being made ; on. Mr. Colfar to secure his promise that he will not ap point Thaddeus , Stevens chairman of the" com mittee 'on ways and means, nor Mr.: Dawes of Massachusetts chainnan ihe i committee on elections. -. Mr, Colfax declares that he will make . ino promises or pledges in advance of his election. The government i to-morrow restores " to? the ' American telegraph company, 'full ! control of its southern hnes, at the x same time , Temo'Vin' the censorship on the press and other matter which has been in force since the' close of the war. JJ. a '. - "';:.,TUS COLIECTORSHIP. , ri' , A good many of, - the . leading coinmerciai men of New York city are urging with great zeal the appointment s of Mr. Smyth, president ol the' central national bank as collector of New York A. lirge number of petitions were : received to- day.! X IS it , at t " a. u , i v i 4 , k ' Vt s. J? 'it M . m m 'it "i ! i hr.