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i i Jji" 1. ;-f VOL. 1 . IVO, 255. WILMNGTOS, N.: &V THURSDAY, DECEHBEB 28, 1C35. PRICE- FIVE CENTS. BAIJL ., ..,?.,rf.;...-;,vri, rami VV U lUVil li l! ld ILL UJiZliil:i 1. o SECOm EDITION THREE & CLOCK . M. THE XATESX NTO BY TELEGRAPH. Tornado in'Kentucky. Bridge Over the Chattahoochie Carried Away. , DISTURBANCE AT CLARKSVILLE BE TWEEN THE WHITES ANT) BLACKS, Arc, dec i From 'A last Kentucky, 1 Louisville, Dec. 28. tornado passed over the vicinity of Pulaski night, which caused much damage. The bridge over the Chattahoochie, seven miles south of Atlanta, was carried away. There was considerable disturbance at Clarks ville, in ! this state, on Christmas day, between the whites and blacks. i - BY MAIL FROM WASHINGTON. the loner time vaunted magnificent distances of the capital Miss Flora McFlimsey and Augus tus AdolphUs are making 'their annual purchases utterly regardless of papa's or the 5 governor's re peated assurancesjof "hard times." New styled bonnets, like miniature old fashioned buggy tops; tremendous hoops of the latest date, furs, capes, auu nanuua uurar uuues ui lemiue wearing ap parel, the names of which are not known in my vocabulary are in great requisition to-day, a sem- blence of the days of Auld Lang Syne is visible; not in fashions, but in the brightness and happy aspect of Christmas season. y-iftjA ,u r" thb STora: tbab-''pr "' .. " i On Monday night the opera company; of the great Maretzek. will told forth. The furore as the critics say- is immense. The president and secretaries will hold levees on New Year's Day, and as the eventful 1865 glides into the dark vale of eternity we may aH hope that with it will be buried all the animosities and trials, crimina tions and recriminations of the sad gone by. , Mr. Raymond's Speech The Destiny of tho Republican Party Conservat Isni Sure to Prevail Doing's at, the Depart ment -- Refurnishing: the President's House An Odd Character The Multi tude of Freedmens Petitions The Mex. can Mission Settled Christmas Now and Tbeu -Operas and Levees. Our Washington Correspondence. Washington, Dec. 23, 1865. . THE BREACH IN tnE REPUBLICAN PARTY. There is left to talk about since the adjourn" ment of congress in a political line, the speech of Hon. Henry J. Raymond, which is counted great. The very, emphatic difference of opinion between the representative from the 6th district of New York, and the representative from Lan caster (Mr. Stevens of Venn.) is widely com mented upon, and the general verdict is, that things' look , better for the union than they did. The manifest destiny of .the great republican party is, that out of it there will arise a conserva tive element, which must stand by in the support of the president, and perform a work of patrio tism which shall enoblo it to all time. The wedge of fraternity must be driven deep to se cure successful harmony, and there is no doubt but tbalt under the guidance of the president, with such powerful endorsers as the past week have brought about, all the rights and privileges of the confederate" states will1 accrue to ' them in just the same manner in which any other state of the union is benefitted. , The radicals in and out of Congress will fight against it. It is about the only fighting niany of, them have done, for the, " boys in blue," as a general thing, don't dis cuss political measures.; but justice and right are sure to prevail. Conservation a word which Senator Wilson this week emphatically declared detestable will prevail against radicalism. QUIET AT THE DEPARTMENTS. Several senators and representatives called at the president's house to-day, but there has been very little of anything transpiring worthy of note. Everything is quiet at the departments, which will not be opened after their close to-day until next Tuesday. The work of refurnishing the president's mansion will now commence. The sooner the better,, for the appearance of things. I may be exciised from mentioning that among the callers at the executive mansion was the noted Seth Kinmon, whose pleasure it has been to present presidents of the United States with buck-hor" chairs and other articles of genuine savage manufacture. .Seth seems to be some thing of a character around Washington. What his business at the White House was I cannot imagine, unless it was for the purpose of petition ing for a pardon on account of his hideous bor der ruffian style of dress, which was all very well as a novelty four years ago, but has become disgusting instead of .respectable with age. Per haps I do bur aborigine friend injustice. He may have been disposed to make more presents, and wanted to know a measure for a chair. With this charitable .view of the case, however, we dismiss him. freedmen's affairs. The multitude of petitioners who have already presented to congress their memorials in relation to the sacred rights which ought to be accorded to the freedman, will have their, army increased when the session recommences. Mr. Sumner will have his hands full and hasn't the slightest objection to being intrusted with all that claim ants for rights of freedom, franchise, or anything else provided their hue be sable may be dis posed to bring. Legislation on more important topics than the poor despised African is needed, however,, and there are brains enough in both houses to perceive it. ' On these outside questions certain members are not expected to make lengthy dilations. ., . ": . , ;. t THB MEXICAN QtfESTKKT. " The question of a minister to Mexico is about settled. Campbell will go where Logan wouldn't. Mr. Browning, who was the president's secretary some time, and is a personal friend of long stand ing, has had his commission several weeks, and will be an .' acceptable, intelligent, and. courteous representative of the United Statesgovernment. I have not learned when these gentlemen will set out on their mission.! .i ?-'- ;' i ::,' , CHRISTMAS. . The Christmas season approaches, and as it draws .near' there is more life and merriment, more display of holiday goods and holiday attire than has been known since its last annual advent. The scene is ,very? different to that of the year which is now, with all the caresi and woes, and sorrows, whfeh grew out of war that terminated within its period, filing gradually into the som bre shadows of the past. Then the wide streets of Washington were radiaDt with a show of mili tary trappings and resounded with the tramp of a veteran multitude j , all the pharaphernalia of a war near its close was visible, and there were sights and sounds to fill the mind with dread and make the heart grow sad, indeed. All this is changed now, and along the- great length of the city's avenues one-sees' nothing that betokenH aught but pleasure, bfe And gaiety.. The skele tons are in the back Aground, and the maimed. heroes of botbjections are far away at their homes, knowing little and caring less for all the grandeur of the Christmas eve. To-day is clear and cold. and brilliant with its ' happy crowds who throng LOUISIANA. Adjournment of the Ljfilature Veto hy . the GovernorFears ef a BTejrr Revolt. New Orleans, Friday, Dec 22. The Louisiana legislature adjourned to-day, until the fourth Monday of January. The house failed to pass the usual appropriation 'bills.. The governor has vetoed the bill suspending the col lection of taxes for 1861, '62, '63 and '64, on the ground that it would afford relief to those who! had attempted to destroy the government, and who were absent from this city during the war, while the union men who remained paid taxes. The Vicksburg Journal has advices which it deems trustworthy, of an alarming character from Yazoo. The people of the country are re ported to be flvins to the towns for protection, and the nesrroes are represented to be arming themselves, who claim that between now and Christmas the land , must be given them or they will take it by - force. The colored troops sta tioned in the country are espousing the cause of the negroes, and serious trouble is apprehended, Cotton steady ; sales 3,000 bales ; - middlings 50c. ; sales of the week ' 11,750 bales ; stock 156,000 : New York checks i discount. Gold 147. Freights dull. The Onachita (Washita) river, at Monroe, rose eight feet in six days. A rise of six feet is re ported at Camden, Arkansas. It is reported that a good deal of cotton is to come in from the west by that river. Business is somewhat checked by the screw men's strike, the owners of vessels and stevedores refusing to accede to their demands. Shreveport dates of the 8th report navigation suspended on account of low water. Cotton continues to come in, being hauled a great dis tance to reach navigation. Removal of the Remains of President Lin coln. St. Louis, Dec 22. The remains of President Lincoln were removed yesterday from the vault at Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield, to the vault erected near' the: site of the proposed monument.! The remains of his children were placed in the same vault. Captain Robert Lincoln and the directors of the National Monument Association were present at the re moval, i ance on Christmas dav. cW&a rnTmnittari tntha cell for the term of one week, to be fed on bread and water, and also made to pay & fine of $10. BY TELEGRAPH- Arrival of the City of Washington. . . ? Nbw IoMj Dec 27. -The steamship City of Washington, from Liver pool on the 18th and Queenstown on the iith, has arrived at this port. ; -K- Governor Eyre, of Jamaica, has been suspended from the exercise of his functions, pending offi cial inquiry into his conduct. .'. : . ' In the trial of the Fenians, on the 12th, O'Dono- van occupied the whole day in his own defence He was insolent, and sought .to exhaust the court. Piracy is increasing to an alarming extent in China. ; - ' It is reported that France has. given England six months' notice to terinmate existmgireaty, because of the strict formality requisite before French offenders are given up. , ' LIVERPOOL MARKET. Liverpool, Dec. 18. CoTToir. Sales for three days, including Wednesday, 37,000 bales, of which 13,000 were to speculators and exporters. Market strong, with an upward tendency. . American id. dearer since Friday. Flour is inactive and unchanged. Wheat is in limited demand. Corn is flat, and in some. instances 3d. lower. Pobk is quiet. No American stock on haud. Lard is quiet. Produce quiet and unchanged. skater. London, Dec. 14. The statement that Head Centre Stephens was safe in Paris has been confirmed. O Donovan has been convicted of Fenianism, and sentenced to penal servitude for life. From Washington. Washington, Dec. 27. It has been stated that Gen. Grant is about to visit the Rio Grande, This is not true, as he will not extend his visit beyond New Orleans. For the first time since the surrender of Lee's army, no pardon warrants have been issued by the attorney general to-day. Very few applica tions are now presented. The president is ener getically engaged in disposing of all cases. Gen. Talgar was to-day received by the presi dent as minister from Colombia. COMMERCIAL. New York Market. , ByMaiL New Yokk, Dec. 23. BREADSTUFF'S. The market for State and West ern flour is active at steady rates. The sales are 7.600 bbls. "We quote: Superfine mate ' $7 15a 7 5o Extra State...... 8 10 a 60 Superfine WcBtern... 1 15 a 7 55 Extra Western 8 15 a 8 60 Extra round hoop Ohio 8 60 a 9 00 Trade brands, do 9 10 a 10 00 Extra St. Louis 11 75 a 15 25 Southern flour is unchanged; the sales include 350 bbls at f 8 B0 a 10 00 far superfine Baltimore, and $10 10 a 15 25 lor extra .Baltimore . Uoru meal remains as last quoted. GRAIN. The holders of wheat are firm in their views, with sales of 9,200 bushels at $1 80 for Milwaukee club: 2 42 for new common white Michigan, and $2 45 for choice amber State. Oats are held at last quota tions; sales are making at 48c a 55c for unsound, and 60c a 62c lor sound. X or crn there is less inquiry, but prices are the same; sales of 33,009 bushels at 91o a 95c for unsound, and 96c a 97o for sound Western mixed. COFFEE. the market is quiet but steady. , COTTON. The transactions are light, as there is but little offering. Holders are ti ma at our figures; we notice sales ot 3,000 bales, as follows upland. Florida. Mobue. jn.u.&t. Good ordinary 45 45 45 47 Low middling 48 4 48 49 Middling 51 51 61 bi Good middling . 53 53 53 54 MOLASSES. There is some inquiry at unchanged rates. Sales were made of 25 bbls New Orleans at $1 20 a 125. NAVAL STORES are quiet to-day at former prices. PROVISIONS. The pork market is quiet but steady ; we notice sales of 5,500 bbls at $28 12 a 28 44 for mess, cash and regulcr way, closing at 12737 1-2, and 24 a Vk &0 for prime mess. There is but little doing in beef; the sales include 400 DDIs at $11 a 14 lor old plain western mess; $18 a 20 for new do; $14 a 17 for old extra mess. and $22 a 24 lor new do. Ueet nams are in demand and firm ; we notice sales of 150 bbls at $32 25 a 34 50 for Stale and western, mcon sides are m lair demand lor future delivery; sales of 650 boxes, mainly Cumberland cut, for January, sellers' option, at 15c, and 14 l-2o for J e biliary. Cut meats are in moderate request at un changed -ates; we notice sales of 200 packages at 13c a 16c for 1i:iuqb in dry salt and sweet pickle, and 11c a 13c for shoulders in do. The market for city lard is firmer; Western is unchanged; the sales include 700 tea and bbls atl51-4c a 19c for No 1 to kettle rendered city, and 18 l-2c a 19 l-2c for Western. Also 2,250 tcs for January delivery, sellers' option, at 18c, and for February at 17 l-2c. SUGAR. Raw is dull and heavy; we quote fair to good refining at 11 l-4c a 12c. Refined is quiet and low er: we quote son yenow at 14 1-2C a lo a-c; son wmte at 17c a 17 l-2c, and crushed, powdered and granulated at 18 1-4C. TALLOW. The market is less active and not so firm; we notice sales of 72,000 lbs at 13 3-4c a 14c, and 15,000 lbs etearine at 17c. WHISKEY is dull and pominal at $2 28 a 230. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, Once Moke. We are mortified at being again compelled to ask the indulgence of our patrons for the absence of our usual variety of local in telligence this morning. We hope to perfect ar rangements to-day that will obviate the rence in the future of this appeal. Christmas is a great time. As Artemus Ward would say, it is a mgn oia tune, m tne news paper business it seems to be unusually heavy. A few recurrences of such seasons in rapid suc cession would be very apt to call for a general suspension of newspapers in this latitude. We don't know that we are worse off than anybody else ; but if our neighbors are no better off than we are they have our sincere pity. One of our assistants received a family present, which it was of the female persuasion : another went into the country and has not yet returned : while a third has not been officially heard from. In the me chanical department, since Monday, We have been working with less than half a force srich a fearful effect has the holiday had upon the em ployes. Under these accumulated disadvantages the making of a newspaper is attended with consid erable difficulty. However, we are in hopes of a revival to-day not a revival or ; the holiday, wnicn tne saints prevent but or the usual en ergies of our working staff in all its departments, when we hope to greet our readers with the cus . ; " ' i i I x All m ?x lomary variety, at least uuui aiiuuier viirisunas demoralizes the establishment. Brazilian Emigration. New Yobk, Dec. 27. Information from Brazil states that a party of American immigrants, mostly southerners, rep resented by Colonel Wood, have selected a site for a town near Hax Nnrn. Tt is there expected that there will be a flow of immigration from the late Confederate States. The Steamship Idaho. New Yobk, Dec. 27. The steamship Idaho, hence for Mobile," went ashore on Bargegat, and has filled with water . The crew and passengers were landed safely, the weather being favoraWe. Part of the cargo will be saved. BY MAIL. Washington. Brownsville, Nebraska, 15,188 acres; at Denver, Colorado, 7,256 acres, and at Eoseburg, Oregon, 2,080. . acres, besides cash sales amounting to $1,736-76. "- ....... t , ;,; . AGRICnXTUBJLL BUKEAD". i -t Hon. Isaac Newton, commissioner of agricul ture, is supplying all the southern members of congress with seeds, and also ; furnishing his re port for distribution throughout the southern states. . ' . T . . , beceipts fbom customs, i - ' : .. "The receipts from customs at the foUowing ports for the month of November last, are! Bos- ton, $i,D04,4U3 tZi iew i ore, v,yao,yzz yo ; Philadelphia, $435,612 59; Baltimore, $272,052, K FBIVATEEBS FITTIHO OUT. , It is reported that information , has 'been re ceived here of ; the fitting out; of one, and proba bly two, Chilian privateers at New York. . THE FBBEDMBK Hi ALABAMA.' The Commissioner of the FreedmenV Bureau has received, a report from the surgeon in charge of the Department of Alabama, in which he rep resents that the freedmen m his command con duct themselves in such a manner' as to win enconiums from their late masters', and that the free labor system is approved by the most ardent supporters of the - late , slave oligarchy. The health of -the freedmen, on account of the prevalence of the small-pox, is very indifferent, there having been, during last month, no less than 728 patients under medical treatment, ot which number 87 . died and 254 yet remain under medical advic. . . . The total number of freedmen dependent upon the charity of the state or the; government for support is 1,860, a majority of whom are old and decrepid, and the remainder prostrated by disease. The surgeon says that on account of the fearful ravages of the small-pox in that State, the municipal authorities of Mobile and Selma have established pest-houses for the support of freedmen inflicted with that terrible contagion. HEA.VT BOBBEBT, . ' A , paymaster of the United States army went into a bank in this city to-day with $15,000, which he laid on the counter and turned round for the purpose of writing a check. His clerk entered at the time, and likewise placed on the counter a package of $10,000, and then engaged in conversation with a friend. Whilst ' the Pay master and his clerk were thus engaged some party in the crowd stole the $15,000 package, with which he made his escape unnoticed. SUNDBV ITEMS. There is reason to believe that several Mexican privateers, carrying formidable armaments, will shortly sail from certain ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, to prey on French commerce. Most of the members elect ' to congress from the south left here to-day for their homes. They could not stand the terrific charges of the hotel and boarding-house keepers. Nearly all the northern members have also left Washington. The Indian bureau will ask congress for another appropriation of six hundred - thousand dollars, or the subsistence of the indigent Indians in Southern Kansas and the Indian territory. Three hundred and twenty-three Virginians re ceived pardons from the president during the past week. There are no noted names among them. It is believed at the ireedmen's bureau that at east two hundred thousand freedmen in the southern states will be dependent upon the bu reau for subsistence during the present winter. It is said that orders have been issued by the government for the arrest of several of the late officials of the rebel government, but upon what specific charges has not transpired. A delegation of Mississippians, appointed by the state Legislature to solicit the pardon of Jef ferson Davis, on Thursday, waited on the president. General Grant is in favor of Reducing the num ber of idle generals. The recent order mustering out troops dis charged 30,000. The war department is said continuance of some of the military departments into which the country is now ;divided. tv have been received by you to-nisht.? " I Will at they determined to return to their respective this time' but allude brieflv to one of the ereat homes.- to meet again in the " citv on - the 4th - of lessons taught by the American war the grandr f March next-jThe impression anion gthem seemed est lesson of modern times. ; A greats people, to be that their chance for -immeditae admission which has heretofore lived under a government were not such as would warrant them int so mild that they .were scarcely aware of its ex- maining here longer. None of ; the . Tennessee istence. nas found, in time of war. that govern- delegation were present! and the - Virginia : dele- ment to be one of the strongest in the world cheers raising and mamtaming armies and na vies vaster than any ever before known. Cheers. In point of character, in point of physical and moral qualities, in point of discipline and of the mobility of large masses, the armies of .the Uni ted States have never before been equalled. Loud cheers. , : Yet this, great as it is, is not the greatest wonder of. the American war., , This vast army, as soon as its work was "done,' was quietly disbanded, and every man went to his home as, quietly as the Christian goes back from church on the Sabbath morning; and. each soldier re entered upon the avocations of peace, a better citizen than he was before he became a soldier. Renewed applause. Thiswas the grandest les son of the war.. It shows that the power of a nation to maintain its dignity and integrity does not result from or depend upon its form of gov ernment; that the greatest natural strength the power to mass the largest armies in tame of war, is entirely consistent with the broadest liberty of the citizen in time of peace. Enthusiasm. Permit' me, in conclusion, to, propose a toast to which I know we will all drink heartily : "The old friendship between France and the United States : may it be increased and perpetuated." General Schofield's toast was drunk with great enthusiasm, and" upon his taking his seat the ap plause which foUowed his remarks was deaf en- gation did not consider themselves part of the caucus, or bound by its action,, or responsible fort its sentiments. r . Most of the Pennsylvania mem bers of Congress left this evening for their homes, to be absent during the holidays, it; ! v: v- -i ' f v mg. THE REGULAR ARMY PRIVATEERS PITTING OUT. f Heavy Robbery of a Paymaster. The Alabama Freedmen c &C.j EN ER A L &C S E W S &c. From Georgia. New Yobk, Dec. 21. The steamships Hunter, Nevada and Euterpt have arrived, with Savannah advices of Decem ber 17. The Herald saysa convention of inter nal revenue assessors and collectors of South Ca rolina, Alabama, Florida and Georgia, will be held at Atlanta, on the 20th instant, to regulate a system of assessments, and the collection of taxes. ' ' - The general assembly of the Presbyterian church south convened at Macon, Dec. -15. It is reported that a serious difficulty has oc curred between the whites and blacks in Em manuel county, Ga., but no particulars had reach ed Savannah. The proclaiming of martial, law at Thomas ville arose from several unprovoked attacks upon the negros by the city marshal, Atkinson, he in flicting wounds upon one man with a hatchet, on account of the previous arrest of one of the La mars on a charge of being engaged in the re cently developed great cotton swindle. The mayor recommended the proclamation of martial law. he being unable to repress the law lessness of many of the leading citizens. The steamer Falcon has been seized at Savan nahvby Gen. Brannan, owing to the refusal of her owners te allow the troops to be transported in her from Augusta. i , ' ; The Southern Presbyterian Church. .The southern presbyterian assembly is now in session at Macon. , During the month of Decem ber, 1861 commissioners appointed from alllthe presbyteriesold school in the. insurgent states " assembled at Augusta, and proceeded to consti- r ; tute r a "general assembly . of the Presbyterian ; churches in the Confederate States of America." The old constitution, mcludihg the Westminster , confession of faith, was retamedy tte only change made being the substitution of the word "confed erate" for "united." Though ; the. body now in . session, at Macon will, of course, reinsert" the .' word "united" in their constitution, there appears thus fat in the proceedings - no disposition to re-' ' turn to the church.,. Among other, documents brought before the assembly is an overture from , the synod of NashvUle,''aocepting our ecclesias tical- separation as final and interpreting it as the will of God for our own geod." -After the lapse of a few years, when, the rancor and heart burnings begotten by the "war have been allayed, a reunion will doubtless ' be consummated be- tween the branches of this large body, already now agreeing in every essential particular, iln perusing th minutes of the Macon assembly, we ; learn that much of the endowment of the union theological seminary, in Virginia, was lost in the "wreck of stocks." Some ninety thousand dol lars of state stocks held will, however, eventual ly yield an interest. The faculty of the institu tion were for a time without any income, but re ceived pecuniary assistance from "good friends" in Baltimore and New York. When two-thirds of Columbia, Ceuth . Carolina, was burned, the seminary located there fortunately escaped de struction; Out ! of two ' hundred and seventy thousand dollars' endowment, however, only sixty-nine thousand doliars will, prove solvent ; of which amount just three thousand dollars yields a cash income now. The committee on publica tions report that all the books were destroyed at the evacuation of Richmond by the burning of the dwelling of one of their number.. r.3-. to' intend the dis- recur- THE BEGUXA.B ARMY. In the contemplated reorganization of the re gular army it is alleged that the colored troops will compose a large proportion of the same, and the respective regiments will be recruited up to the maximum number. THB S0FFBAGE .CT IN CONGRESS. The amended sunrage act lor this district, as reported in the senate, providing that all male citizens of proper age, who can read the consti tution of the United States, in the English lan guage, and write their own names, shall vote. will undoubtedly become a law. MUSTERED OUT. The order recently issued from the war de partment, mustering out thirty-seven regiments,' includes twenty-four colored organizations. The aggregate force mustered out is about 30,000 men. . ' 4 ACTING SECRETARY OF THB TREASURY. Assistant Secretary Chandler has been recog nized by the president as acting secretary during the absence of Mr. McCulloch in New York. PERSONAL. General Fitz Henry Warren has been breveted Major General. He will not go to Guatemala, if at all, until after the close of the Iowa Legisla ture, before which he is a prominent candidate for United States senator, to fill the unexpired term of Secretary Harlan. INTERNAL BE VENUE BECEIPTS. The receipts of the internal revenue bureau, reported to day, will amount to $1,300,000. NO ASIATIC CHOLEBA AT SOUTHAMPTON. The state department has received a communi cation from Mr. John Britton. our consul at Southampton, England, dated December 1, 1865, stating that, having seen in New York papers an account of the existence, of the cholera at that place, he desired to say that although there had been a few cases of English cholera, resulting from the too free use of bad fruit and vegetables, there had not been a single case of Asiatic chol era in the town. The : London Times, he thinks, with its usual ferule imagination, was the pri mary cause of these reports. IMPORTANT DECISION. The following decision from the paymaster general's office is important to those presenting claims for back pay. The decision of the second Mayor's Court, December 26. A colored man named Daniel Williamson, arrested on the corner of Front and Market streets, charged with drunkenness, was fined $3 and released.., . ' ' ' Another colored man, arrested at the corner of Front and. Nun stxeete,; charged with: stealing brass from the' firo companies, was remanded to the cell until witness appears, v - ? Frank Smith, charged with 'creating adisturb- comptroller recently made, giving pay to a brig adier general ' from date of ' commission, on tne ground that serving and fighting in that grade from such date was virtual acceptance, does not apply to regimental or company officers. These latter are entitled only from actual muster in by a competent officer they being - regarded as commissioned, taking rank and having pay only from muster in. ' J':-'. . -.,SAl.KS.;OFyllASD.fS-i':;JtC? ' The number of acres entered, for actual home stead settlement, with agricultural ' college scrip and bountr land . wrrrants. as ascertained from the department of the interior, is as follows : Ai Thanksgiving Dinner at Paris. It has already been announced that the Ameri cans in Paris celebrated our national thanksgiv ing day by a magnificent dinner at the Grand Hotel. Among the guests were Mr. Bigelow, the American minister, and Major General Scho field. Mr. Bigelow, in response to a toast, said': If I were disposed, therefore, I could tell you no secrets; for you can judge astwell as I what is the logical necessity of our position as a nation, inspired by the great principle to which I have alluded and which is neither more nor less than the doing to other nations as we would have other nations do to us must in almost any imaginable contingency require. No one who has studied the measures and conduct of our present chief magistrate can entertain a reasonable doubt that this principle has been and will continue to be his faithful guide. Applause. By its light all na tions can distinctly see the shortest routes which lead to the friendship or to the enmity of the United States. By its light they can see that if they wish to find an enemy in us they will have to make us such cheers for our policy is logically and inevitably peace and friendship with all the world ; and it is one of the blessed con victions for which I have desired to unite with you in giving thanks this day that our country has pow every reasonable prospect or enjoying a term of peace with all the world to which no living statesman can presume to fix a limit. Loud cheers. I learn from the lips of the dis tinguished soldier, .whose achievements . will fill some of the most thrilling pages in the annals of our country, and whose presence with us to-night ends a special grace to this charming festival cheers that within the past six months our country has paid off and restored to civil life an army of eight hundred thousand men. No stronger proof of its peaceful disposition could be given. From the same source I also learn that it has also reserved a force of two hundred thousand veteran troops the remains of the largest, and, I presume, most formidable army ever mustered into service which are bufficient to show that its future policy, cannot be influ enced in the slightest degree by a sense of weak ness. Cheers. As a political power, there fore, we have attained to that happy equilibrium of forces which enables us to do precisely what the aggregate wisdom and conscience of the na tion shall prescribe nothing more and nothing less. Renewed cheers. It is difficult to im agine for a state a more desirable condition, nor, let me add, one that carries with it graver respon sibilities for wise economy of its influence upon the rest of the world. Continued cheeimg. I ask your pardon, Mr. Chairman, for dwelling upon so grave a theme so long on a purelfes tive occasion, and when there are so many around you competent to give you, more seasonable en tertainment. Permit me, however, before taking my seat, to assure you .and the committee how highly I appreciate the honor of being their guest this evening, and I beg you and them to accept this public expression of my most cor dial thanks. Applause. , - The next toast was the long looked for one of the evening, for it was known that it would call up a distinguished guest from whom all were anxious to hear. " ' It was "The Army and Navy of the United States." When the band had ceased playing Yankee Doodle, Major General Schofield rose to reply to this toast, and was re ceived with tremendous enthusiasm. The ladies rose and waved their handkerchiefs, and the gen tlemen shouted till they were hoarse. The general, after bowing r his acknowledg ments, said ;'' ..; is ' ; . r . FeSou) Countrymen I want words to express to Freedmen' Affairs. General 0. 0. Howard this morning promul gated the following circular : War Department, ) Bureau op Refugees, Freedmen, anp ' ' Abandoned Lands, Washington, Dec. 22, 1865. 5 Circular No. 22. " The attention of assistant commissioners is called to the report of the lieutenant general, dated December 18, 1865. The most thorough inspection will at once be made, and the evils complained of corrected. No ord r from the war department makes the bureau " independent of the mihtary establishment ;" and agents should be furnished with complete instructions, according to the orders and circulars issued from this branch of the war department. Any agent or officer who presumes to act con trary to such instructions will be forthwith re moved or reported to the department comman der for trial by court-martial. In all matters of a military character the officers and agents within a military department are under the direction of the department com mander, in the same manner as an officer of en gineers building a fort in the same depart ment who reports directly to the engineer. Every assistant commissioner will constantly seek co-operation with the department comman der, and must keep him furnished with all infor mation in his- possession. His formal approval must be secured when possible to all orders and circulars issued by the assistant commissioner. (Signed) O.O.Howard, Maj. Gen., Commissioner. TVnat General Grant Says of Butler. The subjoined is a portion of General Grant's official report : THE FAILURE TO CAPTURE PETEBSBUBG. After the crossing had commenced I proceed ed by a steamer to Bermuda Hundreds, to give the necessary orders for the immediate capture of Petersburg. The instructions to General Butler were ver bal, and were for him to send General Smith im mediately, that night, with all the troops he could give him, without sacrificing the position he then held. I told him I would return at once to the army of the Potomac, hasten its crossing, and throw it forward to Petersburg by divisions as rapidly as it could be done; that we could , reinforce our armies more rapidly there than the enemy could bring troops against us. General Smith got off as directed, and confront ed the enemy's pickets near Petersburg before daylight next morning, but for some reason, that I have not been able to satisfactorily un derstand, did not get ready to assault his mam lines until near sundown. Then, with a part of his command only, he made the assault, and car ried the lines northeast of Petersburg from: the Appomattox river, for a distance of over two and a half miles, capturing fifteen pieces of artillery and three hundred prisoners.! This was about 7 P. M Between the line thus captured and Pe tersburg there were no other works, and there was no evidence that the enemy had reinforced Petersburg with a single brigade from any source. The night was dear the moon shining bright ly and favorable to further operations. General Hancock, with two divisions of the Second corps, Cruise of the Saranac in Search of the Sheii andoah. From the Alta Calif ornian, November 20. The United States war steamer Saranac, Cap tain E. Hall Scott, arrived in port last evening. r after a long and unsuccessful search for the pirate Shenandoah. The following brief account of the cruise of the Saranac is furnished by her purser : "Received the news of the pirate Shenandoah burning the whaling fleet in the Arctic, July 29, at Acapulco, Mexico. Got under" way on the morning of the 31st, and arrived at San Fran cisco on the morning of the 11th of August ; ' coaled, docked, and provisioned ship, and sailed on the 14th of August, for the northward. En countered dense fog all the way and arrived at Esquimau, V. I., on the 20th of August ; coaled and sailed on the 23d of August. Arrived at Honolulu, S. I., on the 5th September. After coaling and repairing damages sustained by a gale of wind on the 26th and 27th of August, re ceiving bo news of the pirate, sailed on the 17th and arrived at Noukehiva, Marquesas Islands, on the 30th of September, and found the cargo of coal reported to have been left to be sixty tons, landed by the French government for one of their steamers. Sailed on the 1st Of October, and arrived at Tahita Island on the morning of the 5th, where we had news, direct, twenty-four days from Australia and New Zealand, but re ceived no tidings j;of the pirate Shenandoah. cauea ucioDer zo, ana arrived at Honolulu on the 29th ; found a large number of whalers from the Arctic and Ochotsk Sea. Nothing had been hearJ of the pirate in the Arctic regions since the last of June, when he was spoke by a Ham burg, whaler, who informed him of the surrender and capture of all the rebel forces, when the pirate steamed to the southward. Whalers from the Ochotsk report that nothing has been seen or heard of him in that sea. Late arrivals from Japan and China at Honolulu report no news of the pirate in those regions. Sailed from Hono lulu November 8 ; spoke the American wbaleship Illinois, twenty-seven days from the Ochotsk; and the Oregon, of Oldenburg, twenty-one days from the Ochotsk, neither of which had any news of the pirate. . During the cruise the Saranac has made 13,165 miles. Captain Scott, with his usual promptness and energy, started at once for Mare Island; not even remained in port long enough to cast anchor. The SsLranac will be refitted and prepared for im mediateservice once more, and in a few days will be reaayfoT any duty which .she maybe called upon toXperform. It is probable that she will return to theMexican coast, where American interests need attention at this time. Destructive Firexii St. Louis. StxLouis, Dec. 21. Nos. 2 and 3, city buildings, dn. the levee, be tween Market and Walnut streetsocicupied by Underhill & Eaton, grocers, Horace Hulton, sail loft, Green & Co., commission merchants, were burned last night. Loss on the buildings$75,- uuu ; uaiLon s loss $o,uuu, insured for 850,( No, 4, occupied by Jones & Co., liquor; nier- chants, Sherwood, Kearnes & Co., and" Hatch &. Co., commission merchants, was also nearly de stroyed. Loss not ascertained; but said to be insured. No. 1, occupied by Aiken & Co., grocers, Cole Bros., commission merchants, was badly damage 1. Loss unknown. The two lat ter buildings were owned by 8. W. Wiggins, and valued at $75,000 ; insured. Nos. 2 and 8 were owned by Robert Campbell. - 1 STATE NEWS. New Papers. Mr. Spelman has issued a prospectus for the publicaiion of the Commercial at Newbern. ; . We have received from L. Branson a prospec tus for a paper to be called thef Entcrorise. and fr cached General Smith iust after dark, and offered 1)6 Pushed by him at Raleigh. ' " 1 . the service of these troops as he (Smith) might Thomas Rupfin. We learnithat the remains of wish, waiving rank to the last named commander, the late Col. Thomas Ruffiu, of Wayne , who died ' who he naturally supposed knew best the posi- at Alexandria, from a wound received in battle tion of affairs, and what to do with the troops, were brought on a few days ago by his friend R But instead of taking these troops, and pushing Edmondston, Esq.,- of Golusboro, and deposited at once into Petersburg, be requested General in the family burial ground in Franklin Hancock to relieve a part of his line in the cap-1 near Louisburg. Italeigh Sentinel Bee 23 , V lureu woras, wuicu was uime ueiure uuumgub. By the time I arrived the next morning the enemy was in full force; T ' i ..,' - Lynch Law in Arkansas. Recently an outrage was committed by a ne gro ; named Kit on two children of Mr. Hodgins, near Eldorado, Arkansas. Shortly after the outrage was committed, four colored men, stim ulated by a proffered reward of $1,000. started after Kit, and found him working on a farm Hkavt Robbert. On Thursday night a black smith shop in the eastern part of the city, was broken into, and an anvil, a vice and a logJchain stolen, 4 Subsequently a part of the property ' was recovered and the supposed thief arrested. ' The freedman is in the lockup for investigation This is one of the heaviest thefts of the season.- Judge Heath. We were ? glad to meet with Judge Heath. on his return from the west.. TTo about fifty miles away. He admitted to' them has determined to settle in Memphis, Tennessee ' irfcif mmv ma uvuo vuu uuu0M uiau, siMKU oo i ww uwivu xnwj Lilt? 1)1 cLCUlCc Ol LDB 1AW with an excuse mat lie cua it m revenge, un oeing brought back he was at once executed, by lynch law. .a. liewB, xisq., wuo aas removed from ' this city. The Judge is in fine health, and xr LSS 10868 legal tJkSv Standard, 23d. Colonel D. K. McRak.- -This gentleman has : Southern Rlemberaef Congress. A iiMiuutwu wuiwuvuwui vt vu7 xiuiauci I Ucterininea. lO BATTiA in Mnnh!c m . von the satisfaction which will be felt in the heart phia X7r says : r n& ; " 1 we team has w!L: f1"1 ?! Z ' ... . . 1 . ' ...ii . . . I i .v .uw uw uiacu OT T.riA law nfeverv soldier and ' sailor when ne learns ine i a caucus- oi tne soutnem memoers oi con-iwith Jndtrn Tntfan r nianner. in which the names of the army and na- A caucus of the southern members of con- with Judge Totten, of that ritv iLlti To W ; .greas elect was held here Wednesday night, when net, 23 ? , rP.Z! "'" -' '' i " ,- '"' .. ." . t- ' , . 4 t fj M H i : M 5, II hi v 1: t - vl I .'1 J V! - I ii ft jar 'A