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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Aban
doned Lands.
tt Bv't., Major Gen. N. A. Milks, Commissioner
?t Br't. Lt. Col. Jacob F. Churr. Ai A: G.
Fourth Sub-District of -North Carolina, consist
ing of the counties of Brunswick, Columbus,
Robeson, Bladen, Duplin, Sampson and New
Hanover-: . '),; ' . i' : -
C apt. Allan Rutherford. 41th U S Infantry.
Brevet Brig Gen .U S Vols,) Sub' Assistant Com
missioner. Office, City Hall, Wilmington, N C.
! RevV S. S. Ashley", Sup't of; Educat? i for 4th
ub District. Office, City Hall, Wilmington, N C.
A. !A- Surg. Robert H arris, Snrgeon in charge
f Freedmen'sj Hospital Camp Lamb."t :
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rlctof Duplin and Saaapfou counties. Office at
f agnolia; Duplin County.:
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srict of Robdson and Bladen counties. Office at
Luuiberton, Robeson county.
f -j CITY OFFICERS
Mayor John Dawson.
Board of Aldermen 3 D Wallace, II VouGlah'n,
G Burr, Eli Murray. W II. Lippitt, A Adrian,
W A Wright, W. S. Anderson
Mars7ial Robert Ransom.
Sptx'ial Jkpidy Marshal K J- Jones; .
UerktndTreamrer TrW Andcrsoni
Clerk oft Market h M Williams. :
Whicf Fire Department R J Jonos. f
Ct ief Fre: Wardens B W Bee'ry.
Eire Wardens II Schulken, first ward : James
Shackelford, second ward ; JJ W Beery, third
ward, W. Buykheimer, fourth ward,
f City Surveyor W II Jones. -
Wood Insneetor F V P Yooik J AV Potter.-
COMMISSIONERS OF NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE.
P W Fanning, Chairman ; Wm B Flanner, Win
M Harris, E Murray, Wm S Anderson, r of Wil
mington; and Swift Galloway, of Smitville, T
1 UoWey, .(Jlerk and Treasurer.
i. L . ' v f I HARBOR MASTER. ' ..:
Wash. Burkimcr. : i -; . '
,.-'-. ! -.PORT WARDENS. ' : ..
(ieol Harris, N Martin,-WB Whitehead.
Ibrl Phyxician Josh C .Walker.
! Etaiainifia Committee G-C Moore. Samuel B.
Davis, W F Farpluss, Geo W Williams." Regular
meetings first Tuesday in the month.
t-. ".-:' I COUNTY OFFICERS. ' ? ..
pmiruian ofCoimtg.CouH-'Vfm. A Wright--'Superior
Court Clerk H A Bagg. " ' !
'Clerk of Couidtf Court R B Wood, Jr. . '.
$herijf Samuel R Bunting. 1
pouidy Solicitor John L llolmes.
icegvter lieo VY roiioca. ;
( Social Mijstrate John J Conoley. V
SpcUd Courtr- S D Wallace, W S Lark ins, Juo
A Taylor, Johiji A Sanders,' John D Powers.
I pounty Surveyor James W Williams, John
Moore. j. ' : yy -s " ";-
JJmmty Trustee- Owen Fennell, Jr. .
Constables R L Sellers, I Peterson, James H
hilyaw, E D Hewlett. ; ' '.
Committee of Finance Q D Wallace, John A
Taylor, John A Sanders. -
t WariUn6f trie l)Mrr 3 okn A -Taylor, John A
Sanders. Archibald McMillan, Isaac James, Luke
3 Hugglns, W S Larkins. ,
j. rtttsurer vj .j.:uwtc uuuuutyao oun kj v uuu.
County Jlanycf O F Alexander.
Coroners John C Wood, Daniel P Bland. r
Standard Keewer John C Wood.
H)'reek Master John A Sanders.
4 SuperintendeiUs of Comrrion hoolsS D.Walt
lace, Jas KerrJ VV S Larkins, John D Powersr R
K Brj an. . 1
? huqxictor oftfaval Stores John S J ames, Arch
ibald' Alderman, James O Bowden, John C Bow
ion, Alfred Alderman, Thomas W Player, W J
Price, B Sutherland, J M Henderson, R C.John
ion. -; "-'-rl-.. "y-.;:;' : - ... . " ' '
Inspector of Timber crL H Bowden, James
Gebrge McGuffie, W M Munroe, E .Turlington,
ll.MlJishop.jn f V -:..:-i';'v:
I Inspectors of Provisions fc?.D E Bun ting, Jno.
W Munroe, George Alderman. r ,
MASONIC DIRECTORY,
St. John's Lodse No. 1,
Meets last Thursday evening in each month.
VM. Gardner, W.'. M. ; - J
I ; ;vy m : M. roisON, Hec'y.
. Concdrd Chapter No. 1
Met 1st and 3d Monday in each month.
T. B. Oarr, M. E.-. H. P.-.
: ; i . : A. P. Repitqn, Scc'y.
1 Wilmintoa Council No 4
' Meets 1st Wednesday in -each month. 7
AlfkedsMartin, T.-. L. G. M. i
I ; A. P. Repiton Recorder.
WILMINGTON &WELDQN R. R. -.
Pi'esulcnt-R R Bridgers.
Directors on Vie part of the Stockholders W A
I Directors on the part of ?3fa&-Edward Kid
der, of Wilmington, John Norfleet, of Tarboro
nd Thos. O. Hogg, of Raleigh. , .
I UtuJ Engineer and , General Superintended. L
Master of Transportation Wm. Smith.
Secretary and Treasurer . W. Thompson. -GenJ
Ticket Agent W. M. PoissQn. - .
Master Mechanic Wl. W. nankins. '
Freight Agent'-Q. L. Dudley.
J , RAILWAY DIRECTORY.;
WILMINGTON & MANCHESTER U. R -
I I'rcsuleiU Henrv M. DranR. . '
! Directors John Dawson, Henry Nutt, O.
j fWey, A; J DeRosset, D S Cowan. Geo. J
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1 General Superintendent William MacRae.
. I Secretary and Treasurer W A Walker. ' l
i j Central Freight Agent John U Cantwell. .
j V1LM1NGTON CHARLOTTE AND RUTHER-
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. i'T?u Ccr!0i,VA n VanBokkelen, Jno
i&S FreQch, Walter L Steele,
- KXT, n TV01e oamuel H AValkup, E Nye
:t& ft GttioC C &endrsoyn,
Supcnntejutoti-yf. j jfVerett. "
SSw n Men.1
:xretarv and Treasurer I T Alderman
Master Mechanic Vf Gill ,QJUerma
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NEW
YORK DEMOCTATIC STATE
t convEHTiori:
Inlcrcsliiift Troiu IVeiv
:k:ii(-y iU:- leans. ::r
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DEATn OF ELMS IIOWEl
CABLE
i'-'i- I ! i i ' : ;
Tlie Market Reports,
1 i : ScS.
l ! From Washington.
VYiAsniNGf on, October 4. Official ad vices
have Ixjen feceiVed. here that eight hundred
heaidj of cattle, stolen by the Indians ffom
Texas, are held at Fort Bascora, subject to
the, order of the owners on proof of prbp
ertyj )' . . l-. s f.l .
The following preliminary j proceedings
have occurretl at AIbany,.N. Y.; J j
Resolvedy Vhat the organization kiiowii as
the.Tarninany Hall organization, is the reg
ular organization of the Democracy of Kew
York, andi that delegates claiming seats
under that organization have been regular
ly elected, as delegates to this Convention. '.
Resolved, (That recognizing the delegation
from the. County of New York, representing
the section of the Democratic party knojwn
unquestionable fidelity to the principles and
louiiuauons oi me iemocraiic party oi
iState, we tender them honorary seats i n
Convention. : - '
.:L.i.: i c At . r . i 4. ,
the
tlie
On motion
tlie German
delegation
was1
include!. T . " ;
Mcsstnore h as been
successor - is under
removed. . CallicuttV
consideration. v. iThe
contest; is fitter; ; .rr, -- y. uivv..;v-j: ; ,
. Louis D. pampbell has taken the stump in
Ohio ini favor of the Democrats ' 1 : :
Ji Warreii : Bell has beenappointed CoUec
tor of Custojms at Corpus Christi;Texas, vice
Mclntyre, suspended. j I
The speech of S. S. Cox, at Columbu?,
Ohio, and "tlie proceedings jof the Democratic
C.onvontion at Albany, have a cheering effect
on isanic men and capitalists.
A- special despatch from 'Nashville
ays
Brownlow's election to the U. S. Senate
is
conceded. ! - j .
Keceipts from Internal Revenue to-dav
$1,0D0,000. Receipts froni Customs for the
week $4,250,000.. v- ;;;:'p 5-'- ' -y. r J
The contract closed by (the Post 'Master
General through W. D.' Mann, Assessor of
Internal Revenue at Mobile with the Mobile
Trade Company, for' tri-weekly Steamboat
mail between Mobile and Selma, service
commences October 10th. ( post Offices will
be immediately opened at. the most impor-
laut! iauuiii"s oa ine iviaoama river,
From New1 Orleans.
Nkw Orleans, Oct. 4,-Ulnterments from
yeuow iever up to o ciock this morning
were Totincrease of 19 over vesterdav. ,
nil it. a ji in
xiie weaiuer-lurnca coi
last night. It is
lated the 3d ilst.,
chilly; and rainy to day.
Special Orders No. 154,
aiscnarges tne uoanis oi
tecristrv. exceDtini?
the Chairman of the
same, tne latter to
assuine charge of the registration lists, bqojks;
auu papers, pcriainmg luereto, anu oring or
forward them to District Headquarters, t No
: .ii . i : ' . f J
uuuecussary jtieiay in tne preparation or j ury
lists is allowed. Chairmen of Boards are
held responsible for the execution of i the
foregoing, j ;. ' :
Judge Abell, counsel for Henry Smith,
accused of perjurv, filed an exception yes
terday, the. case being tried before Assistant
Recorder Dunn, of the Second District Court.,
Dunn i3 the 'negro lately elected by the new
Council. Judge Abell. in his exception, sets
forth that Dunn, being a; negro, is unrecog
nized by the laws of Louisiana as a citizen,
and hence is not legally an officer of j ustice.
Dunii overruled the exception, tried the Case,
and discharged the prisoner. The prose
cuting witness refused to take the stand or
be sworn while a negro wis acting Record
er.: lie wasiasked it he intended to Insult
tne uourt, ana repnea tuat ne dia.: lie was
fined 2o. i i
'' . ' ; ' 'Foreign -News. - - i U'-.
Florence, Oct. 2. Official despaches are
silent regarding Rome, but confirm the Ve-
tcrbo disturbance.-
New York 'Democratic State Nomina-
Albany, uct. 4. ine Convention i nomi
nated Homer 'A. Wilson! for Secretary of
State; Wm. F. Allen, for Comptroller; W.
H. H.i Bristol, for Treasurer ! Marshall B.
Champlain, for Attorney General; and John
C r ay, lor Canal Commissioner. i;
.Death of a Member of Congress
St. Louiij Oct. 41 Thomas E. Noel, mem-
"ber of Congress from, this State, is deatt
ii,
Spanish Appointment.
; Madrid, i OctI 3 G Bneral jarsijndi- harf
been appointed the new" Captain General of
Cuba, lie sails immediately. . ' '
'Death oi a Sewing; Machine Inventor.
: 1 New Yobk, Oct; v4.H-lias Howe, Sewing
iiacnine inventor, is aeaei. , ;
Raid on Whisky Stills.
-" Philadelphia, Oct, 4. Revenue officers
supported by Marines destroyed one hundred
illicit stillsvi ! 1 -iVit i j.i - ! !
Prom Richmond. w
Richmod, Oct. 4. General Schofield has
has issued the folio wing:, order,, prescribing
jhe mode of election fTlief civi pd)ice sare
to teep order ; polls are to be held responsi
ble for disorder ; registering offlcera duripg
election shall1 have theVpbjrer'pt 'miliuury
commissioners ; ii a registered voter arrested
for any offence on election; tlay iriusti be ' al
lowed totvofe before taken to jail ; in dis
tricts which have oyer five huncred voters,
separate, places must be provided for the1
whites and blacks to. vbte ; nd candidate fo'r
the; convention shall officiate as registering
officer in the election ; all liquor shops in
the vicinity of the polls shall be closed.
- The officers of the U. Si Circuit Court are
arranging preliminaries for the trial f Jeft
Davis on the first of November. Judge
Underwood j to-day overruled sthe motion to
quash the ihdictment in the reyenue irftud
case,1 on theground of want 0f jurisdiction.
He overruled pn the ground that the law of
1729 gives the court jurisdiction over all
cases, whether named by Congress or not. 7
Increase of Bullion.
London, Oct. 4. Bullied has increased
half a million.
; Foreign Markets. v ,
LiVEiirooii, Oct, 32 P.M. Cotton closes
inactive ; sales 10,000 ' bales ; uplands 8 j
Orleans $. Bacon 44 a 48. Lard 54.
. London, Oct. 3 2 P. M.-Consols 91 5-16.'
Bonds 71.. I
Liverpool, Oct. 3 "Noon.- Markets un
changed, v Sales of cotton ' for- the week
76,000 bales, of which 8000 were for specu
lation and 17,000 were for export ; stock 'on
hand 769,000 bales, of which 224,000 are
American. .. . , '
Havana, Oct. 2. Lard 19cts. Apples
$10 per bbl.. Potatoes $6. : Onions $5.
New York Markets, t 4 f : , t
New York, Oct. 3.Moncy very active at
7 per cent. Sterling dull at 9J. Sight 9g.
Gold 44.. . '62 coupons 12.' ' ti v
Flour! 10 a 20c. better.! . Wheat S a 3c
better. Corn 2c; ; better. Rye 2 a 4c. better.'
Oat3 a shade firmer. Pork dull at $23 90;
Lard quiet. Cotton dull at 2lic." Turpen
tine 58 to 58c. Rosin, strained, $3 80 a
3 87 ; No. 1 $4 75 a 5 75. , ;.; .;:v.V777;
New Orleans Market.
New Orleans, Oct. 4. Cotton sales 300
bales, and market easier ; low middlings 17
a 18; receipts 576 bales. Sugar dull, only
retail trade. Molasses, i Cuba;, held at 55c.
Louisana, 70c. Fiour active advanced 25
a 50c. ; super, $10 75. V ; if ; -r '
ItaUimore Market.
Baltimore, Oct. 4. Cotton dull, u'qmi
nal 21 J a 22. Flour high ; grades stiifer ;
superfine advauced 25c, and 10 a $11; per
bbl. .Wheat stifF, and advanced 5e-. primef
to choice red, 65 a 70c. Corh'firni.' Oats
60 a 72c. Rye very firm, and 45 a 50.-- Pro
Visions steady. ' ,
New York Market.
New York, Oct. 3J--Flour very ' active ;
Southern $10 80 a $14 75. Wheat irregular,
white Southern $2 92 a $3. Corn $1 32 a
$1 35. Mess Pork $23 80. NavU stores
unchanged. Freights quiet. Cotton one
cent and a half lower. Sales of one thou
sand and twenty bales, i '. ;
Stocks heavy and excited. Money very
active at 7 per cent. Gold 44. '62 coupons
llf j registered, ex-interest, 4 a 4."
County Convention.
The Republicans of the county of New
Hanover are hereby notified that a Conven
tion for said county, will be held in the Af
rican Methodist Episcopal Church on' Fifth
Street, in the city of Wilmington, on Thurs
day, October 17th, at 10 o'clock, A. M. :
The following business will come before
the Convention, viz : .'.
1. To appoint a County Committee. .
2. ' To nominate two persons to be voted
for as Delegates to the State Constitutional
I : i I I. .
Convention. .
3. Transact any other business that may
operly come before the-Convention.
One delegate for every one hundred voters
in tne wara or precinct, ana one ior every
fraction of it hundred over fifty, viz :
y No. of Delegates,
Wilmington, First Ward, j ; 9 ,
Second Ward, , o
Third Ward, 4
F.ourth Ward, i 5 -
u
ii
Federal Point, 1
Masonboro' Sound, 1
Middle Sound. , . : , 4
Topsail Sound, ; 2 '
Holly Shelter, , 1
Rocky Point, , 2 .
South Washington, , 3 ,
Upper Black River, , " 3 ;
Piney Woods, 1
Lower Black River, 2
Caintuck, , 1
Creek, ... ... 2
republicans of tiie .county of new uan-
I 'y; OVER I y,. .. :-" ; v. K ;
You are requested to calf without delay,
meetings in your several wards and precincts
and appoint delegates. 1
The election will be by ballot: -The hA-
loting will be superintended by Inspectors
appointed by the County Committee.
Each delegate should be furnished with a
certificate ot election" signed: by the Secretary
of the meeting which appointed him..
Per order of the' County CoiixiiTTEE..
Failure of; anservtiye; Meeting.
V The Alexandria Gazetle a Conservative
journal, publishes the following: i -J -.!
. . The Conservative meeting 10 nave uucu
held on Saturday evening last, at West Endi
was not -organized, . in consequence of the
small number present, Politics are unques
tionably at a discount now; among all i but
the Radicals they only can' attract large
political m'etitings in this section pf country
' TbeHouston CTcxas) Telegraph is reduced
to a half-sheet oo account of sickness among,
its printers. Nine of them are absent six
sick, one has just died, and the other three
are acting as nurses. J It says : "One of the
strongest reaks of thet disease (yellow yel-?
low) iSjttiat nd person .who jvas ver) cn-j
nected witU the .Federal service can "get
through' it
joi9eth exceedingly.
Death of a Centenarian in New Orleans
Her Connection with a Cel- . : i .
i j ehratedfWill case." ; -fJ
From ,he New Orleans Tfmes, Sept 26.
f Itbe death of Mme. Sophie Dcspau, nee
'f
Carjriere, at Biloxi, at the advanced age of
years,1 nas aaaea - anotner ieature pi in
terest to What the United. States ;; Supreme
Court has decided t4 be the most remarkable
ever 1 brought tt trial ; in this -country.
MmcDcspan was born.ip 1757, twben Lbuis,
iana was. held by France,-of an, old Proviep-
cai iamuy,.anu uer iiame win ong uu remcui. .
bered in connection) - with: that of her sister,
Zulime Carriere. It was while under Mme.
pesjau7s careL "tliaZuline, when! thir tech
years of age (1796) and already cblejbratel
tot ier beauty; ijwas marrieslDesGrange- a
French nobleman, who soon, after subsided
into a barkeeper or , syru p maker.' : Some
years after DesG range proved to. have been
already married, ' and about the same time
an attachment sprung up between her! and
Daniel Clark, the Congressman; -the j land
speculator and foremost business man of Bis
ivko. The "attachments i fesultedTina marr
Hage, according to Mme. Sopliiei Dispau aiad
anothcr sister, and, according to "all,: in the
birth of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines. Mme.
Despau, in hcr .evidence in the Gaines cae,
testified that she was present when the mar
riage ceremony Was performed in Philadel
phia, present with a third sister, and it was
upon their evidence that the alleged, ceremo
ny rested, for the priest who officiated sulA
sequent! j went, to Ireland, the church was
burned down j and the records destroyed.
What added still more to the complication
of the case warthat r Zulimef Qarriere ; Des
.Grange Clark was subsequently Jinited tb l)r.
Gafdette, and this during the ' lifetime of
Clark- ' -: ' r lyiy:
As Mrs. Gaines' ' legitimacy depended '
upon the validity of Clark's marriage, the
strain of the whole case turned upon the evi
dence of Mme. Despau. To test her veraci
ty 'the evidence of sonae thirty-five or forty
witnesses was taken, who had known tier
while residing in this city, in; Biloxi, Ua
yana, Florida and Spanish America. But
the answers were, in her.1 favor, ,and in the
interpretatioii gi V0t pi tHe lbewilderipg
facts of the case by the last decision of the
Supreme Court, her .statements were '" taken
os. .correct; and au Estate now valued at
$15,000,000 was adjudicated tC UernleCe
Mrs. Gaines ;! adjudicated fifty years .after
the making of the will, thirty, years after the
commencement of the suit, after six appeals
to the Supreme Court, and when the! origi
nal suit, had been divided into five hundred
separate actions against subsequent posses
sors of Cla'rk's estate. Mme. Despau, though
living tor more than a century, and though
involved tlircje-fourths of that period in tho
troubles of her sister, did not after all live
toj seethe termination of the suit, and save
$15,000 worth of the edntcsted estate, yield
ediby Mr. SlldelVf during the V recentt war,
bbneof the contested property has yet becjn
recovered by jits life-long claimant.
.The Xate ; Bloody) Affair ; in Nashvi lie'.
Art affair of'rather a tragic nature occurred
at he tace House yesterday about noon'.
As an ex-ofheer of an Indiana regiment dur
ing the war, f known Vas Colonel J. Albert
Smith, w&4 'sittingih? tlie billiard room, Maj.
I. D. Walker, an officer pf the same regiment
. . . i ' t . . i'V." . . .
and a uonservauve caimiuate ior represen
tative in the late campaign, hastily entered
the pi acei, calling upon Srnith o defend him
self, and discharging a pistol at him; Smitli
immediately jumped to his feet and drew a
revolver upon his assailant. The ; ball from
Walker's pistol passed harmlessly by Smith,
and lodged in the wall. ' Smith then fired
upon Walker, who retreated toward the door
wounded. Passing out, he turned toward
the door to the left, when Smitli, from be -
hind a pillar
mside, fired several shots, and
Walker, also
Smith's reyo
fired again. The balls from
ver shattered the glass at the
side of the door, and ; two of them struck
Major Walker. WalkeVs pistol jwas taken
from him by general Dawson, between, whom
and Smith an altercation ensued, the latter
declaring that Dawson had prevented hhn
from firing upon his adversary. I f
- After, the firing had ceased, Smith taunt-f-ingly
asked Walker,if he had "got enough,
to which the wounded man replied by sayH
ing they should meet again.
Smith was put under arrest, while Walk-t
er seriously wounded, was placed in a car-
7 r - r a.
riaere and conveyed . to his residence. On
examination
- . . . .... . .
it was found that one bail had
passed throu
gh the upper, part of. the right
lung, below the collar-bone, coming out mid
way between the right shoulder blade anl
spine. Another had passed through the
upper part of the right thigh,. A third was,
in the back. Two balls were, extracted, the
patient bearing the operation with singular
coolness and
nerve.
The difficulty originated in a newspaper
controversy, Walker showing up the record
of Smith, and Smith yesterday morning re
plying in a card, branding Walker, as a liar,
coward, scoundrel,1 and thief, denponcing
him in the: bitterest terms, and .preferring
all sorts of charges against him. i
Reports of the death of Major Walker
were in circulation up to midnight; but
though his Condition is considered critical,
hopes are entertained of his recovery. , .
Nashville Union ami Dispatch, 26tA alt.
; The Next Republican National Con
vention. A member! of the National Re
publican Executive Committee says .that a
correspondence has taken place between
many, of thei different members of the coin ;
iriittee relative to? the pUce ibr holdirlg the
next National Convention Chicago, Indi
anapolis, and Cincinnati were the most prom
inent places) suggested from the interchange,
of opinion elicited by the correspondence.
It seems probable that Chicago will be fixed
upon as the place ; for. -holding the conven-i
tion.-iv; y. iCttKl:r-: C: iVXw't
' A Chicago 'dispatch says that the widow
of S. A. Douglass now Mrs. G eh. Williams,
entered a' suit for right of dower, some time
since in real estate in the south part of that
cityVnow Wlrt!i$l06)d0 Although itwaV
E roved in evidence tlmt she had signed away
er right of dower, "she claimed an iriformal
ity' which vitiated the action. ' Tlie trial has
"Just! taken place before Judge Wjxson,. and
he has decided ; against th? vcUim of Mrs,
Douglass, j .; ,.-
Dutchman describing an;; sccjdent:
Vonce a long time ago,-1 vent into mine ab
ble orchard to climb a bear tree to get sbmQ
beaches to make mine frow a blum budding5
Tnit'; .and yen I'gets on! the tOpperimost limb
I "branch, I fall down from i the lowermost
Jill 1X1 V? IKA UUC ll& I'ol OA4VO,U Ui UiVC
and likato'stoye my ouisidc in. f . v. uuJ
"LETTTER FROM M. JEFF TII0OT-
. : . ovii. -A-
THE LESSONS OF THE WAU TIIE
: ON LY HOPE OF THE SOUTH: ! ?
; Gen. Jeff. Thompson has addressed the follow
In circular letter to those who were' undei 1 his
command during the late war : ' "
..-:;' . , Boston, Mass., Sept 3, 1S67.
; Q etlejie'n : I have received various letters
from among' you,' asking what I mean by my -letter;
to Mrj prentice of Tlie Louisville 1 Journal; in
dorsing Gca Lbngstreet? and what advice I have
to offer you as to your political; course ?;fl have
delayed answering these letrcrs, in hopes that I
would soon .return to Ne w Orleans; but, (lading
that I cannot return for several weeks, and other
letters having come that will brook no delay, ti"
have determined to address you a circular, that! X
may no logger be misrrentedahcl inisunderTl
steod among !)9le.hWerQ'm7jvtrBe' friends lu
our darkest hours, and with whom I have fehar-
cd so many hardships and dangers, successes and
defeats. ;ir" fH V-u; p.xi w-y ,; ;ffc.
defeats,
One of the letters received contains the gist of
all, and I; will answer ititsays : Lngstreet iis
forever damned ; throughout the. country which
became the theater of his immortality, and your
old friends arc not reserved Jin their anathemas
against you. ' Give ''.me ! some argument with
which to defend you, for I am too well acquaint
cd with tiiespirit which 'animated fyou in our"
disastrous struggle, with your cheerful endur
ance of suffering and your persistent f ealty to
the last,, to believe that you have abandoned your
devoted f ollowers, or have relinquished, the prin
ciples or memories of the past.' : ;.
For God's sake what has Lopgstrect done to
damn, him? for what am I -anathematized? from
what do I need, defense ? The war produced no.
purer or braver man than Gen. James Longstreet.
and surely from the first to the lasjt I have proved
myself to. be faithful and true, and I defy any
man to point to one word or sentence in my let
ter to Mrt Prentice that breathes a want of love
for our people, of to a fact stated that cannot tje
eubstantiatecL -M am aware, that some scribblera
have assailed me, but , 'they belong to the Tray,
Blanche, : and Sweetheart ; order, who simply
obey the instincts of their own natures, by bark-t
ing at what they .do not understand," but I ara
loth to believe that any tried soldieri wiu doubt
M.UM )Mmiir. U m mmm "hffTiiy differ Witll
-him in the plans to accomplish the general goodj
and I have an abiding faith that they will let any
comrade have the privilege to exercise his own
judgment as to the best manners to build up the
: A. - "it x I Jii . . i T 1
country wiiuuui uuiug huuluuiiuilizuu, ana xj
wrho was a leader in the beginning, and a follow
crat the end, and who during the whole Tstrug
gle was with you at the front, or a prisoner ,-pf.
war, will positively assert apcr maniully maintain;
my right to express my oplpidiis freely upon . all
subjects affecting the welfare of the South, to
and among Southrons, without fear or .favOr
from chinici ical theorists or j bomb proof poli
ticians. . . , :' .. ': I 1
If the war was to defend thej Sbuth in the exercise
of its beliefof the right to seedde, then 1 do not re
gret the fight, though I msty iave to grieve, over
the deatn of this theory. If the! war was to preserve
African slavery, then I do not regret the struggle,
though I do grieve over the loss of 1,000,000,000
worth of property: and the sad fate that awaits
the. poof .negro; out .If,, we. fought foujr years
simply for the personal triumph of some political,
partisans, a. few of' whom would still make us
believe that the country is ruined only because
hey are excluded from office, then I -sincerely
regret the (conflict, and will grieve anew oyer ther
graves of the brave men who fell around me. -
I must again icpeat that " I did not'fight the
Unite States because I hated the United States.7
I did not fight the North because I hated the
North," but J fought for what I conceived to be
the honor, the safety, andjthb material interests
of the Southern people, and I am struggling now,
in another way, to accomplish the same object,
and I will make as many sacrifices, and labor as
earnestly and persistently; as any man in the
South to control the political elejments, to devise
plans and projects, and put in successful opera
tion enterprises that will build up our poor, deso
lated, and impoverished country. This is what
the South really needs; this is all the truly patri
otic men of the North ask ; and I will advocate
the best plans, in my judgment, to accomplish
the object, regardless of who originates or sup-V
ports them, Whigs, Democrats, Federals, Repub
licans. Radicals, Conservatives, or Eclectics.
This is all the defence I need. Tell the people
l am still for the honor, safety, and material
prosperity of the South, and while I will not cast
a shadow on the graves of Our dead, or extinguish
one ray of the glory of our manly struggle, yet I
must bid the living look to the future, and help
build up our common country from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from the Lakes to the Gulf.
Tell them to remember that political theories,
like sectarian (religious) ' theories, are pHnciples
only, in the minds of the bigoted and foolish, and
demagogues are only , too apt to misapply these
terms, to mislead them. Constitutions and laws
are subject to changes, by legal means and by
revolutions, and; when changed are to be obeyed ;
and if the lessons sad experience teaches are not
heeded, then are people unfit for self-government,
and the sad fate of Republican Mexico will be our
lot. The extent of the limits to States Rights is
argued by Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Ham
ilton, and the right to o wn slaves were submitted
to the arbitrament of the sword; - and- in my
opinion; they were decided both against us, and
neither bur honor, nor our interests, require a
contest for them.
I can remember, but too well the years oif excite
ment and injury to the country from the conflict
on these theories in Kansas; and our late war, with
its stricken fields, its bloody graves, the ruin and
desolation which followed in itstrack, is as in
dcllibly fixed in my memory as in any man's in
the whole South; and while remembering the
dread past, I must receive its lessons,' and not
quarrel over dead theories, 1 but look to the live
issues of the present and future ; for (though I
may be disfranchised), it is still; my duty to help
restore tranquility, and build up the broken
prosperity of the country, for the widows and or
phans,! my soldiers' and my children's sakes. and
on all- practical questions affecting the material
interests, such as Banks, Tariffs, Taxes, Suffrage,
Internal Improvements, and Revenues, I vlll be
found as true to the outh as I was in. her storm
iest hours. ; -.V l- ';. - ;-. I ; '!;..' y
All now sgree that, by right of revolution j our
States were out of the Federal Union, and our
Government was a de facto Government; there
fore, if our conquerors think that safety or jus--tice
requires that the conditions upon which these
States may be re-admitted into the Union shall
be that our leaders in the field and prominent
statesmen must be denied the right to . vote or
hold office,' and also that political, equality must
be extended to the negro, though we may know
this to ; bo grievously mistaken statesmanshipt
yet we must accept these terms or 4o worse, fo,
we cannot stay out or stop the march of events -as
the power is still in the hands of our political
enemies. A few years will demonstrate the t wis
dom or fallacy of their theories, arid during this
probation we should work to build up our broken
fortunes, and prove ourselves worthy to be trust
ed ; therefore, I advise you hot to nappe over the
past, but remember our "Lost Caused. 'only as
the widowed husband remembers his bride when
he looks nponhis motherless children, accept all
political privileges that may he granted you and
then, without being : actuated by- hatred or re
venge, (neither of which are soldierly sentiments),
strive manfully tor the true interests ! of your
State and Country, by . working .to develop her
resources and increase her wealth.
Should you differ with others as . . to the best
plans to accomplish these gbjecta, still be friends
and eolaborers in one Common Cause, which now
she old be, as it once was, the greatness and glory
of the whole United States; This is what 1 told
you at our surrender at Jackonport, in Jrine,
t8G5 this is the substance of my ' letter to Mr.
tice and I urge it uponyou now ; and if for
IhisT am to be anathematized, let the dogs, bark
until time shall prove that I have been ever and
always vourfrlend,isy i ii ' .i ! t-n-- $ .- di
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ROUSES.
fiftepCTTEWAY'&MOO
GENEK 'COMMiSSIm
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O OCICIT CONSIGNMENTS OF :COTTON,
NAVAL STORES AND
COUNTRY PRO-
PUCE.;?1. vl r;HA-,:i t,
Ueinff AGENTS for the .
Manufacturers . are V;
reasonable " terms. ."
prepared to fill, on tl
ordera.; fbrj ltf; ay '
the most
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GEO. KIDD'S CELEBRATED
COTTON GINS;
ZELL'S RAWBONE
; yiyyl- f S -: : SUPER-PHOSPHATE,
BRdjVTigpUNTER,'
t ;-J WATFORM :and .RAII
! U il 'i'-irS1 ' rlRpAD SCALES.:
Ilave constantly on; hand FERTILIZER ol all
JAS. L. HATDAWAY & UTLEY.
(Formerly
HATHA tvhiT & Cb4l!rpers bf" i
i
Molasses and Sugar, Wilmington N..C.) , I
Shipping and :j Commission i Merchants,:-.
i
171 PEARL STREET,
EWYORKiM
E SOLICIT consignments of Cotton, N
and other; Southern, Products, to the .sale of
which our prompt personal " attention . will' be
given. We will make liberal advances ,hpbn re
ceipt of Invoice and Bill of i. Lading. , All ; Mer
chandise and Produce shipped to us for sale arc
insured from point of shipment, with or without
advice. Invoices should always accompany cac'.i
shipment. f".'s;"iiWv; y, yr, :-t-y. i '
Both of us haviugt had over twenty years ex-'
perlence in business in the South, and our :J. L.
HATHAWAY three years in New York, we feel
confident we can- secure full' .prices- for our
friends who will favor us with .their consign
JAS. ., l4 iiATHAWAY,
' wm. r: utley.
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aug 5, -v ' ; ; .: j "
FOR SAIE X
A NEW, PORTABLE; SELF-ACTING 1
FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
, It is offered to the pub
lic as a ready means of ex
i languishing fires t arising
, from any cause. It is so
simple in its operation as
to be readily and. easily
worked 'by any : person,
without" previotts - experi
ence or practice,-and may
, be kept always ready for ;
lnsiam use. 1 1 win extin
guish fires caused . by the
barning of coal oil. tar and
turpentine Where these Extinguishers are kept
on the premises in Northern cities; Insurance has
beett effected, at very reduced rates. : The severe. (
tet to which the , Extinguishers was subjected, '
in this city, on the t2th and 13th inst.; must ' be
entirely satis&ctoryto all unprejudiced mind. ;
: '.. . 1 LEWIS C. HANES, T J
i Lexington, N. C.,' ,
General Agent, N. C.
.MATTHEW P. TAYLOR,
Agent Wilmington, JN. u.,
, Office Old Bank, Wilmington.
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sept. 15
.M--.:. v.-.-i TVa,n.tel X L :-y, .
EOR THE ENSUING YE AR A D VYELLI SQ
r HOUSE with seven or eight rooms,1 Kitchen
and Stable.
TobQ within five minutes walk of
the Market
GEO. Z. FRENCH,
No. 10 South Front 8U
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aug 18.
TO MERCHANm
n
A FIRST CLASS BOOK-KEEPER; AN EX
xi. perienced business man, honest and faithful
desires a situation as Book-keeper, or any em
ployment where hi3 services would be apprecia-.
ted. Address
tl. i. ovn&a, i i
Ii :! Post Office, i -r
y,y.j Wilmington, N. C.
Aug. 90
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MARKETS;
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WASHINGTON MARKET.
4 ; 1, No. 205 Market' Street.
THRESH MEATS OF' ALL KINDS CON
X;. stantly t on hand, and dressed in suoerior
style. Hotels and families supplied at the lowestT
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yoou jiuw (.;:- -r, "'J"!-..1 !i , v ,
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DANIEL KLEIN. :
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WANTS. !
TpO BUY FIVE ACRES OF LAND near
yypu-yyy yyyy y
Addres?, stating price, " A" this office,
sept 12 . !;;,: . . ' j ;; -.; ; Uin
tf
COMPETENT COLORED WOMAN to take
charge ol a VULLiUJ , .ci j : .ii -
Apply at this
aug 23 : ;. .
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OFFICE.
1 HeADOUAKTERS 2ND AIlLITAHT Di8TnirT 1
? - - ? i Charleston, 8. C. Sent. 5.1! 1807.' ,1 . ',
.General Orders lib. 85. . 1
L Under the authority of the assignment In
General Order No, 80. of the 26th ulttmofroin '
the Headquarters of the Army, the undersigned
assumes commandfof the Second Military Dis-"
trict. , r -4 ri, , fi y,'--y h f;;;;,,;' .' s v,
! All existing orders and regulations are adopted ' L
and confirmed, and will be observed and caforo '
ed unless, hereafter modified or revoked by pro- ;
per authority.' ' - v: vj--',fp-; ;
III. The following officers are announced upon
the staff of tlie Commanding General :v i
I Second: Lieutenant Louis V Caziarc, itth US''
Irifaritry,iAide-4e-Campv 5 i -!i A i :
-; First Lietenant O M Mitchell, 4th tl S Artillery ' "
AldeTde-Camp.JV'l''--4p
M Brevet Colonel (E W Dennis Major and Judce ir ?
rMajor james Roy, 6th U S Infantry, Acting -Assistant
Inspector GeneraL . ,.-, ;. -,.: ,
;f iBreret Captain H E Hazen; First Lieutenant :,
hfi U S- Infantry Acting Assistan t inspector (f
eneraL: jj-ji.t rf?;,?, ;,.t...,i-i
Brevet Major General. R O Tyler,. Liuutenan .
Colonel, Deputy Quartermaster General, U 8 A
Chief Quartermaster. -rv rp, it-Un.
i:. Brevet Brigadier General W V Burnrfj Major '
arid Commissary "Of 8nhsjst6ncy-; Chief Commis :;J
sary.. ;.,.,.,,.:!.;. . ; ;:, :;.:j-y t.k.i.yUy s
- Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Page, Sur- '
geon, U13 A; Medical Director.i .'Kt's; i 'S'tTiuW
i revet. jjietcnani ioiouei . v jMicnoils. Ma or
iwi-i '!. it V A
and Paymaster U 8 A, Disbursing Officer of Civil -FundJ;
s.qif;iof?;ti H t.rv. I : I d t.rviUU-tX
V Rrflvpf I'iintflitv Williim Prir,.. VJf T Xt '
Ordnance Corps; ,U 8 A,- Chief Ordinance'
nel 40th U 8 Infantry. Pitfvost Marshal General
HL i Temporarily and. nntn further orders, the.
duties of Assbtsnt ft.djutant(Generel will be per
formed by Second Lieutenant Louis V Caziare.'
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Army,'
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