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Watkks OF North CAuot.iNA.4--Tbc Kewbetn ttyubti We are glad to announce the return to this : city. of Capt. Bradford of the U. S. Coast ( Survey v who has been ' engaged during the . summer in surveys on the coast of Maine. Mr. Bradford's " assistants and co-laborers in the various branches of the survey will ar ; rive in a few days. We learn that in addition- to these vessels already here another one f will soon arrive, when the survey in the in land waters of North Carolina wjill be vig orously pushed toward its completion. A Good Man Gone. We are pained, to record the death of Mr. William Flynt, who died at his residence near Old Town, in this jcounty, on Friday morning, the 29th of No yember. , Mr. Fiynt was one of bur most re- 'specied and useful citizens, and his death will be felt as a public loss , to ' the county. He was, for a number ot years, Sherift of the county, and , discharged " his official duties with a marked fideUty which "gave satisfac tion to the citizens, and rendered him one of the most popular officers.' the county has evef bad.! He was buried " with Masonic honors by the Winston Lodge, of which he " was a faithful member. iriwtor. Sentinel. 1 Special TermsI Gov. Worth has recent- ly made the following appointments:; Judge Barnes to hold special term of Su perior Court fox Wake County, commencing ' Wednesdavi 11th bf December, S Also to. hold BDecial term tor Cumberland County, commencing , on Monday, January 27, 1868. Judge Buxton to hold special term for Bladen county, Commencing on montiay, 16th December, j ' V ". j;":-,- w-V'- -: ' ? Also to hold special term for Halifax Co., commencing on Monday,. 6th day of Janu ary, 1868.' .- ; Judge Mitchell to hold a special term for Mecklenburg Co,, icommencing Monday, 9th of Debember, 1867. BaL Sentinel, h mtm CoiiRECTiON.The statement has been nnhiishpfl neveralltimes in our State papers, that his Honor Judge Little: had resigned! l.k Judgeship. This rumor we ougut w have corrected several aays ago. iuouuu is untrue. -10. y : . , . - While the papers in the State are advocating the policy ot introducing wime labor from the JNortn, tnose Hiuyug looking out lor other; Btatein wmuu tj tnr fhMr-fatnilies. can maite a Buuwwiuvi, 7. v We were impressed with tnis mea a icw uaya ajjo, when we saw: me VVilliam ana ueorge, ui va --r--- with their families (fifteen in numDerj ior -ni of thft North Western States,. It " -PW" uuv v- . . . -, . . ful to see those worthy ana inausirious peo ple leave, but wti precucv on the banks of the Ohio. and final anluen -Ilbnderson In ! ''.sr- 4 Le ennva white vonhff rats havTbuen captured in the neighborhood bf Salem, so says the rem. .j V Dough Faces Pass them Around. Those persons of Northern birth, in our midst, whom manv of our citizens style 'AdJ venturers" not only disarmed their accusers on Tuesday and Wednesday the 19th xand 9.nth infsfftnt hiiiliv-their conduct in the election put ;. to shame those native born f li a, f Rarl ? cal ticket. We are assured that, without exception, every the town of .Wilson de- Northern man in oUnori n. uiinnnrt the Radical hegm ticket, nri ,;ni hnt ohB exception all yoted the fltr?i,t nnt . white man's ticket. Wilson Carolinian. 23d. I A Case in Point. We have no doubt, from information in our posession, that poor white Republicans and ignorant colored: people all over the "State, arc constantly: imposed upon ana wronged by the (subordinate reDei omwa, such as Magistrates, Sheriffs, Constables, &c. We heard ot a case a i day or two ? ago, m which a poor white man was warranted on a harcrain in which he was cheated by a lead ing rebel, bis little property sold in violation - M' h? hrtmpctnari ritrhts. his crib door forced open without propar legal authority, and this wife rudely handled by some ruffianly .white rebels, because she got in the way and re fused to leave tH crib door. When the man thus wronged complained that be could not attend the trial of the- warrant gainst him, on which he was thus sold out, on account of the distance he would have had to walk, he was told that he was ?We ; to. go to the i - ji- iu (it? orii mi ticket.. vicutum to vote tuo xv..-. . , tu This case, with many nt.n firs, buu w o . HnDortanoo of tWo things : Wirst. that aiti , . ,, i IE III INGTON lirniiFiir POST llCtEiMl our officers; from; ' Constable up, snuia elected by the people; and : second that there should beYsome test-oath by which only those should hold f office who are ju loyal, and top thoroughr t ourloyat peoplStandardf6: 7ft f f By ail means iei ail such cases be put on record? ' v'V ; . , ; W We have just Wned.om M Mr;L-,D, lIall,-RepuW ican, ece some three 'hundred .majority in WJJ County for the Convention, and that faebas eea thrown out and a rebel" jbput to De cognized in his place, feU ?rgtian-name L ww notion hw tickets There is no authority for this uude . the w, f Congress. We. most resrtully but rn J potest against any such decision uy the military authority. Standard. -, '4'- ' ? -. '.":''".'- i .-.;:-.v.-.-''i .ji. .. i Staf'x?1 oort of the Itniterl in n this Citr hi 41 8UU ln session Mi v 4? 018 Honor Judsre Brnnto . " s; oeir. it i TnL,i.j T ir one yet timebefore her dSbET' 1 sllort Lodge of Masons bf this St ir ; an.d RaleJcrh ! lf UU,S ta.te An session in t?Xk W "rand Master. Tios; AXaD,Ce' 8erDi0.r Grand harden. C W I Wn tnf F' Juior Grand- Warden. I) to- S;PUJfhlnf Grand Treasurer. T jy. "am, Grand secretary. - : . I ' j J Baleigh Standard.- ' ' i;' i ' ! :'' r : ' '. ' ' : ,,: ' ' ... -I ' University op "M r w i. ... . fn, i -T'",-v ."o ieirn mat tlie bXe p fJ r-f 1VCr ?C aDnual heiress vtlZul l 1? Societies of the Uni- vsrsity, at the next Commencement, and that he has accepted the invitation j RECONSTRUCTION. I ALABAMA. The Keconstrn u.UuVu final j Adjournment. Montgomery. Ala..! Dec. fi f Pnn van. tion to-day adopted, a memorial to Contra requesting an alteration or amendment of the reconstruction law so as to rennir nnlu a majority of registered voters voting on the question, to determine1 for or against the ad option or tiie constitution. An ordinanco was passed to protect elections. I It provides lor the. punishment of ; persons who intimi date voters or d .ceive them as to the day of election candidates to! be voted for, etc. An ordinances was. Dassed dfifilnHnff nil vioKtc made for the purchase of slaves absolutely void; and settmg aside all judgments or de crees by any-State court since the 10th of January, 1861, jipon j all evidences of debt based upon the sale of purchase rot slaves. The ordinance also declares null and void at the option of either party ill contracts for the sale of land made between January 11th, 1861, and May 9th, 1865, Where ! the pur chase money is unpaid, or the title deed re mains Unexecuted. Unless naid for nr rnn.. tracted to be paid for in United States Cur- rency, or property other than slaves. All notes of other evidences of debt outstanding and unpaid given for or in consideration of confederate currency or bonds are declared uun auu voiu. Tne (president j ot the con vention," who is a Radical nominee for Court- Judge, opposed this ordinance, declaring it could not be sustained in the courts. The constitution was enrolled on parch ment and was signed by 64 members. The, committee on disabilities recommend a number ot, persons inf each county to Con gress tor relief from political disabilities on account of the id tney nave given recon- struction. The ordinance to 'suspeifd all the State courts. except the Supreme,- Probate and Criminal Courts. 'was defeated by a tie vote. The memorial to Congress in favor of ex tending the time 3 fof the completion of the State, was defeated by Blng- railroads in the ham and the extremists, who desire Congress to' revoke the grants of lands made to south- em raiiroaaa, auu appiopnaie education of freedmen." . The convention; adjourned at 2 o'clock, subiect to the call of its president or the mil it-arv commander, if reconvened before Jan uary 1st, 1869. ! : LOUISIANA. Tni s..in i Annointment Proceedines or -' Mr MT . I -nithe -Convention. ' New Orleans, Pec. 6. Special order No. 204 appoints Charles O. Dodge Judge of the Second Judicial District of Louisiana, vice AiCasebat declined, the latter not be inrr ml Hint to take the oath prescribed by i, rnnatniction act. which uenerai ttan- . . -1. .nnlliroa nt all niS SDUUlUbCCiS. The resolution fixing the compensation of members and employees of the convention, provides that compensation shall commence front the date ot election or ppmiu.CUw In discussing this resolution, a colored mem ?tr.iA v,o had been a slave long enough, and now wanted to enjoy some of the luxu ries ot freedom and air the money ui, uc could get. The resolution was adopted- ? or a yeas oa, rpfl a9 an article of Tne ionowi-g w-.- '. t - .mA nnctit.ntion the propoac f afaf,. "ResSlvedThat the :ftiflL5?J?K hall-never again be)ledged landed monopoly oi , the x- by the erection of levees or oerwise, duc -ooiof in redeeming such-4and such ? syste m oi secure ffJaSarahtaESor and a equitable SS'V-ti:rit.rf.! in 11S..- j Referred to the commit- homestead farms. on interna Wtionini?the me wuv.i? : ophpdle. and the commit are extracts : ,nce, oi -r"fa u in this State "The system of laws in of wmcu - this State abd known m?tVi all 8 nd known as wo y - inoift(T. islatures in accoruaf r---- . r -? and with the rensea --rv -,holisaed; and vised tne iw - A j Aral to that Kinguoiu general nature andlocal W andpasseur"-" yso adopted as C1K v,. - Q4.f0 nntil the iaw - . t tBe common law.' Til IH 1 LiA UV " ture legislate for imprison- nBtatutesP menu iw.ucu. rimljrisoned for deDi in hp arrested or . imprwv . i,wihw law as hereby CI6 . . . be in this State; npration and adopted shall go xmt0 jrom the date of -A within SIX months iroi" force witt4rS5ttion; that the promulgation-- reCords of tbo-to'PySproceiaiJigB in this judicial and legJe Pd a pryed in JSUte shall be PfomuUjated a - ho TCnrlisn iauKu6 T. ,-o ,b hPrp- 7mmJTTa pd fiSr drawn or pressed m an, C.; THURSDAY ocner language than the English, after the common law goes , into operation, shall be null and void, i Capital punishment in this State is hereby forever abblished t a H A resolution ; was offered that no company nor corporation now , existing! orti hereafter created in tUi State; shalHmakel anyldis tmction of racn or color in its rules, or regu lations. -Referred. 4 ' tU : . ; , The Alabama, Constitution.; ' " The Alabama; Constitutiolisll Cofiven.tion adjourned yesterday, -t It has been made the subject of coatinual ridicule by the rebel sy mpathizing press, and by all who are afraid to have their acts put in comparison with those of negroes, and has had as many lies told against is as any legislative body that ever sat. - r. -m:--:. -ir.ViK The truth about the bo'dy is that it was a very good body in its way.' It had some fools in it, and they were not all of the same color ; it had a greater portion of members destitute of acquired knowledge and artifi cial polish than the generality of Constitu tional Conventionsbecause the policy of Alabama has designedly been to exclude the mass of its people from all : bppdrtunities of obtaining knowledge and polish and to pun ish those vyho undertook to gain thembut there was a diffusion among, the members of common sense and practical ideas k which served well in their stead and led to the turning out of substantial,' if not brilliantly polished work. The Convention has made a very good Constitution. If it has contri buted nothing new valuable to the science of government, it has enacted nothing extreme ly foolish.,f The worst provision in it is that for an elective judiciary. The suffrage clause is a faithful embodiment ot republican pri ciples,Miberal as the most catholic could ask, and an honor to the heads and hearts ot those who framed it. Efforts to introduce quesbious ui cuior in me uonsutukiuu imieu. Even Hip. 1 intermarriacrfi of the races, con- 1 . . 0 - - cerning which some of the whites were much and foolishly troubled, - was regarded as an affair with which the State had nothing to. do, andjeft where it ought to be as a mat ter of individual taste, concerning which every man and; woman about to marry must decide for themselves.; ! The attention of liars, now diverted from the Alabama Convention, is turned tojhose of Virginia and Louisiana. It does not flag, but promise to wax more vigilant. The be ginning of the lying abgue these bodies prom ises well, anijl jwe shall be surprised if the falsehood-mongers do not execute some re markable; feats , in making stories out ot whole cXoth.Broolclyn Union. Kcntucky. The message of Gov. Stevenson,, of Ken tucky, reviews the grievances which he al leges the State has received from the General Government-H-all of which jit has brought upon itself by j its contemptible hypocritical disloyalty and recommends the preparation of a calm, temperate address. "Let it be known," he says, "that , ! . we do hot desire to re-establish slaveryr that we have no hostility to the black race, but are concerned for the,, preservation of our own. ADOveaniet our Dremeren inrougn- out the Union know that the people of Ken- tucky are united, and they present for the coLtaetiontbepeopaUtUe States a platformof principles which every true man who loves his country canjwarmly and thoroughly indorse.1 Thefundamental truths are the supremacy ot the uonstitueion and laws of the United States within their, allot ted sphere; the inviolability and perpetuity tne union unuer me uonsutution. une Incompetency of a State or States or of the )fthe Union under tne constitution, ine General Government to impair the integrity ot the Union by secession on the one hand or exclusion on the other, etc. Such an address, if calm and temperate, and sincere, would produce a wholesom ef fect and receive respectful attention from Congress and the Republican party. The trouble with most ot tne addresses wmcn we receive from men of the Kentucky stamp is that they are neither calm.! temperate, or sin cere, and I are rather denunciations and threats than addresses, and lose an tne enect which the1 arguments in them wonid com mand if propetly presented Brooklyn Union. Edgecombe County . Co-operation. Wa rp.pl efreetfid in this countv. what mighi and what should haye been accom plished throughout the South, if the old reb el leaders nad possessed one grain oi om- mon sense, or a particle of political nonesty or fair dealing. , IruEdgecombe. the whites, under the lead nf f!oL John L. Bridcrers and others, agreed u - to meet the colored voters on terms of polit ical eaualitv. the two races met in a joint convention and selected candidates for the i;onvenuon wnuout regaru w tmas wi wuj, and thev were elected without a contest nnn rit them beiner Mai. H. A. Dowd, a late nnnfpdprate officer, and now a moderate .Z"! v - - f uonieueraw Republican Again: The result in this county effectu- ally disposed of the charge j r gk ftb vv t T , r that the , colored dly. called negro , v i i. i.i i. u supremacy, in iiidgecomoe tue uma uc a large majority, and yet they agreed to send three whites to tne oonveutiou. uist colored man James Cromwell, was -nomma- ted as one of the delegates.1 uui ne was so impressed with the spirit shown by the whites in t.hp noiintv; and feeling UlS unntness ior niS StCaU. ! UUbli 1V;UUU 3 nrniQR on all rnnpprned and Ulustrats now P?"" " .v eatlns, whole WnillR VUKSUUU vi "n" . & solvediTif the! political leaders of mignt ue Botveuj, n t in ail lis ueanugs. Charlotte Republican. AViriitional rptnms from the South, Caroli Aiontinn ,'tmnamitted bv General Uanoy, iir m nrp favnrfthlp. fof the prospects of the Pori vention " The 1 Upper counties puueu i o ,or vntA "than those on the sea coast, which .? . i . xt? i.mt thp f!on- is tuuuDuo iu ii. The upper counties are those where .F n.sf r-t. thrice nllfirfi B -of remark tnatthe CpnTenUons I mcf Hpcisivelv in those States are carried most hUp thp whites decisively in those States u uuitaa fnrm .tne maioriiv ux wo nj 1KIH LUC nuM f j ... - ' C.j "J. : J3 '-1. a.". ' a - nd that it is in those where registereu vowjib, a the ascendant that the vote thi blacks are in is the closest. 1 1 4 ,r- .onfidentlv believes that teffife and Spi BaUroad Q - ine iielaperior and IW: , be finished m two years,; iron f 1 rn the' Whites, as tne sea c t . , y j-- .h- i iaw ms me duuciuiicuucuu ui iue est i a letter noux : I ... thpt blacks ' do congregate. Such a com- tor a medicineKtaKe it m the ongmaisnape. Point Military Academy take rank as a ma- against the nlexion ot the returns muaw i " B4tFw - ""ts , v I jo general ; tuai a uumu vi visitors oe au seems mat inis i not nnt; rP.lv a "nigger" one, aiter au, nurt anyoody. T " f - M thorized to report upon the actual state of Ident's hands.1 MORNING DECEMBER 12, 1867. IN GENERAL A young man in : Georgia died recently shaving. . Paralysis was caused by the wouna.v- . : Wisconsin has paid .Over nine dollars bounty this year, for wild whose skins alone are ; sufficiently 1 ousand animals, valuable to lead hundreds to pursue them. ; r . " Two thieves in Indianapolis robbed a colored man ot everv dent. he had. ;and he had twenty. . ,;' - - Englishmen should not boast of their na-; tional greatness before Canadian Indians! In reply to one who repeated the boast that the sun never sets upon the Queen's':domin ions, Mr. Redskin said that was "because Heaven is afraid to trust an Englishman in tne dark," vr t Harrisburg, Pa., is watching the f rectibn I lorn-. o-kl -I i ava? mnnnnianfi i frA I ia in I oi two soldiers' monuments, one is in memory of the Pennsylvania, soldiers who' fell in the Mexican' war, and is erected .by the State. The other; is put up by the. county in honor of the soldiers ' who were killed during the late war. During November ono hundred families,, mostly from northern Europe, secured lands for occupation under the homestead j act, at ii i i nr t r a - i 4- i. ioe iana omce in ia Crosse. - l In 1640, the keys of the palace at Madrid weighed a thousand pounds. j j The Paris Rothchild . has reduced the wages of his clerks because times are : hard. Pefnsacola freedmen- have been imposed upon by persons who have induced them to dig at night in search oi ouned treasure. The last hurricane at St Thomas so near to blowing away the island as to raise apprehensions in some minds that, .! if ; the consumauon oi tut; puruuastj is long ueiayeu, Mr. Snwarrl mav hot cret his monev'a! Worths Mr. Seward may not get his money's: worth; In Jacksonville,- III., a school teacher taught a little girl that the earth was fount that it revolved, and that it was jsmaller than the sun, whereupon he was severely lectured by the father ot the pupil tor teach ing such nonsense, and the girl was taken from the school. Governor Haight of California thinks that within the memory of those now living that State will have twenty millions! inhabi tants and San Francisco one tenth that num ber. . ' r --C;,:s ' v ' .. ' A Wisconsin lawyer bears the mcongru- ous name of Texas Angel. Thft lip.arf. nf ft : ViHrVna? n farmer waa lataJ ly made glad by the discovery of a large number ot Mexican, American and sEnghsh coins, while digging in his held, and then his hopes were dashed by the further dis covery that they were counterfeit. , - Leavenworth is watching the laying of the foundation of the Union Pacific j Eastern Division, machine shops . t ! ! A school" trustee in West Virginia, who could neither read nor write, was obliged to take a census of the children in his! district, n-v auuoaipiisneu ii oy mnng a pocicec witu red and white beans. When he rmet a boy he put a red bean in a side pocket, and girls wepresentgbv whfte &an? lit aher iiri,. u 4.1 uj. t-- k.j -i.i iiav-ic. iiwcu ic i-uuugm ue uau got all, he counted the beans. I t hake Erie has an average depth oif about 100 feet, while Huron and Michigan average nearly 800 feet ; H Paris is to have a new, beautiful and com modious Theatre Vaudeville near the Grand Opera. The book trade in London is very dull and announcements are few. It is said that there is little activity in any part of Europe. The King of Sweden is about to publish a pamphlet entitled "Ideas on Modern Tac tic' tie endeavors to show that a small and good army is preferable to a numerous one imperfectly trained. The product de- denved from the sale of this work! is to be devoted to the creation of In Lapland. . . primary schools A Choice Morsel. When in Charleston we . met New York politicians in Convention and marked their manoeuvres; when we tried to fixi them to some practical point-and could not; when again we examined their twisting! in their own State ; when we regarded the tame-serv- ing, hucksteiing spirit of their so-dalled or gans of public opinionf we could fnot but uvopov vmv. nuure v.""8luwclaMUU V UCarfc- less, endless, iniquity known as the Empire ?y w n.utT man iuc Du taiicu guipure State, outside of the-city was bitterly op- posed to us. t That was plain, and there was some manliness in the fact f.hat it tbas plain, put tne run measure of antagonism, of loath- ing, has never before been reached until we had seen the course of the "conservative" city of New York within the last few davs. ITT ' ' i' Jl - . . . . m . vve.now realize to tne ruiiest extent tnat ner merchants sell their consciences! and their calicoes with equal ; indifference, the pnee beinw the onlv nonsidprfttinn that fh?r o . - " preachers with tew exceptions, ar0 as venal a3 their prostitutes, and their, editors and politicians more so than either, i There may be ten righteous men in New York, bnt.it so they are in bad tcompany. There may be recruits for the infernal reg- I mna Also from thfirp. ; hut wp. ilsruht. if fViprp 'tojUtfyt dttweW. We commend the above to the New York Democracy with which the same j Journal ftTin .Iniirnnla hlfp if arp nnw t form -71 nrr , "T: V .rv.&, and which they are now applauding as a patriotic, and the only, party that can save the country. RidHTr Professor Miller. Edinburg. says that 'alcohol cures nothing ': it covers np a great deal." It is sure ' to kill. Says Dr. wuinne "ii you want to neey a dead man, put him in whiskey : if you want t to kill a I livinn man rn f tho txrhialroir fntr: him Trrr . iv s v. J Wine is a capital medicine when taken in the tinnnin.VnaiIrarpa n . Tf rnn mnt fflVfl winp Scandalous stories are told in Frankfort in regard to the conduct of the Prince of Wales and his brother-in-law, the young King of ( Greece during their two days' j sojourn in 1 tnat city.siune uay tne x-nnce ana tne iking of Greece rode in an open : barouche with three lorettestnrougn tne streets iney naa serera. bottles of bratnd, ; in Jheir carrUge, ana were noisey auu uiuM.u;ui!g . POLICAL. :V . PENNSYLVANIA. ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC . NOMINATION FOR THE . ' " PRESIDENCY. ' ' ' , J Phiiadelphia, December 4. A Democra tic meeting in the Nineteenth Ward, held last night; nominated Horatio Sevmour for rresiaeni. . . ? . , NEW YORK. ,r V . J J- , THE OFFICIAL VOTE IN THE STATE. . : .. Newj Yobk, December 4. The official vote of the late State election was counted in Albany last night. Nelson's (Secretary of otace; majority is 47,y0. ; 'j ' MASSACHUSETTS. VNNOUNCEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL VOTE. " the official result of the Massachusetts elec- tion in November is announced ForGover- ' A . ' 1 1 . " Tn11.l, rnli:. 98,306 votes, and John Quincy Adams, J)em ocrat, 70,360, white 125, scattering, votes were cast --The . Republican majority Was THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT : . MeNTdoMERT, December 4. In the recoh struction convention to : day the committee on the constitution reported it to the vconq vention, when it was considered atricle: by article, and various amendments were pro posed, consuming the whole day.: There will beat least from fifteen to twenty votes' against the constitution on the final vote. DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION ARRIVING.', Macon, G A., ; December, 4. The trains brought a large number of delegates this evening. ' Mostot the hotels are full and the prospect is good for a large convention; The Jouthwest is strongly represented. . ' FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT. ' ' ! MORE REVOCATION OF ORDERS BT GENERAL : v HANCOCK THE CONVENTION. tt New; Lrleans, November 4. Paragraph 2, speciai of ders, 202, headquarters 5th mili tary district, dated to-day, is as follows : ; ' ; Paragraph 3, of special orders No. 188, from these headquarters, dated November 16 1867, issued by Brevet Major General Mower, removing P. R. O'Rooke, clerk of the 2d district court, parish of New Orleans, ; for malfeasance in office, and appointing R.L. Shelley in his stead, is hereby revoked, and P, R. G'Rooke is reinstated. " If iany ' char ges are set up against the said O'Rooke, the judiciary department of the Government is sufficient to take whatever action ! may be necessary in the premises. , J ' U vi h Paragraph 1 ot the same order suspends Sat. portion of order 20 ordering Genefal Mower to join his regiment, and say General Mower will ! remain in this city, awaiting further orders. - : i "-:i--J ': - The constitationatconvention has' passed a resolution fixing the pay of the members at ten dollars per day mileage twenty cents each way. ; ; -. :, '.-'f i.; The convention elected a colored warrant clerk. r ,:4:-' " . ; . ' " .: . raragrapnj, orders aua, directs, the ad-, judication of the making of levees on cer- tain pianiauons in ine parisnes 01 ot. unar les and Jefferson to the lowest bider, by Brevet Lieutenant McGonnigle, A. Q.M.,on Iff time ana in a manner to nrntfint tnm .rrnm: r ;r r , r;,vv, . ' . : overnow, and tne lands with the improve ments therecn to be subject to a special lien and privilege for the cost of making said levees on them respectively, and that the or-. dinary formalities prescribed by law. for the adjudication ot said work be dispensed with. , .i.'A A Library Lost. , France is usually successful in the preserva-i tion of libraries and documents of value that the following story of unusual stupidity in a matter of this kind is the more' remarkable. It is given in the Paris correspondence of the Philadelphia Publisher's Circular : - , j Somefyears sincein a town containing more than eight thousand inhabitants,' and situated in the centre of France, the place- or liDranan oecame vacant. This town's li-; brary still (the importance of this word will presently be seen) contains two hundred and seventy nine manuscripts, some of them of great value; and about eight thousand prin-i .bvva luiuiuca. lun piauc ui, uurariau was T rr vAinmAa 'I't.m I . . . . . i . I given py the municipal authorities as a re- treat to the! college dancing-master, whose leo-a hart rrmwn so ntifF hv no- fhof ho no lortrer continti to riv rfn.Ll-on O-. J ""fS" VUU1U I Thetlancing master wsscarcelv abTR to tpA ir . . " -r--& or write, t His growing infirmities on madl I lb 1U1 UUSSlUltJ J.Or UiOl tO mOVp and ine HIU' niciple authorities were obliged to give him i u oBsisLauu me nuranan s saiarv was six- ty dollars a year, his assistant's salary was fourteen dollars a year. The person selected as assistant was an ex-coach guard, who al- ready exercised the functions of sweeper and messenger of the library. He exercised moreover, the officers of messenger, porter and wood-sawyer in town. He was very sor did and very avaricious, and pretended to be much poorer than he really was. While he was in office whose duties he discharged alone, and without the least supervision- i : v r,-r " r manuscripts and valuable books disappeared from the library. The library had no in ven- Ttory. The only duty this sub-librarian was abfe to 1 discharge stamping the volumes with the mark of the library was that I which, for excellent reasons,- he took good I oatpi np.vp.r t.n rprfrrm Aftpr fillitirp., fVia came to examine his effects, and to give or ders for his burial, two iron keys, secured by a stout string, were iound tied to his arm. I mi 1 1 . xuey openea lue aoox OI ar sned, or store- room, such as rag-pickers use. Fifteen huh- area volumes lay mere pellmeu with rags, broken victuals, and rubbish of all sort The most certain losses met by the library could be proved only by evidence. No legal claim could De put in." Changes at West Point Suggested bf General Grant. : General Grant sent to the House yesterday I the letter recommending the passage of a l.m il.i ii. . c....t.. a. trr-.i the discipline atithat establishment ; ahd, among other provisions, that no candidate for admission who has been- reiected upon his examination shall be reappointed within two years. : With the recent action of Congress in re pealing the cotton tax. and to prevent con traction of the currency, gold is steadily de clining. 'GENERAISORDERS.no; 145. : V Hz ADQUASTEKS 2ND MlUTABT DISTRICT, I - - " Chariestoni 8. (Xi Dec. 6, 1857. The following arrangemwxt of 4the troops this District will be carried into effect with in as .IbUofJlforffaiitont jr. a Companies AandL , , u 6th Cavalry,. Major and Brevet, ..Colonel W. B. 4 , Royal, commanding. ' v ! 1 " Fbst of Raleigh, N. G Headquarters, and Com- panies A, B, E and F, 8th Infantry; Col. J. V. i RAtnfnrd. 8th Tnfantrr. commandlnir.-' -1 Jbst of iMdsbory A". ?. Headquarters; and Companies A, C, E, G, H, and K, 40th Infantry; CoL and Brevet Maw-Gen. N. A Miles, com manding.' -, : . ' " - Pbrf of WUmihqtont 2fc C Compan tantrv? CJaTiL and Brevet Lieut. Col. J any D, 8th In I.R. T.Frank, commanding:. - line command ; 10 emurace mo counties of . New Hanover, - Brunswick, . Bladen and Columbus;;;- xvf'Z- ' Fort Macon. N. C Companies B, and l, win Infantry; Capt and Brevet Lieut CoL Charles B.. Uasfcul, 4Utn iniantry, commanaipg. . -V- Carali?; Captain and Brevet Maj. L. Walker, 5th: Cav&lrc commanding. .!ii,. v" rlbst .Columbia, 8. C Light Battery ; Ej- 3d ,i Artillerv. Headcmarters and comnanies B. andH. !' , 5th Artillery; and companies C,- H, and 8th 5 Iniantry; vol. and Brevet urij. en ii. a. uur- ' ton, commanding, ' " ' 1 Jbst of Charleston. & ft Post Band, companies ! A, B, G, H, I, and K, 6th Infantry; Lieut CoL -and Brevet Brig. Gen. H B. Clitz; commanding. ; .i ine major oi tne tn infantry win taKe post at Raleigh, N. C. ; the r Major of ; the 40th 'at Golda-. J boro', N. d; and the junior Major of the 6th at Charleston. S. C; ' - I The Medical Director will designate the medi cal officers for the different stations, andwiU re-;., port for discharge any contract surgeons whose j services may be dispensed with ; ' -' ' 4 ' ' . : . " ? The proper staff departments will at once take the necessary measures for the movements here- ' in directed to be made for the ? supply off the , - troops at tne stations indicated, and tor tne care and disposition ot the public property at the sta tlons directed tODe aoanaouea. -.'Uji .uw?f For, the purpose of mounting detachments at the Infantry stations, the Chief Quartermaster, will furnish twenty-flye horses for the Post of Raleigh,- N; C. twentyfor tthe Post of Goldsboro,1 N. C, twenty for thePost of Laurensville, S. CM and i fifteen for the Post of Columbia,- S. ; C.i These horses will be selected from those hereto-;. , fore furnished under the authority of Circular , . No. I 4,' of September 28, 1866, -.Headquarters,-Department of the South; and the' remainder will at once be sent to the points' designated i by the -Chief Qoartermaster, to be disposed of aS direct- i ed by War Department General Orders No. 88, off. September 21, 1867. . . ;. ',' : ..V:"'r tf ( in addition to the duties ' with which' they are, charged by existing:orders, Commanding Officers v of Posts are designated as; Sub Assistant! C6m:,. missioners of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen : and Abandoned Lands, for the Districts embraced. . within the territorial limits of their-commands : and will exercise all the 'functions of officers' Of ,t,hat Bureau, except so far as rlates to ; the , ad- ; nuuiSLratioa ana uuuirut ui iuo muua ui yiupw. ty of the Bureau; and they are authorized to em ploy officers and enlisted men of their commands upon this duty, so far as such ' employment may be consistent with the interests t and efficient cy of the service. All officers,, and; agents of the Bureau, who may he on duty within the territo-, : rial limits of any post, will report to its comman- der and will be governed; by his instructions in x, all that relates to the protection of persons and property under the laws of the United. States, the -regulations of the Bureau and the orders of the District Commander.' In all that relates to the ' . details of administration they will report as here tofore to the Assistant Commissioner : for the State in which they are Stationed." The Assistant r 1 1 m i . ir.t. J a. A i ) r commissioners ior tne states ox -nor tu auu ouuiu v Carolina, resuectdvely. will furnish the Comman- . aersjof Posts -with the names and stations' of the offices and agents of -the Bureau on dutytwtthln' JSSSSSSSl - -j r. r . j - . j nave neen cnargeawitn in relation to tne proteo UOn of person and property. -They will also, by , . conference or correspondence withlthe Post Com- manders, determine what officers or agents of the Bureau can be relieved or discharged and report , the same to District Headquarters. A ' ' . 1 Post Commanders will keep themselves con" stantlyand fully informed of the condition of the country within the limits of their commands, and 1 to this end will put themselves in communication -with the sheriffs, chiefs of police and other peace officers of the counties or -districts and will re-u-quire from them such reports as may be necessa-' ry. In the execution of the duty committed to the military authority by the l aws ot the United States, commanding officers ; will act as far as ' ? possible by and through the civil authorities, and will give tnem moral support and pnysicai aid - whenever, it may be necessary to secure the pro per and lull execution or tne duties imposed up on them bylaw ; but this will not be construad as authorizing arrests' ' to be made or. guards ? to be furnished ? by , the . military ( authorities when the means Under the control of the civil authorities are adequate. "Whenever -any civil officer, magistrate or court neglects or retuses to pertorm. any omciai act properly re quired of such officer or tribunal, whereby due and rightful security to person or property is" de- ; ' nied, the case will be reported by the Post Com mander tq these Headquarters, with all the facts t - aal evidence required for proper comprehension ana action, wnen tne emi autuonues reiuse or Ia" arre8t Persona cnargea witu enme, orwaen . A i . ... . t onences are committed m.vioiation oitne nonce "rJ'-rTJ-fin SrSoTof oTde? orlTe Jnl-otecoh cf I pciOVMO piwpcivj, wuiuiouuiug wuvwo wiU cause the accused parties to be arrested, and, up on examination, held for trial. " or discharged iC. the Accusation should not be -well founded. When citizens committed for trial cannot be im-. mediately brought to trial, they will be admitted " to bail if the crime or offence with which' they are charged is bailable under the laws of the State in which it was committed. ' The records of the Military Posts: that are di- : rected to be abandoned will be securely packed , up and forwarded to District Headquarters and -any unfinished business at those Posts will be translerred to tne uommander or tne irost tnat embraces the locality within its territorial limits. By command of Bvt Major General Ed. K. &. ? LOUIS V. CAZIABC, ' ' Aid-de-Camp, '. ' Actg. Asst'Adjt Genl, . Pitz John Porter's Case. ; ; General Grant sent to the Senate this mor ning a copy of all the newspapers tn his con-. fMfeS-dl: to get a new hearing ,' a petition from about thirty Massachusetts officers who served un-1 1 der Porterasking for .a new trial' for him,- and a loiiSj letter from . General William B. Franklin to General Grant interceding in Porter's behalf. Gen." Franklin says that he and Gen. Reynolds offered, to testify at the time: of Porter.s court-martial that thev would not believe General Pope under oath and they said that they believed that Gener al Thomas would also swear to the same ef fect Porter did not think it best to use them for - witnesses, and ' accordingly they -were not called. The object in asking Gen eral Grant to send these papers was to get at uenerai ope protesting reopening of Porter's case, but it document is now m ine fres- m- " ' ' J, ' '- -r." - , '.4 . 4 An English paper hoticeing the death, of a" worthy shep-keeper, says : - As a man he' was amiable, as a hatter upright and moder ate. . His virtues were beyond all price, and his beaver hats were only 1 Is. 4d. each, j At Mineapolis, Minn. ;r Dec: 9 th, ' the mer f Ivst ot JjaurtTUvuit, & o. Jompauies vj, auu x, 8th Infantry; Lieut Col.J J. R. iTdie, command ing.! M U -34' ...-2w i s&rMwy.: -:, ; of A Uren. L C ComDaniea II. and L, 5th cury was twenty degrees above zero, and the h . 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