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I. WILMINGTON POST. WILMINGTON, N. 6., SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY 4, 1868. NO.: 117., tekms of subscription invariably in advance Tri-Weekly one year . . . . , .$6 00 six months. .....3 50 one montn... . .... .... .... .......... i w RATES IOF ADVERTISING : . Avertbeiiients 6'iuare for- first Insertion Wubseuuent insertion. fen lines 1 square; will be inserted at $1 00 per and 50 cents for each THE 111 or lessl solid iniuion type, constitute a WEEKLY IS Pl)BLISftED EVEKT MONDAY. POST One year, Advertisement SUBSCRIPTION-: .$2 00 f l.per square. BUSINESS CARDS. jlEUC HA NT TA ILO U. VlLOTHES CUT AND MADE IN THE LT- J est Sty JVorth es and of the best Material. i - East Cor. Market & Secpnd WILMINGTON, N. C. ro FiT"jro ii jr. oct St., Sin NASBY "PAPERS. From the Toledo Blade. A Horrible Vission The last Nigger. Post Offis, Confedrit X Roads. (Wich is the State uv Kentuck,) v j , December 9, 1867. . - i .i Last nite, fur amoozmet, I picked up a vollum uv poems, ritten by wuq Camell, and happeued to read a peece called the "Last Mao." It's a raytber heavy peece uv writin. His descriptive powers are rather better than mine, tho, perhaps, ef my too partial friends ain't too partial, he is a long way bebint me in the matter of pathetics, and in them fine1 tutcbes which show tho man uv I sole and sensibilities. ; ; ' ' Be that ez it may, the pome made a im pression on me, (which is proof that there ist suthin in it,) and it wuz onto ez I retired to my virtuotis couch. ! Skarcely hed I sunk into ray wbenrby, viggerus intellect, which my mind bonds uv slumber can't chain, slumber, even the wondered DANIEL A. SMITH, Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of . parlor, j Dining Room, Cliamljei and Office Furniture, nattrasses, Featliers, Window Shades,' Wall JPaper, &c.y also V- Sasli, Blinds and Doors. SOUTH FRONT oct2i . ST., .WILMINGTON, N. C iy i JOSEPH H.vVEff;F, SIIII? CHANDLER. AND SHIP STORES ware, Paints Xu'b 22 Water, oct DEAL ER .IiS : J GROCERIES, HARD , Oils, Boats. Oars, &c. and 2, 4 & 6 Dock Street, WILMINGTON, N. C , GEO. Z. FRENCH, No. 10, South Front Street Wilmin orthn i 5 WHOLESALE DEALER Groceries, IN' Provisions. Wines. Liquors. Cigars, Wood, Willow, ' and om- nioii Crjoelfery Ware. Cotton and Received oct 6 ' " II. DOLLNEK, Naval Stores Bought or on Consignment. 4: CAMEKOEN, " p. l'OTTEK, DOLLrJER, POTTER & CO , Commission llcr chant sm New York. ' Liberal cash advances on consignments of Na val Stores, Cotton and other Southern produce. eept. &i away into the misty realms uv specelasben. I hed the most horrble dream that ever af flicted a sleepen toan, which the bare recol lekshun uv causes a voluntary shudder to thrill my frame. 1 M Alethought a epidemic startid in Afrika and cum by reglar steps through Europe, and and Anally reached Noo York. For a time it r,aged alike among, all classes uy people, and among all colors and complexions. The proud and hawty Caucasion, the bold and patriotic Celt, the noble red man uv the forest, (which4s pisen,) all, all wuz swept away by the relentless pestilence, j Finally it abated. The white inan and the red man begun . to escape the fangs uv death ; but among the niggers it raged wuss than ever. Thro the South it swept like a tornado, sparin the whites, but cutting down every nigger in its path. Ther wuz weepin and wailin, The hawty planter 1 saw the brite octoroon, forf whom he paid $2,000 afore the war, and who bed in the good old times solaced his hours uv relaxashun with peerlis charms who hed borne him bootiful girls almost pcrfekly white, which, on ak count uv heven his blood in their vanes, he hed bin able to sell for $3,000 and $4,000 to other planters, whose tasts' run in that di reksbun he saw her, ther objeck uv his af fecshun, and in the good times to come he hopd ouCe more a part uv his estate, lyin a inanymait corpse, not worth a cent for any purpose. ' " ! Likewise he saw them who hed bin his robust; feeld bands each wun with sinews, uv steel and muscles uv iron the males hearty and sound, without blemish ; the fe males capable uv raisen a piccaninny which, in the old times, wuz worth $200 ez soon ez weened, wunst a yeer, and by a little extra whippin, do a yeer's wsork iu the fields eyry 12 months stretched cold corpses in the field. Thus wuz disease outraj in all the finer feleins uy humanity, and destroyio relent- J lessly all that made life pleasently and love- y. .!. Finally, nigger after nigger tell, until but two remained in the Yoonited States. They wuz a male and female, uv sicb perfekly helthy systems that it seemed impossible for disease to tetch tbem. When the epidemic wuZ known to have settled down to niggers alone, the Democrasy held a consultation, and fearin the race wood become extinct, bed selected these, hed carefully seklooded em from the world and hed employed twen ty-four uv the most eminent medikle men uv the world to be with em constantly ductionj transportation, and taxes must come i. VESCOTT. I) K A JL li It I IV ii It A E IV, . srouth Side Princess, near Water-St., WILMINGTON, N. C. KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON IIAND. A FULL supply ot ' . .' Corn, Meal, Ilomony, Flour, Oats, Peas, ' , - t-Rye, Bran. Hay, &c. &c. Farewell pollytixthou wust my jokkepas- nun. a areweU; uongress I uv what yoose is a Dimekrat in Congriss with no nigger to blat about ? ; Farewell, life ! for wat is life with no nigger to persekoot!" . And, takin the jack-knife from Peerse,s hand, he recklessly plunged it into his bow ils, and fell, across-Peeres. , : Brite, uy iDjiany ; Richardson, uv Illinoy ; Seymour, uv Noo York; Florence uv Penn sylvany ; and all the leeders uv the party uv th6 North1, without exception, cum up, and, makin similar orashuns, used the iackknife in like style, faUin across each other ez four foot wood is corded. Filled jtvith anguish of the heaviest de skripshun, and fully appreciatin the feelings of the noble men who wooden t survive their party, I caught the jackknife, and, thrown myself into a attitood sich ez I hev seen Forist cum, when, in Otheller, he stabs his self I wuz on the pint uv makin it acquain ted with by intestines, when I happened to observe a quart bottle stickin out uv the nigger's coat-pockit. Droppin the knife' I seezed it, and ; in two gulp swallered the contents. , TheToom spun round and round, and, eggshausted, I fell senseless across the ded sooicides. Jest then Horis reeley en tered the room. Holdin up both hands, he exclaimed : "Ez it Was in the beginnin', so it is in the endinv Behold Dimokrasy ! nigger at the bottom, whiskey at the top, and stink in the middle ! i . We're rid uv two srreat cusses to- wunst ! i . ; V -And iristid, uv. punchin his stumick with' the knife, be shuffled out uy the room, hold in his nose. I awoke in a feveris heat, shreekin wild ly.' So yivid wuz the scene I hed dreemed, that I found it impossible to sleep,-and all that long nite I walked the floor in agony. Wuz the dreem proietik ? Is theie any danger up the nigger becomin extinct by disease ?j I know amalgamashun is whitein him the i Southern States: but ud North. where Dimokrasy is skarse, we kin ureserve them in all their original blackness. Heav- in grant that the friteful vision jvuz simply the result uv a disordered stumick, and not a warninj uv wrath to cum ! Petroleum V. Nashby, P. M., j, (Wich is Postmaster.) ' Condition of the. South. The Brooklyn Union of'Dec. 27th has ad editoriai.on the condition of the South. Theiact of a sorry state of things is ad mitted and proceeds to say that the causes of this it depressed condition concerns ques tions of political economy and not politics. We must take the liberty to say that poli tics have had some agency in this, matter, but nevertheless, what the writer says is true, viz : .The causes of -'this depressed condition concern questions of political economy, not politics. j The proximate cause is seen in the sudden fall in the price of cotton from 30 to 15 cents a pound. Allowing 2.500,000 bales, and 500 pounds to the bale, as a moderate esti mate ot the aggregate cotton crop in the Sough for the past season, the disastrous consequences ot a decline ot one hundred per cent from the anticipated value are ob vious... By this estimate over $187,000,000 are vir tually abstracted Iron the pockets of the planters. For the undiminished cost of pro to reduce the South to its present condition -as sure as the Medo-Persian law which governs the science of political economy, and -altereth notr p& t: : v; V . The low price will increase consumption. It will inevitably and ! quickly react upon the demand. It is not an evil in itself. For consumers, for the people, it is a present good. To the planters it may be made the harbinger of future prosperity. The South ern States, it is conceded,; can produce pot ton better and cheaper than any other quar ter ot the earth. High prices might have made the fortunes of a few individual plan ters. But low prices, the lowest possible, are hereafter to build up the fortune of the South. Present alleviation only is possible for the present condition of the South. The cure comes with the coming season. . The cost of cotton to the consumer must not be advanced. To the producer it may "be les sened. More careful cultivation, free labor imported New England economy, thrift, and perseverance, these are the (mean's which are destined to restore the South to more 1 than its original commercial influence and prosperity. The present sufferers at the South are largely Northern men. They are not to be cast down by the disappointments of a single crop. The hardihood that con quered the granite barrenness of New Eng-1 land will educe cheerfulness, order, wealth, and prosperity from the present gloomy con dition of the South. - When the price of cotton falls 1 yet lower, and the world can afford to wear six shirts where it is now scrimped into one, King Cotton will again resume a milder but more extensive sway, and his indefinite term of office will.be conditional only on his con tinued good behavior. Meanwhile let Con gress lighten the present burden upon the South in every legitimate way, and more especially by completing a speedy, just, har monious, and permanent Reconstruction. Headquarters 2ro Military District. Charleston; S. C., Dec. 31, 1867. -General Orders, ) J - 4 .:- No. 165. t-- ;J :v At the election held in the State of North Carolina, on the 19th and 50th days of No vember, 1867, pursuant to General Orders, No. 101, from these Headquarters, dated October 18, 1867, a majority ot the register ed voters of the said State having voted on the question of holding a Convention, and a majority of the votes cast being in favor, of holding such Convention, the delegates elect ed thereto, and hereinafter named; are here' by notified, in conformity with the provis ions of the fourth section of the Act ot Con gress of March 23, 1867, to assemble In I con vention in the city ot Raleigh: Iforth Caro lina, at noon, on Tuesday, tlie 14th day of January, 1868, fdr the purpose of framing a constitution and civil government according to the provisions of the aforesaid Act qf the 23d day ot March, 1867, and of the Act of the 2d day of March, 1867, 1 to whici it is supplementary. . j A copy of this order will be furnished to each of the persons, hereinafter named, and shall be the evidence of his j having been elected as a delegate to the aforesaid Con vention. OFFICIAL LIST OF DELEGATES. George Tucker, A HEROINE. Republican. DEPARTMENTAL. each staying an hour that, in case they showed any symtoms, the proper remidies mite be to wunst applied afore the disease got a hold. From these two, ef the rest wuz destroyed, it wuz hoped a new stock' cood be raised, that the dangers uv negro equal ity mite be still kept afore the American people auz 30 tr VICK, 31 E BANE & 0., Q ROCERS, FORWARDING aui; 5 AND COMMISSION) MERCHANTS, Corner Chesnut and Water streets, . Wilmington, N. O. tt M. F. HATCH. O. New York. O. C. HATCH, U. ti. ESTES, New York. Wilcninaon, N. nATcn,1 ESTES & CO., GENERAL J Conlmissibn Merchants, SO. b'j FRONT STREET, CORNER OF PINE - NBW YORK. P CONSIGNMENTS OF COTTON & NAVA1 Vjstores solicited.f Usual advances made and all orders promptly! executed. all the same out of the actual 15 cents as put of the expected 30. The exeectation of continued high prices was reasonable. The weight of experience and the argument it priori supported such a conclusion. Who last it June would have dared to predict the present price of cotton for December ? And "precisely in proportion to the plausi But all to no purpose. The unsparin pes- bility of these great expectations, the plan - tilence suioted em, and notwithstandin the ters in their certainly basing large operations the efforts made by the eminent physicans upon them, their frustration is peculiary dis notwitbstahdin the prayers and groans uy astrious.1 Repeal of the cotton tax for the the Dimokrasy they died ! ; future, remuneration for this year's tax, will, Methawt the heveens wuz hung in black, indeed, afford temporary and necessary re- and ominus liteniis shot athwart the skies, lief to the planters. Yet as only the "most In the distance, low. niutrin thunders wuz superficial or the most perverted observer ascribes the lamentable condition of the South to the existence of the tax upon cot tpn4 so no man of candid, reflection would be content to seek the remedy in its repeal. This great fall in the price of cotton, ot Aug. 5th, 1807. 1- A. HART. tf JNO. C. BAILEY WlIiMINGTON. IRON AND COPPER WpRRS, MACHINE SHOP, ALSO Manufacturers of TURPENTINE tV STILLS, and COPPER WORK in all its orauches. . front Street, below .Market , Street, Wilmington, N. C. i HART & BAILEY. Proprietors. sept 6, - j- . M. T. PatTEWAT. tl KOUSR MOOUE PETTEWAY & M00RE' KNERlL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NORTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. SOLICIT CONSIGNMENTS OF COTTON, NAVAL STORES AND COUNTRY PRO DLCE. j Being AGENTS' for the Manufacturers are prepared to AIL onl the most reasonable ...terms, orders for j - GEO. KIDD'S CELEBRATED , . COTTON GLNS, ZELL'S RAWBONE ; - ' SUPEltPHOSPHATE, BROWN'S COUNTER, ' . PLATFORM and RAIL- , , ROAD SCALES. Have conatantlyion hand FERTILIZERS of all descriptions. r -i . - heard, and the beests of the forests run af frighted from their coverts. Dray hosses dropt dead in th6 streets ; dorgs run wilcily, . With their tungs a hangihg out, and the white foam, .droppin from their distended jaws. ,i Ever and anon, pale, sickly gleames then, is due to he powerful combination uvlue flashed across the dark, leaden-colored several circumstances clouds, given nacher the appearance uv yal ler janders. The last nigger wuz dead ! : , Presently, the leaders of the Demokrasy begun to assemble. . . Fernandy wood cum. 'Alars 1" sez he. sobbin ez tho his heart 1., The accumulation of cotton before the war in the large warehouses. By this means the world was overstocked with the raw material, beyond the i knowledge even of tbose most intimately acquainted with the subject Through ignorance of this fact, the planters of the South based upon ; the sup- wbuld break and kissin the cold corpse posed necessitd of the world for their produce loronratl mw tinnad a nrt rr and loof fard. tl on fVioir ll n r r a of hrpJilf 1 n or fhft LlrtP.lrailp. well ! Thou wust our corner-stun ; on thee we built. Thou wust our capitle, our chee fest trust. We used yoo we aboozed yoo and in abbozin yoo found our profit. Yoo wuz oruaineu lo ue ma cuss uv uienis.Y stayic iu tuc awcuuuoon ui mo iwuu tion their hopes of breaking the blockade and oeciiiing a recognition of the .Confed eracy. And the success of the Government in this contest is, doubtless, due largely to this unconscious accumulation of the wonld- and we wuz ordained to be allnz tearful uv yoor bein our sooperiors to us wuz entrusted the deliteful taskuv keeping "yoo down, and us over yoo Our task is ended with thee. Kin weTany more1 rally our people t'6 the poles, by yawpm the dangers uv; nigger equality, when ther ain't no nigger f : This, now, is v white man'si?orernment we hev nothing left to contend for and thus I foller thee." And Fernandy, who hed found a jack- knife in the nigger's vest pockit, run it into his bowils, and fell a dead corpse across' his body Franklin Peerse approached and wailed thus: "And art thou gone, last uv the Africans ? Cood not the aveingin ministers uv deatn hev taken sum other race ? Cood not the noble Inj in bin . taken, and thou spared to Dimokrasy I No white man feared his su premacv. Cood , not the Chinese hev bin sacrificed in thy stead I The people hed no nreioodis asrin his color. Thou wust 'all that made me uv yoose, and ez thou art gone, so I go also. And takin the jack-kpife out uv Fenian dy's hand, he stabbed himself , with it, and fell dead atoo uv fernandy. Vallandigum approached, weepin viientiy. sin the dead niersrer. " wunst made a marter uv me, which marterdom netted me $30,000 in ten cent pieces, which I immejitly inves ted in 7-30 bonds issued by a tyranikle and unconstooshnal guvernment. By carry in a potrait uv thee, and exhibitin it at my meet tins in the rborardeestricks, I hev made my constitooencies bile with rage, at the ijee uv sich ez thou bein elevated to their speer. Like Othello"; my okkepashun's gone.' of Europe. That accumulation is not yet exhausted. While the war continued the prospect of an indefinite diminution of the supply, the price was not afiected. Now: that al jrestraints upon the supply are wit drawn the overstocked condition of the mar ket, revealed by the war, operates powerfully upon the price. '2. The money basis of business, another fruit of I the war, affects the price of cotton. Before the war manufacturers, merchants, and planters worked upon long credit. This long credit served as a fly-wheel tor" steady the price of cotton and prevent fluctuations in the demand from being immediately felt. Now when all i business isv done upon short credit, and manufacturers buy only as the people consume,' a diminished consumption by -the catter, quickly and sensibly aflects the price. ! ... 3. The consumption has steadily dimin ished. This, again, is a direct consequence of the war. The high prices have taught habits of economy to the consumers of man ufactured cotton ; and this is a direct cause of the fall in the value of the raw material. 4. Not an inconsiderable cause of the same consequence lies in the stimulus which the Southern blockade gave to the cultiva tion of cotton in other countries. With the worldmarket overstocked, the fly-wheel upon the relation between - supply and demand abruptly ungeared the demand reduced to a minimum, ind the sources of supply train ed to the utniost, is it any wonder that the price of the production should fall fifty per cent,, and King Cotton lose the stern sceptre with which he has heretofore ruled the world ! v The remedy is slow, but it is as sure in its operation as the causes which have operated IMPORTANT CIRCULAR. Headquarters, Bureau of R. F., and A. .L, District of Louisiana, 191 Julia Street, New -.Orleans, Ua., Dec. 9th, 1867. . ' . - ; Circular No. 18. : The following instructions, relative to the duties and powers of agents of the bureau in this State, are promulgated for the in formation and guidance of all concerned : I. All cases of difficulty or disagreement between whites and freedmen, or between the freedmen themselves, will be referred,in the first instance, to the civil courts for ad judication. - ! I It is the duty ot the bureau agents, in all minor cases of complaints where freedmen are concernedto effect, if possible, an amica ble and satisfactory" settlement between the parties without referring the same to the civil authorities ; but in those cases involv ing legal questions, and which, from their nature, are properly cognizable before civil tribunals, bureau agents are not empowered to make final disposition of the same, nor interfere in any way whatever with the ac tion of the civil authorities in such cases. It i their duty to advise freedmen, when ne cessary in bringing suits before the civil courts; and should the exigencies of the case demand it, they will appear as the freedmen's friend, or attorney. i In all cases where planters or other em ployers refuse or neglect to pay Wages due freedmen, the bureau agents will, if neces sary, make proper application to the civil authorities for the projection of the laborers inj their iust rights, as provided by law. If necessary to insure payment to the la borers according to the terms of contract with employers, the agent will call upon the civil authorities to make such seizures of crops and property as may be requisite v to secure the freedmen their just dues. V In no case will the bureau agent proceed to make such seizures, unless the civil au thorities fail, or refuse to give that protec tion to laborers, which is authorized by ex isting laws, entitling them to a lien on the crops and movable property for labor per formed. The evidence that the civil courts have failed or refused to take action must be clear and positive. The bureau agent will then seize and hold a sufficient portion of the crjp or property to cover the amount-justly due the freedmen, reporting immediately to these headquarters the action taken by him, together with all other information necessa rylfor a full understanding of the case. jThe officers and agents Of the Freedmen's Bureau will, in all respects, conform their action to the provision of the civil rights bill, which secures to citizens of every race and color the right to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties and give evi dence, to lnbent, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property and the full and equal, benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security ot person and property ; and which subjects colored per sons to like .punishment, pains, and penal ties as white citizens, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding ; and which further makes it their special du ty,' at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings against all and every person who snail violate tne provisions oi the act, and to cause him or them to be ar rested and imprisoned Or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court oi the United States as, by the act, has cognizance of the same. II. Where outrages are perpetrated on freedmen, and the civil authorities fail or refuse, on proper application by the bureau agent, to take action to secure the arrest and trial of the party or parties so offending, it will then be the duty of the agent to call upon the nearest military commander for a sufficient force to arrest the party or parties committing he outrage ; but this course will not be taken unless the civil authorities have failed or have refused to perform their duties as tlje law directs. ..-'!.. ; .Evidence of such failure or refusal will be forwarded to these headquarters, togeth er with a full and comprehensive report of all the circumstances attending the case. Bv order of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Wood, 1st United States infantry, assistant commissioner. J. M. Leet, . 1st Lieut. 39th U. S. Infantry. A. A. A. G. i Official: h J. M. LEE, 1st Lieut 39th U. S. Infantry. A A. A.G. Anson. Henry Chillson, ? ivepuoncans. . Alamance. Henry M. Ray, Burke and McDowell. John S. Parks, W. A. B. Murphy, Republicans. . Brunswick. E. Legg, Republican. Beaufort. Wm. Stilley, W. B. Rodman, Republicans. " I Bladen. A. W. Fisher, F. F. French, Re publicans. ! Bertie. B. Lee, P.-D. Robins, Republi cans. ' I ; Cleaveland.- Plato Durham, Conserva tive. - Caswell. Wilson Carey, Republican. Phil lip Hodnett, Independent. Cumberland, Maj. W. A. Mann, Rev. J. W. Hood, Republicans. Craven. Hon. David Heaton, W. H. S Sweet, C. D. Pierson, Republica,ns. Catawba. Dr. J. R. Ellis, Conservative. Cabarrus. W. T. Biume, Republican. Chowan. John R; French, Republican. Carteret. Abraham Congleton, Republi can. . ; ' Columbus. H. Lennon, Conservative. Chatham. John A. McDonald, W. T. Gunter, Republican. ! Curjituek. Thomas Sanderlin. Davidson. Isaac Kinney, Spence Mulli- can. Republicans. Duplin. John W. Peterson,; Samuel High- bimtu, xvcpuui'caus. ' j. Edgecombe. Henry A. Dowd, J. H. Ba ker, Henry C. Cherry, Republicans. Franklin. James T. Harris, John H. Wil liamson, Republicans. Forsyth' E. B. Teague, Republican. Guilford. Rev. G. W. Welker, A. W. Tourgee, Republicans. Gates. Thomas L. Hoffler, Republican. Granville. John W. Ragland, J. J. Moore, C. Mayo, Republicans. j Gaston. M. J. Aydlott, Republican. Harnett. J. M. Turner, Republican. Halifax. J. H. Renfrow," J. J. Hays, Hen ry Eppes, Republicans. Hertford, J. B. Hare, Conservative. Hyde. Andrew J. Glover. ; Johnston. Dr. James Hay, Nathan Gut ley, Republicans. Jones. David D. Colgrove, Republican. , Lincoln. Joseph H. King, Republican. Lenoir. Richard W.Kmg, Republican. i i Tiie Princess Salm-Salm. The Philadelphia Press of Mondav has an interesting account of the life and adventures! ot the celebrated Princess Salm-Salm, i and Eutsat rest the misstatement in regard to er remarkable career. As a full correction of some of the errors in an article "on the Princess in the Chronicle of last August, "and aiau a, repiy 10 a nonce u our last DUU days issue, we cheerfully copy the following extract from the graphic article in the Press. The Jady referred to in the subjoined is evi dently not the person referred to in these wo articles : - ; The Princess Salm-Salm. to whom we re fer, broposes to take her departure for Eu- J.t ll 1 ii . rm " rope at me euu oi mis weeK. sue Kept a diary during her sojourn in Mexico and it is to be hoped that she will find or make time to place portions of it before the pub- 1! . . . ..AtA-.-S-. AX. A- I lie, io suow wiiu: wnai ioruiuuo uae unior- tunafejAustnan Archduke submmittcd to -bis unfortunate -jdoom. r, . . ' . The Prince Salm-Salm, whose elder broth er represents the head of an ancient princi pality on the banks of the Rhine, rose to the rank of brigadier, general in the army of the unueo. oiates Dy uis personal gallantry in! various battles during the late rebellioni- Stil delighting in - - "the big wars that make ambition virtue." he went to Mexico in 1806. and offered his sword to Maximillian. who placed him at1 once upon ms stan, wit n me ranK oi colonel A few months later he was rejoined by the Princess, whom he had married, in 1862, at Washington, from the house of jCaptain Johnson, ner sister's husbaud, who had fought in our' Mexican war. Pfrince Felix Salm-Salm, by his personal devotion !and soldierly qualities, won the esteem and affection of Maximilian, who waif thenj solitary and dispirited on account of the abscen'ce ot Carlotta at Belgium, the titular Empress, on that mission to Europe, -which had such unfortunate results for both, and enjoyed his entire confidence. Towards ; the! last of February Maximilian was induced to go to Queretaro, with some 4,000 Mexican soldiers, (having left' his foreign troopsi be hind by advice of Marquez, the traitor.) The only foreigner who accompanied hini was Pqnce Salm-Salm, who was immediate ly promoted to the rank of general, appoint ed first aid-de-camp and chief of the Impe rial household. v l It was about this time that the loyalty of" the Princess Sal m-Salm was. tried prctically in a manner which has made her worthy of being considered a heroine. She had made many fruitless efforts to make Maximilian acquainted with the hopeless condition of his affairs. She had repeatedly seen -President Juarez at San Luis Potosi, and had earnestly solicited from him permission to proceed to Maximilian for this purpose. At that time, she believed, the Republicans would have accepted Maximilian's abdica tion, and he afterwards learned, when too late, that had he known how his affairs were wrecked he would have sent i it in. "But various untoward cireumstances, accidental and otherwise, prevented her from reaching J Queretaro until three ; days after Maximilian was a prisoner having literally been sold to Escobedo for three thousand ounces of gold. To abdicate then might have been considered the movement of personal feak When it was determined to submit Maxi milian for trial to a military, court, whoso highest in rank was only lieutenant colonel, and the oldest.-aged only twenty-five, hie was granted three days- to obtain counsel and witnesses. The Princess Salm-Salm ab Mecklenburg. Edward Fullings, ilas M. once took horse and rode away to San Luis Stillwell, Republicans. . - Potosiwhere she litterally wrung from Jua- Montgomery. Dr. Geo. A. Graham, Re- rez a reluctant consent to extend the time to publican,' two weeks, (it eventually was a few tlays Nash. Jacob Ing, Republican. over three) and she hastened with this doc-. Northampton. Henry T. Grant, Roswell ument to.Queretaro, performing the ' double C. Parker, Republicans. New Hanover. Gen. J. C. Abbott, S Ashley, A. H. Galloway. Republicans. nronrra TrtVin AV Yli-oVioiiT 17. f TTr1 f Conservatives. , Person. Dr. Wm. Merritt, Conservative. Perquimans. Dr. William Nicholson, Re publican. Pasquotank and Camden. C. C Mattchett Taylor, Republicans iourney in half the time usually occupied by S. the dilligence. Young, slight in frame, and not strong in health, this young lady spared not herself on this mission ot humanity, and Maximilian it was all that he then could do decorated her, in manifestation of his gratitude, with the order of St. Charles, ah order ot knighthood, ot which ladies are Pool, the-only recipients, founded by himself and Carlotta, in April, lobo, torecompensejnetl Pitt. Gen. Byron Laflin, D. J. Rich, Re- humility and -charity. publicans. Robeson. O. S. Hayes, Joshua L. Nance, Republicans. Rutherford and Polk. Rev. W. H. Logan, Jesse Rhodes, Republicans. "Rowan aud Davie. Dr. Milton Hobbs, Allen Rose, Isaac M. Shaver, Republicans. Rockingham. Hry. Barnes, John French, Republicans. While Maximilian's trial was proceeding at which he was not present, the Princess was engaged in an attempt to rescue Maxi milian ; and her husband. If might have been done, she feels assured,' if ready money - were then on hand. Of that there was "a plentiful scarcity," and all that she could offer were drafts from Maximilian on his family in .Vienna. As she speaks Spanish Commodore Watkins is deceased--died on board the steamer Costa Bico. Randolph.- R, F. Trogden, T. L. L. Cox, very well, the negotiation was easy enough Republicans. but ended in her being betrayed, arrested, Richmond. Richmond T. Long, Repub- and sent to San Luis Potosi, where she was lican. Stanly, L. C; Morton, Republican -Wake. B. S. D. Williams, S. D. Frank lin, J. P. Andrews, James H. Harris, Repub Warren. John Read, John Hyman, Re publicans. Wayne. Mai. 11. JL. Giant, Jesse llollo- well, Republicans. Wilkes, Iredell, Alexander, Caldwell. J. Q. A. Bryan, Calvin J. Cowles C. C. Jones, Wesley George, Jerry Smith, Republicans. Wilson. Wiley Daniel, Republican. Greene. John M. Patrick. I a prisoner for some weeks, and not released; until all was over. Meanwhile her husband had been tried, at Queretaro, with fifteen other of "Maximilian's generals, convicted, . and sentenced to be shot. The capital punish ment was remitted, and two months alter,. Prince Salm-Salm, upon her earnest solicita,- tion, was pardoned, but, without notice or delay, put on board a French : steamer at Vera Cruz, and departed for Europe v J The lady -who 13 only twenty-seven years j old, as the Almanach de Gotha officially; states is about to rejoin, her husband at Vienna, where she has to perform the sad Madison, Buncombe, Henderson and Tran- and sacred duty of personally communicat- Bjf jrauia, u. tt.. avxxjo. a . vauu i iug iiioAiiuiuau e lamiij , auu capcutaiijr iu ler, James H. Duckworth, Republicans. Mitchell and Yancey. Julius S. Garland Republican. Haywood and Jackson. W.B. G. Garrett, Republican. t Macon, Clay and Cherokee. G. W. Dick son, Mark May, Republicans. the Archduchess Sophie, his mother, (to . - , whom she is accredited by a sealed letter, one of the very last that he wrote,) the par ticulars of the last month of his lite, passed in captivity at Queretaro. We feel assured that , for what she did tor Maximilian while he lived, and for executing this last mission Moore. Sween b. 3IcDonaId, Republican, from the grave wemight say, this true hefb- Sampson. Sylvester Carter. Alexander ine will be received at-Vienna, by his Im- Williams, Conservatives. , 4 3 perial kindred, with honor. " gratitude, and Stokes. Riley F. Petree, Republican. : regard. There is a nobility purer and loft4r Union. William Newsom, Republican. - than that of rank andr descent, and this Jones, Republican. j j ; - ! iu juarun.-a. . an, rvepuuiican. Onsiow. Jasper Etheridge, Republican. Special Envoy - Hon. Asos Burlesoame has been desig nated by the Emperor of China, as Special Envoy to revise treaties with European Pow- He accepts. I The Northern Methodist Conference, Bishop Jones, of New York, presiding, as sembled in Richmond on Thursday. era. Judge Olin, of the Washington Criminal Court, has sentenced a man to ten days' im prisonment and to take the temperance pledge ior a year. v ; i flonorol tfrr1 Vi a a ttfoontoirl T a Vow Vffrlr John Quincy Adams, celebrated as a citi- A genev of thi German Immigrant Aid' As- XTi il . I . .. o . . . - I . zen 01 iosion, ana a uescenaant 01 some- 1 sociation. body else, is going to celebrate the anniver sary of the Battle 'of New Orleans in Ver mont, M Admiral Farragut'a father was born in the Island of Minorca, but it wasn't his fault. 4 1 -r I.'.
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