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en l&untitt. WHiMlNGTON, N. O. FRIDAY, MAY 21. 1875. Grant has had two Secretaries of Ftate, "Washburn and Fish; four of the Treasury, Stewart, Boutwell, Bichard gon and Briptow; two of War, Raw lins and Belknap; two of the Navy, Borie and Robeson; four Attorney Generals, Hoar, Akerman, Williams and Pierrepont; two Postmaster Generals, Creswell and Jewell; two Secretaries of the Interior, Cox and Delano, and the latter soon to retire. A Beelis correspondent, writing of German betrothals, says: There is one disadvantage connected with the German fashion of making these mat ters so openly known to the public, which will, I think, forever prevent our changeable American lovers from following their examples. Sometimes, in the columns of '"Family Intelli gence," in which births, betrothals and marriages appear, occurs such a paragraph : "For satisfactory reas ons the betrothal of our daughter Mar garette Catharine Gotz with Herr Johann Wilhelni Sehuneman has been dissolved by us." The names of both parents in full legal form follow this paragraph. JIO. Jl. V. KA1VSOM. Wo see it stated that Senator Ran -sora will be present at the celebration in Charlotte this week and will read the Mecklenburg Declaration. This, we regret to state, authoritatively, is a mistake. The condition of his health will not admit of his attendance. His absence will be a matter of regret by many thousands of North Carolinians, who had expected the pleasure of shaking hands with, him and thanking him for his able, eloquent and manly defence of the State and the whole South, in his recent truly great speech in ilia United States Semite. One or two gentlemen from distant States told us that they inteeded going to Charlotte and the pleasure of meeting Senator Hansom was among the greatest inducements of the visit. t COI.OHADO. Tiie political complexicn of the com ing State of Colorado seems to be as follows: Political parties are rather evenly divided, and personal popular ity will go a great way in the election of State oillcers. The northern portion of Colorado is settled from the North ern and Eastern Sti.tes, and is Repub lican. The middle portion is to a great extent Democratic, and the southern portion is almost entirely Democratic, h ving been settled large ly from the Gulf States. The election for members of the Coustitntional Convention will take place in the fall. The Convention will be held in Jan uary, and the vote on the ratification of the Constitution will be held in July, 187G. Colorado is to be called the "The Centennial State." i:i:.TES.MALS A."0 KtCOKCILIA- The meeting together of our people around the suriues of liberty, erected one hundred years ago, to renew their vows upon the altars of their country, is having a marked effect upon the sentiment of the people. And long ere we assemble at Yorktown to cele brate the centennial ot that crowning glory of the war of the Revolution we may fully expect to see a reunited peo ple and a prosperous countrv. Alreadv the happy influences of Concord and Lexington, Charleston and Ticonde roga are felt. The anticipation of Mecklenburg and Bunker Hill makes the popular heart throb with patriotic emotions, with a common pride and in behalf of a common cause. These in fluences in, changing the current of men's thoughts, in bringing together those long estranged, and in restoring good feeling and fellowship among our people, cannot fail of the happiest results. The patriotic sentiments of General BaetIiEtt at Concord, and General Vodges at Charleston, whose swords gleamed in the front ranks of the Federal columns during the war, flDd responsive echoes from Vice-President Wilson and Judge Kellkt, whose services in the civil councils of the country have been heretofore .ea by a bitternefo unparralled. A ,tt vears ago general orders prohibi ted the decoration of Confederate graves at Arlington, and grim senti nels stood ready to arrest and punish offenders. Now, North and South, friends of both armies unite in the hallowed work of honoring their dead comrades and sharing each other's Borrow: "Tears ami love tor the b!no, Love and tcard for the gray," Formerly the proceedings of the meetings of the Grand Army of the Republic were characterized bv de nunciations of the Confederate cause and its chosen leaders, and no story of Southern outrages was too improba ble to find ready belief in hearts rilled with animosity and hatred to those who had lately met them in battle. Last week this same organization signalized its meet ing by extending a full and cordial in vitation to ail who fought in the Great War, on either side, to join in the solemn commemoration of illustrious dead; in rejoicing over peace returned. And, too, we much more seldom see and hear opprobrious epithets applied by Northern papers and speakers to the Soutt and its people. The rapid occurring centennials of a successful "rebellion" RiTn ti- mol-a 4 w uaiimo jl II to CiUfclUl of epithets, and possibly bring toem to consider why the "rebels" of one Imndred years ago are "patriots," and the "rebels1' of IRfil el.;- children, are "traitors-" .Ttan doth never prosper, what the rea f on V "Wlij it it prosper none dare call It treason," If then the memories of 1775, which had for nearly a century, bound togeth er f.nr rnnlo in o ciofM, ..1 t 04. , i. : - ... c ojotciuuju Ul Oti Lt? with a government which claimed and received allegiance through affection and not from fear, and rendered the United States of America the freest, happiest and one of the most powerful governments on earth, it is well that they are being revived. Upon these j altars of liber.y let us rekindle thel fires of patriotism and renew the pledges which our fathers made and for which the- laid down their lives, if a limmtfff NORTHEKN BE1CTIOS. For some cause or other the reaction in Northern sentiment towards the South has been as sudden as it was unprecedented. These Centen nial celebrations seemed to have en gendered a feeling of reconciiliatjon which years of legislation have not brought about. In the speeches of distinguished Northern soldiers and politicians, who have heretofore preach ed only the doctrine of hate and con tinued oppression; in the columns of the leading newspapers; and better than all, in the hearts of the masses of the people, we have the unmistak able evidences of a change a very great change. The extremist no lon ger find themselves floating smoothly down a swift running current, but are struggling against the torrent of public opinion which must soon overwhelm them. North and South now seem united in the goodly work of reconcil iation, and he who interposes in either section, be he President or be he private citizen, must be, inevitably, overrun and cast one side. Take for instance the New York Times, the leading and one of the most pronounced organs of the North ern Republicans. Its columns are now devoted to the work of real recon ciliation, as the following extract will plainly indicate: "We risk nothing in saying that the Republican party, as a whole, loDgs for the complete extinction of all po litical differences with the South, as such; it longs for the time when it can safely believe that geographical lines and lines of race shall be obliterate! in party contests, and that the South ern and Northern citizens of our re public can choose their party associa tions utterly uninfluenced by the part which either took in the civil contest. Whether this can happen so soon as the next Presidential election we do not pretend to say. It will deper d, we believe, on how clearly the peop'e in both section can be made to understand the facts, and on how far they are misled by prejudice and er ror. In onr opinion, there is no sound or substantial reason why a sectional element should enter into the ap proaching canvass. The re-appearance of such an element would be an un qualified misfortune, more to bo re gretted because unnecessary. The in terests of the North and the riouth are precisely the same. Each is bound up in the success or wunt of success of the other. The one thing that sep arated them in so many sad and terri ble ways has been done away with done away with absolutely and for ever, in all its forms. There is no reason why South Carolina and New York should not be as heartily united as New York and Pennsylvania. As a matter of fact, there is no longer such a thing in existence as a sectional in terest opposed to another sec tional interest from the gulf to the Adirondacks. Those who would make it appear that there is, are either hopelessly blind or wickedly reckless. There are American interests only, and these are common to the whole 'country. Every act, every word on either side that obscures this great fact is a blunder or a crime. It is a common thing to hear the Mississippi spoken of as the great bond of union between the sections. It is, indeed, a noble one, which, the country should strengthen in every possible manner. But there are others scarcely less im portant. The magnificent ranges of the Alleghanies and their outlying courses of hills, sweeping from the granite coastsjof New Hampshire to within sight of the gulf, constitute such a bond. On their flanl s and in their valleys they hold coal and iron and bear forestf, that must, sooner or later, give birth to industries such as the world has never yet seen, and has scarcely imagined, while the enormous water-power from the streams that flow down their eastern slope stands ready to make its rich contribution. In connection with these are the har bors of the southern coast, from Nor folk to Mobile, every one of which will, in the course of time, be the de pot and entrepot of a thriving com merce. Why should the possessors of such a heritage as ours quarrel ? If we cannot look cn the past with equa nimity, why should we not turn vwu n the future and b"x on-py animosi tiM, u" otapid distrust of each other, our costly and irritating prejudices in the contemplation of the sure rewards that invite our united pursuit. Great as has been the progress of this nation since it consisted, a hundred years ago, of a thin fringe of scanty settle ments between the mountains and the seacoast, it has been almost insignifi cant compared to that which is possi ble in the next hundred years. Why should we postpone unnecessarily our entrance, in hearty accord, on this flattering career ? We have almost unlimited resources ;we have the labor, the skill, and in great part the capital required for the immediate future. All we lack, so far as the South is con cerned, is political tranquility, and to supply that lack, as far as in him lies, is the urgent, unquestionable duty oi every American citizen. Most of all, it is the duty of every member of that party which justly boasts that its es sential purpose has been to establish the country in a perfect Union." UAII wAYS IN FRANCE. Some interesting statistics have been published concerning the highways and 1 ail ways of France. It appears that there are 40,000 kilometres of routes natianales in France, which cost the State 1,200, 000, 000 francs, the interest of which is 00.000J 00 fracs. To this sum must be added the expei se of keeping and reparation, which is 30,000,000. In return for this the Government gets, by way of tolls and passengers and merchandise, only 5,000,000. The railways, howl ever, present a very different ratio of expenses and receipts. The State has paid to the various companies about 1,100,000,000. To the interest on this sum, which is 55,000,000, must be ad ded 40,000,000 as State guarantees. The Government, therefore, snenda 95,000,000 per annum on the railways, in return for which it gets 187 000 - 000, viz: 106,000,000 in money, 56,000,- 000 for services rendered, and 25.000 - 000, the revenue of the tax on goods trains voted last year: so that, whereas the Government loses bv the national highways and navigable ways, it reaps a good deal of profit oat of the railway. XI IIS !L.KIiIINi car bb:.sines?s. On the route from Mobile to Merid ian, from Meridian to Jackson, and from Jackson to Ticks-burg, while every train was crowded, it is stated that not a man took a Pullman car, the object being to punish Mr. Pull man for ioo icady an acquiescence with the spirit of the Civil Rights bid. it is thought that unless a change oc curs, the sleeping cars will soon be withdrawn f om these lines wLeretbej now r ceivo no patronage. As no one can be deprived of the inalienab e right of si.tiug up and suffering in a cramped seat rather than occupy a luxurious berth, there seems no reme dy for the sleeping car man. though it is a painful fact, which unfortunately cannot be defied, that he will suffer 1-ast in the cade. Vengeauce may be sweet but it i exceedingly unprofita ble when obtained at such a sacrifice. St. Louis Republican. The Mobile Register well says that the people of the South do not pro pose to deprive themselves of the com forts of the sleeping car. They pro pose to bieak up the business of the company which permits the races to mingle in their cars, and to patronize that company which wid give the whites a car to themselves. We are glad to hear that a sleeping car com pany has been organized at Atlanta, headed by Mr. Wad ley, President of the Georgia Central Railroad, to be styled the "Lucas Sleeping Car Com pany." It is expected that at least two cars of the company, which do not violate tha Pullman patent, will be on the tiack as early as the present week. Offices will be established all through the South as fut as cars can be built. There will be no difficulty in this company supplying the white people of the South with sleeping ac- j eomniodations while traveling, as the j Pullman Company ha.e but few ex clusive contracts, and hive violated most of them. joun v. itsti:t 14 i;Hiii(ii:. The brief announcement yesterday morning that General Johv Cabfm., Breckenkldue wm3 dead, though scarcely unexpected, will cast a gioum throughout the South, if not from one i end of the Union to the other. Hav ing just completed his fifty-fourth year, he has shod honor-not only upon his own State, Kentucky, but upon the entire country. The salient points of his eventful life are toe iiesh and too deeply root- cd in the minds of our people to re- quire reference in detail. Coming promiuently before the pub lic as an olSeer of the Kentucky Vol unteers In the Mexican war, he enter ed Congress in 1851, aud was continu ally a member of the IIous until he was elected Yiee-Presuieut of the United States in 1856, 011 the ticket with James Buchanan. Iu 1860 he was the candidate for President of the Southern wing of the Democratic party, after the disastrous Convention of the party at Charleston Bal.i more. General Lane, of Oregon, being the candidate for Vice-President on the same ticket. As a member of the Unite! States Senate in the stormy ses sion following the election of Mr. Lincoln, he took a leading part in dv - : ie6u Alps of the surviving daughter, bates which preceded secession, and j During that summer repeat d to it was one of the first and most determiu- ! grm Kve encouraging accounts of f .1 i - . I restored health, until at last came the ed 01 those who resigned their seas; , .1.1 0 j ssd message that she lv d died, with- to share tno fortunes of the South. ont premonition, on the margin ot a His military record i familiar to lovely hike in Northern Italy. The our readers. Among the highest hon- I alHicNd husband, grandmother aud .1 1 t .. l 1 i c 11 Confederate ainiies, he has left the impress of his character and his ser vices upon the history of the war be tween the States, which wiil live as long as the Unglish language ii spoken. Iu the field and in the Cabi net, he was alike brave and wise, and no hero of the war had a warmer spot in the hearts of the Southern people. The last time we saw him was near Hillsboro, in this State, advising uiih ' l',Jli of til's thought, which, she freely General Johnston iu regard to th sur- j '''"iniumcated to her friends h. re, she 7 . r, , , . , i took passage on the lh-fated feeniller render t Genera, Suerrnnn. Vve found j vith ber niece, son-iu law, gandchild him there as chivalrous in defeat, as ren and servant (an emancipated we hal seen him charge at the head ' slave of olden time.) The voyage was of his victorious legions at Cold Harbor but a few months before. Since the war, except during a short visit to Europe, he had led a quiet but active professional life at Lexington, taking little part in public affairs, j Ilis advice, when sought, was in keep ing with the teaching of la who.e life. H-Gc.y, txuthfuluess, firmness justice were the controlling influ ences which had governed him and in defeat, he did not abandon, from moa tives of temporary policy, those vir tues which had made his life illustri ous. The editor of the Providence, R. I., Press, after a tour of several months through the Southern States, gives the following candid and gratifying corro boration of the testimony of Judge Keliey: "Mr. Kelley is right and can ailord to be cursed by party friends. We have seen for ourselves; have mix ed and conversed with all shades and kinds of people South negroes, whites, officials, ex-rebels, military and civil, non-partisans and partisans, Republi cans and White Leaguer-, and for weeks have examined into the whole status of the South, civil, political acd financial, and our note book and mem- f ory luily corroborate all that Mr. Kel iey or any other intelligent or fair minded man has or must say, in truth, of the South and its present position. It is time this humbug and folly of co ercing a now loyal people ceased. It is time that swindlers aud knaves wtre turned out of Southern Federal offices, and honest men put in their places; it is lime that a reign of justice was in augurated and the reign of corruption aud oppression ceased. If the iead: ers of the Republican party are either wi-e or shrewd, they will acknowledge their errors a d commence an im mediate reform 0 ;he Southern ser vice " The Count of Paris has nearly com pleted the fourth volume of his "His tory of the Civil War of the United States." The Acaehimy says of it: "It is, in the author's opinion, the most important portion of his work, dealing as it dees with the turning point of the war the events that im mediately followed Sherman's famous march. The volume will be published in the autumn. It has been stated that a translations of the work was about to be issued by a London firm. Negotiations were, it is true, entered into with a view to such an arrange ment, but at the eleventh hour the French author announced that he would rather hts history should be translated and published by Americans." From the St. lon'm I"uiocrt A Family Hrcoid loel ' tirpe (;ceruIlou Biottcu Out 011 KariL The terrible disaster to the steamer Schilnr close the record of an entire family, beloved anu honored in St. Louis. To all of our older citizens, Joseph Ridgway, of the copartner ships, successively, of Eiskiue & Ridg way, and of Erskiue, Gore ,& Ridgway, was well known. In their day those tirifls were amoi g the largest and mo4 prominent in this city. Of their mem bers, Mr. Greene Erskina alone sur vives. After these firms were dissolved Mr. Ridgway devoted himself solely to the care of his private estate, residing in a family mansion built by himself, on the northeast corner of Seventh and Walnut stree.-. which he sold to Gen eral Blair about 1855, at which time lie removed to the vicinity of Boston for the education of his two daughters his only children. About 1858 he leased the weli-kuowu residence of Horatio Greenough, the celebrated sculijtor, at Cambridge, in which, sur rounded by its wealth of art, he re mained until his daughters had finish ed their studies at the school founded by Professor Agassiz. At that time the daughters of several St. Louis cit izens were also pupils at the same school. Those school day having ended, Mr. Ridgway, after a European tour with his family, returned with them to St. Louis about 1860, and purchased a residence on Lucas Place. Amoug the yoang ladies then j 1st entering society none were more Jovely aud attractive than Misses Liz zie and Ciara Ridgway the compan ions in that brilliant circle of many who are now young wives and moth ers, residents here and in Eastern cities- It was here, about 18t'(, that Miss Lizzie became the wife of (Jhas. W. Walter, a merchant of New York, but previously a partner in the firm of Thomas II. Larkin & Co., of St. Louis. That marriage, with the con- sequent residence of the married pair in New Yoik, induced the le- movfit 01 the uiugway iamiiy to that city about the year 1867, where, to be with his family, Mr. Ridgway purchased a residence on Foit -third street, anticipating that at last hi.-t wanderingn had ceased. About the year 1 868-'69, his young er daughter's health requited, under the advice ol some eminent physi cians, her instant removal to South ern France. Leaving the married daughter (Lizzie) and her two chil dreti in New lark, Mr. aud .Mrs. ltidgway hurried with the younger daughter (Oiam) through Puns, con sulting there with Lr. Pope, to the neighborhood of Nice. The day alter their arrival their daughter died. The sorrowing parents hasten d home at once, with the dead body, to learu for the first time, on reaching New York, that their eider daughter, with her children and hus ! baud, hud been during the winter and ' was still at Montmorency, S. C, as I the last hope, under medicul direction, j o: saving her waning life. ' Iiv-titutly the fa her and mother 1 joined her find the grand children. In I the latter part oi April Mr. R dgway i telegraphed to a friend iu St. Lotii-iof I the improved health of the invalid j daughter, und of his intention t re 1 turn early in i5ay with trie remaining i family via St. Louis to New York, und j requested the needed accommodations. : The succeeding day brought a teie ! gram fro a Mr. Walter that Mr. Kidg- way had snddeuly died the previous ' U'ght, having his wife, invalid daugh ter and little grand-children in South i Carolina, ai.d that the survivors won d proceed directly to New York. A few I weeks later another 3i-patch sum moned St. Louis friends to New York ' r.o witness fclie dennrture for the Tvro ifr"iiuvu 'iii'u lemiueu mime, ie iiulj the remains of her for whom this hist .European tour had been ventured. ! Thus, at. length, through oxtraor ' diuary sullVriug a;;d afllictiou,the sad j remains of the family, the grand I mother and two little giarubchildn n, ! with thooiscoEsoh.to son-in-law, reuch- ed Ne York. ' A few wteks ago a voytige of love 1 a;id derotiou was planned. The graud ; mother couid not be content until she ! had again visited the sad scenes iu i ljiirot)- where her daughters hsd ded. one of devotion to the memory of her departed daughters. Her thoughts were solely of those in the spirit land, and of the two grandchildren to whom she so fondly clung. Thus, on this last and sacred min bion, the aged grand Jio''Mr "tti these two Jit 1 " '1J,1 their father, ttart their fatal voyage. The sad news indicates that she and those dearest to her have sooner than she expected met those loved ones, for reunion with whom she pined daily, yet with an ever agonized fear that ehe would go alone, leaving the dear little ones to follow in an indefi nite thereafter. Her holiest wish is fulfilled she and those little ones have gone together; all of the three generations left a united family at last. Within five years there have thus disappeared three generations of that one family. All that ample fortune and human skill could accomplish, and all that devoted affection could achieve were m vain, for deispite them all this family record was closed when the Schi.ier went down into the ocean depth with her precious freight of human life and love. It is seldom that thu:s within so few years, an entire family, favored by lortune, passes away leaving so many startled and sorrowing friends to la ment their melancholy fate. Murriae oi liapliael Ntni 1111-' IfUiigliter in Mobile. A letter from Mobile, Al.i., Gth inst., to the Memphis Appeal says : "The nuptials of Mr. C. B. Bryan, of this city, were celebrated here to-day at the residence of the bride's fatiier, Admiral Raphael Semmes, tli6 renown ed commander of the late warship Alabama. The rites were solemnized by Right Rev. Bishop Quin'iu at 12 o'clock, noou, in the presence of rela tives and a small circle of friend?. A reception was held from bnlf past two o'clock, to four o'clock in the evening during which time the nuptinl ha 1 was ihronged with the elite of Mobile, with fair women aud gallant men. Ami this had it was beautiful, dec irated tiiul festooned with every variety of flowers off-red by this soft and flow ery clime. Suspended from one side ot" the bridal hall to the other was the large, rich, and magnificent Confed erate flag,of the costlit st material and most equisitely embroidered, which was made and presented to Admiral Semmes by the ladies oi London, whi e commanding the Alabama. Beneath this solemn, beautiful and historic emblem the marr.atre vows were taker. Gen. Gordon, of Memphis, and Miss Maud Bailey, of Clarkaville, were at tendants. Amoug the guests was the distinguished Father Ryan, the poet and orator. The bride was Buperbly attired, and her appearance was truly regal; she seemed not only the pride of the exultant bridegroom, but of all who came to greet her and bid her be happy. After a thousand blessings from kindred, and as many congratu lations from friends, the bridal party left for Clarksville and Nashville, by way of New Orleans." The Watkins Troupe play in Char lotte this week. From the Macon, (ia , Telegraph an.l JUsr A Nubie Woman. It is difficult to estimate the sub-lim-- fortitade and powers of endu durance, of which the weaker sex are capable. What would drive strong ujan to dtsperatiou and perhaps sui cide, is roetkiy ubmitted to, and just at the poiut where the lattnr sue-eumbt-, the sprightly heaven-supported females com s grandly to the lescue, and oitt'rufcs saves husband, fatl.ei and children. We have seen this evinced in the history of the grand daughter of one of Washington's fa vorite t-'enerah, 'when In the 'deepest vale of poverty and adversity, and very recently in another striukinc in stances which it many not be uuinter esting to relate. Our heroine was gently born, and nursed iu the lap cf luxury, The youngest daughter of a widowed and opulent mother, she was spoiled and petted from early infancy, and never taught those practical duties which attach to the maternal head of the household. Through college she passed like a butteiiiy, sipping sweets from every flower, and maintaining a creditable stand, not by severe study or application, but the mere force of a brilliant intellect which .gresped in tuitively everything that W!is present ed to it. Afterwards, at the very opening of the war she gave her hand and heait to a worthy young neighbor and they were united in marriage. Time passed on the hnsband. a sur geon, did his devoirs faithfully iu the army, and after many trials and vicissi tudes surrendered with the Confeder ate army in North Carolina. Once more united, they found negroes, bank stock, aud their entire fortune en gulfed in the maelstrom which swal lowed up the wealth and rosources of the South. The Itusbaud went to work and did his best, but like many others was forced to yield to the pressure of tbf panic, and very soon they were almost penniless. Then came the opportunity which developed the latent powers of tin erstwhile, spoiled and he'pltss woman. Iu place of criving "nv t her trouh,'e, i with Spartan firmness she resolved to ! d'-voto her Me aud everveneigy to the i caue of her distressed husband and ; little o je.. i Snp'Tiiumerary servants wero dis- missed, aUicies of luxury dispensed j with, the whole economy ot the house I overhauled and remodelled, and the I fa.thfni motner essajed at length 'dso to iearu the use of tne needie. Dili gently she strove to inanuafaeiure the i nuinherSess garment of no less than ; sis helpless children, tnking time. how i ever, to tfut-h the younger ones, and j working like a bee in the vegetable aud flower garden. In the meauwhih 1 she was the support and stay of the : despondent husband, carrying sun ; light into ev ry nook and cranny of , their humhh' home. As a result, the ; are respc-eted and happy, and by the ! blessii-g of God wo trust will again see I better days. ; Now what subtimer spectacle on enrth than this can be presented ? That gentle wite is more to be aduiir ed, and really greater than the hero of a hnudnd battles ? She hasconquer- : ed self, risen superior to the direst stre.kt s of adversity comforted Jer husband eked out his means ten derly -patched over her children, and accepts without a murmur the hard lot an all-vie Providence has assigned to her. What more Could the do? Arid with pride we make the record that there are thousands of simitar exam ples of exalted female worth to be found iu every portion of the South. Who, then, can despair of our fu- : ture V Froni the N-w .r!i';inP liu'.'ietia. IIAIII..lti:'S It A 1 If, Mie r "f nSolflicr wlio was I'n Kugtd in tiie SMol t tire ICivli uiuiut uiult aplure Jt ll Uaiaud lii Ji(Jiiet. x'he year- which have flown since the last gun's echo died away and the drifting smoke floated down the val hys ot Virginia have, iu a measure, served to obliterate many of the ques ' tious which, at that time, were upper most in the public mind. But the re ; cent letter pubtisLed to show that i General Boatm gard was such an earn : est advocate of black flags and no quarter to prisoners naturally has ; served .o recall many of the charges j nude subsequently well substantiated against that Federal raider, Col. Dahl j greii, of Richmond memorj. ; It has not been foi gotten how thi. j leader pierced the Confederate lines : through an unprotected route and ! made for the city of Richmond, f-l-i lowed by his troop- of cavalry. After his death aud the rout of some and the capture of the rest of his comm-iitJ-it was publicly charerw ',ut Jills uoul exi editii i""1 lor object two ruiugs first, the capture of President Davis; and, second, the burning and sacking of Richmond, without regard to whatever might be the loss of life to women and children. Dispatches found and combustible material cap tured corroborated this allegation, and when the direct statement was made the northern press indignantly deuicd its correctness. As Daniel Webster.in his celebrated spetch to a jury, said, "Murder will out;" and now, after ten years have stolen away, steps forth a witness who, at the risk of much personal discom fiture, fully and with every internal evidence of the trnth of his tale, re lates a story, which, for its terrible inhumanity, is a fit nut for those to crack who so thirstily seek out such subjects from the events of the late war. A private of the Thirteenth infantry, United States army, a regiment now quartered in this city, yesterday made the following voluntary statement rela tive to the Dahlgretn raid : I am now a private in the army. I belonged a the time to the Dahlgreeu raid upon Richmond, Virginia, took place, to Company E, Fifth Michigan cavalry, and I took part in the ad vance with Dah'gien on Richmond. I was under his eoinmaud from the commencement of the raid, aud I don't think Miere are more than seven of the party now living. In regard to the purpose of our advance I can only say that almost every man in the com mand knew them. They were these: To capture Davis aud his Cabinet, and then to lire the town at once. We had along with us the things to do it, and if we had got in wouid have d me it. Colonel Daldgren said in ray hear ing that the Cabinet mu.-t be captured at all hazards, and them the tiro must be touched at snce. No One - as fo I e assassinated, but the fire-balls wy had were to oe uneu rigiii oil ly tno men j all over the city. I heard some officer speak about, hanging Davis if hr. was. caught. There is a lieutenant living who can verify ail that I say. I Perhaps they may put me in the ! guard-house.or make me work outside for telling this, but it is true. Eil , patrick was to look after the Libby I prisoners and release them, aud they ! were to arm themselves in some ar- ; moryinthe city aud come over and I joiu us. i The above needs no commentary, j The publication as made in the Con- j servative pret-s are now proved to be ! true, and Colouel Dahigren will re- ceive the deserved obloquy of his at- I A 1 - 1 t -. . tempted deed. Geo. M. Cunningham, the murderer of Daniel Steruburg, was re-sentenced at Madison Court last week by Judge Henry, and will be hanged on Friday, the 28th inst. The Greenville Register says: We hear that there is iu this county, in the neighborhood of Swift Creek, a boy who is the proud possessor of six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, THE GEhT';AL. NORTH CAROLINA WHEELS LINE. INTO A KI.OQIJKVr ASD PATRIOTIC m;tti; i ito.ti. kovekkok " imOKOK.V. - - State op Nokth Cakolixa, KXKCUTIVK Dt-PAJiTMiiNT, Raleigh April 2s, 1875. To the Sdtfar of the New York Herald: Deau Sib I have received your let ter iu relation to the coming Centen nial Hxhibitiou at Philadelphia, in quiring what arrangements North Car olina has made for the purpose of se curing representation in the Exhibi tion; also what industries, types of manufacture, products, mining ores or accomplished invention will be ex hibited from this State. 1 hop that many of onr liberal and patriotic citizens will use their means aud efforts to have North Carolina well represented in all the departments of useful industry and skill, so that theie may be some living evidence of our growth" and progress during the past hundred years. We are part of oar great 2 at lonal Union and rejoice iu its progress and prosperity. More has been done for tho improvement of the condition of mankind, for the ad vancement of our material resources, aud for ihe development of the arts and sciences in the United States dur ing the last fifty years than has been done by all the nations of Europe within the last five hundred years. I hope that our agricultural, me chanical and manufacturing industries may bo all well represented, and that the administration of our charitable aud benevolent institutions, our asylumns, tchools and prisons, our chambers of commerce, our agitcui t ural societ it s,ourii;i iitutions of scit nee and ienrning, and all our di versified industries may be brought prominently in view, in ordVr that our advancement, gnmth aud progress m iy he b-.-Uei- .-.ceii and known. It w 1 i-flot d the rj.;-! favoiahio oppor tunity that our S'ae has ever had to i advi iti-e herself to the world to pre j si id some reliable information cou- ces n iig iter mei:iis and resources, aud to liivite immigration aud capital from I -it her countries to ioeate amoug us. Ftebug mueJi auxiety for North Carolina u particip ite with her sister States in the celebration of our national Centennial, I sent a special message to the late Legislature upon this subject; but that body failed to g ve any assist ance to our people to contribute to the Exhibition. I shall appeal to our eading citi zens, who have a deep and lively in terest m the prosperity and welfare of the whole country, to encourage ail sustain this nobie enterprise by their patronage and support. 1 regard the Centennial of our American Declaration of Independence as the greatest eeut in the interest of p. ace and friendship that has ever oc curred in our national history. Be lieving, as 1 do, that it will exercise a most luvorable ami beneficial influence aud effect iu promoting concord, r.nion aud harmony. I hail it with joy and wilt do uli in my power to promote its success. I am pleaded with the industry, abiii'y and influence which the Herald is exerting to make our great Natioual Centennial Exhibition wiiat it ought to be, and as I trust it will be, the pride and admiration of the world. The Herald deserves well of the country tor its persist nt and power ful advocacy of the Centennial. I have the honor to be, very re specttuoy, jour obedient servant, C H. Brogden. Hev. K. tolib. The Charleston Courier of May 11th gives the following biography of a cherished friend aLd classmate : "One oi the hardest working, most intelligent, faithful and nseful among all the Baptists ot the South, is Rev. Needhuoi Bi van Cobb, of Nerth Caro lina. Converteel at college under an xhortati .n by au illiteiate Methodist minister, nt irotrattd meet in sr. he I joined the Episcopal Church. Educa ted for and trained to the practice of law, he became a iiapiist through per sonal investigation cf the Bible. The investigation was begun thst he might controvert Baptist principles and pol ity; it ended by his embracing them as apostoiic. He was baptized in Tar river, October 30th, J8o9, at the age of twe nty-three; was lievnsed the s:in year, anel entered immefttr upon missionary lOor in the Pamlico Asso uhiftou. The year following, May, I860, he was ordained. For a short time in JhoT he was a chaplain of the Fourth Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers, soon taking charge of the church at Go'dsboro. In November, 1802, the North Carolina Baptist Con vention appointed him general super intendent of army colportHge among the North Carolina troops, a position he held until the war closed. His brethren in North Carolina have kept him constantly employs d in agency aud missionary work, availing them selves of his ability, fidelity and en ergy. He stands among the first of Nenrth Carolina Baptists in influence and capacity, being of sound judg inemt, possessed of sincere piety, and zealous in every good word and work. He graduated in the University of North Carolina in 185-1, and received the degree of A. M., in 1856. He has been principal or president of several colleges; abandoned a practice iu law that brought him $1,500 per year to preach the Gosjwl, aud has for many 3'ears been the secretary of the North Carolina State Baptist Convention. He is new principal of the Carolina Central Academy, Ansonville, N. C, and preaches to several country churches." I'ractice venua 'S linir'. The theory of disease accepted by phsicians is, that symptoms are mere ly sympathetic indications of its ex istence, aud have in most instances little or nothing to do with fixing its locality. Their practice, however, is diametrically opposed to their theory, for they administer medicines which affect symptoms only. The remarka ble cures of dyspepsia, sick headache, cou-tipation, rheumatism, general de bility, nrinary and kidney troubles, and malarial fevers, wrought by Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters, eon'd never have been accomplished by remedi s which aeldressed themselves merely to the remeivul of any one of tin' mani fold nuel complicated symptoms to wi.icVi those malnd'en gives rise. Acting. :is the Bitters do, directly upon the stomach aud tributary organs, overcoming their irregularities and endowing them with Ft lit ed vigor, they control, as it were, the spvings of vitality, purifying and giving them fresh impetus, and dispersing all those harrassuig symptoms which proceeded from their misdirection or contami nation. Alderman Jonn Meagher's residence at Houston, Texas, has been burned. Three men perished in the flames. The way of tiie traupgressor is hard, f s was truly realized by two of our friends who, acting the part of kind Samaritans, eudeavored to save a white drunken woman on Thursday evening last, from the clutches of the police, by taking her to her home or the house of a neighbor near by. These are the elays when the thrifty house-wife goes into the garret, the wood-sheds, the coal-bin, and the closets, anei takes therefrom all the old bustles and hoopskirts that she can find and quietly throws them over into the neighbor's yard. Old Fathioned Ncruplei-An Inci dent of President Bncbanaa'i Ad ministration. The Washington" correspondent of the Philadelphai Times relates the folj loving not ea tire new story: Howell Cobb, then Secretary of the Treasury, without consultation' wijh the President or any of his colleague t concluded, that the occasion of the trial trip of the Harriet Lane woultl be a nno opportunity to invie his friends of the Cabinet, of the for egn legations 'ami his acqnaiutencos gener ally, to enjoy with him a short sail down the Potomac. The preparations wero made accordingly aud the ini a tious issued, and all arrangement completed without thi? knowledge ot the President. When Mr Buchanan learned of this " frolic" as he char acterized it, he was very wroth and sent" for his Attorney -General. That officer found him fuming aud swearing, and the first greeting he received was a double-harreied interrogatory. "Are you," said tho President, "going on this frolic? What do you think of such a conversion of public property to private use? " As soon as the Attorney-General could get his breath, he replied that he was not going cn the Harriet Lane, and further that while he felt a elelicacy in criticising the acts of his colleagues, he never theless could not hesitate in express ing his emphatic disapproval 01 the whole affair. "But," said he, "Mr. Presitlent, what are you going to do about it? " "Do about it," exclaimed old Buck, in a great passion "Do about it? Why of course I will stop it. It is all wroug; it is scandelcus, and 1 will be held responsible for it. Of course I will not suffer it to go on." "But," said the Attorney-General, "the invi tations have hetin issueel; foreign Ministers have been iuvi'eel and have accepted. They, of course, thought it was all right anel proper, and if you interfere now it wilt be to h certain ex tent a reflection on them; moreover, a great many pood people have t hough t-l.-jssly agreed to aecompauy the Secre tary Of the Treasury, anel it wiil cause them useless and causeless mertifica tion if you make a row about it now. I have no idea that Mr. Cobb has thought anything about the morality of making use of a Government vessel in this way. I am sure that if he had re flected a moment he would have bee-u the last man in the world to take such a step, but he has taken it, and I can see no way in which you can interfere now without caus ing a great deal of scandal, and doing more harm than gooil. Is there 110 way of remedying the wrong after it is done i Mr. Bnchman, after a little reflec tion, said yes there was a way. He w uld pay the expenses of the trip himself out of his own pocket. At the next meeting of the Cabinet, after the excursion, Mr. Buphmau, just before the conference concluded, turned to Mr. Cobb, anel said: "Mr. Secretary, I -.cant you to bring to me an itemized bill of the expanses in curred during the trial trip of the Harriet Lane. I want a full and de tailed statement ef everything the coal consumed, the saleries of the offi cers, the wiges of the seamen, and the cost of supplies of every nature rnd description." Cobb was thunderstruck. He could not conceive what such a demand meut, but.he kut, ;v Mr. Bucuniau too well to manifest any surpiise or ak any ques ions. He replied; "Certain ly, Mr. President, I will do so." But ds the members ot the Cabinet re tireel, Cobb teok the Attorney-General by the (irni, and walked along to ward the Treasury, without saying a worel. When they had traversed about naif the distance, he smldenly stopped and exciaim-.d: "What in the thunder does the cld 'Squire mean ?" The Attorney-General made no re ply, and Cobb saiel, looking him square in the fac-: "You knew what he meaus, 1 kuow you do; and now 1 think you owe it to me to tell me frank ly what he is up to." The Attorney General thus appeal ed to, of course could not ref use, aud explained the matter to him in de:ail, and coucluled by saying: "He h-is asked you for the bill because he means to pay it out of his own pocket." Cobb gave a long continued whistle, as was his habit when he wisheel to manifest great surprise, and said.: "That's what the old 'Sepiire is up to, is it? Well I'll bee whether I can't surprise him." The conversation on this point dropped, but every once and awhile, as tie y continued their walk to the1 Treasury, Cobb would utter prolong ed whistle. At tho uext regular Cabi net meeting Cobb was as bright aud cheerful as a lark on a sunny morning. He w as in extraordinary humor, and kept cracking his jokes at everybody. The business of the day was concluded, aud the usual frienelly chat on current topic- was indulged in, and still no al lusion was made to "that bill." But the instaut there was a move made by some one to take his eleparture, Mr. Buchanan, who hael been rather taci turn duriug "the meeting, turned to Cobb and said rather sharply, "Mr. Secretary," where is that bill ?" Cobb, assuming an innocent air, answered, "What bill do you mean, Mr. Presi dent ?" "I mean the bill of expenses for the trial trip of the Harriet Lam-," replied Mr. Buchanan, very sternly ; "have you got it with you ?" "O, that bill," said Cobb. "Yes, I believe I have it somewhere about my clothes," anel he fumbled first iu one pecket and then at other, and fiually drew out a crumpled paper, which he handed carelessly to the President, saying: "I guess that's it." Mr. Bu chanan took it anel carefully read it, scrutinizing each item closely until he reached the end, when he exclaimed: "WThy, it is receipted paid in full by Howell Cobb." "And who in tiie thunder should have paid it but How ell Cobb?" broke in that indivielual with an air of injured innocence, "it waa my frolic; who should have paid for it ?" "Sure enough, sure enough; who should," was all that old Buck said. But he brighteneel up immedi st ly and joined in the conversation with that peculiar gusto which he could so well aeld to a friendly chat, and it was hours before the meeting broke up. As the Attorney General was taking his leave, Cobb caught him by the arm, and as they were going down the steps into the yard, he said: "Didn't I come it over the old 'Squire that time ?" That was the first and only time the Harriet Lane was usee!, tluring Bu chanan's administration, as a pleasure yacht. Rooms Deji. Ex. Committee, Kenansville, May 18, 1875. The members of the Democratic and Conservative party of the county eif Duplm xre requested to asst mble iu the Court House in Kenansvile on Tuesday, the 25th instant, to take such steps as may be necessary to have the county represented in the approach- : ing Constitutional Conventie. Isaac B Kelly, d&wtd Ch'm Ex. Com. j The Times says Dr. Walpole has j lost his beautiful chestnut mare. She : died suddenly in harness, it is sup- posed from bots or pin worms. If the IWtor hn.l nKd X,rri,fan Car. airy Condition I'owders, he would, no j doubt, have had his mare to-day they ; are death to worms. j Chepped hands are very common ; with those who have their hands much j in water. A few drops of Jooason's j Anodyne JLi?nment rubbed over tne hands two or three limes a day, wiil keep them soft and white. Fisher men, sailors, and others will do well to remember this. Don't be bothered with badly fitting collars, but wear the Elmwood. Every one you put on fits right and looks well. STATENEWS. Heavy frosts at points above Raleigh on Monday night. Gen. Clingman lectured in Char lotte on Saturday on "Science aud Christianity." The firt number ef tlm Illustrated Age, Capt. II. muke its appe. T. Fulghiim, editor.will ranci! next week. Mr. Jss. M. Gardner, County Sur veyor, and a well-known citizen of Wayne county, dieel on Thursday last- The Denn crats of Hyde county have nominated Col. Win. S. Carter as a ilelegate to the Constitutional Ceu-ve-ntion. Catawba county is entirely out of elebt, and, perhaps, has more money in the treasury tuan any other county in the State. There are in the county of Pitt, tite incorporated towns and all excel t Greenville elected Democrats to till their town offices. Gov. Bregelen has issueel a procla- mation recommending that the 2(Hh oe observe-d as a throughemt the State. general holiday The (jroldsborc Messenger says: Strawberries shipp-d frenu Goldsbofo sold last week in New York at S1.25 per quart. Green peas gG anel 4 per bushel. Travel en the N :rth Carolina Rail road is not such a bore as it was some time ago. The speetl has been in creased to twenty miles an hour in cluding stoppage. The Danbury Reporter says: One cf our citizens of Stokes killed a fine mountain buck last week, tne only one that hus been seen in tin neigh borhood since the war, sti far as we have heard. The Hickory 3'ress says : The dwelling house and confe:-ts, and, onr Hifoim.itit says, '"everything, even th -corn, bacon, fodder, etc." belonging to Mr. Green Hendricks, cf Wiikes county, w is desttoyd by fire, last week. The fire originated from a Spark faldng on the roof. The Fayetteville Gazette says: We regret very much to iearu that on Tuesday last the residence of Dr. ll A. McSwaiu, in the ne ghborhootl of Kyle's Landing, was consumed by fire1, together with his tuit-houses, clothing, provisions in short, evtiy thing, leaving himst If aud family des titute. The Raleigh Sentined says: This morning Mr. Bryant Smith, of this county, his wife and daughter in the cut, was crcssing the tr.-'e'k as the Central ears came in and the hearse took f right and backed the cart over in a ditch, knocked one of the ladies senseless, crippling the! hor-e and smashing up one of Mr. Smith's hanels. The Graham Gleaner says : The closing exercises cf Ihe Gtaham High Seheol will take place on Thurrday and Fiiduy, the 27th and 28th days of this, mouth. Ou Thursday evening there will be declamation and other exercises by the students, winch vili be continued ou Friday. Coi. John A. Gilmer, tf Greensboro, will 011 Fri- dav. th Sth, deliver an ddre be the fore the School. Literary Society of The Raleigh. News says: Mr. John Goei'.vyii was picked up on the street Saturday night m an insensible con dition by the p :ioe, and conveyed to the Station H ue, whore he soon afterwards died. He had for several years past been j.iiiicted with heartdis ease aud th s was doubtless the cause of his death. Tin-Coroner's Jury ren dered a verdict of eieath frcun causes unknown to the jury. The Raleigh News savs: Irov. Brog den yesterday reeeivi d a tli.-patca from Gov. Kemper, of Vnei-dt, re questing permissieu for the Richmond Howitzers and other military compa nies "to invade the State1' on the oc casion of the Mecklenburg Centenni al. The permission was granted. It will be remembered that the ' Rich mond Howitzers were with the North i t'arolin i trtops at Little Bethel in I 18(51. i The Shelby Auroia sajs: We have 1 been ciediiahiv luiorm-et that tne 1 , Roeik Cut is abc-t done. The mn j ehinery us.-d in lifting out the nick ; has been removed. And that great j rocky barrier has euiire'y disaj-.ptur-I ed. It has taken 'hard blows j and poimd ot powder ro elo the work. I It, would not take a great deal, more work to finish the road up tt this plac j. If the bridge accren Buffalo creek was elone, it would not take long to lay elown the cross-ries anel irem. and the long hopeel for train would be at Shelby. The Greenville Register says: There is in Marlboro, in this county, a cat that gives suck to four kittens, a pup py and a mouse, anel tuey say it is amusing to see her tender care to this mixeel household. Seunetimes the mouse strays off upon a foraging ex pedition, and as soou as the o:d cat ascertains tht the liltle fellow is mis sing fche takes a position near a certain rat htele in the floor, and patiently waits until mousie appears, then seizes it, and liko au anxious mother, carries tho little truant home and gently pi-ices it iu the family bed. This is true aud will be vouched for by many who have seen the mixed family. The Henderson Tribune says: One of the mtst scientific operations was perfoimed ou Col. Sara. Edwards, on last Friday, by Drs. Cheatham, Hicks aud Tucker. Coi. Edwards has beeii sutlering for some tiuje with a disease, on account of which h was much de bilitated, aud Dr. Cheatham, his phy sician, saw that in a short time it would prove fata', and the ouiy chance to preserve and prolong life was to per form aa eperation, which was elone in the most tkillful manner, and ha- proved to be a perfect success. The iiead and superfluous flesh, taken from his left, siele, just over the region of the heart, we ighed seven pouuds. We understand that the Colonel is now up anel walking about his roem. The Raleigh News says: The readers of Use News will remember that, three years ago, in our r. port of the State Medical Association in session at New bern, we gave a lengthy report of the action of saiel e-onvention iu admitting to its membership, a huly who had regularly graduated at a medical col leelge anei received a eliploma as a rtgular M. D. She was regularly ad mitted as a member rf the Assecia- j tiou, being a ua'ive- of this State, aud j Drs. SaH-hell, E. B. Haywood, Fo,te and others pronounced r-pieiidid anel eh gant eulogies upon the! huly during the di.sciitsiou. Subs; qtieutiy, she accepted the very important posi tion as physician to onti of the Boston hospitals, in which e.ipucity it is saiel she won much distinction, and the North Carolina Mtdieal Asseciutn u had cause to be proud of its fe.iiale member. Recently she was prevailed upon to accompany a number of friends to Eurepe, aud -he took pas sage on the ill-fated steamer Schiller. She is numbered amoug the lost.auel the ed'cat association, wnion meets mis I week in ilson, will doubtless pass , suitable r solutions, tve. Miss Dim mock was only 2t yea s of fge, a na tive of Washington, N. O, a lady of very superior mind and persona dy at tractive. The engagement of Mr. J. Tyler, son f the late President Tyler, of Virginia, to Miss I. Y. diner, of Gardiner's Island, has Alex. John publicly announced in New York. Jay Cook's splendid country resi dence, "Oguotz," near Phi'aelelpihia, is to be sold as public sale on the 125th instant. Tbe place has cost Mr, Cook $1,000,000. Press Impress!,. Capt. Jno. D. Cameron, of th i eigh JSTcu-s, the new President of th Press Association, who was with last wees and participated in th joytaents of the occasion, writes i""w 1 Li me j.ettoi me festi ivitiea h? attended: To o into particulars of th . dent-, e.f the visit to Wilmington ig ta?k hardly to be embraced in compass o newspaper arti There ifj an cmbarra8 du riV.;,." which is overwhelming. For there i. Uje ?i;fr.ma hospitality o! the citizen, of Wnmtngton to be noticed- tL novelty and variety of the mean's of entertainment offered: tho hearty in terest with which the whole populL tion entered into the care of their guests, the liberality, profusion and goo.l taste which marked the pI(J gramme, aud las.t but of more perma. nenit mportance the subjects of thought presented by the situation of WimiL ton itself in connection with its futun re uestiny. Passing over the first day's proceed ings devoted to buiiuess exclusely Wa come, to the lecture r.f Gov. Vance at th-Opeiii House on Tuesday night before the Jewish residents, on the "Scattered Nation." The house M filled with the elite of the city. Xhe address itself was magnificent. Ko one after hearing it ceuld doubt that Z. B. Vance was a geuius. Iu connection with this, we wi mention that on the night suoceedini? the address, Vance was entertaiued a the house of Mr. Kahnweiler, a Jm ish merchant, and w hile there was the recipient of a handsome and costly gold-headed cane, the gift 0f young .lews of Wi'miugtoc. On Wednesday mornir.g the party took passage on board the fine steam s'.i'p t.'a'- tgh, munificently plnced at the disposal of the committee of ar rangements by the Baltimore and Wil mington Steamship Compvmy. We will have something to say of me A'ai eijh at another time. The trijj down the river was one of unabatetl and unending interest, and we wt re fortunate in having such in teiheent anei interesting illustrators of the history of the Cape Fear river beth in its past aud in its present, as Henry Nutt, Esq., Co'. A. M. Wad hell, Coi. W. L. Delioseet and oth ers, whose kiml attentions never flag-ge-d for one moment. The classic "dram tree" was the first object commented upon, and iras t le signal for the observance of a time-houored custom, observed prob ably without vaiiatiou for a hundred and f-'My years. The rice fields at tracted much melancholy reflection. The seats of the earliest settlements e n the Cape Fear, for more than a hundreel years they were the foun tains of wealth, and that wealth, with its accompanying leisure was tbe basis of the most elegant and intel ectual society known to the South. The results of war have converted these fields into morasses, and the proprietors, ruined and impoverished, h ive abandoned their magnificent do mains, or b.en compelled to engage in that arduous struggle for subsistence, so utterly at variance with their pre vious opulence aud the traditionary refinement ef their class. Upon crossing the bar far out frora the haul was eliscovered the smoke of a st.-i.nier. Upon approaching this, it proved to be the dredge boat, employ ed in deepening the channel by the in genious process of drawing up the sand trom the bottom by suction. This process, slow as it is has been is efficient, for vessels drawing over eighteen feet water, and compelled to complete their cargoes outside of the bar, now tlo it at Smithville, at a great saving of labor and expense. Two or three wrecks, whose bkeleton masts projected above the water, showed the dangers of the bar. And not a light house at present marks the en trance of this impottant channel. The eea was provekiugly sm-ioth, ni;el but one editor paid his tribute to Neptune. After a run outside of about ten miles, the steamer was heaeled in cgain for the river, and reached Wilmington about six in the evening, after a day of unmixed en- OvrnCllt. The Merchants' Exchange received the partv at, 1 o'ciock, on Thursday, rojd entertaiued it handsomely, the uoia1 pleasant speeches being made, a .el the usual number of toasts being drank. After dinner a special train, provided by Col. Fremont, conveyed the party to the Navassa Guano Works, situated on the "North West" Cape Fear river, about four miles above Wilmington. A pleasant run of twenty minutes, part of it across a belt of once magnificent rice-fields, now sunken and abandoned, brought us to this impoitant point of Wilmington energy. We have'no room to dilate upon its operations. It will be suffi cient here to say that it is so far suc cessful, as to be w orked up to its high est cupacdy to supply the constantly increasing demar.el. We will speak of it. hereafter. Here, as elsewhere, the party was most elegantly entertained, aud they left with high appreciation of the hospitalities of Mr. Graftiin, Superintendent, Mr. D. McRae, Secre tary.and Mr.F. W.Ke rchner.one of the Directors, who here, as everywhere else iu the progress of the entertain ments, was foremost in though'fulness, attention and consideration for the en tertainment of the guests of the city. The party returned to the city about 5 p. m., and after a night ses sion at which the new officers were duly installed repaired to the Opera House, where probably the most bril liant ball in the annals of the city was givena ball in honor of the Press of North Carolina. A false floor laid over the seats in the parqeutte made a most beautiful dancing room, extend ing to the rear of the stage. The gal leries were crowdeel witn spectators, au i the floor rilled with dancers fi l ed but not crowded, in which the old and the young, the married and tho unmarried, alike participated. Wil mington, always famed for the beauty, the grace aud the charms of its fe males, fully sustained i:s fame, and editors, Jong disused to 6iich amuse ments, were elrawn irresistibly iato thennzesof the dance. Youth was renewed, and the lapse of time almost forgotten in the reproduction of scenes aud feeliugs loDg out of view, or sup pressed. diaries Lamb, Ensarist, Denounced all spirituous liquors aa "Wet Damnation." Poor fellow; he knew whereof he spake, by sad expe nence, and if living, would apply the same to Alcoholic Excitants, advertis ed as CureaiK But there is one ToniO r-ind Alterative iu existence the best tiie world has ever knowu which cofl t.tins no alcohol. ItisDa. WalkebS California Vineoak Bitters. The drying house of the Meridian Wooleu Company, at New Haven, La been burned. Loss $50,000. Hon. Thos. Biddle, U. S. Minister at (iuavaqu 1, Equador. is dead. It is said that the fillibnster steamer Gen Sheimau, receu'ly sold by a V S: Marshal's sale, at Key West, m been purchased by Cubans as a war The' President yesterday morning appeuuted Otis H. Bussed Collector of Internal Kvenue for the Third l trict of Virginia, vice Bush Burgess, resigned. The jury in the Gerdeman case, Philadelphia, came into Court at o'ciock yesterday when they statM that they could not agree, and we discharged. , A boat with two husbands and tnw wives and two children each went ove a dam at Zanesville, Ohio Both oi the women and two children wer drowned.