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A n 15! M r 0- 3 I .4 r J' n (I H 1,1 1 I a- ii! 1 ft P 5. j! Hi ii if- For the Standard. TELVITY COLLEGE, ff. C. Messrs. Editors. TConr correspondent r,rConf last wceK at tue annual, vom- last wceK at tue ,..n.omonf: of thi promising f i ..,,,;;- incfifnfinn The first public exercises commenced Satur day evening, the 8th inst., with a prize con tent between an equal number of speakers fro.a the two Literary Societies ; and the youthful orators so well sustained the repu tation of their Societies, that it was with dif ficulty the judges awarded the prize. The speeches on Monday and Tuesday nights were pronounced good : but those of Win. Alexander Eudey, of Guilford, and of Elias Clarke Elder, of Randolph, were espe cially complimented, the latter most hand somely and effectually exploding the popu lar aphorism that "where there's a will, there's a way." At 11 A. M. Wednesday the annual Ses sion was delivered by Bishop Pierce, from Psal ms lxxviii, 57. We shall not attempt a comment. Suffice it to say, it was wormy of a bishop, and brought tears from eyes that had seldom or never wept, amens from lips unused to responding ; and of that vast as sembly of many huudreds, few went away without resolving to live better citizens and Christians. Would that all our people could have heard that discourse. At the close of the sermon, Rev. Dr. Craven rose and said, in substance, as follows : " As a fitting close to these exercises, I deem it not inappropriate to add that in 1855, at the first annual Commencement held in this building, a young man graduated with dis tinctionin 1859, at the great Missionary meeting, the same young man stood here and bade you adieu, as a missionary to China, and you remember the prayers offered in his behalf to-day he is again on tnis rostrum after an absence of eight years. Let Rev. M. L. Wood, at least, rise up, that his friends may see his face once more. (Here Mr. Wood, thus unexpectedly called upon, arose in deep emotion, and stood but a moment.) "And now let us all join in a prayer of thanksgiving for his preservation and safe return." . After an appropriate prayer by Rev. Dr. Closs, in which the congregation heartily joined,the services of the hour closed. At 3 P. M. the Literary Address before the Societies was delivered by W. Mac Robbins, Esq., of Salisbury. It showed profound thought and a thorough knowledge of the present age, and was replete with sound sense and excellent advice, most happily il lustrated and well delivered. At night the audience was entertained by speeches from the following, mostly mem bers of the Freshman class : "The Pulsation of the Multitude" by William Gassoway Gaither, Davie County. " The Dignity of Trade" by James Mon roe Williams, Thomasville. " The Telegraph" by Archibald Zachary Taylor, Mocksvillc. " Our Future Prospects" by Franklin Louis Reid, Thomasville. " The Plains of Manasas" by John Ruf fin Henderson, High Point. "Excelsior" by John Watson Manney, Stanly County. ' Accomplished Young Ladies" by Julian Eugene Leach, Lexington. " Destiny is in self'' by Wm. Alexander FJynt, Forsythc County. " The immortality of the Soul" by Saml. Selby Jones, Hyde County. Where all did so well, it is hard to dis criminate ; but we cannot forbear adding, that we were especially charmed by the un rivaled distinctness of Williams, the splen did delivery of Manney, and the eloquent wit of Leach. Thursday, 13th, was Annual Commence ment day. At 10, A. M., the doors weie thrown open, and in a few minutes, the Chapel was packed to its utmost capacity many failing to secure standing room even on the stair ways. The services were opened by Vocal Music, and prayer by Rev. President Stacy, of Char lotte, N;. C. The following was the pro . gramme for the occasion : 1. Vocal Music. 2. Prater. 3. Salutatory Latin John Franklin Heit man, Lexington. 4. James Johnston Petigbew Charles An drew Reid, Franklin. 5. CjEsab Pausing at the Rubicon Robert Feele Dicks, Randolph. 6. Demands of thb Present Joseph Haley Jones, Thomasville. 7. Hope Vincent Blackstone Swann, Caswell. 8. The Influence of a Teak Samuel Wel don Brown, High Point. 9. Vrawa of Fredericksburg John .Lee Da vies, Trinity. 10. Cries of the Widow and Obphan Abel Josephns Pyle, Alamance. 11. Rely upon Thyself James Julius White, Randolph. 12 Pheutes Hellados ! Greek Oration, Richard Stpkes Andrews, Trinity. 13. Woman James DeJarnett Pemberton, Richmond. 14. Internal Power James Terry LeGrand, Richmond. 15. Natural and Geographical Antagonism j Alvis Hatchet Stokes, Caswell. 10 Future Prospects of the Educated William Jieny Uibbs, Davie. 17. This is still the Sdnny Land William Aimer Webster, Madison. 13. The Patriotism of the South Thomas Richard Puniell, Wilmington. 19. The Nurture of Nations John Richard Webster; Madison. 20. Genius Walks Alone Columbus Frank lin Slier, Kanaoipn. 21. Report of the Faculty Degrees and MEDALS CONFERRED. 22. Valedictory William Graham Woods, Person. 23. Benediction. The orators acquitted themselves so well that had the President not informed us that all the classes were represented, we would have supposed them all Seniors, doing unu sually well, after four years close drilling ; and we fully concurred with Bishop Pierce, who remarked at the close of his beautiful impromptu address in delivering the medals, that he had never, on similar occasions. anywhere heard the speeches surpassed or even equauea. vve neara many competent judges say tne v aieciictory was the best they ever heard. The degree of A. B. was conferred upon William liranam Woods, of and the degree ot A. JV1. upon the following regular graduates of the institution : Messrs. C. N. Allen of Wake, E. F. Branch of Halifax, C. C. Hines of Georgia, J. W. Goslin of Texasl W. C. McMackin of Chatham, J. D. Pitts of South-Carolina, and W. W. Withers of Stokes. The honorary degree of D. D. was confer red upon Rev. N. H. Lee of Ky., and Rev A. R. Winfield of Arkansas. Among others upon the rostrum during the exercises, we noticed Rev. Presidents T. M. Jones, or Lonisburg F. College ; D. R. Bruton, of Thomasville do., A. G. Stacy, of Charlotte do., G. W. Hege, of Yadkin Col lege, ana lievs. Fell, Cunninggim and Bran Bon of the Raleigh Press. It was estimated that not less than six hundred attended the Party Thursday night. Yet, unusual as it may seem, throughout the whole protracted exercises, embracing near ly a week, ; the most excellent order was maintained and general good feeling mani fested. The Marshalls aud Managers performed their part .with that elegant firmness which marks perfect gentlemen who understand their duty and have nerve to do it. We did not observe a single untimely or awkward movement, but all combined to render the spectators pleasant and comfortable. The BaUsbury Band was present, and its members Ju "sustained their reputation as --puMreu gentlemen and thorough mu sicians. . 6 In conelnsi ATI XXTO fAmaWV ii i 1 i.; - - ; wo consider 1 t i tn,e most successful commence- End?dS"C rinlThTsiholK wuo ij iiiii ri i i j 1 1 1 r u Tinity QI wnom are studying Di- 7thhofn6A,t1 term nB' we learn about the 7.th ot August, and we cheerfully recom- mend this deservedly popular and growing institution to the friends of religious in struction and profound scholarship.- ' j:. SPECTATOR, - ' June 17th, 1867. ' t . . For the Standard.. . EXTREME SUFFERING IN WAKE CO., K. C. " Blessed is he that considereth the poor.'''' I am satisfied from what I have seen aud heard, and from numerous certified, official statements, ot Magistrates aud other reliable persons, that in this (Vake) County, there are at least 300 fami lies, numbering 1,000 souls mostly widows and orphans, and deeply afflicted men who have not four days' supplies. Many have not even bread now, aud the wasted forms of heart-broken wid owed mothers are being worn down by spending i sleepless hours trying to soothe the cries forced by hunger from their children, aud all she can give them is green salid, or sour berries or parched com meal for coffee, or boiled corn soaked in water for beverage, (aud some of these limited) having had no meat for weeks, no bread for days, no flour for mouths and no sugar and coffee for years, except a little as charity recently. Many of these iu other years were free trom want, and some lived in luxury, but their all went br war paid away for substitutes, and when forced to go the men were killed, the bal ance ot nronertv was ealcn up or taken from them by the i.rmies; and since which, they have no house, no land, no cow or horse or mon ey. And many who may have a little poor ren ted land, or even land of their own, being so re duced, with only a poor mule or horse or ox, with the short crop last year and heavy rains now, with a family of 5 to 8 children and no meat or corn for man or beast, are at the point of desiair as to how they are to live. To go out on wages the crop is lost, and to stay at home with nothing to eat they can neither work or live long. They have never begged, they dou't beg now. They are trying to work the mother aud oldest chil dren have cleared a little land, part of which they have dug with a hoe she works two days on a poor neighbor's larm to get his horse or ox and plow one day on her's. Thus they are strng gling in affliction and exhaustion with the pros pect iu future, now most gloomy. They have left their homes at midnight and walked 21 miles to Raleigh, and got half a bushel of corn and 8 pounds of meat, saying "lam so glad I have something for my poor, hungry children and now I will go to them;'' and they returned carrying it on their shoulders, reaching home at 3 o'clock the next morning making 42 miles walked in 27 hours. Seven widows traveled all night with a kind man along in a cart, who with their 3 to 5 chil dren arc iu a suffering condition and nothing could be got for them here. In the drenchiug rain they returned home yesterday. The Bureau has done a noble part in giving supplies to the needy, aud I hope will do more, but it has nothing to give now. The Boston and Maryland supplies are almost or quite exhausted, also'what has been received from kiud friends and associations North and Northwest all of which have done great good. These sufferers do not expect meat, they scarce ly think of Hour, sugar, coffee and good clothes ; but what they want and must have, or worse be falls them, is corn and bread for starving horse and perishing human. Corn can be bought hero at $1 40 per bushel, and meat at 13 cents per pound, but the poor eaunot buy it at 10 cents a bushel or 2 cents a pound. Will not those of our more favored citizens give according as there may be ability to their relief? Let each one act with the truth of God encouraging " lie that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord y" and " blessed is he that con sedereth the poor : the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble." Yours truly, W. J. W. CROWDER, Superintendent Cliarity Supplies. Raleigh, N. C, June 18, 1867. P. S. Contributions may be sent to the Pas-' tors of the several Churches in Raleigh, the Young Men's Christian Aassoeiation or Messrs. John 'G. Williams & Co., Bankers, or the National Bank, Raleigh, N. C, or Hon. D. M. Barringer, Chairman Board State Charity Commissioners. W. J. w. c. H ot the Standard. REPUBLICAN MEETING IN BERTIE On the 8th day of June, a Republican meeting of the colored people of Bertie Coun ty was held at White Oak Church. Mr. Peter Mountain was chosen Chairman, and W. J. Coggin, Secretary. The meeting was then addressed by Messrs. York, Pugh, Speller, Sandling, Davis, col. ; and Coggin, white, which met with great favor. Messrs. Bell, white, and Mountain, col., offered the following resolutions, which were adopted : liesohed, That we endorse the platform of principles laid down by the Republican Con vention, which assembled in the City of Raleigh on the 27th March last, and that we are proud of doing battle in the ranks of that party on whose flag is inscribed Union, Liberty, Equality. Ilesohed, That the great work in which we are engaged in restoring the old Com monwealth to the sisterhood of States, is ful ly ajpreciated by us, and we pledge ourselves to use the peaceful weapon of the ballot, with which we have been armed by the Con gress, in such manner as to convince our friends that we are worthy of enjoying liber ty and exercising political rights. Resolved, That we have confidence in the patriotism and statesmanship of W. W. Hold en ; that in him we recognise a true Republican, that bares his bosom to the storm of disloyalty in defence of the friends of the National government, and we request the Congress to take steps to remove the disability from him and other prominent Union men, excluded under the Constitu tional Amendment. liesohed, That these proceedings be sent to the Standard for publication. The meeting adjourned with an under standing that there would be a large meet ing at Cashie's Meeting House near Windsor on the 4th day of July nea t. PETER MOUNTAIN, Chairman. W. J. Coggen, Secretary. THE ANDERSONYILLE LEAGUE. DAVIS TO BE KILLED IF FOUND ON UNITED STATES SOIL. A Washington correspondent of the Erie (Pa.) Dispatch writes U3 as follows, which he says he can testify to : When it was found that Davis was to go on bail, a matter which every one there looks upon as a virtual discharge, the excite ment among the veteral soldiers knew no bounds. The result had been published days before, and, half expecting it, a meeting was privately called, at which some sixty discharged soldiers were present, who bound themselves sacredly together under the name of the " Andersonville League," every mem ber subscribing to a solemn oath that if jus tice failed in its duty they would take jus tice in their own hands. This brotherhood no man was qualified to enter but those who had suffered either from wounds or imprisonment in the rebel pens during the war. It now extends to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. While the bail was being arranged by the court at jucjimonci on tne day set tor the trial, a na- i. 1 ll" I .. . ' I 1 I I nor wfla nnnrlorl tn f Tt.Mn)nA i O'Connor, of New York, warning him ot the cAisLcnue vi sucn league, ana naming -.,:i . i- i , two men in me court room as members. The men were seized as soon as they left the room on a mock charge and taken to jail, and were not released until a week after, when Davis was in New York. It will be remembered that Davis arrived in New York during the night ; that he kept secluded as much as possible while at the New York Ho tel, no one being admitted but those who were personally known to some of the par ty ; that he was suddenly removed one night from the hotel to Brooklyn, where he re mained until his departure; that he left New York alone and in disguise for Mon treal, his party and family following only when he had telegraphed to them of his safe arrival. When it is understood that the brotherhood were upon his track, and that he was conscious of it, this strange con duct is easily accounted for. According to t.VlA rQ Tl oa Iaiim ri n - ' . Tl hardly probable I . --- -o nfvii mo null ui iiuab iir will hihim Kfr. Tnnr nnjn m. i tne united States; at least not until he feels easier in his mind than at present. . Freedom is the essential condition for the development of Republican Institutions. mm "Liberty and Union, now and -forever, one and inseparable." Daniel Webster. 11AL.EIG1I, 3V. O. Saturday, June 22, (867. EST Mr. C. W. Horner is authorized to make business contracts for the Standard office, and to give receipts. Political Reaction. The signs still thicken ot a recoil of the public mind of the North from the extreme tension to which it has been so long subjected, and of a return of reason and sound principles. A recent election in Illinois shows a still more marked change in public sentiment than the late contest in Connecticut. We find in an ex change the returns of an election just held for Judge, in the second grand division of the State. The result shows a majority for the Democratic candidate of 4,230, in a dis trict which last year gave 3,044 majority for the Radicals. General Longstreet's letter is greatly relied on to stop such movements as these. Why wa3 not the man asleep? Richmond En quirer. We find the above from the Richmond Enquirer copied into a recent number of the Sentinel. It is fair to infer that the Sentinel, in copying the above, looks with favor on the views it contains. The Enquirer and Sentinel, and those of our people who agree with them, will wait in vain for the promised " recoil in the public mind of the North." There is no escape from the Sherman act ; and the recent ill advised action of the President in procuring the opinion of the Attorney General in con demnation of the wise and firm course of Generals Sheridan, Sickles, and other com manders, renders it almost certain that more stringent measures than the Sherman act will result from the July session of Congress. If such should be the case, the people will see and bear witness that whatever addition al burdens may be laid upon them will not be justly ascribable to the Republicans, who are honestly laboring to carry out the Sher man act in good faith. We had thought that the Enquirer and Sentinel were disposed to accept the Sher man act, and that they would nail with pleasure the aid of such men as Gen. Long street, who has recently written an excellent letter on the subject. But it seems that the Northern Copperheads, as they are called, are looked to, to occasion such a "recoil" in the Northern public mind as will defeat the act, or at least 2'ostpone its execution ; and Gen. Longstreet is censured because he has frankly and honestly committed himself to the work of reconstruction in accordance with the act. If these inferences or assump tions are not correct, will the Sentinel inform us? We agree with the Wilmington Journal, that " It is the solemn duty of those gentlemcu in the State, whom the people have long hon ored and whose opinions now have great weight with them, to throw aside the pres ent reserve and silence, and give the voters of the State the benefit of their experience and wisdom. The very fact that they are not seeking oftice, and are not allowed even to vote, will have its proper influence. If such men will come before our people, now, when their advice and ability are more needed than ever, the effect will be wonderful in arousing them to the performance of their duty. Let the old time leaders, the men whom all North Carolinians respect and honor, speak out, and their advice will be heeded." We, too, want to hear from these " old-time leaders." We believe the people generally would like to hear from them. We know that such men as Pool, Dockery, Dick' Thompson, Settle, Thomas, T. R. Caldwell, A. H. Jones, Sloan, C. J. Cowles, Bedford Brown, Starbuck, Henry, Grissom, and others well known to our people, are in favor of the act; but what say such "old-time lead ers " as Worth, Bragg, Graham, Vance; Clingman, Craige, Scales, Reid, McLean, Lane, Dortch, Rencher, Mebane, Howard, Biggs, and others who might be named ? If for the act in good faith, and anxious to see it carried out promptly and cheerfully, let them say so. Such a declaration from these ; gentlemen would at once dispel all doubt as to the return of the State to the.Union. If they would unite to make this declaration, and would then sustain it by suitable advice to their friends, the State would march into Congress by the 1st of February, 1868 the Union would be restored so far as our people are concerned the military would be re moved emigration and capital would begin to pour in, and our people would be speedi ly lifted from their present suffering and de pressed condition into the sunsnine of pros perity and happiness. But if these gentle men are against reconstruction under this act if they are waiting for the " recoil " in the Northern public mind referred to by iuc XI VSA v the En1er, or it they are simply indifferent to reconstruction, icl uucm say so. i ne peo ple will then know what to depend upon ; and the Unionists or Republicans of the State will then address themselves to the work with renewed zeal and energy, for the work must be done, whoever may oppose it or be indifferent to it. We publish on our fiast page to-day an in teresting and instructive dialogue between a white Republican and a colored citizen, showing the position of the Republican and Democratic parties in relation to the colored people. This document has just been issued by the Republican Congressional Commit tee, and shonld be in the hands of every col ored citizen. Republican speakers iu the Southern States could effect much good by reading this dialogue from the stump to the colored people. Let it be read on all occa sions in their hearing, for it contains facts and arguments which will thoroughly set and fix them, in their views and principles as Repiblicans. The President and Mr. Seward. A correspondent of the Charleston -Mer- wry, in hia account of the PreadentVvisit to this State, says " Mr. Johnson and Mr Seward, nntil they exnerimnntp.fi. were evidently not confident with reference to the character of their re- , .m teST'S'SiE rebels of the Smith. Their minds had been clearly injected with the extravagant belief which prevails at the North, that pilgrims Irom that enchanted region periodically nave their windpipes severed in the most horrid manner, and are then suspended like so many sepulchral sign-posts at the country cross roads, More than one nerson thought so at Ra- lo!-l. t' ;,it : BWl forward upon the balcony of the Yarborough Hotel 'u. iivu Liir; icoiiiviiv r -- to address the assembled crowd, and sud denlv retreatinor. etie place to a colored man, who was instructed to jump up and down energetically and gymnastically, and otherwise employ his avoirdupois and im peril his valuable existence, in testing the strength of the structure which was to sus tain the great head of the Republic, Others -thought likewise at Chapel Hill, when the students gathered at uie a anwon of Ex-Gov. Swain to welcome the distin guished guests, and in the innocence of their hearts poor fellows, they had forgotten now to cheer gave the Presidential party the same old-fashioned Confederate yell they used to charge with. Perhaps Mr. Seward imagined they were going to charge him again : and althoush the vocal commotion was explained to him before he commenced to speak, his unsubsided astonishment was plainly manifested The demoralizing suspicion which these gentlemen brought with them from the North was still further shown by the very constant and tender solicitude with which eeveral detailed cavalrymen watched over the uni ty ami louow ea. mem iu jjciiiiuuma- tions. Indeed, it was this bodily possession of the President and his Secretaries by the military, this surrounding of rank, these too abundant evidences of unwelcome power, this close following upon his heels of twenty or thirty officers and soldiers in blazing uni forms, which, I believe, deterred hundreds of citizens, and especially ladies, from paying their respects to Mr. Johnson and his staff. It is needless to dwell on the statement that all this precaution was unnecessary. There may have been Radicals educated in the Holden, Brownlow or Kelley school who would have gladly used the dagger of the assassin : but in the hearts of our own people there beat but one sentiment that of welcome, and of respect tor the man who has striven to be the great constitutional break water to the angry tide that is now sweeping over the isouth." It was most extraordinary that the Presi dent and Mr. Seward considered themselves in any personal danger while in North-Carolina. No portion of our people, except when under coercion by Mr. Davis and Gov. Vance, have ever been guilty of murder or assassination. There were murders and as sassinations under Confederate rule. Citi zens of the United States were shot and hanged, prisoners were starved to death, and even women were roped and hanged until the blood gushed from their mouths ; but these horrible things have coine to an end, and there is no danger now, under Federal rule, that murders and assassinations will be renewed and repeated in this State. The best joke of the season is that Mr. Johnson and Mr. Seward imagined themselves so loyal that they were in personal danger from the rebels. Will these gentlemen never learn thai these rebel leaders regard them as their last and only hope t Would they " go about to kill" their only hope ? What nonsense ! It seems to be generally understood, how ever, that these dignitaries imagined them, selves in constant peril. Even the popping of a champagne bottle is said to have star tled them. They were in no danger. Those who had them in charge regarded them as their last stake in the game which is being played to divide the Republican party, and thus destroy the country ; while the Repub licans, though the victims of outrages of all kinds in the past, are not disposed to retal iate. Least of all would they think for one moment of offering even the slighest dis respect to persons occupying such eminent positions. The correspondent of the Mercury, who charges the crime of assassination on " Holden, Brownlow and Kelley," no doubt himself, with thousands of others, rejoiced at the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, as they had previously starved Union prisoners, shot conscripts, and tortured women and chil dren. One of the best evidences of the mercy and forbearance of the Republicans is, that such creatures are not scourged out of the country which they pollute and dis grace by their presence. They can remain here as long as they wish, but the Republi cans will see to it that assassins, murderers, women-whippers, and torturers of Union prisoners are not permitted again to bear rule in these States. Heavy Rains and Freshets. The cloudy weather continues, and the prospect for the wheat harvest is gloomy. Some Spring wheat has been saved, but the great breadth of wheat is still uncut. We hear from all directions that the fresh ets, or rather floods, have destroyed large quantities of the growing crops of corn wheat, oats and cotton. In many places the soil has been washed out, leaving only the clay, and the corn and cotton swept out by the roots. In other places the crops have been drowned and killed by standing water. It will soon be too late to replant com, and in many places, the ground is so wet that this cannot be done for a week or so to come. The destruction to bridges and fences has been great. The prospects of our farmers, which were bright a month ago, have been overspread with gloom. We trust, however, that the damage to the crops is not as great as represented. A' week or two of dry, hot weather, for which every one is anxiously hoping, would greatly improve the prospects of the farmers. We agree with the writer of the following, taken from the New Bern Republican : New Bern, N. C, June 18. Mr. Editor: The effect of Attorney General Stanbery's opinion, of the President and Congress should accept it, would be to establish for the South what they fought for four years. The sympathy of the Attorney General with the States Rights, or to call things by their right name, rebel element, is so appa rent in every paragragh, that no thinking man could possibly acept it as having any tendency whatever to bring about either a conservative course of .action, or a speedy and just manner of reconstruction. There fore men of conservative views must go into the extreme radical party to hasten a restor ation of the South to her rights as an ele ment of the governing power. CONSERVATIVE. , i r The Meeting of Congress. .The indications now are that Congress rwill certainly re-assemble on the 3d of next monlh. ; This has been rendered especially ! necessary by the recent extraordinary opinion I of the Attorney General, Mr. Stanbery. It is taken for granted that the President will act ian.u awj KKtiivvii kmu -a-- na the 0-- shall promptly and sternly interpose, all the good fruits of the reconstruction measures of that body will be lost. Governments provis ional in their nature, and merely tolerated for the time being by Congress, Mr. John son assumes exist in full vigor as a part of his plan, and he would continue and exalt I , . , i i iem over tue ueaus oi our lujui FCuF, holding us under rebel rule, and destroying all hope of sound and healthy reconstruction. This must not be. We entirely agree with a distinguished Republican member of Con- eress, wno writes us under ciate june io, . . -l 1 , -W -4 O that "Never lias it been more important to se cure a session of Congress. It is now plain ti,.4. WOPk nf reconstruction can not so on uncer tue CR( 0f Mr. Johnson. Congress jnust asrain and constantly assert its power. or the South will be given np once more to the domination of those who ruled during the war, and after the war, previous to the legislation of last March. The opinions of the Attorney General have robbed the legis lation of Congress of all its benign and healing fruits. It is due to the South and the North that such perversity in law and morals should oe controlled Dy tne legisla tive department ot the government." We are not surprised at the report that Gen. Sickles has asked to be relieved. Every General in command has been grossly reflec- ted upon by the President through Mr. Stan bcry. They are held up as usurpers, as hav ing trampled on Constitutions and laws, and as to one of the Generals it is charged that he has set himself up as " The State." It is true, the poor concession is made that they are honest in their intentions, but they are lectured in this Cabinet pronunciamento as blunderers and usurpers. The effect must be, in the absence of further action by Con gress, the defeat of the reconstruction meas ures, and the continuance and increase of distress among our people, with the prospect of anarchy and convulsion in the future. The latest news is that in Cabinet meetings held on the 18th and 20th, the opinion of the Attorney General was approved, and instructions will accordingly be issued to the Generals commanding the Districts. The President submitted the matter to the Cabi net, and after their decision sustaining the opinion unanimously writh the exception of Mr. Stanton, he announced his purpose to act accordingly. Here. then, is work for the Congress. Let it meet, and let it act promptly and firmly. The destiny of the country is in its hands. If it should hesitate, or do half-way work, the perils that environ us will increase, and the end may be disastrous in the extreme. The President has pluck. Let Congress be firm in the risrht. and the country will be saved. Lieut. John T. Deweese, 8th Infantry, A. C. S., advertises, at Salisbury, for sealed pro posals for fresh beef for the troops from 1st of July next. We observe that Judge Brooks has appointed John T. Deweese, Raleigh, the Register in Bankruptcy for this District. Is this one and the same person ? We pre sume not, as an officer of the army is inhibi ted from holding civil office at the same time. Sentinel. Lt. Deweese resigned some weeks since, but the service would not permit the accep tance of his resignation until very recently- Mean while he was appointed Register as above stated, by Judge Brooks. Mr. De weese is a member of the bar, and has in tended from the first to settle in Raleigh. In addition to his peculiar fitness for the place, he was appointed because he can take the test-oath, which few if any of our law yers can do. During " the Confederacy" some of the SentineVs favorites were shingled over with offices, and many of them now hold places over the heads of loyal men from which thev ought to be eiected. The Sentinel does not like Mr. Deweese because he has earnest- ly advised our people to reconstruct the gov- ernment. He will doubtless continue so to advise them, and the Sentinel will find after a while that one Deweese is more than it can I handle. Tennessee. Many lamentations are heard in rebel quarters over the assumption not the fact that " Radical rule " is so rigid and bloody in Tennessee that many of " the best people" are leaving the State; and it is predicted that if Gov. Brownlow should be re-elected a general exodus of " good people " from the State will take place. Tere is no truth in these statements. Tennessee is quiet, and is prospering under Republican rule. Money is abundant in the State, and every interest is flourishing. Ten nessee has established an excellent system of Common Schools. She is paying the inter est on her public debt ; and she is reviving her system of internal improvements, and knocking through one o her railroads at the Western door of North-Carolina. These are facts which none can deny. " The tree is known by its fruits." The fruit of this Republican tree in Tennessee is good. Office seekers who are not Republicans, and who are, therefore, excluded from office in Ten nessee, are raising a pious howl over this prosperity in that State, simply because they are not fed and clothed from the public crib. Let them howl, and let Tennessee prosper under the benign influence of Republican principles. The defeat of Gov. Brownlow would be a great calamity to the people of Tennessee. We trust he may be re-elected by a majority so large that he will get tired counting it, and that other Southern States may soon place themselves in a condition to prosper as Tennesse is prospering. Registration in this State. We learn from Mr. Brodie, who has just returned from Charleston, that the Board of Registration recently in session there, has prepared Rules on the subject which will soon be printed. There will be three Boards of three each 4o the larger Counties ; two Boards to the Counties of medium size ; and one Board to each of several small Counties. A Board will consist of two white men and one col ored man. The Boards of Registers in the various Counties will recommend to Gen. Sickles" .suitable persons to act as poll-holders or in spectors of the elections. " Mr. Stanbery's Opinion.', :. The New York Eemd in an able, article on the 8abjecL-ay8 : " " We are to have a deliberative apiece of legislation put forth from the Executive Chamber an r order in council" an impe rial decree or ukase nullifying absolutely the reconstruction laws passed at the last ses sion of Conoress. and declaring that the President's policy still lives and is paramount to all law. Well might the President have believed his own declaration that Congress had no legitimate power in the Government, since we see that in fact it has none, and that it only wasted the words in which it expressed the people s will. Attorney Gen eral Stanbery used no idle expression in the Supreme Court when he declared that his sympathies were on " the other side." Be tween the President and his lawyer and the stultified Cabinet that agreed to the Presi dent s vetoes and now agrees to one more veto, Ave see the defunct State-rights doc trine again rising to trouble the nation with its putrid presence. Functionaries " deri ving their authority from the State govern ments," they tell us, shall be sate and sacred, No general shall touch them. They may do what they please they may be obstructive and factious and impracticable, according to the example set in Washington ; and if th e generals find it impossible to carry out the laws with such civil officers fighting them at every step, why, then, the generals may resign ! lhat is what the law ot Con gress comes to. Rebel hatred of reconstruc tion will have lost all its ingenuity and ani mus if, under such a rule and with the guid ance of the makers of that rule, it does not utterly kill every point of the law that the North desires should be kept alive." The New York Times, recently quite con servative, says : " It is perfectly clear that the people want inings done, not argued, in tne south. They ll 1 . 1 . n . rw mm applaud Sheridan for having swept out of his path men who were hindering and ob structing the work of reconstruction which lie was sent there to carev out. Whether he had the strict technical right to do it or not, makes little difference. They do not care to inquire into that. Indeed, they are impa tient and uneasy when they find that made the main point in the case by the Govern ment. I his may not be encouraging to lov ers of constitution and laws to those who believe the salvation of the country depends upon a rigid adherence to the letter of both, but it is unquestionably the temper of the people. They believe that the rebel temner still exists, and that it lies at the bottom of every attempt to defeat, check, or even guide the process of reconstruction by our military commanders under the law ot Congress, aud they interpret every thing that happens in the light of this belief." The last Sentinel says, " it is understood that the doctrines advanced by Attorney General Stanbery are those held by the Chief Justice, and it is expected that he will give them an emphatic endorsement, if an occasion should occur for him to do it offi cially." We undertake to say, from some knowledge of the opinions of the Chief Jus tice, that the Sentinel has no authority of any kind for the above statement. The First New Flour, Oliver Lamb, Esq., of Chatham, brought the first new flour to this City yesterday. It is a beautiful ar ticle from Spring wheat, manufactured at Mr. Lamb's mill. We learn from Mr. Lamb that a considerable quantity of Spring wheat has been saved in his neighborhood, but that the late wheat has been injured by the wet weather. Commissioners op Wilson. Gen. Sickles 1 has appointed Mr. Thomas C. Davis Mayor, and E. Rosenthal, H. W. Peel, W. 31. Gay, Willie Daniel, and C. L. Parker Commis misioners of the town of Wilson in this State. Judge Kellet's Speech. We shall pub lish in full, as soon as we can make room for it, the eloquent and admirable speech of Judge Kelley, delivered in Philadelphia, oh his return from the South. North-Carolina Railroads. Informa tion received at Washington from North-Car olina announces the faet that proceedings will soon be instituted to force the rsilroads- of this State, in which the State has an interest, I into bankruptcy, as they are insolvent, in re I ality, and are only allowed to keep m run ning order through the sufferance of their creditors. Pi-ogress. Southern Sentiment Snubbed by President Johnson A Good Sign. When the party that went from this city to Jarratt'a Depot, to meet the Presidenti!' party were returning to this city, the seat occupied by the President was shared by a high official, well known in this city as a consistent re bel ; that is, he is as much of a rebel now as is consistent with the altered circumstances ! As is natural to suppose, conversation was free and unconstrained, and1 during its course the loud dignitary aforementined took occasion to remark to the President, that " we of the South are very circumscribed- in the expression of our sentiments. We are not allowed, and dare not express our senti ments and feelings." The President un doubtedly being touched with a recollection ot what he knew ot " soutnern- sentiment and feeling," replied nearly as follows : "I suppose the reason is your sentiments-and feelings would occasion yon to say some thing not in harmony, nor favorable to the Government, but derogatory thcretov ant? objectionable to those who support the gov ernment." The above needs no comment from us. That sounds like Andy Johnson m thnes prior to his becoming President. Prob ably the fact of this reply preceded his ar rival in our sister city, and was the occasion of the poor receptions he met with there. It is also quite likely that Mayor Mayo's at tack of hemorrhage was brought on by some equally cutting reply of the President to some of his remarks. If the President had been les3 sparing in his expressions of what he knew to be truth and right regarding South ern sentiment and feeling the work of recon struction would be now nearly completed and would be as much beloved and honor ed as his lamented predecessor. Norfolk Re publican. The Registration. The process of reg istering the voters of the city was continued i yesterday. In South Ward, the office was I crowded all day, and many whites who went there to register had to leave. It is evident that all the voters in the Ward can not be registered in the time allotted for the work. We learn that a difficulty occurred at this precinct between Major Piatt and Capt. Burr, two of the registrars. Capt. Burr was anx ious that the white voters should have a fair opportunity to get their votes registered, and said that they had some rights as well as the colored men. Some hard words, we under stand, passed between them, and the lie was given. The settlement of the matter was ad journed to get the decision ot Major Wood- run, tne liegistrar-in-uniet. In this Ward, 116 whites to 284 blacks were registered yesterday, making in the two days 170 whites and 605 blacks. In .bast Ward there were registered 48 whites and 242 blacks, making 72 whites and 42 blacks for the two days. Petersburg Index. N THE ACTION OF THE PRESIDFVt The President and his Cabinet- vMtn i decided that the opinion of the A General necessitates the revoking ? V acts of the District Commanders wi,f declared to be illegal. Mr. sSe'f '1' self pointed out that such action V"1?.' necessarily follow the approval of hi. 1 ment. "There is," he said, "an tl'T' duty to be performed here which ,? te safely be avoided or delayed," and in port of this conclusion, he quoted recemT cisions of the Supreme Court, in an elal,, , T argument. It is evident that the P?-6 dential interpretation of the ReconstruVr law is not intended to be merely a the it is to be carried out. As rapidly as i,?' ble our soldiers in the Rebel States are to?" converted into uniformed policemen now less to repress disloyalty or punish crimT except when they take the shape of mvJ and massacre. All that Sheridan ani Sickles, and Pope have done to protect lov J men, and to prevent the States from fallin altogether into Rebel control, is to l)e linS done by peremptory order. All that thP people did through their Congress is to hp undone by one man. The law is to lP u: W 4.- , ..""111 ucu. iii; mc wuusuaiueu IO Del leve that this is the President s intention and that he means tunc ms liarhtmnor nnri at ci. thunder shall fall together. Already the Rebels in New Orleans are rejoicing in the faith that Monroe and Abell are to"be rein stated in the offices they abused. If this is not the President's intention, the onir.i, e his officer is waste paper, and the meeting yesterday an idle threat. But tl.rQ is a thunderbolt behind that Mr. Johnson wields, and it, indeed, this issue is to i. forced upon the country, it will be promptly met. Gen. Schcnck, it is saiiL has already summoned the Members of Congress u Washington, and, our dispatches say, of the fourteen Senators who have accompanied Senator Wade on bis Western excursion there is not one who has not decided that a July sessions is necessary. 2tew York 7W bune. LET TS DAVE THE ORDER. Now that the "opinion " of the Attorney General has been promulgated, we are soiuc- wnat impatient to see tne order of the Pres ident to the commanders of the several mili tary districts, so that the nation may know the fate which its gracious ruler has in store for it. There is no reason why there should be any delay in this- matter, far we may as sume, with a tolerable assurance of bein"- correct, that the order was prepared, in sub stance at lcastr before the " opinion," and served as a guide to the Psesident's legal adviser in the preparation of the Litter. Neither need Mr. Johnson have- any delicacy in regard to it from the fear of unduly shock ing the public mind: He did that when the people thought him an honest man and a patriot, by proving recreant at once to his party,, his principles, and the trust confided to his keeping. But we know him now, and shaH not be surprised at anything he may do. The military commanders, too, are anx ious to learn their fate, and to know what reparation tliey will be expected to make to Mr. Johnson's aggrieved friends, the rebel facials, whose removal has seemed to them essential to the public interest. Sheridan will want to knowr as soon as possible, on what terms his- superior officer proposes to carry out his expressed intention of retain ing lus servicers in command ot tne Fifth Military District ; and if he is expected to arjologize to Mayor Monroe, Judge Abell, and Attorney General Hereon, it will be only fair to apprise him of its early as con venient, and let him get the disagreeable job done withTa especially as it is a sort of busi ness to with the-gallant hero of the Shenan doah valley is unaccustomed, and it will be necessary for him to spend considerable time in the iclicarsal of his part. Sickles will be anxious to learn how he may atone for the outrage put upon the chivalric Charlestonians in requiring them to salute the hated' bunting of the " Yankee Govern ment." And one and all of them will breathe more freery when informed precisely what their new relations are to be to those civil governments which they had been led (erroneously, it seems) to look upon as mere ly provisional in. their character, and with out any legal warrant, save such as was by sufferance conferred upon them in the recon struction acts. The members of Congress will also be glad to learn exactly how Mr. Johnson understands their measures, and he can best inform them through such an order. They will then, at their meeting in July, be better prepared to explain to him any points which he may now tail to comprehend fully. By all means let us have the order as quick ly a possible. Wasli. Chron. Sailed. At her usual hour yesterday afternoon, the El Cid, Hobart, master, of Goodspeed's Line. It is quite surprising what a number of passengers have been go ing out on both lines recently. We arc in formed that the passenger lists are larger than they have been since the immediate close of the war. Newbern Journal Commerce. Official announcements have been made by Mr. Van Valkenburg, United States min ister to Japan, that the port of Hiogo, and $ne of the west coast, Trippon, and also the cities of Yeddo and Oscaco, will be opened' on the first of January next. The wife and daughter of James L. Willis,, of Mendam, Vt were struck by lightning on Thursday, and instantly killed. The ladies were standing in front of their resi dence at the time. Three persons standing near and two children in the house were prostrated by the stroke. Circnlar from Gen, Sickles. Charleston, June 20. Gen. Sickles has issued a circular explan atory of certain paragraphs of order 32, chiefly with regard to the suppression of the sale of distilled spirits. The President The Mexican Mission Gen. Longstreet Pardoned The Rus sian Treaty. Washington, June 20. The President leaves for the North in the morning. Prominent citizens of New Orleans have telegraphed the President urging Mr. King, of the Times, for the Mexican Mission. Gen. Longstreet has been pardoned. The Russian treaty is officially promulga ted. m m m Registration Funeral of Judge Lyons. Richmond, June 20. The registration in the city so far stands 1,086 blacks to 866 whites. Judge .Lyons' iuncrai, tuis evening, tended by several thousand persons. All business was suspended, and the city bells were tolled during the procession. Theatre Bnrned Six Persons Killed T. the Falling of Walls. Philadelphia, June 20. The Varieties Theatre was totally burned last night. Fortunately the audience ws small and escaped with some bruises crowding out. Subsequently the a"lD walls killed six, and more were prooaiiy lost in the ruins. Foreign News. Constantihople, June 20. A rolled ive note from the French, Rus sian pSan and Italian Govrenments was presented to the Porte on Saturday last, ErS the suspension of hostilities in the EHfof Candia, and ' recommending that enauiry be made into the grievances of the Cretanf to be conducted by a joint Com mission appointed by the great powers and. the sublime Porte. ,