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wrnnpnT. - - -r MAY' 9. 1806. uwnw" . ... The Sentinel objects to oar statement that ? "things have been getting worse and worse nnder the administration of Gov. "Worth." . ; We repeat the statement. It is true. i. We reeret that it is true. , We are anxious to see . the State restored to the Union, and we de plore the existence of any obstruction to re storation.: .. ; . T-... l:. r ,.''.. There are three marked periods in onr history at which this journal warned the people of this State against taking certain steps. We told them, 1st That secession on account of the elec tion of Mr, Lincoln would result in the de struction of the institution of slavery, and in the ruin, in every respect, of the Southern States. ' ''' " ' -' ' '" . ' 2d. That if they did not arrest the war in 1803, the result would be the subjugation of our people, and the dictation by the con queror of the terms on which the Union should be restored. . ... 3d. That the election of Gov. Worth and of members of Congress who could not take the oath, would weaken the President, would still further excite, the Congress and the Northern people against us, would add to the harshness and severity of the terms on which the States would at last be restored, and would postpone (heir restoration for years. lie President himself 'was most anxious that Gov. Worth- should be defeated. He was confident he would be, for ho had every reason to believe that our people would sus tain his policy. - Not long after Gov. Worth was elected the President sent the following dispatch to the Provisional Governor : From the Standard of November 29th, 18C5. IMPORTANT FROM THE PRESIDENT. Gov. Holden has received the following telegram from the President, which is laid before the public for information : Washington, Nov. 27th, 1865. Hon, W. W. Holden, Provisional Goternor: Accept my thanks for the noble and effi cient manner in which you have discharged your duty as Provisional Governor. You will be sustained by the government The results of the recent elections in North Carolina have greatly damaged the prospects of the State, in the restoration of its Gov ernmental relations. Should the action and the spirit of the Legislature be in the same direction, it will greatly increase the mischief already done, and might be fatal. It is hoped the action and spirit manifes ted bythe Legislature will be so directed, as rather to repair than increase the difficulties under which the State has already placed itself. , ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United State. Here we have the testimony of the Presi dent himself that the mere election of Gov. Worth had greatly damaged the prospects of the State ia the restoration of its relations to the government This damage has not been repaired. On the contrary, it has been in creased by the manner in which the State government has been administered. ' The State is further to-day from that state of feel ing which is necessary to ensure its restora tion than it was in November last An esteemed friend writing us from the Western part of the State, says : ,; " I am greatly discouraged at our political prospers. We say that we support Presi dent Johnson and his policy. So far aa my observation extends this support only goes as far as it suits our peculiar views. , When ever we are called upon to sacrifice any thing in order that-President Johnson's hands may be strengthened against the radicals, we ig nore or slur over the matter entirely. We have not come up to the measure of our du ty, and we are doubly culpable when we en deavor to cover up our sin by declaring that we are loyaL We say we have met all the requirements, and that we are true, while we denounce every man who differs from Presi dent Johnson, but who sustained the nation al government while we were trying to de stroy it, as "disloyal," as "radical," as " fiendish," &c One. -would suppose, from reading most of our Southern papers, that we had never rebelled, but that our political censorship proceeded from the very highest standpoint of loyalty, while the great mass of the intelligent people of the North, who incurred so many sacrifices to suppress the rebellion, are hostile to the government of our fathers. Does the Sentinel expect to gain any thing by this course ?" The foregoing is from a highly Intelligent gentleman who voted for Gov. Worth in No vember last "' " '' Yes, things are getting worse and worse, and we fear there is no room to hope for im provement under' present auspices. The Northern people, speaking and acting through the Congress, will never agree to ad mit the State while secessionists are in high favor with the administration at Raleigh, and while the true Union men of the State are under the ban. Andrew Johnson and his Friends. Will some one answer the following ques tion! .' : - - . , If it be true that Gov. Worth and his friends are sincerely attached to Andrew Johnson, how does it happen that the news papers and politicians who support 'Gov. Worth are constantly engaged in decrying and assailing such men as Robert P. Dick, John Pool, Thomas Settle, the Senior Edi tor of the Standard, and others who agree with them, when it is known that they are particular friends of the President and have his full confidence ? ' ' ' Andrew Johnson has no better or firmer friend than we are. : We approve of his pol icy. We Inow that he is our friend, and that we have his confidence ; and yet he is lauded as the peculiar friend and champion of our people, while we and those who, agree with us are assailed and abused.' Will some one be good enough to explain how this is ? The Sentinel says it ia anxious for the ! res toration of the State to the government on "just principles." . So are we. But who ia to judge ? We want the best terms we can get, but we are ready to submit to the gov ernment, and to go back to the Union on the terms prescribed by the majority. The Sen tinel is not willing to do that. We are for Qie goeernment that is, the President, the Congress, and the Supreme Court The Sen tinel is for only one-third of the government, to wit, the President 'We tell that paper that " pride goetb before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall" He that is not for the Union is against it - There is no half way house in this matter. . , , ... ' 1 Tie Seatiael-Dr. Deems. ,i .Tbe Senior Editor of the Sentinel exhibits ! much ' feeling towards us" on account ef Dr.i Deems. " What are the facts t V-J? ; . During "the' rebellion .Dr. Deems was an intensely strong .Confederate. He travelled! over the State delivering war addresses to tho people; and exerted himself to the last moment to prevent negotiations and peace".:. He preached war, war, war. 'When the re- i hellion was suppressed he seemed to submit in good faith to the national authority ; but ; soon after, he commenced the publication of, a paper in New York City professedly of a religious character, but really political in its '. tone and tendency. It was soon seen that the religious feature of the paper was merely . incidental, and that the secession or war ; spirit prevailed more or less in all its issues. We have as much respect as any one for re ligious people and religious papers, but when ; the latter leave their proper sphere to occupy the field of politics, they must expect criti- j cism and animadversion. We noticed some of the secular articles of Dr. Deems' paper, , and in the course of our remarks we repeated a strong observation made by the Doctor in , one of his war speeches in this State. u This, ; and nothing inore." " Under the pressure of ; other engagements the matter had for the . time passed from our mind, when we were surprised to receive a Card from the Doctor, then in New Orleans, denying our statement and pronouncing it a " calumny." '.' - What then ? We published the Doctor's Card. We gave him a hearing. But the Sentinel characterizes our conduct as "out rageous," because it says we tried to prove him " a liar." The- boot is on the other leg. The Doctor tried to prove us a liar, and w e merely prevented that by proving the truth of our statement by Col. Harris. That is alL Who, then, is to blame ? . , The Senior Editor of the Sentinel would leave the impression that we have assailed " the Church." . Wo have not assailed the Church. We have as much respect for the Church as any living being. The Senior calls on the friends of " Christianity in the State" to "rebuke" us for our " shameless conduct" There is One that rebuketh, and we are accountable to Him for our conduct, and for the sincerity of our motives. We do not believe the Senior will succeed in his at tempt to array the Methodists against us. The members of that most respectable and excellent denomination are not to be roused and hied on in this way. ''.".' r' . The Sentinel does not dispute the correct ness of CoL Harris' statement If necessary Col. II. could sustain his statement by scores of citizens of Rutherford. We have recently heard that Dr. Deems used stronger language elsewhere than we have attributed to him. But we are not disposed to press the Doctor. If we should do so, it will be the result of the imprudence and over-wrought zeal in his behalf of his friend of the Sentinel. . Burning of Columbia. In the Senate on the 1st instant, Mr. Johnson, of Maryland read a portion of a letter from Gen. Wade Hampton on the subject of the burning of Columbia, South-Carolina. General Hamp ton controverts the statement recently pub lished by Gen. Sherman, that Columbia was burned by his (Hampton's) orders. He asked for the appointment of a special committee of Congress to investigate the subject He says his State is debarred from representa tion, and has no one to impose the taxes which she is called upon to piy, none to vin ' dicate her or her sons from misrepresentation, injustice and slander, and he asks Mr. John son to see that justice be done in this matter, though the Heavens fall. . Mr. Shenuan said he could not allow this charge of this most impudent rebel against the whole army to be entered upon the re cord without some answer. The cliarge of Gen. Sherman, in relation to the burning of Columbia was in an offi cial report, and was fully sustained by re ports of other officers. . Sherman did not charge that Hampton gave an explicit order on the subject, but simply that his previous orders in relation to the burning of cotton caused that result ' Sherman read from the various official reports to confirm the charge against Gen. Hampton. . The Standard denies, in behalf of Gov. Holden, that he has ever said President Johnson's policy, per se, was a failure. - He only thinks that the people have failed to come up to its requirements and meet its spirit It is still the people, our people, the people of the South and of North-Carolina, who are responsible lor non-restoration. Not a word about the malignauts in Congress! Sentinel. "' We believe the people of North-Carolina, ; if: left to themselves, would cany out the ' plan of the President as well in spirit as in letter.. There was not a ripple on the surface last year until politicians began to thrash about for office. . It is not the people, but certain politicians who are to blame for the present condition of things. . If politicians '. of the rule or ruin school could only have been induced to remain quiet, North-Carolina would have presented a clean bill of health at Washington ; and in that event it ia more than probable the report of the com-, mittee on reconstruction would , not have been as - Hard as it is on A portion of our people. ' ,. ' .,' . ''. .; .' ; ,' This talk about u malignants" North and South led to all our calamities. , We say, for example, that there are "malignants" in Congress, and the North says there are " ma-; lignants" in the South. What good does that do ? .' Who is benefitted t If there be " malignant " in Congress, we are in tlieir: power. Will it improve our condition and benefit onr State if we abuse them? - We. have tried that long enough. Let us rule our passions and resentments, and look at things in the light of truth and, reason. . . . To the Union people of the State we say,: stand firm.'. Do not be "carried away by pas sion or resentment. Keep cool, and bide youx time. "V " '. -C'V V'v '; ' ; Pakdow of. North-Cabouhians. It is stated that the President has ordered par dons to be issued to all North-Carolinians who had applications or petitions on file, and directed them to be completed and sent to. the petitioners. This includes all the peti tions from that State on 'file in the office of the Attorney General, several hundred ia number. .'.. ,A. . . , ?-.' -.- Ukitebsctt or N.-0. The hon. G. A. ! Henry, of Tennessee, has been compelled to decline the invitation tn( delivor Out thmiil i Address before the two Literary Societies of the University at the approaching Com-, inenoement ''. I. t;, i. .. . ; v K '' .;--c. Ex-Gov. Vance has now been solicited, and, it is hoped that he .will, be .able; to accept SentitieL : : y-: ?- Our thanks are flue to a friend for a ticket. to the commencement ball complimentary to j the graduating class at Chapel Hill, on Thursday' evening "June 7th, 1866." ; We ob-; Burve that the Mauagers of the Bait are as follows: Willi? Alston, of Halifax; J. S. Bat-,, tie, of . Tarbbrongh, W! R. lortch, of Cam den, Ala., Chai F. McKesson, of Morganfori, A. Phillips, of Orange, and John B. McRae, of New Hanover. Honorary Managers; Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Fortress Monroe, Gen. W. R, Cox, of Wake, Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, of Canada, Gen.'B, D. Johnson, of Charlotte, Gen. Robert EJ Lee, of Lexington, Va.,; and Hon. Z. B. Vance, of Charlotte. We do not well see how two of the Managers, Mr.' Davis and Gen. Breckinridge, can attend. The latter is at present sojourning in Canada, and ' the former is confined for cause at Fortress Monroe. - ' We heard at one time that it was desirable -that President Johnson should be invited to attend Commencement Presidents Polk and Buchanan, were present by invitation on former occasions. If the Managers would invite the President, and if his duties would allow him to attend, and if Mr. Davis, Gen. Breckinridge, ' Gen. Lee, and Gov. Vance could be present, the latter as the orator of the day, the occasion would certainly be both cool and peculiar. It would indeed be a scene for the pen of the historian. "Views of an " Extreme Radical." ! The following letter is from au "extreme radical." Htm. W. D. Kelly, of Philadelphia, to Alfred M. Waddell, Esq., of Wilmington, who had addressed him ou the state of the country. - Those of our readers who are afraid of " the radicals,', will observe from this letter that Mr. Kelly is a human being, and not one of those Molochs whom we are told by some would have us pass through all kinds of horrors on our . way back to the " old homestead." . Certain people told us in 1860 that if we did not secede and get away from "the radicals,", they would ruin us "world without end; and now these same people tell us that if we go back to " the radicals" we shall be degraded and destroy ed and annihilated for ever and ever, and everlastingly, amen ! In I860 we were told that if we were not for the negro we were traitors and abolitionists ; and now we are told that if we are not against the negro we are "radicals" enemies to the ."sunny South," and a great many terrible things. What shall we do Must we be led any longer by those who have so frequently de ceived us, and who are the real authors of all our woes ? We trust not : Washington, D. O, April 82, 1866. Alfred M. Waddell. Esq, . .; Wilmington, Jf. C: Dear Sir: In the hope of receiving your . remarks of July 26th, which I fear have mis carried, I have delayed my reply to your fa vor of ..the 17th, the receipt of which gave me much pleasure. " You were not probably aware, when penning your frank and thoroughly manly letter, that you were ad dressing the most outspoken, if not absolutely the most extreme Radical of the House. Such is my recognized position ; yet no man can be more anxious than I to for get every fact of. the past, the recollection of which is calculated to continue those " sectional en mities" which plunged us into war and' made that war so ineffably sanguinary. You sadly misapprehend the men of my type and the people of the North generally, when you think they desire to humiliate the people of the South ; that we wish to force you to al low that the slaves you have held are your equals, socially and politically, or that we desire to force perfect negro equality upon you when we do not recognize it at home. The Civil Rights Bill is of universal applica tion. I will enclose you a paragraph show ing its effect in Indiana, and I have advised the colored men of my native city Phila delphia, should onr Supreme Court fail to approve the decision of our Coulnion Pleas that they have the right to ride in our street cars, to raise the question under that act Social equality, my dear sir, is the result of taste and affinities, and classes in social life are as well defined in the two most (philoso phically) democratic States, Vermont and Massachusetts, as they are anywhere in the South. Nor does the possession of equal political rights ensure political equality. It does but render it possible. Will, energy, intellect and the power of combinatinn are the secrets of power. Nothing in history so forcibly illustrates the fact that a compact minority may role a free republic as that the extreme men of tho South controlled the country from the close of the last war with England to the firing on Sumter. , Could We sit together for an afternoon un der the shade of cither of our roof-trees, I would gladly, discuss these questions with you, but on paper we cannot do it . .. : , Our positions, differing-' so widely, are equally beset with difficulties. Neither side is free from prejudices. . Both have intense convictions. Pride besets you, and mag nanimity comes as a snare to ua. "A war which devastated so wide and fertile a re gion which cost so many hundred thou sands of lives, and 60 many thousand mil lions of dollars ought not to terminate with out the extinguishment of its cause and an adequate guarantee against its repetition. This suggestion makes the " animus " of the Southern people a pregnant consideration to which I allude mcrelv to disabuse vour mind '. as to the personal character of inquiries' up on that question. Our late war was more ' clearly a contest for ideas than any that pre ceded it. It was, in truth, a straggle be j twecn two orders of civilization, between I which, existing under one popular govern- nient as they did, there was, much as we di like the phrase, an " irrepressible conflict "r Your system required the repression of the intellect and aspirations of the laboring peo ple, who always must be numerically the mass of the people. It was not consonant with' that of other lands, and engendered modes of thought and purposes at variance with them. Thus it was that you so closely J supervised your press, that your booksellers were so cautious as to the publications they admitted to their catalogues, and that stran gers other than those who accepted, or pro fessed to accept, your most extreme opinions were so unwelcome among' you. On the other hand, we stimulated, by every means free schools, free libraries, scientific insti tutions with lectures to apprentices, &c. &c. &c, the intellectnal aspirations and enter prise of the lowliest among us. ": ' -'.;, i In deference to your interests, it ia true, we fostered a prejudice which excluded those who were not white. - But this is the case no longer, for there was a large infusion of col ored people seated miscellaneously in the two last public assemblages I attended ia Philadelphia, unlike you,' we sought the largest interchange of thought with all the world, and welcomed very" new contributor nr mntrihminn mnnr Etmtnro w . -ii.'- j?" or praetical afiaii 9. Cannot this difference be cemoved l Ought H not to be remove- y 'Would not all be blessed by its removal r. ;And can it be done while-We ianore-tL. . manhood of the colored citizens of the coon-:, try f i Remember, dear' sir, 'that they are' more- than four-sevenths of" the people of South Carolina, and are in the majority by' more than 10.000 in Mississippi. ' It is not our wish tu control you on this subject " It is our hope that you will grapple with and solve the great problem submitted to you by the authors of : the war. - .The issue between us was submitted to the arbitrament of arras.; We were successful, and I submit frankly to you whether that fact" did not devolve upon us the duty of so adjusting the final terms of peace as to prevent a recurrence of the war from the same cause. --r- ',':. " I have not answered your propositions. Perhaps I could not do it; but I have writ-' ten frankly as to a dear countryman who was unjustly estranged You will pardon the length of this, when I tell you that the con stant pressure of affairs will probably forever prevent its repetition. ' I will fake the liber ty of sendimr you such of my pamphlets as. I have at band. Should you believe that '(. any of them would do good ia any quarter, I will gladly send copies: to any gentleman whose address you may send me. I know they contain much that ou cannot approve, yet I hope they may not be without value. I will be glad to hear from you at any time, and will reply as duties may permit Could those men of the North and South,' who should influence the opinions of their neigh borhoods, confer freely andaccorl to. each other patriotic purposes, our differences, great as they are, would be easy of solution. With renewed thanks, .. ....:...-; i-j ' . Yours, very truly, : WM. D. KELLEY. ' ; The Grecnsborough Patriot did Mr. Dick ; injustice in one of its recent issues, nnd we , took occasion to correct that journal ffoni the record. We showed that Mr. Dick, so far j from having donewhat that journal charged, ' had pursued a totally different course, ' We took it for granted the Patriot would correct :, its misstatement It declines to do so, and 1 insists in substance that its statement as to : Mr. Dick's course is true, when the official ' record is the other way. ' ' ' 1 ' The Patriot was at one time a truthful, re-' liable paper. But since it was bitten by the secession snake it evinces neither moderation . nor regard for truth. By the way, the Patrw contains some very fine poetry, a specimen of which we give be- low. - Our readers will be able to form some idea from this specimen, of the- literary character of the Patriot:- ' " My country dear, to her 111 lend ' All the help I have and can ; . . : " And her banners I'll defend ' ' ' And. a Johnson is the man. '" ' We liave a man to rule our State, '" And all he would embolden ' To' stand firmly and risk their fate -That man is not Bill Holden, Bill Holden has done run his race : He ran with all his vigor, But now he can't a white man face, ' ' " But looks upon the nigger. ; So does Charles Sumner and old Thad Both meaner than the devil ;' ' Because they can't quite rule they're mad To place Sambo on a levet ' Negro equality they like What they always did lust in Then ought to have just such a strike As benbow give Bill Mustin.".. Aflairs ia Augusta County, Virginia. ' The following is a copy of the petition signed by one -hundred and six citizens of Augusta County, recently presented and read to the Senate of the United States. 'Most of the signers are said to be farmers and me chanics: .. Staunton, Augusta County, Va., ) February 1, 1866. To the HonorMe Senate and House of Bepre- tentathet vow in Congress assembled: Whereas, The United States troops have recently been withdrawn, not ouly from this county, but from most of the surrounding counties of this section of the Shenandoah Valley ; and in view of the fact that threats are being made from various quarters toward the lives and property of loyal men, and that in our judgment, no protection or justice can be had through the civil courts or at the hands of the civil officers of the law: TIterefore, We, the undersigned, loyal white citizens and legal voters of Augusta county, Virginia, do most . earnestly pray that the Congress of the United States give to our case that consideration which we think is due to us, and the permanent peace of the country and all its loyal subjects. - Therefore, We earnestly pray that troops will be immedately forwarded here, and that such measures be adopted as will insure us justice in all matters of claims, and all other matters relating to us in a military court, or in any other manner deemed advisable by Congress. '."-' . r State of Virginia, County of Augusta, ; . L, William A. Burnett, a notary public for the county of Augusta, in 1 the State of Vir ginia, do hereby certify that William J. Dewo personally appeared before me, in my county aforesaid, and made oath that the names of the within mentioned persons were subscrib ed in his presence ; that they are citizens of the said county ' of Augusta, and that affiant verily believes that the persons therein named are good and loyal citizens to the Government of the United States, and were such during the late war." '"" ' " ' Given under mv hand this 23d of April, 1866. .. WM. A. BURNETT, N. P. . The Richmond Examiner notices ' these Union men in the following savage manner : " The shriek of Cowards. No better proof of the dastardly nature of the "loy alists" could be fouud than their evident trep idation when left without protecting bayo nets. We bear a cry of alarm at Staunton. The Union men are afraid of their own shad ows if a federal soldier is not at hand to re-' assure them, ' They have guilty consciences that oppress them heavily, and they will pot find peace and quiet until they confess and repent AVe assure the authorities at Wash ington that secessionists are not such asses as to expose themselves to further hardships by their own acts, and the shriek of cowards at Staunton is more a call for greater oppressr ion of the true Virginians than' for a pro tection of the lion-hearted Unionists, r The fact is, that when the blue uniforms are withdrawn, the "loyalists" have nobody to keep them in countenance, nobody to associr ate with, and they feel very like they had got into the wrong pew. , Let them seek conge nial society elsewhere, if they do not like the contempt of the honest and .Tespectable throughout the South. We are not likely to pav them any respect if they- live among us j . ... . H luuusauu ycara. ,. t . , . - . A letter addressed aa follows :. Wm. Bal lentine, care of Gov. W.W. Holden, Raleigh N.'C., is upon our desk, awaitmg "delivery. There is a mule in rinderpest in upper Mississippi..,;--- t - Casks bkfom the Freedom's Bumau- . TYo are indebted to Lieut. A. B. Gardner, 1 , Adj'7th f. R.C an5Asfc Superintendent ' 'tlareau Refugees, Freedmen and Abaadoiied Lands, for Sub. District: of Raleigh, eoosist-' Sng of the counties of Wake, Harnett, ChaW haaiand Moore, for. the following report of ; casts tried by hiiu for the week ending April 88th, 1866 ;;:;Y; v'..'-..' -r.,: J. IL-Bell, (white,) plaintiff, ea Isaac and iPriscilla Spiveyv (freed-petiplu,); defendants, all of Wake County, action for violation of contract ; judgment .rendered in favor ' of plaintiff, April 2kl; the girl, Lucy; to return to plaintiff and remain with him until Jan'y -1st 4807, as per contract ' ylSi ;i' v ;. ;. : s "Robert taylorv white,) plantiff, , Ben. .Turner, (freedman,") defendant, all of t lie City of Raleigh ; assault and battery ; complaint dismissed, April 23d. . - vU.-'y - f r, v -. ;'. Jno. Jones,-(freedman,) plaintiff, e Ned.' Bryan, (freedman J defendant; all of City of Raleigh ; replevin ; judgment April 24th : plaintiff to pay defendant $25 00 for -money loaned and expenses incurred. . : -: Henry Thompson, (freedman,) plaintiff, vk. tjeorge Bnow, (white,) defendant, all of City of Raleigh ; money demanded on contract: judgment for plaintiff, April 25th ; facts ad mitted, balance struck and. judgment awar ded fbr-RSS. .'.. . .' :. - .: j. United - States, plaintiff, 'wL 'Eldridge E. . Gill, (white,) defendant ; assault and battery on the person of Hickser Winston, (freed man,) of Wake County ; found quilty, April 25th, and fined $10.. Money, paid in Court Eldridge E. Gill,' white,) plaintiff, tu. Plummer Battle, (freedman,) defendant ; all of Wake County;" violation of contract; judgment April 25th, that defendant, under circular No. 1, Feb. 6, 1866, sec. 2, must fulfil his contract with his employer until Dec 25th, 1866.' '.-, ...,...:;... V: . ; ... United States, plaintiff, e. Joseph Gulick, (freedman,) defendant, 'of the - City of Ra leigh ; trespass on State property and dis - orderly conduct ; judgment April 30th; that ."the defendant be confined in a military jail at hard labor for 15 days, and.; pay a fine of $10 ; and, in case the fine be not paid, to be confined 15 days from expiration of first 15 days. The judgment was suspended on con dition that the defendant leave the City within 24 hours and do not return. - ,: -- ": Circuit Court of the United States. We had the pleasure of seeing Judge Brooks, of the District Court, in the City on Friday, on his way home -from his Courts in the Eastern part of the State.- We learn that Chief Justice Chase has requested. Judge Brooks to organize the Circuit Court in this City on the first Monday in June. It is not 'certain the Chief Justice will be present on the occasion. - Daniel R. Goodloe, Esq., the Marshal, and D. H. Starbuck, Esq., District Attorney, were in the City Friday. " - ' " : Mr. Mark M. Williams, of this place, has been appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court " Gross Outrage in LENora. We learn from the Goldsboro' Neitt that Wm. R. Loftin, six miles from Kinston, was attacked on the night of the. 28th ult, by twelve or fifteen mounted men of both colors ; purpose supposed to be horse-stealing. , Loftin was shot in the arm, and a negro living with him was shot in the face. Several of the robbers were wounded and driven off; leav ing a horse and coat, which may cause the capturing of some of the party. ; ' ' - ' Dr. Bartleson's house and out-houses were also burned, and he was shot several times. It is supposed that the same party was con cerned in both outrages. .' We learn that at the late term of the Supe rior Court for Lenoir there were many pre sentments ana indictments by the grand jury. In the case of Mr. Perkins, of Wayne, for an attempt to rob and murder him, the jury failed to agree, and there was a mistrial. Crime seems to be on the increase in Le noir. ' On the night of the 24th April a man named James Laurie - was robbed of his pocket book and watch, near Kinston, by some negroes. , Itccently the gin house ot K. W. King, Esq!, was fired by an . incendiary and consumed, with cotton screw, cotton seed, corn, &c ......... m Tax on Cotton. We learn that a report is in circulation that Congress has passed a law taxing cotton five cents per pound, and also prohibiting the sending cotton out of the country for sale. We know of no such law. We feel sure that no such law has been passed. ' ' -; ; ' ' " . We advise the people to pay no attention to idle reports. m , The Memphis Riot. It is stated that in the recent riot between the white and color ed people in Memphis, about thirty houses occupied by the colored people and all their school-houses in South Memphis, were pulled down or burned. . Ten negroes were killed. .The great body of the negroes fled to the woods, but returned on the next day. . ... - Important Order. An order has just been issued from' the war department, by di rection of the President, declaring that mili tary commissions and courts martial are not ' authorized and therefore will not assume ju risdiction for the trial of persons other than those belonging to the army and navy of the United States, camp followers, contractors,1 and such others as are indicted in the .arti cles of war and the acts of Congress. . Persecution of Union Men. In' the Senate, on the 1st instant Mr, Trumbull pre sented a petition of one hundred and forty six citizens of Staunton, Va., representing that the troops having recently been with drawn from that place, Union men are being persecuted by rebels, and praying that the troops should be returned for the protection of loyal men." . ,' . .. ;-:'; l : ' .'-' . -,-m , V Fire "nf PET.ERSBUBG.--Some excitement has been occasioned in Petersburg by the firing of two churches in that City belonging to the colored people. The churches with some effort were saved. - The Petersburg pa pers repel in the most earnest terms any in ference that any of the respectable white people of that place approve of such conduct, but on the contrary they deprecate and con demn it i'-''1- : :' V ''!-: '";.'-'--,v.i':'".-; . '.'-.' '.' " ' '!:': The Rinderpest, or Cattlk PuLGrnt By recent reports from various parts of Eft rope it is shown that the disease which has killed so many cattle in France, Gersaay . and England, has continued to diminish It is now thought by next summer thai the Rinderpest -wi'.l suhside altogether-; .By strict precautionary measures the dfeeas has not been introduced mto America . - " i .- Henry Ward Beecher receives $12,500 a year for his services, ' v' ' ; -' .. t ". , ,1Post" Offices in North-Caboluia. The following appointments have been made; Mrs. Dacy R Freeman, Logan's Store Ruth erford eonntv.- -v. . ,.,- '. " . " v -, ; ; Elizabeth Poindexter, Red Tlains, Yadkin 4 .county.. '.. . . t V, : ... ., rf .... v,., Martha A. Harrell, Gun. Branchy Onslow county.. :t--''v.U ..'. -. - Mary Green, Warren ton. Warren county. William D. Carlton," Morrisville, Wake countv. ' ' . ' , " ':'. ' " .-..;.:"" - - V Benj. Brewer, Pleasant Hill, Northampton countv. .-. . '-' ; v'7:-'- ' . '. i Frances Bryan, Cherry Lake, Ashe county, i Robt McGuffin, Dobon, Surry county. ' George B. King, Amity Hill, Iredell county. ..Lewis Hpmaday, Sandy Grove, Chatham county. ,r -',; C :-.'fr"'t ;;''; Order is Rel ation to Military Courts and Commissions. rThefollowing important order has just been promulgated . ;".; , . ', '"' "' : War Department, sot, ) ! ) - Adjutant General's Office, ., , . -Washington, May 1, 1800. - General Order No. 26 :.; " ." ; ; ; Whereas, "some military commanders are embaressed by doubts as to the operation of the proclamation of the President dated the 2nd day of April, I860, : upon trials by mil itary courts-martial and military offences, -to remove such doubt it is ordered by the President that . . V ..' . ..- '.. ,. - Hereafter, whenever offences committed by civilians are to be tried where civil tribu nals are in existence- which 'can try them, their cases are not authorized to be, and will not be, brought before military courts-martial or commissions, but will be -committed to the proper civil authorities. . This order is not applicable to camp-followers, as provided for under the Sixtieth Article of War, or to contractors and others specified in section sixteen, act of July 17, 1862, and sections one and two, act of March the 2, 1863. . Per sons and offences cognizable by the Rules and Articles of War, and by the acts of Con gress above cited, will continue to be tried and punished by military tribunals as pre scribed by the Rules and Articles of War anl acts of Congress hereinafter cited, to-wit : ' Sixtieth ef the Rule and Articles of War. AU sutlers and retainers to the camp, and all! persons wnsisoevtsr nerving witu me armies of the United States in the field, though not enlisted soldiers, are to be subject to orders, according to the rules and discipline of war. . .. ... . , . '..- ' -, By order of the Secretary of War. . . , . E. D. TOWNSEND, U , : Assistant Adjutant-General. . - .. ;.; . .'. ' .,- Delegates prom Ralbioh. Wo understand that, at an official raeetingof the Raleigh Baptists, held last night the following persons were ap pointed to represent the Cbnrch in the general convention of these christians, which will assem ble here on the 23rd instant: ' -; '. . Jordan Womble, Jr., ' J. M. Pool, '. - Jt B. Roystor, , - Wm. C. Upchurch, J. R Harrison, ; " . .T. M. Hughes, J. B. Franklin, Lynn Adains, -John Armstrong, Wm. Muilins, ; . Wm. Simpson, J. C. Marcom, - ' P. F. Pesend, J. B. Neathery, Willie 3. Palmer, .W. W. Vass, John G. Williams, G. L. Tonnonskl, . J. D. Huffhaa, R. G. Lewis, A P. C. Bryan Wm. H. Dodd, ; O.Eastman, ' u 3. M. Betts, D. W. Allen, ; . W. D. Williams, B. H. Alford, . , '. ProgrtiK , ; - . ' The Right Spirit.- It afforded us much pleasure to notice the closing up of the dif ferent Government offices yesterday afternoon, during the hour set apart for the floral tri bute to the Confederate dead in pur City Cemetery. . ; ' . ;- This touching and tender recognition of our great bereavement will lie treasured by our sorrowful citizens, and the fair maidens and matrons of the land will hold in kindly recollection the gentlemanly officers on duty at tins post ... We hesitate not to say that if the officers of the United States Government throughout the South will, in the discharge of their offi cial duties and in' their general intercourse with our people, be guided ana influenced by such feelings as prompted this act of courtesy, it will do more to restore good tcel ing towards the North and cement the bonds of our Union than all the display of military power which can be made. This is one step in the right direction, and we are greatly at fault if its good effects are not seen and felt by all our people. Augusta (Ca) Chronicle and Sentinel. , v . . - The Annita Copper Mine, situate in De ls orte -County, California, will commence shipments to Liverpool in June. Some six thousand tons of the ore, of the kind that Hay's twenty per cent, is now at the Com pany's mine, and being bagged for shipment It is amazing the quantity of Copper ore now beinsr round on the Pacihc coast and especv ally the richness of quality of some of it found in Del Norte county. , -- . An English Company has just purchased the Alta Mine, in California, paying the sum of 100,000 for it 120,000 have been offer ed for the Annita. The New Texas Constitution. The new Texas Constitution fixes the Governor's term of office at four years instead of two, and the salary at $4,000 instead of $2,000, - It also gives the Legislature power to guurantee the bonds of railroads for the purchase of iron. The article abolishing slavery says : "Africans and their descendants shall be protected in their rights of person and prop erty by appropriate legislation ; they shall have the right to contract and be contracted with: to sue and be sued; and to acquire,, hold and transmit property; and all criminal prosecutions against them shall be conductdl in the same manner as prosecutions for Ipkft offences against the white race, and thjr. shall be subject to like penalties. " ,; : . The Constitution will be submitted! to the people for their acceptance or rejection on the fourth Monday in Juno. . . ' It will be observed that in ita waetfcijigand scope the Texas Constitution ia. Dearly iden tical with the Civil Rights Acts - .'..; -.- ' . - ; m m i; ' '-. j ' The Cotton Crop car Qrjwqia. Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner, of Agriculture, has received advices froni M;ason county, Ga., in-reference to the placing of the cotton crop, stating that the- planters generally are in the midst of planting, but that an area will be planted tbia season somewhat smaller than usual, owing to a wide prevailing fear among planters that the seed has lost much of its vitality by King four or five years in the gin bouses. Many planters have been compelled to plant over, from this cause, thus losing two. veeka of the best cotton-growing season. .-' -'-''-""; - '; -; ' Gen Ttjifus Barringer has removed from Concord, his old home, to Charlotte, and formed a law partnership with the Hon. Jas. W. Osbome. A law firm comprising in greater degree the essential qualities Of pa tient industry, thorough ability, and un swerving integrity, would be hard to find anywhere. But these gentlemen have a re cord as widely known as their names, and need ho commendation from friends to ensure their success. It is the pleasure of the latter,' however, to pay the tribute of good words upon a fitting occasion. Salisbury Banner. A vine grower made $7,987. last year from five acres of island soil in Lake Erie. He raised 34,500 pounds of grapes, and made 8,000 gallons of wine, : " ; . f v.; - f -General Braxton Bragg is living on a farm in Alabama,' acting as agent for another person. He has lost all ho owned before the r, . , - . -. h KENTUCXT THE i.Ttf CTUOEa ON Av Cntcus CoMPAwt.Tbe' JadmuA Gazette -of Friday gives the fUtorwing account of the late dastardly assault oa a ci reus- company in Crittenden, Ky.:.. '' . .f :V. cy. ' v "It teems that a gang of guvrRta-fifce teeft, twenty or more in number, bad ridden into town durfasr the afternoon, eomina- fear Out T village of Verona, some mile distant, ' and getting excited with uquor indulged in abw , of tho national flag that, was flying ovcrttw circus, and threatened mischief to the estab lishment. In theercrring. about eicht o'clock ' they went to the entrance of the circus and demanded admittance. Tney were refused, and sent to the ' ticket wawm.' Here beV. demanded tiketa, bat '-weiv itftwed. whether because they did not want ftf pyy for them, or because they were disorflerty, we know not' One of them grappled the ticket-teller, John Aleck, nephew of the pmprfefor, by the arm, when he, fearing disturbance; eallelt . ' for. help. Two or three of the attacfaes of fho circus came, to his aid, when the ruffian rushed into the tent, .firing their piirtotsat those who resisted them. w James Robinwm, the canvas master, (no relation of the propri etor,) was severely wounded by -a bull, which ' struck him in the back and passed around to his side. He was reported dead, but Dr. Mussey, who returned from Crittenden Thurs day evening, says he is not in a dangerous condition. . John. Robinson, son of the pro prietor, and the great bareback rider, was shot through the left breast, and is not ex-. . pected to recover. John Aleck, after leaving his ticket wagon, was shot in the right thigh the ball passing down his leg and coming out near the ankle.., -,T, .,.,.. ..'.., ..' .. M One report says the assailants all escaped . on their horses unhurt, while another repre sents that two of the number, James Trigg and Charles Withers, were killed, and that James Morgan and another of the ruffian were mortally wounded.? .. -, ,. v , ; ' How Bishop Pout wa Ktllkd, The following account of the death of this brave man is copied from the New Orieana corref pondence of the N. T. Timet, tbe writer of which says, he received the statement from " Bishop Polk's Inspector General : V It seems that Gens. Joe Johnston, Volk, and . - J Hardee, accompanied by Gen. Jackson, of . . tbe cavalry, and an escort of stuff-officers, had ridden out in front of Bates' line to ex amine a position, thought to be suitable for for the Washington' Artillery.' 1 The horses -were made fast at the foot of the hill, and -the party ascended to the crown. Here were tbe initials to an abattis, with several ; embrasures, rendering the place very much exposed. Our own guns were lees than eight. . hundred yards in front. There had- been, ''.' little desultory firing during the early hours of the day, but this had ceased some time . before the group of officers began their recon noisancu. This was prolonged to a much ' greater extent than usual, and glided into a general and animated conversation, all of . ' the officers being gathered into a knot and using their hands and glasses with a free dom bespeaking rank -and interest . The gunners upon our side could not fail to see them plainly, and while they wcro being " observed, deliberately returned tho olwcrva tion, with full time for calculatiou and ad justment The party seemed to forget thtk exposed situation, although some of tho can- . noniers,who had been at work upon the little tier of breastworks, pointed out to them the accuracy of our shots. Presently a spher ejcal case shell was discharged from our bat tery, and exploded directly above the beads of Gens. Johnston, Polk, Hardee and Jack son, all of whom fell to the ground to avoid theconcussion of the fragments. It was then ' proposed to divide, and . the different officers separated to such courses as were at hand. Gen. Polk selected a very secure shelter ; but, becoming impatient and anxious to see the . range of fire more accurately, he stepped out upon the brow and was Intently gazing out across the country--his arms folded and his left side presented when a three-Inch round shot from a steel rifled cannon struck the el- , bow, crushing . both arms, aud '; passing through the heart, a portion of the chest and stomach, and out and on its niurderouscoursc. -Leonidas Polk fell lifeless and mangled to the ground. Joe Johnston was bending over him in an instant, with the rest of the party. They lifted him in their arms f o an ambu lance, and his corpse was carried to his quar " ters, where his bewildered military family re-., ceived it with the nioumin-. ot men meeting the corpse of a father. This was on the 14th. . The body of the descascd reached Atlanta . . at two o'clock next morniug services by . Rev. Dr. Quintard were said at noon, and 1 the remains proceeded on the afternoon train to Augusta ; and from thence to Ashville N. C., where his family were residing.',1 1 Is it not a little singular, says the Sevan- ah Republican, that the fatal shell which do-, prived the Confederate forces of one of their bravest leaders, was aimed by the ablest offi- ' : cer in the Federal army Major General. . , Sherman I General Shenuan happened to ' -. be in front of Pine Mountain, where the group of Confederate Chetftaina were assent bled inspecting the advance lines' of tbe Un ion army. Noticing the officers, -General - . , ' Sherman at once ordered one of the gnnera ,: of an Indiana Battery which was already in position to drop a shell among them. The order was. promptly obeyed, but the fU3c be- . ing too short, the first shell exploded in the ' 1 air, causing the officers to scatter in all dlreo-; '. tions. Directing the cannoniers to depress the nwzle of the gun a few inches and pull- , ' th- lanyard, the leaden messenger of death shot forth, hissing destruction and re Xuge 9PA Leonidas Polk was no mora,, . . :''. l ; ' : .';. - '-" "' '.'' .,. ' . ' ' , Tbe President's message was read in China ' . I forty-three days after it was read ia Washing- ;. . ton. It was telegraphed from, Washington ' to SanFrancisco, and carried theaoeto Ch i- -na by a sailing vessel, thatBiAde the remark- . . -'. ably quick passage of forty days, : ,-. ; , -... The candle-fish, amoateorjeaaipecimeB . of the finny, tribe, is caught qa th coasts of British Columbia. It is of marvetous fatness, ; and the natives use it as a lamp by drawing .. v a pith through it, when it will barn steadily " , until consumed, and give a good, clear light ' for reading and other purposes ' . . .' . "Pap, I planted some potatoes In our ,'.'.. ' garden," said a smart youth tohis father, "and ; ; what do you think came wfV Why, pota- . ' toes of course." No siree-1 There cauie tro T ' a drove of hogs and ate them all. '' - . ,' .' Governor Orr an4 ather prominent cit- ' .' izens of Charleston, S. C, propose to argan-' ize the common Kb&tl aystem for colored ;. children. -.' ; s ' -. . , r.j , : ' - ' . ' : - -.. .' ' A Letter from go Antonia, Texas, saye - the Government carols, the descendants f , : the herd imported some fifteen years, "aga - from Egypt, excite the curiosity of alt atran-' ' ' gers. They number about seventy; are ill , ' sizes and ages, - some still unweased. Only Bevenof the origiual lot are still alive. .- The Louisville tlottrier says the teport- ' of the Board of Health for that citj estab lishes the annual martatity of thraeepop - . nlation at eight pe eeu,, hile tHteJ ef the , - white is only twj.. -.-' ?f,s-& ' j ." The population of tha vvKtob now- about 1,225,000,000; ProtcgtWtisrn en- . : ,: rols about 8Q,0O0,000. RomaaJsm. and the Greek Church report about 230,000, " 000. , "SrotorAe-flfth of this world's pop-. . nlation is even nominally Christians, . and out of the 80,000,000 of Protestant ' not more than 16.000,000 are estimated . . as devout 'members of the Prote&Uat Church. -' , , f c.