Daily national Republican., 1865-12-27

THINes are getting level in North Caro-
lima Two negroes in Wilmington had been
sentenced TO Eve years seryitude for larceny
but Gen. Crook, commanding the military
district, overules the sentence, on the ground
that the law under which II was made pro.
vides no such penalty for white thieves. If
the sentence Is attempted to be carried into
execution, the members Of tho court win be
arrested.
A MERCHANT in Pittsburg by the name of
Shaw stands charged with having caused the
abduction Of his wife and her confinement in
the lunatic asylum, on the plea that she was
insane and dangerous. By some means he
obtained the certificates Of two physicians
to that effect, and few days since had the
police seize her, and, despite the heart.rend-
ing cries Of the helpless woman, she was
forced into the street cars and hurried to the
asylum.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says that the
President has ordered Gov. Holden to pro-
hibit the sheriffs of North Carolina from exc.
passed by the State Convention, which levies
taxes on business transacted as far back as
January l, 1865, when large portion of the
State was within our military lines, and all
business was subjected to military taxes
Raleigh (N. CO. Progress.
The schooner Haines, Captain Ettrup
from Hayti, of and for Boston, with a cargo
Of logwood, &C., went ashore during the gale
Of Friday night on the south side of Nan
tuoket, and all hands perished. Her crew
consisted of seven men. One body was found
on tho beach. Tho vessels boat was found
upset half mile from the wreck The crew
probably endeavored to save themselves in 1t,
but were capsiEed before reaching land. The
vessel and cargo were owned by A. S. 4 W.
G. Lewis, of Boston.
Two French engineers, pupils of the Ecolo
Centrale, have just started for Judea in order
to survey the line of railroad in course Of
construction, and part Of which will soon be
thrown open to the public. We shall soon
hear (says an English journaD Of little boys
shouting on the platform Of the Bethlehem
Monitemr, Morning Star; while at the Ca.
pernaeum terminus Guinness's, stout, and
Yorkshire hams will invigorate travellers on
their way to Jericho.
The following queer telegram comes TO the
A. P. from Worcester, Mass: "P. A. Sin.
declares himself for a congress. He alleges
that the senators who impeached the presi-
dent were under arrest fvo days previous
to their act Of impeachment; that their
reporters have been guilty Of falsehood and
malfeasance, and that o'Mahony must clear
himself Of the dirty charge of completely with
the English Government, and that every ex-
travagance he has committed has been by
the consent of the senator's"
The Mobile Register says: eff the Gov.
ernment had secured all the gains, legitimate
and ill.gotten, which the South has lost, the
sum would have made respectable figure in
the interest account of the national debt.
But the people have lost it, and the Govern
ment has not got it. John Scott, Esq, the
cotton loan agent of the Confederate Gov.
ernment, on the surrender Of Gen. Taylor,
turned over to Gen. Candy 12O, 900 bales of
lists, books, and accounts in perfect order.
If the Government has ever received or ever
will receive 10, 900 bales of this amount, We
shall be surprised to learn it."
IS THE inaugural address Of Gov. jenkins,
Of Georgia, We End the following handsome
tribute to the colored people of the late slave
States, which they we'll deserve 'Sincs the
fat of emancipation, although sometimes un.
settled in his purpose and inconsistent in his
service by contract, (the natural result of
transition so thorough and so sudden,) I take
you all to witness that, in the main, his con.
duct has been praiseworthy beyond all ra-
tional expectation" And he further said
that in his judgment the "idelity of the ne
groes in the past, and their decorum under
the distressing influence of the present, are
without a parallel in history, and establish
for them strong claim upon our favoring
| patronage.
TIE "white mans Government" prevailed
| in Alexandria on Christmas, according to all
accounts received from that beloved city
The Journal says hundreds Of young men
paraded the streets hallooing and cheering
for JEFF. Davis, Gen. Lee, and other noted
rebels, with the most deafening and stento-
rian voices. Many of them were dressed in
Confederate gray, and all were armed with
the old regulation pistol, better known as
"horse pistol" There seemed to be gen.
eral concert Of action on the part of all the
young men formerly identified with the rebel
army, and those who had sympathized with
them in their struggle to establish the con-
federacy. They Travelled about the streets in
squads of from ten to fifty, singing at the top
of their voices all the rebel songs they had
ever heard. They fred their pistols by pla-
tOons and by companies, and frightened
women and children almost out of their senses.
Their indecent songs and language finally
drove all the ladies of the streets, and to f..
wards the middle of the afternoon hardly a
respectable lady could be seen outside Of her
domicil. Considerable property was de-.
stroyed, which the city will have to pay for.
TIE liquor prosecutions in Massachusetts
under the prohibitory law have been brought
to a stand-still through the agency of Hon.
Caleb Gushing, leading counsel for the asso'
ciated liquor dealers of that State. Mr..
Cushing has found Federal statute, passed
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