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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-03-15
SENATE.
TUESDAY. March 6, 1866.


The Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock, A. NJ
Mr.. Howard introduced bill to amend chap 40 Of the
kcElsed Code ehtteu uralhluS, any Io ~ i
his molten the rules suspended and the bill passed
Mr. Jones of Wake introduced resolution in favor of
W. Thompson. Referred to the Committee on Claims
bills
Bill to extend the for collecting taxes under the
Revenue Ordinance of the Conventions bill to authorize
estate bill amend act concerning the Justices ofth
Peace in the county of Bladen; bill to incorporate the
Wnes ] of lands and Houses Bin to amend chapter 79
the Revised Code entitled salaries and ees bill for the
75 of the Revised Code, entitled Notaries.
On motion of Mr. Howard the rules were suspended and
the bill passed its third reading.
On motion Of Mr. Mclean the rules were suspended and
the bill relative to removing dams on the Cape Fear River
Of Mr. AEen3e ell IT. was Wnd ndePg init P the rate Of
interest taken up, and motion of Mr. Cowles was
laid on the table
The bill for the relief the people, authorizing the
banks the State to subscribe for stock in the national
Banks, up and rejected by vote of Il to 16
Bill to authorize the formation OF an English and Amer
lean Vine and Wool Manufacturing and Agricultural Asso
citation in the United States, came up and was indefinitely
message from the transmitting the following
bills viz Bill relating to debts contracted during the war
airoad Company. Bill tOreguate the sale of spirtuOus
liquors the town of Salem Bill to authorize the Public
Treasurer to make special deposits.
IL o'clock Mr. Speaker Settle addressed the Senate
follows: ,
in case of the DEATH absence from the State inability OF
the Governor discharge the duties of the Chief aSs
of the State they shall devolve upon the Speaker OF
the Senate for the time being.
The General Assembly has elected me Solicitor for the
4h Judicial circuit The acceptance Of this latter office
will vacate the Speakcrship of the Senate.
desire therefore, in order to provide against any pos
sble contingency of iterTegiInI in the Executive
Office resign the position of Speaker of the Senate be
fore the close of the which now near at hand IN
order that you may fill it again.
In severng this connection. allow me to say that we
been called upon to conduct the Legislative depart
ment of the State, at time OF unusual embarrassment
We found dear old State almost ruined, may say
utterly prostrated, by the ravages of long, fierce and
to produce this prosration and it not to be expected
Health and ygor into her frame and send her forth
prosperous and happy she once was:
We may not have done ell lhat 1t was IN our power
mtted mistakes but let it be remembered, that we have
been beset by difficulties such never surrounded any OF
our Let us go on and here and else
where do our full duty Let inculcate cultivate ana
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DIsGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS the first time
since the Guardian has been in existence in Char
lotte, we called upon to notice disgracefu and
riotous proceedings such as were enacted upon
our streets last evening, and which were allowed
to go unchecked either by the military civil a-
thorlties of the place In other cities Of State
Wilmington, Newbern Goldsboro Raleigh and
other places,-we have noticed by paragraphs in
the respective publications, that spirit of disOr-
derry conduct to more or less extent, has been
enacted upon their streets, and we were congratU-
lating ourselves upon the orderly regime under
which our local affairs were administered. But
the proceedings of last night without the voice of
those in authority to check it's onward course, has
dispelled those bright illusions of the quiet and
orderly manner with which our charge de affairs
we're managed.
Drunkenness, hallooing, hopping, swearing, with
loudness that gave evidence that the actors were
possessors Of good lungs, seemed to be the order
of the day, night, rather. And this allow
ed to go without the hand of justice being
stretched forth to arrest the noisy crousers their
onward course Will it still be permitted? Is
there no one in authority to check such disgrace
full proceedings? We ask for the order loving
portion of our communication the sake of the la
dies of our town-that such proceedings, which
causes the blush of shame to mantle the cheek of
the virtuous, may be stopped
We know full well that our civil authorities have
not the full power to mete out the punishment
speak OF, but we understand that there is Pro-
vost Marshal stationed in our town, whose duty it
is to quiet all disorderly and riotous conduct, es-
specially among his soldiers! We call his par
tlcular attention to the matter, and ask for our
community that such scenes as were enacted last
night be stopped. Our town has always borne the
character of an orderly and quiet place, and we
trust that her unsulied reputation heretofore, will
not be allowed to degenerate in the future.
Charlotte Guardian.
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EDGEcoMBE.-At the recent term of the County
Court in Edenton, Ex-Gov. FL. L. Clark was elect
ed Chairman of the Court and also of the Special
Court.
H. Austin County Trustee, and j. B. Campbell,
Register. Excellent appointments
CARTERET. At the first term of the County
Court of Carteret, recently held, Jno M. Perry,
Esq, was elected County Attorney. Rev. John
Rumley was elected Register. James Rumley,
Esq, qualified County Court Clerk, and j.
Henry Davis, Jr., ,sas Sheriff
RdLeiQh Sentinel, 6M
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Turner Ashby.

The New York Worzd of the 10Th ult., contains
a graphic and interesting sketch of General
Ashby-the partisan" by 81. E. Co. which all
will at recognize as the initials of that vgor-
Gus and charming writer, John Esten Cook, ESQ.,,
of Virginia. His description of General Ashby S
appearance is follows
''What the men of Jackson saw at the head of
the cavalry from March to June 1862, q man
rather below the middle height, with an active
and vigorous frame, clad in plain Confederate
grey. His brown felt hat was decorated with a
black feather; his uniform was almost without
decorations; his cavalry boots, dusty or splashed
with mud, came to the knee, and around his waist
he a sash and plain leather belt, holding
pistol and sabre.
The face of this of thirty or a little more
was noticeable His complexion dark as
that Of an Arab; his eyes of deep rich brown,
sparkled under well formed brows; and two-thirds
of his face was covered by huge black beard and
mustache the latter curling at the ends the form
reaching to his breast. There was thus in the
face of the cavalier something Moorish and bri-
ganash; but all idea of melo- dramatic parsonage
disappeared as you pressed his hand, looked into
his eyes and spoke to him. The brown ewes,
which would dash terribly in BATTLE were the
softest and most friendly imaginable; the voice,
which would thrill his men as it rang like a clari
on in the charge, the perfection of mild cour-
tesy. He was simple and friendly as child, in
all his words movements and the carriage of his
person. You could see from his dress, his firm
tread, his open and frank glance that he was
thorough soldier-indeed he always looked like
workout under the soldier, was as plainly the
gentleman. Such in his plain costume, with his
simple manner and retiring modesty, was Ashby,
whose name and fame, brave comrade has truly
said, will endure as long as the mountains and
valleys which he defended X Apart
from what he performed, he was a parsonage to
whom attached and still attaches a never-dying
interest. His career was all romance-it was as
brief splendid and evanescent as a dream-but
after ali, twas the man, Turner Ashby, who was
the real attraction. It was the man whom the
people of the Shenandoah Valley admired so pas
sionately, rather than his glorious record. There
was something grander than the wonderful avhieve-
ments of this soldier, and that was the soldier
himself -
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House met at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Brewer.
An engrossed bill to amend chapter 40, Revised Code
in relation to draining etc. passed its several readings
under suspension of the rules.
bill supplemental to the act to charter the city of
Newbern taken up motion of Mr. Manly and pass
ed its several readings. ..-. - ......s, s
resolution reported from the Finance Committee, to
authorize the publication with the acts OF the present
SESSION. of sundry acts heretofore passed. passed its
several readings. ,
bill to authorize the Western N. C. Railroad to bor
money the faith and credit of the State passed
second readings.
SPECIAL ORDER. . .
A bill to raise Sinking Fund, put its second
reading. .
The Judiciary Committee had reported substitute for
this bill entitled bill to raise from taxing
railroad receipts. The substitute proposes to levy tax
gross receipsef railroads from travel
and one half of per cent their receipts from
the transportation of freight to be applied to the payment
of the public debt -.
The question being the adoption of the substitute
the yeas and ordered on motion of Mr. Hoke
MI. Cowau opposed the bill and moved Its indefinite
Messrs. Caldwell and Dargan opposed the bill.
Messrs. McAden and Hoke supported 1t.
The question recurring the bill was indefinitely post
poned as follows: ..... 9-..
YEAs-Messrs. Beasley, Black Bouer Burton, Cald-
welt Cameron, Campbell Chadwick, Cowan Cox DargaI
Davis of Careret Everett Falrclot of Wayne FarroW
Faison Foster Gaines Gidney Harrington Harper, Hen
~ Holderby, Houston jenkins of Warren, Joyner Ju
kifs Keenan, Logan, Lucas, Luke Manly Maler, McEach
ern McNar NiYen Newsum, Smith of Columbus Smith OF
Cumberland Smith of Guord, Smith of Hertford Thlg
pen Trull, Waugh, Whitley, Williams and Nlsen.--43
NAYs-Messrs. Allison, Arlington Ashworth, Baxter,
Blackmer Blair Blythe Bryson, Carson Coats, Craige
Daby DaYis Of Halifax Dekey Dunn Farcloth OF Green
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TERMS OF. ADVERTISING.

square, of 10 lines ess for each and every inser-
ton, 81.
Special Notices will be charged 50 90 per square for each
and every insertion.
All Obituaries and private publications cf every charac
ter, are charged as advertisements.
EDNo advertisement, refectirs upon private charac-
ter, can, under CIRCUMSTANCES, be admitted.
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BY BAYARD TAYLOR.

I'VE are indebted to an accomplished lady for MS.
Jpy of this poem, which remember to have and
mired long ago. in the years when the grim realities un-
crying the noble of the lyric were pictures
OF experiences, to the of the country. It's pathos
i'll lose nothing by the sombre shadows which the
as thrown into our household pictures,-ED. VIRGIN.
M
'Give a song!' the soldiers cried,
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns of the camps allied,
Grew weary Of bombarding.
The dark Redan in silent scott
Lay, grim and threatening, under;
And the tawny mound of the Malakoff
No longer belched its thunder.
There pause. The guardsman said -
''We storm the forts to to-norrow;
SinG while we may, another day
VIII bring enough OF sorrow
They lay along the battery's side
Below the smoking cannon
Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde,
And from the banks of Shannon.
They sang of love- and not of fame:
Forgot was Britan's glory;
Each heart recalled different name,
But all sang "Annie Laurie"
Voice after voice caught up the song,
Until its tender passion
Rose like an anthem, rich and strong
Their battle-eve confession.
Dear girl, her name he dared not speak
Yet, as the song grew louder,
Something upon the soldiers cheek
Washed of the stains of powder.
Beyond the darkening ocean burned
The bloody sunsets embers;
While the Crimean valleys learned
How English love remembers
And once again fire af hell
Rained on the Russian quarters:
With scream of shot and burst Of shell,
And believing of the mortars.
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For singer, dumb and CORY;
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang of "Annie Laurie
Oh, soldiers! to your honored rest,
Your truth and valor bearing;
The bravest are the tenderest-
The loving are the daring.
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SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, March 7, Is

WEDNESDAY,, March T. 1866.
EVENING SESSION,
The Senate was called to order at y O'Clock.
Mr. Howard introduced the following:
Resolved That and after Thursday, the Senate will
meet at m and adjourn at q meet at 81 and adjourn
at 81; meet at y and adjourn at II p. M, which
adopted.
Mr. Arendell introduced a resolution making appro-
priation hundred and fifty dollars to the Clerk
poyed by the Commission that appointed to prepare
system of laws relating to the freedmen, which
ferred to the Committee Claims.
The bill to change the jurisdiction of the courts and the
rules of pleading therein coming under the head of Intn
ished business, taken up. The merits of said bill
were discussed and several amendments adopted The
question recurring the passage of the BILL Mr. Leitch
offered substitute for the whole bill, which rejected
the question ts passag being put the bill passed its
third reading.
The bill providing for the issue of bonds to be TAX
in payment for the interest the State debt contract
ed before the war; taken up unfinished business
Mr. Carter moved to amend by striking out the amend
ment imposing tax the interest accrung thereon
The question arising striking out the yeas and nays
we're called and it stricken out by vote of 25 to 18
Mr. Morehead moved to substitute the bill introduced
by Berry which rejected by vote of 80 to r.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker
adjourned the Senate, ...#
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Message from the President-The Work of Reor-
ganiZation.

a.a WASHINGTON, March 6.
The following message from President John
son was received by the House of Representatives
to-day
To the House Of Representatives.:
In answer to the resolution of the House of Re-
presentatives of the 18th of January last request
ing information in regard to provisional govern
ments of certain States, I transmit report from
the Secretary of State to whom the resolution was
referred.
(signed,) ANDREW JOHNSON.
In a communication to the President, Mr.. Sew
ard C has the honor to state that a copy origin
ais of all the volumnious papers called for by the
resolution have been, with reports from this de-
partment of this date, laid before the President
to enable him to answer similar resolution of the
Senate. AS these papers will undoubtedly be
printed for the use of the Senate it is presumed
to be unnecessary to have another copy made to
enable the President to answer the resolution of
the House of Representatives.
In communication sent to the Senate, Mr..
Seward says: 6 It will appear that all the persons
appointed Provisional Governors were required to
take the oath prescribed by act of Congress, ex-
cept W. W. Holden, appointed Provisional Gov
ernor of North Carolina. The omission of the
quirement in this is believed to have been
entirely accidental He however, took the am
nesty oath prescribed in the Presidents procama-
ton of May 29th, 1865. There is record in this
Department of the oaths which We're taken 10y the
several Provisional Governors
The papers accompanying the Presidents mes
sage ehiorace oesPaIcneS, prOclanlatlO us anu com
munlcations many of them heretofore published
relative to the restoration of the government of
North Carolina, from May %. 1865, to January %,
1865; relative to Mississippi, from June H. 1865,
to December 4, 1865, the latter communicating
the rejection of the constitutional amendment by
the Mississippi Legislature; relating to Georgia,
from October II, 1865 to December 2S, 1865; re-
lating to Texas from December g. 1865, to letter
from Provisional Governor Hamilton, promising |
to lay before the Legislature the United States
Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery; on |
Alabama affairs, from June 81 to December 20;
South Carolina matters from July 81 to Decem- |
Der Is; Florida affairs, from July IA to December
80 80 .a-..E |
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W W. In w AMY
Major General, COMMISSIONS

WE'LL Done VIRGINA-The Legislature of Vir-
ginia has passed the bill funding the interest due
by the State on Aer bonds. Her interest now due
is nearly $6, 600, 600, and with one third of her
territory set off to another State she marches up
to her duty promptly. The interest now due by
North Carolina is So, 500, ,0O0 and yet her Legis-
lature hesitates It is afraid of compounding
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highly important rumor has just reached me
from a entitled to consideration to the eff
feet that the President has summoned to this city
the Senators elect from all the reorganized south
ern States lately in revolt. The report may be
premature. But several of these Senators are now
here and have been requested by the President to
remain. That he may have occasion to confer
with all of them, after the events of yesterday is
not improbable
The majority of the committee on reconstruc-
ton have come to the conclusion, in effect, that
one of the eleven lately rebelious States shall
be represented in this Congress. This is in con-
formity with the assertions of the most trusted
leaders of the Congressional majority.
VASE, Corr. Bat, tSun.
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[REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE JoURNAL.l
SENATE.


MONDAY, March ), 1866
Prayer by Rev. j. NJ. Atkinson of the Presbyterian
Church
Reports from standing committees were filed.
DEBTS ARE VALID,
The resolutions heretofore pubished declaring what
debts Valid and what valid under the ordinance of
the Convention, considered their second reading
They adopted sidtn, without opposition except
the fifth proposing to pay Judges the pay due them dur
ing the war.
An amendment offered by Mr. Harris of Rutherford,
prOving that these officers shall not than
the salaries received prior to May 2Oth 1861 its equiva
lent in currency of the United States" adopted.
The Senate refused by vote of yeas 26 nays 49, to
strike out the resolution motion of Mr. Cowles. The
resolutions then passed their second reading.
The bill change the Jurisdictions of the Courts and
the rules of pleading therein made the special order
for Wednesday next.
REVENUE.
The remainder of the mornings session. and the entire
evenings taken with the consideration of
the Revenue bill The bill passed its second reading with
important amendment, and filed for its final read
ing.
At 10 O'clock P. NJ, the Senate adjourned
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SENATE.
March 5, 1866.
EVENING SESSION.

The Senate called to order at y o'clock, Z. Nj.
The Revenue bill being the unfinished business, was
sumed Various amendments proposed but the bill
in its main features was preserved as 1t came from the
House. 1t passed its second reading.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Senate adj
iOurned.
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Assistant Commissioners of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau have written to General Howard for instruc-
tions how to deal with the question of matrimony
among the edpeople The Generalhas addressed
to them the following circular:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABAN-
DoNED LANDS,
Washington, March I'd, 1866. =.
Circular liberalization is called to para
graph of circular g. series 1865 from this Office
with regard to marriages. The Commissioner
deemed those regulations sufficient to enable the
Assistant Commissioners to draw up more specific
rules The Commissioner, directs that each AS
sistant Commissioner consult the State laws with
regard to the marriage and divorce of white per
sons and embody them for the benefit of freed
men, SO far as this can be done in a circular.
1t is desirable to furnish such a system of marri
age rules as would be approved by the State au-
thorties It is therefore advisable to procure the
formal approval of the Governor to your circulars
on this subject. The Commissioner would simply
suggest several points that require Immediate at
tention: 1st. Parties eligible to marriage. I'd.
Who shall grant certificates of marriage. Sd.
Parties authorized to solemnize marriage. 4th.
Dissolving marriages. 5th. Registry of marriages.
9th. Regulations with reference to persons who
have lived together without marriage The great
est care must be taken to instruct all the freed
people as to what the law demands OF them in
gard to marriage; and all clergymen and magis-
trates who are authorized to give certificates or
solemnize marriage, must be earnestly solicited to
aid the bureau officers in rectifying the existing
evils on this subject g.
The Assistant Commissioners will forward to
these headquarters copy of their regulations with
reference to marriage, as soon as they shall be
drawn up for file in this Office.
- o. O. HOWARD,
Major General Commissioners
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Gen. Banks will shortly make an elaboratespeech,
and it is rumored that he will go with the Conser
vatives sustaining President johnson and refusing
further political association with Stevens and Sum
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An 50 old time" gentleman, coming to London
to spend his Christmas, took the stage in prefer
ence to the railway because, as he said, he could
ride four times as long for the same money.
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Five years ago man in the Ohio State Peniten-
tiary succeeded in making his escape. A few days
since he returned and expressed a desire to serve
out his term. The only explanation given is that
while out of prison he got married. ,.: u q
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A concerted d @ &c coacomb, ID with very patronlzlng
trotter, and tell me the greatest lie you can,
and will treat you to glass of Irish whisky
"Pon my word, !" says Pat, fan yer Honor's gin
tleman.'' s.e'-.as --5 IT, .....s-.s -, i
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under consideration when the hour of adjournment
arrived
The Speaker announced the Senate adjourned until the
afternoon, at 81 O'Clock.
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A very volatile young lord, whose conquests in
the female world were numberless, at last married
6" Now, my lord, said his wife, II hope you'll
mend" Madam" said he, this is my last
folly"