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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-19
From Texas
New ORLEANS, April II.


Governor Hamilton, of Texas, made speech at
Austin lately, in which he opposed some ordinan-
ces passed by the convention as not being Repub-
ican or meeting the necessary demand made
They had passed but one ordinance which accor-
ded fully with the Presidents policy, and that was
declaring the war debt null and void. He ap-
pealed from the action of the convention to the
people. The convention had passed an ordinance
exempting all persons who, under authority of
civil military powers, had inflicted injury upon
persons during the war from being held accounta-
BILE. Such an ordinance would not and should not
shield them He called upon the loyal people of
the State to work together. He believed provi-
sion should be made to admit the negro5 vote, if
he became elevated and came up to certain stand
ard. The convention had refused this, and re-
fused to give the blacks any quota of the school
fund or make any provision for their education
They had however, been taxed to assist the whites
in sending their children to school, He intended
to announce to the people who had worked against
the interests of the State.
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The Markets.

$500. ~. -, .-..-. New YoRK, April Is.
Cotton heavy. Sales of 600 bales at 81 cents.
Flour active and excited. State brands 81 Is "a 50;
Southern brands advanced 20 @ 80 cents.
Wheat active-8 q II cents higher. a.,. ...-:a
Corn advanced cent. Sales at 81 a 81 cents T..
Pork heavy Lard firm Whisky and naval stores dull.
Freghts dropping. Gold 27s. premium. ..... -.
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1861. 1862. 1868. 1864. 1865.
MONTHS.

FREEDMEN's BUREAU.-We learn that Maj. 9. J. Wick
ersham, who has for time past filled the position
Superintendent of the Southern District of North Carroll
ma, has been relieved from that position by Lit. Col AL
Ian Rutherford of the Veran Reserve Corps. Maj Wick
ersham charge of the Sub-distrct of Whining
ton, comprising in its limits the counties of New Hanover
and Brunswick.
Maj c. Mann has for time been in charge of the
but has been placed at the head of the
Assistant Financial Department.
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AS four or five darkies were passing an agricul-
tural implement store on Broad street, yesterday,
one of them, pointing to a cultivator, said, "a
man kin jist set on that thing and ride while he's
a plowin " "Golly," replied another, "the d-n
rascals was too sharp to tink o. dat fore the Mig
gers was free. "-NashriAe Banner.
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Captured Treasure to be Restored.

WASHINGTON, D. G., April Is.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ordered that the
bonds belonging to the New Orleans Banks which were
captured by Gen. Sheridan at Shreveport be delivered to
the State Auditor to any authorized agent when prop
erly identified. The bonds said to amount to two mill
lions dollars. 8'f ..L -*.2 - = ~.1
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.n. -. .te PORTLAND, Me-, April 18.
The Government has chartered the steamer Regulator
to take company of regular troops to point proba
bly, Eastpor and she will probably leave tho arrival
of the train which is expected to bring General
Meade. -'' t.' l'2 -'.
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Major General NJ. W. Gary, who was recently
brought to Charleston under arrest and Committed
to jail there, has been released on parole,
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NV YoRKyApril 1E0.
From .he Canadian Frontier.

.E4S'.AAi1 = = - TORONTO C. W., April II.
The examination of all the Fenan prisoners commenced
to-day. 1t thought they will be committed for trial at
the next assizes - -. :. -,
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is in Montreal
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ty thousand dollars have been deposited IN bank
to the credit of the Executive COMMITTEES Al
though the Fair is closed, contributions of money
and articles continued to be received late as
Saturday morning. "a y
| The Baltimore San thus speaks OF the close OF
this magnificent undertaking:
The great Southern Relief Fair has to an end as
all the works of mortas but perhaps no under.as
fully carried out leaving in its wake so many pleasant
of the happy hours within the hall
fair achieved wonders. They have realized sum
win hereafter have the proud consciousness Of knowing
that through their exerons alone thousans OF homes u
many field be made to blossom the rose" In taking
leave of the great exhibition We can only say al honor to
be sonns The have Performed good
work. and to them be all praise.
We understand that the managers are at Il loss
as to the best and most efficacious mode of dis
trbuting the relief fund. But two methods have
been suggested. The first is to send the money
to proper persons in the various Southern States
to be disposed of in accordance with the sacred
objects of the undertaking and secondly to pur-
chase articles of food, to be distributed IN the
more needy sections. Which ever of these plans
are finally adopted, would suggest, that SO far
as North Carolina is concerned, that more imme-
dia.e relief could be rendered to that portion of
the State marked by the destructive track of Sher
mans army. And in making this suggestion, we
do not wish to be understood ignoring the
great restitution of other sections OF the State,
but the desolation and want which exists along 5e
route of Shermans march, in this and other States,
appeals with an irresistible eloquence to the
charities of the world, for civilized history will
be searched in vain for parallel for the COM
pleteness with which the work of destruction was
accomplished and the want and misery i'll which
the inhabitants were left. 49,
Among others who could be mentioned as farni- |
liar with the wants of this particular section of
the State, we will venture to Col r. III. |
Cowan of this City, and Mr.. e. ]. Hale of Fayette
vile. We have, in this suggestion, taken the lib
erty of mentioning the names of these gentle |
men, without consultation, but with a full know
ledge of their very great sympathy in the msfor
tunes of their fellow citizens, and their great fam
iliarity with the sufferings of the people of the
section referred to. Their business connection
with that portion of the State, and their residence
there previous to the occupation by Gen. Sher
man, renders them cognizant of the wants of that
people, particularly, between the South Carolina
line and Fayetteville.
We trust that the few suggestions we have
thrown out will be the cause of others being
made. for are led to suppose that the managers
of the late Fair would be pleased to have the views
of the Southern people, to aid them in wise dis
elimination in the distribution of their munifi~ +
cient fund.
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The Scale o Depreciation of Confederate Currcn-


At the request of many friends we republish the
Scale of Depreciation of Confederate Currency,
adopted by the late Legislature and ratified on
the 18th March, 1866. As the table is very i'm
portant in adjusting old debts, and is all that is of
much general interest in the act omit the other
portions of it. We advise all readers to pre-
serve it, as the very great pressure upon our col
umns will probably prevent us from publishining
it again
Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate CURRENCY the Jo1d do
lar being the unit aud Of ca1ue, from Norenb0
LIST, 1861, to May 1st, 1865.
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The annual conference of the Methodist Protes-
taRt Church, Maryland, is in session in Baltimore,
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Reduction of Negro Troops.

5r2..1a age znel WASHINGTON, DC, April 49,
The War Department has issued order reducing the
force of colored troops in Georgia to regiment Ala
bama two Mississippi four South Carolina one and Flor
ida one. '. .'-s -' -.'-. 81. ...- g.. .r. -
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By reference to Geographic column, it will
be seen that the President has released the Hon.
G. c. Clay, on his parole. Mr. Clay has been a
prisoner for nearly twelve months. He
could very easily have escaped, but learn
ing that the Government had offered very
large reward for hisapprehension upon the grounds
of alleged completely in the assassination of
President Lincoln, he sought the nearest Federal
officer and voluntarily surrendered himself His
honorable nature forbade his escape under such
an unfounded and heinous charge. His release is
an act of Justice that will be hailed with delight
by every good citizen Of the country
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H.. Cotton Crop.
A correspondent of the Memphis AppeM sub
mits the following estimate of the cotton crop j:
s-. -. .a.... ..-- Bales.
Estimated stock in American ports and interior OooOO
Estimated stock in Liverpool March 18th inclu-.
ding 200 900 bales from India and other ......
places. 100000
Total stock on hand; .>....:,., -. 100000
Consumed by England weekly. .......... 900
Consumed by France, Belgium and Spain
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Release of c. c. Clay OH Parole.
Northern Ernnfier

IHONIOE. APT1I
C. G. Clay released on parole this morning.
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,nnor,ant o.rrespSon n i in Rei.tson 10 state
: - a sRevsnre. 81
AZ no,itsnesI a the pa5lio Treasurer we are
permitted to publish the following correspond
- - \Sg1 - PLYMorTH, N. c., April 2, 1866.


Public Treasurer, Raleigh, ". c.
Having been selected as the tax list takers for
Washington County, propose to submit some few ques-
tons under the Revenue Law for your decsloR upon
which doubts may arise, and which are not suhclenty
clear either from the law tsel" or your circular.
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Total weekly consumption

1OUdI "eehIy COLsulHPllOH II
Thus, you see, the stocks on hand are barely suf-
fcient to the spindles of the world ten weeks,
or not exceeding three months Take this in con-
nection with the important facts that it is fully
eight months before another crop can be realized,
and the entire Eastern Hemisphere bare of cotton
the great staple must materially advance in price
should currency rise to equal value with gold
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from a party IN Ohio and for which o euUedt had
been filed by Che person from whom it had been
stolen, on the ground that as stolen property he
was entitled to it wherever found The case has
been under adgisement several months, and has
at last been decidedin favor of the Traders Bank
by the Government passing the bond to the credit
of that institution, and issued registered bond
therefor This decision makes the dealing In
Government securities much safer business, as
it affords protection to innocent parties
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A New CARIcATURE. new caricature has been
gotten up in New York, representing Sumner,
Thad. Stevens, and &c dead duck" Forney sitting
in groupe discussing the Presidents speech
Sumner has doleful face, and is wipinga tear off
his cheek with moral Observation-Disclosures Ste
vens looks like Satan, with fire breathing from
with its feathers turned the wrong way and from
whose mouth proceeds nothing but quack quack!
quack In the back ground appears the Goddess
of Liberty waving the stars and stripes over the
head of Andy Johnson, and proclaiming, "The
preservation of the Constitution and the Union %
We are told the effect is admirable
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STATE news.


COUNCIL OF STATE This Body convened in this
city ON Saturday Present! Messrs. W. A. Wright
William Eaton, jr., c. j. Cowles, II. A. Le1nly,
Jesse Yates and r. F. Simonton.
The following nominations made by the
Governor and confirmed by the Council:
b Board Of Internal improvement. Patrick IT.
Winston, Esq, of BERTHE, and DIR. j. q. Ramsay.
of Rowan.
Literary Bond-Nereus NIendenhall, ESD, of
Guilford I'll. w. Hustled, Esq, of Wake, and Col.
Stephen d. Pool of Wayne. - ...y
These appointments are capital-,Semtine.
APPOINTMENTS FOR NORTH CARoLrNA.-The Sen
ate of the United States have confirmed the follow.
ing appointments for this State:
COLLECTORS OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Edmund W. Jones, first district.
Llewellyn G. Estes, second district.
Charles w. Wooden, third district.
William Mo- gan Powell, fourth district.
William III. Thompson, fifth district
Samuel H. Wiley, sixth district.
John B. Weaver, Seventh district.
ASSESSORS OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Robinson Fremont, first district.
Jennings Pigott, second district.
William III. Worth, third district.
Solomon Pool fourth district.
Jesse Wheeler. fifth district
Hardie III. Helper, sixth district
William W. Anderson seventh district.
Postmaster General Dennison, on Tuesday last
issued the following orders:
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which sometimes involve nrutrals IN embarrass.
ment, IL 10 scarcely pIobab that there ahoud even
be blOckade aud all the cOmbaante Will want
home the few shiDs they have got, and will not
g me TO cieale enbaTrasment to the authorities of
EnR,ish ports. No result OF the war is hkely to
affect us much, and we afford TO let the COnt-
btbia powers settle now the map OF Europe shall be
iemodeed. so far as II likely to be altered THIS
makes il very easy for TO be calm and impartial
at this critical time when war may break out any
ano any WG @ and oP s1e re-
having teen dictated by hope or bar. But on
the other hand, we cannot nope to nave much in
ci, lomatists may no have been pretending to have
al influence winch every one kpowsithey have really
not got I hat we should do what we can for the
nalni cnance of peace IS very right, and England
has sufficient claims on the attention of all the
latants to invite them consider 18th her whether
their differences cannot be adjusted But this is tne
utmost that she can.ask, or that she neeo wish 10
ask. She IL rapidly ceasinP to Le European DO ger
in the sense in which she was European DO wer in
the days OF wellington. She is now an Asatic
power, maritime power, an oceanic power, much
more than a European one. The affairs OF Burmah,
OF afghan, OF Nepaul, are of more importance to
her than the AFFAIRS of Wurtemburg and Hano.
India open through Egypt Is far more necessary to
her than to insist that this or that little Rhenish
stronghold shall not belong to France. Her chief
interest in resisting the aRPIesSons of Russia on
COnstantnOple IS not to protect the mouth OF the
danube, or to neutralze ne EuxiDe OF 70 heIp the
tan populations under her rule or adjacent to her
territories that her strength is unbroken, and that
she rule them with "a rod of irou If necessary.
II makes exceedingly little difference 70 us whet er
we are lightly spoken OF, and our prestige is pro-
nounood to be at an end, IN the beer gardens OF
Munich and the cafes of tlorence; but Il is of vital
momen' TO us that at Lucknow and Pesha yur we
sh JUld still be thought qu tie to win in struggle
II stTuRe is forced on US. We are also nation OF
traders and of carriers, and are rich because
trade with every nation and carry the Ro0ds of all
the world SOme OF the pr, atest nations OF the Con-
iDent are, in this respect of the least impo tance
to us"
This is concise statement Of the feeling and
policy OF England, as expressed by the parlia-
mantory lpadnra and thrOuuh the Holm
Bull gives notice that he has had enough of
fighting and is going to confne himself to trading
and making money hereafter. 1t is difficult to
realize that nation which in times past has
been so plucky, quarrelsome, and dlctatoria,
and which has coveted power and glory, should
voluntarily resign its position and turn its back
upon the past; but this sacrifice the people of
ENGLAND have certainly determined to make,
among the most momentous in all current his
tory.
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England Abdicates.

From the World.
One of the most surprising and important
events OF modern times is the voluntary sur.
render by Great Britain OF her position as one
Of the great powers OF Europe. The change has
been so recent that its full significance is as yet
hardly recognized in Europe, while on this side
of the ocean we have failed to appreciate the
important results likely to iollow from the non
Intervention, peace policy which England has
determined to pursue hereafter. The best part
of the great debt of England was created by the
wars in which she engaged to uphold her posi-
ton as a frstclass power in Europe; but since
the close of the Crimean war a change Of policy
has been determined upon at variance with all
the traditions of the nation, and which, if iusti
fed, condemns nearly all the wars she has un-
dertaken for the last two hundred years, and
stamps the national debt as being costly folly.
The following extract from long and able
article in the London Saturday ReUie1 tells the
ss0ry of England's willingness to give up a first
position in the deliberations OF the great po Wers
OF Euyope:-
| III wsr is to come, Eng and NAV reckon conf.
u'nly on keeping out OF H. She will NOT only DO
neutral but ne war viii be OF kind that is exceed.
mgy unlikely 70 raise any OF the difficult questions
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Tue Government Of the United State cannot
afford to be thus covering and fleeing be ore an
ALLEGED criminal IL must come TO The light.
II must declare on what cherge he Is held, for
what crime he is TO be tried, and wbeli why
these hesitattons, and why his counsel haye
TO be coaxing and begging Ior trial. Ii he Is
to be tried at all, he Cannot be tried too soon.
One year ago Davis was the fallen chief OF an
utterly prostrtte rebellion. He was unpopular
at the South and detested at the North. 1t u
very different now He has fully Tegai1ed all
the popularity he ever had. Every ex-Rebel
regards Davis as suffering for htn; and he
wins sympathy outside OF their circle. A1other
year OF Fortress Nom oe night make him popu-
lar at the North. ..al.
For our own part, and in behalf Of some others
who believe the true, sufficient bases of recon
sruction TO be UNIVERSAL AMNESTY, IMPARTIAL
SUFFRAGR-th these two, and no nore-we den and
that this prisoner OF war, or prisoner of slate,
or whatever he may be, shall have the full legal
RIGHTS secured TO him by the Constitution and
laws of the land. Believing that any illegal
harshness to which he may be exposed tends TO
epgender new bitterness be ween North and
South, and TO indispose the latter to accept con
ditions OF reconciliation which we hold best for
each and all, we shall oppose 1t as at once a
wrong and a blunder. We have still an open,
serious controversy with those who insist on
reconstituting our country on basis OF caste
and prejudice, and we cannot afford to give
them the advantage Of truly representing us as
making war on fallen, powerless prisoner OF
war or of peace.
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Rerense OF Jefferson Davis vagary.

FiOm tie Times.
The Tribune of Monday says
at l. reported from Washington that number
OF welknown pentIt men stand ready 70 give pan
for Jefferson DavIs in any tequh ed amount, put
that the Government is disposed 10 reiease hlm IL at
all, upon his paroie"
Mr.. Greeley is one of the "well-known gentle
men, overaowing with sympathy for Jefferson
Davis, and with living zeal chasing up Judge
Underwood to offer "bail in any required
amount"
jefferson Davis was the head and front of
Rebellion, in the progress OF which quarter of
million of our sons fell, and for which the
nation is carrying a debt of over three thousand
millions of dollars. While Jefferson Davis was
IN his glory at Richmond, Union prisoners-sol
diers-were dying in Rebel prisons of "pesti-
lenCe and famine" by thousands. Under the
auspices Of Jefferson Davis, and with the money
OF the Confederate Government, agents were em-
ploN ed TO introduce contagious diseases into our
cites. Under the same auspices, and with the
same money, Confederate agents in Canada
Matched conspracies and raids 10 rob our banks,
murder our citizens, burn our cities, aud assassi'
nate our President These multliorm and afro
cious crimes were approved by Jefers IN Davis.
He has never even denied his responsibility or
con picity in them. When any OF the guilty
agents we're arrested they produced commits
sion from Jefferson Davis.
When this trait0r-in-chie was arrested, out
ragged humanity demanded his trial and punish
was opposed to the ''death penalty" Mr.. Gree
ley Is a phIanthropist! Mr.. Greeleys sympa.
thies warm to the man who struck blow at the
life of the republic; who deluged our country
in blood; who sanctioned piracy, arson, and
assassination! This craven, white-teatnered
spirit, from influential sources, occasoned delay,
and delays end in a denial OF justice. Jefferson
Davis should have been promptly tried, convicted
and sentenced, after which, il the President had
commuted the punishment on condition of his
leaving the country forever, we should have
been rid of bad subject. And now, while
Davis is livine upon the fat of the land IN For
tress Monroe, Mr.. Greeley ru5hes to Washington
TO offer ball. so that not even punishment of the
mildest character should be inflicted upon a
man whose head in any other country, would
have come off Tor any one of his many treasons.
1t is a curious, il not an instructive fact, in
the history of the Rebellion, that while Chief
Justice Chase refuses to try, and Mr.. Greeley
objects to the punishment of the leading repre-
sentative traitor, both refuse to restore the fol-
lowers of Rebel leaders who desire to return to
their allegiance, to their rights and privileges;
and both persist after peace has been pro
claimed, in keeping the Union divided
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Dry GOODS.

DREIFUSS & BELSINGE
No. 40 North EIGHTH Street,
ave iust opened complete stOcko
SPRING GOODS,
CONSISTING or LACEs, LMBRoIDERIEs, AND
FANCY GOODS.
900 pieces plain and striped Jaconets the newest styles
SHRED and Tucked Muslins which v Offering a,
low prices.
400 dozen Bemsiitched handkerchief at old prices
25, 81, 40, and so GEMS,
A fun assortment Of the newest design LACE COL.
LA lis and C0LLARf TIES, from n cents up 10 $40.
GLOVES-GLOVES.
A complete line Of JOUVIN KID GLOVES, to which
We invite attention, which we offer at low figures
GABRIELLE SKIRTS.
GABRIELLE SKIRTS
The newest most desirable, and sty iish skirts now
worn.
lUCKEp sKIRTING, cheap and desirable article
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
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