Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-26

The list of the awards to the captOrs of the a.
sassins of Mr.. Lincoln and the reward paid for the
arrest of Jefferson Davis have been laid before the
House of Representatives. Col. L. G.. Baker re
ceives S., $50; Lieut.. Baker, 81 600; Boston Cor
| bett, 81, 600; Lieut.. Dougherty, $500 Col
Pritchard receives So 900 for the capture of jeff
Davis.
| A HEAVY CONSERVATIVE GAIN.-In the city OF
Nashville, Saturday, the vote stood 1886 for
the Union, and 471 for the Radical candidate, be
ing Conservative gain of 900 since the last
August election. The late election for mem
bers of the Legislature, to fill vacancies occasion
ed by ''bolters, and the boiling candidates were
re- elected.
It now appears that Mr.. Clay was released o.,
his parole according to the following terms: He Is
to take the oath of allegiance to the United States
Government, and is at liberty to visit any part Of
the States to transact his legitimate business al
fairs, and to remain III Alabama ready at any time
| to obey call from the Government.
! Glen. GRANT AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, April
I21.-Lieutenant General Grant and wife, accom-
panied by Colonel Badeau and i. II. Dent, Mrs.
Grants father, arrived here this afternoon, on q
brief visit to Postmaster Sharp and his family.
Mrs. Grants relatives. The proprietOrs of tie
Spottswood Hotel will tomorrow give compli-
mentary dinner to the distinguished guests.
IMPORTANT observation-disclosures, April III Tho
Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in Il case carried
before the full bench on demurrer has os.it3Cd ~.
follows A revenue stamp is part Of the note
and need not be copied, is the validity of the
note affected by the want Of y stamp unless it i.
fraudulently omitted.
| SAILING OF SrEAAIIs--NEw YORK. April 81
| The steamers City of New York Hansa Slxonia
Periere, and City Of Cork, sailed to-day for En-
rope, with SAT, 900 in gold. The total export OF
gold for the week has been S11S,OOO.
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN TIE SoUrH.-TreasIIg1
Agent huntington has reached Washington, on his
return from trip through Dixie. 1t is stated he
gives very favorable report OF the disposition of
the people, but says they fearfuy poor All
were, however, loud in praise of President John
sons policy, which they hoped would prove suc-
cessful. The freedmen were attending to the
crops OF cotton and corn, and not one need suffer
for the want of work, as there was plenty of it
The freedmen are behaving well, generally
NATIONAL BANK Observation-Disclosures REy-
ENUE, &C.-WAsHNGToN, April 22-The United
States bonds held for national banks for eircuIa-
ting notes, is S220, OOO, 600 for deposits $50 0OO
OOO. lasb week the Treasury issued 500 500 600
OF national bank notes The entire circulation is
$268, 00O, 900.
The receipts from internal revenue last week
were three million four hundred and sixty-foul
| Thousand dollars. There are now sixteen hundred
and fifty national banks in the country The
funds in the treasury here amount to ninety-siX
millions.
"PREsIDENT' BEAUREGARD.-At q meeting last
Wednesday evening Of the Directors of the New
Orleans jackson and Great Northern Railroad
General =. G. Il. Beauregard was elected Prcsi-
dent, T. S. Williams, General Superintendent, J..
| ID. Green, Engineer, and r. S. Charles, Secretarv
and treasure.
| The CIVIL RIGHTS LAw-The Civil kights El,.
lFs to be tested in the Memphis courts The stat
ntes of Tennessee prohibit negroes from keepiu Z
drinking and billiard saloons and several e.s4.s
are now pending maintaining that under the new
law all men are ON an equal footing to business
pursuits