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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-08-30

The BAPT1sMs YEsTERDAY.-We understand
some eight hundred persons were present at Ell
lingtons mill, yesterday, to witness the baptising
of some forty or fifty converts by the Rev. Mr..
Ivey. Hafpast eleven was the appointed time of
the ceremony, and early on Saturday evening and
Sunday morning large crows of visitors gathered
in the neighborhood preparatory to witnessing
the scene. There were, also, some two or three
hundred spectators at Walnut creek, yesterday
afternoon, at the baptising of some eight or ten
persons, by the Rev. Mr.. Raven. Good order
prevailed at both ceremonies. Protracted meet
ings seems to be the order of the day in Wake.
NeaO6e7ra Progress. 18th inst
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quote sales as follows:

SPIRITS TURPENTINE:- The market during the past
ces shade advance has been obtained over highest quo
aon of Friday last The transactions for the week have
limited shipping facilities At the time of closing
report there is rmer feeling the part of sellers, and
it is generally held above the views OF buyers We quote
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-08-30
Wilmington Wholesale Prices Current.

~ 1t should be understood that quotations gen.
orally represent the wholesale price. In filling small
orders, higher rates have to be paid
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-08-30

We have now the official vote in full of the cleo
ton for the ratification or rejection of the new
Constitution. The majority for Rejection is 1882.
Haywood is the only county in the State, which
has not been heard from. We will publish in our
next the vote in full.
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Markets.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-6 z. M.
The Cotton market is heavy with sales of 200 bales
Mddlings 33@354 cents Flour is dull Southern
changed Wheat has declined 23 cents. Corn steady
Oats cent lower. Pork heavy at $32 87-saes of
1880 bbs Groceries dull Spirits Turpentine 6S cts
% gallon Rosn s3@s8 y Dbl. There no stock board
to-day.
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REVIEW OF THE WILMINGTON MARKETS

For the week ending Thursday, Aug. 30. 1866.
TURPENTINE-Since our last review the market for this
article has ruled quite active, and the price of yellow dip
has advanced 90 cents on previous quoatonthe sales
for the week being at IS 30 for virgin, and So 20 for
low dip The quantity coming in is very light owing main
y the low stage of the water courses and parcels
readily taken arrival by sters at above figures. We
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DIED.

In this city, at Al o'clock, P. NJ 29th inst, HERBERT
son of Nathaniel B. and Agnes F. Vincent aged years
and months.
At Oxford, N. c., on 23d inst, Mrs. MARY r. POPE
wife of II. j. Pope, Esq, OF Northampton County, and
daughter of the late Col. Robert Ransom.
At the Piedmont Springs, Texas, August Sd, JOHN
GRANGE ASHE, aged ~ years, formerly Of Wilmington
N. G.
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Nominations for Congress -The action the Mu-
nicfpa1 Authorities o. Philadelphia toward the
President and Party.
The President i'm New York.

-
NEW YORK, Aug. %.
The President met by delegations and crowds of
persons at Burlington and Trenton New jersey where
demonstratons OF respect were paid him He arrived
here this afternoon and while crossing the river thunder
ing salutes were fred Atthe pier he received by DIFF
ferent municipal committees and citizens among whom
were Alex. t. Stewart, VIM. B. Astor Commodore Van
derbilt Moses Taylor and others He then escorted
to City Hall, where Mayor Hoffman welcomed him for
mally to the great Metropolis, which he replied in
fectous terms Subsequently the heads of the city de-
partmens presented and shortly afterwards the
President was escorted up Broadway by military and
civic procession, and finally to Delmonicos corner 4th
street and 9Th Avenue There the military passed in
view before the President the, officers saung and the SOL
diers and citizens cheering
This evening the President nd party will participate
splendid banquet at and will afterwards pro-
coed to the Fifth Avenue Ho tel The march of the pro-
was witnessed by hu ndreds Of of
tators, the number exceedn possible that which lined
that great thoroughfare the occasion OF the funeral
honors to the late President The civil and military
thortes cooperated with the citizens and merchants
committee with remarkable unanimty, and thus gave to
their distinguished guest the grandest reception
corded to any public persona ge during day. and the
genuine enthusiasm NANTES ted mark it
spontaneous ovation of tie people to the champion OF
their rights and liberties.
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Cotton Crop at the South.

AUGUSTA, GA, Aug. 25.
The prospects the cotton crop all parts of the State
are gloomy on account Of the continued drought. In
southwestern Georgia where the yield formerly
bale acres, than bale to ten acres will
realized the present This equally true OF
the other sections The accounts from Florida represent
the late drought, followed by heavy rains, as having
IOnsy injured the cotton One half OF what Is known
the middle crop will be lost. The cotton prospects OF
Mississippi and Alabama also represented gloomy,
of the drought and ravages of the boil
THE CoTrox PRIzEs.-The Prizes offered by Messrs
Mitchell Allen Co., and s. I. Jones Co.. for the first
hale Of new cotton were awarded Yesterday to the nro
mittee appointed to examine it
We publish in full their communication and report:
NEwBERN, Aug. 81, 1866.
Messrs. S. T. JONES 4 Co,
MITCHELL, ALLEN Co..,
GeHHenel At yOur request, we have examined the
First Bale of New Cotton y brought to this market
We report that it raised by Major W. j. Barrett OF
LcnOr county, c. and that it weighs fOnr hundred ana
twenty-five pounds and therefore award him the Silver
emp offered by Mitchell Allen Co., and the Twenty Dol
lar Gold and Thirty Six Cents per pound offered by s.
T. ones Il Co. 80
We thank Won in the of the business OF the
v for vouc convince the planters and farmers
Of thu State that merchants of Newbern feel inter-
teir prosperity and determined TO zeal WIN
hem IN the most liberal manner. 49, ~
SAML BLAGGE,
". c. WHITFORD.
LGnoir eoanty ahead in the State. Now where do we
lind Craven county Behind hand. We shall be pleased
to least the second bale of cotton from this
county.
The Star Band" yesterday evening, escorted the tr-
nnphant bale i'll the Southern Express wagon through
the principal streets of the city, and halted in front of our
office, regaling our ears with 'Dxies Land" commence
rating the occasion by quite lively jubilee:
Ne1rberTt Commercial, 18th anSf.
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LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGR APH.
Shipping Intelligence.

New YORK, Aug. 29--P. M.
The steamer HAZE from Mobile, and French steamer
Tampico, from Havre, have arrived here.
Capt Leland Of the brig Nickopee, arrived here to-day
He reports the loss of his vessel by fire. the 18th of
July, bound from Charleston to Liverpool with turpen-
tne-crew saved.
The steamer Pennsylvania from Liverpool has arrived
Her news has been anticipated by the Cable.
Nh. Raymond and the National Union Executive
Committee.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29-P NJ.
Mr.. Raymond has met the threats expe him by call
ing meeting of the National Union Executive Commit
tee by virtue of bis position Chairman. Gov Ward of
New Jersey, has written letter thereupon and de-
nounces Raymond by saying that he is betrayer of his
party and repudiates said call.
Nominations for COngress-The action the Mu-
nicipal Authorities of Philadelphia toward the
President and Party
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %.
j. Lawrence Getz Democrat editor of the Reading Ga
ze has been nominated for Congress in Burks District
VIM G. Kelly, Leonard Myers, Charles ONein and JOS.
r. Syndhall.
The Democrats and Conservatives who support the
Presidents policy express great Indignation at the
OF the municipal authorities refusing the inequalities
of the city to the President and party By this action
refusal to act our officials have placed themselves in
Inequalities.
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OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH
HEADQUARTERS WAR DEPARTMENT.
The following telegram received 445 p. H. July 30,
1866, from New Orleans July 80, 1866:
TO HIS EtceHency President johnson
Convention met. riot broke out in the city So far
the police has the upper hand Several white and coOred
persons killed Called Gen. Baird for assistance which
is cheerfuly rendered Intense excitement Convention
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A. BAIRD. BreYet Mai. Gen.

To AndrerJ Heron attorney GeneaQf louisiana, Ne,c
Orleans
You will call upon Sheridan whomever may be
in command for sufficient force to sustain the civil author
ity in suppressing all illegal unlawful assemblies who
usurp to exercise power authority with
first having obtained the consent of the people of the
State. there is to be a convention let it be composed
of delegates chosen fresh from the people of the whole
State The people be first consulted in reference
changing the organic law of the State Usupng will not
be tolerated. The law and the Constitution must be
tanned, and thereby peace and order
ANDREW Johnson
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the present municipal and State Governments. will,
learn, assemble in this city Monday next The and
ordinances of the city which office makes oblie atory
upon to faithfully execute declare all assemblies
calculated to- disturb the public peace and tranquility
unlawful, and such to be dispersed by the ayor
and the participants held responsible for violating the
same.
It is my intention to dispense this unlawful assembly
found within the corporate limits of the CITY, by arrest
ing the members thereof and holding them accountable
to existing municipal laws provided they meet without
the sanction of the military authorities will esteem it
favor general If at your earliest convenience you will
inform whether this projected meeting has your ap
probation, so that may act accordingly.
I am, general, respectfully,
JOHN T. MONROE, Mayor.
A true copy: NATHANIEL BURBANK,
First Lieutenant and Acting A. A. G.
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New Orleans-OMcial Correspondence I'm Relation
The Preparatory Aiming of the Negroes Proven.
WARRINGTON, Aug. a. 1S66.-The following is the off,
clal correspondence relative to the New Orleans riot
OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH
HEADQUARTERS, WAR DEPARTMENT. {
The following telegram received at 925 P. NJ July
~, 1866:
New ORLEANS, La, July 81, 1866.
HIS Ezceuency President johnson
SIR Gov. Wells has in compliance with the procama-
ton of r. K Howell President pro- tem signed writs of
election to fill vacancies in the convention and forwarded
the same to the Office of the Secretary of State
ALBERT VOORHEES,
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.
ANDREW j. HERON, Attorney Gen. of Louisiana.
OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH
HEADQUARTERS, WAR DEPARTMENT !
The following telegram was received p NJ, July %,
1866 from New Orleans, July o. 1866:
PRESIDENT JOHNSON Radical mass meeting composed
manly OF large number of negroes last night ending In
riot. The Committee of Arrangements of said meet
ing, assembling tonight violent and ncendary speeches
made. Negroes called to themselves. You bitterly
denounced; speakers Field, Dose, Hawkins Henderson,
Hur Ward, and Others. Gov. Wells arrived last night,
but sides with the convention the whole matter be-
Jury impossible to execute civil
members of the convention under from the
nal COURT of this district Is the military to interfere
prevent process OF court?
ALBERT VOORHEES,, Lieut. Gov, La.
ANDREW j. HEBRON Attorney Gen., La.
Telegram
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 20, 1866
To Albert Voorhees,, Lieutenant Governor Of Louisiana,
Neo Orleans, La:
The military will be expected sustain to OBJ
struck interfere with the proceedings of the
dispatch the subject of the convention sent to Gov
We lis 1nOr
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ALBERT VOORHEES,, Lieut.. Gov Louisiana
TCOpy,

OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH
HEADQUARTERS WAR DEPARTMENT. {
The following telegram received 1915 p. NJ, July 81,
1866, from New Orleans, La. July 80, p. NJ 1866
To the Secretary of War:
riot has occurred here to-day. Ihave been in
full consultation with the city authorities, and have kept
my troops well in hand for such emergency The riot
commenced unexpectedly and before the troops could
reach the of action number of persons killed
and wounded. have felt compelled to declare martial
law, and have appointed military governor of the city
All is quiet Several prominent gentlemen connect
ed with the convention are killed or wounded.
A. BAIRD, Bvt Maj. Gen.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-06-16
Enforcing Labor Contracts.

Gen. Kiddoo, the new Commls-
sioner of the Freedmen's Bureau
for the State of Texas having as
certained that it has become quite
prevalent throughout the State to
enticc laborers from one employer
to another, aftN a contract has been
entered into in good faith between
employers and Freedmen, and such
a course being deemed not only
dishonorable and a fragrant viola
ton of the law of contracts, bat al
so destructive to the energetic sys-
ten of labor the Bureau desires to
establish, and detrimental TO the
agricultural interests of the State,
has issued the following order
Gal. CiUilian.
Ordered, That any employer,
planter or other person, who shall
hamper with or entice laborers TO
leave their employer with whom
thew have contracted with in good
faith. before the expiration of the
time specified in the contract, By OF
fering higher wages or other IN
ducements, OF by representing tc
the freedmen las has frequently oe-
curred1 that the contract undei
which they are bound, it having
been previously approved by al
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-06-16
VOL. XIII, NO. SS....wHOLE NUMBER, C0i.

qualified eloctor. happen to be in any
o,ber county, situated in the district
in which he resides, at the time Of
on election, he shall he permitted 20
vote for any district officer, provided
that the qualified elcctora shall be
permitted TO vote anywhere in tho
State for State officers, and provided
further that no soldier, seaman, or
marine in the army or navy Of tho
United States, shall be entitled 10
vote at any election created by this
Constitution. We think all citizens
included in this category are quail
fed voters, whether registered or
not.
Tho Convention, which fixed the
time and objects of the coming elec.
tion, declared by IN ordinance now
in force, that the Constitution of tho
State of Texas shall be MS follows;
The Constitution of the State ofTcx-
as, rs in force on the 2Sth day OF
January, A. d, 1861, the Ordinance
entitled "Freedmen,' adopted rs
substitute for Article Sth in the
Constitution in force in January
2Sth, 1861, the Ordinance assuming
the United States Direct Tax, the
Ordinance, on the subject Of Seccs.
sion, and that all other amendments
that may be made by this Conven-
tion. shall he submitted 70 the MOO
pie at the first general election, or
on the fourth Monday in June, 1866,
for their acceptance or rejection;
and if accepted by them, shall be-
come part of said Constitution, and
not otherwise.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-06-16

Mcrtions and sacrifices Of tho faith
els north and south-that We have
0h inheritance in it-that it's past
florious history was contributed to
tliko by u noble ancestry OF both
Sections of the country; that tho
hay yet lives in our memories when
I've were all proud OF the achieve
hents won by American arms upon
kelds where men from the South and
North stood shoulder to shoulder
that the brightest pages in Ameri-
can history are the pages which re-
cords the achievements Of Washing
ton and Green, of Morgan and Ma
rion, of Putnam and Lee, and their
compatriots in tho cause offreedom,
when the history of our country
was written in the blood of men
from the north and south who fell
at Bunker Hill, Monmouth, Brandy
wine Saratoga, Camden, Eutaw,
Guilford and Yorktown. If we but
pursue this course the day cannot
bo far distant when sectional ami
mosities, and the bitterness engen-
dercd by the late struggle must per-
ish. The late bloody fields upon
which lie the remains of so many
heroes from the north and the south
will constitute new pagein Amer
lean history, and the deeds ofvalor
recorded will be alike glorious to
each. The student of history at
Harvard, or at Columbia, will not
pale because of shame for the con-
duct of his ancestors, but he will
feel proud of the heroism and COM
mon achievements Of the warriors
of both sections of the country
Manassas, Oak Hills, Shiloh, Rich
mond, Gettysburg, the Wilderness,
Murtreesboro, Franklin and Nash
vile, will be regarded as contribu-
tions, resplendant with glory to
American history, alike honorable
to the living and the dead from the
north and the south.
l trust in God, my felloW-cltlzens,
that the reconciliation of the Amer
ican people may be speedy and sim
cere. That the government may be
launched again in the track marked
out for it by its founders; and that
time shall soon come when as broth
ers we can look upon the achieve
ments of Lee and Johnson, of Grant
and Sherman as the common histo-
ry of a reunited, prosperous and
happy people; that the old flag un-
der which our fathers and brothers
in days gone by had won so much
glory, but which has been torn and
Scared by the strife of an unhappy
civil war, may again be upheld, pro-
tected and defended, and new glo-
ries added to it's history, by the
united energies of the SCARED and
war worn veterans of both sections
of the Union.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-06-16
Voters,


We repeat our request for all citi-
zens who wish to vote at the ap-
preaching election to register their
names, in accordance with the re-
quirements of the proclamation of
Gov. Hamilton in calling the Con-
vention. We think citizens should
take this course-not because we be-
lieve the law requires it, but becaug o
it is an evidence Of their willingness
to accept fully the conditions of the
Presidents policy, as it may be sup
posed to have been applied to Texas.
At the same time we do not think
that the right to vote is confined to
those who may have registered their
names. The proclamation for the
ensuring election does not require
it. The President, and We believe
Gov. Hamilton also, recognizes the
Constitution of Texas, as it stood at
the beginning Of the war, as still in
force. 1t was so regarded by the
Convention. and is so TO continue,
unless the amendments arc ratified
by the people, except where chan
gcd by ordinances, not submitted,
and which affect our relations to
the General Government. The
qualifications Of voters, both by the
old and new constitutions, are de-
fined as follows: Every male per
son who shall have attained the age
of twenty one years, and who shall
be a citizen Of the United States
and shall have resided in this Stats
one year next preceding an election
and the last six months within tn.
district, county, city or town, il
which he offers to vote Qndians, no
taxed, Africans and descendants 0
Africans excepted) shall be deeme,
a qualified clector; and should sucl
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-06-16

THE RECREANT SOUTHNRN MAN.
We agree with the Vicksburg Her
aid chat there is no more contempt
ible sight on the face of the earth,
than a man who is false to his coun
try; and depraved beyond all
measure, must be he who unblush-
ingly proclaims himself so in the
face of the world. The southerner
who can truly say that during the
last four years, he never felt the first
emotion of sympathy with the Con-
federate cause, that his heart never
throbbed exultingly at the news of
southern victory, or beat high at
the rumor of a federal defeat, is a
man we would not trust. He that
could live in the very midst OF a
struggle; see the course with which
it was sustained and the sacrifices
unmurmuringly endured, that it
might prove successful; who could
live amid the fluctuations of war,
mark the tide of success ebb and
flow; see society breaking up around
him feel the agitation and upheaval
caused by the throes Of the nation
in agony, and remain unmoved, his
equanimity undisturbed, his pulses
even beat unaccelerated or unretard-
ed, is a moral phenomenon ; man
to be marked and avoided forever
by the good and true.
"Every one can remember, for
himself, the absorbing interest with
which he followed the course oft
or that hero of ancient times. How
he rejoiced in their triumphs, how
he sympathised with them in the
hours of adversely and defeat. And
are the attributes which we admired
in them to excite no enthusiasm
when found in our cotemporaries +?
Are the virtues that elected our re-
verence in the patriots Of other
times and of other lands to be sneer-
ed at when illustrated in the deeds
and lives of our fellow-countrymen ?
We say, without fear of contradic-
ton, that the southern man who
took no part in the struggle of his
section; who felt no interest in its
result; and no pride in the noble
qualities displayed, would never
have shouldered his musket in the
revolution never would have starv-
ed with Sumter or Marion, never
have conquered with Washington.
He would have been parasite to
tory authority, and would have
blazoned forth his loyalty to his
king. by the betrayal Of his people
and kindred. And yet those men
are countenanced in society. They
lift their brazen fronts and talk
glibly about their country and their
rights. They swear at the ID
yankee, and attempt to brow-beai
men whose influence is exerted fol
peace-men who, after facing tn
storm of a hundred battle-felds
have accepted in good faith the is
/ sues Of war, and whose voices ar
now for union"