Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-05-31


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BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, ARANDoNEDl
Headquarters asst Conn,,ssione SoteQ Of North Carolina
| RALEIGH n c., May 21st 1866.
cISoUEAR| So
partment, Adjutant Generals Office Washinston May
10th, 1866 Brevet Major General Thomas H. Ruger Com
as Assistant Commissioner of the of Refugees
Freedmen and Alb ndoned Lands for this State.
General Ruger, who assumes the duties of this Office, is
well known hroug ghou the State and has the confidence
| of all classes of citizens.
Bufea4 in North Car9na and m & 5i5 its PERI
dsrharging the important and often perpexng duties
| which have been imposed upon them ,,,n,, ,,o,,
! Brev't. Brig. Gen'l and Assist Com
! 1st Lieut.. Agt 7th Regt. R. R. c. A. A A G.
We incline to the opinion, that so long as the
Government deems it necessary and advisable to
continue the Bureau and Military Departments iii
! tho South, the most fit and proper disposition
that can be made of the matter, is to place it
| tirely under the control OF the Department com.
manders. The labors of the Department comman.
ders may be increased by it, but it fixes the re-
SpOnsibility where it properly belongs, it being
military institution, and guards the government
more directly against malfeasance and imposi-
ton.
New MEMBERS. We learn that Dr. Thos. Per
son, of Wayne, Jere Pearsall Esq, of Duplin, and
Jas. II. Foy, Esq, of ODslow. have been elected
from their several counties to supply vacancies in
| the Convention.
| The GUBERNAToR1A1 ELECT1oN-The election
for Governor of North Carolina will take place in
August next. We have heard several gentlemen
! spoken OF in connection with this Office. The
| friends of Colonel d. D. Ferebee, of Camden, we
learn urging his claims for this distinguished
| position. Hon. J. NJ. Leach has also been spoken
of candidate.
| A distinguished gentleman of Western North
Carolina, who IS we'll posted, informs that the
people of Western North Carolina, at least large
| number OF them desire to vote for General NJ. W.
| Ransom to be next Governor of this State. The
| entire East would be highly gratifed to see Gen
| eral Ransom placed in the Executive chair of
! North Carolina. We do not know, as vet, wheth
! er Governor Worth intends being a candidate
| not.
! The LATE JUDGE BADGER.-At meeting of the
| Wake County bar, the 22d inst, the Hon.
VIM. y. Graham was invited to deliver in the city
! of Raleigh, address the life and character
! of the late Hon. George z. Badger
| MEMORIAL AssoCIATIoN.-A large number Of the
! ladies of the city met in the Commons Hall on
| yesterday at o'clock. Rev. Dr. Lacy explained
the object OF the meeting After prayer by DIR.
Lacy, the Association was organized by the elec-
| ton of the following officers
Mrs. Gen. Branch, President
| Mrs. Francis II. Miller, 1st Vice President
| Mrs. Lucy 3. Evans, End 81
! Mrs. Robt L. Lewis, 3rd s.
! Mrs. Mary r. Lacy, 4th
| Miss Sophia Partridge, Secretary.
Miss Anna Mason, Treasurer.
The thanks of the meeting were given to Rev.
| Dr. Lacy, after which the meeting adjourned.
R0L Sentinel.
! JUDGE d. T. CALDwELL.-We learn from the
Salisbury Banner that Judge d. F. Caldwell is now
| lying extremely low at Montgomery, Ala. His
| son has been telegraphed for.
! CALDWELL CoUNTY-R F. Patterson, ESQ, having
1olp To Co11
we'll county, the vacancy has been supplied by the
| election of Gen. S. F. Patterson.
TRINITY CoLLEGE-It will be seen that the COM
mencement at this Institution will come off the
| 14th of June next. Rev Mr.. Carraway breaches
| the sermon. The orator has not yet been named.
| LoU1sBURG FEMALE CoLLEGE-The commence
! ment exercises of this Institution will open
Wednesday the Both inst. Rev. Mr.. Daley, of
| Wilmington, will preach the sermon on Wednes
day night.
| POINT LOOKOUT PRISONERS. Gov. Worth has
received the following letter in reply to one he di;
rected to be written to the proper officer in regard
+, to North Carolinians confined at Point Lookout:
HID Q'Rs. DETACHMENT 18TH [. s. INFANTRY
PorNr LOOKOUT Md Nav II, 1866. !
srEYGnr commupicat;9n % the M 9th Instant is Just re, re,
hospital broken mp at this point nearly year ego
and that there have been sch wounded since that
time any Star. am receipt ofletters from North
Carolina every days, in regard to the subject
The the prisoners, sick and well, left here last
| Spring There is large number Of North Caronians
buried here and the Government is about to buy lease
the grOGn they are buried The names are getting
very indstinct tie headb"arCs and they should be
rcpq&5. have list Of all Confederate dead at this
point
) Very respectfully, yonr ob25ient s9rva9, ;o,.
2lI.t IO7th L. s. G. T. A, A. @ M..
Point Lookout, Md.
] The SUPREME COURT.-The Supreme Court will
J commence its summer term in Raleigh on Monday
| the 11th of June next. Causes will be called by
| circuits, as heretofore arranged, but special
day given. Applicants for license, both classes
| will be examined on Monday.
MARRIAGES OF NEeRoEs.-Up to the present
time there have been about three hundred GER
tiicates of marriage granted by the Clerk of the
County Court of Wake, to colored people who
| have been heretofore cohabiting together man
| and wife.-SentineL
DEATH OF DIR. MEBANE.-We are panied to an
nOunce the death of DIR. ID. c. Mebane, of this
town, which occurred at his residence on Wednes-
day night last from hemorrhage of the lungs
DR. Mebane an uprightman-a good Christian,
a kind and obliging neighbor, and one of our
most useful citizens. He in the 62d year of
his age.-GTeenSbOr0 Patriot
North CAROLINA PosT OFFICES REoPENED-The
following orders, says the Washington National
Republican, were issued on Monday by General
Post Office Department. North Carolina-Reopen
Queensdale, Robson county. and appoint Peter
| McCallum, postmaster vice d. McCallum.
| Appoint Alexander Jackson post master Will
Gamston, Martin county vice Nathan Thomson,
resigned.
According to New York papers, low churchnlen
don't like the news that Bishop Stevens, of Penn