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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-06

FLOUR AND MEAL-The market for Western aud
State Flour again better and quito active; the limited
arrivals aud rapid advance at the West stimulate tho In
qury and we notice good trade and brisk speculative
demand for the low and medium grades ut the close The
for superne Sate SO s4 80 for Extra dol SD 2Gs3 IS
for the low grades OF Western Extra S4 S0GS5 % for
good Ia choice Extra dol SIS 5OdS4 40 for shipping OHIO
Si OaS5 60 for Trade do and 500 $40 90 for ST. Louis
Extras. California Flour Is 1rmer and moro active
sales OF 2iSO bJs aud sacks at SIC 50Gs 2j Canadian
Flour Is hrmer and IN limited supply; sales OF 100 Dds
at SllQSi 90 for good 10 prime Extra, and j4sl6 90
higher and is limited domaud sales OF 500 bbs at $50
Si 10 for common good Extra Baltimore and Sl4V 500
SIS Tor TInde aud Family Extras Rye Flour s better
and in fair demand; sale or $50 bbs az s. 2j4o Corn
Meal Is scarce and m sales OF 200 bs OF CITY at ~ 30
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-06
suRRoGArEs couRT-CouNTr og &c YonE.

aURROGAIES COlBI-IOINI1 OF NLN loth.
Tho Surrogate will call the May Calendar OF con.
tested issues OF fact on Tuesday the 1th instant Jacob
Abrahalus WILL William kccgan, Will; John Fairbanks.
Will h. Henlaucs administration Francis .CaunOn,wil
Louis Mead, will; VIM. r. Stiuwo, VIII Samuel Philps.
will Henry h. Hcrts, lr, Will; Francis Gilmore, WILL,
ROzalic BcbbO WILL Rose McsherTy, Will
The wills OF the following deceased persons have been
admitted 90 probate during the past week John Ferme,
c. G. :. Zimmer. John LcOnnrd, Gabriel j.. II. Hoyt
Andrew NJ Arculhuus. Lcmuc kissan JOhI :. Garnlgs,
James A. Edgar, Mary Furic Sussmau Eppstcn.
Letters Of administration have been granted on The
following estates: Ebert Dixon, Edwin j. barrow,
Catharine McCTeady Lawrence Porchcr John Council,
Patrick MahOney. stephen H. Murphy Manuel DE Pena,
Chas II. Plat, ThOs. DOughcry james ii. Smith, Mar
sweeny Catharnc Taylor, Elizabeth Mccarthy: Ill NJ.
Bruce, John Leonard, Chas. MCNean, Ecn ROusselle,
Solomon SeXas. Clark Young, Magdalcna bchaleT, Julia
MnrnTlY. Inncs kCYes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-06
THE MARKETS.
lC.rh.!l reported .ot Tna TRIRrSAl

SATURDAY May 4, 1856.
AsHEs-The market is quiet for Pots at s. 5OcSS C2i
Pearls are nominal at Sl2 1888 2I .
IUILDING MATERIALS generally firm, and all
articles coming under this heading meet with fair de-
mand. We quote Common Hard Brick at ell sl3, Crot0n
a Sgqsia and Philadelphia Front at S5 Cement az 81 rs
for Rosendae: Lime ut 81 70 for Common, aud 81 20
Tor Lump; Iahs 81 Is for Eastern; Hair az Slid
1Ic for Rio Grande Mixed, 29d30c. for Buenos Ayres
Mixed, and I21lGc. for Unwashed Western Hog;
Lumber at SI9d s22 for Eastern Spruce and Plaster
of Paris nj a. % a. tun for Blue Nova Scotia, g
y fun for White do 50 20 y bb for Cleaned Eastern y 90
J. bbl for Knekerbocker Mills and 81 50 Dbl for I'm
prc Mills
COTION-Thc demand has been moderate az about
former rates though there is rather more steanes at
The close sales OF 1880 bales at 2lc for MiddDg Up
lands Ia 2s5c for do. NcwOrleans.
COFFEE-Tho demand las been moderate. and we
have oy 70 note sales OF 22T bags Rio per Mary H. Ben
ton m equal a1c god in bond. Prices are unchanged
DRUGS AND Dl Es5-A fair jObbing demand still pre-
walls for All articles coming under this headng prices
a---., W. nIlnt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-06

SATURDAY, May 4-P. n.
Gold opened at 1901. and closed at lG6, which was
the lowest rate Of the day The exports of specie for
the last weol have been s1l3,Gs. The clearings of
the Gold Exchange Bank were So $4,000, and tho
balances e. 3Gl, 81.
Government stocks Of all issues aro firm ut full
prices. The new issue Of lSGj is salable at l07 /
large amounts. State stocks and railroad mortgages
steady, and full prices paid for bank shares
Western Union Telegraph is in demand; the July
dividend viii probably be u cent, IL 10000 Of
bonds maturing are extended If this is not done
only u cent VIII be divided and the bonds paid
The express companies stocks in better request
Railway shares were steady in tho morning and
stronger in the afternoon, after the Bank Statement
was made public. Upon reported favorable show
ing in all departments buyers were more confident
but were fully supplied without advancing prices
materially Rock Island was specially strong and
sold at 033. For Hudson River there is n steady
investment demand, and all the stock offering is
readily taken. Its traffic shows steady gains, equal
to geo 900 per month over those Of 1896 Late in tho
day tho quotations were: New-York Central, 9Si@
osG Erie, G4sGGi,; leading. 10i0l0il; Michigan
Southern. go. 90; cleveland and Pittsburgh, u
all; Rock Island, 02tG92 Fort Wayne. NIQ9S
Northwestern, S6a3Gl; Northwestern Preferred
c., 9G3; Pacific Mail, 120 9129l; Western Union Tel
egraph ASIA 49,; Ohio and Mississippi Certificates,
o.. G23; Boston Water Power, 3llQ32. Government
Securities $751; Registered, ll0l0ll0l; 1881 Coupon.
l1O.0llO. $50 Coupon 1862, 1073alO7l 52O Coupon,
1864, 1O5iG 1861 $50 Coupon. 1865, 1O5I&lO6; 59o
new issue, 1O7!G1O7s: 1910 Coupon, ea99s; $40
first SERIES 1861 1861; $40 second series, 1o5 1851
Z $40, third series, l05ial05..
Money on call is sac per cent. and in a few cases
less Is taken on Governments Commercial paper
sells mt al for best S 10 for second grade, and
per cent month for enterprisng names" At the
best high rates are paid and close scrutiny made of
names. The City bank statement will probably show
an increase Of s75OO0O in deposits with an increase
of ss5OOOCO in gold selOoOOo in legal tender, and
$3OO0OOO in loans. Exchange closed firm. Bills
quoted at lOSa lO9s for commercial; 109lGlC9. for
bankers do. at at short sight 1l0!0ll0l Paris at GO
days 5e00515; do. at short sight, 51505.12i; Ant
werp, 59Oa5.15; Swiss 5.90a5.15 Hamburg, S6iaS6l;
Amsterdam, 4O!Q4li; Frankfort, 4lia4li; Bremen,
7S.079i; PrusSian thalers, T2a72i
The business of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts
for Customs, $Ill 900; total Payments $29S45S3 49,
Receipts for Gold Notes s1O53.00O; Balance, $ll0,-
$1,000 93; total Receipts, s6,702,9SG 90.
In Freghts tho engagements to Liverpool are 500
bales Cotton at 5-3293-lGd., and per steamer 1000
bales do. at I'd, and 1900 bush. Corn at I'D, 10
London 800 bbls. Resin at 1s. 3D., and per steamer
% cases Tobacco at 4Os. TO Glasgow, per steamer
100 bales Hair on private terms. To Antwerp 200
boxes Bacon at 20s. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-06
one year ago:
Sa 6nn n00 s1a. 10O. Do so.eOO

toiOOO1VV V10I107J777 F7I77'7@7
The earnings thus far in 1867 show no increase over
last year. but it is hoped that there may be an
increase by and by, when the road is completed to
Des Moines and the country becomes more thickly
settled Should this expectation be disappointed, the
stock will become again non-dividend paying, as 1t
will take all the net profits tout of which 10 per cent
dividends have been paid for the past year or two to
meet the interest OH the new debt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-06
THE MONEY MARKET.
SALES At THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
RTDgT nnApn
GOVERNMENT DEPARrMRS

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT
1881 Coup III 6s $40 Coup Ci c. $40 Cp 65 III
10000 1IO5 25 .1O54l 10000 1913
6s 500 Reg 61 6s $40 Coup 60 Treas Notes $40
1880 .........1O5i 5000 JOG I'd Series.
6s $40 Coup '62 Is $40 Rg rs nj 1900.
65OOO..-.. .107t $4,000 ........l079l l4,5Oo.lOO!
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01

the opposing sections, who are not now
neighbors, viii, in many instances, become
so by removals, and the intercourse of a
common people, and the duties of q COM
mon government, will often throw them
together.
If there were doubts whether the act
embraces these defendants, by reason of
any technical defect in their enlistment in
to service, we should still be inclined to
give them it's benefits, as acts of grace are
to be literally construed in favor of the
subjects, it being the highest respect to
the government to suppose that its most
amiable prerogative is not sparingly exer
cised. And it will tend much to induce
repose to the public mind, that liabilities
for war crimes, and redress for war injurie:
are not to be thought of, and need not be
discussed, either in private or public.
Ordinarily, pardon must be pleaded a.
the trial, or claimed after conviction, anC
a failure to do so is a waiver of its benefits
But general act of amnesty and pardon
must be taken notice of by the Courts, like
any other public law. 1t cannot even b.
waived by the persons embraced.
| This opinion must be certified to the
Court below, to the end that the defen
dants may be discharged upon the paymen
of costs
We perceive no error in the record.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
REPORTED FOR THE JOURNAL
AN ACT
TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General
assembly Of the State Of North Carolina, and
1t is hereby enacted bytRe authority oftke same,
That from and after the passage Of this act,
| it shall not be lawful to arrest or imprison
any person upon any original writ, for debt,
assumpsit, covenant or any other breach of
contract, issuing out of any court of record
in this State, or upon any warrant issuing
from any Justice of the Peace, nor upon
any cdpi0s dd sdisfdciendup issuing from
any court of record, or from any Justice CT
the Peace in this State.
| SEC 2. Be it further enacted, That all or
| iginal writs shall only summon the defendant
or defendants to be, and appear at the next
| Term Of the Court, to which said writs are
returnable; Provided, That if the plaintiff
any action Of debt, assumpsit, or covenant,
shall make oath in writing, that the defend
ant or defendants are about to remove him
self or property beyond the limits of this
State, and shall, at the same time, swear to
the amount that such person or persons are
indebted to him, and that the same is Just
ly due, then the plaintiff shall have cdpi0s
ad 1espond,tns or ad satisfdcienduna, or bail
warrant to arrest the body of such abscond-
/ ing debtor Procided further, That if at
any time after the issuing of the writ and
before execution levied, the plaiatiff, his
agent Or attorney shall make oath before
the Clerk of the Court from which the writ
is issued, that the defendant is about to
leave the State, then the Clerk shall issue
an alias writ of capias ad reSpOndenduna or
ad soisfocienduno as the case may be, and
the defendant shall be required to give
bail.
Sec. g. Be it .turf1eg' enacted, That all
laws and clauses of laws coming in conflict
with this Act, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That this
Act shall be in force from and after it's rati-
fication.
Ratified this Dist day of February, 1867.
r. Y. MCADEN,
Speaker House of Commons.
M. E. MANLY,
Sneaker Senate
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01

virtues of any political party. However
immoral or sinful our people may be, they
still retain q sufficient sense of decency to
shrink from the publication of such bias
phemy, and viii not countenance any jour
nal into whose columns it is admitted. -
They Justly look upon the person who
would attach such a So5rjguef to the name
of Jesus Christ as an outrageous b;asphe
mer, and an emony to public morals-Rs
one who has no regard for the feelings Of
christian people, and is rot deserving Of
the slightest esteem of his fellOwmen. We
have never had occasion before to express
this sentiment. which is SO common to all our
people in connection with any publication
in Nortl. Carolina, and We are glad to believe
that the subject of our comments to-day is
not Of native growth, but is only speci-
mon OF that new code Of morals which
threatens to overshadow the land. We I'M
derstand land we hope correctly that the
Editor Of the Register is not North Caro-
linian. We repeat that we care nothing
about his political or religious opinions:
he has q right to entertain them; but in the
name of all that is sacred, we protest against
this mode of exhibiting them. We do not
know what the prospects of the Register are
as to a subscription list; but we feel well as
sured that, however ably its political theo
ries may be advocated, it can never hope
for large circulation, OF any degree Of in
fuenco SO long as it INDUCES in illustra-
tions which outrage and set at defiance the
most sacred feelings of ,.ery Christian
We rejoice to know that the press
of the South has never been guilty Of
the odious and shocking habit of compar-
ing public men, even the best of them, to
the Holy Son of God. Such comparisons
are blasphemous, and reflect disgrace upon
any civilized community, no matter what
the peculiar views of the writer on the sub
ject may be.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
Disgusting Rlasphemy.

The Union Register, paper recently es-
tabished at Greensboro, in this State, in
the course of an article on compromise"
not content with comparing every decent
man IN the South to the basest criminal,
for being guilty of connection with treason
and rebellion, speaks of the Saviour of
mankind as "the Radical of Nazareth. y
We care nothing about the political or re-
igious sentiments entertained by the edi-
tor of the Register. He has right to his
opinions, however discreditable they NAV
be, but as public journalists, we protest
against these disgraceful and disgusting
prostitutions of that name which christian
people adore, to illustrate the supposed
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01


The citizens of Trinity College and vicin-
ity, met at the College, February 10th, to
take into consideration the proposed Rail
road from the Coalfelds to Mt Airy.-
James Leach was appointed President, and
B. Craven Secretary of the meeting. After
full discussion a committee that had been
appointed for that purpose reported the
following resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted:
RESOLVED First, That the proposed road is ~
the greatest Importance to this section of The
State, and thai we will not only favor it by All
proper means, but will aid in furnishing the
money to build it to the utmost of our ability
Second. We are confident that by far the hest
| route is by way of the Factories Trinity Colloso
High Point and Salem: From Deep River to Sa,
| cross any stream of consequence NOT si11oio
bridge to be built and the grading will cost less
perhaps, than the same distance in any other Sec
| ton of the State. wv
| Third. By this route the road will mass tbrorc,t
a section Astounding in valuable freights and Will
be on near the old Fayetteville line" the limo
OF all the " Mountain trade" for the last hundreS
years, and no other route can have SO many i'm
portant points and so many concentrating lines
| Of travel and trade.
| Fourth. This route would not only develop and
| be supported by the unequaed water mower oF
Deep River, capable OF running millions of spin
dies, and an incalcuable amount of machinery of
every kind, but would pass centrally through a
section Astounding in valuable metals. Within a
radius of ten miles from Trinity are inexhaustible
quantities of gold, copper, iron and lead
! ReSOlUed, That the Secretary be requested to
correspond with the President of the Western
Road and to take such steps as may be necessary
| to have the merits of this route duly represented
| Resolved, That these proceedings be published
in the Raleigh, Fayetteville and Wilmington pa
pers. D. CRAVEN, Sec'y.
! February Is, 1867.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
Amnesty and Pardon.

We publish this morning, as reported for
the Journal, very interesting and impor-
tant decision of the Supreme Court of our
State, upon the act of Amnesty and Par
don, passed by the present General Assem-
bly,. We had occasion at the time of the
passage of the act to refer to it as one not
only Of wisdom, but founded in justice and
humanity. It's influence will gradually per-
meate throughout our State, and the bad
feelings, disagreements and troubles, grow
ing out of the late war, which have long
divided some communities and districts,
must give way before this beneficent act
of the Legislature. The influences which
caused its adoption must have a cores
ponding effect upon those for whom it
was intended.
How much our pc ople may have differed
before and during the war, these differences
should now be obliterated and forever. -
North Carolina, by her solemn and volun-
tary ordinance of May Goth, 1861, entered
into the strife with a unanimity unsur-
passed, and, in the blood of her bravest
and best, she placed the seal upon her act.
In her failure to make good what she then
undertook, her people have suffered much,
and now, amidst the ruin of their former
prosperity, weighed down by political and
financial troubles which appear insurmoun-
table, with sympathy from none, and in
the face of active and vindictiye fanaticism,
they will certainly no longer bear malice
towards those in their own midst who may
have differed in the past, and who may
have, in the excitement of the moment,
been guilty of errors which must be sources
of deep regret.
Now, when the day of our supreme trial
seems to be upon us, certainly all North
Carolinians will catch the spirit which
breathes through this act of the Legisla-
ture, and amidst common ruin and uni
versal suffering, past differences will be
healed. The decision of the Court, in the
case reported, will be approved by every
patriotic man, whatever may have been his
political status during the past few years,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01

A Paris correspondent guarantees the
following A Frenchman, a prisoner in
Edingburg, having managed to escape,
took refuge in the powder magazine
When the authorities wished to seize him,
they found him sitting on a barrel with a
lighted match, and threatening to blow up
the town. The authorities reflected prll-
IDENTITY, and the result of their deliberu-
tons was that it would be better to starve
the Frenchman out. But they reckoned
without their prisoner, who loved good
cheer and was determined to live we'll. In
consequence, he called out that he would
blow the town to pieces if he did not get
three meals a day he would write the bill
of fare. Sawney succumbed, and the de-
mands of the prisoner went on increasing
Sometimes he had a serenade under his
window then review of the garrison
afterwards :; sham fight, in which the
troops representing the French army beat
the Highlanders At last he exacted that
every Sabbath morning, before breakfast,
the Lord Provost, in full uniform, should
make his appearance and read him an adj
dress This lasted until thessallies entered
Paris
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
Good Girls in the South,

The Holly Springs (Miss.) Reporter,
knows several girls in Marshall county, who
were raised in the lap of luxury, with fine
carriages to ride in, and money by the
thousand to spend, before the war, who
can now chop wood, drive atwo- horse wag-
on; 60 to market, and do all the Losuework.
They can go in the kitchen too, and pre-
pare dinner equal to a French cook
And then call on them in the parlor, they
will treat you to such music as would make
the hOuri listen with wonder and admira-
ton. These girls have cheerfully conform
ed to the change in their pecuniary circum-
stances The Reporter thinks they are
whorthy of being the wives of the great
est and best in the land, and so think we.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
A Spunky Bride.
The Lewistown correspondent of the Her.
aid relates the following

The Lewistown correspondent of the Her.
aid relates the following
We hear of a case of remarkable bravery
which happened in this place, or in the sub
urbs, during the first severe snowstorm in
January. A couple of young aspirants,
who thought it was not well for the man to
live alone determined to make a change
from single blessedness to matrimonial bliss,
and accordingly started out in hack
to get 'splced,' They proceeded on
their journey to the parsons but the
snow fell with rapidity, and the wind
blew it with such force into every GREY
ice and corner that the hackmen de-
scended from his seat, and with all
the gravity possible announced to the pair,
who were somewhat chagrined because
of the slowness of the coach, that it was i'm
possible for him to proceed further, and he
must return. But the young heroine was
exceedingly wrathy at the course of things,
and announced to her suffer that she must
get to the parsons, and, suiting the action
to her word, placed herself upon the box,
and Drawing the cold northeast storm,
placed her precious load upon the door
stone of the parsons house."
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
Suicide of q Federal OFFICER

1t. a. II. Newlin, Of the 2lst .. S. Infan
try, was found dead in his bed at the Bal
lard House in Richmond on Monday morn
ing. He had been stationed at City Point
for some time, but his habits of intoxica
arrived there he had been drinking yer,
hard. A broken vial which was found il
his room, clearly indicated that his death
had been caused by an overdose of larda
mum. He was a native of Philadelphia
and only twenty years of age
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01

Texan cares for nothing, unless it can be done on
horseback. The Legislature of this State is COM
posed Of one hundred and twenty-five or one hun
dred and thirty members, and only nine of the
number are native Texans. The Clerk of the Su-
pericr Court in this county, is from Robson coun-
ty, North Carolina, his name is W. J. Hill. County
Judge, Alexander ". McIyer (brother of j. D. Nc
Iver) is from Moore county, North Carolina.
"Therc is one small Presbyterian church in this
county, its pastor Hugh Wilson, is also North
Carolinian, he has been here about thirty years
IS row old and frail
q advise no one to come here with The expecta.
ton Of settling, until he makes first tour Of OBJ
seryatiCn.''
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
The Cotton Crop.

The Commissioner of Agriculture is in
receipt of a letter from prominent citizen
OF Virginia who states that after due in
quiry he has ascertained that the cotton
crop estimate of 100000 bales of 400
pounds each of the Agricultural Depart
ment was not too large, but that it will
probably reach 2,00O,O 200 bales. The gen.
tleman above referred to at first assailed
and censured the estimate of the Depart
ment, and in reparation makes the above
statement World
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
important Act.

We publish to-day the Act ratified a few
days since, abolishing imprisonment for
debt It is one of the series connected
with the relief of the people which has
been before our Legislature. The Home
stead Law was at the date of our last re-
port, in the hands Of a committee Of Con-
ference to reconcile differences between
the two Houses. As early after its final
passage as possible. it will be published.