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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01
Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Truly, NE
kenansville, n. c., Oct. 22d, 1867.

Treasury Envsstigation-Prospec Ise-
mova1 OF superintendent CIark-Tenure
of Office Layv-Prestdent Johneon's Posi-
tion-Gen. Grants Health.
WASHINGTON, October 23-It is given
out that the committee on retrenchment,
now examining into the affairs of the print
ing bureau of the Treasury Department,
will ask Secretary McCulloch to suspend
S. M. Clark from the superintendency OF
the bureau above named.
The members of the committee to inquire
into the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln ar
rived to-day, but did not transact any bus
mess. They expect TO proceed with the IN
quiry tomorrow.
Certain editors of newspapers suggest
that in proposing to treat the tenure OF
Office law as unconstitutional, by the reno
val instead of suspension Of Mr.. Stanton,
the President is inconsistent with his avoW-
ed policy to regard all the acts of Congress
as legal and valid until decided to be the
reverse by the Supreme Court. In answer
to this, it is understood, MIR. johnson
makes this distinction between his respOn-
sibility and duty under the tenure OF office
act and other acts Of Congress passed over
his veto, and which he yet regards as un-
constitutional, namely that in the matter
! there are but two persons who can take the
| initiative and do the act or acts that VIII
make a case for the adjudication OF the Su-
preme Court, and these two persons are the
President and the cabinet officer removed,
whereas. in the other laws of Congress
! other officers and citizens are the parties
directly affected, and are required to per.
81! form. or refuse to perform, the acts that
make up case for the decision Of the Su'
preme Court.
In this view of the subject, MIR. Johnson
was the only one who could take such ac'
ton as would eventually carry the case be
| fore the court no one could take the IN
! itiative in the matter of the removal OF 6
cabinet minister for him. He alone ha:
the power of removal of that officer. In the
execution of other acts of Congress, the
Executive necessarily leaves it to the par
ties aggrieved, OF whose rights are directly
affected by the laws, to test the constltu
tionality of the laws.
| General Grant has been i'll for the pas
two days, and has therefore not visited th'
War Department or headquarters during
that period. He is expected to be out to
morrow. DATA.
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Decision OF Church Gases.

The Judge Of Rockingham Circuit Court
on Monday directed the petitions OF the
different Methodist churches in the county
to be spread upon the minutes Of the court.
It will be remembered that ou2 Legislature,
at it's last session, in order to settle and
quiet the division in the Methodist Church
in Virginia, passed law authorizing the
congregations of the churches to deter
mine, by the votes Of their members, to
which division OF the church they would
attach themselves that such action, upon
the approval of the Judge Of the Circuit
Court, should be spread upon the minutes
of the Court, and that the same should vest
the title to and the control and use of the
property in that division of the church for
which the majority Of the members cast
their votes. An overwhelming majority Of
the votes of the several congregations in
Rockingham were cast, Of course, for the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. Their
application to court was resisted by the
Northern portion of the Baltimore Annual
Conference at q former term Of this Court,
but has since been abandoned
Rockingham (Va.) Register.
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Conservative Reward.

A correspondent in King William county
informs us that but one negro in that whole
county voted against the Convention and
in favor of the Conservative candidate, Col.
VIM. II. Aylett. The name of this negro is
Thomas Ruffin, and the citizens of Kirg
William have united in a subscription to
purchase piece of land and give it to this
man for home in the county as his own.
This is well done. We have urged, and
still urge, every employer OF negroes to
turn adrift all who voted the Radical ticket !;
and we are equally as earnest in urging
that all who showed their kind feelings to-
wards the white people by voting on their
side, shall be kindly and literally rewarded
for their good sense and Conservatism.
Richmond Enquirer.
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Admittance to Bail.

The following order has been issued by
General Candy:
''Post Commanders may admit to bail persons
not subject to the Articles of War. held in arrest
by military authority, charged with offences not
capital, upon security, as provided in the follow
ing paragraph:
Security shall consist 1st. of cash deposit,
of the amount for which bond is required as bail
by the State law in like cases or, I'd, of bond
in like sum, running to the Post Commander,
conditioned for compliance with all orders, with
surety, who must be q freeholder and must justify
in twice the amount of the penalty, and must,
under seal, authorize any officer so ordered by
the Post Commander, in case Of default, and non
payment by the surety on demand. to summarlly
seize and sell sufficient of the property of princi
pal and surety to satisfy the forfeiture and costs
and Immediately upon default made, the bono
shall constitute a lien upon the personal property
of both principal and surety.
"All bail and other bonds taken unCer military
authority will conform to the foregoing directions
when not othe rwise specially provided"
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The President and the RevoIutfOnists.

Washington October 21) Correspondence of the
Boston Post
Every device has been resorted to by the
Radical partizans to discredit the statement
of your correspondent that President y John
son had declared his purpose to resist any
attempt to depose him before trial and
conviction by all the means which the Con-
stitution affords for its own protection and
preservation. One writer says the intimate
friends uf the President assert hat he de-
nies the correctness of the language at
tributed to him by his Boston organ but
nv dispatch was not obtained from the IN
innate friends, but from President Johnson
himself, who also declared, at the same
time, that it would be criminal IN him to
entertain different purpose. The Presl-
dent said further that it was well the people
should know his views and understand his
purposes and your correspondent mas no
fear that Mr.. johnson will retract the
statement, however unpalatable it may be
to those engaged in the revolutionary plot
against the Executive Department OF the
Government. But this declaration OF Presl-
dent johnson of a purpose to protect ana
defend the Constitution is not new. In MS
letter to General Grant, dated as late as
August 10, 1867, he says by his oath the
Executive is bound, to the best OF his
ability, to preserve, protect and de1end the
Constitution and 1t IS his duty, without
regard to the consequences to himself, to
hold sacred and to enforce any and all of
its provisions. Any other course would
lead to the destruction of the republic, for
the Constitution once abolished there
would be no Congress for the exercise of
legislative powers, no Executive to see that
the laws are faithfully executed, and no
Judiciary to afford to the citizen protection
for life, limb and property.
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IEsckAI.e 1hc.s, Al;.

We arc highly pleased to learn that a
number Of our citizens who have been en-
pioyInE negroes in various capacities, have
resolutely determined to retain none Of
them who vote the Hunnicutt ticket in this
election. Some of these negroes voted that
ticket yesterday, and last night we're
promptly informed that their services were
not wanted any longer. This is perfectly
proper, and if il had been universally done
from the beginning OF the negro political
troubles, this city would not have been
dL, ,5raced by the mobs of howling negroes
who have made the nights hideous. If
they We're not fed by the respectable white
people OF shis city they would soon find
out the difference between their real friends
and the Radical wretches who are using
these poor negroes for their own purposes
Rlcbn2Ond En0uire7'.
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Official Vote Of LOuisIana-State Cenven-
ion Called,

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21.-Special orders
No. lGG declare the total vote of the State
at the election held September 9th and
2Sth, leG7 oo the question of calling a
Convention for the purpose of establishing
a Constitution and civil government for
the State, loyal to the Union, to be 79 174,
OF which there were for Convention, Z, ,OS3;
against Convention, i, ,006 blanks 65.
4 majority OF the whole number re-
gistcred having voted, and majority of
the votes cast being for a Convention, as
prescribed by the acts of Congress, the del
lg8tea elected a5 said election as named in
the special orders are notified to assemble
IN Convention at Mechanics Institute Hail.
in the city Of New Orleans, on Saturday,
November 3, 1867, for the purpose stated,
according to the acts Of Congress Of March
ID and -. l>Ui. The order then recapitu-
late5 the names of the delegates.
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THE LETTER TO THE DEAD.

We remember at the Wilderness gallant Mis-
sissippian had fallen, and at night, just before
burying him, there came letter from her h'
loved best. One of the group around his body
a minister-whose tenderness was almost woman
". broke the silent ;earfulness with which he saw
the dead-letter; he took it and laid it upon the
breast of him whose heroic heart was still: BURY
it with h1m. He will see it when he wakes" Il
was the sublinest sentence of his funeral service
Comes the letter from mother?
Are sisters longings there?
Or the fondness of another,
Loved and loving, young and fair
Seek not now to know the writer,
Seek not whence or why it came;
AS he died, his dimmed eye saw her;
AS lie died, he breathed her name.
1t has come o'er hills aid valleys,
Crossed DER rivers, passed Ger lakes;
"Bury it upon his bosom,
He will see it when he wakes"
Bury the dead with the letter unread,
There to remain,
Till the soldier awakes from his slumber,
To join in the battle again.
All but never more to battle
He will march by beat of drum;
Nevermore when the fight is over
Sigh for gentle peace to come;
NevermOre to roll-call answer;
Nevermore will pace his round,
Keeping watch DER sleeping comrades
Strewn upon the chilly ground;
Nevermore the light words utter
While his heart with sadness aches;
Bury it upon his bosom,
He will see it when he wakes,
Bury it deep with the soldier to sleep;
There let it lie,
While the green grass grows DER the sleeper,
And the world goes hurryinS by.
Size who fingered as She wrote it
Der each tender word she penned,
She perch ance viii fud her SORROW
With some later lover end.
But for him those words of loving
Nav survive when time is DER,
And though she forget her fondness,
Greet h.m on the further shore.
Cross his arms and close his Cyehd7,
'Iis his slumber that lie takes
g Bury il upon his bosom,
He will see it when he wakes"
Lay him 20 rest with the scroll On his breast,
There, in the tomb,
Til The startled dead shall awaken
At the terrible day of doom.
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For the Journal.
Public Meeting iD Duplin.


According to previous notice, the citi-
zens of the county OF Duplin held a public
meeting at the Court House in Kenansville,
on Tuesday, the 22d inst, when Colone
Thomas S. Kenan was called to the chair,
and james T. Shine requested to act as
secretary.
The chairman having explained the oh.
ject OF the meeting in an able and forcible
speech, the following gentlemen were ap.
pointed to suggest the names of two suita.
BILE candidates to represent the county in
the proposed Convention, to wit: B. W.
Herring, Joel Loftin, Lewis Herring, B. D.
Foard, Zack Smith, Gibson Sloan, Thom-
as Lauier, John E. RUSSELL, B. N. Williams,
l.. A. Merriman, B. G. Bowden, and J. J.
Whitehead. After the committee retired,
Col. A. A. McKoy. of Sampson county, be-
ing called on, addressed the meeting upon
the political questions now agitating the
country, in one of his happiest efforts.
The committee, through their chairman,
Mr.. Herring, reported the names of DIR.
James W. Blount and John A. Bryan as
the Conservative candidates in this county,
which report was unanimously concurred
in. Thereupon the meeting adjourned.
THOMAS S. KEENAN,, Chm.
JAMES f. SHINE, Sec'y.
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EHAERKED.

At the residence Of the brides father, on the
evening Of the 9th OF October, at O'Clock, by the
Rev. Or. Curtis, assisted hy the Rev. Mr. Patter
son, Maj. JOHN W. GRAHAM to Mrs. REBECCA
B. ANDERSON, daughter Of 2. G. Cameron, Esq,
of Hillsboro' n. G.
At Tie Presbyterian Church, in Madison, N. c.,
on Tuesday. 18th inst, by the Rev. D. e. Jordan,
CHA9. p. AfALLEfr, jr., Of Fayetteville, n. c.,
t. Miss PApTIE Il. AIKEN.
1t Exie's Retreat, the former residence OF Kev.
S. c. Pharr, d. D., in hlecklenburg county, on the
1854 INST, by the Rows. J. Mch2itt' and NJ: Csd-
Vile " DAVIDSON ALEXANDER, Esq, to Miss
SUE A, youngest daughter Of DR.. J. G. NJ. Ram
sey formerly Of Mecklenburg.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

Senator Wilson'S touching twaddle about
"the great heart Of Abraham Lincoln" re-
minds us of the law student who, i'll con-
sulting the index to volume Of English
law reports, struck the following luminous
line:
Talfourd, Sergeant, j.: His great mind.
Turning to the indicated page, his in
dustry was rewarded with the discovery
that ''Sergeant Talfourd said he had a
0yeat mind to commit the witness for con
Tempt" and that was all about the " great
mind of Sergeant Talfourd. There is
nearly as much to the great heart, &c ;
and in the present instance, we fear that
Wilson is the witness Likely be committed
for attempting to bring the aforesaid great
heart into contempt.
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ERRORS OF YOUTH.

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
ali the effects of youthful indiscretiOn, will, for
the sake Of suffering humanity, send free to all
who need it, the receipt and directions for making
the simple remedy by which he was cured Suf-
farers wishing to profit by the advertisers expe-
rience can do so by addressing, in perfect conf
denrp JOHN 3. OGDEN,
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VIEW HANOVER COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

TEgGEEI next Fscguiunr Meeting of this So
/ ciety viii be held at MoOres Creek Church
Gn~ Tine 7th. 1861. commeEcing at 10 o'clok, A N.
Tie Object Of the Society, being the general bene-
fit Of tie Agricultural classes, their hearty Go-oPe;
alton IS expected and earnestly solicited. II ls
desired H:s5 all districts IL the county should De
represented: an interesting time is anticipated, as
t.uf.!. uf sraahcrs wii be present by invitation,
and address the meeting on the various suDJec's
,,1nrart,..! Win AGRICULTURAL pursuits. The pub
IL: generally ar invited 70 attend.
j.. EiAC3IILIAN,
Trasidant \. II. i. S.
.,t 3-GltWtf
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

EsThe Freedmen's Bureau in this State
has assumed new role. It has become an
adjunct to Shank's Committee OF investi-
CATION into the treatment af Union prlso-
ners by the ''rebels," and has issued q
Circular calling for information.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

Southern gentleman recently passing
through crowd had his watch snatcbed
from him by pickpocket. Placing his
hand upon the empty fob, he suddenly ex-
claimed, ''Butler'd, by -" The crowd
dispersed instantly.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

The reason why B. L: B., objects to
paying the United States bonds III gold is
because he prefers-silVer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

ROPE. CORK3, BUOYS.
LEADS AND NET FITTINGS,
os every descriptions manufactured and for sale
bv II. q G.. W. LORD,
50 Commercial Street,
Boston, Mass.
80 343m-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

Mr.. Benedict Simms, formerly of Mary
land, died in the parish of st. Laundry,
La, on the I'd instant.
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From the Nashville Banner.
IS EJAN-aO-isEE -
BY JOHN HAPPY.

Young jam Bo-Re0, a boy about thirteen years
old, son 10 the Dar-Keeper OF the PhreeaneeZic
Saloon, remained at his post, in the back room
(in a aingle-handed game Of Kuchre) after the
party" had broken up i'll q general bust.
and every " hand had been abandoned except
his own and that Of one remaining adversary.
The boy held on to the greasy - deck"
Whence all but him had lied;
The lamp threw its light on his last red check
And he nadnt another " red.
Yet beautiful and bright he sat
As born to win or loose,
With the ace Of trumps hid under his nat
And d = bower " or - o IL his clothes.
The game went on-he would not so
Without his fathers word;
That father drunk, on the floor below,
His voice no longer heard.
He called aloud Say, daddy say
Hadn't better go it alone 2 "
He knew not the cheftain lay
Unconscious OF his son.
'tSpeak, father" once again he cried,
9 I'm playing my best FOR EVEN -
Ind but the man on the other side
''QGGered him up on the seven"
His countenance fell when his ear caught that,
But it wasn't q time to grlove;
So he played him the ace from under his hat
And the "right-boWer out Of his sleeve"
And he shouted loud once moro al last
MY Father! must stay ?'
While DER the table thick and fast
The tiuttering "pasteb0ards play.
The tallow-dip burned fitfully wild
And fickered up on high
And cleaned in the face Of the gallant child
And nearly blinded his eye.
1t fickered up and flickered down
And at last disappeared in the socket
And the man at the table who " hailed from the
town"
Slipped eli of the stakes in his pocket.
And then with burst of thunder sound
He kicked over the table and chairs,
And cleared the door with single bound
And slid down the banister stairs.
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DIED.

On Sunday morning. in Charlotte, in the 10th
wear Of her age Mrs. CATHERINE a. HARRIS,
wife of Hon. s. A. Harris, Mayor Of the city.
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be kept standing, for the public informal
ton, until the election
HEADQ's 2ND MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARLESTON, s. c., Oct. %, 1867 {
To HIS E1ceZlencg Coo. Worth:
The counties of Allephany, Ashe. Surry, Watau-
ga and Yadkn arc entitled to four Al. not three
(3) delegates, as in tho Order. The county of An
ford to two ~. not three (3). And the counties
of Tyrrell and Washington TO one Ql, not two (2).
The Order will be at once corrected.
Ed r. S. CANDY
Brew. Maj. Gen. CONG.
Raleigh Sentinel
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See We the fires and flashings still leaping,
Hear ye the pelting and beating of storm,
See ye the banners of proud Alabama
In front of her columns move steadily on
Hear ye the music that gladdens each conn ade-
As it floats through the air amid the torr ent of
sounds
Hear ye booming adown the red valley
Carter unbuckle his swarthy old hounds ?
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III

Twelfth Mississippi, saw your brave columns
Rush through the channels of living and Gead
Twelfth Alabama, why weep your old war horse,
He died as he wished, in the gear at your head
Seven Pines, We will tell on the pages Of glory
How the blood OF the South ebbed away meath
the shade;
How the lads of Virginia fought in the red valley,
And fell in the Columns of Rodas' brigade
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BRIGADE CHARGE AT SEVEN
PINES

Down by the valley, mid thunder and lightning,
Down by the valley, mid lettings of light,
Down by the deep crimsoned valley of Richmond,
The twenty-five hundred moved on to the fight,
Onward, still onward, to the portals of glory
To the sepulchered chambers, yet never dis
mayed
Down by the deep crimsoned valley of Richmond
Marched the bold warriors of Rodes' brigade.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

D tushtcrs OF Southland, come bring 90 bright
flowers,
Weave We Il chapIet for the brow Of the brave
Bring We some emblem of freedom and victory,
Bring ye some emblem OF death and the grave
Bring We some motto BETTING q hero,
Bring We exOtics that never will fade,
Come to the deep crimsoned valley OF Richmond,
And crown the young chieftain who led his
brira5a
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Fathers and mothers, ye weep for YOUR Jewels.
Sisters, ye weep for your brothors in vain
Maidens, We weep for your sunny-eved lovers.
Weep, for they never will cemo back again.
Weep ye, but know what halo of glory
Encircies each chamber Of death newly made.
And know ,ye that victory, the shrine Of the
mighty,
Stands forth on the banners Of Rodes' brigade
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

GENERAL CANBY's ORDER-CoRR ECTIoN.-
Gov. Worth, on yesterday, received the
following telegram from Gen. Candy, ma
king certain corrections in his Election
Order. The Order, as corrected, will be
found on our fourth page to-day, and will
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01

When the celebrated Patrick Henry, Of
Virginia, was near the close of his life,
and in feeble health, he laid his hand on
the Bible, and addressed friend who was
with him: Here is book worth moro than
ali others printed, yet it is my misfortune
never to have read it with proper attention
until lately" About the same time he
wrote to his daughter: 'I have heard it
was said that Deists have claimed me-
The thought panied me more than the ap-
pellation of Tory; for I Consider religion
of infinitely higher Importance than pol
itics, and find much cause to reproach
myself that ] have lived SO long and Civ
en- no decided public proof of my being a
Christian.
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Terms OF subscriPtiOn
Wilmington, District-fth Round.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

l.. S. BURKHEARD, P. E
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-, 900 Persons have Insured in tlse
ETN! LIFE INSURANCE co.
TEIE ETNA 3.ETE, INSURANCE co.
OF HARTFORD. CONN.

Is most cordially recommended for the carrying
out OF these desires. The Company has been in
existence for FORTY EIGHT years. and now. with
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s4.., :,.;tt:- g:rc<i;:e for nay Family, ti.an
80 aI.csssEz.aze u small portion % nay in
,~,.:o ia. 81 Policy my Lie -
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CRIMINAL DocKET.-We were told by our
very good and intelligent Sheriff, Mr.. Har-
die, few days ago, that upon enquiring,
he finds that the criminal docket Of the
Court in this judicial district shows very
good state of morals. The number of
cases has decreased very much from what
it was some time ago.-Fay. Neus.
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SEIyEs AND NET TWINEs.

rEIEES. EETS,