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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-12

Little Barefoot t0-nlSlt at tue OIympNs
for the first time this season.
Matinee to-day at the Circus. Pau has reap
peared there and renewed former triumph: HIS IrE
pele Act surpasses In daring and rk, any feat OF ns
kind ever eeen in New-York.
Miss Z. V. Proudfoot takes q benefit to-day
and to night, at Banvarda Opera House. An amDioas
and energetic actress Miss Proudfoot merits pubic Gu
couragement, and we trust her PERFORMANCES may "
largely attended.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10

the repairing of the levees of Mississippi
by the Government, in order to reclaim
many valuable estates now in ruins and 10
give employment to many thousands OF
freedmen, now without labor or means,
who must either rob or starve, unless en-
ployed or assisted by the Government. :
This would be great relief Ill that partlc-
ular section of the South.
We shall look forward with deep anxiety
to the action of the President and the le-
gislation of Congress upon this question.
They are in possession of all the facts and
know full we'll the necessities of the South.
Without aid from some quarter, this sec
ton is ruined beyond present redemption,
and with it's downfall the prosperity of the
North also goes 81 am frank to say"
said Radical Senator SPRAGUE, of Rhode
Island, in his recent speech in the Senate,
"that the market of the South is as indis-
pensable to our prosperity as our prosperi-
ty is necessary to our existence" That
market is now destroyed. The same body
which has checked Southern industry, tax
ed Southern productions and demoralized
Southern laborers, can now do something
to restore this market, and as our helpless
condition is rapidly dragging the prosper
Gus North into the same prostration, we
may hope for the inauguration OF some
practical, possibly liberal, measure of re-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10
From the Baltimore Sun
FROM wAsHINGTOM.

The Season in Neutrality-suspicious. yr
tcresting from Memphis-The MInIs,..
at ConstanttnOple. sc.
WASHINGTON, January 3.-Several Con.
gressmen arrived to-day, to be in readiness
for the meeting of Congress on Monday
The season of receptions and parties will
be commenced on Monday next. Several
receptions are named for the coming weel,
including one by the ladies of the White
House, and five or six at the residences of
members of Congress.
The President received the following dis.
patch from Memphis to-day.
4" Memphis is redeemed. Leftwitcb is
elected mayor. Peace, order and quiet
prevail. Free white suffrage vindicated +"
Upon inquiry in proper direction it is
found that there is no foundation for the
report that e. Joy Norris minister to Con.
stantinople, has signified or has any dispo-
sition to resign, or that any effort is made
by the administration to remove him.
The President and several members Of
the Cabinet have promised to attend the
eighth OF January banquet of this city.
DATA
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10

or which we fought, and for which SO
many OF our brave comrades suffered and
died, and to accept no invitation of any
party or clique of President makers with
out due deliberation, and upon full convic-
ton that they are pledged to the vlndica-
ton of the Constitution, the Union of the
States, and the recognized supremacy of
The flag throughout the length and breadth
Of the land. AS we contended for the su-
oremaoy OF law and order, the rights and
liberties of the people, in the field, so let
US remain true to the great charter OF our
freedom now, permitting none to use us
for their elevation, but ever acting with the
people and FOR the people and in so do
ing peace, prosperity. and happiness Will
follow in the train, the heels of the tyrants
now pressing upon the necks OF the popu-
lace crushed, and our country assume It's
wonted position as the proudest and freest
among the nations of the earth.
b. order OF the Executive Committee.
Coz. p Fl. ALLABACH,
President.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10
The Radicals and Congress

Mr. Weed, the prominent editor and
politician of New York-one Of the found,
ers of the Republican party-has the fol-
lowing remarks in his last paper-the New
York Commercial
''The leading idea of Radicalisn, amid the ruin.
restitution, and starvation that is acknowledge
is that through universal negro suffrage, ten III.
represented States "nluSt be brought back IN time
to cote " for the Radical candidate for President.
This, let it be remembered, is the key to the
whole Radical programme Of reconstruction. All
there is of distress and anarchy, ruiz and starYa
ton, results from determination in Congress to
eject Radical President
"The whole course Of
congressional financial legislation has been false
wasteful, ana pernicious, and exercises 4 most
depressing influence upon the industrial Interests
of the country. Great financial and economics
reforms are needed, and it requires no prophet to-
foretell that any delay or shortcoming in this re-
spect is certain to be- attended by political rcvo.
luton, and our representatives. had better take
warning in time "
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10
Government Relief for the South.

The official reports of Generals HANCOCK,
CANDY, ORD, CULLEN and SCOTT, in regard
to the great restitution existing throughout
the South, is exciting proper degree of
concern in Washington. These reports
have been submitted by General HOWARD
to General GRANT, with the request that
they be called to the immediate attention
of the President and Congress, with a view
to some thorough and practical mode of re-
lief Our information leads us to believe
that the President will, within o very few
days, lay these reports before Congress,
with a special message, suggesting no spe-
cifc plan of action, but recommending i'm
mediate and sufficient relief to meet the
widespread and increasing restitution and
suffering in the Southern States.
The leading citizens of Charleston have
taken this subject under special considera-
ton, and in order to give practical effect to
their views, one of their number has gone
to Washington to place before the authori-
ties the appalling facts of Southern neces-
sites and their plans to relieve them. This
papers, has submitted three plans of relief
l. That Congress should authorize loan
of $50, 000 900, to be lent in small sums to
necessitous planters the loan to bear in
= terest and to be secured by mortgage of the
land and lien upon the crops of the Dor
Powers; the loan to be distributed by local
commissioners of approved position and
standing.
2. That the Government should lend the
Southern people an amount equal to the
gross amount of revenue already received
by the United States from the cotton tax
the loan to be secured, issued and distrib-
uted as under the first plan.
3. That the United States Government
should sell the gold in the National Treas
ury, in excess of the sum required to meet
current demands, and lend the premium
realized by its sale to the South, upon the
terms and in the manner before named.
The President, General GRANT, Chief
Justice CHASE, Senator HARLAN, of Iowa,
and General Howard, all express them
selves as warmly favoring some measure fo1
the relief of the suffering people of this
section, and General GRANT said he would,
as Secretary of War, submit to Congress a
communication earnestly recommending
one OF the above plans.
Generals HANCOCK and ORD recommend
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10
Senator Guthrie.

On Saturday last, Mr.. Justice, of Logan,
introduced in the Kentucky House of Rep
resentatiyes resolutions suggesting to SeAa-
tor Guthrie the propriety of resigning his
seat in the United States Senate, to the end
that the State may be fully represented
there, in case he finds himself unable to
attend the sittings of Congress. The sub
ject gave rise to considerable discussion, in
the course of which it was stated, among
other things. that Mr.. Guthrie intended to
go to Washington so as to enter upon the
discharge of his duties Immediately after
the holidays, and the Representative from
Logan was induced to withdraw his resolu-
ton for the present.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10

lives, am free to say he must not. cadnot,
be an idler-a vagrant! We must all work,
and why should he be an exception to Il
rule? The laws sooner or later will compel
him to earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow, and tie sooner he is convinced OF
this the better it will be for him and for
us all
The Divine command cannot wish safety
be set aside by any OF the descendants OF
Adam, and least of all by that branch
known as the sons Of Ham.
am, yours truly,
S. L. FREMONT.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10

On the 14th of this month our North
Carolina friends are to witness the same
disgusting show which we now have in this
State. On that day the State Convention
God save the mark !! is to meet in Raj.
eigh.
Let the State of Macon and CASTOR arse
up against their work, and show tbas the
white man can vote down the negro party
in gallant old North Carolina.
Especially do we beg that some ConseI-
vative member will move to open the pro
ceedings by reading Holden's poem on the
death of Calhoun. Norfolk Viryinian
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10
The Depressed Condition OF the Shipping
Trade.

There is Il great and general depression
IN shipping business at all the American
ports, and we hear the most complaints
from New York, because there the interests
are most extended. 1t seems, in fact, q
work OF much more difficulty to re-estab-
lish the prosperity enjoyed by our CONNER
cial marine before the civil war than We
could have anticipated, especially in the
foreign trade. On this subject the Phila-
delphia American remarks:
"The withdrawal of the Cunard line from
Boston affords evidence that the foreign
shippers feel the depression severely also
although their great capital and resources
enable them to weather the gale.
'All the commercial organs of New York,
without single exception, have been IN
cessantly complaining for months past Of
the languishing condition of the shipping
interest, and they have been clamoring We
hemently for some legislation by Congress
calculated to afford relief. They would
hardly speak thus if the shipping business
were not suffering in New York as severe
ly as anywhere else. Nearly all the numcr-
GUS steamship lines from New York to
coastwise ports, established at the close Of
the war with so much energy and display
have failed disastrously and been broken
up"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10
New York cry Goods Market.

tits arather healthy indication that at this
dullest season of the whole year in the dry
goods trade, prices of woOlens, which have
been depressed below those of any other
descriptions of goods, show a decided tea
iency to improvement and q disposition is
shown to make speculative purchases
Prices of many articles are as low as they
were before the war, but it is impossible
that they should remain so long. Goods
cannot, tor any considerable time be sold
below the cost of production, as they have
been doing; for when that point is reached
production must cease and the stock We
have must begin to diminish at a very IA
pid rate. We believe this is just the con
dition of the wooden trade now and the
moment the great clothing manufactures
begin to realize the fact, there will be Il
rush to buy, and prices will advance.
In domeshcs but very little is doing and
prices Of most styles of popular goods are
merely nominal. Heavy brown goods are
firm, and the market is not overstocked.-
Bleached shirtings and sheetings are not III
SO great demand, and prices are not so well
sustained as in unbleached fabrics, but the
opening of trade will undoubtedly witness
an advance. Prints have reached point
which will scarcely admit of further de-
cline; Merrimacks and Fall river makes are
about as low as they were before the out
break of the rebellion. In foreign goods
there is hardly anything doing, except in
fancy silks and dress goods imported CA
pressly for the season. The auction sales
are very light while the importations have
fallen off to very low point, and most Of
the goods arriving go into bond.
There will not be an overstocked market
on the opening of the spring trade ; but
it will probably be fully equal to the de
mand, since it is pretty certain that the
Southern demand viii be light. There is
great need of goods in the Southwest, but
merchants there are well supplied, and until
another good crop gives the people the
means of paying for anything beyond the
bare necessaries of life, which many OF
them are suffering for now, no great de-
mand can be anticipated from that quarter
Now York Independent, ID
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10
Meeting of the Contention.

General Candy has ordered the Conven-
ton elect to assemble at Raleigh on the
14th inst, for the purpose of framing q
new Constitution for the old State of North
Carolina.
Many of the delegates are destined, in
the end, to the sorest disappointment
They imagine they are to take rank in his
tory with the trainers of the Constitution
of 1776, but they are much mistaken. We
already have a Constitution, which Con
gress has no right to overthrow, and it will
yet be acknowledged by the National Gov
eminent. The work of the motley, and
with few exceptions, ignorant crowd which
is to assemble on the 18th, will soon be re-
pudiated. and its authors consigned to OBJ
security or to be remembered only for their
folly. Salisbury Old NORTH State.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10
Pres GealiaL.

The Washington correspondent of the
Worcester Spy, admitting in the fullest ex-
tent the desnCution, suffering and chaotic
condition Of the Southern States, complains
bitterly OF the apathy of the Republicans
on the subject. Pressing as are the po-
lltlcal necessities Of the party in the South,
the Spy says it seems almost impossible to
raise money enough to carry on the cam
paign ; and it adds:
''The Republican party, to insure success, to
compel and maintain peace, must have the ten
unrepresented States reconstructed and brought
back in time to vote for their candidate next No
vember Failing in this, the country may as well
squarey look at the issue which then sternly
arises i'll its path-that of meeting an internecine
voe OF the Southern Democracy, which will be
surely cast for the party's nominee, Whoever il
may be. OF course, the Forteth Congress will
count the vote OF no State which is not repre-
sented."
This programme is not inviting. The
Radicals are determined, it seems, not to
admit the ten Southern States, unless they
are so reconstructed as to secure their votes
for the Radical candidate-and if they are
not readmitted, Congress will not count
their electoral votes at all, as they will GER
talnly be cast for the Democratic nominee
This struggle has become exclusively one
tor party success-and it is openly aVowed
that measures will be resorted to for the
sake OF victory which may plunge the coun-
try afresh into civil war.
There certainly is virtue and strength
enough in the people to save the country
from such peril.-N. Y. Times
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10

1t is proposed in New York city to give
all the old Christmas trees to the blrd0
in the public squares to make nests or
Carlotta has given up. her dowry, but has
5000, 900 left.
Grant is to give series Of select parties
this winter.
The doctors of Melborne, Australia, arc
disputing whether Hamlet was mad
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10

The sterling Gazette wants Anna Dickin-
son to ''speak out like man"
Speaker Colfax receives on Fridays,
beginning next week.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-10

On Christmas day the presiding alder'
man Of Mobile liberated all 1.-THE prisoners
incarcerated there for minor offences.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-06-18
Bonner OF the New York Ledger
-AdVeFffsfug,

Referring to the recent removal Of
the New York Ledger Office, by Mr..
Bonner, to the marble palace just
built for it, the New York Herald
says
Occupying in many respects the
position Of a pioneer in periodical
literature, the New York Ledger was
developed out of an old commercial
paper Of similar bame, which was
bought by Mr.. Bonner in 1851-the
buyer having served his apprentice
ship as a practical proof reader with
Morris & Willis, Of the Evening Mir
ror, and as a practical printer in the Of
fee of the Hartford COurant. The New
York Ledger, as a literary periodical,
was begun in 1854, with Fanny Fern
as the star writer, and about that
time was begun chat system Of ezten-
sive advertising which has given the
paper (conjoined to sterling merit)
the widest celebrity ever gained by
any American weekly, and probably
the largest subscription list. The
Ledger's bills for advertising have
run as high as S25,OOO per week, and
on one occasion, posters included, the
bills were $4,000. This was in con-
necfion with Mrs. SOuthWorth's "lsl-
and Princess" The first quadruple
sheet ever printed by any daily pa
per in New York, printed by
the Herald in 1858, and was occasion
ed by demand on the part of Mr..
Bonner for a space equal to the usual
double sheet, or eight Herald pages,
for advertising purpOses-which was
probably the largest single advertise
ment ever inserted in a New York
daily.
"The press-room of the Ledger
building is she finest for its purpose
ever constructed in this city. 1t is
furnished with eight drum cylinder
presses-four Of Hoes and four OF
Favlor's-and an Andrews engine.
A huge harrison boiler, leviathan-
like, has crawled away under the
side, into a sort Of excavatod grottoi
and these, with minor details, COM
pleto the furnishings Of the press
room"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-06-18

A joint resolution passed both
Houses of the Legislature yesterday
to adjourn on Monday next, the 18th
of May, until the 23d Of November.
If adjournment actually takes place
on Monday-which is improbable un-
less the impeachment case is finally
decided on Saturday-it will make
one hundred and sereaty-tiree days Of
Democratic Legislation during one
year. This is not bad for aretreneh-
ment Legislature, in view Of the fact
that the long session Of a Republican
Legislature for ten years was one
hundred and twenty seven days. And
this was in 1861, when the session
was prolonged to provide for the ex-
igencies of the war-the equipment
and support of troops, &c.
The appropriation for tho per diem
and mileage alone Of members and
officers, up to the present time is one
hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
This does not embrace the enOr-
nous expense for stationery, gas,
care Of the Halls, printing, etc; last
year the appropriation OF the Kepu0-
liean Legislature for the purpose sim
liar to that we have named was sixty
thousand dollars difference OfJ!it5-
Ere thousand dollars in favor OF iho
Republicans. These facts need no
comment. They speak for them-
selves columbus Journal,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-06-18
~, Ohio, Thursday, June Is,s1s6s.s
y ProduetfGn s9ra zTFaI,et 1s.1

f.
Production and Trade. sem
The continued good crop prospects
IN nearly every SECTION of. our brOadI
domain, are among the most fiHgI
indications Of the time, since is is, a
fact universally recognized among the
practical business men, that the para
mount necessity now is a reduction in
the cost Of living, without which, it is
rather vain to look for any substantial
Improvement in the industrial and
commercial affairs of the country. In
creased production would, without
doubt, mitigate, to a great extent, the
burdens of taxation; but we can not
reasonably expect industrial activity
while the food products and other es-
sential articles of subsistence are so
dear as to necessitate extreme wages
Of labor. Should the promise of an
abundant harvest be fully realized,
manufacturers would see their way to-
a reduction of wages without incOn-
Venience to their employees, and there
by bring about increased production.
at present, a large proportion Of the
manufacturing establishments Of the
country are idle, and vast amount of
labor is, consequently, without en-
plOyment. Abundant and cheap food,
by putting an end to the Improbable
dissensiOns between employer and
employee, would start up all branches
of industry, vastly increase the pecu-
mary resources of the masses, and thus
stimulate trade and commerce. All
talk about the antagonism between
capital and labor is idle and prepOster-
Gus. There is not a sensible manufac-
turer in the country who does not rec
Ognize the necessity, as far as possible,
Of encouraging, rather than depressing
labor, because the interests Of the CO.
operative elements of production are
SO blended that what adversely affects
one correspondingly affects the other.
Develope and multiply those sources
upon which the labor of the country
must always rely for its prosperity and
profitable employment, and we shall
hear much less about strikes and hard
times. The cost of labor, indeed, is
the key note to the commercial situa-
ton. With a return to normal food
prices, the cost of production will not
only be correspoudingly reduced, but
capital, now Withheld, will again seek
in manufacturing enter
prises, the development Of the resOur-
cgs Of the cOtntry will proceed at an
accelerated pace, and all branches Of
commerce viii start up from their
present lethargy under the stimulus Of
these revfvfftfHg forces. To this end,
then, bOunteous harvest will be one
of the greatest blessings that a kind
Providence could vOuchsafe,-[N. Y
Shipping List. -s--ssF
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-06-18

The wife of Hon. G. S. Hamilton, Of
Marvsville, Union county, who was
murdered by his insane son last Decem-
Der, died on Sunday last. She was a
woman Of many excellent traits, but of
late wears it was thought she was par
TALLY deFanged. The insanity of the
son came through that branch of the
family. Since the tragical death OF
her husband, Mrs. Hamilton has never
been well. A kinder father, or more
tender husband than Mr.. Hamilton
never lived. It is reported that young
Hamilton, who is in the Central Asy-
Ium, has so far recovered from mental
derangement as to be able to write let
tiers to his friends, and hopes are en-
tertained of his speedy recovery.