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u,i 8 l 11 '! • %■fp lk%*p c'ik^ik fj 1 ll^w^'-f ■lk salisbury n c monday october 11 1807 no ii whole no 1782 vol 2 third series the last counoil board in jilt southern ( oni i'di'r icy bv kllwaiill a i'll.aud lt has been uenorally written and eons ildtired that tho southern confederacy perished in a very ur.ititerestitig manner that thero was no dramatic catastrophe i audi as is generally supposed to termini ate tho great games of war innl empire j liis troo thuro was no final scone of arms commensurate with tho space nml j action of the war no great und mulii indedlnons battle to mark and illumin ate the cinl of an empire that more hum half a million bayonets had once borne on their crest of steel lt was the ll it i concliit-i-'ii the termination almost with out interest or dignity of a great coim test the inspiration and valiiy of winch on one side had been spent long before the final atroku of aruil revealed the emptiness ofthe structore and brought it to iho dust tho oonsluslon indeed k the most curious part of the history of the lato war at uu nglo affair on thu l'clersburg linea that took plnco in tlm hours of a spring morning lliu casuals tisaof which were counted by.hundreds lhe whole structure of tho southern | confederacy gave way — tlio great do ! c irons pillar of virginia wreathed willi l viclm.es fall and then the hr ia i nnd , grand military motions one by in ; the department oi the carolines and geor gia commanded hy johnston the southwestern states commanded by taylor the trans-mieelseippi command 1 id by smith these lust aim it without a trial of urins or a single ine.ueut ol real and determined cunfl.ct a mighty empire passed nwsy as tbo lisscluiis fabric of a dream the gules of richmond in the approaches to winch more than half a million men had mriig ' gled . in eight of which battles of blood itj.i volume had been fought until tbo very ground ah ml it bad buen knes led with iiiiii an flesh at last were upon t the enemy without con a sentinel to challenge ihe insolent iuvaders lmti mn't-iichnsttts oavalrymin without let or hindrance rode into its streets and planted their guid us on iho co tub ii wan as the eml i f thai bin re whil li lhe instoiian gilihoti has desci b id ai quick ly and prun-iiy founds i by ll si r . the last ■i tlio roman tribunes , ' which a cended hnd increased t.i the astonished paze of mankind until iho vain inflate i tribune brandished his s.s ird 10 the foor parts of the world ezelain i r i i s too ia mine ;" hut which st last ener vsted hy mis-government and debaui li ed hy j arty perished miserably as in a ■ieht at the head of one luindrcd a no fifty soldiers the c-'unt of minorbi no introduced himself into rome ; bar ricaded the quarter of the colonna and found the enterprise as easy as it had seemed impossible from the first alarm the bell of tho cspitol incessantly tolled but instead of repairing to the well known sound the people were silent and inactive aud tho pusillanimous iticnzi deploring il.e r ingratitude witb sighs and tears abdicated the govern ment and palace of the republic the fall of richmond *»« the fatal event of the confederacy tno black banner which thu smoke lr..tn its c'lillu f ration set in the sky signalled from tbo otoinae to the mississippi iho end ol the war despair and submission ol tho south it was under that sign that the j army of general leo commenced its toilsome retreat and tho train of official als set out to rind some remnant of a government tho annihilation of wliich they had not yet fully reali'.ed we have said that in ihese last painful days of the confederacy tncro was but little ofj dramatic seenn to heighten and adorn j the last act ol tho tragedy a tailored and travel-stained army moved through the woods and on blind mads with stmg gling distressed trains its march dotted with dead and famished soldiers until broken down hy t"il nml hunger quietly surrendered and with a mere llistru ] ment of writing laid down its aims at appomatlox ourt house richmond had been deserted without a conference thero had been no final scene at the council-board no high debate no offis cial speech or inspiration that could properly mark ibe great historical inter • est of the event it was a vulgar tumult in which tho coufejerate capitol had been abandoned tame and unworthy were the last days of an empiie whoso prowess had once challenged the inlmi ration of tho world whoso arms had twice penetrated the enemy'b territory whoao two hundred cannon bad bellow ed for peace on the bights of gettysburg whose camp tiro lu.d moro than once been lighted in tho very fore ground of washington but in una poverty of sconory and in cidont in which tho southern 0'hifedor aey perished there was yot one remark able interview or council which has here tofore boen lost to tho current nnd pepu lar histories of the war — a scene which though taking place on a small ami ob senre theatre veiled from public knowl edge ia of intc-nso dramatic interoht and is likely yet to furnish tho last illuminated pago to some artistic historian of the war who like mucaulay shall produce tho very images of tho past along with tho record of events it was ihu last in 1 terviow the last conference of jefferson davis bnd his officers it took place in alittlo town in south carolina it wan known only to tho few men who iihsnin hleil there with their fugitive chief yet it was properly ho hint soono of the war's ureal drama it hud a dignity thai innl dot yet appeared in the final chap ter of misfortune and it is memorable . aliko for its arlistic effects and its histn i ricit 1 importance the ex-president of the confederacy innl issued nt danville virginia an in genious ami sanguine proclamation which possibly mi^ht havo aroosed his countrymen to further efforts in the war innl nut tlio cffiisioii heen checked hy thu i.ews of ronaral leo's surrender — this event appeared lo determine the lust hopes of the southern people to con vlnce tbein that farther prosecution of tint war wna useless and even criminal in ', a fruitless consumption of human life not s.i with mr davis lie was remark nlilo fur a sanguine tomporament ; ho had tlnit disposition at mice imperious ami weak which demanding that all things must be as it wishes believes them so and what the world thought the swollen imasta nf a desperate iiiiii fail ing lender wero really tlio sincere illuss imiaot a proud man who never indeed fully realized the extremity of his cause until tlio iron entered ina soul in tliel casemates of fortress monioo in bis strangely deliberate and leisurely retreat through tbe carolines ho had not aps peered for a moment lo realize that he svas a fugitive ami he looked with comi placency npon the disordered fragments of the army that bad gathered en the hue of his ll ght and ilmt he pursued it with a vague and uncertain design an officer who wna constantly in ins com pauy in what might ho thought days ol anguish aud despair t ' the fallen chief tent lies : mr davis wns apparently nn i touched by any uf the demoralization which prevailed — he was affable digni fied and luokod the very porsoniflcttl nf high snd undaunted courage ii ret pi rsisied that ti.e cauau is is not '. bt n tin ugh lee hud surrei dered although 1 . nstiin hinl furled his banners with itt ti battle and ohh mgb all lhal was visible ol ihe greal armies that hail a 1 ffiiti richmond to augusta on i uie dominant lines ol thu war wore less ll „•. , p thousand soldiers fragments ol ; i.ri a les that assctnh i d ui u id nun at abbeville s mth cur mi when he paused there fur a glial council ssith h.s1 < lenerala there is something curious even pain ; ful in th s delusion yet admirable and sublime the ex president refused to read the word failure which the pub lie had pronounced against him and which he might have seen written in the ' faces of the slouched and dispirited soli dicrs who yet attended him his glit tering eye waa not yet quenched 1 1 i *- slackened nerves were strung up with a now res lution and hope he was prac ; lising that mo6t difficult art of life which maintains even manners in sudden adver sity and with the trained gambler's j steady challenge coolly and deliberately tries the last resource of fortune but even that last resource was denied him fortune had no more stakes for him i and with the sharp pain of the gamstcr who prepares for the last chance and then iiml he has miscounted and litis uni means even to try that the man who1 bad bargained for empire ami played with the ilr-fitinira of whole communities suddenly found himself without a bingle soldier tit his command nnd a hunted fugitive in peril of his life ! in the little town of abbeville mr davis summoned hia officers to council he as determined to try their resolution and anxious to ascertain thospiritof their men the only full generals sslm yet at tended with him were bragg his mil itary advjier and breckinridge lately secretary of war there were live in i ado commanders present at the confer ence to this small but important audi ence mr davis addressed himself with all the powers oi his wonderful and subtle j intellect the old imperious look wns yet in his worn face the eye transfixed with neuralgic pain with its deep re cess of light shone steady and defiant the thin visago was illuminated by tho ! active mind and shone with the animated discourse lie spoke in ihe even silvoiy tones of his accustomed eloquence ; one of the greatest orators of modern times excelling in the power of statement or narration ingenious even to sophistry joining a winning and persuasive man ner lo words culled from the ohoisesl re sources of languago he now tried all hispowerain this critical opportunity he declared thatthe country was on ly suffering fnuii violent surprises and an exaggerated alarm j its re lution would soon ho erect again : th preseni condition was that of panic ami patriot ism would soon lio aroused when it hear i the commanding and re-assuring tones lot authority ilo insisted that the war waa not hopeless the armies could bo ' i reassembled and their would ho now j calls for enlistments and now incentives to tho country's sorvice lie said that even tho few hundred men ho yot count ud around bim wero enough to prolong the war until the panic had passod away i and they would then b n nucleus for thousands more he urged his offlcors to accept bin views and animate their men to stand to tbe good cause whose honor they bad so long maintained and whose inst hopes tbey now carried on their bayonets his auditors wore silent at length they spoke ono by one each brigade commander stating tho oondition and temper of his men and doclaring hid views of the situation it wus a plain unanimous judgment the war could not succeed and should not bo prolonged ; tln-y oould ti"i ask their men t'i struggle against n fato which was inevitable and forfeit all hopes of restoration t their homes and irionds but thoy would ln sist that their honor was involved in bo curing tho escnpii ol mr davis and for ihe accomplishment of thisobioot thoy would risk battle and pul offsuoinlssion to the in-t moment nn no exclaimed the nnhappy chief in passionate accents i will hear of no plan winch inii for its objocl only my bafety then bpeaklng blowly and bitterly with a deep . uni leaii'til change bottling on hia countenance he said — all hope is gone i alas that i should bee the day when all tbe friends of the south are prepared to consent to her de gradation he faltered and sat down in silence every ono in the room res pected him too much to reply presently without even a gesture of courteous retirement without uny ac knowledgment of the company wbatev er he rose to leave the room and it was observed that he had lost his erect carri age and defiant port a weight of years appeared t.i bave fallen on the stricken sufferer the eyes wore uneasy in the pule pinched face and so uncurtain and tottering wna his steps lhat general breckinridge moved to his side nml giving bim his arm supported him from the room not a single word wus spoken it i a true and dolocate philosopher who exploring n i leno of despair s.tys : 1 in sentiment that attends iln sudden revelation that oil is lost .- silently guth , red into tho heart li is too deep fot gestures or for words the voice per ... .. tho .-" •' ■aro fi zon aud tho bpirit of man flies back upon its own centre " something to i he point ex ' 1 ivei ior s ■> in mr of new l i i k wus chosen president of the uonioeraiie uoiivcnttui just met in albany in lis speech on tak ug the cl air ho sa d boine tilings tl at are exactly t the point of tie present political conoitioti of thit country the argument of the brief exs ttact we copy trom this forcible address is : they that tnko the sword bhall per ish hy tho sword " : we cannot if wo wonld escape from confronting the problems of the day — neither safety honor nor patriotism will su 11 r us to stand dumb and inactive in the dark hour of danger we have pot down tho rebellion we are strug gling with rev int ill 1 •• lir^t wab sectional the last is universal the first bought to divide onr country the list threatens to destroy it mr seymour alluded tothe charges npainst tho presii dent tunl to charges made aqainst each other by members of the house of reps rcsentatives even tho senate has pur sue i a policy revolutionary in its ten dency nnd in its blindness is striking sulci ial hl'isvs at its own existence col orado which t duy b d incos four mils lions of people in new voil was ad mitted merely to two votes in tbe stru^'^le with the executive but a bolder act is in view twenty senators are to ho admitted irom the ten st itos lately in rebellion not as the representa tives of wliito peoplo nor ol black bul becuuso they hold views in harmony with the ini'i irily of the senators and mo sent in vvashii gton bv tin ir ngotits if tins revolution is bof-un it must go on 1 ils logical jll-t end it lllll-t li.it mil on the nicks of the majority of the american peoplo and stop there but numbers must bo t ■; resontod not rntten boroughs ni i bhnm stall b wo implore senators not to begin this revolution — i ii eontont with your vast powers vour oigauizition is at war with impartial snf tr.i^'e and impartial representation il you continue youi usurpations tho coun try limy not he content with drill i • sou hack within constitutional limits 1 may go further and acting upon the doctrines you assert it mav crush yon mt and make another senate based in tint ii upon iinui h i sufivago the country neoda peace bul if you will have revolution it eiinn.it slop ill in v chalk lm j yon may murk out x ss voi k pennsylvania kentucky tennes see illinois indiana wisconsin ohio missouri iowa minnesota and michi gan a mnjoi t y of tho p pie t nil ol which oro now virtually disfranchised in your body for i oy tu o controlled by the representatives nf u quarter uf o it population if nr * '"» eminent is to i e respected thev will have their full rights inventor sharkey of mi bissippi is out with an eight column lottor reviewing the reconstruction moasuros and rocoiu mending the peoplo of bis slate togo i against a convention ni sv plan through lbs courtesy of mr . i i iirosvn ons of our most ai oomtnodating nnd worthy idsrohants wn has benn shown through ih handsome wall flllod turn of messrs mock i br ns n n new firm wa wars surprised to iiml o largo n stock and inch grsal vsrlsty of dew goods they havo wu think lha lsi ll stock tlisl imn boon hnui ht to tlui oity sloes tlm wht and can suit nil tastssand all dsmand we shall lot undsrtaka to ouumsrsls tho yank ous articles of merchandize thoy oil'.r for mile | fia the lower floor iho sttoution in attracted by tho crowded shelves of now prints ifcc ike os lha uppi.t flour tin in nr i ,., . md iboes realty made olotlting blankets shawls for indies and gentleman hall flaps in facl llioy iiksi gvtrj tlrnij usually kept in n tiisl oism slore , o white fhost — tlio peoplo f tins is.t much surprised yoiterdaj niorning,on r • ling fn in tin ir bads to sea llio house tops and vegetation generally pretty well coated witb lhe iiiii wbits frost of llio season tl in feared ibal ii goo 1 deal of damnge will bo dons ootton and lobabcoo by •(. municipal election — the municipal lion bold in lliis cily in obedience to an ordins ance ofthe hoard of commissioners for tbe pur t i getting ibe sense of tbo citizens on tbe subject of fn <■school resulted n foil iwi : si li i no school 43 81 change mr micheal brown commission mercbaut has sold out to mr jn a mccon naugbey who will oonduct lbs buslosss on a largo scalsat tho came stand on fisher atroet mr mccodoaugbey in a reliable gentlenian with nn attentive and acoommudaling business re cord see his eatd new book we bate r .-" v .) from me*sn e.j halo ik son 1 • oki • ers si 1 1 ublisliers 1 0 murray it , >>'.• is vork ii ii it s '. ua . milled dial of b itefugce by a virg n a lady it ie s w rk ' f m in interest mi i gives a synopsis of pu i-i is nnd • ' • i ■:>" ' re in tl •' first in . ... n of vugii i i " \. to lhe -' gun at ap inut ix c .' i i lie ~ - " . pit.n : in ii u.i m ti im.sept lotb i8o7,of yel low l-vs.-i francis m mills eldest son nl v j ifc mary ann mills of shiisi try n c age 23 lean ti moll i hi an i d lis tbe deceased is well known in th'scity beie he has in t.v friends whom ho 1 ft inst sprii g and ca-t bis lot in texas as have many of our ambitious young nion done who sveru compell ed lo depend upon their own exertions by the results of llie late » nr tbis youngman wns among tho first to rolunleer hi services in de fence of tho south basing enter 1 lhat glorious old company the rowan kill guaids in april 18lll being ihen only 17 yes rs of age j and rerun tied throughout the war lie svus s true and brave soldier and wns everely wound ed nnd never fulls recovered from the effects li'l tho djy of his unti.nely death peace lo hi ' ashes one of the saints the public generally know who col wm f henderson of l'.n <]•■■■, isoinmonly called windy billy is he figured largely io the recent jacobin convention in ihts city as one ol tho most vindiotivo mnl si lent orators of that ; r ," i ... ;: , -.■. ii • has 1 •■in 1 ■!■1 10 tho ski-i by portions of the kadicnl press and boen coupled sviili brownloivin the catalogue of glorious patriots it is even said lhal he is lha favoi to onndidalo . f some of lln.m for gov i error of north carolina under the reconstruc . led stall i wo ii nn thai nt davidson couit in sessi in ll e present week ihis same | itri it *..- in by t i grand jury for horsestealing the grand jury consisted of eleven radicals i n negroes and ibreo conservative china -. wo further lesrn that fiend rson nupon came nt i ' nii'l and hiiiisi i ie | i ■-'. ■■■! '.; ill iihiiih should lm stricken from iho list of lha at torney 1 it is su lit ,'. an . '■■be jurv for h ns iii taken the lest oalll as sub i in uiis-ii.ii.r ol llio li i dm an bureau n i wi n t-i lb it our bom st wall'-meanini , s i g a party where .-> mau like lleudi rson is , .. .• 1 >^ a li it . r it i fi ,; ' s ' ' tho augusln constitutionalist says — whon ti negro offers hiiusolffor cnngn ss niticli in tin discomfitnro of the loyal ' loagtie in gonerally begins his proiiuii ciatnento iiiub i bhall ■'■< all i can ' i.i ameliorate tho conditi m of the whites whon mil of tho southern ronegndes aspires to ofhco his rccoi i is iniitnmoniit tu t his iv..sv:il 1 slitill do all i can to amoloirnto ni.y own condition and hi i f tlio condition ol my race o . i some days ngo a barrel marked crock ery arrived from now vork tit tho depot i in lawrence mn-s addressed lo a olor ' gym an there uy accident the oxpross ' unlit knocked tho top out of the barrel and anxious about the erockorj ho looked in and fonnd the contontsto h ; he a ten gallon keg f brandy nicoly 1 1 packed in nay i radical i'kini'll'i.f.s al ii recent political mooting in penn ylvania tlio tun ■i uu galiielia a grow ooce speaker of the homo of ltopreseu iniivi .; i,t washington said let mo up point your jud^tis and i euro imt wlmi frames your lawa it ia rare that (» atrooio a lontlinont id uttered iroiotjic stump iii iiijh i mil i imrtiaaii atrichias hi meaning la imply that if the kadi ■i'll c in mily inis-c tlm appointment ol llie judge they wiil blmpo their decie loi ' . ' ii ni tin in n ate nml ht'lii'iin no matter ulmt ti lawa and tho oouatf tuii ii there i-i one i.i i away in waah iugtnn ami ocoaaloimlly alludod to as a friend that is dead m ay say this litlt n irtitil confession of tlm polloy i • si i :.! si .. p ii ratio i by tho radical i i i.t'.-iil d.iwii tlm in.;-i is i.tiil iniipeii l the i i i ni i ' i:7 ij a mob of negroes persued ti fed ml soldier in a uguata * " i gia tt few day ago and he look refuge in tlm house nt ii citizen whore im waa obliged to ex change hie uniform for other cloi hing bof ro he could escape tho soldier hail ilona nothing and it was mily tho of lii-i uniform that infuriated the ne groes a man in malno inn invented a ma chine for 1 1 7 it l : i _* p ii i ci ol i -'■iup m ade ... lj ler ii n ■•* hich is driven under tin potatoes and i'n them with tho earth upon a hopper mi which the earth id shaken nil aud ti.e potatoes aro thrown into the furrow behind llio machine !_! ■. . j news of the day washington n ■•••. a nashville dispatch coneedc-e brownl sv'i election to tbe benaie revenue receipts tl 000,01)0 washington oct p the foil ill lag ia nn "!._' tho albany resolutions tbat regarding tho na tional debt as asacred obligation ne demanj economy of the ad toiniaal ration honesty in lhe ion ol revenue and ooriency for lha ben i | instead .■•.'■■i oral ■• s in tin i-ii 1 thai the public failb niay be preserved nn '. lhe burdi ns f laxal on lessened thus ws denout .-" lhe ell iri ol the radical party to re lulu the power il bas usurped by establishing negro supremacy in the south by military hue i c m|>led ss ith the disfraiichiseinenl of tl n i ol lie n liite i i ul il'ton us nn outrage ii • " craiin principles tinil an allempl tc nn ii ni 1 destroy the republic and lhal tsu stigmatize llio ri'tus.il of that party in in slate tu submit the qui-stion 1 1 negro suffrage ic the ; i pi as a nowardly evasion of a party tsstn in li.l peuding struggle from louisiana new orleans oct 5 — jo ji»e abel the coun sei for henry smith accused of perjury tii exceptions llie cane being tried before assistant kec nl r dunn a negro the exceptions se forth tbat dunn being a negro unrecognizei i s ihe lawsof louisiana as a cilixoo was no legally a judicial hirer dunn overruled tin exceptions tried the case and discharged th ; : -"' er witnesses for the prosecution n-fuseil to ink the stand it to he ssvoin while a negro acted a recorder and being asked if he intended to insult the court answered lhat li lid whee upon lie was fined tweuty-bve dollars oo cable summary garibaldi escaped fiom caprera l.nt was subsequently recaptured and is now closi y gu irdi il it is said lhat ll e emperors of france an austria bgreed ai salzburg who ihey would support for pope it is rumored lhat victor emanuel bas ap plied to lhe great | s»,ts t be relieved fn llie treaty sti | i ilions binding iiiiil to maiulam ■:..- inti gri s of : lie i ap l don it ers o from wash i gi n wa-i l a oct 5 i m — stanbery's o in jnn susl - be s ill ( lourls in iuuing wi is t :' , , r a wbot ■liers sod s . irs air - • in c«iii li mcfl « th '■'-'. ' ■'" l*f.i i - i ....'■. ' nu ohi v tin writ and pi ■ci in s sa ■r in i se case he pres ■■•'. . directtd s dgi 1 1 --:!'. fotc . ii ssary in , , ; of in i's wai md pens • liipments and lil revel ue rcc s ' ' debl stn nent allows s ie of i - '■00 — i'ha s en i i ■. bi i e | sti s in is i r recei ts 7 no the ii r nl month ind tl .- ■' * ncnt wiil ■il • ions i'uvontia lo-daj | b ' 000 1 » - ■;, ibe ' -' - leai l«le 01 250,000 i . , n ., iin.l n.'te . ' . at n • ?-'•' 0 s ', iiiiih -.-.'. r 11 ns i -. wi « •■ilal i g lhal ' ' fldavite of all i - an i ;'.? ' i | n oct *' 1 m '■-.'! •* -*:' in a idn ss ui -" _ - frii ■'-■.. i ne \ i , ■■', . d mocl : ,- 1 as '.■• . . ma il is i ited lhal iln l*a i ll - •• ; '"' ■. non at \ ireau i lie i'i me .. c isl mi k ■'. •>' n i ■lias been defi iu ling i govei in ■'■■' : ite i 30,000 fra ices dl ibe past - s i ■irs negro ,"■" - ilr davis tr .■'. t&o richmond i i-t . s p m - it i uni rsiood that the black voters bora have ig reed lo run three whites nnd two blacks for lhe convene uunnleutt and ward wall are most prominent ly tnui.tiiin.il among ihu whiles a |;.-|. ii.ih 11 negro meeting in ueurloo los i is iiiii i i i 1 . s sw.inn f..r iln oodvsdtiod throwing jut nu ix federal oolonsl who was a candidate for nomination mrs annie k iviihy was convlolsd for ths innrdsr f ler husband nnd isdtsecsd lo seven >■r . iii lbs penitentiary mr davis ttial will certainly take place in no n.l.-r tbs counsel on b th les aro ready us is sxpsctsd to arrive in-ro about tho fl li lober from washington a i blnglon oct 7 col psrksr of oun eral unit's stnlt bus been sent to raleigh snd ' ii.,l.ii to look after i'"i lain treasury ins loresls involving it is said over a million — i art ■lars bsvs noi trsuspirsd parker wa tailed at tho request ofsicrelnry mccuu lough and it is surmised fn.iu the tact of ilia lelail i sing purely iniiliary thut the iroublu is ssith lli it iiu bureau ot tho ii.str.et ' ii .'. ll r iii a speech at galena illinois congressman washburn detailed < irnnt'-s views snd savs grant sympathises with congress la its reams slruotioo plan and accepted lbs 8ecrstsrysbip . of vvar lo prevent ibe oflice going into the bands i of johnson's men and ssith th knowledge a,nd consent of s'rnilon after a full consultation he said le had oo ri^-lil to speuk as to grant's i '.. ii leiili.il inclinations another whisky riot in pennsylvania philadelphia oct 3 1 m the revenue 1 fflcors made a de-scent on the illicit di«tillerie in llie suburbs of the cily and wero driven off they returned reinforced and wero removing ] iho stills when they were sgsia attnekod and ! were driven off pistols and bricks were uaed th 1 puty l s marshal received six serious s..',lli ]-. ' lue uf the rioters svas shot iu the head sev eral were hull on bolh sides foreign news london oot 3,p m — a florence dispatch says thst the vilerba outbreak has nol been melled isioto has heen captured — and tbe • - irgenta are holding all tho roads leading ' 10 it i lio pope's commander has demanded assist im from ltally wliich as refused thu revolt is undoubtedly serious there ara i alarming apdrebsnsiona of ihu interruption of i friendly rcu'.iont betweeu france and italy washington news washington oct 3 p m — the bodies of ' ' mrs stirriitt booth wirz and oilers bave been secretly removed by order of the war depart ■ment and buried itl a trench io wurehouse no ' 1 ll.o removal was necessary lo make room ■for contemplated improvements ! the internal lieveuue receipts to-dsy ar ) ii.soo.ono llun kdtuund cooper of tenneisee has been appointed the president's private secretary hon li m t hunter iisb been pardoned tbo railroad and steamboat contractors for . oarying the mails are perfotming tbeir duti ... sfautorily in the southern stales l\l low fever i now orleans oct 3 p m the intermeuls . from tbe fever for llio day ending at 6 o'clock ■tliis morning were 58 ti.e howard association is no rendering a ■stance to 800 lamilies averaging three oases of fever lo eaeh alabama election mobile oot 3 tbe total vote of mobil i county is40fi3 of whiob 112 were white seer ' ly nil for convention montgomery oct 3 tbo returns for two 1 iss nre receivtd from 15 counties in which tbt number of registered voters is c 1,400 aud lhe lumber polled 34,3t*0 being 3 coo mora tbau lhe required majority of one half the trial of mr davis washington oct 3 — intimations lhat tba i>iccutivc department is interesting itself about mr davis trial are entirely groundless since vi , davis was delivered to ibe judicial aulhori may il.e federal executive baa taken no ti bis case ii n . jus lyons of vir i recently here from visiting bis client rep res .'- mr davis as ready and anxious for tri .!. il.e defence will contend that lhe reeog •-,'.'. mi doctrine north and south - t ' tbe star taught that the lirst allegi .-. n due to ihe slate it having the ntime liate control of tbe ciiixen's life and property and unfaithful ass to t iavolved lhe nntnediat loss ol both radical vsurpouion in tennessee nashville oct 3 ci i blackburn wiih a s of tennessee cavalry ousted the old .: i inaugurated lb new tuaoiotpal functiona ries the new york c id market v ss vork oct 3 — ooid has adsanced lo l.l-"i owing to kuropaan newt having been i by private panics of a declioe in am rci'i icei ea in london this is owing to ho • . il thai trouble a europe appears to be nun i ■++. v v york democratic convention \ '.,'., 0 ' 4 m 1 state ivtnoeraiio . oi.ieiui n ssi.xli is in session here has ad ip e a res it - roc ar i i % lbs tammany hall 1 i.-in . ,• i i s ihe true organisation in new 1 . . . . i in delegati sclaiiu ng scats .,!,.< hare boen regularly sleeted uoder that u ihority the moxart hull and german dolega noiu from the ooonty of new york wer d anted as honorary members instructions from gen canity wilmington oct 3 iv m col frank command ■- post bas received instruction from gen i'ii's to do longer oppose the en forcemoni civil process ti in tbe u.s circuit
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
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Date | 1867-10-14 |
Month | 10 |
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Year | 1867 |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
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Date | 1867-10-14 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1867 |
Volume | 2 Third Series |
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Description | The Monday, October 14, 1867 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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FullText | u,i 8 l 11 '! • %■fp lk%*p c'ik^ik fj 1 ll^w^'-f ■lk salisbury n c monday october 11 1807 no ii whole no 1782 vol 2 third series the last counoil board in jilt southern ( oni i'di'r icy bv kllwaiill a i'll.aud lt has been uenorally written and eons ildtired that tho southern confederacy perished in a very ur.ititerestitig manner that thero was no dramatic catastrophe i audi as is generally supposed to termini ate tho great games of war innl empire j liis troo thuro was no final scone of arms commensurate with tho space nml j action of the war no great und mulii indedlnons battle to mark and illumin ate the cinl of an empire that more hum half a million bayonets had once borne on their crest of steel lt was the ll it i concliit-i-'ii the termination almost with out interest or dignity of a great coim test the inspiration and valiiy of winch on one side had been spent long before the final atroku of aruil revealed the emptiness ofthe structore and brought it to iho dust tho oonsluslon indeed k the most curious part of the history of the lato war at uu nglo affair on thu l'clersburg linea that took plnco in tlm hours of a spring morning lliu casuals tisaof which were counted by.hundreds lhe whole structure of tho southern | confederacy gave way — tlio great do ! c irons pillar of virginia wreathed willi l viclm.es fall and then the hr ia i nnd , grand military motions one by in ; the department oi the carolines and geor gia commanded hy johnston the southwestern states commanded by taylor the trans-mieelseippi command 1 id by smith these lust aim it without a trial of urins or a single ine.ueut ol real and determined cunfl.ct a mighty empire passed nwsy as tbo lisscluiis fabric of a dream the gules of richmond in the approaches to winch more than half a million men had mriig ' gled . in eight of which battles of blood itj.i volume had been fought until tbo very ground ah ml it bad buen knes led with iiiiii an flesh at last were upon t the enemy without con a sentinel to challenge ihe insolent iuvaders lmti mn't-iichnsttts oavalrymin without let or hindrance rode into its streets and planted their guid us on iho co tub ii wan as the eml i f thai bin re whil li lhe instoiian gilihoti has desci b id ai quick ly and prun-iiy founds i by ll si r . the last ■i tlio roman tribunes , ' which a cended hnd increased t.i the astonished paze of mankind until iho vain inflate i tribune brandished his s.s ird 10 the foor parts of the world ezelain i r i i s too ia mine ;" hut which st last ener vsted hy mis-government and debaui li ed hy j arty perished miserably as in a ■ieht at the head of one luindrcd a no fifty soldiers the c-'unt of minorbi no introduced himself into rome ; bar ricaded the quarter of the colonna and found the enterprise as easy as it had seemed impossible from the first alarm the bell of tho cspitol incessantly tolled but instead of repairing to the well known sound the people were silent and inactive aud tho pusillanimous iticnzi deploring il.e r ingratitude witb sighs and tears abdicated the govern ment and palace of the republic the fall of richmond *»« the fatal event of the confederacy tno black banner which thu smoke lr..tn its c'lillu f ration set in the sky signalled from tbo otoinae to the mississippi iho end ol the war despair and submission ol tho south it was under that sign that the j army of general leo commenced its toilsome retreat and tho train of official als set out to rind some remnant of a government tho annihilation of wliich they had not yet fully reali'.ed we have said that in ihese last painful days of the confederacy tncro was but little ofj dramatic seenn to heighten and adorn j the last act ol tho tragedy a tailored and travel-stained army moved through the woods and on blind mads with stmg gling distressed trains its march dotted with dead and famished soldiers until broken down hy t"il nml hunger quietly surrendered and with a mere llistru ] ment of writing laid down its aims at appomatlox ourt house richmond had been deserted without a conference thero had been no final scene at the council-board no high debate no offis cial speech or inspiration that could properly mark ibe great historical inter • est of the event it was a vulgar tumult in which tho coufejerate capitol had been abandoned tame and unworthy were the last days of an empiie whoso prowess had once challenged the inlmi ration of tho world whoso arms had twice penetrated the enemy'b territory whoao two hundred cannon bad bellow ed for peace on the bights of gettysburg whose camp tiro lu.d moro than once been lighted in tho very fore ground of washington but in una poverty of sconory and in cidont in which tho southern 0'hifedor aey perished there was yot one remark able interview or council which has here tofore boen lost to tho current nnd pepu lar histories of the war — a scene which though taking place on a small ami ob senre theatre veiled from public knowl edge ia of intc-nso dramatic interoht and is likely yet to furnish tho last illuminated pago to some artistic historian of the war who like mucaulay shall produce tho very images of tho past along with tho record of events it was ihu last in 1 terviow the last conference of jefferson davis bnd his officers it took place in alittlo town in south carolina it wan known only to tho few men who iihsnin hleil there with their fugitive chief yet it was properly ho hint soono of the war's ureal drama it hud a dignity thai innl dot yet appeared in the final chap ter of misfortune and it is memorable . aliko for its arlistic effects and its histn i ricit 1 importance the ex-president of the confederacy innl issued nt danville virginia an in genious ami sanguine proclamation which possibly mi^ht havo aroosed his countrymen to further efforts in the war innl nut tlio cffiisioii heen checked hy thu i.ews of ronaral leo's surrender — this event appeared lo determine the lust hopes of the southern people to con vlnce tbein that farther prosecution of tint war wna useless and even criminal in ', a fruitless consumption of human life not s.i with mr davis lie was remark nlilo fur a sanguine tomporament ; ho had tlnit disposition at mice imperious ami weak which demanding that all things must be as it wishes believes them so and what the world thought the swollen imasta nf a desperate iiiiii fail ing lender wero really tlio sincere illuss imiaot a proud man who never indeed fully realized the extremity of his cause until tlio iron entered ina soul in tliel casemates of fortress monioo in bis strangely deliberate and leisurely retreat through tbe carolines ho had not aps peered for a moment lo realize that he svas a fugitive ami he looked with comi placency npon the disordered fragments of the army that bad gathered en the hue of his ll ght and ilmt he pursued it with a vague and uncertain design an officer who wna constantly in ins com pauy in what might ho thought days ol anguish aud despair t ' the fallen chief tent lies : mr davis wns apparently nn i touched by any uf the demoralization which prevailed — he was affable digni fied and luokod the very porsoniflcttl nf high snd undaunted courage ii ret pi rsisied that ti.e cauau is is not '. bt n tin ugh lee hud surrei dered although 1 . nstiin hinl furled his banners with itt ti battle and ohh mgb all lhal was visible ol ihe greal armies that hail a 1 ffiiti richmond to augusta on i uie dominant lines ol thu war wore less ll „•. , p thousand soldiers fragments ol ; i.ri a les that assctnh i d ui u id nun at abbeville s mth cur mi when he paused there fur a glial council ssith h.s1 < lenerala there is something curious even pain ; ful in th s delusion yet admirable and sublime the ex president refused to read the word failure which the pub lie had pronounced against him and which he might have seen written in the ' faces of the slouched and dispirited soli dicrs who yet attended him his glit tering eye waa not yet quenched 1 1 i *- slackened nerves were strung up with a now res lution and hope he was prac ; lising that mo6t difficult art of life which maintains even manners in sudden adver sity and with the trained gambler's j steady challenge coolly and deliberately tries the last resource of fortune but even that last resource was denied him fortune had no more stakes for him i and with the sharp pain of the gamstcr who prepares for the last chance and then iiml he has miscounted and litis uni means even to try that the man who1 bad bargained for empire ami played with the ilr-fitinira of whole communities suddenly found himself without a bingle soldier tit his command nnd a hunted fugitive in peril of his life ! in the little town of abbeville mr davis summoned hia officers to council he as determined to try their resolution and anxious to ascertain thospiritof their men the only full generals sslm yet at tended with him were bragg his mil itary advjier and breckinridge lately secretary of war there were live in i ado commanders present at the confer ence to this small but important audi ence mr davis addressed himself with all the powers oi his wonderful and subtle j intellect the old imperious look wns yet in his worn face the eye transfixed with neuralgic pain with its deep re cess of light shone steady and defiant the thin visago was illuminated by tho ! active mind and shone with the animated discourse lie spoke in ihe even silvoiy tones of his accustomed eloquence ; one of the greatest orators of modern times excelling in the power of statement or narration ingenious even to sophistry joining a winning and persuasive man ner lo words culled from the ohoisesl re sources of languago he now tried all hispowerain this critical opportunity he declared thatthe country was on ly suffering fnuii violent surprises and an exaggerated alarm j its re lution would soon ho erect again : th preseni condition was that of panic ami patriot ism would soon lio aroused when it hear i the commanding and re-assuring tones lot authority ilo insisted that the war waa not hopeless the armies could bo ' i reassembled and their would ho now j calls for enlistments and now incentives to tho country's sorvice lie said that even tho few hundred men ho yot count ud around bim wero enough to prolong the war until the panic had passod away i and they would then b n nucleus for thousands more he urged his offlcors to accept bin views and animate their men to stand to tbe good cause whose honor they bad so long maintained and whose inst hopes tbey now carried on their bayonets his auditors wore silent at length they spoke ono by one each brigade commander stating tho oondition and temper of his men and doclaring hid views of the situation it wus a plain unanimous judgment the war could not succeed and should not bo prolonged ; tln-y oould ti"i ask their men t'i struggle against n fato which was inevitable and forfeit all hopes of restoration t their homes and irionds but thoy would ln sist that their honor was involved in bo curing tho escnpii ol mr davis and for ihe accomplishment of thisobioot thoy would risk battle and pul offsuoinlssion to the in-t moment nn no exclaimed the nnhappy chief in passionate accents i will hear of no plan winch inii for its objocl only my bafety then bpeaklng blowly and bitterly with a deep . uni leaii'til change bottling on hia countenance he said — all hope is gone i alas that i should bee the day when all tbe friends of the south are prepared to consent to her de gradation he faltered and sat down in silence every ono in the room res pected him too much to reply presently without even a gesture of courteous retirement without uny ac knowledgment of the company wbatev er he rose to leave the room and it was observed that he had lost his erect carri age and defiant port a weight of years appeared t.i bave fallen on the stricken sufferer the eyes wore uneasy in the pule pinched face and so uncurtain and tottering wna his steps lhat general breckinridge moved to his side nml giving bim his arm supported him from the room not a single word wus spoken it i a true and dolocate philosopher who exploring n i leno of despair s.tys : 1 in sentiment that attends iln sudden revelation that oil is lost .- silently guth , red into tho heart li is too deep fot gestures or for words the voice per ... .. tho .-" •' ■aro fi zon aud tho bpirit of man flies back upon its own centre " something to i he point ex ' 1 ivei ior s ■> in mr of new l i i k wus chosen president of the uonioeraiie uoiivcnttui just met in albany in lis speech on tak ug the cl air ho sa d boine tilings tl at are exactly t the point of tie present political conoitioti of thit country the argument of the brief exs ttact we copy trom this forcible address is : they that tnko the sword bhall per ish hy tho sword " : we cannot if wo wonld escape from confronting the problems of the day — neither safety honor nor patriotism will su 11 r us to stand dumb and inactive in the dark hour of danger we have pot down tho rebellion we are strug gling with rev int ill 1 •• lir^t wab sectional the last is universal the first bought to divide onr country the list threatens to destroy it mr seymour alluded tothe charges npainst tho presii dent tunl to charges made aqainst each other by members of the house of reps rcsentatives even tho senate has pur sue i a policy revolutionary in its ten dency nnd in its blindness is striking sulci ial hl'isvs at its own existence col orado which t duy b d incos four mils lions of people in new voil was ad mitted merely to two votes in tbe stru^'^le with the executive but a bolder act is in view twenty senators are to ho admitted irom the ten st itos lately in rebellion not as the representa tives of wliito peoplo nor ol black bul becuuso they hold views in harmony with the ini'i irily of the senators and mo sent in vvashii gton bv tin ir ngotits if tins revolution is bof-un it must go on 1 ils logical jll-t end it lllll-t li.it mil on the nicks of the majority of the american peoplo and stop there but numbers must bo t ■; resontod not rntten boroughs ni i bhnm stall b wo implore senators not to begin this revolution — i ii eontont with your vast powers vour oigauizition is at war with impartial snf tr.i^'e and impartial representation il you continue youi usurpations tho coun try limy not he content with drill i • sou hack within constitutional limits 1 may go further and acting upon the doctrines you assert it mav crush yon mt and make another senate based in tint ii upon iinui h i sufivago the country neoda peace bul if you will have revolution it eiinn.it slop ill in v chalk lm j yon may murk out x ss voi k pennsylvania kentucky tennes see illinois indiana wisconsin ohio missouri iowa minnesota and michi gan a mnjoi t y of tho p pie t nil ol which oro now virtually disfranchised in your body for i oy tu o controlled by the representatives nf u quarter uf o it population if nr * '"» eminent is to i e respected thev will have their full rights inventor sharkey of mi bissippi is out with an eight column lottor reviewing the reconstruction moasuros and rocoiu mending the peoplo of bis slate togo i against a convention ni sv plan through lbs courtesy of mr . i i iirosvn ons of our most ai oomtnodating nnd worthy idsrohants wn has benn shown through ih handsome wall flllod turn of messrs mock i br ns n n new firm wa wars surprised to iiml o largo n stock and inch grsal vsrlsty of dew goods they havo wu think lha lsi ll stock tlisl imn boon hnui ht to tlui oity sloes tlm wht and can suit nil tastssand all dsmand we shall lot undsrtaka to ouumsrsls tho yank ous articles of merchandize thoy oil'.r for mile | fia the lower floor iho sttoution in attracted by tho crowded shelves of now prints ifcc ike os lha uppi.t flour tin in nr i ,., . md iboes realty made olotlting blankets shawls for indies and gentleman hall flaps in facl llioy iiksi gvtrj tlrnij usually kept in n tiisl oism slore , o white fhost — tlio peoplo f tins is.t much surprised yoiterdaj niorning,on r • ling fn in tin ir bads to sea llio house tops and vegetation generally pretty well coated witb lhe iiiii wbits frost of llio season tl in feared ibal ii goo 1 deal of damnge will bo dons ootton and lobabcoo by •(. municipal election — the municipal lion bold in lliis cily in obedience to an ordins ance ofthe hoard of commissioners for tbe pur t i getting ibe sense of tbo citizens on tbe subject of fn <■school resulted n foil iwi : si li i no school 43 81 change mr micheal brown commission mercbaut has sold out to mr jn a mccon naugbey who will oonduct lbs buslosss on a largo scalsat tho came stand on fisher atroet mr mccodoaugbey in a reliable gentlenian with nn attentive and acoommudaling business re cord see his eatd new book we bate r .-" v .) from me*sn e.j halo ik son 1 • oki • ers si 1 1 ublisliers 1 0 murray it , >>'.• is vork ii ii it s '. ua . milled dial of b itefugce by a virg n a lady it ie s w rk ' f m in interest mi i gives a synopsis of pu i-i is nnd • ' • i ■:>" ' re in tl •' first in . ... n of vugii i i " \. to lhe -' gun at ap inut ix c .' i i lie ~ - " . pit.n : in ii u.i m ti im.sept lotb i8o7,of yel low l-vs.-i francis m mills eldest son nl v j ifc mary ann mills of shiisi try n c age 23 lean ti moll i hi an i d lis tbe deceased is well known in th'scity beie he has in t.v friends whom ho 1 ft inst sprii g and ca-t bis lot in texas as have many of our ambitious young nion done who sveru compell ed lo depend upon their own exertions by the results of llie late » nr tbis youngman wns among tho first to rolunleer hi services in de fence of tho south basing enter 1 lhat glorious old company the rowan kill guaids in april 18lll being ihen only 17 yes rs of age j and rerun tied throughout the war lie svus s true and brave soldier and wns everely wound ed nnd never fulls recovered from the effects li'l tho djy of his unti.nely death peace lo hi ' ashes one of the saints the public generally know who col wm f henderson of l'.n <]•■■■, isoinmonly called windy billy is he figured largely io the recent jacobin convention in ihts city as one ol tho most vindiotivo mnl si lent orators of that ; r ," i ... ;: , -.■. ii • has 1 •■in 1 ■!■1 10 tho ski-i by portions of the kadicnl press and boen coupled sviili brownloivin the catalogue of glorious patriots it is even said lhal he is lha favoi to onndidalo . f some of lln.m for gov i error of north carolina under the reconstruc . led stall i wo ii nn thai nt davidson couit in sessi in ll e present week ihis same | itri it *..- in by t i grand jury for horsestealing the grand jury consisted of eleven radicals i n negroes and ibreo conservative china -. wo further lesrn that fiend rson nupon came nt i ' nii'l and hiiiisi i ie | i ■-'. ■■■! '.; ill iihiiih should lm stricken from iho list of lha at torney 1 it is su lit ,'. an . '■■be jurv for h ns iii taken the lest oalll as sub i in uiis-ii.ii.r ol llio li i dm an bureau n i wi n t-i lb it our bom st wall'-meanini , s i g a party where .-> mau like lleudi rson is , .. .• 1 >^ a li it . r it i fi ,; ' s ' ' tho augusln constitutionalist says — whon ti negro offers hiiusolffor cnngn ss niticli in tin discomfitnro of the loyal ' loagtie in gonerally begins his proiiuii ciatnento iiiub i bhall ■'■< all i can ' i.i ameliorate tho conditi m of the whites whon mil of tho southern ronegndes aspires to ofhco his rccoi i is iniitnmoniit tu t his iv..sv:il 1 slitill do all i can to amoloirnto ni.y own condition and hi i f tlio condition ol my race o . i some days ngo a barrel marked crock ery arrived from now vork tit tho depot i in lawrence mn-s addressed lo a olor ' gym an there uy accident the oxpross ' unlit knocked tho top out of the barrel and anxious about the erockorj ho looked in and fonnd the contontsto h ; he a ten gallon keg f brandy nicoly 1 1 packed in nay i radical i'kini'll'i.f.s al ii recent political mooting in penn ylvania tlio tun ■i uu galiielia a grow ooce speaker of the homo of ltopreseu iniivi .; i,t washington said let mo up point your jud^tis and i euro imt wlmi frames your lawa it ia rare that (» atrooio a lontlinont id uttered iroiotjic stump iii iiijh i mil i imrtiaaii atrichias hi meaning la imply that if the kadi ■i'll c in mily inis-c tlm appointment ol llie judge they wiil blmpo their decie loi ' . ' ii ni tin in n ate nml ht'lii'iin no matter ulmt ti lawa and tho oouatf tuii ii there i-i one i.i i away in waah iugtnn ami ocoaaloimlly alludod to as a friend that is dead m ay say this litlt n irtitil confession of tlm polloy i • si i :.! si .. p ii ratio i by tho radical i i i.t'.-iil d.iwii tlm in.;-i is i.tiil iniipeii l the i i i ni i ' i:7 ij a mob of negroes persued ti fed ml soldier in a uguata * " i gia tt few day ago and he look refuge in tlm house nt ii citizen whore im waa obliged to ex change hie uniform for other cloi hing bof ro he could escape tho soldier hail ilona nothing and it was mily tho of lii-i uniform that infuriated the ne groes a man in malno inn invented a ma chine for 1 1 7 it l : i _* p ii i ci ol i -'■iup m ade ... lj ler ii n ■•* hich is driven under tin potatoes and i'n them with tho earth upon a hopper mi which the earth id shaken nil aud ti.e potatoes aro thrown into the furrow behind llio machine !_! ■. . j news of the day washington n ■•••. a nashville dispatch coneedc-e brownl sv'i election to tbe benaie revenue receipts tl 000,01)0 washington oct p the foil ill lag ia nn "!._' tho albany resolutions tbat regarding tho na tional debt as asacred obligation ne demanj economy of the ad toiniaal ration honesty in lhe ion ol revenue and ooriency for lha ben i | instead .■•.'■■i oral ■• s in tin i-ii 1 thai the public failb niay be preserved nn '. lhe burdi ns f laxal on lessened thus ws denout .-" lhe ell iri ol the radical party to re lulu the power il bas usurped by establishing negro supremacy in the south by military hue i c m|>led ss ith the disfraiichiseinenl of tl n i ol lie n liite i i ul il'ton us nn outrage ii • " craiin principles tinil an allempl tc nn ii ni 1 destroy the republic and lhal tsu stigmatize llio ri'tus.il of that party in in slate tu submit the qui-stion 1 1 negro suffrage ic the ; i pi as a nowardly evasion of a party tsstn in li.l peuding struggle from louisiana new orleans oct 5 — jo ji»e abel the coun sei for henry smith accused of perjury tii exceptions llie cane being tried before assistant kec nl r dunn a negro the exceptions se forth tbat dunn being a negro unrecognizei i s ihe lawsof louisiana as a cilixoo was no legally a judicial hirer dunn overruled tin exceptions tried the case and discharged th ; : -"' er witnesses for the prosecution n-fuseil to ink the stand it to he ssvoin while a negro acted a recorder and being asked if he intended to insult the court answered lhat li lid whee upon lie was fined tweuty-bve dollars oo cable summary garibaldi escaped fiom caprera l.nt was subsequently recaptured and is now closi y gu irdi il it is said lhat ll e emperors of france an austria bgreed ai salzburg who ihey would support for pope it is rumored lhat victor emanuel bas ap plied to lhe great | s»,ts t be relieved fn llie treaty sti | i ilions binding iiiiil to maiulam ■:..- inti gri s of : lie i ap l don it ers o from wash i gi n wa-i l a oct 5 i m — stanbery's o in jnn susl - be s ill ( lourls in iuuing wi is t :' , , r a wbot ■liers sod s . irs air - • in c«iii li mcfl « th '■'-'. ' ■'" l*f.i i - i ....'■. ' nu ohi v tin writ and pi ■ci in s sa ■r in i se case he pres ■■•'. . directtd s dgi 1 1 --:!'. fotc . ii ssary in , , ; of in i's wai md pens • liipments and lil revel ue rcc s ' ' debl stn nent allows s ie of i - '■00 — i'ha s en i i ■. bi i e | sti s in is i r recei ts 7 no the ii r nl month ind tl .- ■' * ncnt wiil ■il • ions i'uvontia lo-daj | b ' 000 1 » - ■;, ibe ' -' - leai l«le 01 250,000 i . , n ., iin.l n.'te . ' . at n • ?-'•' 0 s ', iiiiih -.-.'. r 11 ns i -. wi « •■ilal i g lhal ' ' fldavite of all i - an i ;'.? ' i | n oct *' 1 m '■-.'! •* -*:' in a idn ss ui -" _ - frii ■'-■.. i ne \ i , ■■', . d mocl : ,- 1 as '.■• . . ma il is i ited lhal iln l*a i ll - •• ; '"' ■. non at \ ireau i lie i'i me .. c isl mi k ■'. •>' n i ■lias been defi iu ling i govei in ■'■■' : ite i 30,000 fra ices dl ibe past - s i ■irs negro ,"■" - ilr davis tr .■'. t&o richmond i i-t . s p m - it i uni rsiood that the black voters bora have ig reed lo run three whites nnd two blacks for lhe convene uunnleutt and ward wall are most prominent ly tnui.tiiin.il among ihu whiles a |;.-|. ii.ih 11 negro meeting in ueurloo los i is iiiii i i i 1 . s sw.inn f..r iln oodvsdtiod throwing jut nu ix federal oolonsl who was a candidate for nomination mrs annie k iviihy was convlolsd for ths innrdsr f ler husband nnd isdtsecsd lo seven >■r . iii lbs penitentiary mr davis ttial will certainly take place in no n.l.-r tbs counsel on b th les aro ready us is sxpsctsd to arrive in-ro about tho fl li lober from washington a i blnglon oct 7 col psrksr of oun eral unit's stnlt bus been sent to raleigh snd ' ii.,l.ii to look after i'"i lain treasury ins loresls involving it is said over a million — i art ■lars bsvs noi trsuspirsd parker wa tailed at tho request ofsicrelnry mccuu lough and it is surmised fn.iu the tact of ilia lelail i sing purely iniiliary thut the iroublu is ssith lli it iiu bureau ot tho ii.str.et ' ii .'. ll r iii a speech at galena illinois congressman washburn detailed < irnnt'-s views snd savs grant sympathises with congress la its reams slruotioo plan and accepted lbs 8ecrstsrysbip . of vvar lo prevent ibe oflice going into the bands i of johnson's men and ssith th knowledge a,nd consent of s'rnilon after a full consultation he said le had oo ri^-lil to speuk as to grant's i '.. ii leiili.il inclinations another whisky riot in pennsylvania philadelphia oct 3 1 m the revenue 1 fflcors made a de-scent on the illicit di«tillerie in llie suburbs of the cily and wero driven off they returned reinforced and wero removing ] iho stills when they were sgsia attnekod and ! were driven off pistols and bricks were uaed th 1 puty l s marshal received six serious s..',lli ]-. ' lue uf the rioters svas shot iu the head sev eral were hull on bolh sides foreign news london oot 3,p m — a florence dispatch says thst the vilerba outbreak has nol been melled isioto has heen captured — and tbe • - irgenta are holding all tho roads leading ' 10 it i lio pope's commander has demanded assist im from ltally wliich as refused thu revolt is undoubtedly serious there ara i alarming apdrebsnsiona of ihu interruption of i friendly rcu'.iont betweeu france and italy washington news washington oct 3 p m — the bodies of ' ' mrs stirriitt booth wirz and oilers bave been secretly removed by order of the war depart ■ment and buried itl a trench io wurehouse no ' 1 ll.o removal was necessary lo make room ■for contemplated improvements ! the internal lieveuue receipts to-dsy ar ) ii.soo.ono llun kdtuund cooper of tenneisee has been appointed the president's private secretary hon li m t hunter iisb been pardoned tbo railroad and steamboat contractors for . oarying the mails are perfotming tbeir duti ... sfautorily in the southern stales l\l low fever i now orleans oct 3 p m the intermeuls . from tbe fever for llio day ending at 6 o'clock ■tliis morning were 58 ti.e howard association is no rendering a ■stance to 800 lamilies averaging three oases of fever lo eaeh alabama election mobile oot 3 tbe total vote of mobil i county is40fi3 of whiob 112 were white seer ' ly nil for convention montgomery oct 3 tbo returns for two 1 iss nre receivtd from 15 counties in which tbt number of registered voters is c 1,400 aud lhe lumber polled 34,3t*0 being 3 coo mora tbau lhe required majority of one half the trial of mr davis washington oct 3 — intimations lhat tba i>iccutivc department is interesting itself about mr davis trial are entirely groundless since vi , davis was delivered to ibe judicial aulhori may il.e federal executive baa taken no ti bis case ii n . jus lyons of vir i recently here from visiting bis client rep res .'- mr davis as ready and anxious for tri .!. il.e defence will contend that lhe reeog •-,'.'. mi doctrine north and south - t ' tbe star taught that the lirst allegi .-. n due to ihe slate it having the ntime liate control of tbe ciiixen's life and property and unfaithful ass to t iavolved lhe nntnediat loss ol both radical vsurpouion in tennessee nashville oct 3 ci i blackburn wiih a s of tennessee cavalry ousted the old .: i inaugurated lb new tuaoiotpal functiona ries the new york c id market v ss vork oct 3 — ooid has adsanced lo l.l-"i owing to kuropaan newt having been i by private panics of a declioe in am rci'i icei ea in london this is owing to ho • . il thai trouble a europe appears to be nun i ■++. v v york democratic convention \ '.,'., 0 ' 4 m 1 state ivtnoeraiio . oi.ieiui n ssi.xli is in session here has ad ip e a res it - roc ar i i % lbs tammany hall 1 i.-in . ,• i i s ihe true organisation in new 1 . . . . i in delegati sclaiiu ng scats .,!,.< hare boen regularly sleeted uoder that u ihority the moxart hull and german dolega noiu from the ooonty of new york wer d anted as honorary members instructions from gen canity wilmington oct 3 iv m col frank command ■- post bas received instruction from gen i'ii's to do longer oppose the en forcemoni civil process ti in tbe u.s circuit |