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THURSDAY MRNIJW AY Late %w We are placed under many obliga tibus to Dr. MIDDLETON MICHFr., Oi Charieatoin, ka pic U of late Mihmoind Wh~ts, and the Chsrlotte (N. 0.) De ocmi. The Dr. will pleas aCcentLour thanks for his r'avors. Dr. D. M. ChARK!: will also jeds' 4ocept our thanks for late Augusta pers. The Charlestou Keetink. In another colun will, be fduhd the proceedings of the meeting held in Charleston over th'e deatih of ABRAHrAM LTwooL.N, President'of. ie U. States. Among the names- Of the tommitte % Who drew up ithe resolutions, may be found those of a large number of the old citizens of t00 Yalmttb tity. Time 2spired. The time allotted owners for the re mloyal of' the rubbish in'thc burnt dia triot, the 15th'of May, having expired, and u6 otteniion being paid to the reso attion of council, we hope our authori tie wif at once go to work vigorously and have the designated place thorough ly cleansed. A large amoint of news has been crowded out of this issue, which will appear in our next. We are using every exertion to make our paper as in teresting to the people as possible under the circumstances, and all 'we ask is an appreciation, by way of support to our enterpsse, from a generous public. Ex-Governor Aiken. The annexed item, in reference to this distinguished individual, we copy irou the Richmond Whig of the 10th Inst.: "Thit rresident has ordered that no military guard shall longer observe the movements of Governor Aiken. The latter has been kindly received by the rresident, and it is uhdeitood that there is, no just cause for his arrest by the mil. itary commandant at Charleston. "Governor Aiken was closeted on Wednesday with Pteskaent - Johnson. He had a long interview with'Secretary Stanton in the evening, has the freedom of the city, and enjoys the society of members of his fauily who come on with 'him ; from all of which it is argued that he is here in aid of the Government, rather than to receive its discipline." The Richmond Whi has come out in a niew dress .since the occupation of that city by the Union troops, and has the "61d flag" flying at its masthead. We hope soon to have this valuable pAper cdping to our office as an ex change. On the 6th inst gold close4 in New York at 143; and on the 8th as 14. U 1. S.' coupons 1881, 1101.; U. S. 5:20s, 105*; 'l'nnesse. 08, 64 ; Virginia Os, - 55 ; .North Carolina 6s, 69. In Baltimore, on~ the 8th, gold aver aged 142 ; silver 181. The subscriptions to the Government 7:30 b~onds during the six days ending .with Saturday last, amounted to the enormous sum of forty million dollars. By the Charlotte Demo6'at we lear-n that Mr. JAs. N1. Moon, .an old inall ent runnmg in that setion of cuntry,i 1ag iade vtbch .arrangement. bf vbigli mad facilities will soon,be resumdl bie, twoen" that point via Raleigh afid tlfe Robber is still gep on in th. uigh. borhood$7lMeito1~' . Several Ie1,oZ uof the ansoi of'NortheW, ijnfa had ng signidad - beir willingness to go abroad to.Eu~rpe or elsawhere, Gen. Qg cohindinV - RNJnd, lase Ie.sfat tder*o asys "that passports 1aid peasage' to oaeiena. e of di a,.ot u - skall Genpraof : havegophn caniniduge.' & ea e Riohm ig of th at the 14t 200, cor SHERMAN' y w Ox through tc a 0o ," on that d . A U0tice in the Whig, of Richmond, of the 9th, says that Mr. Srsw k, 86C. rekwy of, State s'bette, thanat many tim sinbe his iejury. ,Mr. F.8teARD's condition is most encoursing.. 'p We notice by the -Rihmond We ot st eal line f'steaners die fitting out at. the North to ply regularly be tween those plaIchs. Imrom the New York .HEald f ly 1, we learn that )Dr VALUNTINA MOTT, an eminent New Yk sur$eo11 ,is dead. Cai4 fm Gen.' . . $ohiston.. We lay before our readers the following lotter from Gen. JqsgPn V. JouNs1oNl , stating the causes, whioh indu'ced him. to make terms .pf farrender with Gen. Sher mani.. We believe Gun. Jonsten's con duct, and his refusal to continnethe war after all hop Ot succsS was 'vain, is generally approved; but if any-one has a doubt on this'oint'thg yeasonssj' forth by Gen. Johnston-will clearly show that he acted correctly and wisely; CHAnLoTT, N. 0,, Mfay (, 1865. Naving made a convontion with Maj. Gen. -Sherthan to terminate hostilities iu' Nortkiand South Cirjlinj, 'Georgia tind 1l 6ids it seems ta re roper to put before the people of thote tates the oon. dition.of military affairs which rendered that measure absohttely necessary. Ot th#26th of April, the .day of the convention,' bY. the returns of tliret Lieutenant-Generals of the' Army of Tonnessee (that.under my command) the number of infantry and artillery present and'absent was 7 1Sl(-othe total pro. aept 18,57- t o'ive total, pr fiht pig f.r, ,17. . In he I -fA, i; thie -late of the last return I can find,, tho eff4ctive total of the, cavalry was 5-440. Bat betwei thb- 7th an'd 26th April It was groty cldeced by events in *Vir. Ainia and apprehousions of surreunder. ln South Czarolina we had -Young's Division of cavalry, less than one thou sand, besidos 4eserves and state troops -together niuch inferior to the Federal' brcoi n that Stte. In Florida we were as weak. In Georgia our inadequate force had been captured at. Macon. In Lieut-Gen. Taylor's departnrent therq were no means of opposing'the fb'N-'id abie army undpr Gen. CAby which and taken Mobile, nor the ca valry under Gen. Wilson which had -captur'ed every other lace of 'importano iest of Ankaista. hlatter had been topped at 9acoil by the armistice, as ve had leen atGreens boro, but its distaice Irom Augusta be. ing less than half of ours, that plate was in its power.. To carry en their,theorefore. w ihad to depend on the' Army of Tennessee The United 'Statesoould ;have' brought against it twelve'orfteen times its number in the armieA bf'Gea. Grant, Sherman and-anby. "With speh odds against us, withlout thle. moanas of pro. curimg ammunition or repairing arms~, without mnonety dr credit to-provide food, it a i inpossible to continue the war. except at robbera. 'The osqen of been thecdestruction or diesono u ruin inevitable from the . marching of 200000'meani~t'ongh th~6tttry'. H~avi~ failed <in an atemp, t'o obtein terah. givmg security to 'aitimene asutl1 ats1 di u, hadt tochoosta'between wantt Irib 4 ils'iof uti upn deebeesfu 9ts ode bn4, and averting those calamitie itkathe co0fes sion that op.were; dont Which every inkah1 ebai te ins d afe~ yt trefeno~trm4 'also emntdh i-l h.oa tyo9trwhieh:mny -letpanud etended, A dindithyour '14 or by t orI arik bfe da rh a -, A [From the ColurAbia. Phenlx. tt t meetingof the citizens of that p ace, to expree -their sorrow on the death of Lioln. 4prli*ey meqt. lace ' the 'lnA1ge of Jno. -Aiken1 George .V' Williams. Jamod Lynah, James Gilpbes, Wni gF. Sumops and Augustus L Tavead, to 061. GuriNey, fot the use 6f H.ibernliu lil. 'hei prayer waa graciously rahte, and the meeting took place on the 21st of April. Col. James Lyn4h called i1 ineetn to order, aid roposed the -Ron .tkn for the hrlig r. A u.i tus L. T~aveau and MXr. JcQ1# WU n were made Secretaries. 'w'ho 90Inmet tee,- as.appointed by Mr. AikeN- consist. ed of Messrs. Jyo Phillips,Oj4t.as.J. Mtnlgi it, as. S. Gibbes; 'EBlIo Van. 4drhdt Go W. Wilii, .Ged dingsM. ]D.,%p4.T.,-L. puto son, Dan'IIHurlbeck,' John 8. Riggs, N. R. Middleton, Col. James Lynah, Samuel Hart, sr.' Win. . Simons. John FeYo-gu. son, . M. S s, g O. Reler; W. .. tiouston. James -fonitrie, M. D., Win. Bird, James Marsh, on Van Winkl, Edmond RAveiel,, M. D.; Ron. Chao." Macbtih, Wmn. H.'Gillihij A.8.'J. Frfy, BeD D. Roper4 WmI. r wood, James . Brown, Rev. Jos. Seabrook,. Robert Thurston, James Brawley, W. M. ith, At. D., 1. O'Neill, Joln Sc' Ryni, T. Tupper, sr., T. A, Whitney. T. Street, A. Bsclhoff, John E9. Ca :, John Rene. ker. William P. Kun . DeSaus. suro, M. D.,.W.ostel nhralam, Win. ,Iaidl9r, David Barrow,. W. Sy noir, A. G. Mackey, M. D., oin F'. oppn. heim, P. J. Cooga, C W. Seignious, L..T. Potter, E. B. Jackson. Such are the iames ef this committee as reported. They mny havo.been'pre. sent, all of them, Qr not. IL is a.fre quent thing to put forth -t.he names of parties- n such committee, assuming for them a sympathy fdr the object'in view when in fact, they iay kniow nothing about it. - We give the follow. ings eech of lion.'Mr. Aiken, on tak. ing tie Chair: lPELOW-CrITI s: -We are assem. bled to ponr out the general grief which has been felt ih this city -for the sudden redhoval froi this life of. Abraham Lim. coln, late Pprsidont of the United States. The horribile and atrodioud asussinatibu of President. Lincoln h f filled yet-y feeling heart 'Witi sorrow and indigna. tion. I did not. know, personally, . the lath Prosidpit, but those who -did ha+e soken of him, in, the kindegt manner to me; his heart was benevoletit Wid fdr givin, and, we are told, and have reason to bleve, that through him our diffmeti ties would soon have been adjustedand peace once more festored to our dis. tracted country; Our exprdasions of dis. gust for the dastardly wretch who could have conceived.-Anexebuted such a dia. bolical act, csn-scaroely bo uttered.- Mur. der is alwayw appalling, but. more ' r tleularly so in thip- momentois criI of out countryanow ourinolt'angions ano *an it be $eeved thaM in thie nine teenth centuky : that a -human beiug oci6i4 be formndto- havee in. lii bosom #o diabolical an Wjand wjt an sWebmr0 pice;, enter, bshsick he4. m l auft1r neiant anaf sharmj~o e sza eceretaryt :State, alti alnginto his bosom the deadly 'weapon ?" The heart sickend at the recital of suoh 'hor rors. ';t a, d We ye atse with the late debt's famiy d that ,fMr. Sewa 's May the '~i sth ovfelthein the hand of su genb lowo bear the sa eatmnwiel j9.us he mility. At this junetue of o itin Wen the 1 ~eof Oaoi..begia did me th en o ft ' nkt -rfaI? keerd th in t ti P uthm a igs be we.. Mr, Ike As ucpeeed bY Mr. John. h 0e followi Ap ment of a com e nits airman: Ile ~ are aognv6n Onl n - sion nd for no 9 nary purpose. Our ,tireq, qwss"ired bf strange a d wotgde~fi eieht. has strdd n unbt riiwto years, and itseems an age uinee - the-people of -omr*6o$et, city have. assembled foe any ipeaceful r e sioui 4n u i im der the* flag of onr country; the meo ris of the past atto lusteringaround ur hearts; not macoftcious that the incidents of this niomnehtg re 'becoihing historie, -and trnth stand* odi in 'bild relierftsnore wondrop than4spilq% . Woe ave with? drawn Frotm. the Avq attomn.pO lie Ja. bors of the hour We have ta0 nVa respitet from the drdgery 6f busines&sgAd. the corroding anxiiOes * whiti oppress the 4dried tihed. e Wd hav'e tome here to express out s.eiioen it the demise of' his Excellee , Abraham Lincoln, the lte' P:jidet 4h6 Uifted States. At the grave, there can be no place more propitious fote cherishing -and Palarging the noblest of all the virtnea--charity. There can be no place chosen .mpre fit. ting where passion and.prejndico shquld boburied. A The late' Preaident; Abrahant. Lin eQlp, wasan extrAorinary rdn In ex t orrnary timeIN was by. births kentuckian. From hi4 Votivo State, li emigrated to Indionna and subseqmmtly to 1linois'here hI 'settled and then coibmeneda the practiceof law. His eub. liQ1.4iseyen .,)vith theo la tp ,%gt#o Douglas, and the piuiAication and tircula. tionl of his argaient, gave him world wide reputition,'-and led -0'his nomina' tion and election'as Presidentot the Uni. ted States.; The onntry divided apd die tracted by civil war, in the exercise of the fiuniction othiegreat office, exhibitipg indomitable energy, MkePd determhlliotnd and ;mdevatiig nonsistency in exec, ting the bigh trnsti c6nfided to his' care, irde tothe 6obeoi, and hwovoie ydelk ordeal'tirQuglhwhidh he liaR to pas, hie reaisejl Audjustied ti 'opitign ionned of hischaracgerand patriotism y his constituenev, the Amerchn people. The PretWdB't'd official dities otdina ryg 4pr 'on'erous ind perplexig, 'bat croW the unparallelied ombar0iasingcir cmamtatces attending his-administrat.ion, they must have become excessively toil. some and.distressingly laborious. Each moment ,casim freighted with care, every transpirng event was replete.withl finfi. Mr. LUncoln's re-election to the Pres. idency fW'W th'e pepie's 6rwn-- ular approbati'oh conf erritfddt mA orious Wharge.of duty. - Next to i appfe. bation ,of convcience, the higest dig. tinction the American citizenwobght' to recnguide, shbild be the people' 'ppro, botioni. 'Thoad i*id nilpd deeks'ofd for its huohors, its pqers apn its1 h in lP. vaents, the just uan 'aceptso Ace r di good he can he the means of effecting. i Ot liis re-eledtlort t6 ffice, e expressed thel hope Id 'ofniesiql the bell f'that pence would soon be. restored, a olit the opportunity would be presented'ena6ling him to fNMfIl his determination to mitii. gate, if not'temnove;'ll caowe fdtkhe ob1% innance of civil disedislon. His act4 have' ao* Tessed intb hite TPhe discussion of them would now be out of place, and I will net trespass longer. I do, theth5fore,sir,'mote yoti that acom mnitte be Apgntdfo ftepiare atm lre sent t& tlis nieotng a pu n61i' resolutions expyessing their sentiments at the .demise of the late -President, , -Dliring the absence of thmetoomrultteeg CoL fabiseq'yhah esutairied td'as apoily itr~bthogowinekoppri said:e. ~ Tbe rblow *hat deprived Pr~iq)at 14ncalh' of' his lijf was at bldw strulV at the lieaid of ia ti~t n.i9 Pl~sbfore eat~ieats or .9% AY$be~ c~ stion-of-the Fresl * ad eve be Ihnie Wie Oe nd a n s oe tl Our sysig'4tdes, therefo araiett our sacred obligti a as Chrisians-onr' h4dg ci oeply interested in ce ractiee of whatever th premaby of the laws, thl an ian-call upon us tor tl a eli not only to this com m'unikv; but to all other communities, ong reprobation and abhorrence of this ap. pallingmurder. We 4 p robund shaaadxid, that J fo)Mb u#13 qp death by.violengwqof ni Chief(agist'4e of a republie ma God in His mercy giy d liit ll WN st W4 ow Obur 6ptc4;sotft't the suffering of. a fond wife who.-Alt the lbp\ey y ' bg-hi ' ao s a bV Ing lher own har an4 Who yas not allowed to hear his last farewell or roe1tls '9r11' 'TA&iF hme~ltnd. No friend o the resident bxit rust *- t-o enmy brit nest bo* his head wth'a poletti respect tothe reqiem or Abraham Lincoln, At this junotture, 6el. PhillIj re turned with bis oommitteef and YepOrted: tMoprea'%ble'mnlesolutions oj tie dgth ot Abraham Lincoln, wJi~eh 'we gkva below and which woro nanIdiously adopted. - There are other proceedibin this onnection---perhaps other speechs -which the editor of tha fourier rogtete that he could nob find ; ace for in that day's'issue, IMnt bioMd them in 'his next.- 'We.need inskerno commentN: A national calamity 'has ,befallenour quttry. . R4ce. s thip commniy I as been for thq last fonr years by war it rumor its niseries anlitd desolatiois; &thrlidrited by passink entA t feoel, nut niarl the'-bitteriiessof-despair in its ghastly -foe, ,and bideous sights; tho reoent announmement pti 0 sassiIaj' t 9f his Excellency Abrahani Linghie Tbiof' iM istrate of the fnitod' $ ., with ' thtirno, -the manner wA the' pho in whithhe wAs most 'foolly murdeied, struck upon our senses with mosk ap. pl4ling horror, a:34 callq fortli ,s - the atrocious deed an indignant binet of universal condemnation. We have met tq minglo our grI'etwith tihn nation al sorrow, to mourn an o#.cur rence which may retard Jhat peace for which every patriot longe aPd fQr.whi6h bleeding hnmanity mo dovoutly prayed; aild to deplore thei commission ofA gritmo dgaIn)g anld disgracefil to us as a Mr. hincoln, amohig hia last ,ete, had inangurated ineasuires intende( toproduoe peace. I"* bis pre-eminently higil posi. tion, surmoinded with all 6hat was de. ia ble 1nlifu an4m which mipes lif' eOt. irable; in the bonfidenc, of hIs Calihtit and in- the possesion oftpowev;atid popu. larity as:far aq he was individually coh qernod rpr persoal honor and distinction, obeen well contont that his miSsio was aecomplishof.~ Bt, to tho American people that to htjeatfofthe le -,the wly farthlv mgtjeg~y -jro le atwdveparat., becaupe -p llM4 n the will 'f tid peole, an h proteets thehmblest citiienu And#fiai& khe')Aighel - unctiona ry-11'6ila' to belen dAapaly disrogarded iswhAlsight puid baring ohuudredA, a pqaefualJpe conveted In an minnt inti cruel bidody trdatn'dhie President'otthu United States,nharmed andunauspectt$ dan iier nthe phielte of his famiW aY' peoic shbulds hbve bpe 'byt which claims'dzr. tnqualfied detstlin ReoledTb~twe, t~ 6poo) l e trp4 peace tq RposeThat' the eamshmIon o~f Btaei* ofung ae fa ' Mt (he: chainan be e queste."tio rtrar a copy of 'th~. fro ceedmn~ o 'mei wth ttro condol,,j'y, ment. MA 1AN AN IS' V II Midister, frl e nn h or ~vng'en . J 41y uthisgmatteehtgbe st Mirswma oIk 1p, 1864 tabe aI. mend from W..hkto.