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8At1tRDA T Dr. J. R. Coo has$1u obligationo to him fior a opy of the i York, er Wsokey Masonie Testimonial. In copying the. flotice of the celebra tion a few days since, we omitted to.state tht the New York papers say that the gqld snuff box presented to Dr. MAczRy coptained a check for $4000. and tlat a large subscriplon is being taken- p, to remunerate .the Doctor for his. heavy ceouniary losses in adhereing W the nincause. A tam.e of the New$. 'Tlib President has midd appoitments for lbistrict' United States 'Marshall, District Attorney akd Postmaster for North Carolit All the appointees are North Carolinan. The Secretary of Lte, Mr. Seward, in accordance with 'he directions of the Presideht's amnesty proclamation, has issued a circular in regard to the admin. -istration of the oath of allegiance. The oath maPhe ebscribed before any com niisioned oilleer, civil, military or nval, in the service 'of the national govern. - nient or any civil or military of a loyal jt&ate' or Territory, who by the laws thereof, may be qualified for administer iigoaths. Jefferson Davis has been taken from Is caselInate prison in Fortress Monroe m*A convoyed tb 'Washington. -He is now confined on board a Moniter in the Potomac river,. ne*r the, city. Gen. Sherman has issued his farewell address to the Army, of Tennessee and Georgia, and has left for Cincinnati where, it is reported, his' future head. quarters will be.. The address is said to be eloquent, patriotic and affecting, and traking, in a succinct and hasty manner, his ewa and the career of his follower. from the cliffs of Lookout Mountain, through all their ighting and, marching down.to Savanalh, and thence north ward throgh the Carolinas and Virgin ia. He is said to advise his men, now that they are about to return to theii peaceful homes, not to yieldto the, temp. tation for seeking "iew adventure abroad,," for "it will lead oly to death and disappdintment." The New York ema& says that a delegation offromnmaent. citizens of Ala bana, appointda a mass meeting held in the capito of that Statte, on 'the 11th of May, for the puriose of laying before resid-ant Johnson i series ot lojalreso. lations saopted it-diaid ineeting, and to reqat hin to costAtsne the Legislature at af early day,. to take oter meg. sures fo restoring civil geysment, order and relief to the peopkeof-she State have left New York for Weaingtoa. General Wilson, the coiiandant ,at Macon, Ga., issued an order on the .6th of May, forbidding the assemnbling of the rebel Legialature of Georgia. The excitemnn in lNavana in regard to therebol ramn Monewa~haomeiewhet suhaided. Thb offiers and crew halve been paid off and a: Snish crew has been put in charge of he. The late commiander, Capt. ,Page, had. left~ fbr Vera Cruss. Tkne United 8tse Ora4 has demanded of the Clubai authbrefe tile 511tralderofdfbe sao d4 tettg, bgt the Captain General asfr ndi isrtrucse fron hi. Gove-n.. mahit SpM;a before . replyings tq the Hil GoeAEHowrell Cobb sd .ialk tyte rebel ee ville as prisoners. Q.bb was panfeod to -visit his famiI~fate ~6iloiyand Hill, it Is statede reAihbtdtu lor War. -rep or some othegA sted songhold. O Mr. Ya~s,r (btu-United 8tdes ator from IlM hsg vluntai~ Ilepersssiy be is si s m allEgi se to the. ~ernn f . 'lhe 'alawia~ PlanIe mad((e %!. lowing extratfrom a hler ska hsu -boh tcomra tec dw -esdfe'ofthe ex sateanV 0eneraZ LygQn left Vft mington for Fortres Monroe, with aboul 500 refugees- on- board-soveral frts Columbia. On the second day out; -she was bunsed to the water's edge, and All onl board, but about Jwenty, were eith: .er burnod or drowned. We were with: in aight at tho. time, and our captain rut up as near as the rough sea would allow. The women and children were all burn ed. The men took all the boats, planks, &c., and jumpea into the sea, but it waos so rough that only twenty rpached our bOet. Henry Hunt came to us, and was pulled half-,way. up the side of the ship, and then fell badk and was drowned. Among the lost from Columbia, were Ca via and his fimily, Hunt and- Phelps, with. their famihes, Dearne, Stadtler, Deidrick Windliorn, his wife, child and two brothers. Bews, the bhtcher, and hie wife, and others that I do not -recollect. None from Columbia were saved. Thai was the most awful might I ever wit nessed, and hope never to see such an. other. A Denial. RALEIo, N. C., June 2, 1865. Editor of Democrat: The servant boy who was with Jef ferson Davis when he was captured has returned to this place, and says that Mr, Davis tvas not dtguiscd. in the female opparel when he was captured-tJaat he had op.. t clothing he was in the habit of wO it, and when the alarm was given, as Mr. Davis started toleave the tent, Mm. DAvis threw her shawl over his head or shonlders. The name of the servant boy. is, I am informed, Jim Jones, and accompanied Mr. Davis from .Charlotte until he w'sd captured and. landed at Fortress Monroe. He is known here in Raleigh to be truth ful and of good character. - ' X. Charlotte Democrat. "LetterFrem Gen, Sherman. Camp near Alexander, . Va., May 19, 1865. DEAR Bow1AN: I am just arrived. All my army will be in to-day. I have been lost to the world in. the woods foi some time. Yet on arriving at the "settlements" found I have made quite a stir amovg the people at home, and that the most siaister motives have been iascribed to me. .1 have made frequent official reports of my official action in all public matters, and all of them have been carefully sup. pressd, while the most ridiculous non. sense Ias been industriously spread abroad through all the nowspaperr. WeIll you know what importance I at t#ch to such matters, and that I have been too long fighting with real Rebels with muskets in their hands to be scared by mere non-combatants, no matter how high their civil rank or station. n t ing to observe how brave an e men become when all da . I have noticed on fields of b e men hever insult the cap tured 'tilate the dead; but cowards and laggards always d I caquot re call the. act, but Shs, eeneard records how poor FalAta the prince of cowards and wita,. rising. from a figurod dbath, stabbed again the dead Percy and carried the earcase alofl in triumph to prove his valor. So now, when the Rebeilion inrouriland is dead,' jnasvy alstaffs ap pear to-brandish the M'idence of their valorand seoI( towm applaiuse and ap propriate hpnors. for deesha qr were done.dsthtu~e As -mslf s no pogularity, n rewakd; but I dareathe War Departnent to publish my official 14tters and rerts. I asset that my official repoirts -have been purposely suppressed, while all the power pf the: ress'hae ben malignandy turned me, . me I onS poesc And securtky sad the retd44lair a~d fretico frsm Mal to the Rio Grandor aed-ifu& doeornet caist now eubstantially, it is fo' Blate reasons .buyond- niy- oeshension.mags~ be theat a one whdhaa s n so~ carefuld t tgretore th. #afvil pow er i ur ;bs ft d y.dse-rthard4adt, ay tie~ esiAoof :04uiso04my dbfghteng and fepfeople. Bunt Arid fuen choose tosadrandj ighers, thoyden r ag ashkigsp, Uion, OW lo progresst0 4 medion a 4 0Pru swis .eAs. of Chadotte, tes asfollowaf. B*y. Judge Advocate I1olt-Q. State where you reside. A. I Charlotte, N. Q. How long have you resided there? A. A little over four years. Q. In'what business liave you been engaged there during the past year? A. I have been engaged as Superin tendent of the Southerit Express Com pany for the State' of North Carolina. Q. State whether or not you saw Jef ferson Davis recently at Oharlotte, N. Q, and under what circamstances. A. le stopped at my house on the 19th of April last. Q. Did he make an address to the people on that occasion. A. He did, on the.steps of my house. Q. State whether or not in the course of that address, or tosvards the close of it, a telegram was received by him an nouncing the assassination of the Presi dent of the United States. A. It was. Q. From whom. A. From John C. Breckinridge. Q. Did he or did lie not read the tele gram to the crowd. A. He did. Q. Look at that (exhibiting to wit. ness a telegram) and see whether it is the same dispatch? A. I should say, that it was. . The despatch was then read as fol lows: GRE;ENsBIBO, April 19, 1865. His Excellency PresidentDavis: President Lincoln was assassinated in the theatre iv Washington, on the night of the 14th Inst. Sewards' house was entered on the same night, and he was repeatedly stabbed, and, possibly, mor tally wounded. JoHN C. BRMIRINR1roGE. Q. State what Jeff. Davis said efter reading this despatch to the crowd, and endeavor to recolfect his precise lan guage. A. Upon the conclusion of his speech to the people lie read this des patch aloud, and made this remark: "If it were to be done, it were better that it were well done." Q. You are sure those are the words ? A. Those are the words. Q. State whether or not in a day or two afterwards Jeff. Davis, John C. Breckinridge, and others were present at your house in Charlotte ? .A. They were. , Q. And the assassination of President Lincoln was the subject of conversatiod? A. A day or two afterwards that was the subject of their conversation. Q. Can you renember what John C. Breckinridge said ? A. In speaking of the assassination of .President Lincoln he remarked to Davis that "he regretted. it very much; that it was 'unfortunate for the people of the Soth at that time;" Davis re lied, "well, General, I don't know; ilit were to be done At all, it were *better it were well done and if the same were doge to Andy JohnsOQn, thp beast, and to'Scretary dtanton, the job would then' be complete." Q. You feel coftfident-that you recol. lcet his wordp? A. Those are the wordAs used. Q. State whether or not the regret whjich Jobie C. Breclunridge eripressed at the assassination was because of its criminally or simptlybecause it was un fortunate for the people of the South at that time ? A. I drew that conclusion. Q. Was there aby remnark made as to the 6rimiality of t'eact ?. A. No'sir ; he simply remaked'that he regretted ik as being unfortunate for the South. (4. Of what State are you yoti a na tive ? A. Of-Massachusetts. Upon which the Charlotte (N. C.) Dmncrat comments as follows: 1nborrect Pad~eence.-Is the N. Y. Herald of May 81st, we find-what is re portsed to be the evidence of L. F. Bates, of this place, (8uperintendealt of tho l% pressCompany,) at the assassinatIon tril hi WAhDO eia. Mr. Blates is db ihin Charlote ret depth it Alt the remark: '"if 5 4Jtbe dhelit0re "betet that wel 'dneCertasiLi Mr. Bt1* lricorreot) e powfo . ,&~~ 6f our own knowlsde . a do o er Itidenis of thi iilacs, h ddnottiead' the ~~ leembl6z4%ah hi aaf s abogt 9, a A0 0ts_0 wmiu h a o nf atonil me dt daj tLho 6 tge veadusg of the spa.t" th Arowd. This atatemhn canl substanited by many of our otitenswh *ere present. We cnow not1tg 4bontwhal occurred after Mr. Dlavis went into 'Mr. 13ates' house but-we do know.that Mr. Bates' state ment of what took place op his steps or in front his house is iucorrects And, we re tnld 'y MeAny rprans that Mr, Bateswas not present when the dis patch was read or when Mr. Davis made, his speech. We repeat, certainly Mr. Bates' evidence is incorrectly reported In reference to further proceedings of that day, the Herali says: "On the proposition of the counsel for the defence to produce the rebel Gene. ral Edward Johnson for the purpose of invalidating, the statiement of the Owit ness Von Steinaker, regarding a meeting of rebel officers at which plans for the as sassination of Mr.- Lincoln were discus sed, and at which Booth was said to be present, considerable 'discussion took place. Sothe members of the court con sidered the production, as a witness, of Johnson, as an insult to the court, he having been educated by the people of the United States at the Military Aca demy, and then made use of the ac quirements and accomplishments which they had freely bestowed upom him in the traitorous effoft to overthrow -their government. . Finally, bowever, the ob. jections were withdrawn, and Johnson was allowed to testify. The substance of his evidence was that he kniew noth. ing of such a meeting as that alluded to by Von Steinaker, and never a aw Booth in the rebel camps. "Major H H. Douglass and Captain Oscar Heinrichas, two other rebel offi cers, testified to the same effect as Gene. ral Johnson." Gen. Sherman did more than any oth or living man to break the power of the Confederacy and crush the "rebellion," and it is not surprising or *trange tljat he should feel vexed at the Adanistra tion for not apprtving his action in. no. gotiating with Gen. Johnston. It seems that there is a Sherman party and a Stanton or administration party growing up at the North. Tihe New York Times of the 29th says: "Unless all the reports thAt reach us from Washington ard false, Gen. Sher. man is deliberately and ostentatiously making a personal issue with the Secre tary of War (Mr. Stanton) for an offi. cial act. 'He took .the occasion of a grand review, ordered and held largely in'his.honor, and.in the presence of a vast multitude assemblod, to rejoice in the return of peace, to refuse thehand of Mr. Stanton when tendered to him in friendly greeting. And an article pub liehed in. the Washington Chron'le in his interest, and said to have been writ ten by his brother, Senator'Shermau of Ohio, proclaims that unless Mr. Stanton publicly acknovledges the error'of that official act, he "must e; ect open defi. ance and insult, and u .his person nor his rank can shield Gen. Sherman and -friends claim that the treaty of peace which he made with Gen. Jqhnston (and which was re jected by theauthorities at Washington) was in accorlance with an. understand. ing b - himelf and President Li-. :ol. Gen. Sherman also complains that.all list pfficisl letters and reports on the sub~ject have not been published. TUPm-WoIJLD-nE ASASSIN 0)1 Ssw 54D I*)N~N}E.--An important. point yn the triAl of the Washington assassina nion Oonspirators, at Washington, on hfay 9th, was the complete identiacation t af Payne as the man who miade the' at. '*ok on Secretary Seward, his sons and >1kers in his house on the night -of e ~ P'resident/s murdet, Three iyitgessa L wrho were present on the oeasiozdnolad-. ng 'Major Seward, oae of the asseanied' sors'ons, swore posih ely' to Payne's de.ity. Other interesing evidence was aken regatding has arres .ks Ma. Sor-. at's house, ln the disguis. of a laborer' kreeuighaafteanjalba ~efignc, othe attest of Spangis apdLngklin. Ai. number of wnese f*e proseau. ion are yet tohe agnise thaa nasua as ' s al IT1, Ms~y~ af PECIE--420O, .4e officer f the RIhA:tond bank, h et y poved fom th# pity o l 4on in April, reach ed Washingt I ihis State. They were empowered by the authorities' to rehove their effects, consisting of thde hundred and twenty thousand dolar in' specie,.to the capitol of Virginia. 'ro curing teams and at gard oftweW*nep, these gentlemen set -out -upop th& re. turn home, intending to take the'lafhd at Chestet, South Carolina. * At the end of the first days jotifey,' they encamped on -the grounds ofMrs. i4orse, eighteen miles from Washington and three from the Savannah river.. Th officers retired, and the guards fell asleep. About nidpight a party of twenty mounted men, who were evideptly aware of the value of the train, sniddenly djshed upon it, and the guard surrendered with. out firing a gun or making the slightest show of resistance. The frebbooter ita inediately went to work bursting open the specie kegs and helping themselves to the glittering contents. ,One fello*, it is related, had a large leatherm haver. sack, which he filled, but just as he was mounting his horse th straps pve a*ay and the precious metal fell chinkinig to the ground. He eagerly scraped up the gold and sand, ldaving a number 6f pieces, and placing the'coi ina bag,rode ofE The next morning'a egte teattster foud five dollars piece scattered in pro. fusion all about the ground.. , Some two hundred 'thousand dollare were stolen. leaving about one hundred and twenty thousand. With this arnbuht the bank officers journeyed on, sadder but wiser men, Upon reaching Abbe ville, S. C., they offered a reward of twenty thousand dollars for tle recoverv of the property. The robbers are supposed to be paroled soldiers, who fOlowed the train from' ashington. It is singular,, that in the present demoralized state of tie country, the gentlemen in charge made no secret ' of their valvable possessions; nor did they use any extraordinary measures of precaution to presetve their property. [Augusta Consitetionlut. Tmyvzs.-General complaint has re cently been inde about the robbery of gardens and chicken-roosts in this town nd vicinity, and we believe soldiers havo been suspected of committing these depredations; but so far as thu proof shows, negroes are the 'lty parties. Four negroes were caun Ist week stealing onions and chickens. Captain Smith, the' post Provost Marshal, had ' the rogues paraded through the street4 withbharrel-shirts on bearing appropriate nscriptions, and carrying specimens of ' 'he stolen property. We hope Claptain ; 3mith will succeed in breaking them or heir thievish propensities. We never had the least idea that nany negroes would work if they could tot a living in any other way, bqt w.e lid not expect them to conameee steal. ng so sooki after being declared free. rheir idea of freedom is to live in idle. lese anS eat and sleep. 1Wsaeote Democra~t. 'Gorm Rustaaxd'rgb.--We learn that portion of the rederatrep,' encam d near the Qotsipiny Sb9ps on th * foith Carolina RPalroad, icently ex. mImed b'ntwen *60,000 and -70,000 in gold out of one pit. It ifas discover. dhby the merest acnoident. The troops. tad beein encamped ghere several' days mud ia piovn and. re-sprea'ding their ents in fresh aices,"one 'of the pins tuck ;a. hardni btanice. *Thinkcin~ 'I uas a ston, sromethiing d( that' knd,+ he aoldferq dgAown in order to re. sove it, and toIit'was a boyx of gold. late.sfere taker out .conthining the 194 e cified.: The p~otosam 'as t*ehMafge of by the Ud ttq aihtit s. iC belons p1e 4ed eri'it ili be counsea~ted or eti. t srPot& t9at thoe~efu ty-to Coitta towards thme repaatlons .!ror ruial gm~ovbj eisle : ih th