A SENSIBLE NEGHO.
A friend furnishes iaa thelfoHowHig as the
substance of a speech made hy t negro man, in
tk neighboring town, on the 4th of J uly : r V
My Colored Friends I belong to the same
man I belonged to when I can first remember.
He has always' treated me kindly,, and he is a
perfect gentleman, and I am gentleman, be
cause 1 have always tried to do my duty to my
master. I expect to stay with him as long as
we both lire. I intend to do tie very beet for
Kim I can, and feel that in promoting hid inter
est I am doing fcut good service to myself.
Now, many colored people are of the opinion
that the way to be gentlemen 'and ladies is to
have, nothing to do. Now I tell you, people that
will do nothing will cut a poor figure in the
world after ajwhile, for they will bave nothing
ro go on. No true gentleman is lazy. If you
Aisb to be gentlemen and ladies you must work,
ind in order to do this successfully you must
have something to work with: you must have a
home, land, and means of cultivating it. If
yen leave your former masters you can't have
these. I have no doubt you bave aH the neces
saries of life in greater abundance than you can
have alter you leave your masters. .
My advice is for you to go home, stay there,
do all you can to please and profit your masters,
and Heaven's richest blessings will comi upon
you. '.
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RAILROAD DIBECTOES.
We learn that Gov. Holden has appointed the fol
lowing Directors of the North Carolina Railroad
Company, at the meeting cf the Stockholders to be
held ut Salisbury on the 13th instant: Lr W Sloan,
of Mecklenburg County; Nathaniel Borden, Rowan;
J M Leach, Davidson; RP Dick,. Guilford; G YV
'Jwepson, Alamance; Henry N Brown. Orange: Al
bert Johnston, Wake; William A Smith, Johnston;
:i Adams, Davidson, State proxy.
.The following Directors Lave been appointed in
Ae Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company,
u the meeting of the Stockholders to be held at
Ooldsborough on the 20th instant : C R Thomas,
of Carteret County; Dr M F Aiendell, of parteret; E
71 Stanley, Craven; R W King, Lenoir; Walter Dunn,
Lenoir; J M Parrott, Lenoir; W P Grimsley, Gretne;
John L Pennington, Wake: R W King, Lenoir, State
Proxy.
The following Directors have been appointed in
toe Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, at the
meeting of Stockhooldera to be held in Raleigh on
the 20 th instant: R W Lassiter. Granville Countv;
Viley D Jone, Wake; William S Mason, Wake; Dr
2 A Crupup, Franklin, State Proxy. llaltigk Slan-
JlJS interview with president
i , JOHNSON. , U , C r.i;
A letter front Washington' gives (a detailed
account of ta interview between General Logan
and several gentlemen and . President' Johnson.
The letter says :
"A gentleman present spoke of negro suffrage,
and Suggested tht, in reconstructing the Union,
it would be necessary to disfranchise some lead
ing rebels and enfranchise others .(meaning loyal
colored people,) or that the case of the Virginia
Legislature re-assembling would be repeated
over azain.
MUSTERING OUT TRQOPS.
The Raleigh Progress learns from Maj Letcher, Chief
Commissary of Musters, that the following named Regi
wents will be mustered out during the next two weeks:
Infantry Regiments 99th and &2u Pennsylvania;
I6i)lh New York, 8th and 9th Maine, -J5th and 17th
Itfasa., 181st and 183d Ohio. 12th, 16th and 26th Ken
sky. 6F;tb Illinois, 9th New Jersey1 . 1 40th Indiana,
2dnd 7th N-w Hampshire, tith and 7th Conn!
Heavy Artillery 1 tith New York.
Cavalry 2d, 'M and 5th Kentucky, 8th Indiana, 9th
Pean., 9th Michigan, 30th Ohio, lith New York, 13th
Pennsylvania.
TROOPS TO BE KEPT IN N. CARO
TIN A.-0Aer Tenth Army Corps 47th and 48th
New York Infantry, 97th Penn. Inf., 4th N. 11. Inf.,
J3lh Indiana Inf.. and 130th, 107th, Sth, Gth, 39th,
tlh. 27th and 37th U. S. colored troops.
Of the Twenty-Third Armv Corps 120th. 125th.
l4tb, 12th, 129th and 130thIndiaua Infantry; 23th
Michigan Infantry; nd 5th Ohio Cavalry.
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RECONSTRUCTION.
In addition to those heretofore published, Governor
Holden Una commissioned Justices of ihts Peace in the
following counties:
"Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus. Columbus. Cumberland,
Forsythe, Robeson, Surry, Warren and Cleaveland.
There are only twenty-four counties in which J ustices
of the Peace haVd still to be appointed, and it is thought
that in the course ot the next two weeks, that part of
the work of reconstruction will have been completed.
Raleigh Standard.
Hfgg The following officers hare been appointed
for the Town of Concord: Mayor, L S Bingham.
Gosnaaiesionere, J O Wallace, li li Grower, Elani
"Caston. Dr John Funk,- and Win M Coleman.
PARDONED.
In addition to those heretofore pnblisbed, the fol.
loricg North Carolinians have been pardoned on
tie jrecomaendation of Gov.' Holden:
s L D Clements, Cooper Hugging, T D Johnston,
,P It Harden, Frederick Fetftress, John T Peebles,
James M Dick, H U Short, Lazarus Fels, E Edwards.
W F Stray horn, Joho M Tentries, Thomas M Poolj
J V Perkins, John Blacknall, W A Shelton, D H Al
rfght, M McMnhon, James II Moore, T D Ilarri9; R
A iilount, J l Filler, Joseph IJolderby, J T Leach,
Jaroee A Bryan, R W Harris, William Kauiseur, E
Satterwbite, Charles Overman, D A Hunt, C A White,
T N F Alston, ITA Sellars, O G Parsley, B T Strick,
land, J W Burton, W M Coleman, T J Foster. John
O Rhodes, W fl Alexander, William E Hill, E B Bor
den, A Feis, John H Haughton, Alex P Eckle.
A northern correspondent says that ' in order
to facilitate business, and do away withcircnmloeution.
the President has authorized United States District At
torney in Connection with the Governors of the several
states inten-sted to aid in granting pardofcs to all per
son subject to indictment ior acts growing out of the
lefeaiiou." - -
.Abbess or Appointed. H.. H. Helper, says the
Salisbury Ranner, hks been appointed Assessor,
Treasury Department, 3d District -at'SaHsbtwv) N. C.
it'Aducj&a from Wilmington, Ni -C , repre
sent great sickness 'i thetei-'; JS potted fever is
r1g terriblj, and all classes of citizens are its
viptini?. -j,he ravages of thedisease ntnong the
fclncks is dreadful." - , : . ; "
The President replied that, with regard to
the extension of suffrage, the sentiment of the
country at present appeared to tend towards a
restriction rather than an extension, of the right
of suffrage generally.
"General Logan seconded the views of the
President on the above, and. then said that it
might not be politic to give the rebels the right
of suffrage immediately. He thought that it
might be fouod advisable at 'first to hold them
in a sort of pupilage by military force. As soon
as they could be trusted, then give them the
same power they possessed before. The Gene
ral also remarked that the wheel of reconstruc
tion was a large and ponderous one, and that
many who would take their stand upon it.wonld
be ground to powder, lle'bad been fighting for
four years to save the Union. He now proposed
that those who desired to Construct it might go
in and see what they could do. For bis part,
he felt inclined to be rather a looker-on than an
active participant in the contest which ' would
naturally grow out of it.
"The President said: General, there's no such
thins as reconstruction. These States have not
gone out of the Union; therefore reconstruction
is unnecessary. I do not mean to treat them as
inchoate States, but merely as existing under a
temporary suspension of their Government, pro
vided always they elect loyal men. The doctrine
of coercion to preserve a State in the Union has
been vindicated by the people.. It is the "pro
vince of the Executive to see that the will of
the people is carried out in the rehabilitation of
these rebellious States, once more under the au
thority, as well as the protection, of the Union.
"General Logan responded, Tbat's so.'
"The President then passed ou to the ques
tion of the public debt. He said that the
finances of the country were in a hopeful con
dition; that probably it was possible to resume
specie payments immediately were it not for the
commercial distress it would create throughout
the country generally. As to the public debt
of the country, he was in favor of paying it to
the last dollar, and would never countenance
any man, party, sect or measure that even
squinted at repudiation any form. The debt
was incurred to save the country. It was a le
gacy of the war, bequeathed to us for good or
evil. It was not possible to shirk it. On the
other hand,, the great question wotild be to make
it, if possible, an instrument of good, not evil,
to the public generally."
Sickness Wo believe that there is not a
family residing within the limits of this City,
some member of which has not been visited by
sickness this summer. In many households
there are not enough well ones to purse the
sick. The Senior editor of this paper has been
confined to his bed for more than "six weeks
his wife, his child, his nurse and his cook have
all been sick at the same time. His nurse has
died and every member of his family but one is
now sick. Every , member of our own family
has beeu ick daring the past month, ourseil
included. Our mailing clerk, our foreman and
our carrier have all been sick at once and some
of the other employees of the office were kept
away by illness in their families.. There has
been great suffering among the negroes too.
Many of them are now laid low with typhoid
fever and diarrhoea; and the soldiers have not
been exempt from their share of diseases.
Even the doctors complain of too much sick
ness. Raleigh Record. '
Our contemporary is, indeed, in a bad fix.
. An Unketunate Occurence. On Sun
day -fun Jane, near Mocksville, , Mrs" Provo
Neely became engaged in a controversy with
negro woman formerly belonging to her. ; Her
daughter Miss Temple, obtained a pistol and
shot the nero through the heart. The parties
have all been arrested and the judicial investi
gation will undoubtedly bring out all the facts
ifi the case. The occurence is an unfortunate
one and much to be regretted at this time. The
relations between former maer and their slaves
are very delicate, and in order that they may
reach a satisfactory footiug, incidents , of this
kind should be- avoided uud are much to be de
plored. Miss Tew pie is one of the first )uung
ladies in the county in point of position beauty
and accomplishment, and all who know her t ui
jjatbize with the position in which she u jjow.
plaoed, acd we are satisfied that it will bc otoi
ed justifiable.- Salisbury Banner.. . . e ,
At a subsequent examination, Miss TeropieNeely
was allowed bail ; at 20,000 and her mother ai
$5,000, to appear when summoned for trial. - The
killing was junifiabl, no doubt: ' J
MOBTU CAROLINA ITEMS.
t&" We leain that Tod. R. Caldwell, Esq.,
of Burke County, -has been appointed Aid to
Governor Holden, with the rank of Colonel
We are also' authorized to state that Levis
Hanes, Esq., of Davidson County, has been so
licited to'accept the place of Private Secretary.
Raleigh Standard.
Applications tor Pardon. --We learn
that Gov. Holden his in hand a number of ap
plications for pardon unaccompanied by the oath
of amnesty. He requests us to say that these
applications will not be forwarded until he shall
have been furnished by the applicants with the
oath referred to. He requests us also to state
that the applications should be addressed in every
case to the President of the United States, and
signed by the applicant himself. Raleigh
Progress.
Watermelons. Two cart loads of Water
melons made their appearance in the market
this morning. The prices asked were from GO
cents to two dollars each, but we beliexe the
holders, finding it a very slow business selling
at these prices, disposed of their whole loads at
60 cents round. Raleigh Record, 4A July.
XftsT Thq first cotton blossoms of the season
were presented to us by Mr J. A. Haskell, of
the Hines Plantation, yesterday evening. Cot
ton is two weeks earlier than last season.
Nevclem Times, 23d June.
The Cuors The wheat crop in this section
has been harvested, and reports state the quan
tity to bo not more than half the usual yield.
Oats, corn, potatoes and garden vegetables never
were more promising perhaps at tfcis season of
the year. The fruit crop will be immense.
Statctville American.
Mustering Out. Tho balance of the troops
here of the 2d Division 23d Army Corps, are
to be mustered out this week. They will pro
bably be succeeded by colored troops.
We have a rumor in town that the 50th Ohio,
recently mustered out at this place, mutinied
'and were all placed under arrest at Danville.
Salisbury Banner.
THE DEMOCRACY AND THE PRESI
DENT. Washington, July 2.
An address to the democracy of the United
States will be published to-morrow from Mr
Charles Mason, chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Association of this district, on behalf of the
President. It is intended more as a platform for
the future organization of the party than as a call
for immediate concert of action. The address
sets out with declaring that in the beginning all
democrats believed that peace and Union were
compatible and could be secured by conciliatory
measures and that after the war commenced the
great mass of democrats acquiesced in it as an
unavoidable calamity, to le prosecuted for the
solo purpose of restoring the Union; believiug
that as soon as this object was attained the war
ought to cease. It takes strong ground against
conferring upon negroes the rights'of citizenship,
on the grouud that they are unqualified by edu
cation, and as a race so greatly inferior to the
whites as to lower the standard of average intell
igence by intermiugling. This U declared to be
a white man's government, aud the negro a for
eign element which cannot be successfully assim
ilated. The immediate lead mission of tho rebel
lious States to the sacred circle, with all their
rights ajpd privileges unabridged, is also urged
on-the ground that the federal government can
not exist while a portion of the States composing
it are free and another portion virtually enslaved
by military government. The address declares
unlimited confidence in the wisdom, integrity aud
democracy of President Johnson, concluding in
the following eulogistic terms:
'It is hardly a superstitious fancy which regards
him as having been specially ordnined for this
great and glorious mission. The designs of Hea
ven begin now to be visible throughout. At the
head of the reconciled and reunited democracy
of the two sections, Andrew Johnson is, we be
lieve, destined to repair and restore those cherish
ed institutions which have been so fearfully shat
tered and seemingly overturned, and to receive
the undying gratiiude of a reunited country and
the benedictions of all future ages. He it ours to
share in the consciousness of Laving contributed
to the same result:" '.
SENTENCE f Tiifc; CUIcPutAiOE$
' Northern papers announce that on thuOthofJu;
th Presided mad public lila apprornl of the 11,.
and senu-ccrs of the Military Court wliidi wm c.tiv,
for the trial of tb a.-wa agination conspirators. 1K ,
tence as approved w as follows :
Payne, the would be amasitin of Secretary K-wlr.
to be liun ; Harold, th accorqpliv, and iompi,;f
ot Uooth, to be hung; Atzrroth, who attempted tljj
of the Vce President, to bo hutifrt O'Lauphlin.i,,
Booth's accomplices, to confined in the p, nituu:,.
labor: Mrs Surratt, convicud of nsinj-; her lmuw ta (
rendexvons for the conspirators and listing iu
escape, to Ixs hung. .
Par don 8 Thb following named parties n
ceived the Executive pardou on the tlth Jr.
and 1st July:
A T McUallum and G M Everhart of Nart
Carolina Win Gregg, Jts J Gregg and r&
Grccrs?. rr. of South Carolina ; and some 2f, ,
30 others living in Virginia, Teno , AUl18l
and (ieorgia.
It. is stated that among the petitions filed wit!
President Johnson for pardon are tlutfc ul'Ju2.
Campbell of Ala, Alfred Uhett of S C, 31.
Mallory of Florida, J A Gilmer and Z It Van.;
of North Carolina.
Tue $20,0C0 Clause. A late Northern pa
per says :
"We. learn from good authority that there will
dc soon lsvsuea uy tue rresiuent a new rroclaina
uoii, uiuunyiug uiai 01 uit: Ztfiu .viav. Ill tuts
proclamation it will be provided that iu Virginia.
especially, and probably in all the States South,
the $20,000 exception be abolished, except in
eases where proceedings against tho property of
individuals have been instituted, or where lands
have been or are now occupied by the Federal
authorities, under the act concerning abandoned
lands. It is found that , notwithstanding the 6cv
enl good reasons which moved the President to
he adoptio" of the twenty; thousand dollar ex
orption, there are as many equally jiotcnt why
I ma t clause in tue proclamation should l e nbol
iV.hcd.w . "
Outrageous Deed On Thursdij W
most shocking and revolting deed vus cumai
ted in Henry county. 1'ivenero tnen.loTu
ly slaves of one ot the llairston's, viuUte
white girl named Davh, about 14 yearn of 1?
living in that county, near the 1'ittsy lvaniiLi,
The grrl is of a respectable family and
dition is said to be now jrery . bad, her rrwn
being doubtful. One cf the villains waacii
by some citizens of the neighborhood and but;
three others bave been caught, and are rxre-
ed to meet a like fate, while one of them itu
at large. We learn that the Provost Mro'i
at this place has sent men in pursuit of hirr-j
Danville Register. t
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Terrible Tornado. LaCrosM?, Win., Jult
A terrible tornado has just pasnetl over tlio 1
lags and vicinty of Viroquo, Union county, W
consin, prostrating fifty dwellings, killing 17 r
sons and wounding 100.
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TO THE SUBSCRIBEnS' TO TE
PAY ETTB VIII1E OBSE.RVtK.
When the Armies of the United Mtntt ri i;(-'
this section of North Carolina they dcn'rovrd Sty
t MS .(
der ot tlieir Uonnnanuiuff uenefai, rvery cjiii
north of productive property u nJ y the tan
igoed. The close of the war n tr.T vv utv
wards finished the work begun by Gi nf tul Sbrnv
leaving us. withsuC bus'.oess or inonrr. nd rid
in small eurus to thousands of our subecribtri
had paid io Advance. The results of forty y.
hard roental 'and munuitl labor t ere rfwejjt
leaving only shelter for oar fumilies anl liit R"
to feed them for few months. Tho F l.r!
mieg destroyed what we had accumulated
to 1661. The moneys -tliat came into our L.
from 1861 to 1865, whether the results of Ukur.
come of capital invested, collections of oIJ d l'-
rales of property, were given or loaned to the pi 1
except so much as was used for food aud c1o t
It is therefore impossible for us i.vw to li'-hi
in money the indebtedness to our subscriber!. 1
indeed, do we believe Ibat fhey care lo !;
debt so discharged.' They will prefer. e 1!..
receive a newspaper for Iheir unexpirrd nni
such we expect to famish them, ei'hrr ouru
another, so soon as mails are establixhtd. A: '
teot there is no possibility of snii$r i1
pliice Ibe news which occanionHlIy t rm-h
papers brought by travelers or by the tuiiiur;
When the mails will be re-ebtirblijl' d wrns
ay. Une thin oujv can we hj ith ivr.T ':
that, if God grant life and health ton-
ettuer 01 us, tne ucot win tic paia r
Whether we shall resume I lie publicati.e o' I
Observer at ail, and if so, when wnd '
questions which we lmva now under rouik
Until within a fw days past, we bad tomlu
the wnl cf meaui, tho restrictions u,n it',
dum of the rrets, and other eonsidcraliin, U
ded the idea of resnminjj. IJut the eHrnt'
of many valued friends to our settle of put!:
have induced a reconsideration of the qupti
conclusion to which we may coioe will be fri
ed ere long. .
There is a c!as of subscribers to -ahum
an appeal lb make. The cash' systna. whrs'
ed by us in 1858, was applied, as our mnJi'-I
only to those w ho became ?ub.'cribers at t!l1
and after. A Urge number who were tvr
before 1S53 arc subscribers still ndcr the
ion, and many of them owe us lor ari'u f'r
one, two, or three years. Thry will
us by discharging' their indebtedneni v
cases where the tortuner of warbuve not c
ifupoeible to do so. The amounts tlufff
in ihcmsL'lre, but is the aggregate are sui-'-our
presfciit tituatiou lo be of no little imfm''-"
us. .Mo.-l of those iudebted will kix-
space, uud in sending payment will send cc:'
lotbe rates of subscription to the Observr"
the.war, io specie or its cquirulcnt in curif-.'
Very respectfully,
EDWARD J. HALE '
Fajetterille, June 26, 186.".
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