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GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
William W. Uolden, of Wake county, Provisional
Goveruor. .
Jos S Cannon of Perquirhan-, and Tod R Caldwell
of Burke, Aids with the rank of Colonel.
Lewis Hanes of Davidson, Private Secretary.
R C Badger of Wake, and W II Baglcy of Pasquo
tank, Assistant Secretaries.
;S M Parish and J D Pollen of Wake. Clerks.
Theo N Ramsay of Wake, clerk and messenger.
.Jonathan Worth of Randolph, Treasurer.
Donald W Bain of Wake, chief clerk to Treasurer.
C R Thomas of Carteret, Secretary of State.
GOVERNMENT. OF THE TJ. STATES.
President Andrew Jolinson, .of Tennessee.
Secretary of State W. II. Seward, of New
York. ' '-m
Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, of
Pennsylvania.
Postmaster General William Dennison, of
Ohio.
Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, of
Connecticut.
Secretary of the Interior James Harlan of
Iowa.
Secretary of the Treasury Hugh MoCuHough,
of Illinois.'
Attorney General James Speed, of Ken
tucky. President of the Senate Lafayett S. Foster,
of Connecticut.
Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax, of
Indiana.
John W Forney. Secretary of the Senate,
-SUVREME COURT.
Salmon C. Chase, Qhio, Chief Justice.
1. James M. Wayne, Georgia".
2.
3.
4.
Samuel Nelson, New York.
Robert C Grier, Pennsylvania.
Nathan 'Clifford, Maine.
Noah II. Swayne. Ohio.
Daniel Davis, Illinois. .
Samuel Miller. Iowa.
5.
7.
8.
Samuel F. Field, California.
LIEUTENANT GENERALS.
Wingfield Scott, Virginia.
Ulysses S. Grunt, of Ohio..
Adjutant General,' Lorenzo Thomas, Dela
ware. v
Judge Advocate General, Joseph Holt, D. C
Quartermaster General, Montgomery C Meigs,
of Fennsy vunia.
JVorlh Carol iiia Railroad,
CHANGI7 OF TIME.
On a-nd after Sunday", August 13th, "1865, Trains
will run until further orders as follows :
-MAIL-TRAIN G.oisg West.
Leave Raleigh at - 7.40 P. M.
Greeusboro 2.17 A.M.
"- Salisbury 6 45 "
Arrive at Charlotte 10.10 "
Going East.
Leave Charlotte at 3.00 P. M.
" Salisbury - 6 25 "
Greensboro V 10.15 "
Arrive at Raleigh 4.30 A. M.
ACCOMODATION TRAINGoisg West.
Leave Raleigh at COO A. M.
" Greensboro - 12.50 P. M.
' Salisbury 5 00 41
Arrive at Charlotte 8.2.0 " '
Geixa East.
Leave Charlojte at 5 25 A. M.
. " Salisbury 9 00
" Greensboro 1 -5 P- M.
Arrive at Raleigh 1 30
Mail Train connects East and West .with the Ra
leigh nd Gaston Train for Petersburg and the
North, and with the. U. S.. Military Ra'ilroad. for
Goldsboro, Newbern, ilorehcad City and Wilming
ton. V
The Freight Train leaves Raleigh at 11 .A. M.,
Charlotte at 6 A. M., stopping at Company Shops
.over night.
The Mail Train' only will run on Sunday.
Passenrcr3 are notilied to procure Tickets before
-enterincr the Trains, as additional fare will be col
lected. E. WILKES,
Aug 14, :8G5. tf Eng. & Supt.
NEW BOOK STORE,
2d door fromthe Branch Bank, at thesfand
formerly -occupied by P J. Lowne.
CHARLOTTE, N. U. ,
'School Books, such as Webster's Spellers, Web
ster's Dictionaries, Davie's series of Arithmetics and
Algebras, Bullion's series of Classics, Mitchell's
Geography, Cornell's series of G?ograpbieg, Mc
. -Guffey's Readers, &c &c.
Oca 'Own" series of North Carolina School
Books, such as Spellers, Readers, Arithmetics and
Grammars:
Miscellaneous Books, comprising the niosj re
cent and popular publications.
Stationery, all kinds and best quality, such as
paper, copy-books, Arnnld's'iak, slates, he.
Sheet Music, embracing best Instruction Books
for instrumental and vocal musk, popular Ballads
and Operas.
'Schools sending large rders will be supplied at
a liberal discount Send in your orders to
. C. W. -DOWNING & CO.,
Aug 14, 185 3m Charlotte, N. O.
For Sale,
Jit Dr. Scarr's
Dru: Store, a few-Bottles Dr.
Itowand's TONIC 1V1TTERS.
Aug 14. 1865..
FIRE, LIFE & MARINE INSURANCE,
CHARLOTTE, N. O.
The undersigned, representing somef the strong
est New York Insurance Companies, are prepared
to issue Policies, for any amount desired against
Loss on Land, or "Sea of Property or Life, in North
and. South Carolina.' Address
nUTCUISOJf & SPRINGS, Agents,
BeptlSGo. If ' Charlotte, N.'C.
SECOND STOCfi OF NEW GOODS.
T. II. BR EI? I,
"cnABLOT.TE,'5. C.,
Is now openiDsr a fresh Stock of Goods which
he will sell as cheap as any one
He particularly invites the-attentton of codntry
Merchants to bis Wholesale Stock, as he has paid
especial care in selecting a Stock suitable for the
trade,.'
His Stdck. consists of everything to be foond in
the Dry Goods, Hardware and Grocery line.
T. H. BRE3I.
Oct 2, 1865
HI R C fil'A J T
We are pleased to inform our former patrons and
friends that we are once more on the market, with
a nice lot of Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, and Tail
ors' Trimmings, together with.
Gentl Alien's Furnishing Goods,
consisting of Shirts, Under Shirts, Drawers, Cravats,
TieT, CollarSjTJandkerchiefsj Gloves, Hosiery, Sus
penders, &c. Also, a select stock of Cassimere and
Felt Hats
W will be in receipt of our usual stock of
CLOTHING,
manufactured by ourselves, in a few days, when we
will be able to suit all siz.es and taste.
Frdtn our knowledge of the Clothing business, and
facilities for manufacturing, induce us to believe
that we will continue to merit the patronage here
tofore so liberally given by the citizens of Western
North Carolina and 'the upper Districts of South
Carolina. - FULLINGS & SPRINGS,
Store under Democrat Office.
Sept 18, 1865
CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Rev. R. BURWELL, . ' 1 princial3 .
JOHN B. BURWELL, A. M., rnnciPais-
The current session commenced on the 1st Sep
tember, and will close the 22d December, 1865.
Pupils received at any time and charged from time
'of entrance to end of session.
- For. circular containing full particulars as to
Terms, kc.y addess
Rev. R. BURWELL & SON,
Oct 2, 18C5 . 2m ' Charlotte, N. C.
WHITE, McKENNEY dt CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
DBY GOODS,
- NO. 104 SYCAMORE STREET,
PJiTERSBURC, VA.
J. Andrew White. It. A. McKenny. Geo. Reid.
Oct 9, 1865 ly
1ST 11 W
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRV GOODS AND CLOTHING
STORE.
The subscribers respectfully call the attention of
their friends and the public to the fact that" rney
have fitted up the stor.e room in Mr. David Parks'
Building, on Trvon Street, opposite Mr. Beckwith's
Jewelry Store, for the purpose f conducting the -
TO hoesale and Retail Dry Goods
aiid Clotliin? Business,
in all its "branches. They have just received and
offer for sale a large and extensive assortment of
Fall and Winter Goods,
comprising every description of Cloths, Cassimeres,
Ladies Dress Goods, Shawls. Cloaks, Gloves, Gaunt
lets, Hoisery, Ladies Hats, Bonnet Ribbons, Linen
and Cambric Handkerchiefs, Balmoral Skirts, Hoop
Skirts, Dress Trimmings, &c, &c.
( lothing "and Furnishing Goods. '
Our stock of Clothing and Gentlemen'3 Furnishing
Goods is complete. As special and personal atten
tion have been given to tie selection of thee Goods,
and long experience in that Ijne will enable us to
give general satisfaction in priee, quality and styles
unsurpassed by any one.
We have Boots, Shoes and Hats,
of every description and make, at very low" rates.
A call is solicited. We shall always try to please,
and take great pleasure in showing our Goods.
WHOLESALE BUYERS ;
will find it to their interest to call and examine our
Stock before making their purchases elsewhere, as.
we have the facility to offer great inducements to
that trade. 1 A. WEILL & CO.
-
ABRAHAM WEILL.
Oct. 2, 18i35.
A. B.- HATE.
tf
George Ij. Wads worth
Would respectfully inform his old patrons and,
friends that he may be found at the tfouse of
HUMBERT & JlcIJEAN,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Dry Good 5, Clothing, outs' Furnish
liitf Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
&, &c, at the Emmet Cuthbert Store, Corner of
Pollock and Middle Streets,
and would be harspy to supply all their wants in
the above lines. . '
- New Berne, Oct 2, 1865. , 3m
NEW GOODS.
We have just re'eeived and opened for the Whole
sale and Retail Trade, on Tryon Street,
CHARLOTTE, Jf. C.,
A large and attractive Stock of Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Hardware, Crockery,' Ready-made Clothing,
Notions, 4c, &c, which we offer to the public at the
Very Lowest Cash Prices.
We offer inducements to country merchants, who
be consulting their, own interest by examining
our stock. 9 . .
A call from .our friends, and buyers generally, is
' respectfully solicited. -
f Store, opposite Mansion House, between Express
! Office aad Taylor's corner. -
BURROWS,. BLAIR & CO.,
- Charlotte, N. G.
" JOHN M. TATE,-
(Of Jibe lata firm of Brown, Tate & Co.,)
' ' WITH ;
BURROWS, BLAIR & .CO.,
Will be hajipy to have his friends call upon him,
and to serve ttfem with.desitable Goods on the most
reasonable tfrms. '
ept 25, 18C5 lm
t W tBl t xn i m o t r a I
. CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The Election The election for 'Govern
or, 'membefe of the Asse'eibly and Representa
tives to Congres will be -held in this State on
the second Thursday in November next. Ihe
Legislature will meet on the fourth Monday or
November. . ; ,
"
The President's Policy. President John
son is represented, by. the New iTork National
Anti Slavery Standard, as saying a few day
Eioce to Governor Fletcher, of Missouri : "This
is a white man's country, and, by. God! while I
am President; it shall be a white man's Govern
ment." .
We believe the above represents tbe'Presi
dent's sentiments, but don't think he used the
exact language quoted. . .
' Eclipse. An eclipse of the &un will take
place on Thursday October 19, and will be visi
ble in several of the United States. At the
time of the obscuration the sun will be very
near the earth, while the moon will be at its
greatest distance, and hence the apparent diam
eter of the moon will be much less than that6f
the sun, and the middle Of the ring unusually
great.
"Off for Mississippi." A body of some
thirty white persons, including two or three
small families, ' and several hardy young men,
some from this town and neighborhood, but
principally from the Pee Dee bottom in. Anson
and Richmond counties, passed through this
town on Tuesday, last, en route'' for homes in
Mississippi. This party was well equipped
with wagons atrtfteams, and were -accompanied
by some' twenty-five or thirty negroes men,
women and children who preferred to go with
and partake of the fortunes or their' former own
ers to being cast loose upon the world to seek
their own fortunes. This is' the first party of
emigrants who have left this section since the
restoration of peace. Wadesboro Argus.
Inquest. An inquest was held yesterday
over the body of a negro who died the night
previous. r The jury returned a verdict "that
the deceased came to his death from a disease
unknown to the jnry, hastened by neglect, ex
posure and want of attention." He came to the
place of bis death on Sunday night last, and at
ihe time Complained of being unwell, and asked
the man living on the place to give him shelter
in the house, but was refused, when he laid
down in the yard, and without the necessary
attemion it is supposed he died. It rs' probably
well to state that the man refefting him assist-,
ance and shelter was one of his own color.
W ilmington Herald.
Comment on the above is unnecessary. 'The
negro is passing away. Caus.e idleness and
filtbiness. "
Virginia. The United- States District
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia met
recently at Alexandria, for the first thuoeinca
the war commenced'. Judge John C. Under
wood presided. District Attorney L. 11. Chan
dler, on opening the court, made a speech, con
gratulating the-court and the country on the
conclusion of the war, and urged conciliation in
all matters relating to the confiscation of prop-,
erty. Judge Underwood coincided . in the
views exprcbsrd b5T the District Attorney,' and
ordered that in all cases where pardons bad
been granted and the amnesty oath taken, save
those excepted under the President's proclama
tion, the suits should be dismissed 6n payment
of costs.
In conformity with this order a number of
persons came forward and paid their costs, and
proceedings.' against them will be dropped. This,
in effect, is a renunciation of confiscation in
Virginia; and is in accordance -with a declara
tion made a short time ago by District Attorney
Chandler, that he had received orders to.dis
continue all confiscations.' This course lindoubt
edly receives the sanction of the higbest'author
ity. ; ,
Interesting Testimony in the Winz
Casb. Geo. V. Reynolds, wlro testified In the
Wirz trial in Washington, made some curious
and interesting statements The following is a
summary of bis evidence :
He was taken prisoner while a spy in the na
tional4 service Ajodersonville stockade was'
much like a compact city. There were 33,000
prisoners; the pen was laid out in streets,. and
lost of the vocations known to urban life Were
carried cn within it. - There were 'about one
thousand regular, dealers, including . bankers,
brokers, provision merchants, bake'rs, tailors,
shoemakers,, barbers, "jewellers, tsoup jobbers',
j gamblers, &c,.wbo kept open shops and offices,
and did a thriving business. At these estab
lishments could be bought, it one had the mo
ney, all the necessaries and many of the Iuxu-.
ries of life.' -The witness himself kept a shop"
anddrove a heavtrade. He said there were
about half a million dollars in greenbacks, in the
prison. "The prisoners -had also among them
selves regular judicial and police organizations,
and at one time five disorderly characters among
them, who had been found guilty by a jury of
their fellow-captives,- were hung. He himself
acted as a magistrate. He told maBy othtr
wonderful things of a similar character relative
tdthe interior life of the prison. - He bad known
suffering among- the men from exposure, but
could.not say that he had. witnessed it from
hunger. . '
. Gen. Briscoe and a man named Lackery, a
post sutler, both connected with the Union ar- '
my, were arrested at Lynchburg the other cay, ;
oa charge of robbinghe safe of the Quarter- j
master of .$82,000. Briscoe alledged that he i
took it in possession to Keep-Lackery from steal- 1
ing it.
They aro both id Washington.
It is with narrow-soulcd people' as with oar-
rns.npitpH hnttles tht lrfts thv ha VP in them :
the wore noise they inake in pouring it out.
JSf. Ci v STATE CONVENTION.
Seventh Day. '
, v Monday, October 9.
. . The, President announced the committee on
-the. State war debt. Messrs Settle, Rocking
ham; Jackson, Randolph; Winston, .Franklin;
Ituhiley, Carteretj Russell, Brunswick; Allen,
Duplin; Logan j Rutherford; Dickey, Cherokee;
Patterson, Caldwell; McDonald, Chatham; and
Ferebee, Camden.
- Judge Gilliam from the committee on General
Amnesty reported as follows : .
Resolution vpon the subject of a total ' Amnesty
' to the People of Kotth Carolina.
Resolved, That under the strong impre&sioce
which it has conceived of the kindness and wis
dom displayed by His Excellency, President
Johnson, in composing the troubles that have
arisen out of the. recent rebellion, this Conven
tion .ventures to express a hope, that if not in
compatible with the views which- his-Excel-lency's
better information enables him to take of
the present situation of affairs, he will speedily
proclaim a total Amnesty for political offences
to all the good people of North Carolina, u
their takirfg the oath prescribed in his
mation of May 29tb, 1865.
Resolved, That thefPresident of this Conven
tion transmit a copy of the above resolution to
His Excellency, President JohnsCn. -
Mr SJoan "of Gaston, from the committee on
redistricting the State, reported from that com
mittee fis follows : -
An Ordinance to Divide North Carolina, into
Seven Congressional Districts.
1. Beit ordained-, by the people of North
Carolina, in Convention .assembled, and it is
hereby ordained by the authority of the same,
That for the purpose of electing representatives
in the Congress 4of the United States, the State
shall be divided into seven districts, as follows,
namely :
The first District shall be composed of the
counties of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Gates, Chowan, Hertford, Northamp
ton, Halifax, Martin, Bertie, Washington, Tyr
rell, Hyde and Beaufort. '
. 2d District Pitt, Craven, Jones, Lenoir,
Wavne, Greene, Edgecombe, Wilson Onslow,
Carteret, Duplin and New Hanover.
3d' District Brunswick, . Columbus, .Bladen,
Sampson, Cumberland, Robeson, Richmond,
Harnett, Moore, Montgomery,-Anson and Stanly.
4lh District -Wake, Franklin, Warreu, Gran
ville, Orange, Nash, Johnston--ahH Chatham.
5th District Alamance, Randolph j Guilfordr'
Rockingham, Dafvidson, Forsythe, Stokes, Surry,
Person and Caswell.
6th District Rowan, Cabarrus, U.nion, Meck
lenburg, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Iredell,
Davie, Yadkin, Wilkes and Alexander.
7th 'District Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga,
Yancey,- Mitchell, McDowell j Burke, CaltJwell,
Rutherford, Cleaveland, Polk, Henderson, Tran
sylvania, Buncombe, Madisonf Haywood, Jack
son, Macon, Cherokee and Clay.
Each ofwhich districts shall be entitled to
elect one representative in the. Congress of the
United States.
2. The election for representatives in Con
gress, shall be held and conducted in every re
spect in conformity with the rules, "regulations
and restrictions a set forth and - prescribed., in
the 69th Chapter of the Revised Code, except
that the polls shall be compared in the first dis
trict at the courfc house In the county of Bertie;
in the second, at the court house in the county
of Lenoir; in the third district, atthe court
bouse in the county of Cumberland; in the fourth
district, at the courthouse in, the county of
Wake; in the fifth district, at the court houte in
the county of Guilford; in thesixtb drstr;ct,'at
the court house in the county of Iredell, and in
the seventh district, at the. court house in the
county of Buncombe.
BjgMr Caldwell of Burke, a resolution au
thorizing the President of the Convention to
procure a parchment to enroll the ordinancede
clarihg null arid void the ordinance of secession,
upon which those delegates who desire it could
record their names with the names of the coun
ties they represent. -
By Mr 31 elver of Mecklenburg, an ordinance
to establish Penitentiary. .
By Mr Smith, of Johnston, resolutions to
amend the constitution, which were referred' to
the corn mute e on constitutional amendments.
Resolutions provide that members of the. Gen
eral Assembly be required to .have been for five
years a white citizen of the State, and tor two
years a white citizen of the district or county he
represents Senators to be thirty years xf age
at least, and Commoner's to be at least twenty
one. By Mr Donnell of Beaufort, an ordinance to
provide for t payment of the debt contracted
before, the war. . '
'By Mr Thompson of Bertie, an ordinance in
relation to late officers of the Sfate.
Be it ordained by the delegates" of the, people
in Convention assembled, That all officers under
the Constitution and laws of North Carolina,
which, since the 2dth May, 1SG1, have been
held by persons who, no matter when chosen,
have taken an-oath inconsistent with the official
oath to support- the Constitution of .the United
States, are hereby declared to be vacant, and. the
General 'Assembly at ifs first session hereafter,
shall cause the same -to be filled in the manner
prescribed by the Congtitution and laws of the
State, .and that all persons who may betbm ap
pointed to fill said offices shall enter upon the
performance of the duties of the same, whenever
the . provisional government in this State is at
an end.
ByIr- Love Jackson, an ordinance re
establishing the Supreme Court of the State.
Provides for the re-establishment of the Su
preme iiurt with'the Hons. R M Pearson, W
H Battle and M E. Manly as Judge thereof
Mr Brooki moved to tske op the ordinance
providing for election of members of a General
Assembly, &.C., which wa3 concurred in. Sev
eral amendments were offered, hut only two' were
agreed" to as follows : Ooe byMr Love, of 'Jack
son, altering the time fo4 the meeting of the-t
Legislature from the third to the fourth Monday
of November; and one by Mr Love, of Jackson,
providing that a poll tax shall not be required as
qualification for a voter in 'the November
election. The ordinance as amended passed.
For further proceedings see 2d pge.J
. THE ELECTIONS. .
An Ordinance providing for the .Election of
the -Vernier sf a: General Assembly, to be
convened on the fourth Monday of November,
1865, and J"or Electing Representatives in
Congres8,and Governor of the State.
Be it ordained by the delegates of the people
of -the State of North Carolina in Convention
assembled, and it is hereby ordained, by the au
thority of the same, That a General Assembly
ofrhe State shall be convened on the fourth 3Ion-
day of November, 1865, the trftmbers whereof
shall hold their places till the next election of
such members, wfTieh shall be held on the first
Thursday of August, 1866. -
2. Be it further ordained, That the Provis
ional Governor is hereby directed to issue forth
with to" the sheriff of each county, a writ direct
ing that an election be held for the SenAtors
and members of the House of Comnlons of such
General Assembly, on the second Thursday of
.November, next, tinder the rules, regulations
and provisions of chapter fifty-two of the Re
vised Code.
3. Be it further ordained, That immediately
on the receipt of he writ, each Sheriff shall
summon the Justices of the Peace of the Courts
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to asemble.at the
'Court House, on & day appointed by him, which'
shalj be as early as practicable, and they, or so
many as may assemble, shall appoint inspectors
for each place of election, who shall be forthwith
notified of their appointment by the Sheriff, and
they shall conduct the elections, and- make re
turns of the polls in the manner prescribed in
said chapter. -
4. Be it further ordained, That the Sheriff
or Sheriffs shall proclaim, the results f the elec
tions, and grant certificates to thoec elected, as
provided in said chapter. '
5. Be it further- ordained, That each mem
ber and voter shall be qualified, according to the
now existing Constitution of the State : Piovi-
ueu, noicever, inai no cnesnaii DO eiigtDie to a
seat, or be capable of voting, who, being free in
all respects, shall not, before the 20th day of
31ay, 1865, either have voluntarily taken and
subscribed the oath of amnesty prescribed in the
proclamations of Rresident Lincoln, with the
purpose to suppress the insurrection and restore
the authority of the United States, and thence
forward shall' have observed the same; or who
shall not have taken arid subscribed the oath of
amnesty of -President Johnston, bearing date
29th day of May, i8G5; and who, moreover,
shall hot, in eithercase, be of those who are ex
cepted from the amnesty granted by any of he
said proclamations, unless pardoned; But, pro
vided also, That all persons who may have pre
ferred petitions for -pardon, shall be deemed to
have been pardoned, if-jhe fact of being par
doned shall be announced by tbe Governor,
although the pardon may not have been received;
And provided, That tbe payment of a poll tax
shall not be required as a qualification for voters
6. Be.it further ordained, Thaffor the pur
1 7 7 T1 .
pose of ascertaining the qualifications of persons
rtrnnnatn rr i xtrxk n f 1 a r erAAfna m m v a t-t A 4
rronoftn?r
shall be their, duty, whenever the vote may be
I o
o vote, tbe inspectors mav. and it
challenged, or they shall hare cause to suspect
that he is not duly qualified, examine him and
others, on oath, touching the question. .
' 7. Be it further ordained, That at the same
Time and places, elections shall be held for seven
Representatives in the -Congress of the United
States, in pursuance of. chapter sixty-nine of the
Revised Code, which shall be conducted under
the rules and regplatidh therein prescribed for
such elections, and the Voters in said elections
shall be such only as shall be qualified to vote
for members ofthe House of Cummons, and the
Provisional Governor shall give the certificate
required by the ninth section if said ebapter.
8. Be it further 'ordained, That at the same
time' and places, an election shall be held for a
Governor of the State under the rules and reg
ulations prescribed in chapter fifty-three of the
Revised-Code, and the persons qualified to vote
for members of the House of Commons under
this ordinance, shall be qualified to vote or
Governor. . "
9. Bo it further. ordained, That no person
shall be eligible as Governor, unless he shall be
qualified according to the .Constitution of tbe
State, and also shall be capable, under the pro
visions of this ordinance of voting for members
of -the General Assembly. '
10. Be it further ordained,That the Gover
nor thus elected shall take his seat so .soon as
Lthe authority of the Provisional Governor ceases,
either before the. first day of January, 1800, Or
afterwards, before therfirst day of January, 1867.
11. Be it further ordained, That tha Gover
nor thus elected shall continue in office until the
first day. of January, 1867. .
12. Be'it further ordaiped, That it bhall be
in the power of the General Assembly to modify
so much of this ordinance as'relates to the pro
visions for electing the Governor and his term,
of office.' " . .
Adopted . October 7th, 1865. '
Registered. Bonds m.-Cocpoji Bonds.
Almost every day we bear of the loss of Govern
ment bonds by fire, by thieves, or io some other
manner The Courts have decided that where
coupon ponds Rave teen lost .or stolen, a man -I
ho innocwitlytuys them can hold them ezainst
the claims of. te mad who lost them. Where
coupon bonds are burned it is almost impossible
to obtain their value q the Government. Whi
registered bonds tbe case b different. Though j
they may be lost 'or stoleo, they will be paid J
only to the man in whose name they stand on
the books of the United State: and if they-art t
burned, there is little difficulty io getting the ru
replaced. " . ( -
Mr Punch advises, ladies, when being court
ed, not to object to the moderate use of tobacco,
They should recollect that where there is a
luuiivi .iuvio iuti w wuivmv
SPECIE PAYMENTS
From an able and lengthy article in the.New
York Commercial on the above ubjecte ex
tract the following; " . '
There exist at the present moment a greater
number ofcircumtancea favorable to resump
tion of specie payments, than are likely to be -united
together again for a long time to, come.
Motley is easy and trade prosperous. Com
merce has, been carried on for somatinie past
mostly for cash, and consequently the mercantile
and industrial pommunfties bare few or to en-
gtgements toJl injn riouidy affected by rtaump-
tion. StockToF goods of every description are
light, not only in first hands, but ' aUo In the .
hands of the. jobbers and retailers, so that the
fall of gold to par at the present moment will
less injure them than in ordinary times. The
crops of the present year will soon-come to
market and furnish ample means to liquidate
our importations and our other indebtedaess'to
Europe, thus preventing, for some time to come,
any derua'nd for coin for export, which is the. -only
demand that we can have as long as the
commanity have confidence io oar currency.
As soon as .there are undoubted indications of .
an approachiug resumption of specie payeqenti,
gold'will decline, and large amounts of capital
which have beevt transferred to Europe sinco
the enactment of the'Legal-Tendtr acr, will re- '
-turn Kere, and thus insure a favorable- state of
the foreign exchanges, even before large ship- "
ments of our products are made. And so every 1
one fears that resumption will bo accompanied
by a tight money markt, and falling prices, tht
orders for foreign commodities - and product
would at. once be greatly reduced, were resump
tion expected to take place shortly. Thus all
things combine to make next January a roost
favorable moment for the resumption of specie
pa v ments. - ' , ..-..
.
' t&" A military order has been issued io
Georgia commanding .Postmaaters not to deliver
letters to persons who have not taken, the oath '
of amnesty. . The Rome Courier says a letter
was received at the post office in that plaee for
a young lady, addressed to the care of her father,"
Tbe young lady bad. not taken the ostb of a lie- '
giance, and still refused to do so, but her father
had, and demanded the letter- on' the ground
'that it was addressed to bis care, The Post
master declined delivering it on tbe grounds
that it would have been an evasion of tha orders,
'and would not have bejln justifiable io doioj so-.
under tbe existing circumstances. Tbe point-.'
was made and referred to the General for his. -decision.
The following is his reply
Headquarters Department of Georgia, )
Augusta-, Sept. 13, 18C5. )
Respectfully returned" to the Postmaster at
Rome, Ga., thraugr? military channels: The
letter, will not be delivered until the orders of
tbe Military Comtujfnder of the 'Department are,
complied with. Parties (not alien citizen) who
oannot comply with the laws of tbe country will
prepare themselves to leave tbecountry. .
By command of Mejor-Ceneril Steedman.
Edward G. Dyke, A. A.-G.
, "
A Great National CuRiOBiTY.-r-The
Sentinel, published at Jacksonville, Ore gen, of .
the 12th ulf , says? .
"Several of our citizens returned last week;
from a visit to the Great Sunken Lako, situated
in Cascade Mountains, about' 75 miles norths
east from .Jacksonville. This lake rivals tha '
famous valley of Sinbad "the sailor. It ts
thonght to average 2000 feet dwn to the water .
all round. The walla are almost perpendicular,
running;' down into the water, and lesviag no
beach. The depth of the water is unknown,
and its surface is smooth and unruffled, as it
Ires so .far below the surface of tbe moatftaia
that the air currents do not affect it. Its length
is estimated at 12 miles, and its width at 10.
There is an island in its centre having trees up- .
on it. No living man ever has, and probably
never will, be able to reach the waters edge. It
lies silent, still and mysterious io the .bosom of
the 'everlasting hills,' like a huge well scooped .
out by the hand of the giant grnii of the
J mountains, in tbe unknown ages gone by, and .
Arorrnd it the primeval forests watch and ward
are keeping Tbe Vuitiog party Ced a rifle
several Mines JJto the water at ao angle of 45,
degrees, and- were ablo to oott several seconds
of time from the jcport of the gun, uotil the ball
struck tbe water. Such seems incredible, but -it
is vouched for by some of our most reliable
citizens,
ARTEMl'8 WaHD ON RECmOANIZAflOlf. ..
Artetnus Ward, io u recent letter, thus gives an'
idea of reorganization : ' .. . -.:.
"I have never 'attempted to reorganize my
wife but once. I (hall never attempt it gin.
I'd bin to a public dinner, and bad allowed my-
self to be betrajed'in drinking several people's ,
health, and make 'em as robuftt as possible, I
continued dririkiojj-their health until wiy own
became affected. The consequence wa I pre-.
nntt mBfir t lletaovV l,rtkiilo lata at iihr.
J " - ' J - , ---- 1-- I
with considerable liker . concealed about' at" , f
Tf - t '
persen. , a jiaa. Eomenow got ponsesnoa oir
bosswhip on my way home. Rcmemberioc.
some cranky observations of 31 rs Ward's in the'
morning, I aoapt the whip pretty lively, and in ' '
a' loud voice said, "Betsey, you need v reorgaaU
zing. I have come, Betsey," I ' continued -crackin'
the whip o'er the bed "I hare eoma "
to reorganize you I" ' .
Th at' cite 1 dreamed that omebody laid a .
hosawhip over me sev'ril times, sod wliea I
woke np I found she bad. I haiot dru&k mu'eh
of anything Koce, and if I ever have any reor-i
ganiien' job on baod, I will let it out." .,
TnRorGn-To Atlakta. The last trridga
has been completed oo the East Teoneett and
Virginia railroad, aid the trains are
jning throughto Atlanta without int
now raa
terrupttoo.
Oo Sunday evening last the first traia fm
over tbe entire length bf the East , Tenoeasea
road. It is a matter of public congratulation
that this important line of communication fcu
I beeoTe-opened.