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(fjtU' ( t'1 . - ( -f i t II i v ni in r i OFFIO 93 Per Annum C N THE SOUTH SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THB GLORY OP THE ONTC IS : THE COMMON PROPERTY OP THE OTHER .,'3 -IN ADVANCE . -v WUf J YATESj Editor and Pkopreitob. CHARLOTTE, N. C, T (JESDAY, MARCH 12, 1867. FIFTEENTH VOLUME H U II D E II 758. 9 1 i '' fc. it ' i 1 (QPublishcd every Ttiesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, IDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. O ' 37ilKIFs S3 PER ANNUM, in advance. .;. $2 for sir months. Cgyr Transient advertisements mnst be paid for in idvance. Obituary uolices are charged advertis ing rates. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f r a specific time, will b inserted until forbid, and phirged accordinpty. ' $1 per jafjuHre of 1 0 lines or less will be charged for each insertion unless the advertisement is in- aerted 2 month? oT more'. MECKLENCURG FEMALE COLLEGE AT. CH AItLOTTi; I C. Rev. A. G. STACY", A. M., President, Assisted by accomplished Instructors in all the De partments. The build.ings and grounds known as the N. C Military Institute, located in Charlotte, having been secured for a term of years for the purpose of a .Female College, the Institution will be opened as .ucb January 23th, 187. The first School year will be of irregular dura tion. -It will comprise one long Session of Twenty six weeks. This Session, or scholastic year, will be divided into two Terms of Thirteen weeks, each. Ralea per TcrmtpayahTe in advance in lawful currency of the Unittd States : Board with lights, $G0 00 Tuition Collegiate Department, 1G 50 Tuitiou--Irimitry Department, $11 00 to 13 00 EXTRAS I Muio or Piano or Guitar, 32 Lessons, $20 00 Latin, tvek, French, German, etc., each, 8 00 I'aintingJI)rawing, Embroidery, etc., at fair rates. Pupils will furnish sheets, pillow-cases, tovel3, table-napkins, and counterpane. The standard of Scholarship will be high, and the Instruction thorough. The building is eligibly situated with more than twenty acres of land attached, the premises being delightfully adorned with native oaks. Ample means of exercise and recreation will be thus af forded. For Circular apply to A. G. STACY, Dec 17, 18GG Charlotte, N. C z. B. VANCE. C. DOWD. VANCE fit DOWD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Charlotte, N. C , Having associated themselves together, will prac tice in the Courts of Mecklenburir, Iredell, Catawba, Davidson, Rowan, Cabarrus aud Union, and in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Claims collected anywhere in the State. April 2, IbCG ' tf JOHN VOGEL, PRACTICAL TAILOR, Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu facture gentlemen's clothing in the latest style and at short notice. II i 3 best exertions will be given to render, satisfaction to those who patronize him. Shu, opposite Kerr's Hotel, next door to Drown & Stitt's tore. January 1, 1866. 23 3 o "V :s3 :e . We take this method of informing our friends and the public, that we have moved to the large and e4tnniodiou Store Room formerly occupied by KAI1N WKILER & DUO., where we will continue to carry on the General Mercantile Business in all its various bnuiches.'and would respectfully call atten tion to our variety and styles of Gods. unsurpassed by any other House in the State, which we cfTer at exceedingly low prices. CLOAKS ! CLOAKS ! ! French blaek and colored Cloth Sacques, Basque? and Circulars, Silk Sacqurs and Basques. - ' tllCH DRESS GOCD3. We have now "in store one of the largest Stocks of fine Dress Goods ever offered in Charlotte. Our Stock consists in part of all Wool DeLaines, Em press Cloths, Poplins, Poplinettts. Alpaccns, Lus tres, together with a general assortment of all the low priced Domestics, DeLaines, Prints, &c , kc. GLOVES AND HOSIERY. Rest Kid ' Gloves in all colors. Ladies' fleeced lined Silk. Lisle. Bulir and Woolen Gloves, Merino Gloves. Superior English Hosiery for Ladies' and Misses', all of which are equal to any erer offered in this city. WHITE GOODS Of every description Table Cloths and Table Lin ncn, Towels, Toweling, Knapkins, kc, kc. CLOTHING Of every description. Frock and Sack Coats, Cassi mere Suits, Coats, Pants and Vests, and a complete line of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Boots, Shoes 'and Hats, all of which we offer at enormously low prices at Wholesale and lletai!. NEW AND CHOICE GOODS -Of every description received every week, and sold at prii-es warranted to prove satisfactory to pur-cha-eis. We take great pleasure in showing our Goods to those who will favor us with a call. . . A. WEILL k CO., Kahnweiler k Bro's Old Stand, Trade St. NOTICE. We tafce pleasure in announcing to the Ladies 4 V a wtTl Af.-,.v. ft . n . t o :.. . 1 , 1. .p . V 11 -V r , . ,, . " '""jr'1 A. WEILL & CO. Nov" 2G, 186U. ''The l.ovc Elird." SONG for the Piano, by Fannie Downin JUSt , received, at the new Book Store Also, GODEYS LADIES BOOK for February, at the new Book Store. J ' J.?2iW . -r- tippy, bro. Next Door to the Court House. FESH GROCERIES FEB. 1st, 18G7 J Just received an elegant article of Molasses, j Cneese, C CotTee Sugar, Crushed Sugar, Rio Coti'ee, i Tea. Candles, Soap, Starch, Ppper, Ginger, Spice, j Soda, Table Salt, Mustard, Ginger Preserves, Snuff, Tobacco, kc. kc. Also, a good assortment of Dry Goods, Crockery, Hardware and Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Wood and Willow Ware, kc., kc. Store under Baumgarten'i Photograph Gallery, pwly established. , . , JAMES HART' & CO. Charlotte N. C.j Feb i, 186T. A Confederate Rill in an Odd Place. At one of the colored churches in Molile, the minister, having finished bis sermon, announced that a collection would bf t;iken up for mission ary purposes. The "saf-scr" was accordingly sent round. When it came hack to the pulpit, the preacher proceeded to count the amount re ceived, and among the fractional currency he discovered a ten dollar Confederate bill. lie looked at it for some time with evident disgust, and then took a calm look at his congregation over the top of his spectacles. Then clapping the uncurrent bill upon the open Lible with in dignant emphasis, he exclaimed : "Bredorin, I pat this bill right dar on dc bible and let the Lord takecare of dat man '." Gift Enterprise Swindle. The Provi dence Journal reports that p. gift enterprise firm has disappeared from Westc rly, Rhode Island, with something like one bundled thousand dol lars forwarded by deluded people in anticipation of a grand distribution of prizes. GAESBBX SHEDS. Just received at the Corner Drug Store, a large and fine assortment of Buist's Genuine Garden Seeds, Consisting of every variety grown in this climate. Warranted Good and Reliable. For sale, Wholesale and Retail by Feb 4, 18G7. J. H. McADEN. Planting 20 BARRELS NORTHERN HUSH POTATOES, expected daily, for sale at the Corner Drugstore. Feb 4, 18G7. J. H. McADEN. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO., CO 1TI MISSION WKRfHASTS AND INSURANCE AGENTS. To all persons expecting to use Fertilizers this Spring, we would advise them to procure it at once. We now have in Store, Soluble Pacific Guano, Peruvian Guano, Ground Bone, Laugh's Raw Bone Phosphate of Lime. Mr A. B. Springs' Certificate on Pacific Guano should commend itself to every farmer in this sec tion. We feel assured our sales will begreatlv increased this Spring, aud recommend the purchasing of it at an early day. Cora, Seed Oats, Clover Seed, Flour, &c, &c, constantty on hand. Consignments solicited by HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO. Feb II, 18U7. AND ALL NEW GOODS. lYESBBT !k1lAXWELL Are now openiug in the David Parks Store House, on Tryou street, a complete assortment of CONFEC TIONERIES. GROCERIES and .NOTIONS, and we invite the public to call and sec our stock.it having been purchased by one of the firm, in New York, with great care. Having had considerable experi ence in business, we feel assured that we will be able to give satisfaction to all, and hope, by strict attention to business, to merit a liberal share of public patronage. Our stock consists in part of Rio and Java Cofi'ee, Cheese, Tea, Crushed, Pow dered and Brown Sugar, Molasses, Soda, Pepper, Spire. Soap, Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Ginger, Candles, Powder, Shot, Caps. Chewiug and Smoking Tobacco. Lorilard's Snuff, Matches, Shoe Blacking and Brushes. French aud Co in wo a Candies, Rfiisins; Currants, Citron, Jellies, Prunes, Ginger Preserves. Flavoring Extracts, Perfumery, Ketchups, Sauces, Sardines, Crackers, Fresh Fruit in cans. Figs, Oranges, Cocoanuts, Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Filberts. Pecan. EnglUb Walnuts, Dolls, Marbles, India Rubber Balls, Banjos, Violins; also, Banjo, Violin and Guitar Strings, and many other articles too numerous to mention, all of which are for sale low for cash or barter. A. R. NESBIT, Feb II, 1867. D. G. MAXWELL. Just Received at Pressoti & Gray's 4.000 Lbs Bacon .rides, 4 Bbls Family Leaf Lard, 10 Kegs Family Leaf Lard. The above articles will be sold cheap as the cheapest. Expected in a few days, 500 bushels of Corn and 500 bushels of Oats. Feb 18, 1867. PRESSON k GRAY. GROCERIES. Having purchased the interest of JAS. H. CAR SON, in the late firm of W. BOYD k CO., I shall continue the Family Grocery Business at the Old Stand in the Springs" Buiblii.g, one door above Hutchi-ou, Burroughs k Co. Thankful fr the verj- liberal patronnge bestowed on the Old Firm, I would solicit a coutinnance of the same. My motto shall be, Quick Sales and Short Profits, with fa?r dealings. Old friends as w ell as new customers will find a general and full assortment of Family Groceries at low prices. Come one. come all, and if you do not wish to boy, you mny find a comfortable seat by a good fire. In addition to the Family Grocery Business, I buy j and sell on Commission, i Cotton, Grain, Flour, Tobacco. Cot i ton Yarn, i3acon, Fertilizers, &.C., ! to which punctual attention and prompt returns are ! i ven. . . - OrJtrsor Consignments solicited. 31 r business my line or iraueare too sman 10 sen on cretm. From a long exptrience in business as well as p J general knowledge of Transportation. I hope to give entire satisfaction-aim snare a noerai patronage. Feb 4, 1S67. W. BOYD. I C,TT - T T TTr A v - rr ! WILSON, CALLAWAY it CO , . Bankers and Commission Herc&aats, Xo. 44 Broad Strett, A L 1 Ulih. R. T. Wilson', F. F. Wilsox, J. M. Johnston, New York; Thos H. Callaway, Cleveland, Tenn.; W. P. Okmh, Atlanta, oeorgia. MESSRS J. Y. BRYCE & CO-; will make liberal advances on Shipments to oar House. Dec 3, 183t? 6m Laborers Wanted. We want to employ 100 laborers, white or black, to work at the Cureton Gold Mine, in Union county. Good wages will be given, to be paid at the end of every month. Apply at the Mine, 10 miles from Monroe. B. J. CURETON A CO. feb U, 186T lmpd Starvation in Northern Alabama. The Mobile Tribune, in an article with the above cap toin, says : "This is rather a startling announcement is it not, reader ? Alas! would it were no worse than merely a startling or sensational heading to a singla case of destitution. It is absolutely, liter ally true, that many of our people in Northern Alabama cannot procure food are starving, hundreds of miles away from the means of sub stantial and permanent, relief. A few of the more fortunate aid their utterly destitute neigh bors, even when they eee want threatening them selves in the near future, but that whole region of country is impoverished, and assistance must reach the sufferers from more favored portions of the State, or it is an appalling fact hundreds must perish of hunger. 'We have received a visit from Mr C. S. Eng land, a citizen of Northern Alabama. He informs us that the drouth killed the crops last season entirely in the highlands; and as this was the sole dependence of the greater portion of the population for subsistence, there are many fami lies who have absolutely no food but that which they beg, or pick up in the woods, ; like wild beasts." In Cherokee county there is a great deal of suffering reported. The Advertiser predicts .the starvation of many, if something is not done immediately. It says the quantity of provisions now in the country is far short of what it was last year at this time. The March or Improvement. In Provi dence, Rhode Island, a man has been imprisoned in jail ten days for sleeping in church during service. In Philadelphia, ten young men were arrested fur lounging on the pavement in front of a church during service. What the Japanese Jugglers Do. One of the feats of the Japanese jugglers now in San Francisco on their way to the Paris Expo sition is thus described : An old man lies upon his back with his feet in the air; a little boy mounts and stands upon them. An oval tub is passed to the boy, which he places under his feet and upou the man's; another is given to him, which is added to the first, and eo on until the little fellow's head touches the proscenium from the top of the tot tering pile, which is all "the time supported by the strong and muscular chap below. The little fellow makes his salaam to the au dience from his dizzy height, coolly fans him self as he surveys the situation, and appears as unconcerned as if reposing on terra firma. Sud denly one of the performers utters an exclama tion iu Japanese, which is responded to by an other. The old man, the foundation of the pile, takes up the chorus, the little fellow at the top jerks it out like the snapper of a whip, the 'foun dation' gives his feet a kick things look squal ly for little Tommy tLe audience fear that he will fall and break his neck, or be terribly bruised among the boxes; the old man beccath appears in imminent danger also from the fall ing tubs; but no, he gives his feet a kick, throws the tubs entirely from him, and Tommy drops like a cat, alighting with his feet upon the old man's, and in an upright position. ;C-Mr J. U. B. De Bow, the editor of De Bow's Review, died after a brief illness, at Eliza beth, New Jersey. Mr -De Bow was born in Charleston in 1820. It. M. MILLER, W. 3. BLACK, late of Lancaster Dist., S. C. Charlotte, N. C. MILLER & BLACK, CHARLOTTE, N. C , Can be found at the well known Co-ton Store of R. M. Oates & Co., where they expect to keep constant ly on hand all kinds of Grain, hriivj Oroccrics & Provisions, at wholesale aud retail. Orders from a distance for Grain, will be promptly filled. They will also buy and sell all articles ia their line on Commission. Consignments solicited. The best of references given. Feb 11, 1867. tf Grocery and Provision Store, Under the Mansion House, opposite the Springs Building. I have on'hand, and will constantly keep, Corn Meal, Flour, Bacon, Lard, and Country Produce generally. Also, Sugar, Coffee, Crackers, Molasses, and in fact everything in the Grocery line a family may need. I have also a fine lot of Northern Potatoes and some very fine No. 1 Wackerrl. I will stll as cheap as the cheapest. Try rrie. The highest market price will be paid for country produce cf all kinds. Feb 18, 1867. 6m A. BERRYHILL. FA.C GROCERIES. Pickles. Preserves, Jellies, Mustard, Horse Radish, Powdered Ginger and Cinnamon, Ginger Preserves, Macaroni, Hermetically sealed Meats and Fruits, Salmon, Lobsters, OyBters, Clams. Sardines, Pins Apples, Peaches. Strawberries, Salad Oil, Catsups, Soda Powders, Vinegar, Killikinick Smoking To bacco, Havana Segars, Tobacco and SnufF, Chest nuts, Greeo nni Dried Apples, Raisins, Fishing Hooks and Tackle, Violin and Guitar Strings. WINES AND BRANDIES. Champaine, Pcmartin Sherry, old Newton Ma deira, old Port, Catawba, Rhine. Jas. Hennessee Cognac Brandy, vintage of 1858, Marc Renault double refined rectified Whiskeys, old Bourbon, Rye, Wheat, pure Corn and Monongahela Whiskeys, Holland Gin and Schiedam Schnapps, Bitters, St. Croix and Jamaica Rum, Cordials and Lemon and other Syrups, London Porter, A. Guineas t Sons' xxx Brown Stout, Dublin, Muir k Son's sparkling Edinburgh Ale, Glass Bottles, FIask3 and Demijohns of all sizes to the Trade. Old Corn and Rye Whiskej bj the barrel, to the trade at small profit. Victors and residents in Charlotte purchasing any of the above for medical purposes, can get a pure article by calling on Feb 18, 1867. . J- P. PALMER. Wheel-Wright Shop. The subscriber respectfully informs the public that be has a shop on College street, io the rear of Mr Cruse's residence, where he is prepared to do all kinds of wood work ia his line with neatness and dispatch. Particular attention paid to Repairing Wagona iid Buggies. , Jebll,1367. yiLLIAM FOSTER. STATE REWS. Important Decision The Stay Law of the Legislature Declared Invalid. The TarbW Southerner informs us that at Martin Superior Court week before last, the interesting question of the validity of the Stay Law of the Legislature was presented to Judge Barnes, and as it invol ved grave considerations, he reduced his opinion to writing. The Judge's opinion is against the validity of the law. We suppose the case will be carried up to the Supreme Court next June. X It is reported that Got. Worth will con vene the Legislature again in the course of a few weeks, with a view to calling a Convention. We do not know what foundation there is for this report. We incline to think, however, from what we have heard, that the Legislature will not he convened for the purpose indicated. Raleigh Standard. jCSTMessrs O. G. Parsley fe Co., received a letter from Gov. Worth, directing them to for ward at once one thousand bushels to Salisbury, and thirteen hundred bushels to Charlotte, of the corn sent to this State recently by the New York Relief Committe. . The remainder of the original three thousand bushels remains hire for further instructions. Wilmington Dispatch. 2TThe growing wheat crop in this portion of the State is very promising. The stand is good and the plants green. We learn similar favorable accounts from all sections of the country. The winter, though cold, , was alto gether favorable, in consequence of the snow that covered the earth for a number of weeks. Statcsville American. The Wife of ex-President Davis. Mrs. Jefferson Davis passed through this city on Friday evening last, accompanied only by a servant, en route for Charleston. She was met at the depot by Hon. Geo. Davis and lady, Mrs. J. E. Oakley, President of the Ladies Memorial Association of this city, and Hon. A. H. VanBokkelen. We are pleased to learn that this emioen t lady is enjoy ing good health, although, naturally ecough de pressed in spirits on account of the troubles by which she is surrounded. Wilmington Journal March 3. The Johnston Will Case This impor tant case, recently tried in Edenton, involving some five hundred thousand dollars, has been decided in favor of the will. We learn that an appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court, and the case is expected to be decided by that Court at its Juno Term. Unwelcome Visitors. We have been formed that a few weeks ago the family of Mr Burnett, living near the Black Mountain, were much startled by the sudden appearance of a Panther and her two cubs, who, it is supposed, were attracted by the crying of a child in the house, and while the men were sitting at the fire, suddenly bounded into the room with claws extended and eyes rolling. The geotlemen not relishing such close proximity to buch radical claws as they displayed, without weapoos of de fence, beat a hasty retreat, in "double quick," leaving the field to her Panthership and family, who went "bouncing round" to find the tender morsel they had come for. Fortunately the door of the room where the child was, was closed, and they retired as hungry as they came. Asheville News. Stock Raising. It appears to us that no portion of the United States can claim greater advantages for raising stock, than Western North Carolina. The grasses grow most luxuriantly, and the climate is peculiarly adapted to the health and comfort ot animals. These are the great natural essentials for stock raising, and we are pleased to learn that many intelligent gen tlemen are turning their attention to this profit able branch of agriculture. Our neighbors, Geo. R. B. Vance and W. W. Smith have just received pairs of pure Chester and Chester and Essex pigs, which are very fine, and, in our opinion, well adapted to this country. Ashville News. ' 4 "Jesus Will Go Witii Me!" A little girl, four years old, grew ill. One day her father was sitting beside her little bed, and she turned to him with the question : 'Papa, doesn't the doctor think I shall die?" Her father with a very sad heart, told his little girl the truth. Then her pale face grew very sad, and she mused a while on the dark graves she bad sometimes looked down into, where the people were buried. "Papa," she said tearfully, "The grave looka very dark. O, it is very dark indeed ! Papa, won't you go down with me into it?" That strong arm eho had been accustomed to lean on seemed to her a safe-guard in every hour of dread and danger. With a bursting heart, her father told her he could not go with her till the Lord called him. "Papa, won't you let mamma go with me?" If she could nestle close io that loving bosom, and feel those loving arms around her, the grave would lose its gloom. The same answer almost broke the father's heart to give. She turned her face to the wall and wept. The dear Ismb had been taught of Jesus, and she poured her heart out ti him with a child's fall faith. Soon she looked up with a joy-lighted face and said: "Papa, the grave is not dark now. Jesus will go with me." D. O. WOBTH. ' . O. DAHIEL. WORTH & DANIEL, Shipping is Commission Merchants, WILMINGTON, N. C. Dealers in Bagging, Rope, Ties, Lime. Plaster, Cement. Hair, Genuine Peruvian Guano direct from Government Agents. Salt, Hay and all kinds of Coal. Agents for Bangh's Raw Bone Super Phosphate of Lime. Agents for the Philadelphia Southern Mail Steam ship line. Agents for Goodspeed'a weekly Steamship line from New York. " Agents for Joaaa Smith k Go's line of New York aaU jackets. - JFeb 18, 186J ra , CAPTIONS OF ACTS Passed by the late Session of the Legislature. In addition to the list of Captions published last week, we give the following : An act to amend chapter 68 Revised Code, prescribing the duties of Clerks in issuincr mar riage license. Repeals so much of sec. 2 of said chapter as requires the Clerk to take bond; also requires the Clerk togiTe the names of the parents of each (when known) and also whether the parties are white or colored.! An act to authorize the President and Direc tors of the W. N. C. Railroad Company to put said lioad under contract. An act to regulate taxation by the County Lourts. Uequires the Justices of the several counties ot the btate in laying taxes for County purposes to impose taxes on all persons and subjects taxed by the State in uniform propor tion to me levies iaia Dy ine estate j An act to amend the act for collecting Reve nue. Ratified Marsh 12th, 1866 An act to pay Jurors in capital cases. Al lows same pay as Jurors of regular pannel An act to authorize the subscription of Lands, Bonds and Stocks to the Cheraw and Coalfield Railroad. An act to provide for including the Talue of stamps in the taxation of oosts. Authorizes the amount of stamps to be taxed in the Bill of Coets J An act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish Work Houses, or Houses of Correction in the several counties of the State, ratified 2d March, 1866." Allows several counties to unite in building said Houses, and at such point as may be determined upon by the Justices of all the counties combining, &c.J An act explanatory of an act entitled An act to change the jurisdiction of the Courts and the rules of pleading therein. Said act is not to apply to debts or contracts made since May 1st, 1865, or which may hereafter be made; it also extends the previsions of the stay law to suits in Equity as well as to action in Law, when the suit or action is founded on any contract or obligation entered into prior to May 1st, 1865. An act to incorporate the North Carolina Ag ricultural and Manufacturing Company. An act to protect landlords against insolvent tenants. An act to incorporate the North Carolina Or phan's Asylum. An act to extend the time for the return to the County Court of the lands to be sold for taxes. Extends the time for the years 1867 '68 to the 1st day of April of said years 1 An act to amend an act for the relief of Land- in-faords ratified the 2oth ot January 1863, and an th. . - act amendatory of the same, ratified the 28th day of May 1864. An act to grant amnesty and pardon to fe males, applies to those who made raids on Com missary and Quartermaster Stores, County, State or Confederate States. An act to secure advances for Agricultural purposes. Gives to any person making ad vances to agriculturalists a lien on the crop made that year in preference to any others. Provided, Au agreement in writing has been entered into before any advances has been made. An act to authorize the exchange of certain Bonds issued during the war for internal im provement purposee, for new Bonds. An act to incorporate the North Carolina Land Agency, for the encouragement of em igration. An act to convort the debts due the State from the A. & N. C. R. R Company into capi tal stock, authorizes the Governor to subscribe the amount due the State from said Co , as cap ital Stock, and increases the stock of the Com pany to $1,800,000. An act to incorporate the Charlotte Water Works. An act supplemental to, and explanatory of an act passed at this General Assembly, enti tled "An act to abolish imprisonment for debt." Amends by giving the Plaintiff in actions of tort his writ of capias ad respondendum, and shall only apply to actions of debt, assumpsit and covenant or actions ex-contracted 1 An act to incorporate the colored Educa tional Association of North Carolina. An act to harmonize and give through freight and travel, without the expense of transfer on different railroads in this State. Authorizes the Directors of the various railroads to entor into such agreements and terms with each other as to secure through freight and travel; and also authorizes them to make such connections with the roads of Tennessee and Georgia, so as not to be dctrimentat to the roads and sea-ports of this State. An act to change the time of holding the Courts in the 7th judicial circuit; changes as follows : Catawba 2d Monday in February and August; Lincoln, 3d " " Gaston, 4th " " " Cleaveland, 1st Monday after 4th Monday in February and August; Polk, 2d Monday after 4th Monday in Feb. and Aug ; Rutherford, 3d Moo day after the 4th Monday of Feb'y and August; McDowell, 4th Monday after the 4th 31 on day of February and August; Burke, 5th Monday alter the 4th Monday of February and August; Caldwell, Cth Monday after the 4th Monday of February and August; V atauga, 7th jlonday after the 4th Monday of February and August; and the non-Jury terms of the County Courts of said Counties be held at the same time, and the Jury terms of said Counties to be hald as follows : Catawba, 2d Monday of May and November; Lincoln, 3d " " " " " Gaston, 4th " " . " Cleaveland, let Monday after the 4th Monday of May and November; Polk, 2d Monday after the 4th Monday of May and November; Ruther ford, 2d Monday after the 4th Monday of May and November; McDowell, 4th Monday after the 4th Monday of May and November; Burke, 5th Monday after the 4th Monday of May and November, Caldwell, Cth Monday after the 4th Monday of May and November; Wataugar7th Monday after the 4th Monday of Alar ana no Tember,. ..... -r- i An act to authorize the mayor or chief mag istrate of any incorporated city or town in this State to enforce the collection of fines and pea allies. Authorizes said officers to order per sons who may be fined in obedience to any ordi nance of said corporation (and who refuse to pay said fines) to work en the streets or other public works. An act amendatory of an act passed this ses sion of the General Assembly, and ratified the 12th February, 1867, to change the jurisdic tion of the courts and the rules of pleading therein, and for ether purposes. Imposes a fine of $500, or imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, on any Clerk, Sheriff, Constable or other officer for issuing or executing any writ contrary to the meaning of the Stay Law. Resolution in favor of the Sheriffs of Union, Orange and Brunswick Counties, and the Tax Collectors of Wayne and Johnston Counties. Resolution in favor of the County of Stanly. Authorizes the Publio Treasurer to loan said County $3,000. Resolution for the relief of Culpepper Austin, Sheriff of Union County. Resolution authorizing the Governor to pay freight on supplies furnished by Benevolent Societies. Resolution providing commutation to soldiers, who have lost arms in the military service. Resolution in favor of soldiers maimed in the late war. Resolution in favor of J. L. Withers and James H. White. Resolution in reference to disabled soldiers. Allows $70 to those who have lost both arms, and when a leg or arm has become paralyzed so as to become useless, allows $70 for leg and $50 for arm. SPEECH OF BEVERD7 JOHNSON On the Reconstruction Dill. The following is the speech of Hon. Rcverdy Johnson, Senator in Congress from Maryland, delivered in the Senate on the 20th nit , on the bill to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States, which passed the Senate: Mr President: I have felt a solicitude for the condition of the country, consequent upon the exclusion of the Southern States from their right of representation in this body, that I want words to express. The view that I have enter tained is that, in their present condition, they are entitled to be represented. But the Con gress of the United States, from the termination of the rebellion to the present time, have taken a different view, and I have loat all hope of see ing them at any early date, if at any day with the consent of Congress, reinstated in their orig inal condition. Besides, the icterept, the Tital interest, which the peoplo of the South necessarily haTe in the present state of things, the interest of the other States is almost as great. As long as it con tinues, more or less will the reputation of the country suffer. I have been, therefore, from the first, ready to agree to any proposition whioh I believed would result in bringing the Southern States back, however much I may be opposed to the conditions which may be exacted of them. Nothing oan be worse than the state in whioh they are now placed. Desolation around thsm, all rights denied tbem of a political character, and on the floor of the Senate, to say nothing ot another branch of the Government, their character as men has been expressed in terms which have cansed me nothing but the deepest regret. 1 know that they are not deserving of such aspersion. I think I know that the de scendants of the men of the South who upon s0 many occasions battled on the field for the honor and glory of the country and contributed so much to the success of oar civil government, cannot be such men as some of the members of Congress have designated them. I wish them to be here in our midst to show by their pre sence that in all particulars, moral and political, intellectual and christian, they are our equals. The Tery battles which they have wsged in seeking to des'.Toy the government exhibited deeds of valor of which Rome in her proudest days might have boasted. If I had my own way I would receive them at once in this cham ber, with a heart full of conviction that they would be true to their duty to the country, and that they would promoto its permanent interest. But I have not my wsy. I am obliged, there fore, to acquiosce in the decision of the majority of Congress, however erroneous or nnjuat I may believe that decision to be, provided I believe that it will end in a comparatively short time ia restoring the Southern States to the brother hood of States. I am unwilling that this Con gress shall adjourn without the adoption of some measure that holds out a hope, however distant, that this may be the result of cur deliberations, and believing that this will be done by the adop tion of the measure as it now stands before you, 1 shall now give it my vote, not because I sp prove of it in the abatraet, or in the particular, but because I think I see io it a mode of rescu ing the country from the perilous predicament in which it is now placed. Mr President, it there be a feeling which should animate tho heart of every American, il should be one of generosity, magnanimity and charity for the men who, although they sought to break asunder the cords of the Union, are now looking with solicitnde to their being rein stated. If there be a feeling whieh shonld animate every American citizen, it ia that we should be, and at the earlieat period, a people one and in divisible, demonstrating to the world that how ever alarming the few last years may have been, and however they were calculated to cause the lovers of constitutional freedom to despond, the time will speedily come when the feeling eon sequent upon that effort will have subsided, and we ahall be brought together again and be seen in the undisturbed exercise of duties imposed1 upon ns, and exhibiting to the world a people great in war, and a people capable of being ia 1 the end, the war terminated, as great in peace. 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