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foFf J tar ' fi -.1 ft i a 8 "1 -.'t M MS ';?' 'i '( i -J Sit ; t ! "f ' VW r-.t I v. ,A ft '.' ; f V"''f I f. ''4; -- : i '--If v is i V - 1; J" t '5 ! ,: .is i' 1. r- I- ' if . 4 Senator Wade on the Political Situation. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer cial haa recently had a long talk with Senator Wade, of Ohio, npou a variety of topics. ,On the causes of the Republican defeat in Ohio, he frankly says: "The nigger whipped us. :e vent in on principle, &ud got whipped. He 1 surprised that so many Kepubhcans are mean enough to desire to see negro suffrage forced on the Sonth, while they object to it in Ohio. "T didn't dream that they'd be mean enough to vote against it here." . V s K- ..: As a Senator, Mr Wade declines to say that he- would vote to impeach -President Johnson, but thinks his impeachment last year would have prevented the recent republican defeat; and that if he were oiit of the way, the country would be better off. This is the substance of his conversation on this head. He thinks that impeachment Iast winter was defeated by the distribution of official patronage among the Re publican members of Congress, whom he de nounces for their venality. He thinks the re cent elections have had the effect of making the Republicans "weak-kneed" ; and that impeach ment will not take place. lie would like to vote for 3Ir Sumner's bill giving colored suffrage iu all the States, Xorth and South, but ia doubtful about the constitu tional power of Congress to regulata gjffragc in the States. He claims to be a friend of State Rights, within certain limits. ' He conld never draw out General Grant upon politics; but found him prone to talk of horses whenever politics are mentioned. He is not willing to support Grant for President unless he will show by his acts that he is in full sympathy with the Republican party. He would not be satisfied with a letter. He thinks a thorough Radical would run better than a Conservative, an the radicals always do the active campaigning. He has great faith in the "Western reserve." He is not the enemy of Chase, as is generally supposed; but would support him cheerfully if he were nominated. He don't think Chase very popular; but he could nevertheless be elected. Of Mr Johnson, he relates the following, touch ing his carl' career in the Presidential office : "Three or four days after the assassination, Johnson sent for me, and I went to see him. He met me very cordially, shaking me with both bauds, and said he was exceedingly glad to see me, and that there wasn't a man in Washington whose advice he would as soon have as mine. I tokl him I was very glad and very proud of that. We sat down and he said he wanted to hear my tiows on public questions and public policy. Well, said I, the iiri-t thing I've got to say to youis.be warned by the iiite of all Vice-Presidents who have been in your position. Look at Tyler and Fillmore, and pray to Gcd every night to save you from their fate. Johnson seemed astonished to think that I had any apprehensions of that kind, but I told him he couldn't be too careful, for that he certainly would be tempted as they were. He said I need have no fears; that he meant to stand by the men and party that elected him. I then went on to advise him what to do. I told him the first thing to do was to order the trial of a few of tho leaders of the Rebellion, before a military commis sion, and to hang them when found guilty. He said that he wouid do that very thing, and would commence with Jeff. Davis. He told me to hunt up the law on the question, and I agreed to do it if he would name some one to help me. He named Ben. Butler. Butler and I called on him a day or two after to find out exactly what he wanted, and we had a long talk with him. He told us he meant to hang the leaders of the Rebellion right away, as soon as they could be tried and convicted by a military commission. As we went away Btn. Butler said he was de lighted with Johnson; that he seemed to be si regular trump. We looked up the law of the ' case, and in a few days I called on him again. I talked to him about this very question of re construction. He said he was very glad that it was a matter with which he had nothing to do; that it belonged to Congress exclusively, and he should let Congress take care of it. We parted, and soon after I went home with the assurance from him that he would take uo step not sanc tioned by the leaders of the Rep"-Jiean party. I heard nothing from him until about two months later, when 2 met John Covode at a hotel in Cleveland, aud learned that the President had been in close communion with Copperheads and Rebels, and had said to Covode that he (John- fon) could do without the Radicals better than the Radicals could do without him. About a month after I went on to Washington for the winter, and I called at the White IIoufo. I Jbuud the ante-room full of Rebels and Copper heads, and I was soon convinced, from the style in which I was received, that Johnson had found friends and advisers outside of the Republican party. I knew then that he had started on the dowuward track, and made up his mind to be tray the party, and the country, too, if he could. I tried my best t save hiui, but it was no go." Wc will not repeat Mr Wade's unhandsome allusions to 31 rs. Lincoln. For the sake of her illustrious husband, and the honor of the nation, it is best that her faults, if she has them, j-hould be passed over in silence; at least, that L our feeling on the subject, now that it can do no good to bring them before the public. Xast, not least, Mr Wade censures Thad. Ste vens' scheme ol confiscation as fo'lv and non sense, and says that "if the titywtt of the South icant land, ht them vrorkfor iV." Alexander II. Stei hens to Address the People of New York-. Several leading gen tlemen of both jM'litical parties, among whom we are informed, are Mcsis. Brown Brothers and Peter Cooper, have rcceutlv addressed a letter to Alexander II. Stephens, of Georgia, requesting his presence in New York during the first week in December, to address our citizens on the ac tual condition of affairs in tho South, social and political. Mr Stephens, it is said, has accepted the ; invitation and may be expected here in a few.days, when the gentlemen having charge of the preliminary arrangements will pnbliclv an nounce the day upon which the Yiw President of the late Confederacy will deliver hi address. Among the leading men connected with the ex Confedcrate Government, he i pe rhaps, theeu ly one.wJio has retained a certain kind of affec tionate esteem from all parties iu the North, and there are very few speakers of tho day who can command more eager and attentive audiences. A'ctr York World. Wendell Phillips is out iu another letter urg ing the Radicals to proceed to the impeachment of President Johnson, and to make void all those acta of his which CoDgress may declare to have been illegal. Demands that active prominent rebels shall not be allowed to escape punishment that the . confiscated lands returned . to them under the President s . pardon thall be taken fronl them again andparcelled out among the negroes and that the new war cry of the Radi cals shail be "Impeachment, Revocation of Par dourand Pre-emption of Surrendered Land." , Military Orders. . HiiKauABfzRs 2d Military District, V :v Charleston, S. O, NoT.;14rl867. J General OrdersNo. 116. r The Sherifis of the respective Counties and Districts of North and South Carolina will cause to be prepared copies of the tax lists for their respective Counties or Districts, noting thereon all delinquent lax payere,"and forward the same through Post Commanders to these Headquarters. The expense of preparing sueh copies , will be audited aud paid as a County or District charge, as the case may be. - -By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Canby: Louis V. Caziarc, Aide-de-Camp. Headquarters 2d Military District, ) Charleston, S. C, Nov. 14, 1867. J General Orders, No. 117. In order to conform to the provisions of Gen eral Orders No. 05, Commanding Officers of Posts are authorized, when in their judgment demanded by the public service, to require, by order, the services of citizens to perform the duties usually performed by roadmasters and overseers of highways. Iu conformity with the existing usage, such i ervices will receive no com pensation. Any person failing to obey the order of the Post Commander in the premises, will be subjected to the same pains and penalties cs are now provided by law in the case of the neglect or refusal of a roadmaster or Overseer of highways to perform the duties of such offices. By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Canby : Louis V. Caziarc, Aide-de-Camp. To tnih Oust ruction of Railroads. Headquarters 2d Military District, ) Charleston, S. C, Nov. 17, 18C7. ) General Orders, No. 120. If any person, with intent to obstruct, stop, hinder, or delay, or displace the cars traveling on an' road, or to stop, hinder, or delay the pas sengers or others passing over the same, shall wilfully and maliciously put or place any matter or thing upon, over, or near any railroad track; or phall wilfully and maliciously destroy, injure or remove the road-bed, or any part thereof, or any rail, tie, or other part of the fixture appur tenant to or constituting or supporting any por tion of the track of such railroad; aud shall wil fully and maliciously do any other thing with like intent; or shall wilfully and maliciously in jure the road-bed, or the fixtures aforesaid, or any part thereof, with any other intent whatso ever; such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, aud on conviction there of before a military commission or other court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not exceed ing one thousand dollars, nor less than two hun dred dollars, and be imprisoned not more than three years, nor less than six mouths; and shall be committed to jail till he find surety for his good behavior, for a space of time not less than three nor more than seven years. And if it shall happen that, by reason of the commission of the offences aforesaid, or any of them, any en gine or car shall be displaced from the track, or shall be stopped, hindered, or delayed, so that any person thereby be instantly killed, or so wounded or hurt as to die therefrom within six calendar months thereafter, the party so offend ing, his counsellors, aiders, and abettors, on con viction, shall suffer death; and if any person shall thereby be maimed or be disabled iu the use of any .member, then, and in every such case such offender or offenders shall, on conviction, suffer fine "and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Canby: Louis Y. Caziarc, Aid de-camp. President Johnson's Speech. President Johnson wras serenaded in Wash ington week before last, when he made tho fol lowing speech : Fellow-citizens, It is not my intention to make an address upon this occasion, but simply to tender you my thanks for this demonstration a demonstration approbating what your fellow-citizens have declared in the recent elections in various States of the Union. They will ap preciate your response to what they have done, and send back greeting that the Union of the States must be maintained according to the origi nal design of our fathers. I confess I am gratified, but not surprised, at the result of the recent elections. I have al ways had undoubting confidence in the people. They may often be misled by a ''lying spirit in the mouths of the prophets," but never perverted; and in the end they arc always right. In the gloomiest hours through which 1 have passed and many of them, God knows, have been dark enough aud when our constitution was in the utmost peril, when our free institutions were as sailed by a formidable force, and our great repub lic seemed to be tottering to its fall ; and when I felt how vain were my efforts alone to preserve these institutions in their integrity, and to save the republic from ruin, I was still hopeful; I had still an abiding confidence in the people, and felt assured that they, in their might, would come to the rescue. Ihey have come! and thank God they have come, and tint our repub lic may yet be saved. Tremendous cheering. It was but the other day that I officially de clared that the remedy for the present unhappy condition of the country must come from the people themselves. They know what that reme dy is, and how it is to be applied. At this time they cannot, according to the forms of the con stitution, repeal obnoxious laws; they cannot re move or control this military despotism. The remedy is. nevertheless, in their hands, and is a sure one, if not x-ont rolled by fraud, overawed by arbitrary power, or from apathy on their part too long delayed. With abiding confidence in their patriotism, wisdom, and integrity. I am still hopeful that in the end the rod of despotism will be broken, the armed b lifted from the necks of the people, and the prin ciples of a violated constitution prererved. The people have snoken in a manner not to bo mis. understood. Thank Gcd thev havo it is upon their intelligence and thcW int.rn'tv that 1 have always relied, and still rely. The constitution ofthe country, which was imperilled, has recently been before them for consideration and it has had new life and vigor imparted to it from its original source the people. It comes back to us with renewed strength and power. Let it now be translated high up in the heavens, written in letters of living light, as the symbol of liberty and unnin, justice, magnacimit v, and fraternity! Goodnight. . t: - - - j " 8T The planters of Snmptcr county, Ala., have held a meeting and adopted a get of rules to regulate the employment of freedmen. Alter debate they agreed to give $10 a month to first claW field hands, S to second class, and 8G to third class. Also to require ten hours work in the day between April 1 and October 1, and nine hours work during the reifct of the year. Nocflr'Carolina News. Messrs. TpiJUtPo wkrs and Watk1n3-- General Canbjr has:-promulgated the findings in the case of; these "gentlemen, tried befbretthe 3filitary Comailssion in this city, for the alleged killing :f the negro ruffian who attempted to outrage a respectable young lady of Fayetteville. They were found guilty of the charge and sentenced to be hanged. Gen. Canby mitigated the sentence to fifteen years imprisonment at hard labor in Fort Macon, North Caroling i i s We trust that the various petitions in circula tion, and which have been signed by,many thou sands of our people, of both sexes, will be promptly forwarded to the President. "We can not doubt, when they are laid before him, with all the facts, that he will at once pardon these unfortunate gentlemen. -Raleigh Sentinel. JEf The North Carolina Conference will meet on the 27th inst., in Vilmington. Bishop Dog get is to preside over the body. Sr The Eev. It. T. Heflin, D. D., formerly of the North Carolina Conference, died of yellow fever in Huntsville, Texas, on the 17th October. His oldest son, Theodore, died on the 23d, and his wife died on the 19th of the same month." Stocks at Auction. The sale of stocks advertised to take place at auction by Messrs. Cronly & Morris, was well attended, and the1 bidding for that of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company was quite spirited. Of this stock ninety-two shares were sold at prices rang ing from $43 to S-15 per share par value $100. Fifty-one shares of the capital stock of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad were also sold. The price brought was $10 per share par value $100. Wilmington Journal. Interesting Revival. A most interesting revival of religion has been in progress at tjie Presbyterian Church in this place for the past week. About thirty converts is the number re ported, and many more are inquiring the way to salvation. The pastor. Rev. Walter W. Pharr, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Nail, of Alabama, are laboring with Christian zeal in awakening sin ners to repentance. Statesville American. North Carolina Inventions. An en graving machine, invented by Mr Guerrant, of Leakesvillc, N. C., was an object of wonder at the fair in Danville, Ya., nothing of the kiud having ever before been constructed. It will engrave a name or design in a few moments, and much more accurately than by the old method. It will engrave on steel, wood, or marble, the largest sized letters, or in characters so small that a microscope will have to be used to see them. A photograph can be duplicated on any ofthe above mentioned substances by this machine. It is wonderful in its operations; and is valuable to its owners. It is said that $100,000 has already been offered for the patent right. Farmers Think Abont It A correspondent of the Raleigh Sentinel says: Hops grow wild in Western North Carolina. What would they do if cultivated ? A very enterprising man in Forsyth e has the culture of this bloom under consideration. He has learned that it can be made to pay five hundred (500) dollars to the acre. The truth is North Carolina is suffering from the lack of a great variety of productions. There ever has been a tireless panting among our farmers and planters, for cotton and tobacco. Expensive fertilizers are bought instead of made, to raise them, regardless of all consequences. This would be just the thing for ns, if we had Calico Printing going on among us, and also To bacco factories at home. - But this is not our good fortune. We spend more in North Caro lina for cotton iabrics after they are made up than we get for the cotton we raise. Any land that will produce corn will produce hops. It is said to yield one thousand pounds to the acre. At 15 cents this would yield $150 per acre, even at this average. Hops are now much above the old figure, I think. The New England States have made $3,000,000 worth of hops in 50 j'ears. Land that will yield Indian corn will yield broom corn. This is worth 12 to 15 eents a pound. Is it good policy tor a man to plant his whole place in cotton, tobacco, or any one thing, and pur chase corn, hay, meal, flour, wool, flax, brooms, leather, and everything he needs for the farm ? Nature has given us soil and climate for seven tenths of all we need. I have eaten excellent meals and slept on the best of beds, at places where almost every article of food and raiment i was made-on the premises. An acre of laud will yield four hundred pounds of flax. This, at twenty-five cents a pound, gives one hundred dollars an acre, aud ten bushels of flax-seed, at one dollar and a quarter a bushel, will pay nearly for the dressing ofthe flax. It will not cost fifty dollars to raise five hun dred dollars worth of clover, counting the seed. A single acre will yield a ton and a half of clover, worth thirty dollars, and two bushels of seed, worth twenty dollars more. Yet. not five dollars of labor will it cost ; hardly the half of it. White Navy beans, at one dollar a bushel, (selling now at a dollar and a half.) would be a handsome crop, for land that is adapted to them, to say nothing ofthe vines, which make excellent food for stock. Just as long as we raise only certain kind of things, ana sell them in the raw state, and buy I five hundred articles to every two we sell, wc will remain poor people. Mark the prediction. Disturbing Reflection. The New York Times, as an argument to induce real estate own ers :-ou the Island" to reduce their rents next spring, reminds them that a Chicago paper has lately d:scovcred th;;t ;:thc commercial supremacy of New York is by no means established;" that 'this supremacy might be seriously impaired by the opening of a new and shorter route to the sea (from Chicago,) coming out at the James river." The Times then reminds the real es tate owners that the announcement is a "dis turbing reflection;" that, "instead of the North and East rivers, the great junction would be that of the .lames and Appomattox; the Erie Can.il would be outstripped by r the Dutch Gap canal; New York harbor . by Ilampton Roads; and New York itself by Richmond," for Nor folk. Although the commerce of Norfolk once exceeded, wc believe, that of New York, we fear with the Times that its arguments will hardly prevail with the "incredulous" land owners; and that, "in view , of the proposed change of the commercial emporium and metropolis," they are not likely to reduce their rents. Encourage Southern Enterprise. CANDY! CANDY!! CANDY II! NISBET & MAXWELL, ; Manufacturers of Plain and Fancy Candies.' To Wholesale buyers we will sell CANDY, war ranted pure, and as cheap as jt can be bought and brought here from Northern Market. ' ' --."November 18, 187. , - From the Wilmingtoa Journal. Negro Voters and Negro Tax-Payers. 3elow we present a table showing the number of negroes registered as Voters, and the number listed for taxes daring the present year in North Carolina. ' These figures - are '"taken- from the several reports of the County Court Clerks of the State, and are entirely authentic and reliable. . By reference to the census of 1860, it will be seen that the whole-number of those above the age of forty-five,, who in this State do not pay poll-tax, amounts to one in every three, or one third. The whole number of negroes registered is 7 1 ,657. Deducting one-third as above taxable age, we have 47,771 as the number who should have listed. But from the returns it appears that only 33,000 listed, leaving 14,771 who are not entitled to register, or have dodged the tax assessors and collectors. In the county of Cherokee alone, the number listed is greater than those registered, while in Edgecombe, after deducting the one-third non taxed, the number listed is as great as those reg istered no doubt attributable to the fact that the planters of that county listed the employees on their plantations themselves. In New, Han over 946 negroes have listed for taxes, yet 2,975 have registered as voters. Substracting 992 as above forty-five years of age, we have one thou sandund thirty-seven blacks in this county alone who have been improperly registered or failed to list their names for taxes. We are confident that the proportion illegally registered is small much the larger number have failed to list their names. What is true of New Hanover is true of the other counties. 1867. JVo. Regittered. Ko. Listed. Alamance, 777 339 Alexander, 130 75 Alleghany, 57 36 Anson, 1,067 583 Ashe, 76 31 Beaufort, 907 385 Bertie, : 1.265 518 Bladen, 1,135 589 Brunswick, 734 276 Buncombe, 403 189 Burke, 431 177 Cabarrus; 748 433 Caldwell, 209 89 Camden, 405 91 Carteret, 721 115 Caswell, 1,845 1,009 Catawba, - 315 174 Chatham, 1,055 565 Cherokee, 31 33 Chowan, 640 123 Clay, 14 8 Cleaveland, ' 373 227 Columbus, 681 301 Craven, 3,108 472 Cumberland, 1,421 430 Currituck, 381 116 Davidson, 679 371 Davie, 484 237 .Duplin, 969 485 Edgecombe, 2.593 1,897 Franklin, 1,483 699 Forsytho, 437 252 Gates, 468 175 Granville, 2,662 1,216 Greene, 692 383 Gaston, , 445 238 Guilford, 1,054 503 Halifax, 3.140 1,769 Harnett, 521 198 Haywood, 80 49 Hertford, 747 214 Henderson, 191 100 Hyde, ' 560 321 Iredell, '757 356 Jackson, 56 31 Johnston, 881 497 Jones, 525 247 Lenoir, 1,075 549 Lincoln, 407 208 Martin, 791 341 Macon, 55 37 Madison. 55 36 McDowell. 221 97 Mecklenburg, 1,645 764 Mitchell, 53 32 Montgomery, 317 239 Moore, 558 310 Nash, 869 473 New Hanover, 2.975 946 Northampton, 1,810 932 Onslow, 399 - 253 Orance, 1,294 571 Pasquotank, 849 243 Perquimans, 683 256 Person, 903 533 Pitt, 1,500 834 Polk, 120 43 Randolph, 452 260 Richmond, 1.067 C75 Robeson, 1,404 748 Rockingham, 1.302 71S Rowan, 1,054 478 Rutherford, 454 105 Stokes, 397 251 Sampson, 953 630 Stanly, 259 121 urry, 273 134 Transvlvania, 69 45 Tvrrell, 246 105 Union, 422 243 Wake, 2,862 1.297 Warren, 2.208 1.230 Washington, 548 140 Wautauga, 40 24 Wayne, 1.283 652 Wilkes, 241 105 Wilson, 897 474 Yadkin, 245 138 Yancey, 49 25 Total, 71.657 33.000 The Combination Sewing Machine The Troprietors, as a further inducement to parties purchasing this celebrated Machine, offer the fol- Jowing: The price of the Machine js reduced Ten Dollars. Parties purchasing trill be instructed gratis to exe cute any work upon it. Theif warrant Ute Maciine for twelve months, and guarantee it to do any work which can bs done bj any in tae world. And in audition, make a perfect button or Eyelet-hole, embroidering edge or whip ping on. lne 3laenme is always in operation at the agency. A. SINCLAIR, Nov. 18, 1867. Springs Corner. WANTED, For the ensuing year, a comfortable House, for a ROQu.ll family. Prefer to pay rent monthly. Apply at the Post Office. November 18, 1867. r, BAKERY. Ilaring secured tho services of an experienced BAKER, ure will keep "constant! on hand a, fresh supply of . i M ' i - ' - Bread and Cakes, And are prepared to furnish Families and Parties, at short notice, with PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL CAKES, Cake Trimmings, &e., at moderate prices. fiST Satisfaction guaranteed. Personal attention given to all orders. ' :ot!8, 1897. JflSBET & MAXWELL. Terrible Calamities. One of the West India Inlands Submerged and Ien Thousand Ptrsons Drowned. f 4 Torto!a,oneof the British West India Islands, has been submerged, and ten thousand persons drowned. A terrible hurricane had visited the Southern portion of the Island, destroying all the crops. Two hundred lives were lost, and four thousand families are destitute. ,; Subscriptions had been opened in Havana for the relief of the sufferers at St. Thomas. ,. v.. The Liverpool steamer which was sunk during the hurricane carried down 5,000,000 in specie aud merchandise. The loss of the Steamship Company, at St. Thomas, will amount to $12, 000,000. Some five hundred bodies remaining unburied have been burnt on the Island. Tortola, which has been submerged, is one of the Virgin Islands, West Indies, belonging to Great Britain, situated between Virgin Gorda and St. John's. The length of the Island is twelve miles and its breadth four miles. It con sists mostly of a range of hills rising to 1600 feet in elevation and in its north part encircling a harbor, on the west side of which is the town of Tortola. The Island is very unhealthy to Euro peans. Tortola has its Governor, Council and Legislative Assembly. It became a British pos session in 1G66. Other Disasters. The State Department has received from Lucius A. Very, United States Vice Commercial Agent at Matamoras, a letter dated October 12th, giving an account of the tornado which passed over that city and" vicinity on the night of 7th and 8th instant. He states: The amount of losses in Matamoras cannot yet be computed. Five millions of dollars would be a low estimate at least. Six hundred houses have been destroyed, including many valuable warehouses containing large stocks of goods. So far as heard from all the ranches are thrown down for thirty miles around Matamoras. At the mouth of the river the destruction was great ; scarcely a house is left standing. All theriver steamers were wrecked or disabled, except the Tamaulipas Xo. 2, which was still serviceable. Considering the great destruction of buildings, the number of casualties is not great, probably 20 killed and 40 or 50 more or less injured. Brownsville suffered equally with Matamoras. very few buildings being left uninjured. Much suffering, the Commercial says, must necessarily follow this terrible disaster, when so many are left without a shelter, and all their property destroyed. The State Laws against Iniinigration of Free Negroes. We learn from the Washington Star, that an important question has been referred to the At torney General for decision, by the Secretary of State, touching the legality ofthe emancipation amendment to the constitution. It appears that a Captain of a British vessel recently brought in to the port of Key West, Florida, three black sailors, whereupon the local authoritcs indicted him under the State laws, which prohibit the in troduction or emigration of free negroes. The Captain has appealed to Mr Ford, Charge cT Af fairs of Great Britain here, who has addressed a note to Secretary Seward on the subject. Pend ing the action of the Attorney General, action against the English captain has been suspended. The Constitution provides that the migration or importation of such persons as the States think proper to admit shall not be prohibted prior to the year 1808. That Is, the slave trade should not be prohibited before that date. As is well known, as soon as that date arrived, Congress, in strong and elaborate Acts, which have re mained ever since iu force, prohibited the slave r trade. The lancuaire of one of the principal of these acts is : "Shall import or bring any negro mulatto, or other person of color, not being a native, a citizen or registered seaman of the United States, or seaman, natives of countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope, into any port or place of the United States-which shall be situated in any State which by law has prohibited, or shall prohibit, the admission or importation of such negro, mulatto and other person of color," &c. Inmost ofthe States ofthe South free persons of color are prohibited from coming, or being brought into the State. Of course, no person is a "slave in any legal sense, until after he has been brought into the State and sold. The question now is, whether the abolition of slavery by amendment ofthe Constitution, and the passage, too, of the famous Civil Rights Bill, do not repeal all laws now in force prohibiting what is known as the slave trade, by removing all restriction to free immijrration. Special Term of Superior Court. State of North Carolina, ) Superior Court of Law, Mecklenburg Count j. Fall Term, 1 867. It appearing to the Court that the Civil Business of this Court is too great to be done at the regular term thereof, it is ordered by the Court that a Special Term of the said Court be held for said County, to commence on the SECOND MONDAY in December," 18G7, (which is the 'Jth day ofthe mouth,) and con tinue until the end ofthe following week, if necessary. All witnesses summoned in the civil causes of said Court, who mny be bound to attend the next regular term of the Court, shall attend the special term un der the same rules, forfeitures and penalties, and witlrihe same privileges, as if the term were a regu lar term. Wivness, E. A. Osborne, Clerk of our said Court, at Office, in Charlotte, the Dth Monday after the last Monday in August, A. D. 18G7, and iu the 92d year of American Independence. 94-lw - E. A. OSBORNE, Clerk. Notice to Debtors. Persons indebted to nie for Professional services are earnestly requestid lo settle, il&ny of these debts arc of long standing, and I am compelled, by circumstances, to require immediate settlement of alt. E. D. WILLIAMSON, M. D. Morrow's Turnout, Nov. 18, 1SG7 3wpd NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!! Our Stock of Goods is now complete I Wc have a superior article of Rio Coffee, Jirown and White Sugars, Molagses, Rice, Cheese, Crackers, I'acon, Lard, Chewing Tobacco, Durham's Smoking Tobacco, Soaps, Vinegar, Starch, Bagging, Iron Tics, Nails, assorted, of superior quality. Boots and Shoes, Ilemloek Sole Leather, Kip Skin3, FreirchCalf Skins, Saddles, Bridles, Buggy and Wagon Whips. Cheap Clothing, Hats, Lorillard Snuff, best quality. Axes, Shovels, Spades, Padlocks, Powder, Shot, Percussion Caps. With various other articles too numerous to mention. Our Goods have been purchased with great care. Call and Buy your Supplies. For you may be assured that you cannot do better elsewhere. All Goods warranted as represented. Our Motto is "Quick Sales and Short Profit." 4 No objection to all Goods being re-weighed that goes from this Establishment. BOYD & MOODY, Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C. November 18, 18G7. . 4 . SACKS SALT, Weighing over 235 pounds eaek. For sale by. JIUTCIILSON, BURROUGHS & CO, Nov 18. Removal of Cotton. Recently we cited a paragraph from the Pe tersburg Index, in reference to the removal of cotton from district to district jn North Carolina, which complained of the action of the United States authorities in interposing obstacles to such removal. Since then we have seen an extract from a letter from Commissioner E. A. Rollius, dated at Washington, November 9th, in which that official says : , - t s "In reply to your letter ofthe Gth inst., in quiring if a certain newspaper paragraph which you enclose is correct, you are informed that per mits and bills of lading are not required for the removal of cotton from point to point within the district where produced; and that a United States weigher is the only officer entitled to any fee for weighing cotton ; and his fee of twenty-Svc cents is intended to both com pensate him for his labor of weighing, marking and inserting the tag and reimburse him for the five cents which he is required to pay the Gov ernment for each tag so used. When the weigh ing is done by the tax-payer, or by any person other than a United Stated weigher, at his own expense of labor, five cents for each tag required to be used is the only fee to be exacted. Sale of Valuable Property. Having obtained Letters of Administration upon the Estate of A K. Erwin, deceased, I will sell at the late residence of said deceased, to the highest bidder, on Tuesday, November 26th, 1807, all the personal property belonging to said Estate, consisting of some tine Mules, Horses, Milch and Stock Cattle, Pork and Stock Hogs, Sheep, &c, one fine Carriage, one Hug gy, two Wagons, Farming Tools of all description, lilacksmith Tools, one Cotton Gin, one horse power Corn Mill, both in running order; Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Oats, Fodder, Hay and Household and Kitchen Furniture, and other articles too tedious to mention. Terms made known on day of sale. All persons indebted to the Estate of the said deceased, are hereby notified to make immediate pay ment, and those having claims against the Estate are requested to present them to tho subscriber within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. JOHN It. EltWIN, Adm'r. November 18, 1867 2w SALE f VALUABLE PROPERTY As Administrator of Zenas A. Grier, deceased, I will sell,- on the premises, on THURSDAY the 5h day of December, all the Personal Property of said deceased, consisting of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Sheep, Stock and Tork Hogs; Road wagons and Har ness, Carriage and Harness, Buggy and Harness, Farming Implements of every dehcription, lilack smith Tools; Household and Kitchen Furniture, rem very nice. Cotton, Corn, Wheat and Oats, And roughness of all descriptions; a first rate Cotton Gin and Thrasher, besides many other articles too tedious to mention. figJf- At the same time, I will rent the Farming Lands of the deceased for the term of twelve months. Terms made known 011 day of sale. Nov. 11, 18G7. THOMAS GRIER, Adm'r. Further Notice. All persons indebted to the estate of Zenas A Grier, deceased, aro notified to come forward and make set tlement, and those having claims must present thcin, properly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. THOMAS GRIER, Adm'r. November 11, 18G7. 4w Stray Cow. Strayed from my premises, in Steel Creek, about a mouth ago, a black aud white Mulay COW, with a crop off each ear, and had a large bell on with no clapper. It is supposed that she has gone back to Union county, near Stevens' Mills, where she was raised. Any information that will enable me to get her will be thankfully received. Information may 1m left at this Office. JOHN PENNEGAR. November 18, 1807 2wpd NEW DRUG STORED Xearly opposite the Mansion House, Sd door abort Diicey's Hank, Charlotte, X. C. KILGOKE & CURETOX, Wholesale and Retail Dealkbs i Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery, Surgical Instruments, Paints, Oils,Dye Stuffs, To bacco, Segars, Stationery, &c, &c. B. F. KILGORE, M. D. Nov. 11, 18G7. T. K. CURETON, M. V. LEONARD H. SMITH WITH Kilgore & Cureton, Druggists, Will be pleased to sec his old friends at the New Drug Store, and being anxious to close out the re mainder of his Stock of Millinery Goods, Hats, Caps, Furs, offers great inducements to purchasers. Call and examine this stock and secure bargains. November 11, 18G7. Wooden Ware. Tubs, Churns, Buckets, Washboards, Rolling Tins everything in the Wooden-ware line, for sale cheap, next door to the Court House. Nov. 11, 1807. JAMES If ARTY Si CO. Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, for salu at low prices, next door to the Court House. Nov. 11, 18(17. JAMES If ARTY & CO. Crockery, Glass Ware and China. Beautiful Gold Band Tea Setts, Cut Glass Goblets, Wine Glasses, Bohemian Glass Toilet Setts, in great variety, next door to the Court House. Nov. 11, 18G7. JAMES II ARTY k CO. House Furnishing Articles. Chamber Setts, Japancd some very handsome ; all kinds of House Furnishing Articles, Knives and Forks, Spoons, Castors, Candle-sticks, &c., next door to the Court House. Nov. 11, 1807. - JAMES II ARTY & CO. Groceries. Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Molasses, Soap, Candles, Table Suit, Mustard, &c, cheap for cash, next door to the Court House. Nov. 11, 1857. JAMES II ARTY ti CO. PIANO FOR SALE. A fine 6 octave Rosewood Piano, Stool and Cover, is offered lor sale. This Piano is comparatively new and in good order. Address me at Kirk la mi P. O.. Cabarrus county, or inquire of Miss Pcuick at the Charlotte Female Institute. J. M. W. ALEXANDER. November 11, 18G7 Impd New Piano for Sale. A splendid new 7 octave Rosewood Piano. We can ship any day desired. Terms very reasonable. BRANSON, FA BRA R & CO., Agents Stieffs Premium Pianos, Nor. 11,1867. 4w Raleigh. X. C. Grocery and Provision Store. . ALEXANDER BERRYHIM', At the centre Store under the Mansion IIoS h" for sale a good assortment of GIIOCZRJES AND MOVISOX, Sach as Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Salt, FJ0"1 J Bapon, and anything usually kept in Family uro- cery Store. - ' , . Persons who buy at retail will And my prfces u low as any in this city, flERRYHILL, October 28. 18G7 &a t