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OFFICE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET $3 Per Annum CHARACTER IS AS" UIPOBTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER IN ADVANCE W TAHS, Editor and Propreitor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY,. MAY 29, 1866. FOURTEENTH VOLUME--N U M B E It 719. I 1 II a i THE (Published every TueMlay,(o) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. S 3 PER ANNUM, in advance $2 for six months. t6jj" Transint advertisements must be paid for in tlruncc. Obituary notices are charged advertis ing rates. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript fir a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per qnare of 10 lines or less will be charged for each insert ion, unles the advertisement is in serted 2 months or more. MEDIC All CARD. DRS. GIBBON k McCOMCS, having associated themselves in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, respectfully tender their professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. From a litrge experience in private as well as Field and Hospital practice, they feel justified in proposing to pay special attention to the practice of Surgery in all its branches. Office in Granite How, up stairs, opposite the Mansion House. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D. Dec 11. 18C5 J. P. McCOMHS, M. D. FULLINGS 6c SPRINGS Have removed their CLOTHING and MERCHANT TAILORING STORE, to No. 4 Granite Row, lately occupied by J. S. Phillips. We are offering our Stock of , READY-MADE CLOTHING at cost for cash. Our former friends and patrons will do vrel to supply themselves at once. We will keep at all times a good supply of Cloths, Cassimers a;id Vestings, which will be made to order in the best style and manner, We will keep also a good stock of Hats, Shirts, Drawers and other furnishing Goods. FULLINGS & SPRINGS. Jan 29, 18GG EItiichioii fc Springs, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Agents of the most reliable MJV S UIl.JJI'CE COlMf.tVii:s in the United States. Boon the SAFE SIDE and insure jour property again?! loss or damage by tire. Also, INSURE YuUR LIFE for the benefit of vour wife and chlldicu. RISKS taken at moderate rales. Call on Hutchison k Springs, No. 4, Granite Row. E. NYE HUTCHISON, J. M. SPRINGS, March 5, 180(1 Agents. The Southern Express Company, For the transportation or merchandise, valuable package, specie, bank notes, bonds, fce, for all parts t'f the Somh and St.iuhwest, in connection with ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, have established their agency at 59 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, where orders to call for goods to be forwarded South will receive prompt attention. Merchandise and valuables deli vered to Ilarnden's-, Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com panies, for the Southern Express Company, will re ceive prompt dispatch. For particulars, rates of freight, kc. &c, apply at :the office of the Southern Express Company, 59 Broadway. II. B- PLANT, Dec Itf, 18G5. President. HYMN BOOKS of all kinds. 1. Presbyterian. 2. Methodist (Southern.) .'I. Iiaptit Psalmody. 4. Lutheran Hymns. 5. Note Books of different kinds. The Hymn Books are of every variety, from very cheap to the mo;t costly styles. R N. TIDDY k CO , New Book Store, next to "Sciirr's Drug Store, March 5, IHG'J 3ui Charlotte, N. C. tsse: e:h ! J' vkls; urn A SSV li A 7 t" I) SOCIETY OF THE USITED STATES. Accumulated Fund $-1,000,000 Annual In come $ I, WO, MO. PURELY MUTUAL. ANNUAL CASH DIVIDENDS. At the rcuct of their numerous Policy-holders, this Society have detei mined to declare their divi 'tlcinis aunuallv in cah. The hist dividend will be declared Feb i, ltioT. The last dividend declared n the quinijiieuuial plan reduced the premiums in jpome cases more than 50 pel cent, or doubled the ; Policy during the next dividend period. It is be- lieved for the tuiure that no company in this coun trv will be able- to present greater advantages in its tfrvidends to persons assuring than this Society, as loial expcisditutc to cash premium received was. by the last .New York liiMiiance Report, less than jhat of any o? 'he older American Life Insurance .companies. The otlicers of this society desire to present to the public for their consideration live modes of di viding surplus premiums or profits, some of which were never before granted to Policy-holders by any Lite Company, and present advantages obvious to all: 1st. The dividends may be applied to the pur chase of additional assurance for a term of years. 2d. Dividends may be applied to reduc the pre mium co uing due next. At the last dividend, upon A similar plan, premiums were reduced one-half up on some policies. 3d. Ti e dividend may be applied to provide for the payment of premiums at the latter end of life, so that the assured may be guaranteed against fur ther payments on attaining a certain age, each suc ceitive dividend gradually reduciuti the time during which the premiums must continue to be paid, so lhat at list, with t lie same success as heretofore, a paid up policy will be secured by quite a" moderate nutubrr ot piemiums. To illiisjra-e .jnan assur ing at ijjears olf would, on the basis of our last dividend, be secure I by this application of dividend against any n vim lit at'ier 43 mid ptobably at an earlier age and ihervatu-r receive an annual divi. dend in cash. 4th. Dividends may be applied to the purchase of a certain addition to the l oiicv, nnvable with it. 6th. Dividends may be applied to the reduction of all future premiums during the continuance of the policy. Hereafter dividends on the first annual premium may be used as cash in the payment of the second annual premium, and so on thereafter, the dividend on each ptfmium may be applied to the payment of .the next succeeding premium. Policy-holders in most other companies must wait four or five vears before auy adrar.tage can be derived from dividends. Call at No. 4, Granite. Row, and get books and papers for further information. HUTCHISON ft SPRINGS, Agents, For N Cnr-iMna. S. Carolina and Georgia, Feb 2(J, lS3a. ' ' " Charlotte, N. C. J. ii. s vim;i:s & t o.. i (2d door from Democrat Office, Trade Street,) j ARE constantly receiving additions to their large stock . of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Plantation Hardware and House Keeping Ltensils. Their assortment consists in part of tho following articles, viz : . SUGARS. Lrown, Clarified, Granulated. Crushed and Powdered. COFFEES. Rio, Lisguira, Java and Maracaibo. TEAS. Ulack, Green. Canvas-Back, and Extra Carious Young Hyson. SYRUPS. IJoston Drip, extra fine; Baltimore Amber. Chesapeake, East India (old fashioned), Con federate. CHEESE. Sweet Cream, English Dairy, and Pine Apple. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. Tubs. Painted Buckets, Horse Buckets. .Willow Buckets", brass-hooped Pails. Flonr Buckets, Spice Boxes, Spice Mills and Wash boards. Sitters, Cottage Reticules, Cake Cloths and Knife Baskels; Cloth, Shoe and Dust ing Brushes; Hearth and large Brooms. CROCKERY. &C. Basins and Urns, Bowls, Cups and Saucers. Creamers, Dishes, Pitchers, Cruets, Goblets, Jelly Stands, Mugs, Preserve Dishes. Stone Jars, Clocks and Jugs, all sizes. SHOES AND LEATHER. Hemlock Sole Leather. Kip Skins, large! Ladies and Gents' Shoes, Boots and Slippers. HARDWARE AND FARMING IMPLE- fJVIENTS. Axes. Grub Hoes. Weed Hoes, Grain Scytues and Suatus, r orks.Sspades and Shovels, Hatch ets, Garden Rakes and Hoes, Blacksmiths' Bellows, Anvils. Hammers, Vises, Cut Nails, Finishing Brads, Carpet wnd Giinp Tacks, Andirons. Shovels and Tongs, Pots, Kettles, Ovens and Spiders, Pad and Cottage Locks, Horse Shoes and Nails, TIN AND WHITE METAL. Coffee and Tea Pots, Pans. Cups, . Buckets, Spoons, Ladles, Skim mers, &c. &c. VARIETIES. Catsups, Jellies, Pickles in Jars and Barn-Is, American and French Candies, Race Ginger, Mace, Mustard, Nutmegs. Pepper and Alspici in grains and ground. Raisins first quality; Bi Carb of Soda, Sat -Aeratns, Soaps of all kinds. Concentrated Ley; Stearic. Adamantine, Tallow and Speim Candles: Blue Stone, Blueiug, Borax, Copperas. Ink, Indigo, Madder. Matches. Percussion Caps, Powder, Shot, Salt, Salt Petre, Drake s Plantation Bitters. Together with a great variety of other necessary and useful articles aJl of which we are selling at whole sale and retail. . I'tT" Always on hand. Flour, Meal, Corn, Bacon, Lard and Butter. J.- M. SANDERS CO. May 14. K.Wi. ENCOURAGING TO FARMERS. If you want to save money go to BARRINGER, WOLF E & CD's to buy your Goods of every kind. M L BARRINGER, S. C. WOLFE, April 9th " MARSHAL E. ALEXANDER. LINC0LNT0N FEMALE SEMINARY, LINCOLN TON, N C. The Fall Session, IBOG, beginning June 4th, will continue 20 weeks. Competent teachers will assist the Principal in the svveraj departments. Rates V)i U. S. currency, in adrunce : Board, ex clusive of lights, S80 ; regular tuition S5loS25; Piano lessons $25; Guiiar lessons $20; use of Piano S5; use of Guitar $3. A liberal patronage is respectfully solicited. Address, REV. S. LANDER. A M., May 7, 18C0 2mpd Piincipal Cotton Griiis, MANUFACTURED BY VY. G. CLE Y ON 8, 1JKOWN & CO., COLUMBUS, GA. We have resumed the manufacture of Cotton Gins in this city, and will be prepared to fill orders by 1st June next. As we shall not -be, as heretofore, represented by traveling agents, parties wishing out Gins, will confer a favor by sending in their orders at an early day. As owing to the demand, we shall be unable to keep a stock in the hands of our local agents, as it was our practice before the war. All business transactions being now reduced to cash, our sales will be made on the basis of f eady pay. Our Gins are too well known to require any spe cial notice or commendation; we believe they unrivalled in points of excellence which go to make up a superior machine, namely: Speed, liyht draught and good sample. Our DOUBLE -CYLINDER GINS will be found superior to the single "cylinder, w hen parties have steam or good water power, to give them the neces sary speed. In ail cases w hen this can be done, we recommend them in preference to the single cylin der. If, however, indifferent or insufficient Kwer is used, thev will not do as well as the single Gin. Messrs. DkROSSETT & CO., Wilmington, N. C, are our general agents for the State of North Caro lina. W. G. CLE.MONS. BROWN k CO. Columbus, Ga., 24th April, 18GG We will give prompt attention to orders for the above celebrated Gins from any part of the State The price is five dollars (?5) per Saw at the Facto ry, and five dollars for each Gin will only be charg ed to purchasers for transportation to this point. DeROSSETT k CO. Wilmington, N. C, May 7, 18G6- 2m WHO WANTS A PIANOS Several Patrons of the Concord Female CoHege have requested my aid in -securing Gaoorf Pianos For their use. Tbis has induced me to make ar ransenunts with some of the best manufacturers i which enable me to furnish instruments of the firs class at reduced prices. I can save each purchaser j from $40 to $11)0. Price lists of the manfacturers I will be sfnt to those who desire them, to aid them ! in making selections.' j When selections shall have been made the money I can be sent to me at my expense, by the Southern j Express, and a Piano will be shipped to the Depot i the purchaser may designate. Each Piano sold wfll i be fully warranted. Address me at Statesville, N. O. ' J. M. M. CALDWELL, j May 7. I860 y GUNS AND PISTOLS. Do oble -barrel Shot-Guns, Pistols, fjaftridges, ; Lead, Shot, Powder an'd caps at A. SINCLAIR'S j GROCERIES. ' Coffees, Teas, Sugars, all grades, cheaper than ; the cheapest, at A. SINCLAIR'S BACON. 2000 lbs Brevard Davidson's be&t Bacon, at i April 30th A. SINCLAIR'S. - J. M. I1INES of Va , SHORB BROTHETRS, Successors to Shojib, Rax.vky k Co., Importers and Dialers in China, Glass and -Earthen-w are, No. 62 Vesey Street, April 9, 1866 6m New York, ! . THE REVENUE. . Ul j The following is the opinion of the Public j Treasurer, to which we have heretofore referred. It covers some important points, to which we need not direct the attention of the people, as everything connected witJi the subject of taxa i tion, now-a-days, is read with avidity : State of North Carolina, ") ; Treasury Department, llaleigh, May 15, 1866 J li. W. Kinij, Esq, Chairman Lenoir County Court, Kinston, N. C. Dear Sm : Yours of the 12th to the At torney General is referred to me for answer, On- der the understanding that all questions rela ! ting to the Revenue shall be submitted first to this Department. The following opinion meets I with the concurrence of the Attorney General: You desire the proper construction of the act of iy00-61, 2nd liXtra fcession. Chap 5, page 8, as amende! by the act of 1862 '63, chap 18, page 25, regulating the duty of the County Court in laying taxes for county and school purposes. There can be no question, I think, that these acts are in force, they being certainly ''consist ent with the Constitution of the State and the United States," and "compatible with allegi ance'of the citizens of this State to the United States," and therefore made valid by the ordi nance of the Convention "declaring what laws and ordinances are in force," page 56. j You desire to know whether the County j Court must tax articles mentioned in schedules li and C, of the Revised Code, and .if so, bow the tax is to be laid. After careful consideration, I am of opinion that the power of the County Court is confined to the subjects of taxation embraced in schedule A, i e to listed taxables. The act of 1861, aa amended by -that of 1862-'3, is as follows : "The Justices of the several County Courts at the first Court, which shall happen after the first day of January in every year, shall for county and school purposes lay a tax on all such subjects of taxation within the county jfs may be taxed by the revenue laws then in force, and in the same manner for raising revenue for State purposes. Provided, That "the tax imposed by the County Courts, for county purposes, shaH be in the same relative proportion aa for State purposes, upon the one hundred dolhrs valuation for everything, where the tax is laid for State purposes according to valuation, and upon all subjects specialty taxed, the tax shall be in proportion to that which is levied for State purposes." The General Assembly has always been care ful as to the extent of power of taxation con ferred on the County Courts. It was at onw time gravely questioned wheth er this branch of sovereignty, the levying con tributions from" citizens, could under the Con stitution be delegated by the Legislature, and a resort to ihe supreme judicial tribunal was ne cessary to settle the controversy. For a long time a limit was fixed to the discretion - of the Court. For years preceding the passage of the present law, lluir power of taxation was confined to land and polls. Ci ttair. tax.s are on subjects, required to be given in on oath to the list-taker; others are paid directly to the sheriff, others to tbeclerk of the county court, others to the Public Treasurer. From the former source has always been de rived the bulk of the Dublic revenue, and from the foundation of the government until 1861 the jurisdiction of the county court was restric ted to two or more items of that class. The other taxes haxe always been and are now of minor importance. These listed subjects are enumerated in what is known as 'schedule A," of the Revenue act, while the other faxes are. designated in "schedule R," and "schedule C " To secure the collection of the taxes from listed subjects or those in schedule A, rules and regulations have ever been prescribed, adapted as well for the tate as the county rev enue. Other regulations for the guidance of the sheriff or other officers are laid down to en force the payment of public-dues under schedules-Band C, but these rules are not appropri ate to the collection of county revenue from thee sources Prior to 1861, the County taxes were always imposed on the lists as returned by the list-takers. The Court, knowing the quantum of money to be raised, and, from the lists, the num ber and value of taxables under thei" control, easily fixed the rate of assessment, without on the one hand raising an insufficientsum,or on the other oppressing the people by exorbitant levies. The Convention jof 1861 amended the Con stitution, so .as to make slaves taxable as prop erty, whereupon a revenue law was passed, framed on the nd 'valorem prioiple Money j at interest, household 'and kitchen furniture, land, slaves, and other articles were assessed at j an uniform rate according to value, leaving oth ! er articles regarded as sumptuary to be especial l ly taxed as had always been customary. , i Under such a revenue act there seemed to be I do danger in committing all these subjects to j the discretion of the County Court provided discrimination, against particular interests was "prohibited Accordingly, at the same session a : law was passed, giving this power, and ' manding uniformity in the levies. com I While, however, the jurisdiction of the Court : was extended, tlTe taxes collectable by the Sber ". iffa and Clerks were not only not lowered, but, in some casses, raised If the Assembly had j intended to subject these to County charges, the State charge would have been so apportioned as to enable them to bear the double bdrden. j Without such apportionment, many men of honest callings would be forced to abandon those I callings. ' " j ' The taxes in schedules B and C are usually ! the priee of a license to persons exercising par ! ticular callings. . For many years the Geoeral I Assent bly affixed certain amounts as reasonable I for each calling I is impossible to believe : that body would have allowed these amounts to j be suddenly doubled or trebled, without some ! explicit annunciation of the chaoge of policy , and adaptation' of the revenue machinery to meet the change This sudden revolution in policy would ag - graodize some caunties at the expense of others. Take, for example, the tax on JOxpress Com panieSj four per cnt. on gross receipts. The counties in which these companies have offices would derive large revenues from them, and, if j-not driven away by the exactions, they would raise their tariff or freights, thus imposing bur dens on their consignees, residing in adj-ining counties. The bank9, whose " stockholders are scattered throughout the State, would contri bute to swell the revenues of the counties, where their banking houses are located Again, as said before, the machinery for rais ing taxes from iistvd subjects was well adapted to the collection of the county revenue. It needed no change to meet the requirements of the larger cowers of the Countv Courts. On the contrarv. the machinerv for cnllcotinn- th taxes trom unlisted subjects could not be used ' j - - o without change for including county charges Such n chanife teas not made. The provisions securing the levies under schedules B- and C- for the State have not been moulded to secure similar levies for the counties Thus far on general principles Let us now notice the words of the' law in their bearing on the present revenue' act : The Justices of the County Court are commanded, at the first court, &c, to la'y a tax on "such subject's of taxation within the county as may be taxed by the rev enue laws then in force," &c In the preamble of schedule A, the words "subjects of taxation" are used in reference to the taxes there imposed, while in schedule B, the Sipfcssion is changed and the Sheriff is ordered to "collect.the taxes as set forth in this schedule annually, and grant to each party paying the tax a license." It will be noticed that the words conferring jurisdiction in the County Courts are identical with the description of taxable objects in sched ule A, while these words are not used at all in schedule B. The tax in the latter schedule is usually on the person, as the price of a license for transacting-busincss, and it is expressly pro vided that on paying the State tax the party is entitled to the license.. The requirement of this license is to compel payment. Surely if a county tax is likewise due, its payment would be secured by similar requisition.. (Bo in the act for collecting Revenue, the Sheriff is particu larly ordered to give license to merchants and others on their paying the "taxes imposed and enumerated in schedule B." So in section 80 bond is required of parties commencing business after July 1st to secure the payment of State taxes. To ascertain these taxes the Sheriff may administer an oath, but no provision is made at all to obtain county taxes from these sources Again, by section 83 the Sheriff must keep a record of the moneys collected by him from the Clerks of the Court (i e. under schedule C,) and under schedule Bj and the clerk must send a copy of this very record to the Comptroller.- The Sheriff must, pay the moneys 'thus, ascer tained to the Public Treasurer; that is, the Sheriff pays all the taxes collected under sched ule 13 and C to the State. He is nowhere or dered to pay any portion thereof to the county Trustee. Again, by section 88 of the "Act for Collect ing Revenue," if the Clerk fails to pay over the taxes received by him, (mentioned in schedule C.) suit is to be brought and it is expressly pro vided that "the whole recovery .shall be paid to the Treasury." And, in section 87, all the tax es received by the ' Clerk are to be paid to the Sheriff, and by him, as will appear, by subse quent sections, to th'e Public Treasury. So, in section 44, on or before the 1st day of July, the Clerk must deliver the Sheriff a copy of the tax list, containing ihe public tax and the taxes imposed by tire county court. Then is no other provision for informing the Sheriff of the amount Cff any other county taxes, than are imposed on listed subjects. If any oihers were intended to be allowed, it seems certain some provision would have been made for noti fication to the Sheriff of their imposition. Another argument may be deiived from the words of the proviso, which regulates the mode of taxation by the County Courts. The taxa bles .there spoken of are 1st, fh'inrs taxed accor ding to value, and, secondly', "suyVcrs specially taxed." The persons who in schedule B pay specific per centige on their gross receipts or nett profits, are not appropriately described by the terms-used in the proviso. Other arguments might be adduced, but I think the foregoing considerations are sufficient to establish the proposition that the county courts cannot tax the persons and objects men tioned in schedules B. & (V Very respectfully, KEMP P. BATTLE, Public Treasurer. The Mormon Crf.ed. Very recently a male Mormon demonstrated his fidelity to the faith, by assassinating 1- the knife, one of the infidels, profanely allied in- marriage to a woman of the Mormon persuasion The. church takes care that the offender shall never again be guilty ..... ... . . . . . r ot a similar indiscretion. J he Deseret riews in j an article sprinkled with Scripture quotations, ; seeming accordant with the doctrines bf Joe j Smith, professes a most conscientious regard j for the truth." People who pronounce Mormon- j ism "no religion." are.soundlv berated, and the ; j r)egeref jvews declares that "In that religion the principle of present and j continued revelation occupies the first position. As children of God we have the same right to; expect and receive revelation from him that any portion of his children ever had in any age or : dispensation, if we except and ahide the condi tions which secure that blessing to mankind. We have received and continue to reeeiv'e, rev elations, guidi; us in matters pertaining to our present and eternal welfare; and one of the rev elations enjoins upon us the doctrine of plural- try of wives. 1 his w.as not gieo as a perrms- cinn l,inea nf purloin pirciln fiturff S PXItincat the time ii was received, but it came as a com- roand. under Divine regulations, which cannot be trifled with, nor treated aa a thing of no mo-', '"" t Andrew Johpson, President of the United States, was born in Raleigh, N C-, in-Deceiuber 1808. He' served a reeuJar acLreotiocfchiD at uieub. 1 the tailoring business. VIEWS OP PRESIDENT JOHNSON. Remarkable Conversation of President J-hn-son tcitU the L'tndun Times Correspondent. Under date of April 16ih, the Times' Ameri can correspondent gives the following account of an interesting interview Re had recently with President Johnson : The President first adverted to the condition in which he found the country on his accession to office, and pointed out that ever since that time the Radical .party, which now .has the con trol over Congress, iad been prcpaiing for the issue forced npon him. Their object was mani fest, and it Vfas one whjch, from their point of view, they could scarcely be blamed for pur suing so eagerly. They knew perfectly well that when the South, came back into Congress i .-. . their day of power would be over thi Southern represeniaiivt s - would stand as a unit; they would probably fall into alliance again with the Democratic party, the old issues of slavery and State sovereignty would be dead and burn d, and the party which now ruled would be strip ped of its power. Their talk about philanthropy and "benevolence to the negro meant nothing more than a desire to work upon'-the feelings of the North, so that they might be enabled to carry everything their own way. It was a re nerval of an old conflict.. The two sections of the country were ready to go to war before the rebellion broke out the one to preserve slavery, the other to destroy it. Each side wai willingi to sacrifice the Government in order to gain its object. The South struck first. The rebellion was subdued at the Southern end of the line, and now it is swinging rou-ud to the other end "These men," continued the President, and he always used these words to denote the Radical party "are almost ready to go into rebellion again rather than have their supremacy destroy ed by the re-introduction of the South. . They know nothing practically of the real state of the South. The very, man who had drawn up the Civil Rights bill, what are his means of judging? I left him in the Senate during the war, and went out to Tennessee and saw it all, ahd bote my share of the troubles . lie stopped at hotl.e, and now endeavors to make his theories square into, the events of the war, and legislate on idens which he has never put to the test." The President then went on to speak of slave ry and the negro " He had been brought up, he said,-under the, very shadow of the institu tion of slavery. lie had bought and owned slaves, but stil! he had always been for abolish ing slavery upon any basis "which could be adopted vrith safety to the country. When it came to the question whether slavery should be abolished or the Government broken up, he never had a doubt as to the course which he ought to pursue ; he decided to give up slavery, and he abided by that decision But the South now would treat the-negro with greater kindness than the North, if it, were let alone and not. ex asperated. "They talk of justice to the negro," continued the President, "God knows my heart yearns toward him when I think of the end which these men are preparing lor him I see that end clearly enough the.y are going the way for a conflict of races When that'occurs we all know how it will fare with the negro How has such a contest always ended ? When the time comes there will be no struggle. The result will be decided without that Now, then, what do9 we find? The very thing which we said these Southern States .could never "do which we fought these fur ye? rs to prevent hem doing these men affirm that they have actually done namely, been out of the Union. 'I he Southern Slates are leady to come back upon our Jerm, take loyal oaths, and acknowl edge their allegiance, but these men say they shall not. Why, if they had offered to come back, or any of them, during the rebellion, should we have turned them away on the ground that they had placed themselves out o' the Union ' Mi. Lincoln offered to receive the whole Legislature of Richmond a rebel Lgis lature and would have welcomed ihcm w'nh open arms Would he have refused to receive these States now that they have fully submit ted ?" Mr. Johnson then enlarged with considerable detail upon the operation of the .Freedmen's Bureau, and said its mad inery, wa no-v being u.-ed to get negroes couveyed from the North back to the South by the very men who were asserting that the lives of the frcenincn were not" safe in the -South. They hud hired or boug'ht lauds, 'they wauled labor, and they got their negroes transported at the" expense of the Government. .The Freedmen's Bupmu com pelled the negroes to go, or they stopped their rVubs-isience allowance. It was little better'than ! another Ionn.ol.sla ery, ooly that it w:is solely j conducted, by Aboiittomstx; f-r t lie Freedrnni's ! Bureau Would not aisist a Southern man in get ting negroes from the .orth, wnere many thousands of them havo taken refuse during the war. A gentleman from Falkland county, Vir ginia, had been to him, the I'risidnif said, only a lew days ago, saying that be had sent three Hundred negroes to the DUtrict of Columbia lor security during the war lie now wished to liire-the-m, but the Freedmen's Bureau inter posed obstacles, and would give him no help in transporting them ; whereas the Government railroads were placed at the service of other speculators In ail that he said rt was evident that the President approved some plan for pro tecting the negro and giving him suecor, but that he considered the administration of the Freedmen's Bureau was not all that could be desired. It did not accomplish tbetrua object for which it was founded. Speaking of the Radicals he eaid : "These men," he also said, "have raised the cry of 'icad dog at me, and the people seem to be jrettinz afraid. They will understand me . , , . i l .t .. setter Dy-ana-ny, aou noertiani i.t-ee iuu. I cuud not expect to tret through witlroat Boggle." Yet it was most extraordinary he .continued, to think of the course wbih "ibese j men were pursuing . l$y oeing uniieu agaiu the counrry would stand respected in the eyes of the world ' It was now laboring under the evils of an inflated currency, and while, trade . . . - -. . j : I is restricted by the South being kept in uncer tainty -o element of danger in the State such evils could "not be corrected. Yet there were signs that people were beginning to be alive to the truth. "Look at Peoiia" and be niemioiird several other towns where meeting! in support of the President's policy have lately been held since the passage of the Civil Right Bill "It is liko water trickling along the ground," said Mr Johnson. "You can see the damp places here and there, and you know that, it will gradually spread. It will take time ; but after ll. what good can be accomplished without trial end difficulty. If I fail, my regret will not be for myself 1 will hope lhat 'ome ooe wiser will rise up to do the work "1 The President uttered these words in a somewhat weary and sad but very earnest lone.. He continued fritbr greater animation: "My convictions are firm and strong, and strong-convictions are a great source the best source of courage to a man. I liavp fought disunion nearly all round the circle, and if I am called upon to complete the circle, "I will Then I could say most' heartily that 1 would that I could depart in peace" STATE ITEMS. ' V We learn that Brevet Gen Whittlesey has been relieved as Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmeis Bureau ot this'Stute, and thai Bre vet Major General Ruger will take his place. Raltiyh Staudtird. Gens. Stetdmao's and FellertonV report is working. . fiicty At a meeting of the Directors of the Bant of WadestKKo,' Col W L Qpele, of Rich mond, was elected Presidcut; vico.il B H am ino nd, Sr., who declined a re-election. . - All Fedeia! soldiers buried near Salisbury r N C , who were Masons, are buried in a sepa rate enclosure, each grave having its bead board bearing ihe square and compass, as well as the name, company and regiment of the dead. A Gallant Act. We are informed that a party oi Fedtral officers, as the remains of Wm. 11. Hay' wood passed t hem last Saturday, raised, their caps and remained uncovered" for some moments This was a touching and deserved, tribute to as gallant a soldier as ever unsheathed) sword during (he late war. Nor is the act un worthy of the living. Our word for it that the officers who thus testified their magnanimity and appreciation of him who was ouce a foemao, will wear worthily .their uniform' in war and peace Italciyh Progress. Give us the officers names. They are, no doubt, gentlemen. . SOUTHERN ITEMS. Geohoia The Columbus Sun says that ay number of the planters have plowed up consid erable cotton fields and planted them in corn. Some seed did not come up at all; others sprout ed and quickly died. Seed is extremely diffi--cult to procure, and two, or even one. year old, appear to be unreliable. Some farmers have "laid by" large portions of good land that gave no promise of cotton. Grass, tho growth of which has been .greatly stimulated by recent rains, is another impediment. If the wholes nuiintttr tin I1L-0 tbia ti a niiiut ia on irlla A ra m AV- who. thinks of two millions of bales being raised by next fall. The Giiffin Star learns that the long con tinued wet weather has had a very bad effect on the wheat crops of that section. Many plan ters are complaining that their wheat has already . taken the rust, and they fear that this import ant crop will be striuusly damaged, if not whol ly destroyed. Alabama A recent letter irom Decatur,! Alabama, states as the result of the observation ot the writer in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee, that the cotton crops, although an unusually great breadth of land has been plant eL is likely to be almost a complete failure, ow ing to the worthlcssncss of ihe seed, which was fioin two to four years old, and an unpropilious season. . ' There is a great flood in the Red river, aod untold suffering in the flooded districts. The Louisiana Cotton crop will be email. . The breaking of levees on the' Mississippi River has overflowed ten or fifteen Parishes or-, counties in Louisiana.. Bishop Lay, of Arkansas, has been elected to succeed Bishop Polk. He is a native of Rich mond.p WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND CHILI. 117 Valparaiso teas Destroyed. be his tory of the present war against Chili goes back to tite unwai ranted seizure of the Chinoha guaoo il.(id fnHi Peru by a Spanish naval officer This embroiled Peru witti Spain, and duriog that quarrel Chili, in t f.e exercise of ber sove reign rights, declined to permit the Spanish was vcst-els to take in coal in her ports for the pur pore 4if waging war onler sUter republic. This was seized upon by Spain as a pretext for quar rel with Chili It never was a c&use for war.. Spain made no pretense of that at the outset. She sent a negotiator, ostensibly to settle ihe ' difficulty by the. exchange of diplomatic notes. But that nogiator was a Spanish Admiral, with., a powerful squadron at his back. He did not treat the dispute as one in which a -question of riht was to beettled, but proceeded upon the theory that he had force sufficient to compel the, Chilians to agree to his- terms. He watt ex acting, insolent and domineering, ' and at last presented an ultimatum, and declared the whole coast oi Chili under blockade. This was duriog the pendency of negotiations. Such proceed ings were of course resisted by the Chilians. war was the consequence, and the course of Pan i i, the SpanUb Admiral, was almost nnanU ' mou.-ly condemned by the nations of Europe, a well as those of America. Soon "after a Chilian. ! vessel succeeded-iu capturing one of Parcja'a i squadron, and, under the mortification of thia defeat and the trouble he had rusbed ioto, bo , killed himself cu his oan ship. The sews of ! the little naval viotory, obtained by Chili, in. the capture' of ooe of the blockading Teasels, seems to have aroused fierce resentment if) jSpajo, and we qow bve the.resoJt.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 29, 1866, edition 1
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