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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.
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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. '
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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
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