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N. C CONVENTION
Saturday, Jan. 18.
Mr Ileaton, from the Committee of Sixteen,
to whom was referred the resolution of Mr Pool
of Pasquotank, upon the subject of legislation by
the Convention, offered the following m.'port :
"The Committee of Sixteen, to whom was re
ferred the resolution of Mr Pool of Pasquotank,
have had the same under consideration, and re
port the following as a substitute therefor : Re
solved, That the Convention, being called to
frame a Constitution and civil government, in
" accordance with the Acts of Congress, will pro
ceed in the discharge of that duty, as speedily
as practicable."
Mr Tourgee moved its adoption, and it was
carried.
A long debate occurred on Mr Durham's reso
lutions in opposition to negro suffrage, &c.
Finally the resolutions were postponed indefinite
ly by a vote of GO to 29.
J. E. O'llaru of "Wayne, (colored.) was elected
Engrossing Clerk, and J oel Ashworth was elected
Enrolling Clerk.
Monday, Jan. 20.
Mr "Welker introduced an ordinance, providing
. for the admission of members of the bar from
other States to practice iu the Courts of North
Carolina. Lies over.
Mr Ilodnett introduced the following resolu
tion, which lies over :
1Vhereas, Protection to the rights of person
and property, the fruits of industry and pru
dence, are the corner-stones on which civil lib-
erty is built, as recognized in our Constitution of
1776; Therefore,'
Resolved, That the action of this Convention
. should recognize this axiom, by providing that
the Legislative power consists of two branches
the one representing persons and the other
representing property each of said branches
having co-equul power, so that no act of the
. Legislature, not approved by each branch, should
have validity ; the electors for the Commons to
consist of all male citizens, above the age of 21
: years, and the electors for the Senate to consist
of all citizens of like age, who have listed pro
perty for taxation, at the listing next before such
election, of the value of 6250, or upwards, and
who have paid the taxes assessed thereon.
By J. W. Hood of Cumberland, (colored,) a
resolution in regard to the per diem, viz :
That each delegate to this Convention, and
each elective officer, (the President excepted.)
ghall reccrvc six dollars per day and twenty cents
mileage to and from Convention ; and that the
President shall receive ten dollars jcr day, and
. tweoty -cents mileage. Lies over under the rules.
A. 1L Galloway, (colored,) offered the follow
ing resolution and asked its reference to the Com
mittee on Bill of Bights, when formed :
"That all persons shall enjoy equal rights and
privileges, while traveling in this State, in any
conveyance of a public character; and all busi
ness places or places carried on by a charter, for
which a license is required from either State or
Municipal authority, shall be deemed pktees of a
public character, and shall be opened to the ac
commodation and patronage of all persons, with
out distinction or discrimination on account of
race, color or previous condition." Befcrrcd.
Mr Patrick, an ordinance for the relief of the
people. He said the people were very much
indebted, and he introduced this ordinance to
prevent the sacrifice of property.
The President announced the following Com
mittees :
Bill ff Rights Ilcaton, Harris of Wake (colored),
Nicholson, .French of Chowan, Patrick, Gahagnn,
Pool, Ethexidge, Fisher, Baker, Durham, Carter and
Garland.
Governor and Executive Nicholson, May, Morton,
Franklin, Ilolllcr, Petree, Forkner. Gunter, William
son (oolorcd), Newsom, George, Trogdcn and Still
well, JUffislalure Sweet, Martin, Forkner, May, Len
non, Mullican, Chilson, French of Rockingham, Mayo
(colored), Williams of Sampson, Turner, Taylor aud
Smith.
Judiciary Rodman. Sweet, Tourgee, Jones of
Washington, Pool. Durham, Fisher, Watts, Wclkcr,
Jiang ol .Lenoir, Cox, Galloway (colored), and Tcapue
finance a boot t, ilcaton, Hodman, Jones of Cald
well, Forkner, llobbs, McCubbins, King of Lincoln
Long, Hare, Peterson, Carey (colored), and Read.
- internal Improvements Garrett, Abbott, French c
Bladen, Majsm, Williams of Wake, Hayes of Robeson
Jiyman fcoloreUJ, Candler, Fullings and Teague.
VotuiUes, Cities, $c. Tourgee, Fullings, Ray, Mc
Cnbbins, Andrews, Aydlott, Moore, Conjrleton. Gal
leway (colored), Laflin, Ing, Hollowcll and Franklin
Corporations Jones of uashinnton, Ashley. Gran
of Northampton, Harris of Franklin, Parker, King of
.Lincoln, juerritt, Holt, Hay, Robbing (colored)
Dickey, Tucker and Murphy.
Punishments and Penal Institutions Wclker. Loif.
uwtw, urns, niurpny, jec (colored), riorson
(colored), Daniel, Duckworth, llobbs, Bradley, Watts
J F 1 ' 1 ' 1 T II T'll . 1 - .
dMiuu urjan, r,jns, uraiiam ol Alont
gomery, Dowd, Grant of Wayne, Ragland, Legg
t.ully, Hajcs of Robeson, Highsmith, Colgrove and
Stjlley.
jLducattoH Ashley, Welker, Rose, Blume, Read
6wect, Hayes of Halifax (colored), Graham of Orange
,Mgan, iuuis, frencn ot Chowan aud Fisher.
Homestead Jones of Caldwell, Hood (colored),
Gahagan, Duckworth, Renfrow. Sandertin. Nance.
Jfodnett, Kinney, McDonald of Moore, Barnes, Eppcs
(colored), and Rhodes.
Suffrage Pool, Jones of Caldwell, Rich, French of
Chowan, .Candler, Durham, Graham of Oranec. liar
risofWake (colored), McDonald of Chatham, An
drews, 13 en bow, Longictou and Cherry.
' , Tuesday, Jan. 21.
"Mr "Fisher introduced a memorial from citizens
of Bladen, asking .that debts incurred for sale of
slaves be auuulled. .Referred to committee on
relief. "
Mr Abbott introduced a resolution to raise a
committee of three to consult with Geu. Canbv
on matters of public interest, aud report to the
Convention. .Laid over.
Mr Congleton offered a resolution against em
bodying property qualifications in the Constitu
tion, lleferred to committee on Suffrage.
Mr Welker, a .resolution providing for the
omce oi Commissioner ot Public YA orks; also one
restricting the powers ot the Legislature; also a
preamble to the Constitution. Referred.
Mr Dowd, a resolution declaring the uncou
jstilutionality of stay laws.
Mr Legg, a resolution in rclatiou to suffrage
and eligibility to office. Provides qualification
of reading and writiug but prevents no one
from voting who has hitherto exercised the right.
Referred to the Judiciary committee.
Mr Baker, a resolution in favor of conferring
the elective franchise on all male citizens. Re
ferred. The Belief Matter.
The ordinances of Messrs. Rodman, Tourgee
and Patrick, and the resolutions of Messrs Mc
Donald, of Chatham, and Morton, for the relief
of the people being under consideration, Mr
Abbott said he had not given this subject the
thought which it merited, although he had been
as industrious as any one in its investigation could
be. lie moved a resolution, that when the com
mittee rise the aliolo matter of relief be referred
to a committee of eight, ono from each judicial
district, with authority to send for persons and
papers. ,
Mr Graham of Orange, offered a .substitute
that the Convention request Gen. Cauby to issue
such orders as will prevent the sale of property
at ruinous sacrifices and afford relief for all debts,
contracted prior to May 1865.
Mr McDonald said we were now in a territo
rial condition he did not believe this was a
State. The Convention was here to form a Con
stitution and give relief to the people. Unless
the people were relieved of debts, contracted up
on the credit of slave property, they would vote
down whatever was done here. Everywhere,
the cry was for relief. It must be given. And
less talk about the Constitution the better it
would be. Iu fact the Constitution had been so
amended and "bamboozled" that nobody, would
know it, if they saw it.
Mr Abbott said he could not see the purpose
of the amendment of the delegate from Orange,
if offered seriously, which he doubted. The bet
ter way to dispose of this matter had been iudi
cated in the resolution of reference, which he
had moved. He had been anxious to discover
the truth iu relation to relief he had found one
person, who said that stay laws was made for the
benefit of the poor, and another for the rich land
holder. After all the information he could ob
tain, he was satisfied that he was unable to vote
intelligently even now. Therefore, he desired
to have this matter referred to a committee with
authority' to send for persons and others, who
were informed on this question.
Mr Graham, of Orange, said that his resolution
was offered seriously, because he doubted the
power of this Convention to legislate. He would
be willing to have his resolution go before a com
mittee, and would offer it as a substitute for Mr
Hodman's ordinance. There being no objection.
The resolution moved by Mr Abbott was then
adopted.
In Regard to the Courts.
1 he ordinance or Mr lourgee to prevent op
pression in the courts in certain cases, was taken
up and considered.
Mr Tourgee said that he regretted to have
to use so strong a word as oppression, but he had
known instances where innocent men had been
tried and not found guilty, .but had been made
to pay costs to such an extent as to impoverish
them. This was oppression to a degree which
could be scarcely overstated, and his ordinance
was intended to prevent it. There was an in
stance of a gentleman on this floor, who had been
prosecuted but not convicted, and yet was bur
dened by enormous costs. In the County of
Guilford there was an instance of a mau, who was
prosecuted, was acquitted, and yet had to pay
costs for his defence to the amount of $1,500.
In the hands of designing men such laws
were most oppressive and should be remedied.
It was also against the true policy of a free State.
If a man is found guilty, let him pay the costs,
but if innocent his prosecutor should be made to
pay tlicm, else citizens would be impoverished
hereafter as heretofore 'by the tribunals of the
country in the effort to obtain justice. The evil
must be struck at in the root. This ordinance,
even if the power of legislation was not conceded,
would place the Convention on the side of the
right if passed, and show to the world that this
new State was determined to do justice by every
man.
Mr Jones, of "Washington, said there was now
a hiw of North Carolina, that when a person was
improperly prosecuted the Courts settled the
costs and made the prosecutor pay them. In
such cases, the defendant must apply for the ad
ministration of that law. There M as no evidence
of such application in the cases mentioned.
Was there then any charge of wrong done by
the Courts? Rather it was the neglec t of the
interested parties themselves. The Courts are
moved by actions made before them, and not
without. And although he sympathized with
the parties mentioned, he was constrained to say
that they should have availed themselves of the
benefit of the law. It also frequently happened
that persons, accused of offences, got up prosecu
tions to vindicate their innocence. very often
a nol jiros. was entered and they were glad to pay
the costs. But when a solicitor enters a nol
2ros., it was his duty to mark on it the name of
the prosecutor, so that the proper person should
be taxed with the costs. However, as he had
stated, the parties should have availed themselves
of the benefit of the law. The oppression alleged
proceeded from neglect on their part.
Mr Rodman said he did not think that either
of the geutlemen, who preceded him, had fully
stated the law. It is the law of North Carolina,
that when a man is accused of an offence, arrest
ed, and a bill found against him by the grand
jury and he is put on trial, and summons wit
nesses, even if acquitted, he is bound to pay the
taxable costs of arrest, support in jail and costs
ot witnesses. And this was eouallv true, if th
Judge should be of opinion that the charge was
unfounded and the man innocent. But if the
prosecution was malignant or frivolous, and there
was a prosecutor, although there are few priv:
prosecutions in North Carolina, he should
rate
be
made to pay the costs. But instead cf marking
the name of the prosecutor, the solicitor prose
cutcs in the name of the Governor of the State
and thus puts it beyond the power of the Jude
True as stated, the law ought to be revised and
remedied. But he feared it was out of the power
oi me convention to do it efleetually, for when
win iviifccuuuon was ratified me acts of tins body
would be ot no effect any longer. It might be
lelt to the Legislature.
Mr Tourgee said the obiect he had in intro-
uucing tins ordinance was to bring the matter
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clearly belore the Convention. He deemed it
even too high a trust for the purest judiciary, to
uu anoweu tne discretion ot taxing costs upon a
person not found guilt v of an offence. Mr TV
therefore, moved to refer to the committee on
iuu umwiiiuis, vtiiu instructions to mcorpo-
late me suostance oi the ordinance as one sec
tion thereof.
vu uiuuuirui .ur tfuues, me motion was amen
ded so as to refer the ordinance to the judiciary
committee.
Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Aftc
er a good deal ct discussion the vtav of
deal of
members was fixed at $8 per dav aud travel in
expenses. 1 he President of the Convention to
receive 12 per day.
A resolution to employ a Reporter was adopted
Another useless expense.!
-ur dairies: oncred a resolution, rcouestin"-
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wen. v.auoy to stay collections of debts. Laid
over.
uaiioway, (colored.) a resolution, asking Gen.
Canby to stay the sale of property until the ;
sembliug of the next Legislature. Laid over.
as-
Mr McDonald of Chatham, a resolution re
questing the Judiciary Committee to fram .-in
ordinance to make all State and Countv rffir
elective by the people. Laid over.
An ordinance, by Mr Abbott, reducing th
amount of bonds authorized to be issued by the
Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
Company, was referred to the Committee on In
ternal Improvements.
Mr Parker, a resolution in favor of a nronprtv
qualification for members of the General Assem-
bly for the Commons $250 ; Senate $G00.
Laid over. -Mr
Mann, a resolution to organize the militia
immediately after this Convention adjourns, pro
vided there be no distinction on account of color.
Laid over.
The Committee to wait on His Excellency, the
Governor, reported that the Governor would
communicate with them to-morrow.
Mr Abbott presented a resolution declaring
that the debt of North Carolina shall be held in
violate. '' Laid over.
Mr Tourgee, a resolution to inquire whether
any member of this body is disqualified by the
acts of Congress. Referred.
Thursday, Jan. 23.
Nothing of importance was done to-day, except
the appointment of a Committee (consisting of
Messrs. Abbott, Ragland and Durham) to wait
on Gen. Canby and confer with him in regard to
staying the collection of debts.
Protection in a Nut-Shell
The Hartford Times boasts that the thread
works at Willimantic, owned chiefly by Hartford
capitalists, are the most extensive in the country,
and says that their new mill, four hundred feet
long, five stories high, and built of granite, costly
as it is, was built of the Company's profits of over
three hundred per cent without disturbing their
capital, which is now a million of dollars.
It further admits that "thread- that used to
cost the needle-woman four cents a spool, now
costs ten the , same as the imported English
thread of J. & P. Coats. One reason why Coat's
thread works more smoothly on the machine and
is better liked than ours, is in the fact that the
greater dampness of the English climate is more
favorable than our dry air to spinning cotton.
Again, the highly electric condition of the at
mosphere of the western world is probably un
favorable to the necessary compactness and
smoothness sought for in the fabrication of this
article, the strands and fibres being more inclined
to rough up and 'fly off.'"
Here is a manufacture which from physical
causes cannot bo brought to perfection in this
country; but which by enormous protection, has
been made to pay three hundred per cent profit.
Specific ad valorem duties have been piled upon
each other to keep out the better goods made in
climates adapted to this delicate work. The
tarift" on imported thread has been raised until it
is equal to seventy per cent in gold, on the cost.
The tax on domestic is six per cent in currency,
and all this difference is for the fostering of such
enterprises as this, whereby a single company
has within the past three 3-ears accumulated a
million of dollars, besides building a very costly
factory. Who pays for it ? The poor needle
women of the United States, the millions who
have to patch and darn to make their old clothes
hold out through these times of high prices. But
for it, the best of threads would now be sold at
six cents a spool. X. Y. National American.
Congress.
Jax. 20. The Senate refused to recede from
the cotton tax amendments, and a Committee of
conference was appointed.
In the House, Butler's amendment to the Re
construction Acts, relative to vacating offices,
and allowing the Conventions to fill them, failed.
Jan. 21. A bill was introduced in the Sen
ate requiring the advice and consent of the Sen
ate iu appointing general or special agents. All
general or special agents now employed by the
President or Departments shall expire thirty
days al ter the passage of this act.
The President has been requested to inform
the Senate whether James A. Seddon, whom he
recently pardoned, was Secretary of War under
the Confederate States while Wirz was keeper of
the Audersonville prison; and also how many
Union soldiers died from starvation and other
cruelties inflicted in violation of civilized war
during Seddon's Secretaryship.
Mr Cofticss offered a resolution reciting the
arrest of Americans in Great Britain, and direct
ing tno President to inquire whether the arrests
were made without sufficient cause, and if so to
demand their release, and to enforce the demand
by the.army and navy. Ordered to be printed.
The bill relieving Gov. Button, of disability,
nas oeen postponed.
The II ouse, after ineffectual efforts to amend
(supported by Butler, Stevens, and Kelley) the
Reconstruction Bill as reported by the committee
passed oy a vote ot to 45. Carey of Ohio
aud Stewart of New York, only voting with the
democrats.
Ihe fcecretary of War has been directed to
issue lor the relief of all classes South preserved
egetaDics tnat had accumulated during the war
MM n
-ine coiiterence on currency anti-con traction
reported that the Senate had receded from its
amendment and passed the House bill. The
committee on cotton tax was unable to agree a
new committee has been appointed by the House,
viz: Schcnck. Morehcad and Beall.
Jan. 22. In the Senate,
Bill from the
House was read. Mr Dnnlittle
objected to a second reading, and it went over,
under the rule.
The Conference committee's report on the
anti-contraction bill was adopted and the bill goes
to the President. The amendment to the Cot
tou tax bill, admitting foreigu Cotton duty free,
was re-affirmed by the Senate, 25 to 18.
In the House, the consideration of the Defi
ciency Bill was resumed. Maynard, of Tennes
see, proposed that the matter of stationary be
left to the honor of members. Stevens objected,
that it was an old rule, under which members
made stationary cover pan ta loons and sliirts.
Ihe Bill finally passed.
A memorial from 31 ississippi, praying the re
moval of the disabilities of certain persons was
presented.
Mr Llane introduced a Bill, taxing the shares
of National Rauks
The Committee on Education were directed to
inquire into the expediency of providing a cn
eral system of education in Rebeldoui, cduea
ting every child between 5 and 20.
Ihe bill lorteitiu; lauds "ranted the rebel
Mates for railroad purposes was resumed. Dur
ing the discussion. Mr Chandler called Julian a
coward. The Speaker ruled the words to be un
parliamentary. Chandler retorted, "certainly
not, it he is one. Julian said that Chandler
could test his cowardice at any time. Chandler
replied : "Very well sir; I'll take an early oppor
tunity I Ihe bill weut over.
Jan. 23. In the Senate, the Reconstruction
ill was read a second time, and Air Doolirtle
spoke iu opposition.
The Conference Committee on the Cotton tav
reported agreeing to the House bill, with n
amendment exempting cotton from import duty
after April 1. The Senate concurred.
The President's Message to the Senate de
clares that the bill striking "white" from the
laws and ordinances of the District of Columbia
foiled by reason of the adjournment of Congress.
North Carolina News.
Distillers.- We learned incidentally, on yes
terday, that the rescinding ef Gen. Sickles' order
by Gen. Canby, in reference to distillers, was
likely to mislead some persons disposed to go in
to the business. Gen. Canby's order, it must be
borne in mind, does not effect the U. S. Revenue
law a whit. We have not examined the law.
but we learn first, that any person, becoming a
distiller, must purchase a metre that the lowest
priee, at which these are sold, is $G00, and, be
sides this, the tax' must be paid on the liquor
distilled. Better make bread and meat out of
your corn, and good vinegar out of your fruit.
Raleitjh .JSentijteL
JBST The Winston Sentinel says that there
was quite a lively time in the U. S. Commission
er's Court in that place List week. Dr J. L.
Johnson, Assistant Assessor of that district, was
tried in two cases one for making a false return,
the other for receiving a bribe. The evidence
in both cases was conclusive, and he was bound
over in the sum of $1000, in each case, for his
appearance at the next term of the Federal Court.
Accepted. The Rev. T. II. Prichard, of the
First Baptist Church, Petersburg, has accepted
the pastorate call tendered him by the same
denomination in Raleigh.
The names of the following gentlemen
should be added to the list heretofore published
ot successiui applicants tor license to practice in
the Superior Courts of the State, viz :
Clinton A. Cilley, Caldwell County: Willis
Bagley, Perquimans County; Jas. T. Tate, Meck
lenburg County.
State Librarian. Mr Hill having re
signed, Henry D Coley, Esq., of this City, has
received the appointment of State Librarian.
Mr Coley, it is said, can take the required oath.
Raleiyh Sentinel.
A Swindle. We have good reasons to be
lieve that the firm styled C. B." Ames & Co., New
York, who procured an advertisement to be
inserted in our paper, headed UA Great Discovery
Every Man his own Artist" is a swindle and
that their object is to obtain money through the
Post Office, and give nothing of any value in re
turn. Have nothing to do with them. States-
idle American.
The sane advertisement was sent to us for pub
lication, but we considered it a swindling affair
like all others of the same sort, and therefore
threw it in the stove.
Washington Items.
In the U. S. Supreme Court, in the case of
McLurdle, Judge Chase announced that the ma
jority of the J ustices thought the motion of ap
pellant should be allowed, and ordered that the
case be advanced on the docket, and assigned for
a hearing on the first Monday of March.
Another effort will soon be madft for the ad
mission ot Colorado as a State. It is claimed
that the population has been largely increased
since the President vetoed the bill for its admis
sion, and the people are now anxious for its ad
mission. uen. Howard writes a letter, rem r.nst finer
with negroes who, having been provided homes
North and West, are abandoning their places,
spending their earnings and coming back.
A Washington correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch says :
''Stanton still holds on to the War Devartment,
notwithstanding the advice of Grant and Sher
man. The New York Post and other leading
Radical journals say that he loves power too well
to give it up except by force, possibly, and no
delicacy of sentiment, of honor, or manhood en
ters into the consideration with him. It is stated
by certain Republican Senators, privately, that
Stanton, in their belief, remains in office not only
for his own selfish gratification, but to aid extreme
Radicals and impeachers in entrapping the Presi
dent into some seeming violation of law, which
will be seized upon immediately as ground for
impeachment ; which, being stated, will resur
rect the old testimony, and Johnson be impeached
and deposed instanter, and Wade take possession
of the White House. Such is assured the plan
now proposed, as I have it from unquestionable
sources. 1 he President, however, is aware of
the purpose of the revolutionists and will foil
them. He also proposes to quietly let affairs go
on iu their own way for a few days, recognizing
Stanton as Secretary of War only when impera
tive law and necessity demand, and by this means
reducing, that officer to a mere clerk. An order
may possibly be issued in two or three days for
bidding Stanton from issuing any order unless
expressly directed by the President; and it is
probable before the close of the week he may
make an absolute order removing Stanton; or
without making such order, he may nominate a
new Secretary, as it is found Republican Senators
quietly indicate that as the best way of settling
this difficulty, which has worked such injury to
Grant, Stauton and the Senate, in the estimation
of the people. This continues to be the absorb
ing; topic of discussion here.
It is stated that Secretary McCulloch has is
sued an order to the heads of Bureaus in his De
partment, forbidding them to recognize Mr Stan
ton as Secretary of War, until his status in that
Department is settled. It is also said that simi
lar orders have been issued in other Executiv
Departments.
ult- op employment. The New York
v.
v oria continues to give statistics of the number
ot workingmen out of employment. It reeentlv
stated that 50,000 wanted work in New York
city, and 10,000 in Brooklyn, and now says that
me uepression m Acw Unhand throws nnt. nf
work at least 160,000 people 10,000 in Maine,
20,000 in New Hampshire, 30.000 in Conneeti.
cut and it node Island and 100,000 in Massa
chusetts. As long as Congress maintains a threatening
attitude, and the miserable office-hunters keep
the country iu trouble, we may expect 'people to
be out of employment.
The Democrats have matured a plan, re-districting
Ohio, by whjch only two radical mem
bers will be rctui ned to Congress from the State.
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GREAT BARGAINS.
Fifty Overcoats at fifty per cent below cost! Just
to tlimk that UUXBAUM & LANG arc selling superb
Overcoats at fifty per cent below cost. And as this
is cold weather, why of course, every one will get a
supply.
Moreover, they have twenty-five pair of blankets,
A No. 1, which they offer a cost, from five to ten
dollars! Remarkably c-beap. They are the largest
size and best quality. Good for the cold weather.
Again they have one of the largest stocks of Read v-
made clothing, which they offer to dose out at less
prices than the same can be purchased elsewhere.
Tin s is for thirty days only, remember.
S.ow, flon t forget their Dry Goods. Boots and Shoes.
Hats, &e., &c. The only place to eet cood and chean
Bargains is at Buxbaum & Land's. Go ajad examine
their stock and try them.
Jan.2U, BUXBAU3J & LAJfG.
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At the meeting of the Peabody Fund Trustees
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in llichmond, Va., last week:, the following reso-
t rr It n r I 1 . i m
nirirtn ATraroii ttt i n i-ranr. vaa oninrvii 1 hut 1
in view of the present destitution prevailing in
the Southern and South-western States, it is, in
the opinion of this board, expedient that the Ex
ecutive Committee and the General Agent be
authorized, in conlormity with the permission
granted by Mr Peabody, to expend 40 per cent
of the principal of the fund, in addition to the
accrued interest; and that as large a portion of
said sum not exceeding $200,000 be expend
ed during the current year as in their judgment
can be advantageously used in promoting the ob
ject of the trust; and the authority of the board
is hereby given to such appropriation.
Another resolution was adopted, giving the
General Agent authority to increase the sums
already promised for education, and to make pay
ments quarterly or semi-annually.
The board then adjourned, to meet in New
lork on the third Thursday in June next.
South Carolina Convention.
Charleston, Jan. 21. The Convention to
day adopted a resolution requesting Gen. Canby
to suspend sales of property under execution for
three mouths. Also inviting one of the Sohci-
tors 01 tne state to aw tne uonvention in pre
paring busmcrs.
The proposition to abolish the District Courts
or the State was voted down. It was argued that
under the reconstruction acts the Convention is
simply to frame a Constitution.
Gov. Orr adefressed the Convention last week
in favor of qualified suffrage.
TlIE
South and tiie New York
Trade. A New York paper
Dry
thus
Goods
speaks 01 the fcouthern trade in dry goods :
"A few orders from the South have come to
hand, chiefly for light prints, and it is thought
that the trade m that section of the country will
be limited to such purchases to complete assort-
ments. .Money is so scarce there as to render
the matter of collections very difficult, and al
though there has been much rivalry in the trade
to secure the Southern business, and the belief
in the good faith of dealers there is generally
still unshaken, the risk has become too great for
the profit to be made out of it."
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, it is said, has received
S15,l0U trom the sale of her husband's Life.
GOODS! GOODS!!
Barringer, Wolfe & Co
Are desirous of getting jear of their entire Stock of
Uooils ana will oner great inducements to the Retail
trade. Ihey have the largest and best general
btoek in Charlotte and defy prices. They will sell if
you win give tnem a call.
Call and examine their Stock of Dry Goods of every
description; Hardware; Carriage Trimmings; Iron,
all kinds; Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Umbrel
las, Notions, Saddles, and Yarn Cloth.
They have the ALAMANCE STRIPES in great
variety. Come and see for yourself. . We only ask
a fait showing.
N. IJ. All who owe us bills made during the year
18G7, are asked to come forward at once and pay up.
We have been patient come and settle before pa
tience ceases to be a virtue.
BARRINGER, WOLFE & CO.,
Jan. 20, 18C8. Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
WANTED,
ffe TI ACRES OF LAND in North
1
TUT v' ana soutn Carolina, (for
the accommodation of French emigrants,) in tracts of
10U acres each. 1 hose wishing to sell may commu
nicate with the undersigned, stating location, value,
quality and improvement.
Also, I can furnish white labor to any extent to
those who may desire it. Agents already appointed
in Paris, Rouen, Marseilles, Havre and Lyon.
A. GAGNIER,
At Hutchison, Burroughs & Co.'s Store,
from 8 to 10 a. m , and 3 to 5 p. m.
January 20, 1808. lm -
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GENERAL AGENTS FOR TIIE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
EQUITABLE
OF
Is the best Company in which to Insure your Life, or procure an Endowment Tolicy for your own benefit
if you survive, or for the benefit of your representatives in case of your early death.
It is secure beyond question.
CASH ASSETS, - - - . . $5,000,000,
Which are being rapidly augmented by ita
ANNUAL CASH INCOME, - . - $3,000,000.
Its increase of business is unparalleled in the history of Life Assurance.
Policies Issued in' 1866, $30,000,000.
IT IS PURELY MUTUAL, dividing all profits among its Policy-IIolders every year, on the first day
of February, applying such profits as cash on the settlement of the next annual nri..i..m Th mfito
divided among
g Pohcy-IIolders last year amounted to
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS!
It is anticipated that the dividend on the.first of
persons securing l'olicies in this Society previous to
iring Policies in this Society previous to
cies issued on a single life for anv amount from ft"n
.... . " -
Mr -"-j v. " iviivniug UiUUCB i
First To the permanent increase of the sum assured.
Second To the increase of the sum assured for one year or a term of years.
Third To the permanent reduction of the premiums.
Fourth To the rcductiorif the premiums for one or more years.
Fifth To the limitation of the number of years in which premiums are to be paid.
These concessions as to the choice of applying dividends arc made by OTHER COMPAXV.
The Society, considering ita age, is the
Largest Mutual Life Insurance Company in the World!
As well as the most successful one. The profits realized by the Society, during its eight years of business,
have been all divided among its members, by application in some one of its five different modes of applying
its profits to the benefit of Policy-Holders, and have yielded them an average CASH RETURN, on every
dollar of annual premium paid, of '
MORE THAN FORTY PER CiytfT PER ANNUM!
This is believed to be the largest result ever arrived at by any Life Insurance Company in the world
during the same space of time.
Tersons insuring in this Society enjoys advantages of a SPECIAL character, because, aaide from its
immens wealth and rapid progress, ALL its Policies are comparatively NEW, and therefore it is carrying
but very few impaired risks. Its percentage of Loss to Amount at Risk is less than that of any of the
older companies, and its percentage of Total Out-go to Cash Premium ReeeipU IS LESS THAN THAT OF
ANY OTHER COMPANY WHATSOEVER.
It is proved that capitalists assure, for investment, in The Equitable Life Assurance Society in
preference to any other company, by the fact that
Its Policies Irerage Larger in Amount than those of any olhcr Company,
And it is so reported by the Superintendent of the
of that State.
:o:-
Among a large number of persons, residing in this section, insured in this Company, we deem
it only necessary to name a few to inspire confidence, vix: T. W. Dewey, John Wilkes Dr J M Miller,
Gen R. Barringer, Rev. R. H. Griffith, Thos. R. Tate, Rev. J. Rumple, Prof. J. R. Blake, Mrs. Isabella
Reid, nn. R. R. Bridgers, Gen. John A. Young, R. H. Cowan, 8. L. Fremont, Judge Howard, E. R.
Dorsey, &c.
reS. AS persona desirous of .securing POLICIES
January 20
1
1 starvation Ap.nnin rv..i
PPrtet? th0eAita,e DeP"tment tinder date0f
I I IdiPDlhoT VI If h that mi.i,l.l a' v
: 7 r," . fcc"Citt"rvaiion prevaiW
. I in and around Tunis. A four A. . cu
few days before
hundred and nine persons died
one
in one dav
m 9
day being one hundred and fortv-twn tl
christians, numbering ten thousand, who ar
very poor, are aided by the Jews, who nnk!
twenty thousand.
DENTISTRY.
I would respectfully inform the riihi;.
that I am permanently located in ChurlnM. v
for the purpose of practicing Dentistry in ita Ttrionl
branches, viz: Teeth Examined, Extracted, Cleaned
and Plugged with Gold. Tin or Anial (ruin, ami 1 x:
ficial Teeth inserted from one to a full net on Gold
Silver or Guttapercha, All diseases of the mouiK
skillfully treated.
Having the advantage of many years exnorioi...
in the profession, I will guarantee all work in i.
done in a neat and scientific manner so as to give en
tire satisfaction, and warranted to stand the tent f
time.
OrriCE Third door West of Charlotte IIoteL Trr.
Street, where I can bo found between 8 a. m. aud 5
P- m. . . S. TRAYWICK, D. D. S.
Charlotte, Jan. 20, 18G8.
GARDEN SEEDS, "
(NEW CROP,)
At Wholesale and Retail.
A large supply of fresh Garden Seeds, consisting
of every variety of Seeds,
Peas, Keans, ic,
White and lied Onion Sets,
Clover Seed, Ao., 4c.
For sale at SCAUR'S DRUO STORE.
January 13, 18C8.
NOTICE. "
The undersigned has now opened a hew Cash Stor
at the well known stand of the Red House. oummiiA
the Presbyterian Church, where he hopes to be able
to serve all his old friends and customers. Expect
ing to keep constantly on hand
Family Supplies
Of theest quality for sale, and earnestly sobVW
from ,Iie good citizens of Charlotte a liberal short of
their patronage.
I. 8. -AUSTIN.
Jan 20, 18G8.
Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.
NEW BOOTS AND SHOES
AT MY OLD ESTABLISHED STAND,
Sign of the Golden Boot.
I am daily receiving additions tomv superior stock
of Boots and Shoes from T. Miles & Son, Dickerman
& Co., and first class Eastern Manufactories. I keen
constantly on hand LEATHER and SHOE FIND
INGS. I will sell as low or lower than any other
house in the city.
Every article warranted as represented.
Don't mistake the place. Give me a calL
S. B. MEACIIAM,
Near First National Bank.
X. B. Competition is the life of trade.
January 20, 18U8.
CITY BANK OP CHARLOTTE.
TRADE STREET, "
Charlotte, N. C,
Deals in Gold and Silver Coin, Bullion, Southern
Bank Notes, Government Securities, &c.
Northern Exchange.
Drafts on New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
furnished to any person, whether a customer or not.
AT PAR.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Drafts on all the principal cities in Great Britain.
France and Germany, supplied at New York rates,
in any amount.
Interest on Deposits.
Deposits of specie and currency received, and a
liberal interest allowed. .
REVENUE STAMPS AT A DISCOUNT.
Revenue Stamps always on hand, and a liberal
discount allowed to the trade.
Jan 13, 18U8. A G. BRENIZER, CaMiier.
Ragged Money.
Torn and defaced Shinplasters, Greenbacks, and
National Bank Notes, bought at a very rcaonabbj
discount at the CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
January 13, 1808. Trade Street.
REASONS WHY THE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
TBIE UNITED. STATES,
the magnificent sum of
February next will eclinse all former dividend.. All
that day will benefit in full hv tw ,iiri.ln.l rlU
that dav will binofit in fi.n w !. .i;.;.i...i " r
in ixvt nn .i.i. i "n
vu ri iuvu uii iuiuuj uiiiT uv aujiuBUT
ap-
New York Insurance Department to the Legislature
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ON THEIR LIVES, will please communicate with
. JtlUTUMISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C,