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INAUGURAL ADDRESS ' OF GOV, W. W. II OLD EN, IN THE CAFITAL SQUARE, JULY 4TH, 1868. 1 Fellow-Citizens: The unity of govern- j tnent which constitutes us one people, has been restored. The Great Rebellion is suppressed. The will of the mnjority, from which there will , be 'nT further" appeal, has been pronounced. Although the passions which the rebellion en-j gendered and evoked may disturb us for a season, they can neither afflict us hereafter nor retard the progress of free principles on this continent. The Union has been preserved. It . has been preserved" not only on its former basis of liberty lor one race, but its foundations are now . broad enough for the whole people, of whatsoever ori gin; color or former condition. . We have assembled to-day to begin anew the work of self-government. The Congress of the United States, properly eharged with the recon struction of the lately insurgent States and their restoration to their Constitutional relations to the . genera governmept, has proceeded upon principles which have their basis in the rights of man; and it has so guarded those principles by enactments, and by amendments to the Constitu tion, a to render them safe for the future in the hands of the people of the respective 'States. We believe that the work thus begun for the whole people, by the whole people of the State, will be prosecuted " to fortunate results. We trust that the foundations which have been laid, and which we this day dedicate to Liberty and Union in North Carolina, will remain eolid and firm for all time to come beneath the edifice of general prosperity and happiness to be erected thereon. e feci sure that a government "01 the people, by the people, and for the people," will outlast any other form, and will confer greater benefits than any other on those who are destined to live under it; and we are, therefore, confident that all that is valuable and perfect in whatso ever is merely human in its character, must flow from the form we have adopted. The people of this State have formed and ratified a Constitution . of Government, which contains all the great principles of liberty con tended for in past ages by the wise and good of England and America. The Constitution has been considered and approved by the Congress of the United States as "republican inform," aud with this approval North Carolina has been restored to her former position and privileges in tho Union. This Constitution holds, fellow-citizens, as a Kilf-evidcnt fact, that all men are equal in their political and civil rights. It declares that "all government originates from ther people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely tor the good or tne wnoie. It declares "that the State shall ever remain a member of the American Union" that there no such right as that of secession, and that any attempt at secession "ought to be resisted by the whole power cf the State." It provides for the freedom of the press, for freedom of Bpeech, and declares that "the privi lege of the writ of halcas corpus shall not be suspended." It guards every citizen's house as his castle, against general warrants not supported by proper evidence : and it guards personal liberty as of tdlUC VU 11JU bliucu. clares that. 4as political rights and pnvi- ougnt 10 ancct me ngnt u vote- or nold omce. - .,-., , l i I ' i i iimnnmaii f mm warn It secures religious freedom. It provide for education as "a riglit" which it is "the duty of the State to guard and main tain' It declares that perpetuities and monopolies, hereditary emoluments and privileges, and ex pott facto laws are contrary to the genius of free State, and ought not to be allowed. It declares that human slavery is ''forever pro hibited within this btate. It provides that all property shall be taxed "according to its true value in money," thus es tablishing the only just system ot taxation; and for the protection of both the poll and the lands, it provides that for State and County purposes the poll tax shall never exceed two dollars, and that this tax ehall.be "equal to the tax on pro perty valued at three hundred dollars in cash" thus balancing the land against the poll tax, and preventing injustice or oppression to either, It makes the most stringent provisions for maintaining State credit. It provides for a homestead for every head of a family, and, as lar as it was possible to do so, secures such homestead against all debts or oblU rations. It very tenderly provides for the rights of married women, by exempting all their property from the debts of their husbands, and giving them .power, with the assent of the husband, to convey such property as they may choose. It provides for the poor, for the orphan, for the deaf and dumb and blind, for the insane, for idiots and inebriates, and, in fine, for all who are benighted, wretched and forlorn. It separates from eaeh other tho three great departments of the Government, legislative, executive and judicial ; and it makes them all dependent on th 5 people as the only rightful eource of power. - tt provides that every male citizen shall be a voter; and every Voter, with few exceptions, shall be eligible to office. Suffrage . has thus been bestowed upon all. The colored man has the same right with the white man to vote and hold office. I do not inquire whether it was necessary to do this to accomplish reconstruc tion. It is sufficient that justice is always a necessity in founding governments that are to operate upon all. and that without it no govern jneiit can be -expected to endure. The ballot, thus bestowed upon ur recently enfranchised people, will remain with them. . There is no power that can deprive them of it, without plung ing us into a protracted and ten ible civil war. Four millions of human beings, who have once taatcd the blessings of , freedom, would not sur render these blessings without a struggle. They would find .powerful friends here and elsewhere in the country. Greater calamities and suffer ings than those endured by our people in the !.ie rebellion would come upon us with such a struggle, but the result, though long delayed, woald not be doubtful. Liberty for all would again triumph. Those who had provoked such a "war of races' would disappear from the earth, and their possessions would pss from their children to the conquerors. There can bo no danger of euch a conflict if every one will faith fully submit to the Constitution and laws, and follow the things : that make for the peace and good will among the people. The friends of re construction will prevail hereafter, as heretofore, not only in the State but in the nation, and the colored people will, therefore, retain the right of suffrage, and exercise it as it is, in common with the white race, with no qualification save that of maahocd- There is no reasonable ground to fear that it will not operate beneficially for all. The repugnance to it which exist among many of our people, will gradually subside, when they 'shall be convinced by actual experience that none of the evils they anticipate have resulted from it. s This Constitution, fellow-citizens, must be ad ministered by its friends and supporters, j The people have so decided. The interests it guards are too precious to be committed to any extent to unfriendly hands. Every office and every em ployment in the State, from the most inferior to the most exalted, must be filled by the friends of reconstruction and of the new State Constitution. So far as the Executive is concerned this pur pose will be inflexibly maintained, not only from a sense of propriety ; and justice, but as indispen sable to a full and fair trial of the principles contained in the Constitution. These principles are dear to the friends of liberty and of the gov ernment of the United States; and no opportu nity should be afforded to those who are opposed to them to occupy official posit ious or to have employments, in which they would be tempted, as they certainly are disposed, to pervert, distort or misapply thfixn. The friends of the govern ment must conduct the government in all its de partments. Yet it does not follow that others will be singled out to be wronged or oppressed. The people do not oppress or wrong any one when they Bay that certain persons shall not have office, on account of their political opinions. Office is a privilege, which may be bestowed or withheld without infringing any right. Every citizen of the State w:Jl be free. The laws will be made for all, and will operate equally upon all. Every citizen will enjoy, in equal measure, the protection of the Courts. There will be no social proscription. No effort will be made to blacken the names of even unrepentant rebels, as was the case with the tones of the revolution ; but it will be left to history to assign to their appro priate places all the actors in the late tragedy of rebellion. In fane, those wno will conduct tne government are not the enemies of any portion of the people of the State. They desire to do justice to all, and, as far as may be, to be the friends of all. If the administration of public affairs shall bring peace, prosperity and happi ness, all will share in these blessings: if on the contrary, it shall produce disorder, and further suffering and misery, none will be exempt irom these calamities. The iniunction of the Constitution regarding education should be faithfully observed. Col leges, high schools, Normal schools for the edu cation of teachers, and public schools for all should be established at the earliest practicable period, and liberally sustained from the public treasury. We should so conduct our public schools as to render them superior to all others fif'a similar kind in tho Stsite. and thus make it the interest, as well as the duty, of parents to regard them as common to all, the rich and the middle classes as well as the poor. Ihe hrsl : duty of a free State is to educate its children It cannot be too often repeated that the struc ture and perpetuity of iree institutions depend on the intelligence and virtue of the people. We must either prepare to educate thoroughly the rising 'generation of both races, or abandon the hore that we shall continue a free, self-govern ing State. It does not follow, nor does the Con stitution require, that the white and colored races shall be educated together in the same schools. It is believed to be better for both, and most satisfactory to both, that the schools for the two, thus separate and apart, should enjoy equally tne arming the militia to "execute the law, suppress riots or insurrections and to repel mvasion J he opinion of ashington. uttered in 1790, that a "tree people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined, and that a well organized null tia "is certainly an object of primary importance, whether viewed in reference to the national security, to the satisfaction of the community, or to the preservation of order," :s not less weighty or important now than it was then. The militia should be organized at once. It is the duty of the Executive to see that the laws are faithfully executed and to preserve peace among the peo pie. This duty will be performed promptly, fearlessly and firmly. Every citizen must submit to lawful authority, or, refusing to do so, must expect the penalties of the violated law. In the language of our great General, second only to him who was "first in war, first iu peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," "Let us have k eace I 1 he sword of war, which would not have been drawn but for the criminal folly of the recently insurgent States, should never again be wielded by Americans against Ameri cans. Every interest that is dear to us, and every hope that we may indulge for the future, is mdissolubly bound up with peace and tran quility among ourselves. But there can be no peace without law, and there can be no efficacy in law without obedience. 1 he law is over all The poor and the humble should be protected to -as full an extent as others, a hey need more than others this protection. Every one must be free to use what is his own, not trespassing on the rights of others; to follow his particular calling or employment; to labor, and to enjoy the fruits of his labor; to speak freely his senti ments and to vote as he pleases, and not to be injured or questioned by any for doing any of these things, lbe people of .North Carolina are proverbial for their law-abiding disposition. It is not apprehended that disturbances will arise, or that combinations will be formed to resist the laws; yet it is known that many hold the opinion that the reconstruction laws of the United States arc unconstitutional, and therefore null and void; and it may be that this may lead, if not to open resistance, to a forcible denial in some localities of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the State, formed and adopted in pursuance of said laws. It is also known that a disposition exists, among no inconsiderable portion of our population, to oppress the poor whites and the colored race, on account of their political opin ions. The magistrates and the Courts will be sustained by the whole power of the State, in such action as may be deemed necessary to pro tect those who may be thus wronged or oppressed; and the magistrates and the Courts will be sus tained by the whole power of the State in giving effect to the Constitution itself, as having been fairly, justly and properly adopted, and as bind ing in all respects on every citizen, until changed or modified in the mode prescribed in the instru ment itself. Differences in political sentiment are to be expected, and are not calculated in themselves to endanger the State; but a purpose to subvert the government, on the assumption that it is not properly derived, has not been con stitutionally adopted, and is illegitimate and not binding, should bo narrowly watched and prompt ly checked, on the first manifestation of any overt act on the part of those cherishing such purpose. The Constitution of this State is, under the Con stitution of fhe United States, the supreme or ganio law. The government which it estab lishes, and the laws passed in pursuance of it, will "be maintained and enforced. To render re sistance, therefore, impracticable, if not impossi ble, and to maintain the peace by executing the ' laws in a spirit of justice to all, ir is deemed es sential that a portion of the militia should be well disciplined and armed, and should be thus ready at any . moment, under the orders of the com- mander-in-chiei, tor active duty. ; , . .' ; It is not proposed, nor is it required by the Constitution, that the two races should be mus tered and drilled in the same companies and regi ments. Following the example of the govern ment of the United States, they may be divided into separate companies and regiments; but it is due to the colored race that they should have, whenever they desire it, officers of their own color for their own . companies and regiments. In this, as in all other things concerning -our white and colored fellow-citizens, absolute civil and political equality should be maintained The public burdens should fall equally on both, and there should be no distinction between them. in their political and civil fights. The Constitution provides that "to maintain the honor and good faith of the State untarnished, the public debt, regularly contracted before and since the rebellion, shall,, be regarded as inviola ble, and never be questioned." It would be diffi cult to overstate the value ot character to indi viduals or to States. A State which deliberately says, this is my seal the debt is justSibut 1 will not pay it, proclaims that there is no virtue in moral obligation, and sinks at once to the 1 1 - 1 a. ' V.M level oi savage races, wiium uu insuy ui uuu-u-i. tion can bind. States flourish and prosper, an are respected in proportion as they adhere to the eternal principles ot justice. ..North. Carolina, when fully herself, uninfluenced by the passions of the rebellion, would have felt "any stain upon her credit as a wound, and would have submitted to any sacrifice to avert even the suspicion that her honor could be sullied by any act of her own .North Carolina is again a State, in the full sense in which she was before she rebelled, and her obligations and duties are as binding as they formerly were. These obligations and duties cannot be evaded or. avoided. The payment of the interest on her debt, as provided for in the Constitution, would at once place her credit on a secure footing. A debt ceases to affect credit injuriously when the interest is promptly paid, and when it is seen that an accumulation of valuable property and general prosperity is the result of the indebtedness. Tlie credit of Eng land is equal to that of any country, yet the English debt is the result of the accumulation of ages, and is of enormous magnitude. The secret of the credit of England is the unvarying punc tuality with which her interest is paid, and the fact that she is constantly adding to her wealth and power by the use of what she has borrowed. I do not doubt that th General Assembly, responding to the general wish of our people, will make prompt and ample provision for meet ing the interest on the State debt. By meeting promptly the interest on her debt the State will be enabled to borrow money to prosecute internal improvements, which are sential to the development ot her resources. Money thus expended, and money expended for education, will constitute the very best invest ment the State could make. A vigorous and well directed system of internal improvements, from the seashore to the Tennessee line, thus. placing us in direct communication with the Mississippi valley, with cheap rates ot freight 1 Constitution, and 1 have trankly announced the and travel, would stimulate agriculture and the policy which will characterize my administration, mechanic arts, build up our seaports, inctcaairfCherishiug neither malice nor resentment for any- OJit samninreft, .POt rL.JoriUSI OTAC -Wttn State, give employment to thousands of our peo- pie, and thus1 place us at no very distant day in the front rank of American States. No State in the Union haB superior advantages to North Carolina, whether we consider the extent of her seacoast, the value of her harbors, her geograph ical situation, the salubrity of her climate, or the nature and variety of her resources and.produc tions. She is exempted on the one hand from the protracted and rigorous winters of the North, and on the other from the blasting heats of the South. Favored thus with climate and soil, ex tending from Currituck to Cherokee five hun dred miles, and one hundred and eighty miles in width at one point, with fifty thousand square miles of territory, and a population of not more than twenty to the square mile, it is obvious that a great and prosperous future is before her, if her people - should prove true to themselves. What we need is capital and mind, to bring out these resources to render them convenient and useful and available for wealth and power. We need skilled labor. We need educated, think ing, investigating, enterprising minds, on our farms, in our workshops and manufactories, in our mines, on our railroads, at the head of our schools and presses, and indeed in every indus trial enterprise or pursuit. Fellow-citizens, let us come out cf the caverns of the past, and forgetting whatever is not wor thy to be remembered, let-us resolve to do our duty in our day and time, as North Carolinians, as Americans. In a climate and with a soil for which Providence has done so much, let us re solve to do something for ourselves and our chil dren. Let us devote ourselves to the art of peace. Let our children and our children's children, when they shall come to take our places, say of us, '-Our ancestors remembered and did what was wise, and what was good for us. Behold, the beautiful country they have left to us! the just and equal laws that are over us, and the hope that their work has made strong in us that we can do even more for our children than they have done for us." Let us at least unite upon the one great object of improving aud building up the State. Let us welcome cap ital and imniirration, furnishing as they will the indispensable means to our progress and pros perity. Prejudices growing out of nativity, or out of the rebellion, are not worthy to be cherished. iiet us discard sucn prejudices. we are once more Americans ail. Let ns receive with cour tesy and kindness every citizen of tho Northern or Eastern States who may cast his lot anions us, and measure linn as we measure others, ac cording to his personal and moral worth. We cannot hope to improve our condition if we repel capital and immigration, either by so acting as to produce the belief that it not safe to settle among us on account of want of law and order, or unpleasant, because of rudo or uncivil treat ment to the immigrant. It should be remem bered that our ancestors were much "adventurers" as others Of the three of Independence for this State neither was a native. Richard Cas well, one of our greatest Governors, and some times called the Washington of North Carolina, was not a native; nor was Joseph Caldwell, who built up our University and led the way with Murphy, Yancey, .Stauly, Saunders, and others in internal improvements and public instruction. We want the best people from Europe, and from all parts of the United States, to settle among us. It is men that make a State. Let them come, with their enterprise and money, their muscle and intelligence; and when they get here let the only rivalry $?e as to who shall do most for the good and the-glory "of our beloved The government of the United States, in the prosecution of the war to suppress the rebellion and in the measures it has adopted to reconstruct the Union,1 has exhibited extraordinary'clemency and -magnanimity. It has taken" no vengeance for the past, but has required only security for the future. It has deprived no man of his prop erty save fer war purposes during the progress xf the war; it has exiled no man; it has punished no man tor the crime ot rebellion. It has sim ply required that those who have been in rebel lion should renew their allegiance, and that such guards should be placed in the organic laws of the btates and the nation as to. prevent future rebellion. Instead Of defining or restricting suf frage permanently, it has left it with the respec tive. States, to be determined and settled as they may choose; and this State following in full measure the example of the national government, has made sufferage free to all. But the war to suppress the rebellion has, in its results, necessarily changed, as it has settled, the theory of construction previously held by a large portion of the people. Our liberties have been consolidated, and the Union can in no event, be dissolved. It is to endure- always. It must increase, but never decrease. For all great national purposes the government of the United States 13 over the btates, and paramount . n, . a1W:anfA nf th( 4.:t:,An :s first due to it. There is no appeal from the will pf the nation, expressed by a majority. Armed resistance to the national authority, whether by individuals of their own accord, or by individuals acting under supposed fctate authority or com mand, is (reason, and must be so held and treat ed. The doctrine of State's rights, as held by Mr Calhoun and followers, has ceased tet have validity or vitality; and the teachings and doc trines of Washington, Hamilton, Webster, Jack son, Clay and Lincoln now constitute the true, and the only safe theory of construction. This has been settled, under Providence, by the result of a solemn appeal to arms among brethren; and he who would unsettle this theory, thereby ren dering it possible that secession should ever again be attenmtcd. is no friend to his pecies, to bis State, or to the general government of his coun try. The government of the United States is no longer a feeble luminary, receiving and dispens ing light to surrounding planets; but it is a full tun, burning with superior splendor, pervading and holding up to itself the entire system and kindling new planets into life and motion. How beneficent, how glorious, how far reaching will lbe the light it will dispense when it reaches its meridian, we shall not live to see, but the gener ations to come after us will walk in that light, and be contented, prosperous and happy. In the fullness of their gratitude they, will thank God, as we do, that the government of the United States, delivered from the perils of rebellion, and reconstructed on the basis of the equal rights of es-UtlI?" is as indestructible as the earth itself, and as secure in its position and in the exercise of all its great powers, as lTbe Northern star. . Of whose true fixed and resting quality, f There is no fellow in the firmament." I have thus, fellow citizens, stated briefly and ,plainly the great principles contained iu our State rnnr, nM nBTirrea in i.iib Tast.. J. sm-.u .gic. the welfare of North Carolina. I love X he Union, because it is the first, the last, the only hope of my State; and I love my State, be cause her people have been good and kind to me. and because her sky is above my home, as it will be above my grave. If I have enemies, that Jt i l. . n. . uuca uui mane me au enemy to my estate, nor move me to a course of action based on resent ment or" revenge. I follow the principles of Washington, who lounded, and of Lincoln, who saved the iiepubhc; and when these principles cease to lead, I shall cease to follow. May the God of our fathers have us in his holy keeping; "may He govern and not we; and may the future of our beloved State be as bright and as glorious as the last seven years have been disastrous and unhappy. m North Carolina News. ihe A. (J. Insane Asylum. The following appointments of Supervisors of this Institution have been made by Gov. Holden : Robert W ,Lassiter, Joseph W Holden, Cebern L Harris Jefferson Fisher, and G W Brodie (colored). JB- 1 he Bonds of the County of Forsythe, issued for Railroad purposes, were sold last week at public sale at Salem, for 692.50 and 95.50. - C. B Root, Esq. has been appointed Clerk ot tne supreme Uourt ot JN. u., in place of E. B Freeman, deceased. . JsW Messrs. K. 11. Cowan & Co., of Wil mington, are laying the foundation of future commercial success by advertising in nearly every newspaper in me ctate. destructive Hail-Storm. We regret to hear that one of the most destructive hail-storms ever known in this section passed over a portion of this county, doing great damage to the crops. .Its greatest force commenced a few mile3 West ft this town and passed in an Easterly direction io.the Swannanoa. At Mr J. L. Patton's farm, bn the Swannanoa, it destroyed nearly the whole f the growing corn, . oats and buckwheat, and did much damage to the wheat. On the farms of Mrs. Sarah Ray and - John Reed, on Grassy craneh, the storm was equally as destructive a3 on Mr, Patton's, cutting the corn blades into Mbbons, tearing up trees, and beating down every kind of vegetables. Although the storm track was not wide, it destroyed everything in its course Afheville News. , , Street Scene. ' The other day, passing along Military street In front of the courthouse, we saw a one-armed ex-Confederate soldier standing by his wagon and team of oxen. All at once the maimed rebel, with the fire of battle not entirely gone from his eye, straightened himself up, assumed the military stiffness of old Gen. Ruggles when calling his courier fur a pipe of tobacco, whirled hb long whip gradually in the air, shouted iu the hoarse voice of command : ; "Attention, battalion !" Promptly with the word, the six steers rose from their recumbent attitude, shook their dusty flanks, and took the position of the soldier. 1 Again the clarion voice ;, "Forward march V 'And the trained ani mals moved off, not with a great deal of time iu keeping ster, 'tis true, but understanding the command perfectly. Then, not satisfied with the-pace "at will" of his troops, the incorrigible "reb" thundered out "No enemy in front!' : And the veterans quickened up like the Old Guard at Waterloo preparing for the headlong, charge Mississippi Index. A (femmercial " Viewof -"the Crop3- The Cincinnati Price Current,' of the 1st in- stant,' thus speaks of the wheat harvest and other crops: : . : y ... . - Wheat has been harvested, pretty generally, in all the States south of the Ohio river, and also in the southern portion of Illinois. The yield is not very heavy, but the quality is pretty generally highlypoken ot.;,-In portions oi In diana the weevil has been doing considerable damage, but; this does not txtend over a large district. The accounts front the entire Union, with an exception here and there, as regards the crops are generally favorable, more generally'so than has been the case for many years. " The indications of an abundant corn crop are quite favorable, and should this be the case, a large in crease in the pork crop maybo looked for the coming season, because the supply of stock hogs will be unusually large; for not only was the supply left over from last season large, farmers not having fatted them because ot the high price of corn and the comparative low price of pork, but the increase since then has been liberal, so that the number now in the Western States, it will be seen, must be unusually large. To Prevent Weevil in Wheat . A correspondent in October last, stated that if wheat was salted it would never be infested with weevil." It will be 'remembered that some weeks ago Dr Spurr stated that he had used salt on his corn .for many years, and saved it.' .; I have followed tins plan from 1834 or 1835 till now, and have never lost any wheat by weevil after salting it. So certain is this . plan to save wheat, that I ' never sun mine at all. I let it stand ia the field in shocks for ten or twelve days, then thresh, fan and salt it away at once If it be dry enough to thresji well, it is dry enough to salt away. " I use half a pound of salt to the bushel of wheat. As it is measured into garners or hogsheads I sprinkle the salt, and stir after each measure. If t he house be dry, wheat is certain to keep well on this plan. Now, all farmers know that wheat put up in the usual way diminishes in bulk as it gets older (i.e., the grains get less) and that it will not yield as much or as good flour, as when it was fresh from the held. This change is prevented by halting. I prefer the Kanawha salt, because it all dissolves and is soon absorbed by wheat. If you examine it eight or ten day after salting, it will be found damp, with dissolved salt on the surface of the grains; but some weeks afterwards it will be found dry, having kept cool all the time. Salt enters into the grain and makes the flour saltish but not enough so to interfere with any of its culinary use. Let us now sum up the advantage of this mode of saving wheat. 1. It preserves the wheat with more certainty than sunning. 2. The wheat does not lose in volume or weight by long keeping. 3. It makes more and better flour. 4. It costs much less labor. 5. The wheat is better for seed, because it is preserved in a perfect state. There is not enough in it to prevent it from germinating, but there is enough to stimulate it to sprout vigorously. Farmer's Home Journal. The Siamese Trins.' oiameBtj iwius, wuo nave Oeea living tor many years past in the Western part of this State, have determined to dissolve their physical part nership by severing the ligament that has bound them together for so long a period nearly sixty years. It is said that hey will go to Paris to have the operation performed. Chang and Eng were born united by a stout ligament fixed to the breast of each in close proximity to the vital organs. This ligament, some ten inches in cir cumference, is endowed with sensitive, morbid and nerve mental conditions to such a degree, that the highest medical authorities have differed as to the possibility of severing it without death to the twins. It was considered so hazardous that they have lived together, with all the incon veniences of such a union, for their long lives. They came to this country in 1827, and were exhibited for some years, after which they re tired to a valuable farm in North Carolina, where they were married to two sisters, natives of the State, and each has nine children ! A person who was recentlv called into Court for the purpase of proving the correctness of a doctor's bill, was asked by the lawyer whether "the doctor did not make several visits after the patient was out of danger?" "No," re plied the witness, "1 considered the patient in danger as long as the doctor continued his visits!' GROCERIES. 50 Bags Trime Rio Coffee, 23 Boxes Havana Sugars, iz inesls Imperial Ten, 80 Barrels "A," "B" and "C"' Sugars, o f 5 20 " Crushed Sugar, " Pulverized Suzsr. . Ilhds. Cardenas Molasses, Barrels Boxes Adamantine Candles, , Boxes Sodif, 60 20 2 Starch, 27 Soaps, ' 30 Packages Fancy Soaps, 25 Cases Sherry and Claret Wines, 20 Barrels Genuine Scotch Ale, 10 Barrel Corn Whifkey, on consignment, 30 Boxes Tobacco, on consignment, For sale by -.... STENIIOUSE, MACAl'LAV 4 CO., July 6, 18G8. Charlotte, N. C. WILSON SCHOOL, Melville, Alamance County, N. C. . The next Session will beirin JulvlGth iml rn. tinue 20 weeks. . Board and Tuition, $125, in advance. Each pupil will furnish a pair of sheets and & ntip of blankets. . Candidates for the ministry and sons of Ministers. receive tuition free. For Circular, address the Principal, July G, 1868 2wpd J SO. WILSON, Jr. China, Crockery and Glass Ware. JAMES H ART Y, (Xext Dour to the Court House,') Has just received a very largo stock of , - CHINA, CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, Together with a good assortment of House-keeping anititra, consisting ox Knives and Forks. SDoons. Castors, Butter Prints, Ladles, Tubs. Churns. Buck- ets. Bread Tra vs. Rollinir Pins. Krik RMir. Tm. ivciues, fctew 1'ans, Gridirons. &c. Tl .. . . . . ; uaTeaiso connected witn my stock a good as sortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS. AND CAPS, 4c. , I have the most complete assortment of - .Ladies' Baskets To be found in the City Market, TraTeling. Key and Pic Nic Baskets in every ariety. Call and examine my .mock.- - . - , -v July fi, 1868. JAMES HABTr. j- U A PrttticaL'Test; - An Arkansas paper says: It is repotted that a gentleman, ja Democrat, living in the Southern portion of this county, being desirous of illustra ting the beauties of Radicalism, and testing the sincerity of its votaries and advocates, invited a certain Kadical to his house to stay over night with him, and at the same time invited a "man and brother" to pass the night under his hospita ble roof. - - - Bedtime arriving, our Democratic friend took a light and conducted the ''brother" to the room and pointed ont the bed he was to occupy. Soon after, the Radical gentleman desired to re tire, and our friend also : conducted him to the same room, and informed him that he was to oc cupy ihe same bed. ' "Who is in that bed V asked the Radical. 3Ir, Was the answer. "WfiaCihat nigger 1" .indignantly cried tho Radical; yyou-dou't think I'm going to sleep with him, do you?" . . 'I most certainly do," was , the quiet reply. "You yoted to force this state of affairs npon we and my people," and took; and subscribed to an oath that you would grant the negro fcyery privi lege and immunity enjoyed by another class of persons, arid (producing a six-shooter)' by tho eternal you'shall carry out your policy so in there with vou." Mr Kadical not liaing tne cwse proximity oi the pistol, got into bed, but we dont think he -y . ... . . staid there till morning. .' - IMPORTANT SALE - Of Real and Personal .property. As Assignee of James B. Robins, ft Bankrupt. I will offer lor sale on Thursday, the 80th Inst., at the residence of said Robinson, in Provideace, Mecklen burg county, . C, 202 acres of LAND, more or less, ("Homo place,") lying on tne waters i oi Creek. On the premises is a very comfortable Dwelling House, Gin House, Cotton Press, Barn, ana other necessary out-housea. . , Also, at tho same time ana piace, i wui seu one Family Carriage and Harness, Horses, Cows, Sheep, Goats, Blacksmith Tools, Carpenters' Tools, tne- rents of the Land for Ihe present year, and many otner articles not necessary to mention. The Land will be sold at tO o'clock, A. M. I will be pleased to show the premises to any per son wishing to purchase. Any letter of enquiry promptly answered.- - THOMAS L. VAIL, Assignee of James B. Robinson. ; July 6, 18G8. P. O. Providence, X. C. CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE, TRADE ST., SPRIXQSr XUILDI.VQ, CHARLOTTE, R. C. w. c. A N. WILLIAMS, Cashier. O. BUTT, Teller. Office Hours from 8 a. i. till C p. m. This Bank has enlarged and refitted its Banking House, and with a large, modern improved Fire and Burglar Proof Safe, offers superior inducements lo Depositors. Receives Deposits on Interest or other wise, buys and sells Coin, Bullion, Exchange and old Bank Notes, and draws directly on all principal places in tho world ot Tork rates. July C, I8G8. Deposits, Deposits of Coin and Currency received in any amount and interest allowed per agreement, and if preferred certificates of deposit issued bearing in terest at rates stipulated, at the City Bank of Char-, lotto. , W. A. WILLIAMS, Cashier, v Ju( Revenue Stamps. Revenue Stamps, of every .denomination, constant ly on hand, and a discount allowed on sums amount ing to J?2o, at the City Bank of Charlotte. July 6, 18tt8. W. A. WILLIAMS, Cashier. TO LAND. OWNERS. Having been appointed by the American Agricul tural and Mineral Land Company, agent for all that part of North Carolina lying cast of aud including Catawba County, I am aulhoriicd to cay Jo any per son or persons having 2,000 ncres In one body par tially cleared and near a Railroad, that if they will agree to subdivide their lands (at th expense of the Company) the Company will purchase alternate Iota at their assessed value for taxation or as ascertained by two disinterested parties, paying for the same in the Company's stock the Company obligating itself to place a white settler on every 200 acres, so ac quired, within three years, or, failing to do so, such land unsettled to revert to the original owner; the owner to retain possession until the land is settled. ' The object of this system is to bring into the Stat an industiious and thrifty population and to enhance tho value of our land. - It has been adopted in other States and is said to be working finely. This Company was chartered by onr Legislature ' of 1856. Land owners will nleaiie m.AAren mm for ) particulars ot Reidville,.N. C. Julyrc, g8. D. W. COURTS. Refer to S. W. Davis at Charlotte for further par ticulars. Bank Money. The highest market price paid for Id Bank Note, and orders for the same solicited, t the City Bank of Charlotte. W.A.WILLIAMS, July G, 1868. w Cashier. Mutilated Currency. Ragged and defaced Greenbacks, National Bank Currency and Shin plasters bought at a small discount, at the City Bank of Charlotte. July 6, 1868. W. A. WILLIAMS, Cashier. Gold, Silver and Bullion Bought and sold at -a small margin and advances made on Bullion when desired, at the City Bank of Charlotte. W.A.WILLIAMS, July 6, 18C8. , .t Cashier. The City Bank of Charlotte Solicits the Accounts of business men and others, and promises satisfaction.-! , , July 6, 1868. W. A. WILLIAMS, Cashier. B I N G H All SC HOOL, ' Mebaneville," N. C. The Fall Term opens July 22d . Address Col. WM. BINGHAM. June 22, 18C8 . 6w Dividend Notice. 4 The First National Bank of Charlotte hair declared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent (free of tax) payable on and after, the 1st July, 18C8 July 6'h M, T. PEG RAM, CasVr. Just Received AT MEACIIAM'S SHOE STOKE, Ladies' White Kid Slippers. , i June T.i. 5 Cents Reward. Runaway from the subscriber on the 10th of Jane, 1808, a white apprentice boy named Win. T. Wolf. The above reward will be -pa id. and no thanks, for retur? of 8id B,e- jBne iJ' 3FrPa WM.:r. ROBINSON. THE CITY DRUG STORE or Kilgoro &5 Cur ton, No 2, Granite Row, next to the Express Office and opposite the Mansion House. 1 , A large assortment of Fresfa Drags, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye 8toffs, Perfumery, kc will be found at this new establishment, and will be sold at as low prices as any other house. B. F. KILGORE, M. D. . June IS, J 808. T. K. CXRETOX, M. D.
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