The rarboro' Southerner.
xtt & gndt pendent f amtlg journal
PUBLISUKD EVER THURSDAY MOKNI HG BY
"TO. BIGGS. Editor and Proprietor.
The Souihkrnbr is one of the otdestaud
latest Journals in North Carolina, and ft
one of the institution of the Country and
tie organ ol Edgecombe County , its conduc
tor win strive to direct it in the interest of
the state and Oountryat Urge, and he will
pare no pains to make it a fit ftpresenlative
of the section from which it emenates.
The subscription price is Three Dollars a
year ; Two Dollars for Six Months. and mast
be paid i variably is advance. Money may
in all cases be sent by mail, at the risk ol the
Publisher.
PROFESSIONAL,.
DR. L. T. FTJQUA,
vine, opposite the Court Ilonse, Tarboro.
Having discontinued mv visits to Weldon
I shall confine myself to this place, where I
may be found prepared to render prof'
sional services in all iti branches.
Tiles. R, 0WE:, jr
Jit Law,
TAKBORO. N. C.
OR
FUCE IN THE COUKT HOUSE
ppohite Registers Ollite.
31.
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GtoitOK Howiun. Joun M. i'tRUY.
HOWARD & PER11Y,
AITORXKYS AT L.iW,
Tarboro, N. C.
OF F I C E NEAR METHODIST
Church will be regularly open du.
i iiilt business Injurs.
CiuciriT Edgecombe, Wilson, Pitt and
Carteret Counties. atig 17-tf
B. 11. Bcxx,
Kovkv M ..tint, N.C.
Saml. T. Williams,
Battleboro. N C.
Bl'XN & WILLIAMS,
Attorneys at Law.
Rocky Mount, Battleboro and
Nashville.
Oiliee at R .i ky M..i:ii upon at al! times,
at Battleb on Fiidjys and Saturdays,
u'i 1 at Nasliv le on Mo:i lays.
Business letters s!i'iM hi ad 't'tfssed t
ic flrui a' ii-'cky M.
11 Tit.
E Igeco'nbe,
ClK'TIT: -Nash,
and V.'il .rv
Halifax
rj Claims ollected in any part (
Xu'tii Caiulina.
SCSPactice in the Supreme and Fed
eral Courts. Jan 4, 1S72.
WALTER CLAKK.
J". M. liri-l.Ei
clark & Mullen,
AUovncys at Law,
HALIFAX, N. C-
rractice in all the Courts of Halt ax, Korih
a;up(.a. UdK'ccouibo and Martia C muties. Ia
the Sunreme Court of N'orrh Ccrolina. nnl in
the Federal Courts. Cj'dections made in auv
part of North Carolina.
.V. 15. O ue of the Firm -.Till attend at Office
in Gotland Neck on Saturday of cvtry wuuk.
march 7-1 year.
SOKFULIi.
GP.ZAT ATTRACTION!
Watches, Jewelry, Silver!
AND
PLATED WARS,
I M Frpanmn nno !
Old Established Slore of IS3I,
Nj. 23. Crner Main uu-l Talbot St
The Subscriber rf-pcctt'ully culls the
.it'Tirioii ofthe p'irch:fiu co. um unity
ixni visitors irnerill y, to his stock of
Ci i ) . consist i :i z of
t'iue J U Ilant'-ig Cise Lovers, of T.uropoan
and American mako, for .tlonthiajen & Ladios.
Hunting Silver Levers, of American and Swiss
0 li Loontine and Cliate'aine Chains and Pins
Gent's Gold Vest Whains. Gold Rins.
' J.irbunclo, Garnet. Ruby Pearl, and ail Gold
VLi.r i;in?s and Rins in setts.
D:a:u-jud Rins GeufsSeal itings, an exquis
ite aKsorttnent IS Karat I'l.tiu Gold Rings,
s;i;u!!o for En:a?einent and Wttddinjr Ring.
Garti-Jt Ruby aad Pearl llins Ladies' Gold
Pins in every variety.
Gold Sleeve and Bosoin Bnttons of every style.
Ic3 Pitchers, Castors, and a ','r;neral assort
in it of FINE PLATED WAP.U.
With a general asscrtment of Goods usually
L"pt in a Jewrlry Store, all of which are o.Tored
V K SALE at as LOW PUICES as asv stobein the
CI TV.
-FINrK WATCHES, CLOCKS' and JKW
ICLItl r.arefaiiv reoairdand wa-rantpJ.
' J. Si. FRE F.MAN SGXS.
At Cor. Tain & Talbt Sts., Norfolk. Va.
Jnlvti. 137U.
MS-tf
JAMES E. CLARK,
Wilson, N. C.
GWATHMEY BROS. & CO.
10INISSI0. MERCHANTS,
Ef,x20-'. NORFOLK. Va.
W. W. GWATHMEY & CO.
C0.WMISSI0 9IERCIIJLSTS,
Box 574. 79 Water st., NEW YORK
ConaiRnmenta of Cotton, Naval Stores, fee.,
solicited. Liberal advances on consignments.
Sept. 14. 41-9m.
Son B WHITEHEAD SMITH NBRICRHOCSE
WIIITEUEAD.& BRICKIIOUSE,
WHOI.K8ALS DKALEKa IN
, HATS a
Nos. 40 uud 42 Iron Froot,
VEST SICE (FMABKKT SQUAltE,
Herman & Co's Old Stand.
Norfolk, Va.
July 13. 3t.ly
J. L DEW'S,
MANUFACTURER oy
slash, Blinds, Doors, Mouldings,
Brackets, Scroll Work of ail
Kinds, at Northern Prices.
Flaning and SawirgDone to Order
Jorner Washiugton aod Kin Streets.
Portsmouth, Va.
Refers to C. 6'. Lanier, Tarboro N C
Ju'.r13- '"si ly
E3TA.BLISIJED 1847.
C F.
QRiSKN' WOOD.
FBED. GKEKS.WO0D.
C F. GREENWOOD & BRO.,
DEALERS IN
Diamonds. Fine Vatchas, Jewelry,
Silver-Ware, Clocks,
E.VGAGEMEiVT & WEDDING RINGS
No. 47 Main Street,
NO It FOLK, VA.
?ei, a,tnt:" given to the repair
Btc.be"' c'J',i and Jewelry
s-limr Jewelry made to ordr
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VOLUME XLVIII.
NORFOLK.
nOFFLIN & CO.,
AND DEAJEHB IN
Gents' Furnishing Goods, &c.
No. 33 Main st., Norfolk, Va.
March 2, 1871. 13-tf
D. HUMPHREYS,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
China, Glass & Crockery Generally.
ALL GOODS AT
NEW YORK PRICES.
Fine Tea Sets, 44 Pieces, Beautiful Goods,
ONLY 7,00.
iCP Country orders receive prompt
attention. All G"Oils warranted to please.
D. HUMPHREYS,
H Main St., Norfolk, Va.
March 2. 13-ly
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E. CAPPS,
MERCHANT TALI OH
No. 30 Main Street
Always on hand Fine Cloths, Cassi
meres, and Vestings.
January 20. 1S71. 8-ly
A. W IlENX,
N03. 24 and 26 Uuoa Street,
NTorfolk Va.
A rANUI'ACTUHKH ANH DEAL-
er ! l!.!lt:i.'.iK.-. J;t,aUii-.f, M. i.-
ilmes, Wiupa. lloro Ciotitiug, ic. j
ALSO I
Farm Wat; ras. Carta. Cart Whel anl Ai'. s. I
etx-lT. to C. C. I.aa'.cr. rrb-jr. N. C.-Ca i
JiUv 1". :;!-lv I
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Yaucev.
Eain. IIoures.
BERKLEY, YIM EY & HODGES,
Boots, Shoes & Hats,
AT WHOLESALE,
Nos. 84 & 86 Wide Water St.,
AND 13 & 1.) ELIZABETH ST.
X or folic, Va.
S3" No goods sold, tinder any circumstan
ces, except to Morchaats. aug. 3dy
DWCY, HYMW & CO.
GENERAL
Commission Merchants
No. 142 Pearl street,
NEW YORK.
HYMAXS & DWCY,
C0MMISSI0K MERCHANT
No. 47 Widb Watlr Street,
(Rear of Custom n'iie,l
NORFOLK. VA.
.Sept-
binder 2flth 1SC7. "2-lv
TAYLOR, MARTIX & CO.,
DEAL KKS fN
Hardware, Cutlerv,
BAll IRON AND STEEL,
WAGON MATERIAL,
BELTING AN -J l'Ai'K iN 5,
House Furnishing G-oods, &c,
Circular Front, corner ef Main street and
Market Square,
Norfolk, Va.
Nails at Factory Prices. Trace Chains,
Weed. Hilling and Grub Hoes, Horse Col
lars and Hames, Axes, f?ws, &ts., &c.
The trad snpnlied at Northern prices
26-tf
Odenheimer
HAS JUST ARRIVED
SVITH
Forty Head.
MULES AND HORSES.
FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH.
Odenhcimer's Stables,
feb. 1-tf.
TAP-BORO.
AND
MULES,
Head Fine Horses and Mules just arrived tp
day, and for sale low by
F. ODENITE1MEU,
LIVERY STABLES,
Feb. 1-tf, TAEBOR0.
AM
TARBORO.
MANUFACTURER AND
DEALER IN HARNESS,
Saddles,
RUIDLES, WHIPS. Ac.
MAIN STREET,
TARBORO, IV. T.
Sept. 21,1871. 42-tf.
HUSSEY BROS. & CO.,
CARRIAGE MAKSIACTUfiERS
TARBORO, N. C.
Special Attention paid to Repairing
JJ. 26-tf
THE PUBLIC WILL TAKE NOTICE
TO WHAT IS SAID
BY
A. B. ItOANE,
m k mm mm.
V KCit,
Tarboro. N. C.
HE KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND
a choice lot of
FAMILY GROCERIES
at the lowest Cash Prices, and the highest
Cash Trices paid for
Hides, Beeswax, Sheep Skins, &c.
H 5 B BIB
13 stocked with the vury best brands of Llcjtiora
and Cigars and tho public is reltpeCtfuUy In
vited to make- a personal reconnaissance.'
tw He has recently opened a new branch
of his business in the Store next daor to
Messrs. Brown, Daniel & Co., where will also
bo found a large assortment of
Liquors and. Groceries.
Ainu a govd 13 AK connected with the btoie.
Tarbory, July 20. 1S71, 1 yr.
TO TUE BULDIXG PUBLIC.
-C!'i. I Respectfully announce that 1
I 5lin ,1(jW Preparl''I w'"' com.
I fll'etcnt number it; assistants to
fi!ii23':"ntl't fr an(l every
k.nd HOUSE, or anything else in thfe
Ca'peiitt-rs line.
I would also say to the Farmers of tht
CY'ttnty that I liave made every necessary
ai rui:geui-.;nt to construct everything of
needed npn a plantation, from
a GIN
! S'.'llCW to a HOE HELVE.
i Persons intrusting business luto my
hands may be assured that H will be at
tended to with ttie utmost ; roruptness and
tide lity .
I I ve in n:y employ a strong force ol
Hrst-chiss Carpenters.
Alt citizens of the county are respect
u Ry requested to give rue a cliance before
ontracting elsewhere.
Apply to tne at Tarboro. N. C.
46 ly JOUN C. DAKCY, (Cold')
Tlic Bottoms Horse Power
FOR GINNING COTTON. &C.
Two Mules will Do the Work of Four
WITH EQUAL EASE
rTUIL" undersigDed are the exclusive own
J ers ol the right to make, use and sell
the ahove power in tho
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
and have one of the Powers in operation noai
Tarboro.
All orders for the Power, or for the right to
use tho same, within the above counties, most
be addressed to W. M. PIPPEN, or
J. B. COFfTiXD,
autr 25-tf Tarboro. N. C.
. 1. WI1AAS,
DEALERS IN
Choice Family Groceries,
MAIN STREET,
Next door to Brown, Dapiel & Co.,
Tarboro, N. C.
March 23. 16-tf
The Wilson Collegiate Institute,
FOR BOTH SEXES.
STRICTLY NON-SECTARIAN.
THE SCHOOL KEPT AS A WELL REQ
nlatcd, high-toned family. Able, experi
enced, and faithful teachers. Practicalness,
thoroughness, and modi rnness. our mottoes.
The physical, intellectual aod moral nature of
our pupils harmoniously developed.
Tuition il, $5 and 6; Music, $4; and Board,
of either sex, including everything), f 15 per
month.
SYLVESTER HASSELL, A. M.,
mar.7-3m P.rincipal
BOBT. MCRRELL. BOBT. TANNAHILL,
Murrell & Tanriahlll,
COTTON FACTORS
and C0W3IISI0N MERCHANTS,
No 130 Pearl Street,
decl6-tf NEW YORK.
NEW
Tho undersigned takes pleasure in announc
ing to the public that he has opened
Entirely New Barber Shop
UNDER THE
"HOWARD HOTEL."
His establishment is NEW and COMPLETE
in every particular, and the proprietor is con
fident of being able to give universal satisfac
tion. He aks some portion of the public
patron go, and trusts in a short time to add
many additional Comforts and Luxuries to his
Shop, He guarantees a
Clean Comfortable Shave.
SHARP RAZORS. CLEAN FIXTURES
First Poor Down the Steps,
Prof. J. E. SIMONSON.
THE OLD BAK3ER,
A
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SOUTHERN MAN, OF SOUTHERN.Principt pTT: .
i ixiN w li.bh. -JefFerso.n Davis.
TARBORO', EDGECOMBE COUttlT, NORTH CAROLINA,
PETERSBURG!!.
ROWLETT & TANNOR
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Nos. 94 & 96 Sjcamore Street,,
Petersburg, Va.
JOHN ROWLETT, N. M. TAHIfO,
J. A. JACKSOK,
Sep. t7. ly
Fall and Winter 1871.
JAMES, WRIGHT & CO.,
WnotESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS1
SMALL WARES AND MOTIONS. .
HEAD QUARTERS
FOB
Dress Goods, Shawls, Blankets,
ctarpetin? and other House
keeping Goods.
No. 113 Sjcamore Street,
Sept.eterSbUr Va 1.
ESTABLISHED 1830.
KOBT. A. MARTIN. BOBT. B HILL"
ROBT. A, MARTIN & CO., !
GROCER8 AND
C OMMISHION MER CHANTS,
No. 2 Iron Front,
Petersburg, Va.
LjiAlTHFUL PERSONAL AT--L
tontion given to the sale of Cotton, To
bacco, Wheat, Corn, Ac.
3. Orders filled for Ooodi at reasonable
prices for Cash or short time to ro titiblo,
punctual customers. Ju'
T. U. GRIFFIN, Rocky flf onnt, Aft.
ESTABLISHED
B. D. HClLWA&fc,
FBANK POTTS.
s. a. Bkibtiins, i
KSWABt) OBABABC.
McILWAINE & CO.
AVIIOLKSALE GROCERS
AND
Commission Merchants,
Petersburg, Ta.
LIBERAL CASH ADTAXtSC MADE ON
all consignments of Cotton. oct 13-tf
BRANCH & HERBERT,
GROCERS AND
Commission Merchants,
No. 123 Sycamore Street,
Petersburg Va.
XTTILL GIViTHEIll PERSONAL ATTEN-
V tion to tho sale of Tobacco. Cotton, and
ad other Produce entrusted to toeir care.
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON PRODUCE IN HAND.
Ifr Charceg for selling Tobacjo the Bame
as at Warehonso, and Insurance Free of Chare.
MILES H. BBNCH, J. H. HERBERT,
Fojmerly of firm of Formerly of Halifax
Branch. "Bives 4 Co.; County North Caro-
I'eterg, va. hna,
BAGS FUBNISHED FOB OBAIN.
se 7 6m
HIISC'ELLA&EOIJS.
TEISBKLL & I! BO.
HAVc OPENED ON MAIN ST, NEAR THE BRIDGE
A Family Grocery Store
where they will always be glad to furnish their
friends and the public with such Groceries as
thev mav desire
L. C. TERRELL. . T. TERRELL,
feb lO-tf
PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S
compound
ACID FiraiTE OF-lIE
For Compostin!; with Cotton Seed.
CASH $7. TIME 35, payable Nov. 1.
This article is prepared expres3ly for
composting rth Cotton Seed, in order to
supply it with SoTiTjble Sdlphtjbic Acid,
which is necessary to render it most effec
tive and economical as a fertilizer.
250 pounds Cotton Seed composted with
250 pounds Acid Phospl at-5 i as been found
by experience to produce results rarely
equalled and never surpassed by any
other fertilizer.
A compost made tn this manner contains
all the "elements ol varne that can enter
into any fertilizer. It is tho only manner
in which Cotton Seed can be properly
used.
With this Phosphate the planter can
supply himself with a fertilier of the
highest grade at the smallest cost, which
will enable him to use it liberally, and
thus realize the highest results from tbe
tune and labor employed in making bis
crop, ,
For printed directions for composting,
and for term i, &c, &c, address
WM. H. McRARY & CO., Agents,
and Dealers in Peruvian Guano.
Jan. 25-2m. Wilmington, N. C.
SOLUBLE
PACIFIC GUANO.
CASH AND TIME PRICES MATE
RIALLY REDUCED.
CASH $46. TIME $56, payable 1st
November next.
The nse of this Guano for Cotton and
Corn for the past six years has established
its character for KELUBiUTT and exckx.
LEKCB.
Experience has demonstrated that under
favorable conditions of season an applica
tion of from 152 to 200 pounds per acre
increases tbe crop from two to three fold
over the natur&l capacity af the soil.
The cost of growing cotton to the planter
is in exact proportion to the yield per
acre from the land and labor employed in
its cultivation, hence the agency which bo
largely increases tbe production at bo
modetate an outlay of capital must be as
sentjal to profitable planting.
For further information eddress
WM. H. McKAEY & CO ,
Agents Pacific Gsano Company and
Dealers in pure Peruvian Guano,
Wilmington, N. C.
The Tarboro' Southerner.
Thnrsdaj, - . March 23, 1S72.
AN ACT "
To Alter the Constitution of
. North Carolina.
Sec. 1. The General Assembly of
norm Carolina do enact (three-fifths of
all the members of each House concur
riog.) That the constitution of this .Sttp h
altered as follows, to wit:
m,vuvu vi, wi iiiu iirsti art tele
by striking out the first clause thereof'
down to and including the word 'but-"'
this being the clause ie'iatiu" tn thr
tatedebt.
Amend section 2 df ssedbel article b
striking out the word "annually," and
inserting in lieu thereof,tho word 'bieu
nially;" being in reference to the ses
sions of the General Assembly.
Amend section 5 of the second article,
by striking out all that precedes the
words "the said 8ena?o rlwtrlta "
and bv Ktrilcincr out fh. r.l,,..t.- .t.
i '
aforesaid or" iu said section: the r.artq
so striken out ha?in- referencp to th J
State census.
Add a new section to the seco ui
article to be styled "section 30," and
tO read as follows :
"The members of the General As.
sembly suall each receive three hund
red dollars as a compensation for their
services during their term subject to
such regulations in regard to time of
I paymetit and reduction for uorj-attcud-
ance as-may be prescribed by law, but,
they may have an additional allowance
when they are called together in special
session, and mileage shall be 10 cts, per
mile for each session. "
Amend sectida one of the third article
by striking out the words "four years.'
wher they occur find, in said .-eetion.anti
inserting, in lieu thereof, the word3
"twoyears," being in reference to the
terms of executive officers.
Strike out the words ''Superintend
ent of Pttblt! Works," wheiever they
occur in the Constitution, thus abolish
ing that office.
Amend section six of the third
article, by striking out the word "aii
nually," and inserting, in lieu tlirreof,
the word "biennially," so as to conform
to the provision respecting the sessions
of the General Aseembly.
Strikeout sections fvo and three of
the fourth article, being the provi
sions which refer to the appointment
and dutiesof the Cod Commissioners.
Alter section four of thr; f.mrth ;irii- !
cie, so mat, saia section sn-ui w lonmrs
-The judicial Vovtr of the shall '
v.! J1 C . VT.L UV.e.ut::":,Ji!
be yested in a Court f ir thj trial of
impeachments, a Suj renie Court, t-'u-perior
Courts, such inferior Courts as
may be established by law, and Courts
f Justices of tbe Peace."
Alter Beition eight of the furth arti
cle, so that said section shall read at
follows: "The. Supreme Court shall
consist of a Chief Justice and two Ass
soch te Justices; J'rovided, That this
shall not apply to the Justices during
their present term of office, unless by
death, resignation or otherwise, the
number of Associate Justices shall be
reduced to two.
Alter section twelve of the fourth
article so that said section shall read as
follows: "Tbe State shall be divided
into nine judicial districts, for each of
which a Judge shall be chosen; and in
each district a Superior Court shall be
held at least twice in each year, to con
tinue for such time in each county
respectively as mny be prescribed by
law. The General Assembly shall lay
off said districts in due time, so that
the said nine Judges may be chosen
and begin their official term at the fir-t
general election for members of the
General Assembly which shall necur
a;ter the ratification of this section.
The General Assembly may reduce or
increase the number of districts to take
effect at the end of each judicial term.''
Strikes out section thirteen of the
fourth article, which fixes the present
judicial districts.
Amend section fourteen of the fourth
article by striking out all after the
word "office," and inserting, iu lieu ol
the part so stricken out, the following.
"The General Assembly shall pres
cribe a proper syrtem of rotation ior
the Judges of the Superior Courts, so
that no judge tnay ride the same dis
trict twice in saccession, and the judges
may also exchange districts with each
other, as may be provided by law."
Strike out section fifteen of the
fourth article, and insert in lieu there
of'the following : "The General Assem
bly shall have no power to deprive the
judicial department of any power or
jurisdiction which rightfully pertains
to it as a co-ordinate department; but
the General Assembly shall allot and
distribute that portion of this power
and jurisdiction, which does not per
tain to the Supreme Court, among the
other eoarts prescribed in thi9 consti
tution ot which may be established by
law in such manner as it may deam
best, provide also a proper system ot
appeals, and regulate by law when ne
cessary the methods of proceeding, it:
the exereiee of their powers, of ail the
courts below the Supremo Court, so
far as the same may be done without
conflict -with other provisions of this
constitution.
Strike oat sections sixteen, seven
teen, nineteen, twenty-five and thirty
three of the fourth article.
Amend section twenty six o- the
fourth article by striking out all that
part which begins with and follows tbe
word "but" in aid section, and, in
lieu of the part so stricken out. insert
ing the following: 'The judicial offi
cersaudthe clerks of any courts which
may be 'established j law shall bo
chosen by the vote of the qualified
electors and for. such term as may be
prescribed by law The voters of each
preciijCt, establisbed as is elsewhere
MARCH 28, 1872.
provided for in this constitution, sha
elect two justices of the peace for such
term as may be fixed by law, whose
jurisdiction shall extend throughout
their respective counties. The Gene
ral Assembly may provide for the elec
tion ol more than two justices of the
peace m those precincts which contain
cities or towns, or in which other spe
1 'l I y n 1 -. . J 1 1 . r i .
v.-.vuo ituuer ti expeuienr. lue
chief magistrates of cities and incor
porated towns shall have the judicial
powers of justices of the peace."
Amend section thirty of the fourth
article by striking ont the word "towns
ships" and inserting, iu lieu thereof,
the word -precirctsj" aiso in the last
sentence of the parse section, strike
out the words "the commissioners of
the county may tto;ot to6u,.h s,.
for theliaexmred term' and in Ifo-
thereof insert '.n appoiatmeut to fill
such vacancy for the "unexpired term
naiiue made as may be prescribed by
law.
Amend section one and seven of the
fifth article, by striking out the words
' "commissioners ol tho several counties"
wbe.rethey occur " sections, and
m lieu tneret luserting the words
county authorities established and
authorized by law."
Strike out section four of the fifth
article, relating to taxation to pay the
State debt and interest.
Ameod sectiou six of the fifth article
by inserting after the word " iusti u
mer.t" in said section the words "tr
any other personal property. "
Insert, the word "and"' before the
word "surveyor " in section one of the
seventh article, and strike out the
words "aud five commissioners" in
said section : also add to said section
the following; "The General Assem
bly shall provide for a system of county
government for the several counties of
the Stat."
Atneud section two of the seventh
article, by striking out the word "com
missioners," and in lieu thereof insert
ing the words "county authorities
established and authorized by law,"
und in tlv.i same section strike cut the
words, '-the register of deeds shall be
ex officio clerk cf the board of com
missioners." Strike out section three of the sev
enth article, aud in lieu thereof insert
the following: "The county author
ities established aud authorized by law
shall see that the respective counties
are divided into a suitable number of
sub-divisions, as convenient and com
pact in shape as possible, and marked
out by definite boundaries, which may
he altered wheu necessary. Said sub
uivisioa8 h b known by the name
of precinct,. Thev shall have no cor.
precincts. They shall have no cor-1
porate powers. The township govern
uients are abolishvd. The boundaries
of the precincts shall be the same as
those which heretofore defined the
townships until they shall be altered."
Sirike out sections lour, five, six. tea
aad eleven of'the seventh article, which
relates to the township system.
Ameud sections eight and nina of
the seventh article, by striking out the
words "or townships" where they oc
cur in said sections.
Strike out section three of the ninth
article, and iu lieu thereof insert the
following: "The General Assembly
shall Laa power to provide for the
election cf Trustees of the Uuiversily
of North Carolina, in when?, "when
chosen, shall be vested ali the privil
egos, right, franchises and endow
meats heretofore in any wise granted
to, or conferred upon, the Uoard cf
Trustees of said University; aud the
General Assembly may make such
provisions, laws and regulations, from
time to time, as may be necessary and
expedient for the maintenance and
management of said University.
Strike out sections thirteen, four
teeu and fifteen ol the ninth article re
lating to the University of North
Carolina. Amend section ten of the
eleventh article by etrikiug out the
words "at the charge of the State,"
and in lieu thereof iusert the words
"by the State, aud those who do not
own property over and above the home
siead aud personal property prescribed
by this Constitution, or being minors,
whose parents do uot own property
over and above the same, shall be
cared for at the charge of the State."
Alter sectiou seven of the fourteenth
article so that said section shall read
as follows: "No nerson who shall
hold any ufiiee or place of trust or
profit under the U. S. or any depart
ment thereof, or under this Slate, or
under any other Ftate or government,
shall hold or exercise any other office
or place of trust or profit under the
authority of this State, or be eligible
to & seat in either Ilouse of the
General Assembly; Provided, That
uothing herein contained shall extend
to officers in the militia, justices of the
peace, commissioners of public chari
ties, or commissioners for special pur
poses." Ad 1 another section to the four
teenth article, to be styled "section 8,"
and to read as follows:
"County officers, justices of the
peace aud other offices whoso offices
are abclished or changed iu any way
by the alteration of the constitution,
shall coutiuue to exercise their func
tions until any provisions necessary to
be made by law in order to give full
effect to the alterations, so far as re
lates to said officers shall have been
made."
Keoumber the seetions in these ar
ticles from whieh any section has been
stricken, without the insertion cf
another in its stead ; and give to any
new section that number which by
this method would have been given
to the section for which it is du', ti
tuted, and the alterations shall b: em
bodied iuto tne constitution, and the
sections numbered consecutively.
Katified the VJih day of January,
A. V. 1872.
NUMBER 15.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Office of Secretary of State, )
Raleigh, Jan. 22, 1872. j
I, Henry J. Menninger, Secretary of
Cl.l. I . c r . j
oiaie, uere jy certuy that the loreo-
incr is a true copy of the original actou
nie in tnis office.
H. J. Menxinoeh,
Secretary of State.
Popular Superstitions.
The moon has much to answer for
in fortunes and misfortunes of super
stitious people. Thire are. to this dav
those who will not butcher pigs while
me moon is wanms. est th inrk
should shrink in boiling; nor plant
seeds in the "dowu sieu ." lest th
snuiua not come up. Feople will look
), o ,
at tne rroaJe of a new moon and pro
nouce oracularly whether the month
is to be dry or wet. A certain magical
importance is given to the state of the
weather when the moon "change-'
that is to say, when the almanac marks
the quarter, as if the moon were not
changing all the time. In small aud
primitive sea port towns it is verily
believe that while the tido is rising
a sick person cannot die, and that lifj
will uot go till it ebbs out with the
tide. To refer again to the moon,
the word "lunatic," of universal ap.
plication to insane persons, is only a
politer form of moon struck, the moon
having been once held answerable fur
d! dpaicnth. Herbs for medical pur
poses were once gathered with great
ojre at certain times in the moon's age.
Southey, in one of his books, has pre
served an account of an ancient super
stition, vii, that warts on the hand
could be cured by washing them in the
moonshine in a silver basin that is,
going through the form of washing
without the water in the moonlight;
and speaking of warts and excrescences
recalls the fact that to this day many
people will affirm that they have had
warts removed by "powwowing," which
meaus the muttering of some censeless
jargon over them.
The Lost Years.
It is wonderful that there is no way
of making men comprehend simple
arithmetic. Some of the best cleiks
and accountants iu New York seem to
be still ignorant or forgetful of the first
principle tf the art which they prac
tice daily. The ground for this state
men is in the fact that many thousauds
of our young men of thirty, married
and unmarried, arc still vegetating in
hoarding houses or groaning under
j !Tve rents wr.en tnere is do rea.
?on "? the world why they should not
oppressive rents, when there is no rea-
have homes of their own,aud good ones
at that. Every one of the thousands
of whom we speak has burued up
enough in cigars, or poured .down his
throat in poisonous alcoholic mixtures,
since ho was of age. with the regular
interest ,to have made him well off at
thirty, and the fingers grow stronger
every day. To be sure, it was only so
mauy cigars a day, and perhaps they
were obtained at low prices, ' lower
than auy one else could get them;" and
the drinking Was moderate,', only a
cocktail in the morning, auother at
noon, and sometimes as he was going
home at uightf but, the wonder work
ing rules of arithmetic would have ta
ken those small sums, and of them
built t pieasaht home, a thriving busi
ness, or, it may be a fortune. !
That is not all, for we are personally
acquaiuted with hosts of these young
meu of thirty married, and the money
which did not build the house has done
something else. They are not drunk
ards, far from it, and they never intend
to be, though at times they have, betn
led into temporary excess; but the cis
ars and liquor have not faile I to do
their work. Their nerves are less
steady, t heir digestion less perfect, their
muscles less vigorous, their spirits less
buoyant, they can endure less fatigue,
for all that smoking and drinking.
Johnny Sehrimp's Composi
tion I like ice. When it's cold I like it
best. Ice is good for a great many
things. It is good to skate ou, and it
is good to make ice cream. I like to
skate. Sometimes I lend my skates to
Liizie Jones, and she lets me buckle
them on for her. She wears striped
stockings, with red and white and blue
stripes running around them, and her
legs look like a stick of candy. Fath
er says ice is good in cobblers. I don't
know why it is better in cobblers than
iu little boys. I suppose I shall be a
great deal wiser when I grow up. I
like ice cream with pl?nty of vanilla
in it. There is mortice creamtin sum
mer than in winter, and more ice in
winter than in summer. There are
heaps of things that I do not un
derstand. Mother says if I eat too
much icecream it will make my stomach
hnrt. I eat all I want, but am care
ful not to eat too much, because moth
er tehs me not to
When next winter comes, Lizzie
Jones anil are going to skate sume
more. There will not be any more
winter till after summer comes. The
seasons are mighty odd in this
country. Sometimes winter comes
before summer, and'sometimes summer
comes before winter, Father says I
may have a new pair of skates next
summer. Y hen I get to be a rran, I
am going to pour red stuff on ice to
warm it before I put it in my mouth,
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n.o my i-aiiier aoes.
"Woman's Sphere.
Charles Dickens never wrote anv
thing morebe.utiful and true than the
following:
"Ihe true woman for who e ambition
a busband'b iove ami her children's
adoration are sufficient; who applies her
military instinct to the discipline of her
household, and whose legislatics ex.
t erme theKselves ic task'ng hxrt for
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uu is paueni ana gentle, and intel
lectual and industrious: who lr
more thau she reasons, rarely argues
but adjusts with a smile; such a woman
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God given aud God blessed as she is
In the State of Rhode Tula,,,? i
this day, all forms and other iea-es
ate from the day of the nunienr ,
Year, namely, the 25tb of March. .
The ancient divisions of the day
differed widely from the customs of
our own time.
The Chaldeans, Syrians, Persians,
and Indians, began tbe day at sunrise,
and divided the day into four parts.'
This division of the day into quarter
was in use long before tho division
into hours-
The Chinese, who begin their day
p,t midnight aud reckon to the mid
night following, divido , tho interval
into twelve hours, equal to two of ours,
and known by a name and particular
figure.
In Egypt tho day was divided iuto
unequal hours. The clock invented'
by Ctesibius, of Alexandria, B. C. 250,
was so contrived as to lengthen cr
shorten the hours by the flowing of
water.
The Greeks divided the natural day
into twelve hours a practico derived
from the Babylonians.
The Romans called the time between
the rising and theeettiug sun the nat
ural day, and the time in the twenty
four hours the civil day. They began
and ended theif civil day at midnight,
and took this practice from their anc
ient laws and customs and ritrs if
religion, in use long before they had
any idea of the divisions into hours.
The first sun dial seen st Rome was
brought from Catania, in Sicily, in
the first Punio war, as part of the spoils
of that city; and after this period they
divided the day into twenty-four hours.
An officer, called accensus, at onetimo
proclaimed tbe hours, and at the bench
of justice announced every three boura
the time of day.
In the Turkish empire, tin: is
reckoned by certain portions of tl
natural day resembling the watches"
of the ancient Jews and Romans.
Public clocks not being in us, thesa
divisions of time are procla nied from
the mioaretBi
Medical experience proves that, in
chronic diseases, the greater number
of deaths occur just before dawn. Tin
is eminently true of brain disease, nnd
of all those related cases where death
results from an exhaustion of the vital
power through overwork, excessive
excitement or nervous prostration. It
is at, tne nour of o o clock in tho
morning that the lifoforce is at its
owestebb, and succumbs must readil
to the assault of epilepsy or naralvsi
or of the fatal lethargy that comes in
those vividly beautiful pictnrc-drcams,
for which medical seience has as yet
found no name, and of which it has
taken no sufficient cognizance. Nine
tenths of those who die in this way
expire in their sleep. In many such
cases, if a friend were at hand to wakon
the sleeper when the attack comes on,
or if he were to awaken byeomeacoid
ental noice, be might, by tho use of a
i .
tew Bimpie precautions, prolong his
lilefor many years: for the fehnclr
which prove9 fatal to the man wrapped
in deep Bleep, when the system is pas
sive and relaxed, would bo victoriously
repeuea were it armed with all its
waking energies. Men who do brain
work, and who are on the shadv side
of forty, should be on their guard
against this insidious enemy. They
should beware of five o clock A. M.
for it is a perilous hour. Do vou find
yourself unable to sleep, when you re
tire for the night, exhausted, with your
diy's work? Do you, in vain, turn
from one side to the other? Does your
brain persist in workins? when ' von
won Id fain have it rest? Do old saws.and
scraps of rhyme, repeat themselves in
your memory with wearisome iteration.
aeiing your utmost ctforts to silence
them? Then, I say to you, beware!
You will be 6ure to sleep at last. It
is only. a question of time ; for, soon or
late, nature will assert ber rights.
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A Source of Smiles.
Dr. Franklin having noticed that a
certain mechanic, who worked near
his office, was always happy and smil
ing, ventured to ask him the secret of
his constant cherfulnets.
'No secret Doctor he replied, 'I
have got one of the best wives, and
when I go to work she always has a
kind word of encouragement for me;
and when I go home she moets ma
with a smile and a kiss, and the tea is
soon to be ready; and she has done so
many little things through tbe day to
please me, that I cannot find in my
heart to speak an unkind word to any.
body.'
A Clergyman praying at camp meet
ing in a moat ferveut manner for tbe
power of the devil to be curtailed, a
zealous old negro loudly excla'aied.
Amen 1 yen biea de lord, cut his tail
sroaolr, smooth off.'