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RALEIGH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 167. NO. 70. l!Ait( ai. Bknkictt 0kssf.rvativrOheei.et lt certainly i a strange tact that Greehy should have to reprove H.niiett for radioaTisTti. The l Tribune says : Tin" New York Herald now head the hunt fur tin; impeachment of President Johnson. We. choose, not to prejudge the evidence which he uddu'-eil in support of Mr. Ashley's or Mr Loan's proposition ; liut we Iwp; Congress to bear in mind that the Herald waa at least e.pially zealous and persistent in driving a Democratic Congress to pass the Nebraska liill, which it now (trulv) declares to have been the initial, essential cause of that party's downfall. Day after ilav, it taunt the Democracy and "poor l'icrcu"'with their latal shipwreck, on the N-ptrfw TW, thottgh tho ileraU was Hserf eh pil ,t whi"h drove them under full headway thereon. Where shall its malicioua mockery llnd it next victim f" The continued circulation of Heiinetl a Her old, in the South, reflects upon the intelligence and sincerity of our people. We think the moit morbid curiosity cannot justify the support which is given ly Southern gentlemen to Ben nett's Herald- paper and a man to utterly without character, and wholly undeserving of sympathy. The 'trifune may have gone further, and charge! the Herald with having been one of the chief instruments in inciting and stirring up the war feeling in the South, in 18B0-1. TheNewYwk lltndd and S C. Standard hare attained the bad eminence, of being reck less and unscrupulous to attain an end, however ruinous that end may be to others or the coun try. II Southern tiicn desire to patrooire Radical piper that are honest, let tlrem take the New York Tribyneot ttt G reemboro' Union Register, but if they desire to I properly posted in Northern politics, and to have th antidote along with the poison, we recommend unequiv ocally the National Intelligencer at Washington and the New York World. These are not only the ablest, but they are truly conservative jour n&b, and are superior, in our estimation, in character, reliability and general intelligence to any pspcrs North of the Potomac. Ofn. GnMT.T-The Salisbury Old A'orjA Slat raisea the name ol Gen. Grant for the neat) Presidency. There are two kinds of bad pay" masters It is said : one pays in advance and the other never pays. In this ce. we judge our extemporary l4ong to the first cls. As we are not jet invited to the wedding, we lear, if we take oir scat at tho feast, foo soon, we shall I ihtUtd out. Seriously, wt think our neighlmr premature. 11 those who are more immediate ly interesting themsel vrt in the next Presiden tial election, who areTn lavor ot the Constitu tional Colon, shall uoinliiate Gen. Grant at a proper time, wc may give hjm our support; but we must be sure he has a n.ife platform in this respect, before wc can commit ourselves. -We t.ke Ut same .position in regard to "impar tial suflrage." We are no sticklers fit'rlmpM sibllities, nor have we any groundless prejudices ugainit colored, people. The present voters of U the States are the constitutional judges of ufffage-.- Wli'efi TTi'Slt fnt !ttnr! if reft tj tin judgment of the voters ol the Stales, they will lo full justice to the colored copele, slid we shall be ready to acuieaiailailudr division. Or when the Congress will submit any plan a condi tion rtoinciluiUon, that tlie huIIi can adopt with safety to her own existence without clis honor, we are ready for it. Spring Wheat from Russia for Distribution. The Commissioner of Agriculture is in re ceipt, per late steamer from Kurope. of a large tiailitv ot lh celebrated Amantaka (ipring) wheat, from Odessa, Unssia, lniMrteil by the Detiartment for distribution among the agricul tiinstaof snch stations of the country as sue ciWully cultivate spring wheat. The weight f this grain is about sixty-tlve pounds, and its superiority has been teste.l dttrinff the past sesson on the experimental farm of the Depart ment. It wfll le distributed with the assurance that its general intnxluctiou will prove of great lieneflttrr the wheat growing interests of tli I'nited States. Xal. IuLUtotnrM-. Weho) that the planters of North Carolina will procure some of this wheat. No portion of the Lnion raises Ult4-r wheat than North Caro lina. Inilwxifirst mialit) North Carolina flour is eiil to any in the wotld. PliK l,-JA sutlicient iudicntion of, the scar city ol money in our market at present, may be seen in the reduction in price of the necessaries of lilc, and wares offered for mile. A reduction is observable in many articles in almost every line of business, fish, flesh and fowl, usually forsnjo from the country carts, meet With no purchasers who can comply with exorbitant demands. - -Wt totit:e t hat iU-ad hogs sold in market yeatcrdny morning lof II cents per 'pound, decidedly the most moderate figure ot the season, but one which, in the midst, of the present! depression, wss not accepted with any exhibition ol eagerness or avidity. I' ii Una a brighter era in the business line a dawns opon-H, we my look fir -still fur thcr rodootions. ViL Journal. AsoTHKH Ukro Hkoi'oiit Homk. The re mains ol Capt, W'm. T. Marsh passed through oor place on Tuesdav, accompanied by bis Ifothcr Mnj. Ed. 8. Marsh. ('Upt. M. was wounded at the battle of An . Metawontbc 1.7th. S ft. wl'il in com mand of his Co. "I" 4tJi N. C , and died tight days after ironi its eflWts. It wilt bu a melancholy satislactiou to his Mends, to learn that he now sleeps his last lcrp peacefully in I be family burial ground in Halh. Anotlivr martyr to our "Lost Causc." Itrrhorfr fkiHthtTHfT. A proposition is on foot to build a new Custom House and Post Ollics in Ncwlvem, N. C. For the Sentinel. Sknate Chamber, ) Hu.mgu, Jan. 24th. 187. ( Editors ok the BkntInei. : Gentlemen, I noticed in the Sentinel, of the 22d. inst., an article taken from the N. . Herald, which states, from information received, that there exists is North Carolina, hi Union county, a teeret orgnnitiUion. revolutionary in its charac ter, and the meniliers are sworn to secrecy, tc. I am a citizen of Union County, and It Is a part of the .Senatorial district which I have the honor to represent in the present General As sembly. That there are a lew misguided and unsuspecting men, moved and lead by design ing and corrupt politicians and wire-workers, tail hat e'tk'fi lr!ghtene.T Knit' Influenced To join the "Ked Strings," or the so called "Loyal League," I think, from what I have recently heard, is probable, and a few others, with the hope of reward which has been delusively held out to them, I also think, may sympathize with them. But that the great majority or the peo ple ut Union county, the intelligent and miIj stantial part ot the citizens, have any complicity in so nefarious a scheme as the one alluded to by the fawW'i correspondent, I deny, and pro nounce it utterly false and slanderous as to them. I was informed only two days before I left home, that there was some such a teeret move ment on foot in my County. A respectable gen tleratn told me he had been approached by an individual who desired him to sign a petition, to join a secret aociety and to take an oath Ac, and tbat he waa told by tlu) individual if ha would do so, bis laud would not be confiscated, but that if be did not, confiscation was inevita ble. Thus I am convinced Meters. Editors, con fiscation is the scare-crow that is used to intim idate the ignorant and weak-kneed, id fright en them to sign a petition to Congress to dis solve our present State government and recon struct ns. The reward oifered, ss I am informed, is, that all who join the league, "so-called," are to escape confiscation and the train of evils laid np tor the sheep of another flock, for those who have not tho mark of the beast upon their foreheads. And in this et parte way, Messrs. Editors, the wishes and ttattu of the "purely loyal" citixens of North Carolina are represen ted at .Washington City, in contradistinction to the other class, called secessionists, reliels, dis loyalists, ic. I am well acquainted with the people of L'nion county. I have had intercourse and dealings with rtem for thirty years. They have I tut owed their lavors upon, and honored m with many respectable positions. I know them, ami know them well. There were few original secessionists among them. They were opMiacd to the initiatory steps which brought on the late disastrous and cruel war ; but when war became inevitable; when the issue was made up; when the edict went forth and sum moned us all to the battle field, Union county, a did other true patriots, rallied around the standard of the South. Our people determined if they must tight, they would do so in liehalf of their own homes, their wives and children, their property and everything sacred and dear to them, in onr beloved South. My county sent some 1800 or 1400 soldiers to the battle field who fought as bravely as the bravest, and thoae who lived to .witness the defeat of our armies ami the loss of the Southern cause, tired of war, worn down by the trials and privations nt thmer willingljujaid down theix arms, took the Oath of allegiance to the Unitedotates, are as loyal to the government as any people in the Union. Thev arc now disposed to spend .the balance of Uieir days in peace and quietude, and lo engage in irying io numi up mcir wi fortunes, to support their families, pay their debts, and preserve the credit, the honor and dignity of the "good old North State" and of the Uniou. May God help them to do it. And, Messrs. Editors, "for any designing and corrupt ! men or set of men, insorder to gratify their own ambition, to effect their maddened and crazy schemes, seduced and instigated by an evil spint, to set tra, to dig pita, and blind fold, not only the people of Union but those of the State, generally, to plunge them again into difficulties, ruin and war, to approach them in "sheep's clothing while iuwardly they are raven ing wolves," what shall 1 say of such f Shall I say llaomin gallows is not high enough to hang thcrt on f No ; I will not say that to you of them, but I will say to them, they are digging a pit for their own burial, so deep, that the hand of time will not resurrect them. Truly yours, I). A. COVINGTON. Got. Weill Menage. New Orleans, Jan. 24. Gov. Wells measage favors the adoption of the Constitutional amendment. It assumes that Coogreas will demand impartial suffrage, de nounces the police and anti ennventionist for the July riots, urges increased tax for the mainten ance of the State credit, favors the proper pro portion of tho School Fund for negroes, and urges that indiicempts lie made lor foreign em igration. Supreme Court Decision in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 24. Chjel Justice Walker, has delivered au opinion in the Supreme Court, reiterating that the State was a defarto government under the Confede racy. Guardians or administrators who invest ed in Confederate bonds, or received money, in good faith and, all kindred transnctiona,are made valid by this. decision, - . . , A Unt.ic. There is now in the poasession of the Wilmington Library Association, an old vol ume entitled "Office of a North Carolina Justice of the Peace," printed by James Davit, in New hern, N. C, in the year 1774, and presented to the Association by Griffith J. McRee, Esq., pre vious to;thc war. This antique fooVing volume is the first book ever published in Nurth Carolina, and is neatly printed in the old . style letter on what must t icn have been considered excellent paper, but which is now much faded and worn. Wilming ton Journal, : The colored population of Petersburg, Vir ginia, are taking measure to provide lor the indigent of their own class, and propose to es tablish a souphouM for that purpois. Virginia Conference ok the Noktiikiis fr the Sentinel. Methodist Curitrit. The Virginia and North T t,, ivr.i,. r t, ni a...v,i Carolina Miss.on Commence of the Metho. To tl,e Member, of the General Aiembly. Episcopal Church was organized in the citv of W 1 V ?f"rtn fafotiua been Considered bc Kichmond, Va , hv Bishop Scott on Thursday I'"hI Ij r, Slst' r 'Slu1'' 111 roKTl in. almost all the 3d January. On the first dav four members ! ll"' ''' f itment of civilized life, Education, were enrolled, namely : Kcv. . I. "S. Mitchell, D. Vui'icultiirc, Mechanic Arts, Ac Whether or 1)., late of the New York Episcopal Conference hot it is true, that she is Im-UiuI, is not the and Rev. T. 11. Ifaynes, .1. W. Grant, and James Tiention. '" whether she is so regarded. That Mitchell, of the Baltimore Conference. Sul.se- .u' is so regarded cannot be denied, and that quently, Kevs. John S. Biis and Cl.arl. s . then-Is a cause, why it is so. Davis were re-admitted ; Iievs. John W. Na h.r j I "der the British government, heie little and II. A. T. Harris were admitted Irom 'the I fin"r wr's s,"wn " N"r,,' Carolina, its early Protestant Methodist Church ; (ev. Snniiel . ; K,tl!ers ielt the importance of education, and Keen was received fnin, the' Methodist New I ui' lt thty could lo promote it. Witness Connection Church in Canada; and U.-s .las Mi""" College at Charlotte. Subsequently, ir.roMilT, TViU' KAwirnL'T Wi... C. jraflieU's w-nirrAitniihmHrof war-lWnnwr.-T1 was and John T. Miller rvcre received on tri al. I '"'1"'" 1 in that instilment, (Sect. 41.) That Saturday a Conference Misionarv Society. Tract tsociety, and Mimlay School i niou were ornn ized. In April, lHiit!. this work cominenccd nith about 55 members and 2 ministers; now it mini bers 65 members and 15 ininisUrs. V. have no church of our own in Richmond. Will you not lend me the aid of your journal to secure .from our Iriends at least $50,000 for such a pur pose J I need not tell you how important such a lodgement in Richmond has become; wm know it well. Please lend us your valuable aid. The Conference session closed mi Monday. January T, alter asission of four days. Tin following are the appointments of the Virginia and North Carolina Conference: Virginia J'tittr irt. f)avnl ii. While. P. V. Richmond, James Mitchell; Petersburg and City Point, James W. Grant ; Williamsburg and Bigclow's, C. S. Williams; Hampton and York town circuit, S. R. Kean ; Portsmouth and Nor folk, T. II. Hay ties. C. A. Davis, chaplain in navy, stationed at Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia. Xorth Carolina Hittriet.-,1. S. Mit hell. P. I... Raleigh to be supplied. Charlotte to be sup plied. Lincolnton. W. G. Mutton; Dilh v, W. Rawlins; Wilkes, II. A. r Harris; Yadkin. J. T.Miller; Piedmont Spring,, . I. H. Post. II. JVVw York CirUtutu A leitf'tti, y.o.r. 'y JitrJi tnnnd Chritticiri Adrtfntf. The alx.ve movement of the Northern Meth odists Mill surprise many North Carolina Meth odists. "The Philistines are upon yon," and you must I up and doing. Sentinel. Sayings of Great Men. From the ImCroww Democrat. Good Tittle boys at school should always have as incentives to become good and great, the say ings ol great and good men. v ho have passed from earth to their home, wherever that home may la. As there are many good little bovfc in the land, we take pains to give them the last words of m me great Republicans, who alone aie good, great, moral, virtuous, patriotic and law abiding : "I am a law abiding man !" Jhi, Wrnashe hung as he hung. "lie died by the Well." --Jim Lane. "Watches and spoon.8." -Brutt Iiutler. "That reminds me of a little story!" IInra- bU Abraham Lincoln. Let mc kiss him for his mother." Anna Ii, i - ns.. rtpenklng ot t red. Douglass. "Keep your cboler." fonij, to pick Taylor. "Cotton is King." (Jen. Curt it. "Let my last end be like his." JAj Morton "A wench by any other Dame would smell ai sweet. 1 luid.- Meant. "With thestilTiri spirit. T)t-1 Tatt1!: "A thousand miles in hell." Her. 0t. flroini ! lo'. , Who's pin here since I'sh pin gone ;" Dill- Jleelor Sniclitnacier. audkmja. 'The last man and the last dollar." UMrn. The Union men are persecuted, w hen they ; are charged with advocating negro suffrage." - Blythe. i "Fish for the army." font TayltrJ. "If North Carolina docs not accede, I'll have j the State." R. T. Blair. "I leg to lie excused. " V. L. Harrit. Hoituehn Office-holder Si ill Rt i.tp Out. I learn that the decision of the Supreme i i ourt in tne test oat n cases lias received a yery narrow construction at the Treasury. It is, for the present At least, held by heads of bureaus in that department, that the decision dots pot em brace officers ot thp Government, and that no salaries can be drawn by officials who have been unable to take the oath prescribed by the act of July 25, 1802. From this it would'seem that it is thought in some quarters that, however plain ly the reasoning of the court might apply to other than the very cases iicforc it, the special mattci decided only should be considered as settled. Doubtless, this question will receive the early consideration of the AttorneyO-eneral, when, it is to be hoped, a different ruling will lw uniformly adopted. The Government itself is evidently a sufferer from the limited number of persons, under wasting circumstances, from among whom they are compelled to choose the officers connected with the revenue and postal systems In the Southern States. -- Wothiniton Irt terin Baltimore GaieUe: Ladiks' At ction. Messrs. Cron'y and' Mor riss. Auctioneers, hehl on yesterday, a novel kind of auction one tor ladies. The handsome stock of Iry Goods, Ac., of Mr. J. II. Ander son, was exposed under the hammer to sale, la dy purchasers being the only bidders. We up derstand from one of the knights of (he ham mer, who figured on this occasion, that the sf fair was a splendid success. The largo crowd present, the enthusiastic admiration displnw-d by them for the beautiful goodsniPt-their evi dent appreciation of the excellent, t bargains which they secured, induco us to believe that quite as large nn assemblage will attend to day nil. D.tjuitch. The New York 7W says itrequirei'on income of nearlv tch thousand dollars to,rTvc comlortii My lit New York. Fred Douglass says lie is not permitted now.as formerly, to enjoy ,thav luxury of a tvholo seat when traveling. Some people really prefer fit ting next a "nigger" to standing. " r!l""' "r school ,lill tr established by the Legislature for the convenient instruction of outli, with siicli salai i. to the masters paidby thr p :llir, as may enable them to instruct at low prices ; and all useful learning nhnll fie duly encouraged and promoted in one or tnnre Uni versities. 'l ire Legislature then is bound. b the Con stitution, to snst.ibi the I'lmcr-i'v. Now what' has been done to tnlh'tl ttrr obti-n' kii t An ap propriation of seven tliousan 1 d .liars was made a vcar i,(o, and that is !'. as ,r as I have been iulormi .1, that the I'nm i -ii v has received in j thtou troubled times. I.esi.ics til : tuition fees from .its st intents. The n. igliborini Slates of j Virginia and Sen! h t 'ar'.lina. are sustaining their I niveisities by lil.irul uihuiiL appropriations !'.imthc Public Trrfc-itfy. Why should not I N'Utli ( aroiinii be us uise and liberal .' It is said that we have' several colleges in our j State, mid that t.liev have nn equal claim on the Legislature with the University. Surely no ; reiisonal.le man can think fo. The Legislature i is bound by the Constitution to sustain the I hiv.r in. It is not so bound as to other I coli.-gts. These were built up, ho far as that i Inn been done, by different denominations of Christians, lor their own private ends, and have no ii. ore claim on the Legislature lor aid, than any of our public schools or academies taught I for private profit or influence. In Virginia and S.uih Carolina there are denominational col i leu. s. yet we i.evir hear of complaints in those I Statcs.bccausc i lK-ir Universities are t-ustained by the Slate Treasury. Neither should it lie so in j North Carolina. Surely every North Carolinian should flesire to see our University among the very firt in the land. To make it such, is in j the power of the General Assembly. I The meutbeis ol the General Aaaembly have : the nppoiiniiicnt of the Trustees of the Univer ' sity, mi. I consequently the whole responsibility j for the management of the University devolves , ultimately on the Legislature. Hence, the im portance of selecting suitable persons for so im- portant a trust ; and yet these appointments have generally been made of members of the Legislature without regard to their fitness. Although removal from this office because of "improper conduct" is in the power of the Trus . te. s, yet I have never heard of its being exer ' r ised, and that when some of the Trustees have never attended a meeting ol the Hoard since their appointment. The University has been treated as an orphan , by the Legislature, almost from its very origin. I ow what is Ihe result 1 Does a diploma from j the University of" North Carolina give evidence j of scholarship ( We never hear of a teacher j appending to his nuuTe "A. M. of the tJolWrBi:- i H of N. C," i. s we do of the University of'Vir i git.ia. Why il!iis; One answer is obvious, ugoc.-t .1 l.y tin present experience. A,cer tain -nfinrtM r ' 'nfrvlent must b secured to. i.iise Irom tuition tees a bare support tor the laciiltv, and if ouablicd applicants cannot be bird, such as aiiplv must l received to make op t he number. Hy rtmaiuimg lour years every student gets a diploma, although it is well k:tow'ii that a large number of the graduates ..iiiinil t i-ii.imI I, , In. .1 i nloi.ia ubt-n thfv rftr'ft.vA it. N)lw iay sav'that the trusteesare to blame lor pcrmiltiiig such a state of things. But it cannoi ln r. i iii-iiied until the Legislature affords noi,.;in' ..id lor tue support ol me Lniver- Miy, mi' I appoiid iii -ii as Trustees who will take a pni) -r iiiten.-t ia the University. ll is said by some that the small number ot students uow attending the University, is be cause of prejudice against some members of the present faculty. This may be true to a certain !1cnt. If these prejudices nre of a political character, wc say they are simply absurd. A man's political opinions have nothing to do with the subjects taught at the University. Tile simple question with regal d lo a Professor is is be morally and mentally qualified for bis chair ( If he is not so qualified let him be re moved. If he is, let him be sustained without regard t political opinions. Wc happen to bev somewhat acquainted with most of the present j faculty, and though. we may not be a cotnpe- tent judge, yt t we und. rtake to allium that there 1 are nu n in tiiat faculty who yvoul l do honor to ; anv institution of leaiiuitig in Christendom.--S,ume)t I hem have miid.sacriti, s lo sustain ihe University which lew uoiild make, liut, after ail, if the picseiil faculty, either in p.irt or in whole, is found or belieyed to be incompetent, let the remedy be applied, mn' suitaole men appointci. and let such means be used as are necessary to secure the set vices ol the best men Till' Salaries ntCbapcl Hill haw- n. w r bet n "ifr.T ; equate to iho services rendered. .1 yood Ihwk fjHT ' tilcmdH, in a uu rcaitl 'ile .-.mw, com tttiiitd.i a liitjher taltiry tlmrt a '-eciw.r tn our I'nirii tty, hoiefur irarntxl be in.ry lie. In the. University of Norlh Carolina the al uies ought p. lc sui i, as w ill secure the l.esi Molts of the very highest abilities. An opportunity is uow pieiiejiled of relieving the tniwr-ity in its impoverished condition, and. that, too, w ithout draw ing on the public treasury. Ilow can any legi-laloi oppose this plan, luih so he. intends lo propose one rum h more clliciclit (. As long as the ofcrly first sec lion remain Ll nr Coiisuttitiof, t'hu Leglslatitie rMiul, will). Ji good cou.-cici.i'c pexiuit the. University to go down, when they, have the power to piey.mtithis crttHStoplic If we visll to see North Carolina clevacd, and lake the stand among her sister States which she is ca pable of taking, let the Legislature, and every palitiot in the rState, arouse and assist in placing me clow-inn ii, ruin pos.nou, ,i.D. tL rim : rommam! the respect and confidence of our ' people, und that we may point to it vtilh pride 1 as la ing as illustrious as any other, and that it ! inny be n passport for scholarship, in any part ' f our country, to be a graduate of the Univcr ity of North Carolina. If literature and the arts are ever to flourish in North Carolina, the imversuy must, iw sustained, or we shall be dependent for these signs and means of civili zation on our neighbor. It wilt be In Vain to attempt to raise the lower schools and acade uii.-a uu to a orooer standard ol attain ments without the aid ot the University. i Knowledge never aaceuds. It always descends irom aiiuve. Let tue I niversity be elevated and sustained, and as ah inevitable result, all our scnoois and academies will be elevated with it and by it. I haVc no connection with the University, and never nave nan. liut I teel, as a citizen ot North Crn!1n; ft flee j i rhterWt Irt g prosperity " ' SENEX. Congressional Debate. On the 21st. in the House, Mr. Stevens' bill and amendment being up at the evening session, the following interesting debate occurred. The House met at 7J o'clock for debate on the reconstruction bill. Mr, Van Horn, ot New York, occupied the chair. Mr. Trimble addressed the House in opposi tion to the bill. He claimed that the last con stitutional amendment had been rejected ; it had been submitted to all the States, loyal and disloyal, and it had not lieen ratified, by three fourths of them. It it had liecD ratified then this bill would be in violation of it. He de nounced It as a bill of attainder, and an potl facto law ; anil he made several constitutional points against it. Mr. Dodge roso to give bis reasons why he could not vote either lor the bill or lor the amendment. He hoped he would not, for his course on this full, lie denounced as a "rengade Republican. He differed entirely from the general sentiment on the Republican side of the House, that the States recently in rebellion were not States in the Union. Congress had already committed itself against that view. The con stitutional amendment abolishing slavery bad been submitted to them by the General Gov ernment and bad been ratified by them. In lt62, when West Virginia was organised, Mr. Speaker Colfax had made a speech, in which bu declared that Governor Peirpoiut and the Wheeling Legislature were the rightful Gover nor and Legislature of the State of Virginia, coniR'tent constitutionally to give assent to the partition of the State. And the last constitu tional amendment had in the same view been sent to the late rebel States for ratification; and he was confident that Congress bad intended that it should be sent. lie had read carefully the bill of Mr. Stevens and the substitute of Mr. Ashley, und be had failed to find in either the first tiling that promised peace, conciliation, and harmony. He looked anxiously for peace and permanent conciliation, and therefore Con gress should be careful not to pass laws that could only irritate the people of the South and perpetuate the hostility between the sections. lie was not deficient in sympathy for the color ed men of the South ; but he knew that, under the circumstances, such a state of things was, in a measure, to be expected. What was wanted was something to bring about a better feeling between the North and the South, and at the same time alietter feeling between the Southern man and the freed man. Ho could not' Sec in either tue l.ill or the amendment anything of the kind. The result of the passage of the bill would disfranchise the largrf proportion of the white men of thettoathv-whilitttr'wanld enfranchise the col ored man. Would the passage of such a law be calculated to create better feeling between the white and the colored people, or between the North sinl the South r If the Republican party in the Stat of New York had laid down such a programme at the lust election, he bad no doubt it would have been defeated. Mr. Radford inquired whether his colleague was in favor of a Imitting to representation in Congress any Southern Slate which would rati fy the constitutional smendmeiit. Mr. Dodge replie d that he a iiulieitatingly ill favor of it, provided i.iya! n iircseritatires were sent to Congress. He resnmnl. and elabo rated on his mgllio ut that this hill, instead of being calculated to restore pea. e and concilia I tion, was calculated to embitter tne feeling I between the sections, to keep up the irritation, and to postpone the settlement ot the question, i Referring to the proposed impeachment of the . President, be dcpr.cated it as U ing union unate in a political point of view, but vastly mote ui, fortunate in paralyzing the iiidustri.il mi, I bust ne 8 interest of the country. "t He mentioned the in.tann; nf a chontamV in t stitution in New York, !., had w.i. to in- ' vest its surplus capital in I niied Siat.-s s.curi ties, but thai vole loo! It, ii . e-id, i, t on ai ; count ot the impeachment lop si i.,u and of this bill. Slid the President ot iheM.!y was ! directed to deposit t lie amount in Ihe New York Lite and Trust Fund. So it was in a'l branches 1 ot business. He boHit that neither the bill ot j Mr. Stevens nor the amendment of Mr. Asiiley j would pass 4 his House Mr. Hise took I be 1 .or next, and made an ar- J gument against the lull, lie declared himself "pp"el to giving wtiy substantial enuw for rev olutiou or resistance. Hi opinion was that there never had been a State out of the Union, and that n.y.e but States .could govern, or be governed by, the t 'ongr. ss of the United States. The pow'er was pi. nary and full ti admit States into the Union, but there was no power conferred upon 'ngr. s. t -ccservwd to States,, ro expel or to take a Stale out of life Union. , Mr. Scofield iusk .1 howt it would have leen if the Confederacy liaiL succeeded, Would the rebel States be still States in the Union, under the Constitution, while thev were running their own government f Mr. 1IISK replu d that that u.i.ui.l liavo hew a caseotaiicccasftil Resolution, and the. State remaining would have been the United States. H asked whether Congress yyas realty deter - 'mined to reduce the people .t.il the South to a condition ntthejw m abj.vt political slavery, as b this bill pr.ipo.7d. lie criticised the details' of f the hill tu alio '. iliai it coiileiunlate.l ii... 1 lodiment of dcsNHVllt iu W Soutli-so, despot- ism lu a country where nothing hut a free reri- resentativc'tiovernm. i bad ever existed n could ever exist. He contended that f,ot for-a oo - mMinnini iiym ,n tj(5 Southern States ever destroyed. It was simply a non-user on their part, an abstaining from the rights which they had, and whenever that non user ceased, and they sent their representatives here, thry were entitled to admission. The people of the South exposed themselves) indi vidually to the penalties ol treason, but under the agreement by which they laid down their arms, and under the amnesty proclamation, and under the pardons granted by the President, the great body of them were relieved from the consequences ot their rebellion. As to the States themselves there was an means known to the law, by which they could be punished in their corporate capacity, and they certainly could not be degraded from their positions in fiie l'nion-. H is own prwgrarmmwM that thry should be united, that reconciliation should take the place of persecution. It was not to be ex pected that the people of the booth would Dumbly get on their knees and say, "You Radi cals are right, and we will sustain all your meas ures in the post snd all your measures in the future." That was what was meant by loyalty a devotion to and adctermination to perpetu ate Radical power. The word "loyalty" should not be used in this country ; it should be obse lete, except so fur as it related to a faithful ob servftuccuf t.be Constitution and laws. This bill made the white men of the South the ene mies of the Government, and only secured the friendship of negroes, felons, and miserable Freed rueu's Bureau, civil rights bill, political adventurers, who are flooding the Southern States like so many buzzards over a carcass. Ann all this was done in the name ot liberty ! As Madame Roland said, when sho was led to the guillotine, in the French revolution : "Oh; liberty ! how many horrors are perpetrated in your name 1" It was impossible that the coun try should much longer tolerate in powers par ty guilty of so many atrocities, euormities, and usurpations as the Republican party was euilty of. The House adjourned at 10 o'clock. From Waabiagtoo. Correspondence of the Baltimore Sua. National Convention. Charles Mason, Esq , President, of th Na tional Democratic Association, issues a call for a meeting ot that body In this city on Wednes day evening next for the purpose of consider ing the expediency of recommending the Call of a National Democratic Convention at an, early day, snd to transact tuch other business as nisy cqme before it. OEBERAL GS.AJIT. General Grant has announced bis Intention to visit Europe this year, and will probably sail in April next, so as to be present at the Paris ex position. He will take his entire family with Film. MB. SEWARD Secretary Seward answered a subpeena vbm the Judiciary Committee of the House to day, and appeared before it for the purpose of giv ing testimony regarding the assassination con spiracy. national banks. In reply to a request of a National Bank de pository to have moneys sent out of the natural channel of collection and deposit, the Secreta ry ol the Treasury has replied that the policy ot the department is to concentrate the public moneys as near as posslblo to assistant Treasu rer of the United States, and keep them with suub ofiieurs.wlstiieyexpractioable, IMI'liACUMENT WON'T TAT. The chairman of the House Ju.dic.a17 Com ruittee has authorized the statement that Con' grresa .will- do nothing this session toward Impeachment. The committee is busy closing up other investigations, including the alleged complicity of Jefferson Davis with the assassin ation conspiracy. If they get through in time tbsy may take some testimony on impeachment for the purpose of laying it before the neat Con gress. I leel warranted in saying that, inasmuch as the initiative has been formally taken in the House, Mr. Johnson desires that the inrestiga tion shall proceed; and so long as tbt impeach-, ers pursue the Constitution and the law he will -promptly respond to any charges tbat may be perferred a'gainst him. But nevertheless, any attempt to depose by irregular and manifestly illegal procedure will be resisted by all the power of the Government. ob PKosrECTs.' Tarboro' is fast assuming the rank ot the first inland town in North Cart tins ; situate in the centre of one of the wealthi est counties in the State, surrounded by advan tage ot which tew places can boast, and offer ing greul inducements for the outlay of capital in every form, we look t see her at no distant day take a much higher and more prominent position. No place in the State has so soon rallied fn m the effects ot the late war, owing to theenerget c spirit displayed by many of our citizens. Tat Kro Qouthe) nor. ,; 1 " s The New York dry goods clerks are watched byadetctive force A. T. Stew'art, of New York, keeps his horses in a building once used as a Baptist church. . STATE OS1 NORTH CAROUXA, i Madisok Copktt. j Is Eimt Fau. Term, 18Q, James Nicbols vs. Lai bksck M. ALLxn tt ah. It , piwsrs totheCeurt that the defeadaats. I.nu' mx-M. Alien. W. U. Asdsraua sad wits DreU.. Abosr IlaU'en.h and wife Joys Jamas W Uiit ' AllesC Bsily. Mary M. Baity, Dsreas BaiTv W p' H ljr, Levi i. tvv Et-.sab.th BattT. Marsraret Bilr. Matth E Baily, J. II. Body, Ai-elis And.- oa, Hsnderaoa Caraen and wife Joyce, Wiley Hm 1 Jr., A. Dew oe Joua Peck, are bob reeidaal- '..i the State of North Car.ihn, it is therefore ordered 1 ublicatioa be marts fov lis saeeetriv week ' rn 11 ., SentiMi, pnblialied in n.eeity of Katrili, c.h.i.im.,,1 ioK them tn appear at the nett l-rm of this IVnlin he held at the Court' HtnM Usrshnll .,n tl 4th Monday after the Mb. Ni.o.lsv in April tn-xt, thHn a...j there to aaswsr tlie but f r,.,ii) B w tn mis can Witness, J. B KFJiSON, fieri; nl MasteHii Eipiit v fur the County of Madison, ai nili ia Marititil 4th. Monday after the ttii Jl. nnsy in (September a 1 loM , J. B. NELSON, C. M. E. ! 'il-wt.w i. TPV. ..BT;. , I TPITR House aiiflXot oa Ttulsbom SC known ia the ' A PPrvf . . PP? giioeg . Dee M-Vl -:J- 'A ft 1 4 -1 4n V,-' i
