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V31 ; i,t i - r..j 5 '' 1- tE r.i or t-.-i'v. mU '' ';:'; S' 1 -i f-J.-.: it."-' !' : f !.'; v. I . j. V'-v nr. I 1 Si 'i it 1 k -f i:3 hi ' 'I! Gevek-U, "Grxwp on Reconctbuo n0N A special dispatch ,.to the .Bos ton Adoertiser says : ; " ' "There has been a good deal ot taiK durina the pat two or three days about General Grant's position on the recon struction question. It will be remem- y.-bored tW. souietiiue last summer one. Colonel Hill v-r, formerly on General Grant's start; wrote a letter to some body ; in Imliimn, sayin Jenerai ilSTlM Ieftt'sToHoyrwbic: allegation -was met by saying that . L:.T.' i,r nnv one else nacl authority to speak for him. The Dc- 'moeratic members of the Judiciary J Committee of the House, it appears, r thought a point for the President uftght si h he made out of the matter, and aceord- inly General Grant and Colonel IIill- yer were summoned to give evideuce ' ' in the impeachment inquiry. Hillyer I'.'-' testified that a . Ion" interview took r, j plaoe in February, of last year between . , the President, General Grant, and hirn . - self, and that his letter as to General ; Grant's position was founded on what """'.was then said. " . - " V. "Hillyer had but recently returned J . i 'lFom an extended tour in the South, and was giving some account of aflairs --down there, - He spoke of the generally r unsettled condition, and General Grant - indorsed his report by saying he had -discovered the same stale of facts in his hurried irip a short time before. '' The f r President' made some observation to the effect that, matters would not be : '- ,-come right till the States were restored to the Union; and that this ought to be ..' done as soon as possible; to which both his hearers assented. General "'-.-.Grant was before the committee on -""' ' two occasions, and his evidence was 1; far enough from being pleasing to the ? gentlemen by whom he was called. , He said iii effect, as is understood, that -i ...he had not thought it his province to , -1 meddle in politics ; that he had never been asked by the President for his ad vice or opinions on political matters; i ': that in all he had said about the neces ' ' sity for early restoration' of the Union rt; be "had spoken as a military man and as .. . a citizen, and not as a politician ; that j in his view military mile ought to cease . as soon as possible consistent with jus 1 tico and safety ; that the Southern pec ;' :ple themselves should be anxious for re f .'Htoration' of the civil authoriry; that Cfhe had always understood thePresi t'tleiit's work in the South as of a tem orary character, and at most as but an ih aid to Congress in setting up the civil governments ; that he had not sympa thized with the President in his conflict ' ,-with Congress;' that he thought the fixing of terms of recotistraction was '(.'',.'-matter belonging to Congress; that in his judgment the South made a grave -i-. i mistake in not long ago heartily accept r: i;-ing the 'terms offered; that he stood firmly by the Congressional plan, and 1 that he ; was anxious now, as he had 7'" been ever since the end of the war, for 'fl jthe early restoration of the rebel States v ..-, to the privilege of representation in Con stress.' V. . OtTE CHINCH IN RlClTMOKD, Va. TVe are in 'receipt of a circular from llev. James Mitchel, pastor of the Jlethodist Episcopal Church in Rich mond, with a very strong indorsement by Governor Peirpoint and Judge Underwood, setting forth the great need of a' church edifice for our de nomination in that city. Respecting the necessity of the case, the circular forcibly observes that it becomes abso lutely necessary, to occupy the great centres of influence once held by us in the South ; for no seceding branch of Methodism can do the work of the parent body or carry ; an independent and untranimeled gospel to the families of the Land. This has become matter of painful, experience. ' ." . Governor Peirpoint remarks : "There is great need of the church building above referred to ; it is one of the ne cessities of the times at this point. The 'spirit of the southern pulpit is thoroughly disloyal, active in the propagandism of rebel sentiment, and in cherishing a hope that 4 the lost cause ' may be gained by the destruc tion of a Republican government in this country.. I regard the establish ment of loyal churches throughout the South as the great means of counter acting this influence." And J udge Underwood characteristi cally says: : ' , . .... . ,' " The fashionable pulpits of this city have all been false to their trust and to , the claims of humanity, and as a natural result the general conscience is almost paralyzed. Poverty and sin abound." Quite independent of these political and social considerations, or placing them in a position altogether secondary, we are fully satisfied that our Church has a mission in the South, and especi ally in such a place as Richmond, which should not; be left unfulfilled, and for the accomplishment of that work t that place, a suitable house of Torship is necessary. Mr. Mitchell, therefore, appeals for " material aid," which, we trust, will not be withheld. iVew York Christian Advocate. The g bomb-proofs " , and V others who "snuffed the battle afar off," are abusing Gen.;.Longstreet for his letters in favor of reconstruction under the military bills. - This calls forth the fol lowing bitter piece of irony from an exchange: 1 . ! . The Israelites have been much pitied because the, rascally Egyptians com pelled them to make bricks without straw ;; but the Southern editor who boldly, stayed at home, flung meta phorical flags to the breeze, charged in the abstraot, vanquished theoretically wrote without brains. ink or Daper. Dubhshfid uritfimif nA . , "viviw auvci tisers or subscribers, and stood maw- imously in tne gap when the very ils had deserted this is the for lanrela and complimentary liquor while living, and for a stately monu ment when cieaa. The Cnrs is . Mabyland. The Maryland farniers are threshing their ,r : .wheat, which,s in the upper counties, . promises a-faircrop ; in the lower ." counties the prospepts of the crop are indifferent. - Corn promises well.. To-' bacco prospects are very innfavorable the season is altogether too wet. ' ;.vi. . Alex. H. Stephens on Davis and the Confederacy tteminiscences of the ' Rebellion. ' :. . ' v A correspondent of the .New York Timet recently visited Alex. U: Stephens at his home at Crawfordaville, Georgia. We ex tract the following from an interesting letter published by him. i.- HOW A KATN-STOltM TOOK GEORGIA OUT OF THE union.1: .'r.?r" " Mr. Stephens had wanted a convention of people to bo held' about the 15th of De cember. He knew that Georgia would not secede, and ho wa3 also sure that South Caroiiiia, which had not yet seceded, would not, hot though she was, go out alone. ; But lie could not effect this purpose. The elec tion for delegates was ordered for the 1st of Jannary, which was after South-Carolina had taken the leap. . u Well," he went on to say, ":ontbe 1st of January, there was a rain-storm more violent than the oldest in habitant remembered not since the flood in the Yazoo had there been such a storm. The result was that the country people could not get out to vote, and this gave a prepondera ting influence in the election of delegates to the towns and villages, where, you know, political epidemics are always stronger than , elsewhere. We lost at least twenty Union ' members by tin Even. Rome, up in the Cherokee country, where the Union senti ment was vastly in tfie ascendant, sent a se cession delegate. I went over myself to the Courthouse yonder to vote, and the room . was filled with dripping people, with wet ' saddles in their hands, -who had come: through the flood and mire with immense difficulty. I made them a little speech there, and I said then that I feared the raiu would lose us the election. And so indeed it did." GLIMPSES OF THE EARLY WAR-DATS. The day before the adjournment of the Montgomery Convention the different dele gations had meetings at their rooms to con sult in regard to the important question of a choice of Executive. Stephens was pres ent with the Georgia delegation. It was there stated that South-Carolina did not wish to bring forward any name, and thought Georgia should have it. Mr. Stephens' per sonal choice was Toombs, whom he regarded as the most powerful intellect of the South. . There was, however, some mention made of Stephens himself for the office; but he then stated that he " wished to be counted out that, even should he be chosen unanimously, he would not accept, unless he saw that he could form a cabinet that would agree upon the line of policy on which he thought the war should lie conducted. Hitherto the name of Davis had hardly been mooted ; but ' nt this point some member came in nnd said he understood that four States had agreed to present Mr. Davis. This was something new ; for Davis' aspiration had been to be at the head of the army rather than in the Presidential chair. It was proposed to send out and ascertain if the Tcport were true. Tiie case was found to he as stated. Tho delegation then said they would wish Mr. Stephens for the second office, and to this he (being absent from the hall) was unanimous ly elected. " The office," he observed, " was not nnpleasing to me; it was free from re sponsibility, and I thought might afford me the means of doing good." In speaking of Davis he remarked that there was great popular Misapprehension in regard to his character. He was," said he, " not at all what people suppose not at all a fire-eater ; and though he was of course a State-Rights man, he could hardly be call ed a secessionist." " Then he does not deserve to be counted with the conspirators with the Cobbs and Yanceys and Wigfalls." " Certainly not. He was opposed to secession,- but did not have the courage to come out ag-unst it. Hia course was simply the result of timidity, of the desire to keep the inside track and step into the shoes of Calhoun." Then among other points Mr. Stephens mentioned that Davis was very averse to having Fort Sumpter fired on, and only yield ed after it was known that a fleet with reinforcements and supplies was off the har bor. "That, we regarded, after the promise made, as the beginning of hostilities, and held, therefore, that it was not we that com menced the war." - It was universally thought that the war would be a brief holiday affair. "Most of the prominent poltticians, when we got through the work of the convention, hasten ed to enter the vmy, fearing that if they did not get in quick they would lose the oppor tunity of making some capital forthefuture !" " Mr. Davis," he went on to say, " observed to me soon after we got established at Mont gomery, that it would now be a question of brains who should win, and the remark was sojust thatl thought there must be a great deal where that came from. But there was manifested from the start a wonderful lack of statesmanship, and even of mere ordinary good, sense." I asked him to give me some illustrations of this. " Well," said he, "there is the subject of finance the sinews of war. Never was a people in position to start with so magnifi cent a basis of credit as we. - They said cot ton was king. Nonsense ! It was indeed a commercial king, but no political king. I always regarded the prevalent notion that England would intervene in our behalf on account of cotton as the most chimerical of fancies; and I told them at the time that the only effect of locking up our cotton would be to stimulate its production elsewhere. Now observe," he continued, " what a foun dation we had for credit, which Chatham calls the ' plumage of the bird.' I proposed - to take all the cotton say four million bales at ten ceuts, paying for it with eight per cent, gold interest bearing bonds. By ship- ' ping it to Liverpool, (which we might readi ly have done, for there was no blockade to speak of during the first year,) and holding it there till it rose to fiftv cents, we would have had $300,000,000. Well, I early called Mr. Davis' attention to it, but he told me he knew nothing of finance, and said ' go to Meininger.'. Meminger and I talked it all over one day, and we were to have another meeting two days afterwards, but in the mcantimo he came out in the newspapers with an article showing the unconstitution ality of the proposed measure, and I never went near him on the subject afterwards. . But had we acted as I have indicated, we might readily have bought fleets in Europe, and might even have hired mercenaries to fight our battles. I proposed to have fifteen iron-clads constructed in Europe, and to have three out by the following March. We might in this way have kept at least one or . two ports open, and if the portal system is kept open the organism can live. A man will live if he can breathe through a quill even ; but when, one after another, we lost all our ports, even to Wilmington, the game was up." : FATE OTf A PEACE MISSIONARY. ' In connection with the peace question and the reluctance of the Richmond authorities to give any countenance to efforts looking in that direction, Mr. Stephens told me a strange story, which I believe has never been published, of the fate of an unfortunate peace emissary from the North. It appears that m the spring of 1864, a person named Caball, from one of the Western States, was taken prisoner at the battle of Olustee or Is land Pond, in Florida, whither he had gone for the purpose of being taken prisoner and thus gaining admittance within the Confed erate lines. On his capture Caball was taken Andersonville, from which place he wrote a letter to Stephens, who was: then at his nome here, setting forth that the writer had come, after consultation with the leading peace men in tho West and in Washington, with the view of opening negotiations for a cessation of .the war, and that he desired to be allowed to visit Mr. Stevens. ? ?.I got this letter in April and immediately wrote to Richmond,-asked that he should be permit ted to come up and see me. In reply I re ceived word that an officer would bo sent to ascertain what Caball had to say. But this was never done, and in June I received an other tetter from Caball, stating that he was dying and -begging intercession on his be balf. I sent an indignat protest ' to -Richmond, hut heard nothing further of the ma.t- ter "till July,' when I got word from the com mandant of the post at Andersonville that Caball was dcad P'-' a -J Y . 1 t , ' V . THE CONFEDERACY A DESPOTISM. ; ' I had, in the course of our talk, many in terestine revelations of the inner workings of the Richmond government, and of its civil military polity. Its war measures, especial ly, were animadverted on most severely ; and prominent among these conscription, which Stephens regarded as an enormus blunder.and a flagrant violation of the very principle on which the war was waged on the part of the South. " The result was," he observed, " that as the war went on, desertion, absen teeism, assumed prodigious proportions. Mr. Davis, in his Macon specif stated that there were 150,000 deserters from toe army. Now the men had not grown lukewarm in the cause," . . v , , ; , . " But they found a new cause ?"','.'; ' ' " They found a new cause. .They had se ceded for State Rights ; they found a cen tralized despotism, . aiming at a dynasty. Long before the end, thinking men began to realize that there would have to be a rev olution within the revolution. - As for the manner in which supplies were raised by impressment, that was mere robbery, and was attended with the most gigantic corrup tion the earth ever saw.". - "And you had arbitrary arrests, too ?" " Oh, of the most shameful, shocking kind. Why, when I came out to Georgia in 1803, 1 found 1,100 persons in prison up here in At lanta, without shadow of law." Then recur ring to forced conscription, he 'added : " It was a satire to see free citizens dragged in chains to fight for liberty 1" , " Do you think, then, it would have been possible to have conducted the war purely on the voluntary, lame3 aller principle Vx " Most assuredly. If it was not a free will war it was a crime. Before Ctcsnr cross ed the Rhine, when he was about to enter the wilderness, he put to his soldiers wheth er they would follow him, and only wanted such as were willing to go. The result was that though the great body of the army had been proposed to the expeditiou,yet scarcely one refused to go. It is one thing in such enterprises to coerce, and another; while re ally commanding, to seem to follow the popular impulse. All statesmen understand this ; and war without statesmanship and diplomacy is mere stupidity." A SCENE IX THE SENATE. In December the proposition came up for a second suspension of hataas corpus. Af ter a protracted debate in the Senate it came to a tie, and it remained with Mr. Ste phens, who, as Vice-President of the Confed eracy, was President of the Senate, to decide the matter by giving the casting vote. " I rose to announce my vote, and stated that I felt it to be my duty to explain the reasons that influenced me in what I was go ing to do, when a Senator objected to my speaking " . . " They all knew you were going to vote against the hill " ,-.. . " Oh, yes ! They had heard me a hun dred times speak in private against the sus pension of habeas corpus." The Senator objected to Mr. Stevens speaking because he was Vice-President,- and, after some spar ring, another Senator arose and declared his desire to change his vote to the affirmative, which would have carried the bill. Ste phens ruled against his so doing, seeing that the debate was concluded ; but the mem bers appealed from and overruled his decis ion and passed the bill. . . , , ,., Williams' Mill, Chatham County, -, July 20, 1807. WW. Holder & Son: A Republican mass meeting was held at the Freedmen's School-house near Williams' Mill, on Friday the 19th inst, which was largely attended. On motion, Mr. John Smith was called to the Chair and J. R. Clements appointed Secre tary. The Chairman explained the object of the meeting. A committee ot five consist ing of Burbin Holland and J. R. Clements, whites, James Mason, Henry Bailey si id Hay wood Scott, colored, were appointed to draft resolutions which were cordially endorsed by the meeting. The Chairman then introduc ed Mr. J. B. Hutchings, of Raleigh, who gave the Freedmen some very good advice. The next speaker introduced was Maj. R. W. York, of Wake County. He stated. that he did not come prepared to give any advice, that he did not expect to be called on. . He had charity for all and malice towards none. He spoke at some length on the subject of Education. Mr. Jones, of Raleigh, was next introduced, but it will take an abler pen than mine to give hia remarks the justice they de serve. He was greeted with rounds of ap plause. . The ucxt speaker introduced was Mr. Gunter, of Chatham. He spoke to the point and gave the secessionists what they well deserve. Every thing passed off quietly. The speaking was interrupted for a short time by a heavy fall, of rain, which was badly needed in this section of the country. At night a Council of the U. L. A. was opened and forty-one initiated. ' . Very respectfully, ' ; " : - -. JOHN R. CLEMENTS, My. . Enclosed I send you the following resolu tions: . ;j : Resolved, That we heartily and cordially endorse the preamble and resolutions adopt ed at Haywood, in this County, on the 1st day of June last. - Resolved, That the thirty-ninth - and for tieth Congresses, for their determined efforts to restore the rebel States to tho Union on a thoroughly loyal basis, well deserves the commendations of every patriot throughout the State, and we a portion of the people of Chatham County, orth-Uaroiina, in a public meeting at the Freed men's School house, near Williams' Mill, assembled this day, do hereby extend to that patriotic body - our heartfelt aud unreserved thanks for its noble endeav ors in our behalt : .r . ; Resohed, That we commend the action of the State Executive Committee in calling a Convention to meet in the City of Raleigh on the 4th of September next. . Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to W. W. Holden & Son for publication, requesting every paper in the State friendly to Republicanism equal and exact justice to all to copy. , White and Colobed Conservative Convention in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., July 22. Gen. J. H. Clan ton, as chair man of the executive committee of the State Convention that appointed delegates to the Philadelphia Johnson Convention last year, has issued a call for a convention of conser vatives of Alabama, to meet at Montgomery on the 3d of September next. The colored people are invited to participate. The pro posed Convention is warmly endorsed by the anti-reconstruction journals, j . ' ( , Appointment br Gen. Sickles. : " - . ' : ' : Charleston, July 28. The term of Sheriff Dent, of Columbia, having expired,' Gen. Sickles has issued an order appointing F. M.' Green to succeed' him, and requiring the latter to take the test Ofttll.'' -J :.:: - ; - ..: 'For the Standard. MASS MEETING Bf WARBE5TON LETTEB . FROM D. E. 600DLOE, ESQ, - -Messrs. Editors : A grand mass meet ing of the citizens of Warren was held at 'the Court-house on the 20th. Some four thousand persons were present, Inost of w horn were colored. ' The meeting was organized by calling Al bert Burgess to the Chair, and appointing 4Prof. Jas. H.Foote, white, Jno. Hyraan and Wm. Cawthorn, colored, Secretaries. -r The - meeting was- addressed .- by . Ceesar Johnson, colored, Prof. Foote, Rev. J. B. Solomon, whites, James H. Harris andRev. G. W. Brodie, colorcd, and' Dr. Mat. .Williams., This was the largest assembly ever met in Warrenton. The speeches were all well re ceived and appropriate. But I must say the address of Mr. Jas. H. Harris was one of the best political speeches I ever heard ; fair and logical, and delivered in a most eloquent and graceful manner. He took Btrong grounds in favor of the restoration of NorthrCaroliua and the other rebellious States according to the acts of Congress advised all tP aid the great Republican party in support of these acts gave the Democrats of the North some hard licks interspersed his speech with beautiful illustrations and was frequently applauded. Mr. Harris is certainly a fine speaker. I think Warren is all right, and will vote, when allowed so to do, almost uani mously for the Republican ticket. I wish I had time to give you' a synopsis of the dif ferent speeches. . - ' -", : ,- ';-. . - ' T The Hon. Dan'l. R. Goodloe was invited to be present and address the meeting, but was prevented from doing so on account of official business. I herewith enclose a copy of his admirable letter, which I hope you will find room for in tho Standard. . ' ' This large crowd dispersed late in the eve ning without one instance of disorder.' -i Yours truly, ' , JAS. H. FOOTE, 8ee Warrenton, July 22, 1867. ; " Raleigh, July 17th, 1867." ' My Dear Sir : I learn from you, and also from our friend William Cawthorn, that lam expected to be present at the meeting on Saturday. , I very much regret that the pres- . snre of my offiicial engagements will deprive me of that pleasure. At the recent term of the Circuit Court, judgment was rendered in nearly one huadred and fifty cases ; and it being my duty as Marshal to see that the executions are served, I find my attention drawn to nearly every corner of the State, in rapid succession, lest something may go wrong. I have at the same time to make out my semi-annual returns, and to edit the Register ; so, . between these various and pressing duties, you can imagine that I have very little leisure. It happens that I am compelled to leave here in the morning, in , order to be ready tor the boat on the Black water on Friday ; and I should feel that I had committed a serious breach of duty if I were to stop in Warrenton.' I have thus frankly stated in detail, my reasons for declin ing to be present on the occasion, and I hope they will be satisfactory. In a few weeks I shall be relieved from the pressure on my time, when I propose to return to Warrenton to spend some weeks. - In the mean time I shall address the people from week to week, through the columns of the Register, so that there will bo no mistaking my position. . I have at great personal . inconvenience, and with no hope of making money, undertaken to edit the paper, in order to spread before the public the principles and views of public policy which I feel to be of vital importance, and indeed essential to freedom, peace and restoration. If L could be present at the meeting on Saturday, and were gifted with powers of utterance equal to those possessed by many gentlemen who will be there, I would say to the white people that there is no escape from the present state of things from military rule, from disfranchisement, and from the paralysis of industry, except through the gate of reconstruction, offered by the acts of Congress. Opposition to those acts, whether active or passive, will be equal ly unavailing.' Failure to form a State gov ernment will remit the control of affairs en tirely to . the hands of the military, or to those of persons who can take the test oath. On the other hand, reconstruction under the acts of Congress will immediately restore five-sixths of the people to their rights Un der the Constitution, and will render easy and certain the restoration of the remain der. . , , To the people of color I would say, I re joice that you are free. It is a consumma tion my heart has yearned for from my youth up. . I desired that it should come peaceful ly, with the consent of the white people ; and I have from my early manhood devoted all the energies of my mind to the work of convincing white men that black men have equal rights in the sight of God, and should have equal rights before human tribunals with themselves. And now that you are free, and also citizens and voters, I take the liberty ot advising you to live on- the very best terms with your white neighbors, and with those who formerly held you as slaves.1 Listen to no man who whispers the word con fiscation in your earaj or disfranchisement,' or injury in any form to your law-abiding white neighbors. Remember that if you were born slaves, the white people were born slaveholders, or were brought up amid pre judices, and under unjust laws, which exis ted before they were bom. We are all more or less the creatures of circumstances ; and as , custom under the old order of things pro duced unjust prejudices against you, so cus tom under the new order of things will change prejudices and opinions, and turn them in your favor, if you are true to your selves. For, as Shakespeare says, he who is true to himself will be false to no man. , There are eminent men in Congress, and in the Northern States, who have talked loose ly about a general confiscation of the pro perty of the Southern people. I am sure they have no real conception of the fearful calamities they' would produce if their pol icy were carried out. They would ruin the black people as well as the whites ; the loyal as well as the disloyal ; for they would de stroy all credit and confidence, all enterprise and effort, and thus make it impossible to give employment to laborers. All house ser vants, field hands, and laborers of every kind would lose their places if those who have pro perty are to be deprived of it by confiscation. No crops would be raised ; and starvation every where where would follow, as it has fol lowed in the track of the great armies which contended against each other in the South. If confiscation should take place, I. warn the colored people against indulging the hope that they would get anything by it. I know the thing will never happen, and that it is morally impossible; but if we suppose for a moment that it is undertaken, we may be sure that it will call forth, rr produce the most heartless and corrupt set of officials that ever existed, and that they would steal every tiling, squander everything, and leave nothing for the government or for the colored people. But be assured that nothing of the kind is thought of by any considerable body of men in Congress. Demagogues may come among you and tell you otherwise .to deceive yon, and to secure your votes ; but they are as lit tle your friends as they are the friends ot the white people. It you doubt it, ass them how long they have been the champions of yourrights. In ninety-nine casesout of ahun dred yon will find that such men would have sold you to the sugar planters and cotton planters of the tar South at any time before ,- you were set free. , - - - To whites and blacks I would say, let us cease talking of the past We can never ' agree as to the merits of the great controver sy. But in the future there is but one course left open. We will make a constitution as free as thaTof Vermont; and under lt we will have equal laws, equal advantages and opportunities in life, i Then every man must, rise or fall according to his merits. ' ; ; Thus, my dear sir, you have the substance of what I would liko to say to the people of Warren On Saturday, if I could spare the time from my official engagements.' ; I am, very faithfully, your friend, - - - - DANIEL R, GOODLOE. Prof, Jas. H. Foote, Warrenton, N. C. ' ':'.'. ;. For the Standard. EEPCBUCAN meeting at bentonsviixe, r .: - johsstos cocsnr, n. c. i Messrs. Editors : According to previous notice a very large portion of . the people, both white and "colored, from Johnston, Wayne , and Sampson, met at Bentonsville on the 17th July, for the purpose of giving expression to. their feelings on the. present state of the country. .. ... On motion of Thomas D. Snead, Esq., of, Johnston the meeting was organized by ap pointing Bryant Williams, Esq., Chairman,' and Mr. Joseph Stafford and Capt. Benjamin Williams, Secretaries. '. . . . .'';. '- On motion, Green Flowers, John Cole and W. A. Langston, whites, and Charles Eason, William Cole and Needham Sasser, colored, was appointed a committee to draft resolu tions for the action of the meeting..' - While the committee was absent,'Wm!. A. Smith',' Esq., of Johnston was called upon, Who spoke in his usual style for one hour and a half, showing who were responsible for the war and who were responsible for our present situation, showing clearly that the secession ists of the South and copperhead Democrats of the North were the guilty parties. This . was done to the satisfaction of all present, except a few -ignorant' secessionists and traitors from Wayne. He further said ; the presentaction of Congress, and its acceptation in good faith by the people, was the only hope of the loyal people of the South, and advised every one who could vote under the acts of Congress to register and vote for a Convention, and vote for : none but true Re publicans to that Convention. He said there would be a great effort by intimidation and otherwise to keep the loyal people from registering and voting,' but they must stand firm, and register and- vote at all hazards and if forced away from the public places by mobs , of trail ors, to apply to the nearest military Post forr protection, and it would be granted. . He said it was true that trait- ' ors to the government of the United States,' Bold nearly all the omces under the State government, and were allowed to carry arms to enforce the laws, which gave the oppo nents of the, reconstruction measures great ' advantage over its supporters, as he feared those arms might be used as they were in New Orleans to slaughter Union men. ; He, therefore, hoped Gen. Sickles would remove all disloyal men from office, and put none in office but loyal men to the government, and who can tike the oath of office of 1862.' ' -The committee through its chairman, Green Flowers, Esq., reported the following preamble and resolutions,'' which were unanimously passed : - ' Whereas, according to the existing or ders, all men of North-Carolina arc prohib ited from carrying arms, except public offi cers of the State ; and whereas, a large ma jority of these officers are as hostile to the : Union and Union men, as in the days of Mr. Jefferson Davis, .and whereas, we who live in the interior of the country, far from , any Military Post, have no protection from marauders and traitors, and whereas, we feel insecure! with men to rule over us with arms in their hands, who are enemies to us and the Government, and whereas, we are taxed to up keep a government which is opposed to the .reconstruction acts of Congress, which we look upon as the only means of our pro-'-tection in tho future ; therefore, ' 1 ; .r "- Resolved, That we respectfully ask Gen. Sickles to remove all . officers of the State who cannot take the test oath of office of 1862, passed by an act of Congress of the United States. -r Resolved, That we respectfully ask Gen. Sickles to issue an order prohibiting the Rebel Legislature of this State from meeting again.' . , Resolved, That we endorse the ' action of the Republican Convention held at Raleigh on 27th March last , . . Resolved, That we will do all in our power as good, citizens to aid Gen. Sickles in carrying out to the let ter, the recent action of Congress. ' ',: ' .-1 ' "' -.'' , v.o t Resolved, That the proceeding Of this meeting be published in the Standard, and other Republican papers are requested to copy. BRYANT WILLIAMS, Chairman. ' Joseph Stafford,' )" i, ' . Benjamin Williams, Pf; i r i ' 1 v " .' :, - , i " For the Standard.' ' , Messrs. i Editors : I have by accident picked up, at the room of a friend, a copy of a rebel sheet published in the city of Ra-, leigh, and dated July 18th, 1867. Thefol- r lowing paragraph attracts my notice: " The fourth of July orator at Elizabeth City (who we will, guarantee is a candidate for something) went a bow-shot beyond any; of his cotemporary " gkrifiers"m eulogizing Mr. Lincoln," &&" " .,:':; , ' ' ; ..I had supposed that old Bro. Pell had consented some time ago to repent and be come a good man. 'The hearts of some of your correspondents were touched about the . date of his recent affliction, and they with draw their fire, supposing that just visita tion of Divine Providence would serve as a warning and lead him to consider and amend . 'his ways. '5 But as it seems to have failed, they may find it necessary to deal with him again, and a little more severely. ,,'.'; r . . Do. you suppose he has any such great ven eration for the character of George Washing- ; ton as to be troubled at his disparagements His heart was wandering,' when, he wrote, after the gods of the Confederacy. , Suppose the name of Jeff Davis had been used where that of Presideut Lincoln was,"would Bro. Pell and his readers have been displeased ? No one is likely to convince our : people of the sincerity of his attachment to the " fath er of our country" while he manifestly hates the national government, ' dishonors the na tional birth-day, and so far as he dare, flouts the national flag. What right have they who sought to destroy the count ry of Wash ington who at -heart detest-the nation' whom his valor,- and skBteMnd goodness established who riddled with bullets on the battle-field the flag beneath ..whose folds Washington and - his brave compatriots fought what right have they thus sacrileg-, iously to mention his name t '- There is not a foreign nation, but that loves the flag and ' country of Washington more than Bro. Pell ' and his political school. It is truly refresh ingto hear brazen-faced ' traitors prate of. statesmanship and patriotism f " The name . and memory- of Washington will always be revered by. the true and loyal of this country. . For his many sterling traits of character, he stands peerless upon the pages of history. Washington fought to se cure the liberties of his own countrymen, and to maintain the principle that all men are created free and endowed with the ina lienable right of liberty. Jeff Davis and his followersdenied the principle and fought to fasten the chains ot slavery on millions., Abraham Lincoln will be - forever honored and . lovedby the good and true friends of human liberty tor bis unselfishness in break ing off the shackles that bound a race not of his own color and blood, as in the case of Washington but a down-trodden and help less race, and in ushering them into light and freedom. ., . : .; It was no love for Washington, but hatred for Lincoln and the government an oppor- tunity to let off a little rebel 'steam and a personal pique, that faneed Bro. Pell to pen . that paragraph. Not that I love Cszar more, but that I love Rome less. , . 8 M. July 23, 1867. . . ; ' ' :V '" " i V '- . 4 REPUBLICAN MEETING IS CUT. ? The Republican Iparty of" Clay County, pursuant to ' previous notice, met at the Church, on Shooting Creek, toe 4th day of July, 1867; and, on motion, John Galla way, Esq., was appointed Chairman, and Wm. H. Hogsbed was called on to act as Secretary, when the following resolutions were offered and unanimously passed ; 1. Resolved, That we endorse the princi ples of the republican party as enunciated in the resolutions of the meeting in Raleigh on the 27th of March, and that we will give to our friends elsewhere in the State and in the Nation a cordial Support in elevating Re publican principles and metric -,' , ... ; .. 2. That 'we do appoint-Allen Shearer,' W. M Davis. N. a BelL .John Patterson, and W. H. Hogshed delegates to represent the County in the Republican convention to be held in Raleigh on the 4th day of Sep tember next ; and should - our delegates fail to attend said convention, we appoint Geo. R. M. Henry, of the County of Maoon, to represent the Republicanparty of this Coun ty in said convention. , Earnestly indorsing the call made for the convention,- and, anxi ously desirous of being represented in said convention! we most respectfully request our delegates, or a part of them, to attend the said convention. : f(. - . -, (,v 8. That , the Secretary be requested to furnish the proceedings- of this .meeting to the Standard and Pioneer,, and request their publication in the other, Republican papers of the State.' ; -.'. ,-: 4 , . . . - 4. That the thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to CoL W. T. Crane, of the State of Georgia, and Gen. R. M. Henry, of the County of Macon, for the very able and eloquent addresses, delivered to the large concourse of citizens of Clay and Georgia that have met here to-day to pay their homage to the altar of freedom and liberty, on this the noted day of American Indepen dence. ....,; .'-:'; - ' 5. That the thanks of the meeting are ten-: dered to the Chairman and Secretary for the able and impartial manner in which they have discharged their duties. , 1 - i , 6. That the meeting do now adjourn. JOHN GALL A WAY, CKnCn ' W. H. Hogshed, See'y. . . . , tv.' u - t f . . , :.i . y Forthe 8tandard. . BEPnSLICAN MEETING IN GASTON COrXTY. ' At a meeting of the citizens of Gaston and Cleaveland counties, held at Bang's Moun tain, ou Saturday the 13th July, on motion, Alexander Bryant was called to the Chair and K. J. Kenedy, white, requested to act as Secretary. ' The object of the meeting was them ex plained by James Rhyne, colored, in an able and eloquent manner ; after which, upon motion, the following gentlemen were ap pointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, viz: Alexander Bryant, Stanford Whitworth, Caleb Roberts, Ed mondBracha and Tilmon Bryant all colored. During the absence of the committee the meeting was addressed by the Rev. Samuel Hunter, colored, in an able manner, who gave much good and timely advice ; and also by James Rhyne, colored. . Mr. Rhyne set forth the right and duties of the colored people in their new condition in an able and satisfactory - manner and dealt some heavy blows to secessionists. . . .. The committee returned and reported the following resolutions which were read by the Secretary and adopted: ", ' "'" ' Whereas, The situation of affairs in our State demand immediate action on the part of every loyal Unionist to restore the State to its former position in the American Union ; therefore, ' Resolved, That we cheerfully concur in the reconstruction programme of the Con gress of the United States, which after trying the effects of ..gentle means and failed, have had to resort to a more severe method to reclaim the erring people of the South. ; Resotted, That we hold that all men are created free: and equal and'' should enjoy equal rights and privileges under a republi can. form of government .. . v i ; Resolved, That we sincerely . exult in the fact that as a nation we are now absolutely a nation of freemen, and that the sun in all its course over our wide spread ' country no longer shines on the brow of a slave; with out reservation we heartily endorse the great measure of civil rights impartial enfranchise-1 mcnt without any property qualification con ferred without distinction of color, and that we are reiady to unite in the early practical attainment of these inestimable privileges.' . Resolved, That as the most potent and ef ficient means by which the South can speed ily regain her lost prosperity, we' earnestly advocate a spreading of knowledge and ed ucation among all men, and that to the at tainment of this great end, we demand and shall persistently and firmly insist upon the absolute right of free discussion and uree speech on all subjects of public interest . ., Resolved, That we will support no man for office who does not stand fairly and squarely, upon the platform of the Republican , party. - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions" be sent to the, North-Carolina 'Standard for publication, with a request that all Repub lican papers of the State copy. 1.5 , , VALEX. BRYANT, Ctm'n. ' . , K J. KenedY iSec'y. , . '. , - ; w ' - . ; - .-.'', - - ; Washington News. , ," '. - , ;' ,; Washington, July 28. The testimony in the Surratt case closed and tho arguments commenced yesterday. Judge Fisher ruled upon the motion to strike out testimony. He admits all in relation to the-attack on Seward and the intended at tack on President Johnson, as a part of the same transaction that resulted in the murder of Lincoln.. . The testimony of Surratt shoot ing Union prisoners was admitted as show ing , malice. The evidence as to Jacob Thompson's complicity was ruled out.' ' : ".' Mr. Carrington made the opening speech, addressing the Court on the five legal points submitted. He spoke three bourse and will continue his remarks to the Jury on Mon day.., He will probably occupy the whole day., Bradley and Merrick will follow for the defence.',.: Picrpoint will close. ; The speeches will occupy all of this week. ; : The remaining portion of Table Rock, at Niagara, was blown away yesterdayi., ' : Revenue receipts yesterdayj- $755,000. It is reported here that 3,000 Coolies are expected to arrive at New Orleans, under contracts- made by.' a' Commissioner of the Celestial government, with certain planters in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. ' .-'- It is reported that Gen. Sickles has arrest ed several military officers in his department for meddling in politics. ",s -. . ; .t , . Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister, de parts on leave of absence next month for home. He has been on duty here eight years. ,.; Wilmington Newspapers ; .' Wilmington, July 25, P. M. ' ' The Daily Dispateh has been sold to a company of Northern men. It will be con ducted after August 1st under Republican auspices. t- 4 WV H. Bernard has announced his inten tion of starting a new daily paper here at an early day. "-' - One of the richest men in New England,' Augustus Heneway; of Boston, whose estate 1s valued at $5,000,000. is confined in aa in- J.sane asylum.-., ,v v; 7 :..: . (From the Arkan.i Bf . - ww uaxeitp , -; .. . ARKANSAS STATE LECI8Ux6 gen. smith's botusal to allow rr to t ' , ' ASSEMBLE. t. ' On the 8th day of July, (the d fitI, by joint resolution of the General kL$ Of the State of Arkansas, for the mblT the two Houses,) the following memE the Senate and nouse of Reprc4nta?v convened in Littlo Rock, to wit m R. Fellows, of the Senate, and Hon j i" Eakin, R. O. Newton, F. J. Camera Jk Ll , Whereupon, previous to 'entering iv any business, in ordef to preserve the and avoid unnecessary conflict with S Tf Authority of the Government of tli. r ted .State.,, the following communiLti was addressed to Gen. Smith ceommanZ sub-district of Arkansas : mmMin2 ..,', Xittlb Rock, Ark., July 8, 1807 ) . X 10 o'clock AM. ' General: The General .Assemblv of thi! titate, at the Winter session, adjourned tn ! convene on the 8th of July. . " Since the adjournment an order was ism. ed from the Commanding-General of thi. District forbidding it to reascmhle. - Subsequent to this order the Attornw General of the United States had pnhlislirf an opinion declaring that military office ;are not authorized to vacate civil office, except upon trial and. conviction of occi pants. ' . . ' ., The undersigned members of the General Assembly of Arkansas respectfully desire to knoW whether the assembling of the Lewis, lature will be prevented by yon, as nulitar? commander of tho State, should its mem bers attempt to convene "according tn ri journment - . . . ; There is much unfinished business mate rially affecting the interests of citzens, which they deem it their duty to complete. , They do not desire - any conflict however, with the military force, or any breach of tl peace : inasmuch as the Legislature is mere civil body, with no powers of resist ance. J i-: "" - - ' - - . , Hence we have deemed it advisable, in behalf of the Senate and the House of Ren. resentatives, which branches respectively of me vrcnerai AsscmDiy it is our duty to keep alive by adjournment from day to day, and by sending for bsent members until a quo rum may be had, to ascertain from yon if our pacific efforts to that end would call forth military interference. . . If convenient, an answer is requested by twelve o'clock M, the hour fixed for meeting- , Respectfully, John R. Fellows, Senator Twenty-second District ; John R. Eakin, Representative Hempstead 'County; F. J. Cameron, Representative Dallas County; B. S. Dedlock, Representative Saline County ; R. C. Newton, Representative Pulaski County. " ' ; ' " ' ' - -Bvt. Brig.-Gen. C. H. Smith commanding, &c. Headquarters. -.. Which communication was shortly re turned with the following indorsement : . . . u . H'd'qr's Sub-District of Auk., 1 " Little Rock, July 8, '07. ( Respectfully returned. ' In ' the absence of other instructions, the order of Brevet Major General Ord, commanding Fourth Military District, forbidding the reassembling of the Legislature of Arkansas, will certainly be enforced, ... - , ',.. ... '; - By command of Brevet Brig.-Gen. C. E Smiths ; - , . . Samuel M. Mills, First Lieutenant Adjutant , Twenty-eight Infantry, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.,. , , "Whereupon the undersigned members of then Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Ar kansas, in behalf of themselves and of each of said Houses, and of the people of Arkan sas, their constituents,' do most solemnly protest against such military impediment to the discharge of their duties, under the Con stitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, and the Constitution of the United States; aud do insist that the General assembly has the right to ' cenvene now, or at any time hereafter when -said impediment may be re moved. ' ' '.' '' ' -,''.- ::"- .. And further, the clerk, and Secretary of the House , and Senate, are requested to spread upon their respective journals a copy of these proceedings and protest; and that copies of the same be transmitted . to tlie President of the United States, to Congress and to Gen. E, O, C. Ord, commanding the Fourth Military. District ; and that a copr be furnished His Excellency, Isaac Mnrpliy, Governor of the State of Arkansas, with the request that the same be filed in the office of the Secretary :of State. ,r ..: ; r., , . A true and complete copy of proceedings and correspondence. ' -'Attest:0 "-' E. P. LINZEE, : Assistant Clerk House of Representatives. jVhoS - NOTICE TO, (DISTILLERS. IV , 1119 1 UlMilUJ - llectok. Int. Rev., ) )I8TWCT, N. C, o July 16, 1867. ? ) Office of Collector, ' ifth. District, 'Greensboro' -. Distillers ire hereby notified that the order of Maj. Gen. Sickles, in relation to distilled spirits, has no reference whatever to .the dis tillation of Peach or Apple Brandy, ... Parties wishing to distil Brandy, will ob serve the following rules : .' L Make application to the Assistant As sessor of theii respective divisions for permit to take out license. ' : --. . LL File bond with Collector and take ont license to distil. In no case fail to pay tin special tax. . Bonds will not bo taken int less sum than five hundred dollars. ILL Have brandy assessed and make port every ten days if it is the,, intent! on pay without placing the spirits in bond. the intention is to bond the ' spirits, they must first be inspected and then placed u bond where tho assessment will be taade. IT. Keep correct record of amount distil led each day, amount of material used, fitfoj parties to whom any spirits may be sold, w for whom any'distilling may be done. V. Parties., situated in neighborhoods where large quantities of brandy will bed tilled, and who are desirous of having bonded warehouse for the storeage of spinp uoUs liquors, will make application to this office at once; said application will be &' ably considered. ... u - The application should state in roll tw location of the premises proposed to he nsw as a bonded ware-house, description .premises, Ac. ,w , A faithful compliance with the law ' that is required. - Every encouragements be given diBtillers of Brandy by all oftcei connected with this office, and all leniw which the law allows will be extended. Signed, " JNO. CRANE, ColkcM- Mnvv Tlvi!imm Tn MEXICO. G?n. TM' auri was shot on the 12th inst, at 8 in J morning, having been found in a un8f . San Camillo street, having disguised n self with a pair of false mustaches, and well provided with funds, over $5,000 being foun his possession. Marque, . ta. oeen lour a yet, ami unuuu u- - . . , somewhere. Gen. O'Horan was found 1 ij box which a carman was lamug . fl the rftr.when the populace threw tlicm' on him and hacked him into P". Chamberlain ana a wiw v. 'r j . ... mi, (rut -f :f ...,Aar Mar m ian.W88 CUJju in .ercuiuuna uuuw - - - on the 2d at the Paso del Marho. Rev! T. W. Conway lately found erof Fred.Douglasin NcwOneans. 1 his family have sineo arrived at New York, where Fred Uvea, . im met for forty years.
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