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VOL. 2. THIRD SERIES. -TERMS : Vmi-v, 1 yew,.. '.-J- eA In advance. RATES Or ADVCRTISIN01 nvi Square (po. of 12 Knc) Bret insertion, 0 TJI 8d, aud tr insertion, each, for each addttiooal publication, .13 00 ...1 50 l 03 60 30 EGROE SUFFRAGE. ThU ia the great bug bear of the radN cftl. to Intimidate "JSllii8- I, ia thebone of conteuuonretween the wo great aection. of the coontry, aMvell ZiS bread of political life to th, , Mo "a-extrcmest.- Without it. advocacy they would have oozing to recommend (Ue;n ,0 their philanthropic constituency. to the nation: Their dior,f.nin,rrtr.i ritorial, and impeachment schemes have tbir di.M'ina;f ofe ,UofU.ein.orgentl6ute. to the mess ure. Not that thej Uve apodal love far the negro or regard for bia1 right., but because bia condiilon furnishes them the desiredopporlunity and excuso frj rn renting the "disloyal white.." Wu be lieve that oor refnsal to accede, e.en in a limited measure, to their onj net demand, for negro .offrage, ha. been the main cause of our proscription, which ba. re euUed more dUastrou to us as a section than tbe admi'satoo of their cause could An If thi. aBomtliou ia truo, w herein con.i.U the pulicy,Qtilily,or win dom of onger resisting a measure which ja now almost heritable. If we may avert the irreat viru!euce of the eil by accepting it in part, do not the dictate, of prudence demand us to do-go ! Which i, the wiaer policy to accept it in part, or invite it, in Ul worst form, by indiffors ei.ee and obstinacy ? ' !any aouni mat :n iuirr or later I e are 11 Will WU ... powerless tortatJ, and ure ll.ere fori., for divesting it of lis greatest dan iror. and most i?pgnint feature, by meeting - of com prom 1.0. NcarlteigVcen months a,?"',' Ihecalnnina fif. .this j'-iW1' A we, thro advocated. qualified wgro aflffrager inl lime nan the soundness of the K.!iey. I a-1 U' I, of the Sontheru State, ad-ptcd th policy at the timo they"-fatinVd the CoHt.tu tional Amendment abolishing s avcry, ..,i;.o that ilin Union would have been long before thi fully restored, and .1.. .a.ttft ilat inn nf the .utTrai'o and loir.ioriat nnantion never-ntard or. It would have put a atop to the disc.uasion .1. tl.. nf llm neirn til Vote WIllCU was indulged then by but few and which baa grown in proportion to oor opposi tion to U tince, We do not believe, however, that it U Ua lato yet to remedy the great mistake we nwdo in ibis particular. We Should Ti'ew the subject iu !l ita bear ings. The negro is now in the eyea or the law, on the same footing with the white man. A ,of tho ?T: erntnent, le oe bia allegiance to that 1 KVTGIUiUVUl w , r . B. .. .... I'.-.... !. XAnr,tfal lth In ihnrt. in every rarui.-. niar, nia DomicaLsiam-is -j"v"-v that of tno-w-hitetnanv Jiowfiver on willing we mar be to accept this fact, ;t is nevertheless true: Then, ta tbe negro entitled to the rights which tre cjarraetl for hitn by bla laeudo protectors! Lo bis relationa to. the government jnaUfy J claim to the eaerciso ot "g'Mt. u.4l4-oiUL. or mmef-JJifi pniletWe-Ire-Tfeeto adrn mat w ar onahle t nnderstanu jiow j one, properly informed of tbe spirit and character. pLe-tf-ytyTPb-can question the justice of the claim. The proprletj and justice of tbe claim are too very different propositiona. That the Beard i entlilod w the right of auf fraga m he pow atanda before tho law and th country, ir would bo (extremely ... . . . :i absurd for us to deny, lo give nimiui i, right is but aaimpfo matter of human justice, all our ideas to the ontrarv not withstanding. But that he ta capable of exercising it wUIk discretion and with safety to the long established institutions and vital intoreat oftfie republic, we do not believe. We have never been a ..convert trttho rninons doctride .of uni versal sttffrairo. We have ever retfardod it aa impolitic, dahgerons, and subver- veof lh end for wbieb good govorn. ment ti esrablisbed;' There can be no permanency, no settled principles, no ni5dOteTiiOTioTrirtiore ,A tlie Pretident in.hU last message ""Tbi Teaerow of fbi .Tective franebT. Itb Maitiitfibs.iiw.OT wboa guided by native ihlelligenee, patriotwra and proper appreciation; of our inMitulion., coo ' titute tb. true b.i of 'a deinocralio form of - - j i -': . :' i - "ii 7n lli fti-vated character and patrtoliara of lha elector, lor it xorcied by1 perton.'who do oof jutfly "Iflroate iu v.W-mwI wtio are ladifferenl to il. result, it will only aer?. a ibe mean of placing pow er ia He hapd. jf tb. unprincipled and aU tioua. n.t in u.l evantuale in the. complet. da airuoUan tJf ibif nbeit r of wbicti it abovtd be th. tnoat powerful, oonMrvalor. .. Theee qnalifieationa are of tha first im portauce; yet, we think there are others equally neceawry in order to. seenro lift ends of justice and preserve the integrity and durability of the republic. The elector should have a personal interest in the proper administration of the and preservation of the government. lie should be qualifiied to enjoy the high privilege of suffrage. We believe in a property qulifi.cation. Evidence is not wanting to show the nmoliability of mere patriotic impnlaea when property s jeopardized. While this Idea will ap ply with equal force to all classes we especially insist that it be made a preco denitoiheadniAipnof ckiaotVv the neErro rfora the above remark, wmon were hastily thrown together, many will doubt leas conclude that we'aie out aud out fr negro iufTfaee: Tbi. is a very - great mistake. We could not unier any consideration. agree lo what the Radi rU :! 'imDartial suffrage.'' Neither, would we te willing to give tue ngiu 01 anatified-aoffrage-o-tbeieffii-did--weJ not beliee tuai wie imeresi 01 m demand, it, to .ay nothing of the unques tionable jnatice of In. claim to exercise this bigh privilege in his 'changed condi-' itK- 6m "aiitiiat't of a deinocracv: To via no w , - m denv bim this, right in viw of bid .pre. am .tstna l oru the couiurv. is 10 UVV aaide the fundamental principle, ot a re publican form of government, ana aivesi it of its democratic character. This fea tore of tiia eed question 'i omgreat calamity. But it mn.t be met and the sooner the better, for the country will have no peace until it is settled definite ly. Salisbury Banner. Consumption, of Pottage Stamps. Twenty tons, or by superficial measure ment, forty eight and a half square miles, of poafajo stamps have heen used during the year: enruigh to. roof a l irgo town ship, with all Us houwf, clnircrie, earn, garden., foresU and tarni. ; or, if you choose to make a ribbon of them, enough from tlierana'or to t-i t li - er pole. r twice the length ot mo aiif.sis river. IS that if everybody would .v...... y - .. .. ... . ...... r bo obliging enough to ne me govern-, ment stamp on tin- envelope nsm, m mre emiwion of these little iiian taner would liirl.U-n tie mn'-l hags by more than fnrtv tlnwaap u-.iwr. Er Presidmt i'r-l nou it vwti " Post master General d'oea ribT'lm- olcnCrd to fourteen yeais' banisbinenl s tn.i art this information in so many w..rda, ; lur., and fined fifty per cent, of the 3,000,0OO i . ni flint rtpfir !v ."..'i'J mil- the Spanish Minuter in 188j. DUl IIP " J .. lion, of sumps have bet'ii sola in mo1 American. TtrrihU Punishment for Crime. Our readers will recollect, that some days ioce, it wa. announced that a gros. and brutal outrage had11 been perpetrated up yeBr --- v.- r ., I .(, SutM tro0p, detained at . noarlVIOflV mill OI B W- damped en vH,.pea ... - j lo c; hforBia, Foay..ix bad lation reduces me awry - w . ?- , , Amlctn gible fnrm we have giren ii.-onewyro on the pers on of Mrs. t. A. Miller, of , tba neItlbet, were preent, Mr. Stanton expreaa (Iretn count v, and that rutlinns, one ed uis jjed opposition to ihe measure, white, and five negroes, had been arreaU . Jgno 1(KThe United State 1 ! Annntn till I . l.ll. ed, and connneu .m. . - . .ir- i - ... .nl t ...... 1 .if nirn uuit-ieauay visited the jail, r.rres?ed Hie jailor, iook the keys fr.mi him, removeu tue priao eraand inflicTcd npon rbem a punish- . . .1 1. i.-a uent which the tiruiai crime cimig y mode of puiiisBuieTftt cannot be approved by a Ja w 1 a bidi ng Jeople, , Ly i'ch Ja ,w cannot obtain the aauctionol the gol citiaen, though he may VlieviHlie u.m inal richly dfservcu tue puniBium:.. r J.n Mrs. Miller is lurkmg . ..nntrr " W are antnonzon MUOIIl IH V"""J- - - - .. . bv Mr. Miller to ay that, he will pay HK firtho tnrebnsMrt of any orte of tbem, with proof sutHciont to convict tl "m - nJnnti A Kindhwnt lit b i. VVtvjwuVi. Wednesday, the J tie si.rrr wwv-...... Rr. Kite .,.uuu the consti virgrui Au""j .v,w-. - ....:"! -monrlinent. bv a urfanimoua vote in the Senate and with a solitary affirmative in the lower twia. Delegate fr-ni bouse ot Mr, Kairfax. l?y a simple negative, and without nourish, the representatives ot irgmia expTessou the boiieat dictates of their hearts, to to which-,- we are awured, all the people cry, amen. , ; ; A pew in ft a.t.i church sold recents 4v for J5ve thousand four butidrci . lar.. mn n.r. l,irth to a child IiVoiie fi..A mix irliUs from cnoiera m 1UV.V ww w founders is-to noct at Buffa4o-on the lOll. in.taut. : ti,k '-. wavfilist be a liUlo..wavc. Ud?wrJtfeilo.F i r.t a little hn1i;'jaaiuJffiaUaL ham. '- A Yankee farmer ia endeavoring to nlan " to estract tho beats from tnnwical comptwtion He aays they are worth trying mr, a ... ...v cases it-only4akea two jo i fill : .jueasA ure. - SALISBURY, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1867. NEWS OF THE DAY. Congreumal. Wasinglon, January 10. Senate. Several etitions were pre sented for the paaa'Hge pf tbe Ilouse tariff bill, and one for a uioditicfttign of the duty on cigars. - Mr. Suinnei1 presented a potition from a college in Pennsylvania, for a constitu tional amendment abolishing all distibes tions on account of color. Tbe Senate passed the bill filing the commencement of Congress f6r the 4th of March, and a bill prohibiting the de. nial of 6uffnige to tbe negroes in the ter ritories. . The Senate resumed tbe consideration et the bill prebibUiog UiaPEcaidant from making removals .from office without its eonsent-ablnst officers excepted- . , IIocse. The credentials of A. M. Branch, representative from Texas, and Thomas J. Foster, representative from the third Congressional district of Ala bama were presented and rtferred. A bill supplementary to the act rela tive to the cancellation of revenue stamps waa referred Th House concurred in the Senate amendment fixing the time for the meet ing ol'Congres. to be the 4th of March. It prohibits-cons ructive mileage. The Senate amendment forcing negro suffrage in Territories when organised was concurred in 104 eyes to 38 noes. The Nebraska bill, , with the amend-. ment making negro euffrage a condition of (be admission of the State, waa at tempted to be forced through. Mr. Garfield (Hep-) earnestly protested nTint a bill so important being passed without debate, as the Cougreess might, with such a precedent, admit North Cais oliua, or any pthr Southern State in the same wav. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, said euch a con dition could be of no binding force. TlU.lLiiMA-rafaacd to lay, tbe bill n : .. . -Aj 1 11 U IMUiV. "J From Central and South America. S'ew York Jan. 10. The IlisiDg Star, from Tanaran on bas rnd. l'rwtet-t---Maera,i-4Wg, I nxi.rBMl. hut till rdftlkTiiatluU had been re Fiv hundred wck trench aoldier bad , paise tbrough Panama lor trance. f, t'bdliaiia pfopws the roeuiao : UuJ LJ France in the SpaoUb-Peruvian war. r .. :.. . ...I..S.I... V-ln.i.. l.uBiiiew The cholera bad broken oui among me v- mi icaragua, en route died. coffee crop promised From Washington. Washington, J.n. 10. Tbe subject of territorialifing the South wa , IUKT ttm,w- ." J 1 r.n. m ll.n t Hlilrmt vesteruav. -' SopTerttvtWt'-ha oorMnled tft lot a kob be 1 1 takes of iu opinion on tbe let oath case to be , ,Rke of iu opinion Jeritered eU BL(Wday S'abiriloii, January 10. TheEqnal K'ifbU Convention of negroes from Southern nnd orn- ern Stale i in khioi bere. 1 Ley propose 10 addrwHiCottgraAnii 4he people in lavor oi ira partial uffrage in iIUm Mate, ana to memo risliie Colore to eitUwr remove i tb. wUon tax or to alter tbe dufj aV'to gradei. froin Mexico A new Scheme. Jlew York, January 10. New Orloan. correpondence says that (Jen- ral Castlencu and Maximillian nave coma to a ujuWlaadinff i favor of tb-relortio r ..irr.n tba teidencv bv the middle of Ul ... - i - . . . next rnoutbi . Still LaterxFrom. Europe, Now Yosk.-Jan. 11. The Steamship rwVrwt!h Liverpool datea to the 29tb ultimo, bas arrived. Fenian arrests continue Two EhdiBu reeimenta IS Ireland were soon to oe rvi..'cu uiuiiu . i. ,. I i 1 ;1...1rip Tendon. Xoon. Jan. 11. Ihe threat , ened impeaclimcnt of President Johnson CAU.IVO l'V. v.- i". , w plo every wbei-e. The journals ot raris and elsewhere-have arueies ims njorii mcr on the subiect. an l tuey warn Ainer icanaof the seiioiisnesa' of tho step about to be taken. L 7 " -.r?nrxnnTti5 ifMttfytnjrinrel :TAni nfllie improveiMeht of Oarlotta mntaAljr,.andpslcn;ilv,l eonnrniea by-aespriteuca-.toiii hci ni.cn Xsthtom. Moon. Jau-ll.--Telcgraphi MHa ' - nut..-directly' trkceable to any official source, have been reeeiycd. of icnQUs3mercg tbe week ending to-day -as being t ,uw k.i Th market liaa ffnorauy, oeeu ..ti tnjv and with bnt trttlerftcrivity Tlio sales to day are not likely4 to exceed 3.000 bsles. Middling upianoaare sin tooted it If ir--r- -: Latest News. New York, Jan. 11. Stocks excited and fluctuating; governments heavy. Gold 1.32f. - ' - Flour 10 to 15clower. Wheat' dull nnd droonintr. Corn veryd till and in favor of buyers. Pork dull nnd heay. Whisky nominal. Cotton dull at 34ia 85c. for Bmldling uplands. Washington Matters. To lb Hiinse, to-day, Mr. Upson introdocad a Bill, authorizing tbe payment of the rewartf offered in 1805 for the cupture of Jeffaraol Davis. Inferred to tbe Couimittfe on Aprpt prialioBs - "" ' WaihingtOn, Jan. 13. Tb. opinion f the Supremo Court of the United 8tat i to ho delivered lo morrdw. ft i-i haai) r,n ih ; il uiwt km trewn4gt to t CltKC 4sparttot Marr, of botitpn, una unmna, or .4 .... . - . - i-3 " ..T.f. V ArtM, wtio, Having tu,m4piu Souifi in tte late -wr k tu b re-s lmiited to prtie. at.ilje bar of ilia. -Supreme .Court.. It iovolve. mefi particularly the constitutionality of tb. 'law eiteudioji to Attorney ' in ibe Unit td SlaUa Court th-i provision of the act of July, 1882, which require a lest oatb of civil, rniUtHry and navnl otlioern, with penaitie for perjury. London, Jn. 12, 1'. li. The Timet, of lhi morning, ba' a lon aitu;;e ou the mtject-ol no peacbinent of lb Prehideiit, and ay that tbe cbeme look like aatal Wow at the Constitu lion. London, Jan. 13. The Globe bv an cdilo trial, in wbieb it ay ttie Eastern qulion has become to pressing that il demand the imioe diate attention of the European power. Frankfort, JaB. 13.-Tbe U.S. Five-twcntie. 765. LiverfcooL Jan. 12. P. M. The cotton mar ket c'ovd dull lodf.y, aud price fell off slight ly. MiddJio uplands quoted at 14d. Vienna, jutt. 12, P. M. Tbe jouruals of lhi city, to-dar. comaitied oflicial announcement that the Sublime Porte ba called 150,000 men. ioto service, to quell lb Greek inmrrection in tbe Mediterranean. ... ,(...,..;-,, ul " " . - " Xw Ymk. Jan. 12, V. M. Cotton closed dull and heavy . Sales of 1,300 Tale at S5Ja 35 for rai'Mltint upUnd. Ooid l,33l l.3t ... New York, Ju. 14. Ciold f 1 -chaos-f forCO d.r.f; igbt 10 J. I.. Ex Mmev 7 pjjC-CtUU iX)Uo.o dull, noiiriiKily uncbanred. dlini; upland 34 J 3i. '-Wmdiiti Jjw14. .AJtiM taceWd here frotu Europe suie ttt butfe quaniiiy of gov- ecamuul rurilirt i'l I leturm-d to litis couu- tv lv tLeXl tlenm.-r, l!io buii:f comma- r.itr lliere ' C'.'Mi'n arv oi B;ii inMuicina,. ace ih" tUeaieiu.! imj eachoieni lias taken a st.gible ib.pe. Stanton, t i .art, fcasjieen sutiponaea a witness beft re the Ilouse Judiciary Committee in tue inattir of inijifncliiiuiit. Columbifs S. C, J in. 14. Tbe Freedmen are leaving .In vicuniy in ui h numbers aa to excite alarn as to the future cultivation of ibe iaada. ThtV are bound chfly For .FloTruaT briber they are trnns ported at govertiinentex pDe, with. pioniie of rations until tbe work- ng teaaoti. Congftos. ,'WaViiiigton, Jan. 14. Senate. Mrv Howe presLi" rescons'r'ictii on tlm Uaoi oi eijuai. ryuw. Iieferred. " Nothing of irr.portarico done. Hous; Tie following bill were presented : PHI lc!rio forfeitures of certain .privilege of citw.enibi for acts of rebellion : referred to tbe Juil c.srj. . Bill to es'r.bnb- gnvi'rnnients in tbe btute latety til Rewhon.; K 'twg - to tbe CoramTt tTon Uec3D!iruciion. BRECKEN KlTXTrjTTTirrrOLTTt- CAL SITUATION. "Burleigh," the New York correspon dent of the IToston Journal, communi cates to that paper the' Ib'lowitig: "A gentleiaao of wealth and position -in Iialei'h haiust returned from Europe, where he has been spending tv,o years with his family. He had repeated inter views with --lending fchels abroad. Ma iiwi, Slidclr, Breckennclge and others. Mason anci ma crew u irj-i.-M.-uir. defiant, leUv'IIroiw and lnsoi.-ntr- inn Brockinndgo. wa m an entirely aineicrn. frame of mind. He made io conceal v ment' of his. opinions or feelings He said tho South had attempted a revolilt oo. lUfi.yuau pvcniirowu eininnnj thev had into ,tho cmet. That they werft more tnaa rWinppeu, iney Buhiu'iratod and utterly rnutod. mat bv tiie law ot natiptis ami oy ii.re-iao iii'.i 1 . . .1. ..ra..,t.li. .itlnl J i: .1 ....ninonl iii n.i a ter-rf "A . ' '...u ti - cnriri(. riyie couiiici, ... oHrcawtrar and"' Mood. Ho was asiin- :a':iiio;KiMtes . l ,j i . i, - i iiai ii rt mi jut-mw ikiisk at the inercv of the conancroio1coriiv1ee " wid'tKemagnahlmUy of th.e -North-was ?u.ppk , .narailWl, The 1iistu.of the woVlrf ly of Log ao-l . HUIT. -La.t 1- i i. i:., u ii in iiKnn'iT ni aiiea oniimy i-;" n.,... - - ie huinanoaTn1i;jXi T,ieWTfuri)rovi4.ons ot tlie .codbhiuiu... ametidraeutiiewigned as -a for not comins homo that lie was vtaiuusj. ti,;a 5nRf what I told Deacon to .sea wuaiuiswoB.il"" ,",rv- . . I ..rr. ,..ia (, rn I18U1! narnt. na . iiAcous.ucrc id his own fate tobe ihyolyet; iu that vfv,.tno tfo. a "TURO W, BOYS, THROW P4 J . . A good many yean ago, in a t6'w'Mi England, one Sunday evening, tbreo noi sy and wicked boys filled their pocket with stones, and straggleu into a raeei fag. TiieTrkiiitentioit was to insult i and annoy the ?Sod man who was preaching, and they accordingly seated themseWea at a convenient dietaueo id the back o( tbe meeting house. -' . They had not been there long before one of ihem impatiently whimpered, 'VVImt 6 the need ol iiaieoini; any iong er to the blockhead! ,Let'a throw !' 'No; wait a minute, and soerwhathe make, of this iJoint,' replied hlVcompan-iop.- " I "' "' ' ' "' But bis curiosity was soon satisfied, y was soon sattsDeu, led, it's just a I ezpect-hmwl'- - . and ho too exclaimed, ' 'Confound him I erf h throw: bora, th 'Suppose wc should give up thfj'lan altogether, now spoke op mttuiru. 'You're a fool 1' said the two angrily. Arid they hastily left the church iri a rage, while ho rematueu uuuneara iue preacu er through. fifteen years passed, away, ana mere was a notice given out that a celebrated preacher from abroad would rpeak in that same.liQUSO.oiL .Syndaji A largo con gregation had gathered to bear him. TTe miuiBter rose in the puipn ; om uetoreji cominenred speaking he paused, and leaned his bead on the cushion, and was gileut some minutes. The people thought he was eiqk. But he raised his head and said : 'It is just fifteen years since 1 was in this house before. That;: night three vouhff lads came iuto the meeting to thmw atonfi at tbe preacher. Two of them went out. and the other n-maiued Now I want to tell you what the fate of those boys waa. ihe orst was lianged some years ago for a dreadful crloie. The second is now in jail, sentenced to death f..r murder. And the third, my fiieiiJa, the third-r-is be who is, to address you now. Will yon listen to him!' It ) a fearful thing W go on in sin. Rod will surelv punish us sooner or later. No matter how much we may at first seem to ro6per ia wicked ways, the time wiil come wuen we Buau oo uiticnj sorry for our evil doings. There i3 no l.larfi on the earth that the sinner can hide Mid lhiutselt lrom tue aispieasureoi too iur. i but his mercy ie from eTerlastiug toov ierlalinff. to thetu, that fear him and keep !. ... .. j. i . . r - T J hi. cuuuaadmeota -Iet ua.du rigbt,nd j claim his blessing uow and share hisglo- ry at last.-!- Ol'UT 8 Cl'isiS. : , , . , . ksiuiv j ba?. d the claim of Congress to estapnsu territorial governments in ttie ooumern State?, would not bo neia ior a moiuopi, ' i, intplliirent mind, if It Were Viewed apart from and without tue mnnenco oi I exerted political feeling. It involves oon 1 .ideratious so vast audbo important that it io marvellous to see any man, especial- 4f any public man, misled by it. For the fundamental idea of the American Union is wholly forgotten by thoso who main tain it. If Georgia, for example, is a S'ateforauy purpose she is a State for all puqioses. If there be any such State usGeoigia, if there be anything but a colored line on paper maps which divide ' Georgia' from Alabama, if the people liv ing iu Augusta bare any other legal po sition than -the jjeople: living itt-Mobile, it results from tbe fact that Georgia is a State Htui a different State from Alabama. And if that difference exists at all, it ex itts Xo tlie tallest extent, lorijiddmj etr tirely tho possibility of regulating the go vt r i i iuent e xc Vr on princi plea consist eirt with the Constitution of the United Static. For there ia no half way point mTrTtr;? for U.iigf exists at an, tuen u is am ple tl e purpose of remodeling tbe whole geography of the South, it is as eompe teurto'make one territorial government tor all the Smith, or for any two States or any part of Statoa, as to create it for auy piece of ground formerly known as a tjtHte. Either they are -State or they area v. iUlernes-soF territory. X J". Journal of Commerce. Cheap Living in Ttxas. - Mend wiites as follows 1 a-iXlin county, Ti-1- i, port sell fornix 'ceuta a pound, m r at twelve and a hall'ceu, fs at .1 but us, pot' L-sei.s lor riA ucv" , --- (er at twelve and a halPcenbVgs at ton ceuts a dozen, wheat one dollar a twsu. efl, and 0our at four dollars a hundred weight. Corn is rattled off at fifty cents a bush'el. These rales are ior sp; f" that portion cf Texae, one, dulUr oj Lull ed States i paper '.curreucy it worth to rhir.t"0f a fcifrer dollar. In Iiuofc county readily brniija six tenia, . Lota ol oil li U-ni.i Itn.u-ked' oil' Under the hau.iiitr. - 1 h ; . , received' a S-,'.V'waH-rt jgrjoTdUoioLIO - - . , ,lVA, I can guess,; por- J"' i " ter. Grant" Chicago i tq have' a tion aociety. female rt forma- whole no. m& Currency. Hie Greensboro' Patriot, in alluding to the late dividend of 12 per , cent., declared by tho .National Hank of,-' this city, speaks loudly in favor of a State enrrenpv'. We do not ooicct to any . scheme which would introduce .into the State an increase of currency. Ourcirs cutatvng medium is entirely too .mall for . the business of tbe Stat. Dut whatever addition is made most be, "at least, as gooti a. the National currency. It ia palmble that no currency can bo as good, can circulate as readily and will be aa ae- ' coptablo to the people, uulera it Is based on an entire specie basis. - The iBSue of Slate Treasury notes, upTm the mere cred tiir?f the State, could obtain no circular tion at all, outside of the State. This factfc alone, would in six months preent its circulation in the State. The mere fact that it could be receivable for State tax ei,aIone" it eoold ooY compel witb - tk-Naional-currency in the money market, there would be an end of l.-JiaLiehtUuL BILL SIMPSON'S LEGAL EXPEPJN'CE. Many year aio the Lgilatnre of Tense.- aee passed an act to organize tbe county of McNairy, ahat Knalte. At that time lueeour,. trv embraced in the limits of Snake wa occu pied by j tedy et of bickwoodsmenjjqtally unacquainieu wnu eourw, ja.w, vw. m muuv; assembled at tb. appointed site for tbe purpose of celling loga, making board, etc, to build a court boose and jaiL Tbe only them, of con versation, wban tbe men wore assembled, wa. tb. court, eta None of tbem bad ever Men a court in session, as yet developed." Each ooe would give what bis idea was of a court etc " None, however, entirely satisfactory, until Cil Simpson wa called oo to give bia deaa.Ha said he knew all about a court that be bad a lawsuit in North Carolina. Ooe of bi neigh bor's bog. kept coming when be fed hi bog. until it got fat. On. mornW b. got to dd mad teat be shot th bog. II. thought it would not do to throw it away, to he cleaned and alU ed iU Shortly afterward hi. neighbor and a man came to bia house, examined tb. .moke house, and took him to town and put bim in a litl )a office. About three njonlii. after that, tbie man came and took bim up to a large room. A Urge man tat upon a bigh beucb a man was tilling at a det' about a doien fin. dress ed men sal in aplac. that was paled around. Tbemnn nut me in a pen ft behind tbem. lie tben called in twelve men, wey tooaseaia in a box in front of tbe fine dressed men. Tbe ' man 4bat writing gave lhtwlv. men a book and said something .bout Bill Simpson and State. Then one of the fine men read some thing about Bill Simpson and tb. bog. and be airotberone- of tba fine deaed men bad tbe biggest quarrel you ever heard t thought they would fight every minute bat tbey didn't. It was Bill Simpson and then the hog, and the hog and Bill Simpson,' and sometime Mr. Simps ton, but d d seldom. Afler they quit quar. reling, tbe big man talked a wbil to tbe twelve men, aud tben tbev went out and staid a short time, and came back and said something to the nan at the desk. Tbe man on tbe bench said ometbing to lb. man that put roe in office, and he took m. out and tied me to a persim njon tree and commenced fight ibg me with a cowhide, and it made me ta d d w.d that I look" tt"ther-persimmon, off the tree.-" Win cknltr Home Journal. CAUTIOUS MEN. .: Some men use word, a riflemen do bullets. Tbey say but little. The fewvword. nted go rigtit to tbe "mark. Tbey let you talk, and guid witb their eye and face, on and on, till what you say can be autweredin word or two, and jbey lanch out a sentence, pierce tb. matter to . lite quick aud are done. Yeu--Bver-nbw--wbere vou stand with tbem. Your conv.iaa- . lion fall, into their mind a. river Into a deep chasm, and is lost from tight by it depth and darkness. Tbej w.iHL!9V-VPH-l with a few word, that go to tbe mark like a aansbot, and..lhettlaey aweauent1,again.a.jL I C I. . f tbey were reloauing. oncu men are sell'ore and trne friend in very.ca. where they profess to bt snch. . To them trata Mmi9il uable than old, wbife pretention U too gauay to deceive then). Word withoul point, are ti tie without m.rit, only belrayio? tb w.akv ness of tb. bhuded dopes who are ever used as promoters of other man's tcherue ' . . REVENUE. ' ' We embrace, tod.y, the earliest opportnnity we have had. lb lay before our reader lha tt ond report to th. General Assembly of th. Pub lic Treasurer, K. P. Battle, Eq. rb.Tresur. er, in coDDeciiOOkUierewHn uuiuuicu am,,mw k,n in .i.il.1 which wa will nublith as tooa as il become, a law. Tbe report will be Ib.nd to be a tboroogh invetligatioo intjO tbe question of tbe Stale Revenue, and to wbibit an amount of patient reoearch and fiinanoial ability, not osU ally found ia tbereportt of U Stat. Treasurer. The object of Ibe Treasurer evidently is 10 pre sent a Tt f tati0 'a malters, wbieb will bear e.,uatiy npou an, wj w lb. l.gl anwuut of revolt posibte, by adopt tng a anifurm rule wbieb wrll requira tt.nalW eatamoani ef t from each. Ua bat eombtijed tbe priocple of "d iflorrw, witb specific taif Ooa, ia ueb a oiaouer as, to, euect the object of jiiidnd..as!,,laj(ool elalxitate, will be louuo w "'a'" iog, SiatiiteL . . . -; - ' . . .-. , An Arabian paving brought blasbea .v"-'mrd-t beek,-ls -tbe arnea?uesa planteu i Toeea in uu. vnw. , forbid me to gather them! The Jaw TTrrr"rTiHi-iiiiiir-' - ' n. . m rMiaamTAa--'ltt5hotas3ste4y Cirrlv;j'-isr-'l r&.;-4s CQnccJtjljjigjMlgglL. Kong, -j . Susan Fisher, of Portsmouth, N. 11 lately uhokei aud poouded her child ttv death-, v . - 'I, ' lwnWt-4Anw
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Jan. 21, 1867, edition 1
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