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VOL I.
tytlLA DELPHI A ADVERTS.
I AM. w.
, Pl'TBKT SMITH,
Riddle, Sherborne & Co ,
a& mroBMM ASS
WHOLESALE DEALERS I?
Foreign A Domestic Dry Goods.
438 MARKET STREET,
(low FwXS, sawcha.1 .
iail.llliia.
a t
WOBI
Hess, Roger & Chambers,
mroiTiM AS JOMI" or
I0BX1B7,
Fancy Goods, etc., etc
No. 411 Market street,
IMiil.uli Iplna.
W-sYa
M. D. HARRIS,
WITH
A I. LB
IMroBTAB t VIOlMtU DAL8 IK
CHINA. GLASS k QUEESSWABE,
Nos. 23 25 SouA Fourf Srtr
(Ratwae. Market MdCkentobtSta.)
Philadelphia.
rt- Piuaw Ulass AOxscT.-t.laa. -r"V;T
tawTackage. at Man.factnrea Prices. cpt9U-3m.
Q. F. PRITCHARD,
WITH
. TARHAM& WOII.
larwartas. MAiccrACTi At
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hats. Caps, Furs k Straw GooOs,
No. 51 North Third street,
(Between Market and Arch.)
Ph ildclPhl
wm. . tabu . . .
BUST. B. WOII.
MM. tw-waa
1L T. 2100513,
OF 8TOEK8 CO., . C. WITH
BaoBbrlffMt a to..
WHOUMAL BKAUlKK IX
Foreign Domestic Dry Goods,
No. Market street,
(69eCowiierre St.)
t rBiLiawLritiA,
. .-. tw-6as
-. t.- run-roa.
CH ARLE 3 E. MORGAN & Co,
IMPORTERS ASD JOBBERS OF
DRY GOODs.
519 Market StreeiyMlow Sixth7, v
pkiladelliia.
eats, -
ifiT wiiatai,
OF NORTH CAROLINA, WITH
James Palmer & Co.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGIfTS,
AM PEALKSS If
OILS, PAISTS, SUSS, DYE STITFS,
No. 439 Market street, -
P II I I. t D K L F H I A ,
- nnaia. juiiT-.....,
7w t
m&mgMbuxn A Holder,
wn nlVBRd .
rwJ.TBsr tsavimawi awwaj
ORB THK1K HKBVICEST0 THE CITI-
m af Salisbury ana we mmiummij
, u.l n.ni'h T.rieiice in the ba-
5L. .-a will promptly execute all orders sent
. . a. A.rr L. nuinnaV I 1 ! V
is them in tnc mt sttUAiacuM
sj.w.atrlaL rea.
rTf " t'lemmonsville N C. or Salem
WORTH A DANIEL,
.1 SHIPPING
MdComiiiissioii ercfiaats,
Wlt.MINOTON. N. 0.
rtMT.RRS IN BAGGING. ROPE,
17 Iron Ties . Linw. Ptaster. Cetaent, Hair, Genoine
sAarnvbta Uetn direct from Govenuteat seais
tun, naj bow in iin"' .
jT?- aar Baaga'i Raw Boa. Sopsr Pboapaate of
Aatatsfortbel'UilAdflfliiA Soutliern Mail Steam
f.,r(;.Hidpeed wwrXiy SwMSwjnip
tor Jonas Smith feCo's., UB.f Kaw York
iketa. a
IRRT.
-
NOTICE'
rt- PTWARAXT GROVE ASSO-
OIATION of the colored Baptist Choreb,
. a 1 . . t 1 . .
which was organmed in Lreeemoer ii,
mi . it,, third Thursday in
vi aw niwcA vim . m . - - - - .
AvM next at Bethel Church. Halifax Coun
ty Virginia, twelve miles frosj oat0 dos
m Ttonot on the Richmnnil and Danville
aid. AU ordained and local Dapusi
bers in North Carolina are invited to
Rev.R. P. MARTIN,
, . 1 Boxboro, Pi. t .
Jan. m, &67- t-lst-ap-pd
WM. M. ROB BINS.
ATT01UIST At LAW,
SALISBURY, K. tX
t aide of Mais street, beto
toaikf
ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Bow ax Coumr,
Joseph O. White,
VII.
Original Attachment
bfW ' Personal
Proowty.
The National Ex
pre and Trana-
n..r1nt lain Coinri'v.
It appearing to the aatia faction of the court
that the defendants In thi ease reside beronj
the limit hf the State, it ia, therefore, ordered
i l that luiMirximii be inaae m
.:rJT -TJ .. I ...Xn f 'sVTan il an f Jl ti he
hVd
....... .i il,.. u,i i..nn of this -urt to bo
for the county of Rowaa. at the eourt-nouse in
Salisbury, on the first Monday in May next.
then and there to plead, answer orarraur,
enrae judgment Baal will be entered against
them, and tk-property levied on sold to satis
fy the plaintiff judgment and oat.
Witness, Obadiah Woodson, clerk of onr
said court at Office ia Salisbury, the 1st Mon
day in February. A- D., 1857, and ia the nine
ty first year of oar Iiideiiendene.
Obadiah Woonsnji, Clerk.
March 1. 157. Pr fee 0 wOW.
State of Worth Carollaa, J
MoKTUOMERY OOCHTT. $
mid others, TS
Heirs At Law of Toney MouToe Petition
for sale of land for Partition. ;.
It apMaring to the satisfaction of the
court, that the heirs at law of Terry Monroe
and A. J. Cochrane, are non -resident defen
ders ; it is ordered that publication be made
for six weeks in the "Old North State," noti
fying them of the filiug of this petition and
commanding them to appear at the next term
ofthiseourt.Ui.be held at the Court Hons w
Troy, on the last Monday iu February next,
then and there U plead, answer or demur to
the facts set forth in the petition, or the eatiae
will be heard ex parte and judgment pro cou
foaso rendered against them.
G. W. MO TGOMERY. C M. E.
11. fur fee 10) I ww
jlwwjw
tOjJXA, J
STATE OF NOItTH CARO
Rowan Uotm
Robert Murphy,
vs. I Original Attach meat
The National Ex- V Levied on Personal
press and Tranapor- J Property.
Ution Company- - .
It appiaring to the satisfactfon of the eoort
that the defendants in this ease reside beToud
the limits of this 8UU-. ilia, theeafore, ordered
by the eourt that publication be made n The
Old North State, for six wnsettttive weeks, ao
tifying said defeudanU to be and appear at the
uext term of this court, to be held tor the couu-
r d m ti... m H-house in Salisburv
AV M M.'W.. . . w ...
on the first Monday in May next, then and
there Ui plead, answer or demur, otherwise
iudariiient final will be entered against them.
and the property levied ou losausiy ".
tiff's judgment aud costs.
,T ni 1-..,, M1..rV nf our
n itnesa. uvswuua .hwiii .wjj
said court at olfietMn Salisbury, the first Mon
day in February. A.D., 1867. hud in the nine
ty-first year ol Aur independence.
k.nu W.m.i u..v. Clerk.
VfHAVUMi .. r " '
March 1. 1867. PrfeefHL wtiw
mm u. m-uu wi ' Inu .f Omarttr
Aworui vaiu.iu.. , r. 7 "sT L
DAVIiatOX OOCRTT, I acswowa, rru J"iw"
Karnlird and Aaoenoa, f Atterhuient
( levied oa lsnd
It amwannjr to the satisfaction of the Court that
HaBiftoa J. MeCire-tte detendaat 1. mnyswajs.
OS-imiKH 01 im . . , VL 1 .ll.
McCain, to be sod appear at the next term of tela
r, . .. . L.11 r. i ..,..1 v at Itoridaoa. at tee
I "HI . iivni m ... - . I.mm.
. II l r ..i.iin an the SBCOBd MOwaSy WA
and the land levied an said to satisfy the plaintiff"
jadgaaent sua com
WiiwAI . K . Perrvasan Clerk of said Cowt at W
iee f n Lxfastoa, the seco
. w 1 1 &
I. IURT I. K .
ccouu , i -
K . FERRYMAN, t'lerk
March MW flrfc. 110)
FIrOintlVaMIIX to Sent
. m: l- vt nv notZ GEO. T. BARNES,
"m I wish to rent aTrc Olttsh, the rdaate
(Snit ami m ill owne.1 hv the Int.- r. MBtL
Kerr. The plantation has about
iitttO Acres of open land.
in a high state of cahivatioa and ia well adapt
ed to the raising of Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat
nf the most demrable
nuu wiui v '
..1.. ...... f.., cultivation in the county. 1M
dwelling ho.se is large and commodious, sur
rounded by one of the most beautiful and or
..1 im ill.. l-.illlllrv
naineuiai ic' wm- - j
The mill has three sets of stone snd v a
i ;n ..hi muH ct. havitur a bwee
.trttom and plmtiy of wafesr. fPsflieAwbdung
to obtain 'further information can do sobyeal-
ing on me In Salisbury, or on Ldent waraen
on the pretn.se.
Vow Tnilnrino Rpttiiblishmeiit
Til K SUBSC'Kiiir.n svnai . rg if 1 .
n-w tailoring esteblinhmeut. in the building of
Tbom B. Brown, upstairs, in the room former-
. . . -m S -a u - aaiaileo? SJ1
lr occupied ly w w rv. n aas-a f J '
. i.L Unrnhr's (Irani' ltow. Be has bad a
lone .-im-nrDce in the limine- and feel confi
dent of Disability to give entire -attraction to all
mjkm saay lavor nim wno lorn pw.
k.iu..A thai his work cannot ba snrpaened by
Untflfaay tenor in ths rUte. He U prepared te
dasB kiada of worm in aia line a -7
tice Bis paactnalitj mar be tfbtb deaseni-
d upon. Be solicits wort, wmcn. wui am -aaww.
j rbeaD as tne neaups..
illkind of country prodos teksa sxchange
WiLtVlAM HOWARD.
ghhwry. y- Jan- ft. tf
TO A a RIVE IN A KEWAYS
a large ssawrtment of Grass Seeats, Rt
Feb. 28. EN KISS' Daco 8rota 1
-r.gmTjrTUmDAY, MARCH 26.
TUR
OLD NORTH STATE.
TRI-WKEKLY.!
E- BATRR Or 80 RaCRlFTrOS
Of AaJ
MWaUr. One Year
Wakty
The
l itlit taa 0u Soars
MIM will '
saaasRa
to rrrrr fa-dy
U do thti w hare
of ah aad
TRANSIENT
far all
that Swwaaw. Fir
Bar a.
Uaavact
I an.
am
I BQCASE.
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4 SSjCABSa.
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131
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44.fR
MC-mracnwiU wjUlW wW
,;; d-wM-. -Ul W. ckanjH
",TVnUiIe-.d -lid sainioa type, wr abunt on
inch lengthwise of the aamn, coostitate a
Sal Xnbcc, ia leaded sainioa. will -.ean-.
. . awa. ! not less than do. bar
tlw. rwtr .aT ordinarr advertiments- ,
Inserted as rcadu.t matter, wita - ,
IMOSJwata, niiy ithu. ....
Adverti-rmenu inserted iriegalariy.orA mter-
per cent. addiU.Aal.
The rate abov- minted are for standing adver
m aa a lit
m oisesaR-m.
JZVJ". !
& ca-asa. ;
uaa. per aar of ten line, far .racy enawaje. (
twenty-fire crate m
Five sqaares 1 aiaa.ii a w ..- . j t
tisement. . w.
and ten aqnare as half coiamn. T.
,nMere4 one seal cwsaecianw- " p.-
THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.
RTKRCH RT TBADDRCR STKTBXR.
The follow ins m taken rrom the teport
of the proceedings of CaRgreas on Tnes-
day. The report of Ste-eaa' wjnRRR
(rt the HaRusMMO OaAWM
Mr. Stevens called np the bill introdne-
I hv him some oars aco, cnnRacale
. - . v.
The bdl conteins a preamoie iu iuc
lowing wnrda : Whetcas, it is d ae tojas
.t anJ . orwawnle to future times, that
1 come proper ponishmeut should he inflict -I
ed on the people who enastitnted the "(W
federate. States 01 America, natal ot
they declared an unjust war again tne
ti f. J o-.- C iL. n nan nf dratrwv
ing republican liberty and permamutlr
enteUtsbiae skrery. as well as for the
cruel aad ImrharsRa manner in which thry
conducted said war, in violaliem of all the
laws of civiiixed warfare, and lo to cow-
pel them to make some comp
the damages and expend ture
by the war, therefore, cc
ReJoncinc to tea States that formed the
Goeernment of the Oaafsdwala btatea
shall be forfoited and oecomo the property
of the United States j -
Section 3 requires the President to pro
ceed forthwith to cause the seixure of all
property 1
I96t, and bold and appropriate tha Rsme
esm-y. RW, nfdtonsoonrd to tktri
condemnation of that already seised.
Section 3 enacts tnat in lieu of the pnv
coeding to coodeaia he property tha seis-
esi as enemy's property, as m provided by
the act of July 17, 1868, the Presidenl
shall appoint two or more camimissiows for,
arh of Mid C federate State, to
ka. aRVar ml tha
M ahall hat civilian, neither ol w
ahall be a uthRa of the State for which he
kattihw a.
shall proceed to sdjndicato and
tka.nrnH.rtv aforesaid, under
and proceeding as shall be pn-cribcd by
the Altoraey uenernioi taa unssen
wbeteapon the title to said property shall
become vested in the United States,
Section 4 provnks that oat of the tends
tbas seised snd confiscated, the slaves who
have been liberated by the RRrattsa of the
war snd tne amendment to the Constita
.ion ar Mkuim. wh resided in anid Con
federate States on Marrh 4th, 1861, or
since, shall have distributed to them aa fol
lows, vix: 40 seres to each ndntt stale who
adalt male, whether the bend of a family
ar not, aad 40 acre to each widow who is
.W hd of a faaa.lv. to be held by them
i- aV. bait t KaAJa for taa aext
t Far Ike psorpoM of allotting and dhytrtb-
ffjhC atisl Uod, the Secretary of war
kail
in each State
ibe shall
to consist of
,-b two of whosa at least
'r r .
alaJI awa ha uituwian of the Sute for which
key are sjaawwiated. Each commissioner
shall reawve a salary of tS.OOO annually,
ncct -sr expense., and each con.
mhsM RRVR one chirk, at a salary of
- .... i . .i
Minoai I he line to toe wuw-
shall be vestal in trustees
of lb. liberated person store -
Secretary ol War, and kValt leUtHl sala-
dkwa AiLfi . ami uttt
of not more tnau per
be cad of tea yenrs the absolute title
L.iMd ahall he conreTcd u the
owners, or R the heirs of such as are then
deasL .
Section 5 enacts that ont of we ai nee
of the property thus seised there shall be
nuaad a sum equal to $50 for each bome-
J W annlied towards the erection
baibJiuara for Use nse of said former
... - . .UIAMIA
slaves ; ana IRe tanner sum m vowfww,
000. of which 200,000,000 shall be inrcs
rd m the United States 0 nor cent. aeeR-
i.i ...t . k- intwreat shall be semi-annu-
SRR-iallr added to the penawns allowed by Uw
to utn smnci. wao bit, www j
' , f the late war, and $300,000,000, or
a. aaneh thereof as shall be necessary, shall
,. proprialed to pay damages done to
1 ,m .u,aw tha civil or mUitanr ope-
lot
rations of the government Lately called the
t .mfederate -"Hates oj abbto.
S ction 6 enacts that in order that just
diM-ruuiontion may ho mad, the property
..1- tuudi .W.1I he seixi-d whose whose estate
vfAuwh 4tb. 1865. was not worth
0410 to he valaeC
U. A imhI an be valued bv the said
a, ankss Re snail nave necotne an
... . il.,v.H- in the' militarv or civil
. a wat t '
, rvice of thR ContVderate States, or m the
aerrhm a
ntforcing .U fl.rstin.. the mm ft
R00 Inenl ar rmnaal property shall ho
w .ip the arhmaasat.
geetion T eomeU what the eommlmmni
. .11 . ---. Si.tioa nn
ball pot a jaat and impartial valuation up-
11 .1 thaut aaaaasa and forfeit
ed, and wham sash valuation shall ha com-
- J la. ,L awwwwad filat. ail th COB
'I WakahttMSteai WAwd
the 500,000,000 aforesaid, as well
as the allowances tor homesteads, Ac., and
shsll grvs notice of each assessment and
.arlisom ot by prthmition for sixty
days ia two daily newspapers of Washing
ton and ra two daily aewspapers in the
..mhrnmi st each of the said Confederate
ft Provide thai the
of
. mmtmmA and forfeited estates
17 have
them restored to them if, withiR ninety
days aiter the first of the above public
ttote. they any into the Treasnry of the
United States, the sum assumed upon
their estotsssrespeeuveiy. -
.See. 9. Enacts that all the land esUtes
and property of whatever kind, which shall
.at be redeemed as aforesaid within ninety
dav ahall bt sold and cmvertea mto mo-
. . - v Km
v in such time ana bh w j
jesed hy tRR ra-aas-ajHari
- L. tmm ITwited States : provided
Ibttno arable land shall be sold in larger
ttoata than 600 aeres, aad no mnger creu
h shall be give than three year.
aw .Wa bill had been read. Mr. Bayer,
WJef FRnaeTtssja. asked if a amttoa to Uy
- t . . .l. i.kl. .ild ha in order.
'lh sneaker bsmI that 11 wouia,
w. a..f-- WaJ rwAaarJsted hi
aar. aw. r - s .
1 r LatLJ ntterwd onlva few
e nouwr. wj - j - ...
he became exhausted, and bis
tors. Br. fto
Tk. fc,ll.iw ins ia a s v nonsis of
1
aj . . f aaa ahmlt to
the question nf the punishssent of RtdifBtv
...7 tlva iaalMhaB
or oy mwrewj "
,- to a r,-rtuin extent, both
as a pantshmeut for their crime asm w
Ct the foval men who have keen robbed
the Rebel aad totnerease the pensions
Jr a J-J xJdi-ra The DUIllsh-
wentof traitors ha been wholly iroored
by a Ueathtroa Execative aad a slaggmh
t 11 11 giias. A awa to, hiiu armm .k
f.. tW- aadaaaa is aad see whether
they wg ssnPttsn Utosawfeet iansanity af
tbbtyaj
J ;Lt aTtkair nronertv. shall re-
miaai wniiiiipratiaa either by the
Rebel property ar the farvfatrty sat tW sa
IV wkia taaaan I dWir tO dcVOtO the
small remnant af my We, 1 desire to make
flaaaa mmJ wWU baV nasi if the issue W
the was before the people 01 my
to .xrnaad la the other States. I desire the
af the aawnle npaa this great que.
What I ask af this House is to gwu a
post the direct question ay
yeas and nay I pray yoa 00 aan
' l.ii - v. . .id. wrhad. When yen have
given sue I vote I shall be ssAndk-d, w hat-
be the result.
ever snav
t , M m. b. con- o Jiei
A a k. .La nawiiwla and their I each
1867.
kind of men whose Intellectual and moral
vigor baa melted Into a Raid wedtae
vlnch they mUtaks for mercy, and wine
is aatompered with a single grain ol jus
tice, and to those religionist whs mistake
meanness for Christianity, and Who forget
that the eaaenee of religion ia to " do unto
others what others have a right to expect
from yea." It hi offensive to certain pra
tentious doctors of divinity who are -bhly
prating abont the " fatted calf, aha
prodigal son of the forgiving father-
fame forget that there Is no analogy-be-tsreewthe
an.es. The thnSsRbAtos wnnth
having received a pnrt oT Ws lataer . ss-
tatc, and irobbly taken a load of corn to
1 - en t.ad mainaiir and con-
Biaraci, i" r
tracted the loathsome vice of drunkenness
inu wiittii. mo ... .... -
j . ,u ....,uv in rmuiir auo oe-
baaRkery, and like all drunkards, made hi
. I1 m . . , 'J ... L...lr. . halt
bed with the swme ana icu ,
like one ease only in a thousand, he re
formed, joined the total abstinence society,
washed himself clean, Drnsnea uw cto...,
and with repentant steps returned to his
father house. WeH might bis aged pa
rent rcio.ee : well might he am me iueu
calf at such a rescue. But bow venial was
sack offence compared with tma muruer
ous rebellion ! ,
When the great ancestor of tha bloody
race bad slab, his brother, and tremblingly
met his judge and sought for pardon, what
waa the answer 1 -xne m "
er's blood crieth Rnto me from the grouud.
And now art thou cursed from the earth,
i.:.k k nnned her mouth to receive 111 y
brother's blood from thy hand. When
thou tilleat the ground it shall not nence
vk l.U onto tliee her strcwrth ; a fup-
uve aud a vagabond sbalt thou be on the
earth. When aw cnea tna f""
bhment was more than ho could bear,"
the Judge who administered justice in
mercy drove him forth into stern, inexora
ble exile. He taught no forgivene for
saeh sins. He prated oT no "fatted
aalreaM ' t
In discussing the different sections af
the bill, he said :
The fourth section provides that out of
the lands thus confiscated each liberated
slave who is a male adalt, or tke head of
a family, ahall hare aaaignad to him a
homestead of forty acres of land, (with
100 to build a dwelling,) which ahall be
held for them by trustees during ineir pu-
Whatevcr may be the fate of the rest of
tkn hat I must earnestly pray that this
may not be defeated. On its success, in
sf a. m 1 A 1 ataA kan
mv judgment, depends not umj mx p
piueas and respectability of the colored
mm, kat their yery. exatooce, Homc
teads to them are far more valuable than
tke immediate right of suffrage, though
both are their due.
He then advocated this provision at
treat length, citing the recent action of the
Guar ot aussm in uncrating wo
taxing their former owners to provide for
tbem. tie then saw :
The remaining part of the sum levied,
to Rtt: 00,000,000, ia to remunerate
ui .. in both sections who iu conse
quence of their loyalty have been plun
dered and had their property oeuvyou oy
the invading armies and raiders of the en-
a a "i .
ray, or by the unjust seizure ana couaac
'r ti, nmivArtv ol lovsl men in the
rebel States. Who object to this Who
ever does, let him put bis name on record
t.t tha, Mwintrv maV foil 1 V iadaTC oil which
side his sympathies lie. By the usages of
nations, the property 01 we cuixeua n.
belKgerant power taken or destroyed as a
military necessity is pun oj ua.
But properly uaeu w umh;
by tha enemy ia not Mid by tha Oovern-
meut. otrtcuy spcnniaaj, mo K,ur'v "
rithman of the hostile Government, though
friendly to the conqueror, cannot we
charted to the victor. But in civil war, it
pji 10 me, lllttb 4T4 tt IP! nivii sw
made, and those who hsd suffered for their
sdhereocR totlnHren
. a ...):. a. tha nAtini.
be taken care 01 m aujww -
tions of pease. We know tnesa are myai
men in the South who are Urge sufferera.
There are etill a larger number in the
.v k aa made ljer snfforer. aeith-
Uhjai have !3..i3L
led except inrouno ' .
ItfttkBr of them can
r receive a dollar out of the J reaaury
IPWiau""- - ' ---tt.x.. . .
-aJno rinn -ilf mt them.
would be a great reuei. a
sassatetbe sort of dsmages to which 1 rc-
SJ ' . ' .. T 1 l aun.
r suthei loyalist wno uc """
.X k. The Valley
are every wmmm w , a, ., 7
af Virciuia and the course of bhennan s
an ,km Tl, amukiiur
operatioua are iuu 1 . r
ruins of Lawrence and Cbsmbersburg, -al-
most every county of Mumouri a. a r, -hvnd,
and the frontier liorttons of Ohm. are
ample ot the latter.
If ike war had been between two regu
lar governnmnts, bath of wiich survived
the war, the rkior iu the treaity of peaoe
wonld reqntre'tae vanqaisked to py all
ach damage aa well as the expenses of
the war. If neither had conquered the
they would probably be silent, una
bajar his own loa. Coogrcs dic-
jisaaaocaana
NIT311IEKJ1H6
provide for llieao nv ritorioti claimants she
will be bound iu hooOt to pay tlu m out of
the. national treasury. If she does not in-
dividiisla will be wronged and the iistioii
dishonored. This bill is wry un-rciAil tw V
ward a cruel, outlawed bi llip rntwbaaW
wbeu thoir armies were dispersed, wouia
gladly have compromised if ib' h lfVes were
saved. Those who will I..- iiflvctod by
this bill will not ox .1 70,000 out of a
population ol six tuilltoiis of whites, for
this is anepple of uriatociats and sabiccts '.
of a proud nobtritv and -a cringing poor
peasantry.
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seas own about threw wwi "uj
millinna acres of In lid out of the five hun
mm t m 1 t t ' I . .ac
dred millions in the Confederate Sute.
This, together with tin; town property,
cannot be worth less than ten billions of
dollars, (110,000,000,000 ). This estimate
includes bo man's property who waa worth
less than ten thousand dollars ; uur does it
include any personal property, which may f
nerhans swell it to twelve millions of dol
lars. The fine proposi d would be but
one-twentieth of their ost iti s. Woro ever -auch
great malefactors so gen th dealt withl
It were well if all tlu ir Urge . stale could
be subdivided and sold iu -null tracts.
No people will ever bu republican in spirit
and practice where a few own immeuao
manors and the masse.- are landless. Small
independent landholders are the support
and giaWians of republican liberty.
But it is said that very many of these
men have been pardoned by the President,
and their forfeited estates restored to them.
I must take the liberty to deny tbatany
pardon, or any otlrer power vested in the
President, can withdraw these forfeited es
tates from tne coniisc a-.iim m-cu- 07
Congress. Nothing 1 than an act ot
Congress can divest them fronj the tfrrted
States and bestow them on the purdoued
belligerents.
Mr. I Stevsaa then proceeded with an
elaborate eulogy on President Lincoln,
whom, In the lattcr's lifetime, he was ac
customed to denounce.
Stamp ox Bosds to Makk Titlb to
Land. The following letter to a gentle
man of this City will be- of interest to our
readers :
TkKASUKV DBI'ARTMRNT,
Office of Internal Revenue,
Waahins-ton. March 16. 18(37.
fin I rei.lv to vouc letter of the 11th
instant, that a contract for the saje of land,
nr in make a title-deed to)tie purchaser on
the payment of the purchase money, re- .
a SB . . A a . .... .. .... , . 1 1 . ill t
Siuires a nve ceni stamp
or each sheet or piece of paper upon which
it written, .... ,. ;
Very respectfully,
THOMAS 11 A R LAND,
Depury Coinmiseiouer."
It annears from the above that a con
tract for the conveyance of real estate re
quires only a five cent stamp, no matter
how large is tho purchase money agreed to
- at 1 a . rV k . . ,J ,
be paid. Hatetgii senuna.
ThR Wegroes aad the Northern State
Governments-
Ohio refused to strike the word "white"
out of its Constitution so as to give colored
people equal rights. Kansas refused to
let colored people vote unlets tliey could
read and write ' Jiew York showed an
unwillingness to let col red people vote
for members oi a Convention to frame a
near Constitution. J
And the teletrram informs us that-mew
Jersey (where the Radical are in a ma
jority,) has just rijePTi d the report of a
committee iu lavor 01 amenainn w
tjenstituuon sons to snow me mi"' tr
pie to vote.
In these States tne coi9rea peopio nuw
ber about one-4n-a hundred of th popula
tion. '
Colored neonle. these are your pretend
ed friends. VhitrhftemiUe Chronicle.
TK Avririilliiral Ueiiartllieut St Waah-
ington ha received a supply of vegetable
seeds and cereals from Edropa, and is rap
idly preparing them for distribntiou.
The Lowell (Mas ) "tnwiifacAuring cor-
aaailinna li:i VC I'l l ,el ill t WUli UOtloe of
o ' '
a . . .. m . -ii. . . ... . I. a
reduction Ot HtU-uX.JHlliiai.iri rama.-w-.
wages at the cluflc ul Hit' pr'-.eMt muaHkJ
A Peruvian surgeon in San Francisco
warrants to very young ladies the tbiisst' '
aiid ffiSM -pwalSt-mftff-- mm i&m -amputation
of thnliule toe of.eaeh foot..
The Homestead -t Sam Houston, in .
Houston, Texss, whicti he bifilt himself
aume twenty-five years ago, h :s just been
demolished.
The jewelers i:i J'" ld IV, New Tork,
are rvpoiti-d to be sold ni ne lUmona.'
aud axpenaive j welry sine- ChrmtaaRR---than
during a. y simil.u period fo IWr
yenr. ffc
Thecityi-fl'. : ' 'rrg. Vs., ha built
taa aanigfeg9 , u.l citlled oue Gen. -Grant
ami the oih r . u. -Lee.'
An Irish estate ia ta lie bought for the
Prince ol Wale, a id irs Royal Hbj
iivteuds to n-si'le two ni nitlis every
Ureen Isle.
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