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SALISBURY^ IN. C. 8 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1867. WHOLE NO. 267
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olunm. Bills for ad-
r year, will he
cordance with instructions hereafter to be
given to said Boards in conformity with
the Acts of Congress and as far as may be
with the laws of North Carolina.
Fifth. All judges and clerks employed
in conducting said election, shall, before
commencing to hold the same, be sworn to
the faithful performance of their duties,
and shall also take and subscribe the oath
of office prescribed by law for officers of
the United States.
Sixth- The polls shall be opened at such
voting places at eight'o'clock in the fore
noon, and closed at four o’clock in the af
ternoon of each day, and shall be kept
open during these hours without intermis
sion or adjournment.
Seventh. No member of the Board of
Registration, who is a candidate for elec
tion as a delegate to the Convention, shall
serve as a judge of the election in any
County or District which he seeks to rep
resent.
Eighth. The sheriff and other peace offi
cers of each county are required to be pre
sent during the whole time that the polls
are kept open, and until the election is
completed ; and will be made responsible
that there shall be no interference with
judges of elections, or other interruption of
good order. If there should be more than
one polling place in the county, the sheriff
of the county is empowered and directed to
make such assignments of his deputies,
and other peace officers, to the other po 1-
ing places, as may. in bis judgment, best
subserve the purposes of quiet and order;
and he is further required to report these
arrangements in advance to the Command
er of the Military Post in which his coun
ty is situated.
Ninth. Violence, or threats of violence,
or of discharge from employment, or other
oppressive means to prevent any person
from registering, or exercising his right of
voting, is positively prohibited, and any
such attempts will be reported by the re
gistrars or judges of elections to the Post.
Commander and will cause the arrest and
trial of nders by military authority.
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of Stokes one (1) delegate.
of Foisytbe one (1) delegate,
of Davidson two (2) delegates,
of Randolph two (2) delegates,
of Guilford three (3) delegates,
of Rockingham two 2) delegates
of Caswell two (2) delegates
of Alama"ce one (1) delegate,
of Person one (1) delegate.
of Orange two (2) delegates,
of Chatham two [2] delegates,
of Wake four [4) delegates.
of Granville' three [3] delegates,
of Warren two [2] delegates,
of Franklin two [2] delegates
of Cumberland two [2] delegates
of Harnett one [1] delegate
of Moote one [1| delegate
of Montgomery one [1] delegate
of Richmond one [11 delegate
of Wayne two [2] delegates
of Johnson two [2] delegates
of Greene one. [11 delegate
of Wilson one [1] delegate
of Nash one [1] delegate
of Halifax three [3] delegates
of Northampton two ^[delegates
of Edgecombe three [3] delegates
of Lenoir one [1] delegate
of Brunswick one [1] delegate
of Columbus one (!) delegate
of Robeson two [2] delegates
of Bladen two [2] delegates
of New Hanover three delegates
of Duplin two [21 delegates
of Sampson two [2] delegates
of Tyrrell and Washinton
er two [2] delegates
of Martin one [1] delegate
of Bertie two [2] delegates
of Hertford one [1] delegate
of Gates one [1] delegate
of Chowan one [1] delegate
of Perquimans one [1J delegate,
of I -ju^uuk and Camden to-
e?ner two [2] delegates
of Cti 'k one[]] delegate
of C ’"fee [3J delegates
of On i Sate
of Cai
of Jo
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For the Old North State.
The Kew Siamese Twins-Orr and
Sickles-
Gen’l. Canby, the successor and anti
pode of General Sickles, is of the old army
school, and brings with him a reputation
that renders him acceptable to the Caioli-
nas as a military commander. The remo
val of Gen’l. Sickles is a source of public
satisfaction, especially to gentlemen; his
name is odious and his presence an insult
to virtu and avoided by every person
eldfnn^ . himself ordinary self-respect.
The Carolinas felt keenly and deeply
the humiliation, when it was announced
that he, Daniel Sickles bad been placed in
command of their military district.
Notwithstanding the flattering eulogies
and regrets, expressed by his Excellency,
Gov. Orr in his recent letter. If General
Sickles merit consists in alledging fraud
and preferring charges against the fame
and spoless reputation of Chancellor Se-
sene and other ''tale officials of untarnished
character, ignoring the constitution and de
claring limself supreme in power above
State aid United States authorities, recog
nizing m right of person or property, (save
through hts dictatorship) arresting our cit-
zens upoj he smallest pretext committing
them to prison and degrading them in ev
ery possible form within the scope of hu
man ingenuity, then General S. is entitled
to bis Excellency’s, sympathy
It is ' ' with the feeling
of wiib which his
against that
class nized him.
His E ‘*-eut op-
portuur a mon-
greigg, p _ by the
appiat tub owed a
mist- public vie wall
the ck.
Butt ar. not
surprise or bo,
a^ie is of e ^
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Sickles
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the 21st of Nover
^quarters and »®1. Sfotrict,
Charleston, S. C., Oct.1867.
W HERAL ORDERS, )
NO. 101. J
By the terms of the Act of Congress en
titled “ An Act to provide for the more ef
ficient government of the rebel States, ’
passed March 2d, 1867, and of the Acts of
Mar* 23d, and July 19th 1867 supple
mentary thereto—it is made the duty ot
the Commanding General of this Military
District to cause a registration to be made
of the male inhabitants of the State of
North Carolina, of the age of twenty-one
years and upwards and qualified by the
terms of said Acts to vote, and after such
registration is complete, to order an elec
tion to be held at which the registered vo
ters of said State shall vote for or against
a Cot Nation, for the purpose of establish
ing a constitution and civil government
for the said State, loyal to the Union, and
for delegates to said Convention—and to
give at least thirty day’s notice of the time
and place at which sail election shall be
held ; and the said registration having been
completed in the State of North Carolina,
It is ordered: ,
First. That an election be held in the
1867, and during’this time the sale o. in!
intoxicating liquors''- or near any,/ 0 " 111 #
place is prohibited. The police aniens of
cities and towns, and the sheriffs ant 1 other
peace officers of counties, will be held re
sponsible for the strict enforcement of this
prohibition, and will promptly arrest and
hold for trial all persons who- may trans
gress it.
Eleventh. Military interference with elec
tions “unless it shall be necessary to re
pel the armed enemies of the United
States, or to keep th peace at the polls”
is prohibited by the Act of Congress ap
proved February 25th, 1865, and no sol
diers will be allowed to appear at any
polling place, unless as citizens of the
State they are qualified and are registered^
as voters, and then only for the purpose of
voting; but the Commanders of Posts,
will keep their troops well in hand on the
days of election, and will be prepared to
act promptly if the civil authorities are un
able to preserve the peace.
Twelfth. The returns required by law to
be macle to the Commander of the District
Lou.
Official :
Louis V O
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State of North Carolina, commencing on
Tuesday, the 19th day of November, 1867,
and ending on Wednesday, the 20th day
of November, 18G7, at which all register
ed voters of said State may vote “ For a
Convention,” or “ Against a Convention,”
and for delegates to constitute the Conven
tion—in case a majority of the votes given
on that question, shall be for a Conven
tion, and in case a majority of the register
ed voters shall have voted on the question
cf hoiding such Convention
Second. It shall be the duty of the
Boards of Registration in North Carolina,
commencing fourteen days prior to the
election herein ordered, and giving reason
able public notice of the time and place
thereof, to revise for a period of five days
the registration lists, and upon being satis
fied that any person not entitled thereto
has been registered, to strike the name ot
such person from the list; and such per
son shall not be entitled to vote. 'Ilie
Boards of Registration shall also—during
the same period, add to such registers the
names of all persons who at that time pos
sess the qualifications required by said
Acts—who have not already been regis
tered.
Third. In deciding who are to be strick
en from or added to the registration lists,
the Boards will be guided by the law of
March 2d, 1867, and the laws supplemen
tary thereto, and their attention is special-
lv directed to the Supplementary Act of
July 19th, 1867.
Fourth. The said election will be field
in each County or District, at such places
as may hereafter be designated, under
the superintendence of the Boards of Re-
gistration as provided by law, and in ac-
of the results of this election, will be ren
dered by the Boards of Registration of the
several registration precincts through the
Commanders of the Military Postsin which
Lheir precincts are situated, and in accord
ance with the detailed instructions hereaf
ter to be given.
Thirteenth. The number of delegates to
the convention is determined by law and
is the number of members of the most nu
merous branch of the Legislature for the
year eighteen hundred and sixty, and this
number, one hundred and twenty, is ap
portioned to the, representative Districts of
the State in the ratio of registered voters
as follows:
tA^ 'OU SALE.
BY virtue of a deerree of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessionsof the County ■
of Rowan, at November Tern, 1866, 1 will
expose at public auction at. thi Court-house
in Salisbury, on TUESDAY t
5th day of November ner
being Tuesday of County 1 ourt s
of land, being the late residency
T. Walton, dec’d. Twenty ac.?^ of said
land is subject to the Widow’s dower.
This tract of land lies on the Chambers
Ferry road, four miles from Salisbury, and
adjoins the lands of P. B. Chambers, John
I, Shaver and others. Terms, twelve
months credit with interest after six months
WM. E POWE, Adm’r
of Albert T. Walton, de’cd.
Sept. 19, 1867. td
Also—At the same time and place I
will likewise expose at public sale an un
divided interest of one-eighth part of 640
Acres of Land, belonging to the estate,of
H. T. Powe, deceased, lying on the Mill
er’s Ferry Road, five miles from Salisbury,
on the waters of Crane Creek, adjoining
the lands of Samuel Reeves, Adam Irex-
ler, John B. Kerns, the late Mrs. Jenkins
and others. Terms—Twelve months med
it with interest after six months.
WM. E. POWE, Adm’r.
of H. T. Powe, dec d.
Sept. 19. 1867. td
den.
gentli
place
ture ’
then
to tin
a in on
chive
Counties
of Burke and McDowell together
two (2) delegates,
of Rutherford and Folk together
two (2) delegates,
of Yancey and Mitchell tohether,
of Madison, Buncombe, Hender
son and Transylvania together
three (3) delegates.
of Haywood and Jackson togeth
er one (1) delegate
of Macon, Clay and Cherokee
together two (2) delegates
of Alleghany, Ashe, Surry \\ a.-
tuga and Yadkin together
three (3) delegates.
1 of Caldwell, ^ ilkes, Iredell and
Alexander, together five (5) delegates
1 of Davie and Rowan three (3)
delegates
■ of Cleveland one (1) delegate.
■ of Catawba one (!) delegate.
1 of Lincoln one (1) delegate.
‘ of Gason one (1) delegate.
■ of Mecklenburg two (2) delegates.
‘ of Union one (1) delegate.
■ of Cabarrus one (1) delegate.
‘ of Stanley one (!) delegate.
1 of Anson one (1) delegate.
J G VKACM’S
Mail and Express line-Daily.
Schedule from High Point to Salem.
Leaves High Point at 4 1-2 oclock, A. M.
Arrives at Salem at 8 1-2 o’clock, A. M.
Leaves Salem at 3 1-2 o’clock, P- M.
Arrives at High Point at 7 1-2 o’clock, P. M.
53 0 The Reidsville Express runsin connection with
this line three times a week—Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
O’ Passengerswill find this line well stocked with
good Stages, fine Horses, careful and accommodating
Drivers, and no pains will be spared to make all who
travel on this line comfortable.
^ Special attention will be given to all Express
matter sent to my care. J- G. VEaCH.
august 31, 1867. tw^m
WM. M. ROBBINS,
SALISBURY, N. C.
Attends the Courts of Rowan and
ng counties.
OFFICE—East side of Main 1
Market House.
CANTWELL’S JUSTICE,
For Lawyers, Farmers and
rice $5.00. For sale by
Branson
cd, In
to register
rapt points
ne placed
hidden ar-
endorse-
Arnold.
Co gay deceiver,” says the
Colunbia (S. C.) Chronicle. “Down,
down,from fifty cents a pound,” says the
hkroncle, “to thirteen cents a pound.”—
The Chronicle asks what it means, and
proceds to answer the question as fol
lows
“Smply that we have lost control of the
staph of the world, and been deluded by
the blief that all mankind depended on
the Suth for what they wear and tear.—
No nistake ever was more grievous. Eng-
landias developed the resources of India
to alegree which made her almost inde-
penient of the South during the war, and
sheontinues to grow more so every year.
Maanficent railroads, one thousand miles
in higth, enable her to penetrate the heart
of be India cotton region, where labor
eanbe had for five cents a day. Magnifi-
cen lines of steamers communicate weekly
witythe Indian ports, and nearly a inil-
liotof bales are now in course of transit to
theLiverpool docks and warehouses.
‘31ind to these facts, our people have
gon on making cotton, trusting to the
chace of weather, rust, and caterpillar,
hopig to realize small fortunes quickly;
core have been mortgaged in advance to
obtin funds, and large outlays made, in
thiconfidence that the high prices to be
reived would more than balance the ac-
cont. Now, what a disappointment.—
I Ed planters are likely to realize their
sa. Half the crop has been ruined in
may localities, and the remaining half
nut, per force, be immediately sold to
not the demands against the plantations
b/actors.
In all this there is a lesson, and that
leion should teach the importance of
elnging our style of agriculture, and grow
cps that will pa;
'(’immense gp'
and are not subject to
ve fluctuations of
turn their atteii-
d-uuts. fruit,
sheep, cattle,
-es. Let the
’home. We
is mannfac-
per cent.
of the
Betters of “Itinerant.”
Waynesville, N. C., 1
October, 1867. )
Leaving Morgant n, wi h a sigh for the
departing cushioned scats of the Western
Railroad, one has but to resign himself to
the jolts of the old fashioned “ stagecach
es.” There have been but few modern
improvements is this land, in this mode of
transit. The old coach is as slow as ever.
It jolts as bad as ever. The seats are as
hard as ever. It seems as though staging
had but so far to go in America, and not
another inch. No softer springs can be
devised—no smootherroads—no such thing
as repairting. Like Fredericksburg, Va.,
it is completed and no more can be done
to it.
Ah! the thought of Bishop Atkinson’s
luxuries in England -seventeen passen
gers to two horses, and ten miles an hour
at that—it is quite a contrast to four pas
sengers to two horses, and three miles an
hour. However, neither England, nor any
other land, yields finer views than West
ern North Carolina, nor purer water, nor
kinder people.
“ THE WESTERN TURNPIKE.”
To an Eastern man, the idea of a jour
ney from Asheville to the Tennessee line
is associated with rocks, up hill pulling,
and all sort of hardships His delusion is
dispellad only when he finds himself glid
ing over a smooth, hard and well graded
road, affording a most delightful journey,
a real pleasure drive.
The State caused a road to be construct
ed from Asheville to the Southwestern lim
its of the State, running through Haywood
J ickson and Macon. After leaving Mur
phy, the county seat of Macon, it forks,
one branch going to Ducktown, Tenn., the
other to the Georgia line. It goes through
many a mountain gap, and many a valley,
and if there be poetry in the soul of the
avell 'r, the journey over this road will
7 g it out. It will make him a happier
1 a better man.
.. vol. Thomas, of Cherokee renown, wears
1 le laurel ofthis road. Heis said to have
- ineered it through the Legislature.
“ GREE Ell’s.”
„owell. Last,
went begging in Marion.
0. i but few in the market. The reason
3, plainly, that Marion lies on the route of
t...» unfinished part of the W. N. C. R. R.
’ hen .his section was still and motionless.
Now it is under contract, and laborers are
busily at work cutting and filling. By
the perseverance of President Tate, a good
sum of money, either green or some other
shade, has been put into the hands of the
contractors; and hands are wanted, and
many have been set to work, and the dirt
is flying. The Railroad fever is up very
high in this region;
Just midway between Morganton and
Asheville, stands a home for the traveller.
Now and then one falls upon a place where
travellers have been stopping for many a
long year. No stage agent ever thinks of
putting his horses anywhere else. There
is a place for the hats and costs, for the
smoker, and especially the supper table
and the snow-white bed, that carry convic
tion to a tender heart, and make one think
of old-fashioned hospitality. Many of your
readers will remember Mrs. Barclay’s.—
Mrs. Greenlee’s is to the Asheville and
Morganton Road, what Mrs. Barclay’s was
to the Raleigh and Fayetteville Road.
But will it last 7 As the sound of the
steam whistle approaches, is it not strange
how the old ways and customs vanish 1—
In the exit there go many, many things
that the world suffers by losing. There
comes in place of them a coldness and a
stiffness that chill the soul.
A NOVEL ASCENT.
The Western Extension of the North
Carolina Railroad encounters a little moun
tain on its rou'e to the Blue Ridge. But
they get around it this way: The track is
made to winds entirely around the moun
tain, ascending all the while, until, when
the circle is made, the track crosses over
the track below, only itis, itself, now many 1
feet above; then, on it goes with the cry
of victory.
I have seen a Railroad in Pennsylvania,
probably a hundred miles long, with but
one Locomotive on it, and this one only
running, say some five miles. A sta ion-
ary engine is planted on the top of a hill,
and the cars are drawn up by wire ropes
When the train gets to the top, it is let
down the other side, by its own weight for
miles, down hill; then it is drown by an
other stationary planted on the next hill,
and on so to the end.
I have also seen another Railroad, in
New York, cross a mountain in a novel
way. The track runs up the side of the
grade, say half a mile or more; then it
switches off, and runs backwards, only up
a little higher, in zig-zag course, until it
reaches the summit, and down the other
fide in the same way. This saves tun
nelling, but not trambling.
C EXCITEMENT WILD BEASTS IN THE
BLUE RIDGE.”
Those who have crossed the Blue Ridge,
at Swananoa Gap, will remember how
very disntinct is the point or line of the
top of the Ridge just where the road cross
es. The ascent from either side is steep,
especially from the east. The road is ve
ry narrow. There is only a log cabin on
the crest, but this is not occupied. It is a
wild and lonely spot.
Afrer passing over the Ridge and being
absent some days, I had occasion to return
to Summit. No little excitement prevail
ed. News had gone throughout the moun
tains, that quite .. number of furious wild
beasts had made their appearance on the
Blue Ridge country, and that they were
approachiug the summit. A crowd had
gathered at Swananoa Gap, and by the
time your Correspondent reached the scene,
men, women and children had gathered to
gether. Great anxiety was written in
each face. The creatures were hourly
looked for. What should be done? All
stood huddled together, listening anxiously
for information relative to the beasts.
The rumor was but too true. “Listen,
that’s a lion,” says one, “sure enongh !”
It was a lion and no mistake. On they
came! A little further and another roar.
The hair stands on end. Nearer and near
er the furious creatures come. Flight is
useless. What is a mountain hut in the
arms of a huge bear.
Now and then came first one and then
another, at the mountain road, announcing
that the news was tiue. “They will be
here in five minutes,” said a new comer, at
last. The roaring evidently grew nearer
and nearer. At last they came within rifle
shot. The lion is in front. Behind him
two or three dozen oihe beasts. Thebeau
was foaming at the mouth. We determin
ed to stand our ground and live or die to
gether. On they came. Fortunately they
did not see us at first—yet they werecom-
ing in a straight line to where we stood.
Never saw I women behave better, when
such creatures were so near—not a tear—
uot a shriek. Still all felt the occasion
right upon ns. On the creatures came.—
Slowly, but surely, right to us. There
was no other road. They could go no
came within ♦■’
S Eveiy eye was
iaus expressions. At last the,
uSjj ^neu it is discovered that th.
all in red cages and belonged to John R
binson I
A little male freedmen in those parts
made a novel discovery about one of the
animals. With eyes wide open and out
of breath, he enquired of another of the
fraternity: “ Ben, did yer see de elephintt’
“No, wharhe?” “ Dar he go; see him
Ben, got two tails, one tail on he head.”
ITINERANT.
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The total number registered in South
Carolina is estimated to be 125,000, of
which 45,000 are whites and 80,000 are
blacks. In North Carolina the total num
ber is estimated 174,717, the proportion in
that State being three whiles to one black.
^s^
The Bowdoinham (Maine) Bank rob
bers deny that they have offered to restore
$40,000 of the plunder taken from the
bank, but say it is true that they have of
fered to give that sum for the relief of the
sufferers at Bowdoinham, provided they
can get a pardon.
^^-
A handbill, offering $26,000 for the as
sassination of Hunnicutt. Underwood &
Co., gotten up, it is believed, by the rad
icals, was found on the streets of Rich
mond on Sunday morning. This, it would
seem, was evidently intended as an offset
to the letters of the negro vigilance com
mittee ordering certain citizens to leave
the city.
«a®*.—
To the Cotton Planters of North Caroli
na.—From the commission merchants of
Petersburg, and the proper officials, we
have derived the following information,
which, if used, will be for the benefit of
both planter and factor.
The main point which should be known
is that under permit they can ship or re
move cotton without any prepayment of
tax. This privilege has been allowed un
der regulations.
Persons desiring to ship cotton can get
form 109, which must be used, from the
assessor or his assistant, and ship it to the
collector in the market to which they de
sire to send it.
The collector will deliver it to the com
mission merchant, who may be designated
by the firm. The tax is then paid byhim
The producer may send it as soon as it is
ready, without paying the tax in his dis
trict.
The advantage of this arrangement is
that if it is not desired to sell at once the
cotton, it may be stored to take advantage
I of the market. The assessor has no right
i to refuse the permit, and should be report
ed if he does. If you prefer to prepay the
tax you can do so. If not, do as advised
' above.—Pet. Index.