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State of North Carolina,
WATAUGA COUNTY.
Court of Picas ami Quarter Sessions Aptfl
Term, 1868.
Farthing & Co., vs. Thomas & R. E. Brown.^
Attachment levied on land.
TT appearing to the satifaction of the Ooart
I -^that the defendants, Thomas & 11. E. Rowu
I reside beyond the limits of this State: Ifis or-
j dered that publication be made for six weeks
j in the Watchman & Old North State naifying
j .^aid defendants to be and appear at mr next
! Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions tr be held
i for the county of Watauga, at the coart-house
j in Boone, on the 2nd Monday in July next,
I aii'l tlien and there shew cause if iny they
i have why the land levied on shall no. be con
demned to the use of the plaintiff.
! Witness, J. B. Todd, clerk of out said court at
office the 2d Monday in April, A. D. IbU.S.
J. B. TODD, Clerk
pr adv SS 00—19.
State of North Carolina,
STAXr.Y COUNTY.
la EpiKy, September Terra. 18G8.
THE
I majority of the politicians, of Xorth Car- ^ and will be .so hotd win
a
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LivyXvXXl OAA-Axii. change in the negro suffrage feature of^nore.
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Adaline Eudy' vs. Jacob Eudy.
r'KTITiOX FOR rilVOKClC.
I T appearing to the satisfaction of the Conr
that tlie defendant Jacob Eudy, resides be
yond the limits of this State: It is ordered
tiiat publication be made for six weeks in tht
“ Watchman & Old North State, ” notifying
Pill heivtutore offered to the puhlic.) The said defendant to be and appear at our next
' Superior Court of Law, to be held for the
county of Stanly, at the Coiirt-lloiise in Albe
marle, on the 1st Monday in March next, then
and there to answer or demur to the plaintiirs
petition ; otherwise, the same will be heard
and granted.
Witness, James D. Hearno, clerk of onr said
Court at office, the Ist Monday in March, 1868.
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our Constitution and tbe restriction of tbe
African’s right to vote. Kq^uaily singular
metamorphoses in political -sentiment are
recent; aud this oite wm he a aensiblo j iegea wiU be unaffected by our vote.”—
one, aud inevitably resulting from our | Then can we vote as proud American cit-
speedy experience of tlie presoat system. | izens should do. But now wc cannot—
Why then should Xorth Carolina assist ' wc dare not—give o.ii independent vote j
in so amending the Federal Constitution i we vote as others dictate; we vote as
that she cannot make this inevitably ear- : shires. AVouId to Ivod Xorth Candina
ly change in her own organic law, wiiliout might this day be pcrn.ittcd to render au
GENFAlxU. ASShXBLY OF
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State of North Carolina,
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T appearing to the satisfacli'in of the Court
that the defendants, Noah Fry and wife, &
F. W. Wing and wife Catharine, reside beyond
the limits of this State, It is therefore ordered
that publication be made for six weeks in tlie
“ Watcliinan and Old North State,” notifying
the defendants to be and appear at our next
Su[iei ior Court of Law, to be held for the coun
ty of Catawba at the courtliouse in Ncwlou,
on the 2d Monday in August next, then and
there to [dead to, answer or demur, or judg
ment pro covfesso will be taken as to them.
Witnes.^, O. Campbell, clerk of onr said Court
at ofTice, 2(1 Monday of February, 1863.
w2.j:6::-*vS] 0. CAMeiiPiLi,, c,.m e.
State of North Carolina^
VVAI AUGA COUNTY.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions April
Term 1868.
Win. Horton, Guardian vs. Thomas R, E.
Brown.
Attaclimcnt levied on land.
TT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
-^that the defendants Thomas Sc R. E. Brown
reside beyond the limits uf this State : It is or
dered by the Court that [lublication be made
for six weeks in the Watelirnan & Old North
State, uotil'ying said defend.'uits to be and ap-
[lear at our next Court of I’lcas and (^fuarter
Sessions to be iield fur the county of Wataupa
at the court-house in Beone, on the second
Monday in July next, then and tliM'e shew
cause if any they have why' the land levied on
shall not be condemned to the use of the plain
tiff.
Witness, J. B. Todd, Clerk of our said court at
olfice, the 2nd Munday in Aoril, A. D. 1868
pr adv .$8 00 —19
J. B. TODD, Clerk.
SENATE.
Raleigh, N. C., July 2d, 1868.
The Semite was called to oialer at 4
o’clock.
Mr. Barrow, of Northampton, introdu
ced resolutions in reference to the election
of U. S. Seriators—fixing the election on
the 6Lh of July’. Lies over.
[The law of Congress provides for the
election of U. S. Senators on the second
Tuesday of the session.]
A message was received from the
House, traiLsmitling a joint resolution rat
ifying the Howard zVmendinent, or the
14th articl;'. of the Constitution of the
United States, and asking the concurrence
of the Senate.
Mr. Rich, of Pitt, moved that the Sen
ate do concur.
]\[t. Robbins, Senator from Rowan,
said :
I rise, Mr. President, to present a few
only of the reasons, why’, in my judgment,
the Senate c.f North Carolina should refuse
to ratify this amendment. It is not hoped
that anything now to be said could influ
ence the action of this body upon the ques
tion ; for the decree has gone forth, not
only that we u'ill, but that we must,
give an affirmative vote; and it is but too
evident that a majority here are impatient
to do the bidding of their masters.
But I oppose it, ,/zrsf, upon the merits
of the amendment itself. I respectfully
ask North Carolinians, what lias North
Carolina to gain by its adoption ? This
measure changes the basis of representa
tion in Congress, and virtually places it,
not upon the population, but the number
of voters in each State. This is of little
importance to States having a homogen
ous population, and where no class of the
people is likely ever to be deprived of
equal suffrage. But in North Carolina
there are two widely distinct races, dwel
ling together on the same soil. True, by
the present Constitution, both are invest
ed with equal rights of suffrage. I oppo
sed this, and deprecate it still; while I,
at the same time claim to be a friend of
; the colored lace, and wish to see their
State of North Carolina, "-nfore promoted. i wiiiako add,
f that whiift tnp nrpflPT
that while the present Constitution re
mains the de facto Constitu ion of the
State, I shall give my aid towards making
it woik as little evil as possible. And as
Senator here, I shall pursue no mere fac
tious course, but assist in the adoption of
I >-- r 1 • r r measures best calculated to advance
N this ease It a[ipeaiini: to the satisfjiction ol ,1 .
ti... ti...Vii,.. .L.i 1 ..,.1 „ welfare of North Carolina under the
YADKIN COUNTY.
Court of Pleas and Qu irt'.r Sessions,
April Term, L8G8.
A. S|)eer vs. W. II. Rouwell.
ATTACIi.MENT LEVIED ON’ LAND.
the Court that the deletulant is not a resi
dent of the State of North C.irolina, It is or
dered, iheretore, by the Court, that publication
be made for six weeks in the ” Watchman and
MOLASSES
MOL.ASSES.
Alaska.
present regime.
. But will the policy of allowing equal
rights of suffrage to both races be perraa-
Old North State,” notifying said defendant to! nent here? Impossible. Even its friends
be and appear before the Justices of onr Court I must admit it to be an untried experi-
of 1 leas and Qii.arter Sessions to he held for the i ment. uncertain in its results. The voice
county ot ladkin, at the ccnit-house in lau- hUtn. tr e t
kinville, on the second Monday in July next, 1 j ® P ' .. ,
then and there to plead, answi or demur to j “==^a«'ce in which two peoples have dwelt
said attachment, or the same will be heard ex ^[’gether on the same soil, without amalga-
parte, the judgment confirmed, the land levied ^^^*4 or the subordination of one to the
on condemned to satisly plaiiiiilf s debt, and ; other; unless, indeed, both were in sub-
an order of sale granted. : jectioii to a common tvrant.
Witness, J. G. Mai ler, clerk of our said Court And apropos of that last remark, does
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losing a portion of her rrpres.entatioii in
Congress ? Is it to her iuteivst ? N.iy’,
verily. She has much to lose by it, aud
nothing to gain.
But I am told that by’ voting for thi.-
measure wc .shall at length “go home’’
again ; and men grow strangely’ eiit]iu>ia.>-
tic, talking of getting hack to the old home
stead ; forgetting tliai the tree uf liberty’
which used to stand tluru, and under
which wc, children of a happy land, oiice
sported, has been hewn by’ the remorse
less axe of fanaiieisin, and the w. aiher-
beateii mansion looks, alas ! but little like
the glorious fabric we venerated of yore !
I am told tint by voting for this amend
ment we shall get back in.) the L nioii.—
AVhen did we get out of the Union ? Did
those men who voted here, seveu years
ago, for the ordinance of secession, really
takes us otit of the Union ] They may
be pardoned for thinking so ; for thev are
our grand
Disunionis ts. But I,
man, utterly deny’ it.
as a good Union
We fought to get
out of the Union, and the United iStatcs ! absolute jiower, let the preseut posture of
fought to keep us in. If we arc out, we public aflairs .= peak.
whipped the United States ; it was Wash-1 Senators, the dangers I have depicted
ington, not Richmond, that fell; and Grant' do not seem to me imaginary’. They am
surrendered to Lee, under the apple ti. e. ; dread realities, and woe be unto us if avo
But history tells no such flattering tale to ! go blindly’ on, and help, by’ our votes, to
me. No, Senators, we were never out of ei ive the ship of State upon the breakers !
unbiased decision ! But alas !
I old mother is in the dust, and the maileil
soldier stands over her with the hayonet
I at her bosom, demanding that she dis'honor
herself. “Drive the bayonet home to her
heart,’’ say’ 1, “if Heaven so wills it, and
let her die ; hut k t her 'never submit to
vohiiitarv ili.'lionur.”
, But this is net a question of feeling
and seniiin, nt; it is one of vital impor
tance to iiie satety’ of the L'onsiitution.—
By’ the C’liustitati'jn, Umgress is emp- w-
erod to jirojiose .iiiiendments to that in-
struineiit. But if C’ongress can dictate
how States sliall vote upon nmcndin.-iits,
' by’ jflaeing them under Jisahiiities as
States, uiiii: they’ are forced in'.) cumpi;-
ance, is not Congress become all puwer-
j fill, and can it not mould the organic law
to its will h M.iv it not, by’ this uieaiis,
j decree an amendment suborilinating the
co-ordinate d-qiartiiients, and make itself
sole riih r I V\Tiat rapid and rcvolulioiia-
rv stridis it has already taken towards
the Union ; and the pretence that wo were
is a subterfuge, invented since the war,
for obvious p litical and partizan purpo
ses.
’I’o ekow its iibsurdity it i:i only neces
sary’ to ask ourselves how comes it that
we vote to-day upon an mendment to
We are making History’ this day’. By
-an affirmative vote we shall give our sanc
tion to a precedent frauglit with untold
perils to constitutional liberty. I speak
not as a partizau. I speak not now even
as a Nortii fhirolinian. I speak as an
American citizen, and, in the cour.e I
the Federal Constitution? Were North pursue this day’, I deem myself the cham-
Carolina not a State in the Union, she pioii of the liberties of New York and (Ihio
would have no more right to vo>eoii such | as of my’ own ever loved native State.—
a question than the republic of Liberia, I And here in this venerated chamber, hal-
which slie is beginning so much to rcsem- . lowed by the memories of great and good
hie. This position is too obvious to ad- men gone before, I raise my solitary voico
niit of argument. j in solemn warning of the deadly perils
I oppose this amendment because its ‘ which lie in the path y'ou are urged to
adoption involves a dishonorable act on pursue.
the part of North Carolin'’, in that sin: Senators, we .arc in the midst of a .oe.i
will ai'-i In imposing political disabilities . of truuhles. Gar people are impoverish-
upon thousands of her sons merely fur cd, bereaved, humiliated, miserable. Chir
obeying her own commands. Seven homes are desulate ; mir kinsmen slain,
years ago, speaking through the voices . But in all onr iiiisfurtunes let us never for-
and votes of many’ gentlemen now sitting get our dignity, nor dare, by’ our action
in high places here, including her present this day’, to bring a stain on the uiit.arn-
distinguished Executive Uiiief, North Gar- ished naino of North Garolin.a.
olina called her children to the field.— Mr. Blvthc, of lIcMiderson, and Mr.
Thither they rushed by thousands to , Welker, ot Guillord, addressed the Senate
bleed and die for her. A battle scarred
remnant only’ survives ; and now, iqioii
this poor remnant of survivors, she is ask
ed to affix the stigma of political disfran
chisement ! Is it honorable ? But I for
bear to enlarge ujioii this point, for in
these days ot “great moral ideas,” to in
sist upon the claims of honor, is in danger
of being deemed mere “Old Fugyism,”
But in vindication of our dear old mother
let me say’, that wlicu she shall seem this
ill sirpjiort of the joint resolution.
!Mr. (.’ook, of .loluistoii, .at tliis point in
troduced an ainendmeiit, wliicli was un-
dcrstoiid to he an excuse for calling tho
pn vioiis question to cut off debate, aud
called for the vote.
}.lr. Robbins called for the yca.s and
navs, and, the vote being taken, the entire
Vole of the in.ijority’ was cast against it
and none in favor.
!Mr. Cook then called for the previous
day’ to pronounce that hard sentence upon question on the joint resolution,
her children, it i.s not Xorth Carolina that ]\Ir. Blvthe called for the y’eas and nays
speaks: it is only’ a horrid apparition which resulted as follows,
which personates her. She is prostr.ite Teas—Messrs. Barrow, Beasley. Bella-
with the heel of the tyrant in her moutli, niv, Brogden, Burns, Blythe, Colgrove,
and is voiceless; hut her great heart is Cook, Itavi.^, Eaves, Etheridgu, Epps,
bursting with blessings on her gallant j negro, Forkiier, Galloway, negro, Hayes,
sons. H irriiigton, Hall, Hyman, negro, Jones,
I oppose this measure becau.soof its un- ot M’ake, Li gg, Lindsay, Lassiter, Long,
fairness in application. Thousands are Maviindale, .Moore, M.ison, Rich, Res-
punished by it who were sincere oppo- ^ pass, :8mith, Bhoffuer, Sweet, \\ bite,
iients of the war, and who only aided it Winstead and Welker—34.
by giving a few blankets or articles of
clothing to suffering neighbor boy’.s in the
Confederate Army’. But here .^tand I, a
Confederate officer f'>r four years, with
the smoke of forty’ battles on mu, uiibann- j
ed and free,—simply breause I never was '
a Squire ! Will the lair-minded iiortioii
of mankind, in !Massacliusett.=, in North
N(tys—Messrs. !Melcher and RoLhius.
(Jn motion the Sciiatc adjourned to to
ll o’clock.
morrow morning,
'WOYV lauding Ex. Schooner “Alaska,” di-
XN rect from Cardenas,
220 Hogsheads, I Sweet Cuba Molasses
30 Tierces, > in prime new pack-
40 Barrels, ) ages.
Selected spocialiy for summer trade.
Orders will be [iromplly filled at lowtsi cur
rent market prices.
O. G. PARSLEY k Co.
Wilmington, N. C., June 10. tw67:Ct
at office in Yadkinvilie, tlie second ilonday in
April, A.D. ISO'S. J. G. Mahler, c.c.c.
23:Gt:88
AN EXPERIENCED AND CARlT-
ful PiaXO Tuner will receive order.s by
mail from the country as well as'from
Town, and stop about’the middle of July
at such places from which orders have
been received, send orders immediately.
Terms reasonable Address,
PIANO AGENT,
twSt 351 Box 9^ Charlotte, N. 0.
“The v. icked llee when no Bian pnr-
.sueth.” Tiiis proverb was literally
illustrated at a “Hed String” meet-
Carolina, think it unp irdonablc in me be- i,^g Aiisoii count}’, several nights
cause my seiLse of justice revolts agaiuat , night in question,
rnonnlisto'.it.ir.d unfair? _ I says the W adesb'jro Aevus, a nuin-
I oppo.se this prop i.'ition, becauseNorth ber of white nieinbers of tht; order
Carolina has once voted upon it. And I called together at a scliool houso
resnectfully submit that no State has the'. , . , .. ,
re.puoix ^ ;n Diaiii' iud lliil precinct, With orders
lethal right to vote twice on such a qnes- ‘ ’
lion, ff I mistake nor, this amendment for every member to go thoroughly
has once been acted upon by’ all, or a suf-1 armed, as some alleged that they
ficient uumber, of the States, and, not j would be interfered with by’ “Ku-
Ivlu-X.” Shortly after assembling, a
having received a ihree-fourths vole,
gal.
stands rejected. Shall we assi.-t in
vanizing the corp.=e into a semblance of
life again ? Rather let the dead be bur
led
! house, with ....
But I utterly protect a^euiun this rat.ti-, ,,nd
non because ive are not a! o'«'d a free • J., » ;
^4iy gentlemen here suppose that ice would
have inaugurated this negro suffrage ex
periment, bad it not been forced upon ns
at the point of the bayonet ? When tlie
bayonets shall depart, if they’ ever do,
then look out for the re-action. Then tho
bottom rail will descend from the top of at our peril. If we
the fence,—not merely by my vote, but ' promised a recognition of our Staltdiood ;
by y’ours, Senators. Pardon me for pre- otherwise, we must remain a I uiiitory un-
dicting that, in five years from this day, der indefinite military rule. hat a
an overwhelming majority of the j mockery! Me are in duress
and, thcieforc, a still more overwhelming ' law, our deed tlii.s day' is really invalid, * yet.
cation
vote. M'e are told that we will vote ‘‘nay
at our peril.
“vea”
team of live mules, which had just
been taken from a broken-down wag
on, passed rapidly by tho school
their harness and traces
g. \Vith-
DUt waiting to see wh^ it was that
caused such a “rumpus,” and with
out standing on the “order of their
going,” the brethren vacated the pre
mises with a rusii, and, judging trom
and, ill j what wc have heard, may be running
’WC are