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trmi civil rights bill. ' 3 7w Civil Right Billy as it p wuJ I both II u es of Congress over 4 PresUiient's Veto. ; I Sec. I. i Thai all persons born in the llniied plates aWd not subject to any foreign Power, except Indians not tax ed ir are hereby declared lo be citizens of the United Slates and such citizens f every race anil color, without regard fo any rVreyions condition of slavery or ;v fnvolantafy eeryic.e,' excepts a'pun thment for crime wbereoryhe parly fciialli have been duly convicted, and ihall have the same right in' every tate and Territory to make and en jfoce contracts, to sne, to be sued, bo parties arid give evidence, to inherit, purchase,; lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all the laws and proceedings for the securily of person knd property: aa aft enjoyed by white jHtiZens-'jand shall be snbjecV to like j !unisbmetif, (pains and penalties, and lo none o'.her ; any law, slaiue, ordi ! jnance, regulation or custom to the con. ' fiary notwithstanding. f Sec. 2. And that any person who, junder color of any law, statute, ordi nance, regulation or custom, shall sub j3Ct,or cause to be subjected,any inhab itant or any S ate or Territory to the l8privalibn of' any right recurcd or 'protected by this act,"or punishment,' vpains and penalties on account of such ' persous having at any time been held in a condilion of slavery or lavoltintary arviludej excpt l for5 the punishment f crime whereof the parly shall have 'been duty convicted, or by the reason .. )f his color pr race, than is prescribed for the' punishment; of j white persons, shall bo deemed j guilty of a misde liiflsnor.iand on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one t housand; dollars, or imprisonment noi Oration of Jtie court. i. .; i ; I Sec! 3, That the district courts ef the United States, wilhin their respective ilistricU phall have exclusively ot the courts of the several States, cognizance i ail crimes auu uuputos uuuiiumcu isainst the provisions of this act, and ftlsa currentlV'With the( civil courts of h United States, of all causes civil or lriminal.LarTeclin2 persons who are denied or cannot enforce in the courts pr jiidich.l tribunal of the Stuta or 'jo oaltty where they may be, any of the fights secured to them by the first sec tion of this act; and it any su;t oj :r, snail po- commenced in any oiaie eotirt against any such person for any , aus8 whatsoerer crimiaaljor any other jpersonany arrest or imprisonment, i.rupassei or wrong done or commit- j t;od by value or under color of authori . f iy derived from this act or ttie. act es j tjitishing a bureau for Ir e e d m e nt a n d r e f u jree s J the relief ol and all acts tnnda'o-y thereof,or loi Te'usiag to do ny. act upon the ground that it would ba inconsistent with this act, such de fondant shall have the right to remove inch cause for trial to the proper dis- . ijrict or circuit court in the ntnner pre- scribed by the act relating) to. habeas corpus and regulating judicial proceed . hgs in certain cases approved March 3, 1863, and all .acts amendatory there. The j iri diction in civil andcrira thai m alt eis; hereby confemsd on the district anp ciicuit courts of he United States shall jbe exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the Unitd State?, so far as such laws are Suitable lb carry trie same'into effect; but in Till j caee3 where such laws are suitable to carry the same into efiectj ul in all- J cases where such laws' are cot adapted to the object are Deficient riM trTe provisions necessary lb furnish snitablQ remedies and punish offences VaainRlhe law,; the common law as modified ind etiarged by .the constitu ion ana statutes of the States wherein ihe court having 'jurisdiction of the faue, civil or criminal, is, held, sofaf as the same is not inconsistent with the, cpiifrtituiion and taws ot the United states. 6hall be exjended. and govern tbre said courts in the trial and disposi i iou o Buuu cause, ana, ir or a cnmi n.ii nature;, m tne liunciion pi punistis - silent on the party tound guilty. , I See. 4.That the district attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals of the United States, the commissioners 'j apw pointed by, the circuit j and. territorial cpurta of the Uniled States, vrliH power wf arresting imprisoning oj bailing ofs finders against the laws of.4he .United x Siatesi, the officers and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, and ; every other .'rflicer who may be specially empower fd- by the. President of the United Sate., shall be and they are hereby specially authorized ana required at the expense of the Uuited States, to ,. iSftiluie proceeding against all and J vever person who shall violate the, pro visions of this act, and j cause him o tfcerri to be arrested andjimprisofied, or baileil, as the oae ni i v be-, for trial tosljre such of tin Uuiled States or 'lerrit'oriat courts a by-this! act have .rpguizance of tthe oflencH and with al view to atTording a reaso lable pro lection to all per ona; io their constiui ttonal fights of equality befqrethe law i ithout Uistinclion to race rr, color, oi previous oonditjon of slavery or iuvol untary servitude except 'as. ,a punish 4jiii. trir"crixe 'whereof 'the party .shati Karej been duly convicte.l, and the ljiimpt di6 harge ol; the t'nties of :lhU Ylihx bft the jdtky of ; the circuit -cH -on ot rfi t -n tied States and the .wdfkr awj! ol ijiQ(i'iFriio'ries of th nd Sia-es fioni tibie'toftime lo jtw " d a IK. . ii I. -i Lit: '!' ' r . .. . . ---I tifiori a.sjeed'y teax a.iu t con ve f.!i?rt nif ans fct th arrest and exam itratioh of persons c Hailed wUh a vio- . 1hU.i ol .tl i . .i Sec. 5. That aid commissioner shatt Ciave concurrent jurisdiction with the judges'o! the : circuit and district courts oi the United . States, and the judges of the superior courts of the Terntories, everallyrand ecollecti vely in terra time cn J va ation,upon satisfacu tory proof being bmade Uo issue war ra us and pn pects fof ar resting andbr ng in" before them all: offenders against the provison, of ihi ct; 011 examina tion di charge, admit to bail, or commit them ! tor trial as the facts may warrant . Sec-, ff. And such com mission ers are hereby authorized; and required to ex -ercise and discharge! all the powers and duties conferred on them by this act, arid the same duties with regard to offences created by this act, as they ate authorized by iaw.to exercise with regard to olher offences- against tfye laws of the United Stales. That it shall 1)e the doty of all marshals' and deputy marshals to obey and execute all war rants; and precepts issued .under the provisions of this act wheti to them directed and should any marshal or deputy marshal refuse ta receive such warrantor other process when tender ed, or to use all proper meinsdtligemly to execute the same,' he shall on con viction thereof be fined tn the sum of one thousand dollars, to the use ot the person upon whom the accused is al leged to have committed the offence ; and the belter Jto enable the said com tnisioners to execute their duties faith fully and efficiently, in conformily with the Constitution of the United Stales and the requirements of this act, they are hereby auiborjied and empowered within iheir counties j respectively, to appoint,; in writing under their bands, one or more suitable person, from time tp time, to execute all i such warrants and olher process as may be issued by them in the lawful performance of their respective duties, land the person so appointed to execute any warran or process as aforesaid shall have authori ty to summon and call to their aid the bystanders or a posse comitatu of the proper county, or such portion of the land or naval forces of the United States or of the militia, as ma be 1 necessary to the performance of the duty with which they are charged, and to ensure a faithful observance of the clause; of the constitution which prohibits slavery iff conformity with the provisions of this act.-1 and said warraiits shall run and be executed by said officers any where in the State or Territory within which they are used. I f ,, Sec. 7. Tliat any person who shall knowingly and! wrongfully ' obstruct, hinder or, prevent any, officer or other person charged with the execution of any warrant or process issued under provisions of this a?t, or any person or persons lawiuuy assisting mm or mem, for arresting any person for whose aps prenen6ion socn warrant or process may have! been issued ; or shall rescue, or attempt to rescue, such person from the custoday of- the officer, other person or persons, or those lawfully aiststing, as aforesaid, when so arrested, pursuant to the authority herein given and de clared ; or shall aid, abet or assist any person so arrested or aforesaid, directly or indii ectly, to escape ; from custody ot the officer or other persons legally au thorized, as aforesaid, or shall harbor or. conceal any person for whom a wars rant or process shall have been issued as atoresaul, so as to prevent his discove ry and after notice or knowledge of the (act that a' warrant has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall loi either of said offences be subject to a fine ot not exceeding one thousand dollars, an;l imprisonment not exceed ing six months, by indictment before the District Court of the United Mates for iho district in which said offence may have been committed, or before the proper court of criminal jurisdiction, if committed within any one of the organ-. ized territories ot the United btates.r Sec. 8. That the district attorneys. th marshals , their demities. and clerks of the said dtstriet and territorial courts shall be paid for their, services the Like tees as may be allowed to them tor similar services in other cases : and in all cares wheie the proceedings .are be lore a commissioner he shall be enuiled to a feel of ten dollars, in full of his services m each Case, inclusive ol all services incident to such arrests . and examination. Thjs person or persons authorized to execute '.he process to be issued by such .commissioners for the arr.est of offenders against the provisions of this act, he shall be entkled to a fee of five iddMars for! each person he lor they may arrest and take before any such -commissioner, as aforesaid, withl such-other lees as may; be deemed reasonable: by such, commissioner for such other additional services as may be necessarily -performed by him or iherasuch as .attending ai the exami nation, keeping the prisoner in custody and providing fopd land lodgings during his.detentton and until the final deter mination ot such commissioner; and) in general .for performing such other duties as'raay be required inKthe premises; such fees may be made up in conform tty with the lees usually charged by the officers of the court of lus'ico within the proper district or ounty, as near as practicable, and paid out of he Treas urv of the Untied States on the certifi cate of the district Judge within which me arrest is. maue, anu to oe recovera ble Tromi the delendant as pact of the judgment in casfl of conviction. J . Sec. S. That whenever the. President of the-United States shall have 'reason to believe tliat offences have been Jcr are likely to be committed against the provt40Bis oi ibis acL-svitnn mtiviaui- cial district U shalt fee lawful tor hiin. i:i his discretion, to direct the Judge, Marshal! and; DisUict Attorney of such district to attend ,'at such place i within the district, and for nch time a lie may itestxat. for the purpose of the nibre tedv ! arrest and tri&t mf rtrn charged with a violation ot this act and it shall be Ike duty of every Judge i or other Officer, when; any such requist tion shall be recovered by -hi in J to atttnt at the place and for the time therein .designated.;' " j ; ' i , Sec. 10. That U shall be lawlul lor the Preisdent of the United States, of such persons as he may empower for that purpose, to employ snch part of the land or naval forces of lhe United States or of the militia , as shall be n ecessary fo prevent the violation, and enforce the due execution of this act. I- Sec. It. That upon? all .mestions, of law arising in any cause under the pro visions of this acl,a.final appeal may be taken to the bupreme Uourt ol the Uuited States. I i i ! Thb Wat to Siibct Ftoca. An ex change sayt: i j In selctiag flour, first look to fho color, if it white, with a yellowish, straw-colored dont, buy ft Ifit it while, with a blueish east, or with white speck in it, refuse it. Second, examine its adhesiveness mei and koead a littfe of it between your fin gers if it works soft and sticky it is poor. Third, throw a little lump of dried floor a gainst a smooth Lsurfact, if it falls like powder, it is had. Fourth, squeeze some of the flour tightly in your ban I; if it retains the shape given by the pressure, thai, toe, is a good aign It is safe to but flour 'that will standll these tests. These modes are given by all, old flour dealers, and they pertain to a msttsr that concerns everybody -the staff of life, : I Ii' . ' ; '4 .. . ' ;. A Fair ror Tue widows and OrpiUKs of Alabhma. The ladies of Alabama propose to hold a fait;to open on or about the 1st of May,at Kufaula,' Ala., for the relief of the widows and orphans of that State. We wil not go into detailr,but suffice it to jsay that we have read, and heard the most sorrowful accounts of the great destitution exist ing in that State.' Thousands are suffer ing and dying from want. A committee' composed ot Mrs. Gov. Shorter, Mrs. Col. Hawkins and Mrs. Louise Reed are now making an appeal to the be nevolent of our city for some aid. W speak for them kind attention. They have made arrangements with Messrs. Kelley and tMarsh, No. 3331 Canal street, who will receive all pack agea of goods donated, and see thai they are lorvarded l6 their destination. Almost anything will be thankfully re ceived, ' " .. i 'H " - SMAtLr-Poi tN TI SotTH The Charleston CeanVr.ort the authority of ... . ,;. i. i -; of a gentleman who has beenrecently making a tour througliout the sothern States, says: ' . I "" . . .1, It is hardly possible to imigine the extent to which the small-pox pre vails throughout ;the section, All large cities are more or less infected-' In some places the freedmen only are the victims, while in others the white population are among the sufferers. Little attention is paid to discretion in medical treatment. Those whG have the disease walk thcough the streets in the most j indifferent and unconcerned manner,- No one bids them remaitv within doors. In two or three places through wrjlch ho passed one housein every three' had the red symbol displayed. Charles- Ion. we alii know,! is? grievously &.C- flicted with; sma Ipoi. 8ciems. 8amue I i Lunsford, a laj about fourteen years ofj age, committed suicide by hanging himself last Saturday. He was ao orphan, and living with fe i j ; ;- male relative about four miles from New- 1 ' v-- I " Q ' " ark, Ohio., He wis found in the barn with a strap around his Beck, one end ef i : j ' ' It beine thrown over a, rafter. His feet i ' . were on the ground and jhis head testing on one knee, aad when the body wa, ;' ' i I discovered it was not yet cold, i He had been: readinflroeniderabl4 and thinking: on religion, and thought a great deal about his deceased (mother, wLieh is supposed to have caused depression of mind that led . ' f j to the fatal result. Ex A A hungry Irishman not long since in London, mistaking a barber shop for an eating house, bolted in and begged to be served. The barker, supposing from the length ot his beard, that he wished to be shaved, knocked p a basin of sud, and placing it before him, with a wash ball in it, went to get the razok. j Pat, without waiting for grsee, supped up the suds and swallowed the wash ball;! and on the bar- oer.s returning with the j razor, cooly ob served: ? "There is no occasion for a knife hooey; your soup is veryjjgood, but your tornVp was not quite boiled enongh.", So paying bis money, be; bade the aston ished barter adieu- 1 Fibki Charl itteI A fire occur- i red in Charlotte last Week. . whicfc j.for as in usJiethV to requite I their the smoke housa and kitchen on thd - "; .u . u r t- j ' . kindness n such manner, that in the premises uii Messrs. ;(j lea son an If r s ; Wintaerd wpr'b destroyed. Supposed ! fatnre, none wit have cause to - to ue too work ol an mcenaury. Ex ii ! J. B. CARPENTER. : ROBT VV. LOGAN Editors. SALUTORY. Most humbly do we.bo ! The people haying been deprived since 1861, of the advaiijagis attending the- publication of a newspaper in this place, we, therefore belteying it to be to the interest of the county, to have'a news journal among them, have undertaken the work, with the determination to eXert all our eher gies, for the good o the community. We have sent our Proszct us to a number of the good citizens of this,and adjoining counties, a nd tho' we have heard, directly, from but' tew, yet Tre ; learn our friends are working industriously for the estab- lishmect of our paper. M - Our people can not fail to see the benefits accruing, from the publica tion of a journal in this place, and trusting in their apprecjatiou of pur worW, we will issue our sheet with out waiting for special Intelligence' from our Prospectus. Our paper is small, our type limited and, some what injured;, these deficiencies, it is our intention to supply j provided, we can get a sufficient number of subscribers to justify the expense.- It is our desire 6 enlarge, and improve, our paper so that it may meet the most extravagant expect ations of our friend, and patrons. It is our; earnest wish, to make the "Star",; an interesting family journal; one which the tired farmer may refresh, and improve l.imselj with, in the quiet summers evt, when the weary work is o'erjone that our political friends may .read and- enjoy, as a journal that protects; to to the bestof its ability, the Consti tution and the Union; We shall moreover try 0 make the of ar "a welcome visitor in itae homes of our lady friendB. ' i i We are proud to believe that the mines ol literature are as rich ir. j North Carolina, as in any other slate in the Union, tho', like a truly mod est fady, her merits are only discov ered in cases of emergency. During the late, rebellion, when shut in from the, literary world North Carolina discovered, no mean amou1 of tajent among her sons and daughters; now we believe old Ruth' erlord need not blush aV her share, nay we think she may stand beside any of her sister counties, and in front of. many of them. We will retain a corner for light leterature,- we have already te promise of sev eral iiterary corespondents, who will no doubt entertain very pleas antly our lady friends. In our third number we will commence a story entitled, "Lelia Love" by Kittie of Wildwood. The story is well written and quite interesting -all wishing fa see the whole story, had best . sub scribe iraediately. This will-be fol. lowed by others equally good. We are known personly and po Iiticaly by a majority olthe people in the communtiv, nence no com- - . m r ments are necessary to acquaint' them with us, As seen in our. Pro spectus we are t. ue Conservatives, in favor neither of the Fire-eaters or the Radicals, but for the general ijood of the country as a , whole; for principle, not men, for the Constitu tion, and the Union, and aJi eo'nsli tutional laws, . 1 j H : .The interest of vat County shall be first, next our n at ire State, then the Constitution and theUniooi Most tUa nkful to the good people for past favors, we will endeavor, t'so WEDNESDAY .MAY 2, 1866. s rt us. Tub Convention. I q tba Tri-Weekly j Standard of the 7th ult, 10 gof thg Convention, it says, that bady is to reassemblejon the thinl tharsdayin Iaj Our atten tion' was called to the above by a memBer of Hhe Conven tion, and for the benefit of all ; concerned, we publish belotr the resolution fixing the timer forvthe reassembliug of the Convention, which it will be SGerv ift on thft fntrrfh thursdav in. May: j - .j ; -Resolctiok is KcoitD to a Rkccu OF THE CoNVFKTIOll.-J-ftMOped, That V when this Convention adjourned, except from day to day, il adjourn to .meet oti the 4th. THursday in- May,- or sooner, upon the call of the Goveruer, and if any racanoy shall occur in ihm meantitne. writs ! of election to fill tbm tame, shall be issued by the Governor ef the Stale. IT . ; j ' O Cts t.i,',n tktm ntk dam V""i 1 - ' Qztobtr 1866. ? ! - EDWW G. RfcAD, Presideat Jas. H. Moore, Set. of jA Conifnto. R. C. Badger, Attutan Sttrtary.t T We publish in an otner colunaa the Civil Rights Bill i it passed the Congreisoyer the President's .Vetoe: Many os our readers are unacqnaio ted wile the provisions of this bill and many of them ard under the im pression that it gives jjhe negrt equal rights with; the white man, this, as may be aeen by a careful reading f the bill, is a mistake! it only gives them equal I rights to prelect person and property, tu sue and. be sued, t ; buy .and seU property, te heir and hold property, tec;, dc. See L. P. Erwin's I Advertist msat in an other column, here is a chane to get rid oi your surplus Ragj Fea thers, Ueeswai and Bacon. L. P- win no aouut give you a oargaia (KT F. P. Wood, Silversmith see- his advertisement jut married and est course, always at hums Persons - .'- L- j 1 ! .i ! wibiiiii nuir uuuo IUUI uuo win aw well to give himjla call 8SNSIBLB TA1-IC. j j We makethe following eicerpt, from an editorial lo the tmndard of the 19th ult., Ve meet it with a hearty approval, alidt rt comend it to the due consideration if our readers V We heir a great t4ai itia; about 'adapting Oiifselvei to the situitioaM ol being "hopeful aso the future' of the 'briijnt prospecli of th Soutn uereai;er,- a-o.jotc. now, all tola would do very well.' if CQtneing froai the men who foresaw our troubles, and who warned the Southern : p nleol the irtadneii o their course. But couiinfrotb those who council ed, any and all sacrilices of fife aud treasure, rather than aubmil to the ,i.'.k... i!i:: '. . ij : 1 uifuuiici uijiifiug uuuer lanaee uo tnination, it is in disgusting taste, tn say the least of it it ts inconsistent cy it is cant. The meaning of such language is, that the Ijuture prosp.eri ty of the South consists in honoring and nronioting themselves, imt m - u S T ' few years since they thought the : honor of the South pould onfj be maintained bj followiing their lead and advice! I i 7. The t&uthern people might at well make up their minds fo a real isation of their true conditiou.- If they continue toallo.y themselves tu be led; comroled, and directed, by those who led and "cajoled, them into fhf hnrrr.rc nf fii vuin ktl.. ihey cannot expect lo rec.ire the confidenc of conservative men either North or South," The plotters abd authors of disunion must rely on no thin else than to retire from public view, and go into obscurity. Their country's good requires it. Th ujen who were de nou qced and ostra cised for four years, because they .vould not counteriancp the wild cru sade of disunion, have a right to ex.. pect their reward. public opinion haS declared ihmv war rinhf trton " " V.W.W .MV.V They (are the true representative men of the reaction ia the popular juilgment of the popular feeling. ' The position of the Suth is a fabe and inconsistent one one utterly unintelligibly to the conservitive men i of the North as long as they pro fess to have iliurnvPTil tK fntlw -" -ifcua v. tutu vuuic iu and yet select as their repn- sentative men those who weremain ly instrti mental in leading them into error. Peace'j ouief, content, and satisfactioQ are not tp; be" ex pected to prevail witfr the true con servative men blithe SontbH long as tney aee honors, rewards, -and . high station couferred oa the fery men who denonoced and abu seu mem ioraneir opposition to se 4 cessioo ana oisunion. ill i v ' It. "I-
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