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1 or O A R P E N X E R ifr LOO AN, EDITORS ANR PROPRIETORS. 1 EUTHfiRFORDTO.I, I. C- SATl'BDAV, FEBRl'AHY SO, I8G9. A Wolf in Sheep's Clotheing. We find in the Vindicator of the 15th hist., a communication signed, MBurke" in which the writer has taken great pains to praise Gov; Tod R. Caldwell, and j abuse the Editors ofdhe Star, Judge Lo i gan, Col. C. L. Harris and his Son. The omraunication is "spun" out to the length of a column and a half in the Vindicator, containing a full share of the lies, mirep- resenlations, slander, Jilth and the other damnable proportions of its; author, all aimed for selfish and malicious purpose cs. "j. We are not surprised at this commu nication in the least, neither are we de ceiVed in the author. The purpose is plain, and is very well understood, but we can tell the author of this filthy slan der, that he has far missed his aim, and that in setting a trap for other, he has caught himself, and he need not be suf prised, if he gets his own fingers well pinched before he gets loose. He is a -Wolf in Sheep's Gothing" and has hid den his dirty carcus behind aoise signa tore, for the purpose of committing his evil design. He falsely pretends to a sincere frieod of Gov. Caldwell, in order to widen a breech (as be thinks) existing between Gov. Caldwell, and the Star, and to this end he pretends to defend Gov. C. from the attack's (so called) .made upon him by the Star, and showers down upon the Editors of the Star JudgeLoN gan, CoL Harris and his eon, a storm ol abuse and slander. ; "- We do not intend to make any attempt to defend ourselves, or any ot the other persons named in his communication, against any thing that he has said of us, for we consider that any abuse coming from one so degraded, so low, and so void . of either principal or character, will do ua more good than all the defense we ; could make. lie says "every rational being has a .'' motive for every act," this we will admit r-'- but a being who is not rational, may have . more than one, he surely has more than f one, and all of them as base as any his Satanic Majsty could invent. As to his : rationality, we are of opinion that if his brain was composed of the strongest eniet- io and was taken out of his cranium and pulverized it would not be sufficient to vomit a mouse. The author of the com munication referred to, as we have before stated, has more than one motive, and we confess we cannot tell how many, butsome of them are plain enough to be seen by ' any one? - His first motive was lo lie, in this he : proved very successful, for we counted, , forty willful lies, in his communication; we wiH only mention a few of bis lies, for it would take more time and material V: than vre have tospare upon such a subject, to enumerate them separately. For in stance he says H know I havo no persons ml claims upon you, (Editor Vinditator) lie 1, "or political claims upon the col umns of your paper," lie 2, "we differ in political matters," i3, "you are a Demo crat, I am not," Ite 4, "I was a tniomst unconditional," lie 5, "I have not had the pleasure of a personal acquaintence with you," lie 6. We shall here leave out a few unimportant lies, that we suppose the author just put in to fill out his number, but we will take the biggest ones along through the communication and give them a passing notice. To wit: "If it had not been for Gov. Cs influence old -Rather- fordwould have gone for the Democracy in the late election," lie 12, and a very large one at that. Gov. C. never n.ade but one speech in the coaaty, and had but a smal audience then. lie says we the (Editors of Ike Star) 'canvassed Rutherford and Cleveland i . thoroughly," lit 14, we were only tegeth- ' er 'at five points, and four of them were in Cleveland. MA few friends of us tried to get them to quit the canvass," tie 17, (We will sot notice any more of " these t liejy for we don't wisn to trouble eur- read era with such stiu and have only dene so at present, for the purpose of show in our subscribers, how correspondents of Democratic papers can and do lie. This - communicataoi has en an average, a lie for every three lines We will only add in concrasion, that we. are satisfied who this slanderer i. and can locate hb. What he is we are una ble to-say, his own party the (K KJux), won't claim him, the Republicans score him, and he U left out ail alone, stan . ding like an inexhaustahle rnouritairTof jtoap grease. We can jimagine nothing else that he is fit for, and we never saw Vat few men that would mak as much 8 - soap grease as him; but" we can Y say as to whether the grease would mke soap, for our old Virginia Grandames always told us that dirty grease would not make soap, but if the ingredients could be man ufactured into soap, he would make a supply for the County, be has both the lie and grease. ; : ." The It at her ford Star A Svffetli. JftecRS. Editors : I notice the Kutber ford Star iaJStiding fault with the Republi can party generally, ami seems very much oot ot litwnor, I have seen the lat Star and the Vindicator, both published in Ruth erford, and I mil dcide!ly of the piukm that the editors of the Star will benefit llitir readers a great deal ly paying more atten tion to the Star, 'and not allow the Vindi cator to beat it bo far in n6wsanl other par ticulars. 1 mention one instance only that i. the Vindicator publishes in fall the bill ! to id the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruth erford Rarlroad. while the Star "hopes to publish the bill next teeek " : , ENTERPRISE. Theaborc from the Slandaud, needs but little comment. "Enterprise" He when hesajs the "Star is finding fault with the Republican party generally" it is not with the party that we find fault, but with such Republicans as him, who if they did their duty, would, endeavor, to J aid the Republicau papers in getting such mportant matters before the Democratic papers could do it. He has the power and could do it; were he not so lazy hifu self, and negligent of his party. Our object is and will be to publish what we do publish eorreet, up to that time we bad been unable t) get a cor rect copy of the Railroad bill, and we Ci i not intend to take it out of the Stab untill we did get a true copy of it. The bill as published in the other papers, was not correct, as will be seen by comparison with the bill in our paper to-day. Our Railroad Well earn from the Charlotte Demo- . i crat, that a meeting of the Stockholders of the W. C. & R. Railroad, has been called for the 15th of April next. There seems t o be but little doubt i but that the Stockholders will accept the ameudraent to the Charter, and that a new Company will be organized for the completion of ,ut?a 1 the Road. We suggest to the Stockholders of the Counties along the line of road west of Charlotte, the propriety of holding meet ings, and making preparations to have all their stock represented in the meeting on the 15th of April. Let the full stock of the Western di vision be represented, and let the friends of onr end of the Road, see to it that we get justice. i tmi ' ! ' Paofoskd Amendments to tbi Coksti tiojt of thi Ukitsd States. Thefollow ins amendments to the Constitution of the United States, have passed the Senate and it is thought will be passed by the House soon. Be it resolved oy the Senate and House of Revretentatites dec, two thirds cf both Houses concurring, lhat the following arti cles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as amendments to the Consti- tion of the United States, either ot which when ratified, by three-foertha of said Legist latnrefs shall be held as a part of said Con stitutiwu. namely : Abt. 15. Ko iiiscnmination shall be made in the United States among the citi zens of the United States in the exercise of the elective franchise, or in the right to hold office in any State, on account of race, color. nativity, property, education, or creed. Akt. 16. The second clause ot the Brat section of the second article of the Constitu tion of the United States shall sbe amended to read as follows : ''Each State shall ap point, by a vote of the people thereof qtah- Jicd to vot for Representatives in Coiikivw, a number of Electors equal to the whole Lumber of. Senators and Representatives to which the State shall be entitled iu Congress, but no Senator or Representative, Or person holding an office of trust or urofit under the United States, thall be appointed an Elector and CpDgreM shall have power to prescribe the manner in which such JtJeetore shall be chosen by ti e people." . What Next. he following dispatch is clipped from the Wilmington Post and we can only exclaim, what next or rather aa the old man said, uhas theJD 1 got into everybody ? . - Special dispatch to the Post. j Ralxioh. N. C, Ftb. 18j 1869. Great excitement here to-day.. The Su preme Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of tle State Auditor for contempt. TTo lias I.Un o !r. lt. rcoofno-'.! and, therefore, his arrest cannot be made, wnue mere. - -, The Republicans will caucus on the raat- ter to-night. East and Wist.- We notice in the Standard of a late date an article tinder the above head, calling upon the members of the General Assembly to stop so much talk about East and Wist. We are proud to see that there, are Western men : . I r : ... - .t-l ,n,w. woo aeera io nave ue interest of thenr section at heart. . We wast to see the West honored and treat ed'as a part of North. Carolina, land we hope that our Western members, will never ceae crying West until the West gets her dues. We have been charged with "raising sectional feelings without cause," but we will continue to hold tip for our section, in the face of party deme- gogucs, ana semsn omec seexers, ntil .1 . 1 T I II I . ' ". . ' i " tne gr eai v est snau oe recognizea as a part of the State, and her rights are ses among the friends of the Wilmington, Char eured. We cannot and will not forget j lotte and Rutherford Railrvad. as to the man- eur past treatmcnt as a seetkm, an til the proper amends are made. We are Wes tern men and we shall advocate, without fear, Western interest. j II ok. A. II. JejTEs. We cjfp lie fol towing from the Newbeme Times, and hope that it may prove to be true. iTALeiGTi. N. CI Feb. Tl:189- The latest aetltority, supportetl b proper amuaviv, snuw inai jones, iepiuikcanr ik- elected to Congress from the Seventh Vit tnct by one majority; j. The Isltt License Bill ! We publish in another column the bill providing for citizens of this State to prac tice law in tn courts of the State, by es tablishing a good moral character, and paying a fee of twenty dollars. ; The bill has passed both Houses, and is the law, of the land. The change will no doubt Invoke the censure of a majority of the Bar, but we think it a good thing, just and right in its provisions. Numbers' of poor young men in our State, who have heretofore been unable to study the profession and get license to practice law, will now be enabled to make th $r mark. We ah! wtpate seeing able lawyers, arid wise Jurjsts spring from the plow han dles, under the advantages of this bill. More Smiluso Committees. -The Sen aie has appointed another committee, to bunt up something that Treasurer Jen kins has done, or omitted to do, and we notice that Senator Sweet figures in the matter again, this we think is sufficient evidence that Mr. Jenkins is all right, we had hped that Senator Sweet would keep quiet since he had got his friend Robbins into his present position. Poor Robbins and poor Sweet, they are a jolly pair. - - . .. . COMHCSiCATI08. i For the Star. IIexdersoxviixe, X. C, Feb. 12, 1869. Mfe-ski. Editors : I am pleased to e your correspondent "More Anon" coming out so roWly for the trnth and the right. While I am ever ready to grasp in friendship the hand of him who comes from the North to uul us iu building lap a country almost destroyed by traitors, 1 yet I am disgusted with the way many of these men have act ed, after we hare given them places of t rust and honor- They seem to forget the wel fare of us, who gave them this power and who can hnrl them from it, should they prove unworthy ; and think only of self, and how best to further their own schemes of personal advantage. But this is only the noisy, selfish few, and the great mass of the Republican party is not with them. They """ be careful how they threaten to kick men pHt of the party lest they themselves party lest tney tlieraselves should be abandoned by the Republicans; And as (or sectional feeling, we of the West are dissatisfied, and how can we be otherwise. When did the West ever get her due I . We surely are entitled to one Sena tor, but who, save Clingman alone, was ever elected to the U. S. Senate from Western North Carolina. The public offices and the public improvements have alike been show ered upon the East to the injury of the West. We hoped, and we yet hope that the East will not try to rule us as they did under Democratic rule. And now, dear Editors, come out fairly nd B3areW as your correspondents from Raleigh have done; and fight wrong, let it be found wlwre it may. We of the West are almost a unit with you, and yon as our Standard Beaaer, musji not flinch froim your, duty, let that duty be never o unpleasant. You are right so go ahead. , Nothing new in our town worth mention ing, f he murder or A. M. Hawkins caused some exeitemenv, but things have resumed their accustomed quiet. OBSERVER. I For the Star, Mkssbs. Ew?ojB ; Having been oitPble from various reasons, to write yo for two weeks, I avail myself of the first opportuni ty to write you a short letter from the city ot Oaks. . Ths Legislatcek. Mnce my last, the various Railroad bills have passed the Legislature, and are now laws The appropriations made amount to about twenty millions. This may .seem enormous, and will excite much comment as to how the Interest ii to be paid. ; Each bill con tains a section which provides for the pay meni or ine interest on each bill for tvo years without taxing the people one cent. Tlie Public Treasurer is to retain 4 sufficient amount ef the bonds authorized to be is ueu, to pay the interest for two years. ' It wilj be seen from this, that taxes will not be increased any for two years. This wiil give the people two years more to recuperate, and enable' them to meet the interest on them and other appropriations. Who doubts that in two years from now, under the peace t economical, and judicious adimnistralion w uc. urnm, umv our otaae wm noi oe iu a condition to meet all the demands for in ternal improvements and other aid extended by the State? ionot. Good crops for the next two years, to a great extent, wil place the people on a fair road to j rosperity and weallli. Every portion of the State has received appropriations. The instruction the-oeoDle cave their represent alive dnrincr the nce9io iU Let, wa9 to ToLe (or aU internal improveujents ; that the, the people, would bear and pay the taxe, if the 1 Legislature would enable them to build rail roads. Tlie people will do theirs. It is due to say, that Geb. L. G. Estes, member House of Representative from New Hano ver, is the orrgfnator of the section hi every bill providing for the payment of the inter est for two years withont taxing the people I for two years, I . Ora Railroao, I A is well known, there was a contest er ia which aid should be extended to the road. . Tliose of us who live west of Char lotte desired to sever the road ; not that , we desired te- injure the roadror any of its interests-, bat because we desired to control what we UiougJtand still think is justly doe us. In this, we faifedrthe sabstUate of Mr. French,- of New Hanover, having been adopted in the House of Representatives and. concurred io by the Senate. The bill as- it passed the General- Assembly, appropri' tea four million for tlie eofnohttkn of the vood from Wilm'wifrte to Charlotte and from Charlotte to Rntherfordton, two mil lions to be spent on each division. Thus it will be seen that a scallawag Legislature has provided for the speedy aad certain comple tion of onr Railroad. I say speedjr and cer tain,; because I ara reliably informed that Col Cowan will call a meeting of tl'.e pri vate. Stockholders about the 16th of next month, Marcli.'' That the amendment prof fered to the Charter will be accepted, there J eeems to be no doubt., WjUi the energy that the officers of the road should exercise. j the Road can easily be completed in twelve months from the time the work is com men ced. The people of Cleveland, Rotlerfurd, llen jerson, and Buncombe counties should hold meetings as soon as the amendment to e Charter is accepted by the company, and iusist that the work be commenced at Once, and that there be no relaxation until the Road is built as far as die money appropria ted will permit.' I am informed by the Su perintendent of the Western pWision that seven hundred thousand will build the Road from Cherry villa to Rutherfordton. There will then be thirteen bond red thoasand dol an for the completion of the Road to Ashe ville. ; Attention is respectfully directed to this fact. The neopl West of Charlotte should not lose sight of it. I have spoken of the amendment of Gen. Estes, it is with pleasure that I infprm the people interested in this Road, that Cant. D. J. Rich, Senator from Pitt county, engineer ed (he bill through the Senate, and did all he could to seen re tbey passage of . the bill just as it passed tl Senate. , The internal improvements of the State has do firmer triend than Senator Rich. Liberal miuded n all things, imbued with all the ideas of progress of the nineteenth century, he is one of tlte most valuable and most influential, members of the General Assembly. There are some who live in the West wlio are not as much interested in the welfare of their own people, as Senator Rich and others J might name. ' i Tue Chatham Injunction Cask. I spoke of this case sometime ugo, and up to this time no decision has been rendered by the Supreme Court. In no way can the decision affect our Road. If the Injunction hould be sustained, severafinillioiis ot the bonds appropriated will ,bg worthies. As our Road is uutitiifhed, and was chartered before the rebellion, this Constitutional res triction does not affect it. Ilence, the appropi iation to our Road is valid and good under any circumstances. CoepokatioSS. Bill after bill iucorporating companies ot every kind and Amounts have been and are still being paseetl by the Legislature. If one-third of the companies incorporated, succeed, an iin unse amount of eapital will very soon be invested and commence chang ing bunds in this State. 'Every disposition has been shown hy the Legislature to give every person or company desiring to be in corporated, au Incorporating act jost as such persons and companies desire. I have been familiar with all the Legislatures of tldsState during and since 1864, and I am proud to say that the present General Assembly far exceeds all similar bodies which have as sembled iu the capitol at this place for many years. Up to this time nothing has been left undone to promote the peace and quiet of the people, and hasten wealth to our State. Education. The University will be opened on the third of next month. It is free to all who are unable to pay. Board can be had for twelve dollars per mont h. Here is a chance for the young me of North Carolina who dtisire-an education to fit them to guide the ship of State when its present, helmsmen shall have passed away. The old days of the aristocrats have passed away, so far as the University is concerned. There will be uo uan Heiu luobiii, uur mere win be a- 1 11 . .1 i . grand one in June next.- The whole State Government will no donbt be there. Those of tis who may be there will certainly be impressed with the idea "that there is-in the land yet." . .,. , i A Sad Occckkncb. A ythiug'Iady of tliis city, lovely in per- on, .elegant in her manners, unexception able ,in her disposition, and a devout chris tian, died a few days ago. , Sl?e was enga.ed to a gentleman, in every wy her equal, at tlie time of her death. At her reqwest, he furnished tlie coffin aud other articles ne'ees sary for her burial. I am infonned that he is almost disconsolate, and fears are enter tained that his reason will fail. - ; , " EUGENE. Rdeigh, Feb. 13th, 1869. Supreme Court. At the present ses sibn of the Supreme Court, several high ly inportan-t constitutional questions are to be decided for the first time. Among the most iinpoitant qoestkms yet to be decided by the Court afe : the coostitn tionality of the issue of the bonds of the State to the Chatham Railroad Com pany; the constitutionality of the stay law ; the construction of the Howard amOTd.mntto the Constitution of. the United States, as to whether a person hddinff the office , of Sheriff under the Confederacy is barred under the amend ment ;"tbe question a to the operation of the civil rights bill allowing colored per-ons to testify in criminal preaeeation against white men; the time whew slave ry vras abolished in North Carolina, wheth er by the eirrancrpation proclamation at its date January 1, 1863) at the incoming of the .Union-armies and the consequent actual liberation, or its abolition by the ordinance of the Convention of 1865 ; and the jurisdiction of special courts of oyer and terminer. The c afce of Col. J. A. Keith comes up on appeal from Madison coupty upon in dictments for murder In this case is involved the question of the effect o the amnesty act of the Legislatur of 1866, and the repeal of said act by foe Convene tion of 1868. " These, toeetiier -with other important questions, will make the reports pf this term of the Court a valuable book, not only Tor the lawyer, but forf rending and thinking men- generally. -Standard Thi AuorDxzxT. After everal days, of most earnest and throrough discusskm the constitntional amendment for the final establishment of equal suflrage throughout the United States has passed the Senate. The interest taken in the measure and the devotion of iU cbarapi" ons to the great principle it embodies were well illustrated on Monday night, the Senate remaining in session all night, and, with the exception of a slight inter mission . between eleven and; twelve o'clock, until five o'clock on Tuesday af ternoon. J The measure, as amended in the Senate, is a thoroughly radical one. Mr. Wil son's amendment, which was the one adop ted, establishes the very broad ett man hood suffrage. It recognizes the elective franchise as a natural right of man, inde pendent of race, color, nativity, property, or education. The two latter specifica tions protect the colored population of the South against possible attempts to deprive them of the ballot through a pro perty or educational qualification. We have seen and pointed but the necessity of providing against this danger, and we trust that, in some form, this feature of Mr. Wilson's amendment- will pass the. ordeal of the vote jet to, be taken in the House. The specifications as to race and nativity brought up the consideration of the Asiatic immigrants oo the Pacific roast. There is undoubtedly a -strong feeling in that section against their en franchtseoient; but if ibe principle of man hood suffrage is true, how shall its. appli cation be withheld from them ? The amendment of Senator Morton, which was also adopted, brings in 'a'dhN fereut subject, viz : the mode of electing a President. Its effect will be to prevent the election of Presidential electors by. State Legislatures, as it wai formerly done in South Carolina, and as was doue at' the last election in Florida. It is a very proper amendment, and will not be l'kely toexeitany proposition that could at all endanger tm. ratification of the part cf the amendment relating to suffrage. Having suggested and urged this great measure since and before the meeting of Congress, we regard its passage with a : special satisfaction. The ratification will be the final triumph of the Republican party, and will give to the country a truer and more abiding peH than ue have ever yet enjoyed. Wash. Chronicle, Terrible Death of a Hero. An in quest was lately held in a miserable hovel iu St. Sanveur, Canada, occupied by O i-. ver Lafrance, wood sawyer, who earned the pittance ofll shillings a week, where with to. support himself, his wife and four children. Poor fellow, after partaking of a scanty breakfast, was proceeding to a shipyard, when bis wie remonstrated with hirn, saying he was too ill. lie re plied : "We have neither wood nor Ifood, andyou and the children must starve. if I don't "work. I most work though it kills me." He then called for his com rade sawyer to accompany him, and they began sawing as usual, but bo! was too feeble to proceed, and told Bolduc ho felt as if he was dying. He then rallied a little, and said it was necessary for his family's- maintenance that he should work, even though it were a hard' thing to do, and work he would, or at least try j once more, j But he was unequal to the effort and turned to go home, saying he imusi not die in the cold. He had gone but a few steps when he fell and expired. Wholesale Poisoning Case. War saw, Indiana, Feb. 10. A horrible trag edy was unearthed here last night, j Last April, John W. Vannatta, of Fort Wayne, Ind., secured the affections of Miss IJorn, of the place, and married her in opposi tion to" the wishes of her parents and rv lative& On the wedding night nearly all the guests, thiriy in number were taken sick, with every appearance of poisoning by arsenic A sister of Miss Horn died frotn its effects. It has been found that he held, proposed an elopement with a young lady, Miss Bennett, within the last few days, and in bio letter to her he gives a full history of the poisonir.g, acknow ledging that he had put a large quantity of arsenic in the water from which the coffee was prepared, and lhat he did it in revenge for the manner in which the fami ly lad treated him. He was arrested on Friday, and, after examination, commit tad to y.iil.in default of bail to the amount of $50,000. Great excitement exist n this community in consequence of th s wholesale attempt at poisoning. All th - parties concerned are among the most respectable citizens of this place j . The' Law Lkeme Bill. A Biii. to Allow Citizcxs of NuxrnlCAB- OLISTA TO PKJtCTICIf Law fx THC COUKTS or ths State. i SectjosI. The General Assembly of Xorth Carolina d enact : That any citixeu of this State by estaUWbkig a good moral character nod paying a IJeene tax of Twentr Dollars Aall be -d to practice law in the Coujl of Sirth Carolina, J Sec 2. All taxes arisinz under this aft shall be pdd ver to the Sheritf or "Tax Cut lector ot the County in wlch thani4i.t f. r such license shall reside, for tlie benefit oi me .uouMty, j See;; 3. That it ehall be the daiv of tha Judge f the Srrperior Court ef the District iu wincli application is made W him to practice law in the Cbarts ot this Stale, to grant the fame, whm the forvghrrg ions ot thw act s!m11 b comyliel wilh. See., 4. This act shall be io force from and after iu ratification. i . - Four thousand millions pounds of rag? are estimated to be annually made! into paper( in Jhe world. A Liberal OCer from the Apple t.mm. . : - r - j I Free foundations for Lilraries everywktrt The establishment of libr.irie by char itable endowment, or the co-operation of intelligent publicspiritcd citizens, la a subject that kbould receive general atten tion. As a purifier of morals, a means of popular education, a relief of crowded! prisons and almshouses, a direct pro uo-i ter of the peace, happiness, and wealth of communities, the public library ranks with the church and the school. It ap pears, from signs croping out here and there, especially in the West, as if the tious were propitious for the futhern ance of this great work. Such, at least; is the "convict ion entertained by D. App e4 ton &. Co., who have received, recently, many inquiries from different States, ask ing to be informed as to the best method of founding libraries, and selecting books In response to the widespread feeling thus shown to exist upon the subject, and to give it a powerful impulse, they have' uEHiiuiuwiu viki a u t f CA.V anu suusuiii tiat encour igement for the 'formation oil public libraries io all part of the United States. The plan which they propose is,j fQ scope,liberalilyand precis adaptation to the. beneficent and sought to be accomi plisbed, unparalleled iux the history of pub- lie enterprises. It is as follows : j The Appietons offer to give free, what; may.be called the formation for libraries everywhere. They will present to each club of persons desirous of forming public library a complete set, in 16 vol turns, of their standard New American Cyclopaedia. This great national work, i the only publication-uf the kind, is ouej which organizer of libraries usually buy! first of alt books, because it is the one l most ol ten consulted by persons of all classes and vocations, in search of reliable j! information on all kinds of topics. Six teen large octavo volumes containing many thousand pages of the most valu able reading matter, for the purchase of which they would ordinarily spend their mouey, they therefore received fornothuig. In one sense, the Cydoptedia is in itself a library ; so that from the start, the Club will have the better part of what they wanted tor nothing. The only return asked by the donors for this munificent gift is, that the Club shall proceed to raise and expend ikH iess than five hundred dullais to buy other boons. In other words, that the Club shall build the sup erstiucture on the foundation laid by the Appietons. Iu . tUu selection of suitable books by. hand experienced for, many years in the making of libraries, the An p! earns will render all the assistance required, and supply the books, with the usual discount. The Cycloptelia thus be come literally a , gift. This extraordinary plan, so far as it has been submitted to the judgment of int'i viduals,. nwrels with urwainKhw ppov;il. When it eoies to be generally known, it cannot fail to elicit prompt recog nition and thankful acceptance Worn the inhabitants of hundreds of citt sv o.vus, and vilhies. in the United States. For full particulars of plan, address D. APPLE TON & Cc, New York. Congressional 'WasUisoton Feb. 12. The reconstruction committee reported bill organizing a provisional government for Mississippi. It authorises the reas sembling of the Convention forthwith" by rder of the President thereof, and in case of his failur within thirty divs, by order of the Commadina General t f "the district. Said Convention, in addition to present powers, h'all appoint a pro visional Governor, and may remove and appoint all State, county, township and other officers ot the provisioial govern ment, and authorized tlie poviskmal Gov em or, remove and appoint registars aud judges of electiorrs, and submit to ihe people with or without amendment the G institution heretofore fram.od by the Convention. The bills exempjs frotn attachment or sale, household property or impleneiit9 to the value of five hun dred dollars, and autborJzcs the Contcn tion to pass ordinances consistent with the Constitution and las of the United States for the protection of life, liberty and property.. Tlie Convention is mi to continue mofe than thirty days, nor al low members more than td each per day nor more than ten cents per miles mileag . Ord'ances of the Convention shall reiiiain itif!rce until disaproved by Congress, or until tlw Slate is aimftted. Jury trial for offences against the State laws will be ordered by the military Comman der, who shall afd the provisional goveM ment in preserving the peace and enfor c ing the laws- After the adjournment of the Convention, the provisional Govern or may remove and appoint officers, sub ject to the President cf the United Slates; who ma- ft anv time remove the Gov 7 . r. Arw ..nnoint ft successor, a no CI UVt mm km. vf- v State and Federal Omrta-shall have con-r currait jurhidictk.n in offences against a fiir aTa free vote. The poll tax shall not exceed one dollar and a half per year. The bill was ordered to be printed and recommitted after a severe Strug gle. As a general role, the merchant who doesnt advertise lacks the sagacity -and discrimination to buj stocks of gpods worth advertising. The higher edu cation of wr men seems strange to say, to make quicker and icor remarkable progress in Russia than in countries of an older civilization where it, has bad an earlier start. But all over the world it is a law of nature lLat growth is rapid wherever the Spring is late John Stuart Mill has written a letter tf con gratulation to some ladies at St Pe-' Versburg.who are organizing a scheme for the education of their sex in medicine and the other sciences, and in it he . make this wise remark : "I am profoundly coin vinced that the moral and .intellectual, progress of the male sex runs a great risk of stopping, if not of recced ing, as long as that of the women remains behind, and that, not only because nothing can replace the mother for the education of children, but also because the inLuence upon man him clfof the character and ideas of the compaou of his life cannot be insignificant ; woman must either push him forward or hold him back." There was a funny commentary on this letter, howevcra few weeks ago at the MedicoCfairurgical Academy of Su IV tcrsbuig, where for the first time in Kus' siaj the degree of M. I. was conferred upon a woman. The succesaful candidate, a Madame Kasehewarow, was cheered by the students and lifted upon a chair, in which they , set out to bear her with dHuia arouinl the hall. But iu the midst of h-.r triumph the fickle men, espying Pauline Lucca, the opera singer, among the audien'-e, dethroned the new doitor and raised up the prima donna in her place. In this case was woman pushing man forward or holding hini "back V Ak Intelligent Wrrs.tss.---A witness in a trial in Winchester, England,, befwre Mr. Baron Martin, persisted ij telling what other people aid, ainl interlarded his testimony so often with "said I," and Hiiid be," tlwt the counted .was utterly bewilderid. The court attempted to set the man right : "My good man, tell us exactly what happt ned." "Yes, my lord certainly. I said I should not have the pig." "Well, what was his answer V "He said lhat he had been keeping the pig for 'me,, and that he" "Xo, no, he did Kotsay that he coulJ not have said it lie sdoke in the first pors'm." -I was the first person that spoke.my lord." "I mwin this don't bring in the person r repeat his exact words.'' ''There was nrt third person, mv lord, onlv him and m.. M ' Look here, my good fellow, he did not say he had been keeping the pfg, he said, I hae been kcop:ng iu' "I assure yon my lord, there was no fwcnt'un of your lordship at all. We are on two different stories, my lord. There was no third person ; and if anything had been; said about your, lordship, I must have heard it." Sew Advertisement. 3 PoWKK, HKlrxlinjf the elo. bratea u. rliH Cut off Ku gincs. Slide Vaive Station ary Engines, Ac.. Also, ' Circular, Muhiy and Un)r S;.w MMI, Sugar C.mo-' Millx, Ehaftinir. Fuller. IMC f , IJitlmnIliinglo Mills " Wheat and Corn Millf Circular Sawn, Betting, &c. Send for descriptive Circular fnd Price List. 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The Rutherford Star (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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