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i i - . - - '- - ; ' - " ' ' ' .';; , - -: -:".'V'; '.,'.v":; ' 4 ' . . ' : . . ' j- T '.-."-.' '"..'. .11 ..- i. Till: DAILY DISPATCH , ptiMishcd daily (Sundavs excepted, at Wil-;!mi-1"M,N. C, by BARRY' "jfc BERNARD. , TEHM?OK 8riVCKIlTION : ;. "t :ir. . . , '. . . n months , I href months.'. 510 00 " w . ... . o 00 1 uu m uioiith.... A. TVAll sujcript ions payable strictly in nd- .Ml- -:'"oniee No. 41 Market si reel, opimnitc City DIRECTORY. COMMMISSION houses. tkinkon & siiepperson, i oMMlSSlON AND FORWARDING M KU CHA NTS AND INSURANCE AGENTS, ," Wilmington, N. C. ' IHEY represent tin following opular ami rc- 1 liable Companies : j "I hc'Sei uiit v Fire ami Marine Insurance Com .!niv, N-w Vork. . -" Tin- Kijuilahlp Lift- AurujK-c Ciiii:in ol Uu I uitr.l Slalf. "NVvv York. - .The IV:iIhhIv Fire IiiMirMiici- Ciniipaiiy, R,ilti The Mir land Life hisuraiui (,'oiiipany, Balti Kik taken :l the lowest rate;-. JAJIL'S A. U ILLAKI), COMMISSION M K K f 11 A. N T Wilmington, N. C. i -t r l. W AI.I.A4. K. J. ii. Til KK I.AM . WALLAfT: A SOrTIILRI.A.NO, (;i;m:i:ai. commission' mkiiciiants. Oliitr No. '41 North Water Street; $ WUrMPml U:inliniis(S foot Walnut Strict.) .Wilmington, N. C. I " 1 1. 1 . z'ir ini1 jH-r-onal attt'iition to all oitfinmi'nt of Naa Siort-n, Cotton, Tiir"'ntin Ko-in, T;tr, rroi?ioii.s, . . i itln r for -nl- or tliij)int n. Al, to For i.inliiiLr M nlminlisc, A:c. ... t I ll i:. A. KlilTII, t 1 1 M M I S S I o N M i: lie. II A N T . No. ."Sonn VTt:u iickkt. Wilmiiiton, N. C 1 t! sll V lv i:Ll (Itl. HAAS tV CO.. N" i. '.'A A '.VI Ni;rii Watek stkekt. W iliniimton, N. i '., Ami I V. Fkt iii:EKT, New Yokk. i;1 i V AND SELL ON COMMISSION. Naa! Sr-.. Cttin, Liiuiher ami all Southern 1 l ,.1'in -. AImi all t in--e of l.oth Foreign oud ! f..iin -tie lininlv AJo krrp on ham) at Wiliuiii- i i laru'. -i'"-K of FAMILY : Kin A7AX at , (-...It-sale. And aent in the I'nited Stat".-? lor I . i John Yhittemore's Cotton. Card.. ' . t " 1 11 i V I.I'REI) M AR.TI.N, I'MMISSION FORWARDING MERCHANT. No. Smi th Watek tkekt, W ilmington, N. . 1 . ,r " f - . -MI-RRA Y V Ml IM IIISON; "MMISSION MERCHANTS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS, Wilmington, N. C. I .R I II I LA R! attenti.Vi imu! .i .. .- to he sale f 1 . .ioii, .;i;o..-i.mc ..mm tmm i o.oini j - . .l J! m ' t 4. I 1 I -'""'.. ! I I o...i ; i...... t-.. . lit I'llll I lf.ll II I. I l4llll,, il., IIIHII til I . w . v I mnrkct rales. Ml RRAY. . Ky.M. MI'RCIIISON. I I.' Ml R( HISON, J. T. MURRAY, Wilmington. . New York. I ; ; : 1-11" M. MclNNIS, o M M IS SI n N JIK11CI PA N T . , No., hi North W. iki: stki:lt, Wilmington, ,. " . i,,i,t.lii-,it. oi'tt tuft' I'S att ifi Iff. i '. 1 Gin ( UWKTII. S. o. iami;i.. WORTH A dvmel; issii JS" A' FORWARDING MERCHANTS t;,.. r,s's m ..,. y. '.,:. v.,t?tiJi .Ni M'aUr .srrtt, ' ! , W ilmiugton, N. C. U'll.t. ie-ltit pc-i.oiiid attention to sale or hipuunt l t'otton, N:ial Slorcn j'uitl r.il poMluei. Also, to rcc.clv iii. and fur .'iiliiiu Giod. Deab-i ' in Racing, Rope. Lulu-, Linn-. Pla-ti-r, Cement, Hair,. Salt, Coal, V . . Ac. . '. . ' t ' Agents lor Steamer 'A. 1. Hurt. . . I : .': 1 ;.ii i . . lUKKIs. w. w. iiai:iii A. J. 1IOWKI.L. ii a it kiss a now i:ll, " ' Ml M 1 S S I O N M E KCIIA N T S . nd ge.nls lor A.'C. Line of New York Steamers, M .MItrro, X. ' . - , 1 lh " i. IjKlOli:. IIKITlN WOKHLLK. nit a di.iiv a woi:hi.i:r, ;-.m i.i:s AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. Noijtii Watkic iTia:i:r. - W ilminuton, N. C. . ."'ill'' If. Ji Hit"' iTHA'tf tWtfilt. -"iit for Steamship " I'airbanks and W . P. Clyde." i -i I :.ni HORACE 31. BARRV, Ualer xtrert,AYiliniiiclon, V. '., FN ERA L C.M MISSION MERCHANT. ( M. " : UholckHlc Dealer in firoceries stud Pro visions. Ii KKR A I. c.c-h ;nlaiii-c iinnle on conii;niiicntr a !.. AIM'lll R LEARY. N1v York. crnt for the Steamships Starlight and Commander. f . . t .l ' 1 11 ! A. E. HALL, RDING v l OM MISSION MERCHANT, No.?.' Nohtii Wath: Sthkkt, -. ilmiugton, N. C. IFRo.NAL Httcutioii irUm t coiiigniiicut of all kimU f priHluec. ither for sale or -hipmenf. H-t .". 1 tl viip-rii eiini roMMKsinv uorsF N,,Kri1 V.vlr; VT,iI Ht.)LSE. A.N DREW S A HARDIN, ( . - Wilmington. N. 1 . rMIE undersigned have cstablisheil .1 comiaU- 1 I" si, .a and forwarding hou.-e in Wilmington, -n. ,lkr their scfvh Tor-the ,alc f Jitloi, N.;d Nun Mieelings, lotion lams, oiaeco, , H.K..H, Flour, etc etc and to purchase for mer- j Lints or others any goods ndd in this market. iisi-nincntf. ami orders re-j net fully MiIieititK W. s. amki:ws, Bknj. 11. Bikoin. ..fi;M.Uinr. LowelJLoltonMilb. N. C. nt!i. c-No. 5,s.,iilU WaterVtreet, iip taii. ; hi '.i . . . . , 1 fun- -- ' os r.. ui El.l l HAS. S. ELLIS. RUSSELL A ELLIS, . . COMMISSI O N 31 E R C H AN T S . Wilmington, N. C". . t , i-;Jni t. ri:TTi:wA. " kis.ek -.vioke. I'ETTEWA Y A MOORE, ho M M ISSI O'N 31 k R Crll A NTS, Wilmington", N. C. IiROMPT'lK-rsonal attcution given lo the tale or shipment of Cotton, Spirits Tuneutine, Sa-in and other produce. Tl V 1-tf - -. . , ...J." ...f .... :"MM'!X1.MI''1L".I 1,11". ) l . - I - ; ... . i -i 1 : I I THE DAILY BIS PATCH VOL. I. WILMINGTON, N. C, MONDA Y, OCTOBER Hi, 18(15. NCtf 7. L'..' ' COMMISSION HOUSES. A. A. MOFFITT. A. 8. MCNEILL. W. D. MOFFITT. 3IOFFITT, McNEILL Ac CO., UENEliAL COM3IISSION .MERCHANTS, . No. 4 Sol Tii Water ynZtxT, Wilmington, N. C. yrILL ivc iroimt lK-iyiial attinlion to the T V Kah; or shipment orXjolton. Naval Stores. ;mcrI Produce, A: e., tc Alio to rcciivin and iorwardin ito1h. Order olicitcd-aud roiiiIlv rilUd.- octHJ . i-tf . t i . I" AIISLEY Ac CO. , COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AM) IMl'OKTEKS OV St'tiAK, COFFKK AND -MOLASSES, No. (i North Water st., Wilmington, N. C. TILL GIVE PROM IT "PERSONAL ATTEN V V tion to all busings cntruftlcd to thciriarc. (.'iihiy;iiiiHiits of Raw Cotton, Cotton Yam, IMmeetiett, Toliacfo, Naval Stores, Flour and ottv-r country produce arc Solicited. When desired, produce will he fthipicd to our correal Hjndents in Eurojctof tlio Northern citic. and liticral cash advance tnadc thereon. Kl . Mm PROFESSIONAL. ' TIIOS. U. CAR II, M. I)., DENTIST. " ' ' Oflice and Residence No. 3." Market Street, - next to W illie Drug Store. LARCiE STOCK )F ARTIFICIAL TEETH for sale to the Profession at a small advanee on Philadelphia price. net ., l oin, "JOHN L. HOLMES, A T T ) U N E Y A T L A W. Oltiee at ('ourt House, Wilmington, N. C. et ! s" Mm' VLI'REU M. WADDELL AT TOR N EY A T LA W, . OHicc on Markot between 2nd & 3d Streets, Wilmington, N. C. oet . , 1-tf . .. --jp . J C LICS W. W RIGHT, ATTORNEY? AND COUNSELLOR. AT LAW, Ottice on Princes Street opposite Court House, Wilmington, N. C. oet.! ' . l-3m JOHN A. BAKER, A f T O H N E Y VA T L A Y , Wilmington, N. C. oel '. 1-tf LAW NOTICE. PERSON & FRENCH. i A ML' EL J. PERSON and ROBT. 8. FRENCH hae associated in the practice of Law. ' Otlhe on the corner of Market and Wuter j jt recto, htoh:st over the ttore of II. B. Eilcrs. 1 oet . 1-lm LAW NOTICE. LONDON will be found at hit house, on M the corner of Third and Chesnut streets,. v....,i. ..r T...V.. llll v;i.;.,.r-.,, ., n 1 ot.l.i . i-iiu B. R. MOORE, ' ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Office in Journal Building, on Princess, between I'ront and Second streets, ' Wilmington, N. C. oct II . v 1-1 111 HOTELS, SALOONS, Ac. CITY HOTEL. r',HE undersigned take pleaoiMe in announcing 1 to their freiuds and the' public generally that thi-v have, after great exertions and expense, re furntHhetl and opened the CITY HOTEL, Tor the reception and aceoininodation of the travelling I' ublic. FREDERICK A SHEM WELL, Proprietors. . N. KKKOKKICTv. I- Ml EM WELL, oet ' ' l tf ; . BAILEY'S STAR HOTEL, FRONT STREET, WILMINGTON, N. U. . JAMF.S 11. fiALFY, Finjii-iftin: HflL'SE OPEN FOR THE RECEPTION OF gucf-ts at all hours of t lie day and night. No "pains will be spared to make thV guests of I the hou-e comfortable in every respect. I The table i supplied with every luxury the market alfords. A tirr-t class restaurant is attached to the house, where the public will be furnished with ice cream orotcr in their seasons, wines, choice Tumors, i etc. ! oet 10 . ; 2tf ' . - r . W1L3IINGTON BAR. A. R. STOKER,!. ...... . PitoruiLioiL , No. JO .Market Street, "ERY best of WINES, LKLOKS ol all kinas. ALES, Ac, Ac., ami genuine SEGARS, alwat on hand. HAVANA oct M 1-lm HARRY W.EBB'S SALOON, No. at Market street, Wilmington, N. C. iON'STANTI,Y on hand the iK-st of IMPORT l . ED LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Also, Oysters, Fich and all kind.-oI'Game. in season. .. . m i Id 1 2-1 ni (ROCER1ES PROVISIONS, Ac. FtU: '-t.Sf KXVLUMVKLY! GEORGE MYERS, Nos. 1 1 A 13 Front .t., Wilmington, N. C. IMIX'KILK AM WHOLESALE AM RETAIL llEALEK IN GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, TEAS, COF FEE AND SUGARS, DOMESTIC AND FOR EIGN WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGARS. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. Ac. oct '. btt GEO. Z. FRENCH A CO., . (slCCEssOKS TO IVTTEK EkEXtH,) No. IO South Front M., Wilmington, N. C, TvEALERS IN (iROCERIES, .PROVISIONS, J Wim Lj,luors c uwd and WiUow un- Tinware. Cnnkerv and Glass Ware. Cottoii and Naval Sttircs lMnght or received on coiiMgnineiu. oet'. . JX 1-tf ; jmi H. STKAt k SMITH A STRAFSS,. t Corner 2d and Market Streets, under City Hotel, '. wholesale and retail ikalers in pnrn'KTnvv: t- t- GROCERIES. PRO ISION S, Ac, Al. 4 ;ooD supply always ou hand, and eon- J. siamiv receiving, wt u c I-0111 1. . .. . .. ? R V N G E A- K OR D L AN DE R , , No. '2 South Fkont street, 4 . Wilmington, N. C, . ' ' DEALERS in . GROCERIES, PORTER, -ALE, LAGER BEER, UTO LlqUVliiS, d., ., dr. AND MANUrACTURERS OF f Ginger Pojt, Sarsaparilla A Iemon SoiTa. VRDERS from the country, aeconnMinied with V the cash, promptly attended to. Families supplied at short notice. j oct 9 l-3m 1 DIUCS AND CHEMICALS. cfflijal) -SrtillisV I) U U G GIST A N D CH E 3r I S T , DEALER IX Drugs, Select Medicine, English And German Chemicals, FANCY ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, SEEDS, Jli Tk'XT MKD1UIXES OF A LL KIXDS. 37 Makkrt street, Ibo Frost Stork, Wilmington, N. C. A. H.l'rxrrijit'nmA cirejtlly rvnift'ttidrd. 1 PERSONS wishing; medicines at night will call ,on Mr. Shakeek, one door west of Journal office. i oet 1 1-tjni ENGINEERS. II. JAMES. J. KfiT BROWN. J AM ES & B ROW N , . 4 CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS. 4 JE preared to -make Land Survey and fur J nieth elegant Plaiifi of the eaine at 6hort noticJ.' Other Engineer work solicited. Office one Door West of Journal Build ing, Princess Street. oet 10 2-tJl L . AUCTIONEERS, AGENTS, Ac. WlLiiES MOKK1S. ' MICHAEL CKONLT. CRONLY A MORRIS, AUCTIONEERS AND GENERAL AGENTS, Wilmington, N. C. . TOCKS, REAL ESTATE and all 'description O of merchandise bought and sold on conuii sion. Our personal attention jjiven to any lusincts entrusted to our charge. " . From our lon experienec iu-the business, we feel warranted in referring to the public generally. ,,nt u 1-tf . : - DUDLEY At BRO., IX.SU R A N C E A G E N T S , No. 01 South Water Street, Wilmington, C. oet i 1-i'jm I DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Ac J AMES M c C O R MICK.1 MERCHANT TAILOR, Market Street, Wilmington, N. C, WHOLESALE ASI) KBTAIL DBALER IN CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTING-; Gents' and Boys' Ready made Clothing ; FURNISHING (iOODS : TAILORS' TRIMMIXGS, ., rfr. oet K - l v ........ s; BEA'il & bro., No. 18 SotTii Market bTKEET, Wilmington, N. C, i r m s a a. j ajajkj a m.m-m wnu i vio . - , IIOLESALE and retail dealers in every VV descrinlion of Drv Goods Readv-made ' " . , - Clot hmir. Hat, Caps, Boots and Shoes. Liberal inducements offered to both city and country irauc. oct II 1-tf ' . (i, KOSENTllAL. i WEIL L A CO., A WEILL. A. N. 13 MARKET STKHBT, (OLO STAND,) . iimingioii, xi. v., i iTdi'l ii WKPriTVIII. .Y AM) NCF.TO Wilmington, N. C., V V tl.cir old friends and the public, that they will open on or about Thursday, Oet. oth, with a la ore and well selected stock of - isr and well selected sUek of - ),i auujuiii.uuaupun.il iREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, ell'iTHIW: 'I'TI VMY RClflTS AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS ' ' SHOES, (iENTS' FLRNTSHINCi " . GOODS, H OS I ER Y, HATS, CAlS TRUNKS, ETC., ETC Being so long and ko well known in thi com niunitv, they deem it only nccchsary t invite their old friends and the liublie to give them a call as they believe that they can give satisfaction to all w ho may uo-to. oct . 1-tf REOPENING. I"MIE undcrsiisncd take pleasure in informing JL their old customer and the public in general, that Ihev will rV-open on the first of October, at the old stand of D. Aarons', No. 25 Market Mreet, a nice and well selected stock of Goods, consist- ing of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Furnish- mg wwu, x...v.r Y"''V.,' V n.Vrkt Ac Ac.,, which we will bell at -the lowest mat kit. price Wholesale and Retail. D. AARON A CO., No. 25 Market Street, oct 10 '-J .1 BOOKBINDERS. wmr,wmJ .,innL'll I. HEINSHi.mfcIt, ur , C- u' nfwiU' l 1 vi BOOK BINDER AND BLANK-JJOUK rACTLRLK, - Jolknal Buloino, 1'rincbs Stkket, Wilmington, N. C. 4 OLTLD RESPECTFULLY INFORM HIS V V former customers and the public generally. that he has re opened his establishment, mid is I -... ,,n.,n..l to i-Ti eiile anv work in his line Willi 1 '" 1 neatness and dispatch. ' oct .l i BARBERS. " Evans, -i EDW ARD REID, TIIO served his time uhder Allen r'V res peet ful lv invites the citizens of Wil- '. ' . .1 . .i 1.1 1... IlllllillOIIlllUI'"1"""", . IIV . V. : waikd on bv the best BARBERS the country can ; afford. Saloon in the rear ot the City Hotel, oet i:; tf ; J x. ji. vixcent. i l". njLVOGT. v. roiiVoT & co., 1 ' I i , ' Corner Front and IMuncess streets . iVJLMIXOTOX. X. V. V PH O LST ERERS, PAPER HANGERS ' AND DEALERS IX FURNITURE. OIL CLOTHS. fcc, Ac. SPRINt;, MCtSS, . CURLED HAIR, SHUCK A COTTON Jr "": ; MATTRESSES. 'ELEGANT WINDOW SHADES. ! Every irade of WALL PAPER;, the bet ' Selection in the State. ! n(W,,. rviMvrvr ruvTH and TABLE : . " ,,rtTypiisi S PICTURE FRAMES, WINDOW GLASS, r MIRRORS, ' j - a 4 . BEDSTEADS, I TABLES,' j STOOLS, , i Ifrtitir ami IWtftU Frumfil inttr 'rttvf UtMtftl - j t miotutr. j WINDOW GLASS cut any size desired. j PAPER HANGING and DECORATION I Done with Neatness and Dispatch. ' oet 0 ltf i CIGARS FOR SALE. UTE have on hand a few thousand CHOICE , V HAVANA CIGARS. : Apply oct U Til L' 1 4 II " lICin I'lVUI MONDAY MORNING, OCT!lBER It., lsV NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONVEN TION. Tenth Day, TituRHDAY, Octiler, 12, 1SG. The Convention met at lW oclck, A. M. Prayer ly the Rev. Henry Presbyterian church. Hanlic. of the The journal of yestenlay V a reailaiiil aji- iirovect. Mr. Henry, from the Coikiniittee on the Basis ot Representation, reported; an ortli nance amending; the Conf4itutiVn on the las of representation. j '. 3Ir. Ellis, from tlie'commiltcc on the Res olution of thanks to President Johnson, iv jMrted hack tlie resolutin viith the follow ing amendment, reeoninichdini; its passage : Strike out all after the word " assembled " in the tirst resolution, ami insert. j'.that the administration of Anlrcw 'Johnson.' Presi dent of the United States, has been, eminent ly national and conservative.; 'Vmhriicing every section of the Republic. andUhat he is entitled to the gratitude ofthe people of this State for the manifestation-of his purpose to secure to -them at as early day as is practica ble, the 'restoration of their cnst.itutional rights in the Union : and that W. W. Holilen. Provisional Governor, deserves our thanks for his zealous and faithful labors to the same end." . j !cxom. That copies of tlie alovc resolu tion be transmitted by the President-of the Convention to Presitlenl Johnson and Gov ernor lloldcn. ' ' ! . Mr. Jones 6f Row an'.-introduced i a. resolu- tioh that henceforth the Convcnklon hold evening sessions, meeting at 7 o clock, -P. 31. Also, a resolution that thelCo'nvention ad- j(Hirn on day to meet again. on the 2nd Monday of 'May next. j j Mr. Walker, a resolution tliat a committee to consist of'seven-7-one from each; CongresT ! sional district, in this State I . A . " i- i i- .i i"-. , i mciiHjnali.ing the (onress ot ,ihe United 4 ' r .. '.i tF .i- . - ii i States, for the removal from jtlus State ot all T 41 L- n lllTfl litlllillifllllikll ltrmu ! free, persons of color, or anv pa ft j of tllem, j and especially of those persons lately held as i slaves, but now emancipated ; and that they i report the result of their deliberations for the action ot this Convention. ' v, Mr. Jonvs of HeinleiMoii. ;a resolution, in favor of citizens of this State, honorably dis charged from Hit' L'nited j States Army. I Allows them to vote in Noviemberj elections S (if otherwise qualified,) without certificates of their having taken the Amnesty oaths. it i i i i ill i i i ii i n i i i i 121111 i: 'i inn riinin' I in L.l.4:., ivr ....i ..v - in. 31 r. Henry, an ordinance --concerning the I IIIVIIUII lit A1V till iJK I lit. .VI. ' Jin III J , i.ivii.-. .. . . ... l ,. i ioemicai wiui;uiuW oi , toe l1"" f i. icil I it mil I i I . ; ,,-,uu""-i i ; t Also a resolution concerning tne lucom- . . nlof ii Tiiliieno 1 Tniiuvu'omoiifw' ( iii 1 i Vifif i w i 4i . -i i i 4 ' i t l r' i Declares that the Legislature should furnish i irom ume io nine sucn -ajipropnaiions oi . . i j money, to secure the complc I'tioii oil the svs- ! tern of railroad improvements AVest to t he i , 1 . i .... ! " - oe co npaioue w a., f onov,. svy.j - - Air. lcJtae moved mat tlie Convention r , tS - take up for. consideration the resolution in- (-r.wln-.l Li- bin. U r.b.l to tin. Air. AleKae mov tukte up for. consid. I II tltlllt U1I l' Illlll 111 I Lltlllllll lJ IIIC i'C4 1. f 1 lit ' i ! e i i . .i ' i' i iodii.Ki-i. i.t . LiLw.itn.. .k ( in f. itii'onf in ThAmoMon n,-,.!,,! ,,,.1 tb- ri-solorion , , T 1 . . ... . ',- .i adopted. Pursuant to this resolution the 1 1 i . . President- .-innn ntei I he o hiw iii.r connn Itee on 'the suliect, viz: Messrs.' -McR;te, Lvoii. j Moore, of Chatham, Henry and Wal.kup. L'NKIMSIll'D lil.SIMiSS. The Convention proceeded "to consider the i unfinished business, viz: "The ordinance re- w, ;,... .u.t.nC Vnril, r.ri.lo-. j .""".,"VJ,71 W V ,V-' j and. prohibiting the payment of al public , debts created or incurred in a'id il the re - bellion." on its second reading. j yv Winston rose to state, in beliall' of the ctimmittee, whose reiort . accompaniel the A. . ordinance, that thev had been totally misun- tlerstood if it was thought they wished to that for those bonds they shall receive notli cut off discussion. They nierelv -ilesired a i ing. " t ! iostionement of the matters referred, for the i A M. 1 ctmsuleratipn ot tne Oeneral Asseminv. iy j no means by no act of theirs, could tjiey I'ltiiViiUL. jtL-J.lloifin if flu. tf4tll'lllWkll .l.tciriif I I Itl'itw lli.-n.iiiii, ii mi. v immiiiun lu.-u.M i ,., -,p. ... i.i .. : l,f tieoans 11. 1 ne eiuiiiiniiee iiieieit: ti.iicii io exjiress the general sense of the jLonven- tion. that the whole matter should be defer- : rv( e;tjlcr to an adjourned session ojr to the I LeirislHture. SThev certainl did. notUvish to ' tifl , ,,. t ' j Mr. Thompson said as he had been n ....i....i i... i. 1 .ia;.... 1.;.. 1 s uriain icieiieu m, ne tienevi 10 ncuuc J Kisitioii. Ilej thought he was fully justifiil in saving that; if the'. report of .'the ('(Vininit- ; tee was fully .Carried out, the effect! would be to stifle debate. II the committee was : decided in opinion, on the ; siljec-t : of pri- vate debts, why should they connect the two ,,,.,.,.;;,,,,, u-hii'li hi it essenlinlle f listim-t ' Mr. Winston replied! that the committee; ... .7-.T - i l.f t I I . J still had the subject ot private debts under ; consideration. Mr.'-- Thompson, resuming said that a I thoroughly matured propositrnn, lrawn by . tj,c State-Treasurer,' Mr. Worth, had leen -j . .... 1 1 .1 1 placet I in tue liamis or me conimiuee, aim ; A, they might very well have submitted ; to tlie Convention for its action. He thought j it was eminently just and proper that the J State debt contracted Petore t lie w ar jsuouiu be paid. This was the 'first time that any- i Ixidv of high representative character, ; maintaining proper relations with th Gov- I erninent, hail met in the State, and it should j promptly come forward and declare that the f pullic debt created Ik fori- the war shall be 1 pant. I lie rotate owed, ne sam, inree inn- lions of dollars, principal, and -two millions and a half in coupons, liable to jirotest. Al verting, in this connection, to the evils resulting in Pennsylvania and Maryland, j from tetniorarv suspensions of the payment 01 pnopc cieoisj. 111; Mijiiico iiia. 1111s unrciu- cdness shouhl Ik liquidated or else thC repu ' 1 tat ion of the -State w ould suffer. i 'Afi- Tlw'.imwu 111 vn; mtiMisw-d to the flssiimii- tion, of any ortion ofthe debt. created in aiil ofthe rebellion.- It was not, lie kaid, f debt of the people, if a ' debt ai alL, jit was mt the debt of the ConfeiU-rate gxjvernnient, an,i the State had as well assume the payment of anv, or all of the debts incurreel by that gvernment. He-deemed the assumption of u tit.jt COntractexf in supiiort of secession grossly inconsistent with the ordinance of the Convention declaring the act of secession null I and voicL 1 Of the tlebt incurred bv the State in run- ning the blockade, lie said, if vyq owe a dol iar of debiin Europe, we were riot bound trt o,vsrr v'i vmRf4 ; liavit. Iiecause it .was an improper debt, im-I issueU after the 1st day of January, I860. alxut three weeks ago, and; they were' run CRONLi aiokki t contract Elation of a Wwk. That ade, the validity of which w as- rtdognizcd by all EurojK-an Hw crs. The Htpfe of the State moreover had never sanctioned the creation of tliis debt. There was neither moral njr legal obligation to pay it. 1 It was well understootl abnad that debts contract cd for w ar purposes w ould be good if the war Micceedetl, but if the war failed that the debt would fail also. j )flmnk loans to the State, he said, that during the war banks and jK-opIe lent money at their jKril. The banks' by their ow n act, acccjjfct I. received and paid out Confederate notes, probably the .sune they afterward loaned to the. Statiy- If the banks lost alL.it was their own faulty for the stm kholders were not consulted. If the war del were asuined. inaimcd soldiers, their widows and orphans would lc entitled to, jH-nsions ami educational bounties ami all who had lost property would I entitled to compensation! Mr. Ward said it w as with great .diffidence he arose to address the Convention. He hail Intherto deemed it more Incoming in himj amid s much wisdom an,d exericncc. to re-j-main a silent memlcr ; but -duty to his con stituents ijnpelled him to say something on this question one of more magnitude and importance than any other involving, as it did, the 'credit of the State. He. coinpaml the State to a noble .ship, shattered by tempests, emerging, from four weary vcars of disastrous war. Alluding 'feelingly! to the poverty and distress of the people -to - their desolate.' hearths, ruined. . homesteads, and lack (jf a currency adequate to supplying their wants, he said tjiat North Carolina was financially and politically bankrupt. At this j juncture, w hat, he asked, did it behoove the people ami Convention to do, to restore her plying energies and retrieve her broken tor i turn's t If the-debt contracted" before, the war, and the taxes due the Unitc States under the Internal Revenue system 'we're paid, this would-be as inuji h as the State could do, unless ground into the very dustiby taxa tion. Scaling the war debt would mt an swer, unless the w hole were scaled awav. It could. only 'Ijsc- paid by ruinous taxation 'i ' . .1 i t T He iHged that the assumption of tliis ilcbt 'Vttwouiirinvolvethe pavnient of HomeRjuards the inonriety ot ' , .... i, .. . 1 , , hind State Reserves, and a lull imlemmtv or ! , . .. , , . 1 ! -losses entailed during the war bv dejireda-. . v -.r i- Mi i . iiuu.-i iijri'ii ,'iii v uu..-". i uiiuii nuuivi nt Ipi led upon Ossi, and tlic State would sink beneath an incubus which would prostrato her energies forever. How. he asked, could delegates who had voted for the ordinance declaring null and void the ordinance of se cession, hohbthat debts contracted in mip-' port of the Recession' were itherwii;e than void i Could iiicorrujition arise fr in cor ruption sweet waters flow from bitf4r foun tains or any water at all from a lou'ntain having no existence i i. , i . . . . . . . - - JLr- IHstOn said, ll he knew his own 1 . I i. I 1 . . . 1 .1 I 1 heart, lie stood here to maintain the honor of Xorth Carolina a -' . ami w as as; jt-alous of her 11 lllliailllJI A. 11 llll -l.llitljlt-ll-1 III III!, IIU II i ..... I.... ;.... .... ..i i... ..i i..iv... i.:.. ....... l-1-x , .mi i i i i irtuuiv. . ii iue im iiiiiain c was auooieii in " its present state, it would be the incipient 1 . , r i i ' . r nuii niiiiuiu ii. mount 'ii, dun iit;'nr li'I ' ..r,-, i i- . i i ' iii icjMUJiaiiwu. piioii mitt private. Ic wished to act, as an Imiest ami propermirided mail would, for the credit j ()f the lcadi , u,rj,t to )c accomplished bv tlie oassaW of t ,i r . ., v.. th is on lniancc. w as to get the condeninit ion j . , Convcntioif r ollV the wir 'debt , 01 UK t.111 IOI1 HOI Oil .lltC W .U ilU)l mcieiv t . : I but upon al the new debt. Its first ' Ivisjoii was empty s,iund-iilcant nothing, i acconiinishctl nothing. It declared it to be ; r.. p , t , , , , , till (Illtv ill tin l..iwriil wufn.t I il f to iiriiin L. ! v .v..... .i,,,,. . .w for the pavmeiit ofthe old debt of the State, but this imposed no new obligation. He hoped never to look any 'man in the. face who would wish to repudiate that debtj anl ren der the State, therein- a fit '"dwelling" place only for white rcpudiators and free, negro , .;..l.,n,L ' .... .,. l oi ...i .?:! ' ft 7 , ' , V, i -1 " j lans ot the honoc ot the State, .to come here ' ami tell liinyvho has sold corn to tlie State ! that her ifhuir is tarnished, and that he can , not be paid .' Uuardians w ho, in accortlance with Slate statutes, invested the funis of their i. i . L.. ... ..... ,. ,, . i wards in State securities- shall we tell them The first provision of the .ordinance was I . . nierelv lnciinnnijirv to trie next that prohibit- j cd tlie payment of ilebts contracted directly j ! . . t- .lljll.'j..tlt- .11 .111 ..I 4lii ! Willi. lla um.i. i , vi iimim.li, ill mil i nil II "llll"ll. llCPnil I ,.:i. i:. ... r l .1 .i....' iieiiuei jiimiicc iioi joicu 111 ine argiiiiieiu inai ! fecy use we hail adopted a null ordinance, J .our purchases afterWan(s were void and we J. were not bound to liquidate our iirohiises to ' nav ' There miirlit. .he said, be merits in lair- I'tions of this new debt, which would demand ! their iavmeht.' and he implored delegates. not to la'gin the pna-ess of ivjnidiation in this wav. The idea, had been advanced that ' if the new debt was not killed at once, it ! would form a". Corruption fund to influence the action of subsequent legislative ImkIics in I the preinis"s ; but he did not conceive' that j the'Convention was sent here to declare its i own honesty and throw out iniurioils .sur- mises as to the action of future representative - " .... -.-j assemblies. " - ! . i Mr. W. advurttxl. in conclusion to 'the pre-! valent opinionj and dsire of the jeojile that ; the Convention should not touch the subject of lebt at all.but on lv pass-such measure .....- ..1.1 . i .a. t." i . ii. J 1 as wouni secure spceuy resiorano;i io inei Federal Union. ; He was willing, however, for the Convention to assume the conaidera- tion of this matter, when, at a future time. tne requisite inionnaiion nan pcen ouiaineu for its guidance. In his opinion, ail private debts contracted during the vfcar should le scaleil down to their proper value ami paid. With reference to war debts of tlie State, he withheld at present a full expression of his view as they might be modified by fuller in- iormauou w 1111 regaru 10 inem. . Owing to sudtleii illness in the Rejxirter'a family, he was precluded from writing out the notes' he had taken of the remarks ot Messrs. Eaton. Conigland, McKay and Moore 01 v ake. j ,, . . 1 31 r. 3IeKay moveil that further const dera tion of the ordinance be p)stponed until the 4th 3Londay of Novemler, but withdrew the motion at the retjueist of .Mr. Moore, of Wake, who offered the following as a substi tute for the ordinance under discussion ; I AX ORDtXAXCE KELATINO TO TIIK XTJIILIU DEBT. Be it ortbiinedy By the delegates of the leople in Convention assembled, and it ia herekyltleclared and ordained, that it shall be the duty ofthe General Assembly so soon as practicable, and at furthest tiiree years after the first day of January 1866, to make provision for redeeming such of the Iionds or the State-and the coupons thereof, aa shall then be lue and payable, and tvere not 1 JOB PRINTING. t ; - We are prepared to eieiite all order lor 1m H IK AND JOB PRlNTIN(;f onhort notlicund n fonable terms . Xff" Order ftunn avcvaillc piut-iii Ihesouu Xtj promptly filled, and forwarded by mail ur t pre. " ! Ordera iuo(-tc aceoiuiMMirtI bj th; t?"Offii-c No. 41 Market atnt-t, 'pposite I'ii Hotel. HARRY A RKRNARD shall le the dulr f the aid HciicralAH-m- m bly. ami they, arc hereby inslrtictetl lo make pnvision lor iIm-' pa much t of such others i sucil lieforethe snid 1st day.of Janu.in, lnf,' anil their coujmmi. as Ihey, may .liccwme due'; Irorittift hvtrrrtt. That nothing then jn. ifintatneil, ludl In- si wiMrttcd a topic vent the General Assembly , from iimuirin into the price obtained iijnui tin' s:dc of I In Inmils i.vsucil in In-half of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Coinp.i ny. and amending this ordinance as lothcin. if it shall apjH'ar that any reduction ought, in justice, tt be made. ' , lit- it further vntttinn I, Tllat it shall not In in the jMiwer of theiencral As-'inbi In-fore the year 1S71. to av,iimV the paxiuetit of any. part of any debt of: the State ion tractetl to aid in provuting the laic n X lion of the Stale again! the t'nitcd States : Five olnt, however, thai nothing in this ordinance contained -hall lc j coii-lnied as an instniction then to asuuic iiid debt. or anv part of thenj. or as an c.jircsion of opinion whether any part -thereof, should he paid. ' . 1 .1 Mr. McKay renewed the motion to post pone the further cotisidci at ion of the ordi nance until the fourth Mpnday in Nowinln t next, and pending the question on thU nu tion, the Conycntion adjoumeil until 1" o'cltKk A.M., to ,inoirow.- , . STRANGE SCENE l.V A HOI Si; OK MOl'RNJNG A l)i:.l) MAN CO.MI TO LIFE - The St. Louis ll(ili;i,i of the-Uoth In. the follow ing : , ' John 'Redman, a .colored man. died la- wa ' siippoMnJ.) at an early hour yc-terda mom ipg, at his residence, ocr the grocnx bi on the northeast t-o'Vuer of Franklin .iunii and Twelfth street'.'' A cotlin iind s-i shroud , were prtHMiri'd, and the colored corpse. aff I being washed, sinned and 'drescd wi, the burial clothes, way laid out in the coifin While his "bereaved wife was i iiiginu Im i 1 tears out of a bandanna hanlk-ii-hier, and numerous friends, .mute with glrief," wei. sitting around Iheihjid Ihm. talking about what a good man he was. Mr. Redm.iii A . denly raiwd hiiiiM.'lf Inilt upright in hi cotlin, with the majesty of death in hi' cold face. . . 3Ioving his not cutirch sightless oi b around upon the company of mourner, hi clay lips lngan to' chatter nie unintellii,i ble words-about the other 'worhl. - The le suit of this hideous 'performance 'was to np set tjie -wiiolc assemblage (w it h udlen hoi ror, the faniale friends fainting and, tiimbtini; intif each others arms at tlie'sighl of the ghost, the men theinschcs caving in, and with dilated eyes, rushing hurried out of tljc room. Mrs. Redman, the ili-tieM'd widow was among the huiiiIht who fainted. When she came' to she ran out , of the I'imhii and tint of the house, and -nothing could in d uce her to return ditnng the day, not w ith standing-she was assured that he j husband had come to be consi-ioiis.uu dthat lhedHtr thought he inight recover. Wean, not in formed as to the nature of Redman's disciiM-, but are i n for in cd that he was attended h an intelligent physician, who rcgardtln- cir cumstance, of his sudden restoration, when" to all appearances, he had been a I itch--man, as something almost preternatural. STILL IN THE BONDS. A correspondcnl of the Rochester I'mo ttitd A'frerfirr gics the following account of the experience of a gang of iiegroe. w ho were employed' by a " certain abolition r colonel" lo. go North ami work for him . This loyal hero oraliolitioiiism, ol y.hii Ii the Reubiican party is well replenished, prior to his returning home, giw to Itii h inond, and, w ith flattci ing tongue, pel -.mole-one hundred and seven -colored men In i; turn home witli him, ''saying to them. I will pay your transjiortation, and alli'i; vmir ,n rival will furnish you work, with plenty t cat and good pay. with the uiidcolandiif that each' was to pay his fare in work lo tin said colonel. Hc4 arrivfd Avith them a week or two .ig. and immediate v commenced oiH-nitioii b taking them up alanc Monlazunia -a .sh,',,'i I .A. . 1.. ... ....... I I lt... i..t......l .. . i.OISiailte III Clll Oil I WHM. IIM OIOIII'I .1 - . . ... . to give cacn man nic iioiiar per iiav ami laiard. They legan to chop. 'and the Colo, ncl to furnish rat ton-, jh insist ing id' unlollcd corn meal and mackerel, dividing one ina ke rel between six and sftim-liiuc eight men, which ,was hardly ciioitgh to sii-tain lib inaking a rule also that those who found fault or complained of their rations should have tfieir thumbs tied together iN-hiinl them, and their feet also bound or tied, and tin 11 made to lie" on the ground two hour- on their back, which jM-nalty some of them loid to undergo. ' Thev were provided w ith the terra tinna ' on which to repose Ihcjl ;vcary iim.bs after a hard day's lalmr, witlf stakesdriven into the ground and Injughs thrown over for r.oiet- ing. and many were compelled to lie in the orner of fences. In this way they pa .s d two or three da 'and finallv thev deter mined to kill the colonel for the ill In-Mf incut the' had received at his hand', for they were starving to death: but they wen told the consequences by sonic me In the vicinity, should thev kill the colonel, and finally gave jt up. All but rigid or ten have left, him. an are now' roaming through the country deendi1hg uimhi. the charitv f the Uwmlc for their sustenance. , " Tilie foregoing facts I received esferl.iy from one whom the; "colonel brought from Richmond. He also told me th;it tie was on hi back lor two hours by the aid colonel," merely for asking fr more food. Thes- fact arc als corroborated by individual who have leen there themsi-lves. He stated that , he farel far letter when he was a Iave, for then he had plenty to eat, and a Comfortable -place to sleep. He further stales . that a noon as he could collect enough money he shouldreturn again to his inaster." tdOF" We have taken Atlanta, we hau taken Savannah, Columbia, ami Charleston, and now at last we haw taken Petersburg and occupied Richmond, and what remains for us to take i An Irishman in the crowd' shouts : Let' take a drink p The crowd disperses in various direitioiis. "An unsophUticatetl countryman the other day aaw a military oflieer, follow e I at a resicctful distance by two orderlies, in full gallop. "Goodness gracious!" Kiitl lie. havn t thev cauirht him yet ! I w as here A v.
The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 16, 1865, edition 1
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