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Testimony f Hon. Bedford Brown, Of North-Carolina, lefore the Reconstruction Committee. Hon. Bedford Brown, formerly .United States Senator from North-Carolina, was ex amined in respect to that btatc. ; Although he had served the people of North Carolina, in a legislative capacity, during the war, he had always been Union, and non-secessionist on principle, lie ininKs t wo-rnircis or mree fourths of the people of the State unitedly onnosed to secession. The masses of the people at the time of Lee's surrender were more gratified than otherwise, because thev saw that the result was inevitable. Many of them were for peace, and believed there was no safety out ot -the Union. They were grat ified that the question had been settlca in some wav. Of late thev had became very despairing, perhaps in part from the loss of slave property, tliougu cnieiiy rrom rue long ia a widf. fnnlinr of discontent even among Union men. The great mass of the people are exceedingly anxious to have the relations hpteppn the. State ana tne a ecierai uovcra- mnnt restored. Some few persons would. perhaps, be gratified by a foreign war, but the great mass are perfectly willing to live under the laws of the United States, provided they can have political equality with the other States. The longer this is procrastinated, the worse the feeling of discontent will become. Some nortions of the people, in the event of a war with Great Britain or France, would probably engage in another attempt at seces sion, and the establishment of Southern in dependence; but a great majority would suppress such an attempt if there were rea sonable expectations that they could be ad mitted to equal political rights in the Union. The best way to remove this feeling of dis content among the people would be to de clare the State a member of the Federal Union, and admit her representatives to their seats, Congress, of course, judging of the members presenting themselves separate ly. Disloyal men should be excluded ; but men should be admitted even if the great majority of their constituents were actual disloyalists. The question of admission should depend rather upon the character and qualification of the claimant than upon those of his constituents. If his district was mani festly disloyal beyond all question, it would perhaps be a justification for his exclusion. The witness thinks a majority of the people would be wilhnsr to pay the Deacral ileiit. though the tax-payers do not regard it aa pleasant subject. Avery decided and overwhelming majority would be opposed to the payment of the Confederate war debt. He does not know of anv combination open or secret to make lurther resistance to the Government or to renew the war in anv shape. He believes that Northern men going into North-Carolina to invest capital in lands, manufactures, &c, wodd be received in a friendly manner, and treated with justice in the State courts. The freedmen in his part of the State were acting very well, and the general sentiment among the tarmers and planters is to treat tuem witn iairness. There; is a disinclination lor pro miscuous schools .for whites and blacks. But the better class of people do not object to schools for blacks separately. The oflicers of the Freedmen's Bureau have generally been liberal toward both the freedmen and white people ; but he hardly thinks there is any further necessity for maintaining the Bureau, as black men would stand as good a chance in the State courts as white men if thev were of eood character, and there are no particular prejudices against them. The poor whites are generally considered as hav ing a higher claim to credibility than the negroes. Universal negro suffrage would be regarded as very objectionable and wholly inadmissible ; but . a good many persons would have no objection to seeing qualified negro suffrage. He does not think it possible to establish restricted suffrage among the whites, and thinks none of them would ever surrender Jhe right to vote if they could help it. The HrssrNG Affair. The atrocious in sult offered to the national flag, the portrait of "Washington, and a national air by a num ber of rebels at the .old theatre on Saturday night has excited deep indignation among the most moderate Union men, as well as among the more ultra ones. Several gentle men have declared that they were done with conservatism after that display of disloyalty. A stern policy i3 the only one to employ in dealing with the rabid haters of the govern ment and all its honored insignia, symbols, and emblems. We .assure the persons en gaged in the hissing business that the Amer ican people are determined that every man who lives under .the United States 'flag shall either love it or fear it. J they have not the good sense to love it, the soldiers who put down the rebellion have the power to make them dread it. God forbid that ever an in vading army should enter our territory again, but it will if necessary to crush out the hiss ing serpent of treason. Naaht'dle Times and Press, May 1. Mr. Davi8 Again. Fortress Monroe, April 28. JefE Davis, I am-told, expresses the hope that he is to be brought speedily to trial. In the shadowy remoteness and un certainty of a general amnesty, I think there can be uo doubt, however, but he would pre fer an immediate decision of his fate to being kept much longer in prison. A doctor who knew him during the war, and saw him a few days since for the -Brat -time since his capture, assures me that he has most per ceptibly and painfully failed in health since his incarceration. His face is very much thinner, his hair is grayer, and his step is not at all assured. . He rested frequently in his walks, and every lineament of his "face and every movement betrayed physical ener gies wasted and worn to a degree giving as surance of but little remaining vitality. This gentleman says he cannot live the summer out in prison. Cor. of New York Herald. The States "Where Negroes Vote. The Albany Argus, in a comprehen sive statement of the existing condition of this question in different States, de nies the truth of -an assertion lately made by a "Worcester paper, that ne groes vote in Massachusetts on payiW a poll tax. ; ... There are only two States in the Union where the negro is allowed to.vote with out property qualification. They are Vermont and New Hampshire, the for mer of which has eighty negro voters and the latter one hundred and ninety. In Massachusetts every voter must, within two years, have paid a State or county tax, unless excused from taxa tioiu In Rhode Island a voter must own real estate of one hundred and thirty four dollars in value, or of the clear yearly value of seven dollars over any ground rent. -f?olored person is not allowed to vote in New York unless be has resided in the State three vears. nnrl i fWoi.r.i0,. in value of two hundred and fifty dol lars and paid taxes thereon. Massachusetts, which does not at home aiiw.rr ijr man iu voie who has not paid a State r county tax directly for hof t no nvitnain f"Qsa r-V. All vi ecroos to yote without such discrimina tion. She goes in for univergal black sunrage at ine ooutn, wniie denying it to her poor whites at home. This is Massachusetts philanthropy, -or her pref erence lor negroes oyer mutes. BAXiEIGII, 3V. C. v , THURSDAY. - - - MAY 10. 1866. Pardons for North-Carolinians. The Sentinel at last admits that the Presi dent has not ordered the pardon of all North Carolinians whose applications are on file. The Sentinel thinks the report that all have been pardoned is a mere sensation report, gotten up for effect. It certainly created a sensation with the Sentinel. That paper was delighted for a little while, but it now says : " We learn, from a friend in Washington, cognizant or the tacts, mat mis uuiiuunue meut is premature. What has been done is, that finite a number of those, whose crime . , i i . t... , 1 .1, was simply nonung u pcny mura uiiuu iuu late Confederate Government, have been par doned, most of them upon the recommenda tion of Gov. Worth, and that their pardons will be forwarded in a short time, liie ar rangements made by Gov. Worth, in refer ence to this matter, are such as will insure the most prompt and the earliest action pos sible in the premises. The President, how ever, must select his own time and way to dispose of them." How can any " arrangements " which Gov. Worth may make "insure the most prompt and the earliest action possible V The mat ter of pardons is with the President. Gov. Worth can " insure " nothing in this respect. By the way, the Sentinel has done gross injustice to the Provisional Governor in re lation to pardons. It would do no good to correct this injnstice. Let it be. We may observe, however, that the Sentinel has been among the State archives, and it says they " shall be made to reveal other facts of not less ominous import than the foregoing." Let. us have these "ominous" facts, Mr. Sentinel. What are they ? The Sentinel has recently been engaged in trying to prove that Gov. Worth has influ ence at Washington. We have nothing against Gov. Worth personally, and we re gret we cannot agree with him politically. For the good of the State and the benefit of our people we should be gratified if Gov. Worth had not only some influence, but much influence at Washington, provided he would not use it to the injury of the true Union men. Up to a certain period his record as a Union man was good. But Lu cifer fell, and so did our worthy Governor. He was elected Governor by the secession vote over a true and tried Unionist, and elected because he pandered to secessionists and they expected to use him. We have the testimony of the President himself that his election under the circumstances, icus a Mow well nigh fatal to the btate. He is less a Union man now than when he was elected. We regret this, but it is so. lie is further than ever from his old friends, ne is at length fully in the embraces of the seces sionists of those who sought to destroy the government, and who would rather see it blasted forever than restored on terms that would exclude thorn from power. The Sentinel sneers at the " best govern ment in the world," and says it has " strip ped" our people, and made them the poorest of any peojjle on earth." This is not so. Our people have been stripped, impoverish ed, and ruined by the secessionists and their latter-day war allies like the Editors of the Sentinel. We tried to prevent this. We called on the State to resist Mr. Davis and iorce a peace, which would have prevented a vast deal of the suffering, loss, and calamity which have overtaken us ; but we were not regarded, save as a traitor to the Confeder ate cause. The counsel of others was taken, and the result is known. The Sentinel will not be permitted to falsify history by charg ing that the federal government is the prime cause of our ruin. Up to the moment when the cotton States made the fatal plunge, the South had known the government only ii benefits and blessings, and so far as the gov ernment was concerned, it had made no threat even against the South. It was seces sion that ruined us. We know it is unpopular at this time, ir. this quarter, to write these things and pub lish them, but we intend to maintain the truth without regard to consequences. We learn from the Wadesborough Argiu that Gov. Worth has appointed Gen. Atlat J. Dargan, of Anson, one of his Aids with the rank of Colonel. The General accepts the appointment. It is a noteworthy fact that Gov. Worth has thus far appointed no unconditional Union man to office. The time will soon come to appoint Directors in the various Railroad corporations. We predict that every out-and-out Union man will be ejected, and secessionists or latter-day war men ap pointed in their places. Our neighbors of the Sentinel appear to be distressed at the idea that something may be done, somehow or other, to prohibit them from voting. If " the Confederacy " had succeeded Union men would have been pro scribed, their property confiscated, and unless they had begged pardon on their knees or fled the country, they would have been mur dered. Our amiable neighbors would have said amen, especially to the latter. Do our neighbors really think they ought to be allowed to vote, in the Union, under the stars and stripes, side by side with loyal Union men 1 Let them catch their breath and say really, before they answer. No swearing allowed in school. From Fortress Monroe. Fort Monroe, May 6. The revenue cutter Northerner, with Secretary McCulloch and family, arrived here this morning on a short visit here and to Norfolk. They retured to Washington this afternoon. It is confidently stated here that the visit of Mrs. Jefferson Davis to this place promises to be of long duration. During yesterday Major General Miles, acting, under instruc tions from Washington, directed Lieutenant McElrath, the post quaterm aster, to turn over for her accommodation one of the case mates of the Fortress. It is understood that Mrs. Davis applied for a room in Carroll Hall, where her husband is confined, but was re fused by General Miles. The conditions of the visit of Mrs. Davis, which were made known shortly after she arrived here, permit her to have free intercourse with her husband during all hours of the day. and strictbdjm- It is stated that Secretary McCulloch. had an interview with Mr. Jefferson Davis whil i at X ortress Monroe. Correspondence of the Baltimore, San. ' The Bank Failure The Colorado Bill ' to be ve toedThe , Committee Constitutional - Amend ment goes overr Jfext President. Washington, May 6. rThe Treasury De partment has appointed a receiver to take charge of the affairs of the Merchants' Na tional Bank. We may expect from him an early report of the-result of his investigation into the concerns of the association. A thorough investigation of the affairs of this bank will suggest some necessary modi fications of the law creating the national bank system, both for the protection of the government and of private citizens. The President will undoubtedly veto the Colerado State bill. The policy of Congress is to disfranchise eleven States, and enfran- " chise certain bogus Territories, and thus to perpetuate their two-thirds power. If they can get a number of radical Senators by di viding Tennessee and admitting several more Territories, they will probably do it. As the internal revenue bill will occupy the House this week, the report of the com mittee of fifteen proposing a constitutional amendment will not be taken up very soon, if at all. It will probably be recommitted, with instructions to the effect that, before they proceed to tinker the constitution again, they should be required to read that instru ment. The third section of their proposed amendment, prohibiting persons who had participated in the rebellion from voting for presidential electors till 1870, shows that the committee were ignorant of the fact that electors may be chosen by State legislatures. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, nominated Gen. Grant for the next presidency in his speech on Friday. He says that the contest for the presidency is fast narrowing down to a choice between Grant and Lee. We give the above for what it is worth. If no change for the better should take place in Southern feeling before 18G8, Gen. Lee would distance Gen. Grant or any other loyal man in the recently insurgent States. The Union men of the South receive no en couragement from any quarter. If they are not utterly depressed it is owing to their devotion to principle and their own indom itable spirit. Cases before the Freedmes's Bureau. We are again indebted to Lieut. A.B. Gardner, Adj't. 7th V. R. C, and Ast. Superintendent Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, for Sub. District of Raleigh, consist ing of the counties of Wake, Harnett, Chat ham and Moore, for the following report of cases tried by him for the week ending May 5th, 1SC6 : W. C. Parker, (white,) plaintiff, rs. Wil liam High, (freedman,) defendant: all of the City of Raleigh ; money demanded on con tract, $8 00 ; settled by compromise. Logan Jones, (freedmen.) plaintiff, ps. Da vid Wicker, (white,") all of the City of Ra leigh ; money demanded on contract, $14 00 : j judgment for plaintiff in full amount, defen dant absent judgment rendered by default, evi- ence of due service and proof of claim. Mary Blake, (frcedwoman.) plaintiff, r. Wil lis Blake, (freedman,) defendant; of Wake county ; for refusal to contribute to his wife's support ; judgment for plaintiff defendant shall be confined in jail for UO days unless he complies with judgment. Mrs. M. M. Henry, (white,) plaintiff, t. Britton Hawkins, (freedman,) defendant; all of the City of Raleigh ; money demanded on contract, $3 00, for house rent ; judgment for plaintiff in partial sum of $2 00 plain tiff being absent, no evidence to prove charge of $0 00, defendant denies same. 1). Booker, (freedman,) plaintiff, rs. John Sorrell, (white,) defendant ; of Wake coun ty ; money due on contract, $10 00 ; judg ment for plaintiff in partial sum of $9 00 money paid in Court. John Smith, (freedman.) plaintiff, r. Thomas Laurence, defendant; plaintiff of Chatham, defendant of Wake ; replevin to obtain possession of a mule said to be the I property of plaintiff; judgment that the mule belonged to neither party being bran led and proven to be U. S. property, it must be turned over to this Court on Tuesday, May 8th, at 10 A. M.. or the defendant be irrested and summarily dealt with. Cyrus McLean, (freedman,) plaintiff, rs. J. Hatcher, (white,) defendant; of Harnett -ounty ; money due on contract, $4 00 ; udgment for plaintiff money to be paid in .wo days. Nancy McNeill, (frcedwoman.) plaintiff, . Samuel Parker, (white,) defendant; of Harnett county ; application for an order for .tustody of Ephraim, minor child of plain tiff; custody of child decreed to plaintiff die order was complied with. Nancy McNeill, (frcedwoman.) plaintiff, x. Casy McLean, (freedman,) defendant ; of ilarnett county ; application for an order for custody of Anderson, minor child, of plain ill"; custody of child decreed to plaintiff : lie order was complied with. Hannibald McAllister, (freedman,) plaintiff, John Green, (white.) defendant; ofllar- iett county ; money demanded for services endered ; judgment for plaintiff. Violet Spears, (frcedwoman,) plaintiff, vs. f-ec. Hatcher, defendant; of Ilarnett coun ty ; claim for 4 bushels of corn balance due for services rendered in 1805 ; judgment for . -ilaintiff for amount claimed. Election in Petersburg. Col. Charles : V. Collier has been elected Mayor of Peters ' -urg an excellent selection. The vote was, ! Collier G04, Dodson 570, Lyon 161. Congressional. Washington, May 7. The Senate was occupied with the question of reconsidering the vote by which the amendment to the st Office Appropriation Bill, restricting the President from making removals from ollice, was passed. A number of speeches were made on both sides, when the vote was taken and the amendment reconsidered, af ter whicli the Senate adjourned. The House considered the new Tax liili, and also resolved to hold evening sessions in the future. The Reconstruction Report conies up to-morrow. Assault on an Ofllrcr of the Freedmen's Bnrean. Macon, Ga., May 2. At Augusta yester day James Taut made a brutal assault upon. Captain Bryant, of the Freedmen's Bureau, striking him several times over the head and stunning him. The assault was utterly un provoked, and, as I understand, grew out of some offence taken by Taut at Captain Bry ant s action in reference to the attempt or the colored people to decorate the graves of the Union dead with flowers. Taut was ar rested and held to bail to appear before the Recorder's Court on Friday. Confession of Probst. Philadelphia, May 7. Probst has made a full confession to his priest of all the mur ders of the Deering family, commencing with Cornelius Cary, the hired boy. His account of the murders agree with tlie general belief that he had no accomplice. More New Cases of Cholera at Sew Tork. - New York, May 7. The 'report from the hospital ship, at quarantine, to-day states that one new case of cholera occurred Satur day, and five new cases yesterday from the Bteamship Virginia. One hundred and twelve cases are in the hospital. ' ' ' - Baltimore Markets. Baltimore, May 7. Wheat 'firm. Corn active and firm ; white 8586 cents ; yellow 8384 cents. Oats firm. Provisions buoy ant. Sugars quiet. Whiskey dull. . Tax on Cotton. We learn .from s tele- graphic, dispatch . in the Progress of yester day evening,, that the House of. Representa tives has adopted the . provision m the rev enue hill taxing cotton five cents per pound. We regret this. The present tax was high enough. This tax will operate very heavily on-cetton-growers, and the colored man, fof whom sp much sympathy is expressed in Congress, will have to bear his full share of the burthen. Some ob the Outrages of the Bdreatt in No3TH-Carolina.- Opposite Newbern, on the other side of the river, some twenty- five hundred freedmen have been settled tor five vears past. Thev were invited there by the military, and located on little plats of ground, which they were allowed to cultivate. Eisrht months asro. Edward S. Fitz, a Massa chusetts preacher, was placed in charge of : the Trent Itiver settlement by captain James, j another New England preacher, who was then conducting the Bureau here. A system of extortion and cruelty was immediately in ; augurated. Fifty cents a month ground rent was demanded for every plat on whicn tne miserable little cabins were erected. Every negro who owned a boat had to pay two dollars and a half a month, or his boat was foreited. Every darkey who kept a store was taxed five dollars a month. Every one who owned a horse was taxed a similar amount. Failure to pay any of these exac tions was punished by the imprisonment of the man or Ins wile preference being given to the wife the confiscation of all his little property, and in many cases the tearing down of his house. A negro who quarrelled with his wife was fined one hundred dollars. and sent to prison until he paid it. All these extortions were practised upon a population steeped in the deepest povertv, scourged y disease, and many of them wanting the com mon necessaries ot hie ; and in this manner anincome of at least eight hundred dollars a month was derived bv the Bureau. Corres- oondence of the New York Herald. We do not know how much truth there is in the above. We should be glad to know that it is unfounded. It is the peculiar duty of the Bureau, while it is just to the whites, to treat the colored people kindly, and to re alize nothing in the way of profits from the poverty of this unfortunate race. Raleigh Money Market. BILEIliU NATIONAL BANK OF N. CAROLINA. BUYING RATES. Gold 123 Silver, large 117 North Carolina Bonds 80 North Carolina Railroad Coupons 90 Mortii l aruium coupons 4 New York Exchange, (selling) par NORTn-CAUOLINA BANK NOTES : Bank of Cape Fear 20 " Charlotte 14 " Commerce 10 " Clarendon 4 " FayetteviUe 8 " LcxiiiLCton.... 10 " Graham 15 " North-Carolina ol " Roxboro' 25 " Thomuvillc 25 " Wadcsboro' 12 " Wilmington 11 " " AVasbington 4 Yancey villc 5 . Commercial Bnnk of Wilmington 12 Farmers' Bank of Greensboro' 15 Greensboro' Mutual, 3 Merchants' Bunk of Newbern 30 Miners' and Planters' Bank 15 JO UN C. WILLIAMS & CO., Brokers, RALEIGH, N. C. PRICES OF JfOnTn-CAROLISA BANK NOTES. Gold 124 Silver 120 Old Coupons 52 Old Sixes... 81 Bank of North-Carolina, gold (currency.. 25 or 30 Cape Fear . . liO " Charlotte, " Lexington " Graham " RoxborougU " Wadesborough. " Thomosvillc " Wilmington " Commerce " Washington ... .. " Fayette villc, " Clarendon " Yaueeyvillc Millers' and Planters' Bank Farmers Bank, Grernsborough Commercial Bank, Wilmington Merchants' Bank, Newbern Greensborough Mutual 13 10 15 2j 10 15 10 10 5 5 0 15 15 12 25 5 Died: In this City, on the night of the 5th instant, MARY E., daughter of Alcfender and Lueinda Creech, aged 3 years and 8 months. "Sutter little children to come unto mc, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." In Charlotte, on Sunday last, Maj. HIRAM R. NIXON, lor many years a citizen of Goldsboro', but formerly of Wilmington, N. C. New Advertisements. TIIOS. 3AGG, ATTORNEY AT LAW, (Ofllce at residence, near the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylum,), 23 2mpd. RALEIGH, N. C. jOTICE I JENNIE GIDDINGSi (COLORED.) NOW living in Raleigh, wishes to hear from her. son, ISAAC JOYNES, who was living many years ago in Northampton County, Virginia. She would be thankful for information as to her son. JENNIE GIDDINGS. Raleigh, May 9 I860. 23 2tpdt COTTON GINS, MANUFACTURED BY W. G. CLEMONS, BROWN & CO. Columbus, Ga. WE HAVE REVIVED THE MANUFAC TURE of Cotton Gins in this City, and will be prepared to fill orders by 1st June next. As we shall not be, as heretofore, represented by traveling agents, parties wishing our Gins will confer a favor by sending in their orders at an early day. Aswing to the demand, we shall be unable to keep a stock in the hands o our local agents, as it was our practice before the war. All business transactions being now reduced to cash, our sales will be made on the basis of ready pay. Our Gins are too well known to reqnire any special notice or commendation; we believe they are unrivalled in the chief points of excellence which go 1 o make np a superior machine, namely : Snmvt. linht dranvht and aood sam.nl;. four DOUBLE CYLINDER GINS will be found superior to the single cylinder when parties have steam or good water power, to give them the necessary speed. In all cases when this can be done, we recommend tliera in preference to the single cylinder. If, however, indifferent or in sufficient power is used; they will not do as well, as the single Gin. Messrs. DrJIOSSET & CO., "Wilmington, N. a, are our general agenta for the State ol North Carolina. W. G. CLEMONS; BROWN & CO. Columbus, Ga., 24th April, 1866. We will give prompt attention to orders for the above celebrated Gins from any. part of the State. The price Is five dollars ($5) per Saw at the Fac tory, and five dollars for each Gin will only be charged to purchasers for transportation to this point. DeROSSET fe CO. Wilmington, May 1, 1866. 20-w&tw,lw2m. SHEETING I 5 Bales 3000 Yards, 4-4 Sheetings, arriving B. WJLLJAMSON & CO, February 14, 1866.. VV; -- Miscellaneous Advertisements. BANK? OF" NORTH-CAROLIKA I THE GENE&AL MEETING OF THE STOCK HOLDERS of this Bank will be held on the second Thursday in Juno next, (14th flay ot tlie montn, -a . i r , i - tt . - . 1. -is... l D .. 1 ..; .-I. . . . n nifwifv c.m. Raleigh May 7, I860. " 2wtd F OR SALE ! lO.OOO lbs. OLD STEEL, IN LOTS TO suit Fanners for Plantation work, as cheap, or cheaper, than Iron, and much better. Apply to J. Kj. A. Ul 11,15, Store Keeper. ALBERT JOHNSON, opril 10 10-tf. Superintendent. 1TORTII-CAIIOI.IjVA herrings lN AN1 SHAD I 25 BBLS. SILVER SITAD. 25 " Prime Cut Herrings. 25 " Choice Roe " SOWbbls. " " " arriving; this day at B. P. WILLIAMSON & CO'S. Raleigh, May 7, 186ft 23 tf. jORTH-CAROIilNA MUTUAL I.1FE INSURANCE COMPANY. ItALEIGH, N. O. officers : CnAS. E. JOHNSON, M. D., President, HIRAM W. HUSTED, Vice-President, R. H. BATTLE, Secretary. DIRECTORS : Charles E. Johnson, Everard Hall, HIRAM W. XXUSTED, Wm. II. Jones, Jas. M. Towles, QUENTIN BUSBEE, John G. Williams, Wm. R. Miller, Albert Johnson. CnAS. B. Root, Wm. H. McKeb, M. D. h jsmp P. Battle, R. H. Battle. Policies issued payable after death, or when the Insurer shall attain a eertain age, free from the claims of creditor, if parties insure for the benefit of wife and children. Premiums, over thirty dol lars, may be paid, half in cash and half in premi um note on isije jiHtcies. Ollice of the comnanv in the Bank of Cane Fear in Raleigh. All communications for the office in Raleisrh. must be addressed to R. H. BATTLE, Secretary, March 9 3mdw. Raleigh, N. C. NSURANCE AGAINST FIRE, AND THE PERILS OF INLAND TRANS- portation. UNDERWRITER'S AGENCY, Comuosed of the Oermania. Hanover. 3faaia and Pepublic Fire Insurance Companies, New V 1 - 1 1 i 1 i - I u ...m i ur&, ivuiiui over o,wu,wu. JOHN G. WILLIAMS, & CO.. Agents. oct 6 tf 10 jJOTICE ! 1 1 ADAM KEIM HOLDS MY NOTES FOR five hundred and twenty-eight dollars. The said notes have been paid off, except twenty-eight dol lars. Persons are warned not to trade for them. april 21 16-itpd. HENRY KEIM. Mrs. Henry W. Miller's BOARDING HOUSE, Corner of Newbern and Person Sts., RALEIGH, N. C. BY THE DAY, WEEK AND MONTH. Raleigh, N. C, May 1st, 1SGG. 19 tjunel. JUST ARRIVED AT TUCKER'S t 3,000 yards English and American Prints. 1,000 " Fancy French Prints. 500 " Double Purple Prints. 500 " Black rod White Prints. New style Black Silk Wrappings. Extra long and large Trail Hoops. ALSO: 4-i, 6-i, 8-4 and 10-4 Best Grenodines. Fine lot Full and 2nd Mourning Dress Goods. 1 Case fine family Linens. 41 Bleached Domestic, at 25 cents. Fans ! Fans ! ! Fans ! ! ! from 10 cts. to $1.50. Daily acquisitions to our Stock. Remember, TUCKER'S is the place to buy your Goods, april 20 16-tf. W. II. & R. S. TUCKER. r0 FARMERS AND PLANTERS I FORD'S PHOSPHATE OR FERTILIZER! WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CONSIGN MENT of 50 Barrels of this celebrated Fertil izer, which we will sell to Farmers and Planters on liberal terms. It is said to be as good a Fertilizer as any in the market, and to bring as good crops, tried side by side with any, even Peruvian guano, and to be suitable for Cotton, Corn, Tobacco, &e. may 1 tf. B. P. WILLIAMSON fc CO. OUR FRIENDS. We still continue to sell books and stationerv and ull other goods iu our line. We cannot sell at cost. If we do so, we shall be unable to buy otlier goods. We have been trading in our line lor several years. Our friends have always pat ronized us largely, for which we are thankful. Wo have always tried to make a living won't on our goods, and at the same time to give general satis- laetion to our customers. e intend still to fol low the same rule, which we think fair and hon- I orable. Such books as we do not have on hand. we will order for our friends. Anions our late arrivals, we have Methodist Hymn Books, Epis copal Prayer Books, Chidren's llllustrated Books in srreat variety, f uotoirraphs ol Soul hern Gen erals, and Photograph Albums. We have also a great variety ol common and fine Bibles and Tes taments: also a lanrc variety ol Sheet Music. We try to keep all School Books wanted by teachers, to whom we sell at a liberal discount. Call and see our stock before buying elsewhere. We are preparca touo ine ucst sooK-i5iiiJiuir m the neat est style at short notice. We want fo trade with our friends for years to come ; hence we will sell as cheap as we can well under the circumstances. No. 40, Fayetteville St. jan 5 tf. Raleigh, N. C. JUST RECEIVED I At No. 44, Fayetteville Street : Plain and Plated Castors. Painted and Ornamented Toilet Sets. Fire Proof Tea Pots. Handsome Tea Trays. J. BROWN, wi.h Raleigh, april 28 tf. HART & LEWIS. NORTH STATE IRON AND BRASS WORKS, Raleigh, North-Carolina. THE UNDER8IGNED beg leave to announce thnt. these useful works arc again opened, and that they are prepared to do all kinds of Iron and Rrass Castings, repair Steam Engines, Mill Irons and all kinds of machinery upon short notice. Thev keep constantly on hand one. and two horse Plows, Shovels, Spades, Axes, Hoes, Carts, Wagons, Wheelbarrows, Straw Cutters, Corn Shelters, Bar Iron, Sheet Iron, Plow Bolts, &c. B. P. WILLIAMSON & CO. - feb7 tf JEEP COOL I 200,000 lbs. OF PURE FLINT ICE. Parties desiring can procure Ice by the season on very moderate terms. W. H. & R. S. TUCKER. Raleigh, April 13, 1866. 12-tf. HOWELL & BROTHERS, MANUFACTUREES & IMPORTERS OF I apex II anginofs, WINDOW SHADES, HOLLANDS, &c. No. 2GO Baltimore Street, (Opposite Hanover,) BALTIMORE. march 27 4 6m. JgOARD t MRS. W. R. RICHARDSON CAN ACCOM MODATE several members of the approaching Convention, or others, with board and with good rooms. Her residence is in one of the most pleas ant and beautiful portions of the City,. North of the Capitol, ana near ine .episcopal rectory. 18 lOt. -pRIME TIMOTHY HAY I lOO BALES OF PRIME TIMOTHY HAY, arriving to-day. ' opril 28 tf. B, P; WILLIAMSON & CO. Dry Goods,' Groceries; Liquors, &c 1866 -v, - - 1866 &JEJEZTJX& STOCK JUST AS WE EXPECTED. Ont NEW PLAN OF, COJTDTCTIJfG BUSINESS T8 WORKING LIKE - A CHARM, VIZ: ONE JL of our firm, remaining: constantly in the .North ern Markets, gives us great advantages in pur chasing all the late Novelties in Fashion, at the recent heavtt decline in mices. We ore now receiving a most superb Stock of ladies Dress Goods, consisting ol ciacii ana eoi orea Silks, Mozambiques, Grenadines, Spring Challies, Organdy Mnslins, Chintz Jaconets, English, French and American, Calicoes, Poplinettes Bareges, Argentines, Tarltans, Swiss, Jaconet, And Nansook Mnslin. W. H. & R. S. TUCKER, inarch 20 5 tf. Raleigh, N. C. SIIIIVO GOODS!! Kellogg, Wheeler & Co., WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL ATTEN tiou to their new stock of SPRING & SUMMER DRESS GOODS Ladies Trimmed Hats. Bonnets, Shawls, Balmorals. Hoop Skirts, White Goods. Hosiery, Insertings. Edgings, Laces. &c,, &., &. ALSO Boots, Shoes and Hats. Jeans, Tweeds and Satinets. Sugar, Coffee and Tea. Bonrbon Whiskey, French Brandy and Holland Gin. Raleigh, N. C. March 20, 1866 1 tf. GEORGE SANGSTEK, IMPORTER OF Wines sxncL Liquors, No. 25 Market Square, NORFOLK, Va. I have constantly on hand, and offer for sale WHISKEYS, GIN, RUM. 1 UNI, Bll r.lllll AJiV MAlWiitA WliNES. ALE, LAGER, &c, ituss ei. Domingo rsiuers. Bourbon Cocktail, Gin do Brandy do Arrack Punch. St. Domingo Punch. do Wine. Ginger Cordial. Lemon Syrup, &c These Goods can be furnished bv the ease or In bulk, at New York prices, with the additional cost of freights. i3f Country irade is invited. GEO. SANGSTER, oct 13151 ly 10 Norfolk, V. ATTENTION EVERBODY I SELLING OUT!! QlIT BrSIXESS. HAVING DETERMINED TO CLOSE OUR business in Raleigh, we offer our entire stork of goods at a small advance on j resent New York prices. Merchants wanting to assort up will find our stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and1 Notions, well selected. To parties wanting to engace in the business we will offer them a bargain that will pay tuem. v e ouy ana sell exclusively lor cash. Parties wanting credit need not apply. Ifyonwantto buy goods cheap give Maxos Strong a call. Wc will warrant all goods as represented. MAXON & STRONG. . Raleigh, N. C, March 2-L 3 tf. TWO OF THE GREATEST BLESS INGS are HEALTH AND PEACE. To preserve the first keep your body comfortable, and to enjoy the last keep your wives and daugh ters well supplied with pocket change, and let thein spend it at ISAAC OETTINGER'S, No. 1, Fayetteville Street, N. C. BOOK-STOKE BUILDING, Where has just been opened a nice, well selected and cheap stock of Dry and Fancy Goods, to an inspection of which the public is respect fully invited. March '2, 186G. S Sin. O. 44, FAYETTEVILLE ST., Spring Trade, 1866. Large additions to our Stock of Miscellaneous Hardware, Woodware, Crockery, Glass and China Ware ; Hollow Ware, Tin Ware, Swedes and American Iron and Steel. A commandinff stock of Buggy Materials, Lamps, Lanterns, Lamp Wicks and Chimneys, Kerosine Oil. White Lead and other Paints, Spirits Turpentine and Linseed Oil, Window Glass from 8 x 10 to SO x 30, Pntty : an extensive stock ol Builders Materials, Locks and Nails, Family Groceries and House-Furnishing Goods, 20 Cooking Stoves, of various approved patterns Plaited Knives, Forks, Tea and Dinner Spoons. Call and examine our Stock. J. BROWN, with april 10 10-tf. HART & LEWIS. The Greatest Curiosity of the Age ! A LIVE MAN AT IIILLSPORO' I ON THE FIRST APRIL WE WILL OPEN, at Hillsboro', N. C, the ;est and finest assortment of Ladies' and Mens' Wear ever offered to the country trade. Having the best custom in the State, we can afford to sell at prices below City retail trade. Give us a call. 4 Write for samples, enclosing stamp. To Students and School Girls at a distance we will sell at the same prices as to oar home cus tomers. BROWN, PARKS & CO. March 22, 1866 2 tf. QENTLEMEN'S Fine Soft 'French Hats and Dress Hats, fine Shoes, Gaiters. &c., &c W. H. & R. S. TUCKER. inarch 29 5 tf. j" ADIES HATS, Gaiters, Shoes, Hosiery and Gloves, &c., Ac. . W. H. & R. S. TUCKER. march 29 5 tf. gILK MANTILLAS. Basques, Saques, Parasols, Fans, Ac, Ac Beautiful stock. W. XL & fi. S. TUCKER, march 29 5 tf. "Yr-ines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco, Old Monongahela Whiskey, Bourbon Whiskey. Pure Holland Gin, Pure French Brandy. Madeira Wine, Port Wine, Sherry Wine. Perfect LoveCordial, and last but not least, Dr. Scott's Bitters, - - 7 ,- All for sale at : ' E .A WHITAK?ERS. Clothing, Dry Goods, &c. T7rtfswT i Farriss : &, Lack's ' .. ' V ' OF CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, SILK, CASSIMERE ' : A1,D ' Every Description of Date, &c, if. Which the public are envitcd -to examine, at No. 48 Fayetteville Street, Jan24--tf ' - , jjj,st side SEW TAILORING ESTABLISUMEAT! GEIFFITH & McDONALD, RALEIGH, N. C. " THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE OPENED 4 fashionable CUTTING AND TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, I'p Stairs, Near the YarborongU House, Where they intend carrying on the Cutting and Tailoring Business in ail its branches, AT LOW PRICES. Mr. GRIFFITH, late with Mr. Farriss, wil have control of the CUTTING DEPARTMENT His well known taste as a skilllul Cutter through out the State and the South will guarantee satis faction to the most fastidious. Gentlemen procuring their own Goods and Materials may rely upon having theiu cut ia the Latest Styles, and at Lowest Bates. GARMENTS of every kind FOR CHILDREN cut to order on accommodating terms. Wc respectfully solicit a share of patronav promising to give entire satisfaction in every par ticular. GRIFFITH & McDONALD may 5 3m. Opposite new Post Ollice. gPRING STYLES, 18661 Taste, Elegance and Fashion! I OFFER TO MY FRIENDS ANn Tnp public one of the largest, most complete and ele gant assortments of French, English, Scotch German and American ' Cassimeres, Cloths. Testings, Linen and Marseilles ever offered in this market, and am prepared with Cutters of long experience and skill, and a num ber of first class Workmen, to manufacture to order any garment required at short notice and on reasonable terms. My stock of Ready-Made Clotkiw? 1ft liirfr and is for the most part composed of very superi or and fashionable articles. It was himo-ht inur for cash, which enables me to sell at the lowest market price. jl nave also a good stock of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Hats, (the latest style of fine Silk Hat on hand,) and an extensive stock of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, such as Shirts, Drawers, Neck Ties, Handker chiefs, Suspenders, Gloves, Hose, &e., &e. EST" Orders for Military CJothine will re ceive prompt attention. Thankful for the patronage bestowed on me during the past ten years, it will be my aim, by selling good goods at moderate prices, to merit a continuance of the same. Those in want of any articles worn by gentle men will do well to call at my old stand, on Fayetteville Street, before purchasing. aprn si 10-im. ju.. litAL SMA.K. "YyE STRIVE TO PLEASE t FAKRISS & LACK, Merchant Tailors and Clothiers, Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, N. C. Have just received their Spring Stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, READY MADE CLOTHNG. HATS, CAPS, SKIRTS. COLLARS, CRAVATS, AND Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. These Goods were purchased at low rates for CASH, and will be sold at prices which will enable us to live and let our patrons live. F YOU WANT FINE FRNCH CHOTHS . and Cassiskeres, call at FARRISS & LACK'S. F YOU WANT FINE GERMAN OR AMER . ICAN Goods, call at - FARRISS fc LACK'S. IF YOU WANT GOOD READY MADE Clothing, call at FARRISS & LACK'S. IF YOU WANT CHEAP CLOTHING, CALL at FARRISS & LACK'S. IF YOU WANT GOOD CLOTHING MADE in good Style, call at FARRISS & LACK'S. We say nothing of onr STYLE AND TASTE, as we prefer that our work should speak for us, aud not we should speak tor onr work. We refer any one desiring information on this point to our patrons. We do not say we have more goods than any one else, and that we will sell lower than any one else, but we do say we have a good stock, aud are receiving weekly accessions thereto. M ewill say further that we have bought these goods and intend to self them. If you want bargains, GIVE US A CALL. Cotton, Corn, Bacon, Flour and Lard taken la exchange for Goods. GIVE US A CALL. api-illO 10-tf. FARRIS & LACK. 1866. 1866. ATTRACTIVE SPRING STOCK " OK . FOREIGN AND . DOMESTIC 33 JEZ Y 3- O O D S! WE RESPECTFULLY INVITE THE AT TENTION of the trade to our very desir able and choice stock of-. - 3 American and British Fancy Dress Goods, Among which may be found the latest styles im ported this season ; together wilh an extensive assortment of superior STAPLE GOODS, " ' -AND Notions of Ivintls- We part ieularty call the attention of Merchant visiting this City to our large stock of Domestic Goods, and hesitate- nt to- say that we are prcrircd to offer Extra Inducements. Our stock is new and fresh embracing a- general assortment of desirable Goods, arl recently purchased at REDUCED " RATES, and will lie offered at prices to suit the trade, ot onr Wholesale Ware Rooms, on second floor of Nos. 7, 1 aud 83 Syeamore street, Petersburg, Va., where Cap. Edward Graham and Mr. John MeNeete,. will be pleased to see their old friends and the trade generally, march 15 2m. McILWAINE fc CO. QAtICQ IO CENTS PER YARI BEAUTIFUL SPRING AND SUMMER CAL ICOES Just received from New York. J. KINSEY, may 3 lw . - Fayetteville Street. B OYS AND MISSES Hats aad Sheesy a large assortment. Call ana examine our Stock. It will pay you, as we have bought goods very low and will sell them cheap. W. H, & R. S. TUCKER- uiarch 29-5r-t.