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From tho RigUt Way.J Letter from a Uortli-Carolinian. Mb- Editor: Presuming that your col umns are open to the discussion of matters of public interest, I address to you the fol ,i, in letter for publication. orcsents itself is, "What shall be the terms of reconstruction T Considerel in the ab trict the interest of North-Carolina, as a ,.'( reouires her admission into the Union at the earliest possible period ; on the other hand, as citizens of a great nation, we can 'admit of reconstruction upon those terms which will secuie national tranquility and national justice. These essential condi tions will not le realized unless the delegates frame a constitution which guarantees the rHit of suffrage to the Freodmen. rIt is not at all surprising that the propo sition should excite wonder and alarm at its first announcement. This is the result of our past habits of prejudice. The abolition of slavery would have sounded no less strangc 2v fire years ago. But, to assist in exposing this prejudice, let ua sec how the " Fathers" looked upon it. In the Congress which framed the Articles of Confederation, there were only t wo States which objected to allowing the free colored inhabitants of one State U enjoy all the priv ileges of tree citizens in the several States ; and one of the two States referred to was South Carolina. At the time of the adop tion of the Federal Constitution, there was Imt one State which denied suffrage to the free colored inhabitants in its organic law ; and that State was South Carolina. In the organization of a tlozen Territories, down to 1S12, this right wasreeognized by Congress. It was recognized in solemn treaties with France and with Spain. Free negroes voted, as we all know, in North-Carolina, down to the amendment of the Constitution in 1835. The thing was done in the days of 'Wash ington. Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Hamil ton, and Adams ; wliat .objection applies in principle no iv that was not applicable then ? OBJECTIONS URGED. But it is urged on tlie other side that the African race is inferior, and, again, that the freedmen are too ignorant to enjoy this priv ilege. in re2Jlv to the first, Z would merely remark that the foct is assumed. The temporary predominance of a ruling race is no index of anv virtual superiority. So might Persia have thought once, so Greece, so Rome, so the Arabians and the Turks ; yet their power has been broken, and the descendants of the slaves that toiled in irons have given laws to the conquered provinces of their former mas ters; immaneique LongoburJorum legs accepUe. But the blood of tiie white man already courses through the reins of nearly forty per cent, of the colored race (think of Judge Gaston's expression' It poisons morals at the fountain-head.") Tlie black man lias had no opportunity for development. He lias been kept down, as we have been told, by two cen turies of oppressive legislation. The refutation f the second objection, that they are too ignorant, lies in a nutshell. The argument proves too much, and is there iore valueless. I? the principle it assumes be correct, we are incapable of self-government ; far -where is the Sice to be drawn ? If none be permitted to vote but those who are fa miliar with all our constitutions and the workings of the Government, I fear the list will be sadly diminished. Jefferson laid down the republican doctrine on this point, and it is, u He who fights or pays should vote." There are -other objections in the na ture of rose-water entimentalisra, and a cer tain clinging to hallowed associations;" but these are too trivial to require notice. REASONS POJB EXTEXBINO SUFFKAGE TO TIIE FREEDMEN. I assigned for a general reason why suf frage should be extended to the freedmen, that national tranquility and national justice could Hot be seeured without it. But more in detail. The agitation of the question will he contin ued. The party which has been laboring so long for the abolition of slavery will never yield the paint. And then this party, which has already taken such deep root, will grow nd expand with a vigor and a luxuriance which could net have been hoped for before ; sind this for very obvious reasons. You must hear it sounded in your ears upon every occasion ; at every turn you must meet with papers advocating its claims; you must hear it from the stamp ; and, if you go there you must hear the freedmenj in council as sembled, demanding why they are denied Vlifl only means of maintaining their freed om. It will haunt the councils of the State and nation, until at Vast the decisions shall be in favor of human liberty : and then you will not only be subjected to the mortification of defeat, but this by those whom you now af fect to despise. If it he not granted, tlie colored race will lccme -a dissatisfied anl dangerous class amongst vs. So long as the negro was in (as he thought) a state of hopeless slavery, his thoughts rose no higher than to enjoy his hours of rest after hard and unrequited toil as best he might, or, at most, to make his es cape to some happier clime. But when his letters hare been knocked off, and he stands upon the earth ia the dignity of his man hood, he has other aspirations. lie opens Lis farm or his workshop, or, by other means with habits of industry, sobriety, and econo juy, he acquires a competency. lie sends his children to school. They read the New Testament, and find quite other truths taught there than those they were trained to believe it contained. The farther they advance, the more indelibly do the'' see the mark of infa my impressed upon them. They become restive. They have no love for the Govern ment. They are ready to grasp any hand which will help them up to real freedom. They take counsel with their fellow-unfortunates : and upon this fusion of chafing spir its you blow to make the heat more intense. There will he danger of internal war with the colored race. I am aware that there are those who will not allow that any a priori reasoning upon the nature of mankind in general applies to the negro, who ridicule the idea that he has either sensibility or intelli gence. B'jcn a view is very unjust, bo tar as circumstances have permitted their devel opment, the negro has exhibited every ca pacity and every virtue that we ascribe to man. Sec his fidelity to his fellow, hi3 si lent endurance, his fortitude. Look at the care with which hesaves his scanty earnings, that he may have something for his wife and children; and look at these in the dusky twilight of a Saturday evening, how anx iously they listen to catch the distant sound ings of the horn which announces to them his comii.g. And yet, what law requires the negro to provide for his family t The law of affection alone, for the State has ig nored all domestic relations among them. Need we be surprised if there is a Satanic element in the negro also, and that it is pro portionate to the depth of his kindlier emo tions. If you prick him, he will bleed, and meditate resistance and revenge, and exe cute it, too, if this be possible. These feel ings will be intensified in his present condi tion of freedom. The danger is that he will be oversensitive. The notorious fact of his leaving his former master, though the kind est, and though he may offer him the best terms, and have his interest at heart, is sig nificant in this point of view. There is still rankling in him a sense of his past degrada tion ; and, if there be danger of his running into error by reason of his over sensitiveness, what might we not expect if, the right of suffrage being confined to his old masters, they should attempt harsh and oppressive legislation ? And, baffled and mortified by the results of the late Rebellion, and, promp ted by interest and revenge, who doubts that they will attempt it? What follows? A collision. Gentlemen you may call this visionary ; Miey may say that during the war the ne groes demeaned themselves with exemplary propriety. - True ; but times have altered.-. Then, they were slaves, unarmed, friendless,' and in the midst of an armed force to crush the slightest symptom of discontent. How are they now t They are free ; they may arm themselves ; they are in the midst of their race ready and able to help, and in a country garrisoned with negro troops. It will no longer be death to circulate among them documents which speak to them of their rights and dignity as men ; and the literature they shall read and hear read will not be of a sort to diminish their spirit of resistance. Let but such legislation be un dertaken, and let the collision ensue, and I tell you, the fires that were kindled in St. Domingo, when a similar attempt was made there, will grow pale and dim before the flames that shall light up our Southern hor izon. The home of the negro must and will be here. He .will still occupy the hills and the valleys where he was born, still cultivate the broad acres his hand has reclaimed from the wilderness. Shall we live together as friends, or shall we live as enemies ? There is another reason why I think that the extension of suffrage to the freedmen will be conducive to national t:anquility, and that is, it will afford a neie element of strength to the governmevt. It will effect this mainly iu two ways. First, it will bring in an accession of voters heartily loyal to the Government to which they owe their free dom, who will support a national policy, and who may be relied upon in any emer gency in peace or in war. Secondly, these will act as a check upon a class not loyal at heart to the Government. I wish to be understood that I do not mean that the designs of this class will man ifest themselves in any violence against the freedmen or the unionists. Neither do I de sire to be thought a defamer of the State in which I was bred and reared up from infan cy to manhood, and which shall be my fu ture home. But territorial boundaries do not divide truth from error, nor do impreca tions upon the head of the writer affect what reason speaks. Tho recent Rebellion was fought out with a desperation unexampled in history. A re morseless conscription " robbed the cradle and the grave" to fill the ranks. The peo ple were taxed, impressed, and plundered to furnish food. The soldiers in the armv were half-fed and half-clothed, and the families of manv were suffering for the necessaries of life. For four long years we were stretched upon the rack with now and then an audi ble groan, but few daring to whisper the real cause of our agony. And to what end but that a confederacy founded upon slavery might take its seat among the nations ? If this could be nccomphsncd, it were well worth all the toil and sorrow. The" chiefs saw golden visions in the future. Glory and honor awaited them ; there were the laurels of victory, and the laurels of civil oilice. Southern chivalry was to sparkle in the cnurts of Europe. Southern beauty was to grace the drawing-rooms of St. James, and shed lustre hpon imperial balls at the Hotel de Ville. The Slaveocracy was to go on working out its favourite form of govern ment in the several States, and, with Cotton for king, was to be the richest people upon earth. But how are the mighty fallen and the weapons of war perished ! Defeated, crushed, and humiliated, ruined in hope, and ruined in fortune, what, passion might we not reasonably expect would be the spring of their future policy ? Gaul did not love Rome, nor do the Poles love the Autocrat. Can we expect these, then, to love the Government which has been com pelled to reduce them to this extremity ? Will they not he icise as serpents, and hide their time, stealthily carrying out the programme of Sander's card or listening for the French bugles on the Rio Grande ? When the rebel States are admitted, they will be entitled to from fifteen or twenty ad ditional members of Congress. If the loyal blacks are excluded from the ballot-box, there will be no difficulty in saying before hand what will be the complexion of the delegations. Where the spirit of rebellion existed before, it still exists. If defeat has broken its power, it has only whetted its re venge. The first lesson that shall be taught to thousands of unborn infants will be a se cret curse upon the xVmerican flag, and upoa the men who bore it to victory. Men will be elected upon the ground of their former de votion to disunion and their prosecution of the war. Having the balance of power, as they will, what corrupt combinations may not be formed, and how soon may we not have to fight again the battle for national existence ? The few who remained faithful will be dumb; their voices will not be heard in your national councils. JUSTICE OF THE MEASURE. I shall assign but two principal reasons why national justice requires that this right should be granted. And I do not see how it is possible to say any thing to enforce them beyond their bare enouncement. Whoever pays a tax to the support of Gov ernment xhould hare a voice in its administra tion. Take, for example, the free colored men in Louisiana. For a number of years they have been paying taxes on property valued at more than fifteen millions of dollars. Arc these to have no baud in the appropriation of the public money ? Are the revenues de rived from the fruits of their labor to be ex pended without their voice being heard, or, perhaps, even turned against them for their oppression ? The second is equally self-evident ; and it is, Whosoever fights for the Government should hate a voice in its adminstration. General Jackson called the negroes " Fellow-citizens," and they helped to swell his ranks in his most memorable campaign. They rallied to the national defence in the late struggle, with what gallantry and devotion let Port Hud son tell. If we do not recognize the principle that he who fights or pays should enjoy the right of suffrage, then indeed is republicanism a delusion. Away with your boasted constitu tion, away with the solemn mockery of lip service to the Declaration of Independence ! Let us have at last the manhood to repudiate avowedly the teachings of our fathers in which we affect to take pride, and seek on lessons of political wisdom in the British House of Lords. APPEAL TO CONGKESS. If I could reach the ear of Congress, T would appeal to them to banish prejudice, and consider the question in the pure ligh t of reason. Color is a matter of taste ; anc t, although the negro be at present generall y inferior, yet he is as capable as thousand s and thousands who swell the vote in ou r towns and cities. The objection of ignor ance has been as strongly urged against al lowing free suffrage to the white man. If Congress desires to prevent future agitation ; to render the freedman peaceful and content ed; to remove the danger of internal war; and to create a new clement of strength in the Government, I would exhort its mem bers to stand firm, and refuse admission to a State until it had recognized this right. And the States would do it. It has been argued that it has been the custom of Congress to let the States regulate the right of suffrage as they pleased heretofore ; but these prece dents are of no authority now. The rebel lion has wrought changes which require a new line of policy. Congress is not bound to admit any State ; nay, they are bound to refuse it admission, if this would conflict with the ends for which the Constitution was ordained and established. There is danger that the hour of victory may become the hour of overwhelming dis aster. The spirit of magnanimity, the desire to restore peace and harmony, and to soothe and conciliate, are amiable traits: but these may be pushed to a noint which will icouar- I dize our national safety. If Congress falter i now, it may be too late to retrieve the false 1 step hereafter. Prejudice and habit are so . broken and loosened at present, that they may be easily removed by decided action. Now is the tins. The people are almost per suaded of the justice of the measure. But. if the States be re-admitted with restricted suffrage, the prejudice against the negro will revive ; and far in the future will be the time when a convention will be called for his benefit. The negro has been raised to a situation from which he can contemplate the wretch edness of his past condition. Ia he to look into the future without a hope of sharing its rewards ? Must four millions of sturdy la borers remain forever dumb ? Are those who have breasted the cannon and the bayonet in defence of their country, and who pay of the fruit of their toil into the public treasury, to remain a proscribed and degraded race ? Are they not to be allowed the means of defend ing their freedom ? Are they to look for ward to no higher elevation ? Are they never to hope that their children, refined by cul ture, may occupy that position which they themselves do not expect to reach ? If this is to be so, then the freedman in the free re public of America will be infinitely interior in position to the emancipated negro in the slave empire of Brazil, for there he finds color no barrier to the highest social and political success. But we trust it is not to be so. Even upon Mr. Calhoun's theory ot a representation of interests or orders, the freedmen would be entitled to a voice in Government; how much more when we place it upon the higher ground of their rights as persons ? I would appeal to Congress, by the sacred memory or our lathers, who tounded a gov ernment for the home of human freedom ; for the sake of the cherished principles of the Declaration of Independence, which we have been taught to revere; for the sake of the down-trodden in every land, who are watch ing the American star with anxious solici tude ; for the sake of republican liberty ; for the sake of our future peace and safety and our future greatness and glorv ; for the sake of justice, by all this, and more, I would conjure them to act. And when so many of the stirring events of the present times shall have been forgotten, and the names of so many actors in the present scenes shall have been buried in oblivion, the future historian will seek for those who rose superior to the prejudices around them, and recorded their vote3 in favor of human liberty and human progress. For the appointments of destiny for the future are visible; and this cause shall triumph at last, so sure as truth and justice are living and eternal. CAMILLE. General Thomas gives the Rebellion one more BlowThe Tone of Southern Sentiment. Head's. Df.p't. of Tennessee, Louisville. Ky., Feb. 9, 1S67. Charles II. Smith, Mayor of the city of Rome, Goergia, and others : Gentlemen:--The Major General com manding the department directs me to ac knowledge the receipt ot vour communiea tion of the 2.3th ult., addressed to Brevet 3Iajor General Davis Tillson, commanding sub-district of Georgia, giving statement of facts and circumstances which caused the ar rest of certain citizens of Rome, Georgia, for being concerned in the display of the flag of the late Southern confederacv in that city and asking that justice may be done and the prisoners released. In your letter you state no disrespect was intended to the United States government by the exhibition of the Confederate flag, and that the parties who displaved it have ac cented in irood faith the present status of af fairs, and do acknowledge the jurisdiction of the United States government, xc. If that is the case it can only be supposed presuming that thev possess ordinary intel iigenee, that they misunderstood the present status of affairs, which is that the rebellion has been decided t be a huge crime, em bodying all the crimes of the decalogue, and that it has been conquered and disarmed, and that its verv name and emblems are hateful to the people of the United States ; and he must be indeed obtuse who expects, without offence, to parade before the eyes of loyal people that which they execrate, and their abhorrence ot wlucli they have expressed in the most emphatic language in which it is possible lor a great nation to uuer us semi men Is. It is pretended by certain newspapers that lvecause no order had been issued trom tnese headquarters that the flag of the confederacy was not to see the light the citizens were not warned that it -would be a treasonable act. This excuse is too puerile to answer, and tmworthy of a schoolboy even. The young men arrested, as well as other citizens of the .South, know well enough what is right and what is wrong in such matters, without wait ing to be "uided bv orders especially naniinj. and prohibiting displays honoring treason and of course contemning loyalty. Were they so stupid us not to possess such innate sense of propn:tv, the order irom these head quarters forbid ding a rebel glorification over the remsuns ot the rebel Brigadier General Hanson should have been a sufficient warn ing that such performances would not be tolerated. The sole caiiise of this and similar offences lies in the- fact, that certain citizens of Rome, and a portion, ot the people of the States lately in rebellion, do not ana nave not ac cepted the situation, and that is, that thclate civil war was. a rebellion, and history will so record it. T hose engaged in it are and will be pronounced rebels ; rebellion implies trea son, and treason is a crime, and a heinous one. too, an d deserving of punishment ; and that traitor s have not been punished is ow ing to the? magnanimity of the conquerors. "With too many people of the South the late civil war is called a revolution, rebels are called " Confederates," loyalists to the whole country are called damned lankees antl traitors, and over the whole great crime, with its accursed record of slaughtered heroes patriots murdered because of their true hearted love of country, widowed wives and orphani children, and prisoners of war slain amid sweh horrors as find no parallel in the history of the world, they are trying to throw the g'.oss of respectability, and thrusting with contumely and derision fiom their so ciety, the men and women who would not join hands with them in the work of ruining their country. Everywhere in the States lately in rebellion treason is respectable and loyAlty odious. This the people of t he United States, who ended the rebellion and savid tin: country, will not permit, and all attempts to maintain this unnatural order of things will be met by decided disapproval. As, however, it is pretended by the friends of the citizens arrested that they were so rn nocent as not to know that it was wrong for paroled prisoners and unpunished traitors to ;glory in their shame and flaunt the symbol of their crime in the face of the country, tlicy will be released from confinement, with the runderstanding that no act of treason will be ;p-setl unnoticed when detected, and may itl ey and others who think like them profit JJjy the lesson they have received. WM. D. WHIPPLE, Brcv't Maj. Gen. U. S. A. and A. A. G. The impression prevails that in case of the adoption of the Military Reconstruction Tbill by both Houses, the Eliot-Shcllabarger Ibill for the Reconstruction of Louisiana will Mot be acted upon by the the Senate. Senator Sumner states that the bill will be brought up in the Senate immddiately, and pressed to a passage. John Minor Botts and other Southerners have prepared a bill for the reconstruction of the Southern States, which they have present ed to the President nul members of Cong ress for their annroval. Wash. Cor. N. Y. Tribun. I Raleigh Provision Market. CORBICTID IIIIT BT- WM. C. UPCHUBCH, GROCER, RALEIGH. FLOUR . ........15 00 CORN per bushel 1 20 MEAL per bushel 1 80 BACON per pound 18 " LARD per pound 20 CHEESE per pound 25 COFFEE per pound 30(3 35 S UG AR crushed 25 extra C 20 best brown 17f brown 1315 TEA per pound 2 50(o)3 00 BEEF perpouud 1015 PORK per pound 13 PEAS red, per bushel 1 00 white 1 20 FODDER per hundred 1 50 SHUCKS per hundred 75 HAY per hundred I 00 OATS per hundred I 00 POTATOES Irish, per bushel... 1 50 " Sweet, per bushel.. 75 SALT per bushel 1 25 CAN DLE3 adamantine, per lb. . . SO SOAP turpentine 20 PEACHES dried 3 00 APPLES dried, per bushel 2 00 green, 3 00 CIirCKENS apiece 20Q25 EGGS per dozen 15 MULLETTS per barrel, 10 00 MOLASSES per gallon 75 SODA per pound 20 BLUE STONE per pound 25 COTTON (yarn) 2 90 COTTON per pound, 252 SHEETING 4-4 25 R IC E per pound 1 820 STARCH 20 PEPPER black 50 SPICE 50 GINGER 40 NAILS 10 TALLOW. VZ BEESWAX 20 ROSIN per barrel, 00 TURPENTINE per gallon 65 Now Advertisements. GEN. It. E. COLSTON, Has kindly consented to repeat his Lecture on The Life and Character of Stonewall Jackson " for the benefit of the ladies memo rial association, in the COMMONS HALL, on Friday Evening1, 22d inst., at 7Xo'elock. Admission 50 cts. Tickets may be had at the Book and Druj; Stores and Hotels. Feb. 23, 18G7. 144 It. PIANO TUNING AND REPAIRING. BY WM. II. VAUGIIAN. RALEIGH, TSS. C. J3?0rch'rs from neighboring Towns and Conn ties solicited. All such will be promptly atten-t-ed to, and the work performed cheaply and well. g3 Feb. 1SC7. 144-tf. rpAKEN UP, ON THE 2Sth OF NOVEMBER LAST, A Gray Jurse, supposed to be stolen property. Said Horse is 7 or 8 years old and Vi or 14 hands high. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property and pay all expenses ; otherwise he will be sold to tho highest bidder on the 1st of April next. For further particulars address, J. H. BRUXS & CO., Hickory Tavern, Catawba County, N. C. Feb. 22, 18f7. 9 w4pdt DRY GOODS. srrsirvG, is7. LATHROP, LUDINGTON & CO., Nos. 326, 328 and 330 Broadway, NEW YORK., Invite the particular attention of CASH BUYERS, (Jobbers and Retailers) to their stock of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods. All departments are complete in every respect, particularly that of DRESS GOODS, in which we are, from day to day, adding the newest and choicest 6tyles. Our stocks cousists of DRESS GOODS, PRINTS, BLEACHED SHEETINGS, BROWN SHEETINGS, WOOLEN GOODS, YANKEE NOTIONS, WHITE GOODS. EMBROIDERIES, GENTS FURNISHING GOODS, HOSIERY", MILLINERY GOODS, CARPETS, &c. &c. All which we otter, at the lowest market prices, by the package or piece. Feb. 21, 1S07. TEACHER WANTED. 14a lm. A TEACHER or the SPANISH LANGUAGE wanted, to give daily lessons in that tongue. Ap plv at this fillie. Feb. 19, 1S7. 143 tf. YyATEU POWER AND MILL I 1 WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, AT the Court-House, in Graham, Alamance County, N. C, on Tuesday, March 5th, at 12 o'clock, the valuable property, known as the COMPANY MILLS, consisting of a large Brick Flouring Mill, with all the necessary machinery, CircnlarSaw Mill and machinery, Dwelling House and Out-houses, Bridge 240 feet long across Haw River, with about 40 acres excellent land. The water power at present improved is suffi cient for a large Factory, aud the most valuable power is 3"et unimproved. This property is only two and a half miles from the North-Carolina Central Kail Itond Shops, and midway between Charlotte and Goldsboro'. It is a valuable loca tion for a Cotton Factory, and one oi the cheap est markets lor purchasing cotton. Purchisers are invited to examine the property, which they cau do by stopping at the Company Shops. Only one-tenth of the purchase money will be required iu cash. THOS. J. MITCHELL, Newberu, N. C. Jan. 22, 1S67. 130 td. JOTICE. I HAVE THE BEST OR AS GOOD WATER power as there is in the State, on Haw River, Chat ham County, 5 miles East of Pittsboro, and 5 miles above where the Cold Feald Road will cross the River. 1 have a mill now running. The fall has been tested, I find with a canal of 200 yards, and a dam of 2 feet, I can get 27 feet fall with wa ter plenty at all times to run the mills and a Cot ton Factorv. I will give the privilege of the wa ter to a Cotton Factory. The mills, having the prcieranee of water, which is plenty at all times. You will address me at Pittsboro Chatham Coun ty N. C. or during the sitting ot the Legislature at Raleigh E. C. G. P. MOORE. Feb. 12, 1807. 139-5tpd. STOLEN FROM TIIE SUBSCRIBER, near Fish Dam, Wake County, one GRAY MARE, seven or eight years old, in good order; near live feet high, black mane and tale. She was a U. S. nag, and there is the scar on her left shoulder where the brand was put out Also, a dent in the forehead, near the left eye. Any one that will give information to me aboufsaid uag, so that I get her, will be liberally rewarded. ALEXANDER COLCLOUGH. Feb. 6, 1SC7. 128 tf. W. F. HENDEES0N, ATTORNEY A.VD COUNSELLOR AT LAW, LEXINGTON, N. C, WILL ATTEND THE COUNTY AND Su perior Courts of Davidson, Davie, Rowan, and Randolph. Business entrusted to him will be promptly and faithfully attended to. Feb. 7, 1887.; 187-tf. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT JUST RE ccived and for sale low at Watson's Photograph Gallery. Members of the Legislature, visitors nnd citi zens are invited to call at WATSON'S PHOTO tiRAPH GALLERY and hear of something to their interest. J. W. WATSON. Raligh, Not. S3, 1886. 100 tf. JNSURANCE AGAINST FIRE, AND THE PERILS OF INLAND TRANS portation. UNDERWRITER'S AGENCY, Composed of the Germania, Hanover, Magia and Jiepublic Fire Insurance Companies, New York. Capital over $3,000,000. JOHN G. WILLIAMS, & CO., Mt ft tf 10 Agent. Special Notices. ; ; Itch! Iteh I Scratch 1 1 Scratch 1 1 Wheaton'e Ointment will cure the Itch in forty eight hoars. Also cares Salt . Rheum, Ulcere Chilblains, and all eruptions of the Skin. Frki 50 cts. For sole by all Druggists. By sending 60 cents ito WEEKS & POTTER, Sole Agents, 170 Washington street, Boston, Mass., it will be forwarded by mail, free of post 5e, to any part of the United States. P. F. PESCUD, Agent, sept 21 ly Raleigh, N. C. TIIE GRAVEST MALADIES OF YOUTH 1ST) EARLY MANHOOD. HOWARD ASSOCIATION ESSAYS ON THE Physiology of the Passions, and the Errors, Abuses and Diseases peculiar to the first age of man, with Reports on new methods of treatment employed in this Institution. Sent in sealed let ter envelopes, tree of charge. Address, DR. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia. Jan. 15,1W7. 127 tw3m. REASON WnY THE AMERICAN WATCH Madtat WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, IS TIIP BEST. It is made on the best principle. Its frame is composed of SOLID PLATES. Nor jar can in terfere with the harmony of Its working and no sudden shock can damage its machinery. Every piece is made and liuUhcd by machinery (itself famous for its novelty, as well as fur its effective ncss) and is therefore properly made. The watch is what all mechanism should be ACCURATE, SIMPLE, STRONG AND ECONOMICAL. Ex cept some high grades, too costly for general use, foreign watches are chiefly made by women and boys. Such watches are composed of several hundred pieces, screwed and riveted together, and require constant repairs to keep them in any kind of order. All persons who have carried "ancres" "lepines" and "English Patent Le vers," are perfectly well aware of the truth of this statement. At the beginning of our enterprise more than ten years ago, it was our first object to make a thoroughly goou. low priced watch for the mill ion, to take the place os these foreign imposi tions; the refuse of foreign factories, which were entirely unsaleable at home and perfectly worth less elsewhere. I low well wc have accomplished this, may he understood from the fact that so many years of public tiial, we now make MORE THAN HALF OF ALL THE WATCHES SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES, and that no others have ever given such universal satisfaction. While this de partment of our business is continued with in creased facilities for perfect work, we are at pre sent engaged in the manufacture of watches of the very HIGHEST GRADE KNOWN TO CIIR0N0.METRY, unequaled by anything hither to made by ourselves, and unsurpassed by any thing made in the world. For this purpose we have the amplest facilities. We have erected an addition to our main building expressly for this branch of our business, and have filled it with the best workmen in our service. New machines and appliances have been constructed which per forin their work with consummate delicacy and exactness. Tlie choicest and most approved ma terials only are used, and we challenge compari son between this gradi! of our work and the finest imported chronometers. We do not pretend to sell our watches for less mosky than loreign watches, but we do assert without fear of contra diceion that for the same money our product is incomparably superior. All our watches, of what ever grade, are fully warranted, and this warran tee is good at all times against us or our agents in all parts of the world. CAUTION. The public are cautioned to buy only of responsible dealers. All persons selling counterfeits will be prosecuted. ROBBINS & APPLETON, AGENTS FOR TnE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY, 182 BU0ADYFAT, X. T. Not. 17, 1860 104. 4m. gANKING HOUSE OF JAY COOKE & CO. Corner of Wall and Xassan Sts., New Tort. In connection with our houses in Philadelphia and Washington, we have opened a NEW YORK HOUSE at above location, and oiler our services to Banks, Bankers, and Investors tor the transac tion of their business in this city, including pur chases and sales of Government Securities, Stocks, Bonds, and Gold. We are constantly represented at the Stock Exchange and Gold Board, where orders 6cnt us are promptly filled. We keep on hand a full supply of GOVERNMENT SECURITIES OF ALL ISSfES, buying and selling at current prices, and allowing correspondents the most liberal rates the n:arket affords. JAY COOKE & CO. may 12. 23 tw&wly. A CARD TO INVALIDS. A Clergyman, while residing in South Amerl ca as a missionary, discovered a safe and simply remedy for the Cure of Nervous Weakness, Early Decay, Diseases of the Urinary and Seminal Or gans, and the whole train of disorders brought on by baneful and vicious habits. Great numbers have been already cured by this iioble remedy. Prompted by a desire to benefit the. afflicted and unfortunate, I will send the recipe for preparing and using this medicine, in a sealed envelope, to any oue who needs it, free of charge. Please inclose a post-paid envelope, addressed to yourself. Address, JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D. Bible House, New York City. Dec. 11, 1866. 114 ly. THE GRAND SECRET. The grand se cret in medication is to help Nature. Sustain and Reoulath these are the Alpha and Omega of the only theory of enre that has common sense for its basis. If cbe nervous system is shattered, the muscles weak, and the mind, like the body, in a state of partial collapse what is best to do ? Reason teaches as the answer : Build Up Your Man. Brace him up as you would brace a tottering ed ifice. The pabulum he needs is a Tonic Alter native. Brace him up out of the depths of De bility and Despondency With Hostetter's Bitters. They cannot injure. A child may take them in doses suited to its years, without the possibility of harm. The enfeebled vital powers are as sure to respond energetically to their action as tlie wil ted grass is to erect its blades under the vivifying and refreshing rain. In all eases of debility the Bitters are absolutely required. There is no sub stitute or succcedancum that will till their place. Resort to this most wonderful of Modern Tonies, And All will" be Well. Bear in mind that in Dyspepsia, Intermittent Fevers, Billious, Disorders, aud Affections of the Nerves, no other medicine will produce one tithe of the good effect that invariably follows the use of his excellent Invigorator and Corrective. Sold verywherc. K Y. Tribnne, Oct. 27, 1865. Hill's Hair Dye 50 Cents. Black or Brown. Instantaneous, beautiful, durable, re liable. The best and cheapest in use. Depot No. 66 John Street, New York. Sold by all Drug, Patent Medicine, Perfumery and Fancy Goods stores everywhere. March 13.1S66. ly LANDRETHS' GARDEN SEEDS. A LARGE SUPPLY COMPRISING THE most popular varities just received at the Drug Store of WILLIAMS & HAYWOOD. Fa,l67. 135 lou Dry Goods, Groceries, oW v .: , LOOK AT OUR GOODS! LOOK AT OUR PRICJSat AT COST SOME UNDER COST. "EVERY BODY IS INTERESTED." J4 Brown Domestic, 4-4 Heavy " Portsmouth Bleaching, 4 4 Whitest one " 4-4 A. A. Aqnidniek " 4-4 Waltham 4 4 Extra Ileavv Seneca. " 17 c. per yard. 18 c. " " 20 c, " " 22V " 25 c. " " Wamsutta and New York Mills, propotlon ately Low. PRINTS I PRINTS ! : EMPIRE MADDER PRINTS "WAMSUTTA NAUMKEAG " 127ic 15 c. 15 c And all other Prints in Proportion. OUR GOODS nAVE BEEN BOUGHT IN THE LAST GO DAYS, AND ARE ALL PAID FOR, AND WE INTEND TO CLOSE OUT THE WHOLE STOCK AT COST, PRIOR TO MOVING TO OUR NEW STORE. W. H. &. R. S TUCKER &. CO. Raleigh Fub. 2, 1SC7. 134 tf. NEW STORE ! NEW STORE ! THE THREE STORY BUILDING! UPCHUBCH & D0DD, rvo. Market Square, TTPCHURCH & DODD HAVING NOW J occupied their New Store on Market Square, will be glad to wait ou their old friends and customers. We plcdjre ourselves to use every effort to sell articles in our line ot ou sin ess at as low prices as thev can be purchased in the uity. Conntrv Merchants and other Dealers in our line of business will do well to examine our Goods and Prices before purchasing their Stocks We have plenty of Store Room and expect to keep constantly ou liana a large assortment ot GKO CERIES, nnd us we enn hnv at as low prices us anv others. we expect to sell at as low figures as will afford us a living pruui. Mr. Tho. r.. Lasaater. of Chathnm County, is still with us, and will be pleased to see 1113 oiu liieuus uuu ucuuuiuiauLCB. uncmui a call. In a verv short time wc expect to add to our business an assortment oi Dry Goods, Hats and Shoes. Due notice of which will be given in the news' papers. UPCHURCH & DODD, Raleigh, N. C. February 4, 1S67. 130-tf. Entirely New. I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM NEW York, where I purchased a well selected Stock oi DRY GOODS. They are NOW in Store, and ready for inspec tion, fct 29 Fayeltevillc Street, Th old Stand of EVANS & COOKE, Tht Store recently occupied by D. C. MURRAY.! LADIES DRESS GOODS, Consisting in part of English and French Merino, DeLaines, Poplins, Alapaceas, Black Silks, &c. A large Stock of Calicos, Hoop Skirts, Balmo ral Skirts, latest styles. Ladies Shawls. Cloaks. Bonnets, Seasides, Flats, &c. Men's wear of all grades, both as to quality and price. Ladies Shoes comprising every shape and quality. Shoes for Misses and Children. The largest and most complete assortment oi Boots and Shoes for Men, Youths, Boys and children, that has been brought to the Market lor many years. BLASTS AND CAPS, for Men and Boys, almost without number. Trunks, Traveling Bnga, &c, dee I board no one In New York or elsewhere to buy goods for me. 1 buy for myself, and all I ask of my friends in the City, County or State, at large, is to give me a call, and my Goods will be advertised more cficctuaily than can be done through newspapers, or hand bills. For me to say, COME TO COOKE'S where you can be served cheaper than any where else, is all gammon. It is mere stuff. Come and examine my Goods. It the prices don't suit, don't buy. To the puhlic, who patronized mc in days gone by, I return my grateful acknowledgments, and hope to act in future so as to merit your favor. GEORGE T. COOKE. Raleigh, Sept. 27, 1S6G. 83 tf. SELLING OFF AT COST: "TO CLOSE THE CONCERN!" GREAT SALE OF DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SnOEi, HATS, NOTIONS, &c, Now Going on, at SAM YOUNG'S OLD STAND, NO. 21, FAYETTEVILLE ST., RaUigk, Km C. FOR THE PURPOSE OT CLOSING UP our business in this City, we offer our en tire stock or DRESS GOODS, DOMESTICS, LADIES' CLOAKS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, CALICOES, TABLE LINEN, RIBBONS, LACES, TRIMMINGS, BONNETS, L.AD1K8' HATS, HOOP SKIRTS, BOOTS AND SHOES. NOTION a, Tor Ladies and Children, also for Men and Boys' wear. HATS, for Men and Boys. Also a fine lot of JEANS and SATINETS. This stock, recently purchased for CASH, Is worthy the attention of all buyers, and will b sold as above stated, AT COST. EDWARD WHEELER & CO. At Sam Young's Old Stand, No. 21, FayetteTille Street, RALEIGH, N. O December 20tb. US tf Miscellaneous. LOST CERTIFICATE OF STOCK. THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING LOST OR mislaid a certificate for thirty shares ot stock in me doiik ot nortn Carolina, dated July 17tU lseo, No 477, this Is to forwarn all persons from tra ding for the same. I shall apply for a duplicate certificate in accordance to the rules of sain bank. BtLAiNAUiM WILLi. Sreensboro' X. C, Teb. 6, 1867. 661 pd. AGREAT CHANCE FOR AGENTS NO SOAP ! NO WATER ! ! NO SLOP : ! t ssowk's glass cleakiao polish. Patented Oct. 10, 1865. FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING WIN DOWS, mirrors, cold, silver. Dlated-ware. brass, copper, tin, Ac. A new invention of the greatest practical work, convenience, and econo my. Indispensable to all housekeepers, hotel keepers, storekeepers, &c. Address C. M. Brown. No. 74 Bleecker Street, New York. Liberal dis count to the trade. Price 20 cents per box. Jau. 19, 1867. 129 lmtw. Yarbrou rli House, RALEIGH, N. C. Under New Auspices and with New Ar rangements. .-pHE SUBSCRIBER HAS TAKEN CHARGE JL of this well-known, spacious, and well-situated House, and pledges himself to his friend and the public to render it one of the best houses of the kind in the country. The house has just been thoroughly renovated and rc-furnished in the best style. Faithful and attentive servants have been provided. The best water in the City will also be furnished, and in deed, every tning within the compass of the sub scriber's exertions, to render his guests comfort able W. G. RIDDICK, Proprietor. November 1 1, 1865. 103 tf N EW FOUNDRY AND MACIIINB SHOP IN CHARLOTTE. N. C. 1ST. JVIar-tin fc Co,, Having removed their works from 8TOWIS VILLE, Gaston County, to CHARLOTTE, re spectfully inform their old patrons and the pub lic generally tht they have opened a Foundry and Machine Shop, At the oldNay Yard lot, in the City of Char lotte, where they are prepared to make all sorts ol CASTINGS, For Steam Engines, Mills, Factories, Water wheels, Cane Mills, Farming Implements, Jfce. REPAIRING. Particular attention will be paid to repairing ol all kinds. All work shall be done in the very nicest style, and the best material used. M. MARTIN, JOHN WILKTJ. July 3, 1SC6 46-tf NEW ARRANGEMENT ON R. & G. KAIL ROAD. Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Ca, ) Superintendent's Office, Raleigh, Nov. 28th, 1866. ) ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1806. Trains ou the Raleigh aud Gaston Rail road will run as follows: Mail train h aves Raleigh, " " Arrives at Weldon, 7.15 a. m. 2.00 p. m. " leaves Weldon at 11.00 a. m. " " Arrives at Raleigh, COO p. m. Accommodation train leaves Raleigh 8.00 p. m. " Arrives at Weldon, Z.Kua. m. " leaves Weldon at 7.15 p. ni. " Arrives at Rah igh 6.30 p.m. The mail trains connect with P. R. R. fc 8. & R. R. R. fc Old Bay line Steamers goining North, and with N. C. Kailroad, going South. Accommodation train connects at Weldon with train on P. R. R. going North making through connections to New York. Accommodation train leaving Weldon at 7.15 p. m., connects with trains from the North on P. R. R. & S. & R. R. R. & Annamispie line, nnd also with train from the South on the W. & W. R. R. and at Raleigh with train from the West and South on N. C. R. R. Persons having business in Petersburg or Rich mond can take 8.00 p. m., Accommodation train and spend the next day in Petersburg, or Rich mond and return, arriving in Raleigh the follow inr morning to breakfast. W. G. LEWIS, Gen. Sup't. Dcc,l,:8G6. 110 tf. F. C. LIGIITE & CO., (Late Lighte, Newton & Bradburys.) Manufacturers of First-Class Piano Fortei. Highest Premium at the American World's Fair and Exhibition ol the Industry ol all Nations. This well-known establishment is now eontinu cd by F. C. LIGIITE and LOUIS ERNST, at the old stand, 421 Broome st., bet. Crosby and Elm, New York City. may 1 l-ly. Watson's Photograph Gallery, RALEIGH, N. C. PRICES LOWER THAN ETER. The Sunbeam Art Improving. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OT Atnbrotypes, Fcrrcotypcs and the larger size Photographs. Porceliau pictures made with all the beauty ol an ivory painting. Photograph! of all sizes and styles, plain or colored to nature. Persons wishing work in my line arc invited to call and examine specimens and be convinced that there is no use going beyond Raleigh on ac count of prices or quality of work. Aug. 28, 1866 28 ly. J. W. WATSON. RALEIGH & GASTON RAILROAD. THROUGH FREIGHT TARIFF, 1867. N0ETH AND SOUTH. 1867. By the Air Line Route. WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO SHIP ALL kinds of freight through to New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore, or through bills of lading giving through receipts at the low est rates. THIS IS THE LINE FOR SHIPPERS. Yourgoods will be handled only once; through connections close ; no delay; time and expense less than by any other route. Insurance, trifling compared with other routes. We take goods to and from Columbia, S. C, and all Intermediate stations, with more promptness and dispatch than any Express Company. TAKE NOTICE ! Persons shipping goods South will ship through the following Agents, and by the following Steamship Companies, and NO OTHER : From New York, by the Atlantic Co.ist Mall Steamship Company. Livingston, Fox fe Co., Agents, No. 88, Liberty St., or Pier 36, North River, N. Y. From Baltimore, by Baltimore Steam Packet Company. L. B. Purks, Agent, foot of Union Dock and by Brandt's line ol Steamers. From Philadelphia, by the Philadelphia and Norfolk Steamship Company. W. B. Clyde & Co., Agents, No. 14, North Delaware Ave nue, Philadelphia. From Boston, by the Boston and Norfolk Steamship Company. E. Sampson & Co., Agents, end of Central Wharf, Boston. Consign your goods to Railroad Agent, Ports mouth, Virginia, and City Point. Goods coming by the way of City Point and Petersburg must be so marked. C. B. ALLEN, Freight Agent, R & G. Railroad Co, Dee. 4, 1865. - 111 tf K. W. PCLLIAM. W. H. JOKBS. GEO. W. SWKFSOI PILLMM & JONES & CO., Wholesale Grocers and Commission MERCHANTS, TTAVE IN STORE A LARGE STOCK 07 GROCERIES, which is offered at the lowest cash prices.- They respectfully solicit orders from the Merchants ol North-Carolina. PULLIAM, JONES & CO. Raleigh, May 1, 1866. 20 tf. R P. WILLIAMSON & CO., GROCERS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND AUCTIONEERS, DBAiBBS a Hardware, Cutlery, Rope and Barging Raleigh, Sspt 90, 1866. W-tl 9