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ROCK ME TO SLEEP., Backward, tura backward, O Time in your flight; Make me a child again just for to-night ! Mother, come back from the echoless shore, Take me again to your heart as of yore ; Kiss from mv forehead the turrows of care, Smooth the few silver threads out ot my hair : Over my slumbers your loving watch keep Rock me to sleep, Mother rocK me to mcuF Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years, T om a-, a-cfirv of foil and of tears Toil without recompense tears all in vain ToV thm nnd rive I11C U1V ' childhood again ! I have rown weary of dust and decay Weary of flinging my soul's wealthaway ; Wmirir of sowing for others to reap Rock me to sleep, Mother iock me to sleep. Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue, Mother, O, Mother, my heart calls for you ! Many a summer the grass has grown green, Blossomed and faded our faces between. Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain. Long I to-night for your presence again, Come from the silence so long and so deep ; Rock me to sleep, Mother rock me to sleep. Over my heart, in the days that are flown, No love like Mother love ever has shone ; No other worship abides aid endures, Faithful, unselfish and patient like yours , None like a Mother can charm away pain From th sick soul and the world-weary bra5n . , VI Slumber's soft calm oer my heavy lids creep ; Rock me to sleep, Mother- -rock me to sleep. Come, let your brown hair just lighted with gold, Fall on your shoulders again as of old : Let it drop o'er my forehead to night. Shading my faint eyes away from the light ; For with its sunny edged shadows once more. Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore. Lovinglv, softly, its bright billows sweep ; Rock me to sleep, Mother rock me to sleep. Mother, dear Mother, the years have been long Since I last listened to your lullaby song; Sing then, and unto my soul it shall seem Womanhood's years have been only a dream. Clasped to your heart in a loving embrace. With your light lashes just sweeping my face Never hereafter to wake or to weep Rock me to sleep, Mother rock me to sleep. Florexce Percy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Its Original Organization and History. Very little is known, and less understood, of the New York Associated Press even in this city. It was organized in 1S47 by the Herald, Tribune, Journal of Commerce, Cou rier and Enquirer, Sun, and Express, then a morning paper, for the purpose of collecting the ship news. From that time it grew and expanded to its present proportion, and now consists of the same papers, with the excep tion of the Times, since established, and the World into which the Courier and Enquirer was merged. The Express, though now an evening journal, is still a member of the As sociation. The evening Post, Journal of Commerce, and Stats-Zeitung, get the news, but they do not belong to the Association. The other two German morning dailes, the Democrat and Journal, and the Abend Zeit nng, (evening paper.) do not get their tele graphic news from the Associated Press, nor do the other evening journals in this city or Brooklyn. James Gordon Bennet, jr., represents the Herald in the association; John Russell Young, the Tribune ; David M. Stone, the Journal of Commerce ; Manton Marble, the World; Joseph Beach the Sun; Erastus Brooks the Express"; and George Jones the Times. The principal attaches of the association are at present James W. Simonton, general agent ; William Aplin and George A. Leach, managers ; Amos F. Learned and J. N. Ash ley, New England agents; Myron II. RooK er and John II. Howell, New York State agents; Oliver M. Bradford, western agent; John Hall, ship news agent ; Ferd. V. A. Barber, manifolding director; A. J. Moulder, accountant and E. C. Kemble. assistant. Mr. Simonton is the principal proprietor of the San Francisco Bulletin, one of the stockholders ot the New York Times, and of the Western Telegraphic Company. He has been a journalist for twenty years, and is supposed to be quite wealthy." He works like a Trojan in his position as agent, and receives the slender salary of 2,500 per an num. Mr. Alpin is a printer by profession, hav ing graduated at the case, is very energetic, capable, and intelligent, and a most credita ble representative of the Faustean art. Mr. Leach is a literary man and classic scholar, who has written some clever poems and criticisms on plastic and musical art. He is the son of Mr. George Leach a leading Fourierite in Boston, and one of the oiig nal members of the Brook farm company. Mr. Rooker was for a long time ni'dit edi tor ot the Tribune, and is a practical prin- ter. Mr. Howell was captain in the regular army, ana distinguished himself lor gallan try during the rebellion. Mr. Learned is an old printer and journalist, having been for years connected with the Boston Press. He came to the Associated Press originally as their agent .of the press of that city? and was one of the managers of the office during the Craig regime. Mr. Ashley was a telesrraph operator originally, and for some time Wash ington correspondent, having been recently in the service of the Herald. Mr. Bradford is also a Boston journalist, and has been in the Associated Press about eighteen years. Mr. Barber has been in the service of the Associated Press for fifteen years; in fact, has never had any other bus iness. Mr. Hall, or Captain John, as he is styled, has gathered ship news for many years, and as personally known to every cap tain, pilot, mate, and sailor who sails from this port. He is a noted character in his way, and universally esteemed among the nautical fraternity. Messrs. Kemble and Moulder are Californian9, old friends and as sociates of Mr. Simonton, and very pleasant and courteous gentlemen. Henry J. Raymond was at one time an at tache of the Associated Press, as was Freder ick Hudson, ex-managing editor of the Her ald. George H. Andrews, our State Sena tor from Otsego county ; Wm. Lyon McKen zie, deceased, son ot the famous McKen zie, who originated the patriot war in Can ada in 1838 ; Thomas W. Knox, R. T. Col burn, Junius Henri Browne, and other rity journalists have held positions at different times in the Associated Press. In addition to the persons named the as sociation employs, according to the emer gency, from ten to thirty manifolders to "manifold" or take a certain number of duplicate copies of the original despatches received from the telegraph office for the different newspapers; also a number of messenger boys, who are under the direction pf Mr. Charles Simonton. The Associated Press lias an agent in every city and town of importance in this pountry and in Europe, whose duty it is to forward intelligence as early as possible to the home office. The total number of per sons employed is probably seven or c&ht hundred, and the expenses of he JL2 are $500,000 to $600,000 a year a8SOClatlon general ogCnt. lie . .5 ' " r v"c -e" a person b is now dwpnspd that a brief sketch of the man may not be uninteresting. ;: - lie was extremely quicn-ieuiucicu, ,mr- ous, and excitable. The messenger boys attached to the various telegraph and news- naner offices used to piny all sorts of tricks upon him. They would steal his hat, empty his inkstand and fill it with water, steal his pens, pencils, papers, and everything tliey could lay their hands on. In this way they nearly worried the Doctor out of his life. He has been known to fly into such a rage as to Dull the hair out ot his head by lianas ftil, and throw his hat upon the ground and dance on it. He was of Welsh lineasre. and wrote a book about Wales, the Welsh people and their descendant in this country. He also wrote a book upon the "Telegraph," which had quite an extensive sale. He claimed, and with great earnestness, that he had in vented a system of telegraphing that would supersede the Morse, Blain and Morse sys tems. The principle upon which his sys tem was operated he declared similar to that of photography, and he stated time without number that by his invention a whole news paper could be photographed from New York to New Orleans in an instant. He died, however, without giving to the woild the benefit of his most extraordinary in vention. D. II. Craig succeeded Dr. Jones about three years alter the formation of the Asso ciation, lie is so weil-known that the his tory of his quarrel with the, A. P., and his setting up on his own account is so lecent that it need not be recapitulated, nor any particulars of Ins life or antecedents be giv en. Mr. Cruig is wealthy, industrious, ener getic, and an implacable enemy when arous ed. He reports himself as still in the field, and declares the Association will ere long feel his power. Oliver M. Bradford was acting general agent during three mr.ntns of Mr Craig's suspension, but resumed his duties as mana ger when the latter gentleman was reinsta ted. Mr. Swinton has held the position since November last, and resides with his family on Staten Island. The first office was at No. 3 Hanover street fronting Exchange Place, in a garret where cobwebs, rats, and vermin abounded, part of the premises being occupied by carrier pig cons, whose habits were not of so cleanly a character as to entitle them to commenda tions. The attaches dubbed the place the Chicken Coop," and for years it had no other name. In 137 the office was removed to No. 5S Beaver street, where it remained three years. It was twelve months at No. 7 Broad street, nearly six years at No. 143 Broadway, and has for some time past been at No. 86 Liberty street. The office hours are from 9 a. m. until the citv morning dailies go to press, usually about 2 a. m., though the attaches often re main until 3 or 4. and sometimes until day light. They usuallv wait until thev receive "good night" from Boston, Baltimore, Phil adelphia, Washington, which includes the South, and Cleveland, which covers the West, and keep the office open until a cer tain hour if there be any probability of a cabledespatch. The despatches come in from the telegraph offices in the operator's handwriting are manifolded, and copies sent over the wires to the different sections, Messrs. Alpin and Leach acting as agents for the South, at the same time that they are transmitted by mes sengers to the city newspapers. The New York State, the New England, the Western and Southern agents see that their constitu ents are promply served ; tlbcit, it frequent ly happens when the wires are not working well, or the atmosphere is charged with elec tricity, that reams of "copy" are returned to the Association from the telegraph office, which adjoins the Associated Press build ing. Strange opinions are entertained by many concerning the Associated Press. They imagine it is composed of the best brains of the city newspaper; that only the most ex perienced and ablest journalists are eligible to positions in the Association. The A. P. and the New York journals are so wholly distinct that the attaches of the former rare ly enter the latter, and have little acquain tance witli tlie writers ot the Metropolitan establishments other than the regular repre sentatives. The present quarters ot the As sociation in the second story, in a room about eighteen by forty feet, filled with desks where the General Agent, the sub agents, and the manifolders sit. On a long table a messenger writes the maniford copy and puts a slip into the printed envelopes ot the city papers. In a rear room files of the New York and leading London dailies are Kept, ana a number ot uvenile messengers retained throughout the day and night. Carrier pigeons were used up to the luy ing oi tue Atlantic caiie to carry messages from the South to Sandy Hook. A number of them are kept at the Hook still ; but their vocation is gone, and they are retained as mementoes of the old " Chicken Coop' in Hanover street where the Association first saw the light, and diffused odors the very opposit of Sabean. Wash. Express. A Tiiree Hour's Combat with an Ele phant. - Mr. Hyatt Frost, of Van Amburgh's Menagerie, gave us yesterday the particulars of a terrible fight with Tippoo Sahib, the well known elephant, which occurred at Connersville, Indiana. last Tuesday. The menagerie has gone into winter quarters at that place, and the animal is chained in a building. Tippoo Sahib is now the largest elephant in America. He is 35 years old, ana weigns iu,uuu pounas. l ne cattle re sulted from a change of his keepers. Frank Nash, his keeper for 10 years, was recently supplanted by Charles Johnson, formerly of Barnum's menagerie. 1 he elephant was in particularly bad humor with all mankind. He would allow nobody in his quarters, striking at every intruder with his trunk and tusks most viciously. On Tuesday morning last, at 10 o'clock, the combat opened. The new keeper, with nine assistants, had fully equipped himself with cables and chains for tying, and spears and pitchforks for subdu ing lippoo. ilie first thing doue was to fasten a brickbat to the end of the rope, and throw it over the end ot the tusk chain, which latter is fastened to one leg and one tusk. By means of this rope, a twenty-ton cable chain, (formerly used to subdue the famous Hannibal,) was slip-noosed around the tusk. Next, an excavation three feet deep was made under the sill of the house, and while the elephant's attention was attracted to the other side of the room by a pail of water poured into his trough, the cable chain was passed through the excavation and fastened to a heavy stake outside. All this time the infuriated monster struck all around him with terrible ferocity, and tugged at his chain with incredible momentum. The next thing accomplished was the snaring of his hind legs. This was consummated by the Blinging of fresh ropes around those two stately pillars of elephant flesh, bone, and muscle, and, finally, by the stealthy strategy ot the keeper and another man, these ropes were fastened to stumps outside. The ele phant was now sufficiently pinioned to allow the order"" charge pitchforks " to be given. Ten men armed with these i.gly implements of offence, plunged them into the rampaging beast, taking care, of course, to avoid pene trating his eyes or joints. The tenderest spot in an elephant is just behind the fore legs, and that locality was probed unmerci- luxury, found the gloomy little pavi tully. By means of a hooked hU hnrV T! I, u5. Z:Z . " - aiiuu n uiuuiit tu ma Knees, but he surged up again with such awful strength that he swept his tormentors off their feet, and made his chains whistle like fiddle strings. After an hour's fighting, he nMUIUugLiuownon his side, bat for two Jours longer he tugged at his chains with S fbln??y- He pulled so hard at times that his hind legs were straight out behind him. and three feet off the ground.- At the end of three hours the giant gave In ! by trumpeting, which is the elephant way or crvinjl euouifii- xiio uiouieut iuia uwuiim i. th . i. i.j . ... t, - cry was heard the battle ceased. The keep er made Tippoo eet up and lie down a num ber of times, and he was as obedient to the 1 word of command as a gentle pony. The animal was then groomed and rubbed off with whiskey. He allowed all manner of ! liberties without so much as flapping an ear. He was a suhiugated elephant. At one stage of the fight the dog Jack (a companion of the elephant) thought some ot the tying business foul play. He flew upon Johnson's back and tried to sink his fangs into his neck, but was pulled off and dragged out of the room. Jack evidently sympathized with Ins big friend. Cincinnati t Commercial, Jov. 8th. JEFFERSOJY'S WEDDIJfG. The followino; scene is from the "Early Days of Jefferson," in the New York Century : MJelinda' (Jefferson's first love; naa been married many years, and her old admirer was approaching thirty, Avhen he met a you n at lady of twenty-two, who had produced a strong impression upon him. She was. a little above the medium hight, slender, but elegantly formed. A fair complexion, with a de licate tint of the rose; large hazel eyes, full of life, and feeling, and luxuriant hair of rich, soft auburn, formed a com bination of attractions which were em inently calculated to move the heart of a youihtiu bachelor, m aaaiuon 10 an this, the lady was admirably graceful ; she rode, danced and moved with ele s v a T 1 1 . a . 11 gant ease, and sang and played on the harpsichord very sweetly. Add still to those accomplishments the possession of excellent good sense, very considerable cultivation, a warm, loving heart, and last, though not least, notable talents for house-keeping, and it will not be difficult to understand how the youthful Mr. Jefferson came to visit very frequently at the lady's residence, in the county of Charles Ci ty. I was called 1 he x1 orest,' and tne name of the lady was Mrs. Martha Skelton. She was the daughter of John Wales, an eminent lawyer, and had married in her seventeenth year, Mr. Skelton, who dying in 1 7(38, left his young wife a widow ot nineteen. As the three years of mourning began to expire, the beautiful young lady found herself besieged at I be i1 orest' by numerous visitors. Of these three were favorites with the fair Mrs. Skelton, of whom Mr. Thomas Jefferson was one. The tradition runs that the pretensions of the rivals were decided either by the musical accomplishments of the young counselor, or by the fears of his oppon ents. The tale is differently related. One version is, that the two unfortunate gentlemen encountered each other on Mrs. Skelton's door-steps, but hearing Mr. Jefferson's violin and voice accom panying the lady in a pathetic song, Tfivii tm tbo prtntuKt 1 hnfff Virt b .inrl retired without entering, convinced that the affair was beyond their control. " ihe other story is that all three met at the door, and agreed that they would take turns. Mr. Jefferson en tered first, and the tones ot the lady in singing wun her companion deprived tlie listeners of all hope. However this may be, it is certain that the beautiful widow consented to become -Mrs. J et- ferson; and on the 1st of January, 1777, there was a grand festival at the ' Forest. ' Friends and kindred as sembled from far and near ; there was frolicing and dancing alter the abun dant old fashion, and we find from the b rid eir room's note book that the ser vants and tiddlers received fees from his especial pocket." It snowed without, but within all was mirth and enjoyment, in the light aud warmth of the great log fires, roar ing iu honor of the occasion. Soon alter the performance of t he ceremony the bride-groom and his bride set out in their carriage for Monticello, where Mr. Jefferson had commenced building in 1769, just before the destruction by fire of his patrimonial house of "Shad well." The journey was not to end without adventures. As they advanced towards the mountains the snow in creased in depth, and finally they were compelled to leave the carriage and proceed upon their way on horseback. Stopping to rest at Blenheim, the seat of Col. Carter, where they found, however, no one but an over seer, the lett it at sunset, resolutely bent upon reaching Monticello before night. It was eight miles distant, and the road, which was rather a mountain bridle path than an honest highway, was incumbered with snow three feet deep. We may fancy the sensations ot the newly married bride at the chill appearance of the landscape as she passed along the snow ; but she was a woman of courage and good sense, and did not care for inconvenience. It was late when they arrived, and a cheerless reception avaited them or rather there was no reception at all. The fires were all out, the servants had gone to bed, and the place was as dark and silent as the grave. Conducting his wife to the little pavilion, which was the only part of the house habitable at the time, Mr. Jeffe son proceeded to do the honors. On a shelf behind some books, part of a bottle of wine was discovered, and this formed the supper of the bridegroom and bride. Far from being annoyed or discontented by the reception, however, it only served for a topic of jest and laughter. The young lady was merry and light hearted as a bird, and sent her clear voice ringing through the drearv little rjavilion as eravlv as she j X C had ever done in the cheerful drawing room of " The Forest." Thus the long hours of the winter night fled away winged with laughter, merriment and sonar. J-ne vigu was a mirtniui inci-. dent rather than a trial of their equa nimity. They were young, and they had just been married. When hands are clasped, and hearts beat close tog ether, there is very little gloom in dark- n'ess, and winter nights are not cold. This little moral sentiment will not, I hope, be -criticised as too romantic for the "dignity of history." It doubtless explains how a young lady and gen tleman, both used to every comfort and "0" " IUIUSL Ol IU1BB iccu ui im.v w , neither dark nor cold, in that January night long ago. A little eirl walking one day with her mother in a churchyard, reading one after another the praises of those who slept be- - 1 A 1 " "1 . Al. neath, said, " .1 wonuer wnere luey uury me sinners 1" , j For the Standard. KEPUBLICAtf COKTETTION IX BURKE CO. Pursuant to previous notice the Republi- - . ..... - y-l A cans of Kurfee Uountv mcz in ; tue court House in Morganton, on Saturday, the 9th inat.: for the iurnose of nominating a candi date to represent the people of Burke in the Btate Convention. The Convention was organized by the unanimous election of Wm. C. Wise, Esq., President, and Frank D. Irvm, becjetary, The delegates appointed to said Conven tion then came rorwara, ana tne oecrdtary enrolled their names as follows: Zion Council J as. Benfield, J. M. Kirby, Jas. Fox, W. C. Scotl, Wilson Whisenhunt, Harvey Whisenhunt, 1. u. onuu, narvey Kincaid. f colored.") Sinio McGimscy, (col d.) Rain Hill Council Samuel Bawman, Mar cus Whetstine, Jemison Queen, Lewis Paine, (colored. Isaac McElrath, (colored.) Warrior Creek Council Jno. S. Parks, Thomas Wright, C. L. Parks, Sam'l Thomp son, Charles Adams, (colored,) Peter Black wood, (colored.) Liberty Council Isaac f ranklin, bylvanus Deal, S. K. Kmcannon, J. A. Hector, JL,evi Franklin, Nicholas Huffman, Tyrell Clohd, Ephraim Starney, Andrew Abee. LmmUe Council Wm. V. Wise, . u. Wil son, ifrank L. Irvin, JN. o. Wilson, &ami Fullwood, (colored.) Morganton Council I. It. oaiaweii, jonn Woodward, (colored,) James McElrath, (col ored,) George Happoldt, (colored,) Monroe Irwin, (colored.) Henry's Forlc Council Ezekiel Berry John Johnston, Daniel Huffman, Allen Berry, Henry Thorn. The Convention being organized, Hon. 1. W. Caldwell arose and addressed the citizens at some length, in a most appropriate man ner, explaining the objects of the Conven tion. Mr. Caldwell then offered the following re solutions, which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, We believe it to be the best interests of the people of the State ot North Carolina to be restored to their Constitution al rights in the Union as early as possible ; and, whereas, we further believe thepeediest and surest wav to accomplish this desirable end, is to accept, in good faith, the Con gressional plan of reconstruction ; therefore, be it Resolved, That we will support no man as a candidate tor tue btate Convention wno does not present such a recoid as will war rant us in believing that if elected he will use his utmost efforts to carry out the will of Congress as enunciated in their acts known as the Reconstruction acts. Resolved, That having entire faith in the purity and patriotism of the Republicans of Burke County, and that they are in favor ot extending and securing equal political and civil rights to all persons without distinction of color; that they will nominate no person for office who favors withholding these rights from any one on account of color; we do hereby solemnly pledge ourselves to use whatever influence we may have in favor oi the nominee of this Convention. Resolved, That as Burke and McDowell Counties are required to vote together for two delegates to the Convention, and as they are nearly equal in population, we believe it to be right that each County shall have the selection of one delegate, and, therefore, do earnestly recommend our nominee to the good people of McDowell for their suffrages, and do hereby pledge our support to whom soever of their citizens they may commend to OS. Mr. John S. Parks was then put in nomi nation. Mr. Eirby was also put in nomina tion, and the vote being taken, Mr. Parks was unanimously nominated by acclamation. Mr. Parks being present, accepted the nomination, thanked the people lor their confidence, and for the honor they had con ferred upon him. It was then Resulted, That the proceedings of this Convention be published in the Aorth-Caro lina blanuard and AihetiUe Pioneer. On motion of Mr. Caldwell, the Convention adjourned. WM. C. WISE, President. Frank D. Ikvix, Secretary. What Should tue SouTn Do? The Niilional Intelligencer of Saturday has an in teresting editorial, from which we take the following : " Whatever may be the ultimate judgment of the people of the old free States on this subject, it is very certain that no immediate relief from the imposition of negro suffrage upon the southern States can be expected. W hat, then, it is asked, can citizens of the South do in their present situation ? From what quarter can they expect early re lief ? Not from the United States Senate, for that body will remain Radical for four years, and resist the repeal or modification of the reconstruction acts. The House of Re presentatives may be Democratic or Conser vative in the next Congress through the elections in the States now represented. But it the Radicals bring into the House, as they say they will, fifty Radical negro representa tives, they will still maintain u majority. " the only salvation tor the South and the whole country is to be found in the possible chance that the southern people will reject constitutions fixing upon them aud upon the whole Lnionthe despotic rule ot thcMiadical party through the establishment of negro supremacy." A New Substitute for Cotton. New Orleans journals contain advertisements of a new substitute for cotton, called the Ramie plant, a Mexican production, which yields a fibre finer and whiter than grass cloth, worth sixty cents a pound in London. The New Orleans Picayune speaks of it as a textile plant which, being perennial, growing from the roots from year to year, producing, after being well rooted, trom two to tour crops ot 150 pounds of clear fibre per season, and this, being vastly finer and stronger than cotton or linen, sells at GO to 65 cents per pound in specie, and having none of the vicissitudes of cotton, promises to become a chief crop in our cultivation. Frightful Revenue Frauds. In a re port which has been prepared by a collector of one of the largest revenue districts in the country, and which will be presented to Mr. Johnson in a few days, it is asserted that the loss to the Government from the non-collection of the tax for the last twelve months on the article of whiskey alone has been upward ot $100,000,000, while the loss on tobacco is set down at $25,000,000. These losses are, it is alleged in the report, to be attributed to corruption and mismanagement on the part of the collectors. The document refer red to suggests an entire remodelling of the system, and a general dismissal of the present incumbents, to insure a full collection of the taxes and an effectual suppression of fraud. Washington correspondence of the New TorJc Tribune. A good brother in the rural districts thought he had a call to preach. Being an indifferent reader, he got a friend to read the Scriptures, The chapter on one occasion was 22d Genesis, which contains this verse : " These eight did Milcah bear to Nabob, Abraham's brother." On this the preacher held forth as follows : " Brethren and sis ters let us consider our blesssings. Morning and evening our wives and daughters milk our cows and thus supply our wants. But in the days of good old Abraham, as you have just heard it took eight to milk a bear, and they did not get much at that." Bt a Life Policy an affectionate son pro vides for the support and comfort of aged parents, who bave watched over and nour ished him up to manhood, should he die be fore them. Then boys call on me for a Pol icy t P. F. Pescud, Agent. - ii -Ti-- 'LlBEBTT AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND inseparable." Daniel Webster. AALXIIGII, IT. O. Thursday, Nov. 21st. (867. US?" Mr. C. W. Horneb is authorized to make business contracts for the Standard office. The Election. At the time of going to press we have but little information from the elections held in this State on the 19th and 20th. We have no doubt, however, from what we have heard, that the Republicans have carried the State by a large majority. We learn that Wilmington has gone Re- nublican bv a larire maionty. and that New hern has given 1,800 majority for the Re publican ticket and for a Convention. We think it certain that a majority of the regis tered voters have voted on the question of a Convention, and that a large majority of the vote is for a Convention. Wake Countv has no doubt elected the Republican ticket by a large majority. The pollholders at Raleigh are not permitted to announce the vote, and we are, therefore, unable to state the vote with accuracv, but we think it probable the majority in Raleigh. is 800. We have heard from several other precincts up to Tuesday evening, and make our estimate as follows : Repubi.icaiss. Conservatives." Raleigh, 800 inaj. Forestville, 100 50 Dunnsville, 110 maj. Wakefield, 50 " Morrisville, 75 20 Eagle Rock, 140 10 Joel Jones, 50 21 Nat. Jones, CO 75 B. Jones, 100 80 Oak Grove, 160 42 1.G45 298 298 1,347 The reports from Rolesville, Auburn, and other precincts are highly encouraging. The secessionists no doubt made an extraordinary effort to day, Wednesday, but the result will show the County decidedly Republican. Our ticket is safe. We learn hat the Republican ticket in Johnston County was running far ahead of the opposition. At Clayton the vote stood ten to one and at Coats' five to one. Sheriff Ray. This excellent and prompt officer, on Mon day evening, received an order from Gen. Can by, instructing him to report to Head quarters, at once, all persons who are delin quent in paying their State and County taxes. He met with a number of colored people, soon after, and informed them of the order, and urjred upon all of them, who were delinquent, to pay once, so as to avoid the reported as delinquents, all delinquents, without should be reported. up their taxes at necessity of being He told them that regard to color, It was not long after this, that the report was started that Sheriff Ray had received an order from Gen. Canby, that all delinquent tax payers would not be allowed to vote. Who gave this coloring to the report, we are not advised. It is positively certain that Sheriff Ray gave no countenance whatever to this rumor, by anything he had said. We learn that, on yesterday, a handbill was issued from the Standard office, charg ing this rumor upon Sheriff Ray. The statement is wholly false and unfounded. Sentinel. The above is a poor excuse for the con duct of Sheriff Ray in this matter. It was singular'in him, as soon as he received this notice, it being the evening before the elec tion, that he should at once go upon the street and read and explain the notice to the colored people. It has not heretofore been his habit to promulgate his orders in this way. But the above statement of the Senti nel is totally unfounded. We have the proof from credible witnesses, both white and biack that Sheriff Ray told the people, after reading the order, that they could not vote until they paid their taxes. Sheriff Ray knows he used this language. It can also be proved that one of our City officers joined him in this, and said, " that shows you can't vote until you pay your taxes." The Extra Standard referred to by the Sentinel appears in the Standard to-day. Every word in that Extra is true. We learn that Sheriff Ray has denied this statement to Col. Bomford. That officer will no doubt give him a fair hearing. The proof against Sheriff Ray is conclusive. Wit nesses were sent to Col. Bomford, and others were in readiness, to prove this gross miscon duct on the part of this officer, the effect of which it was hoped would prevent many Re publicans from voting, and thus obstruct reconstruction. We have no personal feeling in this mat ter. We are simply discharging our duty to the country. The Sheriff might as well be quiet. His threats amount to nothing. No one fears him. The day of bludgeons and fisticuffs has passed away. Loyal men intend to rule in peace, and malcontents and traitors will be made to know their places. Alabama. In the reconstruction Convention . on the 19th the Committee on the Militia reported an ordinance to organize a State Volunteer Militia force, to be subject to the orders of the Governor. The question of substituting the minority report on the franchise question for the ma jority report was decided in the negative by a test vote of yeas 19; nays 76. The ma jority report will carry. It disfranchises all persons who do not vote on the new Con stitution, binding the voter not to contest negro suffrage hereafter, and not to maltreat any person on account of past or present support of the United States Government or the policy of Congress. I The Grapes are Roar. ; The Sentinel, speaking of the election in this City, says: ; White men found it difficult to urge their way through the crowd, and many abandon ed the effort for the day, in despair. The whole spectacle was revolting in the ex treme." The Sentinel labored for a lone time to get the colored vote, and failing in that it now says the grapes are sour. They would have been sweet to the Sentinel and its friends if they could have reached them The scene, so far from being "revolting,' was highly interesting. Every patriot was pleased to see so many votes going in for Liberty and Union. The country is to be sa ved by such scenes as those witnessed on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The quiet and good order maintained by I the colored people at the election, is remark able. There were not less than twelve hun dred in this City on Tuesday last, and not one among this large throng behaved in any respect improperly. We saw none mtoxi- ' cated. We heard no brawling or swearing, Good humor and a fixed determination to vote the Republican ticket prevailed. There was no intrusion on the rights ot the white man, but the two races exercised together for the first time the right of suffrage in friendly and becoming manner. We have no fears of what many call the experiment of negro suffrage. We feel sure it will nobly vindicate itself. It was necessary to the nation, and indispensable to the proper reconstruction of these recently insurgent States. Illegal Tickets. A large number of Tickets were voted by the neeroes. on yes terday, on which the Christian names of the Radical candidates are not given, but sim- , ply the initials. According to Gen. Canby's order, these votes are not entitled to be coun ted. They were printed at the Standard of fice, we presume, as they have on them the promised " device" a blue nondescript something, probably a symbol ot the League. Sentinel. No order by any officer, not even Presi dent Johnson, can make null and void the law of Congress. There is no law to the ef fect that a voter shall not vote for J. P. An drews, or B. S. D. Williams, or James H. Harris, or S. D. Franklin. The custom here has always been to vote with initials as well as lull names. The persons vo tea ior are Known. 1 nere can be no mis take in this respect. Gen. Canby will direct all votes cast according to law to be counted. We warn inspectors that our loy al people will not be trifled with and de prived of their precious right of suffrage by a mere technicality. Sargent. In another column will be found the advertisement of Sargent, the Wizard of the South. From our cotempo- raries in other cities, we learned weeks ago that this famed scientific illusionist was de lighting large audiences with his incompar- I able performances. Sargent will give three exhibitions at Tucker Hall, on the evenings of the 21st, 22d and 23d. Members of Congress have arriveed in con siderable numbers, and members of the " Third House," the lobby, have also come in tolerably large force. The principal tea ture of the third house legislation, in which large sums of money are invested, is the prevention of the passage of an act of Con gress to reduce the tax on whisky. The whisky distillers having reduced to a science their plans for evading the tax, they fear any legislation which shall disturb the system as it exists under the present law. 1 he Hon. 1 haddeus btevens informed a gentleman who called on him to-day that he feels stronger at present than he has felt at any time during the last five years. He also stated that he is in receipt of letters from all parts of the country indorsing the financial views put forth in his recent letter. Financial. The finance bill to be pre sented bv Sherman at the next session of Congress proposes to convert tlie debt as it matures into a long consolidated bond, run ning not less than thirty years, at six per cent., with one cent tax, equivalent to a live per cent. loan. Mr. Sherman, it is said, in- ... . . . 1 n : . 1. tends to press tuis matter on tue oeuaie wuu a view to securing early legislation on the subject. New mode of Navigation. An Eng lishman has recently patented a fantastic mode ot impelling vessels at sea. It con- I sists in doing away with the masts tor car rying the sails and placing toward the head of the ship or boat, a sheet or square sail, distended by yardarms, and fixed by ropes at its lower extremity to tne nun 01 tne ves sel, such sail being held up to tlie wind by the aid of one or more aerial balloons, such balloons to be always kept inflated with coal gas, or other gas lighter than air, and when not in use stoweu ln-ooara. Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, it is reported, has under consideration the advisability of di viding the State of Texas into two or more States, and has announced bis intention of introducing a bill for that purpose during the coming session. On Saturday he was engaged in collecting information respecting the population, condition and interests of the different sections of the State, and he re quested a Texas editor to furnish him with all the information obtainable bearing upon the question. Lord Mayor's inaugural dinners are got up under a curious arrangement. A com mittee settles the whole affair, the chief magistrate is presented with forty tickets (for which there are four hundred expectants) the slienfls bave as many, and Lord Mayor and sheriffs pay between them for a dinner to which the committee invite their personal friends. The cost is between three and four thousand pounds. The Iowa Voter tells the following good religious anecdote : " At a prayer-meeting recently, some 14 miles from Pella, in this county, a brother Hoskins in his prayer peti tioned the Lord to 'bless brotner JN. Line pastor, and to make him a better man. ' Amen ! and brother Hoskins, too,' respona- ed the pastor with unction." At. TTortfnr Vk there IS a wealthv and miserly old farmer who quarreled with his wife 15 years ago, ana tiiougn tuey live in the same house and eat at the same table, they have not spoken to each other since. Two daughters, each over thirty, complete the happy family. The special train used by the Emperor of Austria in his late visit to Paris consisted of four saloons. The first was hung with cloth drapery, the second with satin, and the third with damask. The walls of the fourth, or Imperial carriage, were covered with mirrors in richly-carved gold frames, these four sa loons cost forty thousand dollars. If you can say nothing good to any one, say nothing at all. ALABAMA. The State Convention. ' Montgomery, Ala., Nov i ,In the Reconstruction Convention to i a resolution was adopted by a vote of 57 , 83, instructing the proper Committee t change the names of all new counties creat 1 at the last session of the Legislature t w were named in erloriflcation of H 1,1 or after those who participated in i 4V .1. V' - - . . ""ciuon. 4 " warn an ordinance to change the , Colbert Countv to Rmwi..w a 1 e ?f 1 . AllLMf. Aiier- Colbert County to yeas, 76; naye, 12. The Committee on 11 Z several parts of the Constitution renor .,1 the officers of the Executive Department to consist of Governor, Lieutenant-Govern, Secretary of State, Auditor and Treasurer the Auditor to hold office for four years IZi the other officers two years, all to be electP, by the people. The Governor only ha3 bn elected by the popular vote heretofore. the majority and minority reports oh the franchise before the COKTESTIOH In the Convention, on the 11th inst v Albert Griffiin of Mobile, from the maiorit'; of the Committee on the Elective Franchi presented the following article tr. k ' iaiiit-,1 corporated in the new Constitution : section l. jvery male citizen of tl United States, and every male person has legally declared his intention to becon Z a citizen of the United States. 21 or upward, who shall have resided in tl ; i w.-euing me election and three months m the countv in .i.,i. , offers to vote, shall be deemed an ewJ. provided, that no soldier, sailor .r ,.:' in the military or naval service of the United oiaies, suau nerearter acquire a residence by reason of being stationed on dnt .i,:.' State. v-uiM Sec. 2. It shall he the duty of th ,. i Assembly to provide, from time to time lor the registration of all electors, but tlie'fol lowing class of persons shall not be permit ted to register, vote, or hold office : 1. Those who, during the late Rebellion inflicted, or caused to be inflicted, any cniHl' or unusual punishment upon any soldier sailor, marine, employee, or citizen of tlie United States, or who, in any other wav violated the rules of civilized warfare. 2. Those who shall have been convicted of treason, embezzlement of public funds malfeasance m office, crime punishable by law, with imprisonment in the Penitpm;...-,. or bribery. "'' 3. Those who, having been reeisterwl ;n accordance with the provisions of au Act of Congress, entitled 44 An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States." passed March 2, 1867, and the acts supplementary thereto, shall refuse to vote either for or against this Constitution, when it shall be submitted for ratification; pro vided, that no person shall be disfranchised by this clause whose failure to vote shall be in consequence of sickness, necessary absence from home, or any providential occurrence rendering it impossible for him to reach tee polls, and Provided further. That the General As sembly shall have authority to remove the disabilities incurred under this clause. Sec. 3. All persons, before resristerino' must take and subscribe the following oath: I, , do solemnly swear (or aftirnil. that I will support and maintain the Con stitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama ; that if I have ever believed in the right of a State to secede I hereby aban don it ; that I accept the civil and political equality of all men, and agree not to attempt or countenance in others any attempt to de prive any person or persons on account of race, color, or previous condition, of any political or civil right, privilege orimruuuity enjoyed by any other class of men ; and furthermore, that I will not in any way in ure or countenance in others any attempt to injure any person or persons on account ot past or present support of the Government of the United States, the policy of the Con gress of the United States, or the principle of the political and civil equality of all men, or of affiliation with any political party." air. J. tl. Speed ot ferry (Marion), lrom the minority of the Committee, presented the following : The undersigned, a minority of the Com mittee on Elective Franchise, not being able to concur in the provisions and requirements contained in the report of the majority, as to wlio snail be qualified electors under tne Constitution proposed to be adopted by this Convention, most respectfully submit and recommend, in lieu ot the sevrl articles and sections proposed by the majority, the following article : Section 1. Every male citizen of the United States, and every person who has legally declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, twenty-one years of age and upward, who shall have resided in this State twelve months next preceding the election, and the last three months thereof in the county in which he offers to vote, shall be deemed a qualified voter; provided, that no soldier, sailor, or marine in the Regular Army or Navy of the United States, and no person who shall have been convicted ot treason, perjury, bribery, forgery, or other high crime or misdemeanor which may be by law declared to disqualify him. And nr person who has violated any election of this State. Sec 2. As a condition precedent to vo ting in this State, eyery person shall be re quired to take an subscribe an oath, or af firmation, to support, obey, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of tlie United States, and the union of the States thereunder, and the Constiution and laws of the State of Alabama. Still Dreaming of Rebellion. Gen. Ord has about as frisky and irrepressible a set of rebels to deal with in Mississippi as can be found outside of Tennessee. The heated action of the day, when over, is often con- tinned in the dreams of the sleeper. The rebels in his district are still "fondly dream ing" of their old deviltry. We published yesterday an effusion from the seditions and insolent McCardle. The editor of the Bran don Republican is endeavoring to vie with McCardle. He says in his last issue : We have borne the tyranny and insolence of these contemptible hounds until patience has ceased to be a virtue, and were it not for the bright clouds looming up in the JNortn sk v promising relief at no far distant day, we would urge our people to arm themselves and rid our sunny clime of the infernal nu isance, at the risk of total annihilation. We cannot live much longer under Federal rule, and if the Conservatives of the North do not repudiate them and come to our relief soon, we must aetend ourselves against tne robbers and assassins, or be robbed of the little remnant we saved from the wreck of war, and be oursclve ground into the very earth beneath fhe iron heel of negro and Yankee despotism. It it is not the height of license liberty i certainly is not for a traitor to be allowed to use such language with impunity, we have yet to lea?n what it is. Memphis Post The people of the Southern States are re- commended to turn their' attention to tne culture of the olive. This tree, it is said, will thrive- anywhere from the southern boundary of Virginia to the Gulf of Mexi co. It is as easily propagated as the willow, and should be set out in limbs two or three inches in diameter. These will bear in thre? years ; but if small slips be planted, it will take them ntteca years to do so. An " years the former will yield a lull crop. 1 D tree bears bienniallv - It can be pruneu c pnr nthpr vnur and rMittintrs l danted. K re- quirea little attention, and is a source great revenue in Southern Europe. of