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"TV ..- - , v M Liberty and r Union, now; and forever, ", 'one and. inseparable."-Daniel Webstek. vol xxxn. EALEIGH, 0.,' WEDNESDAY, JAMABT 10, 1866. . No; 2. I ft y,i't' "v. , ... ' S .8 tit fchlt ilMiari. JOS. 8. CANNON. t J OS. WM. DOLDEN. CAJWOX & nOLDEN, - . Editor of tlie Standard, Printer to Vie Convention, and authorized piMuhen of the Jmw of ' United State. the CIROUIATIOK IN THB CITY, CIBCULATIOIt IN THE STATU. ' Hates of Subscription. TERMS Cash is Abvasck. Daily paper, 1 year, $10 Weekly, 1 year, 4 6 months, 5 Five copies, 1 year, 15 u u 1 nioutli, 1 Ten copies, 1 year, SO Weekly, Twenty copies, 1 year, $50. To those who get up clubs of five or more sub scribers one copy, gratis, will be furnished. Subscribers who were cut ott from us during the - war, and whose time of subscription had not ex pired, will bo furnished the paper free on the restoration of communication, until the time be filled. If they desire the paper longer alter that time, they must renew. 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No paper in the South has advertising facilities superior to the Standard. . . Letters must be addressed to Jos. S. Cahnon, Jos. W. Holden. ) CANNON & HOLDEN, f . Raleigh, N. C. Advertisements. rpRIJflTY COLLEGE, N. C. The next session will commence on the 11th of January, and close on the second Thursday in June. The College haa been reorganized, refur nished, and is every way placed in a proper condi tion. A t present, board will be $15.00 per month in currency ; tuition and other expenses to be paid in advance. A daily hack will ran from the College to High Point on the N. C. Railroad. For further information, address the undersigned. dec 30 wlm B. CRAVEN, Pres't s TAXE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, Court of Pleas and Quabteb Sessions, No vember Term, 1805. Edward Wood, Henry J. Furrcll, C W. Hollo well, Executors, t the next of kin, heirs at law, and Distributees of Jas. C. Johnston, dee'd.. 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YOUNG, No. 416 Sprnce Street, above Fourth, Philadelphia. sep 23-135wCm8 s TATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, PERQUIMANS COUNTY, " Court op Pleas ani Quabteb Sessioks, No- ti-iiiiiui xcriii, J. if. xouu. Griffin Brinkley, et ah 1 v .1 Petition for division oi Frederick Lindon and . Land. wife Mary Ann. I Tn ttm " I I 1A Al . 1 T - It I the Uourt that Frederick Lindon and wife Mary Ann, parties in this case, are non-residents of this State, it is ordered by the Court that vublication )he made for said parties, for six weeks in the North Carolina Standard, that they appear at the next term of this Court to be held at the Court House In Hertford, on the second Monday in February A. D. 1866, and then and there plead, answer, or -demur to said petition, otherwise the case will be tried exparte as to them. dec 11 w6w JOS. R. WOOD, Clerk. 1 CTATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. n - , PITT COUNTY. - Coubt op Pleas asb Quabteb Sessions, No- vcraoer term, Into. Felitia L. Moore, by her Guardian, John L. ri-siniu, v Heirs at Law of James A. Moore, de ceased. It aDoearincr to' the satisfaction of thin Cnnrt that Henry Moore resides beyond the limits of xnie siaie, n is oraerea oy tne uonrt tnat adver tisement be made for six weeks in the North Carolina Standard, notifying the defendant of the ming oi tms pennon, to ai ling of this petition, to appear and answer 4c, r judgment procortfesn will be granted against lm, 4c... - ' ' or lim. dec 15 w6w E. A. DANCY, C. C. C, $40 REWARD ! Stolen from the subscriber's stable on the nicht of the 20th inst.; nine miles west from Raleigh, on Haywood road, a BLACK HORSE, four years old, right hipsbodden, block mane and tail, shod before like mule's shoes, holds bis head well up. The above reward will be paid for his appre hension and delivery to me. - . CHARLES FRANKLIN,. dec 80 w4tpd : . ., , . ' Wake County. SCHOOL FOR BOYS. ' Rev. Db. LACY, Principal. The exercises of this School will be resumed at -the School-Rooms, North of tbo Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, on the first Thursday in Jan Every effort will be made to give boys thor ough preparation for College or for business, and to seenre pronciency in each department of study. Terms made known upon application to the Principal. Payment, half n advance. Session, Tcuij-one weeits. aec i sawowpav We published in ourJast, without com ment, the Address of Gov.' Worth to the people of the State. We were not disposed to manifest the appearance even of a purpose to embarrass Gov. Worth in the outset of his administration, and we were, there- fore, willing that our readers should peruse this document by itself, and form their own ' opinions in relation to it ; but the " truth of history " and a proper estimate of the real condition of things, require that weishould notice some points in this Address. . . Gov. Worth warmly : congratulates our people on " the restoration of civil govern-: nient " in this State. We are as anxious as Gov. Worth can be: to get rid of military rule, but we do not perceive that his installa tion fcas effected that result We still have martial law. The habett eorput is still sus--' pended. The Freedmun's Bureau is still in existence, controlling both whites and blacks in essential particulars so far as society and -industrial pursuits are concerned. The State has not yet been restored to its constitution al relations to the Federal Government, nor will it be till, our members of Congress are " admitted. Is it true, then, that civil govern-' ment has been restored ? Why, the Gov-" ernor himself admits in his Address, "that; the powers of all office appointed under ' the authority of the Provisional Government, ceased with the discontinuance of that gov- eminent" That government ceased on ! TLnrsday last With the exception, there fore, of the Governor himself, and the Su- ' preme and Superior Court Judges, who may , be qualified by the Governor, we hate no qffl-! cert of a cieil eharaeter in the State. And if this be so, it follows inevitably that we can have no civil law even of a character subor dinated to martial law. The Governor ad mits that there are no clerks and sheriffs, ex cept in rare cases in which these officers, re cently elected, have been qualified: for the provisional Justices have ceased to be, and no Courts can he held to take the bonds pT clerk and sheriffs until new Justices shall have been appointed. Nevertheless, says the Governor, "as no Justices of the Peace were appointed by the General Assembly it may happen in some of the Counties that the next term" of the County Courts cannot le gally be held, but where such Courts shall be held or other acts shall be done by. such provisional officers, their acts will probably be validated .by an act of the General As sembly." First, says the Governor, "all ofii cers appointed under the authority of the provisional government" have ceased; sec ondly, if some of these officers, who are not really officers, should " happen " to transact business, he thinks their acts will " probably be validated" by the General Assembly 1 What is this but hap-hazard or anarchy ? If these officers have ceased to be, as the Governor declares they have, they have no 1 more right than other private citizens have to transact business. If the Governor had desired it or had been disposed to .submit to it it would have been easy for him or for Gov. Holden to have obtained an order from the President continuing all the provisional officers in their functions until the meeting of the Legislature; but it is well understood that Gov. Worth and the bulk of those who elected him, have no fancy for provisional governments, and are disposed to be depen dent to as slight-an extent as possible on the government at Washington for advice and aid. Buflet us suppose that "one of1 the County Courts, composed of officers who Lave ceased to exist should grunt letters of administra tion, or make partition of real estate, or con tract debts for County purposes ; and suppose the General Assembly should not approve these acts, what then ? The Governor says the Assembly will uprdbaUyn do it, but sup pose it should not Suppose, for example, the Court, composed of officers who really are not officers, should order a man to be whipped, and the Assembly should not ap- approve the act, what then ? Why, the man would have the consolation that he had been punished once illegally, and would have to submit to his trial a second time, to be pun- .ished legally in case of conviction. This re minds us of the big man and the little Frenchman who were about to fight a duel. The large man complained that the contest for life was unequal, for that he was twice the size of t"e Frenchman, and exposed a double mark to his pistol ; but the reply of the Frenchman was, " Be Gar, that, make no diffaranee. Mark my size on your body and fire, and if I hit outside the mark, the shot no count." Just so with the whipping. . The illegal whipping " no .count," and the man must be'whipped a second time.- ,. In concluding lug address Governor Worth says: "We did not go voluntarily into the late calam itous rebellion.'' ' This is true. He also says : ; ' " The action of coterminous States forced us to taKe smcs in me sirue," . , . , .... : This is also true. But, he adds,- " Having taken our position, we acted Kith good f "IT . ' J V , . . ' jautt w our oswckmcs, mm uurc uurseives gallantly , w e not oniy aamit, out we ciaim mat we bore ourselves gallantly in the fight." North- Carolinians always fight gallantly, whether right or wrong. A braver or a more self- sacrificing body of men never trod the earth than the North-Carolina soldiers in the late rebellion. But this is not the point ' Here it is, and jurt keri the dividing line between the true Union men and tit tecetsiomsU of this State. ': Gov. Worth says, 'we acted in good faith to. bur associates." That endorses Davis and the whole business of the rebellion, from first to last Forced as we were into the war, it was the earnest wish, at all times, ; of every true Union man in the 8tate to get out of it as soon as possible -on' fair terms. It warclearly perceived, more than two years ' (ago, that a continuance of the war could end only in the emancipation of the slaves and the subjugntionr of the country. Gov. Worth foresaw and feared this result The true Union men of the State began, therefore, in 1863, to agitate for peace on the best' terms they could get; and they were willing to re construct the government on the basis of the Constitution, and thus obtain peace. The Confederate government so-called, had. be come a despotism from the moment of the passage of the conscript law. It was tramp ling on the States, and was threatening to coerce them if they should dare even to call Conventions to consider the condition of the people and to act for them. ."Good faith," of which Gov. Worth speaks, had been thrown to the dogs by Davis and his set Eviry true man in this State, Mr. Worth in cluded, (for he was true then,) panted for liberty and peace for release from the hor rible despotism which Dad settled upon us in one muss of darkness. There was no hope for success no hope even for the dream of independence. The true Union men of th js State clamored for peace. They held meet ings with this view. They demanded a State Convention. They had fathers, and sons, and brothers in the war, and they cried out against the further effusion of blood. But Mr. Davis said "No ! 'Good faith ' re quires that you should fight it out You shall fight it out My neck depends upon the result. If you flinch, North-Carolina, I will pour my veteran troops into your bosom and will desolate and trample you from the sea to the mountains. ' Good faith ' gentle men ' good faith.' You embarked with me in this boat against your will, and I in tend to hold you to it to the last ' I know my Constitution sanctions the right of secession, but if you attempt to secede I will subjugate you." Thus spoke Davis, and our State authori ties said, Amen 1 And so the peace men the true Union men were crushed, and the work of death went on. And now Gov. Worth can it be possible ? Gov. Worth, the ultra Randolph Unionist, endorses this work of death, and declares that " good faith" re quired us to stand by Davis to the last I This puts him, we repeat, on the same platform with Davis and Benjamin. The disloyal in certain Counties, which gave him such large votes, will rejoice to hear it ; but every true Union man will hang his head with sorrow when he learns," from Gov. Worth himself, that he approves that fatal policy which re fused to listen to the voice of peace, and which mould hate the Rnarchy, the desola tion, thewoe and the ruin whic have been visited upon our unhappy country. The Governor says there is not one disloyal person in North-Carolina. We wish we could believe this. . We fear there are thousands in the State, all of whom voted for Governor Worth, who do not love the federal govern ment who never will love it, and who would rejoice at any calamity that might be fall it ' But they submit as the Devil sub mitted after he was hurled over the walls of Heaven. Every one is worthy of the confi dence of the President says the Governor ; and yet at the moment he wrote this he knew there was an Editor in this City the second one arrested for a similar offence to be tried for uttering disloyal and seditious language. The following extract from the first proc lamation of Gov. nolden, of date June 12th, 1865, will refresh the minds of our readers with the sentiments of a true and devoted Union man. . These sentiments were received at the time as sound. Not a whisper was uttered against them. There wjis nothing said then about "good faith" to Jefferson' Davis, but the people of the State were con gratulated on the fact that they had just been delivered from " one of the most cor rupt and rigorous despotisms that ever ex isted in the world." Gov. Ilolclen said : "And now, as Provisional Governor of the State, I invito the loyal people thereof to resume with elieerfulnes sand with confidence in the fu ture, their accustomed pursuits aud I invite those who have been driven from the State by despotic power, to return ; assuring all loyal cit izens of the State that they will be protected in their persons and property, and encouraged in their exertions to improve their condition. I al so exhort them not to cease to take an interest in public uuiiirs, but to unite with me in th: pur pose to reconstruct tue suie government tiirongn the aid of loyal citizens ; and to be vigilant and active in discouratriuiT disloyal sentiments, and in ensuring the election of known friends of the Federal uovernmeni to every omee. iour-;x-periencc. fellow-citizens, during the rebellion, shonld attach von bv the strongest ties to the government of the United States. Yon have just been delivered by the armies of the Union rroni one of the most corrupt and rigorons despotisms that ever existed lu the world. Many of you have been forced, for opinion's sake, and because of your love for the flag of your lathers, to fly from the land of vonr birth or of your adoption. and seek a refuge among strangers, to escape the hand of arbitrary power. Many of you have been torn from your homes, or hunted down like wild beasts In the forest, and forced Into the rebel ar mies as conscripts, to flirht for the continned en slavement of the colored race, and also for a Btate ot slavery lor yourselves and your cnuaren. Some of yon have been subjected to imprison ment and tortures on account of vonr opinions: and all of you have been deprived for years, opto a recent periodfof freedom of speech and of the press, and of every essential guarantee of liberty and of protection to person and property, which is contained in the Constitution of the United States. Von are once more free citizens of the United States. By your sufferings in the past and by yonrjiopes for the future, I adjure yon to eroard well- vour freedom. Remember that all yon have, and all yon can hope to be, and all of oou that Is in reserve tor your children, are in issolubly bound np with the American Union, The " nnity of government which constitutes us one people." should be more dear to us than ever, on account of the sufferings through which we nave passed, in the language ol washing ros, "it of Infinite moment that von should properly estimate the immense value of your na tional union to your collective and Individual happiness: that vo should cherish a cordi J. ha bitual aud immovable attachment to it ; accus toming yourselves to think and to speak of it as the palladium of your political safety and pros perity ; watching lor its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may sug gest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate one portion if our country from the rest or to enfee ble the sacred ties which now link together the various pans." - l - -. - And now read the following from Gov. Worth, and contrast it with the above; . " We did not go voluntarily into the lte ca lamitous rebellion. The action of coterailnout States forced us to take sides in the strife. We elected to go with our section, and bavine taken our position, wi acted with good jtaith to oub associates, and bore ourselves gallantly in the uguu- " We suppose the Standard really believes that If Gov. Holden had been elected without opposi tion,' and nine such members of Congress as Mr. Pool, that the State would have been in the Union by the 1st of February next" Seniind.. .... Certainly we do. North-Carolina was the most forward of all the States in the work of restoration until opposition to Gov. Holden was announced. This opposition led to a totally new condition of things in the State. The ultra war men who were thought to have been subdued, and who, with some exceptions appeared to be the most loyal and submissive of all our people, at once rallied, and the re sult was the election of a majority of mem bers to Congress who are entirely unaccepta ble to the Congress and the Northern people. This, of itself, to say nothing of the defeat of Gov. Holden, which the President has de clared to be so damaging to the early restor ation of the State, would have rendered our chances for admission doubtful. - ' The Sentinel wants to know why it is that Mr.' Pool is more acceptable than others, and asks if he has not been as thorough a " rebel'' as others. We answer this as follows, not for Mr. Pool but for ourselves: 1st Mr, Pool is more acceptable than oth ers, because, under all circumstances, he doubted the success of the rebellion, and kept constantly burning in his heart the good old Union fires. . 2d. Mr. Pool resisted at all times, like a man and an American citizen, the despotic administration of Mr. Davis, and labored to preserve liberty to our people, and to obtain peace by a cessation of hostilities, by nego tiations, and, if deemed best, by a reconstruc tion of the Union. - 8L Mr. Pool earnestly advised a Conven tion of our people more than twelve months agoj'forthe purpose of making terms with the federal government But his advice was disregarded, and the result is, slavery has been abolished, and North-Carolina has been subjugated and ruined. ' These are some of the reasons why Mr. Pool is more acceptable than others, and more patriotic than others who might be named. He loved North-Carolina more than he did Jefferson Davis and the cotton States, and we honor him for it He did not be lieve, as Gov. Worth and the Sentinel do, in " keeping faith" with men who themselves had broken all faith, and who woulS have done to death the last poor wliite man in North-Carolina to carry out their wicked schemes. "We have the best reasons for believing that Mr. Pool occupies an enviable position in the eyes of the great body of Northern members of 'Congress; and whatever the House may do, we entertain the hope that he will soon be admitted to his seat in the Senate. The New York Herald thinks Mr. Davis ought not to be punished for his treason, but should be " set at large on high grounds." It argues that it is wrong to puuish a man who was merely the leader of eight millions of people" who believed they were oppress ed." The Jlerald was never more mistaken in its life if it supposes that any considerable portion of the Southern people "believed they were oppressed." The rebellion was the work of wicked and designing politicians, j Qn the day it commenced in the State of South-Caroiina, the Southern people, includ ing their slaves, were the freest and happiest prople on earth 1 What are they now I No, the people had but little to do in inaugurat ing the rebellion. There was not a State that attempted to secede, whose people would not have voted, if they had had a fair chance, against secession. But the rebellion began in despotism, and continued in despotism ; aid now that it is over, the same despots and their allies in the insurgent States would still ride, control, aud oppress the people, if they could. ' They kUI do it again, and do it per manently, unless the people are unusually vigilant. . - ; . The New York Herald should at least es tablish a branch of its office in Seeegsia. - A Good Sign. ' : ; We have been informed that the freedmen are now beginning to contract for the next year, with unexpected willingness, in many parts of the State. We trust that this feel ing may grow, and that at last ihe develop ment of the free labor system has begun in earnest Let every thing be done that is hu mane and just, to encourage the freedmen to work. Let liberality, honesty and kindness be continually exercised towards them? With every inducement thus gijen them to labor, and want pressing close at their heels should they refuse, who can doubt but that the great majority of them will soon resume their old occupations f Of course the free labor system will not be entirely satisfactory at first but .we trust that experience and wisdom will render it more and more per fect hereafter. " ; . ' ' "A Gem." . Cut this out and paste it in your scrap book; or better commit its simple words to memory and take its sweet lesson to heart. We do not know its author, but it is true poetry. We clipped it from an exchange, floating about over the country like a beautiful leaf, blown Mther and thither by the winds : :." It is not much the world can give ' - With all H& subtle art, -' : And gold alone is not the thing .. - i To satisfy the heart;' . . , i But oh, if those who cluster round - - The altar and the hearth, i - . -Have gentle words and roving Ways, ...y ' ' How beautiful is earth 1" ' "- ; ; Seaton Gales, Esq.,. has entered upon the discharge of his duties as Associate Editor of the Sehtinel ; Mr. Gales is well known as a writer of experience and ability.. ; He defines his political utatiti thus : "the unfonn course of the Sentinel, since its establishment, meets my warm approval and indicates my political convictions." , Death of Hon. Henrr Winter Davis. Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland, says the Richmond Republic, died in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon after a brief illness. He was born at Annapolis, January, 1817, and was consequently in his forty-ninth .year.-?-He was graduated at the University of Vir ginia, and soon after established a reputation for eloquence and skill in debate which few men have ever attained at so early an age.' Mr. Davis was a Representative from Mary land in the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congress, serving with ability and destinction on the important Committee of Ways and Means. During the Thirty eighth Congress he served as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. . Mr. Davis' career as a member of Congress was both able and brilliant In politics he was a Whig, but soon after the organization of the Repub lican party he identified himself with it, and was one of its most influential leaders in Maryland. He was the only member from the Southern States who, in 1858, voted for Hon. William Pennington, of New Jersey, for Speaker of the House of Representatives. In 1802 Mr. Davis became the author of a book entitled. "The War of Ormuzd and Ahrinam," which attained a large circulation. Mr. -Davis' funeral took place in Baltimore from his lute residence on the 1st day of Jan uary. V Notary Public. Onr friend W. 1L Jones, Esq , of this city is one of the few perrons In the State, whose office was not vacated by the ordinance of the Conven tion. He was an appointee under the old govern ' ment, and did not take the oath in the confeder acy. He is, therefore, prepared to administer the oath and issue sealed papers according to law, as a Notary Public. Sentinel. Strange times, indeed, when it is a matter for congratulation and. profit that ultra war men' did not take' the oath to " the Confed eracy." . ' But is it true that Mr. Jones is still ft No tary Public ? The question as to the correct c instruction of the Ordinance referred to, was before the State Senate nt its late session, but was not decided. We have nothing to say against Mr. Jones, personally, or as an officer. , He is a clever gentleman, though he believed in " lighting it out? If he had been told, dur ing the rebellion, that he had not taken the oath, and that some advantage in the future would result from this omission, when the Union would be restored, we believe he would have repelled it as an insult. A New Literary Enterprise. The pressure upon our columns yesterday prevented us from noticing to the extent that we desired the new literary enterprise of our gifted friend, the Pott, Theo. H. HilL 'Mr. mil proposes to publish at an early day a book of North-Carolina poetry, which will contain the best selections from the pens f our native authors, both living and dead. He brings to the task a cultivated mind, a refined taste, and, we believe, all the other accomplishments necessary to render the work critically correct in reading and typo graphy. - . , There are many beautiful poems, by North Carolinians, yet unknown, which merit a more enduring record than the u poet's cor ner" in our daily publications. - Mr. Hill intends to bring these to light' Wo are au thorized to say that he solicits correspon dence and information from the literati of the State. , ' We sincerely trust that Mr. Hill may suc ceed. Being an author of no unenviable reputation, his friends must feel an interest in any literary undertaking which he has in view, and especially in this one which so stronalv appeals in this respect to our State pride. A selection of the rarest and best North-Carolina poems will be indeed an ornament to our libraries. Destitute Freedmen. - Col. O. Browii, Commissioner of theFreed- man's Bureau, in Virginia, has issued a cir cular stating that the fact having come to his knowledge that it is contemplated by many citizens of that state to turn off infirm and helpless freedmen in the beginning of this year, in wliich he says that the late owners will be required to provide for their former slaves, who arc helpless and dependent on them for subsistence until the overseers of the poor of the counties to which they belong shall have made arrangements for their care and support Gen. Howard approved CoL Brown's cir cular by letter, in which he says : " Any citizen who attempts to turn out of doors the helpless and infirm will be immediately re ported by name, tttat his case may be laid before the President for bis action. Provisions will be made bv the State or bv the General Government 'to meet cases of extreme want but until such nrovision shall be made your orebr will be carried into effect" - The Revenue. We have been politely furnished byJov. Worth with the following correspondence, ; from which it will be seen that the rumor that the President hod given orders that cer tain taxes levied by the Convention should not be collected, is unfounded : , . ' FBOM GOV. WOltTH. , " ' '- v Statu or Nobth Carolina, ' , ' Executive Office, - ' Raleigh; N.C., Jan. 2, 1808. To Hi Excellency, Andbew Jokxson, i.,-. - - President United State: 8ra:- It is represented throuirh the newspapers that yon have ordered the sheriffs of this State to abstain from executing some of the ordinances of our Convention for raising Revenue. Gov. Hol der informs mc he has received no 'instructions upon the subject - ;: v ,'" ' ' -I would be glad to have a copy of any orders you may have made on the subject. ' - . , . JONATHAN WORTH, ' . :' -; -. Governor of N. C. - FROM PRESIDENT JOHNSON. ' , s ' : Washington Jan. 2, 186. To Governor Worth : Your telegratrj of the 2nd, received. No orders in reference to the sher, Itts of Nortii-Carolina have been is".ue j by me. . , ' ANDREW JaHNa'QJt, . ' . .' r- President U. 8. The Mobile Advert iter n'jnunates-General Grant for the next Presifjey. - The season i3 at hand for preparing for i another crop. ' A good farmer is all the time preparing for the,next crop, but we use the expression in its restricted sense. Heretofore many of our farmers have relied upon slave labor, but that has ceased. The dependence hereafter must be on white muscle, and on such lnl or as the freed blacks 'may perform. In regard to the latter we are not as despon dent as some, .' or perhaps as sanguine as , others. 'We lielieve that the freed people will, as a general rule, work tolerably well ; in some instances they will work very well ; but there is no ground for hoping that their labor wiU, be in any respect' as profitable as heretofore. " The African race is not a self reliant or an enterprising race. It has the physical strength, and it has the intelligence to execute work, but it ' is not successful in planning, and it is greatly wanting" in forecast. Without some fixed lawljinding the freed people to work, and also binding the employer to pay, we feur that neither race will prosper together. We would sug gest no law which would not be general in its character, for the negro is now free, and a white person is as much bound to labor as a black one ; but the law of contracts must be materially altered to suit our new condi tion. It should be much more stringent and should be just to the employer nnd the em ployed. We want no idlers among us. A person who has no means of subsistence and who will not work of his own accord, should be made to work. The law will not protect the industrious and the worthy, unless this is done. ' ' We loam that large quantities of corn are being distilled into whiskey by both white persons and negroes. The latter, in many localities, are furnishing corn to wliite men for this business, and in not a few instances it is stated the corn thus furnished is stolen. We do not know what will arrest this evil. But if what appears now to be a surplus c-f corn shonld be distilled into whiskey, and drank at home, for none pf it, we take it will be exported ; and if a large share of the laljpr of the State should be directed to cot ton, tobacco, and turpentine, it is more than probable that next year will be as scarce a one as this in the articles, of meat and bread- stuffs." It is true, by pursuing this course, our Cvrmers will have more ready money ; but what will that avail them if they should have to pay it out for those necessaries wliich they tui''Ut have raised on their own farms? Acraim our people are greatly deficient in cattle, horses aud mules.- It is of the first im portance that such stock should be improved where it is already owned, and that those who have but little or none should procure stock and improve it. It is idle tosay a farm is a good one, and that the owner is success ful in his business, when his cattle, horses or mules are of indifferent breed and poor. We doubt the propriety, therefore, of giv ing extraordinary attention during the ensu ing year to cotton, tobacco, and turpentine. This may be safely done in 1867, but onr people as a general thing are too poor to do it now. Specie, with empty cribs and barns, and with poor stock and the land compara tively unimproved, will not remain long with its possessor. It will have to be paid out for necessaries, and if sent abroad out of the State for meat, or flour, or clothing, the State will, of course, lose every dollar of it. We feel sure of one thing, however, and that is, although our white laboring popula tion has diminished, and though there is a sad deStiency in agricultural implements and horses, osen, and mules, yet the white men of the State who are engaged in farming will make more during the ensuing year if the seasons are propitious, than they have tea le dtrring any former year. They will work with a will, aud "their name is legion." Many of them, to our knowledge, who owned slaves, are glad that they have been relieved of the trouble, anxiety, and expense which their slaves occasioned them; and though the loss of. the value of those formerly theii slaves is seriously felt by them, yet they gard this is as temporary, and expect to prosper more in the future than ever. They can hire the freedman, pay him his wages, realize the profits from his kbor, and that ends the connection between the former owner and the former slave. There is more clear money to be realized from the blacks under the present system, than there was when slavery existed. Wo speak simply of results, with no purpose to underrate or pre judice the colored people. ' If the next crop should be a good one, it will go for to encourage -our people and to stimulate industry and ' improvement. Surely, surely there is a wjde field for the farmer, and great want of the latter. - But let us not despond. Ten years hence we shall be a new people. - . ' -., ( Consecration of a Bishop. " - The consecration of Rev. George Maxwell Randall, D. D., Rector of the Church of tho Messiah in Boston, the newly elected Mis sionary Bishop of Colorada and the parte adjacent took place in Trinity Church, in Smumer street, Boston, on th 28th ult- Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont, and presidin Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, acted as consecrator.'-T-The consecration service was exceedingly in teresting and impressive, and attended by a great cousriegation, fle. aisles and galleries of the church being crowded. . ; r-w ;' ConncM of State. .' - , This body met in this City ."Wednesday, present, Calvin J. Cowlcs of Wilkes; H. A.: Leinly of Forsythe, William A, Wright of New Hanover, and. William Eaton, Jr., of Warren. ' '; ' "" We learn that, in accordance with a recom mendation of the Governor, the Legislature was convened, to meet on' the"" 18th of this month. - ' ; . ' .- Gideon J. Pillow and the Free Lafcur . .. System. It will be recollected that Qen'. Pillow an- ' nounccdlast fall his determination to give the freedmen a . fair trial on .his plantation. He then said that he would put his farms ill good irder for the accommodation of several hundred freedmen, whom he intended to of fer liberal wages, and expected to wort- He has recently written a letter to Gen. How ard, stating how he progrescs. The following is the letter: Nashville,Tenn., Dec. 22, 1865. "Major General 0. O.'Moieard, Commimoner: It affords me pleasure to inform yon that I have been successful beyond mv- most sanirulne expec tations in engaging labor for all my plantations in Arkansas and Tennessee. I have already engaged abont four hundred freedmen, and have full con fidence in making a success of the work. I have ' given in all cases to the freedmen a part of the crop of cotton, and I allow him land for the cul tivation of vegetables and corn for his own use. without charge therefor. I would have engaged one thousand laborers if I had needed that num ber. My brother, who adopted my plan of work, succeeded in engaging laborers for three places he is working. 1 nave pnt one large plantation under white laborers from the North, npon pre cisely the same terms I engaged freedmen. I fv. anxious to try the system of white labor of that character for the plantation. Knowing the inter est you feel in the success of tlie system of the fned men, and feciim; grateful foryour kindness to m", I feel it to be a duly to rommunicatu the re sult of my work, thus tar. With assurance of my personal rcsrard and rtspect I am, Gem ml, very respectfnllv. GIDEON J. PliLOW." . Are the Fenians preparing for War f The Washington Star of the 80th says: " About a week since County officer Oyo went to the store of Win. Smith, auctioneer,, on the avenue, to serve a writ issued by Jus- ' tice Giberson, when the latter forcibly eject . cd the ofiicer, for which he was, arrested by Roundsman Kellcyfor an assault and bat tery, and held to bail. -Roundsman Kelly found about 20 muskets, 9 carbines and ft sword in the store, and took possession ol the'm until Smith could prove how he camo . by them, and had them removed to the sta tion. Smith says that he purchased the lot in New York, and that he had sold them to the Fenians, and now asks the' Superinten . deni to give him an order for them that he . may deliver them to the purchasers. From this it would appear that some at least of the Fenians are preparing for war. . Postage. Stamps. The Toronto correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, says : ' " An Agent of our Post-office Department and the United States' Consul at Toronto, Canada, have recently found in a barrel in the custom house in that city ten thousand dollars worth of United States three cent postage stamps, the consignment of which was to a house of rebel agents in Liverpool. Our Government received information in August ! last that it was supposed the stamps wero captured by the pirate Florida. . An injunc tion upon the slumps has been gotten out, and it is expected the question of their pro prietorship will be shortly argued before a Canadian court Queer Doings in Mississippi. - "The problem of social equality between the races is working itself out ;" but in lower Mis sissippi it has assumed a queer aspec t. The ' Holme8ville, Miss., Independent, of the 2nd,'' contains the following pertinent order from '. Col. Oscar J. E. Stuart, of the Mississippi Militia, which explains itself: 1 "Summit, Miss., Nov. 26, 1885. General Order No. t In obedience to an ' order of His Excellency, tho Governor of Missis- sippi, I have this day assumed command of all the militia in this section of the Btate with head quarters at this p uce. And whereas, it has been reported to mc that there arc various individuals not belonging to any military organization, either ' State or Federal, who arc engaged hi shooting at, and sometimes killing, thut freedmen on private, account; and, whereas, there are other white men reported as the attendants of, and partlcl- ' pints in, the negro balls, who, after placing them selves on a social equality with the people of col- : or, raise quarrels with the freedmen, upon ques tions of social superiority already voluntarily , waived and reliuguished by them, in favor of the negro, by which the peace of the country is bro- ken, and the law disregarded. I therefore order the arrest of all such offenders, by the officer! and soldiers under my command, and that they . be taken before some civil ofliccr having power to commit to the county jail, for the purpose of ' awaiting the action of the Grand Jury. - ' Men must quit blacking themselves, and do ev- : erything legally. OSCAR J. E. STUART, Q. M. G. and CoL Commanding Militia." , Bishop Potter, of New York, in a sermon -' delivered last week, was very severe on oper- ' tic singing in the Episcopal Churches of ' New Yqrk city. The whole thing, be said, " had become a scandal; it was time to speak out about it, and it was time it was suppress ed. The Prayer Book contained an abun- . . dance of beautiful and impressive hymns, suited to every stage of life, 'and these, he. said, should be used. . Virginia Land Tax. ' Gov. Picrpoint left Richmond on Thursday for Washington city for the purpose of mak ing an arrangement with the Secretary of the Treasury whereby the Legislature of Virginia may assume the payment of the .. taxes on land due to the General Govern-. . ment by the people of that State. -' , . ; Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, who has been appointed minister to Mexico, tice Gen. Lo gan resigned, is a staunch supporter of Pres ident Johnson's policy, in .which he differs. . from a large portion of thd Ohio delegation. The Fayctteville Seu-i, whose editor has. given bail to answer for seditious language against the government, is .delighted with Gov.' Worth, and indulges in -characteristic? flings at Got, Holden.' the Standard and Pro greet Governor. Worth, is welcome to such friends. ' 4 '"'.'''' ' ;r ' ' ' ' - .'.- Who's Utt. ' .'; ' ' 'V ' '' We clip the follow ing - from 'an exchange r . The Columbus (Goonrfa.) San says: AU of our citizens who take the oath of allegianc are re quired to state their politico) opinions in I860. ' ' On the books in tfae commandant's oOlce the ; . Union signers largely predominate. Captain, Goble, to the story ruua, was looking over too . list, when he would sc for a whole pajre the names of "secessionists as scarce almost at hen's teeth. ctta. " Itv God !" escUiuiCil he, after reading K-iiile, .''U these f;w ' seceah' caused ns all this ouula for tho past four years, what couldn't 1 A a if ..II llnd lTninn in in huii InfnMft awhile. tmulila they bare done If all these Union men had Joined, .. - .. ... . - 1. . 1 u them." w e gye tue swrjj no Hp.f t ' 4