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THE TARBORO'1 SOUTHERNER. " RENDER TO EVERY ONE HIS DUE," TARBORO'. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1866 My connection with the Southerner, ceases after the present issue. Having sold my interest in .the es tablishment, to Hugh Macnair, the present proprietor, and James G. Charles, the foreman of the Office, the paper hereafter will be conducted by them, under the name and style of Mac nair & Charles. To the patrons of the paper, I will pay that, I regret the severance, but I could not attend to the editorial depart ment of a paper, without doiflg injus tice to my professional duties. I be lieve that Macnair & Charles will full fill to the letter, what they promise in their prospectus, and therefore recom mend them to the favofuble considera tion of the public. To the people of Edgecombe, I would specially say, subscribe to the Souther ner, and sustain your home paper, for if you allow it to go down, you will certainly miss it. L D. TENDER. Mr. James G. Charles (a practical priuter) having purchased the entire interest of L. D. Pender, Esq , in the Southerner, it will hereafter be conduct ed under the style and firm of Mac nair & Charles. We intend and to ill use our best endeavors to make the Southerner, a re&pectable Country Pa per. We are entirely independent of Tarties, factions, Uiique or men. Will express our views on all public questious, without fear, affection or favor when occasion rcquirs. Adjournment uF the Con vention The people of North Carolina will rejoice to learn that the "so-called" Convention now setting in Raleigh have voted to adjourn on Monday 25th inst. It was a military Convention assem bled by order of the President, to pre scribe terms to a conquered people. When they submitted their terms to tliQ people for their ratification, the people appreciated their grace, of being asked to ratify what thfy were power less to reject, by not voting at all, and their neglect or refusul to praise the terms imposed on them, were considered disloyalty " That military Convention of the President, with a very natural fondness for power, no matter how ill gotten con tinued their work of usurpation by con tinuing their existence and power and resolving themselves into a State Con vention and State Legislature, beyond tlii?r Arrant, nf nnwr whirh palled them into being, and have been for some time engaged in revising the State Constitu tion, sitting in judgment on our State Legislature. But all human institutions must have v 1 V.T . 1 an end, and we arc rejoiced to near matj this military Convention, which has so long survived all its kindred couven tions in the other States is soon to ter minate, and a grateful and conquered people will decently entomb it and its acts in a common grave. If they submit their Ordinances to the people, as before, for ratification, the people can only say that they are your acts not ours, wc did not empow er you, or call you together, to do these things, and can't sanction them or you. If our Constitution needs amend ment or alteration, let it be done in a proper and lawful manner, and by agents pro perly and lawfully chosen. But we are "in the midst of a revo Jution ' A Congress is now sitting at Washington, which excludes more than & third of the States and people from their seats, and expels others who do not accorl in sentiment with them, and thereby assume the great powers of the (Jorvcrnuient. A military Convention called by the Military Authorities of the country in Relcigb, to prescribe term to a conquered State, resolve -themselves, by their own mere act and volition into a State Convention aud iS'ate Legislation, controlling and revo lutinning our Stute Government. Thefe twin assemblages are now directing the destinies cf our country each of them with the same unscrupulous regard ol their own legitimate existence and con- lo all their propositions, we are no tified in advance, we' must submit and accept, or-we will get worse terms, and when wc have submitted those "worse terms" are still thrust on. us day after day as the ingenuity or malignity of our "conquerors" can invent. But the "so-called" State Convention is to expire on Monday next, for which a conquored people will be duly thankful. Of all the little "Social's" we have attended this Season, ("we are generally around) the " big " affair at Scotland Neck, on the 2 1st inst , was equal if not superior to the very best. Halifax has always been celebrated for its beautiful ladies and affiable gentle men, but when reinforced by her sister counties, in beauty and intellect the picture is complete. May we all live to ctjoy many a "social" as pleasently as we did on the memorable 21st. A full report will be given in our next issue. We have received through Col. S. D. Pool, a copy of Mr. James Rumley's Calander of the Dates of the Christain Era. The Wilmington Journal says: By the use of this Calendar, the day of the week answering to any given day of the month, or the day of the month answering to any given day of the week, from the year 1600 to any future period, can readily be found. This Ca'endar combines very decided ingenuity, with very great usefulness. No one who has occasion to remember past dates should be without a copy. They are neatly gotten up at the office of the Goldsboro' News. We endorse the Major's idea in re gard to the Calendar. Beat Them, if Possible. They have recently had a whale at Smithville, a sea-serpent at Wilmington, a newly found five pound lump of North Caro lina gold at Statesville, and now our Raleigh friends arc bragging about their having a singing mouse. It is absolte ly necessary that Newborn fhould keep up with the times, with which view we I suggest to our citizens the propriety of getting np something that will set us even with our coteruporaries. We can beat them all on pretty ladier, but wo ought to bring out something of which they have not heard before. We might bra" on our "black snakes" but ' we suppose they have as many of them as we have. Newbern Com. Put on your fspecks" and come up and look around. No black "snakes" in the State of Edgecombe," but more pretty ladies than you ever saw. We have just received from the Manufacturers, Messrs. Shaw & Clark, of Biddeford, Maine, one of their 825 Sewing Machines. It is rosomraended very highly by the press generally, and from what we have seen of it, we have no doubt it justly merits all that is said in its favor. It is a cheap Machine. See Advertisement in another column. We havc u?on our tablc the july number, of the American Farmer, Pub- lished by VVorthington & Lewis, Balti more, Md. It it devoted principally to Agriculture. It is one of the oldest publications in the United States. Wo recommend it to our Farmers generally. Price 2 a year. Wo are pleased to see the enlarge ment of the Richmond Examiner, and wish it abundant success. It is edited with energy and ability, but how it can worship President Johnson and praise Secretary Sewurd so largely, we can't understand. We hope and trist the Examiner is on the right track. We have received from the Publish ers Messrs Wm. B. Smith & Co.. Ral eigh, N. C, the second edition of Lee's Last Campaign, with an acurate history of Stonewall Jackson's last wound, by Capt. J. C. Gorman. It is gotten up very neatly and should be read by all. Pictures. Messrs. Byerly & Nimmo have pitched their ' Tent " in our town for the purpose of taking pictures of every de scription. Four pictures for $1. From the specimens we have eeen, we pronounce them good. They come well recommend ed. Call in and see them. Gen. Cass, died in Detroit, Michigan, in the morning of the 17th inst , aged bo years. r For the Southerner. WILLUMSTON AND TARBORO' RAIL ROAD. i Mr,. Editors The work of Sub scription gtfes bravely on. Deep inter est is being generally manifested jjn the work in different parts of the State and all along " the linethe harbinger of success. Recent information assures U3 that the. sum of Thirty jive Thous and Dollars will have been subscribed at Williamston by this day. If so, this alone ensures the organization of the Company, as by the terms of the charter, the company can organize when that amount is subscribed. We have no deficit information as to the progress of subscription at other places. We note the fact that at this place three persons have subscribed two thousaud five Hundred Dollars. No effort has yet beeu made by an active canvass to demonstrate to the public generally the importance and practicability of the en terprise. We hope our friends will call Rail Road meetings at Bethel, Flat Swamp and other places, and agitate the matter. We suggest to Norfolk and Baltimore that now is the time to pros per their interests, threatened by New York in a competing line to Washing ton. It is not necessary to argue the question, Norfolk and Baltimore are loo shrewd not to see it, aid seeing it, ought to be prompt in counteracting it. Tarboro' June 22, 1866, A. B. Maj. J. B Neal, of the jirm of Freer & Neal, of Norfolk, Va.,' dropped in our sanctum a few days agp. The Ma jor is a native of Hertford County of our State. He is 0. K. Parties wish- ing to do business in Norfiilk, will do'cr'P the following from General D. H. ... ' ttmi : 'n. . r 7 I well to correspond with him. We call the attention of our readers to the New Advertisements: to be found daf aftthe retreat of Buruside, stop , , , - . ' ped to warm at a fire where a groan of in another column. 1 ou should not ; Cobbs brj , which had dcfeded thfl iau to react tuem apace prevents us1 from giving a more lengthy notice. TIIE MARKETS. New York, June 21. Gold $1 483-8. Exchange ten per cent, and quiet. Cotton farmer boy at home, gave him a graph 3940. jc description of the fierce assault and New Orleans, June 21. Cotton easier; terrible repulse, in his own simple style, sales GOO bales at 3C37c. Gold ending his narrative with his ingenious Bank sterling nominal at 58. Sad Results nf the Fenian War. An ac- A-'. - 1 C 1. . "! a i "! 1 memuer oi me . unman vrcie, in Brooklyn, who possessed a homestead- fortnight aso. sold it out and invested tne proceeds in the Fenian cau- He is now , penniless, and dependent on his daily labor for his daily bread Another Fenian of laige sympathies, residing in the four- j teenth ward, invested $10, 000 in the move- ! ment, which was his all and the savings of only time I ever did like hghting. twenty-five yeirs' industry. On Tuesday he j Mr. Stuart's man thanked him for had only left of this amount a $100,Fenian ujs narrative, mounted and rode on, re bond. An aged widow sent her only son flctinrr upon certain furious war speech- on wun me vv iiiiamsourg contingent, and sold the cottage in which she lived, giving the proceeds to the cause. Tho failure of the Canadian expedition had so fearful an Pi1'pf"t UDOll a well known mpdir.il n-pntlp- - -- D man of Brooklyn, that his reason is dis paired of. X. Y. Sun. The ladies of Anderson, South Caro-, lina, devoted the 31st of May, the an- tan t discovery in paints. He claims, niversary of the battle of Seven Pines, ! by the us of certain chemicals, to save to the decoration with flowers and ever-1 one third of the material used at prcs greens of the graves of Confederate ! ect, and proposes in a few days to make soldiers buried in the church yards of.it known to the public. This is quite that place. The ceremonies of the day j were opened with prayer by General . Ellison Capers Among the decorations in the Baptist church-yard was a pyra midal shaft of evergreens bearing this inscription: In memory of Brigadier j General Stephen Elliott, the gallant and patriotic hero of Fort Sumter. jggA Texas editor, reviewing the Civil Bights Bill, and the Texas papers that pre tended to approve it, says : "We've buried the hatchet yes, and we've eaten dirt enough to cover it forever ; but as some emphatic writer says, 'd d if we have much respect far the man who protends that he likes it.' " Judge Oldham. A correspondent from Mexico says: " Judge Oldham, of Texas, forniprly a Confederate Senator, is in Cor dova, writing a history of the Confederate Struggle," and, in the meantime, is sup porting himself by potographing." Bail for Mr Davis., A wealthy Balti morean, writing to a friend, says that bail to the amount of two million dollars can be procured for Jeff. Davis in that city in five hours' notice: already twenty-five thousand dollars have been quietly subscribed there towards defraying the exponses of his trial, and that a hundred thousand more can be raised if necessary. The bill to ' prevent cholera " has gone through the House, with the Senate amend ments. This Cengress occasionally does a good many absurd things, but if it only succeeds in suppressing the cholera, the joint resolution, like charity, may cover a multitude of sins. Trial of CoL Gee. The testimony in the trial of Gee, at Salisbury, N. C, is closed, eighty witnesses having been examined. I A decision is not expected for two months. The trial cost about $250,000. Congressional Proceedings Thitd. Stevens Beaten Once. -Washington, June 18-Senate. Mr Harris present ed the.petition of seven :New York bankers, askingan-extension of the time of tax on circulation. Referred to the Finanee Committee. I . The President, in response to a reso lution of the Senate, transmitted a communication from the acting Secre tary of the Interior to that body res pecting the transactions for colonization transportation, etc , of negroes. The report ws made March 7th, 1864, showing that upward of thirty-three thousand dollars had been expended, which was augmented by a supplemen tal report of 37,391. The report fur ther says that the act of 1862, under which this was done, was subsequently repealed, and no other measure of a similar character has ever been passed by Congress. disuse. Mr. Stevens offered a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution giving Congress the power to lay an export duty on cotton He refused to allow debate, and press ed the measure to a vote. The resolu tion was rejected yeas, 59; nays 61. Mr. Bingham offered a resolution, which was passed, requesting the Presi dent to transmit the Reconstruction Committee's constitutional amendment, lately adopted by Congress to the seve ral States for ratification. Mr. Raymond, of New York, deliv ered a long speech on reconstruction, declaring himself a faithful and consis tent momber of the Republican party, yet defending the President. An Opinion about Fiyhting.Y?e Hill's new magazine, " The Land ice love :" A general officer riding along two stonewall, was lying in all the listless ness of the abandon after a fight. The officer had on a common soldier's over- coat, and was welcomed as a cavalry- man to the fireside. A country lad, a comments upon fishtinsr in 2eneral. i w w "I have hearn men say they were ppilin for a fight, but I never did spile for a fight Stranger I've been in every fl ht re iment but j never did ,. v 4 u i -ir 1,ke lltinS- But when we was killing them nkees so purty behind that ar wall and they wasn't hurting us, I was rale sorry to see' em run. Ana I tell you, Mr. Stuart's man, that was the ., linf, h!,ar4 frnm mfin whosfi war-' cx loit3 in tbo field had not ve . ., ., c i " become the theme of poetry and of song Important Discovery. We are re liably informed that a gentleman resid- ing in Portsmouth, has made an impor- an important discovery, if it is what the gentleman represents it to be, not only to painters but to property owners, for it will reduce the price to such a low figure that many, who cannot now af- ford it, will be able, pecuniarily, to have their houses painted, buccess to the discovery. Destructive Fires A Village Near ly Destroyed. Rochester, N. Y., June 16, 1866 A large portion of the flour ishing village of Carysville, Genesee County, was destoyed by fire last night. The hardware store of C. H Chamber lin and several other establishments were totally destroyed with their con tents. The Olcott House and two or three buildiDgs adjoining were saved, and that is all of the business part of the village left. Cincinnati, June 16, 1866. The Masonic Temple, on the corner of Third and Walnut streets, was damaged by firs yestciday to the extent of 15,000. Insured. Another Floral Tribute to the Con federate Dead Augusta, Ga , June 16, 1866 The anniversary of the bat tle jbf Sccessionville was set apart to day m Charleston, to show respect to the memory of the Confederate dead. Lidies decorated the graves of the dead at Magnolia Cemetery with flow ers. The exercises opened with prayer by Rev. John Bachman. Odts were sung, addresses delivered, the bells tolled du ring tho afternoon and business was general suspended. The President sent in the nomination of Ex-Governor II olden, of North Carolina; for minister to Sau Salvador.' Terrible Catastrophe Seven Childen Kil- led and Nine Others Wounded. One of the most heartrending and appalling catastro plies which we have ever been called upon to record occurred at the village of t Bam berg, on the Augusta branch of the South Carolina Railroad, seventy-six miles from Charleston, between three and four o'clock Tuesday afternoon, by -which nearly every family of that village has betn thrown into the deepest gloom and morning. The scene of this distressing occurrence was about three hundred yards from the depot in a two-story frame building, known as Allen Lodge of Freemasons, lately used as a school house by Mr. Robert Seabrook and his sister, the former having charge of the male and the latter of the female de partment. Into this building some eighteen of the scholars, boys and girls, had assembled, about three o'clock, for the purpose of join ing in a festive party given by the youug misses to their youthful male friends While in the act of spreading a table -with refreshments, candies, cakes, &c, the build ing was Btruck by a violent gale of wind, or tornado, from the west, which passed over the village, taking a northeasterly di rection, sweeping fences, and everything else before it. The chimney was carried away at the same time that the roof was rent asunder. An attempt was made by George W. Patrick, one of the older boys, to open the door ; but that was found to be so jammed as to defy removal. Another of the youths, Charles Stewart, then proposed to eseape by the window, and jumped out for the purpose of assisting the others, when the whole building fell, killing young Stewart and five others instantly, and wounding ten others, one of whom expired shortly after reaching home. Charsleston Courier. A Conspiracy Amog Negro Sail ors. New York, June 18. A plot of negro sailors, on the Uuited States Re ceiving ship Vermont, moored off the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was discovered yesterday, and six of the ringleaders arrested and placed in irons. Tne ob ject of the conspiracy was to murder their officers, make their iscape with arms, when, being join 3d by negro al lies, they were to make a raid on pub lic and private houses. On some of the negroes, of which there were two hun dred on board the ship, were found badges, silver stars, and other iusignia which were to be used by the captains and subordinates in the conspiracy. Ntio Cases under the Civil Rujhts Bill in Maryland. Baltimore has had several cases of negro civil rights in ; her ctmtto-JH4j VVr- hj the fol- lowing that Annapolis is now threaten ed with quite a serious one ; " On Tuesday afternoon last a colour ed woman entered the ladies car of the Annapolis and Elkridge Railroad at the depot in this city for the purpose of ri- dincr therein to the Juction. She wa b , , , , , . re QUCfceu lO leave, auu uuiei mu car 1 set apart tor colourea persons, sue re fused, and was forcibly ejected. She was very much insulted, and among other things, we understand, said that "the people of Annapolis had not yet heard of the Civil Rights Bill, but, that they would shortly." Annapolis Republican. The Crops In New England tho crops are generally reported good; hay will be abundant, and the fruit yield millions of dollars in advance of last year. In the South the general report is that the trops will turn out well, although in some quar ters excessive rains are complained of. The wheat throughout Georgia has been al for partition and sale of land, the Court harvested, and although the crops is by no , is satisfied that Hardy Proctor, Harriss means excellent, it turns out better than ( Proctor, Henry I. Proctor and wife Eliza was anticipated sometime ago. Along the I beth, defendants named in said petition lower Mississippi frequent crevasse s have ; are non-residents of this State ; publication caused great destruction. In Southern II ! is therefore ordered in tho Tarboro' South' linois the wheat crop is said to be a failure. I erner for six weeks, notifying said non-res-but corn is promising well. In Ohio and ' ident defendents to . appear at the next Indiana the wheat promises very badly, but i term of this Honorable Court, and plead, in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota it is ex- j answer or demur, or judgment pro confesso cellent. In Maryland and Pennsylvania it , will be taken as to them. is only moderate. First Cotton Bloom of the Season. On yesterday we were in receipt of a notn from Mr, W. P. Canaday, New port, N. C , dated 18th inst., inclosing us a full developed cotton bloom, the first of the season which we have seen. It is from the plantation of Mr. George Dennis, on Broad Creek, Bogue Sour.d, and we are informed that he has a quan tity of them. If thh is not early for cot ton blooms, w do not know the mean ing of the word. Can any of our friends beat it ? Ncicbern Commercial A Woman that's Hard to riease. She does not like a man that's tall ; a man that's short is worse than all. She much abhors a man that's fat ; a man that's lean is worse than that. A young man is a con stant pest ; an old man would her room in fest. Nor does she like a man that's fair ; a man that's dark she cannot bear. A man of sense ehe could not rule ; and yet she could not wed a fool, A sober man she will not take; a drunken man her heart wiuld break. All these she does sincerely hate ; and yet she 1 oves the married state. J&-gy- The Maine Conference of the M. E. Church North, passed the usual resolutions against rebel traitors, and the sum of all villanies, endorsed Congress and denounsed the President. : ' BROKER'S RATES OF BUYING KOETH CAROLINA BASK HOTKI. Bank of Cape Fear, 23 16 3 13 7 10 32 15 3 15 4 14 23 43 unarlotte, . Clarendon, " . Commerce, . Fayetteville, . . Lexington, . . North Carolina, "Wadesboro', ... Washington, " . . "Wilmington it - " Yancey ville . Commercial Bank, Wilmington Farmers' Bank of Greensboro' Merchants' Bank, Newbern MARRIED. In this County, on the 19th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, bv the Rev John Daniel, Mr. WEEKS B. PARKER to Miss ANNIE PITT, daughter of Bennett P. Pitt, Esq. In Alamance county, on the evening of the 14th inst., by the Rev. A. J. Hughes. Capt. B. F. WHITE to Miss PATTIE C. V. BARBOUR, only daughter of Harrisoa Barbour. RELIGIOUS NOTICES Calvary Uiiukcii llev. Mr. Ches hire, D. D., Pastor, services on the 2d & 3rd Sundays in each month. Week day services every Wednesday mofnreg and Friday afternoon before the 2d and 3rd Sundays. M. E. Church Rev. Mr, Closi, D. D., Pastor, services on the 2nd Sun day in each month. MioSionary Baptist Elder T. R. Owen, Pastor, Services on the 2nd ai.d 4th Sundays in each month. Primitive Baptist Ciirucii. Regular time of holding monthly meet ings of Primitive Baptist Churches iu Edgecombe county : 1st SundayTarboro', Otter's Creek. 2nd Sunday Cross Roads, Falls Tar River, Lower Town Creek. 3rd Sunday Honetoe, Williams' M. 11., Upper Town Creek. 4th Sunday Sparta, Pleasant Hill, Lawrence's M. II. For Use Munitions. E arc authorized to announce D. C CLAKK, Esq., as a candidate for the House of Commons from Halifax Co. June 23. 30-te New A(lverlicfiiiCBi1. NOTICE. To the Citizens nf Edgecombe and Jldjncent Countu.s. M. LAWRENCE and Henry Bryan , having formed a Copartnership to bo known as the tirm of LAWRENCE & BRYAN, DOw offer their services to the people gen erally as Forwarding Merchants, and nill without extra charge to the shir per, end Cotton, Bacon, Corn, &c , to the most de sirable markets, having fucilies to ship to Liverpool, England, twice per month, and all American markets. We are also Agents for the sale of Gun- ny Bagging and Rope, Lime, Salt, Farm- ing Implements, &c. &., which we can ; . , . . ' (coll at IV linloi i lo li'ifMa wit ith freight added. Persons wishing to procure the abov .named articles, will fiuU it to their advan tage to apply early and give us their or ders, especially for COTTON BAGGING & ROPE, as we are making a large contract and can furnish it at the lowest rates. Give ns a call. LAWRENCE & BRYAN. Tarboro', June 23. 30-tf STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Edgecombe Cotjntt. Court of Equity Spring Term, 186G N- the matter of the petition of Henry J Proctor, et. al., vs. Lucy A. Proctor, et FRED. PHILIPS, C. M. E. je 23 30-Gt Something Good. CONFECTIOXARIES of all kinds kept constantly on hand, such as CANDIKS, NUTS, RAISINS, ORANGES, LEMONS, PICKLttS, &c. Also a fine lot of Cigar S of different qualities. lic Mcs Furnished at the shortest notice, and on the mcst reasonable terms. JOHN W. LIPSCOMB, Main st , next door to Zoeller & William je 23-30-tf. Tarboro', N. C. To Cotton Planters TOARMERS engaged in growing Cotton, JLi who wish pecuniary assistance to en able them to carry on their farming opera tions this year, cau learn the terms on which advances will be made, by addrcsi ing TIDDY, FLEMMING & CO.. je lC-29-lm. Nev.bern, N. C." Wm. Bryce & Co., COTTON FACTORS, 29 CHAMBER STRErJT, etc York. June 10. 29-tf