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We ait rl,astd 10 zee that the National
istrinseasef ,liseia.mssn lp,ention to"en
,ioasr 90 adop, The heIesIss oa the subject
eI The trsi oaIn." ltis,s duwn The true aoe.
trnr, and II : ! doctrine that y. people car
surrender Who are NOT Wnltrg 10 hold The
exercise u feprrsehiatitn Al lhe tsp,ice Of
TIE m.Ior,!, rather than unuer the shelltr
vi abidIng aud iunLamrnlsi priuelpIrs
Coy. Dir. "a his uaste4dinr,s, and sa,t
oi n.pe, may adsis, u, surrender, bat the
people " thc South will understand lhrr IN.
lrfcsts Dttlri. Tue lnlclascncrr sass:
Z The highest duty - this Congress ~s..
and y. The c"mplr,Iun Ui The restoration si
the Union ~ the admI.sIan y. Toe Souihen
Senators aud Representatives.. Until tins
Representations shall have been admitted
there can be 40 perfect restoration u tie
Union. The Constitution imposes upon
Congress the dsts Oi admitting these ap
pl1cants isr seats ~ that body. Ia does no,
iease to Ihem the ris III luds trfn.ise ahslhrr
a Slaie shall be enllIird 10 representation.
IL dues nut accord 10 them even the priv
ilrge 10 80 behind the record ul election
aud inquire inlu any other qual .feallun,
than lher hxru ~ tie Consultation I,.riI
Ihe.c are dctrrILined ny that in,lra,nrnt:
: Zach iio1sc sh.ll De tn. Judge oI Ihc rlec
ton tesurns, and qualifications .i iis ewa
mrmbri,. lheguai,iica,ionsar accurately
drhntd: 'Nopers,n snail DC a RcpreseB.
IaIne ~ha sasii not hay, attained Inv a..
oi twenty hive wears. and been seven yeap
q Citllrn vi ,he DATED Slavs, aud Who shall
NIL, when e'scted, BE an InhabItsnt Ol that
stale m winch Ice shall be chosen 4 and,
No person shall be a Senator who shall not
have attained The sge oi lhiriy years, and
been nIne years a c,,izrn OF the United
States. aud who shall not, when elected. be
an inhab,tant of that state lur winch he shall
be chosra. These simple qualifications.
prsscrlbedby the great charter oi oaf libsr
ties, are sll with which Congress hs. any
consfrn. Tbese provisions 6f the ConsiI.
tuition comprise al the authority aud al
The privileges q Congress over the sob
iPct
1T was. and is not only the right, but
the duty Of Congress TO examine aud Judge
of the election returns and quaI,ncal'ons o.
the app icsnts Tor seats in inat body from
the SSnlhrrn as well as iron the Northern
States This duty, It's er,ent and limits
tions. are plainly and unequiyocally SET
forth inthe Constitution itself. IL The per
formance Of this duty. Congress has no right
70 70 beyond the qualifications therriae e
pressed. II has nothing Whatever 10 20
with the question Of loyalty. That y
qualification 10 be determined only BY se
people--the constituents of the Senator'S
andmembers Of Congress who present them
The Hillsborough recorder., 1866-07-18

SEssIBLR DEcIsIoss.-Jadge IIoar, Of the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts. has de.
cided that legal instrumenis-wiIls.d deeds,
bends. notes, &c. ARE uaiid, though with.
out a revenue stamp. He held lttobe clear
that statate "f The United States. uader.
taking 10 invalidatr an instrument which,
by the laws of the State, is valid, would be
unconstitutional. Congress nav impose q
penalty f.r the evasion Of its revenue laws,
such a. double .ax, g., but Cannot inter.
fere with the validity ola contract.
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NEw Texas Constitution. new
Texas Constitution fixes the Governor
term ol Office at fsur years instead Of two,
and ihs 'alary Al foar thousand dollars in.
stead Of two thousand. Ii also gives the
Iegisalurelpower 10 guarantee u bonds Of
railroads for the purchase Of iron.
The article abslishing slavery says:
Africans and their descendants shall
De protected 10 their rights of person and
properly BY appropriate Legislation they
shall have sbe right 10 contract and be con.
tracted with !; TO sue and be sued and 10
acquire. hold and transmit property and
all criminal prosecutions against them shall
be conducted in the same manner a. pro.
secutions for like offences agsinst the white
race. aud they shall be sutjec. to like pen.
aisies."
The Constitution will be Submitted to the
people for their acceptance os rejection on
tie fslrth Monday 10 June.
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LATE AND INTERESTING FROM
EUROPE.

The Prussians had carried Giischin by
storm after an obstinate defence. aud a
iunctIon was effected between the army nl
the Elbe, under Prince Frederick Charles.
and the army of silesis. under IL. Crown
Prince. 5.0a0 prisoners we're captured q;
Giischin.
The losses Of the Austrians IN The series
of combsts thus FAR are estimated az 20. 600
killed aud wounded anil $4,000 prisoners
Ini the battles 81 the 2s b AMI a9lh. the
corps of The Austrian General Gablrnz
was nearly broken up. Il lost "a guns
aud 2 fag'
u Is officially denied that the Prus.ians
lost IS guns. as stated By yirnna DIS
patch. The Pru..isns have not Lost gun.
The Aus risns have retired 10 q strong
position between Josephstadt aud Konins
grsiz. Their retreat ~ SAID to have been
precipiiate. The army of the Elbe had
,dvanced beyond Gitschin. The King Of
Prussia visited tAe army on the 3rd.
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proposition has not yet transpired. There
are rumors that Prussia's reply is not "a.
yorabIe. IN
In London. however. peace is regarded
as virtually concluded.
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NiIlsbaraugb gstarpsr.
HILLsBnRoUGH, N. @.
Wednesday. July rs, 1866.
CANDIDATE FOR COVE RNOR.
J o N a. T H A N w . 4 I H
OF RANDOLPH.

Il is announced that The Eon. William Dennison
P,s,mas.er General, las resigned, in consequence, il
il said Of his dspleasure ai The Presidents endorse
men. of the philadelphia Convention.
Iii. rumorei iha. Attorney General Speed and SO
criary HarIsn have also resigned and that Secre.a.
~ Stanton will follow their example
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CONGREGATIONAL The Tariff bill. which had
passed the House, ~astaken up in the Senate on The
a,h ins.. and on motion Of Mr.. Gsimes. aer debate
its further consideration was postponed until Decen.
Der, by a vole Of % yeas 10 IL nays.
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Sew Postage Lsw.-By ii

New Postage Law.-By The new Postage
Law, which went into operation on the ia Instant.
pre- paid and free letters may b, forwarded Al The re-
ques, fths party addressed from one pos, Office 10
another vi hou, additional postage charge; and -
Turned dead letters will be restored 10 the writer.
thereof free Of postage.
. Letters endorsed with request 10 bereiurnsd 10
he writer's II NOT called Tor. possg- on which hs,
been heretofore charged a. prsPsid rates. vii hr,ca.
Ter he returned 10 the writers whos, additional psi
age charge.
Postmaslers are expected 10 encourage enioi-e-
msnts FOR The return of unclsimed letters, % ss 10
duce he number Of dead lr,sers
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Jed Kirk. . sensible dsrkey. is enmmis.
siohsi BY The Mayer of Columbus. Miss,
"ta exefeise surveillance over the conduct
and iaanners of lhe negro settlement 10 the
eastern plrs Of the city,"
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The steamship New York from A.pia.
wall brings later South American adyice,.
Chill. Bolivia and Ecuador, il said 10
have formed league 10 Mresl Cuba from
Spain and have invited y-aczuela and Co
lumbia To JOIN in alliance. the three 6rt
named TO iurnish manry. and The others
men.
And hopes are entertained Of aid from
Southern emlgrant.. ~hu are expected b,
embark from the coast of florsls.
There j. intelligence from Bogoia oil the
installation OF Musqsers as President. and
that he vetoed the act 81 Congress giving
annui,ies Ia the negroes lor property csn.
hsucalrd. The senate INSISTED on the
adoption ol the measure, when an srmel
mob lorcrd ,hrm TO sanction the ,~;n oi
n" President. II j. believed that Mus.
qutra will acclafe himself permanently
Dictator
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STILL LATER.

The Nova Scotia. from Liverpool, with
dates TO the 5ib, has arrived.
A great battle occurred on the 3rd., near
budoss, in which the Ptussians gained q
complete victory. capturing! $4,000 pri.
s0ners.
There was terrible loss in both armies.
Austria sent in nAg 81 truce and has
agreed 70 cession of venetia and &C !.
cepted Napoleon as Mediator. Napoleon
Immediately communicated with the bel.
ligerenis.
The prussian and Italian reply to the
The Hillsborough recorder., 1866-07-18

New York. July Sit was fearfuily hot
yesterday. There werethirty three cas-.
Is of sun stroke and tweniy-seven deaths.
James w. Duncan. of the Ande,sonyil,s
prison, recently tried by Military Com.
mission at Savannah. Ga. has been senteu.
ced to be confined at hard labnr Tor Is
years at Fort Po'askl. Ga, Tor murder anJ
violation oi the laws Of war.
FRos SourH Am.RIca.-New York, July
9.--Advices from Porto Rico say that ths
slave population is rapidly diminishing.
The sugar and coffee crops a,e not more
than hall their former average.
Sharks have attacked ba,hers in Mobile
harbor. A young man was bitten Ia two
and then eaten the other day.
Justice Read. Of Opeloussa. has been a..
rested and broughtto New Orleans Tor re.
fusing u execute the civil rights bill.
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OF XKEE CONVEN
TEON.



Mr.. Wilson made report from the
committee on the stay law recommending
the passage Of an ordinance.
Tic committee ON salaries and fees re
ported an ordinance recommending. its
passage rs
MIR. Moore, from the constitutional com
mittee, reported All ordinance as a substl-
ute tor an ordinance concerning debts OF
the State to be hereafter contracted, to be
entitled an ordnance concerning debts to
| bu hereafter contracted and revenue lew
ed m 4king the provisions Of the ordi-
nance elso applicable to county debts.
Mr. McIver introduced .an ordinance
providing tia when persons were ;;naEle,
to give bail, they should 5e sent to woik
house, and not to close confinement.
1 Mr. Griesoin introduced nm ordinance
| authorizing an exchange of registered
State bonds for bonds now being issued
| by Public Treasurer, and extending the
privilege only to citizens ct the State
Mr. Mebahe introduced an ordinance
Itoincorporate the co-cperation Associations
at Company Shops.s
Mr.. Faulkner introduced an ordinance
| providing against obstruction TO the pass
aye of fish through the streams Of the
ISate.
Mr.. Simmons introduced a resolution
that NO business Of q legislative charactel
shall be entertained by the convention at
Ter the second day of June, unless recon
meudcd by the Governor.
| The unfinished business of yesterday
was resumed, being the consideration OF
Mr. Caldwell's amendment TO section 9 Of
the bill Of ri ghts, dispensing With trial ty
Ijnry tor misdenIeanorr, giving such trials
10 magistrates, but securing tho right<o
appeal
Mr. Mebanc moved substitute TO Mr.
fCaldweH's amendment to section 8 as fol
lows: 1.-The Legislature may. however
Iroyiaie other modes of trial with right o
|appeai for Inisdemeanors," which wac &c
Ieepted. 81 -
Mr.. Moore of Wake, in an able argn
ment reviewed the whole matter, and CT
Tered he following amendment as q sub
Istitute: ss'sa a@F- = f,e5 - ~
"Provided, nerertheless, That Court
may be established aad held in cities ani
Incorporated towns aud, at. the Conr
Houses, in which may be. tried, withon
the Intervention OF grand and petit jnries
as shall be prescribed by law, all tfnisdeea
lmeanors except such whereof The punish
fnent may be corporal, other than impris
'nment, Whenever the accused shall elec
be So tried. Propsded, That in all ca
ses where the party may be imprisoned Q
hned above fifty dollars, he may appeal t
any Court having jurisdictions Of the cast
Tending this amendment, q eolnnunn n
Cation was received from his Excellencs
lhe Governor, relative to the Geolagics
Snrvey, State. title to certain Swan
Lands, &C., which, on MOTION Of At
Moore, of Wake, was referred 10 sole
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committee. ;, ttC %s.+e. .t -t-s.ss Ill.
The Convention resumed ths unfinished
bneiness. s.--.. IL. 49,,
The question recurring OH the amend
mont, offered by Mr. Moore, OF Wake, to
the amendment before pending, on motion
of Mr.. Logan, the Convention adjourned
until 10 o'clock to norrov.
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WINsToN NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE s. 1856

amendmen was adopted
Debate arising on the action of the Con
vent;on in substituting 'shall" tor "enght
to-" f5ss - 80 .@.>-..G .s.<s,..e 49,
On motion Of Mr. Moore, the Oonven>
tion reconsidsred its action in that matter,
and Sought to" was again inserted.
|, The Declaratibn o.. Rights being read
and passed, the Convention adjourned, !,
after postponing the consideration of the
balance of the Constitution until Monday
morning. ae* w.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-01
THE NORTH POLE.

Two French gentlemen recently exA
plored the Island ofSpitzbergeninaman-
ner never before done. They have meas
ured the mountains, mapped the whole
coast, examined the vegetable products,
the geological composition, etc, of the
island. They found that the long day,
extending over several months, during
which tho sun never sets, became in
tensely hot after month or two, by the
unceasing heat from the sun. In this
period vegetation springs up in great
luxuriance and abundance. The North
Pole is only matter of six hundred
miles from the island, and it is thought
by the two explorers, as by many others,
that the pole itself, and the sea which Is
supposed to surround it, could be reach-
ed from Spitzbergen without any great
difficulties being encountered. A sim
gular fact noticed by the explorers in
connection with this island, is the enor-
nous quantities of floating timber which
literally covers the waters of the bays
and creeks. A careful examination of
the character, condition, and kind Of
those floating logs would, no doubt, lead
to u conclusion as to whence and how
they came, and probably suggest new
theories for the solution of geographical
problems connected with the Arctic
Seas
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-01
MIGRATION OF BIRDS.

A YEAR or two ago, happening to be
engaged in making tour in the Medi-
terranean, being, on April twenty first,
on board steam vessel, exactly half
way between the islands of Cerigo and
Malta, on my way to the latter place, a
large number of birds flew on board, evil
IDENTIFY performing their annual migra-
tion from the coast of Africa. They
were principally the common titlark,
though among the number were wheat
ears, fern-fowl or two, as well as vari-
GUS swallows. The whole of them
seemed much fatigued. Flights of tur-
tle-doves passed the ship the whole day.
A few alighted for few minutes in the
rigging, but showed no symptoms what
ever of exhaustion, and high over head
were focks of vultures or eagles, pro-
ceeding as leisurely as rocks of an even
ing on their way to their roosting-
places.
Now the distance Of the spot / men,
ton from the coast of Africa, in two di-
rections, is just two hundred and thirty
miles, and as near as possible just about
as far from the coast of Italy, as well as
the Morea. The flight of these birds,
therefore, from land to land, could not
have been less than four hundred and
eighty miles. Many of the titlarks,
though in a state of exhaustion, left the
ship, to my establishment, after a rest
of an hour or so only, and proceeded on
their journey, flying but few feet, ap.
parently, from the surface of the water
The weather at this time was beauti.
fully fine. At Malta, a few days after
n friend who had been at sea about the
same time informed me that flight of
the small Passerine owl had alightet
on board his ship; and in the market
observed quantities of these owls, a.
we'll as bee-birds, and a number of com
mon cuc<oos, which it appeared had
been caught at night in the quail-nets
How such bird as the titlark can. per
form such a journey as sea-voyage OF
four hundred and eighty miles at
stretch, is one of the facts far beyont
my comprehension; but that they d'
SO my statement is surely sufficient oc
cular demonstration.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-01
RATHER COOL.

A CORRESPONDENT of an English pa
per tells the following story illustrative
of the persistence with which some
Englishmen, and women too, intrude
themselves into grades Of society abroad
to which they would never dream Of
aspiring at home: "The determined
pushing of the English at Rome to get
invitations to houses, in many instances
far above their own calibre at home,
reminds me Of the bOldness Of an Eng
lish clergyman, who, two years ago,
finding all other applications fruitless,
and urged by his pretty wife to take
her to the Queen Dowager of Spain's
ball, coute q,ti coute, repaired to her
Majesty's palace the morning before and
demanded an audience on important
business. Queen Christiana, besides be-
ing very good-natured lady, had a
slight suspicion that her applicant was
cracked when he simply told her that
his business was to obtain an invitation
to her Majesty's ball and knowing that
10 contradict mad folks is dangerous,
she at once granted his request and put
an end to the audience" Our readers
will remember how Dickens, in his Ital-
ian notes, portrays the rudeness and
insolence Of the English in st. Peters.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-01
THE SHAVING QUESTION.

IT has been the point in dispute from
"a time whereof the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary" whether
men ought or ought not to NOW their
faces. Van IIelmOnt, and some other old
Dutch philosophers, insist that Adam
was created without beard, and that the
appendage only began to crop out after
he had committed sin.
Angels, the same astute Van Helmont
assures us, have no boards; and he
thence concludes that it is wicked not to
shave. But the premises do rot justify
the conclusion. This wonderful casuist,
however, Notwithstanding his hatred
of boards, actually wore mustaches!
Henry the Eighth cropped his beard
close; but his daughter Elizabeth was
fond of hairy faces. The style of beard
we see in the portraits of Shakespeare
was her "particular weakness" Es-
sex, Leicester, and Raleigh, all courted
the "maiden queen" with peaked
"goatees" attached to their chins.
Modern warriors generally wear hair
on their frontispieces. 1t is thought to
give them martial appearance. But
AleXander's invincible soldiers were all
barefaced. He compelled them to shave
for q sufficient reason-namely, lest the
"outside barbarians" of Asia should
seize them by their boards, and so cap
ture them. If the Emperor of China
had been equally wise, he would have
docked the long tails of his soldiery be-
fore he sent them out to fight Eng
lish and French. Hundreds of the Ce-
lestials were caught by their queues
prisoners into the camps Of the allies.
There is much to be said in favor OF
shaving, and something, too, against it
Some ladies set their faces against the
beard because they don't like it, 9th
ers because they do. Who shall de
eide between? Diogenes said that h,
who moved his chin reproached ma
ture for not having made him a wo
man. But, then, the tub philosophe
twas dirty fellow, who eschewed soap
SO his opinion can have no weight VIII
cleanly people. On the other hand
, Peter the Great, who was much smart
err, though not a much cleaner individu
al than the old lantern-bcarcr, laid
heavy tax on boards, and finding tina
he could not abolish them by tina
| means, had the chins Of his beardeC
subjects denuded of their hirsute honor
= with pieces of iron hoop and oyster
l knives.
: Upon the whole, we are in favor o
people doing as they please with thei
own chins. This a free country, ant
= the man whose wife or sweetheart
5 not ticklish about the lips, has an indie
/ feasible right TO wear as much beard q
: can grow. On the other hand, if the lad
likes barelaced men, he had better cut il
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-01
COURAGE.

A GREAT deal Of labor Is lost TO the
world for the want of little courage.
Every day sends to their graves numA
Der of obscure men, who have only re-
manned in obscurity because their til
midity has prevented them from maxi
ing first effort, and who, IL they had
only been induced to begin, would, in all
probability, have gone great lengths in
the career of fame. The fact is, that in
doing anything in the world worth do
ing, we must not stand on the bank shiv-
ering, thinking OF the cold and danger,
but Jump in and scramble through a.
well as we can. 1t will not do to be
perpetually calculating risks and ADJUST
ing nice chances; it did all very well be-
fore the flood, when man could consult
his friends upon an intended publication
for one hundred and fifty-nine years,
and live to see its success for six or
seven centuries afterward; but at pres-
ent man waits and doubts, and con-
suits his brothers, and uncles, and
particular friends, till one day he finds
that he is sixty-five years of age, and that
he has lost so much time in consulting
first cousins and particular friends that
he has no more time to follow theiradvice.
There is so little time for over squeam-
ishness at present that the opportun-
ity slips away. The very period of life
at which q man chooses to venture, il
ever, is so confined that it is no bad rule
to preach up the necessity, in such in
stances, Of little violence done to the
feelings, and efforts made in defiance
of strict and sober calculations.