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THE GOLDEN TABLET

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DIR. BAKERS SPECIFIC

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DR.. Bakers Specific.

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Weakness of either sex,
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Should be used by every one who would restore
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where he has on hand great variety of new and
second hand articles, too great to mention in de-
tail. Call and see his museum OF all sorts of
things. If you want anything 60 to Job Ross.
and you'll be pretty sure to find it.
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Scale Of Depreciat

The following Act in relation to the scaling Of
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war, passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly:
BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO
ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION
OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.
WHEREAS By an ordinance of the Convention.
entitled can ordinance declaring what laws anT
ordinances are in force, and for other purposes,
ratified The 18th day of October, A. D., 1855,
it is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation of the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue to the
end of the war; and it is further therein declared
that " all eXecutory contracts, solvable in money
whether under seal or not, made after the depre-
citation of said currency before the 1st of May,
1865, and untitled Except official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money of the said currency"
subject, nevertheless, to evidence of different in
tent of the parties to the contract; therefore,
Be 1t enacted 6y the General assembly Of the State
Of North CLtrOlG, and 1t is hereby enacted 6y the
authority Of tie same That the following scale OF
depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted
and established as the measure of value of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1864, from the LIST day of November,
1861, to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit:
Scate or depreciation Of Confederate currency the
gold dollar being the unit and neasure Of Oatue,
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GENERAL REMARKS.

| Revenue Stamps may be used unfortunately
upon any OF the matters or things enumerated IN
schedule B, except proprietary and playing card
stamps, for which special use has been provideo;
Postage stamps cannot be used in payment oil
the duty chargeable on instruments. ..-
1t is the duty of the maker OF AN instrument TO
affix and cancel the stamp thereon. The neglects
to do so, the party for whom it is made, may
stamp 1t before it is used and if used after the
30th of July, 1854, and used without stamp, 1T
cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any
failure upon the part of the maker of an instru-
ment to appropriately stamp it, renders him liza
BILE to = penalty of two hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced in many States by other
process than writ viz: summons, warrants, pub
hcation, petition, &c, in which case these as the
original process, severally require stamps.
Writs of scira facias are subject to stamp duty
as original processes.
The jurat of an affidavit, taken before Justice
of the Peace, Notary Public, other office duly
authorized to take affidavits, is held to be GER
tifcate, and is subject to a stamp duty of five
cents, except when taken in suits of legal proceed
ings.
Certificates of loan in which there shall appear
any printed or written evidence of an amount OF
money to be paid on demand or at any time de-
signat"d, are subject to stamp duty as Promlsory
Notes.
The assignment of mortgage is subject to the
same duty as that imposed upon the original in
strument; that is to say for every sum of five
hundred dollars any fractional part thereof, OF
the amount secured by the mortgage, at time of
its assignment there must be affixed stamp or
stamps, denoting duty of five cents.
When two or more persons join in the execution
of an instrument, the stamps to which this instru
ment is liable under the law, may be affixed and
cancelled by one of the parties.
In convcyances of real estate, the law provides
that the stamp affixed must answer to the value
of the estate on interest conveyed.
No stamp is required on any warrant of attor-
ney accompanying bond or note, when such
bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp OIL
stamps denoting the duty required, and whenever
| any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one
stamp duty is required on such papers, such
stamp duty being the highest rates required for
such instruments, or either of them. In such a
case note memorandum of the value de-
nomination of the stamp affixed should be made
upon the margin in the acknowledgement of
the instrument which is not stamped.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, December %, 1868.
SIR: The time has arrived when, in the
Judgment of the President of the United
States, the care and conduct of the proper
affairs of the State of North Carolina may be
remitted to the constitutional authorities
chosen by the people thereof, without danger
to the peace and safety of the United States.
BY direction of the President, therefore, you
are relieved from the trust which was here
tofore reposed in You as provisional COVER
nor of the State of North Carolina. When
ever the governor elect shall have accepted
and become qualified to discharge the duties
of the executive office, you will transfer the
papers and property of the State now in
your custody to his excellency Governor
Worth.
It gives me especial pleasure to convey to
you the Presidents acknowledgment of the
fidelity, loyalty, and discretion which have
marked your administration.
You will please give me reply, specifying
the day on which this communication is re-
ceived.
I have the honor to he
your excellency's most obedient servant,
WILLIAM III. SEWARD.
His Excellency w. w. HOLDEN,
Provisional Governor of ~ G.
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~ A r. ID

BECAUSE OF AFFL CTION AND AGE,
which renders me incapable of continuing bust
ness, now retire from tie Book trade, leaving
nv entire stock and interest in the hands of
Messrs Branson & Farrar, except the publication
of the sN C. Almanac which trust will be
received with the same favor as heretofore
In retiring, return my sincere thanks for the
very liberal patronage which the public has
chosen to bestow upon me during the last half
ccntury-the length of time which have been
engaged in this State-and cheerfully recommend
to old friends and patrons, my successors,
Messrs. Branson Il Farrar, by whom, 1 am sure
they will be satisfactorily accommodated.
Mr.. H. d. Coley, SO well known to the Book
trade and to the public, and SO long engaged in
business with me, will be retained an assistant
in the business of Messrs. Branson & Farrar He
invites his old friends to call upon him.
HENRY D. TURNER.
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NO. So.
Railroads, Steamboats,, &c
Raleigh & CASTOR Railroad.
THROUGH FREIGHT TARIFF,
NORTH AND SOUTH, BIZ THE AIR LINE ROUTE

WE ARE NOW PREPARED To SHIP ALL
w kinds of freight through to New York,
Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore, ON through
bills OF lading giving through receipts, at the
lowest rates. -
This is the Line for Shippers.
Your goods will be handled only once; through
connections close; no delay; time and expense
less than by any other route. Insurance-trffiing
compared with other routes. We take goods to /.
and from Columbia, 8. c., and all intermediate
stations, with more promptuess and dispatch than
any Express Company, at about one fourth the
cost.
TAKE NOTICE.!
Persons shipping goods South win ship through
the following Agents, and by the following
Steamship Companies, and NO OTHER
From New York, by the Atlantic Coast Mail
Steamship Company: Livingston, Fox Co.,
Agents, No: So, Liberty Street, or Pier SO, North
River, n. Y. -e-- .'- i *. .E-
From Baltimore, by Baltimore Steam Packet
Company. L. B. Parks, Agent, foot OF Unlon
Dock, and by Brandts line of Steamers. T.
From Philadelphia, by the Philadelphia and
Norfolk Steamship Company. w. B. Clyde d.
Co, Agents, No. IA, North Delaware Avenue,
Philadelphia. 4,..- u -
From Boston, by the Boston and Norfolk Steam
ship Company. E. Sampson & Co, Agents,
end of Central Wharf, Boston s4s!.r
Consign your goods to Railroad Agent, Ports.
mouth, Virginia, and City Point. .t I.
Goods coming by the way Of City Point and
Petersburg must be SO marked.
c. B. ALLEN,
Freight agent r. d G. e. r. Co.
Aug Is, 1866. 6E1m.
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Judges of the Supreme Court.

The Judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States are as follows:
Mr.. Chief Justice Chase. of Ohio.
Mr.. Justice Wayne, Georgia.
Mr.. Justice Nelson, New York.
Mr.. Justice Grier, Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Justice Clifford, Maine.
Mr. Justice Swayne, Ohio.
Mr.. Justice Miller. Iowa.
Mr.. Justice Davis, Illinois.
Mr. Justice Field, California.
Mr. Justice Stansbury, Ohio.
Reporter, John w. Wallace, Ohio.
Marshal, D. S. Gooding
Clerk. D. w. Middleton.
The Judge of the District Court of North
Carolina is G. W. Brooks District Attorney,
d. H. Starbucz. Marshal, Daniel R. Goodloe.
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Telegram ]


EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Washington, d. c., October 18, 1865.
w. w. HOLDEN, Provisional Gocer'aor, Raleigh,
~ c.:
Every dollar of the debt created to aid the
rebellion against the United States should
he repudiated finally and forever. The great
mass of the people should not be taxed to
pay debt to aid in carrying on a rebellion
which they in fact, if left to themselves, were
opposed to- Let those who have given their
means for the obligations of the State look
to that power they tried to establish in vio-
lation of law. constitution, and will of the
people They must meet their fate. 1t is
their misfortune. and cannot be recognized
by the people of any State protesting them
selves loyal to the government of the United
States and in the Union. l repeat that the
loyal people of North Carolina should be ex-
onerated from the payment of every dollar
of Indebtedness created to aid in carrying on
the rebellion trust and hope that the peo
pie of North Carolina will wash their hands
of everything that partakes in the slightest
degree of the rebellion, which has been so
recently crushed by the strong arm of the
government IN carrying out the obligations
imposed by the Constitution of the Union.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States
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[Telcgram-Reccived $40 p. M


RALEIGH n. c., august 26, 1865.
To THE PRESIDENT:
SIR: In reply to your despatch of Au-
gust 22d, l have the honor to state in no in
stance in making appointments to office, or
in recommending for appointment, have 1
shown any preference for persons who have
participated in the rebellion; on the con-
trary, have been very careful to prefer and
to appoint persons who were original Union
men, and persons who were in favor of re-
storing the authority of the federal govern
ment Doubtless in many appointments
(some four thousand) some have been ap-
pointed who ought not to have been, and in
some cases even friends have misled, to some
slight extent, by their recommendations :;
but, upon the whole, only loyal Union men
have been appointed and recommended at
Washington. 1t is my purpose and wish to
encourage and strengthen those who have
never at heart faltered in theil allegiance to
the federal government. l have proceeded
deliberately and carefully in the work of res
toration, and thus far am sure there are
no grounds for apprehending that North
Carolina will not present an acceptable con-
stitution. The great body of her people are
loyal and submissive to national authority.
l know there are malcontents, radicals and
not good men, who are engaged in lnisrepre-
senting facts, and fomenting strife for GER
tain purposes; but none of these things move
me in the performance of duty.
Thanking you heartily for the confidence
you have heretofore rcposed in me, and for
the honor you have done me in making me
provisional governor of this noble State, 1
am, sir, &c, w. w. HOLDEN,
Professional G0Dey.nOr
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Telegram
EXECUTIVE MANSION.

Washington, D. c., August g. 1865.
Governor VIM. w. HOLDEN, Ruleigh, ". c. !:
Information comes to me that reports are
freely circulating in influential quarters, and
where, without contradiction, they are calcu-
lated to do harm, to the effect that in ap-
pointments to Office. and in the recommen-
dations for appointments, the true Union
men are totally ignored, and the provisional
governors are giving decided preference to
those who have participated in the rebellion.
The object of such representations is to en-
barrass the government in its reconstruction
policy; and while place no reliance in such
statements, feel it due to you to advise you
of the extended circulation they have gained,
and to impress upon you the Importance of
encouraging and strengthening to the fullest
extent the men of your State who have never
faltered in their allegiance to the government.
Every opportunity should be made available
to have this known and understood as your
policy and determination. Acknowledge
the receipt of this telegram.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President Of the United States.
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Aad, sohereas, Many grave and difficult disputes
may arise between executors, administrators,
butees wards and cest1ysque trust, in the settle
ment of their accounts and trust, arising from the
sury notes and bank notes, incident to and grow
ing out of the late war; and that law suits and
expensive litigation may be Obviated.
BE it further enacted That in all such cases, the
parties are hereby empowered to form full and
perfect statement of the case on both sides, which
case shall be committed to the determination OF
one of the Judges of the Superior Courts, chosen
by the parties, who is hereby authorized to con-
slider and determine the same, according to equity
and good conscience: PrOVided, hO1CeOe1, That no
part of this section shall be construed to estop or
hinder any person from proceeding in the usual
of law, if he shall deem the same necessary
A true copy. j. A. ENGELHARD,
Cieyk of Senate
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

W0&hangtOn, Nocenl6eF II, 1850.
SIR: The President sincerely trusts that
North Carolina will, by her Legislature,
promptly accept the congressional amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States abolishing slavery.
He relies upon you to exercise all your
functions hereafter with the same wisdom
and in the same spirit of loyalty and devo-
tion to the Union that have marked your :id-
ministration hitherto.
The President desires you to feel entirely
assured that your efforts to sustain the adj
minlstration of the government and give eff
feet to its policy are fully appreciated, and
that they will in no case he forgotten.
am, sir, your obedient servant
WILLIAM Fl. SEWARD.
His Excellency w. w. HOLDEN,
Professional Goce,nor Of " C. Raleigh
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[Telegram.]
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

Washington, d. c., November 27 1865.
w. w HOLDEN, Provisional Governor, Raleigh,
N c.:
Accept my thanks for the noble and eff
cient manner in which you have discharged
your duty as provisional governor. You will
lie sustained by the government
The result of the recent elections in North
Carolina have greatly damaged the prospects
of the State in the restoration of its govern
mental relations Should the action and the
spirit of the Legislature he in the same direc-
ton it will greatly increase the mischief al
ready DONE and might he fatal.
1t is hoped the action and spirit manifes-
ted by the legislature will be so directed as
rather to repair than to increase the difficult
ties under which the State has already placed
itself ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States.
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REMovAL.

BRANSON 81 FARRAR HAVE CONSUM-
MATED arrangements to take charge of the en-
tire stock of Books owned by Mr.. n. d. Turner,
Law Books, and great variety of Miscellaneous
stock. They will immediately succeed to the old
ned or S near s9 %
and known as the North Carolina Book Store
This is by far the oldest and most popular book
ner's representative, viii stili be found at the
old stand. June 14-tf
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Telegram.-Received 1.so p. m. Sept. s1.

[Telegram.-Received 1.3O p. m. Sept. 81.
RALEIGH, N. c., September 81, 1865.
To THE PRESIDENT
SIR: Ihave decided that as persons who
belong to the excluded classes cannot vote,
so they cannot sit in convention unless they
exhibit their pardons. Ex-Governor Graham,
of Orange, in letter published in the news
papers, holds that unpardoned persons can
sit in the convention. He declines being a
candidate, but urges this view Am right
or wrong? The letter to Ex-Governor Gra-
ham, to which he replies, taking this view,
does not show good spirit.
The election here is progressing quietly.
A large vote will be polled in the State. j
will telegraph you as the returns comein.
w. w. HOLDEN,
Provisional Gocernor.
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GTelegram.-Received 9.55 p. m.]

[Telegram.-Received 9.35 p. M
RALEIGH, N. c. October II, 1855.
His Excellency the PRESIDENT Of the United
States.
SIR: Contrary to my expectations, the
convention has involved itself in bitter dis
cussion of the State debt made in aid of the
rebellion. A continuance of this discussion
will greatly excite the people and retard the
work of reconstruction. Our people are be-
lieved to be against assuming the debt
by large majority. Is it not advisable
that our convention, like that of Alabama,
should positively ignore this debt now and
forever? Please answer at once.
w. w. HOLDEN,
Professional Gooe'nor.
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[Teleoran.1
RALEIGH. N. c.. Deceynbe7. %. 1865.

RALEIGH, N. c., December %, 1865.
SIR: Your dispatch relieving me of my
duty as provisiona, governor of North Caro-
lima, has been received. It gives me pleasure
to be relieved of the responsibilities and la
bors of the Office. I will at once transfer the
great seal, the papers, and property of the
State now in my possession to the Hon.
Jonathan Worth, the governor elect. Be
pleased to convey to the President my sim
cere Acknowledgements for the honor he has
done me, and the confidence reposed in me
in calling me to this position. With the ex-
preston of the hope that his plan for res
toring the insurgent States to their nat
ural and appropriate place in the Union
may be crowned with entire success,
have the honor to be,
With high respect. your obedient servant.
w. W. HOLDEN.
Hon. W. Fl. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
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HnLsBoRoUeH, October 1s, 1865.


Gentlemen:
Yours expressing your wish to vote for the
Hon. JosiOh Turner, jr., As the representa-
tive in Congress from this District, and ask
ing my opinion as to his eligibility, the
doubt arising from his not having yet re-
ceived the pardon of the President, has been
received.
doubt not, that the President has as little
disposition as he has power to interfere in
the case. Memberships in Congress can pre-
sent no question for the President. Each
House is by the Constitution the sole judge
of the elections, returns and qualifications
of its members and if representative be
twenty-five yeais of age, has been seven years
a citizen of the United States, and he at the
time of his election an inhabitant of the
State he has all the qualifications prescribed
by the Constitution, and there is no power
or authority that can require any Others. l
have recently endeavored to demonstrate this
in a paper published in the Raleigh Sentinel
of this date. AS to pardon, l presume it
is only necessary that the President shall
have leisure to consider the case of Mr.. Turn
er to obtain that. Certainly no citizen of
this State has shown more vigorous opposi-
tion to the whole secession movement, or
conducted himself in a more manly and pa
triotic manner throughout the war. I have
recently seen a letter from high official in
Virginia stating that "a special appeal had
been made to the President" by Governor
Pierpont, Freaman Smith, G. HI. Lewis
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, and several
other influential citizens of that State, who
formed the acquaintance of Mr. Turner and
witnessed his course in the Confederate Con-
gress, praying an Immediate grant of his
pardon.
am, with hign respect,
Your obedient servant.
w. A. GRAHAM.