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AFTERNOON SESSION.
Oct. 18th. 1866, Q o'clock

..-....... .... Oct. 4th, 1866, o'clock D. m.
The convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment J. r. Good in the chair.
Ninety-two members were present.
The afternoon session was spent in SINH
lar manner to that of the morning, in allow
ing the delegates of the various counties to
express their feelings and views, and to give
Il true statement of their treatment in the
counties in which they live.
The convention was visited by brevet brig.
gen. Carr, and colonel ]. V. Bomford, of the
U. S. A. ......
Rev. Mr.. Pell, was introduced to the con-
vention by Jas. II. Harris.
Rev. Mr. Pell, in his address, states that he
has always cherished a warm feeling towards
the colored people, and if the people of both
races would go to work like they ought, and
which they will have to do, North Carolina
will be giant State He was loudly ap-
plauded. A vote of thanks was then tender
ed to Rev. Mr. Pell. for his address,
The Rev. F. A. Fiske, was next introduce
ed made few remarks and made distribu-
ton of some papers for the use of the freed
men.
DIR. Brown, then presented the convention
with $22, the proceeds of the lecture given
the previous night. A vote of thanks was
then given to DR.. II. J. Brown, who respond
ed in very feeling and touching manner
Great enthusiasm prevailed during his re-
marks.
1t was then announced that the Rev. F. A.
Fiske and Jas. w. Hood, would speak at the
next meeting.
The meeting then adjourned to meet &C
cording to rules.
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gsi- atteeklv tamaaaa,
Election on Thursday 18th of Octobt
Vote for Alfred Dockeryl
of Richmond CountV.

A friend writes us as follows from the
Western part of the State:
Che news has reached us that Gen. Dock
cry, of Richmond County, has been recon-
mended as the Union candidate for Cover
nor. 1 write this for the purpose of inform
ing you that the voters of Rutherford and
Polk will not only do Gen. Dockery justice,
but Gov. Worth also. They will give Gen.
Dockery an overwhelming majority, and
Gov. Worth shameful minority. The first
will be paid for his true Unionism and love
of country and the last for his known treach-
cry to the Union cause and his old friends,
and for his open utilization with the fire.
eaters. If the Centre and the East will do
half their duty Gen. Dockery will occupy
the gubernatorial chair for the next two
years, and we may then expect to be on our
way home to the Union of our fathers. Let
our motto be Dockery and the Union, "now
and forever, one and inseparable."
A friend writing US from the East gives
the cheering information that Gen. Dockery
will poll handsome vote in that quarter
1t is true he is not candidate, but the peo-
pie have a right to vote for him. We have
no doubt he would serve, if elected. We all
know it is Worth and stay ont Of the Union.
We shall never get back as long as Gov.
Worth is in Office. Let US, then, try some
one else. Let as cote for ALFRED DOCK
cry, of Richmond County. His vote in
the West will be large. What say the East
and Centred
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Colored Educational Conveo,,on

! We shalt conclude In our next the offici.,
sketch of the proceedings of the colo,,,
Gongentions held in this City last week
When we bear in mind the former co,,.
ton Of hisspeople, and the fact that th.n
have just emerged from slavery, in which ~!
| law, TREY were denied the right to learn y
read and write, we can not but regard FL.
Convention as embodying remarkable intel
ligence. Its proceedings were markedLn
decorum and propriety, and the specchc,
that we heard were by no means deficient =
point. sense or judgment. We listened 49,
Friday night last, to the presiding off ca.
james FL. Harris, the Rev. Mr.. Rue, and a.,
Rev. Mr.. Bowman, who entertained lor,.s
audience of both races for more than +,s'e
hours. Their speeches were replete w;t,
sound advice to the men and women 90
their race, and were at times piouapt h,
morous and eloquent
1t is to the interest of the white race +bo.
the negroes should be elevated They ara
part OF our population, and destined to 70
main so. IF education be good for the white
and the copper-colored races of the world it
is good also for the negro and in pronor
ton as he is educated and elevated will h.
be able to take care of himself, and to aia
the white race in developing the resources
and improving the condition of the country
Our contemporary, the Sentinel, objects to
some resolutions passed by this Convention
which it regards as political in their charac.
ter. That paper thinks that as the Coaven-
ton was called for educational purposes #
was not proper that any thing should have
been said which was not Immediately CON-
nected with that subject. If, in this respect
these colored people have committed an err
ror, they had before them very respectable
example; for it is well known that, durino
the rebellion, the Superintendent of Com
mon Schools for this State, Mr.. Wiley, never
submitted Report to the Legislature which
was not charged to the muzze with political
theory and dissertation; and it is also we'll
known that that gentleman found time in
1868 to write book on the moral and DO
itical status of the country, in which he
made himself one of the champions against
the peace movement" then on foot in this
State The colored people are known to be
more or less dnitatioe in their disposition,
and must, therefore, have been governed in
this respect by the example set them by
Mr.. Wiley.
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Sale of Salisbury Prison Lot.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands,


HEADERS. ASST COMM R., STATE OF n. C.
RALEIGH n. c., Sept. Is, 1866. I
TN COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS FROM
i the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, dated War De-
partment, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands, Washington, D. c., August
18th, 1866, and by virtue of authority given in
section II of the act of Congress, passed July 16,
1856, entitled An Act to continue in force and
to amend An Act to establish Bureau for the
Relief of Freedmen and Refugees, and for other
purposes" will sell at the Boyden House, in
the city of Salisbury, n c., at public auction, to
the highest bidder, on Thursday, the first day
of November, 1866, between the hours of 10
o'clock, A. M, and o'clock, P. M, all that GER
tain tract of land known as the
So PRISON LOT,''
situated in the city of Salisbury, n. c.. and con-
veyed by the Trustees of Davidson College to the
so-called Confederate States, by deed dated the
I'd day of November, A. D. 1861, containing about
fifteen (15) or sixteen Q6l acres, more less.
Said tract of land was used during the late war
by the so-called Confederate States Government,
for the confinement of prisoners-of-war. 1t was
formerly the site of large manufacturing estab-
hshment. 1t has a Railroad front of about three
hundred 5000 yards on the North-C Carolina Rail
road, making it a very desirable location for
manufacturing site, the establishment of
agricultural products of the country.
TERMS Cash, in Government funds, on the
delivery of warranty deed therefor, in the name
OF the United States.
THOS. P. JOHNSTON,
Capt. & A. O. NJ, Blu. r. F. d A L.
Brevet Major U. S. v
Sept. 10, 1865 79-till nov. l, &C.
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CoNNEcT1cUT.-Oft the 1853 towns in Con-
necticut, about 40 held their elections for
town officers on Monday. Both parties
figure up large gains, but the Republicans
have carried Meriden Seymour, Windsor
Locks, Southington, NIiddlefeld, and Dan
bury, heretofore Democratic, with most of
the larger towns and cities, and the total re-
turns from New-London, Hartford and Fair
field counties give a Republican gain over
the Hawiey vote of last Spling The Dem
ocrats have gained CRANKY, Glastonbury,
Canton, Simsbury, Somers and Middletown.
The issue in many of the towns has been
strictly local one. Of II towns 43 have
gone Republican, and 90 Democratic
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NIGHT SESSION.
October 4th, 1856


The convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment, j. R. Good in the chair.
Devotional exercises conducted by Rev. G..
A. Rue.
Mr. Stokey, then addressed the audience
His address was humorous and witty.
Rev. F. A. Fiske was next introduced
His address was solely on education. Avote
of thanks was then rendered to Rev. F. A.
Fiske, for his address.
Rev. James w. Hood was next introduc-
ed, who gave d noble address, tracing both
races from their origin. His entire discourse
was founded on historical facts. A vote of
thanks was also rendered.
Mr. Leary, was next introduced. His adj
dress was eloquent, advocating equality be-
fore the law. He was greatly applauded.
After singing the meeting adjourned.
j. L. O'HARA,
Convention Reporter.
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The AMENDMENT.-Dr. Deems paper, the
Watehnaaa, is inclined to urge the Southern
people to accept the Howard amendment
We said in our last it seemed to be certain
that in no event would this State accept
the amendment; but, it may be, that three
months hence Governor Worth, the Senti-
mel, and the great body of the secession lead
ers of this State will urge, in the most car
nest terms, the adoption of this amendment
They may even go further, and declare
that the salvation of the South and the fate
of the country depend on its adoption. But
we fear it will be too late. Oregon has just
virtually expunged her ratification of this
amendment, and we do not think it likely
that all the New England States will rati-
fly it.
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coLoRED EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION.
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

RALEIeH, Thursday, Oct, 4th, 1866.
The cenventien met pursuant to adjonrn
Iaent, Pr. Good in the chair H
Religious exercises con Quoted by Che chap
lain.1 G. As Rue, assisted by Rev. A. Bass s.
The convention then proceeded to its regn-
lar business, calling the roll of delegates
reading the rules, &c.
MIR. Richard Tucker then stated the neces-
-sity Of paying strict attention to business.
J. R. Page introduced resolution, which
was referred to the business com mittec.
The remainder of the morning was spent
in allowing the delegates of the various
counties to express their views and make
true statement. of their treatment in the.
counties i'll which they reside
On motion the meeting adjourned to meet
according to rule. 80"
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LOST ARTs.-In regard to colors we
are far behind the ancients. None of
the colors in the Egyptian paintings of
thousands of years ago are in the least
faded, except the green. The Tyrian
purple of the entombed city of Pompem
is rs fresh to-day as it was those thou
sand years ago. Some of the stucco,
painted ages before the Christian era,
broken up and mixed, reverted to its
original lustre. And yet we pity the
ignorance of the dark-skinned children
of the ancient Egypt. The colors upon
the walls of Nero's festal vault are as
as if painted yesterday. So is the
cheek of the Egyptian prince who was
contemporaneous with Solomon, and
Cleopatra, at whose feet Caesar laid
the riches of his empire.
And in regard to metals. The edges
of the statues of the obelisks OF Egypt,
and of the ancient walls of Rome, are
as sharp as if but hewn yesterday.
And the stones still remain so closely
fitted that their seams, laid with mortar,
cannot be penetrated with the edge of
penknife. And their surface is exceed
dinghy hard, so hard that when tue
French artists engraved two lines upon
the obelisk brought from Egypt, they
destroyed, in the tedious task, many of
the best tools which can be manufac-
tured. And yet these ancient monu-
ments are traced all over with inscrip-
tions placed upon them in the olden time.
This, with other facts of striking char
acter, prove that they were far more skill
ed in metals than we are. Quite recently
it is recorded that when an American
vessel was on the shores of Africa a son
of that benighted region made from an
iron hoop knife superior to any on
board of the vessel, and another made
a sword of Damascene excellence from a
piece of iron.
Fiction is very old; Scott had his
counterpart two thousand years ago.
A story is told of warrior who had
no time to wait for the proper forging
of his weapon, but seized it red hot,
rushed forward, but found to his surprise
that the cool air had tempered his iron
into an excellent steel weapon. The
tempering of steel, therefore, which was
new to US century since, was old two
thousand years ago.
Ventilation is deemed very mod ern
art. But this is not the fact, for aper-
lures, unquestionably made for the
purpose of ventilation, are found in the
pyramid tombs of Egypt. Yet thou
sands of years ago the barbarous Pa
gans went so far as to ventilate their
tombs, while we yet scarcely know
how to ventilate our houses.
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MY SHIP.

ztszSfzEfes T.
Nav calls and beckons, and on the trees
/ The brown buds thicken from day to day.
And waited on the favorings breeze,
E Thewhite- winged vessels crowd the bay
n "a u.seFS
AWAY the wharves as the sun goes down,
And the daylght's tunirit, and dust, and
din
Are diving away in the busy town,
go IT, see if my ship comes In.
.5y SeFZsf:E liz CIV :, &c
I gaze far DER the quiet sea,
Rosy with sunset like mellow wine;
Where ships like lilies lie TRANQUILITY,
MANY and fair, but7I see not mine.
g. -, 50 ". f~
question the sailors every night,
Who over the bulwarks idly lean
Noting the sails as they come in sight;
Have you seen my beautiful ship come in?"
V. 49,. ...-
Whence does she come 2" they ask of me.
g Who is her master, and what her name ~
And they smile upon me pityingly,
When my answer is ever and ever the same
vi. .-
ooh, mine was n vesselof strength and truth,
Her sails were as white as young lambs
fleece; .-
She sailed long since from the port of Youth;
Her master was Love, and her name was
Peace
VII.
" And like all beloved and beauteous things,
She faded in distance and doubt away,
With only tremble of snowy wings
She floated swan-like adown the bay.
VIII
And since / watch from the morning light,
Till the pale stars shine DER the dying day,
To catch the CLEAN of her canvass white
Among the islands which gem the bay.
TX
But she comes not yet, she will never come
To gladden. my eyes and spirit more;
And my heart with a shudder grows faint
and dumb.
AS watch and wait on the lonesome shore.
x
For know that tempest, and time, and
storm,
Have wrecked and shattered my beaute-
Gus bark.
Rank sea weeds cover her wasted form,
And her sails are tattered, and stained, and
dark.
The tide comes up, aud the tide goes down,
And the daylight follows the nights eclipse,
And still with the sailors tanned and brown,
I lounge on the wharves and watch the
ships.
And still with patience that is no hope,
For wrecked and lifeless it long has been,
sit ON the rough shores rocky slope,
And watch to see if my ship comes in.
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Reduction in Price of the American

Reduction in Price of the American
Watches,
MADE AT WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.
In consequence of the recent great improve
ments in our facilities for manufacturing we have
reduced our prices to as low point as they can
be placed,
WITH GOLD AT PAR,
so that no one need hesitate to buy watch now
from the expectation that it will be cheaper ut
some future time. The test of ten cars and the
manufacture and sale of
More than 200 700 Watches
have:given our productions the very highest rank
among time-keepers. Commencing with the de-
termination to make only thoroughly excellent
Watches our business has steadily increased as
the public became acquainted with their value,
until for months together, have been unable
to supply the demand. We have repeatedly
larged our factory buildings until they now cover
over three acres of ground, and give accommoda-
ton to more than eight hundred workmen.
We are fully justified in saying that we now
make more than one-half Of all tie matches soil in
the United States. The different grades are dis
tinguished by the following trademarks on the
plate:
l. american Watch Co.. Waltham, Mass.
2. "Appleton, Tracy Il Co." Watham, Mass.
g. "P. s. BARTLETT Watham Mass
4. civilian Ellery.'
s. OUR LADIES WATCH, of first quality, is
named Appleton, Tracy IL Co.." Wal
than, Mass.
6. Our next quality of Ladies' Watch is named
"P. s. Bartlett" Waltham, Mass. These
watches are furnished in great variety
of sizes III styles of cases.
The American Watch Co., of Waltham, Mass.
authorize us to state that without distinction of
trade marks price,
AL THE PRODUCTS OF THEIR FACTORY
ARE FULLY WARRANTED
TO be the best time-keepers of their class ever
made in this or any other country. Buyers
should remember that unlike the guarantee of
foreign maker who never be reached, this
guarantee is good at all times against the Com
pavy or their agents, and that if after the most
thorough trial, any watch should prove defective
in any particular, it may be always exchanged for
another As the American Watches, made at
Waltham, Mass, for sale by dealers generally
throughout the country, we do not solicit orders
for single watches.
Caution.-The public are cautioned to buy
only of respectable dealers. All persons selling
counterfeits will be prosecuted
ROBBINS " APPLETON,
Ag'ts for tie american Watch Co..
1S2 BROADWAY, n. Y.
Sept %, 1866. S0-4m
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AssI11LATTNG THE CoINAGE.-A mon
etary treaty was concluded in Deem
Der last between France, Belgium, Italy
and Switzerland, the text of which has
been publised, which affects the impor-
tant subject of coinage in an influential
manner. These nations agree that
hereafter, and until 1880, their gold
and silver coins shall be of the same
denomination, size and weight. The
coins are to be struck upon the decimal
plan, in gold pieces of one hundred, fif-
ty, twenty, ten and five francs value,
and in silver of francs, one franc, half
franc and one-fifth franc. They are to
be received and circulated in the coun-
tries which accede to the treaty with
the same effect as in that in which they
are struck. They are also to be issued
in certain proportions to to the popula-
ton. Old pieces of other denomina-
lions are to be called in and re-coined.
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Speci Notices.
cholera, Diarrhea, and Dysentery 3

Cholera, Diarrhea, and Dysentery =
A cure is warranted by DIR. ToBIAs' celebrated
YENETIAs LtNIMEsT, if used when first takenby
persons of temperate habits. This medicine has
been known in the United States over 20 years.
Thousands have used it, and found 1t neverfailed
to cure any complaint for (which 1t was recon-
mended and all those who first tried it, are now
never without it. In the cholera of 1913, DIR.
Tobias attended 40 cases and lost 4, being called
in too late to do any good
DIkECTIONS.-Take teaspoonful in q VIII E.
glass of water every half hour for two hours, ana
rub the abdomen and extremities well with the
Liniment. To allay the thirst, take lump Office
in the mouth abut the size of a marble every ten
minutes 1t is warranted perfectly innocent to
take internally Sold by all druggists-price, 40
and so cents. Depot, So Courtlandt street, New
York.
Sept -, 1866. sO-1m
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For the Standard,
i OF IHC DO
WHY NOT2

! Messrs. Editors: Allow me space in your
| paper, because of former associations now
severed, to present subject of some impor-
tance to the people of my own manner of
thinking. am a Democrat and followed my
party with the war. have come out of the
war without a party, and find my seif serving
| strange masters. The silver-tongued orators,
who used to cheer us on to victory are silent
| like me the seryitors Of their ancient oppo-
| Dents. Yet we have powerful friends in the
North-President johnson, and the Demo-
cratic party there, who so nobly stand up for
| US in the face of every Encouragement And
| in North-Carolina too, we are a power
mighty and nndismayed
Sir, what desire to say to the old demo-
Gratis is this: Why do you not organize
Establish paper at the centre, for with all
due respect to Messrs. Gales and Peli, the
Sentinel can never be true, exponent of the
Democratic party. / do not mean to say
that there is any use of getting at logger
heads with the wing of the Wing party,
which the Sentinel represents, and with
which it has been our custom to vote of late
years, but there is, it seems to me, a necessi-
ty for US to maintain our own organization
and support our own papers
There are in this State the following dem
ocratic journals: Marlborough tSoutherner,
Wilmington Journal, Weldon State, Char
lotte Democrat, Winston Sentinel, Charlotte
Iamaes, and NeWbern Commercial Would
it not be well in consideration of this fact
to establish an organ at the centre?
Besides until We begin to move and take
care of ourselves, we shall receive only the
crumbs from the table. We are entitled to
the next Senator, in John POOLS place, and
to Governor also after Mr. Worths time
Turn about is fair play
JACKSON DEMOCRAT.
Wake County, Oct 1st, 1866.
6
a hearing, but in publishing the above We,
must not be understood as endorsing any
thing in it. Our connection with the Demo-
cratic party, severed in 1860, can never be
renewed. But, it seems to us, that from the
standpoint which our correspondent takes
there is much matter for thought and con-
sideration presented to partisans of his man
ner of thinking]
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Brick Maehine.-The National Brick Ma
chine, CLAY TEMPERINe MACHINE, and makes
with only two horse power, $4,000 SPLENDID
BRICKS per day, with well defined edges and uni
form lengths. If the Machine does not perform
what claim for it, we will tale it back and
refund the money. Unusual inducements offered
to purchasers of territorial rights. Address
ABRAM REQUA, Gen. Agent,
Aug. I-1m. al Broadway, N Y
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) E. sTENHoUsE. AALAN MACAULEY
CTENHOUSE & MACAULAY.
Wholesale and Retail Grocers and Commission
Merchants, at our Old Stand, Trade Street, Char
lotte, N. G.
Purchase and sell Cotton and all other Produce
on order.
Business entrusted to us shall command our
prompt personal attention.
REFERENoEs. Jordan Womble, sr., Esq.
Raleigh.
Dunlop, Moneure g. Co., Richmond, Va.
Kent, Paine & Co., -" g
aug 141y7
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The Cape Fear River is again flush, and
the river steamers have resumed their regular
trips, transporting quantities of freight both
up and down. Business on the river has in
creased to such an extent of late that several
of the lines are unable to meet the demands:
upon them for transportation, and are build
ing new boats to enable them to meet the.
requirements of the public Wilmington,
Disrntch
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Thirty-two years ago, remarks the New
York Tribune, when Douglas left his Green
Mountain home for Illinois, his great rival,
Lincoln, was keeping post-office, fresh from
the glories of the Black Hawk war; Andrew
johnson was mayor of little mountain town
in Tennessee; Jefferson Davis. a lieutenant
of dragons, was chasing the Indians Sew
ard was grieving over his defeat as govern
or Breckenridge was studying the orations
of Cicero against Catalina at a Kentucky
college Chase was endeavoring to gain a
law practice in Cincinnati Summer was en-
tering a Boston bar; Broderick was cutting
stone Grant was a schoolboy in his teens !;
Farragut was watching the honor of his flag
on the torrid coast of Brazil