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WHAT Is LOYALTY.

The Daily Ne,os, in a leader in gen
eral approval of the late pro-secession
speech, in Congress, of Mr.. Harris, of
Maryland, says:
g 1t is of no avail noao to insist that
the right of secession is one of the at
tributes of the political system under
which exist the United States of Amer
lea. That question has been submitted
to the arbitrament of arms {; and, so far
as the mere influences of physical force
can determine it, it has, for the time
being, been determined. The South
accepts the results, in respect to
it's present practical application; but
that acceptance does not imply any
abandonment, in thought, of the prin-
ciple upon which the secession move
mcnt was founded"
1t is of the gravest consequence that
the people of the United States should
clearly understand each other on the
question mooted. We say nothing as
to the past: Let bygones be bygones.
But does an ex-rebel, in now swearing
allegiance to the Constitution and
Union, scear to be faithful only tiUhis
State shall see fit again to secede?
This is an eminently practical ques-
ton. Its right decision is Of momen-
tous, vital import. Could State for
merly absolve her citizens serving as of
ficers in the army or navy OF the Uni
ted States from the obligation of the
solemn oath of fidelity exacted of them
on entering that service? If she could
rightfully do this once, can she now p
Does the oath nOao mean, 81 will bear
true and faithful allegiance until my
State shall secede from the Union ?''-
Let us have a clear understanding on
this head before we educate any more
Lees and Stonewall Jackson's al West
| Point. We cannot afford to be trif1ed
| with.-N Y. Tribune.
The above contains matter for serious
thought and sober reflection. An oath
taken and subscribed, with mental re-
servation on the part of the person tax
ing it, is not worth the paper on which
it is written. The Neaes says, "The
South accepts the result, in respect to
it's present practical application but
that acceptance does not imply any
abandonment in thought, of the prin-
ciple upon which the secession move
ment was founded. Now, what does
this mean? Does it not plainly imply
that the Southern people have taken the
oath with a mental reservatlon-wltha
purpose only to observe it so long as
they are obliged to and no longer? 1t
so, then the conclusions to which Con-
gress have arrived, are correct, and
the extreme measures which they de-
mand are not injudicious. We cannot
believe that the Neaos correctly repre-
sents the Southern people, and yet,
when we take up Southern papers and
see such almost universal commenda-
ton of this Harris speech, we are al
most driven to believe that we are mis-
taken. One of two things is true be-
yond the possibility of contradiction,
either the Neacs and Mr. Harris are mis-
representing the Southern people and
doing them great injustice, or they are
disloyal to the government, for no loyal
man can take an oath to support the
government, while, at the same time,
h., harbors secret purpose to overthrow
or rebel against it whenever a IA
vorable opportunity offers.-,Neao6er7a
Times.
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THE REBEL DEBT.-The President to-
day sent message to the House, in response
to a resolution concerning the provisions OF
law and ordinances of the late insurgent
States on the subject of the rebel debt, So
called. The following facts are gathered
from the papers inclosed: On the 18th OF
October last tie North Carolina Convention
passed an ordinance prohibiting the pay
lnent of all debts created or incurred i'll aid
of the late rebellion. In the Legislature OF
South Carolina, in December, a resolution
reported by the committee on Federal Rela-
tions, was passed to the effect that they had
not the necessary information to enable them
to act advisedly in relation to repud1ating
the debts incurred in support of the rebel
lion. They called on the Comptroller Gen
eral to furnish it, and until it should be
forthcoming they could make no definite
recommendations on the subject.
The Georgia Convention In November,
passed an ordinance rendering null and void
all debts created for purposes OF carrying on
the late war against the United States. The
Legislature, besides, passed an act prohibit
The Convention of Alabama passed an or
dinance forbidding the assumption of any
part of the rebel debt. t
The Florida Convention, in November
declared the debt null and void. The Mis-
sissippi Convention in August repealed the
ordinance of secession, and the Legislature
passed law prohibiting the Treasurer from
paying any debt until authorized to do SO
by that body.
- rom the papers in possession of the State
department. 1t does not appear the treasurer
debt part u inc
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TENNESSEE.
PROCLAMATION OF GOV. BROWNLOW.
Special Session of the Legislature

NASHVILLE, June 19.-The Press and Times
will to morrow publish the following procia-
nation py Governor Brownlow, reconVening
the Legislature:
g To the members of the General assembly Of
tie State Of Tennessee
"GENTLEMEN: For more than five years the
State of Tennessee has been deprived of her
privileges in the Union of our fathers. By
the treason of onr people we have fallen from
our high estate as members OF the great Amer
can confederacy. For more than year past
the loyal people ofthe State have been trying
to place her in position, and to prove her wor
thy to be recognized and admitted to all her
forfeited rights. Our Senators and Repre-
sentatives have fingered for many months at
the threshold of the Government, asking to
be reinstated in the national councils. In
view of the rebellious conduct of so many of
our people, and treachery of those who con-
trolled her action, Congress has deemed it ne
cessary to require of us certain conditions
precedent as guarantees for our future loyalty.
To do this it has been deemed necessary that
the State Legislature should rsftify certain
amendments to the Constitution of the United
States, which may be briefly stated as fol
lows: al. Equal protection of all citizens in
the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property.
80 That class who are disfrancised with
out crime shall not be taken into account in
fixing the basis of Federal representation.
IS. That certain persons who have proved
themselves dangerous to the peace ofthe coun-
try shall not be eligible to Office.
"a The validity of the national debt shall
not be questioned, while all debts incurred in
aid of the rebellion are illegal and void. 81.
GAS to the disloyal portion of our people,
these terms are mild in the extreme. 1t is
hoped that there is nothingi in them repugnant
to the sentiments of the loyal, or if there be,
that all objections will be yielded upon the
altar of our common country.
'Therefore, 1, VIM. G. Brownlow, Governor
of the State of Tennessee, in consideration of
the premises, and viewing the present as an
extraordinary OCCASION do issue this my pro-
clamation, converting the General Assembly,
in extraordinary session, to consider the afore-
said amendments to the Federal Constitution,
and do call upon the members thereof to assem-
BILE in the State Capitol on Wednesday, July
4, 1866, when and where the purposes for
which they will have been convened will be
more fully stated to them"
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For the Standard.
u,,y,rv co,IEcE COMPLEMENTARY

80.
oo,,,e off last Thursday This College IS SIT
noted in the northwest corner OF taanooipH4s
County fine most loyal County, perhaps, IN
a. ctste /, INT strange to say, the GolteSe
, .o from the influence of bad training or
some evil genius, never have been particular
1v tr,mbled with loyalty. They are arient
Worth men and women too, and believe tnat
t,.s;r dear Confederacy is not dead, but
sIeenetb.n But they are not sccessinnists-
never were; and think it very hard tnat they
are not admitted to all the rights and PRIV
ileoes of American citizens. For 10 is not
this our country? Why were you not there'
Holdenq They had q good time: vance
was there, and Gov. Worth, and other gooo
disloyal men of less notoriety.
Vance, you know, is unparuoheo, % tha
owes to the elenaency OF the seIn 49, for
privilege of wearing his treasonapie neau ~, ~.
q dav but he Zebulon, whom treason mas
made edious and whom traitors delsnt W
honor. and Jonathan, who SOLD hlmseli loi
+be Clovernorship, were there in peI'S0n"e pro-
aar;e and were listened to with rapt aston
ishment and delight by the Southern TOAD
caters who came from all quarters to hear
them preach the funeral OF their late ioFeo
and lost and lamented Confectionery.
And still they gazed and still the wonder grew
That two small heads could carry all they Knew
Tt was Vance's earnest conviction that the
Confederacy and all its martyred followers
had gone to paradise, where Union men ana
Yankees never go, with their reconstruction
and peace principles. And this is oar coun-
trv and we ought to be in the Union.
Every thing signified settled determine,
tion to sustain the right of secession and
v;ndicate the rebellion. Vance advised the
neople to be submissive to the government,
odious and contemplate as it is. when the
manned student arose to declaim, the Presl-
dent. DR.. Craven, observed to the spectators
that that young man was wounded IN Tue
front rank at the battle of Rheims Station,
brayely charging the Yankee vandals; and
vet this is our country, and that Is our coun-
try's glory. oa
But.the most significant thing occurred
during the recess, and just before Vance de,
liyered his speech. The large painting OF
Cen Washington was taken down from the
wall by a Confederate lady and that OF Jetf
Davis hung up in its place And this Is our
country, and we wonder why they don't re-
ceive us back in the Unions
While the power is withheld from traitors
we don't apprehend any danger to the Union
cause. Treason and conspiracy that could
not be sustained by war can't succeed now :;
but people should have more regard Tor de-
cency and propriety. Fools can tear down,
but it requires wisdom to build up. If jeff.
Davis is released and rebels allowed to vote
and hold office, then the Union cause Is gone
forever, and secession will be recognized as
being right. RANDoLfh.
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Iri atteeklp tauilard.
RALEIGH. n. e.
THE Conyention.'

=
The North Carolina State Convention adj
journed sine die on Monday last, after sec
ond session of some thirty days.
Judge Reade, the President, delivered
brief but very impressive and touch
ing valedictory on adjourning the Con-
vention.
Our Junior has taken full notes of the de-
bates on Saturday, the last day on which
business of importance was transacted,
and would have reported them in full for
this issue, but for indisposition. He hopes
to be able to write out the report in full for
our next issue.
A very animated debate took place on
Saturday evening, on proposition to au-
thorize the Counties to borrow money to AID
the suffering poor, in which Messrs. How
ard, Odom, Ferebee, Settle, Harris, of Ruth
erford Bryan of Wilkes, Grissom, and Others
| took part Mr. Grissom moved so to amend
as to prevent the Counties from levying
taxes to pay any of the County rebel debt.
The whole matter went upon the table on
Saturday evening, but OH Monday morning
the ordinance, with Mr.. Grissom's amend
ment, was taken up and passed. The Coun-
ties are. therefore, bound by an ordinance of
the Convention not to levy taxes to pay any
part of this debt.
The Convention which has just adjourned
was one of the ablest and soundest bodies
that has ever assembled in the State.
In addition to through revision of the
Constitution, it passed a number of useful
ordinances.
We shall publish the Constitution in full
at an early day, as well as the most impor-
tant ordinances. The stay law will appear
in our next issue.
The people of the State will vote on the
Constitution on the first Thursday in August
next; and on the 18th of October they will
elect Governor and members of the Legis-
| lature
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NEW AUSTRALIAN BIRDS AND FIsH-A
Melbourne (Australian) paper says: A very
remarkable looking bird was killed short
time ago at Allansford. 1t had the neck of
heron, short thick legs, web footed like a
duck. portions of its coat like sea gull,
but OF great length. 1t is supposed that
the bird is Plotus-a species of darter-
remarkable fish was also nettetl in the Hop
kins. 1t was about thirty inches long, had
head like calf, with a spike about two
inches long, running out from the snout and
terminating in a soft piece of flesh or lap
hanging down. The fish in question is
known as the chimera Australis, is a deep
sea-fish, but is unfit for food.
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Outrages in the Western part of this State,
in the way of horse-stealing and the like,
are reported to be quite too common for the
peace of society. We learn that some days
since some rogues stole some horses from Mr..
j. g. Garland, of Yancy County, and that
Mr.. Garland pursued them to recover his
property, and was shot by one of them, from
which he died. Mr.. Garland was one of the
wortbiest citizens of that County.
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A note from Unionist of North Caroline
informs us that the loyal men of his section
are sin wretched condition controlled "a
completely by the Rebel leaders now as dur
ing the rebellion. More than ITO Union men
In one county alone are indicted by the rebel
Grand Jury for alleged offenses, mostly com
save Us except disqualification of the lead
ing rebels to vote and hold office."-Ne,c
York Tribune,
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PRoFEssoR AeAssIz-The Navy Depart
ment has received dispatches from Captain
Alfred Taylor, commanding the q. s. steam
er Snsquehannah, dated Jnne AID, In which
he states that while at Rio, Brazilian
steamer arrived from Para with Professor
Agassiz and lady on board. The Professor
has completed his exploration of the valley
of the Amazon, and speaks in the warmest
terms of the kindness and attention shown
him by the Emperor of Brazil, by placing at
his disposal a government steamer and such
other facilities as enabled him in few
months to finish work that, otherwise,
would have require d years to accomplish.
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Total

1OCal ".. -$f ,o9u oo
Eany one will take thu, trouble to divide
this snug sum by 4, to represent the acres
cultivated, he will find the average produce
of each acre to be $1,92.5 80 Pretty fair
farming this
In the annexed account # sales it will be
seen that the highest price paid was $601
per hundred. One hoghead brought 5000
one 1856 one $685. two 5 2f5 one 5000
one $1s5 one $175 !; one $ii7s one $160;
two 1851 one 1858 ; two $1-j1 Fifteen be-
tween 800 and al fourteen, between $50
and 800. and thirty-five over 500. The
sum of the sales, averaged, show the price
per hoghshead to be $61.24
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THE CASE OF MIR. DAyIs.-A special dis
patch from Washington to the New York
Eoening Cypress says: "There is no ikeli-
hood of Mr.. Davis Immediate release from
prison by bail. The President deems it
court question, at least for the present.
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CoTToN.-Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissi-
oner of Agriculture, yesterday received sew
eral very superior samples of cotton from
California and the Pacific islands, grown from
Sea Islands seed. A sample from Tahiti,
Society Islands, taken from plants two years
old, is in staple equal to the bests Sea Is
land cotton, and 100000 pounds were ship
ped last year to England and France A
sample of upland cotton Agrown at Fort Te-
sidered equal to the best upland cation pro-
duced in the Southern States These sam
pies are ON exhibition in the agricultural
museum
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The condition of Bishop Early has so
greatly improved, that his removal has be-
come practicable and to-day it is expected
that he will take his farewell of the family
of MIR. BrummeH who have cared for him so
kindly since his wounding, and be conveyed
to the dwelling of his lnng-attached and init
mate friend, William Gray, Esq, ofthis city,
with whom he has always made his home
when visiting here. 1t is with great pleas.
ure tina we record this tangible evidence OF
his rapid improveinent.-Ric1S. Enquirer.
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The work on which various American wri-
tiers are now engaged is thus noted: Ban
croft is at work on his 9th volume Prof G.
w. Greene, of Rhode Island, is writing the
biography of his grandfather, Gen. Nat.
Greene, of the revolutionary army; q. G.
Squier is preparing a work on the an, iq III
ties of Central and South America Pierre
Irving is collecting the scraps and shreds of
his uncle, Washington Irving's writings,
heretofore never put in book form, and will
probably make two or three volumes of
them; Richard rockingham, of Charles
town, is writing his elaborate history of that
town; William Swinton, first historian of
:. the Army of the Potomac" is next to pre-
pare volume on g the Twelve Principal
Brttles of the War
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DELINQUENT PosTsfAsTERs IN THE SOUTH
TO BE SUED.-The Postmaster General has
instituted suits against number of delin-
quent postmasters in the Southern 81 ates for
balance due at the close of the war. We
learn that all of this class are to be pros:
ecuted
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[CIRCULAR.l
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

June IG, 1866.
To has Eecellescy, Goperaso,. O, the State Of:
SIR: I have the honor to transmit an at
tested copy of resolution of Congress, pro-
posing to the Legislatures of the several
States fourteenth article to the Constitution
of the United States. The decisions of the
several Legislatures upon the subject are re-
quired by law to be communicated TO this
department.. An acknowledgements of the
receipt of this communication srequested by
Your Excellency's most obedient servant,
WIN. Fl. SEWARD.
The accompanying paper is the certificate
of a true copy of the concurrent resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution
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The secession or rebel papers are eagerly
catching up and copying the recent treason
able speech of MIR. Harris, of Maryland, de-
livered in the House of Representatives.
This affords one of the most striking eviden-
ces of bad feeling among the war people OF
the South The Danville Times, for example,
says, this speech is particularly soothing to
our Southern feelings, and it is, moreover,
calculated to do good at the South" The
"good" referred to must be to unite the
South, so-called, still more against the ma
tional government. The speech can have no
other effect This was no doubt its object.
We tell the Congress it will not do to make
light of such speeches. They produce a
most injurious effect among our people, and
may lead in the end to bloodshed. Outspo-
ken, defiant traitors ought not to be tolerated
in Congress.
The Washington correspondent of the N.
Y. Herald states that Ex-Provisional Gov
erner johnson, of Georgia, has been nomina-
ted by the President as Minister to Vene-
zuela His nomination will be sent to the
Senate in few days.
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Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, is at Washing
ton He reports that the people of that
State are less loyal than they were one year
sgP.
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q DID You EYEH SEE 4 TApPoIE TURN TO
A FROG 2n-Mr Ferebee, who is son the.
ticket for Lieutenant Governor with Gov.
Worth, was once tadpole, Union,) but he Is
now al full grown frog. He changed so
slowly that the transformation. could be
marked at every stage. Our worthy Gov
ernor, also once tadpole, Onion,) is chang
ing slowly. He is part tad and part pole
He will poll badly in October. Chorus
'sDid you ever see," &c. MIR. Ferebee IS
now amphibious, and can live either on land
or in water He can jump and croak. But
our worthy Governor is obliged to " take
water" now and then, as he is not quite
sufficiently changed to live ON land. One
popularity is, the tadpole becomes frog,
but the frog neper turns to tadpole.-
MoRAL-The Unionist who finally falls, falls
to rise no more.
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tWHIsKEY WHISKY
quality, which we will sell low
june An: b. p WILLIAMSON s co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20

more than FIVE days in any subsequent year.
18. Sections twenty-ffth and fifty second
Of the act entitled "An Act to regulate cleo
tions by the people," passed November
thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty three,
are hereby repealed.
10. All officers performing service under
the provisions of this act, shall receive their
compensation as hereinbefore provided, and
be paid out of the State treasury upon
accounts verified by the affidavit of the
claimant, and approved and certified by the
circuit court of the respective counties.
20. Tie act of the Legislature of West
Virginia, passed February the twenty:ffth,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-fve,
entitled can Act to amend the laws relating
to elections by the people" shall remain in
force until the first registration. of voters
shall have been completed, according to the
provisions of this act, when the said act of
February t#enty:ffth shall stand repealed.
Provided any persons absent in the service
of the United States or of this State shall be
permitted to vote without registration under
the laws now provided in such cases.