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Louisiana.

The rebel spirit in Louisiana has not been
improved Ivy the inflexible determination of
Congress. On the 10Th of February instant
II preamble and resolutions were introduced
into the Senate, of which the following are
specimens:
II. Be it resoleed By the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the State Of Louisiana IN
General assembly conUened, That the said So
called Congress of the United States is not
constitutional body, in as much as it is not
composed Of Representatives and Senators
fro,u the several States, and consequently all
acts emanating from said Congress of the
United States which affect the status or IN
tegrity of the States unrepresented since the
date of said proclamation are usurpations of
power and are null and void.
O. BE it further resolrea, ETC.. That copies
of this preamble and resolutions be forward
ed to the Governors Of the several States of
the Union, to be laid before their several
State Legislatures
There is no better argument for complete
reorganization of Louisiana under just such
a bill as that now before the President than
the article in the New Orleans Crescent and
the action of the so-called State Legislature
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Proceedings of Congress.

WASHINGTON, March, 1.-Sentate. THE
Presidents veto of .he Colorado bill was
considered this morning. a vote taken pass
ing the bill over the veto-yeas 20, nays 10.
The nays were Messrs. Buckalew, Cowan,
Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Edmuntls, Fessen-
den, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Hendricks, John,
son. McDougall. Morgan, Nesmith, Norton,
Patterson and Salisbury.
The tax bill was resumed, and the motion
to remove the tax on cotton was lost by q
tie vote The Senate then finally fixed the
tax at cents. The Senate amendments to
the bill otherwise were generally unimpor-
tant Pending its consideration the Senate
then took recess.
House.-The House went into Committee
of the whole on the deficiency bill. 1t in
wolves eleven and half millions. The de-
tails of the bill ELECTED heated debate. A
provision was adopted allowing nothing on
claims of participants in the rebellion. The
appropriation for the White House was re-
jected An amendment appropriating $780,
900 to Liberia was offered. proposition
to withhold the money until white men shall
BE allowed to vote in Liberia created good
deal of mirth. The whole matter was post
poned.
The proceedings are very dilatory.
All appropriations for the improvements
of the streets of Washington were lost.
Pending consideration of the bill the
House took recess.
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Petersburg Market.

PETERSBURG. Va, March 1, 1867.
The feeling in the market is rather better
to day, and more business is being done
Some merchants frcm the country are COM
ing in, hut the time has hardly arrived for
laying in spring stock. Our wholesale deal
ers are filing up, and if our political affairs
were i'll a favorable condition, an active bus
mess might be anticipated
Cotton Some sales to-day at CSC. for
choice middling. The tone of the market is
firmer. hut the rates not quotably larger
Low grades 25a261 fair 27a27b good %
strict selections 2S1.
Tohacco.-The sales continue to be large,
particularly Of Loose, and prices have not
been maintained. Choice and fancy sell
readily at full rates, but common and mefii-
UNI are not 50 hi gh. One parcel of hriglt
was suld to-day at $50 Prmings ! GOAL 80
Tugs low ,50a4 90 good 50a6 90 fine yt,i-
low 70Qa12 90 leaf-short common 00a
6 90 got,d 00a14 90 shipping. none. Wolk-
ing bright 5, 0oa25.00 fine 40.00aG0 90
wrapping common 9,0Oa12, 90 fine bright 2Ij,-
00a6000
Corn. In large lots of corn sells at a5a
90c. s
Wheat Much wanted red si,5oa2,a s /;
white 81. 25a3,00
Bale rope Business moderate at 12a1 ac
Bagging Dundee 22a23c.; gunny 25a2 80
for standard .;k
Bacon Virginia, hog round, lac. w es-
tern shoulders 2a13c.; sides 13al4c-
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MANY seem to be under the impression
that the provisions of the Sherman BILL now
q law are similar to the Howard amend
ment. This is a mistake. The Howard
amendment provided only that certain per-
sons should not hold office; and in regard
to colored sufrageit provided that the States
should determine that question for them
selves. The bill which has just passed Con-
gress, over the veto provides, that the per-
sons referred to shall not only he excluded
from office but from the ballot-box; and it
also provides that all colored males over p
may vote.
1t will be seen, therefore, that those who
opposed the DISTINGUISHING clause in the
Howard amendment because it excluded
them from office are now excluded also from
the ballot-box; and that those who opposed
it on the ground that its tendency was to
negro suffrage, now have that suffrage i'm
posed upon them. We said, in September
last, in taking ground as we promptly did
for the Howard amendment
There is no hope, therefore fellowciti
zens, but in thcimmediate restoration of tn,
Union and this can lie effected in no othel
way, in my Judgment, than b, accepting thu
proposed constitutional amendment W.
are admonshed by the recent elections tina
the North will he satisfied with nothing less
1t may require more. aud Ihace no doubt j
nU, if pe reject this amendment.
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Wilmington Market.

WILMINGTON, March l..
Rosin-There was very little activity in
the market, sales amounting to only 800 bbls.
at 1926 for common, So so for strained, and
$4@$4 so for No. l.
Spirits Turpentine weakness evident
dnring the last two days has given way to a
firmer feeling; 112 bbls sold at 64c. and 31T
bbls. at 65e. -
Crude Turpentine-129 bbls. sold at 81
20 for virgin and yellow dip, and So 70 for
hard. IN
Tar-37 bbls sold at So.
Cotton-27 bales sold at soc. for strict
middIing. and &c for middiing This is
considered above the market in reality, the
buyer being influenced by peculiar individ-
ual circumstances.
Corn-We note some enquiry for cargoes.
and shade higher figures; 1900 bushels at
81 064 cash.-Dispatcd.
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To Consumptives.

. =
The Advertiser, having been restored to health
in a few weeks bya very simple remedy, after
having suffered several years with severe lung
affection, and that dread disease, Consumption
is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers
the means of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send copy Of the
prescription used, free of charge,) with the di-
rections forpreparing and using the same, which
they will find a SURE CURE FOR CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &c. The only object OF
the advertiser in sending the Prescription, is to
benefit the afflicted, and spread information
which he conceives to be invaluable; and he
hopes every sufferer will try bis remedy, as it vii
cost them nothing, and may prove blessing. -
Parties wishing the prescription, will please
address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburgh, Kings County, New York.
Oct 81, 1866. 4-w1y.
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a change Of Front.

81 am q heavy stone, - I. 81 80 ~ {51i ~
Rolled up a. hiiI by weak child: lmove
A little up, and tumble back again"
The Sentinel Of the 25tll February rejected I
the reconstruction act in the bitterest and
most contemptuous terms, and one Of the
Editors declared, The bill does not dis
franchise the writer Of this, get no act Of ms
shaU decorate and disaonor his ndtire SOIL
That is, the Sentinel would. in no event,
accent the act. Its Editors declared that by
"no act /" Of theirs would they ever - desc
crate and dislonor " their native SOIL" A
few days pass, and these same Editors, speak
ING for themselves and for Gov. Worth, come
forward in their issue of March End, to urge
that the Legislature of this State call Con-
vention for the purpose Of accepting and
carrying out the act! On the 25th February,
1867, they will do nothing under the act to
"dishonor" themselves, but on the End of
March, 1867, they deliberately propose to
/" desecraten their unative soil and to dis
honor themselves by carrying out the act.
We tell the Sentinel this change OF front
will amount to nothing The Legislature OF
North Carolina has no power to call a Con-
vention to act for this nea0 people. No such
call, if permitted by the military comman-
der. would be regarded by the loyal people
There is no more propriety or right IN the
present rebel organization to take steps to
restore the State to the Union, than there
would have been in continuing over our
heads the rebel government of Vance. The
whole head of this State organization is
sick. The whole heart is faint. tits cover
ed all over with wounds, bruises, and putri-
| tying sores.n And then there is mo balm in
Gilead; there is no physician there" by
whom this wounded and tainted body can
| be healed. 5.
| The new government must be fresh from
the people. In the language of Mr.. Lincoln,
it must be " of the people, by the people, for
the people" Tie conclusive point is that
this is a ne,o people, for which the old, decay
ing rebel organization has no power to act.
This new people will move in due time in
the work of reconstruction, and they will be
sustained and protected in their action by
the whole military power of the government,
if necessary.
We speak advisedly. Let the Unionists
of the State hold thems Ives in readiness to
move at the first tap of the drum.
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JIls at1fekIu Statldards
RALEIGH. \. e.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH .. 1867.

Passage of the Reconstruction Act.
We have not seen the vote in full, hut we
learn that on Saturday last the President
cent in his veto of the reconstruction act, and
that the two Houses of Congress immediate
" passed, the bill over the veto by more than
two-thirds vote.
We rejoice at this action by the Congress
It has at length laid the foundation for
nermanent settlement of our difficulties on
Ioyalbasis. 1t now remains for the people OF
the Southern States to take their own affairs
into their own hands, and adopt the necessa-
~ measures to restore the State to her place
in the Union
We take it for granted the President will
execute this law in good faith. We trust he
will assign to the command of this military
district an officer thoroughly devoted to the
nation. who will sustain and protect the
,oval people in the work of reconstruction.
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Special Notices.


THE GRAND SECRET.--The grand Sc
cret in medication is to help Nature SUSTAIN
and REaULATE-thes are the Alpha and Omega
Of the only theory of cure that has common sense
for its basis. If che nervous system is shattered
the muscles weak, and the mind, like the body,
in state Of partial collapse-w is best to do
Reason teaches as the answer:
BUILD Or Your MAN
Brace him up as you would brace tottering ed
ifce. The pabulum he needs is a Tonic Alter
native. Brace him up out of the depths of De-
bility and Dependency
WITH HosTETTER's BITTERs.
They cannot injure A child may take them in
doses suited to its years, without the possibility
of harm. The enfeebed vital powers are as sure
correspond energetcally to their actionas the will
ted grass is to erect its blades under the vivying
and refreshing rain. In all cases of debility the
Bitters are absolutely required. There is no sub.
stitute or succeedaneum that will fill their place
Resort to this most wonderful of Modern TONES
AND ALL WILL BE WELL
Bear in mind that in Dyspepsia, Intermittent
Fevers, Bilious, Disorders aid Affections of the
Nerves, no other medicine will produce one 1.-THE
Of the good effect that invariably follows the use o.
this excellent Invigorator and Corrective. SOLD
everywhere.-M Y Tribune, Oct. 81, 1855.
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WHAT THE RADICALS WILL Do-The

WHAT THE RADICALS WILL DO.-The Bal
timore .4meriran of Tuesday said:
The loyal people intend to purify the in
stitutions of this great republic. They have
resolved upon this, not only as Il measure OF
abstract propriety, but of political and ma
tionaI propriety. but of political and nation-
al safety. In this they will not be hindered
by the Supreme Court or any other branch
of the government. The people are the gov
eminent the controlling power. TheJufges,
like the President. are the mere instruments
through whom they work. All must yield
by some means or other sooner or later. to
tile deliberately formed judgment and will
definitely expressed Ivy the people"
And the Gazette of Wednesday common
ted as follows:
80 passes away the Constitution of the
United States, and with it constitutional
government and civil liberty. Millions of
men on this continent to-day stand as com
pletely Invested of political rights and the
protection of any laws as ever did the llege
subject of any absolute monarch on earth.
Into the future we shrink from gazing Con-
fscation and Rapine, ruin and confusion,
must soon begin their ruthless work, and
where they will complete it, no man may
! know"
This is very pretty talk by the Gazette
The Union must be restored, and treason
4 must be made odious, no matter what the
consequences may be.
/ The most grinding and bloody despotism
I that ever existed on this continent was the
so-called Confederate government. Millions
of men under that government were as
completely Invested of political rights
and the protection of any laws, as the liege
subjects of any absolute monarch on EARTH"
Union men had no freedom of spirit or
body. They were required to fight in a
cause which they abhorred. and when they
endeavored to save themselves they were
hunted and shot like partridges in the
1 mountains. There was no freedom of any
sort, except to support and laud the Rich
mond despotism. We thank God we have
been rescued from all these horrors. and that
we are now permitted to enjoy freedom of
mind and body under the mild rule of the
federal government
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BANKING HOUSE OF
JAY COOKE s. co.

Corner Of Wall and Nassau Sts., New York.
In connection with our houses in Philadelphia
and Washington, we have opened NEW YORK
HOUSE at above location, and offer our services
to Banks, Bankers, and Investors for the transac-
ton of their business in this city including pur
chases and sales of GovERNMENr SECURITIES,
SrocKs, BONDS, AND GOLD. We are constantly
represented at the Stock Exchange and Gold
Board, where orders sent us are promptly filed.
We keep on hand full supply of
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES OF ALL ISSUES,
buying and selling at current prices, and allowing
correspondents the most liberal rates the market
affords. JAY COOKE IL CO.
may IL 23-tw&w1y.
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The Legislature of this State adjourned
YESTERDAY n, rning. Nearly all the members
had left for their homes before the hour fixed
for adjournment.
1t is reported that Gov. Worth will CON
yene the Legislature again in the course of
n few weeks. with view to calling Con
ventiop. We do not know what foundation
there is for this report. We incline to think,
however, from what we have heard, that the
Legislature will not be convened for the pur-
nose indicated.
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NEBRASKA STATE. Legislature of
Nebraska having complied with the terms
prescribed by Congress, the President has
proclaimed Nebraska State of the Union.
Her Senators and Representatives took their
seats yesterday. This makes 20 States in
the Union. The other 10 States are not out
OF the Union, but they have not yet been re-
stored to their constitutional relations to the
federal government.
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ohio.

COLUMBUS, Feb. 26.--In the House today,
Bnynton's resolution to strike out the word
white" from the Constitution was lost, af-
ter a lengthy debate, by a vote of twenty
six yeas to fifty nays.
Ohio is, therefore, not yet republican
State. 1t is high time she was becoming so.
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THE BANKRUPT LAw.-The last New
York Tribune says there was some chance
during the last days of the session of Con-
gress for the passage of the bankrupt BILL
The House showed a decided majority
against laying it on the table, and appoin-
ted a Conference Committee. With a ma
jority of both branches in its favor, we must
hope it is destined to go through Every
just consideration calls for its passage
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1 Z
Too WICKED TO DIE The bile rose so
high in Thad Stevens. the other day, whilst
making one of his reasonable speeches that
he became very sick. and fears were enter
tanned that his light had gone out. It
didn't though. The old fellow is too wick
ed to die
We find the above vulgar, wicked and
disgusting item in the last Winston Sentinel,
dirty. reasonable, secession sheet.
Mr.. Stevens is one of the ablesr. purest,
and most patriotic statesmen in America
He is one of the honored representatives of
Pennsylvania in the Congress of the United
States, and by his great knowledge, his ripe
Judgment, and his admitted frankness, sin
eerity, and honesty, he Yields an influence
second to no man in the United States. We
know the fact while he is immovably deter
mined to restore the Union on a thoroughly
loyal basis, he is at the same time generous
in his feelings towards the Southern people,
and that it is no part of his nature to wish
to see them suffer further. But if he could
be moved to the indulgence of hatred or
malice towards the South, just such articles
as the foregoing would have that effect upon
nm AS it is. the paper referred to has simp-
ly disgraced itself, while it will neither move
nor injure Mr. Stevens.
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The Exchange Hotel Burned.

On Saturday morning last, between 2 and
8 O'Clock, a fire was discovered in the cook
ing department attached to the Exchange
Hotel, in this City, The fire spread rapidly,
and in short time the main building was in
flames.
The Hotel was well filed with boarders at
the time. including number of members of
the Legislature. We believe they succeeded
for the most part in saving their trunks and
clothing, but it was impossible to save more
than one-half the furniture in the Hotel.
For time the dwellings of Mr.. Hutchings,
Mr.. Cowper, Misses Hinton, and the Boylan
house. occupied by Capt. Lee, were in great
danger. The latter was on fire at one time
in two places, but was saved by the exer-
tions of several of our citizens At every
point OF danger tine people Of both races Ia
bored with will to arrest the fire. but I'M
fortunately there were no fire engines, no wa
ter, and no provision of any kind to extin-
guisli the flames if they had spread, as it was
feared at one time they would toother bull
dings. We are glad to see by the proceesl-
ings the Commissioners which we publish
to day. that they have walked up to the i'm
portance of some provision against fire, and
we trust they will not rest until they shall
have performed their whole duty in the prem
Uses.
The Exchange Hotel was large and val
liable building, and under the gentlemanly
and energetic conduct of Mr. Blair, was one
of the mos popular Hotels IN country. The
building was the property Of Mr. Cunning
GIN, who was insured, we learn, on building
and furniture to the amount Of $4,000.
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Farewell Pierpoint /!

We have suspected for some days past
that Gov. Pierpoint, of Virginia, was about
to desert the Unionists of his State. and
joir the rebels He lacks the nerve to with
stand the denunciations of traitors in one
breath and their Establishments in the next
The last Richmond Times speaks of him as
follows:
CAS- the Sherman bill ruthlessly demol-
ishes and also brands as bogus and invalid. a
State government which sprang from the
loyal loins of the ever faithful Convention of
Alexandria, it is not remarkable that Gov
ernor Pierpoint. whose credentials have scared
Senators and Representatives in the federal
Congress, should now act in harmony with
that vast majority of our people who have
no sympathy with Hunnicutts corporars
guard of political Al5inoes 1t would be do
ing less than justice to this official not to
state that we have recently heard much to his
advantage and that the three departments
of our government will act in unison at the
proper tiine.n
Pierpoint's detection will have no effect on
the true men of Virginia. They will main
tain their integrity under all circumstances,
and will do the work of reconstruction in
their own time and way. a5
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me Georsetoua islectian,

The Washington CArni notices as fol-
lows the recent electioE in Georgetown, ii
the District of Colombia
aThe colored citizens Of 'Georoetown 10
ted on Monday for the first time. Many Of
them have been slaves alI Of them the VIC
tins of prejudice, neglect and oppression.
No test of intelligence was made; the most
illiterate voted side by side with the most
learned. The Democratic papers predicted
that, in case the colo.ed people were enfran-
chised, such would be the influence Of their
masters over them that they would vote as
they were bid. It was also suggested that a
drink of whisky would buy them. How
utterly these ISLANDERS were refuted By the
quiet, selfpossessetl, unanimous action of the
colored people, the Republican success of
Georgetown bears testimony. Georgetown,
the hot-bed of pro-slavery prejudice, has
been taken from the control Of that re-ac-
tionary element. and has received new i'm
petus tor material and political progress. and
we hope to see, next June, Washington City
become Republican city.
Throughout the whole South the colored
population will range itself with unfaltering
fidelity to the cause of the Union. They
have been oppressed too long; they hold the
inestimable privilege of the ballot too sacred
to cast it against their friends and their in
terests In few months number of South.
ern States will present themselves reorgani-
zed with State governments and Senators
and Representatives, in accord with the
dominant political and religious sentiment
of the nation; then the curious spectacle
will be seen Of the Democratic Marty which
has camored SO loudly for immediate admis
sion of resisting, as best they may, the admis
sion of these States.
In the election of Georgetown the future
of the South may be read. Everywhere loya
whites will cooperate with their coloret
friends and fellow-citizens to drive from
power the influential traitors who hav
brought desolation on the country. TIL
time is not distant when treason will be NOR
| odious at the South than at the North"
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How THE GEoRaErowN ELEcT1oxs WERE
CARRIED. The colored troops voted brayely
in Georgetown yesterday National Repu5li-
can
They fought bravely to save the Union-
If Mr.. Davis and Gen. Lee could have had
their way, the colored men would have
fought also for so-called Southern indepen-
dence. It is too late to complain about ne
gro soldiers fighting or voting.
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T osT CERTIFICATE OF STOCK.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING LOST OR
mislaid certificate for thirty shares OF stock in
the bank Of North Carolina, dated July 18th 1860,
No ATT, this is to forwarn all persons from ira
ding for the same i shall apply for duplicate
certificate in accordance to the rules of said bank,
SHANNON WILEY.
Greensboro N c., Feb. 8, 1857. 6-6t~pd.