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The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-03-06
Letter from J. H. Harris to the Collar.
ed People Of NORTH Carolina.
For the stona,,,


For the Standard.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 81, 1857.
To the Colored People Of North Carolina:
I should have been glad if could have
been with you all when the news reached
you of the passage of the reconstruction hin
by Congress.
We have great cause to congratulate eacb
other on the adoption of this measure. Nv
friends, great work is now before us as =
portion OF the loyal people of our beloved
ties and responsibilities of our new relations
By our industry, by our love of knowledge
by our sobriety, by our economy, and
our obedience to law we must show our
attachment to the best interests of the
State and nation, and prove that we are not
unworthy of the high privileges which the
Congress of the nation has conferred upon
US. We are under an immense debt of graf
itude to those wise and Just men, who, moved
by sense of justice and humanity, have en-.
abled us to undertake the task of selEpoy-
eminent. To this high position we are sud-
denly called by the voice of God through
the instrumentality of man; that God who
has heretofore mercifully cared for us as
people, and who will not desert us as long as
we submit ourselves humbly to Him, and
take for our guide the counsel and iniunc.
lions of His Word. Let US give thanks tn
Him who has delivered us from oppression
and exalted us to the dignity of selfgoy-
erning people. Let us accept gu. new rela-
tions quietly and thankfully, making no use
less assumptions and speaking no " great
swelling words of vanity" While we main
tain all our rights, and abatc nothing of our
manhood as people, let us do nothing to
re-kindle the slumbering fires of prejudice
between the two races. Remember. we are
on trial before the tribunal of the nation and
of the world, that it may be known. and 90
into history, whether we are worthy to be a
free, self-governing people. Let us move
with caution. Let every step be guarded
and every word be weighed. We have strono
friends in cur beloved State who must not be
turned against us, but around whom we
must prepare to rally, and by whom we must
stand.
My stay North has been longer than at
first contemplated, but trust / have been
probably engaged in our service. shall re-
turn soon, to labor with you for the good of
our race.
May the God of Liberty and Justice guard
and guide you in the right way.
]. H. HARRIS.
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The memory of the late Henry VIM
ter Davis is appropriately commemora-
ted BY tasteful volume of his speeches
and addresses, just published by the
Harpers. The collection is very full
and comprehensive, and most of the ar
tlcles have been reproduced exactly as
the author left them. Mr.. Davis, as
will be recollected, was, for many years,
distinguished representative Of one of
the Baltimore Congressional districts,
and died on the thirtieth of December.
1866. An Grafton on his lite and char.
acter BY Hon. A. ]. Cresswell is inclu-
ded in the volume,
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Tennessee.
Tennessee
GOV. BRowNLow RENoMINATED BY THE RE-
PUBLICANs.


GOV. BRowNLow RENoMINATED BY THE RE-
PUBLICANs.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 22.-The Republican
State Convention was held here to-day
Gov. Brownlow was nominated for re-elec-
ton by reclamation. Resolutions were
adopted, setting forth the principles OF the
party, approving the administration of Gov.
Brownlow, and sustaining the Federal Con-
gress. A resolution was offered, and unani-
mously adopted, that the people of Tennes-
see, looking upon Gen. G. 81. Thomas as
their son and saviour Of this State Capitol
from the hands of traitors, and as the man
who never made mistake. and never lost
battle; therefore,
ResoIued That he is the choice of Ten
nessee for the next President of the United
States.
(Three cheers were given with enthusiasm
for Gen. Thomas.) Speakers addressed the
Convention during the afternoon and night.
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CoLoRED SUFFRAGE IN TENNEssEE.-The
Nashville Press and Times thus announces
the passage of the franchise bill by the Sem
ate of Tennessee:
The franchise bill passed its third read
ing yesterday afternoon in the Senate, and
the colored suffrage amendment, without
qualification of property or education, is
now an article of our State Constitution
This gratifying victory was won by the de-
cisive vote of IA to Z. 1t has placed Ten.
nessee, after two years. struggle, kept up
without an hours intermission, in the van of
the army of freedom. The bill had its faults,
we believed, which we would gladly have
seen removed, but its passage enfranchised
some $4,000 loyal voters, and that was
enough to conceal all its defects, when we re-
feet that its defeat would have doomed the
State to the bloody rule of Andy Johnson's
partisans.
The REIMBURSEMENT of near fifty thousand
loyal freedmen is deed of no ordinary
magnitude and lustre When we look back
upon the midnight blackuess and terror of
1861, under secession Democratic rule, and
compare it to the almost cloudless sunrise of
Republicanism in 1867, the advance seems
beyond all the ordinary rules of political
progress, and brings back the days of mira
Giles when the Almighty visibly interposed
in behalf of his people, and the earth &C.
knowledged the presence and inspiration Of
the descending Deity. 1t was a grand, a
glorious days work. 1t has clothed the
present State Government with imperisha-
BILE splendor. In behalf of the loyal white
voters of the State, of the vast host of en-
franchised colored voters, who yesterday put
on the shining garments of citizenship, we
say with overlooking hearts, All hail, the
Tennessee Senate r'l
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IN ALL LABOR THERE Is PROFIT,
BY A. GREENE.


There's not toiler on the earth
But gains good reward,
The recognition of his worth,
In blessings from the Lord.
And only they whose idle hands
Disdain the honest toll,
In harvest sigh of barren lands
And lack for corn or oil.
No matter what the work may be
If it be honest work:
To plow the land, or pillow the sea,
Or Christianlze the Turk:
But work with all thy might the day,
And work with trusting heart,
Cast useless fears and doubts away,
And act manly part.
For comes there still blessed time
When those who do and dare
Shall gain the bright and better cline
And there's no toiling there.
And not beyond this world alone
Accrue the joys to pay
For burdens borne and labors done,
In this, our working day.
But here we have abundant good,
And choicest blessings given,
Of earthly peace plentitude,
To indicate our heaven.
Art thou of high or plebean births
Still sure is thy reward,
If thou hast labored on the earth,
And trusted in the Lord.
The poor distinction made by men
Are unessentiaii there;
Our worth and work avail us then,
And not the names we bear.
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The PRESIDENT AND THE REcoNsTRUc-
T1oN B1LL.-The Washington correspondent
of the New York Times says:
"The Military Government Reconstruct
ton Bill was delivered to the Presidents at
42O P. M. on the 21st inst, just eight days,
nineteen hours and forty minutes prior to the
hour fixed for the expiration Of the Thirty
ninth Congress and the birth of the Fortieth.
There is good ground for stating that the
President will send his veto message upon
this bill to Congress upon Wednesday next,
and I feel confident the features of the veto
will be substantially as I indicated in dis
patch o few days ago. No one here expects
the President to "pocket the bill,' nor sap
prove it under protest" as has been advised
hy some. 1t is conceded by all parties now
that if the President confines himself to a
good-tempered, dignified objection to such
parts of the bill as he especially takes ex-
ception to, points out such features, if any,
q. be could possibly favor in another shape,
and concludes by standardization OF assurance
that, should the bill be passed by Congress
over the veto, its provisions shall be faithful
ly executed 80 far as the President has any
duties to perform under the act the message
will be productive of the very best feeling
toward him and will be almost or quite as
satisfactory to the Conservative Republicans,
and possibly the Radicals, as his unqualified
approval of the measure"
The National Iatsligeacer assures the
country that the President will veto the bill
in time to allow Congress to pass it by two
thirds over the veto before it adjourns and
that when the bill becomes law the Presi-
dent will execute it faithfully. With the
President obeying Congress, and Gen. Grant
witA Congress, we do not sec much prospect
of fight.
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The Markets.

NEW I DIRK, FED. Of,
Cotton is bouyant under the advance in
gold. Sales Off, 900 bales 81 a 81. Flour
steady. Wheat irmer Corn advanced.
Provisions quiet. Groceries quiet. Coffee
firm, Rio 164 Naval Stores quiet. Gold
1891. Five twenties Of 1862 Silt q
&111t.
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RECONSTRUCTION UNDER THE New
LAw.-The New York Post learns that
as soon as the military reconstruction
bill becomes q law, citizens of North
Carolina and Arkansas will begin the
work ofreorganization under it. They
are now making preparation for this i'm
portant work, so as to secure proper
concert of action in the different parts
of the States; and though they expect
to meet at first with some opposition
from the factiously disposed, they de-
pend upon the United States to protect
them in exercising full and free discus
sion before the people, and in holding
the elections prescribed by the act.
The Post also learns from South Carroll
IA that Mr.. Orr has received such treat
ment from the extremists for his recent
moderate counsels that his friends are
outraged and offended, and talk of cut.
ting loose from men who, they begin to
see, are too thick headed to accept any
thing but ruin. There are signs in diff
ferent southern States which show that,
with the Presidents consent, the plan
passed by Congress would be at once
adopted all over the South; but even if
Mr.. johnson vetoes the bill, the citi-
zens of North, Carolina and Arkansas
will, by their perfected movement, hold
him to the responsibility of carrying
out the provisions of the act, which he
cannot refuse.-Baltinaore american.
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Ratified Dec. A. D., 1866.

Legislation of this kind has not been I'M
frequent when occasions of great strife
have made it proper. 1t is generally APP
piled to whole classes for the purpose OF re-
storing tranquility in the State. 1t is the
gracious act OF the Government towards its
erring subjects. 1t is the most amicable pre-
rogativs of the Government. Law cannot
be founded on principles of compassion to
guilt. The rugged task of condemning and
Furnishing is for the Courts; the gracious
act of forglving is for the Grown. Black
stone, 401. Pardon and amnesty are not
precisely the same. A pardon is granted to
one who is certainly guilty, sometimes be-
fore. but usually after conviction, and the
Court takes no notice of it, unless pleaded,
or in some way claimed by the person par
doned; and it is usually granted by the
Crown or by the Executive But amnesty is
to those who may be guilty, and is usually
granted by the Parliament or the Leglsla-
ture, and to whole classes, and before con-
viction. Amnesty is the abolition or forget
fulness of the offense; pardon is its forgive
ness. The act under consideration is both.
1t is most benefcently intended, as it is well
calculated to lull strife to sleep.
1t embraces all who may be supposed to
have committed crimes or injuries by reason
of their connection with the late war, wheth-
er they were of the Federal or Confederate
forces and whether they have been convic-
ted or not
The propriety of embracing those of both
armies is apparent from the facts of this case.
Those who were engaged in the fight were
neighbors, and must meet each other, and
live together, either in forgetfulness and for
giveness of the past, or in hatred and strife.
And besides, it is to be expected, as it is desir
able, that those of the opposing sections,
who are not now neighbors, will, in many
instances, become so by removals, and the
duties of common government will often
throw them together.
If there were doubts whether the act en-
braces these defendants, by reason of any
technical defect in their enlistment in to ser
vice, we should still be inclined to give them
ally construed in favor of the subjects, it be-
ing the highest respect to the government to
suppose that its most amiable prerogative is
not sparingly exercised. And it will tend
much to induce repose to the public mind,
that liabilities for war crimes, and redress
for war injuries are not to be thought of,
and need not be discussed, either In private
or public.
Ordinarily, pardon must be pleaded at
the trial, or claimed after conviction, and
failure to do so is waiver of its benefits
But general act of amnesty and pardon,
must be taken notice of by the Courts, like
any other public law. 1t cannot even be
waived by the persons embraced.
This opinion must be certified to the
Court below, to the end that the defendants
may be discharged upon the payment of
costs.
We perceive no error in the record.
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EXCHANGE OF SEvEN-THIRTY NorEs.
Secretary McCulloch has issued a cir
cular notifying the holders of I $40
notes dated August Is, 1864, that they
can now exchange them for six per cent
500 bonds issued under the act ofls65.
Ii at the time of the exchange the ac-
crued interest on the notes shall exceed
the interest on the bonds, the difference
will be paid by the Department. If
the accrued interest on the bonds ex-
ceeds that upon the notes, the difference
may be paid in currency by the person
proposing to make the exchange, and
should accompany the notes. Until
May LIST the express charges on notes
sent for conversion, and bonds sent in
return, will be paid by the Depart
ment.-Stdr.
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charge of any duties imposed upon him
by any law or authority purporting to
he law of the State or late Confeder-
ate States Government.
Be it further enacted, That this act
shall be in force from and after its ratl-
fication.
D.4:Gal nna n 1QRR
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The MULE MARKET.-The Paris

HE MULE MARKET.-The Paris
Kentuckian says:
Large numbers of mules have been
shipped South of late. Scott & Owen
sent SO head to North Carolina, r. w.
Owen 80 head to Mississippi, Alex.
McClintock 60 head to Georgia, G.
Howerton IS head to Virginia and the
Carolinas. DIR. Kellar states that our
Bourbon mule dealers have made lots
of money in Alabama this winter
Capt. Peter Everett left yesterday for
Arkansas with 80 head of mules that
he purchased Of w. w. Fisher at $3.50
per head. W. D. Horton, after few
days stay at home, returned to North
Carolina with IS mules. Monroe Leer,
promising young trader, returned ON
Tuesday from Demopolis, Ala, where
he had sold 5000 mules at handsome
profits. He reports the trade as having
been active, but declining somewhat.
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NEW York, Feb. 30.
Gold 1904. Cotton frmer SfiaS2.
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dangerous in practice 1t would end, if suf-
fered to. be successfully carried out, in con-
centrating upon the President the whole
mass of legislative powers; and he would no
longer be, as the constitution makes him,
the servant of the popular will reflected in
chosen representatives of the people-butits
lord and master
Mr.. Coleman then commended, that as the
right reorganize was vested in Congress,
SO it was the plain duty of that body to re-
ouire guarantees for future security from
those States, before they could be re-admit-
ted, which had brought upon the country
the horrors of civil war. This only was SO
imperative that Congress itself would be
traitorous to the interests and hopes of the ma
ton, If it did not exact guarantees. These
guarantees we're as needful to the South as to
the North. It was of the first importance
to both sessions that the peace between
them, when concluded, should be enduring
and. upon every principle of human ex-
perience, it could be enduring only by put
ting the party who had disturbed the peace
under bonds henceforth to keep it.
Congress had discharged this duty, wise
lv. Justly, magnanimously, in the PROPOSE
ton known as the Howard amendment,
which embraced conditions precedent to our
re- adhesion.
Mr.. Coleman went on to discuss this
am endment in detail, and to show that mil.
der terms had never been offered to con.
gu cred people. All the pains and penalties
of rebellion, without a single trial or forfeit
ure for treason, were thereby removed from
the great body of our people. There wa.
onl y temporary disfranchisement from Of
flee .@and even this disability easily remova
BILE by Congress) of few leaders, who had
bee n prominent in the civiland military ser
vic of the rebellion; and the number o
tht re DISTINGUISHED leaders, compared to th,
ag, gegate Of our population, might b
eou uted on the fingers. He proved that tn
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-08-07
"Wake up, Solomon !"

Wake up, Solomon. It's time To gel
up" shouted young Harry to his sluggish
brother one fue July morning, as be jump.
ed gaily out Of bed, and began dressing.
What time is it?" yawned Solomon.
NEARLY SIX, - replied his brother "ani
mind, Sol, wo start at seven"
''ll's too early TO get up yet, said Solo
mon. IN sncoze till quarter to seven"
So the lazy fellow turned round, and was
soon fast asleep again. When he awoke his
room looked very full of sunshine. The
house was very quiet, too, and rubbing his
eyes, he muttered,-
Il wonder if it Is seven o'clock yet p
Crawling out Of bed, he dressed himself
and went down stairs. There was nobody in
the parlor, nobody in the sitting room, no.
body in the dining room.
''What can be the matter? ?" thought Sol,
omon, as he rang the bell for the maid to
bring him bis breakfast. a0se
"Where are they all ?' he asked, as soon
as she appeared.
Gone to the city" replied the maiden.
They started two hours ago"
"Why, what time is it?'
'Nine o'clock.
"Nins o'clock But why didn't they call
me p
"You were called at six o'clock, and
wouldn't get up. Your father wouldn't
have you called again. He said hs would
teach you lesson"
"It's too bad 7" cried Solomon, dropping
his head upon the table and bursting into
tears.
1t was tco bal that the lazy boy did not
learn the lessen Of that morning 60 - to
turn over new leaf in the book Of life. I
am sorry +, say he did not He loved slsep.
He hated work. He was the slave Of lazy
habits, and is to this day.
What sort of man will Solomon Slow.
coach be? Well, If he don't die Of idle
ness before be becomes man, be will b
. shiAless good.for.n nothing fellow. He
won't have any knowledge, because be il
too lazy to study; nor any money, because
he is too lazy to work (; nor any good char
acter, because he is too lazy to conquer him
self
Wake up, Solomon Wake up, my dear
boz Shake of the chains that are upon
you! If you don't wake mp you will soon
be q lost boy. Wake up, Solomon, wake
up If you don't, you will make shipwrsck
Of your life.
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AKIN.
BY BAyARD TAYLOR.

Little one, come to my knoel
Hark how the rain Is pouring
Over the roof, in the pitch. black n 'ght,
And the wind in the woods q roaring
Hush, my darling, and listen,
Then pay for the story With kisses;
Father was lost in the pitch black night,
In just such storm as this isl.
Held up on the lonely mountains, ....
Where the wild men watched and waited
Wolves in the forest, and bears in the bush,
And on my path belatod.
The rain and the night together
Came down, and tho wind came after,
Bending the props Of the pine tree roof,
And swapping many rafter.
l crept along in the darkness,
Stunned, and bruised, and blinded
Crept to fir with thick.sot boughs,
And q sheltering rock behind it.
There, from the blowing and raining
Crouching, I sought to hide me /;
Something rustlcd two green eyes shone,
n And u wolf lay down beside me-
Little one, be not frightened,
] and the wolf together,
Side by side, through the long, long night,
Hid from the awful weather.
His wet fur pressed against me;
Each of us warmed the other
Each of us felt, in the stormy dark,
That beast and man was brother.
And when the falling forest
No longer crashed in warning,
Each Of US went from our hiding-place
Forth in the wild, wet morning
Darling, kiss me payment!
Hark how the wind is roaring;
Fathers house is a better place
When the stormy rain is pouring
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~ Conductor said an over dressed
dandy, the other day, in an omnibus, do
not procrastiuats, but urge your equine
motive power to the grsatsst velocto, for !
have IN engagement in the GR q . stated
hour, which I must fhldl OF expire. 'Jsm,
shoutsd the conduetor 70 The driver, 'push
along. Hers's . luastic inside swesrins
sway like mad.
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~ Two school teachers in Indiana fell

~ Two school teachers in Indiana fell
out and had fight A great crowd was, Of
course, the necessary consequence A ner-
vous individual came up, in breathless ex-
citsment, and inquired Of wag the cause.
Why said he, "they fell out about spell.
ling the word bird One said ii was
byrd" and the other oontsndsd il was
''burd." .s.tt
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LYING IN BED.-It is often a question
among people who are unacquainted with
the anatomy and physiology Of men, whether
lying with head exalted or level with the
body, is the most wholesome. Most, con.
sulting their own ease on this point, argue
in favor of that which they prefer. Now,
although many delight in bolstering up their
heads at night, and sleep soundly without
injury, yet we declare it to be q dangerous
habit The vessels in which the blood pass
es from the heart to the head are always
lesscned in their cavities when the head is
resting in bed higher than the body; there
fore, in all diseases attended with fever, the
head should be pretty nearly on q level with
the body; and people ought to acustom
themselves to sleep thus, and avoid danger.
- Medical Journal.