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erty men on the committee, supposlng that
they were most interested, and would have most

they were most Interested, and would have most
Influence.
Becky wanted the ''colored body polite, :
az he said, represented, whereupon Parker aud
Strange (col' J were added, and then the Pres
dent ofhe meeting; and, fioally, llenly pron"S
ed to put the whole meeting Oh the Committee.
Mr.. Hauxhurst suggested that the propoSer
Of the resolution should unqneStIoiahly be
chairman of the committee, bat Hem y peremp
torily declined to have anything to DO with IT,
Becky also declined a protter to be placed on
the list, and then the meeting adjourned.
A ISLANDER NAILED. In the Senate Of
North Carolina, few days since the following
proceeding took place
Mr.. Clarke, of Edgecombe, asked leave to
notice some very gross charges on his consul
tents, contained in speech, delivered IN the
Congress of the United States, Oh the 18th of
Feb, 1867, by the Hon. VIM. D. Kelley, and
read from the speech the following extract
Near Tarboro', two children, gills, one
eleven and the other thirteen years OF age,
were last summer apprenticed to their former
owner. The girls mother had formerly been
whipped to death under the orders ofthe vile Of
the man to whom they arc DOW apprenlccd,
then the master and owner Of the murdered
woman. Recent information shows that these
children, who are still held as apprentices,
are nearly starved and not half clad the only
garment they wore, while picking cotton in the
inclement weather of December was u straight
gown, short in the skirt, and with short sleeves,
with neither shoes, stockings, nor bonnets.
represent the people and locality alluded to
in this extract, and / slate here, that it may 20
throughout the length and breadth Of this land,
that there is not word Of truth 10 the above;
aud never heard Of any circumstance or rumor
upon which such charge could be fabricated,
and my colleagues in the other branch OF the
Legislature, Messrs Baker and Woodward, join
me in this total and authortlve denial of this
foul SANDER, and we invite and challenge any in
vestlgatlon into 1t.
The charges are made in the Halls OF Congress
to provoke hostile legislation.
CHARLES f Moss, one Of the most Radic
contributors to the most Radical of papera,
tine Anti Slavery Standard, denounces the
Military Reconstruction measure most strcnu-
ousy, declaring that it places the lives, prop
erty and interests of one third Of the inhabi
tants of the American Republic in the power Of
General Grant," and the writer Immediately
adds the following: 1.-The great, Doastng Re
publican party, after six years Of vacillation and
misru!e, has at last declared, so far as language
of legislation can declare, that the American
people arc incapable Of self government, and
that General Grant alone can save the nation
For, say what we may, if no civil government
can be devised for the States recently 10 rebel
lion, the same will be claimed to hold good
throughout the North 10 less than three years.
Mr.. SUMNER, on Tuesday, gave notice OF
his intention to introduce the following bills
"Bill dcclaratory of 4 republican form of
government in the rebel States, and 10 provide
for the restoration Of those States to their
practical relations in the Union.
Bill to prescribe form of oath to sIsta L
republican government in the rebel States.
This is at least more direct than to require
us to grope about in the dark for the sort OF
constitution that will please Mr.. Sumner
Richmond Enquirer.
How NORTHERN MEN ARE TREATED. -
Several Northern Men, who have recently
inspected lands in this section, have declared
that they are treated better by the people here
than they are at home They express surprise
that no charge is made for horse feed, lodging,
or meals, when they stop at private houses i'll
the country. They say the people at hoMe
have very false notions in regard to us. The