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The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-30

The Legislature.


Nothing of public interest has thus far
been accomplished by this body. While we
do not cucumber our columns with the pro-
ceedings, we shall nevertheless keep our read
ers posted as to what may be done; and we
will cheertully publish any speeches or votes,
or any other proceedings which our friends
may wish to have appear in the Standard.
1t seems to usit would be eminently prop
er, as it would certainly be in order, for some
member to move every day that this body
adjourn. The best, if not the only relief this
Legislature could administer to the people
would be to adjourn, and thus save the
twelve hundred dollars per day which this
body is taking from the Treasury. We can
expect this Legislature to do nothing Of
loyal, national character, while action IN an
opposite direction, as at the last session, will
still further obstruct the return of the State
to the Union.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-30

"a DANIEL, YEA, A DANIEL COME TO
JUDGMENT The Sentinel goes out of its
way to advise its readers, if they wish to
take honest" Radical papers, to subscribe
forthe New York Tribune and Greensborough
Union Register; and says the New York
Herald and Raleigh Standard are & bad "pa-
pers, and ought not to be encouraged. One
of the best evidences that person or a
newspaper is decent, honest and respectable,
is to be assailed and censured by the Sentinel.
That paper has done us favor without in
tending it, for the moreit assails us the stron-
ger will be our hold on the confidence of the
true men of the country.
The Sentinel also recommends the Nation
al Intelligencer and the New York World
We have nothing tosay about those journals,
except that they are as thoroughly rebellious
in their tone as the Sentinel is If the views
of such papers are to prevail, then the feder-
al government waged four years war in
vain, and sacrificed for worse than nothing
hundreds of thousands of lives and three
thousand millions of treasure.
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The Sentinel is of the opinion that the Sc
cret organization in Union County, in this
State. referred to by correspondent of the
New York Herald, is the red string" organ
ization. Why does not that paper frankly
admit that the organization referred to is the
" Knights of the Golden Circle pa rebel
lious. secession, reasonable organizations
Does not that paper know that this infa-
nous Order was largely instrumental in in
volving the country in war 2-and that it
still exists in every portion of the United
States, a nucleus and rallying point for trail
tors? Out with it, Mr.. Sentinel. Do not
add to your long catalogue of sins by deny
ing this statement.
The Editors of the Sentinel denounced the
cred strings" during the rebellion as traitors
to the Confederacy and they denounce them
now as traitors to the Union! If such an
Order exists, we do not see how its members
could be false to both " the Confederacy'
and the Union.
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A few Questions.

If North Carolina has regular civil gov
eminent, and if Jonathan Worth is the
rightful Governor of North-C Carolina" why
is it that the federal military still occupy the
Executive Mansion, excluding the said
Jonathan Worth therefroma
If the law military is not paramount, how
is it that buildings and grounds are sliced
and occupied at will by the military. i
If we have regular civil government,
why is it that the Legislature of the State is
not permitted to organize and arm the mill
tia2
If our Courts have complete Jurisdiction of
IN matters, as heretofore, how does it hap
pen that military officer is sent out here
from Washington, to inquire into the ap-
prenticing of colored children by the Courts 2
If we have regular State government,
and if our State can act in its full capacity
as State, why is it that the Howard amend
ment is about to be adopted without even
consulting us on the subject, as the result of
which our Governor and our very Courts will
at once drop through and cease to exist9
Will some one answer these questions
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| A PIoUs NEwsPAPER.-Itse seems the North
ern Methodists, as they are called, have Or
ganized Conference in Virginia and North
Carolina, and are making arrangements to
preach the Gospel in these lands. This has
aroused and alarmed the pious Senior Edi
tor of the Sentinel, and he warns the North
Carolina Methodists that +" the Philistines
are upon them" The same issue of the Sen
tinel, in the exuberance of its piety, pro-
nounces Horace Greedy semi-infdel," and
gravely declares that the Legislatures of this
State, on account of their "prudish and tick
lish" disposition in relation to denomina-
tional distinctions, have hardly been reli-
gious."
Now, the Northern Methodists, as they are
called. are an excellent and worthy people.
They are just as pious as Southern Metho-
dists, or any other Methodists The harvest
truly is great, but the laborers are few" Let
the laborers come into this vineyard, and let
no man hinder them.
One Of the holy Apostles said. Little chill
dren, loce one another" But this modern
Apostle. whose piety exudes from his every
pore, says, "Little children" hate zone
another"
This, then, is brother Pell's piety: Like
the Pharisee, he thanks God that he is not
as other men are. He considers Mr. Greedy
a I. semi-inidel "-he fears our Legislatures
are hardly religious "-he regards North
ern Methodists as "Philistines" sent to des-
poll the land. And this is bis nationality !:
He cannot bear Yankee or Northern
| Methodist, and thinks nothingis good unless
| it is Southern in its character. He "wants
| to go to heaven, hallelujah," but he is firmly
determined not to go there with Yankees,
I "straitest sect" men, or Northern Metho-
| dists
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The Record.

We continue the Record of the Instigators
and Leaders of the Rebellion. We have
many more interesting extracts to lay before
our readers. Read and circulate, SO that the
people may be reminded of the manner of
men who ruined them, and who still insist
on ruling this ruin.
The extracts we expect to make from the
Army Meetings" and the Peace Meetings"
held in 1868, will exhibit in the clearest
light the sound Union feeling of majority
of our people at that time and the manner
in which that feeling was trampled and
smothered by the leaders of the rebellion.
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Bill allowing Fees to Magistrates.


A bill allowing fees to Justices of the Peace
for the performance of certain duties, has
passed its third reading in the House of
Commons of this State by the following
vote {:
YEAs.-Messrs. Ashworth, Baker, Blythe,
Brown, Carson, Chadwick, Crawford of Ma
con, Crawford of Rowan, Daniel, Davis, Da-
wilson, Everett, Foard, Gambril, Goodwin,
Gorham, Cranberry, Guess, Harper, Hender-
son, Hinnant, Holderby, Houston, Hutchin-
son, jenkins Of CASTOR, Jones, Jordan, Kcl-
sey, Kenan, Kendall, Logan, Long, Lutter-
lob, Martin, Macarthur, McClammy, McGou-
gan, Mckay, McNair, McRae, Morehead,
Murrill, Patton, PEBBLES, Perry OF wake,
Reinhardt, Richardson, Roscbro, kuss,
Scoggin, Smith of Duplin, Smith OF GmIiord,
Stevenson, Sudderth, Stone, Waugh, Whit
field, Whitley, Wilson of Perquimons, Will
liams of Pitt, Williams of Yancey, and Wom-
ble-62.
NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Autry, Barden,
Black, Blair, Boyd, Bradsher, Bright, Bry-
son, Clements, Collins Dargan, Durham,
Garrett, Garris, Hodnett, Horton of Watau-
ga, Horton of Wilkes, Jenkins of Granville,
Latham of Craven, Lowe, Lyon, May, Moore,
Of Hartford, Morton, Perry Of Carteret,
Rountree, Scott, Shelton, Simpson. league,
TrulI, Turnbull, Umsted, Vestal, Westmore-
land, Wilson of Forsyth, Williams of Har-
nett and York 80.
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Deserving the President.

ai-II
ID essnmgs @1sxel
ground in his paper for Gen. Grant for Pres
ident We do not assert It as fact, be-
cause we do not know it, but we think it
highly probable that all the other commis-
sioners, with the exception Of Hon. Bedford
Brown, are also against President johnson
and for Gen. Grant,.
The Sentinel, Gov. Worth's organ, is not
at all displeased at the committal these gen.
tlemen have made to Gen. Grant, but thinks
it only premature" At the proper time
that paper expects to pursue the same course.
| Here, then, are the Andrew johnson men
of whom we have heard SO much As we
once heard Willie P. Mangum say of Mr..
Van Buren,, these politicians shave quick
eve for the rising sun, and smooth tongue
of flattery for the ear OF power" 1t is
known that the reception given by the Pres
ident to Gov. Worth and his commission
ers recently with him in Washington, was
cold, if not chilling. This may account for
this open desertion of the President, though,
as we have said all along, these politicians
never had any real regard for him.
There is no man whom we would sooner
sec President than Gen. Grant. We regard
him as, perhaps, the greatest man in Ameri-
ca. But if Congress should permit the peo-
pie of this State to vote for President in
1868, we expect to support the candidate of
the Republican or Radical party. Gen. Grant
is Republican. He may be nominated by
that party, and if he should be, his election
would be certrin.
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The Sentinel out for Negro Suffrage


We are gratifed to state that the Raleigh
Sentinel is at last out for negro outrage! A
short time since the same paper charged the
Senior Editor of this journal with having
uttered "incendiary" language, because head
dressed the colored people in this City, and
told them they were entitled to, and would
soon have the right to vote,-and about the
same time the Sentinel threatened the colored
people that they would be indicted and pun
ished by the grand juries, if they presumed
to petition Congress for this right; and nop,
the Sentinel executes the loftiest kind of
somerset, and plants itself on the negro suf-
frage platform
Verify, the world moves. It turns over,
and SO do some people who live in it.
We congratulate our colored friends on
the strength which their cause is constantly
gaining. "Truth is mighty, and will pre-
vailn
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: TENNEssEE.-The House of Representa-
tiTes of Tennessee has passed militia bill
providing for cavalry regiment, composed
Of whites and blacks, for each Congressional
district, subject to call from the Governor !;
also bill erasing the word "whiten from
the suffrage laws.
The loyal men of Tennessee are determined
to keep traitors under foot. Let them stand
firm. There could be no hope for Tennessee
if disunion traitors should be allowed to get
control Of her councils. Gov. Brownlow, who
is as true as steel to Liberty and Union,''
will no doubt be reelected.
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North.CaroI1na.
SECRET DIsLoYAL oRGANIzATIoNs-DEPRE
pATIoNs OF REGULAToRs,n &c.

SECRET DIsLoYAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
DATIoNs OF " REGULATORS" &c.
RICHMOND, JAN 17-Information from
North-Carolina reveals the existence in that
State of secret organization in Union
County. 1t is intimated that it is revolution
airy in its character. Each member is sworn
to secrecy before he is introduced and made
acquainted with the secrets. The organiza
tion will be established in every County, and
may possibly result in serious trouble among
the people.
Additional intelligence has reached here
ofoutrages Of an aggravated nature, and
even murders, in Wayne County, N. G.
Freedmen are mostly the victims, but SO
terrified have they become that the names of
the Regulators" will not be disclosed. It
is stated that the civil authorities confess
they are afraid to pursue such Williams with
the remedies provided by law. Their fears
grow out of apprehensions that if part Of
the outlaws should be arrested, Others of the
gang would burn down their houses or 9TH
erwise injure the magistrates and officers
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C0ngrcss--.Mr. Stevens Bill.
It was stated, in the papers received on
6eserdsy ssseises -, 1thakess M. steEsns
had given it up"--that his bill would not
pass, &c. The Telegraph wires IRE notori-
ously in secession banda and % we attached
but little csedis t0this statement.
We are indebted to our neighbor of the
Progress for the following telegnphic sum-
mary of the proceedings Of the House on
Saturday last, on Mr.. Stevens bill:
Mr.. Stevens'bIll was taken up. Mr. Ross,
of Illinois, spoke in opposition to it. The
debate developed the fact that the Republic
cans had agreed on no plan of reconstruc-
ton. A sharp colloquy took place between
Messrs. Chandler and Ashley. The latter de-
clared, in the course of his remarks, that if
there was State in the American Union in
which there were no loyal men except black
men, he would clothe the black men with
the franchise and every other right. This
elected applause mingled with Kisses. Mr..
Ashley continued, denouncing the arrogance
or assumption of those who, during the en-
tire war, were in secret alliance with the
rebels, coming here and joining hands with
the apostate at the other end of the avenue.
Mr.. Winfield, (copperhead of New York; de
nounced this as base and slanderous. Mr.
Hunter, of the same party and State, said
I" so far as 1 am concerned it is base lie."-
The Speaker declared Mr. Hunters remarks
out of order.
The House, by vote of "a to 80, censured
Mr.. Hunter for having used the above Ian
guage; after which the House adjourned,
with the understanding that Mr.. Stevens
bill would be discussed on Monday, under
the five minute rule as to speeches.
We are glad Mr.. Ashley has properly char
acterized the copperheads Of the House
They are as much in the way Of the restora.
ton of the Union on loyal basis as the &C.
cessionists of the South.
The above telegram renders it probable
that the House acted on Mr. Stevens's bill
and passed it, yesterday. This would be
glorious news for the loyal people of the
country.
The manner in which the House has lim-
tied the majority of the Supreme Court in its
effort to decide political questions, is one Of
the most cheering indications of the irmness
of that body. The Congress clearly has the
right, under the Constitution, to require that
such questions shall be decided unanimously
by a full bench. Gov Boutwell, is right
He deserves the thanks of true men every
where for his course in this matter. Tit
Union must be restored on loyal basis, ant
the legitimate fruits of the triumph Of thu
national arms must be realized The revolu
ton must go on until these ends are accom-
plished, and the liberties of the people ART
consolidated on the basis of an indissolubl,
Union, no matter who or what may stand il
the way.
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Too STRINGENT.-At a recent meeting of
the Board of Commissioners of this City the
following ordinance was adopted:
Bet Ordained, That no house, in which
spirituous liquors are retailed or sold, shall
be kept open after 10 o'clock at night. on
pain of forfeiting twenty-five dollars for the
first offence, and forfeiture of his or their
license for the second; nor open upon Sun
day. upon like forfeiture, and that the city
officers notify the parties dealing in spirit
uous liquors of the above ordinance
This is proper in relation to Sundays
Houses of the kind should be closed on that
day; but the provision which closes such
houses at this season of the year, at 10
O'Clock, is too stringent. We learn that a
couple of proprietors Of such houses have al
ready been fined under this Ordinance. The
Mayor simply discharged his duty in the
matter, for he had no discretion The law is
positive. No restaurant in which liquor is
sold can be kept open after 10 o'clock, and
therefore no refreshments or edibles can be
obtained after that time. This will be an
Inconvenience, if not an absolute deprivation
of right to many, as we'll our own citizens as
travellers and strangers in the City. We
take it for granted the Board will, on refec-
ton, repeal or modify this Ordinance
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COMMERCIAL VALUE OF INsEcTs.-Great
Britain pays annually $1,000 100000 for car
cases of that tiny insect known as cochineal,
while another, also peculiar to India, gum
shellac, or rather its production, is scarcely
less valuable. Moore than 100000 human
beings derive their sole support from the cul-
ture and manufacture of the fbres spun by
the silk worm, of which the annual circula-
ting medium, is said to be $500, 1000, 000 In
England alone, to say nothing of other parts
of Europe, $500, 900 are spent every year in
the purchase Of honey, while the value of
that which is native is not mentioned, and
this is the work Of the bee Besides all this,
there are the gallnuts used for Gyeing and
making ink; cantharides, or spanish az, Us
ed in medicine. In fact, every insect is con-
tributing in some way directly or indirectly,
p swelling our commercial profs.
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The House of Commons Of this State has

The House of Commons of this State has
refused to pay Col. John II. Wheeler the sum
of one hundred dollars, for his services in
procuring the land scrip for an agricultural
college in this State "This was the most
unkindest cut of all" We trust the House
will, at least, refund to Col W. the amount
expended by him for envelopes and postage
stamps in his correspondence on this subject.
Postsrity will cry shame, if this is not done.
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The Colored People.

We make the following extract from tb'
Address of Gen. Wood, on retiring from
command of the District of Mississippi. Gen
Wood had charge of the Freedman's Bureau
in that State. The testimony he bears is
highly credible to the colored people of Mis-
sissippi:
ITO the colored people, over whose inter
ests for number OF months past the under
signed has exercised special guardianship,
he returns his thanks for their unvarying
kindness and respect. The undersigned can
not take leave of these people without ex-
pressing his warm commentator of their
general good conduct, and their remarkable
exhibition of industry, faithfulness, general
sobriety, and anxious desire for the improve
ment of their race under peculiarly trying
circumstances.
The year just closed has been attended by
circumstances well calculated to try the vir-
tue of the colored people. The general fail.
ure of the crops, and the consequent honest
inability of many planters to pay the wages
of labor, attended by an enhanced price OF
food, might readily have given rise, without
much surprise, (such events happen in SINH.
lar circumstances among the laboring popu.
lation of other countries to discomfort, VIC
lence, and lawlessness among the colored
their conduct; on the contrary, they have
displayed in high degree sense of theil
appreciation of all the obligations imposed
by humanity and the social compact.
The undersigned witnessed a striking con-
firmation of this statement few days since.
During the night of the 23d ultimo terrible
confagration, laying in ruin nearly half of
the business portion, ragged for seven hours
in this city. The undersigned observed with
much qualification, not unmixed with some
surprise, the activity and faithfnlness with
which hundreds of colored men labored
through all those long and dreadful hours to
stay the progress of the devouring element
Such conduct on their part was not the re.
suit of any sordid motive, for the fire did moi
occur in the part of the city occupied by the
colored people; and it is more than probable
that not one of the colored men who labored
so faithfully to extinguish the flames during
that awful night had a cent of pecuniary in
terest in the burnt district.
1t is respectfully submitted that the con
duct of the colored people generally in this
State during the past year, commends them
not only to the justice but to the generosity
of the more fortunate race. The undersign
ed recommends most earnestly to the colored
people to continue their efforts to improve
their material and moral well-being by the
practice of industry, sobriety, the religious
duties, and by the creation of educationa
facilities for their children"
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HDoRs. DEPT. OF THE SOUTH.

II.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Jan. 10, 1867.
Breoeo Major General Fl. K. Scott, Com. MIL
Com. s. c.,
GENERAL: According to an article in the
Charleston Daily Ne,cs of this morning, it
appears that the Jail at Kingstree, Sout6-Ca-
rolina, has been destroyed by fire and twen-
ty-two colored prisoners smothered or burn
ed to death, while the only white prisoner
was permitted to escape. The article states
that the jailor, who had the keys, refused to
open the doors without the authority of the
sheriff, and the sheriff refused to act without
the orders of the lieutenant commanding
troops at Kingstree This statement pres
ents degree of barbarity that would APP
pear incredible except in community where
no value is placed upon the lives of colored
citizens The general commanding directs
that you cause an immediate and thorough
investigation of this affair; that in the mean
time you arrest the sheriff and jailor, and
if the facts prove to be as stated, that you
hold them in military confinement, under
the charge of murder, until the civil author
tiles shall be ready and willing to try them.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
j. W. CLOUS,
Brevet Captain and FIRST Lieutenant 9th in
fantry, Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
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S0uth.Carolina.

IMPORTANT LETTER FROM MAJOR GENERAL
]. C. RoBINsoN-TwENTY-Two NEGRO PR
soNERs DELIBERATELY BURNED TO DEATH
BY A REBEL SHERIFF AND JALoR-A
WHITE PRISONER ALLOWED TO ESCAPE.
Major Gen. J. c. Robinson, commanding
Department of the South, has addressed to
Gen. Scott the following letter, which ex-
plains itself:
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The Gazette de France is the oldest news
paper extant 1t is now in its two hundred
and thirty sixth year, and was already mature
before the Revolution of 1888.