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Gen. Caubx,s Orders.

We publish to-day Gen. Canby's Order
concerning the State Constitutional Conyen-
ton; also, a very important Order on a va
riety of subjects, including judgments, exc
cutions, homesteads, distilleries &c.
The latter Order is designed to relieve the
people as far as practicable from the pressure
of Indebtedness, but it will be observed it
does not apply to debts contracted since the
suppression of the rebellion.
The allowance for homesteads is exceed
ingly liberal.
Executors and trustees are permitted to
press their claims to judgment and execution.
The provision in relation to distilleries
will enhance the price Of grain, already
scarce and high.
The provision in relation to the retailing
of spirituous liqu ors is well guarded.
We are glad the General has rcscinded the
rebel law requiring laborers TO be listed like
chattels, as they formerly were. This is
well done, but it comes late. We do not
see how any tribunal could hold such tax
to be binding. Every citizen has right to
give himself in tor taxation, and no man is
the keeper of this right for another. We be-
lieve this poll-tax has been abused to the in
jury of the weak and ignorant. We trust
our new Constitution will provide that no
poll-tax shall ever be levied in this State ex-
cept for school purposes.
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WHIsKY.-When the whisky distilers met
in Convention in Washington few days
since they neglected to present any of. the
details of their business, some of which are
supplied as follws by the ". 7. Tribune.
The whole cost of liquors annually made
and sold in the United States, that is whis-
ky either in pure or derivative state, is
about $500,000,00O. In the consumption of
thss liquor, $4,000 lives are yearly destroy
ed. 100000 men and woman are sent to
prison, and 600 children are bequeat hed
to poor-houses and charitable institutions.
In addition, 300 murders and 400 suicides
are committed, and the expense connected
with these events is 100000. In our noble
State of New York, of course including the
city, one person in 10 is substantially made
pauper. Meanwhile, large sums are dis
bursed in erecting and supervising those i'm
posing establishments, the common jails,
and the penitentiaries, for so tar-reaching
are the effects of the drinking of spirituous
liquors that our citizens are enabled to vio-
late every law of the land. 1t will not be
necessary to go into the details of the man
ufacture of whisky as now conducted /; and
it will be sufficient to say that since strych-
nine, red pepper, sulphuric acid, and some
other ingredients have become common, the
cure of delirium tremens is impossible. Of
course, the same effects though in a modified
degree, characterize the various beverages
which are derived from whisky.
In the mild drinks it gratifying to state
that the progress recently made in science,
and, and particular, in chemical affinity, en-
ables the expert manufacturer to produce re-
markable results. For instance, we furnish
800, 900 more baskets champagne tina are
produced in all the champagne districts of
Europe By passing the oil OF whiskey
through carbon, a Madeira is made at a
profit of 500 per cent, which few can tell
from the genuine, and with good reason
With neutral spirits, or even with whiskey,
vinegar, sulphurlc acid, beet-root, and cop
peras, which is to produce the proper as
tringency, we are enabled to turn ont more
port wine then all the rest of the world
beside; and of these and other wines, New
York City annually manufactures to the val
ne OF $4,000, 900, all of which are admirably
adapted to Timothy's weak stomach. 1t is
scarcely possible to overate the Importance
of this branch of manufacture, since, by en-
listing the wealthy and the fashionable the
lower classes are led with less difficulty to
the use of the more common beverage. To
show the fruit of wine-drinking ON the up
per crust of our society the following state
lnent is significant: By last accounts of the
State Inebriate Asylum at Binghamton,
there had been applications for admission
from 80 clergymen, 8 judges, $40 merchants,
1926 physicians, 240 gentlemen, and what is
more cheering than all the rest, 300 rich
mems daughters.
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GRAPE GRowING AND WINE STATISTICS.
It has been estimated that the average pro-
duction of Wine in France is $4,000, 900
gallons; worth at the press 25c. agallon or
$221. 600, 900 for the whole crop. The aggre-
gate number of acres devoted to the grape
in all Europe is 1925, $50. The aggregate
annual crop, S,1O7 ,039, 900 gallons, and the
aggregate value of this crop, $763, 73s. 500
The figures were derived by Harazathy from
official documents, and are probably cor
rect.
The wine product of the United States in
1850 was 218,G23. In 1860it was 1917, 957
gallons. In 1865 California alone made q,
0O0, 900 gallons and it is estimated that at
the next census, the wine product Of the
United States will reach 100000 gal
Ions.
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Mr.. Senator Wilson, in recent letter.
speaking of Gen. Grant, says:
I This emphatic ayowal fully committed
Gen. Grant to the policy of emancipation
He was too, for the re election of Abraham
Lincoln, declaring to his nearest friends that
his defeat would he a dreadful calamity to the
country. Since the close of the war he has
been in accord with Congress, in its efforts
to protect the loyal, black and white. secure
the equal rights Of all, and restore the Rebel
States to their practical relations. When
the pending Constitutional Amendment was
before Congress- he was for its submission
to the people; and when it was submitted
lie urged the leading men ofthe Rebel States
to vote for its adoption. After its rejection
by the Rebel Legislatures, he pressed South
ern men, who sought his advice, to consider
their action, adopt it, and give suffrage to
the freedmen. To leading Southern men he
said: You must look to Congress; the Re
pubicans have the power; consult them do
not seek the councils of men in the North
who opposed the war; the people will never
trust that class OF men with power; the more
you look to them for advice, the more exact
ing Congress will be and ought to be; the
rejection OF the amendment and the legisla-
ton against the freedmen will cause Congress
to require universal suffrage; and you should
at once give it. Some OF these men were
wise enough to accept and act upon his adj
vice. To the Reconstruction policy of Con-
gress-the vital and overshadowing issue of
the day-Gen, Grant gave his earnest sup
port, and he has zealously striven to carry
the legislation of Congress into effect. On
the Reconstruction policy Gen. Grant has
been and now is in accord with Congress
and the Republican party. So anxious was
he to have that policy promptly carried into
effect that he urgently pressed upon mem
beers of Congress the vital Importance of so
arranging the adjournments as to be able to
meet at any time. should the needs of the
country require it''
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WHITE MANS PARTY IN MISSISSIPPI
Our Mississippi exchanges. not a few of
them, are conducted with so much wisdom
and prudence, that, in view of the threaten
ened suffering and starvation in the State,
they are increasing the chances of disaster
and ruin by advocating conventions of white
men to form white mans party. The
Vicksburg Times says: If such conven-
ton as we have suggested should assemble,
when it speaks, its voice will go forth as the
.Jiat Of the people" We would suggest the
propriety of taking at least enough of the
peaceful, industrial and precautionary meas
ures of life to assure the lives of enough
people, black or white, to have voice at all.
Remember, gentlemen of the aohite mans
party, you established the order of things
by which your State has come out with more
blacks than whites. You are only reaping
the fruit of your own sowing. You said
the negro was made to be slave. You
have him, in spite of all your laws, and Gus
toms, and notions, and dictations, and your
rebellion into the bargain, free. Suppose,
for once, you put up your FOLLY and try COM
mon sense, and try to get your rights by ac-
cording them to Others Trust for respect
and position to your merit and the establish
ment of the rights that inhere in manhood.
You reason that the negro is not man !;
that he is brute, and therefore should not
be treated as man, but beaten and murder
ed at WILL even as civilized laws do not al
low done to tine OK. Suppose you go on in
your State. The negro outnumbers you, and
as he is an initiative character, suppose he
forms black mans party, and resolves that
white men are brutes and should not be
treated as men2 What then You can at
least see that there is a chance with you for
two to play at the game of party founded
on color. Away, then, with these ideas of
white mans party, if you don't want
black mans party; and away, too, with the
idea of black mans party, if white
mans party is not wanted. Every colored
man who has in his person suffered the hor-
rors of slavery should know that founding
party on color is perpetuating the iunda-
mental principle of slavery. American
slavery said that the white man was born a
master, and the black man born slave
The Union party of the country has advan-
ced SO far in overthrowing it, But we &C
cept all talk. from whatever quarter it comes,
in favor of forming party on the basis OF
color, as just so much evidence that the fun
damental principleof slavery is still cherish
ed, and that the condition of power IS only
wanting for its establishment No man
will take step in that direction in Mss,s-
sippi or anywhere else Memphis Daily Post
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Obstruction Convention.

R. c. Badger, Esq. as Secretary of the So
called Conservative Committee, consisting
of number of leading rebels and TRAITORS,
has issued call for State Convention, to
be held in this City on the 9Th of next
month.
The design of this gathering is to defeat
reconstruction.
What folly 4 st
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Gen. Howard will tomorrow transmit to
Gen. Grant reports from Generals Ord, Gil
lem, Hancock, Candy, Scott, and other Off
GERS, bearing upon the restitution. present
and prospective, of the southern States
The sudden fall in the price of cotton. TO-
gether with the failure of crops, has produ
ced great depression, anxiety, and appre-
henslon, and it is generally believed there
will be great suffering for want of food in
Louisiana, Mississippi, and South-Carollna,
before the close of winter, and that relief, in
some shape, must be afforded to prevent the
anarchy that many apprehend. General
Howard recommends that the attention of
the President and Congress be called to the
report, with view to some thorough, prac-
teal mode of relief. 1t is suggested that if
fund could be established from which en-
ployers might draw. on paying reasonable
interest, it might afford temporary if not
permanent relief General Candy favors re-
lief through such fund or through the is
sue of provisions, taking lieu upon crops
for security. 1t is also recommended by
some prominent persons that a loan of thir
ty millions In. currency, to be secured by
bonds and mortgages and other good secu-
rity, for the benefit of all States in extreme
need, be made Generals Ord and Hancock
recommend the repairing of the levees of
Mississippi by the Government. Gen. How
ard says certain politicians have taken advan-
| tage of the suffering in the regions where
dcstitution prevails to further their own in
terests, and are trying to reduce the price of
labor to board merely, and thus get control
of the laborers
The above is telegraphic summary in re.
lation to the distress in the Southern States,
and the means suggested to relieve it.
1t seems to us that the relief so much de-
sired and needed should be extended in a
way to do the most good, not only now, but
hereafter The great body of our people
need lands; and many of the landholders
need aid in the production of crops. Let
Congress make an appropriation out Of any
funds in the hands of the Commissioner OF
the Bureau, to purchase lands in the Southern
States at the lowest market price, to be sold
in small parcels to actual settlers at cost
and let funds he advanced to such landhold-
ers in aid of the production of crops, as
will agree to pay their employees a part OF
their wages either in lands at the lowest mar
ket price, or in something else which will lie
of material, substantial benefit to themselves
and families.
This is merely an outline of the plan sug-
gested. We are satisfied it is practicable
| We believe it would work well. 1t would
give present relief, and would lay the foun-
dations for future enterprise, industry and
prosperity.
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We found the following .beaatiful lines re-
Gently floating Id the newspapers, and pub
lished them, not knowing their author. We
have since learned that they are from the
pen of TENEiLA--or Mrs. Mary Bayard
Clarke, Of this State. We take pleasure in
attributing them to their proper source, and
to add that we are all too prone to underrate
or overlook native genius and learning.
GATHERING SHELLS.
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Coop WAY OF COOKING Onions 1t is
good plan to boil ONIONS in milk and water,
it diminishes the strong taste of thatv egeta-
BILE. 1t is an excellent way of serving up
onions to chop them after they are boiled,
and them in a stewpan, with a little
milk, butter, salt and pepper, and let them
stew about fifteen minutes. This gives them
= flavor, and they can be served up hot
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RELIEF TO THE DEsTITUTE.-It is stated
that Gen. Howard, with the approval of
Gen. Grant, has directed the assistant Com
missioners of the Bureau to relieve absolute
distress, and has directed purchases of corn
for distribution in the most needy sections
of the South.
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The total number of delegates to the
South Carolina Convention is 124, of whom
55 are white and SO colored
Thetotal number of delegates to the North
Carolina Convention is 1870, Of whom 106
are white and IA colored.
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Radical Tennessee.

Browniow's Wig says the January inter-
est on the Tennessee bonds will be promptly
paid. That paper adds
Thus it will be seen that, despite the eff.
forts OF enemies at home and spectators in
the eastern cities, crying out that the finances
OF Tennessee are desperate. and that the in
tercst on her State debt will not be met, said
interest psU be met Tennessee is no. re-
pudiating State, and she intends to meet her
Just liabilities. And besides being milling
to do so, she is able. Nay, Tennessee, of
the eleven seeded States, is to day the only
prosperous one having plenty Of every
thing, and being on the highway of success |!
SO much for Radical rule in Tennessee"
North Carolina is still in a condition of
practical Reputation. SO far as her debt is
concerned This debt was incurred before
the rebellion for railroads, asylums, de- 1t
is an honest debt, and will no doubt be paid
at some future period. If the State had ac-
cepted the Howard amendment, and return
ed to the Union when Tennessee did, the in
terest on this debt might by this time have
been provided for. But secession rule con-
tinues. blighting alike public and private
credit, and preventing prosperity among the
people. 9
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The UNIVERSITY. -Attention is directed
to the able and evidently well-considered
letter of W. M. Coleman, Esq, in the Stand
ard to-day, in relation to the University.
Mr.. c. is mistaken in assuming that the
Senior is now one of the Trustees He re-
signed some time since.
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The Sentinel suggests that the Young
Mems Christian Association, of this City,
invite Father Ryan to deliver lecture here
in behalf of the poor. We trust not. Faith
er Ryan is known to be an inveterate
copperhead and enemy to the national gov
ernmcnt. Deliver us from Father Ryan.
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GATHERING SHELLS.
By MRS. MARY BAYARp CLARKE

Wandering on the shores of mem'ry,
Gathering up the fragments, cast
By the surging waves of feeling
From the ocean OF the past.
Here a shell and there pebble,
With its edges worn away
By the rolling of the waters,
By the dasling OF the spray.
Some lie smooth and many tinted
High upon the glistening sand,
Others, sharp and freshly scattered,
Wound when taken in the hand.
Here a wreck of by-gone treasures,
Garnered in our early years,
Gathered now in hidden caverns
Crusted with the salt OF tears.
Every hope and every sorrow
That the heart hath ever known
Vessels launched in youths bright hour,
On the shadowy beach are thrown;
Here are pleasure-boats that glided
Der smooth waters for while,
There, rich argosies of feeling
Frcighted with tear or smile.
Joy that vanished e'er twas tasted,
Is but sea-weed wet with spray:
Eagerly we seek to grasp it
Lo, it's beauties fade away;
Floating in the brilliant future
1t was dipped in fainbow-dyes,
But upon the sands of mem'ry
Now in tangled masses lies.
Here are wrecks of early friendships,
Living only in the past,
Vessels which were far TOO fragile
To withstand life's cutting blast.
BY them nobler barks are lying,
Banks that weathered every gale:-
Till on death their life boats shattered
These were never known to .ail.
Round about are fragments lying
OF the cargoes which they bore;
And on each these words are craven:
Friend, we've only gone before"
Oh, it gives both pain and pleasure
To reflect that when we die,
Shattered on the sands Of mem'ry
Thus in loving hearts we lie.
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~ Mr.. C. W. HoRNER, as Business Clerk and
Agent, is authorized to make contracts and give
receipts, &C., &c.
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A<Sc iiS ShSOoiS5S yOof oeAio ASs w ~ Otis
Educate yourselves and provide for the
education of your children. Poets tell US of
the midnight lamp" and the "scanty oil of
the poor student" But the oil and the lamp
that has made great men in North Carolina,
is the oil of rosin, and the lamp of light
wood knot. [Applause.] Study to be good
and great, and to achieve honorable reputa-
lions before all men, Education is that which
elevates the white man and it will raise up
the races of earth to his level in the world of
science and art if cultivated sedulously. He
rejoiced to see that notwithstanding the nov
city of freedom. still the sweets OF learning
were sufficient to WOO the Soudaniin TO sit
down and eat plentifully, with the European
and the American. Let US take new cOur-
age for the future. love God and our neigh
bors and support the Constitution and the
Union. [Apphuse.]
Song by the select choir.
Defamation by Roger O'Kelly-subject
Time is useful" Very well written and
delivered, eliciting applause and rejecting
great credit upon his instructress.
Original essay by Kitty Taylor, which we
copy below:
1.-THE johnson school was commenced IN
July, 1865. 1t was named after Andrew
johnson, the President of the United States.
It was the first school establishedin Raleigh.
1t started from the alphabet. We have had
good many gentlemen to examine our
school and they say it equals any freedmen's
school they have seen in the South. A good
many of our scholars are readingin the Ma
tional Fifth Reader and studying Aritlime-
tic. Geography, Grammar and History. We
think some of US are beginning to learn how
to appreciate tue blessings that are 80 liber-
ally extended to us from our kind friends up
North. They have done more for Us than
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RALEIGH, N. C.,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1868.

w. w. HOLDEN & SON,
EDITORS & PRoPMEroRs
And authorized publishers Of the Laws of the Unite,
States. and of Government advertisements.
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on small scale. As legion, with its in
fantry, cavalry, artillery and engineers is a
miniature army, which may be swelled to a
host, merely by adding to its parts, without
touching its organization, so may the radius
of this ideal University be extended, vastly
charging its circumference, without altering
its form or changing its proportions
The economy of the system is Il strong point
in its favor. The objection to University
composed ola circle ofindependent colleges,
like those of England, has not been against
the merits of the system, but against its ex-
pense. We have already seen how much
would be required to put the University in
operation with five professors and one
hundred students.
1t is mistake to suppose that the sixth,
or General College, will give mere smatter
ing. tbs true it will he confined to general
results, but these will be accurately pointed
out and defined To the industrious student
it will be of real value If his knowledge
be only general, it will be connected, and he
will leave college with ut least distinct
conception of all the branches taught and of
their relation to each other.
The method of Communicating instruction
by lecture is recommended both by reason
and experience. tits universally adopted in
Germany. 1t is psychological fact that
one remembers better what is told him,
than what he reads. When fact is conf
municated orally, there is associated with it,
the manner and expression of the speaker.
The living voice of the lecturer makes
more lasting impression than the printed,
words of the text book. But the student
fills out the lecture and studies il over in
private afterwards, thus taking advantage
OF both the systems.
Private tutors constitute a striking feature
in the German Universities. Nothing does
more to produce class Of purely literaU
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Horse and Cattle Powders.

this animal, such
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TER. Fl E A v E 8,
COUG II s, DIS
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VERS, FOUNDER
LOSS OF Ape
TITE AND VITAL
ENERGY, &C. Its
use improves tho
" j n d, increases
the appetite--gives
q SIN tn and
glossy skin-and
transforms t h e
miserable skeleton
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Col. FoRsYrHE, editor of the Mobile
Register, has written to his paper to
say that the democrats Of the North
without a single exception. as far as his
koweledge extends, are pledged in the
event of success at the next Presidetial
election, to repeal all the reconstruction
laws and restore tn e rebels to power in
the ten unreconstructed States, and ad-
NIT such States to full representation in
Congress. This is the Northern dem
ocratic policy beyond doubt The
party will do the bidding of the South
Just as they did before the war.
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