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Year: 1868

An amusing story is told of bov who
was sent to market with bag OF apples


and came back at night without having
sold one. Upon heing asked the reason. he
said no one asked for them and 80 he never
united his bag. but stood like a greeney and
saw those around him Call out their goods
and sell at fair prices. Many business men
this is not personal to you but may be to
some your eighbors-havng been long es.
tablished. think they are well enough known
to need no advertising; and never find out
their mistake until some cntcrprisinp young
man. whom they would sneer at as an up-
start, blows his trumpet, calls in the crowd,
shows his goods cheerfully, sells them too,
and finally takes the cash custom away from
the long established, highly respectable,
fogy concern, that does not know the value
of advertising. Have you anything to sell 2
Advertise it, and customers will find you.
Year: 1868




At the banquet with which the Union
League of Philadelphia received the Vice
President elect last Saturday night. Mr.. Col
fax tersely and handsomely recognized the
national demand upon the incoming Admin
istration. 1.-THE most searching retrenchment;
honesty, efficiency, and higher character in
all connected with the public service; rigid
guardianship of the Treasury against unwise
and extravagant schemes; financial policy
which shall maintain our credit untarnished,
appreciate our currency, and place us onthe
firm rock of specie payments" these are
golden words, right worthy of the high off
Ger who utters them. and of the Administra-
tion whose motto we make bold to pronounce
them.
Year: 1868

1t Is matter OF some surprise to US that
the press of the State have not noticed the
fact that in nearly every other State the
Sheriffs, Constal,le's, and other Sales under
process oflaw, arc required to he advertised
in some paper in the county, or when no
paper is issued in the county, then in the
one published nearest to it. Under the
present laws of this State, all that is neccs-
sary is for the officer to write it on three
slips of paper and post it up in some con-
spicuous place, where it seldom Icmains
for more than tW o or three days, and PEI.
haps not noticed by dozen persons before
the Sale. This does great injustice to both
the debtors and creditors -AsheriUe News


We have heretofore called attention to
this matter, not because VIC desired to make
money by the publication OF such advertise
ments, but because We believed the interests
of ftlebtor and creditor would he advanced
by giving publicity in the public papers Of
sales under execution. We know of case
where mans property was sold under ex-
ecution, and but few of his immediate
neighbors knew of it until the sale was over.


The present law on the subject (passed
August "a, 1862 rcatis as follows:


Section l. The General assembly of North
Carolina do enact, That all officers author
lied by law to sell lands in this State under
execution shall be, and they are hereby en-
powered, when, in their judgment, it would
not he clearly injurious to the rights and
interests ot the defendant in execution, to so
divide all tracts of land containing one
hundred acres or more as to enable bidders
of small or limited means to purchase.


Sec. 2. That the first Saturday in each
and every month, and the first Monday of
the regular terms of the Superior Courts in
each county respectively, shall hereafter he
sale days, and on these days only shall lands
be sold under execution. and such sales shall
take place at the Court House door in each
county respectively, forty days advertise
mcnt thereof being given by the respective
sheriffs.


The law should he amended 50 as to re.
quire the notice of sale under execution to
be inserted in one or more newspapers
Charlotte Democrat
Year: 1868




We learn that proposition has been un-
der consideration by number of influential
citizens for several days past, which, it is
thought, will, is carried out, efectually re.
lieve the city treasury from its present en-
barrassments. As the gentlemen who have
had the matter under discussion, and given
1t their sanction, are in position to press
it upon the council, and with sufficient in
1uence to render its adoption probable, We
give below the leading points, as follows


The stalls in the various markets to be of.
fered for sale at auction on a lease,of ten
years, each stall to be sold singly. As the
markets are already let for this year, the
leases so to be sold to late from the
tirst of January, 1869. The terms of
payment to be one-half cash In city
notes, the balance to remain at eight
per cent interest and payable in bank
able funds at intervals. The purchaser,
however, to have the option of paying the
full price in city notes at me tine of the
adjudication. The leases of the alls to be
transferable. No other tax of any kind, ex.
cept the usual licenses as retail dealers, TO
be imposed upon the holders of these stalls.
We are told that a careful estimate of the
amount the city will realize from this plan,
if put in operation, will be sufficient to alb
sorb the outstanding city currency. No
distinction to be made in the denominations
of the notes received in payment.


As the money is paid into the treasury for
the leases, the same to be set aside and can
celled and DESTROYED.


Some or the reasons assigned aud argu
ments adduced in support Of the measure
may be summed up as follows:


| The lessees of the stalls can sub.let them,
and receive the rent in lega! tender cur.
rency.


The butchers are, as a rule, rich, and each
of them will want a stall for himself, and, no
| doubt, take number on speculation. A
market thus leased by the city for ten years
Will be likely to remain such for that period,
thus giving an additional value to surround
ing property for groceries and other retail
stores. And the increase in the value OF the
property around market will extend also
to the stalls. Stability, even for term o.
ten years, if assured, will enhance the value
ofproperty around any market in the city


Although there are many perhaps q
majority, of the people who hold stalls il
the markets who would be unable to pa!
one.half the price of a stall in advance
yet there are others who eau and will d,
SO, and the former can as easily max
terms with the latter as they do now witt
the farmers, who purchase whole marke
for a year. The currency for the first pay
ment can now be bought at heavy dis
count, thus reducing to that c tent the pul
chase price.


If these gentlemen have not made mi;
calculation there can be little doubt tha
the plan, when successfully carried out
will e-tinguish the whole currency debt {
the city. 1t is unquestionaoly worthy c
careful consideration.
Year: 1868

General Hancock isaPennsylvanian, is q but
Che loyal press Of that state do not afford
him much support at the present time
The Pittsburg Gazelie says "a


General Hancock desires to be relieved
from the command of the fifth military dis
trict. The public interests will be pro
NOTED by granting his request. 1t is not
necessary to pronounce any opinion upon
the integrity and patriotism of General
Hancock in his preseHt command. The
facts that the friends of speedy reeonstruc-
tion upon loyal basis in the states Of his
district have been able to end absolutely
nothing in his policy TO encourage them,
while the rebel element not only welcomed
him with Joy, but has sustained all his
Official acts, and will mourn, as for q lost
friend ever mis- withdrawal from the COM
mand, suffice TO render bis retirement
acceptable to the friends Of the Union
everywhere.
Year: 1868

COUNTERFEIT Twos.-Counterfeit two dol
lar city notes are in circulation, The general
execution of the notes IS bad. They may be
easily distinguished, as the letter '"C" in the
upper left hand corner, and the letter 80"
in the word two on the upper left hand cor
ner are not on the counterfeit, but are on
the genuine. Four of these notes were paid
into the city treasury yesterday but two Of
them were returned to the innocent party
who paid them in.
Year: 1868

QUITE sISGULAR.-It did seem rather
strange to us yesterday to see and hear car
drivers refuse all denominations of city
currency. 1t is suggested to city authorities
to remember this fact when the railway
companies pay in their per centase, and
then privately mention to the agents the
above fact and demand greenbacks.
Year: 1868

REpoRT FROM THE GRAND JUEY.-The
grand jury of the parish yesterday made a
report to the criminal court, Judge Howe.
The greater part of it appears to us to have
been made up from old stereotyped reports
except, perhaps, little more ignorance is
evident in this document. One feature Of
this grand jury is that only four of its mem
bers are registered voters. This fact of
itself should and does detraot from the
worth and influence of any body of inquis'
itors, therefore we consider that nothing is
lost by emitting to publish the report of the
grand iury..
Year: 1868

and upon those three grounds that


have mentioned; first, that the power is
clearly in the Congress of the United
States, and is not conferred specifically


upon any other department; secondly,
the power In Congress to admit new
State governments, covers this State,
and authorizes Congress to organize q
government for the purpose Of being ad-
mitted; and thirdly, the duty which the
Constitution imposes upon Congress to
take care that at all times there shall be
a republican State Government for each
State-from that ground alone the power
is clearly deducible-from these three
facts-from these three separate sources,
we derive the power Of Congress to or
ganize State governments for the rebel
.lious States, which were left at the end
of the war without any form OF govern
ment whatever. have proposed this
evening to confine myself strictly to a
discussion OF the Constitutional power
Of Congress. and shall leave it for an
other occasion, perhaps at Galena, on
Friday evening, to discuss the other in
dependent questions, of how wisely and
how well Congress has exercised that
Constitutional power. This is distinct
subject-too full to be spoken Of here
tonight under the circumstances, and
at the foot Of a speech. ! shall leave
the subject of reconstruction, then, with
this imperfect discussion Of the Consti-
tutional power OF Congress. Thst is.
the only issue which the Democratic
platform makes on the subject. They
do not question the details of their acts
They struck the death blow to the sys-
tenn by saying that the whole proceed
ings are unconstitutional, and therefore
void IF have succeeded in convinc-
ing you that Congress has the constitu-
tional power, my object has been accom-
plished, aud that was all 1 intended to
do when I came upon the platform.
Year: 1868

by the sweat Of your brow, as the white
man must do; vote the Radical ticket,
and we will vote your sustenauce out OF
the peoples treasury"


The motive of this proceeding is not
even disguised. Now that the States are
RECONSTRUCTED" the military despotisms
which have subssted in the South since
the close of the rebellion, can no longer
be maintained with any show of right,
though the intention was to have
continued them, had impeachment sue
ceeded. The game, therefore, is to sub
stitute this Freedmens Bureau as a po-
litical organization through the South,
with view only of directing the Presi-
Dental election. For this purpose the
people of the United States, who are
weighed down with taxation, are required
to contribute to the maintenance of ne
groes, who claim to govern, but will not
labor, and for the benefit of an army Of
Radical office-holders, who swindle
both the Government and the negroes.


In the whole history of this country no
fraud so monstrous has ever before been
attempted. While industry is oppressed
with taxation, and the honest, toiling
masses find their labor indifferently COM
pensated, "a radical Congress puts its hand
iato the public purse, and filches tens of
millions, extorted from worthy white tax
payers, to pamper in vice and vagabond-
ism the degraded instru ments of their
venal despotism. These Jacobins give
the balance of power to ignorant and de-
bauched negroes, who, without property
or intelligence, are to legislate for the
great interests of the white race of native
and adopted citizens; and to secure their
favor they take the taxes of these white
citizens to bribe their black followers.
Oppressed and outraged Taxpayers, this
is a specimen of Radical legislation. Is it
surprising that the public debt should be
what it is, when plunder has absorbed at
least half of its aggregate, and that the
war was continued two years only for the
profit of shoddy contractors and cor
rupt Congress2 The debt is increasing
daily, and must continue to swell while
untold millions are added to it to keep up
electioneeriug bureaus and manufacto-
ries of negro votes.
Year: 1868

leading naturally to those hot blooded
retorts aud disgraceful personal alterca-
tions which so frequently occur. Then,
speaking to the question, even in the
Committee of the Whole, was strictly
insisted upon, and the Speaker was &C
customed to remind members whenever
they rambled or deviated from the ques-
ton in debate. There was, of course,
little or no occasion for members to call
one another to order as they now do in
ccssantly. That Office was then prop
erly discharged by the Speaker. Now,
the latitude and longitude of debate in
Committee of the Whole is unbonnded
and unmeasured byauy rules of the House
or any laws of prspriety. Then, when the
House resolved itself into Committee of
the Whole, it was customary for the
Speaker to 90 down and take part IN the
debate. Now the Speaker retires to his
private room, which is fitted up with
palatial magni6cence for the reception
of his friends, and is seen no more Till
the rising of the committee, which, dur
ing his absence, scarcely rises to the
dignity of a political caucus, much less
to that Of town meeting or debating
society. From all of which we infer that
there is very little moral power in the
Speakers hammer, and that parliamen.-
tary order and decorum and the ameni-
ties and courtesies of debate are depen-
dent upon a higher principle than can
be evolved from any physical agency
whatever.
Year: 1868




Viewing the present aspect Of things
that have developed in this age, and trsc-
ing them back to their origin, we feel star
tied at the discovery of small causes that
were set in motion at some former period,
when we compare them with the wonder
full effects. We have been overwhelmed
in taking a survey Of the panorama of life
rs the busy scenes twirled around U.S.
There are times when we are thinking
that we enjoy the most preferable age that
has yet been allotted to man. Then doubts
arise, and We feel as though the great men
the beacon.lights who guided the masses
by their wise counsels, have left the earth,
and we arc now alone to plod our way
with only the recollection of their maxims
to serve as landmarks. When overcome
with such reflections, gloom overshadows
intellectual vision, and leads us to contem-
plate the grand Millennium of which We
have heard so much. But hopeful youth,
blessed with impartial beauty, looks out
upon the dawn of day, with the same
throbbing emotions that filled the breasts
of our illustrious ancestors, with the ex-
ception that their felicity and confidence
in the regular rotation of seasons, with
their evenness of temperature, was Of lon
ger duration than ours, at the present day.
Their confidence in each other is incom-
parable with that which is manifested be-
tween social beings Of the present time
We claim to be wiser than any preceding
generation, and think that pe have ac-
quired what we know ourselves, without
considering that the knowledge we possess
is the mere legacy of ancestorial industry.
We pride ourselves upon the art of COM
bining--boast of having the capacity to
solve, fathom, and analyze,-think at
times that we carry along the "stupendu-
Gus whole'' of the Sciences and Arts
conclude that our abilities are vastly SUI
perior but it is fact, that we have drift
ed along down the journey of life, farther
from the origin of the Sciences and the
great fountains of truth, and have almost
lost sight of the basis upon which our
knowledge and requirements is founded.
Our indepcndency 10 regard to the knowl
edge we possess is questionable. tits pol
icy for US not to be too presumptuous, al
though "my policy" is talked Of in most
every household. L. C. D.
Year: 1868




The venerable printer, Conger Sherman,
who died not long ago, in Philadelphia,
occasionally INDUCED in "reminiscences of
the early days when he worked in the
printing house Of Barber & Southwick, at
Albany. Here is one of his stories


:" 1t was at this time that had frequent
opportunities Of seeing some of the public
men of that day,--among others Daniel d.
Tompkins and De Witt Clinton. In per-
son, manners, and mind, Clinton was a
splendid man. Sedate and reserved. he
yet appeared to be always cheerful and
kind. He had just been appointed by the
Senate of New York, one of the Board Of
Canal Commissioners, and was engaged in
perfecting the plan Of the Erie canal, Of
which he was the originator. l was sent
to him one morning ut his room for copy.
When l entered dotted my cap, made my
bow and said Please, sir, | was sent
for some copy Sit down, my son. was
the kind and encouraging reply.


" He took up from the table before him,
a neatly prepared manuscript, fastened at
the top of the leaves like lawyers paper
book, and asked me if could read that.
| looked at it; it. was written in a clear
round hand as plain as print. Yes, sir,
| can read it., was my reply. He said,
| have here duplicate copy, which |
wish to verify before give you the origi-
nal stand up before me and read This
was the first report of the commissioners
appointed to survey the route of the great
Erie Canal. did my best at reading. /
was accustomed to reading copy-bad
manuscript generally this was good. I
read on in a clear firm tone, and with en-
phasis, pronouncing every word correctly,
until came to an estimated cost of the
work-five millions of dollars. drew a
long breath, more perhaps from some nat
ural cause, than comprehension of the
enormous sum of money in those days.
The grave statesman looked at me as if l
did not understand it financially. Large
figures sonny said he: l may not live to
see the work finished, but you will, and
paid for, too, hope then read on to
the end of the document, put the copy in
to my pocket, felt highly honored, and re-
turned to the printing etlice with it, where
came very near getting a good thrashing
for lettering about the State House, which
l sometimes did, for it was very agreea-
BILE place for me to spend my time"
Year: 1868

The utter and ruthless despotism that
prevails at the South may never be fully
known and become matter of history
The special acts of uncivilized barbarity
are undoubtedly as numerous as the sepa-
rate angry humors, spasms of indigestion.
and incidents of personal discomfort felt
by those dressed in little brief authority
over their fellow men. If a military officer
in command at any petty posts throughout
the unreconstructed Districts is bilious,
or if his dinner is late, or his tooth aches,
some poor devil has to go into the guard
house. We can imagine how shameful
have been the outrages from which the
miserable, humbled, starving, repenting
rebels Of the South have suffered by some
of the slow measures of relief that have
been adopted. For instance, Gen. Ord,
(who few weeks since imprisoned an ed
itor for libel upon him. has found him
self compelled from very shame to issue
the following order-it is styled General
Order No. 4O," and dated at his 'Head-
quarters :"


!. In future, whenever a citizen is ar
rested by the military authorities of this
military district he will be at once furnish
ed by the officer ordering the arrest, with
a ac,itten copy Of the charges upon achich
he ,cas arrested. Such charges will, how
ever, in all cases, be subject to such modi-
tication as the facts of each particular case
may seem to demand which modification
must be made. and a copy Of the charges
as modified furnished to the prisoner, pri-
or to his arraignment for trial.


This order would not have been made
unless it was necessary to correct bad
practice that has heretofore prevailed
From the fact that necessity for the or
der existed, we correctly infer that it was
a custom to arrest citizens summarily to
imprison and punish them-for arrest and
imprisonment is punishment--without
their Knowing the nature of the offense
with which they were charged without a
copy of any complaint, or knowledge of
the source in which the suspicious or alle-
cations against them, if there were any.
originated. Such condition of things will
in all the future, form a deeply and damn
ably disgraceful page in American history
1t cannot be softened or extenuated by any
art of rhetoric, or any bogus and cheap
imitation of indignant patriotism. 1t is a
blot that will last as long as the American
name lives to bear it.


This order is but partially a return from
the worst horrors Of military despotism.-
1t provides that any modification of char
ges may be made after they are first brot.
Spite or enmity may cause the arrest o:
citizen on any charge he may be held till
trial, and then, on the eve of his arraign
ment, an entirely different accusation may
be brought against him, which he is un-
to meet or disprove, because he
has remained in ignorance of it's charac-
ter. When shall the end of these things be?
st. Paul Daily Pioneer.
Year: 1868

mcnt, &c.


Washington correspondence MAY III of the Chicago


Repubcan-radcal.l


General Grant, IN the presence Of your correspon-
dent, to-day said that from what he knew he beev we'd
that the President intended to evade conviction by
resignng at the last hour. The General also said
that he became convinced that this would be done
that he bet box OF cigars with Secretary Stanton in
support OF IL nearly month ago.


During the entire conversation the General eX-
pressed himself very strongly In support OF Mr. John
sons removal, IL being hs only hope OF having peace
IN the southern States, and he thought 1t would be
dangerous to the best interests OF the country let
him remain any longer at the head OF the govern
ment. With Mr.. Johnson's removal he would, with
out detrment TO the public service make a further
reduction In the army and the troops that were now
stationed in many OF the Southern States could he
withdrawn and sent to the plains or mustered out OF
the service. Having man In the Presidential chair
who would take care that the laws faithfully
cuted the rebels I'm the South would cease commit
ting murders and driving Union men from their
homes, and loyal men would be again secure.