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Year: 1867

The Holidays have passed off IN town
very quietly, only diversified, now and
then, by the puglis;ic feelings of those,
who, not having their fill of wars stirring
alarms, wished to turn time of "peace
and good will to all men, into that OF
discord and strife. A few of the light fin
geted gentry also took advantage OF the
occasion, and followed with their usual
skill and dexterity, vocation tina general
ly leads to 'one's pocket or to the gallows'.
An attempt at incendiarism, which threat
ened the destruction Of a portion of our
town, but was promptly checked by the
= .exertions CT those present, about constl>
tutes the extent of our causalittes.


In these times of uncertainty, vagabop>
dism and radicalism, we should be very
thankful, that we have been so blessed,
but the pitcher may go to the well once
TOO often" and this blind trust in chance
for safety may in the end prove but
broken reed, upon which to lean.


We spoke in our last of the great me-
cessi,y for the immediate establishment o.
some kind of town police, and we canno
see that the necessity is at all removed
Every consideration fprudence and satet.
call for it imperatively. 1t is subject il
which every property holder is vitality In
terested, and any steps accomplishing
such a result must meet their warm ap
proval.


The expense of few thousand dollar
should not prevent police from being
formed, when from want of it, the town
in a single night may suffer loss OF te
times that amount.


Tarboro' is fast assuming the appear
ance and business relations OF CITY
small it is true, but sufficiently large
call for the enforcement of regulation
that even no city is without.


Will not those interested bestir them
selves in this matter and see that some
thing is done towards giving US al De
ter feeling of security than we now ENJOY
Year: 1867

We have heard considerable complaint
made with regard to the arrangements at
the Depot; for receiving and shipping the
large amount of Cotton, ETC., which is daily
arriving, resulting from the want Of suita-
bic Warehouse for its reception, while
waiting shipment.


The Rail Road will not receipt for it, and
frequently hupdreds of bales Of Cotton have
been left several days, exposed to the mer-
cy of the elements and any one, who may
chose to carry it away.


Something should be done to prevent
this risk and exposure.


Who is responsible?
Year: 1867

same and stating where it is situated, and
whether there are any, and if so, what incum-
brances thereon, the filing of such petition shall
be an act Of bankruptcy, and such petitioner
shall be adjudged bankrupt; Provided That
all citizens of the United States petioningto be
declared bankrupt shall, on filing such petition,
and before any proceedings thereon, take and
subscribe an oath of allegiance and fidelity to
the United States, which oath shall be filed and
recorded with the proceedings in bankruptcy.
And the judge of the district court, or, II there
be no opposing party, any register of said court,
to be designated by the judge, shall forthwith,
if be be satisfied that the debts due from the Pc
titioner exceed three hundred dollars, issue
warrant, TO be signed by such judge or register
directed to the marshal of said district, author
iEing him forthwith, as messenger, to publish
notices in such newspapers as the warrant speci-
fes to serve written or printed notice, by mail
or personally on all creditors upon the schedule
filed with the debtors petition, or whose names
may be given to him in addition by the debtor,
and to give such personal or other notice to any
persons concerned as the warrant specifies, which
notice shall state:


First. That a warrant in bankruptcy has been
issued against the estate of the debtor.


Second. That the payment of any debts and
the delivery of any property belonging to such
debtor to him or for his use, and the transfer of
any property by him are forbidden by law.


Third. That meeting of the creditors of the
debtor, giving the names, residences, and
amounts, so far as known, to prove their debts
and choose one or more assignees of his estate,
will be held at conrt of bankruptcy, to be
holden at time and place designated in the
warrant, not less than ten nor more than ninety
days after the issuing of the same.


FRO BE CONTINUED
Year: 1867

1t is a fact that the Congress o


the United States profess to be the


peculiar friends Of the negro and tC


prove the sincerity of their friend


ship for the whole country, negroes


included, they have fastened debt
upon the people Qncurred mainly


through fraud and rascality) of over
twenty-five thousand millions Of dol


lars. 1t is also a fact that the Labor
of the negro produces nearly all the
cotton raised in the United States
A tax of three cents for every pound
Of this cotton, is paid to the Federal
Government. y tax of five dollars
on every one hundred dollars worth
manufactured cotton goods, is also
paid to the government. Now, when
cotton seedsare exported or sent tC
foreign countries for sale, a draw
back is allowed not only of the ) pei
cent tax, but also Of the tax upon the
raw cotton. Nearly all the cotton
manufactures in the United States
are in New England. Three cents
per pound is about SO per cent. ofitS
value in gold.


The result of these facts is, that
thenegro pays into the United States
Treasury une-third of all he labOrs
for, and his New England friends
draw it out of the treasury and put
it into their own pociets-paying
into the treasury for the
labor performed by them in manufac,
turing it, for they have a drawback
Of the D per cent also.


The laboring men of the South
can thus see where the money comes
from to send so many newspapers
and pictorials broadcast over the
land, and for the establishment OF
Radical papers here III the South,
for the purpose Of arraying the ne
grOeS against the Southern whites.
HindS C0EHty GG:ette.
Year: 1867

We hope the Church will bear il
mind the following appointment
suggested by ouT Bishop in the late
pastoral address. For some weeks
we will publish this notice. SO that
none may forget it, and that ample
and suitable arrangements may be
made in reference to ii;


1--WE propose that Friday. 10th
Of August next, beObServcd in all our
churches as a day of fasting, humili-
alton and prayer-tlat God would
he pleased to pour out his Spirit up
on MS and upon all flesh; that he
would show us our sins and help us,
hy Il true repentance. to turn away
from them that he wOuld send forth
laborerS into his harvest, who may
serve him more faithfully and eff
cicntly than we have done: that he
wotfd build up the Church and
comfort her waste places; that he
would grant us all those blessings,
temporal and spiritual, we have need
of. And we further propose that
this day of special fasting and prayer
he preceded, wherever practicable, by
religious exercises, begun on the
preViouS Sabbath and continued day
10y day till the Sabbath following"
Year: 1867

"Father, where is our Jamie tonight
jamie so bold and so gay7
Tie twilight shadows are falling now,
Why does he stay sway2
Jamie is handsome and manly too,
And he will be good and great;
But, father, why is our darling boy
A-Gtaying away so late p
"Our noble boy is child no more,
He has grown to mans estate;
BE has gone acquiring Minnie Gray,
The reason he stays so late
For her golden hair and eyes Of blue
Have stolen bis heart Away.
And be goes ia the holy twilight hour
A-wCoiug sweet Minnie Gray"
"Why does the maiden lure him away,
Now we are growing so oId7
And we have shielded him all bis life,
Our love has never grown cold
The maid can never love as we


Have loved him all his years,
Who have led him along the path of life,
Sharing his smiles aud tears"
"But, Iillie, remember long years ago,
When was handsome and gay,
And you a maiden fair and sweet,
That you stole my heart away.
had father old and gray,


And mother kind aud true,
Who loved me fondly all my life
But my heart went out with you"
A blush crept over her withered cheek, &.
Her eyes shone clear and mild,
No longer she chided the lovely maid
For wining away her child;
She thought ofthe long ago, when she
Stood close 70 her lovers side
In the little church, and the man of God
Made her q happy bride.
Year: 1867

UxrvERsAL SUFFRAeE 0RDEAL.-To the foreign
element we are now adding a still larger one,
more uutaught and quite as susceptible of easy
control; and very soon we shall add another in
the hundreds of thousands of Asiatics who are
pouring into the Pacific States, into whose heads
the lirst idea of selfgovernment has never en-,
tered For we cannot go backward we must
90 through with the experiment we have under
taken, for veal or woe. There are many thought
full men who believe that the severest ordeal of
our institutions is yet to come, aid through this
unlimited aud unqualified extension of the suf'
fraqe. Nor does it relieve this apprehension to
insist that the theory of universal suffrage is
right; that whoever must support the govern
ment and obey the laws should have voice in
the making Of the laws and the election of their
administrators. Those who have established
the government and maintained it at a great
cost Of treasure and blood, are not to yield such
blind ana unqualified allegiance to theory as
to surrender the controlof affairs to those mani
testify incapable Of perpetuating free Institutions.
-Sprinafsld lihdss) Rspu6iiean.
Year: 1867

CURIOUS divorce case lately came up in a
Rochester New York; court, in which the
husband sued for release from the connubial tie
on account of the adultry of his wife. Having
failed to prove her guilt, be turned about and
proposed that she assume the position. of plain,
tiff to which she consented, and rthe husband
readily furnished her with the facts to prove
himself guilty of the same crime which he had
charged on her
Year: 1867

BRIGHAM YoUNGs ADVICE TO THE UNMARRIED
IN UTAH.-The Salt Lake Vedette is responsible
for the following: "0n Sunday last, Brigham
is said to have treated his audience to a very
quaint kind of speech. He wants all the young
women married off instanter, and wants all the
young men in Zion to marry them and he open
ly threatened, if the young men failed to do the
job, that he and the bishops and elders would
take the matter in hand and marry them all them
selves. Marrying for love was played out that
old fashioned way of getting married was explo-
ded. 1t wouldn't do here, because, if young
man allowed himself to love young girl, and
then married her, the dickens usually was to pay
when be wanted to take second wife. She had
bis heart, and it was impossible to divide the
affections with two or more wives. But he ins
sisted that the young men, as a duty-a religious
duty-should go for the young women on other
principles than love, and marry them all off.
They were instructed, also, to marry them by
couples and pairs, and triplets to quadruple,
quintuple, and sextuple, if they could support
them. The only consideration for a prudent
young man was to inquire how many wives could
be support. The young women were also order
ed to marry whenever young man, Saint, went
for them, and to become mothers in Israel. The
Prophet preached in this strain, and this is call
ed religion here Taking into consideration the
fact that the United States Grand Jury was to
meet on yesterday, the head of this people, tie
Prophet, took particular pains to encourage the
young men, the future citizens of Utah, to array
themselves against the laws of the country. 1t
is quite conclusive that be is loyal citizen. Of
course, none but good, law-abiding citizen,
would give such advice in Utah. The president
of the Mormon Church is law-abidingj those who
take his advice and become polygamists are 10y
al and the Saints terribly misrepresented
people Indeed they are Tney will see the
day, before long, that they will blame only them
selves for not using the gifts of intelligence and
reason, instead of being the dupes of any one.
Year: 1867




TRIP TO EURoPE.-A voyager to Europe
gives the following account of the passage in
the steamer: There are several ladies who keep
their sIate-rooms from the beginning, eating
nothing, holding nothing, crying to the captain
to stop the ship and put them on shore, and ask
ing piteously whether the next wave will be as
big as the last one. These are all hauled up
on the fourth day, and have a sensation on being
bounced in the air, and left hanging there But
none so utterly miserable as the ships bride,
who came on board with her groom in a new
travelling dress of silver colored pOpln, with a
tear on her white veil as she bade her mother
goodbye, dropped upon her gtoom's arm, and
thought of love, protection, Paris and presents.
In two hours she has sensation, as she stands
on the hurricane deck, of having eaten too much
fruit cake, This increases as the ocean draws
nearer and finally resolves itself into a great
ache, both in the head and stomach. Proud as
a Sioux brave stands her husband. Pale as a
captive squaw is she, wondering whether such
pains are Immediately consequent upon the mar
riage state, and wishing she were single again,
or had taken the other man. At last she fades
below like the specter of mermaid and sobs
her pillow case full. Poor dearl She thinks
John will be disgusted; while John, like born
surgeon, is rnnning for hartshorn, salts, Cons
gress water and brandy, all of which are thrown
at him. out of the depths of her distress, and she
lives to believe that the first week of married
ire Is tne WORST Uf me. - So
Year: 1867

Ger said that Senators VINO express suv.


tions beforehand, shall not sit in judgmen,


the President. Howard says it is generally =


derstood that that paper is under the patronage
and control Of Johnson and his immediate advi-


sers, and in view of the military preparations
now going on in Maryland and other border


States, such threats cannot be regarded as bun
eombe. They originate in purpose on John
sons part to attempt violence upon Congress.
They become deepened and intensified under the
malignant influence Of his private advisers.
Howard says Congress will do its duty and rely
upon the people 70 protect it, The assault of
Congress by military violence would have de.
cidedly beneficial effect on the Government, as
leading to the FINAL conclusion of the suppression
Of the rebellion by the condign punishment Of
their tormentors
Year: 1867

A thief was lately caught breaking
into a song. He had got through
the first two bars, when a policeman
caught up an area, and hit him with
his stave. Several notes were found
upon him.
Year: 1867

The only way to bs happy is to take the
drops of happiness as God gives tbon, As .o 'ne
every day of our lives The bow mnst i..uS Us
to be hap PPy, while he is learning his to sJ.n
the merchant while he is making his rortnna +ue
IT ne fails to learn this art he will be
miss his enjoyment when he gains What bo ~
Year: 1867

The Philadelphia Age truly declares that
the case of Virginia is one which the Su-
pEen1e Court would be specially bound to re-
cognize in connection with the S. S. s. bill:


The Supreme Court of the United States
with the appreciation and consent of Chief
Justice Chase, has declared the present State
government of Virginia to be legal and valid
That position was taken by the Supreme
Court when West Virginia was pronounced
legally-organized State. The Court then de-
cided that the Legislature of the Estate" of
Virginia had given its consent for the scpa-
ration of the State, and the erection of GER
tain portion of its territory into separate and
independent Commonwealth, under the title
of the State of West Virginia. This was a
full recognition that Virginia was a State in
1862, and her Legislature competent to per.
form acts set forth in the Constitution as
functions of a sovereign and Independent
State


The Legislature which gave its consent to
the separation of West Virginia from the pa
rent stem acted under and drew its life from
the same law that the present Legislature
does The same person is Governor of Eir-
GINA now who held the reins of the State
authority in 1862, when the case of West
Virginia was acted upon. Then the State
government of Virginia was pronounced le-
gal, constitutional aud valid. Since that time
there has been no break in the succession to
the title. Governor Peirpoint has been at all
times recognized by the Federal authorities
as the Governor of Virginia, not as military
governor, but as a civil officer elected by the
people and entitled to hold authority under
the Constitution and laws of Virginia. If
the State government of Virginia was legal
and competent organization in 1862, why
not now! What facts or circumstances have
destroyed its State existence and disfranchised
the people?


With this foundation to stand upon,
foundation erected by the Supreme Court of
the United States, Governor Peirpoint is not
justified in urging the Legislature and people
of Virginia to assent to the military recon
struetion bill without testing it before the
highest judicial tribunal Of the land. State
existence, personal liberty, the continuation
OF republican form of government in this
nation, are at stake in the contest now going
on between minority Congress, representing
only portion Of the States, and the peo.
pie of the whole country. Virginia is
in position to lead in the work of placing
the shield of legal authority between parti,
san faction elated with success and blinded
by ambition and sectional hate, and the con-
stitutional rights of the States, and if the
Governor fails to do SO, he will not fairly rem
resent the people of that State, or those ofthe
country, who are in favor of a union of the
States under the Constitution,
Year: 1867

The New York Nation, decidedly the
abl5st, and almost the only decent organ of
Radical principles, comments as follows on the
nomination of the Snowman, Barnum, to rep.
resent in Congress a Radical district of Con-
necticut -


"When a State which stands amonr thu
foremost in education, and ought to Stand
among the foremost in refinement. and which
abounds in high culture, in high character
combined with both patriotism aud eIoouence
deliberately comes forward, and tells the
world that the party of progress, of reform
can find in its borders no filter representative
of its ideas than the proprietor of the wooIlv
horse and the bearded woman, it is time for
people in whose eyes character is a political
force, to speak their minds out, even at the
risk Of doing some political damage"
Year: 1867

Let those who will repine at fate


And drop their heads with SORROW;
laugh when cares upon me wait


know they'll leave to morrow
Nv purse is light. but what of that


Nv heart is light to match it;
And if / tear my only coat,


laugh the while patch it.
I've seen some elves, who call themselves
Nv friends in summer weather,
Blown far away, in sorrows day


As winds would blow feather.
l never grieved TO see them go.


The rascals, who would heed them p
For what's the use Of having friends,


If false when most you need them
I've seen some rich in worldly gear,


Eternally repining,
Their hearts prey 10 every fear
With gladness never shining.
| would not change my lightsome heart
For all their gold and sorrow;
For that's a thing that all their wealth
Can neither buy nor borrow.
And still. as sorrows com e to me-
As soIrOws sometimes will come
| find the way TO make them fee,
Is bidding them right welcome.
They cannot brook cheerful look
They're used to sobs and signing;
And he that meets them with smile,
Is sure to set them flying.
Year: 1867

| a Southern paper incidentally refers to


a eolored man who had, some years ago, re-
celved his freedom by paying his master ST.
oOO for It, There are different WAYS of get
ting freedom Some run for 1t, some fight


tor 1t, and some pay.for it. This man got


his by purchase, and the price shows how


high valuation his master set on him ana


he on freedom. The high price shows the


slave to better advantage than it does the


master, so tar as all high and noble traits of


character are concerned. The powerless


slave negotiates with the master who was


backed by all the force of the slave code.


Liberty was the subject OF their traffic The


one sells freedom for 5 800 and pockets


the money with feeling of satisfaction, the
other pays the price feeling that freedom is


better than money This is the nobler man
of the two. But what motive could induce
poor slave, who did not even own himself,
to toll in extra hours day and night for the
long period that it would be necessary to la
Dor In order to raise SI,S00? He knew
that it would not In the slightest degree i'm


prove his social standing He was well
aware that it would bring him under the op-
Grafton Of the code for free people of color,
which in many respects was more oppressive
and cruel than the slave code He knew
that his emancipation would not release wife
or children from bondage and consequently
would not exempt from fear of separation
from them. Yet without single personal
social or political privilege connected with
his freedom, he was willing to labor long
and severely to raise the large sum of 800, |
to secure the ownership OF his own body anG! |
soul. No blazoned motto of Liberty or
Deathshso emphaticaly and clearly demon
strates the love of freedom, as the poor
slaves payment Of 81, 800 for the privilege
Of conscious freedom, though that freedom
was yet restricted and hampered by the most


niquitOus and meanest code ever framed. =
COntnaerciaI
Year: 1867

WHAT A Coon NEWSPAPER May Do
Show us an intelligent family of boys and
girls, and we will show you family where
newspapers and periodicals are plentiful.
Nobody who has been without these silent
private tutors can know their educating
power for good or evil. Have you ever
thought of the innumerable topics of dis
cussion which they suggest at the breakfast
table the important public measures with
which, thus early, our children become IA
miliarly acquainted; great philanthropic
questions of the day, to which unconsciously
their attention is awakened, and the general
spirit of intelligence which is evoked by
these quiet visitors? Anything that makes
home pleasant, cheerful and chatty, thins
the haunts of vice, and the thousand and
one avenues of temptation, should certainly
be regarded, when we consider its influence
on the minds of the young, as a great moral
and cialsight.-EnerSon.
Year: 1867

AN EXTINCT RACE.-One of the most re-


markable races that ever inhabited the earth
is now extinct. They were known as the
Guanches, and were the aborigines Of the
Canary Islands. In the sixteenth century,
pestilence, slavery, and the cruelty of the
Spaniards succeeded in totally extermina-
ting them. They are described as having
been gigantic in stature, but of a singular y
mild and gentle nature. Their food consist
ed of barley, wheat, and goats milk, and
their agriculture was of the rudest kind.
They had a religion which taught them of
rewards and punishment after death, and of
good and evil spirits They regarded the
volcano of Teneriffe as punishment for
the bad The bodies of the dead were
carefully embalmed and deposited in cata-
combs, which still continue to be an object
Of curiosity to those who visit the islands.
Their marriage rites were very solemn, and
before engaging in them the brides were
fattened on milk. At the present day these
strange people are totally extinct.
Year: 1867

4 Dutchman in Canada had two pigs, a
being the elder, he was trying. to explain to
a customer, and did it in this wise The
little pig is the biggest" Upon which his
wife assuming to correct him, said You
will blease excuse him, he no speak as goot
English as me; he no mean te leetle pig is
the biggest, but the youngest pig is the old
Year: 1867

The editor of Western paper says we
ought not to expect too much of u paper
when an editor has to be his own compost
tor, pressman, and devil, and has to run all
over town every forenoon in the rain in
search of a quarter to buy something for
his dinner. We should think not
Year: 1867

An Irishman speaking of the excellence
of telescope said; DO you see that small
speck on yonder hill? That is my old pig,
though it is hardly to be seen, but when |
look at him with my glass, it brings him so
near | can plainly hear him grunt.