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Year: 1866

! We learn from the Weldon State, that the
candidates for the Legislature in North
ampton county, unwilling to divide and
distract the people of the county at the
present time, at public meeting last week,
all withdrew. The two candidates for the
Senate, Col T. J. Person and Richard Gar
ner, Esq, each were to select four persons
| from the different portions of the county
the eight to choose ninth, to constitu e
a committee on nominations. This COM
mittee was to have met on Saturday, at the
Court House, to nominate the candidates
who are to be run without opposition


By the terms of the compromise, the can
didates accepting tie nomination are
pledged to stand on the following plat
form:


That We approve the reconstruction policy of
Andrew Johnson, the President Of the United
States, and that heartily support the principles
OF his admlnlstratlon That we are oPp"Eea TO
Radicals and radicalism, as hostile to the Union,
to the Rights OF the StAtCs to the peace and honor
Of the country and tn liberty i'self.


That we endo!se cordially the administration
and policy of Jonathan Worth, Governor Of North
Carolina, and that will cheerfully support him
in the approaching election.


That we sincerely desire the peace, harmony.
prosperity and honor Of Orth Carolina, and of
the whole Uunion, and that deprecate and de-
plore all unnecessary agitation and strife in the
country, and earnestly wish to see all good and
patriotic men, without regard to former party an
teccdents, united together to preserve and promote
our rights and interests and the common good of
the whole country. That with this view will
all honorable means to allay controversy divis-
ion and discord among our people. and to secure
to ourselves and fellow -cOuntrymen the bless
ings of peace, order and good government.
Year: 1866

.
8 Jouval Turbines 60 horse power each.


Equal to 435 nominal horse power.


In estimating the profits to be derived
from the manufacture of cotton. the tax of
three cents per pound must be taken into
consideration. The last Congress, in placing
tax of three cents per pound Oh the
staple, required it to be collected before
the cotton leaves the collection district
But the tax is not chargeable unless the
cotton is sent forward for sale or shipment.
Now, if the cotton is manufactured where
it is grown, this tax will be saved. By this
means the fifteen dollars tax on every bale
of five hundred pounds is saved, but the
manufactured article will bring twice the
money the raw material would, and the
profits arising from this not only remain
in our midst, but the expenses of the man
ufacture go to giving employment to oul
own impoverished and needy people.


We find in our exchanges the following
reasonable advice from the largest clotl
manufacturer in Maryland, II man of pure
Southern blood and lineage: Tell the
people of the South that manufacturing
| their own staples is the proper way to he re
venged upon the Yankees. Nothing vii
bring the New Englander to his senses st
speedily. BY forming associations in ever,
county, the planters have thus the opportu
nifty of doing themselves, as we'll as the
country, the greatest service. Let then
profit by the opportunity.


That our people appreciate these facts il
evidenced by the rapid increase of manu-
factories in some of the States, although
| their means must be very limited The
great energy and industry with which the
entire South has gone to work will eyentu
| ally bring forth its legitimate reward Sue
cess and prosperity will be wrenched from
the unpropitious beginnings which mark
our start; and honesty of purpose and
singleness of heart in our relations as citi
zens must yet find vindication in the bal
lots of tie honest masses at the North. Anc
when the political gloom which now sur
rounds us is dispelled, and our industry re
warded with material prosperity, the sur
plus capital which formerly sought invest
ment in lands and negroes, will build man
ufactories. Our towns viii grow populous
our freight cars and steamboats, viii go and
return ladened agriculture Will be stimula'
Year: 1866

How TO Do Up SHIRT BosoA1s. have
often heard ladies express desire to know
by what process the fine gloss observable
on new linen shirt bosoms, &c, is produ-
ced, and in order to gratiiy them we sub
NIT the following receipt for making gum
Arabic starch: Take two OF. fine white gum
Arabic powder put it into pitcher, and
pour on it pint or more of boiling water
according to the degree of strength you
desire-and then having covered it, let it
set all night; in the morning pour carefully
from the dregs into clean bottle, cork it,
and keep it for use. A table spoonful of
gum water poured into pint of starch made
in the usual manner, will give to either
white or printed lawns a look of newness
when nothing else can resore them after
washing. Much diluted, it is also good for
thin muslin and bobinet.
Year: 1866

CoUNTERFETT ONE DOLLAR GREENBACKs.-A
counterfeit one dollar bill of the OF mary green
back issue is in circulation, which is wonderfully
calculated to deceive. II would be taken by al
most any one not an "eXpert," particularly if a
little sOiled or by evening light The chief points
of difference from the genuine ones in the
wrinkled and ba tered condition of Chief Justice
Chases handsome physiognomy, and the inferi-
ority of the lathe work around the large figure
ones. Beware Of this perilous countt rfeit


Cleveland Herald.
Year: 1866

WHAT WILL NOT FASHION Do ?-The de-
mands of Fashion are inexorable, and the
followers of the tickle Queen obey her be-
hests with the utmost abjectness, no matter
how ridiculous they may be. A Saratoga
letter says


"The fashionable walk for young ladies
this season is the most comical thing imagi-
nable It is sort of a hobble, as if they
had a very sore toe on each foot. At first
I thought the ladies were slightly lame, and
expressed my regret that such elegant la
dies should be so unfortunately afflicted !;
but it became soon apparent that it was
only fashionable lameness, for every lady
who affected any style was afflicted with
it severely. A few years ago it was the
Jenny Lind hop that all the young and
would-be young ladies were seized with,
and sprightliness was considered elegant
but now Just the other extreme is the ton.
Year: 1866

Prominent among the passengers on he
train recently wrecked on the New York
Central road was man whose only injury
was coat badly split in the back and arms.
He was wildly walking the aisle of a car,
exclaiming, cit will cost this company q
pile to settle with me. I tell you, it will
cost ten thousand dollars to pay me for this
hurt"
Year: 1866

NEW METHoD.-The Harrisburg PA
Telegraph says an attempt was made recentIy
In that city 10 fleece q counrymau by new
process He was asked by q stranger il he
could give two five dollar notes for ten -he
couDtryman SAID he could, and taking out a
roll Of bills from his POCKET passed over the
two hyes TO the person, receiving in exchange
the ten, which he rolled up with the rest OF his
bills, and placed them in the eide pocket OF his
coat On searching his coat In the morning,
he found that piece Of black silk thread had
been run through the bill he received from the
stranger, and that piece of the same, about
three feet long, still remained attached. The
intention OF the party for whom he chaaged
the bill was, doubtless, at a favorable opportu- :
nifty, TO take hold Of the thread, and drag the
vhele roll Of bills from his pocket, which could
easily nave been accomplished, had not ths
thread by some means been broken.
Year: 1866

TIE iar-tamed Governor Brownlow is
out in his virulent style against the Presi-
dent. The language of this ex-parsoa is
as characteristic as the yelping Of a terrier
or the odor of g poleca., If The object Of
his attack had entertained any doubt of the
propriety Of his course, this assault oushtto
remove it. To incur the abuse of Brown
low is the best evidence he could have Of
being in harmony with decent people.
Year: 1866

The property this Powder possesses in In
crpsSing the quantity of Milk in Cows gives
4 I'm Importance and value which should
place it in the hands Of every person keeping
Cow. BY actual experiment it has proven
that it will increase the quantity of Milk and
Cream twenty per cent, and make the Butter
firm and sweet. In fattening Cattle, it gives
them an appetite, lOOsens their hide and
makes them thrive much faster.
Year: 1866

that ever came to this city.
Please give him call and you will find, in his
store, everything in the ceanest and most perfect
order, and prompt and civil attention to all.


c. SPElDEL.
next door to First National Bank,


Rock Island.
Year: 1866

stand i'll the way Of a perfect reconstruction OF
the Union Whites.


II is unmaaly. il is indecent not to give the
Freedmen fair play. They are watched with
sharp eyes; and every individual excess is set
down to the discrcdit Of the whole class. No
race could stand for a moment against such
bur!cSq1e of criticism as this is. dozen Blacks
cannot get drunk and break the peace in Louls-
lana, but the petty atfas is telegraphed all oyer
the country, with such a twist as some telegraph
ever is said of the millions just emsncpatcJ
who are demeaning themselves creditably,
struggling with want, resisting temptation, for
getting old Injuries, anxious for work, proyihe
for the opportunities of industry trying to keep
together their families, and all the while made
the objects of suspicion, of fraud, and oil stony
hearted cruelty. They are argued over, they
are talked about, their smallest foibcs are dl'
cussed they are to be sent here, they are to be
sent there, this gentleman is for doing this With
them, aud the other gentleman is for doing that
and still they remain quiet, industrious, pa
tient and peaceabc' II will be shame to Us il
we cannot find place for race so simple, aiiec-
tionate and vel l-disposed.


Providence certainly did not design North
America for White Men to play the devil i'll
did not keep this continent for us, that here all
our evil passions might have their foul fling. aud
wrong and injustice be profitable. Neither did
Providence bring over here from Africa four
millions of BlacliS-or rather the ancestors OF
four mlions-that we might show our skill in
navigation by carrying them all back again.
They must stay here, or, like the Indians, they
must be exterminated. A due consideration o,
this fact mag save an endless amount OF speech
manufacturing aud of speech-making. The
problem is not how to get rid of Blacks, but
how to keep them without violating the laws Of
God and without utterly wasting the resource
Of their labor. And We are among those who
think The problem will be satisfactorily solved.
Year: 1866

the education that the South has enjoyed; yet


Whites have monopclizcd it all, making 1t a
crime to teach the children of the producers
And. because of this systematic robbery, the
robbed are now tOuntcd with their ignorance
their dependence their incapacty! This Is


very unjust and very cruel.


Give the Blacks their honest due to-day, ana
they as a race would need none of your aims
Give them the equal rights of human beings
and they will joyfully agree to do without your
" special and peculiar beneficence' The FREED
mems Bureau is a very poor substitute lor
equality before the Law; yet it is better than
nothing. If you shut man up IN prison, you
are obliged to feed him; yet you are not apt
to taunt him with living on your bounty. Make
your laws impartial and just, and then see if the
negro wants your eleemosynary aid" more
than others. But, while you keep him legally
in a cage, do not reproNch him with eatngyour
lrnol
Year: 1866

Union. We claim that the South was never
heartily Rebel--that it only seemed so because
the ari5tocratic caste so used their monopoly of
power as to crush out or stiflc the Union senti-
ment that nevertheless existed, and thus plunge
the country into a sangunary and destructive
war; for which there was never any need nor
any reason. And now we ask to be secured
against recurrence of this dcSoating horror
by a universal recognition of the prin-
ciple so terscly embodied in the maxim,
No tardi,oa ui'hOm representation. EStab-
liSh honestly and fairly the rule that all
men who possess the requisite intellectual
and moral qualifications shall thereupon he rec
ognized members of the body polite, and the
restoration will forthwith be complete. Say, If
you choose, that a man must read, or read and
write, before he can vote; say that he must have
paid tax, or even that he must be the owner
Of real property-and we are content, so long as
YOU inerpOSe no barriers 10 the acquisition OF
whatever you require, even though its instant
effect should be an exclusion of nincty-nine OF
every hundred Blacks from the electoral body.
Give them a fair chance, and if the great
mass prove yagrants idlerS and prodl-
gals we are content that they he, for that
reason, debarTed from voting. But restora-
ton based on Caste-On the principle that only
Whites are fit to be intrusted with power
that Representation shall be arbitrarily dI-
vorced from Taxation-will give us no genuine
lasting peace, but new and ever recurring
feuds and contentious. The "irrepresSble
conflict" between Democracy and AriStocracy
the Rights of Man and the privileges OF Color


cannot be iuggled nor mesmerzed into any
other than superficial, momcntary, fallaclous
truce. In rebuilding our National ediicc, the
rock of Principle, not the sands OF Compro-
mise, should be insisted on a. foundation;
and there is neither peace nor safety III any
basis less ample than that of All Rights for
AL
Year: 1866

The n. ]. Times says of the Colored Men
who recently had an audience of the President:


They forget altogether. in their selisppreciatOn,
that they to-day community for whose protection
a National Commission of Charities. If no, Of Cor
rections has been established Declared by their pro-
fessional liOns to be the wards of the nation.
they are the recipients of eeemosynary aid in
diyidua pauvers of the superior race receive charity
lnt as a separate community. having special and
peculiar claims. The maintenance Of a Freedmens
bureau admitted by all thoughtful men not blinded by
partisanship 10 be necessity for the time at least s
Justified only upon the principle that the race OF recently
cmaucpstei slaves is IN transition state; that their
new social and industrial status hos not yet been
assured that pract cay n all but exceptional cases,
their emancipation and that the terrible disabilities
which this social alienation entas-eyen II II is but
temporary cntte them TO the eeemoSyDary ald Whlch
tbs libersly OF Congress has provided.


"The very existence Of the Freedmen's Bureau i'm
plies that the condition Of the negro IN his present
Transition state is at best that Of minor; and yet
those WHO most loudly proclaim the responsibility OF
the nation Tor the protection Of its wards at the
South those who urge with most offensive and in
decent haste that these wards helpless. ignorant,


and too generally debased they have been under the
crushing heel OF enforced servit1de, shall be invested
with al the privileges aud immunties Of citizenship


If the Editor Of The Times had been shut
IN in dark cellar at his birth. and kept there
ill forty years old, and then liberated only to
be told. "You have 10 business with daylight,
because you can't see' he might feel the
injustice and sophistry Of the deduction, even
though unable to refute it-as Judging by the
above specimen of his logical acumen, he would
not be.


The doplorable necessities of the Blacks re
suit from their lifelong subsection to cruel socia
and political disabilities. They have produced
natold millions of wealth; but 99-l00ths Of it il
th. property Of Others. They have earned al
Year: 1866

As good many will soon be hiring help for
the ensuing year, we urge all who may want
labor to look about them and see if there be not
a Union volunteer in our great Civil War who
wants employment, and, if there be, give him
the first offer. Especially, look sharply around
for one who has received some wound or injury
in the service who con yet be useful and make
Year: 1866

PoLITTcAL PROSPECTS. reports receiv.
ed at the Republican headquarters, Washing
ton' from all parts of the country, are of the
most encouraging character, and the fullest
confidence is felt and expressed by those who
are in position to be well informed on the
subject, OF an overwhelming triumph of the
Republican cause in the fall elections.
Year: 1866

President johnson said in his PHILADELPHIA
Speech whilst on his political tour, that he
intends ito fight out the battle with the
Northern traitors" An exchange says: eff
he should get the best of the fight, and there
after treat them half as we'll as he is now treat
ing his reconstructed" Southern brethren,
we cannot see what possible objection the
Northern traitors could have to being
whipped"
Year: 1866

SENTENCE OF WM. II. COOPER, THE FoRGER.
In the United States District Court at Phila-
delphia, on Thursday, VIM. r. Cooper, who
pleaded guilty to the commission of frauds
upon the Government, was brought up for sem
tence. His counsel, David Paul Brown, Esq,
read statement prepared by the prisoner, in
which he referred to his having been employ
ed in the capacity of captains clerk in one of
the vessels attached to the North Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, in which he said he had
conducted himself in a way to receive the COM
mendation of the officers of the ship His pre-
sent situation he attributed to the fact that
after he left the navy he was thrown among
gay society at Washington, and he lived be-
yond his means. He alluded to his marriage
to young lady in Washington said he had
formed the acquaintance of his wife some
months before the commission of the frauds,
and the marriage had no connection with them.
The prisoner also addressed the court and ex-
not suffer in the estimation of others for his
offences. The court then sentenced him to the
penitentiary for five years,


Judge Cadwalader remarked the case was
one Of great aggravation, and he did not per-
ceive anything in the statement OF the prisoner
to relieve it of its bad features. The extent OF
the fraud was altogether disprOportioned to the
alleged straitened circumstances OF the defen-
dant, and parties to whom he had referred in
this city had not come forward to certify to his
former good character.


The statement of the prisoner that pecuniary
embarrassment had led him to the commission
of the frauds could not be regarded as entitled
to any weight, when the extent Of the frauds
was taken into consideration. The frauds were
evidently the result of preparation and of sys-
tematic arrangement, and not of hastily form
ed purpose, and for that reason the sentence
should not be light one. Perhaps the plea
of guilty should be taken into consideration in
passing sentence, and yet it was not entitled to
much weight from the fact that proof of guilt
was so clear. Under all the circumstances, an
imprisonment Of five years was proper pun
ishment


At the close of the Judges remarks. Cooper
asked the privilege of making a few remarks
The Judge replied that he would hear what
he had to say.


The prisoner said that he wished to impress
upon the Court the fact that the marriage had
not anything to do with the frauds


judy Cadwalader replied that he had not
alluded to the marriage at all.
Year: 1866

The undersigned deeply feels his obligations to
personal friends in Smyrna, and hereby tenders
thanks for their cordial greetings on his return in
brief visit among them, Such reception would
under any circumstances, have been grateful; but
Just at this time, as he is passing under the rod Pc
cullary so For the substantial evidence of sympa.
thy rendered him, and that their friendship, so often
manifested IN past years, has not abated he desires
thus publicly to record his sense of Indebtedness
May the Great Giver OF every good gift continue 10
bless them with grace and every temporal favor and
with far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory
in the better land C.COOKE.


Sept 8, 1866.
Year: 1866

Rev. H. J. Gaylord, Of New Castle county
has purchased farm near Lincoln and an acre
lot in the village on which he proposes to erect
q house and reside


SNUFF.-That made at the Oriental Snuff
Works is the best in market Buy no other.
Year: 1866

POSTMASTER GENERAL RANDALL is on a
brief visit to New York, where he expects
to meet his wife, who was to arrive yesterday
in steamer from Europe, whence she has
been for the benefit of her health. Governor
RANDALL will probably return to Washington
on Wednesday.
Year: 1866

GENERAL LAND OFFICE.-Returns received
by Commissioner Wilson show that l3,507
acres of public land were disposed at Traverse
City, Michigan, during the month Of Novem-
Der, nearly 10000 acres Of which were taken
up for actual settlement under the home
stead law
Year: 1866

murder, he said they had acted under the
orders Of men who are not yet known, some
of whom are still in New York and others
in London ! am aware that money is sent
to him yet from London. When ] left
Canada, he said, bad but little money,
but / had letter for party in London L
was in disguise, with dyed hair and false
beard; that party sent me to hotel, where
he told me to remain till / would hear from
him after few weeks he'csme and pro-
posed to me to go to Spain, bat declined,
and asked to 60 to Paris. He gave him
seventy pounds, with a letter of introduC-
ton to 4 party there, who sent him to
Rome, where he Joined the Zouaves. He
says he can get money in Rome at any
time, / believe that he is protected by the
clergy, and that the murder was the result
of deep laid plot, not only against the
life Of President Lincoln, but against the
existence of the republic, "a We are aware
that the priesthood and royalty are, and
always Rave been, opposed to liberty. That
such men as Surratt, Booth, Weichman
and Others, should, of their own &C
cord, plan and execute the internal plot
which resulted in the death of President
Lincoln, is impossible There are others
behind the curtain who have to make these
scoundrels act / have also asked him If
he knew Jefferson Davis. He said not, but
that he had acted under instructions of
persons under his immediate orders. Being
asked if JEFF Davis had anything to do
with the ass assination, he said: q am not
going to tell you Ny impression is that
he brought the order from Richmond, as
he was in the habit of going there weekly.
He must have wished the others to do it,
for when the event took place he told me
he was in New York, prepared to fly as
soon as the deed was done. He says he
does not regret what has taken place, and
that he will visit New York in a year or
two, as there is heavy shipping firm there
who had much TO do with the South, and
he is surprised that they have not been sIIs-
pected. This is the exact truth Of what
know about Surratt. More / could not
learn, being afraid to awaken his suspicious,
and further / do not saw
Year: 1866

A REMARKABLE SUIT.-An action was brought in
the New York Court of Common Pleas, the trial of
which was begun Monday, by the wife Of the no
torous Isaiah Rynders against the executors of the
celebrated comedian William Z. Burton. The actor
gave to the wife of the politician in 1852 two notes
for each the consideration for which said to
ders to use his influence" (Which was more power
full at that time than now to induce the Government
notes have not been paid and the executors of Mr..
Burton's estate refuse to pay them, on the ground
that Rynders never did exert his influence to, and
that if he had it would have been violation of his
duty as United States Marshal, which position he
held under Mr.. Buchanans administration. The
on trial at last accounts