af0hma hawittwitt vol 1 tlillid series salisbury n c monday february t 1806 no 6 wjiolk no l697 terms : weekly 1 year <"."! ml " i months m " 1 month 0 cash in advance rates uk advertising i one square space of 12 i s first insertion si 00 " " id 3d and lib nisei lion eaeh oil u " for each additional publication 33 2_tf a liberal discount o those advertising six and twelve months forget not the field ll thomas mu 11 forget not the field where thoy peritb'd the truest the lust ofthe brave all gone and lhe bright hope we cherish d lione with them anuquench'din iheii gravel oh ! could we from death but recover those hearts as ihey bounded before in llio face oflligll heaven to fight o'er that combat lor freedom oooo mora could the chain for an instant bo riven which tyrannysung round us then no lis not iu man uor in heaven to let tyranny bind il again ! hut lis past and tho blazon d in story the name of our victor may be accurst is tho march nf thai glory which treads o'er tho beans ol tbo free far dearer lhe grave or tho prison illumed by one pntriot name than lhe trophies ofall who have risen on liberty s ruin to fame north carolina legislature called session senate fludav february 2 1 soo prayer by lhe rev a smedes 1 !>. mr wiggins from the committee to whom was referred the bill relative to bonds nnd mar riage licenses reported the same bark and re commended ihat it be referred to the commit tee ou ihe judiciary mr wiiisted from lhe committee ou proposi tions and grievances reported back the bill es tablishing a penitentiary and recommended that it do not pass mr uynum irom the committee on finance to wluiin was referred the bill to prevent lite < irrying of putou reported the same hack a asked lo bo discharged roin its furihui consid eration mr morehead intro lllcid a bill giving the supreme court original jurisdiction in certain c s s r i,i nd lo lhe committee on the j eli ciary • hi motion of mr howard lhe vole by which » the bill authorizing lhe aulhoiities of fayette il!e lo issue certificates of indebtedness was defeated ou yesterday w.is recoilsideied and j lb bill tabled the house having concurred iu a message lo i go forthwith into an election for two trustees of the university lhe senate proceeded lo ballot ! mr j m 1 each from the committee on hanks and currency reported back llio bill au j ihorizing t lie banks of tbe state lo subscribe for stock in the national dank with a rccommen 1 dalion that it pass resolution making an appropriation for lhe insane asylum : a bill for lhe protection of grape and other fruit : , rosol'ition appointing a committee to look into iho condition of lhe albemarle and chesa peake canal company : a bill to amend lhe charter of tho macon turnpike company were each rend the first lime und the last named referred to tho com mittee on clurokeo lands the hour of 12 o'clock having arrived the special order being tho reports of iho majority nnd the minority from the committee o whom was referred tho subject of lhe legal status of the oeneral assembly was laken up mr wilson opened the debate by assuming the position set forth in die majority report that lhe present is a continuation of the session that adjourned on tho 18th december last mr howard went into nn argument sustain ing the majority report mr bynum replied at length in defence of the minority report the debate was continued until 3 o'clock messrs morehead wiggins and j m leach participating tho minority resolutions were then adopted which read as follows 1 that the sitting of this oeneral assembly wliich began on iho 27th day of november 1805 and terminated by adjournment on llio 18th december 1805 constitutes was intend ed and is hereby declared lo be one session of this general assembly 2 thai lhe silting of this general assembly convened by the proclamation of the governor on the 18th january 1800 constitutes and is hereby declared to be one sessiou of iho gener al assembly 3 thai the present session of lhe general assembly bo brought to a close on llio third day of february 1800 hy adjournment to meet again on the 5lh day of feb 1800 4 that lliu unfinished business depending in the two houses of the general assembly on tbo adjournment at the close of the present session ahull bo continued over and resumed at the next session which is to meet on the 5lh day ol february lrog as if ihere had been no ad journment a message was received from llio house dis agreeing to the proposition to raises committee to take into consideration the propriety of con solidating tho atlantic mid thu north carolina railroads the senate then adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow house of commons fitiuav feb 2 1800 tbo house was called to order at 10 o'clock i'r.-.ycr by iho rev aldert smedes d d of ih protestant episcopal church i ho journal of yesterday was read and ap proved mr pusclinll introduced the following resolu tion which was adopted : " resolved that the coinmitloa on judiciary bo instructed lo inquire whether any and what relief can be provided by legislative action for guardians nnd others noting ti a fiduciary capa city from liabilities for losses arising out of in vestments in tho bonds and ollioi securities of the confederate slates and ol this slate issued during the war and that they report by bill or otherwise mr illytlio introduced a bill to perpetuate liens upon real estate referred lo committee on lhe judiciary on calkndan a bill to incorporate the north carolina em igration company passed second and third readings under n suspension of tbe rules a bill lo cnlargo lhe jurisdiction of justices of he i'eiice was laid ou llio table ou second read ing under ail adverso reporl from the judiciary committee a bill to punish breaking into a house in tin day time was rejected on second rending a bill to amend chapter l n revised code in relation to usury was laid on lhe table thoro in ing auollier bill of like nntiiru heretofore re i'liiiil and ordered lo be printed a bill lo amend 30th section i lib chapter revised code and was laid oil ibe table ou se linn i reading a bill to incorporate die english and ameri : can wool and vine-growing manufacturing i mining iiinl agricultural association in the uni t.'d slates of america wss pul upon its second reading mr henry of dertie moved that llio hill bo i amended by providing that a majority of tho ! directors ot this corporation shall bo resident i'ilizi'iis of norlh carolina not agreed to — was i nays 4 1 mr lliiirv further moved to amend by ro ipiiiiug the location uf nil of the offices of this ! corporation to be iu lhe slate of norlh caroli j na not agreed lo mr wilson opposed the passage of lhe bill iii was unwilling lo encourage wholesale emi gat ion in this state ho thought such au in mux of foreigners would be dcjiimefltal to tbe , best interest of lhe state mr lloko said he had no interest in the hill ; further than tin desire dial all should feel iii in troducing a strong and reliable laboring ele . iiii'iu in the stale there was a general con viction of existence of such nsceasily a-i uo reli nnce could be placed upon the negroes aa a im inn ing class i'he bill o.i motion of mr lt ivter was refer red io lhe committee on judiciary a bill io repeal an act authorizing ibe presi il ni acl directors of iho literary fund lo elect i a treasurer ami prescribe hi duties passed iia -• i and third readings under a ousjieueioii of lb i el ►-. mi veil ly by leave iu'.ru luced i ill to an l d.a charlci ul'thu town of orfienville mr kii'sell a bill lo regulate the pleadings iu 1 the courts of law iu llus stale rleiied u lhe committee on the stay law mr mcdonald a resolution that the commit ] lee mi finance be instructed to impiire and re port to the expediency of so amending tho cis isling law granting lime to persons whose laud has been sold for taxes in which to redeem tho same as to extend die term of redumption from one to three years adopted a message was received from the senate pro posing lo raise a joint select committee to con sider the expediency of consolidating the north carolina railroad and the atlantic and n c railroad the liouse refused concurrence and ou mo tion of mr manly a message was sent to the seriate proposing lo refer t lie matter to the joint standing committee on railroads tbe liouse concurred in a message from tho senate proposing to go forthwith into an elec tion of two trustees lor tho uui verity and pro ceeded to vote the following engrossed resolutions had iheir lirst rending and were referred viz a resolu tion in favor of drury king a resolution to furnish the revised code to clerks who have not been heretofore supplied and resolution in relation to the public square mr hoke introduced a bill to create a slate agent referred to the committee on federal relations sl'ecial oildeil pursuant to order iho house at 12 o'clock m resolved itself into committee of tbe whole and resumed consideration of the bill concern ing negroes indians and persons of color or of mixed blood mr rayner was again called to the chair and the question recurring on tho motion of mr mcnair lo strike out the 11th section of lhe bill mr jenkins of warren replied at some length to llio remarks of mr i'hillips on yes terday he said tho true reason of the exclu sion of the negro from the witness-stand here tofore was to bo found in his ignorance ami mendacity his newly acquired freedom had not qunlided him for the intelligent exercise of ibis franchise but had on the contrary still further incapacitated him cases of individu al hardship necessarily arose at limes from the exclusion of negro testimony but the relief af loidrd in such instances would by no means counterbalance the universal evils wliich would follow iho ndmission of such testimony iu courts of justice he was unwilling to sanc tion lhe inauguration of any new system of legislation which would only appease the radi cal majority of tbe north mr mckay stated tbat slavery had been abolished by the late conflict of arms that our people had acquiesced in the changed cou dition of the negro and our convention had nbiiii ■ lii'd slavery and our constitution as amended recognized no person in north caro lina as a slave that wo had to accept of condition of affairs upon us and that the ad mission of negro evidence followed as a neces sary consequence of the abolition of slavery he urged an acquiescence iu ihis necesity both as a matter of policy and justice tbat it was not a polilical right that we were conferring on them but giving tbeiii merely tho right to tes tify tbat iheir testimony b considered by jurors and that it go for what it was worth tbat jurors would ho no more compelled to be lieve ibe evidence of n negro who swore falsely than they aro now of a while mini who swears to an untruth jly according to ibe freedmen the rigbt to testify we would sooner bo rid of the froi'diim'ii's liuroau at least after «<> allow them remedies on their contract and ihe righl to testify in our courts there certainly would he no reason for ibe oootitlubnee of lhe human with its long train of officials and attended tu ii must bo with such au enormous expense lo the government that issue whs upon us aud wo must dispose of it as we thought best for the welfare of our state georgia tennesse and alabama had already adopted this policy aud we would have to follow t noi r example — let us sustain the president and ho would bo the batter able to withstand thu tide of radii'.il ism which threatened to crush out bis policy abovo all let us lis legislators net ou this uuoa tion iu ikx'ordoiicc with our convictions of right and he hoped thai llo who ruled tho destinies of nations and men would again cause ui slain to he pi o-perous and cui people content ed ami happy mr darnell addressed tbe committee saying lhal ho did not wish to throw any obstacle iu the uav of reconstruction of the union once powerful in name in sentiment and in heart nor ind 1 did he wish to detain the committee but for one moment ho bald tbat it was ar gui'd lhat it was necessary for us to adopt bucli measures aa were i no u lea tod in the 11 ill section to insure a speedy removal of ibe freed men's liuroau trom among us if that was a foot bo for one would be willing lo puss any code of laws ihat might lm named mr hutchison opposed tho motion he was for com .', ling to the negro the right lo tpslif as a mailer ol justice and while he bad no idea that sui'h action would load to n speedy ro iiiovnl of the bureau ho lioni-slli believed that this grant would be beneficial alike both lu the while man and the negro ho bad no foal lhat the print of the right to testify would lend either lo social or p litical equality al though the demand for iis concession by the radicals of the north was doubtless intended ns an entering wedge to tbo successful sgilation of lhe question of negro suffrage the idea of social and polilical equality wiih negroes w as an abomination und oaihing lo th southern anglo saxon tiie snino aversion was also a predominant sentiment at lhe north ns shown by the v.iii's i,r now york and illinois iu the year of 1 800 ami more lecenllj « inn i ho que tion ul negro suffrage wns agitated in il.e slate of ( lonneclicnll mr phillips ngiin addressed llio i mill in reply lu missis jenkins and mcnair and nl lhe close of his remark on motion of mi hoke tin1 committee rose ; mr llnv ner chairman reported progres and ob lain i leave lo sil iiga'ii mi muinlv next ill 1 j ii • o clock mr t mines from tho coin mi tire lhat fn peril tended ihe cli-ciion uf trustees of ibe univ«rsi ty reported that there had liocn no election the hulls ih n adjourned until 10 o'clock a m to-morrow senate tuiusiiay i 1 1800 prayer by tho kev dr mason mr gash moved to re-consider the vote by which the amendment to lie charter of the town of fayetteville was passed on yesterday mr a j jones said the amendment had been adopted by which the commie sionei's of the town of fayetteville were authorized to issue shin plasters ami there appeared no provision in the bill for their redemption he was opposed to the corporation of shin plasters he could see no justice in granting exclusive privileges to fayetteville when it was a notorious fact there were oilier towns equally destitute and could with equal propriety ask for similar privileges the citizens of fayetteville were surrounded by facilities from which tbey can soon realize funds sufficient to meet their de mands their locality afforded a ready market the shin plasters in question would have a tendency to keep off a sound and healthy currency and in taking the position he had against the bill it was not through any unkind feelings for that people but through a sense of duty to the state and a desire not to set such a bad precedent mr mclean defended the bill with id's usual ability and earnestness as did also mr leitch of robeson mr jones of wake and others mr leitch then moved to lay the mo tion to reconsider on the table which re sulted yeas 10 nays 28 the question then recurring on the motion to reconsider it was decided in the affirmative mr a j jones moved to take the bill up and put it on its final reading agreed to ; and the bill was again read ; where upon mr morehead moved to lay the bill on table which was agreed to the question then recurring on the pas sage ofthe bill on its third reading was rejected yeas 13 nays 28 mr morehead from the committee on the judiciary reported back the bill for relief of landlords with amendments ami recommended that it do pass mr harris of rutherford from the committee on privileges and elections to whom was referred so much of the gov ernor's message as relates to that subject reported the same back and asked to bo discharged from its further consideration mr kyiiuin from the committee to whom was referred the resolutions rela tive to the present status of the general assembly submitted a minority report taking the position that tho adjournment ofthe 18th december was the end of that session and the commencement of the present constituted a new session — the roporl doses with resolutions declar atory of the above facts ordered to bo printed und tbe subject made the special . order lor friday 12 o'clock . mr howard from tbo committee on llio judiciary roported'buck the bill to prohibit for a limited time bo distilla tion of grain with amendments and>ro commoncled that it pass • mr arendell offered a resolution pro posing to raise a joint couunittoo whoso duty ii rhall be to take into considera tion the propriety of consolidating the alllllllie and n . ('. railroads adopted mr gash introduced a resolution in structing tha secretary of state to furnish certain clerks of countv courts with oo lites of the revised ode and the nets of iie legislature passed in navtt*_ker and i e oinuor itlst adopted mr mckay introduced a bill to amend tbe charier ot the town of clinton resolution authorizing tho attorney letieinl to institute suit against tho cape fear navigation company was referred to ihe committee on tiie judiciary icsolution in favor of drury king pat bi d iis final reading hill making provision for the payment of interest now due on slate bonds was read nd time and made the special or der for tuesday next 12 o'clock < oi moti if mr garnor the rules were suspended and tiie resolution ap propriating lhe sum of 100 for cleaning up the onpitol square passod iis several readings mr gush introduced a bill to prevent carrying of pistols without a license which was referred to the finance com mittee mr leitch of robeson introducd a resolution instructing the committee ou the judiciary to take into consideration the statute of limitation ratiiiod dub of february 1803 with a view to ascertain whether ho same ever bad any force or effect and if so whether r nol the pro visions of iho acl are yet in force and if not to indicate the day when it censed to operate and to report by bill or other wise hill authorising coupons to bo taken iu ptty men l of stato taxes was debated at ■ h and laid on tho table iho sonata tlion adjourned until to ri ".- morning 1 1 o'clock house uf commons tiirnsday fob i 1 3(10 tb ■ llonsu was called to order til ten o'clock prayer by ihe kev r mason of the protestant episcopal church journal of yesterday read and approv ed the resolution authorizing tho gover nor i appoint commissioners to investi gate the affairs t tho albemarle aud chesapeake canal company passod its several readings under a suspension of tho rules mr moore of chatham introduced the following resolution : "' jiesolved that tho legislature ap point a special committee to confer with the governor — and the governor with tho president and tbe president with congress informing that body thai north carolina has done all demanded at her hands and she is not admitted yet and if thoro is yet more demanded of us for onr restoration to let us know what it is c un ai.k.m)au aii engrossed bill to incorporate sa lem female academy passed its second and third readings under a suspension of the rules a bill to authorize the establishing a court of arbitration in such county in this state by the courts of pleas & quarter sessions in each county the commit tee on tho judiciary bad reported ad versely to the pasaago of this bill al ter some discu68ion in which messrs caldwell blythe and crawford urged tho adoption of this or a similar measure and of ml smith of hertford iii support ofthe views of the committee tho bill was referred on motion of mr caldwell io a select committee a resolution appropriating v 1.117 for the support ofthe asylum for the insane passed its second reading ( n motion of mr ilolaerby a message was sent to the senate proposing that tho two houses proceed forthwith to an elec tion of two trustees for the university mr mcdonald by leave introduced a bill to extend the time for redemption of lands sold for taxes referred to tbe committee on finance a bill to provide for the payment of the federal land tax for the year 1861 was laid on the table on second reading under an adverse report from the com mittee on finance mr manly by leave introduced i bill concerning attorney's at law referred to tlio committee on federal relations — the bill authorizes tho dork of ibe su preme court to issue attorneys licenses to attorneys of otlier states on evidence adduced that they aro regularly licensed to practice law in the higher courts of their respective states ami thai they are of good moral cba'acter a message was received from the sen ate refusing to concur in proposition to elect forthwith two t.tustees of the uni versity a bill to incorporate the english and american wool and vine growing manufacturing mining and agrlcnll ural a iciation in tho ltnitod states of america was ordered to bo printed and postponed until ll o'clock to-morrow a bill to protect the culture of tho grape and other fruits was nmendod on its bocoud reading by making tho btoal ' ing of watermelons larceny at the in blanco of mr tongtio tho bill as amend ml pa<bod its second reading a hill to amend tho charter of tho macon county turnpiko possod its seo ond and third reading under a suspen sion of the rules special order at 12 o'clock tho house pursuant to order resolved itself into c litleu of the whole mr kayner in tho chair and procoodod with the consideration of , the hill concerning negroes indians and persons of color or of mixed blood l'lio question recurring on the motion of mr mcnair to strike out the 11th section mr jenkins warren addressed the committee in biipport of the motion mr jonkeii8 took the ground that thin was a while mail's government and charactarized as orroneous the inthna tion thrown out in the report of the commission that the supremo court <>\' this statu had decided that free negroes aro citizens he undertook tn say that im such decision had ever heen made calling attention tothe unfriendly legis lation of indiana und other northern states againsl persons of color and ask ed if in tlm.-e stales where they are few in number and had enjoyed a liberal education they were allowed to testify should we he required to accord to them more rights and privileges than other slates if the educated llogl'0 is deem ed by those who profess to be his pecu liar friends an incompetent witness how much btrongor tho reason that they should not ho permitted to testify in norlh carolina in all eases in wliich they are interested for his part if the negroo be deemed lit to testify when in terested it would be belter in his opin ion that their evidence he taken iu cases other than those to which thev are par ties this measure was the worst that | could he devised for the protection of freed mon and the more intelligent among them wore tho least desirous that this franchise he granted them mr jenkins oitod the president as unfriend ly to the agitation of this question in the i listrict nf columbia mr phillips replied at some length — lie said that mr jenkins had cited hut one instance out of twenty-three free states in which the right to testily has been refused to the negro the state of indiana had never been regarded in north carolina as a safe exemplar in matters of legislation and her constitu tion expressly prohibited the'timigration ot tree persons of color into her borders il north carolina denied this population the right to testify then north carolina and indiana would stand alone in that regard the light to testify was not a political right it had been styled a natural right he was not prepared to bay whether it was right or not but it seemed to him to have many of the es sential elements of a natural right it would he better to base legislation with regard to the negro upon the supposi tion that he is a fellow-being and actu ated to some extent by the same feelings which actuate us the theories pre valent in the south ia relation to the ne gro had been radically erroneous in many respects and had brought us to grief the right of petition — the right to be heard the right of telling one's grievance in one's own way is what is asked it would remove a natural cause of dissatisfaction if the privilege he ac corded the gentleman from warren cited the remarks of president johnson remarks based exclusively on the ques tion of freo-negro suffrage in the dis trict of columbia ns proving the impoli cy of granting to negroes the right of testifying lie had very shrewdly by the use of tho comprehensive phrase i,i i so forth created the impression that the president while speaking only of impolicy of according the elective franchise to negro residents of the dis trict was thinking also of the question of admitting tho.ii as witnesses in the courts of justice mr p with much earnestness and olo quence enforced his conviction that this grant of the right to testify was demand ed by the natural sense of justice ofthe enlightened christian world ; that this consideration aside from motives of pol icy should induce a prompt and willing concession of a right it were cruel and unjust to deny at the close of mr phillips remarks on motion of mr hoke the committee rose reported progress and obtained leave to bit again to-morrow at 12 o'clock a message was received from his excellency the governor transmitting a memorial from the trustees of the uni versity which was sent tothe senate with a proposition to print and refer to the eominittee on finance tho house ihen adjourned until to i morrow 10 o'clock fullimore feb i flour dull wheal steady pennsplvonia re 1 12 35 com dull white 90c ellow 77c oats steady provisions dull su ,_:,: heavy coffe • firm whisky dull ar-oxrt hale john h enniss's drug store o ayer's l'ills i'rcneh brandy formed brandreth's bills iciiml use wrights in l'n peg bills old bourbon whisky i'lniiis-'s lliarheii i-ine for medicinal use roiloway'i ointment old borl wine for nied gray'i ( liniment icinal use itoh oinuient copperas cure mu i stone bain killer mad ler railway's ready relief indigo ayer's cherry i'eotoral alum ayer's ague our o borax brown's essence of gin laudanum jjer i ll i " ■', 1 ie wistar's balsotn wild < ipodoldoo cherry british oil thompsons eye water bateman's dropj mustang llnamont tanner'i oil by the gal band's sn'siipiiiilln ion and barrel strong's pectoral pill i baits rushton's ood liver oil ponpi i , tayncs expectorant spfoe uostottor's btomauh bit ginger 1,'ih ink by the bottlo drake's bhintiitioii bit sntifl tors meili e.-i no u i urn godfrey's cordial q camphor castor ( id by thi'l boile sandfi rd invigorntor turpentine do solufioutin call and see almanac's for 1800 free st itstiri ri:f«r pew \ iav t;t i at kkssthav one ii 1 1.1 tiik cost i ns ____. m i « - n i*w raw bone super pllohphutc ol liiuo llnii»'li iv sons mam l'"all'i:i.i am pjtol'iukxous stoi'i no 20 south delaware avenue philadelphia this valuabla mam iii n.s n before ihe nuri euliur.<l public under ii lame fur twelve years past und ns chancier oir vi for in notion nii'l permanenoe in eil'.'m in u ell established bafure llio wur il wus introduced tn seme exient in tin soulhtrn stales it tic was found in be highly adapted in t'olloii tobacco anil all crops in its action it u an quick an peruvian gitaao while il il.i.'s lint leuvo ih i i iii nil exhausted s liile bul mi lhe nihiir h uni permanently improves it this has been fully |> oven bj irs of trial see pamphlet lu be h.nl free of lhe airenm below bauuii fc boa's s'iii manufacturers philadelphia sold by mbrony fc buo 3mwpdl8 salisbury n c tve brown co tin sheet iron and ( opp r smiths j bal.isbury n.c 4_t ii wi jusl iiiinl nil lie mil iiul t^^vy i jl necessary for carrying on lhe above business in perfect uid solicit orders they have iil-ii mi hand a line assortment of cooking stoves house ro.ifiiis gulterlug o included in iheir op orations sells made lo order oct 11 1865 6mow9 a large and splendid assortment of l_^@@@®i groceries meroney & bro at their old stand ix salisbury invite the attention ill lhe uiiblie iii lhe must elegaut and varied stock of goods lu bo luuuil in i lie slale they have dry goods groceries hardware cutlery crockery glass ware shoes and hals i'.ir ladies and gents fur misses and hoys and fer eliildren and u most djeuulil'ul slock 0 f fancy goods toys jewel ry • c 4rc sfc just reeetved on friday lasi a supirb assortment of fall and winter dry goods there ia scarcely anything that may nol be found ut iheir stole and lh.:y uie setting at low prices persons visiting salisbury lo louk at lioods should not fail lo cull ill ttlis store merouey a bro would ulso announce thot ihey lire prepared lo furnish anv quantity of the hest pink lumber in ni.y point on lhe western n c b b oi ai salisbury on reasonable terms jan 8th 1866 it bradshaw brown & co have on hand and are receiving weekly frun the eastern markets u general assortment of drv goods uats and shoes groceries and 11 ardware wbloh they are selling wholesale and retail at llu-ir low figures fur cash or barter bradshaw brown & co no j grauite row jan 8 18gu i ll n a way nrom the 8ubs0ribeb on the lf.th 1 of january 1806 geo townsley.a white apprentice boy need about twenty years said entice was legally bound and left lhe under i wiih un eause a suitable reward will be given for his delivery to me wm m townsi ky jan jlih i80c ; *