111 ttf 4m 1 4_f i*r c ' jjf9 irtr i mi ttr m_frr i vol 1 third semes salisbury n c monday december 8 180c no is whole no 17:1 i terms : iv_.k..v 1 y-va 3 00 it i illolltlls 1 ou ,. i in ailvti ui-'i rates of advertising n n,mluhll"-'tlull-lil"'^limlil,w,'tlon ll 03 0****f 2d3j nod 4th insertion each 60 ii for each additional publication o jniidalure-srd day-very lit le of in krest has yet transpired in this body icyond tho election of engrossing clerk amj a secretary of state ll w rest esq , was elected secretary of state and mr hampton engrossing 41 day sknatic mr jones of wake introduced a bill to extend the present crm of the conrt of pleas and quarter tessions in tho county of wake passed ju several readings and ordered to be en 1 mr lierry of orange introduced a hill to establish a freehold homestead to the citizens of tho state — ordered to be iiiinted mr love of jackson introduced a bill to repeal an ordinance for exchang ing tlie slock of the state for bonds iss ued before yeai 1801 read first timo mr speed of pasquotank introduced n bill for the relief of honest debtors road first time and ordered to bo print ed . , oilier bills were introduced which jrere laid on the table li.iisk — rules of order for the gov ernment of the llouso were adopted mr foard introduced a resolution to raise a point select committe to whom lhai be referred so much of the govor iwr's racssago as relates to tbe agricul tural and mechanical college adopted mr durham a resolution of inquiry addressed to the governor asking infor mation relative to the national currency adopted mr durham a resolution of inquiry addressed to the governor asking infor mation relative to the national currency adopted by mr cowan a joint resolution in ii'.'iird to the message of the governor :: i the report ofthe public treasurer requests that the governor horeafter luse lo bo printed for llie use of tho general assembly in advance of its bos lion ten copies of bis message for each member and two hundred copies for the die of the executive deportment and li.it the public treasurer be instructed ' in like manner to cause to be printed of j bis report u like number of copies — adopted many olher bills were introduced which are yet to be considered senate fkihav mounin c nov 23 tbe senate was called to older at 11 - o'clock a m tlio jonrnal of yesterday was read and approved leavo of absenco was gt anted mr snead senaior from join son until tusday next tho speaker announced the following committees tlio sonate branch of the committee to the proposed constitutional amends ment are messrs leach mclean cov ington clark and jones committee on propositions and griev ances — messrs cunningham kelly covington harris of franklin jones iiiown and willevi committee on claims — messrs gash johnson bullock coward ferebee hcrao and edwards committee on privileges and klcs uons messrs battle et bridge spencer harris of rutherford hand perkins tudsuoad committee on the judiciary — mesess wilson leach mccorkle moore brown avery and robins committee on internal improvements — messrs avery hall y iggins speed koonce mclean nnd love committee on education and the lite fry fund messrs hall edwards hornton williams hill lloyd and mathews committee on banks and currency — messrs cowles berry marshall adams mathew fereboo and paschall committee on corporations — messrs ark moore paschall johnson kelly ihompson aud respass committee on military affairs messrs covington barnes clark thorn ion porkins richardson and koonce joint oommitrke senate b1.anch ' finance.-ktmr hall wiggins covington mclean berry gash ad ams and ethridgc public buildings and grounds messrs thornton and barnes cherokee lands and western turw pike messrs gash love and mccor kle swamp lands messrs koonce spen cer and coward libranj messrs clark outlaw and cunningham insane assylum . messrs spoed wil pon and berry dead and dumb aseylum — messrs hall harris of rutherford and robins mr speed introduced u rcsoluton to prevent fraud upon tho revenue on his motiori^t was referred to the committee on fiaanco a message wns received from tho llouso proposing to raise a joint select committee to whom shall be referrod so much of tho governor's message us re . lutes to a penitentiary concurred in h0c8e of commons i-niiiav november 23id 18cc tho house was called to order ut elev en o'clock a m tho journal of yesterday was read and approved the following committees were an nounced committee on till htliciakv messrs mckay dargan davis kec nan morehead perry of carteret rich ardson everett logan whitfield jot . dan durham and peebles on hnani i messrs harper patton latham of washington cowan lutterloh guess lowe and ijolderby on i.y_l_l...a improvements messrs cowan clarke of halifax luttorloh umstetl houston elorton of wilkes patton bryson logan chad wick and ford mr carson a resolution of instruction to tho judiciary committee that thoy report a bill making provision by a board of valuation or otherwise that property sold under execution shall bring a fair value in tho currency of tho uni ted states adopted by mr hutchison a resolution to raise a joint committee on so much of the governor's mes ago as relates to the es tablishment of a state penitentiary adopted senate satdrda _ motlnlng nov 11 the sonate was called lo order at 11 o'clock a m prayer by the rev mr hudson of the methodist church the loiiinal uf yesterday was read and approved messrs cowles cunningham and respites were designated as the senate branch nl committee to consider a com munication irom col 1 mit id oil the buhjoct uf furnishing supplies inthoduotion of bes ilutions and bills l!y mr covington a resolution ins btructiug tho judiciary committee to take into consideration the expediency of creating a law which will allow a cred itor to indulge his debtor without danger of tho statuto of limitation being a oar to his recovery and report by bill or otherwise hy mr wilson a resolution upon ihe subject of the introduction of foreign immigration into the stale of north car olina read and adopted on his motion was referred to the committee on propo sition and grievances a communication addressed to the speaker from robt iibson of kentucky and endorsed by the governor of said state on tho subject of immigration was on motion of mr wilson referred to the same committee mr gash introduced a bill to establish a stato penitentiary on his motion it was ordered to be printed and referred to the joint select committee on pen itontiary mr robins introduced a resolution authorizing bo much of the governors message as refers to courts of oyer and terminer to be referred to the commit tee on the judiciary reference made mr mcrae introduced a bill in refer ence to the appointment of justices of the peace referred to the committee on the judiciary mr hill introduced a bill to repeal an ordinance to change the timo of elections in the state referred to the committee on privileges ami flections mr clark introduced a resolution rclativo to tho printing of the rules of order ifcc adopted a message was received from the house transmitting communications from tho comptroller and roporl of librarian recommending that the latter be printed concurred in also a message concurring in the seuato resolution to print rules of order tfce mr robins introduced a resolution proposing that so much of the governor's message as relates to the reprinting of a portion of the report of the supreme court of norlh carolina be referred to tho committee on finance ret'errence in ado tno hill to repeal an ordinance to pics vent the exchange of stock for bonds came up on its second reading passed and was referred to the committee on internal improvements on motion of mr wilson the senate ■ adjourned until monday at 11 o'clock house of commons saturday november 24 1860 the llouso was culled to order at 11 1 o'clock a m prayer by rev dr modes of the episeopol church the journal of yesterday war read and approved tho following standing committees wero announced by tho speaker ; on education — messrs jenkins of granville loo of gates p'.'lght liously i mcrno of kichmond iliununt wilson ' of forsythe williams of martin brown bowo anil harding on jli/itan affairs — mosbrs more ' head davis of franklin turnbull ken ' an ank davidson on agriculture — messrs rubs wil son of perquimons ialluway autrey stono bjair whitley llorton of watau ga neal blytho and clemens on swamp lands — messrs latham of washington murrill harding chad wick and farrow on private bills — messrs morrsette mcciammy martin rountreo black lyon westinorelantl moiton godwtn moore of chatham and woodward on privileges and elections — messrs latham ot craven henry simpson gar ( ris williams oltiarnett judkins league bradsher vestal arret and gorbam | on corporations — messrs mcnair , morrisett scott perry of wake hender son jenkins of gaston scoggin mcars j thtir may smith of duplin and stoven ( eon 1 on propositions and grievances — i messrs waugh jones of pasquotank i williams of pitt barden daniel ash ! worth trull gainbrell rosebro woms ble and kendall i on claims — messrs perry of carters et smith of guilford boyd murrill cranberry allen rogers long lyon reinhart and williams of yancy on the insane assylum — meesrs crawford of rowan carson shilton ba ker and york on cherokee lands — mebsr bryson ' crawford of macon sudderth davidson ami kelsoy ' on slate library messrs long of ' caburrtis williams of martin and um ' sted ' assylum for the deaf dumb and the blind — messrs hutchison mcgou.s gun moore of hertford and wood ' wunl # ' on public buildings — messrs boyd houston and freeman tho following resolutions were intro duced and referred by mr waugh that iho judiciary , committee inquire into the expediency of so changing tho criminal code as to ' givo the courts power iu cases of eonvic ' tion for misdemeanors to compel the parties convicted lo work on die public roads in payment of lino and cost i)y mr gorhain a resolution that the ' judiciary committee report a bill ox'.en f ding the insolvent debtors laws so that [ any debtor may by petition after due ' notice given summon in all his creditors '. and upon assigning his estate for their ' benefit he discharged from all further liabilities not only to being 6iied but to ' all other credits mr whitfield remaiked that this res ' olution was of great importance to liis ' pcoble he heartily approved of its pro ' visions on his motion it was ordered to bo printed l by mr whitfield a resolution to raise a joint select committee on salaries ! and fees adopted . by mr baker a resolution that the ' judiciary committo inquire as to the ' expediency of passing a mechanics lien law also a resolution as to the expedi ency of a law giving landlords a lien l upon the products grown by thir tenants ' to securo the payment of rents by mr tengtie a resolution that the same coinuiitteo inquire ns to tbe neces sity of enlarging tho jurisdiction of ihe ' justices of the peace on de'ots contrac : ted before the 1st of may 1su5 to the ' sum of principal and interest there ion bills introduced , by mr waugh : a bill to repeal the lirst section of an ordinance of the late convention to change the time of elec tions in north carolina by mr davis : a bill to amend sec tion 30 chapter 51 of the revised code entitled guardians and wards by mr richardson : a bill to repeal section j of chapter 40 of iho acts of the legial lure of 18g»i i',v mr kenan a bill lo prevent the suei dice of real estate in certain eases by mr sbclton : a bill to repeal the second section of an ordinance of the convention to change tho jurisdiction of tho courts and rules of pleading there in [ by mr williams of martin : a bill ! to give the mayor and commissioners of ' the town of wiiliamstou the sole authors ity to issue license to retail spirituous liquors in saitl town by mr richard on a bill for the \ benefit of the poor of the county of bla 1 den ' by mr chadwick : a bill to iueois porato the newborn steam fire engine ' company no i also by mr richardson a bill to au thorize r p melvin into sheriff of bla den county to collect arrearages of taxes i by mr williams of mai tin a bill to declare the roanoke river a sufficient fence or protection for the sido of al i lands lying immediately on its banks in i martin counly a bill i iiinoiid sec 0 chap 18 re vised codo passed its booond reading a bill to construe an acl to establish ti sc.ile of depreciation of confederate currency passod i t 2nd and 8rd read ings nr jones liy leave introdticod a res olntifiii in relation to hunting reques ting die judiciary committee to enquire as to tl expediency of enacting more srtingent laws for tlie protection of por sons owning lands under cultivation — adopted tlio house then adjourned until 11 o'clock on monday next senate monday moknino nov 20 the somite was called iii order at 11 o'clock a m tho journal ofsa'nrday was read and approved mr love jire ruled a memorial from ihe citizens of cherokee relative to the consolidation of tho atlantic and n 0 r il and on his motion it was referred to the committee on internal improve ments mr paschal introduced a resolution instructing he judiciary committee to enquire whafhoror not it would he best for the people of the slate of north car olina to pay their private debts contrac ted before ths war in bank bills of tho state or theit equivalent in current funds passed its first reading and referred to the judiciarj committee l.vri iilcotion of bills j!v mr love a bill to consolidate the atlantioand n c il il co tho n c il jl co ami the western and x c il il co on his motion it was ordered to he printed and referred to the commit tee on internal improvements by mr mcrae a bill to amend an net to compel servants to comply with their contracts.-1 on mb motion ii was ordered to be printed and referred to the judiciary committee by mr adams a bill io incorporate lexington mining company on his moti'iu it was referred to the committee on corporations by mr speed a bill to incorporate pasquotank lodge no 103 at elizabeth city n c referred to committee on cor lorations my mr hall n bill to incorporate tlio hibernian benevolent society of wil mington referred to the coinmitloo ui corporations mr cunningham introduced the foi lowing resolution : itesoloed that the committee m the judiciary bo instructed to tako into con sideration the whule subject of popular relief against tho danger of forced col lections of debfs during the passing crisis ifganeral financial embarrussmeut hav ing in view the ordinance of the stato convention on the subject and the ques tions arising as to its adaptation to the wants of tbe times and its constitutional ity and to report at an early day upon he possibility of some legislative meas ure to save llie couniry from ruin wliieh would inevitably result from a resort to xeciili.in sales mr c addressed the senate upon the ibove resolution mr avery a bill to protect landlords referred to ihe committoo on the judi jiary jjy m leach a resolution instructing the committee on tho judiciary to enn dder tho propriety and necessity of submitting a bill for the protection of lionest debtors a message was received from the house transmitting an engrossed bill to establish the scale of confederate cur rency passed its first reading and on motion of mr wilson it was referred to the judiciary committee by mr wilson a resolution instructing tho committee on propositions and grievances to consider the propriety of remunerating justices oflhe peace for service rendered and report by bill or otherwise tbe bill relative to tlie courts of tlie counties of washington aud hyde came upon iis second reading and passed and on motion of mr spencer tlie rules were buspended nnd the bill passed its third and hist reading on motion of mr covington the senate adjoin nod until to-morrow at 11 o'clock ljouse of commons monday nov d tlio house was called to order at 11 o'clock a.m tho journal of saturday's proceedings was read and approved mr long a memorial from the mag istrates of cabarrus county praying the establishment of a stale penitentiary referred the following committees were an nonnccd on so much of tlie govern ners message as relates to a penitentiary i messrs hutchison lowe and judkin . on the communication from col blllu i'd and others r lative to the of i ivornmont rations to indigent citi zens messrs moore of hertford dan iel jenkins of gaston rogers and blytli mr logan introduced the following resolution resolved that it is the bense of this louse that the article proposed by the congress of tlio united states ns an amendment to the constitution of tbe same known ns the uownrd amendment and article 14-th ahould bo ratified by the general assembly of north carolina now in bossion mr watigh moved i ■ reference to the joint committee on tlio constitutional amendment mr scoggin asked for i be yeas nml navs on the question of rcforonoe 1'hey wore taken us follows tho mo tion to refer prevailing : yeas 02 n.w t bills a.mi resolutions intuodcced by mr bryson n resolution iu relation to ( norokeo lands by mr wangh a bill to lepeal an or dinance of the convention to change the jurisdiction of tho courts and the rules of pleadinc therein by mr whitfield a bill for the rollof of executors administrators guardians c by ur mck:iv a bill to authorise ihe president and i frcotnraof blount's creek manufacturing company of tho lown of fayetteville to re build llieir factory by mi davis a bill to amend section 12 chapter 118 revised code entitled willows by mi wiliinin nf pitt a bill for tho relief of w ii porokins late tax collec tor of pitt county by ml morehead tl bill to provonl fraud by mr bryson a bill to amend the charter of tho western n 0 railroad , by mr cranberry a bill to enable administrators and executors to pay the i debts of insolvent testators and intestates j jiro rata by mr kenan a bill to change the rules of evidence concerning mortgage i deeds and for other purposes by mr scott a bill to authorize shor ' ill's and tax collectors lo grant license to [ auctioneers in incorporated cities and towns a uv mr allen a bill to authorize bnfus i galloway sheriff of brunswick county : to collect iirrears of taxes these bills were appropriately i'ler | red anil the house adjourned until 11 o'clock a ii to-morrow i • _» . red string meeting wo are informed by ti gentleman of high respectability thai tho bed strings ' hold a meeting at a place called con curd near fisher's mill in davie county on last saturday the meeting was to , have been addressed by henderson of lexington tho southern negro buroau nian of that county we also learn through a gentleman who has been ap proached by tbo red strings and solic ited to join them that secessionists are generally excluded or not allowed to become members of this villianous dark lantern clique this is the best evidence that the bed strings so called horoes of america are bad men the gentleman further states that those disorganizors claim that the lands and other property of all members of this corrupt organiza tion ate secured by it against confisca tion is there any one so ignorant as to bo deceived by tho outrageous machina tion of these bad men are not the abovo facts sufficient to satisfy the minds of all good men beyond a reasonable doubt that the red string organization is rotten villainous and has for its object no irootl _ some good men have im doubt been mis'ed into it but the prin cipal actors are restless factious und unprincipled it is a sort of seditious organization a plan for the perfecting of a regular system of espionage ils members aro to act as informers on the good and true men oflhe country their neighbors and point out their property and secure its confiscatiau if possible while their own is secured to them by perjury and other infamous acts that would disgrace even the code of high way men wo warn all good men to como out from these factious disturbers of the peace let public sentiment frown the in down the day has passed when scoundrels mny hold secret organ izations dark lantern meetings to plan i beds of villainy outrage society and disturbe the public peace let ihem be coined by all good men salisbury b,init l . | j john watson colored who wns tried before his honor judge uuxton here last week charged with burglary and who stands indicted for the same offense in one or two other cases has had bis cause removed to cabarrus coun ty lb romero the romancer of tho llio graude is said to be about to many his , boarding house keeper in washington ■ — a new way to pay old debts rowan immigration society this society met ut lli mayor office on m.m.l iy night lust nml was called to order by tbe president w m bobbins eiq ur john ia foard wbs called upon to address the meet ing which im did in it most interesting end well liitibil speech of lome length substantially ns fol lows mr i'r iii nt ■ — tin subject ui.'l.-i consider ition i ono of vital iroportadce to every citizen of n c , and llie south ganer.lly al tbesur rend i l ioli nit en end t tbe institution of lavery lliore was a great deficit of labor in n it hie population was insufficient to cultivate die lands work thu mines and develop other re s lur - of tin state nnd when we consider llio jrittt nuinbor of deaths among the feedmcn since that period tho inefficiency of ibe present system of labor and thu great number of em igrants of both colors now leaving for other see lions : llie subject of immigration should have it prominent place in the mind of every citizen al ibis meeting of your society 1 beg leave to propti.so a remedy i e ir tins and olhei so cieliea of ihu kind and citizens of every coun ty memoralize tbe legislature now in session to establish two lines ul voasels from llie ports of wilmington and beaufort direct to europe ly granting a charter for s joint stuck company the capital of which shall bo seven or eight hundred thousand dollars tho state becoming n subscriber to tho amount of two thirds of tbe louk allowing individuals at borne or abroad io subscribe in lands produce money or goods ihe ballance let iho president or agenl of said company go to europe wuh ilm land of ilia slate with which lo buy or chatter vessels freighl ihem and obtain 1 1 *-• best class of persona to be brought i.t the evessula mny bo freighted back wiili cotton naval stores tobacco ami lin l.c ; ilm last named article would hnve to be relied on principally for the first year consequently the ad vantage iii having iho vessels leaving two ports a largo number ol hands might be put to work along tho difierent roads and rivers by this company and private individuals making lumber there is asu ihcionl 11111111111t.nl oak limber along the line of the n 0 railroad alone to freighl several vessels for mnny months and ihere would be no better busi ness lhan the making of bbls bds and pipe staves and spokes for the european morket,il we could ship ihem directly those staves are now being carried four and five hundred miles ovor roods of other states and shipped to europe spokes are also carried a large distanoe by rail and shipped inmi n v to california the reasons whj this plan should be adopted are these 1st our lands now boll lur milch lea than their real value and the revenue arising from them ia small in comparison to what it would he il wo hud a dense population nnd those small amounts must grow less under the present depletory sybtom of emigratiou 2d our products would iind better markets at about the same oost of present arrangements aud uur imported goods greatly l cheapened 3d thu machinery and labor imported from europe wuuld bo ol tho best quality much ol the machinery brought from the north is old orseo ond hand aud ol little value and it is an impossi bility to gel labor from the northern cities nnd stales owing lu the great demand for labor in ihe wesl nnd ihe perleot system nuw practiced to sup ply that section then gentlemen if yuu will con sider tho bubjecl carefully you must conclude that in order to avoid bankruptcy on tho part ol tho slate and people and to have our former prosperi ty restored we must ndopl some thing like thu plan proposed alier ur foard hud finished bis remarks it was proposed on motion that iho legislature be memoralized on the subject which was agreed ic i in motion the chair was requested to appoint a committee for tbe purpose and he appointed maj jas c smythc dr j w flail jus ii eoniss i q , ond hun lewis hones on m.itiou the president w m bobbins esq was added tu the committee the meeling then adjourned tlie memorial shall appear in our next when wo bopo to be able to remark more at length upon lhi important subject we will itito hero however lhat it is all important that other counties also pe tition the legislature for the purpose of securing their actiun mexican affairs — president's message washington nov 25 ( iffl i d dispatches which have reached minis let ltoinoro from m.xioo stale thai col rafael 1 garcia appointed military governor of que bec has established bis governmenl at the city uf t capooutal and issued a proclamation to tlie people of lie state calling on them lo lake up arms against the iovaders guv garcia re ports that the french have lost ihe wholeof pucbln keeping only the line of the main road from vera cruz to tbe city of mexioo many of the washington correspondents are specnlaliug ss to what will be the cunletits of ihu president's forthcoming animal messagu and some of them broadly bssert tbat he will make icons with congress on tho restoration policy in view f tbe result of tlio recent stato elections tbis too i mere speculation and it will then fore be b-tter to wait for positive infor mation for the message itself it will ho res mem bored that in ibe many speeches which th president made in his late trip nurlh and west he said he bad no new policy to anuuunce nnd that his iutuie wuuld b best indicated by bis past course nothing definite has yet been received by tlio government iu i"i ition lo ibe claims upon ureal britain for ihu damages to commerce caused by ihe alabama and oilier confederate priva leers the correspondence between the two governments is still in progress it is n fact however that the present british ministry is moredisp i than tiie former one to give due ruid fair consideration lo the entire subject a committee baa been dispatched north by the leading radicals here to collect money to k-fray the exponse attending tbe former cen mo ni s of welcomii g back the radical members of congress and giving ihem a banquet nexl sat uid.iy tlio cherokee legislature now in seat sion bus repealod the sweeping confisca tion aet passed by that body duiing tl rebellion