(£§$$$ v y %> i j _ c^ksjh issft'fc ii am & cl atiriov pubs & pro's « the old worth state forever single copies five cents vol i salisbury in c fridaj evening may 25 1866 number 48 scajle of depreciation the following bill passed during the present ses sion a bill to be entitled an act to establish a scale of i depreciation of confederate currency whereas by an ordinance of the convention jen titled an ordinance declaring what laws and ordj nances are in force and for other purposes ratified , on the 18th day of october a d 1865 it is rcm**k i duty of the general assembly to provide a^b rji depreciation of the confederate currency frwibi time of its first issue to the end of the war and it is further therein declared that all executory contracts solvable ia money whether under seal or not made after the depreciation of said currency before the 1st day of may 1865 and yet unfilled except official bonds and penal bonds payable to the state shall be deemed to have been made with tlie understanding that they were solvable in money of the said curren cy subject nevertheless to evidence of a different in tent of the parties to the contract therefore be it enacted by the general assembly of tlie state of north carolina and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that the following scale of depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted and established as the measure of value of one gold dollar in confederate currency for each month and the fractional parts of the month of december 1864 from the 1st day of november 1861 to the 1st day of may 1865 to wit : scale of depreciation of confederate currencv the gold dollars being the unit and measure of value from nov 1st 1861 to may 1 1865 months 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 january — 120 300 2100 60 00 february — 130 300 2100 50 oo ; march — 1 50 4 00 23 00 60 0 april — 150 5 00 20 00 10u00 may — 150 150 19 00 — june — 150 650 18 00 — july — 1 50 900 21 00 — august — 1 50 1400 23 00 — september — 2 00 1400 25 00 — october — 2 00 14 00 26 00 — november 110 250 15 30 30 00 — december 1 15 250 20 00 — — dec 1 to lot'a inclu sive 35 00 *' 10th to 20th " 45 00 1st to 31st " 49 00 and whereas many grave and difficult disputes may arise between executors administrators guar dians and trustees and their legatees distributees wards and cesaiysqne trust in the settlement of their | accounts and trusts arising from the depreciation of confederate cu*rency state treasury notes and bank notes incident o and growing out of the late war and that law sut3 and expensive litigation maybe obviated be itthereforeenacted that in all such cases the parties are herebj empowered to form a full and per fect statement otthe case on both sides which case shall be submitted to the determination of one of the judges of the supjrior courts chosen by the parties who is hereby auiiorized to consider and determine the same accordiig to eqnity and good conscience provided howeve that no part of this section shall be construed to stop or hinder any person from pro ceeding in the usu&l course of law if he shall deem the same necessary a true copy j a engelhard clerk of senate the saturday evening post new life talent and energy splendid array of contributors cicscbpassed and dnecbpa331blb mrs bella z spencer hivinf purchased an interest in the saturday evening post and mr edmund deacon having retired from the paper the post passed into the management of a new firm who are determ ined to infuse fresh life talent and energy into its cnl umns the i opular novelist emmerson bennett author of prairie flower the refugees clara morelaml 4c.,&c has been engaged at a great expense as a regular contributor a..d will write exclusively for the post mr bennett will begin a continued story in the first number of the new year it will be called the phantom of the forest ; a tale of the backwoods this story will run through from twelve to fifteen num bers and be a story of the early settlement of eentu ky including ativen'ures with the indians in that romantic region which was generally called by the pioneers of civ ilization the dark and bloody pround the post is edited by mrs bella z spencer who will al*o contribute a continuea story in the course of the year entitled genevieve howe our columns will be further supplied with original con tributions by a splendid list op contrtbutors all the department of the psper will be filled as far as possible with original matter the old friends of the post — some of whom have stood by it during the sunshine and storms of forty years will thus see that we hre de'ermlned to be unsurpassed by any competitor ; and in view of these fresh and costly efforts and brilliant inducements we trust to hive their warm exertions in our behalf and the liberal support op a generous public a sewing machine premium j3 we will give on . f wheelkk k wilson's celebraed sewing machines the regular price of whl-h is fifty-five do lars on the following terms . 1 twenty copies one year and the machine 70.00 2 thirty copies one year and machine s5.00 8 forty copies one year and machine 100.00 terms caab in advance one copy one year 2 50 two copies one year 4.00 f-iur copies one year 8 00 s copies 1 year and one to ge'ter up of club 16.<k __„ 20 cop'e 1 year and one to fritter-up of o ub 85.00 **• i the vaiie 3 tor a club may be icut to different post-offi ce 83 pubscrlberi in british north america must remit twenty c nts in a.l.utlon to ihe annual subscription as we have to preray the tl s postage on their paper remittances should be made in post office orders wben possible if nut in united state notes — or draf's pay j able to our or^er wh'ch a'e preferable to the notes tw specimen numbers of the post sent gratis address henry peter on 4 « o no 391 walnut st philadelphia a thorol'gb family med1c1xe ! great oaks from little acorns grow the worst diseases known to the human race spring from cavses so small as to al , most defy detection the volumes of scien j tine lore that nil the tables and shelves of i the medical fraternity only go to prove and elaborate these facts then guard yourselves while you may the smallest pimple on the skin is a tell tale and indicator of disease it may fade and die away from the surface of the body but it will reach the vitals perhaps at last aud death be the result and final close ; maggiel'a billious dyspeptic and diarrhea pills cure where all others fail while for i burns scalds chilblains cuts and all ; i abrasions of the skin maggiel's salve is j | infallible sold by j maggiel 43 fnl | ton street new york and all druggists j at 25 cents per box no2 dly ' miscellaneous advertisements prospectus of the st.ar . i the undersigned propose to publish in the illasre of rutherfordton a weekly newspaper aj^fbe^called the rutherford star it is our desire to make the star a wel come visitor to all those who feel an interest in the prosperity and welfare of our country as a whole and the perpetuity of our institu tions as handed down to us by our noble an cesty a federal republican government our people have but lately emerged from a u'iaantic civil war waged by and between sections of a once glorious union and more desolating to our particular section than any thing that has ever happened on this contin ent and it is to be hoped than ever will again while there is life there is hope and not withstanding the great changes wrought by the late civil war ave shall encourage the peo ple to honesty industry aud economy we shall take special pains to keep them posted with all beneficial improvements of the age su that they may once more enjoy bountiful stores prosperity and happiness we shall from time to time publish such 1 laws both sta e and national as our people aie directly concerned in and shall likewise me our influence to establish a sound circula ! ti,g currency so much needed at the present tine we shall be governed by principles and not men for according to our honest conviction tie present condition of our country is owing ti the abandonment of principles we mean tie abandonment of those fundamental prin ciples upon which the government of the uni te states was reared we shall favor and encourage the develop ment of all our resources agricultural min | enl c and likewise such internal improve ments as will most likely be beneficial to the country and especially the extension of the wilmington charlottee and rutherford rail rtad west is to politics we are true conservatives beieving neither in the fire eaters of the south nor the radicals of the north but in tht constitution the union and the enforce neit of all constitutional laws whether state r federal and a ready and willing obedience to the same the star will be published every wednes day at the following rates strictly in aa viv payable in currency or produce at faarket prices one copy 12 months 2.00 " " 6 " 1.00 j b carpenter r w logan april 16th 06 d tf lviiscellaneous advertisements a boon to the sick and the light of the world m ma^giel's pills and salve these life-giving remedies are now given publicly to he world . for over a quarter of a century of pri vate practice the in<jtv<li.*rits in these life-giving fills > have been used with the preatest success their missioners not only to prevent disease bnt to cure — they search out the various maladies by which the patient issuffering andrevigoratesthe failing system to the aged and intirin a few doses of these valuable pills will prove to be a very fountain of youth for in every case they add new life and vitality and restore the warning energies to their pristine state to the yonng and middle-aged they will prove most in valuable as a ready specific ami sterling medicine here is a dream realized that ponc-de-leon sought for three hundred years ago and never found he looked for a fountain that would restore the old to the '■ vigoraud makeyouthever an eternal spring it was left for this day and hour to realize the dream i and show iu one glorious fact the magic that made it i air these famous remedies cannot stay the flight of years but they can force back and hold aloof diseases that might triumph over the aged and young let none hesitate then but seize j the favorable opportunity that oilers whentakenas e for billious disorders n'.'tliinjr can be more productive of cure than these pills their alwost magic influence is felt at once and the usual comcomitants of this most distressing disease are removed these remedies are made from : the purest veg eta bl e compo unds they will not harm the most delicate female andean be given with good effect in described doses to the vouugest babe for cutaneous disorders [ and all eruptions of the skin the salve is most inval uable it docs not heal externally alone but pene trates with the most searching ettects to the very root of the evil dr iflaggieli's pil.l.s invariably cure the follow ing diseases asthma , bowel complaints coughs colds chest diseases costiveness dyspepsia diarrhoea droosy debility fever ami ague female complaints headache indigestion influenza inflamation lnvvitid weakness liver complaint lowness of spirits ringworm rheumatism salt rheum scalds skin diseases 6cc 3*>**rt notice — none genuine without the engra veil trade-mark around each pot or box signed by dr 1 . maggiel 43 fulton street new york to counterfeit which is felony hj 3 * sold by all respectable dealers in medicines throughout the united states and canadas — at*25cts per box or pot fur sale at j ii enniss drugstore salisbury n ('. aprli-dly the weekly old north state published every friday at sal isbury n c by hanks & hampton contains all the latest news review of the markets etc etc v-s iiiin ted it the bias's style persons living in the coun try will pe kept posted ih all the news of the day by subscribing to the weekly old north state tektfls—cash in advance one year ... 3 00 six months - - - 1 50 hanes 4 hampt0h publishers & proprietors lewis hanks ) john s hampton s march 30 r it dicks with branson 4 \\ . faiiltak would r-speotfully idfnrm his old friends and patrons of salisbury and vicinity that he is again engaged in the book-binding busi ness in raleigh n c where ih is anxious to re ceive their former patronage all work sent to him will lie attended to with promptness and satisfaction guaranteed hr is prepared to do binding in all its branches and in various styles persons wishing to supply themselves with books i and station ry ti all kinds ran be supplied by ad ' dressing messrs branson a parrar booksellers 1 publishers aud binders raleigh n c l-dtf mercantile advertisements newf1r3i ix salisbury j.w.grvaft w jtave just received and opened at no 2 mur l phy's granite building a new and splendid stock of staple and fancy dry goods which they will sell for oath or barter only as follows a large and beautiful assortment of ladies dress goods embracing the newest and leading styles of the season a large assortment of gentlemen's youth's and boy's goods ladies summer wrappings ladies misses and children's trimmed hats new shapes ladies misses and childrens hoop skirts ladies misses and childrens balmoral shoes and gaiters bonnets ribbons glovi ?, :■ •' • i gents and boys gents boy \ and ch evei - : _ fi r snunui t crocl i r and glass w w'ood and v also drugs medicines paints and dye stuffs of all kinds they are prepared to fill all orders of pliv.-i cians for drags and medicines at the shiniest notice the drug department will be under the charge of a regular physician they also have a branch of their business at county line davie county where all of the above named article may like wise be obtained on the same terms the above stock of goods hawxig fi'-t-u jur enaseu since ttic late heavy ecliue uf prices in the northern cities will be soldas low as they can possibly be bought in this market p r maitin invites his old friends of davie county especially to give him a call when visiting this market j w gray p r.martdt j.mcguire salisbury n c april 2 66 tf-nol the wide world an entertaining instructive and spicy family newspaper it is the design of the publishers to make the wide world acceptable to all classes if j readers its columns will contain original tales from some of the ablest writers in am erica also amusing and dangerous ad ventures translations historical remini scences sketches of all kinds poetry wit humor etc etc combining a vast amount of information on thousands of subjects that are of interest profit and amusement to the general reader editorials and news touch ing all the leading and important occurrences of the day will be found in its columns terms of publication in advance 3.0u per annum single copies may be had of all newsdeal ers price seven cents t all communications intended for tin columns of the wide world or containing subscriptions should be addressed j h brigham & fernald publishers of the wide world 28 state street boston mass state of lyorth carolina ) treasury department £ raleigh march 31 1sgg ) to holders of coupons of north-carolina bonds by act of the general assem bly of north-carolina ratified mar 10 1866 i i am directed to prepare and sell for not less than par bonds of the state running thirty j four years with coupons bearing six per cent i interest payable semi-annually of thedenom / ination of 100 500 and 1,000 principal and interest untaxable for the purpose of pay ing coupons now due and to become due in 1 ***.><!, and bonds due and to fall due in 1 **<<»< i by authority vested in the public treasurer i designate new york as the place of payment parties entitled desirous of effecting theex change authorized in said act will please com i municate to me at once the amount an i char j acter of the securities which they wish to be i funded in order that i may know the number and denomination of the bonds which will be required after the engraver si blanks the bonds will be pre with little delay under advice of the atton pons of bonds issued sin • . passed before may 20th 1661 will under the act of march 10th ic .. .-. their identity is establis leing cut from the bonds in my presence a provision neces sary on account of the similarity to other cou pons issued since mav 20th 1361 kemp p battle nol3dlw public treasurer job printing | neatly and expeditiously executed at this office get the best ixvexton.s mechanics manufactukers 1866 1866 1866 the best paper iu the united states fur mechanics inventors and machinists is the f scientific american ii is tfie largest in size and has by far the wi j tlfst circulation of any other paper of its class in the country it is published weekly each number contains sixteen pages with numer ous illustrations tin numbers for a year make two volumes 41t pages eaeh it also contains a full account of all the principal in ventions and discoveries of the day also valuable illustrated articles upon tools and ma chinery us.'.l in workshops manufactories steam and mechanical engineering woolen cotton chemical petroleum and all other manufacturing and producing interests also firearms war implements ordnance war vessels railway machinery electric chem ical and mathematical apparatus wood and lumber machinery hydraulics oil and wa ter pumps water wheels etc household horticultural and farm implements — this lat ter department being very full and of great value to farmers and gardeners articles embracing every department of popular science which every body can under stand and which every bodv likes to read also reports of scientific societies at home and abroad patent law decisions and dis - practical recipes etc it also con list of all the patent claims f great value to inventors ■ ■ ■ . ' act as agents for pro i : •''!' his " scientific american try 1 : . 81 50 for six months year • 5 canada sub scl'lj i i nt free address \ \ & co no 37 park j tow new york the sunday school banner a new enterl/rise the undersigned themse l^es members of the sabbath school propose to commence in the city of raleigh on or al hurt the 1st of next may the stthdai sc.hoo.ij an*nelt aud iii the commencement of this little work of love being boys ours'?$v*es may we not appeal to every sunday school boy anil girl in north carolina to come up promptly to aid the undertaking in our own state there are very many sabbath schools uni from tho best information we have the scholarship is large and increasing and it is from them we look for that patronage which is necessary to improve and keep floating this native stan dard which we propose for their benefit it is not for pecuniary gain that the banner is established ; it has for its aim higker ob jects ami if we succeed in our enterprise it will be to us in after life a source of great sat isfaction to know that in our boyhood days tve gave a helping hand to sunday schools the preparatory schools for places of high trust and position in the work of our heaven ly father its name sufficiently indicates the object which is to control its editorial conduct there s necessity however for the remark that it will not be denominational but alike open to ill the sabbath schools of this state for con tributions in which there is no spice of secta rianism the banner will be issued monthly on handsome type clear white paper and will outain fourteen columns reading matter quar to length we trust sufficient encouragement may be offered to justify the undertaking t 1 ■'. rms in ad v a x c e : 1 copy twelve months 10 2 *' " " iii 5 " " " l(ii 10 " " " 200 20 " ** " 350 any person sending us a club of 20 for three dollars and a half will receive one copy gratis w j edwards z t broughtox nol6dtf publishers tue l t ew york times enlargement of the daily scmi-wcckly and weekly times hie largest and cheapest paper in the united states run new rork times has be ex ex l iarged to the size of the london limes each number contains eight pages of seven inns each or fixty-six columns in all—ma il rgesl oewspaperinthe united states j he / hues will conta a regularly : fall congressional reports reports of tin legislature messages and public ' ienf s • reports of courts and is ; european news in •" i"l domestic correspoti • • dl parts of tlie icorld ml editorials ; lit '"■'■ nd miscellany eve • ■-. ! be done to make the imes the most val table ,: d interesting familv ''■•■-: . " r/nited states ite price will i in spite of the tact that ite ize and content have i ren increased ne u ■■'• ■■'■-'■■■■ r are the prices of the several edi 10ns payable in all e-ase-s in advance these prices are invariable club rates ar dis ontinned we ha e no travelling agents re lit iu cheek ur puit office money orders if pos ible address h j ratm03jt v co a*pr6-dlm times otfice new vork jr jul ju j 1 2v xx jcv.x x . william c handy offers for sale groceries confectioneries wines tobacco and snuff whiskies scotch irish rye fc bourbon rum gins champagnes california old fort madeira 6c sherry wines april 2 1866 — dtf john utzman salesman old north state daily lewis hanes 6c john 8 hampton publishers & puupribtobs lewis halfel editor u rates of subscription 2 terms-cash in advamk daily pa r one year - - 8.00 six months • • 4.50 tut mouth . - 1.00 weekly - ' ii year . . $ 3.00 six m<jnt!ih . . 1.50 ten copies one year • 22 jo twentj copies one year 40.00 * ross x ii tlir ji.t*»--r indicates the expiration of iscription fhe j*e f,r which t«v " old north state 1 is irini.''l ig entirely new no pains will be roared to welovtme visiter to every family in order ) tin w have engaged the services f able and nplishi i literary ontriljiit"rs rates of advertising space i day 8 day :! day 1 days .". days i w'k 3 w'k :! w'k 1 mo 8 mos a mos ti mos 1 year one square $ 1 00 1.50 3.35 3.00 t.*j 3.50 5..00 6..50 8..00 i5..00 38..oo 35 oo - fto..oo two squares & 8.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.50 0.0u 10..00 18..00 14..00 85..00 35..oo 60..00 9o..oo three squares 3.50 3.75 5.66 0.00 7.00 00 11.00 1700 18..00 38..00 43..oo 7o 00 135 00 foubsquarer i 3.00 4.50 6.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 18.00 83..00 85..00 50..00 70..oo 135..oo 15o..oo quarter com mm 3 1 00 6.00 9.00 10.50 11.00 13.00 80.00 38 00 30..00 60..00 75..oo 15o.,oo 8 hali 1 »] mn § 8.00 13.00 i nn 35.00 0.00 :',*>. 00 10.00 45 00 50..00 <"."> on i35..ooj3oo.,ooj3oo..o<i o.ne c'olcm.v 615.00 33.00 ik 00 35.00 '*" "" c w.00 75..00 k)..00!l50..o uoa 00 5oo ten lines of solid minion type or about one lengthwise of the column constitute a ire sjif ..-.! soti es in leaded minion will be eon ted for al heoffice al imt less than double rate of ordinary advertisements inserted as reading matter with approval of editors fifty cents jut line \ : * inserted irregularly or at futer 25 per 1 1 ul additional the rates above printed are tor standing adver ti ements e or two squares changeable at discretion r cent additional more than two squares changeable at discre | tare of ten lines tin every change iu , nty-five i timated as a quarter column is a half column hills for ad . whi ther by the day or year will be ie and collectable on presentation i i*osdcc t 11 s the publication of the north : presbyterian will be resumed in fay ■ :. wednesday the 2nd of january confidently relying on the hearty support ttifore received we shall render the paper more attractive l...t in :,..|.. i v:.\i n i.t ll.im it tins in ii sparing neither pains n«>r expense ■ nmplishment of this purpose with tin g away of old things anew gpiril ity • nergy and enterprise has 1 n infused into - very department of secular thou ss why should not the church also partake f the progressive ad vancemei i ' why should sh of ail the ghi i bear with such tremen duou a the civilization of the pres ent time be inefficient laggard and almost hope working out of her own ties tiny ? t ' arouse the church to the importance and .• of work : of unceasing restless tire less ■ : rgy in the service of her master and head ; this shall 1 ur rirst chiefest aim in this we need assistance we are ti"t alone sufficient for these things our brethren must help u in every way by contributions from theirown stores of thought and study by zealous co-operation iu a common cause for the benefit of all ; by extending our circulation throughout all our borders and thus giving us the means and opportunity of performing well the work t which we have consecrated all that we have and all we hope for on the earth terms subscription for one year si 00 j •• six months 2 00 address b fuller j editor o the n c presbyterian yadkin_college near the yadkin river-nine miles from lexington n c tin institution under its charter as a college was sjj)ivived on the 15th of january 1866 and supplied by a resolution of the trustees with a corps of experien ced teachers ; so that now with its cheap boarding arranjrenieiits it ohers to male pupils every educa tionai facility from the primary department to a full college course upon more favorable terms perhaps than anv academy or college in the state ! bralfavilla fejiale s kith nary ! three quarters ot a mile from yadkin college and i entirely separate from it now otters in its boarding ! arrangements in the family of the rev g w hege j and i:i its scientific and literary departments unusual attractions to young ladies who desire to acquire a finished education embracing music and other fem inine accomplishments for brief circulars giving particulars in relation to either tlie college or the seminary address the j rev <;. w hege a m or j m newson yadkin college via lexington n c march 30 1s66 l-d&wlra i — — — ■ ■ i ■ ■— — - - - ■ i ihe daily express petersburg va has entered ujion its fifteenth year in an en • iarged form with new type under auspi es highly j ttatterinnr t has a large and daily increasing ch | culati n and otters to merchants and others desiring | to communicate with the southern public advanta ; ges surpassed t v none advertising rates one sql'are two week to 00 one month fi 00 : two months 1 0 three months 5 00 six months 24 00 one year 40 00 two sqt'akes two weriks 10 00 one month % 12 00 two months 15 00 three months 18 00 < six months 30 oo one year bu 00 subscription rates : single opv 5 cts one month 75 cts ' three months 2 six nnnths s3 one year 16 address a y geutchfield * co ' mar 29 d&w2w petersburg va