tw>v it _ 3 _* <^?^ jk off 1 a i#i6 lewis iii yi:s editor a proprietor the old j¥orth state foreyer gaston single i;o2>ies five cents voll salisbury n c thursday march 28 1867 number 137 fc — — ■ i ■■—— itm1ttw business cards sprague ijrost brokers seep constantly on hand revenue stamps bp sums of tglo aud over 1v*jt cent jis o-ant allowi'd ~*- 5 j t n 2 3in * j w b1ttiin ( h middle room ifc neely & young's new brick building ; main street salisbury \. c dealers in dry goods gro ceries hardware boots shoes hate c salisbury n ('.. mm li 7 1st 7 im so barrels im large mer cer potatoes jusl received at march 7 lm bittings new crop cuba molasses another cargo expected ! we shall have another cargo of new crop cuba molasses in about ten days scud in your orders at once to secure if worth & daniel march hi t\r2w wilmington n c j u uksst i vt chambers t h koiikks noble smith hess roger & chambers iml'oktklt tino jobbers i i sa i " 1 ■» ■" 1 - s <^ fancy goods etc etc no ill market street i'eti':r:2-i'"s»hi.'i mptfo 1896 tw-fim " g f pritchard with f areaeid s7 o h 21 . impoktelts mam i'm it kkks and wuol es 1 i e de ! l ers ix hats ciijis furs fc straw goods no 51 north third street ( i5cl \\ ecu mulkct ii.it l.cn.i p ii i la e v 1 p h i n . wm m vaklllm k 1.1 li work sept 90,1866 tw-fim ol stores il n r with hood b5 o o in h r a i !* i v v q ., wholesale dealers in foreign & domestic dry goods nti 529 market street 526 ( iiiiiiiiciii st . ) p ii i l a i i i 1 hi a ept 20 isfifi tw-fim he wry w 33 k 33 ii e atj - of north carolina with james palmer & co wholesale druggu'ts wis paixtst a\ss dve-stlffs no 139 market street r ii i l a d *: i %' ii i a , ept 20 1866 tw-fim hexky w belcher & co si '( i'.ss.il.'s lo kackest belchi^dlco wholesale grocrs at th ll i.i stand s and 30 reich street east broadway h:w vosssi sept 20 1866 tw-fim p g willi 1 1 n <".. daniel worth & daniel shipping and commission merchants wilmington n c tyealeus in bagging rope j iron t.i-s lime plaster cement hair genuine peruvian uuuuo direel rromgoveruuient agents salt il;i hint ;• 1 k tldsol < mil ageuts for banglis lluw tlone super phosphate of i.i ill agents for the philadelphia southern mail steam 1 ahipline agents for goodsp e l*s weekly steamship line from . new vurk agents for jonas smith & t'o 1 .-.. line of now york fail packets feb ks.'fit cm spring importation 1867 re ssst aid straw goods n — . — armstrong cator & co importers and jobbers of ribbons bonnet silks nul satins blonds nc/is crapes velvets ruches hotar feathers straw bonnets and indies hals trimmed and untrimmed shaker hoods c g37aud 239 baltimore street baltimore md offer the largest stock to l>e found in this country and unequalled in choice variety and cheapness orders solicited and prompt attention feb 28,'67 m a i yertisemexts state of north carolina ) rowan county ) joseph 0 white i i vs j original attachment the national kx }► levied on personal press iiiitl traus j property portati-.mcokip'y j i**»|»poj\ri-ng to the satisfaction of the court thattlic iii-t'i'iiiiaiits in this case reside beyond the limits of the state it is therefore ordered by the court that publication be made in the jlil north state for six consecutive weeks notifying said absent defendants to be and ap pear at the next term of this court to he held for the county of rowan at the court-house in salisbury on the first monday in may next thi'ii and there to plead answer or demur oth erwise judgment tiiiitl will be entered against them and the property levied on sold to satis fy the plaintiffs judgment and costs witness obadiah woodson clerk of our said court at oifice in salisbury the 1st mon day in february a 1 1867 and in the nine . ty first year of our independence obadiah woodson clerk march 1 hfi pr fee 10 w6w state of j&orth carolina ) montgomery county $ in equity — c j cochran and others vs heirs at law of touey monroe — petition for sale of land for partition it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the heirs at law of terry monroe aud a j cochrane are non-resident defen dents it is ordered that publication be made i fur six weeks in the old north state noti fying them of the filiug of this petition and ; commanding them to appear at the next term ofthis court to be held at the court house in l troy un the last mouday in february next j then aud there to plead answer or demur to the facts set forth in the petition or the cause will be heard ex parte and judgment pro con fi-ssii rendered against them <:. y montgomery c m e feb 14 pr fee 10 wcw s j \ 1 te of north carolina ) rowan county ] robert murphy vs original attachment the national ex \ levied on personal i press and transpor property | tntiini 4 ui(i'()i i it appearing to the satisfaction of the court ( thai the defendants in this case reside beyond i the limits ofthis state it is therefore ordered by the court that publication be made iu the old north state fur six consecutive weeks no • tifying said defendants to be and appear at the 1 next term of this court to be held tor the coun ty of rowan at the co rt-house in salisbury on the first monday in may next then and ] there to plead answer or demur otherwise judgment final will be entered against them and the property levied on to satisfy the plain tiff's judgment and costs witness obadiah woodson clerk of our said court at office in salisbury the first mon day in february a 1 isti and in the nine ty-first year of our independence obadiah woodson clerk march 1 1867 pr fee$10 w6w rjorth carolina ) court of pleas £ quarter davidson county \ sessions feb term,lsffl lotiiil.i'.l nml adderton ) , ,. , f attachment hamilton j mcguire ) levied on land it appealing to the satisfaction of the court that hamilton j mcginn — the defendant in this rase is a non-resident ofthis state it is therefore ordered by the court that publication be made for six weeks in the old north state notifying the said hamilton j mcguire to be and appear at the next term of this court to be held for the county of davidson at the court house in lexington on the second monday in may next then and there to plead answer or demur otherwisejudgineiit final will be entered against him and the land levied on sold to satisfy the plaintiff's judgment und costs witness i k . perryman clerk of said court at of licefn lexington tlie second monday in feb a 1 1857 i k perryman clerk march 16 prfeetlo w f w ' vaiiuauz-fi plantation flouring mill to rent as agent of col geo t barnes ■"■ i wish to rent for cash the planta tion and mill owned by the late dr saml kerr the plantation has about looo acres oi open land in a high state nf cultivation and is well adapt ed to the raising of cotton tobacco wheat and corn and is one of the most desirable i places for cultivation in the county the ' dwelling house is large and commodious sur rounded by one of the most beautiful and or namental gardens in the country the mill has three sets of stones and is a ( superior mill in every resptct having a large j custom and pleniy of water parties wishing ! to obtain further information can do sohyeal | ing on me in salisbury or on lieut warden on the premises luke blackmer sept 20 1 s ill tw-tf agent t " ' ' new tailoring establishment the subscribe has just opened a new tailoring establishment in the building of i thomas e brown up . tairs in the room former i ly occupied by wm k wdson as a jewelry atoie opposite murphy's granite row he has had a long experience in the business and feels c\mfi denl of his ability to give entire patisfaetion to all who may favor him with their patronage he believes that his work cannot lie surpassed by that of any tailor in tha slate be is prepared to do all kinds of work in his line at the shortest no i tire his punctualitj may be implicitly depend .' . ed upon be solicits work which will be doue j as cheap as theohe-jp st all kinds of country produce taken in exchange : for work at the market price william howard salisbury x c.jan 12 l-titi tf to a r it 1 v k ix a few days a large assortment of grass seeds at 1 feb.28 enniss drug stoub ' the old north state tri weekly s3 rates of subscription 3 terms cash in advance tri weekly one year - *■ - 5.oo " six months - - 3.00 «' one mouth - - 75 cts weekly wee kly paper one year - - - 3.00 " " six mouths - - 1.50 " " ten copies one year - 22.00 " « twenty copies one year 40.00 a cross on the paper indicates tlie expiration of tlie subscription the type on which the old north state is printed is entirely new no pains will lie spared to make it a welcome visitor to every family in order to do this we have engaged the services of able and accomplished literary contributors advertising^rates transient hates for all periods less than one mouth one square first insertion si 00 each subsequent insertion 50 contract rates for periods of one to four months 1 mil | 2 mo | 3 mo 4 mo 0 mo 1 square 500 j8.50 12.00 5.00 20 00 2 square3 7.50 13 00 17 00 21.00 27.00 3 squares 10 00 16,00 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squares estimated n a quarter column ! cerusmg whether by the day or year will be considered due and collectable on presentation the suplementary sill objections of the president no consider ation could induce him to sign it — itputs tjiepeoplh of the south under constraint 1 , — it violates the constitution aud the theory of republican ism — the bill pass es over the president's veto and is a law so-called washington saturday march 23 the president this afternoon retured to the house of reprsentatives the supple mentary reconstruction bill accompanied ' by the following message giving his rea sons for not signing it : to the house of representatives : 1 have considered the bill entitled an act supplementary to an act entitled l an act to provide tor the more efficient gov p"nmeut of the rebel states passed march , yd 1867 and to facilitate restoration and now return it to the house of repre sentatives with my objections this bill provides for the elections in the ten states brought under the operation of the original act to which it is supplement ary its details are principally directed to the elections for the formation of the state constitution ; but by the sixth sec tion of the bill all elections iu these states occurring while the original act re mains in force are brought within its pur view referring to the details it avill be found that first of all there is to be a re ' gistration of the voters no one whose ' name has not been admitted on the list is to be allowed to vote at any of these-elec tions to ascertain who is entitled to re gistration reference is made necessary by the express language ofthe supplement to the original act and to the pending bill — the fifth section ofthe original act provides as to voters that they shall be " male cit ! izens of the state twenty-one years old and upward of whatever race color or previous condition who have been resi dent of said state for one year this is the general qualification followed howev er by many exceptions no one can he registered according to the original act i who may be disfranchised for participa ! tion in the rebellion a provision which left undetermined the question as to what amounted to disfranchisement and wheth er without a judicial sentence the act it self produced that effect this supplemen tary bill superadds an oath to be taken hy every person before his name can be admit ted upon the registration that he has not j been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the united states " it thus imposes upon every per son the necessity and responsibility of de ciding for himself under the peril of pun ' ishment by a military commission if he , make a mistake what works disfranchise , i ment by participation in rebellion and what amounts to such participation al most every man — the negro as well as the white — above twenty-one years of ag : who was resident in these ten state du | ring the rebellion voluntarily or involunta i i rily at some time and iu borne way did • participate in resistance to the lawful au thority of the general government the question with the citizen to whom this oath is to be proposed must be a fearful one ; foi while it does not declare that p'rjury may be assigned for such false stfyiriug nor fix any penalty for the offence we must not forget that martial jaw prevails that every person is anewer able to a military commission wuhou.t any previous presentment by a grand jury foi any charge that may be made against him 1 and that the supreme authority ofthe mil ; ilary commander determines the question ! as to what is an offense and what is to be the measure of punishment the fourth section of the bill provides that the commanding general of each dis trict shall appoint as many boards of regis tration as may be necessary consisting of . three loyafofiicers or persons the only qualification stated for these officers is that they must be " loyal they may be per sons in the military service or civilians residents of the state or strangers yet these persons are to exercise most impor | portant duties and are vested with un : limited discretion they are to decide ! what names shail be placed upon the reg ister and from tlieir decision there is to be no appeal they are to superintend the i elections to decide all questions which may arise they are to have he custody j of ihe ballots and to make return of the \ persons elected whatever frauds or er rors they commit must past without re dress all that is left for the commanding general is to receive the return of the elec tions open the same and ascertain who are chosen according to the returns of the officers who conducted said elections — by such means and with this sort of agen cy are the conventions of delegates to be i constituted as the delegates arc to speak for the people common justice would seem to re ! quire that they should have authority from ; the people themselves no convention so constituted will in any sense represent the ! wishes ot the inhabitants of these states i «? . i u i :„„ .._„, .,,,;.„, a .,,-. these laws by a construction which the uncertainty ot the clause as to disfran chisement leaves open to the board of offi cers the great body ofthe people may be \ excluded from the polls ai.d from all op | purtunity of expressing their own wishes ■ or voting for delegates who will faithfully reflect their sentiments i do not deem it necessary further to in vestigate the details of the bill no con sideration could induce me to give my ap proval to such an election law for any pur pose especially for the great purpose of framing the constitution of a st.atc if ev er the american citizen should be left to the free exercise of his own judgment it is when he is engaged in the work of forming the fundamental law under which he is to live that work is his work and it can iio properly he taken out of his hands — all this legislation proceeds upon the con trary assumption that the people of each of these states shall have no constitution except such as may be arbitrarily dictated by congress and formed under the re straint of military rule a plain statement of facts makes this evident in all these states there are existing constitutions formed in the accustomed way by the people congress however declares that these constitutions are not loyal and republican and requires the people to form them anew what then in the opinion of congress is necessary to make the constitution of a s-ate loyal and republican ?" the original act an swers the question : it is universal negro suffrage — a question which the federal constitution leaves to the states them selves all this legislative machinery of martial law military coercion and politi cal disfranchisriu"ieiit is avowedly foi that purpose and hbnn other the existing constitutions of the ten states conform to tic acknowledged standards of loyalty and republicanism indeed if there are de grees in republican forms of government their constitutions are more republican now thin when these states — four of which were members of the original thirteen — first became members of the union congress does not now demand that a single provision of their constitutions be changed except such as confine suffrage to the white population it is apparent therefore that these provisions do not con form to the standard of republicanism which congress seeks to establish that there may be no mistake it is only necessary that reference should be made to the origi nal act which declares such constitution shall provide that th-i elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as have the qualifications herein stated f r electors of delegates what class of per sons is here meant clearly appears in the same section that is to say : — the male citizens of said state twentz-one years old and upward of whatever race color or previous condition who have been resident ! in said state for one year previous to tie day of such election without these provisions no constitu tion which can be framed in any one of the ten states will be of any avail with conr ' gress thi then is the test of what the constitution of a state ofthis union must contain to make it republican measured by such a standard how few of the states now composing the union have republican constitutions ! if in the exercise of the constitutional guaranty thujt congress shall secure to every state a rcoublieaa form of government universal suffrage for blacks as well as whites is a sine qua nan tlie work of reconstruction may as well begin | in ohio as in virginia in pennsylvania as in north carolina when i contemplate the millions of our fellow citizens ofthe smith with no alter native left but to impose upon themselves this fearful and antried experiment to com plete negro enfranchisement and while | disfranchisement it nitty be almost as com plete or submit indefinitely to the rigor of martial law without a single attribute of j ! freemen deprived of all the sacred guaran i ties of our federal constitution and 1 threatened with even worse wrongs if any worse are possible it seems to me their condition is the most deplorable to which any people can be reduced it is true that they have been engaged in rebellion and that their object being a separation of the states and a dissolution of the union there was an otligation resting upon every loyal citizen to treat them as enemies itnd to warre war against their cause inflexibly opposed to any movement imperiling the integrity of the joverument j i did not hesitate to urge the adoption of all measures necessary for the suppression ofthe insurrection after a long and ter rible struggle the efforts of the government were triumphantly successful and the people of the south submitting to the stern arbitrament yielded forever the is sues of tht contest hostilities termina ted soon after it became my duty to as , same the responsibilities ofthe chief ex . ecutive officer of the republic and i at once endeavored to repress and control the passions which our civil strife had engen dered and no longer regarding these er , ring millions as enemies again acknow led,rod tliem ns diir friends aud ohv c.ouil tryinen the war had accomplished its objects tlie nation was saved and that ' seminal principle of mischief which from the birth ofthe government had gradual ly but inevitably brought on the rebellion was totally eradicated then it seemed ( to me was the auspicious time to com j mence the work of reconciliation ; then < when the people sought once more our x friendship and protection i considered it s our duty generously to meet them in the ] spirit of charity and forgiveness and to ( conquer them even more effectually hy the magnanimity of the nation than by the . force of its arms i yet believe that if the s policy of reconciliation then inaugurated , and which eontemplaed an early restora f tion of these people to all their political j rights had received the support of con g gross every one of these ten states and , all their people would at this moment be ( fast anchored in the union and the great , work which gave the war all its sanction . and made it just and holy would have ( been accomplished then over all the vast and fruitful regions of the south peace ( and its blessings would have prevailed , while now millions are deprived of rights g guaranteed by the constitution to every t citizen and after nearly two years of leg t islation find themselves placed under tin . absolute military despotism a military , republic — a government formed on mock . elections and supported only by the ( sword was nearly a quarter of a century ( since pronounced by daniel webster when ( speaking ofthe south american state's as f a movement indeed but a retrogade and , disastrous movement from the regular and ( old-fashioned monarchical systems and j he added : \ u if men would enjoy the blessings of republican government they must gov t em themselves by reason by mutual coun , sel and consultation by a sense and feel ing of general interest and by the acquies . cence of the minority in the will of the ma . jority properly expressed ; and above all the military must be kept accotding to the language of our bill of rights in strict subordination to the civil authority j win rever this lesson is not both learned and practiced there can he no political 1 freedom absurd preposterous is it a \ scoff and a satire on free forms of consti tutional liberty for forms of government to he prescribed by military leaders and the right of suffrage to be exercised at the , point ot the sword t i confidently believe that a tim vill come when these states will again occupy j their true positions in the l uion the \ barriers which uow seem so obstinate must yield to tie force of an eulightened and , just public opinion and sooner or later un constitutional and oppressive legislation will be effaced from our statute bu k when this hill have been consummated i pray god that th errors of the past i m ay be forgotten ami that oi.ee more we ' shall be a happy united and prosperous i people and thai at last after the bitter i and eventful experience through which 1 the nation has passed we shall all come i i to know that our only safety is thepreeer i vation of our federal constitution and in according to every american citizen and to every slate the rights which that con stitution secures andrew johnson washington march 23 1867 the house passed the bill over the ve to by a aoto of 114 to 25 without de bate the bill was afterwards passed iu the senate over the veto by a vote of 40 to 7 so it is now a law so-called c»4 headquarters { second military district north tnttl south carolina columbia s c march 2i 1867 ikxiiu.vl orders ) no l j i in compliance with central orderti no 10 headquarters of the army match 11 1867 the undersigned hereby assumes command of the second military distiict constituted hv the act of congress pub lic no gs 2d march 1867 entitled an act for the more efficient government of the rebel slates " ii in the execution ofthe duty of the commanding general to maintain the se curity of the inhabitants in their persons and property to suppress insurrection dis order and violence and to punish or cause to be punished all disturbers of the public peace and criminals the local civil tribunals will he permitted to take jurisdiction of and try offenders excepting j such ca ses as may by the order of the command ing general he referred to a commission or other military tribunal for trial iii the civil government now existing in north carolina and south carolina is provisional only and in all respects sub ject to the paramount authority ot the uni ted states at any time to abolish modify control or supercede the same local laws and municipal regulations not inconsistent with the constitution and laws ofthe uni ted states or the proclamations of the president or with such regulations as are or may he prescribed in the orders of tho commanding general are hereby declared ti be iii fuici and in coninrniil y lhtn with civil officers are hereby authorized to continue tlie exercise of their proper func tions and will be respected and obeyed by the inhabitants iv whenever any civil officer magis trate or court neglects or refuses to per forin tin official act properly required of such tribunal or officer whereby due and rightful security to person and property shall be denied the case will be reported by the post commander to these head quarters v post commanders will cause to be arrested persons charged with the commis sion of crimes and offences when the civil luthorities fail to arrest and bring such of fenders to trial and will hold the accused in custody for trial by military commis sion provost court or other tribunal or ganized pursuant to orders from these head uarters arrests by military authority will he reported promptly the charges preferred will be accompanied by the evi lence on which they are founded vi the commanding general desiring o preserve tranquility md order hy means md agencies most congenial to the people solicits the zealous and cordial co-opera tion of civil officers in the discharge of their duties and the aid of all good citi zens in preventing conduct tending to dis turb the peace and to the end that occa sion may seldom arise for the exercise of military authority in matters of ordinary civil administration the ( ommanding i ien eral respectfully and earnestly commends to the people of north and south carolina unreserved obedience to the authority now established and the diligent considerate impartial execution of the laws enacted for iheir government vi i all onle s heretofore published to the department of the south are hereby continued in force viii the following named officers are announced as the staff of the major gener al commanding : capt j vv clous 38th u s infantry act asst adjt gen and aid de-camp capt alexander moore j*sth u s in fantry aid de-camp bvt mai j r myrick 1st lieut 3d art aid de-camp aud act judge advo c ite major james p roy 6th l s infy act asst inspect < jen bvt major gen r o tyler deputy quartermaster gen l . s a chief quar tennaster bvt brig general w vv burns ma jor and < '. >.. c s a chief commissary f snl -'» ' ll e bvl lii-nr i'"l ch-ts page surg u 3 a medical di d ni!:i.h sickles mijoi ( i-euer .! ' uinmanding official j vv cl i s aid ■ c • u 1 1 p . the now (•:!•-. i i pap rs contain genttr dus and regretful notices of the late gen eral w p i bentoh u bo was a federal brigadier duri £ the war and at the time uf his di ith '■■" collector of internal reven ue in new ci leans