The Old North State

              l:^hpltlft i *". d_«bfe_^__.-w v^^s jr pr jr %"^ lewis ii ayes editor v proprietor " the old orth stale forerer — gaston single copies fire cents salisbury n c saturday june 29 1867 whole no 219 vol ii no 3s know thy destiny madame e f thornton the great en glish astrologist clairvoyant aud psycho metrician who has astonished the scientific classes of the < 1<1 world has now located her mlf at hudson x v madame thornton possesses such wonderful powers of second ight as to enable her to impart knowledge of the greatest importance to the single or married of either sex while in a state of trance she delineates the very features ofthe person you are to many and by the aid of an instrument of intense power known a.s the pscliomotr p nnr-.ii,r.m'.s to prod ace a life like picture of the future husband or wife of the applicant together with date of marriage position in life leading traits of character dec this is no humbug as thousands of testimonials can assert she will send when desired a certified certificate sir written guar antee that the picture is what it purports to be _ by enclosing a small lock of hair and stating place sit birth airs disposition and complexion and enclosing fifty cents and stamped envelope addressed t yourself you | will receive the picture and desired informa tion by return mail all communications sa credly confidential address in confidence madame e p thornton p 0 box 223 hudson x y mar 28 18g7 tw-ly 6?j yorxsi lady returning to her country home after a sojourn of a few months iu the city was hardly recognised by her frieuds in place of a coarse rustic flushed face she had a sofl ruby complexion of almost marble smoothness and instead of twenty i three she really appeared but eighteen upon inquiry as to the cause of s great a change j she plainly told them that she used the cir | cassian balm ami considered it an inval : liable acquisition to any lady's toilet by its use any lady sir gentlemau s-.-m improve their personal appearance an hundred fold it is simple iu its combination as nature herself is simple yet unsurpassed in its efficacy in drawing impurities from also healiug cleans ing and beautifying the skiu and complexiou by its direct action on the cuticle it draws from it all its impurities kindly healing the same ami leaving the surface as nature intended it hou!d be clear soft smooth aud beautiful price s sriit by mail or express ou recept of an oiiler by w l clark a co chemists nu .'{. west fayette st syracuse n y j tin only american agents for the sale of th same march 23-tw ly tlif world astonished at till whnmi'iri revelations made by tin great astrolouist zatadanie k a pcrrigo sh reveals secrets no mortals ever knew slis restores to happines those who from dole lul evuts eatas trophies crosses in love loss fof reations and friends loss of money c have become despondent she brings togeth er those loin separated gives information con crening absent friends or lovers restores lost or stolen property tells you the business you are best qualified to pursue and in what you will be most successful causes speedy mar riages ami tells y.ui the very day you will marry gives y-u the mime likeness and i characteristics ofthe person she reads your very thoughts and by her almost superuatur | al pows-rs unveils the dark and hidden myste ' ries of the future from the stars we see in tin firmament the malefic stars thai over i come or oredoininate in the configuration — | from the aspects and positions ofthe planets i and the fixed stars in the heavens it the time , of birth she deduces the future destiny of man fail not to consult the greatest astrol ouist on earth it costs you but a trifle and you may never again have so favorable an op portunity consultation fee with likeness and all desired information 1 parties liv ing at a distance s-au consult the madame by mail with safety and satisfaction to themselves as if in person a full and explicit chart written out with all iuquiries auswered and ikeness euclosed sent hy mail mi receipt ol price above mentioned the strictest secre cy will hi maintained and all eorrespoudence returned or destroyed references f tlm high est order furnished those desiring them write plainly the day ofthe month and year in which you were born enclosing a small lock of hair address mllilmi ii a i kim.'ii 111 p.o drawer 293 buffalo n y inarch 28 18g7 twly there cometh glad tidings of joy to all to young and to old to great and t small ; the beauty which once was so precious ami rare is free for all and all may be fair bv i lie use ol chastellar's white liquid e n a m e i for improving and beautifying the com plexion the most valuable and perfect preparation in use for giving ihe skin a beautiful pearl like tint that is only found iu youth it quick ly removes tan freckles pimples blotches moth patches shallowness eruptions and all impurities oi the skin kindly healing the same leaving the skin white and clear as alabaster its use can not be detected by the closest scru tiny and being a vegetable preparation is per fes'tlv harmless his the only article ofthe kind used by the french aud is considered by the parisian a iudispensable to a perfect toil et upwards of 30,000 bottle were sold during the ia<t year a sufficient guarantee of its s fli cacy price only scents sent by mail post paid on receipt of au order bv berger s ii utts co chemists 285 river st troy x y april 1/67 tn ly special jvotices marriage uide.-y:,uxg,s g,:eat ° physiological work or every one liis own doctor — us-ing a private instructor for married persons or those about to marry both male and female in everything concern ing the physiology and relations of our sexual system and the production or pre vention of offspring including all the new dit-coveries never before given in the eng ii'hii lmjrim-t by w**r l'ouno m j this i really a valuable and interesting work it is written in plain language fox the general reader and is illustrated with upwards of one hundred engravings all young married people or those contem plating marriage and having the least im pediment to married life should read this book it discloses secrets that every one should be acquainted with still it is a bosik that must be locked up and not lio about the house it will be sent to any one on the receipt of fifty cents address dr wm young no 416 spruce st above fourth philadelphia june 16,'gg g4tw&wly reparator capilli throw away your false frizzed ysiur switches youi wig destructive of comfort and usit worth a fig ( oiiir aged come youthful come ugly and fair and rejoice in yoor own luxuriant hair reparator capilli for restoring hair upon bald heads from whatever cause it may have fallen suit nud forcing a growth of hair upon the lace it has no equal il will force the beard to grow up on tin smoothest face in front five t > eight weeks su hair upon bald heads in from two to three mouths a few ignorant practition ers have asserted that then is nothing that will force or hasten the growth ofthe bair or heard their assertions are false as thous andsof living witnesses from their own expe rience can bear witness l.ut many will say how ii*s we t » distinguish tlie genuine from the spurious ? it eertainly is difficult as nine-tenths of the different prepaiations advertised for the hair and beard are entirely worthless aud yon may have already thrown away large amounts in their purchase to such we wsiuhl say try the reparator capilli it ill <-.-,•+ ...... r - l *» .**■ 1 _« f_,h . up to our representations if your druggist does not l.s'i'p it send us one dssllar and we will forward \*. psist paid together with a re ceipt for the money which will he returned you sui application providing entire satisfac tion is not given address w l clark & co chemists no 3 west fayette street syracuse n y march 28 18g7 tw-ly afflicted suffer no more when l.y his use of dr jolxvilllvs el ixiryou can be cured permanently uud at a trifling s-sist tin astonishing success wliich has attended this invaluable medicine for physical and ner vous wsmmicss general debility anil prostra tion loss of muscular energy mpotency or any ofthe consequences of youthful indiscretion renders it the most valuable preparation ever discovered it will rem jvc all nervous affections depres sion excitement incapacity io study or lnisi ! hi's loss nf memory confusion thoughts of self destruction fears of insanity c it will restore tin appetite renew tlie health of those who have destroyed it l>y sensual excess or evil practices loung men he humbugged no more by quack ! doctors aiul ignorant practitioners hut send without delay for tin elixir and he at once re stored to health and happiness a perfect cure is guaranteed iu every instance price j or four bottles in one address 3 one bottle is sufficient to effect a cure in all ordinary ca-'es also.dr joixtille's specific pills ; for the speedy and permanent cure of gonorrhea i gleet urethral discharges gravel stricture 1 ami ill affections of tlie kidrcys and bladder cures effectcc in from one t <> live days they are prepared from vegetable extracts that are harmless on iln system and never nauseate the stomach sn impregnate the breath no change oi diet is necessary while using them nor does ths-ir action in any liutnner interfere with business pur suits price 1 per box eitherof the above-mentioned articles wil be sent to any address closely sealed and post-paid by mail or express on receipt of price address all orders to berger shutts & co chemists no *._.*%_> river street troy x v april •_,'(!?. tw-ly free to everybody a large i pp circular giving information nf the greatest importance to the young of . both sexes it ieaches how the homely may become beautiful the despised respected and the for saken loved no young lady or gentleman should fail to send their address and receive a copy post paid by return mail address p.o drawer 21 troy n.y april l.'ii tw-ly a card to invalids a clergyman while residing iu smith america a a missionary discovered a safe and simple rem ei.v fur the cure of nervous weakness early de cay diseases ofthe crinary and seminal organs and the whole train of disorders brought on by baneful and vicious habits great numbers have been already cured by this noble remedy promp ted by a desire to benefit t e afflicted andunfor ir.ii.il i will send the receipt for preparing and using this medicine in a sealed envelop , to any one who ueeds it fbjje of chakoe address joseph t inman station 1 bible bouse j li l»i.ii — t \ . 1 \ xew york city i the old north state tri weekly 3 rates of subscription ._£__ terms-cash in advance tri weekly one year - - so 00 six months - - 3.0u * one mouth - - 76 cts weekly woe kl pftpof or w - - - • 9 oki " " six months - • 1.50 " " ten copies one year - 22.0ft " " twenty copies one year 40.00 a cross ra on the paper indicates the expiration of the subscription the type on which the old xokth state is printed is entirely new no pains will be spared to j make it a welcome visitor to every family in order i to do this we have engaged the servicessof able and accomplished literary contributors advertising rates transient rates for all periods less than one mouth one square first insertion 1.00 each subsequent insertion 50 contract rates for periods of one to four months 1 ml | 2 ms | 3 ml j 4 mo fi mo 1 sqvare 5.00 88.50 1 12.00 5.00 20.00 2 8qcabes 7.50 13 00 | 17.00 21.00 27,00 3 squares 10.00 16,00 21.00 26,00 34 01.1 4 squares 12 00 18 00 23,00 28(10 37.00 j qi-ak col 13.00 19.00 24 00 2900 38,50 half col 20.00 27.00 33 00 38 00 44.00 j 3 qi ak col 25 00 33 00 40 00 45 00 50.00 one col 30.00 42.00 62,00 00.00 70.00 special contracts will lie made with those who desire to advertise for a longer term than lour months court notices and advertisements wili be charged at the usual rates tell lines of solid minion type or about one inch lengthwise of the column constitute a square special notices in leaded minion will bo con tracted for at the office at not less than double the rate of ordinary advertisements inserted as reading matter with approval o theeditors fifty cents per liiis advertisements inserted irregularly or at inter vals 25 per cent additional the rates abov printed are for standing adver tisements one or two squares changeable at discretion 0 per cent additional more than two squares changeable at discre tion per square of ten lines for every change twenty-live cents five squares estimated as a quarter column and ten squares as a half column bills for ad ! vertising whether by the day or year will be j r*i*>w f*1 rl i it*f r dnm iod f»*\\\*-\r»i l»l *-»»-* *.*•.».*«-.«.*-<-».*-» *.»■» from the savannah news to the preedmen of g-eorgia the following letter from a colored man applies with equal force to the colored peo ple of north carolina : savannah may 28th 1sg7 on the eve of leaving america for a short stay in europe 1 feel not only the inclination hut deem it my duty to ad dress a few parting words to my people whose welfare lies next to my heart and j whose interests are the theme of my j thoughts by day and my dreams by night j these ideas are dictated not only by a fix ed resolution determined by observation ofthe present political aspect but also by | what 1 have observed through a prolong ed residence in both sections ofthe united states lu doing this 1 am well aware from past experience that i shall no doubt call down upon my head the vials of wrath of the radical party at the south and if deemed important enough perhaps of the north also ; but i speak the words of truth and soberress and i earnestly en treat my people everywhere not to be per suaded by the wild inventions of party iae i i tion addressed to them on issues entirely i outside of their material interests but to listen to the words of one who has no per sonal advantage to subserve and who in making these remarks is actuated simply by a desire to see his people pursue a course i consistent with their past situation and . their future responsibilities and duties j for my colored brethren we have most serious responsibilities and duties in the future spring from a state of slavery to one which makes us legislators and gives us a voice as potential as that of our late masters in the government ofthe country ' not the southern country only but tins united states at large ; for reconstruc ion is about to ensue on our admission to po litical rights and our vote in georgia tor federal offices is equal to the vote of the white man north and south for the 1 ed er.tl offices the first question that arises under this state of affairs is are we prepared by education or otherwise to select the best . men for office ." and if not whom are we to look for advice in this question which so deeply involves the fate of our people to the first proposition 1 think that the educated and thinking men of my people must answer that with few exceptions mv people are not capable of the neces sary discrimination ;" and this is not ne cessarily the result of any inferiority of race as may be suggested but is the re sult of what wsiuld be in any long contin ued slavery aud a general want of educa . tion i now then niy people under these cir cumstances to whom shall we look for j advice . hall it be to the people of the northern states or to the people of the south — to the stranger who preaches be ; nevolence or to the friends whom iceknew from infancy ? it is true that the north . has struck the fetters from our limbs ; but we are to enquire seriously as to this ques tion while we are bound in gratitude to thank them for this service whether this action was the result ol love to the colored man or of hatred to the rebellion audits adherents this question is one of too much intri cacy for me to argue here i merely sug gest to yon the expediency of deep and abiding thought and speculation on it — they are ; for i love acts and not theories and the pharisee holds small position in my mind when he is brought in contact wi.ii the conscientious levite i have lived at the north — this philanthropic north — which has fought our battle and liberated us on a political question — a philanthropy which was achieved altogeth er at the cost of our late masters and did not cost anybody else one cent i grew up with southern white boys played with them and love them i have met only unvarying kindness at the hands of our southern men i caunot say the same of northern men but leaving all this out ofthe question to whose interests are you to trust ? av ill you rely on the man whose interests are involved with the looms of new england and the mines of pennsylvania where you can never live or be employed or will you trus to the planter of rice and cotton in whose country you live and whose inter ests are identically yours ? can't you see that vour interests are identically those of the people of the south ? that as they prosper you will prosper that as they are impoverished by taxation or legisla tion you will be impoverished also now if this be true and common sense will clearly show you that it is the southern peopleare not going to vote or legislate to im loverish themselves and if their in tertsts are your interests ought you not to take their advice on these political mat ters in which your future is greatly in volved . 1 hardly think it admits of a question now my brethren you are southern imii live at the south raised at the south _. - ---■ *- -" <-'--* , _. -— ■ <•-.-— iudissolubly linked with the south dem agogues may strive to persuade you oth erwise bul i have lived among them ; i know the status of the colored man among them ; and in fact to sustain and fortify my position 1 need only to point to illi nois and other northern states where a colored man is not permitted by their laws to reside such a law never has been en acted and never would have been enacted in i southern state and this you very ' well know to those then my people with whom j vou have been raised and among whom you were born ; to those accustomed to your habits and manners ; to those among whom you live and whose interests are clearly your interests ; to those who are the only parties to whom you must look for work and subsistence ; to those who sympathize with you and yours to those i among whom you live aud move aud have i your being ; aud finally to those who as 1 believe before god are the only friends \ and lire-servers of the colored men i en join you to turn — to take example advice and precedent from those whom you know and while you treat the stranger kindly trust above all to old and well tried friend henry gwinn the iliad death in ireland a cor respondent of the new york sun writing from dublin on the 12th inst says for more than a year past a mysterious and deadly disease has made its appear ance here at first it created no alarm aud comment upon it was confined to phy sicians and s cien ilie men now it hue ae sumed a formidable aspect as cases shoot j up here and there in various parts of the j city spieading alarm by their fatal terini j nation it is generally pronounced to be purple typhus fever whatever it is there is much mystery about it and it may spread further than our shores at present it is happily confined to dublin only one i two cases having occurred in the prov inces there have been onlv fifty cases altogether it is called suggestively and appropriately the black death a disease called by that name said to be more fatal than the present one devasta ted ireland before the english invasion and inure than once in the middle ages its last appearance herewasin 173g,andit was more fatal than any plague the dis ease is now it is believed disappearing or at least the cases reported are very few -*^ . captain i'itz formerly of the firm of ponahoe ralston & co bankers died at x;!n francisco iune gth in a clause in his will he bequeaths 20,000 to the sec retary of the treasury the interest to be applied in cancelling the national debt ihe cincinnati express train which left cleveland on saturday morning ran into a two-horse wagon near gal ion station and killed a man earned wilson snipes aud h wife and injured three children second military district letter from general sickus to senator wilsoti — insufficiency of the appropria tion to harry out the reconstruction headq'rs 2d mil'ydist \ charleston june is 1sg7 ) hon henry wilson chief military committee united states senate mr dear sir : it is probable in view of existing circumstance ihat congress will convene in july it is proper there fore i should inform you that the appro priation of 500,000 to execute the re construction acts is altogether inadequate i am informed that my estimates for april and may are less than those oi other dis trict commanders indeed the whole sum i was more than absorbed by the estimates for may for the carolinas at least 5u0 000 will he required i have applied to the navy and treas ; ry departments for certain facilities wliich | m view ofthe small appropriation 1 pre sumed would be granted but my requests have not been favorably considered i understand that the secretary of the navy assigned as his reason that no aid must be expected from that department in the exe cution of the reconstruction acts of con gress the secretary of the treasury i expressed his desire to do all he could but did not feel at liberty to make any dis { bursements for objects not precisely within j the jurisdiction of his department it is j usual 1 believe when the appropriation ! for an object authorized by congress is in sufficient to make the necessary expendi ' hires and trust to a deficiency biil but in i tlie execution of these acts this course will j be impracticable inasmuch as the princi pal disbursements are for the services of persons who depend upon their pay for support 1 have the honor to suggest for your consideration and of your colleagues as well that the interests of the public ser vice require without delay a further appro priation to execute the acts nf congress for the government of the rebel states very respectfully d e sickles iiiaj ij,en moral courage — a thrilling in cident — genera sherman says the great est demand ever made on his moral cour age was under the following circumstances the citizens of san francisco were cel ebrating the 4th of j uly in the large amer ican theatre which was packed to its ut j most capacity general sherman was chief marshal and occupied a seat near the front of the stage the orator had com pleted his oration the poet began his song when one of his aids white with fear made his way down the middle aisle to the foot light and beckoning the general's ear whispered to him that the theatre had set tled a foot and a half in one of the side walls under the weight of the crowd and might be expected any moment to tumble on their heads in ruins the general com manded him to sit down where he was without turning his panic-smitten face to the audience and to say not a word he then quietly sent an aid out to report the condition of the wall ; then gave his appa rent attention to the poem expecting every moment as he said to see the pillars reel ing and the roof falling in ; but neverthe less certain that any general and sudden movement and affright ofthe people would hasten the catastrophe aud aggravate the ruin while by the ordinary slow method of d spersion the danger might possibly be escaped the exercises continued calm ly to the close the audience left the _/ theatre quietly without suspecting their peril and the terrible destruction was avert ed by the presence of mind the self-con fro1 ofthe brave soul who contemplating at one glance all the possibilities of the | case decided upon the poiicy of duty and ! awaited without one betraying glance or j treacherous change of complexion the un certain tremendous consequences secretary stanton has written general sickles declining to grant his request to i be relieved from command of the carolinas j it will be remembered tlmt general sickles sent his request to the secretary of war ' the managers of the < bio wool grow ! ers association has determined to call a state convention of the friends of a protect ■ ive policy to be held at cleveland on the 4th of july to consider the late noraina tion of gen hayes for governor ol ohio i who is understood to bu a free-trade mai . a match game of billiards for the cham pionship of ohio 1,500 points carom — i was played friday evening at cleveland between john frawley oi cleveland and harry choate of cincinnati frawley was the winner by 522 points his lar gest run was 1^5 his average 11 the owner ofthe horse hermit the un expected winni r ol the last derby silences any conscientious scruples ou tbe gambling question that may trouble him by tin pay ment of tithes he 1ms appropriated 60 000 of bis winnings about one-tenth to i the restoration ot the lincoln cathedral prom tie raleigh sentinel state of north carolina ) executive department > kaleigh june 22d 1867 > editors sentinel : — the general assem bly on the 1st of march 1sg7 passed a resolution in the following words vi . " that in all cases when a soldier in the confederate or state service has had a leg or arm so paralyzed from wounds received while in the service that the leg or arm has become useless although it may not have been necessary to amputate the same that in all such cases when the governor | is satisfied that the leg or arm of the per : son above described really is useless that ■ the governor shall order the treasurer to pay to such invalid the sum of seventy dollars as commutation for the loss of the leg and fifty dollars for the arm to enable the disabled men intended to be provided for under this resolution to ■ get the benefit of the saint without com i ing to kaleigh for personal inspection 1 sent a csipy of the resolution to each of the clerks ofthe county courts and thought i would sufficiently protect the treasury iu giving my warrant ssn the treasurer upon the certificate of the clerk of th county in ! which the applicant resided that he fell ' within the provisions of the resolution — printed blank certificates were prepared and . sent to theclerks which adopted the words of thi resolution after several applicants hail sent in their certificates and drawn the money 1 found that many benevolent clerks construe the words useless as synon ■ mous with " impaired ;" and some drew money when tlie injury very slightly im paired the limb 1 felt it my duty to re i voke the nils sit paying upon the certifi cates of the clerks and to require all ap plicants to come here in person 1 con i strue the words " paralyzed and " use less as they are defined by webster and other approved lexicographers 1 publish this construction to save par ties the trouble of making application in cases where the law as 1 construe it ds.es not authorize me to do any anything for them editors of newspapers will no doubt ov o . iv l in j.niiit iun*ii leu in lih above by publishing this or briefly stating its contents jonathan worth governor of north carolina mm how to destroy the tobacco fly — a correspondent of the louisville cou rier thus describes the results of his expe riments in destroying the tobacco fly which we give for the benefit of those engaged in the tobacco culture : having like all other tobacco plamt ers suffered for years by the ravages of this destructive and annoying insect i proceeded to watch its movements and as certain its habits i found it intensely fond of sucking tin bloom of the james town more generally speaking the jim ; son weed wild morning glory etc bur especially the former accordingly at the time of setting out the plants i set out among them some eight or ten jimson plants which like all other evil weeds 1 grew up and bloomed just in time for the objects of this cuss of an insect 1 pro cured from a druggist about an ounce of ; pulverized fly powder or fly stone mixed it with water making it very sweet with honey sugar or molasses will do as well put it in a half-pint bottle with a corkstop '.. per into which i inserted a goose quill — thu armed and equipped 1 went every < evening between sunset and twilight about : and dropped the mixture into the bloom ! of the jimson ansi the next day would ; pick up handsful ofthe insects lying dead under the nearest trees or in the corn-field closest to the tolmeco-patch three milkmen were fined 20 apiece ' in new york a few da s bince for mixing water with tin ir milk prior to serving their customers the number of voters registered in lou isiana to ths 16th instant was 69,111 of which 2~j,l>2 were whites and 44,779 negroes a game f chess is to be played by tel egraph between the new york chess i bib and tlm michigan club of detroit beginning on this monday evening the repaired atlantic cable continues to work e f e ly i was found to have been absolutely crushed notwithstanding it heavy iron armor tor tin length ot ai ft awlcastone thousand crates of vegeta ble of new york were shipped from sa vannah la.-t week by a siugle steamer a considerable quantity of cotton was exclud ed for want of room tin concord n ii patriot says that two gi mtlemen of ilsat city recently made an excursion to new brunswick and brought back about three hundred young laud-lock salmon to put in lakes winni pisseogee suuapee and squam planters in alabama have been feeding shelled corn to their mules the animals wallow it without masticatipn and die of : indigestion iu great numbers