5 ( if >_ the old xorth slate forever gaston single copies five cents lewis hanes editor & proprietor salisbury n c thursday february 21 1867 numbkr 172 vol h puila delphi a ad ye1c ts field langstroth & co sbp0rt2&8 & 8saisr8 in foreign & domestic hardware cutlery guns etc no 4 10 market st phil ad e l imi i a . xue arc constantly receiving addi " ilitions to our stool from english french german am american manufacturers merchants visiting this city are iuvilcd to examine our which will he offered as low as any house in the country iy0«7ws will reeeivt prompt urnl careful attention -'■ l.i-'.n i 1i.i.1 t f langstroth w p maison sept 21 1800 tw v!iii it ii harris unit a ___■!• 3 it u brother imi'iilll l-.l-.s axd wuiil.l ■ ll i : ml k8 is cfftna glass & queexswabe nos -'•'; •-■"' south fourth street bel n mark : • b n«l -'--, phsladclphia okotici x vi 1 1 .. e i i.i.i:n i ; ;- l'u i>r.i i:n class n.r , v .— i ■ 1 : ■ — . . j .. i or hy tin i'nckage ul manuln tinvi'h price >•■),:■:•■ jis w ilium i j i'l iio.v umitll jsn c shi uikll m «'. cam is mi1u11e riddle sherborne & co 1 \\ l'llrti us vm wholesale dealers 1 foreign i domestic dry goods 438 market street deluw filth * «•"• merchant street philadelphia npi 20 lslifi tw-lm j a bbss "• w • ' h > i a.lis t x hoi.kis now t bjjitu hess rogers & chambers iml'uiiti iis am i.'i.iaais of nobis c.l0v2b fancy goods etc etc no ill market street philadelphia loptw 1s1k1 tiv-fim g f pritchard v1 111 rab.zxax.it2 work imouhtkus m im l-.u 11 io iis am wholesale dealers in llata laps furs & straw goods no 51 north third street between mar i fiud areh p b i i a d c 1 p b i a . wm m pah bam kollt ii wobb hepi 20 ihiiii tw-6m mm m y m m vw or rrokes co s c with « • rt i ■» i bb it r i-t-hj &, co foreip & dniestic dry goods no 529 mu till street : .'... olllllll : e st riiii.tum i ii i a , ml it an 1-166 tw-6.n oias v m0110an ai.dkht pakv1n wm a bocb b 0 ki.kintok charle e morgan & co j.mi'oi:ti:i:s ami jollllkhh or dry goods 0 market street ochw sixth philadelphia r|.t 90 1866 t w 3m henry wheeibs of xoktii l'aitolin \. with james palmer k co wholesalk oilugoli'ts oils palxc guss dye-stuffs no i:j9 market street v ii i i i i i i p hia l 811 '*'• tw-6m blackburn & holder pi j2 makers np ei!dkj ! - ' k.i •" . llliriti ibiii ul salislinri h nl tlie mu . hiim try i'll hni •■ h ul .... |, n . o and « ill to ihetll 111 till , thelli a inul ( hi.ackhlkn & mil i i l'i uiiiiuihvillo n v ursilom advertisements notice to ssttjib.-t 1 1 k n tks is accounts ami claims of the linn of brown coffin & mock are in the hands of luke ulackmer esq for collection nnd as we ore iu great idof money we hope our friends will call upon mr mlnckinur pr ptly ami make a settlement his office is in thecourt house john l brown 1 m coffin a i mock v..i.,o-y ( : ■-. 2 istiti tw — if notice to settles all of the noi-s and accounts belong ing to the linn of hrown coffin & mock are iu tny hands for collection and all parlies indebted to tbe firm will phase call ou me at mv office and settle luke blackmer oct 27,'gg tw&w 4w sausvllby book store the siibscrihcr is constantly adding to the stock of books li"w oil hand all ofthe latest and be-i publications to he had all hin i and u-iules of school books religions llistnricnl biographical and mi ci ihn i ua v blank books note bi oks writing papers wall paper sluidi -. ace stat ■■ • • j ind fancy 1 rt'n it s 1 forsah'iislow us possible at my new stand in cowan's ick row opp site sprnguc bros 1 k bl'rke l lokseller c salisbury n c.oct 18 go 17.3111 glorious news ! ! ! gold i the cod of the nation ll.\s lately ilken ' greatly depreciated belmv s'ar by i ii ;: bythe magic ixfll exce of in hi 1 i ii ft b w \ this would ski-m to be dis 1 couraging but the subscribers have the great pi insure of minouueii i tu the wjiolc people of the i nil i stnies . to those who desire the weight ami influence ul una mighty king of the earth gold that i ham in their possession they may sofo ly say lrom i wu to four hundred thousand dollars worth if lul i ivhieh they feel that thei have not the ability to iwuiajrc profitably mil having sulticiuul experience nor lli'pcnhiicks inn not he ing oral leu i fueling that they nre not particu larly selfish tli«i have a desire to advance ihe interests uf others a well n • themselves ami from aerations as these they offer this large amount of llnhl ur a part of ii as parties may desire fur less thiui in '• y .— nt on the dollar's worth payable iu greeiili iok or i '. s currency apply to - ; iiini 1 it ilu ri a . kali bury n ('. l m 5 it 7 s i ll \ i.hison a co xraw n::gr..tsec lawa elhltv report s i mil isll rommo.y l | ir reports li.-ii ing increased to such all exlenl as to he a serious ii,in of expenditure tu the younger uiein lienj^if iiie i'rul'r iuii 1 h puhl lier purpuseil i'otttiuuing lluil witli lhe current kcportcrs unit issuiug in its place the serici reeeutly cuuimcu i-o'iee'il in rinfi'iwtoi.lhn i|l ueriutcuucueu uf tho the work will lie issued in two series t.aw nml equity ami he pulilishcd ii mthly parts i'li eomiuoi v ill he pugi 1 ainl in il ■■■.! o .-. tn hi i juto i i irate yearly volumes fur the <,'.,'■ i „,■!, reports cum innii lletieli i im i.nl i 11 ,■ lie i»t.i and nuc volume fur tho courts nf i'd ilm'n divorce matrimonial ea ses aud admirably the reports of lie cuurf oi ernnlii 1 appeal will he pagl 1 n.il imli ml n]..,r aiely so as i hind into a volume when ol i clout hulk i piity series will he paged ami indexed bo a to hind into one ruliuue for the court ol app tin led iou nf tin m.i tor of the 1 jul is nnd tho ihrcu \ ioe-l'l ici-ll ir '■ in - judgi - nf eo-onli uato in hnrity ' wii he pu mil together ami uin urated into a in my volumes as may bofonud cuu lenient iltlll p irately indexed llol eding pn li i nly . two vu i ar i'le ' - o so : -- v .'.',' ki uin it si :, . umnlete \ e i;n i : : . nm t & 1 y joii.vf.on .' co i ■ : . no :,■',-, chestnut v philadelphia i.t i:t : ' tf for rent a valuable machine shop 2fl x 30 feet twostorii .. with ii horse power al so a lol of machinery to rent or sell with the shop vi : '-! g ' w i lathes i rotary plan machine >.,-.• i.-si ;■ . ,.,,.,_ ];,,,. iug an i morticing u . ■. ith th gliry belli il 0t ai le.,.1 |.. |„. j j ,,„,_ tion a splendid chance fur lolioi suvinir ami , profit apply to s 11 i1auri.s0x i jan 3 1807 t»-li the old north state tri weekly • f rates op subscription d1 terms cash in advance wookly one year - - w.w '• ' six m.mtlis - - 3 11 line month - • 75 lite weekly j ee kly juipor one year - • - j s.0u " * •• six limn h>i - • l.bu iv leu one year - 22.00 " twenty copies one yenr 111 ik a , r.i x on tl p.i|ii r indicates the expirati in ol in subscript i.ui . tlie ly v i.i 1 ti ii.n \. nirii state is printed is entirely new xo pains will l>g spared to make it a well ome visitor to every family in order i 1 , this we have en _- 1 •■■ 1 fi - - in icos of able and icconiplislieil literary contributors advertising rates transient rates for nil periods lessthan one month ono sipi on kirst insertion tl.00 ka : ' mi - ' i ontiiii : • • ir perioil of to foul ni 1 «... i •_ mo | 3.m | 4 ho | i >■■■ 1 8q1aj11 -" ■ : i - ''■ ' : ; '' ! : -'" l 2 . n :-. 750 i30u 17 till i i i i ■■: i " i m .. mi ii ; in hi 21 00 -- ' ll ■ ..;,,.. 3 uti i ib ml 2.1 iii 2.s0ii 37011 .,.'■ ut cm l i'i j 1*1011 21 ou i - i'i ., , |- ,- ,| 2 i 00 1 27,1 ■' 331 ii i 38 00 1 1 00 3 i ui col 251 i 8300 4000 | 15 00 i i x1 , i 30.00 | 1200 5200 | i ■- , 701 -.. ids « 111 lip miidc will im 1 - ie :,. nl ,. - - it uurinoiulu . ■ ■ . ■ i ' - . ; . i ■ ■ all -■ usui i ; n - iyn uni ut solid miuiuti type or nbn ini h i ' n'-ki-r uf tho culniiiu i onslitutu a i "' '- ■ ■ in on i il -. ' ion,i ill be nm . ., .... hi nt double : ■ iii erti i i , wiih ti i uval i :. per line \ i , . ■• tulii ly.nr.it inlor -. .' --'■.- out ml . , . . i ,- ■ , - , i ' bio at 1 i mori l»l : -' ' ■-. ! ■-...-■ i ' . ' .' " ' ' ' . , i usui's is n ' ... by tlio i ,.....'.■■ - . .. . ■ , . .. iii "" " -'-'-"-- ' t ib co it alone iiv iillin g saxe there's ii irnuk much in fiushiun i thiiili its culled ein-'ire though i've never nkyod it for pleasure or lucre in which win ii the earila are in certain i - di'i'.i.s the players seem tu have changed their posi tions and in uf them cries in a confident tune 1 think 1 might venture to go it alone while watchiug the game tis a whim of the bard's and mural to draw from the okinnigli in card and fancy he finds iu the trivial strife son in excellenl hints for the battle of life wh.-i-e whether the prize 1 a ribbon en throne the winner is he who can go it alone when great galileo proclaimed thai the world in a regular ohit was ceaselessly whirled and gut not a convert fur ill ul his pains lint onlv derisiuu aud prison and chains it moves for all that was his auswering tol.e for he knew like the earth he could g - il alone when keph-r with intellect piercing afar discovered the laws of each panel and star and doctors who ought to have lauded hi name derided his learning and blackened his fame i can wait he replied till the truth you shall own for he felt in his heart he could go it alone alas for the player who idly depends '" yii'tiw_n fyl " "' '''''' " 1 "" 1 * i ' , " iiv '' '"■ ,% whatever the value of hi essiiigs like these they can never atone for inglorious ease not comfort the coward who lin.ls with a groan that his crutches have lefl him to rf it alone !" there is something no doubt iu the ham : you may bold ; health family culture wit beauty and i.i ; the unfortunate owner may fairly regard as each in its " ay n mosl excellenl curd vet the game may be lost with all these foi yonr own unless yov've the courage to go i alone |" in battle or business whatever the game in law oi in love il is ever the same in the struggle for power or fcranibu for pelf let this be your tto reply on youi i'm whether the prize be a ribbon or throne the victor is he who cau go it alone l a picture iu a late number of •• 1 represents a fasliiouable mill iifll'ciioiiate couple tho liii.-hii ol .-' ircliii g ii.oioii.-ly in his w.ii.-ii-.iai p int the young wife inquires : '" ll me \ on li t \ our love .'" and h replies " no 1 i w.i • a new boil lol 1 li.nl lor you j hi siii i i.v i lie m ise il ers tli ii tho world « ill come t an ■ nd din ing il h e t \'- ar ii » can this be h ik u lliu world in ie|uescntt'd to be round ? t_ic new stay law explained we publish in another column the new slav law passed by the present legisla ture the following excellent criticism and explication ofthe law was furnished us hy a ht;.al friend and will be lound both in ter ing aud useful — char democrat the first section enacts thai all war rant issued by il justice of the peace ill civil uses hall not be returnable within 12 i.oiitbs after the execution of um same before mine justice of the peace for the county a worse specimen of i'higlish composition would be hard to find " i'irit all warrants issued &<•., shall not bo re turnable within twelve months wuuld imply thai some or perhaps nearly all ai such warrants maybe returnable within twnlvc mouths and to prohibit such war rants in ui being returnable before sonu justice of the l'eai-e implies ih.i there may he ntlier justices before whom such warrants may he returned the true iu tetil and meaning ofthe section evidently is ihal no civil warrant p-hall be returna ble within twelve mouths from the time i rved ; and this provision by a subse u in section is confined to contracts pri or to may is05 the second section rstores to justices of the peace the jurisdiction which they h nl in 1 i 60 bul provid s thai biiits cum in need under lhe convention slay law i ir sums within tin ir former jurisdiction of justices of the peace may be proscuted ' jiul n iit in ihe courts where they are i i iitling • ction third after repealing in double ill number of words the identical provi ions of i ci '. goi .- on to provide i imi « hen lhe warrant is retiirin d for trial at the end of twelve months from service if the de li dan hall i av ii nth of principal in uteres , a ai ill cost accru d up to : thai tiiji ', he shall have twelve to pit ad ; then bei i a ; lin notified of the time and - i trial h paying one-fifth of the luc la is allowed twelve mouths long to pi ui j al the end of which lime by i ■■ ing . ,,. h if he j its tw clv'e mouths more ; al the end of « hieh lime judgment • • ' i '••. il nm iod r it is fur r pro idi j • lhat i :* cul ions r.lreudy i dered on judgments of justices of the peace shall be stayed for twelve months from the ratification of this act it will be observed thai thi ro is one class of cases nol provided for iu this or any other sec tiou of the act namely : cases where jus tices judgments have been given and exe cution not already rci tiered it was pro bably nol the intention of the legislature tu exclude these cases bul it will require i a very itititttdiii jti.s construction to embrace t 1 111 section four is another delectable speci al n ■ i leg 1 and grammatical tomfoole y and nonsense ts author certainly never i r w very deep rations fn un old father murray much less from coke or black stone that on all debts contracted since the first of may 1s65 and*all warrants i suing for the same shall be returned aud tried according to the provisions of the revised code chapter 02 and the remedy in such cases shall be the same as iu 60 now what is it that is to be " returned and tried can any one tell it is plain enough that all warrants issuing for the aim contracts since may 65 are to be thus returned and tried rut there is boinething else on all debts contracted since ma 65 and all warrants ivc shall be returned and tried i char as mud and twice as scfl but really it is hard to un derstand what is meat the only way re li ve the gramatical blunder is to strkc out the preposition on before all debts and wo then have all debts contracted si ice may 65 and all warrants issuing for the same i\e shall be returned and tried e . widen is still unintelligible as tin re is no .. io i ■!.:..„ l ., ..., ;.. |. j i j r , .,.,., 1 ; .,_ as returning and trying debts we return process and try actions of debt rut let as suppose thai this was mere uutechiiic.il phraseology on the pari of the draftsman and lhat it was really meant to he enacted thai all process or writs issuiug on debts contracted sine may 65 und all warrants is uing for the same vc and we arc in ns great a bewilderment as civet j for they an nil writs and warrants to be return ed and tried according to clmpl i 62 he vi ■ i code w inch i i.lles oltly to j i -' vt s of the peace i'i.i the \.< gislatui . ■ ,•■ nd to take from the c mrts jui i -■'.'.. lion of all debt contracted s-m ■ m ,\ . c ." ai d con line i lie trial of such ca i . ively to 1 :; ices of the peace i sim ply that lhe p mi i in of i i hall not apply lii deb contrticted bince may 65 ami thai lhe n medy iu such c ises ahull be as in i860 sections 5th and 6th provides sub hn ti dly ih 1 1 all writs o.i debt e prior to may i 6 hall be returned or if already is ued shall bo continued to spring term 1808 of ih ■ superior i lom ;. and lhe di i nd ui i.v i u i ig al thai iim lei th w iv mouths in ple.nl ; then nl tin - ol twelve ii o lbs in pays one lifih then one-half and ilu n judgii nl i ie dered against him i'm the remainder ii ho fails to pay any instalment judgment i render ■ d not for tho whole debt but for the in btahnont only and tho sheriff is prohibi ted from levying nny execution issued on btich judgment till after the ist day of january following the rendition of the jtidgmcnl : " provided however we quote verbatim any debtor tendering or paying to his creditor on any dcbl con tracted prior to ist may io the one-tenth of lis intlcblcdncss without a suit having been brought on the same lhe said one temli shall lie entered as a credit on the evidences nf said indebtedness tliercafter the remainder of said indebtedness shall not be sueil on for twelve months after the payment or tender of said one-tenth hereafter there'll bo no afternoon preach ing nfter tlii.s in the afternoon did such a production ns this proviso ever emenate from jurists and law givers before or behind 1 the grandest con ceptions of solon and lycurgus pale into utter insignificance why just think of it the legislature of north carolina has solemnly declared that when a debtor pays u portion of his debt tho payment shall lie entered as a credit on his note ! i-ll't that m irvehiu .' uui won't it lie so convenient in practice ! but mind you this highly beneficial enactment applies only to debts contracted prior to may 65 ii a debtor pays a pari ofa debt contract ed sine miv 65 pou have no right un der this act to enter bueh payment as a credit on his note ! our legislature you perceive understand the philosophy of discrimination they know what's what and whal aint what bui thisprovisogoes further still : it provides that it the debt or tenders i portion of his indebtedness to his en nitm in shall have credit on his note for the amount of indebtedness so ten dered ! the vexed question of legal ten der his thus been incidentally it is true finally settled some thought nothing but gold and silver a legal tender others thou hi greenbacks would do under late acts of congress but our general assem bly in its wisdom has seen tit to split the difference and make one-tenth ofa man's indebtedness prior to l865 a legal tender ! \\ hit penalty is to bo visited upon any hard-hearted recusant creditor who may inv lie l..|,.,-i-ily mul reck i e.-sin ss til re fuse to accept one-lenth or any other part of his neighbor's indebtedness or to enter the same as a credit on his notes our justinians at raleigh neglected to say but seriously what is the sense in enact ing that if the debtor tenders ii part of bis debt the same shall be entered as a credit on his note whether accepted ornot ? who is to enter the credit it the holder of the note refuses i such enactments are worse than idle section 7th repeals so much ofthe con vention stay law and all other laws cum injj in conflict with this act section sih suspends operation of stat ute of limitation from may 1861 till jan uary 1870 there are already ou our statute hook unrepealed two distinct acts of similar import section uli — that the net shall be in force from and after its ratification a gift from general sheridan a few days afro general sheridan sent to miss rebecca wright of winchester virginia a gold chain set with pearls and charms one of the latter being an exqui sitely wrought miniaturo sword ornament ed wiih diamonds accompanying the gift was a letter from gon sheridan ac knowledging mi.-s wright's services which led to the general's success at the bat tle of winchester on sept lfiih 1sg4 miss wright was a zealous advocate of the union cause and willing to aid it at any sacrifice when in the course of the bat tle gen sheri 1 ui was iu great doubt how to act he sent 1 scout to the lady who writing upau u piece of paper the needed information and enclosing it in tinfoil tho si nt carried it in his lnnulh and success fully eludiug search gave it to gen sher idan this paper conveyed to the general the information which enabled him to a chicvo the victory — phil ledger a portund for a halifax i.tan from some statements which have been made to us we are gratified to learn that im ■ is a strong probability tint sheriff snow of this county is one of lhe heii i to * fortune of fifty or sixty millions iii f.ii.-lai.d there is a valuable portion of london known as snow mill which for merly belonged to or natiouiel snow who emigrated to ihis country many years ago and died here leaving no will a man by-tbe nauio of sum snow brought uii for the property in i'higlnnd a short iim • ago bul failed to gel it because ii « us proven thai tlm property hi im to ih ■ hi ire of dr nathaniel snow and sam snow cotlld mil pl'01 ll i.im-i if lo lie one i those heirs li was provi d in tho trial thai dr snow emigrated to this country ; and we learn lhat thore is n bible in the mi of nuie nf the so ,-.- family in alabama which contains the fnmaly re end of dr nathaniel snow and psoves < clusii.lv ihal our sheriff and tho ala bama snow are the heirs of dr nathan iel snow — l elil.in st lie our raleigh correspondence ralbioh n c feb 19 1807 mu editor — the substitute offered by mr sherman combining both stevens and elliott hill and which passed the senate sunday morning at 0 o'clock by a vote of 29 to 10 has been sent buck to lhe house where it meets strong opposi tion by both radicals uud republicans quite a lively discussion took place in tho house over the bill inst night it is now generally conceded that the bill cannot pass over the president's veto it may be set down as a settled fact that the pre sent congress will hardly pass either bill but it is though by gentlemen who have lately returned from washington that the work of restoration will surely commence when the new congress convenes as that body will bo more radical than the pres . en one it was rumored on our streets i yesterday that president johnson would ' j give his approval to the stevens and el liott bill should it pass that be would no j longer resist the radical measures but the rumor was not credited the latebt intelligence we have here is that the bill now hangs fire in the house where it will lie likely to remain for sometime several hills have been passed by the legislature since my lust letter but none of great importance save tho penitentiary hill which passed the scnalc last night . the legislature is holding night sessions for the purpose of adjourning sine die next week ; several of the members of both branches have already left for tlieir respec tive homes governor swain delivered a lecture in the commons hall on saturday night last at the solicitation of several friends of the university roth houses adjourned to hear the lecture lie gave a brief his tory ofthe university beginning with its incipiency when tho state convention in corporated in the constitution the requisi tion upon the general assembly to inau gurate and sustain one or more universi ties the lecture was listened to with marked attention by many of our citizens and members of the legislature who man ifested great interest to the end t'.-lii-unry term of wake county court \ is in session this week several county ( fficers were elected yesterday which oc cupied its attention all day sir w j halleman of this county was elected superintendant of the county work house governor parsons of alabama arrived in this city yesterday from washington city and is stopping at the exchange ho tel he visited the legislature ou yester day and was introduced to a number of members he does not speak very favor ably of the present state affairs general it e colston of hillsboro will deliver a lecture in the commons hall iu thist ity on friday night subject not known sevral jews were brought before the mayor yesterday charged with selling goods to colored troops on last sunday the mayor imposed a fine of ten dollars on each one aud dismissed the case ( ur merchants nre preparing to go north to purchase their spring goods several have already rone trade has been very lively here for the last two months and greenbacks have been more freely circulated than fur many months a negro by the name of william may bo was robbed of 76 and then murdered in this city last night by another freed nian peter lane a rlacksmith may ho was shot iu the breast lane is still at large nothing more at present union — sss . prof finney of ( llierliu lately prayed for the president : " ( li lord if thou canst manage him without crushing him spare him otherwise crush him !" this reminds the rochester union of a preacher who i having a grudge against an unjust neigh bor prayed " b lord take john smith by the slack of his breeches and shako him over hell but don't drop him !" sydney smith mice said that in eng land it is regarded as impertinence for a u n with less than two thousand a year to have any opinion of his own l~o creely's tribune almanac ought i to be impeached li puts down the south i ern slates as sidles and gives thp names of lhe iovernors elect d by traitors the fi llowersof stevons are called thudicali a card to invalids 1 , - , man wl ' in smilh america le nml itn|ilc rein , ih im t'.n cure w ' ikiii'sk burly do , ,. il organs ■ im whole ir l tlitt lui bl on by 1 a . i mi : .,,. a .. tire it numbers have noble iviin-.il prouip ; li-.l anil llllliir mring and . ,,,■, 1 any one who 11 ! it i'm i " ''" '• ail.liv „, in..-.i-|i i in v ix house 1 inn ir hilt — iwly new vml city