2. Upon representation that improper and unfair advantages have been taken of the provisions of the seventh section of the act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, ratified on the 10th day of March, 1866, and entitled "An act concerning negroes and persons of color or of mixed blood" (see Public Laws of North Carolina, 1866, chap. 40, § 7, p. 101)— It is ordered:

That all parole "contracts between any persons whatever, whereof one or more of them shall be a person of color," shall be of the same validity, be established by the same evidence, be determined by the same rules, and be enforced in the same manner as in like contracts where all the parties thereto are whites. By command of

Brevet Maj.-Gen. EDWARD R. S. CANBY. LOUIS V. CAZIARC, Aide-de-Camp, Acting A. A. G. On the 4th of September a Republican convention met at Raleigh, attended by delegates, white and colored, from sixty-six counties. A resolution was adopted reaffirining the "principles enunciated in the convention of true Republicans," which assembled at Raleigh on the 27th of March. A resolution was also introduced touching the subject of confiscation, in the following terms:

Resolved, That confiscation of private property, for political offences, is repugnant to republican liberty, and ought not to be resorted to except as an inexorable necessity to save the life of the nation, after all other means have been tried; and the Republican party in North Carolina does not consider that the present condition of public affairs requires or justifies the confiscation of personal property, and hopes that no such necessity will arise.

After a somewhat excited discussion, the following was adopted as a substitute:

Resolved, That the Republican party of North Carolina, on the subject of confiscation, and all other mat

ters pertaining to reconstruction, will faithfully adhere to and abide by the reconstruction plan and measures of Congress.

Other resolutions were discussed, which declared that every male citizen of the age of twenty-one years ought to be allowed to vote in all popular elections; that the Republicans of North Carolina were constrained to call the attention of Congress to the continuance of the disfranchisement and disabilities now imposed upon thousands of true and loyal citizens; and that a committee be appointed to urge upon Congress to remove, within safe and just limits, the disabilities complained of." These resolutions failed of adoption.

On the 27th of September there was a mass meeting of Conservatives at Raleigh. The resolutions of this body declared the unwavering devotion of the party, as there represented, to the fundamental principles of American liberty, as embodied in the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, of May 20, 1775, the Declaration of American Independence, of July 4, 1776, and in the Constitution of the United States." Among the resolutions, unanimously adopted in this meeting, were the following:

Resolved, That we deem it unwise, wicked, and unjust for the State of North Carolina to pass any law, organic or statutory, disfranchising, proscribing, or confiscating the property of any of her citizens for past political offences.

Resolved, That the unmistakable developments of a vindictive and persecuting spirit in the speeches and doings of a majority of the delegates to the late Radical Convention in this city, toward the body of the white people of this State, call for the unanimous efforts of all truly conservative men, of all classes, whether white or colored, to endeavor to check the progress of that spirit, and to defeat the aims of those bad men among us who seek to destroy the peace of our people, to stir up strife between the whites and blacks, and to inaugurate a state of things in North Carolina which must effectually prevent immigration, check the investment of capital, destroy confidence in all business enterprise, and diminish largely the sources of employment to our large laboring popula tion.

Resolved, That our movement is not partisan in its character, that it has no connection with national politics or either of the great national parties, nor is it designed to form a white man's party, but origi nates in the spontaneous uprising of the conservative men of the State, of all shades of political opinion, for the one object of warding off the dangers publican or Radical party in this State; and we hail, as a hopeful indication, the manly and more moderate stand taken in the aforesaid Radical Convention, by the calm and moderate Republicans of that body.

which threaten us from the success of the ultra Be

In common with other Southern States, North Carolina suffered much during the year from destitution. Contributions from the North, and the distribution of rations by the Freedmen's Bureau, did something to relieve the general distress, but accounts from many counties represented the want as extreme in hundreds of cases.

State, made early in December, shows the total A printed statement of the Treasurer of the indebtedness to be $13,698,000; while the assets of the public Treasury, consisting of stocks in railroad companies, and bonds due from corporations, amounted to $10,031,000. These figures are only approximatively correct, as neither the indebtedness nor the assets can be accurately ascertained at present.

The trustees of the University of North Carolina, having referred to a committee some resolutions relating to a change in the system of education, requiring the committee to report a scheme "embodying, as near as may be, what is commonly called the University or Elective System," a report was submitted, in December, in which the merits of the elective system were fully discussed. The scheme presented by the committee proposed the establishment of four departments in the university: an Academical Department divided into ten separate schools for instruction in the various branches of study falling within its province; a Department of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts; a Law Department; and a Medical Department. Previous to the late war, this institution was in a very flourishing condition, but the failure of the Bank of North Carolina, after the repudiation of the war-debt by the convention of October, 1865, had, in the language of the trustees in a hilated-and more than annihilated-the entire memorial to the last General Assembly, "anni endowment of the university," which was invested in the stock of the bank to the amount of $200,000.

ing the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the Kansas border war. Finally, after varied persecutions, his declared conviction that slavery was morally wrong obliged him to leave the town, to avoid violence, in the spring of 1855. The next seven years he passed in Western New York, as agent of the Western Education Society, and of the Auburn Theological Seminary. Resigning the former of these positions in April, 1862, he took charge of the Presbyterian church in Penn Yan, N. Y., over which he was installed June 12th. From April, 1865, until his death, he was pastor of the North Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. Mr. Starr was the author of a pamphlet, published anonymously, in 1853, entitled "Letters for the People, on the Present Crisis" (52 pages, 8vo.), which contained nine letters written from St. Louis, and discussing the influence of slavery upon the opening of Nebraska Territory and the building of the Pacific Railroad. He also published a sermon on the death of President Lincoln.

Jan. 11.-COGGILL, GEORGE, formerly a leading merchant in New York City, died there, aged 87 years. He was a native of Leeds, England, and, after being actively engaged in business there for some years, came to this country in 1811, taking up his residence in Fishkill, where he remained until the close of the War of 1812. Subsequently he entered largely into the wool business, through which he became extensively known at home and abroad.

Jan. 14.--CHILTON, Hon. SAMUEL, formerly member of Congress from Virginia, died at Warrenton, Va., aged 62 years. He was an able lawyer, and his integrity and honor gave him a deserved popularity among the people. He represented the district of Fauquier 1843'45, was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, and filled many other offices of trust.

Jan. 14.-UPDIKE, Hon. WILKINS, a prominent citizen of Rhode Island, died at his residence in South Kingston, R. I., aged 82 years. He had been for nearly half a century an active public man in his State, holding various offices

of trust and honor.

Jan. 15.

HAZARD, Captain SAMUEL F., U. S. N., died at Newport, R. I. He had been forty-four years in the service, nearly half of which had been spent at sea. In 1862 he was promoted to a captaincy, and, after one year's cruise, was assigned to shore duty at the Naval Rendezvous, Boston.

Jan. 19.-ROBINSON, HORATIO N., LL. D., a mathematician and author, died at Elbridge, N. Y., aged 61. He was a native of Hartwick, N. Y., and received but ordinary educational advantages until sixteen years of age, when he made the calculations for an almanac, which attracted the attention of a wealthy gentleman of the neighborhood, who sent him to Princeton College. He did not remain, however, to graduate; but, at the age of nineteen, received

and accepted the appointment of Professor of Mathematics in the Navy, which position he filled acceptably for ten years, visiting many parts of the globe. In 1835 he removed to Canandaigua, N. Y., taking charge of the acad emy in that place, and subsequently of the one at Genesee. His health becoming somewhat impaired by teaching, he removed with his family in 1844 to Cincinnati, Ohio. Here he entered the field of authorship, and his first production, "The University Algebra," combined so much of originality, and new and practical methods, with such thorough knowledge and treatment of the subject, that it met with great success and popularity. This encouraged him to prepare several other works, all of which were published by Jacob Ernst, of Cincinnati. He removed to Syracuse, N. Y., in 1850, and and in 1854 to the town of Elbridge, where he resided at the time of his death. In 1858 the publication of his books was removed from Cincinnati to New York. After this transfer some of the best practical talent of the country was employed to assist Professor Robinson in completing his series, by adding a full course of elementary text-books, and thoroughly revising and rewriting the higher mathematics. The very large and increasing circulation of these books attests their merits, and the name of the author will long be familiar to the best teachers and educators of the entire country. He was an enthusiast in the pursuit of science, and what would have been considered severe labor, and even drudgery by many, was but recreation to him. During the many long years he was confined to his room, even to the week of his death, he was constantly employed in improving and developing some new thought, principle, or method of his favorite science; when unable to use the pen, and often while suffering the most acute pains, would he dictate for another to write.

Jan. 24.--MAXWELL, Professor SAMUEL, formerly of Marietta College, died at Marietta, Ohio, aged 62 years. He was a native of Berkshire County, Mass., and graduated at Amherst College in the class of 1829. Subsequently he was for twenty-one years at the head of the Preparatory Department of Marietta College. At the time of his death he was in the employ of the American Missionary Associa tion.

Jan. 25.-PENNINGTON, Hon. ALEXANDER C. M., died in New York City, in the 56th year of his age. He was a native of Newark, N. J studied law, and served two terms in the State Legislature. From 1853 to 1857 he was a representative in Congress from New Jersey.

Jan. 27.-BROWN, Hon. MASON, an eminent jurist and legal writer, died at Frankfort, Ky., aged 67 years. He was a native of Philadelphia, graduated at Yale College in the class of 1820, and entered the law-office of Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Frankfort, Ky., completing his studies in the Law School at Lexington. Entering upon the practice of his profession in

Frankfort, he became after a few years a partner of Governor Charles S. Morehead, in conjunction with whom he compiled the valuable Digest of the State laws, known as "Morehead and Brown's Digest." For a number of years he was Judge of the Circuit Court of his district, and from 1855 to 1859, during the administration of Governor Morehead, he occupied the post of Secretary of State. Highly distinguished in his profession, he was also warmly esteemed for his worth of character. To his public spirit Frankfort was largely indebted for works of public utility and ornament. He was the father of the Hon. Benjamin Gratz Brown and Brigadier-General John Mason Brown. Jan. 27.-BROWNELL, RUSSELL B., M. D., an American physician and surgeon, died in Upper Egypt, on the River Nile, aged 29 years. After receiving his classical education at Marietta College, Ohio, he began his medical studies with Dr. Weber, of Cincinnati, and from there proceeded to New York, and entered the Bellevue Medical College, where he graduated during the session of 1863-'64. He then held the position of house surgeon in Bellevue Hospital for the period of two years, and during the latter part of his term occupied the post of senior surgeon of the Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island, during this time being also elected curator of the Bellevue College Museum. Symptoms of pulmonary disease developing themselves, he was advised to accept the position of surgeon on board the steamer Arago," which he held for a period of about eighteen months, but with no benefit to his health. Thinking a warmer climate might prove more beneficial, he was induced to join a party of gentlemen intending to make a tour through Egypt, and while upon his passage up the Nile was suddenly seized with a fatal attack of hemorrhage.

Jan. 27.-DAVIS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, an eminent New York merchant (of the firm of Davis & Brooks, shipping merchants), and one of the directors for some years of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, died of Bright's disease of the kidneys, in the 72d year of his age. Mr. Davis was a man of extensive and profound knowledge on matters connected with finance and commerce, and was a brilliant and genial writer on political or commercial topics. His "Peter Scriber Letters," in the Commercial Advertiser, were widely read and admired. Soon after the appearance of Mr. Seba Smith's "Letters of Major Jack Downing" in regard to the Maine Legislature, Mr. Davis appeared with a series of "Major Jack Downing's Letters" from Washington, detailing his interviews with General Jackson at the White House, and their plans for cleaving down the monster United States Bank. These appeared first in the Daily Advertiser and were transferred to the Express.

Jan. 27.-ELDRED, Hon. NATHANIEL B., died at Bethany, Pa., aged 72 years. He was born in Orange County, N. Y., was a representative

from Pike County, Pa., in Congress, from 1822 to 1828; was a canal commissioner of Pennsylvania, and naval officer of Philadelphia from 1852 to 1856.

Jan. 28.-INGRAHAM, DANIEL GREENLEAF, an eminent classical teacher, died in Braintree, Mass., aged 76 years. He was a native of Boston, educated at the Latin School, and graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1809, after which he opened a classical school in Boston which he continued for more than forty years. About the year 1852 he removed with his family to Braintree, and there conducted a school until a few years previous to his death.

Jan. 31.-FRANCIS, JOSEPH H., for many years a prominent publisher of Boston, died in that city, of virulent small-pox, aged 54 years. He was formerly largely engaged in the issue of juvenile books, together with some works on general literature.

Jan.-SEMPLE, Hon. JAMES, formerly judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois, died at Elsah Landing, Miss., aged 67 years. He was a native of Kentucky, studied law, and, after practising his profession in Louisville, removed to Illinois, where he became a member of the Legislature and during four years was Speaker of the House. In 1833 he was elected AttorneyGeneral of the State; appointed minister to New Grenada in 1837; elected Judge of the Supreme Court of the State in 1842; and was a Senator in Congress, from Illinois, from 1843 to 1847.

Feb. 1.-BRYANT, HENRY, M. D., died in the Island of Porto Rico, aged 46 years. He was a native of Boston, Mass., graduated at Harvard College in 1840, and studied medicine in the Tremont Medical School, in Boston, and subsequently in Paris, France. Returning to his native city he entered upon the practice of his profession there, but was obliged to relinquish it from ill-health. In July, 1861, he was commissioned surgeon of the 20th Massachusetts regiment, and the following September was made brigade surgeon, which post he resigned in 1863 on account of the precarious state of his health.

Feb. 1.-JOHNSON, Hon. PHILIP, member of Congress from Pennsylvania, died in Washington, D. C., aged 49 years. He was born in Warren County, N. J., but in 1839 removed with his father's family to Pennsylvania, settling in Northampton County, where he studied two years in Lafayette College. He then went to the South and remained there two years, teaching school. Returning home at the end of this period, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and before long was chosen Clerk of the Court of Sessions and of the Oyer and Terminer. In 1853 and 1854 he was a member of the State Assembly, was chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1857, and Revenue Commissioner of the Third Judicial District of the State in 1860, in which year he was elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress from Pennsylvania. He was twice reelected, and in