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I St fit V 5 it 1 it : i 4 v . I 1 Hi H 1 Hi i 1 i "w- - I 7i 1 SI;t tsttrn Drraorrat. niTAIlLOTTE. 2(. C. THE PBESIDENT IN BAIiEXUU. v From Abe Baleigh Progress, Jane 5. 5 T':- The reception aod entertainment of the Pres. ideatial rrfrtj was ia all particular a success, andDodoobl our visitor and the people are OtxtmUj gratrfied. ; ". " yesterday, alter me recepuun w. -v-. dent in the State House, Mr Johnson and suit, and a vast multitude of citizens and strangers, repaired to the city cemetery; where the monu ment to Jacob Johnson, father of the nations Chisi . Magistrate, m raised :,f Es. Gov. Swaio procoaneed the' eulogy, and acquitted btoiself wirh scholarly ability. ATe w jMnutes after "reaching the Yarbroo-h house, 'Governor Worth introduced President Johnson, who spoke as folio wsj: . gir Permit me, through jo, to tender to ihose bore present, aod to the peopl of the Suite of North Carolina, my sincere thanks for ibe welcome tendered roe on the oecaeioo of my xeturn to my native town. I confess that under .the circumstances, and in view of the demon strations whieh Jiave been made since I reached JUleigh, as well aaon the way, I am impressed with emotions which language is wholly inade quate to express. Here in the city of Haleigh ia where ray infant eyes fint saw the light of Heaven? here are the scenes of ebildhood; here U everything to bind man to his fellow; and to assist bim with surrounding objects; here, is where the tendrilla of the heart have taken a firm hold upon everything to which it is at tached. In making my entrance into this city io-day, my mind involuntarily wandered back to the time when I left her streets a penniless tod inexperienced boy, to make my way in the World., Applause - When looking back forty one years ago, aod on - returning here to-day, I begin to inquire, where are those 1 left behind? ye, in the language of poetry itself, uTho friends of childhood, where are they ?" Echo answers, where ? Some have emigrated and gone to other land?; some have complied with the inexorable and;-. irresistible call, and have passed to ihat undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns. I again ask, friends of my childhood, where are they ? Where are the Hay woods, Hunters and Janes? Where are the Penrces, the Jtojsters and Smiths and Joneses? Where is the 3ong list of men who lived at that day, and who commanded re.pect fur constancy to principles f Applause. Under these circumstances, conld i-feel iudiderently ? I would be false o my oature if I forgot you, and not to icdul?e io self-adulation. lean say. I feel proud of the demonstrations in my honor by the citizens of my native town. "Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself has said, this is my own, ay native land." Applause This is not the time nor the occasion to discuss the political issues which disturb the public miud, but as allusion has been made to my first going out irom among you, I may say that ever since I formed an opinion as to the fundamental prin ciples of the government, I have adhered to them and to the Constitution, the Union and the -flag of my country. ; Applause And by these, whether in prosperity or adversity, 1 have always been guided and controlled, and c&me weal or woe, in high places or low places, with the Constitution as my guide, with my hands laid on the ahar of my country, I will leave these great principles for those who are to follow. Applause One of my leading tenets has been the prosperity of the great mass of the .people, holding that persons, without regard to .condition or color, should be esteemed accord ing to intrinsic merit Qr worth, leaving each to rise on bis own merit, courage and energy. Let .this be the standard, so that every one may be .assigned his true position. I trust and hope that instead of discussing party issues, creating factions between North, South, East or West, that all will exert themselves for the restoration of the Union of these States, so that the flag may float over a contented and prosperous peo ple. Applause Let us, my friends, repair the breaches made by. the war, and restore the Union. This being accomplished, we may then make 'such : issues as our' prosperity and safety may demand. Let us efface from our minds the memory of the past. Let us pour water 00 .the troubled waters and restore peace to he States. This has been my eoostant object; but .let -this pa?s. I simply came to this place in .compliance with your invitation to participate ,in another ceremony to confer an honor upon .the memory of one who was a few years ao in your midst. This has not emanated, as I un derstand, from any particular quarter or family. One word to you, young men. There is much said a to educational advantages, etc . but if any of you wish to succeed, or, . in common phrase, make yourselves men, you will 4uve to do so through your own exertions. I know some of you are familiar with the hardships and .fiery trials through which I have passed during the time that has elapsed since I left you. It is not for me to say whether I have succeeded or .not. Let that be as it may my raco is nearly run. I am no aspirant for anything. The way is open for all. Places of emolument acd dis tinction ar before you. There are here a few of those in whose hands the administration of toe government is 10 De placed. v c are pas sing away; the next wave will bring you, young men ana women, in our places,' and our work will fall into other hand, therefore the greater sbonld be your efforts to prepare yourselves for the responsibilities that must in time devolve upon you. In conclusion, permit me to tender you my thanks for the cordial welcome extended through your distinguished representative, the Governor .of the -State. Though khe sent me out ' penni less and friicdle8, and did not then afford those advantages which you now enjoy; and though ,on returning 1 cannot do so in the language of the'sehools, to tny Alma Mater; l ean say with pride' and satisfaction, she is my mother, and whatever may have been her delinquencies, I love tier still. Then, ladies and 'gentlemen, let me agaio express my heartfelt thanks for this warm and sincere welcome oa my return to this ,my native eity. ,l ' . The President, ?s he retired was repeatedly applauded. Secretary Seward having been loudly called ibr, aaid.;-Lidies aad gentlemen of North Car. .olioajjike my great chief who preceeded me, it is DQt'tny purpose to make .a. speech, having eom'e with him. to this city as a - companion and frieqd. I'am entitled to sink out of the scene. I feel tbe tbkchipg solemnity, of the occasion, The.'president is. among yon . now. . ,Hothidg; more has, bsppeDed.-, It 13 only one more , chU jen of Ralejgb.eom home again. . : -v- ? I owe yoap'ne word of acknowledgment, how ,f Ter,for; Uxq? .wiljioceas jrou bave wi to see ar.,1 liar me. It will. 1 trust in Uod. be so hereafter. Applause. And if U U not so hereaf ter it V ill be as I think;as it has been heretofore, tout fan It and not mine. Yesyestf have one wot d to say about the political situatioW -When th& idle and mischievous expression,! Let . the wayward sisters depart peacewas ottered by unlbinkinff men, I noticed that JVOrth Carolina went out with the rest. I have not forgotten that afuer the storm of violence bad ; began . to subside, and the rainbow was distinguished by the faintest' tints in the political tlies, we sent out the dove nd the olive branch, inviting the wanderers to come home again. North Carolina fluttered and hastened back to the t ark. Ap planse and laughter. You never bad my con sent to depart; you never have had iny refusal to stav; yo'u have alwas my heart' to come and stay tn what way you can coinewhte, come black, come mixed, come altogether only come, and all shall be well. Applause. - -; -f . - As he withdrew. Postmaster General Randall was called for, aiid said; It does not become uie to talk miich in such a place, -jaftcr what you have beard from the President and. Secretary of State. I simply come foiward to express my thanks for your good will. I come as a cup bearer and assistant to the .Presideut, to whose staff I belong. You see in bim , a young man going out from among you without a place to lay his head, with no place to call his homeland now you see him return with the highest honors heaped upon him. lou have seen bmv going out on foot and returning in a, chariot a Presi dent of forty millions of people. Applause It is' well such a spectacle is presented to the great people, that they may see there is no posi tion that energy, enterpii?e, honesty and intelli gence may not reach, which qualities, without the President's bending the supple hinges of the knee, have led the people to give him the highest public place on earth. It is good to reach high Ksitions, but better to deserve them. Ap plause. The time will corc when it will not be asked what weahh we gained and power we ac quired, but the enquiry will be is the world any better off for your.having been in it. The Presi dent loves this people because he is of this peo ple. It is an bonorable journey he has made hither. Holding in affection the memory of bis father, he has left all the duties of his high office to pay a solemn tribute io departed worth.. : Mr Randall was applauded as he retired. f Major General Sicklea was vociferously called for, aod reluctantly appeared on the balcony. lie was greeted, with repeated applause, - and spoke as follows: I respond with pleasure in obedience to the summons to make my acknowl edgment for your kind and courteous reception; I am here to-day to join you in paying honor to your fellow citizen and friend, the President of the United States. It is the source of much sat isfaction to me, as I am sure it will be to your distinguished guest and his honored associates, that they have not only received a spontaneous and cordial welcome from the people, but that all has been ordered by the State and of Raleigh-.' No one can fail to observe t'lat this assemblage is one of the greatest respectability and decorum, and that no instance or trace of disorder has oc curred to mar the dignity and pleasure of the oc casion. Confident that it is gratifying to the chief magistrate and the cabinet ministers present to witness the admirable bearing of the people of this capitol, it is my pleasing duty to testify to the President that what he has seen to-day in the capitol, prevails everywhere over the abroad sur face of your noble State. Gen. Sickles- was ap plauded as he retired. ' Although this terminated the speaking, - the band discoursed music durin;; the evening until a lalehotir, and numbers of people hung around the hotel until weariness forced them to retire. A MAN-WO LP. Rev. Dr. Butler, the well known Methodist missionary who established the mission of that church in India in 1856, recently returned to this country. He makes the following state ment of a remarkable case: In 1859 a British soldier, while bearing a dispatch from one magistrate to another in the kingdom of Oude, parsed an unfrequented ra vine, where he saw a pack of wolves, and with them a human being, evidently one of their company. Immediately turning back he re ported the' circumstance to the. magistrate for whom he was traveling. The latter , fjrthwith mustered a number of coolies and. went to the place. The pack of wolves fled a short distance and sought rcluge in a sort of cave or den. Beginning to dig,' the party poon discovered the feet of the wild man, and, drawing him forth, succeeded in binding and carrying him to the town.' Dr. Butler has seen him often since, and says he is evidently a man, and at the time of his capture apparently, about twenty-four i years ot age. , Tbe captured creature at first violently resist ed tbe attempt to put clothing upon him, but alter a while ceased' to tear the garment. He U now kept by a gentleman in tbe . city of Thabje Varapore, some eight hundred miles west of Calcutta.' When first taken he was un williog to eat anything but raw meat, and has never been able to speak or make any approxi mation to a knowledge of the alphabet. . If any one looks earnestly or sharply at him, he. ex presses his annoyance by a half-uttered grunt, immediately turning away and settling upon bis haunches in a corner of the room, or lies down. He eats his food off the ground, and although 1 evidently a human being, is in habits a wolf. with the instincts of that beast. . This is certainly an anomalous fact in natural history, although it is said that four eiuiilai cases are known to have occurred io India, presenting iuc auie general facts, . , Wolves abounU in. India, where the ioha -v - ' taots live wholly in the cities and villages; and at the approach of night all persons employed io the "open countrv retire to thrc nliut.rc f houses or huts, and these roving and ferocious animals fiod free range. It frequently hDDea -that 'a wolf steals into a house and carries .ofi; a child So frequentlyj:Li this the case that In the schedules furnished for recording the mor tality in each place, One column is headed "Car ried off by wulves.';; . - - .' . . . , r Dr. Butler,'s theory of this strange case is that a she wolf probably carried off this person when he was an infant, but that before she devoured her prev, the child instinctively se&hA f.,r moo. 4 Beginning to draw its nourishment,' it J i awoke m the wolf ibe - maternal instinct which led to the preservation of its life, and thus the ooy .uvea ana grew. TottOSTO, May 30 Jefferson Davis arrived bare on tbe steamer Champion this mornin aua was eotnusiasticaiiy Dheered by a lare crowd." : He . drove ; to the residence of ' A Hellman ia company with Mr Mason and Geril fiarly. He afterwards received y a number of vwiiviry uu ici iu ine aifceroooa ior ii laars Falls."7 "tile" will return here for a few days,but jatroso;reside .ftt t. Catherine'j: 7. -'. "J STATE NEWS rgy TbeDireetora of the Wtenj i iortlr Carolina railroad, on Wednesday, at 51 organ ton, decided to purchase toe JiuncomDe Turnpike at S50.000. to let out one division of twentylnules from Ptinllloek up the FrenchrMnver:j at 'once,- and to put .the contractors to work from. Morgantoo west. - Eg yptian Cobw. One Lindsey io; Vir eToia. has been advertising extensively "Egyp tian Corn," and soliciting orders at $ 5 for a lew j trains, wbicb, no doubt, lias" swindled the pub lic of a Urge sum of money, as the corn is pro nounced by the -Abingdon Virginian : to be a humbug and not of more value J ban other corn. We thought as much, and refused foputdisb LindseyV advertisement of humbuggery. St a tcs viile A, merica n, , . -r --- - tw.- .. Railroad METlxd'-An 'Adjourned meet ing of the citizens ofGuilford Ts called for the 27th of- June, for the purpose of taking'.iatb consideration the charter granted for the exten sion of the' Western or Coal Fields .Railroad frcm Egypt, in Chatham county, to some point on the North Carolina Railroad, ; and further West." . . s. - ;. ; : ' -: Attempt to; Break Jail. This morning, as Mr Biddle, in charge of the county jail in this city, was making his usual morning rounds among the inmates, a number of the prisoners conuned in the cells on the lirst floor, attempted to escape through one of the windows of. the corridor, the. grating of which had been so'bent . evidently by some one outside as Io permit the egress of the prisoners. Three of these succeeded in getting outside; but only one made bis escape Mr Riddle, by timely and energetic cftorts, capturing two of the three, and preventing the egress of the "other prisoners. The one' who made his 'escape was a colored man named Cbas. -HayoesV confined for an as sault on another negro. "He was pursued be yond Oakdale Cemetery by officer Philyaw, Wilmington Dispatch. : - ' '"' , ;.R.'F. Lehman, Esq , of Newbernj has been appointed Register in Bankruptcy for the Craven Congressional X)istrict.! . - . ' From tbe Tarboro' Southerner. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH of NORTH ' ..- ; . : Carolina. - - ' . The Convention of the Episcopal" :Chtirch in the Diocese of North Carolina" hasr' resolved to hold it next Annual meeting in Tarboro', ori the first Wednesday in May, 1868. At that Convention an Assistant Bislmp is to be elected for lb is Diocese. These facts recall "some . inter-' esting reminiscences of 'the olden time" in con nection: with the Church in this State, which may not ba uninteresting to your readers. The Con vention which elected the first.Bishop of North, Carolina was held in this place on the 28th day of May r-1794,.- The Church in this State organ ized itself into a Diocese in 1792, and sent dep-' u ties to the General Convention ; held in -New York in September of that year.' ' Previous to the General Convention of 1795, an effort was made to obtain the Episcopal sue cession jor 11ns iMocese, ana a uonvenuon was hehl for that purpose iu Tarboro', to elect a suit able person for the . office of Bishop, s w ill ap pear by the following copy of a document ; recor ded in the history of the Church. -r . "We, the subscrilers, having met -in Conven tion, at Tarborough, North Carolina; the'2$thi day of May, 1794, for the purpose of considering the declioing- situation of the Protestant f Episco pal Church in this State, and having- j chosen the ltev. Charles Pettigrew as a person fit io- be our Bishop, and worthy to be recommended for eon secration to that holy office, but being sensible that the great distance at which;. the hnty as 1 well as the clergy of this State live from each - other, deprives us of sufScient personal acquaintance with one another to subscribe a- testimonial in the words prescribed by the General Convention of the Protestant Efiscopal Church, have thought it necessary and proper to make some deviation therefrom, which we presume to hope will be no obstacle to our laudable pursuit.- We therefore do hereby recommend to le consecrated to the office of Bishop the said Rev, Charles Pettigrew, whom, for his morality, religious principles,' piety of life, from his genera! reputation in a cleiical character from the personal knowledge we have of him, and from his sufficiency in good learning and soundness in the faith, we are induced to be- Iieve worthy of being consecrated to that impor tant ofScv. . We hereby promise and engage to receive him as such when canonically consecrated and invested therewith; and lo render that can onical obedience which we believe to be necessary to the due and proper discharge of so important a trust in the Church of Christ. And we ad dress the Bight lieverend, the Bishops in the several Uuited States, praying their united assis tance in consecrating this our aid brother, and canonically investing hi ja with the apostolic office, and powers. . j... In testimony whereof, we hereunto mbscribe our names, the day. and year above written t Clergy N .'-Blount,. J. S, Wilson, J. Gurley, S. Hailing, B.J Miller. .. ' - Laity J. Leigh, M D., J. Guin,vM.;-D., R. White, Lawyer, B. Woods, Lawyer, W Clements, L. Desseaux, W. Grimes, li. Godly.". , The Rev. Charles Pettigrew. thus - elected to the office of '3Uhop, set otf to attend the 'Gen eral Convention of 1795, which was to be held in the city of Philadelphia, in the month of Sep tember, with a view to his couKecration, but was prevented from prosecuting his journey by lthe prevalence of au epidemic fever in Norfolk, w hich had suspended the accommodations for travelling , Before another opportunity for bis consecration 0 -.j occurred .the Bishop elect died. After the -long i interval of 71 years, "the Church : of. our fore- larlliers ; proposes agait to assemble her repre sentatives, clerical and lay, in this place; and to elect on the spot where she elected her first Bishopan assistant to her present venerated the Lordi Diocesan, to carry on that ; work of- which is;growiag too great for one to do. WTe, anticipate for that meeting -of Convention such a gathering of the Church and such a social and spiritual blessing for. our community, by the interchange of hospitality and religious acts and influences as will make it" long to bej-entembered iu the bUtory of our flourishing town. . ; 1 ; Some workmen at Winchester. Va . while enV 1 gged in tearing . down a. building a few days f since, came upon 4 a - bottle; upon Whi?h was wTit ten with a diamond, 'Bottle of' whisky; Dunea in 1031. A farmeT in Norfotk county, Va has sold , 8,000 quarts of strawberries . from " an acre of iana, ior wuicn ne go: an average ot ten cents a quart: lx'- --jt -Georgia. Tbe wheat barrel bascommenced."".? - ' ?a? MriS Pte4 The yield promises to be Very late- ' Alf crops! uPoa fej0? Pesenting tbcpistol waadearJy ate loot W fin! ii wkm,W f 1 ' - 4 t.roveu but it being shown -that tbe whitman . .1 ' . . 4 i'i .rt-..tvr. 5 -4 5 ' r i0.!0'? .hnandppliedibr ai divorce, onl tberouod that bis wife js an incorriMbhjt tkUp From toe Salisbury Norsk State. JJOBTH GAHOL1NA COTJB.TS. t ' Justice toth j Juries. ' v. - i J-i There fias been studied effort by someveviK sposed persons io1 produce.ihe 'impressioa. up jan not only the Northern people, but also upon tbe colored people of tbe South, that our juries were not, disposed to do them justice. There is nothing further - frohi 1be"tfuth. "" Any" candid observer must admit this, who has beard all the cases and the whole of each case lately tried in our Courts. As the slander is based upon a supposed hostility of the former .slave-owners toward tbe colored race, we suppose that the trials which' nave recently takln jTce jnlhe (formerly) strong srave-holding counties of Ca-" barrus and Rowan, are likely to afford a fair illustration of tbe -truth or"alstfy of 'tbe charge. In Rowan County Court's negro was indicted for gaming, and was acquitted upon the techni cal defenee, - that- the gaming,; though clearly established, was' not committed in licensed retail grog-shop. - - 'r '"' ', . The same party was also indicted for an af fray, and there was evidence of a struggle and a previous -quarrel with a white man. It was also shown that the white man began the jnuar reL He was .convicted in the County Court, appealed and was acquitted in the Sur erio'r Court. A colored man . was indicted in the County Court for stealing fire-wood -after being forbid den the: premises of the owner of the wood -was acquitted on the ground that be bad lived on the same premises and tboughtr b6nx.ji(le that Le had a right to take it, as he had entered into a contract to work out the crop, &c. ' ; '-Two colored men were charged with stealing bacon very - peculiar ; tracks Were found near the L smoke-house from which" the' bacon was takes, on the morning next succeeding the loss. These .tracks were followed in soft mo'd along the line. of the Railroad to within a short dis tance of the; defendants bone." theh'at right angles til Host? in the woods', and were found coating rout of the woods in the direction bf the house shoes' corresponding exactly with the tracks which were found in the house with fresh mud.-on them; each shoe having a piece . out'of the sole about the size of a dollar, and 'the track presenting exactly sueh an appearance as such a shoe would have made. It had rained the njght, of the. theft and these were proved to be fresh tracks, made after the rain and no "others along thecoute.,' The Jury returned a verdict of net guilty .in less than five minutes'. v " r' : A-eolored.;maff-was tried for burglary. '. A watch ; was stolen audi found next day, add it was proved ? beyond question, that it was h& same watch sold , by the defendant bod that'be lied about it: He"- was acquitted because it was not ..Bhown ' afHrmatively that all the' window blinds had been closed, notwithstanding 'that there Was ino-evidence of any entrance except at.a window- which was clearly shown to have been: fastened.' The Foreman of the' Jury who returned the verdict of not guiltyis one of our' most prominent aiid influential citizens.- ' This verdict is notieable,-as the newspapers had pre judged the case and the same defendant was -ar raigned during the same week on another charge of burglary. . ; . - -' -' '- ; A colored man, was tried in- Cabarrus for stealing a ploW;and horse '-shoes, &c. A plow and some horse' shoes had been stolen, and one of the. horse shoes- was found in bii possession shortly after and identified, ind be failed to ex plain his,-possession. He was aequitted; the Jury not being out five minutes. : r V ' During the same Court a colored man was indicted for stealing, leather. -It W3S. clearly phown that- the leather after being stolen was shortly found in defetidantV.- shop and fully identified." The defendant was a,shoe-njaker, and tbe leather was found-under an open .coun ter. rJ is' conduct at the search and evidence of good character as a slave and a freed ujan, se cured for him, after a clear and masterly eharge from His Honor Judge Buxton,, a prompt ver dict of acquittal .. . .. - r- - A neyro .woman was - tried for murder. It was shown that hearing tbe outcries-of her daughter she rushed toward the spot whence they proceeded, and as she got within a few feet, she discovered her daughter on her back on the ground and a man rising up from off of her bhe picked up a stone, struck him, and the blo proved fatal. She was promptly acquitted. This ease was tried at Charlotte before Judge Buxton A negro boy, a youth, was indicted for sfenl- in a hore and tried before the same learned and humane Judge; it was clearly shown that the defendant . had taken the horse out of the stable in the night, and after having ridden some eighteen iuiles was turned loose. ..The learned Judge left it to the jury whether the defendant intended to steal the. horse or the ride. An intelligent Iredell jury returned a verdict of acquittal almost without leaving the box.; A negro woman was tried for larceny during he late , term before His Honor Judga Gil liam whoso legal acumen, profound joridieal attainments, lon experience at tbe bar and wide philanthropy, so eminently fit him to preside Where the poor, the; ignorant, and the friend lets are charged the alleged larceny consisted in taking a ladies chemise, drawers and stock ings the lady, .with whom the defendant work ed as bodse scrvant,' left on Saturday to be ab sent until Monday the defendant .put on the articles named on Saturday in the presence of,a colored- witness and lied aboatlbow be came by them; 4 it was also in evidence that there was to be a negro party on Saturday night. The lady returned lather unexpectedly and the articles were iound . upon the person of the di fendant. The learned Judge left it to the jury (a highly intelligent one,)' to say whether the defendant 'when she took the. wearing apparel intended Jo. deprive the owner permanently, , or only inteod ed to steal the use of them , for tbe ball and in tended returning them, and was prevented from so doing by the- unexpected advent of tbe mis tress. - The 'jury returned a 'prompt erdictof a.cquittnl. . . . "r'; . ' .f ..'r, , .. ;. .-' ' A colored man was also tried at the same term charged with stealing Bread and a bag frcm Col. Browc, of the Boyden:IHoue. . Ue was caught in the act,' but it being, shown thit tbel major port ion. &f he servants at the jlioydcn House were frdm Siofganfon, arid'that the'de fendttnt had just arrived on that., night from ilorgantpn. His Honor after presenting the as pect of guilt, lelt it to the jury to say, whether from all the circumstances, they could iofer ihat the dtlendjinViatakLngUhe bread" oppo3- ed that be had a right to take such a liberty, a tP so they couldatfiiflrn-.a; verdict of not guilty -patter f a sbort retirement tbe jury re turned a verdict )f acquittal:'' f & A colored , man wasjuedj atClabarrtts, for Wi f bad drawn a SliekiriB'a tbiatento manner to- wards tbeDegrcheas"?pfbmptly acquitted. ! ioWncrjppttre3f mao was tried or' retailing j itjispiituous liquor to anotherTColored man. 'KThe faeconsiituting the offence were pearly sbdwo. but upon evidence of the good character ol-Jthe defendant and the had character' of the State's witness, tbe jury readily returned , Verdict ofj These cases demonstrate that the colored people can and do receive impartial justice at thbandaof the juries of theremntry-and wefihe negroes ithe-Northero States and in ha . . . . - ... . j; 4- Tumiimos : Thiriv.t h reft- letters t(K mpmK.M have no knowledge or information tending to impucn the correctness of this conclusion save 011c case, and lhaf" when the jury bad not tbe aid of a Judge's charge. . - . -.McKenzie's case may be pointed to tne de fence in that case rested entirely upon tbe ered- ibility of a whness whose character; a9 slave was shown to be very good and upon the open ness of the possession of r he article ' ch arged to have been stolen. ."-There' was no affirmative evidence of the witness'- character since his free dom , and it was ihown that the owner of.the pig very 6eldom, if ever, passed by the defen dant's house. - r It was further shown' that de fendant bad prevaricated - about how be came by it the identity of the pig was conceded. Twenty-four men one jury -in the county,and one in the Superior Court say that he is guilty it was an open question 01 lact ana ine jury j ( th Mme vprAirt aaainsl 1 wTtltP man !n Jhpiqmp Anfllfinn nf Iiffl with littfe hesitatlon. The jury were at firs divided but. the argument for conviction outweighed the other and tbey agreed. ' There is no ground for such complaint against the juries or . if any complaint could, be sug gested it would "be the reverse. . It was fre quently said when Jake and John Johnson were acquitted, that nad they been white they would not have stood so fur a chance. ; Absence of proof of crraracter and ' a fort fori absence of character, wilr, however much it may be guarded against,, weigh greatly, with the jury in that class of bffences wl ere character is necessarily involved. , The juries have an impression that a negro who has acquired a good character can easily establish it more easily, indeed in gene ral, than the white man; because since free, they have been more noticed and talked of as a matter, "to a considerable extent, of philoso phical inquiry. Against is impossible for juries to throw out of yiew, in any ease white or black, the whole surroundings of the accused; they take a practical couimonsense view of human action by referring it to such motive and springs of action as would aQVc: not a tnaujnr any man but ruck a man. and notwithstanding -the opbistry of iniwiiotis counsel thoy think that a man white or black,' not because one or the- othor who they know bas had no" moral or intellectual training, who acts by the commonest instincts of our nature- ' whose associations are low and tastes depraved, is more apt to steal than a man who is just the reverse and the Judge when he them to re card such a defendant as first described; as a mere stranger; will hot be beeded for'the simple reason that it is only within the power of a very few men, to argue out a case,. in. the abstract and come to a conclusion diametrically opposite, to that winch would be arrived at by viewing it in the concrete . - , .. By keeping this explanation, in view we may account, for the number of convictions against negroes, but s-hould not lose sight of the cireu in stance that many more stand accused than whiten their want of moral aod intellectual , training, their crqde ideas of their new- relations and the trying temptations to which in their new condi tion they are often subjectedr easily accounts for the fearful increase - of, crime.. ', Good citizens should not attempt to palliate or ekcue crime by makiug either a fnlse issue or by 9uch a "sweep ing amnesty-regardless of the circumstances of the case, as would tend to induce the impression among this unfortunate class, that they may bo protected in any lawlessness they may commit. Beccaria says that it Is the certainty,, not the se verity of p-inishmeut which prevents crime. . -Murder. About two weeks ago,' some con cern was excited by the disappearance of a ne gro boy, living with a. JUr Stewart,- on the east sjde of the Catawba river, in this District. Re cently, a Iettprwas put in circuUtion, purport ing to haver beeri deceived from Columbia, S. 0., stating that the ' missing boy ' bad been shot in that place,"' wbile'af tempting to steal some prop erty. This circumstanee aroused suspicion, and the colored man who pretended to have receiv ed the letter, was at once apprehended. In his examination before a magistrate, he denied for awhile, any knowledge of the missing boy; but afterwards acknowledged that he had. been mur dered by two other negroes on Friday night, the 24th ofiiay, who knocked bim in the bead with an axe, and that the body had been thrown into the Catawba river. . The freedmen' in the vicinity where this out rage was committed, evinced a laudable deter mination to hunt up the . guilty parties,, and were anxious to administer ppecdy justice to the prisoner already in arrest, by swinging him to the nearest tree. Yor koille Enquirer. Ladies ! " We have just received a magnificent stock of ; 'dress goods. Elegant Broche Grenadiaea. Moz.arahiques. Mohairs, Lustre?, Leno, Challies, Delanes, Pria Printed Orprandiej, Piques, French - and British Printed Jackonets, Percales, Solid Colored Lawns, Muslins, Chambrajs, Ginghams, Ac. - .A SST you ever aw -At G R EAT L Yf fi E O UCE DPRlCESl Bleached and Brown Sliirting hhd Sheeting, Ilopiery, Gloves, Embroideries, While Goods, Napkins, While and Colored f Figo red- Table Linen, Ooilejs," &c.' Ladies' and Misses' Untrimmed Bannels and Iiats, Ribbons, French Flowers, 4c , &c. We have decided!r.,the Largest. Piettiest and . - Cheapest Stock of Goods We hay-hnd any Jirqe insye we-,hav.e been jn bujii ness. 'We are ''selling Goods, for less than they could be bought in the Northern Ciuea thirty days ago, and fo nearly fifty per cent less than they were r sold for'tiere early in the Spring. 1 - An early cajl wu secure the most desirable is hades, Patterns.i-AcVl V-w- . . -- It is to, the interest of e very-person to give us a call. before buying. t - . T ' r - v BIIEMBROWN 4 CO. June -4, 187. . 2w : - ' . , . CATAW1JA I"; . English faad Classical fligli School, t r NEWTON N. - 0. I '.:tj . The next 4ssfon of this Inslltbtion will com mence ibe Istxjf July next. Tbfe School is-in a flpnrishing condition. Ample provision is made to accornmodiite a large Etimber of boys and yonng men, both iir rooms, boarding and iivstrnction. "3!o pains are spared in fitting papili tiorougbljr for tbe f best TJol leges of the couatry, and io giving them a thorough and practic! business education. , . Pupils have access 'to vafnable .Libmriesiaa'd eiijoy tbe advaaWgeTJof whelk regiVUled ltttary Society. , ' f j-- ,,'Tuition. per Session of 30 Weeks from $9 to $22.50 in fnrrnifv. .' . i,. ., iV- ' : .. '. '. Board m families from $t,lQ $13 per moDlbj ia clubs at aroia half ibe. prices-, &i TojJCfccnlt;sand paxtniars, address J.C Clapp, NewfWX'. C. 1 ; wV" iv w-a - 45 H f .5 . j j-C. CLAPP, A. June 3, I&67. . Hf FJXG5R. A. B. A'dcspatch , from Washington to the New York Tribune says : An energetic effort is made by the Impeachment party, and Mr Sumner and others, to bring a sufficient number of members of Congress here in July to form a quorum of both Houses. Mr Sumner says be only re mains here himself to help make up that quorum. and, if possible, pass a law to give eu ft rage to Territories. Thirtythrea . letters .tot membera -were sent off 60 Tuesday by the impeaehment party, urging, them to come; on, and a urg number have been written to by Mr Sumner, who urges them to come in aid of his suifrtga proposition. A little girl, only 14 years of age, carries the mail betwecutha famous -Stone House and Manassas Station, Virginia, a distaace of 5 miles;-;- -x- Vx V" v'5 ;Vl; V . ' " WHra'ton, Char. & Ruth,1 "Railroad. WESTERN' DIVISION. . , .Oa and after Saturday the 8th of Jnfte the pas. senger traio oa this Road will ran as follows : GOING WEST, .... On Monday?, Tuesdaj?, Thurfdays and Saturdajt, i-eac timng " I.incolnton, 7:30 a. ia. 10:IS M '. "11:00 , Arrive at Cherry ville, v.-? GOING EAST, Oa ilondajs and Saturdays, v', . ' , Leave Cherry ville at - - . Lincolnion." - .. Arrive at Charlotte, - . -: ' . Oa Wednesdays and Fridays, Leave Cberryvilje at - ' . : LincolnlonV '.V -Arriva at Charlotte, '' r i- 12:00 tn. 1 :00 p. m. 3:45 7; 13 a. m. 8.45 " . 1 1 :30 By order of . . B. S GUION, June 10, 186T. V Knglneer SoperinteodentL . ; LAW LIBRARY. AsAdmini3irator of the' Estate of Col. Wto. A. Owens, deceased, I will expose to public tale bis Law Library (comptete) at the Public Square in tha clly of Charlotte, N." O.. on Tuesday, 9ih of July oext. it being Mecklenburg County Court week. A credit of six months will be given,- interest from date. ' - ' ' June 3, 186?. C. OVERMAN, Adni'r. . lm . 4 BOXES MANUFACTURED TOBACCO, for 6&le it the Corner Dmi; Store. June 3, 18G7. . .. J. H. McADE.Y. XT 3XT XT7 N ORTH 0E3 DFL SITY CAROLINA!. The ONE HUNDRED and FORTT-SIXTH TERM of this Institution will begin on Friday, Jul 19, 1867.': -'. .. " . Tuition, $30 ; Board, $70 tu $100. For Catalogue, or more particular information, apply to the President of thrUni verify,- v. . . j . Ho. D. L. SWAI.V, VJane 3,1847 3r Chapel Hill, N.C.. Rags! Rags ! ! Rag ! ! ! The highest CASH PRICE paid for RAGS nt June 3, 1867. . .5,3. KOOPilAKN'S. Wilminon & ' Weldon Railroad. Orrics CHiKr.Exo" & ScrT. Wilmington, April 28v , ; J CnAKCd OF SCIIEDIJLB. ! , On and after Sunduy, May' 5tb, the passenger trains will ran over this Rodd as follows ; ..-.. GOING NORTH. . -Leave Wilmington, . 6:40 A M and 4:00 P M. Arrive at Wilmiugion, r ' ; 7:30 P M and A U. GOING SOUTH. ; , Leave Weldon, ' 10:30 A M aiid 8:15 P M. Arrhe at Weldon, - 3:00 P M and 3:00 A M. Trtiin8 will pass Goldsboro. going North, at 10:15 A M and 10:50 P M ; going South, at l:2i A M aud , 3:00 P M.' The night train each way is an accontmodalioa train, and will run daily, and connects all lie way to New York via Richmond. The day train wHl not run on Sundays. Jt C9nnecN by all Ibe routes Nortb,'ty Richmond,' Old Bay Line and Annemcusis . Line. . , ' Traln3 connect cloaely-witb trains to Raleigh and Newbern. S. L. FREMONT, . . Chief Engineer and Sopeiintendent. P. S. Wheat and Corn are carried btlween Goldsboro and Wilmington or Weldon, at Six cents , per bushel, and contracts for through trnporia tion of any goods will be made, if in Jarge qnrnli ties, as low as by any other line. Light goods coming by way. of Portsmoutb" will have especul dispatch if ordered via Goldsborot while heavy goods will come cheaper by Wilmington lhan any other route. Direct all yonr goods for West via Golds boro, and you will find tbe charges as low as auy and time as quick they take oar passenger trains. Try it. - , t v I" T. June 3, 18C7. " ' " . State oT t. Carolina, Mecklenburg Co. Court of Pleat Quarter Settwnt April Term, 1807. . M; L." Wriston, agent, vs. J. E. Collier. 'Attachment Levied on 1 House and Lot in the City j - of Charlotte, It appearing to the satisfaction of tbe court, that tbe defendant, J. E. Collier, resides beod th limits of this Slate, on motion it is ordered by ihs conrt that publication be made, for six weeks in ths Western Democrat, notifying th said defendant to be and appear at te next Conrt of Pleas and Qimr fer Session, to be held for the' county of Merklen burg, at the Court House in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in July " neit'lhcn and ibere to answer, plead or replevy, or judgment final will be taken against' bim and property levltd upon condemned to plaintiff's nse. - Witness, WHIiarh Maxwell. Clerk of onr said courl at office, the 2d Monday in April, A. P- 1807. 70-6w WM: MAXWELL, Clerk. . State of HI. Cnrol I n, Mecklenburg Co. Court of 2'Uas $ Quarter tScttion$-Airil Term, 18C7. Wm M. Daily, Administrator of James Alexander, - deceased, va- the Heirs at Law of J4e Alex ander, deceased." . , ' ..-,,,, . , , v,- ( tj ( . 'r- Petftidn to Sell Heal Estat, It appearing to the satisfaction of the Conrt, that' J. M. Thorn and wife Isabella, one of tbe defendants in this case, reside beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore, pn motion, ordered by tbe 'eourrtbat publication be made, for six successive weeks, ia -tbe Western Democrat, notifying tbe said defendant of the filing of this petition, and that unless tbey appear at the next term of this court to be held for the county of liecklenbarg, at the court hoare In ' Cbarloite, on tbe 2d Monday in July next, and an swer the petition, the same will ba taken p'o con feso and beard expartee as to ibera. .Witness, Wiiliam- Maxwell, Clerk of oar, saidronrs at ofRce, the 2d Monday in April. I67. ?0- i . i . .'')'.'' .WM. MAXWELL, Clerk. 1 .... jin . -irrw. - r 1- , ', - - ' - Ufate-of.t. Carolina, Iflechlenbnr Co . Court 0 Pleas $.Qukrth StioApril Tern, 1 867 ;; -y Wm. P. Robinson vs.' John IL Allen. , . , Attachment Levied on 100 bushels Corn, 2.000 lbs. Fodder and Hay. 700 lbs. Seed Cotton, 1 Rifle Ga -and a lot of Shucks. ' It Doearlor to the latlsfkction of tbe court, tbat tbe defendant in this case resides beyond tb J"1" Ari.: fli.i.- A. ai!a. u i. A,.4.i hr ibe court lhat Tuililir-al inn hit ma T r.ir i!t weeks in tha Western Democrat, notifying lb aaid 1 b aad appear at the next Court of Pie1 n,d " ler Sesaioos, fo b belJ for tbt county of eIef; ' burg, at tbe court bonse ia Charlotte, n tbe ia. . Mondavfn Julv next, then and thera to answer, plead or replevy, or iodgmeBt floaliWill bf t against bim.'and the property levied on condeo.neu t plaintiff's 3. , , . ," ' . . .Witnesa, ; William Maxwell, Clerk of oor Mid coir 1 at office, the 2d Monday la April, a. v.. 1001.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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