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A GROSS EBBOR.
!Vas it ignorance or. a purpose to
deceive that caused Senator Morton
to state in his speech , in the Senate
thjit Mr. Mason, of Virginia, in 1857,
when tem aorarily actingpas President
of the Senate, had decided that he
alone had the power to open aud
connt the electoral Totes?; Senator
Morton if a very able man, fully
eqnal to a ay Senator, and he is well
' informed in political matters. How
conld he he mistaken in his confident
assertion r Was he really ignorant,
.or was he simply mean? VYVe give
him the benefit of ;the former 'sop-'
position. We know thai others were
' resting under a, like misconception of
the facts, among them a prominent
Democratic Senator." "We are not
disposed to do injustice to even as
' hitter and unscrupulous a partisan as
we regaic Senator ; Morton' to be.
We presume then that he had simply
blundered through, ignorance, or a
proper knowledge i of the exact senti
ments of Senator Mason. ' , ,
So far from claiming the (one-man
power" as belonging lo 4ba :Piesi
dent of the United States that- he
alone has the power given him under
. the Constitution to open Srhd count
the votes--to saywJiictf 6halt be ac
cepted aucl which shall ; bo rejected,
he actually took the: opposite iiwr
and insisted again . and again' that
that powe did no fielong to ; hm as
the cliief c ffioer bf! the Senate. Much
stress his been laid. upon . what; be
said and uiJt and for weeks we have
seen it stated in. the ; papers that he J
had decided that be Kad' aTight' to:
6et aside t fie Votef of 'av'ui'adlnad
done so in, the case "., of Wisconsin,
which coo d not ..vote , on, , the day
: specified on account, of a i terrible
suo w-8torm. but bad - voted- the day
after the one appointed by the Con-
. stitution for the; casting of "the elec
toral vote. e. Repubiicans have
claimed that here, in the case . of . an
old fashioned, ' straight outDemo-
cra.t, was tbJ be fouhi La pWeedehf5
that would authorize rresident h erry
to reject c r count as he might deem
right and proper;-":-""'-
The pthi?r day Senator llandolpb
give f mm the record the precise his
tory of what occurred on the 11th of
February, 1857. The entire proceed
ings are found in the files : of the
Congressional Globe. :i We find fro'm
; this irivalaable : record what0 the
leading Se'nators bf thai time held'
U'uglas, Seward, j3ssf 'CrUtJenden,
an-.l oiuer.', arjd we: fi uil t that uPesi--.
dent Masc it held -precisely th0 oppo
site of what! lias been supposed1 by
recent Seuatbrs.'r .We have-not room
for the. 'entire proceedings. ' We
runat be content with a few.brief exrr-
. traotv When WiscTjrrsinwSTaTled,
lWhaving railed to vote on ; the day.
appointed? by the act , of 1792, Mr.
Iietcher, w Virginia; itteniberbf
the Ilonsj (both bi'b'met
gether Mobrding toibe Constitution
to count the. vote) objected to; the
receptioo of the vote from thatSute.
' "Mr. Jonpn of Tnaia' ' Mf ' PwmA.
dent, the pforr waj-woultfbrtOTthe tel
lers to renort the factsi t ;ther ConwratlosT
of the two Houses, and let them decide. , ,
fWHiing uracer ,ine rresiame
Officer so eonsideri. - -f
nod, aiked:" '' "
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. D, I understand the-' CJiatf WJiecid
tb&t Conirress in no form has: power to ue-.
cide ntn the validity or iavalidity of t
oler - . ;-i , v ,j - - ,f v i
"The Presiding Officer.. The Presiding
Officer has made do such decision, he will
inform the Senator from Kentucky. - . .
. Later still Mri Crittenden saidi ? . 1
'I shall not presume before Coagresa to
occuny a moment's time with argument.
wish merelyjo say. that t bo, sense of duty; I
an honorable sense or, duty i ove: po,
doubt, upon. which the Presiding uOfflcer
has acted in assuming to declare the num--ber
of votes, involves , the pxi?ilege.of -determining
a Presidential election, and say
ing who, shall be ' President.'; I' protest
against any;such'pbwer..'Vji.l-? 'iH'Vs-f
The Presiding Officer..! The Presiding
Officer is ereatlv unaware that be has as
sumed jthe exercise of any auch.power.",:T(
".Senator .Cass suggested f.,; tjj .
The only thing wqigh remains for us lo
do, if there are' insuperable difficulties ')u
the way. is to adiourn 'immediately to our
I respective halls,, .Then let, the Sepate or
matter for aQUeu,,w?l o-l 1 y.um S o I .
residenMaBorAijBtd, ,ba,be
tellers .had notr yet-com pleted , Abeir,.'
certinpaies ivwnen .penaior.iougiaa,
J riae4' state -tha in myfopinioTne
tellsra have no' right to authenticate that
certificate until the two houses have passed'
upon it as to Its being a true- coant.' 1 rise
lo protest ' against1? this' Joint c6nvenUon
being dissolved until the Question which
ha8been raised shall -have been decided."
' President Mason again speaks: if
' The Presiding Officer would again state
that the . duty or the : tellers : has not yt
been discharged u -The tellers, it would ap
pear, made their report before they, had
Bigned the certificate. The .vote will be
again read to the two bouse, aud-Asy -can
determine what tiallbc done..
Mr Washburnepr tllinoissaid: p
i Vlxifemarid the reading of all tbe offlciai
papers.cnnnected with. the Wisconsin case.
I think! the convention have the right to
know vhat those papers' are. ' " J " 5
. "The Presiding Officer. t The Chair will
direct them to be read? '
The, Senate having returned to its
own Chamber, president Masoq ad-
dressed the .body, stating again .his
position. .We can only give the fol-
lowing z
y.
"The Presiding Officer 'did not under
take to decide whether the -vote of ' the
State of Wisconsin was a good vote or si'
bad vote! The Presiding Officer upon that
matter did no more than recite the : fact
which Was reported to him by the tellers. ,
pursnaot to the order concurrent of the
twonooseev v ' -J 4 !--'' il-fJ'
5'if the result could have been affected by
the collateral fact reported by the tellers,
that the vote of the State of Wisconsin had
been given on a day-different from that
prescribed by law, the Presiding Officer
would have considered it his duty to -have
reported, as the state of - the vote," that 4
whether a majority of the whole electoral
votes had been given to James Buchanan
would depend- on canvassing the votes, a
duty that e did not tutntme." . . v , , ,
I - ir " i w - w
i"He disclaims, having assumed on him-i
self any ; authority: to determine whether
that vote, or any other vote, was a good or
a bad V.ote. i. :
President Mason concludes his own
statement iq these, words: .
''The Presiding Officer, in his own judg
ment, believed then, as he believes now,
that bei declared correctly,' as the state bf
the -:vo4e,' that James Buchanan had re'
ceived j the greatest? number, and tnat that
number was a majority ot the whole num
ber of electors,' not. -undertaking to" decide
and not having decided- whether -the vote
of the State of Wisconsin; had been given 1
to John U. U remont or not a power that j
the Cluur'tttterly disclaims and never asserted.'"
'X. fj JhLj t-L 'iJa-bVrtiii I
v & trusti alter tne reauing oi buese
and other extracts : in the Senate by
Mr.:;tlaidoIph, that we shall .not
again tiear Mr. Mason : quoted as an-
thOnty to do an unlawful and unpre-'
cedehied act.'. " !. V 5
jvENqocttieiN'G:'
Wiihin the last three' or, four days
the aspect ot affairs is more encour
aging i The more conscientious and
country-loving members of the Sen
ate who voted fbr Hayes are not go
ing to plunge the country into, a ter
rioie qivit war upon tecnnicaiiiies, or
to uphold the. violent and revolution
ary policy of their party, i iThere has
been a decided reaction, the canses
pf which we mentioned ' in bur last.
It as a growing sentiment,, even at
W ashington, that it is not the safest
investment in the world to bet on the
continued forbearance - of , the four
million two hundred. and fifty thou-
safid; jvoters who ? supported hTilden
and Heodricks,' if the Grant adminis
tration 'continued its ' assaults hpon
law, justice and truth, . and attempted
nets ; and ,; bullets in , the . f ace, of the
overwhelming majority that j had
been oast for the DemocfattoToandi-
Cye; are gladto believe that there
i a' healthful reaction going ,on, and
that the ' prospect' is encouragiirg.'
'WeihaverstfoDghope , torday that
Samuel JV Tilden will be1 duly iioati
gurated, peacef allytand m accordance
with law, on the 4th day of tMarch,
Wbeeler,and not Hendricks will r be
the jVicePresidehtiw tbpabiRty
is tbatahWeUbqo electioofand
the Hbbse will ttieb'ijroceeMtelect
the President as the vonstittttion
videsdSenati" wXl elecV
the Vice-JrresiaeiiUt ikmrmi
hope ot H peaceful abdicoostitational
VittieWentof thVaifficuUiesi" 5 Willi
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a thousand' times better than local',
outbreaks 'or a . general Waf, Kvery j
true man 'Who loves his country and
loves peace and order will rejince'
when the whole matter is laid at rest,"
aud the man who is the oh0roe:of the
American people - sits in the chair of
he Chief Executive of .the Uiiited
States. -f 'K 'sir J1i!m,1 i
WAR -rALrK-iN Hi sitno vnt
I According -to the NewYrrkJSfierri
poTwar talk is rvery commonlJin St.
Louis, s The most prominent Denio
crau Bpeak , out boldly and say it is
jllldeo or war. ' ;Suchi men as Colonel
qiay, Kin, iColonerrj. .C JSormiUef,
Ex-Go v. Reynolds, Secretary of State
T Qrup &nd Geoerali Marmadoke-t-
alio jeionfederate: OlSeerB-dclare
hat jtbaslargfes arniy.i.cati bo got H
Mi8aonrljt0i maintain Tildea'a iclaim
if;it ojald-
Mercudsj: 6KT Irfw correspondent
writes on th,eLl8tbtn. jis
i : A prominent citizen,, who returned to
the city this . evening, from an extensive
tour through northeast Missouri,-says the
feeling; among both Union and Rebel Dem-:
ocrats is strong for Tilden or war. ;
: AlI.'Buckner. Oonmressman from the
KThirteentb district of Missouri, has written
a natnber of letters from vvasbington to
his Constituent, saying that war seems to
"be inevitable. ,. - , ; ; ;. :;
Since then affairs appear to, be
more pacific, as our readers saw from
the . latest news from V ashingtou.
We sincerely trust there will be no.
use of soldiers ou either side to settle
the question of who shall be Prcsi
dent,! J when the people said in No
vember that it must be Samuel J.
'TBK UOtOBSD INSAWft. .
The people of Korth , Caroling arc
not deficient in any of the noble at
tributes of humanity. . They , are as,
prompt to compassionate the misfor
tunes of others as any people under
the r'snn. When the ' afflicted ) and
smitten come under their immediate
notice, they have hearts to Sympa
thize and hands to relieve. The three
asylums at Raleigh are noble tnonu-
ments testifying of the philanthropy
and generosity of our people. . But
the work in this direction is not yet
complete. . The insane asyum now
in course of erection : at Morganton
was x a necessity It was. to either
enlarge the one at Raleigb, or build
another, in a different section ' of the
, - , 1 ... r r-
State.! There is still another asylum
needed,aud must be built sooner or la
ter. It ia not only humane and just
that the colored insane should be
provided, for, but it is constitutional.
The organic law of the State requires
it.. Article. JJv, section .10, directs.
that the General Assembly shall pro-
Jvide ; forthe proper care of all of the
deaf mqtes, the blind, and the insane,
at the charge of the State. , This is
precisely as it should be. ; A failure
to provide ; for, the v maintenance-; of i
these IfEicted reaures . wpul bei a,
severe and just reflection ,, uponthe
cnaracier, oj our pcopie, anaouiu
show that, oHbrjCarpUnians are-Jess
filled th thp 'fniilkofUman kind
ness" and f sympathy than, are; the
people of, many sections of our corny
mon country. , It is simply a duty,
impetaUye, and . nrgent, that the col-
orea insane soouiu.uave a uatiuing
of their.own. , We ' are glad (io j see
so thoughtful and . , kindly, a pn f;as is
wielded, by -the. editor , of the j Hills-
bero- .Recorder, Col.; J ohn D. Cam-
eroni employed,' in jdiscussipg thia.
subject. , Henhas ipreseued, so,
clearly in hspaperpjFithezpfost.Jr
tuat we giaqiyaraw upon ,it tosup-
. i' i ii . .i - - .
piemeut our .own uenciencies. - ine
Recorder says:"' i 1 'fiV";. .;":f
' "Insanity exists Sraohg the colored poo-'
pie in as large a: proportion as among, the
whiles.' The State,. under the above, pro
vision bf- the Uon8titutkn; Otnnbt evade its
ddty ;''iponscqttentrjrall 4- ths " nSntormBte
colored patients are crowded into the only
building pfivided as ytt for .the purpose;
to the great detriment of all. For the build
ing at Ualeieb ' U taxed far brVohd its ca
pacity even, for .the .whites,, The necessity.
or a separate provision, wuoin iue eume
walls, adds to' the dUcomfort :and : iocon-
venience ,t all. , . t k . . . t.j,.k.ti I
4i(VThe same reasons that called into exi-;
tenca the Colored inilU.ntion for the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind, now so useful and sowrll
conducted, apply 'with greater force tb the-
erection x)i separate uuuaings ior ine col
ored insane. -jThey are subject, 'under their
nrcseut Dositibnl' to restraints Upon ' neces
sary exercise ard amusement, so efficacious
i- ' j i ; i l 1 i.
as remcpiat. agencies, anu mw vu a, narsu-
er application Of the discipline needed to
control them, i'.it jiMt iw. t M r
. . ."The Legislature, of 1874-'75 made a
move in this direction, and autboriaed 'the
purchase pf a building, then on (be market,
in ..the city of Wilmington.' .But the" Re
publican party id the Legislature, especially
the colored members, affected to take alarm
at the burnose to consign their unfortunate
brethren' td a location' alleged to Wlnr-
wholesome m climate and remote in. POr
tion. VAnd they opposed the scheme, with
hiiimeaa that never was assuaeed. l'3"li 1
The commissioners appointsi.to make
the purchase found titles defective, and
the whole subiect tangled with complies
tionai they did not ! care to, involve them
BAtres in. and so the whole questldb is agai'
oDened.'. iBut it mwti be;mevad it ought
fO DC met St WUS UtBSiuuui iuoucjnims,
' -r -yi'ft j .' r., .. .. (T-v , . f .:. .r..: ,
owb
OWB jFJTlf V. ,a. O.vBIHPUnLtCAlV
i". Mo , OSIWfTTEB. .. ' -
j.JAHurlb'ut.' trfrbr IHqoie?
is one of the House ' committee now
in Nje w Orleans.' Has the foilbwihg'
ODinidn of the1 ffeetfom'df the "press,'
aocordiner to the Picavune: ' f
'4"lf I had my-Wky, all newspapers should
oe sum-ap,;oroniy:ipermitteov underline
strictest censorship,, to publish advertise
.ments,!death notices and puffs wf
"No wonder' that a fellow with his
record should be in favor of destroy
iog tlje press. The, ffcqyipie ,y
thaV fehile1 seoondwiucomraand ,
Orleans rlng.the warbetJe
cam t disrepptaye 4ealr outside, of
M'iMontiih.qttoteilrqmth
' "?. kfssn siiiiao5i.,.;9iLl m i-B'iUi
' ..i . - ' . . . f. . ;n -
..'e managed: to eocage in pertain fitfin
cial operations of. a most suspicious charac
ter; 'with the 'view of returning ' home like'
Neal pq w 3 and j Ben i$uUer i with niore
plethoac pockets.? -'. i . :.
So glaring became the actions - of this
epatitetted merchaat; aud so; loud jbecame
the, complaint of : the crookedness of his"
' transactions, that a special commission war
sentlhere from Washington Ur investigate
the 8&id Hurlbut. , ' This commission was
composed of General : Baldy Smith and
James T. Brady; and, after a very full and
impartial examination into the charges pre
ferred against the said IJurlbut, they found
him guilty, ' and : be was accordingly' ar-1
rested. 1 His epaulettes 1 were ' taken from
him, aid while iff'thiSTdisgracefur Bltua
tibn. aid by reason of the interposition of
powerful friendsi.was permitted to resign.-f
Thus convicted and disgraced, be re
. turned to his home minus his epaulettes,
and shortly thereafter was rewarded for
his valuable' services by Grant and sent to
Bogota, as Minister. w ' fH1 ;U '
.. ; Mr. nnrlbnt entertains Napoleon's
;opin)o n- that 'Jf bur hostile newspa
pees a re more' tol be feared ' than a
itl.iousi.nd'5 bayonets.w Bnt: Junius
said ;ti uly that the liberty'" bt the
press 8 the ' palladium of all the'
civil, blitibal and religious rights.'
ill
. SIGNS.
That the neoDle of the entire conn-
try,, : af e. . thoroughly .disgusted with
the infamies, practiced by the Ket'ura-i
ing Bpafds of Florida, Louisiana, and,
Son,h jCarolina isras clear as sunlight,'
The. jinking, honest. Republicans, of
the ortlj are. deeply attached to.
thei r d art,y, but they, do ncjt 3 ustify
crime j and ; Tascality. ; They do . not
look, at the election results n the
South jas we do, and not understand
ing the actual facts in the case, they
have believed that Hayes was proba
biy eleojed, : Their papers and: )ead-,
ing politicians so confidently asserted
it, they; were deoeiyed . and:; hood
winked... At last they are beginning
to discern, the truth t and to learn
much i of the unmitigated rascality
perpetrated . by ., the Returning
Boards, and of the disreputable and
corrupt fellows who have been Go
vernors,: of ; three, contested . States.
That jthey are; beginning to opder-
stand the true condition of affairs in
the 1 Soutb b; made manifest by the
utterances 01 several or. tne more ae-.
cent" Journals, by .the .expressed
opinions of able, aq4 ; scholarly .men
not inl the , political vortex; : and ..b7
the toning!dqwBh.e lowering, of itbe
bigb'8tandar4.- of usurpation and; reT;
Volution which; bad been v confidently
set 'np by. thft .eyllf.advisers.of the
President, and. w.hjc ;they h ad . i nao
lentiy mounted in the very face pf the
nation. , Yrtyf -
i But the mos sjgnifican j indica-
f . j ... . .;
tionrf bf a .change of opinbn; pn.jhe
part of the people ar the r recent mu-
mcipal flections, held, in" .Boston and
3oreester Maachasetts,; and ..at
Weteftown worj Jn(0
overwhelmingly Hayes StW.m Miaa-
feachuiett-v (tfjeij DemocratfJ! awepf.,
bothTBosn and,Wrcester4! whilst.
m iw liepuunqan .town .ot
town,
w,bich gaye . Hayes a!
Iidafcwaye swefpmg, over the, JS.tae
in a ewf weeks and, fleeted, .the entire
erreoiBratio ticket. What does this
1 ,', -. - . .1 i! k
wfiow ?i .Why. this , sudden, change?
Does it not reveal thJ true spirit and
temper of tbe peoplb , not tb ustaiu .
the Wild crusade againtacoalitu-.
the Grant ad iniiuitrau(i,utainea ty
a"doeq brt.wo
.puions txjnapif atofT had entered r If
not tlns-i tlien what cau these sudden
changes taeab? f i " "
in the presence of ; the .Consressional
.Wiuiuutcc, i iMtauwoco tutus buviv
deseris the; standard . of j Radicalism!
whnm'ftnM
to, , the,. Democrats. That city ba4
not eiven a Democratic maiontv in
Ji- . ctli j-.r.? tti-i.i rf -L
more than 1 ten years, . and it ; would
the municipal ticket .was elected, it
the people had not, known that
deabad carried the State .fairjy
bonestlv, and were.bpt witnesses of.
tne pyteraauo vmainyot tne uoara
IhenosofthRe
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m
Such We take t be ? the meaning of
.theJay-elekibna.,'' vinf-n.
f ' tt'1.1 tot 1 "iC j 'Hi '
.s.I
,rhe .besv .burgfar;preventlve yet
invented is amaU sharp dog; either:
afice br terriehir ASbni e years' ago: a
notorious English housd:breaker and J
receive the penaity of the 'law for his
oft-repeated VinHe'He'.was'aske'd
if ' be had any ( thing to eay. , . He step
ped forward and Said' something like
this:1 My r advice io all -housekeepers
ii 't6?get 'a Bhsrt; dog a ficeor te'r1-'
Tier is best jaqd keep bin) 1 ntiae joxxx
housei One such dog inaideis worth I
ii.UiL - -r , , 1 . r .1
inree ioutsiae. x navenerer neen'
ore vented from carrvme? out mv
way of 8ilencidg sucb a eenlibeliiBut
X hate' ofterbeen 'idriven' off by the
; ''',1 iMii-Q ViU ...l-iJSJ
cease! ess. .. barking of a . small dog .pa :
tbe inside. No burglar 1 will enter a
house jamid theTaharpnnTTitfig-barlt
otiaj faithfnV "terrier W ci.m1fo
house-breaking is 1 so Common We
thoughtLof thW remarkable speech of
the ojatlaw, and have, given it for
what h is Worth. C Try the remedy
suggested. -jm sm;:;, n
'Ai " . 1 '.
; It seems almost a pity , to , describe . the
less agreeable aspects of men of great
genius.; .Yet it gives one a graphieidea of
DeQuiScey to imaeine him, as he has just
been pictured, shuffling about and a sort of
Jeremy Diddler, asking people, if they had
such a ' thing as a, sixpence . or a shilling
about them. If they had, he borrowed it
to buy laudnum,: of which he would , drink
a wineglass at a time w it h as . little com
puDction as if it had been claret Ifbrthetn
Exchange. j :.i,.s3i"iu
i It is well .: known to all . who . are,
familiar, with the life of thia,ex.trabr
dinary man, tha he used no opium
the last thirty-five, or forty years of
hi life., He-has i given the partfeuY
iara b his excesaiyeai laudnum dripk;
ing ip that grand .book,, ?The Opiun
ater,"t and ,ha 1 arnished us xnany.
glimpses of his own life, in several of,
bis:: : volumes, particularly . in, ; "Jafe
and Manners." t: He f,ell ipto the habit
When in his teens, first taking the
fearful' drug for excruciating ? pain.;
It grew; upon.; him, until het would
drink j fortjrfiye, hundred drops - of
laudanum in one day. He thoroughly
broke the. habit and lived to nearly
or quite seventy-five years of age. .u ;!
When Chamberlain was trying tb
gain the favor of the best people' of
South: Carolina, add was steadfastly
resisting the fellow Whipper whom
the negroes had appointed ' to ther
Judgeship of the Charleston Circuit
be talkecT'like a1 nikn who1 had1 some-
thinff (n him. bat ii was all talk; He
to the New England Society' of
rjkownfc
(iaBhot atend'yknnna1 s!ppel1o
ufght; but if there), ever was axr'bborcwhea
the. spirit. of the Puritaneh-the spirit of
undylngttQcbnttuerable enmity' and de
fiatice toJiong--ght.Ltor;animate , their
sons, it is this hour, here, in Bouth Caro
lina. JjrJyysj"J fr-'an-ua no em.
" 1 : Thy cyiUzaUon of the Puritan and. lhe
Cavalier, of 1 the Roundhead and the
Husruehef. ts. Uh ' Tril. Courage. Deter
mination, tion, sy,jctory,ff niusi, ne. oujq
r
.ii yid IForlthsoV Ji
jnKWi. r- t t i
TXXE QUESTION
...:'.. 1 ebnment;
in their efforts to .steal a ! State from
A 1 W;; " "',.' -i-.tr ,r em. .
G,ovs Tilden 1 and,, gie,, jt toHayes.
7 T'rriTTiTOwBirtBnceS next XueadaVw -There pw (tweiv
fner eonntieSoWha. favor -Tef firm ami l.rfii-.J LrZ.L'i 4..:iJ - f
ing counties, , who . faypr reffrin apnrl
improvement in county? government,
Nttiderj tne " adopted amend men is., are'
iireoueste to meet 'at the CobuboSBe
in Ppndbr at 3ifelve o'clock, Ml, xmi
Tuesday 3peer,br; 19 0Mlft?ft. It, (
will' be the .first .day. bf . SnDerior.
Comfti week, in Pender, when it is,ex- j
.peoted tbeW irttfb the' largest1 tdrn-i
out of the i masserf or whose benen I
these amendments. were adePttidTi
'Tnisoall means, business. The object
isfctbj take action, wise. and mucn,
tleeeds jto. making .)knowh1 , tb';tne
Legib tature; when: it'assqmbles 1 on the
Ifth Inst., i. the MgneVandesv Jwronft,
an4 pptiresttons bf 'the' 1 people nnder
.the vaiyj onst
for a j proper, (jubstiluiq , in Iplace pf
Our I present iyatimtfo county ' go
vernments Let us act proinptlyand
jSrl tii jjbol'd hsdiv Tbeye no " tttrief
be -mUlf fMiijifiA
abutejyand long from carpet-bag and
iieero! rwlewi She?iis i readvi to iom
'New Hanover, GraVenJ and . other j
eastern counties, in any ana au meas
ures? fori n3ief under the r. forms bf
bur "Constitution. iLet. .this-move-
the ,i ebpfethe stfugelmg'lm'assesr
thei producersj -vLet us strike as soon
' is-the Legislature Iconveue8,tv' before
llrbad, andiOther; matters press,,s;
, tbey frilly qikw the General sAssembly;
Peuder ska fbrs cbfiultatlbii f iufd
: jr.. T.jiiiii'jklavriuLi.-ij.-js5tj-isfuiiv
b( tbe pr?ly .ftGKJledKas.Sh
appeals to Hew 'llanover, to xiuplin
Cbnrt fibuseon,! tibe. fit iins , to'
jola'in iezpresaittg views and In uk-i
Anjr topw foraetion' before the Legiav
lature.fi,a T:1rf ,MkrtiOTtziw8.",5
-' bp! ; lDec; 6 IW.
tpamysoev Jorunswioa ana uvuctxobo-
-1 n :;J of)m t.j oV.J
VI Jil BOO
. CODRTY COSItail8Sl01!IKU)l. ,
rf.r!jj OJ ttfi'J J -o-a .U .1.1 It IV
ti A4Jonradfeaatn,er Poardr ,
.;t The Board of County Commissioners met
In adjourned session yesterday morning ai
11 o'clbckjv' present,inJbhii' G. A Wagner, !
Chairman; ahd Commissioners B.1 Van Am-'
ringe, D.' Holmes and D. Klxon I ts W.
; Dl.a PaviSj. iStaildardt peeper, 1 pfTered
his official: bond ia the sum of i200. with
Ht1 Scott 'and W.H." Grbtgeh asVuretles,"
,l Geo. pEL Befdeu was granted license lo re
toilspUiraousliqurjrs.' He uurtd
I The ieport oI, 8. VanAmringfttaad I C,
Davis, the r committee to settle, withj p.-.
Black, j late TaxT Collector of the Countv;
was received and ordered spread on the
. It wasmoved thaf me Board pa into, an
electiou f or a icommissioper to fill the;va
cancy cane4 by the Jailurt qf Mr, lwar4
'V Commissioner- VanAmrlnge placed ia
nomination the name of CaDtain Isaac BV
j- vapv urainger was unanimously eiectea, !
an'tbe wu Lructed tonotify' hint
(ing be held on Wednesday next, tbeJtb,
. Instil mhk n'naiiW. ' -V..-.' '!
O Cqmdssibher'VahAnge! piaceulm'
nomination for Couhiy "Purveyor !J.: ;Kent
Brbwni ; L i . 1 It-.
, , Mr. Brown was unanimously elected. i u
Y The Board then , took a recess until 4
o'clock' p. m. : . ' : I -
Upon the reassembling of the Boaid
James i Heaton Clerk of the Superic-r
Court; offered his official bond for $10,000,
with. James Wilsom and Mrs. Mary. V
jHeaton as sureties, which1 was accepted.
The Board then adjourned., , 1 ; v ,
We learn from- Sheriff ' feoderick Mc-;
Millao.tof nbbesbn County; who was bh a
uriei ysn to mis cny yeiieruay,iruai two
young white men,1 both strangers,', arrived
at Lumbetion on Monday evening last and'
put up at Carter's Hotel.- Soon afterwards
they called upon' Messrs. Melke & Joites
and hired a horse and buggy,, saying' they
wanted to take an hour's ride. . . About 10
o'clock! that night, the two men not having
made tjieir appearance, and a string sus
picioa jhaving , become ; excited that .they
hadolen the horse and vehicle, . Messrs. .
Melke ffc Jones, started, a t posts I in I pursuit.
iu the direction of Marion : Court House 8. .
Ci; the route they were supposeaT to have
takenl It seems, however, ; that the posse
no fortunately took the wrong track, as-in-formation
was received by Sheriff j McMuV
Jlan yesterday that the two young men with
the horse and buggy were seen on Tuesday
going ia the direction of; ConwayboroV be-"
imr at tne! time somewhere .between "FaU
Bluff kid Cherry' Grovel , .The wc' young
men were well dressed, jfhe animal stolen
, was a gray mare' and the buggy , an open
one, being one of the best Messrs. Melke &
Jones had in their establishment. rl 'J, t ",
liii i iav--r , :
Telegraphic ' Cenaeetlon Detweea
' FayettevIlieanU tnttbertOB,'.': ;t:r .-
' Wb are glad to learnl mat thenecessary
funds have been raised to construct a line
of telegraph from FayettevUle Ijumber
; ton and lial ihenfmir f orv ;pultlng up
the, same has been 'awarded to Mr.'L.'AV
A.ngel, khe majaagerjot the Western Ilnibn
telegraph offlee, in this city. A portion of
tne pbla have already been put in position
' and it Is yexpected tooh,aTe the,- Jine in ppe--
rauon tome time in fanaary ensuing,- The
cofflpjefUon. . of ; Jhia enterprise t?iD be ' a
source Of great conyeaienceito the business
commu!nities-n of fFayetteville, Lumbertoa
and Wilmington; as'welU as the iblic'
the lihe of the-roadi
.,;. i."" m-m i.ae
. tut vt ; . .... .
Ijore Pender. PrI oner.
IS TwoNorecoibisbrsweren
lodged ini Iheiounty laUwherVef 'will
. prt- f i'm:- Vonnntir. - whichr ccm-
Pender! prjrcpnned ojur jiiL,:v 1,
iii, I
f At there
iibn,dige.llKv. A. JLhat,
- ir!) F-1 it '. . : I '1 J '
WhUtetile on, tb toVfcf, lopowng
WreiKlecl officers, fr Aftof easuipg Ma
!OPKijyetilji--dJiw -Jntycfd int. j
f ,W-M.-W.lJiiPBt taaly. ii) vi tit i-.-u
S. W.-tW'PinckBey flight iu.
KIJpW.AiiByrDe.ji''y-'--
fvpUierJohB Ilf Summersett.;.
" jlfr n t ?VWm: S. - Prfnkl' ' 5 ' - -
, Anf h follow.lug.were appointed? -. "! '
. J. piJ., JMllM.'Gore:,s;: : ' " '
r Cnsnlal'nD.'W.'Gore:' u i1
8tewards Elias Newman and iH. H.
TyleiriiJoseph Lnmsaen 1 " f ' '
4. . . Tbe above, with 'the newly -elected Ma-
eonic ofScers, will be installed on. St John's
Iday thej7tlv ,Tbe Mstallatian w lbe,
public, and an address will de deuveced pn
the occasion by Ber. D. IT. Gore. jThe in
stallation will take place at the Presbyteri
an Church; 'at 13 o'clock M. The'pubHb
are invited to attend.'
iyi:
w'LfcU H it
i -
. ,We learrf from what wefconsider gbbd
authority though ;'not through , an j1 official
.jsourbe' that Govli rbgdefrhas1 signed tne
pardon of aiaes iHeStbnV cenvicted at l'a!
kte tsrm of the Btpe'rior Uoirt of Colum-
lSP XMtnce4 feudga, ttcEoy;
la serve j a termof iw:yars in the, ewV
tefttiaryr7 Jt bas been generally understood,
thattbe sa peotdlt iat the SuprbiM
ftourt,: to vhicb taeL defndaat tkaJ pj
peaiea
I
uown irum i enucr,jrc.ctuujf,Huvici yuaiy
rt rftfth- r
special
:ial tbauimore Ahterlcaniiei). c
EI. ii 1
1HK OEXGOJT MTJTJDTK- 'zr-zrt---z:zr- ;
So far' as Of egorf is conceTnVd;the
better class of enocrats4dan9 ar ; " s.
provje;of Governor Grovertf 'course
in, issuing: a I certificate- CrojninIjh'I
iney pink, however it has hadthe j. .
good pftectn for.theirt party. : eCcom....'
peinng.tne iepgoncan3 ; io, abandon, r
the position that the f President j prpt . x 1
tempore of :the Senate, and not Con.
gre8S,i shall have' the final adjudica",.ft,' a
tion pi tne . votes. At present the
Democrats 'do not ' In ' nnblio AflhatA ''
show k disposition to approve or dis-
appro jre of Governor Groirer's cbursrs
dui leaaers: like -i Thurman, Uayard: oIT :
and piheraill .at the, proper;time ;
publiciy . declare hat,. inasmuch as
the Implied preference of the people ' 5 '
ef Oeff0in''was deblareA fdr tnAHavfarf bcSj i
electojnB,; thei full representation -pfi'sii-j .
that Stato shalkbe aooorded .ja .the j t If-
canaiqa;e who; received a majority of
the' votes.' . J t .. . , . . a.'. .-a
f tvviu mj ..jjiuviuiuro vrsxevvc, i , ,
:Colonel kooferesnbis .'cadet.'
At the investigation of the nana nf r
DiMi iVbsVaissbutfbembbratmS. ''C
elector, alleged ' to' be' anllgible it L'3'1
iwia shownthat Frost waa ! not prea ,iL r s i
nvat.tjw meetingj5oJ:f filegtors, , andfI ,
his plaice was .filled, by electing an- . .
mi berso'pl.i. k ili"-a'"rt
ship i .'thbJayaI!1'Acadamy morei'!jf: 4 '
than-a year; before the war 'began,' n ! t
aBd:toereforelbeing a private citizen , ,tjt
when 1 he , ioined the Confederate .
army, lis not amenable to ' the f ou r-'
teenthj constitutional amendment.
1 Special wBaitimore Sun. ' '
Washington, Dec. 19.
It is! understood that tbb' purpose
of General Hampton to memorialize
,Copgress was suggested by some s of
uis ineuas in , tnis city. j.ne .xiouse
committee' now in South Carolina 1
wm vraeuacKwitn aiitneiactsnn us
possession, and it can do no less tha n -.
reporlj aifesolution in favor, of the.
recognition of ,hex,Hamptbri govern-,
men V I If ths cresblutibn ispassejV
as it Will bethe-PresidentJ if he' fbP(
lows tlte 'precedent which be has se
himself, ,inus apcept the action ; of
the House as settling thb matter, . Jn
the qase "of Arkansas,1 "when Brooks
and, Garland both" claimed to be Go
vernor, thb President sent in : a mes
sage in fayor of -.Brooks, but saying ,
that, be.would .abide by -the decision,
p i 1a:,i. k..n.i. a. -rlk '
yernment' Tber HouseV: bri thVre-5 -"
port of be Poland committee, voted i-it oi
that, the Garland government was.ijqj
the ieal government of. the State., . ,
The Senate took no aclibn 'in the '
matte, but the President recognized" f !
he decision of the;" House as final, i r v ) ..-
an$ inkmediately recognized the;Gar-. ; jy
land, government. - - V
y.fc..o4-.v (;vi . t, f, n 'ti '' :fl'lGi!X
GBASlf 8 MESSAGE 0Nf TH3 - ELECTFOAIr. r-D1r, r'
t' ,; j jxiCOTjKT. aijohl .;?'Jttno!l
lM.tVm oJ fiWfiHraTON Deci I?f . :! a ol .-
,f The) president is engaged , in theJ4 .j.
preparation , pt a message, on- counting j f
the elf ctoral YOteSj'wpjqh he wiirsen t J ' j
to Congress in the: cbtirsoC'week vwul
or ten. days.! It is said4that) he . will i'hur
maintain: ithat thq t Presiden trof hen j f
Senat has power to determine the .
validity of the retttrh's andbifnt thb00"1 M
votes.iPiarJ?dfl.sei JuJlot
? '! :mb. ikAfiroir TkEFrwAfcsste t';-;? aap
7ut 31 a WASB,iK3TbN,iDeo' ' 1 0. fiy a 'h.p i 1 i '
,Hr. Eamarbf lili88liBippvff tfootiaoab
yersat onitotdayi expressed mbst nndimuVJ
den w as elected and that .be .would
.W-atflJMnaVateoi
Marcbj neit? Hb thought iomoseriJ "ob
Ibf omprQnftWQbJdiUfc-fiffe
..... . 1 n ., k
that ohtnnrnmiRfl wArtlrt TirAlhrf flirt riot'
sogjltkrjnno3 t ss J j-iaimob9r.ol I &ffT .'
GQTXBNOasllNZOaOtiS; 'lot
m . NEwOM.ieAKs. Dec.? 20.1. i 4.
pGovernorbVover e!enttb(
ana votes or ootn rcea in w ataie;
od J langonnce toyomy fixed de-,p,,1r,
lunuiiaviuu w aooci u auu waiuiam
my wmt f$mo$m&vwx3t
knowl tbift vbn isare I equally deteri .g i
mined that I.'shaU do o..rJL shall be. (.ij;t.f
,4o,my;whol9. 4y; andj jix
I seal expect the same from (every, , .
cum t fv 4
ri 1 Jdevrjlftem !, Sit-M.B.dLjh; f ;
This distinguished gentlemen bas , -
editor, of the Goldsboro Messenger, .
iVeql
i A
'1 tirruf. ikur itrnsnMla 1
tvermftbbfWithrae & weekraud
improve fwith,aoh.4av2( e.lirJaiea.jj tol
ReDnbllcaX)onemeiT
conclusion tbat tl.Tepprta rQn,thn .
IaeVeril Congressional committee . ,
now In the three disputed States, wul
y.Our Democratic j rriebdidTlWsialijiLuil .
tfuT that Tilden, aid Hendricks will. "t ; ,
bo'tl be linaugufa'te.' They are in
no mood .to 'surrender the ' honestly 4,J: "fi .
gained victory, yet counsel nothing n. ?. i
like j revolutionary' ujeasurea;, : T.iey j l
- believe that Tilden , ana Hehdrick .
have been Tairly and legally elected
lmbclrmbre thkn1 4tb:necesiary'J 1
maibrity iq:the electoral oollegea a rkji!
rill nse. .all avaUabley constitutional 'UtttA
means to sec a re them the possession .
of tbe ofnees. .- . : : ; : . .
lle Dembufeelcohfidbat tbatr1 .
he re8alt bf tKe investigxtionsnowvA sdT .
rgWSloftijni WW? W4 -JonfUod j bo
f4V Kv ,wtn newi ptates o x luen . r
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