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CHARGES AND 1NTESTIG1TIOT.
Judge Ulair's proposed memorial
io Congress is folly discussed by his
brother members -of Bthe Marylaud
Legislature, and meets with bat little
favor. They cannot see the good
that is promised by an investigation
to ascertain who was erected Presi
dent, and to re-open the whole electo
ral : question. 'At . the same time
l hey recognize the propriety, of ask
ing Congress for such legislation' as
will 'provide for the . decision oft all
doubtful Presidential elections in the
future. Whilst Dana Is crying but
for "impeachment," and Blair is
bellowing "investigation," the Radi
cals are planning and scheming to
retaiitheir power in the. Senate. To
injure, cripple,-destroy the President
is precisely agreeable to their ., wishes
and plans. ' I .
The game now is to show first, that
Hayes betrayed his party : friends,
and, secondly, that certain Southern
leaders betrayed Mr.' Tilden.' ' It is
well known how much troth there is
in the, first charge. We' showed the
other day how Mr. Hayes's action cor
responded with his letter of accep
tance and with his inaugural address.
Nay, we showed further, that his
course was consistent with the princi
ples adopted in the platform at the
Republican Nominating Convention
at Cincinnati. The trouble with the
irreconeilables is, they did not be-
iievc ui ucbiio lur iuuuiguv tuaii iui.
Hayes should act in accordance with
their declaration of principles or with
his own promises in his letter - and
address. It is because- he has done
precisely as their language and ' his
promises required him to do, that he
is now the object of their corses, per
secutions and assaults.
As to the other change, no one
win vicuit k; w iiiBiurv in &uvwu
.u ;. : rpu- o...il:
iu lue uuuuiijrv Aim ovuiueru eu-
tlemen who are charged with betray
ing Tilden (who betrayed himself by
his timidity and want , of backbone),
and with bargaining corruptly with
Hayes, have indignantly and emphat
ically denied it. We j shall hear
" more of this . before Congress ad
journs. The Washington correspon
dent of the Cincinnati Gazette, Gen.
II. V. Boynton, is credited with be
ing the most "knowing" of the Wash
ington craft dwelling in Newspaper
How. In a recent letter he declares
"that the Southern Democrats delib
erately proposed to . betray Mr. Til-
.... lnn on1 trior lliai- "rosf noi nrrts
accepted; that the Democrats were
! more concerned with regaining local
self government than they were with
they were disgusted with Mr. Tilden 's
letter on Southern claims, etc."
News comes by telegraph that
there is a conflict between the Gov
ernor and; the Jostices of the So
preme Court as to who has the right
t(? appoint a .successor to the late
Chief Justice Pearson. From .the
wording of the Constitution and the
"history of North Carolina vacancies,
and the way they were . filled, we
should say that the appointing power
lay with the Governor. Bat in this
conflict who is to determine?! If the
Associate Justices decide that they
have the right to appoint, will it not
Ixj usurpation on their part ?
f The Sooth at last has one delegate
the" Female Ballot-Staffing Con
vention. She is a "collod posson,
from Mississippi. Her name is not
Riven. We wonder if it can be Eliza
Pinkston. Bat no, for she is tlje
Louisiana heroine of the great outrage
' mill. ' - :U-?.'r.S'' . ;". IV-
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YOL. 9.
i- J - y 5 1
jr, wuowjen was.annoncea moor 3
Iftfit. naa Ihn asvn .f fM.I.. A II . 1
King of Sardinia, and was boirri'ln
year at tbe time ;Of hisdeatbj "Ht
VaaXgajlant rsoldleri'i ia 2 won lm
spurs in the campaign 'ith"AostTial
which . terminated ..disastrously ... and
caused thV abdication , of his fathe
In 1849 be ascended the throne i of Sarv.
dinia under very ! uin f aybrable ctfcuW
stanees. ,IIe had jost been . idefeated
by 1 a powerful foe. that stooW ready
pounce upon ' him. .nThrough the as
sistance of that great 8late8mati an4
diplomatist,Count Cavour,he succeed
ed in making f adorable jjiw
tne c,mp)e.teOT
finanoes, the arny, land the ey stein of
education J In 1859 e formed aii al
liance with France, and engaged in a
secoud war with Austria, in , which
the, latter was signally defeated, aban
doning '.Lombardy to the L Italians.
In 1861 he was proclaimed Kins; of
Italy; ; In 1866, as the ally of Prussia
against Austria, he suffered a land
and naval defeat, but. .the success of
the Prussians at Sadowa restored Ve
netia to Italy, and ended in the unifit
cation of all the Italian States with
Rome as the capital. ( 1 '
His character is easily summed up.
Brave to a fault, of very "easy vir
tue," fond of life, and with a bon
hommie which made him veTy popu
lar " with all . classes, he . soccee4ed
where even abler, men might have
failed. He leaves four children, we
believe, one of whoni . is Amadeus,
for a short time King of Spain. His
two daughters are married one to
Prince Napoleon, the other to the
King of Portugal. . His death will
probably cause no change in Italian
affairs, as his son, Prince Humbert,
of-Piedmont, has been declared King,
he being : the heir apparent to the
throne.
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PROTECTION. 4"
Virginia, while accumulating its
hundreds of thousands of dollars by
that useful invention, the bell punch,
is also beginning to move in the right
direction in regard to game and fish.
The Senate, by a vote of 30 ayes to 7
nay s has Ordered a standing commit
tee to-consider all propositions con
cerning the' protection and propaga
tion of fish. The Richmond Whig
says: .
"We trust in time, on due consideration,
the House will come to act in full accord
with the Senate, and that both bodies will
guard all the good laws we have and make
such addititionsas wilt end to increase the
crop of fish and game; which grows of itself
and is the gift of God.I I f
Bat Virginia is not folly awake to
the necessity of fostering sheep hus
bandry. At least, we may so con-
clode by one facL During the last
session of the Legislature several
counties applied for a special law for
the protection of sheep. We have
heretofore shown bow admirably this
law worked in the counties in which
it was tried. But there was one ex
ception. The people of the county
of Lee are not happy. They fove
their useless dogs ' better, than they
do their profitable sheep. The con
sequence of this wonderful attach
ment is seen in the' following para
graph, taken from the Richmond
Dispatch'. 1 ', !
"Under a suspension of : the rules, the
Senate passed House bill repealing the law
of last session for the protection of sheep,.
&c, in the county of Lee.j Mr. Fulkeron
said so unpopular was the dog law that the
member of the last House who, had: it
passed was forced to leave the county and
go to Texas.?..: ::(' '-'-!-!5r-.--r ";-
We fear this sort, of thinjr will in-
jure the cause of the sheep elsewhere.
Legislators are charged with being
not only very fond of the "dear peo
ple," but also of having a very pro
found fear of "the sovereigns." They
will, therefore, get behind the ram
parts of Lee county, -and pointing to
the demands of that "outraged peo
ple," and the awful example of 'that
bold legislatorTwba fell a victim to
his zeal for wool land
mutton
and who - fled, before
the avengers,
preferring a homeln the wilds of the
Texan frontier to a home among an
angry and ; onappreciative" . constiiu
ency who preferred the depredations
apd bowlings of seyett hundred thouf
sand dogs, to the bleating of sheep, the
buriching of thousands of j acres,' , the
wearing of vrarni'.' winter garments,
and ite paving a ctetwejl. J lined
with the "tfolde: fleece,"' they , will
swear in their wrath and trepidation
that fAy are 'no candidates for mar
tyrdom, and have .no j idea of being
charged with beiog "wodl-gaheredv,
So the sheep question reQeiVeaa plow,
at least in 1 Virgrnfa'; ty.; t!?ff;fettange
.', i -. r'
! 1 .' 1 . 11 " ' M "I1' ' " '!
w are consoled: the Other oonnties
ji ..-f . ,miSif .iuiU
. . i
ine
hr' Biblical, Recorder ,
jemarks.i! yiuvifitrf'Hiiio-t! iicw bsoi
t !!le are aotjexactlyprepai tosay that
mon sense or is blind to pis and hi neigh
bor's Interest Certain It' is.'hoevertSat
Lhepooxer aman is the foodr be iof;r
dogL, and as a general rule the more .worth
lew Che cars are the more highly he appre
ciates them. - We have Do other way of ac
countlpg for tbta uas is to-be foim4lB thai
oldadage. misery liketjeoopAnyAV' i iav
It is the part of good citizenship to
favor good laws and their i faithful
execoUoii.5 "Thfey- 'shtfrild 1 bew mUj&
witli. exceeding care'Jan'd snoolil
executedt(with delityVjapa, mpartulf
i''The8oirrinJ4Wre jlgtkWefplder'
webs the email and feeble may be caaght
and entangled in them, but the rih and,
mighty force through ani) despjse them.';j
J.There is toe uciuj,bjnr 4bl
Wheu it cau be said jrith truth ;that
the goddess who - presides in courts'
of justice sits with bandaged 'yies
and dispenses the law "with ( an yen
and unbiased band, then that country
is indeed rioh Jn . such a possession
But if the Judge holds the scales un
evenly ; if he be purchasable or vtn
dictive;if he administers in the courts
in obedience to the behests of arbitrary
and usurping power, and makes hyn
sef the pliant instrument of a flagi
tious and venal party, he beoomes a
curse to society, and deserves to be'
held in everlasting reproach. ' The'
time will never come when the, cor
ruptiops of the immortal TSacon will
be; forgotten, or when the crimes and:
cruelties Of Jeffreys will be condoned
or 'softened. The great ? writers' i at
ea8twill not prostitute their pens
that scoundrels ; may ' be canonized
and crimes transformed into virtues.
Good laws are absolutely essential
to the well being of society. They
should not only punish vice, but, as
uroiasmiin saia 01 vomese laws, mey
should reward virtue.. Lord Claren
don, one of the most eloquent and
splendid of English writers, says
"the law is the sCandalrdrand guardian
of jour liberty; it; circomscribes . and
defends it; but -to imagine liberty
Without a law, is to imagine every
man with his sword in his "hand to
destroy him who is weaker ttan him
self y and that would be no pleasant
prospect to those who cry out most
for liberty." , ' '
Good laws then are necessary , for
the good order and preservation of
society, and for the safety, and perpe
tuity of real liberty. But they must
be executed promptly, equitably and
equally. They must not be as nets
to which they have been compared'.
through whichjU)abjgflshes- break
and the little fishes ' escape,3 'only
catching those of medium size. They
must bo ' for all. offenders, of , great
and low degree. . They must protect
equally the rich man in - hi elegant
home and the poor man in his cot
tage. Tlie chiefs the iniporidnt thltig
u to have, the IdMs enrce hi i
The Stab has always.stqod . by t an
honest, capable and faithful judiciary.
Without speoially championing tho
merits of men, it has been ready to
advocate the principles of justice and
xigibt. This much we. bvsa 'tern
fore ..referring jtO; a, mtter. pf ivory
great importance to the people of this
jcotintry. We allude to the exercise
and abase of thd" pardoning ' power
by the President ' and ' Governors .of
States. ,We may , add. that, jn what
we! shall say in this and another 3 adit .
'tonal we shall not refer to ' any par
ticular executive' 6fficer,r any spe-.
1
cia
act, but shall consider the quesj
upon its . merits, That , there
been gross j. abuse , .np , inforPied
! .
tion
has
person
abuse '
will gainsay; and i that if the
should be1 abated appears
equally talaln.' ' eelleVe that k
serious injury has been, done to o
iety and the best interests of the
State by the too frequent use of the
pardoning power a, power that is
far too great to be a entrusted to any
fine wan, .however , pure, : eonsoien
.tious and exalted 'his character.-
In many of the ' States the Gov
ernor has hb pardoning ' jpower." In
lew? Jersey kuis, ' evad(a and a
dp?en pother; atgaoning
power is entrusted to the Governor
and other persona speotfied in their
respecuve cppsutuiousiLti mw,oi
jthe States ttiff ' GdvenoVr the; Attor
ney .General and the,; Justises of .the
jSupreme Court r 'constitute he pfii
doning board. U- 4kppars that these
States retarded ihe5 wN to pardon
i t fiL,'srosa.? t j iu '4' :ijvvJ' t1 l
1 pi too ae9aean(jHipprflCBa!
' ,: 1; ' , " , y " y , v" , ;,':r' -
V .1 1 ,' J i J i.'-gj i,J. "' I I I.I I'l u I 'PH
acter tabe- given to one man. As the
coprse qf Jo8tioe was jto bn jpterered
:wit,Jhey wisely regarded thaV such
powej should be, on Jy given to.abqdy
of ime of jLegajat
reputations, fflr jWsoin andi.iainesiv
SRnAiPRfl hqy been
at. all times an'.arbitrary iw.ard pne
oiq l4 used hrordisely,
gricauaf lajfer
e.xtr.pr apindiciaVact.. Xo. riTeTse
ho i89lenin,3ardgment hj; jjufe
cjl. rjbunal:to;exerci$ft:yep (grMt
a"nd mportamt Jrfm an&tfc-not
believe it js either prudeui fcjae,
(etthe , certain., punisEoent an re-j
Pyessip ;f) crime that fc'spqwef
body .appointed, and more; especially
by. any one man 4 :Tbo laborious t rer
sulU of , judicial investigation h:ive
been often set aside and. annulled by
the act .of. one roan .with, the, mere
dash pf his pen. ;fo pardon a crimi
na who, has. been arraigned and tried
is to say in effect that the .coart has
not done, its duty -or. that the evi
dence was wholly insufficient or that
new evidence-has comeTo light, and
that an innocent man was convicted.
If all this, or any of it, or even more
baa been done, and a great wrong in
flicted, then the 1 power to pardon
ought to be given to a body of men
who have time to investigate, ability
to i discern, and fairness t decided
The point t we make is, that as the
pardoning power is sometimes neces
sary and muat be exercised that it
should be entrusted to a legal tribu
nal composed of the Governor of the
State,! the Supreme Court and the
Attorney General, and not to one
man. Or, if deemed advisable, to
some other body to one specially
selected to investigate and decide
upon all supplications for pardon.
j We will recur to this subject.
i The purpose of Gov. Vance to
appoint Hon. George Davis to the
jChief Justiceship of the. Supreme
Court, if he would accept it, is a
i graceful . acknowledgment of the
labilities and, learning of our distin
guished fellow-citizen. As Aanouceed
in our last, Mr. Davis would not ac
cept the position. This declinature
lis somewhat remarkable at a time
when lawyers of every grade are
jusing every possible appliance to se
cure a place on the Bench. The sal
ary is certainly small, and ought to
;be more. r Many of our best lawyers
Imake apre than the salary, and can
not afford to give up a lucrative prac
tice for the. honor and pay of a judge
ship, j 4" y-T'"
i The late Judge S. P. Chase evi
jdejatlj; desired to be ( President, and
80Ughtit. He stqod willing, to ac-
oept jthe nomination of the . Demo
jcratia National Convention that . met
in Jew iYork in ,1869, Republican : as
he was.' It might have changed1 the
jwhole condition of the country saved
the South from the curse Of Grant-
ism, and prevented the fearful finan-
atldepssiprianoj'd.
bas prevailed since 1873, and is still
'afflicting the land if , ! Chief Justice
iChase had been' nominated in. place
jof Gov.. Seymour. A letter of J udge
iOhase dated 44 Washington, July 4,
(1868. has fast1 been published. ;
1 i ...
quote a' passage of real interest; Re
ference is made to the late- Hon.J C.
tU'lVallandigham.: Mr. Cihase's views
jof , , recoufitruction: j were unhappily
those that did not prevail, and hence
a perfect sea of trouble: i j;.-,-
I "The reports fry leuencncf telegram to
the press seem to warrant your hopes; hut
I do not forget the difference between out
side speculation and ; inside decision, and
shall acquiesce cheerfully whatever the
i The assurance you give of the ; friend
ship of Mr. Y affords me real satisfac
tion.' He is a man of whose friendship one
mav well be croud . ' Even when we - have
differed most widely, I have always ad
mired his plnck'and consistency, and have
done full justice to his abilities and ener
gies i- The propositions con tain little that I
dissent from, except as to one part of the
reconstruction laws. I have always favored
the submission of the question of reorgani
zation, after disorganization oy war, to the
entire people ofjthe whole State; and, whe-
Iher riaht orrfwfonjr.? Constitutions have
been framed fh eleht of the State under
Which Senators and Representatives have
beeir. or soon will be, admitted to seats in
Conress.i But there is no use in discust-
Ing; this now.",, : . uu: :
Shvlock is BUDDOsed to have been the
.; t
originator of the vile" custom of calling a
lawyer who has never eeeo on tne nencn
,;Who, originated 44the , vile custom
of calling" a member of the Legisla
ture 'Honorable," or a corn-doctor a
f,Professor?w . Away with him to the
hangman. ; ' ' '
The New Orleans Democrat
calls this Tilden's year 7 to 8. ! .
;. , ' . , i . t ,; .r,",;
I i i i i I I i ill I ' ' i I I ' '" 1 1
; Mr.' Emtob: The1 arHcleon page &fbt
the TransacUpai'of meiUaI8ocferjvi3o
peohag0 which haaHracM4l?W iraof
rTsmJj Kpjmyfrom;wh
he translaleaa passage for jour, informa
tion, Wai oof, I imagine,1 written by Trot.
JUfo, as he states, DiiVby sctrittit
m the Freack uoeuaga;toi tb nterbavna
papers, now embrmcine more than seventy
volumes;' which bavtf beeo pabliaied fen
nusWy since 1831 by that y erjrlf frjped jSf
Cietyi nor docsjtbe statement of the original
settlement o&lforttt'Caroiia by IM Irisb;
prior tothe year depend, uMjhftya
thority of even so responsible an archsoiQ-
gist as Prof. Bafu. muijischi. i9tii
f The mala flpurqea Ofniormarifn upew
ibis sublect are the" historic narraUoas of
Eric the ' Red; ivThofln1 Karlsetoe,'
Bnerre Thoi;braudspn,1ThiOfltnl
these narratibhs, together with elhers,' will
be found ' collected-ia? ai wbrk:iitrtttemf
bv Professor Bafu inV.the: year. U83X.
published at Copenhagen InWLaUn! iiri
ua2e.entitled. "Antiauitaiet Avteristvuna&i
Seriptores Septenipivnales Serum, cmle-Golim 1
bicmamminAmtr&&Ttf; 208:500:21 l.'44aiJ
45trau,hyrf4iiriwi4r
in a work entitled, "xfeoarigtana. Mvurat
thanaUthd? dill tectfoo tlL5f-',1i-"i4
1 am clad to inform ,ftU!.: iLenityu tbat at
the request of the accomplished editress of
the BouifcAUanticl have prepared a paper
in which this t sublect s referred t0:44
which will appear in the next number of
thatteagaiiiie!.-Hi. ia uj :Uofi-t;jtd.
.utliuif- t apecttuMy-, (Fouia.f,ffj .
- EpWBD CAKTWELL.
Witai0gtoti'K;Q,,Jatt o s
Aiteupted Uiebway Rebbery i (--
"Mr. Q. -P. ' Duncan, who resides near
Rocky Point, Pender county, was on iris
way to that place on Friday afternoon last'
between 6 and o'clock,! after his ma
when he was, stopped by three tramps. One
of the men hailed him, and. On getting
close to him, pretended to recognize him
as an' old acquaintance, ' la the; meantime
advancing closer and closer to his person;
when suddenly, he seized ,Mrr JD. by .the
coat, and, drawing a revolver, demanded
bis money. Mr. Duncan ;was entirely un
armed, excepting a small walking cane.
with' which he ktruek his pretended friend!
over the bead, and then concluded, a hi
antagonist had the advantage over, him, to
beat a hasty retreat. He hastened . home,
procured arms and , reinforcements, and
finally succeeded in overtaking the men,
two of whom were captured, b ut it was ul
timately decided by himself and friends to
let them go, on the promise that they would
leave the county, which they were not slow
to do. Mr. Duncan, who was in the city
yesterday, informed us that be was positive
he saw the two men on our streets.
Another warning to be on the alert for
suspicious characters. f
Cattle SteallBK. . 'i.-.i .-q
Two of our city Nimrods jvere hunting in
the vicinity of Mcllhenny's mill pond, near
what was formerly known as the Blossom
plantation, on Thursday last, when One of
their "dogs became excited andcommenced
scratching in the ground, :tbe result of
which was the unearthing of the head and
feet, from the! knee joints down, of what
appeared to be the remains of a red heifer
about two or three years old, which had
been buried about a foot and . a half be
neath the surf ace. The mark was a swafc
low fork and underbit in the. right , ear.
They did not notice the left ear. The ani
mal was no doubt stolen and butchered by
some of the cattle thieves who have been
committing depredations' for some - time
past in the neighborhopd of the pUy .ln.lhat
direction. ..,?.. 'l',; f rj.-i.'-t i-i) jv'si
REllltarr EIaetISia - ' - - : -
The election1 of officers for': the Second
Regiment, JTorth, .CarpBna, State .Guard,
which took place at. WadetboroDn Thurs-.
day resulted a follows; f'fifi .".:!;:'
For Colonel Lieut. Cti W. j Alexander, o
the CbarlottA'Orays. ,f . , r ,.. . ', ! i,,
r Fin- J&VkGtindrUti$l&''W? Qor-
For Jw-Capt. Si Ot, Braech, bC the
xx.uauu vxuaiuo. , -;. .... i
, At the meeting of officers of r the . First
Regiment of N, G. S. G., held at Qolds-
boroyesterdak Captaia HehryO.FlaaaeY.
jcityj ,was elected, Major of taFhrftArtU
lery Battalion, and Captain Bi-D. aHaib-
cock, of . NeVbern, was elected'5 Colofael,
rViapi. jonn yf.jqu.oap oi xaxoortJ, wsu.
Colooel, and Lieut. H- Pi JoneaviOfi; Hills-.
iboro, Majer.of thFIrstf Regmh -FTerfh
Steamboat Battefa. " - ,
AC a meeting otihe Cape Fear and F?Qr,
pie's Steamboat Company, bfeki yesterday
tne TOUOWiDg oiucers were .rjieuieu - tor me
eosuw year.: ,,v Ls3, ...
DireeionB Vollerif, iF.-W. Kerehner,
B.';G. Worth; !iD.1 : t Wbrthi' A Ai , Mtf
TBeAnaorleajk ,Qr0nea. 4 y
'-. I Paris Corresp6ndeace-K.; iT!iues.l
" "Another pericnfad ithout ib
be united to a Prominent frenchman.
The marriage of Miss PotTkio' tt.J&e
Charette has-been aoBOnUced here,
and the ceremony is to take placO in
the private chapel of the Papal Kan-
mo..-, .wuiy.iVue iuuui ui. i.utnw(iuo
and . bridegroom.; artr tol be presents
The future JtJaroness has entered the
Cathoho Church at th red,iiest df her
future husbands Tbe?e is .bne detail
connected, ,.ith i this . marriage ! thai.
mar ba mtercstinmn de fJharette iS
poorand bad eaVvieedf MP MiS
with mohev. Several rich marriatres
were Drobosed:'' But he was , fojad of
Miss rollcr and is gbiagt to make-her
his wife, althoujrby her fortune ls.very
small. 1 The first vifofpoChirette
a VJantrbter bf Iha Dnka df : Fit
James, by whiqU Mhaiwildren.
I -i-a-a-aiiijiiii n j ii iU tiiii.
: The nearet ajnao g tp ,bega
fool the more" absoiutelv certain Whetnai
be is nothing of the kind. F. !2ttfJ.
-m-' :,.u VN.,-tr't' &l'gwV'-i v-ir ifou
', .ii, . ' ' r-P J-i e
YiiAitbejefs bftsn WisrffeBtar
to
(3o. Vances ' address ; before : the
militia on the1 iouj verary' of
lb4 mancipation' tProla
p&blow,the copy as tappeaVs 1a
th Raleigh! Register, ; the taetropoW
Un organ 'of the iRepuUtofn vpifif
in North Carolina or- wbai Ubere 4i
lefi at' ifcf j Tiiat J paper NgWes ivliat
pmpdits .to be 4' icorrect report of the
Bpeeobba We liee; nothing ; in 1 b lua
eoaidomnUi ilt iaimanly,iranky kind
aod:jus and was heartily l&pprbv.ed
hy.vihBiIdoior9d f iinctf '.Jto uw horq & ibti
drdscwerepoken:ao ?ji c-wl "woI
J,KtKNDSjr-rrI appeah)in: vtitH
nweUngatOidarr, simply L;to ,1 ackuow-
M invilinS.me as a Governor CF the
StStclsliiyosaembmge
wiih you in celebrating thisiday the
anniversary iof a that - ? emancipation
itfhtali'I struggled so long topreyehti
andi;wh)ch.I, m common with almost
air the people" "of my race'vinfithe
South, regarded .as-an-aev-of- uncon
stitutional fioleace to the oife party,
andian an injury to the other. a i
4tBukyau hayet right , to expect
that having acquiesced with the peo
ple 6f the entiire South' in ' the result
established by the revolotioa,'! should
aS reTvernor of North Carolina recog.-
Bizeyou;.as citizens and should, re-
spect an ine Tigms wiin wnicn tne
laws nave mvestea you. mis lcneer
fully doi always have done, and al
wiys shall do. 1 1 believe that, every
promise contained in my t inaugural
auaress, in mis respect, nas oeen od
served during the past year of nrp
administration; and now that we are
entering upon a new year, I have no
thing; to add to or take from my
tormer utterances.
It ' is a matter J of congratulation
that the past year has been'- one of
some progress to the colored race in
North Carolina. The cause, of edu
cation has received a considerable
impulse", their industry has on the
whole! been commendable,. no riotous
or j disorderly violence among ; tbem
has been reported to me, and kind
feeling toward the white people has
manifestly increased. The training
of your, children to labor and honesty
is now your great duty. If you do
this you may rest assured that all
other temporal blessings will follow
in due time. ' ;
Assuring you again that as a por
tion of the people over whom I am
am put to rule, and who are protect
ed by the laws I have sworn to sup
port., x am smcereiy anxious 10 pro
mote your welfare, and thanking you
for. the courtesy you have shown me,
I wish you all a new year of prospen
ty and peace."
The Register adds : .
"His remarks were frequently in
terrupted by applause."
The
Mantfcera Bargain Blackburn
.,, on John Tonne Brown. .
1 Special to Baltimore "Gazette.!
' - WA-shingtox, Jan. 10.
,' Very, few of the members of either
house of Congress are able, as yet, to
give ahjr rely t0 inquines as lo, what
mev loiuK 01 ine xiair memorial, out
after a dHieenlTsearcfvouT corres-
p'ohdeM was hot' able to find" one who?
attached any importance to it yet,
to hope that it would She presented
from the JjegisJatnre, believing that
;Cofigreaadid not require any; "prod'
Si91ia4':iineVVMrVnmacB --when'
asked his opinion of the- bold charge
made; hf Mr. Blair against his former
colleague,-John ,ioung Jsrown, said
that jhi mattex; ba given him.y some
concern. Durinfit the . last session,
wnen an enort was maue w -uriug
the'TexsM Pacifie'' before the' House,
JorjjBrjown. said be 1 would oppose ut
pf every, man, wbmani and child iu his
ididtriot favored it. 1xlis views Were
so1 pronounced as to ake hini;ucon
isDiduons for that reason'. -'I sm con-
!fid!ent,"r,Mr. .Blackburn- continued,
"that Mr Bfair has . made a mistake,
for Mr. Brown is not the style of man
;tb repudiate his "record by becoming
a. party to a contract to sell out the
iPreeidencr. .for the Texas-Kaeifio. pro
ject or any thing else of. that sort. , He
might have been and , I, think was
idfa wtfibtd' the i quasi -contract we have
heard so much; about between "the rep
resentatives of Hayes 'and; Southern
Democrats, but if Mr. Blair is after a
maq who, did this wmi any considera
tions' of tne Texas 'Pacific in his eye,
pe must go farther south.
I What.do you know of . any inves
tieation into somebody's title?",
I Nothing. And they all ' say the
Bame thing. : J Mr. Conkling observes
bn this point that it - would bean ex
ieeedingly ,bad, policy for the Repub
licaa. party . toj trj - and .prove that it,
had given tirth " to an ... illegitimate
child; 4 Mru Blackburn "-will sustain
the Blair memorial' if it ever reaches
Congress.
iCiIlFrom theBaltimore Gazettaxa 4;i
: Lasq AOnnai eowse of the American
Congress .by. Yenns is About j to iake
placer at jthe Capital. But h always
refreshes J6uril overworked' Senators
and Representatives to enjoy a sea
son of , tweet .communion, with jtbe
woman , suffragists. If 7 they ; would
;y leave a lew pnotograpns ana
Jucas ui uair ueuiuu iuaiu. tuejr wuuiu
tot be so so f orgoUen i ffhern they
Utti. i fTis. ika itaiJr-. 3 ck aw rtts ?cX.
wjctforj-hra'ifaperjj- to
arej gotfe. to 3 n.-vt ' .i n?' ' ,t noil r
'"," ' 'iv'.1 ! II:
Spirits Turpentine.
HilfaborcT Hecorfteri The Gran-
cers 0 f this and Ced ar Grove to wnsh i ns con-;
rjtuted. he'r.l abors:iasPJWfc,!Lt 1 aji i n lh .
winter supply 01 nre woott lor the mow :
of the late JHieJliifvwliw-wiicin-
berorrueurane'antf wlrtJ died .tlie fall
otjrfiffOl frdm lhe-re5-n an acQldtfi'-.
leaving his' family smewlwl 'depeodent.
W--The Kev. ;.-B;rHaTrelI, for two jests
past5 the pistoroMBs BaAi6t Church' in Ikis
plate, Has omoveiSrtU1.ln family lRra- '
ham, nbaiAmtit-W'tM s" the.
church Hilit wU&it8ffriKk ttt'l i -
Charlotte Observer ; Mr. Jam
-K4tv ntiOa ahjiwt nalr-mrrrr vwumMtuvfiia .
legteoValUlfcHife'seveJ 41 Otlrel- 4t Juries,
died; tfferilW:npfdigrt 3'ckk,ifl6m
the effects, of Ahe iame,., ilr.f WUamsun
wasahatiie' Lihcasier county, uBi ti?.? '
aii bjBitmjn thirtj-live od fory -yeafs "f
age; Mr. John Orr; exhibited..'
w iiih 1 mull niiiiinw tivh 1BV) """'"o uo
avnue-wta?rr ,oniee, yesieraavaf pure
Wjte.al.with piDt;fci'e8. , It' waa . uje '
mouse, but a realjat, and 'was' foiiiid in a
hease-'n his premlsfs near'-Wle :cityi'1' -which
,he had a quantity of cbrn,.eVcred.,i'i
Alamance Mieanerx jimongour
marriage' notices' will be found" lhe' an-.
oonQcement of he' marriage sol air 1 James
F,uster.j ,Miss, Emilj (rroll Tbif mar
nage iremarKat)ie ou. account 01 The great
age of MrjJFoater He is a pensioner for
service reodered.-his .countryip the war of
1812and is eighty-six years old, While the
happy bric)e,of thevituctent vetei ajr is only
thirty-two. " A, jiegro '" niao ' named
George PliilHpsi "wJiile enjoying his Christ- -
m3i?t teetiagr a t pistol j which :he car-
led iq the hip; pocket oi.his-pantswheq 11
tfent ofkatfd gave himUgm'woufhd:1 "
)3t-s i)V ilsoa. iieLdvaticei. rThe .' mer
ehan8frVYasou;av purOoaffid iSinco
July last f 105,76y,sxcnisive'or articles pur-' . "
chased in the State which will' umount to.
nearlv 450.000. . Over $98:000 were pur
chased toy two firms, 'Messrs. M. iiouutrec
&Co., anid Braaeh.;; Hadley & i Co. -U
Thomas C. Davis, tsq.t or this place, was
appointed a United States Commissioner at
the last term of the Federal Court. ; M,r.!
Davis combines with , experience ' the
highest qualifications as a -business man,
and will make an excellent Commissioner.'
: Elizabeth City Carolinian: The-
failure of the crops, the suspension of the
lumber mills, and the curtailment ' of all
kinds of business giving employment to la-,
bor, all combined, are being more serious
ly felt m .tins locality than 18 generally
known.. Indeed there are families now
suffering in our town suffering '. or fuel, .
for clothing. Tor bread. - Mr. George.
Rgg3,f Providence, this county, met
with a serious accident on Thursday. He
was working on his gun when one of the
barrels unexpectedly discharged and lodged -the
shot in his scalp. The wound Is a seri
ous one-
t- Charlotte Observer: The negro
who, during the life lime of Jim Fisk, was " (
the body servant of that notorious individ
ual, is now a porter of one of the .sleeping
cars on the Piedmont Air Line. Dr. . .
Kane, of New York city,, who has been in
this place for three months past on business
connected with mining add immigration, is
one of those who entertain a very high opin
ion of the mineral wealth of this section.
After a thorough investigation of the mines
of California, he is satisfied that -those of ..
North Carolina are the more productive
and far more easily worked. It is
learned that the literary societies of the
University oJNortu Carolina have invited
Judge Schenck to deliver the annual ed-
dress before them at the annual commence
ment in June next.
Goldsboro Messenger : On Sat
urday a negro man named Simon Pate was
lodged in jail on a charge of rape preferred
against him by Winnie Dinkins, white,
the wife of Elijah . Dinkins. - The case
came up on a hearing before Justice Uns
worn Monday morning, and developed a
most ' sickening depravity. The .woman
was made to admit on trial that since the
alleged assault (?) had been committed she
had led a voluntary life of shame with the
same negro, extending through a period of
several months. The store house on
eorner of East Center and Chestnut streets,
in this town," owned by Mr. Wm. Bonilz,
and lately oocupied by him as a restaurant,
was destroyed by fire Monday night.
Mr. James P. Robinson, of Greene county,
baa Disced on our table quite a curiosity m
the shape of a freak of nature. . It is a pair
of pigs feet well developed every way, but
each is. a double foot. They are the fore
feef ; the bind feel were all right
- Washington State: We were
sorry to learn of the loss of the dwelling
bouse and furniture, by nre, of Mr. John
A. Hodges, a few. nights ago. Supposed to -
have been accidental, as Mr. iiodges was
away at the time. One Lewis Latham,
a tenant working on the plantation of Mr. .
W."-"A. Blount, on Blount's Creek, raised last ;
year, with xne mule and by the help of his
wile, o bags 01 cotton, 147 Barrels or corn,
besides peas, &C. - The Rev : Mr. Hard-'
ine. Rector of the Episcopal Church, re
ceived from the members of his church, a
few days ago. a good pounding in the shape .
of sugar, coffee. fcc. A bald eagle,
1 '-"If ' J l.-H a
measuring six ana a uau ieei iruur iip iu
jtip, was killed a few days ago by a woman,
near Leachvule. with a stick. . . the eagle.
seeing a goose and thinking to have a good
1 ; ' j J u : , 1 . ..
meal, puuuceuuuwu upuu uilu, uui, ancr
fastening bis talons (which were two and' a
half inches long) into the goose, found it
most too heavy a load and could not. loose
himself, and was killed by a woman the .
owner 01 the goose with a stick.
i Wadesboro Herald: Don't give ,
a mortgage or a' lien oh your crop. : If you '
do, you.will pay atleast one hundred per
cent. ' on 'What you purchase." - Mr. '
George D. Ratliff, of - this coUnty.'killed
a hog which weighed 535 pounds, net., The .
hog was iwo: years'old.1 Capt.vThbmas 1
Gulledge dressedirieog iiroae" minute.
J We leartf nbat ttast Friday night '
four ; colored child ren were biir ned to
death, on the plantation of Mr. Alexander
BturdiVant. The particulars, as far as we
eould learn, are as follows.: The parents of
the children left them W450 to a dance
with no grown person to care for them. Our .
informant tells us that when the father of
the children, was leaving hi3 bouse be dis
covered tee chimney to be on fire, and only
threw, a. bucket, of water oa it, and left
without' further precaUti6n.7 After " the
house was so any one could go near enough
to see after the children, they were found
In a heap, burned so badly that their bodies '
Could not be separated,; and; their "remains 7
were all put in one box and buried. ' .
I par:)0ro Southerner: Henry L.
Pitt, a tenant on the Nash place of Ma j. J. :
M. Mayo, .had his band badly cut-in a -steam
gin on Monday lastT . t- The farm
ers -of Edgecombe county will -pay their
laborers this , year $3,. $9 aod; 10 -per j
month, 'according to, quality. ,At these.,
figures an abundance 'Of labor can be ob
tained; of course a ration is furnished each '
hand. CapL 'flyers, of " the Cotton '
Plant, informs us that :the dwelliBg on tbo -plantation
of Mr. Wm. Grimes (of Raleijgb) ,
tit Avon,' In Pitt cotinly was "destroj-ea by a
as accidental ' flre on the night of the tth -,
inst Major Jo Saunders - occupied , the
premises. , Dr. S. Westray 3alllev
Assistant 8urgeon, U. 'S; N., ; formerly
with the U. & - Receiving Ship New Hanap- '
ihire; at Port Royal, hut who : La8 been
spending seme 'time;' on -lesve,f -with his
father's family io Tarboro, has been order-' '
ed to the U. 8. Flag 8hip Marion, in the
Mediterranean. Whitaker correspond- -ent:
Sometimef since a gentleman of this
place saw a , negro shoot, -kilt and shoul- -der
one of bis bogs in Swift Creek Islands.
When he told him not to carry the h6g off,'
is it was not his, " negro aaidpr'The i
you 8ay,vUind walked 4fl.' Tte gentleman
was tiot armed.
Fl -.f ;.'