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. ' 1 I i Editoh and l PitorciETon. All letters addrctted to 3 - Geo. S. Baer, 'n V : Fs&Xy,. Febbuaut, 25, 1876. A!tell Tor tlso Stnto Ex- ft'tooastlve Committee, 00! Booms oy the taocnATxc Cox. Ex. Com. imciA. N. C. January 27, 1876 1 Aji,?eting; of the Central Exccu tt&mjtHiitee of tlie Democratic par tywiay .btld it. wai resolred that a meeting of tthe State Executive Com mijteehe called to assemble in the ciof Ralcigon Wednesday the 15th dayof,ilarcb? 1876. The object of the.pjecting Li to decide npon the time an&Ek? folding lbc 6taic Convcn- I Wi .Jkoiocrrtic Coofcervatire parajK to Copsiaer sucn oxner ziat- t era as oay.properly come before- the Committee; ach; member of the Committee is earnestly requested to be present. b J ' :: ' ! W. 11. Ox, Chairman. "VtiJi J. Litciiford, Secretary. n V r WILL YOU TRY? . tfCia'Centennlal year, will be one marked, perhaps for the most im portant political campaign that our people have ever been called upon to pass through, and it is ex ceedingly important that every imin should bo thoroughly armed and equipped forjthe contest. At tack the enemy in his stronghold, . and route him, . drive the hoard of corrupt and venal officials from theft"'' entrenchments, and hold tficrn up 1n all their naked deformi ty or the honest people of the Country to gaze upon. The impor- tant question then arises, how shall we 'prepare ourselves ? how better than by subscribing for a goqd papcr,'ono J that is truo and sound in its politics, bold and fearless in it3 defenco of , the right, and in its condemnation of the wrong. Suchj wo intend to make the Courier, from this time out, if money and hard work will accom plish, it. Bat friends there is some thing for you to do, a work for you to perform, in order to enable us to carry out the work we have laid out to do. We want more sub scribers, we want our list quad rupled, and we want you to help us, will you do it? will you just make a little effort? Wc mak this appeal to you, with the furl l faith that you will lend us your elp. j ?JCle Biiboook Tritil. " i ? The trial of General Babcock the Presidents Private Secretary for c6mplicity in the whiskey fraud has been in progress several days at BtLouis, and the evidcnceagainst him is of a" most damaging charac ter, and his conviction is thought to be almost certain, notwithstand - lng he is represented by an array of Counsel that i3 as able as anv that has represented any one side of a case in this country for years psti They seem to be taking all the legal quibbles that present themselves on the merest techne calities, and hope by this means to get their client off by neutralizing and silencing tho evidense of his jruilL , Should General Babcock be acquitted by this means, he will still be looked upon by the public as guilty morally ol the crime with which ho stands charged. The rascality, corruptioo, and venality of the officers of the National gov - ernment is daily getting nearer and nearer the White Ilouse. Congress should, as wo believe it will, make a searching 1 and 8crutinUtng in vestigation into all the misdoings of the administration party, and lay them bare before'tho country .U We want the people of tho whole country mado familiar with the stealings and infidelities of this party,1 and then sco whether they will sustain a nest of thieves in their VJudJtttitetf 0DilH5U. Iy filchings and peculations from the penditures they meant iL The ap people, and thus show to the world propriation for harbor defences has whether tlie American people are prepared to stand by .honesty for honesty sake, and because it is right to bo honest, or whether on the other hand they are lost to all Bensq of honesty and Integrity, and that gain and money getting rc- gardless of the great principles of right and justice are the only things which the actious of ti Araeri- Jan people as a body are' controlled, Thus may patriots base their hope3r or despair of the Republic. JlC-the people shall sustain the admini3tra- tion in its "stealings and wickedness, then, as a body we may say that the American people are gone ofL after strange., gods. , , But on. the- other hand, should thev unroot it and cast it out as an unclean thing, we may take hope for the future, - w J A a and have faith in a returning sense of honesty - Into the" hearts of the people. ' Before the first . day of another new year ghall dawn upon us, we shall see, which god the American -people choose to serve. Our Btato "Politic. We obsen'e that some of our State exchanges are proposing names 0f gentlemen for nomination oy tne Democratic Convention, to the various State offices to be voted for in November nest. Indeed some of them have raised at the heads of their columns the names of some of their favorites for a number of these office. The Ash ville C.tlzen raises the names of Ex-Gov. Vance for Governor and General W, R. Cox for Lieut. Gov ernor, and the Charlotte Dcmoci at thinks this a good ticket and so do we. . The Albermarl Times raises, the name of Capt. Octavious Coke of Chowan for Lieut. Governor, and advocates his claims and fitness for that office in a handsome article. Being ourself an unalterable opponent ' of the Radical party, which in our opinion is the author of all our woes, we shall support with all of our energy, and what little ability we may be possessed of, the nomineeslof the Democratic i partv. We hope however that the J party will act with- great caution ! in making its selection of standard bearers, Let the two great tests of Mr. Jefferson, "Is he capable ?' Is he honest." be the standard by j which the selections are made. Let there be not even the slightest suspicion as to the integrity of any of onri candidates. We want men that arc not only pure, but those whose purity and patriotism can not be questioned. We- want men too who can hold up our standard in any part of the State and carry the war into the very ranks of our enemies. To succeed this year we must make an aggressive fight. The Democrats must attack the Radicals in their weakest places and in their string holds alrke. Let their thieving, their tyranny, and their other numberlcd: and nameless misdeeds be - the themes that shall bo rung from the press and the hustings in every part of the old commonwealth. We should too set about thoroughly organiz ing our party We hero in Frank lin have seen in the too last cam paigns what advantage there is in a thourough and complete brgani- zation. Let us have good honest 1 work by all who love their fellow I I nien, and their country. The press am uie nustings are a power in a political tig.it, but there are other means which arc potent and power ful, that is the talking of neighbors - . one with another. Let the better informed of our fellow citizens, fec I to it that all are well advised as to the issues of the campaign. This can bo easily done. Shou'.d these suggestions be heeded and carried into execution in every part of:thc State, wo believe that a greater j victory awaits us this year than j any that has gone before. We I want North Carolina once more in 1 Democratic hands. No eflort must bo neglected to put her there. It is time the work of redemption had commenced. For our part we are in tor the fight, and do not propose to lay down our arms until victory perches upon' our banners. Special Correspondence. Washington D, C, Feb. 20th, 1876. The Democrats of the JXouse are proving daily that when they said tho party would retrench the ex- j passed through the committee. It went in asking lor $3,500,000 and thc committee reported for $315, 000; thus reducing the estimates on this single item over $3,000,000. The bill has passed the House, great reductions will be made in the other I estimates amounting altogether to ' about $40,000,000. As the Demo- : . - - crats of the Hoiise holdthe purse strings, the Senate will; hare to surrender tol their behests on this subject. It will be a feather in the cap of the party this fall to be able to show that $160, 000,000 can be saved by four years of Democratic administration. The - - taxridden people will be apt to endorse such a a policy, eVeii Senator Morton does wave "the bloody Shirt" and ex Speaker Blaine howl about Ander son ville and JetTDavis. An effort ha3 been made again to settle the Pinchback, but Senator ' Morton was strong enough to pre- vent it, being taken in showed that he would not have had strength enough to prevent a decision against Pinchback if the case had been tni-n,. Tit- Mrfrtn hnnoc tn I x . . gain strength enough to seat hi3 favorite, which is about the first attempt ever made to make rotton meat good by keeping it in a cup- board. Pinch as he is generally called will be elevated to the de lights of privite life. "'Mr. Davis of West Virginia has proven him self a hard working Senator. He has lately unearthed some figures about the Pension Bureau that are destined to make it very uncomfor table for some one; only $3,000,000 were 'Jgobbled out of the appro- priation last year, by the Pension ring and the indications are that the conduct of this department intends to provide for the wounded soldiers is more corrupt than any other in the government. , The trial of Babcock has been a hard blow to the Republican'sand has almost fixed - an indelible dis grace upon the nation, lie may be acquitted or have a hung jury, -but the reading of the testimony and the. manner in which his counsel have Conducted the trial, leaves jie impression of his guilt and the suspicion that it ws fraud, What a stain upon the nation - Its chief magistrate suspected of a knowledge of tlie crra'ndcst con- spiracy ever known to swindle the uatnn'of its revenues. Seaker Kerr has succumbed to the arduous duties of his place and has been forced to ask for leave of absence, Mr. Cox has been se lected as Speaker Pro-tcm, during hi3 absence. Mr. Cox U known' to be one of the best parliamentarians of-the "House and tho selection was unanimous, a high compliment from both friends and ,foes. The committee, appointed by the caucus to report some finance measure that the party can unite on, is com posed of good men and will dis charge the duty acceptably. There is no reason why dissension shonld exist now upon this or any other subject. The good" of the Party and the country both forbid it: The only hope of good government lies in the conplete Success of the Democrats,, and they must not frit- teraway the chances of succeeding by disputing over what Governor Allen called "a barren ideality," All such questions as might lead to dissension must be laid aside for the present. When the country is rescued from Radicalism it will then be time enough to discuss the finances and the tariff. Lets drive out the -robbers first, and decide upon the furniture and color of the curtains and carpets, after we are in the house and have cleaned it of the accumulated Hit h. The President makers arc hard at work and the. quid nuncs of both sides are predicting nominations of I all kind3. To one who watches carefully the current of events and tries to judge impartially; The chances of Rev.JHcndricks for the democratic and Speaker Blaine for the1 reDnbnen domination r.n be on the increase. The friends of m n'M i - . i. . . iiiwu uro wurhing nara m nis nenau, Dut some or them Jack discretion. Ami so with the friond? of Morton and v Conkling- Thclat- i ry ;. A. . tor claims to ' have Ihrf backing of Grant. The correspondents of the daily papers continue to send sensa- tional dispatches about a quarrel between President Grant and Fee- retary Bristow and that the latter is about to resign. You need not creilit tacse rumors. There will be no change in the cabinet at present, i Next weck;I will give you a full! history of how far the buildings at the centennial grounds have pro- gressed, as I shall visit Philadcl- phia to see and be able to make a truthfnl report. There is no foreign news of moment; except? that it is generally conceded that the con- test war, is about over. . 4 : ' Dm. The Cium of JelXfersoza From the New York Sua. There is probably no man in America who is the object of such intense aver sion on the part of so many person at Jefferson Davis. .This Is due parti? to the position he held ; daring the cial war, and partly to certain peculiaritiea of his character; and when Mr, Blaine recently ma le Lis ferocious attack npon the proposition po include him in a new amnesty bill, that shrewd politician kner very well that he was adtlroKiug a very strong and a very deep senti ment, aod that the extremest bitterness and violence which he might display would meet with ao earnest response in the minds of an immense body of peo- Te. That snch a frtchns exists toward Mr, Davis more than toward any other one amonp; the men conspicuous in the Southern Confederacy ought not, how ever prevent the candid and th the thoughtful from rendering the entire justice to him both as a public func tionary and as a man, and his letter to Judge Lyons of Virginia, which we published yesterday, contains an appeal which vte do not disregard. This letter shows clearly, wo think, that the Con fed? -ate authorities, and ispecially Mr. Davis, ought not 1 e held responsible for the terriMe privations. bad te ure while they were k2pt iu the Confederate prisons. The fact is unquestionable that while the onfed- eiates desired to exchange pnsiner8 to send our men home and get back their own, Gen Grant steadily and strenu ously resisted such an exchange. While in his opinion the prisoners in our hands were well led and were in better condition than when they were captured, our prisoners in the South were ill fed and would be restored to us too much exhaus e 1 by famine and disease to form a fair set off against tho comparatively vigorous raen who would be given in exchange. "It w hard on our men held in Sjwlhern pi boos,'' said Grant, in an official communica tion, "not to exchnpgot them; but li is humane t those left, in the ranks to fight our battics. If we commence ft system of exchanges whieh libcrat fill prisoners taken, we will have to fi-zht on uniil the whale South r extermina ted. If. we hold ihos caught, they count for no moro th.tn d ad men." 'I did not,' he said, on another occasion, "deem it advi&iWc or jus to reinforce the enemy: and an immediate resump tion of exchanges would have had that effect without any corresponding bene ut. This evidence must be taken aa con clusive. It proves that it was not the Confederate authorities who insisted on keeping our prisoner. in distress, want, and disease, but tlie commander of our own armies. We do not gay that his reason for this eounw wa not valid; that i. uot the qvieslion; but it was not Jeffer?on Davis or any ulru!nate pr ssiciatrt of hi.whi would now e condemned for it. We arc responsible ourselves for the contiuued detention of bur taptives in misery, starvation, and sieness in the outh. Moreover there :3 no evidence wha- . r .1 eer uui is wim pnjciicai.'Je lor MiC Conft-derite aut'norites to feed our pr is oners any tetter than they vrcre fed. or to give them belter care and atton tionthan theT received. Tho food wns insulEcient; the ca-s and 'attention were insufficient, no doubt; ud yet the conainon ot our prisoners was not worse than that of the Confederate sol diers in the Held, except in so far as the condition of those in prison must, of necessity, be Worse tan that of men who arc free and active outside. Again, in reference to those cases of extreme suffering and disease, the pho tographs ot whose victims were so ex tcnsnvely circulated amonjr us towards the end of ihs wnr, Mr. Davis makes, it seems to us, a good answer. Thoao very unfortunate men were not taen from prisons, but from Confederate hos pitals, where they had received the same medical treatment as was jriven to sick aud wounded Confederate soldiers. The fact manlioneu by Mr., Davis that while they had 60,000 more prisoners of ours thau we of theirs, the number of Confederates who died in our prboua exceedfri by G,000 the wliofe numlfer of Unun soldiers who died in Suthern I prisons, though not entirely conclusive, I !.,CQ uUr men were generally better ?.ud V bcttcr Mlh "an th stiu funitehcs a strong support to the position that, unon th whnh f.m- i ' ... men were not used with crcater severi v or sui'jected to greater privations thn irerc inevitable in the nature of .f th charS. therefore, of cruelty to prisoners, so often brought against Mr. Davis ind reiterated by Mr. Blaine in his spoech, we think he must be held altogether acquitted, There are other tiling in his letter n essential to this, expressions of po- litical opinion and intimations of views upon larger subjects, which it is not necessary that we should discuss. V e are bound, however, to say that in cle- vation of spirit, in a sinccrt desire f t the total restoration of fraternal feel- ing and unity between the ooce war- ring parts of the republic, Mr. Davis letter is infinitely uicrior and in5n- itely more creditable to him, both as a statesman and a man, than anything that has rcc-Jitly fallen from such an- tag nistics and critics of his as Mr.. 1 Blame. N E W A DTD & g I 6 E M f j - T. . ? j Super Eho The RAW ftMeONE M rSUFERPHOSPHJCT I mm awo ourwrnna f ' ZOO Use f WAITOM.WHAKN&t BEST!! i WILMlMCTOISOrx; .V We again .flV this well known Fertilizer to farmers who ih ,to n't a pay- ing crops. After many years r-t successful application Whanx has C8tablihel foi itself a moct enviahtr reputation. It stands confessedly without aiuperior among commercial manure?. It nAs nasN testko in all sectioks of tws country, urox wtoelv differest and oo every variety , or crop; and by its uniformly reliable character it has acliievcd piitlois which few. if any of its competitors bave reached. ' On COTTON, CORN, and other important cropt rown in the State ixpeir PlioB"pliate a. "' as prolucsd highly profitable result'', of the best Pruvau Quan , wi'h the l one ; it not only greatly benen;s the '.he soil. Farmers who have not usad atrhl. We !iave the direct agency fromth s mmuficturers lor the County Farmers baying from n can rely on petting a genuine, fresh article, with al tlie advantages m price fie Mnnufa'jurprs of Wn vsn's Phohatb in LOUI5CUHG ;iver itif wanted at KITTitELLS and Price. $52.50 per ton, oa tims. 13T Special arrangements to those WHITK& jan2I-3m. ITS EUI1EIA ANID; BAMAMAi: CHEAP, PURL xuc auPTc rLUi iLitiis, navi. icu on oy us xoi a r.ciz.itr oi jearc, 'iu i -bave givtn entire satisfaction. Ani 'V3 i th-r tbcm a.euu thi y-af at le ti2a rs j 3!vl!Ilj AJDEj ORK & CO. than heretofore. We will deliver tb:in if wanted, 5t Frauklinton, Kiitre K . Henderson or Louisburg. . Th manures are cspecia'iy adapted to Cotton, Corn and WLea. We have tie direct Agency from the MinuUcrifcr of the BCII1MA, and spvc.al agency (or the EUREKA, aod we offer both vo the public, fetllng ure that rL y will jrire entiie satisfaction. tST SPECLL ARRANGEMENTS TO THOSE WISCIIXG TO PUR CHASE FOR COTTON. . ' , ' It&TfoorQUgh. LOUISBUEG.N.C. J. M. FOREST & Co. Near Central IIote Corner Harget and Wilmington Streets, B ALKIGU, K. C. Dealers in Imported aud Domestic Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. J HN V AYroCKE, for ger y of LouUburg, has charge of the far ami Billiard Saloon, and will ba p eased to see his old friends. The BOM C CHEAPEST , , ' aO uniting the quick and active properties. mote durable qd-difleaof pure dissolved present crop, buV permanently Improves Wuann's are earnestly invited to gWe it will hUw. We keep , a lirge stock and FRANKLINTON. and will d-- HEXDESOX. , $47.50 Cast Frelsht to ts MM triVig purchase for Cotton. SHAW, Agts, for - WALTON, WHANN & CO. AND RELIABLE, o. Louisburg Female The dati-s of the 10th session of, thl sehool trip be resomed Wednesday; 12th of January 1870; : and continue twenty weeks. - , , t Irca'arsfarrUhedon appllcatloar ' .r ; Vj I . . ? ' El Go AiPOLITIS -EiYlTATIOX To all wlioin it may cbn- Two are respectnllr. invited tn cn atoy couatlng room and tettle your mccoant. It is now nrady and dar. I need the money to pay tboie that I owe. The 1st of the year, it time to settle np. Calf soon' it 1 may be'ero wded.v I am felling a grctt many goods : ajj cost- Yon can huy a nice suit of clothes ' 1 ?at;cost. 4 DRESS QOOIO 7 AT AND , BELOW COST. "1 T 1 r- and many other - articles at veiy low uurvs( FORCASP. ; . B. P. CLIFTON- . Jam 7tf ; MACDEHNEKY,- or 22 Horso Power New Steam Saw Mill. . ...PRCGE S1I900. DejcriptiTd circular ot Second Hand MacLiscry on application. We narne a .lew 'to whom w lavt sold Second band Eoginis. Tobacco Machinery bc in IVoi'ili Carotin at A. NICHOLS, DvUv, 1 K gin. i BBUROW & P LUASAiiTri, UmL haiV, 8 Engines i W 8 31ALLOI1Y, Framklioton En ginp. T h EvORT, Weldon. Orifct 31il. ;. I A BUXTON, Jckron, Engine. -II J GltlMI .-', L xi gton; Engine. I O W GKIMS ' Ktctly Creik, Sa ... . Mil!. E II rOGL'E llilliboro. Tobacco Fjxtnrt-. ' PKli i; & CO. atatcaville, Wood Wa'inr Mahirery. : 8TIREVALT & C IIppy IIme, Saw 1 xture. ' J J A LI KN" Lon:nrir, Ersirr. K C hl IIAia8 li i. STill.-, Boi'rr and pipiuif 'or F4 to'y. 1 IKWV-tS ndiiaville, B il r and ipingt'-r Fartrv. T J LKNOlt?, F.trk of.Pign,Nill M.fl.irfry, GHEES -II LEE TlomsiTi le. Saw 'Hill Susies ! W T TAYLOR, Wb.tdttr, Outfit S isb & B ion Factory - aliiii & Huiiteiy f KIC1IMOXD. VA. KSTABLIisHED 1847. W. 'H. Morris 4 Sons., CO TTHN 'FACTORS ASD Commission Merchants. : 23, 25 and 27 Commerce tt. , '. ; ' u Norfolk, Ta. Will make liberal Currency axlvan cesou proJuco or bill lading in hand. sir. A. 11. Xobic, of N. '., is con nected with our bouse, aud will be pleased to receive the patrona of . 1 1, -t...iJ ' ' Importers and Sealers in 11ADWAHE, CtTLEltY CARRIAGE MATERIALS, 15 Sycamore BU Pstsrsbwr, Va. P.T. MEADE Wl P.OPB JOSEPH '.CVZTL Jasxxi 4t Bale! Death-Bed of Gen'l. ..' Leo. 'r . A Mgnlficent 1118 inch eiav. ing. Too j family - aod frieoda jw prooped sorrowfally arand the old Lero' deatb-bed. The cene fs sa loocldngly beaotitoly. the sentiment vt the picture is to tsreet, and the charac ters so life-like tb everybody ad mires it. It is tro'y a gza of art, ou wbieh sbould baejj in avcry Sontpern home. Sent ay teal!, pctt-pald an re ceipt of 29 cents, or 3 for 0 cents. JQHN BURRO W & Co.pablisher . Cristntl, Tear. Valuable Tcirn Property for Salo at The lot of thenetrPott Offic, will be a dd at pnblic station cn Monday the 13th March. The brick wall now standing-'Will be sold wih tbelot. Terms, one ball cash, the balance on a credit of si months, with interest from date at 8 per cent. ; , - ; ; ; J v VT. WJ JONES, YAT1B0R0UGII HOUSE " - wlei::i. U;C., - Cr. W. BLACKNELL, Propri(or. 4
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