North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. III. TtUJLUJ SERIES. I I 1 - . - - . ( , . .. . - r. .i. W him aaBsaai KaBK PU8LI8UKn WEEKLY J. ill Bit UN Eli, Proprietor and Editor. J, J. STEWART, jAfaociale Editor. ItATF.SOF HBCnilTION i i . f . . 0k i" ear, payable in advance. . . 12.50 .1.50 10.00 jiiiS Moxtus $' Copies t otH'-adJjess, . . . HEAD k FOOT STONES, &G. ! . JOHN H. BUIS fflESDKS lis compliments to his friends ! I. and the public.and in tbi method would bring to thpir attention bin extended facilities ' of niectinfc denjandsin hi line of business. lie U now j prepared to furnish all kinds of U rave Stones, flora the cheapest Ilead Stones, t tho coHtjlieht monuments. Those prefeting style and very jrostly works not on band, can cconimi (dated on short time, strictly in ac cordance With Specifications, drafts, and the (rniH of the contract. Satisfaction guaran teed. He kill hot be undersold, North or Koutb; Orders Sol ic ted. Address, IJ0DN H. BDIS. Salisbury. i R. 6 A. MURPHY 'nviiiff nrain Organized for BUlMvos, have just opened a of GOODS, tntirciv new ana iresn, in tne room fcrm:rj occupied as the Hardware Store, ml next door to Bingham & Co., to tlic iui-pictiori of which they most cor dially iuvite tho public. Their Entire Stock i carefully selected by the senior m3ni- pr of h( firm n person, and bought at fatrs winch, will enable tlicm to sell as ow. for CA$JI, as I j in-the i ny, lor Ooods of same quality, v; Their Mock i ffdicral, embracing ' iull tin;, various branches of Dry Goods, Groceries, Cruder y Ware, Hoots and i Shoes Sole Leather, fcalf and -.1 I Binding Skins, Grain and i Grass, Scythes, Cap, letter and Note Pajicr, EX YEIAVKS, PEN, INK, dr., arid a beautiful assortment of " MM 111 . .... . ... i ney ieei nHiiri ot their ability to pre culirf- sjlliiifaction, and especially in 1tc old fijionds and customeri to call and I'litig with tbcm their 'acquaintances. i my expect and intend to maintain the reputation of the Old 'Murphy House, hiih w well known throughout Western j0Ttn LroIina. iAH they ask is an ex "tainaiioiii of, their slock and the prices trouble to fhowr goods, so come right long. 1 heir motto, i pmall vronU. readu vau and M. fj ' tf QUICK SALES. With g6od stock, low prices, fai dealing and prompt attention, thev wil endeavor to merit their share of the pub lic patronage I hey are in the market f"r all kinds nf nrodiira if id anlioit .illa v , i . . i r- iroua both sellers and buvefs. I D. & A. MURPHY. lUOBT. MURPJ1Y, i ! ANDREW MURPHY. Salisbury, March 23, 1872. 27:iy MILLS &B0YDEN WHOLESALE AJfD RETAIL And Commission Merchants, l eusBCBV, March 1st, 1872. Keep constantly on hand a larjre and choice Hxk i.f (JKXEKAL MERCHANDISE .HnjriNin Dry Goods, Groceries, Wares, etc. 1 of which they would especially mention Sugar and Coffee, of all grades, WRASSES, I . IBACON, I r.-'-J . LARD, i SOLE and Upjier LEATHER, SHOES & BOOTS, HATS, BONNETS, SALMON TROUT, "LOTJR and MEAL, bU A 1'S, x PEPPER and SPICES, TOBACCO, LIQUORS,Mf all I'nas alwavs on hanl i.frhnio i &pecial attention given to consign ? Z ? prompt ret urns made. "IB tomb IWn STOCK BISHOP ELLIOTT. flL Sll ! ...... .uuwiDg ueaninui tines were sugges y lh8eRl of the Right Reverend Stephen tUiHtt, D. DM the erest of wbkh wa ft bnl ljck and the motto : "For Labor Sari- - ' i. Tlie cream wa?of the kindliest itrain - I bat ever meadow drew ' J f - From suulight and the Summer ratn That left no strain in yonder vein oave tieaven's the sapphire blue i nat gentleman we knew. The gentle and the trnej The-Knight, whose eignet bore The Bullock and no more ! i The quaint device of "Sserficp," - And "LAbor," and, no taore ii. And matchless Isweet the co den wheat That must have moulded him. A man complete!, from bead to feet Uod-like, in soul and limb. That gave his gaze the Lionvs Wa IS His sm les who smiles like him! ? Ah, tremulous and dim, I Thro tears! we think of him ; The Knight, whose sigret bore Jv The Bullock and, no more, I . 1 he quaint device by "Sarcifice, Ana ".Labor" Iron of yore ! 'The circling sun hath smiled. Nor oak of loftier height r UDOn no Statelir siirht i Dropped shade so sweet and mil When love came down like light And happiness grew wild, i The Sage, th little child. Peasant and Prince have smiled Around his knee, who bore The Bullock -and no more- The quaint device of "Sacrifice-" His father won of yore Which he shall wear uo more ! IV. For he is dead ! Beneath the trade Of battle in the roar That rent the sod, his face to God, He went aud came no more ! The fragrance of the path he trod In "Sacrifice,3 is o'er. Yet all the kindliest rajs, Of all the knightliest days, Kindle forevermore, ; Around the cross He bore, j Arouud the quaint device. Of 'Toil" and "Sacrifice," L That our great Bishop wore ! A STINGINGJNDICTMENT. JUDGE BLACKS ARRAIGNS PRE SIDENT GRANT BEFORE T1IE UUURT OF POPULAR OPINION. He Accuses Ilim ofll'ujli Political Crimes and Gross Official Misconduct De nouncing the Leading Measures of His Administration as Not Only Un constitutional, but Anti Consti tutional, Subversive of the Jiights oJ ' the Sta's andjhe Liberties of the People. Office of ''The Baltimore Gazette," ) - Baltimore. July, 20 J 872. $ My Dear Sik Ever since the ad ournment of the Baltimore Convention certain radical journals have persistcutly misrepresented the caurse of prominent democrats, and have-Bought, in ev-ry way, to place them tn a false position before the country. Among the number you have been frequently mentioned as being hostile to the action of that btfdy, and in this way your name has been used by poliiical tricksters to promote the success of the radical cause. Without waiting for con sultation with yon, but simply relying on my faith in your exalted patriotism and unflinching democracy, I have unhesita tingly contradicted all ouch rumors. In times past you "have done the State some service, and they know it," and on the strength of your past record I have as sumed that in the present poliiical crisis you will be quite as zealous as you ever were before in defence of constitutional freedom and civil reform. I need not ask you if I am right in this assumption, be cause of that 1 feel assured : but I take the libeityof suggesting that at this lime your views and opinions upon the impend ing Presidential contest would afford much gratification to the democratic aud conser vative masses of the country. Believe me to be, with great respect, ever your friend, ; Hon. J. S. Black. 1 WILLIAM H. WELSH. To Willtam II. Welsh, Editor of the Baltimore Gazette: Mr Dear Sir I promised the gentle man who delivered your letter that I would answer; it fully and as soon as I could con- i sistently with other engagements. I am I I iti' .i iuinumg inat promise. If 1 take more time and space, than might be expected you will please to remember that 1 and a great many other democrats are in a posi tion which requires something more than a mere definition. We cannot ayoid mis construction without furnishing a rather full explanation. I admit that the next President must be Grant or Greeley. The circumstances of the political situation limit our choice to these two men, as strictly as if nobody else were legally 'eligible. We must weigh them agninst one another, and, like practical men, decide the case before as in favor of the best. Even if we find no good in either of them we roust take that one who shall appear to be least bad. It is Undeniable that the leading meas ures of this administration are not only unconstitutional, but anti-constitutional, showing not merely a contemptuous in, difference to constitutional obligations, hut a settled hostility to ; those rights of the States and those liberties ofthe people which the organic law was made to secure. The President's appointment of officers and his general exercise of public authority, under the influence -of men who paid him lage sums of money, are scandalous out rages, and the effort to defend them has combined with other like causes tp extin- guish among his aabordinates all respect for those rules of morality which used to be held sacred. When we consider what these meu have done in the North, and add to it the large handed robberies per petrated in tie South by the retainers of the President, with his direct aid and as sistance, we are compelled to acknowledge that no other government now in the world is administered so entirely for per sonal and partisan purposes, or in such complete disregard for the rights and in terests i thei general public "This demor alization is not confined to the execu ive branch ; tb tide of corruption rolls in upon the Legislature, and in some places it has risen high enough to touch the feet of the judiciary. Even the rant and file of the President's party have become de- bandied, let us hope not altogether, but certainly in i fearful degree. Acta which in former times a hardened criminal would hesitate to whisper in the ear of his ac complice can 'now be openly advocated by a political leader, not only with safety, but with a tolerable chance of being sus tained by a sort of public opinion. That love of tberty and justice which used to pervade; the whole community new "rene ges all tamper," and yields without resis tance to the Unprincipled demagogues who would enthrone fraud. Make the hoar leprosy adored ; place thieves, And give tbem title, knee and approbation, With Senators on the bench. If General Grant had been equal iu mind aud heart to the! exigencies of the times, be could easily have made himself a great public benefactor. . He might have purified! official and political morals by simply petting the. example in his own I person of a clean-handed devotion to duty. I ilia: own obedience to the laws would have restored them to universal supremacy. Air the objects of the constitution as recited in the preamble would have been accomplished but for the obstructions with which he himself impeded them. Unfor tunately the interests of certain rings were in conflict with the interests of the country, and they, by large presents, seduced him iuto their servjee. The public contracted to give him this salary which his prede cessors had been content with ; the lings offered him more ; he accepted their boun ty, fell over :toi them and tik the govern ment into his hands as "a black republi can job." Now, las to Ireeley. It cannot be pre tended that his political life is very sym metrical lie was in the ranks of the radical abolitionists for a good many years. That is bad. for such associations wonld have a natural tendency to debase him. rui we must not iorget mat tuoun tie was with them! he was not always of ihem. He refused to be a partaker in their worst iniquities ; he had none of their diabolical hatred for the constitution : he did not lend his lips to their ribald blasphemies, aua nis ieei were never swm in running to shed innocent Hood. Before the great conflict began his opposition to tho de signs of the abolitionists against the feder al and State governments impelled him to the opposite heresy of the secessionists. Like i he R oman father who killed his daughter to save her from a worse fate, he chose to destroy the government rather than see it dishonored and violated by lawless force. 1 When the war was flagrant he provoked the extremest rage of his as sociates by exerting himself for a peace which would have felt alt the people in possession of fiheir constitutional liberties. Alter the clos of the contest he was the advocate of regular and legal as well as honest government for all parts of the country,; I have good authority for say ing that he never gave his approval to any form ot kidnapping or murder by military commission. Jn short, although he did join the abolitionists in their "deviU dance, he never learned to keep step with his partners, and we all know that when he could not stop it he left it and denounced it with becoming indignation. Ou another point he ought to be credited. The friends of religious freedom owe him an old debt of gratitude for the zeal and ability with which be resisted the church burners when banded together in the se cret lodges of the Know Nothing order. It is but reasonable to believe that his op position: saved the country from the great i danger it was once in of being subjugated ujr mat itiiamous organization. He has often been accused of complicity in cheats of oni kind or another, but in every case he lias triumphantly refuted the charges. For this and for other rea sons I conclude that his personal integri ty is without a ptain. He his many times spoken of the de mocratic party! and its most honorable member! in harsh and abusive terms. These are faults cf manner aud of temper, which, when mended, are always pardou ed. W( will not permit our judgment to be disturbed bjj considerations so trifling as this. ; j i I have looked into his past history only to ascertain what he is now and what be is likeljr to be in the future. I am bound to care notbingjfor his Mantecedents," ex cept as they furnish the means of estima ting his character. 1 think I have found out with; reasonable certainty how far we may confide in jhim. I devoutly believe that, if chosen President, he will keep his oath, preserve the constitution inviolate, execute the hjw faithfully, restore the States to their rightful autonomy, protect individual liberty byjury trial and habeas corpus, put the j 'military in proper subor dination to the civil authority, use neither force nor fraud to carry elections, keep I i i i i . . nis lianas cieanltrom corrupting gins, set his face like a fjint against all manner of i financial dishonesty, purify the adminis tration of justice as much as in him lies, maintain the public credit by a prompt discharge of all Just obligations, economize the' revenue and lighten taxation, give to capital the right which belongs to il,nd at the same time see that labor is not rob bed of its earnings He will certainly SALISBURY, N. C. AUGUST 22, V rvl j1 liia nwap m nnrJ n f tin mw v,AM..k.Ll?- Uv. p v.,1,j,v,...vuV., puuiic ALM possession to be tsed for ths) suppor of , his family or to caeouragt thepnvate lib-1 trrauijf ui uia iricuu& up win, so lar as he can without transgressing the limits of his legal authority, jelieve the Southern States from the gang! that arc now prey- ing upon tueir vuais in open partnership with the present adniiiit-trsiion. I think he will do all this : and mv fith is founded on the test and enemies, on the imouy of bis f riends j known facts of his j history and on the moral influence which the democracy will neceearilv exert upon nis conduct, ihe errors of Ins past life were caused by certain evil communica tions from which he has clean escaped.- He heads a great revolt agaisst wicked ness in high placet1, and lido not believe he will go back upon us and be guilty of the same wickedness himself. The! contrast between tL two candi dates being so very trong, no fair-minded democrat can doubt what be ought to do. Yet the reluctance which many of us feel to vote for either of them is hard to over come, j I did and do anist heartily sympa thize with that class vhich received Mr. Greeley's nomination lu much sorrow. I am sure this feeling proceeded from no cn Worthy passion or prejudice, but was the natural result of fober thought on the condition of the country and the fitness of things pertaining thereto. In our vww the controversy between the parties was not all about men and not wholly on questions of mere administra tion. The liberal republicans and some democrats think that we owe all our sof ferings! to the corruption or iu capacity of General Grant and the rings that surround him. But the prime cause lies further back and deeper down in wrong for which ihe triumph of Mr. Greeley with all his reforms offers no immediate atonement and only a partial remedy. Iu England, after every civil commo tion, the victorious party vented its rage and gratified its rapacity by passing bills of attainder and bills of pains and penal ties against their fallen and helpless op ponents. The best and greatest men of their respective age were the victims of these legislative decrees. In all the most notatU cases subsequent Parliaments ac knowledged the wrong, reversed the at tainders and made what re para ion they could, j Our fathers determined that no such thing should ever be done here, and so they put their solemn interdict into plain Words and made it a part of the fundamental law that nei;her Congress nor any State Legislature bluuld ever pass a bill of attainder. The reconstruction, act of 18G7 was a bill of attainder more deliberately cruel and wiih pains and penalties more com pendiously unjust than any British bill that evjcr was-passed. But its authors were conscious that it could not stand and they must replace it with something else, for soohel or later the courts vou!d be suie to! pronounce it void. Besides, the object being to put the Southern people uuder the domination of greedy adven tures from the North, with unlimited license jto oppress and plunder them, the officers; of the army were not very good agents in such a nefarious business. The negroes would be instruments of tyranny much more easily managed. But an act of Congress disfranchising the white peo ple tor ortences real or imputed, and hand ing ove their State govermenls. to ne groes, to be run by them in the interests of carptt-bagges, would be merely another bill of attainoer, or rather a modifiation of the firsi one, making itlnuch M orse, but equally! within the reach oi judicial cor- recuonj in tins strait they resorted to the expedient of converting the constitu tion ilsjelf into a hill of attainder. The Fourteenth and Fifttenth amend ments Were frauds upon the spirit and letter of the instrument, inasmuch as they effected the worst outrage which it was made to prevent. They were carried against! the known will of nearly every Slate iii the Union by shameless decep tion in ihe North and by brutal violence in the South. 'May this be washed in Lethe and forgotten ?" Certainly not as long as any portion of our people are compelled to bear: the intolerable burden cf tbe yoke thus' fastened upon them. I need not say how much they have suffered already, nor trjf, to conjecture how much they will be called to endire herafter; but it is certain that any ordinary despotism would have been a visitation of mercy in com- Earisonl When we reflect upon the num er and ranacitv of the theivei that have been upheld in their pillage by means of tne negro governments we cannot help but regret tbe non-adoption of Mr. Stevs ens propositions, atrocious as it was, for universal confiscation. Tbe pernicious consequences of this rule are left in tbe general as well as the local governments. The legielaliou ot Congress is largely controlled by fit representatives of the carpet-hag interests, and the worst acts of the Executive administration are done to pleaie the power which corrals the ne groes at the meeting places of the leagues and drives them thence to the polls. Mr. Greeley's election will not do all that we could wish to free us from these evils, it! will not even be a popular condem nation if the base means by which they were inflicted upon us, but it will begin the process of their gradual extinction. Ii will give the white people a reasona ble hope that the heritable qualities of ttitir fathers blood may some day be re stored in the meantime, if it does not reverse the attainder, ill at least insure a merciful execution of it. who disliked Mr Greeley's Democrats nomination have reflected well, and I think will sup port him with almost perfect unanimity The thought that a victory will not give us everything at once may dimmish in some degree fthe rapture of the strife," but it will not impair the efficiency of their sup port, fear the t ar imnelled tn their ntmoat exertion by a profound conviction that 1872. . nommg but bis election will a counuy from a long period of m ment, and, perhaps? the total dr of our free institutions. I am w election will save tha misgovern estrcetion ith ft eat respect, yours, &c. J. 8. BLACK, lonz, Pa August 3, 1872. SENTENCED TO MARRIAGE. A case recently tried before the Clon mel (English) Assizes was brourht m . singular aud novel Xerminatioa by the P";din; Judge. The pirties io the case were a young man and a young wo man, both of whom claimed possession of rural property, one by virtue of an an cieut lease, and the other by a will. They were in court for the purpose of giving their testimony, when a bright idea oc curred to the Magistrate, a Mr. CUrW who interrupted the cuse to say : T ' 1 "It strikes me that there is a pleasant and easy way torrermtuate this law suit. The plaintiff appmrs to be a respectable young man, aud this is a very nice young woman Laughter. They can both get married and live happy on this faim. If they go on wiih law proceeding it will be frittered away between tbe lawyers, who, I am sure, arc uot un gallant enough to wUh the marriage may not come off." The young lady ou being interogated blushed, aud said she was quite willing to marry the plaintiff. The Utter on be ing asked if he would wed the roans wo man gallantly responded, "most undoubt edly." Mr Clark remarked that the sug gestion occurred to him by intuition cn seeing the young couple. A verdict was subsequently entered for plaintiff on con dition of his promise to marry defendant within two months, a stay of execution being put on the verdict till the marriage ceremony is complete. Tbe counsel gave the young lady such an unmerciful 'chaff- ing,' on her consent, which many In court thought should have been obtained from plaintiff, that she left the court in tears. I i A LESSON IN INDUSTRY. Thoughtless persons regard birds as gay little creatures, without a care and without a burden; Hearing their cheerful song, and seeing them flying hither aud thither as if life were a continued holiday, it is concluded that they have nothing to do but to deaport 'themselves. Ibis is i great mistake. The serious sober mind ed little ant which never see in i to play, bu to be always at work, is taken as the pat' tern ot industry, and yet the ant is more dilligcr.t and industrious than the bright little birds that flutter arouud us. The follow ing curious statistics about small birds weie recently laid before the House of Commons : "The thrush is said to work from 2;30 in the morning until 9:50 in the evening, or nineteen hours. During this time he feeds his young 206 times. Blackbirds work seventeen hours. The male feeds the young 44 times and the female 55 times per day. The industrious titmouse man ages to spread 4i7 meals a day before us voracious offspring. According to one naturalist, their food consists largely of caterpillers. These statements, and a hundred more quite as curious, were made in an eloquent plea for a law to protect small birds from being snared and shot. Unfortunately, although the speech seems to-prove that they are really the allies, instead of the enemies of the firmer, the old prejudices against, them were stong enough to defeat the bill." The little birds, then, not only set us 1 . I ft an example in tne mailer oi industry and in piovidivg aud caring for dependents, but they show us how to mingle cheer fulness wi:h th-se sober duties. We may learn from then, how to toil and to be happy at the same time. We present this morning fui titer proof of the fraudulent character of tbe vote of Halifax couuty, North Carolina. No man in his senses will maintain that a popula tion of 20,408 could furnish adult males ufficient to cast 5,307 honest votes. These figures are a mathematical demon stration of frauds ; the only question is. by whom and iu whose interest were the frauds committed t The county contains a preponderating negro population, ex ceeding the whites io the ratio of two to one. The registrar! and election officers are the tools of the unscrupulous person who control tne ducks, juocb any one a v believe that Judge Merrimon was permit ted to profit by this iniquity t The facts are that in none but tbe negro counties was tbe proportion of one vote to five in habitants attained in North Carolina Take the stroogest Conservative counties and we find at this election that not more than one vote is cast to every six inhabi tants. Duplin, for instance, gave 716 majority for Merrimon, aud increased its anti Administration vote irom 1.412 a year ago to 1,750 ; yet the lotal vote is only 2,785 out of a population of 15,542. Catawba gives 8$5 majority for Herri mon. casts 1.687 votes, and bas a popu lation of 10,984. It is only in the cuun ttes controlled bv the oeeroes that we - - 4 v find the natural proportion exceeded, and this we find in three or four other conn ties besides Halifax. Iu such counties it is more than likelv thatevery negro boy of eiffhiecn S'ears or ibere about voted if he wished. We trust lhat Judge Merri mon will dispute the election and that the whole matter will be fully and impartially invesiisMted. by the legiltnre. Mean while one of tbe most valued on our staff of regular correspondents is in Halifax countv. whence he sends us a dispatch fulv established tbe onirages committed t,n the ballot box in that section of the State. N. Y. Tribune. Suppose the unfortunate old gentle man, Mr. Hicks, that was kukluxrd by the negroes Saturday night, had been negro and the assassins white men- what m. bowl there w mid bare been in the Radical camp. FRAUDS IN NORTH CAROLINA. Thai sir or eight thousand nerroea were imported, fraudulently registered aud Toted,i.afact which is now hardly du puled. Several couaties where the bheks than the populalLn admits. r. -wvw . ujucu larger vote ad urn rr- .1-. gvo i the work was overdone and is easy of detection. Rot the frauds were not confined to these Isa ported negroes. The The York Uetnld discloses other opera tions, which; are equally outrsgeoua. The law rt-qa'rs' proclamation of ihe mult of an election to be nude the sheriff from the court house door within a limited time This legal formality was omitted in Crav en county, and in Warren th judge, con- J,1?,1.' c y tbe ballot bous ' cast my lot aiih that people, and failed td count the vote until the d.y This was in IG3 after the election. In first congiessional t district, where Senator Pool tesidt . the I the vote was uot couuted unta laund con- . ! veuienL" These "irrerulariticsj' as thev are mildly called, all had a motive, and. as has been seen afforded the readiest oppor- tumir .or iraua watcu was improved by the managers, who set aside the law to tamper with the ballot box. Skilled agents in such rascality were detailed from Philadelphia and other chits to re peat their experience In North Carolina. The result it before ua. Caldwell is to be "returned over Merrimon, as Gray was over McClure, in spite of an honest ma jority. The legislature owes it to the people who bare thus been outrsred. aod to the country at Urge, to order an Investigation, so that the whole troth may be known, and this vUlany held op to pub reprobation. When the iniquities were charged against the radicals of Philadelphia, the adminis tration organ stoutly denied thtir truth, with tne saie audacity that tbey are now exhibiting tn regard to Itorth Carolina And when the frauds were exposed and the complicity of the federal officers, shown by the clearest proof, not a man of them was removed from office; but to the contrary conspirous leaders, of repeat ing gangs and ballot stuffer, were promp ted, in order to demonstrate the President's fidelity io civil service reform. UW- injfton Patriot. A LARGE and enthusiastic meeting of Democrats and Conservatives were held in tne town oi rayetteviiic on l uepday evening, and the following proceedings of the meeting we gather from the J:agtc: On motion . L. 1 roy whs called to the Chair, and Ed. P. Powers requested to act as Secretary. The chairman stated that ihe object o this meeting was to express our indigna tion at the coarse pursued at the R idica jubilee ou last Monday night, aud he K l lowed in an able and interesting speech. On motion, it was resolved, That th Chairman appoint a Committee of five to express the deep indignation a hich our people feci at the conduct of the Radicals on the occasion of their last jubilee. The Chair appointed Maj. J. C. McRae, J. I). imams, Esq., W . II. Holland, Esq., W. A. Whitehead, Esq., A. 1. Hurt, Esq. On motion a Committee of three were ppointed to demand in the name of the people of Cumberland county that Judge Merrimon and other Conservative candi dates contest the election before the next Legislature. The Chair appointed MeMis. B. Fuller, Col. C.-W. Broadfxjt and Col. J. W. Hinsdale. On motion, a Committee of ten wert appointed to make arrangements for a grand rally and jubilee on next J uesilay evening, 20lh inst. Chair appointed, E. P. Powers, A. B. Williams, J . i. Mc Kay, B. C. (iorharo, A. A MeKtilhan Jr., W. Overdy, W. B. Draughan, W. Y. Staple. W. F. Carabell aud M. Faulk. Mr. J. H. Jlyrovcr was theu called on, who made one of the very bet speeches that has been delivered here during the campaign. Terrirls Scesk at a Pic-Uic Sevkeai. Pxtsoxs SrarcK iv Ligdt Xiso. Yesterdsy a pie pie party, com posed of a number of families living in the northwestern section of the city, were assembled upon tbe pic-nic grounds in Druid Hill Park, when at about 2 o'clock ooe of nature's freaks produced a terrible scene indeed. There were indications of a rain storm, and after a light rolling of thunder, a sudden flash of Iightoing st nek a Urge, tree near to tbe party, passed, through a large limb, splitting it tn fragments, and thence seemed to scat ter among tbe whole party, to the earth, and for a time felling then creating 10- tense excitement. After a few mtnetes those prostrated were attended to, snd an Investigation went to prove that no less than thirteen neraoni bad been more or less Injured by the electric fluid. All the injured were taken to the Manion House, and neeived medical attention. None are supposed to be danger.nily sf fected, but the escape was miraculous. Bait. Sum, ICtk inst. TrJK Fajetttville Eagle says the Radi eal torchlight and jollification Monday night turned almost into a o gro riot. Dn-graceful nd brutal acta were perpe trated al the dead hour of midnight. Several white men wen attacked nd beaten, houses were stoned and fencea torn down. The K-vjle s-y : "These erf a turts have acted like fi'-nd. and should be made eiamj-L'aof. They aeemed mo.t desp-rati-ly arrayed againet tbe poor white people, and their conduct is a grace to eveu brutes." A Pennsylvania editor, who hai been onadead-besd excursion out on the plains lost bis pass and bad to walk seventy miles Ixfore he could find a man who had sufficient confidence in him to lend bim mon ey to telegraph borne for his ir't to sell ihe pook stove and remit the proceeds at once. NO. 49. WHOLE NO. 839 GRANTS SENTIMENTS PEtOH T0 THIS TIME, While Republican journals Host over the p,.t recoVd tf Mr.' Greeley and Ir. continually casting hit utterance U tU win oi Uc liberal f. thev nirlit -WV prrpncxr rtZcct on i. mk MnM t - m - m r -- - w past eoorma .t r ... men-on eauaidate. (In ooe occasion. President Grant, io Lis opposition to abo ):tonim snd his fidelity u the Democrat ic Prty, made use of the follow icg ex pulsion : ' "I am a Democrat, aod when I am convinced that tbit war Is waged to pros ecute tbe detdgni of tbe aUliiioout, I pledge my honor as a soldier that 1 will csrry my sword on the-other side, and Io 16GC he said : "I only voted at one Preldcntial eleriin .k. t -.x r- 1 . ivmttiH IJocLanan." He had alwava Wm Democrat and yet became the raSd can dilate of the opposition for toe Presiden cy, in 1SGS, Grant said : The libcttiea Of the COUUtrV COnnot L maintain! ithout a one term amendment to tbe constitution." He no doubt think a lhat the "liberties of the coeotrv cannot be aoaiotaioedM en! eta be la f-A- Whh the sight of office in C3 and a taau of it daring lis adtniniaUaXioix, all of hie ? i ... views nave casoged, aad be is a staunch Republican. Noes. - GRANTS fTABLEa. The president has been ueclior Va Washington palaces for the occenancv of his stud of fast and stock horses. The stables are of the most elegant character, oetter than most of the dwelling s Washington. The New York Sen shows through what means lb money ha been secured for the erection of these horse pa laces : The money required to provide tbeee palatial quarters for Grant's horse has been taken from tbe public treasury with out sny authority of law. For a long time it was a profound mystery where the money was to come from to psy for this useless expenditure. The appropr ationt for White House expenses during Grant's term have been so uouaaal and extravagant lhat at first it was supposed that possibly the money for these stables bad been charged uuder tbe head of fuel or furniture. Bat tubseqocot invrlig lions have sbowu lhat the sum of $50,000 was illegally diverted from tbe appropri ation made by congress for tbe new stale department buildiug, and applied to the construction of the horse palace which Grant has built without any authority whatever, and in utter defiance cf law. How long b lore this Caligula will demand that his horses shall feed from golJcu mangers ? -N. Y. Albany JS 'car a. Ci'kiositifs or the Earth. At the city of Modena, in Italy, and about four miles around it, wherever the earth is dug, when the woikmcn arrive at a distance of sixty-three feet, they come to a bed of cliaik, which they bore with an aeger five feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit before the soger is removed, and upon its extraction tbe water burst throngh the aparture with great violence, and quickly fills this newly made well, which continues fall, and is affected nei tln i by rains or droughts. But what is moat remarkable in this operation are tba lay ers of earth as we descend. At tbe depth of fourteen feet are found the ruins of aa anrii lit city, paved strc:l, houses, floors, and different pecies of Mosaic work. Un-d-r this i f und a reft, oozy earth, made up of vegtable, ana twenty six feetdeep, l.i rgf Irer entire, such at walnut trees with tin- walnuts still slicking to the Stem, and th-- leaves and branches io a "perfect state of preservation. At twenty-eight led deep, a soft chalk is found, mixta with a large quantity of shells, and this bed ia eleven fret thick. Uuder this, vegetables are again found. HOW IT WAS DONE. One of the means employed by the radi cal politicians to carry the election was send ing revenue officers aod others oat among the people in the fruit districts who gsv the mtn understand that if tbey would vote the radical ticket they might slUl to their heart's content without paying a cent of tax, but if they voted lor Merri mon tbey would be watched, aod the last farthiog exacted of these. Others went arouud and pretended to persons who lost property daring lb war by action of the srmies, that il tbey voted for republican candidates for Cowgreas they would receive iodemoity which they never would receive if conservative con. grvsameo were elected. Such are samples of the means resort ed to by oar opponents throoghout the State, and the effect is seen In tba fruit growiog district. Gremttoro' Patriot. MAINE AND VERMONT. The eves of the people arts now turned with inteiesl to the elections in Main and Vermont. It hs bei n ten yrtrs since the ifmtr State gave a Democratic nnj'miy, bat it ia raid thit there is faiier opportunity for success now than ever before, snd at any rate the Rer.uLIican vote will be lessened to a verv great ritent, thus encouraging ihe fii-u of lireeley and Brown io the Presidential campaign. Vermont will go for the administration candidates, but by a reduced majority. We are happy to i iforua oar readers, or at least those who like ouraelf did not know it, that burglary is a capital felony, and that Simpon Mnrdecai, Tboaa Griffic. an! Alfred Bryant, the colored m?u under arrest for the diabolical oat rage on Mr. Hicks, are guilty of that of fence, and will surely be hanged for it, if any justice can be obtained in a Wake county court. Smtintl-