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i Jl ieainneannen omsibbosb Watchman." . 5 -n . vain ! 1 'IV VOL V: THIRD SERIES El h- li SALISBURY N. C JULY, 16, 1875. NO. 93. WHOLE NO 94 i J 1 ooa fj i t rr'.t nf- Jf rrSKiimt i.'if! sdl si eorersafeb aw w)dw?p i f0 fcV 'SJt niTBLIBEDCD WEEKS; Y : j; J. BRUNER, Proprietor and Editoi . Associate Editor. CONVENTION. ATRSOF SIBCBIPTION WEEKLY IrVATCHMAN. ft-- fAR, payable in advance. . ...I i CorAtsHo anf address.... K2.ro 1.25 10.0 WWW - . TKBTI8I RATES : lacABX (1 inch) One lirtion $100 . V two " 1.60 far a create number of vertiaemeate. Readlne notice. r tinefor eneo two: Warrr-ar roa thi Watchma. FOLKS AT THE FAIR. C5 CANTO X. Ok ! wood I wag a little boy, And first a horse could straddle, Of all hit rait, my pride and joy Wu canter, minus saddle ! That rocking cradle never tired Bat easy, waring motion ; Bat now I'm old and hoary-haired, Dttoftler raits my notion 1 I wad to canter that old gray His broad back not a rag on Bight through to milt, for holiday Then canter with the bag on ! It was a sin ; but then I tow If en are but children grown up ; Twas canter then, decanter now, And I the corn will own up ! The Election Law. The act calling the Convention pro scribes : Sec. 2. The said Convention shall eon iat of one hundred and twenty delegates, and each county shall be entitled to the number of delegates that it has members of the House of Representatives under the present apportionment', and the said delegates shall have the qualifi cation required of members of the House of Representatives, of which qualifications tne convention shall be the judge. Bee. 3. On the 1st Thursday of August. 1875, the sheriffs of the State shall open polls for the election of delegates to the said Convention from their respective counties, and the election aforesaid, and reason become on that day entitled to reg ister, he shall be allowed to register and vote. See. 15. Immediately after any election the Judges of Election shall deposit the registration books with the Register of Deeds for their respective counties. See. 18. When the election shall be finished the registrar and judges of elec tion, in presence of such of the electors as may choose to attend shall open the boxes and count the ballots, reading aloud the names of the persons who shall ap pear on each ticket; and if there shall be two or more tickets rolled np together or ai.y ticket shall contain the names of more persona than such elector has a right to vote for, or shall have a device upon it, tn either of these cases such ticket or tick ets shall not be numbered in taking the the registration for the same shall be held! "0t? I ,Tud' ? j y l .t mm m . . anu couauctea; tue omcers mereor, inclu ding registrars and judges of election appointed; the votes counted and compar ed; the result proclaimed, and certificates issued in the same manner as provided by law for the election of members o the House of Representatives of the General Assembly. The following are the provisions of the act of 1873v'74 relating to the election of members of the General Assembly. bee. 1. 1 he Lreneral Assembly of North Carolina do enact. That there will be an election held for the following officers on the first Thursday of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four (1874.) and every two years thereafter Members of the General Assembly for their respective counties and districts; county treasurer, register of deeds, county surveyor, five county commissioners, a coroner and sheriff Old Virgil's melody refined And bare-backed cirrus glory, Within my schoolboy pate combined, Oft turned my upper story For daddy said : "Dear sonny, yon Musn't ride atandin on tie scamp-um, With jour 'quadrupedante, pat rem sonitu Qastit angula campom !"' Vow, mounted on the still-house worm The Hydra whiskey dragon I soar to realms above the storm, Nor wait for this world's wagon Talk nay Latin to the sky-moon Ingins, And with a bottle tempt 'em ! "Monstra horrendum in forma ingens, Cui lumen ademptaru V Bat lo ! these blarsted Revenues Make thirsty gitzards pant O ! I dent have no more whikey stews. Nor nuthin kaae I Cant O ! And its Canto np and Canto down, From Canto one to seven No liquor out here, no liquor in town ; And its Canto eight to eleven ! for for Lord Byron, alias Don Juan, Wrote many a splendid Canto A scholar and a gentleman, Hs drank good wine by the pint O ! Bet he never knew a Revenue, Or thirsty gizzard's pant O 1 Else, 'port my word, the noble lord Had never penned a Canto 1 And when the famed fool -killer comes To visit this great people, He'll crash the drunkards in their homes, And hang on each church-steeple, Tbe carcass of some Temp' ranee fool And blamed Teetotal humbug 8n Aiwa Dickinson to school Tssonte right decent rum-bug t The men who passed the Liquor Laws He'll send to the Asylum, To pull the nails from old cat's paws. And their mouse-teeth to file 'em To try if they cant make the trees Orow top down, with a will, air ; And make the rivers from tbe seas All run straight op the hill, sir ! And thicker than the cherry crop, All o'er the Brushy Mountains He'll hang the Revenues, and stop Their money-making fountains ; All citizens, white sad free-born, 'Neath their own lines and fig-trees, r license to still their own corn b pple-brandy vict'riesf The whole infernal canting crew W Yank teetotal thieves, sir, A" oer hells floor he'll thickly uke showers of autumn leaves, sir 1 Hlla broken windows he will patch With broken Tern' ranee pledges Bign Sir Lecturer to Old Scratch, Where hottest fire rages I Ad that demented praying crowd, Who 'round the grog-shops tramped, sir, w "I will he do with them T-Hes vowed Tpess'emln contempt, sir ! 7jwr frock, and have a stock J"Nrisaie brass, sir! o brain, bars they for hiss to knoek- fl of the hrainey class, sir I their respective counties, and also members of the house of Representatives of the United States Congress for their respective districts. Sec. 12. That all elections herein or- your head, yon lit- dered shall bo conducted in all particulars id iucu manner anu ronn, anu unaer sucn rules and regulation, as ore prescribed in chapter one hundred and eighty-fire, acts of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one and one thousand eight hundred and seventy twoand one hundred and twenty four, acts of one thousand eight hundred and seventy two, both of which, so for as they are inconsistant with tbe provisions of this set, are hereby re-enacted : Provided, that any elector shall be eligible as registrar for their several town ships in all such elections, and any pro visions of chapter one hundred and etgbty five, laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, inconsistent with this proviso is hereby repealed. That wbeu a voter is challenged at the pollt, upon demand of any citizen of the State, it shall be the duty of the inspec tors ot the election to require said voter. before being allowed to vote, to prove by tbe oath ot some other person, known to counting of votes shall be continued with out adjournment until completed and the result thereof declared. See. 21. Returns from all the precincts hall be made by the judges of election by noon on Saturday ensuing the day of election to the County Commissiners, who hall in the presence of sneh persons chooee to attend, proceed to add the number of votes returned, and so far as County Officers, Members ot the House of Representatives and Senators, where the Senatorial District consists of hot one county are concerned, the person having the greatest number of vote shall be deemed duly elected. Should any two persons have an equal number of votes for the same office, the Commissioners shall decide which of the two shall be elected. And if for any cause tbe returns of any precinct be not in by three o'clock P. M., on that day, then, and in that case the Commissioners shall adjourn without comparing tbe polls, to meet again on the following Tuesday at twelve o'clock,' M., when tbe polls of the various precincts of the county shall be compared and in tbe meantime they shall direct tbe Sheriff or aome of his deputies to compel tbe atten dance of the delinquent returuing officer with the vote of his precinct. When the Commissioners have thus completed the comparison ot tbe polls they shall pro claim the result at tne Uourt Mouse door of the voting in their county for all the persons voted for and the number ot votes cast for each, and shall immediately there after file with tbe register and with the Sheriff of their county or in case there be no sheriff a pd corrnner a certified copy o the same. Provided the couuties of Car teret, Hvde and Daro ehail be allowed until Tuesday after the election to make their returns. Tbe commissioners shall also file with the register of deeds and returns made by the judges of the election of each precinct. Sec. 28. The registrar shall receive one cent for each name copied from the orig inal registration book and three cents for each new name registered. Sec. 29. Any registrar or judge or nie- d'0 that body to interfere with the Home- lnal tnere i- lwioe independence in . stead clause of the Constitution is amply fr,f ltt w in any other trade or sufficient to satisfy any sane man that it protwseioo. tDoat believe, he aaya, be cause you go to town or the city and sea boys dresaed finer than yea, with faces whiter and smoother than yours, that they are better off. Farmers' boys bare more a'e coun- the hands of a Democratic Cnn vmtmn fhr true pleasure, as a rule, than town bora. med, he the simple reason that the vast majority Yoo.m7 bate 10 bra l 7 developed, the fiend carried his wife into THE HOMESTEAD LAW, IS a swamp, through which he had to pass, I IT IN DANGER. not more than three hundred from his I The restriction nlainlv wittew in tbe father's residence, and there brutally very set calling the Convention, forbid- murdered them, chopping them into mm nil ilu in tKo hi aSufc vvr uuu uui T lilt' I iuiu in u,Mwn x . v v m o ntni'ipnt tn inlntv anv . . ... .1 . I J " men went bacK to nis mowerw spout one u io nodangor. But oven if there was not o'clolk at night and asked for hfi trunk, I sneh restriction upon the Convention , it saying that he had made his arrangements j would need but a moment's thought to be to go away anu be would proceed that assured that tbe Homestead waa aafe io night to carry his wife "down tne try." As haa since been ascertain r em w t . v . s s a 1 j a m . , was seen in tne neignooroooa ior several ot tbe people interested in preserving days afterwards, when he disappeared I Homesteads untouched is to be found in rom sight. Gradually the suspicion was I tbe ranks of tbe Democratic party. In- aroused that there had been some foul deed as a party the Radical nartv has play or that all was not right, bat noth- comparatively but little interest in any ing tangible could be obtained. Her fa- I law lookinsr to the seeuritv of tha Ham. ther and mother viaitadS the ngibocbod stead. shortly afterwards to see their daughter, But we find our views upon this ques bnt were told the couple had moved away tion so well stated by oar esteemed co and were shown a letter from Scott Par- temporary the Piedmont Press that wo tin, purporting to be from Goldsboro, and transfer tbe entire article to our column, stating that his wife and child were doing I The Press says : well. This did not satisfy Mr. Walton, The Republican party of this State and he at once commenced an inquiry as polls some 90,000 votes, of which 70,000 to the whereabouts of his daughter. are negro votes, there being only about Since that time Scott Partin haa been 15,000 white Republican voters, or about seen in tbe neighborhood several times, 1 one sixth of the strength of that party in and when told by an Aant that be was I North Carolina. suspected of killiog his wife and child he Everybody who knows anvthioe about J J mi - w . - w .w oecame aiarmea anu again uisappeareu. I negroes knows also Wat not one hundred The efforts of Mr. Walton to hnd bis A Word for Boy. A correspondent of MC4 ansa's Rural World" advises country boys to stick to the farm by, all means, sewariag t that there is: twice the indenandenee THE FINDING OF THE BODIES. of those 75.000 have acouired an v interest " 10 daughter proved fruitless, and some ten in tbe Homestead since the law waa made ra"ne" b0Jf " days ago tbe hitherto peaceful community and not more than one 500, in or we may became aroused to a sense of the fact that say a 1,000, had a Homestead at tbe time a foul deed had been committed in their it was made a part of oar Constitution, midst, and they determined to ferret the The per cent among the white Republi- matter out. cans interested in this clause, of coarse is r "-F some greater, though it is well known that thsy have paid more attention to the form- The citizens. of Panther Branch Town- ing of rings and defrauding the Treasuary ship, aided by a Urge nnmber of persons I than to the purchase of Homesteads. A from Johnson county, (the scene of tbe liberal estimate we tbink will ad ait that murder is immediately upon the Johnston about one-tenth, 9,000 of the Republican county line), last week organized them- voters in the State, are by some hook or selves for a thorough search for tbe mur- crook the ostensible owners, or holders of dered woman and child, and on Saturday Homesteads, and specially interested in morning left some 75 men started out to their preservation. scour the country thoroughly. They Of the 100,000 Democratic voters io formed a line on foot, the men some four the State it is reasonable to calculate that ateps apart, determined to leave no spot three-four hs 75,000 are owners of Home of ground in tbe whole neighborhood un- steads, and tbst being about all that the searched, and continued iu this manner war, and the high taxes, brought about until one o'clock, at which time, the line by Raidieal mismanagement baa left them, bad breasted the large swamp or marsh they are therefore doubly interested in some 300 yards from the residence of A. the preservation of that saviog clause of W. Partin, Sr., and immediately on the tbe Constitution. Leaving off all other line of Johnston and Wake counties, every motives which Democrats generally, pos- hole, log and suspicious place baring sees, and basing our calculations solely been examined thoroughly. A portion of upon self interest which is surely the very the line came to a hole of mud and water strongest argument with Radicals, we some eigni leei in uiumeier anu auoui me i conctuue mat me ueinocrai a party are same length, In a Thick body of under- j eight tiroes more i uteres ted io preserving would if you were a citv clerk : there is no easy place, to a boy or man who ex pect, or have tkw smketton, te make a mark in the world. Again, do not imagine, hessuss town boys smoke or chew tobacco, that It te manly, for it te not ; it te a lew filthy hs bit, s.dooowk4eh aJwsct evwry one will condemn -and even men who have fol lowed tbe habit for years, will tell you they would quit it if they could. Boys sometimes imagine that it they could only learn to smoke or chew, they would be man immediately; baa Low sick they must nrst mage taensawivee in order to become slaves to a dirty, filthy habit. It is more manly and honorable to be able to say, "I never bad a chew of in say month nor a pipe or cigar between say teeth j" tbe saase io reference to drink ing intoxicating liquors of all kinds. yon would be men, lot and a New Advertisements. OBDAB COVE 7 NURSERY. 3r 3i P1UIT TREKS, Viygw 1 PLAXT8- A J- iargs stock at reasons! rates. New OaiaJcwoefor 1P7t and T with Bcnpuasas or rratta, sm area. lz CRAFT SAILOR. run1 July I, 1C7&. Stsa. Rrn Pt-AUrs, ?. C. NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL ENNISS' ITCH CORK. PRICE 96 k 50 CT8 For sale at ElfNI86' Dreg Store, June 3, v.; RUTHERFORD COLLEGE, 1.8.' Will ops its rail term. A crust StA. 1831. S. L. ABX H K ETH T, Juno 17th. c. .4 fifth IhinM .Iam. l. . . a .Lik cigar or a glssa of liquour, do not make iTIsKSripUOIl Jtjp&rUnen U main, ior me Teneei viiiam on esrin I , rrssenpuosM us reran? nosspowoossT any ot atgec wy sxpsnssKwd, and skilrasl with wsstasss aad despatch. To Mi nisi ate tbs Gospel I will soil li eooasdermblj bsiow say the may have thee) ; but he cannot have tegrity and honesty, which in many ia found in t Km nvinHi nr R. and true at that ; but to he sneh yon never bsve to be seen in s need yon smoke or chew tobacco. Nazi M JKO. R. OR IBB, Druggist d Girla Don t do It. "Don't do what f" oar fair young read era will aak. There are a great many things that yon ought to do, and a still larger number that you had better not do. foremost snd prominent among the lat ter te to undertake to reform a drunkard by marrying him. Depend aooa ft, fcf you cannot keep him sober during those dsys of the average woman's strongest influence over wayward man the oasm of courtship, tbe chances will be decided ly sgninst success. Some women have succeeded io thte labor of love, but there are ten thousand failures to one sac It IS a field of missionary labor that bat few ot tbe sei ire fitted lo enter. If John gets drunk ooee a month whilst he is biK ling and cooiog, depend upon It that hs ill Wood Land Academy. rea of Wood Laod Acadssay will , . the 1st Monday of Aagost, 4 The asxt i(4 us a4- to in all breaches usually taacht ia I first High School. Yon of men prepared iat ingeolisgs. Fttoaof tatiiony as I grade, $1.15, Sol $2,00, 3rd 00, Board saw U uHaliii l hi at 87.00 Mr mo. For further r.m R MrVFII T. A. H TMmJmI Wood Loaf, Rowan Co. 5. C - June 144 w. . bsjl SECRET OF I sea PERPETUAL BEAUTY. b Ui I I.. .( ..I, ...tin.. ......nintarl II. .rl.. t 1 , r these judges, the fact of his residence for J b. . - ... ' ,rr : .... . . . . . provisions of this act, or any county com- thirty days previous thereto in the county r . . . . jj. 'l. r . . J, r ' missioners, register Ct deeds or sberin in which he proposes to vote. .... ' y t. . . , r r tnilincf or necHpetmcr tn make the returns and perform the duties required of him The following are the sections of chap- Dy tB act for ti,e non-preformance of r 185, Laws of 187 1'72, relating to tbe which no penalty has been hereinbefore ter registration ot voters, reenacted in eee- tioo 12, of tbe act of assembly above re cited : Chapter 185, Acts of Assembly 1871- '72.) Section 6. Registrars shall be furnished with registration books, and it shall be their duty to revise the existing registra tion book ot their precinct township in a . a v a a a such manner mat said dooks show an accurate list of electors previously regis tered in such precinct or township, and .ai . a i . . still residing therein, without requiring: such electors to be registered anew; and registrars shall also between the hours of sunrise and sunset on each day (Sunday's excepted) from the first Thursday in July, 1872, up to and including the day preceeding the first I hursday in August, 1872, keep open raid books for the regis tration of any elec'ors residing in such precinct or township and entitled to reg istration whose names have never before been registered in such precinct or town ship or do not. appear in tbe revised list. Sec. 7. No elector shall be entitled to register or vote in anu other precinct or imposed, shall bp fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dol lars, or imprisoned not more than six nor less than twelve months at the discretion of the Court. Sec. 30. Any person who shall with intent to commit a fraud register, or vote at more than one box or more than one time, or who shall induce another to do so, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be imprisoned not less than six nor more than twelve months, or fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars at the discretion of tbe Court and registrars of voters or any rnin isms aam i ana saaas t In I mm k growth and orly some 40 yards removed the Homestead law. than tbe Republican Baecohanaliao recreation when be becomes irom a pain inrougu win swamp, in which pany, anu mai earn law is ten inrtcs -aler - benedict. A man who treta drank la ' .1 1 1 r l a . , ' ' B ' " iu iuc uauua in VCIU'ICMII liuil oi I lie Republicans A Democratic Legislature haa said these classes shall not be disturb ed. Tl.e Democratic Executive Commit tee have committed the party to their preservation, and no one wants them re pealed. The Radical party kuows that there is no intention of doing it, and only keeps np tbe false ery in hopes of scsriog some poor Homesteader awiiv from his i r w wn was a dead cow, toe property oi Air. Bry ant Smith, of that neighborhood, which has been dead for some days and which had attracted the presence of some buz zards. An examination nf this hole was made, notwithstanding the presence of the cow theiriiij and it was fouud to be of s iii .ui ' a a r considerable depth, though it was ot a muddy character. One of the party using an iron rake soon brought to tbe surface natural k a .Am imtm MrtisaaSiaa III. lit! . f ! . t . v . a piece ot nesn tnat resemoieu mat ot a real irieous, the Uemocratic party. "human being, aud soon a bag was drag-1 Don't you listen to it. It is all a lie, . . . ... I .u I. ,, . . gea out enougn io convince tne pany ioiu ior a lie, ana Known so to be when that they had found what they were told. Wilmington Journal. searching for and piece by piece tbe body of Scott Partin's wife and child weie pulled out of this watery grave to which General Canby'8 Bayonet Elee- other the oooortanitv to eseane f, l.. . i.r . . . t - oosaalaainos are by dnvxHomuoos or duos a bosotiful. dear skta of a rich color, by the ass of BARRY'S PEARL CREAM, necessarily a bad or foolish man when be a .n s sat m mm ov is unaer tne mnuence oi nquor, and is very apt to soon become a bad man wheth er drunk or sober. 1 he romantic id that a woman who can reform a drunkard is deserving of a crown of clorv is all the veriest bosh. They would Lc shocked bv under hs ksahhml and ooUahifal Is insane the suggestion that tbe man who marries . tor J1? Jno-11 . issa ... . . i Jun M . .V liMisr, a. IL a laiieu woman ana restores her to n nts I ' J ' of virtue wonld be desrrvinv nf th nr.i 1 " m j . . of men and the thanks of all womanhood. Ailmitii,flfi.n4nVn UAa 4 t r for SsanUfvusg the face, nock, s or s single application, all Tie lorsiv of twenty can be bronchi back lo ladies of or fbrtv lv ; tbe roaflc country beauH formed into the caanaiogoity kolle by of tnu fragrant oosnistsc. Tbe fndod ton speedily renames tbe freak bl the oss try or copy with intent to commit shall be liable to the same penalty. tbey bad been consigned at the hands ot hitn whose duty it should have been to protect them. The murdered woman bad been literally CUT TO PISCX8. Her head had been cut from her shoul ders, ber nose and her upper lip cut from her face, her body literally quartered, one of her breasts cut off, ber arms eut tion Order. Tbe latter would be a much easier task than the former, and more likely to suc ceed. The debasement In one esse te generally incurable, scorns the influence of kindness and sfiecuon. whilst in the rom Creditors, As we are now on the eve of the present bastard Constitution of North Carolina, a synopsis of Oen. Csnby's bayonet Order regulating the election, may not be our of place at the present time. A synopsis te all that our present space will anord. lbe (Jrder te dated at life of degradation would in moat eases in sure a hearty co-operation with the mis aionarv in such a field. Bnt the drunkard, refuting is generally the ease, may be addicted io a variety oi omer vices each one oi which ought to be considered as repulsive as that of drinking. Still, we find pure, virtuous, refined and delicate women risk ing their lives and happiness in the de lusive bope or rescume snd resumes? ml I m B la V .S 1ST " w I mm m - clerk or copyist who shall make any en- ott al 1116 eiDows, ana toe remaining por, Charleston, South Carolina, and embraced Instaueei of terrible failures iu ".- . r i - . t j ,,.... i . . - . i it a fraud, ' Ul nw pwsu ueaieu iu n aiuiuai tne tollowing points : tnu All persons having claim, sjrainst the or Dr. U. r. Hoonton, lirnnil, notified to exhibit the smaaaV o th on or before ihslllh day of Jnna, lo7a. A4 all prreooa Indebted to said asUts srej to settle prossptlv. SAMUEL A. LOWBENCE. Ad mini Black saor A Hsaisaaos, Atusnwys, tfoilshory, 5. C. Jons IO, 187. cars. pd. 1 a i n48 THE WAKE WIFE MURDER. Particulars of a Horrible Affair A Brute Chops Up His Young Wife and Her Infant and Buries their Bemains in a Swamp. Mrs. Partin, of Panther Blanch town- toumsMptnmnteonem wntcn he ts tsbip, Wake county, in last February was wm. k w its uuw uj marciered by ber husband, Scott rartin election ana no certificates oj registration I The WM np anj hiadcu in shaU be given. . marsh, where it was found last Saturday. 8ec. 8. It Shall he the ddty of the reg- mnrAmrr ia still at lnrne. The Ral istrarssmdjudgesofeleetfou to attend t I etgh Jvcic described the murderer and tun. puiting Fiao oi wo wwueiiip ur pro- i -reg the oarticulars of the discovery : w n " x ta canter homes 1 -y.a anu gray, youth's pi hT' toothes my crosses 1 TIWu of the Q ranger elan, Ibaard oft doth pan t-O w would fill 7 hiakey can, tTn often Cunio-0; cloy- E. P. H. a. ssawa sa. i'J.a!?!!,10---?0 Brogdon, on ToeT- 'tmmm.. -? cwara or 85.0(10 t. Wm Mff fits a.ppj- - 'eaian ,bj n "u wuuii ouiiaws. base 2 CPP r "Hrth colored men. -ZV u tta - by the tkrrJ!h th7 bave acted in makina la8Yot!! Dotd dP"do. Apple- whisIT wenoe of death at the N uT1? 1?" r years ago, and Sliced n ,JV'0lb cvonty to be cinct with the registration books on the Saturday preceeding the election from hour of g o'clock A. M. until the hoar of 6 o'clock P. M , when and where the acid books shall be open for the inspec- m. A a m , , . tion of the elector ot the precinct or township, and any said electors shall be allowed to object to the name of any per son appearing in said books. In ease Alf rend W in field Partin, Jr., common lv known as Scott Partin is a son of A. W. Partin, Sr, of Panther Branch town ship, is aged about 27 years, weighs about 135 pounds, is some five feet ten inches hish. bas one eve a little squinted, one front tooth plugged with gold, two of bis fl teeth pressing together in front, has dark Oil.,.. . - . j. i i l j r miasionsry field sre to be found 1. The election to be held three days. Te fd Y9 " 7 tbe 21st, 22nd and 23rd, of April, 1868. lsILL 11V 11 , ni. ..... -m, hv.j. l hue widows and orphans of V, bKMW.WW wwu v TWH J UI UI I I I, - - "Against" the Constitotioo, and on the same ballot for State and County officers and for members of Congress. A three days election .J 2. The Board of Registration (all mili ary appointees) to revise tbe registration ieta and to strike from tbe lists all who are known to be disfranchised, and to add the names of such voters as are qualified. Under this clause fully 30,000 ot our best within citizens were declared dUfrauehteed. and , mm , . . ' the power ot those people, be would bave deprived of their vote. j. shared no milder a rate than aw wue ana 4. Ta d.v. rMid.n in . -11 .i. u tilled every "truly loyal" to a vote. periment, withouitskiog them fully train - 5. Elections to be held by military ap- in career of Vice aud debauchery manner. i lie intant uaa been servea pretty much the same way. Appearances indicated that the fiend had attempt ed first to bnrn tbe bodies, the head par ticularly bore evidence of such an iaten tion, but doubtless finding the process too slow, he resorted to the plan of burying his family in a guano bag in the morass in which it waa found on Saturday. The whole community, at the finding of thte outrage upon every feeling of humanity, became THOROUGHLY ENRAGED and had Scott Partin then 1 been in itb ef the deso- who bave staggered into drunkard's graves. Still, the experiment is continued by new votaries, who thinjk that they can eneceed where others have foiled. It te a terrible delusion. Love and devotion are power lees on a drunkard. Nothing bnt an teen will and a firmness that few vomer sess eau chock thf as rear of n ansa bas ouoe taken to strong drink. He become subject to her will, and restrained from his evil courses by a power stronger than love and kindness. There are e- nongh men who become drunkard's after blue eyes, dark hair, a high crooked Ro mau nose, walks little parrot-toed, has ST. " ,'. TiTTl :Tr TJTT la downcast expression but is quick in of the person objected to the word "chal- Unveraation. Some time in 1878 he lengea," ana snail appoint a umo ana . , . Hmarm4M1 ir., piece on or oeiore uie emms any waere of Backhor m hf whom he he, together with saia j uages 01 jiecuon , , . ... , ... u' oi-Ut mnntta . 1. 1 1 U... fT.niHii aaiH nhiMlt.in on v. I 3 . WT .u... u WT -"-w-r-. ' t old in February last, if or some time ,g due notice to the voter so objected to. . Ffjhrul he bad been working c eunu nnopsi j iiup- f - -07-1 a number of hands for different . . t m m mm I t . t r Alio 1 1 f 1 17 M fl r II 1 1 1 SC I. I fl t vl AUV CirvtUl frw wunniwMsjv ---m-mm W' m -. a tT tlm namfl of anv Deraou reeristerea or ot- ferinf to register at any time other than m that above specified. It any persoo cnai leoged or objected to shall he louna not duly Qualified, as provided in this aet, or aa provided in tbe Constitution, tne xveg mtrafnr almll pi-aae bid name Irom tne books. . Sec. 11. No registration shall be allow ed on the day of election, but if any per- kinds of work, and his wife bad been staying a portion of winter at hie brother George's but in February waa staying at his father's. THE MURDER. On the I2tb of Februrry last Scott Partin, in company with his wife and child, left hiaJtOher's boose about sunset, (there being no one at home at the time but bis mother,) saying that Jos warn go T4 1 SA . I i7 .1 ea. Am . aon shall give satisfactory cvidened W Lf lD reeioence oi a consin tbe judges of the election that ho haa acme throe mrtee dbtant Thte Is the come of the age of twenty-one years on lasUime his srifo ahd child were ever tbe day of election, or haa for any other fee alive, and as late discoveries have child. Suspicion bad been aroused against his father and brothers as having been acces sories after the fact, and tbey were accor dingly arrested Saturday afternoon upon their return from Raleigh, where they bad been before tbe Grand Jury testifying concerning this case. After examination they were discharged, . there being no evidence connecting them with the trage- pointees. 13. Returns to be made to the District Military Commander, through the several Military Post Commanders. This, fellow readers, te a synopsis of a few points in Conhy's Military Order for holding the elections said to have ratified the present Constitution. Is it not time that tbe people of North Carolina refute that infamous document, and make a Constitution better adapted to their wants and condition T Therefore, ws say! "Girl, don't do U BuUo American. KILLED ATLA8T. Dime Novel Reading The Balti more Sun, alluding to the effort that te being made iu Boston to have the sen tence of the body-murderer Pomeroy changed to imprisonment for life in the Penitentiary, says : "Some of the fantastical advocates of thte interesting youth allege that his brain baa been turned by reading dime novels and yellow-covered literature. When a crime is committed under the influence of strong drink the law does not mitigate the offense, although temporary insanity is often produced by that cause. Neither 1 years in California and New Mexico, saw should getting insane on tstb weak decoc- the tame remedy successfully ased among tion of dime novels, be regarded aa much the Indians in tue latter country. In of an extenuation. Indeed, in view of one instance, an Indian's dog near the the deleterious influences ot such trash, it camp was bitten in the nose by a large might be as well to bang such of the dime rattlesnake. The Indians immediately novel victims as are led by these to law- opened tbe reptile and administered the less acts, as a warning against yellow- gH- Tbe core was rapid aad effectual, covered literature," of. Augustine (flaj Press. Bits of the Rattlesnake. A Post-office agent traveling in Texas tells of the successful use of the gall of a rattlesnake for the bite of that reptile. In tbe case spoken of relief waa almost instantaneous to the patient, who was writhing in paroxysms of great pain, ra pidly swelling and becoming purple. A friend of the writer who spent several One of tbe most remarkable eases of the preservation of life soder eoolinua! if ii ait sr. is that of George Pepper, of Boston, who I - I i :i I . j . . . . a mm waa inteiv amen in a many quarrel, no was a sailor on the Congress when the Men rimac mads her raid at Hampton Roads. and he was laid away for dad. but recover ed, having bad skull, boos aad jaw broken, a a s m i .n. n mm. loasn SBoeaon oui, in umo oamnt away, 4 arm and leg wounded, aa eye destroyed. and other damage does. Thee he wei home sad namoi. A ire next door so soared has wife that sbs and ber infant du and he was alone again He weat to work in some tube mills aad fell ao i broke a keg. Recovering, be was handling lumber, when a pile fell on him and three ribs were bro ken. These knitted together again and be returned to work, and indeed, so to speak took another rib, for ha found n seams wife Rack io tbs tube works be had a eireoJar saw to take off the four lingers that hte thumb left at Hampton; and when he hi got well of this little Injury, what was left of him was killed by 4 carving knife ia bte witVs hands He scolded ber for sot know ing how to earvo, nod smashed ber dowi for her insnornnoo. Ia the sewJas he fell noon ber. andv landed on the kails. I closed bte strange earner, aad hte wife te on trial fer murder. L 2 FOB SALE! rwo h Jane Wagons cheap for cosh, si D. aVJCu 1 as FLORAL HAJiL PR WESTERN X. C. FATE. The son. TUaiiwIum hstof thnanlteooij 1870, is now ready for dietrtbaiioo hs hnd of Secretary B F ahnjora. loans offered in Department No. 8 HalL) wm he Void In moswr or Silver if desired. B. P. ROGEBfc A vm FRANKLIN ACADJ1T. s AN ENGLISH, CLASSICAL, MATH KMATICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC School, von MALES awd FEMAL1 H. M. Brows, A. B. Mr L. P. InatiustJoa Hie course commence Ana. 2nd. 1871. Tbs next Session of this will of hnarocsion will This Institution is 1 nested hat miles North of Balisbury oa the new rood, io s healthy cons try. Tnrtion is as tal lows: $1.00. tlAO. 81.00. tzAO. 88.00. aad aa.00 par nlsuth, aotordinc to too Board can hs hnd in hie-hly gBJBH mas at from $7.00 to $8,88 per ansoxh. Am ple fnciikio. aftprded u juuag seen wnnwteh In board ihsassslvsa. For further particulaa i Rev. H. M. BROWW. Masonry, Rowan Oa, M. C May Am ok to aaV .-Pd. DANDELION BITTERS and DANDELION ANTI-BILUOUS PILLS, To cure Dyspepsia, InHges tion, 8ick Headache, Kidney Disease, Ac iFes Sale at EN KISS' Drag i '-a .1 tMoq- i dsH sisal 1 1 sr-i .-si vvoseg tsnawv 1 1- . ntr- '