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VOL. VII. THIED SERIES. SAnSBUEY. IT. C. AUGUST 171876. KO 44 JiisHKD Veeklt I. J. BECNER, Ed. and Propr F? , j T. K. BRUNER, Associate Ed. OBSCBIFFIOS BATES : ttr Year, payable la advance,.... $2 00 . 1 25 3 'I ; - j i ADYEBTI8IXO BATES : ! iL incb, one pufeUcatioa, Wif? two publications,.. . contnulttes for months ora year. : j i . - ! - ..$1 00 ,. 1 50 Inn of the Democratic Par- tv i North Carolina Adopted by the Democratic State Con- rvention at Raleigh, on 44th June, 1876. I AViiereas, The republican ; party of !tbe Uhited States, for the last sixteen jajhashad tue complete control of ij,e government in all its departments, ja4 by its disregard of Constitutional limi tation? i by its unequal and oppressive wxattob ; by its extravagaut and waste ful expenditures ; by its unwise and mis chievous financial policy ; by its unexam pled (official corruption pervading all branches :" of ' its administration has brought disgrace upon our government ' and unparalleled distress upon our people; jEereCore V. Resolved, 1. 1 That in this -centennial rear of oar existence, we invite rall patriots lajfoore all dead issues, to disregard the nreiailices engendered by the past events, : Vand to junite. with us ifl the effort to restore pare administration of the government, jd thus promote the general welfare and iimirriiicoo w v - - j - Resolved, 2. That wel earnestly andcor- .- dialiy recommena line auopuon, oy me people, of the amendments to the Consti - tation proposed by the Convention of 1S75, and thus largely reduce the .expenditures of our State and county governments and I'flinillV lUcir ituiuinicu auuii, iiiat c mav Be enabled to establish .a; thorough ,?iand i dnlarged system of public1 Schools ior - tlie, benefit of air the citizens of the State, f Risolved, 3. That notwithstanding our '. repeated disappointments and irapovitshed" condition, we stilLcberish the North Car- .jn.: n.Aiant en 1 fi ti rr l'iKrkrtrt f r 1 1 7 f nra. bead a a titers, Fisher, Wm. II. Thomas, -ind otherf, of uniting the harbors of Beau fart and Wilmington with the great west; .. arid for the completion of the Western Xortti Carol iua Railroad to Patnt Reck i and Dicktown, and of our unfinished rail : roads, we pledge the continued use of the convict labor of the State, and of such other judicious legislative aid as will se- cure the completion f these great State forks at the earliest practicable period. Resolved 4. That the people of North il ' l: . I .1 . 1 roiiua dqw uave u in meir power oy ,m earnest, df terminated and united efiFort, to relieve our people from the evils of re publican misrule, extravagance! and cor raptton, and restore the prosperity of our State. r Resolved 5. That we denounce official ecnapiieu wherever found, arjd we hold boety to bethe first and highest quali fication for office. ' ! -' ' ' GOV. HENDRICKS'S LETTER. The Enormities of the System' that Threat ens our Institutions Indianapolis, July 24, 1876. Gextlemex : I have the, honor to I acknowledge the receipt of your commu , nication,in which you have formally no ! tilled me of my nomination by the Na ; tional Democratic Convention at St. Louis, a.3 their candidate for the office of Vice-President of the United States. It "a nomination which I-bad neither ex pected oof desired ; and yet I recognize nd appreciate the high honor! doTTe me T the Convention. The choice of such a body, pronounced with such unusual luauimity, and accompanied with so gen erous an expression of esteem and .confi dence ought to out-weigh all merely , personal desires and preferences of my ; u. It is wiih this feeling, and I trust alio from a deep eense of public duty, "Pcccept the nomination, and thali abide the judgment of my country--oea. ! . J J . ,It would have been impossible forme accept the nomination if I could not nartly endorso the platform of the con- . - ;U0Q- I am gratified, therefore, to be we i anequivocally to declare tbat I agree lajb principles, approve the politics, --Ywpatnize with the purposes enun ciated in; that platform. ft ! i ho MKiimiiona ot nnr pnnnrrv nave f eenaortily tried by the exigencies of civ- -r, ana, since. the peace, by a selhsb ua corrupt management of public affairs, web has shamed us' before civiljzed jaankiud. By nuwise and partial legis vu every industry and interest of the people have been made to suffer i and in Xecutive departments of the Govern-wut-disl,one8ty rapacity and venality -vuaucueu tue ptiDiic service, ax oon to be unworthy have been pi en pro- '"oied, while others have been degraded j I , uniers uav v r dlty to official duty. Public office " been made the means of private prof K nd the country has been offended to a class of meu who bdast the friend- "1D Of tha o... .... -r .U C ainaRKi.ir f t r ,r .1 L I onuiu. uroieciors oi luc owto -w...fe lurmneg oy aeirauuing me puu- i c treasury and bv-corrupting the ser- Qta of the people. In such a crisis of HiBtorv nf i, that "8 convention at St T om Wa n noblv " - taed the standard - of refoim. Nothing ;be well with us or with our affairs cruel and remorseless proscription tor po 8ntil the nnUrt o-;on u A h lit?! oniniona which has disgraced the ,1 ! r w.w VWilOUIllWU - OUUVVU the eoormous evils and -abuses which i ; eoall have demanded and com 4n uusnairiner reformation of our ational Ad rniniatraitAn its lio.ifi ann jjU members." Jn such a 'reformatipn e removal of a siugle officer;, even the oiaent, tter if tt.i ' i.L cr. n the g H Whirti t, C ... 1 t I. U.. '."wed Is suffered tQ remain. The President alone must not be made the scapegoat forthe enormities of the systera which infects i the public! service, and threatens the destruction of our., institu tions. In some respects I hold that the present executive has been the victim rather than the author of that viciona sys tem. Congressional and party leaders hare been stronger- than the President. No one man could Lave created it, and thp removal of no one man can amend it. Itis thoroughly corrupt, and must be s weept remorselep8ly away. by the selection of a government composed of elements entirely new, and pledged to . radical re form. - 'J .. ; j j - II REFORMS NEEDED. ;The first work of reform must eviden tly be the restoration of the normal oper ation of the Constitution f the United States, with all ' its amendments. The necessities of war cannot.be pleaded in a lime of peace; the right of local self-government as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Union must be everywhere restor ed, and the centrilized (almost personal) imperialism 'which has been practised must be done away, or the first principles of the republic will be lost. ' Our fiuancial system of expedients must be reformed. Gold and silver are the real staudard of values, and our national currency will not be a perfect medium of exchange until it suatl be convertible at the pleasure of the holders. As I have heretofore said no one desires a return to specie payments; more earnestly than I do; but I do not believe that it will or can be reached in harmony with the in terests of the people by artificial Tneasures tor the contraction of the-currency, any more than I believe that wealth or per manent prosperity can be created by an lunation ot the currency. -The laws of finance cannot be:' disregarded witbfm- punity. The fiuancial policy of the Gov ernment, if, indeed, it deserves the name of policy at all has been disregarded of those la ws, and therefore hasdisturbed commer cial and business confidence, as well as hindered a ruturn to specie payments. One feature of that policy wae the resump tion clause of the act -of 1875, which has embarrassed the country by the anticipa tion of a cmpuLsory resumption for which no nreparatiou has been made, and with out any assurance (hat would be practi cable.! The repeal of that clause is ne cessary that the natural operation of fiuan cial laws may be restored, that the busi ness of the couutry may be relieved from its disturbing and depressing influence, and that a return to specie payments may be facilitated by the substitution of wiser and more prudent legislation, which shall mainly rely on a judicious system of pub lic economies and official retrenchments, and above all oil the promotion of pros perity sin all the industnes of the people. 1 da not understand tue repeal ot the resumption clause of the act of 1S75 to be a backward step in our return to specie payments, but the recovery of a false step; and although the repeal may, for a time, be preveuted,yet the determination of the Democr.atic party on this subject nas now been 4istinctly declared. There should be no hindrances put in the way of a re turn to specie payments. "As sucn a hiudrance, says tne platform of the bt. Louis Convention, "we denounce the re sumption clause of the act of 1875, and de mand its repeal. I thoroughly believe that by public economy, by official retrenchments, and by wise finance enabling us to accumulate the precious metals, resumption at an early period is possible, without produc ¬ ing an "artuiciai scarcity oi currency or disturbing public of commercial credit ; 1 and that these reforms, together with the restoration of pure government, will re- store general confidence, encourage the j useful investment of capital, turmsh em ployment to labor, and relieve the conn try from the "paralysis of hard times." OUR INDUSTRIES. Willi the industries of the people there have been freauent interferences. Our platform truly says that many industries have been impoverished to subsidize a I I J 1 J . . . lew. UUr cortmerce nag uceu ucgraueu . - 2r..ZAM MAa!it An rn tliA 1 1 1 nr 1 1 a a a a . lO an lUICIlUI liusikiuu mv uiu ,to , manufactures have been diminished ; ag riculture has been embarrassed, and the distress of the industrial classes demands that these things shall be reformed. The burdens of the people must also be lightened by a great cbauge iu our sys- . ,i- mu.. . tern oi pumic expenses. iu piuuigaio , i i. ; expenditures WUICU inereaoeu la.anuu from five dollaiB Der capita in aoou to eighteen dollarsin 1870 tells its own story of our need of fiscal reform Our treaties with foreign powers should also be revised and amended, in so far as they leave citizens of foreign birth in any particular less secure in any country on earth than they would be if they had been born"on our own soil ; and the ini quitous coolie system which, through the agency of wealthy companies, imports CbineBe bondmen, and establishesa species of slavery, and, interferes with the just rewards of labor on our Pacific coast, should be utterly abolished. In the leformfof our civil service I most heartily indorse that sectiou of the plat form which declares that the civil service U t . - ki ilmikiont fft' pIl.TIKTft at ougut uui i ub. o"uj'" - o- -- every election,1;' and that jt ought not to be made "the brief reward of party zeal," i.Knt nncr it to he; awarded ror oroveu com- octeccv and held for fidelity iu the public employ." I hope never agaiu to see the I " f j w t administration ot the last eight years Had as the civil service jiow w, as all know, it has soiine meu of tried integrity and proved ability. Such men, and such -. - 1 r iJC . men only, should be retained in omce 1 but no matt should be retained on any consideratioa Who has prostituted his office io the purposes of partieaua jntimN datiouNjr feo.mp8Jon, or wtjo; ua mrnwu ed money to corrupt the elections. This I . ' ' ! to our common schools, I have only this to say : L bat in my judgment, the man or party that: would involve our schools in political or sectarian controversy is an enemy to the schools. The common schools are safer under the j protecting care of all the people than under the con trol of any party or sect. They must, be neither sectarian nor partisan, and there must be neither division norj misapprot priation of the funds for their support. Likewise I regard the man who would arouse or foster sectional animosities and antagonisms among his couutrymen as a dangerous enemy to his country. All the people must be made to feel land know that once more there is established a par pose and policy under which all citizens of every condition race and color will be secure in the enjoyment of whatever rights the constitution and laws declare or re cognize ; and that in controversies that may arise the government is not a parti san, but, within its constitutional authori ty the just and powerful guardian of the rights and safety of all. The strife be tween races will cease as soon as the power of the evil is taken away from a party that makes political gin out of scenes of violence and bloodshed, and the constitutional authority is placed iu the hands of men whose political welfare re quires peace and good order shall be pre served everywhere. GOV tildejt. It will be seen, gentlemen, that I am in entire accord with the platform of the Convention by which I have been nom inated as a. candidate for the office of Vice-President of the United States. Permit me, in conclusion, to express my satisfaction at being associated with a candidate for the Presidency who is first among his equals as a representative of the spirit and of ihe achievements of re form. In his official career as the Ex ecutive of the great State of New York, he has, in a comparatively short period, reformed the; public service and reduced the public burdens, so us to have earned at once the gratitude ot his State and the admiration of the country. The peo ple know him to be thoroughly in ear uest; he has shown himself to be possess ed of powers and qualities which tit bim, in au eminent degree, for the great work of reformation which this-- country now needs ; and if he shall be chosen by the people-to the high office of President of the United States, I believe that the day of his inauguration will be the beginning of a new era of peace, purity and pros perity in all departments of our govern ment. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Thomas A. Hendricks. To the Hon. John A. McClernand, Chair man, and others of the Committee of the National Democratic Convention. ' The Mississippi Trouble, TWREPOETS BY THE CON GRESS INQUIRY COMMITTEE. The Republican Majority Report Charge ing the Disorders to Dehiocrats-Thc Very Different View Taken by the Minority. Washington, Aug. 7. The report presented by Senator Boutwell, in behalf of the majority of the Mississippi Inves tigating Committee, reaches the conclu sion that the present Legislature of Mis sissippi was elected by fraud and intimi dation, and is, therefore, not a legal body. The resignation of Gov. Ames was ille gally effected by this body ; that Gov. Ames is not amenable to any just charge affecting his integrity or fitness as Chief Magistrate : that there was no foundation for reports that negroes were armed, or were arming and massing iu large bodies ( for the destruction of the whites, there i beiog no gucu organizations, and the ne- i o o groes were not armed generally : that outrages were perpetrated iu the counties i of Alcorn, Amite, Chickasaw, Claiborne, Clay, Copiah, De Soto, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Kemper, Lee, Loundes, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Moxubee, Rankin, Scott, Warren, Washington, and Yazoo : and that the Democratic victory in the State was due to the outrages so perpetuated. If, in the counties named, there had been a free election, Republican candidates would have been chosen ; that the State of Mississippi is at present under the control of political organizations, com posed largely of armed men, whose com mon purpose is to deprive the negroes of the free exercise bf tbeir right of suffrage; that these organizations will, if left to themselves, retaiu control by force and fraud ; that the powers of the national Government will be invoked, and should be exercised, in order to make good its guarantee of a Republican form of gov ernment to the State of Mississippi. The report concludes :- The measures necessary and possible in an exigency are three : First, laws may be passed by Congress for the protection of citizens in the respective States ; second, States in anarchy, or wherein the affairs are controlled by bodies of armed men, should be denied representation in Congress ; third, the constitutional guarantee of a republican form of government to every State will require the United States, if these disorders increase or even continue, and all milder measures shall prove ineffectual, to re mand the State to a territorial condition, and through a system of public education and kin dred meaus change the ideas of the inhabitants and reconstruct the Government on a republi can bais. i The minority of the committee, Messrs. Bayard and McDonald, present their views at length. They say that, while writing them- they read vritV " -.J is done, and has been done in almost every county of the land. It is a blight upon the morals of the country, and ought to be reformed J OUR SCHOOLS. Of sectional! contentions, and in respect regret the message of the President of July 31, transmitting to Congress certain correspondence relating to the murders lately committed at ' Hamburg, in which he says : . ' j H ' " " But recently a committee of the Senate of the United States visited the State of Mississip pi to take testimony on the subject of frauds and violence inj elections. Their report has not yet been made public, but I wait its forth coming with a feeling bf confidence that it will fully settle all that I have stated relating to fraud and violence in the State of Mississippi. In his letter of the 26th of July to G,ov. Chamberlain, he had stated : Mississippi is governed to-day by officiate chosen through; fraud and violence, such a scarcely would be accredited to savages, much to a less civilized and Christian people. This last statement, come it from whom it mayj we pronounce, in the face of the testimony taken' by this committee, and not yet printed, to be untrue and unwar ranted by the facts disclosed. The tone of animosity to the white people of the South, which; breathes throughout the President's message and letters is unmis takable. In his message of July 31, six days subsequent to this letter, the Presis dent says : VThe report (on Mississippi) has not yet been made public. Why should he anticipate ? We hold it, and believe it will be so held by right-think nig men everywnere aiscreaitaoie lor tue Chief Magistrate thus to have exhibited sucn evidence, ot prejudice against any portion of his fellow-citizens. It adds, liowevet, but another proof to many iv en heretofore, that the heart and mind of President Grant are closed to all sense of justice where the political opponents, es pi cially in the Southern States, are con cerned. ' When Gov. Ames took his seat on the 1st day of January, 1874, elected in the Month of November previous, there was not an official of the Slate who was not a member of the Republican party. There was not a county official to be appointed by the Governor who was not in close affinity with him. In all Republican counties and all were Republican in wliich-negroes were ii a majority every official was a member of the same party. Thus the entire control of the State was iu the hands of Gov. Amva and his parly associates. In all these Republican strongholds in which the charges of tur- bulcnces and misgovern men t are alleged to have existed, it is noted that the entire local power was in Repbulican hands. The minority then speak of the effects of the Republican system of misgovern ment Upon real estate and property and shows at some length that Gov. Ames prosituted his office and bargained with appointees, and speaks of the Stale mili tia being organized preparatory to the campaignth officials being among the most notori ous and unscrupulous partisans, black it nd white, of the State administra lion, many of the,in being unable to read. This created great alarm among the white population, and violence, bloodshed, and force, as the arbiter of the election, were first suggested, .in a time of profound peace hi the State of Mississippi, by Gov. Ames -and his political associates. The minority says : To justify any legislation by Congress to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment the obstruction of the ''right to vote" must be for sole reason of race, color Or previous condition, &c, aud there is no power iu the Congress to interfere for uuj other caUse whatever. There is not frdm the beginning to the end of tfyis testimony a smglej case of the obstruc tion of a voter because he was a colored man. A vast majoriiy of the people of Mississippi have element that constitutes a good American citizen, but they have been victims of misrule, which they sought in vairi to avoid or remedy. The reform ation in the legislation and administration of Mississippi by the party in control since January of 1876, "lias been impor tant, and marked with great benefits to the entire community. The minority made a few remarks up on the eonditiou of Mississippi in June! last, saying that no act ot a disorderly or turbulent naturi was witnessed by the committee, and no signs of enmity or in civility were exhibited : but, on the con trary, courtesy aud-respect were on all hands extended to the committee. The poverty of the people was apparent in tbeir garb, the appearance of their houses and the marked absence of good and com fortable vehicles. The only exhibition of pleasure seeking wituessed was by color ed people, whose processions passed the comminiltee room, and whose holiday ex cursions by railway, started from the de pot opposite. The only cannon sound was fcom their Republican ratification meeting, and th'-ir's was the only music heard by us in Mississippi. The poverty of the colored people, also, waa often painfully apparent in groups of witnesses who clustered upon the long galleries, wretched in appearace, and mis erably clad ; giving to the hotel the ap pearance of a country alms house. In terference by Federal authority in the State elections and internal affairs has, siuce the close of the war, frequently taken place, aud never without deplorable and disastrous results, and on their hand the applications of minorities defeated by popular vote to be nevertheless installed in office has never been deuied by federal authorities withont such denial being fol lowed by beneficieut results. Such iu terference has always been followed (and very, tjatu rally by local discontent and disorders, as in case of Louisiana and Alabama, while Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and Arkansas are living proofs in their increased prosperity and tranquility of the wisdom of non-inter-fence. THE MESIMEB CASE. OTOI02I OP THE SUPREME COURT A ' TRIAti REFUSED. NEW Monday in the supreme court wm filet! n opinion in this case, declaring that there was nrror in me court below, Justice Keade de livered the opinion of the court. Meismer was tried at the last term of the Irdell county suo- enor court, charged with the murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Heili. of Rowan county. The trial was removed from Rowan to Cabarrus county, and thence to Iredrell county on the aindavite of the prisoner. He was convicted and sentenced to be hancrP,l nn the7th of July. An appeal to the supreme court ior a.newiriai vacated the sentence. The prosecution was conducted bv Solicitor W. H. II. Cole, aided by R. F. Armfield and W. H. Bailey. The defence waa ablv conducted bv T. S. Tucker and J. D. Stephenson, who were assigned by the court. The case rested solely on circumstantial evidence, and many intricate ana Knotty uw points presented themselves. Below we give the opinion of the court refus ing a new trial, the effect of which will be the re-sentencing of Mesimer at the November term of the Iredell superior court : STATE VS. MESIJIZR. It is slated in the case that the evidence to connect the defendant with the homicide was "entirely circumstantial," and that there were forty odd witnesses for the prosecution. We have carefully examined the numerous exceptions taken by the defendant, to see if any incompetent testimony has been admitted against him, and we are obliged to say that we find none. The rule in regard to circumstances is, that each circumstance must be as distinctly proved as if the whole case turned upon it, and each circumstance so proved must, taken in connection with the other circumstances, tend to prove the defendant's guilt. There i noth ing which indicates that the rule was violated on the trial. The defendant sends up for our consideration the following exceptions : 1. To evidence that the deceased had money, without fixing the defendant with knowledge ofit The deceased was the mother of the defen dant's wifo, who, a short time before the hotni cide, w;is threatening to leave the defendant and go to her mother if he did not provide bet ter for her. He replied he would provide better in about a fortnight, lie then had no money, and left home saying he was going to hunt work. He did not return home until the d;iy of the homicide, when he brought with him some calico and a few other articles and a small sum of money, all of which he gave to his wife, saying it was all he had. A few days after the homicide he was seen with money There was evidence tending to show that his tracks were seen near the house of the de ceased, and there was other evidence tending to show that he had been about there the morn ing of the homicide. Theee circumstances were offered, not as of themselves proving the guilt of the defendant, but as links in the chain of evidence. And it is apparent that they were important. 2. The defendant was arrested awav from home and tied ; and while waiting for the railroad cars he said, these men think 1 am j guilty, hut 1 think I can prove that I was at China Grove that morning." This he excepts to as having been extorted from him by his, situation. But the remark was voluntary. There was no threat or promise, and no pain inflicted. It was true that confessions or de clarations, made under arrest, ought to be re ceived with caution, but still if they are entirely voluntary there can be no obiection to them. 3. In addressing the jury the solicitor allud ed to the fact that the prisoner had not account ed for having monev after the death of the de ceased, when he had none just before. The defendant objected to the remark as improper. His honor told the jury that the law drew no inference against the defendant for not intro ducing evidence of any fact unless it was ne cessary for hisdefence, and peculiarly within his knowledge. Jn the first place the remarks of the oolictor were not objectionable, and in the next place his honor's explanation gave to the defendant ail the protection to which he was en titled. There is no error. This will be certified, &c. IZj.1. ii:niinel. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A PISTOL. Warning to Those Who Carry Concealed Weapons. Night before last a very respectable youncr colored man, by the name of V. H Webb, a barber in the employ of Scott Brown on lavetteville street, met his death by tbe accidental discharge of a pistol, iu tbe following manner: From the evidence adduced by the coroner's jury at the inquest it appears that Webb had called at the house of Sampson Brown, a colored man, livin on Davie street near the old Fair Grouud, to see a girl by the name of Polly Wal ker, and, after remaining till btd time, ou risiug from his seat to leave for home, a pistol (a navy revolver) fell from his pocket to the hearth and fired, tbe ball taking effect iu and entering the body of Vebb in his right side. He sat down immediately as if nothing had happened, bu in a few minutes commenced growing faint, and even before preparations could hft mde to seiid for a physician he had breathed his last. Yesterday the coroner's jury was sum mnnnd. who. after viewiner the body of the deceased, rendered a verdict in accor dance with the facts as above stated. The deceased had come from Winston to Raleigh a few months ago, and had made many friends among the colored people of this place during his short stay among them. News. We learn from a gentleman of For eythe co., who kuew Webb whilo there, that he was a bad man ; that while wait ing on Mr. J. G. Lash, he stole several articles of property from his employer, among the rest a pistol, probably the very one by which he lost his life A New Bank President. Too stock holders of the Merchants' and Farmers National Bank have elected Dr. J. II. McAdeu to the Presidency of the institu tion. Dr. McAden, says the Observer is one of the most reliable business men and enterprising citizens we have. Having become fully acquainted with the affairs of tbe bank while one of the directors, he is emiuently Utted to fill the .important office to which he has been called, and we feel assured that the interests of the pub lic will be well cared for in hii hands. AM ACT TO CHAMGK THI TOCS OF HOLDISO ELECTION IV THI3 STATS .IS TBI VIAft OKI THOUSAND SIOB HUNDRED AXD 8XTKHTT-SIX. Section 1. Th General A uwJiln at Vnrl A.v.. enact. That there sliaU be an election held on 1 ucsuajr mot me nrw mobo&t in November, in toe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ami occuiju, iur me rouowinz omcers, to wit : Mem bers of the General Assembly for thrtr iraneotiro counties and districts, a county treasurer, reiflster ui "twa, wtimj ourvcyor, uve county commission ers, a coroner and sheriff for their respective coun ties, and also for members of the House of Reure Bcntatlvea of tbe United States Congress for their mmuic uiauitu. - Sec 2. That taere shall be an election held on tbe said Tuesdayarter the first Monday in November, hvthe year off our Lord one thousand elffht hundred and seventWslx, forthe following officers, to wit : Governor, lieutenant Governor, secretary of State. Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Pjibllc In struction and Attorney General. ow, a. inai cnapter 52, Battle's Revlsal, entitled "General Assembly," be amended as fallowings, to wit: In section Ave, line two, strike out "June," and Insert "September:" In line three. suite out 'seventy-two" and Insert 44 seventy-sir ? in v. tion seven, Uie-rwo, strilte out "July" and Insert ucivuer ; in nne tnree, strike out " seventy-two ' and insert "seventy-six:" In section ehrht strive out la Unes eight, ntne, ten and eleven, the words " first Thursday In July, one thousand eight hun dred and seventy-two," np to and including the uaj yrc--cui"s lue Ursi ruursaay in August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two." and in sert the words "first Thursday In October, one -h iiiuuranu eigni nunarea anaseveniy-six, up to and luciuuiug me uay preceoing tne unesuay alter the first Monday In isovember, one thousand eight hun dred and seventy-six ;" in section eleven, line two, strike out the words "July next," and Insert the words "October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six;" in section twenty-two, line four. strike out the words " the second Thursday In Au gust," and Insert the word V" Tuesday." and In same section, line one, page four hundred and forty-two, Battle's Revlsal, strike out the words " se cond Thursday In August," and Insert the words "Tuesday after the election;" in section twenty three, Unes one and two, strike out the words ' first aionuay in MptemDer," and insert the words " Wednesday before the third Monday in Novem ber," and in lines six and eight strike out the word "September," and Insert the word "December," In section twenty-four, line three, strike out the worus !eveuty-nve," and insert "seventv-slx :" lu section thlrty-t wo, line two, strike out the wonts "dune next," and insert the words "October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six." Sec. 4. That chapter one hundred and thirty-two, laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy three and one thousand eight hnndred and seven- iy-iour, enuuea an act concerning elections m this State, be amended as follows: In section one, lines three, four and Ave, strike out the words " first Thursday of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and every two years thereafter," and insert the words "Tuesday after the first Monday lu November, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six." In section four ot said chapter, lines one, two, three and four, strike out the words " first Thursday in August, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and every four years thereafter," and Insert "Tuesday after the first Monday lu November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six." Sec. 5. That all elections herein ordered shall he conducted In all particulars in such manuer and form, and under such rules aud regulations, except as to the time of holding the same, as are pre scribed In chapter titty-two, Battle's KevLsal, en titled "General Assembly," and In chapter one hundred and thirty-two, laws of one thousand eight hundred -and seventy-three and one thou sand eight hundred and seventy-four, entitled " An act concerning elections in this State," ratified fourteenth February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, both of which, so far as they are got inconsistent with the provisions 01 tliirf act, are ereby re-enacted. Sec. 6. That all officers whose terms of office would expire did the election occur on the first Thursday lu August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, are hereby authorized and direct ed to hold over In the same until their successors in office are elected and qualified urider this act. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of state shall furnish the county commissioners of each of the counties of the State with copies of this bill, whose duty It shall be to advertise the same at the court-house door of their respective counties and at each of the voting precincts of the township for three months before the said day of election. Sec. 8. That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of January, Anno Pomim one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. Ratified 22d day of March, A. D. 1875. For the Watchman. TAKING CARE OF THE BABY. EY O, E. V. "John," said Mrs. Stubbs to her husband, Monday after dinner, "I have some shopping to do this afternoon and would like for you to stay at home and take care of the baby." Mr. Stubb3 would much sooner she had ask ed him to tunnel the Pilot Mountain, but when he saw a frown gathering on her brow, he told her that he would stay. Putting on her bonnet, and telling Mr. Stubbs that she would not be gone more than an hour at the farthest, she started but did not proceed far before she met Mrs. Gab, who was on her way home from the milliner's, and half an hour was spent in talking over the late fashions. Leaving Mrs. Gab, she proceeded on her way and met Mrs.rGossip, who it took just one hour to tell her all the latest news. Arriving at the store another hour was consumed in selecting and purchasing a calico dress pateru and a card of but tons. . During het absence Mr. Stubbs' patience was sorely tried; for no sooner had she left the house than the baby let in to yelling, and all that poor Stubbs could do would not pacify it. He hammered the bottoms out of two tin pans try ing to make music for it, but that only frighten ed the baby and made it yell the more. Then he got the sugar bowl and fed it sugar until it had an attack of colic, which incraesed they ell ing. Getting the paregoric, he undertook to administer a dosejof that soothing liquid, but just as he was putting the spoon to the baby's mouth, it threw up its hands, and striking the "spoon, knocked the contents into its eyes, and then the yelling became terrific. Not knowing what he should do, Mr Stubbs concluded to take the baby over to one of his neighbors and get them to quiet it for him, but just as he got ready to start Mrs. Stubbs return ed, after an; absence of tiro houn and a half,' and snatching up the baby soon had it quiet; then turning to Mr. Stubbs she told him it wan a shame that he conldn'tTake care of the baby a few minute while she did a little shopping. Mr. Stubbs made no reply, but as he wended his way to thO tinner's with two bottomless pans, he made a solemn vow to himself that he would never take care of the baby again. THIEVES BY INSTINCT. We clip the following from the New York Herald : "It is reported that Mr. Nunn, of Chi cago, asked Mr Blaine to use his influx ence with General Grant for some purpose or the other! Mr. Blaine, according to the story, replied in these terms : "I have no influence with the present admin istration. No man who is not a thief by instinct." This is the most eerious con demnation ever passed upon Grant. It is written by the most popular mau iu the Republican party--the mau who came within an ace of receiving its nomination for President. No date is given to Mr. Blaiue's letter, so we do not know wheth er it was written before or after the Con vention. This puts the Republicans in a eerious dilemma. They must say that Blaine, the man whom they wanted to place in the Presidency, does not speak the truth, or elsehe office holder who now h'aye influeuce with Grant, are thieves "by in stiuct." Ral. News. IlilUboro Recorder: We learn that au involuntary suicide took place in Al amance connty last week under the fol lowing circumstances' A Dr. Hooper, a Dentist, living in the Northern part of the couuty, went to lbL breakfast table prepared to poison his wife, from what reason we have not teamed. They were seated alone at the table. After pouring out the coffee Mrs. Hooper was dispatch ed out of the room ou some pretext In her absence her husband poured into her cup a deadly mixture. She returned, and U happened that the Doctor himself was palled from the room for a moment. In his absence, a fly fell into his cud. Mrs.! Hooper, wife-like exchanged cups. The Dr. returned, and drank his coffee almost at one swallow, j He at once ! de tected the singular taste of the beverage, and asked Ilia wife if she had changed cups. She replied that ebe had, giving the reason for it. He exclaimed. "Thea I am a dead man," and in a few minutes was a corpje. SUPREME COURT. Court met yesterday at 9 o'clock, all the Justices present, except Settle, resign ed. ; " ' The following cases were argued :' State v. Albert Colbert, from Guilford ; Attorney General J. E. Bledsoe for1 the State; A. W. Tourgee for defendants Edward Belo vs. Commissioners of ForSythe County, from Davidson ; con tinued. J. M. McCorkle for plaintiff; ijfillafc & Gilmer and Shipp & Bailey, fjr defendants. ! State va. William Ellwood, from Meck lenburgr Attorney General and J. E. Bledsoe for the State ; Shipp & Bailey for defendant. J.'M. Howie vs. R. R. Rea, from jlecklenburg Clem. Dowd for plaintiff; Green and Fleming, Jones & Johnston, and Bu8bee & Busbee for defendant. I P. Rollins et. al. vs. Bishop Johnston, at. al. (five cases ;) Battle & Mordecai and C. A. Moore for defendants. R. M. Henry vs. J. L. Henry, from Macon ; Battle Sc Mordecai for plaintiff; no counsel for defendant. Ral. News. REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE. i Mrs. Roney, of this county, had a child five or six years old, that had been sick with sore throat several weeks, and one day last week it seemed to die. It had no pulse so far as persons present could discover. It was laid out for dead and a jcoffin made. Tbe persons settiug up with jthe'eorpse, grew sleepy and-were nodding when suddenly the child threw aside its grave clothes, got up from the table where it had been laid, and went totheenp-board jand got something to eat. When the parties, who came there to set up, woke up they found, to their astonishment, the child etanding at the cup-board door munching food. The astonishment of the people present can be better imagined than described. It was eating a piece of bread, and, as soon as it saw that some one was awake, it called loudly for milk. Such was tbe superstition that no one would, for some time, Touch or go near the child. The mojher camo in and after some hesitaucy caught her hand, and the electricity seemed to restore her courage and convince her that it was no ghost. After eating, it was placed in bed. It seems that this sudden exhibition of strength was a freak of natnre, for in four hours after, the child died, indeed. This is noidle sensation, but vouched for by the best citizens of the heighborhood, several of whom were present. If we had been iutereeted in the child we should have been afraid to bury it at all uutil mortification took place. There is no telling how much latent life there is in a child. Morganton BWde. YOUNG MAN, "GET4IARRIED." Dr. Dio Lewis having learned th min imum quantity of food on which life can be sustained, advises all young men to marry and settle down in life. His idea is that "until a man id married his life is lacking in that which best develops his -manhood." He gives "old bachelors" some hard raps in a letter published in thedeen Bay, (Wis.) Advocate, and tbea admiuisters this-rebuke to that class who are anxious to gee the world before marry -ing : "Seeiug the world as the young man djoes who has to earn his living as lie goes along amounts to very little. . What he does see is nothing that helps him fight the battle of life more successfully. It only keeps him from Irabits wbiclrare iu direct antagonism to a correct, happy and successful life, and when be gets through 'knocking about' be has nothing to show for the misspent years Save the habits which he must overcome if be would make anything of himself. Do you call that gain or loss ? So, young man, take the advice of a man who has kept iiis eyes open f r more years than yoti have lived, probably, and don't 'knock aronnd.' If you-think I have overdrawn the picture, kok around you, and out of tbe men you kuow select those who have 'jtuocked around and eee ifj,hey do not bear wit ness to the truth of every assertion -I have made concerning the class they represent, Are they men you envy ? 1 tell you, boys, 'knocking around' makes a mau good for nothing else, and I take it you have a desire to be good for something higher in life," . More Light. is only $1 per thou sand feet in Chailotfe. We hope the company will head this way, aud make a proposition to let our city have a little for that price, but we have doubt whether bur streets would be more luminous then thari ow, as oar, city officials seem to have economy on tbelbraiu, evcn a tne risk of its nigbt-haVki' breaking their necks bv falling tuto cellars, cisterni, &c.
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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