North Carolina Newspapers

' j TI TO O -LJLJL JLOL vn : -1 lie: ii s 2 LjL VIII.-THIRD SERIES. SALISBURY, C, DECK KLBEB , 7, 1876. NO 8 J. BRUNER, Ed. and Prop BRUNER. Aswoclate Ed. 8CBSCKIPTION BATES : rear, pVte ' TBW- ' " 12 00 1 S5 - ADVERTI8IXO HATES : Wbione publication, use m;0 publications,. ...... met ra or J"ontns or a year. l 100 ; 1 60 t0 jhe Prostrate State laKaonea. rNl0 TREACHERY OF THE 'FEDERAL COMMANDER. Manly and Outspoken denunciation of the Fed eral usurpation. i RING OF THE TRUE METAL trill Remain Until Dragged Out y Armeu xiuvpa x Free Gavernment or a Centralized Despotism ! '. -a--- ' ; o I . rrcT TO UK M ADhi 11 A 1 14 . ' , THE AEM R1CAN PEU l PLE WILL SEE. The Political Situation jrhile .u trWrauhic information which readt rs to av is to our far reads in one we from DISCLAIMS INTERFER ENCE WAS BY HIS ORDERS. A Colored Member Severely Denounces His Party as Lawless and Revolution ary. ' . O- DECLARE TIIEIR IN- OF LEAVING THE OR GANIZATION, OTHERS TENTION litiiiaeiory, . mis; lusiitj, r like re- ttaleftdms democrats ol me couniry Mttteed to Gtjiwal Kuger tome inspired prophecy. Tlie eiiualiou if alarming, n:l. but at last, iirthia Cfiitennial year, tin tet -whetlie Uie bayonet, or th b.il lot and the law, fhall pntvail is to be nxit. IfClei ernl linger drives out the members of ihe S.uth Carolina L-gidla-tut, who bare been ret unied from Edge field and Liorens coun lie?, it will jo.ily kelone at the point of the bayone ; it yill ool J be tloiie npoih the ordif-r of V a.nlngion, ana we ihft nrediciion. tlwt if ihid order wrried out, Grant will be impeached iiu AitiAv after the assembling ot lm f r I T . nel. It -general -iwuger carm-s mii. programme? wliicb' be eeemed to wteed nuon yesterday eveningj at 'clock, it will only be done by the I re 'or ler from rerident (jranti that act will be prima facia eyideiic, that fee (Grant) had connied the cost, ayd direg to interpose ihe strong arm of his mflitary, to throttle the will ot the people, toift aide tbe'Uw, to strangle jbsiice, andV,a?Q''P ,ue wBole powers of the goTernment, if necessary, to the supietna tjol Ms party. It wiil be :ui end f WMtiiutioual Iiw, and ihfie will ortly b ntitep muie necessary to uia't ihe Kit In that case, we may say farewell, foug farewell, to the principles of Araeri tn liberty, auu tne ri;i"s oi me peopie is the have three posi- una Speaker of the Honse of Representatives, that at 12 o'clock to-morrow", the members elect from Edgefield, wonld not be allow ed upon tbe floor of the House. To ray that we are sarpnsed at snch an orderj after the explaiiajyeand pieogta. mafle by you to each one of us, ta to use very mild language. When the outrage of Tuesday last was committed by the plac ing of armed sentinels at the door of: the House of Representatives, who decided the admissiou of members to their sfats and when tbe provisions of the Constitu tion and the decision- of the Supreme Court were brought to your attention you distinctly and warmly asserted agaiiTand again that your orders were misunder stood, and that you had not intended to have eentiuels ai the door of the hall, and that you bud not and did hot intend to assume to decide upon the legality of any mau'g seat or upon his right to enter ihe hall. You were then reniiued by ub that your guard received instructions from one Deitn is, a citizen and partisan of Gov. Chamberlain to admit parties .upon his own passor that of one Jones, and bud through armed forces excluded all Demo crats from the hall until the republican organization was completed. You assur ed us again that such were not your or ders. You were told bjr us that notwith standing the perpetration of this inex ptessible shame upon our free institutions and the rights of the people, the evils could still be remedied without any vio lence of bloodshed, bv the simple with- drawal of your guard from the doors of the hall ; that the Democratic member's Miuggle with the Republicans and by a majority ofvotes decide all questions in accordance with law, and the usages of legislative bodies, you stated that no troops should be at the door, and that un Mer no etienmstances would you interfere, except there should occur a serious 'dis turbance of the peace. You affirmed your determination to exercise no supervisory control whatever over the body or bodies claiming to be the House of -Representa tives. All this occurred on, yesterday. List night in a later interview with Sen ator Gordon, you made the same aseur- tnces, and this morning after both bodies ii . i it l were assHiuoiea in tne nan you assureu Gen. Hampton that under no circum stance would j'ou inleifere, except to keep the peace. What now can justly measure our astonishment at the issuance of such an, order as theone just sent by i l i you. I nere is no oieacn oi tne peace ana s b , f . no prospect of its disturbance, leu had ficer8 of lie lJouge8 it olucially brought to your knowledge, Gen. Ruger Writes a Let ter to the War Depart ment. : Columbia, Dec. 1 Everything un changed, lioth parties in the Houne ex pecting military interference. None up to six P. M. Gen. Ruger has done noth ing as yet. The matter will hardly change before to morrow. Democratsate cheerful. Republicans are uneasy. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 1. Gen W. T. Sherman, or the Secretary of War, Washiitqlon, 1) C : farther news from the Palmetto'? S ate will be awaited with deep interest. There is nothing, absolutely nothing. from Louisiana this morning, although th election was held twenty-three days ago and all the returns must have been m lone am' if thev had bee i deViied.; The Kturaing board in that State arc practic tng a strategetn, known in military par- Unee, as "masterly inactivity. 1 be ob- lfcetbfthe board eeema to bu irulV now not to set returns " i The uews from Florida is remarkably meagre. , The dtmocratR claims dial, the orftralei ho "doctored" i he returns from Biker couuty, wa appointed si nee ihe election, presumably for that purpose, so ththile there is no change in the eit ttation? there, it may be said that the American people are daily neariug the Jeitinyjiii which with wise counsels, and aii honest administration of tbe laws, ihe -old ahio of-jState. niav iilide safely ovt tue atonny political sea, with Tildeu at the iHui, 0.r be sunk to 4he bottom j of the turbid waters1 of uoliiical oblivioo. and be- a.waruirYk to future 'generations. yor proud Republic will shine-out as a i imblein of the stab.Itty of our govern- Wllt, or it will be blotted out of existence, w become a stench-hi the nosti iU of hon tit t. i CoLOMliIArNov. 30 The Democra tic Unose took peaceable possession of the &tate Legislative Hall at their regular hour convening, 1 1 o'clock, this morning, and toceeded to work under their organiz i-tion.- T'he Republican House 'entered Hall at 12, their regular hour of meet ing. '; Both Speakris are. on the eland. Wallace Democrat in the Chair, Maekey, tep. at the Cleik's desk A debate is Progressing Republieau members, Hani Uon Hui 31 vers denounce the ac:iou of tb Republican House, as illegairand un totiatUuiional. - Everything is peaceable, nd good temper prevails. N person alwed in the hall except members. The emocrats are cueeiful and coundenr. I'he Republicans anxious and dispirited, Offle pf their Membera say they! want titled government and are for South vtroliua rather thau for the meu who have ratued "her. 1 7 P. M. Situation but little changed the State House. Good humor on Mb tides with some efforts at a coaipro ttise which may result satiafactory. About o'clock d. in.. Gen. Roger etit his Vijiff officer i the Speaker's stand a ; notified- the- Democratic jbpeaker, vallaee.ythat 12 o'clock to morrow the i democratic ' members from Edgt'fild ould not be p rmuted on the: ' fl.mr o 8 House. Upon the receipt of that or 5er the following letter was immediately Columbia, S. C, ot. 30. H, il-i.--! I ;- ... -. ' . o Gen. T. Jl. Buoer. Commanding U. 8. Xxoofik in South' Carolina1! u Mb? Sir : We have just beard wroogh Maj. McGinnis, of vour staff, your order communicated to MrL Wallace, that absolute good humor prevails in that j hall. e cannot refrain from expressing t the apprehension that the fcl that a num- i ber of le idmg It -publicai'S are taking is- j sue wun uie legality or i lie proceedings ; by the Republican House has changed your views as to your line of. duty. It is pmper that we ehouhl say in conclusion that we relied upon your honor as a man, and vour character as a soldier, to rraiii- posnion of lion inter-1 mocrutic 'member from I have cheerfully abstained from inter ference with tha organization of the House from the first. On the application of the governor aud my own belief for the ne cessity therefore, for the preservation of the peace, I placed troops in the Slate House, but not iu the rooms of the assem bly, or either the Houses on the day, of the meeting. It came about that at the time the soldiers were placed on either side of the door of entrance to the hall of Rep resentatives under the following circum stances : A person at the -door of the House and who claimed authority to ex amine certificates of those claiming to be members prior to their admission to the hall, but who I think had no legal authori ty for bo doi:ig, applied to the officers iu command of the troops placed in the cor lidor for the preservation of peace, for as sistance on the ground that he was being pressed upon and could not perform his duty. The soldiers were placed as stated. As roan as I was fully informed of the circumstances I ordered the soldiers with drawn as I had previously iuformed.Gov. Chamberlain that I should confine my action to the preservation of the peace, and should do nothing with reference to keeping the doors of the rooms of meeting of the Houses or the rooms themselves, unless it became necessary because of which the civil of-f-hould be nnable to restore. No act was done by the soldiers Cabinet Meeting Complexion of the Illinois Legislature. Washington, Dec! 1. Cabinet full. Ses sion unusually long. No developments of par ticular strength by anf one for the Speaker. More important matters crowd the contest out of conversation. The Illinois legislature consists of 100 Re pnLlicans, 93 Democrat, and 5 Independent. This indicates that Gen. Logan will not be his succemor. S , The debt statement shows in treasury coin nearly eight million; currency 11 J millions. HIS BISHOP HOOD. RESPONSE TO THE SENTINEL FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE. KXPRESSIOX FtlOM THE COLOR CONFERENCE OF NORTH CAROLINA. nothing mgnan minus The Sentinel Assurance in heluilf of the De mocracy accepted ahd if carried out We shall Uaee no ground of Complaint for the jtolitical aftilUitioni of the colored people in the future. Plymouth, N. Q., Nov. 11th 187G. To the Editors of the llaleigh Sentinel. Gentlemen : Nothing could have been more timely than the article in your issue of the 9,h inst., addressed to ;lhe colored people. And, under,; the circumstance, could be mre noble and than the spirit manifested by the senti ments expressed. I hail this a a beam of light which betokens the , dawu of a brighter day. J am prepared to assert that had such sentiments em a ua ted from the same source nine years ago, you would not have seen what you have witnessed during this unpleasant period of our history un pleasant to you and certainly not less un pleasant to us. You would not , have seen the colored mail voting most solidly against the men for Whom personally he hail the highest possible respect, yea, a respeclthat amounted almost to reverence. Yon would never have seen colored men voting for men who 1 cared nothing fur them (except that byi their snffrage they could hold office), had it not been that they believed that this was the only way in which they could maintain CREMATION IN GEORGIA. Ihe Oriental Order of Uumani&Burning the Body of W. 11. Suppus. Augutta Coustitutionalist.J In Augusta, on Saturday evening last, the body of a man who died on the 3d in Atlanta, was cremated under the direction of "The Oriental Order of Humanity." The coffin, a handsome rosewood, upon which was engraved npon a silver plate, -William R. Snppns; age, 42; Died No vember 4th, 1876." was placed upon the pile, and the order was then gathered in a circle, solemn grand and peculiar, around the mortal remains of the deceased brother. Arter the singular prayer of the order had been delivered by the Junior Friar, the torch was solemnly and delib erately applied to the pile, and at once tbe , flames leaped upward and up ward. Tbe coffin was soon enveloped in flames, and thousands saw what had nev er been known here before a human body cremated. Balconies, windows, housetops, trees, awnings, to say nothing of the living mass that thronged the street, were crowded to witness the pro ceedings. While the fire was lapping in angry fury the lifeless body of this great man, the Friar delivered in the peculiar language of the order, a most eloquent and touching oration. Soon the coffin began to crumble, and a ghastly spectacle was presented to the eye. The body, blackened, burning, hissing, smoking, was clearly visible, and as the stifling odors filled the air the shrieks and cries of men, women and chil dren were heard on all sides. After the funeral fires had burned down, all that was mortal of W. R. Sup pus was gathered in the urn by the f. V....il... 1' C w J ii iii hij ucrjiri ui lilt; cacrcll Relics," and the society, headed by the band playing the dirge specially written for the occasion, entitled "He has gone to his long, long home, unsoaked by water," returned to the but, where the ashes were deposited iu the vault. Then the society dispersed. THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME. Tbe New York Jlerald publishes a let ter from Hon. Clarkson N. Potter, review- Official Vote for State Officers. The following is the official vole as as certained by the court made by the joint ing tbe political situation, and stating the session of the General Assembly for StaU course which ought to be taken if Mr. Til- officers: PUULIC AND PRIVATE ROGUES. their own t nil your p'edg"d veiiiii. The D ti Id and Lturens are entitled to their seats by the judgment of the Su Edg pre me Court of this -State, advised them to remain in aud we have . that hall until removed by your troops, that the issue may be made in this Centennial year of American Independence, whether we have a government of law, as construed by our courts or a centralized despotism, whose only law is force. L"t the American-people behold the spectacle of a brigadier general of the army seated by the side of Governor Chamberlain, in ii room of the State House, and issuing his orders to a legi-lative body peaceably assembled in one ft he original thirteen commonwealths of this Union. Respectfully yours, (Signed) J. 13. GORDOX, U'adk Hampton, A C Haskkll. except that of presence as stated, but whilst they were so present persons claim ing rights of enterauco under the certifi cate of the clerk of the Supreme Court were refused admission. (Signed) T. II. Ruger, Commanding the Department. A proposition signed by both Speakers to adjourn to 12 to-morrow, and meet with the status unchanged', provided Gen. Ruger would agree. Gen.-. Ruger refused on the ground he must obey oiders from Washington. The. lloticca therefore are not likely to adjourn. ' Hamilton a colored republican member from Beaufort, made a strong speech, said he was a republican, Voted tor Cham berlain, Hayes aud Wheeler, but he could not stand to see all law sjuicken down in the effort to preserve the party. Every member knew that this body to which he belonged was not legal, had no quorum when organized, that laws made : by it would be void and there would be no pro tection to property or life if we override the law ; that we must bow to judgment of the Supreme Court. Several republi- i cans have signified their intention to aban ! don the Mackey organization. SOUTH CAROLINA. These three gentlemen had' been in conference with Gen. Ruger yesterday ' Both Parties Spent the Xiyht in the and to-day-. DemocrAtid Votes Ihroicn Out Board Stilts Arbitrary Destructive Fire Volunteer Company Jlequired by KeU logg to Surrender Their Arms. LOUISIANA. Nkw Orleans, Dec. of the supervisors return ballot boxes the Democrats lose 1,136 votes in Etst Raton Rouge parish. I lie boaid decides the same evidence applies to State as to electoral ticket. Two white men planters near whom Mrs Pinkston lived, show that her mis fortunes were the result of low negro brawls and general bad behavior. The white people having nothing to do with the prelimiuares or the tragic result. One of these gentlemen furnished her with a doctor and burried her husband her lihild when found i ithe lakehao no marks .... m -i of violence. The board refused to bear other witnesses, saying if women had slandered the people ihey had their rem edy in courts, tne board uau noiuiug do wiih it. A fire broke ont early this morning at I Al.-I corner ot urnaui ana vit:uurnu streets, has reached and crossed Lspunde street and is still burning. At noou three blocks thus far were destroyed. Tbe City Volunteer Military organiza tion turned over their arms borrowed from the State, to Col. Lian, chief of the Metrnnolitaiiuolice. at the reauest oi , - t Gov. Kellogg. State House Hall Lighted by Gas for tlie First 'lime m Two leura linger has not Yet Carried out his Threat - Thought he Would Resign First. Columbia, Dec. 1. The oitn.ition is un changed, both bodies have occupied the House of Representatives since 12 veHterday. Numer ous proposition for compromise availed noth ing. Now, half past one, the United State troops have not interfered. The Democratic ! Rfnresentative from EdirefifM I. By adoption are still in tbeir seats. The Democrats are and rejection of cheerful and claim that the United States air- ; thorium cannoi ignore tne uecisiona ot the J Supreme Cortrt. It-is now likely that sufficient number of Republican will mute with the Democrats, in which event the entire matter will be settled. Washixgtox, Dec. 1. Specials from Colum bia up to ten o'clock lust night represent the colored element of the combined houses as in a vellinsr State as nisht aonroached. " Thev brought candles in their bottles. The gaacoiu- pany however ujon security by the Democrats for the bills turned on the gas, and for the first time in two years tbe great chandeliers of the House were ablaze. The very latest advices this morning show little progress toward tbe solution. What Gen. Ruger will do or has been ordered to do is unknown. His soldierly comrade here say, if obedience to ordeis infringes on his private honor he will surrender his sword. to The THE INDIAN WIGWAM8. Bed Skins Badly Worsted on the Trail of Crazy Horse. Chetkskb, Dec L McKemuVa victory Is m,t mmnUti. the entire villaee ' with stores rantnred. leavinz the Indiana wholly destitute The Indian low is about 25 with a large num ber wounded. McKenxle will combine with Crook and attack Craxy Horse on the Rosebud ver. LOUISIANA. The Supporters of Kellogg Fire tlte City One Incendiary Shot and Killed in tlte Act Another Shot at but Escapes. f New Orleans, Dec. 1. As far as could be ascertained the following ia the number of hou ses destroyed by the fire here this morning: 20 on CWumbus-st.; 24 on Roberston n 32 on Vellere3 on Maro's st; and 10 and i St. Anna Church on Esplande sL The dwellings of Augusta and Arnadie Courterie, Abrams, Rooca, Clark.' and Crazat Super's residences on Esplan- ath st- were consumed. Most of the buildings burned were small cottages, and hundreds of Kr people lost all their possession. Leon trieux. a member, of the fira department had his les broken in three places. A negro who was detected setting fire to one of the buildings durioff-the nroeress of the conflagration was shot and instantly killed. - Another negro also found in tbe act of committing the crime was shot at but was missed, and succeeded in mak In; his escape. i " J v rights. The situation of my people, as you frankly and generously admit, has been unpleasant in the extreme. I think you will agree with me that, as a rule, the black man has the organ of approbative- liess l irge. He loves the approval of his fellow man, especially of the better and more favored class, ill has therefore ben what appealed to him the s:ernest neces sity, amounting to a f-eligious duty, that has induced him to sacr.fice the good w ill of those, to have obtained which he would have been willing to Inake any reasonable saciifice. As your articles, in substance, admits all this, I will not follow this line of thought further. You arc right, my people do feel alarmed. But if-you will permit me, I will sug gest a cause that may not have oecured to you. I think what has most alarmed my people is the tone of the dem craiic press. TO e rrcryve bo iimcu auuac, ei little praise, so little fairness. Our crimes are" magnified, our virtues are overlooked.; When appeals have been made to us, it has been done in a kind ot half-threatening styhi which repulses, or a don't care style that shows a want of heartiness. I am sure that from your own observation, a bare statement of the case is sufficient to enable you to take iu the whole of my meaning. The colored people are more discern ing, more penetrating than they have tin credit for. It is because of 1 the heartiness, the evidence siuceiiiy, running through every line of your article, that I hail it with joy, as well as on account' of the source from which it comes. The sentiments expressed are such as naturally flow from i fill the Heart oi cinistian gentlemen. j ne sentiments of the Sentinel under its pres ent' management have been far above what we bate been accustomed to. You, gentlemen, are eutitlrd to all you claim. You have a right to speak for the democratic party. You, I believe can mould its administration of the afTiirs ol the government. You represent the wealth, tbe intelligence, the refinement, yea, the religion of that party. The paii ty tould not titl nd to lose influence of the class you represent. Aud now, speaking fur at least (1,000, 000 oue hundred thousand of my people who attend upon the ministry iu the church 1 represent, I assure you that we receive aud accept ;'your very generous address with heart of gratitude. And I will further assure vou that if the affairs of this Stale are administered during the next four years as you assure us they will be you shall have no ground to complain of our conduct as to our po litical affiliations in future. In this we sacrifice no principle. It is not men uor party interests that we have sought to promote, but our liberties A we have sought to secure. You assure us that you will maintain our rights, you use such language as can not be mistaken. It comes from a source that we cannot distrust. You suggest a proposition that time will test. You say: "The colored people will now have the opportunity to leain that the democracy has no design against their liberties." This is all we have ever asked for. Were we not satisfied with the fulfillment of these promises, we would deserve your scorn. y J, W. HOOD. Bishop A. M. E. Zkm Church, America. Opinions may differ as to the cause, but there is no doubt of the fact, that iu the days before the war public plundering was unknown at the Suth. What of it was practiced was confined to the people of "great moral ideas," our brethren in habiting the Northern section of the Union. With the changes induced bythc results of the warbetweeu the States there has come change iu this respect. South eru communities now, as well as Northern communities, number amoug their citizens those who have grown rich by plunder of the people; and Southern communities, as well as Northern communities, have learned since the war to look with com " . . . piacency at least upon rogues who pass by the corn-cribs aud heu-roosts of their neighbors, but under the forms of law break into the public crib and appropriate the property of the people. Public opin ion is still against the petty thief. It needs to be once more roused against the thief who grows rich by theft. The people must learn to think as they once did, that peronal and political honesty cannot exist apart, that the man who lies as a politi cian will lie as readily, npon occasion, m anv other relation of life: that he who plunders the public will plunder the indi viJual citizen with as little compunction if the plunder be worth taking. As is well said by the Baltimore bun, there never ! . f II was a greater or more p-siueni lauacy than that. which prevails iu many minds that there is a difference in the guilt of public aud crime of s uen should be cheated out his election by the action of the Louisiana or any other returning-board. The letter is a singularly able one. Briefly stated the conclusions reached by Mr. Potter are that in the event of the issue of clearly fraudulent certifi cates' to the Hayes'electors in Louisiana it will devolve on Congress to take the matter in hand, Mr. Potter holds, with Mr. Randall and many other prominent statesmen and publicists and he cites precedents in support of his opinions that the, President ot the Senate is subject to the direction of the two houses of Con gress in counting the electoral votes. He contends that votes which are dispnted by either house, on the allegation that they are tainted with fraud cannot be counted, and that tLe powers of the two houses being in this respect equal a dead-lock must ensue. In this case "a contingency may arise which will require the House of Representatives to elect the President." The House, he argues, is the sole judge as to whether the exigency has arisen which makes it its constitutional duty to elect a President iii consequence of the failure of any candidate to receive a legal majority of the votesn the official count. If the Louisiana Returning Board should fraudulently pronounce the Hayes E!ec tors elected the Democrats of that Stale would dispute it, and whilst Kellogg would give certificates to j the Hayes Electors McEnery (who hastnever abandoned his claim to being the rightful Governor would give certificates to the Tilden Elec tois. 1 here being thus two sets ot,cer tificales, the Senate would throw out those for Tilden and the Hsuse those for Hayes. iu wits case the jtecognized votes for Hayes would be 177 and for Tilden 181. As 185 is necessary to elect failing this one additional vote there would be no election by the people. The House then, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, would proceed to elect a President. It will be recolleted in this connection, and in support of this view, that at the lasUelection there were two sets of certificates 5 from Louisiana, and that as a consequence Louisiana was left out of the count. The precedent is a strik ing one, though its vote at that time did not in any way affect the result. Of the generat programme marked out GOVERNOR Vance , Settle 123.2C5 110,256 Vance's majority 13,009 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR : 123,863 Jarvis Smith.... Jarvis' majority SECRETARY OF STATE : Engelhard Albertson Engelhard' majority auditor : 109,580 T4,283 124,011 108,914 16,097 Love. . Keilly 109,797 122,950 Love's majority treasurer : Worth Wheeler .r Worth's majority. superintendent of public TIONJ Scarborough Carson 13,153 123,936 109,225 14,711 INSTRUC- 123,860 . 108,123 Scarborough's majority . 15,737 ATTORNEY-GENERA L. Kenan ri 123,608 Hargrove 109,357 Kenau's majority. 14,251 ANOTHER AMENDMENT NEEDED. In the third section of the third article of the Constitution it is provided that the returns of the election for officers of the Executive Department shall be opened and the vote counted in the presence of a majority of the members of both Houses of the General Assembly. In the second section of the second article, as amended, it is provided that the Legislature shall meet biennially on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January. In the first section of the third article of the Con stitution however, it is provided that the . . l xc r . I. .. CC. r . i 'PL:- ; . ... A . .1 .1 .1 ..i i r . icrms ui uuicc ut iuu uuicers oi me CjXec I his is undoubted the settled Democratic I . 1A , , ,, , . programme. This is the method of pro- " epanmcnv sua., oogin on the cedure the party chiefs have deliberately uauuary ue a.ier meir eiec- resolved to adopt. We commend their in Mr. rotter s letter, the Herald aavs 0 boldness in placing it so early before the country and eubmitting it to the ordeal of oublic discussion." PATIENCE BUT -STAND FIRM. Bellefonte (Pa.) Watch man. J It has been determined by the repub lican leaders to reverse the figures, or as many of them as may be necessary, and count Hayes and Wheeler in, instead ot Tilden and Hendricks. To help them do this and prevent a rising of the people of, those States against this damnable ini quity. P a " . . . those states and tftn. The inconsistency in the above provis ions of the Constitution is appareut sjt si glance, and it is incumbent on the present Legislature to cure the defect, as wiU be seen by reference to the provisions of the thirteenth article, as amended, setting forth the manner in which changes may be hereafter made. Fortunately, the pro- visions ot tuat article renaer it au easy matter to make the necessary change, either by fixing another day for the begin ning of the term of offices of the officers of the Executive Department, or by provid ing some other modend time for copotf Dg the votes of such officers.. All that is neceisary is for the present General Assembly to agree to the. amend ment by a three-fifth vote of each House anH to submit it to tho qualified voters of the whole State at the next general .elec resident urant lias the available troops into placed them under the command of Sheri dan and Ruger. In this emergency, which may precede lion, and then to use the lauguage of the a great crisis, our auvice to inc. democra- v,onsinu. ion, iu lue event or. us aaoption cy and to the thousands of republicans who helped to elect lilden aud Hendricks is, to be calm but firm! While it is not nec essary to brag and bluster, or to Bay things i i . ........i.i .. . . private aisnonesty, so mat uio needlessly to irritate our opponeuts, we tealing, for example, which, must not yield an inch. Their is no more when an individual is the victim, brings the wrong doer into universal contempt, becomes as it were diluted and innocuous when a whole nation is plundered. Even the ham-les4 whisky ring rogues, when convicted and sent to the pentienUary, are not looked upon as common felons, and have a reasonable prospect of being speed ilv released from the inconvenience of their confinement bv executive interposi lion a result which has been curiously realized already. Tweed, the gigantic doubt that Mr. -Tilden is fairly elected than there is that the 25 ih of December next will be christmas or the 1st of Jan nary New Warfs day. This great fact is conceeded by the masses of the repub lican parly as well as by those of the de- mocracy, and it is the solemn resolve oi the whole people, the conspirators against eur liberties excepted, that Mr. Tilden shall be inaugurated. It must end in this at last. No matter what the present de lay may mean, or what infamous mon- no w Liet ut Let u Let be be us robber of New York city, becomes a kind I strosity may a.ise from it, the people who of hero, aud is brought home from bis temporary pi tee of retreat iu a ship of war, the captain of which gives up his cabin to this felonious guest of the nation, though, it is true, not wi hout strictly guarding him. As to the Credit Mobilier and robbing railroad rings iu general, punishment and scarcely and public oblo nuy ever overtakes them. They are just as influential with llieir party and receive as much social consideration as if they had never been suspected of felony. Yet nothing is more certain than that the moral Quality of such rae.i is essentially that of the inmates af the jail and penitentiaries of the lar.d. While it may be doubtful whether tire rogue who picks the pockets ot an individualiossesses the genius to Sick the pockets of a nation, there is no oubt whatever that the man who picks the pocket of a nation is capable of pick idg tbe pocket of an individual. This view of the case ought always to be made prominent, in order that the public thief, if he has no oiher punishment, may fully uuoersland that he is understood by his fellow men, and that they are not deceiv- eo. as 10 nis true inwaraness as a rogue and felon because the depredations are public instead of individual. -Raleigh Observer. hive voted for and elected' Mr. Tilden, are determined hot to be cheated out of his inauguration and administration. They wanted a change ; they voted for a change, ana now ttiey nave sworn by Almighty God that they will have a change. L"t us be patient. Let us be magnanimous. charitable. L"t us be calm cool Let us li considerate, wait. But let us stand by our victory, and swear before Heaven, calling God to witness, that no power on earth shall de- ft a 11 1 '111' prive us ot lneni ! freedom still lives in this country, and neither presidents, nor armies, nor bayonets, nor usurpers, . a nor ambitions designing Knaves, snail chain her to their car, uor crush her down to earth. Tho peoplo are sovereign. They intend to assert their sovereignty, and wo be to those who stand in the wav. Retribution and vengeance are in the air aud we solemnly warn those who stand with the knife at the throat of free gov ernment that the day of their power is at an eud. by a majority of the votes cast, such amendment shall become a part of the Con stitution of this State. And just hero, it may not be amiss to remark upon the advantage it is to the -people of North Carolina to have their own Constitution within their own control. With the consent of the people any defect in the Constitution may now be speedily, cheaply, intelligently and conveniently remedied. Without the consent first for mally obtained no change whatever can be made. And thus at last we realize that the people are once more masters ia North Carolina. The fight has been a long one and many and dark have been the days during its progress; some indeed there were when there seemed scarcely a ray of light in the whole .horison, but, thank God, the people are at last victori ous. Aud may we not take hope for the fu ture iu national affairs from our experience in the past iu State affairs ? Is it not ia the natural order of things in this govern ment of States, that the government of tbe Slates should Ji. st be redeemed and pat wjthin constitutional bounds, and that then tbe Federal Government should be restor ed ? Is not that building from the found ation up ? Let us take fresh hope then and with renewed vigor fight the battle of constitutional liberty iu Ameiica and the country will yet right itself. Raleigh Observer. SOUTH CAROLINA &EWS. The first tanburg and Ill UpSIIUIVUIg, lue iNew i org. a un says : To count Hayes iu fraudulently, is probably the most monstrous political crime ever conceived in this country. If successful, it would cargo of iron for the Spar-1 be the murder of the republic- It would Asheville Railroad has ar- 1 be tbe end of official accountability to the track laying win be diately. and tbe work of people the end of elections. Thence- commenced itume I forth our rulers would be Earned for us by . ... . . - ' those in power at u aslungton. Store Houses Burnt. The Store Houses of Mr J H Thompson (recently of Charlo'te) and Mr W A Sossamon & Co., at Mount Mourne, Iredell county, were consumed by fire on Wednesday night last. There was an insurance on tbe goods in boih houses. Mr Thompson's loss in goods and wearing apparel amounts to three or four-thousand dollars, with only 8 1,000 insurance, and Mr. Sossamon' loss about $3,000, with $2,500 insurance so reported. The fire occured about mi J night. Charlotte Dtin-xrot. Sixty thousand and five hundred acrea of forfeited land are offered for sale in Georgetown County, and yet Chamber lain wants to hold on to the gubernatorial chair. A day or two ago a respectable old lady was walking along lue negro man seized her streets, when a aud kissed her. When she demurred against this outrage. the negro temarked, "1 did not do it to insult you. I only wauled to humble you." Xetes and Courier. The Rev. E. A. Bolles, who has been, for twenty years or more, agnt for the American Bible SH- ty J outh Caro lina, has retired from that work, aud Sooth Carolina has been put with North Carolina, under Df. Wiley, of the Matter Stale.