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2. P 7") 7 . Jl. .VAAr ' f vox.. XXIV. SALE3I, x o.; JXTiY-ar, 187g. NO, 1 If j . i'rf lY V I V " ' x ! - . 30. 3 f" ti t - ft I i rcss. ;L; V. & E.'T. DLUM, PUBilSSEBS AND PBOPBIETOHS. TfcUMS:--CASII IN. AD VANCE. : 4 ill , i . ' , Onaeopy.une year v. $2 00 V " V4 six months,. 1 00 three months,.. .a... 75 LtDCUAL DISCOUNT TO CLUBS. Tb.9 'Proposed Constitutional 'Arriend- .-. v ments. They should be voted for by every white man . in the State, and by every man in Jvpr of an economical State government: v : ; ": 'i; . The first amendment 'proposes to add a single scntonco to the 24th section of Article 1.' That article provides that there almll be no infringe ment of the right of the pcoplu to keep and bear arms." t- The amendment provides as fol- low;;,'. Nothing herein contained shall justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons, or prevent , the Legislature from enacting penal s-tatuVeSiiivst &iid practice.". There can sure ly be no objection in tho minds of ' christian" men ,to tins, provision. We need" not waste words in commending it as required jilike by humanity Mini the soundest political . wisdom. Thu text of tho Constitution, us it now stands might easily be) held ivs a limitation upon the pyer of .the iicgisLiture, and tho practi.co of carrying oonoeaied weapons be justified under .'th'ightso solemnly guaranteed to keep and bea.r jufmsy j It is a 'precaution in the interest of peace an jemphatic protest against a dangerous fi and deadly custom, and a promise of stringent laws for tho protection of th well-disposed and orderly prt of our population .against the sud den outburst of passionate and ungoverned rage, -.which,. too often finds a victim because it has at hand the opportunity and the instrument for. a bloody revenge. . Hie proposed amendment of Sec. 2, Art. 2. only--changes the time of meeting of the Gener al Assembly from the third Monday in Novcm- . bc.to tlwfiist Wednesday after the first Alon day. m January next after their election . Tin: IS , alteration is rendore) absolutely necessary, since the. time of holding the elections in our State has been changed.' We no longer elect the tuemU'rs of the legislature in Augustas formerbj", but it has been postponed .until Nt- ' vcinber. The change in the time of meeting of the General Assembly, therefore, must be al tered to conform to tlie new order&of events. If in proposed io stnke from the Constitution See. 4. of Ai t.' 2. This provided for the Sen ate, districts in the firs' t .election under the Con htitution. and was to vontinue in force onlv un til the first session of the General Assembh-, which should btr had after the year 187J. . It .had beeonie olsolete, and was superseded by a new arrangement of the districts. The amend ment merely,. get rid of a mass of useless mat- , ter, and is too unimKii tant to "require consider- r ntion. . - ' . - ' :' :.'.V'J:'- iv. :"..'. "... ' " It is projxwed to strike Out See. 8 of Art. 2. ' This provided for representation in the House , of Iiepreseiitativejt. And for the same reasons given above in reference to Sec. 4 of this article ought to disappear as so much useless lumber. :; : : ' ' ' v. : ; - -.. Section 27 of Art. 2 is proposed to be amend ed hy merely leaving out the provisjon for the , termination. of tlie office of Senators antS mem bers of the House of Rej)resentatives chosen at the first election-under I ho Constitution. The time during .vhich it was to operate, having louj; hiuce passed; the j amendment Jxjcomes merely tiomuial for the. reaSens given above. - - - :- VL -; 1 . . ' ; " - The same reason is given for the amendment proposed to Sec. 29, of Art. 2,ywhieh strikes, off from the section the provision' for the first elec tion under the Constitution, leaving the other part of tlm atxtkm nntopehel.. ' :.; ' :, 'VII. ; It if proposed to amend' Art. 2 by the addi tion of the following section, which is entirely . iiewi- i '.-:- -- - ' ". Section. . The members - of the General Assembly ,' for -the term for which they have l)cen fleeted, ' 6hall receive as a com pen sa - tion for their set vices the sum of four dollars le.r iRrr for each day of their sessioi;, for a jer- ' iod ijot tjxee'eding' sixty days ; and should they remain longer in session 'they shall serve with out coaapctfeation. They shall also be entitled to receive ten-eents per mile, both while com ing iS the scat oi government and returning home, the said distance to be computed by the ncasest 4bia or ; ronto of public travel. -Tho compensation of tlie presiding' officers of the twoTfofasos ' AliiW ho six dollars per d:rywand mileage. 'Should an extra session of tho General Asseinbly beeallod, the members and. presiding officers shall receive a like rate of compensa tion lyr a' period' not exceeding twenty days, In this amendment it will be seen that the Conservative party, which is held responsible for tht. li-mgpe t.hy n.dv?se the people to make in their organic -la w, has given a guarantee of their sincere and aifrnosk purpose to retrench expcUtures nnd reform abuses, which ought to seera-u the support and hearty co-operation of nil. gbod citizens.. In 1872, as we have shown theyhangcd tho Constitution of 1868'. so as to proYjOe1 fof biennial instead of 'annual sessions of tluj '-Legislature, thus reducing the expendi tures for tliis object morp than one-hall of what it had been under the radical government. Now they propose to limit the session of the Assem- . hly to fhe very shortest time in which it is pos sible or ihcin to complete their labors. They niaysH for' sixty days at the expense of the Statu, if the public business requires so long a session.- - Beyond that period patriotism may KelV them, but the Treasury is made sure . gai nstsde plot ion" from this quarter. Their compensation is fixed also, and we shall not fliu vexonr righteous souls from day to day lit the prospeet of iayii.ig seven dollars per day ! -to prtfesBoipf the..' tonsorial art," or common ; field hands," to do the work of our" Legisla ture for four or five months, spinning out. the time bjtasp jt was money in tho pockoti" nnd more of t thn ninny of them had over seen m mis m in all heir lives before. Wo have often thought how ddjy many of the members of the Legislature of 1868 j must liave felt at tire new and untried position in which they found themselves, fclen whose ideas had never risen above the strapping of a razor" or tlio "plow ing of a ftuTow4" unless tho sewing pf a sad- die" might be deemed a more exaltetl; occupn- j tion, might now present their warrants on the ernmcnt. A generation 'had jgrown up who Treasury and drawing their pay as lijemhcrs of had never seen or used any. other money than a the Legislature,1 fitted by natural instincts to printed proiniso of the Government, and it liad make laws, though they! might not be able to becomo a wide spread conviction among tho as read them properly, when printed in tlie sUituto piring x)litcians of both the great parties that book. This amendment also pro vides the the current public opinion in favor of an iuflat amount of mileage; nndj what is more to the ed and irredeemable currency would over purpose, it U to bo computed by the nearest whelm and destroy any public man who wonld lino or route of public travel.; ,! Vheri this shall attempt to stem it. No conventiqn, of either bd adopted we shall not again be called' upon to party in any State of the Union had ventured pay a member for; going around his elbow to the experiment; tho active leaders of both had get to his thumb,"; as we did once, if ancient either-avoided or yielded to tho current. jMr. tales say true." It is also proposed to Jimit the Tilden deemed it his dusy to lso no time in duration of extra sessions, if such tjhouUl bo advocating tho only financial policy which ever called, to a period hot exceeding twenty days, had insured orcan insure a substantial and cn It is readHy seen, therfore'how much of ac- during national prosperity. - ' tnal economy and advantage to the public scr- On the 19th of March, and as soon as he had vice such a change In our Constitution will secured from tho Legislature such additional promote. It will diminish the expenses of tho remedies for oflieial delinquencies as were rc General Assembly! fully one-half, tuuV tho re- quisitc lor his purpose, tho Governor in a spo sulting benefit to the character of ourj legisla- eial message invited tho attention of tho Legis tion and the important interests committed to laturo to the mismanagement of the canals, the law-making power, is.absolutely iricalcula- He )X)intcd put in this communication with ble. Aiid wn are free to fay thai this amend- considerable detail, the fraudulent process by ment if adopted, is fully worth (lie entire cost which for an indefinite- ieriod of years the Slate of the Convention to tho; people f of jtlie State, and that anracticiil exieimenton this Uno will be more satisfactory and. more profitable than the whole work done by itho Legislature of 1868, which cost the Stato nearly onej million of dollars, besides the expenses of Kirk's war. There i neither -j1 t hyme nor resuson1? in oppos- ing it, and the Republican party in committing itself against it, have only justified our obscr- vation so frequently made, that it is- prepared to ruin the State-, to sacrifice all its: interests, .Material and social, rather than submit! without a desperate struggle to jLlie lovs ofj jiower. Faycttcvillc Gazette, j i I li Terrible Arraignmsnt The New York the .most terrible Herald, of. the '7th, 'contains denunciation of Qe"n. Grant I that we have seen! fur many days. It is out- spoken and fearless in charging the; bloody massacre of Gen. - Custer ami" his command to the pique and revi-hgc of President Grant. Tho Herald also boldly declares that the icounlry will now stand! anything rather lhania prolong ed reign of Grantism. It moreover tells Gov. Hayes in as phiiti; language as possible (hat the eountrV will not suffer him in his hater of ac ccptation to dinlgo the issue Of endorsing or disavowing the administration of Gen! Grant. Below we give-a few of its caustic remarks up on both Grant jimil Hays : j j ' j 'Since tho disappointment of . his cherished hopes of a third nomination! his temper has un- dergono a change. The Spirit of indulgent 11 spirit of nepotism has been supplanted by a f rrveinjre. and his chief delght scents to lx in punishing all Who havo jbeer. in any tvay in strumental in ; thwarting1 his hopes! Jle de graded poor Custer iK-causei' Custer fjestifid to the truth of the charges against Belkua p. lie insisted on the dismissal if Yarynn because Yaryan was active in ferreting out tho whisky frauds which came so near bulging Babcock in I the Penitentiary. He is taking steps ' for the dismissal of other officers who assisted x-ec- relnrj' Bristow in j his successful efforts to ex- losc and punish official iiccnlation and thereby m.-ide. it impossible for Grant to lay his hands for a third time on the coveted prize, i Whether in good hnmor or! bad humor President Grant is equally selfish and equajly 'oblivions' to the obligations of his public! trust; but his. good- until red nepotism: was not so discreditable, as his ill-natured-Spleen and petulance against all who have obstructed the path of his Ambition. His kindness to the Dents seems belter than his relentless malignity toward a valuable and truthful officer! like Custer, j v . - j j President Grant is ending In a worse spirit than he began; r.nd the country, accordingly awaits wjth deep interest j the letter -of accept- ance of ;Mr. llaj-es.i Will he indorse this ad- ministration, or will he boldly wash his! hands of it?. The citizens of this Republic aro;ahxious to- learn whether Grantism will end with the retirement of Grant, orj whether , Gov! Hayes, if elected President, will j sail the ship by the same compass and. too same political eha The country will stand anything rather than prolonged reign of Grantism. Un tlijsi point Governor Hayes must leave the peopioi in no doubt. !lf ho lacks the. courage or tho.$agacity jar the independence ' to tell the country ane- quivocally that hoi will put the administration on a new course he"will 'miss that tide in the affairs of men which leads ou to fortune. V Tilden' as a Eeformer. the PKixcirLES LYON vt'llicil HE HASjXcTED. - ; I ol; "- i i j We copy-from :i; lengthy sketch of Governor Tilden, in the New! York lVbrld. the following account oi : ins aew .ana uuerances , auei iu election as Govenior of New Yoik : He was nominated and elected, and whatever lessons or eloqnenbb could be expressed in big majorities were not wanting to lend their eclat to his triumph- Tilden's . plurality; over John A. Dix.i tho; Jtcptibhciin candidate, was 53.S15. j Mr. Vix Imd becn.;elected two years previously 'by A pliirulity of 53;451. , H The first'mcssag'c of Mr. Tilden foreshadowed witli distinctness the controlling feature Of his administrationl ,'- : j ! - First, : Reform in the Administration.1 j Second, The restoration "if the financial prin ciples and policy which triumphed in tlie clec left tion of Jaeksonl and Van Btux'ii; and which tho country without a dollar of indebtedness in.. the world, nd a credit abroad with i which no other nation cojuld compete. ; J ' j ' - In furtherance of his policy of administrative reform, he recommended. revision of tho laws infptn1i.it in rn-sivfrlr rrimin.il : nunishment and civil remedies for frauds committed by public officers and by persons acting in comblicity with them I These rocommendatiotis, during the gjinin iosstoo,iotrefuUy wroqglit wW-tho- legislation of tho ! State, boro especially; upon .t r i e i : ,i :lu exposure hnd arrest of William M. Tweed had recently rcyealed, and also upon anotlier! and kindred class of abuses, in the management' of our canals, with which tho -Governor was also acquainted, but of which tho pnhlic had aa yet had only an imperfect realization. ' But the feature of tho uicssago which pro dnccd, perhaps, the most profound impression, not Oily upon his own iminciliate constituents. but bpon tho whole nation, wjis that which re- lated to the financial policy of the Federal Goy- had been plundered, its agents debauched, its politics demoralized, and its credit imperilled, The fulness, boldness and' directness of Ids statements produced a profound impression, not only throughout the State but throughout the country. Tho legislature, though containing in both branches many of the most notorious canal job- bcrs, and constituted largely in that interest, was obliged to yield to the irresistible public sentiment which the Governors ioliev and messaires had awaki ned. and irranted him the authority to name siuh a commission. Tho re- suits of the investigations, communicated to him from time to time during the stirumer of 1876, and to tho succeeding legislature "of 1876 arrested completely the system of fraudulent expenditure -on the canals, which' he had de-J nounqed at the bar of public, opinion. , Through the adoption of various other finan cial measures n jmmi his . recommendation,' and by the discreet but vigorous exercise of the" veto power, the Governor was fortunate enough to secure a reduction of the State tax, tho first year of his administration aliout 17 per cent and to inaugurate a financial policy- by which the State tax. which was 71 mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation when ho came into office, will Ik roduced to 4 mills at least at the expiration of his term-of two years, and at the expiration of the next succeeding year to not exceeding 3 mills. Mr. Tilden is now in 'the sixty-third year. of of his age. lie is five feet ten inches in height, and he has what physiologists call the purely nervous temperament,, with its usual accom paniment of spare figure, nine eyes anil lair complexion. His hair, originally chestnut, is now parlia ly silvered with ge. Who is Gov. Vance ; When North Carolina passed tho secession ordinance Vance was stumpin; the State for Itho Union He was an uncompromising Henry Clay Union whig. After tho State seceded he raised a com pan'. He was elected and Served two years as Colonel of the 26th regiment, par j ticipating with great gallantry in many hard jbught battles. In 1862 he was elected Cover- nor over Col. Wm. Johnston. VanCO was tho whig conservative candidate, while Johnston was voted for by the original secessionists. In this county! Iuiis Thompson, Rev. A. M.Craig, Joseph Cooper; James Bond, and others of like political' faith voted and worked for Vance. As soon as 'Vance was elected hu turned his whole attention to tho noblo work of feeding am clothing mxi soldiers and their widows and or phans. At, no time during our fierce struggle did Vance fail to maintain law and order in tho State. No, man could be arrested without duo i process of j law. The sacred writ of hubcat corpus was rigidly enforced. Finally when the war ended and tho Federal soldiers entered the Governor's! palace, although Vance's opportu- ni ties for acquiring riches wero greater than , ing except, the sc ciint furniturei and raimen to the homes of all ikhit men which is common to the homes of all poor i Vance was seized and carried to the oK&cnpilo' prison at Washington City., While .there in response to an inquirj- why he was in prison replied "I am in here lordebt. Holdun pled ed the last man and tho last dollar for tho war I went his security. He failed. I am here to pay his obligation." Although Vance whenjthe war elided had just been - re-clccted Governor by the largo majority of sixty-focr thousam J votes, and had eighteen months to serve, the J carpet-baggers put liim in prison and tho mili t.,ry m.ulu n0hiun Governor. Now the peopl inlcmi to give Vance an opportunity to serve out his term. Bertie will givo him 100 tuoro rotes than' Merrimon " received. Albemarle I h'imes -rxhiglcy Ring Finally Triumphant, j Prcsjllcnti ' lll0 Rtimorc Gazette driven ncarl every man out of offico who made the raid on the whisky rings. Bristow h.-isjgone, Bin ford Wilson has gone, Yaryan has gone. District Attorney j Dyer has gone, and their places have- beet filled by men who will not bother the Executive about reform; who will restore the' old order of things, and let the plun derers again have access to the Treasury vaults. I a word of protest is heard from a single Re publican Senator or Uongrcssman against these scandalous proceedings. Mr. Conkling &!ts si lent In the Senato and sees honest men sacri ficedecansc they did their duty. Mr. Morton looks on and smiles approval, and tho savage statesman from the West Mr. Ixgan) congrat- Hilles UmN:( lK)n 1,10 0SCap f hta i13' and his own escape from the legal toils of guil- ty complicity tliat were closing around him. whIakeT ring is ngftm triumphant. The . r ir;.,nii convicts ia the penitentiaries or Missouri; and Illinois liavo become tho advisers and control- lcrs of tho President, and from their cells die - tatc tho appointment of the officers of tho law. Tho head of tho Department of. Justice. Air. Tnft; mournfully complains that ho is not con sulted in anything; that his officers aro rcmbr edl without his knowledge or advice, and that cases in the courts are disml&ed without con sulting hi X. 1 . - t I f A 5r i . . C V Pjir,loned in .a fcw to ,iSWOO iree immeuiaieiy m10 ...... 7Tm, rtJ t9 ojee win ftftMPtlMPil A (rn, X r.l . . 1 ! I a a. x T m w w m A u,? .uswwo ami laratiy imuio spiemlul : ; J ' J v' nlii.L-. .1.. i, 1 - l .i... . . I ...jiiu- i, t-uiiipitm anuiuo ex-con vicis i will in all probability tike tho stump ia n short time for Hay cs and Reform. Goldtboro Zla scnger. Row in Hamburg. TlH COLOKED MILITARY COMPANY KRSISTS TIIE Civil .tmioiuTiES, and bloodshed is tub UES.ULT, . ;., J. . ' f -: .. Oil the Fourth of July, tho colored military j companies of ILun burg, "S. C, jnstj across Uio river, wero out p:irading. They were , halted by the Captain and came to n parade rest, with tho line across t public raid. While in this position, two white gentleman, who had been to Angnstsu wera l etnrning to their homes in Ldgencld, South Carolina, nnd coming to where the negro troops wero resting, asked that a j sufficient nnmlier' of them; movo sufficient- I livers, the colored Magistrate, who had tho of- fiecrs arrested for tlioir misconduct. Durinsr I ly to permit them to pass. This civil request the express car. They then went to work on days when Babj Ion was the glory of the cartli. was indignantly refused, and tho genth-mtn the safes, ono of which .they h id fin:J!y to' forco and of the more glorio7isdays vl:cn freedom otherwise grossly insulted. The next day they open with a pick, and put their contents in dawned upon the enslaved masses. ' j returned and made complaint before l'lince wicks. Tlie roblxrs then broke open the Mil- In the bck of Revelation, the drying up of tho preliminary trial a negro named Doe Ad- contents all over the floor of the ear. They j indication points' to It now. Tlie present con nms, who is tho Captain of the company, became also visited tho Adam Express freight carbnt I dition of things ir Eastern Europe! and fn Asia so obstreperous and insuUing to the Court that I the Magistrate fined him for contempt. ThisjUco. j 10 refused to submit to, nd was backed and encouraged by his company on the s jxit. See- I ng that a difficulty would likely ensue, the niMgistratc, Prince Rivers, postponed tho case until last evening at four o'clock, at which time I all parties were warned to appear at the trial, Tho gentlemen who were aggrieve! came I lown to Hamburg. yesterda-, with a large I eumber of their friends, among whom was Gen. M. C. Butler, who was counsel for the plaintiffs. riic Magistrate ordered the company to deliver I up their nrms.as under the state of feeling wjiich I then .possessed them, it was iKssiblc trouble I might arise. This" they peremptorily refused to do. and fnrlhermoro threatened to assassi- nate Rivers at niirht for bavin ir iriven it as Ids legal opinion that they vero liable to a fine for j obstructing the public highway. The colored company, uumleFinr aUtut lirtv men." then re- I piiml to an old biiek house in town and forti fied themselves nnd defied Rivers and his posse. Rivers at once snmmouo 1 a number of jK'r- sont to assit li:m in ni.li.iinr tlie law anil vindicating his majesty. This m-curred at a little before sundown. Some twohnndred men mostly from Edgefield, surrounded the building and .demanded a surrender, which was refused. when rfgeneral firing was opened on IkhIi sides. As might Iks expected, the news of this state of affairs soon reached this citv. and a large num ber of citizens, of both color , re paired, to tin bunks of the river, while some crossed the bridge. Tho firing from the entrenched negrtK-s upon the besiegers was kepi tip pretty lively for an hour or so, within plain view of ihehun d reds on this side who bad assembled. Two young men wera firing from In-hind nn ahulmcut of tho C. C. & A. Railroad bridge when two negroes slipped through the tall weetis on tne eigc oi me river, nun coming up unpcrcelvod in the rear of them, hot anI kill ' .i i . ed a Mr. Mcrriwcthcr, son t Dr. Merriwether, of Elgefield, the ball striking him behind the car, killing him instantly. Tho young man who was with Merriwether, turned and fired at the ncroe, killin" him dead. The other threw down his "-un and mado an effort to escape; I but was pursued and captured by the young j man and broii'Mit 'in as a prisoner. I At this juncture a party of, a dozen men were seen carrj'ing across the bridge n iece of artil lery which had been taken from thi side. In the course of a few minutes tho loud thunder of cannon is heard, and tho flash lit up all sur rounding objects. It was discharged threo times at tho house, but it is. supposed to have Insert Idank cartridges as no perceptible damage was done. It is thought that it was done to frighten them into a surrender. After tho three discharges from the cannon. i hill of an hour occurred, when, it is nportd. four negroes from tholxdeagured house came out and after firing, attempted to escape. A volley was poured into them, killing one out right. The other threo escaped. At 10 o'clock they were firing from the cellar of the building and the besieging part' wero acting very eau- . : i . i ..t...i I..M.MJ aimi.uiu.j. r . ! ' iiijuociock, when nnoiiicr rattle oi n rearms was heard otrthis side, but with what result f.'o have been unabla lo learn.- -The conflict jrrcw out of tlid atlcmpt of iIm captain and his mili tary company -to override the civil law and threats to assassinate Prince Rivers, the magis trate, one ot tneir own color. lie suppose Rivers' Is acting' upon advites reEwrcd from Govcf nor Chamberlain. Therii Is no politics in thft matter, but on tho other hand. It is 'the' white 'people who are aid ing a colored magistrate to enforo the law. AC this hour it is believed by trniio that tho rioters have all left the Imuisu Imd taken to the corn-fields. Tho corn is high, but the field Is said to bo surrounded by the posso who aro waiting to get the exact location of tho enemy boforo closing in. At one o'clock a sharp rattle of musketry was heard.-' .... Tho arms held by the company have been or dered to bo returned to thu Governor, and they re held contrary -to law.. Tho negroes jmsi tivcly refused to givo them upwhciT ordered to do so by -Rivers, who Is also Chief of tho Stato Militia, in addition to his position ns Magistrate. Rivers has fled to this side for safety li .1 . -j ' At It o'clock this morning tho firinr had ceased. nnd most, ilnot all the rioters arc un der arrest arid most of vheir arms captured with them. ( About thirty prisoners aro under guard. gomo witU arms in Ulcir IiaiuUt whilo olhcrs ! cither socrctctl or destroyed them. Augusta Constitutionalist of Sunday. Daring Express Bobbery. St. Louis, July 8. A the eastward bound train on the Missotiri-Pacific raiIroaiT,iast night I hxnd reache1 a point two and a half inlTes rast of j Tain Ottcrvillo, Mo., the engineer saw a ignal Uglit ' "- " " toA. Thinking there "was so. obstrncthtft. np,w ul0 brake. ARer running a few yanu locomotive struck a tnlo of ties and " I Inmri - rrnf thelrck and can to ititamL wun itrriuq Tens, and uiscnarzmir mstols. I " hashed at tho t - " . "l. the engine and thicatcned tire engineer and fire- man with-navy revolvers. At tho' same time nt bo redeemed from its darkness. Moliam threo others got into tho caprcis..cnr by tho oiedanUm minst cease M lib ns a power In tl d I side door, which was open. BHshnoU, tlw ex-, world.- TlKI'apacy Wid-Moliaramcdanlsai be- " press manager, however, bad dashed through fan about tho same tuna in tlicir career. Tbo tho train to the rear sleeper, given his safe l'apacy is abont tkh-d'-i. SJlI lime to dry keys to a brakemari and mado Mm Mit Ihchi in" P Mohammcdiinism.Tlic CfStcpin tlintdirrc his shoes. Tlitf robbers fimlin Hr. Conklingl lion will be 16 drive Mohammedanism out of Ea tho baggage master. In tho exirrss onr.de- roiw. If the Christian powers thcro hoi J tin to . manded of him the keys of tho safes'. When I they rounl out ho was not tlio express mcsscn- ger they mart-bed liim Ihrough Hie train with revolvers at his head nnd . mado him point out Bushnell, wliom they also threatened; witli death if ho did not give up tho key?. Under the j circumstances thero was nothing to U but yield J d Bushnell took tho keys from the brakeman' I Jind gave theni tip. Tlie roblers leaving Bash- j nell under guard, went back with Conkling to I souri, Kansas nnd Texas railroad letter-lox. I but finding nothing . they wanted scattered its I is found nothing thcro tint seemed worthy of no- I While nil this was going on, the remainder I of the robbers were marching up and down out- I en side of tho train, 3'elling like deviU and firing I off pistols. In this way tho passengers were I completely tcrrilied.-and not the least show of I resistance was made. Wlun their wm k was I done they dcparteil in a southerlj direction. I As f.ir as coftld Ik learned Adams Express I Company lose Somo $1,000 and. the United I Company about $12,000, but these amounts may I prove Udow tho actual figure?, repot ts 1-ing in I circulation that tho loss was much greater. j Several posses and lamli of citizens arc in I Is pursuit and thorgughly scouring the country, J and there is gtiod prospect that some cf the miscreants will be captured. The rubbers were 1 masked The Centennial Flag of North Caro- lina. Rev. Johannes A. Oertcl has comih-tel the I tl ig of rsorth Carolina, which he was commis- I missioned to jKiint for the Ladies Memorial AssiK-iaiiou f North Carolina,' It is a fine piece of decorative painting and worthy tho ar- j listic bands of the acccmplisbcd gentleman who I executed it. I I he flag is on exhibition at the bookstore of A Williams. Iho following is an accurate description of tho work : Tho two side of the flag bear respectively I the sainti characters, enlarged ojhui and. as it I were, intensified, as tho obverse and reverse I sides of tbo medal used by thu North Carolina I Agricultural Si-iety tho one and principal side having a political signification, while the tnher is simply dieriptivo of tho State by ex-. hibiting symlvolically cerL-iin marked features I of pr.nluct and scenery iK'longing to it. Each side Ias a medallion centre about three feet in. diameter on a white silk surface of seven fect in length by four feet in height, heavily fringed jud corded with blue silk The Medallion on the obverse side shows the j State arms; the figure of Liberty holding the I siear and cap of freedom lit the left, and in the tight a scroll of North Carolina Constitution; j and that of Prosperity leaning on a horn of I plenty, nr.d presenting with her left hand an car of corn. The sea coast and mountains of J lhc Sulu af in;atetl in the hack-ground, and, Liii Aioiiaiuon 14 Mirroiiiiiit-ii nv innriu iimnin i leaf ornamentation, grey in color, and combin- I ng the holly and while oak.- Over the top arches a gilt scroll, iuscrilod , Mo.Unburg Declaration, Man AMa, Yd to, ami below tu straight lines and lighter gilt run the words:. ' Y. C. Delegation unanimously Instructed to vote for a Declaration of IndcjciuUncct-pril Iblh, 1776." On both sides towards the corners are inscriU-d in gold nnd color the names and dates of four of the principal engagements fought on the soil of North Carolina during tho war of Independence: Moore's Creek, , Feb. 27th, 177G; Kings Mountain. Oct. 7th, 1780; Guilford Court-IIonso. March 14. 17$4; Rim sour'sMill, June 20th, 1780; while from the upper right hand side of the State-arms flics out the cubleiu of peace, a while dove Iearlng- ..l,v l.,,M. c f.,trn nf fralrrnilr nml frood-will of North Carolina to her sbUr States llf.i1 Union The revcrso side of the flag is moro suuphs in design, with ' the medallion centre irk the form of n landscape, with ocean and shijping and distant mountain heights being shown to the right of tho corn ami ichent, and opposite the tobrpxo and cotton plants, a tall pine rearing its rugged crown in the middle, with tho pUno in the foreground, tho whole surrounded by tlio emblem of 'Prosperity, tho vino (in grey mono- chrome) divided ns Scupjtcrnong and Calatcla, as belonging respectively 'to the eastern and western sections of the Slate, the same idea be ing still farther carried, out in the lower corners by a Magnolia flower and leaves, exclusively an eastern growth, and tho Rhododendron, or Laurel bloom, as exclusively western nnd adorn ing our mountain region. " Over tho sides of tho top runs in ornamented work the well known appellation : Tlie Old North Slate." Treatment of tho Christiana by the Turks. They tax the Christians to death, llicy pre vent them from all freedom of action. They oppress them in every way. Hence it is tliat Ilcrzegovinia and Bosnia are In Insurreclhwi. They will not be able, it 'is probable, to resist tho Turkish Empire. But they aro raising question which mut le answered. . Is the Christian 'world prepared to stand Idly by and see fifteen Iniiriotis of diristians, inhabiting the fairest portions of tho earth, absorbed by a Mohammedan race filled with cruelty and op- prcssw.ru iiiiwpublu of piu -tesj.-imd imlieT:g lU,iqvl rt-forox. It-1jarjJ4 tkalTvfcr- and Frntw try to repress "itusifn JIrir1a tliat Austria and Germany try to protect larkcy. It can not be done. Tho liour has come for its tetri50l.'rnd if iotXtfCayt will lu 1vmorrrstv. T Trt ? AfriM t. Amt Torcvcr in barbarism? Is Armenia and the old t ui mo ruins oi the iwstf All of Asia must lc rcstoretl froln "Its ruins. Africa their profession if they were ChrislUns in ract; ir they were cirilizetljn fact; if, in olhcr words, they cou'd get, clear of their arli&cial . politics, it would not bo the work of a day. They would bo chased out at one. Tlien what wonid follol TtV Y ndiJ iflnricfvfHlio . world on the Euphrates and the Tigris, thoso lcantifiu provinces t-f tlie Danube, would soon bo fields of prpgresf of now cicrrie,jOf free, dom, of wealih an .1 intelligence worthy of the the Euphrates,' that is of thc Turkiah Empiro, among the last siens if the limes, and every Minor, is entirely unnatural. The presence and being of Muhammcdaimtn is an intcrpolation- to history. The ancient world has there Cdl into ruins, bnt the new one has not taken possession. It is only by the fulness of Chris- Han power tliat model n freedom and civiliza lion can bo there. Then Euphrates will hvT dried up, Ethiopia stretch foilh her-urms and be free, ami tin Uh-s of the sea rejoice. Tlie picture of such events lias been lot" bc- fore us but the panorama had to be unrolled before wo could seo Uio conslstcntfy of the sev- end parts, and behold nitli distinct r.c tho .dis- tant view. It scenre now lo be closing, and it inipossiblo the wmld slKahl go on much, longer illi its present velocity withonjl jro- dncing wonderful events. h. D. M. in Cdocit Unfile - 'TTiirTr t- n i t Public Meeting in Abbott's Creek Town ship. a cooi ciTi.fr; rvioaEU nr ins xeiguboiu. Pursuant to noiicc, tn Siitnrdayvtho 8th Liy of July, 1&7G. a meeting of the citizens of Ab- bolt's Creek Township was held at Joseph Whicker', in vindication of Hcury Stafford, a citizen of said Township. The nicctin i was organized bv callini?: F. A. Tucker, Esq., to the Chair,' and requesting Aquill.i Tt-agnc, Eq- to act as Secretary. The Chairman was called upon to explain tho oljject of the meeting, which was dono in a - brief manner. On motion, a Committee of fivo were aj pointcil to draft resolutions, to be submitted to the meeting. . ; f The Chtiirmau appointitl jho following gen tlemen on the ConiniitUx. viz: J. II. Whicker,' J - B. Glasscock, A. I. Shields. Vr. B. Tucker, and John M. Crew s.-wIk-retired, nnd subse quently fc'porletl the following resolution's : " ' Frcrfom of tho press, free speech, and trial" by jury, being rights guaranteed by the Const" lotion of North Carolina, no less Ulan by tliat of the United States, and the free, equal ami Indlr vidua! rights of every citizen who- lias been lawfnlly chosen as a juror to sit upon, try and determine eases entrusted to him by the law; the discharge of such duty being a matter of conscience, as wcli as judgment and law,wli:rlt no Court or Judge, without due process of lair. has a right. 111 our opinion to question, moth test . XVc. a oi lioii of the pcoplu of Abbott's Crovk Township, assembled in this pnhlic capacity. without regard to (Kitty, in view pf the high-1. handled, and, as 'we believe, unlawful conduct t . , ' " m . .. of one John M. Cloud, Judge of our SuperU,-,t Court, at last Spring TernY. towards one of our fellow-citizens. Henry Stafford, dt-cin i right"" nnd iniin ! n im ip i"li, nnt (mnUr express inj;vK'' h irocetlure, by Vic M- lowing preamble and .rf-solutions: t . -j WllFJtEAS, tVoJ:v leen,-acquainteil with.- ' and have known Mr.. Henry Stafford, for many , years, heaving one of'yur most correct uitn, honest muI concicotiouf. wa Lvlicvehim Lo be Ipcnpable of bejng juHocnced by cornipt.rvcaBs by bribery, iutjmidatiou or otherwise, and tlut his discharge from the jnry, after the Shcppard Johnson case, by John M. Cloud, was mi insult and an ontrago upon a good citizen, and art honest and conscientious man; therefore, T Iisolvcd, -Tliat wo havo muliakcn confidence. . In the honesty, integrity and. moral, religious . and political integrity of Mr. Henry Stafford. fUcsolvcd. That wo lclicvo tlioconreparued by John,M. Cloud, at this Court, and especially his procedure jn this particular case, lias a ten dency nnd.is 'intended V JpUmldUte. in&ucnc and control persons, to the prcjudifi of publio , Justice., we do, Ihcrcfbn;. earnestly request .of him that ho resign. . . , , . Dcsolved Th-it vrp endorse the course jmf sued . by our county prgao. The Union .Republican and pledge to, its editor, J. W. Goslcn. our hearty ctt-operation and snpport, as long ns bo maintains the rights of a free people and strikes tho oppressor, nn matter who he . Dc'solrcd. Tliat we recommend to all tho Townsbijn in this Coonly to Itold meetings, to the end that public jnstic, the individual rights of jurors Ik maintained, nnd the course of Jndgc John M. Cloud bo properly exposed and lonounccd. as it descrres lo be. DcsoJvcd. Tliat trc lend thcro rcsolalions la The Union Republican. Salem lYti and Western Sentinel, with a request to yublih. .,f, A. TUCKER. Chairman, . Aqliixa. 1&Lqvr., Secretary. - TiUilcptA Bulletin A Yankoo. adrertl. ing for a wife. ( fajn, "Ij wortld bo wrll j Uo lady wero possesMHl of a comprtfnry snfScient to secure her against excessive grief In cne of accident occurring to Iicr companion. -.1 1 . If .1 'i . , 7, , t" Y (. r, i r- i- f I r- I u t h :!!! t 1 . .