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THE WILMINGTON JOURRAL. j. A. ifMOBLHARD, Editor and Proprietor fo whom aU .enters on business must be addressed Terms of Subscription. eeklvPaper, one year, in advance, $3 00 Do. SixmonthB," -2 00 Dailj Paper, one year, in advance, 1 00 six months, ' 5 00 three months, in advance 3 00 one month, " 1 CO UATEI or AOVJBUTlBIVa. 1 tqaare, of 10 11ms or leai, for each and every insertion, $1. Special Notioea will be oharjed tl 00 par square for caca an4 every inaertien. All Obituaries and private publication of evear character are charged aa adrertiaementa. r No adrertiaamaut reflecting pon private character can, under ami ciacoxsTAircis, be admitted. It VOL. 27. WILMINGTON, TS. 0., FBIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1871. NO. 17 a 4S' -kv 11 I 111 NM II MAKRIRD. At the residence of the bride's mother, in Robeson county, on Thursday, the 11th instant, by R.-v. ST. McNair, Mr. ANGUS McDlABMID to Mr. MARGARET KIIA.W. In Stockton, California. 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The Messenger Is pre-eminently a readable Family Paper, (how iu its 7ih jolatoa, ) aad, as a vehicle or NE.W9, baa aiwy held tbe first rank ainouj? 8 uthern journals. I a newts cn every topic of interest political, literary, eocitl domestic and foreien i- always fresh, abundant, vrioua and accurate, comprising ttie whole circle of curient intelligence, kiwaa rendered with euch promptitude and spirit, that the paper has a largo and increaeir.g circulation. A8 AN ORGAN OF OPINION. The Messenger i fearless, trenchant, indomi table, ardent in its advocacy of sound Demo cratic principles, unsparing in its denunciatio n of political abuses and corruption; and not con fining its discussion tr mere politic, it takes a wide range touches upon a threat variety of cub ject, an! aims to be a safa guide of publis rinininn nn s.ll tonics which enunae pubiio atten tion. It gives conspicuous prominence to btate news and market reports. Canvassers Wanted is Every County. SEND YOUR MO SKY in Po&t Office order, wherevtr convenient, if not, then register tin letter contai' msr. money. Address JiLlUi A. BON1TZ, Kditor and Piop'r Goldeboro, N. O. mar 3 dlt-wly Male f orth Carolina, Kew Hanover lonnty, ULTERIOR OOTJRT. Edwin Held and Jaoey IVid, by their Guardian Edwin A. Keith, vs. J.imes II. Brown and wiTe Josephiae, et al. The defendants in this case, viz: George T. iJ. Curtiss nl wire Rebecca, Jamas H Prown an? wife Josephu-e, and Napoleon Eeid, are enmnon-d to Appear before thc Citrk of the fcu per,or Uctirt, at hid cilice ia tbe Court J3on-eiu the city of Wilmington, on tbe 12th day of Jute. AD IS 1, to answer the complaiut of tho p a;n tiffs If the defendants fail to appear at that time tho pUintiff will apply for the relief de manded in the comp'amt, together with the costs of this action. Given under my hand ana eeal "beVl. ' this the 21th day of April, 1371. A. Empil april 2i Att'y. J O MAN, Clerk i-uperior Court. 12-6wch EXCHANGE HOTEL, HILLSEORO' STREET, RALEIGFT, N, O. A. A. HARBIN jan li Btar copv . . Pbofrietob. 92-ltdrimch OF J. D PEAttSALL TT AVISO QUALIFIED A3 INSPECTOR Naval Ptores, Ao , re?peo fully offors his eer rriends and the public generauv. 15-wtf vices to his may 19 SK 1 i Ml to g,'2n(KZr?S. SS."SS wHd tn AnpiiH pvervwhere. tellioa: our Parent bilv-r Mouli WhUe Wire Clo:hfS Lns. tu-i-ntea offiaeut. For lull partioalars. aidrese GIUA til) WIRE MlLIi, Philadelphia, Pa may in 15-wlmah SAMCI h Y. GUEES, (Successor to Dialogue A Greer,) Fire Hose manuiacturer, 620 NORTH kT., rBILM.ELPHIA. Etabllhed in 1S4I. Rtftm Kite Enc:n. Forcing -nd Suction ITcse d liubber Backets. Pipe, Nozz.e, cre and Patent Coupling of all kinds feb 21 wOncch INSPEOTOR OF NA.VAL. H TORES, COTTON, Ac. ' WILMMOTON, W. C OFFICE AT JOHN O. BEYER'S STORE, would inform his Mends aud old customers that he has qualified as Inspector, and solicits their patronage. . jan 13 w.-tf WILMINGTON MILLS, wiiiiiiisaioi, n. c., r o '5,M of Y-ULOV PINE LU ttBER fur niahed for anv market at short notico. Ail kinds of PLANED LUMBEli always on Land. Also, LATaa, BKtV- &a au- dec 16 OPINION OF HON. 13. F. MOORE. Robert P. Waring, Esq.: 1 have reecived jt.urs req-iesting my opinion npou the question, whether the people can Lave the rightful powtr to as semble in convention an 1 alter their on stitution, unksa fnch convention t-hall be jallt-'l (rtccordu g to the provifiona in uiti cle XHI of tLe mate constitution) by the ganeral asf-emblj, atd then "by tbe coa curreuce tf two-tbirdi of all the members of ech bouse ?" Sly opinion opon the same point has been rtqes-.tid by muny others of my fellow-citizens. Under 8uch ciicumfctances, and in view of a ma ter eo deeply involving tne great political rights of tbe people, 1 feel tuat it would be a default of duty should I with hold any inform tion I may poc8e.s apon a subject s- interesting to tho public. The conclusions which I have formed upou this fcubjec" result from uu undevia ting " recurrence " to tbe fundamental "principlts" of cur government, which place aii -o.vtr in tbe people of the Stale, subject only to thoee lettraints put upon that power by the eoutitntiou and laws of the United 8tato3. Under the present form of our fctate government I hold, with the "Declaration of Rights," ' that all political power is vetted in and derived from the people ;" thit all government, of right, originates from the people, and isfouudtd upoa their wil only ;" tLat " the jjsople of the State havrt the inheren. sole, acd excla-ive right of rc gulating the internal government aud police thereof, and of altering and abol ishing their constitution aDd lorm of g jv crumtnt ;" Hbd that "every sucit right thould be exeicied in pursuance of law, aod CDcsisteutly with the constitution of tho United StaUs." A'-knov.ledging the exiitoLce of thfse fuudamentiil principles, in the fullest lati tude consistent with their reasonable con struction, I thai! proceed to apujy tbem in solving the question under consideration. Ail laws, made for tho government of the people of the S'.ate, aie properly divi ded into two great clas.ts : 1. Those which i.re miido by the people in their pri mary capacity, while acting fcr themselves through unrts'.raintd hgents, and repre senting tho people ta ful'y as tbe people could represent themselves were they per sonally prestnt ani acticg. Such of this clats of Jaws us irj not subjtCied to repeal or modificjition by the general assembly constitute what is termed the constitution or fixed lane, that is, laws fixed until thty are annulled or mod fled by a power as supreme as the power which made them, namely, the people themselves, acting in their xmmy capacity. 2 i'boio laws which are made by the people, tbrough their repre entatives acting for them under, aud in subordination to, the constitution or fixed laws ; these cocscitute wu6 are usually termed laics. They aie repealable by the same authority which made them ; and it is r;ut cf the power of that author ity to remove such Jaws beyond the reach of that authority, because tne same power whieJi miikes a law c'aa unmake it. Tuo constitution or fixed law, is a letter bnth of authority and command from the people to their agents the members oi the general assembly. By this letter they are empowered and intruded in their action. This letter is evtr-spet&ing and addressing itself to the agents appointed by and under its provisions ; ana, unaer the theory cl oar state government is at all times proclaiming the will of th people not the people only who made it vearj or acoi bygone, uus me tiBmg -r. it r .1 . i . i nresent people, ii is iuia iiinuaiueuwi nrii.ciD e wbiou ltspircs tue meu jw whu c -, -i i li e present hie. If 1 aoi asKea wuai - . A T . ,Hvi'..: 1 have tor tuts at-seruon, x answci in the lantftiaoe of section 3, of the Dec laration of R guts, ".hat thu people of the sitat imvA the inherent, sole, and ex- cirsive right to alter and pbolish thei. cocs:ituiiou and form of government And I eav. tint thouah this con-titution was made by a gtn-ration ef people who ex'sted wheu it was made, and mat gen- erauon has passed away and ano hr buc- ipdd. still tho con- ltutioa has bteu ,lt.itliPr h;!i-ihed nor altered r therefore, the ure.-umptiou exists, conclusively, that . ... 1 .1... - . nn it is as mucu tne wia oi mo pio oui pr..tion of the te ple as it was of that geu oration of people who made it fcvery those who maintain that no convention can be called otherwise tuan by the mode specified in article 13 of the constitution. AU snch provieiors fare alike in principle, though different id words ; and are equally at variance wiih the great political truth that the people possess the inherent right to alter their constitution. I can see no eud to ti e intolerable gtiev acc s which may continually sing up in new States with tmnll populations, form ing their first constitutions with such res traints impo-ed oj the will of a majority of the people ; and equally grievous even to condensely populated Htatts, must be fcuch restraint: iu the progr tss of .the age. With all proper respect for the r.pmions of thote who may differ from mine, I am cens'raiued to say, that the abturdities in volved in t-uc'j a cona'ructicn with the guarantees of a government according to tho popular will, t o often repet-jd in the onuitution, forbid me to euttrlain a d ubt, that the privilege of the people to exercise their inherent right of .sel f-government remains unaffected by the firbt section of article 13 of th iitite Constitu tion. I do not intend to assert that this section of that article is iuoperative. I shall turn to its consideration pr-tcntly. But I freely declare it as my opinion, dts- jberateiy arid mich cout-idered, that even if that ai tic. e had been so worded as to remove all civil ts to its meaning, by de claring iu expiesi words, that "the people t-hould not assemble in convention other wise than as provided in that section," the provision wouid have been ilestitute of ad obligation. For, I maintain, as a carelinal priuciple in tbe broad self-go ver ment by univertal suffrage, where each provision in the fixed law owes its original existence to a majority, that every eucb provision must depend, for the coniijuatiou of its exis tence, upon the same will which created it, namely, tbe will of the pretnt peoph ; that that will cannot be crushed or impaired in its strength by the pa'jfc creating will, that the work of the tiret will is as much sub ject to change by the second will, as it was to be moulded by the firt wi 1; and that every elevice. by tho cheating will, to da throne the future will of the people, or smother its existence, or command it into silence, is a fraud on the inherent right of the people to have their vi!l, aud to live under u government of their will. To hold otherwise, is to maintain that the peo ple may bo defrauded of the right of self government, under the pretense of protec ting constitutions from changes by the popular will I ! ! It has been suggested that the Conven tion of 18G3 has conferred on the Legisla ture no express power to provide ways and means for a-certainiug the will of the people to have a convention. If that be so t-tid if the people have an inherent right to a privi ego, guaranteed by the constitution, there must be sime mode oi imparting practical life to that privilege and securing it i fruits. In every code of laws, where right is proclaimed and no special remedy is provided, one is allowed by implication, and that one is selected which i3 most adaptable to secure the privilege. Every person concedes that the General Assembly is the fittest, and, indeed, the only fit instrument for that purpose. In all oises of similar defects lil defects they may be called in the con stitutions of the State?) the duty of mak ing provision to ascertain the popular will has been assumee! by that branch of na tional power without question in this State oi its authortij- ix euob ises until recent ly. Certainly, if in the absence ot rxprtsa J .. ii. -i.r U provision, there ue any amuority ior uuu purpose, none can Da so appropiiio t the legislative agents of the people them- Scilves. This power j the uegisiaiure, io provide the means whereby their will may be kuown, nas oeen recognizee iu Stito as well by the Legislature of lod, ft4 hv the convention which as-emoiea in 1835 snJ formed wnat is now arcicie w ui tl.e present constitution. I need uo high er authority for the ex stence of such pow er aa it fctood undisputed and unquesuon- ed bysush jurists as Judges Lanici, iouui er and Seiwell, than the openly declared opinion, in their presence, of wiumni Q-ton. In tbe caseot juiner vs. uuruen. 7 How. 1, the power is cjneeded to tn Legi&la:ure by the Bar and the court. f5ut it is my opinion tnat tne exisisuce oi such legislative power in this tstate toaj well be asserted under seotii n a oi mo Declaration of Bights a part of the cju- stitution itself. This section, after declar ing that the people ot the &tata have an inherent ribt to alter their constitution and forru of government, expressly pro vides that "such right should bd txertisau rational niiud assents to the coirectnes of iQ pursuanCo 0f Jaw and consistently with this cone usiou. But how can this be tn(j COQbtitution of the Uui ed Statue." true, if a majority of tho present people iQ pursuance of law." What law ? 45 6m vomuCAtKs.-A varia or n-i A iadiscretion, caasinjr nervous debility, pre mature decay, etc., having tried in vain every advertised reosedr, has discovered a simple means of self cure, which he will send free to bis fellow-sufferers. J. H. TUTTLE, 78 Nassau St,, 49-wCttO'i ciuaot afSdmbie ana aner a couumuuuu wl.inlv a maioritv of the people of a past .eneration as embled aud made ? Is not the establishment of a c on-titutjou a po- i not all bucti OJer 111 llQi ayu , - - ' - . vtxtrA us fullv in the ir-sent grneraiun it was iu the past ? Is not the will ot the people as sacred now as it was a tar aero ? To this it is answered, thtt thi propo sition is theoretically true Kill cannot be questioned in the abstract, but thai those people, who, iu a generation bygone, as feitad these goldea truths as tbe lights of maa and gifts of God in order to protect the fixed law, which they then made, and these very rights and gifts from the rah hands of all future generations ci the peo ple inserted in that very fixed law a pro- vision, wnereoy wu uu t i'el all means for asciitaiuiDg whether "the peopla of the btate would exercise their solo, exclusive aud inherent light of Edgecombe has contributed three more ajteri3g their constitution," and thus en- joy the benein oi iuesj They made it (ss thia answer) a part of ft,a -,l taw. that "no Cjnveation of the people shall be called by the General A sanbly unlets by the concurrence of two iuiAa f ll thf. m-mbers of each House ua HAnprnl Afsemblv." Therefore 111 IfUW - w New Yot k City. Jan 13 ALL KINDS OF rB WtHK EXPEDITIOUSLY HXEJUTED KT THE 'CUBNJtX OFJMCH convicts tc the Penitentiary. A steam saw mill, fash and blind factory, planing machine and moulding machine, have been recently put into operation in Winston. The dwellincr house of Mrs. Martha j i m aaa w . . Fu'ii, Stokes county, was recently acci- j 7oooClnde3 this ans.ver) it is cUar that tee voice or tne people is dentiy destroyed by fire. Fonr additional assistant Revenue As sessors have been uppointe 1 in the 5th Congressional District of this State. A Sir. F. P. Cavaoah, of Leaksville, has invented a very ingenious machine for throating " ax handles. Mountain Creek Postoffice. Catawba county, has been re opened. Wilson Ga briel, Postmaster. William Mitchell, one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Rather fordton, died on the 21st inst. tmrtr i chock fall and no more convicts will be received there at present. Eleven colored Republicans and two whites, publish a card in the Carolina Spartan, withdrawing from the Radical party. The Rutherford Vindicator announces "daily accessions to the conservative ranks forever hu-shed, and i ,kqd qta fnrhi.iden to exercise tueir xnLer- -;v,e iinic pichtv members of one Hoase, consisting of 120 persons, and .i,;tc.fnnr members of the other House consisting of 50 persons, tl all allow them the people the priviiege ci altering iuc law fixed by a bygone age of men. It is "equally manifest, and is an undeni f this doctrine, that, if i nflnlTnn shonld ever become as much pleased with its fixed laws, as was Iiycur tv. tii infttitutions framed by nim " w . ' i q lor Sparta, sach oonTenuon wuaw lutely prohibit all changes in their self es teemed work. Perhaps, to aimmiau mU force of the absurd conflict with tbe pro claimed rights of tho people which sncn a provision would present, they might pro vide that no convention should be called unless nine tenths of all the members of each house should concur. Or, if tb.9 ques tion were left in a vote of Che peop'e, they icrhf. rrovide. that thera should be no ftlortinn.ot deieKaitt-', uuiuss ume wuiud v Whv. such law as might bi provided tor that pnrpoee by the iegisiative autbonty. If the fraaiers " had iu'eudad t limit ti e power of. altering it to the pt-cifi-5 mode prescribed m article iooi miuiun inuit u , he form of txpressiou in 'ceotiou 3 f the Declaration ot itight wouid mauifes'.'y have been 4ii'i pursuauce of the contt t i ion of the rtate. and consistently wun the oom-tuuti.u of ttie Uuitei iataes. Tha ue of tLe term law ignore.- tho idoi that the mode of alteration was lnttmu-u t: be confined to iha mode spocined oy the cou;itutiou Luose, as in many re- speots, is the language ci iuui msuumcui, it can hardly be supo eu, mat huuo i. ramers were -o careful in guarding agains a coilision with the consumuon oi me fTnitftd Statos. they we-e & gr.ssiy remiss in ovtrlookinir a colli-ion with the cousti ..i.r. if tun Sr,ate-(evea deserting hb r,ivpral aopellation of cocs:itution and calling it a law) if they intended to set up that instrument as inaouij gu.uo m auj proposed change cf i s irovitions. D(ihtlK. the framera of ttiis section t1 'which was nnkn'on to tne ccns.icu- lioa before 1863.) Lai in mind the ode- u.,trl nnUvfnl attemot made in lOii-i h Ttnrr. and others ci;izet-s of . Rhode Tltof! tn nhanere the form of government in that State, without any law passed for that purpose. Tbey und.rtooK io ao mis nf thfi oeoole. whether qualified voters or not, assemoieei at meir tan, u voting without any law pastel for that purpose. This mode was declared illegal and revolutionary, and was decided to be an usurpation of power by the courts both of the State and the United States. After this revolutionary plan for altering the constitution was defeated, the legislature of Rhode Island, in obedience to the voice AAaA nnnnlar wilL passed a law Ul U UCVIU"" t' v t i providing a mode for the people io can convehtion. And " in pursuance oi Ko AA on.l a convention, which reform- j - - - - . , ei their conMiiunon io sm uv upu v;ii rVi Khorle island case ltiusirasas fullv!the natare uf the rieht of the people v,nnu n.ftir constitution " in pursu- lu . . u' anca of law and consmenuy wim iuo stitutioQ of the United States." s In mV judgment I might here rest the to the proposed changes of the oonst'ti tion ; but the qu; stion has been asked, Of what use then is section 1 of article 13 ? The same quts'ion was presented m tbe convention of 1835, and was atswercd by Mr. Gaston, in substance, That the an thoiity conferred iu that section was not intended tc limit tbe power of tbe people to call a convention, by their vo'es in purtu ance of law passed for that purpose, but to allow tho Legislature, tco. to call a con vention wheaevor two-thirds of all the members of eaoh honsa shonld colcut s J to do. It w'rts then deemed true, and we oisy assume it to b9 true at all timef, that whenever etghfy members of a house ot one hundred and twenty, and thirty fonr member's of a Louse of fifty, all elected upon the basis of numbtr.s and fresh from the people, shall concur ia voting for a convention of the people, the vote will be in full tcsordance with the popular will. With the overwrtlming proof of this will which tuch majorities of the representa tives of tbe people would exhibit, it would be, manifestly, a sjperfitus and needless wjrk to fesi of the peopld whether they wanted a convention. Common fecie teaches us that it should be called at once by the people's representatives. The manifest difference between the two mode- is, tnat in the former case the people determine for themselaes, ss they have a right to do even in doubtful eases, their will whether they desire a convention. In tbe latter cafe that will is presumed to have b ea fully determined by the election of members ; and the Legislature pro claims it and proceeds at once to irovide tbe menrjH of giving it effect. In tbia light section 1 of article 13 was viewed by tbe convention of 1835. If, as argued by some, this section was intended to deprive 80.000 voters of the privilege of changing their constitution because over 40,000 of the political equals would not consent, then the government is an oligarchy, both in form and practice, end the fervid declarations scattered through out the Declaration of Rights, "that all men are created equal ;" that "all political power is vested in and derived from the people ;" that "all government is founded upon their will only ;" that "they have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating the government ;" "of altering and abolishing their constitution and form of government ;" that "all elections ought to be free that "no property qualifica tion ought to alltcl the right to vote or hold office : all all of them are but beau tifnl flower, strewn bv the hand of the artful demagogue, over the tomb of popu lar riehts. Although it be true, in contemplation of the constitution, that the members of each hoose are presumed to represent the views of their constituents, it would be unwise to conclude, therefore, that whenever a bare majority of the representative may desire a convention, the peop e desire one also, and call it without consulting them because experience has often taught us that a majority of party representatives mav be elected by a minority of the whole number of voters. Henca it would be un wise to allow a mere majority of the mem bers of a legislature or even concurrent mere maiorities of both housee to call a convention : but, certainly the spirit o the present constitution forbids all idea that auv griavance can result from the rflonle's beine allowed to vote whether thev desire a convention. For, if the rep resentatives should, at any time, be remiss in nrAnnrinc the means in exerctsinor this M . . 1 . . . . r cita.l " coet)01l)ie fiSL . L f wU,.w. ror their common goo l, to instruct their representatives and apply to the legislature tor redress oi gnev ances ;" and we are, moreover, assured that to aid the people in this, "elections should be often held." Conventions au thorized by law, and instructed by tho law, under which they assemble to make speci. fic changes in the constitution, have a no table and recognized precedent in iuib state. It was wrong to suppose that any truo lover of liberty will deport from such instructions aud seek tu make any fixed law without the full popular sanction. Mr. Gisto'j.in the csnventionof 1835, expres ses my views in the following language : "According to ibeheory of our govern ment, a 1 political power was derived from the people, and when tbey choose to make a grant of power, that thy might mike a rionarv nr a rs rictad craot, mieht give ; ..it 4 ,mit The L.t-Bislstate bv the lb nii a iu f-' - o - . art i.rono-ed to the people a convention r,Arw. reatric ioLS and limitations a-a-'-'--- t furth in the no . It was ps it oametiom the Legislature, no more than a proposi tiou or recommndaii n. It must origl natt p. mo where; with n. b dy could it have oiigmated with so much propriety as ia that wbu:b represented lae pop.e ior i nriins-s. The proposition hav- r in? be li Biucnone, it became an the p:M-pie; but it has beeu nreni flv a. it wasproposed. Ven'icn as is prop, se i iu tin aob of assem Hiv. nd n other, has be-n called; and j . - . , . . heri-forr, that : ci, s; eaooiuutu, uiun n-eniawi -8 our puwr i ui ... irat -s.-eod thr limits or reiuse uuouiouvo to the conditions 'herein provided, wo are cot the couvtution called by the people, but a h- if-c uititu ei body." In o uj i.s od, I denre to s iy, thao l cor- didiv u Jorse the provision iu our couan- t-i.iou, that tbe right to change me con- titution "should be exerei-.ed in pursu ance of law;" mid s the legislative power is vested in ho general asemoiy, mat h,dv alone has tbe unquestioned power to make a law whereby the people may exer- iA thir "inherent, sole, tu exciueive ht t.i altnr and abolish tn-ir c nsutu- tiou." t am, respectfully, voais, B. F. Mooke. THE OHIO DEMOCRACY. fcCi Ot saodtioue d Such a cou- peeeti of Hon. C. L. VltadIgUam. A full and accurate synopsis of tbe reso lutions proposed by Mr. Vallandigham in the Democratic Convention of Montgom ery county, Ohio, on Thursday last, and unanimously adopted by that body, was given by us in yesterday's Journal. The following report of Mr. Vallandigham's speech, upon the occasion, will bo read with inteiest. Iu reporting the re-solutions, Mr. Val landigham said: These resolutions, Mr. President, soffl cieutly explain themselves. The princi ples and pjiu'i-s which they enunciate re quire the honest censure of those only whose hostility is sincere. Carping criti cism wo both expect and condemn. For more than two years pa t the bitter and bloody pas-uons of war l ave been gradual ly bat steadily and surely djing out. Con tinual and irreconcilable dissent upon the new issues necessarily boru of to-day, and even bitter personal discord among men of tbe Republican party who had stood together on the questions of the p'St, in evitably follow d. The Democratic party wisely remained eilent or confined itself to these new issues. The Republican party, having fulfilled its original mission, was rapidly falling into decay. Moderation, ustice and peace were besoming to its more violent leaders the sentence of death. Tbe Administration party, into which, since the 4th of March, 1869, it has been wholly transferred, had begun, from causes thoroughly understood, to be odious and even intolerable to the people. Upon tbe issues of amnesty, cf honesty in tbe legislative antl executive depart ments, of the tariff, of revenue and civil service leform, of land grants to corporations, the currency taxation. St. Domingo and other similar questions it was cert iin to be oondemned. Neces sity required that some decisive move ment should ba mada to avert tho impend ing defeat, no tne statemer, out tne mere politicians, the syoophants of the party, the parasites clinging to and deriv ingiaurture solely from Exeoutive favor, were cauea into council. ine xouroons of the present hour, the men who forget nothing, learn nothing, resolve upon one more appeal to the expiring passions and prejudices of their psrtiaans. The war cries of the past, of civil war, in fact could not again be inaugurated. Civil war in form, with all its legislative and exeoutive machinery and all its political appliances, must be revived in every State to secure, first, tho renomination, and next the re election of General Grant. The belligerent proaunciamento went forth, the bloody blast of the war bugle was again sounded. A distinguished Sena tor, the confidential adviser and main sup port of the President, himself a consum mate partisan leader, but powerful in pro portion to tho nnskillfulness and cowar dice of his foes, was put forth as the chief fomenter of tbis new crusade; but I say to him, and, and to all behind him, that the hour has now come when neither he nor they can be permitted to provoke or to dictate issues for the Democratic party, or to ignore those which the revolving years and changing condition of the country necessarily bring forth. That which since !S6v?uhpao9nb bfhS auipVoious' moment'; tbe golden opportunity, the tide in the affairs of men to be taken at flood, has now, in my deliberate judgment, reaohed us, when the Democratic party of to day, laying aside every weight and shaking from it the dead body ot tne past, yen aanermg to its ancient principles, can and must at one bouud place itself upon the vantage ground of the present and defy its cne- mies to biuio upon me living issues oi ino hour. It is the purpose of these reso lutions to establish the Democratic party of Montgomery county openly and squarely upon this firm and impreg nable basis. Tacitly and in fact we have stood upon it for the past two years, and victory has steadily been, ours, Coafideot I am that we shall roeat a prompt and very cordial response from our brethren else where fti d evervwhere in this aud other Svaten. Peisjnally, I care not for denuu ciatics or ui j ist criticis us from any mirtt-r. Uoon fullest de iberations and -imole CoU with wise and bravn men of the party, I tke the responsibility with Drido and pleasure. I adel, too, that as these resolutions are tbe fruit of the joint labors and counsels of tbw gentlemen as sooiated with me here at home, eoalsotbis movement meets their hearty concurrence It is not a new deparfure, but a return the restoration of the Democra'io party once more to the ancient piattorm of pro gress and relorm. istablishing the great fact that that party, like every thing else in nature intended to endura, is capable o adap;iug itself to the perpetual growth aue Change which belong alike to the poiltica and physical world, and retain yet inaat the origiual principles and laws of its be ing. Moreover as to the movement here wo ail bear witness that in it there is noth ing of a merely personal character, either to advance or to hinder any member of the Democratic party, and nothing except the earnest and fixed purpose to promote tna welfare of the whole party, and with it the whole country. From the Memphis PresbyUriau THE GENERAL A8SEMBLY. or THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH or THE UNITED STATES. OFFICER3 OF THE GENERAL AS SEMBLY. Rev. W. S. Plumer, D. D., Mod rator. Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D. Stated Clerk. Rev. Wm. BrowD, D. D., Permanent Clerk. The hour of meeting, 9 o'clock, A. M. Hour of adjournment, 2 P. M. PROCEEDINGS. FOURTH DAY. Monday Mobniko, May 22. The Assembly met at 9 o'clock. A report from tbe standing committee on Theologioat Seminaries was received Report adopted, but not unanimously; The Committee of Bills and Overtures would reapectfally report overture No. 2, from four ministers and eighteen ruling elders within the bound of Wilmington Presbytery, prajing the Assembly to take the constitutional steps to amend the Book of Government, chapter 9, section 4, in such mode that each ot two or more Churches, united under one paator, shall have representation by a ruling elder at the nam time, in Pretbytery or Synod. Tbe committee recommend the follow ing anawer : That tbe Assembly of 1868 did duly propose snoh an amendment to the Presbyteries, of which only nine made any responses, that the Assembly' of 1869 did then upon urgently rtquest of the Presbyteries a decision coooerning the amendment, and yet, ia 1870. returns were obtained from only twenty five . (8ee minutes, p. 53 ) This Assembly there fore presuming that a majority of the Presbyteries are not in favor of the amend ment deolinee, at this time, to renew pro posals to them. air. John McLaurin explaioed that bis Presbytery never knew that snoh overture bad ever been Kent down lor their action, aud tbat he felt that he had a right to c mplain of somebody or something. , Here was one evil. His Presbytery .asked for its cot reot ion. lie is told mat an amendment for i s correction hat been r . -r- .1 nvuitnrii tn fliAtn TTnt ha ha.ri nAr hpard Wilson, as protessor oi i'atorai . ' ' J " wm 11 m T T? 7 of it. -nu !.:.... i c 0- tho. The report was adopted. A?Z2EE- n 5h Vit 8 "" I 0.e,tar. No. 3. from th. HMhil1. - i pregbytery, praying the Aaaemblv to or- thb eepobt. I dain a general rule requiring all Lioenti That for the ensuing term Henry Mul- ates to epend two years in missionary la ter, Eeq., of Columbia, be appointed bor berore becoming settled pastors or Treasurer of the above Seminary, and the supplies. Your committee respectfully following as Directors: Rev. J. Lei ch ton recommend the following reply : Wil-on. Rev. John L. Girardeau. D. D.. The Book of Government, chapter 15. Rev. Donald McQueen, Rev. E. M. Green, 1 section 1 and aeotion 9, gives to any oon- Tap W.' Bones. Esn.. I trrecation the rieht to extend their caatoral Hon. .T. J Greaham. Hon. Jas. Hemphill, call to aDT probationer, "When be shall Samuel Barnett, Eeq., and S. E. WiUon, Esq. Rev. Dr. J. S. Wilson made a partial re port of the Committee on Foreign Corres pondence. Rev. J. T. Hendrick, D. D., presented report of the standing Committee on x or eisrn Missions, which was accepted. The Committee on Foreign Mission beg leave to say: That they have carefully examined tbe reports of the Exeoutive Committee, that of the Treasurer, and the minutes of the regular meetings, and re commend their approval as clearly evino ing the great diligence, fidelity and energy of the committee in the discharge of all the duties entrusted to it. They would also recommend the adop tion of the following resolutions: f. That we gratefully acknowledge the coodness of God in the. prosperity and success with which he has crowned the abors of our missionaries during the past year. 2. That the Providence or uod seems already to demand of us an effort to raise the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to bus tain and carry forwaid our Foreign Mis sionary operations during the ensuing vear. 3. That in order to accomplish this it oe enjoined upon all our Presbyteries to tee to it that every Uhnrch be urged to con tribute to this cause tho sum of fifty cents for each communicant. 4. That diligent efforts be made by our L'WTr rfaotJaflT fccnoolSIK 7ntt $VaY weU have preached so much to their satisfac tion that the people appear prepared to elect a pastor," and authorised the Pres bytery having jurisdiction of the case, 'if they think it expedient to present the call to him." While this Assembly highly oommend these missionary labors as means for testing and training tbe gifts of probationers, of spreading the gospel, it does not deem itself competent to take ' away the above right from tile Churohes, nor the discretion of the Presbyteries. Rev. A. W. Miller, V. .. offered the following resolution : By conference among the North Caro lina delegation there in a prospeot of a eatisfaotory adjustment of the matter now before the Assembly in the form of a com plaint of the Presbytery of Mecklenburg, of the action of the Synod of North Carolina, leave is asked to withdraw said complaint. Adopted. Closed with prayer by Rer. Edward Lane, Missionary to Brazil. DEMOCRATIC1 OONSEBVATTVB OBfJAHIZATIOH. EXECUTIVE VO ii MI TIKES. CENTRA li EXECUTIVE OOMMITTEK. Bbaqo, Thomas, Raleigb, Chairman. Merrimon, A. S., Bledsoe, M. A. DeOarteret, J. Q., Moore, J. H., DISTRICT Busbee, C. M., Lttchford, J. J., Battle R. H of d po venraus, ruler of -parta. charmed with thf be.nt arid great. es of hi roiiucal eatabhsh h,...n,Jrf,.. uito uiaka it imm. rtal aid 'ixrr it ci w.i to w Jaceui lima, x iu "- H 11 -S a :c " aa - -i r ti tin fti .arii A. 1 1 : 1 11' 'ZJIiB. LJftt IU - J 1)1 &l I li VJ l-lliOV ww--- v , - . . H,,t wnnd Lid bv the exifatiurf estab iiil te ebon d return frcra JJalptii, . . . u,. DJ tiin o-oir f Tiii-h thtt oecreti.ur- nni nor Tt . r ol ,nri.in. He never returned, roeo ,ii.r1yr,trl tho nniait imyd- rT, Mn.aco man ever questioned their right to do eo. ' LServailVO iniiao i VI" "1 1.1 . of honest republicans who want peace and the registered voters reform." F lEachol Bnzh proTWions xs defended by Boilers " " : i " . i: : . :i T ' V" - nt the nniFPr nff the I nnti many iive iu t'"' argument u m - u ' bx marvellous that only one man legislature IO uiuuuo l . ,TTj lltimnra Arnimritan. Iha neode may express taeir wiuxftiegara 1 8Uiu,-..., , The DanKe'a from Steam Tri burstine of the boiler of the Alph steam-hre engine yesterday morning. .L- a ohmitv tht over 03K jar. mtj bj , 1 r t ,aa nnRA mjre srousea ine uoouio j m',iiv to a sanse of the danger to which ur ftoTrstsnt!v exposed by the use o! steam boilers. Tbey are a necessity to civilization, without wnion iue S1";" ti.rx orra p innnr, no iin.fstcuica , uun - o-r- far.tarra rf Tlk ADTjeatS tO in :t.u. attanA thpir np. araint which no evitauij . v - - rrlirtur? iraaence can proviur whole theory of boiler explosions appears . KQ Jnrdved in inexolioable mystery. tboe attached to steam fire engines ought to be constructed and with the creates care. Every iiiiuuiw " a m v.ov are tint in action a great crowd ,a1h -i around them, and an explosion j xn mis ciao i was Death of One vf Ue Maryland La. John Lee, Esq , of Needwood, Freder ick county, Maryland, died in New York on the 17th infctant, aged eighty-three vtarf. Mr. Lee wai the son of Thomas Sim hie, Governor ot JUarjland during the Revolution. He wa well known and much respec ed in publie and social life in Mam laud for more than half a century. tie was a representative in. Uongresa trem his district iu Maryland tut the term end ing March, 182a, and served as bi-nator and Delegate iu the Maryland iigisiature for a number of yearn, rie was descend d from Secretary Lee, ol Virginia, tnrongu his grand on, Pnillip Lee, who came to Maryland, and was a member ot the f ro- nr Plnrs' (Jouneil in the latter mrt oi ine seventeenth century, ine decr-aseo, iur John Lee, was born in tbe year 1788. as tho most effectual means of training them for God and future usefulness. 5. That the monthly concert ot prayers which has fallen into neglect in so many of our Churches, be revived as the most fit and effectual way of imparting mission ary intelligence to the people, interesting their sympathies, collecting their offering, and securing by united prayer and suppli cation, the blessing of God upon our Mis sionaries, and all our efforts to promote His glory. . 6. That tbe Missionary ue reoommenueu to all onr ministers and unurcnes as con taining the latest and best mhsionary in telligence to be had. 7. 'that the following persons db ap pointed ai tbe exeoutive committee of Foreign Mission for tne ensuing year. -r -r TTT I r r T . n VIZI Itev. J. Aj. Wilson, ixy. a rui. ur. Woodrow, with Rev. Dr. Georg Howe, J B. Adger, Joseph R. Wilson, A. W. Mil ler, J. L. Giraideau, Donald McQueen, J. A. Eualow and J. A. Ansley. The report of iho Committee on Syste mati Benevolence is as follow . Yonr Commit'ee on Systematic Benovo- lauce bez leave to present tho following as their report in part: l-,a.rl nnder con'ultation the memorial on Systema'io Buevulence from the Eat Hanover Presbytery, and moved by tbe fact-, presented in said memoiid, and the tuifcr'Stions and prayers i f yonr TOHmoriali-ts we earnestly recommend to tne Afcsembly that a p. ciul pastoral letter, on the great ud important kubjeot of his tematio b-.'uevoleuce, embodying tbe nniniR in said memorial, be addrt-S'-ed from the Ast-embly to the Synods, Preeby terieH and Churches under our care; and that onr Presbyteries bs enjoined to re quire their pastots and missionaries .to read said pastoral letter to their respective congregations Adopt-, d. Tiift f., nwtner laets. amonff ciuers, were prc-sentcd by the Cjmmittea on Education: The receiots during the pst year have been 818,871; balance cn baud at the com mencement of the year maamg in all $19,08. The whole numoer ci tin dents under onr care are 121. Increase in collections, $1,502; n number oi students, Thus we can again report progress in the cause of our work, which hae been continually advancing 6ii;ce tho close oi the war: Iu 18bU we had 1 canaiaaie, iu 1867, 14; iu 18C8, 43, in 18Gy, 7'J; in iou, 108; in 1871, 121. , . a., KJUl UUillllUUlluua - . W raist-d in theyeiTi 100O. 414, !Rfi7. S1.CC7: 18C8, S3. 110; ibb'J, ll,a; 1870, $17.SGJ; lowi. if.o' i. Ti-ir it al x aris auu .vir. xju wa.ru uic dell, delcgt tea in m tne via ccnooi dju w of Missouri, were invited to aauress Assembly t hn Committee on Bills and Overtures vould ie-pectful!y report to the Assembly Ocfiture No. 1. from the Presbytery of Augusta, praying the Assembly to rescicd the li.xaminat.iou ikuio ui awcmui; of 1857. Yonr committee recommend the follow ing answer in the word of the Assembly of 1849 : 4,lhat inasmuch as the General Assembly must have power to eDjcia upon Preebfteries the performance of any duy COMMITTEES: FIRST DISTRICT. Cabtkb, D. M., Washington, Chairman. Ransom, M. Wt Jackso Winston, D. 0.", Windsor, . . Cure, M. It., Gatesviller' ? ' " Moore, J. E., Williamston, -Shaw, W. B., Currituck C. H. SECOND DISTRICT. Kenan, Thos. B., Wilson, Chairman. Hughes, John, Newborn, Morrisey, W. G., Goldaboro. O'Hagan, Chas. J., Greenville, Jeffroy, A. V., Beaufort, Nixon, B. W Jacksonville, Wooten, J. F., Kinston. : THIRD D1STBICT. En 3eijHabd, J. A., Wilmington, Chair man. Faller, T. C, Fayetteville, McKoy, A. A , Clinton, Wall, U. 0., Rockingham, Norment, A. S., Lumberton, Mclvrr, J. D., Carthage, Ellis, J. W.. Whitt viiIh. 70TJBTQ DISTBICT. Plummkb, E. tl , Warieuton, Chairman. Amia, J. H., Oxford, York, It. W., Morrisville, Cooke, C. M.t Louisburg. Leaoh, J. T., Leahburg, Drake, J. A.. Hilliards on, Strndwick, F. N., Hillbboro. Kirrn di ttuct. Mobbhead, Jas. T., Greonaboro, Chair man, Robins, M. 8., Aheboro Scales, A. M., Wentorth, llill. JocjI F., Wilion's Store, Hubbins, Frank C, Lexington, Krr, John, Yanoeyvill, Jordan, Iieory T., R'Xboro. SIXTH piSTBICX. Bbown. J. E., Chariotte, Chairman, Armfield, R. F., StaWviUe, Bohenck. David, Linoolnton, (jowles. W. H. H., Wiikeaboro', , McNeill, Dr. G. C, Catawba Statioo, Henderson, Jno. H., Salisbury, Dobson, Joseph. Yadkmville. 6EVESTH DISTBICT. . ; Avebt, A. C, Morgtntou, Chairman, Cocke, A. M., Ashville, Love, J. R. Jr , Webster, Neill, Q. F., Jefferson, Gadder, Ja-. M., Barntville, i Durham, Plato, Shelby, Gash, L. ti., Hendersonville. rtn. Ifnndrtd and Slnctr-rl far Reforming; the Tarllf. As one scandal of onr oppressive tariff we present below a list of one hundred and ninety five articles on which h revenue of 5140,040, 92 was coiiea'eci in iou. thpA nrtinlea were put oa tbe froo list, least one hundred and fifty ofheials might which they are confessedly compeieui io be discharged from the custom-bouso wbo jo by the provisions of the Cors ltution. now receive an average salary oi ci.ow ftfJ(i jn reqainugvaicn noiiguiiniotinu, per annum, tons giving thus ?ivin.? the country gro saving of 8270.000, and a net saving of nearly sz'J.uuu per annom. N. Y. Herald. Ralof's counsel and printer profess to have in their keeping RulofTs written and verbal confession and admission oi mur der. This confession, It i imeageny hinted, admits the murder of his wile, dus denies tiat of hii child, wno, grown vo womanhood, lives in some neignoonng ty. These are not all tne mysteries S 1 y CCl 1U Lli lo tsiunj BUilyuu uuu w.v mart, which is vouohed lor Dy jitoioii,,wno authenticatt s the whole thing. There can belittle faith pot in this announcement, a, op to his lateat moment, the mnraerer vehemently denied any saoh' legacy, eave in Lis book, which he reiiea upon w jus tify bis wajs to men in tbe future. . x. Tribune. On hatarday, 20th instant, Angasta, Ga., was vif ited by a distinct earthquake shock. On plantations about five miles from the ci'y i In shake was quite bard. The curront at Bonnet , Carre crevasse, La, Las washed a deep ohanneIin its ebort route to the sea." : Wc! pointed to this a" a pos-ible-conaqoeoce atlh'e time. I he Preidnt nominated' tbei Senate on Tuesday John W. D uglas jpf.Penn svlvaLii n'w Peputy Commiwonx Pf,In ternul R.- uiu . !o be Commisaoner of aud nothing coDstramed, tmt w u. Nrti ban Sargent; of thesame ti m they the PrcsbjterieO had in ordi- tm " , . f fae m nary circumstance-. ; and inasmuch as IUe - . . JUlblinCC BnOCSS OI aU cmiuod hob I - nt.Alr,t tn thla wnntil UU at Toronto1; Quebec. Ottawa, and other Assembly declinsa acceding to this reque.t plaws in Canad Saturday. at present. general utility of that resolution is not yet called in quettion, even by tho respected themselves, therefore the - . T .l. j.l.. Th M chusstta iHMwe HiAie hB 'opt-d an order of inquiry regarding tho effect the treaty of Washington wiU have upon the fisheries.