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TEE WILMINGTON JOUKN AL J. A. BKOELHA1U), Editor and Prop. TO WHOM ALL LKTTKRS ON BUSIXBSg MUST BS ADDRKS8KD. XKRM OF SrnSTRHTIOX: TUK 1AIL,Y JOUltNAL is mailed to Bub artberi at Eioht Dollars per annum ; Four Dollars for six months ; Sevkstt-itk Cents er month for a shorter period. THE WEKKLY JOURNAL, at Two Dol r..v.K8 per annum ; Oxb Dollar for six months. .Sosubscription received to the Wekklv for less than six months. y.Ulmigf(m Journal WIUIIXOTOA, N. C. : FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1872. THE JOl'BAL FOKTHi: CAMPAIOS. The campaign upon which we are just liow entering is, beyond all question, one of vital importance to the people of North Carolina, and promises to be one of great interest and one of great excitement. The Radical army of plunderers has been driven back, step by step, uplil it bow stands in the last ditch, expecting with des peration the fierce onslaught about to be made upon it. We have no right to expect, aud shall be grievously disappointed if ?, do expect, Governor Caldwell and the ether Kadical ofliee-holdeiB and candidates to make a weak fight, or to surrender the spoil they hare so long enjoyed without resorting to every possible device to avert the doom impending ever them. But we care not with how much zeal, or ability, or desperation, they may fight. Their fate is fixed. Inevitable defeat awaits them in August nxt, if we make a proper use of the vantage gronnd we ocoupy. The people will not hoitate a moment in choosing between the Conservative and Radical candidates when they have been shown how much the Conservative party have accomplished in so short a time in the way of retrenchment, reform and economy, and how much it has done to bring the overnnient back to its legal constitutional duties; that it seeks in the quickest way by nccetsary changes in the State Constitution to complete this good woik and to reduce thereby taxation to its lowest possible rates ; that thu Radical patty not uly is opposed to all these things so neces sary to the peace and prospeiity of the State, but has, in the most solemn manner, declared their wannest affection lor the tyrant aad usurper Holden personally, and their most cordial and , hearty endorse ment of his lawless attempt to overthrow the Constitution of the State, to rule by the bayonet and to have citizens tried by court-' martial and shot ! All that is needed is a plain, truthful statement of the facts tr induce the people of North Carolina to consign to merited infamy radicalism and its upholders in this State. The facts are abundant, and it is our pur pise to do our full part iu laving them before the people. As the best means to this end we have determined to oner the Journal at such reduced rates as to put it in .each of every one during the present State, and coming Presidential, campaign. We invite the attention of Executive Committees of Counties and Townships to this, as the surest and cheapest means of furnishing information to their neighbors : CAMPitflX TERMS or THE J9lrKXAL-. Slate Campaign. Copies Weekly Journal $1 50 V) " " S2 k.O 0 ' ' $4 00 Copies Daily Journal $ 6 CO V) " ...S10 00 PrrsiJrnthd Campaign. h Copies Weekly Journal S 4 00 hi " " S 7 CO 2 " $14 00 " Copies Daily Journal... 10 ' ' 10 " 4 S17 0 $;J0 GO $50 00 In every case the paper will le sent until theieturns of the election a: received and published. Xortlt Caroliiin iress. We see a statement in the New York World that "the Democratic press of Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Dela ware and Louisiana, is for a straight Demo cratic ticket." This is a mistake so far as the North Carolina press is coiieerred. There is not a paper in this State, so far as we know, that has declared for a straight Democratic ticket. Nearly all indeed all. so far as we now recollect, with four ex ceptions the Wilmington Star, the Dan bury Reporter, the Wadesboro' Herald, and the Hills boro' Recorder, the latter rather au independent than a Democratic Conservative paper, are in favor of refer ring the matter to the decision of the Dem ocratic National Convention, with a de cided preference for Gkkelky to Guam. The four referred to have raised the Gree ley Hag. So that there is no justification in saying that the North Carolina Democratic press favor a straight Democratic ticket. On the contrary, there is not a Democratic paper in the State that will not give Mr. Gkee i.ey a warm support, if by doing so there is a good proj-pect of defeating General Grant. lleevher on llceonatructioa. Nothing has weighed more heavily upon the South since the war than the Govern ment interference, by and under the Re construction and Ku-Klux Acts passed by the Radicals in Congress, aud enforced by President-General Grant mercilessly. The South, but for the plunder and oppression of the Radical bummers, who cried loyalty while they robbed and bawled for protec tion to Union men while they plundered the South, would have made progress be yond conception in recuperating from the terrible prostration of unsuccessful war, and, we may add, iu establishing her own prospeiity have contributed immensely to the strength and prosperity of the whole country, from Ler great aud fertile resour ces. The sagacious men of the North of all parties and shades of political faith see and know this, and the politicians are be ginning to feel that their political interests ii r i ii r i Vol. 28. in future will lie in the same direction. The following extract from the Christian Union llenry Ward Beecber's paper presents the condition of the South under Radical domination, pointedly and perti nently, with more sober truth and hard common sense than usually comes from the organ of one whom Southern people esteem a fanatic, and with far more states manship than Grant and his Cabinet and Morton and his adherent, have ever dis- played either in administration or in legis- j ation. Leecher say3 : j "A proud and high-spirited population have seen their places of trust and honor filled by foreign adventurers and unedu cated freedinen. The old political leaders, in whom the people had confidence, and j ing, so succinctly and forcibly, the leading who alone had experience in the conduct j acts in that terrible drama enacted upon of affairs, have been excluded from oftice i North Carolina soil, which has left an ia by Congress. The course of politics has j delible stain upon the character of our tended to deepen the antagonism between j State Government, and which will render the former masters and the blacks and to j infamous in history the wicked crusade still further alienate the former from the j agaiust the liberties of the people, national authority. This is a gloomy pic- j We regret that our limited space will not ture. One feature remains to be added. allow us to give in full this admirable doc Into this weakened and distracted com- j ument. We will endeavor to find room munity there has been no infusion of new, healthy blood. It was hoped that immi gration would renovate the South. But there has been no immigration, or very little. The old elements are left to work out their way unassisted. Of the present duty of the nation at large toward the South we shall hero say but a word. The best serv ice that can be rendered to the Southern people politically is to let them alone. Disabilities should be swept away at a blow. There should be no more Fed eral interference with local 'affairs. Politi cal salvation lor the South can only eonie ; through her own people."' j To this we add but a single line : the j political salvation of the South is essential j to the financial salvation of the North. What would be the financial condition of i the North if there were no Southern pro ducts to furnish exchange and foster im- ! juvenile friends : ports for the revenue of the Government ? ! 1 was awakened one morning by a Chi Suppose the whole South to be iu the con- ! se seaport, and as the air was a country 1 .1 1 If ii , dition which Grant has placed South Caro- , hna, withlabor demoralized, citizens arrest ed or fleeing, martial law dominant, troops quartered hero and moving there ; what would be the revenue from the Southern products to the Government V Could Mr. Boutwell show large gold balances in the Treasury ? Indirect liitm !scn. If our country and its government, if the United States and President Grant's ad ministration were at all identical in our own opinion, or that of the world, we should feel overwhelmed with shame and mortification at the signal triumph England has achieved in the contest about indirect damages growing out of the Alabama Claims. We had thought that if President Grant knew anything at all it was how to light ; that if he had any one trait of char acter more prominent than another, it was a brute bull-dog pertinacity that rendered him constitutionally unable to loose his grip ; that when he had once taken a posi tion he would never back down from it. It seems, however, that we were mistaken At the first growl of the British I jiou, he has grown as nervous and harmless as a raw recruit, for the first time under fire ; indeed, his conduct has been cowardly in a disgraceful degr ee. He sought, for the pur pose of making political capital at home, to "bully" a government with which his own was at peace, and in insolent language de manded a fabulous sum of money for alleged consequential results of alleged vio lations of alleged duties that had no exist ence under any law or custom prevailing among either nations'or individuals. Having done this, and having been told by the British government, with the scant ! courtesy his iuW.ence deserved, that the clai : could net be entertained, President Grant withdraws it in a manner at once puerile, absurd, cowardly and ludicrous. General Grant claimed that an immense sum of lntniey was due to the United States for consequential damages. The British Government responded that by no principle of any law prevailing among nations could any such claim be made. Thereupon, after the usual diplomatic de lays, President Grant submits to the United States Senate the draft of an addi tional article or supplemental treaty to the famous Washington Treaty, iu which he gravely proposes to Queen Victoria that if she w ill never claim indirect damages from America, that he, Grant, will with draw his present claim for such dama ges and agree that America will never again make one. Now, as the English Government has contended all along that no nation could, under any circumstances, make such a claim agaiust another nation, it is quite probable the Alabama difficulty is at an end. Whv theie should be all this pomp and I parade and formality in the preparation of tor Wayland, cf Rhode Island. He is over a supplemental treaty in order to ac- i sixty years of age, and is a giant, both in j cornplish the back down, it is difficult to ; intellect and body. When you go to BaJti I 1 it more, be sure to go to Fuller's church, Mr. (see. 1 he whole thing is a square back : and you wiU not regret it. Dr. out,"' shameful and disgraceful. j Fuller has spent his life, not in the interest ! The President and his administration j Df a sect or party, but in striving to benefit I stand convicted before the world of ig- j his fellow-men. W. M. Kennedy. j norance, imbecility and cowardice, but the : Magnolia, N. C, May loth, 1872. peace of the country is preseived. wmmm mm i ! The country would think its peace ' ' " j dearly j'urchased at the expense of its Jnst So. honor, but considers it cheaply paid for by 're. Philadelphia, Age, of the 10th in : the lots of (J rant's refutation. ! fet.ant, says : "The late Attorney-General of A. Womlertui Exhibition or Speed. It was recently announced that Mr. ; ripe judgment, has been traveling exten Bonner would give an exhibition of speed ! sively iu the South, and declares that no with Startle, yesterday afternoon at Pros- pect Park. The a nnouncement called out quite a large attendance. Startle was driven in the morning from Mr. Bonner's stable, on Fifiy-f.fth street, V) Prospect Park, and at 4 p. in., notwithstanding the wind was blowing a gale, he was given a trial. Commodore Dodge, Robert Fletcher, the former owner of Socrates, and Sim Uoacland acted as judges. judges. 1 he horse was started and, to the surprise of all, trotted the full mile, carrying the proper weight, in 2:24, making the hist half iu 1:10. Mr, Bonner was not satisfied with this perfor mance, and against the advice of his the horse was started again. The friends wind had died out. and Startle repeated the mile in 2:1&J, doing the quarter iu o4, money, fraud and bayonets the renominji the half in 1:09, and the three-quarteis in j tion and re-election of General Grant. No Startle is a bay horse, 15 hands high. He was bred by Chas. Backman, was sired by Hambletonian, dam Lizzie Walker, by American Star, and In; will le five years old on May 14. He did not seem tired at the end of the second mile. New York Tribune. 1 LOCAL. Admirable Campaign Document. The Wilmington Journal of the 14th in stant, contains an able leader of nearly four columns in length, giving an out-liue of the Kirk war upon the people of North Carolina in 1870, w ith the principal events that transpired during Governor Holden's administration. This article would prove a powerful campaign document, and we would sug- gest to the State Executive Committee to take steps to have it printed in pamphlet form, and distributed over the State. Maj. Engelhard has done the people of North Carolina a real service by present for extracts from it, from time to time. Raleigh Xeics. Valuable Campaign Document. We find in the Wilmington Journal of Tuesday last, an able editorial of four col umns in length, giving a succinct history of the Holden-Kirk war in this State to gether with other enormities of Holden's infamous administration, so warmly en dorsed by the late Radical Convention. This article should be read from every stump in the State, in order to let the peo ple know what they may expect from the candidate) of a Convention that endorsed such outrageous and atrocious villainies. Lumberton Robesonian. Geographical Puzzle. We find the following ingenious puzzle in an exchange aud publish it here for the benefit of our KJL. UVUltl 4.11UV.1 -A- Mill MVW -U OVl A AAA A J V doak ina(e of t vt Chinese emi)il.e- and lined with a cape in the southern part of the United Slates, and busied myself in a town on the Schuylkill, until an island east of Labrador called me to breakfast. A group of islands on the Gulf of Mexico I burned brightly on tne lieartn, ard anotuer , group lying west of Africa greeted me with j a cheerful song. i Soon a lake of North America brought ( in breakfast, w hich consisted of an Asiatic country, and a river or Uritish America well seasoned with a lake in the western part of North America, and a South Amer ican city. To these were added a group of islands in the Pacific, and a plentiful por tion of an island in the Atlantic. As 1 am naturally fond of another group of islands in the Pacific, 1 chatted with a city in Ohio, and after 1 had satisfied my appetite, which was at first a town in the southern part of New Hampshire, 1 ate a large group of islands east of India with her. As she was suffering with a head ache, I bathed her head wity a city on the Khine, but stopped suddenly, on discover ing that the North American lake was a Chinese city! 1 assured him that he never would ob tain a city in the western part of Missouri unless he mended his ways, although my disposition toward him was a group of lslanus m the Pacific ; but shoulu his con duct piove satisfactory he might look for ward with an African cape to obtaining a town in Kentucky in due time. I then went out and enjoyed a New foundland cape, after a lake of Brit sh America, and after 1 returned, fin ding that the children were making a New York lake, I sent them all to bed, after wishing a good deal of a Scottish cape upon them. For the Journal. Interesting Exereiteu. The services at the Baptist Church in llaleigh, last Sunday morning, the 12th inst., were of the most interesting charac ter. The spacious church was packed and j jammed to its utmosbcapacity. Theconere- i gation was composed largely of the talent j ami learning of the Baptist denomination Jl OUUlii. lcld UUU ilKZKX DD's., were present, together with distin guished laymeu of the various professions iu life, aud " devout women not a few." The minister was that prince of American preachers' Doctor Richard Fuller, of Balti more, than whom there are few such oraters iu any country. When the man of kingly learning rose in the pulpit every eye was fixed upon him, and every word which he uttered seemed to pierce the heart of every man. No hint even at pciitics, no bombastic effort at human display, but one mighty desire to save men from the conse quences of sin aud elevate them to a state of holiness. I have listened to distinguished men on almost every subject of the day, and have carefully noted the eft'eet upon their re spective audiences, but 1 do not remember to have ever seen such an impression before. The scene beggars description; gray haired ministers, learned professors and presidents of colleges, men of science and men of business, all seemed moved and melted to tears by the fervid eloquence of the preacher. 1 shall not attempt to give an out line of this masterly effort, as fail ure would certainly be the result of any such effort. Dr. Fuller is a native of South Carolina, was a large slave-holder, before the war, and devoted much of his vast powers of I mhiil lit a defence of the " necuhai lnsti- ! tnfion " in his rreat controversy with Doc- -------- - A the United States, Hon. Henry A. Stan- , berry, a man of education, experience and ; man can witness the acts of the military rulers in these States, as he has witnessed them, without becoming satisfied that a change of Administration and party is de manded by the best interests of tk-.? coun try. We doubt if Poland in Russia has suffered so much from 'bayonet rule' as ! South Carolina. Incidents of .personal and political aggravation that leach us through ; intelligent sources, by Northern men whose business leads them into the South ern States, are almost incredible, aud stamp the Administration of Grant as a libel on Republican government. The Govern ment at tha present time is run for two purposes first, to make money for those in authority, and secondly, to force by wonder the nomination of Mr. Greeley ap palled General Grant, as did the goary head of Banquo' his imperial murderer. He sees in that the defeat of all his hopes, and what is worse, au examination into his past political history and the 'Ring' which has shaped his Administration and divided the plunder." WILMINGTON, N. C, RALEIGH CORRESPONDENCE. Close or tlie Southern Baptist Con vention Interesting1 Particulars Political Ctolp, Ac, Ac. Raleigh, N. C, May 14, 1872. Dear Journal : Very much to the sur prise of almost every one the Southern Baptist Convention adjourned last night sine die, to meet in Mobile next May. The session last night was protracted until nearly midnight, in order that they might get through the business. Many of the ministers were anxious to attend a Sunday School jubilee held to-day at the Wake Forest College, some seventeen miles north of Raleigh, immediately on the line of the railway. The impression made upon the community by this able body is very favor able, and I learn the delegates were greatly pleased at the beauty of the place and the hospitality of the people. 1 give you a brief account of last nights' proceedings : The Convention met at 8 o'clock, Rev. R. Jones, of Virginia, conducting the re ligious exercises. A discussion took place upon the invest ment of the funds, when it was resolved that they only be invested in public se curities. Wilson, of Virginia, and Davis, of Kentucky, debated the" matter. Mobile was chosen as the place of hold ing the next Convention, and Thursday before the second Tuesday in May was the time appointed. The report of the Committee on Domestic Missions reiterates the importance of the education of the Indians, and provides measures for the erection of an orphan asylum and select schools among them. It also recommends the acceptance of the subsidy w hich will be granted by Congress for such purposes. Rev. Dr. Ford, of Mo., and Rev. Mr. Wilson objected, urging that it was at variance with Baptist usage and principle. The report was carried after a long debate by a vote of 118 to 20. The. rules were suspended, when Mr. Lowe, of Louisiana, read his report of col lections for liquidating the debts of the Sunday School Board. Upon motion, the Convention pledged itself to prosecute with zeal the great work entrusted to it. Mr. Ellyson, of Virginia, and Rev. Pis. Williams and Curry favored it. The whole amount due by the Board was raised. Dr. Williams, of Maryland, submitted a report on "Bible Women." It recommends the organiza tion in every church of Foreign Missionary Societies, to be composed of females. It was adopted. Dr. Calloway, of Georgia, introduced, some resolutions of thanks to the people of Raleigh, the daily papers, to the various denominations of christians who had tendered their houses of worship, and to others for favors rendered. It was ordered that 2,500 copies of the minutes be printed. Other unimportant business was transacted. The Convention then closed its labors by singing, and prayer by Rev. Dr. W. Broadus, of Virginia. Thus closed a very harmonious and edifying meeting to all. And now for a little gossip. The great question discussed now in Raleigh is, " What will the Democrats do in Balti more 1'" 1 think I may safely say, although neither the Sentinel nor the News have ta ken any decided stand, that the sense of a large majority of the people is for no nomi nation, or if any is made, for Greeley. The philosopher of the old white hat is growing in popular favor. He is stronger to-day by all odds than wheu first nominated. Billy Smith has been in town all day electioneering strongly for the nomination to Congress by the Convention that meets to-morrow at Frankliuton. It is thought by some that he will be successful over his competitors for defeat, Ike Young and Billy Jones, two revenue vultures. Smith is by a great deal the most dangerous man and I would be glad to hear that he is not nominated. On the Democratic side several gentle men are spoken of and have friends advo cating their claims. Granville, has recom mended Major J. T. Littlejohn ; Franklin, Capt. Joseph J. Davis ; Chatham, Hon. John Manning. AVake will go for Judge Fowle it is thought. Any of these gentlemen would make efficient representa tives. They are gentlemen of talents and high character. The Convention is to meet in Raleigh, but I do not just now re member the time. You may expect to hear again after an interval of some days from hurriedly yours, Cascarilla. letter from Major John W. Urnhyin. The following letter is in reply to one ad dressed Major Graham by Hon. John Kerr, President of the Greensboro' Convention, informing him of his nomination. It is worthy of the ablest statistician in Ihig State. He accepts the nomination : Hillsboko', N. C, May 8, 1S72. Hon. John Kerr : Dear Sir Your letter informing me that I had been nominated by the Conven tion which recently assembled at Greens boro, for the office of Treasurer, has been received. The confidence exhibited by the large and intelligent body over whicn you presided, in selecting me as a candidate for this responsible position will, I trust, never be abused. It has ben my lot to be in public life since the Ccnvention of IStiS, and though often unable to pre vent legislation which 1 deemed injurious, I have always endeavored to speak what I believed was the honest volee of the people of North Carolina, irrespective of party. Through you I tender to the del egates of the various counties of the State my thanks for their recognition of my ef forts, and assure them that what aid lean give to the success of our cause will be cheeifully rendered. The administration which was inaugurated nearly four years ago has been financially a very unfortunate one for the State. The proceeds of the Public Lands granted by Congress in 183S to North Carolina and invested for the ben efit of our Educational Fund iiave been disposed of and the amount realized or nearly all of it, ($150,000) paid for bonds, the very name of which are odious to our people. The proceeds of the land scrip granted for an Agricultural College ($122, 000,) have been invested in State bonds, lt0 of which are special tax. Our public debt is now double what it was in duly, 186S, (although the issue of several millions more of bonds was pre vented by a decision of the Supreme Court,) and about the same amount as at the end of the late war, notwithstanding the nominal value then represented. For the fiscal year ending October 1st, 1870, our expenditures are reported at 1,100, : 000. During the succeeding year, owing to the influence of the election of 1870, the expenditures were reduced to one-half that sum, and will be still further reduced for the present fiscal year. As many of the issues upon which the people of North Carolina have divided aie now settled, and the storm is over and the sky is now dear, and the imagined 'war of races' has been aveited, and the right of the colored man to vote is firmly established as his right to be free, I think the time has arrived when 'the Conservative party will take the guid ance of affairs and all will be well,' and that all excuses for further postponement have been 'exhausted.' Very truly, yours, John W. Gbaiiam. II ow Did It Get There ? A young couple who had been holding a cozy tete a tete iu a retired alcove at a party iu Nashville, were somewhat abash ed, on emerging into the party, to find that around the young man's neck there was the print of two arms in chalk aud dia mond dust, on his shoulder a quantity of gold powder, and other equally unaccount able phenomena observable elsewhere. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1872 From the Raleigh Sentinel. DISCUSSION AT PITTSBOBO'. On Tuesday the gubernatorial campaign was opened at Pittsboro'. Such a crowd we were told had not been seen in the town since the war. Judge Merrimon led off in a two hours speech, which was strong, clear and con vincing. He held the Republican party up as the higher law party. The lawless party, who substituted party will for con stitution and law. That party would not live under the constitution as it was made. They made war upon the constitution to abolish slavery. Having abolished slavery they now make war to degrade the white man to a level with the black, instead of elevating the black to the white race. He illustrated by showing now the late master was disfranchised and excluded from office, while his ignorant slaves were enfranchised and elected to office which they were whol ly incompetent to fill. He showed Gov ernor Caldwell to be a lawless man and a fit representative of his lawless party. He showed that he disregarded the constitu tion and suspended the law whenever it suited his personal or partizan purposes. This declaration was made good by re curring to Governor Caldwell's refusing to obey a plain law, requiring him by procla mation to order the Sheriffs of the State to open the polls, that the peoples' will might be ascertained on the question of Conven tion or no Convention. He discussed his disregard of law as shown in the appoint ment of directors for the charitable institu tions of the State. The wholesale robbery of the State du ring Holden's administration was fully dis cussed. How and by whom it was done. The infamous doings and proceedings, preparations and projects of the Federal Government with its spies and detectives were not omitted or lightly dealt with. The party friends of the Judge were de lighted beyond measure, and seemed justly proud of their candidate. Gov. Caldwell followed in a speech re sembling that cf Judge Merrimon's only in its length. The Governor's speech was coarse like himself. He began by addres sing his competitor as the candidate of the midnight assassins. He did not attempt to reply to his competitor's charges - against his party or their abuse of the constitution or laws. He made a weak attempt for more than an hour in defending his lawless conduct in withholding money from public institutions. He assailed the legislature as a band of ku-klux assassins and midnight riders. He charged his competitor with being the legal adviser of Swepson, and other leading Democratic lawyers who were associated with him. He named in this connection lion. B. F. Moore, Judge Fowle, and the late lamented Gov. Bragg. These great Democratic lights, he said, were the defenders of the swindler Swep son. He charged that his competitor had assisted Solicitor Starbuck iu the prosecu tion of poor men for violation of the inter nal revenue laws. He charged that his competitor drew railroad bills for Swepson through which the State was robbed of millions. He charged that every member of the legislature had drawn his pay for services that he did not render. He boast ed that Littlefield did not go at large in North Carolina after he became Governor. He said that the Shipp fraud commission was packed to shield aud whitewash friends and to convict republicans. The ku-klux legislature, he said, had re pealed the militia law to keep him from u-' ng the militia against the ku-klux. That part of the Governor's speech ad dressed to the negroes was infamous and incendiary beyond the power of pen to de scribe. He told the negroes they were not allowed to vote before the war, and gave the following reason for it : The poor white man would have had no chance for re election. Said he, "Every man who hears me knows what I say is true. Suppose some poor man in Chatham had been a candidate against a rich slaveholder own ing a hundred slaves. It may be there were none so rich in Chatham, but some did own fifty slaves. What chance would a poor man have had as a candidate against the rich slaveholder's son ? The rich man would have said to his fifty slaves, your young Mars John is a candidate, if you don't vote for him I will strip off your clothes, turn your shirt over your head and buck you on that bucking block until you do. If bucking and the lash would not do, the last resort would be : I have whipped and bucked you to make you vote for your Mars John, now I will sell you to a negro trader, and you shall never again see your wife and children. Clafliu, the trader, is here now, and you shall be sold." Judge Merrimon said he did not see the point the Governor was making. "Yes you do. You don't want to see it. Y'es, fellow-citizens, there are old slave holders who are distressed at seeing the colored man going at large during the day, and they think you should not go out without a pass. The Ku-Klux Legislature requiies you to vote in your township, that your old master, or the man who employs you, can see how you vote." WTien he had finished his cut-throat, barn-burning appeal to the passions of the negro, Judge Merrimon rejoined. As to prosecuting men for violation of the revenue laws he pleaded guilty. He was informed that a number of Radicals were indicted and that arrangements were euteredinto with Radi cal prosecutors not to enforce the law. He was retained and paid a fee to prosecute, and he did so. Democrats were convicted and suffered the penalty of the law, and it was proper that all should sutler alike. He in turn charged that Gov. Caldwell had, as a lawyer, defended all manner of thieves and felons, but he would not think of calling him one because he had defended them. He plead guilty to draughting rail road bills for Swepson, for which he was paid. There was no fraud in it, what he did was for a fee and in the regular course of his profession as a lawyer. When he drew the bills, Gov. Caldwell in the interest of self or party, or both, re modelled the bills, and they are now on file in his hand writing. The bill was so remodelled by the Governor as to put the stockholders of the eastern division of the Western road at the mercy of the State Di- rectory appointed by Governor Holden. i Gov. Vance and himself defeated the or i ganization of the Company to the great j displeasure of Swepson. It was not draw ' ing the bill, but the misapplication of the ; money, which wronged the State. , Judge Merrimon challenged Governor Caldwell to stand up and say if he be lieved that in any transaction, whether as i counsel or as an individual, he had acted a i fradulent or false part. This was repeated ; and the Governor would make no charge of fraud or falsehood. On question of per diem Judge Merri ; mon showed that a miuorUy of Democrats and almost the whole of the Radicals in j the Senate and iu the nouse passed the per diem act that but for the Radical vote, almost unanimous the bill for high per ! diem could not have passed ; he showed ! that Gov. Caldwell, when a committee ol I conference became necessary on the pas i sage of the bill, knowing how the Senators i voted, appointed a Democrat and Radical i on the committee who are known to favor high per die.' he showed that Caldwell drew his i ." biiusel : en he w as ab sent from i ate and noiu the city of Raleigh o.- privat business, and all this Caldwell could not deny. The charges brought against Judge Mer rimon were all answered and he stood tri umphantly vindicated before the people in the presence of his accuser. The N. Y. boss carpenters at a meeting unanimously agreed to accept eight hours as a day's work, but to pay the men thirty five cents per hour, making $2 80 per day instead of $3 60, which wad paid for a day's work often hours. .... - THE THREE CRIMES. AN EASTERN TALE. Harriet Abdallah was an inhabitant of a grotto on one of the slopes of Mount Olym pus. When he stood at the entrance c f his humble dwelling, he could embrace at one glance, all the territory originally possessed by Osinan, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, and, as he five times a dav offered up his prayers to Allah, he invoked bles sings upon the head of Solymun the Mag nificent, the reigning Sultan in whose time he lived. Indeed, Abdallah was renowned for his sanctity; and the inhabitants of the vicinity treated him with the most marked respect. He was not, however, entitled to this ex cessive veneration by his age for he had scarcely attained his lortieth year when the incident of this tale took place. His ven erable father, who was himself a dervise of great sanctity, and whose years amounted to four-score, resided with him in the same grotto; and fortunate was deemed the in dividual who, on his way along the slopes of Olympus, was allowed to join the pray ers of the two dervises, kneeling upon the ground at the entrance of the cave, and turning their countenances toward the holy cities ot Jueccx and Medina. Hamet Abdallah was one morning rov ing among the groves and woods which extended up the mountains far above his grotto, and pondering upon the passage in theJKoran which he had been pursuing but a short time previously, when his foot sud denly struck against something hard upon the ground. He looked downward, and saw an iron ring fastened to a small brass plate which was let into a square of stone work, and seemed to cover a hollow place or well. Obeying a sudden impulse of cu riosity, Hamet applied his baud to the ring, and pulled it with all his force. After many vain exertions, the brass plate yield ed to his efforts and he fell backwards with the sudden shock. Before he had time to arise and exam ine the aperture thus laid bare, a dense volume of smoke issued from the home, and ascended in the air to the height of several thousand feet. Hamet gazed with astonishment upon this strange apparition ; but how much more was his wonder excited when he saw the smoke gradually become more and more palpable and shapely, and at length assume the form of an immense giant, with a long, flowing, white lieard, and a tremen dous pine in his right hand. Hamet fell upon his knees, and was about to put up a prayer to Heaven, when the terrible apparition addressed him in a voice of thunder : "Nay; mention not the name of the Deity, or I will cut thee into ten t housaud pieces !" "Who art thou?" demanded Hamet, rising from his suppliant posture. "I am Kera, an e vil Genie, whom a victorious power shut up in that accursed hole, where I have languished for two thousand yeais. It is an evil day for thee that brought thee hither ." "And wherefore, proud Genie4."' de manded Hamet. "Because I am about to kill thee, in or der to avenge myself ujvn some one for this long captivity.-' At these words Hamet trembled very much, and besought the Geuie to spare his life. For a long time the Genie was inex orable, and ordered him to prepaie for im mediate death; but at. length he suffered himself to be moved by the prayers and entreaties of the virtuous dervise. "Hark ye," said the Genie, "1 am willing to spare your life upon one condition." "Name it," said Hamet, his hear t leap ing with joy. "I will grant your request, I say," pro ceeded the Genie, "on condition that you perpetrate some crime which may diminish your overwhelming pride of conscious virtue. Do not interrupt me, or I will kiil you upon the spot, but. listen. 1 give you your choice of three cf the most 1 einous crimeswhich I can imagine. You shall either violate the law of the Prophet and drink your fill of good w ine, or you shail murder your venerable old father, or you shall curse the name of that Deity whom you worship. Choose between these three crimes." Then Hamet was very sorrowful, and lie endeavored to melt the heart of the evil Genie; but all his prayers and entreaties were unavailing. lie accordingly went to reason within himself. "If," said he, "I ass ass ii ate my father no contrition can wipe aw ay my crime; and moreover, the law will overtakeme with vengeance. If I curse the name of the great Allah, 1 may sigh in vain for feiture happiness in the gardens of Par adise. But if I become inebriate with the juice of the. grapes, I can expiate that fault by severe mortification, penitence, and renew ed prayer." Then turning his countenance upwaid toward the Genie, he said: "O, fountain of all evil, I have made my choice, since thou art determined upon this injury." " Name the object of that choice," said the Genie. " I will get drunk with wine, as the least of the crimes which you propose,4' answered the dervise. ' Be it so," cried the Genie : " this evening, after the hour of prayer, thou wilt find a jar of Cvprus wine upon thy table ; when thy father has retired, fulfill thy promise then. But woe unto thee if thou deceiveth me." The Genie gradually became less palpa ble as bespoke these words, and by the time the concluding menace issued from his lips he had vanished altogether. Hamet retraced his steps toward the grotto with a sorrowful heart; but he would not confide his anticipated disgiace to the affectionate parent who welcomed his letm n. The day passed away rapidly, and in the evening Hamet and his sire knelt down as usual at the dor of the grotto, with their voices in prayer. When their vesptrs were concluded the old man embraced his "n tenderly, and retired to the inner iart of the grotto. As soon as ITamot knew that his father slept, he lighted a lamp; aud r.s the Genie had told him, he saw a large vessel of ine standing upon the ta' le. The unhappy dervise raised it to his lips and thank deep ly of the intoxicating diaught. A glov of fire seemed to electrify his frame, and he laughed as he sat the. vessel down iqN.u the table. Again he drank, and he felt reckless and careless of the conscqueuc. s He drank the third time: and when he had emptied the measure he ran out to lhudMt of the grotto and threw it down the slope 1 the mountain. Then, as he heard it bound ing along, he laughed with iudeseiit,iiil. mirth. Ashe turned to enter the t,ulto, he saw his father standing behind bun. "Lyn," said the old in. i:i, "the nUe ( revelry awoke me from my sluml-eis, and I rise to find my beloved Hamet drunken with wine! Alas! is this merely one of many night orgies? and have J now awakened to the dreadful Ituih of 'bine impiety for the first time4.' Ala! thou hast cast ashes upon the ginv head cf thy father." Hamet could not b"-"- ' i n Jiiui, ana tne rmpned so-). . .. . as customed to ie!;. -i " father slept. II : - ; -at the language .",. . "Return to your couc, Iu mnntii i hou knowest not what thou sayistl ' And, as he uttered these words, he pushed his father violently into the grotto. The old man res.'sted, and again remon strated with Hamet. The brain of the son was confused w!lh liquor, and a' sudden dread of exposure to the world entered las mind. With the rage of .demon he rushed upon his hoary -beaded sue,, and dashed him furiously against the stone walls of the grotto. The old man fell with his temple against a sharp Hint one groan wf No. 19. emanated from his bosom and his spirit fled forever. Suddenly conscious of the horrid crime of which he had been guilty, Ilainet tore his hair, beat his breast, and raved like a maniac. And in the midst of his ravings he lifted up his voice against the majesty of Heaven, and cursed the Deity whom he has so long and fervently worshipped. At that instant a terrible din echoed rouud about the thunder rolled, the tall trees shook with an earthquake and, amidst the roar of conflicting elements, ; were heard shout:? of infernal laughter, j Air hell seemed to rejoice at the fall of a good man, whom no other vice had ever tempted away from the paths of. virtue un till drunkenness presented itself. The rage of the storm increased the trees were torn up by their roots and fragments of the rocky parts of Olympus rolled down the hill with the fury of an Alpine ava lanche. Suddenly the Genie appeared before the wretched II amet and exclaimed: " Fool ! by choosing to commit the crime which seemed to thee least, thou hast com mitted the other two likewise ! for there is more danger in the wine cup than in any other means of temptation presented by Satan to mankind.4' Anil tliA laer. wnrda of thf I'.eiiie minrrlpil I with the redoubled howling cf the storm. as Hamet was borne down the slope of the mountain by the falling masses, aud dashed to pieces at the bottom. Friiit-Urowlngr and I'ruit-Prcservinar. Notwithstanding the immense quantities of fruit which are being shipped yeaily from Delaware, Maryland and Virginia to the Northern markets, it is evident tiat this great business is really only in its in fney. The rapid extension and consolida tion of transportation lines, offering un parrelled facilities for reaching distant mar kets, must necessarily have the effect of largely stimulating in the South the raising both of fruits and vegetables for Northern shipment, and prove a source of grett revenue to those w ho are enabled to en gage in it. It is a recognized fact in New Vork, Boston, and Philadelphia that very soon their trucker and gardeners will be largely "run out" by the competition they will meet from growers in the South, who can put their products in market weeks earlier than they can be raised near those cities. In Baltimore, for instance, last spring, there were green peas in the mar ket thirty days earlier than they were ever known before the first supply coining from Florida, followed in Kuccession by crops raised near Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, and Noifolk. There is no reason why many vegetables and fruits should not be raised and niaiketed in this way. Peter Henderson, widely known as an extensive and successful market-gardener near New Yor k, expresses his sur prise that the business is not more largely engaged in, ioinling out the advantages which growers in the South would enjoy and the case ot forwarding the productions of their gardens, especially those which aie noi liable to injury by transportation. What is true of vegetables is equally true of fruits, and the immense extent of the peach tr ade shows the practicability of such operations. The transportation companies, finding so large a source of revenue in this traffic, are glad to make arrangement! such as insure certain and speedy con veyance for all Ihe fruit offering, arid with u view to this trade new roads are con stantly being projected and built. We do not rcccmmcud, of course, any large ventures in uncertain schemes. The people of the South are iu no condition for this, and the owners of the soii are gener ally an educated and leading class, aud too sensible, therefore, to be drawn into undertakings, the success of which is doubtful ; but there can he no objections to experiments on a moderate scale, w hich will demonstrate the feasibility of the system of fruit cult ure and mar keting we are now considering. When individuals are not possessed of means sufficient for this, combinations can be entered into, which rimy be able to accomplish, by co operation, what private means cannot, efiect. An illustration of what may be done is found iu the expressed belief of Mr. Saunders, the distinguished horticultu rist, now in charge of the Government gar dens at Washington, that Virginia is to be the great .'yfyw-growing region of this country as soon as its capabilities and ad vantages of soil aud climate are understood and appreciated ; and another in the- suc cess of Mr. Leightod, a fruit-grower near Norfolk, whose jtcurx, unsurpassed fr beauty, size and flavor, are the wonder of potuoiogists, and are marketed and known all over the North. Amei iran Farmer. From the Kideigk Sentii.el. Our t.reateKt Soldier. We chance to know that Gen. Lee and Gen. A. I'. Hill considered Gen. Fender the ables soldier that Nor th Carolina gave to the war. (Jen. Lee said that he never had his proper rank that he ought to have been one of his corps commanders. Gen. Hill said of the late Mr. Wallace, the Net tor of the Petersburg Bar, as Mr. Wallace told Dr. Prilchard and the wiiter, that he was the ablest soldier of his rank, Major General, that he had ever known. We ii -troduce this for the purpose cf asking our Tarboro' brethren, Messrs. Biggs aud Stamps, if the monument that was to be elected to the memory of the noble, brave Pender has ever been completed, and if not, what has become of the project set on foot a few years ago to raise a fund to place a shaft above the remains of the most illustrious citizen that Edgecombe ever aave birth to, and to purchase a home for his widow '.' Our great admiration of Gen. Pender is our excuse for thus obtruding an inquiry as to a matter that more property c on cerns Edgecombe. Although he wan there "native to the twtiwrr born," his fame be longs to the whole State. We are very proud of it, aud will be glad to learn from our respected contemporaries that a beauti ful monument of u itive granite or Par isian maible now rises above the remains of our most consummate Captain. The following lines, which we copy from the Tarboro' Enquirer, were sung at the .Memorial Celebration in Tarboro4: IS MEMO P.I AM OK G K N . W . I) . P E N D E R . I.OKI'lN HAKOKAVK. rtr?1 ''I itrVH'mn Xt pl'O I'll! i ill iiKl i. Soldi, ; . hilti tin; Spring mi luliii'ly Sigl..- .ii t'rat;raiu-e, ii'c i thy hc;id While t li at Kleeixnt un calmly, Loving hands adorn tliy bi d ! " Iettln-h ; flowers tell thy Mory iirilil and brief ; in lyiix bit ! ! It tUc-ru lircaili", I'm i-ntini in-n i. iiulve n tU-virniti crt ."' In our heart 4. we s .ally flu Kccolluctitais i( thy wurth ; Nble deed !! u;ver cri!i ! Y nttie Iihx iitiiiirrtMl birth ' jtmt to um, but l ot lu glory, Warrior, in thiiu'. honor vvsl: Sim tin reft I ' I'rti iwrin tm-ri, ISripM r tliiwcrit, noble Pender, .S) i:. v.vavtK aruuiul thv name. ..ii oiittiland! brave iffrmlcr! l.ov. ib .icarer otill than Fame. ' Kest I lice, in thy garment goiy, Var' grim cmbleniM on tliy urf nut Kent in peace ! ' I'rv I'utrui mart, In tie? 1 1 (leturuui tut A Mr. Face was shot by a Mr. Scruggs, ( iu Sbadwcll, V a., the other day. -Mr 1 Scruggs dou tless intended that his ball should requiemat in jxue, but the doctors finally managed to extract it. j T'hts loss Ly the burning -f Wallace tfc Shooiuiiuke's sugar refinery, in Brooklyn, Friday night, was tfiJOO.OW', on which there ' was an insurance of fc-'oCijOUO. UAT OP ADTKBTlHIXfO.. One Square, one week sj, Qfl One sSquare, two weeks j One Square, one aiosth & One Square, three months T 00 One Square, six month.. Vim Additional Squares at proportion a.1 raw. A Square Is equal to ten bo lib libics oi ad vertising type. Cash, n variably in advance. WmVmVmmUk mm mi r.im,"l ilUJ , mi ft 'il'Vi.'HjHiJBB Pleasant for "Johnny"' Ticki-e-Tacki.! .VIorsiE, January 3, 1872. y dear Ma. i wright to tell you i am very retched and my chillyblalns is'worser again. I hare not made any proggress and don't think I shall, i am sorry to" be off so much expense, but I do not think schuie is of any good. One off the fellows has taken the crown bout off my new hat for a target, i said you would not like it. He has also borrowed my watch to make a water wheel with the wor ks, but it won't act. Me a:., him have tried to put the works back, bj we think there is some wheels missing as it won't ft. I hope Matilda's cold is bet ter. I am glad she is not at schule. I think I ha"e got the ermsumsion. The boys at this place are not gentlemen, but I suppose you did not know that wheu you sent me. 1 w ill not try to get bad habits. The trowsers have wore out at the nees. 1 think the (ailor must have cheated you. the buttons have also come off and they are tore iu the back. I don't think the food is good, but i should not mind if i was stronger, the piece i send you is of the beef we had sunday but on other days it is more str inggy. there are black boedles in the kitchen and sometimes they cook them in the dinner which can't be wholesome when you are not strong. 1 of the boys has tamed one not a cooked a raw one and Tt w ill dance when you whistle "down in a coal mine" which makes him think of his happy home. Dear Ma I hope you and my dear papa and sisters are enjoying of yourselves and do not mind "icing to un comfortable because 1 do no.', think i shall ast long. I am Youis Affectionate JoirxNv. I. S. Please send me some money as i owe 8 pence. II you can not spare it i think i can borrow of a boy who is going to leave at the half quarter and then he won't ask for it back praps yon would not like me to be under a obligation as his parents is trndc.3 ppople and i think you deal at their fchop. he lent uie soia last half anl 1 think he told them at the shop, i did not mention it as i dersay they have put it in yur bill. ludtj. Xew York Democratic Contention Imjiortnnt Movement. UpciiESTKK, May 15. 1 he Democratic Convention irigfato-day. The attendance was huge and- enthusias tic. Hon. Thomas Kinsella was elected permanent president. A resolution was adopted that a committee he appointed to select delegates to Baltimore. Clarkson N. Potter, from the Committee on Resolutions, made a report. He said the committee hud given the subject a most thorough and cartful consideration, and submitted a series of resolutions, of which, the. following are Hie fh-.st and second : "Rexoleed, 1st. That we recognize the changes in the nature and constitution of the Government w hich have taken place without ie-ojH-ning queslioiis of tlnj past, and are ready now toco-operate with those, whatever their previous party affiliations, who favor limited and localized govern ment who seek to restrain the exercise by Congress of abfjohue and genend iowers; to prevent its entering on general private legislation; to restrain the growth of vast corporations, and to work pvjinaneiit civil service icfillll. ".v..,;-,', 'I'll..:, ti,.- icceut declaration of political principles by the Convention of CinciiiJiil'J i :i evidence of the progress of public opinion towards sound and Whole some views of government, and we believe all palrio'ie citizens may unite upon that platform for the purpouo (f restoring an honest administration of national affairs arid enforcing tli" obligations of the Con stitution, and oar dek-gatcs to I'ailimore are instructed to take the course bet cal culated to secure the triumph of these principle,, and for the selection of any candidate representing them who fchall meet the approval if the Deinoeiary in that convention assembled.' ' I ioiu tlie lnliintuio Nun. 4iIii:i aiei I.nyixlty. Senator Morrill, of Verruon'. soi.-.e three weeks ago, i:,t roilu'-t-d an amendment to an appropriation liil lin.if Intr the jurisdic tion ot the t 'om it of Churns upon theeofion claims, and .'. hi.-h v .,s no better than what was known as rake's amendment in the. act cf June .i, lt-0S, by which, wheu a person bioiigl.t ; ui!. for the proce;;:ln :' cotton i.-Vl ;,bo!d the d'(! of the War by United States IliciaN, and pleaded iu tup port of his t Ule t he proehirva' ion restoring him to bis righ's of pro rty, the panh-n was to lie iaUeu .Vi quite sailicjejit l.o es tablish 1 1, e fact that he hud been iHs!oyal,but was altogether inqolenl to go further and show he had been purge, i and olenn d tnerefrorn. So monstrous an irjixidat: : by Congress of the coiistitiiiioi.ai right t' the President to pardon co:Mi:ol of enure stand the test of the law, and th: Snprem -Court decided in the easoof'bj X'n'.Ud States vs. Klein, January -t, t.i t 'is year, that the Drake aniciidi.jt i.t was null and void. Crngri-..sioiiul enfi.-tiie-n!, it vva-;an-i-ourieed, eon Id no', invalidate the effect f the Executive pardon, and Hat pardtn having granted th icatoiation of. pinp-rtv rights, nil pro;wrty illegally taken rnujst b restored. Under this decision the money "covcied"' into the treasury was uncovered out. lu plain words, restitution wa a I j;ided of the ttoleu pi opert ; and it seeuie i n-i if long-dolaved justice were a: out to I) : falfiiled. .Senator Mon ill. in no v. i-,e dweon raged, reviewed Jh" Dfake amendment in another form, which I be, S.itiIs eoncuried i;s, hi pr posit ion declaring in fleet i'm., tb:rt. no judgment lor the-e coHous now ur.sa.Li-d'; -it shall be paid unl !.. .'yi:t,lt!i by special act shall li'id the el.dui.trtt. was lyd ; and erond, that in ail future suits rf the same kind loyalty must be proved. Even if this had passed the louse of Kopresenfat iv.M, the .Supreme Court would no doubt have d; dared it, like its prede cessor', unconstitutional, but the trouble in that it might have taken years before the claimants could reali.'j what is due them, aud that they might have to hart r off their lights for a mere song before this result was reached, and possibly this way have been the object of the proposed It'jifclation. The House of T'eprcsentutives,' however, non-concurred in the S;rirde amendment, and in lieu t hereof a su !.! hub; wis Vkpteu authorizing and directing the iSecretary of the Treasury to pay to the otvia is or their representative1- f property ttjx-d sinee June :J0, lK0.i,thc net prorrds of tlie sales, without inter. t, taking receipts in full on account or such vnai.e, ami appropriating a sidheienl amount to pay such claims. This ane-mimc.-!! .the S. nate, on Wednes day, ag.-eetl to. If will b? but scant justice, ho.tevei, for ti.e amount whi' li wiii be al lowed aid ePuinanl is far Ih-IoW the act-utd value of th" property. It Is probable that not more than htdf'ti.e amount cf tho co' lo:i iobber:en went mlo II. treasury., the rogues getting the balance; but it shows it better di-povii ion in the House, tba.'l in the Senate to do justice, this latter body :-;ecm-ing to have become :u dm rgiett! and partisan as it WrS fsrmcrly eonsetvutive an 1 dignified. In .i Utile vidage in Verm'vit there lived a fanner named Hansom. They were not pious people rather of the reprobate or der, in faff, ami they nevr went .to church. On co, however, the family were prevailed upon to attend preaching. 'When i hey made their reluctant and . tardy ap jeaiar.ie the services had begun, and they had scarcely taken their seats wheif the preacher gave out the lirst hymn, reading it fconievvhat thus: 'dittum r ransvm' sinners home." -All li-l.t I" , cried, the head of the Hansom's, getting up In a rage and clapping bis hat on hi head.' "Coh:e along, ole winim ,;nd ga8, ue'H go-home fast enough, and eve; body in , thUtltl church knows we didn't want to come." A useful thing in tho long run Breath
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