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kat3 of AjjYEBnsiara Ori Square, one, week...... ......! 0 Ona Squire, two weeks....... ' 1 l- Ona square, one inoatli.i.i;iii 2 One Square, tnree montiii(f.'M..-.';;;.. T of : One Square, Ox Tamiva....,,, X Additional Squares at proportional s&tea - - . . A. Square la equal to rax bolts uinset aA tertlslngtype. ";i,?,j ' Caflh,lnTarfcbIj:taaaTnefc- ' ? ii WfltVM ALL LKTTEUS ON BTTSIWKSS MtW K ADDEESSKri. TKKMK OF NrBSfKIPTION THK DAILY .TOrjIlXAI.1 s mailed to s; b-,-ribcrs at Eiuiit Drn-L A r.s per annum ; Foi'U D,.aii for six mouth; Skvkntv-kive Cent i iinmlh for a shorter period. in!'. W'KKUIjY .tOl'ltNAIj at Two Iol - r- i- r : ii t in ; Oxk lit.i.AR for wx month. !iWri!.ii.n re.-eived to the Weekly lor' as h ui si in. ml hs. VOL. 30. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1874. NO. 3 THE WILMINGTON JOUKNL ENGELHARD & SAUNDERS, Hditors ami Proprietors. i :it-.vst news from Tjouisi.in.-i v.iil t!n- proper hdegrxphio r;.:;rr. It will hi: s-een :,.:: that IlllVO (iovminiw :,'V.r,i-rr nn.l i-v.u peacefully fsurrcndo:ed lo the United SUtos military authorities, nml hive advised a'l f their friends to do the simo, wlueh advice wo are pure will be promptly f r.o.vcd. A revolution to swooping, so univer sal, pi bloodless, mill stm SO SUCCORP- in, transfcriug tl ;ovi rsmiciit of a set of officials of whole State -from one anotIioix i'n 'Jy .course of few ehn s, and which drew into its ranks all classes of citizens, white and black, Federal ami Confederate, soldiers, and which had the open sympathy of the United States trooj s, must show even to the Federal Government the true condi tion of affairs in that tax-rielde:i and oppressed State. It is to be hoped, now that the Federal authority lias been vindicated, that some justice and relief will bo granted to the long-suffering people of Louisiana. mi: i.oi isjaa iciivoi.s rms. 'J'iie recent startling movement in Louisiana is assuming another niul a v tv important phase. Wednesday's dispit ehes stated that Grant, was very angry at. the presump tion of the white people in New Or leans, assuming to exercise for them si lvrs tliat wl;ich was wont to be oil'eV'fhe dh ino right of revolution," but h'te developments incline us to 1!n opinion that he is more frightened 1!i:i:t angry. It will be seen, by the d.spatehos published to-day, that the A iiiiini.--tr.tt i i-- m-.tkcg prep.irat ions to i;iitiu'ti.t- a war, on a grand scale, ' ii'i-.S iiiose w ho havo been so uiiJ'or-i-.t.ite a ; to incur the imperial ui e.isiue. A la !': fore is to be with- drawn from important posts in the West, where their services are needed, ami to be sent to Louisiana, where all advieen concur in stating that perfect p -ace and quiet reign, it is said that live tiiou-aiid troops (nearly all of whom fire to be taken from the frontier) are to be concentrated at iNew i leans, and in addition to this three heavily armed war ships are to be sent to that point. And all of this, too, is in the face of the fact that the legal government of the State, now in pos session of its own, has not only care fully avoided even the show of a con flict with the Federal forces stationed there, but have even been at particular pains to formally notify the Admin istration that Federal rroperly in the limits of the State shall be held sacred from all violence and injury. No one but the Admin istrationists would affect to believe, for one moment, that the people of Louisiana contemplate tl.e possibility of a conflict with tiie forces of the United States. If (Iratit is seriously determined that tii s revolu'ion shall go backward, and to reinstate in power the usurper, then a corporal's guard would probably be mi iVe.itive in carrying out the outrage a would a division of men, command ed by the redoubtable Grant in per son. We may confidently expect that the Ti e - id. nt of a party and not of a peo ple, the man who. backed by a e:d.i n. I of political adventurers, has hi-re- .fore overriden all laws, human and divine, and set at naught t ho Consti tutional rights of peoples and States, will stretch his authority to the utmost in reinstating Kellogg. He has here tolore, in all of his ofiieial acts, shown his perfect aiHiiation with such cattle ami lie will hardly go back on them now. He has too little in common with the decent white people of Louis iana, or of any other Southern State, to appreciate the motives of those who desire honesty and probity and ability in the men who control the public af fairs. !i-iic;- i'tiiiiioiiic s'riip,fir cii t iiro o! 'MtNttii(iai, 4 on;; lis unci o I.K. '!'!..? prei t vir:tir :!' tiifo nictii.-itio in that it l.ltls Oil- Ill.'lttlT ill.li thrown It (lilt nfthePJS- tiii, i iiriiif.-: Urn blood, and thus eil'e'-;s a cure. ,S it W'crd Tonic, for the xr 01 . j ps.:(, TnrUycition, lr. 'J'hf .?i.tui'ts a I. ';iltliy action ot'tho :iii n)i.i-iit. forminji chylo, n: :n .-t ol.stii.iiiu ca.-es of lmlij'i'a- fi.tiia.'h. i '. I'll . uc llON. .V " net;' ft M.mtlrakc l'iU-,for the. cure of J.'ici r CohnUdint, .-c. !! i. ll.s ar. alterative, Biil i.roducc a tins livir without the leist i"'t on of l roc liein ca-oniel, anil vtt ' It trim:;. Hi- ilMT. i sioriii litstilihy action of '1 lu o rcmeilien hie a cit:iiTi cure for Con H'i:ii.ti.iii, a li e I'liln.-omc svnio lipens tlie !:i et r ami uriti.-a the hloixl. 'Tim Mandrake I'.'l- ni-t ii,nii tli!- liver, create a hf-aiUiy bile, "M l roiiiiive all iliioiHscs of the liver, often a ' ..i;... 1. 1 iJoiiMiiio.tion. Tho Si a Weed Tonic !! tone aii.l Mi-eii.-!h to the Wotnarh, makes J I- 1 'lig'-tion. io.it ninlilfii tli-3 organs to 1 in .'i..,.! ami thus create. , heallhy ' 'r -nl.4.t j.-ii .i bcailiiv blooil. Tho combined i'l tllHsc liHiliiinrs. :is U.mm i ti.liiMipil. will eiire every CSie Of (Niiihii m ui icbit it tL-.ti "I t ime, ana the usj of the iai -iliciiics rreserv C ! in. !.-. Sehenck i vrofes.onal! v at his principal t.ee, corner Sixth ant Areli Street-, riiila.icl. mi, every Mom lay, where t.11 letters f.-r aJ m. - nei-t he ail.trc..i Schonck's mo.licines s ile. hy all Druists. "Hartolhe Uuife!"Ve liavo i!e-l-.r.l tv;ir Uijainst counterfeiter, an.l we '"an lo lipht it out. Wut n itiM usesot the Kill ' -M- or of the jirocreativo or-u,s jtcs rate vou, 1 Z v !1';:'-M;!OL,, " Hi ene. 1 lie K.-neine HGlm- J '.ii rie'.iry stamp ot II. T. lleliuWhl. on ea. l. l.,,t. tie. and is fiulv wMrrarito I f.ir '"lifiiik everywhere. iwrvM ami lirii-arv iir-iiu U..1.1 by f l'.,1 tl""i "f ': li-se, seeking li'i- ,,, , ..1.11111, .-Mi.11.111 use nr. i-li.. - - ..... .in. n.r. i.rtic.e In '"tl ami stamiar.l. II ; . 11.;.. ... ' -t-t ... --:!, luc; n . eii.irat.Kin that lieveioj. the full value of ' ''"' iliiir..tie. It is a perfect specific for t, . ' ,"-'"',' the uiniary oru..i in male or 1 . '1 ' wi i Warf' r '"'luterreits ami Imita . J.- t.cU iiiscrt,,,,,!,,,,,, ,;u,Tl are c.lcav.'.r- t. " i " "!''" 'r. Helroboh reouta- - - ...i.Kior mo liM.tor' sn.(.i...r. iaatnro on the ' uhl'l, ISlM-llll in k1.1I in .! "t us i...m!arity. Nolhwith.-taiulmn. llie ab ffc,.e, l;r. ,c.lnolol,,t the ce!t.V,ra.eJ meai. 1S i','n 1,1 uiuf icture-l at ties laboratory at l'il!e!phia, ami Is sow ,y aU resptctable '"tssists. It i8 warranted for all liisoasea of kidneys anil urinary organs. JSoware of "uuterteiU. enui,.e has prop, ietcr's private "P- -JohnF. Henry, New York. Sole Aont. "Horse-Men," now, i-ay that and hers who i.reior.,1 the following directions had eixei m lchi,4 r the 8ame for i utiicu cow, and twice as much for an ox ti. Jetton of. httl, fine salt will be an idvant mill: i !UIM V 1.1IttltOt;i.l4 Tlie rrrent ouestion of tho day is the titnmit in Liuisia'ei. It may be wt l'.l refresh the mem ry of our renders up n 1 ho history of this matter. Tho validity of ti e Louisiana election of 1872 was first tested inComre...s at the ounling of tho electoral vote for Fr s idt nt in February, 3873, w hen, there b -ing two returns, the vote of the Slate was thrown out. In the lloue (D-c. 1C, 1872) Mr. Cox moved a res bfiion calling upon the President to state why he had inter fend in the af faiis of Louisiana, but his motion was negatived by DO against Co votes. In tho Senate (Jan. 7, 1S73) on motion of Senator Morton, the Committee on Privileges and Elections was directed t ) report on tho validity of the "recent election for electors," and was invest ed with full powers to make ample in quiry. About tho same time, after long debate, tho House appointed another Committee to inquire into the "election for State officers and memben of the Legislature." While these Committees were in Session a message was sent to Congress by President Grant, in which he stated that lie had used the powers granted him by the Enforcement act in sustaining the Kel logg government, but at the same time he observed that "recent invosti " gation into eaid election had t!o- " veloptd so many frauds and forge " lies as to mako it doubtful what " candidate:; received a majority of " the vchs actually cast." The Pres ident then urged Congress to deal with the matter as well as it could. The majority of the Senate Committee made (Feb. 20) an elaborate report, understood to have been written bv Senator Carpenter, in which tho whole snb.j. ct was discussed, and vei.i hundred pages of evidence v. ivgiv. i'. TheeoueluHioii arrivedat was that the- were frauds on both fides, and tli;;! a new election ought (o be. eld. The report eontained this important ad mission : Your Coram iit ce are, therefore, led to the conclusion that, if the election held in November, 1.S72, be not abso lutely void for frauds committed fui rtin, J.teEuery and his associates in State oiliccs, and the persons certi fied as members of the Legislature by the l)e Feriet IJoard ought to be re cognized as the legal government of the State. Considering all the facts established before your Committee, there seems no escape from the alter native that tho McEnery Government must bo recognized by Congress or Co. gross must provide for a re-election. The bill for carrying out tho new e ! e c ' i o n r c c o m 1 1 c n d e d by tho Com (Feb. 27) and mil too v. an discuFBcd rejected by a vote of 20 against 18, Sen ifors Colliding and Clayton voting with the majority. A motion was me.de (March 1) to reconsider this vote, but it was negatived by 29 against 28 votes. This practically ended the Louisiana case in Congiess. The Democrats opposed the new election, both for the reason that it would be an unlawful interference with the rights of a sovereign State, and be cause the MeEnory Government had been fairly elected. Tho Ilepublican Senators were satisfied with Kellogg in power, basking in tho favor of the Administration. If we are to be sure that we are right before going ahead, p. rLaps those who clamor for force will explain why the President ex paessed doubts in his message of tho eleet'on which has been Kellogg's only excuse for remaining in power, and why a Senate Committee and IS Sena tors, all but one Republican, favored a new election. We make the following extracts from our Ntrthorn exchanges, mostly Republican, in order that our people may see what the feeling is in regard to this matter : Fioin tha New York Tiil.ur.j The President sat late at dinner on Monday eight, and the next day was far advanced when "the situation of all'airs in Louisiana was brought to his attention." Wo arc told that at first he could hardly realize that the news was true, and when he did com prehend what had taken placo ho was "passicmately aroused.'' "He said lie had done everything in his power to assist the South, and especially Louis iana," and this was tho ungrateful re turn. Gen. Grant has always resented a remonstrance against his policy at the South, and chosen to regard every complaint against his Southern favor ites as a scurrilous attack upon his own character. When tho tax-payers of South Carolina asked leave, respect fully, to lay their grievances before him, he turned the tlelegates out of his presence with every mark of rude ness and irritation. When the citizens of Louisiana begged for a hearing at the outset of the Kellogg usurpation, ho sent word that they might spare themselves the trouble of the journey, for nothing they could say would move him. He has no manner ef donb' V.,::' he is the best possible judge of what is good for the South. To oppose his judgment is insubordination ; to criti cise it is ingratitude. Ho has done "everything in his power to assist the South." He has given it Spencer, Moses, Brooks, Bax ter, Kellogg, Durell, Casey, Patterson, Packard, Pinchback, antl Poker Jack. He has filled its Legislatures with thieves, aelventurers, barbers, boot blacks, bar-tenders and confidence men. He has put up its offices to the highest bidder, confiscated its lantls, impairetl the value of its real property generally, ruined its credit, and brought its business to such a pass that in some of the richest regions of tho South nothing can bo bought and sold except yotes. The highways are seouiged by gangs of masked marau ders. Tho bush is filletl with armeel negroes in ambush. South Carolina anel Louisiana are relapsing into bar barism, and nine years after tho close of the war the South is not yet at peace. "Everything in his power to assist tho South especially in .Liouisiana. He has taken away from Louisiana the right of choosing its own officers, and sent his soldiers tlown there to put into power the persons whom ho deems most fit to rule. He has sustained them while they have plundered the State and overturned even the sem blance of popular government, and for all the wrongs and sore distress which have attracted for Louisiana tho com miseration of mankind, his only reme dy is "more troops." And ungrateful Louisiana, after all this kindness, will not be quiet. "The attention, Sir," said Mr. Squeers, "that was bestowed upon that boy in his illness dry toast and warm tea r tie red him every night and morning when he couldn't shallow anything a candle in his bedroom on tho very night he died the best dic tionary sent up for him to lay Lis head upon I don't regret it though. It is a pleasant thing to reflect that one did one's duty by him." Washington :hr .nical ( PrcsiiKr.t'.s Oian) Tti fact, President Grant lias gained a V''ory over this incipient rebellion, nipped in tho bud by a single stroke of his pen. His quick decision niid prompt action quelled tho turbulence, which, if it had not been checked, would ere this have drenched the South with blood. It w ill now be in order for the rebels and their friends to boast and prate of their respect for tho authority of tho t eneral tiovernment. They chum that they did not surrender to the Kellogg btato Government, and that nothing less than tho authority ofthoUnittd States, which was invoked against them, could have compelled them to disperse. They will argue from this that they are "loyal," and that the obedience which they have so reluct antly '. ielded to the orders of tho Pres ident should entitle them to consider ation R3 law-abieling citizens. We shall hear all this in a thousand differ ent ways, and it will be repeated again and again by the opposition press. But with the thinking men, and with the people whose business interests have suffered, as well as with tho eager patriots of the North who stood ready yesterday to shoulder their muskets for a renewal of the sectional war, this kind of pleading will carry no weight. Ihe rebels have proved themselves to be rebels i ow as thoroughly and as uncompromisingly as when they fought under Jloaurcgard and when they w ere in the ranks of the Confederate bat talions. What assurances can they gi ve that they will not repeat their crime again to-morrow, or next week, or next mo:.:;;? It is true that their experi ence t the j a ..iid tleit tli. v t week lias been bitf have been subject d at last t . d. f . t, I. l! tho humiliation of a but it w ill require t bloodless long ro- "f jv aee and quiet to restore the confidence of the law- i g pie oi ine country. .N. V. lltral i, !!. tyo said, there renin nil no i -pi ion to the naturally Kook !-, more than blame for the lean... If he in President. He will to undo his mistakes, any one else, is to uprising in New Or d elealt with the Loui- si a mi question at the time, if he had insisted upon a set tlment from C n grosr., as proposed by Senator Carpen ter, we should not now see revolution triumphant and the spirit of secession manifesting itself in the madness of a man like Toombs. Tho President must answer for this to tho country and to history. But this present duty is plain. Wo cannett tolerate an ap peal from tho ballot to tho barricade. The most righteous government in tiie world would be sinful if it rested upon a revolution like this of Fenn. Such performances may do in Franco or Spain, eir in the Republics of Central and South America. We cannot per mit them in tho United States. Much as Louisiana has suffered, and griev ous as have been the wrongs heaped upon her people, they can only be redressed by lawful means, by pa tience, effort and time. As it is the cause of good government, of free, in dependent, intelligent authority in the Southern States, has been severely wounded in Louisiana. Our hope is that prudent counsels will prevail, not only in New Orleans, but in Washing ton; that the Fenn paity will see how foolish they have been; and that Gen eral Grant and his Cabinet will see how wicked and weak and selfish they have behaved in dealing with Louisi ana and the whole question of recon struction. As it is the Union must be preserved, and there can be no union where such a revolution is possible as the revolution in Louisiana. From the Philadelphia North American, ( Kep). General Grant sees clearly through this artful f Jibrt to undo the work ef reeonst ruction and to restore to rebel hands the means of mischief they know so well how lo nse. There can be. no sort of doubt that the outbreak in New Orleans was but apart of the general programme, and unless promptly quelled would be ppeedily ic.lowod up in other Southern States. Indeed, the Arkansas struggle seems to have been the pioneer of the reac tion by f jree of arms, and the rebels generally appear to havo been encour agetl by the hesitation of the govern ment in dealing with it. IIow great an error they have committed, however, tlie-y will now be apt to find out. The President's i)roclamRtion gno them only fivo days' notice to lay elown their arms and disperse, and unless they elo so there will be sharp work. We arc rejoiced to know that the government has takn a firm stand, and will not palter with the insurgents who seek to monopolize citizenship for their own faction and to eleny it to all others. The reliance of these rebels has been upon the known weakness of the national army and navy, just as their predecessors of the great rebel lion committed the same error of ma king the saino reliance. It seems as though theso people would never learn wisdom from experience, for these New Orleans factionists have been deliberately arming for the con flict, antl assuming that tho United States could not be preparetl in time to overthrow their usurpation. New York Time, Kep. Tho present outbreak is on every ac count to be deplored. New Orleans has been a sharp thorn in the side of tho South the past few years. Just when Mi" fVirfbern difficulty is begin ning to attract goneral, and not un kinelly, consideration at the North, there is sure to be a "rising" or a "massacre" in New Orleans. Tho tide of public feeling is once more turned, and the whole South suffers. Tho moderate people of the South, who tie sire to make the best of their circum stances, and to live in peace, must often wish that New Orleans the hot bed of intrigues and nursery ground of fire-eaters could bo sunk out of sight. With regarel to the effects of these disturbances on the Democratic party, we leavo the leaders of that party to estimate them. They must feel like afarmer whose hepesof a good crop are sudtlenly dashed to pieces by tho arrival of a plague of grasshop pers. The present insurrection, with the terror of civil war in the back ground, has killed the Democratic party for tun year. wuaiever chance it had is gone. The people will not stand the revival of civil war in any form, although one of the New York pa pers has of late impudently asserted that the North ought to pay a "war indem nity" to the South, and that it was ashamed of the cruelties that had been practiced upon her. Ferhaps the people in New Orleans took these ex pressions as representing the views of the Northern people if so, they will be purprised when they find the same paper now calling hysterically for tho application of a little cold steel to them. First it incited them to insur rection, and then it recommended the President to distribute among them a little crane and canister. The South era people ought to know better by this time than to accept the crazy ray ings of tli ? New York JU raid as tho echo of public, opinion at the North. And it is not improbable that the Democrats everywhere wish that this journal would cease to destroy their cause by its advocacy. The incendi ary speeches of Toombs are not worse than the articles of c Jlcrahl, which declared thr.t the North had been guided in it-3 treatment of tho South bymerecru lty and a desire for ven geance; that it has robbed the South of its property, ami treated the South ern people in the spirit of "Atti'.a or Genghis Khan." Before we complain of "rebeldom" at the South, it might be well to weed it out a tho North. r!nl:.le.;;a Telegraph, Bail. The Kelloerr usurpation in Louisia na has produced its natural results in an appeal to arms on the part of citi zens cf New Orleans who have grown tired of the outrages perpetrated un der the name of law and justice for the j past two years, and who liud themsel ves, on the eve of an important elec tion, threatened with disfranchise ment by tho gang of rogues who have seized the government of tho State, and who aro bent upon perpetuating their power at all hazards. The Louis iana troubles had their orign in carpet baggerfsm and in mistaken notions of nohtieal exnediencv. wtncii muuceu the administration, Congress, and a majority of the Northern people lo giye their support to certain political adventurers at the South niider the impression that by this means alone could tho reconstruction laws bo en forced. Tho responsibility for the present difficulty rests first with the President, or perhaps it would be more correct to say, with his peculiarly ineapabio Attorney-General. Tho President and Judge Williams knew that Kellogg was not legally elected Governor of the State. "There mie-lit have been some doubt about the validity of the claims of his competitor, McEnc-iy, but there was none whatever about his; and yet tho President, by the ad vice of tho Attornev-General, when culled upon to decide betwo; the claimants for the rubernatorial chair, made t lie grievous blunder of sustain ing the man who had not thai slightest claim to it. It was this most unfor tunate decision which has been at the bottom of most of tho difficulties in Jjonisiana during the past two years. The President, however, after all, was not so mu-jii to blame as Congress. The New York I-l.i un s r l)em.) de nounces the President for again sup porting Kellogg, but feels there is nothing left for Louisiana but submis sion to the strong arm of the Federal Government. The revolution must be ended by legil aud constitutional means, p.iiion wrong. but to stand by Kellogg's usur would only add to present Tho J-'rjtn ' urges that Gen. Sherman bo placed in command at New Orleans, clothed w ith power to see justice done to white and black, ami to pacify tho State. The following communication is from the pen of one ef North Caroli ra's ablest rons ami we commend it to tho calm and careful consideration of our numerous readers : Mi .. TJdiforn : In a recent Edi torial you express the opinion that to call a Convention of the people of North Carolina, is a duty incumbent on the next Legislature, and demanded by the best interests of the State. Your article has elicited ranch dis cussion. Some seem to deprecate the call of a Convention ss likely to rob us of the fruits of victory ; win 1st fit hers agree with you in regarding it as es sential to our welfare ami prosperity. It is to be regretted that there is any division of sentiment among Con servatives on the subject, yet unanim ity is not, at first, to lie expected. The public are patient listeners; they hear, weigh fin. I determine, and there is amnio time for their verdict to lie made ui d lende: el before the meet ing of tiie next Legislature. Tho mem bers of that body, fresh from the pei p e will assemb'o with a full knowl edge e f their wishes aud wants, and will, no doubt, regulr.to their public action accorelingly. The leading jour nals rf tho State have invited commu liicatiems on the subject and taking advantage of this liberality, I big to submit, through your columns, my reasons for thinking that a Convention should be called. The Constitution for tho guidance of a people should be adapted to their ereniu3 and their wauts. mul should I the work of men who have a have a perfect 1 knowledge of both. Tiie of 1770 and that of 18.5.5 poseel of members fully Convention were com es ti ah tied ;n this particular, and thoroughly identi fied with tho interests of North Caroli na. A brief reference to thrir actio-, and review of our Constitutional h.s tory, is essential to an fair considera tion of this question, and may not prove uninteresting to the g-m-ra! reader. The Constitution f firmed at Halifax em tho ISth dfty of December, 177i, became objectionable mainly on ac count of the inequality of representa tion it had produced, in t he course of time, between tho Ear-.t.crii and West ern sections of the State. So greet a grievance had this become to the West ern people, that they seemed to be de termined, if they could not ii et a change by any other means, to do : by separating from tho East, and, if ne cessary, by force. Under that Constitution each county was entitled to 0110 Senator and two Commoners, without regard to popula tion or taxable property. Certain enumerated towns were also entitle 1 to one Commoner. Everyv i,uih of the ago of twenty-one yeais, who had paid public taxes, and hn-.l b-en a resilient oi any county 01 the hi ate twelve months immediately preceding the day of election, was enntleil to vote for members ot the House ol Commons, but an additional Qualification of fifty acres of free-hold land was required to vote for Senator. It will thus bo seen that, f reo negro males were equally entitled to vote with white men. This had become an intolerable nuisance. The free negro voters seemed to bo wholly l.ieapable of comprehending the duties of a citi zen; they became tools in tno nanus ot demagogues, and, plied with whiskey, were driven to the polls on election day, in herds as if they had been cat tle. Yet some distinguished men in the Convention of lH'io, wishing to do something for tho elevation of this class, proposed to continue the suf frage to such of them as might possess a certain property qualification. The Convention of 1835 changed the Constitution of 177G in the following principal particulars: It made Federal population tho ba sis of representation in the Commons. It limited tho number of Senators to fifty, and apportioned them tnrong St out the State according to the propor tion of tuxes paid into tho treasury of the State by the people of the several connties thereof. It deprived the towns of representa tion in the Commons. It changed the elections aud ses sions of tho Legislature from annual to biennial, and took tho election of l the Legislature and peopie; two enanges which caused the venerable statesman Nat. Macon, who presided over tho Convention, to vole against the adopt ion of the Constitution. Annual elec tions he considered "a fundamental principle of Ilepublican liberty." Oth er distinguished men entertained the same view and joined with, him in deprecating the change. It abolish, d thereligioni tcrt among Christians hy making all equal before tho law, but still exclnded Jews. It deprived free negroes of the snf- frag.-1, aud made either changes of minor importance. But it retained tho property qualification for Gov ernor, Senators, members of tho House of Commons, and voters for the Sen ate, and Il't unchanged our common law Judiciary system. The Convention of I77d and that of ISoo, numbered among their members, men of great ability, eminent in their day and generation for their knowl edge and experience, and the Consti tution, which may be regarded as the production of both, has not been sur passed in wisdom, perspicuity, and adaptation to tho wants of the people whose fundamental law it became, by tho wcirk of any similar body that has ever convened in the United States. The Constitution of 1S35 remained untoueheel until 1SG1, savo in tho sin gle particular of abolishing.by legisla tive amendment, the free-hold qualifi cation of voters for the Senate ; an issue upon which David S. Ilohl was clecteil Governor, ami which restored the Democratic iioendaney in the State. Tho Convention of leSll was confin ed mainly, if not solely, to tho issues of the day. Many of its sessions were held in secret, and, composed as it was of seme very eminent men, it is greatlyjto be regretted that we havo no report of the debates that took place therein. Jt passed tho ordinance of secession, and so anieudea ded iho famous Thirty-Second views to ofiiee. Article as to admit Rut. in oiher respects. its amendments to tho Constitution seem lo havi been verbal oniv. Such was the Const Carolina at tho end ol itution of North ' tho War, First framed in 177i, of its original f hi d retained many tares, and had been so admirably ci sfrr.eti d, :.. w its provisions !.-;e ami , that, bv our so lar-seeing m 2 with rome ehaiiet lit lU.iiiiie 7... 1 changed social poncies of the t if it still rcm:;i re im nt . if ions, and -, it might our tuo ex bo Will amenta! law. On the 2;fh C: Iloldou was, b; d row Johnson, United States, May, IS; proelam Wm. 011 ejf lit of W. :'iU- the !...,, ! res.id Governor of North Carolina, w ith au thority to call a Convention "of the people of said State, who aro loyal to tlie United States, and no others'," for the purpose of presenting "such a farm of State government as will en title the State to the gnarauted of the United States therefor." Accordingly, Govt inor ITohhn called a Convention, limited both as to voters and ih legates to such as had taken the amnesty oath, specified in tho Presi dent's proclamation; besides certain persons who had been disqualified by holding office undei- the Confederate States could not vote, and were not eligible a", delegates, unless they had received 11 ic pardon of (he President. Tho Convention was elected on the Federal basia of representation, and assembled at Raleigh on tho second day of October, ISfio. Tho members elect had nearly all been heavy losers by the result; of tho war. Man; of them were greatly incensed against those whom they regarded as tho au thors of tlie "rebellion," and seemed to be actuated by a vindictive spirit towards all who had sustained the Southern cause and still remained true to its principles and ite, memories. Some among themselves had voted in the Convention of jNiil for tlie Seces sion Ordinance, and others had been blatant Southern patriots so long as it was politic to assume that character, but see med to thin!; that an ostenta tious display of loyalty might recuper ate their fallen I'm tu?;es. One mem ber, in the excess of his loyal zeal, de clared, on the iio :r of tlie Convention, that he w-i.s a traitor when he took up arms for the Confederate cause, and the temper of many of his associates may lie -earned from tho fact, that the proprieties of the occasion could not restrain thru: from approving his se-lf-condemnation v.'ith open applause, is if ho I tad uttered some noble senti ment. That gentlemen has oeeut ied a high ollieuil pj.;tien almost con stantly si -ice. Rut the. members of that body were North Carolinians, aud had the best interests ot tlie State at h art. A mi nority, about thirteen in number, never.'for a momeie, fmg.t tLeirmau hood, nor yii hh-d to the menaces of power, while some others, who gener ally acted with the majority, brought to the discharge of their duties, abil ity, learning and t-yperience, as well as euhuged l-ali lot ism. The animus of the body Was dis piayed cmcflv m Oflt i;.i. . h 11! the Constitution a :-.parii:g hand, ied changes were was to hid nit Yet, a ehher Thus, tion v. indifien nl: hough : -i e-ipect 'lit an or for the wotst. influx ot immigra a:i.l hop.-il fer, the was to be confined nee ot i s over: or to nativi; vl'Jz '? but one of tiie 1 o f the United States; tes iroin iianiax. ' i the only ui op :'.en in the Con in having this 11 nder t-legiblc. Vi ntion, sui amended so naturalized y. ars' standi 'fouaNGovor! Odl d : to i'.'y. t.s of twenty-one The office of Licu wus provided fer, also Tnstiei.s of (he. Peace, iO!' the eleetin?) Ol hy the pi ace. .l ib tii: eon. :ty, n't ce-':;iu C: limit ng their number f . ) tlie liiatioii ot eaeu 1 giving them jurisdiction of eees ami misdemeanors. Tho Amendment of qualifications lS:il, removing ihe dis of Jews for office. was reincorporated in the new Con stitution. Rut the principal changes proposed w. ;s in tho liasia of repre sentation in the interests of the. West, which found i;s most distinguished advocate in the delegate from Lincoln, now a member of th j Supreme Court of the State. No proposition was then made to invest tiie mgio with the right of suffrage. On tiie contrary, that delerafo did not think that our poop?- were prepared for such a change in tho org-uiic law, and he, aud those who :.: with him, insisted that fhe negro should not be consider ed in tho basis cf apportionment, suc ceeded in carrying their rmondment denying him even 'ho right of repre sentation, and, eo far as they could effect it, reducing him t a nonentity in tho body politic. All these questions were taken up by tho press of tho State, aud tho tlis eussion thereof continued with much zeal and ability. A letter opposing the adoption of tho new Constitution ap peared in tiio Wilmington JouitNAii anel greatly influenced tho public mind. It, as it afterwards transpired, wat the production of toe lato Chief Justice RrFFix, nor had ho ever writ ten anything of higher merit; as an ar gument it Wii unanswerable. Mr. Philip.? repbed in an able document, but Lewis ILuies, then editor of the Old North State, supported tho work of tho Convention with signal ability, anel added to his reputation as the author of tho "Davidson" letters. The new Constitution was rejected Governor fro gave it to the by tho people, and nono of tho pro posed alterations went into effect. I havo. however, deemed thi.s review essential, in order that we may pee, at a glance, the changes made in our or game law, hy men to whom the inter ests of the State were dear, from 1770 until 18G8, including those proposed 1 1 1 SI J M-j-mw uy ine convention 01 ioo. io man who has not studied this question can form any tust conception of the revolution in tho fundamental law of the State made 111 18C8, or can fully realize tho imperative necessity of remedying tho evils which tho mili tary and irresponsible Convention of that year attempted to fasten immova bly upon us. I now beg to submit the following propositions, which I propose to dis c jks as briefly as the nature of the subject will permit: First. The Convention of lSG8,which framed the present Constitution of the State, was not a free Convention of tho peoplo of North Carolina, and its worn was ailoptetl under coercion oeconu. iuo saia uonvention was called under and throuerh influences mimical to the best interests of th State. Third. Tho Constitution of 18G8 is not adapted to tho wants of tho peo ple, is ouruensome and oppressive in irs operation, ana siioultl be amended in the most efficient and speediest practicauio mode. It would, indeed, seem to bo scarce ly necessary to discuss the foregoing propositions, intelligent and honest men throughout the State will admit their truth. They will be denied only by the brood of adventurers, the spawn of the war, fastened upon us by the result of that struggle, and tho native renegades who joined them in tho hcpo of turning tho misfortunes of their country to their own emolu ment. Although North Curoiiaa. by the acta of tho Convention of I860 ap proved by the people, had declared the ordinance of secession null and void, had repudiated tho Confederate debt, and had forever forbidden slavery in the State, the doors of Congress were eio.-.ed on her members elect and they refused admittance to that body. Then wa3 inaugurated a species of leg islation known as tile "Reconstruction Acts" revolutionary in their charac ters and despotic in all their de-tails. The Southern Stales weio divided into mil its ry districts find assigned mili tary commanders, with no other check than the will of the General iu Chief. To Gen. Sickles was assigned tho se cond militaiy d:striet, comprising North and South Carolina. Upon his resignation Gen. Canby succeeded, vested, as had been his predecessor, with powers over our citizens little less than those of tho Autocr.it cf Russia over his subjects. It is true he had . iri t . 1 . T . ; no rjii.'cria wmerein so puniuu las vic tims, but tho Dry Tortugas, and other bastiles, witnesses of scarcely less bar barity and cruelty, were closo enough a haul to serve his purpose. In con junction with tho Freeman's Rnreau he exercised authority, which, in its effects upon tho people's mind, can be describeel only by tho term " terror ism." In this condition of affairs, at tha commarid of this military dictator, a Convention was called. Ry the terms of the order nearly every prominent man in whom the people had confidence, was ineligible thereto. Many white citizens were disfranchised, while every male negro twenty-one years old, who had resided one year in'tho State, was entitled to vote aud eligible as a dele gate. It was evident then, and has been demonstrated since, that the whole purpose of the "reconstruction f.ets" was to rehabilitate the South on tho basis of absolute negro supremacy. Tho list of delegates which assem bled at Raleigh, under tho auspices of Gen. Canby, cannot bo contemplated even now without emotion. Not the name of a single man is to be found there who had tho confidence of the por-ple, aud but one prominent North Carolinian bad a seat in tho body. Tiiv r.egro, the carpet-bagger and the renegade, but generally obscure, na tive, filled tho places which had b?en honored by men distinguished by their wisdom, aud reverenced for their virtues. This Convention seemed to be abso lutely under the control of such men as H eaton.Tourgec, Abbott and Lafiin. Not from their numbers, nor yet from their ability, but by the negroes in tho Convention they were regarded as oracles, and by the mass of tlie white members were; supposed to be the promulgators of Canby's orders, and were, therefore, followed implicitly. Those men were born and reared in the Northern States; they camo here among a horde of adventurers after the war they knew nothing of the condition and wants of our people, and however well disposed they might have been, were wholly incapable of framing a fundamental law for North Carolina. Rut "fools rush in where angels fear to tread," and the men I have named, although of limited knowledge and capacity, destroyed, with a ruthless baud, that rd'ifico which had been constructed by the patriots of 177(1, modified aud strength-??' ed by our wisest men in 18:55, not a stone of which was mis placed by Rnftiu, Cadger, Edwards and their compeers in 1SG1, and which commanded tho admiration ami rever ence of Moore, Manly, Eaton, Royden and their associates at a still later day. Those icor.oelasts, with cmc fell sweep, annulled the property qualifi cation for office which had been re quired for nearly a hundred yeaiv. They overturned our whole Judi ciary system, under which, for nearly a eenturj, our laws had been adminis tered purely, without "sale, denial or delay." They rend.-red obligatory tho enact ment of a Code, which is not under stood by its compilers, and is unintel ligible alike to tho Judges who ex pound and the lawyers who practice under it. They changed the government of our University which, under its pre vious management, had become the pride of tho State. They multiplied useless offices, and thereby subjected us to heavy expendi tures. They endeavored, by anticipation, to fuste-i irremovably upon us a heavy indebtedness which was even then fraudulently contemplated. Rut why continue the list ? No im partial man nan contemplate their work without feeling that their pur pose was to break down, pecuniarily and politically, the white men of the State, and to provide for the absolute supremacy therein of the negroes and their associates. Rut sickened as our peoplo were with military rule, and anxious as they wero to make sacrifices for the sake of being restored to their civil rights, they could not be induced to give the sanction of their votes to an instru ment framed nuclei such auspices, re volting as a whole to their sense of justice, and evidently intended for their subjection. They remained, in a great measure, passive, but the Con stitution passed through tho farce of the election ordeal, by the force and effect of military orders and negro votes. And what has been the result? Oar University, once the pride of our State, nearly destroyed the grass almost growing in her once honored halls. The State burdened with a heavy fraudulent debt her resources appa rently exhausted, her credit ruined, and her people burdened by oppres sive taxation. The administration of tho laws in many instances a by-word anel a re proach, the cost of litigation greatly increased, and the "Codo itself unin telligible even to the most learned ." And finally, no adequate protection for property from execssivo taxation whereby tho holder may bo secured in the fruits of his toil and industry. If the narrative I have given is true, and a hundred thousand witnesses in North Carolina sustain it, then I sub mit that each of the foregoing propo sitions is provea to a demonstration. That the Constitution needs amend ment is conceeded, but tho question is, now enoum tins bo etlectcd, by Convention, or by the legislative mode. If the Constitution required arnetd ment m some unimportant, not vital particular, we might prefer tho Lee-is lative mode, and possess our souls iu patience throughout the whole tedious process. Rut it requires remodelincr irom "turret to foundation stone," and tne Legislature is not the boclv to do ths work. Oppressed as the members ot such an assembly aro with the de tails of public and private bills, and tho elistraction3 arising from tho im portunities of constituents seeking to push through pet schemes, thev can not be supposed to bo able to irive that cons-eieration to tho framing of tho organic law, which its great importance demands. Another reason of, it ap pears to me, much weight against tins mode, is the fear of tho action of tho Supreme Court, which is likely to modify any amenilment that mav be thus proposed. This seems to havo governed somewhat tho extent and scopo of tho amendments now pending, and was confessedly considered in the structure of tho election law, which exempts some of tho members of that body from its operation, for no rea son that could bo discovered, except that otherwise the Court would declare the Act in certain particulars to be un constitutional and void. Our changed coeial relations, the depreciation and loss of property, and tho consequent universal distress, tho result cf tim war, and which followed its walie, demanded changes in the organic law. Some were mado by the Convention of l..;J5, and others ug.uu uy mat 01 irtofs wiiieu no one proposes to iiistm o. Rut at no period since tho surrender, have our act people before been free to sjiori the present vear. 1- and to Now the citisens of die State are fully enfranchised, and perhaps ihcro is not a prominent man among us ineligible to office. Free to Fix-nk and to act. free to ilect and to select, we can call togeth er a body of men, of enlarged patriot ism, eminent for virtues and integrity, identifieel with our interests, who will do no wrong, who will form a Consti tution adapted to our wants, fully pro tecting, at the same time, the rights of all without regard to race, color or previous condition. Rut it is objected that by tho call of a Convention, we will excito the fears of the negroes legt we may cur tail their rights, and of the timid among the whites, lest we may strike the homestead provision from the Con stitution. While it is admitted that such fears aro entirely groundless, it is suggested that they may, neverthe less, btj worked upon to our injury. Sinoe tho first hour that the negroes became c-ntitleel to vote, they have vo ted as a unit. Devoid of political in telligence, they havo followed, as if by animal instinct, tho lead of the dis honest politicians, who have, so far as in their pow er lay, ruined and dis graced tho State. We havo allowed the negro to bo used as a bugbear long enough. Never until wo mr.rehed up and met him at tho "color-lino" which he had so long dared us t ap proach, did we succeed in the political contest. Whether wc propose to mod ify the Constitution by legislative en actment, or by a Convention, we will alike meet with his oppo sition, end wo are also to do without ins supports. The Constitution of the United States protects the rights of the negro; we could not curtail them if wo would and we would not if we could. If he cannot understand ami appreciate this, it is a hopeless task to try to enlighteu him The white people concede to the ne gro an equality of political rights, but are not willing that he should be vest ed with more. The-y will not bend their necks "to the joke of negro supre macy. If there is to be any supremacy in North Carolina, let it be that of law, order and prosperity, and not ne- t gro supremacy. Ihere is not a white voter of respec tability in North Carolina, who would sustain any attempt to set aside the homestead clause of the Constitution, To exempt from execution real prop erty in fee, of the value of one tho i sand dollars, and personal property of the value oi five hundred dollars, has become tho fixed policy cf the State, and it is not in the power of any man, lie ho knave or fool, to de lude tho people into the belief that the Conservative party desire to overturn that policy, in the preservation of which, the white man and not the ne gro, is mainly interested. Rut all such objections must bo ef fectually filer.crd by the fact that it is not necessary to submit the call of a Convention to the popular vote. If two-thirds of the Legislature should be in favor of it, that will be proof positive that it meets with tho public sanction. The demagogue will not then have any opportunity to "ply his vocation," by working on tho fears of tiie ignorant and the timid. When the Convention shall have done its work, the people wi l have an opportunity thoroughly to examine it. They will then see that the rights of the races preserve their eotiality, and that the Homestead is fixed on a sure antl solid basis. Ho who now remains silent is der- elicc in the duty which, as a citizen, he owes lo his State. Whether for, or i.g.um-.t, a Convention, we ovjght to spc otii 1: out like raeu, and give to each r the. beni fit of or.r counsel. For this reasi n, and because of tho impor tance of tho subject. I have examined and discussed it at much length. For tune favors us let us meet her half way. 'Wit'.oni aid fortune combating together : II in- t.:e lo: liir dare hut cvluit it caii, 'o Llianjii may thuke it " A CiTizrx. 'I hi most atstoiii;.liir. rme 1" chronic diarr- hd-1 we ever hf Ht i cf i t'i:;t. of Wm. Clark, Fr.niVio;t Mult. V:.ld conn y, M:ii'ie ; tho tacts are rtOesic.l br Kam 'I'ri-n', lipton Trent and M. A. M 'frill. -it In-: of whom might bf. udiir'ss d for particul-irs. Mr. cilark wa cured by JiritHZun $ Anodyne Liniment. lion, .loscph Farewell, Msyircf Uonklmd, Maine, Isaac M. Braif, Ks'l- iianyor. Hod Mess: a. I0hj Lire, M.cniito, Ide., Inmlirr iuct-ehist-i, fully endorsed the Snt.riIna Catalry Ci-H'tiiiun J'otottfri, and have given the nooprie tors lilierty to uao their named in recommend ing them. I. ohm of .'Memory may mean a general breaking up of tha life forces, or it may indi cate tho efl"t eta of obi-cure dlseaa; contracted In early life. In cither cae Ir. Helmbo!d'8 Biicbu in tho sure specific. It restores the functions of manhood, aud renovates the en tire fiystem. It acts upon bo,h the liver and kidneys, and la justly entitled the Oieat Diu retic. Get the genuine. AU druggists cell it. John F. Henry, Kew York, Sole Agent. AVI1 JMAKTIHT. Recaptured and Lodged in Jail His Account of "ivlicro ho has been and Wlmt lie Iia- been doiuff Since Iiis Hscapc. About midnight of Wednesday, Messrs. J. D. McRae and Isaac Mur- rill, of Brunswick county, arrived in this city, carrying a rope. at tno otner end 01 wmc was David Martin, the murderer of little Willie Carter, securely bound. He was captured on the premises of a colored man by the name of William xoung, who is employed on tho plant ation of Col. John McRae. in Bruns wick county, about six miles from tho city. Messrs. McRao and Murrill having received information to tho effect that Young was harboring Martin, went to that individual's house about 10 o'clock on Wednesday night, for tho purpose of effecting his capture. Young met them at the door anel seemed to at once know for what pur pose they came, as he immediately told them that Martin was there, anil offered to conduct them to him. He preceeded them to the corn crib, where the boy was found lying iu a corner asleep on a bundle of old bags. They awoke him and told him that they had come for him and that he must get up and accompany them to Wilmington, where they would turn him over to Sheriff. Martin glanced furtively around and looked so desper ato that it was thought that ho was about to make an eiTort to escan One of the gentlemen placed himself in tho door, the only modo of egress irom ine criD, wnen Martin surrend- t-xeu ninjseii witnoui even a remon 1 I. " 1 e 1 strance, only saying, very despondent 1 (T 1 A I A tl 11 1 - iy, x juiow i-uau vney n nang me now. Martin was then bound, and his can tors started with him for tho city. Ar riving here about 12 o'clock, theythen proceeded to the house of Deputy onenn morns anel oDtamcil an oreler for his commitment, after which they carried him to the jail, where ho was securely locked up m a cell. lesterday Martin mado several statements, all of them moro or less conflicting, and some of them seeming to implicate ex-Jailor Nash in his cs- cape, but ho has told so many lies since he was first arrested on the charge of being concerned in the mur der of Willie Carter, that evervtliinc no says, particularly wnen any one else is implicated, must be received with many grains of allowance. He states that ho escaped from tlie jail between 1 and 2 o'clock on tho afternoon of Thursday, July lGth, iu company with two other negro priso ners, Robert Hill and Richard Jones; that jailor Nash hael previously told him that Gov. Caldwell Avas dead and as there was no hope for him now .on that question, he would havo to look out for himself; that ho and Jones and Hill escaped through the hole made by them on the first floor of the jail, leading into the basement below, after which they separated. Martin says that he emerged on Thirtl f treet and then went down Third as far as Cot tage Lane, between Dock and Orange. He emerged from the lano to Fourth street, and then went down Fourth and into the woods, skirting tho city until he reached his mother's house near Union Depot. She told him that 1. - 1 - . , - . he had best not stay in tho house that night, and he therefore slept in the street, near tho Depot. Early tho next morning he crossed the two rail road bridges at Hilton and Meares' blnil, ff, and walked out to Rrinkley's, tho Wil., Col. & Aug. R. R., re- on turnnic: to tho city tho Kame after noon. (As Rrinkley's is 17 miles from town, David must havo done some very good foot travelling in that one day). That night ho slept in the woods not far from his mother's house, and the next morning his step-father met him and took him across tho bridge at Hilton, and told him to take to the woods. He did so, remaining out until the 2Sth of July, when he made his way to William Young's house. Young gave him something to eat every day and the crib to sleep in at night, and Martin remained with him ever since, working for him dur ing the clay, until his capture on Wed nesday nigLft. The amount of reward offered for Martin's capture was -S'loO, and of this amount SherilV Black yesterday paid over the 850 offered by him. The re maining 100, offered by proclamation of Gov. Brogden, will, we presume, be paid as soon as tho necessary papers can be made out and forwarded to Raleigh. A Sad Traces! y. We regret to learn tf tho tragic death, at Lexington, Mo., on tho 12th hist., of Mr. Levin A. Lane, a native and for many years a resident of this city. He was mortally wounded iu a difficulty which occurred between him and one Eugene Ewiug, a young man and a farmer residing near Lexington. The cause of the difficulty originated in somo testimony that was given in before the Recorder in the trial of somo young men charged with crea ting a disturbance. Mr. Lane was the witness on behalf of tho prosecution and Ewing for tho defense. During the progress of the trial tho latter made some statements of a person ally offensive nature which ?.Ir. Lane promptly characterized as being false. About 1 o'clock of last Saturday, the 12th, the parties met on tho ttreets of tho city when a few words only passed between them, before the firing commenced. It is said that Mr. Lano called Ewing a liar and certain it is that the latter drew a pistol, fired ui Mr. Rane, and then started to run. This latter also drew a pistol aud fired at Ewing. Roth parties fell mortally wounded. Mr. Lane was shot through tho left breast, near tho heart and lingered until tho next morning, when he died. H:"s end was n very epiict one. We are permitted to make the following extract from a letter to Mr. II. R. Lane, in this city, a brother of de ceased, written to him by a prominent lawyer in Lexington. The writer says: "I don't think 1 ever saw a braver man than your brother. He says he knows that he is going to die, but is not afraitl to meet death only for hi3 wife and sweet babe. He has an ex cellent little woman for his wife and ono charming littlo girl." Mr. Lano was about SI 3 -ears of ago and was a descendant of one of tho best families in tho Cape Fear section. He was a gentleman in the true sense of the word aud as bravo a man a3 any that ever breathed. Ho served with honor during the war and emerged from it with the loss of a strong right arm. His sad and untimely death is deeply deplored and all who know him tender to his bereaved wife and family their sincere sympathy in this their terrible bereavement. Wltolckale FardouiUj;, It having been rumored that the prisoners on the chain gang in Rruns wick eounty, had all been pardoned, a gentlemen in this city who felt an interest in the matter, yesterday tele graphed to Governor Brogden to know if it was true. In reply, he received a telegram stating that Alvin Barfield, colored, Heary BeUamyjCoJored, Am.03 Skipper, colored, Fred Lewis, colored, . and J. W. R. White, white, had been pardoned in response to petition signed by Judgo Russell and others. Of theso prisoners, White and. Low is were convicted of assault with intent to kill and the others for larceny. It is said that, although thev were convicts at tho time, they were all car ried to the polls at tho recent election and all voted for Judge Russell! . Friends ot Xcm iterance District meeting at AVIiItcTlIlc. A district mcetincr of the Friend of Temperance was held at Whitevillo on Wednesday and Thursdav. th lfitli and 17th insts., which was attended by delegates from New Hanover, Colum bus and Robeson counties. Somn eight or ten counties wero renre- sented. H. C. Moffit. Esu.. of Whitevilhv was chosen President pro tern., in tho absence of tho President. Rev. .T. McMillan, of Robeson. nctfd na Secretary. xno reports which were madri to tho meeting represented the temperance cause in a very flourishing condition in some soctions in the Third .Tmlininl District, especially in tuo connties of iooeson and Columbus. In the for mer alone there aro twelve Connnilci all of which aro doinc well. T.irn. ville Council, iu Robeson countv. is tho banner council in tho district. numbering upwards of two hundred and fifty members. Iho temperanco cause at "Whitn- villo is ia a most flourishing ootid i H on Every young lady and nearly everv young gentleman in tho town belongs to tho Council of ihe Friends of Tem perance, and tho result is that a moro quiet town or a moro refined com munity cannot bo found anywhere. The delegates to tho district meet ing wero greatly pleased with their visit to Whiteville, and will long re member tho kindoss and hospitality they enjoyed in the families of that most hospitablo place. Tho meeting adjourned on Thurs day at 12 o'clock to meet in Elizabeth town on tho 3rd Wednesday in March, 1875. EIa.il I injured. A gentleman who came down yester day on tho Carolina Central Railway informs us of an accident that hap pened to a colored man, name un known, which occurred at a littlo sta tion some twelvo or fifteen miles this sido of Abbottsburg, tho narao of which our informant could not recall. iho man, who was probably between fifty or sixty year3 of acre, and is a sec tion hand on the road, altomntod to jump on tho traiu as it approached tho station. As ho did so ho was struck by tho platform at tho denofc and knocked off and rolled along for a dis tance of somo thirty-rivo feet between tho platform and tho car. Ho bled considerably, and was evidently very severely crushed when ho was taken up and carried into the warehouse at tho depot. Ho wa3 alivo when tho train left, but it is supposed that ho was mortally injured. I. ike IZccuInrs oil Jtrohv I'nrmli. The tectb. should alwav.s be fiTiifinlnnmlv 1. r and free from blemish. Keep them "in this condition with the iiicomparahh! SOZ 1IJONT, anil wnen they aro veterans in tko service, tUcy will still be as "good as new." So sweet, so pure, So safe, ho snro, So suited to each dental want, Tho Fragrant SOZOilOJil. Ipr Srs is often tiie itEsuLT of physical ill -health and feeble stomachs. Du ring one-third of our time tho process of digestion continues. To bo dys peptic is to bo miserable ; dyspepsia is tho foundation of fevers and all tho diseases of tho blood, liver, Bkin and kidneys. Dypsvyie4dg -to Hie vir tues of tho vegetalJbimclients in that great purifier- o tliertlood and restorer of hcati-h; Dr. .Walker's Vine gar Hitters. . 4w SPECIAL; tin. wadps tivrii HHtlZl.-tttl" cures Kirk Heail.-u-he, ly.-p t -i i, liroino Cor.Klipation of the licwi-l.-i. .Itsuiidiue, Vertigo, Sour Stomach, and all billions i;.iaiiit minis. For the trr.lri of the above we reti-r yen to bin drod.-who havo used it, ai.d t l.iaiiy ol our :t ihviriaun in liiiUimore h:j! Viiinia, who reguiaily pr i crihe it- ''Every Wf VcplaMc CaiMc Fills. A mil l and ccrtuiii cr.tharti", i-r,iit;ii 1 no iner niry; are iifod Kemirally, in many lo-:i iin-s, byioiubir I'hysirhnis. in puti'sreiien to the "G'.'.iiiiiomnl C:i' lr;rt i- "- 'i lu-v lire nicelv Miliar coifed nit:l pit I only by n l,iit.Ui". i-re pared with caie W.UH', IK iV KIN & CO.. Baltimore, Mil. aug 2D .flotlu r. .lloUirm, .'lotliers. Don't fail to rroure J1KS. WIN SLOWS SOOTH IMG SVKLr for rm ditu.-3 inciden to the period of teethii-.g i--. children. It re lieves the child from x,a ''', cures wind coiie, repulates the bowels, .-Hid hy Riving relief and health to the child, nive.-i 1 C-el to Ui mother. tie sari r.r;d crtll tur "MilS. WINSMIW, .; S'lOTHIKO STKUP." For salt by nil drijjjiria'ii. 3"T0 2o TU-Snn-W-Sat. Our Living and Our Demi. Prospectus of 2nd Volume. Mkvv-bkhn, Jf. '., An:istl1, 1ST-!. "Orit I.jvino j.m Oru !i:ai" will here after be piihlihcd as ;i .', iiil-.Montuly Maga zine, covt-eiisini: 41 pages of reading matter, at T5 pr y.jar 111 aitvanee. Ft r tho information ol those who are not. fa rniliitr with tl.i ent.rpri.-.e, I i-tnte that the chief object or th Il :if.yun will be to ptildifcti thfl Hi-cord tiiiif, Norr.h Osrolinfi and her gallant Hil litrs r.imle in the laio "V."i r between the Stales," to -.it!ior the materi.il for the n?e of the lutore historian, ai d to perpetuate tho memory of those brave men, orliccru and privules, livinior ib-fnl, ivhoshtd imperishable glory upon their native State. In addition to Hie Wat. l!i:i otin of Nopth ('a iioli N A,'lio Magazii. o will i-oniaiii sketches of every section, county, city and town of tho State, written by competent and well-inform-cd pf rsons, 7h.s- mnl iufi if i'rr-rin,;it!y a Mate j.. ri'fh'r-al , 1.1 v-Uirfi Gil flosses i'J our citizens sltiiill'l t'll.-e interest eiifl l'i'l'. The Magazine will take the place of the newspaper, having same tit'c, published by iuo during the past twelve moi.tln. The lirst number will t"- issued Wednesday, September !)th, 1X74. In ilia meantime, I ri (pectl ally ask old subscribers nhodesire t-i ro ne w their subscriptions, l t d ail !hers who wish the Magaxine, lo remit )rrtnii?y, as the change and improvement- rt.p1.r3 considerable outlay, and rui'j Money is net tied. i). root . Address, till further nciicc, Out! T.iVino ANitOi'ic ItCAD," Mcwbcrn, N. C, or Kalcigh, North Carolina. Exchanges will please copy. ii 15 193 Christian Advo A ' WW li A LEIGH, N. a Kcv. J. B. Bofcbit. Editor & Publish 'r ESTABLISHED IN 185T. Has the I.arna'!t Cii-culalioti lis (he State. Devoted to Religion, Literature, Science, M'ews, and General Intelligence. Art Tlie Orcrn.11 of tlie S. C. Conlercucco the .II CJicircli, Soutli. It baa its support, and tha continued aid o its Ministers, (all of whom, are agent.) toward increasing Ita circulation. 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Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 25, 1874, edition 1
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