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Dtrrc nK m. nw UTIftflVI . THE WILMINGTON JOURN L ENGELHARD & SAUNDERS, p One Square, ona week.... ......... .......St 0 One Square, two weeka..... iff One Square, one moatn.......7ttnt 2 One Square, tores moctht. ...... ..; fa One Square, e!z raontas.,.... .. '3 Aacutlonai Sqnrei at proportional rates. A Square la equal to tbk eotio uwiaof ad tertiaUigtyp. C&ca, inTarlablj.inadrasce. Editors nml Proprietors. i vVII"M A 1. 1 LETTERS ON BUSIKBflS Ml'Hl B i ADDRKSSKI. j i i:kms of ;bsckiiths 1 UK IAII.Y JOURNAL b maitetl to si b- .-. iiicrs at KionT Dollars per annum ; Fo: n ; I.ii.i.ak t'or six months; Skvknty-kivk Ckst . ,.r mouth tor a shorter pi'rioil. j 1 UK WKKKI.Y .lOrilNAIj at. Two Pol- , VOL. 30. WILMINGTON, N. C, FBIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1874. NO. 47. - ah" per annum ; Omk Dollak tor six iiiom'i::. subscription "received to the WsstLV lor bs liau six months'. .Iff Iff 31 mi J3M iw juw i W4 141 jyp w up i m i i li ii hi 't'j i p i in ss ha ea its i YT II ;.- we taK.o great p.easure m jivytut; we- j fore the readers of the Jouenai. this morning tho views of Governor G hah am upoa the all-important ques tion of calling ft Conv nt on, and for which we re indebted to our sible cotemporary, tho ildlsborei l'c:,r .' r. The ni-my engagement of the gen tle maa ail J. hi Komewhat cnieebb ei health letve postponed, says the AV- ! ', ! r, the expected coinmtmieaf hoi ! from him in reply to the queries of the , editors of the Wilmington JoriiNAn. But he has expressed his sentiments, j le-re at home, unreservedly and ! sfrouclv. He has spoken amocg a i I VK.II!-iOVKH(U 1 AIM'S VIEWS'. constituency whose confidence he has j end aff.unT. Its position now is that i '!armny in tho counsels ci the Nation held unshakcu for half a century, to a i f 'iisigiiiiiear.ee. Of ail of the niiv3 ! al Radical party. The organization. people he has m vr misled. Ke j 1 1 . I speaks m the maturity of h;s powers : and the ripeness of his experience, and his counsel should have weight not only with the people of Orange, aaiong whom ha lives, but with those of the whole State whoso honorable harden it ha3 been Lis fortune so long, so often and so ably to bear. At the meeting of the citizens of Orange held in the Court llouso in lllslioro, on the ord inst.. dunncr the absence of the Committee to rfport I i4:,. 1 iii. j. 1 1 rcf.uiuuuiia, uo ta.a caucu iipou 10 ex prens his views on the subject of the Constitution, and a Convention. With out undertaking to make a literal re port of the speech, we lay before our readers some of its more prominent points, in order that they may see that a gentlemen of Governor Gbaham's wisdom, recognizes the urgent need of the reformation of the organic law of the State, and ono of his abundant caution and prudence sees nofhinjr tinzariiou-t to the party that pro- pr.ses ir. Aft. r a refere o to the condition of j Ins liealth, which had prevented all premeditation in his remarks, he pro ceeded to comment upon the nature and the importance of constitutions p.nd the necessity of frequently bring ing them to tho consideration of the l people. I he people ought to have this .opportunity once in a while. They are fully capable of passing judgment upon constitutional laws. They are reason able, and have far moro capacity to judge correctly than many of those .speakers and writers who " aisiirao to if ;e;;k for them, and will form a correct ' -. ....tint o) ,,f - . i , ii.-- ;iu luu .11' I Ul UOlil- iehending readily amendment in tt bo iiitxlamental law. ilavo we a Constitution that suits us ? How did wo get it ? The Con stitution of "7G lasted until the changes in that endured until V-I. Tin: people rejected the Constitution sub mitted under authority of I'rffrid-nt Johnson, preferring their o Government then called a C: vii. The veui :o;:. reuiriug negroes to lie voters, and proscribing largely among the whites, i'or this Convention every class of men presented themselves as condidutes. The Convention was a disgiac. The Constitution was signed am tist iho wildest orgies. Thirty days were given to the people to decide vix it. It was not published until half that time e:- Xired. It was then regarded ; s a me re pro visional adoption. It did not suit u . It has as much application to the peo ple of Illinois as to us. Revert neu to constitutions is due to the weight ci the-personal character of their fram rs. There is nothing to command respect iu the framers of this. The Constitution was accepted, but. it was not above criticism. It got the expected colored vote. It got the votfts of rriiinv -n.-lir. iri-mte1 rn!ir r,r,il wou d open the wav to reconciliation. I Even those who framed it. thought it ! only temporary. Tiny said, "Take it ! now; try it, and u it don t i tt tt i try it, and if it uou t suit, i aniena. iseven years nave passetl. ! Wliy can't we amend by our own pr-o- ; pie? We are not in hostility to the 1. iverument. There is nothing to for- j bid. Who will compose the Couvci.tioii? Our own men, men who live among : in, men who will not run away. The i Constitution niay be submicteii to the people. They cau reject if they wish. There were previsions in thcConsti- s tntion insulting and eV-grading to the sovereignty of the State, purposely j placed there. Whv make an oath to i support the Constitution and laws of ' every interest conform to ono unbentl the State, the Constitution and laws of j ng leiie. The e;;--crlmonfc lias now been the United States a prerequisite for on trhd for soma twelve vcars, and the "'""V yi'xuiy "iitjt, uSi inese laws .' This Oonstitntion pvalts tlio Ivvrr.n. ! tive and Judicial department. beyond j nil reason, while it degrades the Letr- I islature, the direct n-presentativo of tne people. tionary powers Legislature, own by which ing bodv is strained. For instance. it lim changes in tho number of Judges of the courts. That should be Lit tothe Legislature. The Constitution should not limit, deline, or restrict. Instead of binding out children as under the old system, this Constitu tion establisheseharitab'e institutions, and prescribes and compels provision for idiots and inebriates. These pro visions ought all to be expunged, and the State government be mado more simple and more economical. It exalted thn flfivcrnra1 oti l Ti-tn.'ip I him au officer of overshadowing im portance. Hi now a vast power. (-leii'.iy1' officers, and fills all ' . 5 '''Wmu'.ilv o.tiisei. William Hooper was asked when he returned from the Convention of '70, what powers they had given the Gov ernor ? To sign his receipt for his salary, was the reply. Governor Gn.v ham would return to the old me thod of appointment bv the General Assem bly, aud would res'.riet tho powers of tne Governor. Muny other objectionable features might be referred to, but he would pass the oi by now for want of time, lie would puss on to tho consideration ol tne subject of calling a Convention at the next session of the Legislature, llu-ie was no danger in a Convention. It a.l depended upon who the people sent, and hretofore.they have always, whtn they had their free choice, sent the right tort of men. Ho thought, taero was no danger t.f committing" tho responsibility to men who would abuse their trust. As to tho i ascendency, so much dreaded" and i .iwe.it. upon by mnny, if the party h right, tho question will strengthen" it ItS WOlk innat lir.fn.A 1 lhey will understand it and if thev approve, will ratify it. -Auu was sai l of the loss to the ai 7 u-T lts cAl for a Convention in 1- ih.tt was imaginary. It has never loft the Legislature ince. Iu that election on Convention tho ques tion arose, whether the Legislature l au, r'8t t, call a Convention. Ti e Judges did not think it a lawful moele vUlN f,hei;,,,l,ii' crippled the vote, ,Uie Convention vote then was lit- whCh8 ,th?U for ShiPP. vote tl,.M d reiIeeQ'd the State, and h"!rT Vots waB maDy thousands twfwC" . Convention question had ot therefore hurt the party. Aa to the question not having been Instead d leaving discre- . p,:,..,!. o- nro the Aegal lender F.ct of 1802, after a . ... :,, .. e t... ,!i,-..-rit-0- I ttoi. ,. .-:.- ..f v. !.. .:.- ... .1 n.v-rt , t , . I... A iltllll V.-.'.UA.... ... l--- ...A., . '.U;,"l. ,JLA....,lIl.AA,.l Ui..... 'I .lull.. ..! ...-i-.V - ....J.tJAl. I. t, in tho hands of the ! . . ,,., ..... given notice to the country. He was .,....,. . ,. . ... , it provides a system of its I i""-'tJ "i', i,uu mado to believe that this was the "V.; " , ", I,,. 7....;,. 7' t.i. I w,fcrt"u 1'L L' lu the legitimate law mak- is content to v.j.e in lis crainary t0p; Jar sentiment at least in the LA' 'V. .-'"ij i, v .-n- m-i,l I 1f"";-l',ti Thin tho controlling interfered with i.nd re- i evi:rv-dav traffic. If this is all the cur- (ire at Stato cf New lork. lie there- . ".- ,i... v..,,,7mi,nt j inivn-r which tho Itonublicat:. havo nrgoj, ami that llic civil rights ques tion Wit tho contested point in the campaign, that was lie. That was tomeming ut u-gi.-n nr.; hao i ire h -iri V n- to (IO v. itll If that Wit ihat wa-j 1 ir C a tno 1 gislf.tur.i 2. a 1 ; bet ft r ad 01. e ; ;!. 1 go home. ! o:nupu;gn m- tt f ii.; weifai . became tho iluS v ''"J'.lllil' tiii t: d to th-MU. t, te.-fc iiiitH tlfv tin ..Or.,1 ih- n ! ii rv! :: tili' tio: brace. ail I the people. It of the i ip d wLoIm ei.ar .;. act il'Jt'.'il d : ! 1 1 t coa u '-r.!i:;, anu i.e-n .'eave i t tiie people tt j'i'Ige, i e T.iitlh h of e: erations oi pai t- asv iitianev. pe)ple veic. iiiliy to emprehe:.d, j and mitiht be i-at'elv tiu-ted to V c l . tliitt (jii.,'tio'i of asceubiiH y. iius Wiis iar more )mpo tar.t carrying tho l'n .sidci.tiai election. For T'f '1T7 ri tra i i ptvnit tlic. S?.ti'.i!i n,..,..tv'i.f , '.' ,l'J-ea KPJn Court not one is apo nt;-d from the Hoe.tii of Mason ;uui j;xos iiue. i,0 South has no CabineL oflicers, an.l if it has had diplomat; irpoiutir.ents, thfv have been of inferior grade. If the Kppub- 1 Jic.in party continues m power, tiiere need bo expected no change m this policy. We iiave then little interest in eiieral politics. Our powers must be exercised in cur own domestic aftairs. Wo must turn oar attentir n to eonu s tic reforms. IHr.virg done that, wo can then rejoice over the Presidential ele i .1 t t 1 1 K0?,' f1? lr eu?-r lU'1 h?fv? ,li0pcs of the eh etion 01 some suitab.e gen s tleinan. I.OCAI1 A.i Ml JiJVi:, 1 1-CV-IMI 1'J) STATES 'i eis si'i wri:. .'u'- te.egraras ;n,T:nfu n-s u ;:. t;is. .lit 11 n 1 '- .1 : "e.s- terday that Mr. Spinnt i- ths Tit a-urcf of the United States Lad made com plaint in his h?t aMitial report that j in the South, especially iu the States Georgia and Alabama, certain corpor ations had issnsd and put in circula lation their own notes which the peo ple were simple enough to n o instead of National Bank notes and Greou- - a: ks V inner thinks that this not a vio.-.itio-i .f the '.11 c ae 01 Corgress srivirg to the Xati ijanr;- a n.onoi (y in money. With both .f his trembling old hands raised in holy horror, as it were, t the t , . urmlty of tho outrage, Mr. t--ays "ia localities at ilia Ot;nit:i h about the enlne circulation .il issues, that are lits of kl'!il loci upon ever. b-.d r-ut 11 curings ana o Tissue, are . 1 . V( Ht.U IS .jiC.-M l. .1 the to i-ie -5 meat anuiiirr j ti ll eli "Ml' the j. ins local cu sen to o o.a ;i;ti!ie It v. . i:o-.itli needs, e that until we il currency for we will never iih-:i f"i" the :;e: We' look : Kvhteui as one Tvar. ever ju ry . l"or do we ;. z can be v"e c at ne've r i o t;:e use on ui- quato )i -l oni ti , by any ti b ei to f'ur w ilici-i: ij1 ii'v-e menop.. t'.ha.rs ui.-.utno i i.yiu money nor,-secure ei lo ino d B.mi-r;s iij broken up, and this 1?:IS1 .-.i-v" IlV Ji ."'n.": 1 I f 1 h ( Xati cau .... ' . .l i''T t2X :oo:uxl by Congress uPo:1 notes issued by banks other than National Banks. The -rt at mist.i.::e ot our ?r ue. ation is- tiie attempt to treat ti wholo Unit, d State as one- :omogc:!-'ou comiauui j .1 ::ua:: -;u i : i i) ; ie 1 view. Tho I Lorn-: ois. -iu; any otir r re ia this resj-cc O.ted rA.V.i is ! o m. - -' ''-' ! Difi-jreiit svoiions ; in tibev:-, havo uif- it v.-.tnts. 'L'iie X.t'Onul B.iakys ri i i es to rtcogsi k-;o libs fact, anel see-iis to mako everv ictiiiiunitv nnd tj.e resillfc is that 1 I nere is linanoial i v in tho ! i ruin (daring iho who e fac Geor ria and Aia' auu e;:ij, axo eee rc-ncy these people cau get, or ii" they prefer it, ought ike law of Congress to como in p.nd say tkoy shall net use it? What need is there that ah' currency shall circulate with equal facility iu Maine and ia Tenas, in Alaska as in Florida, in C.di omui as in Carolina? Xouo in tho world that we can sec We need a circulating moeliv.m, or a I medium of exchange, for two purposes, one for iiome traffic and onelorforeign traffic. What do two neighbors in Florida care if their medium of domes- dium of liomestio exchange between twoneighbois in Alaska? For traffic not domestic, and for purposes of travel, Treasury notes, o- "r-te n backs" proper, and bills o' exchange are amply sufficient. To us it seems plain that it will greatiy benefit tLe South to have lo cal currencies that will not circulate in New Y'ork City, and that until that day shall come, tho South will never free itself from its vassalage to New York City. With the present one cur rency, of universal circulation, New York controls and dictates to the whole country; ar.il EO it must ever be as long ar tho National Bank system continues in force-. Wo need two currencies, so to speak, one for Lome use, for local cir c u anon anel tne other ior general cir culation. Tho local currency ought ! not to bave circulation m New lork, Ii order to bring about this happy state of affairs, the Federal tax on State Bank notes must be repealed. Georgia aud Alabama Lave met tho question in a practical way, but we submit that our people ought not to be driven to such expedients. If the tax on State banks was re moved there is no reason why we should not have banks under State laws. Ample security and protection for the bill holders would bo given, and a cur rency thereby afforded amply sufficient for home use one that would contract king rtlf-i by -v:'.iii;g tee Jaw. t.-ut ot recommeuuiiig tho repeal oi f v . - ; ,,..,, j Michigan.; wndom, ot Minnesota; or expand with the needs of the conitnu - nitv. Thia errer.e would not. dron- , . x, . , ... t.. ttU" iui wiv vjr A IT : tli miEPs I naniw of (!nf rroftt. o mmey centre. The money power of the country siiitaiLS the Federal Government in its citr'i tsat Centralization. Its pow 1 1 ii:t ; uppoit is rendered irresistible by the National Bank system. Break up thai system and States rights and local telf-government will ouco mere be in the ascendant. 'IZIi: IE A Dl CAIi Ft'VlilCE. 1 rom recent indications it seems tobable that there will not bo perfect if present indications are to bo relied upon, is not a unit either upon tho causes of its defeat or tho proper means of recovery therefrom. President Grant, and his two organs the Washington UcjndAican and the New York JirpuJAic, think tho I lame lic3 with Congress and tho "third term," and tho administration had nothing to do with it. Indeed the I!ciw7jU':cc,i goes so far a3 to say that the difficulty was that tho Radical ticket had not Grant's name at its head. This faction is now calling for moro work and more money. Infla tion and "liberal" expenditure of tho public funds in public works and a "generous" employment of a large number of men is the remedy pro- i- osea a meet tuo wants 01 tne larg ci manlier of 2eople out v.oik and out of money. The J? publican says "the army has been cut down, the department clerk ships have been cut down and the Re public.1'. :i majorities have been cut down. JIvidently there has been too much outing down." It complains also that Congress- chose rather to curtail a.i sue-a (nit 1 -tho u.3 as were calcinated demand Teir labor in I tt) stimulate j order thiit they mi .it sliow cconomi added to tho did- cm! budgets. This tress of the laboring classes, anel el rove them to tlit ii only remaining resource 01 deicnee. L-an tins sup bo re- j triev.J," aks the Washington 7.V w;'- ! Can the twenty millions tnus econo mized by Ceiugress at a time when the iubor of the cimntry could ill afford it, yvhen the credit of the nation was so j well established that a further reiiuc I tieu et' the eltbi was not necessary to us .stability, now be eo expended as to revive our productive iutlustry and at tlie same) tune uilbrd employment to the necessitous por? This is the paramount question for Congress to grapple and solve when it reconvenes I next month. It3 committees at tile ia.-t t-essioii reported favorably upon schemes of internal improvements which should bo carr'tel out. They were scheme's which promised by tho expenditure of one hundred and frrenty millions to cheapen tho eo-..! of transport;-lio:! upon the products of industry otr sixty mii I lions per annum in tho future. They j promised, mo: cover, cheat) bread to the masses. They promised to stimu late t!.s etemauel lor labor almost m caicahibly, both directly and collater ally. With cjnstaut anel abundant employment the contentment, happi ness anel prosperity of tho masses would have been assured. These, turn, would have prevented the pres ent po'itical revolution. Wiil Con gress, now that its eyes huve teeu o o -Lied to its duty in the premh-es. make haste to retrieve the false fctep i mad. at the last session? Or I v, ill it ii. rs. vere iu its suicidal course. ! : d iu answer to the cry of tho people i f :,v br. ;:d i.gain cast at them a stone? ; gfumeut. A geiur u r Jiio Now York Ji'-pitMic, the lasting j sow ing tho p; lii.-ipo. :-. t ami ciii.-'i l r;'nu the President in j New Yo:k Ci!y, and possessing such j i intim.t'o re!..1. ion with Lis AuutiisiH- : ! tr.'itioii ;i ; to bo considered to speak by ! j authoiiiy, says: j j "Tho present Republican admin's- J I traiion, since the election f List week, ! i feel relieved from all obligations to j ! ferce hard mouev on t!io eon try. Six months ago tlie President, advised and I urged by tho Lore! mouey Hinneial j peonle of New York, did consent to I recommend tho earlv return to eecio panieits. He even went to tho cx-v loro took i.-isue with a score of his beet friend-; in Congress from the West, who insisted that the party could not iih'oid to go to tho country on contrac tion anel hard money. Such men as Mr. Morton, of Indiania, Air. Logan, of Illinois, and Mr. Ferry, of Micibgan. wero so earnest iu their protests and ennvictions on the subject that they were almost driven to open revolt against the administration on the un expected veto of the President. It was a nicely ballanced question, as we happen to know whether they should openly denounce in the Senato the mistaken views of the President, or loovn I-.- 1-1 o anrnPfh to bo Fettled. later in the session, by compromise. The latter alternative -araa oJorK.J, im. tho sufiicient reason that . the Western Senators knew the President to be sin--rr . ir, trs conviction that tho popular uauuci-t uuu.tit di mantled specie payments, and, as a preliminary there to, the repeal of legal tender desira ble. The vote was sustained, and the President was warmly congratulate! in certain quarters where he was not sup ported last Tuesday. "It is now sufficiently clear to the Republican administration that the country was not then prepared for specie payments, and that the whole agitation was badly timed and, a3 the result proves, -npopular. The party havo been it d on the cry of the hard times; u ; the pressure of the hard times wa aggravated by the ad vanced position taken by the Presi dent, on New York advice. As to the doing away with greenbacks and the repeal of legal tender, there wa3 no real popular demanel then, and there is infinitely less now. The Presiclent was eb'oeivrd ion n d;fT-rcn- opinion, but ha is not tlie maa to peisevero in a blunder made so palpable by the re cent elections as to leave little doubt that hard money nnd no greenbacks constitute about the last issue before the people, when under pressure of Lard times; which should be made by a party in administration." Thus we have plainly foreshatlowed tho policy of the administration wing of the Radical party, to-wit: A reck less, extravagant expenditure of the people's money to give some relief from the hard times so rapidly com ing. Plenty of money and plenty of work and opposition to the Civil ' Rights Bill is now Grant' platform ! for the Third Term Cammis:). and I, ........ n.,t , v.;. ..,,,1 n- -'"' rerjK-iiitK-reu tiiac our veiicenL I 1iorRf,l:i .-.I.- ..'.r rivm who lieVtt OT'C S - - ' his nvitrh r.ot pearls but smoke n-m,io i.ir n" V iNp'PV pops 1U iiaS cjmts 0.1. o. .iiL.i$ tot-o ij, found ..uiek end convenient r j portu- nitv to i; form the c-nnv lhal he is 7 "- - .1. opposed lo Civil Rights. On the other hand, the other wing of the party, 1 ; j t , : iit el Vy that por tion of the pi. ss and e f the politicians that claim to represent th.s v.e.V.th and inteliigencs and Lout sty i.nd rtspect abiiity of the p.uty, iu the Eastern States, at L-as , are strongly and un alterably opposed to the financial poli cy thus ini!icrd"d. party, like the oti. as the net die io t': This wiig of the , true to its pocket pole, insi-rts . pon d : ,!e rt -rumption early if r.'.t an im'aed of specie j-itynv.-nts. In plain Eugibh tin fci lent has joineti t.uo .Sier.roN TfiRr.v wir.g t!io money v. ; r g of his diner one a dfJianeo and Ec . .v and Western, cheap s ilty. aiul ii biel- the Eastern hard mon- y wieg. Verily the pros ;"' i is ed one for us of the. South -f.-r vheatuer IU0 Eist unloads tlfj We.t, or the West unloads tho '.i-, Ieniocraey is oblig'-d to vv in. a. i. j r: n t iiJ j,. ni:j:i i:. plea.v.ue of laying tn ei. v Wo havo tli belore our reauei-s tlu.-s mi-rning a i . -: very able Litter from Colonel Stet-it:, of Richmond County, in favor of the cdl of a Constitutional Conven tion by tho Legislature. Tho fact that Colonel Steele acknowledges that at iirst he had doubts iu regard to the 2o!'r'U f tho movement, which no longer exist gives much force to his letter. His ability, Lis long ex perience, Lis devotion to North Caro lina, render tho opinions of Colonel fcr'TEELE worthy tho thoughtful consid eration of our people. We gladly enroll him among the tli.-tiuguishtd advocates of Convention, and invito attention to his Liter: .Eot-u.-:-;iiA:.j, Nov. IJth, 1871. V: , J'i!':!it!l'(l 'C .V :":'!': -'.' Or.js: I Lave received your letter in wh;ca you do me the honor to ask my Cip nions m regam to tlie juojirte-ty of calliug a Con.-.t itutio?iat Convention by the Geiie-ral Asstmbly. Although I havo not the vanity to .-. tipple that my views are at all LkeSy to nave any iLilueuoe upon tLe course e-f tliat body or to sway the opinions of' any great n umber of the people of tho State; yet as i nave no conceaimeurs upon anv it Ft ion relating to the public welfare, rhaii not l.'-s tate to eomji'y with your rctpiesi. in i.iiu ia, x misui content myseii wit it eoi:e.uf:ot:s raiaer than tlie) arguni'-n's bv which thev are ranched. Iudepei.de of tne iact that tuo m 1 the Constir ution of th- child of tin- people . tl bv h, I .it a bastard strum c. tlie Stat wb.o are in.-i;ltli. i is r.'-' by iv 1: V d v.eijury, it is a fur; ." pound of . ; si .' .' . o''i n' Hit ;i- 'in; infj-.rum.-nt i. a com- ! rj;an'.e u-i:u:iiles ;r.r-.i statu- I tory lequjreait without order, surd. 1? is ;.ts, ti.rown incongruous teiiotM ;o:il togeliK r jib- 1 ;nd :tli,it i- ronie, ai.ti i Is t. impede rat iter than j itdvane-.' latisinul j rog bunions, "grievous te It i m poses b borne, and prevents t no passagj el laws v.nich growing ci-nvcnienees ami necossiues demand. It nieel?. Le;r.y pruning and a thorough receuistruotitui to bring it into hariiioUi-ju nhrpe. s-jlul structure and becoming propo'-tio s. Ail ai ii d hei-efeoe, will attempt at .-.i.iei.nn-t'', only add move p lei.-es to tio no :iio -:ou, pre i.'oinsLed by . proy is -:.s a quires, is our 1 toers LiU .VU'-ll i.t as our e the Kil'lV iSg' li IS i i ; . . j l 1 , . ; 1'. by w h;:-!; can iU:t hot e !iV 11 to get tlie ig;;:: .' )'V i; : all its piilis, seeuilii.'" ;t;l muik Jo" icgi dative and p;-.- land- 1 : i itbcia Clilu- auo and uob.l eiii.g ti:. Cii uerai A?:- .-cmbly ei i .aii lict uless ivsiraiuts, 1 1 w;iic;i now J .il; pt r and ci.utrol it. And this i t q: i vs a Couvei li m. . If imisi. !i 1. e.b fit tl t hat the leer- iHiative no do .i amend ta..o.t was re- sotted to in 1870 and 1 -72, r.i.-d e -rtain um--nis ot; io nneto I proposed in loii) were not sanctioneel by two-thirds of the General Assembly ol' 1872. If these fears are realized, thou wc may have, practically, no remedy for our distresses by this mode of amendment aud bo obliged to bear cur bard- us as best we can. I may as well stale that when the Question of a Convention was first mooted, I had doubts in regard to tho policy of the movement. All hough I knew that the present proposition was quite different from the former ono in which it was submitted directly to the dcodIo to sav whether ir woultl call a Convention, and the eireumstauces vt v . . .LvDlUU WHlllUUll 11 I U 1 1 -1 li U j tali m.i..A twir.lnm I.. n.uuilr attil " . upon our opinions. I stiil apprehend a:I that we niie'ht. hazard bv the exneii- ment, the loss of a power, which I n gardeel as essential to the weal r f the State. I thought it possible that we might have some more Acktrmanie fulminatioii3 from Wt-idon, yvhich would intimidate our people anel frighten tLeni from tho t xereise of a clear constitutional right, and tho use f ,.ir,.l r- r, A ri,..-,,i.,i. -....n.irr - - - - i Ot C Alev. 1AA IA I AltlAt Of-.l-'f-A AlilAVOr A 1 1 t ,fi.., ,t i.:.o, VL1j Liit vane to umie-i. t' uiou me t 1 x- . i,, t., it-A. in-, ed. Now, however, tirsi to tne mi- pressible genius of 'constitutional lib- eity, which has so cl mniiestca itself bv a popular upheaval almost unparalleled in our Liitorv, these ap- prehensiona have passed away and 1 feel that we have tue glorious privilege of doing what is right without tear cf interference by measures or bayonets. New Y'ork, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In diana, Missouri anel other common wealths havo declared that as they claim to possess "tho solo aud exclu sive right of regulating too iaterm 1 government and police" of their own States, Liouisiana anel iNortii Carolina shall not bo denieel the save sovereign prerogative, and shall not bo crushed bv the heel of a despot or their lives tho influences which intimidated us before are concerned, they may oe un regarded as no longer worthy of our attention. At all times right should prevail rather th. n policy . But the poposi tion may lie more truly stated, that right is policy, and he who regulates his conduct unswervingly by adher- . .. . ' . : : .in i-: i i o e - r t iv insas: xerrv. ti I destroyed by tho bayonets or ma mm- v H Garlani.; Delowarc, Joun. P. ! "" peiiormiug a. un ions. Tho suggestion yvas a healtny -7 " ' , . ' , j ton, a man named Dail, of Lenoir one and has a potent authority which , Cociikane; Massaeuusctts, im.iAM COuuty, was found dead iu an alley a no man can disregard. I have these ; Gaston; Michigan, Henry Cuamuer - , short distance from the circus tent. f, rn Iman;' tion hence, so far as ! r .,.. ryiiatonri fn s. U. TTat:ptn- i By eovce. it was thought that his death ence to principle will, in the t-nd, i ! a!waJ3 triumph. The question is then ; narrowed down to this: Does the I ,011- stitulion need such thorough revision ' Vciltion V I think RO: and if the I. i i ki i..- i ...,:,. .. I vjcueui .ism.u.iiv t-uo cuiutu u ! wmuar viev, mcu iuo uiuy utcum's i - xi it - i-i . . ' i- i- t i 11 11 T. j imperative tuat it should call ne. It j 111UiJt nject all icquiry us to whether snch a ttep would be popular .... 11 Ir 1. 11.. or unpopular, ana eievuie useu 10 ine ; A-montii or more ago wo wrote an position of pure statesmanship and article faV0ring tho call of a Conven patnolism. Let it uo what itshall be- , . ... ... .. lieve to be best for the peopls of the taon; but at that t;m3 the question was State, resravd-'ess a? to tho particular ! new, ostensibly, and but little had efl'ect snch action shall havo on the political or personal fnluro of ec!i individual member. Wlieu our j.cg;s- lature can attain to this standard we may well trust our fates in their hands and regard them as tho direct agents of an overruling Provutenco lor me I do not fear that a Convention, now called, would be eomposeel in the- nain of ignorant and corrupt men. A con- trolling portion of theni would bci tha wisest and best of our people. Their acts would, I believe, bo founded in wisdon and sustained by the people at the ballot-box. No man cau have any apprehensions that his rights cf person rr nrnnprt.v sviiilil bi i n Yfliled . f xemilrl rrnt norotr. resfrirt. ov nttetn- t. to restrict tho action of tho body, but would bo wi'hng to entrust tho whole. matter to its discretion, having the most imolicit coutklenco that its actior. will be dictated by a sincere and pat- ; begin its investigations with the over riotie desire to advance tho general , floweJ 1;Rpyn ins.;,.f?. t u rich to interests oi the p ople. If others are . not so trustful as I am, the Legislature i"'pm:c.-. mijht suggest certain lines, which the ; s; i:a.v.,H ,i.e jl,, enor who Convention should not pass. No Con- , . ' , , . . vention would disregardahem, and if jlJ't stgr.t-u contracts to como to it should, then the people could reject : America Ltxt season for a scries of all the propositions submitted to them, j concerts, is to receive Silo, 000 for one FuZ H r,0lau?er n thif loiut', lor ! hundred nights, or $1,1 r.O per night. ttiitu uuuj v uutii nut, iiicicij' t. ssiio.i its "brief authority," hazard tho loss of all its labors. It is true that a Convention would cost something. So do food and raiment, and medicine; but vet tho cost is repaid by strength, comfort and health. Oar government is cum- j county, and it is believed that he will bersome and expensive, and I think j not j,' vo ;l majol-i(v in more than ten the whole-cost of a revision of the Con- ! , . ., t -, stityition would be saved, iu t woyearsof j Co5mat's "u lJU- a reduce! expenditure, to say ue'th ; Dr. Aver, the MaisaclniseEs medi- ir.g of the retrenchment for many years ! cino m.u j-f bceil elected to to come, f 1 the confidence anel satis- i f, -r , .. . , .: Congress ii all tne men in the eiistrict taction whiea would bo given to our t c peopie by having a framework of gov- i who have Bwallowed his cnerry pecto ernment u litablo to their tastes, habits j ral, had voteel for him. It wa-3 the and even prejudices. ; fellows who didn't tako it, who wero The-so aio my views, gentlemen, I hope expressed with buflicient clear ness that yo i can comprehend them. It' I have been unfortunate iu that icftici-i x i-:i.ij uui iii-iu .uuiiii-jit.iii oo ; !,ut.n,l--m,.lv ,tf H.ia enrk trill 1 w I experienejd. I would 'vote to call a Convention if 1 were a member of tho General As enibly, and 1 would do so - u it brongut me in opposition to ; the views ot some liionds, wiiose j and i,atriotisra I high- iy respect. Tneso differences always j ternal appearance, is handsomely fur exist, and if they are to govern the j rushed with arti.les from tho Wrash duties oi a Legislator, are too nvsig- I . t Loase ibo furuitnre being a1 so aiiiiuiii to i:v.it.t , iot in. a 11.1, uviii. cou.ti oss;iiy bo tioue. Apologizing for the hurry iu which I Lave written and the somewhat dis connected manner m which I h;ne stated my couclusirit I am. very respectfully, Your oKedie-nt serwrd. v wmi: Ij. Srr. As the complete swooping D-rmccratic i-idiscovtvcdthid tho gains made iu the j l uited Ivates Senate leave tne ie.-puo- j Leans with only ten majority There I are very br ;ht prospects oi electing a j T). i !f!.'i-:it: ir;c a rcsuicui aim noase oi , Representatives in 1n7o, and it v. ould bo v. ry important for that party to so- j pj.-h ;t i3 settled beyond any ques curc tho Senate in order tha they t5on t?mt tl.esections visited principally i m:ty net bo e.ieeiicu m tues purpose run; jnt. 170 wiil majority. to r.. form the Ueneral Gnw A gain of six Senators in -. v.-.. ... ih-. 1 ! public oi Tne ii ::sis ei' tweei v-li v. -. nators tx- e:r invi s- :-oif; arc to be deb rmined by tho ( lec tions held in tho Fall of J87C. Of thu:e tweuly-.'ivo ougoiiig k-cators lU'b'eu OiO Republicans; and tho elc- i teat tain, j Wis t P ur ot Ihes'.i is a!-.oii;te ly cc-r-1'iioy arc Clayton, of Arkansas; of Louisiana; Frtliiighnyscn, u New .li-r.- and Cragin, t f New is very probable that ; If imp-mro. b iu addition Iilim i-; !br Loau of b o: lbittering themselves the-y would ta-niii tho iidnii nistr.it. ion of 1 he Gov iihieut for many jcars to come is vat.: . with speed v anaihihi! i"n. ! r, ! ! L ! t. , ! ! ; A li' j ci irrc.sjiondo: City of tho lii'tim COud'T.se.l ab-tr ie s em:.'Sni '.?;. ,t at Wa-hin to (,'ar'f ' p :' Mirtdry d IO CoUlt of ;ton ives . .r ' c the ions oi United l: :a; t s, i i.c liv.-rcd on iAUVing last. been :e : Among t ho decisions i -s one oi eehslrucuo.i deciding a 'V laiiiv o our eit'zeiis ;oo deei.lv iu- i tort te i. 'ILo ca :e reft rred to is re- ported a fo'.hnv: .UTr.irv or .-.;HoLin:s. assignee, ttc- , JMiiiiW vs. Ij.i. ley, . E.ior to li e DistricL Court for the I M-dd'.c DisTi-icl of Alabama. l;i tlos ca o the Coi;rt below allowed j a reooy ery against a fctockliohler of au 1 insolven bank without reference to . . . . . , the question of proportion. The ludg- . , . , . . , . .ment l-s uero reversed, the C ir.rt hold- . . ... ! , , , , , - ,- , , , sn , ' ,. . .... ., . , VT ' e , ti' ! c0f '" lKii;s ta ll,e (jiiLf Juliet delivered the s.une' pL-'i.'oi lii-n to iii .10 e iiiaor.i. oomioii. iiii.'.ioc-k vrif: imvi :iihs. Iu 1S70 ix States had Democratic . . . Govornors. I he numbe r 1 ty-lwo cut ci thirty-seven. now tweu- Thirltcn StatcB elected t.overnors ou Tuesday of hut week, anel ten of j tho elect aro Democratic, vis: Ala- ; t,!im:1. (,,, s. IIopston: Arkansas. Nevada, L. B. Ei.Aim:Y; New Jersey, ' ' ' . J' Jos. xj. io.oi., e. iuiji, oAMiitj. Tilpun; Tennessc-o, Jas. D. Porter. The Radicals elected only Sints Gak ijer iu 2tbraska Ciiamseriain' in South Carolina, and T. A. Osbobn- in Kansas. tin-se iotir, XIIE tOSVESTIOX QUESTIOX. The subject, says tho Cleveland lianurr, ia uow being Agitated, and thoroughly and ably discussed, by tho Democratic pre.-s uud people of tho 1 .. .... . .. , . ... : tuc orate, irom ;urriiucK 10 ucroKee, i. n.-., t..., u ' liniiiiiioiuJ uui....Mt. iLimcai;;ivu , , Tx a 4. ' , ,.. , i oId Democratic paper, eo aoly edited, j and always r;ght, taking the lead. I : been said about it. The press seemed to be 1.: au j indisposed to tat , , , . ., , . ., . ; noU of , .n',w,pS tbat lt s OEO ' tako of great magnitude and importance, upon , and around it clustering the weal or woe cf t!j0 stato. But since then calm j of doubt, fear and pusillanimity, and j awoke tho people to their danger, anel j ti,e;r soh: mu and imperative dutv. , --- - - EDITORIAL N0TE3 A recent ccrnc iu bailey in Chicago ivin netted the men 13 announced US hav : who "engineered" it 870,000. The Alabama pajicrs insist that tlie i new House of Representatives shall Mayuard, who was waterlooed to the tunc of about 50,000 for Governor of Tenne.T ee, did not cany a county iu the middle or western sections of that State. He was beat in his own alive and kicking on election e lay. They vcteel for Taibox. It has just come out that Gen. Sher- i. pi tPUte U his daughter, Mre. ltcb, with $10,001 in the way of a substantial wedding gift. The house Gf ye-uthful pair in St, Louis is the -..r .!... m,. 0 . . lUKO unpretenumg : i size r.nei ex- ..Irs. Sherman's gift to her daughter. There is a prospect of tribulation, j of weeping aud wailing among the I saints out iu Utah. Nineteen Mor : nuus havo boon indicted for polygamy . by the Grand Jury of Judge McKean's : Crurt, and the job is only fairly com : mencod. The Salt Lake JNVfa i3 j alarmed at this sudden coming down returns of the j 0f the law upon the "peculiar institu ictory come iu, it j tions," and rushes in to figures to fig- ures to show what a tremendously ex- pensive nnd grievous piece of business it is liable rove. state Gooioght Buckley, of Texas, -.ni r,M,oi-t flm nt leftslaturfl his ob- servatioc3' in fifty-four counties, from ia the central, eastern, the central, eastern, northern and wobtc-rn parts of the State, abound in vast dcpcs.M s of iron and coal. The copper region h.n also bconfound to have a wider and larger range than generally supposed, anel there isan abundance of suit, gypsum and good roofing slate. Silver has not been found in paying quantities, although its existence in tho counties west cf Llano Las been satisfactorily demon strated. Tl;o Fiji Inlands, v.Lich tLo British Government Lave just annexed, are a group of one hundred and fifty-four islands, f ixty-fivo of ILcm being in habitcd. They are situated in the South Pacific ocean, between the fiftieth and twentieth degrees of south latitude. Only two of these islands are of considerable sizo, Anna Levu anel Vita Levu, which havo a surface respectively of about five thonsand and three thousand six hundred square j tri. t';:: t ,,- . ..i;i. i miles. Ibo I ..i Iwds aro fertile and very productive cf tropical fruits, but heretofore have had very little atten- tion given them by this country. Now that her Majesty, Q.iecn Victoria, has taken the place of the latest successor of "Hoky-poky-wiiiky-wank, tho King of tho Cannibal Island.-?," who has ac quired much celerity in tsong and story, it is quite probable that it will have a beneficial eiTrc.t upn h fioo ofhis carnivorous majesty's realm. T!t;-Salem Press says: Live pert ridge nro shipped every few days from this place for New Y'ork, and tho:ee to England, for come of the parks of tho noblemen. rrt T .i : t -v- it -i i The E.iieigh News says: Mr. Albert ed lty the Department ut Washington r . ' ' i L " - bpctoal Commissjeinor, to take testi mony to bo useel before the Claims Commission in cases pending before that body from North Carolina. Tho Charlotte Observer pays: Our friend Johnstone Jones, Esq., uutil recently editor of tho Observer, left this city last evening to become a resi- themselves. No member of that eoni deut of Raleigh. lie has accepted the I mnnd has ever taken the trouble to j position 01 political editor of the State I Agricultural Journal. Wo regret ex- I ceeebcgiy to lose Mr. Jones from Char- j lotte, and know that wo express the t: 1. -dl.. -a - I sontiments. ol the comuiur.ity in sav- nig tins, tie is a peutleman of fine talemt anel a young editor who has &1- ! reaeiy taken a stand amongthe loading j journalist, of tLe State. j Tho Newbern Journal of Commerce 1 S1VS : On Thursday, while Robin- ' i 7 1 1 L .1 . , -A l'1" uaiiuut eaubes; uui, j the general opimon is that he was j fouilv tleait with and bruises upon his head aud body give strong color to this view. One report is to tho ef fect that he was set upon by a party of negroes, while another is that ho was murdered by men connected with the circus. From the Hillsboro' Recorder. Convention lecttiijf. At a meeting of the citizens of the county of Orauge, held in tho Court Houso in Hillsboro ou Tuesday, the 3rd inst., Mr. John W. Norwood was called to tho chair and John D. Cam eron appointed Secretary. It was moveel that a committeo of fiyo be appointed to prepare and sub- mit to the meeting resolutions expres- sive of its sentiments. The chair appointed the following gentlemen: John W. Graham, Dr. Pride Jone!. John Unrrmierhs. .T.m.-i- than Nichols and Patillo Clark. The j 8u house of Joseph L. Rhem, Esq., committee retired, and during their t f city tok ure from f parks is absence tho Hon. W. A. Graham was j suiuS from tlie siaoko stack, but for called tunately the l'amcs wcie snbducel be-1 ing at lengtn, urging with great force . onA ill.. :.. Ihia r.rrl.f of argument and illustration tne right, duty and necessity of calling a Con vention. The Committee returned, and re ported tho following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, Tho Constitution under which we are now living was formed by persons who had not the interest of tho people of the State at heart, was badly conceived and ia illy adapted to tne wants and liauits ot our people, is burdensome in its requirements and en- tailling unnecessary expense upon our i26113. is hard to understand, and in some instances nas necessitated legis- lation by the Judiciary iu older to make it intelligible. And WHEnEAs, The said Constitu- , tion rirovides, that a two-thirds major- j ity of ench Branch of the General i ivsscmuiy may cm a boiivemioii ot tno people to alteu- and ajaend the Consti- totion. Asir WuEKL'As, The Democratic- A 11 ,1 .- .... Conservative imrty is now known to have a majority of two-thirds in each Branch of the incoming Legislature, a party that has gained its present as cendency in the councils of the State, by its professions of reform and its earnest desire to correct abuses and diminish expeiices. Therefore be it Jzcuolvrd, 1st. That iu our opinion, an alter ation of our Constitution iu many es sential particulars is necessary to our happiness, and to secure "an honest, economical administration vand regu lation of the internal government of tho State in its various departments, and just accountability on the part of its officers. II. That having assembled togeth er to consult for our common good, we do apply to the Legislature for redress : of the grievances imposed on us by a ! Constitution, and upon the adoption of which, many of our best citizens were deprived ot iheir birth-right of suf frage. And we do instruct our Repre sentatives that a Constitution, the ma kers whereof wero prejudiced or igno rant, is not ono tamely to bo submit ted to by tho freemen of North Caro- j liua. HI. That the wisdom of our ances tors, iu declaring that " elections shall bo often held," has been exemplified in tho tendency of the long term of four years for executive officers to ren der themindifferenttothe wishes of the electors, and disposed to trample on their rights. IV. That we can not appreciate the j force of the pleas urged for an acqui escence in atlmitted grievances, or be soothed by the apprehension born of timidity, but knowing our rights, we dare maintain them, and place our re liance in overcoming difficulties by facing them, ami not shutting our eyes upon them. V. That we disclaim any intention or wish to see the beneficent provis ions contained iu the present Constitu tion in regard to the Homestead aud tho exemption of tho property of un fortunate debtors from execution abolisheel or in any way abrielged, but i we urgo that the ostato therein be en larged to a feo sirnplo and rendered more secure to those dependent upon tho owner thereof for protection. VI- That wo have no desire to de privo tho colored people of any right ; conferred on them by the various amendments or which tho laws now ' give them; and only insist that in tho enjoyment of tho "fruits of our own labor anel in tho pursuit of happi ness, we should bo left unmolested. VII. That wo do favor a change in our form of government by a Conven tion of the people in pursuance of law, rather than legislative enactment, and insist tliat tho enumeration of rights given to the Legislature asspecified in the present Constitution "shall not bo construed to impair or deny others re taiueel by the people, aud that all pow ers not delegated, remain with the people." Mr. John W. Graham supported the resolutions in a few able remarks. Ho moved that those resolutions bo adopt ed as tho sentiments of tho meating, which wss carried unanimously. The hour for the reassembling of the Court Laving arrived, tho meeting ad journcd. John W. Norwood, Ch'm. Jons D. Cameron, Scc'y. Xlie Smrjre of KarlyN Division a. diet lyiturar. Tho Southern Historical Society utiu its uuuum imtuuH iu. Auvuiiiuau a fow ,Aysi R Gen Early is pre8i. dent Gf tijfs association. Hon. R. M. T. Hunter delivered the annual ad dress. Tho Richmond Enquirer says: "At tho conclusion of Mr. Hunter's address Geueral Early related hew a brigade of North Carolinians and another of Louisianiaus charged, un supported, up the heights of Gettys burg ou tlie third day of the light, driviDg the tnemy until they were overwhelmed and outflanked, aud then fall in sr bnclr. iritb lOO r"ionciD ol.iI j four captured flags. One of the regi ! ments was commanded by D.B. Penn, I -r -- ! 01 ijouiemna. Aud, wo will add, that the other brigade Clloke's) yvas commanded by Col. I. E. Avery, of the 6th N. C. Regt., who was mortally wounded just as thev were ordered to fall back and i liVtii uuiy lout; ruoiiuit to niiiu ou au ? -n, i-a i r.t t i .1 i l . ft. "Major Tate, tell mv father I died with my face to the foe." The note was addressed to Col. Samuel McD. Tate, of Burke, then Major of the Olh Regiment, aud is now in possession of i tho writer. It is sad to uoto how little interest is manifested in the war record of the . North Carolina troops by tho soldiers ! wnto a description of this one of, if ; not the most daring charge made in the late war. Yes, it is sad but nut so surprising when we reflect that one ! . -. 1 a -.i -i- j cannot write anythiDg about either the ; Ravolution -ry or the late war.iu which j one's kitli or kin took anv part, with- j out some sore-headed, contemptible j boom-proof agrarian of the press in sinuating that he wishes to extol ins own relations, or something to that ef fect. Piedmont Jrcss. A rich but parsimonious old gentl man, on being taken to task for his uncharitableness, said: "True, I don't give much, but if you only knew how it hurts when I give anything, you wouldu't wonder." An inquiring man thrust his fingers iuto a horse's mouth to see how many teeth ho had. Tho horse closed his mouth to seo how many fingers the man had. Tho curiosity of each was folly satisfied. STATE NEWS. Carrington'e circus is to bo at Snow Hill on the 10th inst. Wro believe this show was organizetl in Virginia. Tho Folktou Ansoniau says: Our i neichbor. Mr. J. M. Flako. killed a calf on the 3d inst., eight mouths old, J which weighed 40 lbs. to the quarter, J Who can beat him i i The Newberniau says: O a Saturday i morning last tho roof of the cotton I fre much damne-" tut-"""1' Ijoss ' HpOUt SI-JO. Tho Charlotte observer savs: We have said so much about potatoes lately, that we are almost afraid to speak of them now, and would nt, but for tho fact that on yesterday Mr. James Manning rolled oiio up our back steps, into our oftice, which weighed eighty-three ounces. xnc Ureensboro Patriot -as: Wo saw several young men, with their aeir wagons anel teams, on their return to old Guilford last Saturday. They ! had been West tried it, became dis- i gnsteu anel jiavo como liomo. This is i a good sigu. Few places (if any) nro better thau tho Old North Stato ' after all. 1 The Tarboro Enquirer-Soiithjrner i ICTtl TH - -. Imt.n IV. r. T f., T 1. f ! J . j". jjhiuu naw- J'ence, living some six or seven miles ; below thi3 place, was so unfortunate ou ! ast Sunday night aa to loso Lis giu ' liotisp. nml nlirmf. flili-fnan t.oc ton. Ho has no doubt but it was t lie 1 1U111VVU -'LA .) Jl V'OL' work of an incendiary. The Washington Echo says: Tho jury in the case of tho Stato vs. Aaron Bonner, colored, for rape upon tho person of Margaret llipps, white, brought in a verdict of guilty ou Sat day evening about 6 o'clock, having retired to their room about 2. Seven blacks and hve whites composed the i ur i The Raleigh News says: Judge Hen- I ry has just rendered a decision in tho case of Branch vs. the North Carolina Railroad, dissolving tho injunction prayed for. It will be remembered that this injunction was granted iu consequence of the prayer of Branch and others ac-ainst the North Carolina and Western North Caroliea Railroads aud the issueing of the bonds of the said North Carolina Railroad in order to complete the latter. Wo have not learnetl the ground of the Judge's action in the case. Tho Raleigh News says; Es-Senalor Eppes, colored, or rather a3 black as the hinges of perdition, who has been a member of the Senate from Halifax for several sessions, and who is by tho way a minister of tho gospel, has been convicted at the present term of Hali fax Court for cheating anel conspiracy to cheat. We have not learneel tho specilio nature cf the charge. Eppos was not returned to the incoming Leg- 13th, says that a heavy snow has cov islature, having been succeeded bv i ered the mountains around Iruu. The John Bryant. j i The Washington Echo says: II. G. Foster, an intelligent colored man, aud a juror in the trial of Aaron Bon- nor for rape, yvas met on the streets by a crowd of negro loafers, and hissed j at for not acquitting, because tho pris- j oner was a colored man and the in- 1 juroel party a wlnto woman. o aro glad to know ho took no notieo of them. He acted the part of a good citizen in upholding tho majesty of tho law, regardless of color, nnd in doing so has won tho tho esteem of tho in telligent and sober-minded portion, of his race. Tho Raleigh News fcays. Capt. Ful ghum, who has faithfully served tho Stato Agricultural Socioty for tho last two years in the capacity of Secretary, retires from that position on the first of December, and will bo succeeded by that elegant gentleman, Major J. C. Winder. Capt. F. declined running for the position of Secretary or Superin tendent, from tho fact that Lo desires devoting Lis entire timo to tLo build ing up of tho Stato Agricultural Jour- 1 1. 1 Ml A 1 nai, wuicu paper win continue to no j tho orgau of tho Stato Agricultural t C y' j Washington, Nov. 11 Night High Tho Winston Sentinel say: Tho I authority denies that the President, in bothy of Mrs. Christina Hoartcl, inter- a Cabinet mccUag, had insisted upon red about 12 months ago near Salem, j a peremptory demand for an indemni was disiuterred a few days since, and ty from " Spain for the Vaginitis out a post mortem xamination held to soo i rage. whether or not sho was poisoned. An I Mr. Leopold, one of tho Couiuiis inquest was held, and Drs. ShaiVuer I sioneis of tho Freetlmen's Bank, has aud Siewers mado tho test, and upon : their sworn evidence tho jury returned a verdict cf "death from natural causes." Tho investigation was mado at the instauco of Ler sou, who it seems had conversed with tho spirit of his mother through the medium of spirit rapping, and was informed by her of tho poisoning. Tho Raleigh News says : About 8 o'clock last night tho new giu house , hundred pages of manuscript, showing and saw mill of Mr. V. A'. Clifton, j nM available assets on hand and the located ou the creek running through ; liabilities of the bank, classing its as tho farm of Mr. Bledsoo just south of BCt., as prd, bad and absolutely me city, was tuscovereu i; uo ou nte. Our fire companies turned out prompt- ly. but could not reach tho scene. The building, together with some twenty-five bales of cotton, was totally' destroyed, except aboat three bales that wero saved. Iho lire yvas sup posed to be tho work of an lcceudip.ry. The building aud fixtures yvero valued nr. fco.uuij ana wao msiimi ior ... 000. st!itvot.y three pe-r cent, ot the Jiabili -Tho oottou was insured for SoOP. i ties. I Wishing ro.v, Nov. 11 Night. No The Hickory Press says : TLo d:r?c- act;ou win bo taken in Arkansas affairs tors of tno 1 air of tho Carolina m- until Governor Garland has been heard sisted upon Goyeruor V ance deliver- ! 5t.uaJ A;i the tetl officials ousted, ing an atLliesH on I riday cf tno exhi- t Vuej claimf by a revolutionary consti bition. The Governor re uclautiy coil- tut 1011 have" joined Lieutenant Gov sented aud warned tuem tit at ho j enior jaith, who claims tha sncsas should ray somo tin tigs tuat might not j fi;uu to i;axlcr, and support Smith in bo very palatabto. v .cau reeail only 1 ication fjr Fcdctal forco to a few of his happy hits. He com- j i:hil iu position. Lieutenant menceil by saying that no was particu- Governor Smith, should Garland bo larly fitted to deliver an addresa on oust,.a by Federal diction, mav ap agnculturo, for be nad followed the vold uc..tiv all tho Stato officers. plow from Lis youtu up, but Le Lad imlm always taken particular pains to follow ' . rr 4 x-o y it at a respectful di.tanee, and had; A ll 11.1 never caught up, even unto this dav ; said he was fitted, too, to writo and j SMI TIT CLAIMS THE GUBERNA- talk of agriculture for another reason, that as the best and most impartial ac counts cf all great Btruggles'had been written by outsiders, so ho could give, an unbiased opinion on this subject, since nil Lis observations had been mado from outside the fenco, and Le was consequently au impartial witness, Wlla eou.eq.ienuv uu tmpaniai ku. u Xow, tb,jrcforp r y y Smitb He gavea glowing and lust dcscrip-i,, r;ovcrmn. cf 'the stato 0' tion of what wero tne avowed objects Ark(1 Kiisfia Baxter, ths recog of agricultural fairs tho promotion of :,,, fi' , .-... ,.:.? agriculture, Ac. Then, to illustrate the success of tho present exhibition, he called attention to tho fact that horse-racing yvas a great promoter of agriculture, anil tho wheel of fortune, three-card uioiite, and the like, would greatly advance our industrial inter ests iu fact, they were indispensable. Theso hits elicited tumultuous ap plause from the Grangers. Said lie was a Democrat in politics, a lawyer by profession, and he supposed a phar isoe in religion, for, said he, when the Fair-I-xee 1 can not be Sad yo'.-s'e. The Governor grow serious at last, and the close of his address was as instruc tive as the commencement waa amua isg. . BY TELEGRAPH. EUK0P, TUE CATvLISTS MS-APPEASING. DEMORALIZATION IN THE BE PUBLICAN ARMT. ' EXTENSIVE CONSPIRACY DIS CORED IN RUSSIA. A REIGN OF TERROR PETERSBURG. IN ST. .'RUELTIES OF THE REPUI3LI AXrt lT XOETHEllN SPAIN. i CARLOS REPORTED REINED. UTTERLY London, Xuv. 11 Noon A special to tho News, dated Hendago, Friday evening, says: Generals Lozruer and Loan, with the main body of troops, marchcel to San Sebastian after leav ing reinforcements in Irun, and forti fying San Marcial. Tho Carlists are re-appearing iu malt numbers. A Daily News correspondent re- ports that so great was the discontent iu the Republican army, that the vie- rory ticioro irun was almost abortive, by tho withdrawal of largo numbers f the troops before their commanders wero ante to leulow it up witli a heavier blow at the Insurgents. There id a Cabinet disagreement in Aust ria anel France. Tho Daily Tele graph ropeats tho report of a Socialist conspiracy in Russia, anel adds that three thousand persons, including many ladies, have been arrested. A commission has been appointed to investigate the conspiracy, tho exact object of which is still unknown. Several persons of exalted rank are said tobeimplicateel and a vast amount of money Beeuis to havo been at tho disposal of tho conspirators. The arrests since th discovery of the plot have been so numerous that a perfect buriy. It was nronosed that the uolice should search every house in the city Emf nht Tho London Standard's telegram from Paris says that the impression in circles favorable to Don Carlos is, that his cauee is utterly ruinad and his sit uation hopeless. The Prussian Court of Katibar re cently fined the the Archbishop of Olmutz, Austria, for illegally appoint ing priest3 iu the Prussian part of his diocese. The Austrian government re f ussd to surrender the Archbishop on the demand of tho Prussian authori- i ties for his extradition. The Court has accordingly issued a warrant against him and confiscated all his estates in Prussia. Tho shock caused by the second ar rest has seriously affected the health of Count Von Aruim, who is confine'd to his bed. A formal complaint has been lodged by the government law officers against the Count. New York, Nov. 14 Noon A Her ald special from Hendage, dated tho Republicans havo driven the lnnaDi- tants from their homes, which were (burned. Tho surrounding country is covered with homeless women and children exposed to the inclemency of tho weather. Gen. Loma holds the tti-anglo formed by Gen. Hernania and S in Sebastian. He mado a very ener- getic fight on the way to Tolosa and may turn Estella. Tho Carlists are not discouraged, xnoy uoiai-nuocan, a good defensive position, and mean to fight again. IXenuage, Nov. li Noon General Lazurnia, Mariones and Portilla seri ously threaten Estella. During tho retreat of the Carlists from Irun fifty or sixty men of tho Biscay battalion wero frozen to death iu tho enow. HEADQUAllTEllS. THE ROTTEN FREEDMEN'S BANK CONCERN. ITS ASSETS ALMOST NOTHING. NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AT PRESENT. propavjd, in anticipation ol being callod upon by Congress so to do, a report sotting forth the actual condi tion f iho financial affairs of that in stitution. It may have been au over sight upon the itart of Congress, but as tho law now is those iu charge of tho bank aro not required to make a report to any ono. Anticipating such a call, however, tho report has been ... .,t,, s,ud covers upward of fifteen . Worthless. It is tho intention 10 print. this rcporl. after tho session of Con- gross, 111 pamphlet form, for tho bene fit of thoao interested. Fro 11 tho re port it would appear that tho bank is iu a worso condition than has been an ticipated. Up to date, the total amount of assets collected and in hand is but s.jveutv thousand dollars, which is TIONAL CHAIR. Nt.v. York, Nov. 1 1 Noon A Little Rock dispatch saj's that Lieut. Gov. Smith bus returned frem tho east, anil Gov. Baxter having vacated the gubernatorial chair he claims it. Smith concludes proctaroatiai; uized Governor of aid Stato having abdicated and abandoned eaid office, I do hereby and by these presents make application to tho President of the United States," dc. Ac. The ap peal was signed, V. V. Smith, Gov ernor of ArkausB. i:lectkicis3is. Father Gcrdamann. ex-pastor of St Eonifaeius Church, Philadelphia, is held at Baltimore, on a telegram from Capt. Hindis, chief detective of Phila delphia. Father Gerdemann and wife are at the Police Marshal's office await ing the arrival of tuo Fhuadelphia ciais.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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