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THE WILMINGTON JOUEN. I ENGELHARD & SAUNDERS, FUlitoi- nml Proprietors. vMi"W AIL l.HTTfcKHON Hl'SlEPS MUSI if. A Dl'KKSSKUt j i;k.1 OF NVIIM Kiri JOS ill". DAILY .MMTKXAI. inaile.l to at Kioht Pki.i.au !( r inoiam ; Ko i; I.': i ti." f.r six months; S v: knty-kive Cent i rr'inoiiTh L.r a -Iiort.T )iri.ii1. T l!" WK1KI.Y .IOI HNAI. t Two IIol . ji.-r riTiimm ; One lmi.i.Air for six mouths. sn!'.sTii'ti ii roceivel to tlio Wkkkly lor ss h:Ti six month-. VKSTIOV. It U said tliut iu the Cvi.tio and Ev.t tL fit the people are opposed to it. C loue! Gaither of Burke, and Co'ouel Cokrnau and Cuphon John ston of Buncombe deny t! Who knows the feeling of tie pes West the h It' r, th- os-poo Co ivcr-or. iu the- Ce- tie a cn-h W-ti Tilt ti t:S O.il! . i ;j! -j of tic f-1.tr Of I!' ' ..1 1, -t r her. Co' - Mi! Ii aud Johii&ton ? It ii taid the pi- b ; .. td r.i ... iit thir Jle'me-.-u-.oJ f -t She ;..(! lo interfere with the Homes! cad b; , ;tl h.ki fiom ike Convcn v( ion ly the act of the Legislature caking it. It is i-aid the Had teal putty v,i11 te a uu't ag.inst it. Prominet Radicals here are w..ruily in favor of a Conven tion. tiii: : iu r: o-xii j of rj:;: sot; s S3. Tho "outrage" Convention, says Ike Memphis ..-1 ppcal, held in August last at Chattanooga, induced the proprie tors of the New York 'Times, aud the Tribune to eend South faithful and re liable correspondents, Repuhlic ins in politics. These correspondents have visited various portions of tke South, and their able, interesting am! truth ful letrers have thrown upon the north ern mind a flood of light upon the true condition of the South. The Times is a Republican paper; its travelling correspondent is a Republican. Iu a letter, dated Mount Meigs, Alabama, November 8, 1S71, he says : The social condition of the races in Alabama has been so much misrepre sented by interested politicians that many persons iu all parts of the coun try have been led to believe that the negroes, it l.ot realiy in danger ot being butclured in coid blood are at least looked down upon and maltreated by; the whites. It cannot be denied that many of the white planters firmly believe that the blacks aro in every respect an inferior race, but that they are baaly treated is not truo. I on tiiat account have bcu in almost every pirt of the in cities and villages, and on re- mote plantations it- i tha the black men anu women ot A.a- b:ima aro generally better fed ai;d e: joy more freedom of action than any class of farm laborers in Germany or France. That they arj .merj iheir own rnastera than pcn:c c i the s-ame cia'i? at the North b-c put' d. It can, without t rngtrufio!;, be said that they cosic and go j.s they jileabo. In tko midst of cotton p; eking I have known hundreds of tiiem to leave their work and go miles on f o -to attend a political meeting, r.ot re turning for ono and s-.ometimcs two days. WouM they have dr.rt.l do this in New York or any of the Ne.v England States ? They are not always well c'.othed, it is true, 1 nt the S!K'.? never falls here, and ire is a e-:- riositv. As stated al'ovi tuey exceedingly well fed. Coinn.en! and bacon are given to them in abr.ndaiic by their employers, and t hey aro i.ol k!ob in providing themrc-lves vitk the fl-li an 1 g.uno which Rhouml. ?.I:tr.y pe-rsons vvii! be surprised to learn ii;ac many of the negro laborers- cherish ill1 belief that they ere in reality their own masters, sters, aud that they are at lioerty to work or not, as it suits their conve nience and inclination. This feeling is, no doubt, attributed to the peculiar system under which they work, and the novel relation which exists between master and servant. As already explained ia a former letter, the planter, eoon after re construct'oTi, hading themselves unable to pay their laborers, agreed to furnish ; m with laud, supplies and impb m-ntp,is return for which they were to ife ive a share of the crop. Tins stem is carried out iu various ways. In seme cases the land-owner gites the negro one-fe.urth of the crop he cultivates, aid feeds and clothes him. Another plan is to let the laborer have one third of the product of the- kind, one hundn d and twenty-five pounds of ba on and two acres of ground for his own use. In this way it will be seen that a liekl hand is, to a certain extent, the planter's partner in business, and. const qut-nt'y, not rntire-y uucier Ji:s direction. When tin y clo r.ot w irk, J the negroes say that they themselves are the losers, and no one kes any j right to interfere. This i.-.depe: denee j has resulted iu badly cu'tivifed tie-Ids, j small cropc and consequent pov riy. j Lvcry Southern man will recognize j the fidelity of this picture. It is true, j as this intelligent corrcsnonelent aa- i serts, after a careful investigation, that j the colored people are "better fed ami i eujeiy more freedom of actitm than any class of farm laborers in Germany or France." Tt is a misfortune whh the i .... i . . ;l I negroes thattnevdo not appreciate tins - 11 I f act. W hile toaves.they were loreed to j libor, and they interpret freedom to meauer.se, luxury anel idkne Ykth them, freedom has no blesfins unlets tiiey are permitted to have Mich enjoy ments and pleasures R3 only the rich cm afford. In all parts of the world, the laboring masses ere compelled to work, delve and ..toil incessantly, to escape nakedness, hunger, destitution, want anel pauperism. The colored people, r.u hkrdy emancipated, seem to have no fear of these calamities, anel they live in idleness, or fritter aw ny time, which tho white laborers rt ..H . o. i.mi-i countries coniet no without beggary and pauper: t pare i." f the laborers of the nort1 northern the operatives ia the Eastern factories were to exercise the liberties v. hich the negroes of the South arrogate, they would finel out craphyment bread. Freedom idleness ; but themnvlves with and sufT. rlcg for loes not mean the piivilepe of workmg where it will pay the most. It is only by industry, eneigy and fru gality that the laboring classes can ac cumulate that competency which will enable them to exercise the e:i?o and i comfort which tho colored ra-o avail themselves, no withstandiug (heir poverty. When the negro learns these great lessons he will become a thrifty citizen, an invaluable auxiliary in de veloping the resources of the South. He will nipply most of the needed labor, and thus stop tho ineessi nt cry for foreign emigration. Let the col ored man dispose of his gun, cease to waste his time ia dkenssing polities at electious, lt;.J join the whites ia find ing out and perpetuating the best sys tem of developing tho resources of the South, in se ttling up the vast rich prairies, valleys and table lands, in building Bchoolhouses, churches,iniils 39. ones, es'i.bli-hit g tanneries, -!:. l:kg q rrivs, (leveli'pir.g mine?, building mac nine shops Hint nuii'ia- I ries, introdu-. i tlllf up fill i .- f..,:.i.- i a!!ii i; ir!i;i!.n i a i r roll , il.g blooded stock, g..t- 1 pr in'uti 1 .r liie ulturid b- c!n.e if i.i ii. :oh ag- .n.i he W'i y anel goo. ';". :... to p!cst-;ro to d.y f pk ci: g b f-.-.. '..nr r-ark-i a letter !;::! -I 1 Jj 'i'V.Ai:i) J, of G i' ll viii r, 1'uv firii g the cull of C inven tion by the Ijfgkluiitre. Colonel Ko WA!.is i- :i ri-piesent.:t;vc man of Cen-ti-ai N.r it CttroliLa, a lawyer of mi n r.ce und a Ieg:-.kt' or of experience. Ijivirg in mi ; of tUe iu i-t iscpulous and vi altkie-t counties of Ike State, kis thdJy spcriei ce of the evils cf the prer:ul Constitution lead him to ti;e c-.'iicki-ioLis set forth in hi.-; letter. We commend them to our rea. It-re: Oxroiio, N. C, Nov. 18;h, 1371. Jlour-?. Ene-el.'.rird r- Snup.'fe,----: Oa uiy return k;uae, day beforn yes terday, i.ftcr an ab.-onc'.? of two weekt in i;tr iid.ii.ee u.o:i Halifax Court, I found awail u:g me your h tier of the Ikl instant, in which jou proponed to me for anvv.er t!its iut- irog;ttri :v, to wit: 1st. Do j on think the best iiih.ie.., of the pcoi) e of North Cuuliiiu re quire their t o;,s miaou to h; m-i.eji-aily aud tpecdily arn' nd..d '.' Answer. 1 do. And as this is conceded by Ibc-r-e who orpo'c a-3 well us by those who favo; the immediate calling f a Con veiit It , without, io far ;: i am iu formiii ai:d belh a di.rseniing yoie-, I detn. it a waste of time, to ask a word, t -thcr by way of ttatt ment of fact or urguuieu opinion. in f-"jjpcrt of this 2d. If iu your opinioi;, material cnanfres m the Constiiuciou ousht to bo speedily made, which mode of uauk ing those changes, do you think the best interests of the people of Nertn Carolina demand should be adopted, that by Legislative cn-ietracnt or that by Convention '? Answer. Thai by Convention. Tliafc the Constitution can bo more speedily amended by a Convention then by Legislative enactment to man who has read aud bestowed a thought upon the first and it-.'ond sections of the Khk article ti the Constitution can i a moment t f .1 -d.t That tl s laods of amrnding the Constitution is alcu th ? wisest and cheapest as well r.s the : pecuie st method i; to my mind abundantly clear. That it i V-.r .'.;. at, 1 th nk tae't s perienca of the past with a solitary cx eept ion that of the Convention of ibt-, which from, its r.n .mrdous cora p .'siiio.n is tin worthy of eoiisideration in this connection ha; demonstrated. Iri tko first plr.ee, ike pi'Oplo are- more c tleh-grd-. a;;;. i;d 1 t . :i t t i .li . i r ; stiir.tios oieo in liie.r sc.ectan ui i t i a Convention to m ike or it ir luudameiital 3a. wp, liiau in c;ioa of ruber 3 to the Gen mi. --y; for the n-' e e sity for a on to f.ame e-r alter the Con is of raro occurrence, while ih ik i.-i c-'Ssily f' G A ireque me. lings cf oil con :d ant "( :;- e. ill abiii: weif--! ' scC lid icaruix of ch-il r;rior and mole ( X' ; i.iu iv c 3 to th;' or ij me ud ie b-.u-iness -titiiiit want; i j.a.i wnen the i i alone i Tha; chic mod.1 r.Fe: : inoisi s sit gle una ; - .f olh !sIa:io.i - to msaclcd. .cut ion i'.. mueh tiio ,gtho Co:i i.r,ui is the cheapest, iitr.Uou ia ;.--y I I llli m itic i! do- IJ. .he CO Vt'ih.t'-'l 5.1 i" y, ei ii i ;.'SC;l i ' r..-i i. i ...... ; i - .-:-t .- :,; th :. -, an i our -.c: ;iie.--rs. Toe U n r.-I A s.--( i cons Hon: liU!H d.lTiV rime the i n ;Ti sis of two bodie;", a Se nate ami a e of Ih or; ;;. i:t.;t ives, with oJse rvd and M-venty in-mb"!?, and a :e set el' c;Tice rs. kopposc toe Oi'eupietl by a Convention ano. b.Lcral A.si-mb!v in i:irtkirg the iMte anietidsiitiit !) precisely s-ime, t d'iiVreneo iii the cx- the peii' es of the I wo bodi-' s is m favor ot lie Convert ion: f; r,a I bci'.re st..td, there v.iii be few.r 1 !1 a Col! Vt ICiOil t i delegates by fifty i ii there aie mem- ! bei S of the (b i t ral A-s.t n.l half as m .ny ofileers, to j-a; y, ami not Agaoi, we ru iv i.iicy presnru" tnnt rft' i i 'ci!' e of t he Gthcial A:-s mb!y will oeciipv as much time in discus sion a .d deb be rat ion us the- C-uivesi-tiij v.iii. Ii this be so, thin twice as much time will be consumed in th? in ral Assembly as m Nor is tliio all, if.er the proposed pas-. ..1 nu: (Sesiera! !i ooiired three-liitk: th-.- C. fo.i M. oiven kuow In tun: ja'1' e.jr'a f.ul' li"I;iit nl3 Assembly by m:.j only ui 1 !v use, Ihey (.ie neral must iiKOwi-e- pass Assembiy with an mm!. augmented majority of two-thirds of i each lionse, aud then be submitted to I C-,VX V , , , -i-. ,t i .ind auontcd bv a direct vote ot .lie 0Ojo before they be come the fanda- menial law ei lilt) Beside-. this second General Asscniuly, with its one l:ur.di.'d anel seventy members and doubly vet of officers, will proba bly consume epaito as much time in discussion and deliberation as its im mediate predecessor did, for we can have no assurance that the second General Assembly will be composed of the identical mc'mbers which consti tuted that which immediately preced ed it. If this beacandid Gtaterncnt.and we cmnot see but that it is, then the Legislative enactment mode of amend ing the Constitution is, by many fold, a more expensive mode of for: -rclr : the Constitution than that by a Con vention. "rd. Tko Conservative-Democratic party having an undoubted two-thirds vote" in each House of the General Assembly, what do you think i3 the duty of that party in reference to the caking of a Convention by the Legis lature at its approaching session, for the purpose of amending the Constitu tion? Answer I regard it to bo the im perative duty of the General Assem bly, now in session, to tho people of the State, to take measures, without unnecessary delay, for assembling the people, by their delegates, in Conven tion for the purpose cf re-writing the Constitution. As before stated, it is aelmitted by those who :pose, as well as by those who favor the calling of a Convention, that our Constitution is as full of mischief as an egg is of meat; auel,in truth, is well nigh as bad as bad can be. There are many bold and bad men iu the State, but no man has, as yet, been found with enough of that bad courage which bears public odium to stand forth in defense of this most mischievous and wicked Constitution. The strength of the public speeches v.hich the Conservative and Democ ratic party leaders have been in the habit of addressing to the people since the adoption of the Constitution, has consisted mainly in vehement denunci ations of the Constitution and vd solemn pledges to the people that they would, as soon as they were in the condition to act, take instant steps to wif e from the age aud the country in H o irrrm nr r mr J M iMV wljieh we live, this reproach to the humau family. And when, upou the return of the representative to his constituents, after the adjournment of e tch session of the General Assembly, he h s been asked what he has done to alleviate the public distress, and af ter answering as welt as he could, and been reproached with having dono so little for the public good, has he no t always Bought to xcuso himaelf by d nouneing tha Constitution as an in -iirmonutable barrier between pat riotic desire and salutary legislation ? If the excuse is valid; if tho Consti tution is indeed an insurmountable obssacle to wise, just, and benen-sient legislation, what possible excuse can this General Assembly.with a two-thirds majoiityin each branch, give to the people for not calling a Convention and redressing the grievances which they have hitherto so loudly and elo quently proclaimed ? The old excuse will serve thera no loncrer. This Gen eral As embly must call a Convention now, or elf-e the party which it repre sents will stand, self-convicted, before the world as vile and venal slanderers; as loud mouthed and noisy dema gogues, who achieved power under false and fraudulent pretences; and who when trusted with power by the people were either incapable or un willing to use it for the public good. Let us imagine, for a moment, tnat the present General Arsemblv shall adjourn without making provision for tho assembling cf a Convention; that the representative is again before Lis constituents for re-election; and that the constituent body again dcmiuds of him to be informed, what Ins been done to ameliorate tho pub lic i-uircring ? Let us imagine further that t! e answer returned is UDsatisfac iory,and that the excuse is again prof fered that the Constitution is the im pediment which prevented the General Assembly from tloing all that an en lightened and magnanimous constitu ency i:ad a right to expect of it. Can it be doubted that such a constituency would require to bo informed, why it was that tiie G. neral Assembly, having the requisite constitutional majority in both of its branches, to enable it to call a Convention to alter aud amend so obnoxious an instrument, failed or refused to do so ? Anel what answer shall he givcu to th's very reasonable ilemand l'r information? Why, for soot'i! that ti e General Assembly was afraid to ea 1 a Convention. Afhaid ! Vhy,in the name of common sense, of what was it afraid ? And the answer is afraid of tha people; afraid if a Convention were calie.2 the political power, so recently and unexpectedly acquired, would be forever lost. Such an unsv.tr as this is the last straw which breaks the camel's back. The people, like the strong man of the .Scriptures, rising iu the majesty of their unshorn might, will at once and forever hurl from plac; and power the timid, slothful, unfaithful anel un profitable servants which accident and an evil fate have in a moment of unex ampled national importance, elevated to a station infinitely beyond their merit. Afraid of the people, were you! Then the people are afraid to entrust y ea again with their interests. Stand a -dele make way for other and better men. The Ship of State is never again to bo entrusted to the com mand of those who blenched from the he! m when the storm raged fiercest. You told us not once, but again and again, thnt this Constitution was the only obstr-e'e to wise and beneficent legislation. You promised . us not onee, but rg.iin and again, that you would poizo the first occasion to re move this obstacle from your path. You have dec-Mveel us with false clam.. i ; you have deluded us with fake promises; you have, by your tim idity and fol'y, thrown away a golden opportunity; an opportunity euch as seldom occurs to the children of men; an opportunity such as may not occur for a century. Again we say to you, stand aside ! Make way, and forever, for ..'ki r and better men. j)u! again it is said, tho people do ;;;t wunt a Convention; and this, it is aigntd, is evidenced by the fact that ti.e p.-o.!e in the Spring of 1872 voted down a prop.-sitkn for a call of the Convention. j It is tir.etki'.t the pi o pie end, in the ! Spring Of lS;Of I tion for a call o vote down a proposi u Convention. Rut ' Fn sr, because the people were afraid ; to entrust uy body of men in ihe ! then prostrate condition of the conn i try and excited state cf the public mind, with the power of repealing the homestead and personal property ex emptions, provisions of the Constitu tion. Second, because some gco.l men, and a lew renky learned anil able law yers thought that the mode then pro posed for calling a Convention was uti constitutional. Third, because the then Governor j threatened if such a Convention should j assemble ho would order it to dis j perse, deeming it nothing mere than a j mob, and if it refused to obey his or ! drs lie would call upon the President i i the United States for military aid i in enfo: cine' them. Now every one knows that if a Con vei tiou is called, st far from repealing the' koiuesteael and personal property exemption wlimses of the Constitution, tiie Convention will enlarge the home stead provision from a life estate to an estate iu fee simple. And so, too, every one admits that if a Convention is called by the concur rent vote of two thirds of each house of the General Assembly, it will be a perfectly Constitutional body. A boely, the rightfulness of which, not even the most bitter and unreasoning opponent of a Convention can ques tion. And lastly, when the Convention skail have framed a Constitution, it v.iii, before it becomes the 1 v ! l.,r,d, br submitted to tho people lor luir ratifica tion or rejection. And if, in their judgment, the new instrument be.upon the whole, preferable to the old, or present, Constitution, they will ratify and confirm the action of the Conven tion and adopt it; otherwise they will reject it, and the present Constitution will remain the curse 01 tne tanu. These are my reasons for the affirma tive answers given each of the ques tions propounded to me in your letter of tho 2nd inst. I am, v i h high regard, Y ur ob'd't se'v't, L. C. Edwabds. The Hillsboro Recorder says: Mr. W. G. Latta, of this county, had the misfortune to lose ins barn, nouse,. cattle and all his forage by fire a few davs since. The work of an incendiary without aoubl. The Duplin Record says: On the 25th inst., the house of Eveline White head, who resided near this place, was entirely consumed by fire, together with her youngest child and all the clothiDg and bedding of herself and child re u. The Hills! oro Recorder says : Ch arles Paul, an old negro, formerly of this county, living near the edge of Guil ford, was burnt to death a few days ago. He was lying sick, and his wife left him to get aid from a neighbor. On her return, she found the house bnrnt, and the unfortunate old man consumed in the flames. WILMINGTON, N. C, FEIDAY, The tiiiatiei.l i elation! existing be tween the; moneyed aristocracy of the country aud the ktbe iiug men aro r-o close that a:-: tkii.t;' v. hick a'ltcls the one chtcs will have on the other. Tk its relative tiTcct s fact is so pia.u, and so clearly demonstrated by each iittlo wavo of financial trouble that sweeps over tho country that argu ment on the point is useless. Labor and capital arj the component xarta of this great Jacpuniic nd they walk hand iu hantl along every highway and byway of life. The stoppage of great woiks, or the reduction of force or wages, 1:1 factories or oa rail roads, is felt by tho moneyed men a3 well as the hioortrs Whilo som.3 aro rich and others o poor, we are all workingme n in vari ous departments of one great whole. Yet labor is a: times htkie-.-s to move capital, always c man, v. h. always li , it ia y.-t with m i ;it. dr.. e.ipilai c.iu almost htkor. While every ic-t or a;or, should '1 , within ii'.i inCOulC, e.0'i;,y j't-r those fti to ccntracl their h expen -.t .-. -. L-n the country is afliick-d with financial troubles. Tholittle lux uries of the rich, as well as their great luxuries. alTorel emnlovment to thou sauds upon thousanets of honest woik ingmen and Woiaeu and the with drawal from the market cf even a por tion of this nior.rj j3 ft.j; from, one end of tho country to the other, in such cases, at least, a lavish expendit ure be-cjnics a virtue, inasmuch us it carries tho blessings of labor to the poor man. Money, to become benefi cial as well as profitable, must circulate freely ami not remain locked up in bank vaults cr iu produce hull for speculation. This themo is a fruitful one anel would well reward a more careful elaboration than we are able to give it here. It would be well for the rich man to consider that, iu curtailing his own expenses and witheirawlng his money from circulation, he is aiding others to inflict an almost direct injury on himself. Ilo is v. it hhholding his money from t fruitful soil when it only nt-eds a carei'ui planting to return him many fold in good fruit. For tie .Io irk:: Mess as. I'd'lors: The letters v. Lieu have been pub lished in your paper from elitiu;.'iiisii ed North C..rohui;-.ns, in behalf of a Convention, are specimens of ability, power and patriotism, that iin.y make us ail prouder of our State. Amid the waste-howling wilderness of depravity, poverty aud demoralization now upon society as results otlhe mis rule of radicalism anil the legitimate offspring of our abominable Constitu tion, these able papers are gems of excellence, argument and demotion to the State, wc.i caicuhittd to eidiven toe nagging hopes and druop.oig ene r gies of our people. These letters, it may we it be icpea.ei, are not aone masterly specimens of intellect and echohir.-diip ami ecgoiicy of reason anil logic, and fine exemplars cf style anel diction, nor ye i ulotie of an eicvateti and noble love o!" poor old down-trodden North Carolina, hut in addition to all this they iir-j pjweifui and unan swerable. Ti ey increase our alVeetion for or. r o-ab , i ml ere productive of the cousolir-er iti'oi tion that "Koim- fiath not lost her bioeui of nobio men," j though tho vnituics and Vuiapires of j the most Jccoliiu n-.i.i eoi rupt p r'.y i that ev. r atliicted any kind, have re.- ! morselessly depleted her strength and wed niwiu iieftioveei tue .none oi our soosi-eiiiv. 1 have liit vet read a i t:vfi'it lel'er, com: torod at iii st a Co luiiicatioii, or edi- j veiitiou which can hi.:,! m ter Thev :! wiloor .uifl van- is!i b- fere the- WineiUo light of j trnth ir.l rii.ttsio. Shite orhte and ! logical analysis. They aro b.sed, j.. ;i-.m whnt is so i: :i..'liiivt.l stimni'liv thr f it 'ci:; of a C(.:iV. M io'll ; ir 1... Urr-.t. for the i-oou of ih-s State ! and the maieii .l ami mo: a! interests j Df our people of condition, but ih parties, Utioii the ;1:kscs ami 1 i ilpp-Ult. excuse ami unwortnv grouuets oi jiar'y 1., 4,f . ...I, cxeediinov. If North Carolina is to j Mntir.r:.. "to ilrair herself iiloii.-. i u ! poverty and discouragement to her young men, because of the evils of tiie system fenced upon us by our present Constitution, when, vvitii all our uu- f-urpasst-et resources anil auvan' for prosperity and wealth, e. aie: i'v need a Const itution suitable t the genius and demands of her eiii.'ns, how can our Colisei vative Legislature oppose a Convention em grounds of party policy "? Political parties should aim at the Oest good of the Stato aud to relieve the meessirits of thepeiple. Ike parly which disregards thee high behesls of pat riot ism aud of duty, ami rests iia motives ami aims iu pref erence upon the untenable grounds oi expediency that to take a bold and manly stand now f r the lelief of the people, may endanger, .somoi'.k.d, the interests of that sumo party in this State in some coming contests may prepare for difficulties ahead, which may swamp itself anel i tili further en- gulph the State in ruin. The timiu oouusels and groundless fears which now actuate some of the Conservative members of our Legislature upon this all-absorbing State question, are not born of wisdom or statesmanship, but are rathrr precussoisof injury to the Conservative party, and of additional iDjury to North Carolina and the vari ous interests of the people. For tho party to hesitate now to tread what is so plainly the path of duty in this relation i3 but to begin to prepare for its own downfall iu north Carolina. A Convention is the only hope for the perpetuation of its as cendancy, and the only means of re lieving the intolerable Lnrdtr.s and grievous, grinding oppressions of out people. Call it, and a brighter and better day will at once dawn upon us. Tho thousands upon thousands of our best and worthiest young men, who have left and are leaving the State be cause of the ruinou3 workings of the abominable Constitution, now sought to be changed in most of its provis ions by the majority of the voters of the State, will return to ana remaiu m the State of their early love and de votion. Rest assured, Messrs. Editors, that. in New Hanover county, the cause oi a Convention is steadily gaining ground. Your sledge-hammer argu ments are producing a revolution in public sentiment here which was at first opposed to Convention. There is a steady increase of feeling in itsfnvor, which will involuntarily demand, at an early dav,a county mass meeting in its support." The pent up fever of patriot ism in its favor will ere long burst asunder the fetteis of t-ilence, and you will find it so. Give us yet more of the brilliant light whose effulgence banishes the darkness of ignorance and prejudice on this great subject. Tell come of theprominent speakers of Wilmington, who favor the measure of a Convention.to prepare themselves for one or more county mass meetings, at an early day. New Haxovek. Nov. 27tb, 1871. rui seet t.-m iu itiieijdi News. I anj &t 2 o'clock the Civil Rights reso NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. ; lotions were left over as unfinished ' business for to-morrow. EIGITTII DAY SENATE. Tt usday, Nov. 2-i, 1671. Mr. Kerr, a bill IO Ui.OW l U'.IlOn Ward, late Sheriff of Sampson county, credit of S1C2 on the amount of State taxes dud the State tor 1871. R-ferrcel. Mr. Cooke, of Franklin, a bill con cerning keepers of hotels anel public inns. That the same shall not be re sponsible for any article of baggage, nuless tho s&rro be properly marked. Referred. Itr. "I?.-.!! n 1-""1 rv. ,-!r in rr ..7 larlin . Lti 1, n ..ill luaaj jt. 9 ixa.-. I entries ol laud where tuey nave here tofore been properly matle iu the Su perior Court Clerk's office; such, entrv I shall be good ! IT. 1 House resolution, asking a farther I appropnii'-iou. jii.mii vjoumt-sa iui :ir p.. .... ri t n . removal of tho bar nt the mouth of the Cape Fear river, was concurred in. A resolution in regard to certain legislation introduced by Mr. Can -well, was taken up, aud that Senator explained it as being a resolution to put all private b:lls in ono omnibus bill, such as relief s for She rills, cor porations, &C: Mr. Standford opposed the resolu tion, for it covered all legislation that would como before this body, anel he moved to lay the resolution on the table, at the same time stating that he eliel it with no iinkinuness to tho Sena tor from New If -mover, whom he had always liked ami who in former days stood bhoulder to shoulder with him; he hopctl this friendship might ic main. Mr. Cantwell followed at some length, reviewing his connection with the parties in the State, in the past and present. He was proud to class himself at present with such men as Settle, Bynurn, Redman, Barring r, Holden and others, who he claimed w-ro old line Democrats. Mr. Waring bege -d to e-.. n ee t tho gentleman. Messrs. Rairii-ger and JJynum were formerly Whigs. Mr. Cantwell hoped the genth-inc-D upon the floor who had discussed this question whh him "might yet go whf-ro Hokh-n. Rodman and Settle had gore to." Lnughtcr. The speak-, er sanl he "did not mean thai he want ed to see the gentlemen impeached." Resolution requiring the Committee to inquire and report at once upon the memorial of If G. Onib. rtlonk, of New Yoik. Ado;. ted. UOCSE OF REFRESENTATiYE;3 I'.y Mr. Slaii!", a resolution re questing our Senators and R-qiresDnt-utives iu Congress to teeairo a law for the lepe-iii of the law providing for a erpecia! tax en tobacco. Ry M-. Riythe, a biii allowing par ties io crtnin eases te waive their rrght tero chum pie p .! the homestead aid v exemptions. Re al i'erred. iiy Mr. Mellie, bill to amend tkr cruiter OI She way Conirnii v. Carolina Central lulll-Refein-d. By Mr. Hurley, a bill extending tho time of Siieriffj and Tax Collectors to collect arrears of t.noi R neried. By Mr. Ji-.nnt-.tt. a biii to amend the ek ei leu h.w. Re ferred. On lU'.tion -i' ?Jr. Staples, the rules were sr.; pi -i,d ei : i d the resoiuticn offe ed by irimseif reetuestii g our S.u. ite'r:-; :..i.: ih !-i a so utaiives iu Con- rrn to , m i i tueir u-hui i.c the rep a cllho law p'.o... "!' coo tax on tobacco vas and put on its paaee. ; to feiMic ling for a t:d,e'l up lie chap. use !.;, .m.i. J,, to HUlehU ft c. Jo. k h of Batt.e s lk-vi.-.al, with an amcutiiiv. i; oiterc-.l tiy the .(niliciary passed i's second reading. p.'s.-'.et plOVilh-S a like h rill's and Constables for ir papers. seiv.'ng precepts, Comniitcf '''' kid pernoty on i.it retitnti Ve., -s no'. orest:: l o d oy the i mi po rior Omik( Ho.i.-e kid to grau id niuri.itio i to S.'hool ' ! 1 m " ! le s tehlll u; JJr. the .MciM's oiV r-d a sukstitute or kill pn.vidk.-g llu.t a w..h.ry t f S' per nnnti-P i.i.'el exeir. i l Ku Iroru Doll tax for each mrmber of th School Com- m-.itr-e Air. ..i(;o;:; sr ite;l t mt ill of- u"" ter.ug this suostiiiu- :or ins original bi i ', he v as not e ct u ded by a spirit of penurious, l.'u.t because lie had a reason to heiievo tho lull would licit, pafs, ;end he thought School Commit teemen fhoul-.l receive some comnensa- lion y;x tin lr s-i vices. A it. r eonsWr-tble d issussk n the bill ioei i-i:o;i;ut.: wa-, on motion of Mr. M iri'.er, indefinitely postponed. ih o-e leseeiieh ii introduced by Mr. Blithe, coi ,. a niner the Tnterr.nl Ilcve- i lille iuv f : ll. .1 to pn rs its rcadi :g. resolutions, Mr. The Civ Trivet t's by Mr. Me order fu i flights resolut nd the substitnle ni", eair?c ip as tie 3. o'cioe.;, Tiie oileiei fprcial oi iiaai res. gre 1 e; nation is simply a petition to Con- s to withdi aw ti: k now pe: :;ng hi' Iv .1 .- (tii,' in the event o: its pai-SKge, s k ri'S'tk nt Grant in vji y n.-'peetfui aii ! p! ad i g i s ms to v it. 'ice .-ui .-to'itc of Mr. Means it i: : 11 .t:ir.c" teat the people have ! ;:! ;-! . p'l'l'oy :i ; dy on the subject, ii i". c gu ss hiK 1. : i ti.e voire, it is icr.giby.woii v ntr.-i rosd expresses ihe s iitiii.ci.ts of the Democrat ic paitv in the Ikei-c. Mr.Trivttt, io a k oft toy p- ceh, ael vorvtled the origin 1 biii. and was re phed to by Mr. Means in an able ar gument oi ;i half hour's lei glh in f:tui' of tit; sub-titr.te. Lh'yd. colored, of N- w Hanover, nex: Too!; the floor, stating that he was oopos d, hoik to the original bill 11 nd f u'osi i? ote, ;o d v. as sol ry that j! ineou !)' of hi? own party hud seen fii to oik r the ia solution. He was proceed ing 01 a ikkcui.v-ori of the merits of the C iUt i- It ghis bill when he was inter red by Hughes, colored, wl o rose t a point ot oiaier, 1, i he Speaker ( Mi. S'rong in the Cloiir.) ".-'.fat your point of order.' Hng' tf. "My poiat is this: The gr-iitie mi .1 from New Ilaiovrr is 1;k eussirg the provisions of the Con gressional Civil Rights bill; that bill is not before the House; if so, I would like to hear if; lead." Mr. Sneaker ''The point is no, wcii taken." Llovd -"Am I rtcgok.ed, Mr. Speaker? " i Mr. Speaker "You e.iit pr.'oeed sir. " ' Lloyd proceeded in a long! hy argu ment, saying that he only lose to ex plain his vote in voting ti fof- ayainxt i he resolution and substitute; that it was the policy of the Republican party ta pass the Civil Ik'ghts bill, ni.il asked every Republican on this tlx r to perform his duty to the party by aiding .t iassage. He was inter rupted ia his speech by the sound of the Speaker's g ivel, anuotmcing that his tioie was out. Cries from the Democratic side, "Go eii ! leave!! .'eve! ! ' ' He, the Speaker, aenoun c d that with permission of the House, be could proceed. There was no ob jeetior, and another half hour was consunietl tiy the ppei'ker iu the dis- ! cussion. Beewingtou, colored, attempted to get the floor next, but a motion was raised to adjourn, which prevailed. DECEMBER 4, 1874. SENATE. NINTH DAY. TVedntesday, Nov. l'Jth. j Mr. Cantwell, a resolution concern i mi? tue survivors ot the .Mexican war, I A nnon'a r Clnnffi-oaa tn rnnsal tlm kl which prevents payment of monies to such parties in North Carolina, enti tied to pensions, who may have been deprived of such by the fact of their having participateei in tho "rebellion Calendar. Mr. Waddell, resolution in relation to the time of holding the elections in the State of North Carolina. Proposes to refer to the compntte a proposition to change the time of holding the same, in order to prevent North Caro lina from being the first State in the Union the hold her StaU elections Adopted. A bill for the general relief of Sher iffs and tax collectors. Empowers said Sheriffs and tax collectors to col lact arrears of taxes for tho years of 1872 -'73-715. Further consideration postponed until Frielay nt 11 o'clock. Rill to take fish from Rear Swamp, in Duplin county, between sunset and sunrise. The bid fixes the penalty at smI) line or ten days imprisonment. Mr. Stanford explained tho neces sity for tins bill, in order to protect the ti.-h of that river. After tome discussion, the bill 2'as scd its pecond riaoinsi- Mr. Ikisbic, a leoluiion that the Judiciary Committee hn r quested to prepare and report a bill providing that in aii cases where any convict is about to bo discharged from the pen itentiary, said convict shall le trans ported to the county eeat of the county wherein the offenc3 for which he was convicted was committee, and then bo discharged. Calendar. House resolution of instruction to our members of Congress touching the Internal Revenue las. Concur red iu. House resolution of instruction to our membeis of Congress to endeavor to have repealed the tax upon tobacco. Ce'Ecurrod iu. Rdl to amend sec. lf, chap. Go, of Battle's lievisal. Refers to advances made to and by farmers upon liens, and proposes to strike out so much of tne said law as requires the contract to be made iu writing, probated and registered. Mr. Kerr advocated the adoption of the resolution, as he believed the present law worked hardship upon muny of the honest farmers of the State. Mr. Bell concurred in the sentiments of the Senator from Sampson. Mr. Cooke, of Frauklin, sustained the Judiciary Committee in reporting adversely upon the bill. The amend ment would operate injuriously to the farming community and would favor omy the merchant. Unless all liens w.-rt- recorded, the farmer who advanc ed provisions to his tenants would have no knowledge of what other liens might be given upou the crops being made upon his lands. Mr. Kerr again urged that the pres ent law could net but act injuriously to the interest of the farmer, as it made requirements that in many cases it was boih inconvenient and expensive to comply with. Mr. Cantwell epposed at some length a postponement, and was opposed to changing the present law. Mr. Freueh Fa'.tl the proposed amendment woukl sweep away the only safe-guard tho farmer had. It would operate peculiarly hard upon tho farmers of his section. On motion of Mr. Uusbec, both the bill aud amend nent were laiM on the tah'c HOUSE OF RE PREVENTATIVES. By Mr. Erwin, a resolution of in quiry us to the s at of the member trom Carteret county, Mr. Oaksmith. Calendar. By Mr. Tate, of Burke, a resolution of enquiry asking his Excellency, tho Governor, for information concerning the gravo charges against the official conduct of J. C. L. Harms, Solicitor of the 0th Judicial District. By Mr. Walker, a bill to require personal representatives to give bond pending coir at of wills ami other pur poses . Referred. By Mr. King, a bill to extend the timo of Sheriffs and Tax Collectors for fettling with count 3' and State Treas urers . By Mr. Dortch, a bill to punish tho wilful burning of houses. Referred. Tho Civil Rights resolution came up s the unfinished business from yes terday. Mr. Blytke took the fi.or iu advoca cy of the original resolution and in oppOSiill 1 to the sukstitute of Mr. Means. Moore, 1 ok. was ar.xious to ece the resoiutiem anel substitnfo Jaidj on the table. IU) administe red a severe re Imko io his fellow white Republicans, who were advocating the adoption of Mr. Tri volt's resolution. M. Norment favored the resolution and opposed the substitute. He was suipris: d at the Democratic party op posing this c;vil rights bill, when that party, he churned, was responsible for if. and had eiielorsed it by voting for Horace Greeley for President, etc. Mr. Pinnix replied to the charges against the Democratic party, that that paity vas responsible for the civil rights bid, aud referred to the vote bv which that bill passed tho Senate of Use I. mtetl States. Mr. Norment, in his reply to Mr. Pi ii nix, matte a second attack upon the Democratic party, when he was interrupted by Mr. Pinnix, and the following colloquy euuied : Mr. I'iunix "What party elected you as a Senator to this General As sembly in 1870 T Mr. Norment "I was elec ted as an Independent, the fame as I am here j to-day. Mr. Richardson "Did you not run j aga ?t a Republican nominee ?" j Mr. Norment "I did." ! Mr. Richardson "Did vou not f-it in the Democratic caucus during that session V" Mr. Norment "I did." He then proceeded with his ppeech in opposition to the substitute. Mr. McRae was iu favor of the sub stitute end hoped that its passage would not be clogged with motions to table or postpone. Ha was unwilling to see this General Assembly erirgirg aud pleading to the United States Congress, and therefore would most heartily support the substitute. Lloyd, colored, made a long speech ngauist the resolution and substitute, a id was iu favor of tablirg both. Mr. Me;ius called the previous ques tion, which being sustained, the vote was taken, and. the snbet tute passed, 3 cm 7t, uayes ".i, after being amend ed by Mr. Pinuix. After the vote was announced, Mr. Means movtd to reconsider the vote by which the substitute was adopted. The vote was reconsidered and an amendment offered by Mr. Staples, which only chaDges the phraseology in n. few minor points was adopted. Tho yeas and nays were called on its passage of the substitute, which takes tha place of the resolution, and resulted as follows: Ayes Messrs. Anderson, Atwater, Bernhardt, of Caldwell, Bernhardt, of Rowan, Barrett, Bennett, Bettis, i Bizzell, Bryant, Bryson, Candler, j Carson, Davis, of Haywood, Davis, of Jackson, Dortch, Eatman, Erwin, j Etheridge, Field, Finger, Freeman, Gaither, Harrison, (Jash, Ureen, CJrii fin, Gudger, Hanner, Harrison, Hay more, Hicks, Holt, Hurley, Isler, Jessup. Jetton, Johnson. Kendall, King, Latta, Martin, McCallop, Mc Cubbins, Mclver, McNeill, McRae, Means, Mendenhall, Mock, Moffitt, Moring, Mullen, Norment, Page, Par rott, Patton, Pinnix, Presson, Proffitt, Beid, Richardson, Sharpe, Smith, of Anson, Smith, of Hyde, Spears, Sta ples, Staton, Stephenson, Stowe, Strong, Tate, Thompson, of Beaufort, Thompson, of Lincoln, Walker, of Richmond, Walker, of Tyrrell. Wells, Whitley, Wiley and Whoodhonse 80. Nays Messrs. Barnett, BIythe, Boyd, Bnnn, Carter, Cary, Clews, Elliott, Foote, Good, Hughes. Jones. Lloyd, Moore, Newell, Walden, Ward, Wheeler, Whisnant, White and Wil liams 21. On motion of Mr. Oaksmitk. tho resolution introduced by Mr. Erwin in regard to an enquiry as to his (Mr. Oaksmith't) ricrht to a seat on this floor, was taken up and passed. The resolution states that, "Whereas, pub lications have been made, and charges preferred, by citizens of this State. questioning the right of Mr. A. Oak smith, the member from Carteret county, to a seat in this General As sembly, and that other charges have been made against said Oaksmith. and provides that his case bo referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections; said Committee empowered to send for persons and papers, take evidence, See." TENTH DAY. SENATE. FaiiAY, Nov. 27th, 1877. Mr. Cantwell, a bill for the im provement and reclamation of certain lands in New Hanover and other coun ties. Referred aud ordered to be printed. Mr. Williamson, a bill to repeal cer tain provisions of the Revenue Bill. Calling attention of the Committee on Finance to the provisions of the Reve nue Bill. The bill exemp.s all tobac co, corn, bacon and cotton in the hands of produeer on the 1st of April of each year. Referred. Mr. Graham, a bill to amend sees. 13 and 11, chap. CI, of Battle's Revi- sal. Secures payment for advanoes made, either in money or provisions, to croppers or their families. Re- rred. Mr. Taylor, a bill preventing the throwing or placing the dead body of any animal in any stream or lake .in the State. Refeired. jSesolution memorialing Congress as to tho payment of pensions to such survivors of the Mexican war as may have participated in the late "Rebel lion." Mr. Standford moved an amend ment, that the resolution read "in the late war between the States." Mr. Cantwell had no objection to the amendment, as he did not believe it was a rebellion, but the Supreme Court of the State had so held, and he did not believe Congress would recognize any application made other wise. The amendment of Mr. Standford was adopted, as also the resolution thus amended. Resolution of instruction to the Ju diciary Committee, to require tho transfer of all prisoners released from the Teniteutiary to the county seats j of the counties from which they were j Se!?i , . ! Mr. French ottered as au amendment . that the Committee on Judiciary be authorised to consider if doiug tnch i Wrtilld lipcf. finrrn flir inf r.T-ti r.f ihn ! i Oiate. Adopted. 1 Bill concerning the removal of fish from the waters of Goshen Swamp. Adopted. Bill to amend section J, cuaptcr 31, j 'e.i.r- .n. lldlio eua.l..o mortgages. Making it equally an of- j fence witn the seller tor any person to buy any property upou which there i may do any morrgage, with a kuowi- edge ot the same. Mr. French offered an amendment, providing that the registration of the said mortgage shall not be any evi dence of the knowledge of the prisoner or prisoners of the existence of said registrations unless the same shall have 6cen tho mortgage registered. Tho question was discussed by Mcssis. Kerr, French and Busbee. and the bill recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. Bill to amend section 6, chap., 91, of Battle's Revisal. Refers to dispu ted lines of landed property, and em powers tho Superior Court Clerk to appoint five freehohlers to consider , any disputed ownership. 'Ihe lull as amended and reported by tho Judiciary Coma it tee, jthsped j its second rending. j HOUSE By Mr O F REPRESEN TATT YES. Pinnix, a resolution of iu- struction to the Committee on Fi nancee, in reference to preparing a bill for the adjustment of the public debt. Referred. By Mr. Strong, a resolution provid ing for the payment to the public printer the HOiouut retained by reason of his failure to perform the work as required by law. Referred. By Mr. Foote. a protest against the passpge of the Means' substitute for Trivett's Civil Rights resolution. En tered on the journal. Bv Mr. Richardson, a bill to amend an act. to incorporate the Cape Fear Agricultural Association, ratified the 12th day of April, 18G9. Referred. By Mr. Dortch, a bill providing for two additional terms of the Superior i Court of Wayne county. Referred. By Mr. l'attou, a bill giving a right of redemption to debtors whose real estate has beeu sold under executions, mortgages and deeds of trnft. Refer red. The amnesty bill of Mr. Staples, being House bill No. 2, came up as the ui-fiuished business of Wcdncs- j day. The bill ib briefly explained as follow The amnesty net, passed by the IiPgislature of lS72-'73, exempted cer tain persons who were actually pres ent, aud participating in the comissiou of certain crimes therein named, from the provision of the bill, while it par don, d and extended amnesty to cer tain persons who, although they may have aided and abetted, directed and i l fact entirely controlled the perpe trators of these crimes in their uction, if they were not actually present at the commission of the offence, they were not punishable. Mr Staples amendment to the Amaestv bill rtovidea ft. Till 111 H 111 amnesty to all persons whether act ually present or not, who were con. nected with the various eecret politi cal societies up to the year 1871. and as s'.ich committed offences against j me iuw oi iuh orate, wuu me except ion of the crime of rape. This bill is for the relief of a large number of persons scattered throughout the State, residing in the oonnties of Cleaveland, Rutherford, Alamance, NO. 49. Caswell, Orange, Randolph, Guilford, Rookingham and other counties, who have been excluded by tho provisions of the last Legislature, but who will be pardoned and set free under the amendment now before the House. In many instances tho persons now banned are very poor and ignorant, and it seems UDjust that men of intelligence and position, who con trolled these poor fellows by the severest discipline, should bo pardon- ed, whilst the men who in many in- stauces but obeyed instruction, should I ri i ri i - be punished. After a long discussion the bill was passed bv a vote of S3 to 21. Senate resolution concerning tho public debt was concurred in. Senate bill to allow Clifton Ward, late sheriff of Sampson county, to col lect arrears of taxes for the year of 1873, passed its reading. RIGOLOT's" ORDEALS. You wore told some weeka ago how my French friend. Blaise Rigolot, be came enamored of the dowry of Miss Ruth Cumleigh, and succeeded in in- trading himself upon her attention. This week he and I have been staying at Cumleigh Lodge.in Surrey.to honor the pheasant preserves; but we have been doing something else besides shoot, thanks to the ingenious spirit of Miss Ruth. Yon recollect being informed that Mr. Camleigh had fallen into bad odor among society, owing to Miss Ruth's eccentric proceedings. Having a ro mantic mania for testing tho personal courage of her adorers.this young lady had played pranks upon certain well connected gentlemen notably a guardsman or two and these pranks had redounded mere to Miss Ruth'- perspicacity than to the glorification of her victims. To revenge themselves. mo won couuecieti Lruuiiemeu who liau been made to show the white feather I 4kA KMM.HMl.n.l L I I - 1 1 had spread the report that Mr. Cum Icigh was disgracefully bad from a person of whose antecedents nothing was known, aud must have made his fortune by modes of which no right thinking mind could approve. As for me, I only half believed this; but hav ing a great opinion of myself, like the rest of you, I hesitated to accept Mr. Cumleigu's invitation, and it was only at the instant supplication of Rigolot that I at length condescended to ac company him. When we airived.Miss Ruth thanked me with a demure little bow, for the honor I was doing her father's roof, and hoped that I should not find the hospitality of it too humble. This was nonsense, for a 3es3 hum ble place could not be found by a J- veriising. oumieigu jucuge is ricii, luxurious, and yet tasteful, for those wno, knowing little of the houses of city plutocrats, prate of the ostenta- i tious vulfjariiv of thes abndpft. fnvrref i that men like Mr. Cnnueigh seldom consult their own tastes ia tha matter of furniture, but appeal to artistic un- round at the Lodge I could not he-lo ! wishint? that som of tho -r;fnei-W 1 among whom my acquaintances chiefly : lie as I think I was good enough to i oijumu ijjuu utiure wouiu laite it leaf out of a citv ruau'a book. Tho only thing tu complaiu of was that ! among the other guests invited were u : trifle too mauy fellow c:ty men stronglv 1 perfumed with gold. But, after all, j gold is a good perfume. ! Tho other morning, then, after a j satisfactory breakfast of game pies, we observed that the sky was weeping, and as sport was difficult under the j circumstances, I strolled ia the billiard j room and begau knocking the bails i about, waiting for Rigolot to join me. ; I had scarce! v been so ensracred a 1 mi0te when Ruth Cumleigh gikicd iu with a gravity of purpose on her rrt?t,.Y was adorably fresh, dressed in a buff costume, or ecru linen, with a velvet b and and largo mwi.inn rmiml l,w n..,.'.- .-ivni i i ... . and a scarlet , rnsp stnik- liv l! m.n..a n...;,i..,t her girdle. "Laying her linger on her bps she motioned to mo lo follow her 'into the conservatory lokoininf ! the billiard room, and there, when I 10.1 IRll tUO tlOOf CU1 "Mr. Trefoil." i-lUl, -UC Sailt: ! "Jliss Cumleigh " "Your French friend is m .ui' ient l0ye to mo." "I do not wonder at it.' "It's a matter of taite; but 1 should be careful before marrying a I ranch- j veiS however, i n Ja:r ro mention man." i that Tuttle did not wait for any br.r- "An authentic. Viscount, 1 believe." 5 t l3 after tho lirst, for in one bound "O, foreign Viscounts! Aud then I i ho was on the balcony, and in a .second have no faith in thoso Frenchmen. !"- kad dropped headlong on to tho They boast too much, and I would not ! flower-bed twenty feet below, without give a pin for a man who boasted and J S3 much as touching the ladder. The. had no courage. He would bo sura to 1 gardener and 1 followed in a state of tyrannize and make one wretched and emotion which you may bo left to im ashamed of him. What is our opin- ! agmi for we heard the bullets eiash ion of Monsieur Rigolot." " ; ing with fearful bangs through one "Try him." ; pane after another; but possibly lligo- "That is what 1 mean to do if you , what 1 mean to do it you , a. There ia a ghost who is i it a chnrch-vard near here, j link Monsieur Rigolot is will help me said to haunt Do you think afraid of grosts?" j "Jbavwlittle prejudice for them my- j etore. iuuciieou that day. All the self, but a Frenchman may be above ; morning there had keen panic-stricken such prejudice." " ! talk iirue-ug the city men about the pve- "And do you think that Monsieur I suwd burglary ot the night, and llig Rigolot would like to be awoke at ' t had given his version of that start- night by two armed burglars pointing revolvers in his face?" asked Miss Ruth, fixing her largo eyes on nc "j can only answer for mvselt. and confess that a night fo 'disturbed f would be most disagreeably noted in i my memory." 'YNed 1 think thst will do then," i said tuo pleasant young lady gravely; ; "aud to-morrow, if he gets through ! the two trials creditably, 1 will tell : him that papa has received a telegram' saying that his fortune is iu jeopardy, j I shall ree then whether your friend cares for me or my money. i I laughed, she laughed, ami between us we agreed to submit Rigolot to as uncomfortable a series of ordeals as I ever heard devised. So that evening at dinner, just as the eoun was being removed, and before any of the guests j bad time to draw an artificial eoarage i from wine, Ruth Cumleigh remarked quietly: "Papa, it's to-night t! ghot pays a yearly visit te Gravehill Churchyard." " .uy uear cuuu, now cm you sav such foolish things ?" "Mademoiselle believes in ghosfs zeu?" inquired Rigolot, di: playing his white teeth on the other side of tho tab'e. "Jit undoubted gnosts Monsieur Rigolot, Mild this one has frightened several people to death. I'm sure it I makes one s flesh creep to think of it. Do you not believe in ghosts ?'' Rigolot's handsomo face at once be- came serious. "Zero are more zings in heaven anel earth ziu we dream of, as your Shuk speare says. Mademoiselle; I c tnuot deny vot 1 know uozing about; but I i care not for ghosts I mock myself of , zera-for what can zev do to me V " ' e oncn-ri" -if o cijatnai Vtln 1 T I. r. . i.e. it' . i ri a (ianaiV.li. An.? I . -, .... ' A tLll.t rt ui I9CU3IM1U 11 U VI I. i .1 . . man, Mossheer Rigolot," exclaimed Mr. Cumleigh with approval, and the other city men, their wives anel mo bile incumbrances, concurred. But Ruth ejaculated, smtlmg, as if skepti cal, "Well, should you dare to go and stand in Gravehill Churchyard alone at midnight. Monsieur Rigolot ?" My friend made one of his inimita ble French. bowsv and asked whether. One Square, ono week ....?t9 OmeSctaaro, two weeks. 1 6 One Square, ona monUi 2 One Square, thrca moatoii. 7 00 One Sejiiara, six montliB.. ....... 13 Additional Squares at proportional rates. A Square is equal to tsv BOLisuvsaof tfl Tertlaingtype. Casa, InTarIaI7;inadTnC45 Miss Ruth woulel favor him with her ' j company, but sho answered that the j tet of poco curanteism in these cases consists cf bein": quite solitary. Ac cordingly it was understood that the Frenchman should set out for Grare hill unattended at half p3st eleven; and I am bound tc own that the pros pect of thi3 excursion did not inter fere in tho least with Rigolot's good humor or appetite. He ate, chatted, ! and joked us usual, took rather lesa ! win than lu'fl wont, one! at tha an- I pointed timo, notwitlistandin?5tIie dis- I n V ... r suasions of Mr. Cumleich. who bear- ged him not to consider tho whims of a spoiled child, ho donned his hat and overcoat and sallied forth. It was especialiy noticed that he did not take s stick or umbrella. As soon an ho was "roue. Ruth hast- encd to her room, and in ten minutes reappeared, having changed her dress and put on a thick shawl and bonnet. I wii3 in waiting to givo her my arm, and together wo walked out, going at a fast pace to reach the churchyard before midnight. It was about livo minutes to twelve when wo arrived, and, looking through, a crevice in thc.Iow wall that surround ed the churchyard, we percoived the ' Frenchman sitting unconcernedly upon a tombstone. Tkero was no rain, the moon was beaming, and tall, very funereal shadows were cast inta the depths cf tho buttresses, and on ono side of tho spire, which rose straight and high iu the clear air. Rig oiot's faco stood full in the moonlight, anel we could eca that indifference was perfect. Humming a tune, he drew a cigar-caso from his pocket, and struck a iuse on Lis tombstone. "Manly, but profane," whispered Ruth, clinging to my arm. It was at that very moment when midnight clanged from tho steeple; and, precisely to tho hour, a towering whito apparition elided from the t-Vi 1 1 , , ,, church porcn, and walk- ed straight toward Rilrolot. Not to alarm anybody, it may bo who played his part by the customary meaii3 of a sheet and a polo with phos phorized rnangelwurzcl at the top. This gardener's boy theu advanced; but tho instant Lo began to be seen stalking among tha tocmbs, Rigolot raised a bright, joyous iaugk without a quaver in it jumped from the grave stone and walked to meet liini. Tho ghost was not unprepared for this move, and receded; R'golot followed. Ike guost, thoroughly mystified, broke ground; then, seeing the Frenchman continue to approach, tnrneel tail and ran. Hereupon Rigo lot's merry voice rang cut in reiter ated peals, and ho called out with won derful intrepidity and archness: V , , ' .a SOat, Come, don t bo afraid of mo, my 1 T . T ara ceily a man. ac- 1 taic u c!"aeei: .. 1. - 1 1 . j liiita was oiKiiiht d we made our j way home. There was." no doubt but i Ikkjolot had got tho best of tho first ,out lu:ii 1 VGSued. tho propriety of jpeing hi it tho bnrclar or deal. But tho arrangement, had ; already been made. Tho gardener's 1 boy, u young city gentleman named ' Tuttle, who had hecu sworn into tho cn"r"cy, r 7', id nnsilf, had all re climbing into Rigolot'r. balcony with crane masks on on; facre: and both Ruth aud Tattle anticipated too much good fun from this perform ance to bo baulked in it. Well, it was good fun after all, especially for Tut tle. I pa 53 over tho congratulations which Rigolot received on his return from the ghost expedition, and come "t oi:c: to the small hoar of three in tko morning, when tho gardener's boy, Tuttle, find T found ourselves climbing a ladder u'ader lligo'ot a bnl- cony, ea hand. ' k a ft hor.-e pistol ia ms Initio 1 1 with : ..s.etl i 1 ; he way, and, being glazier o ins' rumenr. oi, coolly removed a 1 i;--:ei j I: rough the o i.iC for en; pane, p. s'l'. pent I tko window, and lie had eoiao diiliulty in his grins but lie did not valKC-i L'll 1! hiippresf ru 1 toner. I have noier l;ra;-d for certain what actually ensued; but it se ems that Rig- ' - 'ii. - us a...e oy uiy Ijl.lt", laitit. J15 it war., and seeiu--' a burglar there .vas :i nipjit-li;.! t on the cliuiney-plae-e- -leupcu out ot bed, hew to a drawer, and extracted a re.voiver. thence let Jlv the whole six barrels at Tuttle without a word of warning. In saying six bar- Jot did not, ready aim at any cf us, tor oi, uiu uu, ruuuy mm ui, any ci us, ior it was noticed afterward that ail the bullets went through tha upper panes, Well, Rigolot triumphed in two ttials, but the worst was set him just hug eptsodo to a eonplo of policemen who woie sent for front tko village. fie v. calm in his ace-ouu' and btriet itude was ly moth in lac1 such as would have given any ordinary "''-"-g hidy tho highest opinion of him. And yet to ward one o'clock, Ruth Cu:n- 1 1,: ' lace spauUmgWith mischief, wtueieiiiy vhere J pa: si d through the room was, and, bec-kor.iiig to me -her kkiger, said: "dust stand behind the door, Trefoil, and you'll see." Rigolot was seated, reading, rose and abruptly exclaimed : Mr: He in.u is ihe matfer, .iatl-?miisellt? You are cryiug." "O, neve r mind mo, Monsieur Rigo lot; it's only for p;::i I care; he ha jus, received a letter nntiorsucin1 his 1 n"1-.' "Good r.eaeua ! ri lueo .' i e, e-o.i.ot? if. i.nu. ai, :ee ' ' . : .. T . ms I Will not bo s! to save a shilling. O, dear! totkinkkeshoukl puticrllkathis!" "Ruined ! exclaimed Rigolot. with fin extraordinary outburst of feeling. "Ah, Mademoiselle, forgive me for saying u hard nh-p;. but I am half glad of tins. Vt1.- ; J had long loved you ! but you we re i ich, and I ieftred my at- i teiiiiou:-. i i-ght ho. misjudged. But now zu l u" ri'Mer :'.;m you, sny, my beautitn!, tJariir.g i-.ui vou will be miue : j And h.ereon I, b ' something not o.:t! ' 1 1 ; : 1 mydoor,heard i-s.-.es; protests; then more kissir.g. An hour later, Rigolat mo to me m the garden an s.lle;: "Mon Ruth." "1 CO! 1 marry myself lo less igraluiide you, Rigolot.' Then Rigolot winked s.r.oh a wink. "1 was iu the. b.hiard room yester day moii;ing,aiidovt rheavd you "both." The revival of the Disciples of Christ, at Pleasant Grove Church, o.oudueteel by Dr. II. D. Harper, has resulted in the accesaucui of one Lund red and five members te) that church. We learn that a committee has been appointed to supervise the erection o a commodious house of worship, tho name oi wmcu 13 to pe, "liareiia, stated mat tins apparition was nothing but a gardener's boy, who was a great ally of Ruth's in these adventures, and
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