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J3uy and 't?ffix the ttamp both for postage vend registry, put n the money and teal the letter in the presence of We post-master and take his receipt for. it. r, betters . ent to tis In this way are at onr risk.' v i ion The subscription price p$ tle Svekk . uY Star is ak follows .Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 AN t PrT E KE8II ITG , J.C0BR KSPON .- V--. ,D'BNC'Er-. .'-.. A f One of the acts by which the pa ternal government Tias endeavored m the past to increase '. the " loyalty . o the South, and -to excite a deeper re gard for "the best government under the sun," was to refuse certain acts sf justice and courtesy to 1 the "sub inffated rebels." Oar own State has been a sufferer at iho hands of the haters, and the gentleman who now. occupies the Chair of. s the Chief Executive has been a special victim,? having been on more than ' Vne occa sion the recipient of su ch favors ' at the hands of -the dominant party in the North as enemies onlv accord lito enemies. The following: decidedly F rich cor- respondence' r i good, reading., for. the times. Thai Pennsylvania Don, we doubt not, wished in his heart - that he had " not sent that; brief letter of Jan. 26.,; The ' letter pf Gov. Vance very handsomely and -properly puts , the cayenne m the cup' of insolent and uuaccoiiiraodating officials. Read, and enjoy. W e copy .from the New York fferakl of : tMarch;??; ;i .s:. W A8HIKGTON, Jan. 26, 1877. ) To the Governor rf1te Slate of KorOi Carf .'" -Una: .i'ii"il-'f vf4.vs?i"v v . . Sir I respectfully request . that you will furnish this department , with a 'complete set of the reports of the Adjutant General of ybtir State for the years 1861-6 inclusive,', for use itt connection with the1 official re cords of the war of the rebellion for publi- . Cation. ;Expres8 charges for the same: will r be paid? by ; the department.' I- am, your obedient Eervant, , " J. D. Camkron, , ; ' . : . . Secretary of War. ' ; i : ' ; . :. - r V -' v ExECtrrTVB Depaktment. ?) V , L v ; IlALEifiH, Feb. 5, 1877. Jh " Totiie Honorable J.' D. Cameron, Secretary of War: s 4 ;.;ilr?f, a;.' : 5 x:S., Sir Your letter,, asking me to furnish you with a complete . set of the, reports of the Adjutant-General of this State for the - years 1861-6 inclusive, has; tweft. received..; It would afford me great pleasure to com ply with the request if any mutuality confdbe infused into the: transaction. In 1865. one month after General Sherman had issued his proclamation announcing the cessation : of hostilities and forbidding'the further seizure of property in liorth Caro-1 una, the letters books oLthe executive ot - f1 . - m 4 I . ens mate were seizea ai ureens ooro,. ana Dlaced in 5 the War, Department at Wash iaeton, where thev now remain. -'.t, Permission has been asked : again to re turn them or to obtain copieft for the- State archives, which has been persistently re- fused. My predecessor,,Governor.Vortb, on one occasion sent a special messenger to Washington with ah " urgent 'request' to be permitted to make ai copy Af a,i letter from those books, to be used in a law suit pend ing in our courts whercia the State was in terested, wbicu reasonable request was re fused." In 1871, while 1 was in. Washing ton seeking admisSlotftdfiny"Beat:in the Ucited States Senate; a; slanderous ; article appeared in the DaHy. Chronide charging me with cruelty to , the Federal prisoners confined at Salisbury.: The , refutation vof the calumny was contained Id - certain offl cial letters recorded in those books. I went in person to the . War Department, stated. my orneet. and asked nermissioa , to, copy two letters which contained my fall f vindi- : calioo,' and was "refused on the ground,, as . whs assigned, that no copies would be gi ven without the authority of UOn gress. . ! And yet last spring when I met my com petitor. Judge Settle,; who iWas the Kepuo nuau canuiaaie ior uovernor, x iounu uim ' supplied with an armful of garbled and mu tilated copies of these same ofnciai letters, body would feel .it beneath the dignity of- a great .Kcpublic to. suppress' the trutn in order to oppress so bumble an individual as myself. A resolution which would have effected my object was promptly passed by" the House of Representatives and vfas'as promptly laid on the table in the Senate. $ Under this state of .things,: therefore, X should deem myself; wanting, both in self respect Dd" in appreciation of the offlce which I have the ' honor to fill, were I to comply with your request'.' i l " -K ' Were it otherwise i should gladly furnish you the required documents, first, because it would afford me real pleasure to extend this or any other official courtesy, and, sec. certihed m true copies byyourself as becrev : . VHeWaS5 always a goodlDemcrat; arid ' fapplied tbncrek belief ondly, because I would be proul 'for the 4 world to" know how faithfully 6nd nobly the people of North CaroUna sttusgled to- miTutaiA the cause,betherrigLSor wrongs lunuitu mev cuasiaerea laeir wgois and 1, 1. : . 1 - v . - - .t I ttm, r very , respectfully ., vo1ir :oledi-i Wc begiu .to believe" hat .jthoj old sman, wnOj ad :paseil his3,hun dredth yeir considerably." 'ihere was! are! facts ' an d Incidts tKat go a.o esia lish . his very old age, ?,- lAlhouga a1 ;fL4 y-nJ '-i'-i iTiSSj -i v'i.W-,'"ifi -i ' 0 ' .( thorough . sceptio in regard .to,, the, ordinary feotsk n.iikilN 8tWei-iwi tested . case. - A,ve havfer beforej nhedhlfe jre?or4,here:jn ngiisht oileman) everattained iohia hQndredt&iyeai'! theres is not at single instaRjc in which r- an insured pefbnSVerreiched : his' two hundred years: lifo .uisuj-anefe has preyaued and hundreds of thousands f select ficaeesJ have "heidf polietes. lere ha ve' been 'ten s b f ihousa hds of Methodist 'preachers' andl but one .centenarian, - among them all- j - In England, -where t he birth ieeord of children r i ft picie r re d, it i s qi tremely rare to hear of ; a person as lid as 0 ne 'fi'rodred;yy?ars' one rjin .thirty niillionH.; Among the countless lawVers who lave lived in America but onW has lived to reach his yiundredib Jyeafand lei3 'still aving. yv e uq noi tuiriK u&xe is one recorded instance of.-, such idvanced ago in the legal annals of thje British' empire. v :lt is; such well-known facts asf these that render it highly impro bable that people of more thpn a hun dred, years are o ft en f o li nl : in the United .States- . We have never been able, to discover but one othdr well au- thenticated- case of a centenarian in K'orth Carolina before Mr. Uohnson.' Mrs. - Alston; of Gran ville, ivho died Borne thirty years ago,v livedl to 103. She has, descendants living: in LGr an- ville, Warren, Raleigh: aid : other points. - But to Mr Johnsoil. Mr. O. S. Johnson, grandsisa of the late Ben j. Johnson, suppos by the papers to have been the oltfest man , in North Carolina, , aays hik ; grand- tamer, iiaa j oeeii a piougtijDoy ior several years, and was well fup in his teens when f .Corn w ai lis passed thro' that country on his '-Way to jVsilbiiiig-" ton after tliejttie of Guiif rd Court House." I f ' this was so then he may have been 110 or even Ho vears old. ' - i .-' - ; The following story :giyes a:i air pof probability to- his extreme age. The Alamance Gleaner gathersj the fol lowing f rom the grandson : , One circumstance nxed the tuemory of the passage of the British troops tery firmly in the mind of youbg Benjamiuj so firmly in fact that it remained; fresh lfll the - day of. his death., lt- wss this: -; VVhcn the British were passingbisfalher's.-in all "the 'pomp and circumstance ;of"glosou3 war," young Ben rah-out to the road tb sco them pass, clothed in the long shirt worn by hoys in those days, until tliey were nearly was that dayisplittmg.'and drai-ing hoop uoles. and being an;ardent -iebti himself, was incensed at the interest hisj boy Ben soon as4h'ey had passed, he took? one of his hooDs. Jind not alio wioe the longshirt .to be itauch jn liis way, be proceeded to take the admiration fortfriush soldiers oat ot young Benjamin." :t?:l i Th e ed i tor aaf ; th e Gleane writing to - his paper :from ritssbeja,, aqds the following interesting .account of Mr.'Jphnspni ; : - . - . 1 'Physicaiy?he WS verypd vterf ul man;1 and weighed as . roach R3 lw? hundred pounds up to fcia Meath.-r His habits were temperate, 'never using tobacco, but al ways taking ' his 5dram :regularyj" thaugh . 'Ilis life was one pfj; activity fud indus try, . andrVin (all the . heavier laopra pf the farm he was said " to have had h superior, and Ifewy? if , anyfe'equals.i'f Wheii hewas rather an ;pld young man i he jnarried :a voud2 elrl. about 180i. and with.her .lived ud ' .to' 1865.' when" bis wiferdiediin ,her eighty'4fourtti yearHer age.wa accurate- I t. 4 ... ' 0 ff K i irhn Ta " fir 1 1 r fr t on Ifyncr o lime lived together, had nine children, and one of the younger boys has last stepped in to see me, and tells me that he wks twentyr one last JaniiarV.' I am - writinrf in Pitts-. 1 boro.aod it is conrt.which accounts for. the presence or - the aescenaanis oe mis very aged man-fiiSjKi?; rfav-vfe' iif crrandchildren. and ereat-great-krandchil dreri are scattered over the States, and how many there are; Arid their whereabouts are ;unknown.t-The,:oId;inan Ben'sl grandson is stepping arouna, quue. acwyei uiagg;u tuuui nis gwn'grauuuuiiuicu.s 'lS;';r"-"" !Onlv a short time aco. the olA man was able to mount his horse: and ridej to Egypt, fn lrtn; liffp ; ) "Old DeoDle have no doubt that the age of this old man at tbevtiine oflhisldeath was at least one hundred and ten yeas, and the 'confident opinion isjhaj. he waslbne hun- area ana- nrteen,-, t , v -, . J yt rlSalinoarjawnrasl Very old people we scQre" two for this century in North "Carolina, iz: -Mr3. ; Alfit'onatid'Mr.Benjamin Johnson hWe willadd others: when thfe.'praof is forthcoming;' J .? ; A . ft I; J r Messrs. Deltosset & Co., of tUiaf Itt6'agefits6f T the: f'Uarolitja! Fertmrh"ave! blettin&acted bvl ha v & been 1 nstrncted byj ipe maBujaciurers to. aaa nye.floiars jierniizeryae j8nowiBtoiiy in'araerj I !pr caref ulflalouJatbrsib :dtermine ..jt: . .. x. -. ' : . ,t ... ... . i hethfKKrliQert' thlhufacH TH EJ S VbXt'Z E R IAlJJ OF A M EB 1 ' ;W con fees tb very gVeat'astonish Client wuen we reaq ip.e report or mav baekasfll 86ei and?! appeared fin"5! the 1 tAslieville ;SfeibsVai'- itPbme1b o w 5 ea-i , eped our, attention ai the time. - No one can read the :.number,xof. r .moun jtains measured by Prpfesaorv 3uyoj., and the altitude, of manyi.of Hhem, without a feeling of'WpnderiHe will iibt.refusb 6 accept1 the-head lmea of this article as 'correct. ,- vVo, have ., ....1.. , 4 . ...' . 1 -.. . .:' . , : . !; ' . .:...- heard meQ of other States, gentlemen; who had seen much of he beauty and grandeprjof European Esceneryc say that no where on the American 5con tiuent, except " "perhaps among" 'tho RbckylMountains, could there te seen such sublimity and wildness combined . "1 . ...11 WK suyan penecuon ana., pastoral oveliness; rWe have ho doabt that in Transylvania ; and Mwo or I: three other countie?, there are to be fourid finer scenery and more entrancing bu colic pictures i than can .fee found else where on ithl vast . Uontment. v;xut to Prof, Quyot's figured M .i"5 -yf ? ; Ho has measured ' more 'than' 125 motintams. Of. this number ' tho owest is some 2,500 feet, and the highest is G,707 feet. There , are 54 mountains over; 6,000 ; feet in height; 45 -mountains over 5,000 feeti but not as much" as 6,000 feel ; ' and 15' mountains over 4,000 teet,' but not as much as 5,000 eet high..;- : We copy . the height of some of the; tallest mountainpj seyer!,,.of ; whichv are 'higherr than fanyrpeaks on the Atlantic slope; or ; indeed ;tban any, peaks this side, of the- Itocky Moun tains: .--,AAy.i.y:,M ;:-rl'fi: Big Craggy . , , . . . . , , A- .....0,080 .....5,935 .....5,945 .....6,393 6,583 6,591 Bull's Head....,,.. Cragsy Pinacie. .. . . I i'. . .; Potato Top:, i , .'.-... Mt. Mitchell. . . v. . . Mt Gibbs... ....... ....... Stepp's Gap the Cabin.. ; ..6,103 -.6,403 Mt. llallbacK (or JSuganoai) Black Dome (or Mitchell's High Peak, : or Chcgmanot State juaps)...,...o,u Ilnmfi Gun.1-.. . . . .. .. . X 6.352 Baliam Cone (Guyot Of State Maps): . 6, 672 Hairy Bear.....-..;.....v;-....o,oiu Beat Gap. . .;. ... . ii.6,231 Black Brother (Sandpz of btate Mapsj.u,t)iy Cattail Peak;'.V;. iV.V. ..U . .'. . . ... ..6,511 Ilocky Trail Gapi . . I . . . &'Vi?i. r;6,380 Dear Mqunt. North Point, .v 6,233 Long Ridge, South Point. . . ...i . ., -.6,208 Middle foint. . . . ......... x. . .o,soa Korth Point... ... . .. . . .. . .!. . -V - .6,248 Bowlen's.Pyramid- Horth end?v -i . 6,348 Blackstock'a Kuob. , , .6,380 lYeates'Knob: ;:. . . . , .5,975 The Cold Springsummit of Roan. . .6,133 Grassy Hidge liail Xnortheast conun- ' uation of lioan, "uountain.. . . . . . ..o,wv Kotfn High Bluff .... , . . .. . . . .. 6,296 Roan High Knob. . . , ,,3Uo Double Spring Mountain J..-.-v. Ui .l. 6,380 Richland Balsam, or Canev Creek Bal- k e c y sam Divide.,.., . , . . . ;.o,4jo Chimney s Top.W -'. .... ".". . . . . .6,234 Spruce Ridge Top'.f . . ... ... . : . . . . . ...6,06 Lone JiimiAiiiiu:'i',' Enos Plott's . Balsam lst- Balsam NK -y-. ?, - ,..o,uy Jones' BaisamVNorth Point;; 1 .VvVl V. 6,223 South End. i--i . ; .Y-i .U?'i4 . . :. 6,055 Rock Stand Knob. .... .... .b.UUJ Brother Plott. . . ; . . . ... . . . ...8,246 Amos Plott's Balsam.br Great Divide. 6,278 Rocky Face.'.'. -A '.i V. ....... it'; .o,815 The Miliar: Head of tttraieut ora or . Ocdnaluftee River, i .;. ,,o,2 Thermometer Knob... i. ; . . V.'i'v.. . . .6,157 Raven's KnOb.. ; .'. '. . .i . . .. . .''.'i .6,260 Tricorner Knob..; i iv. 4 .viv.ii;... 6,183 Mt. Guyot, (so named by Mr. Buckley, , v t ' in common., . .. . . . . . . . ... .6,036 Mt. -Henry.4; w;:.5:. :.Vyi 6.S73 Mt." Alexander., ii ns, v.6,447 South Peak u ii;vy.,., vc.!.Jv6,299: The True Brother highest : or central: r . Thunder KnobA. v: t Laurel Peak.p. i .u-vl 3 Peck's Peak, . - . a v. vww 6.232 Ml' Ocoana'. .;. ...6,135 Riirht hdnd' or New Gap;; V VivVAV5,096 Mt,:MingU9..v. . .u si ."f-V..'.v. '.46,694 Mt. Collins. .'. .... . . .. ; . ... ..6,100 Collins' Gap... . ... .T,.., . . , , . ,.,., 5,720 Mount Love.1.;.;;;i.v;,.VUr.:'.;6,443 Clingman'a Dome. .1, 6,660 It. 'will : b "kl-'i that- the''Blabk Mpu n tairi or ; IVti tch ell's IJIgh rt Peak, is the highest of all,'; being 6,70 feet, Balsam Coney ;. of - the- .same-Black Monntain :chain:i8 nlxtW being5 6,1 672 -fet highely;' 35' feet5 lower "f?'Befd ri goes .slghT-'seeing frprahome,is it hotWen tbatf ie Bhould first yisitSthb monn- tainous parts of riis pwxi , Statb ? ? These' mountains , contain a vast deal of precious. I metals and minerals that only heed the belying and,finish- Jhg i lhaad 'tof illmanfttb s makeJ' them known to the world,' and to 'bring millions- of money" into " the State More railroads and ; mbre cabita1,"tand then the outside world will . begin to know something: of North iCarolina. Messrs. Deltosset & Co. cf tUte No . tUFrpavs the ncehsel tat imposed 03 th p Agricultural Bill. , .. . . , ., ., ynpoithccoutain ojrta;;Carolip.a5s:ajBqfia ;CaroJiiJar&It;iwa& iipu'blishedasfarj ncbfetwA;jr where under the sun. ia there prpauciiqn -wupui ine same area " than'is to' ,b'e found within the borders' of that tract ;of territory, :mared. . otf r . the maps as; North Carolina-ai sort iotterrWincdnitdx6 : the tgr eat poiN ':fnjfAin fif ybu'win 'take a rule and meas-l ; ure from the, extreme end ,;of .. Cum-: tuck county to ther extre.rae end of Cherokee xountyj;. and; then holding the ehd of theirtileait fcthepujtitucki iyotl :will;l)evastonishd tondTwerei wii 1 j an a j pui fp; i pa ; wjirs una ic 1 0 e : 5 distanee ' between these: : - points - in i hamplain.;iWithinthi8 ii territory -yoit will find a greatdiVer8itpf soil production and climate than you can ' jitsi zLiiV.jyiiJxLrii. rryt W'aiPT uuu wiiuiu any - ututr , one rpvaieoi tho UmonfiiByirefernng-tatDeU, S. Census,-". yOui . will ; .find a 'greater variety of productions iff - this '-State uau. 111 any oiner ot ine inircyrcignu. ;Why then should any North Caro inian leave his home to seek his for- tone olsewhere? Why should he go but'l among strangers to - find it's that which Ues.at his door. The same in dustry and economy that will obtain success abroad wH brings him ., opu- ence at home.:' - We '"' say ' to i y od, stand by North Jparolibsu ; Dof; ;what you can to. develop her resparces, ) to maintain her.i,honor, to restore her prosperity, ' This is indeed a pleasant land in. which to live, and labor and wait, and in .wh ich to die. at the ap pointed time; God has been merciful to you in casting, yonr lines in such pleas an t places. Stan d faithfully by. your old mother. y;yyUy'. : vi- HJi Her's is indeed a goodly heritage a land of noble men and of pure! and ovely women. " "The sun aB he walks the heavens in: his diurnal round" ooks down upon no fairer or : dearer. spot, nor more blessed home-fpr here the glory of Aw beams is rivalled by the"I sweet and mellowed "light' of h umani tyi4-wd- loTe'tiral; 281163; thrptighput pur f ayore'd borders u Go where you may yon will find no more delightful, h orn e. . Seek .the world, over for a liclime: more ; favorabje ; o health, for sans more genial and fruc-' tifying, and for nights of more un clouded . beauty and splendor, . and you will seek in vain. "It is a land of corn and wine; it is a land of gold and gems j' it is a land''pf-flocks and, herds, of . orchards - and : meadows; it is a land of good morals , and steady , habits,", a land ; where civil' liberty js f; dearly :;6$erished arid 'the lawsx are 4 obeyed ;ta land (Where the .schborhonseiaud charch . spire stand side by side ; where virtue is esteemed; and ; hbnbfedold age, is reverenced, and the marriage relation is held as sacred ahd,blessed ; a land of simple manners and frugal habits, where , an unpretending but generous hospitality is dispensed, and 5 where the people are "not. forgetful to en tertain strangers ;" a land in ; which an honest man" is regarded as ' the. noblest work of God," and where tin-' blemished honor is held 1 as i the very flower of ;irtuel r'.-v THE LKTTER OFHON J. jT DAVIS. We have known "the Hon. Jos. J. Davis from his earliest' manhood. He is one of 'the purest men on earthy We can trust- him even in Washing- i -Zyy-t. 4. -.- :" :: . . ;:-c: , y v?a y. ion, ;wnere''ine"' very aimospnere 10 filled with" mephitib exhalations and noxioas gases vnaiare, 'generaieu uy the political cesspool, and where it is dificult for a good "man tb remain in orru ptible arid, sober. W h at as true, 1 . ii n . - - no. intelligent a - ivepresentauve pi North iCarolitia;ha8f to say, iswbrlh considering."- 1 -"' ! ""' , The editors of the Italeigh Observer addressed him a letter asking him for his r views On the political status," and especialiy;witfi0 reference tthe course that ought to be .'pursued Vy the House of Representatives in rerr; gard io the Army Appropriation Bill at the f approaching extra session of m - : tftf. yy yougress.. ; - .ji-y,. fgi$ MivDayis replies; 'at length W propose to copy a. few paragraphs j from nis -Jpatribtic : and eryr scnsiole -laMor - '-Ho 6dflq v: : - : - ' . ' , . ' "With regard to the army, appropriation bill T have only this to say: the army has been improperly and illegally used to con- trol the States '"of : Louisiana and South Cat blina,TTbe military should always be-subrl ordmate to .the;civu power.fyrriiia is. the doctrine of civillibfertyrthis islhe doctrine of the Democratic party- and "it-rwaa the purpose of that party in the 44th Congress to Eive new vitaiuv to ttus aoctxine. s Mr.' Hayes can get, an, appropriation, for 'the army easily enough.) Let him withdraw the troops' from the capitals.of South Caro- lina and Louisiana, 'and confine the army t Its duties within the t limits prescribed t; the constitution and the, laws, and the propriation will be granted at once. ' " .If he refuses to do this, then the:nc Congress will not be (rue to civil libert Will not be true to thd rights of the pec:: . .il If it does not adhere to the bill as ? it 6toi- at the close of the last session. The pcri lar sentiment as weU as the 'peace -cf t country demands tht the improper 'ixzi cf the military, shall cease. You ask,, in t" V: CohBectioni tOaght the.1 House to 1 .way to. the President ot ought it toHBtnii firm ?" I will answer this question by ask- ing another ( thi a despotic or a lie- . publican go'vernmentt. Is . it K the govern-- ment of the people'opf one man f" Even in England, it isftCrigbt of ' the Common', -to grant or? withholdsupplie.; .In ,l!iis' country the House it tr i"r:rdi&f ilc tentative of th people.and theConstiluuen confers upon it alone the power to originate, bills for supplies. ' I trust the next House ; will, be true to its constitutional duties, true; to the rights of the people, and that it will 'stand firm' in the right." , ' " ' u We preseated similar views in out ; issue of seVeral weeks ageLfWe a I glad to be in accord with the judg- I ment of so excellent and " intelligent ;4- gentIeman:xiai;:Mi:- m it-.i CtJuL -- . - ! . -.' 3'.R...; In steering on the Dead , Sea of ia anity and political stupidity andrantr it is pleasing to the eye to 7 rest now aqd hen. upon i some island : that is clothed with verdure and fruit. Now and then we, are gladdened with such a prospect. t. . ; ,,1 The papers have recently contained drj oonversationf: between Alex, ; H Stephens and Ex-Secretary Hamilton Fish. . ;. We . clipped , it for : publica tion, but it was crowded Tout.-! Mr. Stephens' views are ; eminently wise and statesmanlike, andr Uiey appear tO ; have,; had a jdue Influence upon many, thinking people in ; thft North erri States. The,.Philadeiphia . Tele graph hiA been so impressed with the wisdom of Mr. Stephens', talk that it hps improved the occasion to draw a contrast between the two' policies re presented by the distinguished Geor--gian and .Secretary: Sherman. 4 - It places Mr. Stephens "head and should ders" above, the Ohio' Secretary in all that goes to the making of a pub- icist." .- Sound . thinking men gene rally will indorse this position.' Mr. Sherman! .represent the whilst ; Mr. , Stephens ; represents the true Conservatives. Bnt let us quote a i paragraph x from - the Telegraph, Republican paper: .1:4 M i ''Now, a this representative! Southerner says that home rule and a riddance of car pet-bag omceuoiders is absolutely needed in the - States in :: question an d that until those States are so reformed: fine words concerning their "liberties" amount Jo no thing. It matters nothing whether such, a course will or will not offend the preju dices ef any: class in the North what the' administration has , to ?" decide is , simply whether Stephens, ex-rebel as he is, or Sher man, too loyal Republican as we know him to be, best represents Southern needs. y; It may be well to say-once more that, in any wise or just, view, woat the tiouth has done in the past. goes, for .nothing. , We have agreed lo shut that volume of our history for u not, ait the present regime is absurd ity. But that volume being closed, and the government proceeding on the supposition that all sections.. have equal rights, those rights must be inviolably assured. Nothing can be ' plainer,' and President Hayes will win suDDort:' exactlv in nronortion , as he keeps in unison with the evident truth." , ; s , We publish 4 Hon. John Young Brown's letter Iel regard to the prom: Ised policy of the President. - Let all of our readers be sure to read it. ; It settles ;tho question in dispute that Hay es' friendsi solemnly pledged lor him ithat the Sbutherp Sfaltes should 'be'permittedttbi govern themselves, ! and that - the troops Jsbould beJwith-1 drawn ; from ..the; Sputb -Jf Hayea M9mMM i rienas,., juaitn e ws, anar osien iney are sacriBed forever upoqh aitator;! ' Js-iiHi'o i.-i-Vr 1 -'" sname, anaayes immseii-weu, w is sacrificed HogJheseiaabsos1k intervention by the Federal aui lutely ioQ plaia Ltoiet shirked orxi L tft i tt Ayl - n m tt iA n v ia IaI t AW to Aianl" jiaiucu anay( . Ajrivnu o ivbici 10. va ital. ,ai. .f ... . -r . . ! . V,; lit. 1? )pata of Rlarliismaiiitlklp Aaaln-Norb j Cm rollna yTxa : i:n a 1 0 $-U n . A gentleman 'pf" this "city having, seen the articles which have0 recently; appeared 'n : the Sr AS in reference5 to5 feats of marks-; manship,comes iojthe front i with a ! few which have come under, -his own Observa tion. On one occasion he was in pursuitof a covey of partridges, and while ; following them.- tip Jof get a good chance t to shoot thenr a larger hawk' made' a;' strike among them, and a successful One too, for 'he mounted , into the air with - a partridge in his claws,, and after :,flyjog about forty yardsvWith his j booty jpar?,friend firedt bringing him td the ground, and cooped tbbth hawk aHd-partridge ju ili." Thomas J.' LeeJ of Iredell county, he says, killed seven deer- at three- .shots, four at two and three at one discbarge of his piece. . The three killed 'at one; shot were at a distance of sixty, yards by actual measurement , The Lone Star" can now hide its diminished lustre, by taking a back seat in the shooting firmament. '. . - , ...... .' .., a ' i 1 . "r m:m mm !t.?v I 1 u n mivri, n ; v. nirw.jsi jf (5.-;;-) I We .are informed by . Mayor Canaday that at a meesing of the new Board of DP : rectors of the Western. North' Carolina Rail road, held on Thursday. Mr; James WUson,: late a Representative in the Legislature from Burke county,, was; elected.M President,, and Mr: S. M, Finger, late Representativerom Catawba county,, was elected Treasurer of that road;--'' ' FOR f BE PUESI- i Hon. ' Johri ouh, . --ky pnbiishes the follow ingf ex jqes unuir wuicn i oage iiifii-: i- ana k xion -v vnaries uoster p"; cq: litl. '-J the Piident''topacii6nd' tntional Southern pbticvv iThe . tr ! TjA nf. thev -yehave already publish'ed. c 5 i To -swft;thei wiXt 1 iiniart interview With Hon. Je-'-nEjfjnofSe whQ saysrlBerewih:! pablislv theftet-1 ter of Hons, Charles'Fo8ter and Stan ley Matthews, addressed to Hon John Ji.: Gordon and myself.s 'The circnm-1 nstances attending their1 origin' are; ip brier as follows:; UnJtbe; 26th of Feb ruary last I sent.by'a: page fromf the ; iiouse oi xvepreaentati ves w, - we sen ate 'chamber "for my distiriguished friend, General Gordon, nd lie came oyer, in a few minutely I told hinil wanted an interviews with"aHoni Charles Foster, at which I desired his presence. : i I outlined to .General Gor don what I intended - to" say: : to'JM.r. Fosteiarid Jrai said, he.' Would,, with pleasure, accompany me, :-We found Mr. Foster in the ropmpf the- Cpm mittee on Appropriations.' -: No 'one else was present,! j . During 41he inter vie W I. told . Mr. Foster that I, had been, as he knew, against all dilatory motions; had in a speech advocated the inflexible execution of the Elected ral bill : had stated i n ; a Democratic caucus that I would so vote if 1 were the only man from the South to do so; that the vote was approved by my judgment; thatI felt :nnder obli- gaUons of - honor: to stand by: the result, bitter as it .was, feeling that the 'situation . was not charge-, able5 ; to the Electoral bill; but to the majority' of the Commission' whom he : had I agreed : to trust. ? .1 told , him .: that :,'I . had received ; dis- patches and letters from home, from cherished ; and ' trusted 4 friends, con veying most emphatic - remonstrance against my course; but that: with iny) convictions about the. question,' if a petition signed by every voter n my, district would 'be. sent to me requbst ing me to support ' dilatory motions, it would" not bya hailL.Alter.niy pur pose. I said f arther to him that there was .but one, thing ; which would change me, and it jya iif -i...ai'; that jrayxvoting PS domptete the coun' Whtoh was to result' in the inangura--tion of Mr.; Hayes, -I would be aiding: directly or indirectly Jn perpetoating the usurpations ; of .Packard tnd vinamDeriam in we states or iiou isiana and South A Carolina,' I- Would reverse my action, and do y my very.; : utmost to defeat the execution of -the bill, regardless of .the; consequences and calamities ;tb the ' country " as I believed they - would be.: :I: furtherr more told him that if Ichanged ?my position I knew of several prominent ; gentlemeojwhpi would join me,;. and. if at Hhat r critical hour,n- when rthn aauy ana nignuy scenes,; surpassing., by far id Vwild 'excitement. and 'vh-: .lence.anyming everiWitnessea.in. toe Iegislativejhistory of. the country the line'of the Democrats who were Vot ing to ; execute : th e ' law should be . Droiten, li wouia resuii in a stampeae among them, and j M r. - Hayes i w puld no more -be - the '-President than' he (Mr. Foster) -would be. Mr.1 ' Foster said he believed this. I'y I have ...the i highest) respect -for. Charles f oster. i believe hi m to be an honbrable - gentleman arid I-;i.old ,him that it was' my confidence hi him .that had brought me to him.1 ? He re presented the district of Mr Hayes." lie had just made a manly and pa itriotic soeecb- in . wh ich v h e h ad said: vinces" Over , freemenhot s J-jeierreu: w mu epeecu biiu twv 1 fV - - . , aatnAttii rt inauguratedv he would testbreVhome i Tuie in ; tne oiates 01 xtouisiana?,ana: $outh Carolina; thaW te- peppleof these States should control their own rffa. i tm Jfr thorities as the State of Ohio. .'' This conversation was long and earaesti I told f; Foster h at I;wanted V. to. mate no Dargain; no, agreement; tnat, J iscciiedvJthe thought ofiitt;tbat 1 hadt declmed a aiTe-eleotiotf to "Gorf iossas yoluntaiillwih frotn,' politibal -ilifei Wanted " nok Ofllce. ,uati a irresiuenb womu givo xoe.anu that myiiobject was unselfish but -I desired written assu ranee from-' him ihat the pbliby of ' Mr;, llayes; would be as indicated and from himf specialT ly by leason of hiSVery intimate re-. lations with Mr Hay es -. llis reply to all this was . frank; full; earnest and satisfactory: ; myt Weh.Geherat (Gordon, andx myseir. . J.ndeea,: :mr.. Foster said he ' had in- his pocket a letter just' received ; from Mn: Hayes thanking hint fpr;th4 'speech: to Which I have alluded, and endorsing it.; He offered this letteito General Gordon and myself to read, but t we declined it. : He:agreed to give me the desired letter, and. said ho would also, request Hon. Stanley Matthewsito sign it,' I He promised" to aeet' me at 4- my rooms. : He i oame -1about! -midnight anu saiu uy .reason ux.. uib. iuwjrview: witb .General Gordon and myseif t be had 1.hat evening procureda meeting of somtt ntlemenf rorftTlibulsiana ; and x South ' CarolmaaYtaley V xxotei, tti . wuioUx. ibo, jixyu ;jeury Watterson was ;present,xand. at: the conclusion: .of th6 coaf erencerhesb gentlemen naa expressed great satis faction: at what ' had been - said to that under UayeSj if inabgaTated, the flag?8ha1IfflcnEit' bvtMesiTi'pyp r- was .-Su to? hi: d delivc-' .::-a letter' sind"; C'- -T,Vktrsn:'''I ol. ". it wag iin a dilTerent baf.J , JfdTLhastily; " i rsraarkc JL t dubt;n:;; ii3 r-nedvtr- Matffiews-:tad rr-i 'it. -r. - i .aed.fBiown, it L jeaver,"iCie g iKhcJe- cz.z 2, .ad'. I: in 1 - promiseoa oere will ts nq-dc-lt" . aiputrtbe fulfilment of all be r uyances":"iVliave' given yea,'" " noticed'' theJCoririnal I r nn deskj. and said: .Sign' HU ilso," ; l)e;;repUed : vCertainl y : ri'-h r-- we;fi'8Twas' leavin g he called ine back, and told me that Presidept ahtVould; as'sooriias the count --was completed issue a certain -order .to,General. Augar, in Louisiana, r. ; He requested me not to mention this fact ? fpr several y days, but expressly gave , tne-' permission to make any use of theletter8-I might desire. The order referred to , wa8 issued by President "Grant. J gave, copies of the letters to Messrs. Levy, Ellis and Burke, of J ' Louisiana, and to General M.'C. But- ' ler, Of South Carolina, with authbrity ; to use J thern; whenever; they pleased. . IWhenI iawjthat the Democratic vie- ' tory so fairly won was lost,; my deep- -est concerri (was-i for-ay; suffering -' Sbuthern country rpen.l! To contribute $ toiheirdenver was a passionate aspiration of my .; heart- -Had I believed that the policy " : MK:Hay.if;iaaugarated would Cl?'0'446'01 and uhrepplicaniSu'pervisib army and the:, further plundering-'and op- - pression by men alien "to them 1 in birthandf;;8ympathies, ft should have never voted . as I did,, ; Hbn Charles Fostersecured the. inauguration of the President." But1 for his speech and' inese;; letters tne result ,,would; never 6 avbeeri eached Theconvereation and contents of the letter were made known to'aany. : The confidence of the Democrats " in him and in his authorization to '--say ''-what'- he did -composed 'representatives, : and ' caused, them to . remain unshaken in uuiug wiiai .uiey ueneveu was ngut imid.fth''8tekrm "that"" waswagihg ! around them, and in the face of the earnest. !remOnstranees of .their. con- sutuents.. ;If;:a few.had faltered the panic would- have been, general, the wort or tne Commission would have been fruitless, and before this time,in? my opinion, a hurricane of. war wonld - hum KpenaTOasrrover the-rrandt." THope " deferred .has sickened " the nearw 01 tne ooutnern men.. 1 ao notpvnnderstand rior do'I appreciate the; delay of President . Hayes. He ought: not to hesitate. ,1 f The whole , country' expects this great, and good work , at his hands; passionate men invectives", upon the- heads., of. nthose .' Democrats ,who voted to - stand by " the Electoral bill. This pains .me, but' causes no Tegret Ifb my ractibn.''-i In Conclusion -I will . say that I have full faith in the fulfil- ment.ot'.the assurances contained m ahe letters of Messrs, Foster and Mat- jthews. They are honorable men.' ' I scannot believe that they - would at jtempt deliberate . deception. v.' They tare ft Xhef intimate V friends of; the . fPxesident. feThey .know, .his , views, lahd expressed them in - these 5 let- .tera.r au uuiiusl uuiiHtructiuu r 01 iheir planguage means ' - that - the autonomy.:: of Louisiana . and ; south Carolina should be restored.- It is im-- pbssihle that the President, 'a nder all ptrcumstancesin viewof his own otf jternVe'ancl.itbe' promiaes of- his friends, can refuse at once to make : Louisiana and South Carohna'as free asphioi'atfd havb the (flag float oyer Slates, not Provinces,, over? freemen, hot, subjects. If done, the peace and brosperity' df the Republic will be se cured. J If r not' done,' the whole re- ; pohsibinty;1 for' consequences,; what- - v (vr jeyimay be, will rest upon Pre- ? MdeatHayes.' v;t - '-; V"-' J l -'- -- ' ((Signed; w J ohn Young Beowit 1 WeAotei i r"-".;-'1 ffRoanokeNews.1'1- . j -The; ' Richmond .Enquirer - relates r aft anecdote of . Hon." B. -F Moore, of j Raleigh," c.andourj friend , Captain; v Tames.Simmpns,of this ,city.f Our f tempbraiy7 says" that- when JMr.' Clay came td this State, Mr.: Moore was selected ; to make the address ' ot -welporae arid having prepared it, be Eated to Captain Simmons that he ished to submit it to him. '' Said the - " tlbri i beng a matt of culture and 7 literary attainments, you wish to see - ?hat impression it will make on the -ultivated" : "No,'" said Mr, Moore, 'I wish tokee how it ' will strike the ' ulgarmind.1'' These : may 'not be - the exact words, but are in substance.' It was not, however,, on the occasion -of Mr- Clay's visit to Ibis State, but Mr. 'Moored as selected 'to "prepare the' Whig! address in 1844, andit' r was when it was completed that ' the above pleasantry occurred in, the ' town of Halifax, Captain Simmons being then clerk; or tne county court arid MrPMobre practicing law iff the toWotVV:e have often beard vaptatn Simmpns, laugh over the incident, .. t il'rili.l..l. - . "llWeldoriNews.1 -t dakey: was , in!, lown.tyesterdayi- who was a- great .-curiosity, - He could o transfer his heart! from -one "position ' to auotherc ld make it apparently cease beating; and perform other won-' r ' derf ul tricks with the .organs of ibis body, h tla had travellediashetated, all over Eorope. '-The above perform- "' anbe Was witnessed by two gentlemen ' ioheof "them' a.'physician, -both of whom "stated to : us : that they had . 'never witnessed aay thing so wonder f ul before, " J , " . :X 1 ; it : 5- I 4 f s 4 1 4. U -Mi A"