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States Itightslhal is altogether op posed la the opinion that prevails in r - liepnblitran ' ci rules anil among Re- puhHcan writers' in the North; It is : "lipt ; dead, but "ftleepeth. ;. , Dr. ;Von . Hoist slates that the work he hasun dertaken Will require his Jife-tiuie to complete. : il has bepn long at work , upon it,' and the first volume is the ':. fruit,ihus far .of his long and patient toil. The British x Quarterly says this volume ia worthy of a great wri ter, and gives 'promise of thorough ness 1 and. excellence.; He is a Pro . .fessor in a German1 tTniverstty, and has that devotion, industry, learning atid'r fairness ' which 'distinguish': so many eminent German writers. - Well, what " does Dr. Von Hoist say j-what is his opinion as to State sovereignty ? The result of his care ful investigations is, that it is a great t error to i suppose- that the civil war gave .the death-blow really, to the . doctrine. To regard State sovereign ity as of historical rather than' pre ""jjentT interestTs to misappre1iehd the : whole question. He finds it a living question a. vital principle in oar government. 'The Uritish Quarterly, commenting upon : .the first volume, remarks: 'It is customary- with many to speak of - the unity of the American people as a na tion, as if that bad been distinctive of their history from the first.. So far, however, is tbis from . being the case, that from .the first the seeds of all the subsequent diffl-. ' unities and.' complications . were . thickly sown in the constitutions and relations of. the various States. The, chief value of the work before ' us is that it makes this plain after' a very laborious -and, convincing fashion." , i , , , . :;, ' And then i the able Review says, and it follows the proof established by the learned German historian: - : "The claims to Stale Sovereignty, which -were ' to cause so much embarrassment, grew directly out of the original circumstances and condition of Vie Union. .The assertion of the right of secession did not lie in abey ance fdt any long. period daring any por tion of the earlier history of the United States." . .u -. , l ...'.. , Tbis is unauestionablv true. ! If - necessary we could : show 'that New England, which was so remorseless in its attacks npou the South and cried havoc with.so much' joy, was engaged from about 1808 to 1815 in frequent schemes to break up the Union, and to assert the right of secession. -The materia! is abundant and overwhelm- ingly convincing. The Review gays: "Dr. Von Ilolst traces all the occasions that pave rise to it. and shows clearly . how this claim J so fated rto the national integri ty, was tbeuatural and almost necessary . outgrowth from tue circumstances." , . The, truth is, it. was "never designed to make the Confederation, of .States a nation, lind the .use of the term originated in the .North and like other noxious' things has i propagated itself and become wide-spread. , . By reference to Sullivan's ''Men of the Revolution " to Dr. Bledsoe's .-Southern Review in the nrst two years of its existence, and to his "ad mirable little work in whiclKhesbqwa most clearly that secession was a con stitutional right prior to the war.Hhe ' reader will i learn rnjucfrtcohcerning ' the f formation of ; bur -: government. and the efforts of England to break . up the Union." .Hon. A. II. Stephens' "HistprVof the. War, of the States" contains much valuable matter in, the same direction. ; .1 The first work men tioned .was written by Hon. William Sullivan, of Massachusetts,; a pure and scholarly gentleman. Henry W. Miller said, more than thirtyyears ago, that it. was a work of great value and should be read by every one. The able reviewer from whom we - have quoted finds the causes of the 1: 1, "ILL-- Jillij Jdj VOL. 8. , I WILMINGTON, 1ST, fl .. FRT 5 war in the very formaiion of our go verument. , He sayst t . ''Thus the roots of ii .;v;i 1 struck deep in Vie original tohslitvtion, and the evil results were . constantly , forcing themselves to the surface bngbefore the nuft lincatioii policy of Calhoun was heard off : If .tbe reserved-tights of States had, not been properly regarded when the Constitution y8 formed, tflerewoul never have been a Union of ! the thiri teeir colonies. tQur owu State ivoul4 never put her hand tt; the great- in-j denture unlesa the living principleofj State' Soyereignty-of local ' aeif-gpy4 ernmeut-7liad been incorporated.! When Great' Britain acknowledged! the independence of this country :itl asdane by acknowIedgingIihe ,in-j dependence of each-State.Keparatelyj as a Sovereign Commonwealth. - ! ;:. Wti'-Z havo had -tlieci" evidence- o s.iow .that , States .Rights l is, a living principle,r not ;a dead ., issue. i First: When the Republicans in Congress : last winter were bent on counting Florida ' and ' Louisiana Uori tiayes, they became the yery, earnest and impetuous advocates of States Rights. They" beat- the " Democrats at tneir own game-7-tney tairly out- He roed Herod.. Of. course -. they were, very insincere and hypocritical 1 in the advocacy of a principle against which they had made a ceaseless war, but they, were . uone ;the , less ardent., . Second: M r. Hayes has shown in us course that there had been a wide departure, from the Constitution j. and a great: invasion of the Rights of the States; The action of the President is a clear concession to Democratic principles in essence. . V V To support Mr. Hayes in his South ern policy is to approve ' of Denio-7 cratic usage, and I Democratic prin ciples. He has shown that : he re garded the Southern States as en titled under the Constitution to cer- tain rights and privileges ' that had been assailed or. ignored bv. Grant. So, to sustain him in what he has done in South Carolina and Louisiana is to sustain the old Democratic doc trine of local self-government and reserved rights of the Slates, and to condemn Grant to brand Inm with, usurpation and unfaithfulness. . -t THE NBGBO IN POLITICS. We havo already in more than one. article directed . attention to the changed ;. aspect of . the . - Southern negro and his influence in American politics. We have shown how he has i beenabandoned in despair by the Mortons and Blaines, and the cry of a "solid North'' is tho new slogan by which the; clans of 1 New England jand of the Northeast are to be rallied once more around . the flag of plun der and piracy. The negro will never again exert the same sort of influence in politics that he exerted in the flush limes of the r carpet-baggers, when, like: the locusts of Egypt, they de youred every thing before them; But the negro will be a power in the fu ture, but in a different direction. Whenever the votes 4V67 tbe. wbite men of the r South shall : be divided that moment will the ' negro vote be come important to decide the con- test, and. t thai moment win ne pe patronized, . flattered .and courted, ind then more disgusting Scenes will pe witnessed in the scramble to ob- iain bis vote than was ever seen when Deweese and the rest of the adven turers, with their carpet-bags con taming two paper shirt-bqsoms, a box of paper collars, a pack of cards and a wBible, J button-hpled, hob-nobbed and cheated the credulous darkey. j But in this article we do. not pur pose to dwell upon this rather dis- fifrreeable orospecCi We wish to call attention to one view of the subject that will prevent us from concluding that the pegrb votes can' ever control again the destinies of the American people or give a fatal direction; to American legwwuuu, , ; , , f t. . We will not stop to consider the blander made by the - government in clothing a million - negroes with the riht of franchise, i .Some of the lead iijg papers and periodicals hav latr terly been induced to 1 look at tne matter very much7 as the South has regarded it, and to. see something of the magnitude of the blunder it is sdflicient to know that the rights of initizenshiD were bestowed upon . four or five millions of ignorant; and ! su perstitious creatures whd had , none Of the necessary ad vantages by which they coald be prepared for the ? re sponsibilities of sovereignty,' ; it is no wonder, that they, failed to u,nder stand their4 powers, and that they TT Cl -.it -J failed to exercise;, them wisely,, 'dis creetly, beneficially. . . It .would havs 1 been a miracle if. thfl v had A on a nt.hit wise than they did.' s " - ' The carpet-bag in vasibii took place! and 'the negro became at once a ph4 ant instrument for .workfng mischief in their hands. By usinsr J,he necrrd s a machine, to 'aid them in securing and retaining power they 'vere'en-j abled, to perpetrate "villainies enough! to; mate good men forever execrate their memories. ;It is - a notormusf actthat .wherever the Republican party ,gots control f the State 'go-4 vernmentsm the South it 'Vas'- dpne; through the negfd; and it is "equally: notorious that Wherever. tbey j.got control that ruin,. devastation, . enor-l Not ; a Southern State Jias !l altb4 gethef escaped the f earf ul carpet-bag? yisitatiooi jA, pr.? nearly. allt havej been: at gome period of time under the domination --of the carpet-bag1 set. ! By the aid of the negro the' following! . I igs. t 1 curses were entailed upon the van-j quished whites. ! Let the' following! never be ' X orgotten,' It is a !part of history,! ad fiiiould be perpetuated: in song and made forever jraemorable; in story; Debt Debt4' ' 1 close of war, Jan. 1, 1872. ; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, ; ; $5,939,658.87 $33,883,967.24 . 221,000.00 15.763,447.54 ' s .Nominal 50,637,500.00 , 10,099,074.34 . 50,540,306.91 ; 9,690,500.00 34,887,467.85 5,040,000.00 39,158,91447 - 20,105,006.60- 45,688,233.46 Nominal. .20,361,010.61 , 31,938,14459 ' 45,480,542.21 $87,070,937.33 $355,661,686.01 87,070,937.33 ri363.590.748. 68 lKui3iana. N. Carolina: Carolina. Tennessee, Texas,.: Virginia, .: : Deduct,' Average annual income $38,870,106.95 Whilst this magnificent' robbery was being perpetrated the Southern people looked on in . horror and dis may. They were powerless, to avert the calamity. The Republican party in the North resorted :' to leverv"de- vice and every unwarranted exercise. of power by which the earpet-baggers should be : protected and upheld 1n their nefarious schemes of plunder. The negro was the instrument relied upon ; in .the , Sou tb. backed up;" Federal usurpations and . bull-dozing'; The negro; rapidly developed, into an absolute scourge, and for ten -years the process, of : deception on the one hand and of grinding oppression on the other hand, continued. L, . . In the North there were .thousands "who saw the wickedness, the' rascali ties, the violations of law. ' At the right time they extended a helping hand, and thns aided the Southern whites to throw off the incubus, and the infamy. These friends were, not Republicans, but . Democrats; "Let jthat part- never fcte forgotten. The help came from those who stood by the constitution and the laws. With out their aid .' the South : wpuld this day be' under, the heel of r the op pressor,5 and the victim of ' the negro as he was wielded by the carpel-baggers. When : you think, of bolting ana casting m your 101, witnitne, ii.e- 1. ' '' . . 3 pu pi ican party, stop aa (consiuer t recall the past,- and ' then you ' will realize how dishonorable it would be to unite with the "party who' were yotir oppressors for ten long,!. weary, j toilsome years. ; , .u 'Mark this: asthe .white . people have gradually regained! possession of j the State governments ' in the South, so,has the condition of 1 the' neero improved with M. There is no exception , This , is . literally. true every where, .j The ..North ;j sees it--? even the Republicans see it:.; Hence they havei toned down,' have-1 modi fied their olicy. - - L : ! '7 " " But this is not all.; 5 The North be came, in turri a great suffered , The experiment of chaining a dead body to a living organism threatened - pa ralysis .or ieveri .; death 1 tq'.'the .latter, The Northern' people began to see that prosperity was1 fleeing their sec?, tion rthat their best customers had departed, ! that poverty threatened to be the heritage ;of all. Property bW' gan to shrink. rapidly in yalue, and a thousand indications . of ruin and de cay, made,; themselves; conspicuous.! Factories and workshops were closed, and hundreds of thousands of skilled workmen were 'idle ; and ; breadless. Then came the changefTand then the policy was slowly. relaxed, j Such, as rapidly hinted! at, iatthe history of the : past twelve - years. The negro was a scourge ' Under 1 the carpet-bagger; he promises to become a valuable -factor inprogress and rehabilitation tinder the white rule. ; ! In ' 1870,' there were 9,3Y8,086 Y, whites in the. sixteen South:, j Ciates, and 4,4p5,774 negroes, " In t! aNoTth the whites numbered 23,862,j227, anjl the colored 340,0.84. ; " So we have 33,1 WOtSlZ whites' agaiest 4,835,88S ne4- groeV, as theWnsus of 1870. rVproba biy 'now there are at least 45,6p(),00 inhabitants, and the division will be 40,000,000 whites to only COO.OOd colored. It" is ; very - apparent: that the negro can never become the cob trollirtg power in .shaping tbe desti nies of thisereat country, . With the carpet-bag exodus rhis supremacy, de parted. v . Henceforth he will ;only be used or sought in deciding iLq r con test between the ; whites in t he; South when they shall have been ' into parti??. . . : r- " ' i The position of the News with respect to4 the administration and the duty, of the De mocratic party; is no longer an isolated one hi the field of North Carolina journal ism: i-We are sustained ; by' many of the bestand bravest, of our - co-laborers s The: Wilmington Stak, the Elizabeth QH?Econ- omi8t the Roanoke Jfews, the Tarboro! Southerner, the Milton Chronicle, the Balis-; bury Watchman and the Burke Blade, have; taken pretty much, the same view Of . the! situation that we have, we are Iproud to' &&y.ItaJeigh News.-' -'I'f ' J- ; '- ' I The Stab took. the position". ii. now! occupies as early as March 25th. On ; that jday. Jtre .wrote an editorial head ed "Stilt" jFait and See,v in Which we encouraged the President to dare do right, and to pacify the country by a i consutuuonai , coarse. ;; v e ueciareu our willingness "to. hear him - and to ; judge him,: fairly by - his 'acts." In deed, many days before this we had given a similar promise. 'f. On March 28th we again . wrote ( a leader on lTrue ..Cb'nserv'atis'm'.in which we. set forth with some elaboration the po sition which the1 Stab held and would continue to hold to sustain the Pre sident in all just measures of reform, and in his efforts to restore constitu-' tional liberty. 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' From that day to this we have given out no. uncertain sound. . We have upheld the President in his mag nanimous and 1 patriotic efforts to bring peace and prosperity to the country,' and have cordially applaud ed him when he restored South Caro lina and "Louisiana to their places in the United States and under the Con stitntion; and propose to sustain' "mm in all welt directed and sincere efforts to reform the civil service that has, been reeking with scoxruption for so many years, and has brought so much disgrace upon the country. ' . The Stab was ,the first paper in North Carolina to lead off in this just, candid ?and patriotic course. For j weeks certain,State papers comment ed with marked disapproval upon . its bourse, to which we made no. special reply,, feeling Assured that in due time the best papers in the land would be our allies, and that the reflecting people of North Carolina would fully. sustain our temperate and fair course When it was correctly understood. j We have recently conversed with at least a dozen gentlemen from other counties and without .'seeking ; their bpinions in any way,, they expressed their high gratification at the . judi- cious course pursued by us in regard 10 the present Federal1 Admimstra ibn. V' Some of these "gentlemen aie pt m arked intelUgence, and 'r ail are rue Democrats;; We' were, of course, gratified at ' such expressions of ap proval.! We heard rib adverse opin ion whatover. , .. , . j We have already mentioned that a large majority or the most influential Southern papers have taken the same view ot lue Biiuauon luai we nave taken. . The list embraces the ; lead: ing -dailies,! with but 1 fe w exceptions, of the entire South; ' ')' 'Si ' I We are glad that so many of bur influential State contemporaries are with us now m; what we have said in regard to the PresidentJ" .'We afe all agreed in our 5 ' purpose' to support nayes wnen ne,aoes rigni,' out to maintain , c inviolable the' Democratic organisation. VIn addition to those papers, mentioned in the above extract irom tne sjyeics, f we ; nave puuusneu view? and opinions quite . accordant with what has appeared in the Stab from Hie 'Charlotte Orver' Oran- ;v?iief xLvriO) x ana ; 4JianDuryiJ.ejpw:fpr. Let us. continue to be just to others atad true to ourselves.' -.m"--';--- . ; 1 ? j.. -.Re just and fear not: Iiet 4 all the ends ' thou aim'st at be thy , 1 nniintrv'ft. '..'. ;!""? .Thy God's, and taUk'aJ, t j It, is thought that a majorVy,,.o us people - o t weorgia na ve vo ieu tpr.the proposed ponstitutionai con ventionJ -'i We believethe movement origiqated m the desire to undo some 01 tne wors: or tne carpet-oagger. JUNE 22s 1877. LIGHT NEEDED AND gOUGUTi ( The only way the President " can possibly know the v ie ws and wishes of the Southern people is by consult ing the : reliable,- influential papers. How ;cah; he know what; suits and wh at is d istast e f ul, what; is j u dicio ui and what is hurtful and afflictive if he does7 riot ,see ' the ' papers ?i;lt is indeed,- a "big. thing" to be the Pres ident of forty-five million ? of ' people" who d well in a country , that almost embraces a continent,' and-, to - know these people he must have ' Very ; ex-j traprdinary means 'off information! raercial dealer seek the1 f best 'papers1 fpr information concerning thbwoVfd .1 jts yariedJctcyests. iThePr-ci-f derrt has to. meet the wants, tbe'.'ne cessities, the demands' of the people! of thirty-eighi Statesbesides the tef-? ritories; the only way he can act ; in-! tetligently arid advisedly- is f by coa-J suiting those exponents of public sen timent--the newspapers.' If he floes not' see North Carolina 'papers, how shall be learh of our true CohditiOh?; Thb Moening Stab has ibeeri - goirig, to the White House for nearly three! montha The Tarborot; Southerner; takes this'Arrect view of the matter: .'..V -. '..:-.'.t ' .'.-'v '!(,.. . ''.v:..-1' 4 "By all me. - let the President he post ed. . Let him see the utter; fruitlessaess of his 'new party', scheme. Let him see we do , not criticise him for the pure, love of the ' thing. That, giving op bo tenet of faith. we nave tne manliness to give him credit for, the good things he may do; that when we may seem harsh it is not from bile or 1 bitterness,' but to point out to him the true ! way.'', - - . 'There seems- to be a : very ' strong party for Major John W. Daniel for Governor of Virginia."4 He is backed by manyof thel eading papers of thb State. He e is confessedly a Tery'abltjr.wMhe snow: npon , his ahead, .but iant gentlemanertainWte & Power i arid 1 brilliant gentlemancertainly one of the most gifted of nving Vir ginians, rhl ;l4n i Amil and Keap - of a suspicions Charaecer Do Badlr AVovnda One of the Gnard, &e. .. ,v On Tuesday morning' last a colored indi vidual applied to Capt R P. Paddisori 'at Point Caswell, for work,' but that gentle-' man had I reason to suspect the fellow;of being an escSped convict and he therefpro had him arrested on suspicion,' sending to Sheriff Paddison for a pair of handcuffs'." The officer put him in irons and placed two white men to guard himr Abont tjl o'clock that night he asked bnebf the men to give him a drink of water, and aa he turned to do so the prisoner grasped the gun wrested it from the hands of the guard and knocked him down with the butt end of it "; He. end of it 'j then cocked both X barrels i on the other guard and walked " backwards out of the house, telling the man that if he followed he would shoot him. ; After getting out of the building he made his escape across the bridge over the Black River, and has not. since been seen. , , The man Pridgeon,' who was' knocked down, was quite seriously hurt, though his injuries are not ' considered dangerous,1 his condition being somewhat improved Wed nesday morning. He made a very narrow jescape. . , , The ' colored man,whosej name is Hay- .ward Lee, and who may have been arrested ere:thi8,? as the irons were securely locked pn him, is. thus I described t Six feet high; tout built; black' and rather lushy hair J full black , whiskers; stammers a little, in speech; has a small scar on the right breast; and alao one on the forehead; had on heavy brown woolen boat; light homespun' hirt, and . pants, the latter badly -' worn about the knees; had in his possession a fine double-barrel "shot-gun nearly new, with steel mountings. i'lsi -'. . -f BranawleK Iteui." ' AS': I . . , . . j . - . t I A correspondent at Smith ville sends us the following:! " i H1. ' ,J:i' I The Spanish barque Desengdno Lopez; six days from Havana; came in this morn ing; and was, ordered to quarantine; no sickness on board- t , i ' , i The recent rain storm was a very wel come visitor : to the farmers of the' lower section' of Brunswick: : The cotton crop, I am informed; will be almost an entire fail ure in the , county,. - ."A . little more Qrain, Capt. Bragg," would' save any amount of bitter disappointment, and Uarge, grocery bjlls ..J.. . .,.-.. .r ; , '. l.t --1 .The landlords of the . various boarding houses have',, nearly completed their ar rangements for summer boarders.', ' ,; ' j Considerable speculation is at present in dulged in, by those interested, as to the alleged fact of a change d the law in refer ence to, the time of holding elections iU the various corparate towns of the State, and es. oeciallv as regards the late. election in this town in May last; some coniending that the 'ejection is void by reason of some change in th law since Battle's BeylBal 1 was lis' shed. 4 Crops in Pender.- - y ', We learn that the crops in some' parts bl Fender 'county' are suffering materially from the ravages of worms; in some cases resulting in their almost entire destruction. The recent heavy rains ; have , also done mncn uamage iu uibjuw lanas. . . , iMr, ' J. KT Bannerman, writing from Burgaw, states that the farms in that sec tion ; have been suffering ' for 5 the want of rain, butnow since .a plenty of it has fallen, the crops are in a prosperous condi tion, and,. says that they, are looking for-t ward for, a good harvest in render this year. s VVNO;.34L' Her. Dr; risEier. -1 i iThe: Chicago, 2 fines, gives the fol lowing 5" description s of. Dr.-PIumer, .who was -pTesent'-at the; Northern Presbyterian.' General Assesibly la week, and, being called ' upon,'1 act dressed .the Assembly: " f..This man -rnighti have sat forMi: chael Angelo's ZIoses. Dr., Plurner is a living sculpture ot historic mould As he stood there" facing the, Assera bly, calm and rigid, one could riot 're cist the: fancy that 'thestatuey a patriarch or a --prophetj- a:s.Mosest or Jiilijah, would have such a personifi AQtlAn ' ' A lrttTA'' lla 3 tx vr exlfln rA Italvlif. symmetrical - in 1 proportion,.l8traight and. firm,4 .he presented the- rare ahef beautiful, j.spectacle ' pf perfect, plq ae. - His hair, and beard "arp. whiff as the purest srib w; the latter waved; abotit voti hrl-LreastllLo-a'iloVrriff FVeslroalIIiaarK'lieahtok ! undulating,! in ilines r of S statuesque grace. His eyes arei bright as with a conscicwsBess-of beitigmvar enou ghl the Gates pf;s jTJghfe .t catchia reflec- tion ,of .thet glory from . within. His? features, aspect .stature, expression,! gestrire-alreidy his curving "armj commanded a thrilling silericealli spoke a. man of power,! strengthlandi crace. ? ,At first his . voice. . , was low, S dul pot inaisunct. xne volume in creased with ther increasing ' unction of his ihoughtandf a's!i he prdceedd I all-eyes were rapt updri his; for brief) as was his speech, ., the Assembly rer cpgmzed the first true, orator who i had stood before'!it.'y'' What h'e said ' niusC be5 read in full."1 H6wKhe"said, ! that pen, would be indeed presumptof-1 ous:whict woulct attempt to sdesenbe. The spectacle was ope pever. to t be fbrgbtteh by thbW'who' saw i it;as a spectacle of" the grandeur11 of 'age', .with.' no trace ;of. its weakness;-of the . tenderness : of , age,T without imbecility; ofJ the. . eloquence . oF age, wiiiu unuiminispeu icrvor, ue livered 'over a! register of ' " cadence teelli wed by' a " tremor in harmony uiony witn tne yaior ana sanctity oi his aspect. ?1 Let not any reader omit the, perusal - of: what he said.- 1 He pleaded,. , as Paul.Jn oldjage would have pleaded, for clianty, love, and brothbrly dod wilh ' He pleaded ttiat the present might be used to brighten the future and hide the 1 past -t 'By what this Assembly does to-day,r exclaimed, ("Christ . will , be greatly horiored-or dishonored." 'He had been told of bne who had so excellent; a memory that he never f drgot any-? thing. 'I have read of one who, had a still better . jmemory-Arohpishop Cranmerwho'tieTer forgot anything but injuries.- May tod in Jtlis mercy crive ns an sucn memories.;.., ! , : - ' .-.- ; 4 Afleetlns Incident. i J Raleigh Observer. Quite an affecting li tile ; scene was witnessed at the Penitentiary iyester day. morning. - iBenb'ury . Floyd, .of Chowan c'ounty, aged:, about sixty years was 'convicted of! a trivial' lar ceny .in 1873, and sentenced to if our years7 impnsonment. lie; had heen a good soldier and lost a leg in the vonieueiaiu service, anu was saia ov Ills neighbors7 16 have' been' :k kind hearted, and obliging mati. "He?had; no wife, chick or, child in; the . world except a little blind daughter, about yuaio utu, wuu was m lueouna Asylum.-:'Last; week-Supennterident IGudger ciind to Gov;- Vance arid told him the condition of ; this little girl,' ana mac navwsr Deen m,tne .iisviam ihe "full " term which the law per- uiiibeu, sue wuuiu uavo to ue ais- bharered. and he did not know Tvhat to do with her, as she had no home or friend to go to, except this, poor Jelon; father. The Governor promised at once to pardon hini'iF "Mr. Guderer wbnld provide -the1 requisitfeVi papers;" "This Chowan, the pardon, was, issued; and Mr. Gudger, placing it in the hands pf the Httle girl, wentiwithheri to tbe pemienuary t to .uoerate!; ner-' ratner. me scene between father and dauerh- er is f said to have been! I rtleltin ff 'in the extreme, She could riot 'see., the felon s stripes and the haggard prison look, and he,-f poor man, .could look with pride and fondness upon the fair but sightless face ofhil child; some thing pure and, innocent stiUJoved him c Throwing themselves into! each otbers'arms theywept uncontrolabl y; Alter a little, hand in hand they, went away,: amid the hearty sympathies of all who saw themv i the erring and the helpless. May love for his child make him a better man, and. the innocence of tho daughter atone for ,a fathers biub, auu way vrouueip uutu.. ?bfJI STATE CONTEITHHKABIES- The thing most ib he-regretted is that the Department of Justice. will sive .ear tOt men Who have little character and are in-. terested m getting Douglas out of his place simply to put some -one else in.; ? The state- meuw wu.uu uavo guue uutiruut vvasmug ton reflectins on Col.; .Douglas are? utterly false, and their . authors kqew they jwera false when they madf them: There is nor thing charged, against ' Franks 1 andbther' deputies which LJol. OJouglaa could in any .manner have discovered. .None or the irt regularities spoken of occurred in the office jof the Marshai.t-JxewJSorth auaetji.ep... f We, .are citizens , of the i United ' States, Southerners, : the poorest " people in the Unidn, paying half of the entire revenue of the government into the, Treasury K . bound by the Constitution to defend the territory of the nation; and still Mr.; Morton -would not have out "Confederates'? hold offices of trust. J This' Union was riot Intended for a one-sided affair! Oar fathers did not so intend & The Democratic banner proudly floated over the fair' domains of 'America ' for sixty years since the foundation of the . government, and altwas peace and happi ness under its ruie.wfty. Mmnt MaiL . I. 13. S., referring to the "Con nor Holer at Trenton, cow ia a di!:J dated condition, thnstrnteatotliellanolia Record : 'I have been informed bv old cit- t-izens tbat the rjreat cea cf VzX day took . " uugin3 ai iii',3 H0U33. . iisen President iloMrpe Visited this tatsf he ca'Jed at the f Connor Hotel,' and ate his dinner there. ' "An old citizen informed me that when the Presiient arrived at Trenton, the citizens having come in to see hira for miles aroundr-"-Jones street-waslitcrally packed, in front of the hotel; trying ta see the President. - - . - Wadesboro Herald: - Whortte- . berries are selling at five cents a quart in our market. Let's have a dog tax far wadesooro.; Too many of the "varnls" " around. We learn that a little' child - of 2Ir. Rich. Crowder's fell into the creek -near .White's store and was drowned a few days since. It came - down gloriously" r-the first in. just a' month, on Saturday, -" J. and it never could have selected a better time: - uii Wheat ia' some sections, ripe" ', and ripening,, was considerably ; damaged y the winds 'and. rain of Saturday and ' ;8anday,7 Lands pretlvbad!y washed , by recent . heavy rains, and i in .some in stances badly damaged. tMost farmers had " ploughed over; their crops twice since last -rain, and the soil was exceedingly dry and V 'loose. Charlotte- Observer t Yesterday -.4 afStfifoon,; Henry. niaiTJ, coioredVwaaT urowrea m me uatawoa river, lust at the jr .... ...... . ) T - ; n - ; . ? . . " t.iiz3 now rurjifna cat.iefioartanburff'" & Asheville Pai!ro?id frora'Spartanburst to t'Aa foot ot i.'ij.i-:poui.taia r-- The'' coroner , held , inquests "over, the bodies of jour individuals within the last ten days, r and will hold another 'to-day. ' One was killed accidentally two were drowned and one suicided.' - A terrible murder was , . Committed at Landrum Station on the Spar tanburg (&. Asheville. Railroad yesterday afternoon. 'Bud Casey and -one Weaver got into a difficulty with Jim Ledford, for merly Deputy Sheriff of Buncombe county, N. C, and killed' him. r --'State3ville correspondence Char )otte. Observer; The jury inthe case of Jas. Lax ton, charged with rape, after remain- ,. Ing out three hours, returned; as I predict Jed. ia my lastj a verdict of guilty: Sentence Will, be passed tbis ,week.. , No trial here " for years;has been marked by a greater dis- " play of legal ability and : learning, both on the part of prosecution and defence. ; r Coroner Stimson left her this morning with, a; jury, being summoned to hold an iriduest over the bodv of a newborn infants killed by the hands of its mother. It was found buried in a potato field with its throat cut. The wretched mother is but a girl of 17 or 18 years, named Sarah Johnson, and lives ten miles west of here on the Taylors- -jville roaLl ; The child was an 'illegitimate one. r- Three i prisoners i escaped from lour 1ail on Saturday nisrht one white man. - by the name !of Hobbs, and two negroes. As soon asit was discovered that the escape bad been made, active measures were ta ken to recapture, resulting' ia the 'recovery , of Hobbs, the greatest criminal, being ' charged with both incest and rape, - The .: victim of his brutality was his own daugh- ; . ter. ' i . , t ... - ,t J Salem JPress: , ; Seventeen-year - j)iocust8, br cicada1, - are' fast disappearing. ' " --rr Joan wunmer, jr., oi this place, has received - the appointment to the . United V States Naval Academy at Annapolis ' from this Congressional districts We were shown by a Jady a fine chick,, which .was -w-." hatched out in two weeks, While the remain ing eggs didn't hatch before the three weeks were out. . ' r Mr. Samuel Reed, of Broadbay township, in forms us that some farmers are cutting early May wheat in that f section, which, upon the whole, is very fine. --Johnnyialittleson' of -T.- 'J.- Beard,' -while ridinea horse to water on Thursday ' .. - ; . last, 'was brushed off by the animal running ,. unaer a- tree .-. i m little . xeiiawxoive jts arm and dislocated his, -wrist in-the-fillrtf,jvvrc?: The weather is now quite pleasant jdie recent rains navmg cooiea tne atmosphere, laid the dust, and refreshed vegetation gen erally. ; The , farmer and i gardener smile; v and everybody-is more -'cheerful.' A'v confectioner informs us that since tho adop tion of the prohibition law brandy peaches' and cherries are in such demand that large . orders for the same are sent off almost daily. i W e learn from Mr. A. M. Jones that a human skull was unearthed by -hogs, from ja mound near the , site of the Old Rich mond Court-House in this county. . Sabse quently pther portions of v. the bones of the v -body! some metal , buttons and shreds of woolen, stuff a, supposed to be part of cloth ing, were! found. A notprious old tory by the name of . .Tate was hung at the Court house during the Revolutionary war, and fit is supposed these .are his remains,- aa be : ' was buried near the scene of hia execution. Charlotte. Observer:. And, now Jthey are beginning to say that there ia en- : tireiy too much rain. i The wheat crop is reported from every quarter . to be un usually, good!, . . During the last -few .. weejss quite an exatement nas Deen gotten , up among .the coiorea people by one of their. number from. South, Carolina, who . has come among . them as an advocate of emigration' to. Liberia; ' Several emigration ; meetings have been held in theciry.aad one or more in the county. Taere isttne pros- pectof the movement amountingto anything 9 consequence.' The industrious and betjer classes of the negro population oppose it. c The details of the horrible infanticide. . which took i place, near :Stateaville on the 10th inst., a short account of . which was ' published in our correspondence from that place i on . last Tuesday, are' revolting... The' Woman, Sarah Johnson, it is said, murdered her new-born babe by cutting us . throat nearly severing the head, from; the . ' hody with a case-knife which she had prepared for this purpose , before the ' little foundling was born. . She is said to nave . donfessed to having done the deed jleliber- : -ately, but under a threat from a .man by the name of Houston; that only by - this : course could she purchase immunity from r : his wrath. -Houston has been arrested and placed in jail at Statesville, charged with being accessory to the , murder, and the v - woman, who ia yet loo weak to be removed i from her home, has been arrested . and Is ; Under a special guard, appointed by Judge ' : schencs.. - -. 1 - : ' . i "rH.ll.' .-. " 'o . T ..... ' . TTT . It v..., '.;-, ' j xarooro taoucnerner. , ue -can Uhe attention of our exchanges to the fact that the.Triumph Trust Company, of New York, is a set of swindlers. They refuse . to pay an honest advertising bill.' The Wilmington & Weldon road, under its en- , lightened management, is becoming one of ' the most important roads of the country, , if indeed it is not now so. The store- of H. W.j'Minsel ' nf Williftmntnn ' -wna .burnt 'on Friday night of last -Week, Loss . . $i?,uuu, . u. V. Kogerson's hotel was also burnt. Loss $8,000. .Both were insured. Some expert thief -entered the yard of ' '. Mr. T. H. Griffin, of ; Rocky Mount, on Saturday night last, pried off the weather boarding Of his smoke-honsej and 'carried away , some .Jour hundred: pounds of his choice cured North Carolina hams, sides and t shoulders. The - thief disguised hia tracks by wearing shoes made in the shape ' ri1 . 1'...'.' ". in ' ' off at Union Hilton the 17th inst. Fifteen barbecues are. to be served, dancing to be gin at Al M." The Asheville Citizen. records: the death of nine mad dogs in thej Big Ivy neighborhood. Spare thedogsandi lose your sheep.1 - -Tar River Sporting Club meets to-day. . . An invitation irom the Secretary reads: "Come. Bullfrog legs oa toast, i' Highland terrapin soup. Scorched pig variations. , Liquid accompaniments.1 &c . Adjutant . General Johnstone Jones has1, "since his Induction into office; received the universal meed of praise for theeS&cient manner of hia conduct of the affairs of the ofSce; ' Edgecombe crops of all ' sorts vastly improved by the rain. " - I V I ;. i 1 i 1 i I in km
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 22, 1877, edition 1
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