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A 9IISt'BIBTOVS BHSOLVTION.
As the law of Congress now stands
in regard to naturalization, no China
man can "be admitted to the rights of
citizenship. We do not mean to in
quire into the justice or consistency
of jsuch a law, nor to advocate the
right of the Chinese as well as other
nations to come and dwell among us,
and after the usual probation to be
come naturalized, citizens of our great
Hepublic that boasts of its liberty,
of ts reluge for the oppressed of the
earthas indeed being the fulfilment
of : jthe poetti dream, a real Utopia
thelveritable uland of the free and
home of the brave." Our purpose is
altogether different. ?
Mr. Buckner. of Missouri, is not
j j. - - , , ,
satisfied with the present law. He is
afraid that some future Congress
might take it into its head to amend
the; law and!: admit the Chinese ' to
naturalization, so he proposes to for
bid; it by constitutional prohibition.
To that end he introduced a joint
resolution in the House of Represen
tatives proposing the adoption of an
additional constitutional amendment
- T - ft-' - .- . .
to read as follows:
"Article 17 All of that part of the Fit-'
tucntb AmendmeDt to the Constitution of
the United States which provides that ' the
right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall hot be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State on account
of race, color or previous condition, shall
only apply or extend to, comprehend or in
clude persons who were citizens of the
United States on the 30th day) of March,
1870, when said amendment was adopted,
antriheir issue." ; j . j
Now, we have headed this proposi
tion as : mischievous in its tendency.
If it were so worded that it could
. never be applied save as Mr. Buckner
intends that is to exclude, the Chi
nese for all' time we would not stop
to notice the resolution, however un
just or unequal it might be regarded.
But the adoption of that amendment
may work mischief in the end to other
nationalities,and the time might come,
and -no manean Bay it will never
come, when "the people from Europe
might find this (very seventeenth
amendment, under the construction of
some future court, standing as a bar-
' rWu: in the way of their naturaliza
tion. The amendment is partial, ex
clusive, and so framed that it might
le tortured hereafter into, expressing
ai intent and a restriction not par
posed now. The States should be
allowed to regulate the matter of
suffrage within their borders. , ;
SOtJGLASStTIIBOTHER MARSHAL
Douglass appears to be an unforlu-
ato name just now, specially for a"
ilarshal. It is a famous name in
Seolch history. It may turn out to
be an infamous name in American.,
history.; Oar Robert, Marshal of the
Western District of North Carolina,
has Ibcen.in troubre for some time.
He jmay come Mo grief - yet,' as he
doubtless will, ;if he , receives even
handed jngtice.5 Bat we now reler to
the other Douglass Fred by name
whojwas made Marshal of the Dis
trict of Columbia by Mr. Hayes. We
thought at the linie 'that it w:is an
unwise appointment. vWe so said in
these columns We had heard Fred in
bis old age. say .-sharp .and f cutting
things of his old friend Horace Gree
ley, who, with, all of his fanaticism,
was thoroughly honest and a man of
singular ability. ; This' man s had
stood : by the escaped slave in the
iays'r when it cost U great deal to
stand up against overwhelming pub
lie sentiment and confess yourself an
1 abolitionist. ' Greeley bad been the
. friend of the fugitive Fred when he
needed a friend more than ever before
or since. Well, this Fred, '-who has
since been made Marshal of the iDis-;
,k. ' '. i . " ' i I II ii' -ii i M.r . s -.n .'11 i i; ,n i mi.,', i mi - ii rv i .ill i . . ; . - i x i i, i i a m r ci.k -u.ur.s j-j
f - ' 1 i " ..' i 1 I I I VI .. r -Ly. wit :.A I i i: t." i - j ' I I !): I -i IV . . f I rr t H' J. I lU I I h I Hi JP i; i.); . v s
triqt, stood irp before a crowded hall
and) declared "that Aa could nvutrmt
noraceGreeley.nj !I2iit was in 1872,
h en M r. G reeley was Ukj com pro
misor candidate,' standing -upon 1 the
broad platform 'of 'reconciliation and
reform.' We then and tftere set Fre4
Douglass down as magnot; to be
trusted, for hb showed; that he was
utterly destitute of Soros of (he great-"
est virtues gratitude justice, fair
ness, candor. '.',
Douglass, v. How has h bprou himsel f
in his high office ? Soma time ago
be made a speech, wick&3r-and fool
ish,; in which he in8nltedTaU of the
decent white people' in te District
over which he is Marshal We said
tnen mat ine jrresiaeni soouia re-H
mo re him at once. Bat this was not
doneand Hayes1 showed a want
of sympathy with the reputable peo
ple around him, who fairly clamored
for his removal." '.But Fred is not
only ungrateful to the dead ' editor
whom he could not "trust," but he is
ungrate ul to his living benefactor
who- gave him a position he should
nevr have held. He has been guilty
of another escapade, and his tongue
has been used as a bastinado with
Wbich to! flog "the powers." He is
down on the President's Southern
policy, and in expressing his opposi
tion he slanders the people of this sec
tion. We copy the following special
telegram from the New York Times,
the leading Republican paper of : the
country: !
i Washington, Nov. 8. Marshal
Fred
Douglass in his address last night, at a me
morial meeting held in honor of Senator
Morton, took issue- with the President's
Southern policy. Marshal Douglass is thus
reported : "Truth never dies or grows old,
aad in the Senate Chamber there will yet
come men who will defend it. Remember
the depths from which we have come1, and
though the elevation of some "of our race to
high places is due to what mayne called
abnormal causes, still there is a
change for the better in these latter
I do not disguise the fact." said the
great
days.
Mar-
shal, "office holder though I am, Mat the
way its peace has been sought ts not my way,
nor do 1 think that it will or ought to succeed.
The Southern people always had a class of
men among them who were superior to the
law, : What the South wants to-day, and
will continue to want until some man comes
who can give it to them, is law and order
and submission to law by all classes,, poor
and rich, low and high. ,
Some mysterious hints have been
giverj out that General Sherman, the
Secretary of War, or somebody else,
had 'been violating the laws of the
land n carrying on the army business
without the usual supplies that have
to be voted by. Congress. If this is
true we do hope that an example will
be mde. It is surely full time that
the apuse of power was stopped. It
is certainly about time for all usur
pations to come to a violent end.
Congress alone has the power to pro
vide for the Army and Navy. If .its
Secretaries or Generals or Admirals
can run those machines in the ab-
sence
effect
of all appropriations just las
vely and smoothly as when
Congress makes the necessary appro-
priatio
ns, tnen tne Government
is
changed, and Congress no longer has
control as the Constitution provides
Thej "stalwarts" are demanding vo
ciferously that the President shall
dismiss from his r Cabinet Messrs.
Evarts, Schurz and Key. r Some say
that Deyens and Thompson must also
retire,
fest.
i The reason of this is mam
They, are d isposed to . be too
lenient towards the South,and are top
much : n favor of purifying the civil
service This is the plea.. Of course
if thesj moderate Republicans were
to'retire the growlers would ouly be
satisfied with extreme men in their
places men of the type ' of Don
Cameron Jim Blaine, Zach Chandler,
and even the lordly Roscoe Conkling.
We do not suppose Mr. Hayes will
heed their demands or gtatify; their
malice.! i He has received j assurances
enough that his general course is ap
proved by the moderate men , of the
country, of all parties, and sections,
and he will not willingly ..take steps
backward.' ' "
. The extracts from Col. Walter L.i
Steele's address before the TJniversi-
1. Li. i. . - ! -- " ' !
ty of North Carolina at its last Com
mencement, published in the Raleigh;
Observer by Mrs. C. P. S., are very j
appetizing. They are indeed very
fresh and enjoyable, and we must
take' leave to urge Col. S. to recon
sider; his purpose, and to "publish the
entire address. We are quite sure it
will be read generally by intelligent
North Carolinians with interest. It
is a manly speech, if we may judge
by the inviting excerpts, and a credit
to onr State.' We must add, that the
address is - written in a - graceful,
scholarly" style, that places it' on a
leyel with the bst efforts of the kind
that come nnder our eye from time
to; time. We repeat, let the address
be! published in its entirety
" 1 " 11 ii i 1 i r i i . i i i II i I I i , i - , -, i ., , ,. -, i ., 1, . , - i . j,.,, i' mi1, ! : , 1 : ? ! .. ) ' ' : '- it .
THE SOILED JUDICIAL ROBB4.
A more shameful record we fhav'
never1 read' than that contained jin
Mr. H. A. Gu'dger's letter Jn; tie. Ra;
leigh Observer , . It half 1 he says' is:
true, it is more than enough to starab
upon the character of Judge Dick the
ineffaceable Irand of infamy.4 If half!
that Mrn Gudger Relates if true, thfen
Judge Dick not only deserves to' be,
tried and broken of his office, but 16
be held np for all Mime io the pub! io
execration and contempt of all decent
men. The conduct of such V'Jud je
is more reprehensible and inexcusat le
than that of a bloody Jeffreys : flor
tiie latter lived in evil t times, and jat
an age when brutality 'and vicej coW
ruption and bribery were" 'far more
common than in our; own time and
country. JndgiDiHbdroi
to be a follower of Mhat ' mleas Beiiig
who taught his .disciples to be , pure
and merciful and just. That chapter
which records the acts of Dick, the
Judge id Western North ' Carolina, is"
fit only to be bound up with the , one
in which is written the treason, and
crimes of Holden, the i prostitution,
servility and corruption of the Su
preme Court in 1861M0, - and tne
reign of the thieves and carpet-bag-
gers in the flush times of 1868, 'qD
and '70. No North Carolinian , wl
ever read those pages without a blush
of shame.and a pang of sorrow. Bt t
for the lessons they teach it would le
well for those chapters to remain evf r
unwritten. , , T
Mr. Gudger's letter is too long for
obrf columus, as we seek variety i a
each issue. We must, however, give
a brief synopsis of his charges, to ft 1
of which he bears personal testimony. 1
jHe says that he heard , James Jus
tice, an Attorney, swear in court that
he and one Scroggins, a U. S, Com1
missioner, entered into a conspiracy
by which the latter was to clear tber
clients of the former upon the pay
ment of good fees which were to be
divided between the two. Judge
Dick unfrocked Justice and revoked
the commission of Scroggins. ,' Bui
mind the sequel. Mr. Gudger says:
"Before that term of the court closed!
Justice was reinstated, and six months
afterwards ' Judce Dick recommissioned
Scroseins as U.S. Commissioner. These
were both 'good' Republicans."
;The absolute venality of such con
duct on the part of -a U. S. Judge is
too plain to require comment. It is
a j burning shame and a disgrace to
the State. How can such a Judge
continue to hold office with this great
stigma fixed upon his' conscience and
ermine? . . . w ,
We must again jqaote from -Mr.
Gudger's testimony?
"When the case of State vs. Ray and;
Rice, lor the Killing of ooe Jervis,was tried
by Judge Dick, he expressly held that he
could not hear an affidavit in the cause
made by the father of the deceased; unless
the rather would allow Himself to be marked
a private prosecutor, and, thereby become
responsible fox the costs. . The rather re
fusing to do so, the counsel for the State
were forced to offer a not pros. ' To this the
attorneys for the defence objected and the
court ordered a verdict of not guilty to be
entered, though there was, in fact, no trial
had. The father of the deceased and many
of his friends and neighbors ; were accused
of being Ku Klux, and the District Attor
ney, with the approval of the Judge, threat
ened wholesale prosecutions of these parties
unless they would abandon the prosecution
ofRay and Rice." , s
If such conduct as this on the
bench does not add sevenfold to "the'
deep damnation of ' his taking off"--
does not strip from Ins shoulders the
Judicial robe he has worn so unworthi
ly, then indeed has the "age" of puri
ty and justice gone 1 forever,1 and the
brazen "age" of corruption and cruelty-is
upon us'witkalLoits umitiga-;
ted abuses and depravities.
Again, Mr. Gudger testifies that
Judge Dick allowed certain officers of
his court to retain $1,500 of the Go
vernment's money, knowing that1 it
was illegally received and1 retained.5
These corrupt officials had "charge,
soin'e' i forty or ,more . persons, in Madi
son county, upon an average of . $05
for fees. The conscience . (?) of the.
Judge was ro shocked at this excess
that he "solemnly decreed that the
omAiint dim in pnnh nARA wns &.' in
stead of 65."; But he .took j care t,o
allow the rascally officers of the Jaw,
to i retain the excess, and to i this day
they are $1 ,500 richer, whilst tb$ go
vernment, whose officer sludge : t)ick
is,; is $1,500 pooferandthat,' tooic-f j
coram e io jur. uruueer. wiiu , lue ui
rect connivance of His-.Honor." x
We most now copy three separate
T)illsof indictment" that are brongut
against this unfaithful law officer by1
Mr.;Gndger, 'who' was 'a practicing
attorney in ui vuri.;,.!,,., , .;,. ,(; t,
' "He held '.' that no man'4 who , had- been
guilty of a violation of the Internal Revenue
Laws could testify before the jury 4 at to
the character of a United States , witness,
and examined witnesses himself toiascer
taia the fact before permitting them to tea-
ttfr.' ' This 'preuminary examination - he
called making the witness qualify, himself.'
He held also that no witness could give
evidence against an officer of fthe court if
charged with a violation of the law. . ,
It It a notorious fact that no attorney
(Who understands Judge Dick Will. go into
an important trial without first arming him
self with the opinions of 'the Judge,1 ob
tiined in his private Doom. i--rr
j So great are the prejudices of thisp
rfgM Judge 'that he 'actually issued a rule
against an attorney for contempt pf. court
for words alleged to have been uttered in a
pubHe speech dbring4 the -heated political
canvass pf 1874, and held tthat , rule ; over
said attorney, depriving Mm of .his prac
tice for four and a half month's; though he
(the Judge) was fully advised of he ,unT
,tiuthfulne&8 of the charge." . ' (
j Didan'jionestf man fever read a;
blacker record?' 4 Wo ; Verily believe
MtatHhUte; iiiioiallVMt'
i charged is af touch 5 ''meaner' char-
acter than! hat most illustrious of all
iudg'ea1 veho tot hundreds of " years I
uas ueen uranueu wuu corruption ana
bjriry. 'ftn-de1sy ererv'
tp btr stnteed of 5ifs official ! robes - it
'ii this 1 Wn4vl8X!jadgeptve:
estern District of North Carolina.
.Br the Administration and Congress
cjari -condone J 'such crimes . against
hjumanity, lien' Bond may take cour
age, and there is a chance that the
name of Jeffreys may yet become a
synonynl fbr mercy and justice and
ainiabilityj t
Whilst other papers were denounc
ing Judge Pick theSTAE was silent.
We were unwiUing to believe evil of
this jurist .except
upon strong and
'We were unwil
reuaoie evidence
ling to characterize his reputed con-
d net with terms of severity and in
dignation until we were satisfied that
hk was guilty of the very disreputa
ble and inexcusable , conduct with
which he stood charged. We are of
those who reverence a pure judiciary.
We hold in highest , veneration the
nimea of the illustrious dead who
wore spotless robes and held the
scales of .justice in even hands. We
hbnor and. revere such pure and mer
ciful and just Judges as Brooks and
others who might he named among
the living. But this man Dick is not
bf them. ; His robes are draggling in
the mire and filth of party, and it
does seem that aa immortality of in
famy awaits him. We are so much
the friends of humanity, and we so
love the ! good name of North Caro
lina that we should be glad if this
son of the State could still prove his
innocence and rid himself of the blis
tering reproach that now fastens to
hip once good. name.
' But is this possible ? The papers
of Western North Carolina have,
from time to time, had much to say
ofj his nn worthy conduct. Mr. Gudger
is ja lawyer of j character, who avers
, that he has Isaid nothing whatever :
but what he knew to be true. So the
case stands nowv . What will be done
about it?. Will this United States
. o&cial be retained in office and' go
'ttnVh'pped of justice?" We will see.
u j ;'; TWO CRACK BRIGADES.
, jGedl Harr Heth,'6f Virginia, in
hip letter we xopy elsewhere from the
Raleigh Observer, intimates very
clearly that he regarded McRae's
(Pettigf ew's) and Cooke's brigades as
tpeDestm tne army, let us give
two1 reminiscences. There ; is a dis-
tingnished divine in Raleigh who will
remember the following statement.
The late Mr. VYallaoe, of Petersburg,
said that he usked Gen A. P. Hill
wpich roops lie would rather fcomi
maud. 'The prompt reply was, "North
Carolinians." Being a Virginian and
Gn. Hw being a Virginian - too, Mr.
Wallace said ' be was surprised, and,'
bereforejj .inquired, ''Why so, Gene
ral ?" : The repy was, "Because they
are as brave! as kny troops in the
world.', and being more submissive
to) authority, arp,:r therefore, ; bet
i i . ... i .
tef soldiersT'and - can always be re
lied upOTh" " We vmentioned this to
k i gentleman' j ; ; of I this State 1 whol
Was AdjatanV Q esaiie.''bf the
divisions, and :wbj 5 stilly lives. He
then' gave'urtjHs biiof conversation
'"One night," said the officer; "I, was
imGen. A - PJHili s . teit, r.wheil the
conversation turned on Mhe war.15 1
gade he; regarded as he' f best' in his
cprpL) 'jHis .reply Lwas-, immediate
tWhy, ookte NorJh Carolina.'
ft W mcb ;next3fll quertea- Kor'AloUae's
North Carolina:!' was the prompt re
Bponse.:? Which, next?" v He dropped
his head'for a moment, and appeared
said:" "J . am in doubt: either . Lane's
North ufiarolina, of; Mahone's Vir
firinia. t: Gen.' Hethi appears to have
somesuch1 estihateij f ;we"may judge
i rbtfi a ' significant paragraph t m; his
ii'. i:. , , , , -r.v
1
i- John Tarkinton. an esteemed
citizen of Tyrrell
is dead.
: better from Sen; A. 81. Waddel.
Mri' A.Nfl: VanBokkelefl; President of1
the; Chamber f-Commerce 'of this city;'
has furnished us with ff copy of the; follow
ing letter; from ,Honii4- M. jWaddell, our
Representative in Congress, touching mat-'.
.1.1' '..' J J.-..V 1. '
lers conneciea who ine commercial mier-
8ts of our port, to- which ' we invite the
attention of our readers: M . Jiil -' "
ijili HOUSB OF: Rkpbkskktativbs, ii '
i vember .8tb,, J877. 0 hQ;
Ar U 'Van BokkOeniiEBq. ; President Cham-
1 SlalteV1 eotfsttltalron wit.imeLiaiir
House Board: I' tmve .'to-dav introduced a t
"if 111 to nrovideTomhe reestablishment or
light houses on Cipe Pear river, asking. an ;
sapjA vLJiicatiyu -w a.j uivuoonu Uyiiwo o
Restore and improve Bald . Head Hhr and1
.construct Bueh other' light housesi' or place' JU.?
'ortnK HrrKf 0 -ea; WdiranWAn -)tn lW.it W"'
stich other HgMs as becesisaty on the river
from Bald:' Head to Vfilmioetori.i,It will
require a specific appropriation to get what?
we want,and I expect to get it. The mem-'!
.bers of the Board were very f kind in their
exprvBiHuiiB, sou aasureu me inai 11 an ap
propriation was made the Cape Fear Should
receive immediate attention. JSariyin Jain
nary Col, Hains (Engioeer CQrps.Xr."S.'A..1
and Commander De wev. of the n&vv. two
ot the JUgnt . uouse isoara, will visit Wilr I
of all the light bouses, buoys, &c., &c., on
the river, oar, and along the coast . 'i hey
promise me to have rsi class buoys (instead
of third: class ones :&a now) put down on;
rying,Pan Shoals, on the bar and wher
ever else it may be necessary to put them,
and have , generally exin b)(ed a spirit of
accommodation in regard to our interests,1
Which is gratifying. rt.ti hv.i'i mi..tA, '
Yon will doubtless-see these gentlemen;
when they visit Wilmington; whence; they
will proceed after ! making their examina
tion, down to Galveston; Texas. t-tia ..v
in regard to our river and bar improve
ment, I have to inform you that the com-
mittee on commerce have ! resolved not to
report the River and Habor Bill until the
regular session; bnt we hope to get it
through early in the session, and to author
ize the Secretary of War to, use the money
as soon as the bill ' passes. I am trying to
make ours a special case on account of the
critical condition of the work, but candor
compels me to say that I see little note of
having it considered separately from other
works, I fear a bill to that effect would be
"ridden" to death with amendments in
cluding all sorts of river and harbor; im
provements, to say nothing of the "Goose
Creek" and "Tibor" order of works. As
to such bills already introduced nothing
will be done. A bill to blow up the Capitol
could be introduced. ,
There will be no need of sending a com
mittee here until the regular session begins.
If: one comes then I will be glad, as I have
always been, to serve it in any way.
Very respectfully, !
A. M. WaddelL. '
The Reported IS order la Colambnt. ,
In our Thursday's issue we published a
report from Columbus county to the effect
that a young white man had murdered his
own father and inhumanly beat his mother,'
on the Sunday previous, and had also rob
bed the couple of what money they had in
their possession. ' From parties from Co
lumbus wbo.were in the city yesterday we
learn that the old - man's name was High,
and that, though his son beat him unmer
cifully and left him for dead, he subse
quently revived and is now in a fair
way to
-brutal
recover. After the unnatural and
son had, as be supposed, killed his father
and mother, he made his .escape, j Sheriff
Haines, hearing of the circumstance, im-
mediately telegraphed to Charlotte to stop,
the young man if he should go io that di
rection, and dispatched a party to! South
Carolina by another route to look after him
there. ' ' He went to Charlotte,1 but ihe au
thorities there would not arrest him with"
out knowing the charge preferred against
him. Telegraphing (- to ' Sheriff, Haines to
that effect, that official replied that he had
murdered his father (as was thought then
to be the case), when the young man was
pursued and subsequently arrested '; at
Greenville, ft,' , C. The ' party who had
gone from. Columbus to South Carolina
to look'for the fugitive thereupon procured
a requisition " for the 'would-be-murderer
from Gov. Vance, whp was (hen in Colum
bia in attendance upon the State Fair; and
wis expected to arrive 'at Whitevillo last
nigui wuu nis prisoner. . . vl ;!. f, n
f Young High had previously been in Jail
fo beating bis; father; and this ! thne he
thought he had put a quietus tq both father
and mother, but the old couple disappointed
bim, and it is now hoped that he will be
put where bo will be unable HO 1 repeat the
experiment. He only succeeded in getting
$100 of his father's money. ' '' '
Another Prlioner from Peader.
,- A colored boy, by the' name of John
Hansley, ' was brought here Wednesday
evening, under a commitment-from Justice
Ri K. Bryant, of Grant Township, Pender
county, and was committed to jail, in de
fault of , security in the sum of , $200, to
await his trial at the next term pf the Su
perior Court for that county on the charge
of larceny.' ' The officer m whose charge he
arrived here, a youth bf about the same age
of the prisoner, both being mere boys, iaid
be, had been Vbrpaking opea buddy's store,"
but who. the property belonged, Jo we, have
not ascertained. The youthful officer walk
ed all the way from Grant 1Township with
Mi prisoner, a distance of 'about twelve
miles, the colored boy being"-securely tied"
with a clothesfle.Ttey"mrefollowed
tp the Sheriff s Office by a. crowd of ', white
'and colored urchms, who seemed to, .enjoy
the novel spectacle. amazlrig;,sffar; .vi
Sam peon Conntr Fair. -i ?iiup
' Our. thanks are tendered for an invitation
to attend the Thirteenth Annual Fair of
the Sampson County Agricultural Society,
to be beld at Clinton December 12th, -13th; !
14th and 15th: 5.The .Fairs or our Sabipsort
county" friends, hv generally ;'beeayeiy
successful ones,' but the one now approach
ing will probably be exceptionally so. 7 Alj
least the Indications point to that conclu
sion. ;' Gov: VanM;i4expe
ent and address the people, which: fact of
itself will go far towards, swelling the
crowd in attendance. Ju--j
I llTheEliiabethCity Pair was
I creditable exhibn3on;l i .a pf&fpw
a-
O ft
manuals .for y tne JSampaon . count v
Falr
The following' gentlemen1 have been
famed as the Marshals ; for the Thirteenth
nnual Fafr of the Sampson. Count y Agri
cultural Society,.toi be held at Clinton De
cember 12th, 13th, 14th and-15th: ,V i -'
' 1 Col: John Ashford. Chief Marshal, f ( '
, " '-". ASSISTANTS. "! !
Samp8on MatkX. Lee, Ci. :C. Corbett,'
Edward Fennell. . J, ,sW. , WrighW Frank
White,' Samuel Howard, Edward Herring, "
tWiUiam Cox, t J. Ci Hobbs, Liv. Hicks
.Thomas Weeks, H, L. Oates,WiH, Moore,
Jr.: ARl Herrine. Edear Williams. D. M.
Peterson, J. A Stevens, Blaa Underwood, t
LluplinW H. Williams, Jr., i A.
flicks .'Jr.V'James Bryant I ; 'a
iJiewLajiover J; G. Boaeyi H.JSam-
son.
PenderBrnce Williamsf 'klEik
Bladenr-Frank D. Parker; Henry .
Viol
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Kerf us Devane.' a s,-Tyi't-;Si"-.-ijs'ii
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Way ne-Arnold Borden, Jesse Roberts,
tiamberland Fair. 1!
Amnnor llie arurlnl nrpminma unl in lact
week to nfi contested -Tnr nt th r.nmiwr.
lanorCounty FwdthetdlfdVing?)
of VBob Whii? fiur for ;tUa.; hist butterT
e tniDitea, not less than three pounas, f, . -F,
W. Kerchner,5 Wilmington,' one sack
of Bobj White" flpur for the largest ;audt
bfest" exbibition'bf pickle's. ' " . f
Kerchner & Calder Brothers; : WilmlDg
tJn, one sack of "Bob White" flour foe the
latgest and best 'exhibition of 'meritorious
articles in Farmer's-Halt-iM - f - JJ ;;(:
jKerchner & Calder Brothers! Wilming
ton, one sack of "Bob White" flour for? the'
largest and best ; exhibition of , meritorious
articles in Floral Hall. . '
ailread Accident Oue man Killed.
The engine, and three cars of a south'
bpnnd freight train on the Wilmihgton.Co
liimbia &. .A ugusta .Railroad were- thrown!
from the (rack, yesterday morning,
about 10 o'clock near Aiken's f Turn
oat.between Mayesville and Lynchburg, 8.
Ci, by which Ihe fireman, a colored man
bv the name of Ivery Wood, was Instantly,
killed. The engineer, Mr, Calvo, was . also
considerably bruised, though not seriously
hurt, . i The accident was caused by :j some
ousirucuons oemg piacea on ine iracs.
The' track was
expected
to be clear
iSt
night. ,n;i
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An Intereetllic , lietter from General
1 , , Hetli, of yirelnla. ;
j , - Raleigh Observer.! ;
'Richmond, Va., Nov. 5. 18774
' j My' ; Dear Colonel: Yonr letter
eigne to RJchmond fluringf imy ib
sence,hence one reason why I have not
replied sooner--another was that since
my return I have been kept constant
ly on the go; it being Fair jveek, the
Presidential visit, &o., my, time has
been fully occupied. . In repeating,
in) my article on Gettysburg, the con
versation alleged to have been held
by Gen. Lee and Maj. Seddon, I gave
it verbatim as given to me. I am
perfecly well satisfied that Gen. Iiee
did not intend to cast the slightest
imputation upon the troops of Pen
der's Division, in saying what he is re
ported to have said. We all know that,
there was no Division Command
er in the Army of Northern Virginia
who ranked higher in the estimation
of our' Great : Commander than Pen
der, and I believe few as high. He
knew Pender's loss on the i eve of a
great battle was irreparable, he knew
the unbounded confidence the officers
ad men ofhis 'Division had in his
skilly his oonrage, .and s his ability.
Who made j Pender's s great reputa
tion ? 1 Certainly not Pender single
handed.v: His' fame and his glory can
never be separated' from North Carpi
Una's sons, than whom -there-never
were braver or; more . gallant spirits ;
I their fame and their glory , will re
main bright and fresh in the hearts
pi generations yet nnDorn, long aiier
tqe monuments which shall have been
erected to commemorate their dee ds
shall have crumbled into dust. . t
jAnd now, my dear Colonel, what
slfalt I 'say of Pettigre w'a (McRae's)
ad ' ; XJooke's Brigades. ' Is expect I
hid better not! i trust! myself and ai
tdmpttopass an encomium pppn their
Brigades. If I said they were the
bist in thkt' gallant' army of! North-'
eia VirginiaJ I "would ! give1 offence;
bht I am sure l would be excused if
M thought ,so, iif on r no, other ground
tljan.that each crow thinks his,,&c.;,
5fcic. I aih doing no injustice to Other
gallant1 troops of Heth's Division; in
saying as the North A Carolina troops
his DivisimrT-wereneaTly ' three
times greater in numbers 1 than those
Irpm any , other State, .that any rep.a-jt
taction, which( this Diyisjon may have,
isj due in a proportionately greater
degree to tne troops 'trom tne-"uid
North State," than to any others, f
I iSpurp trply, , ?H;HBxn,
1 r " Stonchtoh Hill Back. r t
:?- lllon. vi-iStought6tta:has ad
dressed a letter ao the,editpr .pf t the
3New York World in regard to, judge
Black's rectjscpjrinff ori
the subject of the electoral'commis-,
siri&cl " Mr.vnghtOn claims that
" ; r - - - -
-his tstatementsj that just before thej
beginning p $jtbe,iatje war President
Bnchanan an judgeBlackt,then - At-
torney Generaii "united' in officially
declaring that 1 the government' had
no constitutional power i to"; suppress
the fevolt hy ,fprce: He, also claims
uaty nage;s Jiacs ?ustaiieu to uia
prove that the highest! court; of Loui
siana had determined that the de
ciionjofi the renrmng board of that
Stet,e was conclusive and could not;
bet f evlved 'or Reversed pV ltS' courts!
Mr; Stotightori OOTclndes - with a re,
mnderi to jJndge Black, "that Iwith
his excellent c9pstitution and a right;
nab of his remarkable talents, gnided.
bjf an 1 improved tajM-'te'Vina yet
hdpeito rfelrieve i reputation -not en
vibte 6or patriotism ;or. for purity of
atle, .antrOyertiaU" ?Vhether,
Jtide Black will pe heard from again
depends whether he attached any iin--portance
to Mr. Stough ton's letter '.''t
Raleigh-handled 2,264 bales cot-
b ton last week; since September lj 17,397
"1 bin. -iA.J ,.,U.irlJJ' H
i Sixteen" Dersons nrOfesRp.d tp-
f liglon in the Tryoni 'stiell'Mi I K lCherch .
revival. Uhsrlotte. s , " j
-r bov: Vance made a fine SDeech
' J, at Columbia, and bis . reception was ex-ti-emelv
enthuRiantin: - " -1 ' " . .
Rocky1 'Mount1 MiVTi We ' are
pained to learn that T. V. Avent,; Esq.' iof
Griffin's township, bad bis gin burned on" .
Tuesday last. Caught from matches in cot
ton while ginning. - -We learn tbere were
about fifteen bales of cotton in" the gin.
which wereiall consumedr Tbelossiatinot
be less than $1,500 or $2,000. (ir j , , .
1 Newborn Shell: We" are
pleased to - note" that Mrs: ' Mary ' Bayard ' "
Clarke, who has bees sojourning ia Chicago. I
several months, has returned to Newbern.
While in Chicago Mrs. Clarke was a rcga-' 1
lir contributor to several, i of a the 4 leading -a
papers in the. United States, and oa for .
herself that popularity whichShe1) emi-'' '
Djenlly deserves a fine writer.5 j Her, late
,ppem, published in the Qalazv" VCleoDa-
tra's Soliloquy," teceiyed the highest com- I
rnaqndations from, some ol, rthe sbe8t critics, : ,
Newbern'iVMi Me; Colin 1.-.
Hawkins! of Maryland, a bondholder of the
4.&cat.
suit against the, company in the Federal
QoUnat Raleigh, and has obtained from""
Judge Bend a .rule on . the com Dan vi to. be ,
ard at Raleigh en the 29th insL. to show
causd'why' a Recervet should' hot Jbe an- :
iDtedy , This suit is donbUess broneht bv .1 '
e plaintiff, to force the payment Iof the '
nas or me company, which our supreme'1 :
uua9raia.eaooe:usurmus. .u ... ;-
"'''vn.i.!..i.-''i -Ttrr "' mi ' n r " '
ivaieigu - Mews: i in jovernor,
.QWeTycommedj
Allien. Carir-. f.wLp us eentifreodv bo"-
Jihng at Rockingham, l;xcamond county.
-day, to imprisonment for life lin the
ate' Penitentiam The Bragg pro-1 :
perty.was sold yesterday according to pre-
1 . . - . . i 1 . . T t mt.T. .. -
jVjous nonce, ana uuugn oy i. o. i nomas,
!Ekq , - for $7,501i t The lot contains one
,atre of ground, and the dwelling is one
among the best in the city, with good out
hpuses, and lies, within two blocks bf the .
cloitol souare. v I - -
I Greensboo Patriot : The icom-
'muniry here will regret to learn of the; death
of CoL John Sloan, formerly of this city,
opt tor some years. a resident or Texas,
wjhere he died after a brief illness lastweek.
f Oar nurserymen have been very ;busy
this season, and have shipped an enormous
quantity of trees. ' The Alamance Fair
was postponed on account or bad'Weatber
til22d inst. - - We regret. to !leirn of
the death at Jacksonville; TPlorida,1 en the
lit inst :J of Charles H. CaldwelL ion of
Dr. A.: C. Caldwell, formerly of this! city
! j r Wilson Advance: On Wednes
day, last an Old negro woman; the Wife of
Afinor Neal.r living on the plantation of
Mr; Gardner,; was bo severely burned that
she died in a few hours. - We heartily
second the proposition of the Torchlight that
aa the churches" holding services tin the -29th
of this month, Thanksgivingi Day,
take up a collection for the benefit ef the
pkford Orphan Asylum. "He that giveth
to; the - poor, lendeth to the Lord," and by
casting your bread upon the waters it will
rejlurn to you after many days. j
Winston Sentinel: Thaddeus
Davis, convicted and sentenced to pelhung
for burglary., at the spring term of our
cdurt, and the judgment affirmed by the
Supreme Court, will be resentenced tp-day .
(Thursday.) We regret to learn that
William' Campbell, Esq., of Germauton,
lost his dwelling house and kitchen by fire .
on last Monday. Loss about $3,00Q; in
sured for $1,000. Col. Forney George
aqd.a family, of Columbus county, who ..
have been spending some time with their .
relations in Stokes, left on last Monday for
their home. Benjamin Hester, an old
add worthy citizen of our county, died on
iagt Sunday morning, aged 78. years. I
seven persons were confirmed by Bishop
Atkinson, at Germanton, on last Thursday,
and two at Winston on Friday. , . j
j ' Washington JPress: ;We : learri
from the Tarboro Stmtherner that thi ele
phant belonging to the circus that visited
that place last week, on bis way. to Halifax
met an old lady on the road in a cartj and
rah his snout nnder the cart, turning it over '
and breaking the back of the old ladyi
We learn that Tommy Beachum; a former
stay-about of this town, committed a rape
urton a young white girl, a daughter of bis
wife, a few days ago, and departed for
parts unknown, but before going stole- two
canoes and sold them for. what he - could
get. : - Cotton thieves are bolder in this
section this year than ever known before.
Only a few nights ago Mr. Fred Grist id is-
coVered three picking cotton in his field at
night by a torchlight. He fired upon them
twice before he could make them -leave,
and then they walked off with the ight
burning ini a very j careless and don't eare
manner.
d j jSalom (jFVess : It is reported
here that in a difficulty which occurred be
tween Frank Jones and William Griffith, in
Yidkio county, Saturday, the latter! re
ceived, it ia feared; a serious blow oil the
head. : Bishop Atkinson deliyeredjone
Of-his highly instructive and edifying ser
mons in Tise'B Hall, last Friday. ' One per
son -was baptized and two confirmed., ' f .
No fear of any one freezing about, here,
with "fire wood at only two dollars a cord. ; .
'-iiForty-one lamps dispense light on; our
streets, Davie county items: There
seme' complaint through the county of the
tobacco; crop. The weed does' not eure
with that bright yellow color which mikes
it valuable ' to the produceri and' eagerly -sought
after by , the purchaser.. The ; :
corn has been gathered and the larger por-'
tion of it husked - and cribbed. ' 'The fresh-
ets have inflicted some damage, but the yield
is better than it was at one time supposed
might be. ! Residents along the- river r 1 1
are very much interested in the efforts tnak ,
ing to restock the river with fish. Thej ice ' '
which passed down at the breaking up of
last winter, is supposed to have swept the
fiqny inhabitants along with it. ; "; A
artoro ' outeri: 4 iaage
Fairelolh has released John Gaston ;! Ling
ley, of .Johnston county, under a writ of
habeas corpus, the', said? Langley being'
charged with tape upon the person of Mrs.
Caroline Doudin.- The evidence of .Mrs. ,.
Doudin was that ! the prisoner ' had carnal
intercourse with her by personating her
husband. The English , cases, and ? laws
make such "indecent assaults," and pun
ish them severely.- , We neecr a statute to
cover such cases, as fraud and fear are nigh .
akin. " We submit to our legal friends why
cah't Langley be indicted under section 87,.
chapter 32, Battle's Revisal? At Rox.
abel; Bertie county;on Saturday; Nov: 33
at a turkey , supper whereat i several young .
men were regaling the inner man.a drunken .
fellow,' named W. P. BougbmaU, entered
and began a quarrel with one of the party.
Others inter f erred, when Boughman drew
a pistol and- fired, hitting Mr Haggort, iby
mistake. The ball struck the tempie;boae,
splitting the ball, one-half of " which came
tut back of the ear, the other half remain
ing under the bone.-. Mr. a. ia stilHiving,
but fatal'resulti' are 1 feared. BoUghman ,'
'escaped and has not been captured.. ' ;
J.I we had the 'dollars of our? daddies' a
fjpd editor would be spoilt. Selah! ' -4
he prisoners of Snow Bill and Nashville I .
jails didn't choose JLo go into winter quart
ters just yet and left "without bidding any- " ;
body good bye. jTT-"Leaves have their
timetofalL" That's now. , Oh for brother
Dossey Battle's rural pen to ' chant the les-., '
son of the falling leaf !.?. pity Economist. .
Blount and the lorchUght man make a spe-
ciairy oi autumnal ODituanes:
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