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WHAT THE SOUTH SHOULD . D0.
The Democrats of the South can
not houorably or consistently, con
done outrages of any kind. ' They
have manfully resisted all attempts
to corrupt the ballot. For years tbey
have denounced in the most unquali
fied terms all efforts on the part of
Radicals to violate the freedom of
elections and to stuff the .ballot-box.
They cannot now, without manifest,
palpable, certain disgrace,1 wink at or
excuse any violations of election
taws, or any resort to force or intimi
dation. The Democratic party is
pledged solemnly to keep pure the
ballot, and to oppose every icma aiiu
degree ot bull-dozing. ir macnej, yi
South Carolina, was elected, he is en-
titled to his seat. He is a corrupt
knave, but it is for the House to de
termine who shall hold seats in that
body. He ought to be returned as
elected if he really received a major
ity of the votes, as is claimed. The
Philadelphia gimes says, and,it must
be agreed, lidiOliUle point:
"It is no excuse fpr;tGe violence and tis
sue ballots which seem; to have been em
ployed to defeat him,, that the carpet-baggers
did the same thing, only more so when
they had the power in the same district.
Two wroogs can't make a right, and of the
.... . .,..i:.ir. nffantini. ttlA. FlamnArata o m
the least excusable. They have iBtelligence I
in the South, and claim to be honest; the I
carpet-baggers were adventurers and
thieves, and claimed no respect from the
world; and candid citizens of all sections
will rejoice to see the laws honestly and
fearlessly I enforced wherever j they have
been violated in the reconstructed States."
That is evidpntlv- the correct view. I
1 . - l: I
and every honest man in
the South I
must condemn any violations of the
rights of f reemen as well as the laws
of the land. Fair-play is, the only
real ground to take.
other will
recoil inevitaDiv upon vnose wno iry
it. ine ooutn nas everytning w
lose in any game but a ; thoroughly I
honest one.
i
cost. That is our plain duty.
It appears to be difficult to get at
the bottom facts about South Caroli
na. The charge is made and repeated
time ana again tnat tissue Dauois i
. i .11 ji i
were widely used, and that a large
number of illegal votes was polldd.
. The New York Tribune as usdltl
is making wholesale charges, but po,
one will! believe or ought to' believe
any statement it' may make. It can
not tell
the f truth about the South. I
We have no confidence in the state- I
ments o
such scoundrels as Maekey,
Lee and
Swails, or in Bohemian cor-
respondents of lying papers.
The
courts are open, and it will be a, good
thin sr for the countrv and for the
c i ..,;
Democratic party if an investigation
is made into the truth or falsity of
I . " " i - tii.-
sucn reppns or cuargus. xuo putibj
aricl freedom of the ballot are of the
first importance in a government like
ours, as we have said time and again.
Since we wrote the above we have
.1
seen a statement to the
Eect tbat
dis-M
Hev.
Dr. J. A. Chambliss,
tingnished Baptist minister, Of
fharloalrkn S I! hoa iieeiArerf in a
long letter', addressed to; the New
VnrV nn A Hhrnni that.
., , L. . vL ..V
ine eiecuon neia on Jov. on., iu
-South Carolina, was conducted fairly.
His testimony is valuable as far as he
is informed.
- 1 . . ;
Dr. Pritchard, of Raleigh,
Rev.
has this
cor der:
to say in the Biblical lie
"While I believe tbat the elections in the
South are inst as fair as those. I held in the
North, vet. if in North Carolina, or any
other State, a colored man was cheated out
of his vote, in anv way. a most foul wrong
was committed, and one which must result
disastrously to the whole country, 'ine
colored man has the same right to vote : as
the white man. and it is the duty of every
white man to see to it that this right of the
colored man is not interfered with.
The main end to be secured ii to
,0 J i.0Btio.,nn hnUn Musiift
have an
VOL. 10.
chusetts as well as in South
Caro I
Una, in .New York as! well
Louisiana. Let the matter
as in ,
of
in-
vestigation be fairly and impartially
made and the
complaint.
South will' make no
BULL-DOZING IN iHAflSAOUVSETTS
again urge, the .Democrats in
Congress not to rest until they have
secured a plan for a full, complete,
honest investigation of the outrages
perpetrated in, 'l76 " Whilst , they
take such a step we hope tbpy will
also urge an investigation into the
bull-dozing practiced j in ' Massachu
setts as well as elsewhere, he evi
dence is certain' and overwhelming
that the greatest outrage upon a free
and untrammelled ballot was perpe
trated in the late election in that
State. v The reports, that coma.up are'
too numerous to be altogether slan
derous and false. Where there is so
very much smoke there must be some
fire. i -i -, r -1-
The 1 Massachusetts
plan is very
'
effective and very admirableifor tlje
victors. .4it is all right
to; intimidate
laboring men in that State who wish
to vote . for Butler, but it is a great
crime in the South. Let Hayes send
a supplemental message to tie Con
gress in which the crimes committed
iu Massachusetts against a pure and
J ' L J --11 1 - -11' t
iree auu sacreu-. uatiot: suaiii u ue
ndunced in. proper terms. I
be a highly proper act
would
if the I
Attorney General, he being a
bright I
and shining light from that State, j
should condescend to take some no- j
lice of theoutrages,andcau3ejhis law j
officers to ferret out violations of the f
election law w th the !8ame zeal add
to pursue in bouth tJarolina and Lon-1
lsiana.
" 'il l i - 1 a
,We find a letter in the New York I
World from a ;, correspondent in
Worcester county, jlilassachusetts, J
i..r I
firms what Gen.
Butler!
and Wendell I
Phillips say. Read thej following ac
count of the MMassachusetts plan'? of
plan 1 of I
UU11-UUZ.MIJJ, uu Micii B4j n uaio t
that it was not quite
sis effective as I
that pursued elsewhere;
1 1
bott. I did not vote for General Butler. Nor
did I for his Republican; Opponent. I am
. . ... 1
giaa on icwuut ui goou moucy luai. ucu
Butler was defeated, and yet I cannot but
condemn the way in which the defeat was
accomplished. 1 have read your compare
son between poutu 4 uaronna ana; Massa
chusetts 'bull-dozing' with j satisfaction, but
l am convinced that you da not appreciate the
real character of tfie ' vioteht terrorism which
iTia TtemvhliMin hwdfirx in Massachusetts an-
. , 1. - . - .U.T.M.MM4
w . . ' ; w .
not usea. nor reu nuirta, aor uitusiuj, ) nui
any Ku Klux machinery, but somethisg
mueh more efficacious was applied. Every
office-holder in Massachusetts denounced
Gen. Butler. The banks administered 'an ad
monition' to any j applicants for discounts,
who sustained him; and the great factory
managers left no appliance untried to
fruTbten their operatives away irom mm.
I know of one town in which lives a rich
forty men devoted to Butler. This owner,
on election day, took them two by two in
his carriage to thej polls and mere made
them vote under
his own eye for the Re
There ! was a concerted
publican ticket
plan all over the; Commonwealth under
. . . ... : i5 J . . 1 .
wmcn mill managers ' lerrmeu lueir uuu
a a rmm tin Tior rir iirpiiiiiiiirtir iiifim
."r.t v:v ? T"
cold winter. ' T j I
Cderciou of the most stringent and
resistible, kindi was applied in this
irresistible
way. It was a ;. system that' crushed
out all opposition. Poor men must
ODey or ue anven out iu uerieu
Let
the investigation be made.
What a
vast-, amount
hAot" d fellow
jwac' . v- v1 P " , "
I must have who can - talk of Southern
I bull-dozing after reading th
above. .
B1THEB "THIN."
The last story about the "man
and brother" in South Carolina is
that he is tired! of thel ballot, and is
anxious henceforth to be deprived of
the right of suffrage.! This is the
nice little yarn spun on the wheel of
the New, Ybik fiun.
According to
that paper
some South Carolina ne-
rrr-naa thnvr manv IS not Stated) WlSh
f . j,
- .---v y . -
t0 fa"' a conventiou ot. negroes, witn
i
the avowed purpose of petitioning
Congress to take away from them
the right of suffrage,
According to
statesmen! are
lue WM" kUCDW f111""""" L
the Sun these
1 willing to forego the privilege of vo-
, - f .T!. ''!.. (llJnfl.
lo ""f Bireuu "l" "Z.
.hey say that p n the pracUca jorking
i . J I
of negro suffrage their citizensnip mereiy
adds to the strength of the Southern De-
mocracv m Comrress ana m tne jueciorai
College, and that they would rather beun-
Mnnaianiad in Trip 1-tnvRrnniKni mail
tribute to the power
JL - ; i M it. .-m.
of those tbey regard
I -as enemies.
This is really very "thin.
Anv
one who is acquainted with the negro
character knows how tenaciously the
colored voters cling td theirj right of
suffrage and what f a great privilege
thev regard it ! They wouldt not ap-
preciate their iUberties ii they could
nAt rote. Havins? exercised the right
WILMINGTON,
for thirteen years they, will notteii-
ZinZy. give it up even to spite Demp
crats. ' man torty irrotestant . ministers aiea
We have no doubt but this is a of the ! yellow' Fever V during thopi
trick of the Sun.. It is a part of . eflQ i; the teth: This is ad
programre to roh the negro of .his., mortality. vVUi8t.(,a few; may Mve
right to vote. The Radicals in the ran from thq pestileaces the minisrs
North now see that negro suffrage1
increases the strength of Democratic
. ... ,t j .,. . .; i
VAlivaaantaf inn oni) V rtx-r o a int n ol l?
'". " . VT"T!
willing to deprive him of. his Iran-
chise that they may secure, a majorily.
in Congress. As lone as netrro suf-
fraee save supremacy to ltadicalisin
it was a nroner and iast thhiul ' ia
.u . 'L. u i'"i:.J
, -- f i V " J,
ana ine xemocrats are sirenginenqu
by it, it is all wrong and there mupt
be some curtailment of the privilege,
It is a sharp trick to tnake the
movement come from a , fewdisap-
oinCed negro politicians! ' , The ilad-;
icals will sav to the world -"We. fa-
vor the abrogation of negro suffrage J
because the negroes themselves ask I
it." All of which is very mean aqd
unjust andJepeptiye and rascally.
And still the negro willj follow Me
the
i to
lead of a Radical. if he wishes
continue to vote he will' have to look
elsewhere than to Radical politician.
THE VIRGINIA 8TATB DEBT.
It is a good thing i for,, a State lo
have a Chief Executive . who is sin
cerely devoted to the true interests of
his people, and who regards their ho-
nor and good name as he would the
purity of his wife. Virginia is fprtn.
nate in having a Governor at tills
time who looks neither to the right
nor to the left when the reputation
of his State is imperilled, but ebts
straight ahead in the path of honir
ht. Tn . w mewA lo iH
(General Assembly (Governor iiouiaay
takes the right position in regard to
rj a ... m
the State debt. He very properly, it I
seems to us, insists that there are bit
two way open for an honorable set- I
.1 . : I
make a
fair
and
the
no
friendly corh
creditoTS. ; lie
doubt most
promise with
declare? and
declare and no doubt most 1
nuiy, uiai iuuwwuu. nyuiu u jm6
ruin upon
t hn neonle. ' whilst
: , . 1
inAmnoo1 tnvqnn xrr n l il , Hiiimni piv
tih
1 nr j win m 11. wiiiiiii ruhciuiv
. vr m . j 0
and privation.
No State can afford to repudiate
its honest debts. No State can afford
ha
w " 0"w" . i ly
ad verse criticism of mankind atlareie,
1 . .1.1 1 ..1 1 ' k '
auu wuav nut vv vw w rwww
I to hang ineir neaas witu sname. .ny
thinrr a tn nrfiforrpd t.o the deirr a -
dation of a whole people. A State
like an individual should pay all .it
owes if it be possible, and when that
cannot be done then to pay all it can.
PiiTTtNr. our TRACKS.
! .
The old County of Granville,which
ia nnfl nf the beat' has I had b. verv'
is one qt the best, has ( naa a very
hard ; time of. it , since the war. At
ao early period it affairs felltoWtte
hands of the Radicals, and but few
people have ever "been so' constantly
.. .--. i . .
a a.n000v inlro t.Sv
I kon WhAn a wooden fence some'
hundred and twenty.five yards m
length C08t8 the people J3,000, lit
will be seen what a nieO ! thing the
thieves have had, and how severely
the fleecing of the tax-payers hjaff
been. This fence business w onlyl $
sample of what has occurred.!
I:
We will mention one other
faeU
Some years ago' the paupers about
eighteen in number cost theeounly
about 1275 each for the yearj
enough, as a venerable gentleman .of
Oxford said, to have boarded thdm
at the Yarborough House at Italeigh,
with a room apiece. ;!. .. h j. 'u
We are reminded of these shamef ul
facts by reading the following ac-
count of the latest liece of rascality
attempted by the remnant of tlie ring
who still had a chance of playing pa
more trick in keeping with their past!
The TorcMight gives the following:
Aa the naalcaVBoard of Commissioners
die, just before they make their last gasp
they boldly seize a certain part Of their ?e
.nd'burn to - ashes their illaindua
tracks, as thev doubtless tbinlc , But -not
-o If there is anv Virtue In criminal law.
every oneof these' official-tasCals will be
neverelv Dnnished. ' Late Saturday night.
I -ktt la. 9Ak tlAk mil hAnBatmanBtw.nlrf
h&yQ been m1 acoondrels were
i . n in the Court Howe bnrning
fj M they thought wouid Bh6w
4. K j.,ia Woathe lito ever he.
re of f , Godknow8 tbat C0Unty
I . m .
was never before cursed with, such a black
hearted set of thieves. Burning the records!
Pnttinsront their tracks 1 We throw down
our pen in despairl i The penitentiary is by
The Washington1 Jos ihas conn
pleted its first yeaivj "jKI8 i"a
success. It is an able -paper and tho
sharpest, ; spiciest,; nwst ide-arake
jn all our land. Long may that Pptf
stand at Washington. !- f "
N. 0., FRIDAY; DECEMBER 13. 1878.
It is now ascertained that no less
generally must -have stood : manftfily
at their posts, or tberecould not hv.e.
: ' bfeen anV suph mortardbng tnni.-
( ! t 'P'-'r ,v.M(H'
. As fax .as wehayoeei0 aft tc leark
'!f r m '- ! i V-.,'.iS-ft'la.-1
f 5p lf T
only some , Jew; j JN.ortmr:M6to:
preachers '-lied. Ml beuthem: bos:
Remained with their tLScks and faaay 1
Of them died Von thefteld of duW. ,
Xirtir tA.l ,novCT ; A ofi3
"u-rV 1 L-A i Tli
vim ohj yi .f ii6'w;;"w
church. Bhould be erected to the jpem-i
ory of the forty martyrs. ,i3ome
'ight or nine Presbyterian ministers
'edJnMitesljlqe p
tul scourge,we believe. T ( j" ;
i We have recorded the fact that
thirty-two Catholic priests are ! re
ported as having perished from' the
same destroyer. The physicians, too.
were great sufferers, and very many
of them diedf We have pot seen ah
exact statement of the dumber. The
scourge brought out sope of the . no
blest traits of : humanity, Whilst also
revealing some of the ugliest and
most repellant ; characteristics of poor
fallen human nature. !
j Senator Beek, of Kentucky, has
opened the fight against the national
banks,by his resolution introduced on
Tuesday calling on the secretary oi
the Treasury for information as to
the amount and denomination of sil
ver coin which has been received in
payment of customs duties, and
whether or not he , has applied the
amount so received to the payment
t the interest on bonas or notes qt
the United States.
, The Washington Star, Radical oj
....
San J61
ffc ". ffVKJ
coin received for customs shall go to the
payment 01 luicruai uo u. o. uuuub. i iu
If they have to receive silver In payment of
th interest on them it. will natural v he to
their interest to maintain, instead of deps
recate, mat com. 11 tnis pian succeeas,
1 wards the silver dollar alter resumption,
I the banks will have to treat it as they do
1 goiu. csenaior isecs says ne aoes not ai-
1 . 1 . - . ., .111 1 .
I the banks intend to try bull-dozing, Con-
I HttUlC, Jf . ,
i . . it
Gov. Hampton was inaugurated! a
second time Governor of South Caro-
I una on vyeanesoay last, ine jniei
Wiii Ts-iT:' -o..- r'nii
i Justice, Lieut, v-ov. oimpson ana 01.
o I Wade H. Manning, the Governor's
. . w-
I TmumAa fiAAVAiawvT niaitait f-nv AMI fr
1 wnswiji i.n. -uvtwuvi
I Hampton at his residence. The Cp-
I lumbia Register, which has an ; ad-.
connt of it. savfl:
i . r -1-7
"The Governor was lying in bed with an
expression of pain upon bis countenance.
I but otherwise-appearing to be getting on
Wu; iaaeeu-uis inenas- were agrctssuay
1 M - m. M 1 J J"
I aisapnoujiea, ior ne appeareu jjuonger aau
mucn more cneenui man mey expevieu u.
findhim. i 1 f J
"As the members of the party' went to
Dedgide he shook nandg with q, aid
bad some pleasant remark for each. The
'StltSSS:
a arnau uime upon wmcn me uovernor
held his band while the oath was being read,
at the conclusion Of which, taking the book
Ihtb his own hand.he raised it to hislips and
then signed the oath in a steady and legi
bl hand althouch lvine upon his back.
Lieutenant Governor Simpson then took
and subscribed, the oatn oi omce as Jjieur
tebant Governor. ! "After which Governor
iUhahmW mav tiia AnnpnAotiii 'if
the sympathy intended him by that body,
and said that the greatest regret he feels in
......u. hi. .ufHit.utM.ntia thit
hoiadeorived of the privilege of confer-
ring with and consulting tne ueneraiAs-
Blaine's -Tesolution will come tip
MondayuA' liig debate will follow
. v r.y.V., s - l..
it is believed. ,! Senator Thurman will
introduce! the Democratic amend
men t. ; The W ashingtou Star says ;
cans
way
claimed
will be of such a
that, if adopted,
to Blaine's resolution
comprehensive character
light will ; bet thrown on every caarge or
fraud, threats, interference or violence at
the polls in every State of the Union, by;
either State 6r Federal officers, and the
public will! be the judges of which of the
two parties were ghilty of the greater mis
conduct at tha polls." i -
,li The .Philadelphia Fress, Radical,
What oottse , ' t0, pursue. . I hey are
afraid of debate, and they are afraid
lo remain sUent.,. It save:
, he other resolutions directed to be
KoihA nnn nnmmittAA rnn-
slating of EdAnwds, Blaine, Howe, Dawes
? - 4! i . -a- t
and Christiancy, have also neen corapiexeu,
anawiUDOBamiwwBiBCHoi"t
sitioia by Senator Bdmands. These reso-
luUonsarecouchediin.no negative terms,1
.and will present the whole subject qf the
reiaiions oi ,ubwi.iuu0,
jHple,andpf aunouttcai-.paraeain: weir
Proper UKn. , jaeuawt Jtouuiiiuua auu mo
other members of the committee, , judging
from their conversation, are deeply sensible
ol the gravity oi we amy imposea
thetft by we caucius.i"-i.,..u
Thd Press 'prophesies a- very
monloos debase, as the Democrats
will be forced to speak.
Beiuuiy auuub iuo uia.tcio vi iiu(i"w;' nonfls. wnica were bcccdibu. jlos: uuivct t aoii rif h ha i wina suuueuiv veercu iuc
Wn.fr SWA m a Af m nAl a n a k I . . . 1 J k 1 TBI 1 W AW m- I.
the people of South Carolina which they of Co oner . CoWvBuivor were "2 "Vr aV. 3 blew furiously, driving the tide
re onnBirterinBr." ' -I ' - : s 1 uumm. J j . " v.vv.u,, , i. .v Hrnnnert the Rtcatner
m m m !: claredvacantrrjntesrsvTirE. andC.il. I, w;n
i
l' C9VHTT coiunitsioriHRs.
Abstract rrodtac.i Adjoarsed
-wrj .-i.lj iii, fiP'ill;i.r -i-i;
j. The.Bpftfd met in adjourned eession ye
teid ay : afternoon. eX , 2 o'clock. y Presec l-l-Wm.
I Smith, Chairman, and Commi
sl6ners'Bi;t3rWbrthrA J.' Grady: it." A.
Baggj and JnntS'AJ Mofttoinery.4 '
o floes, forfeitures audpitieWifltd-; I
!l??d- 'PtOTF ?
dered to be spread on the record of official !
ra; u,,. An.hVTTi 'W.
aered to be spread on. the record 6f oftciil
reports H 'K Scott, AnthdWHbwe.liffl
itcQaiggt 'j0hri A.fiolt and ametf Cowan
Reports of A. A. Moseley and &-G; Hi l
heW- for exatnmaun. r p.
i ,Iwa8 P at eyery magistrate ip
the county be reauested to make their
nualreports
T
next meeting of.the same. ' -
Report of StaceyL VanAmringe, Ulerk cjf
the Super lor Court, was. examined, found
correct and ordered to he spread on the
It was ordered that (he claim of Col. fl.
R. Moore, for fees.acconat' rendered . tb
the old Board, bV paid.1 ; s
Ordered,, that the Clerk to the Auditing
Committee- have . the necessary ' papers
; 'Ordered that the report of ! 0r. W. W.
Lane, in reflerencs to the ; Potters !Pield, he
referred1 tdj CotarnvBSioners Montgomery
and A. J. Grady,' and Dr. WLahdo ri
port at the next regular monthly meeting.
The opinion of the County Solicitor, in
regard to the official bonds of cotmty offi
cers, was received and ordered on file.
Ordered, that Hosea L. Thome be ap
pointed School Committeeman In District
No. 3, in place of N.t 3ilKcan, who bis
moved out of the Districts i v j
It was ordered that the' official bond Qf
Nicholas Carr, Constable, be accepted.
Ordered,; that the committee on Poor
House be instructed to heat the insane de I
partment at a cost as economical as poss
ble.
It was ordered that the appointments un
der the Board shall be made at the firit
regular meeting in Jan nary. '
Ordered.tbat on and after the 1st of Jai
nary, 1879, the poor allowance shall tie
discontinued to the blind girl, Jane Wash
ington. - -
Ordered, that no bills will hereafter be
approved or paid for services of depnty
I sheriffs in executing processes
rocesses in justices'
1 courts, save tbe lees mat are n
courts,,save the fees that are now allowed
nrtnatohtfa in th vnrtniia fnwnnhinn fnr th
discharge of Baid services, except when the
I process is delivered to the sheriff for est
cution.
Ordered, that the office of CouatyJDete
tive )e abolished. ; , j
On motion the Board took a recess until
Thursday, th'e 18th inst., at 2 p. m.
Drowning; of Two Colored Boys at
middle So and. I
Yesterday morning Coroner Hewlett was
notified that two colored boys,-named
George and Peter Ballard were drowned a
i , . i ,1
1CW K" .t' T ' t
bherur uiacR's place, at oiiauie pounp,.
and yesterday afternoon "he received infor -
yesterday afternoon ne receivea lnI0f
mauon-ioine eneci idm idb uuuies nu
. . T, ,H. ,A-
been recovered. It appears- that the two
boys, who were brothers, had been oyster-
ing, each beingln a small boat by himself,
The boys did not return at the time ex
pected and search was made fori. them,
when the two boats were found capsized,
nn c;rn nr ia miolnir Vinva nrprA dis.
nnvaroA iin til thoir hruliAa vera reentered.:
as before mentioned.- It U supposed that
the boat containing one of the boys cap-
sized and the Mother went to its MBlstanQe,'
when it shared the same fate - !
When it shared thesame late. j .
9ef 1, T
place designated this morning for the puk-
w. .............. ... ri
pose otimidttrg-airtflqaeiic. '
Fender County.
At the meeting o the hew Boatd bf
the Board being called &ta oider by tne
Clerk, a ballot was taken ifpr Chairmab,
and Mr. Daniel Shaw, was elected, to that
j pdsiUon.receiving all hfyotes cast. Messfs.
1 a ' tt PaddisonVaa Sheriff. W. T. Banner-
' .5 ...j j
f man, as oieric, anai. ji.5rown, as, ragfl
wroi jeeu,iueu pkbku u.c.i-vu.
Tavlbr werenbsetiuenHy1 re-elected and
required to come lorwira'at an adjourned
I . .-.'i.-i-'-u..
meeting 10 ne neia on ueian uh. uu.
qualify.
Daatb ol Col. JMi . REllla.
I ne nfeDt of Thursday, the 5th itjet, has
j created a very general Heeling ?of sorrow
and regret amours n
this city, where he was well kuowh. ; !
" Pnl Tnllint. whr vcnq-Rfthut 55 ve
,oout Oovears
ace was a native of PayettevilW. in this
age, was a nawvo oi .wmwvuw,tA tu
State, whence he removed to Marion,
about thirty yeajs ago, marrying and
' : . . V? . IT V.: :.
volved In the busy, whirl of politics, having
I served several terms in the Sooth Carolma
Legislature, i He was a graduate m tne ciass
1 at ! wT
1 t one time ' President or Xiie - tVU
mingtou and Manchester (now, Wilmington,
Corambia & aigusta) Railroad. He was
- 1 i nt...
man ot. una mmu r."TT,7i
plialmients as a public speaker J iLatterly
ha v- devoted his time W the interests of
v t.: n-t -a t. aimx-Vat thii
, jr:7o..-fJ?hTV,L7-:T
,cuy, muncw f omm, y. ..vwi.
I painfnl Accident
pened to Mr. u. r.1 uuncan on YYeanesuay
morning. H It seeWttaf W0wnVwftlf a
friend to the depot intending to accompany
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NO. 7.
him to this city. After be bad gotten
aboard. and the train had started he disco
vered that bis friend was missing, where
upon he immediately jumped oS, in doing
which he tripped and was thrown violently
against a cross-tic, by which he received p
severe and painful wound near his mouth,
rendering it necessary to call a physician
to dress and sew up tne torn nesh.
r! Grand
,r V -
J- W-Rl
Grand Lodge Qf inason.. ,j
iserver's Report of last day's
roceediDgs curtailed. ! ) ' j
u J. W. ueid introduced the toilowf-
ing:re6Qlution, which was adopted i
. Resolved. ,That the Grand: Master
be requested to confer . ithuthb
Governor in regard to the constituj- I
tO him the propriety of .informing I
the General: Assembly that the same I
Jll-.j.": '. L i , -11.. ' I
opject may oe more economically aq
.complishea by ! an . appropriation tb
aid the Orphan Asylum at Oxford, j
i .The. GramxMaster announced that
he had" appointed the following
standing committees: ' " I
, On Jurisprudence John Nichols,
F. H. Busbee, Thos. S. Keenan. i
On Foreign Correspondence G.
W. , Blount, R. T. Gray, Eugene
Grissom. j
'." Ob Credentials N. B. Broughtori,
S. H. Smith; T. 0. Worth. J
Oh Printing D. W. -Bain, W. E.
Anderson, J. C. L. Harris. j
, Closed in ample form. ., : j
.;, Spoenlatlons About Parlies.
From Col. A. M. McClure's letter
injihe Philadelphia TSmes, written I
from
Washington on the 4tb, wb
clip the fdllowing:
BOTH SIDES CAUTIOUS.
iThe Democrats, Temembering how
the Potter committee has become an
elephant on their hands, practicallV
-1 aecioeu 10 give jjiaine auom ait iue
rope he wants in the mvestigatiob
. rr, i A- a XI T3i-L
line. They will not hinder the BJaine
resolutton, but be content to- offer a
few tin-kettlo attachments to the tall
of the inquiry, to develop the nurtj-
ber, character and general conduct
of the Depnty Marshals appointed tp
interfere with elections. fThe demand
for this comes from. .boston, JNejsr
York, and Philadelphia as well as
from the South. From the general
reports respecting the Deputy Mat
sbais, it would seem that Marsh il
Kerns' rounder deouties were little
I mote disreputable than the average
of the lot, North and South. One
thing may be pretty generally ac
cepted that neither side is likely) tp
make any capital out of investiga
tions, and the leaders of both very
well understand it. Jay Gould) fs
trviner to eet the cipher dispatches
investigated as an advertisement fdr
his New York Tribune, but the Ke-
I publicans don't seem to think that it
I would pay to take thej return blows
I necessary to accommodate him. j
l tm ht t tta r vi
I :". v.u'."
i editors of the Fbiladelpbia '2im,
1 f'nm WouLin Jm, nn the Ah
f writen from Washington on the 4th
i . . i .
under the head, "The leaders in a cu-
, . i J
"ons attitude Everybody denound-
ing election frauds:''
The attitude of parties is curious,
Both are badly frightened, profesp-
ing a confidence that neither pos-
ReBHPR- Tfich is anxious to knoW
I what the other will do before taking
C ' . t. - . t-
PJ
' . ?omlDS 0mPB1.Sn.s' .mt
)ne,cnie ?88Ue l?,8 18 tbe nP
whose opinion is l worth ant-
will' pretend to gW. ; The mals
of th1 SpSblican partFwill notwi
, annthZ. w:tK
bloody shirt as their Standard; bat
there , is penect . willingness ,-,on ne,
patb of the leaders to keep : that ob-
1 i r .v c
noxmus garmentin reach, so that St
may be laid hold of in default of I a
better gonfalon. The idea that toe
E resent agitation over the rape of the
allot in certain Southern States
J tinetnre nf Weetionftliam la
P?; any tincture , oi section aiismjs
i inniffnAiiLiv rennniatea nv soma
who make the loudest hue and crv;
, -j, who are on record against tie
. . . ;
respond easrerlv to .the demaod
I that all over the Union voters shall
be pro'teciedin their, rights, and that
I .t. .r..sLV . . ..? v.
me ngni oisugf auaii ue reBurioi
ed to
vuc uau wiioiojj uuituuyu
voter. Wobody denies the justice pr
this proposition,' but the Southerners
. .u-i.t
. . .. i . . . .
J or two ' districts in South Carplirja,
whilo the North, as a! section, is not
9 frauds perpetrated, year after ,ydar
oi I wunout reuress iu, liew ioiiv.auu
Philadelphia. So long as Bpora4io
v tin d in thv Snnth in
crime of- any kind in the ontb.ia
maae a pretext ior assauiw upoa vue.
J South as a section, while crimes of the
upon as merely local, the South will
be solid in defense of! its Sown gopd
name. As to the alleged frauds jin
South Carolina, therej is no difference
of opinion among good men of what-
ever party name. I
nave neara a
Northern aqd
i score of Democrats,
a, 1 Southern, say that . if the charges
1 T.Wi.Mto ;
.ftuo! u,uo0c
ta.in distncts of South Carolina
sdstained by credible testimony
Dumshment can be too severe ror
J . ...n.l, tliat. t.h Snnth
' . ... i -ii r. r l
vaiyiiua bhuw"o n . .w w
duty if they do not lapprehend
, wonie cunwry. ueuawi uw,
South Carolina, says thaUhia will
done. !
Spirits Turpentine.
llev. C. Mj Sheppersoni D. D.,
of Shoe Heel, goes to Arkansas, whence he
has received a pastoral call. : '
A Benaga station man (it is be
tween 3ieensboro and Reidsville) lost 185
rabbit gums by a recent j freshet.
- Died, in Raleigh, on December
6th, at the residence of his brother, Thomas
Badger, of apoplexy, Edward Stanly Bad
ger, son of the Hon. Geo. E Badger, aged
!9 man -.- " i -
We learn from the Gazette that
Messrs. Daniel McDowell, age 84J years,
Samuel Eshn, age 82, John M. Jones, age.
70$, and John Thompson, age 73, met at
the store of Mr. John M. Jones, in Eden
Ion, last week. Aggregato age, 349 years,
: an average of 792 years. .
Raleigh City and State'. Last
Thursday was 'the eightieth anniversary f
Charles Dewey, Esq., of this city. He is
as active as a man of fifty a jovial com
panion, and is, we doubt not without an
enemy. Elder Ward, the spiritual
adviser in by gone days of the Hon. Josiah
Turner, is now teaching school in Caswell
county. .
ij Wadesboro Herald'. We need a
daily mail between this place and Cheraw.
see that one is established without delay.
I Wn lpnrn that ft annvantmn nf tha Kan-
tist ministers in the Brown Creek Associa-
tion, will he held in Monroe, commencing
rn t'tAnn Kr.fn.i AM. Q.tiKatl. SnTn.
on Friday before the fifth Sabbath in De
cember. ' , j
, 'Raleigh Observer'. The will of
the, late B. F. Moore .was admitted to pro-.
bate yesterday. The disposition of a large
estate to the devisees is made, and a num
ber of legacies are left to collateral rela -tions
and to old family servants. What is
of more general interest to the public are
the bequests to the State University of
$5,000, and $1,000 to the Oxford Orphan
Asylum. ' '
Charlotte! Observer'. A citizen
of Gaston county brings! intelligence of a
sort of general row in " the vicinity of Gas
ton ia, last Saturday evening, in which a
number of, parties were engaged. DuriDg
the progress of the affray John Richards
shot a man named HufEstelter, and' it is be
lieved that the wound will prove fatal. It
is claimed, however, that the shooting was
accidental, i In tho same difficulty William
Richards knocked a -citizen's teeth, or a
few of them, down his throat
Winston Sentinel: ' There are
twenty-five . tobacco factories in Forsyth
county. Three prisoners escaped from
Danbury jail last week. I A revival at
Elkin has just closed with from 50 to 60
converts. On last Saturday Miss Cor
nelia Whicker was' returning home from
I Kernersville. .when al woman named
1 wajiom auu usi no uuuy . vi
c""" u uj
in Stokes county, died on Wednesday last.
The whereabouts of Hairston is still un-
known. ! '; f
Raleigh News: A series of re-
ligjous meetings are now in progress at
I Wake Forest College, which are producing
most gratifying results. The meeting was
opened by Rev. Dr. T. H. Pritchaid, on
MoHdayjEvening, and has since been con
ducted'ey Rev. flenry McDonald, pastor
of the Second Baptist Church of Richmond,
Va. - Mr. W. W. Qeffroy, who.has
for years represented Carteret county in the
General Assembly, and is well known as a
politician, died December 2nd, of paralysis.
- Washington correspondence of
Tarboro SQutherner: Four capital cases were
disposed of in Court last week, besides
Others of minor importance. Ben Whit
field.tegro.indicted for the murder of Louis
Muse,was found guilty; Wm. Brown.white,
for attempt at rane. verdict, guilty; John
Matthews, white, who stabbed Henry Cara
wan to death in May last, and indicted for
murder, was found cot guilty; John Roy
Harvey, negro, indicted for burglary, with
intant to commit rape, verdict, not guilty.
Sentence has not yet been passed upon
I Brown and -Whitfield.
J Charlotte Observer: The negro
1 Adam Johnson, the Liberian apostle, who
is in lau nere ior men. is uuuuuuieuiy a
I ffreftt scoundrel. Another instance of his
I fraud has just come to light. A short time
I before his incarceration he bamboozled an
old negro man in Mallard Creek township
out Of f 114 in money and the deeds to an .
or nearly all the land; he owned, the victim
to receive in exchange; therefor stock in
the Liberian Exodus Association and a
ticket of passage for himself and family to
Liberia, the stock and transportation being
supposed to be equivalent in value to the
$114 and the land. j
Goldsboro Messenger : The co
lored Conference in session here the past
1 1 i -Ji J jj. in A A
Teurushy he SeSfoTpaUon,
concludes as f6llows "The most surprising
thing we have ever met in the history of
the Conference,, is the kind feeling and
generosity extended i us by the citizens of
4ldsbof4eomJ
yet met:bas equaledit; and allow ustosay
I make the colored people force themselves
upon me wnu.es, oumi ra.ucr wuu w cu-
courage the people to make better xilizens
and better Christians. and cherish a brighter
Bt e,s
1. Washington iJPress: Despite our
(Trent Hhirminir facilities, we havinz now iu
I constant employ six large, commodious
sea-going steamers, besides as many large
I schooners, yet the cotton and naval stores
i accunXQlate in Vfl8l nUes upon our wharves.
i n r.t.i v..i. n. it, .iMm.
I er Kalnla. of i freel ferrv notoriety, was
I swinging at her anchor in liatn ureeK, tne
. J 1 J i .1 . t. n a m e.
ncsmuu auu
rapidly out,
on a fimmn.
l ntintrft irtrehnle inihehnttom of the
1 beat, throueh which the water rusbed.soon
I filling her and causing her to sink. .At the
I time of the accident there was no one
i abo4r(J f!
I ! w.w'"",,'.,":."r: . :
rtiTie nt t.ne iai is or i.ne ntaie aro
I said to be in a deplorable condition. The
I Reidsville Times records this of Judge
tt a . r t . . . . n n n n
i a: yuuug uinu uo ecu
Hillsboro for knocking a
the head with a hoe helve.
inna interfereil in hphftlf nf
I the young man.said he was respectable and
I of a good family but the Judge told them
JJJ different isort to aU such youths
i wn0 carry hoe helves lor laoonng men. &.i
I length a delegation assuredhimif the young
1 man was confined in that jaU it would pro-
f Mdeatht, the iail was in mise,
i bJ- Qt and ft perfect nuisance. This
I hft f1l, nnt to be the i case, and he was
Raleigh News: Katie Putnam,
the charming little: artiste and universal
favorite, appears on-the 16th and 17th.
Thirtyiseven drummers' licenses were
issued from the State Treasury during the
month of November. Of this number
nineteen were taken out by firms in Balti
more. A gentleman from Montgomery
county called at the State Geological
I JauBeam aau muibu
Museum and exhibited the most uniquely
l beautiful specimens or gold quartz ever
are j geen there. The quartz, in the form of
no I crystals, was held together by a network of
tne i pare gom, u iu ""--'
not a natural production.
Messrs.
John W. Graham, of Orange; L. R. Wad-
dell, of Johnston; Thomas K. furneu, or
and I Wake: John JL Moring, of Chatham, and
Treasurer are now ex
be for the fiscal year end
1878. j