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Friday, June 13tli, 1 1870.
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ED.HUNOS CL.tD AT LAST.
.uv, j cms juuc iviciu u jf it nan
qnit6 common for the leaders of the
then dominant party to lord it with
a high hand over the minority.
Whenever a representative man of
the Democratic party became trouble
some and threatened to challenge
Republican usage or Republican
legislation, he was set upon at once
-as deserving to be watered, to be
abused, to be persecuted. If such an
one happened to be from the . South
he was sure to fare badly. His good
name, his very honor, would be as
sailed. , !-
' Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
has been more villainously abused
. i i, ' .i - .
buau ijuiuiy any uuuejr prumiueut
man in the whole Southern States,
unless it be, possibly, ex-President
Davis. A great lie was told upon him in
the beginning about the massacre at,
Hamburg, S. C. The lie, infamous
ami 1 Aat.ftrdlir nraa fnlW anrl nrnmnt.
ly exposed at the time. But this was
not enough. Certain papers organs
of the vilest type have : felt called
upon to bring out the old lie from
time to time, revamped and revar
niehed, and it is thus made to do con
stant service. There is nothing viler
than to wantonly traduce character.
The man who will wilfully, knowing-
established falsehood against another,
" in oider that his party or his own per
sonal ends may be advanced thereby,
is meaner than a penitentiary thief.
The latter may have only stolen your
goods, but here is a man who would
rob you of your good name of your
spotless reputation.
The other day Friday the law
maker of the Republican party in the
Senate, known as Edmunds, of Ver
mont, was making a speech on the
test oath, when he was interrupted
bv Senator Hampton. We copy from
the Washington letter in Richmond
Dispatch:- - , . .
L-- "Darine this speech General Hampton
called Mr. Edmunds's attention to the fact
that some years ago he slated pn the floor
of the Senate that Generals j Hampton and
Butler were aiders of tbe Ejiklux, and al
though both wrote to him then denying it,
and afterwards came to Washington and
demanded the sources of his information,
they were unable to get any: satisfaction
from him.. General Hampton stated that
no man could have known less of the open
rations of the Kuklux, or could have been
less in sympathy with their operations than
he was. St. Jerome said, in eubstande, that
he was glad to hear this denial."
As far as Edmunds could make it
so Generals Hampton and Butler had
been resting under what was intended
to be very grave imputations. When
at last Gen. Hampton is placed in a
position to meet the slander, tne
Vermont accuser expresses himself
as glad to hear the denial. Why did
he not show a willingness to do jus
tice to these injured gentlemen when
they wrote to him denying the fact ?
Why did he not then admit he had
slandered them? It is only when
they hold seats in a body ..where they
are his peers every way, and in honor
and elevation of - character incom
parably his superior, that he accepts
SnViotnr TTnmntnn's statement and
expresses his satisfaction at tbe ex
planation. Edmunds is able de
cidedly, but he is tricky and mean.
The Ewing serenade was grand
affair, it seems. Senators Thurman
and Pendleton made capital speechesj
in addition to a remarkably clever
speech from Gen. Ewuig. Governor
Vance was on hand, and was in his
right element. The Richmond Dis
patch special says:
"That of Governor "Vance was, it is ac
knowledged, a decided hit, and everybody
laughed to-day over his declaration that he
' .wanted a return of the good old time, when
whiskey sold for five cents a glass and the
glasses were big; but now it is fifteen, he
said, and the glasses are small and have
a thick bottom. He was as much at home
as he was when speaking in front of your
Old Market house"
The State's special says:
"Ringing speeches were made by Thurr
mao, Pendleton and Warner, of Ohio,
Blackburn, Ellis, Frost of j Missouri, the
youngest member of Congress, and Zeb.
Vance. The enthusiasm of the crowd
showed they were in full sympathy with
the speakers, . and they remained until
nearly It o'clock, when Vance concluded
one of his rousing speeches, tbe band
played "Dixie," and General Kin jr. -of
Louisiana, dismissed the audience. Free
elections, free juries, no bayonet rule, uo
deputy marsnaia or supervisors, uuu iue
dollar of the fathers, were announced as
the rallying cries of the Ohio Democracy,
and all agreed that Ohio's contest next all
will be the key to the National contest in
1880." ;
Mr. Alexander Justice, of Ngjw
iern, is dead, aged 55. , y... I
TUB KXODUS
POLITICAL FAC-
The eeusus of 1830 promises to be
very important as ;a political move
ment. When the Bo-called, miscalled
exodus of the negroes first began the
Stab ventured tof ex Dress its convic-
tion that it originated iu politics, and
that the true end; was to lessen the
representation of !the South in Con
gress, whilst increasing the represen
tation of the fewl SVesteirn States to
which they might dock. The testi
mony of intelligent Southern Repub
licans is to the uffeot, according to
their belief, that the movement was
prompted by party schemers. We
have recently seen several expressions
of this kind from planters who be
longed to the Republican party. They
were being injured by f members of
their own political household.
It is the opinion jof gentlemen in
Washington that the exodus will be
used in a way noi, at first suspected.
The census will not be fairly taken..
The actual increase in the South will
be suppressed, and the" increase of
population in the North will be great
ly magnified. In other words, the
census of 1880 will, be managed, as
far as possible, in the interest of the
old, vicious party that dies hard, and
is desperately striving to regain what
it has lost through "corruption, dis
honesty and infidelity! to- principle.
The Washington Post has an edito
rial in which it shows, what the ex
odus means. It is to be, in truth, a
great political factor: I That is clear
ly the end in view if we may trust
the Post. At any rate! the plan is
this, according! to our sprightly
Washington contemporary :'
"It is not, of course, intended that a
sufficient number of, the blacks shall be de
ported to cut much of a figure in the census
returns, if the enumeration was to be
honestly made. That would be too serious
and costly ao enterprise. But by keeping
up a constant discussion of the exodus it
has been made to assume an importance
vastly beyond the actual facts. For every
negro who has changed his residence, we
hear of a hundred, i A squad is magnified
into an army corps, j I The
obvious design is to prepare the public
mind for a wonderful falling off of colored
population in Mississippi and Louisiana,
and a corresponding increase in Kansas and
Nebraska. As all the machinery of the
census will be in Republican hands, and as
all the Departments of the Government
will, as heretofore, be subject to the con
trol of the Radical! campaign managers, it
will not be difficult to effect this falsifica
tion, unless there is the most care taken to
watch the progress of the census and create
such a public sentiment as shall insure an
approach to honesty. This country has
seen to what extremes of crime the Radi
cals will resort to keep their hold on power.
Falsification of the census would not be a
greater villainy than other 'acts that have
been perpetrated and defended by the pro
prietors of that party."
We have said above that leading
Southern Republicans planters and
men of intelligence attributed the
movement among the negroes to po
litical schemes, j We find in one -of
our Southern exchanges a' report of
an interview held with Major B. H.
Lanier, a Louisiana planter and a Re
publican, who was recently in St.
Louis. . We copy a part of what he
said : I 1 ! : I
"In my opinion it had its original foun-
dalion in politics
The Republicans in
Washington have
concluded there are
about a million colored Republican voters
in tbe Southern states Tvbicb, under tbe
present condition! of things, the South be
ing solidly Democratic, they cannot hope to
utilize in the coming election of 1880 for
Presidential elections and for members. In
order to get the votes otothese colored men
they are now endeavoring to take them
from tbe South, where they are of no use.
and locate them in doubtful Republican
districts of the Northern and Northwestern
Slates, where ' their Votes can tell, and
thereby secure Republican victories. The
Republicans hope by this scheme to cut
down the general I representation of the
South in Congress by a decrease of the
population, and correspondingly increase
the representation of the .Northern and
Northwestern States in Congress.
"I think the Republicans in Washington
look ahead even further than the approach
ing Presidential election, expecting that the
decrease of population in one State and an
increase' to another will appear in the next
census report, and have a bearing on the
Congressional representation during the
next decade. I lnorder to accomplish this
purpose I think they intend la -put in their
most active and vigorous work between now and
vie taking of the next census"
This confirms; what the Stab said
weeks ago, and gives force to what
the Washington Post said.
The dignified Richmond State is
fairly shocked at our Zeb's anecdotes
in a serenading! speech.; The Vir
ginians, like the Scotch ag reported,
but untruly do not dike fun. They
can hardly stand their own Mozis
Addnms if that is the 1 way that
scholar spells his 1 name. But really,
Governor, you must be more digni
fied, more solemn, more i Senatorial,
Governor, or you: will do violence to
the nice sensibilities of our fastidious
neighbors. j j I
It is really a nice arrangement. If
the Democrats carry Ohio, Thurman
will be in the field for the Presiden
tial nomination Ewing will go to the
Senate in place of Tbnrman, and Rice
will become Governor. Thurman
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may . be expected to; make many
speeches in the canvass.
The Greenbackers of
- i : 1 ,
Ohio, who
are in sympathy i with Gen.
Sam
Cary, are to hold ;a bolting conven
tion on the 24th j of Jane. If they
support the Democratic ticket It will
make things lively for Charley Foster.
The Late Vol. VV. h. Devaiie-IMeeiine
of tbe Bar at Clinton.
The members of the Bar, in attendance :
on the Superior Court of Sampson county,'
Spring Term, 1879, met in the court house
in Clinton, on Thursday, May 29th, at 4;
o'clock P.-.M.', to do honor to the memory
of their Brother, Wm. S. Devane, deceased.
Present: J.L Stewart, M, C. Richardson,
E. W. Kerr, J. D. Kerr, Swift Galloway,
W. A. Guthrie, J. N. Stallings, E. T Boy-
kin, G. W. Britt and H. A. Beaman.
On motion of M. C. Richardson, J. L.
Stewart was elected Chairman, and E. T.
Boykin and H. A. Beaman were appointed
Secretaries. : ,
The Chairman appointed Swift Gallo
way, VV. A. Guthrie, M. C. Richardson, J.
N. Stallings and J. D. Kerr a committee to
draft suitable resolutions, who, through
their Chairman, Capt. Galloway, presented
a beautiful and touching testimonial to the
integrity, personal worth, gentlemanly
courtesy and many noble traits of charac
ter displayed by the lamented deceased.
both in his profession and in the private
waiksof life, and feelingly alluded to the
sorrow his death has caused the people of
Sampson county, among whom he was
born and reared, with whom his profession
al duties as attorney and counsellor brought
him into close relations of personal friend
ship and constant business intercourse,
and who so well remember his high cour
age, his ardent patriotism, his genial na
ture, and his kind aBd courteous manners;
It was also resolved to furnish a copy of
the resolutions to the family of the de
ceased, to the Stab, the Raleigh Observer,
Fayetteville OazeJUe, and Goldsboro' Mes
senger, for publication; and to His Honor,
Judge Seymour, presiding, with a request
that the same be entered upon the records
of the Court. After an eloquent speech
from Capt. Galloway in support of the
resolutions, and addresses from other gens
tlemen of the bar, they were unanimously
adopted.
Tbe Late Col. W. s. Devane Meetlus
or tbe JTIembera. of tbe Bar.
Yesterday morning, immediately after
the adjournment of the Superior Court, a
meeting of the members of the Bar was
called for the purpose of taking suitable
action in relation to tbe death of the late
Col. William S. Devane, of this city, a
brother member. .
On motion of Col. B. R. Moore,-Hon,
R. S. French was called to tbe Chair, and,
on motion of A. T. London, Esq , Mr. J.
D. Bellamy, Jr., was requested to act as
Secretary.
Judge Caul well moved that a Committee
of five be appointed to draft suitable reso
lutions and report at 4 o'clock to-morrow
(Friday).
Under this motion the Chair appointed
Judge Cantwetl, Hon. D. L. Russell, Du
Brutz Cutlar, Esq., Col. B. R. Moore and
A. G. Ricaud, Esq.
On Mr. Ricaud's motion the meeting
then adjourned until Friday afternoon, the
13th in si., at 4 o'clock.
RIarsbal for tbe Wei don Fair.
Col. H. G. Flanner, Chief Marshal for
the next Fair of the Roanoke and Tar
River Agricultural Society, announces the
following iist of Assistant Marshals: ::
31 R. Statoii, J: OPowell.. Tartwro- "J.
WhUtetf,"Fyfitevi
Ringwood ; W. L. Long, A. 3. Burton, M.
W. Ransom, !Jr., A. C. Zollicoffer, Wel
don; Frank Borden, Goldsboro; F. S. Har
ney, Elizabeth City; E. J. Peebles, John
McRae, J. iE. Pbillirs, Jackson; C. C.
Tucker, Gaston; G. L. Hyman. Halifax;
W. Martin j Elizabeth City; A. W. Hay
wood, Raleigh; Wm. A. Johnson, Clinton;
W. A. Davis, Oxford; R. A1. Sills, Nash
ville; J. L. Bailey, Toisnot; Dr. D. S.
Ellis; Garysburg; J. B. Vines, Nashville;
W. C. Faison, Margarettsville; W. C. Di
vine, Florence, S. C. ; W. C. Lamb, Nor
folk, Va. ; Jas. E. Sebrell, Farmers Grove,
Va. ; W. E. Beaman, Franklin, Va. ; O. G.
Parsley, Jr., E. J. Lillyi, E. D. Browning,
Paul Pope, ! Wilmington.
Wearing Apparel Exempt.
Tbe foliowing correspondence, it would
seem, should set' at rest, any doubt as to
whether wearing apparel is exempt from
taxation under tbe Machinery Act as
passed by the last Legislature:
. . Wilmington, N. C.,.June 6, '79.
Eon 1. 8. Kenan, Attorney General, Ba
UiaKN.C.
" Dear Sib: Will you advise me as early
as practicable, whether or not wearing ap
parel, though omitted in section 3, is not
embraced in section 7 of tbe Machinery
Act. Also are ministers of the gospel lia
bld to a poll tax. and upon income in ex
cess of $1,000. 1
Very respectfully,
M. Cbonly,
Assessor Wilmington Township.
I have decided, with the approval of the
Attorney General, that wearing apparel is
exempt irom taxation.
J. M. Worth, State Treasurer,
It will be seen that the secoGd question
propounded by the Assessoc was overlooked
by the Treasurer, or at least no opinion was
ventured in reference to it
Another Old One Gone
A colored woman, by the name of Dinah
Smith, died Monday night at what is known
as "Old Town," Brunswick county, on the
Cape Fear river, some miles below this
city, wbo claimed to have been onehundrefl
and ten years old, having been a young
woman during the Revolutionary war,
many incidents connected with which She
distinctly' remembered and was fond of
detailing for the benefit of her friends,
memorial Address
On the third page of this issue of the
Star publisbrln full, the Memorial
Address delivered by Rev. E. A. Yates, of
this city, at Smitbville, May 22d, on the
occasion of the unveiling of the monument
to the lost Pilots. It will be seen by the
introductory correspondence that the ad
dress was furnished by Rev. Mr. Yates for
publication to a committee of Pilots, at
their urgent solicitatioa .
It is with much pleasure that we aisp di
rect attention to the handsome introductory
remarks of Dr. W. G- Curtis, of Smithville,
which are published in the same connec
tion. ; .
Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pijls always cure
Feyerand Ague, Dumb Ague, etc., and
post only ?5 cenits, f
For l he Star.
GKN. N, U. FOBREXT. '
Mr; Editor: yYour vindication o'
Gen. Forrest' memory from the ma
lignant attack of the Philadelphia
Press, was so eminently just that the
undersigned feels a debt, of pergonal
gratitude t for it, which he here ex
pressef. - j
Having followed Gen! Forrest
through nearly all his campaigns, and
in such a' positioo as gave unlimited
opportunities to learn his true charac
ter as a commander, it was gratify
ing in'the extreme to read so gene
rous and flattering a eulogy as you
gave him. Truly he was one of the
greatest cavalry officers which the
war developed in either army, and as
none ol his i.scoit,"in which com-
maud the writer served," have ever
appeared in print to aid fn establish
ing the truth of history, you will
accord me space to say a few things
of personal recollection coneerniner
him. VVho should 'know better, or
remember more clearly, the facts of
his career,' than one who belonged to
his guard of honor, who was near his
person in every engagement, who
could see the fire-flashes of his steel
grey eyes when aroused, and hear
every ';inlont1o- of ; his ; voice; in
command 1 Surely if any can speak,
authoritatively of bis acts in the field,
it is one; of that body which thus fol
lowed him and to nearly every mem
ber of which he owed his life en more
occasions than one. The devotion
which this body had to Gen. For
rest's person, were, time and again
mentioned by the General; during the
war, and indeed, he knew them all
by name, and in camp often engaged
with' them in soldierly amusements
and exercises. He was the best pis
tol shot among us. The writer has
often stood by his side and watched
his exultant smile when he would
beat the "crack shot" of the com
pany at a mark. And then, when he
would speak to them in his calmly
brave manner during an engagement,
they each and all felt as if they could
cope successfully with ten-fold their
number, and frequently did so. We
would charge brigade as unhesi
tatingly as we;WOuld send in an out
post picket gutrd, because we knew,
"The Old Man," as we called him,
would be among the foremost, and
that his genius! would bring us out
safely. One tbing above all else en
deared him to ns. He never put us
into danger without sharing it to the
fullest extent, apd indeed' was more
solicitous for our safety than his own.
Many a protest did we make to him
against the reckless exposure of his
o.wn person tojdanger, and on several
occasions we refused to proceed un
til he had returned back to our line.
At such times, if he replied at all,
it would be: f'Boys, haven't I told
you often enough that the Yankees
can't hit me?". He had, or seemed to
have, like the first Napoleon, im
plicit faith in the "star of destiny."
He had a. number of horses killed un-
'"der bim, auafas himself struck' al
most a score of times, but he invaria
bly said that he was "not to be killed
by a ball."
Now, as to his conduct at Fort Pil
low, there has been official investiga
tion enough to satisfy the most pre
judiced that he was in no respect re
sponsible for the slaughter there. As
soon as he saw the fort fairly in pos
session of his men he gave the com
mand, "cease firing," and personally
sought to enforce it, though the flag
had not beeu lowered, and the enemy
were firing from what cover they
could find. After vainly trying to
stop the firing he himself became the
target for several guns, and it was
then that his men became uncontroll
able. He had been fired at by a negro
soldier just after shouting out to his
command to "cease firing," which so
exasperated him that he turned to
one of his men and said, "Shoot that
scoundrel," and at another time him
self shot one who had fired at him.
His efforts, however, were untiring to
stop the massacre, though he had told
the commander of the fort before
hand that if he had to take it by
storm his men would be slaughtered,'
but if they surrendered they should
be protected.
Gen. Forrest never allowed any
abuse of prisoners unless , in excep
tional cases, when caught in some act
of cowardly villainy." He honored the
men who fought him bravely, but for
a coward be had no patience, and
when these fell into bis hands they
were handled roughly. One instance
illustrates his treatment to those he
captured in honorable combat. After
the fall of Selma, Ala., when Lee had
surrendered and desperation had
seized several of huw,8ubordinate offi
cers, a captain was captured, while
.leading a gal Lint charge against us.
One of his staff othcers began to
abuse him for the desolation his com
mand had caused through that sec
tion, when 'the General's ear caught
the words: he turned and administer-
ea one of the severest rebukes 1 ever
heard any officer receive from his
superior. "Let him alone, the Gen
eral said, in conclusion, "This fellow
has fought us like a man, and it is
cowardly to abuse him for it."
Brave himself, he honored bravery
wherever he found it. Fighting him
self, he expected his men to fight,
and they seldom failed to accomplish
what he expected of them. In tact,
skill, judgment and successes he
stood without a peer in either army,
lin tbe particular branch of service
wherein he distinguished himself,
lne writer was born in tbe same
county, and is justly proud 6f the
steps Tennesseeans are taking to erect
a mouument to his memory, ino
Southern General more richly merits
one, and p will certainly reflect credit
upon the people for whose cause be
fought so well, to thus honor aim
Tlje writer will contribute Ms mile
and every survivor of the "Bloody
Escort" will do the same, scattered
though they are over the whole land.
We loved him living,, and will de-
"B" nonor mm aeaa, ior tie was
the bravest of the brave that fought
for the Lost Cause.
One of Forrest's Escort.
; "v WASHINGTON.
Tbe 11 a u xe Jndlclarv mm t.
Ueport on the Preeldeut'a Vetoes
I be Legislative Bill.
LBy Telegraph to the Mornini: Star.l
WASHtHTQTON. June 11 Mr Prnntnr
Knott, of the House Judiciary Committee,
submitted to the Houe to-day the com
mittee's report upon tbe Presidential mes
sage relating to the Houser bill No 1382.
known as the "Military Interference Bill."
ine aocument is six or seven thousand
words in length, and takes ud nnd examines
in detail all the objections made by the
President to the bill in question. It begins
by stating that the dancer to be apprehend
ed from the presence of troops hi the polls
is sufficiently apparent, aud has been re
peatedly pointed out. As long ago as 1363
UODgress found it necessary to nass a bill
to alleviate it by strictly prohibiting mili
tary interference with elections, except
upon call of the Slates, or to keep the peace
at the polls; and that the bill was approved
by Mr. Lincoln, and is now in force as
sections 2002 and 5528 of tbe Revised
Statutes. The words ' "keep tbe peace at
the polls" were not in tbe original draft of
the bill, but were added in the Senate,
against the remonstrances of a majority of
its supporters, who feared they would be
misconstrued and used as a pretext to
eyade with impunity the penalties pre-'
scribed. 1 1 V remove that pretext, and to
prevent n. recurrence ol trie practices
already chown to be dangerous, the present
Uongress, in making appropriations ior
tbe support of the army, struck out tbe
words in question. The President, there
upon, returned the bill without his signa
ture, because, in his opinion first, it was
unnecessary; second, it would prevent civil
officers from keeping tbe peace at the
polls; and third, the method of repealing
the clause in question was not in harmony
with the Executive taste.
.The 11 rat two objections the .committee
for the present passes without remark.
With regard to the third, the report
says the manner 'of repeal was in strict
conformity to the Constitution and tules of
the House, arid justified by numerous pre
cedents in the aunals of Federal legisla
tion. The hiler of these 'precedents was
contained in the Army Appropriation hill
for the present fiscal year, which the Presi
dent sigued without objection, notwith
standing the provision contained therein
prohibiting tbe use of the army as a posse
comitalus. It mifjnt not be improper,
therefore, for the President to devote some
attention to the consistency of his cjjvn re
cord, if not to the ordinary proprieties
hitherto observed by the Chief Magistrate
in communicating with the Supreme Legis
lature of the country.
The report then lecilcs the preparation
and passage of the separate measure of the
same nature with the view to obviate the
President's objections to the method of re
peal and says it too was returned without
approval.
It then lakes up and examines in couise,
the President's reasons for vetoing the
measure in question. With regard to the
first of them, thul the bill is unnecessary,
tbe report says: "Whether the opinion of
tbe majority of the representatives of the
people is eulitled to any consideration at
,the hands of the Chief Executive, is,of
course a matter to be determined by him
self, but it is impossible .to read the two
veto messages together without being
struck by their marked difference in tone
as regards this objection. The inevitable
conclusion drawn from the first message
was that all authority to use the army at the
polls, even in aid of civil officers, was tacitly,
if uot expressly, abjured. In the second .
message, however, there is no such declaim-,
er It U admitted that elections ought to
ba free fi xn mfotary iniei f ereuce, but no
intimation that such interference would be
unlawful; on tbe Coniraiy, the inference
from the second message is that, under
certain circumstances, it would be emi
nently proper. The entire argument
against the necessity of the bill is, there
fore, left to lest upon the President's asser
tion that lr. ops have not been, and will
not be, used tn interfere with elections
during his administration. But his lei m of
office will soon end, and his opinions may
change. The subjects of a despot must
depend for their security upon the grHi of
their master, but a free people will jfeist
upon the guarantees of positive lawr"
The secoud objection of, the Pesidcnt to
the measure under considerations that it
would abrogate at certain times aV f places
a number of exisliug laws, epeeialy sec-"
tion 5,298 Revised Statutes, which he says
was sanctioned by Washington, Jefferson,
Jackson and Lincoln, and contains the
principle acted upon by four Presidents
more endeared than all others to the Amer
ican pe5ple. With regard to this objec
tion, tbe report says if the Piesident bad
examined', the facts connected with the,
transactions to which he alludes, he would:
have found that neither of the four illus
trious patriots referred to either did or pro
posed to do anything . which would not
have been lawful under the strictest letter
of tbe bill which he now vetoes. ; In proof
of this assertion the report recites tbe cir
cumstances of the "whiskey rebellion" of
1703, tbe conspiracy of Aaron Burr, the
nullification of 1832 iu South Carolina and
tbe outbreak of the late civil war. It adds:
"A- sufficient answer, however, to this
objection is that it is untrue. The
various . statutes to which he refers,
including section 5,299, are as complete
ly abrogated by the act approved by
President Lincolu February 27, ; 18Q5, as
they possibly could have been by this bill
had the President signed it. A mere
glance at the two measures will place the
position beyond doubt in any candid mind.
It is a matter of regret, therefore, that tbe
President should have assumed a position
so utterly without foundation. It shoqld
be borne in mind, however, that sections
2002 and 5528 neither confer power nor
impose duty upon any officer of the United
States to keep the peace at the polls. Con
gress has no constitutional power to confer
such authority or impose such duty;
both power and duty belong exclusively to
tbe several Slates,- as was distinctly held
by the Supreme Court in the compara
tively recent case of "United States vs.
Cruikshank el al., 2 Otto, 5512." The
same principle was also enunciated by the
same Court in 1842, in the, case of the
"State of Pennsylvania vs. Prigg, 16 Peters,
625."
ftor pan it be said that mere power to
executive legal process carries with it au
thority to preserve the peace. If the mar
sbal should be forcibly resisted in the
execution of a process in his hands, tbe
persons resisting would, as held in the
case of the United States vs. Cruikshank,
before cited, be guilty of two distinct
offences one against the United Slates in
resisting its process, and one against the
State in violating its peace, and tbe United
States authorities would have no more
jurisdiction of the latter offence than the
State authorities would of tbe former. Tbat
this wa? one? the opinion of the present
Secretary of Slate is shown by the follow
ing extract from a letter of instructions to
the Marshal of Florida, written by him
August 20th, 1860, while Attorney General
under. a former administration: "
"The special duty and authority in the
execution of process issued to you must
pot he confounded with the duty and au
thority of suppressing disorder and' pre-
serving tjie peape, which, under our
government, belongs ta the civil authori-
r ties of the Stale, and not 'to the civil au
I thoriies of the Jniled Spates.??
It may be repeated, therefore, says the
report, that sections 2,002 and 5,523. Re
vised Statutes, do not authorize Officers of
the United States to keep the' peace at the
polls, and they cannot be lationally con
strued to confer any authority or impose
any doty. I
The- final objection of the President to
the bill is that it discriminates in favor of
State and against National authority, by
making it lawful under some circumstances
to use the army to pievent violence in the
conduct of State elections, and .unlawful
to do so in the conduct of National elec
tions. Upon this point the j report says:
"The common sense of the couuiry under
stands that all elections in a State, whether
for members of Congress or local officers,
are by the same electors, and those electors
derive their right to vote, as was decided
by the Supreme Court in thexiase of Miner
vs. Huppensett, 21 Wall, 170, from the
State and not from the United SUte. It
is therefore as much tbe province of, the
State government to maintain peace and
order at elections for Congressmen as elec
tions for State officers." jj .
In conclusion the report! sums up with
the reiterated statement that tbe Federal
Government has not, and cannot, derive
from Congress any right to1 preserve the
peace in a State, either at the polls or else
where, unless called upon by the proper
State authorities, and that it is difficult to
see how distinct reservation, to the Presl
ident of power to suppress insurrection
against the Stale, when properly called on,
can be said to derogate from the authority
of tbe United States. !l . '
The report closes with the request of the
Committee to be discharged! from further
consideration of the subject.,!
Tbe Legislative bill reported to the Senate
from the Committee to-day, I was amended
so as to conform substantially; to the vetoed
bill, except that it omits the political sec
tions and appropriations for judicial ex
pensee. J j j
Tbe Last Cliarge at Appomattox.
General William 11. Cox ihi Farmer and
Mechanic 111
The firing was now resumed, when
a courier from Gen. Grimes directed
us to withdraw the division, which
we did slowly, still contesting tfie
field. The Federal troops, seeing the
movement, hastened their advance,
and moved so rapidly as to make" the
situation alarming, and hence it be
came necessary to check them by
some sudden stroke. In i ibis emer
gency we directed, through our aid,
the Kegimenlal Commanders of Cox's
Brigade to meet us at its centre with
out baiting the command,: which they
promptly, did. We then called their
attention to a hill gradually rising
between us and the advancing col
umns of the Federals to our rear,
and directed that they I face their
regiments about and at ; a double
quick charge to the crest of the hill,
and before the enemy should recover
from their surprise, halt and open
fire on them by brigade, and then,
with like rapid movement face
about and rejoin the Division in its
retreat. Raising the "Rebel yell," so
familiar in the Army of Northern
Virginia, the Brigade, with precision
and celerity, promptly and faultlessly
executed the order, and having gained
the brow of the hill, the federals
naturally supposed the charge would
be continued, and began I deploying,
as if on parade; but before the ma
noeuvre was fully executed, the com
mand rang along the Confederate
line, clear and distinct above the
din of battle, "Halt! ready; aim;
fire !" " and as the j sulphurous
sheet of fire and lead swept on its
deadly mission tha Federal line in our
front fell to the ground, j and while
the encirliog troops were surprised
and stunned by the audacity of the
charge and unusual character of the
fire, the Brigade safely withdrew and
rejoined the Division, which, in the
meantime, had been j skirmishing
heavily, as it retreated, with columns
on its flanks. We now withdrew to
a hill from which a battery that had
rendered, as most efficient aid was
still firing. Near it we met the chiv
alrous Gordon, who exclaimed: ,cGal
lantly, gloriously done;" for be had
wituessed the whole movement and
felt proud of his men. jThe while
flag was waving over the field, but
the Thirtieth, a part of the First and
a portion of the Third I Regiments
of Cox's Brigade, which had been de
ployed as skirmishers, and gallantly
cohered the retreat, were still to the
realr, and did not immediately per
ceive or understand the flag, and an
irregular exchange of fire was for
some time maintained by them. It
was now about ten o'clock. Our loss
had been severe, and as there was
confusion at first in regard to the flag
of truce, some captures were made
after its first appearance and recog
nition , by those who understood it,
Wo had no means of ascertaining the
loss of the Federals, and it was not
then a matter which it became im
portant to ascertain. Presently all
firing had ceased, and a most painful
suspense intervened. The Army of
Northerif Virginia was soon to be a
thing of the past,
; cotton i
N. Yl Commercial Bulletin.
Fkidat, P. M., June 6, 1879.
The movement of the crop, as in
dicated by our telegrams from- the
South to-night, is given below. For
the week ending this evening (June
6), the total receipts have reached
11,089 bales, against 17,113 bales last
week, 16,673 bales the previous week,
and 19,897 bales three weeks since;
making the total receipts! since the
1st of September, 1878 4,400,810
bales, against 4,208,484 bales for the
same perjo4 of 18ff-'78, showing an
increase sinoe September 1, 1878, of
192,326 bales. j j
The exports for the week ending
this evening reach a total of 13,871
bales, of which 13,153 were to Great
Britian, none to France, and 718 to
the rest of the Continent,! while the
stocks as made up his evening are
230,770 bales.
From the foregoing statement it
will be Been that, compared with the
corresponding week ofj last season,
there is a decrease in the exports this
week of 15,808 bales, while the stocks
to-night are 7,453 bales, less than
they were at this time a year ago.
The New York Times and soma
other Northern papers seem to have found
out that there is no political capital to be
made by waying the bloody shirt. RicJi-
jnond JJispfllcft, JJeyi.
Spirits Turpentine.
Granville county was,formed in
1740 The ijouri muuou , ,T Jl T
rnilM from the present town of Henderson.
Ce coCnty was formed from Granville
The Court House was hear the residence of
the 1-te Dr. George Fields, soine eight
miles from Warreniou. "-"""-'"
lin were made out of Bute rn 1779. Frank
liu is preparing to celebrate its cenleuuial.
The Warren News suggests that both couo
tiea'celeDrate at yiu uuw w
i -- Greensboro State: Mr. Julius
A Gray,; President of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Uailroad, is now in New
york, on.business connected with that im
provement. j !
The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year.
The College girls have all gone home
And they wont come back, we fear!.
This is the sad refrain which the - forlorn
youth of Greensboro now warbles to tbe
moon.' ;, ';. -":f I '
) Atlanta Constitution: Some
days ago we printed the facts in the case
of one William Spell, who was arrested iu
Cochran for murdering his wife in Samp
son county. North Carolina. Spell at first
denied that be had ever lived in Sampson
county, but subsequently confessed nm
only that he had lived tliere, but that his
wife was poisoned by his family physician.
Tuesday night Spell eloped with himself,
an1 failed to leave behind him a map of his
route.
Raleigh Observer: The family
of Bishop Lyman were at the Coleman
House. New York, on Saturday last just
arrived from Europe; Dr. Culleu
Battle died at Eufaula, Ala., last week,
aged 94 years, fie. was amative of Edge
combe, wherehe pfacticecr his profession
for someyears. Sincejl836 he had lived
in Alabama where he was greatly respec
ted, and where be became eminent as an
hgriculiiuist. Ilia immeuse estate passed
away witli ihe war.
iNewbernian: We learn from
Mr. Thomas Powers,' the courteous and ef
ficient Internal Revenue Collector of this.
Hie Second District of North Carolina, that
his collections for last month amounted to
$21,915 17. The valuation of the truck
shipped this week foots up $5,000. Tt.e
sudden and unexpected death in this city,
on Monday morning last, of Mrl . Amelia
Halm, wile of our towtistnau, Mr. Mry r
Haul), wus a great shock to Iter hcicuvi .i
family and numerous fiiends here h ml t isi
whore. The.Newberu Democrat says. of
Mr. Joseph L R Lena's farm near that place:
"This spring he had in cultivation 100
acres iu peas alone; ihe ground whereon
they grew is now green with growing cot
ton, lie has'now in cultivation 400 acres
in coltou, 250 acres in corn, 20 'acre9 iu
rice, 10 acres in tobacco 8 acres in water
melons acres in beaus.aud 40 acres in small
grain. His Irish potatoes have matured,
aud arc now being shipped to Northern
raaikcls; 450 barrels have already gm.e
forward, ud he will ship by tue ih.i
steamer as mtny more. His entile crop i.f
potatoes will Toot up about 900 barrel "
Lincoln Progress: Quite an in
teresting Baptist revival has been in pro
gress all the week at the White Churcu in
this place, conducted by Revs. A. D.
Slouch, pastor, and F. Al. Jordan.
Dr. Klutts has preserved, in a large glar-s
jar, in his drug store at Salisbury, sotve
are reliably informed, tbe most wonderful
lusus natural of this age. It is a double
headed negro baby, which was born in
Rowan county a few months ago. Il is u
full grown child with two well developed
heads, each located where the shoulder
ought to be. It has only one body and two
legs, and is a male." It has four arms, m e
pair coming out just under the heads,
another pair behind the shoulders. Ii is a
mulatto, and each head has thick, blark
straight hair. The heads are louud uii.l
well shaped, and the faces are veiy pietly
and really attractive.
Goldsboro Messenger: Our Su
perintendent of Health, Dr. M. E. Roiuu
son, bus made a sanitary inspection of the
town, and we learn will soon make his re
port, recommending certain improvements
in our sewerage -system. A telegram
received here Saturday auuounced Ihe
death of Mr. Jake Rosenthul, a prorniuenl
and popular merchant of Washingum,
Beaufort county, which sad evcui oecut ied
at his residence in that town on Satur lay.
Greenville items: The saw mill of
General Bryant Grimes was burned on the
night of the 2d it) St., supposed work of an
incendiary. Romeo Sullcrthwaitc, colored,
committed to jail on suspicion. Loss esti
mated al six thousuud dollars; insurance
unknown. The crops in this county
are in exceljeut condition, growing rapidly,
and bid fair to yield a fine harvest.
Newton Enterprise: Thursday
morning, as a freight train on the Western
road, consisting of an engine aud two cur,
was ascending the mountains', aud when
near Swannanoa tunnel, one of ihe cars
jumped the track and rolled down an em
bankment about 150 feet, totally demolish
ing the car and its contents, which counist
ed in part of several barrel of whiskey.
As an evidence of the excessive heal
of last Friday -evening we will suite that
our foreman attempted to run the piess,
but was compelled to ttop, as the type in
the form were so holthey melted ihe roll
ers and scorched the p.ipeis While
Mr. Pink Jones, of this county, was re
turning from Denver, Lincoln courtly, hut
Tuesday evening, the iwo mules he was
driving became f lightened and ran away j
throwing Mr Jones across the swingle
tree, where he lay unable to inove. One
of the mules kicked him several limes on
his right leg, producing a compound frac-.
lure.
Charlotte Observer: Judge
Mac key has iu his possession the guu wi'h
which Ferguson was killed at King's
Mountain, and be related a dozen interest
ing incidents of the battle. He has been a
close 8ludcnl of Ihe early history of the
Carolina, and in view of his nmiiilestly
large fund of infoimaliou, historical and
traditional, with reference to the buttle the
celebration of which is to take place next
year, we respect fully suggest, to the man
agement, now in time, that he be iovittd
to attend that celebration as one of the
orators of the occasion. The Superior
Court is in session at Statesville, Jud. e
Graves presiding. Among the most im
portant trials to come up at ibe present term
are thai of Jo. Gillespie, colured, for com
plicHy in the highway robbery and niuidcr
of Mr. Fowler in Mooresville, last Decem
ber, and also the case of Bradwrll iui
feveial negroes, charged with bwglarv,
nearStatesville. Chai lotto has never
bad such a treat in 'the shape of 'a
lecture, as Col. McRe will deliver.
Let us eive him a -full house.
Rev. A. A. Boshamer. preached ibe
annual sermon and Rev J. Henry Smith,
D- D., of Greensboro, delivered Ihe annitul
address before Ihe pupils of the Monroe
High School, last week. Both rHWis are
spoken of in the highest terms. The
Charleston News and Courier copies promi
nently Ihe local aiticle in last Saltndoy's
Observer, which told of seven 1 inysteii.us
letters which had been received by a uee.ro
in the southeastern part of this couidy,
telling him thatjt was time for the burning
of houses and railroad bridges to begin,
nod comments upon-it as follows: "It is
difficult to slate wheie these letUrs came
from. It may be meatioued, however, tbat
there have been rumois prevalent in many
partes of the Stale to the effect ihul ibe
defunct Radical party wag reprganiiti);,
and that this may be one of their plans tof
reorganizing. The correspondents of the
News and Courier at the interior towns will
investigate the matter and report the
result." ,