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A LIK NAILED.
If it were not that we are assured
that the art of telling the truth has
not been lost in the North we should
hi; forced to the opinion that such
wan the case. But the Northern
Democrats know how to be truthful
and just and kind, aud we rejoice that
Kiiuh is the fact. It may. be affirmed
with no fear of successful contradic
tion, that at least the truth is not re-ooyuiz'-d
anion tr editors of Radical
orgaiiH
and their correspondents I
whenovor the South is the theme.
Why-lhey nhould divorco themselves
ho completely from the truth when
the South is to be written about we
cannot understand. Why it should
be' deemed almost a crime among
that olas4 referred to for a man to
regard the South in kindtiess, and to
epeak honest and manly words about
ii wo cannot explain. Such appears
in 'be the fact, for lies the most un
blushing, lies the most malignant,
lies the most infamous, are manufac
tured to order and by the thousands.
We are reminded of this by a re
cent falsehood that was written for
Northern consumption. A theologi
cal (?) etudent from the North, who
does not appear to have got as far as
the decalogue m his studies and to
have never heard that it was a sin
against God to bear false witness, nas
written one of those lying, malicious
hitters that are fabricated for evil,
diabolical ends. He is a student at
the University at Sewanee, Tenn. lie
writes himself William Bootio Noute,
aud the paper be selects as the me
dium for his falsehood and slander is
the Toledo (Ohio) Blade. His accu
sation is that Southern students are
intensely Southern and do not like
tho North. To prove this, lie repre
sents them as hissing a United States
flag that a Colonel in the U. S. Army
had caused to bo reared at the Uni
versity. He says :
', ".Not long ago the United States governs
meot appointed one of its colonels to take
charge of the military companies of this
sctioul. About a week after he arrived he
iuformed the vice chancellor, that he must
Lave the United States flag raised in honor
ui nis position ; so the students were order
ea out to raise the high flag pole in the mid
die uf the drill ground, which they did, re
luc aatiy, and when the United States flag
was raised they hissed arid croaned. but
itey win get over this in 4ime. a crowd i
of about fifteen nf natrinit n miao n'nlinnt I
urn tailed."
z .. ' , .
But this lie has not been permitted j
til 1IAM.4 IllUihftllennrerl Mr fianma I
Palfrey, a brother-in law of Rev.
Ur. Watson, of this city, and a
Noithorn gentleman by birth, has I
squelohed this Northern theological I
t) slanderer called Nouts, and has I
by the application of the rod of
truth so flagellated him that he feels,
loubtleas, as if he had been really
ku kluxed. Mr. Palfrey has written
lo a New Orleans paper a correction I
of the lies, aud says intensely Southern I
feelings oannot be cured by false
Rtatements. In reply ho says : I
"In answer to the balance of this lucu- I
s.n.h , . a.u me Vmvcr8lly 01 lh0
South requested the general government to I
detitii one of its army oiiicers to this point I
iu mtiruci the cadets in tbe manual of arms,
knowing that there was provision made for
Jika details in all parts of the country,
lhe government sent a most courteous
gentleman here to do this service Col.
uouers-who came anxl has always been
much esteemed, finl Rnrera nVAr in.
juinied the vice-chancellor that he must
have iuo United Stales flag raised in honor
had r TV ,,co?t ry a
UUU DGCn ntif AinftH h flirt TTnivApaitv Iran 1
months before the arrival of Col. Rogers, I
ttuu the University (and the University I
""j i proposed to raise it as soon as the nag- I publication, says tnat Indiana will un
filall could be prepared, and tho flag was I doubtedly elect the Democratic ticket In
raised by the authorities, and not by the I October, and this despite the fact. Got.
acmand of Col. Rogers.
'The students voluntarily and enthusias-
Jic&lly engaged in tbe raising. The flag
.? "on noisted every drill day since, ana
i ue ior an coming time as an emblem of
nationality and loyalty, as a everywhere
USC. i
Ha much for a falsehood that is
v .- . . i .1
weing rsed to fan the embers of
VOL. XI.
stme me organs are diligent in J
their efforts to intensify Northern
hatred against the South.- They have
vnif.rtMl to wbolo.aL. . Bloriar i.
....w..w u.u..uw r j i
wuieu to compass lueirviioana unpa-
rru(i nrwia Wlnf f T ti r - lr a A mm 1
: r: "
iour years you cannot, upq qne..ot the.
tribe of professional slanderers. I
Peace, reconciliation, fraternity trill
exist from one end of the country to
the other. God speed the day.
UAittiKLU amu C1VI. aioiu.
Mr. Busboe, in his speech on Wed J
uesday night, drew attention to the I
fact, tfnd it is well to l repeat it and i
emphasize it, that the Civ.it Rights I
bill that J-Ames Golver Garfield 1
voted for was not tho one. that had
been shorn of some of its most ob-
. . , . , i
jeqtiotiablo features and was finally
passed, iut it was the original one, I
full of its curses and abominations.
That bill compelled social equality,
made the cemeteries open to both I soldiers in concert with the Legisla
raoes, forced a mingling of the whites I tive body." That is to say. he did
and blacks in all of the schools of the I
couutry, and was aimed at the white
people, seeking to huraiIiate,to wound
and to degrade them.
How any decent! man. knowing I
Garfield's record can so much as
think of voting for him without do-
ing so would be an eternal problem 1
for the acutest mind to solve. His they were used to pin the Kepubli
reoord is simply disgraceful. It has cans in their seats. Sherman said he
no , redeeming features. In no one I
,..J., . . , I
instance of his public hfo has he done
uuu ucfc ur givcu uuu voio mat was I
most nereeoutinir he mood first. I
Among those who would oppress and I
outragc the South1 he was foremost. I
In speech,in act he has shown himself
the implacable enemy of our people.
He it was who was anxious to dis
franchise every true Southern man
who had engaged in the' war or who I
sympathized with our people. He it I
was who would never grasp tho hand I
of a Southern man unless he wpuld
stand up before all tho world and ac-
knowledge himself a traitor. Such I
is the Radical candidate for tho Pre- J these civil strifes." He very proper
sidency. lie is a parly malignant I ly said that the army was "in no
unworthy of the esteem of any man, manner required to take the least ao
nalivo or adopted citizen, who loves tion" in regard to the choice of the
honor and justice ami peace. I President, but eomehow this does
Aud this Garfield has in no sense
repented of what he had said and J
done. The old leotlard still wears I
the old spots, lie has recalled no-
thing. And if olecteti President, as
Mr. liusbee said, and bio regards his
, a
own declarations
of! principle, he
must endeavor to
earry out by all
the power at his
command those
measures which could only bring nn- I
measured calamity and distress upon
the whole laud, and persecute if not
degrade the white peoplo of the
South. Aie you willintr that suoh a I
creature should rule over you? Then I
- I
place the seal of
your condemnation I
upon his acts an
d utterances at the t
ballot-box.
Tho nomination of Col. R. T. Ben-
nett. ot Anson, for the Judgeship in
the Fourth District, made vacant by
the expiration of Judge Buxton's
term, will enve much satisfaction, we
have no doubt, to a large majority of j
-.1.1
Me people, uol. Bennett is a gentle- I
man of high character both for probi- f
- . ... - I
t i t u ; . ! ii. a i
j au iuvcmigwijwt:.; no it a guuu i
lawyer, a strong, earnest speaker, and j
IS Well deSerVinf? at thfl lliinria Hi thfl I
people. He will be elected by the
vote of tho whole Mate and will wear
the robes of justice with credit to all J
concerned. Col. Bennett is now the
Presidential Elector! for the Sixth
-"8trict. Whether or not his nomina-
tiOo to the Judgeship will necessitate
his resignation we are not informed,
but wo should think not.. lie can be
tslecle1 to DOtn positions without j
"etr,ment to either. Although elect-I
ed JuJge h6 might cast one of the
electoral votes for Hancock, who of
a" men w" evei; wore the sword I
know8 De8t now 10 oaure lhe scales of
. ... - . , , , . . . .!
ja8ce to bo held in equipoise. j
We hope Indiana is all nght,and but
for the colonizing of negroes and the
very tree use of money there would
be no cause for apprehension as to the
result. The Washington letter to
the Baltimore.Sun of the 26th, says:
' "
"A piivate letter to a eentlemau in this
city from Gov. Hendricks, not written for
I Hendricks says, that th&Republicao man-
I agershave sncceeded In colonizing at least
j 3.000 colored voters in the State. Kepre-
I sentalive Morrison, or Illinois, writes here
I that never before in trB- historrof politics
I in that State have the Republican managers
I rv,,t f rth Riinh nfiFirtn in th nfflonnt ein
ya'"! !m aa
nau bucu b bitouk Diaio iickbi in ius ueiu,
which accounts for Republican activity.
WILMINGTON,
j f) b n ,8h k ii in a n ' lbtceus.
; The so much talked of letters of
Gen. Sherman to Gen. Hancock are
;ki:;7 . i-. . Tui- w- ri
jMuiuutiu an laoi. xuuy uu uub mi- i
nij tue promise altogether.5 It was
.L I. .i J Ol . . a
wTFBreu iu ouennau meaui agooa
jeal of deviltry, and that Hancock's
stiteaman - like letter was an argument
fh reply. The letters of Sherman are
important. The views of Gen. Sher
min are fall of danger, and yet they
are not- as ibad, as sat&mo as one
Imfoht exneet Tecnmseh Sherman to
hold. His views are not the views
of statesmen and patriots m ho love
civil liberty and who regard the
rights of States, Let us glance at
some of the uoints of the oorres-
pondence,
tie justifies Grant' course in using
.r T - - .
hia troops in South Carolina . and
Louisiana, It will be noted that Gen.
Sherman at first took the view that
it was "a bad precedent to use the
nof like to boo bayonets sustaining a
body never chosen. Ho must mean
this, as it is well known when it was
a Democratic body that was con-
cerned there was preoious little "con
cert" between it and Grant's bayonets,
The latter were used to hoist the
Democrats out of their seats, whilst
disliked to see this use of the troops.
t i . -f t. t , . , I
But after this, when he had talked
uiuru wiiu j uuu uuui uiau jjiuuiiuij i
(which Gov. Vance says aptly means
"political spies,") Gen. Tecumseh ap-
pers to have changed his views
somewhat. On January 2, 1872, he
writes a letter to Gen. Hancock, in
which he thinks evidently that recon
struction -had made some violent,
radical changes in the duty of sol
diers. and the power of the President.
He: thinks it was entirely lawful for
Grnt to me the army and navy as
he did, ahaough he professes still to
dislike "to have our army used in
not oomport well with that other
statement that Grant had a legal
right to bulldoze and disperse Dem-
ocratio Legislatures at the point of
tho bayonet. He says it is tho duty
of the army to obey. If Grant had
commanded him to arrest every Dem
ocrat in the United States Senate and
the1 House of Representatives and I
imprisoned or even murdered them,
no doubt Geo. Sherman would havo
doiie so, however much he may have
professed dislike to such a use of the
army.
: -
Gen. Sherman was in Washington
when Grant had gathered there two
or three thousand soldiers, besides
' l
vessels of war and marines, and he I
lrnflw vatv woll fnr riit violent-. I
. j
purposes thev were assembled. It is
well known to all now that Grant I
was ready to resort to the most des- I
perate measures to keep the Radicals
m office. Gen. Sherrhnn 6tpp a
desire to remove the troops from
Washington as soon as possible, save
twelve companies.
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t. -i .. i
ii want uia not mean to over
throw the will of the people why did
Via iiaaiI on nvm9 7V.stn v.r,..
two or three thousand soldiers ordered
to the Federal City to supervise the
Congress as it was determining who
was to be President of the United
States after March 4tb, 1877 ? Gen.
Sherman may have felt really a dis-
like to see the soldiers of tho coun-
try used to stifle the will of tho
people and to silence aud disperse
Legislaturee, and he may have de
sired sincerely to see tho matter of
the;Prosidency settled peacefully and
fairly. We do not know, but we say
such may have been his feelings and
wishes. But bo that as it may, we
, , . . "y
feel assured from his letter that ho
stood ready to obey Grant in any
order ho might havo " issued, even
imDrisoniner of every Democrat in
the Congress. What did he write to
Gen. Hancock
"I dislike much to have our soldiers used
in concert with the Legislative body, but
orders coming from the President have to
be obeyed. Our standard opinions
are mostly formed on the practice of our
predecessors. But a great change was
made after the close of the civil war by the
amendments to the Constitution giving to
freed slaves certain civil and political
i uu eiuiiuweuug vuugrcBH w want I
necessary to enforce these rights. 1
ower is new and absolute, and Con-
h nartflri iflw with .hWmimJ
I laws neces
I This power
I greas has enacted laws with which we are
.1 not ;vat familiar anil AAeiiotnmaH TRan
i.BecuuD i.vov. euuiou 100- 44.1 as a mat-
I ter of fact, I dislike to have our army used
N. C.,: FRIDAYS SEPTEMBER 3, 1880.
in these civil conflicts', bat the President
hat a lawful right to use the army and navy.
ana nas exercised the rigui, as na Deueves,
lawfully and rightfully, and cur duty has
w and u to sostaio him with zeal and
sincerity "
decided in favor of Samuel Til
en, which it was honor bound to
have so decided; and "Grant ;i had
L f ,
ordorod Gen Sherman to disperse
the Congress and to seize and im-
prison or shoot every Democrat in
the Senate and the Hous& who that
knows Tecumseh Sherman will hesi
tate to believe what would have been
his course ? The man who burnt At
lanta and drove out its poaooful oiti-
zens tne oia men, tne women, ana
the children to perish on the road
side and in the woods as some; did
- J . , ; . , ' . v .-'tife.i.fi -
pefish; the man who Burnt eatitiiai j
Columbia' and then lied about it,
falsely accusing the brave and hon
orable Hampton of applying the
torch; the man who devastated
Georgia and South Carolina and por-
tions of our own State, is the very J
mn to haro proved a supple io.trn-
ment of wrong and usurpation in the
hands of Grant, and he would have
found all of the justification he de-
sired in tne statements or tne aDove
extracts that Grant had the right
to use the army and navy under "the
new and absolute power" granted by
the Congress even though it dispersed
Legislatures and drove out Governors
or committed any other great crime
J q civil liberty and the rights of
every citizen.
Wo om ihn WfVra have Wn I
published as tboy throw light on the J
flftva of 1876-77. Thev servo to con-
4 J ,i
firm suspicion that had been Aroused, I
-v. xa rUin .fmv I
was first, a professed believer in the
legality of Grants usurpations; and
second, that he stood ready to exe
cute any order that Grant, as Presi
dent, might issue.
Wo publish to-day an extract
from an editorial in the Warsaw
Brief Mention that doubtless con
tains the truth. We suppose j there
is no doubt as to the course that will
be pursuodby all of tho Republicans
who are for the time uniting with
thef Democrats who have" broken
ranks and set up a Greenback organ i
zation. it will bo lust as it has al
ways been : the Democrats will vote
for their Greenback candidate, while
every Radical in the organization
will vote for his brother Radical.
The Democrat, now a Greenbaeker,
who supposes for a moment that he
can ao any goa.Dy nis course is won-
drOUSiV CredUlOUS. We say UemO I
(' . J ,1
orat. xi uu is a ueaeruer ouiy, auu
,;. a !A.ai.ntki. .noea tho
Radical ticket, then he is not to be
appealed to or reined with. A
drop of water upon a stone would
make as much impression as the
Greenback vote of North Carolina
it. u l r i tt " j
m changing tho laws of the U nted
otatcs or shaping the currency, it
. - -
18 Umo wasted, lhe Greenback
Party at thls time can do no god ana
may do 8ome mischief, borne wen
M
meaning democrats may
I int0 lnac organization ana oe ioo ig-
I l .I.- . :
notant to know that m voting tor
Kornegay they are only helping Can
aday.
We regret exceedingly to see it
announced that Senator Hill, of Goor
rjria. has a dan serous tumor on his
upriSng of the
not always agreeing with this emi
nent Georgian in his opinions, we
haVo reoognized always his great
poWers as a speaker and debater.
There is no man in this country who
can make auy thing out of Ben Hill,
with ennal ohancos. It would afford
'
know that the tongue which lashed
them and. exposed them must never
be ?used against them any more, and
must be soon silent in the grave. We
must still hope that ho will find re
lief.
The Louisiana Democrats will press
the contesting of Kellogg's seat.
I They say that Judge Spofford's death
i must fill it bv some one who will eo
to Washington and press the unseat-
ing of the inevitable William Pitt
Kellogg.
Some workmen in excavating for a
sewer at Chicago a few days ago
came across the remains of a mam
moth mastodon. Dr. R. Andrews,
of the Academy of Science, thinks
-
there is little doubt that these bones
. . . tnAnn nt annr.mnna
belong to a mastodon of enormous
belong
size. The tusk was about seven feet
in length. The search will bo con-
tinned.
UENlCkili HiNCOCR.
EXTBACTS FBOM THE PUBLISHED BrOG-
HAPUT OF : THE GENERAI. THE
SHEEMAN LETTEBS ON THE PBESI
iDENTIAL QUESTION OS" 18li.- Ja-: .:
i lUy Telegraph to tue Horning Hlar.i
New Yeas:. August 2". The vLife of
Ajpleton&C5o.i contaias his correspond-
fnfe with oo. Shwman, of December,
18 6, and January, 187? In the course is
ihd letter already given to the public;
wfte vuoawet, mo. , oec. mux,
wrbte Dec. 4th granting Gen, Hancoek'a
application fos leave- o( i absence to go to
uaroaaeutf and in bis letter made the fol
lowing Plosions, the only- ones, to political
affairs. Referring to the orders sent by the
President to Gen. Ruger, commanding the
uepanmeni or ine ouir, uen. anerman
Saill: : - .5- vil' i .i:
Political orders to Rueer. at Columbia. :
I prefer should go from the President to
him through the Secretary of War. They
were not military. 1 dislike much to have
out soldiers used : to concert with the Leg-
'"imwwjajr, m oruers coming irom ine
President have-to be obeyed. They form
isiauveoody, out -orders coming from the
a bad precedent, but thus far have pre
vented a collision of arms between inflamed
partisans."
A letter from Gen. Hancock, not included
in the published correspondence, expresses'
some uneasiness on account of . the news-
paper report which he had seen, stating
that he to&s to he ordered from Np.w Vnrt
an appears to have furnished occasion for
SSSSS .
WAflHiiiGTON, D. C.r Dec. 17, 1876. . $
ilr Dear General Lest your oeace
of mind may be disturbed by a foolish re-.
port bandied in newspapers about your be
ing ordered from New York, I will tell
you that there is not a word of truth in it.
Neither tho President nor Secretary of
w ar nas ever intimated to me such a pur
pose, and I know I haye never said a word
or written a syllable to that effect. I see in
tho Hepubliean, of St. Louis, that not only
was an order made, but that I destroyed
it, and tore out the leaves of the record
book containing the copy. The ; whole
thing was and is an invention of somebody
wboanted to create a sensation- The
same is true about John Sherman's intrieru
ing to be President of the 8enate, that he
might be President ad interim. He has
I tnlrl ma that hn hna npvpr hnnrrl Ihft anhncpt
broached; that he would not accept the
Place, as be preferred to be what he is now,
Chairman of the Senate Committee
Finance."
ine letter . conciuaes: "no serious
changes in command, are being cofltem
plated, and when they are you may be sure
tnat 1 will give you tne earliest notice.
There are men on mischief intent who
would gladly sow the seeds of dissension
among us of the army. '
"Truly your friend,
"W. T. Shebman."
This letter is followed by the Carondelet
letter, to which Gen. Sherman replied as
follows:
"Headq'rs. Army United States,
"Washington. D. C. Jan. 2. 1877.
"Gen. TP. S. Hancock, New Totk:
Dear general 1 did not receive
your most interesting letter of I December
2ttib, from Carondelet, Missouri, till yes-
I terday.
i am very glad to have your views
in extenso upon a subject of such vital im
portance. Our standard opinions are mosu
ly formed on tho practice ol our predeces
sors. But a great cnange was made alter
the close of the civil war by the amend
ments to the . Constitution giving to freed
slaves certain civil and political rights, and
empowering Congress to make laws neces
sary to enforce these rights. . This power
is new and absolute, and Congress has en
acted laws with which we are not yet fa
miliar and- accustomed. ; I Bee pages 849,
349 and 350 Kevised Statutes, section l,tlM,
edition 1873-4.1 As a matter of fact,
dislike to havo our army used in these civil
onuflinloi tint tliA 'Praatriant line a lott7 fill
right to use the army and navy, and has
exerciaeu wie rigm, ait uu uenevoo, xawiuuy
and rightfully, and our duty has been and
i ,a to sastain him with zeal and sincerity.
I As to the Presidential election, we are in
I nn mnnnpr rpnnirflrt In tftka the least Aft
tion, but to recognize him as President
SJ.m .he l.WW.y .ppoiauyfflje,. j
pray that Congress, will agree oo some
?5 llV'l1!!
I the 4th of March, there will be a vacancy
uut iu bass ut lauuig t uj v. ubiuis
I id DOiu loo omcea 01 irreaiueui ana vice
p ,d iQ which event the PreBident of
in both the offices of President and vice
l tne senate Becomes v resident pro vm. ana
?hJfJIJ
wen w niiLJii iii cuuiiiata uulcb aiiu. aicn
before the crisi8 ig on Q8 nl I sincerely
ltS?
you at any time
I T Rtjtptjviw
W. T. Sherman.
The next letter published is from Gen.
Hancock to Gen. Sherman, dated New
York, January 2. It is as follows:
"General: An anonymous communica
tion to the Secretary of War. dated Louis
ville, Kentucky, December 16, 1876, was
received at my headquarters on the 27th or.
that month from the office of the Adjutant
I people to enforce the inauguration
g -iiiajn ana uenac - -epot
I is expected to arm and clothe in Indiana an
army or. uemocrats. 'ine enaorsemeni on
this communication, made at U. S. Head
quarters, dated December 28th, 1876, is as
GeQ w s Hancock, commanding division
of the Atlantic: may draw a company irom
I 1 Ti.. . V A Tknn.mA
urea. xugcr, uuuiuiauuiug iuo jcpoiuucun
of the South, and post at Jeff ersonville
I Depot, with orders to protect it against any
are simDy an exercise of discretion on my
part, which leads me to write you before
no id a user of the kind the aaovmoua com
muJnication sets forth, or other kinds, at
Jefferson Depot, to justify a movement of
troops to that place. Such a movement. It
seems to me, would incur unnecessary ex
pense and would create or increase appre
hension for which there is no real founda
tion. There are no arms or ammunition at
Jeffersonville Depot, and if such force as
done by seizing a depot of army uniforms
SGoTerSnS tidlniS
iu delay which will result from this pre
sentation of the subject to you. If, bow
ever, in your better judgment a company
should be sent there it shall b promptly
done, as soon as you notify me to that
effect. As I have already said, I do not
act at . once because in your instructions
you say I may lead a company there, which
I construe as leaving it somewhat discre
tionary with me.
"I returned on the 31st of December,
-tarra t o f
1876, from St. iiouis.
1 a.mJery I!
"Winfieijj S. Hai
Hancock.
Major General. Commanding."
On tbe 19th of January Gen. Hancock
wrote to Gen. Sherman that he had been
so busy that be had "not yet written as he
Jtf( AK :
FiKJ, O. j
intended," in reply to an acknowledgment
or nu letter from Carondelet. Ue says: "1
wished to notice simply ycur reference to
the Revised Statutes, and ooe or two other
points io a brief way. I will do sj yet. but
not to-day, as I am house hunting. The
proposition for the joiut comtnission in
sures a peaceful solution of the Presidential
quBBtiou, if it "becomes a law, and in my
opinion -giTes to Gov. Hayes chances he
did not have before. . I have considered
that Mr. Tilden'a cbacces were impregna
ble; not bo Mr. Hendricks. Now, it seems
to me that Gov. Hayes has something more
thftn an equal chance; but the definite re
sults Caanot. be foreshadowed. Fortu
nately, trouble need not be provided
against by the use of the army should
tnq bill
hfnnma n law Tf lhe hill
passes and Gen. Grant vetoes. Mr. Tilden's
uuiuvcD win ue stronger man ueioie cer- i
ill i : . i i r I
tairily, if he and his friends support the
measure. Public opinion will strengthen
his; position.'- The danger in the compro
mise question pr joint commission plan is
that the defeated candidate might appeal
to the Supreme Court on the ground of an
illegal unconstitutional decision. . .
ii "1 am, very truly, yours,
i : "kWlNJlELD SCOTT HaHCOCK."
Gen. -Sherman writes the ' closing .letter
of the correspondence, as published. It is
dated Washington . January 29th. He
says : -.
"General The passage of the bill for
counting the electoral vote, approved by the
President, ends iu my judgment all pos- I
sible danger of confusion or disorder in
connection with the Presidential imbroglio.
I feel certain that the dual governments in
South Carolina and Louisiana will bo de
cided by the same means which deter
mines who is to be tho next President of
the United States. Therefore, with the
consent and approval of the Secretary of
War now absent 1 want to return tne
troops temporarily detached, as aoon as
possible, to the posts occupied before the
election; with 'this exception, that twelve
companies, on the equivalent of a regiment,
remain here in Washington for a time."
Tne remainder of tbe letter relates to tho
disposition of troops to be ordered back
from the South.
Appreciated. It.
A friend just returned from Raleigh in
forms us that in a conversation ! with Gov.
Jarvis, upon his return to Raleigh after the
great ratification meeting here, he (the
Governor) pronounced the demonstration
of Tuesday night the greatest over .wit
nessed in .North Carolina, and in regard to
the torch lights, he remarked that they
were the brightest he ever saw in a proces
sion before, and the most of them. The
Governor is now firmly convinced there is
"lire in the old land yet.': .
Reported Rllattnderscaudliic:.
There was a report on the streets y esters
day to the effect that the candidates-for
Congress from this district, Messrs. Shaca
elford and Canaday, had a personal misun
derstanding at Pelletier's Mills, Carteret
cohnly, yesterday, during the political dis
cussion there, whicu came very near result
ing in blows.
Improvement.
The Wilmington, Columbia . & Augusta
Railroad, between Wilmington and Wacca
maw Lake, has recently been undergoing
reoairs and is now in excellent order. The
ditches have been cleaned out, embank
ments rebuilt, and new sills put down, and
a force is now engaged ia cutting down the
undergrowth on both sides of the road.
The consequence is that people residing
along the line of the road have caught the
spirit of impiovemcnt and arc painting,
whitewashing and otherwise fixing up
things on their premiac8.
Accident to capt. jnaffltt.
The many friends of Capt. J. N. MafQtt
will regret to hear of a severe accident
which befell him yesterday at his farm at
Greenville Sound, about eight miles from
the city. The captain was engaged in
leading an unruly cow by a cord which he
had wound around the thumb of his right
hand, when the animal made a sudden
start and twisting the cord about an ad -
jacent tree, actually pulled the thumb off at
the first joint. Captain Maffitt came to
town at once, to obtain surgical assistance,
when it was found necessary to amputate
the member above the second loint. The
operation was performed without the aid of
an anestnetic, and Dome Dy tne gauani
captain with the stoicism and sangfroid
characteristic of an old warrior.
THB STATE OAITIPAIGN.
T-a t- . j .
Buea& iu iiueuwu wu xuuiuajr laoi, m
TT? ..! Til Jl 3 Ij'i: U.il.
1 Z 1?J.h,am am "1'V. n.ni. Iflaf .w.
rteniora on jriuav. anu iuxiinz.auoi.u
flitv on Satnrdav.
I
Our Democratic organization in
this county is progressing very satis -
fnflt.nrilv ho far and if nroner r.ant.ion
i nao,l in tb sftlflfttinn of oonntveftn-
is nsea in tne selection or county can-
didates, there is no good reason why
we should not win. Henderson Be"
View.
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We hear also that .fcrank Koonce,
of Onslow, is also in tbe held on his
nam nnnt an it im tn hfl a anadrancm-
i.. wronn TlAmnnrat. Ronnh.
,llfia.,vvu f'r" r
ucan, reenoacKer ana jvooncette
and the devil to take the hindmost.
Kin&ton Journal.
n i7 rvuToo anA
VJruv. uwkuw, J
11 Tnj:n1 nnnlr iava rtn loot Sot
an lvamuow, oyuao -
Urdav. Broerden and O'Hara were!
in tho lntArRsr. nf themselves and in
fAf nall,n annthor ftonvpntion
. VT & i t - t,;i
for this Congressional District, while
Price, from New Berne, was here to
def And Mr. Hubbs. the regular nomi-
jr.
saw ana neara, we iuiuh. x ih
ried off the palm, lhe meeting was
very disorderly at times and ended in
a little wool pulling at the close, With
no serious damage.-oro South-
emer.
Gov. Jarvis came fully up to the
expwtauuu i u --i 'Ti"
u,u '-'j u.v. c - .
very great disadvantage under wnicn
he labored a bad cause and Col.
St.fifila ia credited bv several of his
friends With having made the best
f win H iTfo.-iir,
chewed Mr. Spears np and spit him
out, as a plain man remarked on the
occasion, vrov. Jarvis is not an eio-
nntnt. nnooVor Rnt. hp. i neverthe-
r ? . nr,A m',Aa
hosts of friends wherever he goes.
HocKingnam Spirit.
Old Jolin: Robinson
billed for Raleigh Septeaiber 17th.
Lenoir Topic: The corn crop in
this section promises to be very Inrg.
There are seven whit t liur fci I
voters in North-Garolirra. .
xvocKinguara isce says xjcit.
Joseph R. Ilawley, of Cosnt-cticut. a Re
publican, wa3 born tn StfUHJt.ville precinct,
Richmond county, N. C.
Jackson Reporter: Since our
last issue four more negro men h-.v; been
brought to Jackson and coiifintul ii. th-
county jail on charges of l;ircc.
Raleigh Visitor: Mr. L. C iiajr-
woil has 15 meluiiHvhiel weigU 720"jHuid
net. Ue will sell Iho larceat one ut hia
stdre at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning to Hie
t.:Lt . i i
uigueei uiuuer.
Henderson Review: We are clad
to learn that nearly enough money bus been
subscribed to purchase instruments for a
babd. : r-The death of Mr. B. U. Cbcat
hejn, on Monday last, cast a gloom over
tut entire community.
Durham J?Iant On Saturday,
the 14th. at his residence, ia Person conn lv
o.xHi utmi." ' 1 1 . .v . J
oieuiiuu v ukcisuu uieu. in me sola vear
or;bi8ago. For sixty years he had been
an; active and consistent member -of ih
Baptist Church, and lived as be died, in full
nope or a blessed immortality.
The Durham Plant notes the
death of John "B. Leathers, Esq., near
South Lowell, Orange Count', oh tbe 2lst
inat. . Hd represented Orange iu the House
of Commons in 1844 and 1840. and few men
nave enjoyed a greater degree of popularity
in .his day and generation than John li
JUcatners.
Charlotte Observer: An inouirv
among farmers from different sections of
the county reveals the fact that the cotton
crop is decidedly promising. The rains of
a weeK ago brought the stalk up to remark
able proportions, mnj there were apprehen
sions that so much wet wet.. her would tend
todevelop the tree at the expense of the
fruit, but the dry hot weather has counter
acted this tendency, and if it continues for
any reasonable .time, there will be the big
gest crop in proportion to the acreage ever
known in this country.
; New Berne Jtecard: The Cot
ton and Grain Exchange yesterday look a
lease for a number of years, of the brick
warehouse On Craven street, belonging to
,T.A. Green, Esq., which they propose to
put in proper oruer tor the uses of the
organization. The ; transactions in
our grain, market yesterday were few.
About 1,000 bushels of corn were received,
but no sales made. We quote the price of
this article at close of business, 56 cents per
Dusnei. uais were ottered at 35eent8. and
wheat at 80 cents per bUBhel.
Charlotte Democrat: We learn
by the Charleston Courier that the mer
chants of that city I have sent numerous
drummers into Richmond, Anson and
Union counties, North Carolina, and the
adjacent counties of South Carolina, for
tbe purpose or turning the trade of that
section to Charleston, over the new road
from Wadesboro to Cheraw. Bled on the
north, west and south sides, old North
Carolina still kicks, but her State officers.
railroad officers and business people gene
rally, must do something more than kick
and talk to prevent the loss of trade.
Charlotte Observer: Yesterday
morning at 4 o'clock the saw mill of Messrs.
Hunter & McWhirter, In Mallard Creek
township, was entirely destroyed. by fire
and with it a small lot of lumber. A
dispatch was received here yeBterday an-,
nouncing the death-of Capt J. T. 'Coit, a
well known citizen of Charlotte, which oc
curred in Raleigh yesterday morning.
ReYE. A. Wingard has returned to his
charge, to the gratification of tbe whole
congregation, who united in giving him a
unanimous call, lie will preach at St.
Mark's Lutheran Church Sunday, as usual.
Fayetteville Examiner : The
87th anniversary of the Fayetteville Inde
pendent Light Infantry Company was duly
celebrated on the 23d inst. The Company
assembled at their armory at 9 o'clock
A. M., and proceeded to the election of the
following officers: Major, A. A. McKethan.
Jr. ; 1st Captain, R. B. Lutterloh; 2d do. J.
A. Mobaucblin; 3d do. Wm. F.Campbell;
4th do. T. W. Broadfoot. They were then
joined by the La Fayette Light Infantry,
their guests, and the two companies, under
command of Col. - A. H. Worth, marched
to Robinson's Spring and engaged in target
practice Creed moor rules. The Inde
pendents won.
A correspondent writes to the
Statesville American concerning the battie
of King's Mountain : "A soldier on the
American side noticed a good deal of exe
I cution done in a particular spot in his line
and from a particular place on the other
side. On close inspection he discovered
that that the firing on the British side was
from behind a hollow chestnut tree, and
through a hole in it. He aimed his gun
repeatedly at this opening and stopped the
firing. After the battle was over he exam
ined the place and discovered that he had
killed one of hia brothers and wounded an
other, who had joined the British forces
and had concealed themselves behind the
tree.'
Wilson Advance : We are
m . f- t a yi s
I Pleased to learn irom xiev. j. a., vuuuid
IP ..... .. .. ..
imnroved in health, and hopes to De amo
I r . a,. . . .. . T
i Boon to mi nis BDpoinimema. i.ev.
I N. M. Jnrney, pastor ot the Methodist
I AlnAk nf Waona tirknif ia narroinrr nn n.
verv successful revival in tho Methodist
1 church at Fremont. Ho has large congrc
I eauons. lnerenave Been quue a numuer
I ' conversions and a number of accessions
hMrnh i Tj98t snndav was the
occasioil 0f the annual meeting of the Prim-
I hive Baptists, which is always held in Au-
I . S 1 ' . 1 1 .1 t
I gust, ana una uoiuu iu uo uaacu, iiuuj tun
l immense crowd always collected, tne "uig
I Ancruat." There was a laree crowd, very
I many more than could get in the church,
I lone before the time for the services, and
before the services were finished the old
I rrrnvn was- fall of neoD e. Elders Wm.
i vjaa AnA p d. oold nreached on this
I occasion. -
I New Berne Nut Shell : Last
niehtat 8 o'clock, Mrs. Mary A. Pollman,
I A AO ... nr.fa mir fnwnqmnn wax
I Jt . .7 . . " 7 "
i i.ken suddenly ill and oieo in two noure.
Suddenlv. on Tuesday morning, Au-
I cust 'ZVM. 188U. near uiear spring,
Craven county, a. U, nary jane, wne
of C. C. Wethenngton, aged 87 years,
8everai m0nths ago Jphn Mayo, the
irreDressiblo colored auctioneer of Rob-
I ber's Row. whom everybody knew as "all
I korrect." conceived the idea that be could
I soon make a fortune in Liberia. As John
. f mBkiDir moncv. be hftd
Katnered together quite a snug little pile of
this world's goods. These he converted
into casn, ana. oiaaing iubwu i w u a
!rS Z a ,1 L
,ia tn work and did all that he could to
make an honest living but found that he
yesterday we again saw John's smiling face
i on our streets, uesays-oia xiorin caro-
linaisall korrect and now he knows on
which side his bread is buttered."
xuere are uiuureu ciwaeua iu
New Haven who have minds of their own
slave8 of pay 088efl La8t mRht severftl
Df these gentlemen met and organized a
i colored iiancocK and Jiiognsn ciuo. twenty-
one signing the roll at the start. It; is be-
I itevea mat m me rmm wara aiooe over
can8i wiU vole for Gen6ral Hancock. New
Haven Union, Aug. 20, 1880.