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1 S5 THE WEEKLY NEWS. THURSDAY... .'.APRIL 11. 1872. , LOCAL MATTERS. THE PENITENTIARY. I i f . tBY" PCR BJPECIAI, REPORTER. At your direction, wc,1 on yesterday, visited; this' Penal State Institution , armed; with all necessary passes, &c, to report .exactly, or as hear thereto, every-' ihing going on, and how it was done, ' since Jhe.late troubles at this point As it is nei ther our privilege duty or incli nation to comment upon ' the cause, ; origion, and history of what has been termed by -you, the "Imbroglio;" we pass-on to. what is bur main duty, Jhat is to1 record .what we saw and heard at . the present juncture. ; At- the gate, we were met and cor dially received by the obliging , and . efficient President of the Board of ... Directors, ' ' ,1 I i MA J. 31. A. BLEDSOE, ..; who cordially'welcomed us at his office !$vithin the; stockade. After setting5, a ' lew minutes in "his office, dinner was ! announced. We were escorted to' his ;! dining room, where we heartily enjoyed a suyi ptiious repast of pork and salad, said old fashioned country kitchen ; cooked corn bread, which we must say ; was ravenously eaten and enjoyed by ) your correspondent. After dinner, we were taken in charge, :- and shown around the spacious' grounds. We were first introduced to I the chief criminal, : j y . : " j. ,; ALECK. '- j ' .. ( murderer of X.nderson Selbyfwh6 was .sentenced to death by Judge Buxton in 18G8,which was commuted by Governor .llolden to imprisonment for life. I We ! were rather struck with his lively mien and deportment, .wheeling his barrow ; as unceremoniously as if he" expected release on the morrow. We were led 'to interview him, and answering several ! minor questions, he informediis ire was perfectly satisfied to remain in prison ; until-his reprieve came, which he was looking for and expected, i .From this point we were conducted by a contour ' to what is known as the . .-. . . i "f . !: BLACK CELL' . : : S here 'we found the prisoners that were . implicated in the late .revolt, . whose --stolidity . gave us unmis . tr kable evidence of guilt. As chief among the rebellious gang, we observed the famous Eaton Mills, of ; Halifax, who was sentenced to live ' years by Judge Watts, for implication in the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad rob beries about two years since. ' We.next yisited the' carpenter's shop ; where we found the notorious .-' "MAJ." JOnU EVERETT, - also trom Halifax, and convicted as the chief of the Railroad robbers above alluded to. .Notwithstanding he Was charged, yet he protested manfully his innocence of any participation in or knowledge .of the late revolt. It was ' our first interview. with the Major, and . wc must say we were surprised to find a man of hiss appearance, - address and open, good countenance a convict stealing. I ' .1 ' I, '". : 1 F for After, visiting and interviewing many! oilier convicts of more or less rnote we were Conducted arquid and ; through the premises, 'passing the blacksmith shop where! we found many' of the con victs hammering away. We arrived, at .'i '. : THE HOSPITAL, . presided over by the Apothecary, Mr. . CordQn, and under the excellent Care and management of Dr. Wm. G. Hill. We were more than pleased to observe the especial good ! care and humane attention paid by the Directors tothis department, The rooms were neat, cleani, airy and comlortable, careful audj experienced 'nurses, and really more care, 'and attention paid to these unfor-j tu.nate invalids than, they ever received . outside of the Penitentiary walls, and Dr, Hill, whose acknowledged sklU and ability, fits him for the highest position in the medical world, does all in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the :. miserable convicts.' 1 We visited in turn, the cook room, ' bath room, wash room; and Apothecary, . in all of which, the arrangement, con dition and care, reflected greatr and lasting credit upon the" thorough effi- ." ciency of the present able management. In the. ' .. ' ,. ; CULINARY DEPARTMENT, -we made some special notes, from the vtact that we have seen statements to the . effect, that the convicts had, on more than one occasion, .been fed on rats, cats', mice, &c. While .this may have been so, yet we Would regard!, the man that could eat more than wci saw apportioned to a single ration as a liv- ' inir curiositv. And as especially fond of rats. The ration consisted of .1 well copked, bolted meal bread, sound! and pavory middling meat, cornheld ; peas atad rice, and more of it than four-fifths of the convicts hud: before they were taken inside the Penitentiary. W$ questioned many of the convicts in re- "nrd to the, rations, and universal sat isfaction-was expressed as to the quality and -quantity of the food. On- retiring from the grounds we ' met our old friend ' - : . COL. O. H. FARIBAULT, "the gallant Colonel in command of the ' old 47th N. C. Regiment of Confederate ,, trodpfe now in' command of-the Peni- Uentiary, guard. . , The character and efficiency : of this eommand "was. fully 7 liovn up in tneir alacrity and prompt- ness .in suppressing the late revolt. We were taken in charge by the Col. and shown around the stockade, noting its t defenses, approaches, &c. J "We cannot close this article without. adding in our report, our honest con viction, gained from positive informa- - tion, the thorough competency and efficielncy of thepresent Board of Direc- mrs oi me a. V. piate x-enaienuary. If our good old 'State had other public servants that performed their duties as well, she would be mucn - better off. ' ;; The Death op Captain Jeptha ; IIOKTON, THE VETERAN OF THE RAL- . Ei6a j5e Gaston R.R. We are pained lo record the accidental killing of this 'raiir'oad-veteranv fvhich occurred at the receiving warehouse of .this road, yes tcruay evening ata o clock. The cir cumstances oti thread accident arc as follows : Capf. Hot.on, as yard master. ' was standing at the entrance of the receiving warehouse,! watching the pas sage oi ireigqi cars, wuen one more ( heavily laden JthanIhe others, careened ? very much oij the left side, and striking the pillow upon which was hinged the : gate and the main support of the slen der building, ,the: gate, pillow and a part of the building were precipitated ; upon him, though he attempted to es- "cne ias soon as the cars struck. He . wrcs taken .from the debris ' in a few ipiSnutes by the operatives of the ware house, and from indications it was sup- - posed: his death was instantaneous with Athe fall of the timbers. Caot. Horton yri te c',,; c""! on the road, having entered its service as passenger Conductor at its com meacenient m 1844; He served in this capacity through all its official changes till about twenty years ao when he re signed on account of his age to accept the position Yard Master in this city, in which capacity he was servincr at the time of this sad event .- ( .;. His great nonularitv was nut nnW confined to Railroad circles, but in our city and every town and Tillage on the ; R. &. G. R. It. he was honored, respec ted and esteemed by all who knew him, and the news of his melancholy - end fcill cast a fcloom over these communi ties. - : : . r - :i His fufltetal will take place this eve nmg at 3 o'clock from the Baptist' f UUIUU, rt... i. FashioW Dots. A very h mdsome. chain of ajne character has just been introduced by a leading manufacturer .By an exc edingly simple and ingenious method it may be formed either into a double chain secured in the middle; a single chan,a fob chain or necklace. The length can be so arranged by means of; a! simple slide, that the chain can be ; made cither longer or shorter,- accbr- ding to the desire of the wearer. The double chain- will probably become: very popjilar. It is not only ornamen-i tal, but as besides the great advantage; additional security. These chains are! now standard artieles in this line. 1 Por lockets, breloques, sleeve but-! tons, ana" scarf pins the novelty this; season consits rather in a charmine method f ornamentation than in any new forms. Very accurate models of Egyptiair shapes are, boweyerin vogudj Careful drawings f mystical figures of i t.- Ll: r .i .. . . i" i inv worauippers oi isis, wun an tne; forms oF sphinxes and; scarabees en-S graved on them, have been ih1troduced.f The style of treatment' ia novel ofle.i Bometimcs the backing- of the orna l ment presents a different color of inroldl jronv the front,-giving greater contrast' Of COlon ' . ': "An elgeant; 'toilette is made of rose! poult de soie the skirt being en train,! having i gathered flounce upon bottom, aljove which is b deep puffiing of white gauze.; j Above this pufning is a narrow' ruffle pt silk headed by a gauze ruch-1 ing. Ojvsrskii t jc.f white gauze, very full of the backhand with large bows of rose colored ribbon. The corsage is of silk,) covered with gauze ; square: neck, tnmmed with gauze .puffing, and trill ofj white lace; sleeves of silk, reaching to the elbow, covered; with gauze' puffings, and finished with; two deep flounces of lace, the upper flounce being looped with rose colored bows. , ' ' i . . i 'Tis True, Tm Pitt, and Pity 'Tis, ; fTis True"." -Lewis Witherspooh was broughl to this city on yesterday by Sheriff jKline, of Catawba county, antl placed in the Lunatic Asylum, it is feared a hopeless case of insanty. The Cause ot his sao condition was the fact of .his turning State's evidence oeiore ine u. d. Vyircuii uourt in iijis city last summer, against' several of his- irienas ana associates, cnargea wun ku- , which caused their imprison-; ;ment inj a foreign Penitentiary. , f InvQluntarily turning State's evidenGe it beca ne necessary for him to reveal an oath which he had sworn to ever to reveal,: a fact that so powerfully smotQ his conscience, that his, mind gave way; under tne .pressure. " i We toity from the bottom of our heart, this poorunfortunate, and othersj . too, though-not bereft oi reason, yet ung unaer ine pangs or con science tor tne same onence tnat'ae- stroyed the mind of this young man; we see tnem now ana men on our 8treets, and though they present a bold and pleasing front,. yet the fact is plain f. ly evident that "all is not. well witnm. "'.Tis true, 'tis pity, and pity 'tis, 'tis true." . I :- - -V ;;.( Concert and Charades. From thq t . letter below it will be seen that- the lat dies ofj Oxford and vicinity connected with St. Stephen's Church, (Episcopal. propose to give a concert and charades on Monday and Tuesday evenings of Granville- Superior Court, 22nd and. 23d inst. We bespeak for them liberal encouragement at the hands of the pubf lie. The noble purpose tor which the entertainment is given, in. aid of the Church, appeals to the hearts of all. Few; counties in the atate can uoast of finer musical performers than Gran ville, whose daughters are .n less dis tinguished for their rare 'accomplish ments and exceeding, beauty. fl- 1. Oxford, April 5th, 1871." : Editor Daily' Keus : The ladies of St. Stephen's church contemplate giv ing a concert with charades on Monday and Tuesday evenings of Superior. CourtI and in connection, refreshments suitable for an evening entertainment will be served in the laige dining room of " The Observer House," where, if desired, an agreeable chat can be en- joyed while indulging in luxuries pre f pared by the unrivalled j houseKeepers of Oilordand its surroundings, or am-i pie space, afforded for a promenade with belles and beaux. The Mercantile Bank. The atten tion of the business men of Raleigh and elsewhere is specially called to the cir cular of "The Mercantile Bank," .Nor folk. Va., which will be found in tins morning's issue. The names oi tue ran-, cer3 give the highest guaranty of integ-f rity, promptness and business capacity; The i President, Major Baker, and thd Messrs. iuiupit, are uaiircs i iu and are, too favorably known in luastera and jCentral North Carolina as high toned gentlemen and first-class business menl to require any endorsement at our hands. Iloni W. .II. Burroughs is as present a Judge of one of the Virginia. Courts and a gentleman of the highest reputation, while the Hon: John Goode, wpo by the way is one oi ius uuiesc and imost eloquent memoes oi tne vir-,, ginia bar, is distinguished as wen ior his great moral worth and purity ! character. Fractional Ccrrencyi la reply to an inquiry whether national banks are compel led to receive moie than five dol are Of fractional currency on deposit at any; one timei the United States Treasurer states that fractional currency not being a. legal tender for the. pay-j ment of privajs debts, national bankSj not designated as depositaries, arc not required by law to receive it in any amounts ; nor are national bank deposi taries required to receive it, except when presented in payment of dues to thi. United' States, other than customs or i ior reaemption. :ine laucr are re quired to receive fractional currency, noi defaced or mutilated, in payment of jail public dues less than five dollars, except customs, in accordance with the endorsement printed on each fractional note. '" , Of the 140 German newspapers in the THE CAMPAIGN OPENED. Speech of Hod. Zeb. B. Vance, at 1B7Z. t ;. The following speech of Hon. Z. B. Vance, at Statesville on Tuesday last, was reported phonographically specially for the Charlotte Daily Despatch, by the Rev.' N. B.' Coblj. , of Shelby, N. C, and "was kindly furnished us in an advance sheet by the publishers of that journal. The Despatch makes its first appearance this morning, land consequently we publish this speech the opening of the campaign in thijs State simultaneous ly with its publication in the Despatch: Mr. Chairman tand Fellow-Citizen of A jreaeu uounty : I feel happy jto meet you all to day, and am much obliged lor the invita tion to address! your County" Convenf- tion. 1, esteem (t not only a duty but a privtliege, to lend my aid in uphold, ing law and order, and maintaining the principles of "civil liberty ; aud when ever I can say anything in that direc tion, I am happy to do it. . . -'We are now on the eve of one oi the most importantj e'ectlons everjield in this couutry an. flection which in volves the choice of a. President and Vice President, Members of Congress, Senators in Congress, Governor, Legis lature, and all State and County offi cers, except Judges and Clerks, I be lieve. " v j ." ' - In 18G8 the people of Iredell voted for the Democratic ticket, and sustain ed the measures j" of that party which was opposed tQ Radicalism. Is there any reason why we should abandon that policy now, and side wibh our enemies ? On the contrary is there hot every reason why you should not up hold that party that- disfranchises the honest, decent patriotic men of your State, and uphold the oppressors I of your country ? In 1808 that party was composed oi all sorts of political rem nants, bound in one compact mass of hatred to the institutions of the South and that alone ; and it is that alone which binds it together now. We are here, then, to oppose Radicaiism,which would batter down unckr its feet every priciple of civil : liberty that, our fore fathers fought; for. Let us look at it a moment and see if this is not true. The writ of habeas corpus was secured both by National and State Constitutions, jThe Supreme Court of the United States, and the courts of bur own State, were established for the protection ot that right. You have seen it pverthrojwn' time " and again in the last few - years. Another privilege was the right of trial by Jury. This is one of the great "principles of free gov ernment. You j have seen that right overthrown, arid men taken, "upand imprisoned, tried by drumhead court martial and sentenced to, ignominious punishment. j The freedom I of the Press, another bulwark of ciyil liberty, has been invaded.- Editors have been imprisoned and their papers seized, in defiance of law.. Martial law has been proclaimed m our midst in a time of profound peace, in the face of the express proVis-' ions of the Constitution, and aged and virtuous citizens seized by rude soldiery without warranty at the iastigation of vagabond negroes, and placed in dun geons without liail or main prize. Tax ation according to representation is another great and valuable principle of liberty. But for three years, we were taxed heavily with no representation at all: and from 1868 to the present we have been, with! a few honorable excep tions, represented, or mis represented, y only such men as they would graci ously permit, and not such as cup own choice dictated. Most of these political .eunuchs are like John Pool, who, in stead of .defending and protecting their downtrodden countrymen, stand in their places as living prosecutors and slan derers of the j land of their birth. ' Laughter ana applause. S The military! should always be sub ordinate to thejeivil authority, says the Constitution. Yet, in time of profound peace, I whole 'States have been seen without a single solitary civil magis trate. The Governor, Judges, Sheriffs, Constables, Justices of the Peace, were all hurled out of office, "and the bayonet was supremef And now, seven years after the lust armed soldier had laid down his musket and ceased to resist the authority jof the government, we find marcial taw proclaimed in our. sister State of Sioulh Carolina, and whole communities laid under the strong hand; of violence feoldiers going about seizing and incarcerating all such as are pointed out by viudipti ye, vaga bond negroes. AH these sacred principles of human liberty, and many more, lor which not only our forefath ers fought and suffered, but our Eng lish ancestors also for hundreds of years labored and ! organized for which Hamden died and Elltott languished in prison, praying the tyrant1 for a little more air that he might have strength to die. All these have been disregar ded, overridden and trampled into the dust by this Radical party in its lust for power and vindicitive hatred to the Southern people. And even now, when an election does not go right, or we venture to assert any of these great rights as pertaining to us, we are an swered by coarse threats of further vio lence, and continued disfranchisment of our wisest and) best men and still lur ther curtailments of our lew remaining liberties. . j I Such aresome of the things that this party hUs done. And now, gentlemen of the .jury I beg pardon, I jmean fellow citizens, -but you may cjonsidcryourselv.es emi'an eled as a jury to try this party for crimes against! fiberiy, let me ; say one word about. I the corruption of this party. . . . j ; . ' ' j believe it may be asserted as a his torical fact that public corruption was unknown in this, land until the Radi cals came into! power. Some of you old men remember the case of an eld fellow named Swartwort, who -stole only a few thousand dollars, P believe it was under Mr. Van Buren'a Admin istration, and you may remember what great war of indignation it excited, and how the press teemed with accounts of such corruption. Why, he wonld not have been considered y4tn ; apprentice at trade in these ( days. (Laughter) Not a revenue officer nor a still-house spy in all this country but what would have a perfect contempt for, him as a bungler in his busjness. T(Laughter loud and continued.) . ( Now. men aire sold all over .the land for money just the same as you would sell so many pairs of shoes or so many pounds of tobacco. Intelligent men of their own party assure us that history of all the Caucassian races" has not fur nished such a mass of corruption in the civil service as appears in the United States. National corruption is rampant all over the land. Now who caused- it ? It was not Vpown tutil the Radicals ce into office the natural "presumption is that' the party in power are the authors of t it did not exist when they came into power. It exists now, nd will continue to exist as long as they remain in office. Thus much in a national point of view; j Now what has that party done for the South I When -the war closed, our slaves were taken from us nearly one half of Hour property our country was desolated, our booses were .burned down, our stock driven off and killed', and the whole face of the country made a desolate wilderness! All this we sub mitted to cheerfully as the results of the the war. . -.1 j , ' y Then new constitutions were forced upon us in the place of the constitu tions of our fathers. , The new, constitution of North Car olina was framed when one third of the white citizens was ' disfranchised. It was the combined work of carpetbag ma lignity and African ignorance. AH our experienced men werei displaced from the public councils to allow the thiev ing carpet bagger to bamboozle the ignorant race ; and what have been the results ? They had already stolen from North Carolina everything which could be taken anjd Carried away and we bad nothing left but our good old North Carolina, which gave us i credit. ; Our! State bonds would still bring something in the market because the people bad confidence in our promises and relied upon our honesty. f But they have stolen our honesty. ' .: " They issued $25,000,000 worth of bonds, they said, to build railroads in the State but where are the roads ? The bons wereall placed in the hands of their friends, Li ttlefield and Swepsoh'got $7,000,000 to finish this road. They have not built one mile of railroad.' They have done some work, they dug out a little dirt beyond the Ridge-tjust about as much as you'd dig by taking a dog and drag him by the hind legs down a hill and that is unpaid for for the contractors who did the! work have never been able to get their money. 1 , " -v Dr. Sloan, President of the Wilming ton Charlotte and Rutherford railroad, received $5,000,000. He built a bridge across the Pee Dee and two and a half miles of road about two millions to the mile! - Pr. Hawkins received 200,000. He built about , twenty miles of4oad and got the Chatham Road throughto the Coal Fields. General Stubbs received 450,000 and graded thirty miles on the Williamston Road and there the work stopped. These Hwo latter gentlemen Were Democrats, thejonly ones who built any roads. Now, J gentlemen,, that is every dollar's worth of railroad that you have ot for your, twenty five mil lions of dollars. W here has the money gone ? The most of it has been stolen. Tfie Radicals have taken every thing they could lay their hands on except oxxt State Capitol, and they would have taken that if the Legislature had not taken a homesteaiu it. Ttjey remind me of a story I have heard of a com pany of soldiers! who were noted for their thieving' propensities. .Thej were encamped during the war near a large saw mill and one day when an officer rode up to their camp he found them all crying like babies. He inquired what was to pay. "Ton see that saw, mill down there," said one, "well, we are all crying because , we can't j carry that off." 'Laughter. It broke! their hearts, because they had come to some thing that they could not steal. Laugh ter and Applause. ' il 1 Now gentlemen,, let me show you something ttat has been done by the Radical; party Tq the South. I have here the minority report of the commit tee appointed by Congress to investi gate kuklux matters in the Southern States, from which I will read you a few items, showing the amount of debt im posed upon the already ruined Southein State by their carpet bag State gpvern- m onto I i : In Alabama, the debt and liabilities of the State on July 1st, 1861, were $5. 939,654.00. The present indebtedness of the State, actual and contingent, in -eluding railroad bonds, is $38,381,967. Increase, under Radical rule, $33,442, 312. j . ..: j., j In Arkansas, the debt and liabilities in 1861 were $4,036,952.87. Present indebtedness, $19,761,265.62. Increase under Radical rule,$15,724.312.7a In Florida the. drbt, in 1860, was $221,000, Present debt, including rail road bounds issued and authorized, $15,736,447.54. Increase under Radical rule, $15,542,447.54. Our man Little field got down there. He made it .howl, -'f - - ! : .- In Georgia, thedebt and liabilities, in 1860, were $3,000,000,000. ! Present indebtedness and , liabilities, .$44,437, 500. Bullock went for Georgia. In Louisiana, the debt and liabilities, in January 1861, were $10,099,074. Debts and liabilities now, $41,194,473. An increase over thirty millions. In North Carolina, the debts and lia bilities in July 1861, were $9,609,500. Present debts and liabilities, $34,887, 467.85.. -An increase of over twenty fivcsmillions. I " In South Carolina, the, debts and lia bilities, in 1861 were $4,000,000. In 1871. they amounted to $39,168,914.47, and increase under Radical rule of over $35,000,000. This much for poor old. South Carolina. - ; Mississippi, in I860, I had no debt. Her debt incurred under Radical rule amounted in 1870 to 8196,971.30. This was doing mighty well. They didn't steal but a little less than two millions. Texas, in 1861, had no debt. Her present debts and liabilities amount to $17,000,000. - Tennessee, in 1871, had debts and liabilities amounting to $20,105509.66. In 'January, 1871,' they amounted to $45,688,263,56. An increase of more than $25,00,000 under Radical rule p Now, gentlemen, just L to appreciate the size of this stealing, remember that the entire taxable property of North Carolina.amounts to about $140,000,000. The amount they have stolen from the entire South amounts to $240,668,482.78 nearly twice as much So they have contrived in but four the whole States the years, to steal size of North .Carolina. At this rate they only need a few more years to steal .the entier South. They have become so ! sly and skillful in their thefts they would steal a chew of tobacco from .bttwen your teeth. Laughter.! They would steal the nails out of the shoes on ; the hind feet of a kicking mule. ! Loud Laugh ter. And yet some men in this sec tion w ill become impatient, and say, "Maybe we had better change our tac tics. We don't seem to be doing much good where we are. We had" ail bet ter go over to the Republican party and see if we cannot have better times." That's a bright idea , j ain't it I The best way,' according toj this argument, to stop stealing is for the honest men to join the thieves I Laughter. '. The best way to stop drunkenness, aa I have heard it put, is 'for ' the sober moo to drink up all the whiskey. Continued laughter. 5 It n a!o r?!!n,?"o!e cow to cull e body who does not belong to the Radi cal party ku-klux, and to charge all the disorders of society uptfn the Democracy.' Now, who is responsible for the kn klnx t There is a story of two Generals of old times ; one was entrenched in a strong position, and the other afraid to attack him in his entrenchments, ma neuvred many days to induce his adversary to come out and fight him in the open field. Finally he sent him a taunting message, saying, " If yon are the great General that you claim to be, come out and fight me." The other replied promptly, " If totj are the great General you claim to be, make me come out and fight ! you." If this Radical party have had any new revelations from heaven about the art of govern -ment, and -are so much our superiors in civilization, why don't they make these ku-klnx behave ? Why don't they re press these disorders in society ? They have had absolute possession of ' the government from the highest to the lowest office in it. N"t only so, but, as I have before; stated, they disfranchise all of our leading and influential men, so as to prevent any possible interfer ence with their iule. In fact, they had to tie th bull dogs before they could rob the smoke house. , Applause. Now, with thousands of negroes to do their voting-, and regiments of soldiers to suppress any show of resistance, they can't keep order in the South. What is this but an acknowledgement of their utter inability to govern the country property, ana mat mcir scneme ot re construction, for all purposes except securing votes, is a total failure ? Sup pose a man is grievously wounded by a blow fromanotlier. Certain derange ments of the system follow ; the wound festers and gives forth offensive matter and corruption. Would a sensible man lay all the blame of that person's con dition upon the wounded man himself, or upon the man Who inflicted the blow? If a man's family are noted for their misbehavior, are you not apt to suspect that he is as much or more to blame than they? Why 'don't he rule them properly, and keep them in order ? If they had undertaken to rule the South'with justice and moderation, they would have found no disorder here. If they had treated freemen as they de served to be treated, and respected their rights as freemen, they would have found the people of the South, as grate ful, generous and submissive to author ity as freemen ought to be. . Applause. If white women and children had found that protection and safety, which they ought ever to find in christian commu nities, you would have seen no mis guided young men goaded by despera tion, to commit horrible outrages . by night or day. I If there had been no damnable union leagues, there would have, been no damnable kuklux. Con tinued applause. Look at old Virginia, who had the good sense, some how or other, to get control of her own affairs and keep her government in the hands of her own citizens. You hear of no kuklux there. Some carpet-baggers were there, but they sang very low., and what stealing was done, was done very quietly Look at Missouri, Maryland and Kentucky 1 In many portions of those states there was a southern sentiment and sympa thy quite as strong as any that existed elsewhere in the South, but their gov ernments were in the hands of thsirown people, and peace and prosperity have been the general rule. They have been treated as white people ought to be treated, and there has been no disorder there. V v ' Now, in frTe-case of North Carolina, all those vast appropriations of money of which I have been speeaking, were made 1868" and 1869, by the radical legislature, the most corrupt body of men that ever assembled in this country except the legislature of South Caroh na, Wiiicuwii8 composed almost entire y of negroes, and their corruption was more excusable than that of 'our legis lature, because of their ' ignorance. Horace Greeley says, and he ought to know, that thev thought they had as much right to sell their votes, as they had to sell their mules, if they had any. or their chickens. Nearly all these rail road bills were passed by means o down right bribing, as is shown by the report of the fraud commission, ap pointed by the last Legislature. . In fact it is not now denied by any body ; one instance will suffice the late sleepy Downing, as Joe Turner called hni) who was a leading spirit in that legis lature, died apparently a poor man, protesting up to his death, that he was a very honest anc incorruptible one, vet his administrator found among his papers, a note on Littlefield for fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. Old Lit tlefield forever.! i Now, when ourDeni ocratic legislature of 1870 and 1871 as sembled, thev Tmt a stop to all their appropriations, and not a singlecharge Ot political corruption has been made against them. Now there was Holden's war in which he suspended the writ of habeas cor pus: declared martial law in . certain counties, imported an armv of cut throats from Tennessee, seized and imprisoned citizens without warrant and bid defiance to the laws, not to mention his exhausting the power of the judi ciary his Radical party is responsible tor all these. Some or them" want to .deny it now, but if any of them ever dis approved of it they never had the man liness to savso. Alanv 01 von win re member that when I replied to Mr. Sam. Phjltip3 in this house when he waj can- vassmir for Attornev Ueneral. i tried in vain to get him to say that he dtsap proved it. He was dumb as an oyster He was ashamed to approve it and afraid to disown it. ; Look also at- the political persecu tions to which they are subjecting our people in the Federal Courts, under this infamous unconstitutional anklux act. I have heard it stated that" there were 3,000 defendants indicted and,' to be tried at Raleigh no doubt before a packed jury of Radicals as others have been tried, no one of whom is charged with takin g life or for any other offense which would amount to more in our State courts than an assault and battery or a forcible trespass. I have seen five or six hundred passing through Char lotte at one time, of men women and children, going two hundred and fifty miles from home to attend court, some with their rations tied up Itf rags, leav ing their farms to neglect and ruin with little or no money, and compelled for want of means to camp out in crowds without a shelter weeks at a time. over their heads for How snch sight dees and admiration for fill me with love the government ! The object of all this is apparent enough. Oneof their most distinguished men had the impu dence to tell me that they intended to. run enough of our citizens away by kuklux prosecutions to carry the State in the next elections.' I told him if yon undertake to do that I will issue a proclamation telling them all to come back Laughter and applause. I only tell yon what I had from the mouths of their own leaders. Still- some men pretendttbat they are not satisfied with making to restore a proper rule to the country, and they make a thous and objections to continuing in the Conservative ranks. . One fellow will tell too that he is an old w-h-1 -tt. and don't like the democrats and secession - ists, that they brought on the war and are responsible for all the ruin of the country, and therefore, they think they had better go over. Laughter. Now, I have this to say about that. In the first place, these secessionists alone were not responsible Jor the war. The -Northern abolitionists had. in mv opinion more to do ki bringing on the war than anybody else. But suppose the democrats were to blame for it. how does that affect the question t What excuse does that give for lending your influence to a party that is rob bing the country of the little the war left it? Suppose I was a democrat at the beginning of the war. which T never was) or a secessionist, (which I never have been) or that I helped to bring on the war, which I never did. is that -any reason whv you should take to stealing Laughter. Suppose a neighbor should catch you robbing his hen roost, do you think it would be a good excuse to say why I wouldn't have stolen these if Vance hadn't brought oh this war. More laughter. Mow, I want to tell you some of the symptoms of a fellow when he begins to turn over. He first begins to talk about being "independent." Laughter. no is noi ilea down to any party, and will vote for what be thiaks best &c According to the diagnosis of the most skilful political doctors, this symptom meaus the same thing as the Sheriff there nays when he leads a horse out to the block and cries" out, "Who savs. gentleman and how mucb?n Applause. rims is an independent norse 1 . ureal applause. In other words,he'a for sale. A man who is devoted-to principle can be. independent. His, principles con strain him to vote! with that uartv which will carry thera out The next svmptom is an intense love of old Whiggery. Laughter and applaase.1 When this pomes out strong you Zmay appoint the funeral. (Laughter,) Rail way's Ready Relief , can't save him. j(Great laughter and continued ap plause.) I do protest and beg that if any ma" wants to join the Radical par ty he won't prostituto the name of old Whigs. The old Whig party was at least a, decent party. ,Tbe Democrats in old times used! to call it aristocratic. and to some extent it was. I can . see ,now many of these old fellows who used to dress with scrupulous neatness, their -boots so black and shiny that a puppy would bark at his image in them all day , laughter! j his shirt collar, white as paper and stiff ; as paste board; in his pocket he carried a copy ot the national Intelligencer, and blowed his nose with, the- sound ot a trumpet in a red bandanna handker chief. Great langhter and applause. 1 Such men were .he "very salt of the earth for personal and political upright ness. lhey elevated no thieves and public plunderers to high positions in the government: they made no Little- fields , the guardians of their State .bonds; they had no Sam. Watts nor Jaybird Jones on the bench. They as, sociateel politically with no Cuffy Mayo Deweeee, A. J. Jones, Windy Billys and Jordan Chambers'. Applause Their profane use of the name of j Whig reminds me of a cirsumstance that happened once in my law ofhee. A fellow came ib one day and taking a seat with a sheepish countenance said, " Governor, me and another gentleman has got into a little scrape, and 1 want you to help out of it" " What sort of a scrape " said L. " W-e 1 1, its a kind . of depute," said be. "But what kind of a dispute ?" said L " WelL" said he again, "its a matter consarnin' of hogs," laughter. "Well, how "con cerning hogs?" said L " Well," said he, I believe he accuses me of faking one or em. ' urtat laughter, tie didn't want to call it by lti rii,ht name.. "Now, if any of you want to go over to, get your share ot this plunder that s going round, don,'t put it on "old Whig gery." Great laughter. J Don't call it " a matter ot hogs," but come out open ly and call it by its true name a mat-' ter of sUaling. Continued applause and laughter. Some men pretended to find a great similarity between the doctrines of the old Whig party and Radicalism. There never was a greater mistake. There is no wliiggery in any of these violations of the Constitution and outrages upon civil liberty that I have mentioned. Light is not more widely separated from darkness than are the principles which distinguished these two parties. Just imagine, if you can, Henry Clay wallow ing in the same bed with Billy Holden, the Hon. Cuffy Mayo and Windy Billy Henderson, and Daniel Webster stirring them with a stick. Uproarious laughs ter. I repeat, if you have any inkling for the flesh pots ot Egypt, say-so, and be done with it. Be like the girl when her bashful sweetheart ashamed to speuk his mind, sat and swallowed his spittle in stupid embarrassment and kept pressing her foot with his under the table. She finally exclaimed, "John, if you love me, why can't you say so, like a man, and quit dirtying my ctean stockings." Great laughter. We are making progress. Our ret urn to better things is slow, but I think sure! In the matter of our State ex penditures great reforms have been effected by the last Legislature in every department. Everything has been cut down that could be cat down, until stopped by the prohibitions T of the Constitution. The annual expendi tures, as you will see by reference to the proper official documents have been re duced to about one half, and when they could go no further by reason of the Constitution, they submitted a propo sition to you to change that fundamen tal law and make the reform complete. As usual, all! the, authority of the State and National governments were brought into play to prevent the cxer cise of your will in this matter. Tbe Supreme Court of the State volunteered its service by an extrajudicial opinion to aid the party which pwt.it in power, and a super serviceable j Attorney Gen eral ot the United States made stump speeches like a constable and threaten ed you with tbe vengance of a new re coaconstruction, if you dared,, to call that Convention. It was defeated," and the powers of the Legislature to effect farther reforms, like the powers ot tbe judiciary, were "exhausted." Laugh ter. 1 Tbe spproaching election is one of vast importance. There is nothing to discourage na in the prospect Hatred and bitterness are. slowly passing away from the minds of the Northern people . and they are n w beginning to hear other things, and consider, other ques tions of policy, besides those inspired by tbe malignant passions of . the war. Many of their greatest leaders are be ginning to plead earnestly for justice and fraternity, wherein alone are to be found tbe true elements of union and national prosperity. Ia ear own afiuc- ted section 1, things hare perceptiblj been redeemed from Radical rule; our own State, in part : Georgia.. Alabama. -Texas, and Louisiana bar either been redeemed or are fast approaching their redemption. v Stand fast to your guns, my friends ; and keep your linstocks ablaze. The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they, grind surely and exceedingly small. Let no allurements entice yon away from the plain paths of political honor and integrity. If one approaches yon with honeyed talk of " old Whiggery" or " old Democracy," cast him oat from among you, as one . who would sow dis sensions among yon, that tbe enemy may reap the harvest I can bat recom mend to yoa the platform of our gallant friends on the monatains of Watauga. The resolutions are short, pregnant with meaning, and could not be improved upon by a conclave of statesmen. They are: ' ' -',;;- p1 1st, ifeaofoi. That we are opposed to Radicalism in every shape and form. " 2d, Rttolved, That we are for any man for Governor, who can heat it' Applause. Iredell is the banner county of Con servatisra in our State, giving, I believe, the largest majority. Yet, I am told that you have neur a thousand voters registered, who do not come to the polls. This mast not be. Set n the example of polling your full strength. 'We wilt try and follow it, and by our united efforts, redeem our beloved State from her thraldom, and restore to her borders the ancient reign of peace and pros perity, justice, decency and good gov ernment ' A Fearful If ifkU-The Storr ot a Bar vlvor of a Califoraia Disaster. ! A shocking accident occurred Sunday evening ou the tube overflow between Washington and Davisville, Yolo coun ty, which resulted In the death of three persons and the narrow escape of an other from destruction. Ever, since the partial destruction of the California Pacific railroad travel, between this city and Davlsvitle and Woodland, Yolo county, has been conducted by means of smsii uoais, wuicu maue aauy trips oe- tween Washington (across the river) and Davi8ville, over the vast expanse of water that now Covets the tube region of Yolo. This water is j from one to twelve feet deep, and being open to the winds, is greatly disturbed even by fhe light gales, and made exceedingly diffi cult, as well asdangernns to navigate. Sunday afternoon, quite a stiff breeze from the southwest blew across the in land sea. This breeze would bo about abeam of boats passing bitherward from Davis vi He. At about a quarter to 3 P.M. the wrecked party left Wash ington for Davisville'in a boat belong ing to a man James King, The party consisted of William A. Johnson, Mrs. S. W. Huff, and a lad, together with King, the boatman. The next heard of them was yesterday morning, when King, nearly exhausted by a night of perilous exposure, appeared in Wash ington with the dead body of the boy, and reported that the others were dead in the overflow. The sum and substance otthc boatman's story is as follows : The boat, a small one, wis going under sail, and pretty near the wind. King was looking out for the sail and Johnson was handling the rudder,, the sea being short and chopping. By some mishap the rudder was unshipped. The boat lurched then, of course, a gust of wind caught the sail and capsized the frail craft in water four or five feet deep, and about three miles from land. . .The .woman was got on the bottom of the boat; the boy drifted on' about thirty feet, but was caught by King and also placed on the bottom of the boat, Johnson hold ing on to the stern, alternately wading up to his neck or floating, according to the inequalities of the ground under neath. King held on as he could. The" woman slipped) off, ; and was again placed on the bottou "of the boat, only to fall of again and again. When she fell off the fifth time it was impossible to recover her, and she sank The water was cold and so was the wind, which ; doubtlcsi so benumbed the woman : that she was unable to do anything for herself. For some time the boat continued to drift hope lessly about Johnson holding on to the stern, his strength giving away with each passsing moment Finally, he called out to the boatman, " Jim, I can't hold on any longer !" Hold on. Bill, for God's sake I j 'We'll get up'm by 1 was King's urgent reply; " I mustg't, " were the last words of Johnson: his benumbed and weary fi:iers let go of their last hold of life, and his body sank to tbe bottom. The boat con tin ucd to drift all niht with King and the boy. on the bottom, , the chilling win'd piercing the inarrow ol their bones, and rendering it doubtful if cither would live to tell to story ot the wreck. , The boy died before morning, but theibodv remained upon the, bout until it drifted to tbe land, shortly after davlight. a little above the town oi Washington, whither it had driven by the prevailing northwest wind.5e- ramento Recorder, March 12th. Impoktant Insurance Decision Chief Justice Chase has recently deliv ered an opinion in tbo Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Steinbock against :hc relief Fire Insur ance Company, of New York, which is of considerable importance, to deal ers irr fire-crackers. The action was brought on a policy of insurance on tbe plaintiff's stock of fancy goods, toys and other articles in his tine of business, as a German jobberand importer. It was 'stipulated in writing that he should be privileged to keep tire-cracke-s - on sale. It appearing that at tbe time of the fire the plaintiff had fireworks in his store for 'sale, he offered evidence .that fireworks were an article in his line of bo tineas as a German jobber and importer, for the purpose of showing tbst they were covered by the .written. words of the policy, "other articles la bis line of business.'? The Court rejec ted the evidence, and the judgement was for the company. The higher court 'affirms the judgement, . saying, that there can be no doubt that the evi dence was properly rejected. ExeKangtt. Lather J. Glenn and C. C. Hammock have been spoken of to fill the vacancy in the Georgia Legislature, caused by the resignation of Captain Henry Jack on. - Mr. Livingston,Livingston a prominent lawyers New York for, many years, died recently at RomeItaly, a tbe sixty third year of bis age. Wink at small iniaries rather than avenge them. If, to destroy a single bee. von throw down the hive, instead of one enemy, yoa mske a thousand. . Mr. Joseph Giet imprisoned en the chanre of being a ku klux" has been bailed at Charleston, S. C , in the sum of $10,000. . The Swedish laborers ia Monroe conntv Fla are -said to be unfit for I their positions and a great many bare The If exieaa Hara.iert la Texas Arsaed Baais .Warelet on Aneri- cmas. . . - ' ' ' J ' I. From the 15th of Febsuary, 187$, to the 29th of said month, four large droves of stolen beeves were- crossed into Mexico between thef r Florida land Santa Maria ranches. ! The former ia about twenty seven miles above Brownsville and the latter about thirtv miles, and both are on the- luo orande. i. It has been ascertained trnst- worthy sources that these fonr droves contained at least two thousand ani mals. The general estimate is-higher. Each beef is worth f20 ; consequently, the loss accruing to Texajs stock raisers by the operation of Mexican invaders. , at a single crossing, for the space of fifteen days, foots up I40J00O, exclusive of stolen horses and. other' property. The operators are armed men, raised, ; organized and I fitted 'out ia Mexico. One band, in charge of the above men tioned droves, numbered thirty men. Wbv do thev do it t Betaose they j are making war upoa the Americans living between the Nueces and tbe Rio Grande. They say this section cfebuhtry belongs to them, that the Nuecea "river is the Northern boundary of tbe State of Tt-. maulipas. They ignore the treaty of 1836, and the! treaty ot Uauaaioupe Hidalgo, They consult their passions ' of hate and revenge, anil they despoil us remorsefully. and with savage satis faction. They intend te drive us out of the country, and they bid fair to ob tain complete bucccs. They are im poverishing us, i and wej shall be com pelled to leave or starve. We do I not mistake tbe motives of our ruthless invaders. They avow thiera openly, 1 and back what they say by the iron hand of power by violence, . bloodshed aad rapine. j ' ' 1 On the 28th of February eighty Mex ican soldiers made theirj appearance at the Florida raoche. They established two lines of skirmishersj reaching from the Rio .Graode to tba road leading from' Fort Brown to RinggoHl barracks, and placed pickets 00 the road. They ' - made 1 prisoners ot- all attempting toj pass. Among the detained were Air. Thomas C, Sheldon and Mr. Thomas Handy, inspectors of customs,.; ami no duty; Mr. Nicholas Champion, an old and highly lespectable citizen, antl others. None were in durance for a less . time than two bonis. One of the most active officers present wins Capt Tabus Garcia, of Cortina's conimand. .1 . '; The reason for these demonstrations. became evident very won by the ap pes ranee of a drove of eight hundred or one thousand stoteu cattle. When nearly all of tlwwe had been crossed id , the Mexican side the skirmishers closed in their rear and morckl to tne nver. Some beeves had boggdd. These were , shot, the hides taken off and the meat. left in the mud.- The prtco of a tine pair ,of beeves necked together jwas three dollars, one dolur; and ally cents each. The people of La Talma , and other, ranches tin the batik are reported ' to have availed themselves of this op portunity "to buy 'chesp beef from the " firmed merchants of Mexico." On or about the 0th day of March, 1872. Dionisio Cardenas: First Alcaide, - or Mayor, of the 'city of Matamjrn, Mexico, bought 600 American beevl-s at f 3 per bead. I he renuainder are pup- posed to have been driven into the camp of General Cortina. Dionisio Cardenias his been noted as the buyer of stolen licevcs for more than three years. This connection with the 'depredatory war upon the people of Texss has Ibuen published time and againZ It made him extreme ly popular with his, ciuntrymenJ Ho vtmt nominated for office nnon 1 the Cortina or Juarez ticket, and wast tri umphantly elected by nn admiring;and sympathizing constuuv: wy. i He repre- . sents them with fidelity. This requires no comment; it speaks ;or itself. lo- pie abroad cannot understand bowl it is that.Vmerican submitito bj murdjervd and robbed by theM) Mexican vandsU. The country bt-tween Ihe' lower .Rio uranuc anu wapmin ivings raucn is thinly settled. Nine-tenths ol the! in habitants are Mexican). The truth Is, Mexicans are in xjHCsi n of the coun--try nuUidc the totn. and are largely 111 the ascendant ni.-Hlelot them, lhey do quite as they plensd Armed band cross to, this side, their roam at will,. kill whom they wish, lrob whom - . j please, and leave wneu ihev ivci iiae 11. It is very seltloin hnttmn-' U henrd of t beni until nfitr thev liaw crowed tin- Rio Grande with tiielr plunder. Tin- ranchvMw ay they are airaui ; to give i n form it ion concern hi ir tln-ui. bd:nuu thty hsvu Ix'cii! tlin-atfuc-d with deal It should lhey do so A. oiuull lMttv of t itlizeiii -could not oiixms tliinv. forty or liity men. atmed 'with repeating rifles aid pistols nn'K ane would Ix; a u.-ItH siicrdlce ol lile. A Conviction has iorrrjl itclf upon tiie mind ol martv Anwlicans. A. Urgi; majority of Mexican living in the afore mentioned Ristrici are refugees Iran - sivnt settlers.! They jc Hexicana still in every 'sense of lite woid. Tb,y sympathize" with the marauders. Slioubl - an armed band of Americans attempt in do whmt the Mptii-.is lAnut are dotni? daily, they would be likracJ daw and night. 1 I he. fate oil the mingtiuieu Americans woo visited ranches on this side in 1864. and scirekl arms, ammuni tion, horses. &c:. to fit tuciu out 14 Kill khown. They were cllased by tnietut- cd ranchors AH of tdeni sresupjwed to have been killed hr-capturedJ and many of them were sqnt to Ilnotsvijle to ex mate their wrotikx' and thst w done bf American courts.; Our fellow-citizens fcsn see wiiywe are unable to help ourselves. 7 Protec tion is asked'from our government. If not given, we shall cll uoon the people of Texas to help us. sud we shall strike- lor r.cdrcss and revenii--Crpu c(rri (Texa) Advert uer. The store of Messrfc Cobb, of Cuth bert, s was enteredj lst Fridst and a large qoaotity of provisions and, f 10- 000 in notes and mortgages stoicni r The Radicals have levied on the Af rican Methodist Ffpidcopal Chhrch, at , Jacksonville, r la. . Ud to Tnesdav. t21.600 bad been paid; ont bv the Virginia Treaaory on accouaV of interest on the public debt A ; senator j rumouii. 1 port Judge Davis if ivs be will snn- lominated for the Cincinnati Convention It is denied that th trc win an eariy restoration ot diploi itic relations be- twecn tbeCzar of Russia and Pope Pi u A runner of the itizcos. Bank of New Orleans; was r bbed. on tbe 1st ' inst., of 07,000. The New Jersey Court of Paifdons 1 pardoned sixteen convicts from the Suta Prison, last Sattrday. J - Maj. J. F. Jones, aj ont armed JCon federate soldier, will U a candidate for Secretary of State of beorgia. 4 v Grieve net at that Which cannvt be 1 -
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