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ASHEBORO, MARCH 29, 1876. W. S. ROBINS, Editor. A number of pur coteroporaries have for some time been urging the speedy arid thorough organization of the Con-servative-Peraocratic party for the ap proaching campaign; I n all they have 'said we most heartily concur ; except that we would urge the organization i not, merely of the! party for party sak ; -but-the necessity of all honest and good citizens to rally tinder the banner of opposition to the present l iMlminlstration of public affairs, on ac count of the ruinous extravagance, frauds', peculation, and swindling that characterizes the administration and the isonduct of officials in every de t partnent of the government from the highest to the lowest. It is now boldly asserted that the U. S. Treas ury is minus the- snug little sura of one billion of dollars, that ought either to ta there, or to have been paid out withe national indebtedness, -amount- ing tp near one fourth part of the en tire Howerton. & So somebody else, on the other side must be 'struck, Gen-; W. R. Cox, is : Chairman of the State Democratic-Conservative - Executive Committee, and bis name has been mentioned in connection with the nomination for the office of Lieuten ant Governor ; so a blow at him is likely to hit the party, and of course he is the man ; but, there must be some pretext Well, the high-sound ing address of the fifty Radical mem bers of the late Constitutional Con vention, against the ratifications of the amendments consisted largely of high sounding rhetorical nourishes over the fraud assumed to have been practiced in regard to the returns f the Robeson county election. Strip the address of this and it would a$ once appear as empty as it really is. So here is a suitable pretext, if it can be made successful. A warrant is ac cordingly, issued by a U. S. Commis sioner in Wilmington ; for Gen. Cox, he taken from Raleigh to Wilmington for trial. There, after some delay in taking testimony and some partial side shows, the U. S. District Attor ney confesses that there is no evidence on which to hold him to bail and en ters a nol. pros. Here ends this as national debt Whether this ridiculous and contemptible a ixditi- cnarge, wnicn nas been made m Con- leal farce as was ever enacted before gress, shall prove true or not we pre- j an intelligent people. We have not Hurnejwill soon be ascertained, jtfo j made the foregoing remarks because of republicans openly; tad bitter de nounced fL ;,L " ; Hon. O. P. Meares appeared as coun sel for Gen. Cox, CoL W. F. French commissioners of Robeson. Cantwell for the prose prosecution based their action upon the affidavit of R. M. Nor ment, one of j the unsuccessful conven tion candidates of Robeson county, who swears that he received a majori ty of the votes cast in that election. for the and CoL Ed. ration. The on this appeal, upon the same law and evidence, affected a class'almost alike, a test case was selected and argued be fore the Supreme Court and eventually decided in favor of the claimants. But j if t ' cor-imncATiOKs. Tor thi BeuMcx, ' Sure of all classes that come' under A SINGULAR DREAM. xzQuora DREAX or JL LOTTERY, Asa citizen by a conspiracy between four of the commissioners and Gen. W. R. Cox. I ' i Mr. French urged that the trial be had before another commissioner, as Cassidey stood indicted in the Robe son county superior court for libel in falsely charging that these very de fendants (Robeson county commission ers) were guilty of the very crime it was now proposed to try them, for. Mr.Cantwell, of counsel for the pros ecution, insisted that Mr. Cassidey should try the1 matter as he had been specially selected to do it. Commissioner Cassidey denied the motion to go on with the investigation. Hon. O. Pi Meares stated to the court.that he appeared as the represcn- administration journal that we have seen pretends to deny its truth, or to express much concern about it. So corrupt; has the great bulk of the lead ers ofthe 'present party in power be come that if an official is detected in his frauds and peculations, and his guilt jmade so plain that his retention in office becomes impossible, his place .is immediately filled with someone else generally of doubtful character and surroundings, the bloody shirt brought into requisition, the passions stirred, the clear proofs of fraud and corruption sneered at, and the corrup tion l f a large part of the voters prac tically asserted, by using ; the money filchKl.froin the ,ieople by dishonest office-holders' 'in buying up enough votes to carry--' 'the elections, in all doubtful contests. And now, as if fearing that these resources may ail fail, we see that attempts nre making, witlitlic approval ot the Radical organ at Washington, to secure the entering wedge to female suffrage, which with us at the South would be but another iiHine, of the Gen. Cox is a. special favorite with us on the contrary our acquaintance with him is but limited for the right to buy up t he votes negri wenches, the more per manently to' secure the reign of mal administration and corruption. So we say it is high time to organize, if the government of this country was not specially intended to be run for the benefit of knavish office-holders. 1 f ,thcj people, the tax-paying masses, are entitled to any consideration it is high time for them, one and all, who are opposed to having their hard earn ings taken from them as tax, and then applied to hamper dishonest ofr flcialsi and to buy up votes' to perpet uate misrule, to organize and prepare to inarch shoulder to shouldor to the IHs,and by their votes, purge the high places of the nation of the frauds, peculations and corruptions, that now prevail there. Tjij; good people of Raleigh have recently ' been having quite a lively; time of it A report is put in circula tion tliat the Secretary of State has been making a good thing out of a purehaso of stationary on State ac count , 1 The Aew gives publicity to the matter. The Secretary of State, W. Ilj. Howerton, publishes a card in the tontine! explaining and denounc ing tlje Xeics; whereupon suits and counter-suits for slander or libel are commenced.. Bad blood between our otherwise interesting and useful con temporaries at Raleigh no doubt had wmctpiing to, do with getting up all this broil except the part which Secre tary Howerton plays in it. We have read the Secretarys card, exculpating himself. In that card he "levels a blow or two at the Treasurer, Jenkins. It is idl a fight about which we care nothing, and in which we take no in terest except in so far as it concerns the public generally. It did occur to us on reading the statement of the Secretary's friend, Gen. Gorman, that j the defense of Howerton would have teen much more complete if the Gen eral, jrho says,. that on his trip North he had called for bills of similar sta tionary from several good houses, had gtyenlthe figures, rather than his sur mises and "opinions' without them. But the time for ' the meetings of the Conventions is approaching, candidates are to be put in nom ination for State oftlces, and a grave had been made gainst Mr. Two Strong Men- Whom do you consider strong men for the Democratic State ticket ? was asked us a few days ago. Well, we will mention two men whose strength must be admitted by every one who has studied the politi cal situation in this State. We refer to Dr. AVorth, of Randolph, who would make a most excellent Treasurer, and Judge Wilson of Forsyth, the man above all others for Secretary of State We do not believe any intelligent Dem ocrat will question the availability of these gentlemen for the positions named .Whether thev would accent, the nasi. r " i i tions is another matter, but in an emer gency like this no patriot should refuse to serve his country. Blue ll'uhje Wade. We concur fully with the " Bhule" as to the availibilty of the persons named in the above article, for the po sitions alluded to. Yet the people of the Senatorial District composed of Randolph and Moore, insist that Dr. Worth, shall represent them in the next Legislature. While it is import ant that the State officials, should be true and tried, it is no less important, that we should have able and efficient legislators. lhe Kaleigh Jeics gives utterance to the following truths, in speaking of the '"Wordy war" that has been raging with such fierceness for some time, between the Sentinel and itself: ' We answer the parties themselves must stop it. They must bow before the will ofthe people, and the will of that people is that this mess of personal feuds and wordy war is in the way of their success as a party, and they wish it stopped at once. Never before was the great body of white men in North Carolina so firmly united in thought arid word and action against the Grant Republican party with its Relknaps arid Babcocks and Harrises and How ertons, as now ; and they stand ready to step oh" all together at the command march and walk into victory without firing a gun. And then to think of men, men with weapons of power in their hands, turning them against each other with an. effect to allign factions and sow discord and demoralization all through the ranks of that mighty host it is simply foolish, suicidal aud the press say stop it and the peo ple say stop itr and it must be stopped. The public car has had enough of it. It-is neither business to their pockets nor good healthy morality for their souls. It is naught but a poison that breeds strife and will kill the Demo cratic party in North Carolina if per sisted in. That's all.7 State when 'nar?c THE CASE OF GEN. W. R. COX. the mmcTLors rRoszcmox ! fauls THROUGH -A tfOIXE PROSEQUI EN- I f TERKD- A SERENADE TO THE GEN ERAL. ' Fridaj. General W. R. Cox, of this city, Chairman ofthe State Democratic Executive (Committee, was arraigned in Wilmington, whither be had been ta ken under arrest before U. S. Com missioner Cassidey on the ridiculous charge of having conspired with the commissioners of Robeson county to defeat the will of the people of thai county in the j election" of delegates to the late constitutional convention. The whole thing was such a barefaced piece Of malignity that the better cUv ! Supreme court ; A singular occurrence, indicating Attorney Genial Williams neglected human observation this one excites the curious characters of dreams, or refused to dismiss the appeals. I deserves most of our sympathy. I w they jsometimes ; come true, is fJ Mr. Lamar, anxious to secure his j Qften wonderedfirJehovah, ported in the case of J ohn Whfce, . monev. lei t jsew lorK ior it h All Wp rul nnwcrfnl I Trvalnr or ! coiorcu wnuewasner. residing ton, sayinz to his tnenos tnai no i m&n ever ordained that any of his rouna a-enne. l-ike man v. of !,;-' affoard to expend CAy- thousand .dol ,3 should belong! to" this "for-l nicer he isan inveterate purchaser of lars to secure the dismissal, -arriving Df lost and bndone mor- lottery tickets, and speculates inW;' but was defrauded of his rights as a in Washington, he employed, of course, indeed if such was intended from cy. And like nil gamblers, is incJ Benj. F. Butler, ani :then, of; course, the beginning they may-well "exdalm,' j superstitious' in; regard to dreams of went in serch of J udge Lous Dent. Lamentable fate ! Unavoidable ' mi I numbers and . omens of luck. At the' aac wuuu uc . vww j . ery , , ivnu moss cuTsea or an men are I recent urawimr oi we new Urlcan.' the iickness that eventually terminated we But if not,! if God has cast all lots lottery. White, like most of his felloirij in hb death. He, (Lamar) however, aHke then besides excitlnff our svnv was in an ecstacy of excitement ot approached Mrs. XJent, saying; mai o pathy they provoke our; censure : for the lottery, and contemplated an inJ . - I - w . . i . ft - i wished to retain Jier liusband as nis v- whoever has been bred j in an intelli- vestment. The thing pervaded Lii1 torney, and tendered Her a j written i nt y rM in cnh. I sleepinn as weU as his wakinz thoo contractu! wxucu ue agi - vated society will be bound from so that it is not surprising that he tee ot tweniynve monsana aoiirs con- of iustice to acVnowied, tht dreamed ofthe Iotterv. One mVht K . . . . i . i I o I . - o tingent upon tne dismissal 01 me ap- no socIet y o, home is quite complete dreamed that he was present at the peal. Mrs. Dent said that her husband witbout woan. i Still 1 with dismal drawing, and that the' two canital nri. was too ill to approach on business, aighs checrlesg f reW ameatinsr $15 0.000 fell to two ou.as toe attorney uen., your burden of , adamant hearts and numbers that he distinctly saw 12, was in the habit of caJlmsr almost dailv Ir . : L j L .11. " a , rt . " I uvacu uamn.-a .araunu,. yei unwimng jooo ana . no was, naiurauy - im to inquire alter J uuge ient Sj health, that genial ! warmth of some true pressed by his dream; still more im. sewoum consuu mm anu gi e Jir. woman-a We should nenetrate mrl Dressed when for tho ifet turn nfoM. iier an answer aay;. soften even so much as the surface of it was reDeated without moHfiofm The.Attorney General called, was that hidden and chillek arfection in form. This anv rsvcholont .. . 1 -. I .1 I " o - v consulted anu auvisea Mrs.ient to ac- which when rhrhtlv aDDroached and student of cerebral nhenomenon knnw. cept. the proj)otitioii, as sooner or later fully won is comparable td the love of was less remarkable than it seems the apical would have to be dismissed, God which "naisseth all understnnd. but a slnffnlar coincidence. ormtW anu her hu.Danu might as well, secure ing - j j , series of coincidences, jbllowed. That iiie itfc iia nj vmci attorney, anu so Mrs. Dent closed with Mr. Lamar. A few ilays aftei Mrs. Grant called on her sibter, Mrs. Dent, in some ex citement, and said that Mrs. Williams had been to see her and complained that Mrs. D. was creating a scandal in the attempt to use the family influence to move the Attorney General discharge of his duty. Mrs. tative of Gen. Cox. The warrant which was served on Gen. Cox was for violating the 5,512 sec. of U. S. R. Statutes, which relates simply to the election of members of Congress and there was none last year and he was entitled before leaving home to have gone before a U. S. Com missioner ant been discharged on a i question of jurisdiction. But feeling i that this assault, was not personal but made on the .integrity of the partj he courts the fullest investigation into the merits of his action. Judge Meares wanted, to know what the defendant was charged with and what was the particular statute relied upon to convict him stating that this seemed to be si political war that had begun., and that for himself he wished the prosecutor and his counsel. to un derstand that this should be a lay -on Macdutf case, j first cried hold 'and damned be he who enough lie wanted to k now the charges against his .client. He intended to interpose no technical objections in this investigation. This could be easily such rights anci done, but Ire waived all wanted a full, fair and complete investigation of the facts. i After a great; deal of sparring among the lawyers, the court decided to amend the warrant by making the affidavit upon which it was issued, a part of it, and then adjourned until the following morning. At 10 o'clock Saturday morning the court was again in session. The exam ination of a number.of witnesses result- ed in Major R. C. Badger's directing a nolle prosequi in the case of Genj Cox. ! f ! I Judge Meares called the court's at4 -1 ; . i tention to the fact and hc wanted the. U. S. commissioner to bear witness that he, as counsel for Gen. Cox, had at no time during this investigation asked, arid did not now ask, for the discharge of Gen. Cox ; and be wanted the record to charged by the show that he was dis court because there was 4 no criminal charge proven against him Maj. Badger said that he assumed in the Dent, alarmed at this returuel the contract To me there is a shrouded mystery moramg M ue went tahis work, pass- hanging around the lives: of all you mS bJ the Shore depot, he noticed bachelors, a something unseen, an the numbcr3 of Qic engine and baggage untold story, and one that I mnch car on ! the Elkhart accommodation, prefer would remain so should it prove tlie3' wer 258 and C41, the num. as gloomy as your faces and manners J ten of his dream, though in a different suggest. i . circle, and two houses where he was - i The cause of your sin-le wretched. nPteJrcd for the day happened to.be' ness I have never been abfe to under! 120 rs0rth feanSamon aild 864, West stand ; the thought has sometimes Harrison streets. There is perhaps to Mr. . Lamar. Within a short time 'Sgesveo iiscn tuat probably you are " , . , . 7 , thereafter the appeal was .Ikmissed, "e refuse cuc,.,nl,crs in' the pickle a raUonal c.M,U. uaMw nwmu waive lUt vt CitUl IUC VUH- sequence of a previous knowledge of ! aud Mr. Lamar returned toXewjYork, tan,dvbt I have always repulsel that reporting the expenditure he was call' i(Ica being absurd and without w porting the exiend C! ment of his claim. p,lfnm,Vp in.;n.n.wi;.J" Now let me ttnfure vou anU 1011 upon these numbers. au 10 repent, even if with some ofvnn MW "iWU WV monunz i. i Tr lnf xvOC ,;.riiv lt 'l3 M eleventh hour."?and remem- on nls to rk, and had probably -'-." " uiiuiLiiauii l , I . , . i ... i i l .i a er on oaciieiors that thia . oon uV vV..ivmvuv.c ui W1U umujcis to beAr thiLt in Mr. Willwm K... shonM. gome tenderhearted ofthe houses wbcrc -,,c was .engaged ing forced from the Cabinet. All this ,assfe who Pics your forloVn andi- 10 work' ThU coincidence, through was nnrplv Rooinl and amm rf u blighted prospecti and whG tne process or unconscious cerebration, miesMrs. Williams found tlJ BpIW. Possesses a heart keenly! alive to all undoubtedly begot the dream with rdl naps and Kobesons the most altive and onr tronble aD(l misforlnnes, take ad- lts uy detail. bitter. The three ladies, in intellect, .aiIe.UIinncrrigntaiiqpriviIescl beauty and influence, were nearly'equal, 8eason for wooing and make such ad- but Mrs. Williams had to give way to vances 213 3" cannot fail; to under the higher power of the court.! She SLanu De prepared for the worst and was not the woman to retire without tnot,Sh H is against your! inclination a struggle : heuce the fisht that bomn loIU suncr yorseir to say jlSo : For with uiioiiv:moi.s letters, and ends in the disgrace of one of her opponents, and, if current reports can bo relied on, the downfall of the other. ! 3 OBITUARY. Departed this life on the 26th inst, at her father's residence, (Clark liamb,) in Randolph County, Mrs. Tobitiia Jane Diffee, wife of Alfred M. Biffce Lsqr.. aged twenty seven years, four months and twenty-eight days. Mrs. Diffee had gone to her fathers on a visit for a week. While there she was seized with that fatal disease, " Hemorrhage of-the lungs." Her sufferings at times were intense, but she bore them with that meek sub mission and christian fortitude, which he entire responsibility of entering the characterizes the true believer jn the nolle prosequi. The case was then, late Satunlav afternoon, adjourned oyer until this morning, when other testimony as to the commissioners of Robeson county was to have been taken. j At 8 o'clock in the evening a lare number of the citizens of Wilmington, accompanied by the Cornet Concert club, proceeded to the Purcell house and gave General Cox and the Robeson county commissioners a serenade.- Gen. Cox was introduced to the crowd by his able counsel, Hon. (). V. Meares!, and made a short but brilliant speech. Daily Spitmd. WHY ONE OF GRANT nnit. RUPT CABINET OFFICERS RESIGNED i From the Washington Capital.) We publish some extracts from anon ymous letters said to be written by the wife of a late Cabinet officer, and now we call attention to the transaction thtt is being investigated, which tells why he left the Cabinet and how these etters came to be written. A wealthy gentleman in New York, by the name of Lamar, unce dead, had cotton claims bebg adjudicated that amounted to sou f0Cr five hundred thousand dollars. TKl u;m- with many others of Hke sort, at last decided in Lamar's favor, but from tbis la was taken to the As the caie turned decision an ari atoning blood of a crucified redeemer. The writer has known Mrs. Diftee intimately since her husband became Clerk of the Superior Court. She was a quiet unobtrusive lady, an affection ate wife, devoted mother and1 kind neighbor. Iu the death of Mrs. Ditfee was beautifully exemplified, the peace and happiness of the dying christian. Iu her last moments, slie exclaimed, jwhat a beautiful sight I have nothing more to do. Heaven's door will open di rectly." " The remains of Mns. Diffee were followed to the burying ground at Giles' School House by a large num ber of sorrowing friends, j The funeral services were conduct, ed by the Rev. J. L. Giles, assisted by Rev. A. J. Langhlin. The text used on the occasion was, Blessed are they that do bis commandments, that they may have right to the tree of Iile, and may enter in through the ! gates into the city. The ceremonies through out were very solemn and impressive. Her body now lies in the1 silent tomb there to await the resurrection morn. May her sudden and unexpected death be sanctified to the spiritual welfare of her disconsolate husband.! G. The SewXortb StaU and Durham Herald please copy, i A single I greatful thought towards f heaven is the most perfect prayer. So possessed was he with the idea of- those numbers proving the fortunate ones that he collected all the money he could scrape together, raised more " on a chattel mortgage upon bis scanty furniture, and taught two full tickets casting $100, in the lottery, securing to his great joj the numbers of his I ream. The news speedily circulated, and there was intense excitement in Africa. Everybody went to the policy- shops and played as his numbers, 12- so en rr . . t . Then farewell care land farewell rtrife": ' ecninS ol mc aralnZ Farewell tough beef and mutton cae ai last ; not an eye was closed No tattered coat shall shield 3-our back, m Ethiopia, and next morning by Nor vest without a button'.! daybreak the whole nonulation had - a a pitying fate may never send another blessing across your patlJ Oo then prepniv a little home. With twining vine and m'os8 ; And win for you a little wife. To help you bear your cros. But whole shall be your garments all, And glad your hearts atid'iuerry ; And happy the many hoursj you tc'tid, By the side of your blithesome dearie.' ! i ! -JJ - , ow niay Heaven in merciful pity lend, To 3;ou a helplug hand ; 1 And success I pray to every man, Who numbers one of the band. PSYCHE. It lias been tlie boast ofj the Repub licans that the widows and orphans of the dead Union soldiers were the wards of the Republican party, j But unfor tunately for the republican party Bel knap, one of its chosen chiefs, has marie every soldier's' grave a ntubborn wit ness to its treason to the government these heroes died to maintain. Scarce ly a soldier's headstone tm by the recent revelations of Belknap's pecula tions, has become a nxmtrmcnt that. while marking the resting-i)iace of the Union's dead fallen, braves,! also com memorates the rascality of the political organization that lias speculated upon their blood and samflccs.inrfmxr. Back.- Gen. Cox, chairman of our state democratic committee, has retnm. ed from; Wilmington, the freshest and Jolliest lookmg martyr we ever beheld. He really seems to like it. The nitifui radical j attempt to mix him up in a conspiracy has kicked bade harder than it could ever have shot forward. It is highly probable that ft will end in the conviction of some of his loyal prose cutors for the very crime they were trying to saddle on him; Korment and Kehoe were the real intenneddlers with the freedom of election. Cox has come out fully vindicated, cleared even of suspicion. He had a gay time, was serenaded, wined and dined, and re turns with a firstfMay smUe illumin- secured copies of this paper containing the official report. Read it out, Brudder Washington," exclaimed one anxious gambler. -Spit it out ! Whah's 12,586 ? What's done become ob 4?' Whah's they!" replieti the patriarch with a groan; "dey's not hyah! 3Iy chillen, dis is wuss dan de Freedmen's Bak V It was alas ! too true. The sun that had risen on a population flushed with hope set on a busted com munity. Such a scene has been un known since on the 17th of April last 4 II 44 was drawn when there wasn't a penny played on it. The pawnbroker's shops are crammed, and there is hardly one pair of lavenders to be seen on Clark street in an after noon's walk, and, when last Sunday a reverend cxhorter rose arid announced as his text, "Dem that makes haste fo' to get rich shall not be innocent," the effect was electrical. ing his face ia this ra w March weather. Ji!. iScntind. f tkere. Weodbury Prcis. A PIGMY GRVEYARD IN TEN- NESS EE. : An ancient gravej ard of vast pro portions has been found in Coffee coun ty. It ia similar .to those found ia White county and other places in mid dle Tennessee, W is raatly more e tensire, and shows that the race of pig mies who once inhabited this country Were very numerous. The same pe culiarities of position observed in U White county graves are found in these. The writer of the letters sari : "Some considerable excitement and cu riositT. took place a few days since near HilUboro, Coffee county, on James Brown's farm. A man was plowing a field which has been cultivated many years, and plowed up a man's skull and other bones. After. making further examination, they found that there were about six acres in the graveyark .. They were buried in a standing pcsi tion. The bones show 'that they were 1 a dwarf tribe of people, about three feet high. It is estimated that there 4 I wereabont 75,000 or' 100,000 buried
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