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Regulator. . i ASHEBORO JANUARY 17, 1877. i ' L J. T. CROCKER, Editor. ROTATION OF JUDGES. In accordance with the amended constitution, the Judges of the Supe rior Court, will rotate. In fact, the requisite legislation, for putting op eration this amendment has bj:en had. According . to the plan adopted we would have had Samuel V. Watts on this circuit, this time, but from some cause he has seen fit to resign. His action will throw the responsibilit upon Gov. Vance of appointing some suitable person to fill the vacancy, "Whoever the appointee may be he will enter upon his duties here on the 5th of next month. That Governor Vance will, in his appointment, be swayed by no influence, save compe tency for the position, we are satis fied. For a long series of years, we have complained, that the republican party had prostituted the Judicial branch of our government to a par tizan level. The soiling of the Judi cial ermine is the greatest calamity that can befall any government. The judiciary should rise above party dirt and mire. It should be the custodian and guardian of the peoples fortunes and liberties. The people will look with great anxiety to the selection to be made by Gov. Vance, but we think i we can assure them that hiaj choice will be judicious in every sense of the word. We may expect a bran new Judge at our next term of the Supe rior Court. Greasy Sam has gone where the wood bine twineth, &c. The Editor of the Suit takes issue with Dr. Deems that Commodore Vanderbilt was a Christiain. Dr. Deems says his last moments were happy, because Christ had tasted death, for him and was his redeemer, and that he could, ''like a -child lay his head upon the bosom of Jesus and go to sleep, To which the Sun re sponds, that he never had that reputa tion during life, and being a follower of the author of the saying, it is easi er for a camel to go through the eye of a neexlle than for a rich man to en ter into the Kingdom of God. lie thinks his fortune would have been less had he followed his savibr more singularly. - j , : The Sun got no legacy, but that has nothing to do with his opinionj J. M. WELLS. ! Now that tKc Republican managers find it necessar" to give the Returning Board of Louisiana a character, thev have all at once discovered that "Wells, the 'President and' directing spirit of that corrupt concern, is a maligned patriot whose decisions deserve to take rank with the judgments of the Supreme Court. All the flagrant out rages, frauds, and forgeries which he committed or connived at are to them only proofs of his fitness for the trust which he has abused and perverted. The lull reports of his examination before the Congressionnl Committee furnish instructive reading, and show how disinterested this patriot is in do ing the work of hia employers. In the first place he gave his opiuion as to the law by which he and his confeder ates have assumed to overthrow the popular will, expressed at the ballot box, in this way : Blackburn Do you believe the pres ent law is the best law for the pur pose?.: - I Wrells J- believe it is tJie best law which cquld be made, j The question .affecting his personal interests brought out some facts, as follows : -. W striking Morrison Had you any pecuniary intcrest involved to sway your action? Wells I have none. Morrison You have acjaim against the Government unpaid r Wells The aggregate of the claims of my family, to the amount of about 700,000, did not bias me in the least, lot course noti. McMahon Do you hold any other office besides a member of the Return ins Board ? Wells I am Surveyor of ttje Port. Iy salary is on the average about $3,500 a year. Jfysonis my deputy. McMahon How do you get aid as member of the Returning Boaitd i WellsV-Tbere is no salary fixed. We cet paid per diem and mileage; Jenks Do you not make oat your bills for $12 a day ? Wells DotCt know. Jenks What relation is Mr. Bur gess to you ? . Wells He is mv son-in-law Jenkg Was he appointed o any office? Wells Yes, sir ; Tax Collector of Rajndcs parhh. Je'nks Was any other member of 3our family an officeholder in Rapides parish ? Wells My son teas appointe! Clerk of Hie Court. Nine years ago Gen. Sheridan forc ibly ejected this man from the office of Governor because he personally knew him to be "dishonest and a po litical trickster." Now, he has a trumped-up claim for three-quarters of a million, inainty dependent upon the favor of partisan Commissioners ap pointed by Grant. He holds the Fed eral office of Surveyor of the Port of New Orleans, with a salary of $4,500 a j-ear by the Blue Book (not an " av erage of $3,500 a year," as he swore before the committee). He also holds the State office of President of the Re turning Board, with $12 a day and mileage. His son, Levi .-Wells,' is Special Deputy Surveyor of the Port of New Orleans, with a salary of $2, 500 a year. Another son is Clerk of the parish Court of Rapides, and a son-in-law is Collector of Taxes of the same parish. Jietween them a great deal of the people's money has passed into the pockets of both. That is one of the grievances of which they com plain, and for which they have been ivisited with Wells's venrreance. In 1874 Wells counted out three Conser vative members of the Legislature from this parish and returned three Repub licans upon his own affidavit alone, alleging " intimidation," though he was not there at the election, and the Republican Supervisor had certified it to be fair, free, and peaceable in eve ry respect. ' This greedy, desperate, venal, and dishonest trickster, as Gen. Sheridan branded him in an official report to Secretary Stanton, now undertakes to decide the Presidential election by a fraud which has no parallel but his own previous infamies in the same line. With himself and his family billeted on the national and State treasuries, .gorged with patronage which does not officially appear, and associated in jobbery! with the crew of thieves who rule and ruin Louisiana, he is upheld by John Sherman and the other conspirators who are seek ing to make Haj-es President and to perpetuate their own power. JST. Y. Sun. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LOU ISIANA BOARD. Were the recent conduct and the fi nal action of the Louisiana Returning Board honest or dishonest ? That is the simple but important question which is now on trial in this countrv. : This Board was indisputably and intensely partisan in. its composition. t consisted of four members two white and two colored men. The law creating it declared tliatlt should con sist of five members, and that men rom each politcal party should be members. There was one vacancy, and, though having undisputed power to fill it, the Board refused either to ap point a Democrat to fill this vacancy or to appoint anvboclv. The Board hus made up deliberated and made its final decission in secret. It has refus ed, up to this time, to give the wavs and methods by which its conclusions were reached. It threw out many thousands of Democratic ballots, and overthrew a popular majority for Til den as President and Nicholls as Gov ernor. Surely here are suspicious circum stances in abundance. In the circum stances it was a crime in morals, if not in law, for this Board to refuse to fill the vacancy with a Democrat and as the fruit of this crime has been found in possession of the Returning Board, the ordinary presumptions must apply. Further, if the testimo ny as to guilty intent be at all in equipoise between honesty and dishon estly, the previous personal character of the members must be inquired into. Now, what manner of man was and is Wells, the Chairman of this Board ? When by the law of 18G7 Congress made Louisiana a military province under Sheridan as the department commander. Wells was Governor of the State, and Sheridan removed him from office by this order : "Headquarters 5tii Mil,. Dis., ) "2s ew Orleans, June 3, 1867. "His Excellency the Governor of Louisiana, J. Madison Weils, having made himself an impediment to the faithful execution of the Act of Con gress of March 2. 1867, by directly impelling the general in command in the faithfal execution of the law, is hereby removed from the office of Gov ernor of Louisiana, and Mr. Thomas H. Durant appointed' thereto. Mr Durant will be obeyed and respectet accordingly. "By command of Major General P, II . Sheridan, Geokge L. Hartsuff. "Assistant Adjutant-General." While Grant was. General of the Ann, and before he had become President. Sheridan, in reporting to him his action in Louisiana, said o Wells : "be has embarrassed me very "much since I came into command, bv his subterfuge and political chicanery. "This necessary act will be approved "by every class and shaie of political ,,opinion here. He has rot one friend "who is an honest man Not content with this, this same de partment commander Sheridan, in his. report to Stanton, as Secretary of War, drew this picture of the present chief of the Louisiana Returning Board : 4 Wells's conduct as Gover nor had been notoriously corrupt. He had illegally appointed a board of "levee commissioners, who were au thorized to hold over by an t of "the Legislature, and a conflict of au thority ensued, and in the mean time "the Mississippi overflowed and great "damage was done to propert. There "was an appropriation of $4,000,000 "made by the Legislature for repairs "of the levees, and Wells wanted to tiring zeal and energy, displayed in "finger some of this money." General behalf of our beloved cause, endeared Sheridan, in a letter to secretary herself to all our hearts, and that we Stanton, dated June 2, 1367, explain- feel deeply the great loss we havesus ing the action in removing Wells, tained by her death. Our Lodge said : "After the adjournment of the mourns the loss of an invaluable mein "Legislature the Governor of the State her, her husband a loving and devoted "appointed a Board of his own in vio- wife, her parents a dutiful and affec tation of this Act, and made the ac- tionate daughter, her children a kind, "knowledgment in person that his ob- loving and indulgent mother, and her "ject was to disburse the money in the pastor and . brethren and sisters of her "interest of his own party by securing church feel that an humble, consistent "for it the vote of the employes at the christia'n has been called to a better . - . . - lit T 1 I Ml 1 'time of the election. The Board con- 'tinued in office, but the Legislature refused to turn over to the Governor's board, and each side appealed to me to sustain it, which I would not do. The question must then have gone to the courts, whbh, according to the 'Governor's judgment when he was ap- pealing to me to be sustaineb, would 'require one year for dicision. Mean- time the State was overflowed. The dow to me win oi an Aiiwise x rovi levee boards were tied up by political denQe, and humbly recognize the hand chicancery, and nothing was done to relieve the poor people, now fed by the charity of the Government and charitable associations of the North, I say now, unequivocally, that Gov- 'ernor Wells is o political trickster and a dishonest man. I have seen 'him myself, when I first came to this 'command, turn out all of the Union 'men who had supported the Govern- ment, and put in their stead rebel sol- diers, some of whom had not yet and that a copy be tumished tue nus 'dropped their gray uniform. I have band of the deceased, also, a copy to seen him again, during the July riot of 1866, skulk away where I could 'not find him a guard, instead of com- mg out as a manly representative of 'the State and joining those who were preserving the peace. I have watch ed him since, and his conduct has been as sinuous as the mark left in 'the dust by the movement of a snake. I say again that he is dishonest, and dishonesty is more than must be ex- 'pected of me.' " We commend this portrait to all candid Republicans, and ask them if hey propose to cheat Mr. Tilden jout ri 1 1 in rft irr rf 1 Vaqi H rn f Kir i v o in he work done by such an instrument ? vkvs vuivu ft. -A lOIV4VUV J 111 VS 1 O 1 1 I At Letter of Thanks. Mrs. Vance has addressed the following letter to the gentlemen in Philadelphia who sent to Dr. Worth the oil painting of the Governor, which painting was pre sented to Mrs. Vance on inauguration day by the gentleman to whom it was sent for that purpose : Raleigh. N. C Jan, 6, '77. Messrs. Sjyrings, Wheeler and others : Gentlemen : Allow me to return o yqu my most hearty thanks for your very elegant offering, which was presented to me on the da' of my hus- bands inauguration, by our worthy riend, 1 rea3urer Vv orth, as a token of I'nn T" Vi i rrl- nArint n! -in yv ,1 i twui uiiin a ;uicviai uu vji ili IHJUUrHll msband's efforts n beha f of our hp. oved old State. I trust the same ' spirit which prompted the donors may : a 'i i . J inspire tue receiver in neiping to up- lold Ins hands in continuing to sup port a free and honest government. accept the portrait with the pro- foundest gratitude, and will evercher- ish for each one bf you the highest re- gard and consideration. Very respectfully, y our friend, II. N. E. Vance. Raleigh yeics. . The following is the substance of Grant's reply to Kellogg's demand for Federal interference to prevent Nich- ol's being inaugurated in Louisiana: There will be two inaugurations oi governors to-morrow unless one of 'all street tellers have been victim them is prevented. I do not, howev- a , i a 'i v-. - 1 ctii-wirwr lirtor Artonsifa anil ot 4 . I er, propose to interfere with them. T have nothing before me to justify ac- tion in the way of recognizing either Governor and therefore cannot do so, parucuiany as a committee OI eacil House of Congress is now engaged in investigating all the facts of "the late elections, including the contests of the two Governors, and the two Lesisla- tares, both claiming to be legally elect- ed. Under these circumstances for me to recognize one or the other would be hardly justifiable and I have so in formed Governor Kellogg." Yesterday His Excellency, the Gov- eruor, sent to the iSenate his appoint ments for the Board of Directors for the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, which were confirmed. The following named gentlemen consti tute the Board ; Dr. T. D. Hogg, Ma jqr Beacon Gales, Messrs. J. M.'Betts, S. Tucker and John R. VillimL Evcrv one seemed Well nleased with these appointments, and the general ex- pression is that a better ono could not have been made. Observer. : RESOLUTION Of respect to the memory of Mrs. G. W. REID, passed by Good Shep herd Lodge, No. 41, 1. O. G. T. Whereas, It has pleased our Heav enly Father in His inscrutable wisdom to remove from our midst, since our last regular meeting, our much belov ed sister, Mrs. Geokge3V. Reid, who died at her husband's residence on Sat-urdaj-, the 6th day of January, 1877. Therefore, Resolved. That our deceased sister, who, from the very foundation of this Lodge, was one of its most active and useful members, and to whose kind and gentle influence we owe much of our present strength, had by her uu worm aoove. in ner onei mncss sue displayed constantly that patience and humble submission to the Divine will which is born only of a belief in and a reliance upon, Jesus Christ, the Sa- vior ot the world. v e acknowledge tue Aimigniy wi- dom and goodness, whicn nas taken from us one whose loss we so deeply leel. and in our griei anil sorrow, we ot Hna. "who chastenetu wuom lie loveth. To her bereaved husband and rela- tives we can but extend our deepest sympathies in this sad hour of alfiic- "on, ana numoiy pray uuuu ui His infinite mercy and loving kindness may aid them to endure so uiuer a trial. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon uie minutes oi uie i.ougc, Her parents ana to ner orotner, . x . Wood, and that the " RADOirii Reg- TLATOii" be requested to publish the same J. E. "Walker, E. A. William: James L. Winmnoiiam, jCom. Mrs. Lizzie E. Worth, Miss A. E. Moring. J The N. C. Good Templar and the Raleigh Christian Advocate will please copy CREMATING THE QUEER. An Immense Amount to be De STROYED AT WASHINGTON. On the 27th of November the secre tary of the treasury appointed a com mission to make a complete schedule of and totally destroy all the counter feit bonds, notes, fractional enn-eney, com plates, roll dies and apparatus designed to be used in counterfeiting the legal money of the United States. which have been captured during a period of about seven years. The commission have since been engaged in drawing up lor niture reierence in the secret service division a complete schedule' of the accumulations oi the periods named. There arc three hund- nl.ats. eovorin nil do. . . 1 , j , i 1 1 lars, many oi wnicu, on comparison with genuine work, are quite equal to ! any engraved plates made by authorty I of the government. There are also about thirty rolls or dies for duplicat ing indefinitely any of the plates men- tioned, as well as numerous die moulds for bogus coin. The counterfeit notes and currency which have accumulated within the period named are of all de nominations, from the smallest frac tional currency to notes of five hund- red dollars, and a good many of these notes are such faithful imitations of the genunine notes issued by authori- ty of law that experts have been dc- ceived by them and the most careful . . .. . . . , , . usuc 11113 I,arucuiar orancu oi crime has been brought within the brief time since the issue of currency by the gov Urnmont was rnmrnonml. Tlu toLil - , 11111011111 of SPUUS currency captured 1S. r.W)UU; and in gold, silver and nickel imitations, $30,000. The whole mass will in a few -days undergo a ere ' i.:t. :n . -t.i: duce it to ashes and relieve the treas- ury otliciaU of a grave responsibility oy placing a Deyonu me power oi any one to purloin or use the counterfeits. The Vaxderdilt Estate The Com modore's Legacies No contest ok the Will Expected. Tjie report that some of the heirs of the Vander bilt estate intended to dispute the validi l f M Co0 H to 6et at rcst b tLc statements of William II. Vanderbilt to a Trib- tin reporter. Mr. Vanderbilt said ' that io far as he incw the will had giv. disfaction to afij concerned. He en sa admitted that a large sum of money had been placed in jhis hands for the benefit of Lis father's j old friends and servant, and added that his father al Ways liked to distribute jis charities in his own way. - A few days before his death the Commodore said that he had already provided for many of his friends and relatives by private gifts of various Lums, of $ 10,000, ?200(0, or $30,000, and be also made at ihat time several verbal bequests whichjjwOuld be attends edto. ; I Mr. Vanderbilt alsoj said that his fa ther has long determined to found an asylum for railroad ineii broken down or disabled in his service, and that a site for such an institution would be selected as soon as possible. The work of buildingould begin soon afterward, and it was hoped that the benefits of the institution would be extended to men of all railroad lines crippled or worn out in service.- HOW HE WON HER AND HOW HE LOST HER. N j We heard a joke on a ccrtian party in this city which is too good to be lost, though of course we shall sup press names. It seems that the gen tleman, who is a very wortliy widow er, had wisely come to the conclusion that "it is not well for man to be alone" and that a state of "single-blessedness" is anything else but agreeable in its realization, so he concluded to take unto himself a wife. The resolution was no, sooner formed than he went to wOrK to put it into execution at the earliest possible moment. He sought the lady of his chcice, went through the usual preliminaries, propounded the important question, was accepted and was happy. An early day was fixed for the consummation of his earthly bliss, and he went straightway and purchased a fine turkey, got a No. 1 1 baker to fix up some choice cake, etceteras, and ordered the articles sent to the bride's residence. So far every thing moved smoothly ; but the day before the ceremony was to bo nor brmcd which was to make "Two soul with but a ivjh' tliou-ht. Two hv-aris that boat a ouc" ie heard a whisper thai something was wrong, tt inspired him to mvpstiVitp. r lie went to the office' of Register of Deeds for that purpose. He sought i ' o for SQmething which he fondly hoped ie could not find; butJWe it trvis, staring him boldly in the lace ! And what was it ? Nothing niore nor less than the duplicate of a marriage li- cense issued to another vparty, with the name of his beloved fidriii as the bride. He did not faint, neither did he rush headlong to the wharf and plunge into the raging Cap,; Fear, but he posted to the residence of his in tended with the view of giving her 4a piece of his mind" in reference to her inconstanc'. Arriving at the house, however, fancy hi? feelings when he found that the marriage ceremony had already been performed, his turkey and other fixings having formed part and parcel of the marriage sbpper, and that the happy bride and broom had departed for the countrj-, where his successful rival resides. This is but another demonstration of th Shakspe rean maxim, that "the course of true love never did run smooth." 'U. Star. The Bennett AffaikH-77tfa7rf. pnu oan. u. lniorraauon was re ceived this mominir that a startlin and curious sequel to the May. Ben nett duel would take place in the mar nage of James Gordon Bennett and Miss May and their departi re for Eu rope in the steamship Illinois, of the American line, sailing from Philadeh phia. The Illinois got up tdeani early in the morning, and about C.30 a car riage, driven violently down Christian street, attracted attention. A gentle man and a lady alighted therefrom and were soon on board. There is lit tle doubt that the lady and tbe gentle man were James Gordon Ite&nett and Miss Caroline May, as theyjanswered the description of both. Special to A. Y. Tribune. Philadelphia Jan. 11. Dr. Pan coast returned from Maryland on Wed nesday night. At clinic, next day, he explained to the students hi'w he had : pcrfoniJ(al an CICclIeDt Vorkl A man i hai, . n, , , . ,, .i. . a pistol shot, which several toe artery ; mortification set in, and helhad been obliged to amputate the arm. A re porter visited the JeffersoJ Medical College to-night and lcarned;that most of the students firmlylj believed that Dr. Fancoast had been called to at. tend May, and that he wa ! wounded three or four days ago for mortifica tion would not set in for axlay or so auer uie wouna hail been mrule. JJol tiihorc Special. Baletoii (N. C.) News : An inftot died ncax Milton, lately, that was gift, ed with speech in the hour of its death. It's mother, a worthy fanner's had just died and left it, a wee bit, helpless little baby, dependent on the bottle. t Only .a few months of age it soon began to weaken and die ; anj in t he fatal hour, when friends snr. rounded it, and the last grasp watch ed for, it 'lifted its little hands, ail(j with its last breath cried, "My nioth. er." This is no fancy sketch, but the talk of the neighborhood.; A CARD. JOHN A. RARRINGER, K.; of the Greensboro liar, and former partner of Mr. Kaij'H Kokrkll, decM, will be la Asheboro from tlie 12tli of January uutfl ' after Febniary Court, and will visit Ashe boro from the 21 t until the close of every, succeeding month for the purpose of at tending to professional business. "" Asheboro, Jan. 17, 1S77. ' 50:tf. NOTICE. OX WEDNESDAY, the 31t of tlU mouth. I will sell to the highest bid der, my pruiKTty, consUtiug ot . 1 3 okc of Oxen, 2 Milch. Cows. 1 Heifer, 1 Wagon, 1 Buggy, 1 Set of Smith Toots. A lot of Corn, Hacon. ll:tv. Shuck a:iI Straw. Farming Tool. I lou-hoM a. Kitchen Furnitun. and otlicr tliim; mi iHCf.-s;iry to-intuition. AUo, a ht "Wagon 'i':uilit'r. Spokes, Ac. . JAMES II. DUl'HKE. Jan. 13th, 1S77. r):l.- 1.000,000 FT DRY PINE AT my Steam Mill..)! inlle' South of I'nion Factory. I keep on hand anI can till order promptly for. FLOOKINC, CEILINC, W'EATII- EKUOAIiDS, AND W1N1.H)V AND DOOli FACINGS." DKESSED I.UMIIEK of the ..klmU nam ed above kept always on hand. Twenty five percent of the eot of teaming aed ly buying the Iii y! I.nndH-r.- AlliH-r-sons wanting I.innher, will pU:iM dress me or i!t the mill. J. M. WOK Til. A!ieboo. Feb. J. 7C. ladltf. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.. JUST BEUKIVINt: THE LASCEST STOCK THE. MOST- Complete Assortment. ANI THE NEWEST STYLES. I I M-.MlS h to 111 1 rtll II1V tJoi!HTM;U. A tll JMlhlU- IM1- !i'turn-d fnui tin iihlu- 1-in ially. liiat I haw jt.t Xbrlficrii .Harriets, Willi a :iud lr-ir:l!! STOCK OF GOODS, bought vrry low, and will ! Mbl lu Same Way. Mv St(H-k willl found romph tf in EVERY DEPARTMENT. And you will ! -urpri-.-d aftrr rx.niiiin ing my CmmnN to know how low I ran SELL THEM. If you want goixl OfMU :uid I limp (mim1 foillt. to v. r. vooi. Ajlu lon, April ls;;. nol:tf. NEW FALL . AND WINTER GOODS AT WORTH & McALISTER'S. THEY are now receiving a gool awort IlK'Ilt Of DRESS GOODS, (1 AUHOTIR XEATJS Casimeres, Cottonades, LADY'S & GENTS HATS, AND READY-MADE CLOTHING, bought at BOTTOM PRICES, and which will be jiol(lvvorrcloadiii"ly TlT) low. Their Stock will be complete by the MIDDLE OF OCT. and the public U invited to lnt and price before purchain el- hrre . Tliev continue to pay BARTEK prices for all kludj of Marketable Produce. Ahcboro, October 11th, 18TC 13:tf. RLANKS Tor Sale at thi- OO-.
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