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NO. XVII. vol. in. POLKTON, ANSON CO,, N. C, WEDNESDAY, ' JULY 2G, IS7. THE CE LEBRATED WUKKLER & WILfeojrf SRWINO JIACHINF, " TILL BE SOLD t moro reasonable fisnre,- :bn t ver lurtofore been offered to t tt Apsmi. I aSi-nreparoJ, an.1 ready sto nir.Ma all Z3 A AND 2 Cheapest Kate, t ro. 1-12-Imo 'Apply to me at Wade- J. M. JOHNSON, Agt. -.ipTisT female: SEM Ralfttgh, K. C- RfARY. 'f The next Seaaiou open Sept. 121 1876 Uh charge are low er thau tho of any I forth Carolina, while j t.V Schxl in North it t'lTcra dT.iutago8 DC 11 fori o x Ii. 1.-4 8MioD was the moet prosperous 1 1 l' rj. For particulars apply for Cata- ; . F. r.IIOBdOOD, lTincipaL IMS 8L Hie Pee Dcq Hemld Iblishcd Weekly AT a d jzs b o n o , n . c . . BY - ' MOHX T, PATRICK, Prprielr. T $1 00 PER ANNUM. ; . CIIA'XDISK Jilt - . iici$ ordrrs for ev-ry ileworiplion of ' Wllr RCHAND1SE Mtrd JUNiri'LATKO 1U v , 33tf ITTXAk STLZ KO SI SXITd SJtSX TV ! 1 .rs n i desiring to take out patents, "or .lirin-information from the U. 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Wo sec them Ii.ero they are, and gous now :VVr. - Telegraphy, TLotoWhy T,,0 ,ro0J,s were marched raj idly in regardless of tho danger with threatens lke a lan,-'Lr meteor streams the r'tTriti re di.cction of Pollocki Ut and the W.s e.n frun'ier, regardless of the one-how like a superanuatod d.sh- -l..r(M.fu,t. r.h.wi.houtrati.ns.awrir u. load, enrwes-fa longand Moody K the other. -Or-r- it The 43d N." f. Regiment During IlicWur. t iffs frcm t My Old - Camp Pipe. n tho morning of the 26th, April, o li ft camp at early dawn, and took I w io poopleKho direction ot Washington. The roads' wero dry, sandy and hot and the d ist wai almost unjndurab cl Wc remember that lato in tho after noon we cajno to a swamp about three fourths of milo wido and had it to wade. We lav down that ni.'ht with orders to bo ready nit 3, .1. mi, and accordin wo btramblod up iu tho O J li dark, rnd dayli-'ht found us in'ight of WaMiini'tou. Our Kei'iraout was , " .1.1,.1 ,.q KktmiiiPrQ nnrl .1uonoA,i lt.K i,niOn, a large swamp in front of the town and which had had all the timber and IV U 0.U1I bliyuittl t tALLt IlT V Utl O brush cut down. And our , position whilo it had tho advantage of a good view bl the town and all iho fortifica. t;0 ns defehdint? its aonmach. ft had also the disadvantage, of being in full view of their un.icrs, and was the line upon whl;h tho enemy had. almost daily placd their targets, for Arlil lory practice. . And tho remarkable accuracy with which thoy threw their shells, was satisfactory ovideuce that hey had been well drilled." By means of shingles, and our bayonets, tho boys wero not long burrowing into tho jiuuiiu uiicc uur nuu wiia uwunoutu. Eacli man roraained in his pit, as ciosciy as possible, lor Avnenevor one f""" u.iuact., tb i.D iu oiguui im siiov, as mey fcciiicu coneianuy to have thoir guns trained on ua. Lieut Threadgill of Co. T was in a- pit at iho root of a small norsimon tree. against wlch stood ono of their prac tice targets," llo raised up to recon noitre, Iim position, and in an instant the flash of a gun wariied him. to. lie down, and ilui missile cut tho troo off it bout thrco feet from the ground. This, at n distance of threefourlhs of a mile, and was but a fair specimen of the kiud of shooting we had to mdurc during tho. whole! day. Wc remained in our cramped positions in theso nits. expofod to the direct rays of tho Sun during tho day, and were not reliov- ou uuui uio ucxw morning. At inter L -t ?1 . 1 . .... I vals, during the night, n brass band occupying some point where their ex- wm-nt mubie, coma do distinctly uuuuu uu..,vW mu- moots with their fuvonto national airs. Our places wero taken on tho ra.orcSg liil Pu D a (luaaron ot f . nrm.t . - I uisiu ouutcu tavairv who wero ovi- . .-- i den tly not much pleased with the po sition. 1 be portion was on tho rum of a once beautiful farm,bu its beauty and glory had departed; at the ap- proa'.h of .tho ruthless invader and despoiler. . Ihc wholo Uummand was moved 0ff tbc direction of Grco.ivillo. Wo I passed tho beautiful iittlo village of Pactolas. Greenville and Hookorton. w . . I through a lovely larminir country. At tho latter place somo of tho disabled bS t0 the kccPcr of tho pub- iic uouso quariura, wpica was uo- uicd them,' and thoy wero referred to a; citizen whoso name was Smith, This family were rolugocs from ono of the coast counties, and proved to bo a whole soulcd Southern man and gen- tlcman which was more than could have been truthfully said fir itho "land -hark" in ch.irgc of tho so called Ho- tel. ' """. Wo reached the Ncusc;somo distance be'ow Kiu.iton, early on Inc morning of tho od of May, w hi re a pontoon bridgo hadabeen thrown acrois. Alter a ni-iiph of twenty fivo miles, wo biv ou.ckcd on tho upper Tcnt road. We reached Deep Gully that even n ' found tho oijcm)o pickets and drove j thcui two mile?, und fell back. A I heavy deiachmtnt remained near thia . I I tu i ui b two barrels of "lurd . ... i - i . tack' was dispatched to meat n, and but little time wan consum d art np propriating their contents. It was now evidently the purpose of Gen. Hoke to make, a bold dcmor.s'.iation against New b mc, 'hnd taking with him a good force, lie approache d rap- idly, but cauiiously that town on the b uth, cutting the lia lroad lead ing to Morehead City, Eeaily on tho morning of the C.h, we were ' an u fled. y tho heavy b omn'g ot Ins guns in. la . 1 n . a - "o dirYclion of Nouborno, and lb orders to move, which were mouict- ly expected, came at noonf but net I . . to go to Newber c, but t Iunsicn. was uihookcu lor, Dy inc wncic Command, as it w: s well known that i . - . I Wftsliin ton. hnd lpnh nrnriuntp! -jvnV! I ' " . no danger from that point was appro- hended, but when wo . rea- hed Kins ton on the 7th, and found a long' irain of flat cars in waiting, it was not diffi- tul to conjecture our destination ( To be Continued ) Tlic Indian War. The country hrs been shocked by tho siaruiag intoiiigonco mat uouerai Custer and thrco hundred officers an J men under his command have boon slaughtered in a recent engagement witi, the Sioux indiana. This noble officer and hie Iravo. men i,avs been offered up as a sac iticc on lbo in(0ch ot tho party, and wnh ri j accord, the press of the whole country attaches tho respouKibllity for tho terrible disaster where it justly belongs, Upon thb thoulders of the Uiaut admin, iatration. ... Tho Jaaio.ns on tho Western, fron- l.. k rt .i :;iaJ HW-ndled by Grant's oliicersjo sucli an pxeilt a to make w..r inevitable.' And when it was known that a formid able losiptMioc would be made by tho Sioux and other tribes, against what thoy con.-iidefed unjust and outrageous conduct on tho part of the government, 11 tho provident sends forward an inade quato force, and orders an aggressive movemont, which has resulted so dis- i ., i k iAJa r an many vaiuable lives. 1 Tho administration of President I Grant haa bcen a failure and curso to tho country m9 policy towards the In(Jian8 haa boon in kecping .with tho wil0ie leDOr; of his administra- lioni j - To subserve personal and parly ends, u t i. tration from first to last. The South . . . j .t i ocen o ppressed ; the credit of tho' nation has been imDaired : tho labor and indu8try of the count,y have baen parallzod . corruption has raised its nyjra bead n eycry department of the government ; brave men and soldiers aro "slaughtered by hostile Indians, and distress and suffering aro felt ad Lmr iho land, and vet. the couanim i ity of Pi er-idont Grant and tho Ilad- i.at leaders ia not affected, if tho Re- j i publican party is advanced and its prospects to hold tho reins of power aro not destroyed. xneso tnmgs nave ocen enaureu long enough. The honest mass of every section aro awakening to the dangers which threaten the peace and prosper- ity of the country, and in Novembor next, they will hurl from power a par- ty, which has btcraAed every trust and which is responsible for the evils which ufiiiet us. No country can prosper .when its fountain had is corrupt. If wicked and faithless leaders arc tolerated aud sustained' demoralization and ruin will pvertaTcb'tho peope, who sustain them., What caro Grant and h.s paity for the d alh of Custer or Cauhy and their men? What do they care for iho cred- it or peace or prosp w ity of the people, if they can hold the spoils and ra the machinciy of governmmt for their In answer to these questions war with the Indiausand indiff, r.oit to the, enormous costt'f such a war yep,' wc soo I hem, instigated by the devilit-h spirit of party mal'gi ity scal'eiinir the militarv forces in -Mho .Southern States to influence the elec t'on i:i lhoir favtr, and to disturb tho peace.- which' Mosses our impoverished .section., Tho, western settlers, who aro in imminent dar g r die. left expos ed ; the holdiors are ordered forward in a witd and savacc countrv to bo 1 ft V . 1 . . UQiciicna up, Dut a v gorous war mub be kept up in Louisiana, Arkansas nnu juissnppi, iue - u.meu oiuiu troops must bo kept hero to, save I 1,. ..... . -. . Ua03 and w heeler, and to proven a ueo a'.u i.-m nituuu. n ; . v- noss blc that a Irce people wur upnoia i ... . - .ii . , 1 1 I such a nartv? Tho icmetv is in iheir - . hands. Tho idea tell tho tale. TH ides of November wd Ison Advance.' Humaii Nature in Raleigh. l is tho Fame here as in i'airo; v New J.-rnev. Tho other day when a Tarheel with sunken eyes high cheek bones sat down on tho steps of a gro cory bebiJo several others, ho sighed heavily and asked: ' Goutlcmon if any of y u found a fivd oh the sidewalk, would you hunt for tho ownor?" "I would," camo from each individ ual with promptncbs and dispatch. llltwu't any of you lost a five, have yon?" arxiously continued the man. 'T have.' answored one and the ech.; WCPt a ftlorg tho iine. nccnbo her i;eullomou, iiv i w marked. Oi c fa'd his lost five had a figure - 5 ' on it Another said his had a -4. ..'; f Do ?olo di-c vei i nr tho Mississippi river. A .third .said th .void 'U. S" were phiia to bo e.eoii on the bill that. Iell out oi his vest pock et. ' ' :'. .. Gentlemen, this five don't tal'y," mourrfufly lomaiked tho Tarheel. ' Ncno c f you have hit the description within a ;milo and a sand-bar." 'Let's eo it," asked two or three at once. 'It's a fivo, and I found it on tho walk," he whispered, holding out ono hand. - a . " Tho fivo wivs a nickel. Some of the crowd leaned back and held their hands on their outraged hearts while others rose up, carefully brushed their coat-tails and said it was timo to go home. Only ono of tho victims seem chuckled and gurgled and gasped, and asked the stranger what he would t.nko. "Whiskey etraight," was the prompt reply. "So would I if I evor drank," said the citizen, ahd ho lounged down town to get up a hot on tho weather. Red. Sentinel. Tho dissrraceful confusion which kKvoofov.w! iW T?., lino 1 Sim Hnn vuc a uvvv ii v vuu awmsa vc v w vention Louisiana, last week, is a fair representation of the kind of govern - mont that has so long been fastened upon that untortunate citato, Two factions aro striving for the asccudoncy. Several- disgraceful fights occurred, the Chairman was. thrown from the rostrum and pistols drawn on both sMcv Thi occurring on tho second day, tho Convention hastily ndj mrned to meet on tho next. Uow thu inat ahle hyenas growl at ,0ach other over their feted prey, but Jet one of them bo oven threatened for s.nn thing personal in its nature, and Up goes the Waih:ngton bloody shir!.'' telegram imploring assis ance. Mtxia Wt.ely Ledger. The two great banLcis as they Ilbat to-day : ' ; : ' -';;j 'Tddcn and Hendricks JZeform.' "Hayes and Wheeler Grantwn continued. A Tcrrbllc ArralKiinient of Ihc Iladlcal rarly: " . In a public documetitont out to the w In do c.U4ilry and real by millions ff n.m lA w.. find i ho f.dhmin ' teath i ..- ing rebuke of.tho lladieal paty : The cotidiii.Mi uf the1 Southern Elates attraUs the atteiiti n aiid c in inahds tho svinoalhv of the peoi'lo tho w hole Union. In 'their p. ogres ive recovery fioiu tho ifllc s of, iho war, their fi st it cecity ia :m into li, eht and honed, ::dmini(itra ion ol cr vern nicut wtiicli jwiil pi oU c. .all ebisics of M- zcns in thkiir pflit eal uod inv.;to r.ghts. What : . . the South most needs : is peace; and eaco depends up n too supremacy -of the law. There -can be al rights of any p o tion of iho peojdo aro hat itua'ly disregarded. A divi ioi uf . pobtieal. patties reding mere'y upon sectional lines is always ue.fuiv- tu ato, and may be di a trous The j welfaro of tho South, alike with .that of every other part of this country, de pends upon tho'attractions it can jof for to ; labor, and immigration, ; nnd capital. But laborers will not go and capital will hot bo ventured where the Cons' itution ;nd tho laws are set at defiance, and distraction, apprehen sion, and a'arm" take tho place of peace-loving and law-biding social life. All parts of Iho Constitution arc sacred, and mut bo sacred 'y observed the par's are new no h ss than the parts that aro old. The moral and natioi al prosperity f the Southern States can bo most effect uljy apvancod by a hearty generous recognitxon of thd rights of ail, l y all a rocogntt'ju without re Horvo or 1 xeeption, With such a i;c cognition fully accorded, it will bo pratirablc to promote by tho influchcj of all legitimate "agencies of tho gen oral Government, tho efforts of tho people of those Slates to obtain for then selves the blessings of honest and capablo local government. Home. MirrUiica. M-cklenburg is the second largest tax-paying county in the State. Boutwell spent more money on it, iu 1872, than on any coun y in the Stated in order to carry, it over . to Jrant. Ch irh tto is full of.tho oroat dignituries of tho party, and theso are in sw et and loving communion with tho Cjaflot e Ring to import negro voters, or in any other way iromoto tho interests of tho party; But notwithstanding all this, the Radical Cpavention at Kalcigh over looked the claims of onr co.inty and oar city, and oven droppod from its rolls, tho portly Treasurer, a rosi- dout of Charhtto. Bishop Hood wlio makes a capital Grant prajor; and Grant sermon, was not ut on tho ticket; rcither way tho cloqiiviit Col. Schonck; nor jot Rov. Biirwclh Johnson, s who blonds religion and beef steaks so happ-ly not a f ing'o H clerical brother, who grt.i up pro traded c!iurch mectingibcfo o uvery election. Wo aio griovod that llioj colored brothren all over ill 3 State,; have boon si.ubbcd, but especi dly mortified at iho alight put up n tho Future London, ILnne. V Cuslcr and the South. Hon. A M Waddcll did a grcrful ict in the inlrodru tion;of a bid in the House ol Representative' for the erec- ion of a statiie to Custer in -Washing- ton. 1 iin viii meet wiin a neiriy response thiiongh ut the Souih. No. where in tho world ia bravery moroj i admired than i-i our country. Tc, men of tho Southern States aro; . . . over ready to-do hnor to the memory of a gall.int floldir. Tho South will Hiist iin its lepreRonUtives in a ap' roprialion for a mommoot to Cuh civ. (lenerul F. -i.z Srerel vote asit TiH the SouUktii .Soldiers In tto.aon. T, , 1 . " ' . jlfih. ro is Aiij-tluiig Ci.h'iih.t d to mnii.il uu thut Uo nru imn )hj)o and m ro than fjver ui ittil not tjuy. " n tho bond of COUNAiij ui a. ly, b;it iu tlno d iiiutd d ngar.lfctii.,s , ciL- h i.len o and f t ctuil irt.tho-,;uoi , vi'S -iibicri y vit? k hcl tb )Hrl d dtfl' rout beelit ui in this CM.1...1. '"il yur gmsd hltrid.S l.'crMH ttirt J!oJv chabin L:l d vo c uui S ulh. Iritiulj (.frofc n Vi;ini.ifc Mnr a diun.1 ciu' uitli u,ui"d. and t Ii j O iM ! -ir ito t itizii and a.l mi it.ry i..- , iu ''" is u j in uiili 113 iu ivla i 1 ... . m t ies id tl lii at bat ha of Iho rovo- lufuoiiaiy wa; njud Ibis o r.o r re V jroseut alive ritizjius uml tut imry or giaii2.iiit Jiiv j ioIii n-d thiir i.-. its, onj eytl jtbe gene o h .Ji spi'ul.-y; of their e.plta aud j aitiripii j wnh Suutii Carolina in Lor com- memoiatioii i f t i tlio gu'aut di f tiro of 1'ort M ultr p. ' And n:w; again.; j we. have with oi, in rosponsd to la yilations from M isjachasotts cit: organ izitioua from and North Carolin : a. Among th. in qo zens, militiiyj Qeorgia, South and Old Virgin doubt aro biavd men who woro tho. gray during ti.i war of iho rcbellioii; who fought us it Manassar, at Chan collorsvilJe, and Prodericksbuig; whj wera in the j rebel riflo pits iu tho battles of tho Wilderiiiss, and h charged np, tho sld.b 6f Iho Ctin.otcc ry M iii.t at Gt ttysburg. Ami ifioy will meet hero JwrtJoy in blur, wb.ov withstood th, hauorto baud . aud Toot to f otj nrion theso aud many v another wolUojjght Gold; but all ra isolved .that byiones are to bo by r;onC8, aud thu honcoforth wo are to live iu tho onda of a commou v brtitbciuood at d in tho unity of a . lasting peace. Boston Herald I ;. .;. . Docker. . ' :. I The frionjdd pt Col. Dockcry jiero were much bhagriucd when they heard that he had been Settle-ed Ono f 1 hem wished that Settle would bo d 1 t feated ty 40,000 votes, others said, it was so hard to support tho iiouiiuoo agaiu'stihis enm ict ion's of right. They all Fccm to think that their champion Hkis been snubbed bv tho office holdors, andseveral of tbjtm havo declared Cur.- ' Vanco. Iho aomiiiHtion of Settrr made Vance no lesa than 200 votoa . in Richmond county. Too llpubli canpl hero object to Settle bscauso ho is an aristociat. ono who novor leta himself down with tho common poo po.' . ',:iH . ' , : : : . 1 Col. Dockcry is g'ven the Electorship, for the Stie at laige, a 'position that rcquirds hard uork with no pay. Ho willh avo a sw(ot time trying to hold up tho Grant i dministration for tho. adniinration Jiind endorB'mont of holi est men. A F )wl play will-be Ieach el upon himthut will tuake his bur den heavy tobear. Vce Dee Gu- ricr. ChanHE of (!li CUlTH.--Jlldg Rux ton f .tho "ith and Judge Furchea -f lOtlf'Judii i il niUuctrt have x hand ed eirou its for I ho Fall Terra of 187C This was dond iu confecquenc ol Jod'- Furch?s bci of eas- in lung council in a num. fiiV'IlfBlrict. Thei'o i not .top-heavy aloot onr PisioeTitia ti ket It would run. verv. w)ll eb In rnd np , 1 1 1." g ven ( u the uiithO' ily of a Nev Qi h aH U ier tliat there is a . with his ears iet k jshog in Hint itit v far back that he cannot here Limn? If Fneul 5 What FW-i k of cv is that whiVk is n-vfr M Cxted? A nrnr I- gijfrectiofi. Work has b won R.pended 6n tho Coi.f.leate ddier' M6nmht hi Hicbmon l for tratit cf funds to liill- ou th luber. 7 I Il 0
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