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FEARLESSLY THE RIGHT DEFEND IMPARTIALLY THE WRONG CONDEMN. It VOL.: III. . iPOLKTON, ANSON CO,, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1S7G. NO. XLY. 3renr grown & Go l C'UAUI.OTTK.IY. C 3irORTRS AND DEALERS IX GENERAL Ji The 43d N. fl. Kejrlraent During Hie War. HARDWARE tntl CUTLERY; CARRIAGE AND SADLER Y H A R D W A:R E I '. ' AND Strict Attention Given to Ordfi. 7tf QAPTtST FEMALE SEMINARY, .Raleigh, N. fc- Tho .acxt Session opens Sept. 12, 187G. Its charges are. lower than thoaej of any City School in North Carolina, while it offers advantages 33",T X XX f O X 1 O X I - 1 Its last Sesssion was the most prosperous of its history. For particulars apply for Cata logue, F. P. UOBGOOD,-3-13 8L Principal. . The Pee. Dee Herald ' 1 Published Weekly . ' ' ' I ' WADESBORO, N. C, . BY JOHN T. PATItlCK, Proprietor. AT $1 00 PER ANXUM. Ias T -PcUcwny, MERCHANDISE BROKER", Solicits orders for every description of. ME RCHANDISE- ,Whiffs frcm My Old Camp Pipa. Qn Sunday, the 15th of May, the enemy bad advanced his posilionfNm- til. be held a position of the breast works, Ihafhad been constructed in connection with the DrewryV Bluff defences, and his whole line was par allel to and confronting our forces, who now occupied the line of works, from theanics to a point considera bly beyond the Pike. An animated fire was kept up at points along the iioe during the whole day, and late in the afternoon, it bacame so warm on the right of our'-lino, that we all thought' a general engagement was imminent. It was just at this time that President 'Jefferson Davis and Gen. Braxton Braxrg, rode along our line and were met by the gallant Gen. Beauregafd. They had a somewhat protracted conference, and the effect on the troops was not calculated .to inspire cpnfidcce. For we well knew that Bhould Mr: Davis and Gen. Bragg acree in anv line of nolicv. that COll- cs J 1 ' I flicted with the views of Beauregaret the latter, by virtue of his subordinate rank, would have to yield, but we all felt that we preferred, to n-kGen Beau:cgard in an emergency; and ravo apprehensions were produced, by the appearance of these two mast icflful men in the Com fed racy, in our midst, and in council with our leader Our line now, extended from Guinei tvitii its. A3-ut for WII.C'O.Y, i 1 1M1H A: CO.'. VIICK.MX and JI.IMl'l'I.ATLU HV A, Wiluiiustou, ."V. V. Nov. 27 C3tf nxiAV 3TLL3. ko bi uxjva sxnx Persons desiring to take ont patents, or desiring information from the U. S. Patent Office, hhoald consult t2P. A! Tolim- ann, Solicitor ol Ameri can and Foreign I?a1eiits "Washington, D.C. Examinations free, NO PATENT NO PAY. Send for Circular 3 0-tf. AGENTS WANTED! Something new. A rare chance to make i money. Ao capital' required. 2o per cent. commission allowed. Agents make $5 to 10 a day. bend s'ninp for outfit. Address L. L. O&MENT. Cleveland, Teuu. R AVI DOltSEY & JUtOTIlER. . i . DKAUIE.S is -r- J FANCY GROCERIES, Vollton, Ar. O. t ' yiTii , : tVilsou, Palmer & Co., wiiolosaloIGrrocora, l-t Wet l.iubard Httwt, B U t 5 1 N E S S COLLEGE- TIKI FALL SESSION WILL BEGIN, AU tpi&t 7th, 1S7G. Tnitiojt m Trjirish, French. atin, Greek, llebreir, Matlicniati-, Ikx.k KcPnff. Drawing, Ttksranhy, l'Lot Krar.hy Hoard ar! Tuition from $li to $20 per mouth, tend for Catalog no to 11k N IJ COmi. Principal, nr -Hit J J MrLKND'JX, Pmnrictor. 13 tt Station through Richmond v resting on Petersburg, wi h it-- It f threatened by .Grant, and its r.iht by But'er. 11 was evidently tho purpose rtf tho enemy to. turn q;ir iigit vith Uutlei-'s forces, take possession of the Danviile 1&' Pe'et sbnrg Bonds, f tnd remove tho obstructions from; the James; and then secure a posiiion on the rar of our Cariitnl, wTiilo Grant fthould pass it3 front. The audacity of Jiutler, and apparent reluctance of Beanro ;ard to otta -k him.'couid be attributed to nothing, but our L small f)rce, and while all felt assured, of the isuo when it was made, yet the f-it- nation was felt to be indeed critical; for all knew that success to Butler was irretrievable defeat to us, and most probably the fajl of Richmond. By Sunday Light,uI3utler had en trenched himself strongly, and the two armies now watched each pthert as two giant foes in the ring, each seeming anxious to citch an opportu nity to strike with advantage the first bIojv. Our Regiment," for some reisn unknown to us. wa3 placed in the Di vision of Muj. Gen. Roht." Ransom, which now occupied the I left of our ,i,e , - yjjCXK On Monday morning, the lGth, we were ordered to leave all baggnge, canteens, fcc, and to march as quiet ly as possible no one being allowed to talk." The enemy now occupied a position, nearly. parallel" to our line of works and generally about thtee bun dred yards from Ihcm. Long before daylight, we were taken by tho.flank around our works and next to tho James, and filed in between the two lines of works, and formod our line jtn mediately on I heir front, under cover of the densest fog we had ever seen. Our sharp-shooters wero properly disposed,, and our re inforcements, were brought !up, and of the position of tho enemy or our tirnximitv to them. We rushed for- r -j ward through the impenetrable mist, and the arp-shooters in many plac cs, found - that they, had passed through the line of the enemy rsbarp- fehooters, and were on'the -works, be fore they were aware of it. The firing from their breastworks now opened in all its fury, and our line not being ab'e to eee anything, found itself tum bling, headlong over strong telegraph wires, that the-enemy had strech'ed from stump to stump, and under one of the severest fires that we encountered during the whole war. Wo were halted and the line was readily aij adjusted, and then the roar of battle opened in all its fury. Their range be ing un ot strutted, and our Mne be'ng only a short distance, and on. a slight ly elevated position, made their fire severaly accurate. Our cartridge boxes were all filled, but our .Regiment, at the time lhe enemy broke on pur front did not have exceeding two rounds left. ' " Never did men endure a heavier and steadier storm of ball and hell for the same length of time, with more. heroic bravery, especially as our aim was entirely governed by. the report of their guns, since it was impossible to see them.. Our line, or at least that poition including our Regiment, stood firm as adamant, and riot a single man was missing from hi- post in the 43d,; whon the smoke and. fog" -lifted fivme i ? . ; the scene of blood and carnage. It was indeed a critical moment when we found our ammunition cx'ia'nle I and locked. around for the Virginia Brigade to !ake our j laco, and which was directed tbat morning "to tun over lis' if we faltered.'' ' Fortunately the er-emy iust at this moment l r ke on our fro; t. The Virginia Brigade could no where be seen, for" they h:id taken refuge be- hiud th" Ft rts, Breastworks and hills, far in the rear. Our Regiment, tinder our bravo and spirited. Lieut. Cd Jjewis, was withdrawn witn orrers to replenish our cartrage boxes.. The onemj's sharp-shooters finding that we did not pursue them came back and took possession of their breast works, and the Virginians were ral lied and brought up to oecupy our line, when, the enemy's sharp-shoot ers opened on them and they gave way. Just then Col. Lcwisv occupying a position where he could see the whole scene, ordered our Regiment to form a lino so as to strike the flank battle ofDrcwry's Bluff, was one of the best and hardest fought of the war, rbut it was eclipsed by the terrifie shocks, between the two great .armies of Lee and Grant ?.t Spotsylvania and the Wilderness. ( To be Continued J , Taz Hargrove's Infamy, Having known well what Colonel Taz well L. Hargrove's career was be before arid during the 'date unpleas antaess'we could hirdly believe what was: written about him in a recont letter to the Raleigl Sentinel. Col: Hargrove was the trusted, fearless and high toned leader of one tf our great parties in, Granville county in the years when to be a leader was a strong mark of gentlemanliue,ss as well as of ability. He was eloquent on the stumn an.d venerated in the caucus room, though a stripling compared with tho other acknowledged leaders of his party such men as Abram Venable, Nathaniel E. Canady r-nd Jas. M. Bu.lock. Duricthe Confed-. ute struggle ho . was amoiig the bravest of the brave and truest of the true, never wavering, Deve'r repin'ng at -privation and suffering. As His civil record had been honorable and i '- briil;ant so his mi!i!ary record Was all glori jus and men praised his hero ic alor was the commonest suljeet of laudation.. The war cameto an end. A. preteridod peace hugged the Lmu in its treacherous embiace. Hargrove at first stao i by his people -the peo ple he had liven with andffought for the people who had honored him' with their confide-ce and x .Iti-d .h:m by their suffrages. But av evil day came Tlie tempter ame, :ud Hargrove he who had; heed almo peerle-ft "in his county and nmoi g his .people fell Fo rgo tfi ,i ' here 1 he 'p r- u 1 a n to b 1 lieve that Tazwell L. Hargrove or: c to voted iihon any other creature in the form of mari :0 ln V 0,f breathing the free air of Xorth T!irn- to be made by ihfc Iiria. and herding with animaUloss ' e.hivf j 's:i e of ih j savage' thau a Hindoo tier, could have , Rilci;h. ; - ; '.maniffttnd sn mm h horiihV hrnt il'ltv i AH offiCW-Avhc4.ie Urn ot QftlV,' We think .vet it is b:irel v msi jle hvbuM expire'di I though the has been silent a whole on the firt Thursday Vx August -wHf month resting under the damning ifjld over: un.tij thiir succ so, io l imputation. Can it bo true that this -...elpc'ed in Xnetubor, qua lly. Attorney General of Noih Carolina, jy Secretary of stj 'e to faraMi copies and this nominee on the Rep'ublicJn ()f election act of 23 1 Marvh, 187.V ticket lor the same position, has lt to coulity COmmii ne s, wlvo wilt every msiiuci ui lue tiuuiau. uuu iuui . , i ' , . c 1, - : i i nl i ! ive three nvoMldj noti.-c of dec- uis associations uave suua. 10 a .level , i mi i nith th9 lowest brute, far below soiuj tif of his wicked associates? C H it be? Wil. Star. , Election Law. The 'returnt. t:o amchuraeni- s he r ills t J lh. supreme court, at. n. Here ks the way By chapter 237 of the publio- l-i'ws ' ijjj.re Hill Smitl r i linn a Kite. the Beyublirans d teir colored ft wnds. kke young. Dick of 1874-75, the clccti mAa. North Car- 1 G onshore to! dcLvt Uyma ithe cob- him triumphs- on the hustings and at the ballot box, fo rot to. !i thi more of the enrmy, wholby this time were crossing the works and adrancins. the strictest orders given them as to their duty, as our support in the charge. Especially was this case with a irginajjrigaae map was uiaeeu immediately in'our rear. Tho officers, in our hearing, 'passed aloug their lice cheering arid encouraging the men, and telling then, "if tho line in front fullers, -run right over them," &c. Just fcr light, the signal was given for us to move forward. Tho ground bad been cleared, partially, and was cover-- od .with brush, logs, &cv, and the fog was so dense as to obscure everything around us. We could not see wheth cr wc were aligned on thei right, or left, aud of course could tell nothing They were. swept from the field like chaff before the storm, and we. were pressed forward until their retreat was tu-rned into an utter roiitjgu By a skil ful maneuver, a pprtion of our forces were, sent dewn'the James, and succeeded in getting into tho rear of their right, and charging capfured a whole Brigade, officers and all. On the tarn pike we took a splendid bat- terry of parrot guns, and Jhe prison ers numbered abut 4,000. It was , indeed a dearly bought but brilliant and glorious victory. Gen. Whiting, who was every moment expected to strike his rear, from Petersburg, from some cause failed to come in time, or tho victory must have been crushing and overwhelming. Hotly and closely did we chase Butler to Ifis safe retreat at Burmuda . Hundreds. The battle was in its results, one of the most. inih portant fought during the war, and never has. and perhaps never will, be regardedin its true character, .The masterly skill and genius of our splen did General, as displayed in k suecess-J fully defeating and routing a greatly superior force, well equipped, well disciplined, and well organized, with a small force, only parlialljT organize ed and wornout by the severest duty. of thirtytwo days, and that by assault ing hini.a strong and well fortified po sition, last its significance and' import ance, in having. occurred amid the great giant battles Shatsy I vania. The splendid glories of the frUted field, forgotten the long years of trust well kept, of honor untai ni h jd, of work the noblest; sunken the fame, the faith, the manhood in the fetid pool of Radicalism. Old friends fjll'away aghast wihou a -word; wor is were fruitless and .a mockery. New friends came like blackberries in June. But what friends ! . (jsiVell," ho sheared his reward. Wo .may hope he is happy. . ,Well, this man Hargrove, AttorneyGerieral of North Carolina, it is alleged by a cor respondent of the"( Raleigh .Sentinel, who wrote from Oxford, taid in a pub lie speech in Oxford, on the il St of July, the words following or in lan guage to that effect: "I-was in the legislature at the time it was proposed, to outlaw the Lo wry gang. Lvoted and worked against the bill. I voted and worked agairst the reward offered. I thank God for that lit fore they . were caught they made twenty-ono Conservative Democrats bite the dut." The Lowry gang , wero murderers and desperadoes of the worst -class: mixed in blood bstle'n the while, Indian and negro races. They lived the life of swamp brigands -for more than ten years. Their deeds are kriowri of men in this part of the world, for tho.pre3S has chronicled their crimes and their crimes and the minutest particulars of the;r life in the recesses of Robeson have been set forth in in teivsew, hjstory, drama and fiction. Hargrove knew.of their character not only from public prints, but he was advised of it in 'his capacity as a mem bej of the , Legislature. Thai, body, jtben Republican in politic3, had pro? fessed to be concerned at the depreda tions of the gang and pretended to take steps' for the suppression of the outlaws. Now Hargrove saj's he voted and worked against the act of outlaw ry, and voted and worked against the reward offered for the apprehension of the ban'dits. And he thanks God for it! What a confession ! What bloody gratitude i At first we refused to be olina has b.-en-changed from th j first ThurtMay in August to the Tuesday next after the first Monday in Novem ber, 187G. We publish below the amendments made to Battles Revisal and to lhe laws of ' 1873-'T4: whiqh the change was made, and would sug gest to the Tress of the State the. pro priety of copying it : - Secretary of state to fanrsh on re quisition, registration bboks of the first ilon day of Sepmtober 187J. .v Registrars of voters to be selected. on orbvfjre the firsi. Mo::diy of Oclo ber, 187G. ' ' - 1 Registrars to revise the existing reg itratioll books of their precinct, ( r ward) or '. tjv4hip, as herotof re,. bat instead of pefcming thi-J duty i i' July a id up to the day preec 'i g the fiit T.jur d tv in Auus1. they ' wilK sit between thj hours ofsinrisj and sunset" o.i e.ich day (Sundays excepted) from the first : Tuesday i Otobe'-, 1670, up to and including I li J day pre ceding'' the Tu s lay after the firsi Mnday-iii Nov m''C!. Judge or inspectors ;-of election, t1 be appointed by county .coiiirri'ss'oue rs on or. before the first .Monday of Oc tuber. x ' , r ' - ' " - 1 Re-turning officers of senatorial dis tricts compo ed of more than one coun " ty to lnejc on Tuesday, one week after the election, at places designated in Battle's -Rovisal. , VVhen senatorial returning officers are' prevented from meeting on 'design nated day, as above, return shall be waited fjr and received if they arrive on the following day, Sheriffs to furnish certificates of election to members of the house' of representative and senators, where the district is not composed of more than one county, previous to Wednes day before the third Monday in Xo vcmbef. Sheriff thall also, at least ten days before the first day of Decent ber, notify all persons elected in' the county at the court-house cin the first Monday in December. Sheriff Or other returning, officer of every county to transmit 'by; mail or otherwise to speaker of the house of represent it ivs vote for state ofir: ccrs on or before the third Monday in ! den must have; -iiyman oh the! aijxl Jim Boyd went o ;td congressman i u ficwtl dU tpiet Gov. Bro ;lo i leceived the-; nomination. The Jubrod lawyer, J. H. O'lla-fa was liccl on the ticket as elxtor. This o:fi e. fnty uothrng. Gongressnc-ii gits S.'j'OJO at year. Brog- tliit.: , Couldn't flaud Itluket. Brogden was 1 i nominated on tlu U.h ballot hajtl work, iiijii arid, luc e. The colored mai can now sji tliie v kings oPttieir ling- masters. The fit t eigh &ii1im ' k;.vv these lbur meiij v ho hope to eat. jtho. bread of id'eueM, as th y.l.ave li Lcik piecrust of lux ny f jv years, at th. hands of the n iiM, and they go Ut 't tlieir listi ictsjt ) G ldsb:j to tak i 1 It- ' from: J hi) Hjinian, a poo; negro, and i.vetj Gjv. Bro: Tlii ' is focd foil tl reflect on. On'y -T 1 Lmi who has . OW rich trohi haliling bfficj foity yeais Congiesii )iud hoikors andr now- he'i i ; ! 1 kieked out. An white. R:ids wiil.uft) 'flicc. Nigger d ft ;d hold llu ofiu Where Arc be in the S.u hern pouts, statjionklan massacre! m jriiwii men, which, 4ldJ leaves 10 513 is'ill that's the way. tliowe- wlTl'cvw'ry paying 4- tlie' voting, wi:ilo h. 'loichfjhf. lhe JSolditirs? Thq total numbtf . of troops in t'.io- JJnited Stlttes. Scri iec -is put do-wii now- at 20,9 7t. Of thbsc, 7,052 arc aid to Slates, looking after the pojitica! intircfits of thy carpet .bag gers ; at recriirtin. said to be 4,210; ' statfons thcro are anl at North erne d forts thcro are ing tho number of tU Ge'ural Custer at 200, this wJl hoc unt fir 1C.43 J ted from 26,90, u n plnped. The St. pertinently asks :: ten thousand fivo -They aie tut; with Louis Jl 'publican "Whet.e are the-e hundred sodiers Teirv or Crook dr Gibbon. Where fre "they ? .Unless the total iniirtbei has been falsely given, they mu-t bo. somewhere about tho country. , lhe whole number In the Black' Hiils coun try, al eady there or on their, way to. stre'rghen the e jftimands, canmt bo more than lour th lusand nren. Where are the other tix thousand died? Are they facture 1 to order, 1 T.'." .n ao 0...' tin ' 1 'UltO UUU W ji.V. .November, 1870. Secretary of state, on or before firM Monday in October; 187C, .to fur nish county commissioners ' of each county copies of so much of chapter 52- of Battle's Revisal, as relates fo elections, as amended by chap. 257, laws of 1874-75. The above are amendments to Bat tle's Revisal. Cliap. 132, laws of 1S73-L '74:, is amended afollow8 : 1 1 Sirikes out the Jirst Thursday in August as the day of election of mem bers of the general assembly, c6unty officers, members of U. S. liouso of.J repres3ntative, and inserts Tuesday "Torch Light next after the first Monday in Novem ber, 1876. Changes time of clt-ction ef state office rs.-from. first Thursday in August" to Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, 1S7G. ! State officers, prcfcideritial electors, merubcrs of congress, members of the legislature, and county officers are to in the five Iiuji Southern' States looking a Mr thopjlitica! inter- baggers, und on th esls of tli,e carpolj . ' aui vive lor 'brutal outrage., mariu- or where arc the) . Sat. AVtrs. ' . t ! A Kern-irk jible Snake Abput two weeks ago fir. Jamc.i Howell killed ja mjoccasiii anakc at hi. house, near Hobgjood's Mill, . ineasu- ring 37 inehesjiu length with 21 dis tinct letters of , the alphabet on it back and side.': ! luis we call an educa. led isnakc as it ceVtcitjly, knew its. letters. New CjihiL oa with your snalco- jokj. .4 I'M sCories. " Th;s ! is bo elected, and thelproposed amend i menta to th constit thn of the 'aio Feed lhe India him in Hie ipriinfi mer, .and makb a true. No In all winter, arm. fight him all sum ndW treaty with him in the fall; IV'erily, gorily, tho Indian de i a rt N eilt is ra n by m c whojc biains peed to bes lowered t their heels or fais d to their heads. i, e ejlored iiuj t' ae colored nia.i.. with 1 i -' - - a .t i V:
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