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' ; ' ::' M -in ?-'ir ' ..s.H'iitfit')lft m I .Ma !-:. ' ;j vQo' v-IJiiil. i .A V'-Is ;n . ? .,. r, .'; ' ' .-, ... , .. i-v . . A REPUBLICAN WEEKLY NESW. f APER THE CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE PARTY; r xr.:$L"DROVnf9 Manager. Ah PUBLlSlIHfVJEVERY THURSDAY. (SEE RATIOS OP SUBSCRIPTION ON THIS PAGE.- ir- Job Work executed at short no tice and In a style unsurpassed by any nvriCX on Newbern Avenue, some ,ix or seven hundred yards east of the v - similar establishment in the State RATES OF ADVERTISING . Ono square, one time, - - $ l oo Capitol. RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION : One ye1". " ii months. fZ 1U I 05 55 4 two times, l 50 three times, - 2 00 Xbree months, : VOL. V. RALEIGH, 1ST; C.v TBnjRSDAY3IAY 18, 1876. 0 4: 8. Contract advertisements taken at I VARIABLY IX ADTAKCK. proportionately low rates. , . ' : Hi ' i : i - t -i . . . I - tr I Correspondence. Ti,e following - communications tj,k.en from the columns of the i- Wrtkfr Constitution : ft, the Editor f The Constitution : llow me to prfaent the name of one of Orange county's favorite sons as a suitable person to be our candidate for Superintendent of public Instruction In the great po litical fight or 1870. i reier to air, Henby N. Brown, who has made s veral gnllant fights for us against the unterrifled Democracy of this county. Mr. Brown is eminently quilifieJ for the position, being a man of culture and sound judgment .itheood executive ability. His nomination will add much strength . . 1 - L f 1L f . .t. I to the State ucicei in inis wnoiu ..I.- b ft fltfin rponfmiMnn tLTM 1111.. CUV! '- - v ' . t, i . w. of his vaiuaoie btrvicca iu i ty; and his wprth as a private cm- jonty or its county commissioners ren.and, above all, his Integrity are Democratic. In this age of pro woul 1 guarantee the best and most scriptiou of Republicans, why is .w,.,ni administration of our school KUiy." ystem- What say our Republican )LU r-i'nd.4? A REPUBLICAN. HillHboro, N. C, May G, J87G. To the MUor of the Constitution : While others are recommending their various favorites for positions of State, to be selected by the com ing Republican Convention, per mit me to call the attention of our friends to the claims of Wm. W. N. Hi nteu, of Ienoir. He is an earn est, true and faithful Republican. irreproachable in character, unim purliahte in integrity, and popu Ur withal. He has made one of the U-st Superior Court Clerks the State p.si, ami every paper emina tinjj from his office Is not only a nM-W of chyrography, but Is legal ly complel. He bears the palm as the most accoiuplished county otti . i i 1. . ., i . . . . . . ti.. c r io ue jounu, anu nua u u mc recipient of the greatest praise from legal gentlemen opposed to him in p.)iui,-s. Our party couiu i;ot se- Irct a more fitting candidate for the office of Sretary of State. It is justsuch men as he is, our party needs to bear our banner to success in the coming campaign, and we ire Mire that if his friends in the nt preys his claims, the centre and west will go for him. OLD WAKE. Tn the Editor of the Const ituf n : I am simply an humble voter in the Republican party, and merely -colored man at that, but I think I have a right to express my no li mh utiout the., nominations for Sute officers, and I do hen by de clare that it is the wish of the col crvd people of the Albemarle sec tion, that J. L. ClIAMBEKLAlN be placed upon the State ticket for Secretary of State. He is and has always b-en a friend to my race. md has never deceived or misled fa. Si far a his abilities is concern- 1 1 am not able to judge, but I know one thing, the Democrats are 1 if id of him in a campaign. We bopetosee him honored as he de serves. REPUBLICAN. Gates county, May 3, 187G. To the El'dor of The Constitution : Your correspondent, "Altitudi 1am," gues for the Commissioners - or Managers of the W. N. C. R. R- With gloves off. Now, Mr. Editor, I Jo not propose to answer " Altitu- iiluuiV conumdrums, but, sir, we k.ehave a great political battle to fiKhtthis summer, and if we go lito the battle side by side with toese K. K. sympathizer, and nahmiud liepublicxuis, we will get kMnd time. "Altltudilum" truly ys 'it was a hard blow," and so ilK for there is so many Demo- limto sabscribe for a Republican a lir, for instance, as I have done, eir reply is, What'a . the use? one, but Democrats can have po JUion giveu them, aud I see no use hit, ow.sir, they are the voters: lne and sinew of the Republi- Party-And when the claims of ir friends are Ignored and K. K. betnnrr-ta t i i I enUholdinlAhtnmrwrlvbe- and relentless opposition of all the Dllblic frauds and official dishon- this city, w lone- n... i . i x I Xfi I Vn IpI inw nn ii Mr. tv for the elevation of the public thoritv un Saf VZ l and U Blaine, for lnu,e, have not been service and pure and ea.c-.eut gov- o f ih- u S ou.d e,data; mat's Ld'con'uenUy ose? Many who bear the marks the K. K. lash, aro getting very different as to the result, ou ac- nt of Just such conduct by giving Juoas to Democrats instead of to publicans. No w," "sir,-. how positions on the W. N. C. R. r41? filled by Republicans?! ? formed not more than one In Now," air,-' that Is ; a conun- for those -in authority to an- i for many of these Democrats are stabbing us ; in the back every coance mey get. , None of them support either the State or Nation al governmeiit, but are its enemy, and as longasthey areallowed to re main, in these positions, just so long will It operate agai nit us. I say, put in Republicans, working -tepuDJican.i, and In our next elec tions you wi Usee a heavy increase of the Republican vote all along the tine or the w. N. C. R. R. CATAWBA. May 3d, 1870. Warren County. 7b the Editor of The Constitution : Warren county has been under Democratic domination ever since the Republican party wasorgauized f il f r . . . ' I in mis aiate. It r.as a Republican mnloritv of. 9 nrvi nu .;r " - - " -J 'WX. WV 11J S1IC11U. "t , J , ? ivjjiaicr oi ueeiis, anu a ma- iiiia . j unit io a ueraocrauc coun- tt,,.ff ' it i- -it. .4.c.3i,t.ca.parane.. wnere they nominate, no Republican can smell an ofnee. Then, why Is this? Are there no reliable and trust worthy Republicans in old Warren? Are we compelled to enter the ranks of the Democracy to choose county officers. If so, then it is time for the party to disorganize. We fair personal aims of certain individuals, is at the bottom of all this. We know we have reliable and trustworthy Republicans in Warren, who would adorn the offi cers in its gift. Let us have them. They have a Democratic sheriff. He is as full of blarney as a turnip is of fubstaitc, and hardly half as sustaining. He has a son in this city one of our bogus city officials who is as proscriptiveas it is pos sible to be. "War to the knife" against Republicans is the motto on his banner. Let us feed the father as the son would feed us. Let us proscribe the father in Warren as lne n hag proscribed the good Republicans of Raleigh. Down witn tne banner of Jones! Jones, the son, leading the banner of pro scription in Raleigh. Let Jones, This is Ihe ori&d lteiuh: the father, be proscribed in Warren. licans. RALEIGH. Wlij' Gov. Hayes is Likely to be Nominated for President. To the Editor of the Constitution : I send a copy of the New York Sun, containing an editorial rela tive to the aspirats for Presidential honors. I hope it may be true that Hon. R". B. Hayes will be the suc cessful competitor at the Cincinnati Convention. Please publish the article and oblige. CHATHAM. AH the signs continue to point to the nomination of Gov. Hayes,' of Ohio as the Republican candidate for President. Mr. Hayes became known through out the country by his brilliant suc- cess in defeating Gov. Allen4 in the state election in Ohio last year. Previous to that time, but little had been heard of him outside of the Sfate ; but that event at once made him conspicuous and marked his name upon the list of candidates for President. Greatly to his advantage, how ever, it did not render him so prom- inent as to excite those antagonisms and animosities which necessarily rise up against the foremost men on the stage of public life, such men, for instance, as Mr. Conkling, Mr. Morton, Mr. Blaine and Mr. Bris- tow. -Either of these gentlemen is more widely known than Gov. Hayes, and far more warmly sup- ported by a circle of devoted friends and followers ; but each of them has arrayed against him the eager on speaking terms for eight years Mr. Conkling ana xur. iMorton ae test each other, not merely because they are rivals In ambition," but be cause there is a natural incorapati blllty in their qualities" of charac ter." Mr Bristow, they all look up on as an Intruder; a disturber of the peace,' a destructive censor upon the conduct and history or the itepuun fn tKa "lntt pfoht vpnk" I conduct and history. ,; Mr., Rlaine alone ' among" the older; aspirants, has any sort of tolerance for Bris-. tow; while Morton and Conkling arejoxt as strenuously opposed to the Kentucklah W they' are to each other. ' In fact, they are against each other ';. and they wiir coalesce to beat him, if for nothing else.' "In these facts the , strength, oi Hayes' becomes manifest Each of the. more celebrated aspirants, and their friends' "with them, would rather have him than either' of their immediate rivals. He will be nominated. If such be his fa je, as Lincoln was' nomfnated 'in I8G0,' or Pierce in 18.j2, or Polk In 1844.' He is that kind of a neutral man 'who is always taken when the' powerful chiefs can only succeed in1 'foiling each .'other. - y .uv. siii. Though he stands in this, neutral and secondary ix sition. Gov. Hayes is far from being an inferior or un worthy character: 'He' is a man of talent; he is a gentleman ; he i& rich and independent ; :he: served with credit as a soldier. In the war, and his record as Governor of Ohio is without flaw or PjMit; he would make a very sfair President for or dinary times. , . . Those who intend to vote theRe-. publican ticket under any circum stances may about as well make up np,r minds that Uutherford B. 1 I 1 . . . m "Hyesisuie iima who win. receive their suffrages. Colored Men in Council. In compliance with a call issued some time since a number of the uh.c oiuto fading colored nnn.rinn.i ri men of the. 2nd Congressional District met in Golds- 3 men representing the best of the colored element. Speeches were made, both good and effective, and entire harmony characterized the pjoceedings. The following res olvtions were unanimously adopt ed : Jtesolved, 1st. That we re-affirm our allegiance to the great Repub lican party, National and State. - 2d. That, we pledge ourselves to support every reguiariy anu prop erly nominated candidate of the Republican party. 3d. That we call upon the Repub licans of North Carolina to exhibit their just resentment against the outrage perpetrated by the late Constitutional Convention, by vot ing against .the Constitutional amendments. Hyde County Convention. Pursuant to the call of the Chair man of the Executive Committee, the Republicans of Hyde county met in Convention, at the Court house, for the purpose of-appoint- ing delegates to the State, Congress ional and Senatorial Conventions. The Convention was f called to or- dr b the Executive Chairman On motion, Dr. A. J. Glover was appointed Chairman and W. A Cara wan was requested to act as Secretary. . , , .. . On motion of J. J. Mdiowan, a committee consisting of J. J. -Mc-Gowaiv, Hilliard Qibbs, Rigdon Green, George W Davis, and D. S. Credle was appointed to draft reso lutions for the consideration of the Convention. ; , On motion, the Chairman was re quested to appoint .ten delegates to the , State Convention; five ; dele gates to the Congressional JMstrict Convention and ten delegates to the Senatorial District Convention. , t The Chairman ; appointed dele-, gates as follows : , i State Convention Dr. A. J. Glov er. W. II. Warren. Congressional Convention J . J. Mr-Gowan. John Mc Williams. D. S. Willie, B. D. Gibbs, G. W. Davis. Senatorial Cbiwrfton.Hilliard Gibbs, Zack Emery, E. P. Hudson, Riley Credle, Ben. Hopkins, David PhnrlP Mann. E. 8. Enslev. Vuuvii) ' - - i r r Eli Guirkin. The committee through their Chairman reported the following resolutions: ; 1. Resolved, That the principles of the Republican party as hereto fore enunciated are .hereby re af firmed. 2. That we are for the unity of the nation and the just rights of the States, for the full reconciliation and enduring harmony of all sections, for the inviolate preservation of, the results bf the war and the constitu tional rights of every citizen."- 5 3. That we are for the unsparing pursuit, exposure anu pumshmeut prn 4 That we are in favor of main taining untarnished the national credit and honor, and of com mon schools "absolutely free from sectarian influence, - o i 5. That we emphatically condemn the dishonesty , and treachery of every official who is faithless to his trust, and approve the Injunction, " let no guilty man however high escape.".. , . a inat wimout regaru io past Hiffprences we .cordially invite all pmment by honest and capable of ficers, to unite with qs in mutual and. considerate co-operation for the promotion of these ends. ,x. : , , . , f ; 7 That we declare ourselves In favor of .the Hon. ,0. H.' Dockeuy as our first choice as a candidate for Governor,1 and instruct our- dele gates in the Convention to cast the vote of Hyde cotinty-forhlm. 8. That Col. D. McD. Linisay is iq our opinion eminently suitedto represent the interest of this dis trict in the next National Congress, and that we recommend his nomi- orn ii f ill. . i iiii,ii u nation, therefor and iiereby instruct and I here assert that those who our dlegauSjin ..thv District Con- repeat these statements wilfully, yention to 'I'ast'lh "vote; of H.vde state what is not true. That I county fur turn for the said iKxsition; wou'd spend a half hour, and use 9. r Thut t li.W J. Simpson is our condescension and politeness, which first choico fi?r?piier4,fshe Senators X am sorry to pay, was totally un of the Socond iSenatorial district merited in order to tret a hearing, to and.we hereby recomtnend him for discharge a duty f r which I was the safu 1 iositlouana 'instruct our del egate to i vote for shim for the " 10. Timt we pledgef ourselves to support "cordiairy nd unitedly whoever may be the "nominees of the Various Conventions: : i - - - 4 11. That in the event that none of the delegates appointed by the Con vention should attend the Suite or Congressional Conventions, that Dr. P. John be appointed a proxy to cast.. the vote oi Hyde county, in, the State Convention, and Miles Com- mander, of Elizabeth City, be ap- pointed proxy to cast the vote in the Congressional Convention, o ,On motion by D. S.! Willis the resolutions as ! read were unariimtus jy adopted. -:" " ' ' . Ori1 tiiotlon or EH ' Guirkln, the Chairman and Secretary of the Con vention were added tb the' various delegation's.' T , , On motion or W; A. Carawan; the following were appointed Couri- I 4 ( (' ( Glover. Ii. W Globs. W. A. Cara- wan Jack Burres and Ellis Ho w ard. - . : ,Oa motion of g! W. Davis, the Chairman was requested to appoint a. Township Committee of five for each Township. ,The following were appointed : Stvan Quarter ToicnshipW B Torby, Sr., J J McGowan, David Credle, Ben Wallace Dowell and George Farrow. Currituck. B B Hopkins, W H Warren, Albert Bryan. Robert Brinkley and D SJ WH lie... Lake Landing Richard T Berry, A B Jones, B W Hill, Hilliard Gibbs and Emanuel Merrick. ,.'.' Fairfield David Cutrell, Wilson Daniels,. Ned Johnson, Eli Sander son and Ben Hopkins., -i x Ocracoke Coleman Howard, J McWilliams, ,Tilman Farrow, Jas Howard and Horatio Williams. Oh motion of John Townsville, the Convention instructed the Sec retary to forward copies of the pro ceedings of the meoting to the TH Weektu Constitution, at Raleigh, and the North Carolinian, at Elizabeth City; with reqaest that they publish the same ' On motion of J.J.' McGowan thanks of the. Conventions were tendered to the Chairman and Sec retary for services, fccv s v ! On motion of G. -VW Davis the Convention ' counselled the utmost unity', perseverance, peace and har mony a and adjourned with cheers for the cause." ?;! i: t A. J. GLOVER, Chairman. . ; Wm A. Cara wan, Secretary. A Card to the Public. In Tuesday s issue of the Daily News of t his city, It is stated in the proceedings given of the U gus Board of Aldermen, mat "jl. a. Barbee; one of John Gorman's out laws, presented a communication from A. W. Shaffer and others, and At the game time asked to be allow- tn make a. statement to the Board, .which was granted, upon rrn dltion " that the' subject of the communication would not be allu ded to by him," . .v .i AS tne uauy veynj is pruveruiai for lying, even among: its own friends: aiid its statements pot be- ine worm mo paper upon which they are iprinieu, x nau nuenueu to disregard its false representations in regard to uiyseif. But as I learn that et r.aln individuals who were prtsent on that occasion, who, from my acquaintance wnn incui, l uau taken to be men of .veracity, were In the habit of repeating the same statements, I take this method, iu justice to myself, to pronounce the tcondition" alluded to, maliciously false.t ... d?; - A ,i -A:ri was present at the Mayors of fice on that occasiori, as a special committee 6t on, appointed by the lawful Board of Commissioners of ith lull jower and au- der the law, ,to demand urpers the city property, known to be unlawfully held by r them, c One of the bogus A ldermen thought I had come to make a Republican speech, and suggested that His Honor ; ought not to allow it j' WhIIe?auother, ai parently alarmed, wanted someone to go: Jir a lawyer, and it was not til I after ? I as-u i ed t hose presen t of my high esteem for them 'individual ly, and of my determination to dis charge my dut.v :With becomi i dignity, tnat I wasailowed to mako my statement. , It was further sug gested by bue of the usurpers, and agreed to by me, that I "would not discuss the merits' of my couimuui cation. This case being already tie fore the courts,.and able counsel be ing engaged bu both sides, and the daily use of mechanics tools being my profession, 1 did not hesitate to promise to jrefraiu from - an argu ment which would, involve, in any mannerr the 'merits" of a case which is fraught with so much vi tality, "and at the? same lime so much hazards the liberty of our peo pled But I did promise not to allude q the subject of my communication; f specially sent, to speak ol a sublet which was atone under considera tion, and at the same time prcirrrise not to "allude" to it, is something an ordinary ribbed-nose monkey would have too much good sense 'to believe. What . else, pray, could I; have to talk about on that occa sion? The truth is, that to the lawless usurpers and their chief. I this subject was anything but pleas ant, hence the unbecoming, and I might say, undignified manner in which the bogus Mayor undertook irom his chair, where law and jus tico is supposed to be dealt out to all alike, to drown my voice while 1 did, in spite of his ugly manners, make a formal demand. In order io .show to the public who has proven ."false" in this transaction, V will slate that the Board of Com nosioners presented themselves at the door of the Mayor's office at the first meeting held by the usurpers, and politely asked to be admitted. This same great Lord Mayor, who has such power in "stopping" people, then and there made a promise that if the Board ofCommissioners would defer their demand until the follow ing evening, they would be received and treated with respect and polite ness. How was this promise kept ? At half-past 8 o'clock, on the ap pointed evening, a representative of our Board was informed, at the entrance to the Mayor's office, that the Board of Aldermen had met and .adjourned, which was false, as I was afterwards informed by one of said Aldermen that the Board did hot adjourn till 11 o'clock of the same evening. I could say much more to show the falsi ty and venal ity of the . usurping pretenders of our city, but what would be the use, as long as might makes right, and law is disregarded by them and their coadjutors ? M. B. BARBEE. A Card to tho Public. i To the Editor of The Constitution : The JVews oi Saturday morning does me injustice in its report of the trial before Mayor Manly yester day, and I beg leave to lay the whole matter before your readers that the false impression conveyed may be corrected. About three o'clock Frida3T, Mr. Williams came to my place of bus iness and said he wanted my taxes for 1875. I have recovered judg ments for about twelve hundred dollars against the city of Raleigh, and a suit asking for a mandamus to compel the authorities to pay off these judgments has been pending in the Superior Court of Wake county since the spring of 1875. In July, 1875,1 again sued the city on what is known as city scrip, and obtained a judgment for about fifty seven dollars, and this scrip was signed by Mayor Separk, under the direction of the then Board of Aldermen. About three weeks ago I applied, with my counsel, to the Board of Aldermen, then in session, tb have this last judgment taken in payment of my city taxes. Mr. Busbee. Cfty Attorney, sug gested that this could be allowed as interest on thejudgmnts referred to above, without violating the es- tablished rule, not to pay any scrip. me matter was, aiter some uis- cussion, referred to a committee, Mr. Williams was cognizant of these facts, having been present at the meeting as clerk, and had agreed with both me and my counsel not to take any steps in the matter before-it was determined what the board would do. When he made the demand Friday I requested him to wait until I could see my counsel, T.R, Purnell, Esq., who had gone home to dinner. His reply was something about a com mittee having been appointed to make him settle last year's taxes, and he deputized someone stand in? near to lew on my horse and dray. The man deputized caught hold of the reins, and I jerked them out of his bands. Mr. Williams and the man immediately left. There was ho "high handed out rage,"; as the report says, and on the trial the prosecuting counsel said, and' the de facto layor in timated, this was to be test or a leading case. When brought be fore the "court," my counsel asked for time to prepare a defense. It was ; refused. He then asked for twenty-four hours to get his books to argue the defense. This was likewise refused. Objection was then made to the court as pot being even a de facto court, and a plea to the jurisdiction entered.. This was overruled without argument. There was a trial, judgment "and fine, as statedj and in rendering the judg ment " Mayor", Manly said he did not know, how much of the fine would be remitted..1 Afterward Mr. Williams came to my store, and af ter f some " conversation said he thought he could get Mayor Manly to remit the flue it Jl would assure him the tax would be paid. Mr. Purnell said if he had been sent for before the attempt; to levy- was made,, this might all have been avoided L that Mr. W. was the de focto collector ol 1875, as all the city officers had been recognized as de facto, even in lh pleadings In the eby. suits, and though he doubted his rigut tb make uie levy," if the flue and cost wire both remitted he would advise me to pay the taxes for 1873, but w -uld gie him (Wil- liamsj a li vely timo collecting the taxes of 187(1. After a few minutes absence Mr. W. returned, and said the whole matter would be dropped, fine and cost remitted, if I would assure him the taxes would be paid. Upon advice, I gave the promise to settle by Mon day. I will further state that I had been notified by (Jen. J.'C Gor man not to pay any city tikes to Mr. George H. Wiliims or any of the pretended city officials acting with him, calling themselves the Board of Aldermen ; t hat if I did I would probably have it to pay again. I am informed that this - J notice only apnlied to the taxes of 1S7G. S. D. 11 A Ii IP sox. May G, 1S7G. President Grant's Reply to J lis Inquisitors. The investigating busybodies at Washington "waked up the wrong passenger" when tney caiiea tne President to account for his absences from the national capital. These noodles are doing a great deal to make all their labors ridiculous by their headlong zeal to arraign per- sons in position oi trust, xney blunt the elict of the most neces sary investigations by barking like unruly curs at the heels ol every na3ser-by as if he were a thief. If they had known anything.of our history thay would not have set upon I'resident urant anu nave strut iiiiu icauiuuuu win, wtw an arraingment for doing things ,-v.-- nr..A I f sv h tTfhlAh Time resolution which which his predecessors, from Wash ington down have done without blame or question. They did not need to know any history, but .only the plain text of the constitu tion, to nave saved them from so unseemly a blunder. By the con stitution the President is made Commander-in-Chief of the Army, which he can command in the field in person whenever he chooses and still exercise the civil duties of his office. There is no part of the United States in which he may not perform any executive act without impairing its validity. When Congress is in session our Presidents, Grant included, have always remained within easy reach of that body for the convenience of i r . T 1 oinciai intercourse. u uiu recess of Congress they have always felt at liberty, in time of peace, to be absent from the seat of government for health, business or recreation, and nobody thought of accusing them. Washington spent much of his time during recesses of Congress at Mount Vernon, when the seat of government was New York and Philadelphia, although the journey was formidable with such lacilities of travel as then existed and com munication by mail was tedious. President Adams used to leave Washington in May or June for his home in Quincy, where he stayed until September or October; and Jeflerson, in like manner,spent his summers at Monticello and Poplar Forest. Before the estab lishment of railroads and the tele graph such absences might some times cause inconvenience, but the heads of departments conducted the routine business, and in graver matters waited until they could hear from the President by post. At present the absence of the Pres ident in the recess of Congress is not even attended with inconven ience. He can hold instant com munication with the capital at all hours of the day and the night, and there is no more ditiiculty in referring matters to him and get ting his decision than if he never stepped outside of the executive mansion. President Grant's message on this subject is a very telling document, and his overwhelming array of facts and precedents should make the authors of the resolution of in-. . . . - f . . it e- quiry biusn, n mey arecapaoieoi blushing. JSew ion; jtieraia. Iom Pedro and the Hull. We fear Dom Pedro will never reach his native Brazil again, for the fates have conspired against him and seem determined to ac complish his destruction. Quite a coolness was thrown upon the Brazilian emperor's ardor upon the very first day of his visit to this country, for he had scarcely landed in New York before the carriage which bore his royal personage to the hotel was nearly demolished by an ice-cart. He no doubt thought such a cool treatment was rather disrespectful towards a crowned head, but he vas patient under it all,? and uttered iiO word of com plaint. And now again the lele grams inform us that another sin gular accident has befallen his Maj esty in the wilds of Utah. A bull is the principal actor in this scene, and though we have no description of. the animal, his conduct in the matter would force U3 to pronounce him a little muley, though we care very little about that. But the bull was mad about something, prob ably because the engine was carry ing a cow catcher and determined to dispute its right. Every one must acknwiedge that there was nothing cow ardly in the bull's con duct, aud we cannot refrain from expressing our admiration at his bovine lordship's courage, still we must place our seal of condemna tion upon the judgement that dic tated such an unwise act. Now it is just such things as these that will disgust Dom Pedro with this country, for he Is not used to such hortiers, and besides they aro cal culated to make the recipient, tho out of ridicule th world. But as the bull is now ox idized and past harming again, wo trust the emperors train will bo allowed to proceed without further opposition or delay. Uiarlotte Observer. THE ODD-FELLOWS' BANQUET. Large Gathering and Aftair. a Grand It was a happy time among tho Odd-Fellows of Raleigh and their guesis, me urand Lodge of North Carolina, on Thursday night last. After an interesting and pleasant meeting with Seaton Gales Lodgo at Odd-Fellows Hall, the procession, numbering about 250, was formed at 10 o'clock, and headed by that pride of our citizens, the Raleigh Cornet Band, proceeded in line to the National Hotel, filing mto the spacious dining room, comfort able seats, to tables, burdened with viands and delicacies too tempting to be mentioned, and too numer ous to specify- Before being seated, the Divinn -r 1 . . fIessin& was invoked by Rev. II. 11. Ulbbons. Then, as a nnlvUrv j ' - v J company obeying the order to mount, all were seated. Mr. Chas. M. Busbee, the chair man of the evening, then welcomed the Grand Lodge to tho hospitali ties of the occasion, saying ho would have them in parting to-night, to adopt tho language of Julius Caj sar. Veni. vidi. nW.- fMrf minutes or more the scene was ono grand charge, as if determined to obey tho summons. But tho feast was too bounteous. Col. Brown, whose reputation for prepaiing banquets is known from tho moun tains to the seashore, was too strong ly fortified for a repulse. It was " the acknowledged crowning effort ever made in our city in the way of feasting. Not only everything in the way of substantiate,: but all that heart could wish in tho finish ing touches of the delicacies with strawberries and cream to cap the climax. Eating being ended, the regular toasts of the evening were anounc- ed as follows : 1. The Grand Lodge of North Carolina response by Seaton Gales, P. G. M. Maj. Gales is too well known as an orator for us to attempt to say anything in his praise, more than that ho spoko with his u-ual eloquence and sub limi'le, 2. The Grand Encampment of North Carolina response by W. M. Howard, P. G. P. C. The Grand Lodge of the United' States response by Wm. II. Bag ley, P. G. M. 4. Our Retiring Grand Officers response by Dr. R. K. I Speed, P. G. M. j 5. Our Grand Officers Elect re sponse by Andrew J. Burton, D. D. G. M. j G. Our Subordinate Lodges and Encampments response by "S. D. Bagley, P. G. 7. - The Public Charities jof the State response by Dr. Eugene Grissom. . 8. The Masonic Fraternity re poses by D. G. McRae, P. G. 1). The Order of knights of Py thiasresponse by W. II. Gerken. 1Q. The Order of Good Templars, (drank in cold water) response by N. B. Brough ton, Grand Worthy Chief Templar of that Order. 11. The Daughters of Rebecca response by Jas. L. Keen, P. G. 12. The Press response by R. T. Gray, of tho Raleigh Christian Ad vocate. But the crowning effort of the evening, in the way of speaking, was that of Theo. F. Klutz, P. G., from Salisbury, in response to tho toast, "Friendship, Love and Truth" Sublime Motto of our Order: the links of humanity and the types of eternity. Mr. 'Klutz, pictured, in glowing terms, the beauties and benefits of Odd-Fellowship. All the speakers did well, and especially would we mention, in addition to Mr. Klutz, the respons es jof Dr. Grissiom, Mr. Brough ton and Win. H. Bagley. The spacious dining-room was beautifully decrorated with flow ers, in artistically arranged fes toons, and banners bearrlng tho mottoes and emblems of the mys tic order. The tables were decorated with fountains playing, and dotted with huge boquets of rich flowers, and tall pyrimids of different jellies. But notwithstanding the beauties of the decorations, the substantial proved most attractive. f , The toasts and responses wero interspersed with music,exqulsitely rendered by the Citizen's Cornet Band under the leadership of Prof. Henry C. Smith, who knows what to play and when to play it. !And thus ended one or the grand est banquets ever given in Raleigh.
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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