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To tie Editor of The Constitution : The rule or ruin party of this county1 met last Saturday to appoint delegates to the so-called Demo craHc Convention, to bo held at an early day at Raleigh to select can- iliiUti for the purpose ir eiect- h! of taking away what little liber- ties the people have left in North Carolina. There were thirty persons present who looked mean and sheepish, as I hey saw condemnation and defeat by the very small crowd present. Oii iriotlon L. It. VVadd U, E.-q-, MhftrttDn whn tmH.tkil that he vis- I 1 1 VJ 4a Ited hovseM o ill-repute in Raleigh while he represented or rather mis- feuresented thl county In the ben- his finger upon his side pocket ana ...ll. . -r- 1 lir..l.l.ll at H. Jovner. (wno sioou Gaston Brill's euruy a tax collector of Johnston county, and who was to and is receiving one half of thecont and com illusions that the said .nwd Britt nque zes out of the people as pay for going . . on Hritt's ImiiiUJ wan made chair- . ii.xii. and a little squlnt-iyl, ml-lwd-d, Meckle-faeI f. How whs made. Secretary. A d-ad silence look place for one half an hour, when the Virtuous Waddell m ved that they prtK-ed to appoint dele gates. WhrinqKint Joym r, (who the people dropped, like hot pota- tixncvcral years silice for, voting for Merritnon, the tndtor to. hU party, and wliodrew the. bill for the State was put 111 IUOl Rl IftMl millions of dollars,) sheet ed some of the meanest MfcionKt in the i-ounty as delegab-s to the so calhd lh mociatic Coiientiou. On motion of the virtuous and temperance Waddell, a resolution was oflV-red endorsing Hon. Joseph Davis for his able, representation of this district in Congress by ottering a bill to alniUsh the National Banks and destroying thereby the Union, which he failed to do by lighting against it four ears. Da vis' bill Is similar to thei im tssed by the last Legislature for the pur pose of making money til! scarcer, and for tho oppression of the peo ple. A case was carried up to the Supreme Court of the United States, "and the court held the law uncon stitutional and void But it seems Mr. Jo Davis being a bob-tail law yer of Franklin county thinks he knows more than the Supreme Court of the United States, and of fered this bill which made him the laughing stock of Congress. Zo Lamay thought the delegates should not be instructed, as the county was not represented in this small meeting, and Jo Davis, the bloody secessionist, was not the choice of the Union element of the county. Whereupon, Dr. Rose, the Chairman of the Executive Com mittee of the Democratic party of Johnston county, and who has been charged with having about a dozen children by a negro woman in this county, -cried out, "Put him out, put him out," and commenced speaking by saying that "Smith field should control the county ; that all the intelligence and virtue of the county was In Smithfield, and dur ing the war all of the true secession ists lived there, and he was deter mined that no "butfaloe," as Z eallrd Union men, should hold any position, or represent hi county In the Convention." He was "for the resolution for the reason Jo Davis wasa tried and true secessionist, and , had stuck up to JefT Davis and voted the yellow ticket for Vance in the days that tried men's souls and would stick to old vJeff again should occasion require I U"' At the conclusion of this able and enter taining speech. Dr. Beckwith shout ed "Amen I amen !" And Wright Blow said : he would kill another nigger before Jo Bavis 'should be beat for the nomination. famay and Dr. Leach, seeing that the UnbSn men of the rule or ruin party had no strength In the little meet ing, groaned, "Poor Jo! poor Jo; you have no show among the fel lows who put the thumbs of poor women under the fence during the war,-because their husband and brothers were Union men." On motion of I. H. Waddell, the "vlrtuou" and tituif al" Senator from Johnaton, every hum la the house should make a pm4i or treat to a quart. Much laugh ter. Pat Stewart, the man who will take a nomination from any party, rose and made one ofthe moat hesi tating, disconnected, pointless speeches ever listened to in John ston county, Iesald he had tried to ride' t o"&iIimr- at the same timeTSut had failed to get a nomi nation on eitrier side up to this time. But if Dr. Rose, Beckwith and Seth Woodall would forgive him he never would go with Wad dell again to a bad house in Raleigh, even should Waddell be a Senator. When Pat sat down, Rose and Beck- with caught him in their arms and commenced Hinging, "Return, prod igaf return to your father's house and the fatted calf shall be slain. pAt asked would there be anything stronger thau water at that calf meeting, if not.heand Waddell was much obliged, but preferred some- tiling stronger and could not come. TWkwitli groaned, and said the i - a dog will return to his vomit and I the hog to his wallow. Dr. Rose put uinkexl. wnen rai and Waddell withdrew with Rose to a commit tee room and "smiled" and smiled tt ther. Beckwith said if he was a eu-isintr man he would make things lively, but Seth had taxed the county to build him a bridge, and Morgan had held back the money especially to pay for it, af ter refusing to pay honest farmers' debts due by the county ever since these mangy secessionists had came into power in the county. Things began to get hot. Wad- dell the virtuous, Waddell the tem- perance man, again renewed his resolution, that every man in the house should mate a speech or trPtlt to tt quart. Ko one responded. Wright' Blow wasexamining tbe records where he was once charged with killing a nigger. Gaston Britt, after many calls, failed to come to time, but at last Alex. Thain, who gives the seces sion sheriff ten dollars per month for the rent of the jail, hit the right man to make a speech. He called for a usually drunken fellow from Border Swamp. Up he rose, with fire in his eye, fire in his stomach, whiskey in his belly. He ranted, foamed at the mouth and said he, ike Pat, had been trying to get the nomination for something from both parties. He had been a Republican thirteen times, but he was thankful that ho had been a Democrat four teen times and unless he got a nom ination this Summer he would vote the Republican ticket. That he hated both sides, as neither would give him an office. Morgan (the harness maker, or rather the man who broke up hon est Bill Davis by bringing cheap yankee harness to Smithfield to sell in competition to the first-class work done by Bill Davis, who is as clever a fellow as ever lived in the county) told him to hush. The last time this roaring partner of Waddell A Co. was seen, he was trying to stand upon his head on the court-house square, with the loafers and little negroes cheering him. Rose and Beckwith said that such disgusting scenes as Waddell, Pat and the limber Jack from Boon Hill township, got up when drunk, was enough to break down any party. Whereupon the limber Jack from Boon Hill, told Rose that if he did not mind his business he would have him turned out of chairman ship of the Democratic Executive Committee as a fornicator on the negro line. ' At this stage of the game, Seth Woodall (the King of the Jews and the Spring Board candidate, and who voted the yellow ticket for Vance for the purpose of carrying on the war forever,) took W. H. Joyner off and told him thaf the 'jig w;as up ;" that Britt had ruin ed him (Joyner) by telling that he had to give him (Joyner) one half of the cost for goiug on Britt's bond; Rise's nigger propensities had killed him, and us to my part, says Seth, that d n dry brigde was my winding sheet. Joyner burst out crying, and said: "You are right, Seth j we are gone forever In Johnston., I ruined ray self by standing Britt's security and sending my Bon Jocko around with the rascal Britt to oppress the peo ple, and if I was not afraid they would laugh at me I would join the Jtadlcals." . "I would, too," said Seth ; "but wo have changed so often I am afraid tli lUda would not take us." The whole crowd of delegate, ex cept Dr. lach and Itackwlth, got drutik,andal)out dark the tlghtlnsr cntnmencetl, when I left. .Yotl will hear from me acatn soon. PJNK BUltlt MOCAS1N. 8at Jack Illdge, Jolinston Co. 7b the WiUtr of Tlie Constitution s X JioJkc .1 n LJ'otjLrJsjuojQf lstZ& inst.7two foiiiiiiutncations recom mending me fr the ofllce of Regis ter of Ded. Hilence on my part might ierhaps create the Impres sion that I had dictated theso ar ticles. I do not know the authors; but. in thanking them, through this medium, I seize tho opportunl ty to say, mat i could not for a moment think of seeking the posi tion now filled by a friend of sixteen years' standing, and who makes a capital officer. When the Repub lican party shall see proper to say to W. W. White, "come up higher," my name can then be used In the connection in which your correspon dents use it : not before. M. V'B. GILBERT. Raleigh, June 5th, 1876. Republican Meeting in Wilkes County. In pursuance to a call of the County Executive Committee, the Republicans of Wilkes county, met in Convention at the Court-House in Wilkesboro on the 16thday of May 1876, for the purpose of nom inating delegates to tlie State and District Conventions. The Con vention was called to order by H. Hays, chairman of the County Ex Committee. On .motion, 8. P. Smith was called to the chair. On motion of Gen. J. Q. A. JJryan, J. Frank. Davis was called upon to act as Secretary, and W. O. Hen dren, Assistant Secretary. The Convention then proceeded to ap point1 the following named dele- -TH LPS. muIQ?? nrq rn i nn VPuJ ton a A A Am T" A A Am A J. Q. A. Bryan, A. Wiles, W.'D. Garner, Jno. X. Brow.n, Adam Staley, J. W. Hays, Asa Triplette, H. Hays, S. P. Smith, a'. L. Hen drix, W. M. Cooper, L. D. Bur chara, I. S. Call, J. R. Henderson, T. J. Dula, George H. Brown, R. B. Bryan, E. Dyer, J. P. Elledge, R. Hawkins, J. F. Somers, T. W. Smith, J. B. Shnonton, J. A. Ma thias, S. Blackburn, A. E. Myers, J. Frank Davis, W. O. Hendren, W. F. Porter. The following were appointed to the District Conven tion; W. F. Porter, T. J. Dula, T. S. Bell, T. H. McCaun, G. S. Smoot, A. E. Myers, S. Blackburn, I. Hollar, E. E. Hendren, Thos. Barlow, J. Q. A. Bryan, A. Wiles, Henry Jining, George H. Brown, J. B. Simonton, I. S. Call, J. R. Henderson, J. Frank Davis, W. O. Hendren and S. P. Smith. The following resolutions were introduced by Col. T. J. Dula : llesolvcd. That we pledge the support of the Republican party of Wilkes County to the nominee of the State Convention for Governor and State officers. Resolved. That this meeting do not instruct the delegates, nor ex press any preference for any of the several candidates for the nomina tion. Resolutions unanimously adopt ed. The following resolutions were also introduced : liesolved 1. That in Gen. Ruther ford B. Hsys, now Governor of Ohio, we have a man, who has Shown great patriotism, honesty and Executive ability ; having de feated Win. Allen the champion Democratic aspirant for President, in the last Gubernatorial election, thereby proving himself to be the strongest man in the great N. W. And we.the people of Western N.C., do express our decided preference for him as the Republican candi date for President. llesolcedl. That in Gov. Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, we have a statesman and patriot, and a rep resentative of the great manufac-. turing interest of the country, and we declare him to be our choice as a candidate for Vice-President. With Hays and Jewell as our candidates for President and Vice-President, the Democratic vote of North Car olina, will be the Greety vote of 1872. Resolution unanimously adopted. Col. W. F.Henderson was then called out, and in a short, though pointed speech, addressed the house upon the important issues of the day. Tho impressions made were such as our people will not soon forget. His remarks were, founded on the inimitable principles of truth and right, which even Democrats themselves dared not attempt -to deny, notwithstanding he cour teously ottered any one present an opportunity so to do. As to the constitutional amendments he handled them with peculiar se- verily. In fact, 1m kit' ? thrrnco dead, and burled tins. i i-j if p, thai they rati never t r nrnti il again In Old Wilkesu We me confident that thn currc ry. cr.ru metitcf tho Col. made l..r ;t tiftCJ slons trf our rank. tncrtln naved otfquletlyand nail .'act orily. Wilktu la thoroughly organised and in thn coming cunj !jn will go largely Republican; t v . ? Oo motion, tho proem! tof this meeting were ordrrr ' ' r?nt lo. tho Htatesvilfo Ar 4"9 tfrmtr rr ..... . . u r ral, and tho Union Re, '4 11 cm be requested to ttipy. " 6 '' fci tin iiiotioti the CVmventloi! ad jourueil. 8. P.HMITH, Chairman, EDITOBIAL. IIO V. TIIOltlAS SETTLE. We call the attention of our read era to an article In another column, from the New North State, regard Ing a statement recently made In the National Republican, that Judge Settle had declared that no man who fought under the Confederate flag should be intrusted with such high honors and duties as those which attach to the office of Vice President." As we apprehended, he made no such declaration, and the article of the New North State, whose editor speaks by authority, corrects the statement of the Repub lican, and concerning which Demo cratic journalists in this State have become so excited about. Judge Settle's views upon the subject, as stated by the New "North State, is simply those of any sane 1 Republi can at the South.; We do hot expect the' South to be represented bn the Presidential ticket until reconstruc tion is thoroughly accomplished arid fully accepted, and that event has not yet been consummated; but If the Democratic party, whose, principal strength is with the disaffected class at the South, i'hoose to try the ex- crimen t in tlie next campaign, we niina ai.i.MTOuiAL cJontest Honest Democrats' everywhere conclude that the Republicans will elect their State ticket in the No vember election. This concession is admitted, it 'is true, f with bad grace, but the signs of the f times aro so evident, that the indications cannot be gainsayed. Thjs fact has developed all the aspirations of our leaders ; and just at present, an ani mated electioneering time , is on. hand among the friends of the va rious aspirants. Tne supreme Court of the State, and the U. S. District Court legan its sessions in this city 011 Monday last. Tlie two courts have called together repre sentative? Republicans from every section of the Slate : and for the first time since the inception of the campaign, a general interchange of sentiment is had here4. We are pleased to note that, while leaders in various sect ie ns differ in choice as to who shall carry the Republi can banner 111 tne campaign, all agree to abide the choice of the Convention. It is evident there will be no discord in our delibera tions. Whoever may be the choice ; of the Con vention wili be cheerful-, ly and heartily supported by local ; leaders as well as the rank and file. Republicans everywhere believe j that the approaching campaign is a crisis, on tne result ot wnicn de pends their weal or woe politically and individually ; antl' therefore there is a unanimity of feeling as to the course to be pursued. After a conference with representative men from every part of the State, we are convinced that individual preferences and local choice, will give way to the voice of the whole people, and that perfect harmony will characterize the deliberations of the State Convention. Every one feels that the day and hour de mands this action.., But until the majority voice is uttered, the contest for the various offices oil the State ticket will be animated, especially the candida ture for Governor. Our. opportuni ties of hearing,, has lenionstrated that bo vjernor B roq nH w ill coi'ii to (lie Coiiveritioii ;'4'wth;j po little strength4, ' ami that lis . adherents have much faith. Judge ETTLE'a en thuiastic. "friends' win be nura bered by scores, and from east, cen ter and 'west, will link' shields and battle manfully to obtain his nomi nation.' Dockkuv's. friends have been industrous, and wljl.show an imposing strength anc.) persistency. Judge Ueade has many friends, and no enemies. His Homestead record is so fe that althouiK: lie has expressed 'l ahysicai 1 Inability jo canvass, nd no aspirations what- !vrf fjf tho pLiro, lie basin:::;. friends Wo have aUi heard Jcde Ar.KnuTsox and Buxton gjtoken of n Available candidates. Wo have plenty of material far the position, of the best kind. Un der the leadership of either one we have named, wo are sure of a Re publican victory and a safe adraln IstnUIon of tho nCUIrs of tho State Let tho ; Convention ' Fpcal:, and to. i. , . . ., . ; - ' : 2 : wo arc zealous support from every truo Re publican within our borders. The Hon. W. M. Robblns could not be present at Wake Forest, on Wednesday last, to read his address. It was read for him by Dr. Bitting. A writer from Wake Forest speaks of it as follows: 4 The subject matter of the ad dress was a resume of history, showing from whence our govern ment derived its origin, also its tendencies presenting a very dark picture, so much that the faces of the thoughtful looked gloomy in deed : but as he neared the close of the address he declared (here still was hope, and when the address closed there were no dark faces, but the praises of the effort of the hon orable gentlemen were in the mouth of all agreeing with the President, that It was a characteristic south ern address, and grand in every way. Mr. Bobbins was very fortu nate in having. Dr. Bitting to de liver the address in his stead." Another political speech! How much obliged eVery one should be to Mr. Bobbins for declaring that there is " still hope" for the gov ernment of the United States! But it was positively -cruel in Mr. Bobbins to present that dark pic ture," which made so many amia ble, : unsophisticated gentlemen " look gloomy indeed." And yet, with his potent wand, he dispelled the " gloom" with a ' characteristic Southern address." There is u world of meaning in that word " Southern'1 ' in this connection. It is oneoomrTiioEr-mrtunate thiners in this world that the gov ernment of the United States is not in the keeping of such as Mr. Rob bins. This same Democracy, of which Mr. Bobbins is a leader, tried in vain for four long years to de stroy this same government, but Providence preserved it, and it is stronger to-day than it ever was. We should not " look gloomy" for the fate of this government if forty thousand Bobbins should paint " dark pictures," anel predict its de struction. It would only be paint after all. An all-wise God has the country of Washington in the hollow of His hand, and He will do with it as He pleases. Let all Professors in Colleges, and all Col leges, and all Christians look to God for protection to our free insti tutions, and for hope that they will endure, and will continue to be a blessing to us, an 1 not look for these things to Mr. Robbins. mOXTFOBO McGCIIEE ON GOV. VANCE. Last Thursday night, in Com mons Hall, Hon. Montford McGe hee delivered a glowing eulogy upon the life of WHliam A. Gra ham. , The audience was not excessively large, but very select, consisting of several judges of the Supreme Court, Hon. George W. Brooks, of the U. S. Circuit Court, large numbers of the bar in atten dance upon the courts from abroad, with the local bar and the elite of the, city of Raleigh. Many ladies graced the scene ; and all listened with deeb interest, although the 1 " eloquent speaker engaged their closest attention for nearly three hours. Mr. McGehee traced the career of Governor, Graham from the cradle to the grave, following him through his collegiate course, picturing his triumphs at the bar and delineating with great power, his public life in the Legislature, asaSenator.in Con gress, as a cabinet minister, as Gov ernor of his S ate anel as a popular speaker. The address terminated with a, masterly sketch of his char acter, iti, .ajl the various capacities of a long' and e ven tf u I I i fe. The speaker was filled with enthusiasm, and it ? was evident that his was a labor of love. . The "most noticeable featureof the address was the glowing defence of Governor Graham from the asper sions and slan Jer of Z ;bu!on B. Vance, .; which the latter had not ventured to utter during the life time of the distinguished statesman, but had waited until the grave had forever closed his lips. The matter at issue: was conceriiingj the state ment oi Mr. Vance in his address, last summer, before the Southern iIUJu:a..l :;;!;ty at WhltoHul phurFj i'rl::g, in Virrr.r.Ia, In width it was rcpre.-cattil Hut Governor Graham came to htm (Vance) near tho closes of the- rebellion, with propositions from unknown par ties,' that he (Vance) should act separately I n his eapaci ty &3 G 0 v ernor of North Carolina, to close t !:o war 1 Governor Graham eif rr rdu no opinion of his owm, which prop ration Tir'v:' ??V;!ie'of. couV" ted that Gov. Graham did not come from unknown parties, ; but that he came for himself, expressing his opinions, that the war ought to be terminated, to save a useless effu sion of blood, maintaining that the Confederacy was then at its last gasp, and that a further prosecution of the war was not only useless, but monstrously wicked. By Mr. Mc- Gehee's showing, while all could. see there was no longer any hope for the Confederacy, and Governor Graham, with clear judgment and pure humanity, was appealing to the Executive of North Carolina to bring peace to his people, and through them, to the people of the Confederate States, the latter was furiously opposed to such a course, and upholding, with all his might, the waning power of Jeff. Davis and crazy advisers, it was . clearly shown, by the speaker, that Vance was utterly blinded, and that while Lee was beleaguered at Petersburg and Richmond, and Sherman had cut thei Confederacy Jri two, the Governor of North Carolina wanted more blood, and the pleadings of Governor Graham to stop the san guinary noou, were in vain. In the eloquent language of the ora tor, after the failure of the confer ence at Hampton Roads, none of this blood was upon Governor Gra ham's hands ! The arraignment of the slanderer for his attack upon the dead states man, was terrible, convicting the blood thirsty it is ionunate, even at tins late day, that the truth of history has been vindicated, and that documents are J extant by which the statements of Mr. McGehee can be authenticated. Backbone. In the campaign which will soon begin, this constituent of success must be exercised by Republicans. In the past, they have shown too little. They have let political whippersnappers and left-handed petty-fogging one-horse lawyers browbeat, intimidate and cheat us out of thousands of votes. This policy has not been confined to any single county, but the record shows it has been universal. We believe it is a part of their general programme; that those small-fry gentry have re ceived instructions from their head center the Conservative Democrat ic Executive Committee and that a method and s$Tstem is in vogue, by instruction throughout the State. It behooves Republicans to culti vate, if they do not already possess, backbone. Let us assert our rights and maintain them at the polls. Republicans generally are disposed to observe the law. As a general thing, they go farther. They will observe the very forms of law, and let these emisaries of the Democra cy dictate the forms of law. We want the Republican Executive Committees ot every county to post themselves as to the law of electors, and assert and maintain demand and require of every poll-holder their rights ur.der the constitution and laws of the Slate. The time is coming when no timorous and time serving policy will do. We have to deal with men unscrupulous ex ceedingly, who will not stoop to any policy to. obtain their ends. Let us be vigilant and brave. These requisites in leaders, will give cour age to rank and tile. When we hold meetings, let these be attended in mass. Especially by Republi cans who obtain their bread and butter out of the party. There are hundreds of such in the State who have never yet attended a Republi can mass meeting. They are satis fied to eniov .the "loaves and fifches," but shrink from the odium and contumely that the name of a Republican eptails in the circle in which they live..,', We wantno.cow ards or skulkers.in the coming con test. It is a matter of life and death to those who have the prin cinles of the oartv at heart. It be- 1 . . j hooves us all to shjow our hand, and carrv.our heart, in it. Those who do not, are unworthy of place or coufid.e)cg. ti Ip is demanded of all by the crisis that is upon us. In the counsel room, in our meetings, at the street corners, and at the noils, let us all exert ourselves to rn !:;!aln tho supremacy of tho Re j uM lean patty. Let every Itepub llcan go to his district meetings. Let t! cr:i telect their best men to r nt thtra In tho county, dis " ti . t 1 date Conventionsand let us ai tain and defend " our princi ples L ;!dly end openly not secretly and privately ami all will be well; Wo want tho white Republicans of North Carolina, In tho approaching contest, to thoW baeMione,J - ' one tvi th our oliticaY JoosTThly seek to intimidate thoweek'kncexr : -by abuse and contumely.. .They will attempt to keep us. from an active participation in the campaign by Inuendo and jeers They will ' cry out that ours is a Negro par ty" and thereby prevent white men from a participation in our meetings. We know it is no negro party it is no white man's party. We know it is the party of the people. We know that upon its success depends our weal or woe in State arid Nation. So let them rave but let us do our duty. Backbone ! Backbone 1 1 BACK BONE ! ! ! to assert our principles, ' is all that is needed to insure suc cess. -J . A Quick Juror. Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist. We heard his Honor Judge Gib- son, on Tuesday, tell an amusing story of the way a Jurorlwent Tor a. conviction. He says he was trying a murder case a few days ago down in one of the wire grass counties, and experienced great difficulty in getting a jury ; that eleven jurors had been sworn in, and irt the next panel that was brought in was a small, lean, lank, cadaverous-look-' ing fellow who had oh one shoe,his pants were nearly above his knees; his shirt open both front and back, and the aforesaid trousers were tieldupbyasinglegallows. The So licitor proceeded to ask the usual' nnfitionii in sup1 nnrnri ,n" f"lln"'" 1 'MiriTja irom having seen the crime committed, or heard any of the testimony delivered under oath, formed and expressed any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar?" So the "single gallus" fellow, in a clear and distinct voico.answered ,f "Not any." j Second Question Have you any' prejudice or bias resting on your mind for or against the prisoner at at the bar? Answer I hain't. Third Question Is your mind perfectly impartial between the State and the accused ? Answer Hit air. Fourth Question Aro you con scientiously opposed to capital punishment? Answer I isn't. The State did not like the juror much, but it being late and jurors scarce, he was put upon the pris oner in the usual manner, the So licitor saying: "Juror, look upon, the prisoner ; prisoner, look upon the juror." The juror was quite near the V A I 9 - I prisoner, and wnen tms commauu was giving, he bent over him,scan- ning him from head to foot. The juror looked the prisoner firmly in the face, and then turning to tho judge said, in a firm.olemn voice: Yes, Judge, I think he's guilty." The following well executed counterfeits are circulating: Twen ties on the National Bank of Utica, N. Y.: tens on the Farmer's Manu facturing Bank, of Poughkeepsie ; , fives on the First National Bank of Chicago ; fives on the Na tional Bank of Paxton, HI.; five's on the First National Bank of Can ton, 111.; fives on the First Nation al Bank of Peoria, 111.; fives on tho First National Bank of Aurora, III.; fives on the First National Bank of Galena, '111.; fives on tho National Bank ot Northampton, Mass.; fives on, the Hampden Bank of Westfield, Mass.; fives on the Mechanics National Bank of New Bedford, Mass.; fives on the Tra ders' National Bank of Chicago.Iil.; fives on the First National Bank of Louisville, Ky. Two men and a woman were arrested in New York on the 3d instant, for passing some of these bills. Olher counter feits were found in their posses sion. Mumps are epidemic in Mecklen burg. A good tinner Is wanted In Green ville. A Lodge of Good Templars was -recently organized in Oxford. The farmers of Alamance aro hopeful of a large yield of wheat. The commencement exercises ac Wake Forest College took place on Tuesday. There will be an excursion party from Shelby to Wilmington on Tuesday, the 20th Inst. The dog war still rages through cut the State, and we hope to see t he number greatly reduced.
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