THE GrAZ A LIT. IIAIIT AND Put. CU J iDBKAIi, ' ' -' ..' ' 'V l-DEI.I.-ntD ElVtV 8 VICE DAY BT -VliHRB T H. U O W K I. , J H '"'dfrFICE ON MORGAN Si I1EET. . ff.-.vr,. . .... (Ar (A VtJ:. m Ciureu) : TERMS OF SUBiCniVTIOS, t;i I, - - - tiOf tcomn In prniO'dion for any s! ortor patioil not loss .t'jwj lliree mon!'s. ' Invariiib'v ia auvanee. DEATH. : 5 Out of fbeaorrowe ol etdncBt, . luu tba auaebi ie or ' -tin , into Uie light ol th West ;. - Out of a land ever A eary. Outof the world of the wei y, - Into the rapluroreet. Out er ' da' tin tnd ur ow. Into A I) to-morrow, Into A day without glou , Oat ota land l!od wtttt tifililBg . l(nd of the dead tad the djuri . Intoai'iiwiihoutUiuu.: Out-rf hf ofommotion, il'enipeats awept oft the occf, Dk with the wreck dir. , .ug o,er Into a land oalm and qu.ei ; Meyer a etorm ooauih uigii it ' . fcever a wre. k oaite aa it. ( at of Ih land in whoie bowtra Teriih and tada all tba flowere C mt of tba land of deeaj - - - , . Juto tba Eden whore tareat , Of nowera. and aweeteat and rarest, Haver ehrtl wither away, , , Oat'oHa wmld at bVa!.1nj r - y , ,. - am ol iMvom ii tue aa , I. .In thd w, 1.1 H.a.. Wf . '. V orld rrbrht v eioue and yoiona. : into ;.ie worm cr me ,'iua, Out o'a lift erer lorn Till, " " out of a land arer tuom-i u.l, Wliere ii biaak exile we roan Into a I j-lanu ;,aoT i ,n. Yi aero iheio'd a F-ithor o 'ove us i nig "Our ft.ooie , bweet. Hi.me. .. AKUHIXPECT1D EACI. la one ol the largest towui ol Worcester to., Massachusetts, used to lira a cley- rlnn whAM m Kill fall Pi.lnwall ITi wi 0,1 tba Baptiat penuation, and . Very rigid ia'tii ideas of.moral pioprietj: ' Ilu bad' in bis employ au old negro uaond i'ompry ; and it this latier ladividUAl wai no; ao strict in Lit morale as bis maitcr, I cwasatlemt a tci y cuunine . doff. aucl ja-6e.l in the reverend household r a ) ut rn of propriety. I'ompay was a t s lul aeryant, and the old clcrgvmun never hesiratodlo trmt tiim witb the moat - important buaiceia.' ' . Now it to bappesad tliat tiilra were, rlwslliug in and about the town, auudrj lndiyidusli who bad not the fear of the (jroadl'al penalties which Mr. Riduwtl! pleached about, before their eyas, for it wis toe want oi tnaae peopta to coDgri gate on oabbatli eraninga upon a leye piece ol land in the ouJekirn Oitke village. and mere race horses. Mlna spot ns hm ilea irom. view by a denae piecti" St yvopclsj am 1 for a long .while the Siniiay erining mtxs wero carried on lAete wnhouLpct.ee- tion by the officeri, or those who night uavo iioppeu tncm. aiau uappenau mil rue gooq Oia cier Ki wan owned one of tbjs belt hones in tie uuuntv. Ihia horsn wai ol she Jnortan stutk, witb, a mixture of the-Arnbian blood in iiis yeins, and it was. generally known that lew beasti could pass him on the road. Mr. Rldawell, witb a dienity becoin ii!g uia calling, stoutly declarad that the littmaBS of bis horse never anorded him adt gralilication, and tiiat rorbn uwj pun lie would as lief have any other. ..Yet money could not buy nia Morgan, nor auy amount of orgament persuide hi in to '1 he church was to near u the ioud ckr flyman's dwelling that he always walked to meeting, and his noree nas cuniequeutlj allowed to remain in the ttaature. ' I'ompey. diKOTered that the racvs were on the lapis, and be resolvtd to eater his master's boras on bis own aecuuat, tor he leU wre tbat'oli Morgan could:. beaLrAny :, thiac m the shape of noratnisb that could be produced in that qrarter. So on the "very next Sunday atteruoon ue bid the- crime uaucr ills launch, weui ut lmu vue pasture and caught the hurto, and ihin rode ell toward.the pot here jtha wicj(d ones "worercoDgiegared.-tine bo tolfftd some dozen horses assembled, and the lacing was about to commence. Fumpey mounted bis -beast, and at' the sigaal he sirted.i-X)ldMQrganentejod ;intpthe spirit ol tbe thing, and came, out two rods ahead ol everything, bo fumpey Won qu.te a pile, and betore dark be was Weil . initiatea m norse-racing,: l'ompcy succoeded in gettmg Uome wiih ont excitiner aiiy suspicions, and be nbiv longed for the mrt babbaib atternoon to cume, loi ne was determined to uy it ugam, JUo did go again, and again he woo ; ami this course of wickedness he kept up to, two months, making his appeuranca on the racing ground every Sunday aturnoun, as soon as he could alter ''meeting was out" And during this time Pornpey was not the on y one who bad learned ti jove the rating. No, lor old Iloritan bimsclt had Itarned to love the excitement of the thing too, and bis every motion, when upon lh tiack, showed how zealously be entered into tbe spirit of the game. ' lint thtse things were not always to ic jnain a secret. One buuday a pious deacon hflii'td .this racinir iruni'a oiatunce. a;id struightway went to the. parson witb ilu alauuiog intelligence. The EtT. Mr. Itide well was utterly shocked, ilia mural feel ingswere outraged, and he resolved at once to put a stop to tbe wickedness. During tbe week he made many inquiries, tad he learmd that this thing bad been practiced all summer, on every babbath ainrnoon. ilu bade his paibhienera fctep quiet, and told thim that on the next ou the very spot and catch item- in their detdl 91 iniquity; , . ' v (Ju the toilowicg Sabbati), aittr niunei, Air. tiidcwi.ll ordered Poihjptj to Uiitig up old Morgan and put mm in the an bio.' The 'ofdtr obeyed, though not wi hout n.auy misgiTlflgs on the part ol tbe faith lul negro. As soon as tne aliaruooQ scrviJ -ct wtic cload, tne tno deacons, and some 'Otutis ol the nil m Lit r s ol the church, ac cimpanied tbe minis er home witu thur bones. - ,j "it is the most flagrant pitce ol aLornina tioh that ever came unuer my olsaivanon," said the indignant clergyman, as they rodo "It is, molt assuredly," answered one of the deacons. " "lioise raung oh thevSjUih 1" uttered the minister. JUreaulilt 1'" echoed '.he second dun- ClU." ...r..-J- . . ' ' : And au the, conversation went 6n uutii they reached the lop of a gentle eminence w hich ovei looked trie plain where tbe rar ing was earned on, antt whaie some dozen Loraeuieu, with a score ol lookers on, were ats.mblett. The sight' was one which tUUed the- good parson to bis ooui. lie remained motionless uaili he bad made out tbe whole alarming truth. " I,' Now, my brotheis," s&id he, "let ua ride down and confront the wicked wretch VOL. I es anil if they will fall down upon tbeir k ieesand implore God's morcy, and prora ite to do so no more, we will notlakta legal action against I hern. - tt, that my own land sho: Id be tiesceralsd lliuj I". for it was indeed a ECCt'iou ol hn own fita. ' : . ' As the good clergyman thus epokf, he started on toward luo scene. The horsis ol the wicked men were drawing up for a start as the minister approached, and soma of the rideis, who at once recognized "old Morgan," did not rrrogniza the revar end individual who roeie Uim. s 'Wicked J men 4'' commenced the pars in; as be came nearvnough for his voice tor be beard, "chiKircn ol sin and sbaraa" i-n..,A nn A'fl hmajt r.rmrl one of tne jockeysj turning toward the, minister." It you are lu lor tue.nrst race, you .iuu stir your stumpsr Ho'w we go P '"Ales I O, my wicked" 'All ready," shouted lie who led in the affair, cutting the minister short. "'And off it is." . " And the word for startin'j was given. Old Morgan knew ihat won i-co well, for no Aoowvaiit h U stuck cut bis nose, and with 'One wild snort he started, and tie test of the racers, twelve In number, kejiir- him- company. Whooal wuooajoj'!" cried the par son, at the top of bis vo.cj. . ,uiiy tire powers, old lollow, jou'ro a keen one," shouted one of tun wicked men, who bad thus lur managed to keep cloB4 by the. side ol tbe ihe parson. VVou ride well." "Who ho-ho oa I" yolltd the clergyman, tugging at lha ri ius wail a!l Ins migut. iiut h was ol uo avail. O il Morgan had now ;eaci.eil aueatkoi nh cumpeiuois, and he cime up u the judgr j stand three ioila. 'Jitau,....H.i.er.4ue petrified deacons aero standing, wjth tjes and mou hs wielo open, v. A . . 'I)oi.'( stop,' e.ued me judgs. wlo bad low recognized I'i'ison lUteweil, au.I bus pected his ouaines-;v-ttu.l -wslio aiso. saw .t once iuto the sicret ol ii J" JH organ join ing the- race. "Don't ili ho shouted a"a'n : "it is a two mdo hint, ibis time. Kfp right on, parson; Yt u.ur good lor auoihcr uule. Now juu go iu 11 it is r Tuese last words wero ol eouisn known lo tbo house, and no sooner iliei Moigau bear them than lie stuck bis note out, and airain starred iff.. The cood p.. son did hi best to atop the bewitchod animat.ut it' could not be done, t he more he strug gled aud yelled, the latier the animal went, and ere many moments he was againM at Hie staying poiat, wuero, aavjaa now slu-pe.ti oi h. ou acoa'ti'!. Teie- was a iuHlaL:. M UUi.ur.j ojf,. a,raa,ijg ..lt!u'.,icked ones" aud . a aqo .'t-snon ,oi very eunous winks and knowing; nods oectned to iu.cli cate ihat they "understood.-' " , i; , ' Upou my s6ul,'pa;aon,", saicjiihe leader oi tbe abaniihatiou, appiouchingl tne spot ftjiere tbo. mittitttr sat in bis saddle, he having not yet tuliicieniiy ' rccovdred bis presents of mind to elisuiouut, "you rule well; We had not looked, lor ihia houbr." 'ileiuor; sir I'' catped 1'aison Kideeil looking 'blankly iuto the speaker'! lace. "Ay-'-tor. 'lis uu honor. You are the flrst clergy ntan who has .ever -joined us in our babhalb eveuing'euioi tAinuieutl." -il, air I itemed jou t - . "lia. ha. ha! O. vou did H well : your good deacons really tbiuk you trieTl to. lop your hoise ; but I law howalilyyou put your horse up. Iiut I don'l"bliune yoQ lor eling proud ol old aiorgiii, lor i snouia eel ao mvsoit il I owned iiiui. But you need not Icar ; I will tell ail who may ask me about it, that you aid your best to s.op your beast j -tor 1 vyouidTathtr stretob ihe truth a'-httle than have such a, good jcokey as you aie sutiur." " . "- l tns haa-beenssiioiten TO iTiuu-iy -raav tue. ood doaxous hud Heard., evi-rv word, aud ihecatsiHi was bewildered i- but he soou cimo to bfmBeff, andwiiha flashing eye, Lo c-icd : - -.'. VilUiii, whit mean you r Why. do ye lalius " and. as be ipoken; the rest w-.tiie racing men bad All mounted tnc:r horses, ' hold oa a moment, parson. We are willing tp all row you to can y on tue paim, out we won t stand our abuse. When we heard that you.ltid determined lo try it your horse would not beat us aii.-ne agieeu auioug ourselvel tUatitJyoU CAae,we would let you in. - VVehave. done-so, and you have woo be race in a two-mile heat. Now, let that sattsly you. " By the hokey but; you did io. WCli. WOtBJWUWllunU'iJ a eiu, just nil us word, aud wo'il. be rcaily tor you,. Uopd.by!'' ,. ''- "i, .-'"'. , , . As ttiowicieu bus spoke, ue -iurncu ma iime-j'a' iieau. uuil ue-iuie tun hiuuuucu pie-aclicr cpuid ' utier a word, tbe whole pany nau-j luutu wi iinug, n was sometime belore ouo of the, church men could speak, i boy knew not what to tHv. Wuv should ibeir miuister's horse have j'oiued in the iaee without some per. misiiou Irom his master They knew how much he set uy the amrafll, and at length they .lotlk tb.etr heads witii,cbju.tt.,-. 1 'i very strange, saiu.uau. "Vet antwered a tecoiid.. . .. "remarkable" suggested a third. -ra "On my oul, bieibreu," spoke Rile- well. 'leant make it out." The breth ren looketl at each bther, auel the deacons shook their heads in a ve'y solemn and impressive mctirrer. ; - DO theparty roeie vncie to bud viciyj" mt-ns house, out uuue oi. iuo ,wiei jieu would enier, uor vioulit they stop at all. Bclore Monday had drawn toaclpie, it was generslly.k'uowii that Piuson Bidewell had rtced his horsiLoa theBalibaibji anil a meet iog of the church was appoiuled lor Thurs-. I'obr Uidgewet.1 was aiui. st ciazy with vexation ; out oaiore f uuiauay came, Pompey tound out how natters stood, and he assured bis master that he wouid clear the matter up; nud -alter a T.ay's search, be li: jovtied tlie iistoUi.ding fact that suBCottbcBe wii-ked riign had beeu in the habit et slea urg old Morgan irom tne pas ture and raetiDs' him tjabbalh afternoons 1 Pompey found out this much - but he could not find out w uiu u i As soon as this beeame known to tiic church, tb members conrerrou togctacr, aud they soori Concluded -tjiat under.. sucaii circumiisnces high mettled horse would be very apt to run away yvitn nis rider when, he .oi.nd btmeell directly yppn the track. .-, . , . . ; . bo Parson Itidewell was cjecteel, put -it was a long time oeioiu up uvci iuc blow, tor tuauy were toe wickod wags who delighted lo pester him by offering lo riete a race" wiiu Dim; to "tret on; nrs heaif," or, to "put tiim against the world lor a race." "But as Kiuewell "grew .older his heart grew warmer, and finally he cou.d" lauuh with right good- ill when he spoke of hie unexpected race Jjc sure there was no more babbath racing in tLat tow.rj., HE CITI OF RALEIGH, SATUHDATL FEBRUARY 4, 1871. ' ' TKrotn Applelnn's Jotr'ni'.. " PICTUKESCUE AMERICA. ' "1liV.il'- CltkA AND tBB OLD MILL. ( nis ufry dJ in June, a band of seven broHieis toiled slowly up the lidoi of the lilack-Mounlains; brothers they we'renot iu blood, U.it irf a tie that biudatheusands throuKhout lhewiirW; Trie romantic idei hid ht.f-n coiiceived uf celebrating SL John Day (June 24tli on the summit of Mount Mitcbel. Many ntu ciairaea tue privilege of beina ofthe band, but they left their liorai-a and all roads at the foot on be mountains, and iookto walking: in the wild pathlcsi wooBs, guided only by the hunter' eye and tue compass nceuie, omj ecyou names, answered to the call.:" Through thickets of rhododendron, magniflcienitjrith crimson flowers : u itreami ot cryital wa ter, ground cascades, rich in artistio beauty, arid lookius down into caverns tar below ; soma times up a ridge almost perpendicu lar then through a broad plateau, studded with noble chastnuti ; or Hopping a mo-' iaeut to look on life taraeatentAc! f.from one of those queer bald apots tne ludiaos call 'Devil'i footprtntr' tnui they weut In tr.int. that old mouatain hunter and aur vsyor, Ilo'd Blackstock, with his cpapass bwuirg aroand his nock; next to him, the Grand Maatar ; the rost trailed one by. one behind, till far in the rearine iasi, wuuwas weak iu body, but itronj; in spirit.; Jul si the crimson sun was billing itself behind the smokv toot of the Ur.eat tnuka. touched the edge of the balsam-growth, Stopp:ng at the side of a fpring, as they tumijled- far below aid wont into spray seamed- in tbe .-dying glow of the. setting SfB, to be a ruby aurora fl iating down the valley, lliithiul Bob threw oft his knapsack unsheathed lua axe, and exclaimed : - " Hero we rest to night; -- Tbn ti the head suriDE of Heems' Cr-ak, andyouar about three th ouiand leetr higher -in tbo world thau at .Asheville yesterday. Now lor a Ure. a bouse, and a bed."- 'Aud a stew for our sick boy, said a i-mc i hnlnnd him. The shaip report of the nHa rang out on the deal mouutain.air, rolled and echoed far down down the valley, and a tat gray squirrel dropped at our it ei. . " , " He's not no business up here anyhow. -interfering with the mavt .that .belongs to the ooor littl-i chiiimucks, added the nun ter as he laid dowr his rifle, and forthwith proceeded to divest the animal ol his skin Sweetly tduthsomedid h taste tbat'night, ior tbo 'boy was sore iu'd weary ; boy thoy ealtedr bim- -tof tirat,' ptty- he alone .SlOLll ieJS tuau faix leei, iu ue-iui, A 1,1 eat glowing tire was soon sending its shioke lar upward, wane mi yauey oe low aud tbe hill! above re.Scb.oed the pap piug aucl crackling of lhe burning logs. ' A Beit itutt a king might, envy was made from the Cehdnr boughs ol the balsam, with blanke-i;Mati over them. Supper wai astved; aud men Cainj pipes aud stories, -" You say, Dob, that this i the head. ot Reema1 Cieek,!' asked the boy " Yea. this is the ' head-spring of Reems' Crock' Itemptiei iuto the French Broad juat above Alexander s, xou kuow tneoid tteenis i;reeA ai.ni, on iue ibii -i :a5 re-aa is mu m down the river. Wall, that old mill is nigh about the oldest building this side tbe mouutatus. Old Reems built it tbata as a sort of foi l, something of a store and a It.t e ot a mill; TJie old lord ol the French Broad is just at tbe mouth of the creek. There wasn't many Indiana this side the French Broad and Bwannanoa, and the trail Irom the settlements east to Ion nesaee passed by the bid mill, just, about wlicre tbeTbaoTaocirirO't.'i it- lelt the river Krow-B5mriir'-lW"DBii Boone first learned to shoot Indians and bear 4t ihat fmvl ami mi this creek. Mr latner Tom's (the old man. was An hbuest bunterf and never would have killed even a iquir Tel tuisHime ol tbe year, nor in sutni a place ;as thiB.jevau lot ' sick . boy)'' Tern was readv' with a reply, but the story went On " As I started to sAv, Tom's lather - and mine were the lira; settlers who left the river anil burlt eabins up' any ot tha creeks, Ncrone would believe,from tke -looks of tbe rocky stream where tue oiu mui stands, that a few miles up the stream are some ot the nrettiest valleys in tue world, l shows ed you the old place to day, end you never saw better lauti m yonr niev i auow i nev er did, and tramped all over Mexico with .TaWr and BCOtt. : . . Thou the mountain-tide are rich; too, T.;ei e l old Craggy, where the other fork rises : she don't deserve that name, for ' there's some extra land up there. When old Prolessor Somebody came to otff house tor a guide, with a letter trom Z.-b, I took him up a spur mat lirigmau uau a corn field on, just abotit'thirty-tive hundred feet higher lhan the ea. It was No. 1, and would run fifty bushels shelled to the acre close, ile looked a little wild ut it, then out with bis instruments and made some calculations. I tell you he opeued his eyes wider than a runaway' steer, tie said it was an astonishing growth and fertility for mountain lnd...i, didn't tay -much, for j knew he'tfbeeu ii.ed to the barren White Mountains, and it he'd seen jhe ll'.ckjs they wein't any Le.ter, tor I'd tried them. As we came back to Aahevilleltbok him down through Mick's 'grass' plantation on top ot Kik Mountain, lie atared at the tail timothy bard and long enough, but didn't e-jy.a word. ., J "'', Good land isn't all Reems' Creek has to boast of either,. She's' some on the mea line There's Aid Governor Swain, Ueneral Joe Lane,! Oregon, and Zeb Vance, member ol Congress, Govarnor, or what he is ; he's ' Zeb' ia Buncombe, and always will be. They weie all born and brought up with not much mo. e tbaua tow shirt to their backs, right ciuwo there in that valley you'll see the first thing, in lhe morning." Come, turn ia now." ' , " Not yet," said several. .-" Which way in "the morning I" -v ' ' Straight up aud 'on tbe ridge till wo stiike the road ou tho main Black, about bail' a mile from Otey'i cabin." " All woods?" i, ' No, we'll striko A bear-trail about three miles Irom here, and just there I saw bear do thett-uieat thing. He couldn't have done better if he'd beed a reg'lar educated .Yankee." .-.,, - :-':'; " Giv it . t.' u !" exclaime 1 two or three; '. '.-. - '- " Make it short," drawled lit'. Dicker' son. - "Tell "the tiu'tli, BUckatock,"- gravely aaid Grand-Matter Robert, - "I knew someboily'd doubt my Word, but 1"11 tell you The Bear Story." " I liad lost. lot of pigs at a mountai ' bed, where 1 kept an old sow or two, and I made up my mind I'd hAvo revenge out of some boar, so I took my stand on tbe moun tain near the bear-trail we'll pais' to-rnor- V A M. row. It forked not far of! Now bear, when be'i traveling in 'aumfcer, every now md then iIodi. rears ud lile of a balsam. and makes a scratch his mark. This is especially done at fork of tueir trails. Another bear cornel along, lad can't make ljis mark as high.; he know! the other bear it the lartiesi, so he tarns! back or takes tha other fork. . Well, tha Idaj I was up there I had waited full fouJbours, and felt particular wolhsb, wben I lev came A do suitable little boar, but with An AWlul know ing look about him. I had great mind to kill him just for spite, but thought I'd. wait till he got to tne fork, ti looked carefully at all.the stopped and ees down on trail. I uen the little cuss utt turned and rolled big rook up to thi tree that had tne most mark, got on i raartdup, and made nis mark tar abov ti rest of them, k back to its He got down, rolled tho place,' and went on bit d. From tha way he shook all over. I list knew be was lauchinff hard to kill himat'f " " And you didn't ihoot m t" ouoot mat Dear I ri'f?out as soon ..; ithtjMNw, boy, in .ime to go to sieep. . t .-- "Stops minute. Is there "eny dange from nakes!"- " Nonsense, child 1 nobody ever beard of snake on miss mountains,. where the bat Aam is the natural growth. Go to ilcen rest easy, and dream ot Alexander' p etty uaugueera at tne otner enci ot the creek. I'll throw maple leaf into the Branch, with your love ; it may get there, tome day, It's about as likely to as you are to get on ot tnem." ; Then-, with the to.t, rich odor oi the balsam coursing through out (pngs, the rip- puug oiuiivui eue uttie rin, aa tne.iigli ing of tb trees above tinging in our ears, wo tuppeu away LO Bieep.-" . . . I Convention Bill. ' - Co In Bntttled ' dn "Act' Con t,ninj a WiiEEUAs, The present Constitution of iioriu varouna, is in many respect bur densome and oppressive to 'the people of the State, and some of the provisions ill adapted to th wants and condition of ih. people ; and-Af., the taxes required by said Constitution to be levied upon tbo umsaL-a-ui euo oiaie Dy ims Ueneral Assem bly, are iu tlie Judgment of this General assembly, too burdensome to be borne by the tax payer of the State, and cannot be collected witht effeeUnghmd--trf the best interettt of ill our nonl.- h... et, tor tji reason! here sot forth, and manv lithAra in IK. irln.M. n . . . ,u juujjmcui oj mis ueneral As sembly, said Constitution ' reouirea aoch amendments sad alterations Bfl Will ffivn tn ,.ur.v . ,..ci uemanuea Dy tiem, Irom tberr present heavy burdens, which can only be immediately and judicially et fected by a Convenlion of tbe people ; and iih-reai), this General Assembly, in matters ot such grave import, U reluctant to under take any chance in H, inrrl.mo,t,i i. nnr nnnnU tha mIi.F i . . . oj m sjeaea wuuout tne seuse of (be peo ple, in whom, under our government, all eovereigoty resides, being first ascertained ; Shrefore, so. I. - T!n ' OtatKtl l Atvmblv f Harth varouna ao enact. That upeo tne paaiace of this act, the Governor of the State be and he 4s hereby required to issue proc lamatioa, cemmandiag tha sherifli et--t he rtspectivo counties in tb Dtata tn open poll at tba several plactt of holding elec tions in said counties, on the 1st Thursday of March; A. 1)-. 171, whe.- aad whin all persons qualified to vote for members of the Uoneral Assembly, may vote for or Igaiatt a State Convention, under the re strictions hereinafter provided tor those who wish Convention voting with a print d or writto ticket, CwtwtfMw: and those Who do not wish auch Convention voting in theeame wAy,'"Ao Contention " alto, to open separata polls' at th said time and placet, for tho election of uelegatea to tk Convention, to be assembled in the city ot Raleigh, at tuch time a' is hereinatter provided for, sid poll to be superintend ed by two iudtres or iotDtttors at each n Jtid plaoca of holding the election, to be appointed by the commissioners ol said counties respectively, aad an officer ap pointed by tue sheriff of the county, each ol whom shall be sworn faithfully nd inv " partially to conduct laid election accord ing to law. -.-.' " . ; bE. 8. That it shall be the dutv of laid judges or inspector, immediately al- icr too cioaing oi tue poll, to count the ballot in the prtsenee ot such electors at may desire to b present,!and make out correct statement under their hands, of the polls at their respective places of holding said election, which shall be ler.led up and returned to ths commissioner ol their re pectivo countie by 12 o'clock on Satur day atter laid day of election: Protdtit Tne countie of Carteret, Daro and Hyde ihali .be allowed uutil Tuesday alter the election to make their return; and laid commiisjoners, (or any two or them, in tho presence or nve or more ot .tne citizen ot Aid county,) shall compare said retarns at the courthouse or other place of holdion- court in their retpeutive countie. and make duplicate statement of said returns. worn to before torn peraon authorized to administer oath, one copy ol which shall be depoaited in the office of the . Register J wi 1equi vi me uuuuiy, idu tne omer Copy trtntmitted to the Governor of the State, at Raleigtr, under the same rules and .reg ulations And under the same pentltiea, at are preset ibed in the case oUbe returns of the vote Jor-electors tor, Pnsideat and Vice-President, ,aa now provided by law, immediately liter said election, trie. a. That it shall be the dutv ol tin Governor at soeit a be shall have received aid return, not. later than the 21th day of March, A. D. IS? 1, in tho : presecce ol the Secretary ot State, Public Treasurer and Attorney General ot the Stnrte, t com pare the number of vote tor and agairut vaivcnLion ; anu u it Buau appear that majority ot the' vote polled are in favor of a Convention, be shall forthwith issue proclamation in auch manner a he may tbisk proper, summoning the delegate! elected to said Convention as aforesaid, to convene in Raleigh, on tba ihird Monday in April, A. P. 1071 ; bat if a majority-of tbe votes polled Are against a Convention, the Governor shall in tike manner isiue a prcclamatioa of that fact, - ; ate. 4. That the election Tor deleeatia as aforesaid, shall be held witn 'open-noefa In the presencs oi the- elector aiiembled, and conducted in the same manuer' -as election tor members of the General As sembly, and the vote shall be counted, the scrolls compared, tbe rliult proclaimed and certificates issued in the same manner I now prcACribtd by tawyfor membci of tbe Heota ol fepresehiAtive. : J DIC. .O. That tne inspector, of election mentioned in lection 1st of this act shall be appointed by th Comminaionera cl eacb county respectively, at a meeting to be fold on the first Monday in February, 1871, and laid Coaimissioiers shall at thj santV time appoint recistrar of voter tor each "voa ting precinct or, township, whoaa duty it - ' uw .iu icgiairaeiun .book of hit precinct or towutbip in auch manner that said book shall show aa act icuratu lilt ol all elector previously regit. . tered in tuca precinct or township, and aim ieaiuing inereiu, without requiring such electors to be registered anew ; ana such rec-istrar shall also at all times, afmr his appointment up to and on the day of ueuiiou aioreaaiu, steep open said books, and shall be at the polls on laid day with saia ooott ior cuo registration ot any else ton residing in uch precinct ar townthio. and entitled to registration, whole, name have never baiore been registered in such precinct or township, or do not appear on the revised lis. No certificate of regis tration shall ue given, aad no elector shall be entitled to register or to vote in nv totbar prre!nt wtj,wpJ,lp than the ou in tuivu uv io lu.uH auu iwnti juic resiueut on tue uay oi election. Any person iter ing to vote, alch mgh hi namo may be the rrgistratio j books, may be challenged as to hit right to. vote on ths day of elec tion, nd the question shall be decided by th inspector of the box and the registrar onus precinct or townsnip Motoro the bat -lot i reserved. 8c. . Tuat if a .vacancy (ball "occur by -death or otherwise ot any person elected delegate as aforesaid, the presid; ing officer oi the Convention shall issue bis writ to tue sheriff ot the county in which uch vacancy may have occurred, after auch notice a the Convention may order, to open polls to iiil.iuch vacancy under the aame lules and regulation as herein- oerore preicnutci lur tue election ot dele eates..;: 'Sec. "7. That ta d Convention shall con sist of one hundred and twenty-one de'Ci gates, and each county shall be entitled to tbe same number ol delcga.es as member of the Hogss oi lieprrseuiatiiet under the present apportionment, and" thj county of vaie soau ue entitled to one delegate. Sec. 8. That said , Convention shal have power to fix the pay -ol all its officer and members, and shall provide for othe expenses, to be paid out of the Treasury at it niAj dtrecla .. ' .Sec. 8. Ihat said. Convention " shall have teittf'et;Tt'cr-' audshall be the judge ot the qualifications and elec tion ot it member, who shall be electors ot the state ot North Carolina. bkc. lu. 1 uat said-'Convention shall have power to cpiisider and propose all neceuary ameadineats and alterations to the .Constitution ol tbe B;ate, (excop ing the restrictions hereiuatur mentioned,) not inconsistent with the Constitution oi ths Cuiied Siates ; but said Convention shad have no power .or uuihoritv whatever to oner or propose any amendment or alter atton ot, or in anywise interfere wab, re peal, or modify the homeatead and nerton af piopeny exemptions, as provide i tor in Article 10 of tbe (Jonstiiuticn of tue State, except in thi particular only, that the Convention shall incorporate a crause ii said Constitution, recognizing and declar ing tuat the dodirmu laid Wnwn end rlwia, iofl-mrtdeinflie sixtythird volume, page iubi uuuuicu nun iinriy -ae-ven ivr J.t tte ports, in the c.so bt Sarah Hill vs. Tobia Kepler, shall be tkn,to be the true and final decision of tue question-, and said Convention shall insert a clause in laid Constitution dcpr,une the Supreme Court of the State ol ail uuwe-r or jurisdiction whatever to rvttrie, modify br chaDge' in ujf nnj-iuvicseue eieeisiou oi saia court on -the Homestead clause of the Dresent uoneiitniniu ; nor nwi titey in h Wty inteiiere hhu, modily, rejieal or do any other act to restrictor impair tho rrghts; Pf.v'jiiiBoy.amwJUe.oi. thy person iu the bta.c, on aCcouat o.' face, color, or previous Condi, iju, which are now guarauteed to uim- uy tne into, I4tu aud IDih amende meuts to tbe Constitution -ol the United States ; nor shall they propose any. amend ment to the Consiitution ol the State-, in any way inipairinz or restrictintr said rl8SU'U1'vilge or immuiitiej; nor 'shall iia Convention pa? any ordinance or pro pose any amendment, to the Constitution of the Btato whicli iball 'iit; tnywise pav ide for payment to the late ilaveholder ol the'Statej 0r any" other person,"-for the loss luitainsd by them by reason ot tue emancipation of Baid slaves; .nor shall is d Convention pass any ordinauge or offer any amendment which shall in.anywie provide for thi-payment of any debt or debts con- tracieu in aid of the late war : nor shad said Convention pais any ordinance, or oii-.raoy amendment which snail in any. wise provide lor the infliction of corporal punishment ior criminal offences ; nor shall sucti Convention have power to abolish tue present system ot public instruction, Dtit to make such alterations to said sys tern a laid Convention may deem neces sary ana proper; nor shad sjnd Convention propose any amendment or alteration re quiring any property or-eJucational qua! uicauon lor voters or ooicers; nor snail aid Convention chancre tha present ratio between the poll and property tax, or pro- vide.ior raising the poll tax on one pod above two dollar for all (ordinary Sta'e and County) purposes ; nor thsll said Con vention be allowed to pan any ordiuar.es or ordinance legislative in their charac ter, except aucu a arenecesstry to submit the Constitution as amended lo the people of the State for theitf ratification or rejec tion, and provides for tilling such vacan cies as may cccur by reason of any amend ment or amendments made by said Convec tion to the Constitution of the Slate, and except ordinances in relation to the public debt; nor shall said Convention have any power to modify or lepeal that clause iu the present Constitution which provides tor a machinist and laborer's .lien law-; nor shell aaid Convention have any power to modify or rspetl those clauses i the present Constitution which provides that there il no right to secede, and that every citizen oWas paramount allegiance to the Constitution and government ef tee United States, (article 1, sections 4 and 5.) . Sio. 11. 'Thar mux Convention may re vise the Constitution of the State, embody ing in it such alterations and amendments as may be agreed upon, not cons stent with the provisions ol' this act ; but no such re i vised C'onatitution shall have any toice or validity, until the aame ahall have been ratifi.au by A majprity ot the qualifiad vol teis ot the State, to whom the same shall bt tubmi t.-d according to the mode to be prescribed by ordinance of laid Conven tion. ' -Ska'JS. That no delegate to said Con vention iball bo permitted to take his seat E NO 8. in said,, convention, nntil be shall have laain ana sucrioea the following oath 0 afnimation, before my Judge ot tb 8u preme or luperior Court, or anjr justice o tue ptace ol Wake coant. in -it . or a B ) do aolemnly swear, (or affirm a the case- '""J W tuat i will lajthlully maintain and upport the Cooftitution of the United oeaees, anu win not either directly or in directly .evade cr disregard tha Hmi .n. joined, or tbe limits fixed to' ,thii Conitia , mi piupia oi ortti Uatoliaa, ai aot iorth in the act ot the General Aieem bly pasted in 1871, entitled 'Att -Act . con- ewrumg atyonvention of the people, which act was ratified by the people j So nelp me Bsc 18. That any iud.M or iiiH,.. eleetiont appointed under the provisiont of .this act, or any county commissioner or ihenff failing or neglecting to make the returns and nni-f.irm thA ,!..!-- ot bim bytbi act, shall be deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor, And on cinviction shall ne nueci not less than five hundred no more than one thousand dollar, or lm pnaonea not more than six nor less -than two memtus, ae tire didtretlon ; of icy court. 8xc. U. Any person who shall ' know ingly and iraudulentl reginer or vote; induce another lo elo To, "coulrary to' provition ot thii axt, shill be 'deimed guilty ol misdemeanor, and on convic tion suait oe impr.sooed not less than . six nor more than twelve month-', or fined not less than one hundred nor more . than five hitnilred doiiri,. And any registrar ot votet who shall make or cause or suffer to De made, any entry with, intent t( commit a f'radd, shall be aubject' to indict ment and liable to the same oesaltv. - ' Sec, 15. That the State Printer, Ahall immediately print ten couies of ibis act tor each Beaator and mrmberof the Boua oi ittpresoatat.vet, and thallirint And the board ot commissioners for each couu ty, whose duty it shall be to. furnish one copy to each registrar in their respective counties, and one copy to tb' inspector' of eltctioLs at each precinct be.' re the day of eie-oiiuu. ., . Sue,, 10. That this Act alia'l be from aad after its ratification. lor. r-Vom .he W ' vaglou Post. t Convention v the Eodieitead, ; Whe the war closed five war aao. the war worn and barttle-scared loldter re turned to his humble home, alter four y-earrof aa-d flghlitrgj tojh pntatioa tad auaeriui in the army and in brison, he found that all of his personal effects, except perhaps, a remnant which his .wife aud cuildrtn had been able to save, had been swept away by the ravages of the war, which bad passad over the country like a tejriuitr ana devastating tornado, carry' iog atvay at one felt swoop the labor of life lttue spent in honest toil. If be hap pened to possess a farm, it, on accouu of the five years' absence .in the army,, bad almost gone to wreck and ruin, for the waut 6t repairs and attention. This, to getber witb other dis liters resulting irom war oa the valuation ot pn perty, had greatly reduced landed estate in yalu.-. do tram a handsome property and from easy oire;.uais.aacea .oerore ine war in loui, at the cloie of the war in 1865. lhe majority of the laboring class of the people in the State iound themselves reduced to poveity, anu many to absolute want, iiut this was not the worst feature . of tbe"-dilemna, Many thus reduced were surrounded by large and tidiness taminr-a, ana worse sail. menaced by overhanging debts -contract. en oerore the War, and under circuntstan pes which jus'.ls lead ibein to- beileve they would .be able to Dav. and would have I- WHiB tlile tit lyo duue w, hid H uut Iwwi tor tue misfortune attending tbe- war, "Misfortunes never come as single spiel; Scarcely. haiLour people time after tbe close el the war to realize that they had lost all tboy.had and must start in lite anew, when a troop ol creditors came also. and with them came old debts which had not been consumed by the ravages of war with the demand for their payment, what was to be done ? . Irrevocable ruin stared the poor debtor full in the face. Tbe little left by tl.c ray e-ot the war. was. auro to fall a prey to (be merciless creditor. . Ma ny who werj able to raise the fees Weut into bankruptcy ; otbeis, who wished to do so, were not able to raise tqe money to pay the lees, while, many others did not owe as much as three hundred dollars, and consequently could not avail tuemscives oi thn v provisions ot tbe liankrupt Law. Meanwhile, the creditors were clamorous for their pay, And as soon as the court were opeued, the lawyer's office were crowded with creditors, eager to bring tuits against the poor-debtor, tearing some one else Would1 get, rile start of him and he would lose his debt, lue suer.n's sad dlebags were literally crammed with writs and summonses againat-Jiooest debtors, who could not pay because tuey did not have tho wherewith to do so, ..Justice's Courts were t irooged trom luorninc till night with binary creditors and lught ened debtors. , Tue creditors, as devoid of mercy as Hhylock, and like lain demand ing his pound ot fiesn from over tne heart of trembling Antenio Ibcy demanded the last tartuing due trom lhe impovir.shed debtor. Soon aery, long and lolut, we.it up throughout , the whole land tor rebel. Stay laws were passed, and soou decided unconstitutional. Then came the military orders suspending tbe collection laws only for a snort time. Still the creditors clamored lor their dues,, ind at ill the cry iucrcasiiii for relict fiom the last approach ing ripn which awaited the poor debtor. Aa be looked around upon his bumble home, uia wile and hie belpleta children, and thought ol bis rolentlesa criditcia and tbe sun now pending in Court to enforce tue collection oi a eieot mat ue cid not have, and could not gat, tbe money to pay, his brave heart, that half laced death undaunted upon a hundred . battle fields, aunk down in disair, as he ' saw in contemplation his shivering wit'j and belo- less little ones turned out from tbo old homestead by the fiat of the Jaw. and the clang of. the sheritl's malliet; under the ery ot "Goinggoing gone! "Yea, gone I Bold to satis! v au execution upon an old debt. .:- , '.: . " -..' . Tbe Convention that assemoled in the wintprnf 1SR7 in,l h.' ttit.W kA . , Constiutiou was Irameel, saw the situation and distress of the impoverished people, and came ttLtbeir reliei, by higratting into the Constitotiun a clauie exempting fioji seizure and sale, "for any debt," one thoue sand dollars' worth of real estate, and five hundred dollars' worth of personal rop erty. When this (tbe present) Constitn, tion wa ratined by the vote ol tbe people, BITES 0? ADZTrH'tl :ij t- -,-ono I'm $' C . t-'.eq P 'fc;-per n:on h for ere r;ra La'fse..mg iqif . a i , U' to ;" Lgft aiVLitiaeaiejtii d'in-3t. ' , , Loty! ailvertisemsntt It) Oi nl. t-iior Tua C, n itioe ihit til untior it r eel ol oa pr t r oi't a I A4. a .Tra please, take i.s uii-ent in by three viotia iri dirt, nubh- o'cloo1!, p. m , d cttbn. - . " Ailytr'.ltim -iti ilat lir ft'-sl. ie:tlon. , aw.og drawn sigh of reliei Fceined to per vade the whole country.' Tue debtor lie ft A' a In me waa thereby e r d to him and bis helpless fauiilv, trcj irom the grasp of his laycnous creditors, who wore signing lor tho last dollars' .worth f prop. nj '.'tua pixtr man piaso sid j'ri earth.; But stop. Bo not too smguihe, ye confiding man with a homestead A new danger h sprung upTri4,i(ig r more potent nd dreadlul than a mjijh'y army with bin nets. A danger wk c'i, it tucciiAsl'ul, tbreAt ens with onij ariDd stroke, to upheave the very fouudat'ori tbheot yiitif iromestead. Scarcely two your have elapssd. since the people drew tbo fist impiraliou of relief within the welts nl tlu bonue'e id tenured to them by the provision of the present C'o.i.-t to' iou, ere another Convention u ti be ca 1 d - culled ior what ! To frame ana ith r Co..ati u.ion, which may or may not guarantee a bomestead. Men with a home .teat, be wisi in time I Be admonished le ofe it is -ton late, -There i danger aheul. As you love your wives and your little ones, vote down this Convention. It is nit only to your individual Interest tdo ., but il la A jolfran, Uutlf ou tow to th family aiouad your knee; it'is'a,i"Biuch" duty you owe to them aa it is to lurnisa them with food and raiment.. Vote for the Convention, and you may live to eV jdur helples family turned shiveriug and freez ing from the door of tho home whicli by right of law and justice is theirs, while th old homestead goo into the hand of a stranger, who happens to possess a few dollar in cash, enabling, himTto. beeome the hignest bidder at the sheriff's isle. Bu not deceived by th protestations of the advocates of thi Convention meas ire, that it'-wiit not hurt jou. This Constitu tion which they miy frame lor you may contain a homestead clause: if to, it ii only to dedeite you." TheH ire more yi tban one Dy which a Convention may prove; your ruin; Tbe aame Convention that frames a new Cocstituiion lor North Carolina unseats tits present Supreme Court of the State. The present Legislature elects their successors in office ; for be it remem. bared, that when the Convention is con vened," the people have given their last vote for the election of their Judiciary. Thn firat Hwlainn wliinl, ti.- an-'M- Court makes, alter it hai put on the judi cial robe of offlce, judging from the com piexion oi tne present .Legislature, and be assured they will elect uj one who will not do their biddipg aa-t iubserr their ptirpdse, will be to reverse the present de- Citiou-of the pristqt Supreme "Court, and to eer'are tue il omestead la s aricooattMi tioaal If you lose your Homestead, it will uoL.be our fanlt. It is our dutv to wars youol the approaehing danger, if a Con vention is called, and we have doour bat it will be, and it i mbmitied to you to vote upon the question, discharge, your duty to yourself, to your country, and to your family, by voting.. "NO : CONVEN-- iiu J men youare sate. Private Letter From General Lte The oticinal of the fjllowioif nrlvat letter '.torn General Lee to hi . son, wa found at Arlington Hojw, during tbe late wai. It ie intenwiiuA iHuitriar phi! in his character : AnUMOTOM Hocsb, April 5, 1858. Mil Dear Son : I an iust iu the act n leaving houie for New Mexico. Mv old reglniint has been erdcred to that distant region, and I must hasten to seajha they sre properly taken care of. I have but little to add in reply tb your letters of March 20; 87 and 28. Your letter! brentl.a a true spirit of trankuess; they have given myself and your mother great pleasure. loumust study to lie ir.nir wMh the world, frankness is .the child of honesty and courage, gey what you mean "to do on every occasion. atid take it for 'granted yon mean to do right, If a triesd asks a fa vor, you suouid grant it it it is reaaonble, if not, tell him plainly why you cannot ; you aid wrong hira and wrong yourself by equivocation of any' kind. Never do a wrong" thing to make a friend or keep one, tue ma'i wuo requires you t do so, is dearly purchased a a sicrafice. Doal kindly, but firmly, with your classmates you will find it the policy which wears best. Above all do not appear to others what you are not. If you have aoy fault to find witb any one tell him, not others ol what you complain, th . -re is no jiore dangerous eiperimeut than that of undertaking to be one thing before man's iter and anoth.r behind his back We should live aet and say uothing to the injury of any one. It is not only best as a matter ol principle, buti it is tue path of peace and honor. In regard to duty, lot uib. in eonclnalon of this hasty letter inlorin you that nearly a hundred year ago tri'-re as a day ol remarkable gloom, and darkness atill known as tbe dnrk.d iy a day when the igutoi tne suu was slowly extinguished w if by an eclipse. Tha Legislature of Conmc.icut was in session, and as in members saw th) unexpecttc and unac- ' countable darkneeuc jmiug on, they shared iu the general awe and tjiror. It waa aupp, sad by many that. the ia.,t day the day of judirmenw-had come. Some o i in the cjnaerna.ion of tho boar, moved an Adjoiiwnenl Thtu iherj afoe' an old Puritan legislator, Davenport Stanford, and said, that it the last day had com," he desired to be found at hii ptace etuinir hi uty Aud ..therefor moved mat candlea tin brought in ao that -the house c:iuld proceed with its duty. Thare was Quietness in ti.t man's mind, the quietueji of beaveuly wia ' domto obey present -dutv. Duty, than tba sublime-si, word in our lauiruaire. V).i oiif duty in all things like the old i'uri aa. You ctanot do more. Never Id mi and jour uiotbir wear on j nray hair for a .auk of du.y o.i your part. . '. ' . ' ! E, Lkb. G. W, Coarii Lue, -A pioui olj geatlemau; one of th, ..i. ol thecal th adrt, weat out law the field to catch a mare tbatTvas wont ti beir Hint to iown. He moved ou the moat approved mode. .He shook a .measure of toia at her to delude her into the be.iet that she was to get it; but she was not to bo dcoeivod by Any such speciot act. Sue would com nigh siid then dam .off a -a .. it, .th. goad man Wl fretiel very tad,y. At laat he got in a corner among some briars and made a dash at her, wueu she bjunele 1 over the wall and)eft. him, iprawl ng among ihe bushca. His christian loriiiuda gave way at this, andrathetliir hima.df ud. ba cried, "Db, hell." The ejaculation bad passed his lips beiore he thouirut. but im- medtatelf conscious ot its' wtckednesa, ba said "lelulah I" and translated lhe profane wotu into b note oi rnumpn. - ; -;..