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.OCTOBKli -Z, 1T4
Now York September 28tb Nortli
Carolina lotr middling cotton 173 .J- cents
January, cotton Vt. Gold 100J.
Government securities dull. Korlh
Carolina Ihmd. dull ami nominal.
Till; POLITICAL, )HY1,CK.
4 A, no tinic since the war, have the
' ilnjc-s ami prospects of the Democratic
J party. he$u hriglLcr. .."Having returned
mo (he land-imirhs of the Constitution,
and plantcd-it.-jclf Kptarely on the plat
form of boneJty and reform, that tarty
has driven the enemy from every con-
,tc:N'd tieM. Tennessee. 'Indiana, Ohio,
' TSrw Mainp.Oi re, Wisconsin. Texas
ni'l orlh CaiKliua, have all wheeled
into line. ' i
r'nuul and corruption t have eaten
the vitals out of Ihulicftlism. From
pre-cnt indications the fall elections
'will result in the complete overthrow
of. the Grant tarty. New York,: the
'Kmpiro State, holds an election in No
vember. The Democrats have placed
.in nomination for .Governor, Samuel
J. Tilden, a man of spotless purity and
iiiational reputation.- The platform up
oii which he stands should be written
in letters of gold and hung upon the
Ayalls of our National Capitol. Mr.
Tilden belongs to the young, the hon
. est, the progressive Democracy. His
election .is sure. . The Hercules .who
cleaned out the. Tammany stable?, can
not be overcome in a struggle wherein
lie represents the people and his oppo
nent represents CJ mutism.
Virginia is concede", to the Dcmo-
crats. In Tennessee they will have a
walk over. In Illinois owing to the
disaffection of the Germans, the Radi
cal majority will be largely reduced,
if not entirely overcome. Georgia,
Alabama, Maryland, Texas, Delaware
and Kentucky will send almost solid
Democratic delegations to Congress.
all t!ie free Statcf.", the success of
jiemocniCTis assiuvp.
In the bayonet States of South Car
olina, Mississippi and fbtiisiana, Grant
ism will most likely prevail.
The action of, Grant, in overturning
the legal state government of Louisi
ana, will drive fcom his tarty thous
ands of union-loving, law-abiding vo
ters throughout the North West. The
people, feel that a change of ruler.- is
desirable ; and thev are determined tc
hae it. 1 .
We repeat that at no time since the
war, have the hopes and prospects' of
.our pwtyibccn brighter.
Democratic Maistin.-TIic good pco
pdo of Martin county could not see how
they could sign aKadical Civil Plights'
fihcriiT'i bond, and the result is they
have a good Democratic Sheriff in the
person of Mr, "VY". J. llnrdison. The
Martin white people take the correct
view of the matter. Enquirer South
ern. Autumn- with its yellow leaves, and
Fad low-rustling winds, is upon us. A
tiiie of melancholy pervades all nature.
The evening clouds seem, as thev fade
into tho nll-Dorviidino- nrnv of nvrmln
to wish to linger-yet a while to gladden
mankind with their golden summer
tints and glorv. Soon the snows of
winter will be here. Let us perform
our duty in the spring time of life for
the autumn and the wintf r will be come
when we can no longer work. !
. Just as we go to press we learn from;
the lialciyh Xcit's that George V. Dan
iel col'd the Representative elect, to the
lower house of the ncxt General frsscm
bly of Halifax Co X. C. was shot and
killed on the road-sulc near his houee
in said Co. on Saturday night Sep. 2Cth!
by Jos. R. Branch of Halifax. The par-!
ticulars arc not given.
10..MU v a uit jiEKCHim preacneu
Charles Sumner's funeral sermon.
The clergyman very distinctly stated,
that the statesman did not die as soon
fis ho ought to have died for his fame's
bake. Suppose Bcccher had di?d tenj
years ago, how about his fame's sake?
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Railroads and Teleuk'ahis can
only bo built by the pcotle who live in
the country through which they pa?s
Weioucht to understand that. '
Bn Suiie Axd Pay ujt your dues be
fore the 1st of January, wjien the new
postage law goes into alfect. Pay them
now, and do not wait for a dun".
Tin: 1'RRsiDEXfY a public trust,
not a private perquisite: no third
term.
Fui:i: Pkkss, Free Men. Free' Laws..
KfVAL and cx:ct justice tvTall. men.!
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OUR WATEULOQ.
The Southern jteople never jtosscsscd
substantial rirosiicrity. No ieoiQ
who owned slaves were ever able to pay,
tl.clr debts. Slavery can no more be
the basis of wealth' than of morality.
History demonstrates this truth.
, Not thatslavcry i'ser '$trf crime.
It is not.
Nojrreater blessing v-as ever coufer
ed upon a race of men, than resulted
to the ncprro from the svstcm of Ameri
can slavery.
jrhe negro was taken from a land of
barbarism into a land of civilization
and Christianity. IIo was humanized
by slavery.
; To say that African slavery as it ex
isted in this country was a crime, is to
sav that it would be sinful to go to-dav
into the wilds of Africa, capture a
flesh -eating cannibal, bring him here,
leach him the common speech of men
and preach to him the Gospel of
Christ. '.
The sin of slavery consisttll not in
Judging the slave in subjection, fjor
capital holds labor in, slavery every
day) but in the demoralization which
slavery begat among free aid intelli
gent people.
; Slavery demoralized us two ways.
1st It affected the moral and socia
life of the master.
2nd It caused us to compromise our
rights under the constitution It is
with this last truth we wish to deal.
AVhcn this Union was formed, every
State which composed it, was an inde
pendent Sovereignty. North Carolina
was as free and independent of Massa
chusetts, as a citizen of MeVico is of
the moon. - North Carolina was an in
dependent nation. For the sake of
slavery the South yielded many rights
and political principles at the forma
tion of the constitution, even since
that time we have done nothing but
tie this negro mill-stone tighter around
our necks. , :
Although the right-to hold slaves
was guaranteed to us by the Constitu
tion, wc were not allowed to carry them
into any Northern State; while the
citizens of Northern States could bring
here any property they possessed and
hold the same, protected by-law and
M-ith absolute security. . J
"Vhv this dilfoxcncc ?
Simply because the Southerner pre
fercd giving up his plain right to carry
his slave anywhere in the union, "rather
than have the slavery question agita
ted. Agulii and wqrso. , The-'., southern.
peo)le were not allowed to carry their
slaves into territory which they them
selves gave to the union. .
This outrage upon southern rights
would never have been submitted to,
except at a time, when, the manhood of
our. people had deteriorated from thdt
displayed at Guilford Court-house'" and"
Kings mountajfn. r. ".
Again anil still worse,: yThe people
who were once soverign,' suffered their
right to sell the product of their , labor
in 'the markets of the world, to he de
nied to then. . - - .-. ' . '
Tariff laws contrary not only to the
rights of the states but in direct viola
tion of theconstitution, were enforced;
and the South submitted.
Why? . t
Simply because slavery, mustoc pre
served. . . ' ' . -
Tariff was the result of compromise
with the rights of' the people on the
part of slavery. '
' No wonder- slavery was not a paying
institution. Every, dollar made by the
slave went to the pockets of the north-
Icrn miinufacturcr through the Tariff
channel. ''.Tariff. ; unless prohibitory
never injured a foreign producer. On
the contrary the 1 American system of
Tariff has enriched England for fiftv
years.' . ,-"' ' . .
The trade between the North and
the South was very simple in its terms,
The South was to own slaves aud raise
cotton ; one half of the cotton to go to
the Ncrth in the shape of tariff, the
other half to be used in feeding cloth
ing and maintaining the slaves in 0od
condition to make more cotton
' AVhy did the South consent to al
this in time of peace and before the
days of Sickles, Butler, Grant and Kg
construction ? Because slavery luu"
taken such a hold upon us all:. that we
were willing to sacrifice everything else
to maintain it.
Wo enjoyed before the war a fictic
ious prosperity7. There was nothing
real about it. x
The North owned in reality all o
our slaves, forit derived all the benefi
and profit from their labor. The
shadow of slavery was over the South
Its substance enriched the North
For sixty years the South fought the
battle of slavery. Then came the Wa
tcrloo. J
. Slavery is dead. Every Southern
thinker rejoices that it is gone. Noth
ing now stands between us and our
rights.
What those rights are and how
to
maintain them, is the duty of a leading
journal from time to time to point
out.'
The TIMES will not fail to perform
this dntv.
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THE itKtuaisi;A lAUTii-
ITS BinTIJ AXD D5LVT5I.
Men who live in a land of slavery
can never realize what a . powerful
charm the idea of conferlng freedom
upon a slave possesses. Upon this idea
the Republican Party had its origin.
When it was few in numbers, its polit
ical creed contained but one article
the abolition of slavery. ; j-f.
It grew as a one idea .party until it
held the ballancc of power in American
politics. Henry Xlay was clcieatca by-
it because he owned slaves. It was a
bold and aggressive organization.
Abolition candidates ran without the
hope of success, without any hope in
deed, save that of disorganizing the
Whig party and driving it out of exis
fence. This result was accomplished
in 1856. The W7hig Party and the ah
olition party merged into; what was
then called the Republican' party.
We of course refer to the Whig party
of the North. That party at-the South
always maintained its patriotism, its
yvirtue,;md its greatness untiLits linal
disolution in 1860, at which time jiarty"
lines were wiped away by the overpow
ering love of liberty and country which
animated every southern heart.
In 1856 the rallying cry of Republi
cans was free soil, free men, free speech
and Freemont. It was a captivating
(tie cry. The young men of the
North rallied almost as one' man to the
support of Fremont. But the fact that
Mr. Fillmore was in the field, preven
ted the succtssof the frcesrllers. .
In 1860 Mr. Liucoln led the Repub
ican hosts to victory. . Under his lea
dership the Southern revolution was
suppressed and the!
slave's liberated.
When he died the I
Republican party
ceased to exist.
Republicanism is dead. Padicalism
rules. I
The "Radical party docs not possess
a singie elcnienb of which, the llcpub-
ican party was constituted. . ?
The, work of Republicanism Avas the
establishment of liberty. Hence Fre
mont, and Lincoln, two of the foremost
champions of freedom, were . selected"
is its leaders.
The object of Radicalism, is to en
gender hate, gratify greed, satisfy sec
tional spite and oppress a helpless
cople. . ; - ' . A
" Republicanism ,yvas bravo andjfdr-
givmg. urceiy and - buinncr guidcd
it. Radicalism is cruel and cowardly.
Giant and Butler direct.
Republicanism created states and
respected state .rights. Radicalism
overruns and overiit'eS DOtli. - -,
The old Republican party is dead.;
Its destiny was fulfilled. Its page in
diistory has been w ritten. It will ucv-
cr.be mistaken for Radicalism.
Republicanism was a lordly political
game cock which flapped its broad
pinions and crowed its nationaUmusic
on every sea and in every la'noi;
Radicalism is a miserable dunghill
chicken, which .whimrpiti fully' at the
feet, of foreign powers while it blusters
and bullies at home.
Whateveremotions would fill the
heart of an old Republican standing by
Grcely's grave or the scpulcrc of Sum
mer, tliey would certainly be different
from those aroused by the surht of Ben
Buyer's long defrauded tomb
It is true that the'RepultJican parti
committed many'" errors had many
fail .t 5. It warred against theconstitu
ion. But it did not pack the Supreme
Court; Bench with tho feed attorneys
ml
of gigantic corporations. It was mer
ciless- in time of war. But it was
spared the everlasting infamy, of es
tablishing carpet bag rule, in time of
peace. It suffered the government to
be robbed. But it did not confer upon
the plunderers the exalted title of
"Christian Statesmen." y
It employed Butler as a striker.
But not as a. leader. Itcinpkjy
u rant -as a butcher. Bat it did not
dignify him with the name of Presi
dent, nor permit him to loaf out fifty
thousand dollars worth of thcpeople's
mnnov ovtv rrar
Ttiis old Republican party had its
faults, and committed many sins. It
lived upon the strength of one idea.
It died a natural death. rx
This young Radical party has been
strutting about in the garment of Re
publicanism long enough. It should
be stripped off by an outraged people,
and the party Should die the death of
Judas. : A
Tomatoes for Winter. Yj tins
method we may have tomotocs all the
year round, which can scarcely be dis
tinguished from those picked fresh from
the vine. Dissolve a teacup of salt in a
gallon of water. Pick ripe tomatoes
but not oyer ripe, IcaA ing a little of the
stein on. " The tomatoesjmust Ue kept
well: covered"-with the brine,' and they
will keep till spring; or longer. V
Steady steps towards specie pay
ments. Bad Corrais Crop. A gentlemau
who has recently traveled through por
tions of Xortampton, Hertford Bertie
Halifax and Martin counties, reports
the cotton. crop as coining m alarmino-lv
i-hort. .
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" i'lie hic:nJs of progress and iin-
proverncnt v,rmx)se' building a line of
tcfrgraph from Plymouth to Weldon.
- The air Hue distance is about fifty
miles. 'l'l;p wire can be erected for
live th(uis;;iL dollars.
The udv tntages which Eastern Caro
lina woul, derive from this work arc
Tery tfreatj ,
1 Oiirfiibennen would be greatly
benefitted; by it.
We thirjc that Messrs Capchart, Hol
ly, "Winston, Gray & Cooper, Latham,
and A mislead would have saved five
thousand dollars the last two springs
by the exigence of such a line. The
iced fish trade has grown to such large
dimensions that it is impossible to coir
duct it with safety, without quick
comminution with Norfolk, Balti
more and New York.
2 Our " merchants who buy cotton
or barter mod s for it, can jret dailv
inforinatibii of its market value.
3 Should the proposed postal telc-
graph 1
!ji be passed, our people would
rrravi
t oi the wire as a mail
route.
4 Me
I than all this (when we con
sider the
unions ' times in w hich we
live) is tie speedy information of the !
news o:' like lands which would he j
brought to us almost upon its happen-
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xne ijiousana.uoiiars wia construct
this line Lf telegraph. 1
By ruining it to Weldon, we put
ourselicJin in direct communication
with Nilv York, Charlotte and the
WTest ; Wilmington and the South,
Richmoid and the North West.
Let t:e shares be pufc at twenty five
dollars
each two hundred in all.
Tliis will put the stock iiu re-ich of
every nin. -' . .
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If thi stock pays anything, it will
certahi'jv not be less than eight per
cent or lour hundred dollars a year.
The
iiie should run from Plymouth-
to WiMsoi thence on through'' Lcwis-
ton Ropbcl Rich Square - and Jackson
to Weldon. . .,.-'''-
A liberal chartcrwill be obtained
fro m the Legislature this winter. The
work; will - be entrusted to suitable
hands, f If it fails of completion the
want of a proper spirit
will bejthe .cause.
t in our people,
Grvi: us a Telkurafii, and a
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nul-
roaa wj.i ite sure to loiiow.
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Tlieqneftiou of a RailKoad from
r ' " J m w uui viewiiiZi litis ovcu
taTrfSRor! Iong"'"tirne, '. r . "
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if hAfrJjnftmS TVAltT f f r-Sr -V la -. I
iiiiit "f'r o-1- ii ij (if KHUl II.
We jifn from the Petersburg In
de&xLxivApDeal, that 'at and informal
mcftinjof the citizens and merchants
of ? ha 'city, last week, our newly clec-
tett M-nator Y. w. reeities made
i
a
spHc'i in favor of the project.'
'flail Roads are a great help. to any.
coisatrr, and especially do v, e need this
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very roaa nuove ' an other roads.
od will it do us ?
t will throw us in direct communi
Cii
on with the entire world-at least
twj
nty four hours sooner than we now'
hae.
It will lessen our freight a great
deal. ..
It w ill afford us a market for hun
dred of dollars worth of - prod nee that
we now cannot controvert into money
becr.iise we cannot ship in time.
In a word it will Wake us up from
.oiir long sleep, f
AVill the . people of Petersburg do
anything, 'to huild this road ? they
assure, Mr. Peebles they will.
Ir. Peebles we believe to bo a man,
.-that desires the prosperity of the entire
Ea-teni part of our State. And' these
gentlemen in Pete
sbnrg
have tin
money and Ave believe that thev are
rcadv to help us. Besides it will be
helping them.
1'he men engaged in this businesarc
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',11VK'U'
hot strangers with whom we have no
ice, but they arc our- oavu
vr-rJn Tho T?nil Tinnd will bn iibont.
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sixty miles in length over the best
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ominh-v in the world' to build a road.
a , at., nvi,,, cffQ,i ti,m ;a i,f n
bvuU to build on the route. -
" The ties can be" had in one hundred
vards of the road at almost any point
L nt. least half the wayand would
notbe to haul but a short distance at
nanoiut. Thus saving a great deal of
money.
Wre believe this Iload can be - built
for $ S00,000 and it Avould save to these
two counties yearly $50,000.
The charter will be obtained as soon
as the Legislature meets.
Then let us go to work and put the
Road through at once.
Let the friends of this project meet
v
in AVindsor on Saturday the 10th' of
w. .'-nil b-T vp fi full, and free ov-
-ir-snon of opinion ofi'tho subject.
1 Beilie countv will subscribe two
thn3.ind dollars to this mag-
uificent enterprise, what will . North-
ampton do ? Let every body come to
.i.f mPfitinff on the ICth of Octo-
.
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AAT- -iv xt a " "Railroad, if we can't
et that lot us have a telegraph.
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TSIK STATU IKKT.
The State of North Carolina owes
forty one million of dollar. Of this
turn o:ie fourth is fraudulent It con-
sists of the "special tax bonds." The
next Legislaturo will be called upon to
take some step towards adjusting this
indebtedness.
North Carolina is an honest Stale.
The next Legislature will Decomposed
of her represenativc men. Whatever
they may do will be acceptable to our
people and satisfactory to the xtorld.
Something ought to bo done. But
what that something is, it is hard to
say. Wc cannot pay.- We are physi
cally unable to pay. To wait until wo
can pay, meantime paying no interest
is practical repudiation.
We think the Press should speak
out on this subject. It is a duty it
owes to our people.
it seems to us that a compromise
can be effected by issuing new bonds
and offering the same in exchange for
the old. - , .
.The antiwar bonds with accrued
interest simount to eleven million of
dollars. ? Suppose wc oh;rthe holders
nsw bonds ,at sixty cents on the dollar,
with proper assurances of the prompt
payment of live per' cent interest per
annum. Those who accepted the new
bonds would be better olf than they
new arc. Those who declined would
ije no worse oil. IMS would rcouire
an. issue -of six million six hufidrcfl
thousand .dollars worth of new bond
and the interest at five per cent would
amount to three hundicJ and thirty
thousand dollars. .
. For the other bonds (other than spe-
cial tax) amounting-to nineteen mil-
lions of dollar?, new bonds at fortv
cents on the dollar could bo offered in
exchange. This would require an is
sue of seven million six hundred thou
sand dollars. Let therj bonds draw
interest at four per cent and tho an
nual tax to, pay it .would amount to
three hundred and four thousand dol-
lars.
The special tax bonds amounting to
eleven million of dollars could be ex
changed at will of the holder for new
y
b inds at twenty cent on the dollar
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This would rciiuire an issue of two
million two hnfidrcd thousand dollars
of new bonds. Putting the interest
on them at three per cent we have an
unal tax of sixty six thousand dollars.
L'wenty cents on th.e dollar is more than
the State ever got for any of them and
but little less we suscct than they
"cost the!present holder;
.'l'o reeapitn'ate. . '
ld bonds an'd interest
New bonds, exchange
able at CO cents
Bonds other th&n Special
tax v
New bonds at -to cents ,
Sjiecial tax bonds
New lr.ds at 20 cents
Total old bonds
" new " . y . "
G,000,000
io;oon,ooo
ii,o)o,oo:
2,-20.000
41,000,000
15,800,00'.)
The total yearly' interest to be paid
on these three classeo of .new. lionds
would be seven hundred thousand dol
lars. This is an enormous tax to put
upon a poverty stricken people. Still
we think that if any compromise is to
be offered this is as little a3 we could
expect to be accepted. "We desire to
adil nothing to our already too heavy
burden.?. We simply. Avish to hear
from tho Press on the subj'eet. All of
us we trust want to if possible to main
tain the credit of our State.
-Rpovomv 5, thn iHiMi.-PYivuisn fUf
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labor mav be lightLv burdened.
At the-election two years ago 3Mc-
Eneryand hrs ticket Avcre elected -over
Kellogg and his ticket by oA'er ten
thousand majority.
mis is a stuuijorn lact and a very
"Sb one as President Grant will find
before he gets through with public life.
Is there any doubt of the fact. None
A committe of the U. S. Senate com
posed of a majority of Republicans
have, stated it to: boa fact. Indeed
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ve0oou e.xcepnYeuo-g conccues uic
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Iuct
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i et Jtkellogg was declared Uovcrnor
by JudgaDurell who is noted for his
drunkenness and partisanship,
Kellogg got in.
Congress and the -President were ar
Peal?d to-- Tlie-V admitted the, validity
Ul -"eiy, & eiecuou out iney iook
no action. .
Kellogg and his party commenced
and organized foray on all tho pci.plc
-
and property of Louisiana Property
M-'ia t'lYOfl 'lhroif iivn nop nnnf nn it-..-
Avas taxed about live per cent on its
value.
Through the forms of law they.
wcre engaged m cpusuming every green
I nti1 lii'nfT fhin' Ar.-ir 4-li-wn
...j lu"'8w
111 Louisiana. Loguery was rampant,
1 e. ot:ltc Govcrnment IuuP on
heavy head of ,team and was running
the State to the DevilVat a terribh
sPtea- Wttlefield & Co. were parallel
let1 one tinic-
At this juncture and in this State of
am-s what wcre thq honest people of
"siana to ao. ongrc
Piesident would not act. Durell was
inside of the Ping. Organized plan
dfr, legal stealing, Legislative robber v
i ca cry where ab.tunded.
Finally Kellogg knowing that" he
deserved shooting had the arms in great
numbers of private tcoplo seized by
the law cPdccrs as thev were called.
What were the people to do. Were
hey tt wait to the next election.
Kellogg and his crew had the inns aud
were getting the ballot box in a way
to be stuffed. But to w ait would have
ended in the entire ruin of tho State.
The people., have soma sense; left.
They rose up, turned out the rogues,
and turned in the honest men.
'Grant walked up. Kcllggj was
the established Government, lie had
recoguiA'd it. The Army and Nuvy
of tho United States were brought to
bear. The honest men were put (tut
and the rogues pat back.
What a uur!es uc on free govern
ment. All is the outcrop of Radical
rascality. God has so ordered the
world that villiah'y will wink itself into
complications and deviltries without
number. And we ask in all calmness
is not Radicalism in all these ioor God
forsaken Southern States nothing more
or less than pure rascality.
Where is such' business to end ?
A defeated candidate gets a Jt'.dgc
of his own parly to declare him t-Icc ted.
lie goes in. . !;.. R-au resilient mcs
him in and re-ogMiz;; him. No im
mediate leg.d ' rc-rn: ly em bj got
Time passes' 'and when robbery gets in
to every hole and comer of the Govern
ment, the people in despair throw out
the villians. Thereupon the sword is
called in. Where arc we drifting?
If this be li p:ibiic;mism give us Mon
archy. In fifty years from to-day un
less Radicalism is swept from the land
the country will not be fit to live in.
Grant hides behind Durell and he is
one of the ring. K.'gnery was legally
pervading eviry ho!a,:nd corner of
L
muiana. Ine x-ople in vain apj-e,
al-
ed to the cnrrs and to the IT. S.-Gov-
ernmcnt.' l'in ling no he!t any where
t hcyheliied t'.H-insehe.s. Thereupon
ttTey found that the U. S. Coivenmient
qouhi help the rogues but had no powor
to help the honest men.
I Let us he n cord.
Ho:.:;- Ri lm: down with Federal
bavonets and usurpation
roMnrxi'j.vTi:!).
Mi:.s. ;:s Editous: '
I have received a letter from Col. W..
W. Peebles. Slate Senator from uur
Senatorial .District, and bv the. 5anie
mail, the Petersburg Index and .Ijiual
a newspaper jiujIisucu in Hie c;tyti
l etersbr.rg, containing a:i account of
strnrti'n of a' Lail-I.oad from s-trr.e
point near the falls of ilmnoke river,
to Saimon creeic on
the Albemarle
Sound in our county.
I ;iecd not tell you Messrs Editors,
how much, elated I yfeel in common
with ail :ir jv-'p'e. at the prospec t of
navinga Rail-Road, made in our coun
ty. It has been the anxious wish of
in v heart, and was at one period of mv
n:e, mv most covcteu aspirytion,
to be instrumental in constructing a
Rail-Road froms (Tarvsbnrg, to ourild
county-town Windsor. A charter for
a Rail-Road, company was nrecured.
whilst I was a member of the Ijcg'.isl.i
ture in the year for that purpose,
but some untoward cause, prevented
t!lC organisation of the company. If I
were to say, Avhere I would prefer a
hail-uoad to evcrv other place or po;nt
running through our coutitv, I would
sehct these places I have mentioned,
as the termini
It is not now my purpose however to
argue the utility or importance of a
liail-Koad running through Jcrtie
county, but simply to express my big!
gratLlieation at the nrositect of such
m occurrence. 1
I have assurance from my friend
Col. 1 eeblcs, that tins is no bogus bti
siness. The names of the gentleman,
who appear as participating in . the
meeting m Petersburg, are well known.
i m . m t -
10 manv ot our citizens, this js no
Joshua Kanes humbug! I write th
note Messrs hdi tors, to call attention
of our people to this great enterprise,
and to s:iy, that at some future tune,
i public meeting of our people will be
called some where along the projtosed
line, to give expression to their views
and sentiment
Just think of it
Messrs Ivditors a "Rril-Iload from Sal
rv.nl- l.o i.-
- aoiS, ... . ...! ,
Wood vi ho. lloxobel. rniinin'' tbronTli
i ' n
the very heart of Bertie countv and
openiug a market for all the people
nave to sell, and all thev have to buy,
; .. .. i i i i . "
in a gallant and enterprising city, re
markable fort he liberal prices itbas ever
paid for our chief staple, cotton and
for its cheapness in selling goods, such
a3 wc wan't . anJ IlU thi J fewi,oUr3
oi many of our people a!ong the line.
He all say, uou s;x?ed to l etersburg:
rC4lca ont Jour '?tron2 Arm wth
1 T T i o - i f
I IV! ill" l- will WA ttirrww nnrolvM
your nbraccif yon but will it.
1 ..A 1 ...... ....... 1 n
And . to our Senator in tho Rhito
Legislature. Col. Peebles, I say formv-
self, and lam sure the good jeopIcof
our generous and magnanimous conn-
try will say, go on ; accomplish this
great work, make for yourself a name
a and a fame, compared to which, the
petty .strngg.es in party pjlitics are
- l 1 A
utterly insignificant.
lours ;
Jas. B. Chesty.
Bead the Golden KuLE.sof Dem-
ocracy takcu irom tnc cw iork
platform.
Gold and Silver tho only legal
tender: no currency, inconvertible with
coin.
FllOM THE llOAXOKK NuV.vl
Eailrcad from Petersburg to Sidinoa
urecr. .
FOK ALEEMAULE SOt'XIi IMPOITTAXT
RAII-ROAli KXTEKI'UISE OX roOT
COXFEUEXCE OF TLOMIXEXT CIT1
Z2X.S. Petersburg, a I
22nd 1874.$
Yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock, an
informal o inference of citizens, includ
ing a nnmberuf leading and subtL-mtial
gentlemen, w; held at the law office cf
IL II. Mann, Esq. ti cnider an imttor-
tant prvosition affecting tite trade of
thccity. 1 he occasion of the rnwttng
was. the visit to the city of Colonel Wil
liam . i'eebles, a member of the Leg
islature of North Carolina- from North
ampton count v. and his brother, Cap-
tain n.ii. i'etnic5,aisi a prominent tit
i7.en of that Kt tion. Thcc gentlemen
came in response to an invitation,,
communicated to them and others lv
lr. Iissiter, to give their views and
state information in their poHsioii
with restect to the projo.soil-railroad
connection lctwccn Ciamburg, near
Weldon, md a int the iraotrtli of the
Raroke river, at the heal of Albemarle
Sound. Capt. K I). Davfes trop.t?cl JI r. IL IL
Prilling as chairman of the meeting,
lie was uiianimonily choen.
Mr. Pfdling ix a.-MHiii"iig the chair.
exlendelit eourttfj" vkelcome to the
gentlemen who ut repiYent frin Xoth
I anlHia.:ind ai;n-V !bem tht favttra
bleei tir-iiierusoH wt.uh' U extended
any pr'poritiou l.H.ki:ig t the enlarge
ment of the trade relation of lVters
burgwith XorthCV.rtdrr.il. from whieh
in fonner years iM-h a large and rich
torlion of ou.rbxiivsa T;t! dravn.
Col. Poeblrs lteing itvite! to :wldrrs s
the mei ting, expressed regret that time
had not leen affitpied hiiii to prepare
statistics fhaffraihl be of iutere-t and
value hi r-or.sidering.the projecUti ro;uL
lie was f.iinilar witli the cumitry ami
the subject, however, and was sitislied
of his'rJ-ihfy hi conriLTC- all thinking:
men th:tt the line was of a ar.uu'MinC
impitrtaneo. It had' never Itcrii surey
( 1, b;?t he l.nev it vo:HI ixt be more
As mih's intlyugtb. antl he lc
heved it wonhriw; even, les tluui- that
ji vTonld inn thn;iuj ZNri.!iaiuptoiti
my Prtie c(.iintitf w.hich were of.
gu:it natural wealth and only needed
acre. t i market to inereas largely their
iroduelivene-?s and riches. They raiMsl
:rtt:inil!y i.Vsao b.ihs f eottu whieli
w: n.-t more than a tliiitlof u bat ciadil
lie i5iKiUGeL Tite eiple wen- thrifty
ii.Tluj-ious and well to do. In eacih
eoKiity, and especially in Ik-rtie. the
pyoph where thoroughly aroused to a
sense of the inportanec of the prtjecteil
work pkieh would lje of great use to a
narc ot' th.e fornu-r aud uuld ruu
tliMtgh ,f vvnrheaitof Bertie.
TLtJ s,euker gave sunt highly inter-
csJing; faets cwueeniiMgthe extent aud
value of the tislicries s.L Ji5? mouth ofr
the .Salmon river. The ut used to
lea pi.rt of entry. th valen Uiug not
les tliaa thirty fvt tdeip. Foil ir river
metric re-; alSn!irj:fre-v.ater conunu
sijl.icauji'iil Oh wan. the baLiuon-
Roan. kc and C;v-hie.
Nt fnly woM t!nx; two minifies totrib-
titjiry, lo.tl frix Uft vwiuziv ulo bf-roud
quoiarufC, fhn-.vaa. lVr)uuun4 and (tntci
r.xli4 t'uv i:d Wi-jOthy, e stini; Catrn.
Xr ni:i:ry tv ry ofTcn-ii a more luvitia-
iK-id. f:r M:rh m iitririr.
Oi'.u-r in:Tetiii2 Im I wvrr statist in on.
Mi-iiitii wUh- rite- iri-ctHl rHL I'hv sum
of UXl.tMiO i-oul.l b pKll.W mied hj
nmiri'iuiion irom wv c(imKiJl,)llcs una .-r-
.-t'rs )n.-4 uucn'Miti. As laui li. as oo (H)Q
Vf-iM Jm- prl:iltv requintl forUie Luildin"-
f a narrow jrau-'c nal. w cou.-truclrd as u.
u't-r.illt; ta broatl gnuii- rjad oo orra-
vm. a:nl to isjuiii and oiH-ratc thf Fmiu
It
nc hpafc-r intuition to prt th
rluirw and sit once orau'ue under it. TLo
"iitcrprL-; wa one in wuit-h other commuDi-
tu-. vvri intcn-KU-o, and U the he uikdo
his ajtja al and n-l$rr-d Ins irnmmt far
mat-nul aid. p-jl.' ot that wction Lad
l--a iced to oo!ir i:h t5ae iuercliaaia of
I't-n-rrhurjr. but (-ui; t the want of iuime
diiile Hiucctin tt j had got tratteivd to
ntltvrnoir.ts of trade. Thev preferred tho
ha.-iix-s.-i tucn f IVtor-dmr-j. lnw-pvcr, whoti.
tln-y a1lv;iv! fo-in.l lrm arconuvkUtiu,; than,
any ot,!v'r.v. nd wouW like to re-csiablUlt
their old rxlaiktas with ihc-in. -
At its cIo.m, Mr.jor C. S. StrinRfellow and
Captain ll (.1. IVcnua. cx.pre!nl their cuh
of tiuHniM-trtanre f thi uuttu-r that liad lc-i.
hmuirlt t- the, attenlum of the meeting, and
their dV-ira that it idtould be reM-uted boforo
the peiiple, through th-.- pre. ajdotherwite,
& a. j-nAux' friui thf in. tin ou.-ideni.tlou
to whi h Michaa eatvrt.i.-se is entitled.
Mr. . l'rker ajid F. J. Jam-tt both
hore cijihr.tic tetiuutn.v to tho value of the
trad Vlerivcd frma tlat taction of North
.'ar!iia, aud tho rid and attractive charac
ter of the country thnrU which the ruad iv
to le:t(j.
Cot. , Peebles a!d .le Uno would start with
in two iniles of t!ie fa!hcf the Hoanoke. and
following its coar.-e, tlw tins would reach Mi
oilier tenuiuas within two miles of the de
IwmrLiuenl of tin: lioauoko in the waters of
Alliejjiarlc Soun-L
Dr. 1). V. In.-sitcr Ftated tliat his attcn-.
tion had been callcl to the importance of this
pr;ij(T home ti:u? arr, whcti he had wj-i k,
to Coli lVeljlen. Cainain Adainn and Dr. Ja-
coh to elicit their v'k-wson the subject. The
original idea was that if the people ot the
two coaiitie would farobdi theirosui tie and
thnbet for tho bridm. to Rich Square, twen- '
ty miles' from (iarytdturj. the lVifrburff
railroad would furnish the rails and the rol-
linptck. Hut lie wad satined that oaca
beyuii' there C(uld be no flopping i-hort of
tin; waters of Albemarle Sound: and he was
an atItJcato of it being pushed through to
that terminus. The i.-op!c of Northampton
and Hirtie could certainly count on the ac
tive assistance of the Petersburg railroad,
whatcyi-r it. adminu tratiou might be, to con. 1
Mruct la line which would conitute a feeder
of euch importance. The Doctor hoped tho
mattcf would be presented to the Hf.ple in
t-uch a manner as to -rure their attention j .
and excite their favorable opinion as to its
claims and capacities.
Mr. IL B. lfcdling oddrcted the meetirg
in earnest expression, of the importance of '.
the scheme that had been so ably and ta 4
clear!)- bubmitted. Tliere was nct-d and ur
gent need that some text idiould be UVen
to bring the city into iutcrcourxe with frefh '
tields of trailc The enterprising efforts of
rival cities lud taken away fm,n us, oue ly !
one, the tributary ertiousvhicu once mvil
our j)o.:e indejH-ndent and wealthr. Dan
ville aud even Lynchburg had invaded tU - i
arcaa t whose prducts and trade wr were
by nature ami in rwwm entitled. Ve had
U-en alm'wt made an island of. It was ud
t. b denied tliat ttiere were snnr discour- .
ngingjri-nintatirc. but these ought not to
l o permitted to tliakc cur rtW.utiou. Tl I
example of energy tet by rival muuuunitks '
thould be imitale.1. ami rtlathma rr.tl
lshHt with th.ir ample and fair tields of tl !
OM North tate, with which we once wait:.
tairnl such reciprocally Jb-mficial dealirf.s )
" j (Continued m Third Pafet. '
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