A4vriUta Mat t SPACS. Ttt. 'SATS.'I SFACB. 11MB. &ATB. :t- Nationaf Democratic Paper. 1 loch. ,1 eo t tuonth.. A 00 l lech. do It VO thcmIs fit 00 14 so : a 4 !. do 4o I do 40 00 ,Oo. ,ia. n 44 00 ld .11! on 400 do IIS d i M 00 do f S do in to QO do T H II 31 8 x Vpar .tO 00 One i par rA i! Months - 0 Three Months 2 00 One Month 75 HEAItXE, Manager. T.VTE CONSTITUTION. ylO POSE D AMENDMEN TS. SEXATE PROPOSITION. j XA CT to alter the Constitution of North Carolina. The General Assembly ot North Caroli ,.t enact (three fifths of all the mem , ;s of each House concurring.) Tint the Constitution of thU State he ,.:ml as follows, to-wit: "a men 1 1 section six, of the first article, by striking out the first clause thereof, down to and including the word "but;" his being the clause relating to the State k!'t. Amend section two of the second article l.v" striking out the word 44 annually," and inserting in lieu thereof, the word 44 bien niallj;" being in reference to the sessions ol the General AasemWy. Amend section five of the second article, l,v striking out all that precedes the words, 44 the said Senate districts," and lv striking out the phrase "as aloresaid , 'f in said section; the parts so stricken out Living reference to the State census. Add a new section to the second article :i le styled 44 section 30," and to read as ; ..'lows : '-That the members of the Gen tr.il Assembly shall each receive three hundred dollars as a compensation for fi.vir services daring their term, subject o such regulations in regard to time of juvment and reduction for non-attendance may be prescribed by law ; but; they nay have an additional allowance when tiny are called together in special session, ,nd mileage shall lie ten cents per mile for ich session." ' Amend section one of the third article "1 y striking out the words 44 four years," V here they occur first in said section, and inserting, in lieu thereof, the words ' two cars," being in reference to the terms of executive officers. Strike out the words 44 Superintendent ot Public Works," wherever they may oc cur in the Constitution, thus abolishing that office. Amend section six of the third article, by striking out the words 44 annually," and inserting, in lieu thereof, the word 4 bien nially so a? to conform to the provision :e-xcting the sessions ot the Gerjeral As-s-V.uby. Strike out sections two and three of the t- urth article, being the provisions which liter to the appointment and duties of the C'oJe Commissioners. Alter section four of the fourth article, fo that said section shall read as follows: Tne judiciary power of the State shall be v-ted in a Court for the If ial of impeach :.nts, a Supreme Court, Superior Courts, . h inferior Courts as may be . estab : xd bv law, and Courts of Justices of . Peace." 1 Alter section eight of the fourth article, u that said section shall read as follows : The Supreme Court shall consist of a i ..iff Justice and two Associate J us ti coo , i-.-dJcJ, That this shall not apply to the ;.-ncts during heir present term of office, unifss bv death, resignation or otherwise, t lie number of Associate Justices shall be reduced to two." Alter section twelve of the fourth ar t iche so that said section shall read as fol irws: 'The State shall be divided into u.n: judicial districts, for each of which a judge shall be chosen ; and in each dis :rict a Superior Court shall be held at least wice in each year, to continue for such ti:ne in each county respectively as may be ; ascribed by law. The General Assembly hull lav off said districts in due time, so th c the said nine judges maybe chosen and begin their official term at the first Ltneraf election for members of the Gener al Assembly which shall occur after the mtiiication of this section." Strike out section thirteen ot the fourth article, which fixes the present judicial dis tricts. Amend section fourteen of the fourth ar ticle by striking out all after the word -office," and inserting, in lieu of the part v stricken out, the words : "The General Assembly shall prescribe a proper Bystem : rotation for the judges of the Superior t .urts, so that no judge may ride the same istrict twice in succession, and the judges i;.ay also exchange districts with each . her, as may be prescribed by lav." Strike out section fifteen of the fourth article, and insert in lieu thereof, the fol lowing: The General Assembly shall have i jiower to deprive the judicial depart-ii-tnt of any power or jurisdiction which n-htfullv pertains to it as a coordinate de ! irtment ; but the General Assembly shall allot and distribute that portion of this power and jurisdiction, which does not pertain to the Supreme Court, among the ttlier courts prescribed in this constitution ir which maybe established by law, in "... h manner as it may deem best, provide i .i-o a proper system of appeals, and regu 1 t;i- t-v law "when necessary the methods of proceeding, in the exerciseot their powers, f ail the courts below the Supreme Court, Si fir as tho tmp mflT be done without c nfhet with other provisions of the con stitution." Strikeout sections sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-five and thirty-three of the fourth article. Amend section twenty six of the fourth article Dy striking out all that part which begins with, and follows the word 4,but" in s-.dd section, and, in lieu of the part so ttrirken out, inserting the following: 1:. judicial officers and the clerks of ;tiiv enurts which may bo established by liw. -iiall be chosen by the vote of the ; i.il finl electors, and for such terms as iii .y prescribed by law. The voters of t id precinct, established as is elsewhere provided for in this constitution, shall e.ut two justices of the peace for such term ;ts may be fixed by law, whose juris diction shall extend throughout their res pective counties. The General Assembly may provide for the election of more than two ju-tices of the peace in those precincts h'c;. contain cities or towns, or in which "Th ; T',.. p..: r- ., A l: special reasons render it expedient. i f magistrates of cities and incor I towns shall have the jndcial pow ! j'iticcs of the peace." !! section thirtv of the fourth article 1 V irikincr out the word "township" and i'eitin, in lieu thereof, the word "pre t;net ;M also in the last sentence of the s. ction, 6trike out the words "the toliiu:issioner3 of the county may appoint fetich office for the unexpired term," and 111 keu thereof insert an appointment to fil. tucu vacancy for the unexpired term alJ be made ns may be prescribed by OLD SERIES VOLUME 43. i NEW SERIES VOLUME 1. i Amend sections one and seven of the fifth article, by striking out the vords 'commissioners of the several counties" where they occur in said sections, and in lieu thereof inserting the words' "county authorities established and authorized by law." Strikeout section four of the fifth arti cle, relating to taxation to pay the State debt and interest. . Insert the word "and" before the word "surveyor" in section one of the seventeenth article, and strike out the words i4and five commissioners" in said section ; also add to said section the following : "The Gen eral Assembly shall provide for a system of county government lor the several counties of the State." Amend section two of the seventh ar ticle, by striking out the word "commis sioners" and in lieu thereof inserting the words "county authorities established and authorized by law :" and in the section strike out the words, "the register of deeds shall be ex officio clerk of the board of commissioners." Strike out section three of the seventh article, and in lieu thereof insert the fol lowing: "The county authorities estab lished and authorized by law shall see that the respective counties are divided into a suitable number of subdivisions, as com pact and convenient in shape as possible, and marked out by definite boundaries, which may be altered when necessary. Said subdivisions shall be known by the name of precincts. They shall have no corporate powers. The township govern ments are abolished. The boundaries of the precincts shall be the same as those which heretofore defined the township un til they shall be altered." Strike out sections tour, five, six, ten and eleven of the 7th article, which relates to the township system. Amend sections eight and nine of the seventh arcicle, by striking out the words 44 or township" where they occur in said sections. Strike out section three of the ninth ar ticle, and in lieu thereof insert the follow ing: " The General Assembly shall make suitable provision by law for the manage ment and regulation of the public schools, and for perfecting the system of free pub lic instruction." Strike out section five ot the ninth arti cle, and in lieu thereof, insert the follow ing : 44 The General Assembly shall have power to provide for the election ot Trus tees "I the University of North Carolina, in whom, when chosen, shall be vested all the privileges, rights, franchises and en dowments heretofore in any wise granted to, or conferred upon, the Bard of Trus tees of said University; and the General Assembly may make such provisions, laws and regulations, from time to time, as may be necessfry and expedient, for the main tenance and management of said Uni versity.1' Strike out sectionythirteen, fourteen and fifteen of the ninth article, relating to the University of North Carolina. Amend section ten of the eleventh article by strik b nut tin- wqvds " at the charge of the State," and in lieu thereor, macu .. 1 " by the State ; and those who do not own property over and above the homestead and personal property exemption prescrib ed in this Constitution, or being minors, whose parents do not own property over and above the same, shall be cured for at the charge of the State " Alter section seven of the fourteenth article so that said section shall read as follows : 44 No person who shall hold any office or place of trust or profit under the United States, or any department thereof, or ucder this State, or under any other State or government, shall hold or exercise any other office or place of trust or profit under the authority of this State, or be eligible to a seat in either house of the General Assembly ; Provided, That noth ing herein contained shall extend to offi cers in the militia, Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of Public Charities, or Commissioners for Special Purposes." Add another section to the fourteenth article to be styled " section 8," and to read as follows : " County officers, justices of the peace and other officers whose offi ces are abolished or changed in any way by the alteration of the constitution, shall continue to exercise their functions until anv provisions necessary to be made by law in order to give full effect to the alter ations, so far as relates to said afficers shall have been made." Renumber the sections in those articles from which any section has been stricken without the insertion of another in its stead ; and give to any new section that number which by this method would have been given to the section for which it is substituted, and the alterations shall be embodied into the constitution, and the several sections numbered consecutively. AMEXDMKNTS TO THE BILL. The following are the Senate amend ments to the bill as it passed its third read ing : 1st. Amending the property exemption from taxation so as to include 300 worth of any kind of property. 2d. Amend so as to empower the Legis lature to increase or diminish the number of judicial districts to meet the necessity of the times, provided the change be made at the end ot the term. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. ADDRESS OF THE Central Executive Committee. To th People of North Carolina : The Executive Committee of the Dem-ocratic-Conserrative party of this State, r-. 1 . ; nmnnir ihm(lvM And alter cousuinnv" """uo . with many friends from different parts of r.m;i;.r nrirli niihli sentiment. me oiHtc, imu.. r - have deemed it necessary and proper that the Central Executive Committee shall address the people in reference to various ..rtiiiifo i interest, and particularly .-....i-tmn.! rpfm-m in thi3 State. The CUUSUIUI,iuu ; - . , Central Committee, therefore, feel espe cially called upon and instructed to sub : . Z 4U - nMn. annh T1CWS and tO 8U2 urn u mc ywpv r m. u o.... n( mfnrtn And relief as. in their judgment, are calculated to pro mote concert ol action and the general welfare of the State. f THB COKTBSTIOX ELECTION. The result of the 'election in - August last, although adverse, to the call of a f!nnvention of the neerJe. cannot, be re garded as an expression of popular appro Raleigh, ET. 0.5 val of many of the leading provisions of the present State const'tution ; for all par ties, with scarcely any dissent, recognized and conceded the paramount necessity for a change in the orgauic law in several material particulars. Nor can the result ol that election be properly claimed as a party success or de feat The issue submitted and passed upon was not & party issue, although great efforts were made by interested persons to make it such nor was it so regarded or treated by thousands of democrats and Conservatives who voted against "Con vention." That election turned on colla teral and immetcrial issues, most of them suggested and pressed upon public atten tion by the great body of the office hold ers of the State, who apprehended that a convention if called, would turn them out of office. The office-holders of the State generally opposed the call ; they freely used money and other appliances to defeat it. The colored people were made falsely to believe that a convention would deprive them of their freedom, or greatly abridge their political rights. Thousands voted against the call because they feared armed interference of the authorities of the federal government and another war other thousands voted against it, because they apprehended some unfriendly inter ference with the present homestead pro vision, while some believed the call as made was without the sanction of the constitution and revolutionary ; so that, we repeat, the election turned, not in favor ot or against any political party, nor upon the real merits of the issue submitted to the people, but upon many collateral con siderations. METHOD OF AMENDMENT SETTLED. The majority against the proposed call lor a Convention, though comparatively meagre, settles adversely the proposition to amend the Constitution by a Convention of the people, however proper and desira ble that method of amendment may be. It settles it, because the radical members of the Legislature, at the behest of their party, unanimously refused to vote for the call of a Convention of the people by the Legislature. Such a call cannot be made without the votes of at least a few of them, and they and their party thus, assume the grave responsibility of preventing the peo ple from amending and reforming their organic law. The only remaining method of amend ing the Constitution is by legislative enact ment. Although the Constitution operates oppressively in many respects, and some of its provisions preclude all hope of general prosperity while they continue in force, yet it is manifestly the duty ot every good titizen to seek relief from such evils by flie legislative mode, however slow and un satisfactory, in the present emergency, it may be. jVe venture to hope that the members of the Legislature will, when they assemble, at once agree upon this plan of relief, and we respectfully suggest that, in the meantime, the people give prompt aud free expression of their wishes as to such amendments as they desire, so that the Legislature may be informed of the nooular wul, as well as mav be, in reference to consntu .. - OUR MATERIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND EDUCA TIONAL INTERESTS OPPRESSED. That t.hii material, industrial and edu cational interests of the State are in a ca lamitous condition is manifest to the com monest observer. There i3 now a direful incubus upon the state that deadens the energies of the people and destroys all reasonable hope of future prosperity. . . 1 T . 1 . . i. :very man was xne uisiressmg &euse mat he labors and toils in vain ! These evils are not owing to any lack of industry and persistent eflort on the part nf tli wnnlp. Ever since the late war they have walked assiduously, and thou sands have labored wno never laoorea De fore. They have lived economically. The soil has generally yielded good crops and fair prices have been realized for them. But their earnings are gone 1 "Where are they ? Their "desolated farms are not restored. The waste places are not built up. The greater number of the towns and villages are as decayed as at the close of the war ; many of them are in a worse condition. The destroyed manu factories, with but few exceptions, have not been rebuilt. And where, we repeat, are the earnings of our impoverished peo ple? They are swallowed up in oppres sive taxation, to support a system ol state government essentially expensive, and a radical extravagance without a parallel in the history of a free people. BURDENSOME TAXATION PUBLIC EXTRAV AGANCE. During the fir3t two years under the present Constitution, $1,807,580 were col lected trom the people, and every dollar of this vast sum was expended in the ad ministration of the State government an average of over $900,000 a year! about ten times what it cost to adminis ter the government before the war ! There belonged to the School Fund, derived from the Land Scrip donated by the United States, the sum of $122,000. This sum was invested mostly in "special tax bonds," and the fund is virtually lost These monstrous evils are the legitimate fruits of the workings of the present Con stitution and radical misrule under it. The present organization fastens on the people system of government essentially extravagant the township system alone makicg necessary about three thousand officers at an annual expense of from $300,000 to 400,000. It establishes a public debt amounting to $40,000,000, half of which i3 confessedly dishonest and fraudulent, and which the people are un able to pay. MISRULE, FRAUD, FOBCB AND THE SWORD. Under this organic law the people are subjected to an intolerable misrule at the hands of the radical party. By means of notorious fraud, force and the sword, that party had absolute control of the Conven tion that framed the present Constitution, and like control of the first Legislature that assembled under it ; and although the people were impoverished, this radical Convention and Legislature increased the public debt from $20,000,000 to near $40, 000,000 in less than eighteen months. Of this' $20,000,000, less than 500,000 have gone into the public works or to the benefit of the people. This party placed in office a Governor who absolutely suspended the Constitution and laws of th State ; he ar rested scores of innocent citizens without warrant or any authority of law ; he sus pended the writ ot habeas corpus a d defied the Chief Justice of the State ; ne made his warrant from time to time on the Treasurer for large sums of money with Saturday Momog, January 13, 1872. out the sanction of law ; he raised law less and mercenary horde ot despedoes and armed them at the public expeBe to execute his despotic will. This Urty elected to the State Convention an) the Legislature scores of men notorio for their ignorance, licentiousness, dishesty and corruption, who, at the bebe$ of their party and knavish speculatoi, in creased the public debt to the enorious sum already stated. This party degfded and disgraced the Judiciary by elating to high judicial stations men shamfully ignorant and corrupt, and others who have not scrupled to manifest thVmost blatant partizan feelings while biding their offices. This party have ruinA the credit of the State they have biased the hopes and prosperity of the peophjn the most shameless and defiant manne they have made every department of be gov ernment a by -word and reproach J To es tablish the truth of these chargosfre need but point to the history of the itate for the last three years and appeaKW the ob servation of every intelligent cHfiri . THE PRESENT CONStlttriviC This Constitution and this party, with a radical, reckless and extravagant ilmin istration of the Federal Government, make up the manifest causes of tie suf ferings, poverty and ruin that crish the people of the State. The Radica party have brought upon us all these eils, and there is no relief from them but ,hrough salutary changes of the Constitucon, and a change of our present rulers fa others who shall be capable, honest, wiseand pa triotic. The present constitution is loosf, illogi cal, contradictory and absurd in many of its provisions, and it were well i it could be entirely re-written ; but thi is not practicable by the legislative mode of amendment. Action will be expdited by amending it in a few very impotant par ticulars, for the present, and leavrig gen eral amendment to a future time.! CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS SU(GESTED. In the judgment of the Executve Com mittee, the Constitution should ai once be airended in the following particuars : Section 6 of Article 1 shou'd be so amended a3 to strike out all tlereof that provides the inviolability of the pxiblic debt. Section 2 of Article 2 siould be so amended as to provide that tie Legisla ture shall meet regularly everj two years, instead ot every year, and it should be provided that the members ot the Legis lature shall receive but $3 per day and 10 cents mileage, and such pay for no lon ger a period than 100 days during their term of office. The office of Superintendent of Public Works shoukl be abolished. Article 3, Section 1, should bo so amend ed as the Governor and other officers, therein mentioned, shall hold their offices but two years, instead of tour years, as now provided. Section 10 of Article 3 should be so smended as to provide that the Governor shall nnniinntfi t.hft offinpra therein men- feedAhy Lwitb otherwfai sss: videa ny law. Article 4 should be so amended as to strike out sections 2 and 3, thus abolishing the Code Commission. Section 4, of this article should be strick en out, leaving the Legislature to regu late the number and style of Courts. In stead of five Supreme Court Judges, and twelve Superior Court Judges, as now provided, there should be but three Su preme Court and eight Superior Court Judges, who shall be elected every eight years. Sections 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 31 and 33 of article 4 should be stricken out and it should be provided that the judicial pow ers of the state shall be vested in one Su preme Court and in such Superior Courts and inferior Courts as the General Assem bly may establish. Section 4 of article 5 should be stricken out, thus striking out the mortgage provi sion on all the property of the State for the interest of the public debt. Section 6 of article 5, should be so amended as to enlarge the class of exemp tions so as to include " stock and provi sions." Article 6, section 5, should be so amended as to provide that the persons therein rendered ineligible for office shall likewise be rendered inccmpetent to vote. Article 7 should be abolished, except section 13, thus sweeping away the Town ship system and leaving the matter vo the Legislature. Article 10 should be so amended as to provide that the Homestead provisions should apply to all debts alike, and it should be in fee that is absolute. Article 11, section 10, should be so amended as to provide that its benefits shall extend only to indigent persona. Article 14, section 7, should be so amended as to provide that no person shall hold any lucrative office under this State while he holds an office under the United States. Sec. 5 of Art. 2 should be so amended as to abolish the provision for taking a census of the State in 1875, and every ten years thereafter. We would suesrest as a further ameud- mpiit. that Sec. 5 of Art. 9 be so amended as to provide that the University shall be nnflfir the control of the General AssemDlv. who shall elect a Board of Trustees, of which the Governor snail be ex ojpcio Chairman, and Sections 13 and 14 ot that Article should be stricken out Other amendments ought to be made, but those suggested would relieve the nponle from the burdensome and extrava gant State government that now swallows m their earnings, and fastens noon them a State debt which they cannot pay, but of WUlCn luey luaj caaujr w uuiupruLuiy- auj adjust the honest portion, as will reduce . " ..i 1. 1 i: it- lt witnin manageauic iiiuns. CRIME AND OUTRAGE. We deem it worth while to notice in this address, that wicked and interested per boqs unprincipled and violent radical nortizans in and out ol this, ior sinister purposes, have sought w produce the false impression that the Democratic Conservative party have and do connive at and encourage the perpetration of crime and outrage. To this detestable end they have, wherever they could, prostituted the press, legislative and judicial proceedings, and resorted to every means within their nower. Such imputation is not only groundless, false and scandalous, but in famous to the last degree, and betrays sDiiit of wickedness, we venture to assert, i x - - i . t r 5 without a parajiei in political wanare. Ti, nortu whir.h we renresent has al- & UV J . . - 1 - . tentlv condemned crime, by whomsoever perpetrated, and has re peatedly gone out of the usual political course to denounce it, and urge upon the people the high importance ot peace and good order, and the duty of every good citizen to be active ana zeaious in unug ing offenders to justice. The course pursued by tue unwortny norsnna fn vhnm we refer is decnlv to bo i deplored by all good. men of every politi cal party. It is not only ignoble, but it tends to destroy the moral and legitiniate effect of the voice of the press, legislative action anci judicial ueieiiuiiiaiiuii, ivi suppression of crime their "constanf. ef fort is to turp such matters to political advantage bv aiving them a political turn, and thus'they produce the almost ;inevi table conviction on the minds M disinter- tsted observers I that the purpose of the press, the Legislature and Courts, is not to suppress crime and outrage, out to manufacture political capital and advan-. tntre from the crimes of offenders, and thus engender bitter feelings among their op ponents, aestroy connuence m wicvouris and bring them into disgrace and con tempt. 1 VVe again urge our iricnas to set meir fnres nrrainst. violence and lawlessness of all kinds, and to be especially active in preventing secret outrages Dy uisguiseu persons NATIONAL POLITICS. Tf is i lw rpcrrpHprl that the neonle of this fttate have failed to take anv verv ac tive interest in national politics s'mce the close of the late war. In our judgment this is unwise. Our people are of the Un'on it is our government and to it we must look, as we have the right, for sup- port and protection in our rignts oi me, we owe it allegiance and support, and it is a patriotic duty to yield tnese it is as mnrh onr dutv to ioin our fellow-countrv- men in shaping and controlling the policy and destiny ot this great common national onwmmpTit We have all the rierhts that- . , i " i any of the American people have, aqd we are talse to the country and ourseivea n wu fail to recognize, exercise and act upon them. The DeoDle have rights: let them exercise them firmly and respectfully, and when need be, assert tnem as ireemen uuu American citizens in the councils of the nation, in political assemblages, and every- where. It we consent to be dwaricd e; a ignored nationally, then indeed, we ms.y expect to be for all time to come. CORRUPTION, EXTRAVAGANCE AND USURPA TION. Our common country is subject to grievous political evils to which the com pass of this address will allow us to ad vert very briefly. Official corruption in high and low places; public extravagance; usurpation of great powers not conferred, but denied and prohibited by the Constitution ; high and oppressive tariffs which foster im mense monopolies j the direct encourage ment and support of monopolies ; prosti tution of official patronage to promote r-rt C ASCenQanCy: a Dratem a( to ration which briijgs into bch.. r-r-rroc h thi terests of the party in power, hordes of Internal Revenue officers who . oppress, plunder and outrage the people of the na tion, and under which large surplus sums of money are raised that ought to remain in the pockets. of the people; a general system of espionage; a suspension of the liberties ol the people upon the slightest pretext, in express violation of the Con stitution ; armed military interference with the freedom of elections ; a general system ot official bribery and party favoritism in every department, and the administration of the affairs of the government, are public national evils, the enormity, extent and danger of which can scarcely be measured or appreciated by the people subject to them. That these evils do exist ia man ifest to everybody. The dearest, highest interests of a free people demand that they shall not close their eyes to such dangers too long lest the time shall come when they will find their form ol government changed in name a3 well as in lact, and their liberties lost. source op public evils the "higher law" of the republican party. Most if not all these evils, are attributa ble to the Radical or Republican party of the nation, to its doctrines, policy and practices. It is essentially a party inimi cal and dangerous to the constitution and public and personal liberty. It is founded upon the despotic dogma that there is a "higher law" than the constitution ; it is emphatically and essentially a ''higher law" party. This dogma is its life and soul, and it proceeds on the jesuitical max im, that "the end justifies the means." Hence it is, the Lead of this party, the president, does not hesitate to send the army to New York and elsewhere at the North, to this State, Texas and all over the South, in violation of the letter and spirit of the Constitution, to control the elections and prepare the way for his and his party's continued ascendancy, and his own election. Hence, too, we find him for like purposes suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in a time of profound peace, arresting the citizen with out warrantor lawful authority, but only by lawless force. Hence, too, we find this party in Congress avowedly, and in the most riotous manner, passing laws at one time to oust the juris diction of the Supreme Court of the Union to prevent that great tribunal from declaring its acts and assaults on the Constitution unconstitutional and void, at another time passing a similar law to pack" that Court with partizacs to alter a solemn decision already made, but dis tasteful to this "higher law" party. Hence, too, hundreds ot other similar acts done by this party which illustrate the princi ples, policy and practices which we have attributed to It, and which if not arrested and suppressed, must result in the absolute overthrow of the system of government formed and handed down to us by Wash ington and his compatriots. That such a party has been allowed to spring np on American soil is monstrous and alarming I 7HE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY THK ONLT OTHER PARTY. There is but one other great political party in the country that is the National Democratic party. In our judgment, it is the patriotic duty of every lover of liberty and free government to co-operate with that great and powerful party to arrest the tremendous evils to which we have ad verted, and which will, sooner or later, it not suppressed, destroy freedom and es tablish despotism and the sword. rNumbor 73. POLITICAL DUTY OF ALL PATRIOTS. To accomplish this great measure of re form in our State aud National Govern ments, we cordially invite the zealous co operation of every patriot, without regard to his hitherto party affiliations. We staLtl in determined opposition to the crimes and evils to which we have briefly directed public attention, and we uk all good people to stand with us, trusting that such common patriotic effort, through the blessing of God, may save us and our c untrv from impending danger and ruin. THOS. BRAGG. A,haman. A. S. MERRIMON. M. A. BLEDSOE, R. II. BATTLE, Jn , 7. Q. DECARTERET, C. M. BUSBEE, W. R. COX. J. J. LITCHFORD, Central Executive Committee. PETERSBURG ADVERTISEMENTS. JAMLITT'S HOTEL, PETERSBURG, VA. HISIIOI & SEAYf Proprietors. Wm. B. BISHOP, GEO. W. SKAT, Formerly of Spotswood Iktertburg, Va. Hotel, Richmond, Va. oct. 17-ly. W, II. BLOUNT, or W i 1 s on, North Carolina, 7 WITH Plummcr, Young & Co., P il ItS BURG, VA.,' Wholesale and Retail dealers in HARDWARE, SADDLERY HARD WARE, AND CARRIAGE MATERIALS ALSO ; ' Manufacturers ot Tin Ware, aud Dealers in COOKING AND BEATING STOVES. Sole Agents for Blachlcy's celebrated Cu cumber Wood Pnmi8. Oct. 17 3m. JgLEGANT PHOTOGRAPHS. G. W. MINNIS, Established in Petcrf-bur and Richmond, Va., for OVER TWENTY YEARS, Would beg leave to inform his many friends, patrons, and the citizens of North . Carolina in general, that be may still be found at o,.i,.,r. Va,. prepared to take ever' style of Likeness, large or small, in the very best manner, at moderate prices. 1 call tno.il re-ipectfuUy solicited. Re member 47 Sycamore St., Petersburg, Va. oct. 17-3m. S OLE AGENTS FOR THE CELE- bratcd Bailingham Cucumber Pump, the best and cheapest made. MEADE, OKR & CO., Wholesale and retail dealers iu ihardHvare, cutlery, and Carriage materials, 127 Sycamore St., PETERSBURG, VA. W. C. ORR. JOS. AKCUER. R. T. MEADE. Oct. 17-3m. jyjINGEA & HARRISON, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, 105 Stcamokk Street, PETERSBURG, VA. Have the largest stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PERFUMERY. PATENT MEDICINES, AC, Ever before offered to the trade, which will be sold at New York prices. Merchants, Physicians and others should know onr prices before purchasing elsewhere. S" ORDERS SOLICITED. Oct. 17-1. QJLLf AM & DUMOP, 121 SYCAMORE 8T., PETERSBURG, VA. We have constantly in store a good assort ment of every kind of mm &m steel, AND Agricultural Implements. MACHINE OILS at Wholesale. FairbttLV Scales at fov Trl Prm tUT Any Enquiries will be promptly answer ed and Orders Attended to with Fidelity and Dispatch.3 Oct,17-3m. T. A. 'ST. CLAIM, - MAXCVACTrKZS OF Carriages, Buggies, EXPRESS, SPRING AND PLANTATION WAGONS, CARTS AND DRAYS, CORNER LOMBARD &;8ECOND 8TREEtS PETERSBURG, TA. A Good Assortment Always ob Hmmd Repairing of every description heavy and light such as Painting, Wood-work, Black Smithing, done faithfully and promptly. All work: warranted. , I respect ally ask. call, as I am sore that both in Prices sod Workmanshin ,1 can fciTe sitlsfaclios. . Qctl7-lT. . Katm or Ixcmah ri ! n 1 otnaui io prtcofaay aanbtvof fnce,a4d to Utt rate above namoa Kr ca additional iocs ot rpac oosiroa follows t -w --- $1 tor t Booth. ft for S mmrths. h r 8 months. 9 lor 4 nonUu. 1 10 for 5 nocth 11 for A month. 14 for flBBoatiba. ii for 10 aaoatha. 2C;iforlt sioatha. 1 ; .lift lnth NORFOLK ADVERTISEFJEHT8. i 1 m.m i ... 1, . I i T. R. 'Iteardon, - DSAXSK IX , - . . i ... -j t J FINE GftQGEfUES. AND IMPORTERS OFJ ' .j - FJIS, WINES. UQUORS, it, 21 Market Street Norfolk, fa. OctlWT. , '..'. , JEWIS C. DEY dc CO., MERCHANT TAILORS1 t No. C Bank 8t, one Door from Ma t St., NORFOLK, VA., Keep constantly on band French and English Cloths, Casslmeres and Vetting. Also, a full line OenUFornlshlng Ooods. Axx Oarmbxts mads ToDin ix.tva bsst Stti-w ',l Oct 29-Sm. CHARLI9 JORDAN. -pSTAHLlSHEP 1837. niMRT JORDAN C. Jordan & Soil, WHOLESALE CONFECTIONERS, YOTACtTEBS OF STIAI tWlttl CANT, AND D1AUCRS IN Foreign and Domestic Fraita, Ac., Store 300 Main oi., Factory 1&2 Church St, NORFOLK, VA, Oct.l73m. Col. A. Savaub. Prof. W. M. Jonbs. P. F. Lbb. gAVAGE, JONES A LEE, SniPPINO AND Commission Merchants, AND COTTON FACTORS, No. 13 Roanoko Square. NORFOLK, VA. Oct. 29 3m. Oibbs, Pritihnrd & Co., ZALBUV JN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, &c, 202 Main Street, Norfolk Va., (Near National Hotel.) Dct.l71j P0RT8M0UTH ADVERTI8EMENT8 J J. BILISOLV, No. 1 Ilioii Btrbst, PORTSMOUTH, VA., WHOLESALE GROCER AND Commission Merchant, And dealer la a NORTHERN APPLES, POTATOES AND FOREIGN FRUITS of all descriptions J All orders accompanied with the cash will be promptly attended to and satisfaction guar anteed. Oct. 31 3m. rpHOMAS OWENS Jc SON, Dealers in OYSTERS. NORTH CAROLINA TRADE SOLICITED P. O. Box 1C1 Portsmouth, Va. ! Reference : Bain Si Bros, Banker. Nov. l-3m. UOLSX ESTABLISHED IN 1499. NI EM EYE II, ETIIEREDftE UIIOOKS, GENERAL COMMISSION -MERCHANTS AND COTTQN FACT011S, High St., and Central Wuart,' PORTSMOUTH, VA,, ;' i . fr And dealers in Provisions, Floor, Coal. Liiue, Salt Plaster, Cement, Land FUaler sad Agrt cultural Lime, 8aper-Pfcosphatea. Rawbonte and Lodi Manuljctoring Co s Poedrtfte at cab manufacturer's prices. ' . A No. 1 Pern v lan Gssao, direct from Agent, always on hand- ' , . Nov. 1-Sm. OCEAN HOUSE, Portsmouth, Va., J, Jf BLAIR Proprietor, Formerly oYarloro' Bouse, Jlalefyk, N. O.) This LA&OB'and' Commodjoc Hotel has been Befitted and Thoroujrblr Renovated, and is now open forTlwBecrptlon of Gaests. Persons leavinz oa tho Seaboard snd Roan oke Railroad and stopplae at this Hons will svoid crossing; the Ferry Tefore day, and bare tho pleasure ot enjoying a Good Breakfast The Train passes in front of the IUnse. Board Per Jay - - - $2.50 petlT-ly. . ' ,,,t ; ., T WOULD CALL YOUR SPECIAL attention to my Urgs sad besatlfol stock of r SCOTCH CHEVIOT for SaitUfs NoT-.'s-ty,"""' c. wnxn. r . ... i . v