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tr i ... i - m. : ; , ; : ; : : : i . ,- i ferret - ' " CALENDAR, f; . . Housfl ihinio be entitled an fct-to.au. thorize John J. Hasty, to collect arrears of tixce for - 1870-7U vras taken up and passed third reading. . The following House bill was taken up and passed ita several readings : - Sec. 1. An act to declare the law. of en deuce in certain cases, . ratified the 23th day of Marclj, 1870, be .and the same is KAyj-rt pfialtdf -. Sec, 2. That the act entitled "au act to improre the law of evidence," ratified the 12th day of March, 1860. ao far as relates to criminal proceedings be and the same is hereby TC-eo&cted, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act arc hereby repealed. . .. . . v'V- Senate bill concerning the jurisdiction of the Superior Courts was taken up and passed its aererai readings. Senate bill to be entitled an act concern ina the Probate of Deeds and the priTate examination of married women outside of tha State ; was taken ud and passed its second reading. Senate bill to incorporate the Excelsior Bucket and Axe Fire Company, of new bern. was taken up and passed its aererai readings. Senate bill to be entitled an act to changy the time for holding the Superior Court of Alamance, was taken up and passed its several readings. (This i all does not materially affect the circuit of the Superior Court, but simple takes Alamance county from the last or tuc circuit, and places it at the head Hep. ) ; Mr. -Settle asked that Messrs. Jones, of Caldwell, and Withers, be excused from the ITalL in order to attend a meeting of the Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Public Printing. Granted. . House bill to be entitled an act to in corporate the Educational and Loan Asso ciation of North Carolina, was taken up and passed ita several readings. House bill to be entitled an act to regu late the time for the delivery of complaints i civil actions, was taken up and passed its several readings. House bill to be entitled nn act to au thorize the Board of Aldermen of the city of Wilmington to issue bonds for the pur pose of funding and paying the indebted ness of the city, was taken up. Mr. Ashe having explained his object in introducing this bill and its practical working for the benefit of the city, it passed its several readings Senate bill concerning Probate of Deeds and the private examination of married women outside of the State, was taken up and parsed ita third reading. Senate bill concerning the jurisdiction oi the Superior Courts was taken up and passed its third reading. Message from the- Senate was received, transmitting' House resolution, appointing a joint committee to remodel the Sena torial, Judicial and Congressional Districts, accompanied tith Senate amendments, a&d asking the concurrence of the: House to the amendments. . On. motion, the amendments was concur red in. Also Senate bill in favor of M. C. Brink ley, Sheriff of Chowan, was read and ap ptopriately referred. House resolution of instructions .to the Committee on Constitutional reform, was taken up. . On motion of Mr. Martin, the' resolution was laid on the table. The Speaker having announced that the Calendar was exhausted. -. On motion of Mr. Stanford, the House adjourned until Monday at 10 o'clock. Note. The reporter, in justice to Mr. Waring, will state that he (Mr. W.) offered a bill on Fiiday looking to the abolishing of the office of State Geologist, and for other purposes. The type made us say in Saturday's issue that Mr. Martin " introduced a bill to be entitled an act in reference to the attendance of witnesses on Superior Courts in civil causes, it should read Mr. Slarlcr.'" The reporter of this paper takes this method of returning his thanks to Capt. Broadfoot for a free pass over the Western Kail road, the first one of our railroads who have thought of the reporters in the Gene ral Assembly. waice, in ice -suuiaara" Dtuiaing, East mid o F7tteville Street. MARCUS ERWIN, LEWIS UANES, Editor. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5th, 1871. Co.VMUXiCATToxs.The communi cation of "C" shall appear on Thurs day it was unavoidaly crowded out of this issue. Other communications shall . appear as soon as we can make room for them. 3Iu. Turner, in The Sentinel of Sat urday, calls upon assistant District At torney Phillips and Marshal Carrow to hurry up their indictment agaliist him. Seeking another martyrdom ? And the foul imputation against Mr. Phillips' purity and integrity ! It would not have been made against a spirited gen tleman who stood upon his rights as such under the " Code." Mr. Phillips is a consistent member of a Christian i nurcn, ana can do saieiy ossaiiea at a distance. But Mr. Turner is not likely to provoke him to any rash act )iot likely to gain the advantage sought. Cease viper, you blto a file. Who arc Thev? Tht Sentinel says there are a ntrmber of Democrats ready to sell themselves and their principles to the Republicans for six' hundred dollars. How does The Sentinel know? Is its edipr one efthem? If so it becomes ; necessary to inform it that he will be unable! to find a purchaser. No party qm afford to pay that price for him to serve H' in any other capacity than that of an op ponent. Sooner than loose him in that capacity, the Republicans will .pay a much larger sum to support his paper oocA doicn, If necessary. The Forthcoming Message. I Congress assembled in. regular session at the Capitol of tho Nation on yester day. The President's message is look-; ed for with unusual interest, and will attract unusual attention. Several days will elapse before we shall be able to lay it before our readers. In the mean time we can do no more than speculate as to its provable contents. We think it safe4to' predict that In many respects it will disappoint the hopes of the De mocracy. They are anxious to see a split in the Republican party, so they can unite with the anti-Grant Republi cans Tor his defeat. JBut there is not the slightest probability that the party will split upon men where no princi ple, and no great measure of policy, is Involved. The only questions upon which a di vision is possible are those of a reform in the civil service, a reform in the revenue system, and general amnesty. On all of the points of difference, ex cept the last named, we think it safe to predict that the message will be satis factory to the most advanced and "lib eral Republicans. The proposed "pas sire policy" of the Democracy, so pre maturely developed, has already borne its fruit, and borne it in for the Repub lican party. The Republican states men and leaders are men of wisdom and sagacity-equal to the emergency. They see the necessity of yielding on several important points, to the more liberal and advanced ideas of the party, both for the good of the coutry and the consolidation and perpetuation of the party. This policy, which, it is believ ed, will be clearly foreshadowed by the forthcoming message, cannot fail to prove successful. Progress and advance ment is the order of the day, and the Republican party will keep pace with the demands of the times. A reform in the civil service, and in the revenue, will be recommended and adopted that will be accepted by such liberal states men as Senator Trumbull, and such pa pers as The X. Y. Evening Post. The result will be that instead of a division in the Republican party, there will more likely be one in the Democratic party. Instead of the Conservative Re publicans going to the Democratic par ty, the Conservative Democrats will be more likely to come to the Republicans. And in that event an era of good feel ing will dawn upon the country. On the subject of Amnesty it is sup posed the message will be silent. Yet there is ground to hope, that even that great measure of pacification will be recommended. If it. is not the South -people will themselves be to blame for it, in a great measure. If it is not, the cause may bo found in the.rebell- ious and insurrectionary organization, known as the Invisible Empire or Ku Klux Klan, which has been so much palliated and excused by the Democrat ic press of the South generally. But, whether the measure be recommended in the message or not, there is good rea son to believe that it will be adopted by Congress this Winter. And then the last cause of difference between leading Republican statesmen will beat an end, and the perpetuation of the party and the peace of the country be secured. The Ku Klux organization will speedi ly die, if it is not already dead, and peace and quiet will once more bless the land under the auspices of the great party that saved the Union and re-established the government. Democracy will die with the Ku Klux it will live to curse the country no more. The government will resume its old chan nels upon the happening of these events, and the punishment of crime will again be left to the State laws and the State Courts. The Difference. T?ie Sentinel evades the point we made against it in our last. We only attack ed the State printer in the public inter ests, giving facts and appearances, and calling for a committee of investigation that the truth might be made known. We also declared that if the investiga tion called for, showed that any injus tice had been done any one by The Era, prompt reparation should be made through its columns. The charges made by us are capable of being proved or disproved, while the charges made by The Sentinel, affecting our integrity, are not. The one can be met and an swered by the proof, if it exists, the oth er can only be met by holding th par ty making it to a jiersonal accountabil ity, or by silent contempt. No intelli gent man can fail to see the icide dis tinction. For The Sentinel's attacks upon us we care nothing we simply despise them. The point wo make is, that T7ie Senti nel singles out such gentlemen as reject the "code," and makes attacks upon them of the character specified, while it studiously avoids making such attacks upon gentlemen who stand by their rights under the "code" that it treats gentlemen who recognize the "code" with a respect which it does not show those who do not. And this has be come to be a subject of freauent re mark. Why the unjust and infamous attacks of that paper upon Hon. S. T Phillips? The explanation is in the mouths of hundreds and thousands of men. Mr. Phillips is a consistent mem ber of a Christian Church, and ignores the "code." ThaVnien say, ia the rea son. Who believes that'i?7ie SeriUnet .w&uld have said of a gentleman, ready io assert his rights mid defend his honor under the "code," "Mr. told a wilful lie in open Court on yesterday," especially when such gentlemen had lonly expressed! ow opinion inthe dis pfyarge of his duties as an attorney? The Sentinel knows when" to bluster and' when to be quiet respectful it cannot be on account of its low instincts. Editorial Correspondence. ASIIEVILLE, Nov. 29, 1871. The Superior Court for this county commenced its fall term on Monday last, the 27th, Judge Henry presiding. The criminal docket was concluded yes terday, except soma half dozen cases against John Dryman, a notorious horse thief. He was convicted in two cases yesterduv, and, at the time of writing this, is on trial for stealing a pair"pf boots. He is likely to be a sojourner in your city for some time to come. The Western Division of the Western N. C. Railroad Company met here Jast week, and re-elected most of the old Directors, and Maj. W. W. Rollins as its President. It is understood that the commission appointed by a former Leg islature to adjust and compromise its affairs with Swepson and Littlefield,will very soon make a satisfactory and full report to the Legislature, as they were required by law to do, of all their trans actions, showing how much they have got, and how it has been disposed of. It is believed they will be able to re sume work on the road between this place and the Tennessee line at an early day. Their engineers have lately been re-estimating the work done by con tractors on the road, in pursuance of an order of the Board of Directors, which' was necessary to enable them to ascertain exactly what each contractor was entitled to, and thus the payment to contractors has been delayed. The Eastern Division of the W. N. C. R. R. had a Directors' meeting here yesterday. Its result has not yet reach ed the public. Gentlemen connected with it, in positions to know what they affirm, speak confidently of their abili ty to make arrangements, which will ensure its speedy completion to this place. A suit is pending here, institu ted at this term of the Court, to remove the present Board, with Col. Sam'l Tate as its President, and instal Mr. Hower ton and the Directors appointed by Gov. Caldwell. Appliaation was made to Judge Heiiry, hefora th mePstinfiT Of the court, for a mandamus in the case, which he declined to order. It is to be hoped that the litigation among these contestants for the offices in this road may not retard its construction. What ever may be the merits of either side of this controversy, which is apparent ly a party and personal strife, the great interests of the people ought not to be sacrificed for it. The road ought to be completed, and can be completed, if its affairs are properly managed, and the public is becoming disgusted with these railroad squabbles, which enure in the end to the benefit of nobody but a few aspirants for lucrative positions. If neither the Republican nor Demo cratic parties in tho State can furnish men capable of managing and com pleting our great public works, turn them over to some one out of the State, who can and will do with them what the public interests require. From gentlemen from varios counties around this, of both parties, a very fa vorable opinion of the Governor's Mes sage is expressed. His views in relation to the public debt are generally com mended. That is the great and vital question with the people of the West, and that something practical and prompt shall be done about it is what they most desire, for if left in its pres ent condition they may as well aban don all hopes in the future of any State aid for valuable improvements which ought to be made in this section of the State. Amendments to the Constitu tion after the result of the last August election, it was not supposed by the people in this region, would beerious ly thought of. The ballots of those who voted " Against Convention" weregen erally intended to signify their opposi tion to the mode of amendment pro posed by the Conservatives. The few unimportant amendments suggested by the Governor in his message, would probably be more than the Republicans! ot the Y est would ask for, if the mat ter was submitted to them now ; and if they were agreed to insist upon all the material changes advocated in the Democratic Address, or in the bill in troduced by Mr. Robbins in the Senate, the impression is that they wouldfavor an unrestricted Convention for that purpose. The people of both parties want prac tical work out of their Legislators, on practical subjects, and the Republican party is certainly strong enough, and ought to be wise enough, to go at this work, without any waste of time, in at tempting to make any better record than they now have before the country, or to inflict unnecessary blows, in an inappropriate arena, upon the corpse of the Ku Klux. M. E. Hon. J. IILeach. Tho Democratic press: jot the State have raised aery of Radical -persecution; !nf fhi ntWariT nn io ! ., v- ,- 0 , erw AXJLti. xuiiA. xuusl huuw. run jus- tice shall be meted out to him, if it has' not already been done. See his Card in another column, in proof of this., Tha wnoie matter to wmcn ir relates was a personal neoeiweenKienaer ana ien. ieacn, witn wnicn tne ite- follows: , publican party had, nor wilihave, hbth-' ; I joined the tjrganization at Thomas a e iw o ville known as the White Brotherhood, single intelligent Republican that sus- tains Col. Hpndprsnn's onndnci, Iri tpTa- tains Col. Henderson's conduct tibn tbit. -! - . Col. Henderson will publish a card in a few days in defense of himself, until which time we shall maker no ' com ments. He is entitled to be 'heard .be fore judgment is passed upon him. :." ahjs j.jsjj;jtfjxKj!i j3tuxu.ivK win give a concert at Tucker Hall,' Wednesday' evening, the 6th! Inst, in the interest of -.r . m i a T. the Masonic Temple Association. It is believed they will have a 1 crowded house, and persons wising to procure m m . ill : reserved seats should make application . ,. .. if, . n in time. Tickets may be had at the No. 15 Bookstore of J. A. Jones A Co., Fayetteville street. A Card. , Lexington, Nov. 27, 1871. Editors Era: The communication whieh recently appeared in The Era from some person signing himself "Cit izen of Forsythe County," professing to give the facts deposed to at the late trial of Moore and Hambrick, before U. S. Commissioner Vest, at , Winston, perhaps ought to receive some notice from me, on account of its gross perver sion of the truth, for the benefit of those who may not have seen the re ports of that trial, and of the evidence s niibllshfid in the Winston and Salem papers. Those reports contain a toler- able accurate account oi wnat ms saiu and done at that trial, as noted by re porters on the spot, and heard by the large assemblage present, and are in flat contradiction of the statements made In the aforesaid communication. It clearly appeared that that pro ceeding, while nominally aimed at others, did in fact originate in a base plot concocted to injure me. The United States witnesses testified that a certain Revenue Assessor of some notoriety, had sought to tamper with and suborn them to give evidence against me. This foul scheme of his. in which he no doubt has aiders and abetters, met with the ignominious defeat it deserved, and drew down on its authors general contempt and condemnation. I sup- pose " Citizen " wrote his article think ing to cover the discomfiture of his friends by misrepresentation. The evidence, so far as related to my self, cstaPllsned 4ho following facts; Being at Thomasville on -professional business in May, 1870, 1 was asked by John W. Thomas to go with him into a new institution, as he called it. I re fused, telling him I suspected it was some Ku Klux affair, and that I was opposed to all secret political societies, and would not join anything of the kind. He came to me a second and a third time, and begged me to go with him to its place of meeting, assuring me that its character and purposes were lawful and proper, but that he wished me to go and give my opinion of it as a friend and lawyer. To this I consent- ed, upon his repeated entreaty. As soon as we arrived at the meeting one of the persons present (Mr. McCra ny) was proceeding to repeat to me some kind of an oath or obligation, (a very mild obligation so far as I heard it, and not the horrid oath " Citizen" speaks ofL when I interposed, and turn ing indignantly to Thomas re proached him for having attempted to deceive me, as he well knew he had induced me to come merely to give my opinion of the society, and not to join it. He replied that I need not join un less I was willing, and that they did wish my opinion in regard to it ; where upon l told them tnat no oatn admin- Lstered by them was legal or binding, but that it was illegal, and I refused to take it. I told them all such societies were wrong in themselves, and centra- ry to law; reminded them of the Acts davs afterward I wrote to Thomas, en- joining upon him to see that the socie- cy was uroKeii up ; it aDpears mat tnis had already been done in pursuance of my previous advice. All theforearoiner facts relating to what occurred at the meeting, my disapproval of the society, and advice to disband it as unlawful, and its actual disbandment m conse- quence of what I then advised, which are the facts of prime importance, were established at the trial bv the testimony A.t A 11 j " I on cruss-examinauon oi tne witnesses for the United States. It serves no purpose in mv vindica- tion, but it may be as well to state, that the witnesses for the prosecution also 1 proved tnat this society was local in its character, that it had no correspondence wiiu umers, itiiu never commuted or contemplated any violence or intimida- tion of voters ; but that several of its members - were, and still are, Grant men, and opposed to me in politics and voted against me in the last election ; and the most prominent man amoni? them (Thomas) was a Republican. rm O I - I need only add, that at the close of the investigation, I received the uni versal approval of the large assemblage who.: were there, including gentlemen prominent in the Republican party; and Mr. Starbuck, U. S. Dist. Attor ney, arose and declared that " Gen. " Leach had been vindicated by the " proofs, and all erood citizens owptI "him their ;thanks?or ; breaking up thii organization in Uavidson Uoutity." In corroboration of what is hereinbe- oi AssemDiy against going disguised, mamc imu misieu iuui in getting mm for the next Governor of North Caroli- &c, and urged them to disband at once, there. He replied 4 no," that he had na. ; and they did so in consequence of my brought him there to get his opinion of : On motion the Secretary was request - advice, and never met again. In a few it. Leach said it was illegal and im- ed to furnish a mnv of t hPA nronl- - r- m . r a . & i m j - i fore set forth , I append ' the following City Commissioners, and contains about one Affidavits of Mr. Loftin, ex-Sheriflf of hK.an aJre. , , w - V Davidson county, of Mr. Morris, a cit- i6th ilziJk ?atur'Dec; izen of high character, and the' state- 16th' WM? siN Secretai -ment of Mr. Thomas, son of J. W. Nov. 18, 1871. ' Thomasec'dpertm request I part of, this communication. I have in ? several otners, from men itfehfatoctxp,1 butjneednot trouble you "with them. 3 1 S?Wery resjpectfully, J. M. Leach. Raleigh Sentinel, and Washington Patriot and Chronicle please copy this article and affidavits. Thomas ville, Nov. 27, 1871. pigged to support the Constitution. .tf Ua tt?oT Ss nnt -flib f!miti hi ftritt ' of North Carolina, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, was told that 5 the i i, x. xi- ; - i. i.L .,'.1: '..ifl 4 oijeci ui tins uxgauiziiuui vii w uhic the good men of all parties and to; op pose negroes and Radicals;7 of every kind $bi- office; that no' violence of any kind' was to .be allowed, no , one while urider the influence of ardent spirits to be admitted in the camp, and nothing I . . i : - a i i l. was to oe aone py me camp.wivnqus the consent of every member 'present: This camp had no connexion whatever with any other, had no written by?laws that t eer During my cpnnec- tion with said organization, ; ho sbrie was in any manner molested, 'nor1 did I ever near any proposition to moiest any one. I arrived at the camp' the night that John . W. Thomas brought in Hon. J. M. Leach, about the , time of the conclusion of repeating the pledge, when he (Leach ) 1 told us ' that the organization was illegal, and ad vised us to, disband, he tirged' 'upon tis to disband at once. I expressed my self as concuring with him, and I know that there was no meeting' held after this, which was some time in : May, 1870. I am a republican and voted for TJ. S. Grant for Fresident. ; DXvrD LOftin. The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed in mv presence, this the '27th day of November, 1871 . Jno. T. Hambrick, J. P. Davidson Co., N. C, Nov. 25, 1871. Personally appeared before me James Smith a legally elected and acting Jus- tice oi tne I'eace, in anu ior suiu cuuu- tv. S. G. Morris, of said county, and maketh oath, that he was present with some ten or twelve others, as members of asecret organization. at Thomasville, called the "White Brothers or Gideons Band." when the late J. W. Thomas brought the Hon. J. M. Leach to us af - ter supper, in the month of May 1870. and when Alexander McRary approach- ed and commenced repeating the obli- gation or oath. Leach stopped him, and said, "what do you mean?" Mc- Rary said it was the oath that he want- ed Leach to take, and Leach refused to go farther, and said he would take no oath that it was unconstitutional and against the law that he was apposed to all secret and political organizations ana nail always denounced tnem tnat men ought to work in politics opennna boldly.. Leach said to Thomas, that he had tried to fool inm. Thomas said "tiicy wanted Xieacn's opinion of tne thing as a friend and lawyer and he was not obliged to join. Leach advised them" to disband and stop it immediately and we never met any more, so far as I know, or believe, or have heard, but broke up on Leach's warning. Affiant further swears that the oath he took, and the one he commenced saying to Leach was to support the was to support Constitution of the United States, and the laws under it, and they had a right to vote as thev pleasod. but were to vote for e-ood men of both narties. A f- fiant was a Republican and Whig, and voted for Grant and Colfax. S. G. MORRIS. Read over by me to Affiant and ap- proveu ueiore signing. R. S. Adderton. 3 1 -T bworn and suDscrioed to Deiore me this the 25th day of November, 1871. . James Smith, J. P. Thomasville, Nov. 18, 1871. At the request of Hon. J. M. Leach I state what I know about an organi zation in this place, and all the connec tion he had with it, as far as I know or believe. My father (who is since dead) as in- formed by him and other members, got J. -M- .ueacn to meet ten or a dozen members, which he did, but refused, as I heard from various members, to go in or take the obligation, telling father proper, and advised them to disband, saymg that always in private and pub- ccwura ueiiuuuueu ii secreii or-, ganizations, and should continue to do so. I was not present, but have heard. time andjagain, from various members, tae aDove iacts, and 1 believe, them. I know the fact that immediately or soon after Leach's visit we disbanded and broke up, and have never, met since. I saw, a short time after this, a letter to father from Leach, asking if i a j i i i i i t , -P we uau umuanueu, wmcij wenad done sometime before. I did not understand this to be the old Democratic Ku Klnx. but altogether different : but for this un- derstanding I myself would have never gone into it. 1 am a Republican, and there are a number of Republicans in it viraut xvepuoiicans men and now. I and they were personal friends . of J. M. Leach, but voted against him at the election, standing by our party. I make this statement with pleasure, , and no man, I think, who knows me, will question its its correctness. P. C. Thomas. H OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE! By virtue of a Mortcraaro executed to the Mechanics' Building and Loan Association. T 111 11 i V- ,. . ' j. win seii, a puDiic auction, ior casn, in ironi oi me i -oun nouse, a HOUSE AND LOT, KSSSSTS the property of Michael and Catherine T. and is known as Lot N. 7, as laid down in tho plat of lots laid off bv authoritv of th i jitif mntxhUl Pabllc Meeting in Barke County. In pursuance of notice, on " Saturday the 25th ult.r' a largeandV enthusiastic meeting ibfthep.Repjiblicans of Burke county, met in the-Court House, in JMorganton,f when-Upon motion-La wson A. Taylon Esq.iwas called to the Chair, and Frankv D.- Irvin was . requested to act as Secretary, .the Chairman in a few appropriate. 'remarks explained the ob ject of the meeting. ' And upon motion the Chairman appointed the following tfSmmitfetb meetingjto wit)R. Apobb.fT. Pat terson andS.'E; Paket. the Committee retired, when J. Ti Patterson, Esq., did honor to our noble-cause, dealing heavy blows upon, the -opponents of liberty and free government, and show ing up with a masterly, mind the fraud and corruptions : of the Democratic party; what they-had promised to do and what they had doneand what they had not done, renewed his allegiance to the great National;' Republican' party, and earnestly requested all good, citi zens to fall into the,pepublcan. ranks, as the onjy'hbpg br our liberties, pros perity, happiness and as a' 'free and an .indepcfldaut, people, depended upon tho success ofthe great t National Republi can party ,-rapd, wound up wf a glo rious tribute Uto, theVAriistrations of President Grant and G'9.v." aldwell, lie left the stand t amid great . applahse. t p. M, riFurchs, Esq., of Iredell, ,was next called upqn, ', jlr. ; Fchess preferred speaking from ' tlie floor; but rthis was objected jtpbv.his, numerous friends present, .whoyeu him to the stand, and for about one hour ho .held the large audience spell l?ound with his eloquent and well ;Umed and appro priate remarks; j, ho made , one of his masterly and tellmg speech.es, handled his opponents with gloves oQ. ' During his remarks he was frequently applaud ed. It was one of his great and success ful efforts, and . long will the people of Burke .remember his noble service in the cause of right and liberty, long may he live to render such service to his country. It would be doing him, as well as the great, party which Jie rcP" resents, injustice for me ,$o attempt to givw even u acu.u ua aiio auuicaa. The Committee upon resolutions hav ing returned, reported through their foreman R. A. Cobb, Esq., the follow ing. resolutions (to wit) (nerewith at tiched), which were read and unani mously. adopted. . Whereas, The. facts elicited in the Ku Klux trials before Chief Justice Pearson,- in the impeachment trial of Gov. Holden, and in the trial of Itan- dolph A. bhotwell and others, as well as the voluntary confessions of hun- dreds of the Klan, and the recent cor- respondence between the Hon. Thos. Bragg and others, and the Hon. Hugh L. Bond, has demonstrated the legal questions that an unlawful political or ganization existed in this and some of tne otner estates ot . mo union, .known as the KuKiux Klan, White Brother- hood or Invisible Lmpire, and whose sworn obligation and purpose is to-re- sist, by. irauu, intimidation anu mur der, the due execution of the. Constitu tion and lawrs of the State, and of the United States, as amended ; and, where as, We jegard this organization as a second rebellion, and more dangprous to the liberties qf the people than, tho first; and, whereas, We desire to ex press our condemnation pf said organi zation and its. friends and sympathiz ers, and also to express our approval of tne enoria ui .uie uuveruuient in unuer- taking to ferret out and put down said rebellion. Therefore, Unsolved. That we regard the Ku Klux Klan, the White Brotherhood, or Invisible Empire as an organization in imical to good government an ."Em pire within an Empire," both of which cannot long exist-rthat. between the two, we place ourselves on .the side of law and order, and declare our friends to be the friends ot the Government, and the Ku . Klux, their friends and sympathizers to be our enemies. Pesolved, That we endorse , the ad ministration of President Grant, in his efforts to ferret out and put down this second rebellion, and that we recom mend him for the next President of the United States. Pesolved, That , we . do heartily en dorse the administration of Gov. Cald well, in hisimanly efforts, to ferret out and expose fraud and corruption wher ever it exists ; to suppress crime, and to restore the State to order and erood gov ernment, and that we recommend him ins to Tttt C! a rot.t v a t.t? a for ihii- cation, and that other Republican pa- pers be requested to copy. On motion meeting adjourned. , Lv A.;TAYLOR,.Cli,m,n. Frank D, Irvin, Sec'y. U. S. Internal Revenue, Dep. Collector's Office, 4th District, . Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 7, 1871 . jq-OTICE ! I shall offer for sale at the Court House in the city of Raleighjon Thursday, the 7th dav of December. 1871. two and one-half acres land, with residence and all out houses thereon, lying within the citv of Raleigh, adjoining the lot of J. II. Mills and the land of'J. W. B. Watson. Said land belontw to the Devisee of Mary Williamson, deceased, James W. Buck; administrator. ' Sold to satisfy a claim against tho said J. W. Buck, administrator, for U. 8. Internal Revenue Succession Tax. . .-. Terms cash. , chas. d. upcntincii, ' Deputy- Collector. 67 td. 4th District. N. C. s HERIFF'S NOTICE. To Merchants, Hotel Keepers a'nd ; ;- :; Others. ; ' : All' Merchants, Hotel Keepers. Liquor dealers and others who have not done so, will immediately make returns of purchases made up to Oct. 1st, 1871, and pay the tax due the State and County on the same. Neglect or - failure to do, so. will subject the delinquent to trouble and costs. 4 T. F.'LEE, wh'ff, '! ' ' : By A: Magnin, D. S. Nov.U4, 1871. St. - ' 1 ' ' : ' 1 ' 1 1 : ''.;)' ' . ' .' 1 .'1 DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND " 'l' ' .i 'u SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. Curw old Sores, Boils or Ulcers was caiiea on to.aaaress tne -4 meeting: hammiatiookithbli arid. In alhorTbHit'eJofentdfciftle speech'.
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