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- t $ fie There ws in tht City on Soli, Infamooi f.rhif Intolence and TUlalny, who thought th perfection of Liberty was licentionsneM of Speech. Purr arch. 'THUIISHAY, 3IAHCII 20, 73. i The new Constitution of Penn sylvania provides that all ballote : In elections shall be numbered, and bear the signature or X of the voter. The completion of the Chcsi Ipeake and Ohio Railroad and its connections win piace vincinuun and Richmond within sixteen hours of each other; from Richmond to St. Louis twenty-six hours. Governor Ilolden. Ex-Governor William AV. Holden of this State has been nominated i and confirmed, by the President and Senater Postmaster at Raleigh. The fitness of the new appointee no one will question ; but the occa sion has been seized upon by some of the Ku Klux haters of Mr. Ilol den and the press of the opposition to ridicule and slur the ex-Governor for accepting the position of Post master of a City after having been the Governor of a State. Governorllolden is not a rich man, and his family, like all other fami lies, is to be provided lor. The ex travagant legislation of 18C8-C9 In ured not to his pecuniary advantage, and of ill the corruption existing here a few years since no charge of corruption rests against him. As Governor of the State he realized simply his legitimate salary. His private fortune had been sacrificed through the results of the war and in the work of establishing the Re publican party in the State after that unhappy conflict. lie was hurled from'his high ofiice by the Ku Klux for essaying to protect the poor and defenceless of his State, and thuis robbed of the emoluments of his office and forever disqualified from holding any place in the State government. In recognition of his services to his State, country and party, the President has given Governor Hot den the only available place that leaves him at hometnel with his family. As a position it is neither insignificant nor eleeracliner. It is a place very much in the eyes of nu merous Democrats and Greeley men of distinction less than a year ago, and it would doubtless be accepta ble to divers good and worthy citi zens of Raleigh to-day. But were weekly, are compelled to prepay I it ever so humble, our ex-Governor ' the postage on each and every pa-1 would not be without high prece- per mailed. This arrangement coes I dents to follow. Chief J ustice Ruf- Passkxgek and Pullman Palace cars now run through from New Orleans to New York via Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta, Dalton, Lynchburg, Washington, Balti more and Philadelphia without change. The postage bill as it finally I passed, cuts off, absolutely, the whole free list; newspaper exchanges and all, great and small, daily and into effect July 1st, 1S73. Kiilargement of the l?ru. If material ordered for the en largemet of the Era shall arrive in time, the next Issue of this paper will appear considerably enlarged. The present sheet is 24x3S inches ; jthe enlarged size will be 23x43. ii rant writes Colfax a letter of .confidence, and the Louisville Courier-Journal exculpating him ;ays: j Mr. Colfax has been very much abused tarul wronged, and we are readier to allow jthis since we have never been tempted, and could not be induced to sacrifice the Iprivate character of any man to partisan interest or prejudice. Governor Caldwf.i.i, has notl- pieel Commissioners lion. M. K. Manly of New Berne, Hon. George vDavjs of Wilmington, Col. Walter L. Steele of Rockingham, J. Harvey ! Wilson, Esq., of Charlotte, Hon. B. jS. Gaither of Marion, and Cul. Mar cus Krwin of Ashcville, to meet the Kxccutive in his ofiice on Wednes- f day April 2, 1873, to advise what to do with that very lame elephant, the Western North Carolina Railroad. Itotatiou in Ollice. President Grant indicates the purpose on his part to carry out, practically, the policy of rotation in ofiice. -This is right. No matter how faithful or efficient in office, or the merit of high party service in the individual, no one has a perpetual claim to public office, and no second term administration could popular ize itself, or strengthen and main tain n political party in this country which should uniformly retain for : second term the officials of the firt, and so far as North Carolina is concerned the Era welcomes the 'new appointments thus far made, 'and will cordially support the poli cy of rotation indicated by the new (administration. j The public service of the North Carolina officials of the last term who are succeeded by other worthy gentlemen at the incoming of the new administration has been recog nized at home, at Washington and throughout the country, as efficient, patriotic and meritorious to the highest derreo; and if one comes down to party service, in an indi vidual capacity, none have done more for the Republican party than these ; but, all this does not consti tute a political lien on the public stations of the country, and the special friends and supporters of ;such individual officials as are re moved to make room for other fin, of North Carolina, became Chair man of the County Court of Ala mance after his retirement from the Bench, and ex-President Adams (the younger) sat in Congress for years after he left the White House ; Mr. Vice-President Stephens, of the Confederate States, is now a mem ber of Congress, and ex-President Tyler became overseer of a county road in Virginia. But Mr. Ilolden needs n6 prece dent. He has been tendered an important, responsible and highly honorable position, and he will fill it with acceptability to the public and with credit to himself. Mr. Ilolden served the people o Wake in the Legislature of 18 lo etill continuing tli Sfrruilnrd new. paper. He served as Provisiona Governor, and then resumed the same ianer. He has lately been offered two high foreign missions both of which he declined. It is not the oftie-e that honors the man but the man the ofiice. Governor Ilolden has never shown by his conduct that Inrause he had been Governor he was tlisposed to walk on stilts over the heads of his fel low-citizens. 1 le is the same plain unassuming man he was when a journeyman printer and working man in the old Slur office in this City. Governor Ilolden has receive most outrageous treatment at the hands of his Ku Klux foes and po litical enemies. His prosecutors in the Impeachment trial employed counse l and paid them to the extent of thousantls of dollars of the peo ple's money. And every consider ation of justice and right should have suggested and compelled the payment of the counsel the accused was required to employ and pay from his limited private means. But the worst and most shameful of all the conduct of Holden's jer secutors is their deliberate attempt to wound and insult a man. who, trodden down of them, accepts em ployment whereby he hopes-to earn a livelihood for himself and-gain a support for his family. Shame ! Shame ! ! Shame ! ! ! on that Democracy which, affecting to represent the decency and intelli gence of the State, so belittles and degrades itself. Many of our workingmen are literal ly suffering for the want of employ ment. Norfolk Journal. This is the complaint throughout the South. A section of country undeveloped, full of mineral wealth, and possessing the advantages of geographical position, and resources of climate and soil unequalled any where in the world, presents the i . 'faithful representatives of the Re- meiancnoiy picture oi wonungmen 'publican party are reminded that out of employ "workingmen lit- -four years of official life Is a erau sunen-,or u,e " OI -m long lease of public patronage at Pymen ithis day, while the proportion of Now, who is to blame? The an 'gentlemen meriting recognition and swer is "the Democratic party." 'official favors at the hands of a Re- And upon investigation it will be publican administration is greater f found that these workingmen of than at any former period in the Norfolk and Portsmouth, who are history of the government of the " Iiterly sufferiDS for want of ein .United States. ployment " are the supporters the political henchmen and retainers of the Democratic party. When Jefferson, the great Rad leal of Virginia, before the days of the Revolution, came into political life in the " Old Dominion." he by every means In his power to take away from the land he loved the curse of slavery that enthralled her. - M But he left much for his successors to accomplish; and instead of car rying out the good work he begun, the later Virgiriiaii essayed to bring the State back the thraldom from which the author 'of the Dec laration of Independence had par tially released her j ; And they have most admirably succeeded. Under the old regime that slave oligarchy which ao long ruled the land, and the Influences of which are to-day tellingjln Virginia and Norfolk on the " iorkingmen liter ally suffering furjthe want of em ployment "the existence of a poor man and a mechanic was next to an impossibility; pnd to-day the cry comes up from all this Southern land" no etnple yment, no subsis tence, no progrea , no prosperity." Virginia is the tery essence, the home and the hea t of Conservative Democracy a lar d supposed to flow with the milk a id honey of Con servatismand yfct her poor labor ing classes cry oat 4t suffering for the want of employment." How long wi$' the " bone and sinew " of the mintry continue to " hew " and " driw " for the aristo cratic descendant of the slave oli garchy, that, haying ruined, now despises them? ' J The rich capitalists and grasping property owners-of Norfolk and Portsmouth are not "suffering" dur ing this dearth of 'employment." Only the poor "workingmen" are made to bear the rigors of a hard winter; and that "suffering" which comes to poverty shivering in rags is known only to . those who "want employment," but are yet denied the privilege of earning a living-in a country where want of labor and multiplied industry cries aloud from the ground.' Yet these same "woikingmen literally suffering for the want of employment' Tare to be marched to the polls this very Spring, like the " dumb driven cattle" they are, and, by their rich, warm and uell- fed roasters made to vote the Dem ocratic ticket, that the late slave holding class may continue to rule and curse Virginia, and keep "our workingmen literally suffering for the want of employment." Surely their eyes are open by this time, and if the .workingmen of the country voluntarily remain the slaves of such masters as despise and oppress them; of a certainty they cannot expect the sympathy their present ! cries of distress so plaintively appeul for and so pite OUSly bemoan the wnut of. Let the Virginia "workingmen" think, reflect and act for themselves and their interests in the State elec tion soon to occur i: that State. The Era ha3 been running since June 8, 1871. Thero has teen paid out for Presses, type, fixtures, and to Editors, Reporters, Employees, Incidental Expenses, Rents and for Paper constituting the entire run ning expense of the office $21,345.35 Total receipts on earn ings of the paper, from all sources including Presses, - type and fixtures on hand and all dues on the Books, 14,051.59 $7,293r76 Thus it will be seen that the cash capital on which the Era was first established has long since been ex hausted, and the present Proprietor of the paper in assuming the liabil ities of the original Company and taking its assets, has good ground for appealing to the Republicans of North Carolina in support of the paper. The great burden upon the Era was the low price of $1 a year, at which it was first started, and the extra amount of campaign work which it did in the Summers of '71 and '72. Enlarged, as it has been already, it is the equal of any weekly in North Carolina, and the further en largement contemplated next week will make the Era the largest po litical paper yet published in the State. The price will remain at $2 a year, and every friend of the Re publican party in North Carolina is earnestly requesteel to bestir him self in behalf of the paper, under the most positive assurances, that, not withstanding the heavy deficit shown above, the Era is now on a good paying basis ; and with prop er encouragement to the Weekly now, the Daily edition to be begun next Fall will "be made superior to any Daily paper ever given to the people of North Carolina. New Berne Republic-Courier, January 4, 1873, Hon. Edward Stanly. Home Insurance. In his individualcapacity as a .property owner, and citizen of North 'Carolina, a prominent Federal offi cial during the last term of President Grant is the owner of the Erat and his successor is already named. The above is the polio f himself found just the same state of affairs jand his paper under circumstances as that now complained of by this wherein rotation In office comes Journal of another civilization. directly home, and the same policy, He removed, as far as in his power It Is hoped, will govern the friends lay, the incubus that then weighed pfall ex-officials, and all such offi- down, oppressed and destroyed the jcials themselves. xcorkingmen of Virginia : and sought Sumo of the people of Nortli Car olina ure at last taking a step in home insurance which lends in the right elirection. We have now in this State the North Carolina Home Fire Insur ance Company of Raleigh, anel the Old North State Fire Insurance Company of Warrenton, in the Fire line; and the Wilmington Life In surance Company of Wilmington, anefthe North -Carolina State Life Insurance Company of Rtdeigh, in the Life line.. Thus wo have already two life and two fire insurance companies to do, in part, the life and fire in suring business of North Carolina. Insurance has become a necessity of business, and of human existence itself. People need be no longer told of the propriety or urged to the necessity of seeking the protec tion thus afforded. It is be-cominsr as common for business men to in sure as to rent, almost, and it is not long until insurance both in busi ness and life will be almost univer sal. Under the impulse of a branch of business comparatively new to our people, home insurance companies are springing up at the suggestion of a demand for keeping the money thus invested at home, and it is a pleasing state of affairs that these home companies are all doing well. Others of course will snrinc un in time, until finally the insurance of North Carolina will be mainly de ne n North Carolina. The new Company of Raleigh, the State Life, chartered the first of the year, lias been organized and is now in operation under the most favorable auspices! To that com pany, advertisement of which ap pears in the Era of to-day, speckrl attention is invited, and for it that encouragement and support is be spoken which ought always to greet anew enterprise having for its ob ject the benefit 6f a home people, and the building up of .home insti tutions. ! The consciousness of having en deavored to deserve well of one's country, is not unfrequently the only reward which great and gen erous minds ever receive in this world for the most unselfish and patriotic services. A recent edito rial in this journal upon the life and services ot the lion, (ieorge W. lirooKs, lias attracted very witle at tention, particularly among the Conservative ranks, where much surprise was expressed at what was tennetl the impartiality of our views. A native of the State a strict Conservative' among a great many others, has also addressed us in regard to it. In the course of Bome very appreciative remarks, he TOOK ocLiifthui to draw a pamllcl be tween his case and that of Hon. Edwartl Stanly, whose recent death in San Francisco, has drawn forth many not undeserved eulogiums. Our correspondent elesires, in the city of his birth and former resi dence, to pay a worthy tribute to - TkT . . . . one oi rMew uerne's most talented sons and he sends his sketch to us. because he has seen, and, as he ex presses it, "approved of our course" in certain matters of public impor tance to which it is now needless to revert. Appreciation is always pleasant, but praise from one's po litical opponents," is especially sweet, for it bears evidence of the purity and sincerity of one's mo tives. Our Conservative friend shall tell the story of Edward Stanly in his own words : --- Laws of Congress. Attention Is called to the following Laws, passed it the present session of the Forty-second Congress, com mencing with rt-haDter 1, and to be continued from day to day until they are completed. The following appear in this jssue : Chap. 27. An Act revising and amend ing the laws relative to the mints, assay offices, and coinage of the United States. Canadian immigration on the increase to Virginia. A telegram, not long since, an nounceel the death of the Hon. Kd ward Stanly, in San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Stanly's public service in North Carolina, are of so recent a elate, that they are still fresh in the mem ory of many of our citizens, lie was born in New Berne, where his father, the Hon; Jno. Stanley, so long resided, and acquired so high a character as an Orator, a Lawyer and a Legislator. Mr. Stanly stud ied law, and commenced its practice in the town of Washington, with very flattering prospects. He bid fair to rival the fame of his distin guished father. He had much of the natural elements that constitute an orator. He was a good logician, and could- analyze and discuss a sub ject with force anel precision, but nis ion was me power, as it were, to mesmerize his audience. He pos sessed the faculty of taking posses sion of the feelings of his friends ; he coulel fill them with enthusiasm. He held no half-way opinion, and never hesitated, when he espoused a cause, to press it with all the en ergy and enthusiasm of his ardent nature. He possessed iron v. wit. sarcasm and ridicule in an eminent elegree, and when he chose, would use these weapons with effective force. He represented the Wash ington District in Congress formanv years, succeeding Hon. E. Pettigrew in tea, in lass ne was the Whii? elector in the content between Cass and 'laylor. lie was in Congress when Geh'l Taylor was President, and at the time of his death, the rresiaent was preparing to remodel his Cabinet, and Mr. Stanly was to have been one of the members of it. He represented Beauiort county, for several years, in the General As sembly of N.C., and was Speaker of the House of Commons. To his influence and exertions, maiitfy, were due the passage of the Bill incorporating the Central Railroad. He was elected Attorney General, which office he held for several years. He soon after removed to California, and practiced his profes sion with great success. In 1802, Mr. Stanley was appoint ed Military Governor of North j uaroiina by President Lincoln, and visited the coast counties, with his headquarters at New Berne. The acceptance of this appointment pro duced much unkind feeline- ap-sinst him, even in the hearts of many of nis oiu jxieueis. ne was denounced for his officious interference, and his position was severely criticized and censured. Selfish motives were attributed to him. It was charged that nis object was to try and rein- suite himself in the estimation ot sent by them to Congress again. It was also urged against him that he had no regard for the good of the people that he was availing him self of the war, and Federal bayo nets, to re-establish himself, "again, in office, in North Carolina. His appointment was brought about without any contrivance, so licitation or effort on his part. During the Winter of 1861, Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Baltimore, visited San Francisco to attend to some important law suit, and con versed much with Mr. Stanly on the two questions, and found how deeply he felt for his old friends, then in a state of blockade. , About the time Mr. Johnson re turned, the whole coast of North Carolina had been captured by the Federal Navy. Mr. Johnson, sup posing that some good might result from it, visited President Lincoln, told him of Mr. Stanly's deep inter est in his old home, and earnest desire to end the war ; and upon his suggestion telegraphed Mr. Stanly to come to Washington City immediately. He obeyed the sum mons, without having any definite idea of the President's object. After due consultation with him, Mr, Stanly agreed to accept the position of Military (jovernor. The Presi dent also urged on him to take the Commission of Major General, as it would give him more military au thority, but this he refused. No man was governed by more pure and unselfish motives, than was Mr. Stanly, in accepting this position. It sprang from a elesire to aid his old friends, and benefit his State. Mr. Stanly looked upon the question from one standpoint alone, lie was a Union man, op posed to secession, and desired, if possible, to convince his old friends of the folly and wickedness of pro secuting the rebellion, and to aid in paving the way for the State to re turn to the union. Untenable as were these views of Governor Stan ly, and impossible as it was for them to be carried out, as matters stood in 1862, yet he honestly held them, and urged it as the only course to save the country from ele- vastation, and the people from utter rum. He visited the principal towns, and tried to impress these views upon the people. In Plym outh he made a speech to a large concourse of people, urging these views, and earnestly advising them to abandon their present position, and seek safety anel peace in the Union. His plan was, and this he recommended to the people, to re trace -their steps and assume the ground the people had decided on in the election in February, 18G1. He honestly believed, and lreely expressed himself, that the South could not succeed, that it must be subjugated, and he anticipated a horrible state ol tilings, in that event. He firmly believeel that the only good that North Carolina could do herself, was to retrace her steps. The night of his speech in Plym outh he sought an interview with an old personal and "political frienel (but who then differed lroni him toto coelo) on board his steamer, and in his state room. The interview was protracteel. lie had but just learned the true state of parties. He had believed that the gre-at body of the people were opposed to secession, and that the movement had been forced, without their con sent, by leading secessionists who had charge of IheState Government. He had been entirely ignorant of the session of the General Assembly in April, 18G1, and of the passage, by that body, of an act authorizing the call of a Convention. He had confounded the Convention in May with the questions voted on by the people in February, 1S01. He had believed that all his old party friends were still with him : but and when the telegram brought the sad intelligence of his death, we who write this slender tribute coulel not but feel that the day would come when his'" native State, would do not only jnstice, but honor to the name of Edward Stanly. New North State. Shorn of its Strength. that their voices had been drowned by secession clamor. He was sur prised to find that such men as IiMelger, Graham and Gilmer, were in the Convention anel voted for the secession ordinance.: When inform ed of the true position of parties, and the entire unanimity of his old party friends, he seemed surprised These interviews were frequent, and occurred about the time of the bat tles near Richmond. Richmond papers arriveel regularly, anel he, with the other officers, reael the re ports of McClellan's defeat and re treat, with chagrin and mortifica tion. Yet, he expressed the opinion that it would not affect the result. It would only procrastinate it. That the North were determined that the Union should not be broken up : that they had the world to draw recruits and supplies from r besides (though he should regret the necessity) the negroes woulet be ul timately organizeel as soldiers ; while the South had already drawn out the flower of its citizens, anel could recruit but few more. He complimenteel the bravery and tal ents of the Southern army, anel said it was worthy of a better cause. Governor Stanly frequently ex pressed, in the strongest terms, that his only desire was to1 benefit his friends and Jiis old State, anel as soon as he found, that he Could do them no good, he should resign. Ho expressed himself opposed to some of the views of Secretary Stan ton ; said that Stanton had tried to make use of him on the negro ques tion, and expected a conflict, which would cause his resignation. It is weil knpwn that Governor Stanly, did elo great service ,to the people, in the Pamlico anel Albemarle counties. Bands of robbers hael sprung up, under protection of Fed eral troops, and were robbing anel plundering the people. He broke up all this. Many of the best men, hael been arrested on charges made by these robbers, and by negroes, who were the favored witnesses and informers, and confined in jails or on gunboats, lie released all these, and broke the power of those rob bers, and informers. The people breathed freer, and felt that the Governor would protect the inno cent. I There is no citizen of the State, who was intimate with the Gov ernor at that time, anel who talked freely with him, but who felt im pressed that he was governed by the most friendly, pure and unsel fish motives. - He left the State, deeply morti fied, at his own failure, and deeply grieved, that he could be of no fur ther service. He had come here from an earnest sense of duty, with strong hopes of being of substantial benefit to his old friends, and native Statd He went away, we might almost say, a defeated, if not a broken hearted mam He returned The projectors and promoters of the amnesty bill in the Legislature of North Carolina, have come to grief. The bill, it is true, has pass ed, but shorn of its strength ; and those persons who originated the scheme to let out the murderers of Wvatt Outlaw, gnash their teeth with rage, because of the failure of their project. Whether the cutting out of the bill of its hideous features was the result of fear, or the prompt ing of virtue, the result is the same; and the people of North Carolina breathe more freely, since their gooel old commonwealth will not be obligeel to endure the stigma of turning loose upon society, the monsters of cruelty that performed the evil work of the Invisible Em pire. Since this bill was first introeluced into the Senate, we have time and again shown that the pretences of the supporters of amnesty were false ;' and we have moreover ex posed the true aim anel object of the originators of the bill. Other Re publican journals have done like wise, and sohave the Republican members of the Legislature. We1 elesire our reaelers to bear in minel, that from the beginning to the enel of the discussion arising by reason of the amnesty bill, no one on the Democratic side has thought proper to deny the assertions of the Repub licans, namely, that the bill was in- troduceel for the express purpose of excusing from punishment the mur derers of iVyatt Outlaic, now indicted in Alamance county ! At least, while all the time on the look-out for such denial, we have never seen it. Nor can this accusation be suc cessfully controverted. The objects of the bill having failed, and mur der being still considered a crime, its originators do not care a rye straw lor the relatively veiak anel eliluteel amnesty act that has become a law. We must be permitted to say that the Republicans, in this long struggle, have most admirably sus tained themselves; anel have proved, what has been heretofore so evielent, that they are more than a match for their conservative an tagonists. It is true, that in this instance, they had right on their side: but their plans were, well-laid and they handled their weapons with skill anel effect. The writer chanced to be in Raleigh when the amnesty bill was first introduced into the Senate. Up to that time, such was the harmony in the pro ceedings of the legislature, it elid not seem that there was more than one political party. The introduc tion of this bill, took Republicans by surprise. , No one was looking for it: but it seems the Democrats, with the political obtuseness by which they have been so freemen tly distinguished, supposed they could carry this iniquity through without a struggle. Republicans, although not prepared, or wishing lor a fight, quickly formed into line of battle and the contest began. Before the bill left the Senate, the Republicans sought to head off the Alamance schemers, by striking out from its operation, murder, arson, burglary and rape. Their design failed, with the exception of rape. The Republicans also tried to amend, in the Senate, by striking out Heroes of America, Union Leagues and Red Strings, on the grounel that if any hael committed crime who belonged to those organi zations, they ought to suffer. Fol lowing out their false pretences, (for what did they care about the Leaguers and Red Strings?) the Democrats also voted this down: and under the elemoralizing influ ence of Senator Norwood's consum ing eloquence, the bill passed the Senate, as it came originally from the Judiciary Committee, with the exception that rape was exclueled from its amnesty. In themeantime, the. Republicans thoroughly exposed the false pre tences of the Democrats. The bill was delayed week after week in the House ; when finally, on motion of Col. Bennett, a Democratic leader, murder, arson anel burglary were excepted, as proposed by the Re publicans of the Senate, rape being alreaely excludeel, as we haveshown. Not yet satisfied, the House till j addeel larcenj and robbery to the j exceptions, on- motion of Mr. Triv ett, a Republican. The Senate bill was still further amended upon the motion oi Brown, of Mecklenburg, a Democrat, by bringing within its benefits, all those who had not ac tually participated in crime, or who were not present When the decrees of the klans were made, or who did not give their assent thereto. In this shape the bill passed the House, and went back to the Senate, where, of necessity, the amendments were concurred in; after another ineffec tual attempt on the part of the Re publicans, to throw out the Union Leagues, etc. So the act has passed, but those guilty of murder, arson, burglary, rap?, robbery and larceny, will not have its benefits. Thus the Repub licans, although in a minority, have substantially defeated this lmqui tous measure: and have effectually and thoroughly headed off the mur derers of Y yatf Outlaw and their friends; to whom the people of iNorth Carolina are indebted lor thi political agitation, inaugurated at a time when the best of feeling pre vailed, and when it seemed as if the masses were about to be completely and forever pacified. Who is to blame for the renewal of this agi tation ? We cannot say we are particularly opposed to the bill in its present shape; but its passage was unneces sary, because no one desired to pros ecute the Ku Klux, except for the highest classes of felony. Such as it is, the Democrats are welcome to their Amnesty Act. We wonder how much good it will do them, as a party! Act for Amnesty and Pardon. Whereas, It is believed that a strict enforcement of the criminal law in refer ence to many offences committed; within the limits ot tht State since the ilose of the late civihjvar would result ingreater detriment t?e State of North Carolina, than a policy based upon mercy and for giveness, therefore the General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, Sectton l. That.no person who may have committed any crime against or vio lation of the laws of the Slate of North Carolina witn the exception of rape, de liberate and wilful murder, arson and burglary, wLile a member of or officer, r pretended officer of the Heroes of Amer ica, Loyal Union League, Red String?, Constitutional' Union Guard, White Brotherhood, Invisible Empire, Kukluxj North Carolina State Troops, North Carolina Militia, Jay Hawkers or any o;her organization, association or assem bl v. secret or otherwise, political or ot her wise, by whatever name known or called iu obedience to the commands, decrees or determinations, by whatever name called of such organizations, associations or assemblies, or in obedience to the commands, orders or requests of ariy ne exercising or pretending to exercise any authority or pretended author ty by rea son ot his connection or att.-xnment to any such organization, association or as- semblv,h;ih be held to answer criminally for any such crime agaim-tor in violation of the laws ot the said State or North Car "Una, in lact committed or charged to have been committed previous to the first diy ot beptember, A. U. one thous and eiffht hundred and seventy-one, but every such person shall have free and complete amnesty and pardon therefor. Provided, That all persons who were uot personally present at, and actually participated in theermies ot wittul mur der, arson and burglary, or who were not present at, and did not assert to the dc cree or order for the same, shall have the tenefit of this act Sec. 2. That no person who may have been a membe-, cuicer or pretended officer, of any one of the organizations. associations, or assemblies reterred to in Section 1 of this act. shall be held to answer therefor, but every such person shall have full and complete amnesty and pardon thtretor. Sec. 3. That no person shall be he'd to answer criminally as accessory, either belore or after the fact, for any crime against, or violation ot the laws of this State, fr' w inch amnesty and pardon are provided iu the preceding sections of this act, Lu: every tuch person shall have lull and complete amnesty an 1 par don therefor. Sec. 4. That all presentments, indict ments, or criminal proceedings. of what ever nature, or kind, now pending for any of the crimes against or violation of the laws of this State, for which amnesty and pardon are provided in the preceding tedious of this act, shall be foi th with dismissed, and no further criminal proceedings shall be had against such persons, or any ot them for any of said crimes against or-violatious of the laws of this State; Provided, That tins act shall not apply to larceny and rob bery ; Provided, That the provisions olt this act shalli not be construed to extend amnesty and pardon to any person or persons who have in any way embezzled ir wrongiulSy in ?ny way used or rris appropriatcd any moneys, bonds, evi dences ot indebtedness, choses in action, or any other property of any kind what soever belonging cr appropriated by law to any liailroad Company or other corporation in which 'lie State has or had any interest either direct or indirect, nor t ) Stephen Lowery, acondtmieJ telou in the county of Iiobbson. ec. 5. That this act shall be in force l'rom its ratification. In General Assembly read three times and ratified this 3J day-of March, 187?. J. h. Robinson, SfeaTcer of the House, C. H. Brogdicn, , Presd't of the Senate, Drawing Party Lines. To the JCditor of The Era: The Urticle, " Draw the Line- ' in a late is.ue of your journal, should be endorsed by the outgoing lJar,i . of the penal and charitah! i Ji-t i fi tions ; ifor thesej gcnUonu h . upon that principle two years m But II rrspectfully submit, that your ad. ice bo now acted tn. ,1 ' home new appointments will l iV,' to be made by the (Jovernor, a,i other elections will have to boV, into by'eertain Directors. M " If only Republican merchant sr.. to be patronized, why nut eouV, r positions of honor arid trust i,,Mt ) our political friends only? it ; not "drawing the party lines vh S. and unmistakably," when out , ken - llepublicans are overlook, i and known IVnnocrats appointed positions of honor ; it is soinethi! akin to .injustice to those w h,, , bared tin ir bosoms to the .-tortus , V ostracism for opinion's sake, .. Republican Board to ele-et to a tiy position, men who never t,, part in a meeting of the RopuMi, ill party, jand who, when votin ticket, I folded it so well that v,'. have only their ipse dixit thai it u t a radical ballot. Such action is IT V ning counter to your advice, to i.' member the campaign of is; this State and govern theni.Ivls accordingly recollecting, too, th r Democratic proscription niad,' eVt u a lady's official head roll ji, :. saw-dust, two yenirs ago. ' j liKi-rni.n Raleigh, March lo, is;.. The ingenuity of a woman j, beyond all earthly coniprchciiM.H, A Danbury lady becoming tin d . .i" bothering with wood, besou-ht 1,. husband to geta coal stove, - :u devote the rest jof their lite to i, ',. fuel, but he wouldn't do it. M,. said, wood wa.4- cheaper, atid !,. might as well he chopping it ;,: saving the money, llavin- ,'v.! hausted her eloquence w ithout ai v 1 eilt-cf, she hit upon' a very sitni.;,. device. She extended' her clot!,, -line over his chopping block; .i, . supper he adorned himself .with axe and went out for fuel, and th,.; minutes later nunc tearing into t;. . house without I his; hat, imkI wis, his mouth half full of blood, l , .., , . atcd guns iihd broken teeth. bright and cheerful coal I'm illuminates that home. Xews, llishop Mcllvaihe is dead, l.oston CoinnicrCo never so vi.-. e'omiiiodor Latimer, C S. .V, won't be bullied b- !. i. , Mexico Hull. eire;Lt inortalit v ainoiii in Japan. Ulitlsli !, lioutwell took, his Monday. The Senator a-boiit'icvll. seat iu the si tu Ma.s.saehiis" Ku Klux report from not well founded. I Mltll C ni.l The horse disease checks iMili'.-irv erations iu Arizona. New York hath'mueh "eonlli. t ' the new City Charter. Geo. Francos Train is Insane, a.v. ing to Dr. JIainni!nJ. JohnGoforth ha been niad. ant Attorney General. St. ' Patrick generally throughout the eountrv. eel, h.'.re.J his old friends, so that he might be I to his profession in San Francisco; Scene ox the cars. A conductor on the New Haven and Northampton road while taking, fares the other day was asked by an old gen tleman, "What do you do with all this ere money you get of passengers as don't have tickets!" "Put it in my pocket," answered the good natured conductor. " Just what I thought," said tue inquisitive gentlemen, return ing to his newspaper. O' Conor kissed The jury came in about 2 o'clock and returned a verdict in favorofCha.se, the defendant, on the point in relation to Mine. Jumel's life interest in the estate. Thus ends this .memorable litigation, which, after..-the decisive verdict, -will probably never be renewed When the verdict hadbeen announced, the ladies of Mr. Ctejje's family, who were present, and wTtesc manifestations of gratification wr quite marked, moved toward Mr. O" Conor. Mrs TranchelV embraced and kissed him Mr. O'Conor observed that if the elder of tho ladies are entitled to kiss him, he had the right to kiss the younger ones. and proceeded to do so, remarking to the 'Court, Uehold the privilege of age." . ; TlIK ROTUNDA FOR FLlRTINfi. Says the Washington JicpublUan The rotunda is not only a capital place for flirting but a nice place for newly married people to " spoon." The influ ence of tho decorations may have some thing to do with it. A country girl from Fairfax, while gazing at them, was heard to say to her bran spick new husband the other day: "Oh, John, if we could get married agin, I'd dress like that Injun gl, Pocahontas." " Nonsense," said Johni "if you com menced dressing that way, jou might do it like that gal riding the eagle up thar, and not dress at all." This para dox confused the bride almost as muc h as the three-handed girl on the opposite wan. Incrkasino 'salaries. Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, moyed as a substitute a provision increasing salaries after the 4lh of March, J873, as follows : President of the United States, $50,000 ; Vice Presideut, Justices of: the Sujjreme Court, , heads of depart ments and Speaker of tho House, $10, 000 each ; Chief Justice of the Supremo Court, $1,500; Assistant Secretary of Heavy mail robberies an? rep.,ivf between St. Louis and Ne.v Voir.. Jones of a Savailnah Man!; ,' a: -eth with jf:JL',",00 of tho ." clean kelter." And ikw they charge .Sen;i (ore '; ..', !v with c orruption .in obtaining Lin r tion. i j Disturbances in Florida am sai'i have originated with defeated n.u.i for ofiice. Col. James, of the Custom Hon.-e. vol! succeed General Jones as IVstiuaMfj .a New York. Famous C. S. Steamer Chich.niuii.u has sailed for Cuba to " :el,el " in ii ' patriot cause there. The Spanish government has ah n- of the rout, of. three tlouand :ni:-s concentrated at Vera. Snow to tho deplU of six incla -. ; i Plymouth, New Hampshire, tenth in stant. Heaviest of the season. Mr.'Gladstono has a train intend vol the Queen.. If is probabJeho will i !,;;, n I'remier with an unchanged c;d-in I. Georgp S. lioutwell. Secretary 1 ' ti Treasury of the United States, lias l . , elected to tho Senate 'from ' M setts. Dy Legislative authority tho V-ui sylvania Central doubles its a.:ti stock wielding now six bundici m.i lions. - i ! I Dick Yates has an appointment ;" ' " the President in connection with i:n-' grants to Northern and Texas Pa.- :i Railroads. President announces that his elimi nations to tho Sr-nato will In; emu t!- soon and that bodv can adjourn ai an early la3r. Minister Gladstone and aHo-ia: - the.Knglish cabinet have resign ,1. an I the Queeh is" re-constructing her minis terial bureau. All the members of the Cahhx't. in cluding- Richardson, have been continu ed. Foster, Minister; to Mexico, an i several others outside Fiemont savs the frauds with wl' '''' he is charged -were perpetrated I" !""' be had anything to do with the LI IV" and Texas Pacific Road. It is thought that General JIowuri'-' treaty with tho Cochiez will result in a Mexican claim for' tivo or six mill."'- of dollars special damages. Wm. A. Richardson lato A.sNtaiij State, ofthe Treasury and of the Interior Secretary Treasury succeeds Jloiitwe 1 f0,500 cach , Seuator,, Eoproscntativc, KK'SSS '"' and Delegates, including the Forty Second Congress, $7,500 each, and in lieu of mileage they are to be allowed actual expenses to and from Washing ton each session, including the Forty Second Congress. (Passed the House.) Louisiana. , . There has been a case of Ku Kluxing near Vienna, in this State. A white teacher in charge of a -colored school was taken out by six meu and severely whipped. After the whipping he was notified to leave the parish before the next Tuesday morning, or he would be shot. JV. O. Republican. That member. ' It is no less true than strange that a man with a conscience has been found in the Pennsylvania legislature, and ins name is Dorrnan. He has returned a railroad pass on the ground that the State pays members' mileage, and thero Postmaster Jones of New Yoik a;. - his reitrnatioif originates from a de-he lo be free from the responsihility ! J defalcations of his subordinates. Collector of Internal Revenue at Al bany seized seventeen of the locom tiw of the Now York Central 1 or" non-payment of &60,000 revenue-due. Col. R. W. Hughes Js spoken of as tic--republican candidate for governor i" Virginia at the coming election, nn i Robert E. Lee, Jr., for tho same posit:"" as the demderatio e&ndidate In the New Hampshire election lavt week, the Republicans slightly , 1"- ground, in consequence of the raisiruroi Congressional salaries and credit if'" biiier scandals against some .'of the re publican candidate.-j for Congress. The soldiers have 'captured thirty-five horses from a party of Modocn. Ihj'V would have ki.ied the Indians but tot the peace negotiations. Captain Jaciv. wants talk, out is advised that General Canhv can't control his soldiers Who ia no justice in receiving the fare twice. I captured the horses and four children..