p ' . ,
Tber M la the Oty '. Infamoa
for UU tcolcoc u4 tilUinj, who thought the
fi!n. t ikrrtv U licentitmncs of
Specfe. rf.CT.vnm.
T1IUKSDAY, APKII. 24, '73.
, A Uatmer County.
A corroion(lent of the Charlotte
Jo7j speaks of Clcavfland county
as " the banner county of conerva-tifm."
A cornmri-on of the Greeley and
(Jrant vote last Xovemtr will show
what kind of a "banner county of
conservatism" Oeaveland re-ally K
i - -
IavH of CmifrrcSs.
Attention culled to the following
liaws 'iwsed at the last pension
of the Jr'ortyvnl Congrcsw, com
mencimr with ihm.ter 1, and to be
continue! from day to day until
thev are completed. The following
appear in this issue :
Chap.i4. An Act making appropria
tions for the legislative, executive and
judicial rxpensca of the government for
the year ending Jane thirtieth, eighteen
I.nn.lrrvl an.l seventy fnir. and for
other purpose.
The 3IoIoc Indians.
j The latest advices from the seat of
- . A I
war indicate nothing- new in wn
situation save that the army acin ars
not to know exactly where .the
Indian are. General hkhofield
telegraphs that he thinks they are
still in the lava beds and have not
made their escape as was reported
a day or two ago. A fekirminh fight
came off the other day in which live
or six Indian warriors were killed,
to a trilling lcs on the irt of the
troop. This ntlutfs the fighting
force of Captain Jat-k to something
near fifty ivan lor.. We UaII see
now whether a handful of bug-eating
Indians can -tunefully, or for
any length of time bushwhack "
the regular soldic.s of the United
States 'army.
i ' i .
: Iit v.'eek we observed on our streets
twcnty.nve long string f the celebrat
ed "Mil burn Iron Axle Wp)n," just
received by our enterprising townsmen,
Mcssrui Koroejjay V Jiorden. The
wami are all handsomely finished and
Iairted' nuulo of the best seasonal
whit oak timl-r, and are complete.
ith lxMies. Every n-ie Is warranted.
They are light and are sold at prices tlfy
defy com) tition anywhere. Kvery
I jrnier ihouhl have one of thM! excel
lent warr.s. (lotifobitrn Mengcr.
I And ju.-t so long sis you are com
ic-llcdto make Mich observations"
Maintaining the Organization
of the Itepnblican rnrty.
A correspondent expresses him
self in this -issue of the Era on the
necessity of keeping up the iarty
lines and organization of the Re
publican party. He is called out by
an article in a late issue of the
Goldsboro Xetcs recommending the
abolition of 'caucuses as one of the
systems of party organization.
The correspondent of the Era is
correct, and his communication will
be read with interest and profit. It
is the opinion, however, that the
Fditor of the Sine did not intend
to urge the abandonment of the Re
publican organization, and upon re
flection he will doubtless be con
vinecd of his error in regard to the
caucus, for however much we may
dislike them in some of their details
and effects, they are part and parcel
of a ver necessary party machine
ry hi government like this, and
until the country shall have adopt
ed cumulative suffrage, if it ever
shall, primary meetings in the na
ture of arty caucuses must prevail
The New Berne Republic-Courier
some time ago called for an aband
onrnent of the Republican party
and the formation of a new one out
of a mixture of new elements. That
proposition1 seems to have fallen
gtill-lorn, and admits of no discus
sion. The iX'inoeracy appears to be
the ex jK?ri mental organization of
the country, and the work of form
ing a new party will doubtless fall
to the lot of the Radical-Liberals
and Conservative-Democrats.
so lonjj: will you "observe" in
2orth jLitniJina a wr and a back
ward State.
The fdea of sc-iuling to the North
for the Mi I burn Iron Axle Wagon"
when we have here at homo the
liest tiinlier in the world, iron in
abundance for makipg axles, and
skilled workmen; the equals ofany,
ready uud anxious to buihl wagons,
. i preposterous, and ought to elicit
the indignation instead of compli
ments; and remarks of satisfaction
from the North Carolina Press.
How' North Carolina Takes
Care of Iter Sons.
t
; Our State is tho birth-place of three
president, being more highly honored
in that way, than any other Slate except
Virginia. N1 ore of the three would
Ijavo Income President, had he remain
ed at home. Virginia has excelled all
lijp States of the Union in tho number
it" her great men, ljccause she, more
than any other, has honored her own
mod. The tendency here is rather to
iull dow n than to elevate. How little
pride ha been felt in Catn, Kuilin,
?Cas5, Morehead, Ikulger, raiiani and
iitv;t'f others.. .
i We hare been It-1 to thce remarks
ty a private h-tfl-r from Virginia in re
fc ird t thrc f "4ur Iiavidin College
bT, In. in the StHl ought to have re
tined. ICev. J. F. Cannon hat Ijeen
eallfl the thtirch at I-ebunr, Va.,
tid Iter. John Kotcebro is called to the
Valley of Virginia and Kev. M r. Wok
ta acj-epted Uie call to Norfolk on a
i-alnry of $1,500. We are glad that Vir-
The Outrage in Iouisiaiuu
Violences has been the crime of
the Southern white fieople ever
since IbCl. ; For twelve years their
conduct has at times been marked
bv violence of the most outrageous
character, until strangers at the
North and in Eurojte had come to
regard us at the South as of a set of
semi-civilized barbarians.
The mas-sacre at Colfax, in Grant
Parish, on Sunday last, a week ago,
is not fully understood. The causes
which led to it are known to have
arisen from the complication of local
affairs in that State, but how far the
respective tarties to the sad affair
of Sunday are justified or wrong, il
is not perhajw yet jos.-ible to tell,
precisely. I
Knough is known however to
determine jthe fact that great vio
lence was resorted to, and from the
fact that so many colored men w ere
killed and -so few of the whites in
jured, it is evident that the colored
was the weaker party, and being
shut up in & burning building and
having few arms they readily fell
victims to :the armed white men,
to the number of alout a hundred.
The leaders of the whites were
said to be old and well-known-Ku-Klux
leaders. We all know what
the Ku KIux were in this State,
and one has little difficulty in
recognizing their work in Louisiana.
While almost certain the blame
lies at the door of the white ieople
of Louisiana who enpiged in the
affair, justice demands that the Era
shouUI withhold any other expres
sion than tpe most positive depre
cation of thVaffair until an investi
gation shall declare who was most
guilty of the bloodshed at Colfax
on Red River.
Some current items of news rela
tive to the affair, and statements of
eye witnesses are published in the
Km. The reader must wait lor
further comment from the Editor.
public, and that tho orders Semmes
received and carried out from Pres
ident Davis and Secretary Mallory
"were the policy and the orders oi
President Madison and of the Sec
retary of the Navy in 1812, 1813,
1814; and 'he adds' such beyond
question would be the plan and the
instruction of any administration
under like circumstances." ' -
Judge Rolles continues "Notonly
did Semmes' official .conduct; con
form, to this well-known policy ol
the American Navy, but it was di
rected by similar instructions from
the. Secretary of the Confederate
Navy. Do the enemy's commerce
the greatest injury in the shortest
time,' was Mr. Mallory's significant
order to Semmes in June lSGlj? and
never, in naval history has such an
order been so signally obeyed;"
So, under the advice of counsel
lors like those who advised in the
case of Mr. Davis the charges of
treason and piracy againptj Ad
miral Semmes were early dismissed,
along with the other charges of
"cruelty to prisoners and pbrfidy
towards Captain Winslow; of- the
Kcursage, and the power lie repre
sented," and Mr. Semmes wast set
at liberty, and has thus gone on his.
way unmolested. . , j
These matters of history are re
ferred to by this paper in a spirit of
gratification. It is the glory of the
government and the glory of thp
Republican party that not one drop
of blood has been shed for political
offences committed in a time of war
between the sections. Jeffersoh
Davis, the President of the Confed
erate States, free and unshackled,
going whithersoever he will, in un
disturbed pursuit of the ordinary
advocations of life, is a walking
monument to the clemency, justice,
strength, safety and glory of the
government ofthe United States
and the Republican party; and
these matters are referred to in th
i ,. r i.t, u
coium.is oi cms par lor toe j,uiP, The peopIe of Xorth Carolina, if
iwinuj; n.i i, nuu 5 their public ofheers represent mem,
general government anume itepuu-1 are determined mat uie state snan
system unrestricted communication
with the Roads North, South, East
and West, the lines to Beaufort har
bor will open to conform with the
balance, and freights will find thier
way to the deep waters on our coast
as naturally as 'water runs down
hill. But all efforts to force com
merce, " hedge in " trade, or regu
late and develop business through
restriction of gauges of Railroads is
the folly of forty years ago, and
they will go down who attempt it.
The internal improvement policy
of the .Era is the policy of the Re
publican party of North Carolina,
and that is as broad and comprehen
sive as the State itself; and in these
great matters this pa; er knows no
mere local interests, and acknowl
edges no master other than that
manifest destiny commonly called
Progress.
War in the Kepublicati Kanks.
The Democracy has so long waited
anxiously in hourly expectation
of a split in the Republican party,
that it has become nervously excited
and mistakes any slight difference
of opinion between two individual
Republicans as the inevitable split
in the great progressive party.
The Era having declared its dif
ference with the State administra
tion on the policy of internal im
provements, as it was bound to do
in obedience to the principles and
traditions of tho Republican party
as declared in the State Conventions
ince the party was organized in
North Carolina in 18G7, a corres
pondent signing himself "A True
Republican, and one of the Original
Panel," promulgates the following
through the Raleigh Daily Xeics of
Saturday last, which the Xeics in
troduces under tho head of "War
in the Republican Ranks:" .
Messrs. Editors : The following
extract is taken from the editorial
columns of the Weekly Era, of the
17th instant
lican party in their past few yeari'
administration of the publie affairs
of this country, aside . from any
general interest such reminisceptje
may have for general readers of a 1
parties and shades of political opii -
ion. !
At the next session of Congress,
the political disabilities of Mr. Davis
and those of the few Southerners
yet remaining under bans will
doubtless be removed, and the most ji
have no progress or prosperity if
they can prevent it, while it is tne
determination of the Democrats to
hopelessly commit the Republican
party against the development of
our internal improvements. IJut,
let it be understood that the Railroad
policy of the State administration
is not the policy of the Republican
party, and in the complications in
which the Governor and his Exec
utive officers are involving them
selves they have not thesympathy
of those Republicans acquainted
with the railroad affairs of the
part of a short line from Baltimore
to Atlanta, over that always popu
lar and much .iought after route,
the old Bay Line. .
I submit these hasty views for
the consideration of the people of
this section, and those of every Rail
road interest involved.
Public Interest.
Raleigh, April 16th, 1873.
The public will probably never
know who "A True Republican"
in the Actc is, but be he high or
low, it is hardly probable that he
will succeed in carrying on nny very
detrimental war against any Re
publican or Republican interest
through a Democratic paper, while
it is ridiculously absurd to intimate
that a simple difference of opinion
or policy on matters of internal im
provement between the State ad
ministration and the Era is a " war
in the Republican ranks."
The communication in the JVercs
signed "Public Interest," and
written by the Editor of the Era
disposes of the charge that this pa
per or its conductors are in any
single Railroad interest within this
State, while its course hitherto has
shown it to be governed by a large,
liberal and enlightened Railroad
policy, seeking the introduction,
construction and successful opera
tion of these important works in
every section of the State, and dis
criminating against no section or
interest whatsoever.
- o
The Medical Profession.
The Era will endeavor to pay
more attention hereafter to a pro
fession and the members of a pro
fession doing all the good toman
kind every day so beautifully illus
trated in the Good Samaritan of the
Scriptures.
By way of a beginning: Dr. S.
S. Satchwell, a distinguished Phy
sician of North Carolina, and a lead
ing Surgeon in the Confederate mil
itary service, was invited to deliver
the annual address at the meeting
of the Alumni Association of the
Medical University of New York,
the latter part of the Winter, and
the following is the notice of the
New York tVorld at the time :
Lecture by Dr. S. S. Satcii
wejl.Ii. The annual meeting of the
Alumni Association of the Univer-
has ever been on the side of com .
plete restoration, combating the
fatal heresies Jnto which the Con
servative party have fallen, with
his utmost energies. " '
The devotion of the Doctor to his
State and people has been unst Ifish.
He was urged by personal friends,
at the close of the war, to leave
North Carolina and settle in the
city of New York. That he never
availed himself of the tempting of
fers, we feel assured, was from a
desire to sink or swim with the
State w hich was his birthplace, and
to whose people he wao attached
by many ties. lie left the pleasant
places and unlimited sources of
knowledge in Europe to join a con
test in which his sympathies were
enlisted. That contest ended, like
a skillful surgeon he came forward
to bind up the wounds opened by a
bloody war, and nobly does his
voice ring out "Let us have peace."
Postal Cards.
A Description of the Cards, and the
Regulations Concerning Them Tcr
Be Ready for Use on Moving Day.
The Third Assistant Postmaster
General, Mr. E. W. Barber, has
given notice that, the necessary ap
propriation having been made for
the purpose, the Department will,
on the first of May next, commence
the issue to postmasters of the pos
tal cards authorizud bv the act of
JuneS, 18t2.
; description.
The card adopted is five one
eighth inches in length and three
inches in width, and is made of
good, stiff paper, watermarked with
the initials U. S. P. O. D. in mono
gram. The face of the card is en
graved, surrounded by a border in
scroll work, one-eighth of an inch
in width. The one cent stamp
printed on the upper right hand
corner is from a profile bust of the
Goddess of Liberty, looking to the
left, and surrounded by a lathe-work
border, with the words "U. S. Pos
tage" inscribed above and "one
cent" below. On the upper left
hand corner are the words "United
States Postal Card," with directions
to "write the address only on this
side, the message on the other."
Underneath and occupying the
lower half of the card are ruled
lines on which to write the address,'
the top line being prefixed with
the word "To." The back of the
card, intended for the communica
tion, is entirely plain, being devoid
even of ruled lines. In color the
body of the card is light cream, the
printing velvet brown. No varia
tion in size, shape, color or in any
other particular will be made from
sity of the city of New York took the regular style to accommodate
place last evening at Association I special cases; nor will the Depart
llall. The President of the Asso- j nient do any printing on the card
ciation, Dr. JamesR. Learning, j beyond the engraving specified in
occupied the chair, and upon the j the description.
prominent living example of the State; and when certain disaster
overtaKes mem ami me riiaie, mey
must bear the responsibility, not
clemency and justice of the govern
meut, there is ground for the belief
that Jefferson Davis will become
one of the foremost men of the
South in vindication of the Repub
lican partv, and the general gov
ernment of the United States.
i
Governor Caldwell, the Repub
lican Party, and the Era.
(JKNERAL XATIRK-Xo. fcl.
In the declaration, in substance.
that, in planting himself in the way
of the progress of internal develop
ment and improvement in North;.
Carolina, the Governor and some of
his Executive officers had departed,
from the policy of the Republican !
arty, as tne great internal im-,
movement party oi the State, the'
Era did but indicate the declared'
jwlicy of the Republican party in
North Carolina as set fortn and re-.
t era ted in all of its State Conven
tions since 1-G7. J.: ;
But that such declaration was one
J of war against the. Governor, or in- j
i tended as an assault on the Exeeti
j tive officers of the State, is not true.
I Such assumption is absurd. To ce-;
the Republican party, which, hav
ing no sympathetic insanity on the
subject, will assume, none of the
consequences."
: As there is no Republican paper
published in Raleigh except the
Era, which is believed to be hired
to advocate the interest of a foreign
corporation in opposition to the in
terest of North Carolina and her
people, I have to ask the privilege
to say through your columns, that
the Governor, and other State offi
cials co-operating with him, are
those who are truly representing
the interest of North Carolina and
they are sustained by a large major
ity of thepeople without distinction
of part j'; .while the Era and a few
soreheads, disappointed in their ex
pectations of replenishing "their
purses by reason of the interference
of the Governor and other officials,
are the parties who are playing into
the hands of wealthy monopolies
Outside of the State, and endeavor
ins to make their own State "a
hewer
platform were the Chancellor of the
University, several ol the faculty,
and the officers of the Association.
The annual address was delivered
by S. S. Satchwell, M. D., of North
Carolina. In the course of his ad
dress he said :
These annual alumni meetings i
tiik prices.
Postal cards will be sold for one
cent each, neither more nor less,
whether in large quantities or in
small.
the object of-the postal, cards
in f f if I i 1 n ri. ljf t fr ffirriisriniiiliMicf"
are effective in advancing medical and provide for the transmission
sciences and in the cultivation of through the mails at a reduced rate
the social ieeiings, so mucn neeueu
in the profession. IIere,i common
ground where we can shov-that the
profession ignores all distinctions of
condition and section, and in its
noble mission soars above conflicts
of passion and strifes of parties and
sections, and convulsions of war.
No man is worthy its honors who
has any boundary lines to cross in
its pursuits- In coining from the
South to attest his obligations to
his Alma Mater, and express cor- i
dial greetings to all true members '
of the Association he had no chasm i
to cross. The lecturer referred with !
feeing and high compliments to j
those laborious and distinguished '.
practitioners and professors in the j
University, Drs. Granville Sharpe !
Pattisdn, William Darling, John i
I DOiit. sinvt hi nor of tho sort i-tnrri-
IV I IT I.. .l.Lira O.n trim iiltotif nml 1 " !
. : ' . . , T diculous for sensible persons to in
pimamrpreriamnurriMiii; yeiing mm, IWIl,onv called th(
ui ll is rry u it kiihh I -ill nu ll
tr.vn State iri not. All l!ir winIkhI
to labor at homo. .Snlir-H lit,,,.
It is simple and to the point.
i General. II ill is right. North
Carolina never has honored, com-
jiunsarate with their worth, her i
great men. But we have had the
eers of any. .From the foundation
jof the government North Carol i
"nians have figured conspicuously
in the pages of our. history, and we
have contributed some of the first
'statesmen" of the country. It must
;beowing to the Democratic party
jand that class legislal ion "rather to
'pull down than to elevate" which
characterized It in the days of its
? power, when a laboring man and a
mechanic stood no sort of chance
alongside of a professional and a
slave-holder. To reform this evil
and see that "North Carolina takes
care of her sons" i the object of the
bettet class of Republicans. Won't
General Hill come to the rescue
and aid a cause he evidently has
much at heart. . '
An! illustration of the cause of
complaint General Hill has above,
was manifest in the instance of
"Vice-President Wilson calling Sen
ator Gordon to the chair. Mr.
Colfax called Senator Ransom to
tho same position months before,
yet we all overlooked the fact as
too Insignificant for public notice,
because Ransom was our own, anil
everybody knew him. But no
sooner had the Senator from the
Empire State of the South ascended
to the Vice-President's chair than
the event was heralded throughout
the country.
meaiuiii; i uie act - aiiprovtni juno
eight, eiph'tcen hundred ami seventy
two, ainemlatorj- of the irneral bank
rupt law. j
le it enai ted by the Senate and House
of KepresentatiTes of the United States
of America in Congress assoinbled. That
it wan the trite iutentaixl meaning of an
act approved June eighth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, entitled " An
aet to amend an art entitled An act to
establish a uniform system of bank
ruptcy throughout the United States,'
approved 'March secon.l, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-seven " that the exemp
tion allowed the bankrupt bvthesnid
amtfiulatorv act hhoukl, ami it is hereby
enaeted th;tt they shall, !e the anion i.t
allowed bv the constitution and laws of
each State, reflectively, as existing in
the year eighteen hundred and seventy
one ; and that such exemptions Ih valid
asrainst debts contracted before the
Miloplion nml passage of such Ntato con
MiMitioti aiii i:nv.-. v.-! as those con
Ira ;cd nKer the samo. .t.i.J against liens
by judgment or decree of any State
court, any decision of any suc h court
rcudered since the adoption ami passage
f U.AK Annbtitiitinn nn.l t . i t In.
W ft OUIU WUOM.MMVU mil . . . . r 1 1 V -
contrarv notwithstanding. '
Approved, March 3, 1S73.
The above is the act of Congress
passed at the close of the last session.
"declaratory
act " amendatory of the Bankrupt
law.
It
water" for those monopolies. Let
everlasting shame encircle the brow
of every North Carolinian who
turns his back upon his ojyh State
and lends his aid to foreign specu
lators in their atte mpts tvd leprive
North Carolina of any of '''.rights,
and reduce her people still lower in
the scale of poverty.
A True Republican, and
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL. PANEL.
Seeing the above in the Neics of
well from the date of his entrv into -
tlm Vviwn,ivn ,fRo ivl.ll.w HI lllflll.ll .uiuu.Ur..uU(3 wi u..n
lJemocrat or jtepuruiean. mat a,j
simple matter of opinion as to the j
Revere, William II. Van Buren,
Gunning S. Bedford. Martvn Paine.
ot wood ana a drawer ot John Wi ham Draner. and Valen
tine Mott. He insisted that no city
in the Union equalled New York in
clinical advantages and medical
education. He spoke of the embar
rassments and hardships of the pro
fession in the South arising from
theate terrible conflict, and unou
no pursuit was the blight of war
of postage of short communications
either printed or written in pencil
or ink. They may therefore be used
for orders,; invitations, notices, re
ceipts, acknowledgments and other
requirements of business and social
life, and the matter desired to be
conveyed may be either in writing
or in print, or partially in both. In
their treatment as mail matter they
are to be regarded by postmasters
the same as sealed letters, and not
as printed matter, except that in no
case will unclaimed cards be sent to
the Dead Letter office.,
IRREGULAR CARDS.
An ordinary printed business
card may be sent through the mails
when nrprviid he n. nnp cpnt rmsLii or
stamp attached ; but such card must ! powerful and well organized army
contain absolutely no written mat- j of veteran troops, with brave and
ter except the address, otherwise it j skiHfui officers in command. Or-
wiu ue iienieu t? hoc iiinj uicyaiu, MnMtinn inrlisnonsahlo to sun-
'fused admission into the i .-;eV --------
an associations oi muiviu-
Keep up the Organization of
the Republican Party.
fothe Editor ' of The Era :
It is undeniable that the true
Republican party, is organized and
established upon the eternal prin
ciples of truth, justice, and equality
before the law. It has triumphed
over its enemies, and now stands
before the world as the great party
of justice to all, liberty to all, and
equality to all, without respect to
wealth, race, color or previous con
dition. It has gained its honorable
and commanding: position by its
unwavering fidelity and devotion
to the true principles of justice and
liberty, and by keeping up its or
ganization, undismayed by . the
Incessant assaults of its malicious
and unprincipled enemies. It has
gained all its grand and glorious
victories by its firm and faithful
adherence to its principles, through
good report and through evil re
port, through sunshine and through
storm.
These few remarks are suggested
by seeing a little editorial article in
the Goldsboro Aeu?s of the 2nd of
April, which takes ground against
keeping Up the organization of the
Republican party. When it is well
known tjiat this party by its or
ganization has done so much for
the people of the whole country,
arid so much for mankind; and
when it is also well known that
without organization it would never
have been able to do as much pub
lic good as it has done, the article
here alluded to in that paper in op
position to the organization of the
Republican party, is, to say the
least of it, imprudent and unfortu
nate, and conveys a strange and ex
traordinary sound. Here are some
of its expressions:
" We tcant the abolition of caucuses,
executive committees and nominating
conventions."
What does this mean? It means
opposition to nominating conven
tions of the Republican party ; op
position to the organization of the
Republican party; and opposition
to the success of true Republican
principles ; for that is tho sum and
substance of the extraordinary an
nouncement. What true Republi
can can sanction such a suicidal
policy? Why should any man be
foolish or crazy enough to set fire
to his own house and burn it down?
There would be about as much good
sense and good reason in doing
that, as there is in abandoning the
organization and principles of the
great national Republican party.
This party has done more, gone
farther, stood up higher, and strug
gled to a loftier plain than any other
and all other parties that ever ex
isted in the United States of Amer
ica. It saved the Union ; it saved
liberty, and secured equal political
and civil rights to all, and equal
and exact justice to all. Let every
true patriot and real friend of lib
erty, with one accord, and with
alacrity and zeal, maintain and
support its principles, its integrity,
its unity and its organization.
It would be about as reasonable
to suppose that a small number of
invalids, without any organization
or officers, would defeat in battle a
dulge. - HI
The Editor of this paper has stood
by and sustained Governor Cald
more x manliest. Great numbers,
calling, themselves regulars, had
i " Republican " correspondent, of a
Democratic organ, the Editor of the
present Railroad policy of the State i, , .
. i u . i. .t : the following note to the Managing
Editor of the Airs requesting pub
is to divide them, or provoke tjie
iu:i n I fa rf n nin bifriprtn rwdv n!
, r . . . , r , . i lication of an article contributed bv
defend, is too weak forapprehension.! , . , ....... , .
It is no part oftheduty ofa Part-f hllil1ou, the 1(trh , "n1 m
par to sustain the official coriduc't i u? of.thc the
ofa partv friend and represcntai J",1 mmunication appears ,n the
tive, in Uie wron- and in H follow.ng order:-
... - .... .1 Office of the Era,
avowing the responsibility of the j Rnleio-h. Anril 10. 1K7.1.
t- l.i? r -.1. . . ; 1 i '
nepuoiicuii inriy ior any ooirue-!
will le seen that it saves the home
steads retroactivity as well as pros
lrtivoly, and i- in accord, with
Judge Iteade's opinion delivered on
the Supreme Bench of the State in
is;s. ;
A similar decision, in a case going
up from the State of Georgia, has
been overruled in the Supreme
Court of the United States, and as
there is a like case from this State
awaiting its turn, it is almost cer
tain that the homestead decision in
the case of North Carolina will not
stand. It therefore behooves every
on holding under this decision of
our State Supreme Court to at once
avail himself or herself of the Bank
rupt act, wrhich meaning and in
tent is above declared, for there can
tions that may have been thrown i
in the way of the Railroad progress j
of Western North Carolina, the) i
Era has but done its duty as it ha !
seen it; nor has this paper; been j
"hired" to such position, either.
The unprovoked assaults of a Re?
Jr. Jordan Stone, Managing Editor
Daily Atr.s-, Raleigh, A. C:
Dear Sir: In view of -a publi
cation made in the Xews of this
morriing. touching the conduct of
the Kra tinner of which I am Editor.
and its policy on internal improve- j advances of civilization in all
mcnts, I ask, as a matter of justice I elements of industrial art and
ask, as a matter ofji
fallen either into the sloHghs of
open empiricisms, or with the most
shameful enrontery and unscrupu
i lous means to obtain practice, were
J of that low class of Southern dema
! gogues who preyed upon that ignor
' a nee and demoralization there which
j always follow wars and sudden
j emancipation. There ought to be
j medical diploma, that if the holder j holders.
' violated its high injunctions or ;
proved recreant to the honored tra-
ditions of the profession, he should
forfeit and return it to the corporate
body bestowing it, and be ostracized
by the profession. There were some
true medical men left in the South
above the drones and laggards and
traitors and demagogues who had
been washed up from the corruption
of war, and they were heroically
moving on the column of medical
improvement and reform. The
speaker referred at length to the
the
sci-
and re
mails
COUNTERFEITS.
All cards different from those
herein described bearing embossed
or printed postage stamps and pur
porting to be United States postal
cards are counterfeit, and the man
ufacturer of such cards or the at
tempt to use the same will subject
the offender to a fine of $oQU and
imprisonment for five years. (Sec.
178, Postal code.)
SPOILED CARDS.
Postmasters will not under any
circumstances be permitted to re
duce or exchange postal cards that
may be misdirected, spoiled in
printing or otherwise rendered unfit
in the hands ol private
cess in
uals for any purpose, and especially
is it necessary in the true Republi
can party, .which numbers in its
ranks four millions of voters, and
I two-thirds of the wealth of the na
tion.
Let the Republicans keepxip their
organization in every township, in
every county of the State, and let
all disorganizes go.
Republican.
" One by One.'
REQUISITIONS.
The Department will not furnish
less than five hundred cards on the
order of any postmaster. Individuals
desiring postal cards will purchase
them ofa postmaster, as in no ease
can they obtain them upon their
application to the Department.
One by one the roses fall ;
One by one the leaders tumble.
Harper's Magazine for April. J
Tyler and Buchanan.
to mvself, and the paper which I
j edit, the publication of the follow-
... . . , a ; cvui. int. . c i iv-iLa wi n iuiiu"
publican writer in the Anc oflasf jnjrartie!e which I communicated
Saturday were promptly retailed
by the publication of an older tuii
delayed communication from the
Editor of the Era, and must re-act
on the author of the piece alluded
to, if it have any effect at all, while
the Era will push on for the pn
gress and prosperity of the State,'
uninfluenced by any pent up policy
fallen with th0
of an effete fogy ism
power of a dead slavery which! so
cursed and ruim-d our Southern
land in the struggle to perpetuate
an existence ;whose usefulness had
passed. j .
It is one of the misfortunes of jthe
times that none escape the charge
of " purchase." If the various Rail
road corporations of the country
had paid money for Legislatures,
Presses and men they are charged
with "buying up" or as havjhg
"hired" they would have left ho
for your paper on Wednesday last,
the loth inst., and which you de
cided to hold up in consequence of
the suit for injunction then pending
and about to be argued.
Very truly,
Vm. A. Hearne.
i niniipv with which to LniM Imv
be no mistake about the homestead Jcast. ami OI.H.Rltt. Railroad lines,
exemption holding good under the ' .... , .. . . - .t
IHUjMNtiuii i.., on us iaee,
Bankrupt law
Those who would save to them
selves and families
must lose no
and the
absurd enough for all sensible peb-
iiieni- , , f H,.ln,l..n i;;
their homes !
time in getting!-.,- . x- .i. .
through Bankruptcy. A word to ! . - .i.
? , . . that is its only hop3 of maioie-
int; n isu la Auiucit'iu. , ... ,
vjmpieieu
Jefferson
Davis and
Se mines.
ltaphnll
On the'outside of the Era to-day
is a very interesting piece of history
setting forth the reasons which in
duced the government to abandon
the prosecution of Hon. Jefferson
Davis., i
In the Atlantic Monthly of July
! and August last, John A. Bolles,
.As a soldier Gordon was not the , Solicitor and Naval Judge Advo
Buporior of Mat. Ransom, w-hile in ! cato General under the administra-
all other respects, as to talents, tions of lTesidents JLuncoin and
there Is no comparison between the
two.i We are filled with the bigo
try and prejudice ol geographical
and a true 2orth Carolina senti
ment we are almost "totally want
ing. . : "
Johnson, set forth in a very inter
esting paper "Why Semmes of the
Alabama was not tried," in which
liuen, but In genuiae State pride t Mr. Holies shows that Semmes sim
ply indulged the practices and car
ried out the policy of the American
Navy in tho early days of the Re-
it becomes part of a Grand Trunk
Line from our Eastern Harbor at
Beaufort to the Mississippi Valley
and the great Northwest; and,
prospectively, one of the Eastern
termini of the Southern Pacific
Road. In its present unfinished
condition it is simply nothing, and
in needless litigation, worse than
nothing. .. .
As to the change of the . Central
gauge It is a necessary conformation
to the Southern and Western sys
tem of Railroads, without which
conformity we of North Carolina are
as completely shut out from the
commerce and markets of the world
as Western North Carolina is with
out her much needed Railroads, u -
Complete the .Western North
Carolina Road and give our Central
' y
THE GAUGE OF THE NORTLT CARO
LINA RAILROAD.
Messrs. Editors of the AVics .
: If the North Carolina Railroad
can be Inade a part of a Grand
Trunk Line, already about com
pleted North and South, and of an
other Grand Trunk Line East and
West, to be soon finished up, over
the line ot the w estern North Caro
Una Road from Salisbury West,
then I insist that the gauge of the
Central Road should be widened to
conform to the Roads North. South
and West of our Central North Caro
lina system. But, I submit that
such change of guage ought to ex
tend at least lronjBharlotte to
Raleigh, and not simply from Char
lotte to Greensboro.
The completion of the Air Line
from Charlotte to Atlanta next
week, will (provided the guage of
our lioad is opened) place Raleigh
in uninterrupted broad gauge Rail
road communication with Atlanta,
New Orleans and the great South
west, more than two hundred miles
nearer than by any other route, and
thisadvantage to the City of Raleigh
and this section of North Carolina
is not to be overlooked.
If the gauge is opened only from
Greensboro, it is alleged that it will
injure the business of this city and
damage a great local interest, the
Raleigh and Gaston Rail road, which
we must preserve, but if the gauge
is opened all the way to Raleigh it
will benefit this city and section and
the local interests referred to, for,
as the Southern system of Roads
are the five feet gauge, it follows
that in tapping a Grand Trunk
Line we shall secure more business,
passengers and freight, than we can
ever hope for from a mere local
Road, and a local Road the Central
must be so long as it remains a nar
row gauge link in a line of broad
gauge Road.
In the interest, therefore, of Ra
leigh, and I may say of the Raleigh
and Gaston Railroad, I insist that
the gauge of the North Carolina
Road ought to be opened to Raleigh.
This will make the R. A G. R. R,
ence, in education, knowledge, and
humanity, and claimed for his own
profession extraordinary achieve
ments and success since the faculty
here equipped and armed him for
medical service. He eulogized the
triumphs and progress of the mod
ern school of German medicine, and
extolled the genius and researches
of Virchow and other German ex
plorers in medicine.' He predicted
still greater triumphs in the future
from the revelations of the micro
scope and other means of inquiry,
ai4i said that investigations in the
medical sciences and in all other
sciences and other pursuits had never
been so bold, systematic, and useful
as now.
Dr. Satchwell was afterwards hon
ored by a complimentary dinner,
given to him by the Alumni Asso
ciation at Delmonico's, which is
spoken of by the New York papers
as being a most pleasant and enjoy
able affair. The New York Tribune
notices the following distinguished
physicians present at the festive oc
casion :
Among the gentlemen present
were Drs. James R. Learning, A. L.
Loomis, D. B. St. John Roosa, Chas.
lnslee Pardee, Wm. II. Thompson,
Jas. II. Anderson, Chas. A. Budd,
Henry Draper, W. Darling and J.
T. Monell. The event was greatly
enjoyed.
The Wilmington Dost on the re
ception of Dr. Satchwell in New
York, says :
We copy with pleasure the com
pliments paid to our fellow-citizen.
Dr. S. S. Satchwell, during his late
visit to his Alma iviater the Uni
versity of New York, as its orator,
upon its anniversary.
We do hope the people of North
Carolina will see in this warm re
ception accorded to Dr. Satchwell,
the evidences of a reconstruction
far ahead of that attempted by pol
iticians and tricksters. No man
entered more heartily into the re
bellion none worked with more
skill for its success, than Dr. Satch-
wen. when failure was assured.
and the men of the South stood still,
folding their arms, the Doctor, in-f
spired with love for his profession,
which ofiens up the inmost soul of
the people, felt the necessity for re-
conciliation.r He has worked nobly
to that end. ' Without becoming a
politician, without descending into
the arena of political contest, he
In looking about for recruits to
sustain his administration, Presi
dent Tyler came in contact with
Mr. Buchanan, then a Democratic
Senator of considerable repute. He
wTas a smooth, plausible man, of
amiable deportment, with no sharp
edges about him, and who never
did an unkind tiling from impulse,
or without hcping to gain by it.
He treated thfe President with cour
tesy and mych apparent frankness,
spoke-of the bank veto with admira
tion, and trusted that the relations
of the Democratic party and the
executive would soon become more
close and confidential. This was
very well, and promised better
things in the future. But Mr. Ty
ler had taken the Presidential fever,
and his anxiety to build up a party
with reference to the succession was
uncontrollable. He commissioned
a reliable friend to wait upon Mr.
Buchanan and sound him with a
view to ascertain what there was to
hope from him in the Senate, and
also in Pennsylvania. Congress ad
journed before an opportunity oc
curred for a conference with Mr.
Buchanan. A short time afterward
Mr. Tyler's emissary fell in with
the Senator in New York, and being
quite diligent in the performance of
the duty with which he was
charged, inviied him to a dinner.
Two trusted friend3 of the admin
istration were the only other guests.
Intent upon approaching Mr.
Buchanan under the most favoring
circumstances, the host made a
bountiful provision of choice wines,
and the repast was a sumptuous
one. It was a jolly time, sure
enough. Four more honest drink
ers never ha&.their fee.t under ma
hogany. There were no heel-taps,
and no passing the bottle until the
glass was filled. Mr; Buchanan
took his liquor like a seasoned cask.
The result may be easily imagined.
The Senator, a large man, of lym
phatic temperament, in the prime
of life, remained perfectly cool and
self-possessed, although taking wine
enough to lay a Senator of these
degenerate days under the table;
u roped the- Jf resident's agent and
is two associates as dry as the re
maining biscuit after a long voyage,
without committing himself on a
single point; and returned to Lan
caster fully apprised of Mr. Tyler's
scheme, and laughing at the boys
who had undertaken to seduce him
from his allegiance to the Demo
cratic party.
E
The first sewine machine turned
out by Howe is now worth $1,000 as
a relic- '" - w ;
Hon. James Lyons, a distinguish
ed citizen of Richmond, Virginia,
in reply to a letter of Hon. J. B.
Sener, asking him where he design
ed to range himself in the reorgani
zation of political parties that is
now silently going on in the South,
declares his purpose to support Gen
eral Grant, whom he regards as a
constitutional Democrat, averse'or
agitation, and sincerely desirous of
the peace and prosperity of the
whole country.
The following are the closing pas
sages of his excellent letter :
The War between the different
sections of the country will then
cease, and the "war between the
races must cease or end in blood.
The people have determined that
the colored race shall have equal
political rights with the whites, and
while I will concede to no man or
set of men white or colored, the
right of my social relations, I am
for according to the colored man all
the rights to which the Constitution
entitles him, and applying to him
the maxim which 1 apply to the j
white man aetur digmssemo.
When the colored people shall
present men for office who are bet
ter qualified than their white com
petitors, let them have it, and when
their personal rights of property are
invaded let them be properly pro
tected, and instead of having them
a formidable body of enemies in our
midst we shall have them as our
friends, co-operating with us in the
advancement of the country, and
deferring to our opinions because it
will be to their interest Ui do so.
Men are Northern or Southern, not
because of their color, but because
of their residence, associations and
interests.
We are told by the highest of au
thorities that " where a man's treas
ure is, there will his heart be also ;"
and so a man whose home, proper
ty and family are in the South will
necessarily be'a Southern man un
less he is treated as an alien and an
enemy, and finds his friends in, the
North.
Out of this principle of self-interest:
which rules our nature, grows
the loftiest patriotism, when it is
properly tempered and enlightened
for then it is that a man learns to
know that his highest, noblest in
terest is to regard with an equal
eye and affection his whole country,
and not a part of it, and that by
equal and uniform laws, and the
honest administration of them, only
can the interests of his section be
made permanently secure and placed
beyond the power and corruptions
of a party or anothtr section. The
statesman is never a partisan except
so far as he may be compelled by
the imperfection of man and all his
works to use a party to accomplish
wise and good ends. , He is the em
bodiment Of wisdom and virtue,
without which there is no wisdom.
They temper his passions, teach
him to examine all things fairly,
and to do unto others as we would
that they should do unto us.
With high, respect, your friend,
James Lyons.
The Colfax Massacre.
i t L
Reports from United Btatei Marshal
Packard and District Attorney
Beckicith. -
: Washington, April 19, 1873.
; Attorney General j Williams to
day, received the following tele
grams addressed to him:
New Orleans, April 18, 1873.
Mr. De Klyne, my Chief Deputy,
left here last Saturday with several
warrants of arrest for parties in the
parishes of Grant and Rapides. He
arrived at Colfax Tuesday morning,
following the collision of last Sun
day. He returned to-day. He
found the place almost deserted, ex
cept by women, and caused to be
buried the remains of sixty colored
men fouud on the field. It is re
ported that subsequent to the burn
ing of the Court House, thirty-four
colored men previously made pris
oners were taken to the river bank
by couples and there shot and
thrown overboard. ' It is also re
ported that colored men were shot
in the adjacent woods, where their
liodies are still lying. He found'
also twelve wounded, some certain
ly mortally. The colored men
present composed the posse which,
under direction otr Sheriff Shaw
(white,) appointed t by Governor
Kellogg, had taken possession of the
Court Huse and were still holding
it. Mr. Nash, formerly Sheriff by
appointment of Wat-moth and su
perseded by Shaw, led the whites.
From creditable information there
appeared to have been no loss on
the part of the colored men until
after their surrender, when they
were butchered without mercy,
after the massacre! in the Court
House from which they wereej. cted
by setting firo to; the building.
Sheriff Shaw is missing, and is sup
posed to have been killed, i
My deputy found it impossible
to make arrests without the pres
ence of United States troops. Armed
bodies of whites ar still i scouring
the country. The assailants con
sisted of organized parties from the
parishes of Grant, Rapides, Winn,
Catapaula, Natchitoches and Red
River, and had in their possession
a six-pounder cannon, taken, or as
some alleged, loaned, from the Red
River steamer John, T. Moore, fif
teen months since.j Troops were
required to execute warrants in
this parish, when a prominent white
republican was murdered. Nash
and others connected with this
butchery were then arrested. No
warrants have yet been issued for
parties connected with this last
outbreak. i
When the circumstances of the
massacre are fully known it will be
found to be only equalled by that
of Fort Pillow. !
S. B. PACKARD,
United States Marshal.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF TI IE
AFFAIR, i i
New Orleans, April i7, 1S73.
Deputy Marshal jDe Klyne has
returned from Colfax. He arrived
there the'day after the massacre.'
The details are horrible. The dem
ocrats (white) of Grant parish at
tempted to oust the lncumnent
parish officers by force and failed,
the Sheriff protecting 'the; officers
with a colored posse. Several days
afterwards recruits from other par
ishes to the number of three hun
dred came to the assistance of the
assailants, when they demanded
the surrender of the colored people.
This was refused. An attack was
made, and the negroes were driven
into the Court House. The Court
House was tired and the negroes
slaughtered as they left the burning
building, after resistance had ceas
ed. Sixty-five negroes, terribly
mutilated, were found dead near
the r u i ns of t he Cou rt House. Th i rty ,
known to have been taken prison
ers,. 'are said to have been shot after
the surrender and thrown iato the
river. Two of the assailants were
wounded.
The slaughter is greater than in
the riot of J8GG, in this city. Will
send report bv mail.
J. R. BECKWITII,
United States Attorney.
PCIAL NOTICES
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interest!.. Rend the following to "i, '
might add very muny more 1
son vhoHo curea have Btnl th., , P"N
time: ! 'S of
Thin i to certify that, ti, ,,.
have boon cured o." Cancer by nr(l ,'"''
:LIndley and Ik.-nt!y,: and that w(. rT"'
sound and well up to.tiiU time, ,. "r,:"
lleve our cares to i; permanent nj ,
rully recommend all the, ar.ii,.,,,, '
Cancer to apply to them at onc-c. U h
Mrs. T. J. Bulla, FnyettevlIIe, "x ,.
Jeremiah Wentz, Indian Trail, N c
J ulla Roberts f'ayettpvlllc, N. r.
Mrs. Cettie Fullz, Salisbury, N. r. '
Ruben Bryant, 1'aeoU tt, S. c.
J. K. Xrnith, Smith's Grove, N. r.
John Whitaker, Moorenboro, x.
Howell Whitehead, I'aetolux, X. e.
Miss Maryrrather,Cros"Kev s
. W. J. McNeill, Laurel III!!, x' ('. '--'
Geo. Leo, Johnson, X. .
Mrs. M. M. Swkeg.-Hl, A.Hhevill,., x
Zavhariah Cok$:'hik, MMedevill,',"x ,
Mrs. Caroline VrbMtcr, Pamlett.s '
V.. II. Withers. Crosbyville, S. r.
M. C. Campbell, Goldsboro, X.
lrs. Greeneand'Hentley may l,r',.; ,
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Surttieal Institute," Goldor, x . 0
Dr. Lindley, corner of Trade .ui, t,
streets, Charlotte, N. C. Hendf..r,-'r
or call on thru). Consultation friv
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niirnbers huvohcVn cured hy fliisn,,,
remedy. Prompted ly a -'tloire
benefit tho alllicteti iaud unt"ii-tuila:,.
will send the recipe f r pn pariti;. j,
usla this -medicine, in ;i senl,. ,,,,w
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Livku Oil is Lizard A Caswell's, m ;.
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livers, by C.tswKLi., JI,zi:n ,; ,
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AN INVESTIGATION ORDEKKD
THE ATTORNEY -GENERAL.
Washington, April 18, 187;.
Attorney General Williams this
afternoon has telegraphed the fol
lowing to J. R. Beckwith, United
States Attorney at New Orleans:
Sir You are instructed to make
a thorough investigation of the
affair in Grant parish, and if you
find that the laws of the United
States have been violated, you will
spare no pains or expense to cause
the guilty parties to be arrested and
punished; and if military aid is
necessary to execute any United
States process, you will call on
General Emory for that purpose,
who has been instructed to furnish
it. J
GEORGE II. WILLIAMS,
Attorney General.
united' 'states troops ordered
to support the civil au
THORITIES.
Washington,! April 18, 1873.
The Acting Secretary of War tel
egraphed this afternoon to Colonel
Emory as follows :
WAR pEPARTMENT,
April 18, 18Z3,
To Colonel W. II Emory, Com
manding Department of the Gulf,
New Orleans, L:il:
In case requisition is made upon
you by the Unitet
to assist the United
states Marshal
States authori
ties in the execution of any judicial
process issued on account of tho
late reported disturbance in Grant
parish, you will rei-wler the neces
sary military aid fik such purpose.
GEORGE M.jROBESON,
Acting Secretary of War.
Veil ffe Ance.
Horrible Doings ; in Arkansas
Fiends Outrage a Pregnant While
II roman, then Kilt Her The Prin
cipal Captured, Tortured and
Burned to the SlakeThe Others
Shot. ' I,
. The Augusta (Ark.) Bulletin pub
lishes a letter from Thomas Warren,
of Union county, Arkansas, giving
an account of a .horrible outrage
upon and murder of a white woman
by a negro in thai county. A few
weeks ago a married woman went ,
to a neighbor's house to remain
several days, but found no one at
home and started to return, when a
negro stopped her! horse, took her
off and drove, pushed and pulled
her eight miles into the bottom
lands, where he tied her to a tree
and outraged her, keeping her there
for three days.
Oh the second day, while still tied
to the tree, she gave birth to a child.
On the third day the husband of the
unfortunate woman, not finding her
at the neighbor's, but discovering
her horse where the negro had left
it tied, collected some of his friends
and began a search, which resulted
in finding her dead body tied to the
tree, the negro having murdered her
byi blows upon the head inflicted
with a club.
The m urderer was soon afterwards
captured by a party of negroes who
were assisting in the search. At
the husband's request the negroes
built two log heaps, and, setting
them on ore, piaceci the negro
between them. , They were twenty
four hours burning him, and at
intervals subjecting hiih to horrible
torture, such as cutting off his toes
and strips from his body.
'mere were three other negroes
Ilelievins that the iiicstimulili- pr.
ees of self-government miannit.r.l i
the Federal Constitution involve crr.
ponding duties, and that am mi; t.V
are sleepless visfi lance ami the di-wi
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